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News ................... 248-8600 Retail advertising ...... 768-8404 Classified advertising .. 242-4000 Delivery ................ 576-8240 See page A2 for additional information Contact us I NDIAN H ILL I NDIAN H ILL JOURNAL 75¢ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2013 BECAUSE COMMUNITY MATTERS Your Community Press newspaper serving Indian Hill Vol. 15 No. 27 © 2013 The Community Recorder ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Indian Hill Journal 394 Wards Corner Road, Suite 170 Loveland, Ohio 45140 For the Postmaster Published weekly every Thursday Periodicals postage paid at Loveland, OH 45140 and at additional mailing offices. ISSN 15423174 USPS 020-826 Postmaster: Send address change to Indian Hill Journal 394 Wards Corner Road, Suite 170 Loveland, Ohio 45140 FOOD Rita’s latest clone of Williams-Sonoma peppermint bark uses high quality chocolate. Full story, B3 HEY HOWARD! A lot of us have life insurance policies, but may not be aware of all the provisions in the policy. Full story, B4 What would you call a 10,000- square-foot building in Indian Hill and an 8,000-square-foot building in Madeira with un- marked exits, no sprinkler sys- tem and no handicap access? Fire traps? Affronts to the Americans with Disabilities Act? Madeira & Indian Hill Joint Fire District officials call them Station 64 and Station 65, re- spectively. “If you or I had a building over 5,000 square feet without sprinklers they are going to come screaming at us that, ‘You have got to have sprinklers,’ when they don’t have sprinklers in their own buildings,” said Keith Hall a principal of MSA Architects. MSA, which has offices in downtown Cincinnati and Co- lumbus, is studying the physical conditions, code compliance and functionality of the Indian Hill and Madeira fire stations to help local officials decide whether the buildings should be renovated or rebuilt – if money is available. Hall recently gave an update of MSA Architects’ study — which the joint fire district’s board of trustees allocated a maximum of $15,000 to com- plete – at a meeting of fire dis- trict, Indian Hill and Madeira representatives at the Indian Hill fire station. Officials said they appreciat- ed the work done, but were not ready to commit to a project. Hall said MSA hopes to by the end of January conclude its study and provide officials with a variety of possible plans for the stations – including replac- ing them with one or two build- ings – and the attendant costs. Where the money to con- struct new buildings would come from is unknown. But as they are, the fire sta- tions are racking up mainte- nance costs and need costly code-compliance work in addi- tion to posing hazards for fire- fighters, Hall and Dan Montgo- mery, an associate with MSA Architects, said. The Madeira & Indian Hill Joint Fire District was estab- lished in 1985 with Indian Hill and Madeira splitting expenses, said Bob Gehring, president of the joint fire district’s board of trustees. Gehring said 40 firefighters and paramedics – of which 17 are full-time serve some 14,500 people living in 24 square miles. » The Indian Hill firehouse at 6475 Drake Road was built in 1940. Bays were added in 1960 and 1982 and a meeting/training room added in 1994. » The building converted into the Madeira firehouse at 7205 Miami Ave. in 1962 was a home built in 1890. After sever- al remodels, an addition was built onto the back of the station and a garage added in 1992. MSA Architects representa- tives say problems at the fire stations include aging and inad- equate mechanical, plumbing and electrical systems, narrow hallways without handrails on both sides, lack of storage space, no protection for turnout gear that breaks down with ex- posure to humidity and flores- cent lights, apparatus bays too small to allow work on trucks to be done indoors, bad roofs, im- properly draining downspouts, water damage, mold and peel- ing paint. For more about your community, visit www.Cincinnati.com/ IndianHill. Get regular Indian Hill updates by signing up for our email newsletter. District’s firehouses under scrutiny Steve Ashbrock, chief of the Madeira & Indian Hill Joint Fire District, listens to comments about the condition of firehouses in Indian Hill and Madeira.JEANNE HOUCK/THE COMMUNITY PRESS Bob Gehring, president of the Madeira-Indian Hill Joint Fire District’s board of trustees (at the podium) introduces, from left, MSA Architects' Keith Hall and Dan Montgomery, who updated officials at a meeting about the condition of firehouses in Indian Hill and Madeira. JEANNE HOUCK/THE COMMUNITY PRESS By Jeanne Houck [email protected] The Indian Hill Exempted Village School District has ap- proved a new policy for ex- pense reimbursements that will now cover up to 15 percent in gratuity costs for district person- nel and adminis- trators on official school business. Superinten- dent Mark Miles said staff had asked that cover- age of gratuities be considered during several focus groups conducted last year. “As a result, I examined oth- er Ohio public organizations and school districts to look at their practices in regard to gra- tuities,” said Miles. He said it is a practice con- ducted in other school districts. Additionally, the school board approved increasing meal reimbursement from $35 to $40. Miles said this amount had not changed in many years. Treasurer Julia Toth said part of the rationale for approv- ing this was that in the past leav- ing a gratuity was more “dis- cretionary.” However, she said now it is more of an ex- pected practice. “Based on (Miles’) re- search, we thought it was some- thing that should be done,” said board member Kim Martin Lewis. During the December meet- ing the school board also ap- proved a resolution which will permit payments made to a contingency fund as part of a health insurance cooperative. Since 2012, Indian Hill has been part of the Southwest Ohio Organization of School Health consortium. Seven school dis- tricts including the Forest Hills Local School District, Milford Exempted Village School Dis- trict and the Northwest Local School District are part of the consortium. “The ultimate goal of col- laboration (is) to stabilize insur- ance premiums,” said Toth. Toth said the district antici- pates a savings of $300,000 in the upcoming year being part of the consortium. She said in 2015 the consor- tium will go to a “self-funded in- surance program.” In anticipation of this, Toth said the board has approved de- positing money into a contin- gency fund starting in 2014. “When we go to a self-funded platform, we will have to have money set aside,” she said. Money from this contingen- cy fund will go toward claims in early 2015. Taxpayers will have to fork out money for tips By Forrest Sellers [email protected] Miles Toth HOLIDAY WRAP UP Cincinnati Country Day School sixth-grader Baptistine Bonniol folds the end on a package during the school’s annual All-School Wrap-In. As part of the event, students wrap gifts they have collected for donation to various organizations. FORREST SELLERS/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

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News ...................248-8600Retail advertising ......768-8404Classified advertising ..242-4000Delivery ................576-8240See page A2 for additional information

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INDIANHILLINDIANHILLJOURNAL 75¢

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2013 BECAUSE COMMUNITY MATTERS

Your Community Pressnewspaper servingIndian Hill

Vol. 15 No. 27© 2013 The Community Recorder

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Indian Hill Journal394 Wards Corner Road, Suite 170

Loveland, Ohio 45140

For the PostmasterPublished weekly every Thursday

Periodicals postage paid at Loveland, OH 45140and at additional mailing offices.ISSN 15423174 ●USPS 020-826

Postmaster: Send address change toIndian Hill Journal

394 Wards Corner Road, Suite 170Loveland, Ohio 45140

FOODRita’s latest clone ofWilliams-Sonomapeppermint bark useshigh quality chocolate.Full story, B3

HEY HOWARD!A lot of us have lifeinsurance policies, but maynot be aware of all theprovisions in the policy.Full story, B4

Whatwould you call a10,000-square-foot building in IndianHill and an 8,000-square-footbuilding in Madeira with un-marked exits, no sprinkler sys-tem and no handicap access?

Fire traps?Affronts to the Americans

with Disabilities Act?Madeira & Indian Hill Joint

Fire District officials call themStation 64 and Station 65, re-spectively.

“If you or I had a buildingover 5,000 square feet withoutsprinklers they are going tocome screaming at us that, ‘Youhave got to have sprinklers,’when theydon’t havesprinklersin their own buildings,” saidKeith Hall a principal of MSAArchitects.

MSA, which has offices indowntown Cincinnati and Co-lumbus, is studyingthephysicalconditions, code complianceand functionality of the IndianHill andMadeira fire stations tohelp local officials decide

whether thebuildings shouldberenovated or rebuilt – if moneyis available.

Hall recently gave an updateof MSA Architects’ study —which the joint fire district’sboard of trustees allocated amaximum of $15,000 to com-plete – at a meeting of fire dis-trict, Indian Hill and Madeirarepresentatives at the IndianHill fire station.

Officials said theyappreciat-ed the work done, but were notready to commit to a project.

Hall said MSA hopes to bythe end of January conclude itsstudy and provide officialswitha variety of possible plans forthe stations – including replac-ing them with one or two build-ings – and the attendant costs.

Where the money to con-struct new buildings wouldcome from is unknown.

But as they are, the fire sta-tions are racking up mainte-nance costs and need costlycode-compliance work in addi-tion to posing hazards for fire-fighters, Hall and Dan Montgo-mery, an associate with MSA

Architects, said.The Madeira & Indian Hill

Joint Fire District was estab-lished in 1985 with Indian HillandMadeira splittingexpenses,said Bob Gehring, president ofthe joint fire district’s board oftrustees.

Gehring said 40 firefightersand paramedics – of which 17are full-time – serve some14,500people living in 24 squaremiles.

» The Indian Hill firehouseat 6475 Drake Road was built in1940. Bays were added in 1960

and1982 and ameeting/trainingroom added in 1994.

» The building convertedinto the Madeira firehouse at7205 Miami Ave. in 1962 was ahome built in 1890. After sever-al remodels, an addition wasbuilt onto theback of the stationand a garage added in 1992.

MSA Architects representa-tives say problems at the firestations include aging and inad-equate mechanical, plumbingand electrical systems, narrowhallways without handrails onboth sides, lack of storage

space, no protection for turnoutgear that breaks down with ex-posure to humidity and flores-cent lights, apparatus bays toosmall to allowwork on trucks tobe done indoors, bad roofs, im-properly draining downspouts,water damage, mold and peel-ing paint.

For more about your community,visit www.Cincinnati.com/IndianHill.

Get regular Indian Hill updates bysigning up for our email newsletter.

District’s firehouses under scrutiny

Steve Ashbrock, chief of the Madeira & Indian Hill Joint Fire District,listens to comments about the condition of firehouses in Indian Hill andMadeira.JEANNE HOUCK/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Bob Gehring, president of the Madeira-Indian Hill Joint Fire District’s board of trustees (at the podium)introduces, from left, MSA Architects' Keith Hall and Dan Montgomery, who updated officials at a meetingabout the condition of firehouses in Indian Hill and Madeira. JEANNE HOUCK/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

By Jeanne [email protected]

The Indian Hill ExemptedVillage School District has ap-proved a new policy for ex-pense reimbursements thatwill nowcoverupto 15 percent ingratuity costs fordistrict person-nel and adminis-tratorsonofficialschool business.

Superinten-dent Mark Milessaid staff hadasked that cover-age of gratuities be consideredduring several focus groupsconducted last year.

“As a result, I examined oth-er Ohio public organizationsand school districts to look attheir practices in regard to gra-tuities,” said Miles.

He said it is a practice con-ducted in other school districts.

Additionally, the school

board approved increasingmeal reimbursement from $35to $40.

Miles said this amount hadnot changed in many years.

Treasurer Julia Toth saidpartof therationale forapprov-ing this was thatin the past leav-ing a gratuitywas more “dis-cretionary.”However, shesaid now it ismore of an ex-pected practice.

“Based on(Miles’) re-search,we thought itwas some-thing that should be done,” saidboard member Kim MartinLewis.

During the December meet-ing the school board also ap-proved a resolution which willpermit payments made to acontingency fund as part of ahealth insurance cooperative.

Since 2012, Indian Hill has

beenpartof theSouthwestOhioOrganization of School Healthconsortium. Seven school dis-tricts including theForestHillsLocal School District, MilfordExempted Village School Dis-trict and the Northwest LocalSchool District are part of theconsortium.

“The ultimate goal of col-laboration(is) tostabilize insur-ance premiums,” said Toth.

Toth said the district antici-pates a savings of $300,000 inthe upcoming year being partof the consortium.

She said in 2015 the consor-tiumwillgo toa“self-funded in-surance program.”

In anticipation of this, Tothsaid theboardhas approvedde-positing money into a contin-gency fund starting in 2014.

“Whenwegotoaself-fundedplatform, we will have to havemoney set aside,” she said.

Money from this contingen-cy fundwill go towardclaims inearly 2015.

Taxpayers will have tofork out money for tipsBy Forrest [email protected]

Miles Toth

HOLIDAYWRAP UP

Cincinnati Country Day School sixth-grader Baptistine Bonniolfolds the end on a package during the school’s annual All-SchoolWrap-In. As part of the event, students wrap gifts they havecollected for donation to various organizations. FORREST SELLERS/THE

COMMUNITY PRESS

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NEWSA2 • INDIAN HILL JOURNAL • DECEMBER 19, 2013

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Calendar .................B2Classifieds ................CFood ......................B3Life ........................B1Police .................... B9Schools ..................A4Sports ....................A8Viewpoints ............A10

Index

There’s a newmayor intown.

Minutes after beingsworn in Dec. 6, freshly

minted members of Indi-an Hill Village CouncilvotedtomakeKeithRabe-nold mayor and Dan Fei-gelson vice mayor.

“It was quite an honorto be appointed as mayorby my fellow councilmembers,” Rabenold saidafterward.

“I look forward toworking with them andwith village staff over thenext two years on issuesthat are important to ourcommunity.”

Rabenold, who hasserved six years on Vil-lageCouncil, says thenew

council will focus on thefinancial health of the vil-lage and providing thebest in services and infra-structure.

He and fellow incum-bents Feigelson, MollyBarber, Mark Kuenningand Laura Raines, alongwith candidates MelissaSkidmore Cowan and Ab-bot Thayer, were electedin November to two-yearterms on council.

Mark Tullis, who hadbeen serving as IndianHill mayor, and LindsayMcLean, who had beenserving as a councilwom-

an, did not seek re-elec-tion.

Tullis saidhe thorough-ly enjoyed the eight yearshe served on VillageCouncil and praised thededication of both his fel-low council members andvillage employees.

The formermayor saidhe is proud that the for-mer council was able tokeep the village as finan-cially sound as ever, de-spite the economic down-turn and cuts in state ap-propriations.

“But the true legacy ofthis past council will be

the hiring of our new citymanager, Mrs. Dina Min-neci,” Tullis said.

“The enthusiasm andpassion that she brings towork everyday is trulyamazing.”

Noting that Indian HillVillage Council membersserve without pay, Tullissaid pastmembers “serve(d) for one and only onereason – to give back to acommunity that has giventhem so much.”

“I am confident thatournewcouncil, aswell asfuture councils, will con-tinue to serve in this tradi-tion,” Tullis said.

Following are the as-signments of the new vil-lage council members:

» Barber – Chairwom-an of the Public WorksCommittee and councilrepresentative to theOhio-Kentucky-IndianaRegional Council of Gov-ernments.

» Cowan – Chairwom-an of the Water WorksCommittee and councilrepresentative on the

Green Areas AdvisoryCommittee.

» Feigelson – Chair-man of the Safety Com-mittee and council repre-sentative to the Madeira-Indian Hill Joint Fire Dis-trict board.

»Kuenning -Chairmanof the Finance Commit-tee.

» Rabenold–Chairmanof the Buildings andGrounds Committee andcouncil representative onthe Recreation Commis-sion.

» Raines –Chairman ofthe Law Committee.

» Thayer–Council rep-resentative on the Plan-ning Commission.

For more about your commu-nity, visit www.Cincin-nati.com/ IndianHill.

Rabenold tapped for mayor’s postBy Jeanne [email protected]

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DECEMBER 19, 2013 • INDIAN HILL JOURNAL • A3NEWS

Two Indian Hill stu-dents have been honoredfor helping bring comfortto area families.

Liza David, a senior atIndian Hill High School,and Grace Pettengill, afreshman at CincinnatiCountry Day School, arerecipients of anOutstand-ing Youth in Philanthropyaward.

Both are among a num-ber of Tristate studentsserving on theLeadershipCorps of the Josh CaresStudent Advisory Coun-cil.

Josh Cares is a non-profit organization thatprovides funding for spe-cialists who comfort andsupport seriously ill chil-dren whose families areunable to be with them.

Pettengill and David,

who are both residents ofIndian Hill, lead a FamilyGifts Subcommittee thatprovides gifts to familiesof the children.

“It’s doing somethingmeaningful that is (also)fun and enjoyable,” saidDavid. “It’s gettinganout-side perspective that wedon’t see in the class-room.”

Pettengill agreed.“Just knowingwe’re help-ing thesekids in thehospi-tal is nice,” she said.

Both of the girls havebeen involved with JoshCares for several years.

JoyBlang, ex-ecutive di-rector ofJosh Cares,said the ef-forts of thestudentsmake ahuge dif-

ference. “They are suchlittle things for us butmean so much to the re-cipients,” said Blang, whois a resident of TerracePark. “It gives them thatlittle extra boost of hope.”

Two local studentshonored for outreachBy Forrest [email protected]

Indian Hill High Schoolsenior Liza David, left, andCincinnati Country DaySchool freshman GracePettengill are recipients ofan Outstanding Youth inPhilanthropy award fortheir work with Josh Cares.Both are involved with aFamily Gifts Subcommitteethat makes craft items.FORREST SELLERS/THE COMMUNITY

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Montgomery is look-ing ahead to next year’sconstruction project thatwill help move trafficthrough the Montgome-ry and Pfeiffer roads in-tersection better.

The city hosted anopenhouseNov.18atTer-williger Lodge, 10530Deerfield Road, to set uppreliminary plans of theproject for residents tosee and ask questions.Although only abouteight people attended,the city has shared theproject’s plans with resi-dents already, said BrianRiblet, public works di-rector for Montgomery.

The project, throughthe Ohio Department ofTransportation, involvescreating two adjacentleft-turn lanes off Pfeif-fer Road onto Montgo-

mery Road, then addinga right-only turn laneinto Bethesda NorthHospital, just north ofthe intersection. Ribletadded that sidewalks onthe east side of Montgo-mery from RadabaughDrive to Bethesda willalso be built.

Riblet said there’s“been very little fan-fare” regarding the pro-ject, because thecity andODOT have been dis-cussing it since about2010. He added thatthere’s been severalmeetings and informa-tion sent out, so he feelsthatresidentsarewell in-formed about the pro-ject.

This project, Ribletsaid, mirrors one atPfeiffer Road and Inter-state 71, which createsdouble turn lanes at thehighway and adds a lane

fromI-71to I-275. Inbothcases, he added, it’sabout trying to movetraffic more efficientlythrough those areas.

“It’s the book-endcompanion piece to theother,” he said.

A document for theproject from the citysaid about 17,000 vehi-cles go through the inter-section on an averageday.

The project, which isadministered throughODOT, is also part ofMontgomery’s capitalimprovement plan for2014. Riblet said the pro-ject preliminary cost isestimated at about$450,000 total. About$360,000 of that is beingfunded with a federalgrant through the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Re-gional Council of Gov-ernments.

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A4 • INDIAN HILL JOURNAL • DECEMBER 19, 2013

Cincinnati Country DaySchool recently con-ducted its annual All-

School Wrap-In.As part of the event, stu-

dents wrap gifts they havecollected fordonation to var-ious organizations includingBeech Acres Parenting Cen-ter, ProKids, the House ofRefugeMission and others.

More than 900 presentswere donated.

Photos by Forrest Sellers/TheCommunity Press

Students add their gifts to a growing pile of presents that will be given to area charities.

Shelley Menifee, right, of Colerain Township, signs a gift tag whilewatched by classmate Jessica Hall, of Symmes Township. Both areseniors.

Freshman Nicholas Krammer,right, of West Chester, lendssixth-grader Jaecar Ly, of Mason,a hand.

Sixth-graders Jack Garboden, left, of Loveland, and Duncan Laird, ofMariemont, put the finishing touches on their gifts.

Sixth-grader Katie Ashwell, of Mason, begins taping her package.

Freshman Natalie Thornell, left, and sixth-grader Daniel Belperio, bothof Loveland, center a gift for wrapping.

Sixth-graders Liz Brooks, left, of Milford, and Lilly Reisenfeld, ofLoveland, add bows to their presents.

Eighth-grader Kaitlyn Hardesty, left, of Montgomery, andpre-kindergartner Chance Lauch, of Indian Hill, place their gifts on thestack of presents wrapped by the students.

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A8 • INDIAN HILL JOURNAL • DECEMBER 19, 2013

SPORTSSPORTSHIGH SCHOOL | YOUTH | RECREATIONAL CommunityPress.com

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

INDIANHILL—The lanes areoiled and matches are under-wayforGreaterCincinnati highschool bowling teams. The fol-lowing is a rundown of teams.

MoellerTheCrusadershavehad four

straight winning seasons, butwould like to improve on theirfourth place finish in theGreat-er Catholic League-South 12-9(8-6 league).

Eleventh-year coach BobOrr returns four starters in-cluding senior GCL South sec-ond team selection PhillipCleves. Along with seniorCleves, seniors Steven SnyderandGrantGodbeyandjuniorTJSnyder are back. Senior TonyPlatz is expected to join the line-up.

“We have a very compatibleteam that should really eachother on,” Orr said. “They’revery experienced and maturewith each capable of averaging200-plus. It’s basically the sameteam that took second in oursectionalwithPhil (Cleves) roll-ing a 297/688 series and Grant(Godbey) a 266/623.”

UpcomingisaMoellerAlum-ni Fundraiser at CrossgateLanes on Dec. 22. The Crusad-ersget their rollbackonJan.3-4at the Louisville vs. CincinnatiChallenge in Louisville.

“Most of the boys haveworked hard over the summerto hone their skills and be readyfor the season,” Orr said.

Mount Notre DameThe Cougars are looking to

better lastyear’s7-16mark(3-12in the old GGCL-Scarlet) undersecond-year coach Mollie Holt-man.

Among those back for MNDare juniors Sam Dunbar andEmily Webb who made all-league honorable mention assophomores. Also returning arestarting sophomores Kay Roth-ermund,AshleyFoulks,SabrinaDunbar and Rachel Tenley. Oli-via Kettler and Emma Bensonare also on the Cougars squad.

“We are still a young team

with no seniors however, themotivation andheart thesegirlshave will get us far in the yearsto come,” Holtman said.

MND’s next match is atNorthwest Dec. 19. They returnhome to Crossgate Lanes inBlue Ash on Jan. 7.

Ursuline Academy

TheLionsareyoung–no sen-iors on the roster – but headcoachRobMeirose returns fourjuniors with experience to leadwhat he hopes will be a compet-itive team.

Junior Emma Darlingtonleads the squad with a 176 aver-age to date, while classmateChristinaHallmann isn’t far be-hind, typically rolling in thehigh150sor low160s.EmilyLowand Cierra Carafice bring addi-tional skill and experience.

“I have to remindmyself thisis only their second year bowl-ing,”Meirose said. “They’ve as-sumed the leadership, butthere’s still a lot for them tolearn and improve. They’remaking very good progress.”

Ursuline also has a first-yearjunior (Kari Fletcher) and threefreshmen (Makayla Hufziger,Isabel Baumgartner andBritta-ny Leyda) out to fill the roster.“They’re all brandnewand theyall havekindof the sameskills,”Meirose said.

Like many coaches in thearea, he is concerned about thedecreasing numbers of girls inbowling.

“It’s kind of like that old ‘Ifyou build it, they will come’line,” he said. “Once we get thegirls out, we can teach them thegame and how to be good. It’sjust a matter of getting themout. For whatever reason, that’sbeen the hard part. I wish wecould get them out. They’d seehowmuch fun it can be.”

Moeller bowlers look to improve

Moeller lost just one of their starting bowling line-up from last year. Left to right from last season’s crew areCoach Bob Orr, senior Steven Snyder, senior Philip Cleves, 2013 graduate Greg Lind, senior Grant Godbey,junior TJ Snyder, and senior Tony Platz. THANKS TO ESP MEDIA

By Scott Springer and [email protected]@communitypress.com

Boys basketball» Cincinnati Country Day

lost 71-60 to Holmes at RyleDec. 7 and fell 68-57 at St. Ber-nard Dec. 10, evening its rec-ord at 2-2.

» Cincinnati Hills ChristianAcademy dropped a 51-43home game against St. Ber-nard Dec. 7 and lost 80-44 atSummit Country Day Dec. 10to level its record at 2-2.

Girls basketball» Cincinnati Country Day

lost 45-19 at home Dec. 9againstWyoming,butbouncedback with a 62-30 victory overClark Montessori Dec. 11 toimprove to 5-2. Sydney Meni-fee was 7-for-14 from the floorand 5-for-8 from the line tolead the Indians with 19 pointsagainst Clark.

»Ursuline Academy beatrivalSt.Ursula43-29Dec.12 toimprove its record to 3-1. AliSchirmer scored 13 to lead theLions.

Girls volleyball»Mount Notre Dame’s

Christine Chandler wasnamed to the American Fam-ily Insurance 2013All-USATo-day team.

PRESS PREPS HIGHLIGHTS

Moeller HighSchool seniorfootball teammembers showoff their Division 1StateChampionshiptrophy during acelebration rallyDec. 9. Moellerdefeated Mentor55-52 at FawcettStadium for theCrusaders’ secondstraight statechampionship andninth overall inthe programsstoried history.AMANDA

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Moeller High School footballcoach John Rodenbergaddresses students during acelebration rally Dec.9. Moeller'sfootball team defeated Mentor55-52 giving the Crusadersback-to-back titles and theirninth state trophyoverall.AMANDA

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By Scott Springer and [email protected]@communitypress.com

newestmembers of the IndianHill Hall of Fame.

Thecommunity is invitedtohelp honor honor these threeoutstanding individuals andtheir accomplishments andcontributions to the athleticprogram at Indian HillSchools.

Hall of Fame re-opensThe Indian Hill Hall of

Fame will be re-introduced onJan31bytheIndianHillBoost-ers and the Indian Hill Hall ofFame Committee with new in-ductees.

Inductees are: BrittanyHill, class of 2005. swimming

and diving; Steve Innis, classof 1989, soccer, basketball andbaseball; and Cindy Bridge-land Crilley, class of 1970, ten-nis and tennis coach.

The ceremony will takeplace at halftime of theHome-coming varsity boys Basket-ball game,withareception fol-lowing to honor and meet the

SIDELINES

Twenty members of the BlueAsh YMCA Swim Team quali-fied for the2013YMCASummerLong Course Nationals at theGeorgia Institute of TechnologyAquatic Center in Atlanta, Ga.

The team, led by graduatingSycamore senior Charlie Fry,placed 29th out of 114 YMCAswim teams from across the na-tion, a very good showing insuch a competitive meet. Forhead coach Bill Whatley, thiswasausualstopwith theteamashe has been head swim coach oftheBlueAshYMCASwimTeamfor now 25 years.

The Blue Ash YMCA SwimTeam is a year-round competi-tive team and participates inboth YMCA and United States

Swimming competition, offer-ing exposure to local, regional,and national amateur athletics.

Swimmers participate withgroups according to their ageand ability.

Besides developing each ath-lete’sathleticskillsandabilities,much emphasis is focused onphysical conditioning, self-con-fidence, sportsmanship charac-ter building and self-disciplinewhich are key to developing thetotal athlete.

For details on becoming partof theBlueAsh Swim team, con-tact coach Bill Whatley at 791-5000.Ages6anduparewelcometo try-out.

Call 791-5000 or visitwww.MyY.org.

These Blue Ash YMCA Swimmers are qualified for the YMCA SummerLong Course Nationals. In back are Audrey Jewell (Loveland), AllisonDicke (Madeira), Mark Hancher (Sycamore), Ryan Stevenson (Madeira),Max Cappel (Sycamore), Eric Scott (Sharonville) and Delaney Smith(Indian Hill). In third row are Richard Chen (Blue Ash), Chris Asgian(Loveland), Brookley Garry (Pleasant Ridge) and Mary Margaret Fry(Sycamore). In second row are coach Bill Whatley, Mitchell Camfield(Blue Ash), Chet Dobson (Madeira), Jonathon Seger (Sycamore), CharlieFry (Sycamore) and Jory Gould (Sycamore). In front row are Grace Smith(Pleasant Hill), Jenna Luthman (Madeira), Katie Kruspe (Oakley) andSamantha Wolkoff (Sycamore). THANKS TOMARY FISCHER

Blue Ash YMCAswimmers qualifyfor nationals

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Somewhere KeithJackson weeps, for thereis no rumblin’ or stum-blin’, but there is plenty oftumbling as gymnasticsseason is under way forarea girls.

AndersonHead coach Stacy Bai-

ley enters her 20th seasonat thehelmwith ablendofyouth and experience shehopes will lead to a suc-cessful season.

“I look for a reallystrong finish,” Baileysaid. “It’s a relativelyyoung team still, so theyhave a lot of room for im-provement.”

Among the 11 gym-nasts are five returnees,including junior EmilyCaggiano, who made it tostate on the balance beamlast season. Also back areseniors Bre Willenbrinkand Emily Alsip, juniorTara Crosley and sopho-mores Megan Shearerand Taylor Caruso.

Theyouthful portionofthe roaster features whatBailey called “probablythe strongest freshmanclass I’ve ever had.” It’sheaded by Level 9 clubcompetitor Casey Gittel-man, who will join theteam at the first of theyear after her club sea-son.

Other freshmen in-clude Ellen Tanner, Tea-ganGerkeyandZonaHer-rick. Sophomore LaurenCoons is a first-year gym-nast rounding out the ros-ter.

Baileyalsohasapairoftumblers from Blanches-ter and Bethel-Tate HighSchool senior Dakota Si-curella training with hersquad.

Sicurella – who was aregional qualifier in thehurdles in the spring –was an all-district per-former in gymnastics as ajunior, narrowly missinga trip to state.

“She’s a great kid witha hardwork ethic,”Baileysaid. “She’s really evenkeeled and a great exam-

ple for the other girls.”

Cincinnati CountryDay

Head coach Steve Con-ners has a club on the rise.

“We scored 115 at thedistrict meet last year,which was our highest inabout five years,” Con-ners said. “Our ultimategoal is to hit the120mark,which would put us rightin the middle of the packat the district meet.”

SeniorKelseyBardachserves as team leader; she

specializes in the unevenbars and the vault.

Returning juniors in-clude Kaitlin Harden,GustyPohlmanandJenni-fer Gonzales, all of whomcompete in the all-around.Conners said Harden isthe hardest worker, whilePohlman brings a dancebackground andGonzalesis a former club gymnast.

A trio of sophomores inthe all-around – MargaretHodson, Addie El andKendall Smith – round outthe roster.

“Wehaveagroup that’smostly pure high schoolgirls, meaning we don’thave the year-round clubgymnasts,” Conners said.“Thenice thingabouthav-inggirlswhoaren’t inclubis that instant gratifica-tion. You really see theprogress inskillsonanev-erydaybasisandthat’sen-couraging as a coach andfor the girls themselves.”

Oak HillsKristin Perica enters

her second season coach-ing a Lady Highlanders’gymnastics program onlyin its third year of exis-tence.

Perica returns eightgymnasts from last sea-son’s squad that finishedsixth at the city champi-onships and12th at the dis-trict meet.

“We definitely hope tobreak some school rec-ords this year,” the coachsaid. “We have a lot of tal-ent on our team as long aswe stay healthy, so I lookforward to that. … I feellike there is more energythan last year in the gymand (the girls) alreadyknow what to expect nowso they’re just excited.”

Michelle Bushle isback and will perform inthe all-around.

Senior Paige Chesneycompeted inclubgymnas-tics at Cincinnati Gym-nastics (where Pericacoached before coming toOak Hills) but decided togive high school gymnas-tics a try. Perica looks forChesney to be a state con-tender.

Sophomore AlyssaMc-Carthy is a newcomer tothe team with a back-ground in dance.

“Her background indance gives hermore nat-ural ability,” Perica said.“Things are comingquickly to her so that’sreally good.”

Destinee Friedmann isback and will competemore on floor routine thisseason in addition to theuneven bars and balancebeam.

If the beginning of theseason is any indication ofhow things are shapingupfor the Lady Highlandersthis season will go downas the best in the pro-grams short history.

“We actually just had amock meet (Dec. 9) withpressure routines in frontof judges and (the girls)actually did really well,”Perica said. “… I toldthem at the start that thisis good at the beginningbecause we can only im-prove from here.”

TurpinThe Spartans have a

bigteamwith18tumblers;nine are first-year gym-nasts.

Which means headcoach Gail Maundrell hasto develop some leadersamong the returnees, as

well as impart the self-motivation required of anindividual sport on thenewbies.

“It’s exciting to have somany new girls to highschool gymnastics,”Maundrell said. “Theyhave the potential Ithought they did and nowit’s a matter of gettingthem to live up to it. Wehave some depth andsome experience and thatmeans if they want to beone of those top six girls(in a given event), they’regoing to have to step upand earn it.”

A pair of freshmen inBrittanyGardner andKa-tie Lambert are well ontheir way; Lambertcracked the 30-point bar-rier in the all-around andLamberted recorded an8.5 in the floor exercisesin Turpin’s first meet.

Senior Bree Stocker isbest on the floor exer-cises. Junior LaurenHoytand Angel Spanos bringexperience, as do return-ing sophomores NickiSchucter and EmilieSwertseger. SophomoresKatherine Bryant and Sa-mi Vogel are part of thenew contingent.

Senior Becca Swertsg-er – Emilie’s older sister -made it to state on the un-even bars last season, butwill miss the early part ofthe season after undergo-ing Tommy John surgery.Sophomores Madi Wes-sels and Haley Witherellalso should contributewhen they return from in-jury.

“We will work hard,”Maudrell said. “I think asthey grow and maturewe’re going to see a lot ofimprovement.”

Gymnasts spring into winter tumbling season

Cincinnati Country Day sophomore Margaret Hodson soarsover the balance beam during a Dec. 10 home gymnasticsmeet. MARK D. MOTZ/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

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INDIANHILLJOURNALEditor: Eric Spangler, [email protected], 576-8251

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Last week’s questionDo you think Ohio legislators

should approve a bill to allowback-to-school shoppers to buycertain items free of state and lo-cal sales taxes? Why or why not?

“This is essentially a salestax reduction. If we really donotneedtocollectsomuchmon-ey from the sales tax why notjust reduce the tax?

“This is political smoke andmirrors designed to make thepeople sponsoring the bill lookgood at very little cost. It is asham that will create a lot ofgame playing and fraud on thedays when there is no tax, poli-tics at its worst.”

F.S.D.

“No - why single out this par-ticular group for tax-free sta-tus? And how would you evendetermine what is a school-re-lated expense?

“What I would support: sea-sonal tax-free shopping weeks,such as New York City offers -either a total moratorium on allsales tax for that period or notax on a specific item such asclothing, cars, furniture, etc.This couldbeahugeboost to theeconomy.”

J.S.B.

“Now that is not a bad idea.Teachers alreadyhave sales taxexempt status for supplies,whynot students and families for

their learning materials?”O.H.R.

“Since 1965, the Departmentof Education has proven thatthe federal government needsto get out of the state’swaywithregard to the education of chil-dren. Ohio legislators are alsoguilty, and need to stand down.

“Legislators need to fix theroads and balance the budgetand quit wasting time on abor-tion and pandering to parents.”

K.P.

“Talk about complexity!Howdowe ID someonewho fitsthis description online or in thestore?

“Then, consider the admini-strationof thisat thestore level;another thing for the minimumhourly wage clerk to handle.

“Then, what interest groupwould be next in line for specialconsideration?

“We should be looking forways to simplify our tax sys-temsandthisproposal failsmis-erably.We have awide range ofprices available to shoppers,some of which will meet theirbudget limitations.Abigding tothis idea.”

T.J.

“I would always think it is agood idea to get something taxfree. I am also sure that therewill be a bit of scamming goingon ... oh well.”

D.D.

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any dues or fees as a conditionof employment.

It would notprevent anyperson fromvoluntarily be-longing to orproviding sup-port to a unionorganization.In essence,one wouldhave the free-dom to choosewhether or notto join.

This seemed to make emi-nent sense tome given that weare, indeed, living in a freecountry.

If unions are unable tomake a case compelling

It was a low turn-out elec-tion this year, but there was abright spot. As I walked in tovote I was met by two womengetting signatures for theWorkplace Freedom Amend-ment petition.

In this era of the low infor-mation voter it was inspiringto see people who were notonly knowledgeable about anissue, but willing to devotetheir time and energy to whatsurelymust be a laborious andtiring task at best.

As I questioned them theyexplained the issueclearlyandsuccinctly. In summary theAmendment would prohibit anemployee frombeingforced tobecome a member of a union,or from being required to pay

enough to have workers joinvoluntarily how dare they begiven the power to coercemembership?

Forcing employees to join aunion and pay dues is an intol-erable and unconstitutional in-terferencewithpersonal liber-ty and private property.

This would be as if one wasforced to shop at Sam’sClub asa requirement of living in Indi-an Hill. Some of us might pre-fer to shop at our local Krogerstore instead.

I say, three cheers to thosewho stand up to be counted inthe quest to keep our freedomin America!

Susan Wisner is a resident of Indi-an Hill.

Cheers to those whostand up to be counted

SusanWisnerCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

tions, newandunrelated prob-lems, or anticipated steps ofcertain treatment plans.

Some patients are also re-admitted because they live ina region where hospitals are

usedmore fre-quently as aplace of carefor illnesses.

Regardlessof where pa-tients reside,education andsupport arekey factors inpreventing re-admissions.Too often, arushed dis-

charged process and a lack ofnecessary follow up careleaves discharged patientsunable to follow instructionsabout a new diagnoses or newmedication.

TheAgency forHealthcareResearch and Quality report-ed thatwhile patientswith oneor more chronic conditionsrepresent just 5 percent of thepatient population, they ac-count for more than 50 per-cent of the health care costs.

Increasingly, hospitals areforming collaborative part-nerships with palliative careand hospice providers to com-bat avoidable re-admissions.For terminally ill patients,

The holidays are a time offamily, friends, traditions andgratitude.

When a loved one has a ter-minal illness, the season canalso mean added stress, fa-tigue, and financial burdens.Most families would not wantto spend the holiday season inand out of an emergencyroom, yet nearly one in fiveMedicare beneficiaries is re-admitted to the hospital with-in 30 days of release.

According to the New Eng-land Journal of Medicine, thistranslates to $17.4 billion inMedicare spending on pa-tients whose return tripscould have been avoided.

Avoidable hospital re-ad-missions among Medicarebeneficiaries has become atop priority for both policy-makers and the Centers forMedicare and Medicaid Ser-vices as hospitals feel addedpressure to help patients re-main at home.

The CMS has taken on sev-eral initiatives to reduce re-admissions from penalizinghospitals with high re-admis-sion rates to implementingshared savings programs inan effort to increase care co-ordination among providers.

There are some returntrips to the hospital that areunavoidable due to complica-

hospice is one resource avail-able to help patients remainhome for the holidays.

Hospice and palliative careproviders work closely withpatients and families to identi-fy care preferences, managesymptoms, and address clini-cal, emotional and spiritualneeds through a team ap-proach. This type of care al-lows patients to pick up thephone in a time of crisis andreceive medications at home.

During the holidays, fam-ilies can spendmore time cre-ating memories and sharingtraditions instead of makingemergency room trips.

Integrating palliative careservices early, and makingtimely and appropriate hos-pice referrals can not only im-prove patient experiences,but address some of the mostimportant issues facedbyhos-pitals today: quality improve-ment, increasing coordina-tion, preventing complica-tions, reducing costs – and ul-timately, return trips to thehospital in a patient’s finalstages of life when the com-forts of home and quality timewith family are most impor-tant.

Cindee Tresslar is the executivedirector of Crossroads Hospice inCincinnati.

Home for holidaysa goal for terminally ill

CindeeTresslarCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

LOCALIndian Hill Village Council

Village of Indian Hill: 6525Drake Road. Phone: 561-6500.Web site: www.ihill.org.

MayorMarkTullis;ViceMay-orKeithRabenold;councilmem-bersMollyBarber,Daniel J. Fei-gelson,MarkKuenning, LindsayMcLean, and Laura Raines.

City Manager Dina Minneci;Assistant City Manager DavidM. Couch; Chief of Police ChuckSchlie; City Solicitor Donald L.Crain; Clerk-Comptroller PaulC. Riordan; Fire Chief StevenAshbrock; Public Works/WaterWorks Superintendent JasonAdkins; Tax Commissioner Con-stance Eberhart.

Indian Hill Exempted VillageSchools

Indian Hill Exempted VillageSchools Board of Education:6855 Drake Road. Phone: 272-4500. Web site:www.ih.k12.oh.us.

Indian Hill school boardmeets at 7:30 p.m. the secondTuesday of the month at IndianHill High School, 6845 DrakeRoad.

Board President Karl Grafe;board members Elizabeth John-ston, Kim Martin Lewis, ErikLutz and Tim Sharp.

Superintendent Mark Miles;Assistant Superintendent MarkAult; Treasurer and BusinessManager Julia J. Toth, 272-4513;Director of Pupil ServicesTracyQuattrone; Transportation Su-pervisor Barbara Leonard; Fa-cilities Director Ken Stegmanand Director of Communica-tions Andrea Brady.

FEDERALU.S. Rep. Steve Chabot (1st

District)2371 Rayburn House Office

Building,Washington,DC20515Phone: (202) 225-2216Fax: (202) 225-3012Website: chabot.house.govHours: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.Cincinnati office: 441 Vine

St., Suite 3003, Cincinnati, OH45202

Phone: (513) 684-2723Fax: (513) 421-8722U.S. Sen. Sherrod BrownCincinnati – 425 Walnut St.,

room 2310, Cincinnati, Ohio45202-3915; phone 684-1021, fax684-1029.

E-mail: [email protected]

Web site: www.brown.sena-te.gov

U.S. Sen. Rob PortmanPhone: 202-224-3353 Fax:

202-224-9558Cincinnati office: 36 E. Sev-

enth St. Room 2615, Cincinnati,OH 45202

Phone: 513-684-3265

STATEState Rep. Connie PillichIn Columbus: House of Rep-

resentatives, 77 S. High St., 11thFloor, Columbus, Ohio, 43266-0603; phone 614-466-8120; fax614-644-9494.

E-mail: [email protected]

State Rep. RonMaagIn Columbus: House of Rep-

resentatives, 77 S.High St.,10thFloor, Columbus, Ohio, 43215-6111; phone 614-644-6023; fax614-719-3589.

E-mail: [email protected]

OFFICIALS DIRECTORY

Hamilton CountyCommissioners – meet at 9:30 a.m. every Wednesday in Room 605of the County Administration Building, 138 E. Court St., down-town. Call 946-4400.Educational service center governing board – meets on the thirdWednesday of the month at 11083 Hamilton Ave. Call 742-2200.Regional planning commission – meets at 12:30 p.m. the firstThursday of the month at the County Administration Building,eighth floor, 138 E. Court St., downtown. Call 946-4500.

Indian Hill Village CouncilMeets at 7:30 p.m. the fourth Monday of the month (unlessotherwise announced) in city hall, 6525 Drake Road Road. Call561-6500.

Indian Hill SchoolsBoard of education – Board meetings are the second Tuesday ofthe month at 7:30 p.m. at the high school, 6845 Drake Road. Call272-4500 or visit www.ih.k12.oh.us.

WHEN THEYMEET ABOUT LETTERSAND COLUMNSWewelcome your comments on editori-

als, columns, stories or other topics impor-tant to you in The Indian Hill Journal. In-clude your name, address and phone num-ber(s) so we may verify your letter. Letters of200 or fewer words and columns of 500 orfewer words have the best chance of beingpublished. Please include a photo with acolumn submission. All submissions may beedited for length, accuracy and clarity.Deadline: Noon FridayE-mail: [email protected]: 248-1938.U.S. mail: See box below.Letters, columns and articles submitted to

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Celebrate and share in thejoy of the holiday season withfamily and friends at Cincin-nati Nature Center’s WinterSolstice Celebration fromnoon to 5 p.m., Saturday, Dec.21, at theRoweWoods locationto discover the history andsignificance of the winter sol-stice.

Visitors will have the op-portunity to attend an enter-taining presentation to learnmore about the winter sol-stice which marks the sun’sfurthest point from the earth,making it the shortest day andlongest night of the year.

“Thewinter solstice is seenworldwide as a timeof rebirthand celebration. Here at Cin-cinnati Nature Center wewant to celebrate with thecommunity and provideunique activities where fam-ily and friends can enjoy theholidays together,” says Kris-tiMasterson,DirectorofMar-keting and Membership atCNC.

Come and participate in ahorse-drawn wagon ridethrough RoweWoods and joina drumming circle to feel theenergy and excitement of thesolstice.

Participants can enjoyCelticmusic anddancingwith

Dark Moll and feel thewarmthandcheer at theKrip-pendorf Lodge with home-made cookies and cocoa.

Visitors are invited tomake their way to the NaturePlayScape to meet costumedcritters, toast marshmallows

andparticipate ina scavengerhunt.

Everyone is welcome tomake all natural birdfeedersand try homemade roastedchestnuts.

Registration is not re-quired. Cincinnati Nature

Center member adults andchildren are $6 each with afamilymaximumprice of $30.Nonmember adults and chil-dren are $14 each with a fam-ily maximum price of $50. Allabove activities are includedwith admission.

For more informationabout CNC’s winter solsticecelebration, visitwww.CincyNature.org or call831-1711.

Cincinnati Nature Center’sRoweWoods is located at 4949Tealtown Road, Milford.

Celebrate winter solstice at RoweWoods

Horse-drawn wagon rides through RoweWoods are part of the celebration of winter solstice from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, at RoweWoods, 4949 Tealtown Road, Milford.

HeartpartyThe Cincinnati Heart Ball

officially kicked off at apre-party at the Indian

Hill home of 2014 chair, JBBuse. More than 100 guests en-joyed cocktails, light bites anda message from speakers Dr.Donald Harrison (Open YourHeart Chair) and Pam and RobSibcy.

The Heart Ball, presentedby TriHealth Heart Institute,will be Feb. 22 at the Duke En-ergy Convention Center.

The annual black tie galawill honor Rhonda and LarrySheakley with the Heart of theCity Award for their philan-

thropic contributions to theGreater Cincinnati communi-ty. The Sheakleys’ passion forthe arts inspired theHeartBalltheme, “The Art of SavingHearts.”

In addition to live and silentauctions, cocktail receptionand dinner, the Heart Ball willfeature a Young ProfessionalAfter Party with dancing toJohnny Clueless.

For tickets and more infor-mation about the Heart Ball,contact Sia Ruppert, HeartBall director at 842-8863,[email protected] or visitcincinnatiheartball.heart.org.

Rhonda and Larry Sheakley attend the Heart BallKick-Off Party. The Sheakleys will be honored withthe Heart of the City Award at the annual black-tieHeart Ball, set for Feb. 11. THANKS TO LORI FOVEL

Laura and Dr. Don Harrison attend the Heart BallKick-Off Party. THANKS TO LORI FOVEL

Heart Ball Chairman J.B. Buse and Leigh Juddattend the Heart Ball Kick-Off Party. THANKS TO LORI

FOVEL

Rob and Pam Sibcy attend the Heart Ball Kick-OffParty. THANKS TO LORI FOVEL

Highlighting civic duties topreserve the past and honor ourmilitary veterans, The Cincin-natiWoman’s Club hosted a pro-gram featuring Paul Redlichand Jean Springer.

Membersandguestsenjoyedthe historical knowledge andperspectives presented bythese two speakers.

Redlich, president of the Tri-State Warbird Museum in Bata-via, described the historical avi-ation collection on museum dis-play, which includes fully-re-stored, air worthy aircraft.

Formed in 2003, the museumpreserves the aircraft of WorldWar II, educates visitors onAmerica’s role in WW II, andhonors veteranswho fought and

those who made the ultimatesacrifice.

Springer, who at age 22 be-came a Woman’s Air Force Ser-vicePilot (WASP)duringWWII,shared personal recollectionsabout her various flight experi-ences.

Although the WASP’s werenot considered part of the U.S.Army and were not allowed tofly incombat, theyprovidedser-vices essential tomilitary victo-ries. In recognition of her con-tributions, Springer was award-ed a Congressional GoldMedal.

Since 1894, The CincinnatiWoman’s Club has focused oneducating its members andworking to make Cincinnati abetter place.

Club learns aboutWASPs, museum

Cincinnati Woman's Club members and Civic Department Co-Chairs Jan Bartel and Milly Huffman (bothWyoming residents) flank the guest speakers Paul Redlich (Batavia resident) President of the Tri-StateWarbird Museum; and Jean Springer (Hyde Park resident) during the program the Cincinnati Woman's Clubhosted in honor of all veterans. PROVIDED

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THURSDAY, DEC. 19Art & Craft ClassesLadies Night, 7-9 p.m., Cheersto Art!, 7700 Camargo Road,Wine specials, 20 percent off allboutique items, light snacks anddrawing for free session. Forages 16 and up. $30. Reserva-tions required. 271-2793;www.cheerstoart.com.Madeira.Inbetween Club, 4 p.m., Marie-mont Branch Library, 3810Pocahontas Ave., Make gift andwrap it. Includes holiday treats.Ages 12-18. Free. 369-4467.Mariemont.

Art ExhibitsSmall Treasures, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,The Barn. Show and sale ofsmall artwork, no larger than8-by-10 inches. Original works inoil and watercolor by activemembers of the Woman’s ArtClub of Cincinnati. Free. 272-3700; www.artatthebarn.org.Mariemont.

EducationToastmasters: Improve YourCommunication and Leader-ship Skills, Noon-1 p.m., BlueAsh Technical Center, 11450Grooms Road, Conference RoomNo. 2. Practice skills by speaking,organizing and conductingmeetings and motivating others.Ages 18 and up. Free. Reserva-tions required. 387-7030;btc.toastmastersclubs.org. BlueAsh.

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

Holiday - ChristmasSanta’s Workshop, 2-8 p.m.,Santa’s Workshop, 6940 Madi-sonville Road, Historic Shillito’sElves have moved to Mariemontand are opening workshop forpublic tours. Bring letters to mailto Santa. Pictures with Santaavailable on Saturdays andSundays. Benefits Ronald Mc-Donald House. $4, free ages 3and under. Presented by Marie-mont Inn. 620-4353; www.the-santaworkshop.com.Marie-mont.

Literary - LibrariesLego Club, 3:30-4:30 p.m., DeerPark Branch Library, 3970 E.Galbraith Road, Design andbuild creations with providedLegos. Ages 5-12. Free. 369-4450.Deer Park.

Support GroupsMotherless Daughters Sup-port Group, 7-8:30 p.m., Mont-gomery Community Church,11251Montgomery Road, Foradult women who have lost ormiss nurturing care of theirmother. Free. 489-0892.Mont-gomery.Codependents Anonymous,7-8 p.m., The Community of theGood Shepherd, 8815 E. KemperRoad, Room 31. Literaturediscussion group. Free, dona-tions accepted. 800-0164.Mont-gomery.Codependents Anonymous,Noon-1 p.m., Blue Ash Presby-terian Church, 4309 CooperRoad, Youth room. Big book/discussion meeting. Brown baglunch optional. Open to every-one who desires healthy lovingrelationships. Donations accept-ed. 673-0174; www.coda.org.Blue Ash.

FRIDAY, DEC. 20Art ExhibitsSmall Treasures, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, Free. 272-3700; www.ar-tatthebarn.org.Mariemont.

Holiday - ChristmasSanta’s Workshop, 2-8 p.m.,Santa’s Workshop, $4, free ages3 and under. 620-4353;www.thesantaworkshop.com.Mariemont.

SATURDAY, DEC. 21Art & Craft ClassesSpecial Family Holiday Ses-sion, 10 a.m.-noon, Cheers toArt!, 7700 Camargo Road, Paintornament. Personalize withnames and dates and decorate.For ages 6 and up. $25. Reserva-tions required. 271-2793;www.cheerstoart.com.Madeira.

Art ExhibitsSmall Treasures, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, Free. 272-3700; www.ar-

tatthebarn.org.Mariemont.

Dining EventsChildren’s Gingerbread HouseTea, Noon-3 p.m., Gazebo TeaGarden, 10461 Kenwood Road,Each child decorates and takeshome a gingerbread house.Includes light tea lunch, brieftalk on tea etiquette, storyabout folklore history of Ginger-bread Houses viewing andplaying with Christmas train.Ages 3 and up. $10.50 children.Reservations required. ThroughDec. 22. 985-0027. Blue Ash.

Holiday - ChristmasSanta’s Workshop, 10 a.m.-8p.m., Santa’s Workshop, $4, freeages 3 and under. 620-4353;www.thesantaworkshop.com.Mariemont.

Music - JazzThe Hitmen, 8 p.m.-midnight,Tony’s Steaks and Seafood, 12110Montgomery Road, Free. 677-1993; www.tonysofcincin-nati.com. Symmes Township.

SUNDAY, DEC. 22Art ExhibitsSmall Treasures, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, Free. 272-3700; www.ar-tatthebarn.org.Mariemont.

Dining EventsChildren’s Gingerbread HouseTea, Noon-3 p.m., Gazebo TeaGarden, $10.50 children. Reser-vations required. 985-0027. BlueAsh.

Holiday - ChristmasSanta’s Workshop, 10 a.m.-8p.m., Santa’s Workshop, $4, freeages 3 and under. 620-4353;

www.thesantaworkshop.com.Mariemont.

Music - ClassicalCarillon Concert, 4-5 p.m., MaryM. Emery Carillon, PleasantStreet, Open air concert. Caril-lonneur plays bells using key-board in upper tower. Tours oftower available; playground,restroom and shelter house onsite. Free. Presented by Villageof Mariemont. 271-8519;www.mariemont.org.Marie-mont.

MONDAY, DEC. 23RecreationWinter Break Camp, 9:30a.m.-3:30 p.m., Mayerson JCC,8485 Ridge Road, Waterpark,gym, art room and game room.Kindergarten to sixth grade. $58per day, $48 per day for mem-bers. Registration required.761-7500; www.jointhej.org.Amberley Village.

Support GroupsCaregiver Support Group,10-11:30 a.m., Marielders Inc.,6923 Madisonville Road, Library.For those responsible for care ofelderly or disabled loved one.Ages 18 and up. Free. Regis-tration required. 929-4483;www.ccswoh.org/caregivers.Mariemont.

Youth SportsMulti-Sport Winter BreakCamp by Jump Start Sports,9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., TriHealthFitness and Health Pavilion, 6200Pfeiffer Road, Also Dec. 30.Different sport introduced eachday. $150. 985-0900.Montgo-mery.

TUESDAY, DEC. 24Art & Craft ClassesChristmas EveMimosaMorn-ing, 10 a.m.-noon, Cheers toArt!, 7700 Camargo Road, Firstglass of mimosa free. 20 percentoff all items in boutique. Forages 8 and up. $30. Reservationsrequired. 271-2793; www.cheer-stoart.com.Madeira.

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

Literary - Story TimesPreschool Story Time, 10:30-11a.m., Deer Park Branch Library,3970 E. Galbraith Road, Books,songs, activities and more, whilebuilding early literacy skills. Forpreschoolers and their care-givers. Ages 3-6. Free. 369-4450.Deer Park.Book Break, 3-3:30 p.m., DeerPark Branch Library, 3970 E.Galbraith Road, Children’slibrarian reads aloud from somefavorite books. Make craft totake home. Ages 3-6. Free.369-4450. Deer Park.

RecreationWinter Break Camp, 9:30a.m.-3:30 p.m., Mayerson JCC,$58 per day, $48 per day formembers. Registration required.761-7500; www.jointhej.org.Amberley Village.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 25Dining EventsMadisonville CommunityChristmas Day Dinner, Noon,St. Paul Lutheran Church, 5433Madison Road, For any and allwho would like to attend,especially anyone or any familyalone or in need. Hot meal,Christmas caroling, activities forchildren and gifts for everyone.Free. 271-4147.Madisonville.

THURSDAY, DEC. 26Exercise ClassesZumba Class, 7-8 p.m., HartzellUnited Methodist Church, $5.

917-7475. Blue Ash.

Holiday - ChristmasSanta’s Workshop, 2-8 p.m.,Santa’s Workshop, $4, free ages3 and under. 620-4353;www.thesantaworkshop.com.Mariemont.

RecreationWinter Break Camp, 9:30a.m.-3:30 p.m., Mayerson JCC,$58 per day, $48 per day formembers. Registration required.761-7500; www.jointhej.org.Amberley Village.

Support GroupsCodependents Anonymous,7-8 p.m., The Community of theGood Shepherd, Free, donationsaccepted. 800-0164.Montgo-mery.Codependents Anonymous,Noon-1 p.m., Blue Ash Presby-terian Church, Donations accept-ed. 673-0174; www.coda.org.Blue Ash.

FRIDAY, DEC. 27Holiday - ChristmasSanta’s Workshop, 2-8 p.m.,Santa’s Workshop, $4, free ages3 and under. 620-4353;www.thesantaworkshop.com.Mariemont.

Literary - LibrariesGaming, 6-7:30 p.m., Deer ParkBranch Library, 3970 E. GalbraithRoad, Gaming with friends.Ages 11-19. Free. 369-4450. DeerPark.

RecreationWinter Break Camp, 9:30a.m.-3:30 p.m., Mayerson JCC,$58 per day, $48 per day formembers. Registration required.761-7500; www.jointhej.org.Amberley Village.

SATURDAY, DEC. 28Art & Craft ClassesRing in New Years Early, 7-9p.m., Cheers to Art!, 7700 Ca-margo Road, Specials on wineand Champagne. For ages 16and up. $30. Reservations re-quired. 271-2793; www.cheer-

stoart.com.Madeira.

Holiday - ChristmasSanta’s Workshop, 10 a.m.-8p.m., Santa’s Workshop, $4, freeages 3 and under. 620-4353;www.thesantaworkshop.com.Mariemont.

Music - JazzThe Hitmen, 8 p.m.-midnight,Tony’s Steaks and Seafood, Free.677-1993; www.tonysofcincin-nati.com. Symmes Township.

SUNDAY, DEC. 29Holiday - ChristmasSanta’s Workshop, 10 a.m.-8p.m., Santa’s Workshop, $4, freeages 3 and under. 620-4353;www.thesantaworkshop.com.Mariemont.

Music - ClassicalCarillon Concert, 4-5 p.m., MaryM. Emery Carillon, Free. 271-8519; www.mariemont.org.Mariemont.

MONDAY, DEC. 30RecreationWinter Break Camp, 9:30a.m.-3:30 p.m., Mayerson JCC,$58 per day, $48 per day formembers. Registration required.761-7500; www.jointhej.org.Amberley Village.

TUESDAY, DEC. 31Exercise ClassesZumba Class, 7-8 p.m., HartzellUnited Methodist Church, $5.917-7475. Blue Ash.

Literary - Story TimesPreschool Story Time, 10:30-11a.m., Deer Park Branch Library,Free. 369-4450. Deer Park.Book Break, 3-3:30 p.m., DeerPark Branch Library, Free. 369-4450. Deer Park.

RecreationWinter Break Camp, 9:30a.m.-3:30 p.m., Mayerson JCC,$58 per day, $48 per day formembers. Registration required.761-7500; www.jointhej.org.Amberley Village.

THINGS TO DO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Each child will decorate and take home a gingerbread house at the Children's Gingerbread House Tea from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, andSunday, Dec. 22, at Gazabo Tea Garden, 10461 Kenwood Road, Blue Ash. The tea includes a light tea lunch, brief talk on tea etiquette, a story about thefolklore history of gingerbread houses and viewing and playing with a Christmas train. The tea is for ages 3 and up. Cost is $10.50 for children.Reservations are required. The event runs through Dec. 22. Call 985-0027.

ABOUT CALENDARTo submit calendar items, go to www.cincinnati.com and click

on “Share!” Send digital photos to [email protected] with event information. Items are printed on a space-available basis with local events taking precedence.Deadline is two weeks before publication date. To find more

calendar events, go to www.cincinnati.com and choose from amenu of items in the Entertainment section on the main page.

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I wrestled with myselfabout sharing, onceagain, my latest clone ofWilliams-Sonoma pepper-mint bark. After all, myrecipe last year was ex-cellent, and the differ-ence this year is that Iused premium bar choco-lates only and tweakedthe recipe a tiny bit. Well,I’ve been getting lots ofrequests for this specialbark already, so I’m tak-ing creative license andsharing what I now callmy latest and greatest.And, I might add, myvery last recipe for thistreat!

However you cele-brate, I hope each of youhas the best holiday sea-son. Remember, the bestthings in life aren’t“things.”

Rita’s ultimate cloneof Williams-Sonomapeppermint bark2013

Use the best qualitychocolates and candy (noimitation peppermint inextract or candy) tomake it as close to Wil-liams-Sonoma as pos-sible. As mentioned, Iused the highest qualitybar chocolates, which Ichopped. Whether youuse bars or morsels, readlabels. The semi-sweetchocolate should be realchocolate, not chocolate-flavored.

The first two ingredi-ents in white chocolateshould be sugar and co-coa butter. No palm, palmkernel or coconut oil ifyou want it to be likeWilliams-Sonoma. Theseoils may be a culprit forlayers sometimes not

bonding,resultingin sep-aration.

Thatdoesn’tmean youcan’t makewonderfulbark withwhateverchocolate

fits your budget. I alsohave more bark recipeson my blog, a single-layerone for kids and a three-layer one.

Prep pan:Line a cookie sheet

with one piece of foil,about 10 inches by 12inches. Or do the same ina 9-inch by 13-inch pan.

First layer:

2 cups (12 oz.) semi-sweetchocolate, divided into 11⁄4and 3⁄4 cupmeasures

1 teaspoon peppermintextract

Use a double boiler ifyou have one, or put 11⁄4cups chocolate in heat-proof bowl. Set oversaucepan that has 1 inchof steaming water, mak-ing sure bowl does nottouch water. (This is amakeshift double boiler).Heat should be turned tolow so no steam/waterescapes into chocolate,which can turn it grainy.Stir until chocolate isalmost melted but stillhas a few lumps, thenremove bowl and stir inremaining chocolate untilsmooth. Stir in extractand pour onto foil,spreading evenly. Let setat room temperature orin refrigerator until hard.

Second layer:

23⁄4 cups white chocolate,

divided into 21⁄4 and 1⁄2 cupmeasures

1⁄2 teaspoon peppermintextract

1⁄4 to 1⁄3 cup crushedpeppermint candy, sievedto remove tiny particles

Put 21⁄4 cups whitechocolate in clean bowland repeat process formelting, stirring in re-maining chocolate afterremoving bowl. Stir inextract. Let cool a bit.Pour over chocolate lay-er and spread.

Finishing with candy:Sprinkle candy and

gently press into choco-late. Let set at room tem-perature or in refriger-ator until hard. Peel barkoff foil and break or cutinto pieces. If it’s been inthe refrigerator, let it sitout a bit so it’s easy tobreak or cut. Store inrefrigerator.

Note: If you melt choc-olates in microwave,check frequently as theycan turn grainy and burneasily.

Classic macaronisalad

For Celia, a DelhiTownship reader, whowants to make this along-side her holiday ham. “Ihad the recipe for yearsand misplaced it. Some-times we added shrimpto it,” too, she said. Go totaste on ingredients.

Salad:Mix together:

8 oz Mueller’s Small ElbowMacaroni, cooked andcooled

1⁄4 to 1⁄3 cup onion, diced2 ribs celery, diced1 small bell pepper, diced

Dressing:

Combine and pourover cooled pasta. Youmay not need all of it, soadd half, taste, and addmore if you like.

2 tablespoons preparedmustard

2 teaspoons sugar1⁄4 cup cider vinegar or moreto taste

11⁄2 cups mayonnaise

Chill before serving.To add shrimp: Add 1⁄2

pound cooked smallshrimp to salad.

Can you help?Chick-fil-A’s apple

cider dressing for AmyM. who loves the dress-ing and hopes someonecan clone it or sharesomething similar. “Mar-

zetti used to carry a simi-lar one, but discontinuedit”, she said.

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is anherbalist, educator and au-thor. Find her blog online atCincinnati.Com/blogs. Emailher at [email protected] with “Rita’skitchen” in the subject line.Call 513-248-7130, ext. 356.

Rita shares latest clone of peppermint bark

Rita’s latest clone of Williams-Sonoma peppermint bark uses high quality chocolate.THANKSTO RITA HEIKENFELD.

RitaHeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN

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4:30 p.m.~ Sunday, Dec. 22 ~

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2 p.m., 3:15 p.m., 4:30 p.m.Invite your family and friends!

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You are invited to theCommunity HU Song

4th Sunday, 11:00-11:30amECKWorship Service

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Sunday School 10:00 amSunday Worship 11:00 am

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Senior Pastor, Rev. Dave Robinette986 Nordyke Road - 45255

(Cherry Grove turn off Beechmontat Beechmont Toyota)

Worship Service, Sunday 10:45 amClasses For All Ages, Sunday 9:15 amPrayer Service Wednesday, 6:45 pm

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Hyde Park Baptist ChurchMichigan & Erie Ave

513-321-5856 Bill Rillo, PastorSunday Worship Services: 11:00am & 6:00pm

Sunday School: 9:45amWednesday Bible Study: 7:00pmwww.hydeparkbaptistchurch.org

BAPTIST

MADEIRA-SILVERWOODPRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

8000 Miami Ave. 513-791-4470www.madeirachurch.org

Sunday Worship9:00 am - Contemporary Service10:00am Educational Hour

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Sunday 9:00 & 11:00 a.m.11020 S. Lebanon Road.

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FAITH CHRISTIANFELLOWSHIP CHURCH

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Phone: 271-8442Web: www.fcfc.us

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All ages Sunday School 9:30 amWed. Fellowship Meal 6:00 pm

Wed. Worship/Bible Study 6:45 pmAll are Welcome!

Connections Christian Church7421 East GalbraithCincinnati, OH 45243

Phone: 513-791-8348 • Fax: 513-791-5648

Jeff Hill • Ministerwww.connectionscc.org

Worship Service 10:30amSunday School 9:15 am

NON-DENOMINATIONAL

www.stpaulcumc.org

Sundays9:15am &10:45am

Building HomesRelationships& Families

2010 Wolfangel Rd., Anderson Twp.513-231-4301

Sunday Worship: 9:00 & 10:15 AM withChildrens Church & NurseryPASTOR MARIE SMITH

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CHURCH OF THE SAVIOUR8005 Pfeiffer Rd. Montgomery 791-3142

www.cos-umc.org"Christmas Gifts That Won’t

Break: Lasting Peace"Traditional Worship8:20am & 11:00am

Contemporary Worship 9:40amSunday School (All ages)

9:40 & 11amNursery Care Provided

Dr. Cathy Johns, Senior Pastor

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Children’s programs and nursery & toddlercare available at 9:30 and 11:00 services.

Plenty of Parking behind church.

TRADITIONAL WORSHIPSunday 8:30 & 11 am

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Good ShepherdLutheran ChurchFour Christmas Eve services areplaned. The 4 p.m. familyservice is geared for youngerchildren and their families,featuring “The Best Gift of All”puppet show that will share theChristmas message. The 5:45p.m. Rockin’ Christmas Eve withcommunion and candle light-ing. Music provided by praiseband and praise team. The 8p.m. traditional service withcommunion and candle light-ing. Music provided by, vocalensemble, orchestra and guesttrumpeter, Evan Greene. The 11p.m. Traditional Service ofLessons and Carols with candle

lighting. Music provided by aChamber ensemble of in-strumentalists, vocalists, andguest trumpeter, Evan Greene.An 11 a.m. traditional Commu-nion service is planned forChristmas Day.In the spirit of giving, GoodShepherd will donate $5 ineach visitor’s name to the localhomeless shelter, www.IHNCin-cinnati.org. An additional $5match has been offered by ananonymous member, totaling$10, to help those withouthomes this Christmas season.Good Shepherd is a large churchthat offers a variety of styles ofworship and service times:Saturdays, 5 p.m. - Wovenworship (mix of traditional and

contemporary). Sundays, 8 a.m.and 11 a.m. – traditional wor-ship. Sundays, 9:30 a.m. –Contemporary worship. Sun-days, 5:45 p.m. – “NOSH”dinner and worship offsite atUC Campus Ministry EdgeHouse. GSLC offers preschooland student Sunday School at9:30 a.m., September throughMay. ‘Worship Without Worry”Sunday School is also offered at11 a.m. for families of childrenwith special needs and kids ofall ages. Faith-building classes,fellowship and outreach oppor-tunities, and small groups areoffered each weekend andthroughout the week for adultsto connect. There is somethingfor everyone here.The church is at 7701 KenwoodRoad, Kenwood; 891-1700;goodshepherd.com.

Hartzell UnitedMethodist ChurchYoung at Hartz is a group forthe over-55 crowd, and is opento anyone who would like tojoin. The group has monthlyoutings or lunch and a movie atthe church. For more informa-tion, contact Sue Watts at891-8527.Worship Sundays in Septemberis as follows: adult Bible study9, Coffee and Chat and firstservice is 9 a.m.; second serviceand Camp service is 10:30 a.m.The church is at 8999 Apple-wood Drive, Blue Ash; 891-8527.

Indian Hill ChurchThe church Adult Forum sched-ule is as follows:» Jan. 5 Dr. Inayat Malik – APakistani American member ofIslamic Center of Greater Cin-cinnati and Foreign PolicyLeadership Council, who hasbeen active in local civic affairsfor over four decades. Hisdiscussion will be titled “Paki-stan, Introduction to a KeyReluctant Ally.”» Jan. 12 Dr. Mohsen Rezayat –Chief Solutions Architect,Siemens, “Sustainable Solutionsfor Problems in the Middle East,in General, and Iran, in Partic-ular”» Jan. 19 Donald McGraw –Colonel (retired), former direc-tor for Afghanistan Policy,Office of the Secretary ofDefense, “Why They Fight Us, –the Taliban Insurgency and theFuture of Afghanistan.”» Feb. 2 Dr. James Buchanan,director, Brueggeman CenterXavier University, “GlobalEconomic Trends Forecasting.”» Feb. 9 Attorney Jack Painter,Tea Party spokesperson, “Gov-ernment’s Role in the Econo-my.”» Feb. 16 Gregory Smith, Chair –MIS Department associateprofessor, Williams College ofBusiness Xavier University,“Statistics in regards to theAmerican Dream.”» Feb. 23 TBD – looking for aspeaker on how youngergeneration approaches workdifferently than our genera-tion.The church is at 6000 DrakeRoad, Indian Hill; 561-6805;indian-hill.diosohio.org.

LovelandPresbyterian ChurchLoveland Presbyterian Churchwill present it’s ChristmasPageant at 10:30 a.m. Sunday,Dec. 22. It will be a YouthService with the sermon beingthe pageant titled “A Night InBethlehem.” All are welcome.There will be costumes avail-able and at a point in thepageant all visiting children willbe invited to put on an angel ormanger animal costume andjoin the youth. This is a pageantfrom a youth perspective.Therewill be a coffee fellowship afterthe service to meet and greetthe actors.Worship times are: SundaySchool 9:15 a.m. to 10 a.m.;Worship 10:30 a.m. to 11:30a.m.; Fellowship 11:30 a.m.Sunday School is for all ages.Youth Group for grades sevento 12 meets monthly and con-ducts fundraisers for theiractivities.The church is at 360 Robin,Loveland; 683-2525.

RELIGION

A lot of us have lifeinsurance policies, butmay not be aware of allthe provisions in thepolicy. One area womansaid not knowing about aprovision in her hus-band’s policy has cost hera lot of money.

Kathy Thompson ofBridgetown said she’supset with the life insur-ance company and her-self for not realizing akey money-saving provi-sion was in the policy.Thompson said of herhusband, “He becamedisabled about two and ahalf years ago and whothinks of looking at yourinsurance policy. Recent-ly, the insurance compa-ny called and they want-ed to sell us more insur-ance.”

The life insurancepolicy is a small one, just$9,000, and is one of sev-eral her husband bought.

What shedidn’t re-member,until theagent re-mindedher, wasthe policycontains adisabilitywaiver. shesaid the

agent told her, “You havea disclaimer on yourpolicy where if he’s dis-abled we’ll pay his premi-ums. I said, ‘Really?’”

Thompson said theproblem was, even afterexamining that policy,the waiver wasn’t veryclear. “There’s differentcolumns and they’ve gotsuicide exclusions.They’ve got all thesetitles over here butthere’s nothing aboutdisability. You have toreally, really look for it,”she said.

The Thompsons paymore than $14 each yearfor the disability waiver.But, I noticed even on thepolicy itself it just saiddisability waiver. As aresult, Thompson haspaid the yearly premiumfor more than two yearssince her husband be-came disabled. The insur-ance agent told her, un-fortunately, she can onlyget back the premium forone of those years.

Thompson then calledthe insurance companyitself and spoke with amanager who told hercompany policy is toreimburse for only oneyear. “She said, ‘Thereare people that have hada policy with us for 30years and have beendisabled and they havethat waiver and theydon’t know about it. Westill only give them backone year.’” Thompson

said she thinks that’s aterrible policy and wantsto alert others.

The disability waiveris not automatic in mostlife insurance policies,it’s a separate provisionyou can buy. So, you maywant to check to see ifyou have that waiver inyour policy.

Thompson said shelearned a valuable lessonto get a copy of that pro-vision in writing. Notonly will it help you re-member you have thatprotection, but it will alsoexplain exactly what’srequired before the in-surance company consid-ers someone to be dis-abled so the disabilitywaiver will apply.

Howard Ain’s column appearsbi-weekly in the CommunityPress newspapers. Email himat [email protected].

Know what your insurance policy says

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TheMunich Cincin-nati Sister Cities organi-zation is seeking partici-pants for its 18th annualstudent exchange.

This year’s exchangeis able to offer participa-tion assistance to qualify-ing students who attendhigh school in Cincinnatithrough a grant from theWilliamMallory Interna-tional Student ExchangeFund.

The Sister Cities’ Stu-dent Exchange with Mu-nich pairs a student from

Munich with a studentfrom Cincinnati aged 15to 18. The student fromMunich stays with his/her partner in the springfor two weeks and thenthe Cincinnati studentstays with his partner’sfamily that summer.

Students spend theirtime sight-seeing, vis-iting their partner’sschool, and building bothfriendships and under-standing of a one anoth-er’s culture. Last year’strip to Munich included a

weekend at a youth campin the Bavarian Alps, avisit to a salt mine andthe Koenigsee, as well asthe Holocaust Memorialat Dachau.

Last year’s partici-pants came fromMarie-mont, Lakota, CovingtonLatin, and Elder HighSchools.

The exchange is opento all students the Great-er Cincinnati and North-ern Kentucky area. Stu-dents from any Cincin-nati area high school,

public or private, areinvited to apply for boththe exchange and thescholarships offeredthrough the MalloryExchange Fund.

Students fromMunichwill visit Cincinnati this

year during the weeks ofApril 12 to April 27. Stu-dents from Cincinnatiwill visit Munich June 15to July 1.

Students do not needto speak German in orderto participate in the ex-

change, they just have towant to learn more aboutthemselves and theworld.

More informationabout the exchange andapplications are availableat munichcincinnati.org.

Munich exchange program seeks students

Kieran Phelan and Sander Henning of Mariemont Schoolsparticipate in a tour of Munich as part of the MunichCincinnati Sister's Cities student exchange.

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This winter the em-ployees of the SycamorePlaza Old Navy are cele-brating the blessings ofthe season with a cannedgood drive for the North-east Emergency Dis-tribution Services foodpantry.

As Patrick Barnette,operations manager, said,“Each year we’ve chosenone charity. Our storemanager, Trista Myers,noticed that the Blue AshYMCAwas collecting forNEEDS, she asked me tocheck-it out. We’velearned that NEEDS is anawesome organization;we’re thrilled to collectcanned goods.”

Throughout Decem-ber employees and cus-tomers will be filling ashopping cart withcanned goods and hopingto add some Old Navyhats, gloves and socks asa service project to sup-port the Sycamore com-munity. Patrick added,“we feel so fortunate tobe employed with OldNavy, we wanted to sharewith our neighbors.”s

It is the mission ofNortheast EmergencyDistribution Service toprovide emergency assis-tance to the neediestfamilies in the NortheastCincinnati community.Though feeding familiesis the primary goal ofNEEDS, during the win-ter months it also takesup the “call” to providedisadvantaged childrenwith hats, gloves andsocks. The distribution ofclothing items is done

through school nurses atboth the public and pri-vate area schools.

NEEDS is a communi-ty of 25 churches andcivic organizationswhose mission is to doGod’s work through car-ing for their neighborsby providing basic emer-gency assistance.NEEDS is an all-volun-teer cooperative locatedin the Kenwood BaptistChurch and NEEDS doesnot receive governmentsupport. The NEEDSboard oversees an activefoodbank, as well as pro-vides neighbors-in-needwith housing and utilitypayment assistance.During the year NEEDSsupports local schoolsthrough school supplyand clothing item drives.NEEDS serves more than2,500 people in northeast-

ern Hamilton County.Just like the Sycamore

Plaza Old Navy and theBlue Ash YMCA, anycommunity group, busi-ness or neighborhood cancollect canned goods,non-perishable fooditems such as schoolsupplies and/or raisemonetary funds forNEEDS. Items that aremost urgent include:canned fruits and vegeta-bles, beans (with meat asit provides protein), pre-pared foods (spaghetti,raviolis, beef stews),tuna, peanut butter, jelly,cereal and spaghettisauce.

The NEEDS food pan-try is at the KenwoodBaptist Church, 8341Kenwood Road, and isopen Tuesday and Thurs-days from 9 a.m. to 1p.m.

Sycamore Old Navycollects for NEEDS

Old Navy "Sellebrity" Aodhan Hogan and Old Navyoperations manager Patrick Barnette with customersAbbie Fields and Ashlyn Fields fromWilmington. Old Navyin Sycamore Plaza is conducting a canned food drive forNortheast Emergency Distribution Service. PROVIDED

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Two Greater Cincin-nati agencies servingindividuals with dis-abilities have merged,combining 114 years ofprogramming experienceand increasing the re-sources available to thecommunity.

Stepping Stones andUnited Cerebral Palsy ofGreater Cincinnati (UCP)are combining servicesand facilities to become asingle agency with threeprogram sites: SteppingStones’ sites in IndianHill and Batavia andUnited Cerebral Palsy’ssite in Norwood.

Chris Adams, exec-utive director of Step-ping Stones, will be exec-utive director of the new,larger agency. UCP’strustees will join the

SteppingStonesboard.UCP boardpresidentTomWil-liams willbe on theexecutivecommittee.

Thecombined agency will becalled Stepping Stonesand will continue to servechildren, teens andadults with an array ofdevelopmental disabil-ities including autism,bipolar disorder, cerebralpalsy, Down syndrome,intellectual disabilities,seizure disorders, andmultiple disabilities.

“This combinationrepresents a promisingnew chapter in the con-tinued evolution of Unit-ed Cerebral Palsy ofGreater Cincinnati,” saidUCP board presidentTomWilliams. “We areconfident that, by work-ing together, we can ex-pand programs and en-hance operating effi-ciency to better serve thecommunity.”

Step-pingStonesBoardPresidentJohnMcIl-wraith saidthe mergeris a naturalstep. “The

two agencies have virtu-ally the samemission,similar programs andserve the same needs.Some clients attend pro-grams at both agencies,”said McIlwraith.

“The merger allows usto better leverage theagencies’ resources tooffer exceptional pro-grams to meet the grow-ing needs of individualswith disabilities in Great-er Cincinnati.”

The combined agencywill have a budget ofmore than $4 million.Both are United Waypartner agencies. The

merged agency will con-tinue to be part of theworldwide United Cere-bral Palsy affiliate net-work.

The merger renewshistoric ties between thetwo agencies. Two ofStepping Stones’ threefounders were connected

with United CerebralPalsy – Peggy Geier wasa UCP volunteer andmother of a child withcerebral palsy andMaryT. Schloss was a UCPprofessional. In the 1960sthey helped lead activityprograms in local parks,serving children withcerebral palsy.

Geier and her long-time friend, Minor Le-Blond, decided to createa permanent summercamp program that couldserve children with allkinds of disabilities. Thatdream became SteppingStones in 1963, with MarySchloss working withGeier and LeBlond todesign the program and

build early support.Stepping Stones be-

came Greater Cincin-nati’s first summer campserving children with awide range of disabil-ities. Today, SteppingStones serves close to1,000 children, teens andadults in year-round andseasonal programs in-cluding day and over-night camps and respites,alternative education forstudents with severeautism, Saturday Clubsfor children and youngadults and year-roundadult services at its Giv-en Road campus in Indi-an Hill and Camp Allynin Batavia, which Step-ping Stones operates in

partnership with TheRotary Club of Cincin-nati. Stepping Stonescelebrated its 50th anni-versary this year.

United Cerebral Palsyof Greater Cincinnatiwas founded in 1949 toserve children with cere-bral palsy. In 2008, theagency’s AaronW. Perl-man Center, offeringservices for children,became a department ofCincinnati Children’sHospital Medical Center.UCP refocused its pro-grams to serve teens andadults with all kinds ofdisabilities. Current pro-grams include life en-richment, art and tech-nology.

Stepping Stones merges with United Cerebral Palsy

Chris Adams of Terrace Parkshares a laugh with FredBrown of Montgomery on atour of United CerebralPalsy.

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EDUCATIONChange a life – Volunteer totutor an adult with low-levelliteracy skills or GED prep-aration needs. Call 621-READ.Cincinnati Reads – a volunteertutoring program working withK-4 students in Cincinnati PublicSchools. Volunteers receive freetraining to work one-on-onewith children who are strug-gling to read. Call 621-7323 oremail Jayne Martin Dressing,[email protected]’s Garden School – Volun-teers needed from1p.m. to 3p.m. Wednesdays to work onbehind-the-scenes projects.Volunteers also needed to helpwith developing Web pages.Call 489-7099; Granny’s Hands-on Gardening Club is lookingfor new gardeners, to workwith garden manager SuellynShupe. Experienced gardeners,come to share your expertiseand enjoy the company of

other gardeners while support-ing the Granny’s Garden Schoolprogram times: 1:30 p.m. to 4p.m. Mondays; 10 a.m. to 12:30p.m. The school is at the Love-land Primary and Elementary,550 Loveland-Madeira [email protected] orvisitwww.grannysgardenschool.com.Inktank – Group looking forvolunteers to help children andadults improve their skills inwriting-based initiatives acrossthe city. Call 542-0195.Stepping Stones – has ongoingvolunteer opportunities forpeople ages 13-adult. SteppingStones, a non-profit UnitedWay partner, helps children,teens and adults with devel-opmental disabilities findpathways to independence thatimprove their lives and enablethem to more fully participatein their communities. Theorganization offers year-round

programs at two sites. For moreinformation, visit www.step-pingstonesohio.org.The YMCA of Greater Cincin-nati’s College Readiness Pro-gram– that inspires and encour-ages teens of color towardpaths of success is looking forcaring professionals who wantto make a difference, and foryoung people who can benefitfrom positive adult role models.Part of a national YMCA initia-tive, the local program in-corporates mentoring, careerexploration and college readi-ness; and helps students devel-op a positive sense of self, buildcharacter, explore diversecollege and career options.Volunteers, many of whom aresponsored by area companies,share their own personalinsight and encouragement.Contact program directorDarlene Murphy at the MelroseYMCA, 961-3510.

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