Volume XXX Issue 8 September 2004

The deadline for the October issue of theVillage Views is Friday October 8th.

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 ournext drill and see for yourself. This is a great opportunity for you tolearn while you contribute to your Village. Contact Captain JackGambetta 248-9400.

Heroes among usBy Sherry Holcomb

Captain David F. Bowers, U.S.Army (via email)

The son of John and JudyBowers, David graduated fromMariemont high school in 1995and from Southern Methodist Uni-versity in May of 2000. He wascommissioned from ROTC in Mili-tary Intelligence.

My son, who is five, believesthat heroes are real and come withflowing capes, super-human pow-ers and mega-strength. They arenoisy and flashy and beat the badguys every time. He is too young tounderstand that our real heroes arequiet and nearly invisible to us asthey serve our country in militarytraining exercises, on ships, at thePentagon and in war-torn countrieslike Afghanistan. To beat the badguys, they have only their training,their inner strength, the support oftheir comrades and loved ones, andtheir belief that freedom is worthfighting for.

This month, we are profilingsome of these “heroes among us.”These people are Terrace Park resi-dents and former residents who arecurrently supporting America’s warefforts as military personnel or ci-vilian contractors. This is part oneof at least a two-part article.

After a tour as an assistant bri-gade intelligence officer in Korea,David has been assigned to Hono-lulu since June 2002 as the Philip-pines specialist in the PacificCommand’s Joint Intelligence Cen-ter. He spent six months in the Phil-ippines supporting Operation En-during Freedom and has briefedvarious agencies in Washington,Manila, and Australia on the threatsin that country.

He was deployed to Iraq onJuly 28, 2004. David is currently acaptain and will serve as an opera-tional planner for intelligence opera-tions. David said, “You are not go-ing to believe this but the civilianworking in my office here inBaghdad is none other than AlSingler from Terrace Park! Al is thevery one who investigated my (mili-tary) clearance a few years back.”

Matt Buschbacher, U.S. NavyCorpsman and S.E.A.L.s

Matt is the son of Michael andCarolyn Buschbacher and has beenin the Navy for four years. He be-came a S.E.A.L. in October of 2001after intense training in Coronado,California. He is currently a corps-man (or medic) with the S.E.A.L.sassigned to downtown Baghdad.According to his dad, Matt alwayswanted to become a Navy S.E.A.L.

“Matt has an adventurousspirit,” Michael said. “He’s a very in-tense, tenacious person and this(service) fits his personality. It is in-credibly interesting,” Michael added,“but what he personally does is oneof the most dangerous jobs in theworld. I say a prayer every night.”

As a corpsman, Matt is theperson who must stay behind andtake care of any woundedS.E.A.L.s in his unit, his father ex-plained. If that isn’t enough, Mattvolunteers at a hospital in Baghdadtaking care of wounded civilians —many of them children.

“I’m very proud of what he’sdoing,” Michael said. “It takes a spe-cial kind of person to do this — acombination of brave and crazy.”Matt stays in touch with his familythrough email and via phone calls.He tells them he is scheduled to

leave Baghdad by November of thisyear, but some assignments arebeing extended.

Senior Master Sergeant DouglasB. Channer, U. S. Air Force (viaemail)56 Airlift Squadron First Sergeant

“I still consider Terrace Park myofficial home. I entered the Air Forcein 1975 and am still on active dutyflying the C5 Galaxy. My son,Jeffery, is in the Army and was inthe initial surge into Baghdad. I amhoping to soon retire and find myway back ‘home.’”

Colonel George Eveland, U. S.Army (via email)

“I grew up in Terrace Park liv-ing at 735 Park from 1957 to 1978and then briefly at 707 Stanton from1978 to 80. I went completely thruTP Elementary, Mariemont highschool (’74) and the University ofCincinnati (’80). I left there to startactive duty in 1980 and have re-mained in the service ever since.Am now an Army Colonel with justover 24 years—currently stationedin the Office of the Secretary ofDefense in the Pentagon, Washing-ton D.C.”

Leaf pick-up will beginOctober 18 and runthrough November.

Stick collection will notoccur during leaf collection.

Leaves should be left onthe curb.

Remember, the machinesused to vacuum the leaves canbe easily damaged by sticksand other debris. Repairingthese machines can be costly,so please be sure to only putleaves in the pile for pick-up.

Also, playing in these leafpiles near the street can bedangerous. As a parent, besure to warn your children notto play in these piles and as adriver, be sure to avoid drivingthrough a leaf pile.

Don’t miss one of the TerracePark’s hottest social events of theyear...the annual Terrace Park El-ementary Pumpkin Festival. On Fri-day, October 15, from 5:30 p.m. to8:30 p.m., the elementary schoolwill be transformed into a fun-filledshopper’s paradise complete withfood and ghouls. Everyone from thecommunity is welcome at the festi-val. Whether your children are stillin strollers, learning their ABC’s oralready grown, come join in the fun!

Pumpkin Festivaloffers fun for allBy Chandi Findley

What is it?The Pumpkin Festival is the par-

ent teachers organization’s (PTO)main fundraiser bringing in more than$18,000 last year and $21,000 in2002. The proceeds from the festivaland other PTO fundraisers are usedto buy items for the school includingcomputers and playground equip-ment. This year, Cindy Brittinghamand Sonya Geers have taken thehelm as co-chairs of the festival.

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Photo: Chandi Findley

Queens for a day – Co-chairs Sonya Geers (left in crown) and CindyBrittingham got the the royal treatment in the labor day parade forcoordinating this year’s Pumpkin Festival.

Councilman Stefan Olson re-ported on the action of the nowformed “Terrace Park Zoning CodeReview Advisory Committee.” Thiscommittee will be responsible foroverseeing the actions required torevise the current Terrace Park Zon-ing Ordinance. The committee willconsist of: Mayor Jay Gohman; theVillage Council Planning and Zon-ing Committee, Jack Brown, StefanOlson, and Mark Porst; two mem-bers of the Zoning Board of Appeals,David Moyer and Rafael Mancera;two members of the Planning andZoning Commission, Ken Burkmanand Clare Richart; two local build-ers, Scott Keffer and Steve Fletcher;two local architects, Rick Koehlerand Jane Yancey; two members of

Committee to review zoning codeBy Susan M. House

Concerned Citizens for Terrace Park,Jim Rauth and Carol Hird; and TimHarth, Former Building/Zoning offi-cial. The committee has met to re-view proposals from consultants,narrowed the applicants to three,and identified specific issues whichneed to be answered.

Officer commendedOur own Police Officer Sgt. Tim

Chin has been highly commended ina letter to the Mayor from Com-mander Rick Patterson, HamiltonCounty Police Association S.W.A.T.team. Sgt. Chin has been named a“Team Leader” and will take over alltraining of team members as Train-ing Coordinator. CommanderPatterson anticipates that Sgt. Chinwill move into the command structure

in the near future. Chin continues toimprove and update his expertiseregularly. Last month he attendedupdated training on Asset ForfeitureSeizing of property and assets incriminal offenses by the U.S. Attor-neys Office, F.B.I. and U.S. Marshall.Chin does all of our police force train-ing and is a valuable asset to the de-partment and the Village.

Police Chief Robert Baconnoted that this month’s incident re-port included domestic dispute anddomestic violence calls. The Chiefreminded residents that in both thistype of situation and in situationswhere neighbors have trouble witheach other, it helps to step back, becalm and try to talk things out. TheChief also emphasized that the po-lice are there to help, and every call

does not need to be an arrest. Theyare happy to help if they can.

In his capacity as Street Com-missioner, Chief Bacon announcedthat leaf pick-up season will beginOctober 18, 2004, and continuethrough November 2004.

Park AvenueResidents of Park Avenue

spoke to Council and requested thataction be taken to help reducespeed on the street where they liveand their children play. Some ofthese people have made severalvisits to Council and have worked

for speed reduction on their streetfor the past 10 years. CouncilmanTerry Howe later introduced a reso-lution to place “traffic calming de-vices” on Park and Western, for aprice not to exceed $7,200. Coun-cilman Olson expressed concernsabout there being no standards forthis action. Councilman Howe re-sponded saying the process thathas been undertaken has createdstandards. Council approved thisresolution, with a dissenting votecast by Olson.

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The US Department of Edu-cation announced that TerracePark Elementary has beenawarded the “No child Left Be-hind – Blue Ribbon School Awardfor Excellence.” A representativefrom the US Department ofEducation was scheduled topresent the award on Monday,

Terrace Park Elementary is a Blue Ribbon School!September 20th. The VillageViews looks forward to celebrat-ing this prestigious award byfeaturing an article about thishonor and photos of the presen-tation in our next edition.

Congratulations to the staff,students and volunteers!

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Letters to the EditorDear Neighbors —

During the past 8 months, I have discovered the real greatness ofTerrace Park. Yes, we are blessed with great schools, beautiful homes ontree-lined streets and a safe peaceful lifestyle unknown to many. Thesethings are wonderful but could be recreated in another setting. The great-ness I am speaking of is community volunteer passion. Many of us firstsee this and or experience this passion as coaches on sports teams orvolunteering at school. The majority of the volunteers begin with no pre-vious experience. After feeling this first rewarding experience many joinother volunteer organizations and grow within the community. This sum-mer I have had the privilege of meeting a new TP resident who quicklyvolunteered as a head soccer coach. I think the majority of our residentsnever enjoyed sitting on the sidelines and that is why we have such greatinvolvement.

After a long financial review of our Village we have calculated thatour volunteer EMS/Fire save the village between $400k and 500k peryear. I believe that this organization should have up-to-date equipmentand housing to operate as they are trained to do. We also need to updateour Community House. This landmark has reached the point in its usefullife where we need to complete a major renovation in order to secure itsfuture use for the Village. As you probably have read in previous VillageViews articles, TP needs to replace the lost estate tax revenue and willhave a levy on the November ballot to cover this shortage.

The Village of Terrace Park has always been known for understatedbeauty, limited government and financial responsibility and will continueto maintain these qualities. I hope you will join me in support of thesegreat volunteers and our Village on November 2nd.

Sincerely,Jay Gohman, Mayor100 Marian Lane

To the Editor:As a 33-year employee of the City of Cincinnati with an office in City

Hall, some workdays bring a complicated tangle of disgruntled citizens,politicians and administrators, with each pursuing their own agendas.Comparatively, observing our community’s government processes andhow citizens relate and participate in them cooperatively, has been asatisfying experience, until recently.

I have been aware of the on-going challenges to the village zoningprocess, but a letter sent by a member of the organization ConcernedCitizens of Terrace Park causes me to speak out on behalf of our friends,the Fletchers. To begin with, the letter being addressed to “Our Neigh-bors At...” was offensive considering the tone and subject of the letter.There was nothing neighborly about this mailing. Believe me, I have heardit all when it comes to citizens unhappy about government processes,but I feel this mass mailing goes far beyond concern for the community.

Put simply, the property at 221 Miami Avenue is beautiful. From theexquisite landscaping to the structures, the expansion of the original houseand the construction of the much-maligned detached garage, the integ-rity of the neighborhood and houses surrounding it has been kept in tact.I can understand that the remodeling, expansion or even tearing down ofsome of the quaint or unique structures in Terrace Park is sometimesmet with remorse, but the house that existed at 221 Miami prior to theFletcher’s remodeling, was plain and actually, rather ugly. The result ofthe Fletchers occupying this corner is stunning. Not to mention they havecreated a warm, inviting home with functional and attractive spaces inwhich their family can live and play.

As for the use of the much-debated garage, honor student teenag-ers re-painting a car within the confines of a structure attractive enoughto live in, I repeat, within, not in the driveway or yard or street; what onearth could be wrong with that? Perhaps, it would be more palpable if theteens were cooking some crack? For heaven’s sake, what’s happened tosupport for constructive home-based activity for youth?

The attempted degradation of this fine family is shameful and nottrue to the sense of community that Terrace Park has always exemplified.Steve and Debbie have generously contributed their time and financialsupport to Terrace Park and Mariemont Schools. From PTO to coachingsports to providing the carriage rides at the tree-lighting festivities atChristmas, they have supported this community. And, their business hasresulted in many new and improved beautiful homes and helped to raisethe values of all homes in Terrace Park. They do not deserve this kind ofcontroversy.

In summation, I want to recognize the fact that the basis for thecomplaint is a perceived ignoring of zoning regulations that “ConcernedCitizen” wants corrected, but I offer what I perceive is that a citizen com-plaint has turned extremely and very inappropriately personal. At thepoint a family, including the children, are being publicly besmirched witha mailing sent under the guise of neighborly, I think goes beyond com-mon decency.

I encourage anyone who feels the same, let the Fletchersknow...you’ve got a friend in me.

Sincerely,Karen Groppe831 Indian Hill Road

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Second Lieutenant Joe Singler,U.S. ArmyRifle Platoon Leader, First Battal-ion 152nd Infantry Regimen

Joe is the 22-year-old son ofAlan and Connie Singler and a se-nior at Indiana University. A Crimi-nal Justice major, Joe will graduatein May and then wait for an assign-ment to meet his four-year militarycommitment as part of the army’searly commissioning program. Joenow serves with a National Guardunit in Indiana. His mother is not sur-prised that Joe wants to be a ca-reer military man.

“This was in his blood,” Conniesaid. “I should have known when hewas always running around in G.I.Joe outfits as a kid.” Connie said Joe

even tried to get his senior year ofcollege waived so that he could joinhis National Guard unit when theywere assigned to Iraq. His requestwas denied, but after he graduatesin May of 2005, Joe will be assignedto active duty.

“I feel like this is a mission, acalling,” Connie explained. “They(son Joe and husband Alan) areserving their country and we all knowfreedom comes at a price. I just wantthem to be back home safe.”

Chief Warrant Officer AlanSingler, U.S. ArmyMilitary Intelligence

Alan Singler is still active in theArmy and in fact returned this pastDecember from an assignment inmilitary intelligence at GuantanamoBay. His current assignment inBaghdad, however, involves work-ing for a military contractor as a ci-vilian. Alan left for Baghdad this pastMarch and his work has landed himin the same office as Captain DavidBowers, a Terrace Park resident andArmy intelligence officer mentionedelsewhere in this article.

Alan keeps in touch with Ter-race Park and his family primarilythrough email. With her husbandhalf a world away, Connie said it isnot easy. “It gets lonely,” explainedConnie. “But, as Alan says, if thework he’s doing can save one boy’slife, it is worth it.

“Through generations my fam-ily has always fought for freedom forour country,” Connie said. “That’swhat makes this country powerful,that there are people willing to do it.”

If you have information aboutother heroes among us for the sec-ond part of this article, please con-tact Sherry Holcomb at 576-6065.

MILFORD FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH541 Main Street, Milford Ohio 45150

513-831-5500Ministers: Richard L. Thomas, Joseph M. Payne

Robert D. Lovell and R. Scott Miller

Traditional Worship Service: 9:25 & 11:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service 11:00 a.m.

Youth Contemporary Worship Service 11:00 a.m.

Serving Milford, Miami Township and Terrace Park

Alan and Joe Singler New MexicoMilitary Institute

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Village Calendar 2004

Please call Roseann Hayes @ 248-2619 with calendar information

Fourteen thousand churches inAmerica and 40 other nations haveparticipated in “40 Days of Pur-pose,” the spiritual growth campaignlaunched by one of America’s larg-est churches, Saddleback Church,two years ago.

This fall hundreds of thosechurches will take step two in whatSaddleback Church founding pas-tor Rick Warren is calling a “trilogyof campaigns” designed to movechurches into implementing God’sfive purposes in the world.

Warren, author of the best-selling book The Purpose-DrivenLife, calls this follow-up campaign“40 Days of Community.” SonRiseCommunity Church meeting onSundays at 10am in MariemontHigh School is making plans toparticipate in this pilot campaignthat begins October 3, 2004.

Jeff Arington, pastor atSonRise, says, “We believe that inour fast-paced society, people arehungry for real community.SonRise wants to provide thatcommunity! We are excited aboutthe opportunities that this cam-paign offers to express God’s loveto individuals and families in prac-tical ways by helping us all learnto live “Better Together.”

“Many churches have re-ported that 40 Days of Purposewas the most transforming eventin their congregation’s history,”Warren says. “Thousands ofchurch leaders have written us say-ing, ‘Our church will never be thesame’ and ‘This is the greatestthing that has ever happened in ourchurch.’ One pastor wrote, ‘I’veseen more growth in our membersand our church in 40 days than inthe previous 13 years.

“But the biggest response byfar has been ‘What’s next? Ourchurch is growing; our people are

SonRise to participate inworldwide spiritual growthcampaignA Sonrise Community Church news release

excited. Everyone is on the samepage and moving in the same di-rection. We have more energy andenthusiasm than we know what todo with. Now what? Where do wego from here?’”

Warren says 40 Days of Com-munity moves people from focusingon God’s purposes in their personallives — “What on earth am I here for?”— to focusing on God’s purposes intheir church and community — “Whaton earth are WE here for?”

“The campaign will water theseeds of the purposes that wereplanted in people’s lives through40 Days of Purpose,” Warren says.“It’s a necessary step for maintain-ing healthy, balanced, purpose-driven lives.

“The primary focus of this cam-paign is on fulfilling God’s five pur-poses together by deepening thesense of community within thechurch and reaching out to the com-munity around the church.”

In order to reach out to thecommunity, members of SonRisesmall groups will be participatingin service projects as diverse aswomen’s post prison ministries,nursing home ministries, YoungLife, elder home chore projects, in-ternational student ministries,homeless related ministries andmany more.

In The Purpose-Driven Life,which now has sold more than 16million copies, Warren identifiesthe five purposes as worship, fel-lowship, discipleship, ministryand mission.

A third spiritual growth cam-paign to be launched in the fall of2005 will focus on God’s purposesaround the world. For informationabout SonRise Community Churchand 40 Days of Community, visit theSonRise website, www.sonrise-church.com or call 513-576-6000.

October1-2 Homecoming Weekend for MHS

5 TPE PTO Meeting 9:30 a.m. School Cafeteria

5 TP Garden Club visits the Dayton Arboretum.Lunch at 11:45 a.m., tour begins at 12:30 p.m.For more information, contact Ogle Annett at248-1453.

6 MHS PTO Meeting 8:45 a.m.

11 AARP Meeting 1:30 p.m. SEM Villa inMilford. Program: Dulcimer Society of Cincin-nati. For more information, contact VirginiaMarquett at 831-2650.

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

13 Kindervelt #76 Meeting 7 p.m. Location TBD.For more information, contact Alison Connor at831-4453.

14 Open Forum on TP Tax Levies 7:30 p.m. Com-munity Building

15 No school for Mariemont school district –teacher in-service

15 TPE Pumpkin Festival 5:30-8:30 p.m.

16 Rosh Hashanah

18 Mariemont Boosters Meeting 7:30 p.m.

19 Mariemont Board of Education Meeting MHS7:15 p.m.

20 MJHS PTO Meeting 8:45 a.m.

21 & 26 Open Forum on TP Tax Levies 7:30 p.m.Community Building

28 Mariemont Foundation Meeting MJHS Library7:15 p.m.

29 TPE Halloween Parade 12:20 p.m.

31 Halloween (trick-or-treating 6-8 p.m., starts andends with the sounding of the siren)

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he currently is storing in his garageis not operable. His garage was thesubject of Jim Rauth’s letter to resi-dents, sent out in August. Council-man Olson said that the zoning or-dinance does not address the num-ber of cars that can be parked in thegarage, but refers to the size of theopening in the garage.

He also said that since the zon-ing code is a burden on privateproperty, when it is found to be am-biguous, the ruling would always bein favor of the homeowner. Whenother Councilmen raised the ques-tion as to the significance of Rauth’sletter, Olson responded that whenour City Solicitor was asked if thegarage situation was illegal he re-sponded that it was not.

Yale setbacks questionedJim Flynn, 709 Myrtle, passed

out packages to Council containingdrawings depicting the front yardsetbacks on homes at 710 to 718Yale Ave. Flynn stated that some ofthe front yard set backs are not con-sistent with the 50 foot zoning ordi-nance requirement. He feels thatthe community should enforce thesetback requirement. Flynn thenasked if Terrace Park’s Building In-spector Bill Fiedler could use anassistant. He then said he would liketo know how the Building Depart-ment works. Flynn said that we areall at risk. He said that the final re-sponsibility rests with the Counciland the Mayor.

Fiedler offered that some home-owner applications have been de-nied because of setback require-ments, and that applications arechecked for proper setbacks. Olsoncontinued, saying that these prob-lems can occur because of our cur-rent zoning code. He reminded that

there is an on-going effort to revisethe zoning code so that it is not writ-ten in an ambiguous fashion. He of-fered to meet with Flynn to look athis alleged zoning code violations.

Kudos for work on budgetMayor Jay Gohman made a

point to thank Mark Porst and allCouncil and staff members whoworked diligently on necessary Ter-race Park budget revisions. FrancineGlassmeyer reported that approvalfrom the Auditor’s office has beenreceived for the property tax levywhich will be placed on the Novem-ber ballot. Councilman Porst re-minded that; although the propertytax needs to be raised to meet finan-cial requirements, our Village pres-ently saves $400,000 to $500,000 ayear because of volunteerism.

Fire Department Chief JeffCarle described problems that thedepartment is currently experienc-ing with the siren that alerts theneighborhood of serious weatherproblems. We are currently experi-encing problems with county radiotransmissions and therefore can notalways receive the signal. To insuredependability, Carle suggestedmoving the antenna to Indian Hill.

Solicitor Robert Malloy initiateda discussion regarding neighbor-hood solicitation. Chief Bacon statedthat presently the Village cannot stoppeople who are advocating theirbeliefs and opinions as long asthey are not selling anything or so-liciting for funds. The Chief said thathomeowners must be on a list at thepolice department, and post their prop-erty with “no solicitors/ no trespassingsigns” to prevent those soliciting fundsor selling. This type of solicitor mustregister with the Village office. If aresident asks someone to leave andthey do not, call the police depart-ment. Malloy will write and presentan ordinance regarding this issue.

Councilman Jack Brown saidthat a Storm Water Managementmeeting was held in August. Al-though letters notifying residents ofthis meeting were sent out, therewas a very low resident turn-out. Hereported that residents who alter ar-eas within the street right of way cancause serious problems. All resi-dents are urged to contact the Vil-lage Office for Public Works for ap-proval of any changes or alterationsof “right of way” property.

Councilman Olson remindedall residents not to dump landscapematerials in stream beds. This is im-portant for proper storm water man-agement.

An ordinance is underway forthe control of blight and disease ofshade trees within the Village. Thiswill require the levy of an assessmenton properties to pay for this work.

August councilhighlightsBrinkman warns of possible taxrollback elimination

Tom Brinkman State Repre-sentative visited the August TerracePark Council Meeting. He dis-cussed several issues including theState of Ohio’s four billion dollarbudget shortfall.

Brinkman said that one of themost active items on Governor Taft’sagenda is to eliminate the propertytax “rollbacks.” This would mean thatinstead of paying 84 percent, as wenow do, of the effective mill age,based on property value, on theproperty tax bill, taxpayers wouldpay the full 100 percent. Council-man Porst remarked that this wouldeffectively be a “hidden” tax in-crease that is not called a tax in-crease. Brinkman encouraged let-ter writing by constituents to informlegislators of concerns about thisimportant issue. (Addresses for ourrepresentatives can be found in theTerrace Park phone directory.)

Steve Fletcher, 221 Miami ad-dressed Council. He said that hewished to take a moment to againset the record straight. He said hehas been a builder for 21 years. Hesaid he has always applied for andreceived permits for the work that hehas done. He said he took out sevenpermits on the house at 221 MiamiAve., during the process of construc-tion. He feels that he has done ev-erything properly and correctly andhas the right to enjoy his property.He assumes that the Village wouldwant cars off the street, as the one

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Neighbor to Neighbor

A group of Terrace Park Elementary students participated in aspontaneous clean up and weeding of the area surroundingthe gazebo the day before Labor Day. Top row (left to right):Peter Laug, Asher Koreman, Daniel Simons and Mac Nelson.Bottom row: Chris Simons, Eli Koreman and Gabe Koreman.

Earlier this summer severalmembers of the Terrace Park BoyScout Troop 286 embarked on aweeklong trip to Montana to explorethe scenic Missouri River and Gla-cier National Park. Members partici-pating were Joe and John Austin,Dave and Grant Brendamour, Steveand Taylor Frohmiller, Joe and CoryGrever, Robert and twins Cole andDillon Wilson, and Steve Frohmiller’scousin Roger Ohlman from Louisville,a 30-year canoe and hiking enthusi-ast. After arriving in Great Falls, Mon-tana in early July, they were escortedto Coal Banks Landing on the Mis-souri River where they put in for a fourday 50 mile canoe, kayaking, hikingtrip retracing the steps of Lewis andClark, even camping at some exactLewis and Clark campsites. Everybend in the river seemed to bringever-changing and fascinating vistasto this fun filled and relaxing venturethanks to the gentle current. The tripprovided a real sense of the tremen-dous tenacity, courage and hardships

Boy Scouts “High Ad-venture” summer ‘04By Joe Grever the Clark expedition endured forag-

ing a way to the West Coast.After canoeing, the troop drove

five hours to Glacier National Parkfor three days of hiking and explor-ing some of the most beautiful andspectacular scenery in the states.Along the way we saw mountaingoats, rams, deer, eagles, rattle-snakes and bear tracks (no bear).We all enjoyed seeing and learningabout glaciers, unfortunately wealso learned that they may not bearound for future generations. Theboys did find time for a snowballfight. The week ended with a nightstay at East Glacier Lodge, a rusticturn-of-the-century abode.

Summer “High Adventure” iscertainly the highlight for the troop,however, throughout the year, thescouts are involved in several re-gional weekend campouts and avariety of other fun and educationalactivities. Anyone interested in join-ing or inquiring into boy scoutsshould contact any of the abovementioned or Riley Humler.

Good Times at PTOHome away from home ... this

is how I would describe the first PTOmeeting at Terrace Park ElementarySchool. Children are welcome. Theyhave a good time in the sixth gradecafeteria room watching moviesand doing art while their parentsattend to parent/teacher matters.There is much squealing and doorslamming while the children comeout and check to see that Mom orDad is alive and well.

Terrace Park’s own children’sauthor, Will Hillenbrand, receivedapplause for his long-term commit-ment to the “Author Visit” program.Will was quick to give credit to Co-

News from the school frontBy Pat Wirthlin

Chair Linda Ramey, the MariemontSchool District and other commit-tee members. Many children ben-efit from the program because thedifferent authors will visit all threeelementary schools in the district.

President Jenny Whitaker af-fectionately refers to CindyBrittingham and Sonya Geers asthe “Pumpkin Queens.” They al-ready are hard at work on thePumpkin Festival. This event is thePTO’s biggest fundraiser. It will beheld on Friday, October 15th from5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. PumpkinQueen-ette Holly Long receivedapplause as returning Bid-n-BuyChair. This silent auction is typicallythe festival’s most profitable event.The Bid-n-Buy committee needsand welcomes donations of ser-vices, goods or cash from the com-munity and businesses. SybilSchooler, Pumpkin Queen-ette incharge of decorations, suggested acash contribution to sponsor cen-terpieces for those of us who arecreatively challenged. I’ll be send-ing her my check! Contribute somecash and donate some auctionitems. Call Holly at 831-4101, orSybil at 576-1571.

Interesting item: all studentsand their parents will be able tocheck grades and progress reportson-line this year.

The Board presented Princi-pal Linda Lee with an emergencysurvival gift basket for her first visitto Camp Kern with the sixth grad-ers. The basket contained impor-

tant survival tools including ear-plugs, pain medication, mini fan,and bug spray.

New Faces

Darrell Deskins is our newHead Custodian. He has done awonderful job polishing up theschool. This is not an easy task con-sidering the age of our facility. Mr.Deskins comes to us with the ex-perience of having been custo-dian at Mariemont High School andJunior High.

Welcome Mrs. Childs and Mr.Deskins!

Maria Childs, the new sec-ond grade teacher, is as nice andsweet as can be. The young in-house experts describe her as “veryfunny; good reader; fun.” A nativeCincinnatian, Mrs. Childs attendedPurcell Marian High School and theCollege of Mount Saint Joseph.She is the mother of two boys, ages7 and 5. Her husband is a captainat Little Miami Fire and Rescue.This is her fifth year teaching in thedistrict. She is Head VarsityCheerleading Coach at MariemontHigh school!

Beverly Cooke school secretary(Beverly was introduced in theAugust edition of the VillageViews)

Members of Terrace Park Boy Scout Troop 286 take a moment’srest from a week of canoeing, kayaking, hiking and camping inMontana.

Civics lesson

Photo: Ellie Pohlman

Photo: Ellie Pohlman

Photo: Ellie Pohlman

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Terrace Park Historical Society“Tracking our past and present for the future”Wes Cowan and new co-presidents for the Terrace Park Historical SocietyBy Carol C. Cole

Wes Cowan was the speakerfor the September meeting of theTerrace Park Historical Society andif you missed the meeting youmissed a great treat! We had wellover 50 people in attendance. Weslives in Terrace Park (747 Park Av-enue) but is known all over theUnited States (and perhaps theworld) through his participation inAntiques Road Show, History De-tectives and his own Historic Ameri-cana Auctions. If you look him upon the internet you will find a greatmany entries about him and hiswork. Part of his talk dealt with smalllocal historical societies like ours,and I hope in the future Wes maybe able to give us additional usefulinformation about what we shouldand should not be doing.

Before Wes spoke we heldour annual meeting. Carol B. Cole,Treasurer reported that we have103 memberships (many of theseare family memberships so theyrepresent more than just one per-son) and a balance of $4,764.47in our treasury. We increased ourboard size from nine to elevenmembers, each person serving forthree years with staggered terms.New people on the board are Su-san Frank and Meghan Mills. Wealso have established a life mem-bership of $1,000 for those whoare interested in supporting ourorganization in a bigger way. Ofcourse donations of any size inaddition to yearly dues are wel-come at any time.

The board elected TerracePark natives John Rockaway andSusan Abernethy Frank co-presi-dents. They are very excited aboutkeeping the momentum going forthe organization, inspiring newmemberships, and activating moreof the current members.

John was born in Terrace Parkin 1938, graduated Terrace ParkHigh School in 1956 and then wentto the Colorado School of Mines inGolden, Colorado, graduating in1960. John and his wife, Linda, vis-ited Terrace Park frequently in the

1960s before John’s parents, Dottieand Jack, moved to Florida (1970).John’s love and memory of TerracePark stayed with him and in the late1990s he and Linda purchased“Gravelotte” at 720 Elm. Theymoved to that home in 2001.

Susan Abernethy Frank wasborn in Terrace Park in 1942(daughter of Edna and Philip “Bud”Heil), graduated Mariemont HighSchool in 1960 and graduated theUniversity of Cincinnati in 1964.Susan and husband Bill Abernethymoved back to Terrace Park in1968, and raised both of their chil-dren, Scott and Molly, in TerracePark. In 1990 Susan’s love for Ter-race Park inspired her to produce“Terrace Park, With Love,” a videoscrapbook of the wonders of thevillage. The video was dedicated toher father who also loved TerracePark and had “discovered” it whenhe was a small boy and loved tofish in the area. This same videois still available from the TerracePark Historical Society for $12, orin DVD format for $15 – an excel-lent Christmas present idea! Su-

san currently lives in the historicdistrict of Newport, Kentucky withher husband, John Frank. She stillkeeps in close touch with the vil-lage and is very excited to co-chairthe Historical Society.

John and Susan look forwardto more involvement with theschools and to getting the excitingand interesting history of the villageto the children and newer residents.Their first program, in November,will be an open house at the Ter-race Park Historical Society head-quarters at St. Thomas Church.They plan to have a spring programon the history of Miami Grove (nowthe wilderness preserve).

John and Susan want to re-mind all residents of all ages thata membership to the HistoricalSociety is a great holiday gift forfriends and family whether cur-rent or past residents of TerracePark. If you’re not a member your-self this is a good time to join.Please vis i t our websi tewww.tphistoricalsociety.org formore updated information or con-tact Carol B. Cole at 831-5161.

747 Park Avenue, home of Shelley and Wes Cowan — our very ownHistory Detective.

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Labor Day 2004 headline here

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(Top row from left) Pet Parade costume winners:first place: Rachael Munschauer & Bandita the bal-lerina, runner up: Sybil & Haley Schooler & Andythe fire dog, runner up: Gabby Henkel & Maddie theballerina, runner up not pictured Lizzy Beyersdorfer& Abby the ballerina cat.

Pet photos: Terry Sexmith

Photo: Ellie Pohlman Photo: Ellie Pohlman

Photo: Ellie Pohlman

Photo: Chandi Findley

(middle row from left) TerracePark’s labor day festivitieswouldn’t be complete withouthats from Ted’s, the garden clubfloat, a ride on dad’s shoulders,(bottom row from right) little boysand their bikes, Lt. Jerry Hayhowand his bike and goldfish.

Photo: Ellie Pohlman

Photo: Ellie Pohlman

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Terrace Park Garden Club

HOLIDAY GREENS SALEOrder fresh handmade Holiday decorations directly from “Bells of Christmas”, Northport, Michigan.

The Bell Family tradition of wreath making began in the Kalamazoo, Michigan area in the 1920’sand has continued in the Northport area since the early 1940’s. A fourth generation of the

Bell Family is continuing the art of handmade wreaths and roping.

Various species of trees used include pine (red, white and scotch), cedar and balsam. All items are made to order.

Please place order by October 17, 2004 for November 30th delivery (one week prior toTerrace Park Luminaria Night, Sunday December 5th).

Orders can be picked up on Tuesday, November 30th from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at 621 Yale Ave.Make checks payable to Terrace Park Garden Club.

Proceeds to beautify our village gardens and support our community programs.Questions: Sara Osborn 831-1136

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Item Price Quantity TotalWreath 20" 40.00 _______ ______Wreath 25" 50.00 _______ ______Wreath 28"-30" 60.00 _______ ______Roping 2.50 per ft. _______ ______(Average doorframe requires eighteen to twenty feet of roping)

Grand Total______Please check ribbon preference for Wreath:Red Velvet _____ Red Plaid _____ Green Plaid�______

(Note: Mail order form with check to Sara Osborn at 621 Yale Avenue)

Oktoberfest — Friday, September24, noon. Members: $6, guests: $8

“Fall” into the season by join-ing us for this fun-filled lunch timecelebration. Enjoy a delicious au-thentic meal as you listen to livelyGerman music provided by theE.H. Combo Quartet. Invite yourfriends to join you for this culturalexperience. Tickets by be pur-chased at the front desk at Ander-son Senior Center. Information/Registration: 474-3100.Flu and Pneumonia Shots — Fri-day, October 1. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

On Friday, October1, flu andpneumonia shots will be given.These shots are again free to Medi-care Part B holders. If you do nothave Medicare Part B, the chargeis $20 for the flu shot and $30 forthe pneumonia shot. Information/registration: 474-3100.National Underground Railroad

Anderson Senior Centercommunity events

Freedom Center — Monday, Oc-tober 4, 10:30 a.m.

A representative from the Free-dom Center will be at the AndersonSenior Center to give an update onthe programs and events which willtake place over the next year. Thisis a great opportunity for you to haveyour questions answered and tolearn more about history. Informa-tion: 474-3100.In the Garden with Ron Wilson —Thursday, October 7, 10 a.m. Sug-gested donation: $2

Ron Wilson of Natorp’s will beat the Anderson Senior Center withfall gardening tips. He will talkabout “putting plants away” for thewinter and will answer all of yourgardening questions. Come to winseveral door prize give-a-ways,such as colorful plans and decora-tive baskets. Information/Registra-tion: 474-3100.

Good eatsYou can grab a bite to eat at the

café (located in the cafeteria). Of-ferings will include pizza andbarbeque (pulled-pork) sandwiches.Don’t forget to round out the mealwith a stop at the sweet shop locatedin the sixth grade lunch room.

The cakewalk is always an easyway to win a delectable dessert. It’sa great excuse to have some deli-cious treats over the weekend.Activities

The evening will be filled withgames and other activities. Gamesfor children of all ages will be in thegymnasium. If you have a youngerchild, you may want to visit the thirdgrade hallway to enjoy gamesgeared specifically toward them.

And, of course, what pumpkinfestival would be complete without ahaunted house — or two. Youngerchildren may want to visit Casper’sCorner. Located on the stage in thegym, this brightly lit, sweetly deco-rated area will delight rather thanscare preschool and younger el-ementary aged children. The hauntedhouse, in the tornado room in thebasement, is geared toward olderchildren. Under the creative directionof David Laug and Nisa Simons, thisdark and spooky walk-through Pump-kin Festival staple will surely give eventhe bravest souls the willies.Great buys

The ever popular Bid-n-Buy willreturn this year. Traditionally, this si-lent auction offers vacations, sportstickets, craft items, jewelry, gift cer-tificates to restaurants and retailshops, artwork, home made din-ners, and, of course, the ever-popu-lar keepsake class projects.

Bidders can place bids by reg-istering for a number then writingdown their number and bid on theappropriate bid sheet located nearthe item. As in any auction, the bid-ding continues to rise throughoutthe evening, so participants mustkeep an eye on the items they wantin order to assure they have the win-ning bid when the auction ends.

If you have an item to donateto the Bid-n-Buy, please contactHolly Long at 831-4101.

Hope to see you there!

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Shown above in the 11 and under division, left to right, are AndyWittry, Head Pro John Seiter, and Mikey Wirthlin.

Shown above in the 12 and over division, left to right, are JohnnyWirthlin, Head Pro John Seiter, and Tim Finnigan.

Pictures: Roger Stafford

Terrace Park Swim and Ten-nis Club’s Junior Tennis ClubChampionship was held August7th. Head Pro John Seiter madethis quite a festive occasion withpizza and trophies for all.

12 and OversSome of the top junior players

in Terrace Park and Mariemont par-ticipated in the older division, in-cluding Gavin Donley, AmirRezayat, Jack McKeown, JohnnyWirthlin, Tim Finnigan, MaddieMcGrory, Marcy Allen, Julia Wil-son, and Alek Widmer.

Tim Finnigan received tophonors, fol lowed by JohnnyWirthlin in second place and JuliaWilson in third.

11 and UndersThe fierce athletes who played

in the younger division wereEmmett Saulnier, Nick Peterman,Brennen Warner, Drew Hyer, Eliza-beth Keller, Andy Wittry, MikeyWirthlin, and Blake Adams.

Mikey Wirthlin earned firstplace honors, with Andy Wittry fin-ishing second and Brennen Warnerfinishing third.

Kids onthe court

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