Volume XXX Issue 11 December 2004

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Mayor Jay Gohman prepares to “flip the switch” to light the tree onthe Village Green.

The deadline for theJanuary issue of the

Village Views is FridayJanuary 7th

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Happy Holidays

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The Cincinnati Country DayUpper School students performedtheir fall play A Midsummer Night’sDream. Written by WilliamShakespeare and set in Athens in1599, the play tells of the interwinedlove lives of Hermia (VeronicaSiverd ’06), Lysander (Ben Tanzer’05), Demetrius (Andrew Cone ’07)and Helena (Sally Dwyer ’05).

CCDS sophomore, ErinMcCamley ’07, narrated the play asPuck, the mischievous fairy whocauses most of the conflict with alove flower. Puck is sent by Oberon(Tom McCord ’06), king of the fair-ies to retrieve the flower, whichcauses people to fall in love with theperson they see upon awaking.

The play was presented in theCCDS Keeler Theater and the stagewas transformed into a forest byusing bamboo shoots and a fewplatforms.

Terrace Park resident and CCDSSenior Ben Tanzer takes thestage as Lysander in A Midsum-mer Night’s Dream.

After making a grand entrance thanks to the Ter-race Park Fire Department, Santa Claus listenedclosely to the wish list of many of the Village’schildren.

Brennen Warner (left) and Mitch Kaeser will be headed to Australiaas student ambassadors.

Mariemont Junior High Schoolseventh graders and Terrace Parkresidents Mitch Kaeser andBrennen Warner have been namedstudent ambassadors by the Peopleto People Student Ambassadorsprogram.

People to People Student Am-bassadors travel overseas for twoto three weeks during the summerto learn, share, and represent theircommunities and schools. The

Mariemont studentambassadors

Mariemont students will travel toAustralia in June.

President Dwight D.Eisenhower founded People toPeople during his administration,and eight US presidents have sinceserved as honorary chairman.

For more information go to: http://www.studentambassadors.org/aboutus/default.asp

Bon voyage Mitch andBrennen!

Village welcomes holidays at tree lighting

Let’s get this party started! Children of all agesgot pumped for the holiday season by joining inthe fun at this year’s Tree Lighting. (See page 7 fora special “thank-you” to the sponsors.)

Young thespians practice their craftin local productions

Photo: Ellie Pohlman

Photo: Ellie PohlmanPhoto: Chandi Findley

Bailey Greene (left), Ellee Kennedy and Reagan Greene performedin “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.”

Terrace Park Elementary sec-ond graders Ellee Kennedy andsisters Bailey and Reagan Greeneplayed baby angels wreakinghavoc on a church’s Christmasshow in the Ovation Theatre

Company’s production of “TheBest Christmas Pageant Ever.”These local “startlets” took thestage at the Aronoff Center ’sJarson-Kaplan Theatre in late No-vember and early December.

Your all-volunteer Terrace Park Fire Department has some open-ings and is accepting new recruits. All training and equipment ispaid for by the Village and we drill twice per month. Come to our nextdrill and see for yourself. This is a great opportunity for you to learnwhile you contribute to your Village. Contact Captain Jack Gambettaat 248-9400.

dJanuary deadline :The January deadline for Vil-lage Views is Jan. 7th. All cam-era-ready ads and articlesmust be submitted by 9 p.m. Alladvertisements go to GerriKennedy at 152 Wrenwood. Allarticles go to Chandi Findley427 Terrace Place or call 576-0595 to e-mail an article.

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Who to contact:Managing Editor:Chandi Findley @ 576-0595address: 427 Terrace PlaceT.P. 45174Business Manager /Advertisements:Gerri Kennedy @ 831-2388Distribution Coordinator /Extra copiesLeslie Jones @ 831-2643Calendar:Roseann Hayes @ 248-2619Layout: Amy DillmanSports Editor: Lon StirsmanReporters: Bren Fries,Sherry Holcomb, SusanHouseProofreader: Betsy PorstPhotographers:Terry Sexmith,Ellie PohlmanTypist: Lynette Overbey

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Village Calendar 2004 - 2005

Please call Roseann Hayes @ 248-2619 with calendar information

December17 Winter Vacation for Mariemont Schools be-gins at end of day

21 Mariemont Board of Education Meeting 7:15p.m. at MHS

25 Christmas Day

January1 New Year’s Day

3 Mariemont schools reopen

4 TP Elementary PTO Meeting 9:30 a.m.School Cafeteria

4 TP Garden Club Meeting 7-9 p.m. at the homeof Lynn Nelson, 700 Franklin. Program: “Hats Offto a New Year – Arranging in a Hat.” For moreinformation, contact Ogle Annett at 248-1453.

10 AARP Meeting 1:30 p.m. at SEM Villa inMilford. Program: Miss Carol Cormelink presents“Improve Your Memory.” For more information,contact Virginia Marquett at 831-2650.

11 TP Village Council Meeting 7:30 p.m. Com-munity Building

12 MHS PTO Meeting 8:45 a.m.

12 Kindervelt #76 Meeting 7 p.m. at the home ofGina Curran, 821 Floral. For more information, con-tact Rhea Greene at 248-9969.

17 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – No school forMariemont district students

18 Mariemont Board of Education Meeting 7:15p.m. MHS

19 MJHS PTO Meeting 8:45 a.m.

24 Mariemont Boosters Meeting 7 p.m.

27 New Family Welcome Night presented by Ter-race Park Social Club. 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Com-munity Building. Kids and spouses welcome. Formore information, contact Anne-Stuart Kirkhornat 831-1866.

27 Mariemont Foundation Meeting 7:15 p.m.MJHS Library

29 Monte Carlo Night fundraiser, sponsored byTerrace Park Recreation Committee. 7 p.m. at St.Thomas Church. For more information, contactPaula Albrecht at 831-1790.

From the time she was 12years old, Jean Kinmonth readHouse Beautiful magazine andcould look at a room and decide ifthings weren’t quite right. Jean ini-tiated her first design project justa few years later when she noticedthat her father’s favorite chair hadbecome worn and frayed. SinceJean’s mother had passed away,she took it upon herself to go toJ.C. Penney’s and have a slipcovermade. That humble teenageproject grew into a love of designand eventually into the interior de-sign business that Jean hasowned for 25 years.

“I was always wanting things tolook right,” explained Jean. “I lovefor a room to look inviting and livedin. Your eye tells you if it’s not right.The passion of it is being able tofind a way to fix what’s wrong.”

Though Jean loved design, shegot her college degree in Englishbecause it was the practical thingto do at the time. She married andstarted a family and in 1963 foundherself living in Indian Hill and go-ing to church at St. Thomas in Ter-race Park. Jean’s husband Johnwas transferred to Kansas City forfive years in 1971, but the familymoved back to their old neighbor-hood in 1976.

Jean began to work one daya week at the Yankee Dollar, origi-nally owned by Vera and HowardAndrews. Vera recognized Jean’seye for design and when it cametime to sel l their shop, theAndrews’ asked Jean if she wasinterested in the interior designpiece of the business.

“I asked Vera if she thought Icould do it,” said Jean. “I told VeraI would do it if she thought I could.It was just done on a handshake.Then I opened a shop in Milfordand started with Vera’s client list.I was really learning on the joband building the business a littleat a time.”

The business eventuallymoved back into Terrace Park,where it still is today on the cornerof Indian Hill Road and Given Road.The shop used to be larger whendesigners needed to keep their owninventory of wall coverings and fab-ric samples. Today Jean can keepa smaller office and take clients tothe design center in downtown Cin-cinnati. She meets with clients byappointment only and finds most of

her work through referrals.“My family has always come

first. I love to work and have donethis for the love of design and thepleasure of working with people,”Jean says. “The beauty of this is thatI’m my own boss. I can challengemyself with work, but also be activeat St. Thomas and help my familyand do some traveling.”

Using her skills at “making itright,” Jean was part of a team thatdesigned the kitchen in the recentremodeling of St. Thomas church.She is also the facilities coordina-tor for the church and feels a closeconnection to Terrace Park throughher business and church life.

Jean maintains a close con-nection to many clients who comenot only from the village, but alsofrom Milford, Indian Hil l andMariemont. Her daughter is alsoconnected to the business, hav-ing inherited an eye for design andcolor. Karolyn lives in Madeira and

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has worked in the business sincethe beginning. Jean and John(now retired from Proctor andGamble) have four other children:Karen; John, Jr.; Frank; and Kathy.Though Jean is now a great-grandmother, she continues tohave a passion for her work.

“We all know what we like,”says Jean. “I don’t have a lookthat I’m trying to get. My job andmy challenge is to get the clientwhat they like.”

Interior designer Jean KinmonthPhoto: Sherry Holcomb

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Neighbor to Neighbor

Luminaria beautiful andsuccessful fundraiser

A very sincere “thank you” to all Terrace Park residentswho participated in the lighting of the luminarias this year.Not only did the village look beautiful on December 5th, butwe donated over $4,300 directly to Children’s Hospital! Bypurchasing a luminaria kit you supported a worthy cause inChildren’s Hospital while also showing your strong commu-nity spirit.

Kindervelt thanks all who participated in this very suc-cessful event!

The Terrace Park Garden Clubhas been busy the past severalmonths. In October members wenton a road trip to the Dayton Arbore-tum. In November, guest speakerTeri Isley from the Mariemont Floristcreated a number of holiday arrange-ments as well as selling her booksand floral supplies. In addition to Teri,Randy Haller, Village Arborist, spokeabout tree maintenance andplantings in the village. There wasalso discussion and a hand out

News from the TP Garden ClubBy Sandy Wittman-Shell

about deer resistant plants, whichseems to be a growing concern. ByDecember 7th members will haveenjoyed a holiday luncheon at theHyde Park Country Club. GardenClub members, in the true spirit ofholiday giving, have decorated eithera table top tree or wreath to donateto a nursing care facility, along withgiving personal care items to IPM,in addition to a monetary donationto YWCA East House of PeaceWomen’s Shelter.

Many thanks to those in the

community who supported the gar-den club by purchasing greens,wreaths and garland for the holiday.The club is looking ahead to thespring with an expanded plant sale.A special evening meeting is plannedfor January 4 at 7 p.m. at the home ofLynn Nelson, 700 Franklin Ave. TheTerrace Park Garden Club is opento anyone in the community, and thisis a casual evening of enjoyable con-versation to get to know membersand neighbors. Hope to see youthere. Happy holidays!�

Rick Sowash, Master of the Tall Tale, paid a special visit to the after-noon kindergarten class after presenting to the whole Terrace ParkElementary school student body earlier in the day. Rick is a profes-sional story-teller, composer and author of many hilarious and some-times stirring stories about Ohio.

Summer 2005 Job OpeningConcession ManagerTerrace Park Swim ClubQualifications: Mature candidatewilling to assume full responsibilityfor management of concessionstand. Responsible for hiring staffand overseeing day-to-day opera-tions. Approximately 40 hrs/week,June-August 2005 plus openingand closing responsibilities in late-May and early-September. Salariedposition with potential for bonus.Prior food-service experience pre-ferred. Please contact JeanetteMoreno at 513-965-0909 orjmoreno@cinci.rr.com.

2nd Annual

Monte Carlo NightA TPRC Fundraiser

At St. Thomas Church

Saturday, January 29th

The fun starts at 7 p.m.Featuring:

Beer * Wine * Soft DrinksPizza * Snacks

Black Jack * PokerCraps * Silent Auction

—Adults only—more info at:www.tprc.net

Terrace Park’s fire depart-ment and life squad hosted itsannual pancake supper in Novem-ber. Thanks to donations fromMerten Printing, Frisch’s and OverCoffee, and a lot of local pancakelovers the emergency services de-partment enjoyed a successfulfundraiser.

Flipping for dollars

Left: Kate Overby is proof positive that the fire department and lifesquad serve up the best pancakes in town. Right: Fireman DavidGlaameyer scours pots and pans in the elementary school kitchen.

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Police reportPresent police activity involved

investigation of attempted theft of asmall toy John Deere tractor from ayard on Washington Ave. The resi-dent confronted a woman placingthe item in the trunk of her car whoclaimed to be picking it up for re-pair. It was determined no repairrequest had been initiated by any-one in the household. The suspectreturned the tractor and left.

St. Thomas Nursery School re-quested assistance when they sus-pected possible attempt of abduc-tion of a four year old boy. The boy’sfather, a Clermont County resident,was wanted for allegedly sexuallyassaulting his 17 year old son. Sev-eral individuals were interrogated bypolice and the situation was re-solved without incident.

An individual known to aStanton Ave. resident came to thehome to evaluate the worth of some1800’s cigar labels. The owner leftthe room briefly and upon return-ing noticed the appraiser had sev-eral labels partially concealed in hissweater. The resident became un-easy and asked the individual toleave. Some labels were later seenbeing sold on Ebay.

One In A Million, 614 WoosterPike, reported apparent theft of afur coat and hat from the store. Itwas determined that the coat hadnot been sold but had not beenseen since the grand opening of thestore. Value of the missing itemswas estimated to be $3,910.

A Wrenwood resident reportedtheft of a concrete yard ornament.

Identity theft was reported bya resident who told police that per-sonal information had been usedby someone to obtain a Sam’sClub credit card and a loan fromWells Fargo.

Officers cited the owner of a

dog running at large that chargeda woman walking in the alley be-tween Harvard and Rugby. In asecond “canine incident” a dog atlarge at Yale and Harvard wastraced by police through MilfordAnimal Hospital records. It wastaken to the animal hospital to bereturned to its home.

Mutual aid was provided toMilford officers responding to anincident at Holiday Inn Express, arobbery at the Milford Kroger storeand possible assault of a femaleby a male. In the latter case thesuspect threatened police with abaseball bat, was restrained andtransported to the ClermontCounty jail. Other mutual aid re-quests involved assistance with aSWAT operation, response to rob-bery of the Provident Bank onWooster Pike and an auto accidenton Wooster Pike.

The fire department respondedto two calls; the life squad to nine.

This past October and No-vember have been excit ingmonths for the Cubs in Pack 97.This year, about 20 new cubsjoined the pack with the additionof boys from first through fourthgrades. In addition, we haveadded 12 new adult volunteers tothe pack in various leadership andPack support positions.

Popcorn SaleThanks to everyone in Terrace

Park and the surrounding commu-nities for supporting our annual pop-corn sales fund raiser. MindyWagner, our “Popcorn Kernal,” re-ports that well over $10,000 wasraised, resulting in about $3,400 forour pack, with the balance going tothe Boy Scouts of America Coun-cil. This year, the funds will be usedto support pack expenses and anexpanding list of activities.

Pinewood DerbyOn November 14, we ran our

annual Pinewood Derby. The com-petition for the fastest car in thepack was fierce, but Andrew Hammcame out on top again, for the thirdyear in a row. Second and thirdplaces went to Eli Koreman andNate Wagner respectively. Otherwinners included: Tiger Den 5,Adam Smith; Tiger Den 6, WillHobart; Wolf, Will Kraftt; Bear, EvanDoran; Webelos I, Kain Albrecht;

News from Terrace ParkCub Scouts Pack 97

and Webelos II, Kaleb Iles.Thanks again to Officer Jerry

Hayhow for performing what he de-scribes as “one of the toughest as-signments in town” — judging thewinners of the “non-speed” awards.The categories and winners follow:

Most Realistic, Asher Koreman;Best Paint Job, William Majchszak;Silliest, Emmett Saulnier; and MostCreative, Peter Laug.Birds of Prey

On Wednesday, December 1we held a pack meeting with fea-tured speaker David Tennant, a lo-cal naturalist and Education Direc-tor for RAPTOR, Inc. a non-profit or-ganization dedicated to the preser-vation of birds of prey. The pack wasable to learn about and see anAmerican Kestrel, a Great HornedOwl, and a Red-Tailed Hawk upclose and personal.

Upcoming events include a dayof frigid fun at Cub Winter Day onDecember 11, a trip to a MightyDucks Game on January 30, and aday of skiing the slopes of PerfectNorth in early February.

Photo: Chandi Findley

The Boy Scouts’ annual Pinewood Derby was again an exciting event(the winners couldn’t even stand still for a photo!). Pictured fromleft: Will Kraftt, Andrew Hamm (this year’s overall speed winner),Peter Laug, Will Hobart, Eli Koreman, Adam Smith, Evan Doran, GabeKoreman (standing in for brother, Asher) and Emmett Saulnier. Win-ners not pictured: William Majchszak, Kaleb Iles and Kain Albrecht.Back row: Jehan Saulnier, Rick Hamm and Tim Stautberg.

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Terrace Park Historical Society“Tracking our past and present for the future”By Carol C. Cole

The Terrace Park HistoricalSociety’s November Open Housewas very successful. In all, over175 people attended which wasfar more than we had even daredto hope. People seemed to bevery interested in the displays wehad set up to tell some of thestory of Terrace Park past andpresent. Now we just hope thiswill result in many both renewedand new memberships. We re-ally appreciate your support.Please pay 2005 dues to Carol B.Cole at 725 Wooster Pike, Ter-race Park OH 45174. Member-ship fees are $15 for a singlemembership, $25 for a familymembership, $50 for a businessor corporate membership or$1,000 for a life membership. OurFourth Annual Holiday Party atGravelotte is Wednesday Decem-ber 15th from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thisis a party for members only butwould be a great time to pay your

dues and join. Something new willbe added this year so come seewhat it is. Our next program inFebruary or March will be aboutMiami Grove. We plan to have

some of the people who livedthere in the ‘40s, ’50 and ’60s tellus about what it was like. Watchfor more information in the NewYear. We hope you’ll join us.

Terrace Park Historical Society Membership Form

Family name________________ 1st name(s)________________

Street________________________________________________

City____________________________________________________

State & Zip___________________________________________

Phone#(s)_____________________________________________

E-mail_________________________________(if you have one)

Dues/donations to Carol B. Cole, 725 Wooster Pike, Terrace ParkOH 45174

Membership: Individual $15/yr., Couple/Family $25/yr.,Business/Corporate $50/yr., Life $1000

New or renewal. Amount $____________Check #____________Our year begins January 1st when dues shoul be paid.

With your membership you will receive our Newsletter, The Tracker,4 times a year. It will be your notification of meeting times andtopics.

If you have specific ideas of how you may be able to help us,please tell us by writing your suggestions below. We are alwayslooking for volunteers (to do interviews, index Village Views, re-search homes & families, do data entry, transcribe oral histories,etc). If you belong to a family who has lived in Terrace Park for along time please let us know and if possible give us some genea-logical material as it applies to Terrace Park.

The Seven Hills School ispleased to present award winningauthor and poet Luis Rodriguez asthe guest author for its nineteenthannual Books for Lunch authorluncheon Friday, February 4. Histalk will be “Imagining Peace andCommunity in a Time of Violenceand Chaos.” The luncheon, whichis open to the community, will takeplace at noon at the Westin Hoteldowntown. Sponsored by theSeven Hills Upper School ParentAssociation and Time WarnerCable, Books for Lunch 2005 willalso include a Dinner with the au-thor at the home of Seven Hillsparents on February 3 at 6:30 p.m.

Against tremendous odds, in-cluding a youth immersed in gangs,drugs and violence, Luis Rodriguezhas emerged as a leading Chicanowriter, with published books inmemoir, short stories, children’s lit-erature and poetry. He is bestknown for his memoir of gang life,Always Running: La Vida Loca,Gang Days in L.A., which won aCarl Sandburg Literary Award andwas chosen as a New York TimesNotable Book for 1993.

The New York Times Book Re-view stated about Always Running:“Rodriguez’ account of his comingof age is vivid, raw...fierce, andfearless....Here’s truth no televisionset, burning night and day, couldever begin to offer.” Jonathon Kozol,author of Savage Inequalities,called Always Running “an abso-lutely unique work: richly literary andpoetic, yet urgent and politically ex-plosive at the same time.... A per-manent testament to human cour-age and transcendence.”

Luis Rodriguez’ other books in-clude Republic of East L.A. (shortstories), Trochemoche (poetry), andIt Doesn’t Have To Be This Way: ABarrio Story (bilingual childrenysbook). He has recently completedhis first novel, Music of the Mill,which will be published in the springof 2005.

In addition to his writing, LuisRodriguez is the founder of TiaChucha Press, the publishing wingof the Guild Complex, a not-for-profit literary arts organization inChicago, which publishes socially-engaged poetry. In 1997, Luis’work with Youth Struggling for Sur-vival, a Chicago based not-for-profit community group workingwith gang youth, was featured on

Award-winning author to visitSeven Hills School

the Making Peace PBS TV series.Luis was recognized by the IllinoisTeachers of English who awardedhim the 2000 Illinois Author of theYear. And in 2001, Luis was hon-ored as one of fifty individualsfrom around the world to be rec-ognized as “Unsung Heroes ofCompassion” in an award cer-emony presided over by His Holi-ness the Dalai Lama.

Rodriguez has spent morethan 20 years as an inspirationalspeaker, conducting workshopsin prisons, juvenile facilities, andmigrant camps, as well as col-leges and conferences. He cur-rent ly resides in the SanFernando Valley section of LosAngeles, where his most recentventure is Tia Chucha Café Cul-tural, a bookstore, cafe, art gal-lery and performance space.

Ticket prices for Books forLunch 2005 are the following: Au-thor Luncheon - $40 each; Dinnerwith Author - $65 each; Patron (in-cludes two Dinner with Author tick-ets and two luncheon tickets) -$250; Sponsor (includes two Din-ner with Author tickets and a tablefor eight at the luncheon) - $500.

Invitations will be mailed inlate December. For reservation in-formation, phone 513-321-7586.Reservations are requested byJanuary 21.

Chairing the Books for Lunch2005 Committee is KristiWoodworth of Hyde Park, and thefollowing are heading subcommit-tees: Marlene Baer of downtown,Kathy Deubell of Pleasant Ridge,Mary Lou Fink of Amberley, LindaGreenberg of Hyde Park, NancyGilman of Indian Hill, Mary Howardof Hyde Park, Lib Ott of Hyde Park,David Reid of Hyde Park, and KarenWood of Hyde Park.

Above: Visitors to the Historical Society’s Open House were treatedto stories of what it was like growing up in Terrace Park by SusanAbernethy Frank. Left: The Fries’ family checks out an exhibit at theopen house.

Luis Rodriguez

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Get out your new 2005 cal-endars and circle February12th for Kindervelt #76’s an-nual Mardi Gras Benefit atSt. Thomas.�The night will befilled with beads, masks, au-thentic Mardi Gras cuisineand a spectacular silentauction and raffle.� Also,you’ll be able to dance thenight away with Savvy(the same amazing bandfeatured at the Brew HaHa party on Halloweenweekend).��

Mark your calendars forMardi Gras 2005!Submitted by Kindervelt #76 Mardi Gras Committee

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Brooke Parker, Olivia Saulnier and Laura Gardner talk about theirpaintings while other students, Peter Laug, Emmett Saulnier andChris Simons, finish their masterpieces during Summer Art Camp.

A Winter Art Camp for K-8th

grade students will be offered by lo-cal artist David Laug at the Commu-nity Building during Winter Break.Session I, from December 20 – 23rd,will focus on drawing and paintingand Session II, from December 27–30th, will focus on cartooning andcreating “super heroes.” Morningsessions are scheduled from 9 a.m.to noon for K-3rd graders and after-noon sessions from 12:30 p.m. to3:30 p.m. For more information, con-tact David Laug at 831-5338.

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Terrace Park Sports

Front: Olivia Saulnier, Kakie Gohman, Lindsey Serraino, SarahBessey, Chelsea Weaver, Maren Machles, Hanna Reeder Back: coachWalt Bessey, Rebecca Adams, Leigh Fisher, Emily Taylor, assistantcoach Ford Taylor, Claire Whitaker, Mari Mileham, Elizabeth Keller,Lauren Frey, assistant coach Jay Gohman.

By Lon StirsmanA group of Terrace Park fifth and

sixth grade girls coached by WaltBessey, Jay Gohman and Ford Tay-lor won the Strikers division in theirleague, placed first in their area tour-nament, and went on to win the 2004Ohio Say Soccer State Tournament.

The girls had an outstandingseason, posting an overall recordof 16 – 0 – 2. The team only gaveup eight goals during the 10-gameregular season and recorded a to-tal of 10 shut outs, with six of thosecoming during tournament play.While the team had an excellentdefense, their offense was equallypowerful. The coaching staff is es-pecially proud of the fact that 12 ofthe 14 girls on the team scored atleast one goal during the season,with some of those girls scoring thefirst goals of their soccer “careers.”

To win the state tournament,the girls played five games over twoweekends in late November againstincreasingly strong competition. Inthe semifinal match againstGeorgetown, the game was tied 2-2 at the end of regulation. A goalduring the five-minute overtimesealed that victory.

The state final was even moreintense. Playing a very strong teamfrom White Oak, the girls found

Terrace Park girls STATE CHAMPS!

themselves tied once again at theend of regulation play, 1-1. Thistime, the five-minute overtime pe-riod also finished with the score stilltied. This led to the pressure packedpenalty kick “shootout” situation,where each team chooses five play-ers to try penalty kicks against theopposing goalie in a one-on-onesituation. As each of the girls tooktheir shots in turn, the teams fin-ished tied once again. As a result,additional girls lined up their pen-alty kicks and would continue do-ing so until one team gained an ad-vantage. The game was finally wonwhen the ninth girl from the Terrace

Park team scored a goal, which theWhite Oak team did not match.

Congratulations to the girls,the coaches, and to their familiesand fans!

The first annual Mariemont La-crosse Alumni game between pastplayers from Mariemont High Schooland the current MHS team was anexciting game, in which the alumniteam won by a score of 10-7.

Terrace Park’s Stanton Fieldwas the site of this game becauseTerrace Park is wherelacrosse started a number of yearsago in the Mariemont school district,which now has roughly 300 kidsplaying lacrosse each spring.� Bothteams featured kids that grew up inthe Terrace Park Recreation Com-mittee (TPRC) Bull Dog Lacrosseprogram and went on to play atMariemont.� Phil Egasti, a seniorattackman for MHS this year, is en-tering his ninth season and plansto play college lacrosse after con-tending for a state championship atMariemont this year.�Mariemont

Terrace Park hosts first annual MHSlacrosse alumni gameBy Steve Peterson plays in the OSHLA (Division 1B),

and in 2003 were state runners up.This year’s alumni team fea-

tured a number of boys that nowplay college lacrosse and footballfor schools such as Butler,Wittenberg, Canisius, Ohio Univer-sity, Indiana University, and UC.�The senior member of the Alumniteam was 2001 graduate ChrisMeeley, who now plays club la-crosse at UC. Chris had a nice goalin the game as well.�The alumniteam’s victorious goal tender wasMike Morgan (’04) who playedmidfield for the MHS lacrosseteam, but also played some goalin high school and now is a placekicker at Butler.

Chris McGoff, Phil Egasti andNick Prues led the current MHSteam that jumped out to a quick 3-1lead in the first quarter over thealumni.� Luke Faye, Lucky Peterson

Front: Steve Peterson (TP Youth Coach), Phil Egasti, Logan Free, Nick Prues, Sean Stirsman Standing:Mike Morgan (’04), Tad George (MHS Head Coach), Colin Burnheimer (’04), Reed Peterson (’04), AuggieWasman (’03), Clay Martin (’03), Ross Ballinger (’03), Mathew Burnheimer (’03), Chris McGoff, AlexMitchell, Sam Cowan (’04), Stevie Bollinger (’03), Bill Dunning (’02), Stew Kranitzky (’04), Luke Faye,Chris Meeley (’01), Lucky Peterson

and Sean Stirsman also providedgoals for the current MHS team thatlooks to be strong this year.

“This is a great tradition youguys have started, and it will pro-vide many great t imes andmemories in the future.” saidCoach Tad George, who is enter-ing his fourth season as MHShead lacrosse coach.

There were a number of spec-tators watching this year’s game,and everyone is proud of the MHSWarriors past and present from Ter-race Park.�Some say that “it will bea number of years before the MHSteam is able to beat the talentedAlums,” however, most of these pre-dictions came from the Alumniplayers…so we will just have to waituntil next year for the rematch.

The Alumni game will be heldon the Saturday following Thanks-giving each year at Stanton Fieldas a new Terrace Park lacrossetradition.

The decorations have all beenpacked away, the indigestion fromjust a little too much eggnog has fi-nally subsided, and you think you’vefinally vacuumed up the last randompine needle. The holidays are overand it is time to settle down for yourlong winter’s nap.

But wait! No sleeping yet! TheTerrace Park RecreationCommisson (TPRC) Second An-nual Monte Carlo Night, sponsoredby Drackett Harth Construction, willtake place on January 29 at 7 p.m.at St. Thomas. It combines just theright amount of socializing andgambling to dissipate those winterblahs. And while last year’s eventwas a great success, this year’spromises to be even better!

So why leave your cozy houseand trek over to St. Thomas on a coldwinter’s eve? For starters, for a do-nation of $15 in advance or $20 atthe door you get $25 worth of chipsto try your hand at blackjack, poker

or craps. If that isn’t enticing enoughthere will also be a bid-n-buy, an as-sortment of food, beer and wine andlast but not least a diverse cross-section of Terrace Parkers who havealso decided to come out of hiber-nation for an evening of fun.

Most importantly, this is one ofthe Terrace Park Recreation Com-mittees key annual fundraisers soyou’ll be having fun for an importantcause. Invitations should be arriv-ing in the mail just after Christmas,so keep an eye out for it. It will be abright spot among those holiday bills.

For those of you who have someholiday generosity to spare, andwould like to make a donation to thebid-n-buy or sponsor a table for theTPRC Monte Carlo night, contact:Paula Albrecht at 831-1790 orjpalbrecht@zoomtown.com. For thebid-n-buy we are looking for itemsthat cover a range of values suchas vacations, services and uniquegifts and products.

Try TPRC Monte Carlo Nightto lift post-holiday doldrums!

David L. Fritz, D.D.S.Family Dentistry

614 Wooster PikeTerrace Park, Ohio 45174

Telephone(513) 831-1331

Coach Walt Besssey prepares to honor Terrace Park’s own fifth andsixth grade girls 2004 Ohio Say Soccer State Tournament winningsoccer team.