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As the revenue stream formany communities in GreaterCincinnati continue to shrink,ways to cut costs remain underthe microscope. Services suchas community access televisionare being scrutinized like neverbefore with some communitieseliminating or reducing the ser-vice.

One of the oldest and largestproviders of community accesstelevision in the Cincinnati areais the Intercommunity CableRegulatory Commission(ICRC). With these looming fi-nancial challenges and signifi-cant changes in the way peoplecommunicate via social media,we asked ICRC Executive Di-rector Brad Stapleton a fewquestions about the history andfuture of community accesstelevision, specifically ICRC.He provided these responsesvia email.

Background on ICRC – whenand how did you begin?

“The ICRC was started in theearly 1980s by a forward think-ing Sharonville council mem-ber named Aaron Mackey. Thiswas when cable television wasfirst coming to the area and theidea was that by negotiating as alarge group, rather than smallindividual suburban communi-ties, they could attract a larger,more state-of-the-art cable sys-tem. The result of that was thestate-of-the-art, 60-channel,two wire, interactive Qube ca-ble system from Warner Amex.After the system was built,some of the communities decid-ed to pool their resources tofund and program the commu-nity access channels. The ICRCfirst began producing pro-grams in 1986.

“The ICRC is a prime exam-ple of shared resources. Not ev-ery one of the communities weserve needs a television studio,production truck or playbacksystem but now they all have ac-cess to the services that thosethings provide.”

How are you funded?“Each cable subscriber that

lives in an ICRC communitypays a 5 percent franchise fee.That is 5 percent of their cabletelevision service only, that per-centage does not include Inter-net service or telephone. On aquarterly basis that 5 percent isthen given back to the commu-nity and the ICRC - 2 percent ofthat 5 percent. (2 percent of thecable television bill or 40 per-cent of what the community re-ceives).”

How many communities doyou serve today? Did youserve more communities to-day or fewer?

“Today we are at 23 commu-nities. Which is where we wereback in the late 1980s. We havegained some and lost somesince then. We have lost fourcommunities in the past fouryears. All related to budget cutsdue to funding changes at thestate level, reduction of the lo-cal government fund, and elim-ination of the estate tax. Eachone of those communitiesstressed that they were happywith the service, but simplycould not afford it.”

What services do you pro-vide to the communities youserve?

“City council meetings - re-corded and played back on thecable system three differenttimes a week. Meetings aremade available online with in-

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Brad Stapleton, executive director of ICRC, in the group’s studios in Sharonville.

Director: ICRC remains‘relevant’ in changing world

By Sheila [email protected]

See ICRC, Page A2

The plans for new firehousesin Madeira and Indian Hill aremoving forward after gettingthe final approval from Madei-ra City Council.

“We have got a long way to goto get these stations built andeveryone has put a lot of effortin,” Mayor Mike Steur said.

Madeira city council ap-proved the agreement with avote of 7-0 on Jan. 12. Indian HillCouncil and the Madeira IndianHill Joint Fire District Board ofTrustees already approved theagreement, Madeira City Man-ager Tom Moeller said.

The Madeira and Indian Hillfirehouses are being rebuiltthanks to a $7.5 million donationfrom Harold and Margret

Thomas of Indian Hill.“The project hasn’t been de-

signed yet and until it is we donot know an exact cost,” Moell-er said, adding the main reasonfor the revisions to the agree-ment was to ensure the projecthad a guaranteed maximumprice of $7.5 million.

It is estimated it will cost $3.5million to build the Madeirafirehouse and $4 million to buildthe Indian Hill firehouse, ac-cording to the agreement. TheMadeira house will be built firstand construction will begin onthe Indian Hill house after theMadeira one is completed.

The current Madeira fire-house, 7205 Miami Ave., wasbuilt in 1890 and converted froma house to a firehouse in 1962.The Indian Hill house, 6475Drake Road, was built in 1940.

Both houses will be rebuilt inthe same locations.

Moeller said both depart-ments will use the Indian Hillhouse while the Madeira one isunder construction and the newMadeira one while the IndianHill one is under construction.

At previous meetings, mem-bers of the Madeira councilraised concerns about the mon-ey being split evenly, despitethe Madeira house being builtfirst. The agreement also out-lined how the donation will beseparated between the two mu-nicipalities for the constructionof the houses. For the next fiveyears, $1.5 million will be donat-ed each year. In 2015, $1.5 mil-lion will go to Madeira. In 2016,$1million will go to Madeira and

Madeira approves agreement for new firehouses By Marika [email protected]

MARIKA LEE/ THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Madeira City Council approved the final agreement for the Madeira andIndian Hill firehouses to be rebuilt thanks to a $7.5 million donation froman Indian Hill couple. See FIREHOUSES, Page A2

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$500,000 will go to IndianHill. The funds will besplit evenly in 2017 with$750,000 going to each. In2018, $250,000 will go toMadeira and $1.25 millionwill go to Indian Hill. In2019, all $1.5 million willgo to Indian Hill.

Moeller said the joint

fire district will be hiringthe project and construc-tion managers. He said allthree parties will be meet-ing with an architect laterthis month. Constructionis slated to start on theMadeira house in Juneand be completed in Juneof 2016.

Want to know more aboutwhat is happening in Madei-ra? Follow Marika Lee onTwitter: @ReporterMarika

FirehousesContinued from Page A1

How local communi-ties use ICRC, or otherpublic access:

» Blue Ash does nothave community televi-sion, but does have a You-Tube channel.

» Colerain Township:Waycross shows meet-ings and special events;equipment is hard-wiredinto trustee chambers.Township pays an annualfee of $65,000 for servicethrough Oct. 31, 2016.Meetings are broadcaston Time-Warner and areavailable at waycross.tvfor streaming.

» Indian Hill: IndianHill High School studentsfilm athletic and associat-ed with the school. ICRChelped set up a studio atthe high school in 1994 andhas provided equipmentand technical support.

» Madeira City Man-ager Tom Moeller said thecity has never had publicaccess channels. He add-ed the city has not dis-

cussed it in his 24 yearswith the city. “We have notbeen approached by anyresidents about the ‘need’to have public access,” hesaid.

» Mariemont: VillageCouncil meetings arefilmed by the ICRC.

» Montgomery doesnot have community tele-vision.

» Sycamore Townshipwas once an ICRC com-munity. Reductions in thetownship’s revenue sever-al years ago resulted inSycamore pursuing a low-er cost option with Local12. After a couple of years,

that service was sold andsubsequently eliminated.Since then, the townshiphas not pursued reinstat-ing community accesstelevision.

» Symmes Townshipcontracts with ICRC.From fourth quarter 2013through third quarter of2014, the township paid$88,759.64 for ICRC.

Symmes collects 5 per-cent franchise fee fromsubscribers, or a total of$209,399.09 through thesame period as men-tioned above). 2 percentis remitted to ICRC. Thebalance is returned to thegeneral fund.

» Terrace Park: Vil-lage Council meetingsare filmed by ICRC.

Level of programming varies by communityWHO’SWATCHING?

These communitieshave contracts with ICRC:

Amberley VillageArlington Heights Columbia Township Crosby Township Elmwood Place Evendale Fairfax Glendale Harrison Harrison Township Indian Hill Lincoln Heights

Mariemont Mason City Mason Schools Milford Milford - Schools Mount Healthy Mount Healthy Schools North College Hill Princeton Schools Reading Sharonville Springdale St. Bernard Symmes Township Terrace Park Woodlawn

YOUR TURNDo you watch public accessprogramming? How often?On what platform? Howvaluable is the service?Email your comments [email protected].

dexed agenda links allow-ing viewers to click and godirectly to any one of theagenda items.

“Community events –Local sporting events,high school matches,baseball, football, basket-ball, soccer volleyball, la-crosse, men’s and wom-en’s. Peewee Footballtournaments, semi-profootball and soccer, Cin-cinnati Rollergirls. Festi-vals, concerts, parades.Candidate forums, etc…

“We also playback agreat deal of program-ming that is produced bythe schools.

“Studio - We produce abi-weekly public affairsshow where local leadersand elected officials comeinto our studio and dis-cuss issues and eventsthat are important to theirconstituents. Some of thelocal chambers of com-merce produce monthlyprograms where they in-troduce new members ofthe local business commu-nity and the products andservices they provide.”

How does communityaccess television fit in

today’s communicationrich society with You-Tube, Facebook, Twitter.. .?

“Community accesstelevision must adapt andstay relevant to its com-munity. When we startedthere were five accesschannels on a 60-channelcable box. People werethrilled to see their citycouncil meeting on televi-sion a week or so after itoccurred. Now if theycan’t see that same meet-ing on their phone thenext day they want toknow why. And they canbecause that is part of theservice the ICRC pro-vides.

“In the fall when ourtwo trucks go out to coverhigh school football bothof those games are playedback that same night atmidnight. We are doingmore and more with ‘livetelevision’ over the Inter-net. For the sports wherepermissible, which ispretty much everythingbut football and tourna-ments, we make themavailable live over the In-ternet so anyone any-where with an Internetconnection can see themas they happen. Samething with concerts andparades and other com-

munity events, we post alink on our Facebook pageand people can watch liveon their computer.

“This year we are fo-cusing on our studio ser-vices. In the past, a localmayor or township trus-tee could come into ourstudio on a Monday nightand spend a half hourspeaking with the host ofour public affairs showand then a week later thefolks at home could tunein and hear what they hadto say. What we are work-ing toward now is for thatsame person to come intoour studio on a Mondayevening, choose how theywant to present their in-formation from a varietyof formats and when theywalk out the door theyhave a thumb drive intheir hand that will allowthem to upload that videoto their Facebook page orTwitter account and sendit out immediately to allwho subscribe.”

Are you digital? Whatabout high definition?

“Yes we are digital.However we are not HD(high definition).

“It is not required (tobe high definition), but isdesired and at some pointin the near future we willmake that transition. It is

not up to us, it will requirean agreement with the ca-ble company. On our endwe have already begunthe transition by startingto upgrade our productionand playback equipmentso that in terms of workflow, everything is HDcompliant.”

What impact will thishave on service?

“The only impact it willhave on service will besignificant increase inpicture quality.”

What is the future ofICRC?

“The future of theICRC looks strong. Wehave a history of being onthe leading edge of tech-nology. We were the firstlocal organization to putvideo on the Internet,starting in 1999 when weposted over 200 local can-didates for office on theweb, long before any ofthe broadcasters were do-ing it. We were the first or-ganization in the countryto provide indexed coun-cil meetings on the web.Because we have the sup-port of more than just onecommunity, we can pro-vide a higher level of ser-vice and because of thathigher level of service Ibelieve we will continueto thrive.”

ICRCContinued from Page A1

Parents wanting totalk with their kids be-yond a text messagemay enjoy an upcomingprogram.

“Connecting Acrossthe Generations” will befrom 7. to 8 p.m. Tues-day, Jan. 27, in the IndianHill High School cafete-ria, 6865 Drake Road.

The program will fo-cus on some of the chal-lenges parents and theirchildren may face incommunicating with oneanother. It will include alook at how technologyhas had an impact oncommunication.

The featured speakerwill be Diane Thielfoldt,co-founder of the Learn-

ing Cafe, which was de-veloped to provide com-panies with strategies toeffectively communi-cate with their employ-ees.

“(This) is about help-ing parents understandhow to relate to theirchildren,” Brad Kirk, asocial studies teacher atIndian Hill High School,said about the Jan. 27program.

“One of the things wehave in common withparents as teachers isthat we come from a dif-ferent generation thanthe students,” said Kirk,adding that the topicseemed like one thecommunity would havean interest in.

Admission to the pro-gram is free.

Program offerstips on bridginggeneration gapBy Forrest [email protected] CONNECTING

ACROSS THEGENERATIONS

7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday,Jan. 27

Indian Hill GighSchool, 6865 DrakeRoad

The Indian Hill PTO iskeeping the needy warmthis winter. A districtwideinitiative to collect coats,blankets and other itemswill start Jan. 16 and con-tinue through themonth.

The “Braves Share theWarmth” donation drivewas suggested by PTOmember Jill Kaczmarow-ski as a way to give back.

This is a way to keepgiving throughout theyear as opposed to justduring the holidays, Kacz-marowski said.

Students are encour-aged to participate by do-nating items and decorat-ing collection boxes in thelobby of each school.

Donations of coats,blankets, gloves, bootsand scarves can be depos-ited in the collection box-es. Items for children andadults will be accepted.

The donations will begiven to Inter Parish Min-istry, an organization thatsupports to those in need.

Items can be droppedoff at the high school, mid-dle school, elementaryschool or primary schoolduring regular hours.

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The home decoratingcontest brought anotheryear of friendly competi-tion, holiday spirit and tra-dition to Madeira.

Because it has becamea long-standing tradition,Madeira Woman‘s Clubmembers Ruth Anne Kin-ney and Carol O’Donnelboth could not recall whenthe home decorating con-test started. O’Donnel saidbecame involved with thecontest in 1995. The con-test is sponsored andjudged by woman’s clubmembers and awards arehanded out by the city ofMadeira.

O’Donnel said, in anemail, when the conteststarted residents wouldhave to call the city to reg-ister for their outdoor holi-day displays to be judged,but after several years shesuggested opening it to ev-eryone to increase partici-pation.

“The only requirementto be judged is to turn onyou lights the first week ofDecember,” O’Donnel

said. The club judged thelights during the firstweek from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Kinney said the club di-vides the city into sectionsand a group of three mem-bers will go out and picktheir four favorites. Thechair of the Community In-volvement Committeethen counts the votes andgives them to the city.

The club picks winnersin three categories: beautyand elegance, holiday fan-tasy and true holiday spir-it.

Kinney said the club re-quirement that residentsmust wait five years be-tween winning, so resi-dents don’t win every year.

In addition to being atradition for the city, Kin-ney said the contest has be-came a tradition for theclub as a chance for mem-bers to see each other dur-ing the holiday season.

The winner of the con-test is announced and rec-ognized at a Madeira CityCouncil meeting in Janu-ary.

Home decorating abouttradition for Madeira By Marika [email protected]

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Each year the Madeira Woman's Club judges the city's HolidayHome Decorating Contest. The contest has become a traditionfor the city and the club.

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INDIAN HILLJOURNALEditor: Richard Maloney, [email protected], 248-7134

More than two dozen Indian HillElementary School students putdown their iPads and Kindles Jan.7 and took up chalkboards, McGuf-fey’s Eclectic Primers, quills and

inkwells at The Little Red Schoolhouse at 8100Given Road in the village, where they got a tasteof a late-1800s, one-room classroom.

The experience was thanks to the Indian HillHistorical Society, which sponsors a number ofthe presentations every January for fourth-

graders.The star of the program is Lindsay McLean,

the historical society’s historian, archivist anddirector of educational outreach.

McLean – a former member of the IndianHill Village Council and a former teacher –donned a floor-length teacher’s frock and taughther young audience a lesson or two about old-time education and student comportment.

Photos by Jeanne Houck/The Community Press

JEANNE HOUCK/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

McGuffey's Eclectic Primers find themselves in the hands of children again.


Lindsay McLean, the Indian Hill Historical Society's historian, archivist and director of educational outreach,answers questions from her charges.

One room,many lessonsJEANNE HOUCK/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Don Huwel masters the art of quill and inkwell.


Min Jae Kim (in red sweater) celebrates an awesome marble roll to MichaelCech.


Eschewing both computer and chalkboard, C.J. Coco-Loch works out a mathproblem in his head.


Lindsay McLean, the Indian Hill Historical Society's historian, archivist anddirector of educational outreach, puts Lily Shepherd (in the pink sweater)and Bella Cioffi through the paces at The Little Red Schoolhouse.


Quills on their way to the inkwell.


Bella Cioffi perfects her quillpenmanship.

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THURSDAY, JAN. 22Art ExhibitsMy Father’s World, 9 a.m. to 6p.m., River Hills ChristianChurch, 6300 Price Road, MiamiTownship area photographicartist Jackson Sawyer displaysselections of his photography.677-7600. Loveland.

Cooking ClassesThe Palace at the Cincinnati-an Hotel with Joe West,6:30-9 p.m., Cooks’ Wares, 11344Montgomery Road, $50. Reser-vations required. 489-6400.Symmes Township.

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

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

On Stage - ComedyTony Woods, 8 p.m., Go Ba-nanas Comedy Club, 8410Market Place Lane, $8-$14.Reservations required. 984-9288; www.gobananascomedy-.com. Montgomery.

On Stage - TheaterThe Glass Menagerie, 7:30p.m., Walton Creek Theater,4101 Walton Creek Road, InTennessee Williams’ shatteringclassic, an aging Southern Bellelongs for her youth and dreamsof a better life for her children.Her restless son Tom -- a would-be poet and the story’s narrator-- gets swept up in his mother’sfunny and heartbreakingschemes to find his painfully shysister, Laura, a husband. TheGlass Menagerie is consideredto be one of the most beautifuldramas in American theatre.$20. Presented by MariemontPlayers Inc.. Through Jan. 25.684-1236; www.mariemontplay-ers.com. Columbia Township.

FRIDAY, JAN. 23Art ExhibitsMy Father’s World, 9 a.m. to 6p.m., River Hills ChristianChurch, 677-7600. Loveland.

Drink TastingsTony’s Wine Festival, 6:30-9:30p.m., Tony’s Steaks and Seafood,12110 Montgomery Road, Winesby Cutting Edge Selectionspaired with Executive ChefMike Nelsen’s small plates. Ages21 and up. $75. Reservationsrequired. 677-1993; www.tony-sofcincinnati.com. SymmesTownship.

On Stage - ComedyTony Woods, 8 p.m., 10:30 p.m.,Go Bananas Comedy Club,$8-$14. Reservations required.984-9288; www.gobananasco-medy.com. Montgomery.

On Stage - TheaterThe Glass Menagerie, 8 p.m.,Walton Creek Theater, $20.684-1236; www.mariemontplay-ers.com. Columbia Township.

Woods’ Point: InteractiveDinner Show, 7-10:30 p.m.,Schoolhouse Restaurant, 8031Glendale-Milford Road, Up-stairs. Escape to the wilds ofColorado as a guest of ThePeaceful Valley Ski Lodge. Threebest friends whose familiesdumped them at the HappyHollow Nursing Home will bejoining you. Even though theirfamilies think they are too oldto have fun, they are just get-ting started in life. For ages 7and up. $35. Reservationsrequired. Presented by P.L.O.T.T.Performers. Through Jan. 24.201-7568; www.plottperformer-s.com. Camp Dennison.

SATURDAY, JAN. 24Art ExhibitsMy Father’s World, 9 a.m. to 6p.m., River Hills ChristianChurch, 677-7600. Loveland.

BenefitsLoveland Athletic BoostersTiger Ball, 6 p.m. to midnight,Oasis Golf Club and ConferenceCenter, 902 Loveland-MiamivilleRoad, To raise money for stu-dent athletes grades 7-12.Dinner, music, dancing, raffles

and live and silent auction. Ages18 and up. $100 couple, $50single. Reservations required.Presented by Loveland AthleticBoosters. 505-3217; www.love-landathleticboosters.com.Loveland.

Cooking ClassesKid’s Chopped Competition,noon to 2:30 p.m., Cooks’Wares, 11344 MontgomeryRoad, $15. Reservations re-quired. 489-6400. SymmesTownship.

EducationSelf Defense Class, 2-3:30 p.m.,Yoga Fit Boutique, 10776 Mont-gomery Road, Students learn toscale their defense in line withthe situation at hand and gainconfidence in their ability toprotect themselves. Ages 18 andup. Free. Presented by MasterJerome Cook. 237-5330;www.want2gofit.com. Syca-more Township.

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

Health / WellnessSimple Health-Smart CookingClass, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.Weekly through Feb. 28., Cin-cinnati Nutrition CounselingCenter, 7400 MontgomeryRoad, Informal and interactiveclass series to discover howhealthy and tasty meals can beprepared quickly and simply.$139. Registration required.Presented by Communiversity atUC. 556-6932; www.uc.edu/ce/commu. Silverton.

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

On Stage - ComedyTony Woods, 8 p.m., 10:30 p.m.,Go Bananas Comedy Club,$8-$14. Reservations required.984-9288; www.gobananasco-medy.com. Montgomery.

On Stage - TheaterThe Glass Menagerie, 3 p.m., 8p.m., Walton Creek Theater,$20. 684-1236; www.marie-montplayers.com. ColumbiaTownship.

Woods’ Point: InteractiveDinner Show, 7-10:30 p.m.,Schoolhouse Restaurant, $35.Reservations required. 201-7568; www.plottperformer-s.com. Camp Dennison.

SUNDAY, JAN. 25Art ExhibitsMy Father’s World, 9 a.m. to 1p.m., River Hills ChristianChurch, 677-7600. Loveland.

On Stage - ComedyTony Woods, 8 p.m., Go Ba-nanas Comedy Club, $8-$14.Reservations required. 984-9288; www.gobananascomedy-.com. Montgomery.

On Stage - TheaterThe Glass Menagerie, 2 p.m.,Walton Creek Theater, $20.684-1236; www.mariemontplay-ers.com. Columbia Township.

SchoolsOpen House, 2-4 p.m., Chil-dren’s Meeting House Mon-tessori School, 927 O’Bannon-ville Road, Prospective parentstour eight-acre campus and visitclassrooms. Teachers availableto answer questions, discusshands-on classroom materialsand talk about Montessorimethod. Free. 683-4757;www.cmhschool.com. Loveland.

MONDAY, JAN. 26EducationSocial and Business DiningEtiquette, 6:45-8:45 p.m.,deSha’s American Tavern, 11320Montgomery Road, Learn tonavigate the table, the silentservice code and the five mostcommon dining mistakes. $39,plus $32 for dinner. Registrationrequired. Presented by Commu-niversity at UC. 556-6932. Mont-gomery.

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.

Monday Night Crafts, 6-7 p.m.,Loveland Branch Library, 649Loveland-Madeira Road, Yarn-wrapped vase. Ages 18 and up.Free. 369-4476. Loveland.

TUESDAY, JAN. 27Art ExhibitsMy Father’s World, 9 a.m. to 6p.m., River Hills ChristianChurch, 677-7600. Loveland.

Cooking Classes

Nuvo at Greenup with MarkBodenstein, 6:30-9 p.m.,Cooks’ Wares, 11344 Montgo-mery Road, $50. Reservationsrequired. 489-6400. SymmesTownship.

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

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 28Art & Craft ClassesCostumed Portrait Paintingand Drawing Class, 12:30p.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,Students have opportunity towork from costumed model ateach class. Class focuses onstudy of values, color temper-ature, composition, paintingand drawing techniques. $210per session, plus $30 modelingfee per session. Registrationrequired. 259-9302; www.deb-orahridgley.com. Mariemont.

Art ExhibitsMy Father’s World, 9 a.m. to 6p.m., River Hills ChristianChurch, 677-7600. Loveland.

Health / WellnessUC Health Mobile DiagnosticsMammography Screenings, 8a.m. to noon, Braxton F. CannMemorial Medical Center, 5818Madison Road, Fifteen-minutescreenings. Cost varies by insur-ance. Financial assistance avail-able to those who qualify.Registration required. Present-ed by UC Health Mobile Diag-nostics. Through Dec. 16. 585-8266. Madisonville.

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. Loveland.

THURSDAY, JAN. 29Art ExhibitsMy Father’s World, 9 a.m. to 6p.m., River Hills ChristianChurch, 677-7600. Loveland.


FRIDAY, JAN. 30Art ExhibitsMy Father’s World, 9 a.m. to 6p.m., River Hills Christian

Church, 677-7600. Loveland.

RecreationTGIF at Kids First, 6-10 p.m.,Kids First Sports Center, 7900 E.Kemper Road, Pizza, indoorswimming and night-timesnack. $30, $20 each additionalchild. Reservations required.Through Feb. 27. 489-7575.Sycamore Township.

SATURDAY, JAN. 31Art ExhibitsMy Father’s World, 9 a.m. to 6p.m., River Hills ChristianChurch, 677-7600. Loveland.

Cooking ClassesKids’ Favorite Dishes - AllThings Cheese with HollyBader, noon to 1 p.m., Cooks’Wares, 11344 MontgomeryRoad, $10. Reservations re-quired. 489-6400. SymmesTownship.

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

Literary - LibrariesBrush Bot Challenge, 2 p.m.,Loveland Branch Library, 649Loveland-Madeira Road, Teensmake robot using basic elec-tronics. Ages 12-17. Free. 369-4476; www.cincinnatilibra-ry.org. Loveland.

Music - WorldScottish Rabbie Burns DinnerCelebration, 6-11 p.m., Recep-tions Banquet and ConferenceCenter Loveland, 10681 Love-land Madeira Road, Celebratelife and works of Scottish poet,Robert Burns. Bagpipes anddrums, highland dancing,Scottish country dancing andmore. $26, $13 children. Reser-vations required. Presented byCaledonian Society of Cincin-nati. 444-4920; www.caledo-niansociety.org. Loveland.

On Stage - Children’sTheater

Madcap Puppets: Once UponA Clock, 11 a.m., 1 p.m., UCBlue Ash College Muntz Thea-ter, 9555 Plainfield Road, MuntzTheater. World of enchantingstories with Alvis and Sydney,two kids attempting to unlockthe secrets of their uncle’smysterious clock shop. $7.Presented by ARTrageousSaturdays. 745-5705; uc-blueash.edu/artrageous. BlueAsh.

SUNDAY, FEB. 1Art ExhibitsMy Father’s World, 9 a.m. to 1p.m., River Hills ChristianChurch, 677-7600. Loveland.

MONDAY, FEB. 2Cooking Classes

Brunch from Vitor’s Bistrowith Vitor Abreu, 6:30-9 p.m.,Cooks’ Wares, 11344 Montgo-mery Road, $40. Reservationsrequired. 489-6400. SymmesTownship.

Music - ClassicalLinton Music Inspired byFriendship and Nature, 7:30p.m., Congregation Beth Adam,10001 Loveland-Madeira Road,Simon Crawford-Phillips, piano.William Preucil, violin. BennyKim, violin. Philip Dukes, viola.Eric Kim, cello. $30. Presentedby Linton Music. 381-6868;lintonmusic.org. Loveland.

TUESDAY, FEB. 3Art & Craft ClassesOil Painting with Jan Boone,noon to 3 p.m., Woman’s ArtClub Cultural Center, 6980Cambridge Ave., The Barn. Forbeginning and intermediatepainters. Instruction covers basicpainting techniques, gooddrawing and creative use ofcolor. Ages 18 and up. $120.Registration required. 791-7044;www.artatthebarn.org. Marie-mont.


Dining EventsOpen Your Heart for SteppingStones, 6-10 p.m., Eddie Mer-lot’s, 10808 Montgomery Road,Hors d’oeuvres, cocktails andseated dinner. Wine and beerincluded, cash bar, valet provid-ed. Cocktail attire. Surf and turf,with vegetarian entree avail-able. Benefits Stepping Stones.$175. Reservations required.Presented by Stepping Stones.559-2443; www.cincyopenyour-heart.org. Sycamore Township.


WEDNESDAY, FEB. 4Art & Craft ClassesCostumed Portrait Paintingand Drawing Class, 12:30p.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, $210 per session, plus$30 modeling fee per session.Registration required. 259-9302;www.deborahridgley.com.Mariemont.


Cooking ClassesCheesecakes and CinnamonRolls with Karen Harmon,6:30-9 p.m., Cooks’ Wares, 11344Montgomery Road, $45. Reser-vations required. 489-6400.Symmes Township.

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Loveland Branch Library is offering preschool storytime from 10-11 a.m. and toddler storytime from 11 a.m. to noon Monday, Jan. 26, at the lobrary, 649Loveland-Madeira Road. Kids can enjoy books, songs, activities, crafts and more, while building literacy skills. Preschool time is for ages 3-6, and toddler time isages 18-36 months. Call 369-4476, or visit www.cincinnatilibrary.org.

JANUARY 22, 2015 • INDIAN HILL JOURNAL • A7NEWS

A couple of years ago I waswalking through our patch ofwoods when I came across alarge bucket nestled in thehillside. It was filled with silt soI decided to empty it.

No kidding, that bucket wasway heavier than it should have

been. The rea-son? A snappingturtle tumbledout from thebottom. It wasearly spring so itwas still hiber-nating. My firstthought wasturtle soup. Ipushed it backinto the bucketand had it hauledup the hill. Long

story short, no soup was madefrom that irritable creature. Welet it go and it headed down thehill toward the river.

That brings me to the singlesubject of today’s column: mockturtle soup. This will satisfy themany requests. Like goetta,mock turtle soup is a cherishedheirloom recipe here. The for-mer Cricket restaurant serveda version, and St. Rita’s schoolserves it at their festival everyyear. Ron’s Roost on the westside has it on their menu, also.

The original real turtle soupwas made from green sea tur-tles. They’re an endangeredspecies and most live in theAtlantic, Pacific and Indianoceans. Mock turtle soup orig-inated in England in the mid1800s. It later became popularin Germany. I don’t have roomfor all the recipes so check outmy website Abouteating.comfor more good ones.

Some original mock turtlesoups were made from calf’sbrains. OK, so I’m glad thatground beef is the meat ofchoice now. If you don’t want tomake it, Worthmore’s canned

mock turtle soup is a good bet. Ispoke with Phil Haock, whosegranddad started the businessin the ’20s. Phil said they sellhundreds of cases a week fromtheir Cincinnati facility. Somegoes to former Tristaters whocan’t go without their Worth-more. If you want to make yourown, here are two reader favor-ites.

Granddad Robert J.Niehoff's Mock TurtleSoup

Originally published in theEnquirer years ago. The notesindicate the soup “is one of thebest”.

20 gingersnaps, preferablyNabisco

2 cups water2 pounds ground beef1 medium onion, diced14 oz. bottle ketchup1/2 cup Lea & Perrin's

Worcestershire sauce2 tablespoons cider vinegar2 teaspoons salt1/8 teaspoon pepper

1 lemon, seeded, sliced thin4 cups water, more or less3 hard cooked eggs, crum-

bledSherrySoak gingersnaps in 2 cups

water and set aside. Brown beefin large heavy pot. Drain fat.Mash beef with potato masherwhile cooking for a fine texture.Stir in onions. Add ketchup,Worcestershire sauce, vinegar,salt, pepper and lemon. Add 4cups water, more or less. Sim-mer 1 hour. Add soaked ginger-snaps, raising heat and stirringconstantly 5 to 10 minutes. Stirin crumbled eggs. Serve hotwith dash of sherry. Makes 6servings.

John T's mock turtlesoup

A good recipe from a goodcook.

1-1/2 pounds ground beef3 quarts HOT water20 to 30 ginger snaps1 large onion1 medium carrot1 lemon1/4 cup Worcestershire

sauce14 oz. catsup1 teaspoon salt1/2 teaspoon pepper4 hard-boiled eggs (finely

chopped)2 tablespoons sherry (or

vinegar)Small bag of pickling spicePlace meat and ginger snaps

in hot water and allow to stand10 to 15 minutes. Grind or grateonion and carrot and add tomixture. Slice lemon paper thinand add to mixture. Add catsup,Worcestershire sauce, salt andpepper. Bring to a boil. Reduceheat. Suspend bag of picklingspice into mixture. Cook overlow heat for 2 to 3 hours. Stirfrequently. Remove picklingspice. Add finely chopped eggsabout 1/2 hour before finish.

Add wine (or vinegar). Whencool, place in refrigerator untilready for use. Will keep a weekor more. Can be frozen.

Whoops: Laszlo’s IronSkillet phone #:

I published the wrong num-ber. They’re now at 513-561-

6776.

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.

Satisfy that mock turtle soup craving

Rita HeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN

FILE PHOTO

Garry Shouse stirs mock turtle soup at St. Rita Fest in Evendale in 2010.

FILE PHOTO

A can of Worthmore Brand MockTurtle Soup.

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INDIAN HILLJOURNALEditor: Richard Maloney, [email protected], 248-7134

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Indian Hill Journal EditorRichard [email protected], 248-7134 Office hours: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-FridaySee page A2 for additional contact information.

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It’s happened again. Maskedgunmen storming a building inParis, and killing people whodared to do something theyconsidered “blasphemous.”

Last year people with thesame ideals stormed a school,killing children and teachers,in Peshawar. But what arethese “ideals”? And why docartoons and schoolchildrenthreaten them?

I cannot answer that ques-tion, because to do so woulddignify them with a definition.It is obvious that their beliefsare weak and poorly founded ifa cartoon, some school chil-dren and the threat of an edu-cation threatens them. Howev-er, I will answer the questionof who supports these ideals.They are zealots. They are

people whohave beeneducated sonarrowly thatthey believeonly one in-terpretation ofthe teachingsof one book.They are peo-ple who are soclosed in theirthinking and

their outlook that they believethat only they are right, andanyone who holds anotherbelief is wrong.

These people exist in allcountries, in all religions andin all ethnicities. However, it isthe violence, vehemence anduncompromising nature ofthese murderers that rightly

shocks us.We should be outraged as

well. We fought a world waragainst equally uncompromis-ing enemies of freedom, and,at the cost of millions of livesand much treasure, we, theAllies, won. We fought againstthe unwanted expansion offascism, against people whosaid that their race was superi-or, that their way was the onlyway and that their needs weremore important than ours. Wewon. Now, we have to do it allover again.

I make no apologiesIf people espouse the ideals

of repression, of intoleranceand hatred, and are willing tokill us – and by “us” I includeany person, of any faith, nationor ethnicity, who espouses

values such as freedom ofthought and speech, education,the equality of the sexes - thenwe must fight them.

How do you fight an enemythat is so benighted and in-secure, that to murder childrenin school, or cartoonists whoanger you, is seen as a heroicact? Education. Democracy.Hope. For too long, we haverelied on military might toensure our place in the world.It’s not enough. This is an ene-my that is born out of igno-rance and thrives under ag-gression. The only way for-ward is to spend some of ourwealth on campaigns of educa-tion, withdraw our support ofregimes that ultimately fosterthe birth of these benightedgangsters and most important-

ly offer hope through econom-ic success to those countriesthat seek our help.

We cannot carpet bomb ourway into the hearts and mindsof terrorists or their potentialrecruits. The solution, unpalat-able as it is in a society that isaccustomed to swift solutions,is going to take time. We are agreat nation and we can beatthis very real threat. We mustnever surrender even a tinypart of our freedom to theseignorant thugs hiding under aveil of religion – any religion.As those dead cartoonistsknew, sometimes it takes apen, not a gun, to fight a war.Je suis Charlie.

Bruce Healey is a resident of IndianHill.

We must fight back - but not with brute force

BruceHealey COMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

“Let’s cut all of those pub-lic school positions that areunneeded,” is an unqualifiedrequest by some members ofthe public.

They believe such actionwill save districts lots ofmoney as well as lower thetax bills for a district’s resi-dents.

To some residents thisidea might have some su-perficial cost reduction mer-it, yet it fails to confront thethought of eliminating all theresponsibilities connectedwith those positions that areaxed.

Once the Ohio state boardof education repeals the fiveof eight rule standard,schools will no longer berequired to provide a schoolnurse for every one thousandstudents. Although the sav-ings are minimal consideringthe full scope of an annualbudget, some boards of edu-cation will choose to directthose funds for other priori-ties at the expense of ne-glecting the health servicesonly a school nurse can deliv-er.

All elementary schoolsmust have some kind of carefacility for the students theyserve.

Working as the school’sprimary health care provid-er, the nurse is responsiblefor making sure this facilityhas all the minimal medicalequipment, furniture, andemergency supplies neededby the school’s students.

When chil-dren becomeill or injuredat school,they need acare giverfor medicalattentionemotionalsupport.More oftenthan not that

person is the school nurse.During the course of a singleday, the nurse might seeevery contagious diseasespreading through the schoolin addition to the normaltraffic of children with cuts,bruises, and more seriousinjuries.

In short the school’shealth center is its miniatureemergency room.

A major role of a schoolnurse involves the organiza-tion and dispensation of med-ications. In a typical ele-mentary school with a stu-dent population of five hun-dred students at least 15percent, or 75 children, willneed to take medication eachday. By law the meds mustbe stored in a secure facilityand administered by a desig-nated staff member.

Each school year nursessearch students’ records toidentify health issues andcompliance with state immu-nization laws. They collab-orate with classroom teach-ers to make sure studentswith on going health prob-lems receive the daily care

and treatment their condi-tion may demand. In somecases this involves periodicinjections as well as provid-ing special physical accom-modations within the class-room.

Kindergarten and pre-school health screenings aretime consuming responsibil-ities them nurse conducts atthe beginning of each schoolyear. On going vision, dental,scoliosis and hearing screen-ings for children take placethroughout the school year.Information from the screen-ings are used to compileannual changes in studentsphysical growth and to makereferrals for follow-up care.

With first hand knowledgeof student’s physical growthand health needs over anextended period of time, theschool nurse contributesvaluable information andinsight to intervention assis-tance and crisis responseteams.

Terminating the positionof a school nurse does noterase the responsibilities aschool nurse fulfills. Eitherthose duties become an un-met void or other staff mem-bers must assume them.Sadly, innocent students willbear the consequences ofthese potential penny sav-ings actions by some ofOhio’s boards of education.

Noel Taylor is a former PrincetonCity Schools administrator and aresident of Sharonville.

School nursesendangered in

some Ohio districts

Noel TaylorCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

Jan. 15 questionSome people have criticized

recent school closings due to coldweather. What do you thinkabout the practice of cancelingclasses when the mercury dips?

“I feel the policies that allowfor canceling school simplybecause it is cold out are ridicu-lous. Sadly, we have become alitigation-fearing, over-coddlingsociety of soft people. Here’s asuggestion, when it’s cold out,wear a coat. And maybe somegloves. There is no rocket sci-ence to this. If your kid is one ofthose that deems it criticallyimportant to wear T-shirts andshorts all year long, perhaps acouple of chilly mornings wait-ing for the bus would do him/her some good. The vast major-ity of kids I see waiting for thebus are properly attired, so alow temperature should be ofno consequence. The media hasbecome one of the chief en-ablers of the unnecessaryschool closings. One would hopefor them be a little less dramat-ic hour after hour every timewhen two inches of ‘white deathfrom the sky’ is forecast. Growsome backbone people.”

M.J.F.

“I am a volunteer for a largepublic venue. We have had ourdays of shutdown, due to weath-er that, prior to the advent oflitigation, heavy traffic, andwhat I call ‘common sense’might have been ‘working’days. I truly believe that theteachers view weather days asa delay in getting work done,increased possibility of extend-ed years and a nightmare ofreorganization. The adminis-trative staff that makes thesedecisions probably view it aswhy we have paid sick days inalmost every profession; toallow some flexibility in apply-ing safe practices for all em-ployees.

“Only people that I truly

imagine cheer (other than thestudents), when a weather dayis called, are those charged withthe responsibility of transport-ing students. I’m betting thatmost of them are already up andgetting to their buses on morn-ings, before the weather day iscalled, if there is any doubt. Justlow temperatures have notaffected any of the schools thatI know, unless there were asso-ciated heating or water prob-lems. Street conditions andforecast deteriorating weatherbecomes as much of a ‘let’s takea guess’ for the decision mak-ers, as we sometimes see orblame the proclamations ofweather forecasters. Yes, Vir-ginia, there is climate changeand it does.”

D.B.

“There is an old saying: ‘Bet-ter safe than sorry.’ The schoolsare allotted a number of ‘safe’days. If they use more than theallotment, days are added at theend of the school year. Frigidtemperatures affect buses andparents’ cars used for trans-portation along with many otherfacets of running a school. Itrust those making these deci-sions have safety as their maingoal. They could evaluate usingthese off days for those ‘teach-ers in service days.’ Go Figure!”

T.D.T.

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Terrorists doing it ‘by thebook’

In the USA Today sectionof the Enquirer, there werearticles saying Muslim or-ganizations were critical ofthe terrorist Muslims killingpeople in Paris saying theMuslim terrorists don’t repre-sent Islam. These Muslim

terrorists are attacking peo-ple not just in Paris but, allover the world.

I read that the most usedname for Muslim boys is Mo-hamed. Mohamed was a ter-rorist. In the year 627 Mo-hamed attacked the Jewishcity of Banu Qurayza, behead-ed several hundred men infront of their wives and chil-

dren made all the women andchildren into slaves and tookall their land and property.

This is what Islam has beendoing continually since theyear 627 and what Islam isdoing today.

When I look at the Quran Ifind several passages, sayingthat Muslims have to kill In-fidels. Here is one of several,

Quran 9:5 “Fight and kill thedisbelievers where ever youfind them, take them captive,harass them, lie in wait andambush them using everystratagem of war.”

It seems to me that theMuslim terrorists around theworld are doing exactly whatMohamed and the Quran hastold them to do and any Mus-

lim people who adhere to theQuran and admire Mohamedare of the same philosophy. Itwould seem to me that if Mus-lims are against the Muslimterrorism they would have toleave the Muslim Religion.

William C Schmidter Indian Hill

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

JANUARY 22, 2015 • INDIAN HILL JOURNAL • B1

SPORTSSPORTSHIGH SCHOOL | YOUTH | RECREATIONAL CommunityPress.com

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

INDIAN HILL — To find IndianHill’s hockey team, you mustfollow the Little Miami ScenicTrail to a lodge nestled betweenthe chilly Little Miami Riverand a lake off Fletcher Road.The Indian Hill Winter Club sitsa few good cannon shots awayfrom Camp Dennison on Ohio126.

Inside, you’ll find antlerchandeliers and an ice rink usedfor figure skating, curling andby several squads who enjoyslapping a puck rapidly into asmall net. This is where the In-dian Hill Winter Club varsityhockey team competes on a clublevel.

Coached by Vancouver, Brit-ish Columbia native Peter Ku-basek, the squad features play-ers from Cincinnati CountryDay, Cincinnati Hills Christian

Academy, Colerain, Fairfield,Indian Hill, Lakota West, Love-land, Mariemont, Mars HillAcademy, Moeller, Seven Hills,St. Xavier and Turpin.

“We play some ‘pure’schools, so we play St. X, Troyand some Columbus teams, “Kubasek said. “In our league,Northern Kentucky has a team.Usually, two or three of the kidsgo to high school together. Col-erain also has kids that play inNorthern Kentucky, along withLakota West and Seven Hills.Everyone has a warm reunionafter the games.”

Kubasek has led the team tosuccess as they swept Mason ona recent weekend. In Novem-ber, they won the Frozen CreekThanksgiving tournamentagainst a field that includedeight previous winners. IndianHill took first ahead of Troy, fol-lowed by Beavercreek, Antho-ny Wayne and Maumee.

The “Blizzard” defeatedTroy in the finale 6-2 with Kuba-sek’s son, Hudson, finishing asthe leading scorer of the tourna-ment. Goalie Shane Humphreystopped 37 shots to earn Tourna-ment MVP and Colerain footballnose guard-turned hockey en-forcer Mathew Turner wasplayer of the game in the cham-pionship.

“We had never been invitedbefore, so it was nice to be rec-ognized at a little different lev-el,” Kubasek said. “We lost toTroy in the preliminary round,but beat them soundly in the fi-nal. They thought they invitedthe ‘little guys from Cincinnati’and we did well.”

Kubasek has several assis-tants, and a key instructor informer NHL and Cyclones play-er Don Biggs. Biggs runs a ju-nior team and has helped thehigh school group on Mondaynights.

“His ability to see what’s go-ing on and come up with cre-ative drills has helped bring thekids together,” Kubasek said.

Before he had his own kids,

Kubasek started coachingyouth hockey for CAHA (Cin-cinnati Area Hockey Associa-

Indian Hill club hockey team racks up holiday win

THANKS TO TAMMY BROWN/INDIAN HILL WINTER CLUB

The Indian Hill Winter Club high school hockey team smiles for the group‘selfie‘ after winning the Frozen Creek Thanksgiving tournament.

By Scott [email protected]

See HOCKEY, Page B2

Girls basketball» Mount Notre Dame beat St.

Ursula 66-39 on Jan. 13. SeniorNaomi Davenport went over the1,000-point mark in her careerwith 21 against the Bulldogs.

MND downed Princeton 74-42 on Jan. 15. as Davenport hitfor 30 points. On Jan. 17 at theClassic in the Country tourna-ment, Davenport had 15 points asMND beat Wadsworth 45-40.

» Cincinnati Country Day In-dians defeated MiddletownChristian 50-44 Jan. 10. They de-feated Seven Hills 54-48 Jan. 14.

Boys basketball» Moeller defeated Covington

Catholic 61-52 on Jan. 13. SeniorGrant Pitman led with 18 points.

» Cincinnati Country Day de-feated New Miami 73-47 Jan. 9.Cameron Alldred and TreySmith each scored 12 points.

Boys swimming» At the Coaches Classic meet

Jan. 17-18, Indian Hill senior SamVester finished third in the 50freestyle

» At the Coaches Classic Jan.17-18, Moeller’s team of NoahWorobetz, Cooper Hodge, JakePeloquin and Kevin George wonthe 400 medley relay, werefourth in the 200 medley relaywere seventh in the 400 free re-lay. Peloquin, Hodge, Georgeand Will McDonough were fifthin the 200 free relay. Individual-ly, junior Cooper Hodge wasthird in the 100 backstroke, withsenior Noah Worobetz seventh.In the 100 butterfly, senior KevinGeorge was eighth. In the 400IM, Hodge finished second. Inthe 100 butterfly, junior Peloquinwas fifth and senior Georgeeighth. The Crusaders finishedthird overall.

Girls swimming, diving» At the Coaches Classic Jan.

17-18, Cincinnati Country Day ju-nior Allie Wooden had a great

showing, winnning the 100 free-style, 200 freestyle, 500 freestyleand 1650 freestyle. She finishedthe 100 in 50.61 seconds, the 200in one minute, 48.95 seconds, the500 in 4:55.35 and the 1650 in16:47.63.

» At the Coaches Classic Jan.17-18, Indian Hill junior DevinLandstra was seventh in the 50freestyle and eighth in the 100backstroke. In the 400 free relay,Grace Stimson, Avery Pearson,Elizabeth Drerup and Landstrawere eighth. In diving, Kara Ko-rengel was eighth.

» At the Coaches Classic Jan.17-18, Ursuline Academy seniorSydney Lofquist took the topspot in the 400-yard IndividualMedley in a time of four minutes,28.51 seconds.

Catching up with collegeathletes

» Former Indian Hill swim-mer Mack Rice had a good meetJan. 10 for the Pitt Panthersagainst West Virginia. Accord-ing to Pitt Athletics, he took partin the Panthers’ second-place200 medley relay team (1:30.88)and notched at least one individ-ual second-place finish. He had apair of second place results inthe 100 back (51.15) and 200 IM(1:52.66), and was third in the 100fly (50.34).

Indian Hill athleticopening

» Indian Hill Middle School isseeking a boys tennis coach forthe spring of 2015. Send letterand resume to Director of Ath-letics Jeff Zidron at [email protected] or call 272-4630.

Davenport nominated» Naomi Davenport, daugh-

ter of Darren and Sheila Daven-port of Cincinnati, has beennominated for the 2015 McDon-ald’s All-American games. Thereare about 800 nominations,, withNaomi being the only femalenominated from the Cincinnatiarea. On Jan. 28, ESPNU will aira selection show. The game willbe played on April 1in Chicago.

SHORT HOPS

By Scott Springerand Nick [email protected]@communitypress.com

JIM OWENS FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Cincinnati Country Day’s Alexandra Wooden wins the finals of the girls1,650-yard freestyle at the Southwest Swimming and Diving Classic atKeating Natatorium at Saint Xavier High School.

INDIAN HILL — With Clark Montessori lead-ing 43-42, Cincinnati Country Day grabbed thedefensive rebound after a player missed a pairof free throws. They raced up the floor thenslowed to set up a good shot.

Instead of a potential game-winning shot, theIndians turned the ball over. Clark junior guardMicah Blythe then sank a pair of free throws tohelp preserve the Miami Valley Conference vic-tory. Teams can learn a lot after a loss like that.

“I learned how gritty this team is,” Indians’head coach Greg Ross said. “You learn morefrom games like this one instead of the 25-pointwins. We played toe-to-toe with them. We justhave to learn how to finish games by doing thelittle things like make free throws.”

Ross also mentioned that his team had theright game plan of slowing Clark’s transitiongame, limiting second-chance points and con-taining standout guard Kevin Lewis.

He added that they limited Lewis to just threepoints in the first half, but he got loose andknocked down some important shots in the sec-ond half.

“He stepped up and scored 11 points in thethird quarter,” Ross said. “ That’s what goodplayers do.”

The Indians have done well with their mix ofveterans and younger players so far this season.They beat rival Summit Country Day on a last-second shot and picked up a 32-point victoryagainst fellow MVC member New Miami.

But losses to Scarlet Division stalwartsNorth College Hill and Clark as well as Gray Di-vision leader Cincinnati Christian also loom ontheir conference record.

“We’ve only played five conference gamesand have 13 league games total,” Ross said.“Beating a team like Clark, who is the top dog in

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Cincinnati Country Day junior guard Darryn Jordan looks to drive against Clark Montessori’s Micah Blytheduring the Indians' 45-42 loss to the Cougars Jan. 13.

It’s a learning processfor CCD boys’ hoopsBy Nick [email protected]

NICK ROBBE/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Cincinnati Country Day senior guard Royal Thurmangoes up for a layup during the Indians’ 45-42 loss toClark Montessori Jan. 13.

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the conference, wouldhave been huge for us.”

However, Ross and histeam knows they have thebulk of their schedule re-maining including most oftheir conference slate.

They will square offagainst Lockland and St.Bernard twice in additionto the second meetingswith Cincinnati Christian

and New Miami. The Indi-ans also have two ScarletDivision games againstSeven Hills and Cincin-nati Hills Christian Acad-emy.

Ross said he believes agame like the Clark one,even though it ended witha loss, is beneficial.

“This is going to help usdown stretch in theleague,” he said. “Weprobably have 10-12games remaining that aregoing to be decided byfive points or less.”

Hoops Continued from Page B1

tion) nearly 20 years ago.“The hockey fraternity

is very thick,” he said. “Ifyou love hockey, it’s givingback. In our opinion, it’sthe greatest game. It’s justa passion.”

The state championshipis the first weekend inMarch. The top four teams

from Cleveland, Columbusand Cincinnati advance toplay for the Buckeye Cup.

Coming up soon is a bigmatch Super Bowl Sundayat 11a.m. at Cincinnati Gar-dens as the Indian Hillgroup tangles on GCL icewith St. Xavier.

“I don’t know if we’veever beaten St. X,” Kuba-sek said. “We’re excitedand we think we’ll givethem a very good gamethis year.”

HockeyContinued from Page B1

THANKS TO TAMMY BROWN/INDIAN HILL WINTER CLUB

The Indian Hill Winter Club high school hockey team featuresplayers from several area schools. The squad hopes tocompete for the Buckeye Cup in March.

BLUE ASH — UrsulineAcademy’s Sydney Lof-quist owns the fastesttimes in the city for the200-yard individual med-ley, the 500-yard freestyleand was selected by La-Rosa’s as its Week 21MVP.

However, the seniorand Southern Californiasignee said she feels thisseason isn’t going as wellas it could.

“I missed a lot of train-ing for college visits,” shesaid. “But, I am definitelyback in shape, feelinggood and training is goingwell.”

Lofquist was also ham-pered by a knee injurythat caused her to misstraining sessions awayfrom the pool. She and Li-ons’ head coach Brad Ish-am credit her work dur-ing December, whichhelped get her back ontrack.

“You can see her start-ing to get her strengthback,” Isham said. “She isbeginning to come on andis getting close to whereshe needs to be to com-pete at a high level.”

Isham said she

shouldn’t have much of aproblem moving throughthe sectional and districtmeets as well as advanc-ing past the preliminariesfor her races at state.

Lofquist agreed withher coach, “I think I can

win every race I swim inlike I did last year.”

She won the 200-yardIM, the 500-yard free andswam as part of the 200medley and 400 free relayteams.

She said she looks for-ward to racing at the statemeet and has the desire towin a couple more statechampionships. But, sheadded that there is some-thing more pressing onher mind.

“Most of my focus is onthe national meet inMarch,” the senior said.“The National Club Swim-ming Association meet isreally important to me.”

Whether it’s remainingsuccessful in the water atC.T. Branin Natatorium inCanton or obtaining suc-cess wherever the NCSAmeet takes her, Lofquistappears ready to makeher competition chase herfrom starting block tothat final wall touch.

“I feel stronger than Iever have,” she said.

UA’s Lofquist back in shape By Nick [email protected]

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Ursuline’s Sydney Lofquist wins the women’s 200-yardIndividual Medley at the state meet in Canton last season.

Kevin George has hadhis sights set on the top ofthe state medal stand inthe Division I boys’ 500freestyle event for quitesome time now and theMoeller High School sen-ior feels good about hischances of taking the topspot in February in Can-ton.

George was third lastseason in addition to plac-ing seventh at state in the200 freestyle.

George is back to fullstrength health-wise af-ter a battle with mononu-cleosis last spring.

“I found out after(state), though, that I hadit,” George said. “When Iwas swimming at state, Ididn’t know that I had it.So I was kind of down

about my time, but whenI found out that I hadmono, there’s really noth-ing you can do about that....”

George’s time of4:32.26 was just behindAnderson junior HasslerCarroll’s first-place timeof 4:30.23 and LakotaEast sophomore JoshuaMcDonald’s 4:30.46.

“Last year I was going

for it, but I got third,”George said. “I’m stillhappy with it. The twoguys who beat me wereboth really fast guys, so Iwasn’t down on myself atall about that.”

And there was themono.

“I fully tapered forstate and I was really fo-cusing on that state title,”George said. “But I found

out that I had mono and itkind of made it better.”

Now that the mono isbehind him, George canagain focus on standingatop the podium. After astrong summer seasonand a good showing earlyon in the high school sea-son, his confidence isgrowing.

“He’s full strengthnow,” Moeller coach BillWhatley said. “He’sswimming very well.

George has not decid-ed what his second eventwill be yet – whether hewants to return to the 200free or move to the 200 in-dividual medley or possi-bly the 100 butterfly.

The senior also haslofty goal for his team-mates – to improve onlast season’s program-best third-place team fin-ish at state.

George takes aim at state titleBy Tom RamstetterEnquirer Contributor

TONY TRIBBLE FOR THE ENQUIRER

Kevin George from Moeller competes in the men’s 200-yardfreestyle at the state meet in Canton, Feb. 22.

JANUARY 22, 2015 • INDIAN HILL JOURNAL • B3LIFE

AscensionLutheran ChurchWomen’s weekly Friday morningBible Study is at 9:30 a.m. Kidsare welcome to play in theplayroom. The group is readingJessica LaGrone’s new study,“Broken and Blessed.” Womenwho are unable to attends areinvited to purchase the studyand join when possible.

Healing Christ (healing touch)Ministry is offered on thefourth Tuesday at 7 p.m. Moreinformation on this ministry isavailable at 793-3288.

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

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

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

For more information or ques-tions contact Andy Rainey(rainey@ blueashcc.com) or549-0565.

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

Blue AshPresbyterian Church

Jacob’s Ladder is the theme forSunday School (pre-K through12th grade); these classes areheld after the children’s sermonin the worship service. TheChristianity 101 and ThoughtfulChristian classes are held foradults each Sunday at 9 a.m.

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

Sunday sermons are recordedand available at www.bapc.net.

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

Church of theSaviour UnitedMethodist ChurchChildren’s Weekday Program-ming is Tuesday and Thursdaymornings and Thursday after-noon with lunch available foreither day. There is a nominalcharge for each session and youmust bring your child’s lunch.Register on the website(www.cos-umc.org) under“Registration Forms.”

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

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

Cincinnati FriendsMeeting - QuakerCincinnati Friends will welcomethe new year with events incelebration of its 200th anniver-sary as a Quaker meeting,which has included such nota-ble members as Levi Coffin,Achilles Pugh, Morris White,Murray Shipley and WallaceCollett.

Regular worship is 11 a.m. Sun-days followed by fellowship inthe Fireside room at noon. FirstDay/Nursery School is available.

The Meetinghouse is at 8075Keller Road, Cincinnati; 791-0788;www.cincinnatifriends.org

Grace BaptistChurchA free community breakfast isserved from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.each Sunday. A family-friendlybreakfast will be served.

The church is at 1004 Main St.,Milford; gracebaptistmilford.org.

St. BarnabasEpiscopal ChurchThe Warren County Prison ChoirLeader Cathy Roma, founder ofthe choir, will speak about herwork at St. Barnabas at 7 p.m.Thursday, Jan. 22. Roma found-

ed the UMOJA (Swahili for“unity”) Men’s Chorus at theWarren County CorrectionalInstitution, which featuresincarcerated men of diverseraces, religions, class, sexualorientations and ages, whogather each week to rehearseand sing together. Much of themusic is composed and ar-ranged by the inmates them-selves. Roma's presentation willbe in the Great Hall of thechurch. For information, callthe church office.

The Rev. Dr. Nancy Turner Jonesis priest in charge.

Regular service times are 8 a.m.with spoken Eucharist and 10a.m. with Sunday School andchildcare.

SMART Recovery Group meets at6 p.m. Mondays, in the library.Visit website at smartcincy.com

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

St. Paul CommunityUnited MethodistChurchWorship times are 8:30 a.m. and11 a.m. (traditional) and 9:30a.m. (contemporary).

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

Sonrise ChurchSonRise Church is announcingthe launch of a CelebrateRecovery ministry group. Cele-brate Recovery is a Christ-centered program based on theBeatitudes.

The church is at 8136 WoosterPike; 576-6000.

SycamorePresbyterian ChurchSunday worship services are at9:15 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. Childcare is available in the nurseryfor infants through age 2.Sunday school for pre-schoolthrough 12th-grade is at 10:45a.m. Additional child care isavailable for parents in AdultEducation classes: Preschooland older meet in Room 113during the 9:15 service.

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

Trinity UnitedMethodist ChurchWeekly Sunday services aretraditional at 8:15 a.m. and 11a.m. and contemporary worship(and children's Sunday school)at 9:30 a.m.

The church is at 5767 Wolfpen-Pleasant Hill Road, Milford;

831-0262;www.trinitymilford.org

Village Church ofMariemontThe church has a traditionalservice at 10 a.m. Sundays,accompanied by Sunday schoolfor nursery through youth. Allare welcome.

The church is at the corner ofOak and Maple streets, Marie-mont;villagechurchofmariemont.org.

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].

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RELIGION

Caroline Spurr, a St.Ursula Academy juniorand Indian Hill resident,was honored by the Cin-cinnati Chapter of theDaughters of the Ameri-can Revolution with theDAR Youth CitizenshipAward and Medal.

The DAR recognizedSpurr for her academicexcellence and communi-ty involvement. She is in-volved in communitytheater, is a member ofTheatre Xavier at St. Xa-vier High School and ofthe Merician Chapter ofthe National Honor Soci-ety at St Ursula. She is anofficer in the St. UrsulaJunior Classical Leagueand is a state and local Lat-in award winner. Hercommunity service hasbeen extensive, includingbeing selected as an Ex-hibit Interpreter at theNewport Aquarium andworking at f service pro-jects around the city.

She is working on acharitable endeavor that

stems from her experi-ence as a patient at the Pa-ley Advanced LimbLengthening Institute inWest Palm Beach, Florida.In 1997 Spurr was diag-nosed with a congenitallimb length discrepancyand at age 11 she had a

very difficult surgicalprocedure to lengthen herleft leg about 2 ½ inches.

In order to support thekids who have Dr. DrorPaley’s life-changing sur-geries each summer, shefounded The StarfishKids Project, an initiative

of the Paley Foundation, a501(c)(3) charitable or-ganization. She is fund-raisingto provide StarfishKids Bags containingsmall items of comfort tothe approximately 100children who will be sum-mer 2015 Paley patients.

For more informationon the project. visit:www.thepaleyfounda-tion.org/#!starfish-kids/c2oe.

DAR honors St. Ursula student

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Indian Hill resident and St. Ursula Academy student CarolineSpurr and Cincinnati Chapter DAR National DefenseChairwoman Kathy Holman Schmid, a St. Ursula Alumna, Classof 1963.

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When Mike Valdrini re-tired after 35 years as aspecial education teacher,family and friends sur-prised him with stacks ofretirement gifts – but noneof them were for him.

Valdrini’s retirementparty turned into a wind-fall of garden equipment,sheets and blankets, cos-metics and games forStepping Stones’ pro-grams for children andadults with disabilities.

Valdrini, of Springfield

Township, said the gifts al-low him to continue to im-pact lot of his former stu-dents.

“I taught multi-handi-capped students for 25years in the Lakota SchoolDistrict. My students havegone to Stepping Stonesfor summer camp and stu-dents and parents havevolunteered at SteppingStones. I’ve never heard ofanyone having a bad expe-rience at SteppingStones,” Valdrini said.

“Stepping Stones is thecomplete package, fromcamps to the Step-Up (au-tism education) program.The people are trained.The volunteers aretrained. Stepping Stonesjust does it right,” he said.

Valdrini’s wife anddaughter surprised himwith the Stepping Stonesretirement party.

“But if they’d haveasked me where I wantedmy presents to go, I wouldhave picked Stepping

Stones,” he said. Marking celebrations

with gifts for others hasbecome a family tradition.Valdrini’s daughter’s sonwas born three monthsearly and spent his earlydays in the Neonatal In-tensive Care unit at Cin-cinnati Children’s Hospi-tal Medical Center.

“He’ll be 3 in Decem-ber and he’d doing well,”Valdrini said. “Everybirthday we collect pre-sents for the Neonatal

Unit.”The Valdrini family

spent an afternoon at Step-ping Stones’ Given Roadcampus in Indian Hill, vis-iting some of the childrenwho will be using his re-tirement gifts.

“It’s easy to see whythey love it,” he said.“When you step out of theworld and step onto theStepping Stones grounds,all your troubles meltaway.”

Stepping Stones is a

United Way partner agen-cy serving more than 1,000children, teens and adultswith disabilities throughsummer day and over-night camps. SaturdayClubs for children andyoung adults, adult dayprograms, overnight re-spites and autism educa-tion. The Valdrinis chosegifts from the agency’sWish List on the web sitewww.steppingstoneso-hio.org

Teacher gives away retirement gifts to help Stepping Stones’ participants

THANKS TO PEGGY KREIMER

The Valdrini family, from left, Jaylen Valdrini and his mom, Kelly Valdrini of Colerain Township;Chrissie Valdrini of Walnut Hills; Jenny and Mike Valdrini of Springfield Township; daughterKatelyn Tighe and Kevin Tighe, of Norwood.

THANKS TO PEGGY KREIMER

Mike Valdrini works on a craft project with Henry Mussari of West Chester Township atStepping Stones’ Saturday Kids Club.


Miami Valley ChristianAcademy in Newtowndedicated a new WorshipArts Center with helpfrom the Jewish Federa-tion.

Throughout the schoolday, two Israeli teens withthe Federations “Friendsfrom Israel” programtaught traditional Davidicdancing to MVCA elemen-tary students. The Israeliteens also provided a spe-cial presentation on Israe-li culture and currentevents with Middle andHigh School students.

At the end of the schoolday, a ribbon cutting andblessing capped off thefestivities.

The MVCA WorshipArts Center was built toenhance the connectionbetween spiritual devel-opment and artistic ex-pression. In additional tohousing the weekly cha-pels and school events,the new center will offerafter school worshipdance instruction.

PROVIDED

Dignitaries and officials at the dedication of Miami Valley Christian Academy's new worship center include: front, Nadia Shaya(Loveland), Winnie Clayton (Anderson Township), Havalyn Andrews (Anderson Township), Mary Schap (Anderson Township),Mary Jane Tritsch (Terrace Park), Holly Baker (Pierce Township), Beth Park (Anderson Township) and Nick Ruotolo (Milford); back,Dr. Gary Sallquist (Hyde Park), Rev. Ed Bonniwell (Indian Hill), Wayne Andrews (Anderson Township), Konnie Boulter (Tulsa),Steve Reichard (Anderson Township) and Shawn Baker (Pierce Township.)

MVCA dedicates worship center

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Miami Valley Christian Academy students at the dedication for the school's new worshipcenter: Katie Scott (Milford), Noelle Park (Anderson Township), Kaylee Grosjean (AndersonTownship), Jackson Burke (Newtown).

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Dottie NightingaleDottie (nee Carroll) Night-

ingale, 84, of Indian Hill diedJan. 12.

Survived by husband of 62years, Bill Nightingale; childrenTim (Jenny) Nightingale, Sally(Swamy) Sunkara, Carol (Mike)Schulte, Jayne (Louis) Minham,Nancy Marcum, Mark (Anne-Marie) Nightingale, David andAnn Nightingale and Katie(Mike) Wittenkind; 22 grand-children; two great-grand-

children; andsiblings MaryLou Fickerand BobCarroll.

Preceded indeath bysister, BettyHunt.

Serviceswere Jan. 17 at St. GertrudeCatholic Church, Madeira.Memorials to: Hospice of Cincin-nati.

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Nightingale

Orpha Ann Gatch was areal presence at MilfordFirst United MethodistChurch, whether she wasplaying the organ or not.

Which surely pleasedher ancestors.

“Orpha Ann Gatch notonly is a lifelong memberof Milford First UnitedMethodist, but also a linkto Philip Gatch, one of thefounders of the church in1797,” said the Rev. MarkWeatherman, pastor ofdiscipleship at thechurch.

“Ann has been an en-couragement to the mem-bers of Milford First foryears.

“Not only in her 45years as organist, but inthe last few years whenshe was always in thefourth pew, lectern side,smiling, enjoying the wor-ship,” Weatherman said.

“Ann will be sorelymissed.”

Gatch died at her homein Terrace Park Jan. 9.

She was 95-years-old.Besides being church

organist for 45 years,Gatch taught music atCincinnati Country DaySchool in Indian Hill for35 years.

She earned a bachelordegree at the Universityof Cincinnati and a mas-ter’s degree in music atthe University of Michi-gan.

Gatch was a co-host of“Sharps and Flats,” a mu-sical quiz radio programfor children on WKRC inthe 1950s.

She gave private pianolessons to students of allages during her teachingcareer and after retire-ment.

Gatch enjoyed the Cin-cinnati Symphony Or-chestra and the CincinnatiOpera and in recent yearssponsored some perfor-mances.

“Ann Gatch was a truepatron of the fine arts,”

said Tim Carpenter, whois director of music at Mil-ford First United Method-ist Church, as well as achoral music teacher atMilford Junior HighSchool, co-director of theClermont Festival Cho-rale and vice president ofthe Greater CincinnatiChoral Consortium.

Gatch also was a patri-ot.

She served in theWAVES (Women Accept-ed for Volunteer Emer-gency Service) for theU.S. Navy during WorldWar II, operating a flightsimulator at Naval AirStation Pensacola in Flori-da designed to teach re-turning pilots the latesttechniques in instrumentflying at night and underadverse weather condi-tions.

Gatch is survived byher sister, Diana Avril(Tom), her brother, LewisGatch (Noralee), 12 niecesand nephews and 17grandnieces and grand-nephews.

She was preceded indeath by her parents,three sisters and a broth-er.

Gatch is the daughterof Orpha Gatch, afterwhom the Clermont Coun-ty League of Women Vot-ers named a citizenshipaward given annually at a“suffragist event” to rec-ognize the recipient’s vol-unteerism and leadershipqualities.

Meanwhile, the familyof Orpha Ann Gatch willvisit with friends at 10a.m. Friday, Jan. 16, at Mil-ford First United Method-ist Church at 541 Main St.

A funeral service willfollow at 11 a.m.

In lieu of flowers, me-morials for “at homecare” may be made toHospice of Cincinnati,P.O. Box 633597, Cincin-nati, Ohio, 45263.

The family is beingserved by Evans FuneralHome in Milford.

Gatch: AMilford FirstUMC andmusic mavenBy Jeanne [email protected]

The St. Vincent FerrerAnnual PTO spaghettidinner will take place 5p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, Jan.30, in the school’s cafete-ria, gym and parish cen-ter, 7754 MontgomeryRoad.

The highlight of theevening will be the fourthannual homemade saucecontest with master ofceremonies Jim LaBar-bara, “The Music Profes-sor.”

Sauce entries will bejudged by “celebrityjudges” Judge PenelopeCunningham, Ohio FirstDistrict Court of Ap-peals; Bill Cunningham,radio and television per-sonality; St. Vincent,Moeller, Notre Dame andNY Jets alumnus BobCrable; chef Coby Lowryfrom grand sponsor, Fer-rari’s Little Italy & Bak-ery in Madeira; The Rev.George Kunkel; Princi-pal Mark Henderson andlast year’s sauce master,Al Sagrati.

All sauce entries willbe served to attendees in

combination with pastaprovided by Ferrari’s.

This event will notonly provide some of thebest pasta outside of Ita-ly, but will also offer afun-filled event and is aperfect way to spendtime with family andfriends.

The event features:

» Live music by localacoustic guitarist KevinFox.

» A unique “stuffedmeatball” raffle and bas-ket raffle with prizesfrom many local retailersin the Kenwood area.

» Kids entertainmentinclude a pirate balloonartist and The Pocket La-

dy.» Beer and Wine will

be available for pur-chase.

Tickets to the eventwill be $8 for adults and$5 for children.

All proceeds benefitSt. Vincent FerrerSchool, 7754 Montgome-ry Road.

St. Vincent Ferrer hosts its annual PTO spaghetti dinner

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www.ECK-Ohio.org

ECKANKAR

First Church of Christ,Scientist,

Anderson Township7341 Beechmont Avenue

(near Five Mile Road)email:

[email protected]

christiansciencecincinnati.comSunday Service & Sunday School

10:30 a.m.Wednesday Testimonial Meeting

7:30 p.m.In Church Reading Rm/Bookstore

open after all services.Downtown Reading Rm/Bookstore

412 Vine Street, CincinnatiOpen M-F 9:00 a.m - 4:00 p.m.

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

School 10:30amWednesday Testimonial Meeting

7:30pmReading Room 3035 Erie Ave

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

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

Hyde Park Baptist ChurchMichigan & Erie Ave

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

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

BAPTIST

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

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

Programs for children, youth and adults6000 Drake Road

561-6805

Indian HillEpiscopal-Presbyterian Church

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

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

3950 Newtown RoadCincinnati, OH 45244

513 272-5800www.horizoncc.com

INTERDENOMINATIONAL

3850 E. Galbraith,Deer Park

Next to DillonvaleShopping Ctr

www.TrinityCincinnati.org791-7631

Worship Service - 10:00AMSunday School - 10:15AM

PastorCathy Kaminski

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Building HomesRelationships& Families

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

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

PASTOR MARIE SMITHwww.cloughchurch.org

CHURCH OF THE SAVIOUR8005 Pfeiffer Rd. Montgomery 791-3142

www.cos-umc.orgTraditional Worship8:20am & 11:00am

Contemporary Worship 9:40amSunday School (All ages)

9:40 & 11amNursery Care Provided

Reverend Jennifer Lucas,Senior Pastor

UNITED METHODIST

6474 Beechmont Ave.,Cincinnati, Ohio 45230

513-231-2650www.mwpc.church

MT WASHINGTONPRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Sunday Worship9:30 a.m.

Morning Glory Service11:00 a.m. Traditional Service

SundaySchool9:30 a.m.

Infant through12th grade

Childcare11:00 a.m.

Infant throughKindergarten

MADEIRA-SILVERWOODPRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

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

Sunday Worship9:00 am - Contemporary Service

10:00am Educational Hour11:00 am - Traditional Service

PRESBYTERIAN

Sunday 9:00 & 11:00 a.m.11020 S. Lebanon Road.

683-1556www.golovelive.com

Connections Christian Church7421 East GalbraithCincinnati, OH 45243

Phone: 513-791-8348 • Fax: 513-791-5648

Jeff Hill • Ministerwww.connectionscc.org

Worship Service 10:30amSunday School 9:15 am

FAITH CHRISTIANFELLOWSHIP CHURCH

~ Solid Bible Teaching ~6800 School StreetNewtown, OH 45244

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

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

Vibrant Teen and Children’s MinistriesSunday Worship 10:30 am

All ages Sunday School 9:30 amWed. Fellowship Meal 6:00 pm

Wed. Worship/Bible Study 6:45 pmAll are Welcome!

NON-DENOMINATIONAL


This is a warningabout something thathappens all too fre-quently and that cansometimes cause majorheadaches. It has to dowith checks you receivefrom your insurancecompany for damageyou incurred.

In August, 2013, Shar-on Ward was told sheneeded a new roof forher Withamsville house.She called her insuranceagent and received acheck for the new roof.She then signed the backof the check over to aroofing company for hernew roof.

Ward says, “The salesrepresentative told me itwould be done in a cou-

ple ofweeks –and thatwas inAugust of2013.”Ward stilldoesn’thave a newroof eventhough thecompanyasked for

received the entire in-surance check plus an-other check from Wardto cover her deductible.All that added up toabout $6,000.

“He used to, when Itext or call him, hewould call back and giveme many creative sto-ries. But then it got to

the point this yearwhere he wouldn’t evenrespond at all,” Wardsays.

The roofer’s contractdoesn’t give a companyaddress or phone num-ber, and fails to have astart or completion date– all of which are neces-sary on any contract youreceive. Also, get a copyof the contractor’s work-ers compensation andliability insurance pol-icies.

That roofer claimedto be a member of theBetter Business Bureau– but a check would haverevealed the companyhad been thrown out ofthe BBB earlier thatyear.

After signing thecontract but gettingnothing done, Ward’sroof began leaking andshe experienced damageinside her house. Theroofer came out and justdid a patch job – failingto replace the roof as hehad agreed.

Ward says, “I’m kindof scared about what’sgoing to happen. If I’mgoing to lose thousandsof dollars and I can’tmake another insuranceclaim.”

Now she says she’slearned the hard waynever pay a contractorfor all the work in ad-vance. Yet, that’s exact-ly what you’re doingwhen you turn over your

insurance check to acontractor.

Ward says, “The onlyreason I did it is becauseI knew the sales repvery well and he workedfor the company. That’sapparently how they’vealways done it. If it wasa stranger I would neverhave done that – so liveand learn.”

Ward filed a com-plaint with police andnow the case, accusingthe contractor of theft,is going to court. Thecontractor also faces asimilar charge in Hamil-ton County where he isaccused of doing thesame thing to a Marie-mont man.

Remember, to protect

yourself don’t pay morethan 10 upfront, exceptfor special-order items,and only pay additionalsums as the work iscompleted. Check withthe local building de-partment to see if per-mits are required and, ifso, add that to the con-tract. Make sure to getthe job inspected beforefinal fees are paid, andget a receipt showing allworkers and suppliershave been paid in full.

Howard Ain’s column appearsbiweekly in the CommunityPress & Recorder. He appearsregularly as the Troubleshoot-er on WKRC-TV Local 12News. Email him [email protected].

Handing over all the insurance money at once risky

Howard AinHEY HOWARD!

“My whole life I’veknown that NEEDS is ourlocal food bank,” Madeiraresident Kathryn Burresssaid.

“When it was time toplan my Sweet 16 birthdayparty, I didn’t want gifts.Rather, my invitationspecified that if myguests wished to bringanything to my party, theyshould bring cannedgoods for the NEEDSFood Pantry.”

Burress, a junior atCincinnati Country DaySchool, is an example of ayoung adult who placesstrong emphasis on givingto others. At her school,service is encouraged.Her party collected morethan 70 items for theNEEDS Food Pantry.

“My friends thoughtbringing a gift of canned

goods was pretty cool.One friend went crazybringing two bagfuls. Iwas so honored by his gift.Afterwards I heard myfriends say they thought itwas nice to bring some-thing different to a party,”Burress said.

“At school I’m involvedin theater, and I belong toa number of school clubs.My friend started the Ev-eryone Loves Pizza Club.It’s a club where we re-view pizza restaurantsand each semester we do-nate pizza to local hospi-tals and organizations likeCincinnati Children’sHospital where we can liftspirits. I’ve seen our de-liveries be the highlight ofsomeone’s day.”

The Northeast Emer-gency Distribution Ser-vices is a community of 25

churches and civic or-ganizations whose mis-sion is to do God’s work byproviding basic emergen-cy assistance. NEEDS isan all-volunteer coopera-tive in the Kenwood Bap-tist Church. The NEEDSboard oversees an activefood bank, as well as pro-vides neighbors-in-needwith housing and utilitypayment assistance. Dur-ing the year NEEDS sup-ports local schoolsthrough school supply andclothing drives. NEEDSserves more than 2,500people in northeasternHamilton County.

Burress’s birthday par-ty canned goods drive isjust one example of howneighbors can supportNEEDS. There are manyin our community whowould prefer a donation

made in their honor rath-er than receiving a pre-sent for themselves. Inaddition to canned goodsand non-perishables,community members canalso support NEEDS mon-etarily. Ask your churchor civic organization if it’spart of the communitythat support NEEDS;there is always room formore volunteers.

Burress looks forwardto attending college withthe goal of becoming anEnglish teacher

The NEEDS food pan-try is at the Kenwood Bap-tist Church, 8341 Ken-wood Road, 45236 and isopen Tuesday and Thurs-days from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.Donations of cannedgoods and other items arealways accepted at theNEEDS food pantry. Mon-

etary gifts can be mailedto: NEEDS, 8341KenwoodRoad, Cincinnati, Ohio45236. For pick-up of do-

nated items or to ask ques-tions please call 513-891-0850 (NEEDS) or visitwww.cincyneeds.org/.

NEEDS receives junior’s Sweet 16 gifts

THANKS TO JULIE BROOK

Kathryn Burress of Madeira with a few of her Sweet 16birthday gifts for NEEDS.

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