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Symmes Township Board ofTrustees is working to developa job description for its next ad-ministrator.

During a special meetingMarch 13, the board unani-mously dismissed its adminis-trator Brian Elliff, who hadserved the township since Jan-uary 2011.

In a released statement, El-

liff said that hewas “pleasedwith his tenureat the townshipand glad to beleaving on goodterms with theboard there.”

Board Presi-dent Phil Beck

said that the rationale for thedismissal is that the township ismoving in a different direction.

“It was mutual respect with

the agreement,” he said.Per his contract, Elliff re-

ceived 30 days’ notice and wasplaced on administrative leave,for which he will be paid. Be-yond that he will receive threemonths’ severance, Beck said.Total amount of pay for thefourth months is $35,666.67.

Elliff, who is an lawyer, saidthat he is looking forward to re-establishing his legal practicein the planning and zoning fieldand consulting with local gov-

ernments. He added that hewould enjoy returning to thepublic sector life when theright opportunity presents it-self.

As trustee president, Beckwill serve as the interim admin-istrator. The trustees will likelyhold several meetings in orderto develop an appropriate jobdescription. Once finalized, thejob will be advertised.

Township staff was notifiedMarch 16 of the change of di-

rection.“I told them that this is not

something that will happenovernight. We want to take ourtime and do it right,” Beck said.Until then, the township staffwill be working as a team whichis nothing new for them, he add-ed.

“We have a fantastic team.I’m not going to be microma-naging,” Beck said.

Symmes Twp. trustees dismiss administratorSheila [email protected]

Elliff

MIAMI TOWNSHIP — A retired Miami Townshipparamedic/firefighter saved lives not once, butthree times during a recent flight from Phoenix toCincinnati.

As Rosa Miller sees it, a higher power prompt-ed her to be on that particular plane after missingher original flight.

“I wasn’t even supposed to be on that plane, soto me, it’s a God thing,” Miller said. The 50-year-old Miami Township native was flying home aftera mission trip.

For her lifesaving efforts, Miller received theMiami Township Fire Department’s MeritoriousService Award. She worked as a full-time para-medic/firefighter from July 1984 until August1996, before retiring to deal with family matters,Miami Township Fire Chief Steve Kelly said.Since then, she’s been serving as a fire and EMSsupport volunteer.

“It is said that you never really retire fromFire & EMS,” Kelly said, as he honored Miller atthe March 17 township trustees meeting. “On Feb.11, Rosa showed she is still committed to helpingher neighbors in their time of need. We are proudto have people like Rosa as part of the MiamiTownship Fire & EMS family...”

A surprised Miller, who was lured to the MiamiTownship trustees’ meeting on a pretense by afriend, acknowledged she was “very honored.”She later said she almost didn’t attend the meet-ing because she was preparing to leave on aMarch 20 mission trip to Haiti.

Last month, Miller was flying to the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport afterdropping off a 15-passenger van to Lifeline Chris-tian Mission for donation to an Indian reservationin Arizona. Her family business, Trester Used Au-to Parts in Miami Township, had fixed the van.

While in Arizona, a volunteer traveling withMiller had a medical emergency.

“We took him to the hospital on Sunday, caus-ing us to miss our flight on Monday,” Miller re-called. “We rebooked for Wednesday.”

While Miller’s plane was still on the ground,one of passengers “had what was likely a heart at-tack,” Kelly said, and Miller responded to flightattendants’ call for medical assistance. Shehelped a doctor administer oxygen and used a de-fibrillator on the man before paramedics arrived.

Once in the air, Miller put her life saving skillsto use two more times. When a passenger had adiabetic emergency, she monitored the woman’sblood glucose and administered sugar. She alsohelped a passenger with an allergic reaction whorequired treatment with his epinephrine pen.

“Fortunately, both passengers responded wellto care, and the flight did not have to make anemergency landing,” Kelly said.

Want to know what’s happening in Miami Township?Follow me on Twitter @CindyLSchroeder.

Miami Twp. womanmisses 1st flight, saves3 lives on next plane Cindy [email protected]

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Miami Township resident Rosa Miller received her firedepartment’s meritorious service award on March 17.From left are Miami Township Trustee Ken Tracy,Township Fiscal Officer Eric Ferry and Steve Kelly, chiefof Miami Township Fire and EMS.

To ensure history is notlost, a local resident is sharingher childhood memories ofbrutality, homelessness andheroism while fleeing fromWorld War II.

Loveland resident GerdaBraunheim, 81, tells her per-sonal story of being a war ref-ugee in Europe during WorldWar II in her first book “FromStonischken to Gedhaus: AChild’s View of World War II.”

“This is a history that willbe lost if we are not sharing it.This is the type of history thatis hardly taught in schools. Itis a very emotional historyand a very painful history, butit is important that it is madeknown,” Braunheim said, add-ing she has been telling herstory to high school studentsfor about 18 years.

The book starts withBraunheim’s childhood inStonischken, East Prussia,now Lithuania. To escape theapproaching Russian army,Braunheim and her family areforced to flee Stonischken andfor about a year they travel900 miles through Europe,ending up in Gedhaus, a refu-

gee camp for Germans innorthern Denmark.

“It took me about 30 yearsto decide to write it, because itis so painful and emotional. Ayear and a half ago I just de-cided I would write it. I satdown for seven months and Ididn’t get up,” Braunheimsaid.

She added with the 70th an-niversary of the end of WWIIapproaching in May she want-ed to tell people about the bru-tality that occurred against in-nocent people. Braunheimtells memories of brutalityfrom both sides, from Russiansoldiers storming villages andshooting at random throughwindows at fleeing refugees,

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MIAMI TOWNSHIP — Alandslide in the 5300 blockof Wolfpen-Pleasant HillRoad just north of U.S. 50has prompted the closureof a 100-foot section of theClermont County-main-tained road in MiamiTownship for at leastthree to four months, offi-cials say.

Miami Township Po-lice closed the road after acaller saw that a sizablechunk of the road had fall-en into the creek and re-ported the damage to theClermont County Com-

munications Center Sat-urday, March 14. Thedamaged area is about aquarter of a mile from thebottom of the hill headingsouth.

“It’s actually a wash-out,” Miami TownshipFire Chief Steve Kellysaid. “It’s about four feetoff the side of the road.We’re lucky this didn’thappen at nighttime whensomeone was driving anddidn’t see it.”

No homes or business-es were directly affectedby the closure, Kelly said.

Clermont County Engi-neer Pat Manger said therecent heavy rains eroded

the soil along the creekbank, causing a 100-footsection of the road to becompromised.

“When will it be re-paired?” Manger repeat-ed. “I don’t know exactly.Based on historic costs ofthese types of repairs, it’sprobably in the $200,000to $300,000 range.”

Manger said ClermontCounty is applying for agrant through the OhioPublic Works Commis-sion to pay for the repairs.

“Hopefully, in a weekor so, we’ll know if we’regoing to be receivingemergency funds,” hesaid March 17. If Cler-mont County doesn’t re-ceive the state grant,Manger said county offi-cials will have to look intoother funding options.

Regardless of how therepairs are financed, itwill be several months be-fore Wolfpen-PleasantHill Road can be repaired,the county engineer said.

For now, addresses of5311 and higher on Wolf-pen-Pleasant Hill Roadonly can be accessed fromthe north, or the stateRoute 131 side, accordingto Miami Township’sFacebook page. Address-es of 5292 and higher canbe accessed from thesouth, or the U.S. 50 side.

Although the closurelimits fire and EMScrews’ north and southroutes, the departmentstill has alternate routes,Kelly said.

Manger said the coun-ty’s detour of nearly eightmiles uses state Route 131and U.S. 50.

Want to know what’s happen-ing in Miami Township? Fol-low me on Twitter@CindyLSchroeder.

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Deadline for applica-tion is March 21. Down-load application atwww.lovelandartscounci-l.org.

Categories include:painting – drawing- printmaking; photography-prints-collage-mixedmedia; ceramics-sculp-ture-wood-glass-fiber,and wearable art -jewelry.

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Get help for MiamiTownshipdevelopment needs

With the departure ofMiami Township’s Com-munity Development Di-rector Dec. 31, TownshipAdminstrator LarryFronk is now overseeingall planning and zoningfunctions of that depart-ment.

This spring, rememberthat projects such aspools, sheds, fences and

decks all require a zoningpermit. If you are not surewhether your project re-quires a permit, call thecommunity developmentdepartment at 513-248-3725.

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Cases for Love far ex-ceeds its goal of collect-ing 1,200 bags for areafoster children.

More than triple thatnumber of suitcases, duf-fel bags and backpacks,were collected with the fi-nal group of bags beingloaded onto a truck onValentine’s Day at theKenwood Sibcy Cline of-fice. All of the bags wereto be delivered to the of-fice of Hamilton CountyJob and Family Services.From there the bags willbe shared with agenciesserving foster children inHamilton, Butler, Greeneand Montgomery coun-ties and Northern Ken-tucky.

Project creator JuliePhillippi-Whitney noted

that the campaign wasmore successful thanever imagined.

“It’s been a huge suc-cess,” she said. Phillippi-Whitney and others gath-ered in Kenwood at the

Sibcy Cline location toload up the last bags andcelebrate the project’ssuccess.

Moira Weir, director ofHamilton County Job andFamily Services, was onhand as the final bagswere loaded onto themoving van Feb. 14.

“It’s been wonderful tosee the community cometogether,” she said.

As noted in the past,foster children come intothe care of HamiltonCounty Job and FamilyServices at various hoursof the day and night, Weirsaid. Often the few itemsthey have with them areeither being carried in atrash bag or in their arms.Thanks to Cases for Love,many local agencies willnow be able to provide thechildren with a suitcaseor duffel bag in which

they can carry their be-longings.

“We’re very grateful,”she said.

Cases for Love was acollaborative venture be-tween Phillippi-WhitneyCommunications, SibcyCline Realtors, Univer-sity Moving and Storageand Hamilton County Joband Family Services. Theoriginal goal was to pro-

vide about 1,200 suitcasesand backpacks in whichfoster children can carrytheir belongings. Thisproject was launched Jan.5 and concluded Feb. 13.More than 5,500 bagswere collected.

The 22 Sibcy Cline of-fices served as the collec-tion points for the bags.

“The turnout has beenjust amazing,” said Pam

Sibcy, vice president ofmarketing for SibcyCline. “We would like tothank everyone in thecommunity for their par-ticipation.”

“It’s been an unbeliev-able campaign,” saidMark Bruns, vice presi-dent and general man-ager of University Mov-ing and Storage.

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The final suitcases, duffelbags and backpacks areloaded onto a truck to bedelivered to Hamilton CountyJob and Family Services.There, the bags will bedistributed to agenciesserving foster children.

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MIAMI TOWNSHIP — Mi-ami Township’s first Win-ter Blast celebration wassuch a success that orga-nizers hope to make it anannual event.

The March 6 festivitiesin the Clermont Countytownship included re-freshments and craftmaking such as snowglobes, appearances bycharacters from Disney’s“Frozen” and an ice sculp-ture demonstration creat-ing the snowman, Olaf,from “Frozen.” The eve-ning’s events were cappedoff with a fireworks dis-play by Rozzi’s Famous

Fireworks.“The highlight, I would

say, was the fireworks,”said Krystin Thibodeau,the township’s director ofrecreation. “They wereincredible. People fromall around the area sawthem. Rozzi’s did a fabu-lous job with the 10-min-ute show.”

Thibodeau said thewintery weather also co-operated, with the fire-works reflected on thecivic center’s snowygrounds.

Miami Township wasinspired to offer WinterBlast after an employee ofthe township’s recreationdepartment attended a

similar event in Evendale.Miami Township’s cel-

ebration marking the endof winter drew 212 people,Thibodeau said. Nextyear’s Winter Blast will bethe last Friday in Febru-ary. It’s being moved up aweek to allow more timebetween winter eventssponsored by in the town-ship’s recreation depart-ment.

Want to know what’s happen-ing in Miami Township? Fol-low me on Twitter @CindyL-Schroeder.

Miami Township’sfirst Winter Blast ahit with families, will return next yearCindy [email protected]

THANKS TO WILL MENZ

Elsa and Anna from WaltDisney’s “Frozen” moviewere among thecharacters whoentertained celebrantsat Miami Township’sWinter Blast on March 6.

THANKS TO WILL MENZ

An ice sculpturedemonstration that createdthe character, Olaf, from themovie “Frozen,” was one ofmany activities at MiamiTownship’s recent WinterBlast celebration. The eventwill return next year on thelast Friday in February.

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Mount Notre Dame senior Jillian Schmidt of Forest Park visits with a resident at Hyde ParkHealth Center.

Loveland Elementary School

» The Ohio Council of Teachers ofEnglish Language Arts recognized Love-land Elementary School gifted teacherHeidi Weber, Feb. 28, in Columbus, as theOutstanding English Language ArtsTeacher of Special Distinction.

Weber was presented the award afterbeing nominated and going through a se-lection process that required her to pre-sent a portfolio and three letters of rec-ommendation that came from a formerstudent, fellow teacher and Loveland El-ementary Principal Jennifer Forren.

“I feel blessed to not only do some-thing I am passionate about everydaybut to do it with people who support andappreciate it,” Weber said. “I was sin-cerely touched by what was written inthose letters of recommendation; itmade the award all the more special tome.”

Event organizers called Weber’s port-folio “wonderful” and made special noteof her ability to integrate technology intoher classroom to enhance the education-al experience of her students.

Loveland High School

» Loveland High School Drama per-forms “The Wedding Singer” Wednes-day, April 8-Saturday, April 11. Shows areat 7 p.m. each day, with an additional 2p.m. Saturday matinee.

Tickets are on sale beginningWednesday, March 18, at the attendancedesks of Loveland Intermediate School,Loveland Middle School and LovelandHigh School. The prices are $10 for stu-dents and seniors and $12 for adults. Thisshow is family friendly and appropriatefor all audiences.

Loveland Middle School» Loveland Middle School Student

Council is raising money for the Leuke-mia & Lymphoma Society, and teachersand building administrators agreed toone sweet fundraiser to help.

Pie... in their face! Students were able to buy raffle

tickets for a chance to put a plate full ofshaving cream in a seventh- or eighth-grade teacher's face. Principal ChrisBurke discovered he was the most pop-ular target – he was pied twice!

The afternoon raised more than $400to support the Leukemia & LymphomaSociety.

Mount Notre Dame High School

» Mount Notre Dame students trulyexperienced the meaning behind the ad-age “a picture is worth a thousandwords” through weekly interactionswith residents at Hyde Park Health Cen-ter.

The New Voices Program, fundedthrough the Mayerson Foundation, is afive-week experience in which MNDphotography students, under the direc-tion of faculty members Denise Scharfand Beth Wurzelbacher, met with resi-dents at the Hyde Park Health Center tolisten to stories about their childhoods,careers and families.

Students who participated in this vol-untary enrichment experience includedSydney Armstrong (Deer Park), HannahBrandell (West Chester Township), Lau-ren Curry(Sharonville), Elaina Gruber(Loveland), Maria Meece (Morrow), Car-oline Molony (Norwood), Anna Qualters(Montgomery), Jillian Schmidt (ForestPark) and Ali Wiethe (Liberty Town-ship).

Throughout their time with the resi-dents, students captured photos of im-portant documents, keepsakes and othermemorabilia that residents shared whilerecording the stories behind the items.

Students also took portrait photographsof the residents.

Students will compile the images andtranscribe the recordings to createscrapbooks that document the residents’cherished memories. The scrapbookswill be on display at MND and then ulti-mately given to the residents.

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Loveland student Nicole Pedicini sits besideher former teacher, Heidi Weber, as they holdWeber’s recent OCTELA Award. Pedicini wrotea letter of recommendation for Weber as partof the portfolio Weber was asked to submit.

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Mount Notre Dame senior Lanie Gruber ofLoveland looks at family photos with aresident at Hyde Park Health Center.

THANKS TO HEATHER HIGDON

Loveland Middle School Principal Chris Burkeshows his Tiger spirit to help a good cause.

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Banasik, Taylor Barnett, Za-chary Bebout, Colin Beran, JoshBiegger, Colin Blackburn, Mai-zie Blackmer, Will Blaker, AnnaBober, Kaitlyn Breese, NicoleBrink, Tess Broermann, For-rest Bushstone, Aiden Callahan,Ellie Carr, Mia Carver, Kees Cir-ic, Molly Clemons, Trevor Con-ley, Matthew Copfer, Sam Cox,Pete Craft, Jackson Crane, MattCronin, Skyler Daumeyer, ZachDeWitt, Justin Dierling, RyanDuell, Erik Dullaert, Ellie Egan,Kali Egan, Jack Ellis, MorganEversole, Luke Faessler, RachelFermon, Madison Ferreira,Erin Flanagan, Trevor Fleming,Allie Fogel, Gwen Franke, De-clan Fuchs, Patricia Garny, An-na Geiger, Julia George, ZakGriffiths, Isa Gunn, IsabelHamm, Eden Harden, NatalieHarper, Helge Harris, Ali Hart-man, Patrick Hatcher, NatalieHeath, Lauren Hentz, CalebHerbon, Ryan Hetzel, MairaHodar, Karina Hollenkamp, Lil-ly Huber, Jesse Jenkins, MeganJenkins, Maya Jepson, MayaJohnson, Elyse Kadish, JoeyKapszukiewicz, Amy Keyser,Jacob Kim, Tucker Koester,Adam Koscielicki, Aaron Kra-

LOVELAND INTERMEDIATESCHOOL

The following students haveearned high honors for the sec-ond trimester of 2014-2015 (tosee the entire honor roll, go toCincinnati.com — http://cin.ci/1Aw0qNn):

High HonorsFifth-grade — Jackson

Abram, Olivia Abram, DylanAdams, Busy Aiken, EmmeAmy, Rozalyn Apgar, LucaAquilino, Emily Arnold, EthanAstifan, Samantha Badzik, Za-chary Baker, Avery Banasik,Lindsey Barry, Collin Bass, Dar-by Beal, Katie Beasley, KyleBecker, Presley Beller, ColinBerry, Raygan Bingham, Bay-lee Bronner, Erin Bullock, SofiaCamacho, Gavyn Caney, Jere-my Case, Katie Cecil, Tony Cer-vantes Alvarez, Coley Chris-tian, Deven Clark, Zach Colbert,Hanna Cosgrove, Phillip Craig,Avery Dale, Cameron Delaney,Sydney Dennis, Nicole Dier-ling, Bella Dillhoff, Ryan Dillin-ger, Megan Dodds, Jack Dow-ling, Hayden Ducker, NathalieEhrler, Chloe Etter, Cole Ewert,Kristina Feighery, Gavin Fol-

zenlogen, Kendall Forrest,Nicholas Frazier, Alton French,Chella Fuchs, Matthew Geist,Jessie Gibbins, Laurel Gibbins,Ben Gilson, Ella Girard, LeiahGoedde, Casey Graff, JadaGreek, Lily Green, Luke Grif-fin, Nina Griffiths, Nia Gruf-fydd, Shoira Gulombekova, Ma-rissa Hacker, AJ Harlow, LoganHartman, Addison Hearn, EvanHeckman, Savannah Heemer,Blake Hensley, Jonathan Hills,Trevor Hoffman, Brett Hogan,Isabella Huff, Abigail Hutchin-son, Carter Jerome, Jack Jew-ell, McKenna Jones, Tess Jones,Samuel Joseph, Nevaeh Kern,Hailey Kimball, Macy Kloster-man, Allison Korniak, Steve La-Croix, Jayden Lai, Brice Laud-ick, Jake LeMaster, Meakah Lit-tle, Mikayla Loomis, ElizabethLosekamp, Ethan Lund, Jack-son Lux, Sarah Madix, EmmaMansfield, Kyra Manske, Han-nah Marasco, Alyssa Martin, Jo-lie Martin, Isaac Martini, Jo-seph Mathews, Sabrina Maurer,Dylan Mayak, Aidan McCrack-en, Luke McKnight, AdelineMonks, Alex Muir, Zach Mulli-gan, David Nash, Kaitlyn Nay-lor, Sam Neiger, Audrey Neltn-

er, Nicole Niven, Jackson Noe,Grace Nunn, Sarah Owens,Eden Paddock, Riley Partin,Jake Patterson, Abby Pawli-kowski, Nicole Pedicini, AudreyPlanner, Tommy Pruett, LaurynRaisch, Evan Rasmussen, Jen-na Reis, Sean Reynolds, AbbyRichardson, Lindsay Round,Jackson Rush, Emily Ryan, TomRyan, Jake Sauer, AaronSchuetter, Claire Shimala, Jo-nah Skarda, Brittian Smart,Amanda Smith, Myka Snider,Maddie Snyder, Hailey Sovik,Caroline Staley, Daniel Stedron-sky, Reed Stewart, RowanStrayer, Emily Strong, DevenSud, Caden Swartz, KennySwingle, Maggie Swingle,Mitchell Talbott, Emma Thom-son, Paige Tissot, Caroline Top,Nadia Trombley, Conner Vanoli,Tristan Vrh, Tyler Vrh, MK Wal-ther, Andrew Waple, David Wat-son, Kyle Watson, DonnyWeintz, Connor Wessel, WillWestermeyer, Quin Whalen,Nicholas Williams, Shelby Will-moth, Taylor Wiseman, RachelYeager, Sara Zdrojewski,Amanda Zuch, Haley Zuch.

Sixth-grade — Jacob Al-drich, David Ballman, Ayden

bacher, Davis Kramer, TylerLake, Alex Laman, Hannah La-man, Ethan Libby, Sarah Lolli,Aziz Mahmud, Weston Manske,Emma McCann, Sarah McKen-zie, Faith Meece, Ellie Mennen,Maddy Miner, Mason Moore,Ethan Morath, Skylar Mosconi,Maggie Nance, Monty Noel,Gabe Ogdan, Catrin Palmer,Gwen Palmer, Luc Parrish,Reilly Patton, Alex Paumier,Adam Perry, Lily Prichard, Ju-lia Quigley, Caitlin Reardon,Emily Reardon, Joanna Reese,Ansley Richards, Spencer Rod-riguez, Lilly Rohling, Anna Ro-sian, Shelby Sansom, GraceSchamel, Maddie Schamel, Sa-rah Scheper, Sophie Scuterud,Jake Sealschott, Ethan Segrist,Joseph Shapiro, Scott Sheakley,Brayden Shepard, Jaedon Shep-ardson, Jonathan Sichak, EthanSmith, Leah Smith, Joseph Ste-paniak, Sophia Stokes, AjayStutz, Kathryn Taylor, Mark Te-reck, Stone Thole, MeghanTibbs, Tayler Towles, Jane Van-Buskirk, Alex Vanderhorst,Kendall Visco, Hanna Wenger,Brittany Wolf, Jacob Zicka.

LOVELAND INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL HONOR ROLLS

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THURSDAY, MARCH 26Art & Craft ClassesOpen Studio Oils with ChuckMarshall, 9:30 a.m. to noon,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,Tack Room. Bring current projectfor assessment and help; still lifesetups available. Ages 18 and up.$25. 404-3161. Mariemont.

Art ExhibitsArtistically Speaking: Brushand Palette Painters Exhibit,10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Woman’s ArtClub Cultural Center, 6980Cambridge Ave., The Barn.Landscapes of local favoritebeauty spots. Benefits Woman’sArt Club Cultural Center. Free.272-3700; www.artatthebar-n.org. Mariemont.

Cooking ClassesSpringtime and Maple Syrupwith Dan Berger, 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, 8999Applewood Drive, $5. Presentedby Zumba with Ashley. 917-7475.Blue Ash.

Be Smart, Eat Well and MoveMore at Your Library, 3:45p.m., Deer Park Branch Library,3970 E. Galbraith Road, Learnabout exercise, good nutritionand feeding your brain withgood books while completing 26miles of Flying Pig marathon onyour Hog Log. Free. Presented byPublic Library of Cincinnati &Hamilton County. 369-4450.Deer Park.

Yoga: Align Level 1, 8:45-10a.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,The Gallery at The Barn. Appro-priate for seasoned beginners.Plenty of challenge that buildsstrength and stamina. Attentionto alignment detail is priority.Experience helpful but notnecessary. Ages 35-65. $120 per 9weeks unlimited. Register at firstclass or drop-in. 706-9802;www.karenjohnsyoga.com.Mariemont.

Literary - Book ClubsBook Discussion Group forFriends Past and Present: TheBicentennial History of Cin-cinnati Friends Meeting(1815-2015), 7 p.m., CincinnatiFriends Meeting, 8075 KellerRoad, Book provides in-depthlook at Cincinnati MonthlyMeeting of Religious Society ofFriends and how it has changedover past two centuries. Ages 18and up. Free. 791-0788; www.cin-cinnatifriends.org. Indian Hill.

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

Music - BluesSonny Moorman, 8 p.m. tomidnight, HD Beans and BottlesCafe, 6721 Montgomery Road,793-6036. Silverton.

On Stage - StudentTheater

Children of Eden, 7:30 p.m.,Madeira High School, 7465Loannes Drive, Medert Audi-torium. Story of relationshipsbetween parents and children,using musical numbers, creativechoreography, and a cast ofvaried ages. $10. Reservationsrecommended. Presented by

Madeira Theatre Arts. 891-8222;madeiracityschools.org. Madeira.

On Stage - TheaterFiddler on the Roof, 7:30 p.m.,Loveland Stage Company Thea-tre, 111 S. Second St., $18. Reser-vations required. Presented byLoveland Stage Company.Through March 28. 443-4572;www.lovelandstagecompa-ny.org. Loveland.

FRIDAY, MARCH 27Art ExhibitsArtistically Speaking: Brushand Palette Painters Exhibit,10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Woman’s ArtClub Cultural Center, Free.272-3700; www.artatthebar-n.org. Mariemont.

Dining EventsFish Fry, 4-7 p.m., Hartzell UnitedMethodist Church, 8999 Apple-wood Drive, All-you-can-eat.Atlantic cod, dipped in batterand deep fried to golden brownwith homemade tartar sauceprovided. Dinners come withsides of homemade macaroniand cheese and coleslaw, com-plemented with breads andbeverages. Desserts. Also of-fered: two-piece grilled chickenbreast, shrimp basket dinner ortwo-piece cheese pizza dinner.$10, $5 ages 6-10, free ages 5 andunder. Carry-out fish sandwich:$5. Through April 3. 891-8527,ext. 1. Blue Ash.

Fish Fry, 5-7 p.m., MontgomeryPresbyterian Church, 9994 ZigZag Road, Choice of deep friedcod with hush puppies, coleslawand french fries or baked tilapiawith rice and vegetables. Desertsand soft drinks included with allmeals. Extra pieces of fish avail-able for additional purchase.Dine-in or carryout. $9 adults.891-8670; mpchurch.net. Mont-gomery.

Fish Fry, 5-8 p.m., St. ColumbanSchool, 896 Oakland Road, Dinein or drive-through carry out.Grilled salmon, fried fish, fishtacos, jumbo coconut shrimp,buffalo shrimp wraps, coleslaw,macaroni and cheese, apple-sauce, baked potato, french fries,sweet potato fries, pizza, salad,desserts. Price varies. 683-7903;www.stcolumban.org. Loveland.

Fish Fry, 5-7:30 p.m., St. Marga-ret of York School, 9495 Colum-bia Road, Cod, salmon, shrimp,mac and cheese, cheese pizza;includes sides, drink and dessert.Beer available for additionalcharge. Carryout availablestarting at 5 p.m.$5-$9 perdinner. Ages 65 and up get $1 offmeal 5-6 p.m. Presented by St.Margaret of York. 697-3168;www.smoy.org. Loveland.

FilmsFinal Friday Flix Film Series,7-10 p.m. Features “Big Night”and Italian-themed evening.,Terwilliger’s Lodge, 10520 Deer-field Road, $5. Reservationsrequired. Presented by Montgo-mery Arts Commission. 891-2424;www.montgomeryohio.org.Montgomery.

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


Our Miss Brooks, 7:30 p.m.,Ursuline Academy, 5535 PfeifferRoad, $10. Presented by UrsulineAcademy Stage Company.791-5791; www.ursulineacade-

my.org. Blue Ash.Children of Eden, 7:30 p.m.,Madeira High School, $10. Reser-vations recommended. 891-8222;madeiracityschools.org. Madeira.

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

ShoppingAllure Bridals Trunk Show, 10a.m. to 6 p.m., Bridal by Kot-sovos, 9501 Montgomery Road,Try on dresses no one else hasseen yet. Receive 10-percentdiscount on all dresses presentedin show. Free admission. Reserva-tions recommended. ThroughMarch 29. 791-3877; www.bridal-bykotsovos.com. Montgomery.

SATURDAY, MARCH 28Art ExhibitsArtistically Speaking: Brushand Palette Painters Exhibit,1-4 p.m., Woman’s Art ClubCultural Center, Free. 272-3700;www.artatthebarn.org. Marie-mont.

Clubs & OrganizationsS.W.A.N. Day 2015, 1-6 p.m.,Women Writing for a Change,6906 Plainfield Road, SupportWomen Artists Now celebration.Suggested donation $15-$20(sliding scale). Open mic read-ings, visual artists, musical per-formances. Free, donationsaccepted. 272-1171; www.wo-menwriting.org. Silverton.

Cooking ClassesCheese Making from LuckyPenny Farms with AbbeTurner, 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.,Cooks’ Wares, 11344 Montgo-mery Road, $45. Reservationsrequired. 489-6400. SymmesTownship.

Health / WellnessDiabetes Conversation Maps,10 a.m. to noon, Duck CreekYMCA, 5040 Kingsley Drive,Small group discussions of Type 2diabetes led by Jan Kellogg,certified diabetes educator. Free.Presented by Jan Kellogg. 791-0626. Duck Creek.

Home & GardenLet’s Make a Garden, 10 a.m. tonoon, Turner Farm, 7400 GivenRoad, Class designed for thosewho are new to gardening. $15.Registration recommended.561-7400; tunerfarm.org. IndianHill.

Music - ClassicalMusic at Ascension, 7:30 p.m.Ukranian-born pianist ElenaUlyanova., Ascension LutheranChurch, 7333 Pfeiffer Road,Sanctuary. Free, donationsaccepted. 793-3288. Montgo-mery.

On Stage - Children’sTheater

Gizmo Guys, 11 a.m., 1 p.m., UCBlue Ash College Muntz Theater,9555 Plainfield Road, AllanJacobs and Barrett Felker’scombination of dazzling tech-nique and infectious humor.Rapid-fire act exhilarates andinspires laughter in audiencemembers of all ages. $7. Present-ed by ARTrageous Saturdays.745-5705; ucblueash.edu/perfor-mingarts. Blue Ash.


Our Miss Brooks, 7:30 p.m.,Ursuline Academy, $10. 791-5791;www.ursulineacademy.org. BlueAsh.

Children of Eden, 2 p.m., 7:30p.m., Madeira High School, $10.Reservations recommended.

891-8222; madeiracityschool-s.org. Madeira.

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

ShoppingAllure Bridals Trunk Show, 10a.m. to 6 p.m., Bridal by Kot-sovos, Free admission. Reserva-tions recommended. 791-3877;www.bridalbykotsovos.com.Montgomery.

SUNDAY, MARCH 29Exercise ClassesThe Art, Science and Sweat ofLooking and Feeling Great,1-2 p.m., 2-3:15 p.m., PowerRyde,471 Wards Corner Road, 30minutes of full body cardio onunique full-motion spinningcycles followed by 30-minutepresentation from DebrahEnglert Salon exploring art andscience of looking your bestwhile sampling recommendedhealthy lifestyle products. Ages15-75. Benefits Leukemia &Lymphoma Society. $30. Regis-tration required. Presented byPowerRyde and Debrah EnglertSalon. 583-7433; www.powerry-de.com. Loveland.

Holiday - EasterBunny Palooza, 3-5 p.m., KidsFirst Sports Center, 7900 E.Kemper Road, Get picture takenwith Easter Bunny, gym stations,inflatable slide and egg hunt.$10. 489-7575. Sycamore Twp.


Our Miss Brooks, 2 p.m., Ursu-line Academy, $10. 791-5791;www.ursulineacademy.org. BlueAsh.

ShoppingAllure Bridals Trunk Show,noon to 5 p.m., Bridal by Kot-sovos, Free admission. Reserva-tions recommended. 791-3877;www.bridalbykotsovos.com.Montgomery.

MONDAY, MARCH 30Cooking ClassesSouthern Easter Dinner fromFresh Table with Louis Snow-den and Meredith Trombly,

6:30-9 p.m., Cooks’ Wares, 11344Montgomery Road, $45. Reser-vations required. 489-6400.Symmes Township.

Exercise ClassesYoga: Align Level 1, 8:15-9:30a.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,The Gallery at The Barn. Taughtby Karen Johns. Appropriate forBeginners with some yogaexperience. Emphasis on properalignment, self-care, safestretching, sense of humor andall yoga has to offer. Ages 35-60.$120 for 9 weeks unlimited.Register at the first class. 706-9802; www.karenjohnsyoga-.com. Mariemont.

Yoga for New Beginners, 10-11a.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,The Gallery at The Barn. Sessiontruly for those brand new toyoga. Ages 35-65. $120 for 9weeks. Register at the first class.706-9802; www.karenjohnsyo-ga.com. Mariemont.

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

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

TUESDAY, MARCH 31Art & Craft ClassesOpen Studio Oils with ChuckMarshall, 7-9:30 p.m., Woman’sArt Club Cultural Center, $25.404-3161. Mariemont.

Cooking ClassesSpring Break- CaribbeanCruise with Cynthia Oyenuga,6:30-9 p.m., Cooks’ Wares, 11344Montgomery Road, $45. Reserva-tions required. 489-6400.Symmes Township.

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

Gentle A.M. Yoga, 7:15-8:15a.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,The Gallery at The Barn. Gentlemorning class occurs mostly onfloor, moves spine in all of itsdirections, opens hips and shoul-ders. Poses alternate betweenstabilizing, stretching andstrengthening. Good for every-one from newbie to advancedpractitioner. $120 for 9 weeksunlimited. Register at the firstclass or drop-in. 706-9802;www.karenjohnsyoga.com.Mariemont.

Yoga: Align Level 2, 8:45-10a.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,The Gallery at The Barn. Forwell-seasoned beginner orintermediate student. Ages35-60. $120 per 9 weeks unlim-ited. Register at first class ordrop-in. 706-9802; www.karen-johnsyoga.com. Mariemont.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1Art & Craft ClassesCostumed Portrait Paintingand Drawing Class, 12:30-3p.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,Students have opportunity towork from costumed model ateach class. Values, color temper-ature, composition, painting anddrawing techniques. $140 permonthly session, plus modelingfee. Registration required.259-9302; www.deborahridgley-.com. Mariemont.

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Madeira Theatre Arts presents “Children of Eden”, a joyous and inspirational musical aboutparents, children and faith. Based on the book of Genesis, the age-old conflict of parents andchildren follows Adam, Eve, Noah and the “Father” who created them, as they deal with theheadstrong, destructive actions of their respective children. The show ultimately delivers abittersweet but inspiring message: “the hardest part of love... is letting go.” Performances are7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 26 and Friday, March 27; and 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March28. Tickets are $10. Reservations are recommended. Call 891-8222. Pictured are Sarah Andrewsand Ted Graeter as Adam and Eve in “Children of Eden.”

to strange new trains thatstarted to pass throughStonischken with lockeddoors and barbed-wirewindows.

Braunheim said shewould not have survivedthe war without the hero-ism of her grandmotherand aunt Marta, to whomshe dedicated the bookand included a quoteabout heroism being anact of the soul.

“We think of a hero who

has been in a war or hasaccomplished greatthings, but these peoplethey sacrificed their life.They gave up homes,loved ones, everything tosave me. That is a greatexample and I like to keepthat example in the fore-most of my own life. I liketo be an example too ofwhat heroism really is,”Braunheim said.

Despite witnessing somuch brutality and hard-ship at such a young age,Braunheim said herstrong faith in God re-mained also thanks to heraunt and grandmother.

“Losing my mother at ayoung age was very diffi-cult. But, my aunt and mygrandmother alwaysprayed. Their faith was socomforting that eventhough the bombs werefalling, they comforted usand told us God would sus-tain us. Though it all look-ing back, it was the faithand the very faithful Godthat brought us to thepoint we are today. Thefaith today in God isstronger than it ever wasbefore,” she said.

Braunheim immigrat-ed to the United States in1956 with her brother, $15

dollars andno Englishskills.Braunheimsaid sheworked ashard as shecould andeducatedherself. Shemarried herhusband,Juergen afew yearslater. Theymoved to Loveland in1977.

“I always what to ex-press my gratitude toAmerica for the opportu-

nities we had here, forwhat we could achieve be-cause we could not haveachieved that anywhereelse in the world,” Braun-

heim said. The book is available

for purchase throughAmazon. Braunheim saidshe is working on gettingit into bookstores andtranslated into German.She will be speakingabout the book at the Mil-ford-Miami Township Li-brary from 11 a.m. to12:30 p.m. Saturday,March 14.

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

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Lovelandresident GerdaBraunheimpublished herfirst book“FromStonischken toGedhaus: Achild’s view ofWord War II.”

MARCH 25, 2015 • LOVELAND HERALD • A7NEWS

Invites you to Celebrate Easter with these Special EventsSATURDAY, APRIL 4 • 10AM 10AM Easter Egg Hunt

ALL children welcome to the FREE event.

A light breakfast will be served. Bring your Easter Basket.

5PM Worship service featuring Praise Music

EASTER SUNDAY, APRIL 5 • 7AM7AM Community Easter Sunrise Service at

Nisbet Park in downtown Loveland

9AM Worship Service featuring Praise Music

10:30AM Worship Service featuring Bell Choirs, Children’s Choirs and Voices in Praise Choir

Dr. Stephen Swisher’s Easter Message: “Rising with Jesus”

Epiphany United Methodist Church • 6635 Loveland-Miamiville Road • Loveland, Ohio • 513-677-9866

EPIPHANY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH6635 LOVELAND-MIAMIVILLE ROAD • EP IPHANYUMC.ORG

DR. STEPHEN SWISHER, SENIOR PASTOR

A l l s e r v i c e s a r e f r e e a n d o p e n t o t h e p u b l i c a n d w i l l f e a t u r e a p r o f e s s i o n a l l y s t a f f e d n u r s e r y.

I know I “jumped the gun” when Icleared out the end of the garden nearthe elderberries and mulch pile tocreate a space for my cold frame.

Well, it wasn’t entirely my fault.The weather was sunny and over 60degrees and I was just itching to startplanting.

We lugged the railroad ties over tomake a rectangle, filled it with loamysoil and mulch and sowed rows ofearly veggies and greens: radishes,lettuces, beets and carrots.

I put a clear plastic shield over it to keepin warmth and I could just see in my mind’seye a few weeks down the road, pickinggreens and pulling radishes.

Of course, Mother Nature had thelast laugh when the temperaturedipped below freezing the next fewnights. But I’m undeterred.

I’m still thinking about a bountifulspring harvest, but not in a fewweeks.

Meanwhile, we have Passover andEaster to think about, so here’s twogood recipes for both.

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is an herbalist, educa-tor, Jungle Jim’s Eastgate culinary profession-

al and author. Find her blog online at Abouteating.com. Email her at [email protected] with“Rita’s kitchen” in the subject line. Call 513-248-7130,ext. 356.

Brisket, ham for Passover, EasterMy best Passover brisket

The ingredients here are commonly used for preparing brisket. Thetechnique is what’s important. Brisket needs long, slow cooking to becometender when you roast it in the oven or on top of the stove. Brisket some-times comes in large quantities. I had the butcher at Jungle Jims cut a largeone in half for me as the eight-pound roast in the meat department was justtoo big. So don’t be shy about asking if the roast you see is too big. Wonder-ful for Passover or if you want a tummy-filling, good tasting, easy roast

1 brisket, trimmed of fat - mine was 3 pounds1 bottle, 12 oz. chili sauce1 pouch dry onion soup mix1 can regular Coke, 12 oz.

Preheat oven to 350. Place brisket in oven proof pot with lid. Mixsauce, soup and coke together and pour over brisket. Roast, covered, for 1hour, then turn temperature down to 250 and roast, covered, for 4-5 hours.Four hours will give a tender roast which slices easily. Five hours will giveyou a meltingly tender, fall apart roast and to me, this is the best one so ifyou can spare 5 hours, do it.

You can skim fat off top and slice meat and serve with gravy rightaway or cool to room temperature in the pan and put the whole thing inthe frig several hours or overnight. The fat will congeal to the top and youcan lift it off. Reheat roast with the gravy. You can slice it against the grainso it won’t be stringy before reheating or reheat it unsliced and slice itafterwards.

Tip from Rita’s kitchenFor a 5- to 8-pound roast, double the gravy ingredients.

Homemade spiced honey glaze for spiral ham

Sean T., a Cleves reader, shares this recipe. He found it in a food maga-zine and tested it out ahead of time for Easter. “I like the spiral ham butwanted to make a simple, not too spicy, homemade glaze for it and I likethis one”, he told me. This is enough for an 8- to 10-pound ham.

Boil at a gentle boil together for about 5 minutes:

3 cups honey1 tablespoon cinnamon1 tablespoon whole cloves3 tablespoons butter

Preheat oven to 325. Place ham on baking sheet and brush half thehoney mixture over and in between slices. Do this often with rest of mixtureuntil ham is crisp around the edges and reaches an internal temperature of120. This takes about an hour or so, Sean said.

Tip from Rita’s kitchen: A citrus touchHow about stirring in a cup or so of orange marmalade to the honey

mixture? Sounds good to me, so let me know if you do this and how youlike it.

THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD

When preparing a good brisket, the technique is what’s important. Brisket needs long, slow cooking to becometender.

Rita HeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN

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trip the veter-ans will neverforget – thishonor paid tothem fromgrateful Amer-icans is longoverdue. Theyreturned fromwar and mil-itary serviceto build our

nation and they have not beenhonored in this way since theirreturn.

Our mission has taken on anew urgency, with the ad-vancing age of the survivingWorld War ll and Korean Vet-erans All World War ll veter-ans will have top priority andall WW ll veterans will fly in2015, thanks to outstandingsupport of our media sponsorthe Simply Money Foundation,Emery Community Foundation

and others.We want to invite all Veter-

ans over the age of 65 to go ona free trip, but first we have tofind them! We do not adver-tise, since we feel all moniescollected should be used ex-clusively for the veterans . Wehave no paid staff and everydollar donated goes directly tocover the expenses of the tripsonly.

We have five charter flightsplanned for 2015. It is easy toapply. Just go to the websitewww.honorflighttristate.organd fill out an application inthe veterans/ guardians sec-tion or call the hotline 513-277-9626 and we will send you anapplication. Every veteranwill travel with a guardianchaperone, who pays theirown way ($440) for the honorof spending the day with atrue American hero, our veter-

ans. All veterans travel free.Please help us find veterans

now, by distributing this in-formation. It is never too lateto say thank you. Time is run-ning out – help us find thesedeserving veterans for this

trip of a lifetime. Their ser-vice have saved freedom forall of us.

Cheryl Popp is director of HonorFlight Tri-State.

Honor Flight seeks vets for free trip to D.C.

Cheryl PoppCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

PROVIDED

Honor FlightTri-Statepatronsparticipate ina wreath-layingceremony atthe Tomb oftheUnknownSoldier.

March 18 questionWhat are your predictions

for March Madness – the NCAATournament? In how manybracket pools will you partici-pate?

“My prediction is that Ken-tucky is going to win it all.Bench depth is so important inthe tournament since you nev-er know when you’ll have oneof the starters get into foultrouble.

“With Kentucky thatdoesn’t matter since theirbench players are probablyjust a slight percentage dro-poff in ability from the start-ers. No other team in the tour-nament has such talent anddepth that can come off thebench and not have the teammiss a beat.

“I’ll probably enter twobrackets, one a friend of mineis running and another fromwork. It won’t really mattersince by Thursday late PM, Iwill already have lines drawnthrough my selections, on myway to another disappointingfailure at bracket perfection.”

C.S.

“Zero.”D.H.

“I’m just sad that the BlueJackets won’t be facing offagainst Ottawa this year. Nev-er heard the Stanley Cup

called March Madness. Wheredid that term originate?”

D.B.

“My prediction for MarchMadness is Michigan State forthe whole enchilada. Howev-er, since they failed to makethe bracket, I may possiblyneed to reconsider. UK is thepresumptive star and I cansupport them. I am only in onepool at work and that is aimedat giving most of the proceedsto charity. The one thingMarch Madness always stirsup for me is the question thatif NCAA basketball can do anall-inclusive tournament lead-ing to a true and real nationalchampion, why can’t they dothe same thing for NCAA foot-ball?”

M.J.F.

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THIS WEEK’SQUESTIONWhat Opening Day traditionsor memories do you have?How do you think the Redswill do this year?

Every week we ask readers aquestion they can reply to via email.Send your answers toloveland@community press.com withCh@troom in the subject line.

History has been unkind toClermont-born Ulysses S.Grant. Gen. Grant has beencalled a “drunk” and a “butch-er.” President Grant was criti-cized as an “incompetent” and“corrupt.” Recently his starhas been rising.

Historians are praising himfor his strong support of blackcivil rights. Grant claimed thatthe 15th Amendment, extend-ing the right to vote to blackmen, was “the most importantpolitical event since the nationcame to life.” Grant also wagedAmerica’s first war on terroragainst the Ku Klux Klan. As aresult, professor Alvin Fel-zenberg gave him his highestranking for “preserving andextending liberty.”

The Ku Klux Klan morphedfrom a group of prankstersinto a violent terrorist organi-zation dedicated to reestab-lishing white control and blackservitude. It targeted politi-cally active blacks and whitesympathizers using murder,rape, lynching and arson astactics. Congress passed twolaws making it a federal crimeto violate a person’s civilrights. Election violence onlyincreased in Southern states. Athird law giving the Federalgovernment more enforce-ment authority was needed.

When the proposed lawbecame bogged down in Con-gress, President Grant took theunprecedented step of going toCapitol Hill to lobby for thebill. He called the Klan a“grand system of criminalassociation” whose allegiancewas only to itself. Its purposewas “to reduce the coloredpeople” to “a condition closelyallied to slavery” by using “…force and terror.” The passageof the bill, he said, was “abso-lutely necessary to effectivelysecure life, liberty, and proper-ty, and the enforcement of lawto all parts of the UnitedStates.”

With his intervention, thebill passed easily. He warnedKlansmen to give up their gunsand renounce violence. Evenso, the president began receiv-ing reports of increasing vio-lence from all over the South.In Alabama he read, “We arehunted down like animals.”

Also in Alabama a blackRepublican activist was beatenin his home as his daughterwas raped. In Tennessee, anelected black justice of thepeace was whipped. Accordingto a report from South Caroli-na, “there are armed bands ofruffians coming through thecountry murdering inoffensivepeople.” Another South Caro-

linian put in poetically: “AtAppomattox Court House thegreat rebellion was cut off atthe ground. In SpartanburgCounty…it has sprouted fromthe stump, and the scions aremore poisonous than the par-ent tree.”

Grant heard enough. Hesuspended habeus corpus andsent in Federal marshalls andthe army into nine South Caro-lina counties. Two thousandKlansmen fled the state. Sevenhundred were prosecuted anddozens served time.

Grant’s war on terror brokethe Klan’s back.

So successful was Grant’sactions that historian JamesMcPherson called the 1872presidential election “the fair-est and most democratic in theSouth until 1968.” ProfessorStephen Ambrose, originally aGrant critic, changed his mindafter many years of study,writing: “Today I know that hetried to do more for the Afri-can Americans than any presi-dent until Lyndon Baines John-son.”

Gary Knepp is an attorney whoteaches history and political scienceat Clermont College. He lives withhis family in Miami Township.

America’s first war on terror

I am trying to help you, sothink about what you are goingto read.

You are employed and yourvalue is the creation of profitsfor your employer. If he makesa profit on your services, yourfuture is secure. If you showthat you can create more val-ue, raises and promotions arein your future.

This is no different than asmall business. Like a busi-ness, when you create moresales volume over your costs,you are successful. The maindifference is that in a businessyou most likely have morecontrol.

The point we want to dis-cuss is that as an employeethere are costs taken from

your wagesthat interferewith your abil-ity to makemore money.These takestrict examina-tion so thatsimply beingaware of them,you may beable to gainsome control.

They are taxes on your wagescreated by regulations andlegislated work rules that maylimit your production.

Your employer pays them,but they limit your value. Theyare the result of political pay-ments to inefficient govern-ment systems and unions that

support politicians who em-power them. If these peoplewere so good for you, why aremany higher paying jobs mov-ing to Right to Work states oroverseas?

When I started work in themid 1950s our union was apositive factor. They promotedsales to other union organiza-tions. Over the years they be-came a serious detriment toproduction and profits. As wesee union membership shrink-ing it would be important forthem to again become allies tobusiness. This would supporttheir membership and theentire workforce would bene-fit. Businesses have a hardenough time competing withimports.

A positive boost to Amer-ican based business wouldincrease jobs and wages.

Another help to our workingfolks would be to carefullyexamine all laws and regula-tions that are expensive tobusiness with little or no bene-fit. I did not need to be toldwho to hire, my workers wereintegrated long before it be-came law. This caused myemployees to expect promotionbased on production ratherthan racial or sexual quotas.

Think of yourself as a com-petitor, not against your fellowemployees, but as an inspira-tion that causes others to helpyour employer succeed. Thespirit of trying to be the bestincreases your value. This is

no different than the smallbusiness in your area that issucceeding because they try tosatisfy you.

It is also possible that youmay be asked to become apartner due to your work hab-its and attitude. Some of mylabor became managers be-cause of their efforts andlearned skills. Some had beenhired because they showed adesire to prove their worth.

If you do not reach the levelyou feel is earned, the experi-ences you gained will help yourun a successful business ofyour own. Best of luck and donot give up easily.

Edward Levy is a resident of Montgo-mery.

Edward LevyCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

As an employee, you are a small business

The baseball Tigers ofLovelandHigh School last wona league title in 2008, but haveas much talent as any school inthe Eastern Cincinnati Confer-ence.

Last season Coach KenReed’s crew was 7-5 in the ECCand 16-12 overall. The programitself has had 44 consecutivewinning seasons.

Among the returning seniorstarters are three-year letter-man at catcher, Chris Sackett,third baseman Josh Meszarosand center fielder/pitcherAdam Beran. Sackett is headedto Ohio Dominican and Mesza-rous is going to Hanover.

Pitcher/outfielder Jay Wil-son is a Georgia Tech commitand sophomore shortstop LukeWaddell is a known commodityamong many college pro-grams. Also drawing early in-terest is freshman Cal Conley.

Waddell led the team in hit-ting at .418 and had 18 stolenbases, while Wilson hit .407 andwas one of four Tigers to knocka home run. On the mound Wil-son was 4-2 with a 1.77 earnedrun average.

“I like our defense up themiddle, our top of the pitchingrotation and team speed,”Reed said.

Junior Trent Spikes and sen-ior Jake Albin also add signifi-cant experience on the mound.

Loveland will begin the sea-son in the South with severalgames at Dodgertown in VeroBeach, Fla. Their opener isagainst Stephenson, Ill., March29. Once they return homethey’re at Hamilton April 4.The home opener is April 6against Walnut Hills.

The Cincinnati Hills Chris-tian Academy Eagles had thebest result at the end of the sea-son of any area team. Last year,they finished as the DivisionIII runner-up to Coldwater atHuntington Park in Columbus.

CHCA’s roster was litteredwith college signees, all-MiamiValley Conference performersand even a Major League Base-ball draftee. Pitcher CameronVarga signed with the TampaBay Rays. This year, the Ea-gles are hoping to make a re-turn trip to the state capital.

Helping guide the Eagles tothat goal will be Cameron andChase Murray. Both battedbetter than .450, accrued morethan 40 hits and received rec-ognition from the MVC. Cam-eron was named to the secondteam and Chase received anhonorable mention nod.

On the mound, the Eaglesreturn seasoned pitcher Gra-ham Lally, who could be count-ed on to lead the staff with thedeparture of starters such asBlake Swanger and Varga.

Lally posted a 4-1record lastseason.

Enquirer Division III headcoach of the year Jeff Keithcould not be reached for fur-ther comment.

CHCA opens the seasonMarch 28 against the Cincin-nati Trailblazers.

Though they were second inthe Greater Catholic League-South to Elder last season at6-3, Moeller High School’sbaseball team made anotherstate run as they got to the Di-

vision I semifinals at Hunting-ton Park in Columbus and fin-ished with a 24-5 record.

Coach Tim Held returns sixsenior starters in infielderJosh Hollander, catcher BaileyMontoya, outfielder/first base-man Bryan Soth, pitcher/des-

ignated hitter Joe Vranesic, in-fielder Kyle Dockus and out-fielder Jordan Ramey.

Junior outfielder Kyle Butzand junior pitcher Nick Ben-nett were also key contributorsand senior pitcher/infielderGrant Macciocchi is back afterdealing with injuries his juniorseason.

FILE PHOTO

Moeller’s Bryan Soth scores against St. Xavier catcher JordanMcDonough in a GCL-South match-up at Prasco Park last year.

Loveland returnstournament-tested

baseball talentScott Springer and Nick RobbeCommunity Press staff

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Jay Wilson is greeted at first baseduring a Loveland tournamentgame last season.

MARK D. MOTZ FOR THE COMMUNITY

PRESS

Cincinnati Hills ChristianAcademy’s Chase Murray was3-for-3 with a walk and two runsbatted in during the Eagles’ 4-2loss to Coldwater in the Division IIIstate championship game.

BRANDON SEVERN/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Luke Waddell of Loveland throwsto first against Moeller in a lateseason tournament game atSycamore.

PLAYERS TO WATCH

Jay Wilson, Loveland junior: Thepitcher/outfielder is a Georgia Techcommit.Luke Waddell, Loveland sopho-more: He started as a freshman andhas been a factor in every sport he’splayed at Loveland. On the radar ofmany top college programs.Nick Bennett, Moeller junior:Lefthander has committed to pitchat Louisville. Pitched significantinnings as a sophomore.Josh Hollander, Bryan Soth, JoeVranesic, Moeller seniors: Allthree Crusaders have committed toKent State. All were major contrib-utors on Moeller’s state semifinalteam a year ago. Vranesic is aneffective hitter and pitcher.Cameron Murray, CHCA: TheAlderson Broaddus commit hit .500last season and collected 46 hits.Chase Murray, CHCA: The Eagles’three-hole hitter hit better than.450 and clocked better than 40 hits.

See LOVELAND, Page B2

First swing at 2015 high school baseball

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SPORTSSPORTSHIGH SCHOOL | YOUTH | RECREATIONAL CommunityPress.com

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

EVANSTON — Moeller HighSchool senior Nate Fowlerplayed his last prep basketballgame at Xavier University’sCintas Center.

Unfortunately, it was lastseason when he was a junior.

Thanksto a presea-son injury,the Butlercommit hasonly been al-lowed towatch fromthe bench

this season as he healed. Theonly other current Crusaderwho saw the floor in last year’sseason-ending loss was reserveguard Kevin Kerley.

Minus their 6-foot-9 big man,the Crusaders managed a dis-trict title in Dayton with newplayers to earn the return trip toXavier March 18 againstSpringfield.

That’s where the Wildcatswere waiting with a 6-foot-9 be-hemoth of their own.

Springfield junior DariusHarper blocked two Moellershot attempts in the game’s fi-nal seconds and senior AnthonyFreeman made a pair of keythree-pointers down the stretchas the Wildcats defeated theCrusaders 51-47 to advance tothe Division I regional final.

The smaller Crusaders heldHarper to seven points and sixrebounds, but he made his pres-ence known by changing andblocking shots.

In addition to Freeman going4-5 from the arc for 12 points,sophomore Danny Davis was3-7 for 14 points.

“Gutsy performance by ourkids against a great team,”Springfield coach Isiah Carsonsaid. “That’s a good programthat we beat twice this year.”

The Wildcats also beat Moell-er on Jan. 3, 74-72 in overtime.

In the second match withSpringfield, the score was tiedseven times, including 19-19 atthe half and 34-all after threequarters.

The lead changed 10 times.Even though the Wildcatsjumped ahead by seven in thefourth quarter, the Crusaders

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Moeller’s Nate Georgeton drives to the basket against Springfield’s HenryAlexander during their regional semifinal March 18.

ReconstructedMoeller makesregionalbasketball run


Moeller’s Grant Pitman goes to theground during the Crusaders’regional semifinal againstSpringfield March 18.

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Moeller’s Riley Voss, right, battlesDarius Harper of Springfield for arebound during their regionalsemifinal March 18 at Xavier’s CintasCenter.

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ONLINEEXTRASFor video of theMoeller/Springfieldgame go tohttp://bit.ly/19AZli0

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Butz is the top return-ing hitter at .436, whileSoth returns at .364.Dockus and Vranesicwere at .315 and .310, re-spectively with Vranesicleading in the power de-partment with a pair ofhome runs.

Lefty Bennett is thetop returning pitcherwith four wins and 39

strikeouts, while Vra-nesic had 40 strikeouts.

“Our offense looks tobe very solid with thenumber of players weare returning,” Heldsaid. “Our starting pitch-ing should be solid aswell. Our experiencewill be key as a lot of cur-rent seniors played sig-nificant innings last yearas juniors.”

Moeller’s roster isfertile with college tal-ent. Hollander, Soth andVranesic are Kent State

signees; Macciocchi isgoing to Missouri; Mon-toya to Dayton; Dockusto Wright State; Rameyto Cincinnati and pitcherZach Hoffman is head-ing to Miami University.Two junior pitchers havealready committed withNick Bennett going toLouisville and CameronJunker to Notre Dame.

The Crusaders startthe season March 28with a doubleheader atSchuler Park againstTroy and Strongsville.

LovelandContinued from Page B1

were able to cut it to abucket on a Grant Pitmandrive with 1:37 left.

Springfield then ap-peared to be slowing itdown before senior Free-man launched a trey fromthe corner that hit the bot-tom of the net to the dis-may of the Moeller faith-ful.

Pitman again gotMoeller within two on athree-ball with :29 left.Moeller then got the ballback with 17 ticks remain-

ing. Springfield’s Harperthen blocked TreyMcBride and Riley Vosson consecutive posses-sions to eventually sealthe win.

“I’m extremely proudof this team,” Moellercoach Carl Kremer said.“Some people wrote us offwhen we were 5-5. We hadto ask a lot of a lot of ourguys. We got to the final 16in the state and we reallythought we were capableof winning this game.”

Moeller was led bysophomore Voss with 12points and 11 rebounds.Senior Pitman had 11points and junior

McBride had seven pointsand 10 rebounds. Moelleroutrebounded Springfield37-29.

“It really was a proudyear for Moeller basket-ball,” Kremer said. “Thiswas the most brand newteam we ever had. Wethought Nate (Fowler)was going to be the center-piece. We had some guysthat grew up fast. RileyVoss delivered and NateGeorgeton delivered anda lot of guys delivered.We’re deeply disappoint-ed but incredibly proud. Ihope these kids realizewhat was accomplishedthis season.”

MoellerContinued from Page B1

Though they’ve lostsome key veterans, theLoveland High Schoolsoftball team is back witha new group of playerstrying to make a name forthemselves.

Coach Mike Rapp’s La-dy Tigers were third inthe Eastern CincinnatiConference at 7-5 andwere 16-9 overall.

Five starters return in-cluding senior pitcherBrittany Miller, seniorfirst baseman BrittanyTalbott, senior third base-man Katie Crist, juniorcenter fielder Claire Ru-ben and sophomore catch-er Maggie Bailey. Sopho-more shortstop TarahWagner is also expectedto have an impact.

Ruben is a returningECC first-team selectionand Crist and Miller werepicked second team. Tal-bott made honorable men-tion.

“We have team speedand hitting potential,”Rapp said. “This is a re-building season with sev-en new players on varsi-ty.”

Loveland starts theseason at home withMcNicholas March 28.Their first ECC game is atMilford April 2.

Ursuline Academylost plenty of seniors fromlast year’s Girls GreaterCatholic League champi-onship team. However,head coach Missy Keith isconfident a new crop willlead the team to its thirdconference crown in arow.

The Lions, who fin-ished 16-7 overall and 9-1inside the conference lastyear, lost first-team all-

GGCL performers inKaitlin Barbiere, Mac-kenzie Robinson and Dan-ielle Stiene, who was alsothe conference’s player ofthe year. However, thecupboard is far from bare.

Ursuline returns Oli-via Amiott-Seel, anotherfirst-team all-conferenceperformer, and second-team members AnnaHecht and Mailey Lorio.The coach said her team isyounger in the pitchingcircle and will count onsophomore Kristyn Aiellothis year.

The Lions will also lookfor contributions fromsenior Emma Darlington.

“This group hasstepped up as leaders, do-ing everything fromworking hard in theweight room to the prac-tice field,” Keith said. “Ifthey buy in, continue towork hard and preparelike they should, it shouldbe a good season.”

The Cincinnati HillsChristian Academy Ea-gles return at least two oftheir top batters from lastyear’s 6-9 season includ-

ing Cassidy Yeomans,who led the conferencewith a .692 batting aver-age, and Alex Ledford,who signed to play soft-ball at Asbury Universityback in February. Ledfordhit .467 last season.

CHCA head coachLeah Crouch could not bereached for further com-ment.

The Eagles open thisseason March 28 vs. ClarkMontessori.

Though they’ve devel-oped a reputation in vol-leyball and basketball,Mount Notre Dame HighSchool would like to earnsome notoriety in thespring.

Coach Michelle Mee-nach’s Cougars were fifthin the Girls GreaterCatholic League last sea-son at 3-7, but were 13-11overall. From that squad,seven starters return insenior catcher/outfielder/infielder Maddie Taney,senior infielder Kate Jen-nings, senior outfielderMeredith Shaffer, juniorinfielder/catcher LexiRipperger, junior pitcher

Sydney Zeuch, sopho-more infielder Macy Ta-ney and sophomore out-fielder Shelby Nelson.

In addition, freshmenJoelie Zielinski, a utilityplayer, and Emma Benz, apitcher/first baseman,should make key contri-butions.

“‘Joe’ (Zielinski) willbe a huge addition to theteam this season,” Mee-

nach said. “Whether she isin the infield or the out-field, she is a nautral. Herbat will also come inhandy at the top of thelineup.”

Ripperger and MaddieTaney were GGCL firstteam last season. Rip-perger hit .448 and had 23steals, while Nelson tiedfor the league-lead in hit-ting as a freshman at .500

(29-58).“We have an amazing

core of players and an ad-ditional seven freshmenthat will be a huge addi-tion to our team,” Mee-nach said. “We’re very ex-cited to continue the im-provement of our pro-gram. With five seniorsthis season, it will be inter-esting to see where theytake their team their finalseason. These girls havethe will to win and theywent over and above thisoff-season to preparethemselves.”

MND starts the seasonwith a pair of gamesMarch 28 against Finney-town and Turpin.

Loveland softball wants to regain ECC crownScott Springer and Nick RobbeCommunity Press staff

PLAYERS TO WATCH

Claire Ruben, Lovelandsenior: The center fielder is areturning first team ECC pick.Lexi Ripperger, MountNotre Dame junior: She hit.448 and adds tremendousspeed.Olivia Amiott-Seel, Ursu-line senior: She is a return-ing GGCL first-team selection.Cassidy Yeomans, CHCA:She led the MVC with a .692batting average.Alex Ledford, CHCA: TheAsbury University commit hit.467 last season.

FILE

St. Ursula Academy’s Maddie Hancock tried to steal secondbase and got tagged out by Ursuline Academy’s Mailey Lorio.

FILE

Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy’s Cassidy Yeomans hit .692for the Eagles last season.

Lexi Ripperger brings speedto the field.

SCOTT SPRINGER/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Loveland junior Brittany Talbot takes a healthy whack at theball in pregame warm-ups.

First swing at 2015 high school softball

Wrestling champs

PROVIDED

Loveland Youth Wrestling Club’s Calvin Spencer, left, and Justin Winter brought homehardware from the Ohio Novice State Championship Wrestling Tournament, March 1, at theUniversity of Findlay. Winter placed second in the grade school/second grade/50-lbs. class.Spencer is the state champion for the grade school/sixth grade/140-lbs. class. The NoviceTournament is for wrestlers with less than three years experience. Both boys started thesport in November 2014 and are students at Loveland schools.

LMS basketball champs

PROVIDED

Loveland Middle School seventh-grade boys basketball team earned its hard-foughtconference win. The title game was an overtime nail-biter with Loveland defeating Milford40-36. Loveland Tigers finished first overall in the Eastern Cincinnati Conference with an overallrecord of 14-5. Team pictured kneeling, from left: Front, Jeffrey Main, Scott Henke, Brad Colbert;standing, coach Brian Hartman, Sam Greenberg, Ian Cox, Nate Bellamy, Collin Hedgepeth,Carson Deer, Alec Soth, Sean McElveen, Jacob Cooper, Noah Hutchinson and assistant coach IkuPaulson.

MARCH 25, 2015 • LOVELAND HERALD • B3LIFE


©2015 Fischer Homes, Inc.

Anytime you are atfault in a driving acci-dent you can expect allinsurance companies toknow. That’s what Jerry,from Rising Sun, Indiana,says he’s learned.

He writes, “How canmy insurance companyraise my rates on anaccident that was paid bymy wife’s insurance inher car? My rates willnot be reduced for threeyears. (My insurancecompany) had nothing inthe game whatsoever,and are profiting for noreason.”

Jerry goes on to write,

“They goby a CLUEreport thatsays I wasthe driverin a paid-accidentclaim. Butstill, it hadnothing todo with(my insur-

ance company).”That CLUE report is

critical to your insurancecompany learning aboutthe accident. Anytimeyou file a liability claimwith an insurance compa-ny it is reported to the

Comprehensive LossUnderwriting Exchange.

Usually, your CLUEscore is assessed whenyour insurance policycomes up for renewal.Any monetary claim youfile with an insurancecompany is reported toCLUE. All your claimsare grouped together soan insurer can assessyour insurance behaviorpatterns. So, several autoinsurance claims can, forinstance, lead to higherpremiums for yourhomeowners insurance.

To avoid increasedinsurance rates its best

to file as few claims aspossible. Don’t file aclaim for small amountsif they are only slightlymore than your deduct-ible. Save any insuranceclaims you may file formajor, costly accidents.That will keep yourCLUE score as low aspossible which will saveyou money on premiumsfor every type of insur-ance policy you buy.

Any insurance claimyou file will remain inthe CLUE database forseven years from thedate you filed them.Some insurance compa-

nies keep track of yourcalls if you ask whetheryou are covered for aloss – and such calls canlater be used against you– but such information isnot reported to CLUE.

Statistics show if youfiled an insurance claimin the past, you’re morelikely to do so in the fu-ture. The amount of theclaim, officials say, isless important than thenumber of times you file.

Your insurance premi-ums are also determinedby other factors includ-ing your age, gender,marital status, occupa-tion, education level, andcredit score. That creditscore tells companies

how much debt you carryand whether or not youpay your bills on time.

The Insurance In-formation Institute saysstudies show how peoplemanage their money is agood indicator of wheth-er they will file an insur-ance claim.

Remember, the biggerthe risk you are to theinsurance company, thehigher the premiumyou’ll be charged — oryou may even be deniedcoverage.

Howard Ain appears as theTroubleshooter on WKRC-TVLocal 12 News. Email him [email protected].

Statistics in CLUE score determine insurance rates

Howard AinHEY HOWARD!

St. Vincent de PaulNorthern Kentucky andCincinnati are collaborat-ing on the second annualSt. Vincent de Paul 5KRun/Walk, which will takeplace March 28 at SawyerPoint.

All proceeds supportSt. Vincent de Paul pro-grams to help poverty byproviding emergency as-sistance throughoutGreater Cincinnati andNorthern Kentucky.

The 5K Run/Walk willstart and end at the Cin-cinnatus statue at SawyerPoint. Runners and walk-ers will travel across thePurple People Bridge intoKentucky and throughCincinnati streets beforereturning to SawyerPoint. Awards will be giv-en in a variety of catego-ries. Organizers expect

more than 750 partici-pants.

The 5K begins withregistration at 7:30 a.m.,and the run/walk starts at9 a.m. Light refreshmentsand music will be offeredafter the race. Registra-tion is open at www.SVDPcincinnati.org/5K,and is $20 for adults ($30at event). $10 for a T-shirt.For information, www.SVDPcincinnati.org/5K.

St. Vincent de Paul5K Run/Walk set

THANKS TO ROBERT V. MERZ

Participants from last year'sSt. Vincent de Paul 5KRun/Walk.

A rundown of localEaster egg hunts:

» Symmes Townshipwill host an Easter egghunt at 11:30 a.m. Satur-day, March 28, at Home ofthe Brave Park, 11605Lebanon Road. The hunt isfor children 10-and-under.Call 683-6644 for more in-formation.

» Christ PresbyterianChurch, 5657 PleasantView Drive in MiamiTownship, will host anEaster egg hunt 2 p.m. to 4p.m. Sunday, March 29.Activities will includecookie decorating, rub-ontattooing, crafts, and avisit from the Easter Bun-ny. This is a free event.

For directions or moreinformation, call 831-9100;visit www.christpres

milford.org or [email protected].

» There’s no egg huntin Clermont County’s Mi-ami Township, but theEaster Bunny will visitthe Miami Township CivicCenter, 6101Meijer Drive,at 10 a.m.-noon March 28to distribute treats.

The Easter Extrava-ganza will include activ-ities such as crafts, deco-rating cookies, face paint-ing, games and a pettingzoo. Parents can bringcameras to take holidayphotos.

For information on thefree family event, call thetownship’s recreation de-partment at 513-248-3727.

EASTER EGG HUNTS

A list of local fish fries:» Locust Corner Unit-

ed Methodist Church is of-fering fish fries each Fri-day during Lent, throughMarch 27, from 5 p.m. to 7p.m. Complete fish dinnerfor $6. Eat in or carry out.Call 513-476-3174 for fur-ther information.

The church is at 917 Lo-cust Corner Road, at theintersection of LocustCorner and Wagner roadsin Pierce Township. 752-8459.

» Goshen United Meth-odist Church, 6710 Go-shen Road, hosts fish fries4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. everyFriday, through March 27.

Suggested donations:$11 all you can eat, $9adults and $6 for children12 and under. There willbe à la carte pricing avail-able at the door. Dessertsand drinks will be avail-

able as well. All profits gotowards the United Meth-odist Men projects for thechurch.

» Montgomery Pres-byterian Church, 9994 ZigZag Road, is having a fishfry March 27 from 5 p.m.to 7 p.m.

Fried fish, baked fishand chicken tender mealsare $9 for adults, $5 forchildren. All macaroniand cheese dinners are $5.

Proceeds from FishFry sales support Habitatfor Humanity Cincinnati,the Wounded Warrior Pro-ject and Operation GiveBack.

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Sharonville United MethodistTraditional worship services at 8:15am & 11:00amContemporary worship service at 9:30amFaith development opportunities for all ages!3751 Creek Rd. 513-563-0117www.sharonville-umc.org

Epiphany United MethodistChurch Welcomes You!

Weekend Services:Saturday: 5pm

Sunday: 9am and 10:30am

Child care and Christian Educationfor all ages available

throughout the weekend.

Dr. Stephen Swisher, Senior Pastor

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

www.Epiphanyumc.org

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

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

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LovelandPresbyterian ChurchThe youth and other membersof the congregation will serveat Matthew 25: Ministries from11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday,March 28. Then on Sunday,March 29, the Youth, friendsand members will do some HolySmokin’ and be preparing tonsof food to serve and feed thehomeless and needy of down-town Cincinnati. For more than25 years, the church has beenworking with Nast TrinityUnited Methodist Church in thiscritical ministry to the poor. The“Holy Underwear and Sox”campaign, which takes newunderwear and socks to Nast,continues until March 29. This ispart of the Youth’s 30 HourFamine Weekend.

Worship times are 9:15-10 a.m.,Sunday school; 10:30-11:30 a.m.,worship; and 11:30 a.m., fellow-ship.

A coffee/snack bar has beenstarted in the Narthex onSunday mornings at 9:30 a.m.Come join the fellowship.

The church is at 360 Robin,Loveland; 683-2525; [email protected];lovelandpresbyterianchur-ch.org.

Loveland UnitedMethodist ChurchCome spend your weekendswith friends and neighborsfrom Loveland and the sur-rounding communities as wejoin in worship, fellowship andservice at one of our threeworship services:

Saturdays 5:30 p.m. – Contempo-rary service with a coffee caféstyle. “All Together Now”programming for children agesBirth – sixth-grade. Communionoffered weekly.

Sundays 9 a.m. – Traditionalworship with music featuringour chancel choir, bell choirsand other musical ensembles.Childcare is available for chil-dren birth – 5 years of age.Communion offered on the firstSunday of each month.

Sundays 10:30 a.m. – Contempo-rary service with music providedby our Praise Band. Full SundaySchool programming offeredfor children birth – 18 years ofage. Adult Sunday School alsoavailable. Communion offeredthe first Sunday of the month.

dergarten. Mother of a pre-schooler? Jointhe MOPS group (Mothers ofPreschoolers). Free childcare isprovided. The group meets9:30-11:30 a.m., the secondWednesday of each month,Room 229.

Men’s Saturday Bible Study isdiscussing “Twelve OrdinaryMen,” a book about the dis-ciples, will be studied. Meets inRoom 120, 8:30-10 a.m.

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

About religionReligion news is published at nocharge on a space-availablebasis. E-mail announcements to

[email protected].

Jesus: 9:15, Room 120; 10:45 inthe Manse; Wed. night at 7p.m., Media Center.

Beth Moore Women’s Study:Children of the Day: 1st and2nd Thessalonians is beingstudied. Meets Wednesday,Room 120, 9:30 a.m. to 11:15a.m.

Lamplighters, a self-led smallgroup, is currently studying IICorinthians. Join the groupfrom 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tues-days, in the Media Center.

Men’s Bible Group meets onWednesday mornings from 6:45a.m. to 7:30 a.m. in Room 120,studying I Corinthians.

The fourth Sunday of eachmonth, the church family willconnect together at the 10:45service. No Sunday Schoolexcept for Preschool - Kin-

a.m. and 10:45 a.m. Childcare isavailable at both services forinfants through age 2; Sundayschool is at 10:45 a.m. forpre-school through 12th grade.

Additional childcare is availablefor parents in adult educationclasses: preschool and older,meet in room 113 during the9:15 a.m. service.

Holy Week: Palm Sunday serviceswill be offered at 9:15 a.m. and10:45 a.m.; Maundy Thursdayservice at 7 p.m.; Good FridayFamily Ministries' InteractiveWorship Experience withdinner at 5:30 p.m.. (Call churchoffice to register.) Easter Sun-day services at 9:15 a.m. and10:45 a.m.

Lenten Study: Examine the 12Disciples in their on-the-jobtraining to become Disciples of

every Monday and Thursday.Wednesday morning Bible studyis at 10 a.m. in the Atrium. Amonthly women’s Bible study isheld the first Tuesday of eachmonth.

Supper Club is a missional com-munity which provides a mealto the Loveland community at5:45 p.m. on the second andthird Tuesdays of the month.

Weekly worship services are 5p.m., Saturdays; 8:45 a.m. and11 a.m., Sundays; and SundaySchool at 10 a.m., Sundays.

The church is at 101 S. LebanonRoad, Loveland; 683-4244;www.popluther.org.

SycamorePresbyterian ChurchSunday worship services at 9:15

Holy Week services:Thursday, April 2 – MaundyThursday – 7 p.m.

Saturday, April 4 – SaturdayEaster Eve – 7 p.m.

Sunday, April 5 – Easter Services- 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m.

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

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

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

Northstar A Communityof GraceNorthstar is made up of peoplewho want to experience Jesuson a deeper level. It exists toexperience Jesus and to equipothers to do the same. Itsmission is to go to the missing,love the marginalized and liveas God’s kids.

Quest children’s ministry isavailable at both celebrations.Junior high ministry (gradesfive to eight) is available only atthe 11 a.m. celebration.

Worship times are: Sundaymorning at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.,with one addition serviceadded at 7:30 a.m., on EasterSunday, April 5.

The church is at 11020 S. Leba-non Road, Loveland; www.go-lovelive.com.

Prince of PeaceLutheran ChurchWednesdays during Lent, a mealis offered at 6:15 p.m. in theParish Life Center followed by aprayer service at 7:15 in theSanctuary.

Palm Sunday pancake breakfastis 10 a.m. No Sunday School willbe offered on this day.

Holy Week services are: MaundyThursday, 7 p.m. April 2; GoodFriday, 7 p.m. Friday, April 3;Saturday Easter Vigil 7 p.m.April 4.

Easter Sunday services are 8a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m.Sunday, April 5.

Zumba Fitness classes are free tothe public and offered in theParish Life Center at 6:30 p.m.

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LOVELAND214 Dogwood Drive: Murray,Edward R. & Erin M. to Combs,Derek & Kathleen; $308,500.

1824 Pheasant Hills Drive: Han-ser, Julie A. to Vermeil, Troy L. &Laura L.; $253,250.

SYMMES TOWNSHIPCross St.: Landriault, Lucie M. toLipa/Cappel Family Trust The;$127,350.

8123 Glendale Milford Road:Adler, Rita to A. P. Hartz In-vestments LLC; $200,000.

10409 Hopewell Hills Drive:

Kirtland, James A. III & AmyMarie Kirtland to Pope, Christo-pher L. & Emily F. Lennon;$291,000.

9292 Steeplechase Drive: Gore,William R. to Ickes, Benjamin R.& Kelly A.; $415,000.

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

Teddy B. LivengoodTeddy B. Livengood, 70, of

Loveland died Feb. 4.Survived by wife, Patricia A.

(nee Stevenson) Livengood;children Kindra Livengood andKathy Scott; grandchildrenMatthew, Megan and Madison;siblings Jack (Pat), Tony (Shirley),Karla (Tim) Schoellman andKaren (Nick) Maanocchio; niecesTori and Sydney; many othernieces and nephews; and dogsBetty and Tina.

Preceded in death by parentsJoseph L. and Pearl (nee Shear-er) Livengood.

Services were Feb. 9 at TuftsSchildmeyer Family FuneralHome, Loveland. Memorials to:the American Diabetes Associa-tion, 8899 Brookside, Ave., Suite102, West Chester, OH 45069.

DEATHS

LOVELANDIncidents/InvestigationsAssault500 block of W. Loveland Ave.,Feb. 26.

Contributing to theunruliness/delinquency of achild100 block of Shoemaker Drive,March 2.

Criminaldamaging/endangering500 block of W. Loveland Ave.,Feb. 26.

Endangering children700 block of W. Main St., March1.

Obstructing official business500 block of W. Loveland Ave.,Feb. 26.

10600 block of Loveland Madei-

ra Road, March 1.Possession of drugsLoveland Madeira Road, Feb. 28.10600 block of Loveland Madei-ra Road, March 1.

Re-cite other department700 block of W. Main St., Feb.28.

800 block of Loveland MadeiraRoad, March 1.

Theft600 block of Park Ave., March 2.

MIAMI TOWNSHIPIncidents/investigationsAbusing harmful intoxicantsMale inhaled (huffed) intoxi-cants and was involved inaccident at 5800 block ofWolfpen Pleasant Hill, Feb. 25.

AssaultFemale was assaulted at 5400block of Wolfpen Pleasant Hill,Feb. 23.

Domestic violenceReported at 5800 block of PriceRoad, Feb. 28.

Drug paraphernaliaItem found in vehicle at trafficstop at 6900 block of PaxtonRoad, March 1.

FalsificationMale gave false info to policeofficer at accident site at 800block of Ohio 28, Feb. 26.

FraudMale stated ID used with noauthorization at 1000 block ofTumbleweed, Feb. 24.

Male stated ID used with noauthorization at 1400 block ofGreystone Lane, Feb. 25.

Male stated ID used with noauthorization at 5800 block ofBrushwood Court, Feb. 26.

Male stated ID used with noauthorization at 5900 block ofPinto Place, Feb. 27.

Marijuana possession,paraphernaliaItems found in vehicle at LiveOaks at Buckwheat Road, Feb.25.

Misuse of credit cardMale stated card used with noauthorization at 6000 block ofWeber Oaks, Feb. 28.

Male stated card used with noauthorization at 1000 block ofSophia Drive, March 2.

Passing bad checksMale received bad check; $162 at5800 block of Meadow ViewDrive, Feb. 26.

TheftTwo cellphones taken; $175 at6300 block of Derbyshire, Feb.23.

Credit card taken at 5400 blockof Wolfpen Pleasant Hill, Feb.23.

Merchandise taken from Kohl’s;$38 at Ohio 28, Feb. 24.

A watch taken from Meijer; $29at Ohio 28, Feb. 24.

Water filter taken from Meijer;$17 at Ohio 28, Feb. 25.

Merchandise taken from Meijer;$28 at Ohio 28, Feb. 20.

Perfume and clothes taken fromKohl’s; $139 at Ohio 28, Feb. 26.

Cologne taken from Meijer; $58at Ohio 28, March 1.

Jeans taken from Meijer; $52 atOhio 28, March 1.

Female stated ID used with noauthorization at 1700 block ofCottontail.

Unauthorized use2007 Hyundai taken at 1400block of Finch Lane, Feb. 20.

Violation of protection orderFemale reported offense at 1300block of Red Bud Lane, Feb. 20.

SYMMES TOWNSHIPIncidents/investigationsBurglaryReported and items removedfrom refrigerator at 10000block of Fawncrest Court, Jan.18.

Criminal damagingReported on 12000 block ofSycamore Terrace, Jan. 25.

TheftBlack wallet and contents re-moved from 10000 block ofLoveland Madeira Road, Jan.14.

Reported on 11000 block ofMontgomery Road, Jan. 14.

Batteries valued at $2,000removed from 11000 block ofLebanon Road, Jan. 30.

Property valued at $790 re-moved from 9800 block ofFields Ertel, Jan. 28.

Purse and contents valued at$230 removed from 11000 blockof Montgomery Road, Jan. 4.

Wallet and contents removedfrom 12000 block of SycamoreTerrace Drive, Jan. 28.

$25 in gas not paid for at 12000block of Montgomery Road,Jan. 21.

POLICE REPORTS

Hamilton County’sfree Yard TrimmingsDrop-off Sites will openon Saturday, March 28.

This program is forHamilton County resi-dents only. Residents whodrop-off yard trimmingsmust bring proof of resi-dency, such as a driver’slicense or utility bill.Landscapers and com-mercial establishmentsare not eligible to partici-pate in this program.

Locations: East: Bzak Landscap-

ing, 3295 Turpin Lane (offRt. 32) in Anderson Town-ship. (Also open Mondaythrough Friday from 7:30a.m. to 5 p.m. in addition tohours listed below.)

West: Kuliga Park, 6717Bridgetown Road inGreen Township

North: Rumpke Sani-tary Landfill, 3800 StrubleRoad (and Colerain Ave-nue) in Colerain Township

Hours: All sites will beopen March 28 throughNov. 22, on Saturdays andSundays, from 11:30 a.m.to 5 p.m.

All sites will be closedon Easter, Sunday, April 5,and on Independence Day,Saturday, July 4. The Eastlocation’s (Bzak Land-scaping) weekday collec-tion will be closed on Me-

morial Day, Monday, May25, and on Labor Day,Monday, Sept. 7.

Guidelines:» Brush and tree

branches must be cut intolengths of 4 feet or lessand must be no largerthan 12 inches in diame-ter.

» Brush and treebranches must be bun-dled with twine. Bundlesmust not be heavier than50 pounds.

» Yard trimmingsmust be brought to loca-tions in containers or bags– brown paper bags pre-ferred.

» Containers and plas-tic bags will be returned.

» Yard trimmings incommercial vehicles orfrom commercial estab-lishments cannot be ac-cepted.

» No large trailers ortrucks larger than pick-ups.

» No pallets, boards,nails, fence, or wire ac-cepted.

» No bricks, stones, orsoil accepted.

» Illegal dumping pro-hibited.

For more information,please call the RecyclingHotline at 946-7766, orvisit hamiltoncountyre-cycles.org.

Yard trimmings drop-offsites open March 28

Love was in the air —and on the windows anddoors of Loveland busi-nesses in celebration oflove for Valentine’s Day inthe city of love.

Here’s a sampling ofthe many lovely Valen-tine’s decorations by busi-ness owners in Loveland -the city of love.

The business of love

CHUCK GIBSON FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Love is very sweet in the windows of Cocoa Bites.


Gina Dubell-Smith's office window inspires a child's love onValentine's Day.

CHUCK GIBSON

FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

There's no more appropriatemessage for the Comey &Shepherd Realtor's windowthan love and a happy home.


A Valentine couple framed by a heart fill the other Pizazz window display with love.


Tano's found a unique heart-shaped wreath with Cupid's arrow to deliver love at their doorway.

CHUCK GIBSON

FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Sweets for your sweetheartcreate an inspired display inthe Loveland Sweetswindow.


Pat Donaldson,resident since 2009


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