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BETHEL — Residents and lo-cal business people recentlyasked Bethel Village Council toreconsider a proposed 1 per-cent income tax, saying itwould place an unfair burdenon local wage earners.

On Feb. 12, council held thefirst of three readings of an or-dinance that would allow vil-lage officials to enact a 1 per-cent tax on earned incomestarting in 2016.

Brian Woodward echoedcomments of seven otherspeakers when he suggestedthat Bethel Village Council “dothe numbers again to find outwhat you really need and put iton the ballot.”

“People are tired of beingtaxed, guys,” Woodward toldcouncil. “If my income goesdown, I adjust to it because Ihave to. I don’t have a choi-ce...You’ve got to learn to work

with what you have.” Village officials have said

they are considering an incometax, partly because Bethel hasstruggled to pass levies in re-cent years, and hasn’t been ableto replace those revenues. Theyalso don’t want to compete formillage against Bethel-Tate Lo-cal Schools, which is expectedto seek a levy in the near future.

Resident Jay Moore said hedidn’t know of anyone in thelower middle class communitywho supports the proposed in-come tax.

“You take somebody that’smaking $30,000 a year andthat’s $300 (paid in income tax ifit’s approved),” Moore said.“That’s a lot of money to somefolks in this village.”

Moore said it’s not fair thatunemployed village residentscan buy beer and cigarettes andlottery tickets and not pay localtaxes on those items. He sug-gested Bethel officials enlistthe support of other communi-

ties to suggest that the Cler-mont County Board of Commis-

sioners approve a half percentsales tax “to spread the burden

out on everybody,” a proposalthat Mayor Alan Ausman called“a great idea.”

When several asked why Be-thel is proposing offering nocredit for the income tax, Aus-man said some villages thathave offered a half percentcredit ended up taking it backlater because “the funding’s notthere.”

Besides failed levies, villageofficials say an income tax isneeded because of decliningrevenues, including Ohio Gov.John Kasich’s cuts to the LocalGovernment Fund in 2012,which reduced Bethel’s generalfund by 50 percent, or about$90,000.

Bethel has the lowest prop-erty values of six local commu-nities, and it would be one of thelast local governments in Ohioto enact an income tax, if coun-cil approves it, Village Admin-istrator Travis Dotson said.

Bethel residents, business owners speakout against proposed income taxBy Cindy [email protected]

CINDY SCHROEDER/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Jay Moore was among those who recently asked Bethel Village Council toreconsider a proposed 1 percent income tax. Revenues would be collectedin 2016 if council approves the tax.

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Parents upset about state-mandated standardized testshave found allies in some localschool district offices.

Education administratorsare expressing similar con-

cerns.The old Ohio

Achievementtests for lan-guage arts andmath for gradesthree througheight - and theOhio GraduationTests (OGT)were replaced

this school year by the Partner-ship for Assessment of Readi-ness for College and Careers(PARCC) exams that are tied toCommon Core academic stan-dards.

Students are currently tak-ing math and reading assess-ments. Next month, the scienceand social studies assessmentswill begin.

The Ohio Department ofEducation says there is no lawthat allows a parent or studentto opt out of state testing andthere is no state test opt-out pro-cedure or form. If a parent with-draws his or her child’s partici-pation in certain state tests,there may be consequences forthe child, the child’s teacher,and the school and district.

Milford Exempted VillageSchool District SuperintendentRobert Farrell shared informa-tion about standardized testingat each grade level through theschool system’s website andweekly newsletters that went

out Feb. 13 from the elementary,junior and high schools. A test-ing update also was given at theFeb. 19 Milford Board of Educa-tion meeting.

Milford parents who havequestions about the testingprocess have been told to con-tact Jill Chin, the elementarycurriculum director, or NancyHouse, the secondary curricu-lum director. Both can bereached at 513-831-1314.

Through various communi-cations in February, MilfordSchools’ superintendent re-minded parents that there is nolaw that allows a parent or stu-dent to opt out of testing andthere is no state opt out proce-dure or form.

Fourteen Milford Schoolsstudents have been removedfrom testing by their parents.

“There are consequences forstudents, teacher and districtswhen students do not partici-pate in state tests,” Farrellwrote in his message on testing.For more information on theconsequences of opting out, hesuggested contacting the OhioDepartment of Education at [email protected].

Jennifer Walden is a parentand teacher. Her daughter at-tends high school at ClermontNortheastern and she teaches

fifth-grade at Russellville Ele-mentary School. She has sever-al concerns about the PARCCtest.

“I question why we imple-ment a high-stakes test in Feb-ruary when we still have a lot oftime and curriculum left toteach this year,” she said in anemail. “My fear is that my stu-dents will be tested on contentthat has not yet been coveredbecause we still have threemonths of school left.”

Walden’s second concern iswith the lack of support schoolshave been given from the OhioDepartment of Education in or-der to help prepare students.

“There is currently only oneonline practice test that stu-dents can take to help them pre-

pare for the format and lan-guage of how the test will bewritten,” she said. Unfortunate-ly students receive very limitedfeedback on their results whichleaves students feeling frus-trated

The major concern Waldensees with the PARCC assess-ment is that schools are admin-istering a developmentally in-appropriate test to students, atleast at the elementary level.

“In the fifth-grade, studentsare still concrete thinkers, yetthe assessment requires themto be able to think in abstractways,” Walden said in her email.“An example of this would be tohave a student read two differ-ent passages and then write anessay that identifies a similar

theme in each text and compareand contrast the approacheseach text used to develop thistheme making sure to supportyour answer with evidencefrom the text.

West Clermont Local SchoolsSuperintendent Keith Klineposted a letter on the district’sWeb site urging parents not tohave their students opt out oftests.

“Districts across the statehave invested significant timeand resources to this process in-cluding retooling our entire cur-riculum. West Clermont is nodifferent,” Kline wrote.

“Like it or not, the system isset up so that students who optout of taking the state tests arerecorded as a ‘zero’ for thatchild’s teacher, school and ourdistrict. Opting out will impact ateacher’s final performance rat-ing for the year and can causebuildings and/or the district be-ing forced to implement bu-reaucratic improvement strate-gies over multiple years

“It would, however, be appro-priate for parents and staff towork within the system to affectchange. As a resident of thisarea, you have the right to con-tact your representatives to ex-press your frustration with theamount of high-stakes testingyour child is experiencing inschool. Whether your child isexperiencing this stress or not, Iwould encourage you to write,email or call your representa-tives to express your thoughtsabout what is going on. I have in-cluded their contact informa-

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Fiscal Officer Bill Gilpinsays he likes to compare Bethelto New Richmond because theirpopulations are similar in size.

Bethel has $61,386 in real es-tate millage for its generalfund, compared to New Rich-mond’s $111,586.

“For comparison’s sake, youcan see that for every dollar of

millage that’s taxed by thecounty for property values, wereceive roughly half of the mon-ey that New Richmond wouldfor the same amount of tax-ation,” Gilpin said. “The pointis, we don’t have a lot of real es-tate value in town, which meanswe don’t create a lot of tax dol-lars per mill compared to ourneighboring communities.”

The Regional Income TaxAgency (RITA) has estimated itwould take three years for Be-thel’s proposed income tax to

generate $390,000 a year. How-ever, the actual revenue real-ized would be about $181,000 ayear when the village accountsfor the expiration of Bethel’spolice levy at the end of 2015,the phaseout of the street levyat the end of 2016, and policecapital needs and cruiser re-placement are factored in, offi-cials said.

Want to know what’s happening inBethel? Follow me on Twitter @Cin-dyLSchroeder.

Tax WHAT’S NEXTBethel Village Council will consider second and third readings of an

ordinance approving a 1 percent tax on earned income at its regularmeetings on March 12 and April 9. Both meetings are at 6:30 p.m. incouncil chambers at 120 North Main St.

Exemptions to the proposed municipal income tax would be militarypay, Social Security benefits, unemployment compensation, pensions,retirement benefits and annuities, receipts by charitable organizations,alimony and child support and earnings and income of anyone under18.

Call the village at 513-734-2243 if your group wants a Power Pointpresentation on the income tax. Fiscal Officer Bill Gilpin also will meetwith individuals to answer questions.

tion below for your use.” Kline included contact

information for local statelegislators at the end ofhis letter.

Symmes Township res-ident Zac Haines’ son isonly 2-years-old, butHaines has spoken outagainst Common Core andPARCC testing to makesure all children get theeducation they deserve.

“We need to improveeducation in the state, butmore standardize testingis not the answer,” Hainessaid.

Haines, the presidentof multiple Republicangroups in the area, ran forthe state board of educa-tion in 2014, opposed toCommon Core and formore classroom instruc-tion time. He lost, but hesaid what he learned onthe campaign trail fromtalking to teachers, par-ents and students madehim see the problems fac-ing public schools.

“I think the testing cul-

ture in our public schoolsis extreme. Teachers arespending more time pre-paring students for thesetests and administeringthem than they are on ac-tually teaching,” Hainessaid.

Haines said the testsare more of a data collect-ing exercise for the statethan helpful instructionfor the students because ittakes so long for the re-sults to come in.

“The students can’t re-view them, see what theydid wrong and learn howto improve,” Haines said.

Sycamore Schools Su-perintendent AdrienneJames sent a stinging let-ter to Ohio Schools Super-intendent Richard Rossdetailing her complaintsabout the state’s efforts sofar in addressing prob-lems surrounding the newand more frequent stu-dent testing.

“The changes (in test-ing) have been stagger-

ing,” James wrote Ross,sharing the letter withparents in the 5,244-stu-dent Hamilton Countyschool system and copy-ing local state legislators.

“The public school sys-tem has been jerked fromone notion to another, re-quiring so much time andattention that districts areleft with no time to ad-dress internal needs. Andsadly, bearing the brunt ofit all are our children,”said James.

James told the Ohio

school leader she had “twooverarching concerns …the abundance of statemandated tests and thecontinued interferencewith what should be a lo-cal decision regarding di-agnostic tests that are ad-ministered for internaluse.”

James joins other areasuperintendents object-ing to the new testing.Warren County’s LittleMiami Schools’ leaderGreg Power publicly de-cried the increased test-ing and Mason Schools’Gail Kist-Kline’s recenttestimony before Ohiolegislators included con-cerns about this year’sschool changes.

James and others havealso complained that thenew tests do not provideadequate data for newlyinstalled teacher evalua-tions being done thisschool year.

Ross said the state isnot only listening to suchnegative feedback butwelcomes more as theyfine-tune the frequencyand way students are test-ed.

“I am committed to im-proving testing efficiencyand reducing the testingburden on students whilemaintaining accountabil-ity in our schools,” Rosssaid in a recent statementthat accompanied a statereport modifying some ofthe testing requirements.

Ross, however, alsostated “I believe testingserves an important pur-pose for monitoring andimproving student learn-ing. Each test a studenttakes should contribute toinstructional improve-ment or school and teach-er accountability. I amcommitted to improvingtesting efficiency and re-ducing the testing burdenon students while main-taining accountability inour schools.”

The Ohio House re-cently approved a bill thatwould prohibit schoolsthis school year from re-taining students from pro-gressing students to thenext grade based on thenew tests.

The bill also addressessome parents concernsabout the data districtsand the state might share– such as individual test

scores – with outside, pri-vate corporate sources.

The bill, however, doesnot affect the state’s ThirdGrade Reading Guaran-tee, which requires third-graders to achieve a cer-tain reading score to be al-lowed to advance to thefourth grade. Third-grad-ers this year are takingthe old Ohio AchievementAssessment test in read-ing and will move to theCommon Core-based testsnext school year.

The bill was passedunanimously by theHouse earlier this monthand has gone to the OhioSenate for further consid-eration.

Ohio Gov. John Kasichrecently reiterated hissupport of the CommonCore reforms.

Haines urges parentsto stay involved.

“We have to respect aparent’s right to make achoice with their child’seducation. They knowbest. Not the government.I would never tell a parentwhat to do with their child.I would encourage all par-ents to do the research,”Haines said.

Reporters KurtBackscheider, Jennie Key,

Marika Lee, Kelly McBride,Cindy Schroeder, Forrest

Sellers, Sheila VilvensMichael Clark, Benjamin

Lanka and Chrissie Thompsoncontributed.

Tests HOW STUDENTSSEE ITMolly Bastin, a freshman atGlen Este High School, saidshe felt the test she took Feb.25 that focused on Englishwas “very confusing” and“very unnecessary.”“We have done these tests inthe past, but this one was alot harder,” she said.Bastin said it was difficult tokeep track of what she wasreading on the computerscreen and said she also hadissues with the way the ques-tions were worded.However, Luke Johnson, aneighth-grader at Indian HillMiddle School, said he con-siders the assessment testsbeneficial.“I feel it helps a lot of kids bychallenging them,” he said.“A lot of times we will focuson one subject in class andthis gives (us) a number ofareas to focus on.”Johnson said a test he tooklast spring to prepare for theassessment tests was bene-ficial. “It provided me withuseful tools that (helped) inthe long run,” he said.He said he didn’t feel anyanxiety regarding the assess-ment tests he would be tak-ing the week of March 1.“I don’t mind taking them,”Johnson said.Jackson Miller, a sixth graderat Summit Elementary School,said he also felt he was pre-pared for the tests, which hebegan taking Feb. 24.“I don’t have any com-plaints,” he said. “Theyweren’t overwhelming, andthey gave you plenty oftime.”Miller said logging onto thecomputer to take the testwas easy and he liked howthe sections were organized.“The school did a good jobgetting us ready for (thetests),” Miller said.

WHAT’SHAPPENING INCOLUMBUSHouse Bill 7 – which wouldmake some required studenttests paper tigers even ifgiven online – may be takenup by the full Ohio Senate onWednesday, March 4.That’s according to the officeof state Sen. Peggy Lehner(R-Kettering), who chairs theSenate Education Committee.The March 4 Senate session isto begin at 1:30 p.m.; a previ-ously scheduled Senate ses-sion set for Tuesday, March 3,has been cancelled.The Senate Education Com-mittee on Feb. 25 votedunanimously to recommendpassage of House Bill 7 aftera hearing on the legislationthat would prohibit sometests taken this school year byelementary and secondaryschools students from beingused to determine promo-tion, retention and coursecredit decisions and whichwould allow high-schoolstudents to take end-of-course exams they missed orto retake them.The Senate Education Com-mittee also conducted ahearing Feb. 25 on Senate Bill3, which would allow sometest exemptions for schools inhigh-performing districts, buttook no vote on it, accordingto Lehner’s office.Meanwhile, the Ohio Houseof Representatives passedHouse Bill 7 94-0 on Feb. 11.Afterward, State Rep. DougGreen (R-Mt. Orab) cited aprovision prohibits schoolsfrom sharing individual stu-dent’s test scores with outsideentities unless they have theconsent of either the studentor his or her parents.“I am pleased we were ableto close a loophole thatexisted, which would havecreated a huge problem forour students," Green said.“Our goal as legislatorsshould be to do whatever isnecessary to equip our stu-dents with the necessary skillsthey need to either gainemployment when theygraduate high school or beahead of the game whenthey go to college.”State Rep. Tom Brinkman Jr.(R- Cincinnati), said at thetime that, “I was proud tovote ‘yes’ today on what isthe first step to eliminateCommon Core in the state ofOhio.”

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An anti-testing sign in Clermont County’s Miami Townshipurges school parents to opt out their kids from new exams.

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The Bethel HistoricalSociety invites you to visitthe Bethel Museum dur-ing March and see specialfeatures that are sure tospark some memoriesfrom the past.

There are two specialshowcases on display, forMarch only, featuring acombined collection fromvarious local collectors.One is of Animals-On-A-Nest glassware, and thesecond will be a display ofcast iron banks.

On Saturday, March 7,Ray and Betty Gelter willdisplay butter makingtools from the past. Visitand learn how butter wasmade in the days before itcame in plastic tubs.

On Saturday, March 21,the museum will have aFenton Art Glass displaysponsored by a local col-lector.

The Bethel HistoricalMuseum is in the GrantMemorial Building on thecorner of Plane and Main

streets in Bethel, Ohio.The museum is open from1p.m. to 4 p.m. on the firstand third Saturdays ofeach month. Admission isfree. Please call Ray at513-734-7628 or Judi at513-734-6152 for more in-formation or to schedule aprivate tour for a group.

Visitwww.bethelmuseum.comand find out how to be-come a member or lendsupport.

Meetings are the thirdWednesday of each monthat 7 p.m. in the museum.

Bethel Museum featuresglassware, iron banks in March

Bank offers ‘Coffeewith the Coach’series

Community SavingsBank is offering its newCoffee with the Coach se-ries, with have differenthosts covering a wide va-riety of financial topics.

Some of the topics in-clude how to improveyour credit score, protect-ing yourself from identitytheft, planning for col-lege, retirement planning,investing, and more.

You do not need to be abank customer to attend.It is free , and coffee andlight refreshments will beserved. Seminars will beheld the last Friday of ev-ery month, from 10 a.m. to11a.m. at Community Sav-ings Bank in Bethel.

You can find them onFacebook or go to theirwebsite at bankwith-csb.com for more detailsabout the host and topiceach month. It’s not neces-sary to pre-register, but itwould be helpful to callthem at 734-4445 to letthem know if you plan toattend.

Winter crisisprogram still takingapplications

The Clermont Commu-nity Services in partnerswith Office of CommunityAssistance will continueto accept applications forthe Winter Crisis programthru March 31.

Income eligible house-holds whose main heatingsource is threatened withdisconnection, has al-ready been disconnectedor have a less than 25 per-cent supply of bulk fuelmay apply for assistance.The HEAP Departmentwill see applicants by ap-pointment only Monday,Wednesday and Friday.Then will see walk-ins onTuesdays and Thursdays

only first come, firstserved basis.

To schedule an appoint-ment call 513-732-2277 op-tion 3.

Teen Tech Week at the librarystarts March 9

It’s Teen Tech Week atthe Clermont County Pub-lic Library.

Teens are invited intothe library March 9-14 toexplore technology. Thelibrary offers free publiccomputers and free Wi-Fi.Ask a librarian how todownload movies, music,books, homework helpand more onto tablets,smartphones and comput-ers.

The library has a freeflash drive for teens age13 to 18 while supplies last.

Teens also can visit thelibrary’s website, cler-montlibrary.org, to enteran online contest. When ateen answers the ques-tion, “What is my favoritetechnology?” he or shewill be entered to win aLEGO Mindstorms. Prizemust be picked up within30 days or it will be for-feited.

The Clermont CountyPublic Library is celebrat-ing 60 years of service tothe community in 2015.Visit in person or at cler-montlibrary.org. Whatwill you discover?

Library board meetsagain in March

The Clermont CountyPublic Library Board ofTrustees will meet next at6p.m. Monday, March 9, atthe Union TownshipBranch Library, 4450Glen Este-WithamsvilleRoad. This is the regularlyscheduled monthly meet-ing.

The public is welcome.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 5Dining EventsCincinnati International WineFestival Winery Dinner, 6:30p.m., Daveed’s NEXT, 8944Columbia Road, Visiting wine-makers from around the worldjoin area’s finest chefs in ownrestaurants to create multi-course dining and wine-tastingexperience. Ages 21 and up.$125. Registration required,available online. Presented byCincinnati International WineFestival. 723-9463; www.winef-estival.com. Landen.

Exercise ClassesStrength & Balance, 9-9:45a.m., Union Township CivicCenter, 4350 Aicholtz Road,Variety of exercises designed toincrease muscular strength,range of movement and activityfor daily living skills. Call forpricing. 947-7333. Union Town-ship.

Spinning on Keiser M3 Free-wheel, 6:15-7:15 p.m., MiamiAthletic Club & Wellness Center,930 Lila Ave., Spinning Studio.Keiser M3 indoor bike withmagnetic resistance. Ages 18 andup. $10. Registration recom-mended. 831-0006; www.mia-miathleticclub.org. Milford.

Strength & Balance, 1-1:45 p.m.,Crossings of Amelia, 58 AmeliaOlive Branch Road, Move tomusic through variety of exer-cises designed to increase mus-cular strength, range of move-ment and activities for dailyliving. For seniors. Call for pric-ing. Presented by SilverSneakersStretch. 478-6783. Amelia.

Aqua Zumba with KC, 1-1:45p.m., Comfort Inn, 4421 AicholtzRoad, Pool Room. All levelswelcome. Bring water shoes andtowel. Ages 18 and up. $5.Presented by Zumba with KC.240-5180. Eastgate.

SilverSneakers Senior Stretch,2:30-3:15 p.m., SEM Laurels, 203Mound Ave., Free. Presented bySilverSneakers Stretch. 478-6783.Milford.

Literary - Book ClubsBook Discussion, 1:30 p.m.,Milford-Miami Township BranchLibrary, 1099 Ohio 131, Free.Presented by Clermont CountyPublic Library. 248-0700;www.clermontlibrary.org.Milford.

Literary - LibrariesVolunteers of the Milford-Miami Twp. Library Meeting,10:30 a.m., Milford-Miami Town-ship Branch Library, 1099 Ohio131, Free. Presented by ClermontCounty Public Library. 248-0700;www.clermontlibrary.org.Milford.

Literary - Story TimesToddlertime, 10 a.m., AmeliaBranch Library, 58 Maple St.,Stories, songs, crafts, games,reading practices. For ages 18months-3 years. Free. Presentedby Clermont County PublicLibrary. 752-5580. Amelia.

Preschool Storytime, 11 a.m.,Amelia Branch Library, 58 MapleSt., Free. Presented by ClermontCounty Public Library. 752-5580.Amelia.

Books and Blocks, 10:30 a.m.,Doris Wood Branch Library, 180S. Third St., Enjoy storytime andthen use toy building materialsto recreate characters andobjects from stories. Ages 2-6.Free. Presented by ClermontCounty Public Library. 732-2128.Batavia.

Books and Blocks, 10:30 a.m.,Batavia Branch Library, 326Broadway St., Enjoy storytimeand then use toy building ma-terials to recreate characters andobjects from the stories. Ages2-6. Free. Presented by ClermontCounty Public Library. 732-2736.Batavia.

Babytime, 10:30 a.m., NewRichmond Branch Library, 103River Valley Blvd., Free. Present-ed by Clermont County PublicLibrary. 553-0570. New Rich-mond.

Toddlertime, 10:30 a.m., UnionTownship Branch Library, 4450Glen Este-Withamsville Road,Free. Presented by ClermontCounty Public Library. 528-1744.Union Township.

Preschool Storytime, 11:30a.m., Union Township BranchLibrary, 4450 Glen Este-With-amsville Road, Free. Presentedby Clermont County PublicLibrary. 528-1744. Union Town-ship.

NatureProject Feeder Watch, 9-11 a.m.,Cincinnati Nature Center at

Rowe Woods, 4949 TealtownRoad, Share cup of coffee or teawhile counting birds. Free.831-1711. Union Township.

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Fish Fry, 5-7 p.m., Locust CornerUnited Methodist Church, 917Locust Corner Road, Completefish fry dinner, includes coleslaw,french fries, hushpuppies, bread,beverage and dessert. Dine in orcarry out. Music by Annie Ta-keuchi Lansone. $6. 476-3174.Pierce Township.

Boy Scout Troop 452 Fish Fry,5-7:30 p.m., St. Thomas MoreChurch, 800 Ohio Pike, Cafeteria.Choice of main entree, twosides, dessert and drink. Carryoutalso available. Scouts servemeals. Benefits Boy Scout Troop452. $8.25 per meal. Presentedby Boy Scout Troop 452. 315-3991. Withamsville.

Fish Fry, 5-7:30 p.m., St. Berna-dette School, 1453 Locust LakeRoad, Cafeteria. Drive-thruservice available. Fried or bakedfish, fried shrimp, cheese pizza,french fries, apple sauce, coles-law, mac and cheese. Dessertsavailable. Presented by St.Bernadette Church. 943-8133.Amelia.

Fish Fry, 6-7:30 p.m., DennisJohnson VFW Post 6562, 1596Ohio 131, Fish sandwiches,chicken fingers or six-pieceshrimp dinners. Dinners includefrench fries and homemadecoleslaw. Carry-out available.During lent: homemade mac-n-cheese. Open year round exceptholidays. $6-$6.50. Presented byLadies Auxiliary Dennis JohnsonVFW Post 6562. 575-2102. Mil-ford.

Fish Fry, 5-7 p.m., AmericanLegion Post 318, 6660 CloughPike, Fried or baked fish, shrimpand chicken nuggets dinners.Meal includes sides and bever-age. Soft and bar drinks avail-able for purchase. Dine-in orcarryout. Benefits Anderson Post318. $5-$8. 231-6477;www.post318.org. AndersonTownship.

Exercise ClassesSilverSneakers Senior Stretch,9-9:45 a.m., Union TownshipCivic Center, 4350 Aicholtz Road,Complete series of seated andstanding yoga poses. Restorativebreathing exercises and finalrelaxation promote stress reduc-tion and mental clarity. Call forpricing. Presented by SilverS-neakers Stretch. 947-7333. UnionTownship.

Music - AcousticOut On Bond, 8-11 p.m., GreenKayak Market and Eatery, 204Front St., Free. 843-6040;www.greenkayakmarket.com.New Richmond.

Music - BluesRicky Nye with Rob Lumbard,7-10 p.m., Front Street Cafe, 120Front St., Free. 553-4800;www.frontstcafe.com. NewRichmond.

NatureProject Feeder Watch, 9-11 a.m.,Cincinnati Nature Center atRowe Woods, Free. 831-1711.Union Township.

Parent Outdoor Class, 8:30-10a.m., Children’s Meeting HouseMontessori School, 927 O’Ban-nonville Road, Program forparents to experience outdoors.School’s naturalist guides par-ents as they explore gardens,trails and other natural features.Young children welcome to join.Free. 683-4757. Loveland.

On Stage - TheaterFiddler on the Roof, 7:30 p.m.,Loveland Stage Company Thea-tre, 111 S. Second St., $18. Reser-vations required. Presented byLoveland Stage Company.443-4572; www.lovelandstage-company.org. Loveland.

SATURDAY, MARCH 7Art & Craft ClassesUkrainian Egg DecoratingClass, 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.,Lutheran Church of the Resur-rection, 1950 Nagel Road, Learnage-old technique of waxingUkrainian eggs. Bring six un-

cooked eggs. $15. Registrationrequired. Through March 28.713-3541; www.lcresurrectio-n.org. Anderson Township.

BenefitsA Time to Bloom: CMH Auc-tion, 7-11 p.m., RSVP EventCenter, 453 Wards Corner Road,Dancing, conversation, horsd’oeuvres and auction. Ages 18and up. Benefits Children’sMeeting House MontessoriSchool. $50. Registration recom-mended. Presented by Children’sMeeting House MontessoriSchool. 683-4757. Loveland.

Dining EventsWojo Scholarship Fund Spa-ghetti Dinner, 4-7:30 p.m.,American Legion Post 72, 497Old Ohio 74, Banquet Hall.Spaghetti, meatballs, salad,garlic bread, Tony’s birthdaycake/dessert and soda. Split thepot, raffles, music by Encore,cash bar. Benefits CincinnatiScholarship Foundation. $10, $5children. Presented by CincinnatiScholarship Foundation. 528-9909; cincinnatischolarship-foundation.org/TonyWojo.Mount Carmel.

Exercise ClassesSpinning on Keiser M3 Free-wheel, 8:45-9:45 a.m., MiamiAthletic Club & Wellness Center,$10. Registration recommended.831-0006; www.miamiathlet-icclub.org. Milford.

Music - BluesSonny Moorman, 8 p.m. tomidnight, Sloppy Joe’s, 1296State Route 28, 630-1700. Love-land.

On Stage - TheaterFiddler on the Roof, 7:30 p.m.,Loveland Stage Company Thea-tre, $18. Reservations required.443-4572; www.lovelandstage-company.org. Loveland.

PetsPuppy Social, noon to 1 p.m., AllCreatures Animal Hospital, 1894Ohio Pike, Puppies socialize withother pups under supervision ofprofessional trainers at indoorfacility. Free. 797-7397; www.all-creatures.com. Amelia.

ShoppingMOPS Baby and Kid Stuff Sale,8-11 a.m., Faith Church, 5910Price Road, Life Center. Morethan 45 sellers with gently usedbaby clothes, kids’ clothes,maternity clothes, baby gear/furniture, indoor/outdoor toys,books, games, DVDs, Halloweencostumes, winter coats andmore. Benefits Mothers ofPreschoolers. $1. 831-3770;www.faithchurch.net. Milford.

SUNDAY, MARCH 8On Stage - TheaterFiddler on the Roof, 3 p.m.,Loveland Stage Company Thea-tre, $18. Reservations required.443-4572; www.lovelandstage-company.org. Loveland.

MONDAY, MARCH 9Dining EventsWine Tasting and Food Pair-ing, 6:30 p.m. Dine with wine-maker Rich Parducchi of McNabbRidge., 20 Brix, 101 Main St.,$55-$70. Reservations required.Through April 14. 831-2749.Milford.

Exercise ClassesStrength & Balance, 9-9:45a.m., Union Township CivicCenter, Call for pricing. 947-7333. Union Township.

Spinning on Keiser M3 Free-wheel, 9:30-10:30 a.m., 6:15-7:15p.m., Miami Athletic Club &Wellness Center, $10. Regis-tration recommended. 831-0006;www.miamiathleticclub.org.Milford.

Strength & Balance, 2-2:45p.m., Crossings of Amelia, Callfor pricing. 478-6783. Amelia.

Literary - LibrariesPreschool Storytime, 10-11a.m., Loveland Branch Library,649 Loveland-Madeira Road,Enjoy books, songs, activities,crafts and more, while buildingearly literacy skills. For pre-schoolers and their caregivers.Ages 3-6. Free. 369-4476;www.cincinnatilibrary.org.Loveland.

Toddler Storytime, 11 a.m. tonoon, Loveland Branch Library,649 Loveland-Madeira Road,Encourage emerging languageskills with books, rhymes, crafts,music and fun. For ages 18-36months. Free. 369-4476. Love-land.

TUESDAY, MARCH 10Exercise Classesaqua ZUMBA, 1-1:45 p.m.,Comfort Inn, 4421 Aicholtz Road,$5. Presented by Zumba with KC.240-5180. Eastgate.

Literary - Book ClubsSecond Tuesday Book Club, 2p.m., Williamsburg BranchLibrary, 594 Main St., Free.Presented by Clermont CountyPublic Library. 724-1070. Wil-liamsburg.

Literary - Story TimesPreschool Storytime, 2-3 p.m.,Bethel Branch Library, 611 W.Plane St., Free. Presented byClermont County Public Library.734-2619. Bethel.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH11Business ClassesT.A.L.K. Toastmasters of Mil-ford, 7-8:30 p.m., St. AndrewParish Center, 560 Main St.,Discover how membership inToastmasters will improve yourspeaking skills, increase yourthinking power and build yourself-confidence. Meets first andthird Wednesdays of everymonth. Free. Presented byMilford T.A.L.K. Toastmasters.378-7654; 2289.toastmaster-sclubs.org. Milford.

Dining EventsWAVE Free Community Din-ner, 6 p.m., Milford First UnitedMethodist Church, 541 Main St.,Part of Wednesdays Are VeryExtraordinary event. Free;donations accepted. 831-5500;www.milfordfirstumc.org.Milford.

Exercise ClassesSpinning on Keiser M3 Free-wheel, 9:30-10:30 a.m., MiamiAthletic Club & Wellness Center,$10. Registration recommended.831-0006; www.miamiathlet-icclub.org. Milford.

Literary - Book ClubsSecond Wednesday BookDiscussion Group, 2 p.m., DorisWood Branch Library, 180 S.Third St., Free. Presented byClermont County Public Library.732-2128; www.clermontlibra-ry.org. Batavia.

Check It Out Book Discussion,1:30 p.m., Goshen Branch Li-brary, 6678 Ohio 132, Free.Presented by Clermont CountyPublic Library. 513-722-1221;www.clermontlibrary.org.Goshen.

Literary - LibrariesToddler Playdate, 11 a.m. tonoon, Loveland Branch Library,649 Loveland-Madeira Road,Meet new friends and socializethrough unstructured play. Toysprovided. For ages 18 months-4years. Free.369-4476; www.cin-cinnatilibrary.org. Loveland.

Literary - Story TimesBaby Story Time, 10 a.m., UnionTownship Branch Library, 4450Glen Este-Withamsville Road,Ages 18 months and under.Family friendly. Free. Regis-tration required. 528-1744.Union Township.

Toddlertime, 10 a.m., AmeliaBranch Library, Free. 752-5580.Amelia.

Preschool Storytime, 11 a.m.,Amelia Branch Library, Free.752-5580. Amelia.

Toddlertime, 10:30 a.m., BethelBranch Library, 611 W. Plane St.,Free. Presented by ClermontCounty Public Library. 734-2619.Bethel.

Toddlertime, 10:30 a.m., Mil-ford-Miami Township BranchLibrary, 1099 Ohio 131, Stories,songs and activities to promoteearly literacy. For ages 18months-3 years. Free. Presentedby Clermont County PublicLibrary. 248-0700. Milford.

Preschool Storytime, 11:30a.m., Milford-Miami TownshipBranch Library, 1099 Ohio 131,Stories, songs and activities topromote early literacy. Ages 3-6.Free. Presented by ClermontCounty Public Library. 248-0700.Milford.

Storytime, 10:30 a.m., NewRichmond Branch Library, 103River Valley Blvd., Attendeesages 0-6 invited with parent orcaregiver for stories, songs andmore. Free. Presented by Cler-mont County Public Library.553-0570. New Richmond.

Toddlertime, 10:30 a.m., UnionTownship Branch Library, Free.528-1744. Union Township.

Preschool Storytime, 11:30a.m., Union Township BranchLibrary, Free. 528-1744. UnionTownship.

THURSDAY, MARCH 12Clubs & OrganizationsEastside Technology Talk, 11:30a.m. to 1 p.m., Anderson SeniorCenter, 7970 Beechmont Ave.,For people interested in technol-ogy and learning more about itand how it can help us andothers. Free. Presented by East-side Technology Talks. 474-3100;bit.ly/EastsideTechnologyTalks.Anderson Township.

Exercise ClassesStrength & Balance, 9-9:45a.m., Union Township CivicCenter, Call for pricing. 947-7333. Union Township.

Spinning on Keiser M3 Free-wheel, 6:15-7:15 p.m., MiamiAthletic Club & Wellness Center,$10. Registration recommended.831-0006; www.miamiathlet-icclub.org. Milford.

Strength & Balance, 1-1:45 p.m.,Crossings of Amelia, Call forpricing. 478-6783. Amelia.

Aqua Zumba with KC, 1-1:45p.m., Comfort Inn, $5. 240-5180.Eastgate.

SilverSneakers Senior Stretch,2:30-3:15 p.m., SEM Laurels, Free.478-6783. Milford.

Literary - LibrariesTeen Writing Club, 6 p.m.,Loveland Branch Library, 649Loveland-Madeira Road, Forteen writers interested in meet-ing other teen writers or lookingfor feedback from others. Ages12-17. Free. 369-4476; www.cin-cinnatilibrary.org. Loveland.

Literary - Story TimesToddlertime, 10 a.m., AmeliaBranch Library, Free. 752-5580.Amelia.

Preschool Storytime, 11 a.m.,Amelia Branch Library, Free.

752-5580. Amelia.Books and Blocks, 10:30 a.m.,Doris Wood Branch Library, Free.732-2128. Batavia.

Books and Blocks, 10:30 a.m.,Batavia Branch Library, Free.732-2736. Batavia.

Babytime, 10:30 a.m., NewRichmond Branch Library, Free.553-0570. New Richmond.

Toddlertime, 10:30 a.m., UnionTownship Branch Library, Free.528-1744. Union Township.

Preschool Storytime, 11:30a.m., Union Township BranchLibrary, Free. 528-1744. UnionTownship.


FRIDAY, MARCH 13Dining EventsAuxiliary Fish Fry, 5-7:30 p.m.,American Legion Post 450, Pricevaries. 831-9876. Milford.

Fish Fry, 5-7 p.m., Locust CornerUnited Methodist Church, $6.476-3174. Pierce Township.

Boy Scout Troop 452 Fish Fry,5-7:30 p.m., St. Thomas MoreChurch, $8.25 per meal. 315-3991. Withamsville.

Fish Fry, 5-7:30 p.m., St. Berna-dette School, 943-8133. Amelia.

Fish Fry, 6-7:30 p.m., DennisJohnson VFW Post 6562, $6-$6.50. 575-2102. Milford.

Fish Fry, 5-7 p.m., AmericanLegion Post 318, $5-$8. 231-6477;www.post318.org. AndersonTownship.

Exercise ClassesSilverSneakers Senior Stretch,9-9:45 a.m., Union TownshipCivic Center, Call for pricing.947-7333. Union Township.

Music - AcousticOne Degree from Mande(featuring Ryan Wilson), 8-11p.m., Green Kayak Market andEatery, 204 Front St., Free.843-6040; www.greenkayk-market.com. New Richmond.


Parent Outdoor Class, 8:30-10a.m., Children’s Meeting HouseMontessori School, Free. 683-4757. Loveland.

On Stage - TheaterFiddler on the Roof, 7:30 p.m.,Loveland Stage Company Thea-tre, $18. Reservations required.443-4572; www.lovelandstage-company.org. Loveland.

SATURDAY, MARCH 14Art & Craft ClassesUkrainian Egg DecoratingClass, 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.,Lutheran Church of the Resur-rection, $15. Registration re-quired. 713-3541; www.lcresur-rection.org. Anderson Township.

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Loveland Stage Company will perform “Fiddler of the Roof” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 5, andSaturday, March 7, and 3 p.m., Sunday, March 8, at the Loveland Stage Company Theatre, 111 S.Second St., Loveland. Tickets are $18. Reservations are required. Call 443-4572; visitwww.lovelandstagecompany.org.

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I had to laugh when BillThomas of BBQ Review res-taurant in Madisonvilleagreed to share the recipe forhis iconic mac & cheese.

I heard Bill was closing hisrestaurant (but keeping therailroad dining car adjacent tothe property) so I gave him acall. Already I had severalrequests from readers whowere addicted to his mac &cheese and who asked me toget the recipe.

To give you a bit of history,Bill and I started out our culi-nary adventures about thesame time way back when.

Fast forwardsome 30-plusyears lateryears later andnow Bill wants“to take it easy.”

When I toldhim about myreaders whocan’t exist hap-pily without hismac & cheese,Bill said “I’ll

share, no problem, but itstarts with 18 pounds macaro-ni, 20 pounds of cheese, andmakes 120 pounds and no, Iwon’t even try to break it

down!” OK then...well I fid-dled with it and came up witha good recipe hopefully closeto Bill’s. I even followed histechnique for cooking themacaroni and the cheesesauce.

I served this to my family,and I never saw a bowl of mac& cheese eaten so fast. I hopeyou like it as much as we do.

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is an herb-alist, educator, Jungle Jim’s East-gate culinary professional and au-thor. Find her blog online atAbouteating.com. Call 513-248-7130,ext. 356.

BBQ Review dishes out addictingmacaroni and cheese recipe

Clone of BBQ Review’s famous mac & cheese

If you want it “cheesier” add more cheese. This is more like the oldfashioned type, with a mild flavor. This recipe doubles or triples easily.

1//2 pound elbow macaroni - 2 cups dry1 stick butter - 4 oz.1/4 cup onion, diced fine 1/4 cup flourSalt and pepper to taste4 oz. regular, not low fat, Velveeta cheese, cubed4-6 oz. shredded cheddar, divided (I used a heaping cup, probably

more like 6 oz.)2 cups milk, warmed

Boil macaroni in salted water, drain, and set aside while makingsauce.

Over medium heat, melt butter and stir in onion. Cook until onion istranslucent but not brown. Add flour, salt and pepper and whisk just untilflour is light brown. Stir in milk and whisk until thicker and bubbly.

Remove from heat and stir in Velveeta and a little more than half thecheddar. Stir in macaroni. The mac & cheese will be very creamy and thick-ens as it sits. Sprinkle with rest of cheddar.

Versatile cheese sauce: Sauce alone is a good all-purpose cheesesauce.

Rita’s salt free Italian seasoning

Savory is herb of the year and one that’s underused. It has an aro-matic peppery flavor, good in bean dishes (Germans call it the beanherb) since it helps you digest beans. When you’re ready to dry herbs thissummer, use this recipe and you’ll have a marvelous homemade blend.

Mix together:

3 tablespoons dried basil2 tablespoons dried oregano1 tablespoon dried marjoram1 teaspoon dried thyme1 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed1 teaspoon dried savory1/2 teaspoon dried sage2 tablespoons dried parsley - optional

Why this blend is good for you:Basil is good for cardiovascular healthOregano and marjoram help keep joints healthy, and fight colds

and fluThyme is especially good for upper respiratory healthRosemary helps keep memories sharpSavory is a good salt substitute and helps dispel gasBoost your wisdom with sageParsley is good for kidney and liver health

THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD

A clone BBQ Review’s macaroni and cheese recipe should keep satisfied customers addicted to the dish.

Rita HeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN

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A publication of

Efforts to legalize marijua-na as medicine in the UnitedStates have grown signifi-

cantly in re-cent years.

Approxi-mately one-fourth of thestates havepassed legisla-tion or ballotissues allow-ing marijuanato be pre-scribed withinthat state.However,

voter or legislative initiativedoes not meet the scientificstandards for approval ofmedicine.

For example, we would not

consider it rational to go to thepolls to “vote on” a potentialantibiotic. Voter and legisla-tive passage of marijuana-as-medicine laws may actuallyinhibit good medicine becausethey shortcut the necessarystep of researching the mari-juana plant and the chemicalswithin that may have legiti-mate medical applications.Emotional testimony and per-sonal opinion should not dic-tate medical treatment.

Marijuana remains a Sched-ule I substance under federallaw – a classification indicat-ing it has no currently accept-ed medical use in the UnitedStates. Also, there is already asubstantial body of researchdemonstrating the health and

safety risks from the use ofmarijuana.

More research on marijua-na, including possible medicalapplications as well as re-search on associated healthand impairment risks from theuse of marijuana, is needed.Not only is there a need formore research on any possiblemedical benefits, but also onidentifying the chemicalswithin marijuana associatedwith any benefits, appropriatedosage levels, and safe meansof administration, should med-ical benefits exist.

Marijuana should be sub-ject to the same research,consideration and study as anyother potential medicine, un-der the standards of the U.S.

Food and Drug Administra-tion. Legalizing marijuana formedical use should not bedecided by legislative or voterinitiative.

Consideration of marijuanaas medicine should be treatedwith the same logical, rationalapproach as any other drugthat has demonstrated healthand safety risks yet may havesome medical benefit: Themedical and scientific commu-nity establishes policy basedon available knowledge whilecontinuing to conduct re-search on the drug to increasethat knowledge base. Anythingless puts the safety and healthof the general public at risk.And the fact that marijuana ishighly addictive, is considered

a gateway drug, and is morepotent than ever should beenough for the public to beconcerned about this issuebecoming a ballot initiative inOhio.

The Partners for a Drug-Free Milford Miami Townshipdo not support marijuana asmedicine nor legislative orballot initiatives to considerthis policy change. Shouldfuture research result in theFDA changing position onmarijuana as medicine, thePartners for a Drug-Free Mil-ford Miami Township wouldreconsider this position.

Stacy Mathis is executive director,Partners for a Drug-Free MilfordMiami Township.

Since when do we vote on medicine?

Stacy MathisCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

Feb. 26 questionWhat is your ideal place or

way to escape the winterweather?

“Upstate New York in theAdirondacks or northernMichigan are my ideal placesto escape the majority ofwimps in Cincinnati whothink winter is somethingfrom which you need to es-cape. Embrace winter, go ski(downhill or cross country),snowmobile or just take a nicewinter hike in the woods.There are no crowds. If Ichoose to seek a warm weath-er vacation then the Carib-bean Islands are my nextchoice. The western side ofJamaica and Antiqua are myfavorites.”

M.J.F.

“Well all the ideal placesthat I know of to escape I can'tget to because I have to workand winter is a busy seasonfor us. So instead I've decidedto just embrace winter. If I tryand realize that it can only goon for so long, and get so bad,then when the spring and

summer arrives I find I amway more grateful. However,when it is August, and about90 degrees with 95 percenthumidity I try and rememberback to how great it felt to beshoveling my driveway in mi-nus 0 degree weather. It is allrelative.”

C.S.

“Go to Montana wherethey have a lot more snow,mountains and incredible ski-ing. They also all know how todrive in the snow.”

D.B.

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THIS WEEK’SQUESTIONWhat TV show from youryouth would you like to seeremade, or re-broadcast?Why?

Every week we ask readers aquestion they can reply to via email.Send your answers to [email protected] withCh@troom in the subject line.

A panel discussion featuringregional business leaders dis-

cussed theneed to devel-op local talent– young adultswho have skillsthat are need-ed in theircommunity.They said thatthose youngadults are thekey to thecontinuedeconomic suc-

cess of our region.The best way to develop that

talent has been discussed anddebated in news articles, politi-cal speeches and forums. Arefour-year or advanced collegedegrees appropriate? When areindustry training programs,community colleges, adulteducation courses, and hands-on training the right choice foryoung adults?

The truth is that we need a

variety of paths, and our youthneed to have options. Researchshows that current teenagerswill change careers multipletimes in their lives. Ohio's ef-forts to introduce career edu-cation into lower grades is astep in that direction. Under-standing choices early will helpthem to be successful morequickly.

For many students, keepingoptions open means attending acareer-technical school. Theyknow that becoming ready forboth a career and college bythe time they graduate offersmultiple paths.

About half of Great Oaksgraduates, for instance, godirectly to college – many ofthem with credits they'veearned in high school. Othersuse their career certification toget ahead; a cosmetology stu-dent may use the license sheearned to save money for fur-ther schooling. Or, numerousgraduates from pre-engineer-

ing, manufacturing and robot-ics programs are now workingfor local employers who willpay for their college education.

Apprenticeships in electric-ity, HVAC and other skilledtrades allow graduates to earntheir continued education.

Healthcare graduates knowthat their certifications are afoundation for advancement inmultiple directions. Some stu-dents even graduate from highschool knowing that the fieldthey thought they loved isn'tfor them – a much easier deci-sion at 18 than after severalyears of college.

The point is that our econo-my needs skilled professionals,and our youth need and want avariety of possibilities. Thechance to explore choices earlygives many a head start onsuccess.

Harry Snyder is president/CEO,Great Oaks Career Campuses. Helives in Batavia.

Advantages to exploringcareer options early

Harry SnyderCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

Walking can be fun and greatexercise.

Evidence shows that physicalactivity, including walking, hassubstantial benefits for both men-

tal and physicalhealth. Walking is alow-impact form ofexercise that iseasy, free, and suit-able for people ofall ages and abil-ities. It can producebenefits that arejust as impressiveas those gainedfrom other forms ofexercise. There arealways opportuni-ties throughout the

day to walk – all you need is somemotivation and your shoes.

An obvious benefit to walking isto help maintain a healthy bodyweight and lower the risk of obesi-ty; but did you know research hasshown that briskly walking for 30minutes a day can reduce the riskof coronary heart disease, diabetes,high blood pressure, and somecancers. Additionally, walking is anexcellent way to enhance well-being by reducing stress and lifting

your mood.Brisk walking increases en-

dorphins, which reduce stress hor-mones. Walking puts the bodythrough the same motion as run-ning, without the impact on bonesand joints. Other benefits includethe strengthening of bones andimproving balance and coordina-tion. Because walking reduces somany physical and mental issues, itcan lower health care costs. Themore walking you do, the greaterthe benefits.

Clermont County has so manybeautiful areas to walk and havefun with the entire family, includ-ing pets. The Clermont Coalitionfor Activity and Nutrition (CAN)has published a brochure listing 64free and low cost locations to walkin the county. Find the brochureonline at ccphohio.org, click onClermont CAN then Places andSpaces for Fitness and Fun. Toencourage individuals to walk andbe active, several local governmentagencies offer walking programsas opportunities to increase phys-ical activity; some examples are:

» “Live Well Williamsburg”sponsored by Williamsburg MayorMary Ann Lefker is a program

with the goal of making Williams-burg one of Ohio’s healthiest placesto live. It supports and advocatesfor a healthier community.

» Clermont County offers the“Move and Measured Mile” pro-gram in which many ClermontCounty local government employ-ees participate in physical activityand record their progress over twomonths. During the 2014, Move-A-Measured county employeesmoved 14,674 miles.

» “Step It Up” six weeks pro-gram, offered by the public librar-ies, gives participating employeesa pedometer to track their stepswith the goal of increasing theirsteps by 10 percent each week. Thegoal is 10,000 steps per day.

» The goal of the “Walk withMilford” initiative is to introduceresidents to walking at the HeartMini Marathon and encourage thepublic to begin neighborhood-walk-ing groups in their areas.

» “Walking with the Mayor,”provides the Amelia Village resi-dents the opportunity to walk sideby side with their elected leader.

Melisa Crain is a CDC associate withClermont County Public Health.

Walk to have a more balanced andhealthier life in Clermont County

Melisa CrainCOMMUNITYPRESS GUESTCOLUMNIST

It is estimated that more than 25 percent ofUS seniors have diabetes, and another 50 percentshow pre-diabetic symptoms.

The disease was the seventh leading cause ofdeath among Americans in 2010. Here are threeways that seniors living with diabetes can im-prove their quality of life:

1. Check your finger stick blood sugar everyday.

Checking your finger stick blood sugar isn’tpleasant. But a second or two of pain every daywhen you check your blood glucose level is asmall price to pay.

2. Eat right and be active.Pre-diabetic symptoms can be reduced, or

even resolved entirely, just by losing a moderateamount of weight and exercising regularly.

Instead of eating processed foods and restau-rant take-out, try cooking more fresh fruit andveggie-based dishes at home. Avoid adding sugaror salt just for the sake of taste.

3. Keep a daily diet and blood glucose log;visit your doctor for regular checks.

If you are a diabetic who doesn’t go for reg-ular checkups, you’re risking your health.

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ern Buckeye Conference Play-er of the Year with KerryStamper taking Coach of theYear honors.

Girls swimming» Bethel-Tate sophomore

Gracyn McQueary was fourthin the 100 breaststroke at theDivision II state meet in CantonFeb. 27 in 1:06.48. She will befeatured in a future issue.

Wrestling» Bethel-Tate finished sec-

ond at the Division III sectional

reer in the game. Junior JuliaJenike also had 20 points.

» Felicity-Franklin won inthe Division IV sectional atMonroe against Lockland 57-22on Feb. 24. Senior Maria Ruweand junior Ashley Moore had 12points each.

On Feb. 28, the Lady Cardi-nals won the Division IV sec-tional championship with a 56-30 win over Middletown Chris-tian. Felicity-Franklin ad-vances to play at TippecanoeHigh School March 7. AshleyMoore was also named South-

Boys basketball

» Felicity-Franklin lost toCincinnati Country Day 74-19on Feb. 23. Louis Quiles toppedthe Cardinals with eight points.

The Cardinals lost in the Di-vision III sectional tournamentat Western Brown Feb. 28, 88-19

» Bethel-Tate beat Goshen inthe Southern Buckeye Confer-ence tournament 64-51 on Feb.24. Sophomore Tommy Binga-mon led the Tigers with 18points.

Girls basketball

» Bethel-Tate won their Di-vision III tournament opener atWilmington against CincinnatiHills Christian Academy 35-31.Senior Brooke Jenike led theLady Tigers with 15 points.

On Feb. 25, the Lady Tigersbeat Waynesville 58-45 to ad-vance on to play Georgetown inthe sectional final Feb. 28.Against the Lady G-Men Be-thel-Tate lost 61-59. SeniorBrooke Jenike scored 20 pointsand reached 1,000 for her ca-

at Blanchester Feb. 28. Cham-pions for the Tigers were AricPeters at 120, Justin Hixson at132, Jeffrey Botts at 182 andKermit Beckworth at 285. Fin-ishing as runner-up at 160 wasB.J. Ratcliff. Travis Kinnard at152 and Wyatt O’Neill at 170were third and Matt Hall at 113was fourth. Finishing fifthwere Brad Young at 106 andBradley Lewis at 195. All moveon to the district tournamentwith Young and Lewis as alter-nates.

SHORT HOPS

BETHEL — One of the more suc-cessful seasons for girls basketballat Bethel-Tate High School came toan end in Wilmington Feb. 28against a familiar foe.

Facing top-seeded Georgetownfor the sectional championship, theTigers fell short 61-59 to end theirseason at 19-6, just shy of a 20-wingoal they had set. It was the thirdmeeting of the season for the twoteams with Bethel-Tate winning 58-51 on Dec. 1, and Georgetown win-ning Jan. 22, 52-48.

The game marked the end forsenior Brooke Jenike and sister Ju-lia, a junior, playing together. Thepair have played over 70 high schoolgames together.

Julia passed Brooke in height inthe eighth grade and this past sea-son passed her in career pointswhen she reached the 1,000 mark.The upside of the loss to George-town was that Brooke finally got her1,000th point to join her sister on theelite list.

Bethel-Tate’s last winning sea-son came in 2010-11 when anotherJenike, Tess, averaged 16 points pergame for the Lady Tigers. Tess Je-nike plays for UC Clermont, whichwon the United States CollegiateAthletic Association Division IItournament last year.

Brooke Jenike will be leaving fora warmer climate as she’s set to playfor Florida Southern in Lakeland.

“I’m not really that sad aboutleaving high school,” Jenike said.“I’m going to miss playing with mysister a lot, but it hasn’t really hit methat hard. I’m ready to be done withschool and move on.”

Yet another Jenike is on the hori-zon, but not for a few seasons. Ma-rissa Jenike is a sixth-grader andFallis already has seen her moves.

“She played on my boys teamthat I coached last year,” Fallis said.“She held her own.”

Losing Brooke Jenike and seniorteammate Allison Poe, the Tigersstill have reason for optimism. As-suming everyone returns, Julia Je-nike, Alyssa Demaris and MacKen-zie Watson will be seniors; HaleyTaylor, Morgan Reinhart, HayleeFoster, Hannah Harvey and MeganMorrow, juniors; and Allison Parkswill be a sophomore.

Parks moved to varsity early thisseason.

“For a freshman, she made reallygood decisions,” Fallis said. “She’sgoing to help us next year. We’re go-ing to lose our starting point guard(Brooke Jenike) so between HayleeFoster and Allison (Parks) we’llhave that spot covered.”

Some of the girls will gravitate toother sports for the spring. The restwill reconvene in June when state-permitted team sessions begin.

“We have to develop some kidsover the summertime,” Fallis said.“Role players this year are going tohave to step up and do differentthings next year. We have some in-coming freshmen that we think in ayear or two are going to be able tohelp us. We need to work on the fun-damentals -the shooting and every-thing that’s going to be transferableinto a game.”

Bethel-Tate girlsbasketball losesjust 2 seniorsBy Scott [email protected]

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Bethel-Tate senior Allison Poe eyes thehoop at the free throw line.

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Julia Jenike, left, returns for one moreyear. Her sister, Brooke Jenike, will moveon to play at Florida Southern.

UC Clermont has hiredtwo new head coaches forits new soccer program.Pete Ohmer will lead themen’s Soccer Program andJosh Howard will lead thewomen’s Soccer Program.UC Clermont announcedearlier this year that it willbe expanding its athletic of-ferings to include men’s andwomen’s soccer in the fall of2015.

Pete Ohmer will take thelead as the new head men’ssoccer coach is a currenttrainer for Cincinnati Soc-cer Alliance. Ohmer alsocoaches at Ohio South withthe Olympic DevelopmentProgram on the district andstate staff. Over the sum-mer months Ohmer willcoach in multiple teamcamps including OhioSouth’s Girls High Schoolsummer camp. Ohmer cur-rently has his D License andGoalkeeper Level 1 Diplo-ma.

“It is an honor to coachthe very first men’s soccerteam at Clermont College.Coaching is a normal pro-gression after my playingcareer and has come verynatural to me. My entire ca-reer I have been surround-ed by great players andcoaches. It is now my turn togive back to the communityand players. I’m looking for-ward to coaching at the col-lege level,” said Ohmer.

Ohmer’s coaching expe-rience includes: Currenttrainer at Cincinnati SoccerAlliance, Olympic Develop-ment State team assistantcoach 1999 younger boysRockford Illinois RegionalCamp, Olympic Develop-ment District Team Staff2013-2014, Olympic Devel-opment State Staff 2013-2014, Ohio South HighSchool Girls Camp, MiamiTownship Soccer Club, OnGoal Soccer Academy andT&T Soccer Camp Instruc-tor.

A 1997 Milford HighSchool Graduate, Ohmerplayed all four years on the

Tech to the best record inschool history at the time(10-5-3) and recruiting a 15-player class that would helptake WVU Tech to the Na-tional Championship thenext three years in a row.

Before joining WVUTech, Howard was the headboys’ varsity soccer coachat Middletown High School.In just three years, he leftranked third all-time inwins and winning percent-age and was the Chairmanof the Boy’s Southwest Dis-trict All-Star Game. How-ard has also had success atthe club level. In 2012, hehelped lead the West Vir-ginia Chaos 96 Boys to theState Cup Championship aswell as finishing as eitherchampion or finalist in ev-ery tournament they partic-ipated in that season.

Before getting intocoaching, Howard was acollegiate player at OhioNorthern University andlater transferred to MiamiUniversity. He graduatedfrom Miami University in2008 with a bachelor’s de-gree in geography with acoaching minor. In 2010, hegraduated with a master’sdegree in sport administra-tion from Xavier Univer-sity.

Howard currently holdslicenses from the U.S. Soc-cer Federation and NationalSoccer Coaches Associa-tion of America. He alsoserves as an associate staffcoach for coaching educa-tion for the NSCAA. Heholds the NSCAA “Pre-mier” Diploma, NSCAA“Advanced National” Di-ploma, NSCAA “National”Diploma, USSF “NationalD” License, USSF “NationalYouth” License, NSCAA“Level III Goalkeeping” Di-ploma, NSCAA “Level IIGoalkeeping” Diploma,NSCAA “Level I Goalkeep-ing” Diploma, and theNSCAA “Director of Coach-ing” Diploma.

He currently resides inMonroe with his wife,Amanda, and daughter,Melanie.

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Howard Ohmer

UC Clermont nameshead coaches fornew soccer program

varsity high school soccerteam under head coachAlan Grothaus. In thosefour years Ohmer was four-year starter and team cap-tain junior and senior year.After his senior year, Ohm-er was selected as TeamMVP and awarded GMCAll-City selection playing inthe senior All-Star game.Ohmer was selected to Mil-ford High School’s 25 anni-versary Top 25 players inschool history team. Ohmerresides in Milford with hiswife, Sarah Ohmer, and fourchildren: Maggie, Chris-tian, Charlie, and Perrin.

Josh Howard will takethe lead as the new headwomen’s soccer coach. Cur-rently, Howard is the girlsdirector of coaching withthe Centerville United Soc-cer Association (CUSA)Crew Juniors soccer club inDayton where he overseesthe entire girls programfrom U6-U18. Along withthose responsibilities, he isan Ohio South Olympic De-velopment Program Statestaff coach and evaluator.

Before coming to CUSAin 2012, Howard was the as-sistant men’s soccer coachat West Virginia UniversityInstitute of Technology, anational caliber programwho have won the USCAANational Championship thelast two years in a row whilefinishing as finalist in 2012.

“It has been a goal ofmine to be able to get backinto collegiate soccer herein the Cincinnati area. UCClermont has a lot to offerwith good programs as wellas a beautiful campus. I amlooking forward to the op-portunity here at UC Cler-mont,” said Howard.

As the recruiting coordi-nator and goalkeepercoach, Howard was on staffin 2011 helping lead WVU

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Howdy folks. Itseems mother naturehas a way of shuttingthings down.

The weekend of Feb.21 the Bethel Lions pan-cake breakfast wascanceled due to the badweather. The BethelLions Club uses themoney from the pan-cake breakfast, calen-dar sales and the circusto help folks with glass-es and uniforms forBethel sports. If there isa need for glasses with aschool child, the club isthere to help. The Be-thel Lions Club has beenin Bethel more than 70years. The club fur-nishes Christmas giftsfor two seniors in Betheleach year. The pancaketickets you bought forthe February pancakebreakfast will be goodfor the April pancakebreakfast. If anybodywould like to join theLions Club, talk to amember of the club.

I was talking to Dan-ny Grant and he told meof a fellar that makes

maplesyruphere inClermontCounty. Italked toTom Rinethe otherday and hewill bemakingmore of

the maple syrup whenthe weather gets better.His telephone number is625-0069.

Now for some sadnews. Last Saturday,Feb. 21, there was aMass of Christian Burialfor Charles (Chuck)Daria at the CatholicChurch in Bethel. It wasa beautiful service. Helived his life the rightway as a Christian andwas always willing tohelp folks that neededhelp. He always had abig smile like Ruth Anndid. The Lord must haveneeded more angels sohe called Chuck home.His family will miss himbut there will be a daywhen they are together

again. Chuck was veryinvolved in sports. Hewas a referee in somesports and loved to seethe students play.

Now about Chester,the other evening I waswatching a program onowls. Chester was set-ting on my lap with theowls flying when onewould jump off a limb,Chester would make ajump like he was tryingto catch it. When hejumped down on thefloor, he sat for severalminutes watching thebirds fly. He acted likehe was ready to jumpand catch one. When acommercial came on, hewent to get something toeat!

The birds are eatingplenty of bird seed. Ifilled three feedersthree times last weekand filled the big thistlefeeder. They like thesuet blocks. I got out theorange bottle I madeinto a feeder, they emp-ty it in a hurry.

There are specialevents in your neigh-borhood so keep checkon them and try to at-tend.

Start your week bygoing to the house ofworship of your choiceand praising the goodLord.

God bless all ... Morelater

George Rooks is a retiredpark ranger. Rooks servedfor 28 years with the last fiveas manager of East ForkState Park.

Pancake breakfasttickets good in April

George RooksOLE FISHERMAN

ResidentialTim Singler, Georgetown, alter,2484 Bantam Road, Tate Town-ship, $5,000.

Blankemeyer Electric Co., Bethel,alter, 1898 Ohio 774, TateTownship.

Woods Electric, Williamsburg,alter, 308 Osborne St., TateTownship.

Jeremy Hedman, Bethel, garage,2215 Meisman Drive, Tate

development, 2276 Ohio 52,Washington Township.

Johnny Hulsman Signs, Cincin-nati, alter, 654 E. State St.,Georgetown Village.

DD Wilson, Bethel, alter-ChoiceCigars & Tobacco, 654 E. StateSt., Georgetown Village.

One Stop Signs & Construction,Goshen, signs-Dollar General,Home St., Georgetown Village.

Township, $34,000.John Russell, Moscow, HVAC,2588 Laurel Pt. Isabel, Washing-ton Township.

Rodenberg Electric, Amelia,alter, 2619 Case Road, TateTownship.

Linda Daniel, Moscow, tempor-ary pole, 852 Myers Road,Washington Township.

CommercialWilliam Harris, Cincinnati, site

BUILDING PERMITS

Emily Wichman is thenew manager at the Wil-liamsburg Branch Li-brary.

Wichman comes to Wil-liamsburg from the Mil-ford-Miami TownshipBranch Library, whereshe served as the branchsupervisor and adult ser-vices librarian. She hasbeen employed at theClermont County PublicLibrary for 12 years.

She has a master’s de-gree in library sciencefrom the University ofWisconsin. She lives in

Milford.“I’m ex-

cited tolearn moreabout Wil-liamsburgand am ea-ger to getinvolvedwith the

community and buildpartnerships. I’ve beenimpressed with the strongoutreach opportunitiesthat we have in town, par-ticularly with the Wil-liamsburg schools,” Wich-man said.

“The library’s staffprovides excellent pro-grams and services. Stopby the library to see whatwe offer or visit us onlineat clermontlibrary.org foreBooks, streaming video,and other great online re-sources..”

Wichman is the authorof the book titled “The Li-brarian’s Guide to PassiveProgramming.” She alsois a member of the Li-brary Leadership OhioClass of 2014.

Wichman named managerat Williamsburg library

Wichman

John Ruthven, in partnership with theAmerican Woodcock Society, Ohio’s EastFork State Park, and the U.S. Army Corpof Engineers, invites you to experiencethe American Woodcock “skydance“ atEast Fork State Park Saturday, March 14,at 6 p.m.

Easy to hear and more difficult to see,the male woodcock does his mating “sky-dance“ upon the annual migratory re-turn of woodcock to Southwest Ohio.

The event requires easy walking of amile or less on paved surfaces and stand-ing around in what can be a chilly Marchevening. Dress accordingly. Those ableto walk a short distance off the pavementand in muddy conditions need to wearwaterproof boots.

There is limited attendance capacity,so sign up now. You may wish to bring aflashlight and binoculars. Children arewelcome.

The evening activities will begin at 6p.m. at the East Fork State Park Office at3294 Elk Lick Road, Bethel, accessiblefrom state Route 125.

For back ground information onwoodcock, refer to these websites and

videos:www.ruffedgrousesociety.org/Wood-

cock-Facts;www.ruffedgrousesociety.org/;www.youtube.com/

watch?v=AADF6xSJBMg;birdnote.org/video/2012/04/american-

woodcock-air-dance.By raffle, the American Woodcock

Society will award a complimentarymembership, a signed John A. Ruthvenlimited edition print of a woodcock, andother prizes.

To register for the event and/or formore information, contact Mark or Lois,513-734-0582 or [email protected]

Should the weather be inclement, theevent will be March 17.

Ruthven hosts‘skydance’ walkat East Fork

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The male woodcock does his mating“skydance“ upon the annual migratory returnto Southwest Ohio.

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GOSHEN CHURCH OF GODReal People...In a Real Church...

Worshipping a Real God!1675 Hillstation Road, Goshen, Ohio 45122722-1699 www.goshenchurchofgod.org

Pastor Tim McGloneService Schedule

Sunday School 10:00amSunday Worship 10:45am

Sunday Evening Worship 6:00pmWednesday Youth Service 7:00pm

Saturday Service 7:00pmContemporary and Traditional live Worship Music and Multimedia

CHURCH OF GOD

GLEN ESTE CHURCHOF CHRIST

937 Old State Route 74 (Behind Meijer)513-753-8223 www.gecc.net

Sunday Worship: 8:30 & 10:30amBible Study: 9:30am & 6:00pm

Youth Groups: 6:00pm

CHURCH OF CHRIST

CALVARY ALLIANCECHURCH

Senior Pastor, Rev. Dave Robinette986 Nordyke Road - 45255

(Cherry Grove turn off Beechmontat Beechmont Toyota)

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

CHRISTIAN AND MISSIONARY

Saint Mary Church,Bethel3398 Ohio SR 125

Phone 734-4041

Rev. Michael Leshney, PastorSaturday Mass – 5:00 PM

Sunday Mass – 10:30 AMwww.stmaryparishfamily.org

ROMAN CATHOLIC

LINDALE BAPTIST CHURCH3052 ST. RT. 132 AMELIA, OH 45102

797-4189Sunday School..............................9:30amSunday Morning Worship............10:30amSunday Evening Worship...............6:30pmWednesday Prayer Service ...........7:00pm

www.lindalebaptist.com

Sunday School 10am; Morning Worship 11am;Sunday Evening Service 6pm;

Wednesday Eve. Prayer Service & Bible Study, 7:00pmReaching the Heart of Clermont County

BATAVIA BAPTIST TEMPLE770 South Riverside, Batavia OH 45103

Raymond D. Jones, Pastor732-2739

BAPTIST

CLOUGH PIKE BAPTIST CHURCH1025 CLOUGH PIKESunday School 9:30am

Morning Worship 10:45amAWANA Ministry

Wednesday 6:45 - 8:15pmBible Study 7:00 - 8:00pm

Youth grades 6-12 7:00 - 8:00pmNursery provided for all services

www.cloughpike.com 752-3521

SOUTHERN BAPTIST

RIVER OF LIFEAssembly of God

1793 U.S. 52, Moscow, Ohio 45153Pastor: Ralph Ollendick

Sun. Contemporary ServiceSS -9:45am,Worship 11:00am

Wed.- Informal Biblestudy 7-8pmCome ExperienceThe Presence of the Lord In Our Services

Services:Sunday Worship 10:30 AM - Children’s Church

Wednesday Worship 7:00 PM - Rangers and Girl’s MinistryFriday 24 hour prayer 6:00 PM

509 Roney LaneCincinnati Ohio 45244

T: 513.528.3200E: [email protected]

ASSEMBLIES OF GOD

681 Mt. Moriah Drive • 513.752.1333

mtmoriahumc.org

Active Youth • Outreach • Fellowship

Music Ministries • Bible Studies

Ark of Learning

Preschool and Child CareAges 3 through 12

GOSHEN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH6710 Goshen Rd, Goshen

(across from Goshen High School)513-722-2541

Sunday School - 9:30amWorship Service - 10:30am

GUM Youth - 5:30pm-7:30pmevery Sunday: 6-12th gradesJr. GUMY - 5:30pm-7:30pm

2nd Sunday @ month: 3-5th grades

Email: [email protected] us on Facebook

Epiphany United MethodistChurch Welcomes You!

Weekend Services:Saturday: 5pm

Sunday: 9am and 10:30am

Child care and Christian Educationfor all ages available

throughout the weekend.

Dr. Stephen Swisher, Senior Pastor

6635 Loveland-Miamiville Rd. 45140(513) 677-9866

www.Epiphanyumc.org

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

Sunday Worship: 9:00 & 10:15 AM withChildrens Ministry & Nursery

PASTOR MARIE SMITHwww.cloughchurch.org

Blended Worship 8:00 & 10:45 amContemporary Worship 9:30 amSunday School 9:30 & 10:45 am

Nursery Care for Age 3 & underFull Program for Children, Youth,

Music, Small Groups & moreHandicapped Accessible

Tim Reeves -Sr. PastorSteve Fultz - Assoc. Pastor;J. D. Young - Youth Director

Allyse Sonnega - Children’s Director

BETHEL UNITEDMETHODIST CHURCH

402 W. Plane St.Bethel, Ohio513-734-7201

www.bumcinfo.org

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

TRADITIONAL WORSHIPSunday 8:30 & 11 am

CONTEMPORARY WORSHIPSunday 9:30 & 11 am

UNITED METHODIST

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

199 Gay StreetWilliamsburg, Ohio 45176

Phone: 513-724-7985

Sunday School: 9:30A.M.Worship:10:30A.M.(Supervised Nursery)

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Sunday School .........9:15 - 10:00amWorship Service .....10:30 - 11:30amFellowship ........................... 11:30am

360 Robin Av (oN Oak St) Loveland OH

683-2525www.LPCUSA.org • [email protected]

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Trinity United Methodist“Encircling People with God’s Love”

Traditional Worship 8:15am & 11:00amContemporary Worship.........9:30amSunday School......................9:30am

Nursery Available5767 Pleasant Hill Rd (next to Milford Jr. High)

513-831-0262www.trinitymilford.org

OWENSVILLEUnited Methodist

ChurchSunday School 8:45am

Sunday Morning Worship 9:30"Room For The Whole Family"2580 US 50 - Batavia 45103

Stonelick Township - 1/2 milewest of CNE Schools

(513) 732-2208 myoumc.org

UNITED METHODIST

Anderson HillsUnited MethodistChurchTraditional worship is 8:30 a.m.and 11 a.m. in the sanctuary.Contemporary services are 9:30a.m. and 11 a.m. Family andstudent ministry programs areat 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m.

The church is at 7515 ForestRoad, Anderson Township;231-4172; andersonhillsumc.org.

Emmanuel UnitedMethodist ChurchAn afternoon of fun is plannedat the Batavia Township ParkApril 4. There will be an agespecific egg hunt, prizes, pic-tures with the Easter Bunny,games, prizes and lots of fun.Free hot dogs will be served

Owensville UnitedMethodist ChurchA Lent study of the book “24Hours That Changed theWorld” will run through March25.

The church is at 2580 US 50Stonelick Township.

About religionReligion news is published at nocharge on a space-availablebasis. Items must be in by 4 p.m.Wednesday for consideration inthe following edition. E-mailannouncements to [email protected].

Fax to 248-1938. Call 248-8600.

Locust CornerUnited MethodistSunday worship services are at10 a.m. and Bible study is at 9a.m. and also Thursday eve-nings at 7 p.m. The church is at917 Locust Corner Road, PierceTownship; 752-8459.

New CovenantLife ChurchWorship is 10:30 a.m. Sundays,followed by a noon meal and asecond service at 1 p.m.

The church is at 10059 PleasantRenner Road, Goshen; 937-218-4309;newcovenantlifechurch.info;[email protected].

along with popcorn, cottoncandy and drinks. Registrationstarts at 1 p.m. and the huntstarts approx. 1:45 p.m.

Sunday worship services are 9a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Child care isavailable during both services.Pastor Joe Royer can bereached at 732-1400.

The church is at the corner ofAmelia Olive Branch Road andOld State Route 32, Batavia;www.emmanuel-umc.com.

Glen Este Churchof ChristSunday worship is 8:30 a.m. and10:30 a.m. Bible study is 9:30a.m. Youth groups at 6 p.m.

The church is at 937 Old StateRoute 74, Eastgate; 753-8223.

RELIGION

Gary Derby II, 34, 6959 Edenton Pleasant Plain,Pleasant Plain, machinist, and Michelle Brannon,42, 6959 Edenton Pleasant Plain, Pleasant Plain.

Eric Sodders, 21, 3473 Starling Road, Bethel,electrician, and Morgan Adams, 20, 3011 Ohio 133,Bethel.

Brandon Pollock, 18, 1702 Swings Corner Pt.Isabel, Bethel, Marine, and Tanesha Baker, 18,10815 Eastside, Hamersville, dental assistant.

Aaron Stanley, 23, 3489 Boot Jack Road, Wil-liamsburg, retail, and Melanie Jenkins, 23, 3489Boot Jack Road, Williamsburg, cosmetologist.

Gene Gribbins, 34, 5226 Burdsall, Williamsburg,construction, and Melissa Reichner, 34, 5226 Burd-sall, Williamsburg, diamond wholesales.

Donald Woodruff, 66, 4523 Eastwood, Batavia,retired, and Judy Reinhardt, 68, 3021 Schaller Road,Bethel, retired.

Chad Francis, 25, Black Run Road, Lynx, Ohio,disabled, and Tiffany Richey, 24, 332 N. Main St.,Bethel, nurse aide.

Kyle Barr, 27, 1620 Ohio 133, Bethel, welder/fabricator, and Kelly Flack, 28, 1620 Ohio 133,Bethel.

MARRIAGE LICENSES

A list of local fish fries:» Wayne Fire & Res-

cue Auxiliary’s annualfish fry is 5:30 p.m. to 8:30p.m. Fridays from Feb.20-April 3 at Newtons-ville Fire House. Cost is$8 for adults and $4 forchidlren. Carryout avail-able. Call 513-625-6212

» Locust Corner Unit-ed Methodist Church isoffering fish fries eachFriday during Lent, fromFeb 20 through March 27,from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Com-plete fish dinner for $6.,includes fried fish, coleslaw, French fries, hushpuppies, bread, pickle,beverage and dessert.Macaroni and cheese andhot dogs are also avail-able. Eat in or carry out.Piano music by Annie Ta-keuchi Lanzone. Call 513-476-3174 for further in-formation.

The church is at 917Locust Corner Road, atthe intersection of LocustCorner and Wagner roads

in Pierce Township. 752-8459.

» Goshen UnitedMethodist Church, 6710Goshen Road, hosts fishfries 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.every Friday, Feb. 20-March 27.

Menu includes fish fry,chicken or shrimp din-ners and all the fixins.Suggested donations: $11all you can eat, $9 adultsand $6 for children 12 andunder. There will be à lacarte pricing available atthe door. Desserts anddrinks will be available aswell. All profits go to-wards the United Meth-

odist Men projects for thechurch.

» Hartzell UnitedMethodist Church AnnualFish Fry Fridays are Feb.20 through April 3

For more information,call 891-8527, Ext 1. Thechurch is at 8999 Apple-wood Drive, Blue Ash.

» The Men of St. PeterCatholic Church in NewRichmond sponsor a FishFry Friday, Feb. 20,through Good Friday,April 3, from 5 p.m. to 7:30p.m. Choice of deep friedcod, French fries or mac-aroni and cheese, and coleslaw; baked cod with tosssalad and baked potato.Also grilled cheese. Eat inor carry out. Homemadedessert and drink includ-ed with price of meal. Thechurch is at 1192 Bethel-New Richmond Road inNew Richmond.

Proceeds to benefitparish projects.

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Marine Corps SSgt.Mark Anthony Wojcie-chowski (“Tony Wojo”)gave his all for our coun-try while serving in Iraqsix years ago.

Have you the heart toshow your appreciationby attending a spaghettidinner fundraiser theGold Star mother of this2002 Glen Este HighSchool graduate is ar-ranging to mark her son’sbirthday and to raise mon-ey for a continuing col-lege scholarship programin his name?

The dinner will befrom 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.Saturday, March 7, atAmerican Legion Post 72,497-B Old state Route 74in Mt. Carmel.

That’s three days be-fore Wojciechowskiwould have turned 31years old.

“It’s an ‘all you can eat’spaghetti and meatballdinner with salad, garlicbread, birthday cake anddesserts,” said Wojcie-chowski’s mother, TeresaDillinger.

“There will be many

wonderful raffle items,including a 42-inch LGSmart Share TV withbuilt-in Wi-Fi.

“There is live acousticmusic and split the pot,”Dillinger said.

“This event allows thecommunity to come to-gether and celebrate thelife and memory of our lo-cal hero.”

Cost is $10 per personwith the exception of chil-dren who are 10 years oldand younger, who will becharged $5 each.

Wojciechowski enlist-

ed in the U.S. MarineCorps before high schoolgraduation and servedwith infantry and securityforces.

“As I knew he would,he became bored with thatand re-enlisted to the elitedivision of EOD — explo-sive ordinance disposal –the bomb squad,” Dillin-ger said.

“In fact, he re-enlistedthree times and wouldhave made a career in theMarine Corps.”

Instead, Wojciechow-ski was killed in action inthe Al Anbar Province inIraq on April 30, 2009, dur-ing his second tour of du-ty.

“I established a schol-arship at Cincinnati

Scholarship Foundationto keep Tony’s memoryand sacrifice alive,” Dill-inger said.

“To date, we awarded$16,000 in scholarshipmonies and plan to con-tinue our fundraising ef-

forts for years to come –and to award more eachand every year.”

Visit www.cincinnatischolarshipfounda-tion.org/tonywojo formore information.

Fundraiser for ‘Tony Wojo’scholarships is March 7

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The mother ofMarine CorpsSSgt. MarkAnthonyWojciechowski("Tony Wojo") ishosting afundraisingdinner March 7marking thebirthday of herson, who died inIraq in 2009, andto raise moneyfor collegescholarships inhis name.

U.S. Rep. Brad Wen-strup is inviting all highschool students in Ohio’s2nd Congressional Dis-trict to enter the 2015 Con-gressional Art Competi-tion. The winner will havehis/her artwork displayedin the U.S. Capitol for thenext year and will receivetwo plane tickets to Wash-ington, D.C., for anawards ceremony.

Students may submittheir original, two-dimen-

sional artwork to Wen-strup’s district offices inCincinnati or Peebles forjudging. A panel of threejudges will determinefirst, second, and thirdplace winners among thesubmissions, alongside a“viewer’s choice” deter-mined by online voting.The runners-up will havetheir artwork displayedprominently in one ofRep. Wenstrup’s offices.

To be considered in the

competition, studentsmust hand-deliver or mailtheir entries along withtyped student releaseforms to Wenstrup’s Cin-cinnati or Peebles districtoffices no later than 5 p.m.Friday, April 24.

For a complete list ofthe rules and guidelines,please visit Wenstrup’swebsite at wen-strup.house.gov/art orcall his office at 513-474-7777.

Wenstrup invites studentsto enter CongressionalArt Competition

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CLERMONT COUNTYSHERIFF’S OFFICE

Incidents/investigationsAggravated menacingAt 3500 block of Mefford Lane,Goshen, Jan. 22.

AssaultAt 1300 block of Clough Pike,Batavia, Jan. 21.

At 1400 block of EdgewoodDrive, Batavia, Jan. 19.

At 200 block of Mulberry St.,Felicity, Jan. 20.

At 3000 block of Hospital Drive,Batavia, Jan. 20.

Breaking and enteringAt 4900 block of Benton Road,Batavia, Jan. 19.

At 100 block of Golden Meadow,Batavia, Jan. 19.

At 2100 block of Union ChapelRoad, Batavia, Jan. 21.

At 3800 block of Cobb Road,Williamsburg, Jan. 22.

At 6300 block of Ohio 727,Goshen, Jan. 19.

BurglaryAt 2700 block of Ohio 132, NewRichmond, Jan. 21.

At 300 block of Myrtle Ave.,Bethel, Jan. 20.

At 500 block of Felicity Higgin-sport Road, Felicity, Jan. 19.

Criminaldamaging/endangeringAt 2100 block of Union ChapelRoad, Batavia, Jan. 21.

At 200 block of Bay MeadowDrive, Batavia, Jan. 19.


Criminal trespassAt 2600 block of East AmeliaFarms Road, Bethel, Jan. 19.


Cruelty to animalsAt 2700 block of Lindale MountHolly Road, Amelia, Jan. 20.

Domestic violenceAt 3800 block of Hwy. 50, Mara-thon, Jan. 20.

At 2100 block of Ohio 125,Amelia, Jan. 20.

At 500 block of S. Fifth St.,Williamsburg, Jan. 21.

Driving under OVIsuspensionAt 2700 block of Ohio 132, NewRichmond, Jan. 19.

Drug paraphernaliaAt 300 block of Seneca Drive,

Batavia, Jan. 23.At Ohio 125 at South BantamRoad, Bethel, Jan. 22.

At W. Main St. and Chapel Road,Amelia, Jan. 22.

ForgeryAt I275/MP60, Cincinnati, Jan.22.

At 4000 block of AlexanderLane, Batavia, Jan. 22.

Identity fraudAt I275/MP60, Cincinnati, Jan.22.

Inducing panicAt 3800 block of Hwy. 50, Mara-thon, Jan. 20.

Leave the sceneAt 2700 block of Ohio 132, NewRichmond, Jan. 19.

MenacingAt 1500 block of U.S. Route 52,New Richmond, Jan. 21.

At Heron Drive, Amelia, Jan. 22.At 5300 block of NewtonsvilleHutchinson Road, Batavia, Jan.20.

Misuse of credit cardAt 2300 block of Vista LakeDrive, Batavia, Jan. 22.


Obstructing justiceAt I275/MP60, Cincinnati, Jan.22.

Passing bad checksAt 2100 block of Bethel MapleRoad, Hamersville, Jan. 21.

At 2200 block of Bauer Road,Batavia, Jan. 15.

At 800 block of Market St.,Felicity, Dec. 4.

Possessing drug abuseinstrumentsAt 300 block of Seneca Drive,Batavia, Jan. 23.

Possession of drugs -marijuanaAt Carnes Road at Laurel LindaleRoad, New Richmond, Jan. 19.

At Ohio 125 at South BantamRoad, Bethel, Jan. 22.

At W. Main St. and Chapel Road,Amelia, Jan. 22.

Possession of drugsAt Carnes Road at Laurel LindaleRoad, New Richmond, Jan. 19.

Receiving stolen propertyAt I275/MP60, Cincinnati, Jan.22.

Resisting arrestAt 3000 block of Hospital Drive,Batavia, Jan. 20.

Sexual imposition


At 4000 block of Tollgate Road,Batavia, Jan. 20.

TheftAt 3400 block of Virginia Drive,Amelia, Jan. 13.

At 500 block of Stonelick WoodsCircle, Batavia, Jan. 12.

At 100 block of McMurchy Ave.,Bethel, Jan. 15.

At 2000 block of U.S. 50, Batavia,Jan. 13.

At 2100 block of W. GarrisonRoad, Amelia, Jan. 14.

At 2200 block of WinemillerLane, Batavia, Jan. 16.

At 4100 block of Half Acre Road,Batavia, Jan. 13.

At 2100 block of Ohio Pike,Amelia, Jan. 21.

At 2000 block of Ohio 131,Batavia, Jan. 21.


At 2600 block of Ohio 222, NewRichmond, Jan. 20.


At 4900 block of Benton Road,Batavia, Jan. 19.

At 1300 block of Clough Pike,Batavia, Jan. 22.



At 2700 block of Lindale MountHolly Road, Amelia, Jan. 19.

At 2900 block of Ohio 222,Bethel, Jan. 22.



At 500 block of Main St., Neville,Jan. 22.

At 5000 block of Ohio 276,Batavia, Jan. 20.

At 5300 block of NewtonsvilleHutchinson Road, Batavia, Jan.20.

Unauthorized use of motorvehicleAt 3300 block of Meadow GreenCourt, Amelia, Jan. 15.

At 500 block of Stonelick WoodsCircle, Batavia, Jan. 12.

Violate protection order orconsent agreementAt 4600 block of Ohio 132,Batavia, Jan. 13.

POLICE REPORTS

UC Clermont College’s studentgroup PACE will host the co-foundersof Tom + Chee gourmet grilled cheeseshops for a presentation open to thecommunity from noon to 1 p.m.Wednesday, March 25, in the StudentActivities Center on campus.

Trew Quackenbush and Corey Wardsuccessfully pitched their Cincinnatiarea gourmet-grilled cheese shops onShark Tank in 2013. Quackenbush is aself-taught cook who “cooked around”all over the United States before set-tling in Cincinnati. Ward is the son ofice cream shop owners who grew upbehind the grill and wanted a businessof his own. The two “cheftrepreneurs”decided to create a casual dining con-cept around the old lunch standard oftomato soup and grilled cheese.

They will be coming to UC Clermontto talk about what's going on at Tom +Chee (T+C).

“Our PACE (Professional AcademicCharacter Experiences) Business Stu-dent Organization’s main focus is toprovide students experiential learningexperiences for our UC Clermont stu-dents,” said Jay Page, assistant profes-sor of business management and mar-keting at UC Clermont.

“We strive to bring textbooks to lifein a variety of ways including bringingguest speakers to campus. Having theco-founders of Tom + Chee, Trew and

Corey, who have appeared numeroustimes on Shark Tank, on our campussharing their stories is amazing. To beable to hear all about their journeyfrom a tent and a burner on FountainSquare in 2009, to the successes of to-day and the future will be an unforget-table experience for our students.”

This event is free and open to thecommunity. The campus is at 4200 Cler-mont College Drive in Batavia.

Tom + Chee co-founderswill share stories at UC Clermont event

PROVIDED

Tom + Chee co-founders Trew Quackenbush,left, and Corey Ward.

The Clermont Chamber ofCommerce Foundation hasannounced the 2015 Salute ToLeaders honorees.

For the past 21 years, Salute toLeaders has honored out-standing individuals and groupswho have made a difference inthe communities of ClermontCounty. This year's recipientsare:

Jeff Lykins: Wm. H. Over Leader-ship Award.

Park National Bank: CorporateCitizen Award.

Chris Smith: Over ‘n Over Award.Clermont Rotary Clubs: CivicAward.

Marie Pelfrey: CommunityProject Award.

Dr. Robert Farrell: EducationAward.

Sue Steele: Education Award.Cincinnati Nature Center LandStewardship Team: Environ-mental Award.

Fr. Jerry Hyland & Parish Coun-cils: Faith-Based Award.

Inter Parish Ministry: Faith-BasedAward.

Dr. Lee Ann Watson: Health CareAward.

John E. Cooper, Sr.: Humanitar-ian Award.

Teen Challenge: Human ServicesAward.

Danny Bare: Military Award.Jim Meyer: Parks & RecreationAward.

Felicity Franklin FFA: RuralInterests Award.

Clermont County Sheriff’s NAR-CAN Project: Safety & JusticeAward.

Sydney Snider: Youth LeadershipAward.

Dorothy Taylor: Batavia Town-ship.

Ronald Louderback: FranklinTownship.

Steve Pegram: Goshen Town-ship.

Larry D. Faulkner: JacksonTownship.

Wayne & Sandy Loudermilk:Miami Township.

Carolyn Vining: Monroe Town-ship.

New Richmond Liars Club: OhioTownship.

Stillmeadow Country Club:Pierce Township.

Stonelick Township Board ofZoning Appeals: StonelickTownship.

Frank Wilson: Tate Township.Steve Tam: Union Township.Lloyd Theademan: WashingtonTownship.

Sue Allen: Wayne Township.Marlyon Abrams: WilliamsburgTownship.

CeeCee Collins: City of Loveland.Mike & Gary Green: City ofMilford.

The 2015 Salute to LeadersAwards Dinner is 5 p.m. to 8p.m. Tuesday, March 10, at TheOasis in Loveland. Tickets are$30 each. Reserve online at"clermontchamber.com" (clickon Events and go to Marchcalendar), or call 576-5000.

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