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Sycamore Township’s Boardof Trustees voted unanimously toreject all four proposals submit-ted to the township, noting they

were “all inadequate for what weare looking for,” Board PresidentTom Weidman said.

“We still have a $1.5 milliondeficit, and we’re looking for anyand all alternatives,” he said.

Resident Greg Poe asked thetrustees what they were planningto do next, now that each of theproposals had been rejected, andhow residents were going to be

informed of their subsequentmoves.

Weidman said that they arestill looking for more ways to cutthe deficit, and information willbe on the township’s website aswell as discussed at the nexttrustees’ meeting on April 19.

Poe and resident Tom Caruth-ers shared their support of thedecision to reject the proposals,

suggesting possible cost-cuttingalternatives, such as work hoursfor firefighters and staffing.

Resident Al Early also saidthat if there was anything resi-dents could do to help the town-ship secure funding for the firedepartment, the trustees shouldinform them.

Trustees reject all fireand EMS service proposalsWeidman: Stilllooking for cutsBy Leah [email protected]

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BLUE ASH — Six years agoBlue Ash residents voted to in-crease the city’s earnings tax ratefor big projects like the CooperCreek Event Center.

Thursday, April 12, the publicwill be able to see what all the bal-loting was about.

The grand opening of theCooper Creek Event Center at theBlue Ash Golf Course off CooperRoad will kick off with publictours from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., when aribbon-cutting ceremony will beheld.

Blue Ash City Council, whichnormally meets at the Blue AshMunicipal & Safety Center, willinstead conduct its meeting in theevent center’s Augusta Room at 7p.m.

The festivities will continue:» Friday, April 13, with a

breakfast for the business com-munity from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.

» Saturday, April14, with golf-related giveaways from 8 a.m. to4 p.m., food and drink specials at

the Sandtrap Grill from 10 a.m. to6 p.m. and tours of the event cen-ter from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The grand opening will not bethe first time many people havegotten a look inside the city-owned Cooper Creek Event Cen-ter.

The event center already hashosted some 24 weddings, public

social events and corporate meet-ings.

More are booked.“In fact, there are almost no

weekends left in 2012 that do nothave a major event planned,” saidKelly Osler, assistant to the BlueAsh city manager.

“Bookings for 2013 have al-ready begun.”

The Cooper Creek Event Cen-ter has 9,000 square feet of spaceand can accommodate groups assmall as eight people.

The Grand Ballroom can beconfigured to seat 50 people to350 people and additional space isavailable for larger groups.

Cooper Creek Center offerspublic tours for grand opening

Blue Ash city employees Dorine Frank of Blue Ash and Matt Zupancic of Liberty Township clean up at theCooper Creek Event Center. JEANNE HOUCK/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Official ribboncutting April 12By Jeanne [email protected]

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MONTGOMEY — Montgomeryplanners have jumped feet firstinto the future of what they de-scribe as being one of the mostimportant vacant properties inthe city: the old Chevrolet dealer-ship site on Montgomery Road.

Tired of watching the interestand financial wherewithal ofwanna-be developers wax and

wane, Montgomery has hiredMSI/KKG of Covington for amaximum $21,000 to help draft amixed-use plan for the propertyand potentially the adjoining oldFord dealership.

“We decided, let’s be proactiveand come up with a concept plan— a preferred vision – to maketwo different properties into oneintegrated project at the city’s

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“If we have to bear this,we’ll have to look at it as acommunity,” he said.

Discussion turnedfrom the request for pro-posals to the administra-tion’s response letter tothe flier left at some resi-dents’ homes in February.Sycamore Township FireFighters AssociationPresident Kelby Thoresonasked if the township

would take down its re-sponse to the flier, statingthat the information pro-vided is inaccurate, butdid not specify whichstatements he believesare untrue.

Weidman said that theadministration believesthe facts stated are accu-rate, and if Thoreson orsomeone else believesthey are not, they shouldsubmit facts in writingthat refute the responseletter to AdministratorBruce Raabe. He addedthat until the statementsare proven wrong, the let-ter will remain on thetownship’s website.

Thoreson and Syca-more Township FireFighters Association VicePresident Craig Creightonasked to know who wrotethe response letter, whichwas read at the Feb. 16trustees’ meeting. Weid-man said that it was a re-

flection of the administra-tion’s position, and thatmultiple staff memberswere responsible for itsassembly.

Weidman added that itdid not matter who wrotethe letter, “but it is our re-sponse and we endorsesomething we think is fac-tual.”

“As my elected offi-cials, you can’t tell mewhere the informationcame from?” Creightonasked. “… Someone withfire service knowledgehad to give the informa-tion.”

As of 3 p.m. Thursday,the response letter wasstill on the township’swebsite, but the originalletter’s reference to thefire fighter’s union as theauthor of the flier, whichThoreson and Creightonasked the administrationto ensure it was removed,is no longer included.

FireContinued from Page A1

southern gateway,” saidFrank Davis, Montgom-ery’s community devel-opment director.

Montgomery andMSI/KKG will presenttheir draft plan at anopen house from 4:30p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Wednes-day, April 18, in citycouncil chambers atMontgomery city hall onMontgomery Road.

City staff and repre-sentatives of MSI/KKGwill be there to discussMontgomery’s visionand gather public inputon different options forthe two sites near theRonald Reagan CrossCounty Highway, includ-ing office, restaurant, re-tail and residential uses.

“It is important tonote that while the planincludes both properties,or roughly nine acres,this is a long-range vi-sion that may be phasedin over a number ofyears,” Davis said.

Lorinn’s Used Vehi-cles has a long-termlease with the owner ofthe Ford site. The oldChevrolet dealership isvacant.

While Montgomerydoes not own the proper-ty, Davis said the city iskeeping the owners ap-prised of the planninginitiative and is preparedto consider helping de-velopers line up financesto help pay for infra-structure such as a park-ing garage, storm sewerwork, and utility lines.

For more about your com-munity, visit www.Cincinnati.com/Montgomery.

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There’s a pro shopand lounge on the lowerlevel for the golf course,where Blue Ash has in-stalled new golf cartpaths and a new irriga-tion system.

The $8 million CooperCreek Event Center andother improvements atthe Blue Ash Golf Coursewere funded with pro-ceeds from a 0.25-per-cent earnings-tax hikeapproved by voters in2006 for big projects.

Visit www.cooper-creekblueash.com formore information.

For more about your com-munity, visit www.Cincin-nati .com/BlueAsh.

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MONTGOMERY — Themother of a SycamoreHigh School swimmer andwater polo player whodied suddenly just over ayear ago is channeling hergrief into a fundraiser forother young athletes.

Luisa Cerda of Montgo-mery and the Jose CerdaNavarro Aquatic Founda-tion will host the secondannual fundraising dinnerand dancing gala Satur-day, April 21, at The Phoe-nix, the elegant and histor-ic downtown Cincinnati

landmark.The

foundationis namedfor her son,Jose Cerda,who was asenior atSycamoreHigh

School when he died on his18th birthday Oct. 26, 2010,after a medical emergen-cy during swim practice.

Cerda went into dis-tress while practicingwith fellow members ofthe Cincinnati Marlins pri-vate swim team at theKeating Natatorium at St.

Xavier High School in Fin-neytown.

The young man alsowas a member of and com-petitor for the SycamoreHigh School swim and wa-ter polo teams.

People who attend theJose Cerda NavarroAquatic Foundation din-ner and dancing gala April21 must donate a minimumof $50 each to supportyouth swimming and wa-ter polo – the sports Cerdaloved.

That portion of any do-nation above $80 per per-son is tax deductible.

“I have found the best

way to honor my son is bygiving back to the sportshe dedicated his life to andloved so dearly,” LuisaCerda said.

To attend, [email protected] and request aformal invitation or clickon this link: http://tinyurl.com/7xv9wjx.

For more information,visit.www.joseito.webs.com.

Jose Cerda was born inVenezuela. He wanted todesign video games andhad applied to Purdue Uni-versity and The Ohio StateUniversity.

Mother honors son withfundraiser for young swimmersBy Jeanne [email protected]

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BLUE ASH — Largerphotos will be the most ob-vious change to the Syca-more Community School’sFacebook page March 30,when Facebook’s manda-tory Timeline format goesinto effect.

“This will not impactany of the great content weshare on Facebook, but willprovide visual enhance-

ments including largerphotos and more,” ErikaDaggett, chief informationofficer for the SycamoreCommunity Schools, saidMarch 30.

The Sycamore Commu-nity Schools launched itsFacebook page a monthago and Daggett said it al-ready has 340 “likes,” orpeople who have indicatedthey are following thepage.

“We’ve also had three

organizations — the Syca-more Alumni and FriendsAssociation, the city ofMontgomery and the cityof Blue Ash – ‘like’ ourpage, which means theirorganization page is linkedto ours,” Daggett said.

“Sycamore has re-searched where our com-munity is online and wefeel Facebook is a socialmedia platform that willassist us in our communi-cation goals by helping us

reach all of our audiences,from students and parentsto area businesses and thecommunity at large.”

Daggett said the Syca-more Community Schoolsis as interested in protect-ing students as it is inreaching out to the commu-nity.

“Comments are moni-tored every day,” Daggettsaid.

“We enacted and creat-ed a strong profanity filter

so inappropriate contentcan never be posted.

“Student names are notposted on any social mediaplatform, regardless of ifthey are approved formedia usage,” Daggettsaid.

The Sycamore Commu-nity Schools’ Facebookpage can be found at face-book.com/sycamores-chools, the district’s Flickr(photo-sharing) page canbe found at flickr.com/syc-

amorecommunityschoolsand the district’s YouTube(vide-sharing) page can befound at youtube.com/SCSTV2012.

For more about your commu-nity, visitwww.Cincinnati.com/BlueAsh.

Get regular Blue Ash updatesby signing up for our emailnewsletter. Visit Cincin-nati.com/BlueAsh.

Sycamore Facebook page wins friendsBy Jeanne [email protected]

In anticipation ofSymmes Township’s1-mill,three-year park levy’s ex-piration at the end of thisyear, the Board of Trusteeshad a decision to make re-garding its replacement.

The township’s auditand finance committeerecommended a 1-mill,four-year levy to covermaintenance costs of thetownship’s more than 200acres of parks. When it waspresented to the board, Ad-ministrator Brian Elliffsaid that after discussingit with Fiscal Officer JohnBorchers, they would rec-ommend a 1-mill perma-nent levy as a replace-ment.

With two drafts of alevy to decide between, thedecision to submit a 1-millpermanent levy to Hamil-ton County Auditor DustyRhodes for approval wasmade after extended dis-cussion.

Borchers said thatthough the millage of thelevy remains the same, thetownship will collect lessmoney. A 1-mill levy wouldhave brought in about$607,000 in 2010, while nowit would collect about$555,000, Elliff added.

While Trustee JodieLeis said the township’spark plans are mainte-nance-oriented now thatHome of the Brave Park isnearly completed, andparks will always needmaintenance, Trustee PhilBeck said he would like toknow how much it wouldcost to maintain all of thembefore proposing a perma-nent levy.

“It’s good for us to get

the experience under ourbelt to find out a historicalamount to pay,” he said.

Camp Dennison resi-dent Judy Havill said shefelt that if the board pro-posed a permanent levyand it was passed, it could“reduce or negate” resi-dent insight. She added

that she supports a perma-nent levy for services suchas fire or public safety, butnot for a service such aspark maintenance.

“Parks are differentfrom health and safety andfire,” she said. “… Parksare for pleasure and lei-sure, which don’t warrant

a permanent levy.”Borchers said that if the

township voted for a con-tinuing levy, the millagecould be “rolled back”based on increasing prop-erty values that could oc-cur in the next few years.

Voting down a continu-ing levy would mean goinga year without collection,which would use up anycarryover funds or wouldforce the township to cutback on maintenance, hesaid.

Leis and Beck voted tosubmit a 1-mill continuinglevy to the auditor for No-vember’s ballot, whileTrustee Ken Bryant votedagainst it.

Symmes trustees approvecontinuous park levyBy Leah [email protected]

John Borchers thanks everyone after being sworn in againTuesday as fiscal officer for Symmes Township. LEAH

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Sycamore TownshipParks and Recreation Di-rector Mike McKeownsaid that while townshipofficials believe havingnumerous games on thefields at Schuler Park,11532 Deerfield Road,would be beneficial, wearand tear on the field is be-coming an issue.

The township andMoeller High School,which uses the park forits home baseball games,could agree to split thecost with the township ofaltering the field.

The current ballfieldhas a grass infield, whichMcKeown said would

leave the center as grassbut add dirt around thebases. Altering it is not aseasy as ripping up thesod, he said.

Sod removal would benecessary, but so wouldrerouting the irrigationon the field, regradingthe field at the end of theseason and buying apiece of equipment thatwill allow them to main-tain the dirt around thediamond.

McKeown said he hasreceived estimates rang-ing from $7,000 to$20,000 for the project.He added that not all ofthe necessary tasks areincluded in the $7,000price, but the $20,000amount was all-inclusive.

Schuler fields couldsee makeoverBy Leah [email protected]

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NORTHEASTSUBURBAN LIFEEditor: Dick Maloney, [email protected], 248-7134

be selected and honored for hisor her contributions to educationduring a breakfast on May 25with school, business and civicleaders throughout the city.

Characteristics of an excel-lent educator might include, butare not limited to, a high commit-ment toward student achieve-ment, making a positive differ-ence, continually improving per-sonally and professionally, orleadership skills that are motiva-tional and creative.

Nominations for the Cele-brate Excellence EducatorAward will be accepted throughMarch 23, 2012. Send completednomination forms to: CelebrateExcellence, Attn: Erika Daggett,4881 Cooper Road, Cincinnati,Ohio 45242.

Nominations can also beemailed to [email protected] with “Celebrate Ex-cellence” in the subject line. Di-rect questions to Erika Daggett,Chief Information Officer, at theabove email address or at 686-1706.

Sycamore CommunitySchools is accepting nominationsfor the Hamilton County Educa-tional Service Center CelebrateExcellence Educator Award, anaward developed to recognizeand honor excellent educatorswithinthepublicschoolsofHam-ilton County.

Teachers, students, parentsand community members are in-vited to nominate a Sycamoreeducator for this prestigiousaward which recognizes educa-tors who hold a certified licenseincluding teachers, nurses, psy-chologists, counselors, speechtherapists and administrators.Nomination forms, which will beaccepted through March 23, areavailable below.

Completed nomination formsshould be sent to: Celebrate Ex-cellence, attn: Erika Daggett,4881 Cooper Road, Cincinnati,Ohio45242.Nominationscanalsobe emailed to [email protected] with “CelebrateExcellence” in the subject line.

One Sycamore educator will

Nominate educatorsfor county’s CelebrateExcellence Award

Sycamore High School stu-dents will enter the world offairy tales April 13, 20 and 21when they perform “Into theWoods,” a Tony Award-winningmusical by Stephen Sondheimthat intertwines the plots of sev-eral Brothers Grimm stories tofollow a baker (played by sopho-more John Carroll) and his wife(senior Tess Plona) on theirquest to find their “happily everafter.”

The main characters in themusical are from popular fairytales, such as “Little Red RidingHood” (senior Emily Gilgoff asRed), “Jack and the Beanstalk”(senior Garrett Douthitt asJack), “Rapunzel” (junior Kel-sey King as Rapunzel), and“Cinderella”(junior Emily Kis-sela as Cinderella). The musicalalso includes references to sev-

eral other well-known tales.Parents with children who

are under the age of 10 are en-couraged to attend the show’s“Family Night” April 14. Thisperformance features discounttickets and a “meet the cast”photo opportunity for children.

All shows will begin at 7:30p.m. at Sycamore High School,7400 Cornell Road.

Tickets can be ordered on-line at www.avestheatre.org for$10 for the regular perfor-mances or $7 for the familyshow on April 14. Tickets canalso be purchased at SycamoreHigh School on April 11-13 and18-20. This production has re-served seating only.

For more information, visitwww.avestheatre.org. Ques-tions can be emailed [email protected].

SHS students sing‘Into the Woods’

Thirty-seven Ursuline Acad-emy students, along with teacherand parent chaperones, partici-pated in the national March forLife Jan. 23 in Washington, D.C.

"As Catholics we recognizethat life is sacred from concep-tion until natural death,” religionteacher Ruthie Hurley said.“This is our consistent ethic oflife that we value. By participat-ing in the March for Life, stu-dents give voice to this value,walking through the streets ofthe Capitol with thousands of oth-ers. Through their participation,students declare the value ofeach unborn child and affirm thegift of life. It was a powerful andmoving experience to partici-pate in the Youth Mass and Rallyprior to the March, and theMarch itself with our students.”

Junior Lauren Tassone ofHyde Park was one of those stu-dents who was deeply moved bythe experience.

“When we attended the YouthRally and Mass, I was over-whelmed by the power of Godpresent at the Verizon Center.There was an immense magni-tude of pro-lifers, and it feltamazing to be surrounded bypeople sharing the same passionas me. I was most inspired by therally because of all the people,the music and the speakers.”

In January 1974 the firstMarch for Life was held on theWest Steps of the Capitol. Ap-proximately 20,000 prolife

Americans rallied that day on be-half of all unborn children. TheMarch has continued as an annu-al event and has drawn prolife

proponents from all parts of theUnited States, including not onlyadults, but school-aged childrenas well.

“I had an amazing experienceat the March. I have always beenpro-life, but my stance was sig-nificantly strengthened when Iwas granted the opportunity tostand alongside my Ursuline sis-ters and millions of other peoplefighting for this cause. I felt in-credibly empowered, and I knowif we continue to fight, united un-der God and through our beliefs,we can change the world andsave millions of lives. I definitelyplan to attend the March for Lifein the future, and I am grateful toUrsuline for this opportunity,”said senior Alex Kalkhoff of WestChester Township.

Although grateful to havebeen a part of the March, class-mate Katie Smith of Montgome-ry was disturbed by the hardfacts she learned during theMarch.

"The fact that 4,000 babies areaborted each day is the most dis-turbing fact I learned. I was alsogreatly disturbed by the power-ful images and videos that wesaw along the March. All of themwere very poignant and althoughsome of them were rather horrif-ic, they only made me support thepro-life cause even more.”

UA students rally for life in D.C.

Ursuline Academy students who participated in the March For Lifeinclude, from left: front, Erin Frey (Springfield Township), KellyGusweiler (Sycamore Township), Sarah Connaughton (Sharonville),Katelyn Nartker (Liberty Township) and Jenny Whang (SycamoreTownship); back, Anna Jonas (West Chester Township), Molly Roberts(Loveland), Rachel Jones (Loveland), Michelle Hricovsky (SycamoreTownship), Megan Ellis (Mason), Rachel Entrup (West ChesterTownship), Alyssa Stein (West Chester Township), Grace C. Robinson(Middletown), Zoe Altenau (Anderson Township), CatherineStrietmann (Mount Lookout) and Susan Morand (Loveland). THANKS TO

MARIANNE LANG

College of Mount St. Jo-seph faculty from the Divi-sionofBehavioralandNatu-ral Sciences judged studentprojects in the University ofCincinnati Science and En-gineering Expo, awardingthreestudentswiththe“TheCollege of Mount St. JosephFuture Scientist” honor.

The expo is a large sci-ence fair for students in 6-12grades.

Second place ($300) wasawarded to Rajat Bhageria,a sophomore at SycamoreHigh School, for an environ-mental science project ofthe effect of fertilizingchemicals on plant life.

“These students did anextraordinary job showingtheir talent and interest inthe sciences, as evidencedby their hard work on theirposters,” said HeatherChristensen, assistant pro-fessor of biology at theMount.

Bhagerianamed‘futurescientist’

Whether you graduated fromSycamore High School or havejust been part of the Sycamorecommunity long enough to bepart of the family, mark your cal-endar for Saturday, May 12, andmake plans to attend the World’sLargest Sycamore Reunion Partysponsored by the SycamoreAlumni and Friends Association(SAFA).

The reunion party is open to allAviator alumni, parents, currentand retired faculty and staff,friends and fans aged 21 or olderand will take place at the OasisConference Center in Loveland(902 Loveland-Madeira Road)from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday,May 12. Tickets are $40 each andmay be purchased online atwww.ourSAFA.com, in personfrom 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Greg-ory Center behind SycamoreHigh School, or by mail with acheck payable to SAFA, c/o JimStoll – SAFA executive director;7400 Cornell Road; Cincinnati,Ohio; 45242.

“Our first ‘World’s Largest’party in 2010 was such a big hit,”said Vickie Gregory, president ofthe SAFA board of directors,“that we knew it was destined tobecome a regular event. It’s agreat way to reconnect with Syc-amore friends from around thecorner and around the country.”

Indeed, people came from

near and far in May 2010, accord-ing to Stoll.

The evening’s festivities willinclude dinner, dancing, games,and live music by local flex-rockfavorite “Waiting for Ben” – inaddition to the chance to catch upwith friends. Beer, wine and softdrinks will be available for pur-

chase. Guests will also have theopportunity to bid on unique andexciting silent auction itemsthroughout the evening.

For additional information ,contact Jim Stoll at 513-686-1770,ext. 3210 or [email protected] or visit www.ourSA-FA.com.

‘Largest ReunionParty’ May 12

2012 Sycamore Aliumni andFriends Association "World'sLargest Sycamore Reunion"Committee members TerryEkstedt and Paula Young Ekstedtwith Reid Young (all ofMontgomery). PROVIDED

Patty Brisben (SycamoreTownship) with Sycamore Alumniand Friends Association executivedirector Jim Stoll (center) andpresident of SAFA Board ofDirectors Vickie Gregory (SymmesTownship) at the 2010 SAFAreunion. PROVIDED

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Baseball» Moeller beat De La Salle (Il-

linois) 10-2 on March 31. SeniorZach Williams got his secondwin and struck out nine. OnApril 2, Moeller beat La Salle10-1 behind Brian Burkhart’spitching. On April 4, the Crusad-ers beat Carroll 6-2 as sopho-more Riley Mahan drove inthree runs.

Softball» Ursuline defeated Clear-

view 11-3 March 31. MackenzieRobinson struck out 10 batterson the way to the win. HannahMehrle was 3-3 at the plate withthree triples. Merhle came upbig again during the team’s 3-0win over Badin April 3, strikingout 10 batters.

» CHCA beat St Bernard 18-14 April 3. Emily Medoshpitched the Eagles to the win.

Tennis» Sycamore got by Perrys-

burg 3-2. Doubles wins were re-corded by juniors Dylan Sternand Nikhil Grandhi and seniorJosh Goodman and junior BrianGoodman. On April 3, the Avesdefeated Kings 4-1. April 5 sawthe Aves shutout Oak Hills 5-0.

» Moeller beat La Salle 4-1 onApril 2.

Boys track» Moeller won the Oliver Ni-

koloff Invitational at the Uni-versity of Cincinnati March 30.Junior Luke Larison won the 300hurdles and high jump, whileGabe Stiver won the discus andshot put.

The Crusaders also finishedfirst April 2 at the Coaches Clas-sic meet at Mason. Stiver againwon the discus and shot put. OnApril 4 at the Coaches Classic fi-nals at Winton Woods, Moellerfreshman Chase Pankey won the100 meters in 11.23.

» At the Coaches Classicmeet at Ross April 2, Nick Al-ston won the 200 meters for Syc-amore in 22.85.

Girls track» At the Coaches Classic

meet at Ross April 2, Sycamorefinished first. Anna Bailes wonthe 100 and 300 hurdles for theLady Aves. On April 4 at theCoaches Classic finals at WintonWoods, Sam Siler won the 3200meters and Angela Harris tookthe long jump.

Lacrosse» Ursuline defeated Dublin

Coffman 12-8 March 31. ClaudiaRafi scored six goals.

Boys volleyball» Moeller beat Alter April 3,

25-22, 25-18, 19-25, 30-32, 16-14.

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SYCAMORE TOWNSHIP — Asif he were imploring his Avia-tors to become more aerody-namic, long-time Sycamoretrack coach Hank Ray got a hair-cut in the offseason.

Be it through haircuts or hardwork, Ray is looking to moveSycamore from third in theGreater Miami Conference to atop two finish. In recent years,Ray’s girls squads have had theedge on the boys for braggingrights.

“The men have to provethemselves a little bit,” Ray said.“The girls know they’re good.”

Leading the way for the Avesis senior sprinter Nick Alston, asecond team GMC performerlast season.

“He’s our No. 1 senior,” Raysaid. “League placer in the 100and 200 and a finalist and anchorleg in the 4x100 last year. He isone of our top runners who weexpect to do well this year. He’s afour-event guy every meet.”

Ben Wulker is another seniorwho returns as a second teamGMC athlete. Wulker runs somemiddle distance, but specializesin jumping. Having cleared thebar at 6’2” offseason indoors.

“He’s our No. 1 high jumper,”Ray said. “He was a league plac-er in high jump last year and wesee him doing better.”

One reason for optimism withthe Aves is the number of partic-ipants in the offseason at indoortrack. Out of around100 student-athletes, Ray estimates 40-50

took part in competition indoors.“We in the last couple years

have taken it seriously,” Raysaid. “We have kids committedto running and only running andaren’t playing basketball or lift-ing for football. We have a reallygood indoor program year in andyear out.”

Where Sycamore will likelybe short this year is in the fieldevents. Between throwers Jus-tin Murray and Ben Rader, theAves lost some valuable meetpoints. Both left due to gradua-tion and are now college footballplayers.

Murray was one of the GMC’sathletes of the year last season

in track and field.“He was a 10-point man in

both events (shot and discus),”Ray said. “He’s at UC now play-ing football. We have someyoung guys who aren’t there yet,but we expect them to be there ina couple of years.”

Ray’s strategy for replacingpoints accumulated by Murrayand Rader was to raid the foot-ball team again. He also is one ofthe assistants on Scott Dattilo’sstaff.

“We recruited some footballplayers to come out and runsome sprints,” Ray said. “Wehave a good base of kids in everyevent. Hopefully, we can score

points in a lot of events and putus in position to win a lot ofmeets.”

The Aves also figure on somescoring from junior distancerunner Tallin Forshey and sen-iors Ryan Rasulis and ArturMeller. All succeeded in crosscountry in the fall and Forsheywas third team GMC in the 3200last spring.

CHCAThe Eagles enter the spring

led by pole vaulter Logan Lally,who placed second in the eventat the Miami Valley Conferencechampionships a season with amark of 11 feet.

CHCA should also get a boostfrom freshman Joel Paroz insprint events.

MoellerRarely does a Moeller team

come to a contest unprepared orwithout talent and that’s certain-ly the case again this spring withthe Crusaders track squad. Oncereliable veterans graduate,they’re usually replaced bypromising newcomers.

“We have a good freshman,Chase Pankey who runs the 100,200 and relays,” coach ClaytonGraham said. “Right now in the100, he’s at 11.10, which for afreshman is really good. Not alot of guys can do that in theirfreshman year. It looks like he’llbe in the first in history to winthe 100 four years in the GCL.”

Trying to keep Pankey on aneven keel is senior Mike Means

Aves must make up points

Senior Nick Alston (green shirt) receives the baton from senior Ben Wulker at Sycamore track practice March 15. Both are counted on to scorepoints for the Aviators this spring. SCOTT SPRINGER/THE COMMUNITY PRESS


Sycamore track coach Hank Ray shows off his streamlined haircut atAves practice on March 15. SCOTT SPRINGER/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

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SYCAMORE TOWNSHIP — De-spite losing their opener to two-time defending state championMedina, 8-7 in overtime April 1,coach Eddie Clark is still brashover the expectations of Syca-more’s girls lacrosse team.

With only two returning start-ers, Kathleen Gasset and KaraMarsh, Clark is still bullish onthe Lady Aves in the southwestregion.

“It’s us and Mason,” Clarksaid. “Last year was the firsttime they’ve ever beat us. In 13years, that’s our first loss in Cin-cinnati.”

For the record, the Lady Avesand Lady Comets do battle againApril 19 at Sycamore.

Last season, Clark’s girls fin-ished 12-7 with a district final

loss to Upper Arlington. Thisyear, Sycamore will travel toplay that same team in earlyMay as they wind up their regu-lar season schedule.

“We try to travel wheneverwe can to get good competition,”coach Eddie Clark said.

The tough scheduling haspaid off for Clark since his arriv-al at Sycamore in 2000. His over-all record is an impressive 223-45-10.

“Since 2002, we’ve been in thetop five or six every year,” Clarksaid. “We struggle to find gamesbecause everybody’s like, ‘Weschedule them and they’ll kickthe crap out of us.’ You want toplay competition though.”

Two of the Lady Aves willplay in college as Amanda Freyis heading to Gannon Universityand Hayley Baas will got Mar-quette. Baas was mainly used as

an energetic substitute last sea-son and turned that opportunityinto a Division I offer.

“She didn’t start and she wasan All-American last year,”Clark said. “She’s pretty special,she’s a pretty good athlete. Shewas better off the bench and wehad 10 seniors last year.”

Haley Jardin and Lizzie Mac-Vittie are also expected to playkey minutes for Sycamore thisseason.

“We are young, but very ath-letic,” Clark said. “(There are)12freshmen and sophomores onvarsity this year.”

The next match for the LadyAves is at Summit Country DayApril 14.

UrsulineHead coach Todd Vollmer re-

turns a talented group of indi-vuals this spring – but it’s the

team’s cohesiveness that couldput the Lions over the top, ac-cording to the veteran coach.

“Of all the teams I have hadthis team has an enthusiasm andbond like no other. Talent helps,but this cohesion and spirit willwin games,” Vollmer said.

Top contributors should in-clude Claudia Rafi, Kate Olson,Abby Main, Jen Holbrook, andEmily Lotterer.

The Lions finished undefeat-ed (7-0) in conference play lastspring on their way to the GGCLScarlet Championship.

CHCACHCA competes at the Divi-

sion II level of the Ohio School-girls Lacrosse Association.

The squad lost its openingcontest to Little Miami, 14-2,April 2. The team is coached byMariah Warburton.

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MND was 6-9-2 last sea-son, including 4-1 in theGirls Greater CincinnatiLeague. They feature seniorBiz Goslee who was theteam’s leading scorer aswell as a GGCL first teamerand league player of theyear.

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Carson won the 50 but-

Carson Foster, a fourth-grade student at All SaintsSchool in Kenwood, re-cently competed with theCincinnati Marlins to winthe Junior Olympic StateChampionship in BowlingGreen.

Carson broke severalJunior Olympic records,set a new Short CourseState record, won 10 & Un-

der Boys High Pointaward, and won Outstand-ing Swimmer of the meet.

The Cincinnati Marlinscompeted in the Ohio 2012Short Course Junior Olym-pic Championship Meet,March 9-11 USA Swim-ming’s equivalent to statefor age-group swimmers,where they celebratedtheir third straight JO

championship.The Marlins brought 69

swimmers to compete inmore than 360 races in theyear of their 50th anniver-sary.

They battled the North-ern Kentucky Clippersand Dayton Raidersthroughout the weekendof competition to earn thechampionship with 2,936

points.The Northern Ken-

tucky Clippers were insecond with 2,563 and theDayton Raiders followedby with 1,923 points.

This is another win in along history of success bya club with more than 80Junior Olympic (or“state”) titles, five JuniorNational titles, one Nation-

terfly (New Junior Olym-pic record), 200 freestyle,50 freestyle, 100 IM (NewJunior Olympic record),200 IM (New Junior Olym-pic record), 100 freestyle,and the 100 butterfly.

Joshua McDonald wasthe boys 11-12 High Pointwinner and won titles inthe 100 backstroke and the500 breestyle.

Swimmer breaks JO records

The Cincinnati UnitedPremier U15 boys Goldteam has been crownedU.S. Youth Soccer NationalLeague champions fortheir play during the 2011-2012 season.

The team, coached byTerry Nicholl, clinched thetitle in Las Vegas with winsover St Louis Scott Galla-gher (MO) and Albion SC(CA-S).

With the league title, theboys claim an automaticbirth to the USYS NationalChampionships in SouthCarolina in July.

“This a tremendousachievement by thissquad,” said CUP Boys Di-rector of Coaching, JohnMcGinlay. “This is the firstCUP team to win this pres-tigious league and also thefirst team to advance to theNational Championshipsunder the Cincinnati Unit-ed Soccer Club banner.They have earned it andnow can focus on theirspring play to preparethem for South Carolina inJuly.”

The USYS NationalLeague brings together thetop U15-U18 boys and girlsteams in the country. Cin-cinnati United Soccer Clubhas the most teams in theleague with three boysteams and one girls team.

The club would like tocongratulate the boys,coach Terry Nicholl andBoys DOC John McGinlay,and previous coaches in-cluding Wes Schulte andMike Duncan, for winningthe league title.

CUP to play national game

The Cincinnati United/CUP U15 boys win the US YouthSoccer National League March 25 in Las Vegas, Nev. andwill advance to the USYS National Championships in July.Players are Lucas Andrew, Alex Besl, Charlie Byers ofSycamore Township, Peter Cinibulk, Will Cohen of IndianHill, Brady Daulton, Luke Deimer of Indian Hill, DrewEagan, Mohamed Elmardi, Nathan Gibson of Kenwood, J.J.Iroh, David Jefferies, Christian Lytle, Dan Schleitweiler,Luke Thomas, Kule Treadway, Brandin Ward and LoganWiedmann. THANKS TO BOBBY PUPPIONE

from the Moeller football squad, who alsoruns a respectable 100 (11.32).

In the 400, Graham has another lankyyoungster that strides comfortably to victo-ries. Sophomore Isaiah Gentry was at 50.37in the early going and appears to have theability to easily break 50.

“He’s probably top five in the city in the400,” Graham said. “Our 4x400 is really goodthis year too.”

In early competition, Moeller beat LaSalle and won a big meet at UC March 30.

Junior Luke Larison has had success inthe high jump and 300 hurdles and a seem-ingly undersized senior Gabe Stiver has dou-bled up to win the shot put and discus a cou-ple times.

“He’s kind of built up top, but if you havethat rotation down to a tee, you can outthrowa lot of guys that just launch it,” Grahamsaid.

Senior Kevin Robinson-White is also athrower for the Crusaders and defeated Sti-ver in the shot in one meet. Due to a death inthe Moeller coaching family (Chris Lingen-felter) the Crusaders were without a shotand discus coach until a public school coachvolunteered.

The early returns have been phenomenal.“The Walnut Hills coach is helping us,

Chris Lassiter,” Graham said. “He’s a great,great guy.”

Also expected to excel for Moeller on theova this seasonl is junior Zach Hoffman inthe 800 and 1600. Andreas Pfaller and JohnAshbrock are Crusader hurdlers who re-cently finished one-two at the Coaches Clas-sic meet held at Mason.

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A publication of

April 4 questionHow do you think the Su-

preme Court will rule on thehealth care law? Why?

“It’s anybody’s guess, andthe obvious reason is that thepolitical affiliation of the jus-tices is split virtually down themiddle, with four conserva-tives, and four liberals - and oneswing vote, Justice Kennedy.

“My guess is that Scalia,Thomas, Alito and Roberts willsay Obamacare is unconstitu-tional, and Breyer, Ginsburg,Sotomayer and Kagan will sayit is fine. That leaves JusticeKennedy, and God only knowshow he will rule.

“Even if portions of the billare struck down, no one knowshow much of it will be retained.We’ll just have to wait.”

Bill B.

“I can only hope that the Su-preme Court will rule the lawunconstitutional. No govern-ment, including this one, hasthe right to force its citizens tobuy something that they do notwant to buy. If it has the powerto do that, it has the power toforce them to do anything.

“Food, housing, and clothingare just as essential to life ashealthcare. In fact, for the ma-jority of us who are relativelyhealthy, those needs are evenmore essential to daily life. Ifour government has the powerto do this I fear that the libertythat we have tenuously hungonto for over 200 years willcease to exist.”

T.H.

“No one knows. If the jus-tices act as interpreters of theConstitution I would guess thatthe law will be ruled as uncon-stitutional. If they act as politi-cians, it’s anyone’s guess.

“For one thing, the state-ment that all Americans wouldbe required to participate isfalse. There are many groups ofpeople who will not have to buyinto the program. This leavesthe rest of the population to footthe bill for those who don’t haveto. Sounds like another entitle-ment program to me.

“The other thing is thatthere are safety nets in placeright now for those who cannotafford insurance. Clinics, hos-pitals, charity groups ... all areavailable if you just show up.

“I would like to see govern-ment employees, includingCongress, have to abide by allthe rules they impose on every-one else. Dictatorships do justthose things. This should not beallowed in a free nation.

“What’s next? Food police?Fines for packing the wronglunch for your kids? Mandatedscreening?”

J.K.

“They might rule in favor of

the American people since thisseems to evolve around theright to buy or not to buy med-ical insurance. I think Congresswants this to go Obama’s way asto keep hospitals from going inthe red from unpaid medicalcosts.”

O.H.R.

“I believe it will be a closevote that endorses the liberalDemocratic attempt to abolishour Constitutional privilegesunder the guise that Congresshas the power to absolutely con-trol (not regulate) interstatecommerce, including healthcare. Consider that Congresshas run the post office for cen-turies and it is broke, and it hasalso regulated and misman-aged Medicare, Social Securityand AMTRAK to name a few; allof which are on life-support.Only the densest citizen couldbelieve Congress and the WhiteHouse will make health carebetter than what it has been.

“The improvements healthcare needs can be done for farless than the trillions of dollarsObama-Care will ultimatelycost. You ain’t seen big govern-ment bureaucracy until you seethe full impact of Obama-Careonce it is up and running. It’sjust as Nancy Pelosi said, ‘Wehave to pass it in order to seewhat’s in it.’ Two years later andwe still do not fully know what ahungry monster they’re un-leashing upon us.”

R.V.

“It is my strongest hope thatthey continue to vote along thestrong partisan lines with theRepublican-leaning judgesstriking all aspects of the lawdown. There is no constitution-al basis for any type of federalgovernment subsidized healthcare or like social services.

“Health care is not a protect-ed right stated in either in theConstitution or the Bill ofRights. It is something that acitizen can earn or gain accessto through hard work and get-ting and staying employed.

“I do not want to see myhard-earned tax dollars used tofund those to listless, lazy andunmotivated to pony up and payfor their own health care orseek out jobs that providehealth care.”

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Having fought through yearsof economic stagnation, at last afeeling of newfound prosperityis among us.

Ohio’s economic rebound isgaining attention not onlyacross the state, but throughoutthe country. Thanks in largepart to bold policy initiativesand a focus on collaboration

among innova-tors and en-trepreneurs,Ohio gained53,300 new jobsduring the firsttwo months of2012. Thatplaces Ohiofifth nationallyin job creation.

That num-ber is mostsignificantwhen just one

year ago we ranked 48th out of50 states. The most recent laborreport shows Ohio had amongthe steepest drops in the joblessrate between December 2010and February 2012 - to 7.6 per-cent from 9.5 percent.

Our work is far from fin-ished. So, to further my com-mitment to building on theseaccomplishments, I recentlyaccepted the role as chair of theOhio Senate Energy and PublicUtilities Committee. I replacemy friend, the former StateSen. David Daniels, who hasaccepted an appointment asOhio’s new director of agricul-ture. Already a member ofSenate leadership and vicechair of the budget-writingFinance Committee, this newrole and the issues that it in-volves, offer exciting new chal-lenges.

For more than a year, Mar-

cellus and Utica shale headlineshave been dominating the presswith stories about economicdevelopment possibilities ex-panded exploration may bringto the state.

Decisions made surroundingOhio’s energy policies and re-forms will certainly impactfuture economic growth. Arecent collaborative study con-ducted by researchers fromOhio State, Cleveland State, andMarietta College projects annu-al production of oil and gas toreach $9.6 billion annually by2014 and upwards of 65,000 Ohiojobs to be supported throughUtica shale development.

Technological advances andsophisticated extraction proc-esses are currently changingthe way in which oil and gas areextracted from the ground.However, it is critical that as

these advances occur, we mustalso pass reasonable laws toprotect the safety of our resi-dents and treating Ohio’s envi-ronment with care.

Additionally, other issuessuch as cogeneration and utilityrates are likely to be the focusof future discussions. Cogener-ation, the process of capturingwaste heat that is producedfrom steel manufacturing andturning it into usable fuel, is ofparticular interest due to itspotential to lower the cost ofdoing business and keepingOhio competitive.

The recession of recentyears has left far too many ofour families and friends strug-gling to keep up with theirmonthly bills. I plan on continu-ing to work with consumerrepresentatives, small and bigbusiness leaders, and all otherinterested parties to make surestate policies are in place tohelp keep energy prices as lowas possible.

These opportunities andothers are making for excitingtimes in our state. The actionswe take in the months aheadwill prove vital in returningprosperity to Ohio. As always, Iembrace the challenges aheadand welcome your thoughts onthe issues that matter to you themost.

Senator Shannon Jones representsOhio’s 7th Senate District, whichincludes Warren County and a por-tion of Hamilton County. She servesas the Senate majority whip andchairman of the Senate Energy andPublic Utilities Committee. Contacther by phone at (614) 466-9737, byemail at [email protected], orOne Capitol Square, Columbus, Ohio43215.

Energy a source of prosperity

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It has been two years sincePresident Barack Obama, Sen-ate Majority Leader Harry Reidand former House Speaker

Nancy Pelosipassed theirhealth-care“reform” bill.

At the time,the Americanpeople weretold that thenew law wouldcreate jobs andlower insur-ance premiumswhile allowing

anyone who liked their currenthealth plan to keep it. None ofthese promises has turned outto be true.

The nonpartisan Congres-sional Budget Office believesthat the health care law willactually reduce job opportuni-ties by some 800,000. The aver-age family’s premium for its

employer provided coveragehas continued to rise, and theCongressional Budget Officeestimates that the new law willcause premiums on the individ-ual market to rise by 13 percent.

In addition, studies indicatethat many Americans will losetheir current employer-provid-ed coverage and be forced topurchase health insurancethrough government-run ex-changes. Oh, there’s also this:the Congressional Budget Of-fice recently estimated that the10-year cost of the law (whichwas originally manipulated bybudget gimmickry) has almostdoubled, to $1.76 trillion.

Finally, there is a shadowypresence in the room that givespeople a chill on the back of theneck. The new law establishedthe Independent Payment Ad-visory Board, or IPAB. Simplyput, its purpose is to cut Medi-care spending.

This 15-member committeeof unelected and unaccountablebureaucrats essentially has onepurpose – to get doctors, phar-maceutical companies and hos-pitals to cut their prices ifsomebody in authority decidestoo much money is being spenton health care. The memberswould be appointed by thepresident, subject to confirma-tion by the Senate.

Some worry that the remedyto control these health carecosts might be worse than thedisease. Many people fear thatsick people will be confrontedby a bunch of cold-bloodedbureaucrats who are deputizedto tell them they’re not entitledto the care they might need.

At least not yet.

Jean Schmidt is the U.S. Representa-tive in Ohio’s 2nd CongressionalDistrict.

A second opinion on health-care

Jean SchmidtCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

A few months back I was ap-pointed to serve as Hamilton Coun-ty Clerk of Courts. Our job is toprovide professional, courteouscustomer service to the public, andkeep the official court record forall cases.

Our challenge as an organiza-tion is to do this as efficiently aspossible. We are accountable to thetaxpayers, and owe it to them.Upon taking office, I learned pro-

fessional bail bondsmen owed usover $2.1 million. I saw this as anopportunity. I worked with mystaff to make certain we wereaggressively pursuing all out-standing bond money. Our employ-ees partnered with the prosecu-tor’s office, as well as other stateand local agencies. In late January,we notified all bail bondsmen thatour office would be strictly enforc-ing state law, and if they have un-

paid bonds in excess of 60 days inarrears, as of April 1 they will nolonger be doing business in Hamil-ton County.

I am pleased to say as of todaymy office has collected approxi-mately $1.2 million, and we’re go-ing after the rest. The moneywe’ve brought in has been re-turned to the arresting agenciesthroughout your communities, aswell as the taxpayers themselves

through the county general fund.As elected officials, we must do

more with less. I am so proud ofthe dedicated employees who workin my office. This is just one ex-ample of their many accomplish-ments, and how we are committedto the citizens of Hamilton County.

Tracy Winkler is the Hamilton Countyclerk of courts.

Clerk goes after bail bond moneyTracy WinklerCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

DorrieSchoenyMcCarthy ofHyde Park, JillSteffee ofLoveland andCameronMacConnellof Hyde Park.PROVIDED

ChelseaFeyka ofOakley, CarolWimer ofDillonvaleand DanielleDixon ofFinneytown.PROVIDED

Margi HomanMasters ofIndian Hill,Diane Wernerof SymmesTownship andLaurieMcGrath ofAndersonTownship.

The Cincinnati-based non-profit organization Kenzie’sCloset sponsored its annualfundraising event, Girls’ NightOut, at the Hyde Park CountryClub. Guests were treated to anevening of fun, food, music, a de-signer purse grab bag, and someexciting raffles throughout theevening.

Kenzie’s Closet provides com-plete prom outfits to financially-

disadvantaged high school ju-nior and senior students. Volun-teers serve as personal assis-tants on “Shopping Days” as theyoung girls select their dreamprom outfit, complete withdress, shoes and accessories.

Dresses, jewelry and acces-sories are donated throughoutthe year to Kenzie’s Closet and -along with the cash donationsand corporate sponsorships - the

organization is able to dressmore than 500 young girls eachyear.

The students are referred toKenzie’s Closet, located inO’Bryonville, from their school’scounselors, principals, teachersand social service agencies.

Brynne Coletti, founder andexecutive director of Kenzie’sCloset, has set a goal for meetingthe needs of close to 550 young

girls during the 2012 prom sea-son at the organization’sO’Bryonville facility.

“I continue to be inspired bythe ongoing generous support ofthis community for this mission,especially by the involvement ofthe local public, school and busi-ness communities,” Coletti said.

Coletti clarified that the girlswho are served during the springseason at Kenzie’s Closet come

from the area’s inner-city, subur-ban and rural schools. Most havefamily household incomes of lessthan $22,000. The organization isin its seventh year offering thevery popular and needed serviceto the students.

For more information aboutKenzie’s Closet, please call (513)566-PROM (7766) or visit theirwebsite at www.kenziesclose-t.org.

Lily Kukulski of Mount Lookout, Laura Mancini of Madeira, Molly Zucherberg of Mariemont, Shannon Sibcy of Hyde Park, Kristie Sheanshang of Symmes Township and Kerri Wachtelof Hyde Park. PROVIDED

Women attend Kenzie’sCloset ‘Girls’ Night Out’

Meg Lewisof

Kenwood,Sue

Meiszer ofIndian Hill

and MegByrne ofDry Run.

PROVIDED

Katie Coughlin of Kenwood, Betsy Kiley of Blue Ashand Chrissy Ward of Loveland. PROVIDEDKristie (Trefzer)

Sheanshang ofMontgomery, Myse

Heinichen ofMadeira and MariaMakris Rosenbaum

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THURSDAY, APRIL 12Art ExhibitsJuried Exhibition, 1-4 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,Original art works submitted bywomen artists. 272-3700;www.womansartclub.com.Mariemont.

Art OpeningsBlossom II: The Art of Flowers,6-9 p.m., Greenacres Arts Center,8400 Blome Road, Festive cock-tail reception celebrating open-ing of Greenacres Greenhouseand debut of new art exhibit:national traveling show de-picting flowers of all kinds.Exhibit continues through May18. Benefits Students’ Trans-portation Fund. $50. Reserva-tions required. Presented byGreenacres Foundation. 891-4227; www.green-acres.org.Indian Hill.

Business MeetingsInternational Fellowship ofChristian Businessmen Lun-cheon Meeting, 11:45 a.m.,Crowne Plaza Hotel Blue Ash,5901 Pfeiffer Road, $12 forlunch; free attendance. Reserva-tions required. Presented byInternational Fellowship ofChristian Businessmen. 984-1513.Blue Ash.

Karaoke and Open MicKaraoke, 9 p.m., Tap House Grill,8740 Montgomery Road, 891-8277. Sycamore Township.

On Stage - ComedyNick Griffin, 8 p.m., Go Bananas,8410 Market Place, College andMilitary Night, $4. $10-$15.984-9288; www.gobananasco-medy.com. Montgomery.

RecreationYoung Professionals OpenGym, 7-10 p.m., TriHealthFitness and Health Pavilion, 6200Pfeiffer Road, Full-court basket-ball games for men. $15.Through May 27. 985-0900.Montgomery.

Spring Break Camps, 9:30a.m.-3:30 p.m., Mayerson JCC,8485 Ridge Road, Water park,gym, game room and art room.Ages 0-6. $58 per day, $48members; before and after careavailable. Registration required.761-7500; www.jointhej.org.Amberley Village.

Support GroupsCodependents Anonymous,7-8 p.m., The Community of theGood Shepherd, 8815 E. KemperRoad, Room 31. Literaturediscussion group. Family friend-ly. Free, donations accepted.Presented by CodependentsAnonymous Inc. 800-0164.Montgomery.

Codependents Anonymous,Noon-1 p.m., Blue Ash Presby-terian Church, 4309 CooperRoad, Book discussion group.Open to everyone who desireshealthy loving relationships.Family friendly. Donationsaccepted. Presented by Code-pendents Anonymous Inc.673-0174. Blue Ash.

FRIDAY, APRIL 13Art & Craft ClassesShadow Box Cards, 10a.m.-12:30 p.m., Stamp Your ArtOut, 9685 Kenwood Road, CindySchneider demonstrates. Make 3cards, learning how to add awindow frame and valance or amovable piece to spice up yourcards. Bring bone folder, X-actoknife and double-sided tape.Ages 18 and up. $26. Reserva-tions required. 793-4558. BlueAsh.

Art ExhibitsJuried Exhibition, 1-4 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 272-3700; www.woman-sartclub.com. Mariemont.

Blossom II: Art of Flowers,Noon-5 p.m., Greenacres ArtsCenter, 8400 Blome Road,Second in on-going series ofnational traveling exhibitions ofartworks depicting and in-terpreting flowers of all kinds.Juried exhibition is sponsored bySusan K. Black Foundation andDavid J. Wagner LLC. Free.Presented by Greenacres Foun-dation. Through May 18. 891-4227; www.green-acres.org.Indian Hill.

Business SeminarsWordPress Event Series Part 1:Basics of WordPress andContent Creaton, 9 a.m.-noon,InfoTrust Training Facility, 10945Reed Hartman Highway No. 303,

Part of three series program onWordPress. Family friendly. Pricevaries. Reservations required.Presented by InfoTrust, LLC.373-4216; infotrustllc.com/event/wordpress-event-series-part-1-basics-of-wordpress-and-con-tent-creaton. Blue Ash.

Music - AcousticAcoustik Buca, 7:30 p.m.,deSha’s American Tavern, 11320Montgomery Road, 247-9933.Montgomery.

On Stage - ComedyNick Griffin, 8 p.m. and 10:30p.m., Go Bananas, $10-$15.984-9288; www.gobananasco-medy.com. Montgomery.

RecreationPickup Basketball, 10:30 a.m.-noon, TriHealth Fitness andHealth Pavilion, 6200 PfeifferRoad, Men and women ages 25and up. $15, free members.Through Dec. 28. 985-0900;www.trihealthpavilion.com.Montgomery.

SATURDAY, APRIL 14Art ExhibitsJuried Exhibition, 1-4 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 272-3700; www.woman-sartclub.com. Mariemont.

Open Studios, 6-10 p.m., Love-land Art Studios on Main, 529Main Ave., Open studios wheremore than 40 artists are show-ing their works in one building.Free. Through Aug. 11. 683-7283; www.studiosonmain.com.Loveland.

Blossom II: Art of Flowers,Noon-5 p.m., Greenacres ArtsCenter, Free. 891-4227;www.green-acres.org. IndianHill.

Clubs & OrganizationsBlue Ash Women’s ClubSpring Luncheon, 11 a.m.-2p.m., Blue Ash PresbyterianChurch, 4309 Cooper Road,Victorian themed program withHigh Tea luncheon. Silent auc-tion and split-the-pot. $25.Reservations required. Present-ed by Blue Ash Women’s Club.891-4043. Blue Ash.

Cooking ClassesHealthy Cooking Classes,Noon-1:30 p.m., Peachy’s HealthSmart, 7400 Montgomery Road,Peachy Seiden discusses nutri-tion and health while preparingtwo delicious, simple and easymeals. Ages 18 and up. $30.Registration required. 315-3943;www.peachyshealthsmart.com.Silverton.

Exercise ClassesTRX Bootcamp, 9:15-10:15 a.m.,TriHealth Fitness and HealthPavilion, 6200 Pfeiffer Road,Designed for the intermediateto advanced exerciser. Totalbody workout, bootcamp style.$6-$15. Registration required.985-0900; www.trihealthpavil-ion.com. Montgomery.

ExhibitsExploring History ThroughTextiles, 1-4:30 p.m., GreaterLoveland Historical SocietyMuseum, 201 Riverside Drive,Quilts on display on loan andfrom GLHSM collection. 683-5692; www.lovelandmuseu-m.org. Loveland.

Health / WellnessSimple Health-Smart CookingClass, Noon-1:30 p.m., Cincin-nati Nutrition Counseling Cen-ter, 7400 Montgomery Road,Weekly through May 19. In-formal and interactive classseries to discover how healthyand tasty meals can be preparedquickly and simply. Familyfriendly. $139. Registrationrequired. Presented by Commu-niversity at UC. 556-6932;www.uc.edu/ce/commu. Silver-ton.

Autism Sports Day, Noon-4p.m., TriHealth Fitness andHealth Pavilion, 6200 PfeifferRoad, Open to any families withan autistic child. Variety ofinteractive presentations andsports activities. Free. 985-0900;www.trihealthpavilion.com.Montgomery.

Karaoke and Open MicPoetry Slam, 7-9 p.m., LovelandArt Studios on Main, 529 MainAve., Loveland area high schoolstudents have chance to winpart of $500 prize. Deadline forsubmission is April 7, and stu-dents can submit up to threepoems in each category. Familyfriendly. Free. Presented by Artsand Cultural Council of GreaterLoveland. 683-7195. Loveland.

Literary - LibrariesMadeira Hunger Games:Hapkido, 2 p.m., MadeiraBranch Library, 7200 MiamiAve., Brush up on your skills asMaster Mark Stacey of Ahn’s TaeKwon Do Institute demonstratesthe weapons and self-defensetechniques of the dynamic,Korean martial art of Hapkido.Ages 12-18. Free. Presented byPublic Library of Cincinnati &Hamilton County. 369-6028;www.cincinnatilibrary.org.Madeira.

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

Music - ConcertsMusic at Ascension ChamberConcert Series, 7 p.m., Ascen-sion Lutheran Church, 7333Pfeiffer Road, Celtic music bythe White Orchid Trio. Free,donations accepted. 793-3288.Montgomery.

Rhythm N Blue Ash, 8 p.m., UCBlue Ash College Muntz Theater,9555 Plainfield Road, WithDwight Lenox and the eight-piece Lenox Avenue Express Jazzand Dance Band. $27 threeconcerts; $15, $10 advance; $6students. Reservations recom-mended. Presented by UC BlueAsh College. 745-5705;www.rwc.uc.edu. Blue Ash.

Music - RockThe Gamut, 7:30 p.m., deSha’sAmerican Tavern, 11320 Mont-gomery Road, 247-2380. Mont-gomery.

On Stage - ComedyNick Griffin, 8 p.m. and 10:30p.m., Go Bananas, $10-$15.984-9288; www.gobananasco-medy.com. Montgomery.

On Stage - TheaterRiver Rat and Cat, 10 a.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,The Barn. Playhouse Off the Hill.Comedy about friendship andcooperation. River Rat and Catlearn they don’t need to be thesame or even like the samethings in order to be goodfriends. Family friendly. $2, freeages 11 and under. Reservationsrequired. Presented by Play-house in the Park. 272-3700;www.womansartclub.com.Mariemont.

RecreationYoung Professionals OpenGym, 7-10 p.m., TriHealthFitness and Health Pavilion, $15.985-0900. Montgomery.

Seminars2nd Saturday Divorce Work-shop for Women, 8:30-11 a.m.,Merrill Lynch, 5151 Pfeiffer Road,Suite 100, Workshop providesinformation and resources forwomen at all stages of divorce-..before, during and after.Presented by attorneys, financialprofessionals and family thera-pists. Presenters include: KarenLevy; Beth Silverman; SherriSlovin; Mary Ellen Malas; KyraRaimey; Erinn McKee Hannigan;Marie Hill; Susan Steinberg; Fran

Hendrick. Free. Presented by2nd Saturday Cincinnati. 833-1518. Blue Ash.

SportsThe 2012 Clydesdale OpenCharity Tennis Classic, 7p.m.-12:30 a.m., The Club atHarper’s Point, 8675 E. KemperRoad, Qualifying doubles teamsmust weigh a minimum com-bined weight of 425 pounds.Ages 18 and up. Benefits AndyCaress Melanoma Foundation.Players must register. Spectatorsare free. Presented by The AndyCaress Melanoma Foundation.489-9700; www.clydesdaleo-pen.com. Symmes Township.

SUNDAY, APRIL 15Art ExhibitsJuried Exhibition, 1-4 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 272-3700; www.woman-sartclub.com. Mariemont.


ExhibitsExploring History ThroughTextiles, 1-4:30 p.m., GreaterLoveland Historical SocietyMuseum, 683-5692; www.love-landmuseum.org. Loveland.

On Stage - ComedyNick Griffin, 8 p.m., Go Bananas,$10-$15. 984-9288; www.goba-nanascomedy.com. Montgo-mery.


ShoppingCincinnati Music Collectors’Convention, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.,Crowne Plaza Hotel Blue Ash,5901 Pfeiffer Road, Music showand sale. Recycled, out-of-printand hard-to-find phonographrecords and CDs, DVDs, tapesand music-related items. Freeparking. $3, free ages 11 underwith adult. Presented by AlphaRecords & Music. 317-882-3378.Blue Ash.

MONDAY, APRIL 16BenefitsRed Carpet of Fashions, 10a.m., Kenwood Country Club,6501 Kenwood Road, Includes aboutique, fashion show andluncheon. Boutique begins at 10a.m., followed by a fashionshow at 11:30 a.m. The fashionshow will highlight fashions byMacy’s, presented by LaurieWilson, â€œCincinnati’s BestPersonal Stylist.â€ Luncheonserved at 12:30 p.m. In addition,

one of the boutique vendors,Effler Jewelers, will offer anassortment of the Byers ChoiceSalvation Army carolers forpurchase. Benefits The SalvationArmy’s Camp SWONEKY. $45 perperson ($20 of which is tax-deductible). Presented by Salva-tion Army Toy Shop Auxiliary.248-0033; [email protected]. Madeira.

Fashion ShowsCamp Auxiliary Red Carpet ofFashions, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Ken-wood Country Club, 6501 Ken-wood Road, Boutique opens at10 a.m. Fashion show starts at11:30 a.m. Lunch at 12:30 p.m.Fashions by Dillard’s. BenefitsThe Salvation Army CampSWONEKY. Family friendly. $45.Reservations required. Present-ed by Salvation Army. 248-0033;www.salvationarmycincinna-ti.org. Madeira.

Karaoke and Open MicAcoustic Open Mic, 7-10 p.m.,Shady O’Grady’s Pub, 9443Loveland-Madeira Road, Hostedby Bob Cushing. 791-2753.Symmes Township.

RecreationPickup Basketball, 10:30 a.m.-noon, TriHealth Fitness andHealth Pavilion, $15, free mem-bers. 985-0900; www.trihealth-pavilion.com. Montgomery.

TUESDAY, APRIL 17Young Professionals OpenGym, 7-10 p.m., TriHealthFitness and Health Pavilion, $15.985-0900. Montgomery.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18CivicRep. Jean Schmidt Staff toHold Mobile Office Hours,2-3:30 p.m., Loveland MunicipalBuilding, 120 W. Loveland Ave.,Residents of the second Con-gressional District are invited todiscuss issues or problems theymight be having with the feder-al government. Family friendly.Presented by Loveland AreaChamber of Commerce. 791-0381. Loveland.

Clubs & OrganizationsPancreatic Cancer ActionNetwork Cincinnati AffiliateMontly Meeting, 7-8:30 p.m.,Cancer Support Community,4918 Cooper Road, Free. Pre-sented by Cincinnati AffiliatePancreatic Cancer Action Net-work. 791-4060; www.panca-n.org. Blue Ash.

Cooking ClassesKid’s Healthy Cooking Classes,4-6 p.m., Peachy’s Health Smart,7400 Montgomery Road, PeachySeiden, registered dietitian andnutrition science instructor,teaches children to be more

health conscious by encouragingthem to make healthy foodchoices and teaching them howto prepare and cook nutrient-dense meals. Ages 11-14. $40.Registration required. 315-3943;www.peachyshealthsmart.com.Silverton.

EducationImagineâ€¦ Then Do It, 8:30a.m.-noon, Mayerson JCC, 8485Ridge Road, A morning to beinspired by the stories of howother women turned “I imag-ined” into personal triumph. ForFor women in transition. $45.Presented by Act Three. 351-1800; www.imaginethendoit-.com. Amberley Village.

Literary - LibrariesMake a Fairy Garden, 7 p.m.,Blue Ash Branch Library, 4911Cooper Road, All ages. Free.Reservations required. Present-ed by Public Library of Cincinnati& Hamilton County. 369-6051.Blue Ash.

RecreationPickup Basketball, 10:30 a.m.-noon, TriHealth Fitness andHealth Pavilion, $15, free mem-bers. 985-0900; www.trihealth-pavilion.com. Montgomery.

THURSDAY, APRIL 19Art ExhibitsJuried Exhibition, 1-4 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 272-3700; www.woman-sartclub.com. Mariemont.

BenefitsSpring Gala and Silent Auc-tion, 6-9 p.m., Twin Lakes atMontgomery, 9840 Montgo-mery Road, Appetizers createdby the Chefs of Twin Lakes. Bidon framed art created by localartists, arrangements of lusciousspring flowers, fine hand-crafted goods, generous themebaskets and one bidder will winin-home piano concert by localmusician. Benefits The Benevo-lent and Pastoral Care Funds ofTwin Lakes. $15. Reservationsrequired. 247-1999; www.le-c.org. Montgomery.

Home & GardenHot Kitchens and Cool BathsSeminar, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Neal’sDesign Remodel Gallery, 7770 E.Kemper Road, Project consult-ants and designers discuss trendsin kitchen and bath design.Light fare provided. Free. Pre-sented by Neal’s Design Remod-el. 489-7700; www.neals.com.Sharonville.

Microgreens Are Not Just forGarnish Anymore, 1-2:30 p.m.,Greenacres Arts Center, 8400Blome Road, Greenhouse.Greenacres Garden Staff pre-sents overview on microgreens.Learn hows, whats and whyswhile tasting samples. $10.Reservations required. Present-ed by Greenacres Foundation.891-4227; www.green-acres.org.Indian Hill.

Karaoke and Open MicKaraoke, 9 p.m., Tap House Grill,891-8277. Sycamore Township.

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

On Stage - ComedyDanny Bevins, 8 p.m., GoBananas, 8410 Market Place,$8-$12. Reservations required.984-9288; www.gobananasco-medy.com. Montgomery.


Support GroupsCodependents Anonymous,7-8 p.m., The Community of theGood Shepherd, Free, donationsaccepted. 800-0164. Montgo-mery.

Codependents Anonymous,Noon-1 p.m., Blue Ash Presby-terian Church, Donations accept-ed. 673-0174. Blue Ash.

FRIDAY, APRIL 20Art ExhibitsJuried Exhibition, 1-4 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 272-3700; www.woman-sartclub.com. Mariemont.


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Greenacres will celebrate the grand opening of the Greenacres Greenhouse from 6 p.m. to9 p.m. Thursday, April 12. The 1920s-era, 9,000 square-foot greenhouse just underwentfour years of renovations. of For six weeks, Greenacres will commemorate this event witha national traveling art exhibit on display in the Greenacres Arts Center. The show, calledBlossom II, is a national traveling show depicting flowers of all kinds. More than 1,250artists from 35 countries entered the Blossom II competition. The show will be on displaythrough May 18. The public is invited to view the show from 6-8 p.m., Thursdays; andnoon to 5 p.m., Fridays through Sundays. Reservations are not required and admission isfree. Proceeds from the sale of art benefits the Students' Transportation Fund establishedto provide bus scholarships to the schools that Greenacres supports. There will also beeducational gardening events in the greenhouse and arts center. Call 793-2787, or visitwww.green-acres.org. THANKS TO BETH CARROLL

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After a mild Cincinnatiwinter, the Cincinnati Zoo& Botanical Garden isready to bloom with morecolor and tulips than everbefore.

Zoo Blooms, dubbed“Tulip Mania,” sprouts inApril and will showcasemore than 100,000 tulipsand solidify the zoo’s stand-ing as one of the largest tu-lip displays in the Midwest.As one of two accreditedbotanical gardens in Ohio,the zoo will also displaymore than one million daf-fodils, hyacinths, flower-ing trees, bushes otherspring bulbs explodingwith color throughout thezoo.

“Due to the mild winter Iwould expect the tulips tobloom a little earlier thannormal,” said Steve Foltz,director of horticulture atthe Cincinnati Zoo. “Typi-cally mid-April is the per-fect time to see everythingin full bloom. This year, weseem to be a week or soahead of schedule, so wemay see the color explosionEaster weekend.”

To accompany the beau-tiful backdrop, the Cincin-nati Zoo will also featurefree concerts to rock thegarden every Thursdayevening during Zoo Blooms6-8:30 p.m. Admission isfree after 5 p.m. (Parkingnot included).

The Tunes & Bloomsconcert series continueswith the Comet BluegassAll Stars and MagnoliaMountain on April 12, TheTillers and Shiny and theSpoon on April 19 and JakeSpeed and the Freddies andThe Turkeys on April 26.

On April 14 and 15, theSouthwest Ohio DaffodilSociety will present the an-nual Daffodil Show, “Daf-fodils in the Treetops.” Thisspring show will showcasehundreds of daffodils invarious shades and colors,varieties, shapes and sizes.

The “Tip-Toe throughthe Tulips Luncheon” willbe Wednesday, April 18.This event features guidedtours through the garden,lunch, dessert, and a pres-entation by a member ofthe zoo’s horticulture de-partment. Proceeds willbenefit the zoo’s botanicalcollection and educationalefforts.

Tickets for the Tulip

Luncheon are $75 a person.Those who would like to at-tend or would like more in-formation contact AllisonGibbs at 487-3327 or at [email protected].

Zoo Blooms is free withgeneral zoo admission. Ad-mission prices are $15/adults, $10/children (2-12),children under 2 are freeand parking is additional.The zoo opens daily at 9a.m. Admission to theTunes & Blooms concert se-ries is free after 5 p.m.Parking is not included.For more information, call281-4700 or, visit www.cin-cinnatizoo.org.

Zoo’s flowers bloomearlier this year

The Cincinnati Zoo expects its spring flowers, such as thesetulips, to be in peak color a little earlier this year becauseof the warm weather.

We took a walk throughour little patch of woodsand I’ve never seen jack-in-the-pulpits, dog’s tooth vio-lets and trilliums bloomingthis soon. I’m picking vio-lets for jelly, jam and vine-gar.

MyfriendsButch andChar Castlehave al-ready gift-ed me withmorels, sothey’reearly, too.And if Idon’t getout soon to

pick the dandelion flowers,I won’t be making dande-lion wine. Some of them arealready in the puffballstage.

Spring is a busy time formany of you, as well, so Iknow you’ll like the quickand tasty recipes I’m shar-ing today.

Roman chickenThis looked so good

when Giada De Laurentiismade it on television.Here’s my adaptation. Iserved it with mashed pota-toes.

5-6 chicken thighs orbreasts, or combination ofboth, boned and skinned

Salt and pepper to taste¼ cup olive oil2-3 bell peppers, sliced (I

used red, orange andyellow)

3-4 oz. prosciutto, chopped2-3 teaspoons minced garlic

(start with 2)14.5 oz. can diced tomatoes

(I used Kroger petite)½ cup white wine

1 teaspoon each: driedoregano and thyme, plusmore oregano if desired

½ cup chicken broth2 tablespoons capers,

drainedParsley, chopped, about a

handful

Season chicken andbrown on both sides in oliveoil over medium heat. Re-move and set aside. Addpeppers and cook untillightly brown. Add pro-sciutto and cook until it’scrisp, but be careful so thatyou don’t overcook, caus-ing it to get tough. Add gar-lic and cook a couple of

minutes. Add tomatoes,wine, herbs and broth, andstir to get browned bits offbottom. Put chicken backin pan and bring to a boil.Reduce heat to a simmerand cook, covered, untilchicken is cooked through.Adjust seasonings. Stir incapers and parsley.

Tip from Rita’skitchen

Prosciutto (pro-SHOO-toh) is Italian for ham. It’sham that has been sea-soned and salt cured, butnot smoked, and air dried.

Rita’s version ofO’Charley’s caramelpie

For several readers. Igot a huge response to this,including my neighbor, Li-sa Caudill, who said she gotthe recipe from the restau-rant years ago. Thanks toall who were nice enough toshare. I went to O’Charley’sand ate a piece – so rich –and the waitress also gaveme the recipe.

There are several sug-gested ways to make thefilling. The most popular iscooking two unopened canssweetened condensed milk

(remove wrappers) in a panwith several inches of wa-ter over the top of the cansand boiling them for one tothree hours (and makingsure they are always cov-ered with boiling water)until milk caramelizes inthe can, and turns a tawnybrown and gets very thick.Some recipes said cookwith the lid on the pan, oth-ers said leave the pan lidoff. The problem with boil-ing in the can is that there’sa slight chance it could ex-plode if it isn’t always cov-ered with boiling water. Li-sa also suggested pouringthe milk in a double boileror nonstick pan and cook-ing it until it caramelized.That would work but wouldtake close watching. I fig-ured out an easier way thatrequires no cooking! Andit’s a dead ringer forO’Charley’s.

Here it is:

Favorite graham crackercrust, baked

2 13.4 oz. cans dulce deleche, which is simplyalready caramelizedsweetened condensedmilk (I used Nestle LaLechera)

Whipped creamMini chocolate chips

Scrape dulche de lechein a bowl and stir to blend.Pour into crust. Place in re-frigerator a few hours.Serve with whipped creamand garnish with minichips.

Coming soonCrescent cookies like

Wiedeman Pastry Shop.

Can you help?

Baking soda bath to ten-derize meat. Ray wouldlike to get details. I’ve nev-er heard of this, but per-haps somebody has.

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.

Rita offers version of Roman chicken

RitaHeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN

Rita's version of Giada De Laurentiis’ Roman chicken features a trio of bell peppers. THANKS

TO RITA HEIKENFELD.

CLARIFICATIONDick Bader’s cheesecake

– Dick said the filling isfor 1 cheesecake in a9-inch or 10-inch spring-form pan. The crust is for2 cheesecakes, so you candivide the crust recipe inhalf.

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FAITH BIBLECHURCH8130 East Kemper Rd.

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Sharonville United Methodist8:15 & 11amTraditional Service & Kingdom Kids

9:30am Adult & Children’s Sunday School7:00pmWednesday, Small Groups for all agesInfant care available for all services3751 Creek Rd. 513-563-0117www.sharonville-umc.org

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Ascension LutheranChurchMusic at Ascension continueswith a concert on Saturday,April 14, featuring The WhiteOrchid Celtic Trio. The concertbegins at 7 p.m. The concert isfree and open to the public.Donations are accepted.

The Women’s Bible Study isstudying the Book of Samuel.The eight-week study is a partof the Book of Faith Series. Thewomen meet on Wednesdays9:45 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. Childcareis provided and guests arewelcome.

Sunday worship services are at8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. withprograms for all ages at 9:45a.m.

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

Brecon UnitedMethodist ChurchThe church offers worshipservices on Sundays at 8:30 a.m.and 10:45 a.m. Sunday School isat 9:30 a.m. Sundays.

Samaritan Closet hours are 10a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Thurs-day and Saturday. SamaritanCloset offers clothing and foodto people with demonstrated

needs. Bread from Panera isavailable on Thursdays andSaturdays. The Samaritan Closetis next to the church.

The church is at 7388 E. KemperRoad, Sycamore Township;489-7021.

Christ ChurchCathedralShiloh Roby, associate directorof music at Christ Church Cathe-dral in Cincinnati, Ohio, willgive an organ recital at 5 p.m.Sunday, April 15, at the cathe-dral. The free concert is part ofa series on third Sundays Octo-ber through May, which areco-sponsored by the Cincinnatichapter of the American Guildof Organists.

Shiloh Roby is a native of Staun-ton, Virginia. He studied organwith Stephen Cooksey and J.Thomas Mitts and percussionwith Eugenia Burkett at Shen-andoah University, where heearned dual bachelor degreesin music and business. Hegraduated magna cum laude.

He completed a master’s degreeat the Peabody Institute of theJohns Hopkins University,where he studied music theorywith Kip Wile and ThomasBenjamin. He also studiedorgan with Donald Sutherlandand held one of the two fellow-

ships in ear-training.In 2007, he departed for theUnited Kingdom, where heserved as organ scholar at TruroCathedral in Cornwall. This wasfollowed by a year of serving asorgan scholar at St. Patrick’sCathedral, the national cathe-dral of Ireland.

Shiloh returned to the UnitedStates in 2009 to accept aposition as director of music atSt. Mary’s Catholic Church inHolliston, Massachusetts. Hemoved to Cincinnati in Decem-ber 2010 to join the cathedralstaff.

Music Live at Lunch, ChristChurch Cathedral’s weeklyconcert series, will feature thefollowing performers in April.

These free concerts are present-ed on Tuesday at 12:10 p.m.Patrons may bring their lunchor buy one at the cathedral for$5.

Christ Church Cathedral is locat-ed at 318 East Fourth Street,downtown Cincinnati. Allperformances are in the Cen-tennial Chapel unless listed asbeing in the cathedral nave.

For more information, call621-1817.

April schedule:» April 17: Elliott Duo: Percussion& flute

» April 24: Colleen Braid, violist,& Donald A. Hurd, pianist:Music of Rick Sowash

For more information, call (513)621-1817, or go to http://christchurchcincinnati.org/music/staff

The church is at 318 E. 4th St.,Cincinnati; 842-2051.

Church of theSaviour UnitedMethodistThe children’s choirs will leadworship on April 29. The choirswill present “The Lost Boy...Young Jesus in the Temple” at8:20 a.m. and 11 a.m.

Children’s weekday program isTuesdays, Wednesdays andThursdays. Call the church fordetails.

Register for vacation Bibleschool at www.cos-umc.org.Morning VBS is 9:30 a.m. tonoon, June 25-29; and eveningVBS is 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Aug.6-10.

The church is at 8005 PfeifferRoad, Cincinnati, OH 45242(791-3142 andwww.cos-umc.org).

Good ShepherdCatholic ChurchThe church has Roman CatholicMass with contemporary musicSundays at 4 p.m. The Massdraws worshipers of all ages.Come early to get acquaintedwith the new songs whichbegin at 3:45 p.m. Stay afterMass on the first Sunday ofeach month for food, fun, and

fellowship.The church is at 8815 E. KemperRoad, Montgomery; 503-4262.

KenwoodFellowship ChurchWeekly watercolor classes forbeginners are being offered onThursdays from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.Cost is $8 per session at thechurch. Call Mary Lou DeMarfor information at 891-5946.

The church offers adult biblestudy at 9 a.m. Sunday, a teenSunday school class and apre-kindergarten programduring worship service from10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Sun-days. A buffet luncheon fol-lows.

The church is at 7205 KenwoodRoad; 891-9768.

Lighthouse BaptistChurchSunday school is at 10 a.m.Sunday morning service is 11a.m. Sunday evening service is 6p.m. and Wednesday service is 7p.m. Master Clubs are 7 p.m.,Wednesdays.

The church is meeting at Raffel’sBlue Ash Banquet Center, 11330Williamson Road, Blue Ash;709-3344.

LovelandPresbyterian ChurchLoveland Presbyterian ChurchYouth will support World Visionas they do each tear. Typically,the youth do a 30-hour faminesleepover. The youth havedecided to modify this event tofit their needs, so that they canstill raise money for WorldVision instead of having tocancel the event. They will besleeping over at the churchbeginning at 5 p.m. Saturday,April 21, until Sunday, April 22.During this time they will bepulling chicken off the boneand baking desserts for theweekly NastTrinity Churchsupper, plus doing some cleanup around the church. TheYouth will have a table set upin Nisbet Hall on April 15 tocollect donations to send toWorld Vision.

Sunday worship time is 10 a.m.

followed by fellowship classesand Sunday School classes.

The church has a youth groupfor seventh- through 12th-grade.

The church is at 360 Robin,Loveland; 683-2525.

Loveland UnitedMethodist ChurchSunday morning chapel is 8:15a.m.; 9:30 a.m. is the Engage!contemporary service; and 11a.m. is the classic traditionalservice. Sunday school for allages is at 9:30 a.m. SundaySchool for children is 11 a.m. forages 4 through sixth-grade.Nursery care will be providedall morning on Sunday.

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

Sunday school for all ages is at9:30 a.m.

MontgomeryCommunity ChurchThe church is offering a seven-week class entitled “After theBoxes are Unpacked” forwomen who are new to theCincinnati area or are lookingto connect with their communi-ty. Child care is provided. Callthe church or [email protected] for moreinformation.

The church is at 11251 Montgo-mery Road; 489-0892;www.mcc.us; www.face-book.com/after theboxes.

PromiseLand ChurchThe church is having an EnditmeMinistry series by Irvine Baxterthrough April 11, everyWednesday beginning at 7:30p.m. Everyone is welcome.

Sunday Worship Service is at 11a.m.

The church is located at 6227Price Road, Loveland; 677-5981,plclovelandoh.com.

River Hills ChristianChurchThriving Moms is a group formoms of infants through highschool students that meetsweekly to receive encourage-ment and instruction, makefriends and have fun; conduct-ed 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.; childcare provided. Call 583-0371.

The church is at 6300 Price Road,Loveland; 677-7600.

St. BarnabasEpiscopal ChurchConfirmation classes begin4-5:30 p.m. Sunday, April 15.Confirmation will be at 11 a.m.May 26, at Christ Church Cathe-dral.

OPALS (older people with activelifestyles) will visit The Ken-wood by Senior Star for lunchand a tour at 11:30 a.m.,Wednesday, April 18. Call thechurch for reservations.

Earth Day Volunteers (Sunday.April 22) needed to work onthe church grounds and at theHamilton County SPCA. Call oremail the church for details.

The St. Barnabas Youth Choirpractices following Holy Com-munion at the 9:30 a.m. serviceand ends promptly at 11:15a.m.. All young people arewelcome.

The St. Barnabas Band practicesfrom 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sun-days. The band is seeking asound person and will provideon the job training.

The St. Baranabas Book Club ishaving “Downton Abbey”screenings of the first seasonbeginning at 7 p.m. Tuesday,April 17, at the church. All arewelcome.

An Intercessory Healing PrayerService is held the first Mondayof each month at 7 p.m..

A Men’s Breakfast group meetson Wednesday mornings at8:30 a.m. at Steak N Shake inMontgomery.

Ladies Bible Study meets onTuesday mornings at 10 a.m. at

the church.Friends in Fellowship meets thesecond Tuesday of each monthat 6:15 p.m. for a potluckdinner at the church.

A Bereavement Support Groupfor widows and widowersmeets the second and fourthSaturdays from 10 a.m. to 11a.m.

Sunday worship services are 8a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.

The church is at 10345 Montgo-mery Road, Montgomery;984-8401; www.st-barnabas.org.

St. Paul CommunityUnited MethodistChurchSt. Paul Church services are 8:30a.m. and 11 a.m. for traditionalworship and 9:30 a.m. forcontemporary worship withPraise Band. Sunday School is9:30 a.m. for all ages and 11a.m. is children’s mission hour.Nursery care is provided for allservices.

Small group prayer and sharemeets every Wednesday morn-ing at 7:30 a.m. in the chapel todiscuss the upcoming Sundaymorning scripture.

The church gathers from 6:30p.m. to 7:30 p.m. each Wednes-day for Wonderful Wednesdayswith something for the entirefamily including children’s choir.

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

Sharonville UnitedMethodist ChurchThere is a traditional service at8:15 a.m., at 9:30 a.m. there arestudy groups and Sundayschool classes and at 11 a.m. aservice of a blend of contempo-rary and traditional styles ofworship.

A New Member Class will meetat 9:30 a.m. April 15, 22, 29, ledby Pastor Ted Grover.

A small group training class at 7p.m. Monday, April 16, will beled by Pastor Greg Williams ofMosaic Community Church inDayton, Ohio to guide us in ourquest for leading Christ-cen-tered study groups.

The Youth will prepare a spa-ghetti dinner at 5:30 p.m., onWednesday April 18. The pro-ceeds will be used for the 2012mission trips to Puerto Rico andChattanooga, Tennessee in July.

This year's Missions CelebrationWeekend will begin at 6 p.m.Saturday, April 28, with adinner provided by the MissionsCommittee.. The dinner will befollowed by Pastor Tad present-ing highlights of his missiontrips to Vietnam.

A bereavement group meets forlunch on the first Thursday ofthe month.

Serendipity Seniors meet forlunch on the fourth Thursday ofthe month.

Guests and visitors are welcomeat all services and events.

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

Sycamore ChristianChurchSunday worship and juniorworship services at 10:30 a.m.Sunday Bible study for all agesat 9 a.m.

Adult and Youth Bible studieseach Wednesday at 7 p.m.

Women’s Study Group at 6:30p.m. every second Wednesdayof the month. Includes lightrefreshments and special ladiesstudy.

The church is at 6555 CooperRoad, Sycamore Township;891-7891.

SycamorePresbyterian ChurchA new member class is offeredat 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.,Saturday, May 5. Lunch will beprovided. Call the church officeto register.

The church is at 11800 Mason-Montgomery Road, SymmesTownship; 683-0254; www.syca-morechurch.org.

Trinity CommunityChurchThe church has a free communi-ty dinner on the last Tuesday ofeach month from 6 p.m. to 7p.m. All are welcome. Call thechurch for information.

The church is at 3850 E. Gal-braith Road, Deer Park; 791-7631; www.trinitycincinnati.org.

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Upcoming events atSycamore Senior Center,4455 Carver Woods Drivein Blue Ash. For more in-formation please call ac-tivities director KathyTimm at 686-1010 or visitthe center at 4455 CarverWoods Drive to enjoy atour and join the center.

Senior centerscollaborate onspring travel trips

The Sycamore SeniorCenter continues to partic-ipate, along with severalother senior groupsthroughout the metropoli-tan area, in picturesqueand entertaining trips forApril and May.

April 13-16: Attend theNational Cherry BlossomCentennial Celebration inWashington, D.C., cappedwith reserved grandstandbleacher seats for the fes-tival’s signatureevent—the National Cher-ry Blossom Festival Pa-rade,

May 21-25: Travel toNew York City for sight-seeing in Central Park,Times Square and the 9/11Memorial.

Cultural and entertain-ment opportunities pre-vail on a tour of the Metro-politan Museum of Art andfor performances of twopopular Broadway shows:“Nice Work if You Can Getit” featuring MatthewBroderick and the Tony

Award-winning Best Mu-sical “Jersey Boys.”

Joe Ramos, of Provi-dent Travel, 763-3069 canprovide more informationconcerning pricing andreservations for thesespring getaways.

Celtic FestivalApril 21 - The center

will host the Indoor CelticFestival Spring TartanCeilidh featuring drumsand pipes. The ScottishHighland Dancers and theFriendly Sons of St. Pat-rick Glee Club will roundout the evening’s enter-tainment starting at 6 p.m.

Join the Sycamore Sen-ior Center and purchase areduced price ticket orguests tickets are $8 in ad-vance or $10 at the door.Call Robert Reid at 444-4920 for advanced ticket-ing.

Art showThe Sycamore Center

Artists will present its2012 annual art show witha grand opening from 1p.m.to 4 p.m. June 14. Thedisplay will be in the artroom and throughout theSycamore Senior Center.Arrive early and enjoy atasty lunch at the Syca-more Café and then visitthe show.

All works on display arefor sale and were createdby the members of theCenter’s Artists Group.

The exhibit will con-

tinue through June 21st.For more information,please call Rose Parker at931-7305 or Kathy Timm at686-1010.

Basic computerskills andInternet/Emailclasses

Classes will resume onTuesdays for computer ba-sics and Email and Inter-net using popular web mailsites, favorites and Googlesearch engines.

The basic class is onTuesday mornings and theInternet class is in the af-ternoon.

Enrollment is open toSycamore Senior Centermembers and there areclass fees.

Summer SuperSolver Sessions forMobile Technology

Thursday afternoonsbeginning May 10 are opento visit with our volunteerstaff of computer instruc-tors for individual hands-on assistance with manytypes of mobile equipmentincluding, computer lap-tops, notebooks, GPSunits, e-book readers,iPads and iPods, cellphones digital cameras,flash drives, etc .... Partici-pants are invited to bringinstruction manuals, takenotes and leave confidentand informed. No appoint-

ments are necessary andthere are no fees for thesesessions.

Intermediatecomputerinstruction

Sycamore Senior Cen-ter members who havecompleted a basic oremail/Internet class cannow enroll in a new fiveweek Beyond the BasicsIntermediate ComputerInstruction class to be heldon Thursday morningsfrom

9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.,beginning May 3. Individ-ual skills will be evaluatedand each class member’sobjective will be matchedto a one-on-one instructor.

Ongoing monthlyhappenings

The Sycamore SeniorCenter continues to offerits monthly veterans lun-cheons on the final Fridayof each month. Thismonth’s guest speaker onFriday, April 27, will beChannel 9’s John Mataresepresenting his signaturefeature “Don’t Waste YourMoney”.

New computer instruc-tion and technology solv-ing sessions, supportgroups for health issues,and other ongoing activ-ities, always fill eachmonth’s calendar witheducational and recre-ational programming.

SYCAMORE SENIOR CENTER EVENTS

They’ll be “shakingdown the thunder” in trueFightin' Irish fashionApril 27 when alumni,friends and supporters ofthe University of NotreDame gather to celebratethe 40th anniversary ofco-education at the Uni-versity during the NotreDame Club of GreaterCincinnati’s annual Uni-versal Notre Dame Night.

The event, which isopen to the public, will beat the Our Lady of the Ho-ly Spirit Center in Nor-wood (5440 Moeller Ave.,parking lot entrance offMontgomery Road) andwill begin with dinner-by-the-bite from 6 p.m.to 7p.m., followed by the pro-gram.

Tickets, which must bebought by April 20, are$25 and include beer, wineand soft drinks. They maybe purchased online onthe club website,www.ndcincy.com, or bymail. For more informa-tion, contact Jamie Eifertat (513) 703-5107.

Special guests for theevening will be Dolly Duf-fy, executive director ofthe Notre Dame AlumniAssociation, who will of-fer an update on the Uni-

versity and the latestnews from campus, andSr. John Miriam Jones,SC, former associate pro-vost at Notre Dame, whowill share the history ofthe decision to go co-edand her own personal rec-ollections as the univer-sity official who directedthe transition.

As part of the club’scommunity service mis-sion and to kick off theNDAA’s Hesburgh Monthof Service which is heldeach May in honor of Uni-versity president emeri-tus, The Rev. Fr. TheodoreHesburgh, attendees areencouraged to bring newand used books for chil-dren and teens from ages4-18. The club will collectbooks throughout themonth of May and donatethem to the LeBlond Boys& Girls Club in Over-the-Rhine.

For more information,visit www.ndcincy.com.

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Month, several UC BlueAsh College studentsshared stories aloud to stu-dents at Blue Ash Elemen-tary School. The programis one component of an on-going service learning pro-ject in which UCBA stu-dents teach French once aweek during an afterschoolsession.

“It was neat to see the el-ementary students figureout the story, based on theFrench they had beenlearning and the storybookillustrations,” said JodyBallah, French instructorfor UCBA. “In addition tothe project helping to pro-mote reading, it alsoshowed the students howglobal fairytales are. Byreading Little Red RidingHood in French, it made theconnection for the youngstudents between the ver-sion they know and theoriginal French fairy tale.”

As part of her French

The storybook “Le PetitChaperon Rouge” may notseem familiar, but youprobably really do knowthe tale since it’s theFrench version of “LittleRed Riding Hood.”

In honor of the NationalReading Awareness

courses, Ballah encour-ages participation in nu-merous service learningprojects, hoping that “thehands-on activities trulycomplements what the stu-dents learn in the class-room. By reading to theBlue Ash Elementary stu-dents, the college studentshone their French speakingskills.”

She adds, “Readingaloud helps one’s confi-dence and encourages anatural rhythm, as thereader has to maintain acertain tempo for the story.The afterschool program isa great benefit to bothgroups of students.”

For more informationabout how the Universityof Cincinnati is participat-ing in Reading AwarenessMonth, visit www.uc.edu/News/NR.aspx?id=15252or go to the national ReadAloud website at www.rea-daloud.org/news.html.

Blue Ash Elementary students listen to "Le Petit Chaperon Rouge" ("Little Red RidingHood") as UC Blue Ash College students Brittany Ellis and Andrew Hartman show thestorybook illustrations. THANKS TO GINNY HIZER

Elementary and collegestudents bond over reading

If my father were in acoma, how can I be surethat I will make the treat-ment decisions he wouldwant for himself? When isthe right time to make myend-of-life wishes known tomy family?

It’s never too early toask these important ques-tions, and National Health-care Decisions Day

(NHDD) April16 is the per-fect time to start the con-versation with your lovedones.

Crossroads Hospice in-vites the community tolearn more about advancecare planning and to com-plete advance directives, afree document that speci-fies a person’s end-of-lifehealthcare wishes to lovedones and healthcare pro-viders. Ohio’s advance di-rective and guidelines areavailable online anytime at

crossroadshospice.com/nhdd.

Only one in four Ameri-cans has an advance direc-tive in place, according tothe American Medical As-sociation. That’s whyCrossroads Hospice isamong more than 1,000 na-tional, state and communi-ty organizations participat-ing in NHDD, a movementstarted in April 2008 toraise awareness of the im-portance of communicat-ing and documenting

healthcare decisions.“One in four people will

be forced to make a life-al-tering decision for a lovedone,” Cindee Tresslar, ex-ecutive director of Cross-roads Hospice in Cincin-nati. “These decisions areamong the hardest to make,and should not be deter-mined at the time of a cri-sis. On National Health-care Decisions Day, we en-courage all adults to com-municate their end-of-lifewishes with loved ones

through an advance direc-tive.”

Advance care direc-tives allow people to namesomeone to speak on theirbehalf if they are no longerable. The document spellsout what types of treat-ments a person wants andwhen to choose other op-tions such as hospice care,which focuses on improv-ing the quality of terminal-ly ill patients’ lives.

Crossroads Hospice iscommitted to being at the

forefront of the hospicecare industry, to continual-ly shape the way end-of-lifecare is viewed and adminis-tered. The mission ofCrossroads Hospice is toprovide highly unique,comprehensive, and com-passionate hospice ser-vices to persons experienc-ing a life-limiting illnessand to their caregivers. Formore information visitwww.crossroadshospice.com.

Hospice encourages advance directivesApril 16 isDecision Day

Several 2012 GreatOaks graduates will beable to begin college moreeasily this fall, thanks to a$20,000 donation fromThe Grainger Foundationto the Great Oaks Educa-tion Foundation.

“Many of our studentscome to us not thinkingabout college,” said RobinWhite, president/CEO,Great Oaks Career Cam-puses. “But while they’rehere, they realize that col-lege may be the next log-ical step in their careerpath. The Grainger Foun-

dation’s generosity willhelp more of our studentstake that next step.”

The programs at GreatOaks serve more than12,000 high school stu-dents each year in 36southwest Ohio school dis-tricts.

The donation was rec-ommended by GaryBrown, branch managerof W.W. Grainger Inc.’sBlue Ash location. Grain-ger has been a part of theCincinnati business com-munity for more than 50years as the leading broad

line supplier of mainte-nance, repair, and operat-ing products.

“We are proud to con-tinue our partnership withGreat Oaks,” Brown said.“We have a strong desireto support technical edu-cation and play a part inpreparing tomorrow’sworkforce.”

Great Oaks is one ofthe largest public career-technical school districtsin the United States, serv-ing high school studentsand adults in12 counties insouthwestern Ohio.

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The Avon Breast HealthOutreach Program hasawarded a $40,000 one-year grant to the YWCA ofGreater Cincinnati to in-crease awareness of thelife-saving benefits ofearly detection of breastcancer and provide mam-mograms to under-servedwomen.

It is the seventh yearthat the program has re-ceived funding from theAvon Foundation for Wom-en to support its work onthis important health issue,and in recognition of theprogram’s excellence.

The Breast Health Pro-gram of the YWCA ofGreater Cincinnati willeducate Greater Cincinnatiarea women and referthem to low-cost or freemammograms and clinicalbreast exams in their owncommunities.

The program will also

link women to valuablebreast health resources inthe community through acollaborative approach.

Since its start in 1997,the Breast Health Programof the YWCA of GreaterCincinnati has reachedmore than 38,000 womenwith information about theimportance of early detec-tion of breast cancer andhas referred almost 7,000women for mammogramsand clinical breast exams.

“The YWCA of GreaterCincinnati is honored to re-ceive continued fundingfrom the Avon Foundationfor Women.

The funding from theAvon Breast Health Out-reach Program allows us toprovide underserved wom-en access to mammogramsand education on breasthealth,” says CharleneVentura, YWCA of GreaterCincinnati President/CEO.

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There is joy and com-fort in being where every-body knows your name.Finding that special placein a new community can bea challenge.

“The only person I knewhere was my daughter,”Phyllis Epstein saidabouther move two years agofrom Connecticut to Cin-cinnati.

“My daughter, a teacherat Sycamore Junior High,found places she thought Iwould enjoy.” On the listwas the Sycamore SeniorCenter. “My daughternagged me, ‘Mom, did youcall the Center? You’ll likeit; you were used to doingthings in Connecticut.’”

Epstein lived a busy lifein Connecticut.

“I was in the Lions Cluband active in a political par-ty. I was in an exercisegroup. I took painting les-sons. I did a lot of thingsand had loads of friends. Ibelonged to a temple andwas active in adult educa-tion.”

Ohio has somethingConnecticut did not have-—proximity to threedaughters and sevengrandchildren. Her otherdaughters live in Madison,IN, and Chardon, OH.

Epstein’s introductionto the Sycamore SeniorCenter was through a newmember event.

“When I called the Cen-ter, they told me there werewomen from my condo atthe Center. They invitedme to join them, andthey’ve been picking me upevery time.”

Epstein has left foot-prints in Virginia, NorthCarolina, Connecticut, andnow Ohio. It could be said,in Ohio, she hit the groundwalking.

“The first group I joined

at the Center was TheStriders. We meet everyTuesday and have a printedschedule. We walk at Tri-County Mall or the Ken-wood (Towne Centre) Mall.We go to various parkswhen the weather is nice,which is about nine monthsa year. Then we have lunch.We have a schedule forlunch as well. That’s how Igot to know the places toeat around Cincinnati.”

The walkers care aboutand look out for each other;an absent walker is missed.

“We have about 30 peo-ple, men and women. It’s alovely group, very conge-nial and very friendly.”

One day a week of exer-cise was not enough for Ep-stein. She joined an aero-bics class that meets onMondays, Wednesdays,and Fridays.

It is not all sweat for Ep-stein and her friends. Theyhave gone on bus tripsthrough the center. She hastaken computer classesand can be found at themovies that are shown ev-ery Friday afternoon at thecenter.

“I take advantage ofwhat’s here. It’s a homeaway from home,” Epsteinsaid. “I’m always talking it(SSC) up as it’s a nice placeto go. My experience hasbeen a nice one.”

It is not easy, at any age,being the new kid on theblock. Through the Center,Epstein has learned muchabout Cincinnati. Sheknows what Cincinnati hasto offer and can find herway around town. She hasfound the members at theSycamore Senior Center tobe very receptive to newpeople.

“Many people havegrown up here and neverleft; I’m not shy about say-ing, ‘Where is this place?’,and they tell me.”

Epstein has joined a syn-agogue.

“That’s another avenueof friends. I play cards withfriends at the condo com-plex. I’m fortunate I havethese things to do. Adultchildren have their ownlives.”

When asked what shemisses about Connecticut,Epstein says quickly it isthe public transportation.She has found ways to getaround. She uses Grey-hound to visit daughters.When she had a temporarymedical need for transpor-tation, the Center providedit, door-to-door.

This story is about morethan one woman’s move to anew city in a new state. It isabout the warm receptiongiven to Phyllis Epstein bythe staff and members ofthe Sycamore Senior Cen-ter and the people of Cin-cinnati.

We have every reason tobe proud of our city andthose who open their heartsto say, “We’re glad youcame.”

Woman hits her strideat Senior Center

Former Connecticutresident Phyllis Epstein hasfound a new home at theSycamore Senior Center.PROVIDED

SPCA Cincinnati (theSociety for the Preventionof Cruelty to Animals) willconduct the 10th annual FurBall on Saturday, April 28,at Xavier University’s Cin-tas Center.

This year’s event,themed “Best in Show,” willoffer a variety of fun activ-ities while raising aware-ness and funds needed tocontinue SPCA Cincinnati’smission “to turn no com-panion animal away.”

Human guests will min-gle with adoptable animals,and the four legged guestswill strut their stuff on the“Best in Show” runway. Afull house, plus more than30 shelter animals, is ex-pected.

The Fur Ball promotesfair treatment of all ani-

mals and raises awarenessabout animal issues at thelocal, regional and nationallevels.

The Fur Ball encour-ages animal adoptions andproper registration for cityof Cincinnati residents.

Fur Ball guests will en-joy a variety of activities:

» Cocktails and silentauction starting at 6 p.m.

» Gourmet dinner of hu-manely-raised chicken,vegetarian, or vegan selec-tion.

» “P.B. Johnston Hu-mane Care” Award.

» Crowning of “Best inShow” with announcerCammy Dierking, Local 12news anchor, and surprisejudges.

» Dancing to the tunesof Airwave until midnight.

» Emcee Rich Jaffe, Lo-cal 12 news anchor.

“SPCA Cincinnati takesthe opportunity to reachout to people who want tomake a difference in thelives of those who have novoice,” said CEO HaroldDates.

“Byinfluencingoneper-son at a time, our organiza-tion can make a positiveripple effect throughoutthe community. This eventis an ideal setting to in-form, educate, and mostimportantly thank every-day heroes who bring ourmission to life.”

Tickets are $150 per per-son or $1,500 for a table of10. For information on pur-chasing tickets, call 489-7392 or visitspcacincinnati.org.

This year's SPCA Fur Ball Committee are, in back from left, Co-chair Holly Mott ofMariemont, Amelia Kubicki of Indian Hill, Mary Newman and Christine Waltz; and infront, Tania Saldana Blersch of Mount Lookout, Co-chair Barbara Lichtenstein of ColumbiaTusculum, Susanna Schwartz of Indian Hill, Pete Kambelos and Dennis Hein. THANKS TO

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The Ohio State Daugh-ters of the American Rev-olution will present Amer-ican Heritage Days at thehistoric ChristianWaldschmidt Homesteadin Camp Dennison, Ohio.Built in 1794 by a veteranof the American Revolu-tion, the museum is nowowned and managed bythe Ohio State DAR.

The event this year willbe May17-20. Hours are10a.m. to 4 p.m.. Thursday toSaturday, and 10 a.m. to 3p.m. Sunday. Admission is$5 for adults; $3 for stu-dents and seniors. Activemilitary with I.D. nocharge.

From the 18th centuryAmerican Revolution tothe present crisis in themiddle East, Americanhistory will be brought tolife from those who haveeither immersed them-selves in the study of his-tory or experienced itthemselves.

Our early Americanhistory features PatrickHenry, George RogersClark and first lady, Dol-ley Madison who recall

our earliest days of a newnation. Moving to the Warof 1812, recruiting Sgt. Mi-chael Cooper will be onhand to talk about his ex-perience in this celebrat-ed war along with his wife,Rebecca. It should not beforgotten that this yearmarks the 200thanniversa-ry of that war.

The problem of slaverydominated the19th century. Abraham Lincoln, Gen.Sherman, soldiers andSons of the Union Vets willbe on the grounds of ourCivil War Museum to talkabout that. On Saturday,Chris Miller and NovellaSlaughter from the Free-doms Center will come todiscuss the life of the Afri-can Americans and how

they used the under-ground railroad system toobtain their freedom.

As we move on in time,many people who bravelyserved our country arestill here to tell it in theirown words. We are hon-ored to have among them,the Tuskegee Airmen, WarBirds, the U.S. ColoredTroops and representa-tives from most all of ourwars.

The WaldschmidtHomestead and the CivilWar Museum will be openfor touring all four days.Artisans, musicians anddancers will also be onhand to entertain. This is agreat opportunity for stu-dents to learn historyfirst-hand

American HeritageDays at Waldschmidt

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BLUE ASHArrests/citationsBilly J. Johnson II, 26, 920 SunriseDrive, petty theft at 9099Plainfield Road, March 28.

Stephen M. Dorton, 26, 5300Kenridge Drive, criminal mis-chief at 11007 Reed HartmanHighway, March 28.

Anthony Parks, 39, 3649 Michi-gan Ave., possession or use of acontrolled substance, drugparaphernalia at Hickory PointDrive and Pfeiffer Road, March31.

William E. Neff IV, 28, 10480Wintergreen Court, operating avehicle impaired (under theinfluence of alcohol/drugs) atPfeiffer Road and Hickory PointDrive, March 31.

Jessica Lee Wills, 29, 4204 Carria-gelite Drive, operating a vehicleimpaired (under the influenceof alcohol/drugs, operating a

vehicle impaired (breath .08 to.169) at Reed Hartman Highwayand Lake Forest Drive, April 1.

Dwight Anthony Cade, 50, 920Lennox Place Apartment 2,open container prohibited atPfeiffer Road and Hickory PointDrive, March 31.

Adrian A. Martinez Mcdermott,18, 1170 Edgewater Way, opencontainer prohibited at PfeifferRoad and Hickory Point Drive,March 31.

Andrea L. Vaniglia, 24, 228Ridgepointe Drive, open con-tainer prohibited at PfeifferRoad and Hickory Point Drive,March 31.

Maria G. Carlson, 31, 10515Sharondale Road, havingphysical control of vehicleunder influence at 4750 CooperRoad, March 29.

Incidents/investigationsBreaking and enteringSomeone broke a glass drive-through window, value $200,at Skyline at 9254 PlainfieldRoad, April 2.

MenacingAt 9270 Plainfield Road, March31.

Petty theftA man said someone took awallet, value $15, from Speed-way at 9215 Plainfield Road,March 29.

TelecommunicationsharassmentAt 11007 Reed Hartman High-way, March 29.

Violating protection order

At 4230 Fox Hollow Drive, March30.

MONTGOMERYArrests/citationsJuvenile, 16, disorderly conductat 7400 Cornell Road, March 22.

Lily C. Collins, 19, 2549 Linden-hurst Loop, open container at10150 Montgomery Road,March 30.

Michelle D. Moore, 21, 3901Rapid Run Drive 404, opencontainer at 10150 Montgo-mery Road, March 30.

Daniel E. Maxwell, 19, 113 PinOak Drive, open container at10150 Montgomery Road,March 30.

Gary B. Carnes, 59, 10411 StoneCourt, domestic violence-knowingly cause at 10411 StoneCourt, March 29.

Juvenile, 15, drug paraphernaliaat 7400 Cornell Road, March 16.

Jeffrey G. Parker, 46, 1734 Bea-con St. No. 5, open container atWestbound Ohio 126, March24.

Juvenile, 16, possession of drugs-marijuana, drug paraphernalia

at 7400 Cornell Road, March 20.Juvenile, 15, unautgorizedpractice at 7400 Cornell Road,March 16.

Juvenile, 15, criminal trespass at7585 Shadowhill Way, March23.

Juvenile, 14, criminal trespass at7585 Shadowhill Way, March23.

Juvenile, 15, obstruction ofofficial business at 7585 Shad-owhill Way, March 23.

Terence L, Meadors, 22, 3476Trabeca Lane, disorderly con-duct at 9390 MontgomeryRoad, March 25.

Gregory A. Williams, 25, 5809Kellogg Ave., disorderly con-duct at 9390 MontgomeryRoad, March 25.

Karen P. Zepf, 32, 12184 N.Lebanon Road, failure tocomply with a police officer,driving while under the influ-ence at Vintage Walk Drive,March 24.

Incidents/investigationsForgeryAt 10583 Cinderella Drive, March26.

TelecommuniciationsharassmentAt 7400 Cornell Road, March 27.TheftA woman failed to pay a $20 bartab at Go Bananas at 8410Marketplace Lane, March 24.

SYCAMORE TOWNSHIPArrests/citationsDena Hill, 42, 1002 Third Street,drug possession, drug abuseinstruments at 7979 ReadingRoad, March 23.

Sarah Nolan, 33, 5184 SunnyHollow Lane, soliciting at 1918Chaucer Drive, March 22.

David Armstrong, 29, 5338Gerold Drive, soliciting at 1918Chaucer Drive, March 22.

Allen Chappell, 40, 7891 FieldsErtel Road, breaking andentering at 12186 4th Street,March 22.

Paul Watson, 46, 3933 LovellAve., possession of marijuana atSummitt and Section, March 8.

Juvenile Female, 17, theft at7875 Montgomery Road, March20.

Incidents/investigationsBurglaryResidence entered and walletand contents of unknown valueremoved at 8563 Plainfield,March 23.

Criminal damagingPaint scratched off vehicle at7100 Dearwester Drive, March22.

Business damaged with paint at8954 Blue Ash, March 25.

Misuse of credit cardReported at 7817 Cincinnati,

March 22.TheftVehicle window damaged at8044 Montgomery Road, March23.

Vehicle removed at 8109 Read-ing Road, March 23.

Shed doors damaged at 7856Palace Drive, March 26.

Violation of protection orderReported at 4563 Kugler MillRoad, March 22.

SYMMES TOWNSHIPArrests/citationsSara Overberg, 19, 2980 Ensley,theft at 9201 Fields Ertel, March22.

David Meredith, 46, 8892 Har-per’s Point, criminal trespassingat 8092 Harper’s Point, March20.

Betty Lucas, 46, 2100 BucklerRoad, theft at 9201 Fields Ertel,March 10.

Jesse Antricam, 29, 44 MitchellAve., theft at 9201 Fields Ertel,March 19.

Incidents/investigationsCriminal damagingLocks of sheds damaged at 10183Lincoln Road, March 22.

Window of vehicle damaged at12165 Sycamore Terrace, March22.

TheftBatteries of unknown valueremoved at 9386 Loveland-Madeira Road, March 22.

GPS valued at $150 removed at10263 Crestfield, March 21.

Theft, forgeryCheck for $1,971 forged at 9973Adams Road, March 16.

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ABOUT POLICE REPORTSThe Community Press publishes the names of all adults

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

To contact your local police department:» Blue Ash, Chief Chris Wallace, 745-8573» Montgomery, Chief Don Simpson, 985-1600» Sycamore Township, Lt. Dan Reid, 792-7254» Symmes Township, Lt. Tom Butler, 774-6351 or 683-3444

Daniel E. BauderDaniel E. Bauder, 22, of Mont-

gomery died April 1. He was a2008 graduate of Sycamore HighSchool.

Survived by parents Rob andMary (nee Nealon) Bauder;siblings Rachel and MaddyBauder; grandparents Robert E.and Joan L. Bauder and John

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BLUE ASH9976 Kenwood Road: DevirgilioCharles J. to Carter Phyllis J. &Janet M.; $186,750.

MONTGOMERY9292 Montgomery Road: Mont-gomery Place LLC to McdcHoldings LLC; $1,250,000.

SYCAMORE TOWNSHIP1897 Chaucer Drive: ThomasMargaret to Bank Of America

N.A.; $36,000.3647 Mantell Ave.: Wurtz NancyG. Tr to Barrett James R.;$142,000.

3976 Tramore Drive: Raab RickyS. & Rhonda to Federal NationalMortgage Association; $72,000.

7355 Kemper Road: First Fi-nancial Collateral Inc. to YinJian Jun; $125,000.

8311 St. Clair Ave.: Gmac Mort-gage LLC to Adkins Scott &Linda; $9,000.

8659 Tudor Court: Bowling Gary@3 to Demarest Brian; $55,000.

SYMMES TOWNSHIPPlantation Pointe Drive: FischerSingle Family Homes II LLC toMaley Timothy A. & Heather A.;$416,190.

10429 Hopewell Hills Drive:Derrick Patricia Lou Tr to ParkerPaaras & Sean T.; $216,900.

11721 Retview Lane: MurrayAlbert W & Carla J. to WellsFargo Bank NA Tr; $258,957.

8718 Redcloud Court: DudleyStephanie K. & William E. toDemarks Kathleen; $279,950.

9745 Union Cemetery Road:Northstar Vineyard CommunityChurch to Downs Matthew L.;

$112,000.

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

ABOUT REAL ESTATE TRANSFERSInformation is provided as a public service by the office

of Hamilton County Auditor Dusty Rhodes. Neighborhooddesignations are approximate.

Vertical Solutions Inc.of Blue Ash announces thatit has partnered withCBTS, the technology solu-tions division of CincinnatiBell Inc., to provide se-cure, high-performancehosting for its cloud-basedCRM contact center andfield service managementsolutions, VContactCenterand VServiceManage-ment.

CBTS’s Infrastructure-as-a-Service solution en-ables VSI to offer flexibledeployment options to itscustomers, including pri-vate cloud, public cloud orany combination. CBTSprovides global applicationcloud services to VSI cus-tomers in the Americas,Europe, and Australasia.

“Many cloud-basedCRM providers want topush their customers into aone-size-fits-all solution,

but VSI knows that our cus-tomers need flexibility,”said Ron Wegmann Sr.,CEO of VSI. “With CBTS,we can offer our CRM solu-tions – VContactCenter andVServiceManagement –via public cloud, privatecloud, or a flexible combi-nation.”

Vertical Solutions Inc.develops, implements andsupports best-in-classCRM Contact Center andService Management solu-tions, including Power-Help and its new genera-tion technology solutions,VContactCenter, for inter-nal, external and hybridcontact centers, and VSer-viceManagement, for cus-tomer support, field ser-vice and mobile environ-ments. For more informa-tion, visitwww.VertSol.com or call 1-800-466-0238.

Vertical Solutionspartners with CBTS

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