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INDIAN HILL — Students atIndian Hill Elementary Schoolare bringing creative thoughtto life. With a new 3D printer,the students can visualize andcreate anything ranging fromthe Eiffel Tower to the Taj Ma-hal.

“We want to introduce stu-dents to design thinking,” saidMark Richardson, a technol-ogy facilitator for the school.“You can take a creative ideafrom your mind and get a realworld product.”

The school bought the 3Dprinter last year through a do-nation from the Indian HillFoundation and the DorothyKoch Family Foundation. Theprinter cost about $1,500.

Students in the school’sComputer Club have primarilybeen using the printer, but Be-tsy Henning, a gifted interven-tion specialist at the school,said the printer is also being in-

tegrated into Science, Technol-ogy, Engineering and Math orSTEM programming.

“(It) teaches kids the idea ofscale and the precision of

mathematics,” Henning said.“It’s a great tool.”

Richardson said students

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Among the items students have created using Indian Hill Elementary School's 3d printer are a plastic model ofthe Eiffel Tower.

33--DD printerbrings creativity to life

By Forrest [email protected]

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Mark Richardson, a technology facilitator at Indian Hill ElementarySchool, said the school's 3D printer, shown at left, allows students totake an idea and create a solid image.

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Sycamore Township Fire De-partment hopes to save taxpay-ers money by increasing thefees billed to insurance compa-nies for services related to theEMS.

For runs identified as ad-vanced life support and basiclife support, the bill will in-crease by $350. The fee for anALS service run jumps from$900 to $1,250. An ALS run in-cludes giving a patient medica-tions or heart monitoring, forexample. A BLS run does not re-quire medication. The fee forBLS run goes up from $550 to$900.

Escalating costs for medica-tions and supplies are the pri-mary reasons behind the in-crease. The fees were last in-creased in 2012

Chief Rob Penny emphasizedthat the majority of townshipresidents who require EMS ser-vice are on Medicare. The maxi-mum he can bill Medicare for anEMS transport is $585. Medi-care will pay 80 percent of thebill, he said. If the patient hassupplemental insurance, thenthe township’s billing company,

Medi Account, will bill supple-mental for the difference. Resi-dents are never billed, he said.

The per-mile rate also in-creased from $14 per mile to $22per mile. The increases wereapproved by the SycamoreTownship Board of Trusteesduring the Jan. 15 meeting.

With these increases, Pennysaid that he hopes to recoup$50,000 to $100,000 per year.What he expects will happen, isthat he will have a higher write-off which represents theamount of the bill that doesn’tget paid.

In 2014 the township billed

Sycamore trusteesapprove billingincrease for EMS By Sheila [email protected]

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Sycamore Township is increasingfees billed to insurance companiesfor EMS services.

See FIRE , Page A2

The creating and manage-ment of Madeira’s historic dis-trict is moving forward.

Madeira City Council had thefirst reading for the ordinancethat will establish the MadeiraHistoric District and create theMadeira Historical Preserva-tion Commission, which willoversee it, at its meeting Feb. 9.

The ordinance will have to gothrough two more readings ofcouncil before it is approved.Council tabled the ordinance atits last meeting so it could be re-viewed by the Law and SafetyCommittee.

The committee clarified thedistrict will be called the Madei-ra Historic District.

“The name allows for a clearand concise idea that it includesnot only the Hosbrook andMuchmore houses but the traindepot as well,” said Council-woman Traci Theis, chair of thecommittee.

Residents Todd Woellner andDoug Oppenheimer, who wereboth helped Issue 13 get on theballot, have taken issue with thedistrict’s name.

“When the city received theproperty from Miss (Cleo) Hos-brook, she asked that the names

Madeira historicdistrict ordinancemoving forward By Marika [email protected]

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can go to an online sitethat has a variety of 3Dfiles. Once the design isinput into the printer, aplastic called ABS is fedthrough a nozzle thatmelts the plastic and slow-ly overlays the plastic lay-er by layer until a 3D im-age is created.

Items the students

have created range froman owl to an image ofPresident Abraham Lin-coln’s face.

“I used it for a creationmy mom wanted of the TajMahal and a basketballhoop for myself,” saidfourth-grader PranavRastogi, who is a memberof the school’s ComputerClub.

Students have alsoused it for creating practi-cal items.

Henning said one stu-

dent’s father was con-stantly losing change, sothe student created a coinholder for him using theprinter.

“We’re always lookingfor ways to integrate tech-nology into the class-room,” Henning said.

Richardson agreed.“You’re trying to mim-

ic the engineer’s designprocess,” he said. “insteadof just writing a solution,students are designing it.”

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over $1.4 million for EMSruns and received nearly$650,000 as a result of thebilling. The remaining

amount was written off.By increasing the bill-

ing amount, Penny saidthat he hopes that thetownship will recoupmore than it loses.

“We’re not getting richover that,” he said. “We’retrying to get ahead of it.”

Board of Trustees VicePresident Cliff Bishopnoted that recovering ex-penses and increases insupplies is how the town-ship maintains a high lev-el of service without hav-ing to raise taxes.

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brook Historic District.“It is important that

our community honor theHosbrook name. If itwere not for Miss Hos-brook, our communitywould not have a historicdistrict. It was her fore-sight in gifting her prop-erty that the area wouldbe place of learning aboutMadeira history for gen-erations to come,” Oppen-heimer’s letter read.

Council did not discussthe name of the districtfurther.

However, council didchoice a property man-agement and leasingagency for the threeproperties that will be inthe district.

Hosbrook and Muchmorebe used in any designa-tion of the area,” Woell-ner said at the meeting,referring to Cleo Hos-brook’s 1989 letter thatdeeded the properties tothe city.

Oppenheimer wrote ina letter to council re-questing the district becalled The Cleo J. Hos-

Councilwoman NancySpencer made a motionfor the city to go into fur-ther talks with NorthRidge Realty Group. Itpassed 6-1, with Council-man Rob Steier votingagainst it.

“North Ridge seemedto deal with smaller re-tail/restaurant type busi-nesses and not the big-box realty. It felt like theyhad more experienceworking in this type ofproperty,” Spencer said.

She made the samemotion at the last meet-ing, based on the sugges-tion of the Economic De-velopment Committee.The motion failed 2-5 andthe city decided to talk

with North Ridge and On-Site Retail Group.

City Manager TomMoeller said neither agen-cy had an issue with thegoals for the properties theEconomic DevelopmentCommittee outlined, theonly difference was in howthe agencies would becompensated.

For evaluating what themarket rent for the threeproperties should be,North Ridge would charge$1,000 per property andOnSite would charge$2,000 per property, or$5,000 for all three. Forproperty management ser-vices, North Ridge wouldcharge $125 an hour withno minimum amount ofservice requirement andOnsite would charge 10percent of the monthlylease amount.

For negotiating a newlease with the existing ten-ants, North Ridge wouldcharge 6 percent of thelease amount and OnSitewould charge 4 percent ofthe lease amount if a bro-ker was not involved and 6percent if one was.

Moeller said he wouldcontact North Ridge andstart working on a con-tract.

Want to know more about whatis happening in Madeira?Follow Marika Lee on Twitter:@ReporterMarika

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The ordinance creating the Madeira Historic District made itpast its first reading of council.

Free info session onbachelor’s degreeprogram at UC BlueAsh

You can learn moreabout the Applied Admini-stration bachelor’s degreeprogram at UC Blue AshCollege during a free in-formation session from5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tues-day, Feb. 24, in WaltersHall, Room 100 on the col-lege campus.

The Applied Admini-stration program is de-signed for students or pro-fessionals who have an as-

sociate degree in an ap-plied or technical field.The program providesstudents with the skillsthat are often needed toadvance into a leadershiprole.

The session offers thechance to meet with pro-fessors and recent gradu-ates to learn more aboutscheduling options,courses, and how moststudents are able to enterthe program as a junior,without losing any pastcredits.

Space is limited. Regis-ter at www.uc-

blueash.edu/appliedad-min. Those who need in-formation can also send anemail to [email protected]. The AppliedAdministration bachelor’sdegree is also offered atUC Clermont College.

IHHS After Promfundraisingweekend March 6-7

Indian Hill High Schoolwill host a weekend of funevents to raise money forAfter Prom.

On Friday, March 6, theIndian Hill community is

invited to Tomahawk Sta-dium to see the annualPowder Puff FootballGame as the senior girlstake on the junior girls.

Halftime will featureperformances by IndianHill primary and elemen-tary students, as well as aroutine by junior and sen-ior “cheerleaders.”

The Odd CouplesDance is Saturday, March7. This is where junior andsenior guys have thechance to take theirmoms, and girls take theirdads out for dancing.

All proceeds benefit

After Prom.

Madeira holdingkindergartenregistration

Madeira School Dis-trict is holding kindergar-ten registrations at Ma-deira Elementary SchoolMonday, Feb. 23, and Tues-day, Feb. 24.

If your child will be 5years old on or beforeSept. 30, 2015, he/she is eli-gible to enter kindergar-ten.

Visit madeiracityschools.org to download a

registration packet, thencall513-985-6080, to sched-ule an appointment.

Sycamore Trusteesapprove salaryincreases for staff

The staff and adminis-trators for SycamoreTownship received raisesfor 2015 of about 2.5 per-cent. Maintenance staffworkers received a higherincrease based on merit,according to Administra-tor Greg Bickford. Thecost of the increases isabout $27,500, he said.

BRIEFLY

La Soupe will be stay-ing in the Madeira TrainDepot at least until the endof April.

Madeira city councilapproved extending thesublease agreement be-tween radio personalityBill Cunningham and LaSoupe owner SuzyDeYoung until April 30 aslong as all parties agreed.

DeYoung was at thecouncil meeting Jan. 12when the motion wasmade and said she ap-

proved it. City ManagerTom Moeller said Feb. 9that Cunningham alsoagreed.

The city owns the depotand leases it to Cunning-ham. He ran his restau-rant, Root Beer Junction,out of it until it closed inNovember. He has sincebeen subleasing the prop-erty to DeYoung.

“It’s running greatright now, it’s doing itsthing and it’s doing itwell,” DeYoung said. Shehas been using the depotas a pickup location forher main restaurant in

Newtown.No food is made at the

Madeira location.DeYoung said she does nothave the license to makefood there and changeswould need to be made tothe inside for her to.

“But I don’t want to puta lot of time into it if it isgoing to be gone in twomonths,” DeYoung said.Council approved thesublease through the endof January before themost recent extension.

Councilman Tom Ash-more made the motion toextend it to April, instead

of a month-long extension.The depot’s future is

still uncertain beyondApril. Cunningham stillhas the lease until 2018.The city is also looking fora leasing and propertymanagement agency tooversee the depot and thehistoric houses, which willbe part of the Madeira His-toric District if the ordi-nance is approved bycouncil.

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

La Soupe is staying in depot through April By Marika [email protected]

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Columbia Township hasthrown its support – andsome money – behind acampaign to develop a“natural playscape park”at a Catholic Montessorischool that would be opento the surrounding Madi-son Place neighborhoodoutside school hours.

The Good ShepherdCatholic Montessori at4460 Berwick St. now isasking the community fordonations to help pay forthe $98,000 playscapepark to include:

» circular and windingpaths for walking, runningand cycling;

» a water componentfor play;

» a fort;» a slide;» sandboxes;» plants to touch;» mature trees for

shade and» seating areas.“Free and unstructured

play in nature is essentialto the healthy develop-ment of all children,” saidDan Teller, principal ofThe Good ShepherdCatholic Montessori in Co-lumbia Township.

“In a natural playscape,children of all ages can ex-plore, meet friends, imag-ine, run, jump and climb,create artwork, build fortsand discover nature on adaily basis.”

Columbia Townshipwill contribute $18,260 forthe playscape park, saidtownship AdministratorMichael Lemon.

The township has justone park: Muchmore Parkat Muchmore and WaltonCreek roads.

“The township has beeninterested in developingadditional park space inthe community for years

and this project presenteda great opportunity for theresidents of ColumbiaTownship to utilize thepark when the school is notin session,” Lemon said.

“Rather than purchas-ing a parcel of land, pur-chasing equipment anddeveloping it, this invest-ment provides the samebenefits at a fraction of thecost to the township whilethe school gains a new playarea for its students to useexclusively during schoolhours.”

Some 200 students inpreschool through eighth-grade attend The Good

Shepherd Catholic Mon-tessori, which is affiliatedwith the Archdiocese ofCincinnati, but receives noarchdiocesan or parishfunding.

Like Columbia Town-ship, the Catholic Montes-sori plans to contributeabout 20 percent of thefunding for the park.

The school is seekinggrants and donations forthe remaining 60 percent.

Teller said The GoodShepherd Catholic Mon-tessori wants to breakground in June for theplayscape park and to de-velop as much of the parkover the summer as fundsallow.

The park will be com-pleted no later than sum-

mer 2016, Teller said.Plans are to fence in the

new playscape park, but toprovide direct access to aplayground and open fieldalready at The Good Shep-herd Catholic Montessori.

Teller said the CatholicMontessori’s neighborslong have enjoyed theschool property, and thatthey have done it with theschool’s blessing.

“Parents gather onbenches under our largetrees in the evenings (and)on weekends and in sum-mer months as their chil-dren play on our play set,”Teller said.

Follow me on Twitter @jean-nehouck.

School seeks donations for Columbia Twp. playscapeBy Jeanne [email protected]

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Here's a schematic of the "natural playscape park" that TheGood Shepherd Catholic Montessori wants to develop onsiteat 4460 Berwick St. in Columbia Township.

UC Blue Ash College re-leased the new UC BlueAsh Parent & Family Cal-endar and added new in-formation on its websitededicated to family mem-bers of students. CadyShort-Thompson, dean ofUC Blue Ash, also sendsregular emails to parentswith news and updates.

The vehicles provide in-formation on topics, in-cluding how to apply for fi-

nancial aid; how to preparefor courses; tips for study-ing; details about free aca-demic support services;dates forevents; and dead-lines regarding financialaid, registration and grad-uation.

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SCHOOLSSCHOOLSACHIEVEMENTS | NEWS | ACTIVITIES | HONORS CommunityPress.com

SUBURBANLIFEEditor: Richard Maloney, [email protected], 248-7134

Amity Elementary

» At Amity Elementary inDeer Park Community CitySchool District, the Girls on theRun program has the support ofthe students, staff, and parents.This fall, twice a week, 12 girlsran full speed at every practice.Even though the running por-tion of the practices was noteasy, you never heard one girlcomplain. Instead, the girlswere laughing and shoutingwords of encouragement toeach other.

Amity Elementary broughtin the Girls on the Run programbecause of its strong history ofsupporting young girls’ minds,bodies, and spirits in healthy,positive ways. Girls on the Runis a transformational learningprogram for 8- to 13-year-oldgirls. As the website states, theprogram inspires girls to bejoyful, healthy, and confidentusing a fun, experience-basedcurriculum that creativelyintegrates running. Lessonsprovide girls with the tools tomake positive decisions and toavoid risky adolescent behav-iors. The program culminateswith the girls being physicallyand emotionally prepared tocomplete a celebratory 5k run-ning event. The goal of theprogram is to unleash confi-dence through accomplishmentwhile establishing a lifetimeappreciation of health and fit-ness.

The Amity coaches honoredthe Girls on the Run goal byspending part of practice work-ing on self-esteem lessons withthe girls. Over the course of 10weeks, the coaches worked thegirls up to the 5k event, evenrunning a practice 5k to showthe runners they are capable ofrunning or walking the full 3.10miles.

At the end of the fall pro-gram, Amity students NatalieVan Luite, Ciarah Taylor, GracePark, Grace Lyons, MahalaHenderson, London Nolan,Sarah Heiob, Layla Maloney,Loralye Storer, Audrey (Elise)Brewster, Maddy Drennan, andKylie McCormick all completedthe 5k fun run. It goes withoutsaying that coaches Paula Den-nis, Lindsey Kroeger, and Kel-sey Green were instrumental totheir success.

The Deer Park Board ofEducation will recognize theteam at the Dec. 17 board meet-ing in the Howard Building (7p.m.).

St. Vincent Ferrer School» St. Vincent Ferrer Kinder-

gartners, along with theirteacher, Mikki Dunkley, cele-brated the 100th day of school.

The kindergartners madehats to show the number 100.Each student contributed to asnack mix made up of 100pieces of food from each child.Students listed 100 words theyknew, and each child made abook called “100 Days Smart-er!” which shows how eachstudent has grown and howmuch they have learned sincethe first day of school.

The kindergartners enjoyedcounting by 1s and 10s, snack-ing, and learning about 100 allday long.

Ursuline Academy» Ursuline Academy has

announced the newly inductedmembers of the Ursuline chap-ter of Sociedad Honoraria His-pánica (Spanish Honor Society).The mission of the SociedadHonoraria Hispánica is to rec-ognize high school achievementin Spanish and Portuguese andto promote interest in Hispanicand Luso-Brazilian studies.

Members were inducted Jan.29, in a ceremony led by theorganization’s co-presidents,Farida Eid ‘15 of Mason and

Madilyn Kimmel ‘15 of Goshen,along with the moderator andmember of Ursuline’s WorldLanguage Faculty, Ms. BlancaRisdon.

The newly inducted mem-bers are Lillian Baldwin ‘16 ofMount Lookout, Sabrina Barber‘16 of Mason, Tess Bellamy ‘15of Symmes Township, CelesteBorgemenke ‘16 of Mason,

Abigail Bush ‘16 of West Ches-ter Township, Lindsey Clem-mons ‘16 of Deerfield Township,Claire Cummings ‘16 ofSymmes Township, Maya David‘16 of Batavia, Anna DeBrunner‘16 of Deerfield Township, Sa-rah Doyle ‘16 of Hyde Park,Kavya Hiryur ‘16 of BeckettRidge, Emily Kronenberger ‘16of Kenwood, Sarah Locaputo ‘16

of Liberty Township, MaileyLorio ‘15 of Miami Township,Elizabeth Lotterer ‘16 of Beck-ett Ridge, Megan McShane ‘16of Deerfield Township, AlisonMcNamara-Marsland ‘16 ofSycamore Township, AbigailMorton ‘16 of Loveland, AveryNaylor ‘16 of Montgomery,Anjali Nelson ‘16 of DeerfieldTownship, Anna Noschang ‘16

of Deerfield Township, IsabellaProietti ‘16 of Hyde Park, GraceReilly ‘16 of Hyde Park, Mada-line Rinaldi ‘16 of Blue Ash,Elysia Ruiz ‘16 of Mason, GraceSchlaack ‘16 of Sharonville,Nisha Shabbir ‘16 of Mason,Olivia Schappacher ‘16 of Love-land, Alyssa Steller ‘16 of Ham-ilton Township, and CarlyeSweeney ‘16 of Hyde Park.

SCHOOLS NOTEBOOK

PROVIDED

At the end of the Deer Park Girls on the Run fall program, Amity Elementary students Natalie Van Luite, Ciarah Taylor, Grace Park, Grace Lyons, MahalaHenderson, London Nolan, Sarah Heiob, Layla Maloney, Loralye Storer, Audrey (Elise) Brewster, Maddy Drennan, and Kylie McCormick celebratecompleting the 5k fun run.

THANKS TO ANN FALCI

St. Vincent Ferrer Kindergarteners celebrate the 100th day of school by stacking 100 cups in their classroom. Fromleft: Ada Rohrkemper, Rylynn Davis, Elijah Eastin, Patrick Everly and Kaitlin Dressel.

THANKS TO ANN FALCI

St. Vincent Ferrer KindergartnerMax Boeddeker works on a class listof 100 words to celebrate the 100thday of school.

PROVIDED

Ursuline students newly inducted in Sociedad Honoraria Hispanica.

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THURSDAY, FEB. 19Art & Craft ClassesOpen Studio Oils with ChuckMarshall, 9:30 a.m. to noon,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,Tack Room. Bring current projectfor assessment and help; still lifesetups available. Ages 18 and up.$25. 404-3161. Mariemont.

Art ExhibitsMy Father’s World, 9 a.m. to 6p.m., River Hills Christian Church,6300 Price Road, Miami Town-ship area photographic artistJackson Sawyer displays selec-tions of his photography. 677-7600. Loveland.

Woman’s Art Club of Cincin-nati Signature MemberExhibition, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,The Barn. View and acquireworks by women who haveachieved Signature Statusthrough juried process. Free.Presented by The Woman’s ArtClub of Cincinnati. Through Feb.22. 272-3700; www.artatthe-barn.org. Mariemont.

Exercise ClassesZumba Class, 7-8 p.m., HartzellUnited Methodist Church, 8999Applewood Drive, $5. Presentedby Zumba with Ashley. ThroughJuly 16. 917-7475. Blue Ash.

Home & GardenDesigning Hot Kitchens andCool Baths, 6:30-8 p.m., Neal’sDesign Remodel, 7770 E. Kem-per Road, Project consultantsand designers discuss trends inkitchen and bath design. Lightfare provided. Ages 18 and up.Free. 489-7700; neals.com.Sharonville.

On Stage - ComedyAdam Cayton-Holland, 8 p.m.,Go Bananas Comedy Club, 8410Market Place Lane, $8-$14.984-9288; www.gobananasco-medy.com. Montgomery.

FRIDAY, FEB. 20Art ExhibitsMy Father’s World, 9 a.m. to 6p.m., River Hills Christian Church,677-7600. Loveland.

Woman’s Art Club of Cincin-nati Signature MemberExhibition, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, Free. 272-3700; www.ar-tatthebarn.org. Mariemont.

Dining EventsHartzell United MethodistChurch Fish Fry, 4-7 p.m.,Hartzell United MethodistChurch, 8999 Applewood Drive,All-you-can-eat. Atlantic cod,dipped in batter and deep friedto golden brown with home-made tartar sauce provided.Dinners come with sides ofhomemade macaroni and cheeseand coleslaw, complementedwith breads and beverages.Desserts. Also offered: two-piecegrilled chicken breast, shrimpbasket dinner or two-piececheese pizza dinner. $10, $5 ages6-10, free ages 5 and under.Carry-out fish sandwich: $5.Through April 3. 891-8527, ext. 1.Blue Ash.

NatureParent Outdoor Class, 8:30-10a.m., Children’s Meeting HouseMontessori School, 927 O’Ban-nonville Road, Program forparents to experience outdoors.School’s naturalist guides par-ents as they explore gardens,trails and other natural features.Young children welcome to join.Free. 683-4757. Loveland.

On Stage - ComedyAdam Cayton-Holland, 8 p.m.10:30 p.m., Go Bananas ComedyClub, $8-$14. 984-9288; www.go-bananascomedy.com. Montgo-mery.

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

SATURDAY, FEB. 21Art ExhibitsMy Father’s World, 9 a.m. to 6

p.m., River Hills Christian Church,677-7600. Loveland.

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

Cooking ClassesShun Cutlery Event with BobHess, noon to 4 p.m., Cooks’Wares, 11344 Montgomery Road,Free. 489-6400. Symmes Town-ship.

Exercise ClassesTai Chi Class Yang 37 ShortForm, 4-5 p.m., Yoga Fit Bou-tique, 10776 Montgomery Road,With Master Jerome Cook. Ages16-99. $20. Registration required.237-5330; www.want2gofit.com.Sycamore Township.

Home & GardenDesigning Hot Kitchens andCool Baths, 10-11:30 a.m., Neal’sDesign Remodel, Free. 489-7700;neals.com. Sharonville.

Music - RockJeff Workman CD ReleaseParty, 7-11:30 p.m., MVP SportsBar & Grille, 6923 PlainfieldRoad, With the Infinity Ball andMagic Jackson. Ages 18 and up.$10. 794-1400. Silverton.

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

On Stage - ComedyAdam Cayton-Holland, 8 p.m.,10:30 p.m., Go Bananas ComedyClub, $8-$14. 984-9288; www.go-bananascomedy.com. Montgo-mery.

Support GroupsOhio Birthparent Group Meet-ing, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.,Blue Ash Branch Library, 4911Cooper Road, Closed group forbirthparents only that provides asafe space for you to shareadoption experiences withothers who understand thislife-long journey. Free. Present-ed by Ohio Birthparent Group.312-0384; ohiobirthparents.org.Blue Ash.

SUNDAY, FEB. 22Art ExhibitsMy Father’s World, 9 a.m. to 1p.m., River Hills Christian Church,677-7600. Loveland.

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

Music - ClassicalBlue Ash Montgomery Sym-phony Orchestra, 7-9 p.m.,Sycamore Junior High School,5757 Cooper Road, Auditorium.From the Top IV featuringvarious winners of WonnellMemorial Young Artist ConcertoCompetition. Free. Presented byBlue Ash/Montgomery Sympho-ny Orchestra. 549-2197;www.bamso.org. Montgomery.

On Stage - ComedyAdam Cayton-Holland, 8 p.m.,Go Bananas Comedy Club,$8-$14. 984-9288; www.gobana-nascomedy.com. Montgomery.

MONDAY, FEB. 23Art & Craft ClassesLearn to Weave a BalancedWeave Scarf, 9 a.m. to 3:30p.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,Explore rigid heddle loomweaving. Yarn included. Loomrental available. Ages 14-92. $75.Reservations required. Presentedby FAB intructor Nancy Niemey-er. 272-3700; www.measured-

threads.com. Mariemont.

Cooking ClassesVegan Kids and Happy Chickswith Jessica Bechtel, JanaDouglass and Caleb, 6:30-9p.m., Cooks’ Wares, 11344 Mont-gomery Road, $40. Reservationsrequired. 489-6400. SymmesTownship.

Literary - LibrariesPreschool Storytime, 10-11 a.m.,Loveland Branch Library, 649Loveland-Madeira Road, Enjoybooks, songs, activities, craftsand more, while building earlyliteracy skills. For preschoolersand their caregivers. Ages 3-6.Free. 369-4476; www.cincinnati-library.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.

Monday Night Crafts, 6 p.m.,Loveland Branch Library, 649Loveland-Madeira Road, Free.369-4476. Loveland.

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

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

Home & GardenBotanica Monthly Classes, 6-8p.m. Theme: Permanent Botan-ical Spring Bulb Garden., Botan-ica, 9581 Fields Ertel Road,Design class. Stay after to createyour own arrangement withhelp of instructor. Free. Regis-tration required. 697-9484;www.botanicacincinnati.com.Loveland.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 25Art & Craft ClassesCostumed Portrait Paintingand Drawing Class, 12:30 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,Students have opportunity towork from costumed model ateach class. Class focuses on studyof values, color temperature,composition, painting anddrawing techniques. $210 persession, plus $30 modeling feeper session. Registration re-quired. 259-9302; www.deb-orahridgley.com. Mariemont.

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

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

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

SchoolsCoffee Social with Casey,9:30-11 a.m., Children’s MeetingHouse Montessori School, 927O’Bannonville Road, Parents ofpreschoolers learn about Mon-

tessori philosophy, tour eight-acre campus and visit classrooms.Free. 683-4757. 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, FEB. 26Art & Craft ClassesOpen Studio Oils with ChuckMarshall, 9:30 a.m. to noon,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, $25. 404-3161. Marie-mont.

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

Cooking ClassesAll About Chicken - Lunch andLearn with Ilene Ross, 11 a.m.to 1 p.m., Cooks’ Wares, 11344Montgomery Road, $40. Reser-vations required. 489-6400.Symmes Township.

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

Health / WellnessThe Emotionally Absent Moth-er, 10 a.m. to noon Weeklythrough April 2., MontgomeryCommunity Church, 11251 Mont-gomery Road, Six-week coursefor women who have missedmothering in their lives, whethertheir mother is deceased orliving. Ages 18 and up. $30.Registration required. Presentedby Motherless Daughters Minis-try. 378-6028; www.motherless-daughtersministry.com. Montgo-mery.

Literary - LibrariesTeen Craft, 6 p.m., LovelandBranch Library, 649 Loveland-Madeira Road, Free. 369-4476.Loveland.

FRIDAY, FEB. 27Dining EventsHartzell United MethodistChurch Fish Fry, 4-7 p.m.,Hartzell United Methodist

Church, $10, $5 ages 6-10, freeages 5 and under. Carry-out fishsandwich: $5. 891-8527, ext. 1.Blue Ash.

FilmsFinal Friday Flix Film Series,7-10 p.m., Terwilliger’s Lodge,10520 Deerfield Road, $5. Reser-vations required. Presented byMontgomery Arts Commission.891-2424; www.montgomeryo-hio.org. Montgomery.

NatureParent Outdoor Class, 8:30-10a.m., Children’s Meeting HouseMontessori School, Free. 683-4757. Loveland.

On Stage - TheaterLaughter on the 23rd Floor, byNeil Simon, 7:30-9:30 p.m.Contains adult language., Tem-ple Sholom, 3100 Longmeadow,Frisch Hall. Fast-paced show ofone-liners and physical gagsexamines communal world of1953 television comedy writing.Based on Simon’s own experi-ence as a writer for Sid Caesar’slegendary Your Show of Showsduring TV’s golden age of com-edy. Ages 18 and up. BenefitsTemple Sholom, Valley Interfaithand Tikva Center. Free. Dona-tions (cash or check) accepted, aswell as new clothing for chil-dren. Reservations recom-mended.791-1330, ext. 105;www.eventbrite.com. AmberleyVillage.

RecreationTGIF at Kids First, 6-10 p.m.,Kids First Sports Center, 7900 E.Kemper Road, Pizza, indoorswimming and night-time snack.$30, $20 each additional child.Reservations required. 489-7575.Sycamore Township.

SATURDAY, FEB. 28Cooking ClassesQuick and Easy: Pizza with JoeWestfall, noon to 1 p.m., Cooks’Wares, 11344 Montgomery Road,$20. Reservations required.489-6400. Symmes Township.

Exercise ClassesTai Chi Class Yang 37 ShortForm, 4-5 p.m., Yoga Fit Bou-tique, $20. Registration required.237-5330; www.want2gofit.com.Sycamore Township.

FilmsCincinnati ReelAbilities FilmFestival Film Screening,1:30-3:30 p.m., Kenwood Thea-tre, 7815 Kenwood Road, JoinKevin Pearce for film screeningevent. Benefits Living Arrange-

ments for the DevelopmentallyDisabled. $10. Presented byLiving Arrangements for theDevelopmentally Disabled.861-5233; www.cincyra.org.Kenwood.

Literary - LibrariesGeocaching: A Modern DayTreasure Hunt, 2-4 p.m., Love-land Branch Library, 649 Love-land-Madeira Road, Gary Huntexplains what geocaching is andhow to use it to explore Cincin-nati. Free. 369-4476; www.cin-cinnatilibrary.org. Loveland.

On Stage - Children’sTheater

Chip and the Munks, 11 a.m., 1p.m., UC Blue Ash College MuntzTheater, 9555 Plainfield Road,Muntz Theater. Touring nation-ally as a solo artist or with hisband â€œThe Munks,â€ ChipRichter’s performances are filledwith his gentle spirit, pleasantand winsome style, and anunmistakable connection withfamily audiences. $7. Presentedby ARTrageous Saturdays. 745-5705; ucblueash.edu/artrageous.Blue Ash.

On Stage - TheaterLaughter on the 23rd Floor, byNeil Simon, 7:30-9:30 p.m.Contains adult language., Tem-ple Sholom, Free. Donations(cash or check) accepted, as wellas new clothing for children.Reservations recommended.791-1330, ext. 105; www.event-brite.com. Amberley Village.

MONDAY, MARCH 2Art & Craft ClassesIntroduction to Knitting theGaptastic Cowl, 9:30-11:30a.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,Skills learned: knit, purl, cast on,knitting on circular needles, castoff, swatching, understandinggauge and stitch count andbeginning pattern reading. Ages20-93. $120 for six sessions.Registration required. Presentedby Woman’s Art Club Founda-tion. 272-3700; www.artatthe-barn.org. Mariemont.

Music - ClassicalLinton Music: The LegendaryLeon Fleisher Returns, 7:30p.m., Congregation Beth Adam,10001 Loveland-Madeira Road,Leon Fleisher, piano. JaimeLaredo, violin. Ida Kavafian,violin. Sharon Robinson, cello.Dwight Parry, oboe. $30. Pre-sented by Linton Music. 381-6868; lintonmusic.org. Loveland.

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Hartzell United Methodist Church Fish Fry is 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 20, 8999 ApplewoodDrive, Blue Ash. Dinner includes all-you-can-eat Atlantic cod, dipped in batter and deep fried togolden brown with homemade tartar sauce provided. Dinners come with sides of homemademacaroni and cheese and coleslaw, complemented with breads and beverages. Desserts will beavailable as well as two-piece grilled chicken breast, shrimp basket dinner or two-piece cheesepizza dinner. Cost is $10, $5 ages 6-10, free ages 5 and under. Carry-out fish sandwich is $5. Thefish fry will be open every Friday through April 3. Call 891-8527, ext. 1.

FEBRUARY 18, 2015 • SUBURBAN LIFE • A7NEWS

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

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

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

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

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

Really good tasting, too.

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

Use that extra frozen chicken,cleanse with kale salad

Moist and marvelous Parmesan chickenbreasts

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

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

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

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

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

Salad:

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

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

want.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD

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

Rita NaderHiekenfeld RITA’S KITCHEN

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The decision to become apilot came early, while sittingin the crotch of a tree watchinga silver DC3 slowly pass overour small town.

It must be fascinating flyinghigh over the earth, being ableto see for miles in any direc-tion, watching cars, trucks andtrains as they move about likeants in the dirt.

The opportunity did notpresent itself until my 20s. Itwas at a small airport namedFreedom Field in Medina,Ohio, just south of Cleveland. Iopened the door to a smallhouse, converted into the flightoperations center, and a wom-an’s voice said, “Please comein.”

There weremany whiteshirttails,marked withdates, hangingaround theroom. “Hi”, Isaid, “What arethose” pointingto the shirts?“Oh, those areshirttails frompeople who

have soloed.” This seemed tobe a strange custom, cutting upa shirt after you have piloted aplane for the first time!

“Did you want to take flightinstructions”, she asked? “Yes,’I responded, “I have beenthinking about it.”

Actually, I had been think-ing about it practically all ofmy life; but now, I was havingconcerns. I had just learnedhow expensive it was; I had awife and two children; what ifsomething happened? What theheck…I’m insured…isn’t thatwhat life insurance is allabout?

“Do I need to make an ap-pointment,” I asked? The dooropened, and an older 30ish guywalked in, “no” she said, “thisis your flight instructor, FrankSherick…you’re next.”

“Hi,” he said, “I’ll be withyou in just a minute;” hesigned out the student he waswith. He opened the door, mo-tioned for me, and we walked

over to a brand new Cessna 152that still had that new airplanesmell, and Frank began toshow me how to do a pre-flightinspection of the aircraft.There are formal checklistsfor all of these inspections; hehanded me one.

The engine sounded smoothand the liftoff was uneventful,much like a commercial flight.

“We will stay in the patterntoday. We will be doing touch-and-gos,” Frank said, as wemade our first 900 left turn at500 feet above ground level.

We made another 900 leftturn on “down wind,” parallelto the runway.

We slowed to 70 mph as wereached the end of our runway,

maintaining our altitude of500-foot AGL, we powered toidle, and made another 900 leftturn to “base leg.” We beganour descent and before wereached the runway we madeour last 900 left turn to “finalapproach.”

With 100 of flap and no pow-er, the wheels soon touched therunway. This was repeatedseveral times; then, we taxiedback and parked. Frank madeappointments for future les-sons and gave me a log bookand instruction manual to read.

I was on my way to becom-ing a pilot.

James Baker is a 38-year resident ofIndian Hill.

Man who dreamed of flight takes off

James BakerCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

Feb. 11 questionShould parents have the

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

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

“We have come such a longway in eradicating diseases inthe past that were debilitatingor life threatening. There isno reason to regress and ex-pose the majority of childrento these potential illnesseswhen proven vaccines areavailable.”

C.S.

“Those around during thepolio, tuberculosis (earliersmall pox) and other healththreats were brought up toadhere to vaccinations. TheMMR (measles mumps andrubella) has basically eradi-cated these maladies. Thereis some concern (still un-proven) that certain vaccina-tions can have side effectssuch as autism. I favor therequired vaccinations to al-low kids into schools. Thosewho do not chose this vacci-nation path can always home-school their kids. But thereare some who chose not get aflu shot, but go to work/schoolwith the flu. Go Figure!”

T.D.T.

Feb. 4 questionThe governors of Ohio and

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

“I don’t think the newbridge should be paid for withtolls.The federal governmentshould pay the lion’s share ofthe new bridge.

“For all those folks (U.S.Rep. Steve Chabot included)who say we can’t/shouldn’tborrow anymore money, Iwant to ask you this question:Why was it OK to borrowtens, if not hundreds ofbil-lions of dollars to build roads,bridges, power plants, etc. inIraq, but completely out ofthequestion to borrow $2.9billion to build a bridge hereor anywhere else in the Unit-ed States?

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

Marty M.

CH@TROOM

THIS WEEK’SQUESTIONThe Ohio House recentlypassed House Bill 7, whichprohibits schools from usingtest scores from state assess-ments when determining astudent’s advancement to thenext grade level and grantingof course credit. The bill alsostates that schools are notpermitted to share individualstudent test scores to outsidesources without consent fromeither the student or his or herparents. Is this good legisla-tion? Why or why not?

Every week we ask readers a questionthey can reply to via email. Send youranswers to [email protected] with Ch@troom in thesubject line.

Be careful of ‘win-win’ -we may lose

Mr. Rebel has some validpoints (“Trade nukes at thetable, not in the air,” Feb. 4Viewpoints). On wholethough, his commentarysmacks of anti-Semitism. I’m

sure his win-win argumentwould be applauded by Isra-el’s neighbors who seek itsdestruction. Israel’s nukes, anopen secret, are helping tokeep its enemies at bay.

By the way, why does anynegotiation with an enemy ofthe United States of America

have to be a win-win? I sup-pose Israel could broker anegotiation between Russiaand Ukraine with the Rus-sians leaving Ukraine if theUSA gets rid of its nukes.That’s a win-win, right?

James Forbes Anderson Township

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Harold Howe, former Unit-ed States Commissioner ofEducation once observed,“What a school thinks about itslibrary is a measure of what itfeels about education.”

If Howe were alive today,he would be appalled with thedemise of access to elemen-tary school libraries and thespecialists who staff them inmany of Ohio’s schools.

Even though Ohio’s Depart-ment of Education’s proposedrepeal of its five of eight mini-mum standard would no longerrequire districts to employ alibrarian/media specialist foreach 1,000 students, manydistricts through staff reduc-tions and budget cuts havechosen to eliminate librariansas one of the five positionsrequired under that standard.

During the past three yearsone southwest Ohio schooldistrict not only closed itslibraries, but shrink wrappedthe shelves. Another districtcut over half of the local librar-ians’ positions, then assignedthe remaining librarians theoverwhelming task of assum-ing most of the responsibilitiesvacated by the losses. Cananyone imagine the possibilityof the community’s elite pri-vate schools closing a library?

The elementary schoolmedia center/library should be

the instruc-tional centerof the school.It is the oneplace whereschools housemultiple printand digitalmaterials thatserve all stu-dents andstaff withinthe building.

The gatekeeper of thislearning environment is thelibrarian or media center di-rector. He/she schedules class-es and students into the area,while managing the acquisitionand disposition of all materials.This is a person who opens theworld of books and endlessnew ideas to students.

The librarian has first-handknowledge of all the school’sstudents. Knowing the stu-dents’ interests as well as pop-ular authors of children’s liter-ature, the librarian makes surethat appropriate contemporaryand traditional selections areavailable.

Just as importantly, thelibrarian uses his/her generalknowledge of the school’s cur-riculum to maintain all theprint, digital and periodicalresources necessary to sup-port units and topics of studyat each grade.

In today’s world of technol-ogy, many elementary librari-ans have become the residentexpert for the maintenanceand care of the school’s hard-ware and software collections.

When a computer fails orquestions arise about the useof a particular program, thelibrarian is the first personconsulted.

Schools that have limited orno access to a media centerand its specialist, relegatetheir student population to aone-dimensional classroomeducational experience oftendominated by textbooks, suffo-cating programs that rely onsystems rather than profes-sional guidance, and an unre-alistic consistent focus onhigh-stakes tests.

When Peter Pan flew hometo rejoin his family, he wentstraight to the bedroom win-dow that was always open,only to discover bars hadclosed it. Thus, he returned toNeverland. Like Peter Pan,students who attend schoolsthat have dismissed librariansgo to the library, peek throughits window, and are turnedaway from infinite ideas insideby a locked door.

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

Proposed repeal of ‘Fiveof Eight’ rule jeopardizespublic school librarians

Noel TaylorCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

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

Boys basketball» The Moeller Crusaders

beat Winton Woods 54-23 onFeb. 7. Junior Trey McBride ledMoeller with 13 points.

» Indian Hill got by Finney-town 60-59 on Feb. 10. JuniorNick Heidel led the Braves with17 points.

» Madeira sent coach JimReynolds out with a win in his fi-nal home game on Feb. 10, 34-24over Taylor. Cameron McCul-lough had a game-high ninepoints.

Girls basketball » Madeira clinched the Cin-

cinnati Hills League title out- right with a 43-36 win over Ma-riemont on Feb. 11.

» Deer Park beat Finney-town 52-26 on Feb. 14 as Lacey

Chadwell had 24 points and 11rebounds.

Boys swimming anddiving

» Moeller junior Jacob Pelo-quin won the 100 backstroke atthe Greater Catholic Leaguemeet Feb. 4 in :52.08. He alsotook the 100 butterfly in :52.16.Junior Cooper Hodge won the100 breaststroke in :59.50.

The following swimmersfrom Moeller qualified for thedistrict meet at the Division Isectional meet Feb. 13: JustinDavidson,Will McCullough, Se-bastian Fabik in the 50 free-style; McCullough, Davidson,100 freestyle; Austin Theobald,Noah Worobetz, Austin Murphy,200 freestyle; Theobald, KevinGeorge, 500 freestyle; CooperHodge, Noah Worobetz, JacobPeloquin, James Prugh, 100

backstroke; Dan Nymberg, 100breaststroke; Peloquin, Christo-pher Glaser, Nymberg, 100 but-terfly; Hodge, 200 individualmedley; the 200 freestyle relay;400 freestyle relay; and 200medley relay.

» Indian Hill’s Sam Vesterwas CHL champion at the 500freestyle and was second at the100 freestyle.

At the Division II diving sec-tionals at Mason Feb. 9, fresh-man Noah Vigran finished sec-ond. Vigran qualified for thedistrict meet Feb. 16.

The following Indian Hillswimmers qualified for the dis-trict meet at the Division II sec-tional meet Feb. 13: Sam Vester,50 freestyle: Vester, 100 free-style; Jack Dowling, Max Elhau-sen, 200 freestyle; Jack Dow-ling, Elhausen, Nick Saba, 500

SHORT HOPS

By Scott Springer, Adam Baumand Nick [email protected]@[email protected]

ADAM BAUM/COMMUNITY PRESS

Jim Reynolds, alongside with Linda, left, and daughter, Erica, is greetedwith a standing ovation in his final home game Feb. 10 at Madeira HighSchool where he’s been the basketball coach for the last 25 seasons.

See SHORT HOPS, Page B2

MADEIRA — Make someroom on the mantle. Free upsome space in the trophy casebecause the swimmers at Ma-deira High School have madewinning a habit.

On Feb. 13 at the Division IIsectional swim meet at Mason,the Mustangs won sectional ti-tles in all three relays, the 100freestyle, 100 breaststroke and100 butterfly.

Seniors Ryan Stevensonand Jack Mantkowski are ex-perienced postseason poolwarriors. Both are members ofall three relays, which second-year coach Chip Dobson be-lieves have a real good shot atgetting back to state this sea-son. Stevenson won the sec-tional breaststroke title with atime of 1:00.38. Mantkowskitook the 100 freestyle title in atime of 48.28.

“Jack has been pretty im-pressive,” Dobson said. “Heset several school and meetrecords at the CHL meet.Ryan’s also swimming at areally high level.”

An appearance at state byMantkowski would cap astreak of qualifying for stateall four years of high school.Jack’s older brother Max was afour-time state qualifier at Ma-deira.

“Jack is a great leader, very

verbal and really intelligent,”Dobson said. “His dad’s an offi-cial and his mom’s really in-volved so he knows swimminginside and out.”

Junior Alex Fortman, anoth-er member of the relays, wonthe 100 butterfly (54.42) fol-lowed closely by freshmanteammate Chet Dobson who

came in second (55.62). “Alex (Fortman) has been

swimming out of his mind thisyear. He seems to set a per-sonal best at every meet,” Dob-son said.

Coach Dobson’s also beenimpressed with his son, Chet,

GEOFF BLANKENSHIP FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Madeira’s Chet Dobson, left, and Jack Mantkowski hit the water in the 200 freestyle at the CHL meet Feb. 7.

Madeira swimmersright at home inpostseason poolBy Adam [email protected]


Madeira’s Ryan Stevenson is on his mark for the boys 200-yard individualmedley on Feb. 7 at the Cincinnati Hills League meet.

See SWIMMERS, Page B2

KENWOOD — Though they’velost more games than they did inthe last two seasons combined,Moeller High School’s basket-ball team is still in the mix intheir league and could be atough out in the upcoming tour-nament.

Coach Carl Kremer and staffhave accomplished this withone of Moeller’s youngest andinexperienced rosters. Four oflast year’s starters are playingcollege basketball and the fifthwas lost for the season in earlyDecember after foot surgery.

Center Nate Fowler will playat Butler, but has spent this sea-son watching his teammates atMoeller. The 6-foot-9 pivot aver-aged 12.6 points and 10.3 re-bounds as junior last season on ateam that featured Grant Benz-inger (Wright State), Jack An-ton (Elon), Tre’ Hawkins (MiamiUniversity) and Adam Gigax(Emory).

Instead of clearing theboards and scoring in the paintthis season, he deposits hislanky, 250-pound frame at theend of the bench and props uphis injured foot.

“Unless he had a direct doc-tor’s order, he has not missed afilm session, a morning walk-through or weightlifting,”Kremer said. “He has been atevery single thing that we’vehad in support of his team-mates.”

Though not a natural vocalleader, Fowler has led throughexample and helped out doingnon-basketball things, like or-ganizing chapel services. Sit-

ting through a two-hour game isnot comfortable mentally orphysically for a high school sen-ior.

“He was on pace to becomeour all-time leading rebounder,”Kremer said. “Had Nate played,we certainly would have beenone of the top teams in this area,if not the state.”

As a result, Moeller had to re-shuffle and re-adjust. Skinnyjunior Sam McCracken andsophomore Riley Voss start inthe post. At guard is juniortransfer Trey McBride and ju-nior Nate Georgeton, who wasthe JV point guard last season.

Leading the Crusaders inscoring is senior Grant Pitman,who averaged less than a bucketper game last season.

“Grant is really a specialshooter,” Kremer said. “Incatch-and-shoot situations, he’sas good as we’ve ever had.”

The key to Pitman’s growthhas been embracing other as-pects of his game. Kremer notesPitman’s rebounding, passingand defense has improvedthrough hard work.

These Crusaders grind andhave had some hard knocksalong the way. Among theirlosses over their holiday tour-nament was a three-point defeatto Oveido, a top team in Florida,and a four-point loss to TaylorCounty, one of Kentucky’s fin-est.

Since the first of the year,Moeller has had four overtimegames at presstime. They lost atSpringfield by a basket and atElder by one on a buzzer-beater.

Moeller injured stara presence frombench, locker roomBy Scott [email protected]

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Moeller forward Sam McCrackendunks during the first half of theCrusaders’ 48-43 win over Elder Feb.6.

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Moeller guard Trey McBride reactsafter his first-half dunk during the48-43 Moeller win over Elder Feb. 6.

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freestyle; Joe Dowling, 100backstroke; Sam Okum, JoeSheard, 100 breaststroke; KyleGoold, 100 butterfly; Okum,Sheard; 200 individual medley;200 freestyle relay; 400 free-style relay; 200 medley relay.

» At the Cincinnati HillsLeague meet Feb. 7, Madeiracame in third overall. SeniorJack Mantkowski was the 100freestyle champion (48.06) andthe 200 freestyle champion(1:45.37). Senior Ryan Stevensonwas champion in the 100 breast-stroke (1:00.40). Junior AlexFortman won the 100 butterfly ina time of 53.97.

Freshman Chet Dobson tooksecond in the 200 freestyle witha time of 1:50.10 and second inthe 100 butterfly (56.14). TheMustangs also won the 400 free-style relay and the 200 medleyrelay.

Girls swimming anddiving

» Indian Hill was third at theCincinnati Hills League meetFeb. 7. Junior Devin Landstrawas champion at the 500 free-style. Junior Elizabeth Drerupwon the 100 freestyle and the La-dy Braves won the 200 medleyrelay with Drerup, Landstra,senior Grace Stimson and juniorAvery Pearson.

At the Division II diving sec-tionals at Mason Feb. 9, seniorKara Korengel was third andfreshman Maggie Anning was

sixth. Both qualified for the dis-trict meet Feb. 16.

The following Indian Hillswimmers qualified for the dis-trict meet at the Division II sec-tional Feb. 14: Devin Landstra,Elizabeth Drerup, Hailey Ma-genheim, 50 freestyle; Magen-heim, 100 freestyle; Avery Pear-son, Bridget Pavlick, Kate Lew-is, 200 freestyle; Pavlick, Pear-son, Lewis, 500 freestyle;Landstra, Drerup, 100 back-stroke; Grace Stimson, 100breaststroke; Stimson, MaryKate Jutze, 200 individual med-ley; 200 freestyle relay; 400 free-style relay; 200 medley relay.

» Madeira was fifth as a teamat the CHL meet Feb. 7.

At the Division II sectionalmeet on Feb. 14, Madeira had thefollowing swimmers qualify forthe district tournament: juniorMarissa Moore, 500 freestyleand the 200 and 400 free relayteams, which also include Hai-ley Blackwelder, Madeline Gelisand Ariel Krikorian.

» Mount Notre Dame’s Tea-gan Moravek was second at theDivision I sectional diving meetin Mason Feb. 11. Moravek, Kris-ten Dean and Grace Menke allmoved to the district meet Feb.18.

The following MND swim-mers qualified for the districtmeet at the Division I sectionalmeet Feb. 14: Graci Doll, 50 free-style; Doll, 100 butterfly; AnnaLucas, Lindsey Scott, 200 indi-vidual medley; 400 freestyle re-lay; 200 freestyle relay (alter-nate); 200 medley relay.

SHORT HOPS

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After the Elder loss, they wonby two at Toledo St. John’s andby four against La Salle.

Though he has three DivisionI state championships, Kremerfinds seasons like this oddly sat-

isfying. “The joy of coaching is in the

process and the struggle,”Kremer said. “Through Decem-ber and January losses comeFebruary and March victories.It’s been a tough year becausewe’ve lost more games thanusual, but in some ways I’ve en-joyed the struggle.”

MoellerContinued from Page B1

along with senior Nick Theisand junior Braden Kane. Theiscame in sixth place at the sec-tional in the 100 backstroke andKane, Madeira’s lone non year-round swimmer, took seventh inthe 50 freestyle.

“He’s really making a dent,we think he could surprise somepeople at the end of the season,”Dobson said of Kane.

Madeira’s had quite the runof success recently in the pool.Since 2012, according to the OH-SAA, Madeira’s boys program

has finished in the top-15 in thestate every year for Division II.

“For a very small schoolthere’s a pretty great traditionfor swimming and it’s fun to be apart of it,” said Dobson.

Dobson said what makes agreat swimmer is “hard work,intensity and follow through.”

Dobson, who confessed he“was an extremely averageswimmer” in high school, likesswimming because, as he putsit, the clock doesn’t lie.

“I like that if you put in thetime, you get better,” Dobsonadded. “If you’re fast, the clocktells you that. If you’re not, italso tells you that.”


Madeira’s Alex Fortman collected a first-place finish for the Mustangs in thesecond heat of the boys 100 butterfly at the CHL meet Feb. 7.

SwimmersContinued from Page B1

Madeira Amazon night

THANKS TO BOB WESTERMEYER

Madeira Amazon players of all ages participated in Madeira’s Amazon Night Feb. 4. More than 25 formerAmazons from the past six decades and a team of future Amazons joined the current varsity’s loyal friends,family members and community fans to cheer them on as they beat Finneytown 92-20. Prior to the gameformer players were introduced and at halftime, shared their basketball skills with the Amazing Amazon youthplayers. It was also breast cancer awareness night. As of Feb. 16, the 2015 Amazons were undefeated with a22-0 record.

INDIAN HILL — Though theyhad three league champions,Indian Hill High School’s girlsswim team finished third at theCincinnati Hills League meetFeb. 7, just a few points behindsurprising Wyoming and Ma-riemont. The Lady Warriorswon for the third time in thelast four years.

“They have more numbersthan we do,” coach Emily Har-dy said of Wyoming and Marie-mont. “We scored as many aswe possibly could I think. Wecan only put so many in eachevent.”

Hardy saw juniors DevinLandstra and Elizabeth Dre-rup take individual titles.Landstra won the 500 free-style, with Drerup taking the100 free. The pair teamed upwith senior Grace Stimson andjunior Avery Pearson to winthe 200 medley relay.

“We had some really goodswims out of people,” Hardysaid.

Landstra also added a sec-ond in the 100 butterfly andDrerup was second in the 100backstroke. Stimson was run-ner-up in the 100 breaststrokeand 200 individual medley andthe trio teamed with Pearsonagain for a second in the 200freestyle relay.

“Avery (Pearson) has reallycome around this year,” Hardysaid. “We were searching for afourth person for relays andshe’s really looking strong forthat spot.”

Junior Bridget Pavlick wasfourth in the 500 freestyle andwas on the fourth-place 400free relay with sophomore Ma-ry Kate Jutze, sophomore Ha-ley Magenheim and freshmanKate Lewis.

In the Division II sectionalFeb. 14, Landstra and Drerupmoved on to the district meetin the 50 freestyle and 100backstroke with Magenheimmaking it in the 50 and 100 free.Pearson, Pavlick and Lewis ad-vanced in the 200 and 500 free.Senior Stimson swam ahead inthe 100 breast and 200 IM, withMary Kate Jutze also making itin the medley. All three LadyBraves relays advanced.

Of her group, Hardy thinksa few can move on to Cantonand the state meet.

“We had five go last year,”she said. “Grace, Devin, Lizzyand Bridget made it and Averywent up on a relay. It kind of de-

pends on how well they taper. Idon’t see any reason why allfive wouldn’t make the tripagain.”

In diving, senior Kara Ko-rengel was second in the CHLand third in the Division II sec-tional Feb. 9. Freshman Mag-gie Anning also advanced tothe district meet Feb. 16.

Indian Hill’s boys had oneCHL champion in senior SamVester, who won the 50 free-style and was second in the 100free.

“Sam (Vester) is overall ourfastest swimmer,” Hardy said.“He’s pretty versatile, but he’spretty much a sprint free-styler.”

Vester has not decided oncollege plans, but Jack Dow-ling will attend Middleburywhere his older brother, Will,attends. Grace Stimson fromthe girls team will join the

group at the college in Ver-mont.

Senior Jack Dowling addeda third-place 100 butterflyCHL finish and freshman MaxElhausen was second in the 100backstroke and third in the 100backstroke. Freshman SamOkum added a third in the 100breaststroke.

At the Division II sectionalmeet Feb. 13, Vester moved onto district action in the 50 and100 freestyle. Jack Dowlingand Elhausen will continue inthe 200 and 500 freestyle alongwith Nick Saba. Joe Dowlingqualified in the 100 backstroke,with Okum and Joe Sheardmaking it in the 100 breast-stroke and 200 IM. Kyle Gooldadvanced in the 100 butterfly.

All three Braves relaysmoved to the district poolalong with freshman diverNoah Vigran who took second.

Indian Hill swimmers testtournament poolsBy Scott [email protected]


Indian Hill’s Sam Vester (top) and Wyoming's Carson Burt (bottom) havea one-two finish in the 50 freestyle Feb. 7.


Second place belongs to Indian Hill’s Grace Stimson in the third heat ofthe 200 individual medley Feb. 7 at the CHL meet.

Mount Notre Dame soccerplayer Samantha Leshnak ofLiberty Township has beennamed to the U.S Under-20Women’s National Team, theschool announced Feb. 6. TheU-20 team is considered to be apre-Olympic team and serves inthe development of players inpreparation for the full Wom-en’s National Team.

Leshnak is one of three goal-keepers selected for the presti-gious team.

“I speak on behalf of the en-

tire MND girls soccer programwhen I say how happy we are forSam and how deserving she isfor this honor,” stated Keri Hee-dum, MND assistant athletic di-rector and varsity soccer headcoach. ring the USA jersey.”

Leshnak, co-captain ofMND’s varsity soccer team, re-ceived these awards after theseason: Girls Greater CatholicLeague Player of the Year,GGCL First Team, SouthwestDistrict All-City Team, DivisionI All- State team, Division I Sen-ior All-Star, and LaRosa’s MVPof the Week.

Leshnak named to U-20 USWNTCommunity Press

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“Scared Stiff – Fast,Drug-Free Treatment forAnxiety Disorders,” atwo-day professional de-velopment workshop withDr. David D. Burns will bepresented by Jewish Fam-ily Service, 8 a.m. to 4:15p.m. Wednesday, March18, and Thursday, March19, at Cooper Creek EventCenter, 4040 Cooper Road.

Professionals can earnup to 13 CEUs as theylearn how to integrate amultitude of anxietytreatments so their cli-ents achieve recoveryand lasting change.

This is Jewish FamilyService’s 11th annual Mir-iam O. Smith EducationalSeries symposium, whichis co-chaired by SusanShorr (Symmes Town-ship) and Marcie Ba-chrach (Blue Ash).

Burns is the author of“Feeling Good: The NewMood Therapy,” whichhas sold more than 5 mil-lion copies worldwide,and is the book most fre-quently recommended byAmerican and Canadianmental health profession-als for patients sufferingfrom depression. Burns isan adjunct clinical profes-sor of psychiatry and be-havioral sciences at theStanford UniversitySchool of Medicine. Hehas served as VisitingScholar at Harvard Medi-cal School and ActingChief of Psychiatry at thePresbyterian / Universityof Pennsylvania Medical

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The first day of theworkshop is designed tostand alone, with the sec-ond day offering furtherinformation. Each dayprovides 6.5 CEUs perprofessional discipline.

Professional certifi-cates will be available forsocial workers, marriageand family therapists,counselors, psycholo-gists, teachers, chemicaldependency counselors,occupational therapistsand rehabilitation coun-selors. A certificate ofcompletion is available.

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Miriam O. Smith Edu-cational Series work-shops provide an opportu-nity for professional de-velopment as well as offerthe community a chanceto learn from nationallyrecognized mental healthexperts. Jewish FamilyService established theseries to honor the memo-ry of Miriam O. Smith, alongtime social worker atJewish Family Servicewho provided individualand family therapy, head-ed the adoption program,and also served as interimdirector of the agency.

To attend the first dayonly, register by March 9for $125/person or $115/person for two or moreprofessionals from oneagency. To attend bothdays, register by March 9for $225/person or $215/person for two or moreprofessionals from oneagency. After March 9,add $15 late fee to eachregistration. The regis-tration fee includes boxlunch and 6.5 CEUs perday. Register atwww.jfscinti.org.

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Blue Ash RepublicanClub’s 2015 Speaker Se-ries began Feb. 11 withOhio Republican PartyChair Matt Borges. Theremaining schedule:

Wednesday, March 11,7:30 p.m. - LaRosa’s foun-der Buddy LaRosa.

Wednesday, April 8,7:30 p.m. - WLW radio/TVpersonality Bill (Willie)Cunningham.

Wednesday, May 13,7:30 p.m. - Natorp’s Mar-keting VP Ron Wilson and

herb specialist Rita Hei-kenfeld.

Wednesday, Sept. 9,7:30 p.m. - WLW legal ana-lyst & former countyprosecutor Mike Allen.

Wednesday, Oct. 14,7:30 p.m. - U.S. Sen. RobPortman’s wife, JanePortman

Wednesday, Nov. 11,7:30 p.m., Cincinnati En-quirer columnist & for-mer sports radio host PaulDaugherty.

The Blue Ash Republi-

can Club meetings areopen to the public. Theclub meets on the secondWednesday of the month(no meetings in June, Julyand August) at 7:30 p.m. inthe Blue Ash RecreationCenter (lower level) 4433Cooper Road.

Annual membershipfees are $10 per person or$15 per couple/family andincludes monthly compli-mentary dinner, drinksand monthly newsletter ofspeakers and events.

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The YMCA of GreaterCincinnati is partneringwith Interact for Healthto provide a series of freehealth and wellness op-portunities for all in thecommunity this winter.

Funday Sundays willbe noon to 6 p.m. at 12YMCA locations in Feb-ruary and March, thenagain in November andDecember.

“We invite everyone inthe community to comeout and join us for freeFundays Sundays at theY,” YMCA of Greater Cin-cinnati President andCEO Sandy Walker said.“You will have an oppor-tunity to swim in one ofour indoor heated pools,play basketball, take anew group exercise class,

or enjoy one of our state-of-the-art fitness centers.

There will be lots offamily-friendly activitiesfor all to enjoy.” FreeChild Watch will be avail-able at all participatingYMCA of Greater Cincin-nati locations.

“Interact for Health iscommitted to improvingthe health of people in ourcommunity. We know it’sharder for people to getmoving in the winter andare extremely excited topartner with the Y to in-crease access to healthyactivities,” Interact forHealth President andCEO Jim Schwab said .

“We encourage every-one to come out and jointhe fun on Funday Sun-days. They can experi-

ence first hand how muchthey can enjoy doing awide range of activitieswith the added benefit offeeling better overall.”

About FundaySundays

Each YMCA of Great-er Cincinnati location willbe open from noon until6pm every Sunday in Feb-ruary, March, Novemberand December.

All guests will be re-quired to complete guestregistration waiver pa-perwork, and all guests,16 years and older, mustprovide a photo ID.

For more informationabout Funday Sundays,visit the website MyY.orgor call 513-362-YMCA.

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AscensionLutheran ChurchWomen’s weekly Friday morn-ing Bible Study is at 9:30 a.m.Kids are welcome play in theplayroom. The group is read-ing Jessica LaGrone’s newstudy, “Broken and Blessed.”Women who are unable toattend weekly gatherings areinvited to purchase the studyand join when possible.

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

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 most of theschool year. Children enjoygames, Bible stories, competi-tions, an AWANA store, Biblememorization, awards and funthemed nights. All are wel-come.

A banquet for senior citizens isbeing planned for March.

Small groups are forming, bothgeographically and by in-terest.

Sunday School classes for allages are 10 a.m.; Sundayworship is 11 a.m. Kings Kids, achildren’s worship service, isoffered during the 11 a.m.service. Nursery care is avail-able during worship service.

The church is at 8501 PlainfieldRoad, Sycamore Township;891-2221; bethelbaptisttem-ple.org.

Blue AshCommunity ChurchThis non-denominationalchurch meets at the SycamoreSenior Center in Blue Ash.

Services are Sunday at 10:30a.m. www.blueashcc.com.

For more information or ques-tions please contact AndyRainey (rainey@ blueashcc.com) or 549-0565.

The church meets at SycamoreSenior Center, Blue Ash;www.blueashcc.com.

Blue AshPresbyterian Church

Movie Night will be Feb. 21 atthe home of Bob and RhondaYoung. A light meal will beprovided, followed by view-ing/discussing “The First Grad-er,” the true story of an 84year-old Kenyan who enrollsin first-grade to learn how toread.

The Lenten Series begins AshWednesday, Feb. 18. Soup andsalad will be provided fol-lowed by a worship service.with Communion. The nextfive Wednesdays in Lent willconsist of dinner followed bythe program “Holy Ground.”Congregational members willgive brief talks of a place theyhave visited where they feltGod’s presence. Our NEEDScollection item for February ispeanut butter and jelly.

The BAPC bowling group meetsweekly on Thursdays, 10 a.m.,at Crossgate Lanes.

T.W.O meets at noon Feb. 25 inthe Fellowship Hall. Janet andPastor Mike Brewer will pre-sent the program. Bring a packlunch; drinks and desserts willbe provided.

Reservations and ticket pay-ments are due by March 1 forthe next Middlers’ event. Thegroup is going to the GoldenLamb and then to the LebanonTheatre Company March 21.

The NEEDS collection item forFebruary is peanut butter andjelly.

Jacob’s Ladder is the theme forSunday School (pre-K through12th grade); these classes areheld after the children’s ser-mon in the worship service.The Thoughtful Christianclasses are held for adults eachSunday morning and meet at 9a.m.

Sunday worship services are at10:30 a.m. Nursery care isavailable.

Sunday sermons are recordedand available on the churchwebsite.

The church is at 4309 CooperRoad; 791-1153; the church hasa 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 for each session andyou must bring your child’slunch. Register on the website(www.cos-umc.org) under“Registration Forms.”

Sunday Worship Services are8:20 a.m. and 11 a.m. (tradi-tional worship), and 9:40 a.m.(contemporary worship).

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

Montgomery Nursery School isaccepting registrations for2015-2016 school year. Call984-1796 for details.

Cincinnati FriendsMeeting - QuakerCincinnati Friends Meeting ishosting an afternoon of in-spirational entertainmentfeaturing author Philip Gulleyand singer/songwriter CarrieNewcomer at 3 p.m. Sunday,March 15, at Armstrong Cha-pel, 5125 Drake Road, Cincin-nati. The event is open to thepublic. To purchase tickets inadvance, please go to ourwebsite atwww.cincinnatifriends.org.Remaining tickets will be soldat the door. $20 adults, $15seniors and students, free forchildren 6 and under.

Cincinnati Friends will welcomethe new year with events incelebration of its 200th anni-versary as a Quaker meeting.

Regular worship is 11 a.m.Sundays followed by fellow-ship in the Fireside room atnoon. First Day/Nursery Schoolis available.

The Meetinghouse is at 8075Keller Road, Cincinnati; 791-0788;www.cincinnatifriends.org

CommunityLighthouseChurch of GodServices are 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.Sundays; 7 p.m. Wednesdays.

Find the church on Facebook atCommunity Lighthouse Churchof God.

The church is at 4305 SycamoreRoad, Cincinnati; 984-5044; onFacebook under CommunityLighthouse Church of God.

Good ShepherdLutheran ChurchGood Shepherd is a largechurch that offers a variety ofstyles of worship and servicetimes: Saturdays at 5 p.m. isWoven worship (mix of tradi-tional and contemporary).Sundays at 8 a.m. and 11 a.m.is Traditional worship. Sundaysat 9:30 a.m. is Contemporaryworship. Sundays at 9 a.m.30-inch Family Worship forwee ones. Sundays at 5:45 p.m.is 'NOSH' dinner and worshipoffsite at UC Campus MinistryEdge House. GSLC offerspreschool and student SundaySchool at 9:30 a.m., Septem-ber-May; faith-building class-es, fellowship and outreachopportunities, and smallgroups are offered each week-end and throughout the weekfor adults to connect. There issomething for everyone here.

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.; active youth, outreach,fellowship, music ministries,Bible studies. Pastor is WillLeasure.

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 EXT. 1.

Adult Sunday School on Sundaymornings from 9 a.m. to 10a.m. (Fellowship Hall).

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

Madeira SilverwoodPresbyterian ChurchThe church is presenting “TheArt of Marriage,” a multi weekcourse examining God’s heartfor marriage, relationships,

and families. Started Feb. 1 inthe MSPC chapel. Visit us atwww.madeirachurch.org formore information.

The church is at 8000 MiamiAve., Madeira; 791-4470.

Northern HillsSynagogueNorthern Hills Synagogue willscreen a special showing of theaward-winning documentary“The Island President” at 6:30p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24. Themovie tells the story of Presi-dent Mohammed Nasheed ofthe Maldives, an island chainin the Indian Ocean threat-ened with submersion due torising sea levels. Nasheedcontemplates a plan to movethe country’s entire pop-ulation of 385,000 to a newhomeland, and implores worldleaders to deal seriously withglobal warming. Dinner willaccompany the movie, and adiscussion will follow the film.There is a $6 charge for dinnerand the movie. Please call theSynagogue at 931-6038 toRSVP.

The synagogue is at 5714 FieldsErtel Road, Deerfield Town-ship.

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

Ash Wednesday service timesare 8 a.m., noon and 7 p.m.Wednesday, Feb. 18.

A Lenten Journey conversationsclass will be offered following

the 10 a.m. services Sunday,March 1, and Sunday, March22.

SMART Recovery Group meetsMondays at 6 p.m. in thelibrary. Visit website atwww.smartcincy.com

Tai Chi is offered on Mondaysfrom 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. andWednesdays from 4 p.m. to 6p.m.. Come and watch a class.

A Men’s Breakfast group meetson Wednesday mornings at8:30 a.m. at Steak N Shake inMontgomery.

Ladies Fellowship/ReligiousStudy Group meets on Tuesdaymornings at 10 a.m. at thechurch.

A Quilting Group meets thethird Tuesday of each monthat 1 p.m. No experience neces-sary. Bring your own projectsand ideas for group projects.

Ladies Bridge meets the firstand third Thursdays of themonth. Contact the churchoffice for further information.

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

St. Paul CommunityUnited MethodistChurchWorship times are 8:30 a.m.and 11 a.m. (traditional) and9:30 a.m. (contemporary).

The church is at 8221 MiamiRoad, Madeira; 891-8181;www.stpaulcumc.org.

SonRise ChurchSonRise Church is announcingthe launch of a CelebrateRecovery ministry group.

Celebrate Recovery is a Christ-centered program based onthe Beatitudes addressingmany of life’s hurts, hang-upsand habits.

The church is at 8136 WoosterPike; 576-6000.

SycamorePresbyterian ChurchSunday morning worshipservices are at 9:15 a.m. and10:45 a.m. Child care is avail-able in the nursery duringboth services for infantsthrough age 2. Sunday schoolfor pre-school through 12th-grade is at 10:45 a.m. Addi-tional child care is availablefor parents in Adult Educationclasses: Preschool and oldermeet in Room 113 during the9:15 service.

Adult Sunday Bible study meets10:45 a.m.

Mother of a pre-schooler? Joina new MOPS group (Mothersof Preschoolers). Free childcareprovided. Meets the secondWednesday of each month.9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Room229.

An upcoming study, “Not aFan: Becoming a CompletelyCommitted Follower of Jesus”by Kyle Idleman, will meet inRoom 120 ; 10:45 a.m. in theManse.

New Beth Moore Women’sStudy is under way. Childrenof the Day: 1st and 2nd Thessa-lonians will be studied. Meets9:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.,Wednesdays, in Room 120.

Lamplighters’ are studying IICorinthians. Meets everyTuesday from 7 p.m. to 8:30 inthe Media Center.

Men’s Bible Group meets 6:45a.m. to 7:30 a.m. Wednesdaysin Room 120.

The fourth Sunday of eachmonth, the church family willconnect together at the 10:45a.m. service. No Sunday Schoolexcept for Preschool - Kin-dergarten.

Women’s Monday Group meets10:30 a.m. to noon in room120. The group is currentlyreading “What’s so AmazingAbout Grace,” by Philip Yan-cey.

Men’s Saturday Bible Studyresumes March 14. “TwelveOrdinary Men,” a book aboutthe disciples, will be studied.Meets in Room 120, 8:30 a.m.to 10 a.m.

Mother of a pre-schooler? Joinour new MOPS group (Moth-ers of Preschoolers). Freechildcare provided. The groupmeets 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.the second Wednesday of eachmonth, in Room 229.

Student Ministries welcomesstudents to participate in itsactivities. Check the StudentMinistries Kiosk for a calendarof events.

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

About religionReligion news is published atno charge on a space-availablebasis. Items must be in by 4p.m. Wednesday for consider-ation in the following edition.E-mail announcements [email protected].

Fax to 248-1938. Call 248-8600.

RELIGION

Experiencethe Light andSound of God

You are invited to theCommunity HU Song

2nd Sunday, 10:00 - 10:30 amECK Worship Service

11:00 am - NoonSecond Sunday of Each MonthAnderson Center Station

7832 Five Mile RoadCincinnati, OH 45230

1-800-LOVE GODwww.Eckankar.org

Local(513) 674-7001

www.ECK-Ohio.org

ECKANKAR

First Church of Christ,Scientist,

Anderson Township7341 Beechmont Avenue

(near Five Mile Road)email:

[email protected]

christiansciencecincinnati.comSunday Service & Sunday School

10:30 a.m.Wednesday Testimonial Meeting

7:30 p.m.In Church Reading Rm/Bookstore

open after all services.Downtown Reading Rm/Bookstore

412 Vine Street, CincinnatiOpen M-F 9:00 a.m - 4:00 p.m.

First Church of Christ, Scientist3035 Erie Ave 871-0245Sunday Service and Sunday

School 10:30amWednesday Testimonial Meeting

7:30pmReading Room 3035 Erie Ave

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

CALVARY ALLIANCECHURCH

Senior Pastor, Rev. Dave Robinette986 Nordyke Road - 45255

(Cherry Grove turn off Beechmontat Beechmont Toyota)

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

CHRISTIAN AND MISSIONARY

Hyde Park Baptist ChurchMichigan & Erie Ave

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

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

BAPTIST

CHURCH OF THE SAVIOUR8005 Pfeiffer Rd. Montgomery 791-3142

www.cos-umc.orgTraditional Worship8:20am & 11:00am

Contemporary Worship 9:40amSunday School (All ages)

9:40 & 11amNursery Care Provided

Reverend Jennifer Lucas,Senior Pastor

7515 Forest Road Cincinnati, OH 45255513-231-4172 • www.andersonhillsumc.org

TRADITIONAL WORSHIPSunday 8:30 & 11 am

CONTEMPORARY WORSHIPSunday 9:30 & 11 am

UNITED METHODIST

Equipping Service:4:30 p.m. Sat. & 8:50 a.m. Sun.

Exploring Service:10:00 a.m. & 11:10 a.m. Sun.Birth thru high school programs

3950 Newtown RoadCincinnati, OH 45244

513 272-5800www.horizoncc.com

INTERDENOMINATIONAL

3850 E. Galbraith,Deer Park

Next to DillonvaleShopping Ctr

www.TrinityCincinnati.org791-7631

Worship Service - 10:00AMSunday School - 10:15AM

PastorCathy Kaminski

EVANGELICAL COVENANT

FAITH CHRISTIANFELLOWSHIP CHURCH

~ Solid Bible Teaching ~6800 School StreetNewtown, OH 45244

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

Dr. R. Edgar Bonniwell, Senior PastorPastor Justin Wilson, Youth Minister

Vibrant Teen and Children’s MinistriesSunday Worship 10:30 am

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

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

NON-DENOMINATIONAL

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Sundays9:15am &10:45am

Building HomesRelationships

& Families

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

Sunday Worship: 9:00 & 10:15 AM withChildrens Ministry & Nursery

PASTOR MARIE SMITHwww.cloughchurch.org

UNITED METHODIST

6474 Beechmont Ave.,Cincinnati, Ohio 45230

513-231-2650www.mwpc.church

MT WASHINGTONPRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Sunday Worship9:30 a.m.

Morning Glory Service11:00 a.m. Traditional Service

SundaySchool9:30 a.m.

Infant through12th grade

Childcare11:00 a.m.

Infant throughKindergarten

MADEIRA-SILVERWOODPRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

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

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

11:00 am - Traditional Service

PRESBYTERIAN

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

683-1556www.golovelive.com

Connections Christian Church7421 East GalbraithCincinnati, OH 45243

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

Jeff Hill • Ministerwww.connectionscc.org

Worship Service 10:30amSunday School 9:15 am

NON-DENOMINATIONAL


COLUMBIA TOWNSHIP5555 Ehrling Road: McGuire,Sharon I. to U.S. Bank NA;$44,000.

6509 Ridge Circle: Croog,George Tr. & Mary S. Tr. toHorn, Andrew J. & Erin M.;$225,000.

Woodland Lane: SouthwesternOhio Capital Holdings Corp. toSteele, Craig M.; $550,000.

DEER PARK3852 Oleary Ave.: Hambrick,Christopher S. & Laura E. Wis-man to Bauer, Jessica L.;

$152,000.

MADEIRA7250 Iuka Ave.: Redknot RealtyLLC to Hill, Matthew B. &Cassandra L. Conley; $279,500.

7908 Locust Lane: Beck, Nell M.Tr. to Stephenson, Michael &Emily; $168,200.

7340 Mingo Lane: Hopkins,Daniel to Peters, Gavin M. &Rachal R.; $240,000.

SILVERTON6641 Elwynne Drive: Shelton,Mechel D. & Vanessa D. Sme-

dley to Smedley, Vanessa D.;$52,225.

SYCAMORE TOWNSHIP7272 Galbraith Road: Mindrum,Carmen D. to Tranter, Doris;$109,000.

7807 Keller Road: Filliater, Jeff E.& Sherrie D. to Thomas, Chris-tine Tr.; $750,000.

8303 Monroe Ave.: Borman,Jonathan D. & Diane K. toWalsh, Linda M.; $85,000.

Sixth St.: Cincinnati CapitalPartners XXX LLC to BottomLine Land LLC; $22,914.

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

COLUMBIA TOWNSHIPIncidents/investigationsTheftReported 4700 block of Happi-ness Way, Jan. 10.

Reported at 5300 block ofRidge Ave., Jan. 7.

Drill valued at $450 removedfrom 3400 block of HighlandAve., Jan. 7.

MADEIRAIncidents/investigationsDrug abuseMale possessed marijuana atarea of Maple and Southside,Jan. 30.

Improper handling offirearm in vehicle, drugabuse, paraphernaliaReported at 8100 block ofMontgomery Road, Jan. 29.

Open container in vehicleReported at 6900 block ofMiami Ave.,, Jan. 24.

TheftReported at Kroger at 6900block of Miami Ave.,, Jan. 23.

Male stated credit card infotaken and used at 7200 blockof Sycamore Hill Lane, Jan. 27.

Female stated ID used with noauthorization at 7200 block ofThomas Drive, Jan. 28.

Credit card taken at 6200 blockof Lakota Drive, Jan. 30.

SYCAMORE TOWNSHIPIncidents/investigationsBreaking and entering$1,400 removed from 7600block of Montgomery Road,Jan. 13.

Diesel container and fuelremoved from 8500 block ofPlainfield Lane, Jan. 7.

Lockbox and keys valued at $50removed from 8500 block ofPlainfield Road, Jan. 7.

Register and currency valued at$150 removed from 4000 blockof E. Galbraith Road, Jan. 12.

Identity fraudReported at 8600 block ofPlainfield, Jan. 10.

Theft$30 removed from 8100 blockof Montgomery Road, Jan. 10.

Personal checks and bank cardsremoved from 8000 block ofBuckland Drive, Jan. 9.

Phone charger and currencyvalued at $240 removed from5000 block of Kugler MillRoad, Jan. 7.

$200 removed from 5000 blockof Kugler Mill Road, Jan. 7.

Shoes valued at $80 removedfrom 7700 block of Montgo-mery Road, Jan. 7.

Wallet and contents removedfrom 8600 block of PlainfieldRoad, Jan. 7.

Credit used without consent at6500 block of Michael Drive,Jan. 7.

Tools valued at $500 removedfrom 5300 block of Ridge Ave.,Jan. 8.

Unauthorized use of vehicleReported at 8300 block ofKenwood, Dec. 14.

POLICE REPORTS

ABOUT POLICE REPORTSPolice reports are gathered from reports on file with

local police departments. This information is a matter ofpublic record and does not imply guilt or innocence.

To contact your local police department:» Columbia Township: Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office,

Jim Neil, sheriff; Sgt. Peter Enderle. Call 683-3444 » Deer Park: Michael Schlie, chief. Call 791-8056» Madeira: Frank Maupin, chief. Call 272-4214» Sycamore Township, Lt. Tom Butler, 774-6351 or 683-

3444

Pollen and moldcounts are again avail-able. This is a public ser-vice provided by theSouthwest Ohio Air Qual-ity Agency each yearduring pollen and moldseason, from Februarythrough November.

Pollen and moldcounts are reported after10 a.m., Monday throughFriday.

There are several

ways that residents canaccess counts:

1. Visit Southwest-OhioAir.org.

2. Follow Twitter.com/swohioair.

3. Like Facebook.com/SouthwestOhioAir.

4. Call the Pollen andMold Hotline at 513-946-7753.

“During May, we see arise in pollen from hicko-ry, pine, oak and walnut

trees,” monitoring andanalysis supervisor An-na Kelley said. “Rag-weed is the primary pol-len allergen in the fall,usually appearing in lateAugust through most ofSeptember.”

For more informa-tion, visit the SouthwestOhio Air Quality Agencyonline at Southwest-OhioAir.org or on Face-book and Twitter.

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