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In recent years, changes inthe way the state allocatesfunding to local municipalitieshas prompted local administra-tors to find creative ways to domore with less, and they aresharing what they learn withone another.

In Colerain Township, for ex-ample, since 2011, the townshipcanceled its contract with theHamilton County Sheriff’s Of-fice, eliminated the PublicWorks Director position, theColerain Township Senior andCommunity Center director po-sition, and eliminated its Fourthof July Fireworks Spectacularand a popular free day campprogram at Colerain Park.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich re-duced funding to local govern-ments to help offset a $8 billiondeficit in the state’s budget. Theadministration began decreas-ing the local government fund,and that was on top of losses themunicipalities were already ex-periencing as the tangible per-sonal property tax, which alsowas a big source of revenue forlocal governments, was beingphased out.

Hamilton County AuditorDusty Rhodes has pointed outthat Hamilton County commu-nities received $53 million fromthe Local Government Fund in2010, and that was reduced to$26.6 million in 2013. An evenbigger blow to the county andits local communities was the

reduction in tangible personalproperty tax reimbursementsfrom $4.9 million in 2010 to$493,571 last year, he said.

Add to that the losses fromthe estate tax, which ended Jan.1, 2013. Estate taxes were split80 percent by the communitiesin which a person died and 20percent by the state. In Hamil-ton County, estate taxes totaled$57.5 million in fiscal 2012; now,they’re zero.

The money used to flow fromthe state; now it trickles. Ac-cording to Rhodes, AndersonTownship received the largestamount this year, just over$18,300, with Colerain andGreen receiving just over$17,000 each. Springfield Town-ship received just under$15,000 and Delhi received a lit-tle more than $10,400. The sev-en other townships receivedless than $10,000 each.

Rhodes said that since 2010,Hamilton County townshipsshare of the Local GovernmentFund has been cut by$2,340,480.94 annually. Theamount of the new allocationmakes up about 5 percent ofthat total loss. “Any new moneyis welcome,” he said, “but thisreally is just a drop in the buck-et compared to the cuts localgovernments have seen.”

Green Township Adminis-trator Kevin Celarek said histownship has lost approximate-ly $3.5 million in state fundingthe past two years. The biggestcuts took effect two years agowhen the estate tax was elimi-nated.

His township has lost about$350,000 each year since 2011from the tangible personal

The check is not in the mail

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Free summer day camp was one of many services eliminated as the Colerain Township Board of Trustees beganmaking cuts to adjust to the loss of state funds.

Local governmentsfacing realities ofstate cuts

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Community Press staff report

GREEN TWP. — Fire & EMSChief Douglas Witsken knowsno community is immune frommajor emergencies or naturaldisasters.

Two examples stand out, Wit-sken said: the April 1974 torna-do that leveled portions of theWest Side, and remnants of Hur-ricane Ike in 2008 that sweptthrough the region, knockingdown trees and power lines.Those events tested the emer-gency resources of local com-munities, and are key reasonswhy the Green Township De-partment of Fire & EMS hasbeen working for the past twoyears on plans for a communityEmergency Operations Center,or EOC.

Outfitted with computers,telephones, radios, checklistsand other supplies for manag-ing emergency response, thecenter would serve as the cen-tral command for coordinatingoperations, logistics and plan-ning in the event of a big emer-gency.

Aside from the possibility ofnatural disasters striking thearea, Witsken said the townshipis also in the flight path ofplanes flying in and out of theCincinnati/Northern KentuckyInternational Airport and a ma-jor highway – Interstate 74 –runs through the township.

“Those are potential sources

of significant emergencies,” hesaid. “It’s difficult to anticipateevery possible disaster scenar-io.”

Through its planning andtraining, however, he said thefire department is confident itcan implement an EOC in theevent of a major emergency tominimize the impact on resi-dents and businesses and coor-dinate the recovery effort.

The department recentlyconducted an exercise to fullyset up the center and equipmentat the Nathanael Greene Lodge,one of two township facilitiesthat can be quickly convertedinto an EOC. The department’scache of equipment can also beset up at the Green TownshipSenior Citizens Center.

“The results were very satis-factory,” Witsken said of theset-up exercise. “Some thingswere fine-tuned. We are nowwriting documentation that willbe the guide for anyone settingup the EOC for any future emer-gency.”

Green Township TrusteeChairman Tony Rosiello touredthe Nathanael Greene Lodge fa-

cility and said he was impressedwith the center and the capabil-ities it gives the township for re-sponding to and managing ma-jor emergencies.

“Green Township standsready, locally and regionally,for any natural or man-made di-saster,” he said.

Spurred by 9/11Green Township Fire Lt. Mi-

chael Nie said Emergency Op-eration Centers are a key com-ponent of the National IncidentManagement System (NIMS), acommand system required ofall governmental entities.

He said NIMS was estab-lished as part of a federal direc-tive issued by President GeorgeW. Bush following the terroristattacks of Sept. 11. Federalfunding covered the cost oftraining all township employeesin the NIMS program, with po-lice officers and firefighters re-ceiving more intensive trainingthan non-emergency employ-ees.

Some communities have adedicated EOC used for nothingelse, but Nie said that can be

very expensive to maintain, es-pecially given the fact they seeinfrequent use. He said GreenTownship elected to developplans to convert existing town-ship buildings into an EOC ifnecessary.

He said the EOC features allthe needed equipment and capa-bilities to allow a commandstaff to perform functions to re-cover from a disaster or emer-gency of greater magnitudethan can be handled on a routinebasis.

Next stepsWitsken said the fire depart-

ment is reviewing how the firstEOC set-up exercise at Na-thanael Greene Lodge went todetermine if and where im-provements can be made.

The department is planningto conduct a second set-up exer-cise sometime this fall at thetownship’s senior citizens cen-ter, he said. Township staff willalso receive additional EOCtraining, and he said the town-ship is working to update itsemergency operations plan.

Green Township poised to handle big emergenciesKurt [email protected]

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Green Township’s EmergencyOperations Center has all theequipment and supplies needed foroverseeing the response andrecovery efforts in the event of amajor disaster or emergency. Thecenter, set up here at NathanaelGreene Lodge, could also be set upat the township’s senior citizenscenter.

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property tax reductionand about $150,000 less inutilities tax receipts annu-ally since 2011. And cuts tothe local governmentfund have resulted in thetownship receivingroughly $550,000 lesseach year since 2011.Green Township loses anaverage of $2.5 millioneach year due to the elim-ination of the estate tax.

Colerain Township haslost almost $2.6 millionfrom its budget becauseof state cuts. Trusteesprojected the loss andhave been aligning thebudget to make up for thedecrease in revenuessince they saw a loomingpotential deficit morethan three years ago.

To align expenses withprojected income, thetownship has reduced thenumber of people work-ing in administration, cutback programs in theparks, introduced orraised fees to help pay forservices, shifted somezoning enforcement re-sponsibilities from zoningto police and fire person-nel, and started privateand government partner-ships and shared servicesto share the cost of pro-viding services to thetownship.

In addition to eliminat-ing positions and popularservices, employees tookvoluntary pay freezes andpaid more for medicalbenefits. Programs at thesenior center were re-duced. Fees were in-creased for park shelterand field rentals, and thetownship instituted aparking fee for townshipparks. Road projectswere greatly reduced.

The township askedvoters to approve a JointEconomic DevelopmentZone, or JEDZ, in Novem-ber, which would havegenerated a 1percent pay-roll tax that could have re-placed an estimated $1million annually, but itfailed. Officials said if theJEDZ failed, there wouldbe cuts. And they have fol-lowed through.

In Springfield Town-ship, officials also askedvoters for a JEDZ as a wayto offset some of the lossof state income. Votersthere approved the planlast May, and the town-ship is now receivingsome funds to help offsetthe loss of state local gov-ernment funds and otherincome from the state.But officials there cau-tioned that the JEDZ in-come does not fully re-place the lost money, andthe township has to con-tinue looking for ways tocontinue to provide ser-vices without raisingproperty taxes.

Administrator MikeHinnenkamp says start-ing in 2007, the budgetloss for his community is

about $2 million per yearbased on the eliminationof estate tax, eliminationof the tangible personal

property tax reimburse-ment and the reduction ofthe local governmentfund.

Springfield Townshiphas forged partnershipsto continue offering ser-vices while keeping aneye on the bottom line.The township contractedwith Colerain Township toprovide fire service in thePleasant Run area, haspartnered with athleticgroups to keep parks in or-der, and is working withthe city of Wyoming to of-fer services to senior citi-zens in both communities.

Reporters Kurt Backscheider,Jeanne Houck, Jennie Key,Marika Lee, Kelly McBride,Cindy Schroeder, ForrestSellers and Sheila Vilvenscontributed.

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CUTTING DEEPHere’s how some other local municipalities’ budgets

have been affected by state funding cuts:» Sycamore Township’s revenue fell by about 72 percent

and every source of income the township had took apounding, according to township administrator GregBickford. Sycamore had about $2 million in reserves thatgot it through the hard times, Bickford said. The fire de-partment was a big part of that as well with the firefight-ers taking the pay reductions in order to save jobs. In everyother township department, staff was cut. At one timethere were 14 to 15 people staffing the township offices.Today the staffing is about half the size it was a few yearsago with those remain doing a lot more work. While thetownship has not fully recovered financially, the revenuestream is improving thanks to the Joint Economic Devel-opment Zones (JEDZ) program embraced by the townshipseveral years ago. “We enacted JEDZ before anyone elsewas talking about them,” Trustee Cliff Bishop said.

» Madeira has changed its road paving program anddelayed other infrastructure improvements.

“We have had to stretch our paving program such thatroads are only resurfaced every 20-plus years,” city Man-ager Tom Moeller said. “We should be resurfacing streetsevery 15-17 years to stay ahead of the deterioration thattakes place. We also have several storm water system piperepairs/replacements that are being delayed because of thereduction in funding.”

» Loveland City Manager David Kennedy said his city hasreduced staff across all departments, outsourcing functionssuch as income tax collection and building inspectionservices, cutting funding for the annual road rehabilitationprogram, deferring capital purchases, reducing employeebenefits, and reducing or eliminating a variety of othersmaller programs or services.

» Miami Township was able to build reserves to offsetthe losses.

“To deal with the cuts in revenue, Miami Township cutstaff through attrition, delayed capital purchases andrefinance debt, outgoing Administrator Larry Fronk said.“The township moved some costs for capital expendituresfrom the operating budget to the tax increment financefunds. It was only in 2014 that the township began toinvest in capital equipment.”

» Goshen Township acted similarly - reducing staff,delaying capital purchases and refinancing debt, FiscalOfficer Cheryl Allgeyer wrote in an email.

The township also searched out and applied for grantsto supplement lost revenue, Allgeyer said. As an example,Goshen Township applied for an Assistance to FirefightersGrant Regional radio grant and received almost $1 millionin 2014.

» Fairfax hasn’t been affected as much as some othercommunities. “Overall we knew (this) was coming andadjusted that for other parts of the budget where we havemore control,” Fairfax Administrator Jenny Kaminer said.“Being a small village, it didn’t have a huge impact.”

Kaminer said funding from the state is a small percent-age of Fairfax’s overall budget. She said the earnings tax isthe No. 1 source of income for the village followed by finesgenerated from the mayor’s court.

» Evendale is more heavily reliant on local income taxesthan any kind of state funding, Chief Fiscal and AccountingOfficer Cynthia Caracci said in an email.

“We have some very healthy business in our area in-cluding General Electric,” she said. “Our earnings tax hasrisen enough to cover the losses from state cuts.” Numbersshared indicate consistent growth in the village’s generalrevenue fund for the past five years.

» Clermont County’s Pierce Township was hit doublyhard. Its general fund is down from $861,344.47 in 2009 to$710,990.64 in 2014. Another nearly $700,000 in revenuewill be lost with the W.C. Beckjord Power Plant goingoffline effective in September 2014.

Because of the expectation that Beckjord Power Plantwould close sometime over the past decade, Pierce Town-ship has suspended many routine expenditures on equip-ment (police, fire and public works vehicles), road andbuilding maintenance, as well as personnel expenses,Administrator Tim Hershner said.

“Our budgets are secure for the next five years exceptfor the fire/EMS department. The Pierce Finance Commit-tee has recommended and the board of trustees approveplacing a reduced Fire/EMS levy on the November 2015ballot with hopes the reduced levy income will be enoughto purchase new equipment that is currently failing onemergency runs as well as increase personnel pay to reducehigh departure rates of trained safety employees leavingfor better pay in nearby communities.”

Pierce Township trustees approved placing a 2.1-mill,10-year fire levy on the Nov. 3 ballot. Last fall a 2.8-millcontinuing fire levy was narrowly defeated by voters.

Culture of RespectA community-wide

symposium, ‘Building aCulture of Respect’ willbe presented at ColerainHigh School on April 17-18, led by Eric Ellis,President/CEO of Integ-rity Development Corpo-ration. Ellis, who is a for-mer student of the North-west Local School Dis-trict, is also an author ofthe book “Diversity Con-versations.”

The two-day event be-gins at 7 p.m. Friday,April 17, with an ice-breaker activity and a asa keynote. The secondday activities will beginat 8:30 a.m. Saturday,April 19. Saturday’s ac-tivities will include alarge group session,breakout sessions, andwill culminate with smallgroup reports and rec-ommendations. Theevent Saturday runsthrough 4 p.m.

Registration is sim-ple. Complete the surveyatresearch.net/s/G36MYLN.

Chabot to speak ateconomic councilmeeting

The Western Econom-ic Council’s next busi-ness leaders meeting isFriday, April 17, at Re-ceptions event center,3302 Westbourne Drive.

Cost is $15 for eco-nomic council membersand $20 for non-mem-bers.

Children’s bookreading and signing

St. Paul UnitedChurch of Christ (UCC),5312 Old Blue Rock Rd.,will hold a reading of Ma-riam’s Easter Parade onApril 19, 2015 immediate-ly following worship at11:45 a.m.

Copies of the book willbe available for purchaseand signing at the event.For more information,please contact thechurch at 513-385-9077.

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St. Xavier HighSchool’s Theatre Xavierpresents “Shades,” anoriginal musical by di-rector, Michele Mascari.The show was originallywritten and performedby St. Xavier in 1998 withmusic written by thensenior, Tom Korbee Jr.,with lyrics by Korbeeand Mark Motz.

The script and musichas been updated for the2015 performance.

Shades is the pop-rockmusical story of today’steens. Cell phones, texts,social media, dating andheartbreak are exploredin song and vibrant dance

numbers. This fast-paced show has teensfacing bullying, drugs,gun violence and death.There are many light-hearted and funny mo-ments. A company ofteen angels move the sto-ry along to an explosivefinale.

Jimmy Franklin, a St.Xavier junior from Love-land is cast in the leadrole of Seth. He is joinedby 37 cast members fromten other schools. GabbySilvestri , a junior at St.Ursula Academy fromWest Chester plays thepart of Angel, who triesto save Seth from him-

self.Shades marks the fi-

nal performance for di-rector Michele Mascari,who is bringing down thecurtain on a 33-year ca-reer, retiring from bothdirecting and teachingfine arts at St. XavierHigh School. Alumnievents have been orga-nized to celebrate Masca-ri. Performances areApril 16, 17, 18, 23, and 24at 7:30 p.m. Closing night,April 25 is sold out. Alltickets are $12 and can bepurchased at the TheatreXavier Box Office. TheBox Office number is513-761-7600, ext. 586.

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

McAuley High School» The last full week of March

was celebrated as World Lan-guage Week at McAuley HighSchool.

Prayers were spoken inmany languages, trivia contestswere conducted, creativevideos were shown to the entireschool and special enrichmentactivities happened in Spanish,French and Latin classes.

Coinciding with World Lan-guage Week, students in McAu-ley’s creative cooking class cel-ebrated foods from around theworld. They planned, shoppedfor, and prepared an interna-tional appetizer party. The high-light of the week was a presenta-tion by guest cook Maria Reyes,who is the mother of senior Os-mari Novoa. Reyes is from Peru,went to college in Puerto Rico onscholarship when she was 18,moved to Cincinnati after col-lege without speaking English,and owns her own company, em-ploying 10 people, and speaksEnglish fluently.

Reyes held the rapt attentionof the students and their teach-er, Kathy Dietrich, as she toldher inspiring story and helpedthem make delicious flan, theway it is made in Peru.

» McAuley advanced place-ment (AP) physics students par-ticipated in an InternationalMasterclass in Particle Physics.

The Masterclass gives highschool students the opportunityto be particle physicists for aday by analyzing real data fromthe Large Hadron Collider, atCERN, the European Organiza-tion for Nuclear Research. TheLHC is the world’s largest parti-cle accelerator that collides pro-tons or lead ions at energies ap-proaching the speed of light.

McAuley’s AP Physics stu-dents, taught by Lisa Nissen,collaborated with students fromAnderson High School to exam-ine the products of collisions be-tween elementary particles thattravel through the LHC. Theypresented their findings duringan international video confer-ence with particle physicistsand other high school studentsfrom France and Italy March 17.The students had the opportuni-ty to ask questions of real-lifephysicists from CERN.

The Masterclass allows thestudents to work like real scien-tists, work directly with particlephysicists, and get a taste of howmodern research in physicsworks.

Senior Megan Kerth, daugh-ter of Theresa Kerth of WhiteOak, said, “Video chatting withCERN Physicists and schoolsfrom France and Italy was suchan amazing opportunity! A sci-entist from CERN was actuallydown inside the particle acceler-ator to show us the tools and ele-ments that make up the LHC.Spending time learning aboutparticle physics in class andthen being able to end the lessonwith a video chat was honestlysuch a cool experience that I amdefinitely going to remember.”

Junior Jennifer Chunguyenadds, “I definitely enjoyed thevideo conference because it al-lowed me to learn more aboutCERN and all the research theydo to better our world. As aclass, we experienced hands oncollection of data that we con-tributed towards the video con-ference with schools from dif-ferent countries. I am very gladI got to participate in this activ-ity!” She is the daughter of TuanChu and Nga Nguyen of Cole-rain Township.

Donuts with DadsWho wouldn’t love a morning

with dad over donuts? On Fri-day, March 27, St. John the Bap-tist students were treated to justthat when the school hosted itsannual Donuts with Dads.

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Neil Bedwell with son Zach. PROVIDED

Ben Bernecker with children Zander and Aubree.

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Chad Campbell with sons Chase and Mason. PROVIDED

Darryl Eddings with sons Derek and Dylan.

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Tony Even with children AJ, Ben, Isabella, and Dominic. PROVIDED

Jerry Gilbert with son Brett.

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Mark Giovanetti with son Noah. PROVIDED

Kevin Herrmann with son Justin.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 16Clubs & OrganizationsPoker, noon to 3:30 p.m., GreenTownship Senior Center, 3620Epley Road, Free. Presented byGreen Township Seniors. 385-3780. Green Township.

Dance ClassesDance Clogging, 6:30 p.m.,Sayler Park Community Center,6720 Home City Ave., Learn howto clog dance. Dancers of alllevels welcome. No partnerrequired. $5. Presented by TheCan't Stop Cloggers. 324-7454;cantstopcloggers.weebly.com.Sayler Park.

EducationPediatric and Adult First Aidand CPR/AED, 10 a.m. to noon,Mount Healthy United Method-ist Church, 7612 Perry St., Be-come certified in pediatric andadult first aid and CPR/AED. $85,$55. Registration required.Presented by American RedCross Cincinnati Area Chapter.800-733-2767; redcross.org/take-a-class. Mount Healthy.

Exercise ClassesBe Smart, Eat Well and MoveMore at Your Library, 3 p.m.,Westwood Branch Library, 3345Epworth Ave., Learn aboutexercise, good nutrition andfeeding your brain with goodbooks while completing 26 milesof Flying Pig marathon on yourHog Log. Free. Presented byPublic Library of Cincinnati &Hamilton County. 369-4474.Westwood.

Pure Potential Chikung TaiChi, 9:30-11 a.m., Grace Episco-pal Church, 5501 Hamilton Ave.,$50. Presented by HarmonicPulse Wellness. 405-1514;www.harmonicpulsewell-ness.com. College Hill.

Cardio Plus Aerobics Class,4:45-5:45 p.m., Keeping FitStudio, 7778 Colerain Ave., $5.720-4142. Colerain Township.

Farmers MarketFarm Market of College Hilland New Happy Hour at theMarket, 3-6 p.m., College HillCoffee Company and CasualGourmet, 6128 Hamilton Ave.,Indoor farm market now of-fering happy hour with halfprice wine and beer by glass.Market offerings include freerange eggs, beef, cheese, butter,home baked items, breads,granola and more. Free admis-sion. 542-2739; www.collegehill-coffeeco.com. College Hill.

Karaoke and Open MicKaraoke, 7-9 p.m., VinokletWinery and Restaurant, 11069Colerain Ave., Large collectionof karaoke music from everyera. Free. 385-9309; www.vinok-letwines.com. Colerain Town-ship.

Laugh Out Lounge Open MicComedy, 8-10 p.m., The PublicHouse, 3807 North Bend Road,Free. 481-6300; www.publichou-secheviot.com. Cheviot.

Mean Jean Rockin' Thursdays,9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Club Trio, 5744Springdale Road, Free. 385-1005.Colerain Township.

Music - StudentPerformances

Oak Hills High School DramaClub: Les Misérables SchoolEdition, 7-9 p.m., Oak Hills HighSchool, 3200 Ebenezer Road,Ione Holt Auditorium. Tale ofbroken dreams, passion andredemption, set against a nationin throes of revolution (adaptedfor high school performers). $10except on day noted. Reserva-tions recommended. Presentedby Oak Hills High School DramaDepartment. 922-2300. GreenTownship.

On Stage - StudentTheater

Shades, 7:30 p.m., St. XavierHigh School, 600 W. North BendRoad, Story rife with adolescentissues and conflicts, Shadescomments strongly on teenagelove, bullying, self-image andself-worth, violence, conformity,identity, and the attachment tosocial networking. For Ages 13and up. $12. 761-7600, ext. 586;http://www.stxavier.org/page.cfm?p=463. Finneytown.

Senior CitizensExercise to Music, 10-11 a.m.,Green Township Senior Center,3620 Epley Road, $1. ThroughDec. 17. 385-3780. Green Town-ship.

Open Bridge, noon to 3:30 p.m.,Green Township Senior Center,3620 Epley Road, Free. 385-3780.

Green Township.

ShoppingRummage Sale, 6-8 p.m., North-west Community Church, 8735Cheviot Road, Furniture, toys,books, clothes, tools, holidayitems, etc. Benefits youth mis-sion trip and summer campscholarships. 385-8973. ColerainTownship.

FRIDAY, APRIL 17Art EventsHarbinger, 7-10 p.m., NeusoleGlassworks, 11925 KemperSprings Drive, Glass artist ShaneFero and the environmentalpaintings of Kevin Veara. Free.281-2780; www.neusoleglass-works.com. Forest Park.

Art ExhibitsWe Were All Chiefs: CurrentWorks from Elder HighSchool Alumni, 3-5 p.m., FlatsGallery, 3028 Price Ave., Artworkfrom 16 Elder High SchoolAlumni: Tom Berninger, JimBono, Jim Borgman, JordanDaugherty, Jim Doerflein, ChrisFelix, Tim Gold, Rick Gray, TomHaney, Woodrow Hinton III,Chris Hoeting, Michael Hurst,Tim McMichael, Jacob Meyer,Louis Stavale, and Joseph Win-terhalter. Free. Presented byMount St. Joseph University.244-4223; www.msj.edu. EastPrice Hill.

Clubs & OrganizationsWildflower Festival, 6-9 p.m.,Mount St. Joseph University,5701 Delhi Road, Mount StJoseph University Sports Center.Nature-related booths, activities,games and crafts for childrenand adults. Free. Presented byWestern Wildlife Corridor.859-512-1983; www.western-wildlifecorridor.org,. DelhiTownship.

Dining EventsDine-To-Donate for Finney-town After Prom, 11 a.m. to 9p.m., J. Gumbo's, 879 W. Gal-braith Road, 10 percent of billdonated to Finneytown AfterProm. $6-$10. Presented byFinneytown After Prom Commit-tee. 522-2695. Finneytown.

Drink TastingsWine Tasting, 5:30-7:30 p.m.,Nature Nook Florist and WineShop, 10 S. Miami Ave., Fourtastings with light snacks. Ages21 and up. $5 per person. 467-1988; www.naturenookonline-.com. Cleves.

EducationYMCA Lifeguarding Class, 6-10p.m., Gamble-Nippert YMCA,3159 Montana Ave., Participantsmust be at least 16 years of ageby last day of class and passprerequisite swim test. Ages16-99. $200. Registration re-quired. 661-1105; myy.org.Westwood.

Exercise ClassesCardio Plus Aerobics Class,9:30-10:30 a.m., Keeping FitStudio, 7778 Colerain Ave., $5.720-4142. Colerain Township.

Cardio Plus Aerobics Class, 5-6p.m., Keeping Fit Studio, 7778Colerain Ave., $5. 720-4142.Colerain Township.

Health / WellnessEngage Your Inner HealerChikung, 6:30-8 p.m., GraceEpiscopal Church, 5501 HamiltonAve., $50. Presented by Harmon-ic Pulse Wellness. 405-1514;www.harmonicpulsewell-ness.com. College Hill.

Music - BluegrassVernon McIntyre's Appa-lachian Grass, 7-10 p.m., Pit toPlate BBQ, 8021 Hamilton Ave.,Bring an instrument and pickwith band. Adult libationsavailable but in family friendlyatmosphere. Family friendly. $2.931-9100; http://www.pittopla-tebbq.com. Mount Healthy.

Music - FolkRainon D'etre: Reason ForBeing, 7:30-9:30 p.m., CollegeHill Coffee Company and CasualGourmet, 6128 Hamilton Ave.,Three women sing originals andcovers. Free. 542-2739; www.col-legehillcoffeeco.com. CollegeHill.


Oak Hills High School DramaClub: Les Misérables SchoolEdition, 7-9 p.m. This is 10 yearalumni anniversary event mu-sical concert. Cost is $15 perticket., Oak Hills High School,$10 except on day noted. Reser-

vations recommended. 922-2300. Green Township.

NatureBirds, Blooms and PaintedPots, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Farbach-Werner Nature Preserve, 3455Poole Road, Families invited tostop by during week of April17-May 1 and paint a pot. Potswill be hung in park trees.Weekend of May 2-3, plant aflower in pot. Wildflower hike,tie-dye project, games, crafts.Free, requires Hamilton Countyvehicle permit. Presented byGreat Parks of Hamilton County.521-7275; www.greatparks.org.Colerain Township.


Disney's Aladdin Jr., 7:30 p.m.,Three Rivers Educational Cam-pus, 56 Cooper Road, $8-$10.467-3200; www.seatyourself.biz/threeriversschools. Cleves.

Music Man, 8 p.m., WintonWoods High School, 1231 W.Kemper Road, David Bell Per-forming Arts Center. WintonWoods High School's springmusical. $8, $7. Through April18. 619-2420; www.winton-woods.org. Forest Park.

Shades, 7:30 p.m., St. XavierHigh School, $12. 761-7600, ext.586; http://www.stxavier.org/page.cfm?p=463. Finneytown.

Title of Show, 8 p.m., La SalleHigh School, 3091 North BendRoad, $10. Reservations recom-mended. Presented by La SalleHigh School Drama. ThroughApril 26. 741-3000; http://www.lasallehs.net/drama. GreenTownship.

On Stage - TheaterGodspell, 8 p.m., North CollegeHill City Center, 1500 W. Gal-braith Road, $15, $12 seniors,students and military. Presentedby CenterStage Players Inc..Through April 25. 588-4910;www.centerstageplayers.org.North College Hill.

RecreationPickleball, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.,Sayler Park Community Center,6720 Home City Ave., Learngame of Pickleball, simplepaddle game played usingspecial perforated, slow-movingball over tennis-type net onbadminton-sized court. Mem-bership needed. $25, $10 sen-iors. Through May 29. 941-0102.Sayler Park.

ShoppingRummage Sale, 9 a.m. to noon,Northwest Community Church,385-8973. Colerain Township.

SATURDAY, APRIL 18Art ExhibitsWe Were All Chiefs: CurrentWorks from Elder HighSchool Alumni, 1-5 p.m., FlatsGallery, Free. 244-4223;www.msj.edu. East Price Hill.

AuctionsCharity Auction: An Affair toRemember in Hawaii, 5 p.m.,Laurel Court, 5870 BelmontAve., Cocktails, dinner, silent andlive auction, entertainment,beverages, split-the-pot, raffles.Benefits McAuley High Schoolscholarships. $180 couple, $90single. Reservations required.Presented by McAuley HighSchool Alumnae Association.681-1800 ext. 1117; www.mcau-leyhs.net/mcauction. CollegeHill.

BenefitsThe Spring Fling, 7 p.m. to 11p.m., Arts Center at Dunham,1945 Dunham Way, Music withTrog, karaoke, silent auction,basket raffles, soda, snacks. Cashbar. Benefits The Art Center atDunham. $15. Presented by TheArts Center at Dunham. 348-5546; www.sunsetplayers.org.West Price Hill.

Community DanceBeginning square dancelessons, 6-7:30 p.m., JohnWesley United MethodistChurch, 1927 W. Kemper Road,Taught by nationally knowncallers. First lesson free; noobligation. Continuing lessons$5 each. All ages are welcome.Casual dress; singles welcome.Free. Presented by Skirts andShirts Square Dance Club. 703-7400. Springfield Township.

Craft ShowsArts and Craft Fair, 10 a.m. to 3p.m., Monfort Heights UnitedMethodist Church, 3682 WestFork Road, More than 60 ven-dors and food items for sale. $1.481-8699; www.mhumc.org.

Green Township.

Dining EventsCommunity Dinner, 5-6 p.m.,Faith Lutheran Church, 8265Winton Road, Fellowship Hall.Dinner and fellowship. Everyonein Finneytown and surroundingcommunities welcome. Fellow-ship is handicapped accessible.Doors open 4:45 p.m. Free.931-6100. Finneytown.

EducationYMCA Lifeguarding Class, 10a.m. to 6 p.m., Gamble-NippertYMCA, $200. Registrationrequired. 661-1105; myy.org.Westwood.

Exercise ClassesCardio Plus Aerobics Class,9:30-10:30 a.m., Keeping FitStudio, $5. 720-4142. ColerainTownship.

FestivalsInternational Festival, 1-4 p.m.,Gilbert A. Dater High School,2146 Ferguson Road, In firstfloor hallways and ResourceCenter for the fashion show.Representatives from over 25different countries representingtheir cultures. Flags, culturalfood, other activities. Culturalfashion show at 3 p.m. BenefitsCollecting donations for UNICEF.Free. 363-7200. West Price Hill.

Garden ClubsHillside Community Garden:Play in the Dirt with Us, 9 a.m.to noon, Hillside CommunityGarden, 5701 Delhi Road, On thecampus of Mount St. JosephUniversity. Learn ecologically-friendly gardening skills, meetneighbors and grow healthyfood. Help plant seeds, buildterraces, continue work in foodforest and harvest uniquecommunity garden. Sturdy,no-slip shoes or boots suggest-ed. Bring your own gloves. Free.Presented by Hillside Communi-ty Garden Committee. ThroughOct. 17. 503-6794; www.Hillside-GardenDelhi.com. Delhi Town-ship.

Music - BluegrassMa Crow and The Lady Slip-pers, 7:30-9:30 p.m., College HillCoffee Company and CasualGourmet, 6128 Hamilton Ave.,Free. 542-2739; www.collegehill-coffeeco.com. College Hill.

Music - CountryWayward Son, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.,

Club Trio, 5744 Springdale Road,Free. 385-1005; www.club-triolounge.com. Colerain Town-ship.


Oak Hills High School DramaClub: Les Misérables SchoolEdition, 7-9 p.m., Oak Hills HighSchool, $10 except on day noted.Reservations recommended.922-2300. Green Township.


Disney's Aladdin Jr., 7:30 p.m.,Three Rivers Educational Cam-pus, $8-$10. 467-3200; www.sea-tyourself.biz/threeriversschools.Cleves.

Music Man, 8 p.m., WintonWoods High School, $8, $7.619-2420; www.wintonwood-s.org. Forest Park.

Shades, 7:30 p.m., St. XavierHigh School, $12. 761-7600, ext.586; http://www.stxavier.org/page.cfm?p=463. Finneytown.

Title of Show, 8 p.m., La SalleHigh School, $10. Reservationsrecommended. 741-3000; http://www.lasallehs.net/drama. GreenTownship.

On Stage - TheaterGodspell, 8 p.m., North CollegeHill City Center, $15, $12 seniors,students and military. 588-4910;www.centerstageplayers.org.North College Hill.

ShoppingRummage Sale, 8 a.m. to noonBag sale., Northwest CommunityChurch, 385-8973. ColerainTownship.

Special EventsCBS Big Brother: Ohio OpenCasting Call, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.,Northgate Mall, 9501 ColerainAve., Inside mall, in front ofMacy's. Bring outgoing, funpersonality; no need to bringanything else. Ages 18 and up.Free. Presented by CBS' BigBrother. 385-5600; http://big-brothercasting.tv/. Colerain

Township.

SUNDAY, APRIL 19Community DanceLakeridge Funfest, 1-5 p.m.Baseball theme., Lakeridge Hall,7210 Pippin Road, Music by DJLarry Robers. Photos, soda, beer,snacks and door prizes. Ages 50and up. $10. Reservations ac-cepted. Through May 17. 521-1112; www.lakeridgehall.com.Colerain Township.

Dining EventsBest Sunday Brunch on theWest Side, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.,Aston Oaks Golf Club, 1 AstonOaks Drive, Omelet and wafflestations, goetta, sausage, bis-cuits, bacon, fruit and more.Lunch portion begins at 11 a.m.Large parties welcome. $11.95,$8.95 seniors and ages 7-14, freeages 6 and under. 467-0070, ext.3. North Bend.

EducationYMCA Lifeguarding Class, 10a.m. to 6 p.m., Gamble-NippertYMCA, $200. Registrationrequired. 661-1105; myy.org.Westwood.

Exercise ClassesFree Workout Every Sunday,2:15-3:30 p.m., Greater EmanuelApostolic Temple, 1150 W.Galbraith Road, Lower level.Chair exercise and Leslie San-sone's low-impact, indoor,aerobic workout. Free. 324-6173.Springfield Township.

Cardio Plus Aerobics Class,9:30-10:30 a.m., Keeping FitStudio, $5. 720-4142. ColerainTownship.


Oak Hills High School DramaClub: Les Misérables SchoolEdition, 4-6 p.m., Oak Hills HighSchool, $10 except on day noted.Reservations recommended.922-2300.

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Archery Lessons will be offered at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., Sunday, April 19, in Winton Woods, 10245Winton Road, Springfield Township. Trained instructors will teach the basics and providehands-on practice. All equipment will be provided. Lessons are for ages 8-adult. Cost is $15. Avalid Great Parks motor vehicle permit required ($10 annual, $3 daily). Registration is requiredby April 16. Lessons are offered through May 23. Call 521-7275; visit www.greatparks.org.

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Today I’m going to talk aboutwine. Now I’m not confessing tobe an expert on wine - words

like fruity, oakyand big are notterms I use on adaily basis but Ido enjoy wine asa social drink andespecially incooking. My onlyforay into mak-ing wine wasdandelion wine afew years agoand it just aboutblew up in the

garage. No more homemadewine making for me!

Cooking with wine

There’s something magicalwhen you cook with wine. Winesenhance food by tenderizingand moisturizing while impart-ing unbeatable flavor. It’s notonly about taste, although cer-tainly the fruity and acidicaspects add nuances and spikesof flavor. The alcohol in wineactually pulls flavors out andcarries them into food. To seewhat I mean, add wine to askillet that was used to sautéfood. As you scrape up cara-melized bits of food on the bot-tom, called deglazing, the winegoes to work, giving the fin-ished sauce an incomparableflavor. If you added merelywater, juice or broth to deglaze,they could not dissolve and pull

flavors out the way the alcoholin wine does.

Dry or sweet?I like dry wines because I

don’t want a sweet wine to af-fect flavor. Use what you like todrink. Don’t use that nasty stuffin the bottle labeled “cookingwines”, which are loaded withsalt and preservatives. They areusually on the same shelf asvinegars, and can be sold evenon Sunday because the alcoholcontent is minute.

Add wine firstIf you are deglazing add

wine to skillet before you addanything else. Let it boil a bit toreduce acids and tannins. This

is key to prevent curdling if youare adding dairy products.

Balancing act: pairingwines with food

Here’s where it can get con-fusing. Is it red with beef, whitewith poultry and seafood, cham-pagne for the toast? To play itsafe, try white wines with sea-food and poultry and more as-sertive red wines with gameand beef. But, hey, today justabout anything goes. So it’s upto you.

Wine terms:Dry. Wine that’s not sweet

with no residual sugar.Big. Rich, full-bodied, really

flavorful and assertive.

Fruity. The aroma of freshfruit should hit you here. Andit’s not just grapes, but applesand berry aromas, too.

Oaky. The wine has a warmvanilla flavor and fragrance,coming from the fact that thewine has been aged in new oakbarrels.

For more information aboutcooking with wine, check outmy website Abouteating.com

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is an herb-alist, educator, Jungle Jim’s Eastgateculinary professional and author.Find her blog online atAbouteating.com. Email her [email protected] with“Rita’s kitchen” in the subject line.Call 513-248-7130, ext. 356.

Rita’s guide to cooking with wine

Rita HeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN

Wine and herb marinated chicken

I cut up the chicken and put it in the marinade for kebobs. I threadedbell peppers and onions on the kebobs between the chicken. You can alsoleave the chicken whole.

Palmful parsley, chopped2 tablespoons fresh oregano, chopped or a generous teaspoon dried1⁄4 cup dry white wine, like Sauvignon Blanc1⁄4 cup olive oil1 nice lemon, juice and zest of2 large garlic cloves, minced/2 tablespoons1 tablespoon black olives, finely chopped (optional but good)3/4 teaspoon ea. salt and pepper4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts

Mix marinade ingredients and pour into large baggie. Add chicken andbefore sealing baggie, remove air by laying baggie on its side before sealingand smoothing out the air. Refrigerate for 2 hours or so. Reserve marinade.Grill on medium high, covered, about 7 minutes per side or until done,basting every few minutes with marinade. Serve with yogurt sauce if youlike.

Yogurt sauce

No real recipe, but just stir together 1 cup Greek yogurt, 1/4 cup sourcream, some chopped parsley, a teaspoon or so minced garlic and salt andpepper to taste.

THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD

Wine and herb marinated chicken kebobs garnished with fresh oregano pair well with a simple yogurt sauce.

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Warren Buffet often makesnews. Recently he revealedthat he tries to make his dietresemble that of a 6-year old –by drinking five 12-ounceCokes a day.

He said, “I checked the actu-arial tables, and the lowestdeath rate is among 6-year-olds.So I decided to eat like a 6-year-old.” I guess he meant this to befunny. He also eats ice creamfor breakfast and he likes tohave Utz potato sticks with hisCokes.

Personally, I don’t knowmany mothers who would lettheir 6-year-old drink even onesuch sugar-laden (39 grams)drink a day. And, one ounce ofthe potato sticks means 160calories, 11 grams of fat, andthree grams of saturated fat.Healthy food? I’ll let you imag-ine what would happen if allAmericans went on the Buffetdiet.

Mr. Buffet, I challenge youto start eating fruits and vege-tables, get rid of the sodas andchips, and let America knowwhy you’re doing it.

We spend more per capita onhealth care than any otherdeveloped country and yet we

rank 36th inlongevity –right behindCosta Rica andSlovenia. Andwe get fattereach year.

The reportisn’t pretty: by2018, if theobesity trendcontinues, theU.S. will spend

$344 billion on health care costsrelated to obesity. That’s morethan $6.5 billion a week – or, inBuffet terms – about a third ofthe value his company owns inCoca Cola stock. By 2018 morethan 100 million Americans willbe considered obese.

So what, you say – we havethe money to take care of thisand, besides, the health careengine fuels the economy. Bar-ron’s late Alan Abelson wasfond of saying, “The eat, drink,and get-sick industries are alldoing well.” He was correct.Health Affairs predicts Amer-ica’s health care costs to rise to19.9 percent of GDP by 2022,nearly double those of mostnations.

The saddest part of this

story is childhood obesity,which worsens each year. Walkinto any sixth-grade classroomand take a look at the students.Yet, when government schoolmeals provided healthful foods,kids refused to eat them andsome schools dropped the pro-gram. Americans don’t likegovernment mandates but theydo pay attention to the media,which is where Mr. Buffet canhelp, assuming he dislikes theidea of passing on a huge na-tional debt to future genera-tions more than he likes to seea profit in his food and drinkcompanies.

My challenge for Mr. Buffet:acknowledge the crisis of obe-sity and speak publicly on howit will cripple our economy inthe future – if it continues. Loseweight. Start exercising: youcan afford a personal trainer.And drop the Cokes, chips, andice cream. We deserve morefrom such an intelligent Amer-ican.

Dr. Bob Kroeger, a retired dentist,has been a Montgomery residentsince 1980. He is the founder of theLifeNuts program and the author ofLifeNuts. www.lifenuts.org.

A challenge to Warren Buffet

Dr. BobKroegerCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

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April 8 questionA proposal to raise the

speed limit along the OhioTurnpike and rural freeways to75 mph was recently turneddown by the state legislature.Would you support such achange if it comes up again?Why or why not?

A proposal to raise thespeed limit along the OhioTurnpike and rural freewaysto 75 mph was recentlyturned down by the state leg-islature. Would you supportsuch a change if it comes upagain? Why or why not?

“I would definitely sup-port it, but recognize thedrawbacks. While in Germa-ny, enjoying the Autobahn atspeeds well in excess of100mph many times, I feltlike I was back in my collegedays in Montana, where therewere no speed limits. All ofthat required a lot more com-mon sense and training thanwhat appears to be the case inour “Driving Education” oftoday. It also requires excel-lent roads without potholesand unclear markings. Thenight time speed limit of55mph in the Open Rangefarm country was there toprotect the cattle that wan-dered out on the road.

“ I do know that there werespecial licenses required ofthe Germans to use the Auto-bahn, and “little” cars in the1960’s weighed over 3,000#. Iuse I-75 between Cincinnatiand Dayton frequently, andsee 75-80 as more and morethe norm. Unfortunately, thatis the speed frequently usedby Prius, Aveo, Fit and Focusdrivers who wish to assure allof us 4,000-plus drivers thatthey have ‘The Right Stuff.’ Itis also the speed frequentlyused by those who bought amodel vehicle without turn

signals or, occasionally, onewith 18 wheels. The resultsare not pretty. Just like an-other popular device that re-quires a license, ‘Cars don’tkill people.’

D.B.

“I am all for raising thespeed limits. If you don’twant to go that fast you do nothave to but it’s nice to be ableto, if desired, without the fearof Johnny Law ruining yourday as well as lightening yourwallet. However, if youchoose to not go as fast as al-lowed, please get out of theway of those that do. Today’scar are so much more capa-ble to handle higher speedsthen ever before and all ofthe safety technology in thenewer cars makes the higherspeed hardly noticeable.Since we are talking aboutdriving, here’s a suggestionfor most Cincinnatians: Ifyou want to make a turn, anyturn, use your turn signals! Itsimply amazes me how manysupposedly smart and lawabiding citizens in the great-er Cincinnati area do not usetheir turn signals. It’s not thathard people and it is infinite-ly safer than what you cur-rently do.”

M. J. F.

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THIS WEEK’SQUESTIONWhat summer in Cincinnatievent are you most lookingforward to, and why?

Every week we ask readers aquestion they can reply to via email.Send your answers [email protected] with Ch@troom in thesubject line.

Want to make a person’sday? It’s usually no harder thansending a note or placing a call.

Most of us have numerouscontributors to thank for ourpersonal growth and success –family, friends, teachers, col-leagues, etc. With the schoolyear winding down, let’s focuson opportunities to share somememories with teachers.

During schooling years andthe many educational and socialtransitions that take place,memory-making can be prettyvivid*. Do you remember ateacher who helped you make abig leap in reading, math, writ-ing, science, history and/orself-confidence? This Hallmarkcommercial provides a plausi-ble example of how one teachermight make a difference in ayoung boy’s life (http://bit.ly/LMThanksTeacher)

And, it’s sometimes yearslater before we realize what atremendous effect that teacherhad on our development.

So...think back to your earlyyears. Do you have a treasuredteacher to thank for growthacademically or personally?

Could you express thanks to

him/her by wayof a note (orphone call?)

One obsta-cle might begetting thecontact in-formation forthe teacher.With Internetavailability, it’sprobably easi-er than ever to

find a street address, phonenumber or email address andmake contact.

And if that online searchingdoesn’t work, there’s alwayschecking with the school dis-trict or other family/friendswho might have the contactinformation. :)

You may decide to reallypersonalize this note and thensend it along? Or maybe youmake Hallmark happy and finda card with just the right senti-ment?

Or, in a little “random act ofkindness” approach, you mightalso consider writing the lettera little more generically and atthe end say something along thelines of “this could have come

from any of the dozens of stu-dents who have appreciatedyour style of teaching and howmuch you care.”

Sharing your memories inthis way will be a great experi-ence for you and for the recipi-ent. After all… ”hearing howyou made another’s life bright-er ends up brightening manylives!”

Enjoy the day...and the mem-ories!

*The book “Transitions” byBill Bridges is an all-time favor-ite. In it, Bridges encourages usto consider the transitions inour own lives starting back inour early years and moving tothe present. It’s a wonderfulexercise to provide a reminderof your successes in transitionand also the associated uncom-fortable feelings.

Steve Long, an Anderson Townshipresident, describes himself as a“memory missionary.” He and hiswife, Kim, are having fun with theirlittle, family side-business calledLong Memories, with a focus on“Making, Capturing, Organizing andSharing Memories…Now and (Virtu-ally) Forever.”

Sending a message instead of an apple?

SteveLongCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

In 2015, People WorkingCooperatively is celebrating 40years of making critical homerepairs and providing energyconservation and weather-ization services to the low-income, elderly and disabledcitizens of Greater Cincinnati.

This spring, we are encour-aging homeowners to use thefollowing tips to make theirhomes more efficient, to helpprevent flooding, and to con-serve energy and resources.

There are a few simplethings you can do on your ownto improve or maintain theefficiency of your major homeappliances.

For example, while water-ing your garden, spray the dustoff your outdoor central airunit-cleaning the fins protectsyour unit and allows it to run

more efficient-ly.

Checkingyour furnacefilter monthlyhelps yourfurnace to stayin great shape,and it’s animportantsafety mea-sure as well.Additionally,

dusting off vents during springcleaning and ensuring thatthey are not blocked by furni-ture helps in regulating yourhome’s temperature appropri-ately, without having yourheating and cooling systemsrunning constantly.

The Tristate has experi-enced its fair share of rainfalland flooding this year, and the

season has only just begun. Toprevent flooding in your homethis spring, make sure guttersand downspouts are clear ofleaves and debris. You can alsocheck your downspouts toensure that they are directingwater flow away from yourfoundation. This helps to pre-vent additional groundwaterfrom reaching your basement.

Energy conservation isimportant for homeowners toconsider, because it saves mon-ey and prevents wasteful useof resources. One simple thinghomeowners can do to saveenergy is to open the doors andwindows to create a crossbreeze during the day ratherthan using central air condi-tioning. Also, using ceiling fanson warm days can reduce thetemperature feeling in a room

by four degrees, and it usesless energy than a central airsystem. If you prefer to keepyour system running, savemoney by lowering the ther-mostat during the day andsetting it back one to four de-grees at night.

You can also use the seasonto your advantage. A springbreeze makes it convenient tohang dry your clothes outdoorson a nice day, and longer day-light hours allow you to openthe blinds and curtains forlight. Turn off lights in roomsnot being used and dust lightbulbs. You’d be surprised atthe increased light they giveoff.

Last but not least, get out-side! Save electricity by ven-turing outdoors during niceweather. Cincinnati has more

than 100 parks and greenspaces comprising more than5,000 acres. Walking or bikingrather than taking your car isanother great way to conserveenergy and resources.

When it comes to weather-ization, taking a proactiveapproach can go a long way.These are just a few ways tonot only save money but toconserve energy and re-sources. We encourage home-owners to evaluate their indi-vidual needs, and incorporatesome or all of these tips inorder to keep their homes safe,secure, and running efficient-ly.

Nina Creech is senior vice presidentof operations, People Working Coop-eratively

Here are some spring weatherization tips from PWC

Nina CreechCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

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

Softball» Colerain beat Middletown

11-1 on April 6. » Talawanda defeated Mount

Healthy 23-0 April 6.

Baseball» Roger Bacon fell to Wyo-

ming 4-3 on April 4 at CrosleyField. Junior Brody Wilson went2-for-3 to lead the Spartans.

» On April 7, La Salle defeat-ed Louisville DeSales 6-2 thenPope John Paul II 10-6.

The Lancers beat BrentwoodAcademy 1-0 on April 8.

» Northwest has lost two in arow after wins against WintonWoods and Aiken to open theseason. Ross defeated theKnights 8-5 on April 4 and 2-1onApril 6.

» Talawanda defeated MountHealthy 5-0 April 6.

Volleyball» Roger Bacon defeated Oak

Park (River Forest) on April 4 inChicago, Ill., 24-26, 25-20, 25-23.

On April 6, the Spartans lostto Lake Park 25-18, 25-13.

Roger Bacon fell to Elder onApril 8, 25-9, 25-19, 25-12.

» St. Xavier beat La Salle 25-17, 25-11, 25-12 on April 7.

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Roger Bacon juniorAlex Speed preparesto round third base ina game againstWyoming on April 4.

In her first season as headcoach Rebecca Ratterman’sMcAuley High School lacrosseteam only won one game. It wasa rough season, but wins andlosses aren’t the only standardby which a season can bejudged.

Ratterman said her teamgrew close last season and theirskill level took a leap in the rightdirection. The Mohawks onlygraduated one girl and return 11starters.

McAuley’s experience andcloseness as a team should go along way in helping them im-prove this season.

“I’m very optimistic for myteam,” Ratterman said. “Theyare all very close with one an-other. I don’t ever have to worryabout anyone being left out orfeeling uncomfortable witheach other. This shows duringgames as well, I can see howthey trust each other muchmore this year and work togeth-er as a team.”

McAuley has eight seniorleaders this year. Returning asstarters for the Mohawks are at-tackmen Jessica Ventura, EirkaVentura, Maria Koenig andHannah Steers, who Rattermansaid have the ability to scoremultiple times a game as well asmake incredible plays. More re-turning starters are midfield-ers Kate Calder, Emma Hude-pohl, Bailey Ernst and EmmaPierani. The defensemen re-turning are Abby Kreimer andBrandy Browning and return-ing in goal is senior Osmari No-voa.

Calder’s signed to play nextseason with Wheeling Jesuit,according to Ratterman.

Ratterman pointed out thather midfielders all very aggres-sive players, “quick to pick up

ground balls” and force turn-overs while playing the wholefield. Ratterman’s defensemenhave served as “barriers” to theopponent’s attack, always hardat work causing turnovers andintercepting passes.

“We have a very strong de-fense, who work together tomove as a unit against the otherteam’s attack,” Ratterman said.

So far, it’s been tough sled-ding early on for McAuleywhich has dropped three in arow to start the season, but theMohawks still have big matchescoming up at home against Fen-wick April 16, at MilfordApril 20 and at Walnut Hills onMay 1.

Mother of Mercy may have ayoung lacrosse team this sea-son, but that’s certainly not aproblem for fourth-year coach

Dave Joerger. “(I like) our young talent,”

said Joerger. “We’re a youngteam, we have five seniors,eight sophomores and six ju-niors. It’s a very athletic team,very willing to learn. It’s justabout consistency and we knewcoming into the season thatwould be it.”

Last season, the Bobcats fin-ished 7-10 and they have sixstarters returning from thatteam.

Back this season for the Bob-cats in starting roles are seniordefenseman Sara Doren, seniorattackman Lyndsi Kohls, juniormidfielders Anna Thorner andMaddi Frimming, and junior de-fensemen Molly Grayson andJenna Kaiser.

Some new additions thathave stepped into bigger roles

are junior attackman SavannahSiebenburgen and sophomoremidfielders Elizabeth Fladungand Sam Smith.

According to statistics post-ed on the Girls Greater CatholicLeague website, Thorner andSiebenburgen are in the top-five in the conference in goals.

“We’re 4-2 right now andwe’ve been doing things theright way, but we have lapses,”explained Joerger. “Our ju-niors, this is their third year ofplaying lacrosse. Our sopho-mores are all counted on (toplay). The future looks greatand this team can do some goodthings.”

Joerger said his team adopt-ed a motto this season: “Get twomillimeters better than youwere the day before.”

The Bobcats are buildingsomething, and the hope is that

when season’s end draws nearthey’ll be at their best.

Mercy’s early season suc-cess saw wins over CHCA, Fen-wick, McAuley and CincinnatiCountry Day. The Bobcats lostto St. Ursula and Wyoming.Some big contests coming upare at Lakota West April 16, athome against Ursuline April 21and at Walnut Hills April 23.

Drew Burchett has been thehead lacrosse coach at SetonHigh School for 10 years, as longas the Saints have had a pro-gram. After a decade, they’reexcited to see what they can ac-complish in the next 10.

Last season, Seton finished9-8 and reached the third roundof the postseason before losingto eventual state champion,Worthington Kilbourne, whichwas the second straight seasonthat’s happened to the Saints.

Seton, a Division II team, isno stranger to tough opponents.The Saints scatter their sched-ule with Division I opponents,several of which are also in theGirls Greater Catholic League

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McAuley’s 2015 senior lacrosse players from left (in back): Emma Pierani, Osmari Novoa, Emma Curnutte and MariaKoenig; (in front) Jessica Ventura, Bailey Ernst and Kate Calder. Not pictured: Erika Ventura.

PLAYERS TO WATCHMcAuley senior Kate Cal-

der: Signed with WheelingJesuit to play next season.

Mercy senior Sara Doren:An experienced defensemanthat can impact the game onthat end.

McAuley senior JessicaVentura: An experienced scorerfor the Mohawks.

Seton senior Carly Stagge:Has led Seton in scoring in eachof the last three seasons.

Mercy junior Anna Thorner:Scored 20 goals in six games thisseason for the Bobcats.


Seton High School’s lacrosse senior captains get instructions from the referees before facing Mercy April 9. Fromleft: Haley Sponaugle, Sydney Haussler, Hannah Fricke and Carly Stagge.


Mercy gets excited before taking on Seton at Western Hills High School onApril 9. The Bobcats lost 11-7 to the Saints.

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(Mount Notre Dame, St. Ursu-la, Ursuline).

“We have some very diffi-cult teams, Division I teams inour area, so we play competi-tive teams throughout (the sea-son),” said Burchett.

This year, they’ll have todeal with another difficultschedule using a young rosterled by just four seniors, allproven scorers and the only re-turning starters this season.

Senior attackman CarlyStagge returns and, Burchettsaid, she’s led Seton’s varsityteam in scoring each of herfirst three seasons. Senior at-tackman Haley Sponaugle isanother experienced scoreralongside Stagge. Also return-ing are senior midfielders Syd-ney Haussler and HannahFricke. The importance ofleadership can’t be understat-ed, Seton’s four seniors willhave to step up after the Saintsgraduated nine last year.

“I like that we’ve got a lot ofyoung players and people step-ping up into new roles thatwere vacated by seniors lastyear. I like the vibe and the waythe team meshes and works to-gether,” said Burchett.

Some new additions towatch as Seton’s season pro-gresses are junior defenderShannon O’Connor, who Bur-chett called the Saints’ top de-fender. Junior midfieldersTaylor Frommeyer and AllisonBihl have been promoted intointegral spots.

Being a younger team, Se-ton’s growth will be important.Burchett said that the jumpfrom the eighth grade or juniorvarsity to varsity is jump thatresults in a much quicker/in-tense game.

So far, the Saints droppedtheir first two of the seasonagainst Kings and SummitCountry Day. On March 27, Se-ton chalked one into the wincolumn defeated Toledo St. Ur-sula 15-5, but on March 31 theyran into Mount Notre Dameand lost 16-8.

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La Salle High School fields arelatively young team this year,but third-year Lancers headcoach Joshua Wellen is very ex-cited about the direction of theprogram.

The Lancers are coming off arough 2-10 season a year ago.That team graduated most of itsscoring, and the Lancers onlyhave three seniors and three ju-niors this year. But, they’reloaded with 17 sophomores and16 freshman.

Wellen explained that a bigstep for the program was insti-tuting a youth program so inyears to come, Lancers alreadyhave experience when theywalk in the door.

As Wellen put it, “We’re kindof exploding at that (younger)level.”

Wellen added that his teamthis year will be competitive butthere will also be a rebuildingaspect to it with just three re-turning starters a lot of new-comers will be getting somechances to play.

This year, expect big thingsfrom junior captains Jake Gio-vanetti and Tyler Behrmann.Wellen referred to his defenseas agile, and anchoring that de-fense is second-year juniorgoalie Bradley Scheuermannbetween the pipes. Look forsophomore defensemen NickRielag, Zach McMahon, and An-drew Kathman as well as sopho-more midfielders Ben Wenningand Justin Kahny to help out.Senior defenseman Joe Schoen-ling is a returning starter forthe Lancers back end.

The attackmen are all prettynew this season. Heading upthat department will be sopho-mores David Wieck, Jared But-telwerth, and Parker Baston;they’re all new to the varsitystarting lineup, but Wellen saidthey have experience playingtogether so they should be ableto adjust.

“Our offense is faster thisyear, a lot of off-ball movement.We’re building every year, get-ting faster, stronger and tough-er,” said Wellen. “Defensively,we’ve got some big hitters thatreally take care of the crease.As we try to build up to play the(bigger schools) having thosefundamentals are huge.”

Last season, La Salle saw itsfirst-ever college lacrosse ath-letes. Expect more from theLancers in years to come.

The Lancers have droppedtheir two opening contests toButler County April 1 and toOak Hills on April 9. Some biggames approaching on theschedule for La Salle are homecontests against Walnut HillsApril 18, then St. Xavier on

April 20, Lakota West April 22and then at Elder April 24.

While most other schools arestill busy building lacrosse pro-grams, St. Xavier High Schoolhas already built a proven, pe-rennial winning program. TheBombers are coming off a statesemifinal appearance last sea-son and finished 16-7.

With four returning startersdriving an athletic, deep, talent-ed roster the rest of the statetook notice and the Bombers areranked No. 2 in the state in the

LaxPower Ohio High School La-crosse Association ComputerRatings.

“We’re really athletic anddeep,” said fifth-year St. Xcoach Nate Sprong. “We’re try-ing to teach them a system (Iplayed in college) that teachesthe kids how to play fast. We’reentrusting them to try and maketheir own decisions on the fieldand that’s enabled us to play alot faster than we have in thepast.”

Returning as starters are

senior defender Matt Donnelly,senior midfielder William Hol-comb, senior midfielder JackWaters, who’s signed with Deni-son, and junior attackman Grif-fin Buczek, who’s committed toCornell.

The rest of St. Xavier’s ros-ter can help out if needed, butthe turnover has resulted inmore opportunities in particu-lar for senior defender NathanKiniyalocts, who was given along-stick this season and,Sprong said, he’s been doing

great in his new role. Also,watch for junior midfielder Ja-cob Lang, senior midfielder An-drew Salomon, junior attack-man George Thurner and sen-ior Buck Dorger, who’s headedto play at DePauw next season.

You won’t hear Sprong com-plaining about a lack of depth.

“We’re deep, have a lot ofplayers that are interchange-able,” Sprong said. “We’ve hadsome stars in the past that we’verelied heavily on. Now, we’re alot more balanced.

The majority of these Bomb-ers were a part of last season’splayoff run that ended a gamefrom state. It left them eagerfor another shot.

“The playoff run was a greatexperience (last year),” saidSprong. “It gave (the team) a lotof confidence to continue work-ing hard.”

St. Xavier started its 2015campaign with three straightwins over Mason, LouisvilleTrinity and Elder.

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La Salle defenseman Nick Rielag, No. 1, concentrates on protecting his zoneagainst Oak Hills on April 9.

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St. Xavier’s Griffin Buczek passes to a teammate in the first quarter of theDivision I state semifinal game against Dublin Jerome June 3 last season atHilliard Bradley High School.

PLAYERS TO WATCHLa Salle junior Jake Giova-

netti: A defenseman and cap-tain who’s a leader for theLancers.

St. Xavier junior GriffinBuczek: A complete playerwho’s committed to Cornell.

La Salle junior BradleyScheuermann: A captain anddifference maker between thepipes in just his second yearplaying lacrosse.

St. Xavier senior MattDonnelly: An experiencedlockdown defenseman for theBombers.


La Salle’s lacrosse team lines up before facing Oak Hills on April 9 at Oak Hills High School.

After an impressive season,Cincinnati State women’s bas-ketball player Jonessa “Joey”Moore earned her highest honoryet.

Moore received Junior Col-lege All-America Team Honor-able Mention recognition fromthe Women’s Basketball Coach-es Association. This honorcomes after the sophomore cen-ter was named to the Ohio Com-munity College Athletic Confer-ence and NJCAA Region XIIfirst teams. Moore, a Cincinnatinative and Mount Healthy HighSchool graduate, played in 14games this past season, but shemade the most of them. She av-eraged 22.1 points and 11.6 re-bounds per game while shooting57.8 percent from the field,leading the Surge in all threecategories.

“For Joey to receive this rec-ognition in the limited amount

of games she played is quite anaccomplishment,” CincinnatiState head coach Sonya Beelersaid.

The 6-foot-1Moore was a for-midable presence in the paint,posting game highs of 36 pointsand 20 rebounds, with the lattercoming in her final game in aSurge uniform, a district tour-nament semifinals loss.

This marks the third straightseason and fourth time in thepast five seasons that a Cincin-nati State women’s basketballplayer has earned All-Americahonors. Moore joins PhyliciaJohnson (2014), CameronVaughn (2013) and DominiqueFischer (2011) in that group.

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Adrian BurkeAdrian Burke, 27, died March

16.Survived by parents Paula and

Mike Stinebuck; brother AdamBurke; nephew and niece Alexisand Little A Burke.

Visitation was held March 24at Holy Family Church, followedby celebration of the Mass ofChristian Burial.

Memorials may be madeMeyer and Geiser Funeral Home,4989 Glenway Ave., Cincinnati,Ohio 45238, to help with finalexpenses.

James CarusoJames B. Caruso, 90, died

March 13.Survived by wife Norene (nee

Wollborn) Caruso; children Linda(John) Geoghegan, Gail (Tom)Shope, Mary Rosenberger,Leanne Caruso, Julie (Mark)Floyd, Carla (David) Meyer,daughter-in-law Lisa Caruso; 18grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; siblings Donald(Betty) Caruso, Suzanne (Gor-don) Messmer.

Preceded in death by sonsDavid and Thomas Caruso; threesiblings.

Visitation was March 19 at theRadel Funeral Home, followedby the Mass of Christian Burial atSt. Teresa of Avila Church.

Memorials may be made toElder High School, 3900 VincentSt.,, Cincinnati, Ohio 45205.

Edward CookEdward A. “Cookie” Cook Sr.,

81, of Whitewater Townshipdied March 20.

Survived by children Debbie(David) Meister and EdwardCook Jr.; grandchildren AdamCook, Shaun (Brandy Hopkins)Riedman, Sommer Riedman-Wright and Morgann Wright;great-grandchildren Alyssa andKylee Riedman and Myles Scott;sister Dorothy Beck.

Preceded in death by sisterNorma Goldsberry.

Visitation was held March 25at the Dennis George FuneralHome, services were held March26. Interment in ElizabethtownCemetery.

Memorials may be made theAmerican Diabetes Association.

Jean CreekJean H. Creek, 95, died March

20.Survived by children Carol(Larry) Dreyer and Joy CreekPansiera; grandchildren DanielDreyer and Megan and JeffreyPansiera; siblings Marian Steid-inger and Margaret “De De”Stalf. Preceded in death byhusband John N. Creek.

Visitation and Mass of Chris-tian Burial were held at St.Antoninus Church.

Memorials may be made to St.Antoninus Church, 1500 Linne-man Road, Cincinnati, Ohio45238.

Alexander DearmanAlexander John Dearman, 23,

died March 17.Survived by mother Kelley

Callahan; step-father MichaelNeale; siblings Grace Neale,David, Chris and Emily Dearman,

Bonnie Trom-ba and MaryClary; grand-parentsCarole Call-ahan, ThomasCallahan;step-grandfa-ther Dick (latePat) Neale;uncles andaunts Chris(Lana) Call-

ahan and Greg Denier; cousinNicole Denier.

Preceded in death by fatherJohn Dearman.

Visitation was held at Neid-hard Minges Funeral Home.Memorial was at St. Monica-St.George Church.

Memorials may be made toThe CCAT House.

Clifford FlickClifford D. Flick, 54, died

March 18.Survived by siblings Tom

(Debbie), Bob, Mike and LarryFlick; friend Robyn; nieces andnephews. Preceded in death byparents Thomas and Dorothy“Dot” Flick. Visitation andmemorial were March 23 at theRadel Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made toHospice of Cincinnati.

Inez GerkenInez A. Gerken, 102, died

March 23.Survived by nieces and neph-

ews Mary (Red) Healy, JudyBody, Patsy Mayenshein, BettyReese, Bruce Gerken and Pam(Kevin) Ballman; numerousgreat-nieces, great-nephews,great-great-nieces and great-great-nephews.

Preceded in death by parentsGeorge and Anna Gerken;siblings Esther (Eugene) Ryanand Ivo Gerken.

Visitation at St. AntoninusChurch, followed by Mass ofChristian Burial.

Memorials may be made toWest Park Nursing Home, 2950West Park Drive, Cincinnati,Ohio 45238.

Leonard GroteLeonard John Grote, 85, died

Feb. 14. Survived by wife BarbaraR. (nee Cisko) Grote; childrenLeonard (Pat) Grote, Stephen(Kathy) Grote, Joseph (Ann)Grote, Tony (Pam) Grote, CharlesGrote, Barbara (Mark) Ballingerand Robert (Ann) Grote); 20grandchildren; 21 great-grand-children.

Visitation held at GwenMooney Funeral Home Feb. 20followed by funeral Mass and

burial at St. James (White Oak)Feb. 21.Memorials may be madethe Little Sisters of the Poor,Riddle Road, Cincinnati.

Sister GumbertAlina Catherine, Sister John

Catherine Gumbert, 89, diedMarch 17. She was a Sister of

Charity ofCincinnati for68 years.

Survived byher sisterCatherineWolfer;brotherRobert; manynieces andnephews.

Preceded indeath by brothers Charles,George and John Jr.

Visitation March 23 in theHeritage Room of the Sisters ofCharity followed by the Mass ofChristian Burial in the Mother-house Chapel. Burial at theSisters of Charity cemetery.

Memorials may be made tothe Sisters of Charity of Cincin-nati Retirement Fund, 5900Delhi Road, Mount St. Joseph,Ohio 45051.

Janet HertsenbergJanet “Jayne” (nee Bacon)

Hertsenberg, 85, died March 23.Survived by husband of 64

years Robert “Bob” Hertsen-berg; children Robert (Connie),John (Lynne) Hertsenberg, Diane(Mike) McDonald, William, Jerry,Jenny, Al Hertsenberg; 19 grand-children and 24 great-grand-children; siblings Jeanne Thomp-son, Bob Bacon.

Preceded in death by siblingsMargaret Cox, Edward, Larry,Walter, Don Bacon and BettyGriffin.

Visitation at Meyer and GeiserFuneral Home. Mass of ChristianBurial was at Our Lady of VictoryChurch,

Memorials may be made toOur Lady of Victory TuitionAssistance Fund, 810 Neeb Road,Cincinnati, Ohio 45233.

John IacobucciJohn L. Iacobucci, 77, died

March 20.Survived by nephews and

nieces Tony (Cathy), Jay, ChrisIacobucci, Connie (Matt) Essen;great-nephew/nieces Gina,Nicholas, Matthew, Maddie,Haley and Chloe.

Preceded in death by parentsLouis and Anita Iacobucci;brother Joseph (Millie) Iacobuc-ci. Services were private.

Memorials may be made toWestern Hills Retirement Vil-lage, 6210 Cleves Warsaw,Cincinnati, Ohio 45233.

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Thomas JoyceThomas Wayne Joyce, 57,

Cleves, died March 18.Survived by children Thomas

Joyce and Krystle Martin; grand-child Erica; father Thomas M.Joyce; siblings Pam Hendy, Cliffand Scotty Joyce.

Preceded in death by motherRosetta Hadley; sister CarolynJoyce.

Graveside services will be heldat a later date in Columbia,Kentucky.

Robert LazarusRobert L. Lazarus, 82, died

March 11. He was a WWII veter-an.

Survived by wife Hilda SandLazarus; siblings Gary (Jill), Scott(Shirley), Keith (Susan) andDavid; grandchildren Todd, Rob,Shaun, Katie, Holly, Amanda,Cody, Nick, Ryan; great-grand-children Keaton, Gannon, Reece,Jake and Josh.

Preceded in death by parentsLawrence and Mabel Lazarus;brother Ken (Harriet) Lazarus.

Memorial Mass of ChristianBurial was March 28 at St. JamesWhite Oak Catholic Church.

Memorials may be made toVITAS Community Connection,11500 Northlake Drive, Suite 400,Cincinnati, Ohio 45249.

Jacquelyn McCarrenJacquelyn “Jackie” (nee

Smith) McCarren, died March 13.Survived by husband Jerry

McCarren; children Tim (Lind-say), Mike and Matt (Laura)McCarren; grandchildren Zoeand Finola; siblings Mike (MikeNewman) Smith, Steve (MaryBeth) Smith and Lynn (Jeff)Vollmer; many nieces and neph-ews.

Visitation was held at Vitt,Stermer and Anderson FuneralHome. Funeral mass was at St.Dominic Church.

Memorials may be made tothe American Cancer Society orThe Eight Days and One HourFoundation.

Stella PostonStella M. (nee VanHook)

Poston, 87, died March 14.Survived by children Charles

W. “Chuck”(Peggy)Poston andGeorgetta“Georgie”(Jack) Gam-betta; grand-childrenKaryn Meeksand Julie(Jakob)McKoon;

great-grandchildren Jenna andDominick Meeks and LillianMcKoon; siblings Carolyn Kline,Eugene, Frank, Larry.

Preceded in death by husbandCharles H. “Charlie” Poston;parents George W. and Martha(nee Harper) VanHook; siblingsBill, Donald, McKinley, Haroldand Jim Van Hook, JoEdnaCalder and Ruth Ellis.

Visitation and services wereheld March 17 at Cleves Presby-terian Church. Interment inCraven Cemetery, Milan, IN.

Memorials may be made tothe Cleves Presbyterian Church,25 E. State Road, Cleves, Ohio45002.

Judith SabatelliJudith A. (nee Bone) Sabatelli,

76, died March 16.Survived by

husbandPhilip M.Sabatelli;children Lisa(Tom) Walter-man, Terry(Linda) andSteven (Trina)Sabatelli;grandchildrenSarah and

Krista Walterman, Madison,Brooke, Kendall, Gabe andTabitha Sabatelli; siblings Jeanne(Gerald) Kalkbrenner, TinaWaesch and Ed Bone; manynieces and nephews.

Visitation was held at MeyerFuneral Home. Mass of ChristianBurial at San Antonio Church,.

Memorials may be made toSan Antonio Church Lunch onthe House or Hospice of Cincin-nati, P.O. Box 633597,, Cincin-nati, Ohio 45263-3597.

Margaret LewisMargaret (nee Collins) Lewis,

83, died March 14.Survived by children Darlene

(Frank Sr.) Donaldson; grand-children Connie Skolds, Theresa(Darrin) Stetrett, Crystal Lewis;and 6 great-grandchildren.

Preceded in death by husbandDelmont Lewis and childrenJerrold (Sheila) Lewis and Glen-don Lewis; grandchild Frank Jr.

Etelvino SabatoEtelvino S. Sabato, 82, died

March 17.Survived by children Ilvia

Sabato, Joe (Linda) Sabato, ToniSabato and Chrissy (Mark)Eichelbrenner; grandchildrenNick, Maria, Tony, Tommy,Arianna, Emily, Erin; great-grandson Vincent; siblings Frank(Teresa), Emma (late Delfino);father-in-law Leonardo Porchia.

Preceded in death by wifeAntonietta G. (nee Porchia)Sabato; siblings Gustavo, Arlin-do, Carmelo (late Carmilina),Ilvia Sabato, Concettina Gullo,Tullia, Anthony (Prayers for Isa);mother-in-law Raffaela Porchia.

Visitation was held March 19at Mihovk-Rosenacker FuneralHome. Mass of Christian Burialwas March 20 at St. JamesChurch (White Oak).

Memorials may be made toAmerican Heart Association.

Ralph SchmidtRalph R. Schmidt, 82, died

March 10. He was retired fromCincinnati Bell Telephone.

Survived by nephew and nieceDiane R. Rose and Robert J.Kavanagh; great-nephews andnieces Robbie Kavanagh, JerryRose, Sarah (Rose) Hargett,David and Anne Rose Andrewand Samantha Hargett.

Preceded in death by parentsFrank Schmidt and Henrietta(nee Roehrig) Schmidt; siblingsFrank E. Schmidt, Henrietta F.Kavanagh and Ruth Schmidt.

Visitation was held at theNeidhard-Minges Funeral Home.Graveside services followed atBridgetown Cemetery March 13.

Memorials may be made toHospice of Cincinnati or TheAlzheimer’s Association.

Elsina Streicher-Ruehl,Elsina A. (nee Borger) Strei-

cher-Ruehl, 85, died March 14.Survived by husband Louis J.

Ruehl; children Judith A. (lateJerry) Eldred, Thomas H. (Cathy)Streicher Jr., Mary E. (John)Trimpe, Teresa L. (Dave) Trimpe,Lois J. (Frank) Gorrasi, James S.(Joanna) Streicher, Anna Marie(Ron) Bisher, Amy L. Streicher;stepchildren Alma (Paul) Hel-pling, Theresa (Don) Mouch,Jackie (Tom) Schanz; manygrandchildren and great-grand-children.

Preceded in death by husbandThomas H. Streicher Sr.

Visitation held March 18 atMeyer Funeral Home. Mass ofChristian Burial was March 19 atOur Lady of Visitation.

Memorials may be made toHospice of Cincinnati, P.O. Box633597, Cincinnati, Ohio 45263-3597.

Mary ThompsonMary B. (nee Bradshaw)

Thompson, 104, of North Bend,died March 16.

Survived by children LawrenceT. Thompson and stepchild JuliaThompson; 21 step-grand-children, 42 step-great-grand-children; many other relativesand friends. Preceded in deathby husband Andrew T. Thomp-son; stepchildren AndrewThompson Jr., Violet Coulter,Raymond Thompson, DorothyKennedy and Herbert Thomp-son. Visitation was held March19 at the Dennis George FuneralHome. Services were held March20. Interment followed in MapleGrove Cemetery, Cleves.

Memorials may be made tothe Miami Center, 8 N. MiamiAve., Cleves, OH 45002.

Donald WittekiendDonald Eugene Wittekiend,

87, died March 12. After retiringas store manager of Sears inNorthgate Mall in 1983, Don wasemployed by North AmericanProperties as mall manager ofNorthgate Mall and as a devel-opment consultant beforeretiring in 1991.

Survived by wife Shirley;children Julie, Drake, Matt andAmy; grandchildren Alexandraand Nicholas Chukas, Ian andEmily Wittekiend, Wesley andMax Wittekiend and Lauren andLindsey Smith.

Celebration of life was heldMarch 21 at Friendship UnitedMethodist Church in Wyoming.

Memorials may be made toBayley Place, 990 Bayley Drive,Cincinnati, Ohio 45233 or to theAlzheimer’s Association ofCincinnati, 644 Linn St., No.1026, Cincinnati, Ohio 45203.

Charles ZieglerCharles Ziegler, 77, died

March 15.Survived by children Kelly

(Tim) Koeller and Shannon(Gary) Visconti; grandchildrenJack Koeller, Maria, Charlie,Nicholas and Ava Visconti;siblings William (Barbara) Zie-gler, and Nancy (late Dale)Ziegler.

Preceded in death by wifeBonnie (nee Tate) Ziegler.

Funeral service were heldMarch 21 at Eden Chapel UMC.

Memorials may be made toJuvenile Diabetes ResearchFoundation through the funeralhome.

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Criminaldamaging/endangering2700 block of Hillvista Lane,March 24.

2900 block of Highforest Lane,March 25.

5000 block of Hawaiian Terrace,March 23.

5400 block of Bahama Terrace,March 25.

Endangering children5100 block of Hawaiian Terrace,March 23.

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5400 block of Bahama Terrace,March 16.

COLERAIN TOWNSHIPIncidents/investigationsAssaultReported on Tampico Drive, Jan.29.

Breaking and enteringBusiness entered at 9400 blockof Pippin Road, Jan. 26.

Knife removed from 6200 blockof Colerain Ave., Jan. 26.

Reported on 2400 block ofGreensprings Court, Jan. 26.

BurglaryReported at 8700 block of VenusLane, Jan. 28.

Attempt made at 12000 block ofBirchhill Drive, Jan. 29.

Domestic violenceReported on Bellbranch Court,Jan. 26.

Misuse of credit cardReported on 5500 block of DayRoad, Jan. 12.

Reported on 7200 block ofPippin Road, Jan. 24.

Reported on 10000 block of OwlCreek Road, Jan. 9.

RobberyReported on Colerain Ave. andSpringdale Road, Jan. 27.

Taking the identity ofanotherReported on 5600 block ofKrystal Court, Jan. 1.

TheftReported on 9800 block ofColerain Ave., Jan. 29.

$977 removed from 2600 blockof Byrneside Drive, Jan. 23.

Toolbox removed from 9500block of Colerain Ave., Jan. 28.

Reported on 7900 block ofWesselman Road, Jan. 28.

Reported on 8400 block ofColerain Ave., Jan. 28.

Construction tools valued at$7,900 removed from 6800block of Colerain Ave., Jan. 23.

Items valued at $64 removedfrom 10000 block of ColerainAve., Jan. 27.

Reported at 8400 block ofColerain Ave., Jan. 27.

DVDs valued at $85 removed

from 10000 block of ColerainAve., Jan. 27.

GPS valued at $30 removed from2500 block of Walden GlenCourt, Jan. 14.

Sheets valued at $200 removedfrom 3600 block of Stone CreekBlvd., Jan. 26.

Wallet and contents removedfrom 7800 block of SequoiaCourt, Jan. 24.

DVD and Credit card removedfrom 8400 block of ColerainAve., Jan. 26.

Video games valued at $200removed from 9800 block ofColerain Ave., Jan. 26.

Items valued at $40 removedfrom 9600 block of ColerainAve., Jan. 27.

Reported on 2400 block ofSchon Drive, Jan. 9.

VandalismReported on 3400 block ofClippard Park Drive, Jan. 26.

GREEN TOWNSHIPIncidents/investigationsAssaultSuspect struck victim in headwith a beer bottle at 5900 blockHarrison Ave., March 18.

Reported at 3600 block CoralGables Road, March 23.

Reported at 3200 block Ebenez-er Road, March 24.

Reported at 6300 block HarrisonAve., March 26.


Breaking and enteringReported at 5400 block NorthBend Road, March 29.

BurglaryAggravated burglary reported at

5000 block Casa Loma Blvd.,March 26.

Several pieces of jewelry report-ed stolen at 6800 block TaylorRoad, March 26.

Reported at 3600 block White-oak Drive, March 26.

Reported at 5200 block BelclareRoad, March 28.

Criminal damagingMailbox damaged in front ofhome at 2700 block Country-lake Drive, March 23.

Reported at 5400 block CheviotRoad, March 24.

Reported at Bridgetown Roadand Moonridge Drive, March24.


Reported at 2800 block Park-walk Drive, March 29.

Domestic disputeReported on Ridgewood Ave.,March 23.

Reported on North Bend Road,March 23.

Reported on Crimson Lane,March 23.

Reported on Sidney Road, March23.

Reported on Bluesky Drive,March 24.

Reported on Coral Gables Road,March 24.

Reported on Blue Rock Road,March 25.

Reported on Harrison Ave.,March 25.

Reported on Neiheisel Ave.,

March 25.Reported on Simca Lane, March25.

Reported on Sidney Road, March26.

Reported on Casa Loma Blvd.,March 26.

Reported on Julmar Drive,March 28.

Reported on Bellehaven, March29.

MenacingReported at 6100 block ColerainAve., March 25.

Reported at 3800 block JessupRoad, March 26.

Reported at 2800 block HockingDrive, March 26.

TheftTwo suspects reportedly stoletwo bags of miscellaneousmerchandise from Dollar Treeat 5900 block Colerain Ave.,March 13.

Money and a folding knifereported stolen from vehicle at3300 block Van Zandt Drive,March 13.

Reported at Home Depot at6300 block Glenway Ave.,March 14.

Vehicle reported stolen fromhome at 5500 block SurreyAve., March 14.

Purse and contents reportedstolen from Monfort HeightsElementary School at 3700block West Fork Road, March14.

Reported at 3200 block Fiddlers

Green Road, March 14.Delivery package reportedstolen from home’s porch at3400 block Mirror Lane, March14.

Ring reported stolen from homeat 3500 block Jessup Road,March 14.

Alcohol reported stolen fromKroger at 5800 block HarrisonAve., March 15.

Lobster tails reported stolenfrom Kroger at 3400 blockNorth Bend Road, March 15.

Wallet and contents reportedstolen at 2000 block AndersonFerry Road, March 16.

Catalytic converter reportedstolen from vehicle at MetroAuto Center at 5300 blockNorth Bend Road, March 16.

Assorted clothing items reportedstolen from Kohl’s at 6500 blockHarrison Ave., March 16.

Battery reported stolen fromvehicle at 1900 block AndersonFerry Road, March 16.

Two comforter sets reportedstolen from Kohl’s at 6500 blockHarrison Ave., March 16.

Money reported stolen at 5900block Bridgetown Road, March16.

Wallet and contents, cellphoneand GPS reported stolen at5200 block Ralph Ave., March17.

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1025 Springfield PikeWyoming, OH 45215

(513) 821-5725friendshipwyoming.com

Sunday ServiceTraditional & Contemporary 9:15am

Childcare available nursery-4th gradeSmall Groups & Sun. School 10:30am

Nursery-Adult

UNITED METHODIST

Trinity Lutheran Church, LCMS5921 Springdale Rd

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

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

www.trinitylutherancincinnati.com385-7024

Faith Lutheran LCMC8265 Winton Rd.,

Finneytownwww.faithcinci.org

Contemporary Service 9amTraditional Service 11:00am

LUTHERAN

Christ Church Glendale Episcopal Church965 Forest Ave - 771-1544

[email protected] Reverend Roger L Foote

8am Holy Eucharist I9am Holy Eucharist II11am Holy Eucharist II

Child Care 9-12

EPISCOPAL

Wyoming Baptist Church(A Church For All Seasons)

Burns and Waverly AvenuesCincinnati OH 45215

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

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4451 Fields Ertel RoadCincinnati, OH 45241

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BAPTIST

FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH8580 Cheviot Rd., ColerainTwp

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

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HIGHVIEW CHRISTIANCHURCH

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

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NON-DENOMINATIONAL

Sharonville United MethodistTraditional worship services at 8:15am & 11:00amContemporary worship service at 9:30amFaith development opportunities for all ages!3751 Creek Rd. 513-563-0117www.sharonville-umc.org

Mt HealthyUnited Methodist ChurchCorner of Compton and Perry Streets

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

Traditional Worship 10:00 - 11:00amNursery Available Handicap Access

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Monfort HeightsUnited Methodist Church

3682 West Fork Rd , west of North BendTraditional Worship 8:30 & 11:00am

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691 Fleming Rd 522-2780Rev Pat McKinney

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Northwest CommunityChurch

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

513-385-8973Worship and Sunday School 10AM

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Salem White Oak Presbyterian

Northminster Presbyterian Church703 Compton Rd., Finneytown 931-0243

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Student Cafe: 10:15amChildcare Available

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Reported at 3800 block RuebelPlace, March 17.

Suspect attempted to steal ampconnectors from Home Depotat 6300 block Glenway Ave.,March 17.

Tablet computer and wirelesscharging pad reported stolen at6300 block Harrison Ave.,March 17.

Laundry detergent reported

stolen at 5400 block NorthBend Road, March 18.

Suspect attempted to stealassorted merchandise fromRemke at 5000 block Glencross-ing Way, March 18.

Money reported stolen at 5800block Cheviot Road, March 19.

Reported at Radio Shack at 6600block Glenway Ave., March 19.

Leaf blower and weed trimmerreported stolen at 5200 blockCleves Warsaw, March 19.

Cellphone signal booster report-ed stolen from Radio Shack at6600 block Glenway Ave.,March 19.

Reported at 5800 block ColerainAve., March 19.

Twelve-volt battery reportedstolen from home at 2100 blockVan Blaricum Road, March 20.

Condenser coil and cage report-ed stolen from air conditioningunit at 4300 block HarrisonAve., March 20.

Body lotion reported stolen at5200 block Crookshank Road,March 20.

Reported at Harrison Ave., andWesselman Road, March 20.

Gasoline reported stolen from3800 block Lincoln Road, March21.

Suspect attempted to stealassorted groceries from Meijerat 6500 block Harrison Ave.,March 21.

Reported at Meijer at 6500 block

Harrison Ave., March 21.Suspect attempted to steal shoesand socks from Kohl’s at 6500block Harrison Ave., March 23.

Suspect attempted to stealplumbing fittings and a pack ofscrews from Home Depot at6300 block Glenway Ave.,March 23.

Check reported stolen at 5500block Eula Ave., March 23.

Credit card reported stolen at5900 block Calmhaven Drive,March 23.

Cellphone reported stolen at6400 block Wesselman Road,March 23.

Money reported stolen at 1300block Anderson Ferry Road,March 24.

Wallet and contents reportedstolen at 3700 block EbenezerRoad, March 24.

Reported at 3300 block MercyHealth Blvd., March 24.



Reported at Meijer at 6500 block

Harrison Ave., March 24.Vehicle reported stolen at 5000block Sidney Road, March 24.

Power cord reported stolen fromlift gate at United State PostalService office at 3600 blockWerk Road, March 25.

Backpack, assorted hand tools,fluke tester and hammer drillreported stolen from vehicle at5200 block Arrow Ave., March25.

Three Lego sets reported stolenfrom Meijer at 6500 blockHarrison Ave., March 26.

Three purses, credit cards, check,cellphone, coat and DVD/BlueRay reported stolen at 5200block Arrow Ave., March 26.

Reported at 3700 block MonfortHeights Drive, March 26.

Personal documents, backpackand money reported stolen at5000 block Casa Loma Blvd.,March 27.

Several pieces of jewelry report-ed stolen at 5200 block Eagles-nest Drive, March 27.

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