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Just as your family has itsholiday traditions, the IndianHill Journalhasa traditionofwhich we want you to be apart.

Every year, in our editionbetween Christmas and NewYear’s,we salute local peoplewho show us every day whatits means to be a good neigh-bor.

We call it Neighbors WhoCare, andwe need your help.

If you know someone whoregularly embodies the spir-it of Neighbors Who Care –maybetheybroughtyoufoodduring an illness, or lookedafter your house while youwere gone, or cleared your

driveway during snow, orhelped pick up debris after astorm – or maybe they justprovide a friendly face, orlisten when you need to talkto someone.

No matter how they dis-play it, we want to recognizethem.

Email nominations [email protected], with “NeighborsWho Care” in the subjectline. Tell us a little aboutthem, and include yourname, community and con-tact information, as well astheirs.

Deadline for nominationsis Friday, Dec. 5.

Time to nominate‘Neighbors Who Care’

Drug prevention presenta-tions aren’t unique for students.

However, the Indian Hill Ex-empted Village School Districtis trying something differentwith a presentation geared spe-cifically for parents.

“Parents and Prevention:Creating Drug-Free Communi-ties” will be from 6 to 7 p.m.Monday, Dec. 1, at Indian HillHigh School, 6865 Drake Road.

The guest speakers will beHamilton County CoronerLakshmiSammarco,ChiefDep-uty Coroner Bill Ralston and aforensic scientist from theHamilton County Coroner’s Of-fice.

“For theparents, this ismoreof an informational talk,” Sam-marco said. “We are there to an-swer their questions.”

Sammarcosaid thepresenta-tion will provide parents withinformationonsubstances theirchildren could be exposed to.

She said this will include adiscussions on drugs and alco-hol abuseatboth thehighschooland college level.

“We want to make parentsawareof the typesofabusesandaddictions we have been seeingin Hamilton County,” she said.“We want the parents to helpprevent their children from go-

ing down that road.”Indian Hill Superintendent

Mark Miles said the presenta-tion is a collaborative effortwith Madeira City Schools.

“We recognize that Dr. Sam-marco is a tremendous commu-nity resource,” Miles said. “Sheis also a very involved parent inour district.”

Miles said the up-to-date in-formation provided during theprogram should be very benefi-cial.

“The information will allowparents to be more knowledge-able,” he said.

A follow-up program will bepresented by Madeira CitySchools in the spring.

“As the parent of a high-school (student) myself, this isstuff I’d like to know,” Sammar-co said. “We think the more in-formed you are, the better youcan protect and educate yourchildren.”

Admission to the program isfree.

Hamilton Countycoroner to providedrug prevention tipsBy Forrest [email protected]

Sammarco Miles

Sycamore High School Re-source Officer Paul Payne re-members when Sony CD play-ers were the only technologythat caused problems forschool administrators.

Smart phones and easy ac-cess to the Internet havechanged that.

Now some administratorsworry almost as much aboutpolicing social media use asthey do about academics.

Payne said his role is to edu-cate students and parentsabout the benefits and dangersof social media usage.

“As parents, we put moni-toring software on the homecomputer, butwedon’t think toput it on the cellphone,” hesaid.

Payne said when a new so-cial media site starts to gainpopularity he gets on to ex-plore it because everythingchanges so rapidly.

Monfort Heights residentJimmy Dinsmore says all so-cial media should worry par-ents. Dinsmore, who has a 12-year-old daughter, is a socialmedia strategistwhooccasion-ally gives talks at schools.

“You have to pay attentionto what is going on with yourkid, on whatever formatthey’re on,” Dinsmore said.

“And not just pay attentionto your kid, but all of theirfriends. For Tweens and youngteens Instagram is a popularone. Most of that is transpar-

ent, where a parent can seewhat is being posted and said.However, friends can send pri-vate messages and parentsshould be checking that regu-larly.”

Dinsmore said Snapchat isparticularly problematic.

“This ismuch less transpar-ent,” he said. “Friends (orstrangers) can send your childa video or photo message witha very brief message. The im-age or video stays up for only abrief timeandthendisappears.But this does notmean it didn’tmakeout onto thecloudand In-ternet.Andbecausewhat isbe-ingsentdisappearsquickly, it’sharder for parents to knowwhat is being sent amongst

their kids.“KIK is another one. This is

a seemingly harmlessmessag-ing service. However, it’s be-comecommon for sexual pred-ators and perverts to patrolKIK due to its somewhat anon-ymous methods. As a parent,there is no realmerit or reasonfor a child to have KIK, so Idon’t allow my daughter tohave an account.

“The real action for a teen isgoing down on Twitter. All par-ents should have a Twitter ac-count and follow their childand their friends.”

Payne said the nature ofhow students make threatsagainst the school has alsochanged.

Earlier this school year, aSycamoreHighSchool studentposted a threat on Instagram.

“The issue is we are havingstudents get angry now andthey want to vent online rightthen insteadof goinghomeandventing to their parents or afriend and sometimes theyaren’t thinking about the con-sequences. It is the logisticsthese kids are trying to dealwith because the Internet is intheir face all the time,” he said.

Police say that the studentwas in the high school’s mediacenter when he posted a photoof a silver handgun to Insta-gramwith amessage threaten-ingviolenceagainst theschool,officials from the Montgome-ry Police Department said.

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Many schools are having to monitor the use of social media by the students. A number of them restrict access tosites such as Facebook and Twitter during school hours.

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Web sites concern you as aparent? As a teenager? Do youthink schools are handling anysituations that come up cor-rectly? What more should theydo?Email responses to rmalo-

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TO LEARNMORESocial media expert Jimmy

Dinsmore is available to speakto schools. Contact him [email protected].

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a third-party website, po-lice believe. Other stu-dents informed teachersand the student waspromptly removed, policesaid.

Payne said when hesees a threat or a student

tells him of about one, hefinds itanddeterminesthelevel of the threat.He theninvestigates and some-timessendsout subpoenasor search warrants to thesocial media companies.He said if an investigationresults in criminalcharges it is usually men-acing or telecommunica-tions harassment.

School officials ac-knowledge the challenge,and say they are have pro-cedures and policies inplace.

Sycamore CommunitySchoolsChief InformationOfficer Melinda Briggssaid she keeps an eye onthe district’s social mediachannels and how stu-dents interact with it aspart of the communica-tions umbrella.

Briggs said since thedistrict encourages stu-dents to bring their owndevices to school, it has tobe articulate the correctway to use themandmakesure students understandthe consequences of usingthem incorrectly.

“We encourage stu-dents to report if they seesomething suspicious.That is what happenedwith the Instagram inci-dent. A student reported itand it was over about asquickly as it began,”Briggs said.

Briggs said the dis-trict’s acceptable use poli-cy for social media is out-lined in the student hand-books and lists the punish-ments for violating thepolicy.

“We haven’t had any-thing get out of hand,”Briggs said.

She added she has notseen many students usingYikYak. She said theplaceshehas seen themost traf-fic on Yik Yak is Blue AshElementary School be-cause it is so close to Uni-versity of Cincinnati BlueAsh.

“We’re keeping an eyeon social media and howstudents are using it,” shesaid.

“We have not experi-enced Yik Yak,” PrincetonHigh School PrincipalCharles Ogdan said.“However, we do have todeal with Twitter, Face-book, Instagram (and oth-ers).

“Eachcase is dealtwithon a separate basis unlessthere are repeated in-stances which, by defini-tion, is bullying.”

Interim Superinten-dent Ed Theroux said oc-

casional issues have sur-faced from time to time,but nothing widespread.

“Staff monitor and re-fertoadministrationwhenappropriate,” Therouxsaid. “Administrators in-vestigate and make deci-sions based on the investi-gations.

“We have had a few cy-ber bullying incidentsover the past few years,butwe have not hadmany.

“We are always on thelookout for additional so-cial media that could pos-sibly be used in an inap-propriate method,” The-roux said.

Princeton defines per-sonal communication de-vices as “cellular andwireless telephones, pag-ers/beepers,personaldigi-

tal assistants (PDAs),BlackBerries/Smart-phones, iPods and iPads. Itincludes WiFi-enabled orbroadband access de-vices, two-way radios orvideo broadcasting de-vices, laptops, and otherdevices that allow a per-son to record and/or trans-mit,oneitherareal timeordelayed basis, sound,video or still images, text,or other information.”

An electronic device isone that can store, orga-nize and play audio orvideo files, as well as agame played by manipu-lating images on a videodisplay, according to thePrinceton policy. Exam-ples are cameras, laptopcomputers, iPads, porta-ble CD players and laser

pens among others.Ogdan said students

areallowedtouse theirde-vices before school, dur-ing lunch and after school.Between classes, theymay check text messagesbut during class, technol-ogy may be used only atthediscretionof the teach-er, for educational purpos-es.

Arline Pique, technol-ogy coordinator for the In-dian Hill Exempted Vil-lage School District, saidthe use of social media bythe students hasn’t beenan issue.

Access to social mediavia a laptop or other elec-tronic device can beblocked, according toPique, since this online ac-cess would be through thedistrict’s own network.

“If (thestudents)areonthe laptop, they are usingour network and would berestricted from socialmedia sites,” she said.

As far as personal cellphones, teachers can takeaction if required, accord-ing to Pique.

“If (a student) is ob-served breaking the ruleswith personal technology,the teacher will take thecell phone and (give) it tothe principal,” Pique said.

Dinsmore said hethinks schools “do a phe-nomenal jobofmonitoringsocial media.

“When threats or bully-ing takeplace schools takeprompt action. Sometimesit’s over reactionary, butwhen it comes to childsafety, I’d rather theyoverreact,” he said.

- Reporter Marika Lee andForrest Sellers and EditorDick Maloney contributed

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Just shy of eightmonths after its grandopening, Root Beer junc-tion closed its doors forgood.

Radio personality BillCunningham’s restaurantin the Madeira Train De-pot, 7701 Railroad Ave.,had its last day of busi-ness Monday, Nov. 17.

“Frommy understand-ing it was due to lack ofbusiness,” Madeira CityManager Tom Moellersaid.

Cunningham has afive-year lease with thecity for the Train Depot.Moeller said the city iswaiting for a formal re-quest for the property tobe sublet or for the leaseto be broken.

Moeller said city willstart looking for a newtenant for the depot. Anannouncement that wassent out through the city’slistservonNov.19 said thesame. Moeller said thecity will be taking intoconsideration that the de-pot is now part of the Ma-deira Historic District,created by the passage ofIssue13,when it is lookingfor a new tenant.

Root Beer Junctionopened March 22. Itserved hot dogs, sand-wiches and ice cream.Cunningham owned therestaurant, but it was op-erated by his son anddaughter-in-law Evan andJennie Cunningham.

“The root beer, icecream concept did notwork. No one is to blamebutwe. The city ofMadei-ra has been a very, verygood landlord. The RootBeer Junction now existsonly inmymemory.Asfaras the future, it will be upto the city to decide,” Bill

Cunningham said.Root Beer Junction not

meeting expectations hasbeenacommoncomplaintfrom residents, withmany likening it to a con-cession stand, duringpub-licmeetings since the res-taurant’s opening.

Many residents ex-pressed their dislike ofthe restaurant in the sur-

vey the Economic Devel-opmentCommittee issuedinAugust aboutwhat theywould like to see in theMuchmoreHistoric Area,which contains the depotand the Hosbrook andMuchmore houses.

“The Root Beer Junc-tion is a lousy excuse for arestaurant – the root beerisn’t special and the foodis inconsistent,” one re-sponse read.

Others called it a fail-ureorsaid theywould liketo see a restaurant resi-dent would actually go to,unlike Root Beer Junc-tion.

Madeira City Councilapproved Cunningham’sproposal for the depot in2013 by a vote of 5-2. Thecity received eight pro-posals for the property.Root Beer Junction wasone of three finalists. Theothers were for a restau-rant called Frenchie’sfrom La Petite Pierreowner Michele Vollmanand a health-consciousrestaurant by PreachySeiden, owner of Peachy’sHealthSmart inSilverton.

Root Beer Junction closesByMarika [email protected]

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Root Beer Junction, in the Madeira Train Depot, had its lastday of business on Nov. 17. The restaurant, owned by BillCunningham, opened in March.

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A sign on the door of RootBeer Junction says it is closedfor winter. Madeira CityManager TomMoeller saidthe business is closed forgood.

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Montgomery’s gate-way redevelopment pro-ject is underway with thecity seeking grant fundsto demolish one of the twodealership sties.

The city of Montgome-ry is applying for a Com-munity Development

Block Grant to demolishthe old Ford dealershipbuilding on MontgomeryRoad, Community Devel-opment Director FrankDavis said. MontgomeryCityCouncil approved theapplication at its meetingOct. 22.

To qualify for a federalCDBG, a project must ei-ther provide assistance

for low to moderate in-come households or aid inthe elimination of a slumorblightingcondition,Da-vis said.

He added the city haspreviously received agrant to tear down on oldbank building that was inthe site that is now StoneCreek Dining Company,9386 Montgomery Road.

“Montgomery doesn’thave a lot of low tomoder-ate income people. So wetalked about to apply for agrant to tear down one ofthe two car dealershipbuildings,” Davis said.

The city obtained theold Chevy and Ford deal-ership sites and a smallpiece of land fromHamil-ton County earlier thisyear.

The site is 11.6 acres.The city bought the Fordlot for $2.8million and theChevy lot for $2.8 millionon bonds, which includesthe cost of demolition andsite preparations for eco-nomic development.

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ting the old Chevroletbuilding down quicklyand set out bids for it.Councilwill vote toaccepta bid for demolition of thebuilding at its meeting onNov. 5.

Davis said the cost todemolish the Ford sitewill be similar.

“We are going to askfor $100,000. That wouldtear down the Ford build-ing and if it comes in un-der that we can do thingslike take out the parkinglot and start taking downthe lighting,” Davis said.

The CDBG programruns on a three-year fund-ingcycle.Eventhoughthecity had to quickly createa plan and apply for the

grant before Nov. 1, thedemolition would not takeplace until summer 2016.

“We own the land butthatproperty is still underlease through the springof 2016. We can’t go teardown a building whensomeone is renting it. Butbecause it is a three-yearfunding cycle if we wantto tear it down in the fu-ture we have to applynow,” Davis said.

Thecitywill beholdingan open house about theplans for the dealershipsite on Nov. 11 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at city hall, 10101Montgomery Road.

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Montgomery seeks grant for Ford site demolitionByMarika [email protected]

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INDIANHILLJOURNALEditor: Richard Maloney, [email protected], 248-7134

Cincinnati Country DaySchool

For years, Cincinnati Coun-try Day seventh graders havelearnedaboutMartha, a passen-ger pigeon, in Dan Wood’s sci-ence classes.

Now,Woodandnine studentshave a few seconds of fame in anew documentary about the ex-tinction of Martha’s species.

“From Billions to None: ThePassengerPigeon’sFlight toEx-tinction” was created to illus-trate the passenger pigeon’shistory and impact. It aired onpublic television stations na-tionwide.Thedocumentarywasshown on CET in Cincinnati onSept. 1.

For centuries, the passengerpigeon was the most abundantbird in North America and pos-sibly theworld. Itwas hunted toextinction in a matter of dec-ades. The film explores thebird’sunlikelyextinctionanditsrelevance to conservation is-sues today, including the deple-tion of the shark species.

Cincinnati plays a role in thestory because Martha, the lastknown passenger pigeon, diedat the Cincinnati Zoo on Sept.1,1914. The zoo observed the100 th

anniversary of her death.“The filmmakers thought

this was an incredible ‘teach-ablemoment’ becauseMartha’sdeath changed the way wethought about conservation,”Wood said. “This can be anotherreminder, another teachablemoment that what we do reallydoes have an impact on the liv-ing things around us. It’s an op-portunity for us to pause and re-flect and make some betterchoices.”

A group of current ninthgraders visited the zoo last Oc-tober to recreate part of the an-nual seventh-grade trip to thezoo that involves Martha. “Itwasafunmorningat thezooandgreat to be a part of the docu-mentary-making experience,”Wood said.

Wood discovered the film-makers were seeking crowd-funding to produce the film andrequested that proceeds from aMiddle School dance in spring2013 be donated to the cause. Inreturn, the school would get acopy of naturalist Joel Green-berg’s new book about passen-ger pigeons and the documen-tary tohelp support thecurricu-lum. Middle School Head The-resa Hirschauer agreed.

After Wood sent the dona-tion, film producer David Mra-zek contacted him and askedhim why the school was inter-ested in donating. Wood ex-plained that he uses Martha inhis curriculum, and during theannual zoo field trip, eachgroupstopsbya statue ofMartha for aphoto.

“It’s part of every seventh-grader’s experience,” Woodsaid. “He thought it would begreat if we tried to recreate theseventh-grade trip in some

way.”In October 2013, the film-

makerscametoaMiddleSchoolassembly to talk about passen-ger pigeons, conservation and

what it’s like to make a docu-mentary.

The next day, a group of stu-dents, then eighth-graders whohad already experienced the

field trip the previous spring,met at the zoo for filming. Theywere: Bryant Aquino of Colum-bia Township, Clarissa Connerof Loveland,GraceGilbreath ofClifton, Ruth Kramer ofMaine-ville, Moya Ly of DeerfieldTownship, Thomas Mactaggartof IndianHill, Josie RutherfordofMontgomery, JordannSadlerof Golf Manor and Kaity Travisof Pierce Township.

“From Billions to None,” isthe American ConservationFilm Festival Broadcast AwardWinner for 2014.

» The 2015CountryDateRaf-fle kicked off on CincinnatiCountry Day’s HomecomingWeek when the keys to a new2015 Honda Fit, the grand prizein the raffle, were turned overto Head of School Robert Ma-craebyMarianneandMattCas-trucci of Indian Hill.

The 2015 Honda Fit was do-nated by the Castruccis andMatt Castrucci’s Auto Mall ofDayton.

Raffle tickets can be pur-chased by going towww.countryday.net/go/raffle.

Country Date is March 7 atKenwood Country Club.

» Seventeen seniors, 23 per-cent of Cincinnati Country DaySchool’s Class of 2015, havebeenrecognizedbytheNationalMerit Scholarship Corporationfor their academic talent.

Eight seniors have beennamedCommended Students inthe2015NationalMeritScholar-ship Program.

Marissa Beyette of Ander-son Township, Apurva Bhatta-charjee ofMason,Will Cohen ofIndian Hill, Kevin Geohegan ofLoveland, Kaitlin Harden ofMason, Celia Macrae of IndianHill, Pranav Madabhushi ofWest Chester Township andAkshay Sonti of Lawrenceburg,Ind.eachwill receiveaLetterofCommendation from the schooland National Merit ScholarshipCorporation, which conductsthe program.

Indian Hill High SchoolInternationally acclaimed

fashion photographerRickGui-dotti recently visited IndianHill High School and CincinnatiCountry Day.

Guidotti has photographedmany of the world’s most elitesuper models; however, it is thestory of focusing his lens on thebeauty of thosewhohavegenet-ic, physical, and behavioral dif-ferences that has inspired mil-lions around the globe to rein-terpret the meaning of beauty.

The Cincinnati ReelAbilitiesFilm Festival organized byLADD brought him to Cincin-nati to share his message withschools and thegreater commu-nity through a series of eventsincluding a FotoFocus exhibit.

SCHOOLS NOTEBOOK

THANKS TO LISA DESATNIK

Meeting internationally-acclaimed fashion photographer Rick Guidotti are Cincinnati Country Day students Marissa Cornist, Jennifer Gonzales, Grace Krammer, Sarah Jarrell, Maddie Morales,(Rick Guidotti), Jack Schiff, Jake Mayeux, George Crowley, Frank Grossi, Taylor Boggs and Addy Bel.

THANKS TO DANWOOD

Cincinnati Country Day students re-enact their seventh-grade field trip to the Cincinnati Zoo for a documentaryabout the extinction of passenger pigeons. The students, now ninth-graders are, from left, Jordann Sadler of GolfManor, Clarissa Conner of Loveland, Josie Rutherford of Montgomery, Bryant Aquino of Columbia Township,Thomas Mactaggart of Indian Hill, Ruth Kramer of Maineville, Grace Gilbreath of Clifton, Moya Ly of DeerfieldTownship and Kaity Travis of Pierce Township.

THANKS TO CINDY KRANZ

The grand prize in the 2015 CountryDate Raffle, a 2015 Honda Fit, is handedover to Head of School Robert Macrae by Marianne and Matt Castrucci ofIndian Hill. The raffle began during Cincinnati Country Day's HomecomingWeek.

THANKS TO LISA DESATNIK

Indian Hill High School studentGrace Cail gets ready to introducefashion photographer Rick Guidottiduring his visit to the school.


Cincinnati Country Day School seniors recognized as Commended Students by the National Merit ScholarshipCorporation are, front from left, Apurva Bhattacharjee of Mason, Pranav Madabhushi of West Chester Township,Celia Macrae of Indian Hill and Kaitlin Harden of Mason. Back, from left, are Kevin Geohegan of Loveland, MarissaBeyette of Anderson Township, Akshay Sonti of Lawrenceburg, Indiana and Will Cohen of Indian Hill.

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

INDIAN HILL — In his thirdyear, Indian Hill High Schoolgirls coach Chris Aringtonwould like to get his squad backto the top of the CincinnatiHillsLeague as theywere in his “roo-kie” year of 2012.

Of course, those in basket-ball circles knowArington is norookie, having run the Cincin-nati Angels AAU program foryears.

The Lady Braves were 16-8and 9-5 in the CHL last seasonbehind Mariemont, Readingand league championWyoming.Three starters return in seniorMikayla Germain, junior SamArington and sophomore EllieSchaub.

Schaub and Arington wereIndian Hill’s top two scorers at14 and 12.7 points per game, re-spectively.

“Going into the season, I likethe depth and experience of ourteam,” coach Arington said.“Also, the three starters return-ing will help continue the tradi-tion we’ve been building.”

Indian Hill starts the seasonat home Nov. 29 with ClermontNortheastern. Their CHL open-er is at Mariemont Dec. 10. Thefirst meeting with defendingchampion Wyoming won’t takeplaceuntil after thenewyearonJan. 7 at Indian Hill.

Former player Natalie New-ton will be assisting Aringtonthis season.

In his 20th year of coaching,Dr. Scott Rogers has anotherMount Notre Dame HighSchool team that should con-tend for a title andmake a play-off run.

Coming off a17-7 season thatincluded an 8-2 mark in theGirls Greater Catholic League,he likes his team’s commitmentto practice.

The Cougars return fivestarters in Naomi Davenport,Blair Carlin, Dani Kissel, AbbieScholz andMaddy South.

Minus Davenport and Kisselwho were playing AAU ball,MNDbenefited froma summertrip a fewmonths ago to theUn-der Armour Best of Marylandtournament. The Cougars justmissed the semifinals of theprestigious showcase evenwithout thedouble-doublecapa-bilities of Davenport.

Davenport is committed toplay at Michigan and averaged18.7 points and 12.6 reboundslast season.

The Cougars open the latestcampaign Nov. 28 against Cen-terville. The GGCL opener is atSeton Dec. 4.

Being a member of theGGCL is never easy, but it canbe even tougher when you haveto enter a new season without aplayer who has been one theleague’s best for the last threeseasons.

The Ursuline Academy Li-ons return four from last year’steam, but will be without SarahReilly. Reilly is in her freshmanyear as amember of the UnitedStatesNavalAcademywomens’basketball team.

“This season isgoing tobe in-teresting,” Lions head coachKeith Starks said. “Not oneplayer isgoing to leadus. It’sgo-ing to take a collective effort.”

The returning four players,seniors Ali Schirmer, MeganOglibee, Jillian Fletcher and

sophomore Emma Cain will becalled upon to fill prominentroles for the Lions.

In addition to that group isMaddie Stuhlreyer, a 6-foot-4sophomorewhowill be enteringher first full year of varsity.

“If she can give us half ofwhat Sarah did, that would begreat,” Starks said.

The Lions will also be run-ning an offensive set that’s amore watered-down version ofthe the triangle offense utilizedby the University of Connecti-cut women’s basketball team.

“It’s a process,” Starks saidof installing the new scheme.“But, the kids love it and hope-fully will have it mastered bythe middle of the season.”

The Miami Valley Confer-ence Scarlet division could beone of the more hotly contesteddivisions this season and Cin-cinnati Hills Christian Acad-emyheadcoachRonnieGrandi-

son believes he has the teamthat can contend.

The team has to replace lastyear’sD III player of theyear inMarissa Koob. She was third-teamall-stateandfirst-teamall-district. She averaged 22.2points in the regular season.

Koob is currently a memberof the University of CharlestonGolden Eagles women’s basket-ball team. She’s played in twogames averaging 17.5 minutes.She is averaging 5.5 points pergame.

Ronnie Grandison said histeam has a tough schedule thisseason, but that could help getwhere they want to go. Helpingthem through the grind is Nao-mi Grandison, Ronnie’s daugh-ter, center Sam Ross and KatWilliams.

Naomi made The Enquirer’slist of 25 girls’ basketball play-ers to watch this season. Thesenior guard averaged 14.4pointsand8.9 rebounds last sea-son and is expected to be amongthe top players in the MVC.

RonniealsoexpectsWilliams

to have “a major role in scor-ing.”

Other players that couldhave an impact include fresh-manTessaDoan and junior Tea-gan Osborne.

“Tessa could help us out alot,” Ronnie said. “And I expectTeagan to step up for us.”

Conversely, another MVCScarlet division team could bein for a rough season.

“It’s going to be a rebuildingseason,” Cincinnati CountryDay head coach John Snell said.“We’re not very experiencedand it’s going to be a battle.”

The Indians feature no sen-iors, two juniors, four sopho-mores and four freshmen. Re-gardless, Snell wants to see himteam play hard and grindagainst the tough competitionCCDwill face this season.

He is counting on juniorsKa-tie Jamison and Missy Dieck-man-Meyer along with fresh-man Izzy Hensley.

“They should provide a lot ofthe leadership,” Snell said of hisjuniors on the team. “As for Iz-

zy, she has a lot of skill and willreplace someof the scoring thatwe lost.”

Prior to this year, the Indianswon three consecutive MVCChampionships and were sec-tional champions last year.

Summit Country Day re-turns four of its five startersfromayearago including its topthree scorers. On top of that ex-perience, head coach Beth Sim-mons said her team is one-deepat each position with the addi-tion of four talented freshmento the roster.

“The impact of that is beingable to press other teams formost of the game,” Simmonssaid. “The duration of our de-fense is going to be important.”

The Silver Knights finishedthird in the league last year andhave designs on being theMVC’s top team this season.

Summit boasts more than acouple players to watch thisseason including seniors GurlCampbell and Kiley Barnardand junior Gabbi Gehner.

Campbell scored 11.2 pointsper game last season to go withher two thefts per contest. Bar-nard chipped in better thaneight points per game alongwith six rebounds.

Gehner averaged 13.3 pointsand 10.2 rebounds last seasonand has been the team’s leadingscorer thepast twoseasons. Sheis included among the Enquir-er’s 25 area girls’ basketballplayers to watch this season.

Another Silver Knights’ ball-er making that list is freshmanRavin Alexander.

Summit starts out with aDec. 1matchup against Finney-town. Three straight confer-ence games against North Col-legeHill,CincinnatiHillsChris-tian Academy and CincinnatiChristian follow.

At the end of December,Summit isset toplay inatourna-ment Charleston, S.C.

Seven Hills returns threeplayers from last year’s teamincluding Maggie Gosiger, theteam’s only senior.

Head coach Tyler McIl-wraith is expecting Gosiger tolead the Stingers in scoringagain and be one of the MiamiValley Conference’s best shoot-ers. Other players McIlwraithwill count on is juniorCatherineBain, sophomore Asten KelleyandfreshmanMaggieKersting.

“We only have one senior onthis team, but we will make upfor our lack of experience withour effort and intensity,” McIl-wraith said. “Our goal is to getbetter every single game andhave everybody do their role.”

The Stingers will play in theMVC’s Gray division afterswitching from the Scarlet divi-sion.

Miami Valley ChristianAcademy is a full-fledgedmember of theOHSAAnowandhopes to enjoy someof the samesuccess their football and vol-leyball teams had in the fall. Ju-lie Vilardo leads the Lady Lionsfor a fourth year.

MVCA was 14-4 last seasonand returns all five starters insenior Devin Lee, sophomoreMichelle Lee, senior MollyBaab, junior Sarah Morelandand sophomore Elena Stenson.New MVCA student and seniorHannah Lain and freshmanDawsyn Vilardo are also ex-pected to help.

“Weare excited tohaveeightfreshman joining this year’steam,” coach Vilardo said.

FIRST SHOT AT 2014 HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL

Indian Hill girls hungryfor league basketball title

By Scott Springer andNick [email protected]@communitypress.com

THANKS TO ROD APFELBECK

Indian Hill’s Ellie Schaub tries to get out of a trap in a game against Wyoming last season. Schaub is the LadyBraves’ top returner scorer.

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Mount Notre Dame's Naomi Davenport is committed to play at Michigan.SCOTT SPRINGER/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Indian Hill’s Samantha Aringtoneyes a free throw last Januaryagainst Finneytown. Aringtonreturns after averaging 12.7 pointsper game last season.

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THANKS TO CCD ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT

Three Cincinnati Country Day student-athletes signed national Letters of Intent tocompete at the collegiate level Nov. 12. Celia Macrae committed to Duke for rowing. AsherHirsch committed to Illinois for tennis. Allie Wooden committed to USC for swimming.

Soccer» The Ohio Scholastic

Soccer Coaches Associa-tion has named Cincin-nati Country Day School

boys varsity soccer headcoach Greg Hirschauerthe private/parochialcoach of the year, per arelease from the school.

Coach Hirsch hasbeen leading the boyssoccer program for thelast 24 seasons and has a

career record of 252-139-38. The release addedthat this season was oneof the best in programhistory.

The team finishedwith a 17-3 record andwas both sectional anddistrict champions.

SHORT HOPS

By Nick [email protected]

MASON—The seeming-lyannualGreaterCatholicLeague South postseasontilt between Moeller andSt. Xavier high schoolstook place at Dwire FieldinMasonNov. 22.

A little less than twomonths after their lastmeeting Sept. 26, Moellershut out St. Xavier 21-0 tokeep their hopes for athird consecutive state ti-tle still alive. The Bomb-ers literally drained theclock in the first quarter,taking theopeningkickoffandholdingpossessionforover nine minutes. How-ever, senior Ben Glines ofSt. Xavier was stopped atfourth and one on the 13-yard line and the Crusad-ers kept the Bombers offof the scoreboard.

After one quarter, thescorewasknottedat0withMoeller having run justfour plays.

They made up for it asthe second quarter beganwhen senior Matt Crablefound Boston College-bound senior Chase Pan-key for 42 yards to theBombers’ 13. Three playslater, Crable found juniortight end Jake Hausmannfrom a yard out for thegame’s first score.

St. Xavier drove to theMoeller 32 with anothertime-consuming drive inthe second frame, but Eli-jah Taylor stopped juniorquarterback Matt Wit-trock in the backfield onfourth and two.

Moeller would get atouchdown toss from Cra-

ble to Jack Toomb, but apenalty brought it backand the half would endwithMoeller leading 7-0.

In the third quarter,Wittrock drove St. Xavierto theMoeller 16 on a passto senior Matt Donnelly.Moeller senior Jack Mey-er then sacked Wittrockfor a 12-yard loss. TheBombers had to try a 43-yard field goal and the at-temptbyseniorMylesHo-manwaswide right.

Moeller would driveinto Bombers’ territorylate in the third, but aMattCoghlin 50-yard field goaltrywasshortandthequar-terendedwith theCrusad-ers with a 7-0 lead. In thefourth, Moeller wouldstrike again with Crablehitting junior Kyle Butzfor a long gain, whicheventually led to sopho-more Hunter Hughesplunging in from the twoto give them a14-0 lead.

Inhurry-upmodeinthefinal stanza, Wittrock led

St. Xavier to the 25 oncompletions to junior Ty-rone McFarlin and seniorRonnie Fricke. On fourthand 16, Moeller seniorChristian Wersel snuffedoutthedriveonanotherat-tempt toFrickeas theCru-saders took over the ball.

Moeller later iced thegame with 3:03 remainingwhen seniorNoahAble in-tercepted Wittrock andraced 36 yards to glory.Able then tied a ribbon onthe game with anotherpickwith 2:01remaining.

“The defense has beengreat,” Moeller coachJohn Rodenberg said.“They bought into thescheme and they’re reallyplaying as a unit. Able de-serves some recognitionbecause we put him insome tough situations.”

Moeller now takes onWayne at 7 p.m., Saturday,Nov. 29, at Mason. Theylast played Nov. 3, 2012, inthe playoffs with Moellerprevailing 43-21.

Moeller shuts out St. Xin regional semifinalBy Scott [email protected]

JIM OWENS/FOR THE ENQUIRER

Moeller quarterback Matt Crable, No. 12, celebrates atouchdown with teammate Jack Toomb in the Division Iregional semifinal playoff game against St. Xavier Nov. 22 inMason.

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Take a look at events allover the world. The sad com-monality for many is morbidhate for someone who is onlymarginally different from anyof us. This also includes theunexpressed feelings heldback in passing a total strang-er.

We have the advantage ofliving in a society where it ispossible to meet and befriend avariety of people of many heri-tages. Howmany of us use thisopportunity to enjoy the learn-ing and intellectual advantageof this offer? Or, is it likely youwill conveniently judge thisunknown person based solelyon appearance?

The history of mankind isnot favorable on our treatmentof each other based on what

are reallyminor differ-ences. At thispoint I prefernot to be spe-cific as weshould allmake intelli-gent valua-tions of ourown and ofothers poten-tial reactions.

A good starting point is toconsider that you are thestranger, possibly in unusualcircumstances. Someone islooking at you. What are theythinking? You could be in aforeign country or even in asection of your home town thatis “different.” Are you com-fortable being evaluated? Well,

isn’t that the same thing youdo? What I am trying to dem-onstrate is that it is very easyto judge and dislike someoneyou don’t know.

But, let’s move on. Our ac-tions are used by others tovalidate their feelings whetherthey are hateful or positive. Ifyou are “different” in any vari-ation from their norms itmakes dislike of you a conve-nience.

In many cases this dislikehas to do with what amounts tovery slight differences in reli-gion.

I have been a student ofreligion for many years. Myreadings have underscored thereality that even among thehighly disputed differencesthere is far more in common

than the alleged differences.My travels have brought me incontact with persons of manyraces and religions. Having avery open mind has caused meto accept that their way of lifeas very valid for them and bothinteresting and acceptable tome.

When we survey the wrongscommitted in behalf of race,nationality or religion we canonly wonder how different theworld would be if hate was aninconvenience and acceptancewas prized.

One has to believe that theprejudice is fostered by somesort of false feeling of superi-ority. We are also quick to vali-date our prejudices when webecome aware of bad actionsof one individual of people

whomwe conveniently dislike.This is a problem that can onlybe remedied by group pres-sure from that distinct heri-tage.

The bad actors of that grouphurt the many good people thatwe have not taken the effort tomeet.

Perhaps a way to arrive atbetter relations is join somegroup of diverse people. Wecan learn from and about them.You will be enriched in moreways than you could imagine.This simple action will help toimprove understanding andhumanity in a small way. But,small steps lead to great pro-gress.

Edward Levy is a resident of Montgo-mery.

THE CONVENIENCE OF HATE

EdwardLevyCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

Nov. 20 questionWhat is your favorite local

holiday event/tradition/deco-ration(s)? What makes it spe-cial?

“There are many greatdisplays and traditions in theTristate area. It is hard tosingle one out. But the DukeEnergy Miniature Trainsdisplay now at the MuseumCenter is hard to top. Pluswith the other displays at theMuseum Center it is in aneven better location now.Also noted is the wonderfultrain display now done byGreen Township. Sometimesimitation is the sincerestform of flattery. It seemsback in the 1950s every kidgot a miniature train set forChristmas. Go figure!”

T.D.T.

Nov. 13 questionDo you think “Christmas

Creep” starts too early? Whenshould the holiday seasonbegin?

“This is a huge hot buttonwith me: absolutely yes,Christmas Creep starts waytoo early. When you startseeing Christmas stuff instores and even on somehouses before Halloween,something is very wrong. Ilike Christmas and the reli-gious reason for the season,but the commercial aspect ofit has gotten way out of handand so clouds the entire last

three months of the year thatit is not an enjoyable time ofthe year for me.

“Black Friday? Now BlackThanksgiving? Heck, itseems like Black Novemberand December.

“ People, stop the mad-ness, please. Here’s my sim-ple plan: No Christmas deco-rations before Thanksgivingand they all come down on

New Years Day. Avoid shop-ping on any Black Anythingday. Go for a hike in thewoods instead, infinitelymore relaxing and free too.

“Buy simple meaningful,affordable gifts or makesomething for the gifts.Don’t mortgage the betterpart of the coming new yearby going deeply in debt forChristmas. Enjoy the season,and smile!”

M.J.F.

“As long as they call itChristmas, I don’t care if it ison the 4th of July. When theword ‘Holiday’ or the ‘Sea-son’ is substituted theyaren’t going to get my busi-ness anytime.

“For those that don’t cele-brate Christmas, I am all foryou having any ads you wishand shop anywhere you likeduring the ‘Christmas cele-bration.’”

Don Brown

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Julia Romberger, of Mount Washington, and her daughter, Kylie, 2, look over the Duke Energy Holiday Trainsdisplay at the Cincinnati Museum Center.

Holiday Junction, featuring the Duke Energy Holiday Trains,at theCincinnati Museum Center.

Grandma said, “Whenyou’re dead, you’re dead for along time.” Well, maybe not allthe time.

I was dead once and neededtwo back-to-back open heartsurgeries as doctors massagedmy heart until it finally re-started amidst some verytense moments about 10 yearsago. I was, needless to say,extremely elated when theystarted me up again as I had a

second chanceto do a fewthings differ-ently beforeI'm dead again.

Lying in thehospital in-tensive careunit with moretubes comingin and goingout than Icould count, Istarted to have

these flashbacks into my life. Iremembered when I was a kidand I felt life was ... almostforever, as 70 to 90 years was along time. Plus, I had moreimportant things like girls andsports, along with what I wasgoing to do that weekend, tothink about. Important things!

Besides I had life alreadyfigured out: I was going tofinish high school, go to col-lege, get a good paying job, andget married. I would help raisethe family and retire...thentravel before they handed me acane, a walker or a wheelchair.That was it!

I remembered going to a

workshop after college onhuman relations, and one of theexercises that we had to writewas what we wanted to put onour tombstone after we died.That was the start of my ownself-discovery of what my lifewas going to be. What did Iwant people to rememberabout me? That question hasalways stayed with me overthe years. I’m lucky that my“tombstone” hasn’t needed tobe carved in stone yet.

As you know or have experi-enced by now, life changes soquickly and like a sail boat youeither wait for whatever cross-wind comes your way to moveyou on your journey or you canactually decide where youwant to go and use the ship’sengine to stay on course.

I believe you can either bedown on the field with a foot-ball in your hands playing, orsitting up in the bleacherswaiting for the game to end. Ihave an old football sitting onmy computer desk that is areminder that I’m not watch-ing the game, but actually onthe field as the quarterbackcalling the plays. Admittedly,as quarterback in my owngame, I have lost concentrationon what was important andhave fumbled the ball a fewtimes.

Wes Adamson is a resident of Wyo-ming. His work has been acceptedfor publication by two literary maga-zines: “River and South Review” and“Driftwood Press.”

Relating football to life

WesAdamsonCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

Many people recycle athome, but are you taking your

recyclinghabits to workeach day?

Most ofwhat an officeand retailstores throwaway is paperand card-board, bothmaterials thatlocal and re-gional manu-factures need

as feedstock for their compa-nies. Recycling materials isusually less expensive thanlandfilling them, so yourworkplace could break evenor possibly save money byrecycling.

The Hamilton County Re-cycling and Solid Waste Dis-trict provides free technicalsupport to help your work-place launch its own businessrecycling program.

Your office may receivefree desk-side recycling con-tainers and education for youremployees to ensure theyunderstand what and how torecycle.

To learn how recycling atwork can help your businesssave money and reduce waste,visit HamiltonCountyRecycle-s.org or call (513) 946-7766.

Michelle Balz is the assistant solidwaste manager for the HamiltonCounty Recycling and Solid WasteDistrict.

Recycling at work

MichelleBalzCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2014

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Cincinnati Country DayMiddle School’s facul-ty and 240 studentsfanned out to volun-

teer at 10 sites around GreaterCincinnati during Make a Dif-ference Day Oct.. 26.

At Granny’s Garden Schoolin Loveland, the 54 fifth-grad-ers shoveled mulch into buck-ets and carried them to spreadthe mulch on nearby naturetrails that are open to the pub-lic.

Sixty-two sixth-graders par-ticipated in a walk-a-thon toraise money to fight diabetes.Theyboarded abus to theLittleMiami bike trail, where theywalked from Miamiville toLoveland’s Nisbet Park.

The 63 seventh-graderswere divided among four sites:

They worked at the AnimalRescue Fund in Amelia, wherethey donated items, cleanedcages and grounds, walkeddogs and socialized puppies,cats and kittens to give them abetter chance at adoption.

Students collected schoolsupplies and delivered them toRiverview East Academy, apreschool-12 Cincinnati PublicSchool in the East End.

They presented a short pro-gramwith singinganddancing,and tutored a third-grade classin reading, math and vocabu-lary.


Fifth-graders from Cincinnati Country Day fill buckets with mulch to be spread on nearby trails at Granny’s Gardenin Loveland. Their work was part of the Middle School Make a Difference Day.


Mia Masterson, left, and EricaGarboden, both of MiamiTownship, take a break fromraking at Marvin’s OrganicGardens in Lebanon. Both areeighth-graders.


Country Day’s 62 sixth-graders participate in a walk-a-thon to raise moneyto fight diabetes. They walked fromMiamiville to Loveland’s Nisbet Park.Among themwere, from left, Brian Foster of Miami Township, GriffinMcAndrew of Mt. Lookout, Carson Smith of Loveland, Jack Roy of MiamiTownship, Christian Page of Sycamore Township, Max Boaz of West ChesterTownship and Jack Wright of Indian Hill. Maggie Gardner of Indian Hill is inback.


Seventh-graders Duncan Laird, left, of Mariemont, and Cameron Kuhlmanof Indian Hill, wash food bowls at the Animal Rescue Fund in Amelia.

CCDS Middle Schoolstudents volunteerin community


Liz Brock, left, of Union Township, and Lily Reisenfeldof Miami Township, clean playground equipment atFirst Step Home in Walnut Hills.


The Annual Rescue Fund in Ameliawas one of 10 sites where CountryDay Middle School studentsvolunteered during Make aDifference Day.


Keane Warner of AndersonTownship, a seventh-grader atCountry Day, helps eradicateinvasive plants at Cincinnati NatureCenter near Milford.


Katie Carey, a seventh-grader fromMt. Washington, helps tutorthird-graders from Riverview East Academy, a Cincinnati Public school inthe East End, during Make a Difference Day.


Carrying buckets of mulch are, fromleft: Bella Belperio of MiamiTownship, Margaret Sprigg-Dudleyof Loveland, Amaiya Sims of HydePark and Addy Alper of UnionTownship.


A group of eighth-graders help prepare items forshipping at Matthew 25: Ministries, a humanitarianaid organization based in Blue Ash.

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THURSDAY, NOV. 27Exercise ClassesZumba Class, 7-8 p.m., HartzellUnited Methodist Church, 8999Applewood Drive, $5. Present-ed by Zumba with Ashley.917-7475. Blue Ash.

Holiday - ThanksgivingThanksgiving, 11 a.m. to 9:30p.m., Cooper’s Hawk Wineryand Restaurant, 8080 Montgo-mery Road, Lunch and dinner.Slow roasted fresh Amishturkey, Mary’s potatoes, pangravy, herb stuffing, house-made cranberry sauce andspiced pumpkin cheesecake piewith fresh vanilla whippedcreme. $24.99, $9.99 ages 12and under. Reservations re-quired. 488-1110; www.cooper-shawkwinery.com. Kenwood.

Literary - LibrariesKid’s Club, 3:30-4:30 p.m., DeerPark Branch Library, 3970 E.Galbraith Road, Arts and crafts,presenters, board games andmore. Ages 5-12. Free. 369-4450. Deer Park.

On Stage - ComedyVic Henley, 8 p.m., Go BananasComedy Club, 8410 MarketPlace Lane, $10-$15. 984-9288;www.gobananascomedy.com.Montgomery.

FRIDAY, NOV. 28Exercise ClassesSmall Group Personal Train-ing, 9:30-10:30 a.m., FitnessPhysiques by Nico G, 9681Kenwood Road, Session coverschallenges in strength, stability,balance, core and metabolictraining. Ages 18 and up. $115per month. Registration re-quired. Through Dec. 29. 290-8217; www.fitnessphysiques-.net. Blue Ash.

On Stage - ComedyVic Henley, 8 p.m., 10:30 p.m.,Go Bananas Comedy Club,$10-$15. 984-9288; www.goba-nanascomedy.com.Montgo-mery.

Senior CitizensSilver Sneakers Class, 8-11a.m., Sycamore Senior Center,4455 Carver Woods Drive, $6.Through Dec. 19. 984-1234;sycamoreseniorcenter.org. BlueAsh.

SATURDAY, NOV. 29Cooking ClassesHealthy Cooking Classes,11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Peachy’sHealth Smart, 7400 Montgo-mery Road, Peachy Seidendiscusses nutrition and healthwhile preparing two delicious,simple and easy meals. Ages 18and up. $30. Registration re-quired. Through Jan. 3. 315-3943; www.peachyshealth-

smart.com. Silverton.

Music - JazzThe Hitmen, 8 p.m. to mid-night, Tony’s Steaks and Sea-food, 12110 Montgomery Road,Free. 677-1993; www.tonysof-cincinnati.com. Symmes Town-ship.

On Stage - ComedyVic Henley, 8 p.m., 10:30 p.m.,Go Bananas Comedy Club,$10-$15. 984-9288; www.goba-nanascomedy.com.Montgo-mery.

PetsCat Adoption Day, noon to 4p.m., The Scratching Post, 6948Plainfield Road, Visit adoptioncenter and volunteer with catsor take one home (adoptionfee). 984-6369; www.the-scratchingpost.org. Silverton.

SUNDAY, NOV. 30On Stage - ComedyVic Henley, 8 p.m., Go BananasComedy Club, $10-$15. 984-9288; www.gobananascomedy-.com.Montgomery.

MONDAY, DEC. 1Cooking ClassesProfessional Level Chili - ThePlayoffs with Chris Weist,6:30-9 p.m., Cooks’ Wares,11344 Montgomery Road, $50.Reservations required. 5489-6400. Symmes Township.

Exercise ClassesSmall Group Personal Train-ing, 9:30-10:30 a.m., FitnessPhysiques by Nico G, $115 permonth. Registration required.290-8217; www.fitnessphysi-ques.net. Blue Ash.

Holiday - Christmas12 Days of Christmas, 6-9 p.m.,Downtown Loveland, WestLoveland Avenue, Specialevents each night including CityHall Tree Lighting, Ladies Night,Breakfast with Santa, Paws andPresents, Cookie and Quilts,Cookie Decorating, CandyDemonstrations, Make yourown Pizza. Free. Presented byLoveland Area Chamber ofCommerce. 683-1544; www.lo-velandchamber.org. Loveland.

Literary - LibrariesPreschool Storytime, 10-11a.m., Loveland Branch Library,649 Loveland-Madeira Road,

Enjoy books, songs, activities,crafts and more, while buildingearly literacy skills. For pre-schoolers and their caregivers.Ages 3-6. Free. 369-4476;www.cincinnatilibrary.org.Loveland.Toddler Storytime, 11 a.m. tonoon, Loveland Branch Library,649 Loveland-Madeira Road,Encourage emerging languageskills with books, rhymes, crafts,music and fun. For ages 18-36months. Free. 369-4476. Love-land.

Senior CitizensSilver Sneakers Class, 8 a.m.to 11 a.m., Sycamore SeniorCenter, $6. 984-1234; syca-moreseniorcenter.org. Blue Ash.

TUESDAY, DEC. 2Cooking ClassesComfort Food on a ChillyNight with Karen Harmon,6:30-9 p.m., Cooks’ Wares,11344 Montgomery Road, $45.Reservations required. 489-6400. Symmes Township.

Exercise ClassesZumba, 9:30-10:30 a.m., FitnessPhysiques by Nico G, 9681Kenwood Road, $15. Regis-tration required. 290-8217;www.fitnessphysiques.net. BlueAsh.Zumba Class, 7-8 p.m., HartzellUnited Methodist Church, $5.917-7475. Blue Ash.

Holiday - Christmas12 Days of Christmas, 5-9 p.m.,Downtown Loveland, Free.683-1544; www.loveland-chamber.org. Loveland.

Literary - Story TimesPreschool Storytime, 10:30-11a.m., Deer Park Branch Library,3970 E. Galbraith Road, Books,songs, activities and more,while building early literacyskills. For preschoolers and theircaregivers. Ages 3-6. Free.369-4450. Deer Park.Book Break, 3 p.m.-3:30 p.m.,Deer Park Branch Library, 3970E. Galbraith Road, Children’slibrarian reads aloud from somefavorite books. Make craft totake home. Ages 3-6. Free.369-4450. Deer Park.

Senior CitizensSilver Sneakers Class, 8-11a.m., Sycamore Senior Center,$6. 984-1234; sycamoresenior-center.org. Blue Ash.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 3Exercise ClassesSmall Group Personal Train-ing, 9:30-10:30 a.m., FitnessPhysiques by Nico G, $115 permonth. Registration required.290-8217; www.fitnessphysi-ques.net. Blue Ash.

Holiday - Christmas12 Days of Christmas, 5-9 p.m.,Downtown Loveland, Free.683-1544; www.loveland-chamber.org. Loveland.

Senior CitizensSilver Sneakers Class, 8-11a.m., Sycamore Senior Center,$6. 984-1234; sycamoresenior-center.org. Blue Ash.

THURSDAY, DEC. 4Cooking ClassesTraditional Italian Christmas:Feast of the 7 Fishes withMarilyn Harris, 6:30-9 p.m.,Cooks’ Wares, 11344 Montgo-mery Road, $70. Reservationsrequired. 489-6400. SymmesTownship.

Dance ClassesLine Dancing, 5:30-6:30 p.m.,Fitness Physiques by Nico G,9681 Kenwood Road, Musicfrom variety of genres. $10-$15.Registration required. 290-8217;www.fitnessphysiques.net. BlueAsh.

Exercise ClassesZumba Class, 7-8 p.m., HartzellUnited Methodist Church, $5.917-7475. Blue Ash.

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12 Days of Christmas, 5-9 p.m.,Downtown Loveland, Free.683-1544; www.loveland-chamber.org. Loveland.

Literary - LibrariesKid’s Club, 3:30-4:30 p.m., DeerPark Branch Library, Free.369-4450. Deer Park.

Music - ReligiousGlory of the King, 7-8:30 p.m.,Hartzell United MethodistChurch, 8999 Applewood Drive,$10. 891-8527, ext. 1. Blue Ash.

On Stage - ComedyTom Simmons, 8 p.m., GoBananas Comedy Club, 8410Market Place Lane, $8-$14.984-9288; www.gobananasco-medy.com.Montgomery.

Senior CitizensLet Your Yoga Dance, noon to1 p.m., Sycamore Senior Center,4455 Carver Woods Drive,Power dance combining yoga,Âbreath and user-friendly dancewith music from all around theworld. $5. 984-1234. Blue Ash.Silver Sneakers Class, 8-11a.m., Sycamore Senior Center,$6. 984-1234; sycamoresenior-center.org. Blue Ash.

FRIDAY, DEC. 5Dining EventsA Sinatra Holiday Luncheon,11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., RSVPEvent Center, 453 Wards CornerRoad, Music by Matt Snow, theCincinnati Sinatra. Holidaylunch with all the trimmings.$20. Reservations required.Presented by RSVP BanquetCenter. 965-0511, ext. 209.

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Exercise ClassesSmall Group Personal Train-ing, 9:30-10:30 a.m., FitnessPhysiques by Nico G, $115 permonth. Registration required.290-8217; www.fitnessphysi-ques.net. Blue Ash.

Holiday - ChristmasVictorian Holiday Village,6-8:30 p.m., Ohio NationalFinancial Services, One FinancialWay, Greater Cincinnati tradi-tion features variety of holidayactivities. Houses decoratedwith holiday scenes, thousandsof lights and free family enter-tainment. Through Dec. 13.Free. 794-6100; www.ohion-ational.com.Montgomery.12 Days of Christmas, 5-9 p.m.,Downtown Loveland, Free.683-1544; www.loveland-chamber.org. Loveland.

Music - ReligiousGlory of the King, 8-9:30 p.m.,Hartzell United MethodistChurch, $10. 891-8527, ext. 1.Blue Ash.

On Stage - ComedyTom Simmons, 8 p.m., 10:30p.m., Go Bananas Comedy Club,$8-$14. 984-9288; www.goba-nanascomedy.com.Montgo-mery.

SATURDAY, DEC. 6Cooking ClassesHealthy Cooking Classes,11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Peachy’sHealth Smart, $30. Registrationrequired. 315-3943; www.pea-chyshealthsmart.com. Silverton.

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He was given thename of a firm thatquoted him $50 over thephone to come and opentheir front door. But, shesays, when the lock-smith got there the pricequickly jumped to $149because of all the differ-ent fees they tacked on.

It turned out thatcompany was operatingout of New York andhired local people totake its referrals. Theattorney general saysthat’s exactly what thatPortland firm was doing– even though consum-ers thought they weredealing with a local com-pany.

DeWine says, “Thesekinds of operations takeadvantage of consumersand unfairly undercutlocal, honest locksmithbusinesses.”

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You find yourselfsuddenly in need of alocksmith and turn tothe Yellow Pages or callInformation on yourphone. When you do youcould be asking for trou-ble thanks to bait-and-

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The Ohio AttorneyGeneral last month sueda Portland-area lock-smith operation andcharged the owner with

violating consumer pro-tection laws.

Attorney GeneralMike DeWine says,“Consumers are lured inby a low initial price, butthen are charged muchhigher rates.”

break thelock inorder toget itopen.

That’swhat hap-pened tothat Day-ton, Ken-tucky,womaneven

though most skilledlocksmiths can openlocks without breakingthem.

In fact, that’s one ofthe things to be alert forwhen hiring a locksmith.Be skeptical if a lock-smith says the only wayto open the lock is tobreak it.

Also, the attorneygeneral says, be carefulif a business operatesunder multiple names. Itcould be doing so to hideunsatisfactory reportsfrom the Better Busi-ness Bureau.

That Portland firmused several differentcompany names andwebsites to make it ap-pear it was operatinglocally.

Instead, all calls wererouted to an out-of-statecall center that tookcalls from throughoutthe country, accordingto the lawsuit.

So, the best advice isnot to wait until the lastminute to find a lock-smith. Instead, whenyou’re not in a hurry, getreferences for lock-smiths from friends andfamily. Be sure to lookup the locksmith’s ad-dress—and actually gothere to make sure thecompany really is local.

I checked out a lock-smith company oncethat used a real streetname and city for itslocation.

The problem is whenI went to that locationthere was nothing there– literally nothing –there was no building atall at that address.

Howard Ain’s column appearsbiweekly in the CommunityPress. He appears regularlyas the Troubleshooter onWKRC-TV Local 12 News.Email him [email protected].

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Carol Cincinnatiback for fifth year

Friends, families andchurch groups are urgedto express their joy to theworld Dec. 12-14 byChristmas-carolingacross Greater Cincin-nati.

Carol Cincinnati willbeheld inneighborhoods,outside grocery and re-tail stores, at nursinghomes – any place peoplegather – to listen and joinin the singing of tradi-tional Christmas carols,said Darrel Geis, CarolCincinnati founder andpresident of ChristianBlue Pages, a Sharon-ville-based print, weband mobile app networkof Christian-owned andoperated businesses.

The fifth annual eventis heldwith the goal of re-storing the age-old tradi-tion of Christmas carol-ing and “to remind us allof the true meaning ofChristmas – the birth ofJesus Christ,” he said.

People of all faith de-nominations are encour-aged to gather friendsand family, choose anight which works best,and “let heaven and na-ture sing” from7p.m. to 9p.m. as they walk aroundtheir local neighbor-hoods or other locations.

Lyrics to traditionalChristmas carols can bedownloaded at the carol-cincinnati.com websiteor printed songbooks canbepickedup afterNov. 21at all greater BuskenBakery stores and donutdisplays inside 116 Unit-ed Dairy Farmer storesthroughout Greater Cin-cinnati. Song books arealso available at Chris-tian bookstores and vari-ous churches.

Caroling groups regis-tered through the CarolCincinnati website willbe eligible for prizes.Participants are alsourged to post messagesand photos of their carol-ing experience on the or-ganization’s Facebookand Twitter pages.

Last year dozens of lo-cal churches, as well asBoy Scout and youthgroups, families and indi-viduals participated inthe event.

To register a carolinggroup, receive carolingguidelines or download asongbook, go tocarolcincinnati.com.

Matthew 25:Ministries presents‘Tickets the RadioPlay’

Matthew 25: Minis-tries presents the secondannual production of“Tickets the Radio Play”byTheRev.WendellMet-tey Dec. 5 and Dec. 6.

“Tickets the RadioPlay” received its worldpremiere production inDecember 2013. Metteyplans to make “Ticketsthe Radio Play” a yearlyevent at Matthew 25:Ministries. Perfor-mances are Dec. 5 at 7:30p.m. and Dec. 6 at 3 p.m.and 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are availableat www.eventbrite.comorbycalling513-793-6256or e-mailing [email protected].

Open house atMiller House inMadeira

Madeira’s MillerHouse Museum will hosta holiday open housefrom 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sat-urday, Dec. 6.

There will be refresh-ments of hot chocolate,punch and cookies. Comeand experience the Mil-lerHouseMuseum, deco-rated for Christmas, andbe entertained by Dick-ens Carolers.

Following your visit,take a stroll down thestreet to the “Light UpMadeira.”

Miller House Museumis at 7226 Miami Ave.next to the Madeira Li-brary.

For informationplease contact [email protected].

Community bandsteam up for freeDec. 7 concert

Two community bandswell-known across theGreater Cincinnati areawill team up for a Christ-mas-season joint concertat 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7,at St. BarnabasEpiscopalChurch, 10345 Montgo-

meryRoad inMontgome-ry.

Thepublic is invited tothe rare joint concert fea-turing the 70-memberSycamore CommunityBand and the 45-memberNew Horizons Band ofCincinnati at the St. Bar-nabas church , 10345Montgomery Road

Both bands are led byPeteMetzger,who found-ed the community en-semblesafter30yearsdi-recting the SycamoreHigh School Band. Previ-ously, Metzger servedwith theU.S.Naval Acad-emy Band. He began or-ganizing the Sycamore

Community Band – nowwidely known as “Pete’sBand” – in 1975.

Its musicians, menand women from everywalk of life, perform reg-ularly at communityevents, churches and re-tirement communities.

Organizations seekingto schedule perfor-mances by the Sycamoreband can contact PaulWallace at 697-0868 or [email protected] who woul d like toinvite the New HorizonsBand can contact DonRhoad at 793-0473 [email protected].

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»HealthSource ofOhio is taking part in thisyear’s Giving Tuesday,Dec. 2. Giving Tuesday isa global day dedicated togiving back and celebrat-ing generosity.

The HealthSourceFoundation considers allof its donors to be superheroes and this year’s

Giving Tuesday theme is“The Force Behind theSource.

If you would like to be-come a super hero, visitwww.healthsourceofohio.com/foundation tomake a gift. You may alsomail donations to Health-Source Foundation, 5400DuPont Circle, Suite A,Milford, Ohio 45150. Formore information, call

KathrynGloverGreverat513-576-7700 ext. 3618.

» The Milford MiamiMinistry will again pro-vide Thanksgiving din-ners to families who needahandup this holiday sea-son.

This year the ministryis preparing to provide250 families with a com-plete Thanksgiving din-ner with all the trim-

mings, an increase over2013 when the group pro-videddinnersfor230fam-ilies.

Anotherkeyelement inthe ministry’s drive tohelp feed local families isits partnership with theMeijer store’s SimplyGiveprogram.EachMeij-er store selects one localfood bank to receive cus-tomer donations that the

store matches. For each$10donationtohelpneigh-bors inneed, the storewilldonate matching funds.TheMilfordMiamiMinis-try was selected by theMeijer in Milford to re-ceive matching funds.

Meijer’s Simply Giveprogram continuesthrough Saturday, Jan. 3.

To recommend a fam-ily for assistance or to do-nate, please contact SteveReis, operationsmanager,

at 513-248-1114 or visit thewebsite atwww.mmministry.org.The website also outlinesdetails on the other pro-grams of MMM.

» Loveland InterFaithEffort (LIFE) isspreadingthe word about the needfor community assis-tance. The Food Pantry isa non-profit organizationwhich provides emergen-cyfoodassistanceforreg-istered clients. The cli-ents must be residents ofthe Loveland School Dis-trict or a member of oneof the supporting organi-zations/churches.

Interested in volun-teering? Please [email protected].

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10:30 a.m.Wednesday Testimonial Meeting

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Worship Service, Sunday 10:45 amClasses For All Ages, Sunday 9:15 amPrayer Service Wednesday, 6:45 pm

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Hyde Park Baptist ChurchMichigan & Erie Ave

513-321-5856 Bill Rillo, PastorSunday Worship Services: 11:00am & 6:00pm

Sunday School: 9:45amWednesday Bible Study: 7:00pmwww.hydeparkbaptistchurch.org

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CHURCH OF THE SAVIOUR8005 Pfeiffer Rd. Montgomery 791-3142

www.cos-umc.orgTraditional Worship8:20am & 11:00am

Contemporary Worship 9:40amSunday School (All ages)

9:40 & 11amNursery Care Provided

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7515 Forest Road Cincinnati, OH 45255513-231-4172 • www.andersonhillsumc.org

Children’s programs and nursery & toddlercare available at 9:30 and 11:00 services.

Plenty of Parking behind church.

TRADITIONAL WORSHIPSunday 8:30 & 11 am

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Sunday Services 8 &10:30 amSunday School 10:30 am

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Indian HillEpiscopal-Presbyterian Church

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6474 Beechmont Ave.,Cincinnati, Ohio 45230

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MADEIRA-SILVERWOODPRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

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Sunday Worship9:00 am - Contemporary Service10:00am Educational Hour

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Sunday 9:00 & 11:00 a.m.11020 S. Lebanon Road.

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Connections Christian Church7421 East GalbraithCincinnati, OH 45243

Phone: 513-791-8348 • Fax: 513-791-5648

Jeff Hill • Ministerwww.connectionscc.org

Worship Service 10:30amSunday School 9:15 am

FAITH CHRISTIANFELLOWSHIP CHURCH

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Phone: 271-8442Web: www.fcfc.us

Dr. R. Edgar Bonniwell, Senior PastorPastor Justin Wilson, Youth Minister

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Blue AshPresbyterian ChurchJacob’s Ladder is the theme forSunday School (pre-K through12th-grade); these classes areheld after the children’s sermonin the worship service.The Christianity 101 andThoughtful Christian classes areheld for adults each Sundaymorning and meet at 9 a.m. inthe Fellowship Hall.

The church is collecting boxes ofmacaroni and cheese for NEEDSduring November.The church bowling leaguemeets at Crossgate Lanes at 10a.m., Thursdays.Sunday worship services are at10:30 a.m. Nursery care isavailable.The church is at 4309 CooperRoad; 791-1153;www.bapc.net.

Cincinnati FriendsMeeting - QuakerRegular meeting for worship is11 a.m. Sundays followed byfellowship in the Fireside roomat noon. First Day/NurserySchool is available duringworship. All are welcome.The Meetinghouse is at 8075Keller Road, Cincinnati; 791-0788;www.cincinnatifriends.org.

CommunityLighthouse Churchof GodServices are 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.Sundays; 7 p.m. Wednesdays.The church is at 4305 SycamoreRoad, Cincinnati; 984-5044; onFacebook under CommunityLighthouse Church of God.

St. Paul CommunityUnitedMethodistChurchWorship times are 8:30 a.m. and11 a.m. (traditional) and 9:30a.m. (contemporary).The church is at 8221MiamiRoad, Madeira;891-8181;www.stpaulcumc.org.

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charge on a space-availablebasis. Items must be to ouroffice no later than 4 p.m.Wednesday, for possible consid-eration in the following edi-tion.E-mail announcements to [email protected],with “Religion” in the subjectline.Fax to 248-1938. Call 248-8600.

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Since it was founded in1974, the Cincinnati Cho-ral Society has sung infamed venues includingNew York’s CarnegieHall, Notre Dame Cathe-dral in Paris and All Hal-lows by the Tower of Lon-don. It has performedwith orchestras andchamber ensembles inand beyond the region.

Now local fans willhaveanopportunity to seeand hear the acclaimedvocal group at St. Paul

Community United Meth-odist Church of Madeira,8221MiamiRoad,at3p.m.Sunday, Dec. 7. A recep-tion will follow the con-cert, the latest in thechurch’s long-running“St. Paul Presents” musi-cal series.

With a repertoire en-compassing musicalstyles from traditionalmasterworks to modernclassics, the 30-voice cho-ral group will sing both acappella and accompa-

niedbyharp,pianoandor-gan. A harp solo will addto theholidaymusical tap-estry.

The choral group hasperformed with regionalorchestras and chamberensembles including theCincinnati Pops, the Ken-tucky Symphony and theBlue Ash MontgomerySymphony. Dr. DouglasBelland has served as thesociety’s artistic and mu-sical director since 1995.

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The Cincinnati Choral Society will perform at St. Paul United Methodist Church in Madeira Dec.7.

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