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Playing at home before its biggest crowd of the year, the Harrison Wildcats basketball team rallied from a 12-point second-half deficit, and held on for a 49-43 victory over East Central on Saturday. It was the first win for the Cats over their Indiana rivals in eight years. The Wildcats’ cheering section was in prime form for the event. See Page 8 for story.

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Council: finance director earns raiseHarrison City Council Tuesday, Jan.

11, unanimously voted to increase the city finance director’s pay by $5,500, bringing her annual salary to $72,450.

The increase, which is budgeted, reflects Angel Burton’s workload and contributions made to the management of city finances since hired last January, said councilman and finance committee member Jim Robertson.

The ordinance required some tricky wording because the city’s charter dic-tates that Harrison must fill the tax com-missioner’s post.

The city’s 1 percent income tax ac-tually is collected by the Regional In-come Tax Agency, an umbrella firm that serves more than 200 Ohio cities.

The upshot is that Burton holds both positions, but is not directly in charge of income tax collection, although she must work closely with RITA, said Robertson.

Council adjusted the pay for both po-sitions, but the ordinance also stipulates the annual compensation for tax com-missioner is zero, and the annual pay of the finance director is $72,450.

There was no discus-sion by council.

Burton’s pay is about the same as the former tax commissioner/fi-nance director earned, said Robertson.

“As one of the indi-viduals who sat in on the interviews for a new finance director, I came away impressed by Angel’s presence and presentation during the interviews, and the fact that she basically sal-vaged an almost irreparable situation in the village of Bethel,” said Robertson.

Burton has been essential in cleaning up Harrison’s books, and discovering

ways the city can economize and spread out its money to keep its “ever-shrink-ing general fund afloat,” he said.

“She also has to run point on the RITA stuff,” said Rob-ertson.

“She’s involved in some of the changes we are making as far as our finance and elec-tronic issues that we are grad-ually working our way up on … networking the city.”

Burton also helps the water and sewer departments man-age bond payments, and other projects throughout the city, he said.

“All that stuff eventually finds its way to the finance department,” said Robertson.

In addition to her experi-ence as Bethel fiscal officer

for nearly three years, Burton was Bata-via’s clerk-treasurer four years.

She has a bachelor’s degree in fi-nance from Wilmington College.

Harrison Police will soon have two new tools to help officers keep the public safe.

Harrison police Chief Chuck Lindsey recently learned that the city has been award-ed a $16,645 f e d e r a l H o m e l a n d S e c u r i t y grant to pur-chase a Li-cense Plate Recognition (LPR) sys-tem.

The de-vice, in-stalled in one of the city’s patrol cars, will i n s t a n t a -neously read license plates and send the information to a database accessed by departments nationwide.

The device consists of three cameras mounted under the light bar of a pa-trol car.

During patrol, the cam-eras capture images of the license plates on all nearby cars and transmits the in-formation. Images can be taken day or night using infrared technology.

License plate information is compared to information collected by local, state and federal law enforcement agencies including the FBI and a terrorist watch agency.

The patrol officer is im-mediately informed if a li-cense plate corresponds to a stolen vehicle or is associ-ated with a wanted or miss-ing person.

The information can be used to identify vehicles as-sociated with Amber Alerts and can be useful in solving crimes.

“Images, dates, times and GPS coordinates can be stockpiled and can help place a suspect at a scene, aid in witness identification, and pattern recognition or the tracking of suspects,” said Harrison police Chief Chuck Lindsey.

“This data can be used to create specialized databases that are shared among other federal, state, and local law enforcement.”

Fairfax police Chief Rick Patterson said his depart-ment has been using an

LPR system for about two years and he is pleased with the number of crimes it has helped resolve, not just within his jurisdiction but in other areas.

Once information about a suspected vehicle is in the system, every officer

with an LPR is notified if that associated license plate is spotted.

“All record-ings are in a database. For investigative purposes, it’s a tremendous help,” said Pat-terson.

P a t t e r s o n said that dur-ing an eight-hour patrol, the system usually records about 1,100 license plates. The

system can collect much more information, more efficiently than an officer, allowing officers to patrol more effectively because they don’t have to worry about looking for and re-cording license plate num-bers, said Patterson.

Lindsey said that given Harrison’s proximity to the Indiana state line and In-terstate 74, he expects the number of arrests in this area to increase when Har-rison officers begin using the LPR.

“If a national alert goes out, everyone with an LPR will immediately be alert-ed,” he said.

Lindsey applied for the grant in November 2011 and was notified of the award on Jan. 11.

“It was a competitive grant. Not a lot of com-munities in this area got it,” said Lindsey. “This isn’t the first time the city has ap-plied for this type of grant.”

Lindsey expects the de-vice to be installed within 90 days.

Accident analysisDuring a highway safety

program in December 2011 presented by the Ohio De-partment of Transportation, Lindsey learned of a com-puter program called the Geographical Crash Analy-sis Tool (GCAT) used to an-alyze the causes of vehicle accidents.

Chuck Lindsey

By Tina EmmickStaff Writer

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By Joe AwadHarrison Press Editor

Councilman Jim Robertson: Harrison finance director de-serves raise.

Whitewater considers ponds for fighting fires

After a Whitewater Township garage burned to the ground recently and fire threatened nearby homes, neighbors are wondering why fire departments didn’t use water from a pond close to the scene to battle the blaze.

The fire took place in the 6600 block of Morgan Road on Dec. 26, 2011. Morgan Road does not have a municipal water supply and fire departments must rely on water pumped from fire hydrants and transported by tankers provided by the township fire department and mutual aid departments.

Whitewater Township has two tanker trucks but must rely on off-duty per-sonnel to retrieve them during an inci-dent, said Township Fire Chief Scott Schorsch.

Tankers from Colerain Township, Bright, and Ross Township arrived at the Dec. 26 fire before Whitewater Township tankers could reach the scene.

“Once water was established, there was no problem,” said Schorsch. “We had plenty once we got it going.”

Joe Ihle and John Holscher live on

Morgan Road close to where the fire took place.

The men attended a Whitewater Township trustee meeting Monday, Jan. 16, to ask why a pond on Ihle’s property near the fire could not be used and to offer the pond as a water source to fight future incidents, if needed.

Holscher has a road on his adjacent property that could be used by tanker trucks to access the pond.

“Everyone was showing up with newer equipment but no one could do anything without water,” said Holscher.

Ihle offered to install a standpipe in his pond and wanted specific informa-tion from Schorsch about what type and size of pipe would be needed.

“If we can get this set up, it could be used to protect seven properties,” said Ihle.

Natural sourceTownship trustee Paul Ziegler agreed

the township has many ponds and cis-terns that could be used as a source of water for fire protection.

“It seems like a natural resource that we should have been able to tap,” said Ziegler. “This is something as a rural

community we need to address.”Holscher added that he had a

6,000-gallon cistern that could have been used as a water source to fight the garage fire.

Schorsch said that while it may seem logical to pump water from nearby ponds and cisterns, there are some lo-gistical problems that must be overcome first.

Being able to drive heavy equipment close enough to a water source without getting stuck can be difficult.

There must be an access road sturdy enough to bear the weight of a pumper and its load of water.

“There are physical limitations to how far you can pump,” said township fiscal officer Tim McDonald, a retired Cincinnati firefighter. “The only way to practically pump is to have a roadway to get close enough.”

Most tankers do not have a pump strong enough to pump water over a great distance or height, said Schorsch.

“Pumps will draft water if water is on the same level as pump,” said Schorsch.

By Tina EmmickStaff Writer

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Whitewater Township10891 Bond Road - Daniel

A. and Dianne C. Peters TR.,

sold to Peter S. Schnieder TR., $55,000.

The following legal ac-tions were filed in Hamilton County courts and previ-ously published in the Cin-cinnati Court Index.

LawsuitsAmerican Express centu-

rion Bank vs. Dale Garrett, Cleves, for a money judg-ment in excess of $25,000.

Leon Gabbard and Kelly Buchert, Harrison, sued by Denise Mullins for eviction, $1,200 rent plus $20 per day until vacated and costs.

James Cross, Harrison, sued by Cavalry SPV I, L.L.C., for $1,482.40 with interest plus costs on an ac-count.

Darcy and Kristopher Gi-glio, Harrison, sued by State Farm Bank, for $8,784.53 with interest plus costs on a contract.

Larry D. Hamilton, Har-rison, sued by Postal Fam-ily Credit Union, Inc., for $2,844.63 with interest plus cost on an agreement.

Pamela and Michael Petti, Cleves, sued by CitiFinan-cial, Inc., for $7,042.35 with interest plus costs on a ante.

CitiMortgage, Inc., vs. Jef-frey M. Streckfuss, Harrison, for foreclosure and money in the sum of $303,717.14 together with interest.

Shane and Michelle Court-

ney, Cleves, sued by George W. Fels, Receiver for West-brook Village MHP, for evic-tion.

Eric Hopkins, Cleves, sued by Ohio Receivables, L.L.C., for $2,171.14 with interest plus costs on an account.

Jeffery Stewart, Harri-son, sued by Saint Elizabeth Medical Center, Inc., for $1,613.58 with interest plus costs on a account.

BankruptcyArthur Scott and Heather

K. Windsor, Harrison, filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy.

Harold L. Fredrick, Har-rison, filed Chapter 7 bank-ruptcy.

Steven W. and Terri M. Bell, Harrison, filed Chapter 13 bankruptcy.

Timothy Dale Worley, Harrison, filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy.

Real estate transfersCrosby Township

7029 Hacienda Lane - Kenneth A. Hauck sold to Charles H. Welch, $42,000.

7041 Long Street - Kim-berly Garrett sold to Dennis Stahley, $40,000.

HarrisonFischer Attached Homes Ii

L.L.C., sold to Christina G. Hackman, $135,800.

Parks of Whitewater L.L.C., sold to Nvr Inc.,

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ObituariesAllen KnoseKnose, Allen. Beloved

husband of Wanda Knose (nee Johnson). Loving fa-ther of Rhonda Cox (Logan), Robert Knose (Natalie) and Karen Overbeck (Dave). Stepfather of Robert Metcalf (Bev) and D o n a l d W e l l s . D e v o t e d g r a n d p a of Angie Tiemann ( M i k e ) , D i e d r e C a r t e r (Aaron), Bridget Fathman (Rick), Jacob, John and Josh-ua Grathwohl and Luke Ash-craft. Great-grandpa of eight. Dear brother of Lloyd Knose (Helen), Fern Storms and the late Bill and Meade Knose.

Died Jan. 18, 2012, age 77. Allen was a meat cutter for Hilltop Meats. Visita-tion was Friday, Jan. 20, at the Minges Funeral Home, 10385 New Haven Road, Harrison where funeral was held Saturday. Burial was in New Haven Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to Hospice Care of South-western Ohio, 7625 Camar-go Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45243.

Edward D.McDanielEdward D. McDaniel, age

88 years of Harrison, Ohio, passed away Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, at Shawneespring Health Campus, Harrison, Ohio.

Born Sept. 8, 1923 in Clay County, Ky., he was the son of the late Steve and Emma (Hall) McDaniel. The Army veteran of WWII was a truck driver for Ohio Delivery. He was a member of St. John United Church of Christ, Harrison, Ohio, American Legion Post 199 and VFW Post 7570 and Masonic Lodge, Cleves, Ohio.

Mr. McDaniel is survived by his children, Geraldine McDaniel of Cincinnati, Ohio, Donna (Jerry) Hogan of Mt. Healthy, Ohio, Mary (Lowell) Coleman of Amelia, Ohio and Tom (Jeanne) Mc-Daniel of Fort Worth, Texas. He will also be missed by his nine grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and sib-lings Della Reif of Florida, and Lillian Jallick of Harri-son, Ohio. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife Elizabeth “Betty” (Griffin) McDaniel, daughter Tina Hohmeister,

granddaughter Jessica Hogan and siblings Henry McDaniel and Ester Sparks.

Visitation was Wednesday, Jan. 25, at St. John United Church of Christ, Harri-son, Ohio, with Rev. Harold Shackelford officiating and military honors by the Har-rison Funeral Detail.

Memorials are suggested to American Heart Associa-tion c/o Jackman Kercheval Meyers Funeral Home, Har-rison, Ohio.

Online condolences at www.jkmfuneralhome.com.

Mary E. SiegertSiegert, Mary E. (nee Ho-

erst), beloved wife of the late Ralph Siegert. Loving moth-er of E. Bonnie (J. Starr) Carr, Gary (Susanne) Sieg-ert, Fay (James) Thomas, Jeanine (late Russel) Meister and Joyce Siegert. Grand-mother of Lisa Leap, Heather Gabriel, Eric Siegert, Aimee Cook and Matthew Thomas. Also survived by nine great grandchildren, six great-great-grandchildren, and one dear sister Betty Jaspers. Mary, resident of Harrison, was 91-1/2 years old and was a homemaker.

Visitation was Friday at the Minges Funeral Home,

1 0 3 8 5 N e w H a v e n Road, Har-rison, fol-lowed by f u n e r a l Mass at St. John The Baptist Catholic Church, Harrison.

Memorials may be di-rected to St. John The Bap-tist Catholic Church. Visit neidhardminges.com

Patricia TidwellPatricia G, formerly of

Hamilton, Ohio, currently of Harrison, Ohio, beloved wife of Reva C. Tidwell, devoted mother of David Tidwell, Kim Newman, Susan (Bob) Peak and Steve (Diane) Tidwell, cherished grand-mother of 14 grandchildren and nine great-grandchil-dren, dear sister of Ron (Glo-ria) Alexander of Hamilton, Ohio, best friend to Mabel Pardon, preceded in death by parents August and Opal (Wilson) Alexander.

As per her wishes, her body was donated to U.C. Medical School.

Memorial services to be held at a later date.

Memorials may be made

to Smile Train through the Brater Funeral Home, 201 S. Vine St., Harrison, Ohio, 45030.

Visit www.braterfuneral-home.com.

WilliamVerne WrightWilliam Verne Wright, 95,

of Harrison, Ohio, died on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012, at Hospice of Cincinnati Blue Ash. He was a retired rail-roader, a US Navy veteran of WWII and a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Harrison, Ohio, North Bend Lodge 346 F&AM, VFW Post 7570, the American Le-gion and the AARP.

He was the beloved hus-band of the late Arlene R. Farmer Wright, the devoted father of Lou Ann Perkins (Robert), Angela M. Hill (Tony) and Kim Berning, the loving grandfather of Kris-tie J. Littlefield, the great-grandfather of Alexandrea E. Begley, Kaitlyn Rose Hill, Dakota C. Littlefield, Mi-chael B. Runtz Jr., Keith L. Johnson Jr. and Keyshaun L. Johnson and the dear brother of Betty Wagner and the late Wilma Felix, Violet Bockhorst, Dona and Wilson Wright.

Visitation was Monday,

Jan. 23, at the Dennis George Funeral Home, 44 S. Miami, Cleves, where a service was held Tuesday, Jan. 24. North Bend Lodge 346 F&AM ser-vice was Monday. Interment with military honors was in Maple Grove Cemetery, Cleves, Ohio.

Death noticesNew, Austin - 79, Cin-

cinnati, Ohio, died Jan. 18, 2012. Survived by daugh-ter, Darlene Gripshover, Maysville, Ky. and son, Charles Austin New, Cincin-nati, Ohio. Visitation was Monday, Jan. 23, at Jackman Kercheval Meyers Funeral Home, Harrison, Ohio. Fu-neral Services were Tuesday, Jan. 24, at the funeral home. Burial was in Maple Grove Cemetery, Cleves, Ohio.

Stutzman, Robert H. “Huddy” - 63, Sayler Park, died Tuesday, Jan., 17, 2012. Survived by mother, Evelyn Stutzman; and chil-dren, Sarah (Eric) French, Joshua Stutzman, and Ben-jamen (Brittany) Stutzman, Visitation and memorial ser-vices were Friday, Jan. 20, at Seifert-Harding and Brater Funeral Home, 138 Moni-tor Ave, Sayler Park, Ohio, 45233.

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New Haven L.L.C. sold to Midland New Haven @3, $1,481,451.

9432 Tebbs Court - Nvr Inc., sold to Adam W. and Rohonda R. Benedict, $239,657.

Fischer Attached Homes Ii LLC sold to Robert G. Deller,$117,800.00.

Fischer Attached Homes Ii LLC sold to Janice M. Beetz,$139,145.00.

Fischer Single Homes Ii L.L.C., sold to Tracy and Rosina Kreis, $194,130.

115 Fawn Drive - Harold F. and Carol S. Brown sold to Dupal S. and Harry R. Sr.

McCulley, $155,000.504 Kater Ave. - Andrew J.

Betscher sold to Jane H. Acra, $134,400.

608 Heritage Square - Fischer Attached Homes Ii L.L.C> sold to James H. El-dridge, $123,400.

Harrison Township11303 New Biddinger Road

- Bradley D. Wells sold Chris-tina M. Crone, $115,000.

10462 Deertrail Drive - Nancy L. Francis sold to William C and Beverly A. Graves, $329,500.

8530 Lawrenceburg Road - Roger S. and Sherry L. Hamon sold to Thomas M. Montag, $18,000.

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The program uses data such as road abnormalities, time of day an accident oc-curs, weather conditions and other information to deter-mine trends and recommend changes that can be made to

make roads safer.Lindsey submitted data

from accidents that occurred during 2011 and expects a report by April.

He will use the informa-tion to work with council’s

street committee and the city’s engineering firm to discuss ways the city can decrease the number of ac-cidents within the city.

Tools,From Page 1

My World of DreamsKeep the remakes if you please

During my Golden Age of Cinema (1930-1950), there were thousands of movies made. Many of the films deteri-orated in the vaults they were stored in.

During the early years of movies, the film was made out of celluloid, which was a colorless, very flammable mate-rial made of nitrocellulose and camphor, which would disintegrate in vaults and burn in a flash if ignited by the projector arc or other source of flame.

These professional projectors didn’t use sealed bulbs, but an arc from two carbon sticks similar to a welding arc. The theater would clear out when the film in the pro-jection room ignited.

Many good and many more not so good films were lost forever.

Thank God the truly great classics like Gone With the Wind (1939) and The Wizard of Oz (1939) were saved because the demand to re-release them brought them out of the vaults.

There also were a few wise film mak-ers who saw the need to restore these great films.

There were sequels made of several good ’B’ films, including the Tarzan and The Thin Man series. There also were excellent ’A’ films remade after several years.

I usually consider the original film better than the remake. The remade films that come to mind are Show Boat (1936 and 1951) and Little Women (1933 and 1949).

The novel Show Boat was written by Edna Ferber (1887-1968). The great music was written by Jerome Kern (1885-1945) with the lyrics and stage play written by Oscar Hammerstein II

(1895-1960).

Made to be heardThere mostly were silent movies with

music at the end released in 1929, but Show Boat was made to be heard. The story was long and boring, but the music, especially Ol’ Man River, will endure.

The film is about the stars of a show boat that plied the rivers of the country

in gentler and better times.The film in 1936 starred

Louisville, Ky.-born Irene Dunne (1898-1990) as Magno-lia Hawks, Allan Jones (1907-1992) as Gaylord Ravenal,

Helen Morgan (1900-1941) as Julie LaVerne, Paul Robeson (1898-1976) as Joe, and our Marilyn Knowlden at her beautiful elegant best had a great part as Kim, a child in the convent school. Robeson’s version of Ol’ Man River is the best and it was his song all the way.

The 1951 film starred the beautiful great singer Kathryn Grayson (1922-2010) as Magnolia Hawks. I dearly loved Kathryn after first seeing her in Rio Rita (1942) at the Cherokee Theatre when the film came out.

This was an OK film, but not quite as good as the original except for Grayson. Howard Keel (1919-2004) played Gay-lord Ravenal, Ava Gardner (1922-1990) played Julie LaVerne and William Warf-ield (1920-2002) played Joe.

He sang Ol’ Man River OK, but not as good as Robeson. A child named Sheila Clark, with no other data had, an un-credited part as Kim at age four which was the only mention of Kim.

Little Women was written by Louisa

May Alcott (1832-1888). It is about four sisters coming of age living with their stern mother while their father is serving in the army during the Civil War.

The 1933 version is slightly the bet-ter. It stars Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003) as Jo, Joan Bennett (1910-1990) as Amy, Jean Parker (1915-2005) as Beth and Frances Dee (1909-2004) as Meg.

The mother, Marmee, is played by Spring Byington (1886-1971) and the father at war is played by Samuel S. Hinds (1875-1948). Our Marilyn has a brief uncredited role as Amy’s class-mate.

The 1949 remake, which isn’t too bad stars June Allyson (1917-2006) as Jo, Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011) as Amy, Margaret O’Brien (1937) as Beth and Janet Leigh (1927-2004) as Meg. Mary Astor (1906-1987) is Marmee and the father is played by Leon Ames (1902-1993).

It is with sadness that I mention that most of these great stars in all four films have ended their passing parade. There are only two left: excellent child stars Marilyn Knowlden and Margaret O’Brien. I am not sure about Sheila Clark because I can’t find any data on her.

Bill Baird is a Whitewater Township resident who writes a weekly column about old movies and Hollywood trivia. His views do not necessarily reflect those of The Harrison Press, its editor or publisher.

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“Trucks don’t suck, they pull water via a syphon action.”

Many areas of the township do not have a municipal water supply and fire-fighters face the challenge of providing water if a fire occurs, said Schorsch. To compound the problem, as the mu-nicipal water service area expands in neighboring communities who provide mutual aid, those communities are not finding it necessary to replace their

tanker trucks, he said.Morgan Road residents have been

promised municipal water for decades and are frustrated that it is taking so long.

“If someone would have told me Cincinnati would get gambling before we got water I would have said ‘You’re crazy.’,” said Holscher.

Trustees have been trying for more than five years to establish a township

water district to be operated in conjunc-tion with the township sewer district. A township water district could install water lines at a lower cost than munici-pal water companies.

But the necessary agreement between township and county attorneys has taken longer than anticipated. The Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas is ex-pected to sign off on the district soon.

Bill Baird

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Roger Ford

Conservative Financial Solutions

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Giving BackMy Field Marketing Organization’s name is Advisors

Excel. Each year in January, I attend Advisors Excel’s “World Series of Sales” conference. I get to hear great speakers and learn new ways to grow my business and better serve our clients. Each year’s “World Series of Sales” gives attendees a wonderful opportunity to share their blessings and make a difference in the lives of others. Advisors Excel tries to leave every venue better than they found it. This year was no exception. They joined together to raise funds for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Make-A-Wish Foundation’s mission is – to grant the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy. A group of ~310 Financial Advisors at the conference raised ~$115,000 to have an opportunity to play a major role in the lives of several local children!

Ella, age 4, bravely battling a brain tumor, wishes to have an outdoor playhouse that she and her siblings can enjoy. Ella’s passions include the color purple, Disney princesses, chocolate cake, arts, crafts and enjoying hours on end playing with her twin sister and little brother.

Victoria, age 16, bravely battling renal disease, wishes to fly to New York City for an all-expense-paid shopping spree. She loves fashion and really wants to visit NYC as her family has roots in the city. Victoria’s favorites include the color blue, listening to music, science, and playing with her two dogs.

Kyle, age 16, awaiting a kidney transplant, wishes to visit the Sistine Chapel, the Leaning Tower of Pisa ,and the Coliseum in Italy. He is a huge fan of gladiators and the work of Michelangelo. This would truly be a dream come true.

Kristine, age 16, bravely battling osteosarcoma, wishes to visit Italy. A close childhood friend of hers moved there for a year to live with his grandparents. She would love to visit Rome, see St. Peter’s Basilica, and pray for her continued good health at the Vatican.

When I think I’m having a bad day, I will remember the life struggles of Ella, Victoria, Kyle, and Kristine. In turn, my wish is that I will strive to make a better world wherever I am and enrich those lives I touch.

4, THE HARRISON PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012

I was fortunate enough to attend quite a few sporting events

in 2011.They were full of fantas-

tic sports happenings. Below are my 12 favorite moments. Why 12? Because 10 mo-ments would not completely encompass the awesomeness that I was subjected too.

12. After being 12 points down, UC’s basketball team pulled off a final-seconds victory over Oklahoma in December. Who doesn’t love a final-seconds thriller?

11. Having the Yankees play the Reds at home on my birthday. It was considerate of them to have New York

in town for the first time in years on my birthday.

10. As far as college foot-ball goes, my heart is with Louisiana State University. (And not just because they are purple). I was able to see them play the University of Tennessee in Knoxville this year.

And when LSU was de-cidedly winning in the sec-ond half, chants of “LSU! LSU! LSU!” drowned out the marching band for Ten-nessee playing their “Rocky Top” theme.

9. Being close enough to the bench to smell the Ben-gay at the LSU versus Ten-nessee game.

8. For their last home foot-ball game, UC’s marching band put on a great perfor-mance. The entire trumpet section did a choreographed dance to a currently popu-lar song. It was the most entertaining marching band performance I have seen in a long time.

7. During the Cyclones home opener, a huge brawl took place. A brawl that en-compassed everyone on the ice. Even the keeper on the far side skated down to flop on the dog pile.

6. Cheering for the Red Sox at Rogers Centre Dome in Toronto. And watching the dome open but wishing it

was closed because of the sudden temperature drop that day. That is right. I saw the Toronto Blue Jays play the Red Sox in Toronto and in Boston. That should have been a spoiler alert as the Fenway moments are next.

5. Seeing the Toronto Blue Jays hit a home run over the Green Monster at Fenway in Boston. Not because I have a special attachment to the Blue Jays but because the Green Monster is a really high green wall (hence the name Green Monster).

4. Eating Big Poppy’s hot sauce. Not only does he play baseball for the Red Sox, but he makes a pretty delight-

ful condiment. It is a Green Monster-style home run for my taste buds.

3. Being at Fenway. The crowd atmosphere there is indescribable!

2. Getting my first foul ball in May at Great Ameri-can Ballpark. It helps that it was sleeting and there were about 10 people left in the stadium. But, I would like to think Jay Bruce who was personally thanking me for being such a loyal fan.

1. For anyone who saw this in person or on replay, I think it is an overwhelming top sports moment. Jerome Simpson’s front flip into the end zone at the Bengals

game on Christmas Eve. Not only did he hurdle a standing defender but he stuck the landing. It was inspiring. I am waiting for a pivotal mo-ment in my life when I too will be able to hurdle some-one for the win.

In 2012, I firmly resolve, to have increasingly more amazing experiences, sports related or not.

Sarah Minges is a gradu-ate of Harrison High School and Miami University, Ox-ford. She completed an in-ternship at The Harrison Press in 2005 as part of her studies at Miami.

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LettersIt takes a city to hold a good parade

Editor:On Dec. 3, the Harrison Recreation Commission hosted the Har-

rison Christmas Parade and Tree Lighting. What a great time that everyone seemed to have- for our Commit-

tee it is a huge undertaking. It would not have been possible without all of our participants, volunteers, vendors and many people who worked behind the scenes.

I thank the following and hope that I miss no one: Mayor Joel Mc-Guire, Harrison Home Bakery, Knights of Columbus, Scott Jenkins, Joel Beck, Ken Kromme, Dan Losekamp and his group of merry men, Jim Robertson, Sean Maley, St John’s Singing group, Mia Wil-liams, Walter Schunk, Harrison Police Department, Harrison Fire Department, Kercheval Family, Anita Doherty, Life Springs.

Also: Terry Lane, Domino’s Pizza, Rusty Smith, Ed Babler All-state Insurance, Leslie Schneider, Civil Air Patrol, Aaron Jaeger, Har-rison Music Boosters, Harrison Drama Boosters,Jim Leslie, Harrison Street Crew, Laura Roell, Jenny Weaver, Lynn Crushman, Jan Toedt, Tracy Bond, Meg Potter, Cincinnati Popcorn and more, Grand Mar-shall- Robert Cummings of Harrison McDonalds, Harrison Veterans Color Guard, St John Cub Scouts 408, St John’s School and Parrish, Evolution Nutrition and Fitness Studio.

And: The Coffee Peddlar, Cub Pack 293, John Black Towing, Girl Scout Group 40133 and 41325, Girl Scout Brownie Troop 41328,Harrison Music Boosters, Legacy Christian Church, Girl Scout Troop 49123, Special Olympics, Harrison First Presbyterian Church, Cub Scout 402, Relay for Life ,Paradise Island Salon, Harri-son Moose Lodge 2633, The Harrison Outlaws, Harrison Jr Baseball, Southwest Ohio Athletic Association, Caroline Hall Henning Agency, Harrison Taekwondo, Hilltop Performance, Boy Scouts troops 402, Franklin County Antique, AFR, Girl Scout 40770, Jack & Nancy, Ace Water, Rick Ramey, Historical Society and Liberty Tax.

I congratulate the float winners: Grand Marshall Award - Harrison Moose Lodge 2633; Harrison Recreation Commission Award - The Coffee Peddlar and Mayor’s Award - Relay for Life.

I also thank the members of the Harrison Recreation Committee for the support they have given for all the events we had in 2011: Mary Faith Roell, Sally Kerr, Gary Trabel, Kim Vogelgesang, Jim Robertson, Tom Pack, Christy Tepe, Kandi Jaeger, Tony Burkhart and Mayor McGuire.

Jean Wilson,Recreation Commission

CoordinatorHarrison, Ohio

HylelitesThank goodness for rivalries

I’ve made no secret over the years of my love for basketball, so covering the Harrison Wildcats basketball team for most of the past 25 years has been a form of purgatory for me.

There have been moments of some small success, but there has been even more mind-numbing failure.

That said, last Saturday night, Har-rison and East Central squared off in their annual battle at the Harrison Activity Center. The arena hadn’t been this electric in two years, not coinciden-tally, the last time these two teams got together in Harrison.

It wasn’t great basketball, but it was exciting - something we’ve thankfully seen more of in the past three seasons.

EC lost its top player to injury earlier this year and was coming off a heart attack-inducing loss to South Dearborn the night before.

Harrison also lost a tough game the night before, and its top player was ejected from the game, which meant he would have to sit and watch while his teammates took on their biggest rival.

I can’t blame people for not attend-ing basketball games in the same num-bers that came years ago.

People aren’t nearly as excited about watching who represents good old Har-

rison High. We sometimes lament that kids have too many options with their free time today, so we don’t see them organizing their own games in the park or on the corner lot. The same can be said for adults attending the high school games in insular communities such as Harrison - there are a lot of options.

I guess we should be happy that, at least, we have the Harrison/East Central game to look forward to each year.

I wrote several weeks ago about the Xavier and UC rivalry, well Harrison and EC is the same

thing on a slightly smaller level. This year’s version featured two loud and animated student sections.

It was the largest student turnout for a basketball game from Harrison in two years and they were all decked out in camouflage shirts, including camo warmups for the team. (I’m not sure if this was a salute to the military or to hunting. I have my opinion, but for once I’ll keep it to myself.)

Since East Central won the football game between the two schools in Au-gust, the EC student section reminded the Harrison students of this point.

Harrison’s rejoinder was to chant the name of Gunner Kiel, the quar-

terback from Columbus North High School whose team eliminated the Tro-jans from the football playoffs.

A quiz of the Harrison students to identify Kiel probably would have drawn some quizzical looks from many of the students themselves, but I’ll give some credit to the chant leaders for raising the level of discourse.

It certainly beat the vulgarism the EC students chanted for every per-ceived bad call from the referees.

You’ve got to save that one for a re-ally bad call, Trojan fans, not a travel-ing violation on one of your own.

In my perfect world, we would have games like this all the time, not just once a season, but we can, at least, be thankful that we have Harrison vs.

East Central on the schedule every year. They may not be the best teams in the area and the games may not be the best played, but who cares?

Thank goodness for rivalries. They bring out our passions.

Bob Hyle covers sports and writes a weekly column for The Harrison Press. He resides in Bright.

BoB Hyle

Plugged InCan you hear me now, can you?

I have a confession to make. I talk back to my TV.

My patient wife knows this all too well. My remarks usually are sparked by some atrocious grammar error or pronunciation mistake made by a “pro-fessional” announcer or newsreader.

I am not above yelling at some politician who is avoiding a question or spinning some nega-tive happening into a something for us all to celebrate.

And don’t get me going on the fa-ther and daughter TV tag team telling me that they will put aluminum siding on the back of my house for free. Of course my TV doesn’t listen to me. That may now change.

One of the technologies that got a lot of attention at the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, is voice recognition. While this technology has been around for a several years, incor-porated into mobile phone auto dialers and some high end automobiles, it has been somewhat unreliable.

I, for one, have a hard time getting my phone to dial with voice com-mands.That is another column.

Responding to the complexity of the

once simple task of watching TV in your living room, several manufactur-ers have demonstrated controls for TVs that allow you to speak the commands.

Want to watch some college hoops? Just say “Watch ESPN2.” Want to know what Jim Cantore has predicted

for the Tri-Sate? Tell your TV that you want to “Watch the Weather Channel.”

The TV figures out the channel number, or if the ser-

vice is from cable, off air or perhaps from the Internet.

Samsung is building voice recogni-tion into some TVs, and others are making remote controls that will re-spond to your voice commands. Many of these devices are not perfected.

Even some of the demonstrations at the CES were plagued with miscues.

As with any technology, the bugs will be worked out and soon voice rec-ognition will be as ubiquitous as touch screens.

Recently, Apple released “Siri,” an application for iPhone 4s that listens to your commands and performs tasks like Web searches, appointment book-ing and meeting reminders. Perhaps

this is the best example of how far voice recognition progressed.

The reason behind the effort to add voice commands to TV is the desire to simplify controlling the myriad of options available even in a simple TV.

Turning captions on and off, chang-ing from cable to off-air reception, watching a DVD, or playing a game often require several commands.

Because many TV manufacturers want to make TV the centerpiece of the digital home, they must find ways to keep the operation simple and intuitive. What can be simpler than just speaking your commands?

So in the not too distant future when your kids ask the TV to “Watch HBO” they might hear, “I’m afraid I can’t do that until you do your homework!”

Jack Dominic a Harrison Township resident, is VP at CET, Cincinnati’s Public Television station, a pioneer in broadcasting and online video services.You can contact him at jdominic@cetconnect.org or read previous col-umns at http://www.jackatcet.blogspot.com.

Jack Dominic

Inside ScoopUncle is convincedthat he’s getting gypped

It’s that time again folks. Are you one of those early birds who have already fired off your 2011 tax return? Hope you had all of your papers.

Invariably I will get a phone call from one of my clients around the first of March asking me if the 1099 or K-1 form that they just got in the mail is important.

Of course they had already suc-cumbed to refund fever and filed their return the first of February. In that case the taxpayer is saddened to find out that they must amend their return and most likely pay some of that refund back.

Let’s be clear. It is stated that employee copies of W-2 forms must be out

by Jan. 31. While the federal instructions for such forms say that, they generally don’t enforce it closely.

They are more interested in the timeliness of the filed copies which aren’t due until the end of February.

Forms 1099 for interest income, dividends, rentals, mis-cellaneous income, etc. as well as Forms 1098 for mortgage interest or education expenses are generally supposed to be on the same schedule.

These forms are not closely policed, again because the file forms for the government are not due until the end of Febru-ary.

K-1 forms which are generated by partnerships, estates, trusts and small corporations can not be prepared generally until the tax return is prepared for the entity that is issuing them so it may be late in the tax season before the taxpayer receives their copy.

A word to the taxpayer is in order. You are responsible for your income whether you receive a document or not. There are procedures for filing taxes when W-2s or 1099s are not provided.

Don’t resort to them on Feb. 2. The IRS will not accept these until after such time as they have not received their cop-ies, which again is the end of February.

The fabulous “Making Work Pay” credit has disappeared. So for those of you that eked by not paying taxes due to the extra $400 or $800 in tax credits allowed in the past several years, you might be out of luck.

There is a new form on which to report capital gains. The form, 8949, is used to put down the individual sale transac-tions before carrying the totals to Schedule D where they were reported in the past.

This no doubt is because the amount of stock transactions occasioned by investment brokers and daytraders has radically increased over the last few years.

Uncle is convinced that he’s getting hosed on basis valua-tions and wants to be able to inspect each transaction if he so chooses. So if your investment broker was buying and selling at a fever pitch be prepared to have to back up each and every sale when preparing your return.

If you claim mileage for business, medical or charitable pur-poses be aware that the rates for the year 2011 are two tiered. So you will have to account for your miles. Hint: Don’t try to claim 99 percent of them after July 1st, unless you didn’t start your job until then.

Jim Robertson is a longtime Harrison resident, a member of Harrison City Council, and a weekly columnist for The Harrison Press.

Jim RoBeRtson

Superintendent’s Comments

Reflection is key to improvementHappy New Year!’Tis the

season when many of us critically examine our lives and formulate resolutions that, if implemented, improve the quality of life.

Developing a resolution begins with questioning, assessing, and prioritizing. What’s for dinner? How can I work smarter, not harder, during the work day?

From simple questions to the more complex, assessment and prioritizing is needed to answer life’s questions.

Webster compacts the steps of the resolution process in the following definition:serious thought; contemplation. The word defined: reflection.

For educators, New Year’s resolutions are created in August and practiced year in and year out. The process for creating school resolutions is the same as creating

individual resolutions. We begin with questioning.

Have our past programs, tools and strategies worked well?

Where do our strengths and weaknesses lie? What areas need improvement? For these questions and many others, reflection is required.

Each school in the district has developed a priority for educating the children of our community.We, educators, teach

for student success - success in academics and success in life.

Crosby educators work hard to ensure that, as our students transition from elementary school to the junior high, they have an understanding of the practices that create academic success, but, equally as important, our students understand the traits needed to building a

character of quality. Before the school year

began, we at Crosby asked ourselves: Is our character education program effective? After building-wide reflection, we had our answer.

Reflection - daily reflection - by the students

The daily reflection begins with the teacher. The teacher prioritizes the character education needs of the students, then composes or chooses thoughts to begin each day of the week.

The daily reflection has been in place at Crosby since the onset of school. A few reflection submissions follow:

“Too often, we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest

act of caring, all of which have potential to turn a life around.”

“If you look for the bad in people expecting to fine it, you surely will.” (Abe Lincoln)

“Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” (John F. Kennedy)

Because of the depth of meaning and the diversity of character education traits addressed, it is obvious that more than just the students benefit from the message of the reflections.

It is the hope of the Crosby Elementary staff that you, too, will reflect on the importance of reflecting. Reflecting is that which will make us and our lives, individually and collectively improved.

Laura Meyers is principal of Crosby Elementary School .

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St. John The Baptist Catholic school is opening a pre-school for the 2012-13 school year to meet the need for ad-ditional preschool options, said principal Susan Meymann.

Accredited by the Ohio Department of Education, the preschool will have a full-time teacher and teacher’s aide in the classroom at al times.

The school is open to kids ages 3 to 5.The school will feature choice time at learning centers

- religion, math, language arts, science and social studies. Group activity includes songs, games, discussions, po-

etry, guest speaker, story times, and large muscle activities.Break treats will be provided by parents, and preschool

students will participate in appropriate activities during school. Enrollment also includes two to three field trips a year.

Non-refundable registration fee is $75 per student. The 2012-13 tuition year, August through May, is $149 monthly.

Payment is due the first day of each month, and a $25 late fee is assessed if not paid by the 15th.

Registration forms are available at the school office, out-side the church doors, and online at www.sjbharrisonparish.org. Registration is now through Thursday, Feb. 2.

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The following students received the Yeager Ben-son American Legion Post 199 Americanism Awards in December 2011. Decem-ber’s winners were spon-sored by the Post Honor Guard.

Lexis Dole, a student at Harrison High School, continues to be one of the school’s top students, said her teachers.

Lexis had one of the school’s highest PSAT scores, is active in the Key Club, student council, volleyball, DECA and is a member of the National Honor Society.

She took on a leadership role during the school’s food drive to benefit the Harrison Mayor’s fund. Lexis is the daughter of Mike and Risa Dole.

Katie Eckstein, a senior at East Central High School, is a wonderful student and outstanding leader, said her teachers.

She makes students feel welcome to the Family Ca-reer and Community Lead-ers of American organization, where she has been a four-year member, they said.

Katie has led many proj-ects such as the Troops drive, Project Linus, raking leaves for the elderly and

the North Dearborn Winter Formal. She has participated in FCCLA at the chapter dis-trict, state and national levels.

She is also a member of the senior scholarship com-mittee and Dearborn County CASA. Katie is the daughter of Joe and JoLynn Eckstein.

Jacob Back, a student at Harrison Junior School, has a great heart and passion for excellence. His teachers rave about his work ethic and drive in the classroom. Jacob is able to maintain a 4.5 grade point average while taking the hardest classes seventh grade has to offer.

He is a proud member of Team Cheetah and partici-pates in basketball, football, baseball, track and golf. Jacob is the son of Mark and Miranda Meibers.

Teyah McEntush, a sixth grader at Whitewater Valley Elementary School, has a big heart and willingly helps any-one who has a need, said her teachers.

She has a gregarious per-sonality and a good moral compass that allows her to be a positive influence in the classroom, they said. She is an avid soccer player, active in her church and babysits.

Legion hails fourfor Americanism Regional Big Sister

of the Year Suzzi Romines is asking

Harrison women to con-sider becoming mentors in 2012.

“As we begin 2012, many families are hoping for bright-er days ... despite chances that they may face struggles and worries that often put pressure on even the youngest children in the family,” said Romines.

That could have been her story, but her mentors led her to volunteer for 25 years as a mentor with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Cincinnati, which serves Harrison.

“When I heard about Big Brothers Big Sisters, and how being paired with a child could make a positive difference, I knew I’d found where I belonged.”

Romines has been matched with six young girls over 25 years: Melanie, Lisa, Maggie, Jenny, Paula and now, Searcy, 13.

The two hours she gives each week is little compared to what she has gained by empowering young girls who are talented, excel in school and life, and can make a difference for themselves and others.

Ninety-nine percent of children in the program are in school, substance-abuse free, and not involved in juvenile courts, she said.“My family cherishes the time with my Little Sister as much as I do. They realize how important and rewarding this relationship is.”

Big Brothers Big Sisters serves children in Greater Cin-cinnati, Northern Kentucky and Indiana. For Harrison and Dearborn County, contact Laura Rolf at 812-637-1235 or www.bigsforkids.org.

Harrison area Big Sisters in demand

Regional Big Sister of the Year Suzzi Romines is asking Harrison women to consider becoming mentors in 2012. Romines has been matched with six young girls over 25 years: Melanie, Lisa, Maggie, Jenny, Paula and now, Searcy, 13.

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“My family cherishes the time with my Little Sister as much as I do. They realize how important and rewarding this relationship is.”

Suzzi Romines Big Sister

Longtime subscriber Dorris Seeley Bourquein turns first to the twice-monthly Times Re-membered column when The Press arrives.

Recently, she came on Terry Viel’s story, “George, the Doughboy,” telling the story of World War I veteran George Ashley.

Dorris contacted The Press and Terry called back, making sure she made a connection with his source for the story, Harrison resident, Marcia Nu-gent Grant.

Marcia followed up her own call to Dorris when she visited Dorris’ home in Manchester, Ind.

The two women discovered their unofficial “relative” sta-tus is through the marriage of George Ashley, Dorris’ moth-er’s brother, to Fern Hahn, the sister of Marcia’s grandmother.

Dorris is George’s niece, and Marcia is Fern’s great-niece.

Even though Dorris and Marcia are separated by one generation, they discovered many common memories.

They had never met, but both of them visited Uncle George and Aunt Fern’s brick home on Park Avenue in Har-rison.

Both recall the large porch and the unusual mail slot in the front door, which ended in a glass box on the interior side of the door.

For hours, they recall, the young girls admired the deli-cate objects housed in the china closet, as well as the clothes chute where laundry magically disappeared.

Marcia has had Uncle George’s diary since Aunt Fern’s death.

This is the diary that Uncle George wrote in every single day of his short stint in the Army, beginning March 7, 1918, until six months later, when the war ended.

Marcia also has photos of unidentified people, and she shared both the diary and the pictures with Dorris on her visit.Dorris looked at the pho-tos and quickly recognized an image of her parents from more than 80 years ago, a pho-tograph she had never seen.

Marcia also gave Dorris a

copy of Uncle George’s war-time diary.

As the women parted, Dor-ris handed to Marcia a porce-lain figurine of a pointed-ear dog from the china closet.

The little dog represents a special memory both of them have of those days of gazing at the wonders inside that china closet.

And, according to Marcia, a characteristic of their gentle Aunt Fern, who “never com-plained about all the finger-prints and nose prints of those curious little visitors.”

Dorris appreciates that she has “met a lovely woman and made a new friend.”

She goes on: Marcia and I are remembering together. My family who lived these child-hood memories with me are all gone now, but I can smile and talk about long forgotten days again because Marcia lived them, too.What a precious gift she gave me this Christmas.”

- Terry Viel

Column uniteswomen for talk about ‘relative’

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JAN. 27Dance with DJsMax and JoeDance will be held at Har-

rison VFW, Friday, Jan. 27, 7:30 p.m., 9610 Lawrence-burg Road. $5 cover charge.

Music by Ollieand the Income FreezeOllie and the Income

Freeze will perform Friday, Jan. 27, 8 p.m., in the Can-teen at the Harrison VFW, 9160 Lawrenceburg Road. There is no cover charge.

JAN. 28Belly Winter FestThe Renegades Band will

provide music for, Belly Winter Fest on Saturday, Jan. 28, 8 p.m.-1 a.m. at the Har-rison VFW, 9160 Lawrence-burg Road. $20/person.

Harrison girlssoftball signupsSignups will be held at the

Harrison Community Center, 300 George St., Saturday, Jan. 28 and Saturday, Feb. 4, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Wednesday, Feb. 8, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Players age 5 through 19 from area communities including Indiana. Birth cer-tificate required at sign-ups for new players. Contact Sonny Ross, 324-1447, or Debbie Huber, 367-5708.

JAN. 29Ham shootA ham shoot will take

place Sunday, Jan. 29, 11:45 a.m., at the Harrison VFW, 9160 Lawrenceburg Road. Sign-ups begin at 10:45 a.m.

Chili cook-offWhitewater Valley El-

ementary School PTA will have a chili cook-off and family carnival Sunday, Jan. 29, 1-4 p.m.

St. John open houseSt. John the Baptist School

will have an open house Sun-day, Jan. 29, 1-3 p.m. Visit www.sjbharrison.org.

St. Peter’s sausageand pancake breakfastSt. Peter’s Catholic

Church, 1207 East Road, Brookville, Ind., will have its annual whole hog sau-sage and pancake breakfast Sunday, Jan. 29, 7:30 a.m. to noon. A free-will donation benefits the church’s educa-tion fund.

FEB. 1Paddle partyA paddle party will take

place Wednesday, Feb.

1, 7 p.m., at Yeager Ben-son American Legion Post 199, 10700 Campbell Road. Bring quarters and see what you get from Avon, Miche Bags, Tastefully Simple and others. Paddles cost $1.

FEB. 3Music by DJ Doug Hall;

dance - DJs Max and JoeDJ Doug Hall will play

music/karaoke Friday, Feb. 3, 8 p.m., at the Harrison VFW, 9610 Lawrenceburg Road. There is no cover charge. A dance with music with DJs Max and Joe will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the VFW hall with a $5 cover charge.

FEB. 4Harrison girlssoftball signupsSignups will be held at the

Harrison Community Center, 300 George St., Saturday, Feb. 4, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Wednesday, Feb. 8, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Players age 5 through 19 from area communities including Indiana. Birth cer-tificate required at sign-ups for new players. Contact Sonny Ross, 324-1447, or Debbie Huber, 367-5708.

FEB. 5Ham shootA ham shoot will take

place Sunday, Feb. 5, 11:45 a.m., at the Harrison VFW, 9160 Lawrenceburg Road. Sign-ups begin at 10:45 a.m.

FEB. 8Harrison girlssoftball signupsSignups will be held at the

Harrison Community Center, 300 George St., Wednesday, Feb. 8, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Play-ers age 5 through 19 from area communities includ-ing Indiana. Birth certifi-cate required at sign-ups for new players. Contact Sonny Ross, 324-1447, or Debbie Huber, 367-5708.

FEB. 11Relay wine tastingA wine tasting to benefit

Relay for Life team Harvest A Cure will take place Sat-urday, Feb. 11, 7-10 p.m., at Chateau Pomeji Winery, 25043 Jacobs Road, Guil-ford, Ind. The cost is $15 per person and includes six tast-ings, appetizers and snacks. Call Dan Metz, 202-1354, Peggy Wolfram, (812)637-2214 or Lester Sterwerf, 367-6297.

FEB. 13Sons of Legion The Sons of Legion Post

199 will meet Monday, Feb. 13, 7:30 p.m., at Yeager Ben-son American Legion Post 199, 10700 Campbell Road.

FEB. 15Pioneer Antiqueand Hobby AssociationThe Pioneer Antique and

Hobby Association will meet Wednesday, Feb. 15, 7:30 p.m., at the Nathanal Greene Lodge, 6394 Wessel-man Road, Green Township. A program call Liars Club will present antique items and have audience members guess their function. Call 451-4822.

Legion auxiliaryThe Ladies Auxiliary will

meet Wednesday, Feb. 15, 7:30 p.m., at Yeager Benson American Legion Post 199, 10700 Campbell Road.

Legion breakfastYeager-Benson Ameri-

can Legion Post 199, 10700 Campbell Road, will have an all-you-can-eat breakfast Sunday, Feb. 19. The cost is $6/adults and $4/children under 12.

Other AnnouncementsLegion bingoBingo will be played on

Thursdays at Yeager Ben-son American Legion Post 199, 10700 Campbell Road. Doors open at 6 p.m. and bingo begins at 7:15 p.m. All-you-can-play up to 36 faces for $20.

K of C fish fryA fish fry will take place

every Friday at the Harri-son K of C, 10490 N. State St. Fish dinners or ala carte sandwiches will be available. Eat in or carry out.

ND Elementarykindergarten registrationPreregistration for kinder-

garten has begun. Children must be 5 by Aug. 1, 2012 to enroll. Call (812)656-8383 or (888)645-5718 or stop by the school to pick up a registration packet. Pack-ets are due March 12. Only packets received by that date will guaranteed a choice of morning or afternoon kinder-garten.

Around Town

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Kathy Quinlan attended the Harrison Branch Library’s “Felt Zombies” program in October. The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County welcomed 105,000 more people in 2011 than in 2010 to similar community programs.

Folks flock to Harrisonlibrary for items, programs

Patrons borrowed more than a half-million items from the Harrison Branch Library in 2011, topping 2010 figures by 5 percent.

In addition, nearly 20 percent more people attended programs at the branch in 2011 than in previous years.

Overall, customers of The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County borrowed more than 17.6 million items in 2011, putting total circulation for the year at nearly 8 per-cent ahead of 2010.

E-books, e-autobooks, and other down-

loadable materials exploded in popularity, with use increasing 518 percent from 2010.

Meanwhile, the library added 3,000 new programs to its 2011 line-up, which attracted 105,000 more attendants than the previous year.

When 2011 ended, the library “closed the books” with more than 425,000 active library cards, 1.6 million customer computer ses-sions, and 8 million total visits, 1.6 million increase from 2010.

Harrison, RR 2Pray for the Herring family, Rueben died

recently. They were neighbors of ours when we lived on Snowhill Road.

Also pray for all the men and women in the military and their families. And pray that 2012 will be a better year for all of us.

Sunday Dec. 18, was a beautiful sunny day. It was also the Fourth Sunday of Advent. A group from Rockdale United Methodist Church went caroling.

Some of those visited were Ruth (Tootie) Baker, Ervin Spreckleson, Florence Blades, Jim and Susan Terry. Along with the Christmas car-ols, they delivered a poinsettia and a plate of cookies.

Those carolers included Pastor Jim Byerly, Rosa, Renee and Alexa Brehm, Glenda Iaco-bucci, Kris, Kayla and Shelby Lutz, Debbie and Joe Mueller. They sounded very good.

Happy birthday to Ellen Suhre and Ken Burcham, Dec. 27; Joe Stokes, Dec. 30; Mar-tha Harlow, Jeff Brown, Lorryn Rakel, Donna Elliott, Dec. 31; Opal Couchman and Mary Shupp, Jan. 1; Missy Terry; Joy Leibrook, Jan. 6; Dale Brown, Keith Hall, Jan. 7; Ann Bibee, Tricia Jone, Jan. 8; Trudy Storch, Doug Esterkamp, Marc Schlemmer, Jamie Milby, Jan. 9; Donna Bunnell, Diane Moore, Jim Taylor, Jan. 10; Jackie Brown, Jan. 12.

Happy anniversary to Ellen and Bob Suhre,

Jan. 4; Don and Carla Sterwerf, Jan. 5; Gary and Bonnie Stokes, Jan. 30.

◾◾◾The following recipes are from Aunt Bee’s

Cookbook from Mayberry:

Thelma Lou’s Finger Sandwiches1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese, 1/2 cup but-

ter melted, 2 eggs, beaten, 1 teaspoon onion salt, 1/12 teaspoon garlic salt, pa-prika, bread slices with crust removed. With mixer combine the chess, butter, eggs, onion salt and garlic salt.

Cut each slice of bread into 4 square pieces. Place a spoonful of the cheese mixture on half of the brad squares, and top with the remaining bread squares. Top with another spoonful of the cheese mixture.

Sprinkle with paprika and arrange on a cookie sheet. Bake in a 400 degree oven for 10 minutes. Serves 6-8.

One-Punch Opie Pineapple Punch1-46 ounce can Pineapple juice chilled,

3 cups Apricot Nectar, 1 quart club soda, 1 qt. Pineapple sherbet. In a large punch bowl combine the pineapple juice and apricot nec-tar.

Just before serving add the club soda and sherbet. Makes 25 to 30 servings.

SuSan Terry

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Playing at home before its biggest crowd of the year, the Harrison Wildcats basketball team rallied from a 12-point second-half deficit and held on for a 49-43 victory over East Central on Saturday. It was the first win for the Cats over their Indiana rivals in eight years.

“We played hard,” said Harrison coach Eric Ebrens. “A lot of that comes from Jake (Tarvin), even though Jake couldn’t play that game.”

Tarvin was ejected from the game Friday night in a 46-36 loss to Ross. Tarvin was charged with an inten-tional foul as he tried to stop a Ross player on a break-away, according to Ebrens.

The Ross player pushed Tarvin and Tarvin reacted with a push of his own. Both players were ejected which calls for an automatic two-game suspension.

For Tarvin, that meant the EC game and the Mount Healthy game scheduled for Tuesday night of this week.

“I told the kids we’ve had to play a lot without Jake this

yea - pretty much the whole first half against Norwood,” said Ebrens.

“We don’t want to play without him, but we can do it.”

To beat the Trojans, young players stepped up, particu-larly in the second half. “I got on the sophomores pretty hard at halftime. They’ve had 11 games and they can’t use (their youth) as a crutch.”

Sophomores Jake Urbans-ki and A.J. Glines helped key the second half run with Ur-banski scoring seven points and Glines scoring 5.

A third sophomore, Con-nor McCurley, scored five of his nine points in the second half.

Press works for CatsThe Wildcats pressed EC

in the second half and the move worked to Harrison’s advantage.

The Trojans turned the ball over eight times in the sec-ond half and missed 22 of 27 shots, while Harrison made 10 of 21 shots and committed just four turnovers.

“I challenged Nick Steele at halftime, too,” said Ebrens.

“He did step up in the second half, guarding (Pay-

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Harrison’s Justin Conners shakes and bakes as East Central’s Grant Greiwe tries to defend him.

ton) Stonefield. He’s the one guy (from East Central) who can beat you off the dribble. Nick did a good job with his length.”

Steele also stepped up on offense and on the back-boards, ending up with a double-double; 12 points and 10 rebounds.

Junior guard Shane Page led all scorers with 15 points.

Page had nine of Harrison’s 11 points in the first quarter, but didn’t score again until the fourth quarter.

Against Ross, Harrison held a seven-point lead at halftime, but the Rams came out strong in the second half. Tarvin’s ejection didn’t help as the Cats were unable to get much going on offense in the final two quarters. Page led

the Cats with 11 points and Steele added 10.

“We just made too many mental mistakes, particularly in the second half,” said Eb-rens.

Harrison travels to Mount Healthy on Tuesday and hosts Norwood on Thursday night. A junior high wrestling tournament this weekend cost the varsity basketball

team a home game over the weekend.

Norwood beat Harrison in December 60-54 on their way to a 7-0 start on the season. The Indians have lost four of their last five games and are tied with Harrison and Talawanda for fifth place with 2-4 records in the West-ern division of the Fort An-cient Valley Conference.

Girls’ take two; 6-3 in conference

“Losing wears on a team,” said Harrison Ladycats basket-ball coach Stuart Scrivner. “A couple of wins can pump you up.”

That’s exactly what the Ladycats got last week as they de-feated both Norwood and Edgewood for the second time this season to improve to 6-8 overall and 6-3 in the Fort Ancient Valley Conference’s Western division, which places them in fourth place in the league.

“We’ve got six games left in the regular season, and we’ve already beaten two of those teams,” said Scrivner. “Maybe we can show some improvement against the other four.”

The offense perked up for the Ladycats last week. Only four players scored in the 43-36 win over Norwood, but three of them - Alle Salatin, Nikki Ferneding and Erica Knollman - were in double figures.

Harrison hit its first five shots against the Indians opening up a 17-4 lead, but Norwood clawed back and trailed by just four at halftime. Harrison got the lead back up to double digits in the third quarter, and it stayed there for most of the game.

Northwest, a struggling program with just one victory this season, offered little opposition as Harrison won 70-28. Three more Harrison players were in double figures as Knollman had 12, Kaley Myers 11 and Salatin added 11. Ferneding was scoreless, but came up with seven steals.

After making six of 10 three-pointers against Norwood, Harrison went six of 14 from the arc against Northwest. Harri-son also made more than 70 percent of its free throws against Northwest, the first time this season they have shot better than 70 percent at the line.

Bob HyleContributing Writer

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Ladycat Kaley Meyers skies as she eyes the basket against Northwest.

“(Poor foul shooting) has hurt us a lot this year,” said Scrivner.

Harrison needs a win over Edgewood on Wednesday to hold off the Cougars, who are a game behind Harrison in the FAVC standings. The Ladycats defeated Edgewood earlier this year, 41-33, at Harrison.

Next Monday, Harrison is home against Winton Woods. The Warriors lost for the first time this season against Mount Healthy last Saturday and defeated Harrison earlier this year 56-25.

Wrestlers lose big, win big, fall short in tight one

It was a mixed bag for the Harrison Wildcats wrestling team last week.

They were beaten by Mason, the second-ranked team in Greater Cincinnati, they lost a close match to St. Xavier, and handily defeated Mount Healthy.

Mason defeated the Wild-cats 46-12. Three Harrison wrestlers won matches: Thomas Fay at 113 lb., Josh Gober at 138 lb., and Tru-man Gutapfel at 220 lb.

Fay defeated Ruben Vic-toria at 113 lb. Victoria fin-ished third in the state a year ago at 103 lb. Victoria had defeated Fay in three earlier matches.

“That was a big win for Thomas,” said Harrison coach Chad Dennis.

Gober moved down in weight at 138 lb. for the first time this season, and Dennis said Gober will remain there for the rest of the season. Gutapfel defeated Daniele Tedoldi, a state alternate last season with a first-period pin.

“Truman’s just trying to stake his claim,” said Den-nis.

Three Harrison wrestlers had close losses: John Sit-tason, Tim Broderick, and

Matt Pruetz. “The score looked like a blowout, but I didn’t think we wrestled poorly,” said Dennis.

The36-34 loss to St. Xavi-er bothered Dennis more be-cause he felt his team should have won that match.

“Mistakes cost us some big-time points,” said Den-nis.

Six Harrison wrestlers won matches including Tyler Napier, Fay, Broder-ick, Gober, Gutapfel and John Sittason.

Harrison demolished Mount Healthy 69-9. Har-rison lost just two matches, which Dennis said could hurt Harrison wrestlers for the Fort Ancient Valley Conference meet in another week.

Harrison has a match at Elder on Thursday night and is at home against Lakota West on Saturday night. Seeding for the sectional tournament will be next Sunday.

Because some Division I schools have dropped to Di-vision II this year, there will be just two sectional tourna-ments in the Cincinnati area this year.

“Being a district qualifier is going to mean a lot more this year than in the past few years,” said Dennis.

Josh Gober, 138 lbs., sizes up his Madison opponent. Gober was one of three Wildcats to win his match at Madison last week.

Bob HyleContributing Writer

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The Harrison Wildcats foot-ball team is in the market for a new offensive coordinator for the 2012 football season as last year’s coordinator, T.J. Vonder-heide, is expected to be named head coach at Talawanda.

Vonderheide, an East Central graduate, formed a relationship with Harrison coach Kent Mc-Cullough when they were team-mates at Miami University. Von-derheide originally was brought in to serve as quarterback coach last summer, but assumed the

coordinator’s job when Jim Barre left the position.

McCullough reports he has been interviewing candidates for the job, and indicated there may

be some reshuffling of the returning staff members. He said he hoped to have a replacement lined up sometime in February.

***It took a while, but The Cin-

cinnati Enquirer finally named its all-city teams for the fall sports. Four Harrison athletes earned first-team all-city status; three in football and one in golf.

The football players are se-niors Kyle Nowlin and Marcus Woelfel on offense and Jake Tarvin on defense. Nowlin, who was named first-team all-state as a wide receiver for the second straight season, was not named as one of the all-city performers as a receiver, but rather for his all-around play.

In addition to his receiving skills, Nowlin was a punt and kick returner, place kicker, and punter for the Cats. Woelfel was named as a first-team quarter-back, and Tarvin was honored for his work at linebacker. Junior

defensive end Truman Gutapfel was named honorable mention all-city.

The other first-team honoree is junior golfer Johnny Vidal. Vidal was named to the all-city boys’ golf team after qualifying for the state finals in October. He also was the player of the year in the Western division of the Fort Ancient Valley Conference. Har-rison senior Taylar Gerhardt was named honorable mention all-city by The Enquirer for girls’ golf.

Bob Hyle covers sports for The Harrison Press. He resides in Bright.

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The Harrison boys’ bowl-ing team appears to have locked up second place in the Fort Ancient Valley Confer-ence Western division after defeating Edgewood twice last week. Edgewood was tied with Harrison entering last week.

Harrison, two games be-hind first-place Northwest in the standings, has completed its team competition with the Knights this season.

Harrison’s high numbers continued last week against Edgewood. The team won against the Cougars 2769-2440 at Harrison Bowl.

Dylan Wages led the way with the high game, a 259, and the high series, a 476. Tyler McCowan also had a pair of 200 games with

scores of 202 and 218 for a 420 series. Sean Maley added a 202 game.

The score was a lot closer at Edgewood’s home lanes the next day as Harrison edged the Cougars 2794-2745 at Eastern Bowl. Four of Harrison’s five bowlers had 400 series in the match, led by Maley with a high game of 269. Throw in his game of 224 and Maley had a high series total of 493.

Wages, Nick Johnson, and Chris Hans also had 400 se-ries. Wages had a 242 game, Johnson had games of 209 and 204, Hans had a 222 game, and McCowan had a 205 game.

“The boys rolled some really great games, particu-larly Maley and Wages” said Harrison coach Todd Sams. “They were on top of it.”

The Harrison girls had to

be content with practicing this week. Edgewood does not field a girls’ team, and Sams was unable to find re-placements on the schedule.

The girls were able to practice at both matches, ac-cording to Sams, which could be beneficial in the long run because Eastern Bowl will

host the district tournament in February, and Harrison’s Gabby Grubbs has a good shot at qualifying for the dis-trict, according to Sams.

Harrison has matches at Harrison Bowl with Mount Healthy and Sycamore this week.

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Zuber sets most points in season forLadycat swimmers

The Harrison girls’ swim team lost to Taylor last Sat-urday, but junior freestyler Sammi Zuber’s win in the 50 freestyle put her at the head of the list for Harrison girls as she set records for most points in a season and in a career.

Zuber broke the single-season point record previ-ously held by Amiee Glind-meyer, who earned 165.5 points in her 2005-06 sea-son. Zuber, with a least four meets remaining this season, has 173.75 points.

Zuber also passed Jo Hirl-inger’s record of 468.75 ca-reer points from 2007-11. Zuber currently has 476.50 points.

“Sammi is a sprinter and a very good one at that,” said Harrison coach Mike Brossart.

“Going into this season, I told myself to let her focus primarily on those two events, the 50 and the 100 freestyle. It has paid off with her scoring more points for the team this way instead of having her try to win the 200 IM or the 100 butterfly.”

Double victoryThe girls swim team de-

feated Ross and Northwest on Wednesday in a tri meet. Harrison had 71 points to 38 for Ross and 23 for North-west. Swimmers who had season best times:

Taylor Frank in the 500 freestyle, Emma Estes in the 200 freestyle, Anna Car-nevale in the 100 butterfly, Hanna Neyer in the 200 IM, Morgan Baskirk in the 50 freestyle, and Anna Roell in the 100 backstroke.

The girls lost to Fairfield on Saturday, but managed to defeat Hamilton. Scores were Fairfield 58, Harrison 22, and Hamilton 15.

Rachel McIntyre lead the

way with two season best times in the 100 and 200 freestyle.

Other good times were turned in by Ashley Michel in the 50 freestyle, Neyer in the 500 freestyle, Julie Kleiner in the 100 back-stroke, and Roell in the 100 butterfly.

Zuber provided the only first place finish for the girls in the 50 freestyle.

The boys swim team de-feated Ross and Northwest by a score of Harrison 72, Northwest 33, Ross 8.

Brody Betsch continues to improve in every meet with another season best time in the 50 freestyle. Kyle Kinsel had season-best times in the 100 freestyle and 100 breast-stroke, while Adam Graham did the same in the 200 free-style and 100 backstroke.

Two other swimmers with season-best times were Zach Chase in the 100 backstroke and Drew Kinsel in the 500 freestyle.

Saturday produced very little in the ways of season best times.

“We worked very hard at practice on Tuesday and Thursday night to get our-selves ready for the FAVC meet next week,” said Bros-sart. “We swam very tired on Saturday.”

In the middleThe Boys also claimed

second in the tri-meet: Fair-fleld 72, Harrison 32, Ham-ilton 11.

Ethan Roell had a season-best time in the 200 free-style, with Ryan Stamper having a season best time in the 500 freestyle.

Nick Kling provided the only first place finish for the boys in the 100 butter-fly. Harrison’s top swimmer, Alex Hutchinson, was un-able to attend due to a col-lege visit.

Bob HyleContributing Writer

PHOTO BY SANDY MINOR/SHarriSon PreSS

Anna Carnevale takes a deep breath during the butterfly leg of the 200 individual medley in a match against North-west and Ross.

Boys’ bowling team locks up secondBob HyleContributing Writer

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Harrison High School junior freesty-ler Smmi Zuber’s win in the 50 free-style last week put her at the head of the list for Harrison girls as she set re-cords for most points in a season and in a career. Zuber broke the single-season point record previously held by Amiee Glindmeyer, who earned 165.5 points in her 2005-06 season. Zuber, with a least four meets remaining this season, has 173.75 points. Zuber also passed Jo Hirlinger’s record of 468.75 career points from 2007-11. Zuber currently has 476.50 points.

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Looking Back50 yearsJan. 25, 1962•The seventh annual West

Harrison Coon Hunters As-sociation met at the White Auto Sales Building on North State Street.

•Brent Rolfes, 4, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rolfes, had a tonsillectomy at Christ Hospital in Janu-ary.

•Thieves broke into the Brickner Standard Service Station on U.S. 52 and took tires valued at more than $2,000.

45 yearsJan. 26, 1967•After 14 years of raising

money, a new organ was dedicated at St. John United Church of Christ.

•Orville Kinker joined the First National Bank of Har-

rison as a loan officer after serving as manager of the Western Finance in Harri-son for more than five years.

40 yearsJan. 27, 1972•Dr. Loren Siefferman

was the first person to re-ceive a Distinguished Ser-vice Award by the Harrison Jaycees and was honored at an appreciation dinner.

•Mr. and Mrs. Marrel Lail of Blue Jay welcomed home their fourth daughter, Carol Ann, born Dec. 16, 1971 and weighing 6 pounds, 11 ounces.

•A four-room house near Miamitown with large yard, electric, city water and out-side toilet was offered to rent for $58 per month.

35 yearsJan. 26, 1977

•The Harrison Ladycats were ranked the no. 10 girls basketball AA team in Ohio according to a United Press International poll. Team members were Rita Acra, Kathy Cooper, Ann Grubbs, Jane Shearer, Judy Smith, Linda Stegemann, Cathy Booker, Clara Fette, Jenny Kiefer and Tama Stoeckel.

•Eve’s Massage Parlor in West Harrison was accused of being a house of prostitu-tion and charges filed were filed in Dearborn Circuit Court.

30 yearsJan. 27, 1982•The U.S. Shoe Employ-

ees of Harrison Federal Credit Union celebrated its 25th anniversary. Since being formed in 1957, the credit union had grown to

serve 219 members and had $139,000 in assets.

•Icy conditions caused two cars to slide into a school bus on West Road hill near the entrance to Miami Whitewater Forest. The school bus had dropped off students and was empty. Three students in one of the cars were injured. Seven cars in all slid off the road.

25 yearsJan. 28, 1987•Seasongood Folding

Box company celebrated its 90th year in business and its 40th year of being located in Harrison.

•Herb Mays was named Wrestler of the Week for his 10-4 record in the 132-pound weight class.

20 yearsJan. 29, 1992

•The Golsch landfill in Hooven continued to smol-der after firefighters from 25 fire departments spend five days extinguishing a blaze.

•Two Dearborn County teens were killed and three others injured during a one-vehicle crash at the Har-rison/Brookville exit off In-terstate 74.

15 yearsJan. 29, 1997•Plans were being made

by the Fernald Environmen-tal Restoration Management Co. to re-inter remains of more than 20 Native Ameri-cans discovered in 1995 during an archeological sur-vey.

•Harrison street depart-ment supervisor Rusty Harrison was selected as

the city’s employee of the month for January and re-ceived dinner for two at LaRosa’s and a cake from Harrison Home Bakery.

10 yearsJan. 23, 2002•Developer Michael Per-

leberg was seeking a zone change and permission to add a new entrance onto New Haven Road to accom-modate a proposed apart-ment complex on 20 acres behind the Big Lots shop-ping center.

•Developer Doug Meyer was seeking a zone change for 420 acres near New Baltimore where he wanted to build a 21-lot industrial park, 404-lot subdivision, a 2.5-acre retail area and 56 condominiums and apart-ment buildings.

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SERVICES/NOTICESAbsolutely no trespassingof any kind for any reason.No exceptions. Not re -sponsible for accidents, in-juries or personal property.Violators will be prose -cuted at their own ex -pense. Property located at8692 Willey Rd., Harrison,OH. Molly Jansen, CathyMaher, Mary Ison.

Absolutely no trespassing,hunting, fishing, swim -ming, trapping, horsebackriding, woodcutting, motor-ized bikes, quad runners,or 4-wheelers allowed forany reason. Not responsi-ble for accidents or injuryto anyone, Violators will beprosecuted at their ownexpense to the full extentof the law on the propertyof G.E. Stacy, 27357Stacy Lane, 1905 PinhookRd., West Harrison, Ind.,47060.

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TO BUYAlways buying antiques,collectibles, jewelry, oldcoins, old military, uni -forms, medals, weapons,swords, helmets etc. ,27years experience. Call Bobat (812)637-5369.Wanted Diabetic TestStrips. Paying up to $20per 100 strips. Call1-888-659-9596 www.dia-beticteststripswanted.comWanting to buy used gon-dola store shelving. Need2/20ft double sided runswith all hardware andbackboard, and 1/20ft runof single sided shelving forwall. Also looking for storefront on busy street to lease for closeouts andfireworks and Halloweenmerchandise. Possible8-months lease each year.Please call 812-593-4308leave message.

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69 AUTOS

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75 CARDS OF

THANKSCard of Thanks

I want to thank everyonefor their cards, flowers,gifts, phone calls and foodfor my 90th birthday, Janu-ary 8, 2012. This made avery special time for me.

God BlessFrances Borgman

LEGAL NOTICENotice

The annual financial report ofthe Western Joint AmbulanceDistrict for 2011 has beencompleted. The report will beavailable for inspection by con-tracting the clerk, Robert H.Grauvogel, 7196 MorganRoad, Cleves, Ohio 45002.

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The Franklin County Water As-sociation will hold its AnnualMeeting on Tuesday, March13, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. there aretwo Board Members runningfor Re-elction at this time. Anymember that would like to ap-ply for one of these positionsmay pick up an application atthe Franklin County Water of-fice which is located at 559Main St. in Brookville. Thedeadline to do so is February14, 2012 at 4 p.m.

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Like jewelry? Richard Bacovin Jewelers received second place this year by the 2011 Mid-America Jewelers Association for one of their unique, one-of-a-kind de-signs.

The contest is held each year at the Mid-America Jewelers

Convention in Columbus, Ohio, with many attendees from various parts of the

country. The 14 en-

tries in each cat-egory are judged by peers in the jewelry industry including other manufacturers.

The winning de-sign, shown here, has a centerpiece

gemstone, an elongated

octagonal emerald cut, bi-color blue and green Amethyst Quartz, weigh-ing 42.68 cts. and with approximately 1.50 cts. of white diamonds.

Their previous winning design showcased a Carib-bean Splash color Drusy Quartz with diamonds and rubies.

Bacovin Jewelers, is nestled in Harrison Towne Plaza on Stone Drive, in Harrison, Ohio.

They are one of the few remaining jewelers that actually repair, restyle, restore and design fine

jewelry completely from start to finish right on the premises.

For more information

go to www.bacovinjewel-ers.com or call them at 1-513-367-6999.

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JTM Food Group, Har-rison, has added seven new turkey products to its food service lineup spe-cializing in great tasting, fully cooked, better-for-you menu solutions for the food service industry.

The new turkey prod-ucts will serve res-taurant, healthcare and military food ser-vice cus-t o m e r s , joining m o r e t h a n 4 5 0 food items on the JTM food service menu, and reflect the company’s ongoing commitment to stay one step ahead of the marketplace.

“Turkey is a delicious, healthy alternative to beef,” said Tracy Boggs, registered dietitian and director, National Health-care Sales, for JTM Food Group.

“By adding these out-standing turkey products to our menu, we hope to provide our customers an easier way to create great tasting and healthier dishes their diners will love.”

New turkey products:■■ turkey■taco■filling:■this■

skillet-style■taco■filling■is■made■using■ground■turkey,■onions,■garlic,■and■authen-tic■Mexican-style■season-ings;

■■shredded■Chipotle■tur-key:■shredded■turkey■

blended■in■a■zesty■Chipotle■with■on-

ions,■red■bell■pep-

pers,■corn■and■green■chilies;

■■ turkey■patty:■a■2.7■oz.■

juicy■patty■made■with■ground■turkey■and■grill■seasonings■to■deliver■a■great-tasting,■fresh■off■the■grill■taste■and■texture;

■■ turkey■meatballs:■ground■turkey■combined■with■fresh■breadcrumbs,■Romano■and■Parmesan■cheese,■onions■and■seasonings;

■■ turkey■sausage■gravy:■ground■turkey■blended■with■seasonings■and■spic-es■to■create■a■flavorful■and■juicy■sausage■patty;

■■ turkey■crumbles:■ground■turkey■fully■cooked■and■in-dividually■quick-frozen.■Great■for■any■recipe■calling■for■ground■turkey■-■chili,■taco,■pasta■sauces,■sloppy■

joe■and■more.■■ turkey■BBQ:■tender,■

shredded■turkey■blended■in■a■sweet■and■tangy■barbe-cue■sauce■with■seasonings■and■spices.

All of these items are conveniently packed and are fully cooked.

For a complete listing of JTM’s turkey offerings, visit www.jtmfoodgroup.com.

Family owned and op-erated since 1980, JTM Food Group specializes in menu solutions that deliver great tasting, fully cooked, better for you foods that yield superior results for the food service industry.

JTM invites food service operators to work with the company to create great dishes together.

Focused on customer service, quality and inno-vation, JTM serves thou-sands of schools, restau-rants, military and gov-ernment organizations, and food distributors and retailers throughout North America.

For more informa-tion, visit www.JTM-FoodGroup.com.

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The Hamilton County Park District has received two awards for outstanding financial reporting.

The “Auditor of State Award with Distinction” was given to the Park District by Ohio Auditor Dave Yost.

It is only awarded to enti-ties who meet all financial

reporting requirements, and receive a clean audit report with no findings for recov-ery, material citations, mate-rial weaknesses or signifi-cant deficiencies.

The park district also re-ceived the Government Fi-nance Officers Association’s “Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting.”

The certificate is awarded to government organizations whose comprehensive annu-al financial reports achieve the highest standards in gov-ernment accounting and fi-nancial reporting.

Both awards are for the 2010 fiscal year audit and comprehensive annual finan-cial report.

Hamilton County Park District Accountant Thomas Lowe, left, and chief financial of-ficer Rebecca McDonough receive the “Auditor of State Award with Distinction” pre-sented by Christa Criddle, with the Ohio Auditor of State’s Office.

Park district earns award for financial reporting

JTM adds turkey products

Local jeweler wins award for original design

Paying property taxes is a necessary side effect of home ownership. Across the United States and Can-ada, residents are required to pay property taxes based on an assessment of their homes’ value.

Taxes on land and the buildings on it are one of the biggest sources of revenue for local govern-ments.

In the United States, property taxes are not im-posed by the states, but by the smaller governing bod-ies in cities, towns, town-ships, counties, and other jurisdictions.

In Canada, property taxes, or milliage taxes, are levied by the jurisdic-tion in which the property is located.

They may be paid to a federated state or a mu-nicipality or the national government. Sometimes multiple jurisdictions may tax the same property.

Although the taxes are mandated by a higher gov-erning power, the rate at which you pay taxes could be based on a very local assessment of the area in which your house is locat-ed and the current market conditions.

An assessor will visit a home, usually prior to pur-chase, and make a deter-mination on the percentage of tax to be paid depend-ing on the condition of the home, the improvements that have been made and the climate of the economy in your particular town or city.

Property taxes are usu-ally calculated by taking the assessed value of your home and multiplying it by the tax rate that has been determined by your local government.

While no one can “le-gally” escape paying prop-erty taxes, there are several ways to have them low-

ered. Getting your home re-

assessed is one such way. Individuals who have reached a certain age may be eligible for certain dis-counts on property taxes.

But this may require a very low income to qualify.

There are also some tax credits or homestead ex-emptions that may qualify you for a limited assessed value on the property.

According to data from the Tax Foundation and Forbes, areas of New Jer-sey, New York and Illinois boast some of the highest property taxes.

Residents of Hunterdon County, New Jersey paid on average $8,600 a year between 2005 and 2009.

Those in Lake County, Illinois pay around $6,500. People living in Westches-ter County, New York can plan on spending $8,400 per year.

Statistics indicate that homes located in Ontario cities in central Canada have the highest property taxes. Toronto residents, for example, pay an aver-age of $3,900.

In this tough economy, lowering property taxes (which are generally rolled into the mortgage amount for ease of payment) could substantially reduce bills.

As many as 60 percent of properties across the United States are overas-sessed, according to the National Taxpayers Union, a nonprofit group that pro-motes lower taxes.

If you suspect your prop-erty taxes are high, here are the steps to take.

■■Get■a■copy■of■your■prop-erty■tax■assessment■from■the■local■assessor’s■office■and■double-check■all■the■information■contained■to■see■if■it■is■correct.

■■Check■the■assessments■of■five■comparable■homes■that■have■sold■in■your■

neighborhood■in■the■last■three■years.

■■An■independent■apprais-er■can■also■provide■you■ac-curate■information■at■a■cost.■Make■sure■he■or■she■is■licensed■with■the■Nation-al■Association■of■Indepen-dent■Fee■Appraisers■or■by■the■American■Society■of■Appraisers.

It’s not possible to lower the property tax rate, just the assessed value of the home through an official appeal. There may be fees associated with this appeal, however.

Some home improve-ments will increase the value of your home and, in turn, your property taxes.Here are some of the most common culprits:

■■extra■stories■to■the■home■■out■buildings,■like■a■

guest■house■■sports■courts,■like■tennis■■ installation■of■an■in-

ground■pool■■ improvements■to■fencing■■addition■of■a■garage■or■

another■room■on■the■homeA change in the status of

a neighborhood can also give rise to higher property taxes. An influx of new residents or new construc-tion of stores and homes can have a major effect on the assessed value of your home.

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The Chamber’s 2012 Leg-islative Dinner cuts through the partisan political at-mosphere that is so preva-lent today with a presenta-tion from former Hoosier congressman and longtime statesman Lee Hamilton.

The annual pre-dinner re-ception offers an opportu-nity to interact with Indiana legislators and other policy leaders.

Hoosier business leaders, legislators and statewide leaders will be able to hear from Hamilton, the featured speaker at the 2012 Indiana Chamber Legislative Din-ner, on February 15 at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Indianapolis.

During his time in Wash-ington, Hamilton was chair of a number of committees,

including the House Com-mittee on Foreign Affairs and the U.S. House Perma-nent Select Committee on Intelligence.

A Democrat, he represent-ed Indiana’s ninth district in southern Indiana.

Following his career in Congress, Hamilton was involved with several gov-ernmental advisory boards, including the 9/11 Commis-sion and the Woodrow Wil-son International Center for Scholars.

In addition to Hamilton’s insights, Legislative Dinner attendees will get to mix and mingle with Indiana legislators. With important legislation being considered by the 2012 Indiana General Assembly, it’s vital for Hoo-siers to interact with poli-

cymakers and communicate their priorities.

A limited number of ta-bles and individual tickets are available for purchase. A single ticket for the din-ner (including a ticket to the reception) is $149.

A table of eight, which includes admission to the reception, is $995.

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Ivy Tech Corporate Col-lege has recently launched online ICD-10 compliance training, as required for na-tionwide health care reform, mandating all health care providers to be ICD-10 com-pliant by Oct. 1, 2014.

ICD-10 is a nationwide up-grade of the ICD-9 medical records coding system used by health care providers na-tionwide. ICD-10 helps reduce costs and improve quality of care to patients, as well as provides essential data for or-ganizations to measure service quality, safety and efficiency.

Health care providers who upgrade to ICD-10 will be better aligned with world-wide coding standards and will be able to provide an earlier prediction of health threats on a local, regional, statewide, national or world-wide basis.

Ivy Tech will provide three tiers of training for health care providers, all accessible online, including seminars for executives and manage-ment, coder assessments to evaluate baseline knowledge of current staff members, biomedical clinical programs

and ICD-10 code training.The three tiered approach

provides biomedical science assessments complete with detailed reporting and subse-quent refresher courses with ICD-10 concepts built in. This allows current coders to assess in advance, giving them time to review concepts in Anatomy & Physiology, Pathophysiology, Pharma-cology and Medical Termi-nology providing a much higher likelihood of success once they begin the actual ICD-10 training.

The training will be offered

in partnership with Career Step and YES-Health Infor-mation Management Consult-ing, and will be based upon recommendations by the Cen-ters for Medicare and Med-icaid Services as well as the American Health Information Management Association.

For more information, please visit www.ivytech.edu/icd-10. Also, only two train-ing opportunities remain to participate under the grant in the short-term, 6 month on-line Health Information Tech-nology program, launched in July 2011, focused on train-

ing individuals to fill a much needed gap in today’s health care workforce.

Working professionals with a background in either Healthcare or Information Technology are now eligible to participate in the 6-month training program in a collab-orative partnership between Ivy Tech and Cuyahoga Community College.

The cost of the 6-month online training is $1,597 and significant scholarship fund-ing is available for eligible participants, while it lasts. The training includes several dif-

ferent tracks, including prac-tice workflow and information management redesign special-ists, clinical/practitioner spe-cialists, information support specialists, implementation managers, technical/software support staff and trainers.

Interested students may apply by completing an on-line application at www.ivy-tech.edu/hit-training. These programs are short-term, noncredit certificates and in-corporate a hybrid delivery model which combines face-to-face lectures with industry experts and hands-on labs.

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