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Last fall, Brandon T. Sniderwas sworn to secrecy.

TheMariemont High Schoolgraduatewas sitting in directorChristopher Nolan’s office onthe Warner Bros. lot readingthescript to theblockbusterhit,

“The DarkKnight Rises.”

But Sniderwasn’t part ofthe cast or crew– he was re-searching hisnew book, “TheDark KnightManual,” re-leased in July.

The book details the tools,weapons and technology theCapedCrusader uses inNolan’strilogy.

He saw art from the newmovie, setsandmodelswhilehewas in California conductingpreliminary research for the

book.“I felt like I was in the circle

of trust, and then I had to comeback to New York and put ev-erything together in about amonth,” Snider said.

“The stuff Batman uses isrooted in real world technologyandhasa lot ofmilitaryapplica-tions. I watched the movies amillion times and was immers-ing myself in the material andin that world.”

The book that brings WayneEnterprises to life is a resound-ing success and has been fea-tured in Time, Forbes and En-tertainment Weekly.

Some fans are calling it “thecoolest book ever” and “a total-ly unique, clever and remark-ably-detailed companion pieceto the movies.”

But Snider didn’t set out tobecome an author.

The Terrace Park nativestudied theater at Coastal Caro-lina University, outside ofMyr-tleBeach, S.C., and latermoved

to New York City to become anactor. Snider started workingwith an improvisation andsketch comedy group, and heeventually wrote and produceda show featuring his work.

It was around that time in2005 that an editor approachedhim and asked if he’d like towork on the Fantastic FourMovie Sound Storybook. Snidersaid yes, and his writing careersnowballed from there.

“I’vebeenahugecomicbookfan for years and had a ton ofideas, butneverconsidered tru-ly pursuing that,” he said.

“I’m still amazed that it hap-pened, and if you would havetold me five years ago that Iwouldhaveworkedonthiscom-

By Lisa [email protected]

Former Terrace Park residentBrandon T. Snider released thischaracter guide last year.PROVIDED

Mariemont gradpens Batman book

The cover of“The Dark

KnightManual,” a

book writtenby Brandon T.

Snider.PROVIDED

See BATMAN, Page A2

HIS FAVORITE CHARACTERBrandon T. Snider has always been a huge comic book fan. So who

is his favorite superhero? Snider said that’s a tough decision and hisfavorite character is actually villain Lex Luthor.“I find the concept of a man who is so driven to take down the

competition to be really fascinating. He used every bit of energy,time and money to take down Superman, who he believes is hor-rible,” he said.The Superman/Lex Luthor dynamic is something Snider said he

really enjoys and said it’s kind of like the current political climate inthe country where, “people throw a lot of money behind the de-struction of someone’s character because they don’t like them.”

Snider

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Group expandsits trail efforts

HYDE PARK— Supporters of aproposed recreational hiking andbiking trail are expanding theirefforts.

The Wasson Way Project willexpand its core to include severalsubcommittees focused on dif-ferent aspects of the project.

The Wasson Way Project in-volves converting 6.5 miles ofrailroad track into a recreationalhiking and biking trail whichwould extend from the Little Mi-ami Bike Trail in Newtownthrough the communities ofHyde Park, Oakley, Mariemontand several others.

The trail would follow an un-used rail line currently owned byNorfolk Southern.

“We want to see this projectactually happen,” said Jay An-dress, president of the board ofdirectors for the Wasson WayProject.

Andress said more than just acentral committee is needed for aproject of this scope.

The group was organized inearly 2011andhas about 70volun-teers. Andress said the group hasa significant following on Face-book as well as the support ofarea organizations and local busi-nesses.

Andress saidthe group waspleased by newsthat NorfolkSouthern wouldconsider an offerregarding the railline, specificallybuying the rightof way.

MichaelMoore,directorof theCincinnati Department of Trans-portation and Engineering, saidthe city is conducting an apprais-al of the property. He said thespecific value has not yet beendetermined.

Moore said nothing has devel-opedas far as sale of thepropertyby Norfolk Southern.

The company had previouslysaid it will not comment on nego-tiations or real estate matters.

Based on feedback from ameeting several weeks ago, theWasson Way Project will beginorganizing the following commit-tees – business contact, specialevents, fundraising, implementa-tion, public relations/marketingand volunteers.

Andress said each committeewill have its own chairman orchairwoman, who would then re-port to the board of directors.

To participate, send an emailto [email protected].

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FAIRFAX—SingerRachelSon-tag is a regular attendee at theFairfax Fall Festival. This yearshewill actually be a participant.

She and her band RhythmJones will be among the musicalacts featured.

The festivalwill be 6-11 p.m.Friday and Satur-day, Sept. 7 and 8,in front of themunicipal build-ing, 5903 Haw-thorne Ave.

For the firsttime, the festivalwill feature a

band each night. Rhythm Joneswill perform Friday, while theband Twistlock will be featuredon Saturday. Both bandswill per-form 7-11 p.m..

“It will be a little nerve-rack-ing playing in front of the neigh-bors,” jokedSontag,who is a resi-dent of Fairfax.

Rhythm Jones plays a varietyof blues, rhythm and funk. Son-tag, who has sung most of herlife, said guests shouldn’t be sur-prised if they hear some Aretha

Frankin and Bonnie Raitt as partof the Rhythm Jones’ set.

Sontag, who is a second-gradeteacher in theMilford ExemptedVillage School District, was in-vited toparticipate in the festivalafter Chandra Buswell, specialevents coordinator for Fairfax,heard her sing at her mother’s60th birthday party.

Buswell said donations, spon-sorships and other fundraisingefforts provided an opportunityto extend the musical entertain-ment.

Thefestivalwill includerides,games and a variety of food.

“It’s a real fun street festival,”said Buswell. “It’s been going onfor generations.”

The event had started as festi-val for the village’s volunteerfire department. It recent years,ithasbeencoordinatedbythevil-lage.

Singer welcomesopportunity toperform at festivalBy Forrest [email protected] FAIRFAX FALL

FESTIVALWhen: 6-11 p.m. Friday and

Saturday, Sept. 7 and 8Where: In front of the Fairfax

municipal building, 5903 Haw-thorne Ave.

Sontag

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Mariemont CitySchools will re-open threebuildings this school yearafter more than a year ofconstruction.

Both Terrace Park andMariemont elementaryschools underwent sig-nificant renovations, anda brand new junior highschool was built in Fair-fax.

School started todayand a community dedica-tion ceremony at eachbuilding is set for Sunday,Sept. 9.

“The dedication cere-mony is a celebration ofcommunity, and an ac-knowledgment of thetime, talent and dedica-tion that so many peoplehaveput into theconstruc-tion of these buildings,”said Superintendent PaulImhoff.

Each ceremony is stag-gered throughout the daywith Terrace Park Ele-mentary celebration be-ginning at noon, Marie-montElementaryat 2p.m.and the dedication of Ma-riemont Junior High at 4p.m.

Principals of eachschool will welcome thecommunity, Boy Scout orCub Scout troops from thevillage will present thecolors and lead attendeesin the Pledge of Alle-giance, and eighth-gradestudents will sing the na-tionalanthemat thebegin-ning of each dedication,said Josephine McKen-rick, the school district’sdirector of communica-tions.

Officials from the dis-trict, Board of Educationand Turner constructionwill speak briefly beforethe ribbon cutting, andthen thepublicwillbeable

to tour the buildings.There also will be stu-

dent performances and areception after the dedi-cations, she said.

“I hope that everyonewho attends the dedica-tion ceremonywill be ableto feel howmuch devotionandcarewent into thecon-struction of these build-ings,” Imhoff said.

Terrace Park Elemen-tary is located at 723 ElmAve., Mariemont Elemen-tary is at 6750 WoosterPike, and Mariemont Ju-niorHigh is located on thegrounds of the formerFairfax Elementary, 3847Southern Ave.

NewMariemont schoolsdedication is Sept. 9By Lisa [email protected]

Mariemont City Schools Superintendent Paul Imhoff,right, and junior high Principal Keith Koehne said a fewwords at the 2011 groundbreaking ceremony for the newjunior high in Fairfax. FILE PHOTO

panion book for “The DarkKnight Rises” – this hugepopculturephenomenon– Iprobably would havecried.”

Most of Snider’s pub-lished works are aboutsuperheroes and pop cul-ture icons – “DCComicsUl-timate Character Guide,”“Superman Returns: LastSon of Krypton ChapterNovel,” “Frogs Are Fun-ny!,” The Muppets joke

book, among others – buthe’s also kept acting andwriting comedy.

“As an actor you’reworkingoneset ofmuscles,but are faced with a lot ofrejection and not gettingthe parts you want,” hesaid. “Writing for mewas achance to work a differentmuscle that allowed me tostay creative. Instead ofwaiting for an opportunityas an actor I couldwritemyownmaterial, be inmy ownstuff and that would makeme happy.”

Snider is thrilled “TheDark Knight Manual” has

been a hit with fans, and itremindshimof the enthusi-asm he had for the 1989“Batman” movie starringMichael Keaton and JackNicholson.

“I rememberwhenIwasa kid and the very first TimBurton ‘Batman’ moviecame out. I was so excitedabout everything that cameout and it just fueled me,”he said. “Seeing my bookwell-received by fansbrings me back to the en-joyment I used to get.”

Visitwww.cootiekid.com, tolearn more.

BatmanContinued from Page A1

Band, Beer Sept. 7The annual Big Band

and Bigger Beer event be-gins at 6:30 p.m. Friday,Sept. 7, at Ault Park on Ob-

servatory Avenue.Food and drinks are

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c.org for full details.

Candidate forumThe League of Women

Voterswill conductacandi-date forum between theOhio House of Representa-tivesDistrict 27candidates7:30-9 p.m. Tuesday, Sept.18, at the Anderson Center,7850 Five Mile Road.

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HYDE PARK — TheHyde Park NeighborhoodCouncilhopes tostopaddi-tional removalofash treesin the community.

During a recent meet-ing, council unanimouslyvoted against additionalremovalof theash treesaspart of a process to stopthe spread of the emeraldash borer.

Instead council hasmade a recommendationto consider maintainingthe healthy trees whilechemically treating thosewhich have been infected.

Itmakes sense both en-vironmentally and eco-nomically, saidHydeParkNeighborhood Councilmember Carl Uebelacker,adding that treating thetrees can potentially beless expensive than re-moving and replantingthem.

Council members planto speak at a meeting ofthe Cincinnati Urban For-estry Advisory BoardSept. 13.

Uebelacker said theoriginal plan was for theUrban Forestry Board toremove a portion of thetrees and then replant

themonasix-yearcycle inthree phases.

He said in 2006/2007,roughly175 trees were re-moved. Uebelacker saidall of the ash trees in thecommunity have recentlybeenmarked for removal.

“This will be devastat-ing to the tree canopy ofour residential environ-ment,” said Uebelacker ina posting on the HydePark Neighborhood Coun-cil website.

However, Dave Gam-stetter, a natural resourcemanager for the Cincin-nati Park Board, said in-festation of the emeraldash borer has extended tothe remaining trees inHyde Park.

“Most of the damage ispretty far along,” he said.“My guess is most of thetrees if not dead now willbe dead within a year.”

Gamstetter said it’s amatter of public safetyand that trees which aredead can pose a potentialrisk.

“I would rather sacri-fice an ash tree than havesomeone get hurt or(have) a limb fall on theircar,” he said.

Gamstetter said he hascontacted the Hyde ParkNeighborhood Councilandwould be interested indiscussing the emeraldash borer situation withresidents at an upcomingmeeting.

Council hopes toprevent moretree removalsBy Forrest [email protected]

A number of ash trees along Portsmouth Avenue, such as the one on the right, havebeen marked for removal as a result of infestation by the emerald ash borer. The HydePark Neighborhood Council has objected to removal of the trees. FORREST SELLERS/THE

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Construction is sched-uled to begin later this yearon another luxury housingcomplex in Mariemont.

Nolen Park, at the cor-ner of Madisonville RoadandWest Street, is the thirdcondominium unit IndianHill developerRickGreiweplans to build in the village.JordanParkonMiamiRoadandEmeryPark, across thestreet fromNolen Park, arecompleted.

The new building fea-tures 27 units because ofthe demand for largerhomes, and six of the con-dos have been pre-sold.

“They all are big units,and we changed the designto respond to market de-mand,” he said, adding thatsome units cost around $1million. “It’s a great benefitto thevillageandpeople liv-ing here.”

In addition to fewerunits, Greiwe plans to shiftthe parking garage en-trance from West Street toMadisonville Road, closerto the commercial center of

the village.Greiwe said they’re also

reconfiguring guest andresident entrances, andwillfocuson theoutdoorgardenspace near the back of thebuilding. There are alsoplans for a communityroom, which could accom-modate up to 30 people, anda landscaping plan soNolenPark matches Emery Park.

The Mariemont Plan-ning Commission unani-mously approved thechangesto thedevelopmentplan Aug. 23.

Condominiums in NolenPark start at $425,000 with

two- and three-bedroomfloor plans.

NewMariemont condoconstruction set to beginBy Lisa [email protected]

The Mariemont Planning Commission recently approvedchanges to Nolen Park, a luxury condominium complexthat will be built on this open site along Madisonville RoadandWest Street. The facade will look similar to EmeryPark, background, but will have larger units. LISAWAKELAND/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

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Cardinal Pacelli students tread over a red carpet on theirwayinto school onAugust 23.Thespecialwelcome is the school'swayofgettingstudentsexcitedabout thestart ofanewyear.

Along with several faculty members, Principal Kim Roy greetedstudents as they made their way up the school driveway. Back-packs were brimming with school supplies and projects. Studentssmiled and gave high-fives as they passed by teachers. Aftermorning assembly students proceeded to homerooms to begintheir very first day.

Music teacher Annie Shoup greets students on their first day of schoolat Cardinal Pacelli.

Students make their way intothe gym for morning assemblyon the first day of school atCardinal Pacelli. The school rollsout a red carpet to help studentsget excited about the first day ofschool.

Red carpettreatment

Third-grader Jericho Williams isgreeted by music teacher AnnieShoup on the first day of schoolat Cardinal Pacelli.

Everyyear, St.UrsulaVilla stu-dents who perform a significantamount of community service arerecognized with a certificate andmedallion commemorating theirefforts.

The following students recent-ly received recognition andawards for their community ser-vice at the final School Liturgy.

The following Villa students inkindergarten through sixth gradewere recognized for twenty ormorehoursofcommunityservice:

»Kindergarten: IsabellaDeere

» FirstGrade:CharlieConnelly» Third Grade: Jack Connelly,

Jacob Deere, Caroline Gray, Elea-nor Hudepohl, Savannah Lewis,Ben Thomas

» Fourth Grade: BridgetBreissinger, Brooke Dittman,Katharine McDonald, Evan Pe-ters, Sophie Sturgeon

» Fifth Grade: Ryan Barresi,Michelle Bult, TJ Deere, KimiDryden, Ethan Fosco, PalmerJones, Emma Mock, Kara Scullin,Nicole Stettler, Bree Wyenandt

» Sixth Grade: David Ander-son, Henry Howland, NathalieHue, BridgetMcDonald, VivianneSkavlem, Samantha Stadnik, Tre-vor Thomas

The following Villa junior highstudents were recognized for 40ormorehours of service to others:

» Seventh grade: Molly Barre-si, Kai Buendia, Rett Chatfield,David Cook, Matt Curoe, AnnieEmmert, Michael Feldkamp,Hank Gerhardt, Brittany Hum-mons, Symia Jackson-Conley,Elizabeth James, Avery Jenkins,Colin Jones, Danny Keating, An-thony Longi, JuliaMoran, JohnniePaul, Leah Plummer, Clare Putt-mann, Claire Salcido, Izzy Yagod-ich.

» Eighth grade: Freddie Al-bach, LaurenArcuri, Nick Arcuri,Brooke Bailey, Camille Baylis,Alex Bennett, Shannon Brown,Mitchell Clark, Maddie Dicker-son,AbbiEgbers,MargaretElson,AnnieFeldkamp, JakeFry, Jordan

Fry,KaitlynGray, JoeHeintz, CharlieHeise, Ja-red Hochwalt, Madeline Hopple, Olivia Jones,Maddie Joyce, Ebonie Lee, Sydney Lewis, AbbyMoellering, John Nawalaniec, Alyssa Plaut,Cortney Rielly, Kelly Roberts, James Rootring,

John Schenk, Amy Schloss, Alex Schweer, DeDe Scott,AndrewSeta,CatherineShanahan,ClareShurmer,KateSimpson, Maddie Sturgeon, Alexandra Taylor, SarahTaylor, Gretchen Thomas, Harper Trautman, ElizabethWilliams, Jake Winans, Alex Yates, Chris Yates.

St. Ursula Villa kindergarteners through sixth-graders are awarded for community service. THANKS TOMARTA

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St. Ursula Villa junior high students are recognized for community service. THANKS TOMARTA RUNNELS

Students lauded for service

Graduates» Amir Rezayat of Terrace

Park and Janes Buechner ofCincinnati recently graduatedfromWake Forest University.

» Everett Dober of Cincin-nati recently graduated fromMercyhurst University with abachelor of arts degree in hos-pitality management.

» AlyssaMendlein ofMarie-mont recently graduated fromBoston University with a bach-elor of arts in psychology.

Dean’s list» Robert Pierce and Luke

White of Cincinnati and AmirRezayat of Terrace Park re-cently made the spring dean’slist at Wake Forest University.

» Emily Schmitt of Cincin-nati was recently named to thedean’s list for the spring semes-ter at Saint Mary’s College.

Schmitt also graduated thisspringwith abachelor of arts intheatre and philosophy.

» On the Miami Universitydean’s list for the second se-mester of the 2011-2012 schoolyear are Terrace Park resi-dents Elizabeth KatherineWhitaker, Agatha Grace How-land, Emma Cynthia Britting-ham, Evan Thomas Seeley,Chelsea Frances Utt, ElizabethRuth Arington and CharlotteElizabethDietz;HydePark res-idents Lucien Harris Turner,Catherine Cardone,MeganMa-rieWeaver, AlanMichael Berg-man, Lauren Lydon Meister,ThomasAustin Vance, AmandaMarie Lanham, Emily ManonMusgrove Neely, Kelly FrischHeinichen, Patrick James Wal-lace, Michael R. Hervey andRobertAlexanderLeonard; andCincinnati residents Calen Jar-rus Settles, Elizabeth C. Kup-ferle, David Edward Spooner,Margaret Carol Tomczak, Eliz-abeth Nell Peters, ChristopherIan Funn and James StanfieldSayre.

» Seth Leibold and Kather-ine Scoville of Cincinnati werenamed to the dean’s list for thespring at Villanova University.

Leibold is pursuing a bache-lor’s degree in the VillanovaSchool of Business.

Scoville is studying commu-nication in theCollege of Liber-al Arts and Sciences.

» Reed Gerbarick of Marie-mont and Andrew Gorman ofTerrace Park were both namedto the dean’s list for the springsemester at Washington Uni-versity in St. Louis.

Gerberick is enrolled in theCollege of Arts and Sciences.

Gorman is enrolled in theSchool of Engineering and Ap-plied Science.

»Mariemont resident Alys-sa Mendlein was named to thespring semester dean’s list atBoston University.

Honor rollJordan Ackerman, Alexan-

der Goheen and Olivia Thom-ason, all of Cincinnati, were re-cently named to the undergrad-uate honor roll for the springsemester.

Goheen was named to thehonor roll with distinction.

Academic honorsKaren McCormick, Kather-

ine Losekamp and AlexanderStark of Cincinnati earned aca-demic honors at Purdue Uni-versity for the spring semester.

President’s listHyde Park resident BenMi-

chael Greiner and Mariemontresident Natalie Ford Peckwere both named to the MiamiUniversity president’s list forperfect 4.0 grade point aver-ages for the second semester of2011-2012.

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HYDE PARK — If the SummitCountry Day field hockey squadflies under the radar, that will beOK by head coach Jen Willis andthe rest of the Silver Knights.

Summit boats a youthfulsquad that will use the regularseason to fine-tune its skill withthe hopes of putting everythingtogether later in the fall.

“We’re trying to get better andbetter and we’re going to try tosee if we can knock a team or twooff. It’s fun to go in as the under-dog and see what we can makehappen,” Willis said.

On the attack, the SilverKnights should possess a lot ofdepth, with the return of LizNourse of Anderson Township,CarrieMelsonofBlueAsh,Chris-tina Moneta of Anderson Town-ship and senior Alyssa Hussongof Delhi Township.

Willis has been impressedwith how the offense has lookedduring the preseason.

“I think those attackers arecoming into their ownandgettinga nose for the goal,” Willis said.

“All of those girls will be playinga lot of minutes on the front line,looking to get some goals in…”

At midfield, Maria and Katiewill be charged with advancingthe ball to the attack line.

Willis said both playerstrained throughout the springandhave started to develop a realknack for the game.

“They’re going to be really im-portant players this year…(Mid-field) is going to be an importantplaceforus.Togetcounterattack

going,” Willis said.The duo, along with junior Re-

becca Stromberg of ColumbiaTownship, will captain the squadthis season.

Stromberg will play defenseand serve as a field general oper-ating out of the backfield. She’llalso take free hits, which will setthe pace and direction of match-es, according to Willis.

Stromberg will also play acritical role in the defense of thegoal, which will be manned bysophomore Caroline Currie ofCheviot.

Currie is another playerwho’sdedicated herself to the sportthrough offseason training, ac-cording to Willis.

“She’s a really good athleteand one of themost fit players onthe team,” Willis said. “She im-proves every single day, which isso fun to watch and work with.She’s coming into her own as aleader, which is important forus.”

Summit is one of eight teamscompeting in the Southwest OhioField Hockey League. For moreinformation and team schedules,visit www.swofhl.com.

Quiet Knights hope tosurprise by season’s endBy Nick [email protected]

Summit defender Rebecca Stromberg clears the ball during the SilverKnights’ 2-1 loss to Fairmont Aug. 28. NICK DUDUKOVICH/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Summit’s Katie Ryan, left, battlesfor the ball during the SilverKnights’ match against FairmontAug. 28. NICK DUDUKOVICH/THE

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EASTWALNUTHILLS—For the past two seasons,the St. Ursula Academy field hockey team had itsseason end in Columbus.

Last year’s squad advanced to the state finalfour, while the 2010 version of the Bulldogswon thewhole enchilada.

This fall, head coach Sarah Catlin has a group ofgirls who believe the Bulldogs’ season could againend two hours north on Interstate 71.

“I think they’ve set the bar high for themselvesagain. I think they have every intention of makinganother run at Columbus, which I think is an appro-priate goal for their talents,” Catlin said.

Catlin returns just ahandful of starters fromlastyear’s team, but she returns girlswhoplayedmean-ingful minutes in 2011.

Center back Marissa Luft of Hamilton, who hascommitted to play at Ball StateUniversity, is enter-ingher thirdseasonstartingvarsity.She’llbe joinedin the starting lineup by goalie Maddie Reilly ofBlue Ash.

Other key contributors on the front line shouldinclude senior Ellie Bayer and Maggie Winstel ofColumbia Township, while LaurenHuber of Ander-son, Molly Nugent of Hyde Park and Ellen Cook ofFairfax play the middle line. On defense, EricaFloyd of Columbia Township should help in thebackfield,whileMackenzieHimmelbauer backsupReilly in the cage.

While the teamhasstateambitions,Catlinknowsthe Bulldogs strive to find effective lineups.

“It’s not a rebuilding year, because there is tal-ent. But it’s not going to be a smooth easy ride,” Cat-lin said.

Catlin added that the program’s recent success,whichmany of the girls on the teamwere around towitness, has her girls optimistic they can right theship.

“I think this group recognizes they can makemistakes and learn from them to be better,” Catlinsaid.

St. Ursula’s depth could set it apart this fall. Thesquaddoesn’thaveonegirl takingonthescoringdu-ties. Instead, goals could come from multiple play-ers, according to Catlin.

“There’s six or seven player I think will contrib-ute offensively,” Catlin said. “(Opposing teams)can’t mark one player and shut them down.”

St. Ursula is one of eight teams that compete inthe Southwest Ohio Field Hockey League. Forschedules, visit www.swofhl.com.

SUA fieldhockey setssights onColumbusBy Nick [email protected]

Walnut Hills has had a successfulstart to its men’s soccer season,posting three wins in the first

three games. They beat Oak Hills andMoeller1-0 and soundly defeatedAnderson9-1. Theynext go to La Salle Sept. 6 andhostFairfield Sept. 8.

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Walnut Hills senior Adam Brown, left,celebrates after his first goal againstAnderson Aug. 28. Brown would tack onthree more as the Eagles routed the Redskins9-1. BRANDON SEVERN/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

SamWillisof Andersontries to keepDanielBundschuhof WalnutHills off hisback andkeep controlof the ball.The Eaglesdefeatedthe Redskins9-1 Aug. 28withBundschuhscoring oneof the goals.BRANDON

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Water polo finds its way to St. XavierSPRINGFIELD TWP. — In

its first official season as avarsity sport at St. XavierHigh School, the water po-lo team is off to a 3-4 startto begin the season.

The Bombers openedthe season at the NapoleonInvitational and went 2-1,but came back to Cincin-nati for theMilford Invita-tional and went 1-3 to sitwhere they are currently.

After being establishedas a club team in 2011,coach Michael Roberts ispleased with where is

squad stands.“We are doing well,” he

said. “This is only our sec-ond season so we are stillat the developmentalstage right now.”

Leading the Bombers issenior Cameron Youngand junior Jake Wester-kamp. Both are team cap-tains and Roberts believesthey have the skill sets toplay at the next level.

“(Cameron) has a lot ofskill,” Roberts said. “He isa fantastic swimmer andfinished fifth in the statein the 200-yard freestylelast year.He is left-handedand has a lot of talent. Jake

is fromMilford andplayeda little bit of water polo injunior high, so he came tothe school with a little bitof experience.He’s fantas-tic.”

Another key contrib-utor is senior Nate Sultan,who plays baseball at St.Xavier and has a lot of po-tential, according to Rob-erts.

Betweenvarsity and ju-nior varsity, Roberts saidthere are nearly 30 kids inthe program. The oneswho came to tryoutsranged from football play-ers to kids with little-to-noswimming experience.

“Some guys came outbecause they think it lookscool,” Roberts said. “Theysaw it on the Olympics andthey thought it lookedcool. Our kids aren’t allswimmers; some havenever swum at St. Xavierand don’t intend to swimthere. We actually havekids that were either tiredof playing football or thatsustained an injury and itprevents them from play-ing.”

To prove what Robertssaid to be true, all youhaveto do is look at their rosterand see that they havethree former football

players, a guard from thebasketball team and Sul-tan from the baseballteam.

After the early success,the Bombers ran into trou-ble with teams from theirown region such as Syca-more, Princeton and Ma-son. Although they lost toMason and Princeton by acombined five goals, Syca-more took it to the Bomb-ers 15-2.

“They all have estab-lished programs,”Robertssaid about his regionalcompetition. “Sycamore isclearly one of the betterteams in Cincinnati. They

have (a few players) whoare in their fourth yearplaying together. They arevery good and will proba-bly challenge for the statechampionship.”

As the Bombers sit at3-4, Roberts knows onekey thing that could turnthe season in the right di-rection.

“If I could teach mykids anticipation and bet-ter reaction timewewouldtake a big leap forward inourperformance,” he said.“Just more experience,more games and more ex-perience tomake anticipa-tion natural.”

By Tom [email protected]

Three of Greater Cin-cinnati’s top amateur golf-ers earned enshrinementas Legends of CincinnatiGolf Aug. 20 at Hyde ParkGolf and Country Club.

Founded in 1982, theLegends celebrated its30thyearwith its 28thclassof honorees including Ber-nice Gallagher of Ander-son Township, WyomingHigh School graduate LouMoore of Mt. Adams andBob Schultz of CrestviewHills. Channel 9 sports an-chor Denny Janson servedas emcee for the program.

The day included a golftournament at Hyde Park;Jim Volpenhein of North-ern Kentucky won theoverall men’s divisionwhileJanieKlareofAnder-son Township won thewomen’s division.

Bernice Gallagherjoined her husband, Denny(a 2000 Legends honoree)to become only the secondset of spouses to be en-shrined.

“I’m very grateful forthis recognition,” she said.“I feel it is important for allof us to continue to honorthe game that has given usso much.”

Lou Moore no longerplayscompetitivelybutputtogether a career in whichhe won the Cincinnati Met

(1980) and was runner-uptwice, among otherachievements.

“I’ve enjoyed a lot ofhonors and victories in mylife, but none of them canequal this,” he said. “Suf-fice it to saymy life is rich-er for what golf has givento me.”

Bob Schultz continuesto shoot his age – includinggetting up and down fromoff the 18th green Mondayto fire a 77 - and has wontournaments in six differ-ent decades.

“You practice, you takea lot of lessons and you getyourself better for compet-

itive golf,” he said. “Tour-nament golf makes you abetter player and, I feel, abetter person.”

Bruce Rotte, chairmanof the Legends selectioncommittee, said he feelslike they had a great groupthis year.

“All three of them wereand are outstanding play-ers,” he said. “All three ofthem have made strongcontributions to amateurgolf inCincinnationandoffthe course. It’s exciting forus to have such a strongclass, to have three greatpeople to recognize as Leg-ends.”

Legends of Cincinnati Golfhonors trio of stars

The Legends of Cincinnati Golf welcomed its 2012honorees, from left, Bob Schultz, Bernice Gallagher andLou Moore, at Hyde Park Golf and Country Club Aug. 20.

MVP» This week’s award

goes to Mariemont soccerplayer Audrey York, whodrummed up a hat trick asthe Lady Warriors cruisedpastWyoming, 5-0,Aug. 29.

Football»Withrow overcame a

28-14 deficit at Andersonand beat the Redskins 43-38 Aug. 31. QuarterbackMalik Bland threw threetouchdown passes, two toTyrone Maye, and ran 59yards for another score.Next game: at CentervilleSept. 7.

» Purcell Marian lost toNorwood 26-13 on Aug. 31.Next game: against Read-ing at the University ofCincinnati’s Sheakley Ath-letic Complex Sept. 7.

» Clark Montessori de-feated Aiken 43-22 on Aug.31. Kenny Thornton threwfor two scores and ran foranother. Senior David Burthad 137 yards receivingand two touchdowns. Nextgame: at Finneytown Sept.7.

»Walnut Hills got byWestern Hills 37-34 onAug. 31. The Eagles scored23 points in the fourth

quarter, including thegame-winning touchdownas junior Kendall Fitzger-ald caught a 12-yard passfrom sophomore KevinBlount. Next game: atHughes on Thursday, Sept.6.

» Summit Country Daydefeated the CincinnatiCollege Prep Academy 49-16 on Aug. 31. Junior quar-terback Antonio Woodsthrew for two touchdowns

and ran for another. Nextgame: at Deer Park Sept. 7.

» Cincinnati CountryDaybeatPendletonCounty32-22 on Aug. 31. JR Meni-fee had three touchdownsfor the Indians. CCDhad13unanswered points in thefourth quarter. Next game:against St. Bernard Sept. 7.

»Mariemont lost toBa-tavia 21-6 Aug. 31. Nextgame: at Norwood Sept. 7.

Volleyball» Purcell Marian beat

Summit Country Day Aug.27, 25-19, 23-25, 25-16, 25-23.

» Clark Montessoridowned Hughes Aug. 28,25-12, 25-23, 25-15.

Clark also defeatedNew Miami on Aug. 30, 21-25, 25-11, 25-20, 25-15.

Boys soccer» Junior Noah Wesley-

Chevalier had fourgoals asClarkMontessori beat Pur-cell Marian 8-1 on Aug. 28.

»Walnut Hills defeatedAnderson 9-1 on Aug. 28 asseniorAdamBrownscoredfour times.

»Mariemont playedWyoming to a 1-1 tie Aug.28.Sander Henning scoredthe Warriors’ lone goal.

Girls soccer»Walnut Hills shutout

Anderson 2-0 on Aug. 29.Juniors Alexis Kiehl andKat Cheng scored for theLady Eagles.

»KelseyDollenmayer’s

goal lifted St. Ursula pastNotre Dame, 1-0, Aug. 27.

Tennis» TheWalnut Hills girls

defeated Turpin 3-2 onAug. 28 as the Lady Eaglesswept singles with EmilyBurke, Megan Burke andAlison Fisher.

Walnut Hills beat KingsAug. 29, 4-1.

Boys golf» Sean Steinman and

Chris Lee each shot 4-over-par 40 on the front nine atElks Run as the Knightshanded Batavia a 163-188defeat.

»Mariemont sopho-more Will Grimmer tookmedalist honors threetimes during the week ofAug. 27. Grimmer cameout on top against St. Xavi-er, CHCA andMcNick. His35.54 average leads theCincinnati Hills League.

Scott Springer contributedto this report.

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Last week’s questionAre you concerned about the

rising West Nile virus exposuresthis year? Are you taking precau-tions?

“Yes, I am. Not only for me,but for allmy family and friends.

“Unfortunately, it seems tome precautionary measures aredifficult to implement for somany reasons. We can't go out-side in suits like beekeepers use,and we can't control what neigh-bors andnature dowith regard tostanding water which encour-ages mosquito proliferation. Wecan put on insect repellent and ifwesit out in theopenwecanuseaspray on the surrounding area.But we can't stay indoors all thetime.

“Fortunately, we have ascreened-in patio behind ourhouse and we can socialize therewithout too much risk. This is ascary problem, but preventivemeasures are not as easy as theyare with other risks in life.”

Bill B.

“Rising West Nile virus expo-sure is just one of hundreds ofnegative impacts the CDC pre-dicted for our failure to addressclimate changewhenDr. Epsteinstarted writing about it about adecade ago. It's too late to stop it,but it's not too late to prevent theworst possible outcomes. Butwe're running out of time.”

N.F.

“I'm only concerned aboutWest Nile for my two-and-a-halfyear old son.He is easymosquito

bait from about April till Octo-ber. Many repellents are over-priced, smell awful, or just don'twork on him

T.Rog.

“Always concerned about vi-ruses in one way or another. Myprecautionarymethodsarekeep-ing insect repellent on if I amout-side in vegetation areas,workingin the garden, or in recreationalareas where mosquito's are

prone. I also tip over any smallcontainers with water to emptythem layingaround, orkick somedirt over small areas holding anystanding water.”

O.H.R.

“Everybody should be con-cerned about the rising numberof West Nile virus cases. With apond and waterfall in my back-yard, I amaware thatmosquitoesdo not breed in moving water.

“Still, I have placed mosquitodunks in thewater and also knowthat several dozens of fish keepthe water clear. Birdbaths areemptied every two to three days,so I am being cautious.

“The biggest concern comesfromotherswhodon't emptykid-diepools,water inrecyclingbins,plant saucers and other contain-ers. It only takes one tablespoonof water, and nonvigilant people,to allow mosquitoes to breed.”

J.B.

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THIS WEEK’SQUESTIONOhio’s ban on texting whiledriving is now in effect. Do youthink the law is a good idea andwill it make roads safer? Why orwhy not?

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

There are now over 500,000known asteroids in our solarsystem. 500,000 irregular

shaped chunksof rock anddust circle oursun, mainlybetween theorbits of Marsand Jupiter.However, aster-oids are sosmall that as-tronomers haveonly gatheredclose-up pic-tures of a hand-

ful of them.Last year, NASA’s unmanned

Dawn spacecraft entered into anorbit around an Ohio-sized aster-

oid named Vesta. Vesta has thedistinction for being the bright-est asteroid seen from Earth. Ifyou have amazing eyesight youcan maybe see it with the nakedeye when it’s closest to Earth.

Dawn has captured someamazingly close-up vie-ws ofVesta. Craters and ridges linethis lumpy, nearly round aster-oid. At its closest, Dawn wasskimming only 130 miles aboveVesta’s surface and completingan orbit every 4.3 hours. Theprecision of launching from amoving Earth to a moving, ob-long asteroid was like hitting arotating bull’s eye millions ofmiles away.

Near Earth

Amanned mission to an as-teroid could be a lot easier thangoing to Mars. Asteroids are notall between Mars and Jupiter’sorbit. Some, called Near EarthAsteroids (NEAs), present in-triguing targets for futuremanned missions. Travel time toan NEA would be less than goingto Mars, and with a much small-er mass, it would be easier tolaunch back off an asteroid toEarth than off of the red planet.

Take asteroid Eros for ex-ample. It is oddly shaped (like apotato 21miles long, 8 mileswide, and 8 miles thick). Thegray surface is dotted with cra-ters from ancient impacts. Eros

rotates every five hours andrevolves around the Sun in 1.76years. Although Eros has beenas close as 14 million miles fromEarth, it is no threat to hit us.

Eros does have gravity – veryweak gravity. A person weighing200 pounds on Earth would onlyweigh 2 ounces on Eros. A bas-ketball player with a 36-inchvertical leap could jump 1mileoff the surface.

What’s next for DawnThis month the Dawnmission

will wrap up its exploration ofVesta. It is slowly backing offthe surface into longer and long-er orbits until it will head to itsnext destination: Ceres. Ceres isthe largest asteroid at just under

600 miles in diameter. That’sstill only about¼ the diameterof our moon.

Ceres is too small and toodistant to image cleanly fromground-based telescopes. Eventhe Hubble telescope has trou-ble resolving many surfacefeatures. The Dawnmission willhopefully reveal as many sur-prises and interesting forma-tions on Ceres that it did onVesta. We’ll have to wait until ithops across the solar systemfrom Vesta to reach Ceres inFebruary 2015.

Dean Regas is the Outreach Astrono-mer at the Cincinnati Observatory.He can be reached at [email protected]

Telescope Fest an astronomical feast

DeanRegasCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

Millions of Americans fol-lowed the Summer OlympicGames in London.

Swimmer Michael Phelpshas won more gold medals thananyone in the history of theOlympics.

If there was an Olympics forcustomer services availableonline, the services atwww.socialsecurity.gov wouldbe the Michael Phelps of thatcompetition. Over the years,Social Security’s online serviceshave been rated the best ingovernment and the best in allindustries.

When it comes to indepen-dent customer satisfactionscores, Social Security’s onlineservices consistently bringhome the gold, silver, and

bronze. TheAmerican Cus-tomer Satis-faction Indextracks custom-er satisfactionand rates web-sites for theirperformance.

Out of allonline servicesprovided by 101federal agen-

cies in the running, Social Secu-rity took all of the top threespots again in the latest survey.

In third place, the applica-tion for Extra Help with Medi-care Part D prescription drugcosts is rated 89. Bringing homethe silver, in second place, theRetirement Estimator scored a

91. And the top-rated onlineservice in government is theonline application for SocialSecurity benefits, with a satis-faction score of 92.

It’s worth noting that evenour newest online service isalready scoring high praise.Since being launched in May,the online Social Security State-ment is rated 88, giving thisnew service one of the highestratings in government.

Whether you want to plan foror apply for your retirement,look into other benefits avail-able, or learn about the historyof the program, you can do it allat Social Security’s website.

Sue Denny is a Social Security pub-lic affairs specialist.

SSA earns gold online

SueDennyCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

As of this writing, the 2012elections are less than 80 daysaway. I amafirmbeliever in thenotion that voting is an ex-tremely importantprivilegeforus, and that ifwe are to appreci-ate that and treat our privilegewith the proper respect weneedtobepreparedforwhatwewill seeontheballotwhenwegoto the polls.

Although the presidentialrace is at the top of everyone'slist, and most of us are quiteaware of who the candidatesare, and who we will choose, Ihave a hunch that many peopleare going to be surprised whenthey go into their voting boothand see the names of other can-didates and the state/county is-sues on the ballot.

I try to be ready for thisprocess to the best ofmyabilityby getting a sample ballot formy home location at the Hamil-ton County Board of Electionswebsite, but as ofnow, forwhat-ever reason, those sample bal-lots are not yet available at thesite.

Hopefully, theywill be avail-able sometime inSeptember. Inthemeantime, it is still possibleto find the five-page list of “Un-official Hamilton County Can-didates and Issues” for the gen-eral election, and this shouldhelp.

In order to know for whomyou want to vote, you mustknow certain facts; for exam-ple, do you know in what Con-

gressionaldistrict youreside? Some-times the mapdoes not makethis totallyclear.

Are youalso aware ofwhat state dis-trict you livein? You haveto know this in

order to be prepared to makeyour choice for state senatorsand state representatives.

Realistically, we have to ac-cept that not everyone has akeen interest in the outcome ofsomeraces (e.g., countyrecord-er, treasurer, engineer, coroner,etc.) because these choicesdon't always have a significantimpact on our personal lives,but still, we owe it to ourselvesand to our way of life in thiscountry to be prepared tomakeyour choice on these things BE-FORE you go to the poll.

The same is true for thejudgeships that will be on theballot. And finally, we shouldknow at least something aboutthe proposed school, county,township or city issues whichwill confront us.

This is too important for usto “guess” andwe really need toprepare ourselves a much aspossible.

Bill Banchy is an Anderson Town-ship resident.

Don’t guess, beprepared to vote

BillBanchyCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

Washington, D.C.: 713 Hart SenateOffice Building, Washington, D.C.,20510; phone 202-224-2315; fax202-228-6321.

E-mail: [email protected]

U.S. Sen. Rob PortmanWashington, D.C., office: B40D

Dirksen Senate Office Building,Washington, D.C., 20510

Phone: 202-224-3353Cincinnati office: 36 E. Seventh St.

Room 2615, Cincinnati, OH 45202Phone: 513-684-3265

STATEState Rep. Peter Stautberg

34th District includes most ofeastern Hamilton County.

In Columbus: House of Representa-tives, 77 S. High St., 11th floor, Colum-bus, Ohio, 43215-6111; phone 614-644-6886; fax: 614-719-3588.

E-mail: [email protected]

FEDERALU.S. Rep. Jean Schmidt

2nd District includes nearly all thenortheastern and eastern Cincinnaticommunities.

Local: Kenwood office – 8044Montgomery Road, Room 540, Cincin-nati, Ohio 45236; phone 791-0381 or800-784-6366; fax 791-1696.

Portsmouth office – 601 ChillicotheSt., Portsmouth, Ohio 45662; phone740-354-1440.

In Washington, D.C.: 238 CannonBuilding, Washington, D.C., 20515;phone 202-225-3164; fax 202-225-1992.

E-mail: [email protected] sites: www.house.gov/schmidt

U.S. Sen. Sherrod BrownCleveland – 216-522-7272.Cincinnati – 425 Walnut St., room

2310, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202-3915;phone 684-1021, fax 684-1029.

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

MADISONVILLE—Thetenniscourtsat theMadi-sonvilleRecreationCenterareboastinganewlook.

With the help of the Fresh Courts program, theCincinnati Recreation Commission was able to re-furbish the tennis courts.

Gonearethecrackswhichpreviouslydottedthecourts, which have been resurfaced. In addition,the $105,000 renovations included coating thecourts as well as adding new nets, benches andfencing.

“It’s exciting to have something fresh and newfor Madisonville,” said Michael Thomas, superin-tendent for theCincinnatiRecreationCommission.

One of the full-size courts was converted intotwo smaller courts that will be more accessible to

children.Thetwolargercourtsare78feet in length,while

the two smaller courts are 36 feet in length.“The cracks were bad,” said LeroyMillender, a

MadisonvilleresidentandformercoachfortheNa-tional Junior Tennis and Learning program.

He said the Madisonville courts are heavilyused on the weekend.

“It’s reallynice,” saidMillender referring to therenovated courts. “It’s nice to see the kids usingthem.”

During a special re-dedication ceremony Aug.13, participants in the National Junior Tennis andLeaning program had an opportunity to play withtennis professional Sloane Stephens.

“(The new courts) are so much more efficientand easy to play on,” said National Junior Tennisparticipant Makara Bruce, 13, who is a resident of

Madisonville.Renovations to the court began in the spring. A

portion of the funding came from the FreshCourtsprogram, which is a partnership between Ameri-can Express and the United States Tennis Associa-tion.

This programhelps provide funding to improvetennis courts throughout the country.

Kecia Voorhees, a senior manager of globalpartnershipswithAmericanExpress, said approx-imately 70 tennis courts throughout the countryhave been renovated since the program began in2010.

This is the second Tristate tennis court FreshCourtshasprovidedfundingfor.TheAvondale ten-nis court was renovated in 2011.

The Madisonville Recreation Center is locatedat 5320 Stewart Road.

Oakley resident Andrew Dimeo, left, who is also a coach with the National Junior Tennis and Learning program,returns a serve. He is watched by Riyah Vaughn, of Pleasant Ridge. FORREST SELLERS/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

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MADISONVILLE SERVES UPNEW TENNIS COURTS

National Junior Tennis and Learning program participantBaron Mellick, of Indian Hill, returns a volley. FORREST

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Participants in the National Junior Tennis and Learningprogram use the renovated courts at the MadisonvilleRecreation Center following a recent re-dedicationceremony. FORREST SELLERS/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

National Junior Tennis and Learning program participantMakara Bruce, left, of Madisonville, and her brother,Daniel, enjoy some time on the new tennis courts. FORREST

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Deonta Belser, left, of Golf Manor, offers his sister, Aryah Dale, tips on how to swing her racket. FORREST SELLERS/THE

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THURSDAY, SEPT. 6Art ExhibitsShape to Shape, Noon-8 p.m.,Brazee Street Studios, 4426Brazee St., Gallery One One.Seamlessly assembling shapes toother shapes through wood,cast bronze, paint and paper,Stuart Fink has mastered thelanguage of form. Free. 321-0206; brazeestreetstudios.com/home/gallery_one_one. Oakley.Still Life Paintings by Karaus,Morrison and Overall, 9a.m.-5:30 p.m., Eisele Gallery ofFine Art, 5729 DragonWay,Works by MaryBeth Karaus, GailMorrison and Cynthia Kelly-Overall: first artists to be shownin ongoing series showcasingrecent work of living artists.Through Sept. 8. 791-7717, ext.109; www.eiselefineart.com.Fairfax.

CivicYard Trimmings Drop-off, 7:30a.m.-5 p.m., Bzak Landscaping atTurpin Farm, 3295 Turpin Lane,Hamilton County residents maydrop off yard trimmings. Free toall Hamilton County Residents.Bring proof of residency. Land-scapers and commercial estab-lishments not eligible to partici-pate. Free. Presented by Hamil-ton County Recycling and SolidWaste District. Through Nov. 25.946-7766; www.hamiltoncoun-tyrecycles.org. Newtown.

Craft ShowsModernMarbles, 10 a.m.-8p.m., Indigenous, 2010 MadisonRoad, Invitational exhibit featur-ing more than 20 hot-glassartists selected to display widerange of designs, sizes, pricesand techniques offering col-lection with scope and depth.Through Sept. 16. Free admis-sion. 321-3750; www.indigenou-scraft.com. O’Bryonville.

Dance ClassesOpen HouseWeek: Free DanceClasses, 4-8:30 p.m., Irish Heri-tage Center of Greater Cincin-nati, 3905 Eastern Ave., Thirdfloor studios. With Ballet Thea-tre Midwest. Prospective stu-dents try trial classes and learnabout unique programs. Free.Presented by Ballet TheatreMidwest. 520-2334; www.ballet-theatremidwest.com. Linwood.

Exercise ClassesZumba Fitness Class, 6:30-7:30p.m., Clough United MethodistChurch, 2010 Wolfangel Road,$5. 379-4900. Anderson Town-ship.

Music - ConcertsEilen Jewell, 8 p.m., Redmoor,3187 Linwood Ave., Singer-songwriter and musician. $18,$15 advance. 871-6789;www.theredmoor.com.MountLookout.

Music - JazzThe Qtet, 9 p.m., Stanley’s Pub,323 Stanley Ave., Jazz/funkmusic. Free. 871-6249. ColumbiaTusculum.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 7Art & Craft ClassesIntroduction to Glass Bead-making Part I, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.,Brazee Street Studios, 4426Brazee St., Design and createyour own glass beads in intro-ductory workshop. $150. Regis-tration required. 321-0206.Oakley.

Art ExhibitsShape to Shape, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.,Brazee Street Studios, Free.321-0206; brazeestreetstu-dios.com/home/gal-lery_one_one. Oakley.Still Life Paintings by Karaus,Morrison and Overall, 9a.m.-5:30 p.m., Eisele Gallery ofFine Art, 791-7717, ext. 109;www.eiselefineart.com. Fairfax.

Art OpeningsAmerican Celtic Art ShowOpening, 6-8 p.m., Irish Heri-tage Center of Greater Cincin-nati, 3905 Eastern Ave., Celticand international music followsfrom 8-11 p.m. National touringexhibit featuring works byMichael Carroll, Jen Delyth,Patrick Gallagher, Cindy Matyiand Steve O’Loughlin runsthrough Nov. 17. Call center forhours or 871-4527 for an ap-pointment. Free. 533-0100;www.irishcenterofcincinnati-.com. Linwood.

Business SeminarsJob Search Learning Labs,1-2:45 p.m., Anderson Senior

Center, 7970 Beechmont Ave.,Technically-oriented learningopportunities for those in jobtransition. Free. Presented byJob Search Learning Labs. 474-3100; www.jobsearchlearnin-glabs.wikidot.com. AndersonTownship.

CivicYard Trimmings Drop-off, 7:30a.m.-5 p.m., Bzak Landscaping atTurpin Farm, Free. 946-7766;www.hamiltoncountyrecycle-s.org. Newtown.

Craft ShowsModernMarbles, 10 a.m.-8p.m., Indigenous, Free admis-sion. 321-3750; www.indigenou-scraft.com. O’Bryonville.

Dance ClassesOpen HouseWeek: Free DanceClasses, 4-8:30 p.m., Irish Heri-tage Center of Greater Cincin-nati, Free. 520-2334; www.bal-lettheatremidwest.com. Lin-wood.

Dining EventsWine and Hors D’oeuvresTasting Event, 3-7 p.m., TheFresh Market-Oakley, 3088Madison Road, Sampling gour-met appetizers and dessertsalong with signature wines.Ages 21 and up. $4. 533-2600.Oakley.The Feast of San Gennaro,6:30-11 p.m., Bella Luna, 4632Eastern Ave., Celebration of allthings Italian. Music, streetentertainers, food stations,complimentary wines, beers andcash bar. $60 all-inclusive. 871-5862; www.bellalunacincy.com.Linwood.

Drink TastingsWine Tasting, 6-8 p.m., Remke-bigg’s Hyde Park, 3872 PaxtonAve., Blind tasting. $5 for fivesamples and snacks from deliand bakery. 619-5454. Oakley.

Music - Big BandBig Band and Bigger Beer, 7-10p.m., Ault Park, 3600 Observa-tory Ave., Music by 19-pieceJump ’n’ Jive Show Band. Beersampling and food concessionstands. Free. Presented by AultPark Advisory Council. 772-7722;www.cincinnatimusicfounda-tion.vpweb.com.Mount Look-out.

Music - RockG. Miles and the Hitmen, 8p.m., Wyatt’s Bar and Grill, 3742Kellogg Ave., $5. 321-1436;www.reverbnation.com. Colum-bia Tusculum.

On Stage - TheaterThe Fox on the Fairway, 8 p.m.,Walton Creek Theater, 4101Walton Creek Road, The Fox onthe Fairway, by Ken Ludwig anddirected by Ginny Weil. A trib-ute from Ken Ludwig (Lend MeA Tenor, Moon Over Buffalo) tothe great English farces of the1930s and 1940s, The Fox On theFairway takes audiences on ahilarious romp which pulls therug out from underneath thestuffy denizens of a privatecountry club. Filled with mistak-en identities, slamming doors,and over-the-top romanticshenanigans, it’s a furiouslypaced comedy that recalls theMarx Brothers’ classics. $17.Presented by Mariemont PlayersInc. 684-1236; www.mariemont-players.com. Columbia Town-ship.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 8Art & Craft ClassesPottery Class: OpenWheel, 5-7p.m., Funke Fired Arts, 3130Wasson Road, One-night pro-grams of making at least onepot on the wheel. $30. Regis-tration required. Through Dec.22. 871-2529; funkefire-darts.com/classes/adult/openStu-dio.shtml. Oakley.Pottery Class: Funke Function-als, 10 a.m.-noon, Funke FiredArts, 3130 Wasson Road, Func-tional handbuilding clay project.Create usable pottery with flair,such as mugs, soap dishes, wastebaskets, picture frames, tooth-brush holders and more. $30.Registration required. 871-2529;www.funkefiredarts.com.Oakley.Introduction to Glass Bead-making Part I, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.,Brazee Street Studios, $150.Registration required. 321-0206.Oakley.

Art ExhibitsColor Now!, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.,Phyllis Weston Gallery, 2005 1/2Madison Road, Local contempo-rary and modern artists apply

color to space, filing white voidswith hues that tantalize thesenses and evoke emotionalresponses. Free. 321-5200;www.phylliswestongallery.com.O’Bryonville.Shape to Shape, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.,Brazee Street Studios, Free.321-0206; brazeestreetstu-dios.com/home/gal-lery_one_one. Oakley.Still Life Paintings by Karaus,Morrison and Overall, 10a.m.-3 p.m., Eisele Gallery ofFine Art, 791-7717, ext. 109;www.eiselefineart.com. Fairfax.

AuditionsMay Festival Youth Chorus,12:30-2 p.m., Knox PresbyterianChurch, 3400 Michigan Ave.,Prepare a classical musical piece.Strong vocalization and sight-reading skills. Grades 9-12 whoare active in their high schoolmusic programs. Appointmentrequired. Registration required.Presented by Cincinnati MayFestival. 744-3229; www.mayf-estival.com. Hyde Park.


Craft ShowsModernMarbles, 10 a.m.-6p.m., Indigenous, Free admis-sion. 321-3750; www.indigenou-scraft.com. O’Bryonville.

Dance ClassesOpen HouseWeek: Free DanceClasses, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m., IrishHeritage Center of GreaterCincinnati, Free. 520-2334;www.ballettheatremidwest-.com. Linwood.

Dining EventsWine and Hors D’oeuvresTasting Event, 3-7 p.m., TheFresh Market-Oakley, $4. 533-2600. Oakley.

Exercise ClassesZumba Fitness Class, 9:30-10:30a.m., Clough United MethodistChurch, $5. 379-4900. AndersonTownship.

Farmers MarketAnderson Outdoor FarmersMarket, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., An-derson Center Station, 7832 FiveMile Road, Fresh fruits andvegetables, plants, homemadeproducts, bakery goods, locallyroasted fair trade coffee andmore. Rain or shine. Specialfeatures include entertainment,giveaways and more. Presentedby Anderson Center. 688-8400;www.andersonfarmersmarke-t.org. Anderson Township.

Health / WellnessDiabetes ConversationMaps,10 a.m.-noon , Lisa Larkin, M.D.& Associates, 4460 Red BankExpressway, Suite 100, Waitingroom. First class: What is diabe-tes - what do I do about it?Second class: Healthy Eating-.Small group discussions of Type2 diabetes led by Jan Kellogg,certified diabetes educator. $30for four sessions; $10 per session.Presented by Lisa Larkin, M.D. &Associates. 271-5111.Madi-sonville.

Literary - CraftsBears with Brazee, 3:30-4:30p.m., Blue Manatee Children’sBookstore, 3054 Madison Road,Hear two great bear storiesfrom authors coming to bluemanatee this month. Afterstories, create bears from safeglass components with friendsfrom Brazee Street Studios. Ages4-12. $18. Reservations required.731-2665. Oakley.

Literary - SigningsTess Gerritsen, 7 p.m., Joseph-Beth Booksellers-Rookwood,2692 Madison Road, Authordiscusses and signs “Last to Die.”Free. 396-8960; www.josephbe-th.com. Norwood.

Music - ConcertsBlues, Brews and Barbecue,3:30 p.m., PNC Pavilion at River-bend, 6295 Kellogg Ave., CraftBeer tasting, as well as a freecookout featuring a variety ofbrats, metts and hot dogs withsalads and all the fixins’. Featur-ing Delbert McClinton, LittleFeat, the Dirty Dozen Brass Bandand the Villains. $49, $38, $28,$22.50; plus fees. On sale 10 a.m.July 13. 800-745-3000; www.tick-etmaster.com. Anderson Town-ship.

Music - LatinClub Tequilas: Sabado Noche

Movimiento, 9:30 p.m.-2:30a.m., Inner Circle, 4343 KelloggAve., Mix of Latin music by DJTavo. Ladies free before 11 p.m.Ages 18 and up. $10. 321-0220;www.innercirclecincy.com. EastEnd.

On Stage - TheaterThe Fox on the Fairway, 8 p.m.,Walton Creek Theater, $17.684-1236; www.mariemontplay-ers.com. Columbia Township.

Parenting ClassesFoster Parent Training Classes,9 a.m.-noon, SonRise Church,8136 Wooster Pike, Saturdaysthrough Dec. 1. More than 330children in custody of ClermontCounty Children’s ProtectiveServices. County is in need offoster homes and families toadopt some of these children.Refreshments and child care forthose attending classes. In-structors from the county’s staff.Free. Registration required.732-7765; www.sonrise-church.com. Columbia Town-ship.

PetsCat Adoptions, 1-3 p.m., OhioAlleycat Resource, 5619 OrlandoPlace, Volunteers answer ques-tions about the cats. Presentedby Ohio Alleycat Resource &Spay/Neuter Clinic. 871-7297;www.ohioalleycat.org.Madi-sonville.Cat Adoptions, 1-4 p.m., Pet-Smart Oakley, 3401Alamo Ave.,Volunteers answer questionsabout the cats. Presented byOhio Alleycat Resource & Spay/Neuter Clinic. 731-9400; www.o-hioalleycat.org. Oakley.

Runs / WalksRun to Remember 5KWalk/Run, 6 p.m., Beech Acres Park,6910 Salem Road, 5K in memoryof loved ones. Free concert at 6p.m. Benefits Anderson ParkDistrict Playground fund. Familyfriendly. $25, $20 advance.Registration required. Presentedby Anderson Township ParkDistrict. 388-4513. AndersonTownship.Show Love No Bullying Backto School Walk-A-Thon, 10a.m., Ault Park, 3600 Observa-tory Ave., 3-5K walking event.Walk begins at 10 a.m. andlunch at noon. Vendors and freeconcert 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.Display of children’s books,entertainment, giveaways andprizes. Registration at 9 a.m.includes T-shirt, refreshmentsand fruit. Dress for weather andwear comfortable shoes. Bene-fits fund for book donations toschools. $50 group of four, $15,$10 children and students.Registration required. Presentedby FUNducate LLC. 759-4900;www.funducate.net.MountLookout.

Special EventsScopeOut Astronomy Fair,Noon-11 p.m., Cincinnati Obser-vatory Center, 3489 ObservatoryPlace, Keynote Lecture by Dr.Pamela Gay, the Star Stryder.Opportunity to look at latestand greatest astronomicalequipment offered by local andnational vendors. Activitiesinclude classes, educationalmaterials for teachers, children’sspace crafts, telescope viewing,tours of historic buildings anddoor prizes. Family friendly. $7,$5 children. Registration re-

quired for optional dinner/lecture; $20, $10 lecture only.321-5186; www.cincinnatiobser-vatory.org/scopeout.MountLookout.Who Dey Saturday, 11 a.m.-1p.m., Meijer Hyde Park, 4825Marburg Ave., Tailgate partyand entertainment. With Ben-Gal Cheerleaders andWho Dey!,Cincinnati Bengals mascot. Enterdrawing to win tickets to agame. Free. 458-2400. HydePark.

Support GroupsCodependents Anonymous,9:30-10:45 a.m., Hyde ParkCommunity United MethodistChurch, 1345 Grace Ave., Bookdiscussion group. Room 206.Donations accepted. Presentedby Codependents AnonymousInc. 583-1248. Hyde Park.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 9Art ExhibitsSecond Sunday at the Barn,1-4 p.m., Woman’s Art ClubCultural Center, 6980 CambridgeAve., Members exhibit artworkin Lindner Classroom on secondSunday of every month; artists’studios open as well. Oils, water-colors, pastels, and uniquehandmade jewelry for show andsale. Free. 272-3700; www.wo-mansartclub.com.Mariemont.Quilts Created By Children., 10a.m.-noon, Heritage UniversalistUnitarian Church, 2710 New-town Road, Great Hall. Exhibitalso open by appointment,weekdays. Free. Through Sept.30. 231-8634; www.huuc.net.Anderson Township.


Craft ShowsModernMarbles, Noon-5 p.m.,Indigenous, Free admission.321-3750; www.indigenouscraft-.com. O’Bryonville.

Exercise ClassesCardio Kick Boxing, 6-7 p.m.,ATA Taekwondo Black BeltAcademy, 8510 Beechmont Ave.,Led by George Sizemore, fourth-degree black belt and co-ownerof ATA Black Belt Academy.Family friendly. $5. 652-0286;www.atacincinnati.com. An-derson Township.

Farmers MarketHyde Park Farmers Market,9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Hyde ParkSquare, 2643 Erie Ave., Localproduce and farm goods, gour-met foods and more. Presentedby Hyde Park Farmers’ Market.561-1205; www.hydepark-farmersmarket.com. Hyde Park.

FestivalsTaste of Mount WashingtonBaptist Church, 11:30 a.m.-3p.m., Mount Washington Baptist

Church, 2021 Sutton Ave., Out-doors. Picnic, games and activ-ities for children. Bring covereddish to share. Free. 231-4445;www.mwbcares.net.MountWashington.

Literary - BookstoresCaptain Underpants Party,3:30-4:30 p.m., Blue ManateeChildren’s Bookstore, 3054Madison Road, Play silly games,eat some of George and Har-old’s favorite snacks and make aFlip-O-Rama of your very own.Ages 6-10. $8. Registrationrequired. 731-2665. Oakley.

Music - JazzOpen Jazz Jam, 10 p.m., Stan-ley’s Pub, 323 Stanley Ave., Free.871-6249. Columbia Tusculum.

On Stage - TheaterThe Fox on the Fairway, 7 p.m.,Walton Creek Theater, $17.684-1236; www.mariemontplay-ers.com. Columbia Township.

PetsCat Adoptions, Noon-2 p.m.,Ohio Alleycat Resource, 871-7297; www.ohioalleycat.org.Madisonville.Cat Adoptions, 1-4 p.m., Pet-Smart Oakley, 731-9400; www.o-hioalleycat.org. Oakley.

RecreationYoga AidWorld ChallengeCincinnati, 2-3 p.m., Ault Park,3600 Observatory Ave., World-wide yoga relay. Some 20,000people in 20 countries united toraise funds. Benefits Yoga Aid.Free, pledges encouraged.Registration required to partici-pate. Presented by Yoga Aid.807-0658; www.yogaaid.com/usa/registernow.Mount Look-out.

Special EventsAnderson Center Bridal Show,11 a.m.-4 p.m., Anderson Center,7850 Five Mile Road, More than30 wedding vendors to helpplan your day. Register to winfour-hour reception at centerincluding dance floor and tablelinens. Free. 688-8400; www.an-dersoncenterevents.org. An-derson Township.

MONDAY, SEPT. 10Art & Craft ClassesKids+Me: Bowls, 4:30-6 p.m.,Brazee Street Studios, 4426Brazee St., Students learn aboutand experiment with a range ofBullseye accessory glass. Noexperience necessary. $30.Registration required. 321-0206.Oakley.

Art ExhibitsShape to Shape, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.,Brazee Street Studios, Free.321-0206; brazeestreetstu-dios.com/home/gal-lery_one_one. Oakley.

THINGS TO DO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

The American Celtic Art Show, a national touring art exhibit, will be at the Irish HeritageCenter of Cincinnati, 3905 Eastern Ave., Sept. 7 through Nov. 30, 2012. The show includesapproximately 40 works of art featuring five national artists. Meet member artist andexhibit curator, Cindy Matyi, at an artist’s reception 6-8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7. To see theexhibit, the public can contact the Irish Heritage Center of Cincinnati at 533-0100 toconfirm hours of operation, or call Matyi at 871-4527 for a reserved appointment. Pictured:American Celtic Art Show Artists – Steve O'Loughlin, Jen Delyth, Cindy Matyi, PatrickGallagher, and Michael Carroll.

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The kids are back inschool and when they gethome, they’re usuallyhungry. But you don’twant to feed them so muchthat they have no appetite

for dinner.Here aresome reci-pes to makeahead oftime forhealthysnacking.Check outtips forpackingsafelunches, as

well on my blog Cookingwith Rita at Cincinnati-.com.

I have to chuckle whenI give advice on how topack safe lunches since allduring our school years,we packed lunches with-out ice packs or thermosesand, yes, used paper bagsto tote them. Mom used topack us fried kibbi sand-wiches, and they smelledso good that all the kidswanted to know what theywere. I was embarrassedto say what they reallywere so I would tell themthey were Lebanese ham-burgers. Today a sandwichlike that would be consid-

ered very cool! We nevergot sick either, but as Ialways say, now that we’remore aware of food spoil-age, better safe than sorry.

Pineapple popsicles

3 cups fresh pineapplechunks or 114.5 oz. canchunks packed in juice,not syrup, drained

1⁄3 cup 2 percent milkA few tablespoons sugar orhoney if it needssweetened (start with 3tablespoons and go fromthere)

Process all ingredientsin batches in a food pro-cessor or blender until assmooth as you like. Pourinto molds or cups withwooden sticks inserted, ifnecessary. Freeze severalhours. Makes 8.

Frozen grapeskewers

We used to pick grapesfrom a local vineyard.After making grape juiceand jelly, I always hadenough left over to makethese, which were a favor-ite of my boys.

Use a flat head tooth-pick and skewer 3-4grapes on each one.

Freeze hard uncoveredand then put into freezercontainers. Let the kidseat these right out of thefreezer.

Health tips fromRita’s kitchen

Fresh pineapple helpskeeps bones strong. Pine-apple also improves diges-tion and even helps relievecold symptoms with itshigh vitamin C content.Pineapple juice is soothingto a sore throat.

Grapes, especially ifthey’re red, contain pow-erful anti-oxidants.

Rita’s chunkygranola

It’s all the rage now.Chunky granola is in.Here’s how to make it.1⁄3 cupmaple syrup1⁄3 cup packed brown sugar (Iused dark)

1 tablespoon vanilla extract½ teaspoon almond extract¼ cup soybean or canola oil¼ cup extra virgin olive oil5 cups old-fashioned rolledoats

2 cups sliced almonds oryour favorite combinationof nuts

About 2 cups dried fruit(optional)

Line a large cookiesheet with parchment orspray with cooking spray.Preheat oven to 325 de-grees. Whisk togethersyrup, sugar, extracts andsalt, then whisk in oils.Fold in oats and nuts untilcoated. Pour onto cookiesheet in thin, even layerand press mixture downuntil compact. Bake 35-40minutes, rotating panhalfway through. Removeand cool to room temper-ature. Break into desiredchunks. Stir in fruit. Store

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Add¼ cup chia seedsand or 2 tablespoons flaxseeds with the oat and nutmixture. The flax and chiaare optional but know thatthey are huge sources ofOmega 3 fatty acids,which are good for yourheart, brain, eyes, nails,skin and hair. Chia is closeto flax in Omega 3 andhigher in Omega 3 than

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The American CelticArt Showwill be ondisplayat the Irish Heritage Cen-ter Sept. 7 to Nov. 30.

It features approxi-mately 40 works of artfrom five national artists,including local ColumbiaTusculum artist CindyMa-tyi. Other artists are Mi-chael Carroll, Jen Delyth,Patrick Gallagher andSteve O’Loughlin.

“We’re very excited tohost the American CelticArt Show,” said MaureenKennedy, director, IrishHeritage Center of Cincin-nati. “We are honored to

bring our walls to life withthis exciting visual displayof Celtic-inspired art.”

Pieces include every-thing from swirling man-dalas and precisely ren-dered Book of Kells styleto dreamy, uniquely frac-tured Celtic surrealism.

Eachof the representedartistshasestablishedrep-utations for his/her Celticart skills indepicting spiri-tual, social and interactivelife in the 21st century.

These artists have ded-icated their professionallives to mastering the ele-ments of ancient Celtic art

forms to express originalcontemporary ideas whilestill retaining the essenceof the traditional style.

There is an opening re-ception from 6-8 p.m. Fri-day, Sept. 7 at the IrishHeritage Center of Cincin-nati, 3905 Eastern Ave. inColumbia Tusculum. Theband Silver Arm will per-formfrom8-11p.m.There-ception is free and open tothe public.

Call the Irish HeritageCenter, 533-0100, to checkoperating hours to viewthe exhibit.

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The American Celtic Art Show, a national touring art exhibit, will be in Cincinnati Sept. 7to Nov. 30. The show includes approximately 40 works of art from five nationalartists–Steve O’Laughlin, left, Jen Delyth, Cindy Matyi, Patrick Gallagher and MichaelCarroll. PROVIDED

Back-to-school means“back to school sports” formany students. As studentsandparents are purchasingsports uniforms and equip-ment, Prevent BlindnessOhio recommends that eyeprotection be part of neces-sary equipment for safeand successful sports playfor every child.

Every 13 minutes, anemergency room in theUnited States treats some-one for a sports-related eyeinjury.Accordingto theNa-tional Eye Institute, eye in-juries are the leading causeof blindness in children inAmerica, andmost injuriesoccurring in school-aged

childrenare sports-related.The results of an eye injurycan range from temporaryto permanent vision loss.

Fortunately, most eyeinjuries can be preventedthrough wearing the prop-er eye protection. PreventBlindnessOhiohasdedicat-ed September as SportsEye Safety AwarenessMonth toeducate thepublicon the necessary steps tohelp keep eyes healthy forlife.

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10:30am Choral Eucharist, Rite II**Child care for children up to 4 in a staffed nursery from 9-noon

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Sunday School 10:00 amSunday Worship 11:00 am

Wed Night Bible Study 7:00 pmPastor Ed Wilson

8105 Beech Avenue - Deer Park(Just off Galbraith

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CALVARY ALLIANCECHURCH

Senior Pastor, Rev. Dave Robinette986 Nordyke Road - 45255

(Cherry Grove turn off Beechmontat Beechmont Toyota)

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

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ST. GERTRUDE PARISHChurch (513) 561-5954• (513) 561-8020 SchoolMiami Ave & Shawnee Run Rd.

www.stgertrude.orgMass Schedule

Daily: 7:00, 8:00 & 11:30AMSaturday: 4:30PM

Sunday: 8:00, 9:30 & 11:00AM12:30 & 6:00PM

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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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AMERICAN BAPTIST

681 Mt. Moriah Drive • 513.752.1333

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CHURCH OF THE SAVIOUR8005 Pfeiffer Rd. Montgomery 791-3142

www.cos-umc.org"Heroes Beyond Our Comic

Book Heroes: Ruth"Traditional Worship 8:20am & 11:00am

Contemporary Worship 9:40amSunday School (All ages) 9:40 & 11am

Nursery Care ProvidedDr. Cathy Johns, Senior PastorRev. Doug Johns, Senior Pastor

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INDIAN HILLEpiscopal Presbyterian Church

6000 Drake Rd, Cincinnati, Ohio 45243Phone 513-561-6805 Fax 513-561-0894

Sunday Worship8am & 10:30am

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3850 E. Galbraith,Deer Park

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www.TrinityCincinnati.org791-7631

Worship Service - 10:00AMSunday School - 10:15AMPastor Randy Wade

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MADEIRA-SILVERWOODPRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

8000 Miami Ave. 513-791-4470www.madeirachurch.org

Sunday Worship9:00 am - Contemporary Service

10:00am Educational Hour11:00 am - Traditional Service

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Sunday 9:30 &11:00 a.m.Loveland High School, off of Rich Rd.

683-1556www.golovelive.com

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

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~ Solid Bible Teaching ~6800 School StreetNewtown, OH 45244

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

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

Vibrant Teen and Children’s MinistriesSunday Worship 10:30 am

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Armstrong ChapelUnitedMethodistChurchJoin a weekly intercessory prayertime from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. eachFriday evening. Each sessionbegins with a time of worshipfollowed by intercession. PrayAmerica is meeting in thecontemporary worship space ofArmstrong Chapel. For moreinformation contact Sue Hef-felfinger 513-527-4639.Armstrong Chapel United Meth-odist Church is again offeringits Divorce Care program to thecommunity and making threeadditional support groupsavailable too.The following divorce-relatedprograms are offered at the

church, 5125 Drake Road inIndian Hill.Divorce Care for Kids, Tuesdaysfrom 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in Room209. This 13-week session is forchildren ages 5-12 years.Divorce Care for Teens, Tuesdaysfrom 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the “L”youth facility. This 13-weeksession is for students grades6-12.Divorce Care, for individualswho are separated or divorced,is Tuesdays from 7 p.m. to 9p.m. in the Armstrong Room.It’s a 13-week session and thereis no charge.Grief Share, from 5:30 p.m. to7:30 p.m. in the ArmstrongRoom. This 13-week programwill help participants under-stand the grieving process and

offers them resources forrebuilding their lives.Each group is open to the public,there is no registration fee andinterested individuals may joina group at any time. For more

information, call the churchoffice at 561-4220.Now registering for Parent’sMorning Out on Tuesdaymornings from 9 a.m. to noonfor the 2012-2013 school year.During the program, childrenare engaged in Bible stories,crafts, games, music and play-time with friends in a safe andfun, nurturing Christian envi-ronment. Open to children ages1-5 years. Annual tuition is $510for one child (based on $15/day)and $850 for two children(based on $25 a day). Regis-tration forms are online atwww.armstrong chapel.org/childrenfamilies/ pre-school.html. Contact JenniferHock [email protected] formore information or to sched-ule a visit.The church is at 5125 DrakeRoad; 561-4220; www.arm-strong chapel.org.

Ascension LutheranChurchHabitat for Humanity projectday is planned for Saturday,Sept. 8, in conjunction withThrivent Financial for Luther-ans.The Humanity projects helpeliminate sub-standard housingin Cincinnati. Interested com-munity volunteers may contactAscension at 793-3288 foradditional information.“Coming Home Sunday”will becelebrated Sunday, Sept. 9. Allstudents may bring their schoolbackpacks for a blessing for thenew school year. A potlucklunch will follow the service.Ascension offers Healing TouchMinistry for all people in thecommunity. For more informa-tion please call Ascension at793-3288.Summer 10 a.m. worship servicecontinues through Sunday,Sept. 9. The congregationbegins its fall schedule Sunday,Sept. 16. Worship services willbe at 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. withChristian Education for all agesat 9:45 a.m. The community isinvited.Ascension is at 7333 PfeifferRoad, Montgomery; 793-3288;www.ascensionlutheranchurch.com

Blue AshPresbyterian ChurchThe annual church picnic will beat noon Sunday, Sept. 16, onthe church grounds. Call thechurch for details.The community is invited toattend the annual blessing ofthe pets at 3 p.m. Saturday,Sept. 29, on the churchgrounds. Luvfurmutts, a localanimal rescue group, will be inattendance with pet adoptionsavailable to loving homes.The church youth group, GodSquad, begins meeting Sept. 9,under the leadership of KyleRogers.Sunday School classes (Bible 101and the Thoughtful Christian)meet at 9 a.m. in the FellowshipHall. For children pre-kin-dergarten through sixth-grade,Sunday School is held after thechildren’s sermon in the wor-ship service.The church is collecting cerealduring the month of Septem-ber for NEEDS (NortheastEmergency Distribution Ser-vices).Sunday worship services are at10:30 a.m. Nursery care isavailable.The church is at 4309 CooperRoad; 791-1153;www.bapcweb.net.

Brecon UnitedMethodist ChurchThe church offers worshipservices on Sundays at 8:30 a.m.and 10:45 a.m. Sunday School isat 9:30 a.m. Sundays.Samaritan Closet hours are 10a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Thurs-day and Saturday. SamaritanCloset offers clothing and foodto people with demonstratedneeds. Bread from Panera isavailable on Thursdays andSaturdays. The Samaritan Closetis next to the church.The church is at 7388 E. KemperRoad, Sycamore Township;489-7021.

Christ ChurchCathedralUdite Amanti (Lovers Beware) iscoming to the church at 7:30p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 25. Armo-nia Celeste specializes in thedramatic, passionate repertoireof the early Italian Baroque era.The group is comprised of threesingers and accompanied byperiod instruments. Tickets areavailable at the door (cash orcheck only) and are $15 generaladmission, $5 students/seniorsand free to children age 12 andunder.For more information, go toarmoniaceleste.com.The church is at 318 E. Fourth St.,Cincinnati; 842-2051; christ-churchcincinnati.org.

Church of theSaviour UnitedMethodistWeekday Children’s Activities –Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thurs-days (9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.).Afternoon session is availableon Tuesday. Register on-line atwww.cos-umc.org.Annual craft show is nowrecruiting vendors to purchasespace at the show, which is 10a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov.10. Register at www.cos-umc.org/craftshow.htm.The church is at 8005 PfeifferRoad, Cincinnati, OH 45242(791-3142 and www.cos-umc.org).

CommunityLighthouse Churchof GodA camp meeting service is sched-uled for 6 p.m., Saturday, Sept.15, with Roger Mackie Jr.,Purkeys and James Coffey.Sunday services are 10 a.m. and 6p.m.; Wednesday service is 7p.m. All are welcome.The church is at 4305 SycamoreRoad, Sycamore Township;984-5044.

Epiphany UnitedMethodist ChurchWee Three Kings Preschool hasopenings for the 3-year-oldafternoon and 18-36 monthParent’s Day Out classes. Par-ents Day Out meets from 9 a.m.to 1 p.m., Mondays throughThursdays.The church is at 6635 Loveland-Miamiville Road, Loveland;677-9866;www.epiphanyumc.org.

Faith PCA ChurchFinancial Peace University classesare coming to the church. Weall need a plan for our money.Dave Ramsey's Financial PeaceUniversity (FPUFrom budgetingand retirement savings to lifeinsurance and college planning,this plan will show you how toget rid of debt, manage yourmoney, spend and save wisely,and much more.FPU costs $89 and is a nine-weekclass to be held at Faith Churchat 7 p.m. Tuesdays, beginningSept 18. For more informationor to sign up, contact Marsha at231-1399.The church is at 6434 CorblyRoad, Mount Washington;231-1399; www.faithpca.org.

Village Church ofMariemontThe church has a new servicetime for the resto of summerand fall and a new location.Sunday worship service is nowat 10 a.m. on the corner ofMaple and Oak streets at 3920Oak St.

RELIGION

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available basis. Items must be to our office no later than 4p.m. Wednesday, for possible consideration in the follow-ing edition.» E-mail announcements to [email protected], with “Religion” in the subject line.» Fax to 248-1938. Call 248-8600.»Mail to: Eastern Hills Journal, Attention: Religion news,394 Wards Corner Road, Suite 170, Loveland, Ohio 45140.


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The Children’s Homeof Cincinnati is offeringCommon Sense Parentinggroupsand individualcon-sultationservicesfor fam-ilies.

CommonSenseParent-ing is for all parents whowant to build on their ex-isting skills or learn newways of dealing with theirchildren’s difficult behav-iors. The program’s strat-egies and techniques ad-dress issues of communi-cation, discipline, deci-sion making,relationships, self-controland school success.

Professionally quali-fied trainers provide in-

struction, consultationand support. Parents canchoose to participate in asix-sevenweekgroupcon-sultation series (length ofthe series depends on theage of the child) in whichthey develop a personalparenting plan. Or theycan choose private indi-vidual consultation, of-fered in-home, on campusat The Children’s Home,or over the phone.

To learn more aboutconsultation services andhow they can help yourfamily, contact Jen Pow-ers at 272-2800 or [email protected].

Lawyer acceptedDavid Wade Peck, a

partner with the law firmBarron Peck Bennie &Schlemmer, was invitedandhasbeenacceptedasamember in the NationalAcademy of Distin-guished Neutrals. TheOhio Chapter consists ofeight Alternative DisputeResolution professionalsfrom different areas ofthe state.

The National Academyof Distinguished Neutralsis an association whosemembership consists ofAlternative Dispute Reso-lution professionals whohave distinguished them-selves both through manyyears of hands-on experi-ence in the field of civiland commercial conflictresolution.

BRIEFLY

Melanie Schloss, ownerof the Hyde Park Floraland Garden Center, 3660Michigan Ave., near therailroad tracks at the in-tersection of MichiganAvenue and Wasson Roadin Hyde Park, has added afull-service coffeebar, theCoffee Garden Café.

On visits to the WestCoast, Schloss and herdaughter, Jennifer Wel-age, who manages the ca-fé, had noted the trend ofpositioning coffee housesin garden centers. Want-ing to increase businessand best serve the custom-er, they opened the CoffeeGardenCafé inDecember.

Open seven days aweek, the café brewsupanassortment of coffee andtea drinks and offershomemade pastries pre-pared by Schloss, includ-ing freshly baked scones,muffins, cookies, and indi-vidual pies.

Schloss hired experi-enced barista Kile Yur-chak, who came with pro-fessional credentials indrink-making. Schloss,Welage, and Yurchak areall skilled in preparingany drink that the custom-er requests. “We’re al-ways open to customersuggestions,” Schlossadds.

On the menu (www.cof-feegardencafe.com) areflavored lattes, cappucci-nos, macchiatos, 100 per-cent fruit smoothies, hotchocolate, and tea. TheCa-fé features origin fairtrade coffees.

Schloss also haslaunched “Friday Night in

the Garden,” with weeklyFriday night perfor-mances by musicians.

Membersof theArtCir-cle (www.artcirclecincin-nati.com), a cooperativestudio at Walnut Hills’ Es-sex Studios, will also pre-sent the exhibit, "Blossom-ing,” featuring watercol-ors and colored-pencilpieces, during the monthsofSeptemberandOctober.

Schloss is planning onoffering curbside serviceto customers who callahead and order bever-

ages or pastries. In thenear future she foreseesoffering salads, sand-wiches and soups. The ca-fé also offers free Wi-Fi.

The hours of the caféand the Floral Center areMonday through Friday 7a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturdays 8a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sundays9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The space at the CoffeeGarden Café is also avail-able for rental for eventsand meetings. ContactSchlossat871-9888for fur-ther information.

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CINCINNATI DISTRICT 2Arrests/citationsAmanda J. Cox, born 1975, afterhours in park, alcoholic bever-ages in park, 5060 ObservatoryCircle, Aug. 14.Antoinette Davis, born 1990,falsification, 6415 MadisonRoad, Aug. 27.Christopher Carter Cox, born1981, criminal trespassing, 2335Grandview Ave., Aug. 24.Darneau G. Coleman, born 1977,misdemeanor drug possession,3200 Columbia Pkwy., Aug. 27.Darnell Raglin, born 1960,domestic violence, 5614 Madi-son Road, Aug. 26.Derry B. Riggins, born 1953,possession of an open flask,6011Madison Road, Aug. 16.Don F. Buttram, born 1953,possession of an open flask,6011Madison Road, Aug. 16.Doral Adams, born 1984, having

a weapon under disability,misdemeanor drug possession,possession of a defaced firearm,4100 Erie Ave., Aug. 24.Fredrick B. Gilliam, born 1976,domestic violence, 4409 EasternAve., Aug. 26.James E. Gaynor, born 1976,obstructing official business,5800 Madison Road, Aug. 23.JavonWilliams, born 1990,possession of drugs, 1900Dexter Ave., Aug. 22.Jenifer A. Turner, born 1963,possession of an open flask,6011Madison Road, Aug. 16.Jody Smith, born 1972, domesticviolence, 3760 Edwards Road,Aug. 23.Joe Heater, born 1978, disorderlyconduct, falsification, 4900Mathis St., Aug. 26.Justin Gray, born 1983, pos-session of an open flask, 2795Robertson Ave., Aug. 23.Lamoris Willis, born 1986, drug

abuse, 4454 Simpson Ave., Aug.24.Michael E. Taylor, born 1960,disorderly conduct, possessionof an open flask, 3421 CardiffAve., Aug. 25.Ricky L. Jenkins, born 1956,possession of an open flask,6204 Montgomery Road, Aug.16.Robert Masur, born 1979, pos-session of criminal tools, 4559Marburg Ave., Aug. 25.Ryan Lawton, born 1979, domes-tic violence, 2000 MadisonRoad, Aug. 25.Shawntell R. Martin, born 1983,barking dog, 4114 Homer Ave.,Aug. 16.Terrance Williams, born 1992,criminal trespassing, obstruct-ing official business, 6011Madison Road, Aug. 21.Tyrone Bronaugh, born 1964,criminal trespassing, 6011Madison Road, Aug. 15.

Vincente C. Devalle, born 1975,after hours in park, alcoholicbeverages in park, 5060 Obser-vatory Circle, Aug. 14.

Incidents/reportsAssault3500 Madison Road, Aug. 17.Breaking and entering3707 Madison Road, Aug. 17.5050 Madison Road, Aug. 20.6767 Palmetto St., Aug. 21.Burglary20 Weebetook Lane, Aug. 22.2806 Hyde Park Ave., Aug. 20.3502 Brotherton Road, Aug. 17.4823 Winter St., Aug. 20.5362 Charloe St., Aug. 17.Criminaldamaging/endangering1135 Edwards Road, Aug. 20.3524 Zumstein Ave., Aug. 21.3545 Ibsen Ave., Aug. 21.3950 Beechmont Ave., Aug. 18.4918 Roanoke St., Aug. 20.Menacing6811 Roe St., Aug. 22.Robbery6104 Desmond St., Aug. 21.Theft1949 Madison Road, Aug. 19.1955 Madison Road, Aug. 20.2104 Pogue Ave., Aug. 19.2321Upland Ave., Aug. 18.2339 Grigg Ave., Aug. 17.2967 Douglas Terrace, Aug. 23.3130 Wasson Road, Aug. 23.3139 Madison Road, Aug. 23.3423 Stettinius Ave., Aug. 19.3500 Madison Road, Aug. 18.3916 Eastern Ave., Aug. 18.405 Torrence Court, Aug. 22.4212 Allendorf Drive, Aug. 21.4318 Erie Ave., Aug. 21.4918 Roanoke St., Aug. 20.5400 Red Bank Road, Aug. 23.5554 Bosworth Place, Aug. 20.5712 Doerger Lane, Aug. 22.5762 Marmion Lane, Aug. 17.947 Edwards Road, Aug. 9.

COLUMBIA TOWNSHIPArrests/CitationsDermot Mackey, 42, 3820 Indi-anview Ave., disorderly conductwhile intoxicated at 6932Murray Ave., July 22.Ben Brinker, 32, 11414 LebanonRoad, drug abuse instruments,drug paraphernalia at 5410Ridge Road, July 30.DawnyneWoodward, 38, 1711Portman Ave., theft at 3400Highland Ave., Aug. 4.Shane Gibson, 25, 3449 Pat-terson Road, drug possession at4855 Ridge Road, Aug. 4.Trishaunda Elliott, 32, 2680Lafuelle Circle, possession ofdrugs at Madison Road andKenwood Road, Aug. 2.

Incidents/investigationsTheftAttempt made to enter vehicleat 5300 Kennedy Ave., Aug. 6.Vehicle entered and purse ofunknown value removed at5572 Red Bank Road, Aug. 2.Vehicle entered and $85 remov-er at 5427 Ridge Ave., Aug. 9.Storm drain lid of unknownvalue removed at 5500 RidgeRoad, Aug. 9.Ladder of unknown valueremoved at 6925 WindwardStreet, Aug. 8.Rotary hammer valued at $900removed at 5385 Ridge Road,July 31.Breaking and enteringResidence entered at 2839Ridgewood Ave., Aug. 6.Criminal damaging

Windshield damaged at 6631Cambridge Ave., Aug. 11.Domestic violenceFemale reported at View PointeDrive, Aug. 4.AggravatedmenacingVictim threatened at 3340Highland Ave., Aug. 5.

FAIRFAXArrests/citationsScott W. Lawson, 25, 1610 Do-rothy Lane, drug paraphernalia,instruments, heroin possession,Aug. 3.Lyle L Holloway, 26, 416 W. 9ThSt., driving under suspension,Aug. 3.Danielle Walker, 33, 6580 GrafSt., permitting unlicensed todrive, Aug. 6.Anthony Harrell Jr., 25, 6580Graf St., driving under suspen-sion, Aug. 6Chris Helton, 40, 7015 WoosterPike, property maintenanceviolation, Aug. 8.Glenn Hartman, 49, 4403 Pi-necroft, theft, criminal tools,Aug. 8.Charlise Ramey, 45, 884 DutchColony, theft, Aug. 8.Kshon Jordan, 23, 8740 BalboaDrive, theft, obstructing officialbusiness, Aug. 9.Clinton Anderson, 25, 1149Madeline Circle, driving undersuspension, Aug. 10.Kari Sprull, 28, 5219 Roanoke,misuse of credit card, Aug. 12.Bradley M. Ruff, 25, 20916 CrossCreek, driving under suspen-sion, Aug. 13.Anthony Schroeder, 55, 4510Clear Water Place, failure toreinstate, Aug. 13.Joseph Humphries Jr., 30, 2535Ohio 50 #85, theft, Aug. 13.Shaine Schmidtgesling, 26, 1033Gilsey Ave., theft, obstructingofficial business, Aug. 14.Decemberly Wright, 34, 4019Dumont St., theft, Aug. 14.Sha M. Barkley, 23, 5653 View-point Drive, driving undersuspension, Aug. 14.Laquieta Reese, 25, 711 Ridge-way Ave. #9, theft, Aug. 16.Patrick Henry, 42, 1911Washing-ton Circle, theft, Aug. 17.Sherry L. Williams, 28, 742 ClarkSt., driving under suspension,Aug. 18.Jason A. Smith, 33, 3910 MichaelDrive, heroin possession, para-phernalia, driving under sus-pension, Aug. 18.

Incidents/investigationsTheftDVDs taken fromWalmart; $179at 4000 Red Bank Road, Aug. 4.Chainsaw and trimmer takenfromWalmart; $327 at 4000Red Bank Road, Aug. 6.

CDs, etc. taken fromWalmart;$81 at 4000 Red Bank Road,Aug. 5.Two chickens taken at 5807Hawthorne, Aug. 4.Video games, etc. taken fromWalmart; $526 at 4000 RedBank Road, Aug. 7.Computer taken fromWalmart;$398 at 4000 Red Bank Road,Aug. 9.PS3 accessories taken fromWalmart; $210 at 4000 RedBank Road, Aug. 8.X-Box controller, etc. taken fromWalmart; $80 at 4000 Red BankRoad, Aug. 14.Wallet taken from purse atWalmart at 4000 Red BankRoad, Aug. 14.Rings taken fromWalmart;$2,292 at 4000 Red Bank Road,Aug. 14.Employee took money fromregister; $980 at 4000 Red BankRoad, Aug. 13.Merchandise taken fromWal-mart at 4000 Red Bank Road,Aug. 15.Misuse of credit cardCredit card was used with noauthorization at Walmart; $300at 4000 Red Bank Road, Aug. 3.Criminal damageEggs thrown at vehicles atseveral different locations atWatterson, Bancroft, Camden,Carlton, Germania, etc., Aug.18.

MARIEMONTArrests/citationsEric Thoms, 31, 5866 Monassas,drug paraphernalia, Aug. 1.Jason Glass, 27, 705 Murray,domestic violence, Aug. 5.Joana Colburn, 27, 1025 Redbird,disorderly conduct, Aug. 4.Cameron O'Neal, 20, 4745 RapidRun, drug possession, Aug. 11.Donald Saylor, 65, 11604 Ohio68, driving under influence,Aug. 13.Ashlee Miller, 22, 363 RichlandAthen Road, drug possession,paraphernalia, Aug. 15.

Incidents/investigationsTheftA watch and bracelet taken at3808 Beech St., Aug. 7.Yard ornament taken at 4017Grove Ave., Aug. 11.

TERRACE PARKIncidents/investigationsIncidentFemale child injured in fall at221 Cambridge, Aug. 12.Animal biteYellow tabby cat attackedfemale at Terrace Place, Aug.23.

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» Cincinnati, Capt. Paul Broxterman, District 2 commander,979-4440» Columbia Township, Hamilton County Sheriff's Office,Sgt. Peter Enderle, 683-3444» Fairfax, Rick Patterson, chief, 271-7250»Mariemont, Rick Hines, chief, 271-4089» Terrace Park, Jerry Hayhow, chief, 831-2137 or 825-2280.


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Fans and neighbors recently gathered in Ter-race Park to congratulate Olympic swimmingchampion Nick Thoman, winner of the silvermedal for the 100-meter backstroke in the Sum-mer Games in London. Thoman, a MariemontHigh School graduate, also swam during thequalifying portion of the 4x100 medley relay inwhich the Americans eventually won gold.

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HenryThoman, left,of TerracePark, and hisson NickThoman, whowon bothgold andsilver medalsin swimmingat the 2012Olympics inLondon,display themedals.

A close up of 2012 London Olympic gold and silver medals inswimming won by Terrace Park native Nick Thoman as he metwith fans and neighbors for a homecoming at the TerracePark Community Building Aug. 25.

Swimmer Nick Thoman of Terrace Park shares his gold and silver medalswith his fans and neighbors.

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Judges question mine decisionsIs the good neighbor fee

a tax? Is that fee even le-gal? Can the AndersonTownship Board of ZoningAppealsallowacompanytostore explosives on itsproperty, even if the zoningcode prohibits it? If one ortwo conditions are illegal,should the entire mine ap-proval be invalid?

The answers to thosequestions depend on whichside you ask, but those

were the issues the three-judge panel of the Hamil-ton County First DistrictCourt of Appeals focusedon during an Aug. 22 hear-ing about a controversialmine proposal in AndersonTownship, near the cornerof Broadwell and RoundBottom roads.

BackgroundMartinMariettaMateri-

als wants to operate an un-derground limestone minein northeastern AndersonTownship. The area iszoned for industrial useswith pockets of residentialand recreational areas.

After almost two yearsof hearings, the AndersonTownship Board of ZoningAppeals, with a 3-2 vote inJune 2010, approved a spe-

cial zoning certificate forthe proposed mine andprocessing plant, as well asa variance to store explo-sives on site. The board at-tached 25 conditions to its16-page decision favoringthe mine’s approval.

Nearby township resi-dents and the neighboringcommunities of Newtown,Terrace Park and IndianHill opposed to themineap-pealed the zoning board’sdecision to the HamiltonCounty Court of CommonPleas.

In 2011, after more thanayearof legalbriefsandar-guments, Judge RobertRuehlman overturned theBoard of Zoning Appealsdecision to approve themine and called it “repletewith examples of illegal

acts.”Martin Marietta ap-

pealed Ruehlman’s rulingto the Hamilton CountyFirst District Court of Ap-peals. Anderson Township,which was part of the caseinCommonPleasCourt, ob-jected to the ruling, but didnot appeal the decision tothe higher court.

“Good NeighborAgreement”

One condition of theBoard of Zoning Appeals’decision was that MartinMarietta would pay thetownship 5 cents per ton ofmaterial sold anddeliveredfromtheminesiteandkeepa $1million bond. It was in-tended to help defray costsof additional zoning en-forcement or increasedcosts to provide public ser-vices.

»What the judgesasked: Judge J. HowardSundermann asked if theBoard of Zoning Appeals(BZA) has the authority topropose such a fee and if itcould be considered a tax.Judge Penelope Cunning-ham asked where in thetownship’s zoning resolu-tion it says the board couldimpose the fee.

“You’re giving us whatseems like policy reasonsfor the good neighbor fee,and I’m not hearing any au-thority that the zoningboard can impose it,” Sun-dermann said to MartinMarietta’s attorneys dur-ing arguments.

»What Martin Mariet-ta argued: Attorney Rich-ard Brahm said the abilityto propose a fee is inferredbytheoverallpowersof theBoard of ZoningAppeals to

determine conditions foruse. The board can proposeit, but enforcement of thatprovision is a different is-sue, and the legal authorityto contract for that fee lieswith the township trustees,he said.

Brahm argued that itshould not be considered atax because it was not de-manded and Martin Mari-etta voluntarily agreed toit.

AttorneyC.FrancisBar-rett said the company is notchallenging the fee, butquestions whether otherparties can challenge it.

“If Martin Mariettaagreed to that and it’s theirownvolition then Idon’t be-lieve a third party has theright to challenge that,”Barrett said.

»What the other sideargued:DougMiller, solic-itor for the village of New-town, cited a recent OhioSupreme Court case andsaid the fee should be con-sidered a tax because itdoes not benefit the actualperson or entity on whichit’s imposed, and it is notspecified how the moneywould be used.

“It is to reduce the bur-den to Anderson Township,(but) has no specific bene-fit to thisproperty,”hesaid.

“It’s very troubling tothe communities because itsmacks of, ‘Well, if you payus enoughmoneywe’ll giveyouyourzoningapproval.’”

Storing explosivesTheBoardofZoningAp-

peals grantedMartinMari-etta permission to store ex-plosives used in theminingoperation on their 480-acreproperty so it couldbeused

to extract limestone 400 to800 feet underground. Ifthat variance was notgranted Martin Mariettacould truck in the explo-sives daily.

»What the judgesasked: Judge Sylvia SieveHendon said she was con-cerned about the provisionto allow storage of explo-sivesonsite.Hendonsaid itseemedfromtheattorneys’briefs that, “it almostsounds likeyoucansee thatthe BZA didn’t have the au-thority to give the use vari-ance.”

»What Martin Mariet-ta argued: Brahm saidstoring explosives is notthe principal use of theproperty, and it is inciden-tal to the mining process.Barrett argued that eventhough storing explosivesis a prohibited use in the in-dustrial district, the Boardof Zoning Appeals has theauthority to grant a varia-nce otherwise that powerwould not exist.

»What the other sideargued: Robert Malloy, so-licitor for thevillageofTer-raceParkwho isalsorepre-senting IndianHill, said thetownship zoning resolutionexcludes any language al-lowing exceptions to stor-ing explosives.

“Is it the suggestion bythe appellants that slaugh-terhouses could be permit-ted because it’s incidentalto selling meat?” Malloyasked.

Attorney Tim Mara,who represents AndersonTownship residents andbusiness owners, arguedthat the explosives are anintegral part of the miningprocess.

By Lisa [email protected]

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