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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2014 BECAUSE COMMUNITY MATTERS
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When Gov. John Kasichcame to Finneytown HighSchool Jan. 8, senior EddieReeb saw the visit as achance to get some adviceabout his future.
Reeb says he’s alwaysbeenfascinatedwithpolitics,and the launch of Start Talk-ing, a statewide drug abuseprevention initiative aimedat youth, was a chance to seesome of the state’s moversand shakers up close.
Reeb was able to snag aprecious commodity: someof the governor’s time. Hegot a private, face-to-facemeeting with Kasich and achancetoasksomequestionsabout his own future aspira-tions in politics.
“I asked for his recom-mendations,what I shoulddonow if I want to pursue poli-
tics as a career,” he said. “Heencouragedme, andsuggest-ed that I consider pursuing adegree in something otherthan political science, that adegree in Englishmight giveme a more diverse back-ground.”
That advice was echoedby Ohio Attorney GeneralMike DeWine, Reeb said.
The senior said he askedKasich and whether it waswhat you know, who youknow or luck that makes apolitician successful. Hesays the governor told himhard work will take himwhere he wants to go.
So he learned a little, andmet some people who canhelphimonhis path intopoli-tics. DeWine introduced himto his senior adviser for theCincinnati area and talked tohim about internship pro-grams.
“I’ll call and follow up,”Reeb said. “I’d be interestedin testing the waters.”
And he was hopeful themeetingwouldbehelpful inamore practical way.
“I have an interview for aRepublican Leadershipscholarship today,” he said.“Maybe this will give me anedge.”
Finneytown High School student Eddie Reeb had the chance tomeet Ohio Gov. Kasich and talk about the senior’s politicalaspirations. Reeb holds a copy of Kasich’s book, “Every OtherMonday Twenty Years of Life, Lunch, Faith, and Friendship,”which the governor signed for him. JENNIE KEY/THE COMMUNITY PRESS
OpportunityKNOCKS
By Jennie [email protected]
Finneytownstudent takesadvantage ofchance to learnfrom governor
Springfield Township trust-ees passed a resolution Jan. 14that puts a joint economic de-velopment zoneorJEDZon theballot May 6.
The vote was 3-0.Trustees backpedaled from
aFebruary special election be-cause of the cost, and con-tinued to discuss and havehearings on the proposal,which would make the entiretownship the JEDZ and wouldcollect an earnings tax of 1.5percent for workers in Spring-field Township and 1.5 percentof business profits.
Officials say only business-es and individuals whowork inSpringfield Township will besubject to the earnings tax.Springfield Township resi-dents who don’t work inSpringfield Township are notsubject to the tax. Home busi-nesses are not included in theJEDZ.
Officials estimated the taxwould raise about $1.125 mil-lion. Opponents say the town-ship won’t keep all of that;somewill bepaid toJEDZpart-ner city Mount Healthy to col-lect the tax.
AJan.7publichearingdrewresidents on both sides of theissue to air their views. Someinoppositioncametoprotest infront of the administrationbuilding before the Jan. 14meeting where the issue was
passed.Kyle Hufford, president of
a grassroots group called theSpringfield Township Coali-tion for Responsible Govern-ment and owner ofKyle’sGun-shop,opposes theJEDZandhisgroup protested in front of thetownshipadministrationbuild-
ing to focus attention on the is-sue before the vote Jan. 14 andthe Jan. 7 public hearing.
“We aren’t getting any newservices for this tax,” he said.“And most of the people whowill have to pay it won’t havethe chance to vote on it.”
Others do favor the JEDZplan.
Dick Alexander, a Spring-field Township resident for 29years, said he pays an incometax to North College Hill,where he works, and it’s rea-
Springfield Twp. putsJEDZ on May ballotBy Jennie [email protected]
Opponents vowto fight plan
Protesters picketed outside the Springfield Township AdministrationBuilding before the Jan. 14 board of trustees meeting. The board puta joint economic development zone or JEDZ on the May 6ballot.JENNIE KEY/THE COMMUNITY PRESS
BOTH SIDES NOWWant to weigh the argu-
ments?For information from Spring-
field Township about the pro-posed JEDZ, visit springfieldtw-p.org.The Springfield Township
Coalition for Responsible Gov-ernment also has informationabout its opposition to theJEDZ at stopthejedz.org.
WATCH ONLINESee the protesters and hearthem talk about their
opposition to the JEDZ. Go toCincinnati.com/videos
See JEDZ, Page A2
THE HOLE, UGLY TRUTH
Winter is not kind to local roads, so we want to know: Where are the worst roads and potholes in thearea? Send your response to [email protected] or [email protected]. Besure to tell us the specific location and community, and include photos if you have them. FILE PHOTO
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The winter of 2013-14has strained the patienceof motorists, parentstrappedat homeover a19-day extended winterbreak and local roadcrews.
Winter weather haskept local public worksdepartments busy.
Springfield TownshipPublic Works DirectorJohn Musselman says hiscrews have been outabout 16 times so far thiswinter. Some snow eventsrequired more than oneapplication of salt orplowing.
Musselman said
Springfield Township has10 salt routes, each about26 miles round-trip. Heestimates his townshipspends about $4,700 perevent given an averagerun of about three hoursper route.
“Plowrunsvaryquiteabit because the plowingmethods vary,” he said.“But they will cost twiceas much as a salt run at aminimum.”
Musselman said thetownship’s salt domeholds about 5,000 tons. Hesays there is about 3,500tons in the dome now.
“We have orderedsome salt in andwill refillat the end of the season,”he said. The township hasa salt contract with Mor-ton Salt to buy road salt at$47.91 per ton.
In Forest Park, DaveBuesking,directorofpub-
lic works says so far, sogood.Thecityhas twosaltdomes, eachwith a capac-ity of about 2,700 tons. Hesaid the city started thewinter with about 5,000tons of salt, enough, hethinks for about a yearand a half of snow remov-al.
“We’re in good shape,”he said. “In a really badyear, we might use 2,500tons of salt.”
Buesking says the cityhas used about 618 tons ofsalt and 2,338 gallons ofcalcium, at a cost of about$41,853 dollars. Thetruckshaveused$3,648 indiesel fuel and gasoline.Overtime for road treat-ment is $5,924.
One cost of snow re-moval that’s hard to pre-dict is equipment mainte-nance and repair. Buesk-ing said as the fleet ages,
it requires more repairand maintenance to keepthe trucks on the road.
Mount Healthy PublicWorks Director GreggCutter says treating thestreets in his one-square-mile city takes threetrucks, each loaded withabout nine tons of salt fora 10-15 mile route.
“We have it brokendown into three sectionswith a big truck for eachsection,” he said. “Whenwe have extra personnel,we have a pickup truckthat works on alleys andcity parking lots.”
Thecity’s salt binholdsabout 80 tons, and it’sabout half full.
He anticipates the saltstock will need resupply-ing, and says local depart-ments pay around $50 perton depending upon avail-ability.
Winter gets midterm reportcard: busy but manageableBy Jennie [email protected]
Springfield Township Public Works Director JohnMusselman says his township probably has enough salt tolast this winter season. JENNIE KEY/THE COMMUNITY PRESS
6997 Hamilton Ave. inNorthCollegeHill, is hav-ing an open house 6 p.m.to 7:30 p.m. Thursday,Jan. 30.
Come and tour theschool andmeet the staff.You can register for fallclasses that night. Theschool had classes for 3-and 4-year-olds plusPre-K. Registration fee is$50. We are a peanut-freeenvironment. Questions?CallKarenRiemanat 931-9062.
Audition for GospelFest 2014
The Forest Park Parks& Recreation Commis-sion invites local artiststo audition for the 22ndannual Gospel Fest, acommunity event toshowcase local gospel tal-ent.
Gospel Fest is at 6 p.m.Saturday, Feb. 22, atDayspring Church Audi-torium, 1060 Smiley Ave.
To audition, contactTaffy A. Jackson-Fam-bro, 1201 W. KemperRoad, 513-595-5252 or
Faith Lutheranpresents leadershiptalk Feb. 7
FaithLutheranChurchin Finneytown presentsauthor David Lantz, whowill give a talk on Chris-tian leadership entitled“Lead Like Moses: Les-sons in LeadershipLearned the Hard Way!”
The presentation willbe from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30p.m. Friday, Feb. 7, at thechurch, 8265 WintonRoad. This event is opento the public. There willbe an informal meet-and-greet with the speakerfrom 6:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.with the presentation im-mediately following.
Lantz will share his 10principles of Christianleadership based his ownexperience as a grassroots leader of the Indi-ana Christian Coalitionand his book “Think likeJesus, Lead like Moses.”
His presentation is fo-cused on the develop-
ment of effective congre-gational leaders, but alsooffers insights for com-munity leaders, salespro-fessionals and parents.
Lantz’s book, “ThinkLike Jesus, LeadLikeMo-ses,” is not just anotherleadership book; it is acall to get out of the way,to get humble and to turnthe world upside down asyou learn to think like Je-sus, lead like Moses, andfight like David. Bookswill be available for pur-chase after the event.
Lantz is a congrega-tional leader at SouthportPresbyterian Church inSouthport, IN, and servedas thestatedirectorof theIndiana Christian Coali-tion from1992 to1995. Heis an adjunct professor ofbusiness managementand economics for theUniversity of Phoenixand Ivy Tech of Indiana.He conducts leadershipseminars for the Ameri-canFamilyAssociationofIndiana and other groupsin the area.
For information, visitwww.faithcinci.org.
St. Paul Preschoolopen house
St. Paul Preschool,
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sonable to ask busi-nesses and nonprofitsto pay a share.
“Looking out my of-fice window (in NorthCollege Hill), I’vewatched street repairsthat I benefited from,”Alexander said. “A col-league had a medicalemergency and theambulance came andgot him, even thoughhe’s not a North Col-lege Hill resident.”
The township hasproposed a grant pro-gram that could holdresidents harmlessfrom the JEDZ tax, asan answer to com-plaints that residentsare already bearing anunfair share of the taxburden in the town-ship.
Officialspointedoutthat the state has takenaway roughly $2.5 mil-lion annually in fund-ing the township usedto get through the Lo-cal Government Fundand estate tax. Theysay if the JEDZ is notapproved and withoutsome other means toreplace the revenuethat the state legisla-ture cut from the town-ship and other localgovernments through-outOhio, townshipoffi-cials will be forced toeither propose an in-crease in the propertytax or drastically re-duce services that itcurrently provides toresidents
“We don’t reallyhave many choices,”Trustee Joseph Honer-law said. “We can cut,we can pass anotherproperty tax, orwe cando the JEDZ.
He said it’s an im-portant issue and pas-sions can run high.
“I believe the futureof the township is rid-ing on this, the long-term sustainablity ofthe township, its eco-nomic health, and real-ly our community, ourhomes,” Honerlawsaid. “There is a lot rid-ing on this.”
Gannett News Servicecontributed to this story
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SCHOOLSSCHOOLSACHIEVEMENTS | NEWS | ACTIVITIES | HONORS CommunityPress.com
HILLTOPPRESSEditor: Dick Maloney, [email protected], 248-7134
The following students earned honorsfor the first quarter of the 2013-2014school year.
Freshmen4.0 honor roll: Jaeydah Edwards,Celeste Hackmann, Zoe Keller, AshleyLewis, Breanna Manifold, BriannaRichard and Noah Smith.3.50-3.99 honor roll: Silas Baur, IssacBoateng, Camryn Brown, Je’LeahBrown, Jerron Cage, Marcos DiazTorres, Shane Fitzgerald, DiamondGoodson, Sayra Gutierrez Carrera,Jaysean Johnson, Andie Lariccia, ElissaLort, Aniya Madaris, Zachary Mav-ridoglou, Chardai Moss, TamaraOlverson, Aveisha Payne, DominiquePerry, Ravyn Ramsey, Seth Ruebusch,Karen Sanchez, Jack Schramm, ImaiyiaScott, William Simpson, JasmineSmith, Kira Stiggers, Asa Vines andBriana Wofford.3.00-3.49 honor roll: Kenya Acyl,Alesha Alexander, Belle Arens, Des-mond Baker, Destiny Barnes Ware,Christyana Bolls, Mya Bomar, JourneyBond, Kelci Bostick, Courtnei Brown,Deandre Brown, Ja-neisha Brown,Julie Careago-Lopez, Jeramiah Clark,Branden Cooper, Marze Cromwell,Jarell Cunningham, Keyon Danger-field-Thrasher, Kyanna David, De’AsiaDavis, Logan Day, Guilly Dia, Sha-heem Dixon, Jahnae Ellis, Te’a Fergu-son, Terry Fishwick, Va’Andra Frosh,Ghana Gautam, Courtney Goins,Briana Gray, Elana Hairston, TylerHarris, Kristin Ingram, DiamondIsaacs, Adrienne Jones, Madelin Kelly,Grace Kent, Alana Lawrence, Zack Liu,Josef Mayer, Isaac McWhorter, Camer-on Mills, Sierra Moss, Andy Nguyen,Laura Onianwa, Lauren Onianwa,Giovona Radford, Aaliyah Scott,Briana Shannon, Charity Sims, GeralynSmith, Terrence Smith, BrandonSneed, Lauryn Turner, Camron Vaugh-an, Daniel Wallace, Teven West,Shaqueya White, Adrian Williams,Jazzmin Williams, Kendra Williams,Aneika Wislon, Lauryn Wilson, Bran-don Wofford and Elliott Wolke.
Sophomores4.0 honor roll: Simon Asem, MakaylaBoyd, Etsubdink Daniel, David Nwa-for, Hannah Van Dyke, Cindy Vivar-Perez and Meklit Zenabu.3.50-3.99 honor roll: Joseph Allen,Kyachia Atkins, Erroll Campbell,Tyshon Capell, Jorden Denny, LindaFlores, Raddy Garcia, Jacob Goins,Akshansh Gupta, David Keeling,Joshus King, Delaney Lindeman,Elizabeth Martin, India Miller, BryanNieto, Ohenebah Nkrumah, AnthonyPerry, Dayanna Rockemore, ParkerSarra, Sesheta Tafari, Jontezz Wash-ington and Timothy Wooten.3.00-3.49 honor roll: Menyada An-derson, Kourtney Barnes, MirandaBlasingame, Kamiylah Bomar, JaysonBooker, Tyler Byrd, Deashia Causey,Elvis Diaz, Destiny Freeman, JesusGalan, Zaria Gordon, DushaiylahHamilton, Jade Hudson, Jayla Jenkins,Hannah Ketteman, Jade Kittles, CieraKnott, Jalen Lumpkin, DashianelMathis, Rayshawn Maye, WhitneyMcKenzie, Justin Moore, EmmaNightingale, Richard Parker, ZaireParrotte, Priscilla Quao, MakaylaQuinn, Jaymes Robinson, LanishaRodgers, Bre’Asia Smith, Tyra Smith,Lan Aya Steele, Cheyann Stevenson,Christopher Stumpf, Mary Taylor andJasmyn Vines.
Juniors4.0 honor roll: Hayley Perkins.3.50-3.99 honor roll: Prince Adu,Christopher Armstrong, Jared Beiers-dorfer, Janae Bland, Amberly Boyd,Jasmine R. Campbell, Sarai Dean,Jazmine S. Edwards, Nadia Goforth,Yiyara Greenlea, Lisa Grub, KendraJackson, Miranda Kaetzel, AlexanderKuhn, Nami Lee, Ashley McCartney,Matthew McNeill, Aunay Miller,Rheanna Newman, Irene Onianwa,Colette Ouattara, Jordan Randolph,Mailei Schmidt, Matthew Smith andAmariah Yisrael.3.00-3.49 honor roll: Autumn Adams,Usamah Ali, Kevin Austin, MisaelBarcelona, Paris Bell Brown, Gillermo
Benitez-Ramirez, Matt Berte, RyanCapal, Tyjaye Capell, Kiana Collins,Duygu Coskun, Jada Daniels, MicaiahDawson, Danchelle Fain, Tosh Fergu-son, Lauren Harvey, Tariq Hill, BrieonaJohnson, Austin Jones, Justin Kerobo,Kassidy Kozinski, Jackson Kramer,Chaz Lumpkin, James Moore, TyshaMorris, Nicholas Platt, Kiara Ramsey,Jesse Rengers, Cecelia Rideout, Sha-kur Robinson, Alexis Ross, AniesiaSears-Stephens, Alex Simon, ChantelleThompson, E’Yonni Tompkins, JelaniVaughn, Jada Wakefield, TimothyWhyte and Lewis Wolke.
Seniors4.0 honor roll: Rebecca Day and LewisParker.3.50-3.99 honor roll: Eric Behrendt,Georgette Bolo, Miguel Garcia, Alli-son Holtman, Jordan Leary, ErnestOfori, Ayana Phelps, Ciarra Rucker,Demetria Sears, Jyna Shipmon, Kirby
Simpson, Martin Stallworth andAnthony Thompson.3.00-3.49 honor roll: Maame Afrako-ma, Terrell Allen, Aleah Allmond-Kemper, Amber Bane, Arrick Bobo,Courtney Carr, Jasmine Colvin, CarlaCora, Deshonna Douglas, Miles Goff,Taylor Hagens, Javonah Henderson,Jasmine Howard, Tatiahna Ingram,Iyanla Irby, Alyssa Johnson, MartinJones, Ramone Jones, Jada Lowe,Emily Mannira, Casey Marlar, TabithaMyrick, Sanjay Nelson, Imani Partlow,Vanitra Primus, David Richardson,Javarra Richardson, Demetrius Sues-berry, Kayla Upthegrove, MarcheaWiley, Phillip Wolke, NehshelleWright, Joy Yang and Tecora Yisrael.
Vocational4.0 honor roll: Grekia Evans, AaliyahGill and Sahara Horne.3.50-3.99 honor roll: DeshawnnaBrown, Taryn Burnett, James Cason,
Cierra Croff, Keria Cunningham,Skylar Day, Jakia Evans, ChelseaGantt, Star Gray, Ri’an Kelly, HannahMoore, Hope Pollard, Justin Shelton,Sequoia Washington, Kiara White,Todd White, Abigail Williams andBri’Ana Williams.3.00-3.49 honor roll: Kes Baladad-Binns, Naiyla Bomar, Emelin Caceres,David Croff, Deja Darks, John Fisher,Alexander Hlebak, Theresa Hoang,Romero Holloway, Tiffany Hudson,Jayla Huff, Shontez Hutchinson,Danielle James, Bo Jones, ArmelleKudatsi, Alliyah Lamb, Kamari Larkin,Brandon Lee, Michael McKinney,Jordan Murray, Khadijah Palmer,Faith Pollard, Jerika Pugh, JaylenRichardson, Tia Richardson, KatharineRocklin, Laura Sneed, Logen Thomp-son-Carney, Tenishia Thurmond,Corleah Tidwell, My’eshia Tucker andDouglas Ward.
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MONFORT HEIGHTS — Win-ningdemands respect and that’sjust what La Salle High Schoolbasketball coach Dan Fleming’steamhasearnedafterposting12straight winning seasons andclaiming at least a share of fourof the last five Greater CatholicLeague South titles.
That respectwasnevermoreevident than when the Cincin-nati Enquirer Division I areapreseason coaches’ poll was re-leased. The Lancers foundthemselves ranked second inthe city despite missing theirtop twoscorers from last seasonand graduating a bevy of roleplayers who contributed valu-ableminutes in last season’s runto the regional finals.
Fleming may call it a lack ofknowledge by the voters, butyou don’t find your team nearthe topof thepolls fornoreason.
“Ithas tobesomeof thatbut Ithink it’smoreof the fact that noone knows what’s going on andLa Salle’s been up there andbeen halfway decent lately sowe’ll just vote them in,” he said.“… After 10, 12 games you startto figure out who’s halfway de-cent and who’s not.”
The Lancers are halfway de-cent as they sit at 11-1 (as of Jan.15) and still ranked No. 2 in theEnquirer poll, behind GCLSouth rival Moeller, whom they
meet Jan. 17 at La Salle HighSchool with first place in theconference on the line.
“This is why you put in allthat time out of season,” Flem-ing said. “This is why you workas hard as you do in the summerwhen it’s hot or the spring whentheseason is eightmonthsaway.This is what we’re about, this iswhat we do and we just have tobe ready to go on Friday.”
If things weren’t going wellenough, Jeff Larkin – the Lanc-ers’ leading scorer from lastseason – returned to the lineupJan. 14 in a win over Princetonafter missing five months withan ACL injury.
“It was evident (againstPrinceton) when we put him inthe game late in the first quar-ter, our fans, our parents, ourkidsallstoodupandclappedandwere all just really happy to see
La Salle’s Jeff Larkin drives to the hoop during the Lancers’ regionalsemifinal game against Colerain last season. Larkin made his 2014season debut Jan. 14 against Princeton after missing five months due toan ACL injury. He was the team’s leading scorer last season at morethan 17 points a game. JOSEPH FUQUA II/COMMUNITY PRESS
Larkin’s returnvaluable forrespected LancersBy Tom [email protected] MOELLER VS. LA
SALLE UPDATE» Please visitCincinnati.com/preps to viewthe results of the Jan. 17basketball game between thetop two teams in the GCLSouth.» For a video interview with LaSalle senior Tim Bell, visithttp://cin.ci/1eLHLGg
See LANCERS, Page A5
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SPORTSSPORTSHIGH SCHOOL | YOUTH | RECREATIONAL CommunityPress.com
HILLTOPPRESSEditor: Melanie Laughman, [email protected], 513-248-7573
GROESBECK — When LexiBaker walked into ColerainBowl with her father, Todd, atage of 6, neither one imaginedthey would be where they aremore than a decade later.
The McAuley High Schoolsenior bowler currently ranksfourth in the city with a 198.1average and bowled a schoolrecord509 series Jan. 9 in awinover Girls’ Greater CatholicLeague rival Seton.
“I’m happy and really glad Ishot that well,” Baker said ofher new school record. “I wasjust relaxed and focusedframe-by-frame.”
She turned in a 278 the sec-ond game against the Saints –10 pins off her career high of288 set her sophomore season –
and it was something specialfor coach Jenny Poppe towatch.
“It’s hard to watch the othergirls,” Poppe said ofwhenBak-er is in “The Zone.” “You justkeep glancing over. You don’twant to go down there by her,you just hold your breath andsay ‘come on Lex, keep it go-ing.’ She’s just so clam, cooland collected and it’s just veryrewarding to watch her bowl.”
Her 10-plus years on thelanes paidmajor dividends lastseason as Baker finished thirdin the state. It was a result thatsurprised the Mohawk, but nother coach.
“Iwasnot surprised,”Poppesaid. “Lexi has been bowlingsince she could pick up a bowl-ing ball. If she bowls twice aweek, she bowls four times aweek. She works very, very
hard and it shows.”As for this season, a state ti-
tle will be difficult as Coldwa-ter High School seniors ErikaHartings and Kelsey Koesters,who placed first and second,respectively, at state last sea-son, are back, but the experi-ence from last season is some-thingBakerwill holdovermostof the competition if she is ableto make a return trip to WayneWebb’s Columbus Bowl.
“I just needdedication to it,”Baker said. “Ihave to focusandjust take things one step at atime. I need to focus and re-lax.”
One thing that couldhelp thesenior this season is her team-mates. Baker has helped theMohawks to a 7-3 record (as ofJan. 16) and second place in theGGCL.Unlike last season,Bak-er is hoping she isn’t the only
Mohawk in Columbus comeMarch 7-8.
“As a team we just need tostay focused, stay relaxed(and) ask each other for sup-port,” the senior said. “Wehaveto just make sure that if weleave somepins on the laneswemake a spare on it.”
The Mohawks finished 12that districts last season,147 pinsbehind the final state qualify-ing position.
Some adjustments in hergame and a new ball her fathergave her have the senior rightwhere her coach wants herforthe stretch.
“I can’t say she got back inrhythm because she bowled allsummer, but I’m not quite surewhat itwas,”Poppe said. “She’sgot it in there now and hopeful-ly it will stay there for the restof the year.”
Baker’s game ripe for another trip to stateBy Tom [email protected]
McAuley senior Lexi Baker prepsto roll a practice shot before amatch against St. Ursula Dec. 12at Colerain Bowl. Baker is fourthin the city and second in the GGCLwith a 198.1 average.TOM
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FOREST PARK —You have togo back to the middle of the2009 season to find a roughpatch like the one the WintonWoods High School boys’ bas-ketball team is on right now.
With theWarriors’63-46 lossto Colerain Jan. 15, coach Don-nie Gillespie’s guys have losteight of their last 10 games tofall to 3-10 on the season.
During the 2009 season theWarriors also lost eight of 10,but were able to win five oftheir final seven to finish theseason 11-11.
What will it take for thisgroup ofWarriors to fight theirway out of a hole?
“One thing is these are goodkids,” Gillespie said. “Theyhave a good camaraderie witheach other so I don’t think theywill ever cower-out. They justhave tobuckledown,pusheachother as well as be dedicatedandcommitted towhat thepur-pose is; and the purpose is justgetting better by the time weget to tournament time.”
One guy you know will notback down is senior pointguard Ronnie Rousseau. Theteam’s second-leading scorerfrom a year ago has missed 10of the13 games this season dueboth injury and personal is-sues, but is back and made hispresence felt immediately. Hescoredagame-high28points ina win over Turpin Jan. 11 andled the Warriors with 15 pointsin the loss to Colerain.
“Anytime you have yourmost talented player back, itgives you an opportunity tocompete every night,” Gilles-pie said. “It’s a great addition,so we’re trying to find thatchemistry and that rhythm forus to go on down the stretch.”
Despite a roster filled with10 seniors, Gillespie only re-turned five guys from last sea-son’s 13-10 squad. Outside ofRousseau, the team’s top re-turning scorer was MartinJones at 4.3 points per game.
“We’re just trying to findoutwhat everybody does well andtakeall thestrongpointsandallthe strengths and put it all to-gether so we can find thatchemistry,” the coach said. “…We just can’t seem to find a
rhythm with what we have outthererightnowandwhenwedoput it out there it looks prettygood, but it’s just not onanight-to-night basis. We have to keepgetting better.”
The Warriors’ inconsisten-cies were never more obviousthan in a 73-49 loss to top-ranked Moeller Jan. 13. Trail-ing by three at the half, theWarriors were outscored 38-17inthesecondhalfnullifyingthewell-played 16 minutes in thefirst half.
“Basketball is a game ofruns,” Gillespie said. “Theteam that has the most runs,makes the most plays, usuallyfinds themselves in thebestpo-
sition to win the game in thefourth quarter. …We just can’tseem to put 32 minutes togeth-er.”
It’s losses like the one to theCrusaders, combined with astretch not seen in three and ahalf years that can take a men-tal toll on a basketball team.
“I really don’t think it has todo with attributes and skill; wehave the skill to beat anybody. Ijust think it’s a mental thing,”Rousseau said after the loss toColerain. “After you do somuch losing, you kind of comeinto games kind of nervous. Ithinkit’smoreofamental thingfor me and for us, but we’ll bealright, we’ll figure it out.”
Rousseau returnheartens strugglingWinton WoodsBy Tom [email protected]
Winton Woods High School senior Ronnie Rousseau brings the ballup the floor in the third quarter of Winton Woods' 63-46 loss toColerain High School Jan. 15. Rousseau led the Warriors with 15points in the loss. TOM SKEEN/COMMUNITY PRESS
JANUARY 22, 2014 • HILLTOP PRESS • A5SPORTS & RECREATION
Boys basketball»Winton Woods was
outscored 38-17 in the sec-ondhalf enroute toa73-49loss to Moeller Jan. 13.Senior guard RonnieRousseau led theWarriorswith 12 points on four 3-pointers.
Colerain improved to3-10 on the season followinga 63-46 victory over Win-ton Woods Jan. 15. Rous-seauscored15fortheWar-riors.
»Devontae Cargyledropped 14 points to leadGamble Montessori in an81-71 loss to SCPA Jan. 13.Senior Kenny Mil pitchedin 13 for the Gators.
» La Salle outscoredPrinceton 39-19 in the sec-ondhalf enroute toa63-43victoryJan.14.SeniorJeffLarkin and freshman C.J.Fleming each scored 12
points to help the Lancerswin their fifth straightcontest.
» Finneytown man-aged just 11 first-halfpoints ina73-42 loss toBa-din Jan. 14. Senior BallyButler led the Wildcatswith 16 points.
Girls basketball» Senior Jasmine Lo-
vette scored 14 of GambleMontessori’s 29 points inan 18-point loss to SCPAJan. 13.
» In a battle of Enquir-er top five teams, WintonWoods edged out Mt. No-tre Dame 69-65, Jan. 14.SeniorsImaniPartlow,Ty-raJamesandMekaiWhitecombined for 64 of the La-dy Warriors’ 69 points.Partlow finished with 25points and 13 rebounds,whileJamesscored20anddished out 10 assists.White nailed four freethrows down the stretchgivingher19pointsfor the
game to help her team tovictory.
»Roger Bacon washeld to four first-halfpoints in a 53-13 loss toFenwick Jan. 15. Sopho-more Maryssa CampbellledtheLadySpartanswithseven points.
»McAuley outscoredSeton 34-23 in the secondhalf toknockoff their con-ference rival 65-48, Jan.16. Emily Vogelpohl ledthe Mohawks with 20points, while Tori Schollscored 16 to lead theSaints.
»After leading by twoat the half, North CollegeHill lost to Wyoming 50-46, Jan. 16. Freshman Vic-toria Morris led the LadyTrojans with 16 points.
Boys bowling» Junior KeAndre
Smith rolled a 398 seriesto lead Mt. Healthy overLittle Miami 2,314-1,736.
»Moeller squeakedout
a 2,600-2,565 win overRogerBaconJan.13.Cam-eron Waites led the Spar-tans with a 399 series.
Roger Bacon tookdown Chaminade-Juli-enne 2,441-2,162, Jan. 14behind a 387 series fromWaites.
»Matt Berte rolled a357 series to lift WintonWoodsoverClarkMontes-sori 1,882-1,842, Jan. 14.
Girls bowling» SabrinaWeible rolled
a 442 series to helpMercyremain unbeaten andknock off GCL-rivalMcAuley 2,496-2,317, Jan.13. Lexi Baker led theMo-hawks with a 367.
» Senior Allison Melte-brinkposted a 260high se-ries to lead Mt. Healthyover Little Miami 1,624-1,405, Jan. 13.
»Roger Bacon fell toSt. Ursula1,876-1,734, Jan.15. SophomoreCaitlinRie-manledtheLadySpartans
with a 377.
College basketball» Former Winton
Woods High standoutTrent Donald was namedOhio Community CollegeAthletic Conference Play-er of the Week after scor-ing19 points and grabbinga career-high 13 reboundsinCincinnati State’s116-64win over Cuyahoga Jan.11.
Donald, a 6-foot-4freshman, followed upthat performance with 20points in a 117-93 win atEdisonJan.13.Henarrow-ly missed a triple-double,also garnering 12 re-bounds and nine assists.Donald has been on a tearlately, averaging 25.0pointsand11.7reboundsinhis last three games, in-cluding a career-high 36vs. Olive Harvey Dec. 30.
Cincinnati State headcoach Andre Tate com-pares Donald to former
University of Cincinnatigreat Herb Jones for hisability to drive throughopponents and score nearthe rim. Tate and Jonesplayed at UC during BobHuggins’ early years ashead coach of the Bear-cats.
“Trent has been play-ing great over the pastcouple of games,” Tatesaid. “Hehad36points inabig road win over Olive-Harvey and followed it upwith another tremendousperformance onboth endsof the floor against Cuya-hoga.Whenweneedabas-ket, he is one of the guyswhowill come through forus.”
Donald is helping Cin-cinnati State, rankedNo. 3in the NJCAA poll, rate asone of the highest scoringteams in the nation. The16-2 Surge are second inthe NJCAA in offense, av-eraging over 102 pointsper game.
PRESS PREPS HIGHLIGHTS
By Tom [email protected]
FORESTPARK—As longas Antonio Woods hasbeen playing basketball,maybe it was inevitable.
“IstartedplayingwhenI was 3,” Woods said. “Mydadwas in an adult leagueand I’d go with him togames and sit on thebench. Every time I heard
awhistle I’d runout on thefloor and shoot. AndwhenI heard the next whistleI’d run back and sit on thebench.”
But a lot of kids chuckthe ball toward the rimwhen they’re little. Notmany join a team of olderboysat3andstart filling itup.
Woods did. The ForestPark resident scored his
1,000th career point forSummit Country Day Jan.10 in a win against NorthCollege Hill.
“It’s a unique club,”said Summit head coachMichael Bradley. “I’vebeenaroundsomeathleticplayers in my career andas a coach, but none likehim. And he is as good aperson as he is an athlete.
“When he gave the ballto his mother, that was areally nice moment. Ithink it shows the kind ofcharacter he has, the hu-mility.
Woods said the accom-plishment feels great. “Icouldn’t havedone itwith-out my teammates, all myteammates from fresh-man year until now. Ididn’t really thinkabout it.I just care about thewins.”
There have been plen-ty of those. The SilverKnights are 7-4 so far thisseason, ranked fifth in theJan. 13 Enquirer DivisionII-IV poll. Woods is lead-ing theMiami Valley Con-ference in scoring at 22.9points per game.
Woods also quarter-backed the SilverKnightsfootball team, stacking upimpressive numbers onthe gridironwhile leadingSummit to a 9-3 playoff
season as a senior. Somuch so that he had schol-arship offers from BigTen schools seeking hisathleticism.
But the allure of a ca-reer beyond sports andthe opportunity to keepplaying both the games heloves steered him towardthe Ivy League. He com-mitted to the UniversityofPennsylvania,whereheplans to study either busi-ness or something in thecollege of arts and sci-ences.
“My main goal is aca-demics first, but afterthat, justkeepingmyhead
on straight and trying tobe a good role model formy teammates and theyounger kids,” Woodssaid. “When I found out Ihad an offer from an IvyLeague school, thatwas it.I know about the connec-tions, that UPenn can setyouupwith for life. That’sa big opportunity.
“I don’t think I coulddrop either (football orbasketball) right now. Ilike themboth toomuch. Idon’t have a favorite.”
Ora lotof free timeasaresult.
“I go to school, thenpractice, then study and
do my homework when IgethomeandItrytostudya little bit in the morningbeforeschool, too,”Woodssaid. “Then do it again thenext day.”
Bradley appreciatesthe consistency and ef-fort.
“He’s been a coach onthe floor where I don’thave to say a lot,” he said.“Whether he puts peoplein the right place verballyor just by showing up andworking every day, heleads. He has that sense,that vision, that ability tosee thewhole floor and it’svery rare.”
Woods’ 1,000th point just a matter of timeByMark D. [email protected]
Summit Country Day senior Antonio Woods drives up thecourt against North College Hill Jan. 10, the night he scoredhis 1000th career point for the Silver Knights. PHOTO
COURTESY OF JOLENE BARTON
him and happy for him tobe out there,” Flemingsaid of the senior’s re-turn. “You hate to see aguy that is a really goodathlete, a reallygoodper-son, miss his entire sen-ior year athletically.”
Larkin’s returnmeansfreshman C.J. Fleming –Dan’s son – and sopho-more Jeremy Larkin –Jeff’s brother – can fallback in their naturalroles, play less minutesand be rested come thestretch run.
“I think now havingJeff back is actually justgoing to make it thatmuch better for (C.J.),”coachFleming said. “Thebiggest thing is we get alittle break; Jeremy andC.J. had to play about 30minutes every game thisyearand thatwasway toomuch, but we had no oth-er choices.”
For a team shooting 44percent from the fieldthat prides itself on de-fense, the return of a guy
who shot nearly 50 per-cent and averaged morethan 17 points a game is awelcome sight.
“We’ll have plenty ofsuccess,” Fleming said.“We can create enoughoffense off our defense
and we can just make theother teamsouncomfort-able. Obviously it doeshelp to make some shots,but if we can score some-where in the mid-40s orso, we have a really goodchance to win.”
LancersContinued from Page A4
La Salle sophomore Jeremy Larkin shoots the the ball inthe Lancers’ 45-42 win over Turpin Dec. 13. Larkin leads theLancers in scoring at 12.9 points a game. TONY TRIBBLE/FOR THE
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Widening gap between rich, poorU.S. income inequality has
been increasing steadily sincethe 1970s, and now has reachedlevels not seen since 1928.
Using IRS tax-return in-formation, UC-Berkeley eco-nomics professor EmmanuelSaez has acquired extensiveincome-distribution data goingback 100 years.
According to his research in1928, the top 1 percent of fam-ilies received 23.9 percent ofall pre-tax income, while thebottom 90 percent received50.7 percent. But the GreatDepression and World War IIdramatically reshaped thenation’s income distribution.By 1944 the top 1 percent’sshare was down to 11.3 per-cent, while the bottom 90 per-cent were receiving 67.5 per-cent. These levels would re-main more or less constant for
the next threedecades.
Starting inthe mid- to-late 1970s, theuppermosttier’s incomeshare beganrising dramat-ically whilethat of thebottom 90percent start-
ed to fall.Saez estimated that in 2012
the top 1 percent of earnersreceived nearly 22.5 percentof all pre-tax income, while thebottom 90 percent’s share wasbelow 50 percent (to be precise49.6 percent) for the first timeever.
A huge share of the nation’seconomic growth over the past30 years has gone to the top
one-hundredth of one percent,who nowmake an annual aver-age of $27 million per house-hold. The average annual in-come for the bottom 90 per-cent of us is $31,244.
Bill Gross is the most pow-erful bond manager of hisgeneration and co-head of a $2trillion investment manage-ment firm.
He says, “We’re experi-encing a new Gilded Age. Arti-ficial money, corporate KStreet, and Wall Street in-terests are producing oneworld for the rich and an en-tirely different world for theworking class. It can’t go onlike this, either from the stand-point of the health of the cap-italist system itself or thehealth of individuals and thefamily.”
The richest 5 percent of
households in Ohio earn anaverage of almost 11 times asmuch income as the poorest 20percent, according to a reportby the Center on Budget Pol-icy Priorities and the Econom-ic Policy Institute.
This income disparity is aproduct of the richest house-holds seeing their incomesgrow by 85 percent betweenthe peak economic years of thelate 1970s and the mid-2000s,while the poorest saw no gains.
“Our economy is not work-ing for everyone; it is justworking for those at the top,”said Amy Hanauer, executivedirector of Policy MattersOhio, a nonpartisan think tank.“The level of inequality we seeis unacceptable.”
The federal governmenthas succeeded in preventingthe poverty rate from climb-
ing far higher. There is broadconsensus that the social wel-fare programs created sincethe New Deal have hugelyimproved living conditions forlow-income Americans.
50 years after PresidentJohnson declared a “War onPoverty,” why is there anydebate about the essential roleof government in creatingopportunity and ending depri-vation?
In 2014, Americans deservebetter than income inequalityas acute as it was in the Roar-ing Twenties.
Richard O. Schwab was formerlyassociate head of school, and middleschool head, Cincinnati Country DaySchool. He is founder of GlendaleOrganizing For America CommunityTeam,www.gofactessays.wordpress.com.
RichardSchwabCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST
The new state budget hasmade significant changes tothe Homestead Tax Reduction.
This real estate tax reduc-tion saves Hamilton Countytaxpayers between $300 and$450 per year on their realestate taxes. These changesinclude means testing for boththe age-qualified and the dis-ability-qualified applicants.This will now require proof ofincome before the applicationis approved for those whohave less than $30,500 for 2014Ohio Adjusted Gross Income.This limit will change annu-ally.
There is a “grandfather
clause” in thelaw that isallowing any-one who qual-ifies for the2013 tax yearto be acceptedwithout in-come ver-ification. Thisgrandfatherstatus is por-
table, meaning it follows thetaxpayer if he or she shouldmove to another home, even ifit is in another county. To fallwithin this category one musteither already be receivingthe homestead reduction on
his or her property or qualifyas a late application by:
» owning and living in yourhome as of Jan. 1, 2013, and atthe time the late application isbeing filed, and
» being at least 65 years ofage any time during 2013 orbeing certified as totally andpermanently disabled as ofJan. 1, 2013, and
» completing and submit-ting a late homestead applica-tion between Jan. 7 and June 2,2014.
Grandfathered applicantsmust show proof of age ordisability. If a taxpayer qual-ifies for a late file application,
he or she must file during the2014 application period or ayear’s worth of tax reductionwill be lost and income limitswill be applied.
If the age, disability, oroccupancy requirements arenot achieved until 2014, appli-cation may be completed andsubmitted during the sameperiod (Jan. 7-June 2, 2014)and with proper proof of ageand income. When applying, ifa 2014 income tax return willbe filed, a copy of the signedFederal and State returns willneed to be presented at thetime of the application. Proofof income will be needed for
the applicant and the appli-cant’s spouse. If an income taxreturn is not filed, a mockreturn form will be requiredfor income verification.
It is important that thosetaxpayers who qualify underthe grandfather clause bemade aware of this and applyproperly so as not to lose thisreduction. If you have familymembers or friends who mayfall in this category, pleaseshare this information withthem.
Dusty Rhodes is Hamilton Countyauditor.
Changes in homestead tax reduction law
Dusty RhodesCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST
Jan. 15 questionDo you think school officials
made the right decision recentlyby canceling classes because ofcold temperature? Why or whynot?
“I absolutely think schoolofficials made the right deci-sion when they closed schoolsfor temperaturesbelowzero.Alot of kids around here have towalk to school and it takes lesstime toget frostbite in extremecold than it would takemany ofthem to walk to school. Kidsshould not have to go throughthat.
“I know my son cried aboutnot having school for two daysafter his winter break shouldhavebeenover andhe rides thebus so he wouldn't have beenoutside long but I still thinkthey made the right decisionfor everyone. I was also veryready for the break to be over.
“I feel for parents whoworkand had to take off because ofthe extra days off school, butkidsand theirhealthandsafetyshould come first.”
Ronda Truett
“I absolutely think schoolofficials made the right deci-sion when they closed schoolsfor temperaturesbelowzero.Alot of kids around here have towalk to school and it takes lesstime toget frostbite in extremecold than it would takemany ofthem to walk to school. Kids
should not have to go throughthat.
“I know my son cried aboutnot having school for two daysafter his winter break shouldhavebeenover andhe rides thebus so he wouldn't have beenoutside long but I still thinkthey made the right decisionfor everyone. I was also veryready for the break to be over.
“I feel for parents whoworkand had to take off because ofthe extra days off school, butkidsand theirhealthandsafetyshould come first.”
Ronda Truett
“Yes, I work in a school dis-trict that has cut busing so stu-dents would have to walk twomiles to school. Those samestudents are often under-dressed without proper coats,hats, or gloves. Two days with-out school for safety is not thatawful.”
K.S.
“I have every confidence in
CPS to make the right call.There are so many movingparts in that decision it iswrong to second guess. I knowI didn't want to be out in thatdangerously cold weather.”
Terry Garvin
“Yes. Somechildren ride theschool bus or walk to school,and it was so cold thatwithin15minutes therewas a chance forfrostbite. Not worth risking in-jury to have our little ones out-side when it is that cold.
“Also, older children oftenare underdressed for theweather, and some may noteven have appropriate coats,hats or gloves. I was happy tosee that even the universitieskept the students inside onthose days.”
D.P.
“As a school teacher, I hatehaving snow days because itreally messes up what I haveplanned to teach any givenweek.
“However, with our overlypaternalistic society in whichkids are rarely never made todeal with any personal chal-lenges not on the athletic field,it seemed pretty ridiculous tocancel school because of thepolar vortex driving wind chillbelow zero for two days.
“I know there are studentswho have to wait outside forthe bus, walk to school, or walkacross big campuses – and this
may lead to frostbite; andschools also had problemswithburst pipes and boilers notcoming on to heat buildings.
“It ends up a judgment call;in that case, the school authori-ties err on the side of cautionfor students’ perceived safety;and they always will, so theydon’t get sued.”
TRog
Jan. 8 questionWhat do you think of city
council giving thegoahead to re-suming the streetcar construc-tion for Cincinnati?
“Not much. The pro-street-car crowd can thank three bla-tant lying politicians for theirpremeditated and calculatedswitches on the issue once theywere elected.When thismoneyloser comes to pass they’llcome running to the county forhelp. All the more reason tohave at least two Republicancommissioners at all times.”
AJF
“The Cincinnati City Coun-cil had no choice. Before thebums were thrown out in thelast election- the money wasspent, the street was alreadytorn up, contracts were let, the‘horse was already out of thebarn.’ Millions of dollars hadalready been wasted.
“Just as it is too late to stopthe so called Affordable Care
Act – the ‘cat is out of thebag,’ atrillion dollars have alreadybeen wasted.
“As on all projects that donot havemajority consensus aswell as financial viability – theCincinnati ‘streetcar to no-where’ and Obamacare ‘to lesscare and higher cost' – will im-plode in financial chaos. MayGod help us from the incompe-tence and arrogance of ourleaders and the low-informa-tion voters amongst us.”
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2014
The Our Lady Grace Dra-ma Club recently pre-sented its threefallplays
in the Little Flower Parish Cen-ter. The three plays included afairytale called “The TwelveHuntsman,” a spy spoof, “Someof My Best Friends Are Spies,”and a comedy thriller called“Raising the Stakes.” Cast andcrew are in grades five througheight at OLG and are directedby OLG teacher Nancy Robers,and her assistants Terri Lynchand Rick Berling.
Hailey French plays the temperamental Princess Isabel with servants Rachel Cleary and Madison Snodgrass in the Our Lady of Grace play "The 12 Huntsmen." THANKS TO LYNN SCHULTZ
GRACEFULPERFORMANCES
Our Lady of Grace Catholic School student actors portray the members of the court of King Augustine in the school play are, from left: ClairMattingly, Hailie Osterbrock, Eileen Jones, Jullia Frey, Jadin Robinson and Erin Kerr. THANKS TO LYNN SCHULTZ
Phillip Ricke plays the Bearded Man making a dealwith Lady Quirk-Denham played by Alyssa Prangein the Our Lady of Grace Drama Club presentationof "Some of My Best Friends Are Spies." THANKS TO
LYNN SCHULTZ
Josh Boggess and Katie Schreyer as Prince Alistairwith Princess Clarissa grace the stage in the OurLady of Grace production of the "The 12Huntsmen." THANKS TO LYNN SCHULTZ
Our Lady of Grace Drama Club presented a seriesof three plays. In the play "Some of My BestFriends Are Spies" Spencer Meyer is the bumblingspy Lance Bright in a meeting with his boss playedby Lillie Braun. THANKS TO LYNN SCHULTZ
Jakob Jones as detective Eddy Tredway and his "almost" fianceeplayed by Lydia Trentman take the stage in the Our Lady of GraceDrama Club presentation of "Raising the Stakes." THANKS TO LYNN
SCHULTZ
Henry Louden plays the part of Richfield, a man ina trance, opposite detective Roxie Johnson,portrayed by Raelynn Snodgrass in the Our Ladyof Grace fall play. THANKS TO LYNN SCHULTZ
Our Lady of Grace eighth-graderJulie Ahrnsen plays super spySusan Such in "Some of My BestFriends Are Spies." THANKS TO LYNN
SCHULTZ
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THURSDAY, JAN. 23Dance ClassesWaltz Classes, 7:30-9:30 p.m.,Parky’s Farm Hayloft Barn, 10073Daly Road, Beginner-level danceclass open to all capable ages.Wear smooth-soled shoes. Withinstructors Betty and Estil Owens.Free. 671-7219; www.sonksdf-.com. Springfield Township.
On Stage - TheaterThe 39 Steps, 7:30 p.m., Cov-edale Center for the PerformingArts, 4990 Glenway Ave., Mix aHitchcock masterpiece with ajuicy spy novel and add a dash ofMonty Python for this fast-pacedwhodunit for anyone who lovesthe magic of theater. $24, $21seniors and students. 241-6550;www.cincinnatilandmarkproduc-tions.com.West Price Hill.
Senior CitizensOpen House, 2-4 p.m., TripleCreek Retirement Community,11230 Pippin Road, 2540-BStrawberry Lane. For seniors whowant to avoid the hassles ofhomeownership while stillmaintaining their independence.Free. 851-0601; www.triplecreek-retirement.com. Colerain Town-ship.Movement Class for Seniors,11 a.m.-noon, Guenthner PhysicalTherapy, 5557 Cheviot Road, $6,first class free. 923-1700;www.guenthnerpt.com.MonfortHeights.
FRIDAY, JAN. 24Music - CountryBuffalo Ridge Band, 9 p.m.-1a.m., Club Trio, 5744 SpringdaleRoad, Free. 385-1005; www.club-triolounge.com. Colerain Town-ship.
Music - FolkRaison d’Etre, 7:30-9:30 p.m.,College Hill Coffee Company andCasual Gourmet, 6128 HamiltonAve., Trio from Northern Ken-tucky. Free. 542-2739; www.col-legehillcoffeeco.com. CollegeHill.
On Stage - TheaterThe 39 Steps, 8 p.m., Covedale
Center for the Performing Arts,$24, $21 seniors and students.241-6550; www.cincinnatiland-markproductions.com.WestPrice Hill.
SATURDAY, JAN. 25Health / WellnessMobile Heart Screenings, 10a.m.-5 p.m., Kroger Forest Park,1212W. Kemper Road, Severalscreening packages available totest risk of heart attack, stroke,aneurysm and other majordiseases. Appointment required.866-819-0127; www.mercyhealth-fair.com. Forest Park.
Music - BenefitsSt. Bernard Band Bash, 7 p.m.-midnight, St. Bernard School andParish Center, 7115 SpringdaleRoad, Parish Center. Adult-onlyfundraising event. Music byAshley Martin. Includes appetiz-ers, dinner, cash bar, silent auc-tion and raffles/baskets. Ages 21and up. $15. 353-3958;www.stbernardathletics.org.Colerain Township.
Music - BluegrassThem ThereMountain Boys,7:30-9:30 p.m., College HillCoffee Company and CasualGourmet, 6128 Hamilton Ave.,Free. 542-2739. College Hill.
Music - ConcertsThe Grascals, 7:30-10 p.m., St.Xavier High School, 600W. NorthBend Road, Bluegrass group.Benefits Catholic ElementarySchool Tuition Assistance Pro-grams. $30. 484-0157;www.gcparts.org. Finneytown.
Music - RockStompin’ Revolvers, 9:30p.m.-1:30 a.m., Club Trio, 5744Springdale Road, Free. 385-1005.Colerain Township.
On Stage - TheaterThe 39 Steps, 8 p.m., CovedaleCenter for the Performing Arts,$24, $21 seniors and students.241-6550; www.cincinnatiland-markproductions.com.WestPrice Hill.
SUNDAY, JAN. 26Dining EventsAll-You-Can-Eat Breakfast, 9a.m.-noon, Fraternal Order ofEagles - Mount Healthy Aerie2193, 1620 Kinney Ave., $8.931-2989.Mount Healthy.
Exercise ClassesYoga, 4:30-5:30 p.m., Guenthner
Physical Therapy, 5557 CheviotRoad, Strengthen, stretch andtone with gentle postures thatrelease tension and support theintegrity of the spine. Familyfriendly. $7 walk-in; $120 for 10classes. 923-1700; www.guenth-nerpt.com.Monfort Heights.Leslie Sansone’s Walk Live,2:15-3 p.m., Greater EmanuelApostolic Temple, 1150W. Gal-braith Road, Lower level. One-
mile walk in powerful, low-impact, indoor, aerobic workout.Free. 324-6173. North CollegeHill.
NatureWinter Guide for NaturalLiving, 2 p.m., WintonWoods,10245Winton Road, WintonCentre. First of four seasonalprograms with exploration ofhands-on ideas to live morelightly on the Earth and cele-brate health and wellness. Free,vehicle permit required. 521-7275; www.greatparks.org.Springfield Township.
On Stage - TheaterThe 39 Steps, 2 p.m., CovedaleCenter for the Performing Arts,$24, $21 seniors and students.241-6550; www.cincinnatiland-markproductions.com.WestPrice Hill.
MONDAY, JAN. 27Art & Craft ClassesStained GlassMake It Take It,6:30-9 p.m., Broadhope ArtCollective, $20-$35. Registrationrequired. 225-8441.Westwood.
AuditionsAMidsummer Night’s Dream,6-8 p.m., North College Hill CityCenter, 1500W. Galbraith Road,Auditions will consist of coldreadings from the script. Bring ahead shot, performance resumeand any possible conflicts. Tenta-tive callbacks Jan. 30. Free.207-2555; www.centersta-geplayersinc.com. North CollegeHill.
Exercise ClassesHatha Yoga, 6:30-7:30 p.m.,Colerain Township CommunityCenter, 4300 Springdale Road,Bring mat and engage in stretch-ing, breathing and relaxingtechniques. $10. 741-8802;www.colerain.org. ColerainTownship.Dance Jamz, 9-10 a.m., TheGymnastics Center, 3660WerkRoad, Cardio dance fitness class.Ages 18 and up. $5 per class or$40 for 10-class punchcard.706-1324. Green Township.
Senior Citizens
Movement Class for Seniors,11 a.m.-noon, Guenthner PhysicalTherapy, $6, first class free.923-1700; www.guenthnerpt-.com.Monfort Heights.
TUESDAY, JAN. 28AuditionsAMidsummer Night’s Dream,6-8 p.m., North College Hill CityCenter, Tentative callbacks Jan.30. Free. 207-2555; www.center-stageplayersinc.com. NorthCollege Hill.
Senior CitizensSenior Executive Club, 1:30p.m., Triple Creek RetirementCommunity, 11230 Pippin Road,Opportunity to meet new peopleand have group of friends todiscuss topics of interest. Free.Reservations required. 851-0601;www.triplecreekretirement.com.Colerain Township.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 29Art & Craft ClassesMake a Chinese NewYear Pin,4 p.m., Forest Park Branch Li-brary, 655Waycross Road, Makea pin using a replica of a Chinesecoin. Ages 12-18. Free. Regis-tration required. 369-4478.Forest Park.
Exercise ClassesYoga, 6:30-7:30 p.m., GuenthnerPhysical Therapy, $7 walk-in;$120 for 10 classes. 923-1700;www.guenthnerpt.com.MonfortHeights.
THURSDAY, JAN. 30Dance ClassesWaltz Classes, 7:30-9:30 p.m.,Parky’s Farm Hayloft Barn, Free.671-7219; www.sonksdf.com.Springfield Township.
Health / WellnessMobile Heart Screenings, 7-11a.m., Kroger Dent, 5830 HarrisonRoad, Several screening packagesavailable to test risk of heartattack, stroke, aneurysm andother major diseases. Appoint-ment required. 866-819-0127;www.mercyhealthfair.com.Green Township.
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The Covedale Center for the Performing Arts, 4990Glenway Ave., presents “The 39 Steps” Jan. 23 through Feb.16. The play mixes a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spynovel and a dash of Monty Python for a fast-pacedwhodunit. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, 8 p.m.Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $24,$21 for seniors and students. For more information, call241-6550 or visit www.cincinnatilandmarkproductions.com.The cast of includes, from front left, Elizabeth Chinn Molloy(Annebelle/Pamela/Margaret) and Michael Schlotterbeck(Richard Hannay); second row, Sean P. Mette (clown) andDaniel T. Cooley (clown).PROVIDED
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A couple of weeksago, Linda Vaccariello ofCincinnati Magazinecalled and asked if Iwould share some tips onmaking goetta for an
article shewas writ-ing. I toldher I hadjust madea batchsince Iwanted toshare mylatest reci-pe withyou.
Goetta,as many of you know, is aCincinnati and NorthernKentucky specialty.Goetta has Germanicorigins, but most peoplewho live in Germanyhave never heard of it.Inge, my German daugh-ter-in-law who grew upin Germany, said shedidn’t have a clue untilshe moved to Cincinnati.Yes, it’s definitely a Cin-cinnati and NorthernKentucky “thing.”
A possibility about thename is that it comesfrom the German word“gote” or “gotte,” whichmeans peeled grain. Theword became American-ized to mean “goetta,”since the ingredient youcannot do without forauthentic goetta is pin-head oats (also calledsteel-cut oats). Dorsel’sand Bob’s Red Mill arecommon brands.
Goetta is a “hand-me-down” recipe and eachfamily’s is a bit differ-ent. It’s a ritual in myfamily and I even use mymother-in-law Clara’sspecial long-handledspoon that she inheritedfrom her mother.
Jon Peters, a WesternHills reader, makes hisfather-in-law Bill Sand-ers’ recipe.
“I even use his panand really enjoyed mak-ing it this year. There’ssomething special aboutusing a family recipeand making a big batchthat you’re going toshare with family andfriends,” he told me. Jonand Ellen’s kids get tohelp, as well. Jon callshis loaves of goetta“bricks,” and his family’srecipe is on my blog.
Rita’s goettaI’ve been making my
mother-in-law Clara’sgoetta for years withpork shoulder, just asshe made it when theyslaughtered hogs in au-tumn. I used to cookgoetta from start to fin-ish on top of the stove,but my sister-in-law,Claire Yannetti, gave methis tip: Cook meat andveggies on top of thestove and cook oats inthe slow cooker. Mucheasier! Stovetop cookingrequires frequent stir-ring and careful watch-ing so oats don’t stick.Here’s my latest and, Ithink, best version.
3 pounds fresh porkshoulder, bone-in ifpossible, cut in half to fitpan
3 cups each: chopped onionsand celery (include celeryleaves)
4 dried bay leaves2 tablespoons salt, or moreto taste
1 tablespoon black pepper,or more to taste
8-10 cups water or more ifneeded
5 cups pinhead oats
Put meat, onions,celery, bay, salt and pep-per in large stockpot.
Cover meat with waterby about an inch or so.Bring to a boil, cover,lower to a simmer andcook until meat fallsfrom bone, 3 hours or so.Add water if necessaryto keep meat just underliquid. Remove meat andlet cool before choppingfinely. Save liquid. (Youcould also cook meat andveggies in slow cookerand you probably won’tneed to add more water).
Spray a 6-7 quart slowcooker and turn on high.Put liquid in and addoats, stirring to blend.Put lid on and cook twohours or so, stirringoccasionally, until oatsare thoroughly cookedand tender, and mixtureis very thick. If neces-sary, add more water asoats cook, but be careful.The mixture, whencooked, should be thickenough for a spoon tostand up in without fall-ing over and be difficultto stir. Add meat andcontinue to cook, cov-ered, for about 45 min-utes, stirring occasional-ly. Add more salt andpepper if you want –don’t be shy about add-ing them. Remove bayleaves.
Line bread pans withwrap or foil. Put goettain pans, smoothing tops.Let cool, cover and storein refrigerator for 12hours or so to set up.Store in refrigerator aweek or several monthsin freezer.
To serve: Fry withbacon until both goettaand bacon are crisp onboth sides. Or in bacongrease.
Tip: Quick-cookingpinhead oats now avail-able. I just found this outand have not tested therecipe with these, so Ican’t recommend thesubstitution yet.
More goetta recipesand technique tips!
Jim Reinhart’s crock-pot goetta: On my blog
Red-headed Yeti, akaJereme Zimmerman’smeatless version:www.Earthineer.com.
Rita Nader Heikenfeld is anherbalist, educator, JungleJim’s culinary professionaland author. Find her blogonline at Cincinnati.Com/blogs. Email her at [email protected] “Rita’s kitchen” in thesubject line. Call 513-248-7130,ext. 356.
Rita shares herupdated goetta recipe
RitaHeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN
Rita’s latestgoetta recipefeatures oatscooked in aslowcooker.THANKSTO RITA
HEIKENFELD
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CINCINNATI DISTRICT 5Arrests/citationsRandall S. Broxterman, born 1978,aggravated menacing, Jan. 1.Brian King, born 1958, obstruct-ing official business, possessionof drug paraphernalia, resistingarrest, Jan. 2.Demetrius Toombs, born 1987,criminal trespassing, obstructingofficial business, resisting arrest,Jan. 5.
Incidents/reportsAggravatedmenacing5332 Colerain Ave., Jan. 1.Aggravated robbery2702 Hillvista Lane, Dec. 27.Assault951North Bend Road, Jan. 1.2709 Hillvista Lane, Jan. 5.Breaking and entering5747 Pearton Court, Dec. 26.6304 Hamilton Ave., Dec. 30.Burglary
5469 Kirby Ave., Dec. 31.1763 Cedar Ave., Jan. 1.1718 Cedar Ave., Jan. 2.Criminaldamaging/endangering5854 Hamilton Ave., Dec. 30.5078 Hawaiian Terrace, Jan. 1.5301 Eastknoll Court, Jan. 1.2626 Chesterfield Court, Jan. 3.4938 Hawaiian Terrace, Jan. 3.5464 Bahama Terrace, Jan. 5.Domestic violenceReported onWest North Bend
Road, Dec. 30.Menacing5332 Colerain Ave., Dec. 30.Theft6018 Lantana Ave., Dec. 31.2277 Banning Road, Dec. 31.5875 Renee Court, Jan. 1.2812W. North Bend Road, Jan. 2.1677 Cedar, Jan. 3.
FOREST PARKArrests/citationsJuvenile male, 15, theft, menac-ing, Dec. 28.Shana Terrell, 27, 872 GrentaLane, theft, menacing, Dec. 23.Tierre Jackson, 35, 516 Bessinger,resisting arrest, open container,Dec. 23.Juvenile male, 15, gross sexualimposition, Dec. 26.Curtis Gateweed, 36, 1833 Lin-crest, domestic violence, Dec. 27.Marcus Walker, 49, 8987 CherryBlossom, theft , Dec. 27.Juvenile male, 15, theft, Dec. 28.DavidWilliams, 27, 11009 Quail-wood Drive, burglary, Dec. 28.LamonWashington, 20, 11755Norbourne, domestic violence,Dec. 29.
Incidents/reportsCriminal damagingWindow damaged, Dec. 20.CriminalmischiefVehicle mirror damaged at 10969Carnegie, Dec. 23.TheftReported at 640 Norbourne, Dec.25.Wheels and tires valued at $1,000removed at 11078 Ashburn, Dec.27.iPod and cell phone valued at$250 removed at 2258Waycross,Dec. 27.Computers of unknown valueremoved at 1399W Kemper,Dec. 27.Unauthorized use of motorvehicleVictim reported at 1108 ImprintDrive, Dec. 27.
MOUNT HEALTHYIncidents/reportsCriminal damagingTires of multiple vehicles slashedat 1750 Compton, Dec. 23.CriminalmischiefVehicle damaged at 8118 Hamil-ton Ave., Dec. 22.Identity fraudVictim reported at 7980 Clo-vernook, Dec. 19.Possession of criminal toolsReported at 7778 ClovernookAve., Dec. 25.
TheftMedication of unknown valueremoved at 1957 Stevens , Dec.19.Reported at 8200 Hamilton Ave.,Dec. 19.
NORTH COLLEGE HILLArrests/citationsWilliam Stephens, 33, 6929Clovernook Ave., domesticviolence, Dec. 11.Eric Vinegar, 45, 1457W. NorthBend Road, intoxicated, Dec. 12.Davian Sevilla, 19, 3245 RockerDrive, disorderly conduct, Dec.24.
Incidents/reportsCriminal damagingChristmas decorations damagedat 6507 Hamilton Ave., Dec. 4.DomesticVictim reported at Dordine, Dec.26.Sexual assaultReported at Hamilton Avenue,Dec. 13.TheftReported by victim at 1951 Ster-ling, Dec. 6.Victim reported at 1924Wal-tham, Dec. 11.Vehicle removed at 1714Wal-tham, Dec. 13.Gas of unknown value pumpedand not paid for at 6813 Hamil-ton Ave., Dec. 13.Victim reported at 1918 Cordova,Dec. 13.Vehicle removed at 6813 Hamil-ton Ave., Dec. 14.Car stereo of unknown valueremoved at 6005 Betts, Dec. 22.Temporary tag removed fromvehicle at 1591Goodman Ave.,Dec. 21.
SPRINGFIELDTOWNSHIPArrests/citations
Olivia Korken, 28, 665 FairbornRoad, operating vehicle intoxi-cated, Dec. 14.April Sxhaefer, 28, 8503 Pollux,operating vehicle intoxicated,Dec. 15.Joshua Dabner, 21, 998 Harro-gate, operating vehicle intoxi-cated, Dec. 15.Bernadette Abdul-Aziz, 57, 1575Reid Ave., operating vehicleintoxicated, Dec. 16.Joseph Nelson, 34, 1185 Holly-wood, drug paraphernalia, Dec.16.Juvenile male, 13, disorderlyconduct, Dec. 15.Juvenile male, 13, disorderlyconduct, Dec. 16.Juvenile male, 13, disorderlyconduct, Dec. 16.Juvenile male, 17, disorderlyconduct, Dec. 16.Anthony Jeffries, 28, 7370 Hun-tridge Ave., theft, Dec. 18.
Incidents/reportsBurglaryResidence entered and televisionsvalued at $800 removed at 1580Pleasant Run Drive, Dec. 14.Residence entered and $150 incash removed at 1943 John Gray,Dec. 15.Residence entered and computer,iPad, TV, shoes, game systems,jewelry valued at $7,000 re-moved at 8699 Empire Court,Dec. 16.Residence entered and television,knife and bb gun valued at $800removed at 1985 Roosevelt Ave.,Dec. 17.Criminal damagingMailbox damaged at 2379 Ad-ams, Dec. 14.Vehicle window damaged at8795Monsanto Drive, Dec. 18.Vehicle window damaged at 8731Desoto, Dec. 19.Reported at 9601WildbrookLane, Dec. 19.Criminal simulationCounterfeit $100 passed at 9190Winton Road, Dec. 5.DomesticReported at Finney Trail, Dec. 17.FalsificationVictim reported at 10948 Hamil-ton Ave., Dec. 17.Identity theftVictim reported at 2091Arro-wood Place, Nov. 23.RobberyVictim reported at 880 GalbraithRoad, Dec. 14.Victim threatened and gamesystems valued at $600 removedat 10698 Deauville Road, Dec.20.TheftVehicle removed at 8788 Nep-tune Drive, Dec. 5.Checks valued at $3,744 removedat 7418 View Place, Dec. 7.Phone valued at $100 removed at8101Hamilton Ave., Dec. 5.
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WhoAdults 62 years old and older who:
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Trinity Lutheran Church, LCMS5921 Springdale Rd
Rev. Richard Davenport, PastorWorship & Sunday School 10:30 a.m,
Bible Study 9:15 a.m. SundaysClassic Service and Hymnbook
www.trinitylutherancincinnati.com385-7024
Trinity Lutheran Church (ELCA)
www. trinitymthealthy.org513-522-3026
“Growing Closer to God, Growing Closer to Neighbor”
Pastor Todd A. Cutter
1553 Kinney Ave, Mt. HealthyWorship: 8:30 am traditional - 10:45 am contemporary
Sunday School: 9:45 am Nursery provided
Faith Lutheran LCMC8265 Winton Rd.,
Finneytownwww.faithcinci.org
Contemporary Service 9amTraditional Service 11:00am
LUTHERAN
Christ Church Glendale Episcopal Church965 Forest Ave - 771-1544
[email protected] Reverend Roger L Foote
8am Holy Eucharist I9am Holy Eucharist II11am Holy Eucharist II
Child Care 9-12
EPISCOPAL
Wyoming Baptist Church(A Church For All Seasons)
Burns and Waverly AvenuesCincinnati OH 45215
821.8430Steve Cummins, Senior PastorSunday School..............................9:00 amCoffee & Fellowship...................10:00 amPraise & Worship........................10:30 amwww.wyomingbc.homestead.com
Visitors Welcome!
SHARON BAPTISTCHURCH
4451 Fields Ertel RoadCincinnati, OH 45241
(513) [email protected]
ServicesSunday School - 10:00 amSunday Morning - 11:00 amSunday Evening - 6:00 pmWednesday - 7:00 pm EveningPrayer and Bible Study
BAPTIST
FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH8580 Cheviot Rd., ColerainTwp741-7017 www.ourfbc.comGary Jackson, Senior Pastor
Sunday School (all ages) 9:30amSunday Morning Service 10:30amSunday Evening Service 6:30pmWedn. Service/Awana 7:00pmRUI Addiction Recovery (Fri.) 7:00pm
Active Youth, College, Senior GroupsExciting Music Dept, Deaf Ministry, Nursery
INDEPENDENT BAPTIST
VINEYARD CHURCHNORTHWEST
Colerain TownshipThree Weekend Services
Saturday - 5:30 pmSunday - 9:30 & 11:15 am
9165 Round Top Road1/4 mile south of Northgate Mall513-385-4888 µ www.vcnw.org
HIGHVIEW CHRISTIANCHURCH
“Life on Purpose in Community”2651 Adams Rd. (near Pippin)
Worship Assembly-Sunday 10:45amPhone 825-9553
www.highviewchristianchurch.com
NON-DENOMINATIONAL
Sharonville United Methodist8:15 & 11amTraditional Service & Kingdom Kids
9:30am Adult & Children’s Sunday School7:00pmWednesday, Small Groups for all agesInfant care available for all services3751 Creek Rd. 513-563-0117www.sharonville-umc.org
Mt HealthyUnited Methodist ChurchCorner of Compton and Perry Streets
513-931-5827Sunday School 8:45 - 9:45am
Traditional Worship 10:00 - 11:00amContemporary Gathering: Bible &
Conversation 11:30 - 12:30Nursery Available Handicap Access"Come as a guest. Leave as a friend".
Monfort HeightsUnited Methodist Church
3682 West Fork Rd , west of North BendTraditional Worship 8:30 & 11:00am
Contemporary Worhip 9:45amNursery Available * Sunday School513-481-8699 * www. mhumc.org
Spiritual Checkpoint ...Bearing the Love of Christ...for you!
CHURCH OF THE SAVIOUR8005 Pfeiffer Rd. Montgomery 791-3142
www.cos-umc.org"Changed from the Inside Out:
A New Voice"Traditional Worship8:20am & 11:00am
Contemporary Worship 9:40amSunday School (All ages)
9:40 & 11amNursery Care Provided
Dr. Cathy Johns, Senior Pastor
United Methodist Church10507 “Old” Colerain Ave
(513) 385-7883Rev. Mark Reuter
Christ, the Prince of Peace
Sunday School 9:15amWorship 10:30am - Nursery Available
www.cpopumc.org“Small enough to know you, Big enough to care”
UNITED METHODIST
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St. Paul United Church of Christ5312 Old Blue Rock Rd., off Springdale
Phone: 385-9077Rev. Michelle Torigian
Sunday Worship: 10:30amSunday School: 9:15am
Nursery Available/Handicap Accesswww.stpaulucccolerain.org
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FLEMING ROADUnited Church of Christ691 Fleming Rd 522-2780
Rev Pat McKinneySunday School - All Ages - 9:15am
Sunday Worship - 10:30amNursery Provided
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
Northwest CommunityChurch
8735 Cheviot Rd, by Colerain HSRev. Kevin Murphy, Pastor
513-385-8973Worship and Sunday School 10AMHandicap Accessible/Nursery Available
Salem White Oak Presbyterian
Northminster Presbyterian Church703 Compton Rd., Finneytown 931-0243Growing Faith, Sharing Hope, Showing Love
Sunday Worship ScheduleTraditional Services: 8:00 & 10:15am
Contemporary Services: 9:00 & 11:30amStudent Cafe: 10:15amChildcare Available
Jeff Hosmer, Rich Jones &Nancy Ross- Zimmerman - Pastors
PRESBYTERIAN
EVANGELICALCOMMUNITY CHURCH
Sunday School Hour (for all ages)9:15 - 10:15am
Worship Service - 10:30 to 11:45am(Childcare provided for infants/ toddlers)
Pastor: Rich LanningChurch: 2191 Struble RdOffice: 2192 Springdale Rd
542-9025Visitors Welcome www.eccfellowship.org
At CHURCH BY THEWOODS
www.churchbythewoods.org3755 Cornell Rd.,
Sharonville , Ohio 45241You have a choice of Ministry:
1 . Traditional Sunday Worship at10:00 AM. Language: EnglishMulti-cultural, multi-generational, andmulti-ethnic.2 . Contemporary Sunday Worshipwith Freedom Church at 10:30 AM.Language: English
It’s not about Religion; it’s aboutrelationships!
www.freedomchurchcincinnati.com3. Taiwanese Traditional SundayWorship st 2:00 PM. Language:Taiwanese, UC Campus Fellowship onSaturdays,
www.cincinnatitaiwanese.org4 . Seventh Day Adventist SaturdayWorship at 10:00 AM.Language: Spanish
Loving - Caring - and SharingGod’s Word
Notes: Nursery School isprovided at each Worship time
English as a Second Language (ESL) istaught on Saturday 10-12 AM.
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Alene TownsleyAlene Townsley, 87, died Jan.
7.Survived by husband Russell
Townsley; daughters Janice(Robert) Fu-gate, Brenda(Mike) Welte,Sharon (Gary)Hotsettler;siblings Imo-gene Smith, IcaCarmichael,Beulah Scott,Christine
Hughes, Carl Sandusky; grand-children and great-grand-children. Preceded in death bychildren Darrell, Len, SteveWillis, Shirley Ferrell, siblingsClaude, Kenneth, Everett San-dusky, Maxine Allen.
Services were Jan. 13 at Vitt,Stermer & Anderson FuneralHome.
DEATHS
Townsley
COLLEGE HILL5800 Glenview Ave.: Jahn-Hall,Patti P. & Todd R. Hall to Lecture,Michael P. & Susanne A.;$210,000.1136 Homeside Ave.: Evans,Darlene to U.S. Bank NA;$26,000.2240 North Bend Road: Buchan-an, DianneM. to ColumbiaSavings Bank; $54,000.
FOREST PARK803 Exmoor Drive: Kelly, Kendrato U.S. Bank NA Tr.; $42,000.993 Holderness Lane: McCorkle,Leon to Gray, Kathryn; $100,000.1327 Kemper Road: Waldon,Gary L. & Robin Bonner toNationstar Mortgage LLC;$62,000.1245Waycross Road: Martin,Marvin & Trista to Cobblestone
Street LLC; $65,111.
MOUNT AIRY5600 Colerain Ave.: Ivory, Mau-rice E. & Ivy N. Lewis toWellsFargo Bank NA; $58,000.5530 Little Flower Ave.: Puckett,TimothyW. &Mary D. to Dam-mer, Sereke G. & Gumja T.Tekleyes; $133,500.5884 Thornhill Ave.: Kaufmanis,Wilma S. to Valentino, Victor &Emily Buzek; $70,000.
MOUNT HEALTHY1741Adams Road: Barnes, Ran-dall S. to Wells Fargo Bank NA;$40,000.7211 Bernard Ave.: Tubbs, Rhon-da R. to Z Properties LLC;$37,000.1900 Compton Road: Wells FargoFinancial Ohio 1 Inc. to Hailu,
Alefesh & Admasu Yukunoam-lak; $45,000.7330 Perry St.: Buchanan, DianneM. to Columbia Savings Bank;$42,000.
NORTH COLLEGE HILL6529 Baywood Lane: Schmidt,Kurt G. & Ahlke M. to Fultz,Megan E. & John T. Villasuso;$136,000.6705 Betts Ave.: Mirus, Mary E. toU.S. Bank NA; $38,000.6953 Lois Drive: Ruter, Brian J. toGreen, Clarise; $79,500.
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