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Cases for Love far ex-ceeds its goal of collect-ing 1,200 bags for area

foster children.More than triple that num-

ber of suitcases, duffel bagsand backpacks, were collectedwith the final group of bags be-ing loaded onto a truck on Val-entine’s Day at the KenwoodSibcy Cline office. All of thebags were to be delivered tothe office of Hamilton CountyJob and Family Services. Fromthere the bags will be sharedwith agencies serving fosterchildren in Hamilton, Butler,Greene and Montgomerycounties and Northern Ken-tucky.

Project creator Julie Phil-lippi-Whitney noted that thecampaign was more success-ful than ever imagined.

“It’s been a huge success,”she said. Phillippi-Whitney andothers gathered in Kenwood atthe Sibcy Cline location to loadup the last bags and celebratethe project’s success.

Moira Weir, director of

Hamilton County Job and Fam-ily Services, was on hand as thefinal bags were loaded onto themoving van Feb. 14.

“It’s been wonderful to seethe community come togeth-er,” she said.

As noted in the past, fosterchildren come into the care ofHamilton County Job and Fam-ily Services at various hours ofthe day and night, Weir said.Often the few items they havewith them are either being car-ried in a trash bag or in theirarms.

Thanks to Cases for Love,many local agencies will nowbe able to provide the childrenwith a suitcase or duffel bag inwhich they can carry their be-longings.

“We’re very grateful,” shesaid.

Cases for Love was a collab-orative venture between Phil-lippi-Whitney Communica-tions, Sibcy Cline Realtors,University Moving and Stor-age and Hamilton County Joband Family Services. The orig-inal goal was to provide about1,200 suitcases and backpacksin which foster children can

carry their belongings. Thisproject was launched Jan. 5and concluded Feb. 13. Morethan 5,500 bags were collected.

The 22 Sibcy Cline officesserved as the collection pointsfor the bags.

“The turnout has been justamazing,” said Pam Sibcy, vicepresident of marketing for Sib-cy Cline. “We would like tothank everyone in the commu-nity for their participation.”

“It’s been an unbelievablecampaign,” said Mark Bruns,vice president and generalmanager of University Movingand Storage. He volunteeredhis company to pick up the suit-cases from each of the SibcyCline locations and deliverthem downtown. The Univer-sity facility in West ChesterTownship also served as a dropoff location.

Whitney expressed hergratitude to everyone involvedin the project. She and the oth-er members of this group arelooking forward to continuingtheir efforts again next year toprovide support in variousways to foster childrenthroughout the Tristate.

SHEILA VILVENS/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

The final suitcases, duffel bags and backpacks are loaded onto a truck at the Kenwood Siby Cline office to bedelivered to Hamilton County Job and Family Services. There the bags will be distributed to agencies servingfoster children.

Cases for Love exceeds goal, collects

5,500 BAGSBy Sheila Vilvenssvilvens@communitypress

Snow days can be a great timefor families to enjoy quality timeplaying outdoors or enjoying in-door activities. They can alsocreate challenges as parentswork to find the balance of workand play. Several area momsshare their thoughts about snowdays.

Amy Tagiof, Sycamore Town-ship, is the mother of a 17-year-old, so for her snow days are nowa “piece of cake,” she said. OnMonday, she let her daughter,Claire, drive to work, figuring itwas a good chance to get somepractice driving on snow.

“Her work is only a mile awayso I figured it was a safe enoughexercise. She did fine,” she said.

When she was younger, snowday activities included baking,board games and maybe crafts.“It was fun bonding time for us toplay all day. Also we would goand play in the snow or I wouldlet her play with the neighbor-hood kids in the snow,” she re-called.

Natalie Wheeler Hastings,Anderson Township, has twoyoung children. Colin, 8, is a sec-ond-grader at Mercer Elemen-tary, and Graham, 5, attends Cin-cinnati Early Learning Centersin Columbia Tusculum. Hastingsis a self-employed strategic com-munications consultant. Beingself-employed offers some flex-ibility, but that doesn’t mean shedoesn’t have a schedule to keep

or work to get done. Snow dayscan pose a slight challenge. Of-ten times her parents watch theboys. Unfortunately, or maybefortunately for them, they arecurrently in Hawaii.

With schools closed, theneighborhood children are alsoat home.

“Teenagers are out too,” Has-tings noted. “I often lean onneighborhood teens who can eas-ily walk to my house” she said.

Susan Gordy, Evendale, is thedirector of the Evendale Cultur-al Arts Center. Her son, Adrian,6, is a kindergartner at St. Mi-chael in Sharonville. Gordyclearly enjoys snow days.

“I feel like we have beenblessed with a snowy springbreak,” she said. “Monday washard as it was way too cold to gooutside and play and yesterdaywe managed to get out and go to acartooning class at the EvendaleCultural Arts Center. Today wewill spend the day playing out-side a bit, playing on videogames and venturing out forhaircuts.”

Gordy said that in her mind, asnow day looks like a creativeday on Pinterest with lots ofcrafts, cooking and fun stuff.She’s even envisioned it involv-ing sitting on the sofa reading.

“Reality, however, looks a bitdifferent,” she noted. It’s a reali-ty all parents face. The 5:30 a.m.phone calls and text messagesdelaying or canceling school.Then there’s the challenge of bal-ancing work and parent duties.

Snow days - fun daysbut a challengeBy Sheila [email protected]

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Sledding at Stanberry Park in Mount Washington.

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Wenstrupannounces HamiltonCounty help deskhours

U.S. Rep. Brad Wen-strup’s Traveling HelpDesk will be at the Co-lumbia Township Ad-ministration Building,

5686 Kenwood Road,from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.Thursday, Feb. 26.

The Traveling HelpDesk is a monthly invita-tion for constituents tomeet one-on-one with amember of Wenstrup’sstaff. These meetings area good opportunity toshare opinions on legisla-tive issues or get assis-tance dealing with feder-al agencies, like the VA orSocial Security.

No appointments arenecessary for the Travel-ing Help Desk. In addi-tion to these monthly vis-its, constituents are invit-ed to call Wenstrup’s dis-

trict office at513-474-7777 or contacthim at www.Wenstru-p.House.gov to sharetheir concerns.

IHHS After Promfundraisingweekend March 6-7

Indian Hill HighSchool will host a week-end of fun events to raisemoney for After Prom.

On Friday, March 6,the Indian Hill communi-ty is invited to TomahawkStadium 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,March 7. This is wherejunior and senior guyshave the chance to taketheir moms, and girlstake their dads out fordancing.

All proceeds benefitAfter Prom

Goodwill hostsEarth Day recyclingdrive

This year will markthe celebration of theOhio Valley Goodwill’ssecond annual Earth DayElectronic Recycling Do-nation Drive, 11 a.m. to 5p.m. Sunday, April 26, atall 29 Goodwill DonationCenters.

Last year, Goodwillcollected more than20,000 pounds of comput-ers, keyboards and otherelectronic equipmentduring this one-day eventand this year, the goal is60,000 pounds from theGreater Cincinnati com-munity.

Find out more aboutthis exciting recyclingevent at www.cincinnati-goodwill.org.

BRIEFLY

A generous $1 milliongrant is helping SycamoreTownship to install a fiberoptic connection to all ofits traffic lights and parkswithin the township.

The federal govern-ment grant, administeredthrough the Ohio Depart-ment of Transportation, isan 80 percent matchinggrant, with the townshipproviding 20 percent(about $250,000) of the to-tal $1.25 million projectcost. The SycamoreBoard of Trustees ap-proved TEC EngineeringInc. for the project.

The fiber optic installa-tion will provide severalbenefits to the township.It will allow for improvedtraffic management, im-proved communicationswithin township ownedbuildings/properties, and

provide for improvedpark surveillance, Ad-ministrator Greg Bick-ford said.

The first step in trafficcontrol was initiated in2014 with the installationof five traffic cameras.The cameras provide thetownship with “real-time”monitoring of the trafficflow in the Kenwood area,he said. With the camerasbeing connected to fiberoptics, the reliability andvideo speed are greatlyimproved.

Another benefit of thefiber optic is that it willextend the township’s ownnetwork by providing an

interconnection betweenall township maintainedbuildings, township parks

and park buildings. Thiswill improve communica-tions for township staff,

Bickford said.The township parks

are under surveillance viacameras and DVR. If theequipment breaks, how-ever, the recording stops.Since the feed isn’t live, itmight take several daysbefore an equipment mal-function is noticed. The fi-ber optic will provide acontinuous feed that isalso recorded. Equipmentfailures can easily beidentified and addressed.Additionally, Wi-Fi will beavailable to the public inthe parks once the fiberoptics project is com-plete.

Sycamore Twp. getting connected with fiberBy Sheila [email protected]

Sycamore Township installed five traffic control cameras in theKenwood area.

If you’re looking for apark with meticulouslymanicured grounds, drivepast Radio Range Park inIndian Hill.

Just keep going if youlike the order that herbi-cides and chemical fertil-izers impose on plants.

That’s because the Indi-an Hill Garden Club andthe village’s Public WorksDepartment have teamedup to transform RadioRange Park on Indian HillRoad into a bee- and butter-fly-friendly haven of prai-rie grass and wildflowers.

It was the idea of thegarden club, embraced bythe village after the clubpresented the plan lastyear.

“The plan includedplanting prairie grass, thecreation of additionalwalking paths, plantingvarious trees and butter-fly-attracting plants, ver-nal pools, a boardwalk andother nature-preservationconcepts,” Indian Hill CityManager Dina Minnecisaid.

“The village was veryreceptive to this plan, as itmet the park’s vision andwould be a benefit to the

natural aesthetics of thearea.”

Susan Brokaw is amember of the Indian HillGarden Club.

“The Indian Hill Gar-den Club has gifted sever-al thousand dollars raisedthrough our annual Coun-try Market (in September,when food made from theproduce of club membersand local farmers is sold)toward the improvementand beautification of theRadio Range Park,” Bro-kaw said.

“Most recently our ef-

forts have included plant-ing upward of 5,000 daffo-dil bulbs with the assis-tance of the capable em-ployees of the Indian Hillmaintenance department.

“Future plans for ex-pansion are currently un-der consideration by theclub as the club is commit-ted to this village project,”Brokaw said.

It will take severalyears for the prairie grassto get established at RadioRange Park, but there arehopes that aster, baptisia,coneflower, coreopsis,

goldenrod, liatris and pen-stemon flowers will pushthrough the dirt by thissummer.

“The beautiful end re-sults of the Indian Hill Gar-den Club’s generous con-tributions toward this pro-ject will be seen for manyyears to come and enjoyedby all those who visit thepark,” Minneci said.

Want to know more aboutwhat is happening in IndianHill? Follow me on Twitter@jeannehouck.

Indian Hill park goes wildBy Jeanne [email protected]

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Deer Park High School

» The Deer Park HighSchool Jazz Band performedin the rotunda at Union Termi-nal.

» For 111 students at DeerPark Junior/Senior HighSchool, the invitation to “tellme something about yourself”has special meaning now.

For nearly two weeks, theseseventh through 12th-gradestudents worked on how theywould answer that questionand a dozen other standardquestions that so often showup in a job interview. Theexercise was the culminationof two new electives offeredto Deer Park students calledDeer Park Career Academies,which put the students in frontof volunteer guest interview-ers from around the profes-sional community.

The students got to sit inthe hot seat across from suchcelebrity guests as Joel Thier-stein of the Mount St. JosephUniversity, Ken Suer, retiredmayor of Montgomery, formerGE executive Bill Luggen,Development Partners inHealth Care President TomAug, and senior staff mem-bers from SHP Architects,Charlie Jahnigen, ThereseBall, Mike Benkert, and AmyCattrell as well as Jay Phillips,Deer Park’s director of curri-culum and several membersof the Deer Park School Dis-trict staff and managementteam – guidance counselorJason Spelic, treasurer Cyn-thia Stubenvoll, director ofcommunications ElizabethBeadle, and career academiesinstructor Adam Gergen.

“I’m delighted to see thiskind of program being offeredat Deer Park. The confidencedisplayed by these studentswas really quite impressive,”said Tom Aug, president ofDevelopment Partners inHealth Care, who interviewed10 of the students, "I wish Iwere 13 years old again so Icould take advantage of thiskind of program!"

The experiences were de-signed to help students con-vert white-knuckled jittersand nervous butterflies intocollected, compelling answersto tough questions such as“What is your greatest weak-ness?” and “Why should I hireyou over other candidates?”

What made this unique wasthe fact that these were notcollege students getting readyfor the job market, but ratherjunior high and high schoolstudents ranging from age 13to 17. The early exposure tothese job market survivalskills is part of the Deer ParkCareer Academies strategy togive these students a headstart getting ready for thecompetitiveness of the work-place ahead of them, and fig-uring out what they mightwant to do with their careers.

“This is wonderful opportu-nity for these students to haveexperiences they wouldn’tordinarily get,” Gergen said.

Deer Park Career Acade-mies focuses on giving stu-dents both a taste of the prob-lem-solving challenges ofspecific careers and an oppor-

tunity to work on many of thesoft skills employers are ask-ing educators to cultivate withtheir students. Featured in thelast nine weeks of classeswere such professionalismtopics as business etiquette,managing a team, social mediasafety, embracing diversity inthe workplace, and, of course,interviewing skills.

The Deer Park CareerAcademies curriculum was

designed by Doug Arthur,workforce development con-sultant from Transform Con-sulting, who worked with Phil-lips to assemble these careeracademies.

“Deer Park CommunityCity Schools is ahead of manyother districts because of itsapproach to innovation and itscommitment to bringing real-world relevant experiences toits students,” Arthur said.

Using SHP Leading Designas architects, Deer Park isgetting ready to begin a com-plete renovation and build-outof the lower level of Deer ParkHigh School as the home of theDeer Park Career Academies,slated to open in August.

Moeller High School» Moeller High School had

four students achieve successin the National Classical Ety-

mology Exam. In the Upper Division, sen-

ior John Geyer and juniorsAugust Painter and Bobby Tullplaced, and in the Lower Divi-sion sophomore ChandlerWilliams placed.

The National Classical Ety-mology Exam is a 50-questionassessment testing Englishwords derived from Latin andGreek.

The NCEE is designed totest a student’s ability to han-dle both Latin and Greek de-rivatives and their usage inthe English language.

This success stems, notonly from the Moeller WorldLanguages Department philos-ophy of educating studentslinguistically, but also educat-ing the differing attitudes,histories, and customs of thesecultures.

The exam is sponsored bythe National Junior ClassicalLeague, and is a great oppor-tunity for students to test theirknowledge and compete withother students across thecountry.

At Moeller High School allstudents are required to taketwo language courses as partof their approach to create“Moementum for Life.”

Ursuline Academy» On the morning of Jan. 31,

more than 60 Ursuline stu-dents raised $390 for the Af-ghan Institute of Learningthrough a three-hour guidedyoga event facilitated by Sim-ply Power Yoga.

Student organizers for themorning included Taylor Bro-kamp ’15 of Sharonville, NinaDuarte ‘15 of Mason, MargoNelis ‘16 of Sycamore Town-ship and Grace Schlaack ‘16 ofSharonville.

“We learned about the Af-ghan Institute of Learningover the summer at a gather-ing of Ursuline schools fromaround the country,” MargoNelis said. “There are manyfacets of their mission, butone of the biggest is the educa-tion of young girls in Afghani-stan. It’s the same mission asUrsuline’s foundress, St. An-gela Merici. It is important forus to support the mission thatwe’ve benefitted from, eventhough it’s on the other side ofthe world.”

The morning included notonly a physical workout, butalso meditation, journaling,and group sharing. The eventwas facilitated by Ursulineparent and owner of SimplyPower Yoga in Loveland, HeidiFricke. Each person who par-ticipated donated $5 to theAfghan Institute of Learning.

“We hoped that through theevent, students and facultywould feel empowered tospread St. Angela’s vision,”Taylor Brokamp said. “We areblessed to have the opportuni-ty to attend Ursuline, and wewant to support other girls asthey work to get an educa-tion.”

The event was titled “Possi-bilities at St. Angela’s Piazza,”to make the connection be-tween St. Angela’s vision andthe work being done by AIL.The event was in Ursuline’sBesl Theatre.

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THURSDAY, FEB. 26Art & 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.

Making Montages with AmyBurton, 1-3 p.m. Weeklythrough March 19., 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.

Art ExhibitsBarn Painters Exhibit, 10 a.m.to 2 p.m., Woman’s Art ClubCultural Center, 6980 CambridgeAve., The Barn. View and acquirefine, original oil paintings by 18local artists, ranging from ani-mal portraiture to still lifes andlandscapes. Benefits Woman’sArt Club Cultural Center. Free.272-3700; www.artatthebar-n.org. Mariemont.

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, 8999Applewood Drive, $5. Presentedby Zumba with Ashley. 917-7475.Blue Ash.

Be Smart, Eat Well and MoveMore at Your Library, 3:45p.m., Deer Park Branch Library,3970 E. Galbraith Road, Learnabout exercise, good nutritionand feeding your brain withgood books while completing 26miles of Flying Pig marathon onyour Hog Log. Free. Presentedby Public Library of Cincinnati &Hamilton County. 369-4450.Deer Park.

Health / WellnessThe Emotionally AbsentMother, 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 - 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.

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

FRIDAY, FEB. 27Art ExhibitsBarn Painters Exhibit, 10 a.m.to 2 p.m., Woman’s Art ClubCultural Center, Free. 272-3700;www.artatthebarn.org. Marie-mont.

Art OpeningsBarn Painters Exhibit, 6-9 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,The Barn. Meet artists and viewfine, original oil paintings by 18local artists, ranging from ani-mal portraiture to still lifes andlandscapes. Exhibit continuesthrough march 1. BenefitsWoman’s Art Club CulturalCenter. Free. 272-3700; www.ar-tatthebarn.org. Mariemont.

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 tartar

sauce 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. Through April 3. 891-8527, ext. 1. Blue Ash.

Fish Fry-Days, 5-8 p.m., TheCommunity of the Good Shep-herd, 8815 E. Kemper Road,Menu items: fried fish dinner,salmon dinner, shrimp dinner,fish sandwich, child’s fish dinner.Fish tacos. Soups and sidesavailable for purchase. Drive-thru and takeout available.Benefits High School YouthSummer Mission Trip. $5-$10; ala carte options available. 489-8815; www.good-shepherd.org.Montgomery.

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, 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 - 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 ofcomedy. Ages 18 and up. Bene-fits Temple Sholom, ValleyInterfaith and Tikva Center. Free.Donations (cash or check) ac-cepted, as well as new clothingfor children. 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. 28Art ExhibitsBarn Painters Exhibit, 1-4 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, Free. 272-3700; www.ar-tatthebarn.org. Mariemont.

Cooking ClassesQuick and Easy: Pizza with JoeWestfall, noon to 1 p.m., Cooks’Wares, 11344 MontgomeryRoad, $20. Reservations re-quired. 489-6400. SymmesTownship.

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 re-quired. 237-5330;www.want2gofit.com. Syca-more 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.

Health / WellnessEthical Self Defense, 2:30-3:30

p.m., Yoga Fit Boutique, 10776Montgomery Road, $35 per classor $100 total for all sessions.Reservations required. Presentedby Master Jerome Cook. 237-5330; www.want2gofit.com.Sycamore Township.

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.

SUNDAY, MARCH 1Art ExhibitsBarn Painters Exhibit, 1-4 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, Free. 272-3700; www.ar-tatthebarn.org. Mariemont.

On Stage - TheaterLaughter on the 23rd Floor, byNeil Simon, 2:30-4:30 p.m.Child-friendly version., TempleSholom, Free. Donations (cash orcheck) accepted, as well as newclothing for children. Reserva-tions recommended. 791-1330,ext. 105; www.eventbrite.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.

TUESDAY, MARCH 3Art & 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.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4Drink 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.

Health / WellnessUC Health Mobile DiagnosticsMammography Screenings,6:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sycamore

Senior Center, 4455 CarverWoods Drive, Fifteen-minutescreenings. Cost varies by insur-ance. Financial assistance avail-able to those who qualify.Registration required. Presentedby UC Health Mobile Diag-nostics. 585-8266. Blue Ash.

LecturesEntrpreneneur Speaker Series:Buddy LaRosa, 7-8 p.m., UCBlue Ash College Muntz Theater,9555 Plainfield Road, Founderand chairman emeritus of LaRo-sa’s Pizza, and his sons Mark andMichael, featured guests. BuddyLaRosa will talk about how hestarted his first pizzeria in 1954.Free. Registration recommend-ed. Presented by UC Blue AshCollege. 936-1632; www.uc-blueash.edu/ess. Blue Ash.

Music - AcousticTom Stephenson, 6-10 p.m., TheVenue Cincinnati, 9980 KingsAutomall Drive, Free. 239-5009;www.thevenuecincinnati.com.Mason.

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, MARCH 5Art & Craft ClassesOpen Studio Oils with ChuckMarshall, 9:30 a.m. to noon,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, $25. 404-3161. Marie-mont.

Cooking ClassesParis in the Spring with Mari-lyn Harris, 6:30-9 p.m., Cooks’Wares, 11344 MontgomeryRoad, $65. Reservations re-quired. 489-6400. SymmesTownship.


Literary - Book ClubsBook Discussion Group forFriends Past and Present: TheBicentennial History of Cin-cinnati Friends Meeting(1815-2015), 7 p.m., CincinnatiFriends Meeting, Free. 791-0788;www.cincinnatifriends.org.Indian Hill.

FRIDAY, MARCH 6Art OpeningsArtistically Speaking: Brushand Palette Painters, 6-9 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,The Barn. Landscapes of localfavorite beauty spots. Exhibitcontinues through March 28.Benefits Woman’s Art ClubCultural Center. Free. 272-3700;www.artatthebarn.org. Marie-mont.

Dining EventsFish Fry, 4-7 p.m., HartzellUnited Methodist Church, $10,$5 ages 6-10, free ages 5 andunder. Carry-out fish sandwich:

$5. 891-8527, ext. 1. Blue Ash.Fish Fry-Days, 5-8 p.m., TheCommunity of the Good Shep-herd, $5-$10; a la carte optionsavailable. 489-8815; www.good-shepherd.org. Montgomery.

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

On Stage - TheaterFiddler on the Roof, 7:30 p.m.,Loveland Stage Company Thea-tre, 111 S. Second St., $18. Reser-vations required. Presented byLoveland Stage Company.443-4572; www.lovelandstage-company.org. Loveland.

Tuna Does Vegas, 8 p.m., Wal-ton Creek Theater, 4101 WaltonCreek Road, Comedy by EdHoward, Joe Sears and JastonWilliams about characters fromthird smallest town in Texasvisiting Sin City. $20. Reserva-tions required. Presented byMariemont Players Inc.. ThroughMarch 22. 684-1236; www.marie-montplayers.com. ColumbiaTownship.

SATURDAY, MARCH 7Art & Craft ClassesPainting Demonstration:Macy’s Arts Sampler, 2-4 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,The Barn. Watch members ofBrush and Palette Paintersdemonstrate painting tech-niques. Free. 272-3700; www.ar-tatthebarn.org. Mariemont.

Art ExhibitsArtistically Speaking: Brushand Palette Painters Exhibit,1-4 p.m., Woman’s Art ClubCultural Center, 6980 CambridgeAve., The Barn. Landscapes oflocal favorite beauty spots.Benefits Woman’s Art ClubCultural Center. Free. 272-3700;www.artatthebarn.org. Marie-mont.

BenefitsA Cupcake Affair with a Ken-yan Flair, 7-10 p.m., PeterloonEstate, 8605 Hopewell Road,African drums, entrees infusedwith flavors of Kenya, andselection of cupcakes. Silentauction features variety of itemsfrom Cincinnati and around theworld. Benefits SOTENI interna-tional. $100. Reservations re-quired. Presented by SOTENIInternational. 729-9932;www.soteni.org. Indian Hill.

A Time to Bloom: CMH Auc-tion, 7-11 p.m., RSVP EventCenter, 453 Wards Corner Road,Dancing, conversation, horsd’oeuvres and auction. Ages 18and up. Benefits Children’sMeeting House MontessoriSchool. $50. Registration recom-mended. Presented by Children’sMeeting House MontessoriSchool. 683-4757. Loveland.

Cooking ClassesQuick and Easy: Classic Risottowith Options with Joe West-fall, noon to 1 p.m., Cooks’Wares, 11344 MontgomeryRoad, $20. Reservations re-quired. 489-6400. SymmesTownship.

Exercise ClassesTai Chi Class Yang 37 ShortForm, 4-5 p.m., Yoga Fit Bou-

tique, $20. Registration re-quired. 237-5330;www.want2gofit.com. Syca-more Township.

Health / WellnessDiabetes Conversation Maps,10 a.m. to noon, Duck CreekYMCA, 5040 Kingsley Drive,Small group discussions of Type 2diabetes led by Jan Kellogg,certified diabetes educator. Free.Presented by Jan Kellogg. 791-0626. Duck Creek.

On Stage - TheaterFiddler on the Roof, 7:30 p.m.,Loveland Stage Company Thea-tre, $18. Reservations required.443-4572; www.lovelandstage-company.org. Loveland.

Tuna Does Vegas, 8 p.m., Wal-ton Creek Theater, $20. Reserva-tions required. 684-1236;www.mariemontplayers.com.Columbia Township.

SUNDAY, MARCH 8Art ExhibitsArtistically Speaking: Brushand Palette Painters Exhibit,1-4 p.m., Woman’s Art ClubCultural Center, Free. 272-3700;www.artatthebarn.org. Marie-mont.

On Stage - TheaterFiddler on the Roof, 3 p.m.,Loveland Stage Company Thea-tre, $18. Reservations required.443-4572; www.lovelandstage-company.org. Loveland.

Tuna Does Vegas, 2 p.m., Wal-ton Creek Theater, $20. Reserva-tions required. 684-1236;www.mariemontplayers.com.Columbia Township.

MONDAY, MARCH 9Health / 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.Through Dec. 14. 585-8266.Montgomery.

TUESDAY, MARCH 10Art & Craft ClassesOpen Studio Oils with ChuckMarshall, 7-9:30 p.m., Woman’sArt Club Cultural Center, $25.404-3161. Mariemont.

Art ExhibitsArtistically Speaking: Brushand Palette Painters Exhibit,10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Woman’s ArtClub Cultural Center, Free.272-3700; www.artatthebar-n.org. Mariemont.


Health / WellnessUC Health Mobile DiagnosticsMammography Screenings, 8a.m. to noon, Braxton F. CannMemorial Medical Center, 5818Madison Road, Fifteen-minutescreenings. Cost varies by insur-ance. Financial assistance avail-able to those who qualify.Registration required. Presentedby UC Health Mobile Diag-nostics. 585-8266. Madisonville.

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Learn from Gary Hunt what geocaching is and how to use it to explore Cincinnati at“Geocaching: A Modern Day Treasure Hunt,” 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, at Loveland BranchLibrary, 649 Loveland-Madeira Road, Loveland. This program is free. Call 369-4476; visitwww.cincinnatilibrary.org.

FEBRUARY 25, 2015 • SUBURBAN LIFE • A5NEWS

When I woke up this morn-ing, five more inches of snow

had fallen, mak-ing a total of 11inches in 48hours.

It had piledup at the baseof the kitchendoor again so Ihad to literallyshove the dooropen to let my-self out. Thetemperaturegauge read 9

below, so I knew it was a per-fect day for homemade beef

stew: Mary Helen’s classicbeef stew.

Mary Helen was my bestfriend, Carol Spry Vanover’sMom. When we were kids,Carol loved to eat at my housesince there were so many ofus and Mom would serve herLebanese food straight fromthe cast iron pot.

Conversely, I enjoyed go-ing to Carol’s house since thefood was presented elegantlyat the table with cloth napkinsand so much silverware Ididn’t know what fork to pickup when. Carol’s mom was themost gourmet cook around.

Little did I know that one ofher best creations, like thisstew, was quicker and easierthan some of my Mom’s Leba-nese offerings.

Can you help?Gotta get Goetta! Will you

share your favorite goettarecipes for an upcoming col-umn?

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is an herb-alist, educator, Jungle Jim’s East-gate culinary professional and au-thor. Find her blog online atAbouteating.com. Call 513-248-7130,ext. 356.

Snowy days perfect for beef stew

Rita HeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN

Mary Helen’s classic French beef oven stew

Even though I’ve made numerous versions of classic beef stew thatwere delicious, none were as quick as this and really, the taste of thisstew is outstanding.

Here’s the recipe with my adaptations. I used my Le Creuset ena-meled cast iron pot.

Just make sure your pot and lid are ovenproof.

2 pounds beef, cut in 1-1/2-inch cubes (I used a generous 2 poundsand bought stew beef already cut up)

2 medium onions, chopped, about 3 cups1 large clove garlic, minced - my addition which is optional (Mary

Helen did not add garlic)3 ribs celery, cut up4 medium carrots cut crosswise and then lengthwise1-1/4 cups tomato juice (I didn’t have any so used one can beef

broth mixed with 1 generous tablespoon tomato paste)1/3 cup quick/instant cooking tapiocaSalt and pepper to taste1/2 teaspoon dried basil2 medium red potatoes, chunked up (I used 3 Yukon gold)

Preheat oven to 300-325. Pour a thin film of oil in bottom of pot.Put beef in and then everything else except potatoes. Give it a stir.Cover and cook a total of 3-3/12 hours, until meat is tender but remem-ber to add potatoes during last hour of cooking. (I forgot to add pota-toes so cooked them separately and added to stew after it was done.)Good with mashed potatoes, too. If stew is too thick, add a bit of hotwater.

Tip from Rita: Stir some frozen, thawed peas in at the end.To cook in crockpot: 8-12 hours on low, 4-6 on high. Add potatoes

at beginning of cooking time.

Soothing lemon tea

Good for sore throats and colds or anytime you need a pick-me-up. Lemons are anti-viral, anti-bacterial and loaded with vitamin C forimmune system health. Honey is a traditional remedy for sore throats.

Stir together:

Juice of 1 lemon1 cup of very warm waterHoney to taste

Tip: Freeze lemons/limes whole.Just thaw, and you’ll get lots of juice.Indoor plant bonus: Natural humidifiersI over winter some tender herbs near my houseplants. I’ve learned

that indoor plants not only help put oxygen in the air during the day,they help humidify indoor air since plants release moisture throughtheir leaves. Houseplants also emit substances that suppress moldspores and bacteria.

THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD

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A publication of

Feb. 18 questionThe Ohio House recently

passed House Bill 7, which pro-hibits schools from using testscores from state assessmentswhen determining a student’sadvancement to the next gradelevel and granting of coursecredit. The bill also states thatschools are not permitted toshare individual student testscores to outside sources with-out consent from either thestudent or his or her parents. Isthis good legislation? Why orwhy not?

“It is outstanding legisla-tion. It strikes at the heart ofthe central government con-trol of our education in thiscountry. Eliminating the Fed-eral access to the kinds ofinformation requested inCommon Core testing affirmsthat the education of children

belongs in the hands of theparents, who have choice inwhat their children aretaught. We used to have whatwere called states rights thatdetermined the education,taxation and local regulation.People often chose to migrateto those states that they feltoffered the kind of opportuni-ties they wanted for them-selves and their children.’

D.B.

“Is this a good or bad bill? Idon't know, probably. What Ido know is that ever since wehave put so much emphasis on‘the test scores’ the overalleducation level has de-creased. We are forcing ourteachers to teach to the testand ignore actually teachingour kids how to learn or evenjust to have a desire to learn.All they get now is how tomemorize for the short term.If we ever hope to truly com-pete on the internationalstage, we may need to take astep or two back to the be-fore-the-test time of teach-ing.”

M. J. F.

Feb. 11 questionShould parents have the

right to decide whether to havetheir school-age children vacci-

nated, and if they decide not to,should the children be permit-ted to attend school? Why orwhy not?

“Normally, I am not a pro-ponent of allowing the gov-ernment to control so much ofour daily lives, however withthe issue around stupid peo-ple purposely deciding to nothave their children immu-nized, I have to make a largeexception.

“Absolutely no, parentsshould not have the right tochoose whether or not theirschool-age children are vacci-nated and a resounding yes,the government should notallow unvaccinated childrento attend school, in fact, theyshouldn't be allowed outsidetheir homes.

“This is an over-reactiveview of course, but I find it

preposterous that we are evenhaving a discussion about thecauses of a resurgence oferadicated diseases in 2015. Itamazes and frightens me thatsuch a large portion of theAmerican public have astruth the myth of any connec-tion between vaccinations andautism simply because it wasdiscussed on ‘The View.’ Thismyth was created in 1998 by aBritish researcher who waspaid $675,000 from a lawyerwho was hoping to sue vac-cine manufacturers. It hasbeen proven to be wrong sci-ence, yet people still to thisday believe there is a linkbetween vaccines and autism.They are wrong and we arecurrently seeing the verynegative effects of that misin-formation.”

M.F.

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AARP is well-known, butnot-so-familiar is the AARPFoundation and its Tax-Aideprogram.

Tax-Aide volunteers providea valuable service to the pub-lic, working behind-the-scenesin a surprisingly helpful andhopeful way each tax season.Trained volunteers serve hun-dreds of families annually,helping them file their Federaland Ohio taxes without a feebeing charged.

The program assists lowand mid-income families thatare a wide variety of ages. Allpeople are welcome to take

advantage ofthis service.

This servicehas been inplace in South-west Ohio formore than 30years. Infor-mation aboutthe programhas been toldby one satis-fied person toanother over

the years. Nine sites in Cincin-nati’s East Side communitiesprovide this tax assistancegiven by 70 volunteers. Under-

standably, as word getsaround, the need for more sitescontinues to grow, as does theneed for more volunteers forthe program to expand.

Each year from the begin-ning of February through mid-April, hundreds of families areassisted on the East side ofCincinnati alone. This area,Ohio District 19, serves com-munities from Interstate 71East into Western ClermontCounty, from the Ohio Rivernorth into Loveland and Mil-ford.

Volunteers are trained andcertified each year to stay

current with changes in the taxlaw and thus be able to servethe tax payers whom theyassist. The program is com-pletely run by volunteers; infact not even tips are acceptedfor services rendered. Thosereceiving the service do nothave to be a member of AARPnor do they need to be a “sen-ior citizen.” Typically tax prep-aration takes about an hour. Allreturns are double checked forQuality Review; all are filedelectronically.

There is a pressing need formore volunteers to be trainedfor this service. Perhaps as

you read this you are interest-ed in volunteering as a TaxPrep Aide. Training/certifica-tion will take place in January,and volunteers will be ready toserve the beginning of Febru-ary.

For information about vol-unteering or to locate a sitenear you, contactwww.aarp.org/volunteer or call1-888-687-2277.

Connie Booth is a resident of An-derson Township and volunteerswith the AARP Tax Aide program.

AARP program is the best-kept secret of tax season

ConnieBooth COMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

Last summer the Ohio StateLegislature and Gov. JohnKasich signed into law HouseBill 487, which required StateSuperintendent Richard Rossto assess the amount of testingin public schools and makerecommendations to reduce it.

In the meantime last Octo-ber two members of the houseintroduced HB 629, whichrequired the state to reducethe number of hours sched-uled for state tests from 20hours per grade level to four.

Ross presented his assess-ment and recommendations tothe governor and legislature.One of the report’s primarysuggestions cuts the amountof time for testing in the ele-mentary grades from 20 hoursto 16 hours per year.

Suffice it say both of thesebills were laden with the bestof intentions. The majority ofstudents are probably cele-brating the recommendationsin their schools’ halls. Al-though their teachers mightnot join them in cheers, morethan likely they are whis-pering a few sighs of reliefsince they will gain more classtime for instruction.

When someone buys a carthere is always the base priceprice plus the costs of acces-

sories andownership toconsider. Thesame holdstrue with theadministra-tion of stateunit and endof year teststo elemen-tary stu-dents. Thebase time

assigned to give the tests isovershadowed by all the pre-paratory time necessary forstudents to take them.

Everyone realizes that intoday’s world of high-stakestesting, prep time consumesthe thoughts and interests ofteachers and students for theentire school year. In fact itowns the entire instructionalprogram. Unfortunately, theend game is not the time rele-gated for examination peri-ods, it’s how the test resultsare interpreted and used.

Without question the oneday of the school year that ismet with the highest degree ofanxiety and anticipation by allis the day test scores arrive inthe district’s superintendent’soffice. This is the day of reck-oning that decides the imme-diate future for students,

teachers, and administrators,as well as the district’s and itslocal schools’ education rep-utation.

Just think about it. Testscores determine a schooldistrict’s grades for its well-publicized grade card. Gradesbelow As and Bs can become adisaster in terms of its aca-demic reputation. Third-gradestudents who fail to achieveproficiency in reading aresubject to retention.

Scores also impact classplacements for other students.Just as insidiously, at leasthalf of a teacher’s annualevaluation is dependent onstudents meeting the annualyear’s progress standard.

Let’s at least give our lawmakers credit for showingsome sensitivity to the exces-sive amount of time schoolsare mandated to scheduleachievement tests. On theother hand, until elected pub-lic officials enact laws thatprohibit punitive uses of endof year test results, the reduc-tion of test time will continueits hollow ring of fruitlessgood intentions.

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

Reducing time fortests is act of fruitlessgood intentions

Noel TaylorCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

A panel discussion featur-ing regional business leadersdiscussed the need to develop

local talent –young adultswho haveskills that areneeded intheir commu-nity. Theysaid thatthose youngadults are thekey to thecontinuedeconomicsuccess ofour region.

The bestway to develop that talent hasbeen discussed and debatedin news articles, politicalspeeches and forums. Arefour-year or advanced collegedegrees appropriate? Whenare training programs, com-munity colleges, adult educa-tion courses, and hands-ontraining the right choice foryoung adults?

The truth is that our youthneed to have options. Re-search shows that teenagerswill change careers multipletimes in their lives. Ohio'sefforts to introduce careereducation into lower grades isa step in that direction.

For many students, keep-ing options open means at-tending a career-technicalschool. They know that be-

coming ready for a careerand college by the time theygraduate offers multiplepaths.

About half of Great Oaksraduates, go directly to col-lege – many of them withcredits they've earned in highschool. Others use their ca-reer certification to getahead; a cosmetology studentmay use the license sheearned to save money forschooling. Graduates frompre-engineering, manufactur-ing and robotics programsare working for employerswho will pay for their college.

Apprenticeships in elec-tricity, HVAC and otherskilled trades allow graduatesto earn their continued educa-tion.

Healthcare graduatesknow that their certificationsare a foundation for advance-ment. Some students evengraduate from high schoolknowing that the field theythought they loved isn't forthem – a much easier decisionat 18 than after several yearsof college.

Our economy needs skilledprofessionals, and our youthneed possibilities. The chanceto explore choices early givesmany a head start on success.

Harry Snyder is president/CEO,Great Oaks Career Campuses. Helives in Batavia.

Advantages to exploring career

options early

HarySnyderCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

FEBRUARY 25, 2015 • SUBURBAN LIFE • B1

SPORTSSPORTSHIGH SCHOOL | YOUTH | RECREATIONAL CommunityPress.com

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

Several tournament eventswere pushed back because of in-clement weather so not all infor-mation is complete. See cincin-nati.com for updates.

Girls swimming anddiving

» Indian Hill senior Kara Ko-rengel and freshman MaggieAnning were sixth and seventh,respectively at the Division IIdistrict diving meet at MiamiUniversity Feb. 19. Korengelqualified for the state meet.

On Feb. 20, the followingswimmers qualified for the Di-vision II state meet: DevinLandstra, Elizabeth Drerup, 50freestyle; 200 freestyle relay;200 medley relay; Grace Stim-son, 200 individual medley; Dre-rup, Landstra, 100 backstroke;

Stimson, 100 breaststroke; 400freestyle relay.

Boys swimming anddiving

» The following swimmersfrom Moeller advanced to thestate meet from the Division Idistrict meet at Miami Univer-sity Feb. 22: Jacob Peloquin, 100backstroke and 100 butterfly,district champion in bothevents; Cooper Hodge, 200 indi-vidual medley; 400 free relay(Peloquin, Justin Davidson,Kevin George, Noah Worobetz);200 medley relay (Worobetz, Pe-loquin, Hodge, George); Woro-betz, 200 freestyle; George,Austin Theobald, 500 freestyle;200 freestyle relay; Hodge, Wo-robetz, 100 backstroke.

» Indian Hill’s Noah Vigranfinished third at the Division IIdistrict diving meet at MiamiUniversity Feb. 19 to qualify forthe state meet.

On Feb. 20 the followingBraves qualified for the Divi-

sion II state meet: Sam Vester,50 and 100 freestyle districtchampion; 200 medley relay;Jack Dowling, 500 freestyle.

» Madeira qualified all threeof its relays for the state swimmeet by winning the 200 and 400freestyle relays and taking sec-ond in the 200 medley relay atthe Division II district swimmeet Feb. 20 at Miami Univer-sity. Senior Ryan Stevensonqualified for state in the 100breaststroke by taking secondplace at the district meet. Sen-ior Jack Mantkowski took fifthplace in the 100 freestyle. Ju-nior Alex Fortman was sixth inthe 100 butterfly and freshmanChet Dobson was ninth.

Girls basketball» Indian Hill beat Blanches-

ter 44-31 on Feb. 19 in the Divi-sion II sectional at Withrow.Sophomore Ellie Schaub wastop scorer with 24 points. TheLady Braves moved on to playthe Mount Healthy/Taylor win-ner on Feb. 24.

» Mount Notre Dame’s Feb.21 Division I tournament gamewith Western Hills was post-poned until Feb. 23 after Com-munity Press deadlines. AnMND win would put themagainst the Western Brown/Loveland winner for a shot atthe sectional championshipFeb. 28.

Boys basketball » Madeira handed Marie-

mont a 75-67 loss on Feb. 13 be-hind 24 points, 11 rebounds andfour assists from freshmanJack Cravaack.

The Mustangs defeated Indi-an Hill 49-34 on Feb. 20. TravisFreytag led the way with 16points.

» Moeller beat St. Xavier 51-43 Feb. 20 for a share of theGreater Catholic League-Southtitle. Sophomore Riley Voss ledthe Crusaders with 14 points.

Boys bowling» Deer Park finished third in

the sectional tournament Feb.

20 to advance to districts. Ju-nior Matthew Bosse led theWildcats with a three-game se-ries of 561.

Girls bowling» Deer Park’s Maria Egbers

and Katie Meza advanced to thedistrict tournament Feb. 20.

Wrestling» Deer Park was third at the

Cincinnati Hills League meetFeb. 20. Champions for theWildcats were Jesse Potts (113),Tyler Goodpaster (145), AustinSiemon (160) and Jeremy He-glin (182).

Hockey» In the state Division I tour-

nament, Moeller defeated Syca-more 9-2 in Columbus on Feb.20.

Hall of Fame» Madeira is accepting nomi-

nations for its 2015 Hall of Fame

SHORT HOPS

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

See SHORT HOPS, Page B2

Not everyone can saythey’ve met “Dr. J” before a bigbasketball game.

On the other hand, not every-one has an emergency appen-dectomy before tip-off.

Moeller faculty memberMatt McLaughlin felt sharppains in his stomach on Wednes-day, two days before the Moell-er/St. Xavier basketball match-up. When things felt worse onThursday he went to the hospi-tal where he was checked out by“Dr. J” a/k/a Dr. Jay Johannig-man.

In the course of the examina-tion, McLaughlin informed thedoctor that he was he was ateacher and volleyball coach atMoeller and a 2005 graduate.The news brought an immedi-ate reaction from the Univer-sity of Cincinnati physician.

“He made a funny face andput his arms up in the ‘X’ mo-tion,” McLaughlin said.

As fate would have it, Johan-nigman is a St. Xavier grad andthe pair traded good-naturedGreater Catholic League barbsas the doctor was diagnosinghim with appendicitis. Johan-nigman successfully per-formed the emergency appen-dectomy on his crosstown rival,then left him a “memento” onhis hospital gown.

“When I came out of the an-esthesia, he had put two piecesof tape in the shape of an X (onthe gown),” McLaughlin said.

“It said, ‘Go Bombers, BeatMoeller’ and he had signed it.”

Despite the pain from doingso, McLaughlin chuckled andproceeded to show the adhesivejab to all of his visitors.

“It was a good thing to have aGCL competitor be a friend andtake care of me,” McLaughlinsaid. “He was a phenomenaldoctor. He was good to me andgood to my parents. We kept it inthe GCL family.”

McLaughlin has a follow-upvisit with Johannigman in a cou-ple of weeks. He hopes to pre-sent “Dr. J” with one of Moell-er’s finest “Beat X” t-shirts.

THANKS TO MARY FISCHER

Moeller High School teacher Matt McLaughlin was left a souvenir on hishospital gown by Dr. Jay Johannigman, a St. Xavier grad.

(St.) X marks thespot for MoellerappendectomyBy Scott [email protected]

THANKS TO MARY FISCHER

Moeller volleyball coach MattMcLaughlin smiles after having anemergency appendectomyperformed by Dr. Jay Johannigman,a St. Xavier High School grad.

DEER PARK — On paper afew months ago, this lookedlike the year Deer Park HighSchool’s wrestling team couldend the stranglehold thatReading has held on the Cincin-nati Hills League. The BlueDevils have won the title ninestraight seasons and 12 timessince 2000.

Unfortunately, leaguecrowns aren’t decided on pa-per and sports are often unpre-dictable.

Coach Jason Lambers hasall but needed a triage nursethis season as the Wildcatshave not only been bit by the in-jury bug; they’ve been gashed.

“I really thought this yearwould be our year,” Lamberssaid. “We’ve just been decimat-ed.”

The most notable omissionon the Wildcat card this seasonis senior Kamran Alexander. Astate qualifier a year ago, Alex-ander developed a shoulder is-sue over the summer.

“He tried to play his senioryear in football,” Lamberssaid. “He also tried to do a pre-season preview thing over atOak Hills. He tried wrestlingone match and couldn’t do any-thing. I really thought he wasgoing to place high. That was ahuge loss for us.”

Alexander struggledthrough his sophomore season,but improved dramatically asa junior.

From there, the injuries be-gan flowing freely. A sopho-more, Brandon Chadwell, torea ligament in his thumb. SeniorJustin Bell would have helpedin the upper weights, but torehis ACL in the summer. A soc-cer player was set to help at 106pounds, but was unable tocome out after a broken collar-bone.

Worse yet, veteran wrestlerTrent Macke didn’t finish thisseason.

“He tore his ACL his fresh-man year, then came back hissophomore year,” Lamberssaid. “Last year, he was kind ofoff and on with it. This year, hewrestled real well in the Cen-terville tournament, but decid-ed to hang it up.”

Carrying the team throughtournaments has been seniorsTyler Goodpaster and Austin

Deer Park wrestlers pointtoward sectional pins

By Scott [email protected]

SCOTT SPRINGER/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Deer Park senior Tyler Goodpaster, right, got the win over DemetriusSmith of Walnut Hills Jan. 31 at the Milford Invitational.


Junior Jeremy Heglin of Deer Park wraps up a win against Kennith Mooreof New Richmond at 182 pounds in the Milford Invitational Jan. 31.

ADAM BAUM/COMMUNITY PRESS

Deer Park’s Austin Siemon pins Troy’s Cam Kauflin at 160 pounds in theGreater Miami Valley Wrestling Association Holiday tournament inDecember.See WRESTLING, Page B2

B2 • SUBURBAN LIFE • FEBRUARY 25, 2015 LIFE

class. Nominations maybe submitted for a formerathlete out of high schoolat least five years, a for-

mer coach no longer in theMadeira school systemand a past or present con-tributor to the athleticprogram. Mail nomina-tions to M.H.S. AthleticHall of Fame, P.O. Box43266, Madeira, Ohio45243. Selections are

based only on what thenominee did while at Ma-deira. T

he deadline to submit isMay 1 and the inductionceremony will be at half-time of the football gameon Sept. 11 against Fair-view.

SHORT HOPS

Continued from Page B1

Siemon and juniors Jere-my Heglin and JessePotts. In December’sCoaches Classic, theywere the only Deer Parkwrestlers entered and allplaced.

In other tournaments,the Wildcats have faredwell, despite not having afull roster.

“If you have a few ham-mers in your lineup, youcan rack up some num-bers,” Lambers said. “It’salways fun to outscore

teams with a low amountof guys.”

Deer Park wrestles ademanding schedule andLambers believes it willbenefit his “big four” inthe tournament.

Still, it’s difficult forLambers to look back atwhat might have been andthe possibility of unseat-ing Reading in the CHL.

“This definitelywould’ve been the bestdual team since I’ve beenthere,” Lambers said.“Our lineup was set. Whenyou have all of these inju-ries, it’s just devastatingto what you want to doteam-wise.”

At the CHL Champion-ships at Deer Park Feb.20, the Wildcats finishedthird behind runner-upWyoming and their near-by nemesis, Reading.

“They’ve got the num-bers,” Lambers said. “Wejust have to take a differ-ent outlook on it and lookat the guys’ individualperformances.”

Winning CHL champi-onships were Potts (113),Goodpaster (145), Siemon(160) and Hegline (182).Siemon was named theleague Wrestler of theYear.

WrestlingContinued from Page B1

INDIAN HILL — Consid-ering the season beganwith nine new players, In-dian Hill High Schoolgirls basketball coachChris Arington was ableto steer his squad to athird-place CincinnatiHills League finish and awinning record.

A 44-31 triumph overBlanchester in the Divi-sion II sectional Feb. 19 atWithrow was the team’s13th win. Though less thanlast year’s total, it equalstheir 2013 tally that camewith several more veter-ans.

Like many of their oth-er games, the LadyBraves were out-sized bytheir opponent. To combatthe Blanchester bulk, In-dian Hill utilized a full-court press that allowedseveral quick scores. Itwas just what the doctorordered as they cameback from an early 12-2deficit to take a halftimelead and go on to the vic-tory.

“We haven’t had achance to really play likethat this year,” Aringtonsaid. “Our league is socompetitive that we reallydidn’t have an opportuni-ty to press. Also, playingon Mondays, Wednesdays

and Saturdays was kind ofa risk to use all your gas inthe tank. In the tourna-ment, you can’t leave anygas in the tank.”

Indian Hill has beenled in scoring all seasonby Arington’s daughter,Samantha, at around 16points per game. Rightwith her at 15 points issophomore Ellie Schaub.The highlight for the paircame Jan. 26 whenSchaub had 37 and SamArington checked in with

31 in a five-overtime con-test.

“That was quite thegame,” Arington said.“Three players over 30points (Mount Healthy’sAnetra Owensby was theother). A NBA gamebroke out.”

By advancing pastBlanchester, Indian Hillwas to play the winner ofMount Healthy/Taylor.With the marathon gameagainst Mount Healthyand two wins over Taylor,

the Lady Braves would befamiliar with the scoutingreport.

“There’s a blessing andcurse,” he said. “They’llalso know what we do.”

The outcome of theFeb. 24 Indian Hill sec-ond-round game was un-available prior to Commu-nity Press deadlines. Goto www.cincinnati.comfor the update.

This year’s Indian Hillseniors were MikaylaGermain, Peri Bigelow

and Bea Hernandez. From the starting line-

up, the Lady Braves willreturn Samantha Aring-ton and newcomer Mar-shana Baskin, who wasjust behind Arington andSchaub in points and re-bounds.

“When she gets an op-portunity, she’s quick andaggressive,” Aringtonsaid. “It really helps in ourpress.”

Sophomore SydneyPhillips and freshman Vi-olet Robertson occasion-ally spelled starters offthe bench.

“Everybody knowswhat their job and role isand how we need to play to

win,” Arington said.With the majority of

his offense back next fall,the coach is looking for-ward to using somespeedy athletes to pick upthe pace. Helping in thatequation may be someyoung ladies from the ju-nior high ranks.

“Our eighth-gradeteam went undefeatedand I’m looking forwardto getting some talent in tothe program next year,”Arington said.

Some of the playerswill begin those prepara-tions soon when Aring-ton’s AAU organization,the Angels, kicks into itsspring season.

Young Indian Hill girls basketballearns winning mark

By Scott [email protected]


Indian Hill junior Samantha Arington weighs her options against Blanchester Feb. 19.


Indian Hill sophomore Ellie Schaub (12) and senior PeriBigelow (2) set up the press as junior Marshana Baskin lurks inthe back.

A couple area gymnas-tics teams are alreadyprimed for a big push inthe postseason.

The Mason Comets re-main undefeated afterwinning the Hamilton In-vitational with 140.1points.They lead the crop of localteams that could have a bigimpact in the playoffs.

“We’re excited aboutthe postseason,” Masonhead coach Denise DeLo-tell said. “We expect tohave four athletes place inthe top six at state.”

For that to happen, De-Lotell said the team, whichdidn’t have a fall scored atthe Hamilton InvitationalFeb. 8, needs to have sen-iors Gabby Sora, CrystalKratzer, Nina Tavernierand a fourth gymnast posthigh scores.

Sora and Kratzer, DeLo-tell said, have been tre-mendous in all-around, but

the Comets have gottencontributions from othergirls on the squad. Theirsuccess has been crucial tothe team because not ev-ery girl competes in everyevent.

“Without the other kids,none of this would matter,”she said.

Lakota East is anotherlocal team that has high ex-pectations, but the Thun-derhawks have to get andremain healthy.

Sophomore Kiley Love-joy, one of the team’s topgymnasts, has been deal-ing with an ankle injuryand it’s taken longer thanexpected for her to return.Teammate Kelleen Leggehas been hampered by aknee injury. She has beencleared, she is just takingthe time to work her wayback.

Callie Gnam, anothertop gymnast on the team,

has been top three in mostof the events co-headcoach Mardi Dagley said.

“If we get healthy, wehave the potential,” shesaid.

Even though it graduat-ed plenty of seniors fromlast year’s team, Oak Hillswas predicted to be one ofthe better teams in thearea. The Highlanders hadhigh finishes, taking thirdin their first home meetand finishing in eighth outof 22 teams at the Elk Invi-tational in Centerville Jan.24.

Natalia Johnson,Mckenzey Kleinholz andAlyssa McCarthy havebeen key contributors.

“It’s been difficult withall the injuries, but ourfreshmen and sophomoreshave stepped up,” High-landers head coach KristinPerica said. “We’ve beenworking on upgrades to

our routines and we lookforward to the city and dis-trict meets. We want to fin-ish strong as a team.”

The Mason Comets re-main undefeated, and La-kota East has high expec-tations. Other teams thatexpected to be competingcome March include An-derson, Cincinnati Coun-try Day and Turpin.

The Indians broughtback an experiencedgroup led by seniors seniorKaitlin Harden, JenniferGonzales and Gusty Pohl-man.

CCD has a couple third-place finishes to its creditand finished in seventhplace at the Hamilton Invi-tational.

The Indians host thecity championships Feb.21.

Head coach Steve Con-ner said before the seasonthat the team’s goal was to

be among the top fiveteams in the city.

The Redskins andSpartans saw what theyneeded to do to improvefollowing the Flip Fest.The “Gymskins” finishedin fifth place overall andSpartans’ head coach GailMaundrell said “it was notone of our best meets.”

Anderson’s senior cap-tain Emily Caggianoplaced in the vault, beam,bars and was fourth in theall-around competition.

Turpin finished third inthe Hamilton Invitationaland posted a season-bestteam score of 128.275.

Junior Haley Witherellwon the floor exercisewith a personal best of 9.2 ,took second on beam andbars with scores of 8.9 and8.775, respectively.

She took third place inthe all-around with anoth-er personal best of 35.025.

Area gymnastics teams primed for postseason pushBy Nick [email protected]

FILE

Cincinnati Country Day’sKaitlin Harden shows herskills on the balance beam.

The Madeira girlsbasketball teams spon-sored a Cancer CureGame against Finney-town. Both Madeirateams were victorious.The girls honored all pastMadeira players and alllocal cancer survivors.

Madeira Kroger do-nated the pink roses forthe survivors. A rafflewas held to raise moneyfor the American CancerSociety and the Pam Ev-ans Smith Foundation.Pam Evans Smith wasthe former coach at Wit-

tenberg University,where head coach HaleyWarden played. Smithdied just after Wardenfinished at Wittenberg.

A check for $100 waspresented to the CancerSociety and the Pam Ev-ans Smith Foundation.

PROVIDED

Madeira High School 2014-2015 girls basketball team that honored cancer survivorsincluded, from left: Front, Celia Kline, Mary Englert, Carley Shea, Grace Jacobs, MalloryKline; middle, Ellie Paxton, Erin Parker, Jamie Grob, Nikki Macke, Robin Blocksom and MarinKline; back, coach James Campbell, coach Greg Ervin, coach Jon Warden and head coachHaley Warden.

Madeira girls honor cancer survivors

FEBRUARY 25, 2015 • SUBURBAN LIFE • B3LIFE


A relatively new typeof short-term loan hascome to the Tristate andbefore you decide to takeout this loan you need tofully understand therates, fees, term and con-ditions. It’s called an autotitle loan and it is drawingcomplaints from someconsumers.

The loan requires youto use your car as collater-al. In several cases theborrower is given 30 daysto repay the loan, plusinterest of 310 percent,plus fees to the title loancompany.

Cincinnati Legal Aidlawyer Nick DiNardosays he’s received a lot ofcomplaints about theseloans.

“They get trapped in acycle of debt which isexactly what the titlelenders intended to do.They want you to come inevery month and roll overthese loans,” DiNardosays.

Onesuch cus-tomer, LisaWilkerson,of Green-hills, bor-rowed$1,000when sheneededmoney inan emer-gency. But,

she was not able to repayit all, plus the fees, withinthe 30-day time limit so itwas rolled into a new loan.In the end, she says, shepaid back more thantwice what she originallyborrowed.

The Ohio ConsumerLenders Association is-sued me a statement say-ing, “Auto equity lendersfill a gap for consumerswho typically do not haveaccess to other sources ofshort term credit…Ourmembers fill a void leftby traditional banks, cred-it companies, and mort-gage lenders to provide amuch-needed service toworthy borrowers whoare being neglected andignored by others. Thisproduct has proved to be

invaluable to many con-sumers who are finding itdifficult to obtain a creditcard, bank loan, home-equity line of credit, andother forms of credit.”

The association alsosays a recent Harris Pollfound 93 percent of bor-rowers in the short-termlending industry statedthey fully understood andweighted the risks andbenefits before taking outthe loan. In addition, thepoll found 9 out of 10borrowers said they weresatisfied with the productreceived.

So, before you take outan auto equity title loanmake sure you have aplan for repaying thatmoney – plus the interestand fees – within the timedictated by the lender.Realize your failure topay that money couldresult in considerablymore money owed andeven the loss of yourvehicle due to reposses-sion by the lender.

Howard Ain appears as theTroubleshooter on WKRC-TVLocal 12 News. Email him [email protected].

New short-term loancomes with some risks

Howard AinHEY HOWARD!

Bethel Baptist TempleAWANA children’s clubs for ages4 through ninth-grade is of-fered 7-8:30 p.m. Wednesdaysthrough most of the schoolyear. Children enjoy games,Bible stories, competitions, anAWANA store, Bible memoriza-tion, awards and fun themednights. All are welcome.

A banquet for senior citizens isbeing planned for March.

Small groups are forming, bothgeographically and by interest.

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

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

Blue AshCommunity ChurchThis non-denominational churchmeets at the Sycamore SeniorCenter in Blue Ash.

Services are Sunday at 10:30 a.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.

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 Chapel,5125 Drake Road, Cincinnati.The event is open to the public.To purchase tickets in advance,please go to our website 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 anniver-sary as a Quaker meeting.

Regular worship is 11 a.m. Sun-days followed by fellowship inthe Fireside room at noon. FirstDay/Nursery School is available.

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

CommunityLighthouse Churchof GodServices are 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Sundays; 7 p.m. Wednesdays. The church is at 4305 SycamoreRoad, Cincinnati; 984-5044; onFacebook under CommunityLighthouse Church of God.

Good ShepherdLutheran ChurchGood Shepherd is a large churchthat offers a variety of styles ofworship and service times:Saturdays at 5 p.m. is Wovenworship (mix of traditional andcontemporary). Sundays at 8a.m. and 11 a.m. is Traditionalworship. Sundays at 9:30 a.m. isContemporary worship. Sun-days at 9 a.m. 30-inch FamilyWorship for wee ones. Sundaysat 5:45 p.m. is 'NOSH' dinnerand worship offsite at UCCampus Ministry Edge House.GSLC offers preschool andstudent Sunday School at 9:30a.m., September-May; faith-building classes, fellowship andoutreach opportunities, andsmall groups are offered eachweekend and throughout theweek for adults to connect.There is something for every-one 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: 11 a.m.;active youth, outreach, fellow-ship, music ministries, Biblestudies. Pastor is Will Leasure.

Seekers (The Way, the Truth andthe Life) small group meets 6:30p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Sundays. Formore information, contactDave and Melissa at 891-8527EXT. 1.

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

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

St. Paul CommunityUnited MethodistChurchWorship times are 8:30 a.m. and11 a.m. (traditional) and 9:30a.m. (contemporary).

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

About religionReligion news is published at nocharge on a space-availablebasis. Items must be in by 4 p.m.Wednesday for consideration inthe following edition. E-mailannouncements to [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

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681 Mt. Moriah Drive • 513.752.1333

mtmoriahumc.org

Active Youth • Outreach • Fellowship

Music Ministries • Bible Studies

Ark of Learning

Preschool and Child CareAges 3 through 12

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

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

FEBRUARY 25, 2015 • SUBURBAN LIFE • B5LIFE

Buddy LaRosa, thefounder and chairmanemeritus of LaRosa’s Piz-za, and his sons Mark andMichael, are the featuredguests for the next UCBlue Ash College Entre-preneur Speaker Series, 7p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday,March 4, in Muntz Audito-rium at UC Blue Ash Col-lege. The event is free.

The UC Blue Ash Col-lege Entrepreneur Speak-er Series features suc-cessful entrepreneurseach semester on the UCBlue Ash campus. Theguests are interviewed byKent Lutz, assistant pro-fessor of business/eco-nomics at UC Blue Ash,and take questions fromthe audience. The serieswas launched last fallwith Jeff Wyler, chairmanand CEO of the Jeff WylerAutomotive Family.

At the March 4 event,Buddy LaRosa will talk

about how he started hisfirst pizzeria on the WestSide in 1954 – against theadvice of his father – andhow he was able to growthat small location into aregional empire with 63restaurants. Mark LaRo-sa, president and chief cu-linary officer, and Mi-chael LaRosa, chief exec-utive officer, will share in-sight on innovations thathave supported thatgrowth and that helpdrive plans for further ex-pansion.

Along with the interac-tive discussion, the eventwill be immediately fol-lowed by a receptionwhen audience memberscan meet the guests andenjoy free LaRosa’s pizza.

To register for this freepresentation, or to learnmore about the UC BlueAsh College Entrepre-neur Speaker Series, go towww.ucblueash.edu/ess.

Buddy LaRosa to appear at Blue Ash event

PROVIDED

Michael, Buddy, and Mark LaRosa will talk about how they grew the LaRosa's empire in a special event at UC Blue Ash.

Marilyn NaberMarilyn Naber, 85, of Ken-

wood died Feb. 15.Survived by children Marisue

(John Schuler) Naber, Rick (Nan-cy) Naber, Dave (Karen) Naberand Bill (Christi) Naber; grand-children Jon (Kim) Lenihan, Jay(Amber) Lenihan, Ashley (David)Fetters, Lauren Schuler, Lauren(Devin) Woodyard, Krista, Ellyn,

Madeline, Brandon (Abby),Mallory, Jenna, Kelsey, Alex,Buddy, Bob, Megan, Grace andSarah Naber; and great-grand-children Lilly and ReeceWoodyard and Haiden, Loganand Morgan Lenihan.

Preceded in death by parentsRalph W. and Mary Virginia (neeKnapp) Holters.

Services were Feb. 15 at St.Vincent Ferrer, Cincinnati.

DEATHS

COLUMBIA TOWNSHIP2839 Ridgewood Ave.: Tosolt,Brandelyn & Bruce to Gahl,Jessica; $165,000.

DEER PARK8006 Beech Ave.: Harding,Michael C. & Mary Ann toEquity Trust Co FBO; $60,100.

4209 Matson Ave.: Jackson,Leigh F. & Kimberly M. to Wilp,Jennifer R.; $115,000.

MADEIRA7246 Rita Lane: BuckheadHomes Inc. to Oelrich, MatthewC. & Elizabeth A.; $485,502.

SILVERTON3937 Oak Ave.: Carter, ClarenceC. to JPMorgan Chase Bank NA;$37,500.

3820 Queen Crest Ave.: EdgarConstruction LLC to CallowayCleaning & Restoration Inc.;$29,900.

3820 Queen Crest Ave.: Bank ofAmerica NA to Edgar Construc-tion LLC; $24,320.

4111 South Ave.: New BethesdaHoly Temple- Church to BibleDeliverance Church; $160,000.

SYCAMORE TOWNSHIP8412 Wicklow Ave.: HiltonCapital Group LLC to JenkinsProperties LLC; $83,000.

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

Cancer Support Com-munity Greater Cincin-nati-Northern Kentuckywill launch a new evi-dence-based program fo-cused on the needs of pa-tients and caregivers.

Funded by the Michi-gan Institute for Clinicaland Health Research, thisFOCUS Program will helpcancer patients and fam-ily caregivers decreaseemotional distress and in-crease quality of life,communication skills,and ability to manage ill-ness in their lives.

According to the Insti-tute of Medicine, the emo-tional needs of cancer pa-tients and their care-givers are not being ade-quately met. Patients mayreceive state-of-the-artmedical care but littlehelp coping with detri-mental effects of the ill-ness or mental and physi-cal quality of life. Familycaregivers are responsi-ble for providing complexcare in-home with littleeducation or support,which reduces care-givers’ confidence and in-creases stress.

The FOCUS Programuses five modules to sup-port patients and care-givers, forming the acro-nym FOCUS: Family in-volvement, Optimisticoutlook, Coping effective-ness, Uncertainty reduc-tion, Symptom manage-ment.

Like all CSC programs,this 5-week session is freeto participants and led bya licensed social worker.Each week the personwith cancer and his or herloved one will gather withothers in a small group fortwo hours to learn moreabout how to live throughand beyond cancer.

CSC is looking for par-ticipants for sessions run-ning from February to No-vember. To be eligible, aperson can have any typeor stage of cancer and canbe in treatment or havecompleted treatmentwithin the last 18 months.The participant musthave a support personwho is willing to partici-pate. For more informa-tion or to sign up, call Kel-ly Schoen, program direc-tor, at 513-791-4060.

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DEER PARKIncidents/investigationsBreaking and entering,criminal damaging, carryconcealed weapon,obstructing official business,possession of criminal toolsReported at 8300 block of BeechAve., Jan. 25.

Breaking and enteringReported at 4200 block of

Hegner Ave., Feb. 8.Disorderly conduct whileintoxicatedReported at 7900 block of BlueAsh Road, Feb. 11.

TheftReported at 4300 block of E.Galbraith Road, Feb. 6.

MADEIRAIncidents/investigations

Breaking and enteringReported at Willis Music Co. At8100 block of MontgomeryRoad, Jan. 31.

Criminal damage, theftWindow broken and wallettaken from vehicle at 8200block of Camargo, Jan. 31.

Menacing by stalkingFemale reported offense at 5700block of Windridge, Feb. 3.

POLICE REPORTS

EF High School Ex-change Year, a non profitorganization, and localIECs (international ex-change coordinators) arelooking to interview fam-ilies to host exchange stu-dents who will arrive inAugust.

Students are ages 15through 18, are insured,have spending money andare fluent in English. Thestudents will attend Har-rison High School. Fam-ilies are asked to provide“room and board” and afamily experience. Fam-

ilies can choose the stu-dent they would like tohost.

Contact Cathy Bruck-ert at: 874-7548 or 702-7686 or [email protected] You can visitEF at efexchangeyear.organd exchangestories.com.

Group seeks host families for exchange students

Huntington, WV

Hinton, WV

From Huntington, WV to Hinton, WV and Return!

For more information, please visit our website!

Sponsored by the:Collis P. Huntington Railroad Historical Society, Inc.

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