Volume XXXVI Issue 10 November 2010

VV deadline & submissionsThe next deadline is Thursday December 2nd by 9 p.m.For articles please contact Chandi Findley attpvillageviews@fuse.net. For calendar submissions please

contact Hester Sullivan at hestersullivan@me.com. For adsplease contact Gerri Kennedy at 831-2388.

November Village Council

Mayor’s report to village:The residents of the village and

council members were thanked fortheir support of the recently passedtax levy. Thanks were also given to the organizers of the“Caboomapalooza” blasting fundrais-er with sincere thanks to all of the vil-lage musicians reaffirming the factthat Terrace Park residents have manytalents. The long Martin/Mariettamining fight continues with morelegal filings.

New leaf collector-“Big Blue”With the purchase and delivery of

the village’s new leaf machine, leaveswill be picked up. Residents areasked to put these leaves on the side ofthe street.

Terrace Park list server:Villagers are encouraged to sub-

scribe to the Terrace Park list whereannouncements are posted and infor-mation provided specific to TerracePark. Registration is easy and avail-able on the TP web site.

Campaign signsWith the completion of the election,

residents are reminded to remove allcampaign signs. Most of the campaignmaterials have already been removed.

Pancake supper successEmergency Medical Services

(EMS) Chief John Maggard and FireChief Luke Frey noted the success ofthe annual Pancake Supper. Thankswere given to all residents who came

out and supported this fundraiser.

Congratulations to the Life SquadNick Bond has received certifica-

tion as a full-fledged Paramedic, a dif-ficult certification to obtain. EMSChief Maggard wished Bond the bestin his new endeavors.

Volunteers needed:Once again the call has been made

for residents to step-up and enroll forthe very important training classes forboth EMT and fire department train-ing. New classes will begin when thereis sufficient interest from residents.

Ohio drop day:Terrace Park will be participating

By Martha Rassi

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2010 was a year of transition for NealRacing and its driver, Henry Neal.Henry moved up to a significantlyfaster TaG/Birel kart and began racing

with the adult racers. Moving upmeans tougher challenges, and thisseason included participating in theRoboPong 200 Endurance Race. TheRoboPong is a 200 lap kart race heldat the Newcastle Motorsports Park inIndiana. The RoboPong 200 draws

professional drivers from around thecountry, including former Indianapolis500 winner, Dan Wheldon.

“We must be real racers now!”

was the comment made by our goodfriend, and fellow racer John Cascella,after our engine self-destructed inSunday morning’s practice session. In4 years of kart racing this was our firstengine to go. In racing, when youpush things to the limit, they often

Life in the fast lane

Community joins to fight mine

By Dan Neal

On October 12-14, illustrator/authorand Terrace Park resident WillHillenbrand entertained and inspiredMariemont City School elementarystudents with such selections as Lookout, Jack! The Giant is Back! andCounting Crocodiles.

Young writers and artists fromkindergarten through sixth grade atMariemont Elementary and TerracePark Elementary were treated toHillenbrand’s storytelling and whim-sical illustrations. He shared his cre-ative process which combines infus-ing personal experiences, a steady dietof journaling ideas and continuousrevising to achieve his final products.Hillenbrand emphasized to studentsthat as they create, edit and perfecttheir pieces, they are the final judge.If they are happy with their own cre-ation - whether a story, a drawing, orboth - it is an unqualified success.

Hillenbrand has written and/or

illustrated more than children’s booksand has received many recognitionsincluding IRA Children’s ChoiceAwards, an ALA Notable Children’sBook Award and the Gold Medal and

On a warm evening in October,Terrace Park residents and residentsof outlying communities gathered onthe grounds of the log cabin to learnmore about the fight against theMartin Marietta mine and to donate tofund the fight. A large map at theentrance to the party illustrated theareas impacted by dust and noise fromthe mine. All of Terrace Park will beaffected to some degree. Although themap was disheartening, the eveningwas not.

Kids’ events included a scavengerhunt, pull the lollipop for a prize,ghosts in the graveyard and a game of“knock out.” Four great musicalensembles showcased the talent wehave right here in our village.Spencer and Jeff Peppet started thenight, followed by the Gypsy Band,Little Miami River Band and finallyRobinson Circus closed out the night.

Thank you to all who volunteered,donated and participated in this com-munity event to raise awareness about

the continued fight against the MartinMarietta Limestone Mine. The commit-tee started with the idea of having afundraiser and the goal of breakingeven—perhaps not raising money somuch as raising awareness. Fortunately,current donations are at $7,000 (withmore arriving daily), to fund the contin-ued fight against the mine.

break. This year we took it to the limitat the 2010 RoboPong 200.

To put 200 laps in perspective,most kart races are 15 laps or less!This is a punishing test of man andmachine. In light of the level of com-petition and the punishing distance,we set realistic goals of preserving thekart, completing all 200 laps, and fin-ishing in the top twenty.

Since 200 laps in a racing kart arealmost unbearable for one person toendure, we needed another driver. Wewere excited when we found a team-mate with experience at Newcastlesince we had only raced there twice inthe past two years. We had our team,time to go racing.

Pre-race on Saturday morning, thekart was not running well. Duringpractice and for qualifying onSaturday we struggled mightily to get

Terrace Park resident illustrator inspires stu-dents through author visit

Steve Duff and Laura Stanton sportedMartin Marietta costumes during trick-or-treating on Halloween.

Honors from the Society of Illustrators.Will Hillenbrand’s presentations

were part of an ongoing Author VisitProgram sponsored by MariemontCity Schools and its PTOs.

Will Hillenbrand, Terrace Park resident and renowned children’s author and illustratorshares the book “Counting Crocodiles” with eager Terrace Park Elementary students.

Spencer Peppet (left) and dad Jeff Peppet, opened the show at Caboomapalooza.

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Join with family and friends for the traditional

Lighting of the Tree!

Sunday, December 5th 2010The Village Green

6p.m. Light your luminaria 6:30p.m. Light the tree!6:15p.m. Carols begin! 6:45p.m. Santa arrives!

Carriage rides generously donated by Fletcher Homes!!!

Questions? Contact Amy Lothmann 831-755

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To the editor:The proposed blasting at the MartinMarietta Mine site in AndersonTownship should not occur for thehealth of our future generation! It’s adecision that will forever be reflectedon the people for following throughwith something so harmful to ourhealth. We need to consider the effectsthat the blasting will have on the chil-dren of society. The blasting vibrationswill result in problems for homes andbuildings anywhere near the site, andalso will have a great impact on neigh-boring towns and villages. The vibra-tions should be more of a concern tothe surrounding neighborhoods. Theblasting that has been planned to blowup the Martin Marietta Mine site inAnderson Township will do more badthan good for the neighborhood it istaking place in, as well as the border-ing neighborhoods.

As the blasting nears, adjacenttowns should realize how detrimentalto our safety the process could be.Terrace Park, Mariemont, Indian Hill,Milford, and Madeira will get thegreatest effects of the blasting. Yet,Anderson Township doesn’t come outof the process unscathed either, forthey will have to pay extra taxes torepair the damaged roads and trainingfor the blasting. Their taxes will alsogo to the policing of the blastingprocess and guarding explosives. TheMartin Marietta Mine site is planningon using 45,000 tons of explosives toblow up the mine and the towns men-tioned above will suffer the greatestconsequences. They have no legalrecourse because they can’t stop thebig businesses from sponsoring theblasting and the polluted air will be

for all to breathe. After the mine isblasted, there will be lots of pollutionspread in the air, including soot anddirt. According to Children’s Hospitaland scientists at the University ofCincinnati, there is a long list ofhealth concerns to go along with thisparticular blasting (Burger). Childrenwith asthma will be breathing in pol-luted air that could be harmful to theircondition. There is also an increasedrisk of cancer that comes with theblasting of the mine (Burger). I knowthere’s a price to pay, but is putting ourhealth in danger really one of thoseprices we want to pay?

While the question of blasting isstill being debated, those who stronglyoppose are trying to raise concern.Local Communities have createdCABOOM (Citizens Against BlastingOn Our Miami) to petition against theprocess. Although it hasn’t changed theminds of any Anderson Townshipcouncilmen, it’s definitely helpingthose who fear the health of their fam-ilies to have a word in the debate.Former Congressman Rob Portmanwho’s now running for the UnitedStates Senate in the upcomingNovember election is a resident ofTerrace Park and lives with his familythere. However, when asked to speakup and put out a concern for the blast-ing of his local town, he denied puttingout such a statement. Not contributingto the situation that could possiblyharm his own children’s health isn’tgoing to get him neither more votes normore respect in his community. So wecome upon this question again, whoactually benefits from the blasting?

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Bad vibrations Kindervelt #76 presents

Terrace Park’s 24th

Annual Luminaria

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Terrace Park’s Kindervelt #76 will be selling luminariakits in connection with the 24th Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony, which will be held on the Village Green,Sunday, December 5th. New this year, Kindervelt isGOING GREEN! We are cutting back on paper suppliesand will be sending information on the TP List email, theTP Elementary email, and through the Village Views. AKindervelt member will deliver your kit to you, onceyou’ve placed your order, but WILL NOT be coming door-to-door to sell them to you.

Luminarias can be placed along your sidewalk, driveway,or street. The fire siren will sound at 6:00 pm to signal thelighting of the candles. If the weather is poor, no siren will sound and the lighting will be postponed for oneweek. Festivities on the Village Green will begin atapproximately 6:30 pm.

Luminaria kits contain 20 candles, 20 white paper bags,approximately 15 lbs of sand and instructions forassembly. The cost is $15 per kit.

Don’t miss this magical start to the holiday season in Terrace Park! Please complete the order form below and mail or drop off by December 1st to Julie Shelton, 732 Franklin Avenue, Terrace Park, OH 45174. Please makechecks payable to Kindervelt #76. All proceeds benefit

Children’s Hospital.

Kits will be delivered on or before Wednesday, December1, 2010. If you have questions, please feel free to callJulie Shelton at 334-4227.

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2 Hanukkah Begins2 TP COSI

3 MHS Holiday Fair, 5 – 8 p.m.

5 Luminaria Night The siren sounds at 6 p.m. to sig-nal the lighting of the candles. Families then convene onthe Village Green for all the festivities. Tree lightingceremony starts around 6:30 p.m. If the weather ispoor, the siren will not sound postponing the event oneweek. Don’t forget to order Luminaria from your localKindervelt #76 Representative!

6 MHS Holiday Concert, 7 p.m.

7 TP Garden Club Holiday Luncheon, noon atTerrace Park Country Club7 TP Village Council, 7:30 p.m., Community Building7 MJHS Holiday Concert at Mariemont Elementary, 7 p.m.

8 Kindervelt #76 Dessert Auction. Preview 7 – 8 p.m.Auction 8 – 10 p.m. at the home of Polly Brennaman, 738Park Avenue. Contact Tina Turner with any questions or todonate, 513-602-5878. Everyone welcome, so bring yourneighbors and friends. All donations welcome!

9 TP Holiday Concerts, K-4

11 St. Thomas’ Great Cookie Caper, 11 – 2. Holidaycookies and candy will be for sale in the Parish Hall.Contact Kay Everhart with questions.

12 Grand opening and tour of Armstrong Chapel,Opening of new worship center, youth facilities andother additions at Armstrong Chapel United MethodistChurch, 5125 Drake Road, Indian Hill; 10 a.m. worship,11:30 a.m. reception and tours, 1-3 p.m. open house.

14 – 17 MJHS and MHS Exams

14 Board of Education at MJHS, 6 p.m. (note timechange) Public Welcome

16 TP Holiday Concert, 5 & 6 grades

17 Winter Vacation Begins at the End of School Day

24 Christmas Eve

25 Christmas Day

31 New Years’ Eve

January 3, 2011 Back To School

SAVE THE DATE!!!! Monte Carlo Night 2011,January 28th at St. Thomas. DONATIONS NEEDED!Please consider donating an item or sponsoring a gametable for the event. Contact Celia McNeil, 490-0333.

Village Calendar 2010

Please call Hester Sullivan @ 576-9959, email hestersullivan@me.com with calendar information or check us out on the web www.terracepark.com/calendar.

November Councilon November 13th from 10 a.m. until2 p.m. in the program to successfullydispose of outdated orunwanted/needed medications.Residents are asked to bring suchmedications to the fire station. Thiswill avoid such items being put intolandfills or the water waste system.

National Emergency MedicationProgram:

Police Chief Jerry Hayhow recog-nized resident volunteers who com-pleted training for administration ofmedications during any national emer-gency. The first exercise was provid-ing flu shots. Thanks were also notedto St. Thomas Church for providingthe facilities for this program.

Eagle Scout ProjectThe Village would like to congrat-

ulate Eagle Scout Ben Gorman forcompletion of the project for an out-door classroom. Terrace Park isalways proud of its scout programsand their participants.

Vacation reportWith the approaching holidays

and school dismissal, residents arerequested to complete a “Vacation”form either at the police station or onthe web site. This is a great program

for both residents and the Terrace ParkPolice Department.

Tree planting and wateringCouncilman Jeff Krueger,

Buildings and Grounds, stated that theplanting of 36 new trees would beginin the next two weeks. Residents arestrongly encouraged to water thesenew trees at least one time before anyfreeze to give the new trees a betterchance to thrive. Under his guidance,the Village may participate in a stategrant that would provide matchingfunds for the planting of ash trees.After January 1, the removal of dead ordiseased trees will once again begin.

Wooster Pike median projectThe bids for this project are still

scheduled to begin on November 18th.

Safety committeeUnder the direction of Stefan

Olson, this committee will be review-ing and discussing rules to governgolf carts and motorized scooters inthe village. A resident, who showedconcern for the safety of residents andriders, addressed the motorized scoot-er problem. Notification of thismeeting will be posted on the web siteand village bulletin boards to allowfor resident input.

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Life in the fast lane

the speed we needed out of the kart.Henry reported to us that the kart wasdown on power and that he neededmore. But something was wrong andwe could not figure out where wewere losing so much speed. This was

particularly disappointing since justone week earlier we were running lapsthat would have made us competitivefor Sunday’s race. Despite Saturday’sdisappointments we endured andlooked forward to making someimprovements during Sundays shortpre-race practice.

Our teammate arrived Sundaymorning to take a few laps in the kart.Sadly, after only six laps, the engineblew and was destroyed. Just like that,our hopes were dashed. But we areracers. A tide of determination sud-denly washed over us. We were thereto race and were going to do almostanything to get back into the race.

While we negotiated with the offi-cials, our teammate sprang intoaction, drove to his home roughly anhour away, and track. With only 20minutes to spare, we fueled it, mount-ed tires, got it inspected, and put it onthe starting grid literally secondsbefore the start of the race!

The race was going well as ourdriver settled into a steady rhythm.

Just when we thought that we couldrelax, we saw him coming into thepits. He was hit by another kart whichbent the rear axle. In a frenzy, wereplaced the axle and got the kart backout onto the track. I would like to tell

you that we finished all 200 laps, butthe axle replacement cost us too muchtime, and we only completed 112 ofthe 200 laps.

In the end, the RoboPong 200turned out to be an incredible experi-ence. In the book, Well Being, theauthors talk about buying stuff orbuying experiences. We believe thatour racing allows us to buy experi-ences and that the RoboPong 200 wasone more experience.

I think that John is right aboutbeing real racers. And for the past fouryears, we have had the joy of experi-encing racing victories and defeats,and those are experiences that we willnever forget.

We are already making plans for2011 and are hopeful that our 2011season will begin in December at theDaytona Motor Speedway.

You can learn more about our rac-ing at www.henryneal.com. If you area business looking for exposure, wewould love to be your moving bill-board as we travel.

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TPE scares upits annualPumpkinFestivalOn October 15, ghouls and goblinscame out to play at Terrace ParkElementary PTO’s annual PumpkinFestival. Throughout the school lurkedspooky jack-o-lanterns, hair- raisinghair painting, ghostly games, devilishlydelicious dinners and more. Anchoredby its trademark haunted house,Pumpkin Festival is always a popularfundraising event for kids of any age.

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Difficulties determining when a Terrace Park house was builtResults of a recent update of the

Terrace Park Building Survey(www.tpsurvey.org) indicate question-able building dates for some houses.For example, the building date givenfor 111 Terrace Place on the HamiltonCounty Auditor’s site is 1881. A focuson the original subdivisions in the pre-incorporation period, deeds and censusinformation will provide a method ofdetermining at least a limited range ofdates if not the exact date of when anearly house was built.

It is well known that the Village of

Terrace Park was incorporated in1893. But before that there were sev-eral attempts in Columbia Township toestablish independent communities:Ziegler in 1817, Montauk in 1840,Camden City in 1857 and Gravelottein 1873. The Terrace Park nameappears on a Hamilton County map asearly as 1877, but it was not an incor-porated area. However, by the 1880s itbecame clear that something wouldsucceed because more people werebuying land, building and settling.The opportunity was apparent for

developers to subdivide the land.Terrace Park resident, Lewis Gatchpracticed real estate law and helpedPattison and Iuen lay out streets inLots 1 and 2 of Camden City to createtheir subdivision. They claimed it was“the most desirable location for ahome to be found in the county” andthey offered home builders ”a freepass for one year” on the Little MiamiRailroad to downtown Cincinnati.

On November 10, 1885 Mary A.Cowen had sold to John M. Pattison38.60 acres of land, for their subdivi-sion, established May 27, 1886. Theybuilt homes on Oxford Avenue for theBreiling and Rauscher families andtwo others on Miami and Terrace Place– or could there already have been ahome on Terrace Place before the sub-division was established? It seemsunlikely since the Cowen family livedin Clermont County where the fatherwas a Probate Judge. On May 2, 1892Pattison and Iuen sold lots 36, 39 and40 to Carl Floto, now 111 TerracePlace. He was a partner in the pig ironbusiness with Sumner P. Bacon whohad before 1870 built a house justacross the railroad tracks from Floto onNew Street. Both Floto’s and Bacon’shomes show on the 1892 map ofTerrace Park, the “territory of the pro-posed corporation of Terrace Park.”

A petition signed by C. Floto and hisson, Julius, along with 46 other men andno women led to the incorporation ofTerrace Park in 1893. Carl Floto waselected the first mayor, a position heheld until 1898 when he sold his landand home back to John B. Iuen. Themen responsible for the early subdivi-sions did not live long after the incorpo-ration. John B. Iuen died August 1, 1904.John Pattison died of Bright’s disease on

June 8, 1906.Based on this information it

appears that 111 Terrace Place wasbuilt sometime between 1886 and1892, rather than in 1881. In manyinstances it is difficult to determine the

exact date when a house was built.Deeds tell us when land was bought,not when a house was built – but theremay be clues. It is hoped that in timethe gap between conjecture and factwill be closed.

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The Cincinnati Country Day Schoolsixth grade had a very successfulMake a Difference Day on October 1,2010, walking six miles on theLoveland Bike Trail to raise moneyfor the Juvenile Diabetes ResearchFoundation (JDRF). In an assemblyon October 29, DevelopmentCoordinator for the CincinnatiChapter of the JDRF, Rachel Hopkins,informed the students about Type 1and Type 2 Diabetes, and the sixthgrade students presented her with acheck to the JDRF for $1,668.25raised from their walk! The studentsworked hard, had fun, and, mostimportantly, exceeded their goal ofraising $1,000.

TPHS HouseTour a success

CCDS 6th graders walk for the JuvenileDiabetes Research Foundation

The Terrace Park Historical Societydeeply appreciates the support localresidents gave its 2010 White HouseTour Oct. 17. It was a record-breakingfundraiser for the society's new publicgallery that showcases artists andauthors who have lived or are living inTerrace Park. Tour co-chairs BarbaraJane England, left, and Mary

Arkeilpane and junior hostess GigiHill were among the 44 volunteerswho welcomed more than 430 touriststhat day. Special thanks to those whoopened their homes: the Coffmans,Englands, Grevers, Hills, Lindells andMottos; and Sandy Wittman-Shell fororganizing the volunteers.

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CCDS students "Make a Difference" and give a hard-earned check to JDRF: Frontrow (L to R): Ian Coombe, Jacob Nitzberg, Anna Geohegan, Anna Beyette , NatalieThornell, Lily Hill. Top row (L to R): Cait Ushpol , Adam Ushpol, Casey Schnieber ,Rachel Hopkins , and Terrace Park resident Matthew Burgess.

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Special Events in November & December:11/25 – Community Thanksgiving Worship (10am)

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12/26 – Holy Eucharist, Rite I (7:45am)Christmas Lessons & Carols with Holy Communion (10am)

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Armstrong Chapel opens new facilities to com-munityAfter nearly 200 years at the corner ofIndian Hill and Drake Roads in IndianHill, Armstrong Chapel UnitedMethodist Church will be entering anew era of service Dec. 12 with theopening of new and renovated space.The celebration begins at 10 a.m. withworship, followed at 11:30 a.m. with a reception and tours, and an openhouse from 1 to 3 p.m. The public is invited.

A $6.7 million expansion projectis providing 21,000 square feet of newspace and 9,500 square feet of reno-

vated space for worship, youth andeducation centers. Youth now havetheir own creatively designed spacefor meetings, activities and worshipand there's a new contemporary wor-ship center with a 280-seat theater.Some of the additions include a cus-tom-built organ with 2,800 hand-voiced pipes in the refurbished sanc-tuary and chancel, a playground in asecured courtyard, audio/visual equip-ment throughout and a portico thatlinks extensive parking and sidewalkimprovements to a welcome center in

the atrium. "Our facilities have been refur-

bished and expanded to improve ourenvironment for discipleship andattract new members," said seniorpastor Greg Stover. "It's important tous that we have facilities that help usserve surrounding communities andsupport our worldwide outreach."

He noted that the Armstrong cam-pus, with facilities on three corners ofthe intersection, is used not only bythe congregation for worship andactivities, but by community groups.

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The one-hour presentation will include the most cur-rent information on the district’s academic programs &achievement, financial reports and facilities progressupdates. All district residents are encouraged toattend. (A video of the presentation will be accessible on the dis-trict website the following day. www.mariemontschools.org)

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The 70th Annual Camargo HunterTrials were held this year atClippinger Field in Indian Hill onSaturday, October 23, 2010. MeaganMajchszak, a junior at UrsulineAcademy and Terrace Park resident,and her 9-year old Thoroughbredmare, Caramba, were the GrandChampions of the Junior HunterChampionship and brought homethree silver perpetual trophies. Thehorse and rider are judged on per-formance, manners and way of going.The trophies are beautiful and intri-cate, and the championship trophy hasthe names of junior riders engraved onit since 1961 – it is a truly amazingpiece of history.

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phrases “OGTP” and “OGTP RiseAgainst”, and a picture of a pair of eyesand “scary teeth.” Empty beer cansand the remainder of a 24 pack of beerwere found at the scene. Police contin-ue to investigate the incident. On thesame date, police on patrol noticedsimilar graffiti painted on the garagedoor of a Terrace Park residence.

Police observed a vehicle run ared light causing the patrol car to nar-rowly miss hitting the vehicle in ques-tion. Police followed the vehicle andinitiated a traffic stop. The driverexhibited glassy eyes and slurredspeech. Police administered a fieldtest to determine if the driver wascapable of driving. The driver wascited for a red light violation andoperating a motor vehicle without avalid driver’s license. The driver wasreleased and picked up from the sceneby a relative.

Police received an identity theftreport. An unknown subject hadtransferred funds from the com-plainant’s bank account into his or herown checking account and written twolarge checks on the account. Securityfor the complainant’s bank is investi-gating the case.

Police received a complaint ofjuveniles riding scooters on RugbyAvenue and refusing to move out ofthe street. Police responded andobserved the juveniles but did notobserve any unsafe activity.

A resident reported damage toseveral items of personal property inhis residence. The resident suspectedwho was responsible for the damageand indicated a desire to press charges.The case is under investigation.

Police were dispatched to theTerrace Park Mini Mart to investigatea dispute involving payment for gas.The dispute arose from a problem pro-cessing a credit card. The customerobtained cash from an ATM and paidfor the gas.

Police also responded to a barkingdog complaint, downed tree limbs,power lines on fire, vehicle lockouts,disabled vehicles, and numerousproperties found open.

Terrace Park Police providedmutual assistance to the MilfordPolice Department and the DEA TaskForce and provided mutual aid withthe execution of a search warrant.

Police received a call to “be on thelook out” for a vehicle driving errati-cally heading from Plainville Road inMariemont. Police initiated a trafficstop on Wooster Pike after observinga vehicle matching the description ofthe suspected vehicle swerving out ofhis lane. Upon coming into contactwith the driver, police smelled astrong odor of alcohol coming fromthe driver and observed that hisspeech was slurred and his eyes werebloodshot and glassy. After initiallyagreeing to a field sobriety test, thedriver refused to take the test, butrepeatedly stated that he was drunk.The driver was cited for refusal, oper-ating a vehicle under the influence ofalcohol, and a marked lanes violation.

Terrace Park Elementary Schoolwas vandalized with graffiti painted onwalls near the cafeteria and gym. Thegraffiti included an obscenity, the

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Girls U-8 soccerU-8 Girls Soccer enjoys a great sea-son, advancing to the semifinals in

the year end tournament.

Terrace Park’s boys win under 10 divisionchampionship

Team Sawyer ends regular season 10-0-0

Strikers strong this season

The Terrace Park Bulldogs BoysUnder 10 soccer team pictured rightwon the Cincinnati Hills SAY soccerA division for the Fall 2010 season.The team, comprised of Terrace Parksecond, third and fourth graders,showed great resolve as their leadingscorer missed the last three gameswith a broken collarbone (sufferedduring a hockey tournament...not soc-cer, thank goodness), and still man-aged to finish the regular season with-out a single loss. They showed greatbalance and team work with 10 of the11 kids scoring at least one goal thisyear, and every player taking turnsplaying different positions every sin-gle game. Congratulations to them,and thanks to TPRC for the great sup-port this year.

Terrace Park Boys “Wings” (8 & 9 yearolds) had an amazing 2010 regular sea-son in the Cincinnati Hills SAY Soccerprogram. Terrace Park fielded 3 Wingsteams in the league. Team Schwartzfinished the season with 6 wins, 2 tiesand 2 losses. Team Herring finishedwith 8 wins, two ties and no losses.Team Sawyer, coached by JonDiMichele and David Sawyer, finishedwith a perfect 10-0-0 season. The threeteams entered the 15 team Tournamentseeded #4, #2, and #1 respectively.

Team Sawyer’s players: NolanBuck, James DiMichele, EthanJefferies, Andy Lindner, ZackMcClorey, Jack Neville, DrewPitstick, Sean Reber, Peter Sawyer,Corben Shoemaker, Rye Walker, andGilles Wouters had a great run in thetournament. They made it to thechampionship game after battling

The fall Cincinnati Hills SAY Soccerprogram was very exciting and chal-lenging at the boys “Strikers” level(5th and 6th grade). For the TP teamthat was coached by Dave Walter,Matt Lundeberg and KJ Phelan, this season was especially exciting asour boys managed to play to a firstplace finish in the regular season and a second place finish in the tour-nament. The only blemish on the season’s record was a loss to DeerPark in the championship game at the tournament.

Opponents included teams fromTerrace Park, Mariemont, Deer Park,Reading and two teams each fromMadeira and Indian Hill.

Coach Walter was most proud ofthe fact that no one player carried theteam. “It truly was a group effort. Allour players either had an assist or agoal at some point in the season.”

through a very tough Team Schwartzin the semi-finals. Although theyeventually lost the championshipgame in penalty kicks, they certainlyplayed well enough to win.

This group of players came totogether as a team and played withgreat skill, discipline and heart,

repeatedly receiving accolades fromreferees, opposing coaches, and par-ents after games.

Look out for our top scorers GillesWouters (10 goals) and Zack McClorey(9 goals) who, as 3rd graders, willreturn as Wings players next year.

Terrace Park players: JoshMcClorey, Eli Glaser, MatthewMcGrory, Andrew Krafft, Will Doran,Tyler Lundeberg, Harrison Keith, EliBales, Sean Holcomb, Kyle Howe,Ethan Crouse, Bobby Dennerll, BenPhelan, Michael Reber and AJ Walter.

The TP soccer program as a wholeis sending a bunch of boys and girls onto the junior high program that have apassion for the game. Not only dothey want their teams to win, but theyall have an appetite for taking theirown game and skills to the next level.

Not to worry, the young gunsremaining on the TP squads will sure-ly provide top notch play to keep TPSoccer tops in the Cincinnati HillsLeague in the years to come!

A special thanks to JustinRichardson (Challenger Soccer) fortraining the Strikers and all theTerrace Park teams again this year.

Upcoming Lacrosse Events at Stanton Field

Friday November 26th

New player clinic: 1:00 -2:00 pm

Mariemont Warriors Annual Alumni Game:2:00 – 3:30pm

Pictured from Left to Right, Teresa Hernandez, Lucy Jacobs, Emma Lundeberg,Rachael Dronsfield, Jill Venderbush, Angelina Dennerll, Lauren Reynolds. Not pic-tured, Annie Byers, Molly Curran. Coaches: L to R Tom Reynolds Asst., DaveDennerll, Head Coach. The team members were: (front row, left to right) Adam Takas, Will Minifie, Cooper

McCord, Lewis Gatch, Cole Herring, Coach Clint Herring; (back row, left to right)Coach Kyle Gearhart, Braden Bortz, Hayden Gearhart, Jacob Cox, Coach DaveMinifie, Henry Rolander, Owen Worple, and George Koehler.

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