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Region’s first bike park in the works

There’s one in Chicago, one inLouisville and another in Cleve-land.

Now it seems Greater Cincin-nati – Blue Ash to be exact – maybe next in line to build a bikepark.

We’re not talking a mountainbike trail through the woods, butan area, a training course ofsorts, for mountain bikers of allages and levels of skill.

A conceptual plan for a bikepark was unveiled to the publicfor the first time Sunday at theannual meeting of the Cincin-nati Off-Road Alliance, a grass-roots group of cycling enthusi-asts who promote and maintainmore than 60 miles of mountainbike trails around SouthwestOhio and Northern Kentucky.

Plans are in the beginningstages, said Blue Ash Parks andRecreation employee Brian

Kruse, the operating managerof Summit Park, where the bikepark is planned on the now par-tially redeveloped Cincinnati-Blue Ash Airport property.

Kruse believes a bike parkwould continue to distinguishSummit Park as a destinationfor individuals and familiesaround the region, unique to anyother in the area.

“This is a pie-in-the-skyplan,” Kruse said. “But if thecommunity wants it and we canraise the money, we can do it.”

Summit Park opened in Au-gust. The $75 million park en-compasses 130 acres and todayincludes an open-ended playChildren’s Playground, greatlawn, quarter-mile trail, rest-

rooms and some communitymeeting spaces.

A giant performance stage –which will host the Buckle Upcountry music festival in 2016,Taste of Blue Ash, and other con-certs and events – will be com-pleted in May.

Phase two should be complet-

ed by the fall and includes a17,000-square-foot communitybuilding, indoor and outdoorglass canopy and a plaza thatwill include a 4,000-square-footspace for the Brown Dog Caférestaurant.

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Dirt jumps are on the list of possibilities for a proposed bike park in Blue Ash. It would be built on the partially redeveloped Cincinnati-Blue Ash Airport property.

Plan for Blue Ash site unveiled at meeting of cycling enthusiastsCarrie Blackmore [email protected]

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Brian Kruse, a mountain bikerhimself, is operations director forSummit Park. He spoke to themembers of Cincinnati Off-RoadAlliance on a recent Sundayafternoon, where he announcedBlue Ash’s intentions to build theregion’s first bike park.

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The second old dealershipbuilding at the southern gatewayof Montgomery will be knockeddown using grant funds.

Montgomery received a$60,000 Community Develop-ment Block Grant to demolishthe old Ford dealership buildingas part of the Southern GatewayRedevelopment Project, CityManager Wayne Davis said.

The grant is usually used toprovide assistance for low tomoderate income households,but can also be used to aid the

elimination of a slum or blight-ing condition.

Davis thanked CommunityDevelopment Director TracyRoblero, Public Works DirectorBrian Riblet and former Com-munity Development DirectorFrank Davis for writing thegrant application.

“We are still on schedule forthe demolition,” Wayne Davissaid.

The demolition is scheduledfor late May or early June, hesaid. Community and Informa-tion Services Director MatthewVanderhorst said the request forbids for the demolition went out

March 23. The city bought the old Ford

and Chevrolet dealership sitesand a small piece of land fromHamilton County in 2014 as partof the gateway redevelopmentproject. The city bought theFord site for $2.8 million and theChevy site for $2.8 million onbonds, which includes the cost ofdemolition and site prepara-tions. In total, the site is 11.6acres.

In November, the city agreedto pay Evans Landscaping$62,800 to demolish the neigh-

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Community Development Director Tracy Roblero points to the map of theold dealership sites to a group at the open house the city held for the sitesin November. The city received a grant to demolish the second building, butwhat is to be done with the site is yet to be determined.

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arm of its beauty carebusiness to the MasonBusiness Park. It will take1,150 employees and 200contractors with it.

“We’re disappointed atthis announcement byP&G. But we know that ineconomic development,sometimes you win andsometimes you lose and,more often than not, BlueAsh wins. We’ve been win-ning for more than 50years,” said Mayor LeeCzerwonka.

The office will remainin Blue Ash until 2018.

“It is not a surprise.They have been communi-cating with us about likeli-hood that they are going toconsolidate. They aredownsizing. They aremoving from 150 brands

A longtime Blue Ash of-fice complex is closing,but the city remains opti-mistic about the site’s fu-ture.

Procter & Gamble isclosing the Sharon WoodsInnovation Center, onReed Hartman Highway.

P&G is moving the re-search and development

down to 70 or 80 brandsand as I former P&G per-son myself I know that isgoing to give them the op-portunity to reduce a lot ofthe support systems,”Councilman Rick Bryansaid.

The city receives about$2 million in earnings taxfrom P&G annually. AsBryan pointed out thenumbers are not as devas-tating as they seem.

“To put it in prescrip-tive, P&G is a large em-ployer in Blue Ash. But, wehave about 2,000 compa-nies doing business here.The $2 million loss is lessthan 5 percent of the totalbudget. It is significantamount of money, but it is

not doing to create a devas-tating loss,” Bryan said.

The city of Blue Ashalso issued a statementabout the closure March17.

“While the loss of alongtime Blue Ash compa-ny is disappointing, we areoptimistic about the devel-opment opportunity thisbrings,” the statementread.

The city has reviewedthe site with a number ofcontingencies as part of itsnew land use plan. The siteis in the part of the citydesignated as Blue AshNorth, which is mostly in-dustrial and technologicaloffice parks north of Coop-er Road.

“A key component ofthis plan is the develop-ment of the city’s aging of-fice and industrial sites,”the statement read.

P&G opened the facilityin 1972 and expanded onthe other side of ReedHartman Highway in the1980s. Combined the twocampuses are 725,000square foot and coversabout 100 acres and 1,000feet of frontage on ReedHartman Highway.

“This is a great site. Wehave a good land use planin place. Businesses are in-terested in locating here. Iam confident that we’llfind a new use for the sitein the near future,” Czer-wonka said.

Bryan said by the timeP&G leaves, there will beanother great use for theproperty.

“Historically, that ishow it has worked for BlueAsh,” he added.

Public Relations Coor-dinator Emily Shaffer saidthe city works with all ofBlue Ash companies on re-tention efforts and plansfor events, such as a com-pany leaving, in the bud-gets and land use plan.

“Given the 24-plusmonths to plan and pre-pare for the future of thissite, along with thestrength of the Blue Asheconomy, the city is poisedto sustain this short-termloss without impactingcurrent operations,” thestatement read.

Though P&G was one ofBlue Ash’s major employ-ers, 30 companies openedor expanded in the city inthe last two years.

“This year we have add-ed about the same numberof jobs as we will loss in2018 once P&G leaves,”Bryan said.

Want to know more aboutwhat is happening in BlueAsh? Follow Marika Lee onTwitter: @ReporterMarika

P&G closing Blue Ash office in 2018Marika [email protected]

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Procter & Gamble is closing its office in Blue Ash and moving its more than 1,000 employees toMason.

cil had the first reading ofan ordinance to transferthe Southern Gateway Re-development Projectproperties to the CIC.

“It is going to ensurethe CIC develops the prop-erty. It is going to make itmore efficient,” Vice May-or Chris Dobrozsi said.

The properties includethe old Ford dealershipsite, the old Chevroletdealership and a smallpiece of land from Hamil-ton County. In total, thesite is 11.6 acres. The city

bought the Ford site for$2.8 million and the Chevysite for $2.8 million onbonds, which includes thecost of demolition and sitepreparations.

The Chevy buildingwas demolished in Janu-ary. The city applied for a$100,000 Community De-velopment Block Grantfor the demolition of theFord site.

“The CIC is an econom-ic development agency es-tablished by state statutethat allows the CIC to coor-

The redevelopment ofthe southern gateway ofMontgomery will soon bein the hands of the Com-munity Improvement Cor-poration.

Montgomery city coun-

dinate development pro-jects for the city while alsoproviding cost savings tothe public,” City ManagerWayne Davis said.

“Transferring the landat the Gateway Redevel-opment area into the CICwill allow the project tomove forward,” Davissaid.

Want to know more aboutwhat is happening in Montgo-mery? Follow Marika Lee onTwitter: @ReporterMarika

Montgomery is transferring dealership sites to CIC Marika [email protected]

The city paid a littlemore than $15,000 for theconceptual plan for thebike park, Kruse said, andthe feature was suggestedby Blue Ash citizens dur-ing a rewrite of the city’sparks and recreation mas-ter plan a few years ago.

“I’m pretty confidentthat we will have somesort of bike park elementwithin two to three years,”Kruse said.

The complete concep-tual design as presentedwould likely cost around$1million, Kruse said. Butit could be built piece bypiece or not include all thesuggested features, whichinclude a cyclocross train-ing area, a skills stationand pavilion where par-ents can watch their kidson the course. What isbuilt depends on the sup-port from the communityand Blue Ash elected offi-cials, Kruse said.

The Parks and Recrea-tion department will beginwriting grant applicationssoon, Kruse said, but thereis no money set aside for

the bike park, thoughsome could become avail-able in future phases ofpark development.

Chicago, Louisville,Cleveland and TerreHaute are the only othercities in the Midwest witha bike park, said Andy Wil-liamson, Great Lakes Re-gion director of the Inter-national Mountain Bicy-cling Association, but theyhave become wildly popu-lar in other parts of thecountry.

Bicycling was the mostpopular outdoor activityamong American youth in2012 and the third-most

popular for adults, ac-cording to an OutdoorFoundation’s report onOutdoor Recreation Par-ticipation, Williamson (a1998 Colerain High Schoolgraduate) pointed out.

“The really big changein the last 20-plus years isthat municipalities arenow contributing in theseefforts,” Williamson said.“We are no longer havingto beg for access and do iton the backs of our volun-teers. We have communi-ties and counties and parkdistricts ... like Blue Ash… that are starting to rec-ognize the value.”

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Heather Farrell helps new members sign up to be in theCincinnati Off-Road Alliance, a group of cyclists who plan,promote and take care of the region’s mountain bike trails.

boring old Chevy dealer-ship building. The bid hadan additional $15,000 ofcontingency costs built in.The Chevy site was demol-ished in December.

The city and the Mont-

gomery Planning Com-mission have been gather-ing ideas and brainstorm-ing about what should bedone with the site, butnothing has been decided.

The commission’s mostimportant considerationsfor the site were a trafficsignal being added be-tween Cross County High-way and Main Street, a

family-oriented sit-downrestaurant, emphasis onstreetscape, verticalmixed use buildings, ac-cess to Cross County andbelow-grade parking.

Want to know more aboutwhat is happening in Montgo-mery? Follow Marika Lee onTwitter: @ReporterMarika

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Indian Hill High School’s an-nual mother/son and father/daughter dance known as

Odd Couples Dance took placeMarch 7.

The Odd Couples Dance isone of the main fundraisers forAfter Prom and is an event par-ents look forward to every year.It’s a chance to have a memora-ble evening with their junior orsenior and also raise money foran important cause.

This year more than 100 fam-ilies came out to support theevent. There were more than 35raffle items and several auctionitems. Folchi’s Formal Wear do-nated several tuxedo rentals forprom, and Dr. Tim Kremcheckand family donated severalbaseballs autographed by Cin-cinnati Reds players whichwere popular bid and buy items.

Returning DJ Jim LaBarbarakept everyone on the dancefloor with current tunes and old-ies alike. The Madeira Krogerhas been a sponsor of the eventfor many years and generouslysupplied all the snacks and bot-tle water for the evening.

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Sophie and Donald Calvin dance during Indian Hill High School’s Odd Couples Dance. The mother/son and father/daughter event is a fundraiser for After Prom.

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Twins Anna and Brooks with parents Marianna and Mac Renfro.

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Alex Boster, Sarah Schwanekamp, Grace Stimson, Mazie Krehbiel andSabrina Bulas.

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Dads and daughters, from left: Madeline and John Seidling, Marlee and Robert Bathalter, Tom and HannaBrockman and Taylor and Keith Lowe.

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Mike and Julia Sewell at the OddCouples Dance.

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Kate and Steven Yamaguchi.PROVIDED

Doug and Cassidy Zang.PROVIDED

Cathy and Michael Folz.

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Odd Couples Dance co-chairsMonique Sewell and MariannaRenfro.

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Jack Dowling gets a smooch frommom Beth Dowling.

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Gibson and John Bullock mug forthe camera.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 2Cooking ClassesFresh and Flavorful PastaDishes with Marilyn Harris,6:30-9 p.m., Cooks’ Wares, 11344Montgomery Road, $55. Reser-vations required. 489-6400.Symmes Township.

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

Yoga: Align Level 1, 8:45-10a.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,The Gallery at The Barn. Appro-priate for seasoned beginners.Plenty of challenge that buildsstrength and stamina. Attentionto alignment detail is priority.Experience helpful but notnecessary. Ages 35-65. $120 per9 weeks unlimited. Register atfirst class or drop-in. 706-9802;www.karenjohnsyoga.com.Mariemont.

Literary - Book ClubsBook Discussion Group forFriends Past and Present: TheBicentennial History of Cin-cinnati Friends Meeting(1815-2015), 7 p.m., CincinnatiFriends Meeting, 8075 KellerRoad, Book provides in-depthlook at Cincinnati MonthlyMeeting of Religious Society ofFriends and how it has changedover past two centuries. Ages 18and up. Free. 791-0788;www.cincinnatifriends.org.Indian Hill.

Music - ClassicalCincinnati Debut of PianistYevgeny Sudbin, 11 a.m. to12:30 p.m., Mayerson JCC, 8485Ridge Road, Matinee Musicale.Sudbin is recipient of severalinternational awards. $50season ticket. $15, $3 students.Presented by Matinee Musicale.469-9819; www.matinee-mu-sicale-cincinnati.org. AmberleyVillage.

FRIDAY, APRIL 3Art OpeningsGaps and Overlaps: Collab-orative Works by UC Blue AshFaculty, 5-7 p.m., UC Blue AshCollege, 9555 Plainfield Road,Collection of creative worksproduced by faculty from Art,English, Foreign Language,Mathematics, and Music.Through May 1. Free. 745-5600;www.ucblueash.edu. Blue Ash.

Dining EventsFish Fry, 4-7 p.m., HartzellUnited Methodist Church, 8999Applewood Drive, All-you-can-eat. Atlantic cod, dipped inbatter and deep fried to goldenbrown with homemade tartarsauce provided. Dinners comewith sides of homemade maca-roni and cheese and coleslaw,complemented with breads andbeverages. Desserts. Also of-fered: two-piece grilled chickenbreast, shrimp basket dinner ortwo-piece cheese pizza dinner.$10, $5 ages 6-10, free ages 5and under. Carry-out fish sand-wich: $5. 891-8527, ext. 1. BlueAsh.

Fish Fry, 5:30-7:30 p.m., St. Johnthe Evangelist Church, 7121Plainfield Road, Baked or friedfish, shrimp, salmon, pizza,grilled cheese, french fries, mac‘n’ cheese, desserts, beverages.Dinner: $8 or a la carte. 791-3238. Deer Park.

RecreationTGIF at Kids First, 6-10 p.m.Easter, Kids First Sports Center,7900 E. Kemper Road, Pizza,indoor swimming and night-time snack. $30, $20 each addi-tional child. Reservations re-quired. 489-7575; www.kidsfirst-sports.com. Sycamore Township.

SATURDAY, APRIL 4BenefitsCincinnati Comedians Basket-ball Invitational, 4 p.m., SevenHills School, 5400 Red BankRoad, Game between two teamsmade up of comedians fromTri-state. Benefits FreestoreFoodbank. $5 or 3 cannedgoods. Presented by CincinnatiComedians Basketball Invita-tional. No phone; www.cincyc-bi.com. Madisonville.

Holiday - EasterEaster Egg Hunt, 10 a.m. tonoon, Meadowbrook CareCenter, 8211 Weller Road, Egghunt for ages 10 and under.Featuring visits with Easter

Bunny, games, bake sale, enter-tainment, snacks and more.Professional face painting, $2.Free. 489-2444; www.meadow-brookcare.org. Montgomery.

Montgomery Kiwanis EasterEgg Hunt, 10-11 a.m., Montgo-mery Park, 10101 MontgomeryRoad, All children entering parkgiven ticket for drawing for 100prize stuffed bunnies. EasterBunny will greet children. Ages1-9. Free. Presented by Montgo-mery Kiwanis Club. 910-7068.Montgomery.

Easter Voyage: Walk withJesus, 2-5:30 p.m., St. PaulCommunity United MethodistChurch, 8221 Miami Road,Church parlor on second floor.Walk-through experience forparents and children to explorethe days leading up to Easter.Up to Grade 5. Free. Reserva-tions recommended. 891-8181;www.stpaulcommunityumc.org.Madeira.

SUNDAY, APRIL 5Clubs & OrganizationsFeed the Hungry Challenge,9-10 p.m., Loveland InterfaithEffort Food Pantry, 101 S. Leba-non Road, Donations (cash,check, food) matched andcounted toward challenge.Challenge runs daily throughend of April. Benefits LIFE FoodPantry. Free. Presented by L.I.F.E.Loveland Interfaith Effort.583-8222; www.lovelandlife-foodpantry.org. Loveland.

MONDAY, APRIL 6Exercise ClassesYoga: Align Level 1, 8:15-9:30a.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,The Gallery at The Barn. Taughtby Karen Johns. Appropriate forBeginners with some yogaexperience. Emphasis on properalignment, self-care, safestretching, sense of humor andall yoga has to offer. Ages 35-60.$120 for 9 weeks unlimited.Register at the first class. 706-9802; www.karenjohnsyoga-.com. Mariemont.

Yoga for New Beginners, 10-11a.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,The Gallery at The Barn. Sessiontruly for those brand new toyoga. Ages 35-65. $120 for 9weeks. Register at the first class.706-9802; www.karenjohnsyo-ga.com. Mariemont.

Yoga for Teen Girls, 4-5 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,The Gallery at The Barn. In-troduction for young women toexplore what yoga has to offer.For Teen girls grades 7-12. $80for 8 weeks. Please contact meto register. 706-9802; www.ka-renjohnsyoga.com. Mariemont.

Literary - LibrariesPreschool Storytime, 10-11a.m., Loveland Branch Library,649 Loveland-Madeira Road,Enjoy books, songs, activities,crafts and more, while buildingearly literacy skills. For pre-schoolers and their caregivers.Ages 3-6. Free. 369-4476;www.cincinnatilibrary.org.Loveland.

Toddler Storytime, 11 a.m. tonoon, Loveland Branch Library,649 Loveland-Madeira Road,Encourage emerging languageskills with books, rhymes, crafts,music and fun. For ages 18-36months. Free. 369-4476. Love-land.

TUESDAY, APRIL 7Business MeetingsISACA Cincinnati MonthlyDinner Meeting, 5:30-8 p.m.,Montgomery Inn, 9440 Montgo-mery Road, Presentation focuseson process used to carry outcyber attacks, how it effectscompany/network, and safe-guards to limit attacks. $30.ISACA Member-$30/Non-Mem-ber-$35/Retired-$25/Student-$10(Cash, Check, PayPal). Pre-sented by The Greater CincinnatiISACA. 791-3482. Montgomery.

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

Gentle A.M. Yoga, 7:15-8:15a.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,The Gallery at The Barn. Gentlemorning class occurs mostly onfloor, moves spine in all of itsdirections, opens hips andshoulders. Poses alternatebetween stabilizing, stretchingand strengthening. Good foreveryone from newbie to ad-vanced practitioner. $120 for 9

weeks unlimited. Register at thefirst class or drop-in. 706-9802;www.karenjohnsyoga.com.Mariemont.

Yoga: Align Level 2, 8:45-10a.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,The Gallery at The Barn. Forwell-seasoned beginner orintermediate student. Ages35-60. $120 per 9 weeks unlim-ited. Register at first class ordrop-in. 706-9802; www.karen-johnsyoga.com. Mariemont.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8Drink TastingsBurger and Beer Wednesdays,9:30 p.m. to midnight, Fifty WestBrewing Company, 7668 Woos-ter Pike, Burger and pint for $10.834-8789; fiftywestbrew.com.Columbia Township.

Literary - LibrariesToddler Playdate, 11 a.m. tonoon, Loveland Branch Library,649 Loveland-Madeira Road,Meet new friends and socializethrough unstructured play. Toysprovided. For ages 18 months-4years. Free. 369-4476; www.cin-cinnatilibrary.org. Loveland.

Support GroupsAl-Anon Meeting, noon to 1p.m., Good Shepherd LutheranChurch Kenwood, 7701 Ken-wood Road, Room 101. Fellow-ship of relatives and friends ofalcoholics who share theirexperience, strength and hopein order to solve common prob-lems. Ages 18 and up. Free.Presented by Kenwood Al-AnonFamily Group. 947-3700. Ken-wood.

THURSDAY, APRIL 9Business SeminarsMontgomery Chamber ofCommerce Lunch, Learn &Leads: “Changes in WorkersComp”, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.,Wright Brothers Inc., 7825Cooper Road, Free. Presented byMontgomery Ohio Chamber ofCommerce. 502-6975;www.montgomeryohiochambe-rofcommerce.com. Montgo-mery.

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

Yoga: Align Level 1, 8:45-10a.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, $120 per 9 weeks unlim-ited. Register at first class ordrop-in. 706-9802; www.karen-johnsyoga.com. Mariemont.

Literary - LibrariesTeen Writing Club, 6 p.m.,Loveland Branch Library, 649Loveland-Madeira Road, Forteen writers interested in meet-ing other teen writers or look-ing for feedback from others.Ages 12-17. Free. 369-4476;www.cincinnatilibrary.org.Loveland.

FRIDAY, APRIL 10Art & Craft ClassesArt in Bloom After School ArtClass, 4-5:30 p.m., Woman’s ArtClub Cultural Center, 6980Cambridge Ave., The Barn.Draw, paint, and make clevercrafts in this after school classwith art teacher Patty Horwitz.Ages 8-13. $100 for 4 classes.Reservations required. 272-3700;www.artatthebarn.org. Marie-mont.

Learn to Weave on a RigidHeddle Loom, 9 a.m. to noon,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,Students will finish a scarf by theend of second class. Ages 21 andup. $60. Registration required.272-3700; www.artatthebar-n.org. Mariemont.

Cooking ClassesHealthy and Hearty Breadswith Kathy Lehr, 6-9 p.m.,Cooks’ Wares, 11344 Montgo-mery Road, $65. Reservationsrequired. 489-6400. SymmesTownship.

SATURDAY, APRIL 11Art & Craft ClassesLearn to Sew with CarolePrice, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Woman’sArt Club Cultural Center, 6980Cambridge Ave., Tack room atThe Barn. Introductory sewingclasses that focus on techniquesincluding getting to know yoursewing machine, projects withzippers and linings and garmentsewing. Classes geared forchildren aged 7 and up. Adultswelcome. Ages 7-99. $20 perclass. Registration required.Presented by Carole Price.272-3700; www.artatthebar-n.org. Mariemont.

Cooking ClassesPizza Napoletana with KathyLehr, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Cooks’Wares, 11344 MontgomeryRoad, $65. Reservations re-quired. 489-6400. SymmesTownship.

EducationHunt House Open House, 1-4p.m., Hunt House, 4364 HuntRoad, Learn more about thishistorical icon of Blue Ash. Free.Presented by Blue Ash HistoricalSociety. 324-7145; blueashhis-toricalsociety.org. Blue Ash.

Health / WellnessWho is That in the Mirror?, 11a.m. to 1 p.m., The Kenwood bySenior Star, 5435 KenwoodRoad, Theatre. Dr. Robert Keyespresents types, stages andtreatments for dementia andwhat to expect along way foradults who have loved oneswith cognitive decline. Lunchprovided. Sponsored by HomeCare Assistance, Alzheimer’sAssociation, Christ Hospital andThe Kenwood. Free. Reserva-tions required. Presented byChrist Hospital Health andAging Center. 272-7926;

www.homecareassistancecincin-nati.com. Kenwood.

Literary - LibrariesBlock Party, 11 a.m., LovelandBranch Library, 649 Loveland-Madeira Road, Construct andcreate with library’s LEGOs. Free.369-4476; www.cincinnatilibra-ry.org. Loveland.

On Stage - Children’sTheater

Playhouse Off the Hill: BirdBrain, 6:30-9 p.m., Blue AshRecreation Center, 4433 CooperRoad, Bird Brain by Vern Thies-sen, based on story Vogelkoppby Albert Wendt. Snacks andbeverages available for pur-chase. Ages 5-99. Free. Regis-tration required. Presented byArtsWave. 745-8550. Blue Ash.

SUNDAY, APRIL 12Art & Craft ClassesLearn to Weave on a RigidHeddle Loom, 1-4 p.m., Wom-an’s Art Club Cultural Center,$60. Registration required.272-3700; www.artatthebar-n.org. Mariemont.

MONDAY, APRIL 13Exercise ClassesYoga: Align Level 1, 8:15-9:30a.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, $120 for 9 weeks unlim-ited. Register at the first class.706-9802; www.karenjohnsyo-ga.com. Mariemont.

Yoga for New Beginners, 10-11a.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, $120 for 9 weeks. Regis-ter at the first class. 706-9802;www.karenjohnsyoga.com.Mariemont.

Yoga for Teen Girls, 4-5 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, $80 for 8 weeks. Pleasecontact me to register. 706-9802;www.karenjohnsyoga.com.Mariemont.

Health / WellnessUC Health Mobile DiagnosticsMammography Screenings, 9a.m. to 1 p.m., UC Health Pri-mary Care, 9275 MontgomeryRoad, Cost varies by insurance.Financial assistance available tothose who qualify. Registrationrequired. Presented by UCHealth Mobile Diagnostics.585-8266. Montgomery.

Literary - LibrariesPreschool Storytime, 10-11a.m., Loveland Branch Library,Free. 369-4476; www.cincinnati-library.org. Loveland.

Toddler Storytime, 11 a.m. tonoon, Loveland Branch Library,

Free. 369-4476. Loveland.

TUESDAY, APRIL 14Exercise ClassesZumba Class, 7-8 p.m., HartzellUnited Methodist Church, $5.917-7475. Blue Ash.

Gentle A.M. Yoga, 7:15-8:15a.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, $120 for 9 weeks unlim-ited. Register at the first class ordrop-in. 706-9802; www.karen-johnsyoga.com. Mariemont.

Yoga: Align Level 2, 8:45-10a.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, $120 per 9 weeks unlim-ited. Register at first class ordrop-in. 706-9802; www.karen-johnsyoga.com. Mariemont.

Health / WellnessHealthy-U Chronic DiseaseSelf-Management Program,1-3:30 p.m., Madeira City Build-ing, 7141 Miami Ave., communi-ty room. 6-week course to helppeople with chronic conditionstake control of their health, feelbetter, do more, and save mon-ey on health care costs. Forseniors. Free. Reservationsrequired. Presented by MadeiraSenior Commission. 561-7228.Madeira.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15Art & Craft ClassesFAB Collective, 6-9 p.m., Wom-an’s Art Club Cultural Center,6980 Cambridge Ave., Meetingwith intent of forming monthlysocial/sharing meeting group.Group members share projects,successes and failures, upcomingshows and fiber arts classes.Ages 21-93. $25 for year. Part ofseries, meets third Wednesdays.Presented by Woman’s Art ClubFoundation. 272-3700; www.ar-tatthebarn.org. Mariemont.

Drink TastingsBurger and Beer Wednesdays,9:30 p.m. to midnight, Fifty WestBrewing Company, 834-8789;fiftywestbrew.com. ColumbiaTownship.

Literary - LibrariesMovers & Shakers, 11 a.m. tonoon, Loveland Branch Library,649 Loveland-Madeira Road,Singing, dancing and music. Forages 1-4. Free. 369-4476. Love-land.

Support GroupsAl-Anon Meeting, noon to 1p.m., Good Shepherd LutheranChurch Kenwood, Free. 947-3700. Kenwood.

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Yoga for Teen Girls is offered at the Woman’s Art Club Cultural Center, 4-5 p.m. Monday, April 6, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,Mariemont. This is an introductory class for young women grades seven to 12 to explore what yoga has to offer. Cost is $80 foreight weeks. Call 706-9802 to register; www.karenjohnsyoga.com.

APRIL 1, 2015 • NORTHEAST SUBURBAN LIFE • A5NEWS

People ask me all the time whereI get my recipes. “Do you develop

them yourself?”“Whose recipes doyou use from the foodnetwork and do youhave any favorites?”“What about recipesthat readers send. Doyou test them?”

I would say a care-ful yes to all of theabove. I develop somemyself, and I adaptsome, but not all. Asfor credit, if I know

the source, I will name it. Often-times the recipe has been passedthrough so many hands that cred-iting one person isn’t possible. Butthat’s the fun in it.

Not so much where a recipestarts, but where it continues to go.I don’t always test readers’ recipes.Just no time!

As far as food network stars, I’vecooked with more than a few. But Ihave to say our own Cincinnati foodstars/chef educators, like masterchef John Kinsella, Marilyn Harris,Debbie Goulding, Judy Walsh, ChrisHoltz and Molly Maundrell, alongwith Tim Bettinson, Bob Hess, TomKeegan and Todd Kelly, just toname a very few, hold their own,right with the most famous of chefs.And, of course, my readers don’tlack with creativity or ability.

That’s why today I’m sharing agood recipe which I enjoyed at theTrowel percent Error Garden Club’sluncheon. This chicken percent hamcordon bleu is a yummy way to usethat leftover Easter ham. MarieRobbins is one good cook!

Readers want to know:Stainless steel flatware: is it all

the same?No! At first glance, they’re all

shiny and look like they have someheft. Read packaging. What youwant is 18/10, which means 18 per-cent chromium and 10 percent nick-el.

Stainless steel is essentially ironwith more than 10 percent chromi-um. The higher the nickel content,the more protection from corrosion.Get as close to those numbers asyou can.

If you can pick a fork or spoon

up, go ahead. It will feel good inyour hand with the 18/10, not feath-erweight, and the polish will beelegant. Definitely worth the price.Polish with a bit of clear vinegar ifthey get water spots.

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is an herbalist,educator, Jungle Jim’s Eastgate culinaryprofessional and author. Find her blogonline at Abouteating.com. Email her [email protected] with“Rita’s kitchen” in the subject line. Call513-248-7130, ext. 356.

Top off chicken cordon bleuwith mimosa for brunch

Marie’s chicken cordon bleu casserole

I love garden club luncheons. They usually consistof an easy, do-ahead casserole that has stood the testof time. Like this one. Marie said make your own whitesauce if you like. She also sometimes adds sautéedmushrooms and usually bakes the chicken in a coveredcasserole.

8 oz wide egg noodles2 cups cubed cooked chicken breast8 oz. cubed cooked ham8 oz. cubed Swiss cheese10.5 oz. can reduced fat/sodium cream of chicken

soup1/2 cup 2percent milk1/2 cup light sour cream2 tablespoons butter1/3 cup seasoned bread crumbs1/4 cup grated Parmesan

Preheat oven to 350. Lightly grease or spray a9x13 pan. Cook noodles in boiling, lightly salted waterjust until cooked through but firm to the bite, about 5minutes. Drain and put in pan, top with chicken, hamand Swiss. Mix soup, milk and sour cream and spoonover noodle mixture. Melt butter over medium heatand stir in bread crumbs and Parmesan until crumbs arecoated, about 3 minutes. Sprinkle over casserole. Bakeuntil bubbling and lightly browned, about 30 minutes.Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

Tip from Marie’s kitchen: Make ahead and bringto room temperature before baking.

Tyler Florence’s mimosa

Tyler uses blood orange juice, but regular juiceworks. Chill a bottle of Prosecco. Combine about 2 cupsjuice with sugar to taste and add a couple splashes oforange liqueur. Chill. To serve, pour juice mixture inbottom of champagne flute and top with Prosecco.

Rita HeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN

THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD

Chicken cordon bleu casserole is a tasty use for leftover Easter ham.

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Loveland Herald EditorRichard [email protected], 248-7134Office hours: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-FridaySee page A2 for additional contact information.

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Cheryl PoppCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

It’s a bright late Augustday. Lines of students andtheir parents have formed atthe entrance to the neigh-borhood elementary school.All have rushed to the schoolto see the class lists for thenew school year. Parents areanxiously waiting to see whotheir child’s teacher is.

Students want to know whotheir classmates are.

These lists determine theschool environment wherechildren will live for the ensu-ing 91⁄2 months. A potentiallifetime of memories as wellas a significant impact oneach child’s journey throughschool rests within this col-umn of names.

So, how are these classesformed? Who is responsiblefor their developing them? Doparents and students have anyinfluence on their composi-tion? Are test results and pre-vious year’s academic perfor-mance have any bearing onplacement? All are legitimatequestions laden with a myriadof answers.

Although August is a sum-mer away, the formation of

next year’sclasses is un-derway inmany schoolsduring the lasttwo months ofthe currentschool year.With that inmind how arestudentsplaced into

next year’s classes?The ultimate responsibility

for student placement lieswith the school’s buildingprincipal.

The principal considersstaff input, parent requests,academic achievement, theschool’s demographics, in-structional teaching stylesand school tradition to arriveat the ultimate determinationof the next year’s classes.

If there are only one or twoclasses per grade level in thelocal school, then studentssimply move forward to thenext grade. The only ques-tions regarding class composi-tion involve student mobilityand possible school staffchanges.

If the school has a loopingor team component that in-volves a teacher following thesame class into the next gradelevel, then with few excep-tions the class is establishedfor the following year andgrade level. On the other handstudent placement in schoolswith multiple classrooms ateach grade level poses manycomplexities and protocolsthat may impact studentplacement.

As the current school yeardraws to a close and the place-ment process begins, the ad-ministrator might ask or evenrequire teachers to composesuggested class groupings orsuggestions for student place-ment. Very often this informa-tion becomes the foundationfor classes the next schoolyear.

In some schools, the ad-ministration not only asks forparent input but accepts classrequests. Sometimes thismeans a parent simply men-tions the name of a teacher tothe principal or submits theirchoice in writing. Usually, adeadline date for requests is

observed so it’s necessary thatparents are aware of it.

Student enrollment intoadvanced and special pro-grams is often contingent ontest scores, grades, and teach-er recommendations. Conse-quently, parents should be-come knowledgeable aboutprogram requirements, ex-pectations and entrance time-lines.

After the classes are estab-lished and lists published, thelocal administration maycon-sider changes, however suchalterations are the rare excep-tion and not the rule.

One of the most powerfulacts a parent can exercise fora child’s education is to choosea child’s teacher or influencethe choice made by the school.The process begins early, soparents need to become famil-iar with the school’s proce-dures for creating classes forthe new school year as soon aspossible.

Noel Taylor is a former PrincetonCity Schools administrator and aresident of Sharonville.

How are elementary studentsassigned to next year’s classes?

Noel TaylorCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

Bag the raking, and freeour time

As a working parent with abusy family of active kids, theproposed leaf-vacuum servicewould be a godsend.

The one thing we all wantmost is time, and this servicewould give us that. I wouldrather spend my fall after-noons at one of our great parksor the soccer field than point-lessly bagging my leaves. Ihope Montgomery makes theright choice!

Chris Segal Altier Montgomery

Swept up in leafvacuuming talk

I know many have beenworking very hard on trying toincorporate leaf vacuuminghere in Montgomery. Thiswould be such an improvementfor this community.

My husband grew up in

Upper Arlington, Columbus(which is always ahead of thegame as far as education, be-ing green and cost effectivemeasures) and says they hadthis service growing up and itwas so helpful to all of theresidents.

We have five huge beautifultrees in our yard which honest-ly produce an immense amountof leaves each year. Last yearwe used a total of 63 leaf bagsby the end of the season andspent most of our weekends onleaf removal. This was timethat could have been spentwith our three (soon to be four)kids enjoying the community'sactivities and parks and eachother. We have actually con-templated cutting down a cou-ple of our trees for the soulpurpose of nit having so manyleaves, which is awful.

This leaf vacuum systemworks and many communitieshave shown they are amongthe best by using it.

If we want to stay one of thebest communities in the citywe need this! It is cost effec-tive, green and will keep thesebeautiful trees of ours in ourcommunity.

Julie DiBlasi Montgomery

Would leave more timefor family

We’ve been residents ofMontgomery for thee years.When we lived in Upper Ar-lington near Columbus we hadcurbside leaf vacuum removal.It saved us a lot of time. Noneed to purchase leaf bags andpack the pile of leaves intothem. Surely something wemiss.

We love our big oak trees inour backyard, but would loveto spend less time puttingleaves in bags and more timewith our family.

Diane and Brian VanderBrink Montgomery

Image or residents first? Thank you for following the

story on leaf vacuuming - is itfor Montgomery?

Most of the other cities andtowns nearby already haveleaf vacuuming. We live in asupposedly “premier” commu-nity, but it would be too costlyfor Montgomery, and we wouldlose our recycle rewards?Seems to me that the city gov-ernment is too worried aboutoutward appearances, and notlistening to what the taxpayerswant done with our tax money.

There has been lots of re-search done to show that leafvacuuming would even becheaper for the city. I hope theCity of Montgomery rethinkstheir negative opinion of leafvacuuming.

Barbara White Montgomery

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

March 25 questionWhat Opening Day traditions

or memories do you have? Howdo you think the Reds will dothis year?

“Going to lunch and thegame with my dad every Open-ing Day for years and years.Fond memories of being withdad for the start of another

baseball season. Play ball!”C.G.

“I have gone to OpeningDay since 1971; the first Open-ing Day at Riverfront. I likegetting down there early to seethe parade. The game nowstarts at 4:15, which makesgetting home much easier dueto no rush hour traffic.

“After three playoff ap-pearances with Dusty Bakerthe Reds finished last in theirdivision in 2014 with a newmanager. They are picked lastthis year due to losing twostarting pitchers. But hopesprings eternal this time ofyear and I see their battlingfor a wild card playoff spot inSeptember. But I also have XUin the NCAA finals. Go Fig-ure!”

T.D.T.

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Former Reds outfielder George Foster rides past Washington Park in the2014 Findlay Market Opening Day Parade.

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SPORTSSPORTSHIGH SCHOOL | YOUTH | RECREATIONAL CommunityPress.com

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

Coach Hank Ray and his staffof able assistants have an abun-dance of talent surroundingthem in their pre-practice hud-dles waiting to be groomed. Syc-amore High School lost severaltalented track and field seniors,but the community often sup-plies the teams with able re-placements.

“We’ve got some pretty ath-letic kids this year,” Ray said.“We have some returners com-ing from our indoor track sea-son. I think our middle distanceboys are going to be pretty solid.Senior Adam Lucken leads thatgroup along with Ray Berling,Martin Gonzalez and Miles Me-nyhert.”

The Aves quartet had a suc-cessful indoor season in the4x800 relay and have had plentyof Greater Miami Conferencetop finishes outdoors in crosscountry and track.

In field events, pole vaulterBen Pendergast has cleared 13feet, 6 inches and was GMC sec-ond team a year ago. A big losscomes in the shot put and discuswhere Todd Lewis dominatedlast year and also in the hurdleswith John Vuotto, now at theUniversity of Cincinnati.

Both were GMC Athletes ofthe Year for league Coach of theYear Ray.

Ray has several young behe-moths ready to take a turn in thethrowing events, including statemeet wrestler and football play-er Gary Traub. Behind him areeven younger throwers who arejust a little technique away fromscoring points with regularity.

In the speed events, Ray is asconfident as ever.

“The sprints should still bestrong,” Ray said. “JeremiahHunter is one of the fastest kidsin the city, Clarence Dawson is areturner and so is Brendan Ar-cher. Jon Hedrick should alsohelp and Ra’Von Bonner will beone of our relay guys.”

The Aviators next convene ina tri-meet with Loveland andMason at Loveland High SchoolApril 2.

Although this is head coachMichael Coleman’s first year atthe helm of the Cincinnati HillsChristian Academy’s track andfield team, he brings an exten-sive track background to the ta-ble.

In addition to bringing thatexperience, he said this firstyear is about learning about thekids on the team.

“It’s kind of a fresh start foreverybody,” Coleman said. “Wehave some pieces; I’m anxiousto see how it comes together.”

The Eagles return sopho-more Adam Baker, who special-izes in the long jump. Bakerjumped 19.9 at the district meetas a freshman last season.

Coleman said he was going tobe a stud this season and “has alot of ceiling left.”

Another athlete that CHCAwill count on is sophomore BenCollado. Collado, whose dad ranin college and brothers also ranat CHCA, was part of the dis-trict-qualifying 4x100, 4x200and 4x400 relay teams.

“We’re trying to build a solidprogram, have the right kidscome out and put them in theright events,” Coleman said.

Back for year two with theMoeller track team is coach Ja-son Crockett as the Crusaderstry to improve their finish in theGreater Catholic League South.

Moeller is expected to be ledby senior distance runnersMitch Poch and Nick Mendel,junior sprinter Isaac Andrews,sophomore sprinter Cam Bu-

ford and freshman sprinter Col-in Thurman.

“They are excited to competeand motivated to work hard,”Crockett said of his team.

Andrews was part of Moell-er’s first team GCL-South 4x200relay and the second team 4x100relay. Poch and Mendel were onthe second team 4x800 relaywith senior Eddy Pappalardoand junior Matt DeWine.

The Crusaders participate in

the Middletown ShowdownApril 2 at Middletown HighSchool.

As they seek to overtakeWyoming in the Cincinnati HillsLeague, Indian Hill HighSchool’s boys track team willattack the Tomahawk Stadiumtrack with a pair of record hold-ers this spring.

Seniors Wells Coalfleet andTroy Schwab lead the Bravesalong with junior Trent Geyerand sophomores Ben Warstler

and Patrick Giroux.“Last season Wells broke the

26-year-old 400-meter recordand he and Troy made up twolegs of the school-breaking, dis-trict champion, regional medal-ist 4x400 relay,” Coach SusanSavage said. “They are a strongfoundation for a very young andtalented boys team.”

Coalfleet made CHL firstteam in the 800 meter run andsecond in the 400. His 4x400 re-lay group was second team and

4x200 group was honorablemention. Schwab had one of thebetter league times in the 400and Geyer, Warstler and Girouxare distance specialists. War-stler had the team’s best timesin the 1,600 and 3,200 meterruns.

Senior C.J. Chin is also a reli-able sprinter for the Braves.

Indian Hill hosts a meet withCincinnati Country Day April 2and participates in the MadeiraInvitational April 7.

FIRST RUN AT 2015 BOYS TRACK AND FIELD

Sycamore squad is ready to contendScott Springer and Nick RobbeCommunity Press staff

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Sycamore’s Adam Lucken is a topmiddle distance runner for the Aves.


Ben Pendergast has cleared 13 feet, 6 inches in the pole vault for Sycamore.


Ray Berling signals his favoritefinishing spot at Sycamore practice.

ATHLETES TO WATCHSycamore senior Adam

Lucken: Leads a talented Avia-tor distance pack.

Sycamore pole vaulter BenPendergast: GMC second teama yea ago.

CHCA sophomore AdamBaker: Jumped 19.9 at thedistrict meet as a freshman lastseason.

CHCA sophomore BenCollado: Was part of the dis-trict-qualifying 4x100, 4x200 and4x400 relay teams.

Moeller senior Mitch Poch:Reliable distance runner for theCrusaders.

Indian Hill seniors WellsCoalfleet and Troy Schwab:Both broke school records lastseason and are versatile runners.

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A triple distance threat for Moeller is, from left, Matt DeWine, Mitch Poch and Nick Mendel.

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Perennial distance fa-vorite Rosie Menyhertand a couple of experi-enced pole vaulters areamong the Sycamore La-dy Aves expected to suc-ceed this spring for coachHank Ray.

Vaulting veterans ToriSwart and Molly Gearinare back landing in the bigpillow after catapultingacross the bar for Syca-more. Swart made GMCsecond team a year ago.

Among the sprintersare sophomores Julia You,Bria Williams and AngelaRuffin, who join juniorsAbby Sadler and KatieVorpe and senior Lisa Ruf-fin with 4x200 and 4x400relay experience.

Junior Ali Garcia addssome middle distancedepth along with GraceLouis. Leading the chargein the long events as shehas in recent years in Me-nyhert.

“Rosie Menyhert is ourNo. 1distance runner com-ing back,” Ray said. “She’sgoing to be solid in the mileand two-mile. Grace Louisis a basketball and soccerplayer who is also runningfor us. She’ll run the mileand 800.”

As the season evolves,more Sycamore athleteswill likely shine as theychase down their annualnemesis around the oval,Mason. The Mason boysand girls have won the lastseven GMC track champi-onships.

“It’s going to be hard tofigure out who is going tofit where,” Ray said. “Wejust have to plug in somepieces that we lost lastyear. Cut and paste.”

The Middletown Show-down awaits the LadyAves on April 2.

Ursuline Academy’strack and field team seeksto build off last season’sGirls Greater CatholicLeague title. The Lions ac-cumulated 137 points inthat meet.

This season they loseCayla Carey, who won ti-tles in the 100, 200 and longjump, but it appears asthough Ursuline hasenough to remain compet-itive in the GGCL and be-yond.

“We are loaded at bothends with a lot of seniorsand freshmen,” Lionshead coach Dom Davoliosaid. “They are going to

keep us competitive, espe-cially toward the end ofthe season.”

The Lions return top in-dividuals Miranda Grigas,Colleen Johnston, GraceKelly and Christina Hall-mann. Each of those girlshas either regional or stateexperience.

Ursuline hadn’t had ameet as of March 27, soDavolio wasn’t sure if anyof his athletes are ap-proaching career or sea-son milestones. However,he did say he was expect-ing big things from histeam this season.

Similar to what he saidregarding the CHCA boystrack and field team, Mi-chael Coleman said his

first year is about gettingto know the kids he has towork with on the girls’ ros-ter.

One athlete he pointedto is sophomore MorganBradley. As a freshman atthe district meet last year,Bradley jumped four feet,10 inches in the final heatof the high jump andcleared eight feet in thepole vault.

Bradley came in sixthin the pole vault at the re-gional meet at Dayton’sWelcome Stadium.

She also tied the schoolrecord in the high jump 5feet, 2 inches at last year’sCHCA Invitational.

“She’s off to a greatstart in her high school ca-

reer,” Coleman said.The Eagles opened the

season with the CoachesClassic March 31 at McNi-cholas.

At Indian Hill, a hand-ful of veteran runners willhelp lead the chase in theCHL. Seniors Sabrina Bu-las, MacKenzie Owen, Ju-lia Sewell, Anna Renfroand junior Anna Defen-diefer are among the lead-ers for the Lady Braves.

Renfro was part of Indi-an Hill’s honorable men-tion 4x100 relay along withsophomore Karen Folz.Folz also made honorablemention in the long jump.Sewell and senior SaraSchwanekamp were onthe 4x200 relay and 4x400

relay with sophomore Sa-rah Borden joining in onthe 4x400.

“The girls team is ahard-working and com-mitted group of young la-dies,” Coach Susan Savagesaid. “Sabrina Bulas andMacKenzie Owen arelooking very good.”

Owen had some of thetop times in the league inthe 800 last year, with Bu-las in the 1,600. SophomoreSydney Miles runs the3,200.

The Lady Braves hostCCD April 2. On April 7,they appear in the Madei-ra Invitational.

Mount Notre Dame’strack team seeks improve-ment after finishing at the

bottom of the Girls Great-er Catholic League. TheCougars do return aGGCL-second team 4x100relay with juniors SophieSikora, Anna Rosenthal,Cahse Bauer and seniorCarley Kline. Sikora alsowas honorable mention inthe long jump.

Mike Sickles is the Cou-gars’ head coach.

FIRST RUN AT 2015 GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD

Sycamore appears solid with key veterans

ATHLETES TO WATCH

Sycamore seniorRosie Menyhert: Toughdistance runner who hasconsistently been a topperformer all four yearsin track and cross country.

Sycamore senior ToriSwart: Second teamGMC pole vaulter a yearago.

Ursuline senior GraceKelly: Is one of theteam’s top returningdistance runners and wasa regional finalist in the1,600 and 3,200.

Ursuline senior Chris-tina Hallmann: Madethe podium in discus inlast year’s state meet.

CHCA sophomoreMorgan Bradley:Jumped 4 feet, 10 inchesin the final heat of thehigh jump and cleared 8feet in the pole vault inthe district meet lastseason.

Indian Hill seniorsSabrina Bulas andMacKenzie Owen:Veteran distance runnershave been singled out byCoach Susan Savage fortheir preseason work.

Mount Notre Damejunior Sophie Sikora:Took GGCL honors as asprinter and jumper.

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Junior Grace Louis is excited to be running next to Sycamore senior Rosie Menyhert during an Aves practice.

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Ursuline’s Grace Kelly is oneof the team’s top returningdistance runners this season.


Senior Molly Gearin eyes the runway at Sycamore HighSchool.


Senior Tori Swart has a look of satisfaction after hitting the pitin the pole vault at Sycamore High School.

Ursuline Academyheld a college signingbreakfast for the 14 seniorathletes who have com-mitted to a school and arecontinuing their athleticendeavors in college.

The seniors recognizedwere: Mallory Bechtoldof Finneytown will playvolleyball for FairfieldUniversity in Connecti-cut; Catherine Finke ofHyde Park will run crosscountry for NorthernKentucky University;Mattina Girardot of WestChester will play soccerfor the University of Cin-cinnati; Christina Hall-mann of Loveland willparticipate in track andfield for the University ofMichigan; Jordan Holl-meyer of Sharonville willplay soccer for the Uni-versity of Cincinnati;Grace Kelly of Colerain

Township will run crosscountry and track andfield for Northwestern

University; Andrea Ken-nard of Loveland will playsoccer for Xavier Univer-

sity; Sydney Lofquist ofSharonville will swim forthe University of South-

ern California; MadisonManger of Miami Town-ship will play volleyball

for Wittenberg Univer-sity; Mikaela McGee ofMason will play soccer forOhio University; SaraRobertson of SymmesTownship will play soccerfor the University of Day-ton; Alison Schirmer ofMaineville will play bas-ketball for Malone Uni-versity; Lauren Wilkinsof Mason will play volley-ball for Columbia Univer-sity in New York City; Ab-by Williams of Lovelandwill play volleyball for theUniversity of Cincinnati

The seniors werejoined by their families,coaches, and members ofthe school administration.

Ursuline PresidentSharon Redmond spokebriefly, congratulatingthe student athletes andcommending them fortheir leadership on andoff the field.

Ursuline seniors sign to play at next level

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Ursuline seniors who have committed to play college athletics include, front row from left: Mikaela McGee, Abby Williams, SaraRobertson, Madison Manger, Catherine Finke. Back row: Andrea Kennard, Jordan Hollmeyer, Mallory Bechtold, Lauren Wilkins,Christina Hallmann, Sydney Lofquist, Grace Kelly and Alison Schirmer. Not pictured: Mattina Girardot.

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Admission to the Bilt-more Estate in North Caro-lina, tickets to the Western& Southern Open, and aSamsung Galaxy Tab 4 arejust a few of the items upfor bid at this year’s UCBlue Ash College SilentAuction and DistinguishedAwards event.

It will be held beginningat 5 p.m. with the silent

auction and reception,April 8 at the CooperCreek Event Center, at theBlue Ash Golf Course. Theevent is free and open tothe public.

The silent auction willfeature more than 50 funand unique items, withstarting bids ranging from$5 to $100. All proceedswill go toward the UC Blue

Ash Alumni AssociationScholarship Fund.

UC Blue Ash will alsohonor the following distin-guished alumni, faculty,and staff with 2015 Distin-guished Awards.

Distinguished AlumniAward - Tammy Wynn,founder/CEO of Angel’sPaws Animal Hospice;

Young Alumni Out-standing AchievementAward - Rachel Richard-son, reporter for the Cin-cinnati Enquirer;

Alumni Service Award- Mary Noel Lucy Reuter,dental hygiene alumna –honored in memoriam;

Faculty ExemplaryScholarship Award - Cyn-thia Stegeman, EdD, chairof the Dental Hygiene De-partment;

Outstanding FacultyService Award - DebraFrame, PhD, assistant pro-fessor of psychology;

Innovative TeachingAward - Sarah Cummins-

Sebree, PhD, professor ofpsychology;

Staff Rising Star Award-Alex Souders, manager ofWeb Communications.

To learn more about theUC Blue Ash College Si-lent Auction and Distin-guished Awards, go towww.uc-blueash.edu/2015awardsor call 936-1500

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This year’s UC Blue Ash Silent Auction will be held April 8 atthe Cooper Creek Event Center at the Blue Ash Golf Course.

Mercy Healthand theCincinnati Symphony Or-chestra offer free healthseminars throughout Cin-cinnati in April and May.

CSO violinist StaceyWoolley and bassistWayne Anderson join Mer-cy Health physician Dr.Stephen Wilson, who prac-tices internal and pediat-ric medicine, to provide aunique and educationallook at the relationship be-tween music and medi-cine. Together, they willexplore how the body re-

sponds to the sound of mu-sic. Light refreshmentswill be available and at-tendees will have thechance to win CSO tickets.

All seminars begin at 6p.m.

Dates and locations fol-low below:

» Tuesday, April 14, atMercy Health - FairfieldHealthPlex, Rooms A&B,3050 Mack Road, Fairfield45014

» Monday, April 20, atUrsuline Academy, BeslAuditorium, 5535 Pfeiffer

Road, Cincinnati 45242» Tuesday, April 28, at

Mercy Health - AndersonHealthPlex, Room A, 7495State Road, Cincinnati45255

» Saturday, May 9, atMusic Hall, Corbett Tow-er, 1241 Elm St., Cincinnati45202

The seminars are freebut participants must reg-ister to reserve a seat.Register online at e-mer-cy.com/calendar.aspx orcall 513-95-MERCY, pressoption 2, then option 1.

Mercy Health, Cincinnati SymphonyOrchestra offer free health seminars

AscensionLutheran ChurchA second worship service hasbeen added to Ascension’sSunday morning worshipschedule. The new 8 a.m.service is intended for thosewho would like to worship ina more contemplative way.The church offers a blendedworship at 10:15 a.m. SundaySchool, Confirmation andAdult Forum meet at 9 a.m.

Healing Christ (healing touch)Ministry is offered at 7 p.m.on the fourth Tuesday of themonth. More information onthis ministry is available at793-3288.

Women’s weekly Friday morn-ing Bible Study is at 9:30 a.m.Kids are welcome play in theplayroom. The group isreading Jessica LaGrone’snew study, “Broken and

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Blessed.”Healing Christ (healing touch)Ministry is offered on thefourth Tuesday of the monthat 7 p.m. More information isavailable at 793-3288.

The church is at 7333 PfeifferRoad, Montgomery; 793-3288;wwwascensionlutheran-church.com.

Bethel Baptist TempleAWANA children’s clubs forages 4 through ninth-grade isoffered 7-8:30 p.m. Wednes-days through May 13. Childrenenjoy games, Bible studies andstory times, singing and spe-cial theme nights.

A game night and chili cookoffis planned for the evening ofFriday, April 10. Come andenjoy group games, bring afavorite board game and joina group in some fun. Samplesome homemade chili andvote on a favorite.

Outreach is the church themefor April.

A college and career Bible

study meets at the churchevery other Monday at 7:30p.m. Call the church for de-tails.

Round Up Sunday for all thechildren’s Sunday schoolclasses meets on the firstSunday of the month for alight-hearted time of Biblestories, games, penny wars,Bible Bowl and more.

Sunday School classes are 10a.m.; Sunday worship is 11 a.m.Kings Kids, a children’s wor-ship service, is offered duringthe 11 a.m. service. Nurserycare is available.

The church is at 8501 PlainfieldRoad, Sycamore Township;891-2221; bethelbaptist-temple. org.

Blue AshPresbyterianChurchImmanuel Presbyterian Churchand Blue Ash PresbyterianChurch will combine forces toperform Gabriel Fauré’s “Re-quiem” at 7 p.m. April 17 and18. The performance is atImmanuel on April 17, 3445Clifton Ave., Cincinnati, and atBlue Ash April 18, 4309 CooperRoad. The performances willfeature the IPC Chancel Choir,the Blue Ash Chancel Choir,guest soloists and orchestra.

A free-will offering will betaken at both performances tosupport the work of Bake MeHome, a charitable organiza-tion in Hamilton County thatprovides homemade cookiesand other donations forfamilies in crisis. Their missionis to promote shared familyexperiences and volunteerismin their community. Currently,Bake Me Home serves eight-een agencies in four countiesas well as servicemen andwomen overseas.

The BAPC bowling group meetsweekly Thursdays, 10 a.m., atCrossgate Lanes.

The church is at 4309 CooperRoad; 791-1153; the church has

a Facebook page.

Church of theSaviour UnitedMethodist ChurchChildren’s Weekday Program-ming is Tuesday and Thursdaymornings and Thursday after-noon with lunch available foreither day. There is a nominalcharge and you must bringyour child’s lunch. Register onthe website (www.cos-umc.org) under “RegistrationForms.”

The church is at 8005 PfeifferRoad, Blue Ash; 791-3142;www.cos-umc.org.

Good ShepherdLutheran ChurchCelebrate Easter weekend atthe church with the followingevents and services:

Easter egg hunt at 4 p.m.Saturday, April 4, followed byWoven Worship Communionat 5 p.m.

Easter Sunday services at 8 a.m.(Traditional Communionservice); 9 a.m. (30-minuteCommunion service for fam-ilies with young children); 9:30a.m. (Contemporary Commu-nion Service); and 11 a.m.(Traditional CommunionService with special music bythe Chancel Choir and Brass).

The church is at 7701 KenwoodRoad, Kenwood; 891-1700;goodshepherd.com.

Hartzell UnitedMethodist ChurchSunday School: 9 a.m., SundayWorship Service: 10:30 a.m.,Camp Kids & Child Care: 11a.m.; youth, outreach, fellow-ship, music ministries, Biblestudies.

Seekers (The Way, the Truthand the Life) small groupmeets 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.Sundays. For more informa-tion, contact Dave and Melissaat 891-8527 extension 1.

The church is at 8999 Apple-wood Drive, Blue Ash; 891-8527; www.hartzellumc.org.

St. BarnabasEpiscopal ChurchRegular service times are 8 a.m.with spoken Eucharist and 10a.m. with Sunday School andchildcare.

Holy Week services:

Maundy Thursday, 7 p.m., April2, with Holy Eucharist andStripping of the Altar.

Good Friday, April 3. Stationsof the Cross is at Noon andGood Friday Liturgy at 7 p.m.

The Great Vigil of Easter at 7p.m., Saturday, April 4, withCelebration of Light. Recep-tion following.

Easter Celebration of theResurrection at 8 a.m. and 10a.m., Sunday, April 5. Bringbell to ring in the celebrationof the resurrection.

The church is at 10345 Montgo-mery Road, Montgomery;984-8401;www.st-barnabas.org.

SycamorePresbyterianChurchSunday worship services at 9:15a.m. and 10:45 a.m. Childcareis available at both services forinfants through age 2; Sundayschool is at 10:45 a.m. forpre-school through 12th-grade.

Additional childcare is availablefor parents in adult educationclasses: preschool and older,meet in room 113 during the9:15 a.m. service.

Check out the webcast eachSunday at 10:45 a.m.

Holy Week: Palm Sundayservices will be offered at 9:15a.m. and 10:45 a.m.; MaundyThursday service at 7 p.m.;Good Friday Family Ministries’Interactive Worship Experi-ence with dinner at 5:30 p.m..(Call church office to register.)Easter Sunday services at 9:15a.m. and 10:45 a.m.

The church will be closed theMonday after Easter, April 6.

Women’s Daffodil Luncheon is11 a.m. Saturday, April 11, inthe fellowship hall. A buffetlunch will be served. Thespeaker will be Linda Wallpeof the Southwest Ohio Daffo-dil Association. Cost is a $10ticket donation.

The church is at 11800 Mason-Montgomery Road, SymmesTownship; 683-0254;sycamorechurch.org.

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The requirements forreceiving a Clean KitchenAward are stringent. To beconsidered, facilitiesmust:

» have fewer thanthree violations in the pre-vious two years prior toapplying;

» have no “critical” orrepeat violations in theprevious two years;

» maintain at least twostaff members with level ifood handler certificationor at least one staff mem-ber with a current serv-safe certificate;

» submit applicationsalong with corresponding

documentation;» have a minimum of

two years of inspection da-ta on file with HamiltonCounty Public Health.

Inspection data for allfood service facilities andlistings for all Clean Kitch-en Award winners areavailable on the HamiltonCounty Public Healthwebsite at www.hcph.org.The Clean Kitchen Awardreflects inspection datafrom the previous twoyears and is not necessar-ily indicative of currentconditions.

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Alane S. Katzew ofMontgomery has beennamed director of pasto-ral care at Cedar VillageRetirement Communityin Mason, adding her ex-tensive musical back-ground and skills to theposition.

Katzew is guiding res-idents and their familieson spiritual issues, lead-ing worship services,teaching classes aboutreligion and Jewish mu-sic, and helping to over-see all religious program-ming. She has worked fordecades as a cantor, amember of the Jewishclergy who leads congre-gations in prayer, espe-cially with music.

“We are thrilled tohave Cantor Katzew joinour clergy team at CedarVillage,” said Sally Kor-kin, Cedar Village’s sen-ior director of communi-ty relations and outreach.“As a cantor, her musicaltalents bring a new di-mension to our religiousprogramming and ser-vices. She is awell re-spected and gifted pro-fessional in the Reformmovement and is alreadya wonderful assetto theCedar Village family.”

Katzew considers it aprivilege to be able toserve older adults. “Wecan benefit so much fromthe wisdom of seniorswho have lived throughso many world changes intheir lives. They’re liketextbooks about life inAmerica and the Jewishworld.”

From personal experi-ence, she knows the bene-

fits of Jew-ish retire-menthomes.Her moth-er andmother-in-law livedin Jewishfacilities

in California and Massa-chusetts. “It was so com-forting for me to knowthey had opportunities tocelebrate Shabbat, theholidays and other as-pects of Jewish life withthe support of Jewishclergy,” she said.

Her musical talentspresent special opportu-nities for residents. Onerecent day, she ap-proached a resident whoplays piano and asked ifshe’d like to do an im-promptu sing-a-long.They started performingvarious selections, in-cluding Jewish and Yid-dish songs. A crowd ofresidents soon gatheredaround them.

Her primary responsi-bilities are to give resi-dents the opportunity todiscuss spiritual healthissues, visit hospitalizedresidents, serve as asounding board for fam-ily members about theirloved ones and provideguidance for end-of-lifedecisions.

She oversees the Jew-ish programming at Ce-dar Village, includingworship services onShabbat and holidays forliberal Jews. Rabbi Bi-nyomin Yudin will con-tinue to lead the tradition-al services and serve as

chaplain for Cedar Vil-lage’s hospice program.

In addition, she isteaching weekly classesfocusing on religious top-ics, peppering her class-es with music. She is lead-ing the Cedar Villagebook club. She has foundresidents are eager tolearn.

“People don’t lose thecuriosity they’re bornwith,” she said. “As theyage, their hunger forlearning continues.”

Before her appoint-ment, Katzew volun-teered for two years atCedar Village by workingwith its choir directorand music therapist, JudeJones. Music has a posi-tive effect in activatingthe memories of peoplewith dementia. Now thatKatzew is on the staff,she and Jones have plansto expand the reach ofmusic within the walls ofCedar Village.

Katzew, known as “La-nie,” replaces Rabbi Ger-ry Walter, who retired.Her husband, Rabbi JanKatzew, is the director ofservice learning at He-brew Union College-Jew-ish Institute of Religionin Cincinnati.

Her career included adecade at the Union forReform Judaism, thecentral organization forReform Judaism in NorthAmerica, as the worshipand music specialist anddirector of music pro-gramming. In that role,she served as a worshipand music consultant forthe 900 Reform congre-gations in North Ameri-

ca. Cantor Katzew helped

bring Jewish sacred mu-sic into the digital age,overseeing the produc-tion of more than 9,000digital recordings of theTorah and Haftarah. Themany uses of those re-cordings include helpingBar and Bat Mitzvah stu-dents who live in smallJewish communitieslearn their Torah andHaftarah portions, an at-tempt to standardize thetrope melodies for theReform movement and apunctilious approach tothe correct pronuncia-tion and inflection of theHebrew text when recit-ing the Torah and Hafta-

rah. She served as a con-

gregational cantor formore than 20 years and aHigh Holy Days cantor atsynagogues in GreaterNew York City and be-yond. She also taught atthe Jerusalem campus ofHUC-JIR. She has coordi-nated and edited song-books as well as producedand performed on dozensof recordings and con-certs of Jewish music.

She has bachelor’s andhonorary doctorate de-grees in sacred musicfrom HUC-JIR, and hasstudied at Hebrew Uni-versity in Jerusalem andthe University of Michi-gan.

Katzew heads pastoral care at Cedar Village

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Cooper Road: Capcar Realty 11LLC to Pilgrim Reo LLC;$112,758.

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Margaretta Ave.: MonarchHomes LLC to Karr, Brandon T.;$35,000.

MONTGOMERY10291 Buxton Lane: Zicka FamilyHomes Ltd. to Stiller, David J. &Laura; $766,275.

Candlewood Circle: Vintage ClubAssociates Ltd. to Great Tradi-tions Homes, Ltd.; $169,250.

8876 Kemper Road: Moore,Thomas E. to Gavilan, Constan-tino & Ava I. Ascencio Vargas;$210,000.

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BLUE ASHIncidents/investigationsAbandonment of junked ordismantled vehicleReported at 11000 block ofLebanon Ave., Feb. 26 .

Aggravated possession ofdrugsReported at Reed HartmanHighway and Sycamore TraceCourt, Feb. 27.

Deception to obtain adangerous drug

Reported at 9400 block ofTowne Square Ave., Feb. 26.

Obstructing official businessReported at 8900 block ofCherry St., Feb. 24.

Offenses involving underageperson (possess)Reported at 5200 block ofKenridge Drive, Feb. 28.

OVIReported at 5500 block ofPfeiffer Road, March 1.

Reported at WB I275, Feb. 24.Petty theft

Reported at 4100 block of HuntRoad, March 1.

Reported at 9400 block ofKenwood Road, Feb. 24.

Reported at 6100 block of Pfeif-fer Road, March 1.

Possession of marijuana,aggravated possession ofdrugs, possession of drugs,possessing drug abuseinstruments, illegal use orpossession of drugparaphernalia, obstructingofficial business

Reported at NB I71, Feb. 27.Possession of marijuana,possession of marijuanaparaphernaliaReported at Mohler Road andCooper Road, Feb. 26.

Reported at Hunt Road andRaven Lane, March 2.

RunawayReported at 4300 block of VillaDrive, Feb. 27.

TheftReported at 4100 block of HuntRoad, Feb. 27.

SYCAMORE TOWNSHIPIncidents/investigationsArsonReported on 8400 block ofBeech Ave., Feb. 26.

AssaultReported on 8000 block ofMontgomery Road, Feb. 26.

BurglaryReported at 6500 block ofMichael Drive, March 2.

Misuse of credit cardReported on 5200 block ofKugler Mill Road, Feb. 28.

Theft$69,300 in currency removedfrom 7700 block of Montgo-mery Road, Feb. 25.

Reported on 7800 block ofMontgomery Road, Feb. 24.

Bag and contents valued at $800removed from 8000 block of

Hetz Drive, Feb. 8.Ratchet set removed from 4100block of Kugler Mill Road, Feb.26

Frames valued at $2,450 re-moved from 7800 block ofMontgomery Road, Feb. 27.

Wheelchair removed from 7800block of Montgomery Road,Feb. 27.

Battery valued at $2,000 re-moved from 4000 block of E.Galbraith Road, March 2.

SYMMES TOWNSHIPIncidents/investigationsAssaultVictim bit at 9500 block ofMangham Drive, Feb. 26.

TheftReported on 11000 block ofMontgomery Road, Feb. 25.

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To contact your local police department: » Blue Ash, 745-8573 » Montgomery, 985-1600 » Sycamore Township, 774-6351 or 683-3444» Symmes Township, 774-6351 or 683-3444

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4105 Jud Drive: Morris, Martin &Kathleen Reinmann to Love,Daniel R.; $115,500.

11970 Second Ave.: Williams,Ward to Riesenberg, Hannah Z.;$68,500.

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