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The baseball fields at theCheviot Memorial Fieldhousewill get a major league makeoverthis summer.

The Reds Community Fundand Procter & Gamble NorthAmerica Marketing recently an-nounced Cheviot is the winner ofthe second annual Home FieldMakeover contest.

Two fields at the Fieldhouse,including the main field featur-ing the green grandstands, willreceive infield restorations, newfencing and backstops, fieldgrading, field leveling and newinfield dirt and grass. The histor-ic grandstand dating back to the1930s will also receive a complete

restoration.Cheviot Mayor Samuel Keller

said the makeover project meansa great deal to the city.

“On behalf of the citizens ofCheviot, we are ecstatic about be-

ing chosen for the Home FieldMakeover as well as the beautifi-cation project of the Cheviot Me-morial Fieldhouse,” he said.

“Without the generous sup-port from the Reds and P&G a

project of this magnitude wouldnot be possible.”

The project will begin in thespring and includes support fromReds field vendors and membersof the Reds grounds crew.

And on Thursday, Aug. 2,more than 500 volunteers fromP&G North America Marketing,

Cheviot baseball fields gethelp from the Reds fundKurt [email protected]

The main baseball field at CheviotMemorial Fieldhouse is one oftwo fields at the Fieldhouse thatwill receive infield restorations,new fencing and backstops, fieldgrading and leveling and newinfield dirt and grass as part ofthe Home Field Makeover projectsponsored by the Cincinnati RedsCommunity Fund. KURT

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Avenue in about a month, Szeke-resh said. When the bridge deckis completed in July or August, hesaid traffic will be opened in bothdirections from Elberon Avenueto the Sixth Street Expressway.

“At that point in time, that’swhen the existing viaduct will beshut down and removed,” he said.

Access from Warsaw Avenueto the expressway will also beshut down at that time to allow forconstruction of the new bridgefrom Warsaw Avenue, he said.

Szekeresh said the newbridges and ramps were de-signed to meet modern stan-dards.

The area will look nothing likethe viaduct West Siders havecome to know, he said.

“We’re going to new, standard-length bridges that provide moreopen space underneath,” he said.

The bridges, as well as thelanes on the Sixth Street Express-way, will all be wider than the ex-isting lanes, he said.

When all the heavy construc-tion work is finished, new con-crete railings and new lightingwill be added to complete the aes-thetics of the viaduct.

He said people who regularlytravel that route will be able towatch the progress and see thenew bridges taking shape.

The viaduct project is expect-ed to be completed by the end of2013, and he said the Sixth StreetExpressway improvements arescheduled to wrap up in late 2014.

Progress is being made on theWaldvogel Viaduct replacementproject, but motorists can expectlane closures and possible trafficdelays for quite some time.

“It’s moving along,” said Rich-ard Szekeresh, Cincinnati’s prin-cipal structural engineer. “Butit’s going to be a long project.”

The 70-plus-year-old Waldvo-gel Viaduct, which Szekereshsaid carries 50,000 vehicles a dayas one of the main links betweenthe West Side and downtown, isbeing replaced.

The conditions on the deterio-rating structure rank it as one ofthe worst bridges in SouthwestOhio.

Construction to replace theviaduct began last August. Themost recent work has involved in-stalling the support pillars fornew bridges connecting Elberonand Warsaw avenues to the SixthStreet Expressway.

Improvements to the SixthStreet Expressway will also becompleted as part of the $54.9million project. The expresswaywas reduced to one lane in eachdirection in early March for workassociated with the improve-ments. The lane reduction will re-main in effect for about fourmonths.

Crews should begin installingbeams to support the bridge deckon the new bridge from Elberon

WaldvogelViaduct projectmoving alongBy Kurt [email protected]

Westwood resident KevinJohnson was one of the leadersof Summit Country Day’s bas-ketball tame that won the stateDivision III state champion-ship March 24 beating Ports-mouth 53-37 giving Summit itsfirst state basketball title.

Johnsonandsophomorefor-ward Mike Barwick led Sum-mit with11points apiece Satur-day. Johnson also grabbed sixrebounds and had a game-higheight assists.

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Summit Country Day's Kevin Johnson drives to the basket againstPortsmouth's Dion McKinley during the Silver Knight’s statechampionship game, March, 24. TONY TRIBBLE/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

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along with Reds Communi-ty Fund staff and boardmembers, will participatein a day-long volunteerproject at the Fieldhouse.Volunteers will completethe installation of newpitchers mounds, battersboxes, dugout benches,backstop fencing and bas-es.

West Side dentist BillO’Conner, who is co-ownerof the Cincinnati Steambaseball team and involvedwith the Reds CommunityFund and the West Starsyouth baseball organiza-tion, facilitated Cheviot’s

participation in the fieldmakeover contest.

O’Conner said WestStars teams have played atthe Fieldhouse for the pastseveral years, and as some-one who played baseballthere himself as a kid, itdisappointed him to see themain field fall into disre-pair.

He said last summer heasked his friend, CharleyFrank, who serves on theexecutive committee of theReds Community Fund, tocome out to the Fieldhouseand see the field. O’Connersaid Frank loved the placeand thought it would be aperfect project for theReds Community Fund.

“It’s a hidden gem inCheviot,” O’Conner said.

“That 1930s-era field has agreat deal of charm andnostalgia.”

As with all their otherprojects, he said the RedsCommunity Fund will en-sure the ball fields in Chev-iot will be first-class fields.He said the West Starsteams won’t be the onlyones who benefit from therenovation, as the field ishome to many West Sideyouth baseball and softballteams and adult softballleagues.

“I knew this was some-thing that needed to bedone, and I knew it wassomething that could bedone,” he said.

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Program in Price Hill will be 1-3p.m. Saturday, March 31, atWilson Commons, corner ofBodley and Wilsonia.

It is for children ages 3-10and their accompanying adults.

Registration Required: Call861-3435 by Wednesday, March28, to register.

Join Cincinnati Park BoardNaturalists in celebrating Springwith an Eggstravaganza ofhands-on activities and activegames featuring eggs. Theprogram ends with an egghunt. All activities are free.Space is limited, reserve a spotsoon.

» Community Easter EggHunt 1 p.m., Saturday, April 7,Peace Lutheran Church, 1451Ebenezer Road, Free. 941-5177.

» Community Easter EggHunt, 11 a.m., First BaptistChurch of Dent, 6384 HarrisonAve., Free. 574-6411;www.fbconthehill.org. Dent.

» Mother of Mercy HighSchool will host its annualEaster egg hunt at 1 p.m. Sat-urday, March 31, at the school,3036 Werk Road.

Boys and girls ages 1 to 10 areinvited for an afternoon ofegg-cellent activities includingcrafts, face painting and anEaster egg hunt.

The event will take place inMercy’s front circle. If there isinclement weather, the eventwill be moved into Mercy’sgymnasium.

Entrance to the gym andadditional parking is located offEpworth and Ramona Avenues.

The event is free and noreservations are needed. Pleasebring your own Easter basket/bag.

» The Oak Hills Kiwanis Clubwill host its annual Easter egghunt Saturday, March 31.

The event begins at 1 p.m. atGreen Township’s VeteransPark, 6231 Harrison Ave.

Members of the GreenTownship Senior Citizens Centerwill prepare the eggs, boilingand dying 4,000 eggs this year.

Children who track downcertain eggs will win prizes.There are three different agecategories for the hunt.

The free event is intended forchildren ages 10 and younger.

In the event of rain, the huntwill take place at the same timeSunday, April 1.

EGG HUNTS

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War ll Memorial in Wash-ington, D.C., was dedicat-ed in 2004. Regrettably,the overwhelming major-ity of the Greatest Genera-tion – now mostly in their80s and 90s – will passaway without ever seeingthe memorial it took over60 years to build. Thegroup has been flyingWorld War ll vets to see thememorial, and now Kore-an veterans will be flownon all-expense-paid trip totheir memorial for a daytrip of their lives.

The mission has takenon a new urgency, with theadvancing age of the sur-viving World War ll veter-ans the need to find themquickly to take them totheir memorial. With the

fundraising efforts of themedia sponsor – the Sim-ply Money Foundation –the group has raised suffi-cient funds to take 400 vet-erans in 2012.

There are five tripsplanned in 2012. It is easyto apply. Just go towww.honorflighttristate-.org and fill out an applica-tion in the veterans/guard-ian section or call the hot-line 513-277-9626. Veter-ans may take a familymember (other than aspouse) on the trip. Allguardians pay their ownway – $400 – for the honorof spending the day with aWorld War ll veteran andhelping with logistics

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Eric G. Bruestle, part-ner-in-charge of the firm’sCincinnati office of theRoetzel law firm, has beennamed to the list of “CincyLeading Lawyers 2012” byCincy Magazine.

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It’s crunch time forChristine Kemper.

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Seton High School’s pre-mier fundraising event isjust days away – Saturday,March 31.

“It’s an incredibleamount of work, but it’s funand it’s well worth it,” saidKemper, who is serving herfirst year as the coordina-tor of the school’s Setonsa-tion event.

The Delhi Township res-ident and Seton alumna isthe school’s major eventscoordinator, and she’s beenworking on Setonsation2012 since last summer.

She said the planningprocess pretty much startsthe first day of school – or-ganizinggiftgatheringpar-ties, seeking sponsors, con-tacting caterers and order-ing decorations.

“Setonsation is an annu-al dinner auction we haveto benefit the young ladiesat Seton High School,” shesaid. “One hundred percentof the proceeds go directly

toward supporting our stu-dents.”

Entering its 16th year,Kemper said the event isone of the school’s largestfundraisers. Roughly 325guests typically attend thegala and about 100 volun-teers step up to make surethe evening is successful,she said.

Each year volunteerstransform Seton’s gymna-sium and commons areainto an elegant venue deco-rated to align with a specif-ic theme. Last year’s themecentered around Broad-way shows. This year’stheme, “An Emerald Eve-ning: There’s no place likeSeton,” is inspired by “TheWizard of Oz.”

“It’s an exciting eve-ning,” Kemper said. “Itreally is a wonderfulscene.”

Some of the auctionitems donors have contrib-uted for the fundraiser thisyear include high-endjewelry, Seton spirit wear,box seats to the CincinnatiReds, Cincinnati Bengalstickets, an Elder-St. Xaviertailgate party and a back-yard movie night, she said.

There are also severalgift baskets on which to bidand the always popular Se-ton quilts signed by thisyear’s senior class, shesaid.

“We have a nice varietyof auction items,” she said.

Kemper said it’s been

great to see so many peoplecome together to work to-ward one common goal.

“I think it’s amazing towitness the generosity ofall the friends of Seton,”she said. “It’s touching toknow so many people areopen to donating to a goodcause.”

She’s hoping Setonsa-tion 2012 tops the successof last year’s event, whichraised more than $150,000for the school.

“It really is such a greatevent,” she said.

Setonsation 2012 is setfor Saturday, March 31.Festivities begin with aMass in the Seton Perfor-mance Hall at 4:45 p.m., fol-lowed by cocktails and a si-lent auction at 5:30 p.m.

Dinner starts at 7 p.m.and the live auction beginsat 8 p.m.

Tickets are still avail-able. Visitwww.setoncincinnati.organd click on the “Setonsa-tion 2012” link for more in-formation.

Seton readies for auctionBy Kurt [email protected]

Guests mingled andchecked out the auctionitems before dinner at lastyear's Setonsationfundraiser. THANKS TO ERIN

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Matt Brems, an 2009Oak Hills High Schoolgraduate and junior atFranklin (Ind.) College,made history in the math-ematics world.

He received a perfectscore on the major fieldtest in mathematics(MFT). Brems, who isquadruple majoring inpure mathematics, ap-plied mathematics, quan-titative analysis and eco-nomics, received his re-sults in November imme-diately after taking thetest.

Three hundred twentycolleges and universitiesacross the country gavethis test to11,294 studentsfrom February 2004 toJune 2011. A perfect scoreon this test is a 200, andthe mean score of the par-ticipants taking this testis 156.3. Franklin Collegemathematics professorDan Callon said Brems isthe third Franklin stu-dent to achieve a perfectscore.

Brems prepped for thetest with a fellow class-mate during early morn-ing hours at Starbucks

Caféstudyingand re-viewingmaterial.“Star-bucks cof-fee is agreat fuelwhen you

begin studying at 5:30 inthe morning,” saidBrems.

Brems attributes hisdecision to pursue mathe-matics in college to one ofhis Oak Hills math teach-ers, Andy Schroeder.

“Mr. Schroeder got usto look at math different-ly,” Brems said. “Hewould say you’re so close,keep working the prob-lem, and see how this fitsinto a real world applica-tion.”

Schroeder inspiredBrems to continue hismathematics career intocollege and ultimately toa perfect score on theMFT.

Brems attendedSpringmyer ElementarySchool and BridgetownMiddle School.

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When Ally Klaserner’sparents told her one of thereasons she couldn’t have acellphone is because the ra-diation the phones emit isdangerous, she set out andused science to prove themwrong.

The Our Lady ofLourdes eighth-grader re-cently tested the levels ofmicrowave radiation fromcellphones for her sciencefair project, “411 on Cell-phone Radiation.”

Her findings may not

have pleased her parents,but you can’t argue withscience.

“I’m allowed to get acellphone now,” Klasernersaid.

She said she measuredthe amount of radiationemitting from several cell-phones – some phones wereset to text mode and otherswere set to call mode. As itturns out, she said the radi-ation levels were not dan-gerous.

“None of them reachedthe maximum level for thegovernment’s radiationlimit,” she said.

Klaserner was among adozen Lourdes studentswho showed their scienceprojects at a district sci-ence fair at the Universityof Cincinnati in earlyMarch.

Nearly 400 studentsfrom around Greater Cin-cinnati took part in theevent, and Lourdes scienceteacher Mary Beth Riethsaid six out of the 10 pro-jects her students present-ed at the event were select-ed to exhibit at the StateScience Day at the OhioState University on May 5.

“Three of those placed

in the top 10 percent,” shesaid.

“I’m proud of the workour students did.”

Klaserner’s project wasone of the six chosen for thestate event, along with theproject Reith’s eighth-grade son, Zach, complet-ed.

Zach Rieth said his ex-periment was called “Let-tuce Alone,” which exam-ined whether mint plantswere effective in repellingcrickets from eating let-tuce plants.

“Myparentsmadeagar-den last year and some-thing kept eating the let-tuce,” he said.

He read that cricketsfind lettuce quite tasty, butthey don’t appreciate mintplants being in their way.

Rieth said he lined mintplants around the outside

of some lettuce plants, andthe mint did, indeed, repelcrickets.

Seventh-graders ChrisCooley and Michael Haus-feld had their projects cho-sen for the State ScienceDay as well. Both of themdid experiments relating tometals.

“I’m really interested inminerals, and I really lovecereal,” Cooley said.

He used a neodymiummagnet to pull iron out ofeveryday breakfast cere-als in a project he called“Eating Nails for Break-fast.”

Cooley tested iron levelsin eight different cereals,and he said Total containedthe most with 21 milli-grams and Frosted Flakeshad the least with 1 milli-gram.

Hausfeld set out to test

which chemicals did themost damage to steel nails.

“My dad works con-struction and I wanted toknow what would happenwhen you expose nails todifferent chemicals,” hesaid.

“I found out water cor-rodes them the most.”

Mary Beth Rieth saidher students spent fourmonths developing theirprojects. They had to re-search the topic, conductthe experiments and docu-ment their findings in apresentation.

“It’s a lot of work,” shesaid.

The students all agreedthe work was fun andworthwhile.

“It was an interestingexperience,” Cooley said.

“I never did a projectlike that before. I learned alot about the scientificmethod.”

Eighth-grader MichaelRidder and seventh-grad-ers Brayden Warman andBrian Pfaffinger also hadtheir projects selected forthe State Science Day.

Students taking science to state dayBy Kurt [email protected]

A group of seventh- and eighth-graders at Our Lady of Lourdes recently took part in adistrict science fair at the University of Cincinnati, and six of the students were selected totake part in the state science fair in Columbus in May. The students who showed projectsat the district level are, front row from left, Chris Cooley, Michael Hausfeld, BraydenWarman, Julia Brown, Emma Maliborski, Ally Klaserner and Brook Walters; top row,science teacher Mary Beth Rieth, Zach Rieth, Indigo Hudepohl, Brian Pfaffinger, MichaelRidder and Brad Luebbers. KURT BACKSCHEIDER/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Several seventh- andeighth-grade students fromOur Lady of Lourdesrecently participated in adistrict science fair at theUniversity of Cincinnati.From left, eighth-gradersMichael Ridder, IndigoHudepohl, Ally Klaserner,Emma Maliborski and ZachRieth were among thestudents who representedLourdes. THANKS TO SUE

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WESTERN HILLSPRESSEditor: Marc Emral, [email protected], 578-1053

Dean’s listThe following students were named

to the fall dean's list at the University ofCincinnati:

Susan Abdulhadi, Deshon Able,Amanda Adams, Jena Akers, Ali AlFraihat, Eyosias Alle, Samantha An-derson, Stephen Anderson, GabrielleAngner, Amber Angus, N Deye Ba,Joseph Bachman, Katelyn Bachus,Jessica Backscheider, Thomas Baden,Kassi Bailey, Joseph Baker, CharlesBalcom, Lisa Bambach, Jason Bareswilt,Adam Barney, Lauren Barth, AlexandraBauer, Elizabeth Baverman, Daniel Beck,Meredith Beckenhaupt, Hannah Becker,Kristen Bedinghaus, Paige Bedinghaus,Benjamin Bell, Julia Bengel, DavidBenson, Jillian Benson, Joyce Benter,Indya Benton, Aaron Berding, KathrynBerling, Kevin Berling, Michael Berling,Carl Best, Michelle Biehl, Allison Biggs,Caroline Bigner, Amy Billow, LindseyBird, Maxwell Bischoff, Eric Black,Lauren Blake, Stephen Blake, JuliaBlanco, Nathan Blanton, Sarah Blazak,Richard Blume, Meredith Bodkin,Melissa Bodner, Kyla Boertlein, JenniferBole, Kevin Bole, Alexandria Boodram,Judy Bosley, Ashley Bosse, Jessica Bos-ton, Jessica Boyd, Lindsey Boyle, DanielBoyles, John Boylson, Erin Brady, DaneBrater, Meghan Brennan, MatthewBretnitz, Joshua Briede, Michael Brinck,Michelle Brinck, Elizabeth Brock, Ste-phanie Brockhoff, Laura Brothers, AmyBrunner, Emily Bruns, Courtney Bruser,Rachael Bryant, Carlo Bucalo, RobertBucher, Samantha Buchholz, JonathanBudde, Austen Bujnoch, Kelly Buller,Angelina Bunch, Joshua Bunnell, Benja-min Burns, David Burwinkel, KevinBush, Stephen Butler, James Byrne,

Levi Callicoat, Paris Campbell, Megh-an Cappel, Andrea Carnevale, RachelCarota, Sarah Carr, Louis Carraher,Anastasia Carrier, Bradley Center, Ste-phanie Cerullo, Jess Chaille, SpencerChamberlain, Amanda Changet, SujalChokshi, Taylor Chubb, Bethany Cian-ciolo, Zachary Clark, Allison Clarridge,Chelsie Clements, Hunter Clements,Bradley Clevenger, Mariah Colbert,Alexander Collins, Alicia Collins, GianaCollins, Susan Collins, Adam Colwell,Gregory Cook, Meredith Cook, Gabri-elle Coors, Dianne Cordrey, EmilyCosker, Justin Cova, Theresa Cox, CaitlinCraft, Colin Craig, Cassandra Crofton,Bridget Crowley, Bradley Cruse, CharlesCrusham, Michael Crusham, MeganDamcevski, Petros Dantsis, Triet Dao,Lauren Davenport, Janet Davidson,Anne Davis, Hannah Davis, SamanthaDavis, Sarah-Louise Dawtry, ZacharyDeidesheimer, Kelly Deiters, Jane Del-isio, Megan Depaoli, Aaron Depoe,Jennifer DeTellem, Emily Devine, Con-nor Devoe, David Di Menna, KevinDickinson, Thomas Dickman, MelissaDiersing, Alex Dieterle, ChristopherDinkelacker, Kathleen Disimile, RonaldDodge, Jonathan Doerger, KatherineDoherty, Joseph Dowd, Stephanie

Doyle, Andrew Dreyer, Donald Drie-haus, Kelly Drodofsky, Jamie Drout,Alison Duebber, Brian Dunn, StephanieDupont, Candace Dupps, NicholasDuwell, Timothy Echler, Alex Edwards,Taylor Ehrman, Molly Eiser, KaitlinElliott, Tina Ellis, Christine Englert, AlexEppensteiner, Phillip Ernst, Hope Esposi-to, Anna Fahey, Cody Fahrenkamp,Chao Fang, Molly Farrell, Abby Feder-mann, Katy Feldman, Amy Felix, KaylaFinn, Jason Fishburn, Marie Fishburn,Samuel Fisher, Brittany Fitzgerald, AliceFlanders, Veronica Flowers, Jillian Floyd,Jessica Fox, Cynthia Fraley, AshleyFrank, Ellen Franke, Madison Frey,Joseph Fricke, Joseph Frost, GraniaFrueh, Erin Fussinger,

Kevin Gade, Michelle Gadzinski, GinaGalvin, Cody Gamm, Russell Gatermann,Julia Gatton, Yohannes Gebrab, EmilieGeiler, Lyndsey Geiser, Sarah Gellen-beck, Mary Genis, Eileen George, KaraGeorge, Emily Gerhardt, Samuel Gerou-lis, Jason Gerst, Christina Gettler, Dean-na Giffin, Joseph Gillespie, CatherineGilliam, Mary Kay Giovanetti, MeganGladfelter, Jennifer Goetz, Clare Goetz-man, Nora Goetzman, Scott Goldsch-midt, Linda Goodman, Benjamin Green,Justin Gressler, Leah Griffin, KatieGriffith, Krista Grinkemeyer, GregoryGross, Katherine Grote, Molly Gruber,Lauren Guban, Jennifer Guenther, CodyGullett, Molly Gullett, Bradly Haar-meyer, Joshuah Habig, Ashley Hacker,Bryan Hafertepe, Stacey Hafner, JustinHagen, Samuel Hahn, George Hakim,Benjamin Haller, Michelle Hamad, AlexHand, Carly Hargis, Andrew Harmon,Michael Harmon, Melissa Harpenau,Jamie Harris, Jenna Harrison, ReginaHartfiel, Gideon Hartman, Jacob Hart-mann, Sarah Hasselbeck, MichelleHausman, Emily Hautman, Sara Hautz,Andrew Haws, Kelley Hayhow, NicholasHeckmann, Alexanderia Heflin, KyleHeidel, Paul Hein, Rachel Heinlein,Nicole Heithaus, Lauren Heitkamp,Matthew Heitman, Amanda Helmes,Isaac Helton, Jonathan Hembree, Thom-as Hemmer, Stephanie Henderson,Alexis Hendy, Colleen Hennessy, Mat-thew Henrich, Anna Herrmann, Nicho-las Herrmann, Sophia Herrmann, MaliaHess, Kari Hetzel, Patrick Heusmann,Lauren Hicks, Emily Hill, Melanie Hill,David Hils, Joseph Hils, Samantha Hinds,Tanner Hinds, Christopher Hines, TonyHinnenkamp, Anna Hinzman, JohnHoard, Joseph Hoard, Heather Hoban,Sydney Hodapp, Rachel Hoendorf,Raymond Hoendorf, Bruce Hoffbauer,Jason Hoffman, Jennifer Hoffman,Raymond Hollingsworth, Joseph Holsch-er, Holly Holstrom, Gabrielle Holtgrefe,Erin Holtman, Marcie Hon, Aryan Hope,Rachel Hopkins, Clark Horning, NicholasHouser, Maria Hoy, Jason Huber, Chris-topher Hughes, Holly Hughes, Stepha-nie Hughes, Jessica Huhn, Maria Hulgin,Sarah Hulsman, Tim Hunsche, AlexHuschart, Amanda Huschart, BrookeHutchinson, Jaclyn Hyde,

Samantha Imfeld, Hannah Inman,Heather Jackson, Brian Jacob, AlisonJaeger, Ashley Jansen, Andrew Janson,Alex Janszen, Brittany Janszen, Jona-than Jennings, Lynn Jennings, ChristinaJeremiah, Ashley Johns, Kevin Johns,Carolyn Johnson, Jeremiah Johnson,Nicole Johnson, Reece Johnson, SarahJohnston, Katelyn Jones, Zachary Jones,Matthew Kaeser, Jessica Kahny, ColleenKane, Chelsea Kathman, Irene Katiiti,Cori Kavanaugh, Todd Kawanari, EmilyKeilholz, Jacob Kelley, Scott Kelley, SaraKenan, Caleb Kennedy, StephanieKenning, Lera Khubunaia, JeremiahKiely, Matthew Kincaid, Lilianne Kinne,Danielle Kirk, Jacqueline Klaserner,Kelly Kleemeier, Jacqueline Kleinholz,Marissa Kloepfer, Katherine Klopp,Jordyn Klumpp, Jack Knab, MeghanKnapp, Mary Knight, Daveen Knue,Kayla Knue, Katelyn Koch, Renee Kohl,Brittani Kohls, Kelsey Kolish, KurtKolish, Jeffrey Kollmann, VictoriaKoopman, Joshua Krahenbuhl, ReginaKrahenbuhl, Lauren Kramer, Gail Krisko,Mark Krug, Aaron Kuethe, JessicaKuhlmann, Stacey Kurzhals, OliviaKutzleb, Jeffrey Laake, Ahmed Lababi-di, Melanie Laiveling, Jacob Lalley,Lawrence Lampe, Lauren Lamping,James Lance, Marc Lanza, Cory Larkin,Rebecca Law, Sarah Law, Kara Lawson,Huong Le, Caitlin Leahy, Kendra Leahy,Kylie Leahy, Kelsey Ledyard, Bianca Lee,Rachel Lee, Jillian Leedy, DeborahLegendre, Lauren Lehan, NicholasLeigh, Jennifer Leonardi, AndrewLepper, Ross Leugers, Sara Leurck, JunyiLi, Matthew Liguzinski, Mariah Lingo,Richard Linnemann, Jonathan Litmer,Jessica Litzinger, Madison Loehl, KyleLohbeck, Steven Lohman, Brian Loring,Kelly Louie, Bryan Lubbers, Emily Lyons,

Jeffrey Madar, Michael Mahon, EmilyMaly, Ellen Manegold, Thomas Mann,Kara Marshall, Ashley Martini, JacobMartino, Michael Matthews, RyanMatthews, Adam Maucher, KeenenMaull, Matthew Maxey, Ashley Maxie,Katherine Mayhaus, Katherine McCla-nahan, James McCullough, MeganMcDonald, Michael McGowan, RyanMcHenry, Molly McKee, Karli McMa-han, Katherine McMillan, EmilyMcNamara, Andrew McQueary, Nicho-las Meiners, Joseph Meisberger, GraceMeloy, John Memory, Brian Mendell,Alexander Mergard, Wesley Mergard,Tyler Merk, Kyle Merkl, Erin Merz,Catherine Meter, Thomas Mette, Alex-ander Meyer, Daniel Meyer, Kelly Mey-er, Maria Meyer, Travis Meyer, BriceMickey, Kara Miladinov, AlexandraMiller, Garrett Miller, Jessica Miller, NickMiller, Sarah Miller, James Mills, LaurenMills, Catherine Minning, ThomasMinning, Marzieh Mirzamani, Macken-zie Mitchel, Jasmine Mitchell, KellyMoellinger, Josh Moellman, MaxwellMonk, Meghan Moore, John Moores,Tiffany Morgan, Katie Morton, EricMoser, Hannah Mueller, Brian Murray,Joelle Murray-Lauck, Eric Musser, Logan

Naber, Alexa Nardone, Katlyn Neack,Laura Neeb, Stephanie Neiheisel,Charles Nelson, Robert Neville, KristaNewland, Stephen Newland, BryanNguyen, Joseph Nguyen, Lucy Nguyen,Brittani Nicolaci, Cody Nieberding,Zachary Nieberding, Rachel Niederhau-sen, Brett Niehauser, Ryan Niehauser,Jessica Nolte, Robbie Noonan, AprilNordman, Abby Nurre, AlexanderNurre, Kevin O'Brien, Daniel O'Sullivan,Casey Oaks, Melissa Olberding, TereseOstendorf, Elyse Otten, Tyra Owens,

Bradley Padur, Casey Pahner, JordanPangallo, John Panning, Judy Papania,Katherine Papathanas, Kazia Parsons,Courtney Pearce, Sara Peasley, MonicaPepple, Lacey Perkins, Katherine Peter,Christine Peterman, Louanne Pfister,Khiem Pham, Cody Phillips, Emily Phil-lips, Kelly Pieper, Christina Pierson,Chelsea Pille, Sara Piller, Rachel Pleas-ants, Matthew Pogue, Matthew Poppe,Antwanette Portis, Sarah Powell, EllenPowers, Amanda Prasse, Michael Pres-nell, Alyssa Price, Thomas Pritchard,Dawniesha Pruitt, Steven Quillin, Chris-topher Radley, Donna Rae, MelanieRaines, Sean Randolph, Melissa Rapier,Samantha Ratliff, Rebecca Ratterman,Amanda Rauscher, Amanda Re, MollyRebennack, Chris Redman, Daniel Reed,Matthew Regnold, Jefferson Reid, ErinReilly, Rick Rhoades, Emily Richardson,Maria Ricke, Emily Rieger, MeganRieger, Devon Riesenbeck, KimberlyRife, Robert Ripperger, Brittani Ritter,Matthew Robben, Stephanie Rob-ertson, Olivia Roeder, Jaclyn Roell, ErikaRoemer, Paul Roemer, Dierric Rogers,Jenna Rolfes, Clare Roos, Erin Rosen-berger, Ryan Rosenberger, Ryan Rose-now, Jennifer Ross, Andrea Roth, AnnRoth, Laura Rothan, Stacie Rothan,Shannon Rothenbusch, Joann Rothwell,Allen Rowe, Tamara Roy, Erycka Rude-miller, Rachel Ruehl, Ryan Ruffing, TylerRunk, Nina Rupp, Melissa Ruter, Theo-dore Ruwe, Carolyn Rydyznski,

Natalie Sagel, Kristine Sailors, JohnSalter, Maxwell Sample, AlexandraSampson, Meredith Sanders, JordanSandling, Charles Saunders, OliviaScardina, Steven Schaefer, Kevin Scheck,Michael Scheidt, Michael Schlasinger,Daniel Schmidt, Kelly Schmidt, MarkSchmidt, Mary Schmidt, RebeccaSchmidt, Alyson Schneider, MichaelSchneider, Ellen Schoenfeld, EmilySchoenlaub, Jason Schramm, MandolinSchreck, Stephanie Schroeder, DanielSchroyer, Lauren Schuerman, PhilipSchulman, Gregory Schulz, ChristianSchuster, Kristin Schute, Rachel Schutte,Jason Schwartz, Patrick Schwarz, RachelSchwind, Sarah Schwind, Angela Scud-der, Patrick Seifert, Zak Sergent, DerekSeymour, Candice Shepard, Na'ToshaShepard, Daniel Shepherd, Alex Sideris,Kaitlin Siefke, Nicholas Siegel, BrianSimpkins, Laura Sinex, Mark Slye, Han-nah Smith, Leah Smith, Sarah Smith,Karlee Smithmeyer, Jane Smittie, KelseySmyth, Stephen Souders, Molly South-

wood, Wade Southwood, Mark Specker,Steve Spurgeon, Andrew Stacklin, JennaStaley, Matthew Stalf, Zachary Starkey,Heidi Stautberg, Athena Stefanou,Alexander Stenger, Nicholas Stenger,Amanda Stephens, Cory Stinson, ReidStock, Joseph Stone, Jarrett Strait, TarynStrait, Krista Streckfuss, Amanda Strong,Robert Sturm, Kristen Suter, EmilySutthoff, Geraldine Suyat, Kayla Swift,Amber Swoopes,

Paige Tabar, Edward Taylor, JasonTedtman, Julie Tepe, Mark Tepe, NathanTerry, Noah Terry, Elizabeth Thoman,Maryann Thomas, Amy Thompson,Tajuanna Thornton, Sarah Tiemeyer,Sean Tilley, Robert Toelke, Jillian Toller,Matthew Trame, Alexia Triantafilou,Brett Triantafilou, Mitchell Trotta,Theresa Tschofen, Kristine Uhlhorn,Katie Ulm, Alexandra Underwood,Brandon Unthank, Eric Van Benschoten,Benjamin Van Oflen, Dominic Vanderyt,Tristan Vanderyt, Joan Vater, MatthewVeerkamp, Jacqueline Vehr, StephanieVentura, Joseph Vesper, Richard Vogel,Natalia Voronina, Daniel Voynovich,Daniel Wabnitz, Joseph Waddle, An-drew Wagner, Timothy Wagner, Nicho-las Waldbillig, Jacob Walker, SarahWalterman, Grace Waters, MarissaWatson, Natalie Watson, Tiffany Wat-son, Garrett Webb, Lindsay Webb,Douglas Weber, Samantha Weber,Tiffany Weber, Zachary Weber, JosephWeddendorf, Michael Wedig, MarkWehner, Andrew Weil, Steffanie Weil,Carly Weir, Tyler Weiskittel, Ryan Welch,Keith Wentzel, Zachary Wenzel, EricWesseling, Paige Westerfield, BethWesterhaus, Chelsea Weston, AllisonWeyda, Alexander White, Candis White,Lauren Whitton, Brian Wiechert, Chris-topher Wiehaus, Anna Wilhelmus, KoriWilkins, LaToma Williams, Mollie Wil-liams, Robert Williams, Kelsey Wine-land, Brett Witterstaetter, EdwardWittich, Kathryn Wittich, Nicole Woel-fel, Benjamin Woeste, Laura Woeste,Lauren Wolf, Susanna Wood, MaritesWoytsek, Caitlin Wright, Carly Wright,John Wright, Anass Yacubu, RobertYakimow, Aubrey Yearion, BrittanyYearion, Kathryn Yoder, Jessica York,Judson York, Amber Young, HollyYurchison, Laura Zahneis, AlexandraZappasodi, Christian Zenni and HannahZimmerman.

GraduatesDerrick Jackson has graduated from

Wilmington College with a bachelor ofscience in sport management.

■The following students have graduat-

ed from the collaboration betweenWilmington College and CincinnatiState Technical & Community College:

Jeffrey Campbell, bachelor of artsin business administration; and

Dana Peak, bachelor of arts inbusiness administration.

COLLEGE CORNER

In January, a busload of excit-ed students from St. Bonifacegrade school arrived at Mother ofMercy High school ready tospend the morning with theirBobcat Buddies.

A relationship started by theAdopt a Class Foundation severalyears ago, freshmen students arepaired with preschool – fourth-grade students at the start of theschool year. Throughout the year,the buddies exchange letters andvisit each school twice a year fora total of four visits.

“When Bill Burwinkle, foun-der of Adopt a Class, approachedus about becoming involved withhis program we suggested part-nering with St. Boniface,” saidDiane Laake, Mercy principal.“Sister Anne Gorman, principalat St. Boniface, is also a Sister ofMercy, so it is a wonderful oppor-tunity to expand our involvementwith the Sisters of Mercy andconnect with a Catholic inner-cityschool. At the time, we were alsolooking for an option for ourfreshman class service compo-nent – this seemed liked the per-fect idea.”

Mercy’s World Language andConsumer Science departmentoffered to take the lead for theprogram. Mercy visited St. Boni-face during Halloween to createcrafts, play word games and sing

Halloween songs. During thegrade school’s visit to Mercy thekids enjoyed making hand pup-pets, creating lift size portraits

and playing bingo and Twister.Each activity incorporates theuse of French or Spanish wordsand allows the high school stu-

dents the opportunity to teach theyounger students about anotherlanguage.

Freshmen Veronica Jacobsand Emily Biery both agreed thatthey really enjoy spending timewith their buddies. “I like havingthe opportunity to help youngerstudents learn,” said Veronica.While Emily noted “not only is itfun spending time together butit’s neat to be able to learn aboutdifferent backgrounds.”

This past August, Mercy hired

service coordinator MeganKruse, a 2006 graduate, who hasenjoyed working closely with theWorld Language and ConsumerScience departments and St. Bon-iface in making this a worthwhileprogram for all.

“The Bobcat Buddies pro-gram is a great way to ease ourfreshmen students into service,”said Kruse. “They are able to seeservice is both helpful and fun,and can connect to any class notjust religion.”

Mercy connect with St. Boniface Buddies

Kristin Gandenberger and her St. Boniface buddy Jazlen S. and MikaiahHiggins with her Mercy buddy Andrea Smith pose for a photo beforestarting a game of Bingo during a recent Bobcat Buddies visit. THANKS TO

JENNY KRONER - JACKSON

Rachel Leondhardt and her buddy Mariah Campbell, Katie Koch andher buddy Te'ania Brown and Erika Schmitt and her buddy JerichoWilliams gathered for a group photo. THANKS TO JENNY KRONER - JACKSON

Mi'air Mack, Emily House, Lyndsi Kohls and Tracey Kendricks play agame of Twister during a Bobcat Buddies visit for St. Boniface studentsat Mercy High School. THANKS TO JENNY KRONER - JACKSON

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GREEN TWP — Last season theElder Panthers lacrosse programearned the schools first DivisionI and playoff victories in schoolhistory. They finished 8-11 andlost in the second-round of theplayoffs.

This season, they have 16 sen-iors back, but that senior experi-ence isn’t what it seems eventhough the program is in its sixthyear.

“The majority of the seniorshave as much experience as ourfreshmen and sophomores,”coach Tom Nugent said. “(Thefreshmen and sophomores) start-ed out at the youth level, so theseniors, all but one or two, didn’t(start playing lacrosse) until highschool.”

In his second season with thePanthers, Nugent has some solid

talent returning.Goalie Nick Bailey, who start-

ed every game last season, isback and Nugent hopes his expe-rience will help him as well as theentire team.

All-Region player Max Mazzais back, along with senior CoryGodar and left-hander NathanHeld.

“All the seniors have been ahuge part of developing the cul-ture we are trying to create,” Nu-gent said. “Them buying in madeit a lot easier for the other guys tofollow along.”

Defenseman Kyle Fortman isback for his junior campaign.

“He was a starter as a sopho-more,” Nugent said. “Now as a ju-nior he is a guy that has been re-ceiving quite a bit of attentionfrom college coaches and willcontinue to grow this year andhas really made himself into agood defenseman.”

Oak Hills

When you take over a new pro-gram you face many challenges.That is exactly what Oak Hills la-crosse coach Brandon Sipes isfacing this year as the Highland-

ers mark their inaugural seasonwith lacrosse.

Sipes spent four years at Col-erain - two as head coach - beforecoming to Oak Hills.

With a young, inexperiencedteam, it’s about teaching thegame to his players at this point.

“We have some juniors, onlyone that has played before,” hesaid. “Most of the squad is madeup freshmen. Over half the kidshave never played the sport be-fore, so we are basically workingon the fundamentals.”

Junior defensemen DannyKurtz is a team captain and pro-vides some experience for theHighlanders. Connor Acus is afreshman attacker, but brings la-

crosse experience to the team.“He is really carrying and

helping out the new guys,” Sipessaid.

Two other key players arefirst-year goalie A.J. Moser andjunior midfielder Jimmy Ernst.

“It feels good to know that thekids are learning the sport andpicking it up fairly quickly,”Sipes said. “You like to see suc-cess off the bat and to see that thekids are working correctly anddeveloping and catching on to thefundamentals.”

The Highlanders had scrim-mage victories over the NorthernKentucky Warriors and the Syca-more junior varsity team, with aloss to Mason’s junior varsityteam in between.

“Overall, the whole team hassurprised me with their talentand their ability to pick up thesport,” Sipes said.

Lacrosse on tap for OH, ElderBy Tom [email protected]

Elder sophomore Curtis Johnsonbattles two Bishop Chatarddefenders during their scrimmageMarch 10 at The Pit. THANKS TO

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Signs indicate it’s baseballseason. Here’s a first glance atthe local teams’ prospects:

ElderIn baseball, pitching is key.The Panthers graduated three

of their top four starters fromlast season, but return multiplekey position players.

Catcher Daniel Schwarz, sec-ond baseman Anthony Asalonand shortstop David Haley - allseniors - are the Panthers’ teamcaptains and will be relied uponheavily this season. Third base-man Ben Gramke will be anotherkey cog.

Junior Joe Ramstetter will re-turn as the top starting pitcherthis season. The rest of the pitch-ing staff remains to be seen.

“I’m pretty optimistic,” coachMark Thompson said. “The key isgoing to be pitching depth. Wehave to have a number of guysstep up and throw strikes. Offen-sively and defensively we are go-ing to be strong.”

La SallePitching and defense will be

key to La Salle success thisspring, according to head coachJoe Voegele.

Voegele said the Lancers willfield a young team that will workhard to get to get better. He addedthat the squad’s team speed is thebest he’s ever experienced.

Key players should includeBrad Burkhart, Dan Carrier, Con-nor Speed Andrew Rost and Lo-gan Miller.

Oak HillsWith seven consecutive win-

ning season on the line, the High-landers have a young, but talent-ed group this season.

Senior pitcher Austin Kronwent 3-1 with a 3.26 ERA last sea-son. Junior Jake Richmond went2-1 with a 1.31 ERA, and hit .279with two home runs and 15 RBI.

The Highlanders will start asophomore at second base andstill need to fill holes at the corneroutfield and infield positions.

According to coach CharlesLaumann, patience is the key.

“The extra time we’ve had thisyear and the weather to thispoint, has given us valuable timeto get the kids ready for the sea-son and up to par for what theycan expect with our competitionand 18-game GMC schedule.”

TaylorAfter the departure of seven

seniors last season, the YellowJackets have some talent to re-place.

Senior Alex Haussler - who ledhis team in hitting at .409 last sea-son - will play centerfield andpitch this season.

Seniors Dylan Lee and PatrickMcAdams will look to providesome offensive for the YellowJackets, as both hit over .300 lastseason.

Western Hills

With six freshmen or sopho-more starters, the Western HillsMustangs baseball team is in re-building year.

“I’m going to let the kids learnon the fly,” coach James Hollandsaid. “The sophomores played asfreshmen, so it’s just going to de-pend on how the freshmen ad-just.”

Junior catcher Jordan Simon -a three-year starter - will be a bigpart of this team.

Two other key positions play-ers are junior Cameron Washing-ton - who led the team in hittinglast season - and senior center-fielder Andre Murray - who is oneof two seniors on the team. Mur-ray missed all of last season witha knee injury.

On the mound, Levi Wolf andEduardo Rodriguez will be at thetop of the Mustangs rotation.

Signs say it’s timefor baseball

Elder third baseman Ben Gramke fouls off a pitch during the Panthers’scrimmage game against Lakota West March 21. The senior returns tothe hot corner and will be looked upon to provide solid defense and asteady bat in the lineup. TOM SKEEN/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Young, talentedteams on West SideBy Tom [email protected]

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The 2011 season markedthe first season since 2002 ateam outside of Cincin-nati’s Greater CatholicLeague South Division wonthe state title. The Bomb-ers reached the state semi-finals, losing in five sets toLakewood St. Edward. St.Edward advanced to defeatMoeller in the state title

match. St. Ed’s broke astring of eight straight sea-sons in which either St. X,Moeller, or Elder won thechampionship. As if theyneeded it, the GCL powershave even more motivationheading into 2012.

The Bombers will fieldone of the more experi-enced teams in the area, ledby six returning seniors.Collin Flesner, MichaelFletcher, Stephen Creevy,Ben Hart, Brian Shannonand Preston Hart contrib-uted to last year’s varsityteam that advanced to thestate final four. They willcollectively work to fill thevoid left by 2011 graduateMatthew Kues, who earnedstate Player of the Year.

Flesner (Visitation),Fletcher, Ben Hart (Visita-tion), and Preston Hart areoutside hitters. Fletchercan also serve as setter andBen Hart is a defensivespecialist. Creevy is theteam’s middle hitter. Shan-non plays libero. Three oth-er seniors will play varsityfor the first time this year.Bryan Walsh providesdepth at outside hitter; DanBillman is a middle hitter;and Danny Schmidt is a de-fensive specialist. The sen-iors, especially those withprevious varsity experi-ence, have solid teamchemistry and comple-ment each other’s talents.

Elder and Moeller willbe the biggest roadblocksin St. X’s path to a statechampionship. The Bomb-ers are aiming for theirfirst state title since 2006.They open the 2012 seasonat the Cardinal Classic onMarch 23 and 24.

Bombers VB hopes tobring state title backBy Adam [email protected]

After breaking herright arm in the final reg-ular season game of hersenior year at Mercy HighSchool, it was unsure howAbby Ballman’s careerwould end.

There was one thingfor sure; Abby was not go-ing to finish it on the side-lines.

The senior guard andthree-year starter forShawnee State Universityhas led the Bears to fourNAIA National Tourna-ments, including two FabFour appearances and shedid not was to sit out hersenior year.

The 5-10 guard sat outthe Mid-South Confer-ence Tournament in hopesto return for the NAIA Na-tional Tournament.

On March 14 in theopening game of the NA-IA Division I Champion-ship, Ballman started justas she has for 23 gamesthis season and make animpact early for theBears.

After missing her first

three-point attempt, Ball-man drilled three three-pointers in the first halfand hit a pair of freethrows for 11 points andhelp the Bears to a 45-18lead at the half over Wil-liam Woods and the even-tual 68-47 win. Ballmanwould finish the gamewith two rebounds, twoassists, one steal and onlyone turnover despite play-ing with a broken arm.

Ballman then scored15points in 37 minutes of ac-tion in the Bears’ lose tothe defending championsAsuza Pacific in the Sec-ond Round of the NAIATournament.

Ballman again hit

three 3-pointers in thegame and also collectedthree rebounds, twosteals, one assist with onlytwo turnovers.

Despite an early exitfrom the tournament,Ballman was honored dur-ing the Tuesday champi-onship game as she wasawarded the HustleAward.

She becomes only thesecond Bear in school his-tory to earn this honorjoining former teammateMallory Albers, whoearned the honor in 2010.Ballman becomes thefirst Shawnee player toearn the honor in DivisionI.

“Abby’s performancesat the National tourna-ment were both motiva-tional and inspirational,”Bears head coach RobinHagen-Smith said.

“After she broke herarm, everyone told herbasketball was over. Abbywas determined to figureout a way to get back onthe court. Those who sawher last two games wit-nessed a miracle and thetrue heart of a champion.Her determination, men-tal toughness, and love forthe game will never beforgotten.”

For the tournamentshe averaged13 points, 2.5rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1.5steals, shooting 50 per-cent from the floor and 46percent from beyond thearc.

Ballman earns Hustle awardMercy grad AbbyBallman, now a seniorguard for ShawneeState University, is therecipient of the HustleAward. THANKS TO KARA

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COLUMBUS — For Hold-en Hertzel, the task wassimple: Finish what his dadstarted 32 years ago.

Hertzel’s dad Rob, whodied of cancer in Novem-ber, was a part of the 1980Silver Knights team thatlost in the state final by sixpoints.

Summit’s 6-foot-5 cen-ter said his father told himthat coming up short atstate was one of the biggestdisappointments of his life.

But the current versionof the Silver Knightswouldn’t be denied as Sum-mit won its first basketballtitle with a 53-37 win overPortsmouth in the D-IIIchampionship game atOhio State’s SchottensteinCenter March 24.

Hertzel scored sevenpoints and grabbed four re-bounds.

“(Winning state) is hugefor me,” Hertzel said. “Ifelt like I needed to finishthe job that (my dad) setout. We were able to finish

the job.”Westwood’s Kevin John-

son, who scored 11 pointswhile shooting 4-of-9 fromthe floor, led Summit’s ef-forts. He also dished eightassists while grabbing sixboards.

Johnson got into foultrouble early in the firsthalf, but came out afterhalftime determined to se-cure a lead.

“In the second half, Ineeded to step it up to makea bigger lead,” Johnsonsaid. “So I knew my teamdepended on me to do that,so I put the game in myhands and let it flow.”

Summit also got a moti-vational boost from the ef-forts of guard AntonioWoods, who injured his leftknee during the team’s 49-41 semifinal win over Bed-ford St. Peter Chanel.

Head coach MichaelBradley said it didn’t lookas if Woods would play onthe eve of the big game.

Bradley said Woodswarmed up on game day,felt good, and gave it a go.

Woods scored eightpoints and grabbed threeboards in spite of his in-jured leg.

“Antonio Woods is one ofbest players in the state,along with Kevin and the

kid is one of the nicest kidsI’ve ever been around, andmentally and physicallyone of the toughest kidsI’ve seen,” Bradley said.“We are not in this positionright now without him tak-ing part in this game to-day.”

Tommy Kreyenhagen,Jake Rawlings of Lovelandand Mike Barwick alsoplayed stellar games.

Kreyenhagen startedfor Woods and scored sev-en points while Barwickadded 11 points and fourboards.

Rawlings scored sevenpoints and played tena-cious defense.

Summit as a teamearned a strong reputationfor playing strong defensethroughout the year.

Heading into the statetournament, the SilverKnights allowed opponentsto score just 34.5 points per

game.“We have a coach in Pat-

rick Cosgrove who is one ofthe best basketball coachesI’ve ever been around. He’scame up with (strategies)…so I give most of the cred-it to him for this run,” Brad-ley said. “He scouts, hesees, he puts a plan togeth-er and the kids execute.

Granted Kevin Johnson is aheck of player and JakeRawlings has done an unre-al job the past two games.They just bought into oursystem and what we did.”

With the win, Bradleywon his first state champi-onship in just his secondseason at the helm.

“This is the ultimategoal of every team whenyou start the season and weare thrilled to have had therun we had this year,”Bradley said. “We couldn’tbe happier to bring the firstchampionship to Summi-t…it’s just an amazing ac-complishment.”

Hertzel takes care of unfinished businessWestwood’sJohnson has bighand in SCD titleBy Nick [email protected]

Summit Country Day'sbasketball team celebrateswinning the Division IIIstate championship gameagainst Portsmouth,Saturday, March 24. TONY

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Soccer tournamentWestern Sports Mall is having

a high school co-ed soccertournament over spring break-April 5 and 6.

Cost is $225 per team. Eachteam will receive pizza and pop.

Players can only play on oneteam and must be currentlyenrolled in high school. Winningteam will receive a $595 credit

to play at WSM good for oneyear and t-shirts. registrationdeadline, roster and full pay-ment is due April 1.

Call 451-4900 or [email protected]

Bowl-A-RamaGamble Montessori High

School athletics is having its firstannual Bowl-A-Rama from6:30-8:30 p.m., Sunday, April 1,

at Western Bowl.Cost is $15 per person, and

includes bowling, shoes and abuffet dinner.

Drinks must be purchasedfrom the bowling alley.

There will be games andraffles throughout the evening.

All proceeds go to the studentathletes at Gamble Montessori.

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better-than-parents/An on-line search reveals,

“Hamas-linked CAIR was namedan unindicted co-conspirator in aHamas jihad terror fundingcase” and “The Cincinnati FBI of-fice … was told several years agoby top FBI officials to limit con-tact with CAIR. Local offices arenot permitted to participate in anevent sponsored by CAIR and arenot allowed to invite CAIR lead-ers to sit on boards or communitygroups set up by the FBI, saidMike Brooks, the FBI’s spokes-man in Cincinnati.”

http://www.wearethelightbri-gade.blogspot.com/2012/03/15-why-does-elder-hs-want-cair-to-talk.html

Why is it so hard for some edu-cators to stick to the basics ofmath, English, and the like, whileleaving the propagandizing to theparents?

Joe CoorsBridgetown

CAIR visitsMarch 8, Elder High School in-

vited CAIR to give a talk on Islamto four sophomore classes. Whydidn’t Elder think they were re-quired to tell the parents before-hand. Why doesn’t CAIR note ontheir web page who the schoolwas where they gave the talk?

http://ohio.cair.com/media/cincinnati-a-southernohio/press-releasesarticles/271.html

I am reminded of a story lastmonth where Debbie Squiressaid: “Educators go through edu-cation for a reason. They are thepeople that know best about howto serve children. That’s not nec-essarily true of an individual res-ident. I’m not saying that theydon’t want the best for their chil-dren, but they may not know whatactually is best; from an educa-tion standpoint.”

http://markamerica.com/2012/02/17/michigan-edu-crats-know-

Clear things upHistory?I was reading a story to the

kids the other day about the pil-grims who braved the difficultboat journey to come to the NewWorld. They suffered terriblehardships and made amazing sac-rifices to come to a land the heldthe promise of unlimited healthcare. Oh, wait – it was religiousfreedom, not health care.

We read another story aboutpeople who willingly jumped onboats in Africa so they couldcome to America and work gruel-ing hours in back breaking laborfor profits they would never en-joy. They were denied the right tothink their own thoughts andmake their own decisions. Oh,wait – they didn’t volunteer, theywere enslaved.

Finally, we read about how allthe people of Eastern Europeloved having the government in-

volved in every little detail oftheir lives so much that they heldgreat big picnics. Oh, wait – thoseweren’t picnics, they were bloodyrevolutions.

Wow, history is getting reallymixed up. Perhaps our policymakers need to be reminded thatwe don’t want to be slaves to an

oppressive, tax-burdened gov-ernment that denies our religiousfreedom and human dignity. Let’swrite to them and clear things upbefore they rewrite history.

Jayne MurphyGreen Township

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There’s a suspicious smellemanating from WesselmanCreek in Dent. And it’s not whatyou might think. But if you are acustomer of the MetropolitanSewer District (MSD), youmight want to take notice.

Our neighborhood group hasidentified the smell as PoliticalPollution with overtones of Dis-regard for Personal Property.MSD ratepayers will soon beasked to pay for an unnecessarysewer project that will promotefuture development of our resi-dential area. As one of the own-ers whose land will be taken forthe proposed sewer, we certain-ly don’t need more developmentin our back yards. In the lastyear alone, two large medicalbuildings that overwhelm thenatural character of our neigh-borhood are being built on Har-rison Avenue near Filview Cir-cle.

The Dent neighborhood offHutchinson Road has been thetarget of developers for years.In late 2008, the proposed de-struction of almost a mile ofWesselman Creek, a Class IIIstream, was halted by the Ohio

EPA. Devel-opers had want-ed to build yetanother shop-ping center thatwas to be calledLegacy Place.Now threeyears later, as arepair for anoverloadedpump station at

the rear of Virginia Court offBridgetown Road, MSD propos-es to construct a trunk sewerline along this same creek –through the failed Legacy Placesite – to “eliminate” the pumpstation.

Concerned neighbors andlandowners who will be affectedby MSD’s plans have attendednumerous meetings in GreenTownship and the HamiltonCounty Commission to state ourobjections, to no avail. MSD hasprovided all sorts of explana-tions of what is being done andwhy. But our suggestions forreasonable alternatives have notbeen explored.

What should have been a lesscostly repair of the problem

pump station has turned into amultimillion dollar trunk sewerproject. The sewer MSD planswill be more than a mile long.Against our wishes, it will blowthrough our back and side yards,uprooting trees and destroyingwhat is left of the quiet, woodedambiance of our neighborhood.There is even talk about boringunderneath the stream andzigzagging back and forthacross it. The original price tagof $760,000 for the repair of thepump station has now blossomedto $3.2 million dollars to con-struct a gravity sewer instead.

What it seems to boil down tois this: several large landownerswant the sewer on their proper-ties, so they can sell for devel-opment for a tidy profit. GreenTownship trustees support theselandowners’ wishes while ignor-ing ours.

Guess who will pay for thisexpensive trunk sewer? If youare a MSD ratepayer, you will.

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It was a perfect Wednesdayevening in June. I was relaxingin my lawn chair as the sax-ophone sounded soothing jazzrenditions of classic surf music,evoking memories of long agosummers for the over-50 crowd.

More neighbors were walk-ing to Covedale Gardens fromevery side street – anxious toexperience the long anticipatedsummer concert Series. Babycarriages, pushed by proudparents lined the event lawn.

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get-together was years in themaking. A vision for the space,conceived in 2004, evolved frommany frank discussions rootedin questioning what Covedalewanted to become. Many resi-dents expressed, “Covedalecould be another Hyde Park,”while a few were content withthe status quo – a vacant lotwhere four beautiful homes

were sacrificed to build a waterretention basin.

After designing the space,inspired by a community gather-ing survey, Chris Manning, theprinciple Landscape Architect,said, “I believe that CovedaleGardens will be a special place,unique to any neighborhood; aplace that gives identity andcreates added value to the sur-rounding area, a place that con-nects residents to their commu-nity, a place that residents willbe proud of.”

As I observed the activity,neighbors casually meeting andenjoying the evening withoutpretense, I thought to myself,“This is West Side living at itsbest – the way it was meant tobe!”

Jim Grawe is the co-founder of theCovedale Neighborhood Association.

Covedale: Living at its best

Jim GraweCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

Organ donation provides asecond chance at life forthousands of people everyyear. One donor can savemultiple lives because mul-tiple organs and tissues canbe transplanted.

Last year, organ donorsmade more than 28,000 trans-plants possible. Another 1million people received tis-sue transplants that helpedthem recover from trauma,bone damage, spinal injuries,burns, hearing impairmentand vision loss. Unfortunate-ly, thousands still die everyyear because of the shortageof available organs. We allhave the power to make amiracle happen by sharingthe gift of life.

Although some organs canbe obtained from live donors,most are obtained from adeceased donor, usually whensomeone dies under circum-stances that have resulted inan irreparable neurologicalinjury, such as massive trau-ma, aneurysm or stroke.After brain death has beendetermined, the donor regis-try is searched to determineif the patient has personallyconsented to donation. If not,the patient’s representative(usually a spouse, parent orother close relative) is of-fered the opportunity toauthorize the donation.

The United Network forOrgan Sharing (UNOS) main-tains the Organ Procurementand Transplantation Network(OPTN), which keeps tracknationwide of all patientsneeding organs. Through theUNOS Computer System,organ donors are matched towaiting recipients 24 hours aday, 365 days a year.

People of all ages andbackgrounds can be organdonors. No one is too old ortoo young. The condition ofthe organs is more importantthan their age. Keep in mindthat children are often inneed of transplants, and theyusually need organs smallerthan those an adult can pro-vide.

It is especially importantto consider becoming anorgan donor if you belong toan ethnic minority. Someminorities have higher ratesof certain chronic conditions

that affect thekidney, heart,lung, pancre-as and liver.Becausematchingblood type isnecessary fortransplants,the need forminoritydonor organsis especiallyhigh.

Organ donation is consis-tent with the beliefs of mostreligions. If you’re unsure ofyour faith’s position, ask amember of your clergy, orcheck www.organdonor.gov,which provides religiousviews on organ donation andtransplantation by denom-ination.

Some people refuse tohave a loved one become adonor because of fear ofexpense, but the donor’sfamily does not pay for organand tissue donation. Thetransplant recipient’s healthinsurance policy, Medicare,or Medicaid usually coversthe cost.

Donation does not inter-fere with having a funeral,including open casket ser-vices. Organs are removedsurgically in a routine opera-tion, and the appearance ofthe body is not altered.

So how do you become adonor? If you are under 18,talk with your parents, asthey must give permission,although at age 16 in Ohio youcan declare your wishes onyour driver’s license. If youare 18 or older, designateyour intent on your driver’slicense or sign a donor card.It is important to share thedecision with your family andfriends, and include yourdonation plans in your livingwill.

For more information ondonation, visithttp://organdonor.gov/ orhttp://donatelife.net/ under-standing-donation/organ-donation/.

Teresa Esterle, M.D., is a boardcertified pediatrician at WestSide Pediatrics. She also is amember of the medical staff atCincinnati Children’s HospitalMedical Center.

Organ donationssave lives

TeresaEsterleCOMMUNITYPRESS GUESTCOLUMNIST

LIFELIFE PEOPLE | IDEAS | RECIPES

WESTERN HILLSPRESS

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 2012

S tudents at St. Martin of Tours School celebrated Right to ReadWeek and Dr. Seuss’ birthday with a variety of activities.

On Friday, the students were allowed to come to school outof uniform if they brought in a new or gently used book to donate toCincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and the Ronald Mc-Donald House.

CELEBRATING

SEUSS

Sixth-graders Alexandria Eberly and Jessica Whitman, and kindergarten students SophiaRogers, Jude Southerland, Brandon Lusane, Bella Maxfield and Ethan Southerland check outthe hundreds of donated books. PROVIDED.

Fifth-grader Trey Burgin reads to his buddy, Justin Oliver. PROVIDED.

Katherine Rust, center, reads to Emily Davis andGabrielle Niederhausen. PROVIDED.

Second-graders Shayna Gaskins, Jessica DeNoma, JoshHuff, Jaxon Maxfield and Justin Oliver size up the greeneggs and ham brought by the fifth grade beforestarting a Dr. Seuss word search activity. PROVIDED.

Mary Juelg's first-grade students show all the Dr. Seuss books they brought to read and share. PROVIDED.

Fifth-grade students planned activities for their second-grade readingbuddies. Pictured are the goody bags with bookmarks, pencils andstickers they gave to their buddies. Fifth-graders also made puppetimages of Theodor Seuss Geisel and used them to read to thesecond-graders. PROVIDED.

B2 • WESTERN HILLS PRESS • MARCH 28, 2012

THURSDAY, MARCH 29Art & Craft ClassesM.Y. Card Creations, 6-8 p.m.,Bayley Community WellnessCenter, 401 Farrell Court, Makeyour own personalized cards.Price includes all supplies andinstructions. $14. Reservationsrequired. 347-5510. Delhi Town-ship.

Art ExhibitsMount Art and Design FacultyExhibition, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.,Studio San Giuseppe Art Galleryat the College of Mount St.Joseph, 5701 Delhi Road, Recentworks by members of acclaimedart and design faculty. Free.Presented by College of MountSt. Joseph. 244-4314;www.msj.edu. Delhi Township.

Mercy High School Art Exhib-it, 7 a.m.-9 p.m., Aroma’s Javaand Gelato, 6407 BridgetownRoad, Display and sale of artwork from students at MercyHigh School. Free. ThroughMarch 30. 574-3000. GreenTownship.

EducationChild and Babysitting SafetyCertification, 5:30-7:30 p.m.,Mercy HealthPlex Western Hills,3131 Queen City Ave., TheAmerican Safety and HealthInstitute Child and BabysittingProgram is a community educa-tion program that covers childsafety and basic care techniquesfor infants and children. Ages10-15. $40. 389, 389-5982. West-wood.

Cincinnati-West 9/12 Project,7-8:30 p.m., Green TownshipBranch Library, 6525 Bridge-town Road, With Jon Vogt,owner of The Safe and ReadyLife Store, to further knowledgeof preparation. Short overviewof why it is necessary to beprepared and have a plan, justin case. Free. Presented byCincinnati-West 9/12 Project.922-7615. Green Township.

Exercise ClassesSpintensity, 5:45-6:45 p.m.,Western Hills Sports Mall, 2323Ferguson Road, Cycling com-bined with boot camp andstrength training moves. Ages 14and up. Family friendly. $8.50-$10 per class. Presented bySpinFit LLC. 451-4905;www.spinfitcincinnati.com.Westwood.

Gentle Beginners AshtangaVinyasa Flow Yoga, 7-8 p.m.,EarthConnection, 370 NeebRoad, Gentle progression ofpostures to ease into a fulfillingAshtanga practice. Each classengaging in a flow of asanas,creating a moving meditation ofenergy and heat. $8 drop-in, $35for five classes, $50 for 10 class-es. Presented by Yoga by Mariet-ta. 675-2725; www.yogabyma-rietta.com. Delhi Township.

On Stage - Children’sTheater

Seussical Jr., 7:30 p.m., Our Ladyof the Visitation School, 3180South Road, Musical. Presentedby students in grades sixththrough eighth. Family friendly.$5. Presented by Our Lady of theVisitation Church. 598-4175;www.olvisitation.org. GreenTownship.

On Stage - ComedyComedy Live, 9 p.m., The FullMoon Saloon, 4862 Delhi Ave.,Free. With Ray Price, DaveHyden, John Bernard, RobWilfong and Angelo Catanzaro.Presented by King Bee Enter-tainment. 244-6111. Delhi Town-ship.

On Stage - TheaterSteel Magnolias, 8-10:30 p.m.,Covedale Center for the Per-forming Arts, 4990 GlenwayAve., A step inside Truvy’s beau-ty salon in Chinquapin, La.,where all the ladies who are“anybody” come to have theirhair done. $23, $20 students andseniors. Through April 1. 241-6550; www.cincinnatilandmark-productions.com. West PriceHill.

Senior CitizensMovement Class for Seniors,11 a.m.-noon, Guenther PhysicalTherapy, 5557 Cheviot Road, $6,first class free. Through May 31.923-1700; www.guenthnerpt-.com. Monfort Heights.

Exercise to Music, 10-11 a.m.,Green Township Senior Center,3620 Epley Road, $1. 385-3780.Green Township.

Open Bridge, 12:15-3:15 p.m.,Green Township Senior Center,3620 Epley Road, Free. 385-3780.

Green Township.

FRIDAY, MARCH 30Art ExhibitsMount Art and Design FacultyExhibition, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.Gallery reception 4-7 p.m. Winetasting available., Studio SanGiuseppe Art Gallery at theCollege of Mount St. Joseph,Free. 244-4314; www.msj.edu.Delhi Township.

Mercy High School Art Exhib-it, 7 a.m.-9 p.m., Aroma’s Javaand Gelato, Free. 574-3000.Green Township.

Music - OldiesThe Remains, 9 p.m.-1:30 a.m.,Jim & Jack’s on the River, 3456River Road, 251-7977. Riverside.


Seussical Jr., 7:30 p.m., Our Ladyof the Visitation School, $5.598-4175; www.olvisitation.org.Green Township.

On Stage - TheaterSteel Magnolias, 8-10:30 p.m.,Covedale Center for the Per-forming Arts, $23, $20 studentsand seniors. 241-6550; www.cin-cinnatilandmarkproduction-s.com. West Price Hill.

SchoolsMiami Heights Pre-SchoolOpen House, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m.,Miami Heights Elementary, 7670Bridgetown Road, Parents andtheir pre-schoolers learn moreabout program offered atMiami Heights. Presented byMiami Heights ElementarySchool. 467-3225. Miami Town-ship.

Senior CitizensPinochle, Noon-4 p.m., GreenTownship Senior Center, 3620Epley Road, 385-3780. GreenTownship.

Arthritis Exercise, Noon-12:45p.m., Green Township SeniorCenter, 3620 Epley Road, Work-out to videos geared to helplessen arthritis symptoms. Forseniors. Free. 385-3780. GreenTownship.

Taking Off Pounds Sensibly,10-11 a.m., Green TownshipSenior Center, 3620 Epley Road,Weight loss support and ac-countability. For seniors. $28annual fee. 385-3780. GreenTownship.

ShoppingCUMC Preschool Ladies NightOut, 6-9:30 p.m., Cheviot UnitedMethodist Church, 3820 West-wood Northern Blvd., Vendorsand local crafters, grab bags,door prizes, silent auctions andmore. Complimentary food anddrinks. Benefits Cheviot UnitedMethodist Church Preschool.Presented by Cheviot UnitedMethodist Church Preschool.662-2048. Cheviot.

SATURDAY, MARCH 31BenefitsSetonsation: There’s No PlaceLike Seton, 4:45-10:30 p.m.,Seton High School, 3901 Glen-way Ave., Food, prizes and timeto reconnect with your Setonfamily. Cocktail hour and silentauction followed by cateredsit-down dinner. Wraps up withlive auction. Ages 21 and up.Benefits Seton tuition assistanceand financial aid. $85. Reserva-tions required. 471-2600, ext.108; www.setoncincinnati.org.West Price Hill.

Exercise ClassesZumba Class, 9-9:30 a.m.,Curves - Miami Heights/Cleves,3797 Shady Lane, $2. 467-1189;www.miamiheightscurves.com.Miami Heights.

Gentle Beginners AshtangaVinyasa Flow Yoga, 10-11 a.m.,EarthConnection, $8 drop-in,$35 for five classes, $50 for 10classes. 675-2725; www.yogaby-marietta.com. Delhi Township.

Music - BluesChuck Brisbin & the TunaProject, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.,Dew Drop Inn, 8956 HarrisonAve., Free. 353-1854. Cleves.

Sonny Moorman Group, 9p.m.-1 a.m., Legends, 3801Harrison Ave., 662-1222;www.legendscincinnati.com.Cheviot.

Music - OldiesDoo Wop Legends Tour, 8 p.m.,Jim & Jack’s on the River, 3456River Road, As seen on PBS.Music by the Legendary Teen-agers, the Shades of Blue andLeisa Parham performing atribute to the female divas of

Motown. Meet-and-greet thestars will follow event. $30; freeparking. Reservations required.251-7977; www.jimandjacks.net.Riverside.

NatureMars Returns, 8-11 p.m., Cincin-nati Astronomical Society Obser-vatory, 5274 Zion Road, Learnwhy Romans named Mars afterthe god of war, re-discover“canals” of Mars and catch upon latest news from NASAmissions currently exploringmysterious red planet. Familyfriendly. Free. Presented byCincinnati Astronomical Society.941-1981; www.cinastro.org.Cleves.


Seussical Jr., 7:30 p.m., Our Ladyof the Visitation School, $5.598-4175; www.olvisitation.org.Green Township.

On Stage - TheaterSteel Magnolias, 8-10:30 p.m.,Covedale Center for the Per-forming Arts, $23, $20 studentsand seniors. 241-6550; www.cin-cinnatilandmarkproduction-s.com. West Price Hill.

SUNDAY, APRIL 1Senior CitizensOver 55 Dance, 2-5 p.m., DelhiSenior and Community Center,647 Neeb Road, Non-memberswelcome. Music by Nelson. $5.Presented by Delhi Seniors.Through Dec. 2. 451-3560. DelhiTownship.

MONDAY, APRIL 2Community DanceArabian (Belly) Dance, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Westwood Town HallRecreation Center, 3017 HarrisonAve., Ballet/Piano room, secondfloor. Learn foundation stepscommon in Arab dancesthroughout Northern Africa andthe Middle East. Taught by IreneMirci in classic Egyptian style,also known as Dance Oriental.$40 for four classes. Registrationrequired. 662-9109; cincyrec.org/search/facility.aspx?id=40.Westwood.

Exercise ClassesYoga for Rookies: An In-troduction, 7-8 p.m., Earth-Connection, 370 Neeb Road, Forparticipants who have nevertried yoga. Class introduces each

practitioner to a progression ofPranayama (breathing tech-niques), focus of Gaze andAsanas (postures) leading to aunique practice for each partici-pant. Family friendly. $8 drop-in,$35 for five-class pass, $50 for10-class pass. Presented by Yogaby Marietta. 675-2725; www.yo-gabymarietta.com. Delhi Town-ship.

Senior CitizensPinochle, Noon-4 p.m., GreenTownship Senior Center, 385-3780. Green Township.

TUESDAY, APRIL 3Exercise ClassesSpinning, 5:45-6:45 p.m., West-ern Hills Sports Mall, 2323Ferguson Road, Cycling class.First class free. Ages 14 and up.Family friendly. $8.50-$10 perclass. Presented by SpinFit LLC.451-4905; www.spinfitcincinnat-i.com. Westwood.

Health / WellnessLunch and Learn, Noon-1 p.m.,Guenther Physical Therapy, 5557Cheviot Road, Learn abouttopics on improving your healthand wellness. Free. 923-1700;www.guenthnerpt.com. Mon-fort Heights.

Yoga for Healing, 6:30-7:30p.m., Westwood Town HallRecreation Center, 3017 HarrisonAve., Begin journey of healingphysically, mentally and emo-tionally with certified yogateacher, Michelle HsinYi,through mixed yoga styles tobring more strength and flexibil-ity to the body and learn variousbreathing techniques to restorebalance in the mind. First classfree. $8. Registration required.662-9109. Westwood.

Holiday - EasterEaster Basket Decoration,6:30-8:30 p.m., Bayley Communi-ty Wellness Center, 401 FarrellCourt, Petals N Glass boutiqueassists in creating Easter basketcenterpieces. $20. Registrationand payment required by March27. 347-5510. Delhi Township.

Senior CitizensMovement Class for Seniors,11 a.m.-noon, Guenther PhysicalTherapy, $6, first class free.923-1700; www.guenthnerpt-.com. Monfort Heights.

Quilting, 9:30-11:30 a.m., GreenTownship Senior Center, 3620Epley Road, Make blankets to

donate to Project Linus andChildren’s Hospital. For seniors.385-3780. Green Township.

Exercise to Music, 10-11 a.m.,Green Township Senior Center,$1. 385-3780. Green Township.

Ceramics, 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m.,Green Township Senior Center,3620 Epley Road, 385-3780.Green Township.

Stability Ball, 9:30-10 a.m.,Green Township Senior Center,3620 Epley Road, Bring yourown stability ball and work onstrengthening your core. Forseniors. 385-3780. Green Town-ship.

Euchre, 12:30-3:30 p.m., GreenTownship Senior Center, 3620Epley Road, Open game. Forseniors. 385-3780. Green Town-ship.

Pattern Dancing, 1-2:30 p.m.,Green Township Senior Center,3620 Epley Road, Learn linedancing and have fun whileexercising. For seniors. Free.385-3780. Green Township.

Billiards, 1:30-3:30 p.m., GreenTownship Senior Center, 3620Epley Road, Free. 385-3780.Green Township.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4Exercise ClassesWomen and Weights, 6-7 p.m.,Western Hills Sports Mall, 2323Ferguson Road, Program specifi-cally designed for women.Maintain bone density, increasemetabolism and discover healthbenefits of weight training.Family friendly. $7.50-$10.Presented by SpinFit LLC. 451-4905; www.spinfitcincinnat-i.com. Westwood.

Power and Pump, 5:15-6 p.m.,Western Hills Sports Mall, 2323Ferguson Road, Simple, yetchallenging cardiovascular andstrength training exercisescombined for total body work-out. Family friendly. $7.50-$10.Presented by SpinFit LLC. 451-4905; www.spinfitcincinnat-i.com. Westwood.

Yoga for the Back/RestorativeYoga, 7-8 p.m., EarthConnec-tion, 370 Neeb Road, East park-ing lot near football facility.Students use breath and move-ment to lengthen and strength-en the back muscles. $8 drop-in,$35 for five-class pass, $50 for10-class pass. Presented by Yogaby Marietta. 675-2725; www.yo-gabymarietta.com. Delhi Town-ship.

Abs Express, 7-7:20 p.m., West-ern Hills Sports Mall, 2323Ferguson Road, RacquetballCenter. Work core like neverbefore in quick class that will hitentire abdominal area. Free.Presented by SpinFit LLC. 451-4905; www.spinfitcincinnat-i.com. Westwood.

Senior CitizensStrengthening and Range ofMotion Class for Seniors,10-11 a.m., Guenther PhysicalTherapy, 5557 Cheviot Road, $6,first class free. 923-1700;www.guenthnerpt.com. Mon-fort Heights.

Pinochle, Noon-4 p.m., GreenTownship Senior Center, 385-3780. Green Township.

Vintage Artist, 9 a.m.-12:30p.m., Green Township SeniorCenter, 3620 Epley Road, Placefor artists to paint together.Beginners welcome. Bring ownsupplies. For seniors. Free.385-3780. Green Township.

Knitting and Crocheting,10-11:30 a.m., Green TownshipSenior Center, 3620 Epley Road,Knit or crochet blankets forProject Linus. Yarn provided. Forseniors. Free. 385-3780. GreenTownship.

Wood Carving, 1-3 p.m., GreenTownship Senior Center, 3620Epley Road, Carve with Green-wood Chippers. Many differenttechniques used: relief carvings,scroll saw, figurines. Bring owntools. For seniors. Free. 385-3780. Green Township.

Wii Bowling, 2-3:30 p.m., GreenTownship Senior Center, 3620Epley Road, Free. 385-3780.Green Township.

Zumba Gold, 1-2 p.m., GreenTownship Senior Center, 3620Epley Road, $3. 385-3780. GreenTownship.

THURSDAY, APRIL 5Exercise ClassesSpintensity, 5:45-6:45 p.m.,Western Hills Sports Mall, $8.50-$10 per class. 451-4905;www.spinfitcincinnati.com.Westwood.

Senior CitizensMovement Class for Seniors,11 a.m.-noon, Guenther PhysicalTherapy, $6, first class free.

923-1700; www.guenthnerpt-.com. Monfort Heights.


Open Bridge, 12:15-3:15 p.m.,Green Township Senior Center,Free. 385-3780. Green Township.

FRIDAY, APRIL 6Music - BluesT & T Blues, 7-9 p.m., Aroma’sJava and Gelato, 6407 Bridge-town Road, Harmonica, guitarand vocals. Family friendly. Free.574-3000; www.aromasgelato-.com. Green Township.

Senior CitizensArthritis Exercise, Noon-12:45p.m., Green Township SeniorCenter, Free. 385-3780. GreenTownship.

Taking Off Pounds Sensibly,10-11 a.m., Green TownshipSenior Center, $28 annual fee.385-3780. Green Township.

SATURDAY, APRIL 7LecturesTEDxCincinnatiChange, 10:30a.m.-4 p.m., St. Michael’sChurch, 2110 Saint Michael St.,Exchange of ideas featuringspeakers, inspirational videosand conversation. Theme: BigPicture, small details. Presentersshare ideas on important issuesof “glocal” nature: Issues withboth global and local impact.$20-$100. Registration required.Presented by TEDxCincinnati.706-5444; tedxcincinnati.com.Lower Price Hill.

MONDAY, APRIL 9Community DanceArabian (Belly) Dance, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Westwood Town HallRecreation Center, $40 for fourclasses. Registration required.662-9109; cincyrec.org/search/facility.aspx?id=40. Westwood.

Senior CitizensChair Volleyball, 10 a.m.-noon,Green Township Senior Center,3620 Epley Road, 385-3780.Green Township.

Indoor Cornhole, 10 a.m.-noon,Green Township Senior Center,3620 Epley Road, 385-3780.Green Township.

Pinochle, Noon-4 p.m., GreenTownship Senior Center, 385-3780. Green Township.

TUESDAY, APRIL 10Exercise ClassesSpinning, 5:45-6:45 p.m., West-ern Hills Sports Mall, $8.50-$10per class. 451-4905; www.spinfit-cincinnati.com. Westwood.

Health / WellnessYoga for Healing, 6:30-7:30p.m., Westwood Town HallRecreation Center, $8. Regis-tration required. 662-9109.Westwood.

Senior CitizensMovement Class for Seniors,11 a.m.-noon, Guenther PhysicalTherapy, $6, first class free.923-1700; www.guenthnerpt-.com. Monfort Heights.

Quilting, 9:30-11:30 a.m., GreenTownship Senior Center, 385-3780. Green Township.


Ceramics, 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m.,Green Township Senior Center,385-3780. Green Township.

Stability Ball, 9:30-10 a.m.,Green Township Senior Center,385-3780. Green Township.

Euchre, 12:30-3:30 p.m., GreenTownship Senior Center, 385-3780. Green Township.

Pattern Dancing, 1-2:30 p.m.,Green Township Senior Center,Free. 385-3780. Green Township.

Billiards, 1:30-3:30 p.m., GreenTownship Senior Center, Free.385-3780. Green Township.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11

Health / WellnessOccupational Therapy Presen-tation, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.,Bayley Community WellnessCenter, 401 Farrell Court, BrendaCain, occupational therapist atMercy Hospital, speaks on“Managing Challenging Behav-iors: Commitment to Caring.”Free. Reservations required.Presented by Mercy HospitalWestern Hills. 347-5510. DelhiTownship.

THINGS TO DO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

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share reci-pes that areso mean-ingful tome.

Like thenaturallycoloredEaster eggsthat we hadat Easterwhen wewere kids,

and are hugely popularright now. I’ll be makingthem on Fox 19’s morningshow April 3.

I love passing this tra-dition down to my grand-kids. And as you’re plan-ning your celebration,remember those who maybe alone or having hard-ship. Invite them to yourtable, send a card or givethem a call.

Glaze likehoney-baked ham

For a Community Re-corder reader and severalothers. This makes enoughglaze for up to a 12-poundfully cooked ham. If youhave a 7-pound ham, useabout half the glaze. Left-over glaze can be mixed

up together, heated andserved alongside. You canleave the ham out at roomtemperature 30 minutes orso before roasting to takethe chill off for betterroasting.

1 cup pear nectar1 cup orange juice1 cup packed brown sugar1 cup honeyPumpkin pie spice to taste:

Start with 2 teaspoons(optional)

Preheat oven to 375.Mix nectar and orangejuice. Bake ham for 20minutes, basting every 5minutes. Mix brown sugar,honey and spice. Brushover ham and bake untilinternal temperaturereaches 140, basting everyonce in a while. This takesabout an hour for a 7-pound ham, and about 1-1/2hours for a 10-pound ham.

Rita’s naturallycolored eggs

It’s a great lesson infood chemistry for thekids, plus they learn to begood stewards of theirenvironment. Eggs madewith yellow onion skinswill be pale yellow to darkamber. Red onion skins

produce eggs that arebrick/brown red. Beetjuice turns them a prettypink. Red cabbage is thewinner: it makes beautifulteal blue eggs! Turmericmakes the eggs brilliantyellow and reminds me ofthe marigolds my dadused to plant in our tinyfront lawn.

For every cup of dye,use a tablespoon or so ofclear vinegar. Stir that inafter straining, or as di-rected. These dyes takelonger than commercialdyes. In fact, I leave theeggs in the red cabbagedye up to 12 hours. Useboiled eggs.

Onion skins: In a

saucepan, place as manypapery outer skins ofyellow or red onions thatyou have. Cover with acouple inches of water.Bring to a boil, lower to asimmer and cook untilonion skins have coloredthe water. Strain.

Red cabbage: Use theonion skin method forthinly sliced red cabbage.

Beet juice: I use juicefrom canned beets.

Turmeric: Put 4 table-spoons turmeric powderin 2 cups water. Stir andplace in pan. Cook until itstarts to boil. Remove, letcool but don’t strain. Placeeggs in dye, stirring tocoat. Let sit in dye until

desired color is obtained.When you remove theeggs, gently wipe off withsoft cloth or run veryquickly under runningwater to remove turmericpowder.

Toffee andchocolate Matzohcrunch

There are lots of reci-pes for this Passovertreat. This is one of thebest I’ve found. If youcan’t get matzoh, use sal-tines and omit additionalsalt.

4 to 6 sheets unsaltedmatzoh crackers

2 sticks unsalted butter, cutinto chunks, or margarine

1 cup packed light brownsugar

¼ teaspoon salt¾ teaspoon vanilla1 cup semisweet chocolate

chips1 cup toasted nuts

(optional)

Line a large bakingsheet with foil, letting thefoil go up and over theedges. Spray foil. Put asheet of parchment on top.Preheat oven to 375. Linebottom with crackers.

Melt butter and sugartogether and cook overmedium heat, until mix-ture starts to boil. Boilthree minutes, stirringconstantly. Be careful somixture doesn’t burn.Remove, add salt andvanilla, and pour andspread over crackers. Putin oven and reduce heat to350. Bake for 15 minutes.It will bubble up but if itstarts to spot, remove andreduce heat to 325. Afterbaking, sprinkle withchips until almost melted,a couple minutes, thenspread with spatula. Sprin-kle on toasted nuts. Cooland break into pieces.Keeps a week, covered.

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is anherbalist, educator and au-thor. Email her at [email protected] “Rita’s kitchen” in thesubject line. Call 513-248-7130,ext. 356.

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FRIDAY, MARCH 30Fish Fry, 4-7 p.m., Holy

Family Church, 814 Haw-thorne Ave., Carryoutavailable. 921-7527. EastPrice Hill.

Fish Fry, 4-7 p.m., St.Lawrence Church, 3680Warsaw Ave., HeritageHall. Prices range $1 (sideonly)-$7.50 (dinners). 921-4230. East Price Hill.

FishFry, 4-8 p.m., White-water Crossing ChristianChurch, 5771 Ohio 128,Beer-battered haddock orchicken strips with fries,cole slaw and a choice ofdrink. $8, $4 children. 661-5811; www.whitewater-crossing.org. Cleves.

Lenten Fish Fry, 4:30-7:30 p.m., Our Lady of theVisitation School, 3180

South Road, MultipurposeRoom. Activities for chil-dren. Will-call, drive-thruand shut-in delivery avail-able at 347-2229. Presentedby St. Joseph of the ThreeRivers Council Knights ofColumbus. 941-1369;www.stjosephkofc.org.Green Township.

St. Aloysius GonzagaSchool Lenten Fish Fry,

4:30-7:30 p.m., St. AloysiusGonzaga School, 4390Bridgetown Road, Schoolcafeteria. Benefits parish’syouth athletic programs.$1.50-$10. Presented by St.Aloysius Gonzaga Church.574-4035; www.saintal-s.org. Green Township.

Fish Fry, 4:30-7:30 p.m.,West Side Masonic Center,4353 West Fork Rd, Dine in

or carry out. $8, $3 children6-12, free for children 5 andyounger. 922-3234. GreenTownship.

Fish Fry and Barbecue,5-7:30 p.m., American Le-gion Post 485, 29 E. StateRoad, 941-1643. Cleves.

St. Antoninus BoyScout Troop 614 Fish Fry,5-7 p.m., St. Antoninus Par-ish, 1500 Linneman Road.

Items vary 50 cents to $8.Presented by St. AntoninusBoy Scout Troop 614. 448-9096; www.saintantoninu-s.org. Green Township.

Fabulous Fish Friday,11a.m.-1 p.m. and 4-6 p.m.,Bridgetown Finer Meatsand Catering, 6135 Bridge-town Road. Carryout avail-able. $1-$8. 574-3100; GreenTownship.

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PUBLIC HEARINGNotice is hereby given that a public hear-ing will be held by the Hamilton CountyBoard of Zoning Appeals on Wednesday,April 11, 2012, in Room 805, of the CountyAdministration Building at 1:00 P.M. for thepurpose of:Case Number: Green 2012-04(CUGT201204)Subject Property: Green Township: 6675Wesselman Road, on the southeast cornerof the Wesselman Road/ Rybolt intersec-tion (Book 550, Page 220, Parcels 29, 269& 270)Applicant: Brian Ramer, Studio Ramer, ap-plicant and Pentecost Properties LLC(owner)Request: Conditional Use approval for achurch located in an existing "A" Resi-dencePlans are on file and open for public in-spection in Room 801, County Administra-tion Building, 138 East Court Street, duringnormal business hours. Officehours:Monday thru Friday 8:00 A.M. to4:00 P.M. Office Phone: 513-946-4550

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Legal Ad:Please be informedthe Village of ClevesCouncil is holding aspecial Public Hear-ing of Council to re-view a proposedchange to the ClevesZoning Ordinance re-lated to off StreetParking Require-ments. Public Hear-ing will be held onWednesday, May9th, 2012 at 7:00p.m. in CouncilChambers at the Mu-nicipal Building at101 N. Miami Ave-nue. Please contactVillage Clerk for moreinformation. 1696277

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Rev. Martin Westermeyer, PastorBible Study: 9am

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Electric lettersLetters from Duke En-

ergy Retail regarding elec-tric aggregation will besent out to 12,000 eligiblehouseholds in Green Town-ship on Wednesday, April 4.

These opt-out letters re-quire no response if youwant to be part of the GreenTownship Electric Aggre-gation Program with DukeEnergy Retail. The rate for2012 is 5.45 cents per kilo-watt hour, and the rate for2013 is 5.2 cents per kilo-watt hour for.

Approximately 4,000households who are cur-rently with Duke EnergyRetail will receive a letterallowing them the opportu-nity to opt-in to the lowerrate of Green Township’sElectric Aggregation Pro-gram without any cancella-tion fee.

If a household has an in-dividual contract with an-other energy supplier, andis not in the Green Town-ship Electric AggregationProgram, they will not re-ceive a letter. Please callyour electric supplier todiscuss your options toswitch to the townshipelectric aggregation pro-gram.

Questions may be di-rected to the Green Town-ship Administration officeat 574-4848.

Wesselmanextended

Construction work onWesselman Road, betweenRybolt Road and EbenezerRoad, in Green Townshipwill take a little longer thanoriginally anticipated.

The Hamilton CountyEngineer’s office an-nounced the extension ofthe Wesselman Road sewerinstallation project.

The new completiondate is expected to be Fri-day, April 27, weather per-mitting.

Any problems or ques-tions can still be directed toeither Don Smith withSmith & Brown at 738-0077or to Harry Schmeusserwith the county engineer at946-8430.

Smith & Brown’s detourremains Rybolt Road toHayes Road to EbenezerRoad and vice versa.

For information on oth-er projects, visitwww.hamilton-co.org/engineer.

Green embraceSeton High School stu-

dents do not just weargreen shirts and skirts,they live a green lifestyle.

Since the beginning ofthe school year, studentshave collected more than75,300 bottle caps that willbe donated to Aveda tomake new bottles.

The school will also do-nate 8 pounds of aluminumpop tabs to the Ronald Mc-Donald House.

Seton’s Eco Club is ex-panding its recycling ef-forts to include chipbags, cookie packaging,candy wrappers, juicepouches and sandwichbags.

The school also recy-cles electronics, ink car-tridges and much more.

Top artistOak Hills High School

junior Libby Lang wasaccepted to participate inthe 2012 Summer HighSchool program at theprestigious TISH Schoolfor the Arts in New YorkCity.

The program is pho-tography and imagingfor high school students.

Lang was among 700applicants for the pro-gram, and is one of only17 in the country to be ac-cepted. The applicationrequired her to submit anessay, a creative resume,letters of recommendationfrom teachers, her accom-plishments and high schooltranscripts.

The five-week programis worth six college creditsand will hopefully lead tomore success and scholar-ships for her in the future.

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teacher Steve Groh said,“Libby Lang is a talentedand hardworking studentand I sincerely hope shegets the chance to take ad-vantage of this amazing op-portunity.”

The program costs$10,000, but Lang did not re-ceive any financial aid orscholarships.

A fundraiser is beingheld in support of her tripat 6:30 p.m. Thursday,March 29, at Maury’s Tiny

Cove. Join the event forfree food and a chance atraffle prizes to help sendLang to New York.

For more information,contact Angela Faillace at513-300-9148.

Cleanup SaturdayThe Covedale Garden

District Group’s monthly

litter cleanup is set for 10a.m. Saturday, March 31.

Those who want to helpshould meet at the Cov-edale Gardens, at the cor-ner of Ralph and Covedaleavenues.

Trash bags are providedcourtesy of Keep Cincin-nati Beautiful.

Free refreshments areavailable after the cleanup.

Contact Renee Tyree at390-9594 with any ques-tions.

Classical concertThe Piatigorsky Foun-

dation, the Price Hill WillArts Community ActionTeam and Santa MariaCommunity Services arebringing award-winningclassical music perform-ers to Price Hill for a freeconcert.

The public is welcometo enjoy classical music in arelaxed setting at 2:30 p.m.Sunday, April 1, at CornerBLOC Coffee, 3101 PriceAve.

Featured artists will beviolinist Paul Rosenthaland pianist Doris Steven-son. There will be a “Meetthe Artists” reception afterthe show.

The concert will beginwith a special performanceby Music for Youth Cincin-nati, a program that teach-es classical music to chil-dren in Cincinnati for freeafter school.

Going greenThe Oak Hills Local

School District is goinggreen and announced thatthe “Oak Branch” is nowavailable as an electronicnewsletter.

Oak Hills spokeswomanEmily Buckley said the dis-trict is doing its part to savesome trees, while at thesame time sharing infor-mation with parents andcommunity members fast-er and more efficientlythan in the past.

The new format also al-lows the district to providecommunity members withmore photos and hyper-links to other resources.

Buckley said Oak Hillsis confident parents andcommunity members willappreciate the change, andthe district encouragespeople to bookmark thepage to stay informed onschool news and events.

The “Oak Branch” canbe found online at http://ohlsd.us/oak-branch.

Teacher up foraward

Seton High School so-cial studies teacher JayVilling has been nominatedfor the 2012 National Histo-ry Teacher of the YearAward.

Villing was nominatedby a member of the Setoncommunity, and must nowsubmit a letter of support,

resume, teaching philoso-phy, lesson plan and stu-dent projects to be consid-ered for the award.

The National HistoryTeacher of the Year Awardis a $10,000 prize and recog-nizes American historyteachers who teach ele-mentary school throughhigh school.

The award is sponsoredby the Gilder Lehrman In-stitute of American Histo-ry and Preserve America.

Soccer sign upsOak Hills Soccer Asso-

ciation (SAY Soccer) willhave in-person registrationfor the fall season noon-3p.m. Saturdays, April 7 and14, in the commons entraceat Oak Hills High School.

Mail-in registrations forthe fall season will also beaccepted starting April 1.OHSA has three programsfor the fall season:

1) Little Kickers pro-gram is for players who areages 4 or 5 as of July 31,2012.

2) Regular SAY pro-gram is for ages 6 (by Sept.30, 2012) through 13 (byJuly 31, 2012); and

3) Minors/Seniors SAYprogram is for players 14through 18 (by July 31,2012).

For more information,go to www.OakHillsSocce-r.org for information and amail in registration form.

Mask exhibitThe Covedale Branch

Library, 4980 GlenwayAve., is hosting an exhibitof student-made masks.

Students in Cynthia Ti-sue’s fourth- through sixth-grade art classes at Cov-edale School created theart pieces.

Each mask started withplaster gauze over a plasticmask mold, then were em-bellished with paint, papermache, glitter, fur, feathersand found objects.

Every mask is designedwith a purpose, which is ex-plained on the display tag.Students also wrote aboutthe beliefs of the culturefrom which the mask orig-inated.

The masks will be ondisplay until Sunday, April15, and can be viewed dur-ing regular library hours.

Call 369-4460 for moreinformation.

Yard waste sitesopen March 31

Hamilton County resi-dents can drop off yardwaste for free at drop-offlocations beginning Satur-day, March 31.

Community membersmay take their yard wasteto the site at Kuliga Park,6717 Bridgetown Road inGreen Township or theRumpke Landfill at StrubleRoad and Colerain Avenue.

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So why green and blueglazed bricks?

“With each project, ourgoal is to connect the build-ing to its community and itscontext,” says Mic John-son, design principal withAECOM. “We asked thequestion, ‘What is unique toCincinnati?’ and we wereimmediately drawn toRookwood Pottery.”

The Rookwood Art Pot-tery Co. was founded in1880 in Cincinnati and, in

1889, was awarded the firstprize gold medal at the Par-is Exposition Universelle.This was a shock to the in-ternational artistic com-munity who had never real-ly paid much attention toAmerican ceramics. In lessthan a decade after start-ing as a hobby pottery shop,Rookwood had grown to be-come a company with an in-ternational reputation forceramic excellence. Thisrecognition foreverchanged the way the inter-national communityviewed American art andcraft.

To provide this uniqueconnection to the Cincin-nati community, the build-ing design draws inspira-tion from Rookwood, with acustom-designed mosaicexterior, comprised of 11different colors and 19 dif-ferent shapes of glazed

brick. The color palette in-cludes shades of blue skyand greens hues of the sur-rounding trees, shrubs andgrasses. When finished, thereflective glazes of thebricks will combine withthe color of the sky andground, and will change asthe quality of light changesthroughout the day andseasons.

In addition to the greenand blue glazed tiles, Mer-cy Health – West Hospitalwill feature a green roof,healing garden with laby-rinth, plenty of greenspace, and a walking/bik-ing trail that connects toGreen Township parks. Pa-tient rooms will provide ac-cess to natural light, sooth-ing music and offer viewsof the green roof and sur-rounding nature.

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The Studio San Giu-seppe Art Gallery at theCollege of Mount St. Jo-seph is exhibiting “MountArt & Design Faculty Ex-hibition” through March30.

The Departments ofArt & Design celebratethis tradition of excel-lence through a biennialexhibition featuring re-cent art works by mem-bers of its acclaimed artand design faculty.

“As mentors andguides to students, in-structors of art & designhave an extraordinary ca-

pacity to risk going be-yond the margins of con-vention, internally and ex-ternally, until reachingfascinating presentationsof visual dimension anddynamism. In this exhibi-tion, Mount faculty revealinspiring elements ofthemselves as artists &designers, bringing intoplain view the intersec-tion of creative thoughtand skill,” said MargeKloos, SC, D.Min., Mount’sdean of Arts & Human-ities.

The gallery reception,4-7 p.m. Friday, March 30,

welcomes faculty, stu-dents and viewers fromaround the Tristate toview the artworks andconverse with the art fac-ulty exhibitors. The re-ception will include a spe-cial wine tasting, spon-sored by Sanese, the col-lege’s premiere foodservice. There will be acharge for the wine tast-ing, but not the gallery re-ception. Bottles of winefeatured will also be avail-able for sale.

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Bib AaronsonElizabeth “Bib” Aaronson, 91,

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Samuel, David (Jenny) Aaronson;grandchildren Robin, Cory, Jeff,Edward, Susan; sister OlgaKorte. Preceded in death byhusband Isadore Aaronson,daughters Natalie Smith, Mari-lyn Ramsey.

Arrangements by Vitt, Sterm-er & Anderson Funeral Home.Memorials to: Shriners Hospital,3229 Burnet Ave., Cincinnati, OH45229-3095.

Alice BellerAlice M. Beller, 61, Colerain

Township, died March 20.Survived by sisters Janet

(George) Gering, Rita (Dave)Carmosino; best friend MichaelBrocker; eight nieces and neph-ews. Preceded in death byparents Alois, Marie Beller,brother James Beller.

Services were March 24 at St.Martin of Tours. Arrangements

by Neidhard-Minges FuneralHome. Memorials to the Light-house Renewal Center or St.Martin of Tours Church.

Michael BlessingerMichael L. Blessinger, 28, died

March 14. Heworked forCincinnatiChildren’sHospital Med-ical Center.

Survived byparents Steven,KathleenBlessinger;

siblings Stephen Blessinger,Megan (Jonathan) Cole; grand-father Larry Schmolt; great-auntCharlotte Sanzere; aunts, unclesand cousins. Preceded in deathby grandparents Lee Schmolt,Edward, Mary Ann Blessinger.

Services were March 19 at St.Lawrence Church. Arrangementsby Ralph Meyer & Deters FuneralHome. Memorials to: ProjectSEARCH, Cincinnati Children’sHospital Medical Center, MLC

5030, 3333 Burnet Ave., Cincin-nati, OH 45229 or Price HillHistorical Society, P.O. Box 7020,Cincinnati, OH 45205-7020.

Donald CregarDonald E. Cregar, 86, died

Feb. 27.Survived by

wife LoisCregar; sonDennis Cregar;eight grand-children; fivegreat-grand-children;“Uncle” BobRoeper; many

nieces and nephews. Preceded indeath by sons David, DanielCregar, sister Claire Hamburg.

Services were March 2 atFrederick Funeral Home. Memo-rials to: Westwood UnitedMethodist Church, 3460 Ep-worth Ave., Cincinnati, OH45211.

Bill EndresWilbur A. “Bill” Endres, 92,

died March 17. He worked forGeneral Electric.

He was anArmy veteranof World WarII.

Survived bywife ClaireEndres; chil-dren Richard(Sandy), Dave(Beth), Daryl

(Jennifer) Endres, Kim (Mike)McGeorge; 18 grandchildren;many great-grandchildren.Preceded in death by son DougEndres.

Services were March 20 atMeyer Funeral Home.

Donald FreyDonald J. Frey, 84, died March

16. He was a certified purchasingmanager atKECO Indus-tries.

He was aveteran ofWorld War IIand Korea Warveteran, amember of

Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, anda longtime Knothole coach andmanager in Finneytown andBridgetown.

Survived by wife Arlene Frey;children Jerry, Roseann, John(Suzette), Ed Frey, Susan (Greg)Gibson, Elizabeth (Dan) Reed;brother James (Joan) Frey; eightgrandchildren; two great-grandchildren.

Services were March 22 atGloria Dei Lutheran Church.Arrangements by LinnemannFuneral Home. Memorials to:Reviving Baseball in the Inner-City, Cincinnati Reds RookieSuccess League, Jason Maid-enberg, Great American BallPark, 100 Joe Nuxhall Way,Cincinnati, OH 45202-4109 or theHospice of the Bluegrass, 7388Turfway Road, Suite 202, Flor-ence, KY 41042.

Tommy GradyTommy Grady, 24, died March

20.Survived by parents Tom

Grady, Sue Frazer Grady; broth-ers Tyler Grady, Tim Johns,cherished grandson of Doris, the

late NorbGrady, Agnesand LawrenceFrazer; manyaunts, unclesand cousins.

Serviceswere March 24at Our Lady ofLourdes.

Arrangements by Meyer &Geiser Funeral Home. Memorialsto the Tommy Grady MemorialScholarship Fund in care of anyFifth Third Bank.

Curl HeidemannJoan “Curl” McCullough

Heidemann, 84, Green Town-ship, died March 19.

Survived by husband JohnHeidemann; children Rick (Jen-ni), Jim (Sue) Heidemann, Judy

(Bob) Schmitt;grandchildrenKrista, Paul,Amy, Lindsey,Ellen, Michelle,Beth, David,Becky; sisterMary AnnFlanigan;sisters- and

brothers-in-law Marilyn (the lateRobert), Tom (Joan), Jerry (Mar-gie), Marian (Jim). Preceded indeath by brother Edward McCul-lough, brother-in-law Donald(Wanda, Marian)

Services were March 23 at OurLady of the Visitation. Arrange-ments by B.J. Meyer Sons Funer-al Home. Memorials to: Hospiceof Cincinnati Inc., BethesdaFoundation Inc., P.O. Box633597, Cincinnati, OH 45263-3597 or Leukemia and Lympho-ma Society, Southern OhioChapter, 2300 Wall St., Suite H,Cincinnati, OH 45212.

Chris JolevskiRiste “Chris” Jolevski, 75,

Green Township, died March 5.Survived by wife Trajanka

“Tina” Jolevski; children Pat(Angie), Tome (Christen) Jolev-ski, Gordana (Craig) Heugel, Sue(Ryan) Hornberger; grand-

children Bran-don, Patrick,Christopher,Lauren, Alex,Cena, Zachary,Noah; brotherZoran. Preced-ed in death bychildren Goce,Vidan Jolevski,

parents Trajan, Kita Jolevski,siblings Pande, Mitre, Slavka.

Services were March 8 at St.Ilija Macedonian OrthodoxChurch. Arrangements by Dal-bert, Woodruff & IsenogleFuneral Home. Memorials to: St.Ilija Macedonian OrthodoxChurch, 8465 Wuest Road,Cincinnati, OH 45247.

Paul E. KoenigPaul F. Koenig, 84, Green

Township, died March 4.Survived by wife Elaine Koe-

nig; daughters Dianne Krause,Terri Cahall; grandchildren Julie,Michael, Steven Krause, Christo-pher, Ryan, Tommy Cahall;brother George Koenig. Preced-ed in death by siblings CatherineToney, Eileen Getz, HerbertKoenig, Mary Wright, NolaWickman.

Services were March 8 at St.Ignatius of Loyola. Arrange-ments by Frederick FuneralHome. Memorials to: Alzheim-er’s Association, 644 Linn St.,Suite 1026, Cincinnati, OH 45203.

Christine LeberechtChristine Vulcheff Leberecht,

69, Green Township, died March21.

She was a teacher for Cincin-nati Public Schools.

Survived by husband FrederickLeberecht; sons Mark, Scott,Russell Leberecht; grandchildrenAdam, Janna, Evan, LoranLeberecht; brother Steve Vul-cheff.

Services were March 24 atPeace Lutheran Church. Ar-rangements by Neidhard-MingesFuneral Home. Memorials toPeace Lutheran Church.

Evelyn MeyerEvelyn Catherine Meyer, 78,

West Price Hill, died March 15.She was a homemaker.

Survived by children Sue (thelate Delbert) Pavey, Shirley(Tom) Pfeifer, Jane (Tom) Ham-berg, Nancy (Tim) Doyle, Diane(Rick) Martini, Kathy (Larry)Hurley, Vicky (Dave) Shelton, JillMeyer (Awadagin) Pratt; grand-children Randy, Angie (Mike),Katie (Charles), Julie (Jeff), Eric,Alex, Keith, Timmy, Ashley,Sarah, Molli, Kayla, Jenna,David, Mia, Liz, Danny; great-grandchildren Kylee, Avery,Charlie; brother-in-law TomMeyer. Preceded in death byhusband James Meyer, grandsonDavid.

Services were March 19 at St.Teresa of Avila. Arrangementsby Radel Funeral Home. Memo-rials to: James and Evelyn MeyerScholarship Fund, Seton HighSchool, 3901 Glenway Ave.,Cincinnati, OH 45205.

Anita MolloyAnita Schumacher Molloy, 80,

died March 13. She was a home-maker.

She was a volunteer at Preg-nancy Center West.

Survived by husband WilliamMolloy; children Susan (Ted),Steve (Deb), John (MichaeleAnn) Molloy, Shari (Scott)Splane; grandchildren Michael,Kyle, Trey (Amber), Justin, DannySplane, Michele Kammer, Maris-sa, Samuel Molloy; great-grand-son Carter Splane; siblingsDonna (Bill) Deck, Rony (Judy)Schumacher.

Services were March 17 at St.Antoninus Church. Arrange-ments by Radel Funeral Home.Memorials to: Pregnancy CenterWest, 4900 Glenway Ave.,Cincinnati, OH 45238.

Kimberly MooreKimberly C. Moore, 54, died

March 14. She was a homemak-er.

Survived by son Erik McHenry;grandson Terrence McHenry;

sisters TonyaSnider, Deanna“DeeDee”Smith; aunt,uncles, nieces,nephew,grand-niecesand nephews,and cousins.Preceded in

death by husband HowardMoore, parents Warren, PeggyWesterfield, sister Vicki West-erfield, fiance Allen Harrell,brother-in-law Kevin Wogen-stahl, grandfather Charlie Holt.

Services March 23 at theCheviot Fraternal Order ofEagles. Arrangements by RalphMeyer & Deters Funeral Home.

Jane OtteMary V. “Jane” Otte, 86, died

March 17.She was a member of the

Notre Dame Academy LunchClub andLegion ofMary, and aformer mem-ber of St.Henry Church.

Survived bydaughterMelanie (Rob-

ert) Flick; grandchildren KevinFlick, Barbara (Jonathan) Grim-sley; two aunts, nieces, nephewsand cousins. Preceded in deathby husband Howard Otte,siblings Harry (Theresa) Jr.,William Stadtlander.

Services were March 21 at OurLady of Lourdes. Arrangementsby Meyer & Geiser FuneralHome. Memorials in the form ofspiritual remembrances or acharity of the donor’s choice.

Leora RolfsLeora Holzhause Rolfs, 98,

Miami Township, died Feb. 27.She was a member of Fair-

mount United MethodistChurch, where she taughtSunday school and VacationBible School, sang in the choirand belonged to the women’ssociety.

Survived by daughter Marylee(Michael) Schreibeis; grand-children Mark (Melinda) Rolfs,Bevin (Edward) Rolfs Spencer;great-grandchildren Lilian, ElsaRolfs, Norah, Hadden Spencer;daughter-in-law Donna Rolfs;many nieces and nephews.Preceded in death by husbandClifford Rolfs, son Donald Rolfs,siblings Geneva Cheesman,Florence Morgan, Ezra, Fred,Bobby Gene Holzhause, Hazel,Naomi Schalk, Pauline GehnerTrue, Ruth Brunton.

Services were March 2 atFairmount United MethodistChurch. Arrangements by Bolton& Lunsford Funeral Home.Memorials to Fairmount UnitedMethodist Church or VitasHospice.

Jerome RothJerome L. Roth, 81, Green

Township, died March 18. Hewas a podiatrist for over 40years.

Survived by wife Ann EttaRoth; children Susan (Timothy)Allen, James (Krista) Roth, Jane(Thomas) Ahlrichs, Betsy (John)Strawser; siblings Janet Grady,

Richard, DavidRoth; 10 grand-children; fourgreat-grand-children.Preceded indeath bydaughterBarbara Roth-Solomon, sister

Marcia Schmidt.Services were March 23 at St.

Ignatius of Loyola. Arrange-ments by Neidhard-MingesFuneral Home. Memorials to theAlzheimer’s Association orHospice of Cincinnati.

Steven SavuSteven Savu, 36, died March

19.Survived by parents Peter,

Shirley Savu; sister Lisa Savu;niece Piper; grandmother Pau-line Goins. Preceded in death by

grandparentsEarl Goins,Lillian SavuHopf, CornellSavu.

Serviceswere March 23at Meyer &Geiser FuneralHome. Memo-

rials to: Cincinnati Zoo & Botan-ical Garden, 3400 Vine St.,Cincinnati, OH 45220.

Rita VonderhaarRita Osborne Vonderhaar, 87,

Green Township, died March 18.Survived by husband George;

children Mark, Tom (Nancy),Chris (Carol), Diane, George (Jill);grandchildren Lee, Dan, SaraSkierkiewicz, Kate, Bob, Liz,

Meg, Anna,Joe, Kelly, Eric,Alex, Johna-than Vonder-haar; sisterMary; brother-in-law RonHertel. Preced-ed in death bysister Joann.

Services were March 22 at OurLady of the Visitation. Arrange-ments by Neidhard-MingesFuneral Home. Memorials toOur Lady of the VisitationChurch or a charity of the do-nor’s choice.

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CHEVIOT — Kroner DryCleaners was closed Mon-day in memory of its owner,Lou Kroner Jr.

Mr. Kroner died March21. The Cheviot man was86.

“Dad would be con-cerned about closing for aday,” said Ray Kroner ofWestwood.

Mr. Kroner’s son runsthe Cheviot establishmentthat is Greater Cincinnati’soldest, single-shop drycleaner still run by itsfounding family. Four gen-erations of Kroners haveworked behind the counterand behind the scenescleaning and pressingclothes.

Mr. Kroner would not beupset over the loss of busi-ness, his son added. Hewould be worried about in-conveniencing customersand “making more workfor the staff on Tuesday.

“Customers and thestaff were two topics we al-

ways talked about everynight after work,” RayKroner noted. “Dad was allabout integrity and serving

the custom-er.”

Mr. Kron-er routinelyopened hisshop afterhours toclean a suitfor a funeral

or remove a stain from awedding dress. His soncontinues that tradition.

“Dad never told us: ‘Youhave to do it this way,’ ”Kroner noted. “He just ledby example.”

Mr. Kroner worked atthe business from day one.

“My mother and dadstruggled terribly duringthe Great Depression,” hesaid during a 2009 inter-view. “He was a vest makerand his business wentdownhill. They lost theirhome.” So, they turned todry cleaning.

Lou Kroner Sr. openedCheviot Cleaners and Tai-lors in 1939. His namesakehelped out when he camehome from school.

“Dad took in just onepair of pants that first day,”Mr. Kroner recalled. Thosepants required one hanger.Seventy-three years later,Kroner Dry Cleaners annu-ally uses 200,000 hangers.

The business changedits name to Lou Kroner &Sons Dry Cleaners whenLou Jr. came home in 1946after spending three yearsin the navy. He served dur-ing World War II, but neverwent overseas.

“Dad was reluctant tosay he was in World WarII,” Kroner said. “He feltthat recognition belongedto those who saw combat.Dad saw that as tooting hisown horn. And he was al-ways very hesitant aboutdoing that.”

In 1964, Mr. Kronerstarted the Outstanding

Young Citizens Banquetthrough, what is now, theCheviot-Westwood Com-munity Association. Now inits 48th year, the banquetbrings together communi-ty leaders and teachers torecognize eighth-gradestudents for their leader-ship and values.

This West-Side traditionis a success. But Mr. Kron-er never took any credit forit.

“Dad would always justsay,” Kroner noted: “It wasa group effort.”

Survived by childrenLouis (Mary Kay), Mark(Barbara Wiley), Joe (Lin-da), Mary (Mary Ann Mee-han), Paul (Lynne Riley),Ray (Chris) Kroner, Julia(Gerald) Sullivan, Cathy(Mark) Kelley; grandchil-dren Katie (Kara Burt),Alan, Oliver (Libby Willig),Frances (Stuart Tennison),Miles, Django, Andrew(Shannon Dunphy), David(Jennifer Hildebrand),

Matthew (Corey Fergu-son), John, Jim, Vinny, Alli-son, Amelia, Michael, Jen-ny (Derrick) Jackson, Emi-ly (Robby) Donohoue, Ai-den, Evelyn, Ian;great-grandchildren Do-minic, Noah, Avi; siblingsEileen (late Mel) Weber,Sheldon (late Estelle, Jean)Kroner, Lucille (late Jack)Vehr. Preceded in death by

wife Ann Louise Kroner.Services were March 26

at St. Martin of Tours. Ar-rangements by Neidhard-Minges Funeral Home. Me-morials to: St. MartinSchool Adopt-a-StudentFund, 3729 Harding Ave.,Cincinnati, OH 45211 orLighthouse Youth Ser-vices, 401 E. McMillan St.,Cincinnati, OH 45206.

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CHEVIOTArrests/citationsZachary Harmeyer, 19, 5386 HaftRoad, drug abuse, March 19.

Teresa Cipriani, 30, 262 Green-well, warrant, March 19.

Stephanie Kendricks, 24, noaddress listed, warrant, March19.

Judi Blank, 57, 7631 Daly Road,warrant, March 14.

Kathryn Buresh, 24, 3350 Harri-son Ave. No. 3, warrant, March14.

Jacob Nusekabel, 22, 3961Harmar Court, disorderly con-duct at Kessen Avenue andGlenmore Avenue, March 17.

Ivan Colvin, 26, 2084 NorthTeralta Circle, loud car stereoviolation and driving undersuspension, March 16.

Lisa Hauser, 25, 5554 Karen Ave.,driving under suspension,March 16.

John Endress, 22, 2258 MargaretSt., disorderly conduct at 3605Harrison Ave., March 17.

Amanda J. Arwood, 31, 3417Woodbine Ave., feloniousassault at 3417 Woodbine Ave.,March 17.

Adam Lay, 21, 5721 Sidney Road,possessing drug abuse in-struments and drug parapher-nalia at 3321 Camvic Terrace,March 17.

Sean R. Powers, 31, 4111 HardingAve. No. 1, domestic violenceand possession of drugs at 3775Robb Ave., March 17.

Kevan Casey, 29, 158 CountryView Drive, open container,March 17.

Paige Moorman, 25, 11589Carolina Trace, resisting arrestand disorderly conduct at 3613Harrison Ave., March 18.

Chad Durham, 28, 803 HermosaAve., open container, March 18.

Bert Rabin, 30, 22734 LiscombAve., open container at Harri-son Avenue and GlenmoreAvenue, March 18.

Travis Minter, 30, 1532 W. NorthBend Road No. 217, warrant,March 19.

Kristopher Patrick, 30, 3159Mozart Ave. No. 2, drivingunder suspension at 3520Cheviot Ave., March 19.

Scott Grubbs, 36, 545 BerryCourt, warrant, March 19.

Incidents/reportsCriminal damagingTires slashed on two vehicles at3807 North Bend Road, March15.

Tire slashed on vehicle at 3853North Bend Road, March 17.

TheftCheck stolen from mailbox at3301 Camvic Terrace No. 8,March 17.

Purse and contents stolen fromvehicle at 3701 Cheviot Ave.,March 20.

CINCINNATI DISTRICT 3Arrests/citationsAmy Milner, born 1978, criminaldamaging or endangering,2550 Harrison Ave., March 8.

Anthony Coleman, born 1987,assault, 2380 Harrison Ave.,March 11.

Bridgett R. Lafollette, born 1982,

drug abuse, forgery, permittingdrug abuse, possession of drugabuse instruments, possessionof drug paraphernalia, receiv-ing stolen checks, 4221 GlenwayAve., March 13.

Charles Lowe, born 1981, feloni-ous assault, 1976 Queen CityAve., March 12.

Charles R. Beverly, born 1981,receiving stolen property, 3177Ferncrest Court, March 18.

Charles Timothy Hubbard, born1964, Assault, 2432 FergusonRoad, March 18.

Devante Troupe, born 1993,possession of drugs, 2146Ferguson Road, March 15.

Donald Lee, born 1967, complic-ity to commit theft under $300,4754 Glenway Ave., March 11.

Duane A. Gibson, born 1975,menacing, 2853 Werk Road,March 16.

Eddie James Clayton, born 1976,misdemeanor drug possession,2805 Werk Road, March 14.

Ezekiel L. Couch, born 1968,possession of drug parapherna-lia, 611 Trenton Ave., March 14.

Gary Martin Kalejs, born 1978,theft under $300, 2913 Boudi-not Ave., March 15.

Glenn Gilliam, born 1992, ob-structing official business, 3304Broadwell Ave., March 13.

Isaiah S. Pitts, born 1991, pos-session of drugs, 2400 HarrisonAve., March 14.

James Edward Sweet, born 1967,robbery, 5015 Sidney Road,March 1.

Jatawn Swan, born 1987, pos-session of drug paraphernalia,1617 Gilsey Ave., March 13.

Johnny L. Lacy, born 1958,domestic violence, 3121 GobelAve., March 15.

Joseph Jackson, born 1964,obstructing official business,1911 Wyoming Ave., March 13.

Keyshawn Byrd, born 1991,domestic violence, 1271 ManssAve., March 14.

Marcus Wynn, born 1988, carry-ing concealed weapons, havinga weapon under disability,possession of drug parapherna-lia, 1262 Manss Ave., March 12.

Nadine C. Sweet, born 1960,

criminal trespassing, 2971 FourTowers Drive, March 12.

Prince Walker, born 1987, do-mestic violence, 3031 West-wood Northern Blvd., March 17.

Reginald Parker, born 1992,criminal trespassing, possessionof drugs, 3344 Glenmore Ave.,March 10.

Rodney W. Lee, born 1964,domestic violence, 3905 St.Lawrence Ave., March 15.

Roger W. Hildebrand, born 1971,theft under $300, 4899 ClevesWarsaw Pike, March 16.

Ryan J. Gindele, born 1986,domestic violence, 1868 SunsetAve., March 18.

Shayla D. Ciers, born 1990,domestic violence, 2714 Mon-tana Ave., March 13.

Sinaca Wagoner, born 1986,criminal trespassing, 1926Westmont Lane, March 15.

Tanesha Abernathy, born 1994,theft under $300, 2522 Fergu-son Road, March 14.

Tavaris Lewis, born 1985, assault,2710 Erlene Drive, March 13.

Toriauna Anderson, born 1992,aggravated menacing, 4725Rapid Run Pike, March 18.

Zechariah Armstrong, born 1987,felonious assault, 1332 ManssAve., March 14.

Zubeyda Hassen, born 1983,telecommunication harass-ment, 3010 Queen City Ave.,March 13.

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Aggravated burglary3718 Quante Ave., March 10.Aggravated menacing1262 Manss Ave., March 12.3325 Epworth Ave., March 9.4121 W. Liberty St., March 14.Aggravated robbery3211 Midway Ave., March 15.Assault1059 Schiff Ave., March 15.1600 Gilsey Ave., March 10.2298 Harrison Ave., March 13.2508 Hansford Place, March 14.3293 Montana Ave., March 10.3345 Epworth Ave., March 10.3910 W. Liberty St., March 15.3955 N. Clerose Circle, March 12.4323 Glenway Ave., March 11.Breaking and entering2120 Ferguson Road, March 11.2144 Ferguson Road, March 10.2144 Ferguson Road, March 12.2601 Westwood Northern Blvd.,

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charged with offenses. The information is a matter ofpublic record and does not imply guilt or innocence.

To contact your local police department:» Cheviot: Chief Joseph Lally, 661-2700 (days), 825-2280(evenings)» Cleves: Chief Bill Renner, 941-1212» Cincinnati District 3: Capt. Russell A. Neville, 263-8300» Green Township: Chief Bart West, 574-0007; vandalismhotline, 574-5323» North Bend and Miami Township are patrolled by theHamilton County: Sheriff Simon Leis, 825-1500

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3159 Montana Ave., March 16.Burglary2680 Wendee Drive, March 9.2775 Thomasville Drive, March10.

2859 Harrison Ave., March 13.2934 Grasselli Ave., March 14.3171 Ferncrest Court, March 15.4005 St. Lawrence Ave., March10.

4725 Rapid Run Road, March 12.600 Vienna Woods Drive, March13.

Criminaldamaging/endangering1233 Amanda Place, March 10.2708 East Tower Drive, March 9.2727 Harrison Ave., March 15.2900 Wardall, March 13.2971 Fourtowers, March 12.3022 Queen City Ave., March 13.3093 Queen City Ave., March 10.3107 Bracken Woods Lane,March 10.

3157 Harrison Ave., March 9.3215 McHenry Ave., March 12.3361 Queen City Ave., March 12.

3775 Westmont Drive, March 13.3900 Glenway Ave., March 12.4002 Glenway Ave., March 9.740 Rosemont Ave., March 10.Domestic violenceReported at Daytona Avenue,March 10.

Reported at Feltz Avenue,March 9.

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Reported at Rutledge Avenue,March 10.

Reported at Stanhope Avenue,March 12.

Reported at Thomasville Drive,March 11.

Reported at W. Eighth Street,March 11.

Reported at Westwood North-ern Boulevard, March 15.

Felonious assault1332 Manss Ave., March 14.Interference with custody3506 Boudinot Ave., March 13.Menacing by stalking2400 Harrison Ave., March 10.Menacing1744 Iliff Ave., March 10.2621 Montana Ave., March 10.2719 Erlene Drive, March 14.2849 Montana Ave., March 9.3187 Ferncrest Court, March 14.904 Rosemont Ave., March 10.Robbery5015 Sidney Road, March 12.Theft1136 Sunset Ave., March 12.1151 Nancy Lee Lane, March 10.

1201 Manss Ave., March 11.1744 Iliff Ave., March 10.2120 Ferguson Road, March 11.2322 Ferguson Road, March 14.2322 Ferguson Road, March 9.2322 Ferguson Road, March 9.2414 Queen City Ave., March 13.2724 Anderson Ferry Road,March 10.

2741 Erlene Drive, March 13.4116 St. Lawrence Ave., March15.

4220 Glenway Ave., March 13.4270 Delridge Drive, March 9.4314 W. Eighth, March 9.4431 W. Eighth St., March 12.4968 Glenway Ave., March 14.4980 Glenway Ave., March 10.5341 Glenway Ave., March 9.6000 Glenway Ave., March 9.6150 Glenway Ave., March 11.923 Rosemont Ave., March 14.

GREEN TOWNSHIPArrests/citationsKarrie D. Foley, 34, 5390 KarenAve., domestic violence at 5390Karen Ave., March 10.

Jennifer E. Chambers, 33, 304Eden Court, theft at 5071Glencrossing Way, March 11.

Rachel E. Cooper, 26, 4168 EastMiami River Road, open con-tainer at North Bend Road andSprucewood, March 11.

Andrew J. Ingram, 28, 6544Hearne Road No. 802, dis-orderly conduct at 6544 HearneRoad, March 13.

Juvenile, 13, chronic truancy at6303 Harrison Ave., March 13.

Amity D. Jones, 39, 6698 RussellHeights, failure to send at 6303Harrison Ave., March 13.

David Niklas, 25, 6245 Berauer,open container at 6500 Harri-son Ave., March 13.

Juvenile, 16, drug abuse at 6375Harrison Ave., March 13.

Amanda T. Chapman, 27, 5431Swisher Ave., theft at 6550Harrison Ave., March 13.

Juvenile, 13, criminal damagingat 3924 Janet Ave., March 13.

Juvenile, 13, criminal damagingat 3924 Janet Ave., March 13.

Juvenile, 15, disorderly conductat 3200 Ebenezer Road, March14.

Juvenile, 15, disorderly conductat 3200 Ebenezer Road, March14.

Chad Brown, 26, 3327 MclellandAve., drug paraphernalia at1000 Sycamore St., March 14.

Courtney E. Ram, 20, 2276 QuailRun Farm Lane, disorderlyconduct while intoxicated at6347 Werk Road, March 15.

Juvenile, 14, assault at 4500Ruebel Place, March 16.

Incidents/reportsAggravated robberySuspect armed with a handgunrobbed victim of their purseand contents at 6040 ColerainAve., March 10.

AssaultSuspect shot victim with paint-ball at 3850 Virginia Court,March 13.

Breaking and enteringVehicle stolen from garage atMajor Equipment Co. at 3782Frondorf Ave., March 10.

Rock thrown through windowat Anderson Heating andCooling during break in, butnothing found missing at 5741Harrison Ave., March 14.

BurglaryCopper piping stolen from homeat 3906 Gary Court, March 12.

Two televisions and a DVDplayer stolen from home at5006 Mallard Crossing Lane,March 12.

Garage entered on home, butnothing found missing at 2827Meigs Lane, March 13.

Television and laptop computerstolen from home at 5895Sheed Road, March 14.

Criminal damaging

Mailbox and post damaged at4377 Jessup Road, March 11.

Rear window broken on vehicleat 4441 Raceview, March 14.

Window broken on vehicle at4348 Marcrest Drive, March 15.

Domestic disputeArgument between parent andchild at Picardy, March 11.

Argument between spouses atBalsam Ridge, March 12.

Argument between man andwoman at Race Road, March 15.

Property damageVehicle bumper scratched whenstruck by shopping cart in lot atKroger at 3491 North BendRoad, March 15.

Vehicle damaged when drivenover steel construction grates inroadway at North Bend Roadand Rackacres, March 15.

TheftGPS stolen from vehicle at 3748Frondorf Ave., March 10.

Money stolen from vehicle at5216 Ralph Ave., March 10.

Car stereo stolen from vehicle at5233 Leona Drive, March 11.

Gasoline stolen from UnitedDairy Farmers at 6075 HarrisonAve., March 11.

Briefcase, laptop computer,calculator and paperworkstolen from one vehicle; checkbook and money stolen fromsecond vehicle; and jumpercables, 12 CDs and moneystolen from third vehicle at4077 Reemelin Road, March 12.

Wallet and contents stolen fromvictim when left behind oncounter at Chick-fil-A at 6495Glenway Ave., March 12.

Cell phone stolen from counterat City Limits at 5262 Crooksh-ank Road, March 12.

Car stereo, boost gauge, tem-perature gauge, air flow meter,fuel pump and racing injectorsstolen from vehicle at 6640Hearne Road, March 13.

Subwoofer and speaker box

stolen from vehicle at 6641Hearne Road, March 13.

Car stereo stolen from vehicle at6649 Hearne Road, March 13.

Victim gave money to suspect topurchase kitty litter, but suspectnever returned with the kittylitter or money at 5801 Reeme-lin Road, March 13.

Two vehicles each had GPS unitsstolen from them at 5773 and5755 Ranlyn Ave., March 14.

Catalytic converter stolen fromvehicle at 6067 Lawrence Road,March 14.

Car stereo stolen from vehicle at6580 Harrison Ave., March 14.

Vehicle stolen from in front ofhome at 3061 South Road,March 14.

Unauthorized use of vehicleVictim lent suspect their vehicle,but suspect failed to return it at5342 Werk Road, March 13.

MIAMI TOWNSHIPIncidents/reportsDomestic violenceVictim reported at Cowell Street,March 12.

Misuse of credit cardsVictim reported at 9799 MountNebo, March 12.

TheftRing valued at $24,000 removedat 3635 Chadwell Springs Drive,March 7.

Sprayer valued at $4,000 re-moved at 9931 MiamiviewRoad, March 10.

Violation of protection orderReported at 3734 Shady Lane,March 17.

NORTH BENDIncidents/reportsTheftRifles valued at $750 removed at2351 Lawrenceburg Road,March 8.

POLICE REPORTS

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ADDYSTON — The Ham-ilton County Prosecutor’sOffice is investigatingwhether an Addyston po-lice officer was too violentduring a routine trafficstop.

Officer Jeremie Keenepulled over Tiffany Beck-er’s minivan on First Streetin Addyston at 8 a.m. Feb.10 for allegedly rollingthrough a stop sign. Herboyfriend and daughter,Hailie, 4, also were in thevehicle.

Footage from the cruis-er video shows Keene ap-proaching Becker, 28, ofCherry Grove, who deniedrunning the stop sign.

A few seconds later, theofficer opens the driver’s

side door and yanks Beckerout. He throws her to theground and places a kneeagainst her back as hehandcuffs her.

In Becker’s arrest re-port, the officer wrote thatshe became agitated whenhe asked for her driver’s li-cense and insurance infor-mation.

He wrote that she beganshouting at him.

The officer’s reportsays he “attempted to calmthe situation without anysuccess” and arrestedBecker for disorderly con-duct and resisting arrest,misdemeanors.

After viewing the video,prosecutors say they don’tbuy his statements. OnMarch 9, prosecutorsdropped the chargesagainst Becker and beganinvestigating whether theofficer broke the law.

Insufficient timepassed for Becker to havedone everything the offi-

cer alleges, notes Julie Wil-son, spokeswoman for theprosecutor’s office.

“She doesn’t have muchtime to getdisorderlyor to resistarrest be-fore he hasher on theground inhandcuffsand hasthen toldher she’s

under arrest,” Wilson saidThursday.

It is not clear when theprosecutor’s office willcomplete its investigation.If investigators determinethe officer committed acrime, Prosecutor Joe De-ters will seek a specialprosecutor to avoid con-flict of interest, sinceBecker’s mother works atthe office, Wilson said.

Addyston Police ChiefThomas Von Luehrte de-clined comment, saying

he’s been advised by thevillage solicitor againstdiscussing the incident.

Becker also has es-chewed interviews on herlawyer’s advice.

The officer works part-time for the village, thechief said, and is not on theschedule.

Keene, 37, did not com-ment. His personnel fileshows he worked as auxil-iary officer for ArlingtonHeights police and becamea part-time Addyston offi-cer in November 2008.

He has received twocommendations, in 2010.He uncovered evidencethat helped Cleves policearrest an aggravated rob-bery suspect, and a citi-zen’s family commendedhim for his “courtesy, pro-fessionalism and speed ofresponse” during a diffi-cult incident.The file hadno indications of any con-cerns about job perfor-mance or discipline.

Addyston traffic stop underinvestigationGannett News Service

Becker

Delhi Townshipresidents whoserved in themilitary are honoredin a veterans tributeat theneighborhoodKroger store. About200 veterans arerecognized on thewalls of the store sofar. KURT

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Ray Brown never ex-pected his store’s tribute toarea veterans would takeoff the way it did.

“I had no idea what kindof response we would get,”he said.

“But the response wasoverwhelming.”

Brown is the manager ofthe newly renovated Krog-er store in Delhi Township,and a catalyst behind thestore honoring the men andwomen from Delhi whohave served this country.

Adorning the walls inthe front of the store areframed photographs ofhundreds of military veter-ans from the community.

At last count, Brownsaid there are about 200veterans recognized on thewalls.

He said the idea for thetribute came about duringa conversation he had withDon Osterfeld, who servesas commander of the DelhiTownship Veterans Associ-

ation.The veterans associa-

tion presented Kroger aMedal of Honor last year asan appreciation of thestore’s support of the asso-ciation throughout theyears, and Brown said hetold Osterfeld he wanted todisplay it somewhere in therenovated store, along witha commendation from theDelhi Township Board ofTrustees recognizing thestore’s contributions to-ward the veterans memori-al.

“We thought, ‘Why notsurround it with photo-graphs of Delhi Townshipveterans,’” Brown said.

Kroger and the veteransassociation spread theword about the project andsoon veterans were stop-ping in the store to drop offphotos of themselves.

Veterans simply bringtheir photo to the store’sdigital media center, andKroger employees make acopy of it, put it in a frameand hang it on the wall – allfree of charge.

“We incur the expenseof the copy and the frame,”Brown said. “There is nocost to the customer.”

For Brown, the tribute isa nice way to thank the menand women who have beenloyal to our country.

And he knows a thing ortwo about loyalty.

He’s worked for Krogerfor 30 years, starting outbagging groceries as a teen

and working his way up tostore manager.

“I started as a baggerwhen the store was acrossthe street,” he said, notingthat it moved up and downthe pike four times beforesettling in its existing spot.

A White Oak residentwho’s worked in severalKroger stores during hiscareer, he said he’s neverseen a store that has a clos-er connection to its com-munity than the DelhiKroger.

“This store has a bondwith this community,” hesaid. “The relationshipstarted before I got hereand I want to make sure thetight bond continues.”

The veterans tributecertainly helps strengthenthe relationship.

“I don’t see it goingaway,” Brown said.

“It’s a nice way to en-gage the customers. Theycome in and tell us theirstories, and it’s great to getto know our customers a lit-tle better.”

Kroger store honors Delhi veteransRay Brown, storemanager of theKroger in DelhiTownship, standsin front of thestore's tribute toarea veterans.Framed photosof DelhiTownshipresidents whoserved in themilitary adornthe walls in thefront of thestore. KURT

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By Kurt [email protected]


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cutors had indicted DavidFranks for capital murderin a shooting death inGreen Township.

The indictment washanded down March 20against Franks, 45, of West-wood.

An armed Franks is ac-cused of breaking into thehome of James Schobert inthe Arbor Woods Condo-minium Homes complexand shooting him to deathin an early morning March11 incident.

Schobert, 76, was living

there andrecently al-lowed hisdaughter –DavidFranks’ es-trangedwife – Sher-ry Franksand her 9-

year-old daughter to livewith him.

Police responded to thescene after receiving a callof a suspicious person witha gun at the complex. Whenthey arrived, they sawFranks enter the Schobert

condo and then heardshots. They then sawFranks leaving the condo.When they ordered him tostop, Franks shot at them.Police fired back, wound-ing Franks three times.

Sherry Franks, who washiding in the condo bath-room with her daughterwhen her father was killed,told police her husband hasmental issues and didn’tregularly take his medi-cine.

“The cold-blooded mur-der of Mr. Schobert in frontof his family is unthink-

able. David Frank shouldnow face society’s ultimatepenalty,” Prosecutor JoeDeters noted.

Franks also wascharged with three countsof attempted murder forshooting at police as theyarrived on the scene andburglary for entering thecondo without permission.

Previously, Franks wascharged with domestic vio-lence for allegedly chokinghis estranged and had beenordered by a judge to stayaway from her.

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Spring season will behere very soon, whichmeans we can finally startenjoying some fishing andboating. The boathouses atMiami Whitewater Forest,Winton Woods and SharonWoods open this month.

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Sharon Woods Boath-ouse will open daily from10a.m. to 8 p.m. beginningSaturday, March 31. Thelake is a popular spot forbass fishing and will bestocked with 500 fingerlingchannel catfish in May.

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