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S UBURBAN S UBURBAN LIFE 75¢ WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2013 BECAUSE COMMUNITY MATTERS Your Community Press newspaper serving Columbia Township, Deer Park, Dillonvale, Kenwood, Madeira, Rossmoyne, Sycamore Township Vol. 50 No.21 © 2013 The Community Press ALL RIGHTS RESERVED News .......................... 248-8600 Retail advertising .............. 768-8404 Classified advertising ......... 242-4000 Delivery ........................ 576-8240 See page A2 for additional information Contact The Press FOOD Rita used her own fresh green beans to make delicious dilly beans. Full story, B3 HEY HOWARD! Is it a good idea to buy from a door-to-door salesman? One woman says she’ll never do it again. Full story, B4 Sycamore Township trustees and Deer Park councilmembers officially approved the contract for a joint economic develop- ment zone agreement after a possible hiccup. The Kenwood-Northwest joint economic development zone, which would include Jew- ish Hospital, doctors’ and busi- ness offices on Galbraith Road and Kenwood Place on Kenwood Road, was approved Aug. 5 dur- ing a special trustees’ meeting. That night, Deer Park also scheduled a special council meeting to approve the contract as well to put the joint economic develop- ment zone on the Nov. 5 ballot. City Council voted unanimously to approve the joint economic devel- opment zone contract with the township. Instead, because the city’s notification of the special meeting didn’t in- dicate the purpose for meeting as is required by Ohio’s Sunshine Laws, their vote could be inval- id. Safety-Service Direc- tor Mike Berens said that to ensure council’s vote is valid, he scheduled another special meeting for 8 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7, in the City Coun- cil chambers, 7777 Blue Ash Road. City Council voted unanimously at the Aug. 7 special meeting to ap- prove the joint economic development zone with Sycamore Township and will submit it to the Ham- ilton County Board of Elections. The joint economic development zone would assign a 0.75 percent earnings tax on employ- ees that work within the zone. Deer Park’s treasurer and tax collector would oversee the collections and the city would take the cost of collec- tion or 2 percent, whichever is greater, out of that revenue. Deer Park would then keep 10 percent of the rest of the joint economic development zone revenue. Sycamore Township will receive the remaining 90 percent. If passed by Deer Park City Council, and if Sycamore Township residents approve it on Election Day, collection of the tax will likely begin on July 1, ac- cording to the contract. Sycamore Township’s three other joint economic develop- ment zones — two with Madeira and one with Amberley Village — were approved by voters dur- ing May’s election and taxes from those areas will start being collected Oct. 1. Berens said that because of the short amount of time the township and city had to set up the contract the joint economic development zone will start col- lection later so details can be de- termined. “(Starting on July 1) gives us time to set up,” he said. “There’s still a lot to be set up, so Syca- more Township recommended that date to us.” Sycamore Township’s Plan- ning and Zoning Director/Assis- tant Township Administrator Greg Bickford said that early es- timates show that collections would generate about $100,000 per year for Deer Park, which Councilwoman Chris Hedger said would likely go to road re- pairs. Want more updates about Deer Park? Follow Leah Fightmaster on Twitter: @LCFightmaster. Vote on new tax zone heads to ballot Procedural error forced a do-over By Leah Fightmaster [email protected] Bickford Berens MADEIRA — She is the only original member of the Ma- deira Woman’s Club still in- volved with the community organization, and Nancy Klapproth was recently rec- ognized for more than 60 years of service with the Ven- ue Magazine Civic Leader- ship Award. “It was quite a surprise be- cause I was up against some well-known people,” Klap- proth said. “I never thought anyone of my status would be eligible and I’m very proud of my club.” The Madeira Woman’s Club started in 1959 – original- ly called the Eastern Hills Woman’s Club with nine members. Klapproth and oth- er women were recruited from outside Madeira in the group’s early years, she said, to grow the club. At its peak, the MWC had more than 100 members and Klapproth is thought of as its historian. “It’s amazing looking back,” Klapproth said. “Eight little ladies and I really didn’t know what we were doing at the time.” Mary Jo Morgan, MWC member and former Madeira councilwoman, got involved with the club because the city’s recreation commission needed money for flagpoles at parks. “It was the best thing that ever happened,” Morgan said. “These women basically raised me – I still call Nancy ‘mom.’” Klapproth says her pen- chant for service came from her parents’ leading a volun- teer-oriented lifestyle. Her father was very involved with the Boy Scouts and her moth- er worked with schools, the West Chester resident said. That upbringing led the West Chester resident to start book clubs in her early schooling days and eventually become a nurse. She now lives in a retire- ment community in West Chester, but Klapproth hasn’t stopped engaging those around her. The 89-year-old retired nurse started a book club at the community and still works as a “Saturday Girl” at The Clothes Closet. Additionally, Klapproth also is involved with a food pantry at Roselawn Lutheran Church. “I’m very fortunate be- cause I’m still in reasonably good health,” she said. “So much has held me in here and I really enjoy helping.” Want to know more about the stories that matter in Madeira? Follow Jason Hoffman on Twitter: @jhoffman_cp. Original member of Madeira Woman’s Club honored Nancy Klapproth, of West Chester, received the Civic Leadership Award from Venue Magazine in recognition of her more than 60 years of community service. JASON HOFFMAN/THE COMMUNITY PRESS Nancy Klapproth recognized for civic involvement with leadership award By Jason Hoffman [email protected] COLUMBIA TWP. — Some trustees were still in the township offices af- ter agreeing to ask voters to ap- prove a new business tax when township Administrator Mike Lem- on pulled out of the parking lot. “I’m going to the (Hamilton County) Board of Elections,” he called out after an Aug. 2 special meet- ing of the Columbia Township Board of Trustees, which agreed to create a joint economic-de- velopment zone in the township with Fairfax. Lemon was steer- ing to downtown Cincinnati with pa- perwork directing the elections board to put the zone and a proposed new 1-percent income tax for the zone on the Nov. 5 ballot for a vote of township electors. Fairfax Village Council ap- proved the economic-development agreement with Columbia Town- ship Aug. 5. Aug. 5 was the deadline for the township to file papers with the Proposed new tax in voters’ hands Zone joins Fairfax, Columbia Township By Jeanne Houck [email protected] Kaminer THE “BEST THING” See why Susan Hughes, vice president of the Columbia Township trustees, says a proposed joint economic-development zone contract with Fairfax would be the best thing to happen to the township during her tenure. http://cin.ci/1cwVbV4 See TAX, Page A2

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SUBURBANSUBURBANLIFE 75¢

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2013 BECAUSE COMMUNITY MATTERS

Your Community Press newspaper servingColumbia Township, Deer Park, Dillonvale,Kenwood, Madeira, Rossmoyne, Sycamore Township

Vol. 50 No.21© 2013 The Community Press

ALL RIGHTS RESERVEDNews ..........................248-8600Retail advertising ..............768-8404Classified advertising .........242-4000Delivery ........................576-8240

See page A2 for additional information

Contact The PressFOODRita used her ownfresh green beans tomake delicious dillybeans.Full story, B3

HEY HOWARD!Is it a good idea to buy from adoor-to-door salesman? Onewoman says she’ll never do itagain. Full story, B4

Sycamore Township trusteesand Deer Park councilmembersofficially approved the contractfor a joint economic develop-ment zone agreement after apossible hiccup.

The Kenwood-Northwestjoint economic developmentzone, which would include Jew-ish Hospital, doctors’ and busi-ness offices on Galbraith RoadandKenwoodPlace onKenwoodRoad, was approved Aug. 5 dur-ing a special trustees’ meeting.

That night, Deer Park alsoscheduled a special council

meeting to approve thecontract aswell to put thejoint economic develop-ment zone on the Nov. 5ballot.

City Council votedunanimously to approvethe joint economic devel-opment zone contractwith the township.

Instead, because thecity’s notification of thespecial meeting didn’t in-dicate the purpose formeeting as is required byOhio’s Sunshine Laws,their vote could be inval-id.

Safety-Service Direc-torMike Berens said thatto ensure council’s vote is valid,he scheduled another specialmeeting for 8 a.m. Wednesday,

Aug. 7, in the City Coun-cil chambers, 7777 BlueAsh Road.

City Council votedunanimously at the Aug.7 special meeting to ap-prove the joint economicdevelopment zone withSycamore Township andwill submit it to theHam-ilton County Board ofElections.

The joint economicdevelopment zone wouldassign a 0.75 percentearnings tax on employ-ees that work within thezone.

Deer Park’s treasurerand tax collector would

oversee the collections and thecitywouldtakethecostofcollec-tion or 2 percent, whichever is

greater, out of that revenue.DeerParkwould thenkeep10

percent of the rest of the jointeconomic development zonerevenue. Sycamore Townshipwill receive the remaining 90percent. If passed by Deer ParkCity Council, and if SycamoreTownship residents approve itonElectionDay, collectionof thetaxwill likelybeginonJuly1, ac-cording to the contract.

Sycamore Township’s threeother joint economic develop-ment zones— two withMadeiraand one with Amberley Village—were approved by voters dur-ing May’s election and taxesfrom those areaswill start beingcollected Oct. 1.

Berens said that because ofthe short amount of time thetownship and city had to set up

the contract the joint economicdevelopment zone will start col-lection later so details can be de-termined.

“(Starting on July 1) gives ustime to set up,” he said. “There’sstill a lot to be set up, so Syca-more Township recommendedthat date to us.”

Sycamore Township’s Plan-ning and Zoning Director/Assis-tant Township AdministratorGregBickfordsaid thatearlyes-timates show that collectionswould generate about $100,000per year for Deer Park, whichCouncilwoman Chris Hedgersaid would likely go to road re-pairs.

Want more updates about DeerPark? Follow Leah Fightmaster onTwitter: @LCFightmaster.

Vote on new tax zone heads to ballotProcedural errorforced a do-overBy Leah [email protected]

Bickford

Berens

MADEIRA—She is the onlyoriginal member of the Ma-deira Woman’s Club still in-volved with the communityorganization, and NancyKlapproth was recently rec-ognized for more than 60years of servicewith theVen-ue Magazine Civic Leader-ship Award.

“Itwas quite a surprise be-cause I was up against somewell-known people,” Klap-proth said. “I never thoughtanyone ofmy statuswould beeligible and I’mveryproud ofmy club.”

The Madeira Woman’sClubstarted in1959–original-ly called the Eastern HillsWoman’s Club – with ninemembers. Klapproth and oth-er women were recruitedfrom outside Madeira in thegroup’s early years, she said,to grow the club. At its peak,the MWC had more than 100members and Klapproth isthought of as its historian.

“It’s amazing lookingback,” Klapproth said. “Eightlittle ladies and I really didn’tknow what we were doing atthe time.”

Mary Jo Morgan, MWCmember and formerMadeiracouncilwoman, got involvedwith the club because thecity’s recreation commissionneeded money for flagpolesat parks.

“It was the best thing thatever happened,” Morgan

said. “Thesewomen basicallyraised me – I still call Nancy‘mom.’”

Klapproth says her pen-chant for service came fromher parents’ leading a volun-teer-oriented lifestyle. Herfatherwasvery involvedwiththe Boy Scouts and hermoth-er worked with schools, theWest Chester resident said.That upbringing led the WestChester resident to start book

clubs in her early schoolingdaysandeventuallybecomeanurse.

She now lives in a retire-ment community in WestChester, but Klapproth hasn’tstopped engaging thosearound her. The 89-year-oldretired nurse started a bookclub at the community andstill works as a “SaturdayGirl” at The Clothes Closet.Additionally, Klapproth also

is involvedwith a food pantryat Roselawn LutheranChurch.

“I’m very fortunate be-cause I’m still in reasonablygood health,” she said. “Somuchhas heldme in here andI really enjoy helping.”

Want to knowmore about thestories that matter in Madeira?Follow Jason Hoffman on Twitter:@jhoffman_cp.

Original member of MadeiraWoman’s Club honored

Nancy Klapproth, of West Chester, received the Civic Leadership Award from Venue Magazine inrecognition of her more than 60 years of community service. JASON HOFFMAN/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Nancy Klapprothrecognized for civicinvolvement withleadership awardBy Jason [email protected]

COLUMBIA TWP. — Some trusteeswere still in the township offices af-ter agreeing to ask voters to ap-prove a new business tax whentownship Administrator Mike Lem-on pulled out of the parking lot.

“I’m going to the (HamiltonCounty) Board of Elections,” hecalled out after anAug. 2 special meet-ing of the ColumbiaTownship Board ofTrustees, whichagreed to create ajoint economic-de-velopment zone inthe township withFairfax.

Lemon was steer-ing to downtownCincinnatiwith pa-perwork directing the electionsboard toput thezoneandaproposednew 1-percent income tax for thezoneon theNov. 5ballot foravoteoftownship electors.

Fairfax Village Council ap-proved the economic-developmentagreement with Columbia Town-ship Aug. 5.

Aug. 5 was the deadline for thetownship to file papers with the

Proposednew taxin voters’handsZone joins Fairfax,Columbia TownshipBy Jeanne [email protected]

Kaminer

THE “BEST THING”See why Susan Hughes, vice president ofthe Columbia Township trustees, says aproposed joint economic-developmentzone contract with Fairfax would be thebest thing to happen to the townshipduring her tenure. http://cin.ci/1cwVbV4

See TAX, Page A2

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Calendar .................B2Classifieds ................CFood ......................B3Life ........................B1Police .................... B8Schools ..................A4Sports ....................A6Viewpoints .............A8

Index

Pat Donaldson,resident since 2009

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boardofelections inorderto secure a place for thezone initiative on the No-vember ballot.

If approved by town-ship voters, the proposedjoint economic-develop-ment zone would be over-seen by a board of direc-tors that would levy thenew income tax on people

who work and businessesthat operate in these threetownship commercialareas:

» 48 acres on WoosterPike.

» 12 acres on PlainvilleRoad.

» 170 acres at Ridgeand Highland avenues.

Theproposed initiativecalls for Fairfax to collectthe new income tax in thezone and distribute it inexchangeforpocketing10percent of the taxes col-

lected, after service, re-serve and escrow fees aresubtracted.

State law prohibitstownships from levyingincome taxes, but Colum-bia Township would re-ceive 90 percent of thepost-fees revenue gener-ated by the new tax.

After deducting thefees, Lemon estimatedthat the township wouldannually collect $670,000and Fairfax $67,000 fromthe new tax.

“This is the best thingthat’s ever happened tothe township since I’vebeen here,” SusanHughes, vice president ofthe board of trustees, saidafter she, trustee Presi-dent Stephen Langen-kamp and Trustee DavidKubicki unanimously ap-proved the contract withFairfax.

“We’ll have a goodworking relationshipwithFairfax, which is a classycommunity that we haveworked with in the past,”Hughes said.

Like other municipal-ities, Columbia Townshipand Fairfax are lookingforways to raisemoney inthe wake of cuts in stateappropriations and in lo-cal property taxes causedby falling property valua-tions.

“We have to come up

with newways to comeupwith money becausewe’re drastically beingcut back from the state,”Hughes said.

“All the responsibil-ities that we have, we stillhave to perform: police,fire, waste and roads.”

If voters approve thezone, “We will be able tobring in money withoutraising levies,” Hughessaid.

“We’ll be able to getmore economic-develop-ment going.

“It will be a wonderfulwaytoput themoneybackinto the general fund andkeep us with all the ser-vices that our wonderfulresidents deserve,”Hughes said.

FairfaxVillageAdmin-istrator Jenny Kaminersaidanadvantageof fund-ing from this type of

agreementwithColumbiaTownship is it doesn’t puta tax burden on the resi-dents of Fairfax.

“It’smoneyweare ableto generate, but we don’thave to tax our residentsto do that,” she said.

Additionally, Kaminersaid, a joint economic-de-velopment zonehelpspro-mote a “healthy and via-ble” community.

“That helps us stayvia-ble as well,” she said.

Meanwhile, neither theportion of ColumbiaTownshipoutside thezonenor Fairfax would be sub-ject to the new incometax; Fairfax residents willnot vote on the issue be-cause the zonewouldbe inthe township.

Theproposedjointeco-nomic-development con-tract would last 40 yearswith three,10-year renew-al terms that would startautomatically unless Co-lumbia Township andFairfax agreed to discon-tinue the contract or oneof the parties wanted toterminate it and met noti-fication deadlines.

If township voters ap-prove the zone in Novem-ber, Lemon said, the town-ship and Fairfax hope tohave it “up and running”by February 2014.

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

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NewsEric Spangler Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .576-8251, [email protected] Fightmaster Reporter . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248-7577, [email protected] Hoffman Reporter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248-7574, [email protected] Laughman Sports Editor . . . . . . .248-7573, [email protected] Springer Sports Reporter . . . . . . . . . .576-8255, [email protected]

AdvertisingTo place an ad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .513-768-8404,

[email protected]

DeliveryFor customer service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .576-8240Stephen BarracoCirculation Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248-7110, [email protected]

Ann Leonard District Manager. . . . . . . . . . .248-7131, [email protected]

ClassifiedTo place a Classified ad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .242-4000, www.communityclassified.com

To place an ad in Community Classified, call 242-4000.

Find news and information from your community on the WebColumbia Township • cincinnati.com/columbiatownship

Deer Park • cincinnati.com/deerparkDillonvale • cincinnati.com/dillonvale

Hamilton County • cincinnati.com/hamiltoncountyKenwood • cincinnati.com/kenwoodMadeira • cincinnati.com/madeira

Sycamore Township • cincinnati.com/sycamoretownship

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If you or a loved one have a medicalemergency, you know that distanceand time make all the difference. That’swhy Mercy Health has opened ournew state-of-the-artEmergency Department rightin the heart of Rookwood. Rookwood MedicalCenter is open 24/7, staffed with Mercy Healthphysicians and cardiologists, utilizing only themost advanced, life-saving and diagnostictechnology. And we don’t stand alone. We are

backed by The Jewish Hospital andthe Mercy Health network of care,giving you primary access to morephysicians and specialists throughout

Greater Cincinnati. Rookwood Medical Centerand Mercy Health are right in your neighborhood– reflecting our commitment to help you be well,right where you live. To find out more aboutRookwood Medical Center and the Mercy Healthnetwork of care, visit us at e-mercy.com.

4101 EDWARDS ROAD–OPEN 24/7

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Meet state repStateRep.ConniePillich

(D-28th District) will con-ductopenofficehours7:30-9:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 19,at Coffee Please, 6930 Mi-ami Ave., inMadeira.

Pillich has open officehours at different locationsthroughout her district,where residents can cometo discuss issues and ideaswith her. All are welcome.

The 28th district in-cludes Blue Ash, DeerPark, Evendale, ForestPark, Glendale, Greenhills,Madeira, Montgomery,PleasantRunFarms,Read-ing, Sharonville, Spring-dale, and Sycamore Town-ship.

BRIEFLY

Old styles and trendshave away of resurging inpopularity.

Kim and Cary Chaneyare trying to bring videogamesback—andnotcur-rent favorites, such as“Call of Duty” or “Halo,”but “Donkey Kong” or“PacMan.” Cary Chaney'schildhood in the early1980s was filled with ar-cade games, and he hassince become an enthusi-astandcollector.Althoughthe couple’s six kids couldplay old school games intheir home where Chaneykept his collection, theywouldn’t have the chanceto get the arcade experi-ence.

Chaney’s idea to openan arcade in Deer Parkcameas“anepiphany”onenight, in which the ideastruck him suddenly as heposed the question, “Whydon’t we open an arcade?”to his wife, Kim. Althoughhe said he can’t claim theidea completely for him-self, because new arcadesare catching on across theUnited States, they tookthe idea and ran with it.

The Place, Retro Ar-cade opened at 4069 E.Galbraith Road in DeerPark June 8. The arcadeoperates mainly on theweekendsorbyspecialap-pointment for privateevents. Despite the short-er hours, the Chaneyshave day jobs and see ThePlace as an experiment.Perhaps a full-time en-deavor someday, the ar-cade is a fun hobby for thefamily.

While it’s not open ev-ery day, Chaney said ThePlace has gotten “a great

response.” Days might beslow, but evenings arebusy with a lot of familiesstopping in to play allnight.Unlike the tradition-al arcadewhichrequiredaquarter for each play,gamers pay a flat rate atthe door. He said they’veeven gotten some out-of-town visitors, includingone man from New Phila-delphia, Ohio, who stum-bled upon their Facebookpage for the arcade anddrove down for the week-end.

The Place featuresabout 25 arcade and pin-ball games, as well asabout 500 console gamesfor 16 different gamingsystems, ranging from thenewestWiiU system to theoriginal Nintendo system,which gamers can play onTVs set up in the arcade.Chaney attributes the ar-cade’s initial success to aninexpensive time to spendwith family, as well as thetrip downmemory lane.

“(Coming to The Place)is inexpensive comparedto taking the family toKings Island or to amovie,” he said. “A lot ofgames are fromamore in-nocent timeandaren’t vio-lent like some games to-day. People miss thatstuff.”

TheChaneysdomostoftheir advertising for thearcade on its Facebookpage. Twitter users canalso find themwith the ac-count @ThePlaceArcade.A list of games, hours andrates are on their websiteattheplaceretroarcade.com.

Want more updates for DeerPark? Follow Leah Fightmas-ter on Twitter:@LCFightmaster.

The Chaneys' 1-year-old son Alex attempts to reach thecontrollers for Dig Dug, an arcade game from the 1980s, bystanding on a chair at The Place, Retro Arcade in Deer Park.THANKS TO CARY CHANEY

Deer Parkarcade bringsback oldschool gamingBy Leah [email protected]

Dogs are no longer allowed to legal-ly roam public property in SycamoreTownship unless under control of theirowner.

Trustees said they received infor-malcomplaintsmadebyresidentswhosawa dogwandering around alone andwithout a leash. Trustee Cliff Bishopsaid he once saw a dog who got looseaccidentally knock an olderman downwhilewalkinghisownpet. Inresponse,the board approved a law requiringowners to keep their dogs under con-trol while off private property.

The state allows individual munici-palities to pass their own leash laws

when county commissioners haven’t,but without them, police can be hesi-tant to cite owners whose dogs aren’trestrained. If a dog is seen on publicproperty within Sycamore Townshipwithoutbeingundercontrol, theownercan be fined between $25 to $100 for afirst offense, and between $75 to $250for each subsequent violation, accord-ing to the resolution.

Owners will also be considered vio-lators of the law if their dog is roamingprivate property not owned by themand without the owner’s permission,the law adds.

Trustees felt that people, other petsor property could be put in danger if adog is able to roam free outside of pri-vate property on their own.

Owners required to controldogs on Sycamore propertyBy Leah [email protected]

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SCHOOLSSCHOOLSACHIEVEMENTS | NEWS | ACTIVITIES | HONORS CommunityPress.com

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

Cincinnati Country Day School recently conductedits 87th commencement ceremonies.

Sarah Mae Selnick of Indian Hill, and Edwin Sam Jr. of Liberty Township are two of the 57 seniors whograduated from Cincinnati Country Day’s graduation. THANKS TO CINDY KRANZ

Caroline Blackburn of Indian Hill receives her diploma from Head ofSchool Robert P. Macrae of Indian Hill during Cincinnati CountryDay’s graduation. THANKS TO CINDY KRANZ

Cincinnati Country Day’s Head of School Robert P. Macrae of Indian Hill congratulatesmembers of the Class of 2013. They are, from left, Samuel Fossett of Montgomery,Sara Fitzgerald of Indian Hill and Connor Frohn of Milford. THANKS TO CINDY KRANZ

Cincinnati Country Day seniors walk to the stage during graduation.They are, from left, Julia Murphy of Terrace Park, Rebecca Miller ofMadeira, Allison Mesh of Symmes Township and Abigail McInturf ofIndian Hill. THANKS TO CINDY KRANZ

Four members of Cincinnati Country Day School’s Board of Trustees gather before the 87th commencementceremony. They are, from left, Peter Niehoff of Hyde Park, Gary Cofer of Indian Hill, Robin Sheakley of IndianHill and Todd Stegman of Indian Hill. THANKS TO CINDY KRANZ

Amelia Drew, left, of Indian Hill and Holly Dayton,Terrace Park, walk to the stage during Cincinnati CountryDay School’s 87th Commencement. THANKS TO CINDY KRANZ

Isabella Guttman, left, and Caroline Gentile, both of Indian Hill,are two of the 57 seniors who graduated from CincinnatiCountry Day’s graduation. In back are Samuel Hall, left, ofSymmes Township, and Luke Hall of Paddock Hills. THANKS TOCINDY KRANZ

Michael Barton, left, of Indian Hill, and TrentBabb of Fairfield Township, lead CincinnatiCountry Day’s Class of 2013 to the stage. Bartonwas student council president and Babb wassenior class president. THANKS TO CINDY KRANZ

MOVING ON

Elliot Cofer’s family celebrates with him after his graduation from Cincinnati Country DaySchool. From left are Elliot, Sylvia Cofer, Gary Cofer, a member of the school's Board ofTrustees, and Brian Cofer, all of Indian Hill. THANKS TO CINDY KRANZ

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cessful Jon Unger at Madeira is TonyRipberger.

The Mustangs won the CincinnatiHills League and ran the table into thepostseason before a Nov. 3 loss to Sum-mit Country Day, 2-0. With that, Ungerretired and Madeira lost one of its moretalented athletic classes ever.

“This is a total rebuild, with one re-turning starter and five with varsity ex-perience,” Ripberger said.

The returning starter is AaronBlack-welderwhomade second-teamCHL as ajunior.

The remaining Mustangs are seniorsAlex Schweppe, JackBell, PrestonKahnandGriffith Long; juniorsBenElsbrock,Trenton Davis, Josh Lowndes, Eddy Gil-filen, Graham Tschieder, Blake Lien-hart, Jake Harrington and Zane Kuntz;sophomores Graham Long, Ben Black-welder and Carty Elkin; and freshmenDuncan Maier, Eric Cummings andChris Landgrabe.

Madeira has a road match at Bataviaon Aug. 19 and then returns home forNew Richmond on Aug. 20.

MoellerVeteranMoeller coachRandyHurley

is back for year 26 with the Crusaders.Moeller’s had five straight winning sea-sons and were 11-8-1 (3-4 Greater Catho-lic League South) in 2012. They last wonthe GCL-South in 2010.

The Crusaders return six starters in-cluding seniors Henry Myers, ZachBonn, Mark Lacey, Mark Bugada, andTyler Himes. Myers was second-teamGCL-South as a junior and is considereda potential Division I prospect.

Moeller starts off the 2013 campaignwith a home game against Walnut Hillson Aug. 22.

Seven HillsThe Stingers went 9-7-2 in 2012, in-

cluding a 3-3-1 record in the MVC thatleft them in fourth place.

“We had a particularly strong sopho-more class last year who are now ju-niors,” said head coach Terry Nicholl.“With their experience and the seniorswe have, it should be a good season.”

Defense should be solid with juniorsweeper Jackson Callow, senior stopperChris Brenning, junior fullback JulianBaretta and senior fullback Davin Gar-rett all returning.

Seven Hills lost its starting goalie toinjury, but Nicholl has high hopes forsenior Mason Mayfield - under the tute-lage of assistant coachScott Cagle - to bestrong in the nets.

Junior Max Pochobradsky anchorsthemidfield,while juniorsLeoFriedandTurner Anderson join with sophomorePalmer Krunzer bring addition varsityexperience.

The Stingers open the season Aug. 24on the road at Central Catholic.

Deer Park didn’t provide information on its2013 team.

HAMILTON COUNTY — With previewgames in the books, the following is arundown of boys high school soccerteams in the Suburban Life coveragearea:

Cincinnati Country DayThe Indianswent15-2-2 last year, tak-

ing second in the Miami Valley Confer-ence and finishing the season as districtrunner-up to eventual state championSummit Country Day.

Head coach Greg Hirschauer gradu-ated two starters and lost another to atransfer, but still has eight starters fromlast year returning.

Among them are senior captain Do-minic Isadore - a midfielder who playedforaclubnational title this summer -andjunior captain Will Cohen - a defenderwho played in Israel this summer in theMaccabi Games.

JuniorNathanGibson scored 32 goalsto the team last season; he pairswith lastyear’s second-leading scorer, LukeDeimer, to propel the offense. Junior

Matt MacFarland movesto striker after playingmidfield last season. Ju-nior Brandin Ward re-turns in the midfield.

Sophomores QuinnPetre and Sosham Basuenter their second seasonat defender and centermidfielder, respectively.CCD also has severalfreshmen who shouldround out the roster.

“Three of the top 10teams in the state were inour league,” Hirschauersaid. “It’s a tough league,but that’s one of our goals,towin it.Mygoal is toplayhard all the time, to makesureweplayasa teamand

work as a team to get better everygame.”

CCD opens the season Aug. 19 on theroad in Dayton against Miami Valley.

CHCAThe Eagles posed a 4-9-4 record in

2012, including a 2-2-3 mark in the MVCgood for fifth place in the league.

First team all-MVC pick Colin Ken-ney graduated, but CHCA returns ju-niors Landon and Luke Hardwick, bothof whom were second-team all-leagueselections as sophomores. Landonscored nine goals for the Eagles lastyear, while Luke chipped in a pair of as-sists.

Tom Jester and Chris Zhang shouldprovide senior leadership.

Indian HillThe Braves finished second behind

Madeira last season at 15-6-1 (5-1-1 Cin-cinnatiHills League). They thenwent ona postseason run and made it to the re-gional finals.

Coach Bill Mees lost several talentedseniors but does return Drew Rice, Da-vid Robinett and Brad Seiler who madeCHL second team as juniors in 2012.Zack Schneider is also back for anotheryear after making honorable mentionand Brendon Kuy completes IndianHill’s five returning starters.

SeilerandRobinett are the topreturn-ingscorersasbothfinishedtiedeighth inthe league last fall.

The remainder of the Indian Hill ros-ter consists of seniors Ryan Combs, Ty-ler and Finley Quible, Adam Luckey,Drake Stimson and manager Brad Col-lins; juniors James Pflughaupt, ChrisDuncan and Brooks Renfro; sophomoreCaseyMcClay and freshman Peter Ban-sil.

“We have good team chemistry andare motivated for league play and thestate tournament,”Mees said. “We knowwhat we need to do to be successful.”

Indian Hill starts the season on thenew turf at Tomahawk Stadium Aug. 20against Loveland.

MadeiraTaking over for the extremely suc-

Rebuilding on the tablefor some area teamsBy Scott [email protected]

Indian Hill junior Brad Seiler dribbles theball during the Braves’ district final matchagainst Tippecanoe last Oct. 25 atBellbrook High School.FILE PHOTO

Hurley

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HAMILTON COUNTY — With previewgames in the books, the following is arundown of girls high school soccerteams in the Suburban Life coveragearea:

CHCACincinnati Hills Christian Academy

went 8-8-2 last season, including a 3-3record in theMiami Valley Conferencegood for fourth place.

Junior Katie Koopman was one ofthe top 20 scorers in theMVCas a soph-omoreandshouldhelpspark theEaglesoffense.

Cincinnati Country DayThe Indians went 9-9-1 last year, ty-

ing for second in theMiamiValleyCon-ference and finishing as district run-ner-up behindMariemont.

Head coach Theresa Hirschauer -entering her 24th season at the helm -returns seven starters who have madetwo straight district finals and hope tobreak through to the regional tourna-ment.

SeniorcaptainsKelseyZimmer (for-ward) and Ashley Streit (defender) areboth first team all-MVC and all-district

performers. A trio of ju-niors in midfielder Bri-ana Maggard, defenderGrace Krammer andmidfielder KaitlinHard-en return.

Junior CharlotteJackson should make animpact after sitting outlast season following atransfer fromtheLakota

district. Sophomore Lauren Buczek isback for her second season in the mid-field.

“I think we’re very athletic andwe’re going to be very quick,” Hir-schauer said. “We have someplaymak-ers and we’ll be fun to watch.”

Hirschauer said as many as fourfreshmen could crack the starting line-up with the veterans.

CCD opens season on the road atMi-ami Valley in Dayton and has a districtfinals rematch at Mariemont Aug. 24.

Deer ParkThe Lady Wildcats were 1-13-1 (0-7

Cincinnati Hills League) in 2012.They lost second teamCHLpickLea

Gatto to graduation, but do return hon-orable mention selections Megan Ash-by and goalkeeper Sam Moses. Ashbyhad three goals and three assists in justfive games last season.

Deer Park hosts Purcell Marian tostart the season Aug. 17.

Indian HillCoach Amy Dunlap’s girls finished

second behind Madeira last season at17-4-1 (6-1 Cincinnati Hills League). Inthe postseason, the Lady Braves weresectional, district and regional champi-ons and made it to the state final four.

Though she lost several talentedseniors to graduation, Dunlap returnsmore talent for2013and is just twowinsaway from 200 for her career.

Highlighting the Lady Braves aresenior four-year player Paige Gloster,juniorsMacyMiller,GraceMcCormickand Sophie Bell and sophomore LexiCarrier. Gloster and Miller made CHLsecond team in 2012, with McCormickmaking honorable mention. Carrierwill move fromgoalkeeper to defenderthis season.

Other returningplayers includesen-iors Emma Lowe and Emily Markes-bery; juniors Taylor Lance, LaurenSahlfeld and SydneyGloster; and soph-omores Claire Brown and Piper Fries.

“Thisgroupofplayershasbeenverycommitted in the offseason,” Dunlapsaid. “They are a younger team, but areready to rise to the accomplishments ofpast teamsand set their own legacy.Wewill look for newplayers to rise as lead-ers andgoal scorers in ourmidfield andstriker positions.”

Indian Hill begins the season at Mil-ford Aug. 17. Their home opener isagainst Clinton Massie on Aug. 22.

MadeiraDefending Cincinnati Hills League

champion Madeira has had ninestraight winning seasons and four ofthe last six league titles. The Amazonswere 15-3-2 (7-0 CHL) in 2012 under12th-year coach Dan Brady.

Nine starters return, including sen-ior defender Cass Nieman who made averbal commitment to Xavier. Niemanstarted onMadeira’s 2010 state champi-onship teamasa freshmanandwassec-ond team all-Ohio and first team CHLlast season.

Also back forCHLCoachof theYearBradyare seniorsMeganStapletonandSarah Mahler, along with juniors ToniAlloy and Sarah Letscher. Stapleton,Mahler and Letscherwere CHL secondteam in 2012 and Alloy and ShannonWilliamson were honorable mention.

“Wehaveagoodmixofolderplayersand young players,” Brady said. “Weshould be more explosive offensivelythan in 2012. We also have experienceon the backline and in the net.”

Madeira begins the season at homeAug. 21 against Seven Hills.

Mount Notre DameDespite a 13-3-1 overall record in

2012, coach Doug Conway’s MND LadyCougarswerefourth in theGGCL-Scar-let at 2-2-1. Still, they’ve had a winningseason in every season Conway’s beenin command and look to be a factor inthe renamed Girls Greater CatholicLeague.

Though standout Rose Lavelle isgone to graduation and Wisconsin,MNDreturns five startersand fourcol-lege commits.

Junior goalkeeper SamLeshnakwasa U17 World National Team memberandwill play forNorthCarolina. SeniorMaddie Volz will play for AndersonUniversity in South Carolina, seniorAmyDean is going to Akron and seniorKelly Hinkle is going to CharlestonSouthern. Hinkle was GGCL-Scarletsecond team last season.

Other possible commitments couldcome in the future with senior MariaVeneziano and several juniors.

In addition, Conway is high on fresh-man forward/goalkeeperJennaPratha-pa.

“We have a very athletic and sea-soned team with a good mix of upper-classmen,” Conway said. “It’s the bestfreshman class I have ever seen andshould impact the team moving for-ward. We should be good for years tocome.”

MountNotreDamestarts the seasonat Mason Aug. 20. The home opener isAug. 24 against Lebanon.

Ursuline AcademyTheLionswereonestep fromtheDi-

vision I final four last season - going16-3-2 and taking second in the GirlsGreater Cincinnati League - before los-ing 2-1 to Mason in the regional final.

Head coach Colleen Dehring gradu-ated seven from that squad, including2013 Northeast Suburban Life Sport-swoman of the Year Michelle Christy,now playing at Tennessee, and SarahByrne who now plays for Dayton. ButUrsuline’s cupboard is far frombare as

Shots on Suburban goalsBy Scott [email protected]

Madeira’s Cass Nieman sends a ballforward in the Division III regionalsemifinal against Troy Christian last Oct.30.THANKS TO BOBWESTERMEYER

Leshnak

See GIRLS, Page A7

FIRST PASS AT 2013 GIRLS SOCCERFIRST SHOT AT 2013 BOYS SOCCER

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a result.“We have great team

chemistry and a verystrong returning core,”Dehring said. “We alsohave several players whohave been playing togeth-er for three years, so theyknow each other and un-derstand how to play witheach other. We have holesto fill in each area of thefield, but I am confidentthatwehaveagreatgroupfrom which we can fillthose holes.”

Returning starters in-clude a pair of seniors inkeeper Anna Speyer anddefender Allison Werner.Also back a quintet of ju-niors: Defenders JordanHollmeyer and EmmaNiehaus, midfieldersMattina Girardot and An-die Kennard, and strikerSarah Roberston.

Varsity veterans whocould step into startingroles this season includesenior midfielder SarahSeedhouse, junior mid-fielder Emily Halmi, ju-nior defender AndreaSanitato and sophomoremidfielder Holyn Alf.Keep an eye on freshman

Paige Hollmeyer, Jor-dan’s younger sister, whocould make an impactright away.

DehringsaidSt.UrsulaAcademy should be theteam to beat in the GGCL.

“Win league, district,regional, state, these arethe lofty goals and onesthat I know many teamshave,” she said. “But also,play good soccer, go intothe tournament playingwell, healthy and ready tostart the second season.We have a pretty toughschedule this year and Ihope itwill get us ready toplay into November.”

GirlsContinued from Page A6

For the second straightyear, Kings HammerAcademy’s girls U16 redteam placed second at the2013 U.S. Youth SoccerNational Championships.The squad advanced tothe championship matchbefore falling in penaltykicks on Sunday, July 28,at the Overland Park Soc-cer Complex in OverlandPark, Kan.

Last year, Kings Ham-mer lost the NationalChampionship 1-0. Thisyear, Kings Hammer ex-tended the championshipmatch into overtime, be-fore losing on PKs, 2-2(5-3). The loss stings, butthere is definitely com-fort in playing at the high-est level against the bestteams the country has tooffer. Following the tour-nament, Kings HammerwasawardedtheFairPlayAward, given to the teamthat all coaches and ad-ministrators voted on asthe best overall team atthe championships.

“Ourexpectationgoinginto this year after losinglast year was to go onebetter and win it all,” saidKingsHammer coach JonPickup. “That being said,to reach aNational Cham-pionship two years in arow is something specialin itself.”

Inthefirstmatchof thechampionships, KingsHammer routed TomsRiver (New Jersey) EliteUnited FC, 5-1. Four of thegoals were scored by OakHills High School High-landers — Sydney Kil-gore, BayleyFeist, Britta-ny Mahoney, and Katie

Murray — while the fifthwas notched by SummitCountry Day’s MiaSchreibeis. The secondmatch was tighter, Feistand Dixie Height HighSchool’s Lauren Neme-roff scoring late goals togive Kings Hammer a 2-1victory over Match FitColchesters (N.J.). Neme-roff scored the loneKingsHammergoal ina1-1drawwith 97LouisianaFireNa-vy. The 2-0-1mark in poolplay was enough to ad-vance Kings Hammer tothe National Champion-ship, where they facedSouthern California’sDMCV Sharks Elite.

“The girls played verywell together and jelledvery quickly this year aswe had quite a lot of turn-over at the end of last sea-son,” said Pickup. “That’swhat has impressed me

the most this year as thegirls really took offwherethey left off in 2012.”

The core of the teamhas been together forthree to four years, withseveral players growingupwith theprogramsincethey began playing selectsoccer at age 7. CaptainPayton Atkins (TurpinHigh School, Universityof Kentucky commit) hasbeen playing for KingsHammer since she was 7.While many of the girlscompete against one an-other each fall, teamchemistry has not been anissue for Kings Hammer.

“Playing as a team isour best attribute. We ob-viously have great play-ers but we work hard foreach other and the teamconcept is our main fo-cus,” said Pickup. “Theplayers’ dedication and

drive also impresses me.We try to play the gamethe right way so in re-gards success our posses-sion of the ball was key.”

In the final, Mahoneygave Kings Hammer a 1-0lead heading into half-time. A goal by DMCV inthe 69th minute forcedovertime. Nemeroff putKings Hammer back ontop with a goal in over-time, but her score wasequalizedbyDMCV in the95thminute. DMCVwas aperfect 5-5 in penaltykicks to earn the victory.

“It was devastating tolose on pens aswe had nu-merous opportunities towin the game in regula-tion and then again inovertime after leading inboth periods,” said Pick-up. “We played wellenough towin thegamesoit was hard going all the

way to penalties only tolose especially after los-ing last year as well.”

Despite the heart-breaking loss, there wereplenty positives to takeaway from the experi-ence. Nemeroff wasnamed the MVP of thetournament, and she wasjoined on the Best 11 byMurray. Their individualefforts were recognized,but it was the total teameffort that has broughtKings Hammer so muchsuccess in recent years.

“I would say the team’sconsistency at the highestlevel is what impressesmethemost,”saidPickup.“I think what makes play-ingus sohard is that otherteams need to shut downour whole team ratherthan certain individuals.”

The players now pre-pare for their high school

seasons.Mostwill bebackwith Kings Hammer nextyear, hoping that the thirdtime is the charm.

“These girls, with afewnewadditions,will re-turn as always focusedand ready to try andachieve their ultimategoal ofbecomingNationalChampions,” said Pickup.

Kings Hammer girls reach national stage againBy Adam [email protected]

The Kings Hammer Academy U16 girls finished as finalists of the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships inKansas.THANKS TO DIANE NEMEROFF

ROSTERKings Hammer in-

cludes:Mary Holyn Alf –Ursuline Academy; Pay-ton Atkins – Turpin(University of Kentuckycommit);MadisonBaumgardner – Colerain(Wake Forest commit);Hanna Beck – Marie-mont; Haley Best –Milford (Morehead Statecommit); Bayley Feist –Oak Hills (Wake Forestcommit); Sydney Goins– Oak Hills; Olivia Gron-din – Walnut Hills; Syd-ney Kilgore – Oak Hills;Makenna Lavatori –Glen Este (MoreheadState commit); BrittanyMahoney – Oak Hills;Caroline Mink – Turpin;Katie Murray – Oak Hills(University of Illinois,Champaign, commit);Lauren Nemeroff – DixieHeights (University ofKentucky commit); KellyPolacek – Anderson;Lauren Rice – McNicho-las;Mia Schreibeis –Summit Country Day(Winthrop Universitycommit); Sarah Seed-house – Ursuline Acad-emy (Morehead Statecommit);Mary EllenTully – Turpin; CamilleWilliams – Seven Hills.Their coach is Jon Pick-up.

The fifth- and sixth-grade boys and girls Indi-anHill Recreational trackteams participated in sev-en large invitational trackmeets this spring.

The track meets typi-cally have 15 to 20 teamsparticipating and they areorganized by the CYO(Catholic YouthOrganiza-tion). The IndianHill Rec-reational track team,which is open to boys andgirls in the Indian HillSchool District, partici-pates in these meets.

This season, the girlsfifth- and sixth-gradeteam won its first teamchampionship at the finalmeet of the season.

The fifth- and sixth-grade boys team had astrong third-place finish.The final meet took placeat Panther Athletic Com-plex in Price Hill, locatednear Elder High School.

The girls team scoredat least one point in everyevent at themeetwithAn-na Podojil (200M, 400M,800M), Elle Parry (longjump) and Bethany Ison(high jump) taking indi-

vidual honors and Chrish-ia Silver racking up 12points for the team in herthree events.

The boys fared well atthemeetscoring in the topthree in each relay event(4x100M, 4x200M,4x400M) as well as a firstplace leap in the highjump by EvanMatthews.

All nine athletes on the

BoysTeamfactored in thescoringwithJadenAnder-son, Chris Neumann, Ro-han Bagli and BradleyCorl scoring in all three oftheir respective events.

This was the first topthree finish at a CYOChampionship Meet everachievedbyanIndianHillrecreational boys trackteam.

The Indian Hill Recreational Track and Field teams celebratetheir end-of-season victories. In front, from left, are AnnaPodojil, Heidi Necamp, Marissa Hoynes, Chrishia Silver,Jaden Anderson, Chris Neumann, Carter Coalfleet andRohan Bagli. In back are Ellie Podojil, Anne Whaley, BellaPatterson, Louisa Klaserner, Sofia Gallegos, Jordan Lococo,Bethany Ison and Jack Hankin. Not pictured are Elle Parry,Emily Denoyer, Isabelle Frohlich, Bradley Corl, EvanMatthews, Sebastian Kong and Noah Gallegos. THANKS TOJIM KLASERNER

Indian Hill track teams 1st, 3rd in final meets

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Last week’s questionShould theminimumwage

for fast-food workers be dou-bled from$7.25 to $15 an hourand should they be given theright to unionize?Why orwhynot?

“Yes, minimum wageworkers deserve to makemore money at McDonald’sand everywhere.

“I worked at Frisch’s incollege and barely make $4and hour many years ago.

“This helps the socialsafety net to stop having tosupport poor families, andhigher wages always boostthe economy.

“Unions make things bet-ter for themiddle class eventhough conservatives igno-rantly complain about pen-sions and costs.

“Remember:mostAmeri-cans have a five-day workweek and several paid holi-days because of the unionsfighting thegood fight for la-bor!”

TRog

“No, not to $15 but itshould be raised a couple ofbucks. In real terms, the$7.25/hr. is less than when itwas raised the last time. Noone can live on that.

“Also it is you and I,through the government,that is subsidizing these cor-porations, whether it be Mc-Donalds or Wal-Mart, sinceso many of their employeesqualify for SNAP and/orMe-dicaid. This is corporatewel-fare at its worst.

“Business must provide aliving wage. Does not meanthat those on the bottomshould earn the same as anexecutive, but it does meanthat they should at least stopbeing exploited.

“Lastly, the argument putforward by McDonalds andothers that this is often entrylevel jobs for teens is lame.Most of the workers I see inthe fast food industry arehardpressedformermiddle-class citizens who are tryingto get by. Good luck.”

J.Z.

“The wages people earnare determined by the valueof their labor to the employ-er and thewillingness of em-ployees towork forwhat em-ployers are willing to pay.

“If there are enough peo-ple willing to work for $7.25,why should employers paymore?

“If thegovernmentforcesa doubling of the wage, theprice everyone else will payfor the foodwill increase sig-nificantly. The sales of fastfoodwill decline (may not bea bad thing), and the restau-rants will employ fewer peo-ple.

“Someof thebest employ-ees will make more moneyandawholebunchwill beoutof a job.”

F.S.D.

“Of course not. All thatwill do is increase inflation.When unions first came intothe business world theyserved a purpose – to pre-vent employers from abus-ing employees.

“Today, all unions do ismake theunionsricherwhilemaking companies raisetheir prices so they can turna profit. Companies are in

business to makemoney, notbreak even.

“When the guy cuttinggrass at a GM plant is mak-ing $75/hr. something iswrong. One only has to lookat Detroit to see what fourdecades of union and demo-cratic policies can do to aonce vibrant, growing city.

“People need to be paid aliving wage. $7.25/hr. is NOTa living wage. If you raise itto$15/hrandallowtheunionsin that $15/hr. will be about$8/hr. after union dues.”

J.S.K.

“No to both questions!Small, privately-owned fastfood businesses cannot af-ford that large of a jump insalarieswhenmedical insur-ance and benefits costs aregetting ready to skyrocket,thanks to Obamacare andfederal interventionateverylevel of a business’ opera-tion.

“It will also cause a hugejump in the cost of the prod-uct that they sell andmiddle-class and lower-class fam-ilies will find themselves notbeing able to grab that fastfood burger any longer.

“And unions need to bephased out, not encouraged.They no longer serve anypurpose but to keep priceshigh on cars, groceries, etc.

“High union wages (andeven higher wages for theunion leaders) made it hardfor American car manufac-turers to compete againstthe Japanese years ago,which gave foreign cars amajor foothold into our carmarket and is helping tocause the bankruptcy of De-troit, Mich., right now.

“Unions also encouragenon-productivity with all ofthe regulations regardingbreak times (an excessivenumber of them fromwhat Icould see after visiting aChevy plant years ago), longvacations, and job securityeven when a worker reallyneeds to be fired for incom-petency.

“Look at all of the compa-nies that are struggling fi-nancially and I’ll bet you seethat a high percentage ofthem are unionized.

“Unions used to be a goodthing, but now they arestrangling our companiesand putting many of themout of business. In order forthis country to competeagain in the world economy,we need to get rid of unionsand let businesses police

themselves.“If they start mistreating

workers again, the word willgetoutquicklyviaelectronicmediaandtheabuseswillnotbe tolerated as they werewhen unions became a ne-cessity.

“The government needsto stop over-regulating ev-ery aspect of our lives andthe operation of our busi-nesses. We are starting tolook more like 1940s Germa-ny every day.”

C.H.

“The minimum wageshould not be linked to fastfood workers. Doubling theminimumwagewill result inthe loss of jobs for many inthat field or any other so af-fected by a doubling ofwages.

“We have (or used tohave)a free-marketeconom-ic system in America. Thatsystemdetermines thevaluefor any goods or services. IfMcDonalds dramatically in-creases the cost of menuitems to cover the wage in-crease; customers will findother businesses who can of-fer themmeals for less.

“In addition, the doubledwages will have a trickle-upeffect, raising salaries forcrew leaders and managers.Otherwise an entry-levelworker would make morethan theperson traininghim.Suchproposals usually comefrom people who have no ex-perience in the real world ofbusiness or economics.

“As to employees whowish to unionize there arelaws, rules and regulationsadministered by the Depart-ment of Labor (DOL) to fa-cilitate same.”

R.V.

“Fast-food workersshouldbeallowedtounionizeand receive a decent livingwage.

“Who can live on $7.25/hour? I’m sure no one read-ing this paper does or couldmake it on that amount ofmoney unless they are livingwith relatives and usessomeone else’s car.

“Businesses don’t want topay a decentwage because itaffects the profit. My heartaches to those stuck in a jobthat doesn’t pay enough toprovide the necessities.”

E.E.C.

“Minimum wage require-ments are like the dinosaurCongress folks; old, and inneed of quick voter retire-ment.

“Let’s pretend and saymywife and I opened a restau-rant in Over-the-Rhine. Wehad just enough, by law (go-verment telling me, a busi-ness owner inmodernAmer-ica), to hire my wife’s sisterat minimumwage.

“Say we really need extrahelp to make a go of it. Her17-year-old cousin still livesat home and doesn’t requireminimum wage to learn andwork in the family business,but needs a job and we needthe help. But we can’t affordto hire her at minimumwage.

“Seems like minimumwage, then, and is meant tokeep people out. Minimumwage legislation is old guypap, andneeds toberetired.”

K.P.

CH@TROOM

NEXTWEEK’SQUESTIONShould U.S. lawmakers andtheir staffs continue to re-ceive a federal contributiontoward the health insurancethat they must purchasethrough soon-to-open ex-changes created by PresidentBarack Obama’s signaturehealthcare law to preventthe largely unintended lossof healthcare benefits for535 members of the Senateand House of Representa-tives and thousands of Capi-tol Hill staff. Why or whynot?

Every week we ask readers aquestion they can reply to viae-mail. Send your answers [email protected] Chatroom in the subject line.

Nobody asked me, but ...1. Professional athletes in the

50s thru the 70s took drugs.Known as “bennies,” they actedlike uppers to keep them alert. Ifyou knew their names, you wouldbe shocked.

2. I think a lot of baseball play-ers took steroids and theynever helped them.Should they be punished?I say “Yes.” But, justbecause you are and werea star, why should thepunishment be moresevere?

3. For what possiblereason is the player withthe most hits in the histo-ry of the game, not be inthe Hall of Fame? Hisgloves are there as arebaseballs he batted. He has paiddearly for his sins.

4. The people who vote for Hallof Fame old-timers entrance intothe Hall of Fame never saw ormuch less heard of Gil Hodges.Lesser first basemen have been infor years.

5. If you never heard of pitch-ers Bob Gibson, Robin Roberts or

Don Newcomb you might be sur-prised to know they pitched bothgames of a double header anddidn’t miss their next starts.

6. Jackie Robinson’s first year’ssalary was $3,000. That was in1947. In 1955, the minimum salaryfor major leaguers was $9,000.

7. Baseball announcersgive us enough meaning-less stats, and I’m sure thatmany others feel the sameway. Do you really carewhat a player is hitting atnight against left-handedpitchers?

8. The pitch count is nowa part of the game. Heavenforbid that a pitcher isthrowing a two-hit shutoutbut has thrown 110 pitchesthru eight innings. In most

cases, he going to be replaced. Ifever a stat needed less attentionthis one does.

9. 82.7 percent of all statisticsare made up on the spot.

10. I can’t wait for football tobegin – high school, college andpro.

Bill Damsey is a resident of Deer Park.

Baseball hassome reallyweird stats

Bill DamseyCOMMUNITYPRESS GUESTCOLUMNIST

Several years ago I was teach-ingmythology. At the first classmeeting I told my students that thenext session they would be watch-ing amovie about the creation of agod.

When the class started therewas great anticipation about whatthey would see. It was aclassic movie, filmed in1934 in in Europe. Therewas great economic dis-tress due toWorldWar Iand a crippling inflation.The recent election seated acharismatic ruler. An earlyscene shows a labor campwhere people are well fedandmarched to work inuniforms to amilitary bandwith shovels in place ofguns on their right shoulders.

It shouldn’t have taken you longto figure out that the country wasGermany. I saw it first in a classabout the Nazi film industry. Weviewed a number of films. We alsolearned that the Nazi party hadoperatives stationed outside thetheaters when themovie let out.Their job was to interview thepatrons and to glorify Hitler andthe Nazi Party. We can be certainthat dissent would lead to trouble.

Themovie showsmany scenesof an absolutely adoring populace.Onemight wonder if these sceneswere scripted or if they were real.Either way, they were very effec-tive.

There is a very important pointto make. The German people werevery carefully being indoctrinatedand controlled by the Nazi Party.Free benefits such as camping andtime away from school for theseexciting trips were a big induce-ment. Those who chose not to gowere given extra work in schoolwith the strictest control. Whatyoung child would not take ad-

vantage of this adventure?It was clear to the children and

their parents that the governmentprovided food andmuch neededentertainment. What wasn’t clearwas that this was just the begin-ning of the government drawingthe population slowly into enslave-

ment to it. History hasmany examples of theestablishment of a dictator.Many begin similar to this.

Themovie continueswith idolizing crowds atevery appearance of Hit-ler. One can only imaginethe feeling of recovery(due to the war industry)after losingWWI and thegreat inflation that fol-lowed. Perhaps there was

hope after all!Another scene has Hitler pre-

paring to fly to Nuremberg for aparty rally. We see him enteringthe plane with two generals. Themovie shows the shadow of theplane over the city. The image of across is not accidental. Later wesee Hitler addressing the partyfaithful in Stuttgart as the greatorator he was. Leni Reifenstahl, thecinematographer has him encir-cled with a halo. At that point,many inmy class were gasping inwonder.

Yes, Hitler was regarded bymany as a God. Perhaps he beganto believe it himself. We all knowwhere this led the German people.Is it possible that a leader herecould yield to the same self delu-sion? Could the Constitution besubverted to create a dictatorship?Benjamin Franklin warned of this.Themovie is “Triumph of theWill”it is available at the library withEnglish subtitles.

Edward Levy is a resident of Montgo-mery and a former college instructor.

Blurred lines betweenmovie, reality

Edward LevyCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2013

The University of CincinnatiBlue Ash College is launching anew internshipprogramthat in-cludes a boot camp to help stu-dents prepare for hands-onlearning opportunities outsideof the classroom.

UC Blue Ash faculty andstaff have helped students se-cure internships in certain edu-cational programs in the past,but this is the first time a for-mal, standardized program hasbeen developed by the college.The goal is to prepare studentsfor the workplace and proac-tively help themfind opportuni-ties related to their field ofstudy.

“This is a natural progres-sion for our college,” said CadyShort-Thompson, dean of UCBlue Ash. “Our faculty does atremendous job of teaching ourstudents; this program takesthat education to another levelby establishing new standardsof real-world professional ex-pectations for our students and

providing new opportunities toreally experience the concepts,ideas and theories taught in theclassroom.”

The internship program wasdeveloped through a $1.3 mil-lion grant awarded to the Uni-versity of Cincinnati to developnew experiential learning op-portunities for students. UCBlue Ash received a portion ofthe funding and faculty andstaff went to work to create thenew program.

One of the first steps wascreating an Internship BootCamp that helps students learnmore about developing an ef-fective resume, interviewingskills, and dressing appropri-ately for the workplace.

“I am excited to work withmyteaminsharingall of ourex-perience in the business worldwith our students,” said JoyceWagner, creator of the Intern-ship Boot Camp andDirector ofthe UC Center for CorporateLearning, which is based at UC

Blue Ash. “We really focus onthe basics, such as understand-ing the importance of effectivecommunication through email,phone, social media and in per-son; creating effective resumesand cover letters; and partici-pating in mock interviews. Wewant all of our students to haveaclearunderstandingofprofes-sional behavior and etiquettebefore they begin an intern-ship.”

UC Blue Ash offers the in-ternship program for studentsin thebusiness/economics, elec-tronic media and graphic com-munications & marketing pro-grams, but the plan is to eventu-ally expand it tomost of the col-lege’s 15 academicdepartments.

Employers interested inlearning more about the intern-ship program at UC Blue AshCollege can go online touclbueash.edu/internships orcall Angie Lucas at 513-936-1640.

UC Blue Ash develops new internship program

Students attend an information session to learn more about the newInternship Program and Boot Camp at UC Blue Ash College. THANKS TOPETE BENDER

A multi-million dollar remodelingproject, designed to brighten up one ofthe Cincinnati region’s largest andmostpopular malls, is nearing completion.

The Kenwood Towne Centre startedremolding its commons area in Febru-ary and is set to finish sometime thisfall. The shopping center is replacingold tile, removing ceiling beams that ob-struct its skylights and removing brassguard rails and replacing them withstainless steel.

The remodeling project is focused onmaking themall brighter and amore en-joyable environment for shoppers.

Somemall traffic has been disrupteddown the hall near Nordstrom, but cus-tomers are not complaining.

“Customers look at the constructionas a good thing,” said Cindy Hart, mar-ketingmanager at themall. “They knowthat it brings good things.”

Apart from improving lighting, themall is also adding more ramps next tosome of its staircases to make it easierfor people in wheel chairs and parentspushing strollers.

“Redevelopment, renovating and

anything thatmakes amallmore beauti-ful and appealing for customers, issomething that malls are trying to do,”said Jesse Tron, spokesman for the In-ternational Council of ShoppingCenters(ICSC) .

Tron said that bringing inmore light-ing to the mall makes sense because itmight make customers want to spendmore time or come back to more often.

This is the third multi-million dollarrenovation that the mall that has under-gone since 2007. In 2007 the mall reno-vated to add Nordstrom and in 2012 ren-ovated its food court.

The mall is visited by around 15 mil-lion shoppers a year and has 180 storesand restaurants.

Witha storevacancyrate of1to 2per-cent, the mall is doing better than itspeers elsewhere in the U.S.

According to the ICSC, the averagesuper regional mall has a vacancy rateof 6.7 percent and the average for allshopping centers in the U.S. is 9.7 per-cent.

Hart said the reason that themall hasany vacancies is mostly caused by thetime it takes to renovate spaces for newtenants.m

Kenwood Towne Centre is in the middle of a major remodeling of its commons area andother parts of the mall opening up sky lights and replacing floors.TONY JONES/STAFF

Kenwood Towne Centre is in the middle of a major remodeling of its commons area andother parts of the mall opening up sky lights and replacing floors with bore reflectivesurfaces to brighten the interior space.THE ENQUIRER/ TONY JONES

Mall spruces up,lets in the sunGannett News Service

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THURSDAY, AUG. 15Dance ClassesLine Dancing, 6-7 p.m., FitnessPhysiques by Nico G, 9681 Ken-wood Road, Music from varietyof genres. $10-$15. Registrationrequired. 290-8217; www.fit-nessphysiques.net. Blue Ash.

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

Exercise ClassesPilates Playground, 9:30-10:30a.m., Fitness Physiques by NicoG, 9681 Kenwood Road, Worksentire body through series ofmovements performed withcontrol and intention. $15.Registration required. 290-8217;www.fitnessphysiques.net. BlueAsh.MELTMethod, 10:30-11:30 a.m.,Fitness Physiques by Nico G, 9681Kenwood Road, Unique hands-off bodywork approach thathelps prevent pain, heal injuryand erase negative effects ofaging and active living. $10-$15.Registration required. 290-8217;www.fitnessphysiques.net. BlueAsh.Yoga/Pilates Infusion, 5-6 p.m.,Fitness Physiques by Nico G, 9681Kenwood Road, Contemporaryblend of flowing yoga move-ments and core-centric Pilatessequences. $10-$15. 290-8217;www.fitnessphysiques.net. BlueAsh.Zumba Class, 7-8 p.m., HartzellUnited Methodist Church, 8999Applewood Drive, $5. 917-7475.Blue Ash.

Music - Big BandSummer Concert Series: Jump‘n’ Jive Show Band, 7-8 p.m.,Twin Lakes Senior Living Com-munity, 9840 MontgomeryRoad, Group also raises funds toprovide instruments to studentsin high schools. Free. 247-1330.Montgomery.

Music - BluesSonny’s Solo Blues, 7-11 p.m.,Mama Vita’s, 6405 Branch HillGuinea Pike, 697-9705;www.mamavitas.com. Loveland.

On Stage - ComedyDan Gabriel, 8 p.m., Go Ba-nanas, 8410 Market Place,$8-$14. 984-9288; www.gobana-nascomedy.com.Montgomery.

On Stage - TheaterTheWizard Of Oz, 7:30-10 p.m.,Blue Ash Amphitheatre, 4433Cooper Road, Dorothy and herthree friends trot delightfullyand tunefully down that fabledyellow brick road. Outdooramphitheater, bring seating. $8.Through Aug. 17. 871-7427;esptheater.org. Blue Ash.

SeminarsRecharge: Engaging in Pur-poseful Professional Devel-opment, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m.,Greenacres Arts Center, 8400Blome Road, Design your ownfuture professional growth,learn about opportunity tofinance it and collaborate withlocal education entity to providefree field trips integrating yourprofessional growth with yourstudents’ learning throughhands-on workshop. Free.Registration required. 793-2787;www.green-acres.org. IndianHill.

Support GroupsCodependents Anonymous,7-8 p.m., The Community of theGood Shepherd, 8815 E. KemperRoad, Room 31. Literaturediscussion group. Free, dona-tions accepted. 800-0164.Mont-gomery.Codependents Anonymous,Noon-1 p.m., Blue Ash Presby-terian Church, 4309 CooperRoad, Youth room. Big book/discussion meeting. Brown baglunch optional. Open to every-one who desires healthy lovingrelationships. Donations accept-ed. 673-0174; www.coda.org.Blue Ash.

FRIDAY, AUG. 16Dining EventsFriday Night Grillouts, 5-8p.m., Lake Isabella, 10174 Love-land-Madeira Road, Ben Alexan-

der. Items available a la carte.521-7275, ext. 285; www.great-parks.org. Symmes Township.

Exercise ClassesSmall Group Personal Train-ing, 9:30-10:30 a.m., FitnessPhysiques by Nico G, 9681 Ken-wood Road, Strength move-ments to build lean muscle,cardio bursts to keep your heartracing, personal training direc-tion and supervision to lead youto fitness goals. Registrationrequired. 290-8217. Blue Ash.

Music - ConcertsMio’s Pizzeria Concert Series,8-11 p.m., Blue Ash TowneSquare, Cooper and Hunt roads,Music by the Remains. Free.745-8550; blueashevents.com.Blue Ash.

On Stage - ComedyDan Gabriel, 8 p.m. and 10:30p.m., Go Bananas, $8-$14.984-9288; www.gobananasco-medy.com.Montgomery.

On Stage - TheaterTheWizard Of Oz, 7:30-10 p.m.,Blue Ash Amphitheatre, $8.871-7427; esptheater.org. BlueAsh.

SATURDAY, AUG. 17EducationCoreWriting Class Sampler, 11a.m.-12:30 p.m., WomenWritingfor a Change, 6906 PlainfieldRoad, Designed to introducenew participants to sampling ofCore Writing Circles beforecommitting to eight- or 15-weeksemester. Ages 21 and up. Free.Reservations required. 272-1171;www.womenwriting.org. Silver-ton.

Exercise ClassesCardio Dance Party, 10-11 a.m.,Eric Thomas’ Professional FitnessAcademy, 4865 Duck CreekRoad, Classes incorporate varietyof dance styles, including jazz,hip-hop, Latin, jive and moredanced to popular music. $10.617-9498; www.cardiodancepar-ty.com.Madisonville.

Farmers MarketMontgomery Farmers Market,9 a.m.-12:30 p.m., MontgomeryElementary School, 9609 Mont-gomery Road, Vendors grow/produce what they sell. Morethan 20 vendors offering vege-tables, fruits, herbs, meat, eggs,honey, goat’s milk products,coffee, olive oil, hummus,cheese and baked goods. 984-4865; www.montgomeryfar-mersmarket.org.Montgomery.

FilmsLaurel and Hardy Film Eve-ning, 6:30-10 p.m., SeasonsRetirement Community, 7300Dearwester Drive, Evening ofshort comedies featuring Stanand Ollie and their exasperatedco-star, Edgar Kennedy. Filmsinclude “Bacon Grabbers,”“Perfect Day” and more. Bringsnacks, soft-drinks or water toshare. $5. 559-0112; www.the-chimptent.com. Kenwood.

Music - BluesDiamond Jim Dews Band, 7-11p.m., Mama Vita’s, 6405 BranchHill Guinea Pike, 697-9705;www.mamavitas.com. Loveland.

Music - CountryBillie Gant and Nick Giese,9:30-11:30 p.m., Tap House Grill,8740 Montgomery Road, Varietyof classic country and originalsongs. Free. 891-8277; www.ta-phousecincy.com. SycamoreTownship.

On Stage - ComedyDan Gabriel, 8 p.m. and 10:30p.m., Go Bananas, $8-$14.984-9288; www.gobananasco-medy.com.Montgomery.

On Stage - TheaterTheWizard Of Oz, 7:30-10 p.m.,Blue Ash Amphitheatre, $8.871-7427; esptheater.org. BlueAsh.

SUNDAY, AUG. 18Cooking ClassesOktoberfest Brewing, 1:30-5:30p.m., Grailville Retreat andProgram Center, 932 O’Bannon-ville Road, Learn to brew yourown Oktoberfest ale using herbsand other natural materials,while exploring history ofbrewing. Participants experienceentire brewing process fromchoosing recipes to bottling. $35plus $5 material fee. Reserva-tions required. 683-2340. Love-land.

On Stage - ComedyDan Gabriel, 8 p.m., Go Ba-nanas, $8-$14. 984-9288;www.gobananascomedy.com.Montgomery.

MONDAY, AUG. 19Exercise ClassesSmall Group Personal Train-ing, 9:30-10:30 a.m. and 5-6p.m., Fitness Physiques by NicoG, Registration required. 290-8217. Blue Ash.

TUESDAY, AUG. 20Art & Craft ClassesArt with Friends, 6 p.m., DeerPark Branch Library, 3970 E.Galbraith Road, Stress-free spaceto explore your creativity.Beginners and experiencedartists welcome. Ages 18 and up.Free. 369-4450. Deer Park.Botanica Monthly Classes, 6-8p.m., Botanica, 9581 Fields ErtelRoad, Design class. Stay after tocreate your own arrangementwith help of instructor 7-8 p.m.Free. Registration required.697-9484; www.botanicacincin-nati.com. Loveland.

Art EventsWine and Canvas, 6:30-9:30p.m., Flipdaddy’s Burgers &Beers, 7453 Wooster Pike,Painting class with cocktails. Noexperience necessary. $35.Reservations required. 317-1305;www.wineandcanvas.com.Columbia Township.

Exercise ClassesCore Adrenaline, 9:30-10:30a.m., Fitness Physiques by NicoG, 9681 Kenwood Road, Blendfunctional strength trainingmovements with Pilates se-quences. $10-$15. Registrationrequired. 290-8217; www.fit-nessphysiques.net. Blue Ash.Hatha Yoga, 5-6 p.m., FitnessPhysiques by Nico G, 9681 Ken-wood Road, Gentle introductoryjourney into the world of yoga.$10-$15. Registration required.290-8217; www.fitnessphysi-ques.net. Blue Ash.Small Group Personal Train-ing, 4-5 p.m., Fitness Physiquesby Nico G, Registration required.290-8217. Blue Ash.Zumba Class, 7-8 p.m., HartzellUnited Methodist Church, $5.917-7475. Blue Ash.

Farmers MarketLoveland Farmers Market, 3-7p.m., Loveland Station, W.Loveland Avenue, E. Broadwayand Second streets, Parking lot.Featuring 32 vendors from areaoffering vegetables, fruits,meat, eggs, bread, pizza, past-ries, cookies, syrup, lavenderproducts, soaps, lotions, gour-met frozen pops, gelato, herbs,alpaca products, hummus,honey, coffee, olive oil andcheese. Free. 683-0150; www.lo-velandfm.com. Loveland.

Music - ConcertsMio’s Pizzeria Concert Series,7-9 p.m., Blue Ash Amphithe-atre, 4433 Cooper Road, Musicby P&G Big Band. Free. 745-8550; blueashevents.com/con-cert-series.php. Blue Ash.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 21Art & Craft ClassesKnitting, Crochet and Needle-craft Class, 7-8:30 p.m., MilfordHeights Church of Christ, 1646Ohio 28, Basic handwork tech-niques and fresh ideas in knit-ting, crochet and other handi-

crafts along with short devo-tional time. Free. 575-1874.Milford.

Cooking ClassesParisian Dinner Under theStars with Yen Hsieh, 6:30-9p.m., Cooks’ Wares, 11344Montgomery Road, Full menu ofFrench treats that will bring theParisian spirit alive in all of us.$45. Reservations required.489-6400. Symmes Township.

Exercise ClassesZumba, 6-7 p.m., Fitness Phy-siques by Nico G, 9681 KenwoodRoad, $15. Registration required.290-8217; www.fitnessphysi-ques.net. Blue Ash.Zumba, 9:30-10:30 a.m., FitnessPhysiques by Nico G, 9681 Ken-wood Road, Latin-based cardioworkout. $10-$15. Registrationrequired. 290-8217; www.fit-nessphysiques.net. Blue Ash.Small Group Personal Train-ing, 10:30-11:30 a.m. and 5-6p.m., Fitness Physiques by NicoG, Registration required. 290-8217. Blue Ash.

Literary - LibrariesTeen Board Gaming, 2:30-4p.m., Deer Park Branch Library,3970 E. Galbraith Road, Teensand tweens play board games oftheir choice. Games played mostoften are Apples to Apples,Scrabble, Forbidden Island,Zombie Fluxx, Uno and Skip-Bo.Ages 11-18. Free. 369-4450. DeerPark.

Music - AcousticKevin Fox, 7-10 p.m., MamaVita’s, 6405 Branch Hill GuineaPike, Free. 324-7643. Loveland.

Music - BluesOpen Jamwith Nick Giese andFriends, 8-11:30 p.m., HD Beansand Bottles Cafe, 6721Montgo-mery Road, Bring instrument.Amps, drums and PA provided.Free. 793-6036. Silverton.

On Stage - ComedyPro-AmNight, 8 p.m., Go Ba-nanas, 8410 Market Place,Aspiring comics, amateurs andprofessionals take the stage.Ages 18 and up. $5. 984-9288;www.gobananascomedy.com.Montgomery.

THURSDAY, AUG. 22Business SeminarsBlogging: Stay Relevant andEngaged, 10-11:30 a.m., Dima-lanta Design Group, 4555 LakeForest Drive, No. 650, Learnbenefits to blogging for yourbusiness with Ernie Dimalanta,founder of Out-&-Out Market-ing, andWendy Hacker, socialmedia consultant of DimalantaDesign Group. $10. Reservationsrequired. 588-2802. Blue Ash.

Cooking ClassesIt’s in the Bag: August withIlene Ross, 6:30-9 p.m., Cooks’Wares, 11344 MontgomeryRoad, Features freshest in-season ingredients. With Pipkin’sMarket to choose best season-ally available ingredients foryour kitchen. Ilene presents full

menu and each student receivesbag from Pipkin’s worth $20.$50. Reservations required.489-6400. Symmes Township.

Dance ClassesLine Dancing, 6-7 p.m., FitnessPhysiques by Nico G, $10-$15.Registration required. 290-8217;www.fitnessphysiques.net. BlueAsh.

EducationToastmasters: Improve YourCommunication and Leader-ship Skills, Noon-1 p.m., BlueAsh Technical Center, Free.Reservations required. 387-7030;btc.toastmastersclubs.org. BlueAsh.

Exercise ClassesPilates Playground, 9:30-10:30a.m., Fitness Physiques by NicoG, $15. Registration required.290-8217; www.fitnessphysi-ques.net. Blue Ash.MELTMethod, 10:30-11:30 a.m.,Fitness Physiques by Nico G,$10-$15. Registration required.290-8217; www.fitnessphysi-ques.net. Blue Ash.Yoga/Pilates Infusion, 5-6 p.m.,Fitness Physiques by Nico G,$10-$15. 290-8217; www.fit-nessphysiques.net. Blue Ash.Zumba Class, 7-8 p.m., HartzellUnited Methodist Church, $5.917-7475. Blue Ash.

Health / WellnessWellness Night for Women,6-8 p.m., TriHealth Fitness andHealth Pavilion, 6200 PfeifferRoad, Healthy dinner, winesamples and healthy dessert.Choose from spa services orexercise sampler. Ages 21 andup. $25. Reservations required.985-0900.Montgomery.

Home & GardenDesigning Hot Kitchens andCool Baths, 6:30-8 p.m., Neal’sDesign Remodel Gallery, 7770 E.Kemper Road, Project consult-ants and designers discuss trendsin kitchen and bath design.Light fare provided. Ages 18 andup. Free. 489-7700; neals.com.Sharonville.

Music - BluesSonny’s Solo Blues, 7-11 p.m.,Mama Vita’s, 697-9705;www.mamavitas.com. Loveland.

On Stage - ComedySaleem, 8 p.m., Go Bananas,8410 Market Place, $8-$14.984-9288; www.gobananasco-medy.com.Montgomery.

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

FRIDAY, AUG. 23Dining EventsFriday Night Grillouts, 5-8p.m., Lake Isabella, Brad Martin.

521-7275, ext. 285; www.great-parks.org. Symmes Township.

Exercise ClassesSmall Group Personal Train-ing, 9:30-10:30 a.m., FitnessPhysiques by Nico G, Regis-tration required. 290-8217. BlueAsh.

FestivalsTaste of Blue Ash, 6-11 p.m.,Blue Ash Towne Square, Cooperand Hunt roads, Music by thePointer Sisters at 9 p.m. Varioustypes of cuisine frommore than20 local restaurants, entertain-ment, rides and family fun area.Free. 745-8500; blueashevent-s.com. Blue Ash.

Music - AcousticWaiting on Ben, 7 p.m., CornerPub, 7833 Cooper Road, CDRelease Party Weekend. Drinksonly ages 21 and up. 791-3999.Montgomery.

On Stage - ComedySaleem, 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.,Go Bananas, $8-$14. 984-9288;www.gobananascomedy.com.Montgomery.

SATURDAY, AUG. 24Exercise ClassesCardio Dance Party, 10-11 a.m.,Eric Thomas’ Professional FitnessAcademy, $10. 617-9498;www.cardiodanceparty.com.Madisonville.

Farmers MarketMontgomery Farmers Market,9 a.m.-12:30 p.m., MontgomeryElementary School, 984-4865;www.montgomeryfarmers-market.org.Montgomery.

FestivalsTaste of Blue Ash, Noon-11p.m., Blue Ash Towne Square,Music by Kenny Loggins 9 p.m.Free. 745-8500; blueashevent-s.com. Blue Ash.

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

Music - BluesDiamond Jim Dews Band, 8p.m.-midnight, HD Beans andBottles Cafe, 6721MontgomeryRoad, Free. 793-6036;www.hdbeans.com. Silverton.

On Stage - ComedySaleem, 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.,Go Bananas, $8-$14. 984-9288;www.gobananascomedy.com.Montgomery.

SUNDAY, AUG. 25FestivalsTaste of Blue Ash, Noon-9 p.m.,Blue Ash Towne Square, Musicby Rodney Atkins 7:30 p.m. Free.745-8500; blueashevents.com.Blue Ash.

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TUESDAY, AUG. 27EducationMicrosoft Word Basics, 6 p.m.,Deer Park Branch Library, 3970E. Galbraith Road, Learn andpractice using basic functions ofMicrosoft Word 2007. Free.Registration required. 369-4450.Deer Park.CoreWriting Circles, 10a.m.-12:30 p.m., WomenWritingfor a Change, 6906 PlainfieldRoad, $249. Weekly throughOct. 15. Led by experiencedfacilitators, writing circles offerindividuals a safe place todevelop voice, enhance writingand share stories. Classes allowfor personal writing time,small-group sharing, feedbackand opportunities to read aloudfor an audience. Ages 21 and up.Reservations required. 272-1171;www.womenwriting.org. Silver-ton.

Exercise ClassesCore Adrenaline, 9:30-10:30a.m., Fitness Physiques by NicoG, $10-$15. Registration re-quired. 290-8217; www.fit-nessphysiques.net. Blue Ash.

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Sometimes I wish Iwas a high-tech person.Like a while back when Imade dilly beans and tookphotos of the beanspicked frommy gardenalong with photos of thefinished beans after can-ning. I still have the photoof the garden beans, butthe finished beans in jarsphoto has van-ished and I don’tknow how to re-trieve it frommycamera. I can’ttake another pho-to because, well,the beans are allgone.

The recipemakes four jarsand were so goodthat we ate a jarand gave the other threeaway. But I promise youwill love the beans, photoor not.

I was blown away bythe huge response to TomW.’s request for a 7-Upcake that was publishedyears ago in the Enquirer.The stories alone mademe chuckle, not to men-tion how good all therecipes looked. I willshare both in an upcom-ing blog. Today I’m shar-ing two versions: Onefrom scratch, which Tomwanted, and another us-ing a cakemix. Somefolks don’t ice the cake,but others do so I’m shar-ing icing recipes as well.

Rita’s classic dillybeans

Friend and colleagueLeah Ochs, director ofJungle Jim’s cookingschool, has a similar reci-pe and substitutes Sri-racha sauce to taste forthe pepper flakes.

2 generous pounds greenbeans, trimmed to fitcanning jars

4 teaspoons dill seed or 4large heads dill

4 small cloves garlic1 teaspoon red pepperflakes, divided (optional)

21⁄2 cups clear vinegar21⁄2 cups water1⁄4 cup canning salt

Pack beans lengthwiseinto four hot pint jars,leaving 1⁄4-inch headspace. To each pint, add 1⁄4teaspoon pepper, 1 clovegarlic and 1 teaspoon dillseed. Bring vinegar, wa-

ter and salt to aboil. Pour immedi-ately over beans,leaving 1⁄4-inch headspace. Remove airbubbles by sliding abutter knife aroundinside edges of jars.Wipe rims cleanwith damp cloth.Place seals andrings on. Process 10minutes in boiling

water bath. These arebest eaten chilled.

Tip from Rita’skitchen

If you don’t want tocan these, cap and seal,cool to room temperatureand store in refrigeratorup to six months.

7-Up cake fromscratch

Here’s Donna A.’srecipe from 30 years ago.Tomwanted a from-scratch recipe, so hope-fully this will work.

11⁄2 cups butter, softened3 cups sugar5 eggs3 cups flour2 tablespoons lemon extract3⁄4 cup 7-Up

Preheat oven to 325degrees. Cream sugarand butter together andbeat until light and fluffy(about 20 minutes with anelectric beater). Addeggs, one at a time andbeat well. Add flour onecup at a time. Beat inlemon extract and 7-Up.Pour batter into a wellgreased and floured jum-bo, fluted Bundt pan.Bake for 1-11⁄4 hours.

Simple lemon glaze

This is one I use forlemon pound cake. Juststir 2⁄3 cup confectioner’ssugar with 1 tablespoonor so lemon juice.

Diane Byrne’s 7-Uppound cake usingcakemix

Diane, a Lovelandreader, told me: “I got thisfrommymom severalyears ago. I’ve nevermade the glaze withoutthe alcohol. I’m not surewhat you’d substitute.”Any suggestions?

1package Duncan HinesLemon Supreme CakeMix

1 4-cup package instantlemon pudding

1⁄2 cup vegetable oil4 eggs1 cup 7-Up

Preheat oven to 350degrees. Combine aboveingredients and beat 2minutes. Prepare a Bundtpan (spray well) and pourmixture in. Bake 45-55minutes.

Diana’s glazeDiane didn’t say if she

cooked the glaze, but Iwould assume the sugarhas to melt, so I’d cook itover very low heat untilsugar melts. Add bourbonlast.1⁄2 stick butter, meltedScant 2⁄3 cup sugar1⁄3 cup bourbon (or whatever,rum is good too)

Stir in bourbon. Prickholes in cake and pour onglaze.

Doris Poore’s 7-Upcake icing

Doris, a Kentuckyreader, had a recipe usinga cakemix and also hadan interesting icing. “Theindex card is all yellowedand stained. So, I knowit’s a good one,” she said.

2 eggs, beaten1 tablespoon flour1 cup crushed pineapple,undrained

11⁄2 cups sugar1 stick margarine1 cup coconut

Cook all ingredients(except coconut) untilthick, add coconut andpour over hot cake. Topwith pecans.

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

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Rita used her own fresh green beans to make her dilly beans. THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD.

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A new grief support group ismeeting at 7 p.m. Mondays inMeeting Room1. To be a partof this group, call the churchoffice.

The church offers threeworship services – two contem-porary and one traditional.Saturday at 5 p.m. and Sundayat 9 a.m. are contemporaryservices and Sunday at 10:30a.m. is a traditional service. Allservices have Sunday schooland a professionally staffednursery available for infantsthrough 3-year-olds. For moreinformation, call the churchoffice.

The church is at 6635 Love-land-Miamiville Road, Love-land; 677-9866; www.epipha-nyumc.org.

LovelandPresbyterian Church

Worship times are: SundaySchool 9:15 a.m. to 10 a.m.;Worship 10:30 a.m. to 11:30a.m.; Fellowship 11:30 a.m.

Sunday School is for all ages.Youth Group for grades sevento 12 meets monthly and con-ducts fundraisers for theiractivities.

The church is at 360 Robin,Loveland; 683-2525; [email protected];http://bit.ly/10Kt65D.

Loveland UnitedMethodist Church

At 9 a.m. Sundays, the churchoffers Classic Tradition, a tradi-tional worship experiencewhere persons can connect toGod through a Biblically-basedmessage, times of prayer andbeautiful choral music.

At 10:30 a.m. Sundays isEngage, a “contemporarypraise and worship experience”leading persons into God’s

presence through powerful anduplifting music, a relevantmessage based on God’s Word,and the joyful welcoming ofthe Holy Spirit.

Engage is a full Sundayschool program for children upto sixth-grade. High schoolstudents lead to Sunday schoolafter the praise band’s openingset. A professionally-staffednursery is available for childrenunder the age of 2.

To find out about all of theministry offerings at LovelandUMC, visit the church website,follow on Facebook, or call PatBlankenship, director of minis-try operations, at 683-1738.Explore small groups, Biblestudies, children’s ministry,youth ministry, adults ministry,senior’s ministry and “Hands On/ Off Campus”mission/outreachopportunities. The church alsooffers opportunities to connectin various worship arts minis-tries such as music, drama,video, sound and visuals.

The church is at 10975 S.Lebanon Road, Loveland;683-1738;www.lovelandumc.org.

Prince of PeaceLutheran Church

Summer worship schedule is5 p.m. Saturdays; 9 a.m. and10:30 a.m. Sundays. There is nosummer Sunday School. Begin-ning the weekend of Sept. 14and 15 the worship returns tothe regular schedule of 5 p.m.Saturdays; 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and11 a.m., Sundays. Sunday schoolis 9:30 a.m.

God's work. Our hands. Joinus on Sept. 8 to celebrate andembody the strong tradition ofwitness and service in ourcongregation and our denom-ination as we celebrate 50 yearsof ministry at Prince of Peaceand 25 years of ministry in theELCA. We will have our regular5 p.m. service on Saturdaynight, Sept. 7. At 8:30 a.m.,Sunday, Sept. 8 we will gatherfor a short sending service andthen head out into the commu-nity to serve from 9 a.m. tonoon.

The will be a Rookie Ringer“Chill Out" on Saturday Aug.17. First, there will be a work-shop from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.for high school age and olderto have a successful introduc-tion to the wonderful world ofhandbells and hand chimes. Noexperience or music skills areneeded. The workshop will befollowed with an ice creamsocial at 11:30 a.m.

Pr. Ken Soderlund is retiringSept. 1. There will be a lun-cheon in honor of his service tothe congregation on Sept. 1following the 10 a.m. service.

Blessing of the Backpacks.Kids are invited to bring theirbackpacks to worship servicesthe weekend of Aug. 24 and 25to receive a special blessing forthe upcoming school year.

Sunday School sign-ups areunderway. Forms are availablein the narthex. Sunday Schoolbegins Sunday, Sept. 15.

Ministries Expo – On theweekend of Aug. 24-25, cometo the Parish Life Center beforeand after worship to lean howto become involved in themany and various ministries

that are offered in our churchcommunity.

Back to School Fair will be 2p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug.17, in the Parish Life Center. TheLoveland Inter Faith Effort andthe Loveland Initiative jointogether to provide area chil-dren with filled back packs,sweatshirts, shoe coupons, andmore. Donation of new back-packs and school supplies forgrades PK-12 are being accept-ed now in a donation box inthe from entry way of thechurch.

During the next few monthsthe church will expand with anew worship space and thebuilding. Follow the progresson its Facebook page at Princeof Peace Lutheran Church andat www.popluther.org.

Gather with us at Biblestudies on Wednesdays. PastorKen leads a seniors bible studyfrom 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. inthe atrium or join the summerseries, “Hope, His HealingHands, Finding God in BrokenPlaces,” from 11:30 a.m. to 1p.m. now through Aug. 21. Thecost of the book is $6. Bringyour lunch and a friend.

All are welcome for freecommunity dinners on thesecond Tuesday of each monthat 6 p.m. in the Parish LifeCenter.

POP Kids School is registeringfor the 2013-2014 school yearfor 2-1/2- to 5-year-olds inmorning or afternoon sessions.Visitwww.popkidsschool.comor call 683-1600 for more in-formation or to schedule a tour.

Zumba fitness classes areopen for the community onMonday and Thursday eveningsat 6:30 p.m. in the Parish LifeCenter. Questions? Call 312-9498.

The church is at 101 S. Leba-non Road, Loveland. Call 683-4244.

SycamorePresbyterian Church

Come visit the church Sundaymornings in its brand newworship center at 9:15 a.m. and10:45 a.m. Childcare is availablein the nursery during bothservices for infants through age2.

For the summer, preschooland kindergarten childrenmeet at 10:45 a.m. Children infirst through sixth-grades joinin worship with their families.

The church is at 11800 Ma-son-Montgomery Road,Symmes Township; 683-0254;www.sycamorechurch.org.

Epiphany UnitedMethodist Church

Worship in the Park at NisbetPark, downtown Loveland, isSunday, Sept. 1. The service willbegin at 10:30 a.m. with con-temporary and traditionalelements and Holy Communionas one body. Please bring chairsand blankets. Following theservice will be the churchpicnic. All are welcome. In theevent of a cloudy forecast, visitthe church website for worship/

picnic location information.Wee Three Kings Preschool, a

ministry of Epiphany UnitedMethodist Church, still has afew openings for the upcomingschool year. There are openingsin the 18-24 months class.Parent’s Day Out class as well asthe 4-year-old and PreK after-noon classes. Tthe purpose is toprovide a place where childrencan learn in a loving Christianatmosphere. For more in-formation, call the Wee ThreeKings office at 683-4256.

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available basis. Items must be to our office no later than 4p.m. Wednesday, for possible consideration in the follow-ing edition.» E-mail announcements to [email protected], with “Religion” in the subject line.» Fax to 248-1938. Call 248-8600.»Mail to: Suburban Life, Attention: Andrea Reeves, Reli-gion news, 394 Wards Corner Road, Suite 170, Loveland,Ohio 45140.

The National AllianceonMental Illness ofHam-ilton County announcesits fallNAMIPeer-to-Peercourse specifically de-signed for people livingwith mental illness whowish to participate in agroup of peers to learnmore about how to be-come and stay well.

The free course takesplace6:30p.m. to8:30p.m.Mondays from Sept. 16 toNov. 18 at Vineyard Com-munity Church, 11340Century Circle East,Springdale.

The Peer-to-Peer Edu-cation Program providesinsight into mental healthincluding how to copewith difficult circum-stances, how to identifyfeelings, thoughts, behav-ior and events that can re-sult in a possible relapse,how to create a relapseprevention plan, stress-management techniques,how to strengthen inter-personal relationshipsand how to be an activeparticipant in an individ-ual plan of care.

Each free ten sessionPeer-to-Peer class con-

tains a combination of lec-ture and interactive exer-cise material includingMindfulness Practice.The classes are taught bytrained, NAMI peer men-tors who are also workingtowards recovery as theylive with illnesses such asschizophrenia, bipolardisorder, depression, bor-derline personality disor-der, anxiety disorders,panic disorder, obsessivecompulsive disorder, dualdiagnosis with addiction,and PTSD.

NAMI is the nation’slargest grassroots mentalhealth organization dedi-cated to improving thelives of individuals andfamilies affected bymen-tal illness. The HamiltonCountyaffiliate also spon-sors the annual NAMI-Walks campaign, the larg-est community walk formental health in South-west Ohio.

For more informationand to register for thisfree course, visitwww.namihc.org or con-tact the NAMI of Hamil-ton County office at 513-351-3500.

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door-to-door salesman.”Such complaints are

not at all uncommon.I’ve received manyletters from homeown-ers who paid for maga-zine subscriptions yetnever received any-thing. In one case ahomeowner did receivethe magazines but real-ized too late she hadgreatly overpaid for thesubscriptions.

In Jones’ case I con-tacted the reflectivesign company ownerwho said he was busytaking care of custom-ers to whom he hadfailed to deliver thesigns. He says he gotbehind and blamed the

weather for the delay.After I called he finallydid get the sign put onJones’ mailbox.

So, what should youdo if a salesman comesknocking on your door?You could refuse to buy,as Jones has vowed. Or,if you’re interested inthe product, I suggestyou go ahead and placeyour order. But, just aswith Girl Scout cookies,don’t pay until theyreturn with the product.

Howard Ain answers con-sumer complaints on WKRC-TV Local 12. Write to him at12 WKRC-TV, 1906 HighlandAve., Cincinnati 45219.

Think twice about buying at your door

HowardAinHEY HOWARD!

During National Pre-paredness Month in Sep-tember, theAmericanRedCross andHamilton Coun-ty are teaming to help pre-pare the Tristate for disas-ter with their Prepared-ness Month campaign, “5to Get Ready,” which willshowresidentsoveraperi-odof fiveweeks– through-out September – how easyit is to build their own di-saster kit using items theyhave in their home or areunder $5.00 at local areastores.

The “5 to Get Ready”campaignwill kickoffSat-urday, Aug. 24, with a di-saster preparedness fairat the Cincinnati AreaChapter, 2111 Dana Ave.,from10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thisfree, family orientedevent will teach attendeeshow to assemble their di-sasterkitandprovidefam-ilies with tips on how to beprepared for a disaster.

The goal for the “5 toGetReady” campaign is tohelp every family in theTristate area to preparetheir own disaster kit.

For more informationabout the DisasterFair orthe 5 to Get Ready cam-paign, visit Redcross.org/cincinnati. Also, visit theRed Cross Facebook andTwitter accounts to followweeklytipsthroughoutthemonth of September onthe basic supplies that canhelp you and your familystart your own prepared-ness kit.

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JewishFamilyServicehad one overriding mes-sage at its annual meet-ing June 25: JFS hasgrown and transformedfrom an agency that wasin a survival mode forseveral years into astrong organization thatstands out amongst thecrowd.

Mark Miller, who wasinstalled as the newpresident of the board,opened with the state-ment, “It is trulymyplea-sure to assume the presi-dency of JFS at a time ofunequaled opportunityand excitement. Ouragency is financiallysound, strategicallystrong, and JFS is readyto meet the needs of the

Jewish Community foryears to come.”

WhilegivingarecapofJewish Family Service’shistory, Miller explainedhow the organizationreached this successfulpoint. He thanked thepast presidents, boardand staff for their hardwork and dedication thathelped JFS transformfrom an agency whichwas paralyzed by cutsduring tough financialtimes to an agency withthe confidence andvisionto take advantage ofgrowth opportunities.

“In 2012 we began tosee the fruits of our la-bor,”Miller said, citingasexamples the “BarbashFamily Vital Support

Center that will becomethe crown jewel of JFS’sservice efforts to those inneed in the Jewish com-munity” and the “WeGive A… campaign cre-ated to get people excitedand engaged in JewishFamily Service.”

Prior tobeing installedas president, Miller re-ceivedpraisefromoutgo-ing president MichaelSchwartz who said, “I’mpassing thegavel toMarkwith confidence, with ex-citement for what’s tocome, and with pride ofwhat we have accom-plished. I know he’ll do agreat job.”

Schwartz served athree-year term in orderto complete a restructur-ing of the board to a truegovernance model. Hewas given a tzedekah boxfor his commitment andaccomplishments as theJewish Family Servicepresident.He now servesas the board’s immediatepast president.

Joining Miller andSchwartz as new officersof the board are AndiLevenson,vicepresident;Larry Juran, treasurer,and Susan Shorr, secre-tary. Bruce Baker, a pastpresident, will serve a

three-year term alongwith newboardmembersMelanie Blumental, JoniBurton, Alyce Ellison,Dale Horne, Mark Knue,Tom Smith and MichaelSutter.

Lauren Scharf was ap-pointed by the boardpresident for a one-yearterm. Suzy Marcus Gold-berg, Elaine Kaplan andMax Yamson were re-elected to a second three-year term. Members re-maining on the board areStephen Goldberg, SteveHolman, Daniel Kerbel,DannyLipson,LeslieMil-ler, Daniel Phillips, PamSacherman, Scott Slovinand Sarita Zilch. JohnYoukilis and Gary Smithrotated off the board.

Youkilis and Smithwere both given specialrecognition for their timeas board members.

“My heart will alwaysbe with JFS,” Smith said.Youkilis agreed and add-ed that he supports theagency because “JewishFamily Service alwaysdeals with reality on theground.”

Many awards werepresentedduringtheeve-ning.

» The Miriam Dettel-bachAwardwas present-ed to Larry Juran andDanny Lipson. Thisaward isgiven inhonorofthe first executive direc-tor of Jewish Family Ser-vice as recognition of ex-ceptional volunteer ser-vice to the agency. Bothboard members were in-strumental in turning theBarbash Family VitalSupport Center from adream into a reality.

» Onbehalf of theJew-ish Federation of Cincin-nati, its CEO Shep Eng-lander accepted a plaquerecognizing itssupportofJewish Family Serviceover the past 70 years.

» Scott Slovin, repre-senting Friends of Bigs&Littles, presented 15-year-old Tianna Wood-ford with a $1,000 checkas the recipient of theBetty R. Goldberg Com-munity Service Award.This award was estab-lished in honor of thelong-time Executive Di-rector of Big BrothersBig Sisters Associationand recognizes a Littlewho helps others by per-forming good deeds andacts of kindness. Wood-ford, who attends PurcellMarian, received theaward for her involve-ment in various commu-nity service activities.

» Awards were alsopresented toJewishFam-ily Service staff recog-nizing years they havebeenwith the agency.An-gie Bowling, ErinMcNew and Sue Warmreceivedafive-yearStaffLongevity Award. Dora

Baehner, Edie Dine, FranGafvert and Ruth Moed-delwere recipients of the10-year award.

Inherexecutivedirec-tor report Beth Schwartzsaid, “I am proud of Jew-ish Family Service’s abil-ity to step it up to servethe 4,707 individual livesin 2012. This has been atremendous increase inthe number of peoplewho are helped by thisagency. With the staff asthe backbone of the ser-vices we provide, and theBoard’s support and di-rection, we can continueto grow into our vision ofthe agencywewish to be-come.”

She took a momentfrom the public meetingto speak directly to theJFS staff, urging them todream big and to believein their ability to truly

change the lives of thepeople that they serveand to strengthen ourcommunity with an evendeeper impact. She im-plored staff, board mem-bers and communitymembers to partner withJewishFamilyServiceonthis transformative jour-ney saying, “We can’t doit alone. So let’s do it to-gether as a communityand show everyone howWe Give A…”

The meeting closedwith all attendees given amarker and a paperframe with the “I GIVEA…too!” tagline. Theywereasked todrawthem-selves into the JewishFamily Service story andto become a part of theagency’s vision. Thedrawings will be hung ona display in the lobby ofthe Mayerson JCC.

JFS looks to new era under Miller

New Jewish Family Service President Mark Miller of Forest Park with his wife, Robin.THANKS TO SHERRY KAPLAN

Scott Slovin, right, representing Friends of Bigs & Littles,presented 15-year-old Tianna Woodford of Roselawn witha $1,000 check as the recipient of the Betty R. GoldbergCommunity Service Award. THANKS TO SHERRY KAPLAN

Beth Schwartz (Kenwood), John Youkilis (AmberleyVillage), Gary Smith (Symmes Township) and Mark Miller(Forest Park) at the Jewish Family Service annual meeting.THANKS TO SHERRY KAPLAN

The Miriam Dettelbach Award was presented to DannyLipson of Mount Lookout, left, and Larry Juran of HydePark. This award is given in honor of the first executivedirector of Jewish Family Service as recognition ofexceptional volunteer service to the agency. THANKS TOSHERRY KAPLAN

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Pillich, a three-termstate representative fromMontgomery, is ex-pected to be theonly Democrat tocome forward totake on incumbentRepublican JoshMandel. FormerHamilton CountyCommissioner Da-vid Pepper, a Dem-ocrat, is also seek-ing statewide election,taking on incumbent Re-publican Mike DeWine inthe race for attorney gen-eral.

“What I believe Ohio-ans want is ... some strongleadership in the treasur-er’s office. They wantsomeone who can protectthe tax dollars to makesure that they’re beingused wisely,” Pillich toldThe Cincinnati Enquirer.

The Ohio treasurerserves as collector andsteward of state taxes,managing the investmentof the state’s funds.

Pillich’s bid will leaveopen a hotly contestedOhio House seat: Pillichwon re-election by only600 votes in 2010 againstRepublican Mike Wilsonof Springfield Township,the founder of the Cincin-nati Tea Party.

The two facedoff againlast year, in a district re-drawn to favor Republi-cans, stretching fromMa-

deira to Sharonville on theeastandtoForestParkandGreenhills on the west.The nonpartisan OhioCampaign for Account-ableRedistricting said thedistrict leaned 54 percentRepublican after redis-tricting, but had leaned52.5percentDemocratbe-fore the changes, when

the district includ-ed Woodlawn andLincoln Heights.

TimBurke,headof the HamiltonCounty Democrat-ic Party, has lentearly support toBlue Ash’s MicahKamrass, 24, whosaid he is consider-

ing a bid.Kamrass is a lawstudent at Ohio State Uni-versity and former OSUstudent body presidentand is clerking this sum-mer for Burke’s Cincin-nati law firm, ManleyBurke.

Blue Ash CouncilmanRick Bryan, 62, is among

the several Republicanswho are considering a bid.Bryan is a formermarket-er and executive withProcter & Gamble, Totesand the Andrew JergensCo. and now is executivedirector of the CancerSupport Community. Hehas served on Blue Ashcouncil since1995andwasmayor from December2001 to November 2005.

Wilson toldTheEnquir-er he does not plan to runagain.

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James Vincent McCourtJames Vincent McCourt, 57, of Silverton died

Aug. 2. He was a US Navy veteran.Survived by wife, Brenda (nee Gabbard)

McCourt; sons Daniel, Marcus and James “Mi-chael”McCourt; and grandchildren Stephanie,

Destiny, “Little” Danny, Dakota, Cory, Jaymee,Teegan, Sydney and Declan.

Preceded in death by parents Gerald McCourtand Celine Kapusman.

Services were Aug 6 at Evans Funeral Home,Milford. Memorials to: the Community FamilyChurch.

DEATHS

Andrew J. Brown, 20, 890Columbia Ave., drug instru-ments, July 10.

Incidents/investigationsDomestic incidentAt Thomas Drive, July 19.At Kaywood Drive, July 19.TheftCash taken fromMadeira Inn;$55 at, July 22.Rings taken; $1,400 at 7484Hosbrook, July 25.

SYCAMORE TOWNSHIPArrests/citationsMonica Amison, 22, 500 Orient,theft at 7875 MontgomeryRoad, July 16.Iesha Williams, 22, 932 ByrdAve., theft at 7875 Montgo-mery Road, July 11.

Incidents/investigationsAssaultReported struck at 4454 Crystal,

July 18.Breaking and enteringReported at 7814 Concord Hills,July 15.Garage entered at 7910 KellerRoad, July 15.Criminal damagingEmergency brake cable dam-aged at 8599 Donegal Drive,July 17.Felonious assaultReported at First Ave., July 11.Misuse of credit cardReported at 8980 Plainfield, July18.RapeReported at Plainfield, July 15.TheftPurse and contents of unknownvalue removed at 7100 Dear-wester Drive, July 18.Lawnmower of unknown valueremoved at 8284 Blue Ash, July17.Vehicle removed at 7300 Dear-wester, July 15.

COLUMBIA TOWNSHIPArrests/citationsRained Clark, 19, 3649 Raven-wood Ave., carrying concealedweapon at 5800 Kennedy Ave.,July 12.Brandon Childrers, 20, 9202Orangewood, possession ofdrugs at 9202 OrangewoodDrive, July 13.

Incidents/investigationsTheftSunglasses of unknown valueremoved at 8240 Wooster Pike,July 16.TV and Xbox of unknown valueremoved at 5623 Viewpointe,July 15.$44.28 in gas not paid for at8234 Wooster, July 15.

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DEER PARK7518 Plainfield Road: FannieMae to Bolger, John; $60,000.

MADEIRA7270 Jethve Lane: Scroggins,Stephen P. to Childs, Benjamin;$183,000.7000 Wallace Ave.: Deal, Jon toFederal Home Loan Mortgage

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SILVERTON6636 Sampson Lane: FederalNational Mortgage Associationto Jd Smith Holdings LLC;$45,000.3926 Section Road: Johnson,Jeffrey & Tamra Dugan toDeutsche Bank National TrustCo. Tr.; $52,000.

SYCAMORE TOWNSHIP7959 Bearcreek Drive: Taylor,Ronald D. Tr. & Connie S. Tr. toBowles, Scott A. & Sonja M.;$138,500.4510 Harrison Ave.: Sparks,

Michael P. to Remic; $46,000.8050 Highfield Court: Anderson,Beverly J. to Nolan, Mary D. &Michael J.; $100,000.6711Miami Hills Drive: Gerwin,David T. & Martha C. to De StAubin, Edwin J. & Mary Ann;$293,000.7631Montgomery Road: Lytle,Ann Louise Tr. to Payne, Ells-worth W.; $65,000.8471New England Court: Bour-land, White to Ziepel, David K.& Paul M.; $325,000.4114 Trebor Drive: Reed, Theresato Atkins, Scott & Linda;$165,000.4311Woodlawn Ave.: Powell,Jeffrey D. to PNC Bank NA;$34,000.

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