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INSPIRATIONALChurch performs inChristmas concert.See Evelyn Perkinscolumn, A5

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If it needs to be fixed,he fixes it

By Kelly [email protected]

Sheela Mehta was a new momand new to this country when shemet Mike Hardesty.

She had just moved to Sharon-ville from India in the fall of 1992.

“With the excitement of a newhouse came added responsibil-ities,” Mehta said of her firstmeeting with her new neighbor.

On her property was a largesycamore tree, with most of itsleaves covering the lawn.

“One day, as we were collect-ing leaves, we see Mike walkingtowards our house with a (leaf)blower,” Mehta said. “Within anhour, he had helped us collect theleaves, and the bags were piled inthe driveway.”

In the spring and summer, hecuts the grass.

In the winter, he clears thesnow.

“A few years ago, Sharonvillewas hit by a nasty storm, and theback yards were amess with fall-en trees,”Mehta said. “Guesswhowastherewithhischainsaw,help-ing to clear the clutter?”

Hardesty shrugs off the acco-lades.

“I don’t do it for notoriety,”Hardesty said.

“I do it because I like the peo-ple,” he said of his neighbors.

“I’ve got a lot of free time,”said theSharonville resident of 40years. “Whatever I think needs tobe done, I do it.

“If I see a tree that needs to betrimmed, I’ll trim it.

“I cut the grass, up and downthe street.

“I mend and repair whateverneeds to be done.”

Is there anything Hardestywon’t do?

“I don’t paint.”

Knox leadscycle of giving


Kelly Knox’s love of cyclingstops for nothing.

Notforabrokenbike.Shefixesit.

Not for trepidation. She en-courages.

Not even for her own physicalchallenge.

Knox, a resident of Finney-town in SpringfieldTownship, hasmultiple sclerosis.

Yet it was MS that helped tocompel her toward a sport inwhichshehasearnedaspot on theParalyzed Veterans of AmericaRacing Team.

Knox had served in the ArmyandtheAirForce, retiring in2000.

Then, she was diagnosed withMS.

“I couldn’t run anymore, but Icould still ride a bike,” she said,“withmy feet attached to the ped-als.

“That’showImeet theneedsofmy inner athlete,” she said. “Cy-cling.”

It’s that resolve that struckLaura Dickson, a Wyoming resi-dentwhocycleswithher in a localgroup.

“She helps everybody in thegroup togetup to speed,”Dicksonsaid of Knox. “Once, when thelight fell offmybike, she gavemeone.

“She’s generous, but she’s qui-et, low key, understated.”

DicksondescribedKnox,50,asa tireless volunteer, the one whoarrives early to sign up cyclistsbefore an event.

“But I’m sure she’d tired a lot,”Dickson said, “so howmuch ener-gy do you have left, to spend onother people?”

But Knox’s excitement for cy-cling, and her enthusiasm, is com-pelling.

“I get excited about gettingwomen involved in cycling, andhelping to make an opportunityfor them to do what they enjoy,”Knoxsaid,whether it’s socializingor fitness goals.

She, like Dickson, rides herbike to work.

“I like to show people how itimproves communities,” Knoxsaid. “I want to encourage otherways of getting around in theworld, besides driving a car.”

Mirtchell iswonderful personBy Amanda [email protected]

When Karen Mitchell andMaryanneBirdsallbecameneigh-bors, they hit it off almost imme-diately.

Birdsall, who has lived nextdoor to Mitchell for over nineyears on Elm Street in Wyoming,said she and Mitchell are like sis-ters. Their children are the sameage, they share laughter andheartbreak and swap recipes.

Birdsall said Mitchell hashelped her out of plenty of tightspots over the years.

“She’s just the best,” Birdsallsaid. “Karen has five boys of herownyet somehowmanages toalsobake extra cookies and make ex-tra food for my family. She hasgotten splinters out of my kids’feet. She has gotten a bird out ofmy house. She has cried with mewhen my father and my nephewdied.”

She saidMitchell is a neighborthat really cares about others.

Birdsall will be moving away

Who cares? They doJust as your family has its holiday traditions,

the Tri-County Press has a tradition.Every year we salute local people who show usevery day what its means to be a good neighbor.

We call it “Neighbors Who Care,”and we want you to meet them.

Kelly Knox is a cycling enthusiast whose wheels are always turning, ready to help those who need it, despiteher own challenges with riding. THANKS TO SAMUEL BIRKAN

Mike Hardesty clears leaves from the back yard of his Sharonvilleneighbor, Sheela Mehta. KELLY MCBRIDE/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

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from her neighbor in Feb-ruary when her and herfamily move to Hyde Park.She said making that deci-sion was tough for her be-cause of howmuch she val-ues their friendship. Bird-sall can only hope she has a

neighbor that will help herhang Christmas decora-tions, make her soup whenshe is sick and bake treatsfor her family.

“(Mitchell) is a wonder-ful person, friend andneighbor,” Birdsall said.

Streeter takesinitiative in givingto others


Barb Tobias’ neighborhas become the go-to mom,friend and active citizen ofWyoming, helping, leadingand caring, year after year.

Claudia Streeterreaches out, without beingasked, and without beingrecognized, Tobias said.

“Claudiaexemplifies thebest of a caring Wyomingneighbor and friend,” Tobi-as said in her nomination ofStreeter as one of the Tri-County Press’s NeighborsWho Care.

“Claudia stocked ourfreezer with soup when myhusband was very ill in thehospital,” Tobias wrote.“Unasked, she brought inour papers, mail and trashcans.

“I didn’t remember theywere there. She was thereat the hospital for a hug inbetween visiting hours andwas there to share in cele-brating him home.”

The twowomenhave be-come close friends over theyears,andthoughtheirchil-dren attend college away

from home, Streeter re-mains close to them.

“Claudia takes the extratime to keep in touch withthe neighborhood kids,even after they’ve goneaway to college, sending afriendly text or clippingfrom Tri-County Press,” To-bias wrote.

She said she’s gratefulfor the neighbor and friendwho takes initiative.

“Claudia’s the good soulwho shovels the sidewalkall the way up the block sotherestofuscan takeawin-ter walk without slipping,”

Tobias said.She’s active in the school

district, even after her ownchildren have graduated.

Streeter led the Wyo-ming Middle School booksale at the Fall Festival formany years.

Afterwards, she gath-ered the remaining booksand sent them to schoolsand libraries in need.

She writes to anotherneighbor’s son,who isonac-tive duty in the military.

“Claudia writes to himand, as she has done formany soldiers in harm’sway for years, organizedand sent boxes of book do-nations to remind themwe’re thinkingof them,”To-bias said.

The list goes on.For Streeter, “it just

seems like the right thing todo.”

It’s that understatementthat speaks volumes to herfriend.

NeighborsContinued from Page A1

As a friend and neighbor for nearly two decades, BarbTobias, right, knows that Claudia Streeter is the go-toneighbor for just about any situation. KELLY MCBRIDE/THE

COMMUNITY PRESS

Tri-County Presswasoverwhelmed by theresponse to our requestfor nominations for“Neighbors Who Care.”Overwhelmed, but notsurprised, as it validatesthe kind of community inwhich we live.We profiled as many as

we could, but if wemissed anyone, we willgive them their deservedrecognition at a laterdate.And if this feature has

caused you to reflect on acaring neighbor in yourlife, let us know aboutthem. Send an e-mail [email protected] can read about all

of our Neighbors WhoCare at Cincinnati.com.

A Wyoming house willbe demolished to makeroom for a parking lot thatwill serve the school dis-trict’s renovated and ex-pandedmiddle school.

Wyoming City Councilapproved amotion, 5-1, dur-ing its Dec. 17 meeting thatauthorizesthedemolitionofthehouse at 428SpringfieldPike.

Councilmember VickyZwissler voted against themotion, and Councilmem-ber Jim O’Reilly was ab-sent.

The property was re-viewed by the city’s Histor-ic Preservation Commis-sion, as well as RuetschleArchitects, the architectur-al firm working with theschool district on the mid-dle school project.

“The house was found tobe not of historic signifi-cance,” Community Devel-opment Director TerryVanderman said in his re-port to council.

The single-family resi-dence,adjacenttotheboardof education building onSpringfield Pike, was pur-chased by the school dis-trict in 2009.

The property is valuedat $221,120, according to theHamilton County Auditor’swebsite.Ofthatamount, thebuilding is valued at$129,060 and the land is val-ued at $92,060.

During a public hearingon the motion, Michael andCatherine McHugh op-posed the demolition. TheMcHughs live next door tothe house, and CatherineMcHugh told city councilthat the couple had beenpreviously unaware of theplan to raze the building.

“This is the first we’veheard of this,” CatherineMcHugh said. “It will takeaway from the quality ofour life.”

She said she’s concernedabout the lot’s aesthetics,impact of heat from thepaved surface, and the im-pact of its impervious sur-face on water drainage.

She said she’s also wor-riedabout the impactonherproperty value.

Zwissler asked whetherthevotecouldbedelayed, inorder to examine the schooldistrict’s plans for the sitebeforemakingadecisiononthe demolition.

“Is there a timing issue,”Zwissler asked. “Do theyneed that (demolition) in or-der to proceedwith the oth-er plans?”

Mike Ruetschle, vicepresident of Ruetschle Ar-chitects, said the housewould have to be removedbefore the lot could be de-veloped.

He said that though thedistrict preferred to clearthe lot as soon as possible, itwould not delay the projectif city council voted duringits January meeting.

Zwissler said she wouldlikemoretimetoreviewtheplans beforemaking a deci-sion, and voted no on themotion.

The city’s ArchitectureReview Board meetsThursday, Dec. 20, to re-view the project, and Van-derman invited theMcHughs to attend.

City council OKshouse demolitionBy Kelly [email protected]

Michael and CatherineMcHugh, who live at 432Springfield Pike, left, areconcerned about theimpact of the demolition ofthe house at 428Springfield Pike, part of themiddle school renovationand expansion. KELLYMCBRIDE/THE COMMUNITY PRES

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The Sharonville Repub-lican Party has issued thefollowing announcement asit searches for a newmayorafter the retirement of Vir-gil Lovitt.

“TheSharonvilleRepub-lican Party is in the processof selecting a new mayordue to the retirement ofMayor Virgil G. Lovitt, II.Theappointmentof thenewmayor could result in va-cancies inotherSharonvilleelected offices as well as avacancy on one of Sharon-ville’s many boards andcommissions.

“Due to various require-ments of Ohio Law, theSharonville RepublicanParty will meet on Jan. 7,2013, to select a newmayor.After that date, any vacan-cy in the other elected of-fices (law director, auditor,treasurer, president ofcouncil, or city councilmember) will becomeknown. Vacancies in anySharonville Board or Com-mission (Planning Commis-sion, Board Of Health,Board Of Zoning Appeals,etc.) will become known bythe end of Jan. 2013.

“Any Sharonville resi-dentwhowould be interest-ed in appointment to the of-fice of mayor or any otherupcoming vacancies in aSharonville elected office(listed above) or to one ofthe boards or commissionsshould forward a notice ofinterest to Sharonville Re-publican Party ChairmanPaul Kattelman at [email protected]. All no-tices of interest must be re-ceived byMr.Kattelman nolater than Thursday, Jan. 3,2013.”

Candidates sought forSharonville mayor

Elected officials saidgoodbye to Virgil LovittTuesday evening as he at-tended his final meeting asmayor of Sharonville.

Lovitt announced hisresignation Dec. 4, afterserving 16 years as thecity’s chief executive offi-cer.

The meeting broughtSharonville’s departmentheads: Fire Chief RalphHammonds; Police ChiefMichael Schappa; Buildingand Planning DirectorRichard Osgood; Tax Com-missioner Martha CrossFunk; Finance DirectorScott McKeehan; andParks and Recreation Di-rector Sue Koetz, and co-workers, friends and fam-

ily to the Dec. 18 meeting.One by one, elected offi-

cials expressed their ap-preciation for Lovitt, whohas been a part of Sharon-ville government for 25years.

“Duringhis tenure,Virghas been the face of Shar-onville,” LawDirector TomKeating said. “He has rep-resented the city of Shar-onville as an absolute lead-er.

“For every one thing hedid for the city in public, hedid twoor three inprivate,”Keating said. “He’s muchbetter than a leader. He’s apublic servant.”

Kevin Hardman re-called growing up in Shar-onville, with Lovitt servingin city government.

“I grewup thinking it’s agreat community because

of folks like you,” Hard-man said. “I offer my per-sonal gratitude for whatyou’ve done.”

Safety Service DirectorTed Mack said Lovitt willbe missed.

“I thank you for the op-portunity to serve togeth-er,” Mack said.

“I’d like to thank you forthe time, talent and effortthat you gave the city,” Au-ditorMark Piepmeier said.“I believe you are leavingthe city a better place thanwhen you found it.”

With that, he presentedthe mayor with a baseball,signed by the elected offi-cials.

“I’mnotgoing toquit be-ing a part of the city,” Lo-vitt said. “I’mjustnotgoingto be part of city govern-ment.”

Virgil Lovitt saluted atlast meeting as city’s mayorBy Kelly [email protected]

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Psalm 149 advises us tosing a new song unto theLord and to praise himwith tumbrel and harps.The evening of Dec. 15found the Presbyterian

Church ofWyomingdoing justthat.

Whilethere wereno drums,there waswonderfulmusic frommany otherinstru-ments.DirectorWilliam

Seale masterfully con-ducted a series of seasonalsongs telling stories offaith, the Nativity andinspiration. As part of thechurch’s Valley Concerts,“The Music of Advent/Christmas” was per-formed by the ChancelChoir, the Children’s Choirand the Youth Choir.

There were plenty of“oohs and aahs“ when theChildren’s Choir enteredto sing “The FriendlyBeasts” about a donkey, acow, a sheep, a camel anda dove presenting gifts toJesus at the Nativity. Onetyke decided that it wastoo hot to keep his sweateron, so he unabashedlyremoved it, stepped overto whom I presume washis father, handed him thesweater and went rightback to the choir.

The Youth Choir issomewhat older, but noless captivating than thelittle ones. They did asplendid job singing withthe Chancel Choir, andAngela Carota did a splen-did job directing these

youngsters.We enjoyed instru-

mental as well as vocalsolos from the program ofalmost 20 songs – “AveMari”a by soprano VivianHolfeld, Bach’s “Magnif-icat“ with soprano WendyArroniz, Amy Dennison onoboe and Janet Mangels onharpsichord, and tenorJohn Anderson singingMary’s “Little Boy Child.”Tyler Alessi and RichardRuby sang baritone; KimCooper played the harp;mezzo-soprano Lois Bell,tenor Leland Rowse, so-prano Abigail Whittle,bass singer Samuel Smithand Janet Mangels alsoplaying the organ added tothe night’s delight.

From “Amahl and theNight Visitors” by GianCarlo Menotti came twosongs that told a story:“All That Gold” was abouta widowed mother’s dilem-ma. The Three Magi stopat her humble hut and sheconsiders whether to takesome of their gold for hercrippled son, Amahl. “OWoman, You Can Keep theGold” told of her beingcaught in the act. Melchiorsays she may keep thegold and explains whythey are traveling to wor-ship the Christ Child.Amahl offers his crutch asa gift, and miraculouslyhis leg is healed. TheKings take Amahl alongwith them.

In the Bible, Gabriel isshown as a messenger whobrings good news to hu-mans from God. Thatnight, a gentleman namedGabriel was kind enoughto escort me through thelarge crowd in the churchto find Bill Seale. That wasgood news to me, because

without that earthly angel,I would have had a veryhard time locating Bill.Then Gabriel escorted meback to the sanctuarywhere I sat with JaneWalker and her cousin.Jane is a 1960 WyomingHigh School graduate andthe three of us had themost delightful conversa-tion about school “back inthe day.”

It is no mystery thatthe Chancel Choir took thebronze at The World ChoirGames in July. On thisDecember evening theydemonstrated why theywere winners by making amighty noise unto theLord. Their beautifulvoices seemed to reachthe heavens and then driftdown over us, the Adventcandle, red and white

poinsettias and the Christ-mas tree decorated withcrosses, fish, stars angelsand doves. What a night!

Evelyn Perkins writes a

regular column about peopleand events in the Tri-CountyPress area. Send items for hercolumn to 10127 ChesterRoad, Woodlawn, 45215, orcall her directly at 772-7379.

Wyoming church’s music was inspirational

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The Wyoming Presbyterian Church Chancel and Youth Choirs perform during the church’sChristmas program. EVELYN PERKINS/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

The Wyoming Presbyterian Church Chancel Choir performsChristmas music. EVELYN PERKINS/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Jubilant Singersseek members

Do you enjoy sing-ing and miss it? Thencome check out the Ju-bilant Singers chorusat their upcomingevents:

» Prospective mem-bers event, 7:30 p.m.Tuesday, Jan. 8, at theSeasons RetirementHome, 7300DearcesterRoad in Kenwood.

Samples of music inbackground, past pro-grams done, currentmusic that will be sungavailable for browsingas well as questions an-swered by director orcurrent members. Ap-petizers and dessertswill be served.

» First rehearsal, 7p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday,Jan.15, at the SeasonsRetirement Home.

No audition neces-sary just show up allvoice parts are needed.For more informationcontact Shannon Alter-Fredenburg [email protected].

Pilates classSpringdale Parks

and Recreation is nowoffering Pilates, at 7p.m. Mondays.

Theclass is taught atthe Springdale Com-munity Center by certi-fied Pilates Trainer Na-lissa, who has morethan 20 years experi-ence.

Please bring an ex-ercise mat.The Com-munity Center is at11999 Lawnview Ave,Springdale.ContactSpringdale Parks andRecreation at 346-3910for more information.

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SCHOOLSSCHOOLSACHIEVEMENTS | NEWS | ACTIVITIES | HONORS CommunityPress.com

TRI-COUNTYPRESSEditor: Dick Maloney, [email protected], 248-7134

Tri-County Press-area students whomade the first quarter honor roll atMoeller High School for the 2012-2013 school year:

FIRST HONORSNinth-gradeBradley Buller, Daniel Nymberg andAugust Painter.

10th-gradeMichael Bair, Kurtis Hoffman, AndrewOlinger, Matthew Schneider andPeter Sharpshair.

11th-gradeZachary Jansing, Kevin Morrison andWilliam Rinderle.

12th-gradeQuinn Collison, Zachary Hoffman, EricKraemer, Stephen Lair, Eric Scott and

Yusuke Yamada.

SECOND HONORSNinth-gradeSamuel Bracken, Joshua Huster, CoreyMohr and Jesse Phipps.

10th-gradeKory Boothe, Chad Campbell, EricConner, Ryan Frank, Henry Rieman,Riely Rufo, Cullan Sanders, AugustinSharpshair, James Vogel and AndrewWilder.

11th-gradeKyle Bowling, Matthew Boyle, ErikDeeds, William Eades, Grant Godbey,Gregory Nymberg and AaronWebb.

12th-gradeKenton Asbrock, Grady Beerck, Lean-der Edmiston and Michael Stevenson.

MOELLER HONOR ROLL

As the result of a PTO fund-raiser last spring, two St. Gabri-el Consolidated School studentswon the privilege to serve as co-Principals of the Day.

It proved to be a busy day forGrace Fehrenbach and KirkKarbowsky of Glendale as theyspent the day performing a va-

riety of principal tasks. Begin-ning with greeting students asthey arrived by bus and by carfollowed bymakingmorning an-nouncements, this day also in-cluded PictureDay supervision,lunchroom duty and planningfor an upcoming career day.

Fehrenbach and Karbowsky

performed each of their tasks aresponsible manner. After theend of the day announcementswere made and the last bus left,bothwere thankful for the expe-rience, but also eager to resumetheir roles as fifth-graders atSGCS.

Grace Fehrenbach and Kirk Karbowsky with St. Gabriel Principal Joe Epplen. The two fifth-graders served asco-Principals for a Day. THANKS TO LAURA HENDY

St. Gertrude studentstake over school

Mount Notre Dame hosted itsannual openhousewith hundredsof community members in atten-dance.

This event featured hands-onexperiments for guests includinga laparoscopic surgery, DNAtesting, an interactive tablet for-eign language game show, a fieldtripacross theworld,adanceper-formance and many more high-lights.

Parents and students alikenoted the great experience theyhad at this event.

The Moeller High School band welcomes guests to Mount Notre Dame High School's open house. THANKS TONATASHA SHULL

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Mount Notre Dame High School students and faulty demonstrate aninteractive foreign language learning game during the school's openhouse. THANKS TO NATASHA SHULL

The Roger Bacon HighSchool Alumni Association sa-lutes and celebrates the specialgraduates of Roger Bacon andOur Lady of Angels Highschools every year at the annu-al Alumni Awards Mass andDinner.

Three of the four awards arepresented to alumswho in theirpersonal, professional andfamily life have exhibited highmoral character, illustratedChristian principles and Fran-ciscan ideals and have accom-plished lifetime achievementssince graduation. The fourth

award is presented to a non-alum.

On Saturday, Nov. 10, TomMerkle, ’74, was presentedwith the Astrolabe Award, PatWicktora Schulkers, ’67, wasthe recipient of the AmaranthAward and Tracy Kemme, ’04,was presented the SpartanAward. The Roger BaconAward is given to a non-gradu-ate who believes and supportsthe mission of Franciscan edu-cation and has given their time,treasures and talent to RogerBacon. This year’s recipientwas Dr. Jonathan Singer.

Spartans awardtheir alumni

Roger Bacon High School honors graduates of Roger Bacon and OurLady of Angels high schools every year at the annual AlumniAwards Mass and Dinner. This year’s honorees were, from left, Dr.Jonathan Singer, TomMerkle, Father Bill Farris, OFM (president ofRoger Bacon), Pat Schulkers and Tracy Kemme. PROVIDED

MUSICAL INTERLUDE

Bethany School Orffestra is off to a musical start. Second- andthird-graders sign up for this afterschool activity and arerehearsing songs for the Christmas Lessons and Carols service.Second-grader Chase Hodge is happy to be an Orffestra musician.THANKS TO SCOTT BRUCE

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SPORTSSPORTSHIGH SCHOOL | YOUTH | RECREATIONAL CommunityPress.com

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

Boys basketball»WyomingbeatLockland67-

42 on Dec. 15. Ahmad Frost ledthe Cowboys with 19 points.

»Dorian Jordan scored 18points as Princeton beat Cole-rain, 67-48, Dec. 18.

» CHCAbeat Lockland, 49-44Dec. 14. Sophomore Will Drososscored 13 points. On Dec. 15, theEagles followed up the victoryby beating Dayton Christian 56-50. Adam Chappelle scored 15points.

Wrestling» PrincetonjuniorA.J.Kowal

reached the semifinals in the152-pound weight class duringthe Glen Sample Classic at Har-rison High School Dec. 16.

»Moeller won the SouthwestOhio Wrestling Coaches Associ-ation Glenn Sample Classic atHarrison Dec. 15-16. ChalmerFrueauf was the champion at220 pounds. Finishing runner-upforMoellerwereConnerZieglerat113pounds,AndrewMendelat132, Dakota Sizemore at 170 andQuintonRosser at182. Finishingfourth were Wyatt Wilson at 152pounds, Dean Meyer at 160 and

Jerry Thornberry at 195.

Boys bowling» Princeton placed fourth at

the Big Blue Tournament Dec.15.

The Vikings knocked down3,383pinsandwere ledby juniorChris Gregory, who knockeddown a total of 542 pins.

Teammate Andrew Brooksfinished knocked down 503 pinsfor a 167.7 average.

Girls bowling»Ursuline defeated Wyo-

ming, 1,974-1,755 Dec. 18. Mallo-ryBucher rolled a high series of314.

PRESS PREPS HIGHLIGHTS

By NickDudukovichndudukovich @ communitypress .com

Success and Michelle Jolsongo hand-in-hand. It comes as asurprise to no one that the Wyo-ming High School graduate isnow succeeding in her first yearwith the Brown University soc-cer program.

While she excelled as a four-sport athlete atWyoming, it waswhat Jolson brought to practiceeach day that set her apart fromher peers.

“Michelle is a naturally-gift-ed athlete, but what makes herspecial and separates her fromothers is that she has the driveandworkethic tocontinuallygetbetter,” Wyoming soccer coachLaurenGruber said. “She iswill-ing to put in the time and it hasclearly paid off.”

Gruber was an assistantcoach under Kellie Siler duringJolson’s playing days for theCowboys. Jolson, a captain ofSiler’s final team, helped Grub-ermakethemovefromassistantto head coach. Some playersgraduate, move on, and neverlook back. Jolson remains avaluable leader for theCowboysprogram, despite residing more

than 800 miles away in Provi-dence, R.I.

“Michelle was very suppor-tive during the coaching transi-tion and is someone I spoke toseveral times throughout thefall,” saidGruber. “She has sucha great understanding of thegame and is someone I bouncedideas off of.”

There have been some grow-ingpainsforJolson, justas thereare forprettymuchevery fresh-man Division I athlete and IvyLeague student.

“The obvious difference isphysicality,” said Jolson, Wyo-ming’s leader in career goalsand assists. “At Wyoming I wasaccustomed to being one of thestrongest players on the pitch.Playing for Brown has intro-duced me to a much more phys-ical and quicker-tempo game.”

Playing for Brown runs inher bloodlines. Her mother, Ju-lie, played soccer for the Bears.Her father, Scott, and grandfa-ther, Wesley Roth, both playedbaseball at Brown. Her unclesalso attended Brown.

“I never felt pressured to at-tendBrown,” said Jolson. “How-ever, playing atmy parents’, un-cles’, and grandfather’s alma

mater does feel good.”Jolson appeared in four

games for theBears this season.The reduced playing time wasan adjustment for the formerfour-sport athlete. In addition tosoccer, Jolson starred in basket-ball, track, and diving for theCowboys. After initially intend-ing to focus on school and soc-cer, Jolson missed basketball.

She joined an intramuralteam with several of her soccerteammates. Still, the intramuralcompetition ismore of a fun out-let than another season of gruel-ing practices and games. Jolsonis learning to appreciate havingan offseason for the first time inyears.

“Of course, the off-season isgreat for other things like re-couping both physically andmentally and most importantlyreally focusing on academics,”she said.

A fewweeks after the soccerseason ended, the freshmanwastaking a neuroscience final ex-am before packing her bags tohead home for the holidays.Wyoming made an impact onJolson that guided her on her

Wyoming graduate Michelle Jolson, shown doing a bicycle kick for a goal in an August 2011 game withMariemont, is making the transition to college athletics at Brown University. THANKS TO PETER LEVICK

Wyoming’s Jolsonmakes transitionto Brown soccer

By Adam [email protected]

See JOLSON, Page A7

Thefollowingaresubmissionson student-athletes in the Tri-County Press coverage area thathave recently participated in acollege sport.

Celia OberholzerCelia Oberholzer, Wyoming

High School Class of 2011, swimsfor Kenyon College. In February2012, during her first seasonwiththe Kenyon Ladies, Celia won the

100 backstrokeevent at theNCAC LeagueChampionshipMeet. In March2012, she swam toa third place fin-ish at NCAA Divi-sion III Swim-ming and DivingChampionships in

the 100 backstroke. Celia is cur-rently in the midst of her sopho-more season with the ladies andhopes to make another appear-ance at the NCAA DIII Champi-onships in the spring.

Celia is the daughter of AliceLeetch and Brett Oberholzer ofWyoming.

Submitted by Alice Leetch

Marcus RushMarcus Rush started all 14

games at Defensive End forMichigan State in 2011as a fresh-man and was named Big Ten De-fensive Freshman of the Year,First Team Freshman All-BigTen, and Sporting News andFWAA First-Team DefenseFreshman All-America. In his2012 sophomore season, Marcusstarted in all 12 games at defen-sive end for the Spartans andwasnamed All-Big Ten HonorableMention. He has recorded 93tackles, 20 tackles for loss, sixsacks, and has been rankedamong the top 10 defensive line-men in theBigTen byESPN.com.

He will be starting for theSpartans for the 27th time onDec. 29 in Tempe, Arizona whenMichigan State plays TCU in theBuffalo Wild Wings Bowl.

Marcus graduated fromMoeller in 2010 and was the GCLDefensivePlayer of theYear, Tri-

State Defensive Player of theYear, First-Team All-Ohio, andDefensive Lineman of the Yearby the Anthony Munoz Founda-tion.

Submitted by John Rush

Mary AllenThe 2010 Ursuline Academy

graduate just completed her ju-nior season with the Butler Uni-versitywomen’s soccer teamthatwas in its first season competingin the Atlantic 10 conference.

Allen was part of a historicBulldog teamthatwent12-5-4andset a school record for the fewestlosses in a season. The Bulldogswent to the semifinals of the A-10tournamentwhere they lost1-0 toeventual champion La Salle.

In the classroom Allenachieved a 4.0GPA inbiology andscience, continuing her five-se-mester streak on the Dean’s Listas well as the National SoccerCoaches Association of America.

Submitted by John Allen

Sydney BellBell, a freshman at St. Law-

renceUniversity, scored the firstgoal of her collegiate hockey ca-reeronNov. 9 ina4-1victoryoverBrown University in NCAAWomen’s Division I hockey.

Bell is the daughter of JimandMaryBell, and a 2012 graduate ofUrsuline Academy.

Submitted by Jim Bell

CATCHING UPWITH COLLEGE ATHLETES

Oberholzer

Ursuline grad Sydney Bell has been patrolling the ice at St. LawrenceUniversity. THANKS TO JIM BELL

Marcus Rush of Moeller now plays for Michigan State (No. 44). THANKSTO JOHN RUSH

Mary Allen of Ursuline justcompleted her junior season insoccer for Butler University.THANKS TO JOHN ALLEN

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BLUE ASH — Ursulineforward Sarah Reilly ispicking up where she leftoff.

Through six games, the5-foot-10 junior averaged10.1pointsand8.5reboundsper game while the Lionsgot off to a 6-2 start forhead coach Keith Starks.

Reilly’s early successcomes after a breakoutsophomore season, inwhich she established her-self as as double-doublethreat, while garneringfirst-team all-league rec-ognition.

“Sarah helps the team alot. She had high expecta-tions coming into this yearand she’s handled it well,”Starks said.

Reilly was looking for-ward to getting back ontothe court after helping thegolf team reach the statechampionship tournament.

She said this year’s ver-sion of the Lions haveshoweda lot of enthusiasm,from the time the teamstarted preseason liftinglast June, to the present..

“Everyone’s just reallyexcited to get back at it,”she said.

Ursuline will count onan up-tempo pace that’smade from some consis-tent scoring throughoutStarks’s starting lineup.

Senior Michele Christyis averaging 8.5 points andbrings an excellent shot tothe table.

“She knows what ittakes to win at this level,”Starks said.

At guard, Ali Schirmer

may be a sophomore, butshe’s hardly playing likeone.

The 5-foot-4 guard is av-eraging 9.5 points and 2.4assists in her second yearon the varsity squad.

“We don’t look at her (asas sophomore),” Starkssaid. “She’s in her secondyear of staring for us...she’s pretty basketball sav-vy and brings a little bit oftoughness to our guards…”

Senior guard VioletGoodwin has also been asteady contributor and has

the potential to chip in sev-en to 11 points a night.

As theLionsgets deeperinto the young season,Starks wants to see histeam gain momentum go-ing into the new year.

To do so, his team has todo twokey things: beat con-ference rivals and win onthe road.

“We want to to win theGGCLandwe’vegot todo itone game a time,” he said.“We’vegot togoon the roadand play like league cham-pionsareexpected toplay.”

Reilly has Ursuline Lionsroaring into new seasonBy Nick [email protected]

Ursuline junior Sarah Reilly almost averaged adouble-double last season. This year, her stats indicate shecould do it again. TONY TRIBBLE/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Shooting clinicFormer NBA player Stan

Kimbrough is having a one-day skills and shooting clinicfrom 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sat-urday, Dec. 29, at Courts 4Sports, 854 Reading Road,

Mason.The clinic is for boys and

girls from kindergartenthrough eighth grades.

Cost is $90.A shooting-only clinic will

be offered from 2:30-4:30

p.m., for boys and girls inthird through eighth grades.Learn to shoot for $50.

Space is limited.Call 229-0863, or visit

www.kimbrobball.com.

SIDELINES

Area student-ath-letes across the statesigned letters of intentto play their respectivesports at the collegelevel during signingday Nov. 14.

Ursuline seniors, from left, Gabbi Biedenharn (rowing, Louisville), Bridget Blood(swimming, Alabama), Lianna Brown (rowing, Ohio State), Rachel Garnett (volleyball,Tusculum), Courtney Grafton (volleyball, Georgetown College) and AbbyWu(swimming, Gannon) participated in a signing day ceremony at the school Nov. 15.THANKS TOMARIANNE LANG

Signed CHCA pitcherJacob Banks willstay insouthwest Ohioand take themound forMiamiUniversity in2013. THANKS TOMATT COLEMAN

path to becoming an IvyLeague student-athlete.

“It is so easy to chal-lenge yourself at Wyo-ming High School, de-pending on what classesyou take and extracurric-ulars you participate in,”said Jolson, who playsmultiple instruments andplayed viola in the WHS

leader and raises the levelof play and expectationsof those around her,” saidGruber. “Her experienceand success on the Wyo-ming teams that madedeep runs in the tourna-ment set the bar high forplayers on the currentteam. Michelle was suchan integralplayeronthoseteams, and it raised thelevel of expectations ofgirls in our program andgave them something towork towards.”

Philharmonic. “The rela-tionships I was able tomake with teachers, ad-visers, coaches, and com-munity members helpedshape who I am today.”

Jolson also left an im-pact on Wyoming. Thisseason, the Cowboys soc-cer program missed herscoring and ability tomake plays all over thepitch. She left a legacy be-yond just goals and as-sists.

“Michelle is a natural

JolsonContinued from Page A6

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Let your Christmas tree live onYou trimmed

it with deco-rations of red,hung a shiningstar upon thehighest bough,had presentsunder it andmaybe evenrocked aroundit, but now whatdo you do withyour Christmas

tree?

Why not bring it to the freeChristmas tree recycling col-lection provided by the HamiltonCounty Recycling and SolidWaste District.

On Saturdays Jan 5 and 12,from noon to 3 p.m., HamiltonCounty residents can drop offtheir Christmas tree, holidaygreenery and other yard trim-mings at one of the followinglocations for free with proof ofcounty residency (such as autility bill or driver’s license)

Locations:»Bzak Landscaping, 3295

Turpin Lane (off State Route 32),Anderson Township

»Kuliga Park, 6717 Bridge-town Road, Green Township

»Rumpke Sanitary Landfill,3800 Struble Road, ColerainTownship

Please keep the followingguidelines in mind when drop-ping off your Christmas tree:

»Remove all ornaments,tinsel, tree bags, etc.

» Landscapers and commer-cial establishments are not eligi-ble to participate in this pro-gram.

» Containers and plastic bagswill be returned.

»All children must stay in-side vehicles.

»Hamilton County residentsonly.

The Hamilton County Recy-cling and Solid Waste District isa division of the Hamilton Coun-ty Department of Environmental

Services which also encom-passes the Southwest Ohio AirQuality Agency. For more in-formation, visit the HamiltonCounty Recycling and SolidWaste District online atHamiltonCountyRecycles.org,call 946-7766, or interact onFacebook and Twitter.

Holly Christmann is the programmanager for the Hamilton CountyRecycling and Solid Waste District.

HollyChristmannCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

We’re all hearing a lot aboutthe upcoming so-called “fiscalcliff.” It consists of twomainthings. First, automatic cuts inspending coming on Dec. 31 –half in defense, and half in do-mestic programs. The other part

of the cliff isthe expirationof the so-calledBush tax cutson Dec. 31.

The battlelines betweenPresident Oba-ma and Con-gressionalDemocrats onone hand, andCongressional

Republicans on the other hand,are the following. Most Repub-licans believe that the real prob-lem is that Washington is over-spending, not that we are un-dertaxing. Therefore, we shouldcontrol spending and not raisetaxes on anyone, period. (And ofcourse if tax cuts are allowed toexpire, that has the same effectas raising taxes.)

The Democrats and PresidentObama say that 98 percent of theBush tax cuts were good, and weshould keep them. (According tothem, this is the middle class.)However, the reduced tax rateson the top 2 percent of Amer-icans are bad, and taxes on thisgroup of people should be raised.

At least that’s what Demo-crats say now. But that’s not whatthey said when Republicans inCongress and President Bushpassed the tax cuts back in 2001and 2003.

I know. I remember. I wasthere.

Over and over Democratswould go to the floor of theHouse to rail against all of theBush tax cuts. Theymade thesame case through the media.According to Democrats, thesetax cuts were only “tax cuts forthe rich.” Allegedly, none of thetax cuts went to the middle class.

A few examples. Nancy Pelosiwas the leader of the Democratsin the House of Representatives.Here’s what she had to say. “Iurge my colleagues to reject thisreckless, irresponsible Repub-lican tax cut for millionaires thatleaves working families out inthe cold.” She went on to say,“The Republican tax plan over-whelmingly benefits those whoneed it least at the expense of theworking families of America.”(Now she wants to keep 98 per-cent of these terribly unfair taxcuts.)

Congressman Steny Hoyer ofMaryland, who was, and still istoday, the number two Democratin the House, said the Republicantax cuts were “extraordinarilyunfair to middle-income taxpayers while advantagingwealthy people.” (Now he wantsto keep 98 percent of these ter-ribly unfair tax cuts.)

And New York CongressmanCharlie Rangel, who was the leadDemocrat on theWays andMeans Committee (the tax-writ-ing committee) at the time, saidthat the Republican tax cut planamounted to “if you are not rich,you are not entitled to a tax cut.”He concluded by proclaiming

“Republicans should be ashamedof themselves for what they aredoing to the good people of theUnited States of America.” (AndCharlie too now wants to keep 98percent of these terribly unfairtax cuts.)

The hypocrisy is overwhelm-ing. A good trial lawyer wouldask, “Were they lying then, orare they lying now?”

Or both.

Steve Chabot represents the 1stDistrict. He can be reached at 441Vine St., Room 3003, Cincinnati, OH.,45202, phone 513-684-2723; or byemail at http://chabot.house.gov/contact-me/.

Hypocrisy on fiscalcliff is overwhelming

Steve ChabotCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

The holidays are a wonderfultime for festive gatherings tocelebrate the joys of the season.But for someone with a disabilityor mobility issues, it can becomechallenging and stressful time asthey consider whether or notthey will be able to safely andcomfortably attend the party.

For example, they may needto consider the number of stepsthey will they have to climb, ifthe home can accommodate awheel chair or walker, and findout if there’s a restroom on thefirst floor.

According to the U.S. CensusBureau, more than 36 millionAmericans are classified asdisabled. In Hamilton Countyalone, it’s estimated that 12 per-cent of the residents (not in anursing home or other institu-tion) have a disability.

There’s agrowing trendnationwidecalled “Vis-itability,” whichessentiallyrefers to hous-ing designed ina way that itcan be lived inor visited bypeople who

have trouble with steps or whouse wheelchairs or walkers.

A house is considered “visit-able” when it meets three basicrequirements:

»One zero-step entrance.»Doors with 32 inches of

clear passage space.»One bathroom on the main

floor that is wide enough for awheelchair.

Obviously you aren’t going to

be able to makemajor construc-tion changes to your home be-fore the holidays. But, as you addthe finishing touches to yourholiday decor, take a moment toconsider how visitable yourhome is to someone with a dis-ability. There are things you cando to help guests with mobilitychallenges easily and safely getin and out of your house. Theseinclude:

1. Make sure the entrance iswell lit.

2. Identify a safe, flat outsideplace where the guest can bedropped off to allow for easyaccess to the home.

3. Remove obstacles to clearpaths of travel through doors andhallways.

4. Consider renting a portableramp to allow safe access to thehome.

5. Make sure there are at least32-inch aisles for essentialwheelchair maneuverability forcomfort and freedom. During theparty, you may need to omitsome furnishings to preventcongestion.

6. Make sure your tableheights aren’t too low. It is impor-tant that a person’s knees andthighs fit comfortably under adining table.

7. Rugs and area carpets cancause extreme hardship for awheelchair user. Chair tires sinkinto rugs with thick padding,making pushing and turning thechair difficult. If possible, pullup scatter or area rugs— theybecome tangled in the smallerfront chair wheels.

8. Install grab bars for sup-port – consider for your olderrelative who visits not during the

holidays, but throughout theyear. This is easier than itsounds.

Some of the changes youconsider now can also give sen-iors and their caregivers a headstart on homemodifications theymay need later in their lives.After all, the aging population inHamilton County is increasing.In less than eight years, Hamil-ton County will have nearly 25percent of its population over 60.

Jere McIntyre is a certified aging inplace specialist and the director ofmodifications for Whole Home. Tolearn more, call 513-482-5100, visitwww.wholehome.org, visit the show-room at 6543 Harrison Ave. in Dent,or visit a new information centernear the Food Court at NorthgateMall.

How accessible is your home this holiday season?

Jere McIntyreCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

Last week’s questionNow that Michigan has ap-

proved legislation to ban man-datory collection of union duesas a condition of employment,becoming the 24th state in thenation to pass a right-to-worklaw, do you think Ohio lawmak-ers should attempt to pass simi-lar legislation?Whyorwhynot?

“Yes. Therewas a time in thiscountry when people had towork in sweat-shop conditionsand accept whatever compensa-tion and terms their employersoffered them. Those days arelong gone.

“For one thing, there havebeenamyriadof regulations im-posed on employers with re-spect to how they treat their em-ployees.Theneed for thekindofprotection by unions that exist-ed in the late19th and early 20thcentury has diminished greatly.Unions still serve a purpose, butnot the same as they originallydid.

“Another consideration is thecorruption that has flourished insome cases, and mob ties tounions. Restriction of individualfreedom has always been of im-mense importance to me, andthat kind of coercion is definite-ly in play when people are toldthey must join a union and paydues in order to work.

“Yes, there is a negative ele-ment in the right-to-work envi-ronment which enables non-union workers to benefit fromthe privilegeswon by union rep-resentation. But forcing peopleto join unions is not the answer.As in everything else, thereneeds to be a sense of balance.”

Bill B.

“Ohio needs to pass right-to-work legislation for three rea-sons. First, it is the right thing to

do. No one should be forced topay union dues or fees in orderto get or keep a job.

“Second, it will give a much-needed boost to Ohio's economy.Our labor laws will be morefriendly to business, which willmotivateemployers tokeep jobsin Ohio or to bring new oneshere.

“Third, it is a lot easier to dothis by passing a law than tohave to put a referendum on theballot. The legislature needs todo this soon so that we don't loseground to Indiana, Michigan,and many other right-to-workstates.”

T.H.

“I do not believe peopleshould be forced to pay uniondues as a condition on employ-ment. It theywant to joinaunionthat’s their business.

“However, forced paymentof dues should not be a factor.Good employees are sometimespassed up due to the dues fac-tor.”

E.S.

CH@TROOM

NEXT QUESTIONFollowing the mass shootingsat Sandy Hook ElementarySchool in Newtown, Conn.,should Congress enact toughergun-control laws, such asreinstating the nation’s as-sault-weapons ban, closing theso-called gun-show loopholepermitting the sale of gunswithout a background check,or prohibiting the manu-facture of high-capacity maga-zines? Why or why not?

Every week we ask readers a questionthey can reply to via e-mail. Sendyour answers [email protected] withChatroom in the subject line.

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2012

Members of the community joined Sharonville elementary stu-dents for a celebration ofmilitary veterans at Patriot Pointe.

TheVeteransDay event included patriotic songs, a layingof awreath at thememorial site, and representatives of theAir Force,ArmyandNavy. SharonvilleMayorVirgil Lovitt spoke to the childrenand community members, Princeton High School student Brian Ha-zen played Taps, and students explained that the Pledge of Allegianceis a promise of loyalty.

For more about your community, visit Cincinnati.com/Sharonville.Get regular Sharonville updates by signing up for our email newsletter.Visit Cincinnati.com/Sharonville.

Kellen Roddy, from left, Zhavonne Gamble and Mynor Mendoza Solis help the Sharonville Color Guard present a wreath at Patriot Pointe. THANKS TO CARLA SHROYER

Students, songs and salute to service

VFW representatives join the Veterans Dayceremony at Patriot Pointe. THANKS TO CARLA

SHROYER

SharonvilleMayor VirgilLovittaddressesveterans,students andmembers ofthecommunityduring theVeterans Dayceremony atPatriot Pointe.THANKS TO CARLA

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Sharonville Elementary student Chila Faulkner stands at attentionduring the ceremony at Patriot Pointe. THANKS TO CARLA SHROYER

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THURSDAY, DEC. 27Art ExhibitsChristmas in Sharonville, 10a.m.-5 p.m., Sharonville FineArts Center, 11165 Reading Road,Queen City Art Club exhibit.Free. 554-1014. Sharonville.

FilmsChristmas Break Cinema,Noon, Reading Branch Library,9001 Reading Road, School isout so watch family-friendlymovies. Bring your lunch. Free.Presented by Public Library ofCincinnati & Hamilton County.Through Dec. 29. 369-4465;www.cincinnatilibrary.org.Reading.

Health / WellnessMobile Mammography Unit, 7a.m.-3:30 p.m., WalgreensEvendale, 3105 Glendale MilfordRoad, Fifteen-minute screening.Cost varies per insurance plan.Financial assistance available forqualified applicants. Appoint-ment required. 686-3300. Even-dale.

Holiday - ChristmasHoliday in Lights, 6-9 p.m.,SharonWoods, 11450 LebanonRoad, One-mile drive-throughoutdoor lights and themedfigures display. Through Dec. 31.$45 for buses and 15-passengervans, $12 per car. 769-0393;www.holidayinlights.com.Sharonville.

Karaoke and OpenMicKaraoke, 8 p.m.-2 a.m., The PikeBar and Grill, 10010 SpringfieldPike. Ages 21 and up. Free.772-7453.Woodlawn.

NatureWinter Art, 10:45 a.m., 1 p.m.and 4 p.m., Glenwood Gardens,10623 Springfield Pike, HighfieldDiscovery Garden. Create a pieceof winter art to take home.Program is weather dependent.$2 admission to Highfield Dis-covery Garden, vehicle permitrequired. 771-8733; www.great-parks.org.Woodlawn.

On Stage - ComedyMike Vecchione, 8 p.m., GoBananas, 8410 Market Place,$8-$14. 984-9288; www.gobana-nascomedy.com.Montgomery.

RecreationChildren’s Playgroup, 10 a.m.,Harry Whiting Brown Scouth-ouse, 34 Village Square, In-formal playgroup for babies,toddlers and preschoolers andtheir parents or caregivers. Free.771-0333. Glendale.

Religious - CommunityA Short Course in Quakerism,7-8:30 p.m., Cincinnati FriendsMeeting, 8075 Keller Road, PaulBuckley, Quaker author present-ing. Ages 16 and up. $5 persession or $45 for all 10 sessions.207-5353; www.cincinnatifriend-s.org.Madeira.

Support GroupsCodependents Anonymous,7-8 p.m., The Community of theGood Shepherd, 8815 E. KemperRoad, Room 31. Literaturediscussion group. Free, dona-tions accepted. 800-0164.Mont-gomery.Codependents Anonymous,Noon-1 p.m., Blue Ash Presby-terian Church, 4309 CooperRoad, Book discussion group.Open to everyone who desireshealthy loving relationships.Donations accepted. 673-0174.Blue Ash.

FRIDAY, DEC. 28Art ExhibitsChristmas in Sharonville, 10a.m.-5 p.m., Sharonville FineArts Center, Free. 554-1014.Sharonville.

Dance ClassesBallet Lessons for Children,5-6 p.m., Harry Whiting BrownScouthouse, 34 Village Square,Teacher Christine Minges. Ages3-8. $50 for 8-week session.Registration required. 771-0333.Glendale.

FilmsChristmas Break Cinema,Noon, Reading Branch Library,Free. 369-4465; www.cincinnati-library.org. Reading.

Health / WellnessHealth Screenings, 10 a.m.-noon, Owens Chiropractic andRehabilitation Center, 7319Montgomery Road, Bloodpressure screenings, stressscreenings and consultation

about your wellness needs. Free.784-0084. Silverton.

Holiday - ChristmasHoliday in Lights, 6-10 p.m.,SharonWoods, $45 for busesand 15-passenger vans, $12 percar. 769-0393; www.holidayin-lights.com. Sharonville.

Karaoke and OpenMicKaraoke, 8 p.m.-2 a.m., The PikeBar and Grill, Free. 772-7453.Woodlawn.

NatureWinter Art, 10:45 a.m., 1 p.m.and 4 p.m., Glenwood Gardens,$2 admission to Highfield Dis-covery Garden, vehicle permitrequired. 771-8733; www.great-parks.org.Woodlawn.

On Stage - ComedyMike Vecchione, 8 p.m. and10:30 p.m., Go Bananas, $8-$14.984-9288; www.gobananasco-medy.com.Montgomery.

RecreationYoung Professionals OpenGym, 2-4 p.m., TriHealth Fitnessand Health Pavilion, 6200 Pfeif-fer Road, Full-court basketballgames for men. $15. ThroughFeb. 23. 985-0900.Montgomery.Club Northland Family IceSkating, 8-10 p.m., NorthlandIce Skating, 10400 ReadingRoad, Family-friendly ice skatingsessions where attendees re-quest songs. Fog and lightingeffects in use inside rink area.Through Jan. 12. $7. 563-0001;northlandicecenter.com. Even-dale.

SATURDAY, DEC. 29Art ExhibitsChristmas in Sharonville, 10a.m.-2 p.m., Sharonville FineArts Center, Free. 554-1014.Sharonville.

Exercise ClassesBig John’s Zumba Hour, 11a.m.-noon, Holiday Inn Cincin-nati I-275 North, 3855 HauckRoad, Ballroom. $5. ThroughDec. 28. 907-3512. Sharonville.

ExhibitsMerry Christmas CharlieBrown, Noon-5 p.m., Gree-nacres Arts Center, 8400 BlomeRoad, Features 50 Peanuts dailyand Sunday comic strips andmore than 50 vintage Peanuts-themed seasonal novelties. Free.Presented by Greenacres Foun-dation. 891-4227; www.green-acres.org. Indian Hill.

FilmsChristmas Break Cinema,Noon, Reading Branch Library,Free. 369-4465; www.cincinnati-library.org. Reading.


Karaoke and OpenMicKaraoke, 8 p.m.-2 a.m., The PikeBar and Grill, Free. 772-7453.Woodlawn.

Music - BluesSonnyMoorman Group, 10p.m.-2 a.m., Shady O’Grady’sPub, 9443 Loveland-MadeiraRoad, 791-2753. Symmes Town-ship.

NatureWinter Art, 10:45 a.m., 1 p.m.and 4 p.m., Glenwood Gardens,$2 admission to Highfield Dis-covery Garden, vehicle permitrequired. 771-8733; www.great-parks.org.Woodlawn.

On Stage - ComedyMike Vecchione, 8 p.m. and10:30 p.m., Go Bananas, $8-$14.984-9288; www.gobananasco-medy.com.Montgomery.

RecreationYoung Professionals OpenGym, 2-4 p.m., TriHealth Fitnessand Health Pavilion, $15. 985-0900.Montgomery.Club Northland Family IceSkating, 8-10 p.m., NorthlandIce Skating, $7. 563-0001; north-landicecenter.com. Evendale.

SUNDAY, DEC. 30ExhibitsMerry Christmas CharlieBrown, Noon-5 p.m., Gree-nacres Arts Center, Free. 891-4227; www.green-acres.org.Indian Hill.

Holiday - ChristmasHoliday in Lights, 6-9 p.m.,

SharonWoods, $45 for busesand 15-passenger vans, $12 percar. 769-0393; www.holidayin-lights.com. Sharonville.

NatureWinter Art, 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.,Glenwood Gardens, $2 admis-sion to Highfield DiscoveryGarden, vehicle permit required.771-8733; www.greatparks.org.Woodlawn.

On Stage - ComedyMike Vecchione, 8 p.m., GoBananas, $8-$14. 984-9288;www.gobananascomedy.com.Montgomery.

MONDAY, DEC. 31Dining EventsNew Year’s Eve Dinner, 5 p.m.,Brown Dog Cafe, 5893 PfeifferRoad, Four-course meal fromspecial menu. $49.99; $40.99seated before 5:30 p.m.; plus taxand gratuity. 794-1610. Blue Ash.New Year’s Eve GourmetDinner, 5 p.m., La Petite France,3177 Glendale-Milford Road,Elegant three-course dinner.$44.95; $15 children’s menu forages 4-12. Reservations required.733-8383; www.lapetitefrance-.biz. Evendale.

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Holiday - New Year’sNew Years Eve Extravaganza,9 p.m., Sneaky Pete’s, 8512Market Place Lane, Music by DJNikki B. Party favors and freeChampagne toast at midnight.Ages 21 and up. $5 advance.793-1980; www.cincyticket.com.Montgomery.ElectriCINCY IV: New Year’sEve of 2013, 9 p.m., AtriumHotel and Conference Center, 30Tri-County Pkwy., Drink specials,entertainment and Champagnetoast at midnight. Attire: Dressy,classy and sexy, Color black isoptional. $20 advance. Regis-tration required. 800-543-4211;www.cincyticket.com. Spring-

dale.New Years Eve Singles Party,6:30 a.m.-1 a.m., Holiday InnCincinnati I-275 North, 3855Hauck Road, Includes dinnerparty favors and Champagnetoast. Music by Cincy Rockers.Ages 21 and up. Packages $60-$190. Reservations required.830-3021. Sharonville.New Years Eve withMikeVecchione, 7:30 p.m. ($20) and10 p.m. ($40), Go Bananas, 8410Market Place, After second showparty favors, snack plates, andbottles of champagne will behanded out. Comics will retakestage and begin the countdownwith prizes and jokes. Then joincomedians with guests andlaugh in the new year. Ages 21and up. 984-9288; www.goba-nanascomedy.com.Montgo-mery.A New Year’s Eve Holy GhostParty, 8 p.m.-12:30 a.m., Wyo-ming Civic Center, 1Worthing-ton Ave., Dinner buffet, Chris-tian DJ, entertainment andparty favors. Children’s priceincludes pizza, face painting,crafts and more. $30, $10 chil-dren. 374-1232; www.judah-sanctuaryofpraise.com.Wyo-ming.New Year’s Eve, 11 a.m.-10 p.m.,deSha’s American Tavern, 11320Montgomery Road, In additionto regular dinner menu, somespecials from the chef will beoffered. Reservations required.247-9933; www.deshas.com/cincinnati.Montgomery.New Year’s Eve Party, 9 p.m.-1a.m., HD Beans and Bottles Cafe,6721Montgomery Road, Classicrock music by Diamond JimDews Band. 793-6036;www.hdbeans.com. Silverton.RockQuest Climbing CenterNew Year’s Eve Party, 7 p.m.-1a.m., RockQuest ClimbingCenter, 3475 E. Kemper Road,Includes climbing, games, craftsand other activities. Dinner andsnacks included. Ages 7-13. $45.Reservations required. 733-0123;www.rockquest.com. Shar-onville.New Year’s Eve Party, 3 p.m.,Reading Branch Library, 9001Reading Road, Games, prizesand refreshments. Free. 369-

4465; www.cincinnatilibrary.org.Reading.

Music - RockNoah Hunt and the 420 All-stars, 9:30 p.m., MVP Sports Bar& Grille, 6923 Plainfield Road,With Grooveshire. Doors openat 4 p.m. Ages 21 and up. $15,$10 advance. 794-1400. Silver-ton.

RecreationKids New Year’s Eve Over-night, 7 p.m.-8 a.m., MayersonJCC, 8485 Ridge Road, Childrenring in new year with ball drop,noisemakers and special “bub-bly toast” at midnight. Ages 0-6.$45, $35 members. Registrationrequired. 761-7500; www.mayer-sonjcc.org/nye. Amberley Vil-lage.

TUESDAY, JAN. 1Holiday - New Year’sNew Year at the J, 7 p.m.-8a.m., Mayerson JCC, 8485 RidgeRoad, Noisemakers, ball dropand special bubbly toast atmidnight. Includes activities atwaterpark, gym, bounce house,a movie and breakfast. Bring aswim suit, towel, sleeping bag,pillow, pajamas, toothbrush andtoothpaste. Grades K-6. $45, $40for siblings; member advantage:$35, $30 siblings. Reservationsrequired. 761-7500; www.join-thej.org. Amberley Village.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2Art ExhibitsQuilt Exhibit, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.,Heritage Village Museum, 11450Lebanon Road, Antique quiltson display. $2 adults, $1 childrenages 5-11, free to museummembers, vehicle permit re-quired. 563-9484; www.herit-agevillagecincinnati.org. Shar-onville.

NatureAnimal Adventures, 10:45 a.m.,1 p.m. and 4 p.m., GlenwoodGardens, 10623 Springfield Pike,Highfield Discovery Garden.Learn how animals live in theirhabitat and compare localwildlife to animals living in

other parts of the word. Weath-er dependent, call 771-8733. $2,vehicle permit required.Through Jan. 20. 521-7275;www.greatparks.org.Woo-dlawn.

Parenting ClassesHypnoBirthing, 5:45 p.m. and 8p.m., Bethesda North Hospital,10500 Montgomery Road,Weekly through Jan. 30. Child-birth series rejects myth thatsuffering must accompany labor.$200 per birthing team for10-week package. Registrationrequired. 475-4500; www.tri-health.com.Montgomery.

THURSDAY, JAN. 3NatureAnimal Adventures, 10:45 a.m.,1 p.m. and 4 p.m., GlenwoodGardens, $2, vehicle permitrequired. 521-7275; www.great-parks.org.Woodlawn.

On Stage - ComedyJeremy Essig, 8 p.m., Go Ba-nanas, 8410 Market Place, Act isladen with musical references,and his views on current state ofChristian music. Ages 18 and up.$8-$12. 984-9288; www.jere-myessig.com or www.gobana-nascomedy.com.Montgomery.

FRIDAY, JAN. 4Health / WellnessHealth Screenings, 10 a.m.-noon, Owens Chiropractic andRehabilitation Center, Free.784-0084. Silverton.

NatureAnimal Adventures, 10:45 a.m.,1 p.m. and 4 p.m., GlenwoodGardens, $2, vehicle permitrequired. 521-7275; www.great-parks.org.Woodlawn.

On Stage - ComedyJeremy Essig, 8 p.m. and 10:30p.m., Go Bananas, $8-$12.984-9288; www.jeremyessig.comor www.gobananascomedy-.com.Montgomery.


SATURDAY, JAN. 5Exercise ClassesBig John’s Zumba Hour, 11a.m.-noon, Holiday Inn Cincin-nati I-275 North, $5. 907-3512.Sharonville.

ExhibitsMerry Christmas CharlieBrown, Noon-5 p.m., Gree-nacres Arts Center, Free. 891-4227; www.green-acres.org.Indian Hill.

NatureAnimal Adventures, 10:45 a.m.,1 p.m. and 4 p.m., GlenwoodGardens, $2, vehicle permitrequired. 521-7275; www.great-parks.org.Woodlawn.Radical Raptors, 2 p.m., SharonWoods, 11450 Lebanon Road,Sharon Centre. Get up close andpersonal with local birds of prey.Free, vehicle permit required.521-7275; www.greatparks.org.Sharonville.

On Stage - ComedyJeremy Essig, 8 p.m. and 10:30p.m., Go Bananas, $8-$12.984-9288; www.jeremyessig.comor www.gobananascomedy-.com.Montgomery.


SUNDAY, JAN. 6ExhibitsMerry Christmas CharlieBrown, Noon-5 p.m., Gree-nacres Arts Center, Free. 891-4227; www.green-acres.org.Indian Hill.

NatureAnimal Adventures, 1 p.m. and4 p.m., Glenwood Gardens, $2,vehicle permit required. 521-7275; www.greatparks.org.Woodlawn.

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RockQuest Climbing Center, at 3475 E. Kemper Road in Sharonville, is having a New Year'sEve party for ages 7 to 13 from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.. Monday, Dec. 31. The party includesclimbing, games, crafts and other activities. Dinner and snacks are included. Reservationsare required. Call 733-0123, or visit www.rockquest.com. FILE PHOTO

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have family in the armedforces or know of thosewho are keeping our na-tion safe, so I’ve decidedif it’s that special to ourtroops, it deserves spacehere. It’s a fun project infood chemistry to make

with the kids during holi-day break.

Friendship bread isso-called because thestarter is meant to beshared. Since vintagerecipes are “hot” rightnow, you’ll be oh so tren-dy! These particularfriendship “breads” aresweet and taste like aquick bread. If you wantthem even more cake-like,sprinkle top of batter withmixture of sugar andcinnamon. One readeruses butterscotch puddinginstead of vanilla in thesecond recipe.

Friendship breadyeast starter

Leave on counter, don’trefrigerate. Put in largebowl or container, covered

lightly with wrap. You canuse plastic, stainless steelor glass. Or put in largesealed baggie, in whichcase you’d squeeze baggieinstead of stirring with aspoon as indicated below.You may have to openbaggie occasionally to letthe gasses, which formfrom the yeast, escape.You’ll know if you have todo this if the bag puffs upa lot. Regarding yeast, useregular dry yeast, notrapid or fast rise.

I will tell you that Ihave forgotten about the10-day timing and thebread still turned outnicely anywhere from 9 to11 days. If you go over thetime limit, just give it astir each day.

Freeze the starter? Oneof my readers freezes thestarter for up to a monthif she has extra. Now Ihaven’t done this myself,but she says it works justfine.

Day 1: Stir together 1cup flour, 1 cup sugar and

1 cup milk plus 1 envelope(0.25 oz. or 21⁄4 teaspoons)dry yeast.

Days 2 through 5: Stirwith spoon.

Day 6: Add 1 cup flour,1 cup sugar, 1 cup milk.

Days 7 through 9: Stirwith spoon.

Day 10: Add 1 cup flour,1 cup sugar, 1 cup milk.

Stir and put 1 cup mix-ture into three separatecontainers. Give twoaway, use the last cup asyour new starter and usewhat’s left in the bowl to

make bread. Mark date onstarters.

Between the two cakesgiven below, it seems likethe one with the puddingmix is the most popular. Ican’t decide which I likebetter!

Friendship breadNo. 1, withoutpudding

With what’s left in thebowl, beat in the follow-ing:2⁄3 cup oil3 eggs1 cup sugar2 teaspoons cinnamon,apple pie or pumpkin piespice

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Pour into two sprayedand sugared loaf pans

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Because of the puddingin the batter, this is sweet-er.

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Follow directionsabove for preparing pans.Bake at 325 degrees for50-60 minutes.

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Trinity Lutheran Church (ELCA)

www. trinitymthealthy.org513-522-3026

“Growing Closer to God, Growing Closer to Neighbor”

Pastor Todd A. Cutter

1553 Kinney Ave, Mt. HealthyWorship: 8:30 am traditional - 10:45 am contemporary

Sunday School: 9:45 am Nursery provided

Faith Lutheran LCMC8265 Winton Rd., Finneytown

www.faithcinci.orgPastor Robert Curry

Contemporary Service 9amTraditional Service 11:00amSunday School 10:15

LUTHERAN

Christ Church Glendale Episcopal Church965 Forest Ave - 771-1544

[email protected] Reverend Roger L Foote

8am Holy Eucharist I9am Holy Eucharist II11am Holy Eucharist II

Child Care 9-12

EPISCOPAL

Mt. Healthy Christian Church(Disciples of Christ)

7717 Harrison Ave Mt. Healthy, OH 45231Rev. Michael Doerr, Pastor 513-521-6029Sunday 9:00 a.m...... Contemporary Service

9:45a.m...... Sunday School10:45 a.m........ Traditional Worship

Nursery Staff Provided“A Caring Community of Faith”

Welcomes You

CHRISTIAN CHURCH DISCIPLES

Wyoming Baptist Church(A Church For All Seasons)

Burns and Waverly AvenuesCincinnati OH 45215

821.8430Steve Cummins, Senior PastorSunday School..............................9:00 amCoffee & Fellowship...................10:00 amPraise & Worship........................10:30 amwww.wyomingbc.homestead.com

Visitors Welcome!

SHARON BAPTISTCHURCH

4451 Fields Ertel RoadCincinnati, OH 45241

(513) [email protected]

ServicesSunday School - 10:00 amSunday Morning - 11:00 amSunday Evening - 6:00 pmWednesday - 7:00 pm EveningPrayer and Bible Study

VACATION BIBLESCHOOL

June 25 through June 29Ages 3 to 15

Theme: Amazing Adventures

BAPTIST

FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH8580 Cheviot Rd., ColerainTwp741-7017 www.ourfbc.comGary Jackson, Senior Pastor

Sunday School (all ages) 9:30amSunday Morning Service 10:30amSunday Evening Service 6:30pmWedn. Service/Awana 7:00pmRUI Addiction Recovery (Fri.) 7:00pm

Active Youth, College, Senior GroupsExciting Music Dept, Deaf Ministry, Nursery

INDEPENDENT BAPTIST

HIGHVIEW CHRISTIANCHURCH

“Life on Purpose in Community”2651 Adams Rd. (near Pippin)

Worship Assembly-Sunday 10:45amPhone 825-9553

www.highviewchristianchurch.com

NON-DENOMINATIONAL

Sharonville United Methodist8:15 & 11amTraditional Service & Kingdom Kids

9:30am Adult & Children’s Sunday School7:00pmWednesday, Small Groups for all agesInfant care available for all services3751 Creek Rd. 513-563-0117www.sharonville-umc.org

United Methodist Church10507 “Old” Colerain Ave

(513) 385-7883Rev. Mark Reuter

Christ, the Prince of Peace

Sunday School 9:15amWorship 10:30am - Nursery Available

www.cpopumc.org“Small enough to know you, Big enough to care”

Mt HealthyUnited Methodist ChurchCorner of Compton and Perry Streets

513-931-5827Sunday School 8:45 - 9:45am

Traditional Worship 10:00 - 11:00amContemporary Gathering: Bible &

Conversation 11:30 - 12:30Nursery Available Handicap Access"Come as a guest. Leave as a friend".

Monfort HeightsUnited Methodist Church

3682 West Fork Rd , west of North BendNew Pastor - Rev. Dean Penrod

Traditional Worship 8:30 & 11:00amContemporary Worhip 9:45am

Nursery Available * Sunday School513-481-8699 * www. mhumc.org

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CHURCH OF THE SAVIOUR8005 Pfeiffer Rd. Montgomery 791-3142

www.cos-umc.orgGuest Speaker

Traditional Worship 8:20am & 11:00amContemporary Worship 9:40am

Sunday School (All ages) 9:40 & 11amNursery Care Provided

Dr. Cathy Johns, Senior PastorRev. Doug Johns, Senior Pastor

UNITED METHODIST

Trinity Lutheran Church, LCMS5921 Springdale Rd

Rev. Richard Davenport, PastorWorship & Sunday School 10:30 a.m,

Bible Study 9:15 a.m. SundaysClassic Service and Hymnbook

www.trinitylutherancincinnati.com385-7024

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St. Paul United Church of Christ5312 Old Blue Rock Rd., off Springdale

Phone: 385-9077Rev. Michelle Torigian

Sunday Worship: 10:30amSunday School: 9:15am

Nursery Available/Handicap Accesswww.stpaulucccolerain.org

www.facebook.com/StPaulUCC

FLEMING ROADUnited Church of Christ691 Fleming Rd 522-2780

Rev Pat McKinneySunday School - All Ages - 9:15am

Sunday Worship - 10:30amNursery Provided

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

Northwest CommunityChurch

8735 Cheviot Rd, by Colerain HSRev. Kevin Murphy, Pastor

513-385-8973Worship and Sunday School 10AMHandicap Accessible/Nursery Available

Salem White Oak Presbyterian

Northminster Presbyterian Church703 Compton Rd., Finneytown 931-0243Growing Faith, Sharing Hope, Showing Love

Sunday Worship ScheduleTraditional Services: 8:00 & 10:15am

Contemporary Services: 9:00 & 11:30amStudent Cafe: 10:15amChildcare Available

Jeff Hosmer, Rich Jones &Nancy Ross- Zimmerman - Pastors

At CHURCH BY THEWOODS

www.churchbythewoods.org3755 Cornell Rd.,

Sharonville , Ohio 45241You have a choice of Ministry:

1 . Traditional Sunday Worship at10:00 AM. Language: EnglishMulti-cultural, multi-generational, andmulti-ethnic.2 . Contemporary Sunday Worshipwith Freedom Church at 10:30 AM.Language: English

It’s not about Religion; it’s aboutrelationships!

www.freedomchurchcincinnati.com3. Taiwanese Traditional SundayWorship st 2:00 PM. Language:Taiwanese, UC Campus Fellowship onSaturdays,

www.cincinnatitaiwanese.org4 . Seventh Day Adventist SaturdayWorship at 10:00 AM.Language: Spanish

Loving - Caring - and SharingGod’s Word

Notes: Nursery School isprovided at each Worship time

English as a Second Language (ESL) istaught on Saturday 10-12 AM.

Various Bible Studies are available.

PRESBYTERIAN

EVANGELICALCOMMUNITY CHURCH

Sunday School Hour (for all ages)9:15 - 10:15am

Worship Service - 10:30 to 11:45am(Childcare provided for infants/ toddlers)

Pastor: Rich LanningChurch: 2191 Struble RdOffice: 2192 Springdale Rd

542-9025Visitors Welcome www.eccfellowship.org

EVANGELICAL PRESBYTERIAN

At 80, Pete BushelmanofWyominghasmoreener-gy than most people halfhis age.

Bushelman isa full-timevolunteer and is involvedin his church and severalnon-profits in the commu-nity including Catholic In-ner-city Schools EducationFund (CISE). For 32 yearsnow, he has been chairingand hosting the annualFriends of CISE Raffle.

Each year he almost sin-gle-handedly sells 1,200tickets at $100 each. Moreoften than not, the winnersof the$14,000 incashprizesdonate all or part of theirwinnings to CISE. Thisyear was no exception.

The 2012 Friends ofCISERaffle ReceptionwasDec. 1 in the undercroft ofSt. Peter in Chains Cathe-dral and raised over$130,000. Archbishop Den-nis Schnurr drew the win-ning tickets.

2012 raffle winners

were:$10,000 – CISE (ticket

donated by Andy and Co-rine Bushelman)

$2,500 – CISE (ticket do-nated by Edgar Willig)

$1,000 – Rae E.Hartman$500 – Jacqueline D.

Breines, Joseph Girardiand Joseph (Peppe) Ra-mundo.

Peppe Ramundo, whowas at the raffle, donatedhis winnings back to CISE.

The festive evening alsoincluded a silent auction,gift basket raffle and doorprize drawings. Mostguests left with a gift orprize of some kind.

CISE provides fundingto nine Catholic Elemen-tary schools in Cincinnati’surban neighborhoods serv-ing over 1,700 children ingrades pre-kindergartenthrough eight grade; 90percent live below the pov-

erty level and 77 percentare not Catholic.

The nine schools are:» St. Boniface, North-

side» Corryville Catholic» St. Francis de Sales,

East Walnut Hills» St. Francis Seraph,

Over-the-Rhine»Holy Family, Price

Hill» St. Joseph, Ezzard

Charles» St. Lawrence, Price

Hill» Prince of Peace,Madi-

sonville» Resurrection, Price

HillAdditional information

aboutCISEand theFriendsof CISE Raffle is availableat www.cisefund.org.

CISE raffle raises funds forCatholic inner-city schools

Archbishop Dennis Schnurr picks the winning ticket at theCISE raffle. PROVIDED

Pete Bushelman,CISE boardmember andFriends of CISERaffle chairmanfor 32 years withTerry Schroeder,CISE staff memberwho coordinatesall the details tomake sure theFriends of CISERaffle is a success.PROVIDED

Deacon and Mrs. Michael Cassani and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hodge at the raffle. MichaelCassani and Bob Hodge are members of the CISE board. PROVIDED


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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGNotice is hereby given that on the 29th dayof January 2013 at 7:00 PM, a public hear-ing will be held regarding entering into acontract with Sycamore Township to cre-ate and provide for the operation of theSycamore Township JEDZ Kenwood-Northwest Joint Economic DevelopmentZone. This contract would be in accord-ance with sections 715.691 of the Ohio Re-vised Code for the mutual benefit of Syca-more Township and the City of Sharonvilleand for the benefits of their residents andof the State of Ohio.Such hearing will be held in the councilchambers of the City of Sharoncville,10900 Reading Road, Sharonville, OH45241.Martha Funk, Clerk of CouncilDecember 19, 2012 1001741899

Mercy Health an-nounces that Dr. James E.Lang and Courtney R.Johnson have joined Mer-cyHealthPhysicians.Bothspecialize in internalmedicine.

Lang is board certifiedin internal medicine andattends to his patients dai-ly at The Jewish Hospital -Mercy Health. He servesas the associate director oftheCholesterol andMetab-olismCenteratTheJewish

Hospital.He com-pleted hisresidencyin internalmedicine atthe hospitalafter re-ceiving hisdoctor of

medicine degree from theUniversity of CincinnatiCollege of Medicine.

“I am excited to con-tinuemy journey atMercy

Health and I feel very for-tunate to be part of such astrong, mission-based or-ganization. MercyHealth’s support of ourclinical research and spe-cialist care at the Choles-terol and Metabolism Cen-ter is crucial to the ad-vance of knowledge in theprevention of stroke andheart attacks,” Lang said.

Johnson is a board cer-tified adult nurse practi-tioner. She received her

bachelor’s degree in nurs-ing from Case WesternUniversity and her mas-ter’s degree in nursingfrom the University ofCincinnati.

Lang and Johnson be-gan seeing patients Nov. 1at Mercy Health - Glen-dale-Milford InternalMedicine, at 4260 Glen-dale-Milford Road, Suite202. To schedule an ap-pointment, call (513) 563-6883.

Internal medicine specialists join Mercy Health

Lang

For the sixth year in arow, Cancer Support Com-munity receivedadonationfromTheKroger Co.’s Giv-ing Hope A Hand annualcampaign for breast can-cer support.

With the latest gift of$10,000, CSChas received atotal of $66,500 from theGiving Hope A Hand pro-gram to help fund the free,professionally-facilitatedcancer support programsfor people affected by can-cer, including women withbreast cancer, their loved

ones, and breast cancersurvivors.

Amongtheprogramsof-fered by CSC are weeklysupport groups, education-al programs, healthy cook-ingclassesandhealthy life-style/stress reductionclasses such as Tai Chi, yo-ga, Healthy-Steps: LebedMethod, guided imageryand art therapy. The 2012donation was presented inearly October in conjunc-tion with the grand reopen-ing of the newly remodeledKroger store in Bellevue.

Kroger donates $10K toCancer Support Community

Celebrating Kroger's $10,000 donation to the CancerSupport Community are Kroger public relations managerrachael Betzler, Kroger Bellevue store manager Chris Baker,Cancer Support Community Director of Development BettyCookendorfer and CSC Executive Director Rick Bryan.THANKS TO JAMIE EIFERT


When Glendale FireChief Dave Moore andFirefighter Jeff Johnsonspent a week in Nairobithis past November, theytaught a lot, and learnedeven more.

It was a mission tripsponsored by Moore’schurch, Lifespring Chris-tian Church in North Col-lege Hill.

The chief was invited toteach fire safety to thefirefighters and the staffof a Nairobi school with anenrollment of 1,000,through a program withMission of Hope Interna-tional.

“Theywant to work andkeep people safe,” Mooresaid, “but they’re under-funded and understaffed.

“The 911system doesn’twork,” he said. “If you call,no one answers. You have

to know the fire depart-ment’s number, or thechief’s personal number.”

“The school staff real-ized they have a disasteron their hands if they havea fire,” Moore said ofteaching themhow to use afire extinguisher, andshowing the kids what todo in case of fire.

They lit a small, con-trolled fire outside, anddemonstrated the fire ex-tinguisher.

They taught the kidshow to stop, drop and roll iftheir clothes catch fire.

Then, they led theschool children out of thebuilding, into the crowdedstreets of Nairobi, on theirfirst-ever fire drill.

Moore said he wasstruck by the condition ofthe city.

“It’s an absolute shanty-town,” he said. “There’ssewage in the streets,where the kids play.”

He was also struck bythe resolve of the people.

“I was impressed withthe fact that nomatter howlittle money and equip-ment theyhad, the firemenwere willing to do what-ever they could, to helppeople,”Moore said. “Thattranscends cultures andcontinents.”

He’s back at work inGlendale, but plans to con-tinue to help strengthenfire safety in Nairobi.

“The long-term goal is

to work with area fire ser-vices to get training ma-terial to help the fire de-partment in Nairobi,”Moore said. “They neededucational material.They want training.

“I’m gathering infor-mation and sending it overthere, so they can keeptraining their firemen.”

For more about your commu-nity, visitCincinnati.com/Glendale.

Glendale chief helps bring fire safety to NairobiBy Kelly [email protected]

A firefighter, left, shows a school staff member how to usea fire extinguisher. THANKS TO RYAN BARNETT

Nairobi Fire Chief Brian Kasali, second from left standing, with Glendale Fire Chief Dave Moore and Mary Kamau ofMission of Hope International and members of the Nairobi Fire Department. THANKS TO RYAN BARNETT

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CITY OF SHARONVILLE ORDINANCE 2012-58-ETRANSFER OF FUNDS FOR THE YEAR 2013 AND DECLAR-ING AN EMERGENCYAbove Legislation:Kevin Hardman, President of Council. Passed: December 18,2012. Attest: Martha Cross Funk, Clerk of Council. Approved:Mayor Virgil G. Lovitt II.Please be advised that the complete text of this legislation may beviewed or purchased during regular business hours at the Sharon-ville Municipal Building, 10900 Reading Rd., Sharonville, Ohio45241. 1001741901


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Jake Hodesh, execu-tive director of The Cre-ative Coast in Savannah,Ga., is coming home.

Hodesh has beennamed director of men-toring for Cintrifuse, aCincinnati-based organi-

zation thatproactive-ly linksentrepre-neurswithstrategicbusiness-es/institu-tions,mentorsand inves-

tors to successfullylaunch high-growth star-tups.

The Wyoming HighSchool graduatewill startat Cintrifuse in February.He will continue to serveon the board of directorsfor The Creative Coast, anon-profit organizationthat helps create a thriv-ing environment for Sa-vannah’s creative and in-novative community.

“I am excited by theopportunity because it isa chance for me to returnto our home town and joina group of extremely tal-ented and highlymotivat-ed people that are fo-cused on continuing togrow the startup commu-nity,” Hodesh said. “I amexcited by the institution-al support for the initia-tive, and I believe that theinstitutions that are in-volved and the relation-ships that are being de-veloped create a unique

scenario unlike any in theUnited States.

“The talent and the en-ergy being assembled un-der the Cintrifuse moni-ker are invigorating. Ihave been watching thework of Queen City An-gels, The Brandery, Cin-cyTech and other playersin the community closely,and I amoverwhelmedbythe activity.”

Hodeshstillhasfamilyin the area, including hisparents who live inSpringfield Township.Hiswife,Miriam, isaSev-en Hills High Schoolgraduate whose parentslive in Cincinnati.

In his new role, Ho-desh will develop andlaunch a program aimedto intensify Cintrifuse’sengagement with clients.He will also work to fur-ther relationshipswith lo-cal universities and workwith entire Greater Cin-cinnati innovation eco-system of accelerators,incubators, funders, star-tups and others.

Mentor teams willwork with client compa-nies to provide guidance,advice, and counsel on aregular, monitored ap-proach.

Hodesh previouslyworked as a public schoolteacher inNewOrleans, areal estate portfolio man-ager at Tulane Universityand policy analyst at theWhite House, where heworked on detail for theU.S. Trade Representa-tive.

Former residentwill be directorart Cintrifuse

Hodesh

It appears tobesuspend-ed in the night sky, a starshining over the BethanySchool campus in Glendale.

It’s the handy work ofBob Carey, who heads thegrounds and landscapingcrew for the Sisters of theTransfiguration. As theholiday season approached,he and his crew decided toreplace a decoration thathad been taken away.

For years, a cross madeby the previous mainte-nancemanagerhadhungon

the side of the building.“He left, and took it with

him,”Careysaid. “Wewant-ed to do something to re-place that.”

So, Carey got to work, aweek after undergoing car-pal tunnel surgery on hisright hand. Still, he con-structed the 5-foot-wide by11-foot-high star, single-handedly, using his injuredhand as a guide.

It took two long days tobuild, and includes 1,000lights.

When it was complete, ittook four men to install thestar on the roof of the con-

vent on Albion Avenue.Two climbed to the roof,

and two worked on theground.

They tied attached ropeon the top and bottomof thestar, and“we justdragged itup there,” Carey said.

It’s secured in a bucketofgravel, as itsbase, andat-tached to the building withguide wire.

Sister Johanna Moseley,who oversees the mainte-nance department for theSisters of the Transfigura-tion, knew Carey was plan-ning something, but shewas stunned when the star

was unveiled.“When it showed up, the

sisters were so surprised,and very happy about it,”Moseley said. “They love itso much.

“There seems to be across within the star,” shesaid. “The star is symbolicof Christmas.”

The star will remainatop the building through-out the Christmas season,and will be taken down onJan. 6, the feast of theEpiphany.

For more about yourcommunity, visit

Cincinnati.com/Glendale.

Star shines over GlendaleBy Kelly [email protected]

Drivers who frequentlytravel west on I-275 in Syc-amore Township might no-tice a section that has got-ten more level in the lastfew weeks.

Joe Bassil, administra-tor in the Ohio Departmentof Transportation’s high-way management division,said a dip in the road nearthe Weil Road overpass atthe 51-mile marker thatsome drivers noticedwas aresult of an undergroundpipe.

Astretchofdryweatherlast year caused dirt sur-rounding the 10-foot-widepipe, which is about 60 feetbelow the highway, toshrink and settle, creatingthe dip in the road, Bassil

said.He added that about two

weeks ago, workers inject-ed a Styrofoam-like ma-terial into the ground sur-rounding the pipe, whichexpands when released, tofill voids and push landback to its original posi-

tions.“We noticed the dip last

year,” he said. “It kept in-creasing in size, so weknew we had to do some-thing.”

However, the settlingand subsequent repair leftthat section of the highway

somewhat rough, whichcould be fixed by addition-al work on the pipe in thespring, Bassil said.

For more about your commu-nity and to sign up for ournewsletter, visit Cincinnati.com/SycamoreTownship.

Ground settling createsdip on 275, requires repairsBy Leah [email protected]

Workers have fixed a dip in Interstate 275 near the 51-mile marker, west of the Weil Roadoverpass. The dip was casued by ground settling around a pipe. LEAH FIGHTMASTER/THE

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