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T RI- C OUNTY T RI- C OUNTY PRESS 75¢ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2015 BECAUSE COMMUNITY MATTERS Your Community Press newspaper serving Evendale, Glendale, Sharonville, Springdale, Wyoming Vol. 31 No. 23 © 2015 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 NICE AND EASY A7 Rita shares a no-fuss chicken recipe VISIT US ONLINE Find local news at Cincinnati.com The Wyoming Board of Educa- tion has extended Superintendent Susan Lang’s contract two additional years. In a unanimous vote Jan. 25, the board of five members voted to re- new its contract with the superinten- dent through August 2018. The cur- rent contract expires in August 2016. Lang will maintain her current salary of $146,087 a year, with addi- tional benefits that include a travel allowance and professional develop- ment opportunities. The district also provides health insurance. “Dr. Lang has repeatedly demon- strated her value to the Wyoming community,” School Board Presi- dent Todd Levy said, noting Lang’s leadership skills. “Dr. Lang’s leadership includes: enhancing Wyoming’s academic ex- cellence, watchful spending of com- munity’s tax dollars to her steward- ship of our new Middle School,” Levy said. “Sue is also adept at leveraging her state-wide network to influence much needed change our Ohio’s K-12 education initiatives,” he said. “Sue is truly one of Ohio’s top K-12 educa- tional leaders.” THANKS TO WYOMING CITY SCHOOLS Wyoming Superintendent Susan Lang works with second-grader Elijah Owens. Wyoming school board renews superintendent Susan Lang’s contract By Kelly McBride [email protected] A Princeton alumna is scrambling to raise more than $200,000 to save a piece of Princeton history before it’s too late. Kelli Reisen is working to raise the funds to pay for the re- moval and preservation of sev- en mosaic panels on the front of Princeton High School before construction crews raze the old building. On April 1, the keys to the building will be handed over to the construction company that will demolish the structure to make way for a new sports com- plex. The panels, designed by Cin- cinnati painter and muralist Carl Zimmerman in 1958, re- flect Shakespeare’s “Seven Ages of Man.” Each of the seven panels de- picts one of the ages: infant, schoolboy, lover, soldier, jus- tice, old age and incapacity. The murals are more than art. They are literature, history and architecture. Myron Luke, Princeton’s for- mer curator of the district’s Mu- seum of Education, reflected on the murals in 1981, pulling infor- mation from the 1958 inaugural issue of in “Odin’s Word,” Princeton’s high school newspa- per. Zimmerman (1900-1985), who was interviewed for the ar- ticle, explained that the murals were more than his interpreta- tion of the Shakespeare poem. “I designed the murals to be abstract, and mysterious so stu- dents would try to figure them out,” Zimmerman said of his art style, and the alphabet letters that were incorporated into the design. The murals were positioned on the front of the building, on THANKS TO KELLI REISEN Carl Zimmerman’s mosaic depiction of Shakespeare’s “The Seven Ages of Man” will be demolished unless $200,000 is raised before April 1, to move the wall art to a new location. Princeton alumna races clock to save wall murals By Kelly McBride [email protected] See MURALS, Page A2 Heritage Hill Elementary will remain as a polling location despite opposition from Prince- ton City Schools. The Board of Education had voted Jan. 8 not to renew an an- nual contract with the Hamilton County Board Elections to al- low voters to cast ballots at the elementary school, one of eight in the Princeton City School District, citing safety concerns. The vote came after a rec- ommendation from interim Su- perintendent Ed Theroux, who cited safety concerns about the public having access to the building while students were in class. Heritage Hill is the only one of Princeton’s 10 schools that serves as a polling location, and school is in session on Election Day. Ballots are cast in the gym, giving the public access to hall- ways used by students. However, under the Ohio Re- vised Code, Hamilton County can use public places, including schools, as polling locations. Theroux said at the school board’s Feb. 5 meeting that the county had forced Princeton to continue to make Heritage Hill Elementary available as a poll- ing location. He said the Board of Elec- tions promised to have a police officer on site, though that offi- cer must remain 100 feet away from the polling place, to en- sure privacy to voters. Though the district will com- ply, Theroux does not support the decision. “We still have concerns for safety and costs,” he said. Heritage Hill remains as polling location By Kelly McBride [email protected] KELLY MCBRIDE/THE COMMUNITY PRESS Heritage Hill Elementary will remain open as a polling location.

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TRI-COUNTYTRI-COUNTYPRESS 75¢

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2015 BECAUSE COMMUNITY MATTERS

Your Community Press newspaperserving Evendale, Glendale, Sharonville, Springdale, Wyoming

Vol. 31 No. 23© 2015 The Community Press

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

See page A2 for additional information

Contact The PressNICE AND EASYA7Rita shares a no-fusschicken recipe

VISIT US ONLINEFind local news atCincinnati.com

The Wyoming Board of Educa-tion has extended SuperintendentSusan Lang’s contract two additionalyears.

In a unanimous vote Jan. 25, theboard of five members voted to re-new its contract with the superinten-dent through August 2018. The cur-rent contract expires in August 2016.

Lang will maintain her currentsalary of $146,087 a year, with addi-tional benefits that include a travelallowance and professional develop-ment opportunities. The district alsoprovides health insurance.

“Dr. Lang has repeatedly demon-strated her value to the Wyomingcommunity,” School Board Presi-dent Todd Levy said, noting Lang’sleadership skills.

“Dr. Lang’s leadership includes:enhancing Wyoming’s academic ex-cellence, watchful spending of com-munity’s tax dollars to her steward-ship of our new Middle School,”Levy said.

“Sue is also adept at leveragingher state-wide network to influencemuch needed change our Ohio’s K-12education initiatives,” he said. “Sueis truly one of Ohio’s top K-12 educa-tional leaders.”

THANKS TO WYOMING CITY SCHOOLS

Wyoming Superintendent Susan Lang works with second-grader Elijah Owens.

Wyoming school boardrenews superintendentSusan Lang’s contractBy Kelly [email protected]

A Princeton alumna isscrambling to raise more than$200,000 to save a piece ofPrinceton history before it’s toolate.

Kelli Reisen is working toraise the funds to pay for the re-moval and preservation of sev-en mosaic panels on the front ofPrinceton High School beforeconstruction crews raze the oldbuilding.

On April 1, the keys to thebuilding will be handed over tothe construction company thatwill demolish the structure to

make way for a new sports com-plex.

The panels, designed by Cin-cinnati painter and muralistCarl Zimmerman in 1958, re-flect Shakespeare’s “SevenAges of Man.”

Each of the seven panels de-picts one of the ages: infant,schoolboy, lover, soldier, jus-tice, old age and incapacity.

The murals are more thanart. They are literature, historyand architecture.

Myron Luke, Princeton’s for-mer curator of the district’s Mu-seum of Education, reflected onthe murals in 1981, pulling infor-mation from the 1958 inaugural

issue of in “Odin’s Word,”Princeton’s high school newspa-per.

Zimmerman (1900-1985),who was interviewed for the ar-ticle, explained that the muralswere more than his interpreta-tion of the Shakespeare poem.

“I designed the murals to beabstract, and mysterious so stu-dents would try to figure themout,” Zimmerman said of his artstyle, and the alphabet lettersthat were incorporated into thedesign.

The murals were positionedon the front of the building, on

THANKS TO KELLI REISEN

Carl Zimmerman’s mosaic depiction of Shakespeare’s “The Seven Ages of Man” will be demolished unless $200,000is raised before April 1, to move the wall art to a new location.

Princeton alumna races clockto save wall muralsBy Kelly [email protected]

See MURALS, Page A2

Heritage Hill Elementarywill remain as a polling locationdespite opposition from Prince-ton City Schools.

The Board of Education hadvoted Jan. 8 not to renew an an-nual contract with the HamiltonCounty Board Elections to al-low voters to cast ballots at theelementary school, one of eightin the Princeton City SchoolDistrict, citing safety concerns.

The vote came after a rec-ommendation from interim Su-perintendent Ed Theroux, whocited safety concerns about thepublic having access to thebuilding while students were inclass.

Heritage Hill is the only oneof Princeton’s 10 schools thatserves as a polling location, andschool is in session on Election

Day.Ballots are cast in the gym,

giving the public access to hall-ways used by students.

However, under the Ohio Re-vised Code, Hamilton Countycan use public places, includingschools, as polling locations.

Theroux said at the schoolboard’s Feb. 5 meeting that thecounty had forced Princeton tocontinue to make Heritage HillElementary available as a poll-ing location.

He said the Board of Elec-tions promised to have a policeofficer on site, though that offi-cer must remain 100 feet awayfrom the polling place, to en-sure privacy to voters.

Though the district will com-ply, Theroux does not supportthe decision.

“We still have concerns forsafety and costs,” he said.

Heritage Hillremains aspolling locationBy Kelly [email protected]

KELLY MCBRIDE/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Heritage Hill Elementary will remain open as a polling location.

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NewsDick Maloney Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248-7134, [email protected] Kelly McBride Reporter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .576-8246, [email protected] Laughman Sports Editor . . . . . . .768-8512, [email protected] Scott Springer Sports Reporter . . . . . . . . . .576-8255, [email protected]

Twitter: @sspringersportsAdam Baum Sports Reporter . . . . . . . . . . . . .513-364-4497, [email protected]

Twitter: @adamjbaum

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

[email protected]

DeliveryFor customer service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .576-8240 Stephen Barraco

Circulation Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248-7110, [email protected] Lynn Hessler District Manager . . . . . . . . . . .248-7115, [email protected]

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

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

Find news and information from your community on the WebEvendale • cincinnati.com/evendaleGlendale • cincinnati.com/glendale

Sharonville • cincinnati.com/sharonville Springdale • cincinnati.com/springdale Wyoming • cincinnati.com/wyoming

Hamilton County • cincinnati.com/hamiltoncounty

Calendar ................A6Classifieds ................CFood .....................A7Police .................... B6Schools ..................A5Sports ....................B1Viewpoints .............A8

Index

DO YOU NEED HELP WITH WINTER HEATING BILLS? Council on Aging and Ohio’s Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) can help. HEAP helps low-income Ohioans pay heating bills (income

limits: $20,422 a year for a single person, $27,527 a year for couples).Seniors and people with disabilities can get help applying

for HEAP by calling Council on Aging: (513) 721-1025.CE-0000619048

“A small body of deter-mined spirits fired by anunquenchable faith intheir mission can alter thecourse of history.” Mahat-ma Gandhi

Gandhi was not speak-ing of saving a tan-gible such as thefamous mural byrenowned Cincin-nati artist CarlJohn Zimmermanthat has gracedPrinceton HighSchool since 1958,but Gandhi’swords are so verymeaningful today.

In October,Jean Rohling putthe word out thatthe mural needs saving.Now, Glendale’s KelliLobb Reisen and othershave taken up the bannerto preserve all seven pan-els of the mural for thenew Princeton school.

Kelli discovered thateveryone assumed thepanels would be moved tothe new campus struc-ture. They were aston-ished that it was not theplan because of the cost.Now, the clock is tickingto raise $224,000 beforemid-March when demoli-tion is scheduled and themural will be gone forev-

er except possibly in pho-tographs.

When Kelli was inter-viewed by Fox19 TV, sheexpressed that “Prince-ton High School wasn’tbuilt in 2015, it was built in

1958. A school is itspast, present andfuture. We needthese touchstones,and it serves assomething that canencourage peopleand students, alum-ni and the commu-nity through allages of your life,just as Shake-speare said.”

She says asteens we did not

know the mural’s mean-ing and Zimmermanmade it to be thought pro-voking, not just to theclass of 1958, but as a bea-con to all others throughthe rest of their lives.

“The message is eter-nal and you can alwaysfind yourself somewherein the continuum. Anywho don’t understand themeaning will not under-stand the loss to Cincin-nati itself, because it maybe the only one of its kindin Hamilton County or thestate. You have to have avision.” Current interna-

tional baccalaureate artstudents and students ofthe Shakespeare litera-ture class were very out-spoken about how sad itwould be to lose the spe-cial mural.

Zimmerman based themural on Shakespeare’s“Seven Ages of Man,” de-

picting the alphabet andthe life of a man from theexuberance of childhoodto the wisdom of old age. Aquote from Myron Lukeon the occasion of Prince-ton’s 25th anniversary:“The overall theme of themural is to depict man’suse of words at the differ-

ent levels of his life. Wis-dom is the reward forman’s pursuit of knowl-edge. It brings him to God,the Alpha and Omega.”

Last August Kelli be-gan looking at memorabil-ia to take to the newschool. She and Beth Eck-er found architectural

plans in the school tunneland located a contractorwho can remove the pan-els individually with thered brick from the libraryto which they are at-tached, and set them at anangle to be free standingon the new campus.

The Sharonville FireDepartment, Nick’s Tow-ing and Don Lee have re-moved the Viking headand Loew’s donated ma-terials for its refurbish-ment. It was built by classof ‘78/’79 students andnow current students andstaff are sprucing it up.Kelli is eternally gratefulto all.

Kelli asks you to alertyour Facebook friendsand alumni to light thepage to share the newsalerting others to do thesame. Contact her at [email protected] for fur-ther information. To makea donation, visit any FifthThird Bank location orfacebook.com/PEFSa-vethemurals.

Evelyn Perkins writes aregular column about peopleand events in the Tri-CountyPress area. Send items for hercolumn to 10127 ChesterRoad, Woodlawn, 45215, orcall her directly at 772-7379.

Preserving past is mural of this story

Evelyn PerkinsCOMMUNITYPRESSCOLUMNIST

EVELYN PERKINS FOR THE COMMUNITY

Kelli Lobb Reisen and Bluebird Bakery's Joye Rhoads hug each other as Joye promises to raiseawareness to save the Princeton mural at her 20th class reunion this year.

the outside of the school li-brary, which was consid-ered the cultural heart ofthe school.

They won’t remainthere much longer, withplans to demolish thebuilding approachingquickly. Princeton hasbuilt a new campus acrossthe street on ChesterRoad, and the currenthigh school site will be-come a sports complexover the next year.

Princeton interim Su-perintendent Ed Therouxsaid moving the panelswas considered, but theprohibitive cost exceededthe construction fund.

“We wish that we couldpurchase, upgrade, andadd most of the sugges-tions and ideas brought tous by our community, stu-dents, and staff,” Therouxsaid on behalf of theBoard of Education. “Thereality is that there is onlya finite amount of moneyin the construction plan.

“While we believe thatthe mosaics are impor-tant, we also are trying tobuild the best facility andbe good stewards ofPrinceton’s taxpayers’money,” Theroux said.“As with any constructionproject, decisions have tobe made, good steward-ship both project-wiseand fiscally has to be com-pleted, and maintainingthe focus of meeting theneeds of our children forthe next 50 years has to beincorporated.

“We support the ef-forts of this group to beable to raise the money tomove, repair and installthe mosaics.”

Photos of the wall artwill be included in theschool’s database, and ifthe mosaics are not pre-

served, those photoscould be displayed in theirstead.

Reisen has created aFundrazr campaign atwww.fundrazer.com.Search words “save themurals” lead to the cam-paign page, where $5,225of the $225,000 had beenraised through 54 contrib-utors on day 14. Forty-onedays remain until theApril 1 deadline to handthe keys over to TurnerConstruction, the compa-ny that is building the newPrinceton campus. That’swhen time runs out, anddemolition will soon fol-low.

Unless Reisen raisesenough money to save themurals. She said she hascalled in favors, asked lo-cal supporters of the artsand appealed to alumni tohelp raise funds to stopthe demolition.

“This is not just aPrinceton treasure,” shesaid of her outreach to theCincinnati community.“It’s a Cincinnati trea-sure. Carl Zimmermanwas a famous artist.

“It has to be donestraight away. It needs tobe done and it can bedone.”

Supporters can alsomake donations throughany Fifth Third Bankbranch.

Reisen said that just asshe could see herself inone of the panels when sheattended Princeton HighSchool, she can still identi-fy with the mosaic yearslater, through a differentsection.

“It still speaks to me to-day,” she said. “I’ve seenthe progression of myown life.

“It is a touchstone forthose who were there, andare there now. It’s a man-tra to say education is agift.

“Generations to comeneed to see that.”

MuralsContinued from Page A1

The hiring of a new po-lice officer has broughtthe Sharonville Police De-partment to full staff.

Officer Ralph Hodgeswas sworn in during CityCouncil’s Jan. 13 meeting,bringing the departmentto full staff, with 37 swornofficers.

Hodges, a Milford na-tive and graduate of Mil-

ford High School, earneda degree in criminal jus-tice from the Universityof Cincinnati.

As a U.S. Marine, heserved in Iraq.

Hodges also worked asa police officer in Owens-ville, Ohio, and TerracePark.

Milford native joinsSharonville police

THANKS TO SHARONVILLE POLICE

New Sharonville PoliceOfficer Ralph Hodges.

By Kelly [email protected]

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Revised schedule forsenior tech help

A program to helpWyoming residents overage 50 to use their com-puters has revised itsschedule. The program,which offers one-on-onehelp in the senior room atthe Wyoming RecreationCenter, pairs high schoolvolunteers with seniorsduring the half-hour seg-ments.

Participants shouldbring chargers for theirdevices.

Feb. 17: 3:30 p.m. -5:30p.m.

Feb. 22: This sessionhas been canceled.

March 1: 2 p.m. to 4p.m.

March 17: 3:30 p.m. to5:30 p.m.

March 22: 2 p.m. to 4p.m.

April 14: 3:30 p.m. to5:30 p.m.

April 19: 2 p.m. to 4p.m.

For more informationcontact Debbie Bellmanat 522-9361. Sign up bycalling the city offices at821-7600. Deadline is 24hours in advance of thesession date.

Free info session onbachelor’s degreeprogram at UC BlueAsh

You can learn moreabout the Applied Ad-ministration bachelor’sdegree program at UCBlue Ash College during afree information sessionfrom 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.Tuesday, Feb. 24, in Wal-ters Hall, Room 100 on thecollege campus.

The Applied Admini-stration program is de-signed for students orworking professionalswho have an associate de-gree in an applied or tech-nical field. The programprovides students withthe skills that are oftenneeded to advance into aleadership role, includingcommunication, collabo-ration, and critical think-

ing. The information ses-

sion offers the chance tomeet individually withprofessors and recentgraduates from the pro-gram to learn more aboutscheduling options,courses offered, and howmost students are able toenter the program as a ju-nior, without losing anypast college credits.

The event is free andopen to the public, butspace is limited. Anyonewho plans to attend is en-couraged to register atwww.ucblueash.edu/ap-pliedadmin. Those whoneed more informationcan also send an email [email protected]. The AppliedAdministration bache-lor’s degree is also of-fered at UC ClermontCollege.

Sharonville Relayfor Life kickoff

The American CancerSociety Relay For Life ofSharonville will hold akickoff for the annualevent Thursday, Feb. 19,from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.at Full Throttle IndoorKarting, 11725 CommonsDrive. The Society is in-viting people who are in-terested in learning moreand getting involved inthe event to attend.

The kickoff programwill honor cancer survi-vors and caregivers andfeature the Society’s mis-sion to save lives fromcancer. Attendees willhave the opportunity toregister a team for theRelay For Life event,which will be held May 9f.rom 2 p.m. to midnightat Princeton High SchoolViking Stadium.

Visit relayforlife.org/sharonville to learn moreabout the program or con-tact Madison Kramer at(888) 227-6446 ext. 4223or Larry Roy at (513) 886-4040 for more informa-tion.

BRIEFLY

Brick House Bar &Grill is now servingAmerican fare in Shar-onville.

Said Elhif opened thebar and grill a couple ofweeks ago in a formerRed Squirrel restaurant,located in a strip mall at11961 Lebanon Road.

He spent about fourmonths completely re-modeling the space, withM in East Hyde Park ashis inspiration for thedesign. (Elhif says he’sfriends with M ownerAlex Mchaikhi; they’refellow countrymen, bothhailing from Tunisia.)

Walls are covered

with reclaimed wood andbrick. There’s a barnwood bar, and bourbonbarrels are incorporated

into the decor. It’s justone space for the bar anddining room, so the 15TVs and one projectorcan be seen from all 162seats, Elhif said.

“I wanted to bringsomething really cool toSharonville,” he said,noting that he envi-sioned Brick House as aplace where familiescould come for dinner, orfriends could gather towatch sporting events.

From the Americanfare menu, burgers,made with a mixture ofshort rib and brisket,have been popular so far,he said. There are alsochicken wings, fish andchips, grilled pork chopsand a turkey club sand-

wich. Meals range from$5.99-$15.99; daily lunchspecials are offeredfrom 11 a.m.-2 p.m.Brunch is served on Sun-days.

At the bar, there are 10beer taps, plus bottlesand cans, with emphasison craft brews, plus wineand a full bar.

Elhif said he’s plan-ning to add live enter-tainment on Friday andSaturday nights in thenear future.

Hours are 11 a.m.-midnight Sunday-Fri-day; 11 a.m.-1 a.m. Satur-day.

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SCHOOLSSCHOOLSACHIEVEMENTS | NEWS | ACTIVITIES | HONORS CommunityPress.com

TRI-COUNTYPRESSEditor: Richard Maloney, [email protected], 248-7134

Sharonville ElementarySchool

» The Sharonville Elemen-tary Spelling Bee took place inthe school cafetorium and thewinner was fifth-grade studentTa’ron Johnson. Second runner-up was fourth-grade studentKhali Williams.

This Spelling Bee is part ofthe 2015 Scripps National Spell-ing Bee. Johnson will receive aone-year membership to Britan-nica Online for Kids, as well asqualify to take the WCPO-TVOnline Spelling Test. If he is se-lected from the online test, thenhe will participate in the 2014WCPO-TV 9 On Your Side Re-gional Spelling Bee in February.

All parents and guests wereinvited to attend a small recep-tion in the library following theSpelling Bee.

Spelling Bee participantswere:

Third-grade - Tylia Hamann,Reagan Logsdon, Maddie Sla-gle, Cardarrel Leonard, Mat-thew Hardman, Elisha Bope,Taylor Mason, Hawa Bassoumand Magali Mendoza;

Fourth-grade - Kya Coleman,Helen Lopez Ortiz, Nickole Ol-verson, Khali Williams, JakeHill, Blake Howard, HannahRoberts, Cassie Robbins, EmmaHouse,Hailey Goldberg, EmaCarter, Anna Strano Duncan andAlex Santos Gomez;

Fifth-grade - Emma Hinkle,Jaylen Patterson, NatalieMcCollum, Karissa Kuntz, Ta-’ron Johnson, Viona Fredrick,Myles Calhoun, Alyssa Hard-man, Cameron Huber and YaelAparicio.

Ursuline Academy» Ursuline Academy con-

gratulates the Fine and AppliedArts Department and the 33 stu-dents who were recognized inthe regional level of competitionin this year’s Scholastic Art &Writing Awards.

The Scholastic Awards are intheir 92nd year and recognizecreativity in the classroom, hav-ing celebrated the early worksof artists such as Robert Indi-ana, Truman Capote, RobertRedford, and Andy Warhol.These students were recognizedat an awards ceremony Jan. 30at the Northern Kentucky Con-vention Center.

The following students re-ceived Gold Key recognitionand their pieces will be consid-ered at the national level:

Rebecca Allen ‘15 of WestChester Township (mixedmedia), Kirsten Bailey ‘16 ofMontgomery (drawing and il-lustration), Sarah Bui ‘17 of Lib-erty Township (drawing and il-lustration), Kennedy Castelli ‘16of Miami Township (drawingand illustration), Katie Debbane‘17 of Hamilton Township (draw-ing and illustration), Kathryn

DeGroft ‘17 of Mason (digitalart), Paige Hollmeyer ‘17 Shar-onville (drawing and illustra-tion), Makayla Hufziger ‘17 Fair-field Township (photography),Abigail Jordan ‘17 of West Ches-ter Township (digital art), Ra-chel Neltner ‘15 of Finneytown(drawing and illustration), Lau-ren Pham ‘17 Liberty Township(printmaking), Julia Proctor ‘15of Miami Township (ceramics &glass, drawing and illustration)and Stephanie Yanosik ‘16 ofLiberty Township (ceramics &glass).

The following students re-ceived Silver Key recognition:Rebecca Allen ‘15 of West Ches-ter Township (drawing and illus-tration), Rachel Basalla ‘17 ofLoveland (drawing and illustra-tion), Allison Brady ‘15 of UnionTownship (mixed media), GraceCarigan ’17 of Loveland (Print-making), Clair Hopper ‘15 of An-derson Township (drawing andillustration), Michaela Kenney‘17 of Loveland (drawing and il-lustration), Elizabeth Lotterer‘16 of Beckett Ridge (drawingand illustration), Rachel Neltn-er ‘15 of Finneyton (drawing andillustration), Jillian Shive ’17 ofMason (drawing and illustra-tion) and Stephanie Yanosik ‘16of Liberty Township (ceramics& glass).

The following students re-ceived honorable mentions:Sydney Asher ‘17 of West Ches-ter Township (photography), Al-lison Brady ‘15 of Union Town-ship (drawing and illustration),Kateri Budo ‘16 of SycamoreTownship (ceramics & glass),Grace Cornely ‘15 of SymmesTownship (ceramics & glass),Sarah Doyle ‘16 of Hyde Park(ceramics & glass), ElizabethHardy ‘17 of West Chester Town-ship (drawing and illustration),Clair Hopper ‘15 of AndersonTownship (digital art), KelseySheldon ‘16 of Clifton (photogra-phy) and Mallorey Whitehead‘18 of Miami Township (drawingand illustration).

Additional congratulations toSarah Bui ‘17 of Liberty Town-ship and Elizabeth Lotterer ‘16of Beckett Ridge, who wereawarded $500 summer campscholarships to further their in-terests in the art discipline oftheir choice during an intensiveweek-long residential program.These scholarships were award-ed by the University of Cincin-nati College of Design, Archi-tecture, Art, and Planning.

» Ursuline has announcedthe newly inducted members ofthe Ursuline chapter of Socie-dad Honoraria Hispánica (Span-ish Honor Society). The missionof the Sociedad Honoraria His-pánica is to recognize highschool achievement in Spanishand Portuguese and to promoteinterest in Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian studies.

Members were inducted Jan.

29, in a ceremony led by the or-ganization’s co-presidents, Fari-da Eid ‘15 of Mason and MadilynKimmel ‘15 of Goshen, alongwith the moderator and mem-ber of Ursuline’s World Lan-guage Faculty, Ms. Blanca Ris-don.

The newly inducted mem-bers are Lillian Baldwin ‘16 ofMount Lookout, Sabrina Barber‘16 of Mason, Tess Bellamy ‘15 ofSymmes Township, Celeste Bor-gemenke ‘16 of Mason, AbigailBush ‘16 of West Chester Town-ship, Lindsey Clemmons ‘16 ofDeerfield Township, ClaireCummings ‘16 of Symmes Town-ship, Maya David ‘16 of Batavia,Anna DeBrunner ‘16 of Deer-field Township, Sarah Doyle ‘16of Hyde Park, Kavya Hiryur ‘16of Beckett Ridge, Emily Kro-nenberger ‘16 of Kenwood, Sa-rah Locaputo ‘16 of LibertyTownship, Mailey Lorio ‘15 ofMiami Township, Elizabeth Lot-terer ‘16 of Beckett Ridge,Megan McShane ‘16 of Deer-field Township, Alison McNam-ara-Marsland ‘16 of SycamoreTownship, Abigail Morton ‘16 ofLoveland, Avery Naylor ‘16 ofMontgomery, Anjali Nelson ‘16of Deerfield Township, AnnaNoschang ‘16 of Deerfield Town-ship, Isabella Proietti ‘16 ofHyde Park, Grace Reilly ‘16 ofHyde Park, Madaline Rinaldi ‘16of Blue Ash, Elysia Ruiz ‘16 ofMason, Grace Schlaack ‘16 ofSharonville, Nisha Shabbir ‘16 ofMason, Olivia Schappacher ‘16of Loveland, Alyssa Steller ‘16 ofHamilton Township, and CarlyeSweeney ‘16 of Hyde Park.

SCHOOLS NOTEBOOK

THANKS TO SALLY NEIDHARD

Ursuline students awarded with Scholastic Art and Writing Award recognition.

THANKS TO CARLA SHROYER

There were 26 eligible students in grades three through five who competed in the Spelling Bee at SharonvilleElementary School. Displaying their certificates are: third-grade, Tylia Hamann, Reagan Logsdon, Maddie Slagle,Cardarrel Leonard, Matthew Hardman, Elisha Bope, Taylor Mason, Hawa Bassoum and Magali Mendoza;fourth-grade, Kya Coleman, Helen Lopez Ortiz, Nickole Olverson, Khali Williams, Jake Hill, Blake Howard, HannahRoberts, Cassie Robbins, Emma House,Hailey Goldberg, Ema Carter, Anna Strano Duncan and Alex Santos Gomez;fifth-grade, Emma Hinkle, Jaylen Patterson, Natalie McCollum, Karissa Kuntz, Ta'ron Johnson, Viona Fredrick, MylesCalhoun, Alyssa Hardman, Cameron Huber and Yael Aparicio.

THANKS TO CARLA SHROYER

Sharonville fifth-grade student Ta'ron Johnson proudly shows his certificatefor winning the school's spelling bee.

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THURSDAY, FEB. 19EducationActing Classes, 7-9 p.m., Shar-onville Fine Arts Center, 11165Reading Road, Actors build andexpand their skills. Prepare forauditions, improv, cold reads,monologues, character devel-opment and agency repre-sentation. Ages 18 and up. $25.Presented by Cincinnati ActorsStudio. 615-2827. Sharonville.

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

Praise in Motion Dance Exer-cise Devotion, 6:30-7:45 p.m. 6week workshop, VineyardCommunity Church, 11340Century Circle East, Six-weekworkshop combining easy-to-follow dance fitness and up-lifting music adding weeklydevotions and small groupcommunity. Ages 12-85. $35.Registration required. Presentedby Praise In Motion. 205-5064;www.praiseinmotionfitness-.com. Springdale.

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

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

FRIDAY, FEB. 20Dining EventsHartzell United MethodistChurch Fish Fry, 4-7 p.m.,Hartzell United MethodistChurch, 8999 Applewood Drive,All-you-can-eat. Atlantic cod,dipped in batter and deep friedto golden brown with home-made tartar sauce provided.Dinners come with sides ofhomemade macaroni andcheese and coleslaw, comple-mented with breads and bever-ages. Desserts. Also offered:two-piece grilled chicken breast,shrimp basket dinner or two-piece cheese pizza dinner. $10,$5 ages 6-10, free ages 5 andunder. Carry-out fish sandwich:$5. Through April 3. 891-8527,ext. 1. Blue Ash.

MuseumsTheodore Roosevelt FirstPerson Program, 7-9 p.m.,Heritage Village Museum, 11450Lebanon Road, Hayner HouseBallroom. Gib Young portraysTheodore Roosevelt circa 1915.He will speak about whenRoosevelt came up as civilservice commissioner, presidentof NYC Police Commissionersand assistant secretary of theNavy. Benefits Heritage Village.$20, $17 members. Registrationrequired. 563-9484; www.herit-agevillagecincinnati.org. Shar-onville.

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

On Stage - TheaterDial M for Murder, 8-10:30 p.m.,Sharonville Fine Arts Center,11165 Reading Road, Tony plansto murder his unfortunate wifeto claim her fortune for himself.Ages 18 and up. $12, $10 seniorsand students. Presented byTri-County Players. Through Feb.21. 471-2030; www.tricoun-typlayers.org. Sharonville.

SATURDAY, FEB. 21BenefitsChocolate, Champagne andCandlelight, 7:30-9:30 p.m.,Raffel’s Banquet Hall, 10160Reading Road, Romantic nightof sampling chocolate deserts,along with Champagne, wineand music. Raffle and silentauction. Sheila Gray from Local12: emcee. Ages 21 and up.Benefits Heritage Village Mu-seum. Non-members: $55 cou-ple, $30 single. Members: $45couple, $25 single. Registrationrequired. Presented by HeritageVillage Museum. 563-9484;

www.heritagevillagecincinna-ti.org. Evendale.

Cooking ClassesShun Cutlery Event with BobHess, noon to 4 p.m., Cooks’Wares, 11344 MontgomeryRoad, Free. 489-6400. SymmesTownship.

Dining EventsKids Pancake Breakfast, 10a.m. to noon, Mount HealthyUnited Methodist Church, 7612Perry St., Free. 931-5827. MountHealthy.

Great Parks Dinner Series, 6:30p.m. A Night at the Oscars:Mystery Dinner., Mill RaceBanquet Center, 1515 W. SharonRoad, Buffet dinner of chef-carved prime rib of beef, herb-roasted chicken, lasagna, gardensalad and assorted sides, des-serts and drinks. Cash bar avail-able. $29.95. Registration re-quired. Presented by Great Parksof Hamilton County. 521-7275,ext. 285; www.greatparks.org.Springfield Township.

EducationCitizenship Class, 10 a.m. to11:30 p.m., The Healing Center,11345 Century Circle West, BasicEnglish needed. Ages 18 and up.Free. Registration required.346-4080, ext. 350; www.hea-lingcentercincinnati.org. Spring-dale.

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

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

Music - Concert SeriesLinton Music’s Peanut Butter& Jam Sessions: High, Low,Fast, Slow. Listen Closely,Here We Go, 10 a.m.-10:45 a.m.11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m., The Centerfor the Arts - Wyoming, 322Wyoming Ave., Flute, stringbass, piano and drums showmusical opposites. $5 or four for$15; free under age 2. Presentedby Linton Peanut Butter & JamSessions. 381-6868; www.linton-music.org. Wyoming.

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

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

On Stage - TheaterDial M for Murder, 8-10:30 p.m.,Sharonville Fine Arts Center, $12,$10 seniors and students. 471-2030; www.tricountyplayers.org.Sharonville.

Parenting ClassesFoster Parent Training: Ses-sion 5: SITFC TreatmentModel, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., TheBair Foundation, 260 NorthlandBlvd., Suite 124, Free. Regis-tration required. 771-1606.Springdale.

Shopping20th Century Cincinnati, 11a.m. to 5 p.m., SharonvilleConvention Center, 11355 Ches-ter Road, Show and sale ofvintage modern design: art,fashion and furnishings. $8, freeages 17 and under; tickets goodfor both days. Presented byQueen City Shows. 738-7256;www.20thcenturycincinna-ti.com. Sharonville.

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

SUNDAY, FEB. 22Exercise Classes

Free Workout Every Sunday,2:15-3:30 p.m., Greater EmanuelApostolic Temple, 1150 W.Galbraith Road, Lower level.Chair exercise and Leslie San-sone’s low-impact, indoor,aerobic workout. Free. 324-6173.Springfield Township.

Karaoke and Open MicKaraoke, 7-11:30 p.m., Roxy’sLive, 11473 Chester Road, Free.Presented by Aretha Chapman.Sharonville.

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

Music - Concert SeriesMusic of the ‘20s, ‘30s and‘40s with Pianists MatthewBall and Ricky Nye, 2-3 p.m.,Evendale Cultural Arts Center,10500 Reading Road, Free.Registration recommended.563-2247; www.evendaleo-hio.org. Evendale.

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

Shopping20th Century Cincinnati, 11a.m. to 5 p.m., SharonvilleConvention Center, $8, free ages17 and under; tickets good forboth days. 738-7256;www.20thcenturycincinna-ti.com. Sharonville.

MONDAY, FEB. 23Business ClassesSuccess Team: Group Coach-ing for Job Seekers, 7 -9 p.m.,Family Life Center, 703 ComptonRoad, Free. Registration re-quired. 931-5777; tinyurl.com/familylifectr. Finneytown.

Cooking ClassesVegan Kids and Happy Chickswith Jessica Bechtel, JanaDouglass and Caleb, 6:30-9p.m., Cooks’ Wares, 11344Montgomery Road, $40. Reser-vations required. 489-6400.Symmes Township.

EducationJob Search Seminar, 1:30-3p.m., Family Life Center, 703Compton Road, Seminar seriesprovides speakers who teachhow to conduct successfulcontemporary job search. Reser-vations required. 931-5777;tinyurl.com/familylifectr. Finney-town.

Acting Classes, 7:30-9:30 p.m.,Sharonville Fine Arts Center,$25. 615-2827. Sharonville.

TUESDAY, FEB. 24Clubs & OrganizationsPathways Cionnect, 6:30-8p.m., Panera Bread Springdale,405 E. Kemper Road, Like bookclub, but more. Based on Path-ways to Family Wellness maga-zine. Free. Presented by ApexChiropractic and WellnessCenter. 931-4300; www.apexchi-rocenter.com. Springdale.

Dining EventsDine-To-Donate for Finney-town After Prom, 11 a.m. to 9p.m., J. Gumbo’s, 879 W. Gal-braith Road, 10 percent of billdonated to Finneytown AfterProm. $6-$10. Presented byFinneytown After Prom Commit-tee. 522-2695. Finneytown.

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

Zumba, 9:30-10:30 a.m., FlemingRoad United Church of Christ,691 Fleming Road, $6. Presentedby Deb’s Fitness Party. 205-5064;www.debsfitnessparty.com.Springfield Township.

Zumba, 7:05-8:05 p.m., Spring-dale Community Center, 11999Lawnview Ave., Studio room.Beginner-Intermediate. For ages12 and up. $5. Presented byDeb’s Fitness Party. 205-5064;www.debsfitnessparty.com.Springdale.

Zumba, 9:30-10:30 a.m., FlemingRoad United Church of Christ,691 Fleming Road, $6. Presentedby Deb’s Fitness Party. 205-5064;www.debsfitnessparty.com.Springfield Township.

Zumba, 7-8 p.m., Springdale

Community Center, 11999 Lawn-view Ave., $6. Presented byDeb’s Fitness Party. 205-5064;www.debsfitnessparty.com.Springdale.

Parenting ClassesFoster Parent Training: Ses-sion 3: Abuse and Neglect,5:30 -9:30 p.m., The Bair Foun-dation, 260 Northland Blvd.,Suite 124, Free. Registrationrequired. 771-1606. Springdale.

Support GroupsCoping with Depression, 7-9p.m., Family Life Center, 703Compton Road, Group foranyone experiencing depressionwho would like to learn copingtools and strategies, gain newperspectives on your life situa-tion and appropriate self carefor weathering the storm. Not atherapy group or substitute fortherapy. Led by David P. Perlaki,Professional Christian Counselor.Free. Registration required.931-5777; www.northmin-sterchurch.net. Finneytown.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 25EducationDave Ramsey’s FinancialPeace University, 7-9 p.m. VCCMargin Budget Workshop.,Vineyard Community Church,11340 Century Circle East, Mon-ey management class designedto help you find freedom inyour finances. Ages 18 and up.$93. Registration required.671-0422, ext. 265; vineyardcin-cinnati.com/FPU. Springdale.

Support GroupsNow What? Determining aNew Life Direction, 7-9 p.m.,Family Life Center, 703 ComptonRoad, Group offers practicalcoach program to set a newdirection in your life. $125.Registration required. 931-5777.Finneytown.

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

THURSDAY, FEB. 26Cooking ClassesAll About Chicken - Lunch andLearn with Ilene Ross, 11 a.m.to 1 p.m., Cooks’ Wares, 11344Montgomery Road, $40. Reser-vations required. 489-6400.Symmes Township.

EducationActing Classes, 7-9 p.m., Shar-onville Fine Arts Center, $25.615-2827. Sharonville.

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

Health / WellnessThe Emotionally AbsentMother, 10 a.m. to noon Week-ly through April 2., MontgomeryCommunity Church, 11251Montgomery Road, Six-week

course for women who havemissed mothering in their lives,whether their mother is de-ceased or living. Ages 18 and up.$30. Registration required.Presented by Motherless Daugh-ters Ministry. 378-6028;www.motherlessdaughtersmi-nistry.com. Montgomery.

FRIDAY, FEB. 27Dining EventsHartzell United MethodistChurch Fish Fry, 4-7 p.m.,Hartzell United MethodistChurch, $10, $5 ages 6-10, freeages 5 and under. Carry-out fishsandwich: $5. 891-8527, ext. 1.Blue Ash.

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

MuseumsMary Todd Lincoln First Per-son Program, 7-9 p.m., Heri-tage Village Museum, 11450Lebanon Road, Hayner HouseBallroom. Jessica Michna por-trays Mary Todd Lincoln as “AWidow Forgotten.”. BenefitsHeritage Village. $20, $17 mem-bers. Registration required.563-9484. Sharonville.

On Stage - ComedyFlipped Out Friday, 8-11 p.m.,Dave and Buster’s, 11775 Com-mons Drive, FUNction Room 1.Hosted by Hay-J Thompson,special guest Landon Jones,featuring Ron Taylor, from“Motown Laugh Kings” andBET’s “Apollo Live.” StarringMaurice G, from BET’s ComicView and the Nephew TommyTour. Ages 18 and up. $10-$15.Presented by Ovations Enter-tainment Group. 869-6321;flippedoutfriday.eventbrite-.com. Springdale.

On Stage - TheaterLaughter on the 23rd Floor, byNeil Simon, 7:30-9:30 p.m.Contains adult language.,Temple Sholom, 3100 Long-meadow, Frisch Hall. Fast-pacedshow of one-liners and physicalgags examines communal worldof 1953 television comedywriting. Based on Simon’s ownexperience as a writer for SidCaesar’s legendary Your Show ofShows during TV’s golden age ofcomedy. Ages 18 and up. Bene-fits Temple Sholom, ValleyInterfaith and Tikva Center. Free.Donations (cash or check) ac-cepted, as well as new clothingfor children. Reservations rec-ommended. Through March 1.791-1330, ext. 105; www.event-brite.com. Amberley Village.

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

SATURDAY, FEB. 28Cooking ClassesQuick and Easy: Pizza with JoeWestfall, noon to 1 p.m., Cooks’Wares, 11344 MontgomeryRoad, $20. Reservations re-quired. 489-6400. SymmesTownship.

Dining EventsGreat Parks Dinner Series, 6:30p.m. Kissing Kilimanjaro: Ad-venture Dinner., Mill RaceBanquet Center, $29.95. Regis-tration required. 521-7275, ext.285; www.greatparks.org.Springfield Township.

EducationCitizenship Class, 10-11:30 p.m.,The Healing Center, Free. Regis-tration required. 346-4080, ext.350; www.healingcentercincin-nati.org. Springdale.

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

FilmsCincinnati ReelAbilities FilmFestival Film Screening,1:30-3:30 p.m., Kenwood Thea-tre, 7815 Kenwood Road, JoinKevin Pearce for film screeningevent. Benefits Living Arrange-ments for the DevelopmentallyDisabled. $10. Presented byLiving Arrangements for theDevelopmentally Disabled.861-5233; www.cincyra.org.Kenwood.

Free Kids’ Movie Day, 10-11a.m. “Happy Feet.”, Tri-CountyMall, 11700 Princeton Road,Children’s Play Area. Popcornand hot chocolate provided.671-0120; www.tricountymall-.com. Springdale.

On Stage - Children’sTheater

Chip and the Munks, 11 a.m., 1p.m., UC Blue Ash CollegeMuntz Theater, 9555 PlainfieldRoad, Muntz Theater. Touringnationally as a solo artist or withhis band “The Munks,†ChipRichter’s performances are filledwith his gentle spirit, pleasantand winsome style, and anunmistakable connection withfamily audiences. $7. Presentedby ARTrageous Saturdays.745-5705; ucblueash.edu/artra-geous.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Really good tasting, too.

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

Use that extra frozen chicken,cleanse with kale salad

Moist and marvelous Parmesan chickenbreasts

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

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

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

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

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

Salad:

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

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

want.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD

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

Rita NaderHiekenfeld RITA’S KITCHEN

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Feb. 11 questionShould parents have the

right to decide whether tohave their school-age chil-dren vaccinated, and if theydecide not to, should thechildren be permitted to at-tend school? Why or whynot?

“I believe that parentshave the right to decide onany aspect of their chil-dren’s lives. However,when those decisions haveramifications of placingthe larger community ofchildren at risk for sick-ness or disease I do not be-lieve those children shouldbe permitted to attend apublic or private school.Those children can still re-ceive their educationthrough home schooling,the hiring of tutors (whoare aware of the risks theymay be exposing them-selves to).

“We have come such along way in eradicating dis-eases in the past that weredebilitating or life threat-ening. There is no reason toregress and expose the ma-jority of children to thesepotential illnesses whenproven vaccines are avail-able.”

C.S.

Feb. 4 questionThe governors of Ohio

and Kentucky announced anew plan to help pay for anew Brent-Spence Bridge,which includes a 50 percenttoll discount for daily usersof the bridge. Is this a goodidea? Why or why not?

“I don’t think the newbridge should be paid forwith tolls. The federal gov-ernment built the first

bridge, as well as the inter-state highways on eitherside of it. The federal gov-ernment should pay the li-on’s share of the newbridge. Now, I know theydon’t have the cash to payfor it; but money has neverbeen cheaper to borrowthan now. For all thosefolks (U.S. Rep. Steve Cha-bot included) who say wecan’t/shouldn’t borrow any-more money, I want to askyou this question: Why wasit OK to borrow tens, if nothundreds of billions of dol-lars to build roads, bridges,power plants, etc. in Iraq,but completely out of thequestion to borrow $2.9 bil-lion to build a bridge hereor anywhere else in theUnited States? Maybe thatcould be next week’sCh@troom question.”

Marty M.

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THIS WEEK’SQUESTIONThe Ohio House recentlypassed House Bill 7, whichprohibits schools fromusing test scores from stateassessments when deter-mining a student’s ad-vancement to the nextgrade level and granting ofcourse credit. The bill alsostates that schools are notpermitted to share individ-ual student test scores tooutside sources withoutconsent from either thestudent or his or her par-ents. Is this good legisla-tion? Why or why not?

Every week we ask readers aquestion they can reply to viaemail. Send your answers [email protected] Ch@troom in the subjectline.

On Iranian nuclear negotia-tions, we hear: “No options areoff the table.”

Threats of increased sanc-tions or bombing are on thetable. Israel pushes for a bomb-ing campaign, likely ignitinganother war, with strategicbenefits for Israel and a trilliondollar cost for the U.S.

Benny Morris, an Israelihistorian, argued should theU.S. not bomb Iran, Israeliconventional weapons would beinadequate; consequently, Isra-el would nuke several sites.Sheldon Andelson, the financierof the Likud and Republicanparties, suggested the U.S. dropa nuclear bomb on an Iraniandesert. The typical option of:each side reducing its nucleararsenal is not on the table. A

negotiatedreduction ofIsraeli nukeshas no cost tothe US.

To put Israe-li nukes on thetable requiresoverriding theambiguousnuclear policy,which ignores

the existence of Israeli A-bombs. Now is the time to set aclear policy based upon Amer-ica’s best interests and treatyobligations.

Israeli history and currentevents show it to be an extrem-ist state. It has had: increasingreligious fanaticism, ethniccleansing, de jure discrimi-nation and large scale execu-

tions of non-violent men. Manywar crimes were committed inIsrael’s attacks on Gaza civil-ians during 2008-2009 and againin 2014. Israel is a democracyof sorts; unlike any westerndemocracy; although, similar toIran’s. The special relationshipwith Israel is not an alliance.Israel has been an espionageproblem. Israel’s armed forcesknowingly attacked the USSLiberty, killing 34 Americans.

Israel has had its share ofreformed terrorist as nationalleaders. The massive ethniccleansing approved by BenGurion far exceeds similarcrimes against humanity, bythe likes of the Serb, Milosevic.Begin and Shamir, were therespective leaders of two ter-rorist groups; the Irgun and the

Stern gang. Sharon was respon-sible for massacres at Sabraand Shatila in Lebanon and thevillage of Qibya. The presidentof Israel, Reuven Rivlin, a Li-kudnik, recently called Israel asick society due to the increas-ing extremism. Given Israel’srecord, the ambiguous policy isa bad one.

In theory Iran is sanctionedfor violations of the NuclearNon-Proliferation Treaty. Eventhough Israel is not an NNPTparty, there is an NNPT obliga-tion, to remove the Israelinukes. CIA/FBI evidence isclear that Israel pilfered, up to,590 pounds, of bomb gradeuranium, from the Apollo Penn-sylvania NUMEC facility, in the1960s. Additionally, it obtainedtriggers from the US. Funding

for the bomb program originat-ed with US charities. The US bydoing nothing promoted Israelinuclear arms. For NNPT com-pliance Israel’s bomb programmust end.

A win-win option could be onthe table. Iran agrees to abolishits program, in exchange ofremoval of Israel nukes. IfIsrael refuses to cooperate,then it merits the treatmentdealt Iran. Withdrawal of Israelaid plus gradual sanctions willmeet the NNPT obligations.The table needs an option thatwill deprive both sides of nucle-ar weapons, at no cost to theUS.

John Rebel is a resident of ColumbiaTownship.

Trade nukes at the table, not in the air

John RebelCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

It was only as I got older, thatI began to realize the importantrole that humor can play in help-ing to balance a total healthyphysical/mental outlook.

Chuckling at yourself, as youget up tight over something sotrivial, enhances your attempt tokeep the focus on what’s reallyimportant

There are so many humorousopportunities just waiting tohappen in our daily lives, but weneed to recognize them, relaxand enjoy the moment with asmile.

Just a few days ago, I arrivedhome from a trip to our largelocal home improvement store.My wife sent me there becausewe needed several items for ourhouse. As I was getting ready tohead to the checkout line with mypurchase, I overheard one of theemployees standing near me,radioing to another floor worker.

Supposedly from what Iheard, there was a shopliftingtheft about to happen as theyspotted some guy with a whitetoilet seat box that he had packedfull of expensive hand tools liftedfrom the tool department andhidden in an Ecoline $9.95 white

toilet seat coverbox. The wordwas out for allthe home im-provementstaff, to be onthe look out,stopping himfrom trying toleave the storewith the hiddentools.

Here’s thegood part. Guess what my wifehad sent me to buy? That’s right-...an Ecoline $9.95 basic white,toilet seat; the box was presentlysitting in my cart! All of a sud-den, it hit me like a big rock,traveling through the digestivetract, gathering speed as I felt aplummet of weight thumping thebottommost part of my stomach;that I now had a number ofbright red vested home improve-ment staff eyes beginning tocheck me out, very suspiciously.

This is where the relaxation ofhumor in a possible stressed-filled solution, played its smilinghand, as chuckling out loud, Isaid to myself, “This could onlyhappen to me!” A vision of a“Sunday Comics” cartoon began

to play out in my mind, seeingmyself being stopped, hand-cuffed, and hauled away by storesecurity, for having a basicwhite, toilet seat cover box in mypossession while attempting tostate my case, “But, my wife saidwe needed one of these!”

As the thrill of a possible ar-rest entered my mind, I immedi-ately started looking in my walletfor my “Get Out Of Jail Free”Monopoly card, I carried sincemy college protest days, whenarrest was always possible. Sincea kid, I always thought how greatit would be to actually use thiscard in a real jail time situation.

Minutes later, a closer in-spection was made by store secu-rity personal affirming that Iwasn’t their $9.95 white toiletseat box, suspect! Still smiling, Ibegrudgingly put the MonopolyJail Card back in my wallet forthe possibility of another detain-ing life event.

Wes Adamson is a resident of Wyoming.His work has been accepted for publi-cation by two literary magazines:“River and South Review” and “Drift-wood Press.”

Laughter in our lives

Wes Adamson COMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

Join me in a trip far back tothe birth of what we call (proper-ly or improperly) humanity.

At some point in the far dis-tant past the first humans walkedthis very earth. We were all thesame and religion was yet to be afactor. Daily life was the strugglefor existence. There was only onerace, the human race. The chal-lenge to maintain life was theprime concern.

At this point I have to confessa private quirk that lead me tothis essay. I was called for alengthy interview. At one point Iwas asked about my race. Mystandard answer on a writtendocument, human, was not ac-ceptable. My standard answer onreligion is, yes. My answer forsex depends entirely on mymood. But, in view of the manyworld troubles concerning raceand religion, I feel the need toexpress my thoughts on the sub-ject. Let’s see if we can helpsolve some serious issues.

There is every reason to be-lieve that all races are relatedfrom the beginning. I believe thatthe differences were created aswe spread out to different cli-mates throughout the globe andby preferences that were the

result of indi-vidual choicesof mates dur-ing the gradualchanges ofappearance.

Medicalstudies shouldconvince usthat our differ-ences are onlythose createdby our history.

These differences become exag-gerated as we adjust to mixedsocieties. Perhaps we are moredefensive than accepting. Thiscreates judgmental situationswhere bad behaviors (out of thesocietal norm) create prejudice,but good behavior is often mere-ly seen as expected.

The world is now made up ofvaried societies. No matterwhere we go it is common to seedifferent races, religions and/ornationalities living in close prox-imity. I believe that when onemoves into a "different" group itis best to try to adjust to the stan-dards of that society as much aspossible without corrupting yourown standards. I found this to betrue as a member of the Occupa-tion Forces in Germany. Civilian

clothes and my struggle to learnGerman quickly were well re-ceived. I had friends who hadbeen German soldiers.

One of my favorite stories isabout an elderly German womanwho handed out religious tractsat one of my favorite restaurantsin Mannheim. I always gave her afew coins for the tract in Ger-man, which I could not read. Oneevening she approached me witha huge smile. She had found atract in English and wanted me tohave it. We hugged and I thankedher in German.

The lesson I learned from mymany foreign encounters is thatwhen you are the stranger, thesociety will not change for you,but when you change to acceptthe society and its behavior youfind it easy to be accepted. Astime passes and the makeup ofthe society changes it maychange to accept variations ofthe new societal makeup. So, thelesson we need to learn is thatgood behavior creates accep-tance and possible change.

Edward Levy is a resident of Montgo-mery.

Alas, humanity - how it has changed

Edward LevyCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

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

Boys basketball» Wyoming downed In-

dian Hill 72-47 on Feb. 6.Sophomore Lonnie Gray-son led the Cowboys with23 points.

Wyoming whipped Ma-riemont 69-35 on Feb. 10.Grayson again led thecharge with 23 points.

» Moeller defeated El-der 48-43 on Feb. 6. Sopho-more Riley Voss had 12points.

The Crusaders beatWinton Woods 54-23 onFeb. 7. Junior TreyMcBride led Moeller with13 points.

» On Feb. 10, Princetonbeat Sycamore 56-49. Sen-ior guard Jordan Bradleyhad a game-high 23 points.

Girls basketball» Princeton toppled

Fairfield 68-60 on Feb. 11behind 19 points from Cor-neisha Henderson.

Jasmine Ballew added14 points off the bench.

Boys swimming anddiving

» Wyoming won the

Cincinnati Hills Leaguemeet Feb. 7. Carson Burtwas second in the 50 free-style, third in the 100 free;Stephen Barrett was thirdin the 200 free and secondin the 500 free; Abe Wick-strom was third in the 100backstroke; ChristopherRutter was second in the100 breaststroke and thirdin the 100 individual med-ley; Ian Nyberg wasfourth in the 100 butterfly.

In the relays, the Cowboyswon the 200 free (PhilBrocker, Stephen Barrett,Chris Rutter, CarsonBurt). The same groupwas second in the 400 freerelay. In the 200 medleyrelay, Wyoming took sec-ond with Abe Wickstrom,Holden Jerrell, Ian Nyb-erg and Connor Williams.

In diving, Charlie Don-nelly was third and WillCourtney fourth.

At the Division II div-ing sectionals at St. Xavi-er Feb. 9, Donnelly tookthird and Courtney fifth.

» Moeller junior JacobPeloquin won the 100backstroke at the GreaterCatholic League meetFeb. 4 in :52.08 He alsotook the 100 butterfly in:52.16. Junior CooperHodge won the 100 breast-stroke in :59.50.

Girls swimming anddiving

» Wyoming was secondat the CHL meet Feb. 7.Lia Thomas was second inthe 50 and 100 freestyleevents. Sara Washienkoand Anne Criddle finishedfourth and fifth, respec-tively in the 200 freestyle.In the 500 freestyle,Washienko was third andAnne Criddle was fifth.Rebecca Prangley was

third in the 100 and fourthin the 200 IM, breast-stroke. Grayce Akers wassixth in the 100 butterfly.The team of Prangley,Washienko, Criddle andThomas were third in the100 freestyle relay In the400 free relay, Prangley,Criddle, Washienko andThomas finished third. Al-lison Golden, Grayce Ak-ers, Bailey Skidmore andSabrina Chu were third inthe 200 medley relay.

In diving, senior EmmaWeber was GMC champi-on. On Feb. 9 at the Divi-sion II sectional at St. Xa-vier, Weber was champi-on, with Samantha Camp-bell taking second andVera Bostick third.

» Mount Notre Dame’sTeagan Moravek was sec-ond at the Division I sec-tional diving meet in Ma-son Feb. 11

Wrestling» At the Greater Miami

Conference tournamenton Feb. 7, Princeton camein seventh overall out of10 teams. The Vikings’highest placer was AaronTurner in second at 145pounds. Jovan Fuquaplaced third at 106 andD’Alan Wright was fourthat 152.

SHORT HOPS

By Scott Springer and Nick [email protected]@communitypress.com

BRANDON SEVERN FOR THE ENQUIRER

Anthony Alexander or Princeton shoots the gap on BrendanWilliams of Lakota East in the 136 pound weight class. TheGMC held their conference finals on Saturday, Feb. 7.

THANKS TO URSULINE ACADEMY

Ursuline Academy senior athletes who signed letters ofcommitment to play at the college level: Mikaela McGee,Andrea Kennard, Sara Robertson, Jordan Hollmeyer, andMattina Girardot. Girardot of West Chester will play soccer forthe University of Cincinnati; Hollmeyer of Sharonville will playsoccer for the University of Cincinnati; Kennard of Lovelandwill play soccer for Xavier University; McGee of Mason willplay soccer for Ohio University; and Robertson of SymmesTownship will play soccer for the University of Dayton.

SHARONVILLE — PrincetonHigh School knew this girls’ bas-ketball season would be a rebuild-ing year. After winning the Divi-sion I state championship last sea-son, the Vikings graduated eightseniors and had to replace theirhead coach. One of those seniorswas Kelsey Mitchell, who’s nowthe highest scoring freshman incollege basketball at Ohio State.

“Obviously, this was a rebuild-ing year,” new head coach AnthonyJohnson said. “We definitely don’thave the depth that the team hadlast year.”

Rebuilding is an important andnecessary part of any program. Todo that, Princeton had to integratethe old with the new. That’s whereCorneisha Henderson came in.Henderson’s a senior and reallythe only returner back from thestate title team, Johnson said.She’s also the team’s second-lead-ing scorer at 12.3 points per game.

“She’s been our rock throughthe season,” Johnson said of Hen-derson. “She’s bridged that gapfrom last year to this year’s team.She’s been patient and workedthrough the system and she’s beena leader for our younger girls.”

Princeton has no shortage ofyouth.

“We’re extremely young – halfthe team are freshman,” Johnsonsaid.

Being young hasn’t hinderedthe Vikings entirely. Johnson saidhe’s been most impressed with theteam chemistry.

“Last year’s group had been to-gether for four years, they knewhow people played,” Johnson said.“This year, across the board theywere brand new playing with eachother – just learning how to play

off each other has been huge.” Junior guard Markayla Sher-

man has provided the scoring with15.4 points per game, which rankssecond in the Greater Miami Con-ference.

Princeton has played a demand-ing regular season schedule andthe hope is that schedule will haveprepared the Vikings for the post-season.

“There’s not anybody wehaven’t played,” Johnson said. “Wefeel like now we have our breath;we should be a tough out at a mini-mum. It’s a new season and the rec-ords are 0-0.”

Princeton opens the postseasonwith Glen Este on Feb. 18 at Harri-son.

In order for a postseason run ora return to glory in years to come,Johnson said the adjustments needto come on defense and making theextra pass on offense. Johnsonwent on to say that even in a downyear, there’s still hope on the hori-zon.

“The excitement for the pro-

gram is there because you can seeat Princeton that you can win,”said Johnson. “This year thesegirls are learning what it takes.When you put on a Princeton uni-form you’re gonna get every-body’s best shot.”

TONY TRIBBLE FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Princeton’s Corneshia Henderson drives to the basket against Lakota East Dec. 20.

Princetonrebuildswithchemistry,hard workBy Adam [email protected]

TONY TRIBBLE FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Princeton head coach AnthonyJohnson and guard Markayla Shermanduring the Vikings’ basketball gameagainst Lakota East on Dec. 20.

WYOMING — Ho-hum,Wyoming High Schoolwon another CincinnatiHills League boys swim-ming title.

For those scoring athome, that’s nine straightfor the Cowboys, a teamso sure of their swimskills that their hotel res-ervations in Canton forthe state meet are madeannually after each sea-son’s festivities.

This year’s gatheringat Mariemont Feb. 7, fea-tured just one leaguechampion as the 200 free-style relay team of fresh-man Phil Brocker, seniorStephen Barrett, juniorChristopher Rutter andsophomore Carson Burttouched first. The rest ofthe meet’s points were ac-cumulated by a bevy ofsecond and third-placefinishes.

“We had a great meeteven though we wereshort a couple of boys,”Cowboys coach Dave El-liott said. “One was sickand one was taking theACT. That’s a testament toour depth.”

Brocker, Barrett, Rut-ter and Burt were alsosecond in the 400 free re-lay, while senior AbeWickstrom, freshmanHolden Jerrell, senior IanNyberg and sophomoreConnor Williams weresecond in the 200 medleyrelay.

“Our goal is to get threerelays up to State,” Elliottsaid. “I think we have areally good shot at doingthat.”

Individually, CarsonBurt took second in the 50freestyle and third in the100 free; Stephen Barretthad second in the 500 free

and third in the 200; AbeWickstrom was third inthe 100 backstroke andChristopher Rutter wassecond in the 100 breast-stroke and third in the 200IM.

“He’s really a breast-stroker, but his freestyleis really coming alongwell,” Elliott said of Rut-ter. “He’s helped us a loton our relays. I think hecan step it up for us. Samewith Carson (Burt). He’son pace to do really well.He’s one of those ‘bigmeet’ guys.”

In diving, Charlie Don-nelly was third and WillCourtney fourth, withDonnelly also finishingthird in the Division IIsectional Feb. 9.

Wyoming’s girls

Wyomingswimmers splashon after CHL titleBy Scott [email protected]

THANKS TO JASON MILLER

Wyoming senior, EmmaWeber, who holds schoolrecords for both six and 11dive meets, won the CHLDiving Championship inMariemont on Feb. 6.

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haven’t won the CHL meet since 2011, buthad an impressive second-place finish.

“It was a very pleasant surprise,” El-liott said. “Sometimes you’ll score out ameet ahead of time. We just decided tosee where we landed. It was a very goodshowing.”

Other than Emma Weber winning indiving, Wyoming’s girls also placed highwithout a league swimming champion.Weber also went on to win the Division IIsectional diving championship.

Individually for the girls, sophomoreLia Thomas took second in the 50 and 100freestyle events. Junior Sara Washienkoadded a third in the 500 freestyle andfreshman Rebecca Prangley took thirdin the 100 breaststroke.

“Lia Thomas is our fastest girl,” El-liott said. “Becca Prangley may be ourmost well-rounded swimmer. She can doa little bit of everything.”

Washienko and sophomore AnneCriddle are freestyle specialists and joinThomas and Prangley on relays. Thequartet finished third in the 200 and 400free relays Feb. 7 at Mariemont. JuniorAllison Golden, freshman Grayce Akers,junior Bailey Skidmore and freshmanSabrina Chu took third in the 200 medley

relay.Results for the Division II sectional

swim meet were not available beforeCommunity Press deadlines. Pleasecheck www.cincinnati.com for updates.

GEOFF BLANKENSHIP FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

A trio of Wyoming swimmer hit the water in the 50 freestyle Feb. 7. From left are GabriellaOkhuysen, Meera Patel and Erin Broderick.

SwimContinued from Page B1

GEOFF BLANKENSHIP FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Wyoming’s Christopher Rutter heads to theplatform at the CHL meet Feb. 7.

WyomingHigh Schoolrecently hon-ored their sen-iors in boysbasketball,girls basket-ball and cheer-leading Feb.10-11.

Photos thanks to RodApfelbeck

Wyoming High School expressed its appreciation to its cheerleaders before the boys basketballgame with Mariemont Feb. 10. Surrounding Coach Lydia Kellaris, from left, are Sierra Hill, JuliaEngel, Taylor Lovejoy, Ann-Marie Erny, Maggie Hughes and Genevieve Pool.

The Wyoming boys basketball team recognized its seniors before their Feb. 10 game againstMariemont. From left, with head coach Tim Edmonds, are Hudson Rogers, Nate Lowe, WalkerLewis and Devon Davis. The Cowboys beat Mariemont 69-35.

Wyoming salutes their seniors

The Wyoming girlsbasketball team paidtribute to its seniorsbefore their Feb. 11game against DeerPark. Pictured, fromleft, are assistantcoach Lauren Gruber,senior Emily Wadds,head coach GerryLackey, senior OliviaCunningham andassistant coach JenniMarck. The Cowboysdefeated Deer Parkbehind Wadds’19-point, 12-rebounddouble-double.

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“Cincinnati’s Streetcar– Get the Scoop” was thesubject of a presentationby John Deatrick, the Cin-cinnati Streetcar ProjectExecutive, at a recentjoint program of The Cin-cinnati Woman’s ClubLunch-n-Learn serieswith the CWC Civicsgroup.

Deatrick, who man-aged the city’s Banks andFort Washington Way pro-jects as well as severalhigh-profile national en-deavors, is known forcompleting his projectson time and within bud-get. He came to the street-car project 1-1/2 yearsago.

With a slide presenta-tion, Deatrick showedconstruction details anddescribed the scope of theproject. Track will extend3.6 miles from The Banksto just north of FindlayMarket, with 18 stops

along the round-triproute. It is expected totake 12 minutes to tra-verse end-to-end. In an-swer to the question “Whynot a bus?” he respondedthat a streetcar holdsmore people, has betterwheelchair accessibility,is “cool,” and that the as-surance of a permanentroute is already jump-starting major redevelop-ment efforts along itscourse.

It will link major enter-tainment venues as wellas six of the Fortune 500companies headquar-tered downtown and is de-signed to make it easier toget around in Cincinnati.He said that the utility re-location work is almostdone and that the projectgave the utilities a much-needed impetus to up-grade centuries-old linesand pipes.

Riders will be able to

buy tickets good for twohours, 24 hours or amonthly pass that will linkto the Metro and TANKfare structures. With anestimated auto ownershipcost of $10,000 per year,the streetcar will provideaffordable transportationfor low-income families.

The streetcar is onschedule to begin opera-tions in September 2016.

The CWC Civics pro-gram is co-chaired by SueLewis and Jan Bartel,both of Wyoming. TheCWC Lunch-n-Learn se-ries features lectures ontopics of current interestincorporated into thelunch hour to enable pro-fessional women with lim-ited time to participate.Co-chairs of Lunch-n-Learn are Suzanne La-kamp of Terrace Park,and Cynthia King andAmy Power, both of Indi-an Hill.

Cincinnati Woman’s Club updated on Cincinnati streetcar

PROVIDED

Amy Power, Lunch-n-Learn co-chair (Indian Hill), Cynthia King, Lunch-n-Learn co-chair (IndianHill), Sue Lewis, Civics co-chair (Wyoming), Suzanne Lakamp, Lunch-n-Learn co-chair (TerracePark), Jenni McCauley (Wyoming) and speaker John Deatrick (Mount Adams).

Beta Nu chapter ofDelta Kappa Gamma hasbeen supporting theGreater Cincinnati YW-CA Battered Women’sShelter for more than 20years.

This chapter of womeneducators is part of agroup of 120,000 interna-tional members in 17countries.

Delta Kappa Gammapromotes professionaland personal growth of itsmembers and excellence

in education. Beta Nu accomplishes

this in our area by sup-porting many projects forwomen, children and all ofeducation.

In December, Beta Nudelivered to the shelter avan full of food items, cos-metics, toiletries, toys,new clothing for the resi-dents and their children,and gift cards.

PROVIDED

From left; Roger Ross,Beta Nu President RitaRoss (SpringfieldTownship), YWCABattered Women'sShelter donationscoordinator ChanWilliams, and Beta Numembers Carol Muntz(Glendale) and SandraWalter (Fairfield).

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

Funday Sundays willbe noon to 6 p.m. at 12YMCA locations in Febru-ary and March, then againin November and Decem-ber.

“We invite everyone inthe community to comeout and join us for freeFundays Sundays at theY,” YMCA of Greater Cin-cinnati President andCEO Sandy Walker said.“You will have an opportu-nity to swim in one of ourindoor heated pools, playbasketball, take a newgroup exercise class, orenjoy one of our state-of-the-art fitness centers.

There will be lots of

family-friendly activitiesfor all to enjoy.” FreeChild Watch will be avail-able at all participatingYMCA of Greater Cincin-nati locations. Parents canwork out or connect withothers at the Y, knowingtheir child is in a safe, nur-turing environment.

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

“We encourage every-one to come out and jointhe fun on Funday Sun-days. They can experi-ence first hand how muchthey can enjoy doing a

wide range of activitieswith the added benefit offeeling better overall.”

About FundaySundays

Each YMCA of GreaterCincinnati location will beopen from noon until 6p.m. every Sunday in Feb-ruary, March, Novemberand December.

Free child watch willbe available at eachYMCA location during theFunday Sundays, so par-ents can work out or con-nect with others at the Y.

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

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

YMCA, Interact for Health partnerfor family-friendly activities

Hamilton County Audi-tor Dusty Rhodes says therecent passage of HouseBill 85 increases theamount of homestead ex-emption for military veter-ans who are rated 100 per-cent disabled from a ser-vice-connected disabilityfrom $25,000 to $50,000. Italso exempts these dis-abled veterans and theirspouses from income/means testing.

“Although disabled vet-erans have always been ina position to apply for thestandard Homestead ex-emption for the elderly anddisabled, this bill providesan enhanced benefit tothose veterans who qualify

as 100 percent disabledfrom a service-connecteddisability. The bill is de-signed to increase their de-duction from $25,000 to$50,000. This means a dis-abled veteran who quali-fies would only have to paytaxes on $100,000 of a homevalued at $150,000,”Rhodes said.

“To receive the in-creased exemption underthe bill, a homeowner mustbe a veteran of the UnitedStates armed forces, re-serves, or National Guardwho was honorably dis-charged with a service-connected total and perma-nent disability certified bythe United States Depart-

ment of Veterans Affairsor other federal agency.When applying for the ex-emption, the veteran mustprovide appropriate writ-ten confirmation from thefederal government thatthe service-connected dis-ability rating is 100 per-cent,” he said.

Applications may befiled from until June 1.

Any disabled veteranreceiving the standardHomestead credit needs tocomplete a new applicationto receive the enhanced ex-emption.

For more information,please contact the Audi-tor’s Homestead Depart-ment at 513-946-4099.

New law increases homesteadexemption for disabled veterans

Pollen and mold countsare again available. Thisis a public service provid-ed by the Southwest OhioAir Quality Agency eachyear during pollen andmold season, from Febru-ary through the end of No-vember.

Pollen and mold countsare reported after 10 a.m.,Monday through Friday.

There are several waysthat residents can accesspollen and mold counts:

1. Visit Southwest-OhioAir.org.

2. Follow Twitter.com/swohioair.

3. Like Facebook.com/SouthwestOhioAir.

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

Molds tend to be moreactive during the wet,rainy periods of springand again in the fall as na-ture begins to decay be-fore winter.

For more information,visit the Southwest OhioAir Quality Agency onlineat SouthwestOhioAir.orgor on Facebook and Twit-ter.

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The Cincinnati Tool-Bank Board of Directorselects new board presi-dent, Doug Brauch,Scripps Networks Inter-active Inc., and new vicepresident, Melissa John-son, Port of Greater Cin-cinnati Development Au-thority.

“I truly feel ToolBankis an incredible place forgrowth and sustainabilityand I look forward to lead-ing an incredible group ofdirectors and the organi-zation to the next level,”Brauch, a founding Tool-Bank board member andformer vice president,said.

Johnson has been aboard member since Au-

gust 2013 and is an instru-mental member of theToolBank DevelopmentCommittee.

In June 2014, Brauchlaunched the first annualBanking on Our Commu-nity volunteer event topartner local banks withfour of the ToolBank’snonprofit member agen-cies for a day of service.

Johnson will be leadingthe way with a similarToolBank volunteer eventthis summer called Build-ing on Our Communitywhich will connect localcontractors and local non-profit agencies.

The Cincinnati Com-munity ToolBank is a non-profit tool lending pro-

gram that serves charita-ble organizations by put-ting high-quality tools inthe hands of the volun-teers who are plantingtrees, repairing seniors’roofs, landscaping publicspaces, and more, guaran-teeing that every volun-teer is equipped with thetools they need to get thejob done.

The Cincinnati Tool-Bank is accepting dona-tions to help fund the toollending program.

For more informationabout the Cincinnati Tool-Bank or how you can sup-port its community ef-forts, please call Kat Pep-meyer at 513-246-0015.

ToolBank welcomes newpresident, vice president

When homeownersfeel they may have foun-dation cracks or base-ment seepage, how muchshould they expect to pay?Can the cost ever be $0?Homeowners that pay forany repair that is thewrong repair have justpaid too much.

A highly rated contrac-tor on Angies List quoteda 75-year-old widow about$30,000 because she had aminor reccurring crack inthe hallway in the centerof the house. The samecontractor quoted $20,000to a Cincinnati police offi-cer for a minor crack intheir foundation.

When I said no to anytype of foundation repair,the widow asked to giveme a hug.

The police officer’shouse did have some otherminor deficiencies thatcould be repaired. Thecost for the foundationsettlement repair was lessthan $1,000. The expecta-tion was that I would sug-gest the $20,000 repair. Ijust smiled and was happyI helped them save mon-ey.

Yesterday, I saw a cli-ent that had severalcracks in the concretebeams above the garagedoors. He had contacted acontractor first. They

sent out their best person,who proceeded to suggestsoil pressure on the oppo-site end of the house wascausing the cracks andgave proposals of $6,000and $8,000. The true causewas the rusting of steelreinforcing rods insidethe wall. The suggestedrepair for these crackswill probably be less than$2,000. I was satisfied thatusing my knowledge ofstructures saved thishomeowner a largeamount of money.

The free estimatesfrom contractors can beextremely expensive andit is very common that thesalesmen from contrac-tors not understandingthe causes of the founda-tion issues or transfer ofstresses and forces. Evenif the contractors sug-gested repair may seemappropriate, it is verycommon that the sales-man to not understand therepair may only be a par-tial repair instead of a fullsolution to the problem.

In previous articles Ihave written and pub-lished in the communitynewspapers and on An-gies List, I have been ad-dressing different typesof foundation movementand basement leaks. Byproviding this data, I have

been trying to help pro-tect the homeowner fromspending money need-lessly with a contractor.Angies List membersshould read all of the re-views for contractors. An-gies List gives a highersignificance to reviewsfrom members that haveactually hired the compa-ny, which skews the re-views. If you read all ofthe reviews, includingones from members thathave only received an es-timate, a better under-standing of the companymay be received.

To answer my firstquestions, sometimes thefoundation repair costsmay be $0 and any amountover that should be spentin confidence of havingthe right solution. Anymoney spent on the im-proper repair is too much.The engineer is your firststep to find if any repair issuggested and what maybe the most economicaland effective repair.

Michael Montgomery of Buy-ers Protection Group is alicensed engineer in Ohio,Kentucky and Indiana. Con-tact him at 1-800-285-3001;www.engineeringandfounda-tions.com.

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Gerry EdwardRohrer

Gerry “Gervie” Edward Rohr-er, 82, of Springdale died Feb. 6.He was a US Army veteran.

Survived by wife, PatriciaBurke Rohrer; children KathleenCorrill, Steven (Lori), Diane(Bruce Ibold) Seifert and Ron(Lisa); grandchildren Alek (Emily)Corrill, Scott (Heidi) Paul, Chad(Erin) Rohrer, Todd Rohrer,Andrew Seifert, Danielle (Brett)Renzenbrink, Nick (Maggie)Rohrer, Aaron Rohrer andKatrina (fiancee Peter Witchger)Rohrer; siblings Thomas (Judy)Rohrer and Carolyn (Rick) Witte;and many nieces, nephews,cousins and friends.

Preceded in death by parentsG.E. and Irma Rohrer.

Services were Feb. 11 at St.James Church, White Oak.Memorials to: St. Xavier HighSchool Class of 1950 ScholarshipFund, 600 W. North Bend Road,Cincinnati, OH 45224; or theFranciscan Friars, 1615 Vine St.,Cincinnati, OH 45202.

DEATHS

Susan SweeneyKreuzmann of Glendaleis a fixture around Pro-Kids.

She helps with train-ing, recognition eventsand anything else thatProKids needs. Thisyear, she is even chairedthe annual holiday shop,distributing gifts to themore than 500 childrenProKids serves. At theheart of Kreuzmann’spassion for ProKids isher work as a CASA vol-unteer.

Kreuzmann was re-cently named ProKidsVolunteer of the Year.

ProKids CASA Volun-teer Program DirectorCharlotte Caples said,

“Susan is a dedicatedand passionate CASAvolunteer who advo-cates strongly for herchildren in all areas. Shealso works well with allprofessionals on hercases.”

In her two years as aCASA volunteer, Kreuz-mann has had four casesinvolving five children.It’s more than numbersfor Kreuzmann. For her,it’s about Annie.

Annie was in fostercare when Susan mether. Annie had beenabused by her mother,who was addicted todrugs. At 14, Annie waspregnant.

Kreuzmann, with thesupport of JFS and thecourt, helped Annie lether mother know thatshe was not going tocome back home. She

would move into fostercare.

Like all ProKids CA-SA volunteers, Kreuz-mann will be a constantfor Annie as she con-tinues to work to becomea better mother, improveher family relationshipsand become an indepen-dent adult.

Kreuzmann says thather ongoing support ofAnnie revolves aroundthree central messages:you have to take care ofyour own life; you needto take care of yourchild; and you are asmart girl who can dowell in school.

Annie, who is now 16,has taken that to heart,Susan says. She has hereyes on college. Shetakes good care of herdaughter. Kreuzmannassures her that ProKids

wants to help Annie to besuccessful.

“She could really beone of those kids whobreaks the cycle,”Kreuzmann says. “Ihope she can see that thispart of her life could bethe worst of her life.From here it can be bet-ter.”

Kreuzmann, a 1972graduate of UrsulineAcademy, is a formerteacher and former own-er of Century House, abusiness in Glendale.She is the mother of oneadult son, a psychiatricnurse at Cincinnati Chil-dren’s Hospital MedicalCenter.

ProKids envisions asafe, permanent andnurturing home for ev-ery child. As a nonprofitorganization in Hamil-ton County, Ohio, that

mobilizes the communi-ty by training and sup-porting volunteers whobreak the vicious cycleof child abuse and ne-glect. ProKids Court Ap-pointed Special Advo-cates (CASA volunteers)speak up for abused andneglected children,guiding them to safe en-vironments where theycan thrive.

For more than 30years, ProKids haschanged the arc of chil-dren’s lives through en-gaged volunteers, aproactive staff and aCommitted Community.We work to create a newcycle of growing up safeand secure, fundamen-tally changing the futurefor children and forGreater Cincinnati. Findout more at www.prokid-s.org.

Volunteer honored by ProKids forchanging children’s lives

SPRINGDALEIncidents/investigationsAssaultReported on Chesterwood, Jan.26.

Criminal damagingReported on 400 Glensprings,Jan. 24.

DomesticReported on Princeton Pike, Jan.26.

Reported on 3400 block ofKenilworth, Jan. 24.

ForgeryReported on 800 block of Kem-per Road, Jan. 26.

TheftVehicle removed from 900 blockof Yorkhaven, Jan. 24.

Reported at 11000 block of

Princeton Pike, Jan. 24.Reported on Kemper Road, Jan.24.

Reported on Kemper Road, Jan.24.

Jeans valued at $1,000 removedfrom 11000 block of Kemper,Jan. 25.

Purse and jewelry removed from11000 block of Commons Circle,Jan. 25.

Purse and glasses valued at $450removed from 800 block ofKemper Road, Jan. 25.

Medications removed from 200block of Diston, Jan. 27.

Cell phones valued at $4,000removed from 800 block ofKemper Road, Jan. 27.

POLICE REPORTS

Glendale1130 Congress Ave.: Con-

gress Development LLC toAmerican Risk Properties, LLC;$770,000.

22 Little Creek Lane: Krone,Bruce A. Tr. to Cengia, Scott T.Tr. & Kelly C. Tr.; $1,035,000.

Sharonville3771 Cornell Road: Painter,

Jacob S. to Malinoff, MichaelG. & Cynthia A.; $118,000.

28 Dexter Park Blvd.:Bosche, Carol Alice Tr. toSpears, Sally & Douglas;$199,000.

10931 Fernhill Drive: Weber,Lauren A. to Sanz, Brenda R.;$135,000.

10732 Sharondale Road:Trenton Property Manage-ment LLC to Kebede, Demes-sow & Romanne; $96,900.

11927 Algiers Drive: Chilel-Niz, Valerio to Diamonds InThe Rough Investments LLC;$38,900.

5016 Lord Alfred Court:Kash, Mark J. to Baird, Dakota;$114,500.

11060 Main St.: Durham,Timothy D. & Cindy S. to MarkS. Vaught Insurance AgencyInc.; $75,000.

3852 Malaer Drive: JD SmithHoldings LLC to CommunityFirst Propertie LLC; $82,900.

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

See TRANSFERS, Page B7

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AscensionLutheran ChurchWomen’s weekly Friday morn-ing Bible Study is at 9:30 a.m.Kids are welcome play in theplayroom. The group is readingJessica LaGrone’s new study,“Broken and Blessed.” Womenwho are unable to attendweekly gatherings are invitedto purchase the study and joinwhen possible.

Healing Christ (healing touch)Ministry is offered on thefourth Tuesday of the month at7 p.m. More information onthis ministry is available at793-3288.

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

.org.

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

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

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

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

Blue AshPresbyterianChurchMovie Night will be Feb. 21 atthe home of Bob and RhondaYoung. A light meal will beprovided, followed by viewing/discussing “The First Grader,”the true story of an 84 year-oldKenyan who enrolls in first-grade to learn how to read.

The Lenten Series begins AshWednesday, Feb. 18. Soup andsalad will be provided followedby a worship service. withCommunion. The next fiveWednesdays in Lent will consistof dinner followed by theprogram “Holy Ground.”Congregational members willgive brief talks of a place theyhave visited where they felt

God’s presence. Our NEEDScollection item for February ispeanut butter and jelly.

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

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

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

The NEEDS collection item forFebruary is peanut butter andjelly.

Jacob’s Ladder is the theme forSunday School (pre-K through12th grade); these classes areheld after the children’s ser-mon in the worship service. TheThoughtful Christian classes areheld for adults each Sundaymorning and meet at 9 a.m.

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

Sunday sermons are recordedand available on the churchwebsite.

The church is at 4309 CooperRoad; 791-1153; the church hasa Facebook page.

Christ ChurchCathedralCincinnati Boychoir and Col-legium Cincinnati will performat Christ Church Cathedral,Fourth & Sycamore, downtownCincinnati, at 7:30 p.m. Sat-urday, March 7, and 5 p.m.Sunday, March 8.

March 6 marks the 50th anniver-sary of the first rehearsal of theCincinnati Boychoir’s prede-cessor, All City Boys Choir, andCollegium Cincinnati is helpingthe choir celebrate. To markthe occasion, the church isfeaturing another work thatturns 50 in 2015 – LeonardBernstein’s “ChichesterPsalms.” The performance willalso include the world pre-miere of “A Horizon Sympho-ny,” a work about adventure

and exploration, by the youngand talented Dominick DiOrio.Trumpets! Drums! Voices!

Collegium Cincinnati will per-form at Christ Church Cathe-dral, Fourth & Sycamore,downtown Cincinnati, at 3 p.m.Sunday, March 29.

One of the most heart-wrench-ing tellings of the crucifixion ofJesus is Telemann’s “BrockesPassion.” Using a cast of 16soloists, Telemann painted theextraordinary poetry of Bar-thold Heinrich Brockes usingunique combinations of Ba-roque instruments, vocalensembles and choral in-terpolations. For anyone who isa lover of the Bach passions orsimply seeks a greater un-derstanding of the Passion ofthe Christ during the Lentenseason, this concert is a must-hear. Ticket information isavailable at CollegiumCincin-nati.org.

Music Live at Lunch, ChristChurch Cathedral’s weeklyconcert series, will feature theperformers listed below inMarch. These free concerts arepresented at 12:10 p.m., onTuesdays. Patrons may bringtheir own lunch or purchaselunch at the cathedral for $5.All performances in March willtake place in the cathedralnave.

March schedule:March 3: Collegium CincinnatiMarch 10: Collegium CincinnatiMarch 17: Clark and Jones Trio:Celtic and Folk Music

March 24: Zavier UniversityEdgecliff Vocal Ensemble

March 31: Charpentier’s “Denialof St. Peter” sung by the ChristChurch Cathedral Choir

The church is at 318 E. 4th St.,Cincinnati; 621-1817;www.christchurchcincin-nati.org.

Ticket information: Cincin-natiBoychoir.org

Church of theSaviour UnitedMethodist ChurchChildren’s Weekday Program-ming is Tuesday and Thursdaymornings and Thursday after-

noon with lunch available foreither day. There is a nominalcharge for each session andyou must bring your child’slunch. Register on the website(www.cos-umc.org) under“Registration Forms.”

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

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

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

Northern HillsSynagogueNorthern Hills Synagogue willscreen a special showing of theaward-winning documentary“The Island President” at 6:30p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24. Themovie tells the story of Presi-dent Mohammed Nasheed ofthe Maldives, an island chain inthe Indian Ocean threatenedwith submersion due to risingsea levels. Nasheed contem-plates a plan to move thecountry’s entire population of385,000 to a new homeland,and implores world leaders todeal seriously with globalwarming. Dinner will accompa-ny the movie, and a discussion

will follow the film. There is a$6 charge for dinner and themovie. Please call the Syna-gogue at 931-6038 to RSVP.

The synagogue is at 5714 FieldsErtel Road, Deerfield Township.

Sharonville UnitedMethodist ChurchThere are three services: tradi-tional services at 8:15 a.m. and11 a.m.; a contemporary serviceat 9:30. Sunday School classesand study groups are offeredat 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m.

There is now a new director ofyouth ministries, Jami Nathan.

Canines for Christ is continuingtraining dogs to be servicedogs who can bring comfort tothose who are shut-ins at homeor in the hospital.

Healing Hearts meet for lunchthe first Thursday of themonth.

Serendipity Seniors meet forlunch the fourth Thursday.

During Lent, there will be aneight-week course using theworkbook, “The Way of LivingPrayer” by Dr. Maxie Dunham.

The services are broadcast witha two-week delay at 10 a.m.Sunday Channel 24 at 9 p.m.

The church is at 3751 CreekRoad, Sharonville; 563-0117;sharonville-umc.org.

RELIGION

10866 Willfleet Drive: Hoerst,Thomas & Amy to Fuhrmann,Lenka & Richard J.; $140,000.

15 Woodsview Lane: Fuhr-mann, Richard & Lenka to Brock,Adam; $80,000.

Springdale11900 Lawnview Ave.: Thoms,

Philip R. to Conner, Justin A. &Julie M.; $101,500.

734 Park Ave.: Pietzuch,Edward E. Tr. to Short, Carmen E.& Deanna Martin; $104,500.

812 Yorkhaven Road: Heichel-bech, Douglas James to Dion,Tina M.; $60,000.

585 Grandin Ave.: Murray,William F. & Carrie to U.S. BankTrust NA Tr.; $56,000.

12008 Greencastle Drive:Sherman, Marcus & Brandy toFlagstar Bank FSB; $90,000.

11528 Hickory St.: Lanter,Raymond E. & Sheila M. Jinkensto JPMorgan Chase Bank NA;$54,000.

579 Lafayette Ave.: Oxley, Ed& Linda to Brox 1 LLC; $55,100.

11826 Lawnview Ave.: Turner,Josiah J. Jr. & Wanda Faye toDier, Dani; $70,000.

12 Woodcrest Court: Smoot,Cecil R. & Tandra R. to Taylor,Markela Tr.; $50,000.

TRANSFERS

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United Methodist Church10507 “Old” Colerain Ave

(513) 385-7883Rev. Mark Reuter

Christ, the Prince of Peace

Sunday School 9:15amWorship 10:30am - Nursery Available

www.cpopumc.org“Small enough to know you, Big enough to care”

UNITED METHODIST

Trinity Lutheran Church, LCMS5921 Springdale Rd

Rev. Richard Davenport, PastorWorship & Sunday School 10:30 a.m,

Bible Study 9:15 a.m. SundaysClassic Service and Hymnbook

www.trinitylutherancincinnati.com385-7024

Faith Lutheran LCMC8265 Winton Rd.,

Finneytownwww.faithcinci.org

Contemporary Service 9amTraditional Service 11:00am

LUTHERAN

Christ Church Glendale Episcopal Church965 Forest Ave - 771-1544

[email protected] Reverend Roger L Foote

8am Holy Eucharist I9am Holy Eucharist II11am Holy Eucharist II

Child Care 9-12

EPISCOPAL

Wyoming Baptist Church(A Church For All Seasons)

Burns and Waverly AvenuesCincinnati OH 45215

821.8430Steve Cummins, Senior PastorSunday School..............................9:00 amCoffee & Fellowship...................10:00 amPraise & Worship........................10:30 amwww.wyomingbc.homestead.com

Visitors Welcome!

SHARON BAPTISTCHURCH

4451 Fields Ertel RoadCincinnati, OH 45241

(513) [email protected]

ServicesSunday School - 10:00 amSunday Morning - 11:00 amSunday Evening - 6:00 pmWednesday - 7:00 pm EveningPrayer and Bible Study

BAPTIST

FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH8580 Cheviot Rd., ColerainTwp

741-7017 www.ourfbc.comGary Jackson, Senior Pastor

Sunday School (all ages) 9:30amSunday Morning Service 10:30amSunday Evening Service 6:30pmWedn. Service/Awana 7:00pmRUI Addiction Recovery (Fri.) 7:00pm

Active Youth, College, Senior GroupsExciting Music Dept, Deaf Ministry, Nursery

INDEPENDENT BAPTIST

VINEYARD CHURCHNORTHWEST

Colerain TownshipThree Weekend Services

Saturday - 5:30 pmSunday - 9:30 & 11:15 am

9165 Round Top Road1/4 mile south of Northgate Mall513-385-4888 µ www.vcnw.org

HIGHVIEW CHRISTIANCHURCH

“Life on Purpose in Community”2651 Adams Rd. (near Pippin)

Worship Assembly-Sunday 10:45amPhone 825-9553

www.highviewchristianchurch.com

NON-DENOMINATIONAL

Sharonville United MethodistTraditional worship services at 8:15am & 11:00amContemporary worship service at 9:30amFaith development opportunities for all ages!3751 Creek Rd. 513-563-0117www.sharonville-umc.org

Mt HealthyUnited Methodist ChurchCorner of Compton and Perry Streets

513-931-5827Sunday School 8:45 - 9:45am

Traditional Worship 10:00 - 11:00amNursery Available Handicap Access

"Come as a guest. Leave as a friend."

Monfort HeightsUnited Methodist Church

3682 West Fork Rd , west of North BendTraditional Worship 8:30 & 11:00am

Contemporary Worhip 9:45amNursery Available * Sunday School513-481-8699 * www. mhumc.org

Spiritual Checkpoint ...Bearing the Love of Christ...for you!

UNITED METHODIST

St. Paul United Church of Christ5312 Old Blue Rock Rd., off Springdale

Phone: 385-9077Rev. Michelle Torigian

Sunday Worship: 10:30amSunday School: 9:15am

Nursery Available/Handicap Accesswww.stpaulucccolerain.org

www.facebook.com/StPaulUCC

FLEMING ROADUnited Church of Christ

691 Fleming Rd 522-2780Rev Pat McKinney

Sunday School - All Ages - 9:15amSunday Worship - 10:30am

Nursery Provided

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

Northwest CommunityChurch

8735 Cheviot Rd, by Colerain HSRev. Kevin Murphy, Pastor

513-385-8973Worship and Sunday School 10AM

Handicap Accessible/Nursery Available

Salem White Oak Presbyterian

Northminster Presbyterian Church703 Compton Rd., Finneytown 931-0243

Growing Faith, Sharing Hope, Showing LoveSunday Worship Schedule

Traditional Services - 8:00 & 10:30amContemporary Services - 9:00am

Student Cafe: 10:15amChildcare Available

Jeff Hosmer & Nancy Ross- Zimmerman - Pastors

PRESBYTERIAN

EVANGELICALCOMMUNITY CHURCH

Sunday School Hour (for all ages)9:15 - 10:15am

Worship Service - 10:30 to 11:45am(Childcare provided for infants/ toddlers)

Pastor: Rich LanningChurch: 2191 Struble Rd

Office: 2192 Springdale Rd542-9025

Visitors Welcome www.eccfellowship.org

At CHURCH BY THEWOODS

www.churchbythewoods.org3755 Cornell Rd.,

Sharonville , Ohio 45241You have a choice of Ministry:

1 . Traditional Sunday Worship at10:00 AM. Language: EnglishMulti-cultural, multi-generational, andmulti-ethnic.2 . Contemporary Sunday Worshipwith Freedom Church at 10:30 AM.Language: English

It’s not about Religion; it’s aboutrelationships!

www.freedomchurchcincinnati.com3. Taiwanese Traditional SundayWorship st 2:00 PM. Language:Taiwanese, UC Campus Fellowship onSaturdays,

www.cincinnatitaiwanese.org4 . Seventh Day Adventist SaturdayWorship at 10:00 AM.Language: Spanish

Loving - Caring - and SharingGod’s Word

Notes: Nursery School isprovided at each Worship time

English as a Second Language (ESL) istaught on Saturday 10-12 AM.

Various Bible Studies are available.

EVANGELICAL PRESBYTERIAN

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