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FOODThis potato dishbaked with cheese isone of Rita’s favoritepotato recipes.Full story, B3

FRESH TREESThese Christmas treefarms are worth the tripto put you in theholiday spirit.Full story, B1

Linda Pavey saved “Cinder,”a Tennessee Walker, when hewasput in a “kill pen” in 2012 af-ter no one bid on him at an end-of-the-line horse auction housein New Jersey.

Cinder was to have beentransported to a Canadianslaughterhouse, then packagedfor export to Europe and Japan.

Alerted by like-mindedfriends, Pavey, who works torescue horses, put an end tothat plan.

She found Cinder a home inPennsylvania.

“He is now fat and healthyand gets daily turn-out,” saidPavey, who in 2000 founded the“Brennan Equine WelfareFund,” a non-profit organiza-tion that awards grants toequine-rescue shelters.

“He seems to be happy andappreciative.”

This year, the BrennanEquine Welfare Fund alreadyhas garnered a record 56 grantapplications and awardedgrants of up to $5,000 to each of14 organizations.

The work generally is fund-ed by donations.

But between now and Tues-day, Dec. 31, Pavey will person-ally match grants awarded upto a total of $5,000.

“That means all donationswill go twice as far to helpequines in need,” said Pavey,who lives in Madeira but wasreared in IndianHill,whereherparents still live.

Pavey formerly boardedhorses at Camargo Stables at8605ShawneeRunRoad in Indi-an Hill and managed a privatebarn in the village, as well.

She continues to have manyfriends and contacts in the vil-lage, known for its love of hors-es.

Pavey said she comes from along line of equestrians andhorse lovers.

Also, “My parents were in-volved in animal rescue – small

animals and wildlife – so it wasnatural for my interest and in-fluence to merge (in the Bren-nanEquineWelfare Fund),” Pa-vey said.

Linda Pavey’s father, LinkPavey, is proud of his daughter.

“I think my daughter’s ef-forts in this unique, charitabledirection are outstanding,” Pa-vey said.

It was Link Pavey, a WorldWar II veteran in theU.S. Armyartillery, who first suggestedIndianHill build a veteransme-morial.

A memorial was built atShawnee Run and Drake roads,where the village holds annualVeterans Day observances.

Linda Pavey’s foundation isnamed for her horse Brennan,an off-the-track thoroughbredthat in 1990 became her first“equine partner.”

“He taught me patience,trust, bonding and that a horse,while not successful at his orig-inal career, can have a big rolein his second career and that all

horses deserve all the best fortheir lives because they giveand have so much to teach us,”Pavey said.

Brennan died in 2002.Pavey said100 percent of do-

nations made to the BrennanEquine Welfare Fund go intogrants for equine-rescue shel-ters across the country thatcare for old, injured, abusedand starved horses, as well ashorses that had been bound forslaughterhouses or used inmedical experiments.

“This fund supports regis-tered (nonprofit) organizationsthat specialize in retirementand rehabilitation services and

offer a peaceful andpermanentsanctuary for these beautifulanimals,” Pavey said.

“Shelters which offer care-fully scrutinized adoption orre-placement services are alsosupported.

“Wehavevery strict qualify-ing criteria that includes thatthe organization must be a(non–profit), that (organiza-tions that do adoptions) have anadoption contract that will pro-tect the horse for life, that theyare fiscally responsible, thathorses in their programwill notbe bred or raced and that theysubmit a five-page applicationaswell as submit a veterinarianreference form,” Pavey said.

Visit www.brennanequine-welfare fund.com, which links

to the organization’s Facebookpage, to donate, apply for agrant or get more information.

Meanwhile, Pavey currentlyhas five horses – and most ofthem were rescued.

“Mymost recent ‘rescue’ is alarge Oldenburg geldingnamed ‘Dakota Mac’,” Paveysaid.

“Hewasanowner-surrenderto a facility in Kentucky thatBrennan Equine Welfare Fundgranted earlier this year.

“In September, the directorof that facility told me of thishorse, but that they were hav-ingadifficult timeof findinganadopter for him due to numer-ous physical ailments he wasexperiencing,” Pavey said.

“Given the fact that he was

still relatively young (12 yearsold) and that his super person-ality led him to be a babysitterfor some of their other horses, Iwas interested.

“I adopted him in Novemberof this year,” Pavey said.

“We are working on treatinghis injuries and ailments, buteven with all he is enduringthrough this, he has remained asuper-nice and personablehorse andhasbecomeabarn fa-vorite.”

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Linda Pavey with rescue horse Martini.PROVIDED

Donationssave horsesone at a timeWoman’s charityrescues animalsBy Jeanne [email protected]

“I think mydaughter’s effortsin this unique,charitabledirection areoutstanding.”LINK PAVEYLinda Pavey’s father

Thinking about thumbingyour nose at the authorities inIndian Hill Mayor’s Court?

Think again.Village Council is consider-

ing instituting a new con-tempt-of-court charge to belevied in cases that includepeople accused of:

» Violating a Mayor’s Courtruling.

» Ignoring subpoenas that

order them to court.» Disrupting court.The maximum penalty for

the various levels of culpabil-ity in the contempt-of-courtcharge would be a $250 fine

and 30 days in jail.Village Council gave first

reading to the proposed legis-lation in November. A finalvote could come in January.

ViceMayorKeith Rabenoldrecently told Village Councilthat Chuck Schlie, chief of theIndianHill Rangers PoliceDe-partment, presented the LawCommittee with a proposalthat the contempt-of-courtcharge be established in May-or’s Court.

That led to creation of the

proposed ordinance pendingbefore Village Council.

“Wehave not had any issuesas it relates to these particularviolations in the past,” said In-dian Hill City Manager DinaMinneci.

“However, after doing aroutine review of the village’scode of ordinances, it was dis-covered that this standard or-dinance, which is found inmany municipalities, was notincluded.

“Consequently, it was rec-

ommended for council reviewas a way to leverage account-ability on those who must par-ticipate in Mayor’s Court,”Minneci said.

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Indian Hill Village Council is courting compliance with a new lawBy Jeanne [email protected]

Schlie Minneci

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UNION TWP. —Officialsin Union Township andother public agencies areinvolved in a series ofmoves thatwill enrich thetownship’s coffers bymore than $8 millionwhile helping JungleJim’s International Mar-

ket finance an expansionat its Eastgate location.

Here’s how it is unfold-ing, according to AndyKuchta, director of Cler-mont County Communityand Economic Develop-ment.

» The Clermont Coun-ty Port Authority agreedin September to essential-ly adopt Jungle Jim’sEastgate expansion plansas an economic-develop-ment project.

» Earlier this month,theport authorityvoted toissue up to $23.5million inbonds tohelp Jungle Jim’stemporarily buy andmake improvements tothe nearly 41-acre sitewhere “The Shoppes atJungle Jim’s Eastgate”mall at 4450 EastgateSouth Drive is located.

The property is ownedby the Union TownshipCommunity Improve-ment Corporation, theeconomic-developmentarm of the township.

Jungle Jim’s, throughits affiliate, the NobleFamily Eastgate Co., hasbeen leasing the propertyfrom the community im-provement corporation.

»Noble Family East-gate now is exercising itspreviously negotiated

right to buy the propertyfor $8.5 million.

» The Clermont Coun-tyPortAuthoritywill pur-chase the property fromthe Noble Family East-gate with bond proceeds.

“As of today, the bondshave not yet been issued,but they are currently be-ing marketed by the portauthority’s underwriter,”Kuchta said.

The port authority willalso allow Noble FamilyEastgate to use proceedsfrom the sale of the bondsto satisfy outstanding ob-ligations currently se-curedby the property andto make improvementsthere, including the con-struction of more retailspace.

Bond proceeds will notbe used to acquire moreproperty.

» The Union TownshipBoard of Trustees in Julyhadcreateda“Special Im-provement District” com-prised of Jungle Jim’s sitein Eastgate.

»Nov. 14, Union Town-ship agreed to, for amaxi-mumof20years, annuallybill property owners inJungle Jim’s special im-provement district a spe-cial assessment to pay offthe bonds the ClermontCounty Port Authority is-sued.

The district was creat-ed at the request of theUnion Township Commu-nity Improvement Corpo-ration, the property own-er, with the blessing ofJungle Jim’s.

“The special assess-ments are in addition to,

not in lieuof, proper-ty taxes,”Kuchtasaid.

“Thenormalreal estatepropertytaxes will

still continue to be paid.“The additional pay-

ments to the (special im-provement district) willbe forpurposes ofmakingbond payments.”

» The port authorityeventually will sell theproperty back to theUnion Township Commu-nity Improvement Corpo-ration for $1 and the com-munity improvement cor-poration will once againbecomeJungleJim’s land-lord in Eastgate.

So why this series ofsales only to have theproperty return to theownership of the Commu-nity Improvement Corpo-ration?

“Each of the agenciesinvolved in this transac-tion have special skill setsthat they are bringing tothe table,” Kuchta said.

“The port authority’srole as a conduit issuer isobviously important be-cause the bond market isvery familiar with portauthority-issued bonds onprojects such as this one.

“The Union TownshipCommunity Improve-ment Corporation has anintimate understandingof Jungle Jim’s and theproperty itself, the Com-munity ImprovementCorporation has alreadyserved as Noble FamilyEastgate’s landlord forthe past fewyears and theCommunity Improve-ment Corporation hasagreedtocontinuetocom-mit its resources to ad-minister the new lease toNoble Family Eastgate,”Kuchta said.

“The lease payments,consisting basically of thespecial assessments, willhelp service the bonddebt.

» Annual debt servicepayments are scheduledto begin Dec. 1, 2014, andarecurrentlyestimatedtobe nearly $1.9 million.

“Jungle Jim’s has dis-closedplans for the acqui-sition of the propertyfrom the Union TownshipCommunity Improve-ment Corporation, forparking lot enhancementandmaintenance, for roofreplacement, for the ac-quisition of equipment,for refrigeration and(heating, ventilation andair-conditioning) mainte-nance and upgrades andfor the construction of anew retail building on theproperty,” Kuchta said.

“Outside the scope ofthe current project, Idon’tknowwhat—ifany–expansion plans may beon the radar for JungleJim’s.”

Jimmy Bonaminio,marketing manager forJungle Jim’s, said thebusiness has “big plans”for itsEastgatestore, “butthey’re not final, so wedon’t want to talk aboutthem yet.”

Bonaminio did offerthis teaser: Expect to seeconstruction work thereby year’s end.

‘Big plans’ for Jungle Jim’sBy Jeanne [email protected]

Jungle Jim's International Market representatives say anexpansion is planned for the Eastgate location, but aremum on details.JEANNE HOUCK/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

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A4 • INDIAN HILL JOURNAL • DECEMBER 12, 2013 NEWS

The Indian Hill Ex-empted Village SchoolDistrict is moving for-wardwithseveralenergy-saving initiatives.

The school board re-cently approved seekingbids for a central utilityplant, which would con-sist of a boiler and chiller.

The board has also ap-proved seeking bids fordrilling geothermalwells.

Board member ErikLutz, who heads the dis-trict’s Operations Com-mittee, said the IndianHill Planning Commis-sion approved prelimi-nary drawings for thecentral plant during itsNovember meeting.

Dave Couch, assistantcity manager for IndianHill, said the central plantwasapprovedunanimous-ly by the Planning Com-mission, under the condi-tion that it not exceed cer-tain noise levels at theproperty line.

“We are moving for-ward with final plans anddrawings for the centralutility plant which will goout for bid in late Decem-ber,” said Lutz.

“We expect to award acontract in late January.”

Set up of the centralplant, which will be locat-ed at the high school andmiddle school campus,will be implemented inphases.

The first phase will in-volve setting up the cen-tral plant and connectingthe piping to the middleschool. The next phasewill involve connectingpiping to the auditorium

in three to four years. Thefinal phase will involveconnecting piping to thehigh school within thenext decade.

Treasurer Julia Tothsaid theestimatedcost forthe utility plant is $1.1mil-lion to $1.4 million.

Lutz said funding forthis project would comefrom the district’s perma-nent improvement fundsince it would be a capitalproject.

He said the centralplant will save about$80,000 annually in gas,electric and maintenancecosts.

The school board hasalso approved investigat-ingcostsassociatedwithageothermal system thatwould involve drillingwells.

The geothermal pro-ject, which would involvedigging an unspecifiednumber of wells, couldcost roughly anywherefrom $800,000 to $1.3 mil-lion, according to Lutz.

However,Lutz said, an-ticipated savings with ageothermal system couldrange from $70,000 to$90,000 a year.

“I think it isdefinitelyagood idea,” said boardmember Elizabeth John-ston.

“Wehaveapaybackforthe investment.”

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A6 • INDIAN HILL JOURNAL • DECEMBER 12, 2013 NEWS

For Indian Hillteacher EllenHughes itwas déjà vu.

Hughes,who teacheshealth and physicaleducation, is the recipi-ent of a Health Profes-sional of the YearAward.

The award is givenby the Ohio Associationfor Health, PhysicalEducation, Recreationand Dance.

In 1998, Hughes wasrecognized by the sameorganization as aYoungProfessional of theYear during her senioryear at Miami Univer-sity.

“Itwasnice toberec-ognized again,” saidHughes, who is a resi-dent of Mt. Airy.

The award is basedon innovation and cre-ativity in teaching.

Hughes often stress-es the importanceofex-ercise as part of a dailyroutine.

She said exercise isnot only beneficial inpreventing childhoodobesity but it also helpsrelieve stress.

“Healthier kids per-form better academi-cally,” she said. “Re-search supports thistime and time again.”

Hughes is also an ad-vocate for using tech-nology in the class-room.

Online health assess-ments can be a great re-source in determiningspecific programs andstrategies, she said.

Hughes was nomi-nated by colleagues Li-sa Sullivan and DaleHaarman.

“Ellen is a good can-didate for the awardbe-cause shehas taken thisprogram to another lev-

el,” said Haarman, whoalso teaches physicaleducation and health atthe high school. “She isvery passionate abouther profession.”

Teacher honored for innovationBy Forrest [email protected]

Indian Hill High Schoolphysical education andhealth teacher Ellen Hughesis the recipient of a HealthProfessional of the YearAward. PROVIDED

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CANTON— It would be easy tooverlook Moeller High School’sreturn to theDivisionIstate foot-ball finals with, “Oh, they’re al-ways there.”

While that might be the im-pression to an outsider, Crusaderfansknow that 2012’s state cham-pionshipwas the first since1985.For perspective, 72-year-oldReds legend Pete Rose had justbroken Ty Cobb’s all-time base-ball hit record that year.

In Moeller’s “heyday,” coachGerry Faust won back-to-back-to-back state titles between1975-77. Before leaving for NotreDame, he won again in consecu-tive years in 1979-80. After that,coach Steve Klonne won titles in1982 and 1985.

This year, again with Klonneonhisstaffof talentedassistants,coach John Rodenberg joinedFaust as the only Moeller coachtomake two straight title games.

Rodenberg’s Crusaders heldoff Mentor 55-52 to travel southwith their second state trophy inas many years.

“I don’t even worry aboutthings like that,” Rodenbergsaid. “I just think our kids didsuch a great job. It’s all about thekids. It’s a special group.”

The blue and gold nevertrailedafter jumpingout toa13-0lead on first quarter deepballs tosenior Isaiah Gentry and juniorChase Pankey from senior quar-terback Gus Ragland.

Mentor cut it to three twice asquarterback and UC commitConner Krizancic led the Cardi-nals on scoring drives with hispassing and scrambling. Howev-er, Moeller’s Ragland was equal-ly as talented with his arm andfeet as the Crusaders answeredbackwitheitherNo.14scoringorfinding Kent State commit Gen-try alone again (naturally).

Krizancic cut it to three for afinal timewith :44remaining,hit-tingEddieDaugherty fromthreeyards out for his second touch-down toss of the game.

At 55-52, Mentor then at-tempted an onside kick thatwentout of bounds, allowing Moellerto knee the ball out for the vic-tory.

Both signal callers lived up totheir billing. Krizancic ran for102 yards and three scores andwas 36-55 passing for 419 yardsand two scores.

Ragland had the game of alifetime with 189 yards rushingfor five touchdowns to go alongwith a12-13 passing night for 273yards and three scores.

“I owe it all to the guys upfront,” Ragland said. “Theyplayed a great game and our re-ceivers did their jobs. I had eighttouchdownsbuteveryoneputmein position to be successful.”

There’snotmuchrest forRag-landahead.CarlKremer’sMoell-er basketball team will use himand they play Dec. 13 at Taft.Come March, the redheadchucks the small ball from themound for the defending statechampions of TimHeld.

“Every team has a Gus Rag-land,” Rodenberg said. “Gus wasthere for us tonight and got somebig plays. I’m proud of the wholeteam.”

CRUSADERS: 2013 DIVISION I STATE CHAMPIONS

Moeller’s Ragland leads to riches in CantonCrusaders bringhome back-to-backstate title trophiesBy Scott [email protected]

Moeller DB Sam Hubbard and RB Jack Gruber (2) hold up the championship trophy as they celebrate with teammates after Moeller beat MentorDec. 7. JOSEPH FUQUA II/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Moeller quarterback Gus Ragland (14) ran for a touchdown againstMentor by Kiyah Powell (6) in the second quarter. Ragland ran for fivetouchdowns and passed for three more as Moeller got by Mentor 55-52for a second straight title Dec. 7.JOSEPH FUQUA II/COMMUNITY PRESS

Moeller receiver Isaiah Gentry (7)hauls in a long touchdown passagainst Mentor in the Crusaders’55-52 title win Dec. 7. Moeller seta state championship record formost touchdowns by a teamwith8. Gentry had two, Gus Raglandfive and Chase Pankey one.JOSEPH

FUQUA II/COMMUNITY PRESS

Mentor quarterback and University of Cincinnati commit ConnerKrizancic (5) keeps and runs the ball against Moeller defensive backChristian Wersel (19). Moeller held off Mentor 55-52. Krizancic threwfor 419 yards and two scores and ran for 102 yards and threetouchdowns.JOSEPH FUQUA II/COMMUNITY PRESS

THE CRUSADE TO STATEFriday, Aug. 30 - Indianapolis Pike W 37 - 33Saturday, Sept. 7 - at Covington Catholic W 45 - 7Saturday, Sept. 14 - Toronto St. Michael College W 64 - 13Friday, Sept. 20 - Louisville St. Xavier W 24 - 12Friday, Sept. 27 - St. Xavier W 20 - 17Saturday, Oct. 5 - La Salle W 31 - 28Friday, Oct. 11 - at Elder W 35 - 14Friday, Oct. 18 Indianapolis Cathedral W 35 - 14Sat. Oct. 26 - at Lakewood St. Edward L 45 - 42Friday, Nov. 1 - at Louisville Trinity W 42 - 14Saturday, Nov. 9 - St. Xavier W 42 - 17 postseasonSaturday, Nov. 16 - Elder W 24 - 0 postseasonSat. Nov. 23 - Colerain W 35 - 26 postseasonSaturday, Nov. 30 - at Hilliard Davidson W13 - 11 postseasonSaturday, Dec. 7 - at Mentor W 55-52 postseason Canton Fawcett

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Moeller receiver Chase Pankey(4) celebrates with Isaiah Gentry(7) after Pankey caught a longtouchdown pass againstMentor in the first quarter oftheir Division I title game.JOSEPH

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

A8 • INDIAN HILL JOURNAL • DECEMBER 12, 2013 SPORTS & RECREATION

Girls basketball

» Cincinnati Country Daylost for the first time this sea-son, falling 42-23 Dec. 2 againstMariemont. The Indiansbouncedbackwitha46-43winatSeven Hills to improve to 4-1.

» IndianHill beat Goshen 44-33 on Dec. 2. Jessica Aringtonled the Lady Braves with 13points.

» CHCA beat Lockland 60-30Dec. 4 to improve to 2-2 on theseason.

»MountNotreDamebeatSe-ton64-30onDec.5asjuniorNao-mi Davenport had 20 points.

Boys basketball» Cincinnati Country Day

started the season with a 51-43win at Bethel-Tate Nov. 29. TheIndians followed it up with a 44-40 win at Cincinnati ChristianDec. 4 to go 2-0.

» Indian Hill beat Norwood69-36 on Dec. 3. Karl Koster ledthe Braves with 18 points.

» CHCA started the season2-0with a 73-30win overCincin-nati College Prep Nov. 30 and a77-30 win over NewMiami Dec.3.

Football»Moeller’s Gus Ragland was

named the Division I Co-Offen-sivePlayerof theYearwithCon-norKrizancicofMentor.JoiningRagland on first team was de-fensive lineman ChalmerFrueauf and defensive backSam Hubbard. Receiver IsaiahGentry, offensive lineman Ja-red Jacon-Duffy and kicker

Matt Coghlin earned specialmention.

Last chancefor Catching up

The Community Press & Re-corder, along with cincinnati-.com, would like to give readersover the holidays the ability tocatch up with local high schoolstars doing well in college ath-letics.

In what has become an annu-al readership project, parents/friends of college athletes arewelcome to send a photo andbrief description of their col-

lege athletes’ accomplishmentsover the last calendar year [email protected]. In-clude the names of the people inthe photo as they are shown, thecollegenameandsport, parents’names, where the athlete lives,what weekly newspaper theyget at home and their accom-plishments by Friday, Dec. 13.

Photos will run in print Jan. 1and be used in a cincinnati.comphoto gallery.

Questions can be directed [email protected].

PRESS PREPS HIGHLIGHTS

By Scott Springer andMark [email protected]@communitypress.com

INDIAN HILL — Meetsare underway as the highschool swim season hasbegun. The following is arundown of the chlorinat-ed competitors in the In-dian Hill Journal cover-age area.

CincinnatiCountry Day

The Indians won theSouthwest Ohio SwimLeague and the MiamiValley Conference lastseason. Second-year headcoach Benson Spurlinghas improved overallnumbers and solid expe-rience heading into thenew campaign.

“We’ve got 10 morekids out this year than wehad last year,” Spurlingsaid. “We’re ahead ofwhere we were this timelast year. My expectationis thatwe’llkeepbuilding,keep growing and keepgetting better. We defi-nitely want to have morepeople at state this year.”

Junior Allie Woodenreturns for the girls afterbreaking five school rec-ords and placing secondin thestate in the200free-style as a sophomore.

Seniors Susan Brown-stein, Hannah Gottschalkand Annalise Tereckserve as team captains,while classmate KiraHughes swims the indi-vidualmedleyandbreast-stroke. Junior Celia Ma-crae swims the freestylesprints.

Freshmen Holly Ja-cobs (backstroke andfree) and Dee Mohan(breaststroke) should besolid contributors rightaway.

Ontheboys’ side, soph-omoreMalcomDoepke isthe top returnee, swim-ming in the 200 and 500free. Junior twins Alex-ander and Taylor Maierreturn to compete in thefreestyle sprints and but-terfly. Freshman CharlieSachs will be a factor inthe sprints as well.

Spurling has assistantcoaches Matt Dahl andRebecca Nocheck at hisside and hopes they willhelp his team fend off thelikes ofNewRichmond inthe SWOSL and SevenHills in theMVC to retaintheir league crowns.

Cincinnati HillsChristian Academy

The Eagles increasedtheir total number ofswimmers from 24 to 35and have a record nineboys on the squad thisseason.

Head coach Gary Ton-er hopes the improvednumbers will bring someimproved results, too.

“We’ve got 21 kids inour junior high program,too,” he said. “It looksgood for us for the next

couple of years becausewe’re still kind of youngon the high school team.”

There is some experi-ence - and quality experi-ence at that - in returningsenior state qualifierKendall Hart. She swimsthe freestyle sprints andthe butterfly. Unfortu-nately for CHCA, she willmiss the early part of theseason after sustainingsome injuries in an autoaccident. She should be insolid shape by the Coach-es Classic meet in midJanuary.

A group of six fresh-men should help fill outthe relay teams.

On the boys’ side, topreturnees include broth-ers Joe and J.P. Panciolli.Joe, a junior, swims free-style sprints. So doessophomore J.P., but healso stretches out to takeon the 500 free.

Toner has help fromhis assistant coach wife,SuzyToner, aswell as for-mer Ursuline Academyand University of Evans-ville swimmerEmily Fer-guson.

“I think theybringa lotto the team,”hesaid. “Thekids get some very goodinstruction and they areready to race.”

Toner tabbed Cincin-nati Country Day as theteam to beat in theMiamiValley Conference.

CHCAswimsmostlyattheFiveSeasons,butdoesonedayaweekat theBlueAsh YMCA to work onblock starts and relay ex-changes.

Indian HillTaking over the pro-

gram as head coach thisseason is Emily Hardy, afour-year collegiateswimmeratXavier. She’llbe assisted by veterancoachHollyRiceanddivecoach Lori Rapp.

Hardy will be helpedby the return of severalIndian Hill state compet-itors. On the girls side,seniors Cassie Wegrynand junior Katherine Ar-nold have state experi-ence in diving. SeniorsDelaney Smith, SarahVester and RachelMcGoff; junior GraceStimson and sophomoresElizabethDrerup andDe-vin Landstra have allmade waves in the statepool.

“Our team looks to bepretty strong again thisyear,” Hardy said. “Wehave five of our sevenstate qualifiers on thegirls team returning, aswell asall fourstatequali-fiers on the boys team.”

McGoff and Smith arepart of Indian Hill’s rec-ord-setting 200 medleyrelay, while McGoffjoined Drerup and Land-stra on a successful 200freestyle relay. Landstraand Smith are also associ-ated with the school 400freestyle relay record.

McGoff, Drerup,

Landstra, and Arnoldwere all Cincinnati HillsLeague first team selec-tions last winter. BridgetPavlick, Wegryn, Stim-son, and Katherine An-ning made second team,with Kara Korengel andSmith taking honorablemention.

For the male Braves,seniors Noah Brackenbu-ry and Will Dowling andjuniors Sam Vester andJack Dowling all swam inCanton. Those four holdthe school record in the200 medley relay and allmade CHL first team inthe event. Vesterwas alsofirst team in the 100 free-style.

“We do have some newfaces on the boys side, sohopefully we will bestronger just based onnumbers alone,” Hardysaid.

Next up for IndianHillis a quad meet at WrightState hosted by CarrollHigh School Dec. 14. Div-ers Arnold, Wegryn, Ko-rengel and DanielleFaulkner will participatethat sameday in ameet atthe University of Cincin-

nati Rec Center.Indian Hill’s next

home meet is at Cincin-nati Country Day HighSchool Dec. 21.

MoellerThe Crusaders had a

historic 2012-2013 seasonand look to rewrite therecord books again thisseason. Last year’s squadset a school record bysending nine qualifiers tothe state meet. Seven ofthe nine are back thisyear, boosted by a talent-ed group of underclass-men. Senior Greg Nym-berg, an Ohio State com-mit, leads the team. Sen-iors Chris Asgian(Providence commit),Charlie Braun, Tory Wo-robetz, Fritz Josephson,and Kyle Smith giveMoeller one of its mosttalented and experiencedclasses.

“This season, Moellerwill be led by avery expe-rienced senior class,”said assistant coach MattHarrison. “There is a lotof hype surroundingMoeller this year, andwith good reason.”

Nymberg, junior Kev-in George, and sopho-more Cooper Hodgeearned All-American ac-colades last season. Ju-nior Noah Worobetz andsophomore Jacob Pelo-quin, both returning statequalifiers,willbecountedon to score significantpoints, said Harrison.

After consecutiveeighth-place finishes atthe Division I state meet,theCrusaders are expect-ing to crack the top five.Nymberg (100 fly) andGeorge (500 free) will tryto defend their individualdistrict championshipswhile helping lead relayteams to the podium. TheCrusaders have talent,experience, and depth,with the largest roster inprogram history, accord-ing to Harrison.

Mount Notre DameNew head coach Jim

Barbiere brings a statechampionship pedigreeto the Cougars. The for-mer St. Xavier swimmerwonOhio state champion-ships in high school andqualified for the 2012

Olympic Trials, placing25th in the 200 freestyle.

Now, the 2013 IndianaUniversity graduatebrings his knowledge andexperience to Mount No-tre Dame. The Cougarswill be led by Graci Doll,Katie Kruspe, LindsayScott, Anna Lucas, andGrace Adkins.

The swimmers havequickly adapted to theirnew coach and haveshown that they are will-ing to put in the work tomake their own mark atthe state meet in Febru-ary.

“The girls come intopractice with the passionand desire in order tomake our team get bet-ter,” said Barbiere.

The Cougars open theseason on Dec. 13 at theBlue Ash YMCA againstLoveland andMadeira.

Ursuline AcademyThe Lions won the Di-

vision I state champion-ship last season, ending athree-year streak as staterunners-up to that other

Indian Hill makes its latest splash toward state

Cincinnati Country Day swims the breaststroke leg of the 200 medley relay Dec. 3 during a home meet against Summitand New Richmond. MARK D. MOTZ/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Sam Vester, Noah Brackenbury, JackDowling and Will Dowling display theirloot after their Indian Hill record-breaking200 medley boys relay last season. All fourare back for the Braves.THANKS TO SUSAN

TRACY

Rachel McGoff, Delaney Smith, Elizabeth Drerup and Alexandra Tracy arethe relay team from Indian Hill High School that won the CHLChampionship event and broke the CHL record last season. All but Tracy,who graduated, are back this winter.THANKS TO SUSAN TRACY

By Scott SpringerandMark [email protected]@communitypress.com

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The idea stemmedfrom the “Shop with aCop” program, whereeconomically challengedchildren fromall over thecounty have the opportu-nity to shop at a local de-partmentstorewithauni-formed officer aroundChristmas time.

“It was just a verygood experience all theyway round and it’s veryimportant for the sheriffand I to foster relation-ships between the sher-

iff’s office and the com-munities in HamiltonCounty and I think this isone great way to do that,”Schoonover said, whospent roughly a half hourat the Oct. 27 contestalong with Neil.

Over the final fourregular season games(and possibly a homeplayoff game or two) atPBS, students from Win-ton Woods, Deer Park,Mount Healthy and Nor-wood high schools will at-tend games in the suite.

“We love having thesefolks down here,” Be-dinghaus said. “We havean excellent working re-lationship with the sher-iff’sofficeandtheCincin-nati Police Departmentand the opportunity tobring some kids downhere that would other-wise not have an opportu-nity to come to our game,much less have an oppor-tunity to enjoy the gamefromasuite, is somethingthat we embraced rightaway.”

When April rolls

around, the “Gamewith aCop” program will pro-vide tickets for roughly40 of the Reds’ 81 homegames.

“Really for us this wasa no-brainer in terms of aprogramtoget involved,”Castellini said. “… It’sjust one of the manythings we’re doing in thecommunity that we’reproudtobe involvedwith,especiallywiththeunder-privileged kids.”

While the full programplans areyet to laid onpa-per in terms of moreschools being involved,this is just the beginningfor a programwith a verybright future.

“This is an importantprogram to use in thesheriff’s office and it’salso important to theyouth of Hamilton Coun-ty,”Neil said. “…Thiswillgrow county wide, re-gional wide and it will in-volve a number of schooldistricts aswell as a num-berofpolicedepartmentsand it’s going to be a win-win for our region.”

Colerain High School student Destyne Watson, left, joins Reds COO Phil Castellini andHamilton County Sheriff Jim Neil, as well as mascots Mr. Red Legs and Who Dey, at the“Game with a Cop” press conference Nov. 4 at Paul Brown Stadium.THANKS TO THE CINCINNATI

REDS COMMUNITY FUND

Sheriff’s office hits home runwith ‘Game with a Cop’By Tom [email protected]

UNDER THE RAINBOW

Brent Suter (Moeller ‘08) finished a solid first fullprofessional season recently as the Brevard County(Florida) Manatees missed the playoffs. He led theteam with 139 innings pitched and had a 3.43 ERA. His113 strikeouts were fourth among all MilwaukeeBrewers affiliate pitchers. The Anderson resident ledthe Manatees in quality starts and finished 7-9. Suterhopes to be promoted to AA Huntsville after 2014spring training.THANKS TO BREVARD COUNTY MANATEES

UA – Upper Arlington -from the Columbus area.

Head coach Brad Ish-am graduated nine sen-iors, but has three return-ing senior state qualifiersaround whom he hopes tobuild another successfulsquad.

Senior Emily Slabe –who signed with the Uni-versity of North Carolinanext season – leads the re-turnees and swims thebackstroke and butterfly.Classmates Temarie Tom-ley in thefreestylesprintsand Alisabeth Marstellerin the individual medleyand freestyle bring addi-tional state experience.

A trioof juniors inAllieWade (breaststroke, dis-tance freestyle), AbbyPitner (backstroke andfreestyle sprints) andDaytonOakwood transferSydney Lofquist (dis-tance free) bring addi-tional experience.

Freshmen Julia Mor-gan (sprints) and RollieGrinder (distance freeand butterfly) shouldhave an immediate im-pact.

“What we’re going toneed (is) that balance andthat depth,” Isham said.“We’re going to need ev-eryone to step up and im-prove through the seasonfor us to compete in Can-ton again this year.”

Isham said the GirlsGreater Catholic Leaguewill go a long way towardpreparing his team.

“It’s going to be verystrong,” he said. “Thedepth in the league willreally push us. We willhave to work hard everymeet.”

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Cincinnati remains the 10thpoorest city in the country,according to the U.S. CensusBureau.

Carla, a Cincinnati residentwho works 10-hour days, sixdays a week, while taking careof eight great-nieces and neph-ews counts on the extra helpshe receives from the Fre-estore Foodbank to care forand put food on the table forher family.

“It’s a great help. It means alot to me. It helps to stretch therest of the food. The FreestoreFoodbank means everything tome. It’s part of my survival,”she said.

The holiday season is uponus, and our city must continuesupporting those in need nowand year-round. I am proud tolive in Cincinnati and havemuch gratitude towards thoseorganizations that devote theirtime, energy, and livelihood tohelp individuals and families inour city, especially the Fre-estore Foodbank.

The poor and the strugglingare our neighbors, Carla is ourneighbor. People in our com-munity must face the harsh

reality of hunger and foodscarcity daily. Even those that

are fortunateenough to havejobs still strug-gle to makeends meet asthe cost offood and ex-penses con-tinue to in-crease.

My family,our teammem-bers, and ourguests have

grown up in this community.To look at our neighborhoods –in our backyards, and see thestruggles families have to facein order to make ends meet, isdisconcerting. It is our respon-sibility to come together tohelp those in need. We as acommunity can work as a teamto fight hunger.

I regularly visit our 63 piz-zerias, from our Boudinot Ave-nue location to Price Hill toAnderson Township to ForestPark, to meet with guests andteammembers, to listen totheir stories about their fam-ilies, their interests, their suc-

cesses and sometimes, theirhardships.

While many families whofrequent our pizzerias canafford a hot meal, I have heardof challenging times whenputting food on the table was astruggle for them, their fam-ilies or friends.

During this holiday season,LaRosa’s is once again proud tosupport the Freestore Food-bank of Cincinnati to fighthunger right here in our ownbackyard. Serving more than300,000 people annually in 20counties across Ohio, Ken-tucky and Indiana.

The Freestore Foodbank isthe Tristate’s largest foodbankdistributing more that 19 mil-lion meals annually. The or-ganization provides emergen-cy food assistance to morethan 7,200 individuals permonth from its Customer Con-nection Center in Over-the-Rhine alone.

Each of our pizzerias areselling Buddy Cards (our two-for-one pizza discount card) forthe benefit of the FreestoreFoodbank. We will donate $5from the sale of every $10

Buddy Card directly to theFreestore Foodbank and thenourishment and comfort theyprovide to those who trulyneed help in our community.

Ultimately, our contributionwill help support the FreestoreFoodbank’s annual goal to dis-tribute 16.2 million pounds offood to meet our region’s grow-ing demand. We hope you’lljoin us in our efforts to surpassour 2012 effort of 7,000 cardssold for Cincinnati.

Here’s how you can help:» Buy a LaRosa’s Buddy

Card by Dec. 31. For a full listof locations, visitwww.larosas.com.

»Donate to the FreestoreFoodbank of Cincinnati. Visitwww.freestorefoodbank.org orwww.thefoodbankdayton.

Food brings people togetherand can build a community. Nochild, person or family shouldgo hungry. Please join me andthe LaRosa’s family in the fightagainst hunger. Together wecan feed our neighbors in need.

Michael T. LaRosa is chief executiveofficer of LaRosa’s Inc.

Join in the fight against hunger

Michael T.LaRosaCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

Last week’s question

What is your favoriteChristmas/holiday song, TVshow, movie or perfor-mance?Why do you like it?

“My favorite Christmassong is a combination of‘Peace on Earth’ and ‘LittleDrummerBoy.’ Itwasaduetdone by a unique collabora-tion of Bing Crosby and Da-vid Bowie.

“Myfavoritemoviehas tobe ‘A Christmas Story’ as itis timeless although set inthe 1940s. It is repeated ev-ery year and watched by anewgeneration annually.Gofigure!”

T.D.T.“‘Father Christmas’ by

the Kinks!”J.S.K.

“'The Little DrummerBoy' is a favorite because hehadn't any material thing togive to Jesus, so he playedfor him, giving what hecould give. The pa-rum-pa-pum-pum is also a great ono-matopoeia"

TRog“‘White Christmas’ and

‘It's a Wonderful Life’ aremy two favorite Christmasclassic movies, but nothingis better than singing ‘SilentNight’ at the end of our can-dlelight serviceat churchonChristmas Eve. MerryChristmas, everyone!”

R.W.J.“Albert Finney's

'Scrooge' is our favoriteholi-day movie. It's a musicalversionof "AChristmasCar-ol" and was made in the1970s. It can be checked outat the local library. The bestversion of this story evermade!”

C.H.“My favorites are all the

ridiculous and boring com-mercials because I knowthey end Dec. 26.”

D.J.“Favorite song: 'Snoopy

and theRedBaron,’ favoriteTV Show: 'How the GrinchStole Christmas,’ favoritemovie: 'A Christmas Story,’and favorite performance:'A Christmas Carol.'”

O.H.R.“'Pine Tree! Coming into

Pine Tree!' ‘White Christ-mas!’ Best Christmas song,best Christmas performer,best Christmas movie.

“BingCrosby is the top ofthe Christmas triumvirateofBing,PerryComoandNatKing Cole. And he didn'tneed Auto Tune! The moviehas great scenes, songs andclassic performers.

“Rosemary, Vera, Bingand Danny bring music,laughter, dance and thatgreat warm and fuzzyChristmas Spirit that we allseek this time of year. I'msure everyone's feelingsabout this movie are 'Mutu-al, I'm sure!'”

T.J.F.

CH@TROOM

NEXT QUESTIONDo you think Ohio legisla-

tors should approve a bill toallow back-to-school shop-pers to buy certain items freeof state and local sales taxes?Why or why not?

Every week we ask readers aquestion they can reply to viae-mail. Send your answers [email protected] Chatroom in the subject line.

Nearly 24 years ago, Amer-ican leadership helped bringdown the Berlin Wall withoutfiring a shot. Now, our servicemembers and veterans are upagainst a new wall, a wall ofbureaucracy.

This wall complicates nearlyevery facet of life as they tran-sition from active duty serviceto veteran status. This Veter-ans Day, we must renew ourcommitment to those who haveserved us. Our task begins byensuring that their medicalrecords, which document yearsor decades of service, seam-lessly follow them from uni-formed to veteran status.

The House of Representa-tives is taking action to pushboth the Departments of De-fense and Veterans Affairs torealize this goal. Our troopsface numerous challenges afterthey serve: transitioning tocivilian life, finding a career orcontinuing their education, toname just a few. Our veteransshould not have to serve ascouriers between the DoD andVA too. It’s an additional andunnecessary burden.

Our two biggest depart-ments are still not fully capable

of digitally communicating inthe 21st century. Early in hispresidency, President Obamacharged these two departmentsto “build a seamless system ofintegration with a single goal:when a member of the ArmedForced separates from themilitary, he or she will no long-er have to walk paperworkfrom a DoD duty station to alocal VA health center; theirelectronic records will transi-tion along with them and re-main with them forever.”

This vision has devolvedinto a series of missed mile-stones, shifting priorities andballooning budgets. The HouseVeterans’ Affairs Committeelearned earlier this year thatthese failures have led Presi-dent Obama and both depart-ments to abandon the originalgoal of one system, and insteadplan continued reliance onseparate systems integratedtogether to connect electronichealth records.

I served as an Army combatsurgeon in Iraq and still serveas a Reservist. I know that myfellowmilitary members, whenthey retire, should not have tocontinue to wage war at home

against bureaucracies andpaperwork. And yet, a doctortreating veterans cannot seam-

lessly accessthe medicalhistory of theirpatient be-cause thathistory ishoused in aseparate De-fense Depart-ment system.VA doctorsreport thatinitial stepsare improving

this digital sharing, while stillon separate systems.

The House of Representa-tives is working to tackle theseissues through the bipartisanH.R. 1960. Important sectionscall for basic interoperabilitycapabilities within a year,meaning that doctors on bothsides will be able to readilyviewmedical history files.

By 2016, we are demandingfull system integration be-tween the two departments.These are essential steps to-wards realizing a system thatseamlessly communicatesmedical history files between

the departments, without forc-ing the burden on to the shoul-ders of our transitioning veter-ans. Ultimately, I believe onesystem will best serve ourtroops and veterans as theyseek care, and full integrationis steering the departments inthe right direction. Fully in-tegrating these electric healthrecords isn’t just about helpingtransitioning veterans, it’s alsoessential to reducing our veter-ans’ disability backlog.

We know that fully devel-oped disability claims, thosewith complete medical historyfiles, take half the amount oftime to complete compared toclaims filed with incomplete ormissing data. It’s discouragingfor our troops, our veterans,and our doctors to face a wallof bureaucracy that hinderscare. They deserve a lastingsolution that honors their lega-cy and service.

Brad Wenstrup represents Ohio’s2nd Congressional District andserves on both the House ArmedServices and Veterans’ Affairs Com-mittees. Contact him through hisWebsite, www.Wenstrup.House.gov.

How to better serve veterans in today’s digital age

BradWenstrupCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

LOCALIndian Hill Village Council

Village of Indian Hill: 6525Drake Road. Phone: 561-6500.Web site: www.ihill.org.

Mayor Mark Tullis; ViceMayor Keith Rabenold; councilmembers Molly Barber, DanielJ. Feigelson, Mark Kuenning,Lindsay McLean, and LauraRaines.

City Manager Dina Minneci;Assistant City Manager DavidM.Couch;Chief ofPoliceChuckSchlie; City Solicitor Donald L.Crain; Clerk-Comptroller PaulC. Riordan; Fire Chief StevenAshbrock; Public Works/WaterWorks Superintendent JasonAdkins;TaxCommissionerCon-stance Eberhart.

Indian Hill Exempted VillageSchools

Indian Hill Exempted Vil-lage Schools Board of Educa-tion: 6855 Drake Road. Phone:272-4500. Web site:www.ih.k12.oh.us.

Indian Hill school boardmeets at 7:30 p.m. the secondTuesday of the month at IndianHill High School, 6845 DrakeRoad.

Board President Karl Grafe;boardmembersElizabeth John-ston, Kim Martin Lewis, ErikLutz and Tim Sharp.

Superintendent Mark Miles;Assistant Superintendent MarkAult; Treasurer and BusinessManager Julia J. Toth, 272-4513;Director of Pupil Services Tra-cy Quattrone; TransportationSupervisor Barbara Leonard;Facilities Director Ken Steg-man and Director of Communi-cations Martha Stephen.

FEDERALU.S. Rep. Steve Chabot (1st

District)2371 Rayburn House Office

Building,Washington,DC20515Phone: (202) 225-2216Fax: (202) 225-3012Website: chabot.house.govHours: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.Cincinnati office: 441 Vine

St., Suite 3003, Cincinnati, OH45202

Phone: (513) 684-2723Fax: (513) 421-8722U.S. Sen. Sherrod BrownCincinnati – 425 Walnut St.,

room 2310, Cincinnati, Ohio45202-3915; phone 684-1021, fax684-1029.

E-mail: [email protected]

Web site: www.brown.sena-te.gov

U.S. Sen. Rob PortmanPhone: 202-224-3353 Fax:

202-224-9558Cincinnati office: 36 E. Sev-

enth St. Room 2615, Cincinnati,OH 45202

Phone: 513-684-3265

STATEState Rep. Connie PillichIn Columbus: House of Rep-

resentatives, 77 S. High St., 11thFloor, Columbus, Ohio, 43266-0603; phone 614-466-8120; fax614-644-9494.


State Rep. RonMaagIn Columbus: House of Rep-

resentatives, 77 S.HighSt.,10thFloor, Columbus, Ohio, 43215-6111; phone 614-644-6023; fax614-719-3589.


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LIFELIFE PEOPLE | IDEAS | RECIPES

INDIANHILLJOURNAL

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2013

Tree farms are a growingbusiness as families renew theirholiday traditions of choosingand cutting their own Christmastrees.

Whileyoumayhave todriveabit to find them these tree farmsare worth the trip to put you inthe holiday spirit.

Ever Green Acres287 WEST PEKIN ROAD,LEBANON

Scott Graves, owner of EverGreen Acres, said his tree farmoffers customers a familyatmosphere. “We’re a home-town, family-oriented treefarm,”hesaid,notingheruns thefarmwith hiswife, Lauren, theirtwo children, Kristine and Kev-in, and their grandson, Elliott.

Established in 2005, Gravessaid Ever Green Acres offerscustomers the choice of cuttingtheir own tree or picking from aselection of pre-cut trees. Thefarm also offers balled and bur-lap trees for those who want toplant their tree after Christmas.Types of trees include Canaan,DouglasandFraser firsandNor-way and Colorado spruce. Treessell for $6 per foot.

Graves and his family willbail treesandassistcustomers intying them to their cars. Afterfinding your tree, stop in theChristmas shop to browse thewreaths, grab a free hot choco-late and cookies and sit down bythe wood stove.

Ever Green Acres is open 10a.m. to5p.m.everySaturdayandSunday through Dec. 22.

– Kurt Backscheider/TheCommunity Press

Corsi Tree FarmHAMERSVILLE

This tree farm has been inbusiness since 1955. Situated on100 acres at 1651Bolender Road,Hamersville, owner SheldonCorsi’s farm offers about 50,000cut-your-own Christmas trees.Yep, that’s 50 – as in thousand!

Customerswalkup, downandaround the gently rolling hills ofthe farm along gravel roads car-ryingasawprovidedbythebusi-ness.

Trees range in height from 3feet to16feetandnomatterwhatsizebluespruce,Norwayspruce,white pine, Scotch pine, balsamfir or concolor fir tree a custom-er chooses to cut down forChristmas theprice is the same–$42 with tax included.

The tree farm also includes a2,500-square-foot Christmasshop with tree ornaments andgifts, an indoor petting zoo,homemadeItalianchili,hotdogs,metts, and hot and cold drinks.

Call 937-379-9200 or go online towww.corsitreefarm.net formore information.

– Eric Spangler/The Commu-nity Press

Dirr NurseriesGOSHEN

Tom Dirr has been growingtrees since 1960 on his 115-acrefarm on 6066 Goshen Road. Cus-tomers drive through a .75-milegravel road system to choosetheir tree, which costs $45 foranysize.Customerscancut theirown white pine, balsam fir, Ca-naan fir, Scotch pine and Colora-do spruce trees.

Saws are provided and treeshaking and netting is available.Workers help secure the trees tothe customer’s car.

ButasDirrsays, “We’re in theentertainment business, not theChristmas tree business.” Socheckout the farm’s nativity dis-play or get pictures on Santa’ssleigh while sipping hot cocoa.Then take the kids to the pettingzoo, where Schnitzel the goattakes center stage. Schnitzel hasled the Bockfest parade in Over-the-Rhineforthepastfouryears,pulling the ceremonial first kegof bock beer. For more informa-tion about the farm call 513-625-2000

–KeithBieryGolick/TheCom-munity Press

Big Tree PlantationMORROW

With an estimated 45,000trees situated on more than 60acres, Big Tree Plantation is oneof the largest cut-your-own treefarms in Ohio. The family-runfarm, which is owned by BryanKeeton, is locatedat2544S.Way-nesville Road. Trees range inprice from$45fora6-foot tree to$400 for an 18-foot tree and in-clude Canaan firs, Scotch pine,white pine and blue spruce.

“Our mission here is to pro-

videaplaceforfamiliestocreatememories and traditions,” saidKeeton. Customers are taken bytractor to the trees and providedwith a saw and sled to transportthem.

Big Tree Plantation has a giftbarn, Nativity, and “WinterWon-derland” where children canmake a craft, visit with SantaClaus and see live animals. Ad-mission to the Winter Wonder-land is $5 per child. The farmalso has a cafeteria.

For information, call 513-836-0975 or go online tohttp://bit.ly/4iajsF

– Forrest Sellers/The Commu-nity Press

John T. NiemanNurseryROSS

JohnT.NiemanNursery, 3215HamiltonNewLondonRoad, hasbeen inoperation since1962with125 acres, growing about 70,000trees of various varieties.

Customers looking for theperfect tree can wind their waythrough rows to cut a tree downthemselves with their own saw,borrow one or ask an employee(or grandchild) to cut it. Theywillalso loadthetreeontothecaras well, and if you need a stand,they sell four sizes of stands thatthey’ll cut your tree to fit. If youbuy one, bring it back next yearand they’ll fit it for free.Tree va-rieties include blue spruce, Ca-naan fir, white pine and Norwayspruce thatvary inheight from2to 16 feet. Trees that are balledand wrapped in burlap can bebought to plant after Christmasas well.

Trees are pre-priced andrange fromabout $15 to $300, de-

pending on size and variety. Thenursery also has a Christmasstore with that Nieman’s latewifeMarilynstarted,wheretheysell their in-house live wreaths,swagsandotherdecorations thatcan either be bought as decorat-ed or be made-to-order. Open 10a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday throughSaturday and10 a.m. to 6 p.m. onSunday. Fields with trees areopen until dark. 3215 HamiltonNew London Road, Call 513-738-1012 or go online towww.johnniemannursery.comfor more information.

“The difference in trees de-pends on what you prefer, likeodor, long-lasting and color,”says owner JohnT.Nieman. “Wedon’t have a petting zoo or any-thing like that. People comeherefor a nice tree.”

– Leah Fightmaster/The Com-munity Press

Koch ChristmasTreesREILY TOWNSHIP

This family-owned farm inReilyTownshiphasbeen inoper-ation since 2001. The trees are ashort distance from the parkinglotat this farm,a fewmilessouthof Oxford, at 6232 Hamilton-Scipio Road.

Farmworkerswill help to cutthe tree if requested, and handsaws are available for use. thetreewill be shaken to removede-bris, then properly fit by drillingthe cut end of the tree for a treestand. The tree will be wrapped,free of charge, and help is avail-able to load the trees on the car.

What kind of trees? Scotchpine, eastern white pine, Canaanfir, blue spruce.

Price range: $35 to $100. Freetreats and hot chocolate areavailable, and tree stands areavailableforsale.Becausethis isa small family farm, Koch isopen on weekends betweenThanksgiving and Christmasfrom 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and willtakerequests tomeetat thefarm

on other days by calling 756-1998. Directions to the tree farmcan be found on the Koch web-site, www.kochchristmastrees-.com.

Nana and Papa’sChristmas TreeFarmFELICITY

This farm overlooking theconfluence of Bullskin Creekand the Ohio River just north ofU.S. Route 52 has been in busi-ness since 1833. Owner TimBroadwell’s farm, situated on130 acres at 108 state Route 133,Felicity, offers 5 acres of cut-your-own Scotch pine or Canaanfir trees. Scotch pine trees cost$25 andCanaan fir trees cost $32for any size.

Newthisyearisahayridethatcustomers can take from theparking lot to the trees andback.Sawsareprovidedandtreeshak-ing and netting is available. Freecoffee and hot chocolate are alsoprovided.

The hayride travels part ofthe trail that was once known asthe Bullskin Trail, BullskinTrace, Xenia Trail or XeniaTrace. The trail, created initiallyby the thundering hooves ofmil-lions of migrating buffalo andother animals traveling to thesalt licks in Kentucky, was alsoused as a major travel route byNativeAmericans. Legendhas itthat Daniel Boone used the trailthrough this farm in1778 duringhis escape from Shawnee Indi-ans, Broadwell said. The trailwas also a major UndergroundRailroad route. For more infor-mation about the farm call 513-507-1456.

– Eric Spangler/The Commu-nity Press

Timberwind TreeFarmLEBANON

At Timberwind Tree Farm,every treehasastory.Locatedat1566W.PekinRoad,TimberwindTree Farm is eight acres withabout 400 trees. The family-runbusiness has been in operationfor 25 years.

Owner Jim Luers said lastyear he and his family beganplacing name tags on the treesgiving each an individual story.For example, Tammy is the“Miss America Tree” becauseshe is “tall, well rounded with aperfect figure.” This year stu-dents from St. Susanna Schoolwill help write the name tags.

For information, call 937-746-5027 or go online tohttp://bit.ly/1aJzlfR

– Forrest Sellers/The Commu-nity Press

Sheldon Corsi, owner of Corsi Tree Farm 1651 BolenderRoad, Hamersville. The farm, which was started in 1955,features blue spruce, Norway spruce, white pine, Scotchpine, balsam fir and concolor fir on nearly 100 acres.ERICSPANGLER/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Making the (holidays) cut

Tom Dirr has been growing trees since 1960 on his115-acre farm on 6066 Goshen Road. KEITHBIERYGOLICK/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

“The difference in trees depends on what you prefer,like odor, long-lasting and color,” says owner John T.Nieman.LEAH FIGHTMASTER/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

“Our mission here is to provide a place for families tocreate memories and traditions,” Big Tree Plantationowner Bryan Keeton said.FORREST SELLERS/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Timberwind Tree Farm owner Jim Luers said last year heand his family began placing name tags on the trees givingeach an individual story. FORREST SELLERS/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

PINING FORMORE?Find more Christmastree farms online athttp://cin.ci/1iAfFC3

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THURSDAY, DEC. 12Art ExhibitsSmall Treasures, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,The Barn. Show and sale ofsmall artwork, no larger than8-by-10 inches. Original works inoil and watercolor by activemembers of the Woman’s ArtClub of Cincinnati. Free. 272-3700; www.artatthebarn.org.Mariemont.

EducationToastmasters: Improve YourCommunication and Leader-ship Skills, Noon-1 p.m., BlueAsh Technical Center, 11450Grooms Road, Conference RoomNo. 2. Practice skills by speaking,organizing and conductingmeetings and motivating others.Ages 18 and up. Free. Reserva-tions required. Through Dec. 19.387-7030; btc.toastmastersclub-s.org. Blue Ash.

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

Health / WellnessWellness Myths andMisun-derstandings, 7-8 p.m., FITMontgomery, 9030 Montgo-mery Road, Suite 18, Topic: GuiltFree Holiday Treats. Coordinateddiscussion group to explorehealth and wellness discoveriesfound in latest peer-reviewedmedical journals. Ages 18 andup. $5. 823-2025; wellness-myths2013.eventbrite.com.Sycamore Township.

Holiday - ChristmasVictorian Holiday Village,6-8:30 p.m., Ohio NationalFinancial Services, One FinancialWay, Greater Cincinnati tradi-tion features variety of holidayactivities. New houses decoratedwith holiday scenes, thousandsof lights and free family enter-tainment. Free. 794-6100; face-book.com/ohionational.Mont-gomery.Santa’s Workshop, 2-8 p.m.,Santa’s Workshop, 6940 Madi-sonville Road, Historic Shillito’sElves have moved to Mariemontand are opening workshop forpublic tours. Bring letters to mailto Santa. Pictures with Santaavailable on Saturdays andSundays. Benefits Ronald Mc-Donald House. $4, free ages 3and under. Presented by Marie-mont Inn. 620-4353; www.the-santaworkshop.com.Marie-mont.

NatureFossils and Geology, 3:15-4:15p.m., Deer Park Branch Library,3970 E. Galbraith Road, Learnabout rock formation, soil types,weathering and Cincinnati’sfamous fossils. Ages 5-12. Free.369-4450. Deer Park.

On Stage - ComedyDrew Hastings, 8 p.m., GoBananas Comedy Club, 8410Market Place Lane, $12-$18.Reservations required. 984-9288;www.gobananascomedy.com.Montgomery.

Support GroupsCodependents Anonymous,7-8 p.m., The Community of theGood Shepherd, 8815 E. KemperRoad, Room 31. Literaturediscussion group. Free, dona-tions accepted. Through Jan. 30.800-0164.Montgomery.Codependents Anonymous,Noon-1 p.m., Blue Ash Presby-terian Church, 4309 CooperRoad, Youth room. Big book/discussion meeting. Brown baglunch optional. Open to every-one who desires healthy lovingrelationships. Donations accept-ed. 673-0174; www.coda.org.Blue Ash.

FRIDAY, DEC. 13Art ExhibitsSmall Treasures, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, Free. 272-3700; www.ar-tatthebarn.org.Mariemont.

Holiday - ChristmasVictorian Holiday Village,6-8:30 p.m., Ohio NationalFinancial Services, Free. 794-6100; facebook.com/ohionation-al.Montgomery.Santa’s Workshop, 2-8 p.m.,Santa’s Workshop, $4, free ages3 and under. 620-4353;www.thesantaworkshop.com.Mariemont.

Music - Religious

Delta Kings Holiday Concert,7:30-8:30 p.m., St. Paul Commu-nity United Methodist Church,8221Miami Road, Sanctuary.Cincinnati’s original barbershopchorus. Christmas melodies.With Rusty Pipes quartet. Bene-fits WCET Action Auction. Free.891-8181; www.stpaulcumc.org.Madeira.

On Stage - ComedyDrew Hastings, 8 p.m. and 10:30p.m., Go Bananas Comedy Club,$12-$18. Reservations required.984-9288; www.gobananasco-medy.com.Montgomery.

ShoppingHoliday Open House, 5-8 p.m.,Whistle Stop Clay Works, 119Harrison St., Locally madepottery, conversation, food andwine. Artists answer questionsand take special orders. Freeadmission. 683-2529; www.whis-tlestopclayworks.com. Loveland.

SATURDAY, DEC. 14Art & Craft ClassesTeen Craft, 2 p.m., LovelandBranch Library, 649 Loveland-Madeira Road, Make a fleecescarf. Ages 12-18. Free. 369-4476.Loveland.

Art EventsHoliday Raku Firing, 4-9 p.m.,Whistle Stop Clay Works, 119Harrison St., Paint compli-mentary train ornament andwatch as it comes out of theraku kiln. Learn about rakuglazes and raku process, talkwith local potters and sit bybonfire to warm up. Free.683-2529; www.whistlestop-clayworks.com. Loveland.

Business SeminarsSo YouWant To Start YourOwn Business, 8:30 a.m.-noon,CMC Office Center Blue Ash,10945 Reed Hartman Highway,Seminar to provide you withbasics to start your own busi-ness, including how to findresources to evaluate yourbusiness idea and bring it toreality. Ages 21 and up. $10, $5advance. 684-2812; scorework-s.org. Blue Ash.

Craft ShowsMarielders Senior CenterCraft Show, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.,Mariemont Elementary School,6750 Wooster Pike, Free admis-sion. Presented by MARIELDERS,INC. 271-5588; [email protected].

Dining EventsMetropolitan Opera LiveBroadcast of Verdi’s “Fal-staff” and Dinner with Cin-cinnati Opera Guild, 5:30-8p.m., Trio Bistro, 7565 KenwoodRoad, Prices vary. 768-5513.Kenwood.

Drink TastingsWinter WINEderland, 3-7 p.m.,Meier’s Wine Cellars, 6955Plainfield Road, Includes fivetasting tickets to be used onchoice of 1-1.5 ounce samples ofwine. Non-alcoholic juices alsoavailable. Ages 21 and up. $10.891-2900. Silverton.

Holiday - ChristmasChristmas in Loveland, 4-9p.m., Downtown Loveland, WestLoveland Avenue, Carriage ridescrafts, Santa at Loveland Canoeand Kayak, caroling, shopping,bonfire, children and adultchoirs, and more. Free. Present-ed by City of Loveland. 293-8254; www.historicloveland-.com. Loveland.Santa’s Workshop, 10 a.m.-8p.m., Santa’s Workshop, $4, freeages 3 and under. 620-4353;

www.thesantaworkshop.com.Mariemont.

Literary - LibrariesTeen Advisory Board, 2-3 p.m.,Deer Park Branch Library, 3970E. Galbraith Road, Motivatedteens discuss means for makinglibrary’s programs and materialsto be most in tune with theirneeds. Ages 13-19. Free. 369-4450. Deer Park.

Music - JazzThe Hitmen, 8 p.m.-midnight,Tony’s Steaks and Seafood, 12110Montgomery Road, Free. 677-1993; www.tonysofcincin-nati.com. Symmes Township.

On Stage - ComedyDrew Hastings, 8 p.m. and 10:30p.m., Go Bananas Comedy Club,$12-$18. Reservations required.984-9288; www.gobananasco-medy.com.Montgomery.

On Stage - Student DanceThe Nutcracker, 2 p.m. and 7:30p.m., Cincinnati Country DaySchool, 6905 Given Road, $10, $5children and students. Presentedby SCPA Dance Department.238-5240. Indian Hill.

On Stage - TheaterTis the Season ChristmasShow, 5-5:30 p.m., 6-6:30 p.m.and 7-7:30 p.m., Loveland StageCompany Theatre, 111 S. SecondSt., Directed by Tom Cavano.Continues tradition of songsfrom popular carols. WithLoveland Stage Company Danc-ers. Free. 683-1713; www.love-landstgecompany.org. Loveland.

RecreationParents Night Out: Santa’sWorkshop, 5-9:30 p.m., Tri-Health Fitness and Health Pavil-ion, 6200 Pfeiffer Road, Ages 3and up. Activities include pot-tery painting, story time, cookiedecoration and visit from Santa.Pack bag dinner (no peanuts).$30. 985-0900.Montgomery.

ShoppingOhio Camera Swap, 10 a.m.-3p.m., Embassy Suites Blue Ash,4554 Lake Forest Drive, Featur-ing 20-plus dealers. Buying andselling everything photography-related. New and used equip-ment. Bring equipment to tradeor sell. $5, $3 students, free ages11 and under; free parking.614-352-4110; www.camer-atradeshow.com. Blue Ash.

SUNDAY, DEC. 15Art ExhibitsSmall Treasures, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, Free. 272-3700; www.ar-tatthebarn.org.Mariemont.

Holiday - ChristmasSanta’s Workshop, 10 a.m.-8p.m., Santa’s Workshop, $4, freeages 3 and under. 620-4353;www.thesantaworkshop.com.Mariemont.Santa’s North Pole-ooza, 2-4p.m., Kids First Sports Center,7900 E. Kemper Road, Playing inthe gym, inflatable slide, openfamily swim, Santa, Mrs. Claus,Rudolph, Frosty, The Grinch,cookie decorating, holidaydance performance and toycollection. Benefits Toys for Totsand the Dragonfly Foundation.$10 per child age 3 and up.489-7575; www.kidsfirstsport-s.com. Sycamore Township.

Music - ClassicalCarillon Concert, 4-5 p.m., MaryM. Emery Carillon, PleasantStreet, Open air concert. Caril-lonneur plays bells using key-board in upper tower. Tours oftower available; playground,

restroom and shelter house onsite. Free. Presented by Villageof Mariemont. 271-8519;www.mariemont.org.Marie-mont.Cincinnati Junior Strings 35thAnniversary Concert, 3-4:30p.m., UC Blue Ash CollegeMuntz Theater, 9555 PlainfieldRoad, Winter concert celebratesDr. Jerry Doan’s 35 years ofservice as CJS director. CJSalumni join current students inperformance of “Intermezzo.”Free. 556-2595. Blue Ash.

On Stage - ComedyDrew Hastings, 8 p.m., GoBananas Comedy Club, $12-$18.Reservations required. 984-9288;www.gobananascomedy.com.Montgomery.

MONDAY, DEC. 16Exercise ClassesZumba Fitness Classes, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Prince of Peace Lu-theran Church, 101 S. LebanonRoad, Parish Life Center. Freewill donation at door. For ages12 and up. 683-4244. Loveland.

Music - BenefitsMichael Stephen Chertock, 7p.m., Sycamore PresbyterianChurch, 11800 Mason Road,Cincinnati Symphony Orchestrapianist with Maria BobbittChertock, guest soloist, perform-ing Christmas favorites. BenefitsThe Center for Respite Care.Free; donations accepted.683-0254; www.sycamorechur-ch.org. Symmes Township.

Volunteer EventsThe L.I.F.E. Giving Shoppe GiftDrop-off, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., TheCharles Brigham Jr. MasonicLodge, 11665 Lebanon Road,Auditorium. Donate new,unwrapped gifts. Family friend-ly. Free. Presented by L.I.F.E.Loveland Interfaith Effort.583-8222; www.lovelandinter-faith.org. Loveland.

TUESDAY, DEC. 17Art & Craft ClassesArt with Friends, 6 p.m., DeerPark Branch Library, 3970 E.Galbraith Road, Stress-free spaceto explore your creativity.Beginners and experiencedartists welcome. Ages 18 and up.Free. 369-4450. Deer Park.Botanica Monthly Classes, 6-8p.m., Botanica, 9581 Fields ErtelRoad, Design class. Stay after tocreate your own arrangementwith help of instructor 7-8 p.m.Free. Registration required.697-9484; www.botanicacincin-nati.com. Loveland.

Art ExhibitsSmall Treasures, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, Free. 272-3700; www.ar-tatthebarn.org.Mariemont.

Business ClassesBlast Toastmasters Club,Noon-1 p.m., Kroger KP-1 Build-ing, 11300 Cornell Park Drive,Fifth Floor. Develop and practicespeaking, organizing and con-ducting meetings. Ages 18 andup. Free. Reservations required.387-1324. Blue Ash.

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

Farmers MarketLoveland Farmers Market, 4-6p.m., Grailville Retreat andProgram Center, 932 O’Bannon-ville Road, Presented by Love-land Farmers’ Market. 683-0491;www.lovelandfm.com. Love-land.

Literary - Story TimesPreschool Story Time, 10:30-11a.m., Deer Park Branch Library,3970 E. Galbraith Road, Books,songs, activities and more, whilebuilding early literacy skills. Forpreschoolers and their care-givers. Ages 3-6. Free. 369-4450.Deer Park.Book Break, 3-3:30 p.m., DeerPark Branch Library, 3970 E.Galbraith Road, Children’slibrarian reads aloud from somefavorite books. Make craft totake home. Ages 3-6. Free.369-4450. Deer Park.

Volunteer EventsThe L.I.F.E. Giving Shoppe GiftDrop-off, 9 a.m.-noon, TheCharles Brigham Jr. MasonicLodge, Free. 583-8222; www.lo-velandinterfaith.org. Loveland.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 18Art & Craft ClassesKnitting, Crochet and Needle-craft Class, 7-8 p.m., MilfordHeights Church of Christ, 1646Ohio 28, Basic handwork tech-niques and fresh ideas in knit-ting, crochet and other handi-crafts along with short devo-tional time. Free. 575-1874.Milford.


Business ClassesT.A.L.K. Toastmasters of Mil-ford, 7-8:30 p.m., St. AndrewChurch, 552 Main St., Discoverhowmembership in Toastmas-ters will improve your speakingskills, increase your thinkingpower and build your self-confidence. Meets first and thirdWednesdays of every month.Free. Presented by MilfordT.A.L.K. Toastmasters. 831-3833;2289.toastmastersclubs.org.Milford.

Holiday - ChristmasSanta’s Workshop, 2-8 p.m.,Santa’s Workshop, $4, free ages3 and under. 620-4353;www.thesantaworkshop.com.Mariemont.

RecreationMagic the Gathering, 6-8 p.m.,Deer Park Branch Library, 3970E. Galbraith Road, Free. 369-4450. Deer Park.

Support GroupsCaregivers Support Group,12:30-2 p.m., The Community ofthe Good Shepherd, 8815 E.Kemper Road, Room 25. Tosupport caregivers of elderly ordisabled parents (relatives).Ages 18 and up. Free. Regis-tration required. 929-4483.Montgomery.

THURSDAY, DEC. 19Art & Craft ClassesLadies Night, 7-9 p.m., Cheersto Art!, 7700 Camargo Road,Wine specials, 20 percent off allboutique items, light snacks anddrawing for free session. Forages 16 and up. $30. Reserva-tions required. 271-2793;www.cheerstoart.com.Madeira.

Inbetween Club, 4 p.m., Marie-mont Branch Library, 3810Pocahontas Ave., Make gift andwrap it. Includes holiday treats.Ages 12-18. Free. 369-4467.Mariemont.


EducationToastmasters: Improve YourCommunication and Leader-ship Skills, Noon-1 p.m., BlueAsh Technical Center, Free.Reservations required. 387-7030;btc.toastmastersclubs.org. BlueAsh.

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


Literary - LibrariesLego Club, 3:30-4:30 p.m., DeerPark Branch Library, 3970 E.Galbraith Road, Design andbuild creations with providedLegos. Ages 5-12. Free. 369-4450.Deer Park.

Support GroupsMotherless Daughters Sup-port Group, 7-8:30 p.m., Mont-gomery Community Church,11251Montgomery Road, Foradult women who have lost ormiss nurturing care of theirmother. Free. 489-0892.Mont-gomery.Codependents Anonymous,7-8 p.m., The Community of theGood Shepherd, Free, donationsaccepted. 800-0164.Montgo-mery.Codependents Anonymous,Noon-1 p.m., Blue Ash Presby-terian Church, Donations accept-ed. 673-0174; www.coda.org.Blue Ash.

FRIDAY, DEC. 20Art ExhibitsSmall Treasures, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, Free. 272-3700; www.ar-tatthebarn.org.Mariemont.


SATURDAY, DEC. 21Art & Craft ClassesSpecial Family Holiday Ses-sion, 10 a.m.-noon, Cheers toArt!, 7700 Camargo Road, Paintornament. Personalize withnames and dates and decorate.For ages 6 and up. $25. Reserva-tions required. 271-2793;www.cheerstoart.com.Madeira.


THINGS TO DO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

The historic Delta Kings Chorus will stage a holiday concert of Christmas favorites at St. Paul Community United Methodist Church of Madeira at 7:30p.m. Friday, Dec. 13. Cincinnati's 30-member original barbershop chorus will deliver an evening of close-harmony Christmas music in a concert the groupdonated to help WCET's Action Auction. A St. Paul group submitted the winning bid for the concert, which will be staged in the sanctuary; there will beno charge for admission. Many of the chorus' concerts during the year benefit various local charities. The 30 minute concert in the church, at 8221MiamiRoad in Madeira, will feature numbers from the whole chorus and from a barbershop quartet within the larger group.

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house, garage and out-house. This weekend wego to Corsi’s tree farmwith all the kids to cutdown our Christmastrees. The most fun forme is taking photos of thelittle ones in the back ofthe pickup with theirSanta hats askew on theirheads and hot chocolatemustaches on their smil-ing faces. A simple coun-try pleasure!

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St. Xavier High SchoolMothers’ Club “Food forthe Journey” cookbook isdifferent from the usualcommunity cookbooks. Ithas mouth-watering reci-pes, including “date-worthy fare,” heart-healthy tailgate recipesand family favorites. Italso contains originalartwork by students,along with school historyand stories of faith andwisdom. I couldn’t putthe book down! Here’s anadaptation of a brownierecipe requested by sev-eral readers. The book isavailable in the St. Xavi-er’s Spirit shop for $25.

1 cup butter or margarine2 cups sugar2 teaspoons vanilla4 large eggs3⁄4 cup Hershey’s Cocoa1 cup flour1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder1⁄4 teaspoon salt1 cup chopped nuts(optional)

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our holiday memoriesand favorite recipes. Rontold us about the bluecheese dressing from hismom, Nell. I told him Ihad to have it for myreaders. “She makesquarts and quarts of thisto give away,” he told me.Nell is special to me formany reasons, one ofwhich is how generousshe is in sharing her goodrecipes. Nell says youcan eat this right away“but it’s better after 24hours.” For gift giving,pour into a pretty jarsuitable for the refriger-ator.

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Rita Nader Heikenfeld is anherbalist, educator and au-thor. Find her blog online atCincinnati.Com/blogs. Emailher at [email protected] with “Rita’skitchen” in the subject line.Call 513-248-7130, ext. 356.

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Anderson HillsUnitedMethodistChurchThe church has two contempo-rary services on Sundays at 9:30a.m. and 11 a.m., and twotraditional services at 8:30 a.m.and 11 a.m. A contemporaryservice is also offered at 6 p.m.on the first Saturday of eachmonth in the fellowship hall.The church is at 7515 ForestRoad, Anderson Township;231-4172;www.andersonhillsumc.org.

Ascension LutheranChurchThe congregation will helpmake Christmas special this yearfor children served by the DeerPark Clothes Closet. Clothing,toys and books will be deliv-ered to the Clothes Closet intime for “shopping day.”

Community residents who areinterested in helping may callthe church office at 793-3288for more information.The narthex Christmas tree willbe decorated with mittens,gloves, scarves, hats and socks.The items will be given to “OurLord’s Rose Garden”, a chil-dren’s ministry in Sharonvillethat cares for children in need.The OWLS (older wiser Luther-ans) will meet at 5 p.m. onSunday, Dec. 15 at the church todecorate the sanctuary andshare hors d’oeuvres, dessertand a $10 gift exchange.Ascension is partnering with St.Barnabas Episcopal Church andMontgomery PresbyterianChurch for a Blue ChristmasWorship Service. Christmas canbe a difficult time for manypeople, particularly thoseexperiencing loss and grief. The6:30 p.m. service is Friday,

December 20 at St. BarnabasEpiscopal church (10345 Mont-gomery Road).The children’s Christmas pag-eant, “The King’s Birthday,”will be presented at the 11 a.m.on Sunday, Dec. 22 worshipservice.Young New York City virtuosopianist David Mamedov willplay a concert at Ascension at7:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 2..Mamedov competes and playsworldwide. The concert is freeand open to the public.The Women’s Bible Study meetsFriday mornings at 9:30 a.m. to10:30 a.m. They are using“Namesake: When God Re-writes Your Story” for theirdiscussion. The women’s Wheelof Friendship shipped 100health kits and 30 pounds ofsoap to Lutheran World Relief.The group meets monthlyWednesdays at 10 a.m. Their

Bible study is called “In GoodCompany: Stories of BiblicalWomen.”Women of thecommunity are invited to bothgroups.Healing Touch Ministry is of-fered on the fourth Tuesday ofeach month at 7 p.m. Please callthe church office at 793-3288for more information on thisoutreach opportunity.On Sunday, Dec. 29 there will beone worship service at 10 a.m.Rejoice! worship service is at 11a.m. Rejoice! is a more contem-porary, upbeat style worshipwith music and Bible readingsreflecting the preference ofmany people today. Heritage(traditional) worship service isat 9 a.m. Sunday School, Confir-mation and Adult Forum are at9:45 a.m.Ascension is a congregation ofdiverse ages and backgrounds.Some are new to the faith;others are lifelong Lutherans.Ascension is at 7333 PfeifferRoad, Montgomery, Ohio45242; ascensionlutheran-church.com; 793-3288.

Bethel BaptistTempleThe children’s Christmas pro-gram is 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15.AWANA children’s Bible clubsare offered for children ages 2through high school from 7p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Wednesdaysduring the school year. The clubwill resume Jan. 8. Each clubmeeting features council time,which includes flag ceremony,music and Bible lesson; hand-book time, in which clubbersearn awards through memori-zation and handbook comple-tion; and game time. Contactthe church for information, orvisit the AWANA page onFacebook: search for “BethelBaptist AWANA.”The adult, teen and children’sSunday School classes cometogether for an hour of skitsfrom the drama team, chil-dren’s songs, games, penny

wars and more during RoundUp Sunday, offered duringSunday School hour on the firstSunday of each month.Several father/son activities, aswell as family activities, arebeing planned for the fall andupcoming months. Visit thechurch website for details.The church offers a low-key,come-as-you-are women’sfellowship about once a month.Small group Bible studies areoffered Wednesday evenings atthe church at 7:30 p.m.Sunday School classes for allages are 10 a.m.; Sunday wor-ship is 11 a.m. Kings Kids, achildren’s worship service, isoffered during the 11 a.m.service.The church is at 8501 PlainfieldRoad, Sycamore Township;891-2221; bethelbaptisttemple-.org.

Blue AshPresbyterian ChurchT.W.O Annual Holiday Luncheonwill be 11 a.m. Dec. 14 at Park-er’s Grill.Jacob’s Ladder is the theme forSunday School (pre-K through12th-grade); these classes aretaught after the children’ssermon in the worship service.Bible 101 and ThoughtfulChristian classes are offered foradults each Sunday morning.These meet at 9 a.m. in thefellowship hall.The BAPC Bowling Group will bemeeting at 10 a.m. Thursdayseach week at Crossgate Lanes.Sunday worship services are at

10:30 a.m. Nursery care isavailable.Sunday sermons are recordedand available at www.bapc.net.The church is at 4309 CooperRoad; 791-1153; www.bapc.net.

Brecon UnitedMethodist ChurchThe church offers worshipservices on Sundays at 8:30 a.m.and 10:45 a.m. Sunday School isat 9:30 a.m. Sundays.Samaritan Closet hours are 10a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Thurs-day and Saturday. SamaritanCloset offers clothing and foodto people with demonstratedneeds. Bread from Panera isavailable on Thursdays andSaturdays.The church is at 7388 E. KemperRoad, Sycamore Township;489-7021.

Christ ChurchCathedralAdults 18 years old and oldermay obtain two free tickets perrequest on a “first come, firstserved” basis. The 74th annualBoar’s Head and Yule LogFestival will be performed at 5p.m., on Saturday, Jan. 4, andat 2:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. onSunday, Jan. 5. For more de-tails, call 621-BOAR or go towww.boarsheadfestival.com.Five years ago, Christ ChurchCathedral began a uniquechildren’s choir to foster thedevelopment of a life-longenjoyment of music throughthe singing of sacred choralcompositions. Last year, 18young people sang for thecathedral and also at specialpublic events, such as a holidayconcert at Cincinnati’s Christ-mas Saengerfest in Over-the-Rhine. The Cathedral Choir ofChildren and Youth is begin-ning its new program year andis open to newmembers. Thiscity-wide program acceptschildren as young as 7-years-old(second-grade). No prior musicexperience is required.The Cathedral Choir of Childrenand Youth has a busy seasonahead. They will sing four timesduring worship at the cathe-dral, as well as during several“away” performances. Formore information, call ChristChurch Cathedral.The church is at 318 E. Fourth St.,Cincinnati; 621-1817; christ-churchcincinnati.org.

Church of theSaviour UnitedMethodistWeekday children’s programsrun Monday mornings, Tuesdaymorning sand afternoons andThursday mornings. Register onthe website.The church is at 8005 PfeifferRoad, Montgomery; 791-3142.

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Indian Hill Primary and Elemen-tary Schools will hold open housesfor parents of prospective studentson Thursday, Jan. 9. These opportu-nities are for those consideringtransferring their children fromprivate or parochial schools or otherpublic school districts to the IndianHill Exempted Village School Dis-trict.

Also residents of the district whohave students enrolling in the fall of2014 for kindergarten, may attend aswell.

The Primary School will welcomeparents 9-10 a.m., and the Elemen-tary School, 10-11 a.m. It is not neces-sary to make a specific appointment.

This is an important time for par-ents to meet the principals, faculty,

and staff; ask questions; tour thebuildings; and learn as much as pos-sible about the schools and District.

It is suggested parents attend theJan.9 open houses without their chil-dren in order to take full advantageof the occasions.

» Indian Hill Primary School,Kindergarten through secondgrades, 6207 Drake Road, Phone:

272-4754» Indian Hill Elementary School,

third through fifth grades, 6100Drake Road, Phone: 272-4703

For more information, please con-tact Jo Ann Craig at 272-4762 Forquestions about the Primary SchoolOpen House, and Carolyn Andersonat 272-4709 for questions about theElementary School Open House.

Indian Hill inviting prospective students

Duke Energy is offer-ing information to helpcustomers save energyand money during theholiday season and coldweather months.

“Holiday displays arefun for families and com-munities, but can also addsignificantly to monthlypower bills,” said GayleLanier, Duke Energy sen-ior vice president andchief customer officer.“Fortunately, there are anumber of efficient, bud-get-friendly lighting op-tions available to helpcontrol costs during theholiday season.”

Six 100-bulb sets oflarge, incandescent bulbs(600 bulbs total) pluggedinsixhourseveryeveningcan add up to $80 to amonthly power bill.

By comparison, six100-bulb sets of similarlystyled light-emittingdiode (LED) bulbs wouldincrease amonthly powerbill by only about $7. Us-ing six 100-bulb sets ofmini-LED bulbs would in-crease a monthly powerbill by only $1.

Customers can esti-

mate their holiday light-ing costs using a calcula-toronDukeEnergy’sweb-site: www.duke-ener-gy.com/lightscalculator.

Holiday lightingreminders:

» Before installinglights, check each set –newandold–fordamagedsockets, loose connec-tions and frayed or barewires. Discard or replacedamaged sets before us-ing.

»Never use more thanthree standard-sized setsof lights per extensioncord.

» Plug exterior lightsinto ground-fault inter-ruptible (GFI) outletsonly. If the home lacksoutside GFI outlets, callan electrician to installthem.

»Dust your light bulbsregularly, as dirt absorbslight and wastes energy.

» Before climbing aladder, inspect it toensureit’s in goodworking condi-tion and follow theweightlimits specifiedon the lad-der.

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INDIAN HILLArrests/citationsJohnjay C. Rowe, 28, 7480 Brill Road, driving under influence, Nov. 15.Courtney E. Kerby, 29, 462 Fairview Place, speed, Nov. 17.John G. Burge, 43, 1792 Summit Hill Drive, drug paraphernalia, failure to file annual registration, Nov. 23.Juvenile, 17, drug abuse, marijuana possession, paraphernalia, underage possession, Nov. 23.Nancy K. Parsons, 54, 5210 Secretariat, speed, Nov. 18.Irene L. Schultz, 85, 3006 Arbor Creek Lane, speed, Nov. 20.Juvenile, 16, failure to control, Nov. 21.Harry N. Schilderink, 23, 9675 Cunningham Road, failure to control, Nov. 22.Jay V. Hayes, 53, 6864 O’Bannon Bluff, prohibited driving left side of road, Nov. 22.Christa J. Jackson, 27, 21752 Fayetteville Road, failure to file annual registration, Nov. 22.

Incidents/investigationsCriminal damageUnlisted property damaged at 8150 Brill Road, Nov. 22.TheftChecks taken from checkbook at 7495 Algonquin Drive, Nov. 19.Female stated ID used with no authorization at 8055 Graves Road, Nov. 22.

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ABOUT POLICE REPORTSThe Community Press publishes the names of all adults charged with offenses. The information is a

matter of public record and does not imply guilt or innocence.To contact your local police department:

» Indian Hill Rangers, Chief Chuck Schlie, 561-7000

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December 19Wassail Walk BenefitTrunk Sale by Karen

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3850 E. Galbraith,Deer Park

Next to DillonvaleShopping Ctr

www.TrinityCincinnati.org791-7631

Worship Service - 10:00AMSunday School - 10:15AMPastor John Robinson,

Interim

EVANGELICAL COVENANT

Experiencethe Light andSound of God

You are invited to theCommunity HU Song

4th Sunday, 11:00-11:30amECKWorship Service

11:00 am - NoonSecond Sunday of Each MonthAnderson Center Station

7832 Five Mile RoadCincinnati, OH 452301-800-LOVE GODwww.Eckankar.org

Local(513) 674-7001www.eck-ohio.org

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CHURCH OF GODOF PROPHECY

Sunday School 10:00 amSunday Worship 11:00 am

Wed Night Bible Study 7:00 pmPastor Ed Wilson

8105 Beech Avenue - Deer Park(Just off Galbraith

across from Amity School)513-793-7422

CHURCH OF GOD

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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

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

Sunday Worship: 8:30 & 11 a.m.Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.

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

Sunday Worship: 9:00 & 10:15 AM withChildrens Church & NurseryPASTOR MARIE SMITH

www.cloughchurch.org

CHURCH OF THE SAVIOUR8005 Pfeiffer Rd. Montgomery 791-3142

www.cos-umc.org"Christmas Gifts That Won’t

Break: Abiding Joy"Traditional Worship8:20am & 11:00am

Contemporary Worship 9:40amSunday School (All ages)

9:40 & 11amNursery Care Provided

Dr. Cathy Johns, Senior Pastor

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

Children’s programs and nursery & toddlercare available at 9:30 and 11:00 services.

Plenty of Parking behind church.

TRADITIONAL WORSHIPSunday 8:30 & 11 am

CONTEMPORARY WORSHIPSunday 9:30 & 11 am

&1st Saturday of the Month

6 pm

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

MADEIRA-SILVERWOODPRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

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

Sunday Worship9:00 am - Contemporary Service10:00am Educational Hour

11:00 am - Traditional Service

PRESBYTERIAN

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

683-1556www.golovelive.com

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!

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

NON-DENOMINATIONAL

www.stpaulcumc.org

Sundays9:15am &10:45am

Building HomesRelationships& Families

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JDRF Southwest OhioChapter is proud to cele-brate 30 years of their an-nual Cincinnatians of theyear Gala, honoring KimandGeorge Vincent of In-dian Hill, on Saturday,May10, at the Duke Ener-gy Convention Center inCincinnati.

This year’s gala will at-tract nearly 900 sup-porters benefitting JDRFSouthwest Ohio, whichsucceeds in raising an av-erage of $3 million eachyear for JDRF research.Proceeds from the event,whichalone is expected toraisenearly$1millionwillgo directly toward re-search toward finding acure for type one diabetes

until JDRF turns type oneuntil type none.

Loaded with action,this premiere event isthemed “Mission Impos-sible: Uncovering theCure, Eliminating Diabe-tes,” which has been thededicated mission ofJDRF Southwest Ohio forthe last 30 years, and notimpossible, thanks totheir efforts and con-tinued community sup-port.

Beginning at 6 p.m.,guests canenjoycocktailsand silent auction itemsfeaturing someof thebestand most exclusive prod-ucts in the greaterCincin-nati area. For the mainevent, guests will enter

the exquisite grand ball-room for a three course,gourmet dinner completewith the program, led bythis year’s chairs Maraand Larry Wolf, live auc-tion and Fund-A-Cure.

The Vincents becameheavily involved in JDRFseveral years ago when aclose family friend, thegodmotherof theirdaugh-ter, passed away due tocomplications related toher type one diabetes.

The Cincinnatians ofthe Year Gala also in-cludes the ultimate afterparty immediatelyfollow-ing the gala, beginning at10 p.m. The after party isavailable toYoungProfes-sionals.

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A ceremony com-memorating the 70th

anniversary of Lt. Mar-garet Bartholomew’sfinal mission was re-cently conducted at theSpring Grove Cemeteryat her gravesite.

In attendance wereeight Civil Air Patrolvolunteers and three ofLt. Margaret Bartholo-

mew’slivingfamilymembers.There wasa certif-icate ofapprecia-tion along

with a squadron patchawarded to Bartholo-mew and her nephew

Charles Rudy Heath II.Capt. Michael Purvis,Civil Air Patrol LunkenCadet Squadron Com-mander, presented thecertificates and patch-es.

On Oct. 18, 1943, Bar-tholomew was return-ing to Cincinnati from aCourier Mission out ofWilliamsport, PA, when

a sudden snowstormcaused visibility todrop to zero.

Bartholomew flewlower as she tried tofind a safe place toland, but visibility wasso poor that shecrashed into a hill 55miles northeast of Pitts-burgh.

She was the firstCivil Air Patrol casu-alty of World War IIfrom Cincinnati, andwas the only femaleCAP member lost dur-ing the war.

Bartholomew servedas one of the first mem-bers of the Civil AirPatrol (CAP) in Cincin-nati during the early1940s, and was the 154th

charter member of theOhio Wing.

She was a part of thelocal Cincinnati Squad-ron based at LunkenAirport, Squadron5111-1. Along with beingone of the first mem-bers, she was also as-signed as the flightleader of the all-femaleFlight C, and as stationcommander of the Cin-cinnati Courier Service.

Captain MichaelPurvis closed the re-membrance with, “Letus all reflect today onthe service of a trueAmerican hero, andpledge that we willnever forget her self-less sacrifice. We must

also pledge a renewedeffort to ask our electedofficials in Washingtonto award Lt. Bartholo-mew and every otherCAPWorld War II vet-eran the CongressionalGold Medal.”

OnlyWWII Civil Air Patrol casualty commemorated on 70th anniversary

Capt. Michael Purvis of Wyoming, Cadet AirmanWilliamDunkman of Clermont County, Cadet Airman C.J. Warmanof Wyoming, Cadet Captain Jordan Baker of ClermontCounty, Cadet Airman Jackson Powell of Finneytown, Maj.Shawn Hauser of Sharonville, Faith Heath of Sharonville,Charles Rudy Heath II of Sharonville, Robin Heath ofBurlington, KY, and Lt. Col. Todd Engelman of Daytoncommemorate the 70th anniversary of the only female CivilAir Patrol casualty of World War II, Lt. MargaretBartholomew. PROVIDED

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