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S UBURBAN S UBURBAN LIFE 75¢ WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2013 BECAUSE COMMUNITY MATTERS Your Community Press newspaper serving Columbia Township, Deer Park, Dillonvale, Kenwood, Madeira, Rossmoyne, Sycamore Township Vol. 50 No. 34 © 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additional information Contact The Press FOOD Lemon peel steeps in vodka for 1-3 weeks to make limoncello, a liqueur originally made in Italy. Full story, B3 TAX HIKE OK’D Voters approved the Deer Park school district’s tax-hike proposal Nov. 5 with 61.5 percent approval. Full story, A2 OH: 27844 KY: HM04951 *Valid on qualifying systems only. Not valid with any other offer. Not valid on previous sales. Financing offers subject to credit approval. Next day installation offered on a first-come, first-served basis only. Promotion effective 09/16/13 to 11/15/13. See dealer for details. For tax credit information visit www.energy.gov. See your independent Trane dealer for complete program eligibility, dates, details and restrictions. Trade-in allowance from $500 up to $1,000 valid on qualifying systems only. All sales must be to homeowners in the United States. Void where prohibited. CE-0000549268 In Deer Park and Sycamore Township, voters showed that overall they’re satisfied with the local leaders currently in of- fice. Voters in the Deer Park re- elected incumbents John Don- nellon, Jeff Hall and Chris Hedger to City Council on Elec- tion Day, preventing challenger Shawn Gavin from taking one of those seats. Donnellon, Hedger and Hall received 827, 729 and 656 votes, respectively. Gavin got 624 votes, according to the Hamil- ton County Board of Elections’ unofficial results. A new treasurer will be tak- ing office, however. Steven Todd ran as a write-in candidate for the position, but was uncon- tested. Current treasurer Patricia Meiers was appointed last year, but didn’t seek re-election to her post, Safety-Service Director Mike Berens said. Out of 3,852 registered vot- ers in Deer Park, 1,415 voted in the election, according to the election results. All Deer Park officials will be sworn in on Jan. 1. Voters in Sycamore Town- ship also re-elected their cur- rent trustees, Tom Weidman and Cliff Bish- op. Maxwell Kinman chal- lenged them for one of two open seats, but was defeated. Weidman and Bishop got 2,636 and 2,482 votes, respectively. Kin- man had 1,045 votes, according to election results. Sycamore voters also ap- proved the joint economic de- velopment zone with Deer Park, which would add a 0.75 percent tax to employees working at Jewish Hospital, as well as the office buildings and doctors’ of- fices on Galbraith Road. The zone was approved by about 78 percent, and will begin collection early next year. Out of 13,519 registered voters in Sycamore Township, 3,914 vot- ed in the election, or about 29 percent, according to the re- sults. Results are unofficial until the Hamilton County Board of Elections certifies the election later this month. Want more updates for Sycamore Township and Deer Park? Follow Leah Fightmaster on Twitter: @LCFightmaster. Sycamore, Deer Park incumbents win By Leah Fightmaster [email protected] Hedger Donnellon Hall Weidman Bishop Voters in Madeira Nov. 5 elected three new people to City Council and rejected one of the incumbent council members. Six candidates ran for four seats, including two incum- bents. Madeira resident Joyce Meiners said she wanted to vote for City Council because she wanted a say in the members elected. Mike Pfister said he came out to vote for City Council members as well. He voted for the block of four candidates who ran together – Tim Dicke, Chris Hilberg, Mike Steur and Traci Bayer-Theis because he’s known Hilberg since they were kids and felt their plat- form was the best. “I grew up with Chris, and he’s a good guy from a nice fam- ily,” he said. “He wants to keep Madeira a quiet community, safe, with good schools.” Hilberg, however, wasn’t elected to council, along with in- cumbent Dicke. He got 1,034 votes, while Dicke received 884, according to the unofficial re- sults. Challenger Tom Ashmore was the leading vote-getter at 1,483, while Steur, Bayer-Theis and Nancy Spencer got 1,106, 1,094 and1,082 votes respective- ly, according to the unofficial results. Ashmore said that after he’s sworn into his seat on council, one of his first priorities would be for council to look into the historical district of downtown Madeira and consider a master plan before moving forward with any plans, whether those involve moving the historic homes or beginning develop- ment. He added that he would like to get a legal opinion on what the city can do with the property do- nated based on the letter writ- ten to Madeira by the donor. “It doesn’t make any sense to do anything there until the properties are discussed,” he said. Spencer said her longer- term priorities include pushing for a traffic study and looking at safer crossings for pedestrians, especially downtown. “We need to be more proac- tive,” she said. “More traffic will be coming into the commu- nity, and we need to be looking ahead as we’re trying to bring more people in. We need ade- quate parking, adequate signal- ing and safe pedestrian cross- ings.” Both Ashmore and Spencer also said they’re ready to move forward with getting Bill Cun- ningham’s Root Beer Junction open at the former railroad de- pot building on Miami Avenue. Election results are unoffi- cial until its certified later this month by the Hamilton County Board of Elections. New council members will be sworn in on Dec. 1, said City Manager Tom Moeller. The countywide library and zoo tax issues were among other reasons Meiners and Pfister turned out to vote. Meiners said voting is her civic duty and always partici- pates, but added she was inter- ested in voting for the library’s tax renewal because it was im- portant. However, Pfister was at the polls for the opposite reason. He said that he was participating in the election so he could have his voice against both the library and zoo tax renewals heard. He added that he didn’t like both issues because they don’t have term limits and both or- ganizations said that after the previous tax they wouldn’t ask voters for more money. “The zoo and library promis- ed they only needed a levy for five years and they would never come back, and now they want (the levy) for forever,” he said. “That wasn’t part of the deal.” Out of 6,661 registered vot- ers in Madeira, 2,264 people cast ballots in the election, or about 34 percent, according to the Hamilton County Board of Elections unofficial results. Three newcomers join council By Leah Fightmaster [email protected] Steur Spencer Ashmore Bayer-Theis PERFECT BALANCE Cincinnati Country Day School first-grader Enguerrand Bonniol, of Madeira, steadies himself on a balance board during the school’s annual FallFest, which features a variety of games and activities. This year’s theme was “Under the Big Top.” For more photos from the event, please see page A4.FORREST SELLERS/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

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SUBURBANSUBURBANLIFE 75¢

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2013 BECAUSE COMMUNITY MATTERS

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

Vol. 50 No. 34© 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 PressFOODLemon peel steeps in vodkafor 1-3 weeks to makelimoncello, a liqueuroriginally made in Italy.Full story, B3

TAX HIKE OK’DVoters approved the Deer Parkschool district’s tax-hikeproposal Nov. 5 with 61.5percent approval.Full story, A2

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KY: HM04951

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In Deer Park and SycamoreTownship, voters showed thatoverall they’re satisfied withthe local leaderscurrently inof-fice.

Voters in the Deer Park re-elected incumbents John Don-nellon, Jeff Hall and ChrisHedger to City Council on Elec-tionDay, preventing challengerShawnGavinfromtakingoneofthose seats.

Donnellon, Hedger and Hallreceived 827, 729 and 656 votes,respectively. Gavin got 624votes, according to the Hamil-ton County Board of Elections’

unofficial results.A new treasurer will be tak-

ing office, however. StevenTodd ran as awrite-in candidatefor the position, but was uncon-tested.

Current treasurer PatriciaMeiers was appointed last year,butdidn’t seekre-election toherpost, Safety-Service DirectorMike Berens said.

Out of 3,852 registered vot-ers in Deer Park, 1,415 voted inthe election, according to theelection results. All Deer Parkofficialswill be sworn in on Jan.1.

Voters in Sycamore Town-ship also re-elected their cur-rent trustees, Tom Weidman

andCliff Bish-op. MaxwellKinman chal-lenged themfor one of twoopenseats,butwas defeated.

Weidmanand Bishopgot 2,636 and2,482 votes, respectively. Kin-man had 1,045 votes, accordingto election results.

Sycamore voters also ap-proved the joint economic de-velopmentzonewithDeerPark,which would add a 0.75 percenttax to employees working atJewish Hospital, as well as theoffice buildings and doctors’ of-

fices on Galbraith Road.The zone was approved by

about 78 percent, andwill begincollection early next year. Outof 13,519 registered voters inSycamore Township, 3,914 vot-ed in the election, or about 29percent, according to the re-sults.

Results are unofficial until

the Hamilton County Board ofElections certifies the electionlater this month.

Want more updates for SycamoreTownship and Deer Park? FollowLeah Fightmaster on Twitter:@LCFightmaster.

Sycamore, Deer Park incumbents winBy Leah [email protected]

Hedger Donnellon Hall WeidmanBishop

Voters in Madeira Nov. 5elected threenewpeople toCityCouncil and rejected one of theincumbent council members.

Six candidates ran for fourseats, including two incum-bents.

Madeira resident JoyceMeiners said shewanted to votefor City Council because shewanted a say in the memberselected.

Mike Pfister said he cameout to vote for City Councilmembers as well. He voted forthe block of four candidateswho ran together – Tim Dicke,Chris Hilberg, Mike Steur andTraci Bayer-Theis – becausehe’s known Hilberg since theywere kids and felt their plat-form was the best.

“I grew up with Chris, andhe’s a goodguy fromanice fam-ily,” he said. “He wants to keepMadeira a quiet community,safe, with good schools.”

Hilberg, however, wasn’telected tocouncil, alongwith in-cumbent Dicke. He got 1,034votes,whileDickereceived884,according to the unofficial re-sults.

Challenger Tom Ashmorewas the leading vote-getter at1,483, while Steur, Bayer-Theisand Nancy Spencer got 1,106,1,094and1,082votesrespective-ly, according to the unofficialresults.

Ashmore said that after he’ssworn into his seat on council,one of his first priorities wouldbe for council to look into thehistorical district of downtown

Madeira and consider a masterplan before moving forwardwith any plans, whether thoseinvolve moving the historichomes or beginning develop-ment.

He added that he would liketogeta legalopiniononwhat thecitycandowith thepropertydo-nated based on the letter writ-ten to Madeira by the donor.

“It doesn’tmake any sense todo anything there until theproperties are discussed,” hesaid.

Spencer said her longer-term priorities include pushingfora trafficstudyand lookingatsafer crossings for pedestrians,especially downtown.

“We need to be more proac-tive,” she said. “More trafficwill be coming into the commu-nity, and we need to be lookingahead as we’re trying to bringmore people in. We need ade-quate parking, adequate signal-ing and safe pedestrian cross-ings.”

Both Ashmore and Spenceralso said they’re ready to moveforward with getting Bill Cun-ningham’s Root Beer Junctionopen at the former railroad de-pot building onMiami Avenue.

Election results are unoffi-cial until its certified later thismonth by the Hamilton CountyBoard of Elections.

New council members willbe sworn in on Dec. 1, said CityManager TomMoeller.

The countywide library andzootax issueswereamongotherreasons Meiners and Pfisterturned out to vote.

Meiners said voting is hercivic duty and always partici-pates, but added she was inter-ested in voting for the library’stax renewal because it was im-portant.

However, Pfister was at thepolls for theoppositereason.Hesaid that hewas participating inthe election so he could have hisvoice against both the libraryand zoo tax renewals heard.

He added that he didn’t likeboth issues because they don’thave term limits and both or-ganizations said that after theprevious tax they wouldn’t askvoters for more money.

“The zoo and library promis-ed they only needed a levy forfiveyearsand theywouldnevercome back, and now they want(the levy) for forever,” he said.

“That wasn’t part of thedeal.”

Out of 6,661 registered vot-ers in Madeira, 2,264 peoplecast ballots in the election, orabout 34 percent, according tothe Hamilton County Board ofElections unofficial results.

Three newcomers join councilBy Leah [email protected]

Steur Spencer Ashmore Bayer-Theis

PERFECT BALANCE

Cincinnati Country Day School first-grader Enguerrand Bonniol,of Madeira, steadies himself on a balance board during theschool’s annual FallFest, which features a variety of games andactivities. This year’s theme was “Under the Big Top.” For morephotos from the event, please see page A4.FORREST SELLERS/THE

COMMUNITY PRESS

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Index

Feelings toward theelection and Deer Park’sschool district tax-hikeproposal were positive

at the Nov. 5 polls.Candidates and cam-

paigners stood outsidethe Francis R. HealyCommunity Center inChamberlin Park, 7640Plainfield Road, as vot-ers came and went. By11:30 a.m., 115 voters outof about 800 in one pre-cinct had already casttheir ballots.

By the end of the daywhen polls closed at 7:30p.m., 2,926 voters in thedistrict cast ballots.That’s about 36 percentof the 8,160 registeredvoters, according to the

Hamilton County Boardof Elections unofficialresults.

One of the issues onthatballotwas theschooldistrict’s 7.9-mill tax-hike proposal,whichwillcost the owner of a homewith a market value of$100,000 about $276.50per year. The tax hikewill generate about $1.86million annually for thedistrict, said districttreasurer Cynthia Stu-benvoll.

Sue Fisher, a districtresident, said she wasvery much in support ofthe schools’ proposal,adding that in her opi-nion the schools havedone a good job with the

funds they have.“(The district)made a

five-year levy last eightyears, and I think DeerPark does a fantastic jobof matching resources,”she said.

One district residentsaid he voted, butagainst the tax hike pro-posal.

Dave Wood said thathedidn’tvote for thepro-

posal because he doesn’thave any kids in the dis-trict, and that because itwould also cost himmon-ey he would choose pay-ing his bills over the taxhike.

“It’s either pay mybills or pay for a school Ididn’t go to,” he said.

The tax-hike proposalpassed with 61.5 percentapproval, according tothe results.

Voters also added twonew faces to the DeerPark school board.

Challengers PeggyBosse and Karen Fuma-rola got 1,570 and 1,320votes, respectively. In-cumbent Terri Morris-seywas re-elected to her

seat, while currentboard member SteveSmith and challengerJustin Binik-Thomaswere not elected.

Morrissey got 1,218votes, Smith received1,029 and Binik-Thomasendedwith 707 votes, ac-cording to the results.

Results are unofficialuntil the Hamilton Coun-ty Board of Electionscertifies the election lat-er this month.

Want more updates for DeerPark schools? Follow LeahFightmaster on Twitter:@LCFightmaster.

Deer Park voters OK school tax hikeBy Leah [email protected]

Bosse Fumarola

COLUMBIA TWP. —Offi-cials say great things arein store for the townshipfollowing passage of aneconomic-developmentplan that includes a newearnings tax.

Trustee David Kubickisaid the vote Nov. 5 givesColumbia Township moreeconomic-developmenttools and the ability tocontinue providing top-grade services to resi-dents.

“This was a huge win,”Kubicki said.

“There are somany op-portunities to improveand grow all three of ourbusiness districts, andnow we can do morethings.

“The trustees have avision to improve thiscommunity and this is abig step in executing thatvision,” Kubicki said.

The plan approved byvoters will allow Colum-bia Township and Fairfaxtocreatea jointeconomic-development zone intownship commercialareas on Wooster Pike, onPlainville Road and atRidge and Highland ave-nues.

A board of directorswill levy a1-percent earn-ings tax on people whowork and businesses thatoperate there.

Ohio law prohibitstownships from collect-ing earnings taxes.

But with the joint eco-nomic-development zoneagreement between Co-lumbia Township andFairfax, as sanctioned bythe state, Fairfax will col-lect the new earnings taxin the zone and give thetownship90percentof therevenue after subtractingservice, reserve and es-crow fees.

For its trouble, Fairfaxwill collect the remaining10percent of thepost-feesrevenue.

Columbia TownshipAdministrator Mike Lem-on estimates the townshipannually will collect$670,000 and Fairfax$67,000 from the new tax.

Preliminary numbers

from the Hamilton Coun-ty Board of Electionsshow Columbia Town-ship’s proposed econom-ic-development plan wasapproved by a vote of 706—nearly83percent of theballots cast – to 149 - justover17 percent of the bal-lots cast.

“We were hoping for ahigh approval rate andwegot it,” Lemon said.

“Thanks go to the vot-ers of ColumbiaTownshipfor recognizing the valueand importance of this is-sue to the future of thetownship.

“The passage of this is-sue will provide a newrevenue source to meetthe needs of the township,(for) enhanced servicesand infrastructure aswellas to allow the township tocontinue its economic-de-velopment initiatives,”Lemon said.

“Anewdayhasdawnedin Columbia Township.”

Like other municipal-ities, the township andFairfax are looking forways toraisemoney in thewake of cuts in state ap-propriations and in localproperty taxes caused byfalling property valua-tions.

Columbia Townshipconsidered putting aproperty-tax hike on theNovember ballot.

It dropped that idea infavor of the proposedjoint economic-develop-ment zone.

FairfaxVillageCouncilearlier voted to establishthe zone with ColumbiaTownship.

Fairfax residents werenot asked to approve itTuesday because the zoneis in the township.

New zone a ‘huge win’ in Columbia Twp.

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Voters have elected anew board member forthe Indian Hill ExemptedVillage School DistrictBoard of Education.

Two incumbents werealso elected. Four candi-dates ran for three seatson the board.

Eddie Hooker was thetop vote-getter with 1,508votes followed by incum-bents Elizabeth Johnston(1,372votes)andKimMar-tin Lewis (1,221).

Incumbent Karl Grafewas not re-elected afterfinishing fourth with1,159votes.

Hooker said, “What Iwas hearing (was the vot-ers) had concerns regard-ing theCommonCore, andthey also expressed frus-tration that negotiations(with the Indian Hill Edu-cation Association) weregoing on too long.”

Hooker, who is a teach-er of medicine at XavierUniversity and who alsohelped set up an emergen-cy response plan for theIndianHill schoolsabouta

decade ago, expressedconcerns about state-mandated Common Corestandards.

The Indian Hill Educa-tion Association, to whichHooker referred, is aunion representing teach-ers in the district. Negoti-ationswith the union havebeen ongoing since April,but a contract has not yetbeen finalized.

“I want to make surewe meet the state man-date on Common Corewithout damaging ourfine curriculum,” saidHooker.

Hooker said maintain-ing district facilities willalso be important. Schoolboard members recentlyconducted a special meet-ing to discuss capital im-provement projects for2014.

“The theater has up-dates that need to be doneimmediately,” he said, re-ferring to electrical andheating systems.

Johnston, who hasserved on the board foreight years, said voterturnout may have had animpact.

“Voting was extremelylight, and (Hooker) did afantastic jobwith hismar-keting,” she said.

Slightlymore than one-fourth of the registeredvoters in thedistrictvotedNov. 5, with 26.5 percentcasting ballots.

“I don’t think it was alack of confidence (in theboard),” she said, refer-ring to election results. “Ithink it was a matter ofwho turned out, voter rec-ognition and the fact theincumbents didn’t do a lotof marketing.”

Johnstonsaidafocusofhers will be installation of

a centralplant,which willconsist of aboiler andchiller, atthe highschool andmiddleschoolcampus. Installation ofthe central plant, whichhas been approved by theschool board, will help re-duce energy costs.

Shesaidenergyconser-vation and green aware-ness remain a priority forher.

Lewis, who has served

on the school board since2010 and is currently vicepresident of the board,was unable to be reachedfor comment. Lewis,though, had previouslysaid “mentoring relation-ships” between studentsand teachers and studentsand administrators is

something she considersvital.

In commenting onCommon Core standards,Lewis had said while im-plementing the new curri-culum the district shouldcontinue to focus on Ad-vanced Placementcourses, the arts andsports.

Grafe,who is currentlypresident of the board, de-clined to comment whencontacted by the Commu-nity Press.

Theresults arenot offi-cial until certified by theHamiltonCountyBoardofElections later thismonth.

Common Core concerns new board memberBy Forrest [email protected]

Johnston Lewis Hooker

WASHINGTON — Sen.Rob Portman tried to takehimselfoffMittRomney’svice presidential shortlist, fearing the selectionprocess could force hisson torevealhishomosex-uality in the glare of thepolitical spotlight, ac-cording to a new book onthe 2012presidential cam-paign.

“The prospect of beingtapped (as Romney’s run-ningmate) filled himwithno small degree of an-guish,” write journalistsMark Halperin and JohnHeilemann, authors of“Double Down: GameChange 2012.”

In the spring of 2012,Romney’s campaign hadwinnowed the list of twodozen potential runningmates to five – includingPortman, a Republicanfrom Terrace Park. Thevice presidential searchwas code-named “ProjectGoldfish,” after thecrackers, and each of thecandidates was given an“aquatic code name.”Portman’s was “Filet-O-Fish.”

When Romney calledto tell Portman he wasamongthefinalists, “Port-manputhimoff, sayinghewanted to consult with hisfamily,” the book re-counts.

Unbeknownst to theRomney campaign, Port-man’s son, Will, a collegestudent at Yale, had toldhis parents in February2011thathewasgay.Will’sdisclosure had promptedPortman to rethink his op-position to same-sex mar-riage, but the senatorwasn’t ready to announcehis reversal on such a po-litically volatile issue yet.

“Father and son hadbeen talking about goingpublic together for awhile, but they wanted todo it on their own timeta-ble,” the book says. “Al-thoughWill was out of thecloset at Yale, he wasn’tready to be out on the na-tional stage, and Portmanwasn’t prepared to an-nounce his newfound sup-port for gay marriage.”

Portman called Rom-ney and said he didn’twant to be considered,without disclosing any-thing about Will. With thepress still hounding himabout whether he was be-ingvetted,PortmanaskedRomney’s campaign inlate May if he could putoutastatementsaying“hehad chosen not to be con-sidered.”

Romney’s top aides,though, were afraid itwould look like a slap atthe former Massachu-setts governor – that noone wanted to be on theticket with him. That’s be-cause Portman’s requestcame soon after formerIndiana Gov. Mitch Dan-iels gave Romney whatthe book calls a “kick inthe shins” when he toldFox News that he wasn’tbeing vetted to be Rom-ney’s running mate.

“Of course not,” Dan-iels said. “If I thought thecall was coming, I woulddisconnect the phone.”

SoStuartStevens, a topadviser to Romney whohad also worked for Port-man, begged the Ohio Re-publican to keep himselfin themix. Portman didn’twant to deal a blow to thecampaign. And he alsorealized that, if he tookhimself out of the run-ning, the media wouldwant to know why.

Because of “… thepress corps’ obsessionwith the veep stakes, re-moving himself from theshort list would raisemore questions than it an-swered. Reporters wouldfuriously try to figure outwhy he was standingdown,” the authors write.

After consulting withhis family, Portman de-cided to tell Stevens andBeth Meyers, who wasleading Romney’s vicepresidential vetting, thatWill was gay.

“Portmanmade it clearthat, if he were picked, hewould also announce thathe was changing his posi-tion on gaymarriage,” thebook says.

“Doesn’t help us,doesn’t hurt us,” was Ste-vens’ analysis.

Shielding gay son,Portman tried tostay off GOP ticketGannett News Service

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SCHOOLSSCHOOLSACHIEVEMENTS | NEWS | ACTIVITIES | HONORS CommunityPress.com

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

Cincinnati Country Day School students spent a day at the circus.The theme of this year’s annual FallFest was “Under the Big Top.”Students participated in a variety of activities ranging from fish toss to

standing on a balance board.The Fallfest is part of the school’s homecoming celebration.

Photos by Forrest Sellers/The Community Press

FallFestcelebration

First-grader Jack Perry, of MiamiTownship, takes a toss in aSkeeball game.

Kindergartners Imani Bronson, left, of Colerain Township, and Rohan Garner, of BlueAsh, spend some time on the balance boards.

Lower school HeadJennifer Aquino,right, giveskindergartner VivianJenkins, of LibertyTownship, a spin.

Parent volunteer Sonia Sharma, left, of Montgomery, gives a few tips to Sophie Marckwald, 3, of East Walnut Hills, in apin the nose on the clown game.

First-grade teacher Laura Rue, right, of Loveland, takes apicture of first-grader Ashley Odom, of SpringfieldTownship.

First-grader Michaela Atkinson,center, of Madeira, tries her handat the fish toss game.

First-grader ZacVaughan, of IndianHill, finds a newwayto stand tall walkingon buckets.

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New FBI DirectorJames Comey visited theCincinnati field officeTuesday to ask, “What doyou need from me?” Thecollective answer: Helpwith the state’s heroinproblem.

Comey became theseventh director of theFBI twomonths ago, cho-sen by President BarackObama. The former U.S.deputy attorney generalfor George W. Bush be-ganhis tenurebyvisitingFBI offices around thecountry.

“Heroin produces avoracious addiction,” Co-mey said. “These addictsare out there, clawing foranything they can get,

and the devastationwreaked on our commu-nities by drug dealersand the violence theyspawn – that’s a consis-tent theme when I talk tolaw enforcement inOhio.”

But the budget isn’tgoing to help, Comeysaid. The FBI is under ahiring freeze, Comeysaid, and he will have toeliminate 3,500 positionsbecauseof the sequestra-tion and likely will haveto furlough workers.

“There are going to befewer FBI special agentsand employees across allof my divisions, includ-ing Cincinnati,” Comeysaid. “They are not goingtobeworkingduring thatperiod of time, and I ven-

ture to say that all thecrime thatwe address to-gether isn’t taking thattwo weeks off.”

How will he fix it? Bytalking about it, Comeysaid, and “asking Con-gress to realize thatwhatever the disagree-ments in our politicalsystem ... we have a port-folio of responsibilities –crime, counterintelli-gence, counterterror-ism, cybercrime – thatwe just gotta do. It’s be-yond politics.”

Of the relationshipswith state and local lawenforcement, “we needeach other,” Comey said.“Weespecially need eachother now.” ■

The top FBI agentwarns cuts comingGannett News Service

Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013 FBI Director James B. Comey stopped by the Cincinnati FBI FieldOffice this afternoon for a media availability. Comey was sworn in as the director onSeptember 4, 2013. After making a statement, he took questions from the media.Standing on each side of him were leaders in law enforcement from central and southernOhio. The office is in Kenwood. The Enquirer/ Liz Dufour THE ENQUIRER

COLUMBUS — Ohio’sseven-member Control-ling Board may have vot-ed two weeks ago to ex-pand Medicaid in Ohio,but a slew of newbills and

a pending Ohio SupremeCourt case are seeking toensure the board doesn’tget the last word.

After the board’s 5-2vote to accept federal

money to expand Medi-caid, six GOP lawmakersand two anti-abortiongroups filed suit to stopMedicaid expansion un-less the full Ohio Legisla-ture grants approval. OnNov. 5, Attorney GeneralMike DeWine and StateSolicitor Eric Murphyfiled the state’s firstresponse.

Ohio’s seven-memberControlling Board and itsMedicaid Departmentdidn’t violate the state’slaws or its constitution

when they acted to acceptfederal money to expandMedicaid, DeWine andMurphy said.

In accepting federalmoney for the expansion,the lawmakers and anti-abortion groups had said,theControllingBoardwasacting against the “intentof theGeneralAssembly,”violating theOhio lawthatcreated the board. Law-makers had passed a bud-get provision to prohibitMedicaid expansion, al-though that provision wasvetoed by RepublicanGov. John Kasich. What’smore, the suit said, ac-tions by Kasich’s admini-stration to expand Medi-caid overstep the consti-tutional bounds of the ex-ecutive branch.

But DeWine and Mur-phy said the Medicaid ad-ministration had receivedthe authority to extendcoverage to more Ohio-ans, so that decision isn’tat issue in the suit. As forwhether the ControllingBoard was violating Ohiolaw when it voted to ac-cept federalmoney to payfor health care for thoseOhioans, theresponseem-phasized Kasich’s veto.

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

FAIRBORN — Mount NotreDame High School’s 11th trip tothe state volleyball tournamentresulted in their seventh statetitle as the Cougars beat previ-ously unbeaten Toledo St. Ursu-la in four sets Nov. 9 at WrightState’s Nutter Center.

MND trailed in each set, butprevailed 25-27, 25-23, 25-19, 26-24. The 2013 trophy will nowjoin the Cougar hardware from1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2006 and2011.

Head coach Joe Burke alsodefeated the Arrows in theNut-ter Center finale two years ago.

“Winning state is a feelingyou’ll never forget,” Burkesaid. “These girls have beentalking about it, really, since thebeginning of the season. That’swhat we wanted our goal to be.

We wanted to be practicing thefinal day andwewanted towalkout as a state champion.”

Though Ursuline and RockyRiver Magnificat were the onlytwosharedopponents the teamshad, Burke and his girls weresomewhat familiar with ToledoSt. Ursula from the 2011 stategame and a preseason exhibi-tion.

The Cougars had scrim-maged the Arrows early in theyear and it was close. Burkethought his squad was deadeven with them. Consideringthey both wound up in the Divi-sion I final, it was quite vision-ary.

MND’s girls were also some-what visionary setting loftygoals at the beginning of theyear. Despite winning the statechampionship in 2011, manywould not have assumed anoth-er finale in Wright State this

year.“We obviously lost a lot from

last year, but we knewwe had alot of talent,” Burke said. “Weknew we were going to be ableto continue to get better everyday.Wehave a greatmix of sen-iors and sophomores and theyimproved every single day. Wedidn’t want to just get backhere, we wanted to be playingon Saturday.”

To get to the final, MNDbeatHudson 25-10, 25-16, 18-25, 25-13on Nov. 7. The four set triumphover Toledo St. Ursula was theCougars’ 12th consecutive winsince a Sept. 26 loss toUrsuline.

Right-side senior hitterChristine Chandler led thecharge for the Cougars with 24kills and 22 digs. SophomoresDani Szczepanski and SydneyMukes had 14 and 12 kills, re-spectively. Junior libero MargoWolf had 28 digs and junior set-

ter JessicaTowle had 58 assists.“The defense kept telling

me, ‘We’ve got your back. Justswing away,’” Chandler said.“That was really helpful and letme have confidence every timeI went up to swing.”

TheCougars fansupportwastremendous as expected. Frompainted vehicles to signs alongthewayonI-75andI-675,MountNotre Dame’s 534 girls andtheir fans stepped up theirgame. After having an estimat-ed 2,000 at their regional cham-pionship match with Ursuline,Burkewasn’t sure if thepowderbluepupilscoulddomuchmore.

“Our fans are awesome,”Burke said. “At the pep rally Iasked them to do it again and doit louder. Boy, did they do that!They came out in numbers andwere fun.”

Gannett News Servicecontributed to this report

All is right at Wright State for MND girlsBy Scott [email protected]

Mount Notre Dame playerscelebrate with the championshiptrophy as the Cougars won theDivision I state volleyballchampionship over Toledo St.Ursula in four sets Nov. 9 atWright State.TONY TRIBBLE/FOR THE

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LOCKLAND — In a game thatcould’ve filled some stadiumsbeyond the capacity of Lock-land Memorial’s 6,000, Moellerstarted their 2013 run in the Di-vision I playoffs with a 42-17rout of St. Xavier.

After taking a14-0 lead in thefirst quarter, the Bombers gotwithin a touchdown at 21-14 atthe half. However, the secondhalf belonged toMoeller as theyoutscored St. Xavier 21-3 to winby 25.

Senior Gus Ragland wasMoeller’s top rusher with 157yards and three touchdowns.Nearly half of thoseyards cameon a 72-yard fourth-quarterscamper. He also was 10-13passing for 264 yards and twotouchdowns to senior IsaiahGentry.

Ragland missed Moeller’sfirstwinoverSt.XavierbackonSept. 27 with an injury.

Gentryhad229yards receiv-ing on five grabs with touch-downsof 55 and81yards.Moell-er’s other touchdown was aDeanMeyer two-yardrun in thefourth quarter.

Also contributing in the vic-torywas SterlingNoes,who ranfor 135 yards with a long run of75.

Defensively, Ohio State-boundSamHubbardhad two in-terceptions and Will Mercurioadded another pick.

TheCrusaders outgained theBombers 631-302. St. Xavier’sseason ends at 5-6.

Moeller is now10-1with theirlone loss coming at LakewoodSt. Edward on Oct. 26. Next uponNov.16 is theElderPanthers.Elder defeated Northmont 16-7to advance.

Moeller won the regular sea-son feature at The Pit 35-14 onOct. 11.

MadeiraIn thewaning seconds ofMa-

deira High School’s 19-0 loss toCincinnatiHillsChristianAcad-emy, coachMikeShafercalledatimeout and led his seniors ontothe field.

Included in that group wereMatt Ballweg and Jewels Ed-merson. Ballweg missed thelast games of the seasonwith aninjury and Edmerson hurt hisknee in theMustangs’ season fi-nale.

“Iwanted togooutandtalk to

our nine seniors,” Shafer said.“I thought they did a great jobleading the team in the right di-rection. I just told them howmuch I loved them. You don’twin without seniors and obvi-ously we were in the playoffsbecause of our seniors.”

Edmerson was the leadingrusher in the Cincinnati HillsLeague with 1,551 yards and 18touchdowns.

Ballweg, who was injuredagainst Mariemont Oct. 11, stillfinished third in the CHL inthrowing yards.

Losing a starting quarter-backandrunningback isnot therecipe to advancing in the Divi-sion V state playoffs.

“Injuries happen and thenext guy’s got to step up,” Shaf-er said. “That’s one thingwe didreally well this year. Whensomebody went down, the next

guy came in and played well.That shows a good team andthat’s what happens in sports.”

Stepping in for Ballweg wasjunior Colin Voisard, who suf-feredhisfirstdefeatasastarteragainst CHCA.

“He won three games in arow and got us in the playoffs,”Shafersaid. “Hegotgreatvarsi-ty experience. It’ll definitelyhelp him next year.”

CHCA scored on a NickMarsh run just before halftimefor a 7-0 lead at the break. Thatscore stood until senior ConnerOsborne hit junior David Bech-told from 44 yards out with 9:38remaining. Senior Kyle Davisiced the game with a five-yardtouchdown with 8:26 remainingafter CHCA had recovered aMadeira fumble.

The loss against the Eagleswas the first time Madeira had

been shut out all season.Duringthe regular campaign, they hadmore than 30 points twice, 40twice and 50 twice. Their previ-ous low was the 12-7 loss to Ma-riemont where Ballweg washurt.

“It was a defensive-dominat-ed game,” Shafer said. “Weknew that and tried to controlthe field position and the clock.Wewere on the short side of thefield a lot. Unfortunately, wehad a turnover in the secondhalf and they capitalized on it.”

Following up 8-2, 10-1 and 9-2seasons, the Mustangs finished8-3with a lot of players that hadlittle or no varsity experience.

“I told the guys there wasn’ta lot of people outside of ourlocker room that thought wecould go 8-2 andmake it back tothe playoffs with only two re-turning starters,” Shafer said.

“I think they showed a lot ofcharacter and hard work.”

Along with Ballweg and Ed-merson, Madeira’s other sen-iors included CHL receivingleader Grant Hopewell, ColeHeisey, Nishawn Nijiat, RyanGallenstein, Mulligan McCar-thy, Sam Shelander and TysonGuy.

Cincinnati Country DayThe regular season was per-

fect. The second season, not somuch.

Cincinnati Country Day fell55-28 at home Nov. 8 againstSummitCountryDayinthefirstround of the Division VI play-offs.

The Silver Knights avengeda 35-27 CCD win week eight byhanding the Indians their firstand only loss of the season.

“We definitely wanted to seethem again,” said Summit headcoach Mike Brown. “Any timeyouplayyour rival andyouonlylose by eight, you want anothershot at them.

“The good part is we got toget them again. But they’re aleaguerival inyourdivisionandyou want your conference to dowell, so from that perspectiveit’s tough. They’re definitely avery good team.”

CCDhad no answer for Sum-mit senior quarterback AntonioWoods, who threw for fourtouchdowns and ran for threemore.

“Our offense came out firingon all cylinders,” Brown said.“In our first seven possessionswe scored six touchdowns. Atthe end of the half we scoredtwotouchdowns in the last threeminutes and that proved to bevery important for us. No leadwas safe against them. They’rea very good team.

“(Woods) is electrifying. Hemade all the throws and whenthey weren’t there, he didn’tmakeanybaddecisionsandthatwas just as big. When he runs,he takeswhat should be a three-yard gain and turns it into a 50-yard touchdown. He’s just anexceptional athlete.”

CCDfinished the season10-1,sharing the Miami Valley Con-ference title with CincinnatiHills Christian Academy.

TheSilverKnights improvedto9-2with thewinandadvancedto faceWestLiberty-SalemNov.15. The Tigers beat Williams-burg27-20 in theirplayoff open-er.

Crusaders win, Mustangs lose inround one of football tournament

Madeira junior quarterback Colin Voisard fires the ball for the Mustangs against CHCA Nov. 9 in the DivisionV playoffs. SCOTT SPRINGER/COMMUNITY PRESS

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HUBER HEIGHTS — In theirfirst trip years, Indian HillHigh School’s boys soccerteam lost a rainy heartbreakerto Bishop Watterson of Colum-bus, 2-1 in overtime.

Tied after regulation in theDivision II state semifinalgame, the Braves and Eagleswent to “sudden victory” over-time for 15 minutes. For 12minutes and 40 seconds, thegame remained tied.

Then, with 2:20 remaining,junior Brad Kanney’s headconnectedwith seniorMichaelGilbert’s corner kick givingWatterson the win and a triphome to Crew Stadium in thefinal.

After shaking hands withmany of the IndianHill contin-gent who sat through constantrain at Huber Heights Wayne,the Braves were left givinghugs to their coaching staff.

“You get to go through thisgame by game, and you get alot of hugs and a lot of joy,”coach Bill Mees said. “At somepoint you’re either going tokeep winning it all or you’regoing to have a tough nightahead of you.”

Unfortunately, fate decideditwouldbe a toughnight for In-dian Hill in the Division IIstate semifinal.

Indian Hill controlled thefirst half, with the Braves get-ting eight shots on goal to Wat-terson’s two. However, the Ea-gles’ first shot by Tommy Ge-raghty went beyond goalkeep-er Ryan Combs with 4:08 leftbefore intermission.

“I thought we were prettydominant in that half,” Meessaid. “I thought it was just amatter of time before one

would go in. Our guys at half-time thought they were thebetter team and thought theywould get one.”

They finally got one with9:14 remaining in the gamewhen senior Adam Luckeyscored on a header.

“Brooks Renfro put in thecross and it barely got over thelast defender’s head,” Luckeysaid. “It was right there.”

That would be the lone goalfor Indian Hill. Watterson’sgame-winner marked just thesixth time an opponent hadscored a second goal on the In-dian Hill’s defense.

“Nobody scored more thantwo on us all year,” Mees said.“We knew they played the ballquickly and directly. I thoughtfor themost part,wehandled itpretty well.”

For 11 Indian Hill seniors, itwas their final prep game.Mees will have to rebuild fromfour juniors and four sopho-mores for 2014.

“They’ve certainly had agood career with us,” Meessaid. “A lot of these guys havebeen with us for three yearsandDavidRobinett’s beenwithus four years.”

Robinett, Brad Seiler, BradCollins, Luckey and BrandonKuy were all top 20 CincinnatiHills League scorers.

The varsity’s final recordwas 15-6-2 with the Wattersonloss breaking their longest winstreak of the year - the six-straight tournament victoriesover Taylor, Goshen, WesternBrown, Carroll, Bexley andFenwick.

The Braves were previous-ly in the state tournament forthree consecutive years in1985-1987 under current assis-tant Jim Vockell. Mees tookover after the ‘87 season.

Indian Hill drops rainy heartbreaker at stateBy Scott [email protected]

Indian Hill junior BrooksRenfro is defended by MitchWerner (20) and Zach Store(6) in the Division II statesemifinal Nov. 6 at HuberHeights Wayne. SCOTT

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Senior Adam Luckey (13) triesto split the Wattersondefenders Nov. 6 as IndianHill took on the Eagles fromColumbus in the Division IIstate semifinal at HuberHeights Wayne. SCOTT

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Baseball» According to Madeira High School, Scott

Stocker will be the new varsity baseball coach atMadeira High School.

Scotthasspent the last sevenyearsas thepitch-ing coach for the Mustangs.

Prior to joining the Madeira coaching staff,Stocker spent two years as a pitching coach atJohn Carroll University.

Fall senior momentsSeniorNight is an important time inanathlete’s

highschoolcareerandtheCommunityPress&Re-corder, along with cincinnati.com, would like tohighlight those moments.

Please send a photo from your Senior Night [email protected]. Include the names of thepeople in the photo as they are shown, the schooland the sport by Friday, Nov. 22. The photo can beof all the team’s seniors or a photo of athleteswiththeir parents.

Photos relevant to the Community Press week-lieswill run inprint sometime inDecemberandallwill be used in a cincinnati.com photo gallery.

Questions can be directed [email protected].

Catching up with College AthletesThe Community Press & Recorder, along with

cincinnati.com,would like togivereadersover theholidays the ability to catch up with local highschool stars doing well in college athletics.

In what has become an annual readership pro-ject, parents/friends of college athletes are wel-come to send aphoto andbrief description of theircollege athletes’ accomplishments over the lastcalendar year to [email protected]. Includethe names of the people in the photo as they areshown, the college name and sport, parents’names,where theathlete lives,whatweeklynews-papertheygetathomeandtheiraccomplishmentsby Friday, Dec. 13.

Photos relevant to the Community Press week-lies will run in print Jan. 1 and all will be used in acincinnati.com photo gallery.

Questions can be directed [email protected].

College soccer»Mount Notre Dame’s Rose Lavelle has been

named Big Ten Freshman of the Year for her sea-son at Wisconsin.

PRESS PREPS HIGHLIGHTS

By Scott Springer andMark [email protected]@communitypress.com

collected for the NEEDSpantry during the tourna-ment, and thousands ofdollars were raised for tu-ition assistance.

The tournament ob-serves several traditions,such as pregame introduc-tions of each player, groupprayers with both teams,T-shirts for all players andthe display of posters foreach participating school,which are taken down af-ter the school’s last game.

Perhaps themost touch-ing tradition is the spokentribute by Bill’s wife, Peg-gy, each year, during theevening of the Tribute toBill.

All Saints School inKenwood recently hostedthe sixth annualBill Brew-erLaborDayGirlsBasket-ball Tournament.

More than 60 teams ingrades three througheight, from 16 Catholicgrade schools, participat-ed. The tournament is heldin honor of Coach BillBrewer, who died Novem-ber 2007.

Brewer was a much-loved and well-respectedteacher and basketballcoach at All Saints, RogerBacon, Moeller, andPrinceton High School.

Congratulations to thefollowing All Saints teamswho won the tournamentchampionships in their di-visions: Coach Paul Kohl-rieser’s third grade team;Coach Zach Kiener’s sixthgrade A team; and CoachGarde Thompson’s eighthgrade A team.

With the addition ofthese three champion-ships, All Saints now has atotal of seven BrewerTournament champion-ships, second only to St.Columban, with eight.

In addition to hostingmore than100gamesat theAll Saints and Moellergyms, the tournament alsohad a teen dance, silentauction, dance-team per-formances, and a rafflewith baskets of items do-natedby local and regionalbusinesses, high schools,and colleges.

Several boxes ofcanned goods and non-per-ishable foods were also

All Saints rememberscoach with tournament

All Saints sixth-grader Ellie Podojil (No. 10) dribbles the ball down the court. Behind her areteammates Elise Le (No. 9) and Colleen Shamsi (No. 12). Podojil, Le and Shamsi play forCoach Zach Kiener's sixth -grade A team, who beat St. Columban 24-23 to win the BillBrewer Labor Day Girls Basketball Tournament championship in their division. THANKS TO STEVE

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Peggy Brewer, with daughters Maddy and Abby by her side,delivers a speech during the Tribute to Bill Brewer at thegirls basketball tournament, conducted in his memoryrecently at All Saints School. THANKS TO STEVE LYNCH

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VIEWPOINTSVIEWPOINTSEDITORIALS | LETTERS | COLUMNS | CH@TROOM CommunityPress.com

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

SUBURBANLIFE

Suburban Life EditorEric [email protected], 576-8251Office hours: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-FridaySee page A2 for additional contact information.

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On Veterans Day, we turnour attention to the friends,coworkers and family mem-bers who have proudly wornthe uniform of the UnitedStates armed services.

As President John F. Kenne-dy remarked in observance ofthis sacred holiday, “As weexpress our gratitude, we mustnever forget that the highestappreciation is not to utterwords, but to live by them.”

That is why I was proud towork in a bipartisan manner inthe Ohio General Assembly tointroduce legislation in 2009 togive Ohio veterans of the Per-sian Gulf, Iraq, and Afghani-stan a cash bonus for theirservice to our country. And asa veteran myself, I was proudto see the funding for it passwith the support of more than72 percent of voters.

However, those votes justexpressed our gratitude. Now

wemust showour apprecia-tion by makingsure everyeligible veter-an appliesbefore theprogram’sdeadline. Un-fortunately,many are stillunaware that

this bonus is available to them.Veterans who served in the

Persian Gulf conflict (DesertShield and Desert Storm) fromAug. 2, 1990, throughMarch 3,1991, have until the end of thisyear to apply. Those whoserved in Iraq have until theend of 2014 to apply. Presently,no deadline has been an-nounced for Afghanistan veter-ans.

Generally, the 2009 Veter-ans Bonus pays up to $1,000 forservice in theater and $500 for

other active service during thewars. Medically disabled ser-vice members may receive aone-time payment of $1,000.The families of those who donot return will receive $5,000.

More than 66,000 Ohio vet-erans and families have re-ceived the bonus since August2010, but many more have yetto apply. With time runningout, it is important that wespread the word as far and inas many ways as possible.

Earlier this year, I intro-duced HB166, which wouldhave allowed eligible veteransto identify themselves as suchon their Ohio tax return. Then,the Ohio Department of Veter-ans Services would be able toidentify and assist these veter-ans in applying for the bonusand other benefits they haveearned. Unfortunately, this billhas not made it out of theHouse Ways &Means Commit-

tee yet, but I and other legisla-tors continue to urge its pas-sage. Until then, veterans musttake it upon themselves toapply.

To apply, contact the OhioDepartment of Veteran Ser-vices at 1-877-644-6838, visitveteransbonus.ohio.gov, orcontact your county VeteransService Commission. If youknow of a friend, co-worker, orfamily member who served inthe Persian Gulf, please makesure they are aware of thisbonus and the deadline at theend of the year.

It’s not enough to truly re-pay them for their service, butit shows that in Ohio we honorour veterans in our actions, notjust our words.

State Rep. Connie Pillich servedeight years on active duty in the USAir Force. She represents the 28thOhio House District.

Honor in our actions, not words

Connie PillichCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

Letter: Somemusingson the election . . .

(1) I stopped in to vote atSycamore H, identified therest of the year as St. Vin-centFerrerChurch.Apleas-ant ladywasoutside thepoll-ing place entrance offeringleaflets on behalf of the Re-publicans running for town-ship office. Also endorsedwas a judicial candidate.

The two Republican in-cumbents were undefeatedin a combined 28 years ofservice.

The judicial candidatewas unopposed. I suggestedto the lady hers was a thank-less job.

The Republican votersdid not need the leaflets andthe Democrats would notwant them.

(2) Maxwell Kidman wasthe first non-Republicancandidate for township trus-tee, or anything else that Ican remember in my 14years residence here in Syc-amore.

I once had occasion to dothe math on Republican/Democratic registrations(partydeclarations:R,Dor I(Independent) are requiredfor the primaries). Therewere three times as manyregistered R’s as D’s. Butthere were three times asmany I’s as the R’s and D’scombined.

But as toMr. Kidman, ap-parently unendorsed, hislone letter that reached mymailbox did not do it amongthe Independents.

The letter was obviouslyno match for the burst ofabout 10 signs I saw on Hos-brook Road, or the hugesemi-billboards on Gal-braith near Kenwood Road.

Fred NewbillSycamore Township

LETTERS TOTHE EDITOR

A few weeks ago an IndianHill teacher wrote an editorialasking that we become betterinformedabout theongoingne-gotiations between the schoolboard and the teachers’ union.

I have done as the teacherasked and here are the facts asbest as I can determine:

1) The teachers in the dis-trict operateunderaunioncon-tract.

2)The latestboardproposedcontract would run for thisyear and next.

3) Board members andteachers cannot speak directlyto one another about the con-tract.

4)There is a new, state-man-datedsystemofteacherreviewwhich the district must imple-ment, but will not use to deter-mine compensation.

5) There is a decades-oldsystem of teacher review andcompensation, which, will re-main the sole basis for teacherreview throughout the term of

this contract.6) The existing system re-

wards our most dedicated andleast able teachers equally.

7)Theexistingmethodologyof evaluating and compensat-ing teachers would continueunchanged in year one of theproposed contract.

8) In year two of the pro-posed contract the method ofevaluating performancewouldremain the same, but only theteacherswhowerejudgedtobein the two highest categorieswould receive a raise.

9) Based on recent evalua-tions it is expected thevastma-jority, if not all, the teacherswould be classified in the toptwo categories.

10) In its second year theproposed contract would allowthe board to choose not to re-ward under-performing teach-ers financially.

11) Ultimately the systembeing proposed by the boardappears structured to reward

teachers whoperform wellwith additionalcompensationand passivelyencourage un-der-perform-ing teachers toimprove orleave the dis-trict.

As a parentwhohashadat leastonechild inthe district for the past 23years I trust both the collectivewisdomof the teachers and thedecision-makingprocess of theboard. Vouching for either sideto the other I would say, “Trustthem, they’re good people.”

To the parties I would say,board members tread lightly.Discouraging a few mediocreteachers from remaining onstaff at the expense of alienat-ing the great many extraordi-narily good teachers is a fool’sbargain. Teachers: stop advo-cating for the protection ofme-

diocrity. It damages your posi-tion and the legitimacy of yourconcerns.

I suggest both parties: theboard and teachers agree uponon this contract on a trial basis.Remember: about the timethese proposed changes wouldgo into effect you will be nego-tiating a new contract.

Should these changes not beworking out fairly, addressingthose known inequities at thattimewithdata, rather thannowwith supposition and fear,seems the most reasonablecourse of action.

It is important to rememberthat the board and faculty inthe district have a long and dis-tinguished history of workingsuccessfully together, of tack-ling and solving problems big-ger than this.

I am confident that profes-sionalism, logic and commonsense will once again prevail.

David Turner lives in Indian Hill.

Approve teacher contract on a trial basis

David TurnerCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

Last week’squestion

StateSen.BillSeitzhasintroduced legislationwhichwouldredefinethestandards for third par-ties to appear on Ohio’sballot, including a mini-mum requirement of56,000 signatures to geton the ballot and receiv-ing at least 3 percent ofthe vote in a presidential

election to stay on theballot. Do you supportSeitz’s proposal? Why orwhy not?

“Because I am igno-rant of the current proc-ess, if any, for third par-

ties getting onto the bal-lot, I can’t gauge theval-ue of this proposal. Ifthe proposal is more re-strictive – or less re-strictive – then I wouldlike for Sen. Seitz to jus-tify his reason for thechange.”

R.V.

“Yes, I do supportSen. Seitz’s proposal, es-

pecially because it couldget the teapartyhypocrit-es on the ballot againstDemocrats and Republi-cans.

This can only meanmore Democrats gettingelected to legislative of-fice as the conservativevote gets broken intosmaller and more meaningless chunks!”

TRog

CH@TROOM

NEXT QUESTIONSeveral major retailers and malls will be open forholiday shopping throughout Thanksgiving Day. Is thisa good idea and do you plan to plan to take advan-tage of the extended hours? Why or why not?

Every week we ask readers a question they can reply to via e-mail.Send your answers to [email protected] withChatroom in the subject line.

ABOUT LETTERSAND COLUMNSWewelcome your com-

ments on editorials, columns,stories or other topics. Include your name, address andphone number(s) so we mayverify your letter. Letters of200 or fewer words andcolumns of 500 or fewerwords have the best chanceof being published. All sub-missions may be edited forlength, accuracy and clarity.Deadline: Noon FridayE-mail: [email protected]: 248-1938U.S. mail: See box belowLetters, columns and arti-

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There is no meal of the yearthat quite compares to that ofThanksgiving. As you’re pre-paring for your holiday if youdo not want your dog bumpingyou at the dinner table the timeto plan for success is now.

Remember if a behaviorre-occurs it is because it hasbeen reinforced. So, if youknow in advance that yourdog’s bumping at the tablebehavior is very probable hereare a few ideas:

You can re-arrange what

happens in theenvironmentimmediatelybefore thebehavior is setinto motion togive less valueto the bumpingbehavior andmore value toresting.

Some sug-gestions in-clude satiating

your dog before you sit down

by feeding him in advance orre-directing his attention bygiving him a tasty steak boneto chew on or a foraging toythat will keep his attention forawhile, or taking him for a longwalk prior to the meal.

You can also teach your dogin advance an alternative be-havior that will produce forhim the same or more valuethan what he would get if hebumped you at the table –while removing any positiveconsequences to the bumping

behavior.So, begin by teaching the

alternative behavior (like sit-ting or laying down). Once oncue you can shape the behaviorfor longer durations beforedelivering reinforcement.Then, you can cue him to dothe wanted behavior beforeyou sit down to a meal andreinforce it.

At the same time, if he begsyou can simply push your platein to the center of the table andturn your back to him while

sitting.Practice. Practice Practice.Always make the wanted

behavior easier and more valu-able than the unwanted behav-ior.

In addition to her public relationswork, Lisa Desatnik is a pet trainerwho uses positive strategies forteaching pets and their caregivershow to modify behaviors and solveproblems.

How to prepare your pets for Thanksgiving

Lisa DesatnikCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

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SUBURBANPRESS

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2013

A sold-out crowd of more than 300 ladies assembled at Ken-wood Country Club for the Kindervelt #50 Annual FashionShow. To the musical spinning of Jon Jon and direction of

emcee Jeff Thomas, both of Q102, ladies experienced a Saks FifthAvenue runway show, shopping at local pop-up boutiques, silentand live auction, a raffle and lunch all to raise over $35,000 tobenefit the Kindervelt Neurodevelopmental, Educational andLearning Center at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Cen-ter. Through the direction of General Manager, Kevin Shibley,Saks Fifth Avenue presented the Best of Fall 2013 featuringready-to-wear designers from Vince to Versace and shoes & ac-cessories from designers Jimmy Choo to Joie.

Saks runway models walk at the Kindervelt #50 Fall Fashion Show. THANKS TO CHRISSIE BLATT

Fashion and philanthropy

Attending the Kindervelt Fall Fashion Show are members of the Kindervelt Citywide Board, Linda Lunceford,Tracy Smith, Katrina Smith, Bonnie Hueneman, Charlotte McBrayer (President: Kindervelt Board of Trustees),Buffie Rixey, Marie Tsacalis, Mary Beth Young, Diana Scrimizzi and Ellen Grossi. THANKS TO CHRISSIE BLATT

Cathy Major, Jen Stuhlreyer, Andrea Singer andStephanie Lex have fun together at the Kindervelt#50 Fall Fashion Show. THANKS TO CHRISSIE BLATT

Allison Thorton, Susie Cioffi andChris Vigran chat over drinks atthe Kindervelt #50 Fashion Show.THANKS TO CHRISSIE BLATT

Allison Pictonand ShannonMiller attendtheKindervelt#50 FallFashionShow. THANKSTO CHRISSIE BLATT

Rhonda Logeman and Amy Fox chat at theKindervelt #50 Fall Fashion Show. THANKS TOCHRISSIE BLATT

CurrentKindervelt #50PresidentKristenKamfjord andformerKindervelt 50PresidentsMegan Joyand Julie Hillenjoy theKindervelt #50Fall FashionShow. THANKSTO CHRISSIE BLATT

Kindervelt #50 Fall Fashion Show co-chairs are Lisa Schneider, MindyEllis, Heidi Rattigan, Elisa Alspaugh and Lynn Carson. THANKS TO CHRISSIE

BLATT

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THURSDAY, NOV. 14Art & Craft ClassesMessage Reveal Workshop, 10a.m.-noon, Loveland Green-house, 11924 Lebanon Road,Reveal your message or quoteusing mixed medium on 16-by-20 canvas for unique wall art.$30. Registration required.325-9832. Symmes Township.Art Peace Photo Charm or Giftof Words Workshop, 7-8 p.m.,Loveland Greenhouse, 11924Lebanon Road, Create mini“artpeace” or meaningful wordscharms to wear or give as a gift.$20. Registration required.325-9832. Symmes Township.

Cooking ClassesEverything’s Better withBaconwith Ilene Ross, 6:30-9p.m., Cooks’ Wares, 11344Montgomery Road, Ilene guidesyou through the great, un-expected variety of baconrecipes. $50. Reservations re-quired. 489-6400. SymmesTownship.

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 ClassesZumba Class, 7-8 p.m., HartzellUnited Methodist Church, 8999Applewood Drive, $5. 917-7475.Blue Ash.Zumba Fitness Classes, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Prince of Peace Lu-theran Church, 101 S. LebanonRoad, Parish Life Center. Freewill donation at door. For ages12 and up. 683-4244. Loveland.

Health / WellnessBaby’s Amazing Journey, 6:45p.m., Bethesda North Hospital,10500 Montgomery Road,Workshop helps parents navi-gate the waters of infancy byoffering strategies for dealingwith typical eating, sleeping andfussiness issues, as well as tips toguide you through develop-mental milestones. $35 percouple. Registration required.475-4500; www.trihealth.com.Montgomery.

LecturesTown Hall Lecture Series, 11a.m., Montgomery Assembly ofGod, 7950 Pfeiffer Road, MaraLiasson, NPR political corre-spondent: The Changing Face ofAmerican Politics. $120 series offour lectures; $40 single lecture.Reservations recommended.684-1632; www.montgomery-womansclub.org.Montgomery.Miniature Rooms as an ArtForm Lecture, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.,The Kenwood by Senior Star,5435 Kenwood Road, TheKenwood by Senior Star. Lectureon history and making of minia-ture room boxes by artist RobertOff. $35. Reservations required.Presented by Eisele Gallery ofFine Art. 791-7717, ext. 109;www.eiselefineart.com. Ken-wood.

On Stage - ComedyLisa Landry, 8 p.m., Go BananasComedy Club, 8410 Market PlaceLane, $8-$14. 984-9288;www.gobananascomedy.com.Montgomery.

On Stage - StudentTheaterThe 25th Annual PutnamCounty Spelling Bee, 7:30p.m., Madeira High School, 7465Loannes Drive, Medert Audi-torium. Musical comedy. $10, $8students. Through Nov. 16.891-8222.Madeira.

On Stage - TheaterThe Lion inWinter, 7:30 p.m.,Walton Creek Theater, 4101Walton Creek Road, Set duringChristmas 1183, this epic storyplays out the spectacular strate-gies for power and love be-tween two of England’s mostformidable and yet very humanrulers, King Henry II and QueenEleanor of Aquitaine, and theirthree sons, hungry for thecrown. Motivated by spite aswell as sense of duty, Henry andEleanor maneuver against eachother to position their favoriteson in line for succession. $18.Presented by Mariemont PlayersInc. Through Nov. 24. 684-1236;www.mariemontplayers.com.

Columbia Township.

Support GroupsCodependents Anonymous,7-8 p.m., The Community of theGood Shepherd, 8815 E. KemperRoad, Room 31. Literaturediscussion group. Free, dona-tions accepted. Through Nov. 21.800-0164.Montgomery.Codependents Anonymous,Noon-1 p.m., Blue Ash Presby-terian Church, 4309 CooperRoad, Youth room. Big book/discussion meeting. Brown baglunch optional. Open to every-one who desires healthy lovingrelationships. Donations accept-ed. 673-0174; www.coda.org.Blue Ash.

FRIDAY, NOV. 15Art & Craft ClassesInspiration Art Workshop,10:30 a.m.-noon, LovelandGreenhouse, 11924 LebanonRoad, Transfer image/photo on6-by-6 canvas and add your owntouch. $20. Registration re-quired. 325-9832. SymmesTownship.

Art ExhibitsGreenacres Artists GuildInaugural Show, 5-9 p.m.,Greenacres Arts Center, 8400Blome Road, Showcasing workby 27 area artists including ColeCarothers, Will Hillenbrand,Richard Luschek, Chris (C.F.)Payne, John Ruthven and CarlSamson. 793-2787. Indian Hill.

Craft ShowsHoliday Art Sale, 9 a.m.-7 p.m.,Mud Slinger Studio, 6888 Club-side Drive, Handmade pottery,original watercolors and prints,woven items, earrings, hand-made scarves, Raku jewelry,wooden trays and woodwork-ing, quilted handbags andfelted creations. Free parkingand refreshments. 697-7070;www.holidayartsale.com. Love-land.

Exercise ClassesGet through the HolidaysStress-Free, 5-6 p.m., TriHealthFitness and Health Pavilion, 6200Pfeiffer Road, Includes healthyfoods, stress-managementtechniques such as stretchingand guided imagery, massageand shopping at Nordstrom.Ages 21 and up. $155. 891-0605;www.trihealthpavilion.com.Montgomery.

Health / WellnessPre-Diabetes Class, 9-11 a.m.,Weight Management Solutions,8001 Kenwood Road, Informa-tion on making healthy foodchoices, exercise and bloodsugar control and monitoringblood sugar levels. $20. 956-3729; www.e-mercy.com. Syca-more Township.

On Stage - ComedyLisa Landry, 8 p.m. and 10:30p.m., Go Bananas Comedy Club,$8-$14. 984-9288; www.gobana-nascomedy.com.Montgomery.

On Stage - StudentTheaterThe 25th Annual PutnamCounty Spelling Bee, 7:30p.m., Madeira High School, $10,$8 students. 891-8222.Madeira.

On Stage - TheaterThe Lion inWinter, 8 p.m.,Walton Creek Theater, $18.684-1236; www.mariemontplay-ers.com. Columbia Township.I Remember Mama, 7:30 p.m.,Loveland Stage Company Thea-tre, 111 S. Second St., The storyof howMama, with the help ofher husband and Uncle Chris,brings up the children in theirmodest San Francisco homeduring the early years of thecentury. Mama, a sweet andcapable manager, sees herchildren through childhood,manages to educate them andto see one of her daughtersbegin her career as a writer. $15.Presented by Loveland StageCompany. Through Nov. 24.697-6769; www.lovelandstage-company.org. Loveland.

SATURDAY, NOV. 16Art & Craft ClassesMessage Reveal Workshop, 10a.m.-noon, Loveland Green-house, $30. Registration re-quired. 325-9832. SymmesTownship.Circle of LoveWorkshop,3:30-4:30 p.m., Loveland Green-house, 11924 Lebanon Road,Create stamped metal wordcharms. $20. Registration re-quired. 325-9832. SymmesTownship.

Art ExhibitsGreenacres Artists GuildInaugural Show, Noon-5 p.m.,Greenacres Arts Center, 793-2787. Indian Hill.

Business SeminarsStarting Your Business Semi-nar, 8:30 a.m.-noon, CMC OfficeCenter Blue Ash, 10945 ReedHartman Highway, Room105.Combines classroom instructionwith hands on work to developyour own plan for success. $40or $120 for four seminars. 684-2812. Blue Ash.

Cooking ClassesTeen Cuisine - ThanksgivingSides with Karen Harmon, 11a.m.-1 p.m., Cooks’ Wares, 11344Montgomery Road, Teens learnhow to prepare some newdishes, a few traditional dishesand some nice variations. Ages13-16. $40. Reservations re-quired. 489-6400. SymmesTownship.

Dining EventsHolidayWine and Food Fest,3-6 p.m., The Wine Store, 9905Montgomery Road, Wine andbeer tastings, gourmet food andcheese tastings. 984-9463;www.theewinestore.com.Montgomery.Marine Corps Birthday Ball,6:30 p.m., Montgomery Inn,9440 Montgomery Road, Cele-brate life, friendship and yearsof dedicated service to theUnited States of America. Fam-ilies and friends encouraged toattend. Reception followed bydinner, silent raffle and guestspeaker. Signature menu withside and non-alcoholic drinks,tax and gratuity included. $35,$30 advance.Montgomery.

Health / WellnessDiabetes ConversationMaps,10 a.m.-noon, Lisa Larkin, M.D.,

4460 Red Bank Expressway,Theme: What do all thosenumbers mean? Small groupdiscussions of Type 2 diabetesled by Jan Kellogg, certifieddiabetes educator. $30 all foursessions; or $10 per session.Presented by Lisa Larkin, M.D. &Associates. 791-0626.Madi-sonville.

Music - ConcertsMusic at Ascension ChamberConcert Series, 7:30 p.m.,Ascension Lutheran Church,7333 Pfeiffer Road, AlexandraMullins, 19-year-old, solo harprecital. Winner of multiplenational and internationalcompetitions, including GrandPrize of the 2013 AHS NationalCompetition. Free, donationsaccepted. 793-3288; www.face-book.com/CincinnatiHarp.Montgomery.

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

On Stage - ComedyLisa Landry, 8 p.m. and 10:30p.m., Go Bananas Comedy Club,$8-$14. 984-9288; www.gobana-nascomedy.com.Montgomery.

On Stage - StudentTheaterThe 25th Annual PutnamCounty Spelling Bee, 2 p.m.and 7:30 p.m., Madeira HighSchool, $10, $8 students. 891-8222.Madeira.

On Stage - TheaterThe Lion inWinter, 8 p.m.,Walton Creek Theater, $18.684-1236; www.mariemontplay-ers.com. Columbia Township.I Remember Mama, 7:30 p.m.,Loveland Stage Company Thea-tre, $15. 697-6769; www.love-landstagecompany.org. Love-land.

SUNDAY, NOV. 17Art ExhibitsGreenacres Artists GuildInaugural Show, Noon-4 p.m.,Greenacres Arts Center, 793-2787. Indian Hill.

LecturesWomen of theWall: StunningRecent News, 7-8 p.m., Mayer-son JCC, 8485 Ridge Road,Professor Shulamit Magnus ofOberlin College, who was therewhen the Israeli courts dramat-ically reversed policy and al-lowedWomen of the Wall toassemble and worship at Jerusa-lem’s Western Wall, shares herthoughts about this stunningreversal. Free. 761-7500. Amber-ley Village.

Music - ClassicalCarillon Concert, 4-5 p.m., MaryM. Emery Carillon, PleasantStreet, Open air concert. Caril-lonneur plays bells using key-board in upper tower. Tours oftower available; playground,restroom and shelter house onsite. Free. Presented by Villageof Mariemont. 271-8519;www.mariemont.org.Marie-mont.

On Stage - Comedy

Lisa Landry, 8 p.m., Go BananasComedy Club, $8-$14. 984-9288;www.gobananascomedy.com.Montgomery.Doug Loves Movies Podcast, 8p.m., Go Bananas Comedy Club,8410 Market Place Lane, DougBenson and his guests recordpodcast featuring conversationsand games about movies. $20.984-9288; www.gobananasco-medy.com.Montgomery.

On Stage - TheaterThe Lion inWinter, 2 p.m. and 7p.m., Walton Creek Theater, $18.684-1236; www.mariemontplay-ers.com. Columbia Township.I Remember Mama, 3 p.m.,Loveland Stage Company Thea-tre, $15. 697-6769; www.love-landstagecompany.org. Love-land.Sounds of Stetl, 2:30 p.m.,Mayerson JCC, 8485 Ridge Road,Musical journey followingEastern European Jewish im-migrants on their path to Amer-ica at start of 20th century.Experience culture of significantperiod in Jewish history. $3.761-7500. Amberley Village.

MONDAY, NOV. 18Art & Craft ClassesArt Peace Crinkled andWrin-kled Heart Art, 11 a.m.-12:30p.m., Loveland Greenhouse,11924 Lebanon Road, Createtextured wall art on 16-by-20canvas. $20. Registration re-quired. 325-9832. SymmesTownship.

Exercise ClassesZumba Fitness Classes, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Prince of Peace Lu-theran Church, 683-4244. Love-land.

Health / WellnessFrankly Speaking AboutMultiple Myeloma, 6:30-8p.m., Cancer Support Communi-ty, 4918 Cooper Road, Programto help patients and familiesdeal with complexities by ad-dressing treatment options,choosing and communicatingwith your health care team,managing side effects andfinding the support and tools tohelp regain control, maintainhope and improve quality oflife. Free. Registration required.791-4060; www.cancersupport-cincinnati.org. Blue Ash.

Music - ClassicalEncore! Linton ChamberMusic Series, 7:30-10 p.m.,Congregation Beth Adam, 10001Loveland-Madeira Road, Musicfor Piano Four Hands withartistic directors Jaime Laredoand Sharon Robinson. Music byHandel, Schumann, Schubert,Stravinsky and some DvorakSlavonic Dances. $30, $10 stu-dents. Presented by LintonMusic. 381-6868; www.linton-music.org. Loveland.

Parenting ClassesHappiest Baby on the Block,6:45 p.m., Bethesda NorthHospital, 10500 MontgomeryRoad, How to turn on yournewborn’s calming reflex, the“off-switch” for crying. IncludesParent Kit containing “HappiestBaby on the Block” DVD. $50per couple. Registration re-quired. 475-4500; www.tri-health.com.Montgomery.

TUESDAY, NOV. 19Art & 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.Painting in Layers, 6 p.m., DeerPark Branch Library, 3970 E.Galbraith Road, Discover waysto use acrylic paint and collagetechniques to make multi-layered artwork. Free. Regis-tration required. 369-4450. Deer

Park.Message Reveal Workshop,1:30-3 p.m., Loveland Green-house, $30. Registration re-quired. 325-9832. SymmesTownship.

Business ClassesBlast Toastmasters Club,Noon-1 p.m., Kroger KP-1 Build-ing, 11300 Cornell Park Drive,Fifth Floor. Develop and practicespeaking, organizing and con-ducting meetings. Ages 18 andup. Free. Reservations required.387-1324. Blue Ash.

Cooking ClassesDaveed’s NEXT - Cabernet forCarnivores with Liz andDavid Cook, 6:30-9 p.m., Cooks’Wares, 11344 MontgomeryRoad, Chef David Cook com-bines these classic dishes withsome classic sauces to show youhow to take French approach tocooking. Ages 21 and up. $65.Reservations required. 489-6400.Symmes Township.

Drink TastingsWine Finds Tasting, 6:30 p.m.,The Wine Store, 9905 Montgo-mery Road, Sample and learnabout $9.99-and-under wines.Reservations required. 984-9463;www.theewinestore.com.Montgomery.

EducationChangemakers: CorrectingInjustices in the Legal Sys-tem, 7-9 p.m., Mayerson JCC,8485 Ridge Road, Mark Godsey,co-founder and director of theOhio Innocence Project, worksto exonerate individuals whohave been wrongfully convicted.Godsey and an exoneree sharestories. Ages 18 and up. Free.Registration required. 761-7500;www.jointhej.org. AmberleyVillage.

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

Farmers MarketLoveland Farmers Market, 4-6p.m., Grailville Retreat andProgram Center, 932 O’Bannon-ville Road, Presented by Love-land Farmers’ Market. 683-0491;www.lovelandfm.com. Love-land.

Health / WellnessMemory Screenings, 10:30a.m.-3:30 p.m., The Kenwood bySenior Star, 5435 KenwoodRoad, In honor of NationalMemory Screening Day, annualinitiative of Alzheimer’s Founda-tion of America. Free. 823-3029.Kenwood.

ShoppingLadies Shopping Night, 6-9p.m., Five Seasons Family SportsClub, 11790 Snider Road, ClubLobby. More than 20 ladiesmerchandise vendors, holidaysdrinks and light appetizers,holiday hair and makeup bysalon/spa. Free admission.469-1400. Symmes Township.

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 20Art & Craft ClassesKnitting, Crochet and Needle-craft Class, 7-8 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.Art Peace Photo Charm or Giftof Words Workshop, 10:30-11:30 a.m. and 3:30-4:30 p.m.,Loveland Greenhouse, $20.Registration required. 325-9832.Symmes Township.

Business ClassesT.A.L.K. Toastmasters of Mil-ford, 7-8:30 p.m., St. AndrewChurch, 552 Main St., Discoverhowmembership in Toastmas-ters will improve your speakingskills, increase your thinkingpower and build your self-confidence. Meets first and thirdWednesdays of every month.Free. Presented by MilfordT.A.L.K. Toastmasters. 831-3833;2289.toastmastersclubs.org.Milford.

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Madeira High School, 7465 Loannes Drive, presents “The 25th Annual Putnam CountySpelling Bee” at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 14-16 and 2 p.m. Nov. 16. Tickets are $10, $8 for students.For more information, call 891-8222. Pictured rehearsing are, from front left, MaggieGriffin, Luke Graeter, Eryn Kramer, Maria Ramos, Sarah Andrews, Ben Holliday and TaylorKneip; second row, George Grandi and Ted Graeter.PROVIDED.

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Thanksgiving willbe here before youknow it and some ofyou are already pre-paring your grocerylist. Thanksgiving ismy favorite holidaysince it’s just aboutfood, family andfriends – no presentsrequired. Yes, it canget stressful, especial-ly if you’re hosting thefeast. As I tell you ev-ery year, it’s not onlyabout the food, but whosits in the chairs. Someadvice from one whohas been there, donethat: Parsley and whip-ping cream are greatculinary Band-Aids.

During one of myrecent classes, thesubject of limoncellofor the holidays cameup. If you want to givethis as a gift or serve itat Christmas, it’s bestto start the processnow.

Double CitrusLimoncello

The great thingabout this is it keepsjust about forever inthe freezer. You canuse all lemons for clas-sic limoncello. Thisyear I made some witha combo of lemons andlimes. It was different,and good.

2 pounds lemons, thickskinned

4 limes, thick skinned if youcan find them

4 cups good quality 100proof vodka

3 cups sugar3 cups water

Pour vodka in largegallon glass jar or con-tainer.

Wash fruit very wellusing hot water to re-move wax coating. Pat

dry. Re-move zestwith avegetablepeeler.The zestis thecoloredpart. Ifsome ofthe whitepart un-

derneath the skin isvisible, cut it off.That’s the pith and it’svery bitter (though itis the most nutritiouspart of the peel). If youcan’t get it all off, dothe best you can. Placezest in jar with vodkaand cover. Let sit atroom temperature forat least a week, or upto three weeks. Thevodka will take on thecolor and flavor of thecitrus as it steeps.

Bring sugar andwater to a simmer andstir until sugar dis-solves and thickens abit. Let cool and thenadd that to vodka mix-ture and stir. Strainand put in pretty bot-tles. Seal and chill inrefrigerator for a cou-ple of weeks, at least.

To use, servestraight over ice chips,mix with sparklingwine or mineral waterand a lemon curl, tosswith fresh fruit, serveover ice cream, frozenyogurt or simple cake.

OrangecelloIt’s on my blog!

Holiday Waldorfsalad

For Will, a ColerainTownship reader. Forthe life of me, I can’tremember the originof this recipe. I think itwas from another

reader whose name Iobviously misplaced.Regardless, this is oneof the tastiest Waldorfsalads you’ll ever eat.

Mix together:

11⁄2 to 2 pounds grapes,mixture of red and green,halved

2 ribs celery, sliced thin1 cup raisins1 cup chopped Englishwalnuts

3 diced apples

Mix and blend withabove:

1 cupmayonnaise1 tablespoon vinegar ormore to taste

1 cupmilk

Let sit in refriger-ator several hours be-fore serving.

Hot buttered ciderAdd more or less of

any ingredient, to yourtaste. This is a niceoffering before theThanksgiving dinner.1⁄2 stick butter1⁄2 cup dark brown sugar1⁄2 gallon apple cider2 oranges, sliced and seedsremoved

Dash or two ground cloves2 3-inch long cinnamonsticks

1⁄2 cup dark rum (optional)

Melt butter and addbrown sugar. Add ci-der and cook until sug-ar is dissolved. Addorange slices, cloves,cinnamon sticks andrum. Bring to boil andthen simmer 10 min-utes. Serves about 10.

Readers want toknow

Horseradishmashed potatoes forThanksgiving. “Howmuch horseradish do Iadd and when do I add

it?” For three poundspotatoes, stir in a gen-erous 1⁄4 cup bottledhorseradish (not horse-radish sauce) aftermashing. Check yourbottled horseradish ifit’s been in the refrig-erator a while. Itshould be nice andwhite. If it tastes vine-

gary or not reallyspicy, it’s old and needsto be replaced.

Coming soonCranberry cele-

bration salad likeKroger.

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

Liqueur, salad recipeskick off holiday season

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The Jewish Federationof Cincinnati recentlynamed David Harris asCreate Your Jewish Lega-cy coordinator, a newlycreated position fundedby a grant from The Jew-ish Foundation of Cincin-nati.

“Create Your JewishLegacy” (CYJL) is a com-munitywide programwith the goal of increas-ing endowment gift com-mitments to local Jewishagencies and congrega-tions. It follows a provennational model and is be-ing spearheaded locally

by the Jew-ish Federa-tion.

Gifts toan organi-zation’s en-dowmen-t—usuallymadethrough

planned gifts or estate be-quests (often called “lega-cygifts”)—offer financialstability by supplying asteady source of fundsthat supplement annualfundraising efforts. TheCYJL program buildspublic awareness of the

power of endowment giv-ingandequipsprofession-al and volunteer solicitorswith tools to discuss en-dowment giving with do-nors.

Danielle Minson, Jew-ish Federation Chief De-velopment Officer, said,“When an organizationhas limited fundraisingcapacity, endowment giv-ing is often put on theback-burner becausestaffmust focus on imme-diate needs. Thanks to thesupport of the JewishFoundation for this newposition,wewill be able tohelp our local agenciesand congregations buildtheir endowments, whichwill assure a strong andvibrant future for ourcommunity.”

Harris brings a varietyof valuable experience tothe position, including abackground in Jewishnonprofit organizations;leadership development;experiential and outdooreducation; and researchand writing. He hasworked as a freelance ge-nealogist; consulted foran international PR firm;created and implementedprogramming at Jewishovernight camps (havingattended Young Judaea

summer camps in hisyouth); and co-founded anoutdoor adventure com-pany. Harris lived in Isra-el for eight years, duringwhich he served in the Is-rael Defense Forces(IDF).

“This position requiressomeonewithaunique setof skills, includingprojectmanagement, communi-cation, teaching, donor re-lations—someone whocan easily transition fromkeeping track of hun-dreds of details to havinga sensitive conversationwith a donor—and we’vefound that combination inDavid.” said Minson. Shecontinued, “Although Da-vid is new to the area, hehas jumped in with bothfeet andalreadybecomeapart of our community. Iam so glad he decided tomake the move to Cincin-nati!”

Harris is originallyfrom Wichita, Kas., andhas lived throughout theU.S. and Israel, most re-cently in Brooklyn, N.Y.Hemoved to Cincinnati inlate 2012.

“I decided to move toCincinnati because it hasa great mix of what I loveabout small towns andwhat I love about big cit-

ies: It has a diverse Jew-ish community, but onewhere everyone seems toknow one another. It has avibrant cultural and en-tertainment life, a sky-line, a major universitysystem and professionalsports, but it also hasamazing parks and greenspaces. It’s the best ofmany worlds,” said Har-ris.

“In fact,” he said, “ev-eryone has already mademe feel so at home thatI’ve arranged for mymother to join me hereand move into Cedar Vil-lage. I amgrateful to havethis award-winning facili-ty so close and to knowthat she will enjoy an ex-ceptional quality of lifethere.”

Harris is also manag-ing the planning, develop-ment and launch of an ini-tiative to honor donorswho have made a legacygift to any Jewish agencyor congregation in thecommunityand toarchivetheir stories to be sharedwith generations to come.The initiative will culmi-nate in a permanent ex-hibit, located in theMayersonJCC,consistingof a sculpture of metaland glass and an interac-

tive touchscreen that willallow visitors to browseaudio and video inter-views with donors.

“My position at theFederation will allow meto learn about the localJewish agencies and con-gregations and meet therabbis, professionals, vol-unteers and especially do-norswhohave invested someaningfully in them. Ihope my efforts to in-crease endowment givingin the months ahead willhave a lasting impact onthis community I’ve al-ready come to love.”

Harris started his ca-reer as a teenager at theYoung Judaea youthmovement’s senior lead-ership camp, Tel Yehu-dah, in Barryville, NY,wherehewasaheadcoun-selor and Director of Pro-gramming. Harris movedto Israel after graduatinghigh school in 1992 andcompleted his militaryserviceintheIDFasanar-tillery commander, ser-geant first class. Harrisattended Columbia Uni-versity and graduatedmagna cum laude with aB.A. in political science.

Harris lives in Pleas-ant Ridge.

Jewish Federation names Harris as coordinator

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Kindervelt #4 is sellingraffle tickets for yourown custom quilt. If youare the lucky winner, youprovide the 15 T-shirtsandwe turn them into a 4-by-6 foot fleece-linedquilt.

The drawing will be atKindervelt’s Markt from9:30a.m. to 3p.m.,Nov. 23,at The Syndicate in New-port, Ky.

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Heart screeningThe Heart Institute of

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A screening session isscheduled for 2-5 p.m.,Nov. 23, at Kroger, 6950Miami Ave., Madeira.

HealthFair offers sev-eral screening packagesto test people for theirrisk of heart attack,stroke, aneurysmandoth-er major diseases. BothBasic and AdvancedPackages are available.

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COLUMBIA TOWNSHIP4231 Blaney Ave.: Young, Susan K. to Griffin,Timothy D. Tr.; $94,000.

DEER PARK4258 Glenway Ave.: Case, Lauren to Howell, Sara;$115,900.3965 Hemphill Way: Vollhardt, Ellen C. to Gorsuch,Samantha; $140,000.7235 Maryland Ave.: Macaluso, Elizabeth E. toMonti, Elizabeth L. & John P. Sullivan; $130,000.

MADEIRA6851 Esther Lane: Gilkey, Michael V. to Schroff,Alexander J. & Caitlin A.; $147,000.6409 Kenwood Road: Heberlein, Scott J. & TabithaB. to Chanda, Ravikanth; $540,000.7213 Longfield Drive: 3560 Eastern LLC to BRGSFInvestments LLC; $86,500.7117 Maple Ave.: Next Stage Properties LLC toHoffman, Fredrick & Sandra; $183,000.5525 Mapleridge Drive: Holm, Warren R. Tr. &Wesley R. Tr. to Dever, Jonathan T.; $307,500.6866 Shawnee Run Road: Lucetti, Paola & MatteoSalerno Uriarte to Takieddin, Mouhammad;$500,000.7280 Thomas Drive: Mender, Shelly A. & Mary G. toU.S. Bank NA; $85,000.

SILVERTON6742 Elwynne Drive: Williams, Walter A. & Corey L.Tuck to Williams, Walter A.; $72,785.3934 Fordham Place: HSBC Mortgage Services Inc.to Muddy River Homes LLC; $45,000.3961 Fordham Place: Tuck, Corey L. & Walter A.Williams to Tuck, Corey L.; $69,770.3942 Grand Ave.: Keller, Daniel T. to Walsh, Derek;$71,200.3826 South Berkley Circle: Haglage Properties LLCto Siekman, Jeff & Lisa Cannon; $119,000.6871 Stoll Lane: Federal Home Loan Mortgage

Corp. to Joiner, Veronica; $95,000.

SYCAMORE TOWNSHIP6012 Euclid Road: Krienen, Patricia L. to Vista Mill I.LLC; $160,000.7867 Keller Road: Pleatman, Stephen & Crysta toStudebaker, Jeffrey P. & Melissa A. Snyder;$690,000.7435 Kenwood Road: Central Trust Co. NA The toUnion Saving Bank; $1,750,000.8719 Killarney Court: Steele, Douglas A. & Joyce I.to Blankenship, Helen C.; $100,500.5171 Kugler Mill Road: Bayview Loan Servicing LLCto Horton, Daniel J. & Sonya; $350,000.5650 Kugler Mill Road: Lefke, Mark E. & Jennifer J.to Friedmann, David R. & Katherine J.; $371,500.5680 Kugler Mill Road: Lefke, Mark E. & Jennifer J.to Friedmann, David R. & Katherine J.; $371,500.6876 Miami Hills Drive: Dudding, E. Grover & Susanto OFH Properties LLC; $275,000.7752 Montgomery Road: Living Solutions LLC toBabiak, Jeffrey T.; $77,500.10863 Ponds Lane: Lin, Charm & Ta Jen Shen toThakkar, Jayesh; $130,000.12148 Third Ave.: Devillers, Terry M. to Parker,Donald T. & Leslie B.; $129,900.8901 Blue Ash Road: McSwain Family Ltd. Ptnshpto EKM Properties LLC; $1,040,000.8460 Kenwood Road: Jones, Thomas D. to Horst,Carolyn S.; $275,000.3934 Longford Drive: Wessel, Cynthia D. & Thad A.to Kiko, Aaron M.; $120,000.6749 Miami Hills Drive: Sun, Wei H. & Li L. to Rick,Mason A. & Elizabeth Marie; $247,500.7752 Montgomery Road: Living Solutions LLC toMadden, Vernon; $64,000.7645 Montgomery Road: Rudolph, Deborah A. Tr.& Dana Tr. to Shenk, Grant A. & Victoria L.;$83,000.8330 Wexford Ave.: Kinnett, Kamiele Jaron toSchmidt, Geoffrey P. & Rebecca L.; $147,500.

REAL ESTATE

ANIMALS/ NATUREGrailville – needs volunteers for the garden inLoveland. Volunteer days are 9 a.m. to noonselected Saturdays. For a complete listvisitwww.grailville.org or call 683-2340. Volun-teers will work in the kitchen and herb gardens.No experience is needed, volunteers may partici-pate once or for the entire season. Volunteersshould bring gloves, water bottle, sunscreen, hat,footwear that can get dirty and a snack if desired.Tools are provided.GRRAND – Golden Retriever Rescue and Adoptionof Needy Dogs takes in needy displaced, aban-doned or unclaimed stray golden retrievers andplaces them in volunteer foster homes untiladoptive families are found. Call 1-866-981-2251and leave your name and phone.

[email protected] For Animal Welfare – A no-kill shelterneeds volunteers 16-and-older to help socializecats and 18-and-older to socialize and walk dogs.Other opportunities available. Call 735-2299, ext.3.Save the Animals Foundation – Needs people 18and older to staff its shelter for homeless cats anddogs. Call 378-0300 for cats and 588-6609 fordogs.Tri State County Animal Response Team (CART) – Isat 11216 Gideon Lane in Sycamore Township.Meetings are open to the public.Visitwww.tristatecart.com for monthly subjects ormore information. Call 702-8373.

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

School 10:30amWednesday Testimonial Meeting

7:30pmReading Room 3035 Erie Ave

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Senior Pastor, Rev. Dave Robinette986 Nordyke Road - 45255

(Cherry Grove turn off Beechmontat Beechmont Toyota)

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

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Hyde Park Baptist ChurchMichigan & Erie Ave

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

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

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681 Mt. Moriah Drive • 513.752.1333

mtmoriahumc.org

Active Youth • Outreach • Fellowship

Music Ministries • Bible Studies

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Preschool and Child CareAges 3 through 12

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

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CHURCH OF THE SAVIOUR8005 Pfeiffer Rd. Montgomery 791-3142

www.cos-umc.org"Kingdom Come:A Kingdom at War"

Traditional Worship8:20am & 11:00am

Contemporary Worship 9:40amSunday School (All ages)

9:40 & 11amNursery Care Provided

Dr. Cathy Johns, Senior Pastor

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

Children’s programs and nursery & toddlercare available at 9:30 and 11:00 services.

Plenty of Parking behind church.

TRADITIONAL WORSHIPSunday 8:30 & 11 am

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UNITED METHODIST

Sunday Services 8 &10:30 amSunday School 10:30 am

Programs for children, youth and adults6000 Drake Road

561-6805

Indian HillEpiscopal-Presbyterian Church

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

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

3950 Newtown RoadCincinnati, OH 45244

513 272-5800www.horizoncc.com

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MADEIRA-SILVERWOODPRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

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

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

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FAITH CHRISTIANFELLOWSHIP CHURCH

~ Solid Bible Teaching ~6800 School StreetNewtown, OH 45244

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

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

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Connections Christian Church7421 East GalbraithCincinnati, OH 45243

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Bethel BaptistTempleA Thanksgiving meal is plannedat the church on Sunday, Nov.17, after the morning service.The annual live drive-throughnativity will be performed atthe church during the SycamoreTownship luminaria event onthe evening of Saturday, Dec. 7.AWANA children’s Bible clubsare offered for children ages 2through high school from 7p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Wednesdaysduring the school year. Eachclub meeting features counciltime, which includes flag cere-mony, music and Bible lesson;handbook time, in whichclubbers earn awards throughmemorization and handbookcompletion; and game time.Contact the church for in-formation, or visit the AWANA

page on Facebook: search for“Bethel Baptist AWANA.”The adult, teen and children’sSunday School classes cometogether for an hour of skitsfrom the drama team, chil-dren’s songs, games, pennywars and more during RoundUp Sunday, offered duringSunday School hour on the firstSunday of each month.Several father/son activities, aswell as family activities, arebeing planned for the fall andupcoming months. Visit thechurch website for details.Plans are in the works for aonce-a-month women’s fellow-ship.Small group Bible studies areoffered Wednesday evenings atthe church at 7:30 p.m.Sunday School is 10 a.m.; Sundayworship is 11 a.m.The church is at 8501 PlainfieldRoad, Sycamore Township;891-2221; bethelbaptisttemple-.org.

Brecon UnitedMethodist ChurchThe church offers worshipservices on Sundays at 8:30 a.m.and 10:45 a.m. Sunday School isat 9:30 a.m. Sundays.Samaritan Closet hours are 10a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Thurs-day and Saturday. SamaritanCloset offers clothing and foodto people with demonstratedneeds. Bread from Panera isavailable on Thursdays andSaturdays.The church is at 7388 E. KemperRoad, Sycamore Township;489-7021.

Church of theRedeemerThe Music in the Chapel ConcertSeries returns at 3 p.m. Sun-days, in the chapel. The nextconcert is a Nov. 24 programcalled “Souvenir from France.Marion Peraza, violin, and JaeWon Kim, piano, perform a

program of Mozart, Ravel,Franck and Piazzolla. For thefinale, saxophonist and jazzGarin Webb will join the duo.On Feb. 2, a German BaroqueChamber Music program will begiven. The church welcomesback University of CincinnatiCollege-Conservatory of Musicfaculty member Rodney Stucky,baroque guitar and archlute,and Cincinnati SymphonyOrchestra member JamesLambert, viola da gamba. Theywill be joined by James’ wife,Barbara Lambert, baroqueflute, and son Colin Lambert,cello.The ensemble will performworks of Bach, Telemann,Schenck and Hertel as part ofthe Cincinnati Early MusicFestival program.On March 2, Mary SouthworthShaffer, soprano, and herhusband, Jeff Shaffer, will bringan hour of favorite pieces forsoprano and trumpet. Maryand Jeff are members of Re-deemer.In addition to the Music in theChapel Concert Series, thetraditional Celtic Winter Sol-stice program featuring theClark-Jones trio is scheduled for4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21.Music director Loretta Granerhas added three additionalprograms to Redeemer’s con-cert season starting with aperformance at 7:30 p.m.Wednesday, Jan. 15, by theMillikin University Chorus ofDecatur, IL. This concert issponsored by parishioner andformer president of the college,Doug Zemke, and his wife,Ellen Boling Zemke.All programs are free and opento the public.The church is at 2944 Erie Ave.,Hyde Park.

CommunityLighthouse Churchof GodWe invite you to Youth Rally at 7p.m., Nov. 15, for fellowship,Dramas, food and prizes.Sunday Services are at 10 a.m.and 6 p.m.; Wednesday serviceat 7 p.m.The church is at 4305 SycamoreRoad, Sycamore Township;984-5044.

MontgomeryPresbyterian ChurchAll are welcome for worshipservice at 10:30 a.m., Sundaymornings. Sunday schools forboth adults and children beginat 9 a.m., followed by Coffeeand Conversation at 10 a.m. – achance to get to know fellowattendees.The church is 9994 Zig Zag Road,Montgomery; 891-8670;www.mpchurch.net.

Northern HillsSynagogueNorthern Hills Synagogue'sSisterhood Gift Shop will hold aspecial pre-Hanukkah salethrough Sunday, Nov. 17,featuring a fine selection ofJudaica and other gifts. Itemsinclude beautiful menorahs,from traditional styles to mod-ern designs, along with deco-rations, dreidels, games, table-ware, jewelry, books and muchmore, with complimentary giftwrapping. Hours are 11 a.m. to2 p.m. Monday through Thurs-day; 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Fridayand Sunday; and by appoint-ment by calling 931-6038.The synagogue is at 5714 FieldsErtel Road, Symmes Township;931-6038.

St. Paul CommunityUnitedMethodistChurchAt this church, the members are“Reaching Up, Reaching Outand Reaching In.” That meansguests are always welcome toparticipate in worship services,mission and ministry projectsand fellowship opportunities.Worship times are 8:30 a.m.and 11 a.m. (traditional) and9:30 a.m. (contemporary).The church is at 8221MiamiRoad, Madeira; 891-8181;www.stpaulcumc.org.

Sonrise ChurchSonRise Church is announcingthe launch of a CelebrateRecovery ministry group. Cele-brate Recovery is a Christ-centered recovery programbased on the Beatitudes ad-dressing many of life’s hurts,hang-ups and habits. Orga-nizers say about one-third of

the people attending CelebrateRecovery or “CR” deal withchemical dependencies. CR is inmore than 19,000 churchesworldwide with more than halfa million people completingthe program.The church is at 8136 WoosterPike; 576-6000; www.sonrise-church.com.

Sycamore ChristianChurchSunday worship and juniorworship services at 10:30 a.m.Sunday Bible study for all agesat 9 a.m.Women’s Study Group at 6:30p.m. every secondWednesday.The church is at 6555 CooperRoad, Cincinnati; 891-7891.

SycamorePresbyterian ChurchCome visit the church Sundaymornings in its new sanctuaryat 9:15 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.Childcare is available in thenursery during both services forinfants through age 2.Sunday School classes for pre-schoolers through grade 12 areoffered at 10:45 a.m. service.The next newmember class is8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sat-urday, Dec. 7. Newmemberclasses are conducted peri-odically throughout the year.Folks looking for a churchhome can call the church officeto register for the next class.Student Ministries (7-12thgrades) welcomes all studentsto participate in our activities.Events are listed on the calen-dars available at the StudentMinistries Kiosk.All children grades one to six areinvited to join Choristers.Practice is 6:30-7:30 p.m. everyMonday night, in the ChoirRoom. If interested, call 226-9615, or call the church office.Habitat for Humanity will builda home on Nov. 23.The church is at 11800 Mason-Montgomery Road, SymmesTownship; 683-0254;www.sycamorechurch.org.

Trinity CommunityChurchThe church is at 3850 E. Gal-braith Road, Deer Park; 791-7631.

RELIGION

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Bondwasset at $20,000Nov. 8 for a man accusedof cooking methamphet-amine that exploded inhisSycamore Township con-dominium.

Edward Greenwood,58, was arrested oncharges of illegallymanu-facturing drugs and ille-gal assembly or posses-sion of chemicals to man-ufacture drugs.

He was taken into cus-tody Nov. 7 after fleeingthe scene of the explosionNov. 5, according to the

Hamilton County Sher-iff’s Office.

Authorities realizedthey had a methamphet-amine lab explosion ontheir hands shortly afterresponding to a report ofunknown trouble at 1930Chaucer Drive just be-fore 10 p.m.

When they arrived,they found windows andsiding on the second floorblown out.

No one was injured,and no adjacent proper-ties were in danger.

But deputies discov-ered materials used to

manufacture metham-phetamine inside the con-dominium.

The sheriff’s drugsquad responded.

Agents stabilized andcollected all dangerouschemicals, which weresubmittedtotheHamiltonCounty Coroner’s Officefor analysis.

The condominiumowner and her son werethe only occupants insideat the time of the explo-sion.

Sheremainedonscene,but her son fled beforefirst responders arrived.

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COLUMBIA TOWNSHIPArrests/citationsJonathan Brannenburg, 38, 9042Winley Road, theft, Oct. 24.Deeann Hall, 40, 1808 TildenAve., theft, Oct. 26.David Gillum, 23, 82 Dove Drive,theft, possession of drug abuseinstruments, Oct. 24.Kirstie Green, 23, 2316 SawmillCourt, theft, Oct. 24.Charolotte Gibson, 35, 1814Weyer Ave., theft, Oct. 26.

Incidents/investigationsBreaking and enteringBuilding entered and TV valuedat $400 removed at 5373 RidgeRoad, Oct. 25.TV and currency of unknownvalue removed at 3467 High-land Ave., Oct. 24.Criminal damagingReported at 5540 Kennedy, Oct.26.TheftPhone valued at $850 removedat 7385 Wooster Pike, Oct. 24.Phone valued at $400 removedat 8220 Montgomery Road,Oct. 26.

MADEIRAArrests/citationsJessica L. Brill, 40, 7290 ThomasDrive, driving under influence,Oct. 17.Allen Clevenger, 29, 9515 Read-ing Road, drug abuse, Oct. 15.

Sara J. Clevenger, 30, 380 Brook-haven, drug abuse, Oct. 15.

Incidents/investigationsIncidentExplosive device reported at7451Dawson Road, Oct. 19.TheftTools taken; $1,845 at 5992Kenwood Road, Oct. 15.Boat taken at 8115 Camargo,Oct. 24.Money lost through a scam; $180loss at 7059 Dawson No. 118,Oct. 27.

SYCAMORE TOWNSHIPArrests/citationsShemika Hayes, 32, 1819 AndineAve., theft, Oct. 25.Joshua Loanides, 27, 4179 Hamil-ton Ave., vandalism, disorderlyconduct, Oct. 26.Juvenile Female, 13, theft, Oct.26.

Incidents/investigationsBurglaryResidence entered at 4563Kugler Mill, Oct. 26.TheftReported at 11594 ChanceyLane, Oct. 24.Vehicle entered and tools valuedat $1,850 removed at 7875Montgomery Road, Oct. 25.Unauthorized use of motorvehicleReported at 11983 Fourth Ave.,Oct. 27.

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UC Blue Ash College'2013-2014 season of AR-Trageous Saturdays be-gins Nov. 16.

The performing artsseries for kids features alineup of puppets, plays,marionettes, music, com-edy and more.

»Nov. 16, CincinnatiBallet “InStep” –DancersfromtheCincinnatiBalletwill provide a peek intothe typical day in the lifeof a professional balletdancer, and perform ex-cerpts from classical rep-ertoire. Audience mem-bers will have the oppor-tunity to participate in theaction, learning basic bal-let positions.

» Jan. 18, Juggler MattJergens– Jergens will de-light audiences with hisfast-paced, high-energyshow. He will have peopleof all ages laughing andcheering as he uses a va-riety of juggling propsandhousehold itemstode-fy gravity in a way neverbefore seen.

» Feb. 8, ArtReach:“Sleeping Beauty”– Anenchanted spindle cursesSleeping Beauty to 100

years of sleep. Althoughprotected by her fairygodmother,will anyonebeable to save her? Ar-tReach brings the classicfairy tale by Charles Per-rault to life in this en-chanting adaptation. Ar-tReach is the touring divi-sion of The Children’sTheatre of Cincinnati.

»March15,DoktorKa-boom: “Look Out! Scienceis Coming!” – Join DoktorKaboom! for a journey ofincreasingly spectacular,and often successful, ex-periments and demon-strations. Doctor Ka-boom! will take the audi-ence on an amazing edu-cational tour of themodern scientific meth-od, using humor and com-edy while demonstratingspectacular applicationsof the physical sciences.

ARTrageous perfor-mancesareat11a.m.and1p.m. in Muntz Theatre onthe campus of UC BlueAshCollege. Parking is al-ways free.

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Field improvements atIndian Hill High Schoolcould possibly be made inthe summer of 2014.

The Indian Hill Boardof Education discussedpotential capital improve-ment projects for nextyear during a recent spe-cial meeting.

Projects under consid-eration include improve-ments to the upper fieldsat the high school, specifi-cally the baseball andsoftball fields. These im-provements would in-cludegradingandseedingof the fields.

Theboardalsodiscuss-ed construction of a cen-tral utility plant for ener-gy efficiency.

The central plantwould consist of a boilerand chiller at the high

school and middle schoolcampus. During its Sep-tember meeting, theschool board approvedmoving forward with in-stallation of the plant aswell as implementinglighting and ventilationimprovements.

Treasurer Julia Tothsaid theestimatedcost forthe utility plant is $1.1mil-lion to $1.4 million whilethe ventilation and light-ing improvements willcost $45,000.

During the Oct. 23 spe-cial meeting, the boardweighed inonanumberofother potential projects.

This involves abalanceof academics, arts andathletics, saidSuperinten-dentMarkMiles inregardtovariouscapital projectsbeing considered.

Board President KarlGrafesaidhewouldliketohave air conditioning in-

stalled in the high schoolgymnasium.Hesaid light-ing and sound improve-ments in the high schoolauditoriumshouldalso re-main a consideration.

Director of AthleticsJeff Zidron also providedsome recommendations.

He said the upperfields are a priority. Thathas the biggest bang andimpacts the most signifi-cant number of athletes,he said. “You fix the fieldsthe community sees that,”said Zidron.

Zidron said the lockerrooms at the high schoolcould use a “cosmeticoverhaul” and the highschool track was also inneed of repair.

Construction of a newmultipurpose building bytheathletic fieldswasalsosuggested as a potentialproject by school boardmembers.

Indian Hill Exempted Village School District Board of Education members discuss futurecapital projects. FORREST SELLERS/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

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plan and the capital pro-jects plan in preparationfor larger infrastructurerenovations and road im-provement projects.

Councilmembers LoriNewsom and Chris Hedg-er will join Tassell on thecommittee.

Madeira MiddleSchool to conductfundraiser

The second annualEmpty Bowls Dinnerevent will be 5-7 p.m. Fri-day,Dec. 6, in theMadeiraMiddle School cafeteria,6612 Miami Ave.

There will be booths,activities, and, most im-portantly, homemadesoups and desserts to en-joyduring thisopenhouseevent.

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Cincinnati CountryDay School has a new ap-proach to foreign lan-guages.

Students in the Frenchand Spanish languagecourses are using theirlaptops to converse withlanguage coachesabroad.

The online program isoffered by a companycalled Linguameeting.

“(It’s) an opportunityfor a student to put intopractice what they havelearned,” said Jane Kai-ret, who teaches Frenchat the school.

Aspart of theprogramthe students conversewith a language coach on-line during a prear-ranged time, generallyafter school or in the eve-ning.

“It brings a languageto life,” said JeanetteHecker, chairwoman oftheUpperSchoolModernLanguage Department,adding that the conversa-

tions supplement what isbeing done in class.

The language coachesare based in a French- orSpanish-speaking coun-try.

SeniorMaymeAcklen,of Indian Hill, had hersessionwith a coach, whois based in Valencia,Spain.

“I feel like I’ve learnedabout his culture and thecity where he’s from,”said Acklen. “I like talk-ing to an actual personrather than just reading atextbook.”

Hecker said about 162students are enrolled inthe online language pro-gram.

Each sessions is abouta half hour. The studentswill participate in about15 sessisons during thecourse of the school year.

The conversations areboth informal and educa-tional, accordingtoHeck-er and Kairet.

It brings the languageand culture to the stu-dents, said Kairet.

Online program bringsforeign languages home

Cincinnati Country Day School senior Mayme Acklenprepares to speak with a language coach from Valencia,Spain. Students taking French and Spanish courses havean opportunity to participate in an online program wherethey learn from language coaches in another country.FORREST SELLERS/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

By Forrest [email protected]

The Indian Hill Ex-empted Village SchoolDistrict is moving for-ward with an energy sav-ing plan.

During the AugustBoard of Education meet-ing, Brad Motz, CEO ofMotz Engineering, pre-

sented anenergy au-dit that fo-cused onfacilities inthedistrict.

Motzpresentedseveral en-ergy sav-ing optionsincludinginstalling a“centralplant,”whichwould con-sist of aboiler andchiller, atthe high

school and middle schoolcampus.

During its Septembermeeting the board ap-proved moving forwardwith the installation of thecentral plant.

The contract, which iswithMotz Engineering, isnot to exceed $150,000, ac-cording to school boardmember Erik Lutz, whoheads thedistrict’sOpera-tions Committee.

Additionally, ventila-tion and lighting improve-ments have been ap-proved at a cost of$45,000. However, Lutzsaid this same amount isexpected to be saved an-

nually with the improve-ments.

Lutz said grantswill beused to help offset someof the costs.

Anotheroption thathasbeen discussed is a geo-thermal system. This pro-ject could cost roughlyanywhere from $800,000to $1.3 million, accordingto Lutz.

A significant portion ofthecostswith thegeother-mal system involve hav-ing to drill wells.

Lutz, though, said an-ticipated savings with ageothermal system couldrange from $70,000 to$90,000 a year.

During its Octobermeeting, the school boardapproveddrillingonewellat a cost not to exceed$20,000.

The well will be usedfor a conductivity test todetermine how many ad-ditional wells would needto be dug.

“We’re doing this testto figure out the potentialcosts (of a geothermalsystem),” said Lutz.

The school board willthenhave the option to de-termine whether it wantsto proceedwith a geother-mal system.

Lutz said the well willbe dug somewhere nearthemiddle school parkinglot. He said grant fundingcould potentially be usedfor the geothermal sys-tem as well.

“The numberswe haveso far are compellingenough to warrant it,”said board member Eliza-beth Johnston about in-vestigating a geothermalsystem.

School districtto drill test wellBy Forrest [email protected]

Johnston

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Ticketsare$5perchildand$10peradult.Allmon-ey raised will be donatedtoeithera localor interna-tional hunger association.

Deer Park mayreceive grant forroad project

Deer Park Safety-Ser-vice Director Mike Be-rens recently told CityCouncil that the RedmontAvenue road reconstruc-tion project placed eighthout of more than 40 pro-jects in the region, mak-ing it highly likely to befunded.

Council passed an ordi-nance that will allow Be-

rens to accept thegrant aspart of a second step inmoving forward with the$450,000 or more renova-tion project.

Clubmemberhonored

MadeiraWoman’s Clubmember Nancy Silverswas recently honored bythe Ohio Federation ofWomen’s Clubs for beingan “exceptional clubwom-an.”

Silvers has been an ac-tive member of the clubfor 11 years, club presi-dent for two terms, andwoman of the year 2008.

Currentlyshe is theSWDistrict ConservationChairperson of OFWC.

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COLUMBUS — A GreenTownship state senator isseeking to make it harderfor third parties to get onOhio ballots, after GOPdrama and an inadvertentmistake derailed effortslast week to push througha bill governing the par-ties.

Republican Sen. BillSeitz, sponsorof thebill, ischairing a committee ofsix lawmakers taskedwith reconciling versionsof the legislation thathave passed the Houseand Senate. The Houseversion would have al-lowed so-called “minorparties” to collect fewersignatures to get on theballot, and the Senate waspoised last week to ap-prove those changes. But

an inadvertent mistake inthe drafting meant thatchamberhad tovotedownthe House bill.

On Tuesday, Seitz toldthe committee he wantedto use some of the Houseprovisions in 2014 but re-vert to the Senate’s strict-er version starting in2015. That would elimi-nate many of the changestheHousemade lastweekto appease conservativeRepublicans, who werethreatening to oppose thebill because some say itwouldhelpGov. JohnKas-ich get re-elected.

Libertarians worry therules would make it hard-er for them to get on theballot or run a successfulcampaign, thus prevent-ing their proposed guber-natorial candidate, for-merRepublican state rep-

resentative Charlie Earl,from taking conservativevotes away from Kasichin 2014. Conservative law-makers angry with thegovernor’s efforts to ex-pand Medicaid were hesi-tant to support a bill thatwould help himpoliticallyand only gave it their voteafter a day and half oftense negotiations. Seitz’sproposed changes couldmake for another tensevote in the House.

Under Seitz’s proposalTuesday, minority partieswantingtoregister for the2014 election would haveto get signatures equal to0.5 percent of the totalvotes cast in the most re-cent gubernatorial orpresidential election.They’d thenhave toearn2percent of the vote in the2014 gubernatorial elec-

tion to continue to be aparty for the next fouryears.

Starting in 2015, par-ties would have to get sig-natures equal to 1percentof thevotes in themost re-cent gubernatorial orpresidential election.They’d have to get 3 per-cent of thevote in thenextelection to remain a party.

Most of the concernsabout thebillwererelatedto its impact on the 2014election, Seitz said in de-fense of his plan. And par-ties that earn 2 percent innext year’s electionwouldhave a “one-time offer” tocontinue as a party, saidRep. Matt Huffman, R-Li-ma.

Still, the proposalmakes it more difficultfor parties to form, saidRep. Ron Gerberry, D-

Austintown. The Seitzplan would require thirdparties to get about 28,000signatures to register as aparty in 2014, while theHouse version of the billwould have allowed themto meet an easier stan-dard, just for 2014, of10,000 signatures.

“The fact remains thatwhat we’re trying to do ismake it more difficult forthird parties to get on theballot,” Gerberry said. “Ithink it’s misrepresentedthat we’re being fair.”

Committee memberSen. Edna Brown, D-Tole-do, said Senate Demo-crats’ primary concernhad been the timing of thebill. But Senate MinorityLeader Eric Kearney, D-North Avondale, said hiscaucus has been moreconcerned that the bill’s

intention was to keep mi-nority parties off the bal-lot.

“I think the bill is bad,so you can take theHouseversion, you can take theSenate version – I don’tagree with the approach,”Kearney said.

Thecommitteeplans toconsider the proposal atnoon Wednesday. If Kas-ich signs the bill into lawon Wednesday, it will be-come law in time for thefiling deadline for the2014 primary.

But Libertarians stillplan to file a lawsuit overthe bill, so long as it in-cludes a provision thatgives them more time togather signatures, butdoessobybypassing theirprimary, said partyspokesman Aaron KeithHarris.■

Seitz pushes deal for stricter 3rd party rulesGannett News Service

Madeira schools aretaking a quieter approachtomakingtheirhallwaysabetter place.

What started as an ath-letic focus hasmoved intothe entire student body,where faculty and staffmembers are encourag-ing students to act betterthrough positive reinfor-cement.

Athletic director JoeKimling said the district’s“Measured by theM”pro-gram began with sports,but felt the players andparents were putting toomuch emphasis on winsand losses.

He said they should in-stead focus on how theyrepresent Madeira not by

the score, but how theybehave.

Insteadof restricting it

to the sports teams only,Kimling teamed up withhigh school Principal TomOlson to include all highschool students. He saidfaculty and staff mem-bers are looking for stu-dents to be “different, no-ticeable and appealing,”and taught kids that theeveryday things they cando to be better iswhatwillhave the greatest effect.

“Too often we tell kidsthat they’re leaders or tobe leaders,” he said. “Butwe don’t tell them how tobe one or how they areone.”

Latin teacher JenniferBruening compared theidea to the phrase “carpediem,” saying that most

people think “seize theday” and take it to meanthey should make quick,sometimes rash deci-sions.

But instead, she said,the Latin phrase means“to pluck,” and studentsshould instead“pluck”de-cisive, purposeful deci-sions out of their days.

The school created“high-five cards” thatwhen a teacher notices astudent do something po-lite or helpful withouteven thinking about itthey send an anonymouscardhomeexplaining thatthe student was recog-nizedfor theirpositivebe-havior.

Kimling said he’s no-

ticed an excited responsefrom students. When stu-dents receive those cardsthey can come to the of-fice and receive a “Mea-sured by the M” T-shirt.

Instead of just givingthem a shirt and lettingthem go he asks if theyknow why they got it.When they don’t, he tellsthem.

“This will only work ifit’s intentional by ourstaff,” he said.

“If we don’t tell a stu-dent why what they didwas noticeable they won’tknow.”

Want more updates for Madei-ra? Follow Leah Fightmasteron Twitter: @LCFightmaster.

Madeira schools ‘measure’ students’ good behaviorBy Leah [email protected]

Madeira High School Principal Tom Olson tells the Board ofEducation about the school's "Measured by the M"program while wearing one of the shirts that studentsreceive when recognized. LEAH FIGHTMASTER/THE COMMUNITY

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