For the 14th year the DiGio-vannas, of Montgomery, did notsleep in after celebrating theNew Year. Instead they partici-pated in a Polar Plunge to raisefunds for research 15-year-oldShane’s rare skin condition.

The 14th annual FarcicalAquatic Ceremony was at theDiGiovannas’ backyard pool at12043 Cooperwood Lane at 10a.m. Jan. 1, Chuck DiGiovannasaid.

The event is to raise moneyfor epidermolysis bullosa,which is a rare skin conditionthat prevents the layers of theskin from binding togethermaking the skin very easilydamaged, Chuck said. He addedhis son goes through four to fivehours ofmedicial care each daybecause of all the bandaging re-quired.

The family started the eventwhen they were living in Con-necticut and would jump intoLong Island Sound. After find-ing the best medical care forShane at Cincinnati Children’sHospital, the family relocated.

“We moved back to Cincin-nati for Children’s Hospital.There wasn’t an ocean to jumpinto, sowebought ahousewithapool,” Chuck said.

The event now takes place inboth locations, with an audiofeed going between the two,which Shane uses to make thespeech he does every year.Chuck said this year the event isfocused on making donations to

Ebkids.org in Shane’s name andto Cincinnati Children’s Hospi-tal EB Center. A collections boxwill be provided at the event forfunds and gently used iPodtouches and iPad to keep the pa-tients at the EB center enter-tained during their stay.

“It’s for friends and familyand really for everyone at Chil-dren’s,” he said, adding about 40

Montgomeryfamily startsyear out in the

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Montgomery resident Ron Delsignore jumps in the pool. (An optional tradition some people do is crazydressing.) THANKS TO PERRI SCHENKER

Neighbors Gabe, Mike and ElyseSchenker, post-jump. THANKS TOPERRI SCHENKER

MORE ONLINESee more photos from the2014 Polar Bear Plunge at

Cincinnati.com/photos.

Trying towarm up atthe firepost-jump oftheMontgomeryPolar BearPlunge. Fromleft: GabeSchenker,NathanGregg andRyanStoneberger,all Sycamoreseniors, andAdamLucken,Sycamorejunior.THANKSTO PERRI

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Azoningcasewithanupcom-ing public hearing is pullingplans out of the archives.

The Board of Trustees hearda zoning case Jan. 2 regardinglandscaping at the corner ofKemper Road and GoldcoastDrive, inwhichGoldcoastProp-erties of Cincinnati wants tochange the landscaping.

Greg Bickford, acting town-ship administrator/planningand zoning director, said thetrees on that corner are thick,and Goldcoast wants to changeit. However, the changes don’t

match the township’s code.Hesaid thedevelopmentwas

created back in the 1980s to thebest of his knowledge, and thelandscaping plan isn’t specific.Bickford added that in thatcase, the current number oftrees have to be maintained orthey can be replaced accordingto the township’s current zoningcode.

Sycamore’s zoning code saysthat 10 trees would have to bereplaced, but Goldcoast onlywants to replant five alongKemper Road, Bickford said.

Craig Hopewell, generalcounselforBelcan,anengineer-ing and staffing company in-

volved in the case, said at thezoning commission meetingDec. 9 that the change was re-quested because another staff-ing company, Belflex, will be onthe property and wants to havebetter visibility from KemperRoadwhile it rebrands the com-pany.

Bickford added that the Zon-ing Commission recommendeddenying the change and requir-ing thecorner tomeet thecode’sminimum of five trees.

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Pet trainer offersprogram in Blue Ash

As part of the Blue AshCommunity Café Series,Sycamore Township dogtrainerLisaDesatnikofSoMuch PETential will bepresenting a free pro-gram, “Getting Your DogTo Listen,” at 7 p.m. Tues-day, Jan. 21, at the BlueAsh Recreation Center.Pre-registration is re-quired.

During the one-hourprogram, Desatnik willshare some useful tips formodifying pet behavior inthemost positiveway. Shewill cover basic informa-tion about how animalslearn, motivation, how touse positive reinforce-ment effectively and set-ting you and your pet upfor success.

To pre-register, pleasecall the Blue Ash Recrea-tion Center 513-745-8550.

Lisa Desatnik usesforce-free, positive train-ing strategies to help busyfamilies and pet care-givers solve pet behaviorissues. For more informa-tion about her, please visitsomuchpetential.com.

Hadassah coffee talkJan. 13

Cincinnati Chapter ofHadassah will hold itsmonthly Coffee Talk pro-gram at 7:30 p.m.Monday,Jan.13,atthehomeofMar-sha Barsman, 12158 Crest-field Court.

Guest speaker ShariGoldsmith will discuss“The Male Brain vs. TheFemale Brain: Do WeReally See The WorldThrough Different Eyes?How Can We All GetAlong?”

After graduating fromOhioStateUniversitywitha degree in organizationalcommunications, Gold-smithspent10yearswork-ing in business operationswith progressive respon-sibility. She was an inte-gral part of the company’srapid growth from twostores to 50 store opera-tions.

Today, Goldsmith is awomen’s success coach,speaker and author of “31Days to Finding Your In-ner Sass.” She’s also thepresident of the 85BroadsCincinnati Chapter and

has two grown sons withher husband of 32 years.When she’s not working,she can usually be foundbiking orwalking her Pug,Miles.

Coffee Talk is a month-ly casual get-together,usually held in aHadassahmember’s home, to dis-cuss topics of interest.Meetings are held the sec-ondMonday of the month,alternating between eve-ning and morning times.Refreshments will beserved. Coffee Talk isopen to the public, andthere is no charge to at-tend, but RSVPs are re-quested. Please call 513-821-6157 or emailcincinnati@hadassah.org.

UC Blue Ash offersmore than 50scholarships

The University of Cin-cinnatiBlueAshCollege isproviding new opportuni-ties for deserving stu-dents to earn financialsupport that will helpthempursuetheirdreams.

The college is offering51 scholarships totalingover $42,000 for the 2014-2015 academic year, butthere is onlya limited timeto submit an application.The deadline to apply isJan. 31.

Many of the scholar-ships for the 2014-2015 ac-ademic year are availableto incoming freshman.

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Sycamore boardorganizationalmeeting Jan. 8

TheSycamoreCommu-nitySchoolsBoardofEdu-cation will hold its organi-zational Board meeting at7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8,at Edwin H. Greene Inter-mediate, 5200 AldineDrive

The boardmeeting willbegin by swearing in re-elected board membersDiane Adamec, JohnMer-curio and Jean Staubach.The board swill then electofficers, adopt a meetingschedule for 2014, choosemembers to serve in vari-ous appointments and re-view the 2014 tax budget.Following those agendaitems, the boardwillmoveforwardwithregularbusi-ness.

Beth Weber, treasurer,will conduct a hearing onthe annual tax budget at 6p.m., prior to the boardmeeting.Thismeetingwillalso be held at Edwin H.Greene Intermediate.

For more informationon the Board of Educationor its meetings, visitwww.sycamoreschool-s.org or email boardmem-bers at schoolboard@sycamoreschools.org.

Nominations soughtfor 2014 Blue AshBusiness Awards

The City of Blue Ashwill once again partnerwith the Cincinnati USARegional Chamber to hostthe third annual Blue AshBusiness Awards, whichwill be March 13 at theCooper Creek Event Cen-ter.

Through Wednesday,Jan. 15, individuals cannominate one of the 2,000businesses that call BlueAsh home. Applicationsare being accepted for thefollowing categories:

»Blue Ash Business oftheYear –Companieswith1-50 employees; compa-nies with 51-250 employ-ees; companies with 251+employees;

» Emerging Businessof the Year

» Corporate Communi-ty Service Award

»Business Mentor ofthe Year

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to50peoplehavemadethejump in Cincinnati andabout 30 to 40 still do inConnecticut.

Perri Schenker, the Di-Giovannas’ neighbor, saidthe event is always a littlecrazywith icecubesbeingthrown into the pool andbagpipe music beingplayed by local bagpiperLisa Skinner.

“It has really turnedinto a big event,” Schenk-er said.

Bobbie Sandrin, coor-dinator for the EB CenteratChildren’s,hasattendedthe event in previous

years and said about 100people will be attendingand 40 have agreed tojump, including Shane’sfriends from Seven HillsHighSchool andmembersof his sister’s basketballteam from Sycamore Ju-nior High School.

“The DiGiovanna fam-ily has worked tirelesslyto promote EB awarenesson a local level and be-yond. Shane is constantlydevising ways to help oth-erswithEB,” Sandrin saidin an email, adding col-lecting the iPods andiPads was Shane’s idea.

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Shane DiGiovanna, ofMontgomery, gives aspeech about EB andresearch about thecondition at the annualpolar plunge help by hisfamily and friends. PROVIDED

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SYCAMORE HIGH SCHOOLThe following students have earnedhonors for the first quarter of 2013-2014.

High HonorsFreshmen – Sarah Adler, Cagla Ak-cadag, Brenden Archer, Kyle Arens,Isabelle Augustin, Dean Ayalon, JustinBanke, Hannah Baum, Alejandra BelloThomas, Cora Bennett, Elsa Benson,Kevin Berghoff, Noah Biegger, Nicho-las Bigliano, Ayanna Boben, BradleyBolotin, Nathaniel Borchers, JakeBorman, Tara Boutelle, William Bra-bender, Tanner Brarens, AllisonBrown, Caroline Bruns, MargaretBusch, Anais Cabello, Elizabeth Carl,Aaron Charnay, Benjamin Charnay,Viviane Chaulvet, Stephen Coleman,William Coleman, Cali Colliver, MeganCombs, Morgan Comerford, NicoleCrone, Amy Deng, Shiva Devarajan,Daniel Dong, Gail Duke, Nathan Estill,Sarita Evans, Alexandra Fanning,James Fields, Allison Flavin, ReneeFoster, Hannah Frey, Katherine Fun-derburk, Victor Garnica, Noah Garon,Anthony Geraci, Joshua Glauser,Sadye Goodman, Kyle Green, BradleyGreenberger, David Greenberger,Benjamin Grossheim, Sarah Gucken-berger, Grace Hafele, Abigail Hallock,Claire Hallock, Zachary Hanus, LenaHarper, Megan Hart, Emily Hartwig,Kaitlyn Hayes, Madelyn Heldman,Tyler Hess, Maxwell Hill, JordanHoffman, Rebecca Holdren, MichaelaHopkins, Sarah Horne, Kyle Huchison;Elizabeth Izworski, Connor Jarrett,Youbin Jeong, Roneeka Johnson,Umang Joshi, Varun Kalaiarasan,Akshara Kapoor, Rujula Kapoor,Miharu Katayama, Alexander Katz,Alison Keane, Kyuzo Kelly, NatalieKerr, Sarah Kim, Jackson Kisor, NathanKisselle, Nicholas Klein, Sydney Klein,Clare Knife, Marina Kobayashi, Rebec-ca Kohrman, Allie Kolthoff, AllisonKossen, Lauren Kurtzer, Sydney Lang,Kevin Lawson, Samuel Leach, FrancineLevy, Jesse Li, Beverly Liu, Jacob Locke,Jason Logan, Anthony Lombardi,Jooyeon Ma, Supriya Malla, MalihaMastoi, Stephanie Mather, HannahMay, Duncan McClure, Raechel Mc-Coy, Peter McCutcheon, Erin McElroy,Tasia Meaders, Miles Menyhert,Allison Miller, MatthewMiller, SydneyMiller, Jacob Mortensen, AthulyaMurali, Varun Nagendra, Yuto Naka-hata, Benjamin Nickol, Jun Nishikawa,Gerardo Orellana De La Torre, JoshuaPeck, Andrew Phillips, Esther Pittinger,Danielle Pratt, Oliver Proudfoot;Andrew Quantz, Mitch Radakovich,Lily Retford, Andrew Rines, SamanthaRohr, Karina Rosa, Joshua Rosen,William Roth, Benjamin Ruskin,Haripriya Sakthivel, Abigail Sauer-brunn, Victoria Schaefer, KevinSchaewe, Kiley Schafer, EleanorSchmid, Andrew Schneider, WilliamSchramm, Andrew Schrantz, GraceSchwarzer, Laura Setser, Kevin Sheetz,Olivia Shuholm, Michelle Siddiqui,Jannan Sivaruban, Sarah Sotropa,Jacob Spiegel, Noah Stern, SydneyStewart, Henry Sun, Visshaal Suresh,Madeleine Sykes, Lindsay Tacy, MasonTaylor, Emily Tyler, Caroline Veraldo,Natasha Wang, Katherine Werner,David Wertheim, RyanWick, EmilyWise, Yale Yoon, Julia You, EnshuoZhang, Xuetong Zhou and Bruce Zou.Sophomores – Alexandra Abele, Dan-ielle Abramovitz, Gitanjalli AjayPrasad, Anna Alsip, Prety Amom,Grace Anaple, Savanna Asbrock, MaryAulicino, Divyesh Balamurali, AnimeshBapat, Michael Beyersdorfer, WesselBleesing, Ephrath Bramy, MicahBresler, Matthew Brown, MaxwellBrown, Jacey Bultman, Hope Bundy,Emma Burge, Astrid Cabello, KrishaCabrera, Christina Caporale, PaigeCassidy, Mandy Chan, Amara Clough,Mandisa Cole, Gwen Constand, TameaCraig, Mason Davies, Austin Dick, JuliaDiersing, Yangxing Ding, BriannaDooley, Madeleine Driscoll, RohanD’Souza, Nora Dukart, KatherineDunn, Michael Edelheit, Shiloh Ek-lund, Phillip Farist, Josephine Fernan-dez, Joseph Fischer, Michael Fischer,Carolyn Fisher, Elizabeth Fitzgerald,Kevin Fitzgerald, Cameron Foy, MaryFry, Caroline Gao, Alejandra Garcia,Martin Gonzalez, Jack Good, MelissaGoodman, Evelyn Goodyear, GraceGore, Maxwell Gottliebson, JoryGould, Nikita Green, Kevin Gunter;Jacob Habib, Alexis Hagenmaier,Nathaniel Halstead, Colby Hanson,Lacey Hardwick, Avery Harris, CassidyHarris, Cherish Haruyama, BradleyHaupt, Meagan Haupt, Rachel Haupt,Jonathan Hedrick, Michael Herman,Michael Heyn, Rosie Hou, CerysHughes, Jeremiah Hunter, NidhiKanchan, Zarmina Karimova, HannahKast, Sabrina Kaul, Serena Kaul, LeilaKazemi, Paul Kellar, Hayley Kennedy,Mark Kirkham, Marisa Koster, Rebecca

Kuhr, Julia Kumar, Brooke Landrum,Yerim Lee, Claire Lefton, RaquelLevitt, Rosalyn Liou, Grace Louis,Sydney Love, Madeline Marsh, AllysonMarth, Josephine Masset, JacobMather, Joseph Mattis, John McCann,Kaitlynn McCoy, Abigail McGowan,Mackenzie McMullen, Katelin Mell-ing, Jake Melser, Garrett Merkel, TylerMiller, Daniel Mills, Emily Misali,Hannah Moskowitz, Rebecca Mosko-witz, Samuel Myers, Keerthi Nalluri,Antara Nigam, Sidney Noah, MayaOutlaw, Vrundaben Patel, AmandaPeck, Joshua Pelberg, Max Poff, LoganPrice, John Pulliam, Maggie Pustinger;Shifa Qureshi, Dahlia Rapoport, HaleyRayburn, Sanford Reese, ElizabethRickert, Alexis Rile, Brielle Robbins,Calista Robbins, Noah Rothchild, AbbySadler, Amal Saeed, Olivia Salach,Martin Sanchez Locreille, OliviaSandoval, Shelby Scaffidi, OrionSchlosser, Zoe Schlosser, Emma Schut-ty, Christopher Seger, Jiyoung Seo,Asha Sethuraman, Gabriel Severyn,Maya Sheth, Noah Silverman, MitchellSingstock, Keara Sonntag, MichaelSorger, Thomas Stacey, Emma Stew-ard, Christopher Stoy, Paul Stucker,Michelle Swart, Mikhail Sweeney,Sarah Thompson, William Truncellito,Ella Varley, Ted Vlady, ElizabethWalden, David Wang, Jessica Wei,MaxWeiss, Grace Whaley, SierraWhittemore, Olivia Wiedmann,Sophia Wiedmann, AndrewWood-side, Priscilla Wu, Benjamin Young,Katelyn Young, Eli Zawatsky andAnna Zhou.Juniors – Jennifer Adamec, CharlotteAguilar, Joseph Ahn, Yazan Aldeneh,Samuel Allison, Talia Bailes, EmilyBaker, Alexandra Batsch, Maria Beauc-age, Ethan Beck, Abigail Belcher,Andrew Bemmes, Daria Beniash,Nicholas Bierschwal, BenjaminBoughton, MacKenzie Boyd, BlairBraxton, Eva Brod, Hannah Brown,Joanna Brown, Rebecca Bruner,Charles Byers, Diamond Caulton, KyleCerna, Nabeel Chaudhry, DanielChiodo, Won Choi, Clara Chuey,Benjamin E. Cohen, Benjamin L.Cohen, Maria Consbruck, NicholasD’Angelo, Brandon DeMaio, LaurenDeMarks, Atiya Dosani, Ana SofiaEsquivel Cerrillo, Taylor Evans, LucyFarr, Jeffery Ferrell, Stephanie Fleites,Lorna Fletcher, Marie Fort, IlanaFrankel, Nicholas Frankowski, SamuelFredette, Melody Freeland, ZacharyFritzhand, John Fry, Ryan Gantzer,Francesca Garnica, Anna Garrett,Evelyn Garrett, Molly Gearin, Eliza-beth Gibson, Jacob Gibson, LaurenGlynn, Andrea Goldstein, MatthewGreen, Caleb Grubba, Rishab Gupta,Hannah Guth, Shoyo Hakozaki,Morgan Hamel, Mark Hancher, EmilyHart, Stephen Hartkemeier, TylerHegyesi, John Heldman, Paige Henry,Hunter Hersko-Fugitt, Grace Hertlein,Drake Heuerman, Connor Higgins,Jessica Hobart, William Hobart, Doug-las Hoffmeister, Donald Hosea, GloriaHu, Benjamin Huffer, Nanci Hunter;Deepak Indrakanti, Adam Ioas, AlishiaIsgro, Megan Jiang, Nicholas Johnson,Esther Kaplan, Emily Kelly, AthenaKennedy, Saidjon Khusenov, Stepha-nie Knechtly, Kelsey Koffel, JamieKolthoff, Erin Kroell, Connor Lake,Nathaniel LeRoy, Michelle Lesh-chinsky, Allie Levine, Elliot Levy,Xinran Li, Brandon Lombardi, CalebMain, Kashif Malik, Shazia Malik,Morgan Malof, John Maloney, EllenMartinson, Ross Mather, Julia Mattis,Rachael Maupin, Bailey McCarthy,Rose Menyhert, Samuel Meyers,Abigail Miller, Alyssa Miller, NatalieMiller, Stephen Mills, Audrey Moeller,Delaney Morris, Brittany Murphy, RyoNakahata, Nakul Narendran, AllisonNemoff, Pavan Nimmagadda, RickNiu, Cara Norris, Oluwafisayo Oginni,Allison Oh, Katherine Oh, JillianO’Leary, Ysaith Orellana Ascencio,Allison Overholt, Taylor Overholt, JosePalacios, Christine Park, Karen Patrick,Jamie Pescovitz, Paul Phillips, NoahPittinger, Anthony Popenoe, IvanPorollo, Benjamin Proudfoot;Griffin Ramsey, Jacie Ray, Alma Rech-nitzer, Reily Reddy, Hebeh Refaei,Allison Rogge, Megan Rogge, Jona-than Rollins, Enrique Rosen, AnupamaRoy-Chaudhury, Kristen Russell,Abbagail Sanders, Lauren Saxon,Austin Schafer, William Schrantz,Megan Schroeder, Sarah Schuetz,Matthew Sevrence, Brennon Shanks,Elizabeth Sheetz, Brenda Shen, PhilipSilverman, Ethan Smilg, VictoriaSmith, Melissa Sodi, Kaitlyn Soellner,Rachel Spohr, Neha Srivatsa, ScottStefani, Katherine Steinberg, JoAnnSu, Megan Sulfsted, Victoria Swart,Jeffery Tang, Kailin Tang, LaurelTaylor, Julia Temple, Kathryn Ten-barge, Benjamin Thiss, ShannonThomas, Alexander Toney, Peter Tosh,Hunter Tumulty, Gian Valli, Joseph

Vaz, Aditya Venkitarama, JorgeVinales, Naveen Viswanath, RyanWahler, Abigail Walsh, JacobWang,Jennifer Weber, Olivia Wells, Jona-thanWeng, RyanWessinger, StevenWessinger, Ellyn Willis, AlexanderWittenbaum, Alex Wright, MarissaWyrick, Samuel Wyrick, Yuan Zhang,Allan Zou and Meredith Zukor.Seniors – Hannah Abrahamson, Musta-fa Ahmad, Munazza Aijaz, RyanAleksa, Lauren Altemuehle, PrativaAmom, Jacob Barnhorst, Ana Barros,Sari Baum, Jacob Belcher, ChristopherBell, Tinashe Bere, Helen Berger, ElisaBerry, Rajat Bhageria, Jake Biegger,Sarah Birckhead, Ashley Bonnoitt,Kelly Borman, Parker Brarens, DylanBrown, Emily Callaway, BethanyCaspersz, Jenna Celek, Krittika Chat-terjee, Rishabh Chatterjee, BrianCleary, Julia Cole, Laura Cole, DanaColeman, Jacob Collier, Taylor Combs,Dylan Consbruck, Sara Constand,Alexis Corcoran, Megan Crone, NunCung Bik, Miguel Dalisay, JasonDarpel, Pedro Del Moral Lopez, NimitDesai, Kathryn Diaz, Kristen Diaz,Andrianna DiMasso, Paige Domhoff,Madelyn Dukart, Elena Duran;Kathryn Eberhart, James Ekstedt,Jordan Elder, Lydia Fang, Adam Finer,Sarah Frey, Samantha Games, CristinaGarcia Galisteo, Natalia Garcia Vina,Madeline Garrett, Jordan Gause,Thomas Gerrety, Caroline Gilmore,Dan Ginsburg, Grant Girten, ErinGlass, Gabriela Godinez-Feregrino,Michael Goldenberg, BenjaminGoldschneider, Rachel Gore, NathanGregg, Azante Griffith, Leah Grinsh-pun, Sarah Grout, Lindsay Grzegor-zewski, Morgan Grzegorzewski, GavinGundler, Stephanie Gunter, ArushiGupta, 12 Lauren Guy, Kyle Hackett,Carolyn Halstead, Jenny Ham, DavidHamburg, Nicholas Hamburg, Dan-iella Hamden, Ross Hamilton, Benja-min Hammer, Andrew Hanus, EmilyHayes, Julia Henkel, Brianna Hensley,Nicolas Hershey, Kalman Heyn, Jenni-fer Hill, Mitchell Hill, Vijay Holtkamp,Quincy Huchison, Hayley Huge, Jack-son Hughes, Parker Hughes;Natalie Itrich, Rupali Jain, SabrinaJamal-Eddine, Jonathan Jih, ElizabethJohnson, Gil Kaplan, Elias Kapourales,Allyson Karnell, Faith Kaufman, GraceKays, Kristen Keane, James Keefe,Holly Kemp, Alison Kerry, Omar Khan,Ryan Khosla, Aaron Kiner, AnneKitchin, Rachel Klein, Stephanie Kley,Melanie Klyop, Noah Koehne, Christo-pher Kuhne, Adam Kuhr, NicolasKumar, Victor Kurz, Kathryn Ledbet-ter, Carly Lefton, Jonathan LeNeveu,Rachel Levey, Samuel Levitt, Sarah Li,Yao-Yu Liu, Noah Loftspring, Alexan-dra Logsdon, David Lopez, PeteAndrian Lopez, Kathryn Lothrop,Anan Lu, Wendy Lu, Robert Lucian,Genna Lukshus, Elizabeth MacVittie,Alexander Malone, Kara Marth,Michael Masset, Logan Mather,Cassidy McDowell, John McLaughlin,WilliamMeaders, Ricardo MedinaCortes, Laura Mendez Ortiz, AdamMerk, Giulia Mezzabotta, Evan Moell-er, Kristine Monaghan, Anna Mondro,Gerson Moreno, Trevor Morgan,Alonna Motley, Karin Oh, MartinaOroz, Hadis Palic, Aaron Pang, ElinaPanteleyeva, Shyam Parikh, GabrielleParoz, Nicholas Pavlakis, BrandonPeck, Gabrielle Peck, ChristopherPendergast, Joseph Peralta, AngelaPhillips, Whitney Philpott, NicholasPinkerton, Kami Previte, ConnorPruitt, Katherine Pruitt;Jonathan Quantz, Elise Reardon,Rachel Reddy, Elizabeth Reece, AloraReiff, Mark Reinhart, Cayden Richter,Matthew Rickert, Edward Rivin, AylaRobinson, Elizabeth Rosenberg, JamieRoss, Hannah Roth, Aditya Roy-Chaudhury, Jacquelyn Rudich, KellyRyan, Soo Yeon Ryu, Andrew Sadler,Allison Salach, Zachary Samuelson,Monica Sandoval, Michael Saxon,Gabriel Schenker, Jordan Schneider,Matthew Schneider, Noah Severyn,Cameron Seyler, Christina Shehata,Marissa Shor, Daniel Siddiqui, NathanSilverman, Kailyn Smith, MadelineSmith, David Sorger, Alexander Soro-kin, Rieko Sotojima, Ryan Stoneberg-er, Hanna Suggs, Rachael Sun, ZacharySwadner, Andrew Swart, ElizabethSwofford, Nikita Tandon, RuochenTang, Mark Tenenholtz, LaurenThompson, Margaret Thompson,Jackson Thurnquist, Katherine Tou-velle, Geet Tripathi, Jacqueline Tso,Justin VanWagenen, Benjamin Vasu-nia, Megan Vorpe, John Vuotto, HopeWang, BryanWaterhouse, SamanthaWeiss, Alexander Weisser, BenjaminWells, HelenWessinger, NathanWhitney, Emily Wick, Emily Winchell,ShawnaWing, MorganWinnestaffer,Abigail Wise, JosephWislocki, ChunWong, Rachel Wright and SamuelYengo.

SYCAMORE HIGH SCHOOL HIGH HONORS ROLL

For Indian Hill teacher EllenHughes it was déjà vu.

Hughes, who teaches healthand physical education, is therecipient of a Health Profes-sional of the Year Award.

The award is given by theOhio Association for Health,Physical Education, Recreationand Dance.

In 1998, Hughes was recog-nized by the same organizationas a Young Professional of theYear during her senior year atMiami University.

“It was nice to be recognizedagain,” said Hughes, who is aresident of Mt. Airy.

The award is based on inno-vation and creativity in teach-ing.

Hughes often stresses theimportance of exercise as part

of a daily routine.She said exercise is not only

beneficial in preventing child-hood obesity but it also helps re-lieve stress.

“Healthier kids perform bet-teracademically,” shesaid. “Re-search supports this time andtime again.”

Hughes is also an advocatefor using technology in theclassroom.

Online health assessmentscanbeagreat resource indeter-mining specific programs andstrategies, she said.

Hughes was nominated bycolleagues Lisa Sullivan andDale Haarman.

“Ellen is a good candidate fortheawardbecauseshehastakenthis program to another level,”saidHaarman,who also teachesphysical education andhealth atthehighschool. “She isverypas-sionate about her profession.”

Teacherhonored forinnovationBy Forrest Sellersfsellers@communitypress.com

Indian Hill High School physical education and health teacher EllenHughes is the recipient of a Health Professional of the Year Award.PROVIDED

Hillary graduates fromCampbellsville

SycamoreHigh School grad-uate Brandon Tyrell Hillary re-ceived a bachelor of science incriminal justice administrationfrom Campbellsville Univer-sity.Hillary is the sonof Ira andCassandra Hillary.

Two inducted into PhiKappa Phi

The following NortheastSuburban Life-area residentswere initiated into The HonorSociety of Phi Kappa Phi, thenation's oldest and most selec-tivecollegiatehonorsocietyforall academic disciplines.

Michael Pelfrey of Cincin-nati initiatedatAuburnUniver-sity.

Paul Rutemiller of Cincin-nati initiated at Virginia Tech.

Three graduate fromDayton

More than 550 students re-ceived degrees at the Univer-sity of Dayton fall commence-ment Dec. 14, including 266 un-dergraduates, in the largest fallgraduating class in 20 years.

The following local studentsreceived degrees:

Faisal Rahman graduatedMagna CumLaudewith a bach-elor ofmechanical engineeringwith a major in mechanical en-gineering.

Brian Haggerty graduatedwithabachelorof science inen-gineering technology with amajor in electronic and com-puter engineering technology.

Jenna Naber of Cincinnatigraduated with a bachelor ofscience in education and healthsciences with a major in pre-physical therapy.

Gabbour makes dean’shonor roll

AmericanHebrewAcademystudent Ethan Gabbour wasnamed to theDean'sHonorRollfor the fall trimester of 2013.Gabbour is a sophomore fromCincinnati.

Recognition is reserved forstudentsshowingveryhigh lev-els of academic discipline andachievement.Gabbour is one offorty-eight students to qualifyfor the Dean's Honor Roll thistrimester, denoting an academ-ic average of 90 or higher.

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NORTHEASTSUBURBAN LIFEEditor: Melanie Laughman, mlaughman@communitypress.com, 513-248-7573

Boys basketball» In the GMC-GWOC Show-

case Dec. 28, Sycamore beatLebanon 76-63. Senior DanGinsburg had 23 points.

» In the Beach Ball Classicat Myrtle Beach, S.C., Moellerbeat Father Henry Carr (Cana-da) 55-39 on Dec. 27. JuniorNate Fowler led with 19 points.

On Dec. 30, the Crusadersdowned Franklin 88-34 withsenior Adam Gigax scoring 13points.

Senior Grant Benzinger had19 points on Dec. 31 as Moellertook fifth-place in the holidaytournament with a 51-34 winover Bullis School (Maryland).

Girls basketball» Sycamoregot byKings 33-

32 on Dec. 28. Junior NancyHunter led the Lady Aves withseven.

»Mount Notre Dame beatTalawanda 61-44 on Dec. 28 asjunior Naomi Davenport had23 points.

MND beat Dublin Coffmanon Jan. 4, 62-26. Junior BlairCarlin had 16 points.

Wrestling» Sycamore defeated

Princeton on Jan. 3. Recordingpins for the Aviators werefreshmanMilesSweeney (120),sophomore Gary Traub (182)and sophomore Cole Sutton(195).

Boys swimming» Sycamore was fourth at

the LarryLyons Invitational onJan. 4. Junior Mark Hancherwon the 200 individual medleyand 100 butterfly.

Girls swimming» Sycamore was third at the

LarryLyons Invitational Jan. 4.Junior CaraNorriswon the 200freestyle.

Evening with Jim Tressel»Whether as a national

championship football coach,university vice president, au-thor or classroom teacher, JimTressel has spent a lifetimehelping young people achievesuccess and he will travel toCincinnati Jan. 22 to share hisexperience and insights withanaudienceof250.Theevent issponsored by the SycamoreAlumni and Friends Associa-tion, a local 501(c)(3) non-profitcharitable organization.

“Coach Tressel’s accom-plishments and experiencesare truly extraordinary,” ex-plained Mark Hill, SAFA’sboard president. “We’re excit-ed to have him involved in this

event and to be able to offer anopportunity to hear his take onleadership, mentorship, andmotivation.”

An Evening with Coach JimTressel - emceed by sportsbroadcaster ThomBrenneman- will take place Wednesday,Jan. 22, at theOriginalMontgo-mery Inn, 9440 MontgomeryRoad. ProCamps Worldwide,Cincinnati Bell Technology So-lutions and PRASCO are pre-senters. The event will beginwith a reception at 6:30 p.m.(cash bar available) and seat-ing for dinner at 7 p.m. VIP pa-trons will have chance for aprivate meet and mingle from5:30 to 6:30 p.m., where theycan have an item autographedand a photo taken with Tressel.The program itselfwill includevideo highlights, Tressel’s re-marks, and a question-and-an-swer session moderated byBrenneman. A silent auctionwith sports memorabilia and

more will also take place.Tickets are$100 ($1,000 fora

table of 10) for the program,dinnerand twodrink tickets, or$150 ($1,500 for a table of 10)for VIP tickets, which also in-clude the private reception,photo op and autograph. Tablesponsors will be recognized atthe event. Tickets may be pur-chased online at www.ourSA-FA.com or by check payable toSAFA andmailed to or droppedoff at Sycamore High SchoolAthletic Department, Attn:Jim Stoll, 7400 Cornell Road,Cincinnati, Ohio, 45242. CallStoll at 686-1770, ext. 3008.

“AnEveningwithCoachJimTressel promises to be an out-standing event,” committeememberandSAFAboardmem-ber Steve Imhoff said. “I’veheard him speak twice beforeand I can’t wait to hear himagain. This is one you reallywon’t want to miss.”

PRESS PREPS HIGHLIGHTS

By Scott SpringerandMark Motzsspringer@communitypress.commmotz@communitypress.com

Byhisownadmission,DanielStraus was a “bad kid” at Syca-more High School.

Now, at age 29, Straus hasfound a purpose that keeps himfocused, motivated and mostlyout of trouble.The formerAvia-tors wrestler became the Bella-tor MMA featherweight cham-pion on Nov. 2, 2013.

With some distance and per-spective, he has a renewed ap-preciation for his high schoolwrestling coach, Jason Staggs.The two did not always see eyeto eye. Staggs, now an assistantwrestling coach at Mason HighSchool,becameSycamore’svar-sity coach prior to Straus’s ju-nior year. He coached Straus toa third-place finish in the stateas a junior in 2002 and to a na-tional championship as a seniorin 2003.

“He is an awesome guy. Inever gave him the proper re-spect that he deserved,” Straussaid. “He’s one of those guysthat I owe a lot of my successto.”

The twohada rocky relation-shipatSycamore.Straussaidhe

just wanted to wrestle, and didnot care much about the otherresponsibilities that come withbeing a high school student-ath-lete. Staggs recognized the un-believable talent Straus pos-sessed, but struggled to getthrough to the stubborn teen.An unstable home life leftStraus with little discipline orsupervision outside of thewres-tling room.

“His whole life he’s had toovercome adversity. He was al-ways able to overcome and suc-ceed in the wrestling room,”Staggs said. “I’m not surprisedthat he’s overcome adversity asan adult and found success.”

Mixed martial arts was nev-er a goal or a passion for Straus.After a three-year stint in pris-on, he ran into a friend and for-mer wrestling opponent whowas training at a local gym. Atfirst,Strausrebuffedhisfriend.After running into the samefriend three times over threeweeks, Straus relented and de-cided to attend a training ses-sion at Vision MMA in Oakley.He still trains with TeamVisiontoday.

Sycamore grad, Bellatorfeatherweight champfinds purpose in ringBy Adam Turerpresspreps@gmail.com

Daniel Straus battles Pat Curran, not pictured, in their BellatorFeatherweight World Championship fight at the Long Beach Arena.Straus won by decision, Nov. 2.JAYNE KAMIN-ONCEA/USA TODAY

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KENWOOD —Not many highschool basketball coaches willrave over a fifth-place finish ina tournament.

Moeller’s post-Christmastrip to theBeachBallClassic inMyrtle Beach received fivestarts in coach Carl Kremer’sunofficial roundball travelguide.

“Of all the yearswe’ve beengoing to tournaments, it’s thebest organized,” Kremer said.“It’s big time how they treatyou and how they do it and thecrowds are huge. They get allthe townspeople out.”

Moeller’s annual basketballtrip is paid for through teamfundraising and has become atraditional primer for therough and tumble GreaterCatholic League that beginsthis month.

The Crusaders came awaywith just one loss, againstProvidence, Fla., 60-56 on Dec.28.DukerecruitGraysonAllenled Providence with 30 points,with senior Grant BenzingertoppedMoeller with 21.

“We had a heck of a chance

to beat them,” Kremer said.“We had a drought in the firsthalf and a drought in the sec-ond half scoring-wise. Otherthan that, we dominated mostof the game.”

The lossgaveMoeller abestcase scenario of fifth-place,which they achieved threedays later with consecutivewins over over Franklin (Ohio)

and Bullis School (Maryland)Dec. 30-31. To start the tourna-ment, the Crusaders defeatedFather Henry Carr (Canada)55-39.

Inaddition to topnotchcom-petition, Kremer was im-pressed with the crowds alongthe Grand Strand.

Moeller’s 6-foot-9 center Nate Fowler prepares to tip it off against Taft Dec. 13. SCOTT SPRINGER/COMMUNITY

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Moeller returns fromholiday beach ballBy Scott Springersspringer@communitypress.com

Moeller senior Grant Benzinger is guarded by Taft’s Devon Matthewsin an early game Dec. 13. SCOTT SPRINGER/COMMUNITY PRESS

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CYO basketballtournament

Time is running out to registerfor SMOY’s Annual CYO Tourna-ment hosted at Sports Plus, allgames will be played at SportsPlus from Jan 24 through Feb. 1,what a great warmup for theCYO City Championships.

For complete details andregistration information, go towww.sportsplusbasketball.com/tournaments.php.

An excellent turnout is expect-ed for all levels A, B, and C fromthe sixth-grade through eighth-grade divisions.

For questions regarding thetournament, contact the tourna-ment director Dave Brock, at505-9813, or email GregMartini,assistant tournament director, atgmartini@x5net.com.

Adult co-edvolleyball

The Blue Ash YMCA is orga-nizing a co-ed adult volleyballleague.

The league is ages 18 and up.The league is offered from 4-6p.m. on Sundays, and playsMarch 16-April 27. A minimumsix players on the roster; maxi-mum eight players per roster.

Registration deadline is Feb. 7.Captains’ meeting is March 10.League fee is $125 per team plus$25 cash per game for refereefee. If interested, contact sportcoordinator Mary Chesko at791-5000 ormchesko@cincinnatiymca.org.

Youth volleyballA spring youth volleyball

league for boys and girls ages7-12 years old is organizing nowat Blue Ash YMCA.

The league starts March 8 andends April 27. Practices are heldonMondays fromMarch 3- April21. Games will be played onSaturdays. Member fee is $50.Program participant fee is $90.Registration deadline is Feb. 23.

If interested, stop by theWelcome Center desk or contactsport coordinator Mary Cheskoat 791-5000 ormchesko@cincinnatiymca.org.

SIDELINES

The University of Cincinnati Bearcat footballteam again included several area players fromthe Community Press/Community Recorder cov-erage area. Under Coach Tommy Tuberville, theBearcats were 9-4 and played again in the BelkBowl in Charlotte, NC on Dec. 28.

Photos by Scott Springer

Justin Murray is a sophomore offensive linemanfrom Sycamore.

Junior John Lloyd (24) lofts a punt during the BelkBowl pre-game.

Local Bearcatswrap up season

Several CincinnatiHills Christian Acad-emy athletes recentlycommitted to playcollegiate sports.

Cincinnati Hills Christian academy students signing letters of intent to play sports incollege are, in front, from left, Ricky Silvestri, Cameron Varga and Kendall Kart. In back areCHCA Athletic Director Matt Coleman, Kyle Davis, Marissa Koob and CHCA High SchoolPrincipal Dean Nicholas.

SIGNHERE

CHCA’s Cameron Vargasigns to play baseball forUniversity of NorthCarolina, majoring inbusiness entrepreneurship.

Cincinnati Hills ChristianAcademy student KendallHart signs to swim forLiberty University. She isconsidering majors ineducation or business.

Kyle Davis of CHCAcommits to play baseballfor West VirginiaUniversity, where he plansto major in sports medicine.

Cincinnati Hills ChristianAcademy’s Marissa Koobcommits to play basketballfor University ofCharleston, and isconsidering majors inathletic training or interiordesign.

Ricky Silvestri, a student atCHCA, commits to attendMars Hill University to playbaseball. He plans to majorin biology.

“MMA wasn’t some-thingthat Iknewanythingabout (as a high schoolwrestler),” said Straus.“All I had was my wres-tling, and I’m a very goodwrestler.”

He saw the sport as away to make a living. Hewas tired of searching forjobs, and was eager tomove on from his job atSteak ‘n’ Shake. In 2008,he decided he wanted toget paid to be a fighter.

“When I got into thesport, I was having atough time finding a job,”Straus said. “I didn’t wantto be famous. I just want-ed to make money andmake it a job.”

His first amateur fightresulted in a disqualifica-tion, as Straus did noteven understand all of therules. He had no previoustraining in disciplines be-yond wrestling — no box-ing, no jiu jitsu, no muaythai, and no kickboxing.Once he turned pro in2009, he approached thesport as a paycheck. Soon,it becamemuch more.

After starting his ca-reer 3-4, Straus noticedother fighters pushing

themselves every day, notjust in preparation fortheir next fight. A loss toPat Curran on April 17,2009, was a turning pointfor Straus. Over the nexttwo years, he won 12straight matches. Bella-tor, the second largestMMA organization in theUnitedStates, tooknotice.OnNov. 2, Straus avengedhis earlier loss to Curranand claimed his first Bel-lator championship, im-proving his professionalrecord to 22-4.

“Hewas always able towrestle the best when itmattered the most andrise to the occasion on thebiggest stage,” Staggssaid. “The bigger thestage, the better he per-forms. I’m not surprisedby his success at all.”

Becoming an MMAchampion was both unex-pected and expected forStraus. It comes as a sur-prise in that he only re-cently invested himself inthe sport. It is no shockthat once he committed tothe sport, he quicklyreached one of his majorgoals.

“On one hand, I wantpeople to respect whatI’ve accomplished. It’sreally hard to do,” saidStraus, a Forest Park resi-dent. “On theotherhand, I

lovedoubters.That’swhatdrives me. I’ve alwaysreached the goals I set formyself.”

More importantly, hehas evolved as a person.He is nowa father, and hisstatus as a champion pro-vides him with the moststable employment he hashad inyears.Hecontinuesto try and become moredisciplined in his trainingand in his lifestyle. If hekeeps it up, there is achance that theUFC—andits bigger paydays—willcome calling. First, hemust defend his title at adate to be determined.

“I want to continue todefend the belt. I reallyjust want to better my-self,” Straus said. “It canget a lot better.”

Staggs continues to fol-low his former wrestler’ssuccess. He is proud ofhow far Straus has comeand that he is still a relent-less competitor once hesteps onto the mat or intothe ring.

“I loved coaching him.He always made melaugh,” saidStaggs. “I justwant him to be happy andhealthy in life beyondMMA.”

Keep up with DanielStraus on Twitter at

@DanielStraus.

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“Mostof the time, it’s ina high school gym andthere’s 300 people,”Kremer said. “The nightwe played Providence atthe convention center, I’mgoing to bet there were3,000 people there.”

While enjoying thesands of the Atlantic dur-ing the day, the Crusadersheard the typical, “Ithought you were a foot-ball school” comment. Atnight, Kremer’s gold andblue hungwith teams thatequaled or surpassedthem in height and fea-tured top talent.

A local ambassador ac-companiedall16 teams in-volved.

“I thinkfromtop tobot-tom, it’s the best run tour-nament we’ve been to,”Kremer said. “The com-munity is really into it.The team that beat us byfour beat a team fromNewYorkCity by 25.A lotof people think that ourgame against them wasthe championship game.We just got a tough draw.Providence was the No. 1seed.”

Among the highlightsfor Moeller was seniorAdam Gigax finishing inthe top four of the tourna-ment three-point shootingcontest.

“Adam Gigax shooting

the ball sort of protectsour bigs,” Kremer said.“Now we have a shooteron both sides inAdamandGrant. Jack Anton alsohad a good three days.”

Kremer’s guards alsohad a successful run.

“Tre Hawkins steppedup at point guard andGrant (Benzinger) didvery, very well,” Kremersaid. “Hawkins does a lotof things that doesn’tshow up in the points-scored column. He getsthe ball and ignites ourbreak.”

The Crusaders’ wintergauntlet is now underwayas their Jan. 7 home gamewith Winton Woods is fol-lowed by their GCL-Southopener with Elder Jan. 10.

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When is equality a bad idea?President Obama wants to

make all income and otherfactors of life equal for allpeople.

Well, I have a suggestion.Why not require all profes-sional sports teams to drafttheir players from the generalpublic. Naturally, there wouldbe no requirements for age,sex, ability or experience.There should also be a rulethat all members of the teamhave equal playing time andsalaries. That sounds fair,doesn’t it? Well, how many ofus would go to the games?Who would pay for the stadi-ums? What sort of televisionaudience do you think it woulddraw? Assuming this would gowell for sports, why not check

into how it isworking forbusinesses?

It was re-ported recent-ly that thegrowth ofindustry inChina was 7.6percent. Ourgrowth seemsto be around 2

percent. In short, that meansthat the major part of ourpurchases have a ‘Made inChina’ label. If you have notchecked yet, perhaps it wouldbe a good idea. That is if youcare where our citizens aregoing to get any kind of a job.

I used to try to buy Amer-ican whenever I went shop-

ping. It is no longer possible.And, don’t blame business!Rules, regulations and thequality of the work forcealong with the advantage oftaking the many welfareschemes make hiring yourneighbors very expensive.Businesses don’t hire equalpeople, they hire people whoare likely to exceed expecta-tions. In short, this is whyChina is very competitive. Itsimply costs too much to man-ufacture here.

This becomes a factor whenthe American worker is nolonger competitive. As a for-mer businessman, educatorand coach I had many oppor-tunities to create situationsfor the people to improve

their skills and work habits.As ambitious people improvedin any of those situations, itwas their desire coupled withencouragement. They were nolonger equal. They were moti-vated to improve, and theydid. Those people were a largecut above equal.

Is there no concern forpeople who strive to becomeabove average? This paperrecently published the list ofthe honor roll for a local highschool. It seems that a hugepercentage of the studentswere on the list. I doubt thatthis was an indication that allthe students were above aver-age like in Lake Woebegone.Perhaps it was equality takento a ridiculous extreme.

I owe a lot to former teach-ers, professors and coacheswho would not settle for co-equal performance undertheir leadership. At the time,it was a tough meal to chew.We need more people likethem, especially in politicalpositions. It would not be toohard to create incentives tohire and to take jobs instead ofthe reverse incentives thegovernment has created.Along with this, all raises forgovernment officials and em-ployees would be limited to 50percent of that of the workingpopulation until parity isreached.

Edward Levy is a resident of Montgo-mery.

Edward LevyCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

Indian Hill administratorshave graciously returned the‘yield’ signs to the Blome RoadBridge. Surely, their reasoningwas to smooth the flow of traf-fic.

Recently, lines would formeach day; as,each car wouldstop to allowonly one car tocross from theother side. Youcould wait forquite sometime, for yourturn.

With theyield signs, anentire line of

traffic should be able to crossthe bridge at one time, in only afew seconds; then, the opposingline of traffic could pass overthe bridge, dramatically im-proving the flow of trafficthrough this bottleneck.

Recently, travel over thisbridge has not worked asplanned. Often, as trafficbuilds on one side, driversbegin taking turns, one car at atime, just as if the old stopsigns were still in place. Thisnegates the reason for the yieldsigns, to speed traffic flow.

It is as if there were an un-spoken, unwritten, code ofconduct, that did not allow thesecond, third, fourth, etc., carto follow the car in front. It isas if an entire line of trafficpassing through the bridgewould be an affront to society,a slap in the face, a grossbreach of etiquette, that maycause one to lose his dinnerreservation at the club, or bereplaced in his golf foursome;or, God forbid, shunned inchurch.

This reminds me of thedriver who enters a freeway at40 mph; then, suddenly speedsto 80 mph, once on the freeway.This driver does not under-stand that the very design ofthe entrance ramp is to allowyou to speed up to safely,smoothly transition into theflow of traffic, without causingserious problems for the driv-ers behind him, or the driversin the right lane of the freeway.

The proper driving proce-

dure, at the Blome RoadBridge, is to pass through at areasonable speed without stop-ping, when you are the closestcar to the bridge. If you are in aline of cars, the entire lineclosest to the bridge shouldpass through the bridge at thesame time without stopping.You will be doing the opposingtraffic a favor. This will signifi-cantly improve traffic flow onBlome Road.

Surely, this is not too com-plex to understand!

My personal solution wouldbe to tear down this rustingrelic. It is not original; and, ithas not been restored!

This bridge is only a rustingframe surrounding a one lanereinforced road structure. Theoriginal bridge had a heavywooden floor with large spacesbetween the planks, so thatsnow, ice, sand, etc. could fallthrough to the rocks below.

It had movement; it swayedandmade creaking soundswhen you drove over it. It didnot have those large baby-buggy bumpers, to keep yourcar from hitting the sides ofthe bridge, and possibly goingover into the creek.

James Baker is a 36 year resident ofIndian Hill.

Blome Roadbridge signsconfuse drivers

James BakerCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

Yes, life can be boring.We quickly develop a dailyroutine … a repeated pat-tern of timelines, things thatneed to be accomplishedbefore the conclusion of theday. Even more stimulating

jobs, canstill get tobe a custom-ary flow ofactions ne-cessitated tocompletedaily assign-ments.

For someof us life isjust going towork, com-

ing home to watch TV, down-ing a beer, and lounging on atimeworn couch. The nextday...the next day...the nextday...the next day... is muchthe same as you sprinkle inweekends and holidays. Andbefore you know it, we’rereally old and only capableof sitting on that worn outcouch...watching TV.

A couple of years ago mywife decided that every yearshe was going to learn some-thing new. This was sort of aNew Year’s resolution thatreenergized her kindredspirits. One year it waslearning how to downhillski...next was learning toplay the dulcimer...learningto flip off a diving boar-

d...learning to open waterswim and then swim acrossthe Ohio River.

A couple of years ago, sheresearched about animaltherapy, getting certifiedand training our two EnglishLabrador retrievers as ther-apy companions. What adifference in her life thisnew learning opportunitymade to others as well.

One of the new things Idecided to learn was how tocook; I mean, just the basics.Ask my wife and she will tellyou, my cooking even afterlearning, wasn’t all thatnoteworthy. As she put it,“you’re just wasting thoseingredients!”

I did challenge myself tolearn something new, buteventually decided thatcooking wasn’t going to bein my “top 10” skills. I wasmotivated by that experi-ence to try learning how tobake bread like mom didand what a “slam dunk” thatwas! Thanks to a dearfriend, who encouraged mewith a book on artisan breadbaking, I currently ovenbake all sorts of “Old Style”European bread for myneighbors/friends.

In writing this column, Iwas amazed at all the re-search being done on thehuman brain. Most of theresearch results find that to

keep the brain healthy,working and cultivatingmore cells, we must keep itmentally sharp. One idea Iread somewhere was tobrush your teeth with theopposite hand to challengeyour brain. But, that didn’twork well the first time...asI lost my grip on the brushand it flip...sending tooth-paste all over my new re-gifted sweater!

I’m now trying brainstimulation crossword puz-zles. But life is so muchmore with a positive mind-set of new learning opportu-nities! Eartha Kitt says itbest:

“I am learning all thetime. The tombstone will bemy diploma.”

Life-long learning is try-ing new things and can’twait to decide on a 2014 newyear challenge...maybe rockclimbing?

My wife’s response:“Only if I up my life insur-ance policy.”

Oh well...back to brush-ing teeth with my left hand!

Wes Adamson is a resident ofWyoming. His work has beenaccepted for publication by twoliterary magazines; “River andSouth Review” and “DriftwoodPress.”

Happy New Year – ‘Teethbrushing with the opposite hand’

Wes AdamsonCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

Jan. 1 questionShould the U.S. adopt an

advisory panel’s recommen-dations to end the govern-ment’s systematic collectionof logs of all Americans’ cellu-lar phone calls and requirethose to be kept in privatehands “for queries and datamining” only by court order?Why or why not?

“We are definitely in an1984epicrealtyshow.Unfor-tunately, it is not a 'show' butthe central government in-trusion into our lives.

“The recent U.S. DistrictCourt opinion was on themoney. Eroding our privatelives is unacceptable. Thisstarted when 9/11 caughtmost of us by surprise.Many

documents have shown thatthe present wholesale spy-ing on citizens would nothave prevented that trage-dy.

“Secret courts whiteoutpublic information is a dan-ger to the Constitution. Oneshould read that documentto understand the many

ways that government agen-cies are twisting it.”

W.B.

“Yes, the US should prob-ably adopt the recommenda-tion, but the president hassaid there will be a decisionmade about much of this inJanuary. In the post-911world many parts of ourfreedom of speech havebeen curtailed.

“The real question is howmuch freedom are we will-ing to sacrifice in order tofeel safer from terrorismoccurring on our soil? And ifyouhave aproblemwith thatsacrifice of freedom, don'tuse a cell phone.”

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Just north of downtownMontgomery, Kent MorrisOrthodontics hosted a

candy exchange program tobenefit both Cincinnati Chil-dren’s Hospital Dental Clinicand overseas troops.

Participating children weregiven their choice of receivingeither $1 per pound for theircandy or donating themoney to

the dental clinic. All collectedcandy was given to the localArmy Reserve as a treat fortroops.

As a treat, kidswere reward-ed with several free fun eventssuch asKona Ice treats, bouncystations, face painting and astrolling magician. Local ArmyReserve representatives werealso in attendance.

Henry Fossett, 12, Andy Osborn, 12, and Eliza Osborn, 10 are treated to tricks from magician Tom Bemmes. SHELLY SACK/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

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Carly Riley, 5, of Montgomery chose a ladybug for her face-painting treat. SHELLY SACK/FOR THE COMMUNITY

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Gabriel Sherman, 3, of Montgomery enjoys the bouncy stations. SHELLYSACK/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

As neighboring school Montgomery Elementary was about to let out, recently relocated Kent MorrisOrthodontics treated area children to a candy exchange. SHELLY SACK/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

MelissaandAndrewPregal, 13,of IndianHill treatthemselvesto someKona Ice.SHELLY

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THURSDAY, JAN. 9CivicMeet the Candidates for thePrimary Election, 6:30 p.m.,Robert L. Schuler CommunityRoom, 11580 Deerfield Road,With Hamilton County Repub-lican Women’s Club, GreaterCincinnati Women’s RepublicanClub, Northeast RepublicanWomen’s Club and YoungRepublican Women of Cincin-nati. Election is May 6. Ages 18and up. Free. Registrationrequired. 383-5586. SycamoreTownship.

Exercise ClassesZumba Class, 7-8 p.m., HartzellUnited Methodist Church, 8999Applewood Drive, $5. Present-ed by Zumba with Ashley.917-7475. Blue Ash.

Health / WellnessLifesteps Open House, 10-11a.m., TriHealth Fitness andHealth Pavilion, 6200 PfeifferRoad, Preview class materialsand learn more details aboutsuccessful weight-managementprogram. Ages 18 and up. Free.985-0900.Montgomery.

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.Kid’s Club, 3:30-4:30 p.m., DeerPark Branch Library, 3970 E.Galbraith Road, Arts and crafts,presenters, board games andmore. Ages 5-12. Free. 369-4450. Deer Park.

Support GroupsCodependents Anonymous,7-8 p.m., The Community of theGood Shepherd, 8815 E. Kem-per Road, Room 31. Literaturediscussion group. Free, dona-tions accepted. 800-0164.Montgomery.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 ac-cepted. 673-0174; www.co-da.org. Blue Ash.

FRIDAY, JAN. 10Dining EventsEmpty Bowls Dinner Event,5-7 p.m., Madeira MiddleSchool, 6612 Miami Ave.,Booths, activities and home-made soups and desserts. Helpseventh grade service learninggroup raise awareness aboutpoverty, homelessness andhunger. Benefits local or inter-national hunger association.

$10, $5 children. 561-5555.Madeira.

Health / WellnessMercy Health Mobile Mam-mography Unit, 7 a.m.-3:30p.m., Shops at Harper’s Point,11340 Montgomery Road,Fifteen-minute screenings. Costvaries per insurance plan.Financial assistance availablefor qualified applicants. Ap-pointment required. 686-3300;www.e-mercy.com. SymmesTownship.Mobile Heart Screenings, 2-5p.m., Kroger Madeira, 6950Miami Ave., Several screeningpackages available to test riskof heart attack, stroke, aneu-rysm and other major diseases.Appointment required. 866-819-0127; www.mercyhealth-fair.com.Madeira.

On Stage - TheaterA Little Night Music, 8 p.m.,Walton Creek Theater, 4101Walton Creek Road, This capti-vating tale of romance in turnof the century Sweden followsthe amorous adventures ofDesiree, a touring actress.When her past and presentlovers - and their wives - showup for a weekend in the coun-try; surprising liaisons, passionsand a taste of love’s endlesspossibilities are all brought tolight. $18. Presented by Marie-mont Players Inc. 684-1236;www.mariemontplayers.com.Columbia Township.

SATURDAY, JAN. 11Art & Craft ClassesLook See Do: Down on theFarm, 10-11 a.m., Woman’s ArtClub Cultural Center, 6980Cambridge Ave., The Barn. Artworkshop for children. SeeChagall’s painting, listen to anEric Carle story and make yourown feathered friend to takehome. Ages -1-1. $5. 272-3700;www.artatthebarn.org.Marie-mont.

AuditionsAmerican Girl Fashion ShowAuditions, 9-11:30 a.m., KingsToyota, 4700 Fields Ertel Road,More than 350 local girls need-ed to present historical andcontemporary fashions tocelebrate being an AmericanGirl as part of American GirlFashion Show. Ages 4-12. Free.Registration required. 205-9957; www.aubreyrose.org.Deerfield Township.

Cooking ClassesHealthy Cooking Classes,11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Peachy’sHealth Smart, 7400 Montgo-mery Road, Peachy Seidendiscusses nutrition and healthwhile preparing two delicious,simple and easy meals. Ages 18and up. $30. Registration

required. 315-3943; www.pea-chyshealthsmart.com. Silver-ton.

Health / WellnessDiabetes Conversation Maps,10 a.m.-noon, Lisa Larkin, M.D.,4460 Red Bank Expressway,Healthy Eating. Small groupdiscussions of Type 2 diabetesled by Jan Kellogg, certifieddiabetes educator. $30 all foursessions; or $10 per session.791-0626.Madisonville.

Literary - LibrariesTeen Advisory Board, 2-3 p.m.,Deer Park Branch Library, 3970E. Galbraith Road, Motivatedteens discuss means for makinglibrary’s programs and materi-als to be most in tune withtheir needs. Ages 13-19. Free.369-4450. Deer Park.

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

On Stage - TheaterA Little Night Music, 8 p.m.,Walton Creek Theater, $18.684-1236; www.mariemont-players.com. Columbia Town-ship.

SUNDAY, JAN. 12Health / WellnessEnd-of-Life Public Forum, 3p.m., St. Barnabas EpiscopalChurch, 10345 MontgomeryRoad, Presentation by panel ofspecialists including elder-lawattorney, member of the Coun-cil on Aging, representativefrom TriHealth Senior Link,Hospice of Cincinnati memberand gerontologist or palliativecare specialist. Discussionsfollowed by question-and-answer exchanges to givefamilies information and re-sources to be better preparedto discuss critical issues withelderly family members. Free.Presented by Hospice of Cincin-nati. 683-6177.Montgomery.

Music - ClassicalCarillon Concert, 4-5 p.m,Mary M. Emery Carillon, Pleas-ant Street, Open air concert.Carillonneur plays bells usingkeyboard in upper tower. Toursof tower available; playground,restroom and shelter house onsite. Free. Presented by Villageof Mariemont. 271-8519;www.mariemont.org.Marie-mont.

Music - JazzThe Gates of Justice, 7:30p.m., Mayerson JCC, 8485 RidgeRoad, Cincinnati area musiciansand singers present jazz-ori-ented cantata written by re-nown jazz artist and composer,Dave Brubeck. Free. 891-9900.Amberley Village.

On Stage - TheaterA Little Night Music, 2 p.m.,Walton Creek Theater, $18.684-1236; www.mariemont-players.com. Columbia Town-ship.

MONDAY, JAN. 13Health / WellnessUC Health Mobile Diagnostics

Mammography Screenings,10 a.m.-3 p.m., UC HealthPrimary Care, 9275 Montgo-mery Road, Cost varies byinsurance. Financial assistanceavailable to those who qualify.Registration required. ThroughDec. 8. 585-8266.Montgomery.

TUESDAY, JAN. 14Cooking ClassesWhat Goes Around, ComesAround with Dan Berger,6:30-9 p.m., Cooks’ Wares,11344 Montgomery Road,Everything round: foods inround shapes, roulades fromdifferent cultures, round stacks,round cut desserts, all with asprinkling of meats, seafoodand vegetables as only Dan cancreate. $50. Reservations re-quired. 489-6400. SymmesTownship.

EducationChangemakers: Center CityInvestment: Continuing theMomentum, 7-9 p.m., Mayer-son JCC, 8485 Ridge Road,Stephen G. Leeper, presidentand CEO of 3CDC, discusseschanges and impact of 3CDC’swork, implications and effectson community and new pro-jects. Free. Registration re-quired. 761-7500; www.jointhe-j.org. Amberley Village.

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

Farmers MarketLoveland Farmers Market, 4-6p.m., Grailville Retreat andProgram Center, 932 O’Bannon-ville Road, Presented by Love-

land Farmers’ Market. 683-0491; www.lovelandfm.com.Loveland.

Health / WellnessCancer Wellness Program,11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., TriHealthFitness and Health Pavilion,6200 Pfeiffer Road, Tuesdaysand Thursdays through March13. Eight-week, twice-per-weeksmall group exercise class forthose undergoing cancertreatment or those who recent-ly have completed treatment.Physician consent form re-quired. Ages 18 and up. Free.Reservations required. 985-6722.Montgomery.

Literary - Story TimesPreschool Story Time, 10:30-11a.m., Deer Park Branch Library,3970 E. Galbraith Road, Books,songs, activities and more,while building early literacyskills. For preschoolers and theircaregivers. 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 fromsome favorite books. Makecraft to take home. Ages 3-6.Free. 369-4450. Deer Park.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 15Art & Craft ClassesKnitting, Crochet and Nee-dlecraft Class, 7-8 p.m., Mil-ford Heights Church of Christ,1646 Ohio 28, Basic handworktechniques and fresh ideas inknitting, crochet and otherhandicrafts along with shortdevotional time. Free. 575-1874.Milford.

Cooking ClassesCast Iron Cookery with IleneRoss, 6:30-9 p.m., Cooks’Wares, 11344 MontgomeryRoad, There is somethingcomforting in cooking with anold cast-iron skillet, especially ifit is one handed down with allthe years of your favorite mealscooked in it. $45. Reservationsrequired. 489-6400. SymmesTownship.

Health / WellnessMobile Heart Screenings, 9a.m.-5 p.m., Church of theSaviour United MethodistChurch, 8005 Pfeiffer Road,Several screening packagesavailable to test risk of heartattack, stroke, aneurysm andother major diseases. Appoint-ment required. 866-819-0127;www.mercyhealthfair.com.Montgomery.

Support GroupsCaregivers Support Group,12:30-2 p.m., The Community ofthe Good Shepherd, 8815 E.Kemper Road, Room 25. Tosupport caregivers of elderly ordisabled parents (relatives).Ages 18 and up. Free. Regis-tration required. 929-4483.Montgomery.

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American Girl fashion show auditions will be conducted 9-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 11,at Kings Toyota, 4700 Fields Ertel Road, Deerfield Township. More than 350 local girlsare needed to present historical and contemporary fashions to celebrate being anAmerican Girl as part of American Girl Fashion Show. Ages 4-12. Free. Registrationrequired. 205-9957; www.aubreyrose.org. Sophie Schutte, with her “Just Like Me” dolland her sister Madelyn, with her Julie doll, participated in a recent audition.JENNIEKEY/COMMUNITY PRESS

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I was flipping throughmy gourmet foodmaga-zines and two items keptpopping up as “newbies”for 2014. One is the herbfennel, in particularbronze fennel. I had to

chucklesince I’vegrown bothgreen fen-nel, whichproduces adeliciousbulb, andalsobronze,which isgrown forits leaves

and seeds, for years.Fennel contains vita-

min C and potassium,good for immune andnervous systems, and theheart. In fact, I just fea-tured a fennel/garliccrust on pork roast onmycable show “Love Startsin the Kitchen.” Watch iton TimeWarner localaccess.

The other trend is kale,but not the old-fashionedcurly kale like Grandmagrew. Kale varieties arealmost endless. You’llfind lots of recipes, in-cluding the two I mentionin my pizza recipe. Kaleis an easy cool crop, sogrow some come spring.

I’d also like to issue aformal invitation for youto share your favoriterecipes and tips alongwith the story that goeswith them. I’m not partic-ular, so whatever you liketo cook, whether it’sfancy, plain or in betweenis fine byme. If you sendalong a photo, so muchthe better!

Whole wheat pizzawith garlic, greensand two cheeses

We grow kale, includ-ing Locinato/Tuscan/Dinoand Russian kale. Bothare milder tasting thancurly kale. Mixing kalewith Swiss chard or spin-ach tones down the tasteof kale. Greens like thesecontain nutrients essen-tial for tissue growth andrepair, and even yourpicky eaters will like this.You can use just chard orspinach if you like.

1pre-baked 12 oz. Boboliwhole wheat pizza shell

2-3 teaspoons finely minced

garlic3-4 tablespoons extra virginolive oil

Pizza sauce to coverEnough small Swiss chard orspinach and kale leaves tocover (or large leaves,chopped)

6-8 oz. Fontina cheese,shredded

3-4 oz. crumbled goatcheese

Optional: Sliced tomatoes,chives

Preheat oven to 450degrees. Stir garlic intoolive oil. Brush overcrust. Top with pizzasauce and greens, over-lapping leaves so entiresurface is covered. Sprin-

kle with cheeses. Slicecherry or regular toma-toes and lay on top if youlike. Bake 10minutes oruntil cheese melts.

Tips from Rita’skitchen

Substitute Gorgonzolafor goat cheese.

Priscilla Pancoast’sheirloom cornpudding

Wow – talk about lotsof requests for this! Theoriginal recipe camefrom Priscilla’s mother’scousin, who was fromNiles, Ohio. “This almosthas a cult following,” said

Priscilla. Check out myblog for more corn pud-ding recipes, includingthe famous BeaumontInn’s corn pudding, alongwith an old-fashionedversion of this treasuredside dish.

2 eggs1 stick of butter1 packageJiffy corn muffin mix

8 oz. grated cheddar8 oz. sour cream1 can yellow corn with juice,approximately 15 oz.

1 can cream-style corn,approximately 15 oz.

Preheat oven to 350degrees. Melt butter, beateggs slightly, thenmixeverything together and

put in greased 21/2 quartcasserole and bake forabout 45 minutes.

Tips from readers’kitchens

Add extra flavor tobox cakes. NancyMauch,a Clermont County read-er andmom ofmy formereditor, LisaMauch,shares this tip: For boxcakes, substitute milk orjuice for liquid called for.“Adds another element offlavor,” Nancy said.

Buying blue cheese inbulk. Dave, a loyal read-er, said he found a five-pound bag of blue cheesecrumbles at GFS (GordonFood Service) for $19. Hemade batches of NellWilson’s blue cheesedressing and was lookingfor an affordable way todo it.

Tomato preserverecipe a big hit. LanaKay, a Northern Ken-tucky reader, mademyauntMargaret’s recipelast summer. “I was sur-prised howmany peoplehad never tasted them,”she said. Lana shared itwith an Amish vendor ata farmer’s market and Ihave no doubt it will be-come a big seller. Tomatopreserves are anothertrendy, but really old-fashioned, condiment thatchefs will be featuringthis year.

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is anherbalist, educator, JungleJim’s culinary professionaland author. Find her blogonline at Cincinnati.Com/blogs. Email her at col-umns@communitypress.comwith “Rita’s kitchen” in thesubject line. Call 513-248-7130,ext. 356.

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Ascension LutheranChurchTheWomen’s Bible Study meetsFriday mornings at 9:30 a.m. to10:30 a.m. They are using“Namesake: When God RewritesYour Story” for their discussion.The women’s Wheel of Friend-ship shipped100 health kits and30 pounds of soap to LutheranWorld Relief. The groupmeetsmonthly Wednesdays at 10 a.m.Their Bible study is called “In

Good Company: Stories ofBiblical Women.”Women of thecommunity are invited to bothgroups.Rejoice! worship service is at 11a.m. Rejoice! is a more contem-porary, upbeat style worshipwith music and Bible readingsreflecting the preference ofmany people today. Heritage(traditional) worship service is at9 a.m. Sunday School, Confirma-tion and Adult Forum are at 9:45a.m.

Ascension is at 7333 PfeifferRoad, Montgomery, Ohio 45242;ascensionlutheranchurch.com;793-3288.

Bethel BaptistTempleAWANA children’s Bible clubs areoffered for children ages 2through high school from 7 p.m.to 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays duringthe school year. The club willresume Jan. 8. Kids enjoy games,

Bible studies and lessons andspecial events. Contact thechurch for information, or visitthe AWANA page on Facebook:search for “Bethel Baptist AWA-NA.”The adult, teen and children’sSunday School classes cometogether for an hour of skitsfrom the drama team, children’ssongs, games, penny wars andmore during Round Up Sunday,offered during Sunday Schoolhour on the first Sunday of eachmonth.Small group Bible studies, in-cluding a women’s Bible study,are offeredWednesday eve-nings at the church at 7:30 p.m.Sunday School classes for all agesare 10 a.m.; Sunday worship is 11a.m. Kings Kids, a children’sworship service, is offeredduring the 11 a.m. service.The church is at 8501 PlainfieldRoad, Sycamore Township;891-2221; bethelbaptisttemple-.org.

Blue AshPresbyterian ChurchJacob’s Ladder is the theme forSunday School (pre-K through12th-grade); these classes aretaught after the children’ssermon in the worship service.Bible 101 and Thoughtful Chris-tian classes are offered for adultseach Sunday morning. Thesemeet at 9 a.m. in the fellowshiphall.Sunday worship services are at10:30 a.m. Nursery care is avail-able.The church is at 4309 CooperRoad; 791-1153; www.bapc.net.

Good ShepherdLutheran ChurchGood Shepherd is a large churchthat offers a variety of styles ofworship and service times:Saturdays, 5 p.m. –Wovenworship (mix of traditional andcontemporary). Sundays, 8 a.m.and11 a.m. – traditional wor-ship. Sundays, 9:30 a.m. – Con-temporary worship. Sundays,5:45 p.m. – “NOSH” dinner andworship offsite at UC CampusMinistry Edge House. GSLCoffers preschool and studentSunday School at 9:30 a.m.,September throughMay. ‘Wor-shipWithoutWorry” SundaySchool is also offered at 11 a.m.for families of children withspecial needs and kids of allages. Faith-building classes,fellowship and outreach oppor-tunities, and small groups areoffered each weekend andthroughout the week for adultsto connect.The church is at 7701KenwoodRoad, Kenwood; 891-1700;goodshepherd.com.

St. BarnabasEpiscopal ChurchService times are 8 a.m. and10a.m.The St. Barnabas Book Clubmeets Wednesday, Jan. 8, todiscuss “Hard Luck” by JeffKinney. The Feb. 5 discussion willbe “Mrs. Mary Lincoln” by JanisCooke Newman.The Order of St. Luke, Hands ofHope chapter, meets the secondWednesday of each month at7:15 p.m. in the library.A men’s breakfast groupmeets at

8:30 a.m. Wednesday morningsat Steak ‘N Shake in Montgo-mery.Ladies Fellowship/Religious StudyGroupmeets on Tuesday morn-ings at 10 a.m. at the church.Friends in Fellowship meets thesecond Tuesday of each monthat 6:15 p.m. for a potluck dinnerat the church.Ladies Bridge meets the first andthird Thursdays of the month.Contact the church office forfurther information.A bereavement support groupfor widows and widowers meetsthe second and fourth Saturdaysfrom10-11 a.m.The church is at 10345Montgo-mery Road, Montgomery;984-8401; www.st-barnabas.org.

SycamorePresbyterian ChurchCome visit the church Sundaymornings in its new sanctuary at9:15 a.m. and10:45 a.m. Child-care is available in the nurseryduring both services for infantsthrough age 2.Coffee and Conversation, 9:30-11a.m. Saturday, Jan. 11, Fellow-ship Hall, features Mamie John-son, author of “When GodDoesn’t Stop the Rain,” present-ing “The Pathway to a New Youin the New Year.”Eunice Circle is collecting layette/newborn through size 6 clothingfor Sunset Gap CommunityThrift Store. Place donations inthe Sunset Gap collection box(Adult Ministries) in the Narthex.Dinners for 6, 7 & 8 begins inJanuary and runs through April.Participants will meet at adesignated host’s homemonthlyfor dinner and fellowship.Dave Ramsey’s Financial PeaceUniversity will be offered inJanuary. Learn how to beat debtand build wealth in this nine-week program. Register at theAdult Ministries Table in theNarthex.Sunday School classes for pre-schoolers through grade 12 areoffered at 10:45 a.m. service.The church is at 11800Mason-Montgomery Road, SymmesTownship; 683-0254;www.sycamorechurch.org.

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BLUE ASHArrests/citationsJuvenile, 14, petty theft, Dec. 12.Adam E. Simpson, 21, 1159 Coro-nado Ave., petty theft, Dec. 16.IanW.Watts, 22, 3311 BeredithPlace, possession of marijuana,Dec. 14.Robert A. Rivers, 40, 9290 Ken-wood Road, disorderly conduct;intoxication, Dec. 13.John C. Rickert, 49, 9073 E.Kemper Road, operating vehicleimpaired (under the influenceof alcohol/drugs), Dec. 11.Donna L. Wilson, 63, 1235 Fuhr-man Ave., petty theft, Dec. 19.Carole Anastasia Frazier, 19, 9516Main St., misdemeanor warrant,Dec. 22.David J. Hambrick, 54, 8611 PineRoad, operating vehicle im-paired (refusal within 20 yearsof previous conviction), oper-ating vehicle impaired (underthe influence of alcohol/drugs),rules for driving in markedlanes, possession of marijuana,Dec. 19.Wendy Anne Neulist, 28, 1394Deerfield Road, petty theft, Dec.23.Michael R. Mcvey, 36, 2121VineSt. Apartment 3, misdemeanorwarrant, traffic warrant, pettytheft, misdemeanor warrant,traffic warrant, misdemeanorwarrant, traffic warrant, misde-meanor warrant, traffic war-rant, misdemeanor warrant,Dec. 23.Ifeanyichukwu Olumu, 59, 11430Kenn Road, disorderly conduct;intoxicated, Dec. 20.Edward Ololmu Disia, 32, 11430Kenn Road, disorderly conduct;intoxicated, Dec. 20.

Incidents/investigationsBreaking and entering, grandtheft ofmotor vehicleSomeone took a Ford Taurus,value $1,500; miscellaneoustools, value $2,500, and a med-ical and veterinarian syringe,value $50 at 11049 Corine Ave.Criminaldamaging/endangeringAman said someone damaged afront door sidelight, value $250,and garage doors, value $500 at3611 Tiffany Ridge Lane, Dec. 14.

Criminal mischiefAwoman said someone dam-aged a concrete bird bath, $400damage at 9739 Troon Court,Dec. 16.Disorderly conductAt 9541 Plainfield Road, Dec. 16.Identity fraud against elderlyor disabledAt 9370 Opal Court, Dec. 11.Making false alarmsAt 11283 Foremark DrivePetty theftSomeone took purses/hand-bags.wallets, value $149.99,from Snooty Fox at 9500 Ken-wood Road, Dec. 20.Possession ofmarijuanaAt 6151 Pfeiffer Road, Dec. 16.TheftAman said someone took aGibson Les Paul custom1954guitar, value $3,000; a Gibson SGLes Paul custom guitar, value$3,500, and a Gibson 1959 LesPaul guitar with Bigsby, value$7,500 at 3793 Fallentree Lane,Dec. 14.A woman said someone took anOhio license plate, value $50 at11359 Grooms Road, Dec. 18.A man said someone took $500and an HTC One wireless phone,value $600 at 10801MillingtonCourt, Dec. 19.Someone took eight Hondagenerators, value $2,031.51,from American Producers at10770 Kenwood Road, Dec. 20.

MONTGOMERYArrests/citationsAlexandria Marie Steele, 20, 7703Shadowhill Way, operatingvehicle impaired (under theinfluence of alcohol/drug ofabuse), operating vehicle im-

paired (breath .08 to .169),operating without being inreasonable control, obstructingofficial business, Dec. 26.Sophia Catherine PfaltzgraffKidd, 20, 2 Tuckhoe CourtApartment 305, prohibitions/minors/low alcohol content/keglaw, Dec. 21.Michael S. Morris, 32, 881HicksBlvd., operating vehicle im-paired (under the influence ofalcohol/drug of abuse), oper-ating vehicle impaired (breath.017 or higher), Dec. 21.Juvenile, 17, curfew violation,Dec. 23.Daniel Keith Able, 23, 4505Spencer Ave., use, possess orsale of drug paraphernalia, Dec.23.DavidW. Bortz, 23, 8724 Tan-agerwoods Drive, possessiondrug paraphernalia, Dec. 23.Gregory N. Bennett, 45, 5400Reading Road, use, possess orsale of drug paraphernalia, Dec.26.JosephMichael Mclaughlin, 22,3118 N. Clifton Ave. Apartment1F, operating vehicle impaired(under the influence of alcohol/drug of abuse), Dec. 27.Juvenile, 14, trafficking in drugs,Dec. 13.Juvenile, 13, drug possession,Dec. 13.Juvenile, 13, drug possession,Dec. 13.Alexander Thomas Miller, 18,8927 Harperspoint Drive Apart-ment A, drug abuse, use possessor sale of drug paraphernalia,Dec. 14.Sherzod Radjabov, 25, 5126Birchwood Farm Drive, oper-ating vehicle impaired (underthe influence of alcohol/drug of

abuse), operating vehicle im-paired (breath .08 to .169), Dec.13.Thomas Michael Wayne Jones,27, 9851DartmouthWay,operating vehicle impaired(under the influence of alcohol/drug of abuse), operatingvehicle impaired (under theinfluence of alcohol/drug ofabuse), Dec. 9.Kenneth J. Kavensky, 41, 10667Montgomery Road Apartment13, theft, Oct. 12.

Cora A. Little, 32, 910 Sunset Ave.Apartment 2 , operating vehicleimpaired (under the influenceof alcohol/drug of abuse), Dec.12.Douglas Alan Nurre, 36, 9189Knightsbridge Lane, operatingvehicle impaired (refusl within20 years of prior conviction),operating vehicle impaired(under the influence of alcohol/drug of abuse), Dec. 15.Joshua A. Starcher, 22, 1985Magown Road, drug abuse,

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Incidents/investigationsBurglary/breaking andenteringAt 9157 Montgomery Roadapartment 202, Dec. 24.At 10495 Montgomery Road,Dec. 12.Missing personAt 10500 Montgomery Road,Dec. 19.

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Robert LindseyDoolittle

Robert Lindsey Doolittle, 89,died Dec. 20.

Survived by children Nancy(the late Hank) Roy, Bobbi(John) Kinnie, Susan (Joel) Smithand Vivian (Dave) Richel; 10grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; brothers Theo-dore A. (Sue) Doolittle andJames P. (Jo) Doolittle; andstep-brother, Harold (Conna)Whitmore; and brother-in-lawand C. William (June) Fuller andtheir families.

Preceded in death by wife of

51 years,MarianneFuller Doolit-tle; grandson,Jay Kinne; andson-in-law,Hank Roy.

Serviceswere Dec. 26 atMihovk-Rose-

nacker Funeral Home, Evendale.Memorials to: the Hank RoyFund for head and neck cancerresearch at the U.C. Foundation,3200 Burnet Ave., Cincinnati, OH45229; or atwww.uchealth.com/gmail.com;

or the charity of the donor’schoice.

John Harold Tate Jr.John “Jack” Harold Tate Jr.,

76, of Montgomery died Dec. 21.He was a U.S. Navy veteran.

Survived by wife of 55 years,Dorothy (Sokol); children Tara(Dave) Koch and Traci (Todd)Fisher; grandchildren Allyson,Tyler, Amanda and Kelly; andbrothers Robert, David andRalph Tate and their wives.

Services were Dec. 27 atMihovk-Rosenacker FuneralHome, Evendale.

DEATHS

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Passing bad checksAt 10506 Montgomery Roadapartment 204, Dec. 18.Property damageAt 7809 Cooper Road, Dec. 20.TheftAt 8830Weller Road, Dec. 27.At 10302 Gentlewind Drive, Nov.20.At 10625Weil Road, Dec. 23.At 10500 Montgomery Road,Dec. 22.At 9820 Montgomery Road, Dec.18.At 9840 Montgomery Road, Dec.19.At 10500 Montgomery Road,Dec. 19.At 10500 Montgomery Road,Dec. 22.At 7616 Carriage Lane, Dec. 12.

SYCAMORE TOWNSHIPArrests/citationsJamellan Long, 24, 1631 SparkleDrive, theft, Dec. 15.Dylan Coenen, 20, 3811 Fox Run,theft, Dec. 11.Adrian Irby, no age given, 5259Colerain Ave., theft, Dec. 9.Brittany Price, 22, 4808 ChaletCircle, theft, Dec. 5.Juvenile male, 17, receivingstolen property, Nov. 30.Robert Crowder Jr., 31, 2204Kipling Drive, receiving stolen

property, Dec. 11.Karmen Bailey, 24, 12034 SeventhAve., endangering children, Dec.12.Teddy Patrick, 33, 408W. South-ern Ave., theft, Dec. 16.Dalisha Crosby, 21, 1180 TassieLane, theft, Dec. 16.Leah Coleman, 19, 1385 BurdetteAve., theft, Dec. 7.Saidah Rembert, 18, 3425Wood-burn Ave., theft, Dec. 7.Daliah Gilliam, 18, 523 VasserCourt, theft, Dec. 14.Robert Adams, 31, 12006 SeventhAve., theft, Dec. 11.

Incidents/investigationsAssaultReported at Galbraith and Pine,Dec. 6.BurglaryAttempt made at 8599 DonegalDrive, Dec. 9.Residence entered and items ofunknown value removed at8445 Darnell, Dec. 16.Criminal damagingTires slashed at 8553 VorheesLane, Dec. 15.Endangering childrenReported at 12034 Seventh Ave.,Dec. 12.Identity theftReported at 7251 E. KemperRoad, Dec. 17.Passing bad checksReported at 8250 KenwoodCrossingWay, Nov. 22.

Theft$1,000 and credit card of un-known value removed at 8520Plainfield Road, Dec. 4.Merchandise valued at $250removed at 7800 MontgomeryRoad, Dec. 9.Cord valued at $44 removed at11950 Seventh Ave., Dec. 10.Merchandise valued at $340removed at 7875 MontgomeryRoad, Dec. 11.Merchandise valued at $300removed at 7800 MontgomeryRoad, Dec. 11.Purse and contents of unknownvalued removed at 8135 Irwin,Dec. 13.Vehicle reported at 8740 Mont-gomery Road, Dec. 13.Gift cards valued at $500 re-moved at 7155 E. Kemper, Dec.9.$20 counterfeit bill passed at8057 Montgomery Road, Dec.18.Cell phone valued at $150 re-moved at 7875 Montgomery,Dec. 17.Wallet and contents of unknownvalue removed at 8115 Montgo-mery, Dec. 6.Stereo of unknown value re-moved from vehicle at 7796Montgomery Road, Dec. 17.Merchandise valued at $97removed at 7875 Montgomery,Dec. 16.Reported at 7875 Montgomery,Dec. 7.

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