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A veterans group hopes toinstall two new bronze monu-ments at the Newtown Veter-ans Memorial in MoundviewPark.

The Newtown Veterans As-sociation plans to seek permis-sion from Newtown VillageCouncil to add the followingmonuments, which the veter-ans association will pay for:

» A “Fallen Soldier” monu-ment to honor present-day vet-erans.

It will feature the “battle-field cross,” an arrangement ofthe helmet, rifle and boots offallen soldiers that fellow sol-diers set up in tribute.

» A “Taps” monument tohonor all servicemen and ser-vicewomen who have servedover the past 100 years.

It will feature representa-tions from the Civil War to

modern-day military actions.“With the addition of these

two monuments, we feel thememorial will be complete,”said Ken Burger, the brother ofLynn Burger, commander ofthe Newtown Veterans Associ-ation.

Ken Burger said his brotherwas not available for an inter-view and had given him infor-mation to pass along to theCommunity Press.

“It is anticipated that thesetwo symbolic monuments willmake visitors to the memorialstop and reflect on the real costof war and the preservation ofour freedom,” Ken Burgersaid.

“With the current graniteplaques and the addition ofthese two monuments, we willhave provided a way for fam-ilies of the fallen to not onlycommemorate their loved onesindividually, but also to com-memorate the lives of all our

heroes from the Civil War tothe present day.”

Private donors paid to de-velop the Newtown VeteransMemorial on land at Mound-view Park, 3130 Newtown Roadthat was donated by Newtownseveral years ago.

Last year, Newtown VillageCouncil created a new require-ment that it must green-lightall changes at the veterans me-morial.

That was after the NewtownVeterans Association success-fully staved off a movement onvillage council to make the vet-erans association responsiblefor a $1,000 deductible councilhas on insurance it providesfor the memorial, which othergroups also helped develop.

Plus, “It was suggested thatthe veterans sign a mainte-nance agreement even thoughthe memorial was donated to

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Newtown Village Councilman Chuck Short at the Newtown Veterans Memorial, where two monuments may beadded.

Newtown VeteransMemorial may get twomore monuments By Jeanne [email protected]

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write “2000 Miles on Wisdom.”The book was released Jan. 15and is available through Ama-zon, Kindle and Barnes and No-ble.

The book is about “good oldfashion customer service” andprovides a glimpse of good cus-tomer service from the per-spective of a customer. This is atrue story about a consumer nothaving an inkling as to what herequired, but he kept comingback to a business (bicycleshop) that delivered every sin-gle time.

Cappel said he’s flattered tohave been included in the bookand noted that it’s a good read

Even in his youth, McNicho-las High School graduate JimSerger learned lessons aboutcustomer service.

Serger grew up in SummitEstates. During his childhoodhe enjoyed playing in the hugewoods behind his house, build-ing forts, running through theneighborhood and riding bikesuntil sundown. Along with thesefond memories, Serger remem-bered the wisdom of a fewneighborhood business owners.

“What really transformedmy life to what it is today were

the people whomimpacted my lifeat every level,”he said in anemail. Thesepeople includedEarl Mette, theConvenient FoodMart, and Bob

Cappel, Summit Meats. Bothtaught him the value of custom-er service.

Cappel owned SummitMeats for 25 years and sold thebusiness about 12 years ago. Hisson, Kevin, and Serger wereclassmates and friends atMcNicholas. Cappel said he re-members Serger working for

Home City Ice.“He would stop by and get a

sandwich. I remember him as afriendly, smiling sort of guythat you looked forward to see-ing,” he said

In addition to friendly, Cap-pel recalled Serger as a hardworker who willingly helpedwhere he could. Like one yearthe Thanksgiving turkeys ar-rived late, he said. Serger glad-ly helped to get the turkeysready for customers.

Serger’s idea of what consti-tutes quality customer servicehad its beginnings in his youthand remains with him today.For this reason he decided to

for people starting out in busi-ness.

“I know how important it wasfor me,” he said of customerservice.

The book also offers aglimpse into Serger’s 2012 bikeride from Carmel, Indiana, toOrlando, Florida, on behalf of afriend battling multiple myelo-ma cancer.

Many from Anderson Town-ship and the Cincinnati area willfind familiar places and peoplein the book including: Dr. Bar-bara Cain, Hughes BarberShop, Montgomery Cyclery,Chucks Barber Shop and theConvenient Food Mart.

McNicholas grad pens book about customer serviceBy Sheila [email protected]

Serger

Residents’ concerns andquestions about how and whenW.M. Johnson Hills Park will bedeveloped keeps the topic infront of the Anderson TownshipPark District’s Board of ParkCommissioners.

It was standing room only asabout 30 residents filled thesmall meeting room of the An-derson Township Park Districtto talk about the future of W.M.Johnson Hills Park.

The park was not on theagenda for the Board of ParkCommissioners monthly meet-ing, yet one-and-a-half hourswere devoted to the topic underpublic comment. Some whospoke expressed an interest inseeing the park remain natural.Others expressed concernsabout the JHP developmentplans that appear on the parkdistrict’s website. Concernsabout traffic, park ingress andegress, the location of trails andother amenities were also partof the Feb. 10 discussion.

Resident Dr. Bob Drake gotthings started by noting that he

had collected 89 “valid signa-tures” on his petition to keepJohnson Hills Park in its cur-rent state. A couple more pet-itions remain out. Additionally,Drake shared highlights fromhis critique of a park districtsurvey conducted as part of itsJohnson Hills Park planningprocess. During its Januarymeeting, the park board accept-ed Drake’s offer to critique thesurvey.

“There were several majorproblems with the survey data,”he noted. “Not the least ofwhich, or most significant ofwhich, was the lack of surveyresponses.” The survey had 16respondents representative of13 families, he said. There wereother technical problems aswell which Drake briefly out-lined.

Park board members havenoted that the survey was just asmall piece of the overall John-son Hills Park planning processstarted in the early 2000s. Focusgroups, small group and one-on-one meetings were an integralpart of the process.

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This is the master plan for the Johnson Hills Park development.

Johnson Hills Parkremains hot topicBy Sheila [email protected]

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Board Member AngieStocker said that there is aplan in place for JohnsonHills Park. It’s been therefor more than 10 years.

“There were surveysand meetings that tookplace,” she said. “Planswere developed based onwhat the board thought atthe time and input fromthe community at thetime.”

There are no plans todo anything at JohnsonHills Park pending theoutcome of an Environ-mental Protection Agen-cy study. Until those find-ings are made available,the park district can’t doanything in regards toplanning, she said.

The park district un-derstands that when it fi-nally receives guidance

and clearance from theEPA, work can againmove forward, Stockersaid. Before that occurs,the park board will firstgo back to the community.

“We’re not going to usean old plan that is 20 yearsold to make decisionsfrom,” she said.

This statement con-fused some residents, not-ing that plans for JohnsonHills Park are on the parkdistrict’s website. No-where on the website doesit indicate that the parkboard will update theplans.

Resident Mike Cromermight have best summedup the thoughts of many inthe room when he statedthat Johnson Hills Park isamazing. “Most of us en-joy the natural setting.Your work is done,” hesaid.

At least two residents,including Lois Key, chal-lenged the park board to

follow the lead of the de-signers of Ault and Almsparks and the new MilfordValley View Nature Pre-serve. Some places arebeautiful and need to re-main so, Key said.

“We need to be smartnow. That’s why I thinkwe’re all here. We don’twant to come back 10years from now and find itall gone.”

Parks Executive Di-rector Ken Kushneropened and closed hisstatements with an invita-tion to meet with all of theresidents to continue dis-cussing Johnson HillsPark. He again stated thatAnderson Township ParkDistrict is an active parkdistrict, and the JohnsonHills Park plans are for anactive park that is passivein nature. Many peoplewere engaged in develop-ment of the plans, whichare needed to pursuegrant dollars for develop-

ment.“We don’t have all the

money to make thingshappen,” he said.

The plans in no waycall for a passive park,which is consistent withwhat the property wasprior to becoming a park.

“This was an activefarm,” Kushner said.“The main thing weshould do is get together,have a meeting and gothrough the plans that areon the board.”

Assistant DirectorEmily Armstrong is plan-ning an open house/infor-mational meeting forMarch or April, when theweather is warmer to ex-plain the plans.

Residents who haveshared opinions aboutJohnson Hills Park andresidents will be invitedto the open house. For in-formation, email SheilaFehn, [email protected]

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the village for all toshare,” said Newtown Vil-lage Councilman ChuckShort, who is vice com-mander of the NewtownVeterans Association.

“The veterans willtake the responsibility topay for any improve-

ments such as the cost forpurchasing new flags,monuments, statues, oradding more names to thememorial.

“This memorial is justa small gesture to help re-member our veterans,”Short said. “We need to domore.”

Meanwhile, Burgersaid the Newtown Veter-ans Association chose tomake the monuments outof bronze because bronzeages gracefully and re-quires no upkeep. Themonuments will sit atopfoundations of limestoneand granite.

“The total price to pur-chase the monuments, in-stall the concrete footingsand limestone and granitefoundations has yet to bedetermined as this pro-ject is still in the proposal

phase,” Burger said.Burger suspects many

people don’t know howsymbolic elements of theexisting memorial are.

“The front of the gran-ite monuments are 21paces from the entranceof the memorial, repre-senting a 21-gun salute,”Burger said. “The memo-rial faces west as veter-ans are buried with thesetting sun on their face.

“The ‘Lady at the Wall’symbolizes all of themothers, wives, daugh-ters and sisters who alsosacrificed,” Burger said.

“Obviously, the twineagles symbolize ourfreedom.”

Want to know more aboutwhat is happening in New-town? Follow me on Twitter@jeannehouck.

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facilities duringmeetings

Forest Hills School Dis-trict invites residents to at-tend meetings at theirneighborhood school orthe school their child at-tends/will attend to learnabout options to addresschool needs, participate ingroup discussions and pro-vide feedback.

The schedule:Feb. 24, 7 p.m. Ayer Ele-

mentary 8471Forest Road; Feb. 25, 7 p.m. Wilson

Elementary 2465 LittleDry Run Road (to help pro-vide appropriate space ac-commodations at Wilson,please RSVP to [email protected]);

March 5, 7 p.m. Sher-wood Elementary 7080Grantham Way;

March 19, 7 p.m. Mer-cer Elementary 2600 Bar-tels Road;

March 24, 7 p.m. NagelMiddle School 1500 NagelRoad;

April 7, 7 p.m. AndersonHigh School 7560 ForestRoad;

April 8, 7 p.m. TurpinHigh School 2650 BartelsRoad;

April 9, 7 p.m. MadduxElementary 943 RosetreeLane;

April 14, 7 p.m. SummitElementary 8400 North-port Drive.

To learn more aboutFHSD facility projects,visit www.foresthills.edu

and click “facilities.”

Kindergartenregistration Feb. 26,27

Parents and guardiansof students who will be 5years old on or beforeSept. 30 can register stu-dents for kindergarten inForest Hills School Dis-trict on Feb. 26 or 27 at thechild’s school.

Those who cannot makethe February registrationtimes should call DebbieConover, administrativeassistant, at 231-3600 tomake an appointment.

For information on reg-istration, contact Conoverat [email protected] or 231-3600.

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Who’s coming, who’sgoing, what has changedon the local businessscene:

» The Spotted Goose, achildren’s clothing bou-tique in Oakley, has a newowner.

Amy Fessler, who alsoowns Soho Boutique inneighboring Hyde Park,assumed ownership ofThe Spotted Goose Jan. 1.

A long time customerof The Spotted Goose,she’d learned it was forsale during a visit to thestore with her daughter.

“I have always lovedThe Spotted Goose, sowhen I heard it was avail-able, I couldn’t resist mak-ing an offer,” Fessler said.“I am looking forward tocontinuing the long-stand-ing legacy of The SpottedGoose, and to adding somegreat new clothing andgift lines and creating aspecial in-store experi-ence for kids.”

The store, which isopen Monday throughSaturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,and Sunday, noon to 4p.m., is at 3048 MadisonRoad in the heart of Oak-ley. Customers will stillfind many of the labelsthey have grown to love,like Tea Collection, May-oral, Appaman, and Joah-love, and will find new ad-ditions including MillyMinis, DL1961 Denim,Mini Rodini and Tiny Cot-tons. Sizes will be avail-able from newborn up toage 16 for girls and up toage 12 for boys.

Customers can expectto see several updates tothe store, including a com-pletely renovated playarea for kids, which wascompleted last month. Inaddition, customers willsoon also be able to orderitems from The SpottedGoose through its web-site, as a new online store

is currently under devel-opment. An all-new regis-try program for expec-tant moms is planned forlater this year.

For more informationabout The Spotted Goosechildren’s boutique, call513-351-9600, visit TheSpotted Goose on Face-book by searching for TheSpotted Goose, or followThe Spotted Goose on In-stagram at @spotted-goose.

» The Anderson AreaChamber of Commercewelcomed Banasch’s Fab-rics to the area with a rib-bon cutting ceremony.Community leaders, resi-dents and Banasch’s asso-ciates gathered to cele-brate the grand openingof the new facility at 8320Beechmont Ave.

Banasch’s Fabricsopened its doors in 1910selling fine fabrics to tai-lors, seamstresses and de-signers. One hundredyears later they’re still

providing those fine fab-rics to high-end design-ers, universities and “do ityourselfers.”

Banasch’s offers awide selection of appareland upholstery fabrics.From bridal and specialoccasions, to home décorand quilting, Banasch’shas both unique and com-monly used fabrics tomeet your design needs.They also carry a widerange of sewing accesso-ries including: ribbons,trim, buttons and lace. Forsewing machines, notions

and supplies, please visittheir wholesale website atwww.banaschs.com

Banasch’s knowledge-able staff is ready to an-swer questions and assistyou with your apparel orhome décor project. Con-tact them at 1-800-543-0355 or banaschsfabric-s.com with any questionsregarding products orservice.

To learn more aboutthe chamber and the com-munity please visitwww.andersonareachamber.org.

DEVELOPMENT UPDATE

Spotted Goose Children’s Boutique under new ownership

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The Spotted Goose, achildren’s clothing boutiquein Oakley, has a new owner,Amy Fessler.

THANKS TO THE ANDERSON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

The Anderson Area Chamber of Commerce recently held aribbon cutting for Banasch's Fabrics .

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» The Anderson High School/Great Oaks Marketing DECAstudents performed well at theDECA Marketing DistrictEvent Jan. 27. With more than600 marketing students com-peting from schools all overSouthwestern Ohio, the 52 An-derson students made theirpresence known. 39 of thesestudents automatically qualifyto move on to the state competi-tion in March.

The Anderson Marketingprogram is a satellite of GreatOaks Career Campuses and isinstructed by Karen Vander-horst.

First place - Halle Bannister/Annie Kelty – travel and tour-ism; Madison Barga/KellieDefosse – sports and benter-tainment promotion plan; KimBuschmeier – entreprenuershipindependent event; Tori Cald-well – business service;s Kir-sten Jones – principles of hospi-tality; Anne Meisman/MaddieO'Toole – buying and merchan-dising; Kate Mueller/MarissaPapania – business law andethics.

Second place - Rachel All-geier/Abbey Blanchard – fash-ion merchandising promotionplan; Saijal Andreadis – en-trepreneurship innovating;Alex Austin/Max Lanyi – mar-keting communications team;Maddy Carroll/Haley Wergers –finance team; Sumedha Chakra-varti – marketing management;Jasmine Jay/Annie Lewis –hospitality team; Patrick John-son/Dylan Smith – sports andentertainment marketing; team;Bryn Kabbes – human re-sources; Eddie Pursinger – foodmarketing; Sara Ritze – en-trepreneurship franchise event;Hartley Stevenson – profession-al selling.

Third place - Katie Albert –business finance; Cody Coffee/Frank Jones – entrepreneurshipinnovating; Jenna Hazelbaker –financial consulting selling;Adeline Kelley – fashion mer-chandising promotion plan;Josh Kollman – hotel series;Emily Navaro – principles ofmarketing; Nick Vosel/RileyWelton – sports and entertain-ment promotion plan.

Fourth place - Jacob Eifert –personal financial literary.

Fifth place - Emma Horst-man – hospitality and tourismselling.

Sixth place - Aiden Bevis –retail merchandising; JoshBernstein – quick serve.

Immaculate Heart ofMary

» Junior high students in theImmaculate Heart of MarySchool ExCEL gifted programdiscovered Corryville CatholicSchool in Clifton needed mid-year school supplies, like col-oring materials and writingutensils so they decided to helpwith a fundraiser.

ExCEL students asked kin-dergarten through eighth-gradestudents to place donations intheir choice of jars markedwith IHM teacher names.

To make donations fun, theteacher with the highest dona-tion amount in his or her jarwould be named student for aday. The winning teacher would

be required to wear the schooluniform, attend classes, finishall schoolwork and even home-work. Tthree teachers had closeto the same total in donations.

The Immaculate Heart ofMary School ExCEL students

raised more than $700 for Cor-ryville Catholic School’s sup-plies. Teachers Jeni Ray, Chris-tine Wesselkamper and MaggieOchsner all enjoyed returningto the classroom as a student.

» Jan. 25 began a week-long

celebration of Catholic Schools.The theme was Communities ofFaith, Knowledge and Service.At IHM each day spotlighted adifferent group with a specialprayer incorporating thetheme. Groups included: IHM

parish, faculty-staff-volunteers,students, community, our na-tion, and on Friday, vocations.At all Sunday Masses. studentswore uniforms and greetedvisitors as they arrived tochurch.

Every day students were outof uniform and dressed accord-ing to a theme. From Tacky Dayto PJ Day students had a blastcreating special outfits. Mon-day’s volleyball game pittedeighth-graders against thefaculty with students winning3-2.

Tuesday junior high ambas-sadors attended Mass at theCathedral downtown and stu-dents performed in the schoolTalent Show that evening. Thetheme for Christ Communitieson Thursday was “joy” and, asthe dress code for Friday was“Dress Up According to WhatYou Would like to be When YouGrow Up Day,” that was CareerDay! All week students col-lected Soup and Socks for OurLady of the Mountain parish.

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Immaculate Heart of Mary seventh- and eighth-graders celebrate Tacky Day with their teachers, from left: front, Samantha Woodke, Colleen Lekowski,Ellie Rudolph, Marie Steinkuhl, Jackson Weyler and Joe Turner; back, Rachel Wittwer, Andrew Devine, teachers Maddie Momper, Lindsey Schaaf andMaggie Ochsner.

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Immaculate Heart of Mary teachers Jeni Ray, Christine Wesselkamper andMaggie Ochsner are "Students For a Day" in Carol Hirschauer's first-gradeclass.

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Immaculate Heart of Mary teacher Maggie Ochsner with students ZachTucker, Corey Sullivan, Daniel English, Jill Tore, Lisa Hayes (educational aide)and Carter Nolan.

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Immaculate Heart of Mary teachers Krista Devine, and Jodi Turpenning and student ambassadors at St. Peter inChains Cathedral.


THURSDAY, FEB. 19Art & Craft ClassesSharp Art: Stained Glass Class-es, 6:30-9 p.m., Brazee StreetStudios, 4426 Brazee St., Learnbasic glass cutting, wet grinder,foil wrap and solder. Ages 12-80.$30-$100. Presented by SharpArt. 389-6742; [email protected]. Oakley.

Open Studio Oils with ChuckMarshall, 9:30 a.m. to noon,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,Tack Room. Bring current projectfor assessment and help; still lifesetups available. Ages 18 and up.$25. 404-3161. Mariemont.

Art ExhibitsWorks on Paper and Pop-Out-Painting, noon to 8 p.m., Bra-zee Street Studios, 4426 BrazeeSt., gallery One One. Paper:exhibition of works by localartists studying at ManifestDrawing Center. Pop: new,non-curated exhibition featuresworks created by local artistswith die cut paper that folds andtucks to become a workable 3Dartist canvas. Free. 321-0206;www.brazeestreetstudios.com.Oakley.

Woman’s Art Club of Cincin-nati Signature Member Exhi-bition, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wom-an’s Art Club Cultural Center,6980 Cambridge Ave., The Barn.View and acquire works bywomen who have achievedSignature Status through juriedprocess. Free. Presented by TheWoman’s Art Club of Cincinnati.Through Feb. 22. 272-3700;www.artatthebarn.org. Marie-mont.

Dining EventsSpay-ghetti and No BallsDinner, 6:30-8:30 p.m., BellaLuna, 4632 Eastern Ave., Includesspaghetti with choice of threesauces, salad, bread, breadpudding and drinks. Cash bar.Benefits UCAN to end euthana-sia of area dogs and cats. $40.Reservations required. Presentedby UCAN. 871-5862; www.u-cancincinnati.org. Linwood.

Exercise ClassesNew Beginner Taoist Tai ChiClass, 2-3:15 p.m., Oakley Recre-ation Center, 3882 Paxton Ave.,Slow natural movements im-prove health of body, mind andspirit. They reduce tension,improve circulation and balanceand increase strength andflexibility. $109 includes 24classes followed by free monthof continuing practice meetings.Other packages also available.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 and star-gazing. $5 suggested donation.Reservations required. 321-5186;www.cincinnatiobservatory.org.Mount Lookout.

RecreationPreschool Open Gym, 9:30-11:30a.m., Beech Acres Park RecPlex,6915 Beechmont Ave., $2 perchild per class. Presented byAnderson Township Park District.388-5082. Anderson Township.

FRIDAY, FEB. 20Art 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.

Woman’s Art Club of Cincin-nati Signature Member Exhi-bition, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wom-an’s Art Club Cultural Center,Free. 272-3700; www.artatthe-barn.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.

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 - Classic RockHowl’n Maxx, 8 p.m., BelterraPark Gaming and EntertaimentCenter, 6301 Kellogg Ave., Free.232-8000. Anderson Township.

On Stage - Theater

Move Over, Mrs. Markham, 8p.m., Anderson Center, 7850 FiveMile Road, Several naughtycouples want to â€œborrowâ€the Markhams’ London flat foran assignation. Due to un-fortunate confusion they allshow up on the same night. Theresult 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 BeechmontPlayers. 233-2468; www.beech-montplayers.org. AndersonTownship.

Theory of Mind, 7 p.m., Wom-an’s Art Club Cultural Center,6980 Cambridge Ave., By KenLaZebnik. Sensitive, unsenti-mental portrait of relationships,tells story of Bill, a teenager whohappens to live on the autismspectrum. Part of Playhouse inthe Park’s Off the Hill series.Recommended for ages 11 andup. Call venue for tickets andprices. Presented by Playhouse inthe Park. 272-3700; www.cincy-play.com. Mariemont.

SATURDAY, FEB. 21Art & Craft ClassesUkrainian Egg DecoratingClass, 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.,Lutheran Church of the Resurrec-tion, 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 ExhibitsWorks on Paper and Pop-Out-Painting, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.,Brazee Street Studios, Free.321-0206; www.brazeestreet-studios.com. Oakley.

Woman’s Art Club of Cincin-nati Signature Member Exhi-bition, 1-4 p.m., Woman’s ArtClub Cultural Center, Free.272-3700; www.artatthebar-n.org. Mariemont.

Drink TastingsSaturday Premium WineFlight: Brunello: King OfTuscany, noon to 5 p.m., TheWine Merchant, 3972 EdwardsRoad, Taste and compare fourBrunello wines from Tuscany,Italy. Ages 21 and up. $15. Reser-vations required. 731-1515;www.winemerchantcincinnat-i.com. Oakley.

EducationTV Toastmasters Club Meet-ing, 9 -10:30 a.m., AndersonCenter, 7850 Five Mile Road,Learn-by-doing club in whichmembers hone communicationand listening skills in comfort-able, friendly atmosphere withadded benefit of viewing theirspeeches on YouTube. Ages 18and up. Free. Presented by TVToastmasters. 378-7654;www.tvtoastmasters.com.Anderson Township.

Music - AcousticAcoustic Music, 7-11 p.m.,American Legion Post 72, 497Old Ohio 74, Free. Presented byCBB Production. 528-9909.Mount Carmel.

Music EducationBi-Okoto African DrummingWorkshop for Families, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Woman’s Art ClubCultural Center, 6980 CambridgeAve., The Barn. Traditional/contemporary West Africanmovement and music workshop.Learn song, dance, variousgreetings and West Africanmusic rhythms to perform. $5.Reservations recommended.Presented by Woman’s Art ClubFoundation. 272-3700; www.ar-tatthebarn.org. Mariemont.

On Stage - TheaterMove Over, Mrs. Markham, 8p.m., Anderson Center, $15; $13Students and Seniors. 233-2468;www.beechmontplayers.org.Anderson Township.

SUNDAY, FEB. 22Art & Craft ClassesSharp Art: Stained Glass Class-es, 1-5 p.m., Brazee StreetStudios, $30-$100. 389-6742;[email protected]. Oakley.

Art ExhibitsWoman’s Art Club of Cincin-nati Signature Member Exhi-bition, 1-4 p.m., Woman’s ArtClub Cultural Center, Free.272-3700; www.artatthebar-n.org. Mariemont.

EducationAnderson Township HistoryRoom, 1-4 p.m., AndersonCenter, 7850 Five Mile Road,Lower atrium. Learn about thehistory of Anderson Townshipthrough photos, hands-onexhibits and artifacts. Free.Presented by Anderson Town-ship Historical Society. ThroughFeb. 25. 231-2114; anderson-townshiphistoricalsociety.org.Anderson Township.


MONDAY, FEB. 23Art & Craft ClassesSharp Art: Stained Glass Class-es, 6:30-9 p.m., Brazee StreetStudios, $30-$100. 389-6742;[email protected]. Oakley.

Learn to Weave a BalancedWeave Scarf, 9 a.m. to 3:30p.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,Explore rigid heddle loomweaving. Yarn included. Loomrental available. Ages 14-92. $75.Reservations required. Presentedby FAB intructor Nancy Niemey-er. 272-3700; www.measured-threads.com. Mariemont.


EducationKid’s Super Self-Defense, 6-8p.m., Beech Acres Park RecPlex,6915 Beechmont Ave., Childrenrecognize their â€œsuper po-wersâ€ to get away from unsafesituations. Lessons on awarenessand self-defense techniques.Grades K-5. $25, $20 residents.Registration required. Presentedby Anderson Township ParkDistrict. 388-4513. AndersonTownship.

TUESDAY, FEB. 24Art & Craft ClassesOpen Studio Oils with ChuckMarshall, 7-9:30 p.m., Woman’sArt Club Cultural Center, $25.404-3161. Mariemont.


EducationAnderson Township HistoryRoom, 6-8:30 p.m., AndersonCenter, Free. 231-2114; anderson-townshiphistoricalsociety.org.Anderson Township.

Behind the Scenes at theObservatory, 7-9 p.m., Cincin-nati Observatory Center, 3489Observatory Place, View heavensthrough world’s oldest continu-ously used telescopes. Explorebuilding from attic to basementand hear fascinating history. $22.Registration required. Presentedby Communiversity at UC. 556-6932; www.uc.edu/ce/commu.Mount Lookout.

Exercise ClassesNew Beginner Taoist Tai ChiClass, 2-3:15 p.m., Oakley Recre-ation Center, $109 includes 24classes followed by free monthof continuing practice meetings.Other packages also available.304-6055; www.usa.taoist.org.Oakley.

Tai Chi Workshop, 11 a.m. tonoon, Yum’s Cincinnati HwaRang Do, 3603 Church St., In-troduction to ancient art ofrelaxation, meditation andenergy building. $15 per class or$69 for six weeks. 760-5986;www.cincyhrd.com. Newtown.

RecreationBingo Tuesday, 7 p.m., Amer-ican Legion Post 72, 497 OldOhio 74, $1-$15. 528-9909;www.stuartglugibuhl.com.Mount Carmel.

Preschool Open Gym, 9:30-11:30a.m., Beech Acres Park RecPlex,$2 per child per class. 388-5082.Anderson Township.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 25Art & Craft ClassesCostumed Portrait Paintingand Drawing Class, 12:30 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,Students have opportunity to

work from costumed model ateach class. Class focuses on studyof values, color temperature,composition, painting anddrawing techniques. $210 persession, plus $30 modeling feeper session. Registration re-quired. 259-9302; www.deb-orahridgley.com. Mariemont.

Making Montages with AmyBurton, 7-9 p.m. Weeklythrough March 18., Woman’s ArtClub Cultural Center, 6980Cambridge Ave., The Barn.Create montage: single pictorialcomposition made by juxtapos-ing or superimposing manypictures or designs from ownglossy photographs. Ages 18 andup. $90. Registration required.561-6949; www.artatthebar-n.org. Mariemont.

Flower Arranging for Every-one with Nicky Bade, 10-11:30a.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,$100. Registration required.321-5278; www.artatthebar-n.org. Mariemont.


Drink TastingsBurger and Beer Wednesdays,9:30 p.m. to midnight, Fifty WestBrewing Company, 7668 Woos-ter Pike, Burger and pint for $10.Through May 27. 834-8789;fiftywestbrew.com. ColumbiaTownship.

EducationAnderson Township HistoryRoom, 1-4 p.m., AndersonCenter, Free. 231-2114; anderson-townshiphistoricalsociety.org.Anderson Township.

Health / WellnessNew Hope For People WithParkinson and Other NeuroConditions, noon to 2:15 p.m.,New England Club, 8135 Beech-mont Ave., Upper Lounge. Freelunch and educational seminarfor people with Parkinson andother Neurological conditions.Free. Reservations recommend-ed. Presented by Superior CarePlus. 236-6486; www.superiorca-replus.com. Anderson Township.

Literary - Story TimesStory Time, 10:30-11 a.m., BlueManatee Children’s Bookstore,3054 Madison Road, On LaPageStage. Stories, songs and more.Free. 731-2665. Oakley.

NatureOwl Babies, 10-10:30 a.m., BeechAcres Park RecPlex, 6915 Beech-mont Ave., Enjoy story, song andvisit from live Eastern ScreechOwl. Ages 3-6. $8 resident, $11non-resident. Registrationrequired. Presented by AndersonTownship Park District. 388-5082.Anderson Township.

THURSDAY, FEB. 26Art & Craft ClassesSharp Art: Stained Glass Class-es, 6:30-9 p.m., Brazee StreetStudios, $30-$100. 389-6742;[email protected]. Oakley.

Open Studio Oils with ChuckMarshall, 9:30 a.m. to noon,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, $25. 404-3161. Marie-mont.

Making Montages with Amy

Burton, 1-3 p.m. Weeklythrough March 19., Woman’s ArtClub Cultural Center, $90. Regis-tration required. 561-6949;www.artatthebarn.org. Marie-mont.

Art ExhibitsWorks on Paper and Pop-Out-Painting, noon to 8 p.m., Bra-zee Street Studios, Free. 321-0206; www.brazeestreetstu-dios.com. Oakley.

Exercise ClassesNew Beginner Taoist Tai ChiClass, 2-3:15 p.m., Oakley Recre-ation Center, $109 includes 24classes followed by free monthof continuing practice meetings.Other packages also available.304-6055; www.usa.taoist.org.Oakley.

NatureAstronomy Night, 7 -8:30 p.m.,Cincinnati Observatory Center,$5 suggested donation. Reserva-tions required. 321-5186;www.cincinnatiobservatory.org.Mount Lookout.

RecreationPreschool Open Gym, 9:30-11:30a.m., Beech Acres Park RecPlex,$2 per child per class. 388-5082.Anderson Township.

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.

Drink TastingsWine Tasting, 5:30-7 p.m., WineWorld, $1 per two-ounce taste.232-6611. Anderson Township.

Cold Nights and Warm SpiritsWhiskey Tasting, 6:30-10 p.m.,Ault Park, 3600 ObservatoryAve., Pavilion. Each ticket in-cludes 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. Presentedby Ault Park Advisory Council.956-9876; www.aultparkac.org.Mount Lookout.

Friday Night Tasting: Incred-ible Italian Reds, 6-8 p.m., TheWine Merchant, 3972 EdwardsRoad, $25, $20 advance. Reserva-tions required. 731-1515;www.winemerchantcincinnat-i.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 - Bookstores

Story Time with Miss Sarah,9:30-10 a.m., Blue ManateeChildren’s Bookstore, Free.731-2665. Oakley.

NatureAstronomy Night, 7 -8:30 p.m.,Cincinnati Observatory Center,3489 Observatory Place, Shorttalk, astro Q&A, tour and star-gazing. $7, $5 children. Reserva-tions required. 321-5186;www.cincinnatiobservatory.org.Mount Lookout.


SATURDAY, FEB. 28

Art & Craft ClassesUkrainian Egg DecoratingClass, 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.,Lutheran Church of the Resurrec-tion, $15. Registration required.713-3541; www.lcresurrectio-n.org. Anderson Township.

Drink TastingsSaturday Premium WineFlight: Barolo: King Of Pied-mont, noon to 5 p.m., The WineMerchant, 3972 Edwards Road,Taste and compare four Barolowines from Piedmont, Italy. Ages21 and up. $15. Reservationsrequired. 731-1515; www.wine-merchantcincinnati.com. Oakley.

Music - AcousticAcoustic Music, 7-11 p.m.,American Legion Post 72, Free.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, 7:30 p.m.,St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 100Miami Ave., Music by candlelightby Jean-Joseph de Mondonville,for soprano, harpsichord andpardessus, with Toronto-basedsoprano, Shannon Mercer. $25,$10 students. Presented byCatacoustic 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.beechmontplay-ers.org. Anderson Township.

MONDAY, MARCH 2

Art & Craft ClassesSharp Art: Stained Glass Class-es, 6:30-9 p.m., Brazee StreetStudios, $30-$100. 389-6742;[email protected]. Oakley.

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Bella Luna is serving a Spay-ghetti and No Balls Dinner, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 19,4632 Eastern Ave., Linwood. Dinner includes spaghetti with choice of three sauces, salad, bread,bread pudding and drinks. A cash bar will be open. The dinner benefits UCAN to endeuthanasia of area dogs and cats. Cost is $40. Reservations are required. Call871-5862; visitwww.ucancincinnati.org.


Have you everdone this: you buymore meat than youcan use because it’son sale. Sometimesyou remember tofreeze it, sometimesyou don’t.

If that soundslike you, we’re onthe same wave-length.

Last week I bought morechicken breasts than we neededfor dinner. I made chicken noo-dle soup out of some of them andintended to freeze the rest. Be-cause they were hidden out ofsight in the meat bin, I forgotabout them.

When they surfaced severaldays later, the chicken was stillgood enough to eat, but it neededto be cooked right away.

I had a meeting that eveningand couldn’t fuss with a recipethat took too much time or wascomplicated. This no fuss, quickrecipe was just right.

Really good tasting, too.

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is an herbalist,educator, Jungle Jim’s Eastgate culinaryprofessional and author. Find her blogonline at Abouteating.com. Call 513-248-7130, ext. 356.

Use that extra frozen chicken,cleanse with kale salad

Moist and marvelous Parmesan chickenbreasts

1/2 cup real mayonnaise1/4 cup Parmesan or Romano cheeseFew grindings black pepper2 large or 4 smaller skinless, boneless breasts1/3 cup Italian seasoned breadcrumbs - see Rita’s tip

Preheat oven to 425. Blend mayo and cheese. Put chickenon sprayed cookie sheet. Smear topping on. Sprinkle withcrumbs. Bake 20 minutes or until juices run clear in centerwhen poked with a knife, about 160 internal temperature.Residual heat will continue to cook the chicken even after it’sout of the oven, raising temperature 5 degrees or so. Don’tover bake or chicken will be dry.

Tip: homemade Italian bread crumbs. I had plain crumbsso I stirred in a couple shakes of Italian seasoning.

Annie’s Kale Salad - a cleansing saladMy niece, Annie, brought this salad to our house as a side

dish for dinner. Annie used regular curly kale. We grow Lac-inato/Tuscan kale, which, to my taste, is milder in flavor. Allkales are nutritious with anti-cancer properties: a cup providesmore than 100 percent of the daily value of vitamins K and A,and over 80 percent of vitamin C.

Salad:

1 bunch kale torn into small pieces1-2 tablespoon olive oil1 Granny Smith apple, thinly sliced1/4 cup dried cranberries1/4 cup pine nuts, toasted, or bit more

Dressing:Go to taste on this, adding more of any ingredient if you

want.

1 tablespoon fresh ginger juice - see Rita's tip2-3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar1 teaspoon Dijon mustard2 teaspoons honey1/4 cup olive oilFreshly ground pepper and salt

Whisk together ginger juice, apple cider vinegar, Dijonand honey. Whisk in oil and season to taste. Set aside.

Meanwhile, place kale in bowl and season with salt, pep-per and olive oil. Massage well with hands - this breaks downcellular structure, making it tenderer.

Add in apple, berries and nuts. Toss with dressing to coat.You can make this hours ahead.

Toasting pine nuts: Best done in dry non-stick skillet overlow heat until golden.

Making ginger juice: Grate ginger and squeeze out juice.Or place pieces in garlic press and squeeze out juice. This is the“hardest” part of the recipe since it takes some time. I like tofreeze my ginger root, grate it frozen, and proceed.

Tip: Ginger paste option. Try using a teaspoon or more ofginger paste. Easier by far and a good keeper in the frig.

THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD

This quick parmesan chicken recipe is an easy way to use extra frozen meat in a jiffy.

Rita NaderHiekenfeld RITA’S KITCHEN

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Be careful of ‘win-win’ -we may lose

Mr. Rebel has some validpoints (“Trade nukes at thetable, not in the air,” Feb. 4Viewpoints). On whole though,his commentary smacks ofanti-Semitism. I’m sure hiswin-win argument would beapplauded by Israel’s neigh-bors who seek its destruction.Israel’s nukes, an open secret,are helping to keep its enemies

at bay. By the way, why does any

negotiation with an enemy ofthe United States of Americahave to be a win-win? I sup-pose Israel could broker anegotiation between Russiaand Ukraine with the Russiansleaving Ukraine if the USAgets rid of its nukes. That’s awin-win, right?

James Forbes Anderson Township

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Feb. 11 questionShould parents have the

right to decide whether to havetheir school-age children vacci-nated, and if they decide not to,should the children be permit-ted to attend school? Why orwhy not?

“I believe that parents havethe right to decide on anyaspect of their children’slives. However, when thosedecisions have ramificationsof placing the larger commu-nity of children at risk forsickness or disease I do notbelieve those children shouldbe permitted to attend a pub-lic or private school. Thosechildren can still receive theireducation through homeschooling, the hiring of tutors(who are aware of the risksthey may be exposing them-selves to).

“We have come such a longway in eradicating diseases inthe past that were debilitatingor life threatening. There is noreason to regress and exposethe majority of children tothese potential illnesses whenproven vaccines are avail-able.”

C.S.

“Those around during thepolio, tuberculosis (earliersmall pox) and other healththreats were brought up toadhere to vaccinations. TheMMR (measles mumps andrubella) has basically eradi-cated these maladies. There issome concern (still unproven)that certain vaccinations canhave side effects such as au-tism. I favor the requiredvaccinations to allow kids intoschools. Those who do notchose this vaccination pathcan always home-school theirkids. But there are some whochose not get a flu shot, but goto work/school with the flu. GoFigure!”

T.D.T.

Feb. 4 questionThe governors of Ohio and

Kentucky announced a newplan to help pay for a newBrent-Spence Bridge, whichincludes a 50 percent toll dis-count for daily users of thebridge. Is this a good idea? Whyor why not?

“I don’t think the newbridge should be paid for withtolls. The federal governmentbuilt the first bridge, as wellas the interstate highways oneither side of it. The federalgovernment should pay thelion’s share of the new bridge.

“Now, I know they don’thave the cash to pay for it; butmoney has never been cheap-er to borrow than now.

“For all those folks (U.S.Rep. Steve Chabot included)who say we can’t/shouldn’tborrow anymore money, Iwant to ask you this question:Why was it OK to borrow tens,if not hundreds of billions ofdollars to build roads, bridges,power plants, etc. in Iraq, butcompletely out of the questionto borrow $2.9 billion to builda bridge here or anywhereelse in the United States?

“Maybe that could be nextweek’s Ch@troom question.”

Marty M.

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THIS WEEK’SQUESTIONThe Ohio House recently passedHouse Bill 7, which prohibitsschools from using test scoresfrom state assessments whendetermining a student’s ad-vancement to the next gradelevel and granting of coursecredit. The bill also states thatschools are not permitted toshare individual student testscores to outside sources with-out consent from either thestudent or his or her parents. Isthis good legislation? Why orwhy not?

Every week we ask readers a questionthey can reply to via email. Send youranswers [email protected] withCh@troom in the subject line.

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One of the best thingsabout Anderson Township isthe care we show for kids.When a child is lost, Ander-son people drop everythingto search for that child.

Despite that generosity,some young people here inour township still need ourhelp. Their lives can be mademuch better if we work tohelp them and their families.They are the children wholive in poverty among us.

Often, they live in over-crowded housing. They re-ceive free lunch at school,but often don’t eat breakfastor much for dinner, either.These are kids who attendschool alongside wealthykids. They may look thesame, but often wear thesame clothing to school daily.Some have very fragile sup-port systems.

Three years ago thismonth, a group from St.Timothy Episcopal Churchand others began the WhizKids program. This effort,under the auspices of CityGospel Mission, providesvolunteers who tutor MercerElementary students in read-ing and math to lift theiracademic performance.While doing that work, wefound that many of thesechildren face severe poverty-related issues.

Thanks to a generous gift

from a donorwho saw thevalue of thatprogram,the Boys &Girls Clubsof GreaterCincinnati islaunching anew club atMercer thisafternoon(Feb. 18).This willgive most of

these same children an addi-tional three evenings duringthe week to work on theiracademics, healthy life-styles, citizenship and help-fulness toward others. If thatprogram succeeds, it willcontinue next school year.

If you want to help youngpeople, including the 53 per-cent of Cincinnati childrenwho were living in poverty(according to a 2013 Chil-dren’s Defense Fund study), Ihope you will join me in at-tending four Wednesday-evening meetings about “Re-sponding to Childhood Pover-ty in Our Neighborhood.” Allwill be at St. Timothy, 8101Beechmont Ave.

On Feb. 25, we will watch adocumentary about childpoverty.

March 4, Brent Seelmeyer,president of the Boys & GirlsClubs of Greater Cincinnati,

will talk about how theirprograms fight childhoodpoverty, and how we in An-derson can help. I will dis-cuss the Whiz Kid Program.

On March 11, Troy Jacksonof the Amos Project will talkabout the broader povertyissues facing greater Cincin-nati.

March 18, Kristy Maruca,an independently licensedsocial worker and assistantdirector for special pop-ulations at Child Focus Inc.,will give insights about thedifficulties of breaking thecycle of poverty in families.It’s more complicated thanwe often think.

Our whole community iswelcome. Each night, we willbegin at 6 p.m. with a simplesoup and salad dinner provid-ed. The program will start at7 p.m. and end at 8:15 with aconcluding prayer that asks:“How is God Calling Me toRespond?”

Please join us, whetheryou have religious beliefs orjust want to help. Our chil-dren need Anderson’s help.Questions? Contact PatriciaMahaffey at the church, 513-474-4445, or [email protected].

Judy Gardner is director of chil-dren's spiritual formation at St.Timothy, and volunteer site directorfor Mercer Whiz Kids.

Yes, there ischildhood poverty inAnderson Township

Judy GardnercolumnistCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

It is estimated that morethan 25 percent of US seniorshave diabetes, and another 50percent show pre-diabeticsymptoms.

The disease was the sev-enth leading cause of deathamong Americans in 2010.There’s hope for seniors withdiabetes. Simple, preventativesteps that seniors can take athome can stave off its long-term damaging effects, oreven eradicate pre-diabeticsymptoms entirely. Here arethree ways that seniors livingwith diabetes can improvetheir quality of life:

1. Check your finger stickblood sugar every day.

Checking your finger stickblood sugar isn’t pleasant. Ifyou think about the long-termpain from which you can saveyourself and loved ones –life-threatening diabetic ke-toacidotic crises, ICU admis-sions, chronic infections, limbamputations and early demise– a second or two of pain ev-ery day when you check yourblood glucose level is a smallprice to pay.

2. Eat right and be active.Pre-diabetic symptoms can

be reduced, or even resolvedentirely, just by losing a mod-erate amount of weight andexercising regularly. And fulldiabetics can sometimescome off daily insulin injec-

tions just by eating better andexercising.

Instead of eating processedfoods and restaurant take-out,try cooking more fresh fruitand veggie-based dishes athome. Avoid adding sugar orsalt just for the sake of taste.

Exercise moderately everyday. Take walks, swim, or gofor bike rides. When theweather gets cold, try light tomoderate weight training,sign up for a water aerobicsclass or ballroom dancing.The idea is to get moving.

3. Keep a daily diet andblood glucose log; visit yourdoctor for regular checks.

If you are a diabetic whoeither does not have an estab-lished primary care doctor orwho doesn’t go for regularcheckups, you’re risking yourhealth.

Without careful manage-ment of your diabetes re-gimen by a physician, you runa serious risk of heart disease,strokes, chronic wound in-fections, neurological damageand other debilitating condi-tions.

A 2010 study by the Health-care Cost and Utilization Pro-

ject found that preventablehospital admissions related todiabetes increased 12 percentbetween 2005 and 2010. In2010 alone, preventable diabe-tes admissions cost hospitals(and US taxpayers whenMedicare and Medicaid pay-ments are considered) over$6.3 billion.

To help your doctor bettermanage your diabetes re-gimen, keep a diligent recordof your food intake, morningand after-meal FSBS read-ings, insulin and medicationdoses and exercise. By doingso, you can give your doctorthe information he or sheneeds to keep you safe.

If you haven’t been seriousabout managing your diabe-tes, now’s the time to start.

Living well with diabetes ispossible, but it takes effort.Schedule an appointment withyour primary care doctor todevelop a comprehensivecare plan.

If you have no primarycare doctor, find one now.Start adhering to a low-sugardiet, check your glucose reg-ularly, keep a diabetes man-agement log and exerciseregularly.

Episcopal Retirement Homes runsMarjorie P. Lee, Deupree Home andDeupree Cottages in Eastern Cin-cinnati.

3 ways diabetic seniorscan keep living well

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Even though the districtmeet is a little more than aweek away, a couple area gym-nastics teams are alreadyprimed for a big push in thepostseason.

Even though it graduatedplenty of seniors from lastyear’s team, Oak Hills was pre-dicted to be one of the betterteams in the area. The High-landers had high finishes, tak-ing third in their first homemeet and finishing in eighthout of 22 teams at the Elk Invi-tational in Centerville Jan. 24.

Natalia Johnson, MckenzeyKleinholz and Alyssa McCar-thy have been key contributorsfor the Highlanders this sea-son.

“It’s been difficult with all

the injuries, but our freshmenand sophomores have steppedup,” Highlanders head coachKristin Perica said. “We’vebeen working on upgrades toour routines and we look for-ward to the city and districtmeets.

“We want to finish strong asa team.”

The Mason Comets remainundefeated, and Lakota Easthas high expectations. Otherteams that expected to be com-peting come March include An-derson, Cincinnati CountryDay and Turpin.

The Indians brought backan experienced group led byseniors senior Kaitlin Harden,Jennifer Gonzales and GustyPohlman.

CCD has a couple third-place finishes to its credit andfinished in seventh place at the

Hamilton Invitational. The In-dians host the city champion-ships Feb. 21.

Head coach Steve Connersaid before the season that theteam’s goal was to be amongthe top five teams in the city.He could not be reached forcomment last week.

The Redskins and Spartanssaw what they needed to do toimprove following the FlipFest. The “Gymskins” finishedin fifth place overall and Spar-tans’ head coach Gail Maun-drell said “it was not one of ourbest meets.”

Anderson’s senior captainEmily Caggiano placed in thevault, beam, bars and wasfourth in the all-around compe-tition.

Turpin finished third in theHamilton Invitational andposted a season-best team

score of 128.275. Junior HaleyWitherell won the floor exer-cise with a personal best of 9.2 ,took second on beam and barswith scores of 8.9 and 8.775, re-spectively.

She took third place in theall-around with another per-sonal best of 35.025.

Mercy’s Kiki Carle, Seton’sNina Wurzelbacher and Syca-more’s Molly Gearin all werepredicted be among the top in-dividuals in the city.

“She’s placed in the floor ex-ercise at a lot of meets and hasa chance to qualify for state onthe floor and beam,” Pericasaid of Wurzelbacher. “As forKiki, she has been one of mymost consistent gymnasts andalso has a chance to qualify onfloor and beam.”

The OHSAA district meet isFeb. 28.T

Area gymnastics teams primed for postseason pushBy Nick [email protected]

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Anderson’s Emily Caggianocompetes on the uneven bars.

MT. WASHINGTON — More of-ten than not, tweets from theMcNicholas boys basketballTwitter account are punctuatedby “#ForTheString.”

The phrase, chosen by theteam’s seniors, has a dual mean-ing. It serves as a reminder toplay for one another and com-bine for one purpose like thestrings that weave together toform the net. The other meaningis more direct.

“The second meaning is aboutgetting to Dayton and cuttingdown the nets,” Rockets headcoach Tim Monahan said. “Theplayers have set some reallygood goals and the last one stand-ing is for us to get to Dayton. But,it’s not going to be easy.”

McNicholas (9-10, 3-5 Greater

Catholic League Coed) should beused to games being difficult bynow. Through Feb. 10, the Rock-ets held a 3-4 record in games de-cided by five points or fewer.

They lost to Carroll 44-42 toopen the season, lost by one to ateam from Whitesboro, N.Y., in aholiday tournament, came with-in a three-pointer of handing Mil-ford its first loss of the seasonand lost to fellow GCL Coed teamFenwick.

The three wins came againstPurcell Marian in the third gameof the year, against Taft on Jan.24 and against Roger Bacon ear-lier this month.

Wins against opponents likeTaft, Roger Bacon and Andersonhave McNicholas believing it isturning a corner.

“I think we are going in theright direction,” senior guardGreg Kent said. “Those wins

give us a lot of confidence goinginto our last GCL games on theroad. We need to win them.”

Senior shooting guard KyleMorrisroe thinks earning a fa-vorable seed is possible.

“That’s been our main goal allseason and it was last year too,”Morrisroe said. “We came upshort against Wyoming. Hope-fully, we make it this year.”

With seeding already in place,the only things teams know forsure is who they play and where.After that, plenty is unknown.

“Those two wins (against An-derson and Bacon) and gettingon a bit of a winning streak hasgiven them confidence at theright time,” Monahan said. “Ithink we have a really good shot,but we have to play every game.You can’t be looking at your nextopponent. If you do that, you’regoing home.”

McNicholas boys basketball team plays ‘for the string’

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McNicholas forward Jacob Bradleyscores during the Anderson gameFeb. 10.

By Nick [email protected]


McNicholas forward NickStaderman shoots a three againstAnderson Feb. 10.

ANDERSON TWP. — Entering the post-season, Anderson swimming headcoach Ed Bachman said, “sectionals area dangerous place.”

His point was swimmers can’t bereally sharp for races because it inter-rupts the taper process and that it’s justanother meet to get through. This weekthough, the thinking will change as dis-trict swimmers race for a spot in thestate meet.

The top two individuals/relays ineach event and the top seven and eightdivers in Division I and II, respectively,automatically qualify for the state tour-nament in Canton. Sixteen at-largeswimmers will also be chosen based ontimes from across Ohio.

Redskin swimmers Patrick Johnson,Hassler Carroll, Nicholas Haller, EvanSchlosser, the 200 and 400 freestyle re-lays and 200 medley relay qualified forthe district meet. Divers Evan Leupenand Jonnyz Harm also qualified for dis-tricts.

Aside from Carroll, who is looking todefend his state title in the 500 free-style, Bachman said he has been im-pressed with the enthusiasm of Haller.

“I don’t think I have ever seen him ina bad mood,” Bachman said. “Some-times, I have to calm him down.”

Julia Baldasare, Megan Forsthoefel,Marissa Martin, Andrea Lupariello,Madison Forsthoefel and the 200 and400 freestyle relays qualified for dis-tricts from the Anderson girls. The 200medley relay team will be an alternate.

Diver Jennifer Dunn also qualifiedfor districts.

Bachman highlighted the exploits ofMegan Forsthoefel, who has a preexist-ing back condition that she’s dealt withall four years.

It keeps her away from doing certainevents because of the stress they canput on the lower back and it also keepsher from doing certain dry land exer-cises.

But, her coach said she has handledher career with aplomb.

“It seems like every year I have a kidor two that inspires me and she’s one ofthose kids,” Bachman said. “I hope shefinishes the season the way she de-serves to finish it.”

The Redskins will be joined in thedistrict meet by several Turpin swim-mers as well.

Cole Dehlinger, Matthew Wilson,Kyle Grebert, Jonathan Ericksen, LiamGrebert, Zach Thornton, Mac Dulle,Pete Lingo, Sean Tanaka (alternate), the200 and 400 freestyle relays and the 200medley relay will represent the Spartanboys.

For the girls it will be: Taylor Conti-no, Hannah Winner, Annie Concannon,Lexie Hardewig, Allison Kapostasy,

Jessica Rupp, Audrey Mooney, the 200and 400 freestyle relays and the 200medley relay.

Rory Blankenship and Lily Malonequalified for diving districts.

“We have a strong team this year andboth groups have the potential to shine

at districts,” said Rene Contino, Turpinswimming coach and mother to Taylor.

McNicholas will be represented byNick Rosenbaum, diver Salvatore Mari-no, Skye Lewis, Natalie Martinez, Shel-by Miller, the girls’ 400 freestyle relayand the girls’ 200 medley relay.

Area swimmers advance to districtsBy Nick [email protected]

NICK ROBBE/COMMUNITY PRESS

McNicholas junior Shelby Miller races in thefinal heat of the 500 yard freestyle at MasonFeb. 14.


Turpin’s Mac Dulle swims in the 100 yard butterfly during the Mason sectional Feb. 13.


Anderson’s Hassler Carroll took second in thefinal heat of Division I 200 yard freestyle aspart of the Mason sectional.

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Boys basketball » Turpin defeated Har-

rison 62-56 Feb. 10, itssixth win in a row. Bran-don Holaday led the Spar-tans with 21 points.

» McNicholas defeatedAnderson 63-55 Feb. 10.Greg Kent led the Rocketswith 24 points.

» Miami Valley Chris-tian Academy beat Hill-crest 59-54 on Feb. 12 assenior Malique Ward had21 points.

» Walnut Hills beat LaSalle 48-44 on Feb. 7. Sen-ior MaCio Teague led theEagles with 21 points.

Girls basketball» Anderson defeated

Glen Este 61-50 Feb. 7.Madison Temple, KelseyHerbert, Maggie Harrisand Alexis Starks allscored in double figures.

The Redskins defeatedWithrow 64-49 on Feb 11.Temple, Herbert, Harrisand Starks all scored indouble figures again.

» Turpin defeated Se-ton 48-34 Feb. 9. Macken-zie Campbell led all scor-ers with 17 points.

The Spartans lost toGlen Este 54-41 Feb. 11.

» McNicholas defeatedthe Cincinnati Trailblaz-ers 54-36 Feb. 9, its fifthwin in a row.

» Walnut Hills whippedLoveland 57-32 on Feb. 11,57-32. Senior Amber Wilksled with 14 points.

Girls swimming anddiving

» Jessica Doughman ofWalnut Hills was sixth atthe Division I sectionalmeet Feb. 11.

The following WalnutHills girls qualified forthe district meet at the Di-vision I sectional Feb. 14:Casey Becker, 200 free-style; Brookley Garry,Melanie Cashell, AmaraDadosky, 100 breast-stroke; Keira Hassel, 100butterfly; Garry, 200 indi-vidual medley; 200 free-style relay; 400 freestylerelay, 200 medley relay.

» Anderson’s JenniferDunn qualified for dis-tricts. She came in 14th.

The following Red-skins qualified for distr-cits at the Division I meetFeb. 14: Julia Baldasare,Megan Forsthoefel, 100freestyle; Marissa Martin,Andrea Lupariello, 200freestyle; Martin, Lupa-riello, 500 freestyle; Madi-son Forsthoefel, 100breaststroke; Baldasare,100 butterfly; Megan For-sthoefel, 200 IM, 200 free-style relay; 400 freestylerelay; 200 medley relay(alternate).

» The following TurpinSpartans qualified for dis-tricts: Taylor Contino,Hannah Winner, AnnieConcannon, 50 freestyle;Contino, Winner, Concan-non, 100 freestyle; LexieHardewig, 200 freestyle;

Hardewig, Allison Kapos-tasy, Stephanie Williams(alternate), 500 freestyle;Jessica Rupp, 100 back-stroke; Audrey Mooney,100 breaststroke; Rupp,100 butterfly; Mooney, Ka-postasy, 200 IM; 200 free-style relay; 400 freestylerelay; 200 medley relay.

Rory Blankenship andLily Malone qualified fordiving districts.

» The McNicholasRockets qualified for dis-tricts: Skye Lewis, NatalieMartinez, 50 freestyle;Shelby Miller, 200 free-style; Miller, 500 free-style; Martinez, 100 back-stroke; Lewis, 100 breast-stroke; 400 freestyle re-lay; 200 medley relay.

Boys swimming anddiving

» Anderson diversEvan Leupen and JonnyzHarm qualified for dis-tricts. Leupen finished inthird and Harm in 24th.

The following Red-skins swimmers qualifiedfor districts: Patrick John-son, 50 freestyle; HasslerCarroll, 200 freestyle; Car-roll, 500 freestyle; Nicho-las Haller, Evan Schlosser,100 breaststroke; Haller,

200 IM; 200 freestyle re-lay; 400 freestyle relay;200 medley relay.

» The following Turpinswimmers qualified fordistricts: Cole Dehlinger,50 freestyle; Matthew Wil-son, Dehlinger, 100 free-style; Kyle Grebert, 200freestyle; Jonathan Erick-sen, Liam Grebert, KyleGrebert, Zach Thornton,500 freestyle; Ericksen,Mac Dulle, Pete Lingo, 100backstroke; Thornton (al-ternate), Sean Tanaka (al-ternate), 100 breaststroke;Dulle, Tanaka, MatthewWilson, 100 butterfly;Liam Grebert, 200 IM; 200freestyle relay; 400 free-style relay; 200 medley re-lay.

Michael Haney quali-fied for diving districts.

» The following McNi-cholas Rockets qualifiedFeb. 13: Nick Rosenbaum,100 breaststroke; Rosen-baum, 100 butterfly.

Salvatore Marino qual-ified for diving districts.

» At the Division I div-ing sectional at St. XavierFeb. 10, Zach Siegal ofWalnut Hills moved on tothe district tournamentwith a third-place finish.

The Walnut swim teamfinished fourth at the Di-vision I sectional at St. Xa-vier Feb. 13. The followingEagles qualified for thedistrict meet: Laith Bara-kat (alternate) 50 free-style; Daniel Cashell, 200freestyle; Cooper Keener,100 backstroke; MylesKenner, Cashell, 100breaststroke; CooperKeener, Patrick Fuller, 100butterfly; Myles Keener,Will Beriage (alternate)200 individual medley; 200freestyle relay; 400 free-style relay; 200 medley re-lay.

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Members of the 2014 McNicholas girls soccer team arepresented their state championship rings at a ceremony atMcNicholas High School Feb. 10.

Clermont CountyKnothole Baseball

There will be a 2015Clermont County Knot-hole Baseball CCBKumpire clinic in NewRichmond, Withams-ville-Tobasco and Mil-ford in March.

Umpire age require-ments are: Class A, 16years old; Class B, 14;Class C, 13; Class D, 13;and Class D Instruction-al, 12.

The umpire’s age isto be reached by April30 of the current year.Umpires who are not 16by April 30 of the cur-rent year must attend aclass and pass test eachyear to be certified.Umpires 16 and oldermust attend class andpass the test or be ap-proved by Franchise tobe certified.

The following are thethree dates provided byCCBK. Attendees mayattend any venue butmust be present forboth dates at same loca-tion.

Arrive at least 30minutes prior to starttime on first day forregistration. Cost perparticipant is $20.Lunch will be providedon Saturday.

Upon completion ofcourse, participant willbe permitted to umpireknothole gamesthroughout ClermontCounty.

» New Richmond -Connection PointChurch, 215 ColumbiaSt.: Saturday, March 7, 9a.m.-4 p.m.; Sunday,March 8, 12:30 -5:30 p.m.

» Withamsville-To-basco Park 937 Ohio

Pike, Cincinnati: Satur-day, March 14, 9 a.m.-4p.m.; Sunday, March 15,12-5 p.m.

» Milford – MilfordHigh School 1 EaglesWay: Saturday, March21, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sun-day, March 22, 12-5 p.m.

Men’s seniorbaseball

The Anderson Men’sSenior Baseball Leagueis accepting signups forthe spring season for its35-plus league. They be-gan playing hardball infall of 2002.

There will be regis-tration at 7 p.m. on Feb.26 at Backstop located689 Old Ohio 74 in East-gate. They will alsohave registration andworkout from 1-3 p.m.on March 15 at River-side Park in Anderson.Riverside Park is locat-ed on Round BottomRoad.

The cost is $150 plusjersey cost (for newplayers). If interestedcome to registrationand pay your leaguefees.

They will be holdingsignups for the 18-plusleague at 4 p.m. onMarch 29 at RiversidePark, but people canalso register on Feb. 26at Backstop.

This is an opportuni-ty for men to play andenjoy the game of base-ball.

Call John Gruenbergat 254-8221 or [email protected]. Thewebsite for AndersonMSBL iswww.eteamz.com/an-derson_msbl .

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A leading civic organi-zation in the community,the club promotes jus-tice, civic reform, andcitizen engagement.

At the gala, guests willgather in the Hall of Mir-rors lobby for a recep-tion at 5:30 p.m. cash bar.Dinner begins at 6:30p.m. and the program at 7p.m.

The lineup of enter-tainment includes Cin-cinnati historian DanHurley, who will speakabout the contributionsof Woman’s City Club tothe history of the city.

MUSE, Cincinnati’sWomen’s Choir, will singabout the brave efforts

of women worldwide.Youth from Elementz,the Urban Art Center,will perform.

The club’s two Centen-nial books, “Stirring thePot,” a historical cook-book by club memberspast and present, and“Lighting the Fire, Lead-ing the Way,” the historyof WCC in the last 50years, will be availablefor purchase.

Individual tickets are$75. Tables of 10 are $700.Organizations, corpora-tions and individualsmay also sponsor theevent (and support thework of the club) at lev-els beginning at $1500.Tickets may be boughtonline at womanscityclu-b.org.

For more information,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 col-laboration.

Today, WCC believesthat all people need to beincluded in the decisionssurrounding the life ofour 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, pub-lic officials, scholars,writers and humanrights advocates.

On April 23, the clubwill 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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Excitement abound-ed at The Cincin-nati Woman’s Club

when The PhilanthropyCommittee supported theScholarship Programwhich, under the leader-ship of Susan Westerlingand Sue Showers, hon-

ored nine women from theUniversity of Cincinnatiwho were the recipients ofthe Club’s 2014-2015 schol-arships.

Among these scholarswas the first recipient ofthe Louise Dieterle Nip-pert Scholarship, award-

ed to a female vocal stu-dent at the College Con-servatory of Music.

Each of these youngwomen presented her aca-demic accomplishmentsand future career aspira-tions to the assembledCWC members.

The students chosen toreceive this recognitioninclude: Brooke Dungan,nursing; Kevonyah Ed-wards-Tidwell, criminaljustice; Shelby Haskins,special education; Shan-non Hokanson, historyand historic preservation;Jocelyn Monnin, ad-vanced medical imaging

technology; ShannonRothenbusch, communi-cations science and disor-ders; Jaime Sanzere, di-etetics; Jamie Sohngen,international business andeconomics, and SarahVautour, vocal perfor-mance.

CWC members cele-brated these young schol-ars with a luncheon fol-lowing the program.

Since 1894, The Cincin-nati Woman’s Club has fo-cused on educating itsmembers and working tomake Greater Cincinnati abetter place.

CWC gives scholarships to women in college

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Shelby Haskins, who is studying special education, celebrates her Cincinnati Woman’s Clubscholarship with Libby Sharrock of Mt. Washington.


Scholar Brooke Dungan, a nursing student, and her CWC sponsors Marianne Beard and KayEby, both Mt. Washington residents, celebrate Dungan’s CWC scholarship.


Shannon Hokanson is congratulated on her scholarship by herCincinnati Woman’s Club sponsor Sarah Johnson of Hyde Park.


Cincinnati Woman’s Club sponsor Cindy Mairose of Hyde Parkcongratulates Kevonyah Edwards-Tidwell on her scholarshipfrom CWC.

A roundup of newswor-thy things your neighborsare doing:

Kissinger appointedto Municipal Court

Cincinnati attorney andHamilton County JuvenileCourt Administrator Cur-tis E. Kissinger has beenappointed by Gov. John R.

Kasich toserve as ajudge onthe Hamil-ton CountyMunicipalCourt. Kis-singer fillsthe vacan-cy created

by the election of JudgeRussell Mock to the Courtof Appeals. Kissinger wassworn in and began his ser-vice Feb. 9.

Kissinger judicial dis-trict includes AndersonTownship, Newtown,Mount Washington, HydePark, Mount Lookout, Oak-ley, Fairfax and Marie-mont.

Kissinger received hisbachelor's degree from theUniversity of Cincinnatiand his law degree fromthe University of DaytonSchool of Law. After his ad-

mission to the bar, Kissin-ger worked with the Ham-ilton County Prosecutor'sOffice and was a SpecialProsecuting Attorney forthe Ohio Organized CrimeCommission. Previous ex-perience includes workingfor the law offices of Ren-digs, Fry, Kiely & Dennis,LLP, and Cohen, Todd, Kite& Stanford, LLC. Most re-cently, Kissinger was thecourt administrator forthe Hamilton County Juve-nile Court.

Kissinger is also an ad-junct professor for theUniversity of Cincinnati asan instructor in its Behav-ioral Sciences Departmentteaching criminal justiceand corrections. He is amember of the HamiltonCounty Ethics Commis-sion and the Board of Di-rectors of HOPE for Chil-dren and Families. Kissin-ger is also a member of theUrsuline Academy Par-ents' Association and Ur-suline Dad's Club.

Kissinger, who was ad-mitted to the practice oflaw in Ohio Nov. 10, 1990,must run for election inNovember to retain theseat for the remainder ofthe unexpired term.

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The youth group of Clough UnitedMethodist Church hosted its annualValentines Dinner Feb. 7 in the churchfamily room.

Members of the youth group helpedprepare and serve the meal. Those at-tending enjoyed a four course Italiandinner.

All proceeds from the dinner andfrom a silent auction held that eveningwill be used to help finance the youthgroup's summer mission trip.

This June the youth will travel to theRed Bird Mission in Kentucky, wherethey will help rehab houses in the sur-rounding community.

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Jorge Bonar and Danielle Bonar attended the Valentines Dinner hosted by the Clough UnitedMethodist Church youth group.


Julie Crosby (left), Shanna Whitten, Chuck Crellin and Liz Crellin enjoy the Valentines Dinner atClough United Methodist Church.

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Ronda Koehler, one of the leaders of the CloughUnited Methodist youth group, serves iced teato Sue Jacob at the Valentines Dinner.


Terry Simpson and Robin Simpson checkout some of the items in the silent auctionat the Valentines Dinner at Clough UnitedMethodist Church.


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NON-DENOMINATIONAL

Betty J. BushBetty J. Bush, 85, of An-

derson Township died Jan. 29.Survived by son, Gary Bush;

brother, William (Jacqueline)Shinkle; and friend, JamesHarping.

Preceded in death byparents Virgil Shinkle andBeatrice Kolb; and sister,Dorothy Flick.

Services were Feb. 7 at St.Stephen Church, Cincinnati.

Melva Marie CaseyMelva Marie Casey, 92, of

Anderson Township died Feb.6.

Survived by children JoanJetter, Daniel Knell, Larry(Nancy) Knell and Terri Casey;13 great-grandchildren; andone great-great-grandchild.

Preceded in death bychildren Fred, David andRobert Knell and MelodyCasey; and nine brothers andsisters.

Services were Feb. 10 at E.C.Nurre Funeral Home, Amelia.

Richard KerstingDisney

Richard Kersting Disney,100, of Anderson Townshipdied Feb. 2. He was a US Armyveteran of World War II,including the Battle of theBulge.

Survived by children Melin-da Disney and Jennifer (Rob-ert) Hurley; grandson, PatrickHurley; brother, Samuel(Edna) Disney; and nieces andnephews.

Services were Feb. 6 at T.P.White and Sons FuneralHome, Mount Washington.Memorials to: the HonorFlight Tri-State.

Preceded in death by wife,Dixie (nee Norris) Disney.

Jonathan IsaacHoltzclaw

Jonathan Isaac Holtzclaw,26, of Anderson Township

died Dec. 13.Survived

by parentsBobby andMonika (neevan Treeck)Holtzclaw;siblingsDaniel andKristinaHoltzclaw;

grandparents Werner andWilma van Treeck; unclesRodney and Gery van Treeckand Billy Holtzclaw; auntsAnnette Rungley, Ellen andJean van Treeck; sister-in-law,Savannah Holtzclaw; cousinsMatthew, Joshua, Ben, Emily,Noah, Lily and Adam (Vir-ginia) van Treeck, and Mark,Cody and Brandon Holtzclaw.

Preceded in death bygrandfather, Cecil Holtzclaw;grandmother, Marie (neeGaskins) Holtzclaw; aunt,Joann Holtzclaw; and unclesJohnny and Donnie Holtz-claw.

Services were Dec. 23 atImmaculate Heart of MaryChurch, Anderson Township.

Loretta Helen HookLoretta Helen Hook, 101, of

Anderson Township died Jan.14.

Survived by daughter,Frances (Jim) Naegel; sister,Loriane Wissing; grand-children Teena (Mark) Man-ton, Rick (Kim) Naegel, Kath-leen (Chris) Jabs and Leah(Matt) Woody; and great-grandchildren David Kuss-man, Matthew, WhitneyNaegel, Victoria Manton andJacob Manton.

Preceded in death byhusband, Minor James Hook;parents William Henry Probstand Anna Elise Kolbus; sib-lings Alma Ambrose, ViolaMorris, Walter, Norman,Raymond and Wilbert Probst.

Services were Feb. 7 at T.P.White and Sons FuneralHome, Mount Washington.

Betty J. HowardBetty J. (nee Wiley) How-

ard, 91, of Mount Washingtondied Feb. 5.

Survived by sons Gilbert E.

(Sandra) and Timothy G.(Joanne) Howard; grand-children Brea (Michael) Dugeand Becky (Robert) Holmes;and great-grandchildrenColton, Olivia and Dage.

Preceded in death byhusband, Arthur E. Howard;parents Joseph G. Wiley andRosa Widman; and siblingsRutherford, Harold, Janet andDale Wiley.


John R. FullertonJohn R. “Jack” Fullerton,

86, of Mount Washingtondied Feb. 5.

Survived by wife, MargaretFullerton; children John A.(Char) Fullerton, Linda (Jona-than) Lewis and Scott (Tessa)Fullerton; step-children Cindy(Bill) Martineau, Eric (Cindy)and Steve Elam and Lisa(Greg) Wolf; brother, Ed (Jan)Fullerton; 14 grandchildren;and seven great-grand-children.

Preceded in death by wife,Mary Jane Fullerton.

Services were Feb. 10 at St.Timothy’s Episcopal Church,Cincinnati.

Thomas A. McDaniel, 82, ofMount Washington died Feb.5. He was a US Army veteranof Korea.

Survived by wife, RoannaMcDaniel; daughters Dora(late Thomas) Howard, Kathy(Tom) Cramerding, Mitz (Ken)Roesch and Tommie Ann (Bill)Roesch; siblings Dolly Brooksand Art (Janet) McDaniel;grandchildren Audrey, Chris-topher, Elizabeth, Scott(Megan) Paula, Debbie, Kelly,Caroline and Heather; andnine great-grandchildren.

Preceded in death byparents Everett McDaniel andNettie Rice; and siblingsEverett and Willard McDaniel.

Services were Feb. 11 at Mt.Washington United Method-ist Church.

Robert R. Rees Jr.Robert R. Rees Jr., 70, of

Anderson Township died Feb.4.

Survived by wife, Nancy A.Rees; children Robert (Sharon)Rees III and Kathryn (Jim)Goetzel; siblings Kathy Ges-sendorf, Genny Hall, Dennis,Terry, Susie and Pat Rees;grandchildren Trey, Jack,Rees, Maria, Nick and John;and great-grandchildrenJacob, Gwen and Frank V.

Preceded in death byparents Robert R. Rees Sr. andAnna Mae Currin.

Services were Feb. 7 atImmaculate Heart of MaryChurch, Anderson Township.

JoAnn Van VelzelJoAnn (nee Fugate) Van

Velzel, 79, of Mount Washing-ton died Feb. 4.

Survived by husband,Edward R. Van Velzel; chil-dren Steven (Jamesa) VanVelzel, Mark (Andrea) VanVelzel and Andrea (Martin)Walsh; grandchildren Aman-da (Doug) Bingaman, MorganVan Velzel, Leah (Eric) Sharpe,Sean and Mitchell Walsh andMaria, Michelle and Lindsey(fiance Matt Bohan) Scheidler;and great-grandchildrenKelsey and Ian Sharpe.

Preceded in death bysiblings Ella Mae Mays andOpal Fugate.

Services were Feb. 9 at E.C.Nurre Funeral Home, Amelia.Memorials to: American HeartAssociation or Hospice ofMiddletown.

Gary P. WilsonGary P. Wilson, 64, of An-

derson Township died Feb. 7.He was a US Army veteran ofVietnam.

Survived by wife, DonnaWilson; sons Chris and BryanWilson; siblings Joann (Bart)Crawford and Chirlean Mar-tin; and grandchild, Ali.

Preceded in death byparents Lonnie Wilson andEdna Floyd.


DEATHS

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Anderson HillsUnited MethodistChurchTraditional worship is 8:30a.m. and 11 a.m. in the sanc-tuary. Contemporary servicesare 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m.Family and student ministryprograms are at 9:30 a.m. and11 a.m.

The church is at 7515 ForestRoad, Anderson Township;231-4172;andersonhillsumc.org.

Christ ChurchCathedralCincinnati Boychoir and Col-legium Cincinnati will per-form at Christ Church Cathe-dral, Fourth & Sycamore,downtown Cincinnati, at 7:30p.m. Saturday, March 7, and 5p.m. Sunday, March 8.

March 6 marks the 50th anni-versary of the first rehearsalof the Cincinnati Boychoir’spredecessor, All City BoysChoir, and Collegium Cincin-nati is helping the choircelebrate. To mark the occa-sion, the church is featuringanother work that turns 50 in2015 – Leonard Bernstein’s“Chichester Psalms.” Theperformance will also includethe world premiere of “AHorizon Symphony,” a workabout adventure and explo-ration, by the young andtalented Dominick DiOrio.Trumpets! Drums! Voices!

Collegium Cincinnati willperform at Christ ChurchCathedral, Fourth & Syca-more, downtown Cincinnati,at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 29.

One of the most heart-wrenching tellings of thecrucifixion of Jesus is Tele-mann’s “Brockes Passion.”Using a cast of 16 soloists,Telemann painted the ex-traordinary poetry of Bar-thold Heinrich Brockes usingunique combinations ofBaroque instruments, vocalensembles and choral in-terpolations. For anyone whois a lover of the Bach passionsor simply seeks a greaterunderstanding of the Passionof the Christ during theLenten season, this concert isa must-hear. Ticket informa-tion is available at Collegium-Cincinnati.org.

Music Live at Lunch, ChristChurch Cathedral’s weeklyconcert series, will featurethe performers listed belowin March. These free concertsare presented at 12:10 p.m.,on Tuesdays. Patrons maybring their own lunch orpurchase lunch at the cathe-dral for $5. All performancesin March will take place inthe cathedral nave.

March schedule:March 3: Collegium CincinnatiMarch 10: Collegium Cincin-nati

March 17: Clark and Jones Trio:Celtic and Folk Music

March 24: Zavier UniversityEdgecliff Vocal Ensemble

March 31: Charpentier’s “Deni-al of St. Peter” sung by theChrist Church Cathedral Choir

The church is at 318 E. 4th St.,Cincinnati; 621-1817;www.christchurchcincin-nati.org.

Ticket information: Cincin-

natiBoychoir.org

Emmanuel UnitedMethodist ChurchSunday worship services are 9a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Child careis available during bothservices. Pastor Joe Royer canbe reached at 732-1400.

The church is at the corner ofAmelia Olive Branch Roadand Old State Route 32,Batavia;www.emmanuel-umc.com.

Glen Este Churchof ChristSunday worship is 8:30 a.m.and 10:30 a.m. Bible study is9:30 a.m. Youth groups at 6p.m.

The church is at 937 Old StateRoute 74, Eastgate; 753-8223.

Mount WashingtonPresbyterianChurch

All are welcome Sunday morn-ings at 9:30 for Sunday Schooland blended worship and at11 a.m. for traditional wor-ship service. The church’sfocus is on area hunger needsand we provide food andvolunteer time to groupsincluding the SEM Pantry, theBatavia YWCA Pantry, TenderMercies, the Drop Inn Centerand similar organizationsthroughout the year.

The church is at 6474 Beech-mont Ave., Mount Washing-ton; 231-2650;www.mwpc-church.org.

New Covenant LifeChurchWorship is 10:30 a.m. Sundays,followed by a noon meal anda second service at 1 p.m.

The church is at 10059 PleasantRenner Road, Goshen; 937-218-4309;newcovenantlifechurch.info;[email protected].

SonRise ChurchSonRise Church is announcingthe launch of a CelebrateRecovery ministry group.Celebrate Recovery is a Christ-centered program based onthe Beatitudes addressingmany of life’s hurts, hang-upsand habits.

The church is at 8136 WoosterPike; 576-6000.

Village Church ofMariemontThe church has a traditionalchurch service at 10 a.m.Sundays, accompanied bySunday school.

The church is at the corner ofOak and Maple streets, Ma-riemont; villagechurchofmariemont.org.

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Fax to 248-1938. Call 248-8600.

RELIGION


ANDERSON TOWNSHIPIncidents/investigationsAssaultMale juvenile was assaulted atAltercrest at Sutton Road, Jan.26.

Male juvenile was assaulted atAltercrest at Sutton Road, Jan.27.

Male juvenile was assaulted atAltercrest at Sutton Road, Jan.28.

BurglaryBank statement taken at 1100block of Rosetree Lane, Jan.26.

Jewelry taken; over $8,150 at800 block of Alnetta Drive,Jan. 26.

Jewelry, purse taken at 300block of Four Mile Road, Jan.26.

Criminal damageWindow broken in vehicle at1500 block of Huntcrest, Jan.24.

Disorderly conductFight reported on school bus at5200 block of Beechmont, Jan.23.

Drug instrument possessionMale found, overdose of her-oin at 7800 block of YMCARoad, Jan. 24.

Drug instrumentsMale found barely breathingfrom drug overdose at 2200block of Elstun Road, Jan. 22.

Drug instruments (heroin)Item found in vehicle duringtraffic stop at area of Ohio 125at Corbly, Jan. 28.

Theft

Female stated ID used with noauthorization at 1100 block ofAltadena, Jan. 27.

Checkbook taken from vehicleat 1000 block of Lanette Drive,Jan. 25.

TV taken; $416 at 6100 block ofTurpin Hills, Jan. 26.

Gasoline not paid for at UnitedDairy Farmers; $30 at EightMile Road, Jan. 25.

Change, sunglasses, etc. takenfrom vehicle at 1000 block ofLanette Drive, Jan. 26.

Female stated ID used with noauthorization at 900 block ofMarkley Woods, Jan. 27.

Dangerous drugs taken at 7800block of Woodruff, Jan. 31.

Merchandise taken from Krog-er; $75 at Beechmont Ave.,Jan. 27.

A Kindle Tablet taken; $350 at4100 block of RoundbottomRoad, Jan. 21.

Tools taken from Evans Land-scaping; over $1,000 at Round-bottom Road, Jan. 24.

CINCINNATI DISTRICT 2Incidents/investigationsAssault - knowingly harmvictim6500 block of Craigland Court,Jan. 30.

Assault1700 block of Sutton Ave., Jan.27.

2200 block of Salvador St., Jan.27.

Domestic violence1800 block of Mears Ave., Jan.21.

POLICE REPORTS

ANDERSONTOWNSHIP

1586 Citadel Place: Fowler,Steven B. to Truax, Judy D.;$141,712.

5897 Crittenden Drive: Behr-mann, Eleanor M. to Martella,Christopher M. & Tracy L.;$238,400.

2013 Fox Brook Place: ZickaFamily Homes Ltd. to Geglein,Jacob M. & Lisa M.; $937,558.

879 Laverty Lane: Nelson, Mat-thew & Lana to White, Richard

& Carol A.; $165,500.6237 Lilbur Lane: Seamon, MaryS. to Roth, Gertrude E.;$325,000.

2669 Little Dry Run Road: West-erkamp, Jerome J. Tr. to West-erkamp, Jerome J. Tr.; $285,000.

1772 Loisdale Court: B&D Cre-ative Renovations LLC to Grau,Christopher D. & Hope N.Gillespie; $217,000.

8666 Pastoral Lane: Yockey,Kenneth R. Jr. & Carol L. toYockey, Philip M. & Amanda J.;

$98,000.974 Streamridge Lane: Fyffe,Greta M. to Brown, AndrewBeattie & Christin Elisabeth;$335,000.

6753 Sunray Ave.: Buldain, Marieto VBOH Annex LLC; $61,000.

MOUNT WASHINGTON1538 Beth Lane: KilbourneInvestments LLC to Dieselberg,Beth D.; $70,000.

2681 Bonnie Drive: Kohta,Brenda to Kennedy, Brett A.;

$106,500.1451 Sutton Ave.: Bank of Amer-ica NA to Masud, Mian;$45,600.

NEWTOWN3420 Oyster Bay Court: Shipp, D.Timothy to Lakamp, Steven F. &Suzanne O.; $460,000.

7111 Thorndale Lane: Barber,Charles R. to Third FederalSavings & Loan Association ofCle; $130,000.

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS ABOUT POLICE REPORTSCommunity Press publishes incident records provided by

local police departments. All reports published are publicrecords.

To contact your local police department, call: » Anderson Township, Hamilton County Sheriff's Office,District 5, 825-2280» Cincinnati District 2, California and Mount Washington,979-4400» Newtown, 561-7697 or 825-2280

A list of local fish fries:» Anderson American

Legion Post 318 will hostits first fish fry dinner ofthe year Friday, Feb. 20,from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., attheir Post known as thePatriot Center, at 6660Clough Pike. You candine-in or carry-out.

Basic dinners will beinclusive of fried or bakedfish, or shrimp, or chicken

nuggets, with a variety ofside dishes, and beverage,all ranging from $5 to $8.Desserts will also beavailable. Soft drinks andbar drinks will also beavailable for purchase.

The fish fry dinnerswill continue every Fri-day, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.,throughout the Lentenseason with the last onescheduled for April 3,

2015. If additional infor-mation is needed, pleasecontact the Post at 513-231-6477 or visit websiteat www.post318.org.

» The Men of St. PeterCatholic Church in NewRichmond sponsor a fishfry Friday, Feb. 20,through Good Friday,April 3, from 5 p.m. to 7:30p.m. Choice of deep friedcod, French fries or maca-

roni and cheese, and coleslaw; baked cod with tosssalad and baked potato.Also grilled cheese. Eat inor carry out. Homemadedessert and drink includ-ed with price of meal. Thechurch is at 1192 Bethel-New Richmond Road inNew Richmond.

Proceeds to benefitparish projects.

FISH FRIES

SEM Manor is clearedto make renovations to itsexisting facilty and con-struct a new building at1348 Pebble Court.

The Anderson Town-ship Board of Trusteesapproved, with somemodifications, the retire-ment community’s re-quest to make substantialmodifications to the finaldevelopment plan for itsfacility. With this approv-al, SEM will renovate theexisting efficiency unitsto one-bedroom units andconstruct a new wing to

house additional one-bed-room units as well as alaundry facility, an artsand crafts space andmake parking modifica-tions.

Planning & Zoning Di-rector Paul Drury saidthat SEM will maintain itsnumber of units at 144.Since one-bedroom unitsare larger than efficiencyunits, SEM requested theadditional wing to allowthe total number of unitsto remain the same. Withthe modifications, 110one-bedroom units will

be in the existing struc-ture and an additional 34one-bedroom units willbe included in the newbuilding, he said.

The trustees held apublic hearing for SEM’srequest. No one spoke inopposition. Richard Pan-siera of Studio for Archi-tecture spoke on SEMManor’s behalf. He notedthat the number of park-ing spaces will increaseto 122 from about 81. Thenumber of spaces is stillbelow the zoning require-ment but is suited to the

needs of this facility. The122 spaces seemed an op-timal number given thefacility is for seniorhouse, Dury said.

“We felt this a goodamount for this facility asthere are residents whodo not drive,” he said. Thefacility was constructedin the 1970s. Along withreplacing the efficiencyunits, each of the originalthree wings will receiveupgrades. These will in-clude a new sprinklersystem and handicap-ac-cessible ramp.

SEM Manor replacing efficiencieswith one-bedroom units

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