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A proposal that could addmore than 900 new residentialunits to southeastern AndersonTownship is on hold – at least fornow.

The Villages at PeterGreen –a development between theColdstream Country Club andWoodland Mound park – hasdrawn much criticism sinceplans were unveiled last fall.

It’s being billed as the largestplanned residential communityin a protected natural environ-ment, and Buck Niehoff, part ofthe family who has owned the337-acre property for genera-tions, said in October it would“be an acclaimed model for re-sponsible, environmental devel-opment.”

But the plans, which call forthree “villages” with residentialstructures including single-fam-ily detached homes, condomi-nums and apartment buildings,have been met with fierce resis-tance from nearby residentswho say it will destroy the integ-rity of theColdstreamarea, nearAyers, Asbury, Eight Mile andHopper roads.

Anderson Township’s Plan-ning and Zoning Director PaulDrury said the project has beenput on hold, at least until Febru-ary, so the property owners candecide whether or not to moveforward.

Chief among the concernsfrom residents who live near theproposed development is thezoning change needed to allowformuch higher housing densitythan the current zoning,which isresidential with half-acre or

larger lots.For the developed part of the

PeterGreen property, about 40percent of the land, total housingdensity is just under seven resi-dential units per acre, accordingto plan documents.

The township’s Board ofTrustees must approve any zon-ing change, a process that typi-cally takes months and involvesseveral public hearings.

Bill Gislason, who lives in asubdivision off Hopper Roadnear the proposed development,said the Villages at PeterGreencontrasts with what the Cold-stream area represents.

When hemoved to the Ander-son Township, Gislason said heexpected theproperty to eventu-ally be developed, but in a waythat kept the overall rural, quietfeel.

“It was a shock to everyone inthe community that ... they weregoing to develop it in a mannernot consistent with that area ofAnderson Township,” he said.

“I’m extremely concernedthat the area of the communityI’ve invested in is going to dra-matically change if this pro-posed development is allowed togo through as planned.”

Gislason is not alone in histhinking. A Facebook page start-ed thenight of theOctobermeet-ing has more than 600 sup-porters who want the Cold-stream area to stay as it is.

Tom Goyer, who lives offAyersRoadandstarted theCold-stream Area Preservation Soci-ety page, said they’re not op-posed to any development on theproperty but are adamantlyagainst the zoning change need-ed for the project to come to fru-

ition.“We don’t want to see multi-

family housingbuilt in one of themost pristine areas of AndersonTownship and Hamilton County.No one would mind seeing(homes on) one-acre lots,” hesaid.

“As a community we havezoning to protect all thosearound it. If we allow a zonechange for such a large tract (ofland), then you’ve destroyed theintent of the zoning.”

The PeterGreen property isthe largest natural parcel undera single-ownership available forresidential development in

Anderson Twp. housing plan on hold

Leonard LeFevre checks out the site plan for the Villages at PeterGreen, a proposed housing developmentnear Ayers, Asbury and Eight Mile roads. LISA WAKELAND/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Residents’ concerns stilllinger over developer’s planBy Lisa [email protected]

This satellite imagefrom Google Mapsshows theundeveloped landproposed for theVillages atPeterGreen, betweenthe ColdstreamCountry Club andWoodland MoundPark. Residents areupset about thezoning change thatwould be required forthe higher densityhousingdevelopment.

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MT. WASHINGTON — A localchurch now has a more perma-nent location.

Christ the King Church willhave weekly services at the Mt.Washington Recreation Center,1715 Beacon St. Services at therecreation center will start Jan.12.

“This is the first time thechurch has had a central meet-ing location,” said Dustin Nim-mo, a pastor at the church.

Christ Churchhas been in op-eration since February, but ser-vices were typically conductedat other churches.

“We have taken or time get-ting to this point,” said Nimmo.“It’s exciting that we are finallyhere.”

Nimmo describes thechurch, which has about 30members, as a mixture of oldand new.

“(We) mix the historical tra-dition of the church with thecontemporary,” he said.

For example, the church

band may perform a historicalhymn with a modern spin.

Services will be 10 a.m. Sun-days at the recreation center.Nimmo said the churchwill alsohave an 8 p.m. service onWednesdays at the StarbucksSkytop Pavilion, 5222 Beech-mont Ave.

Nimmo said a primary focusof thechurchwill becommunityoutreach.

It’s important to establish on-going relationships with people,said Nimmo.Dustin Nimmo, a pastor at Christ the King Church, stands in front of the

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Church sets up shop at Mt. Washington recreation centerBy Forrest [email protected]

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Frozen pipes have shutdown theAndersonSeniorCenter at least throughthe end of the week.

Staff arrived Jan. 6 tofind the pipes in both rest-rooms were frozen.

“I don’t believe thebuildings are built towith-stand temperatures ascold as it got these lastcouple days,” said MarkMagna, facilitiesmanagerfor Anderson Township.

Anderson Township

owns the building, and it’soperated and managed bySenior Independence ofSouthwest Ohio.

The low temperatureJan. 7 was recorded at 2a.m. when the mercurysank to minus 7 degreeswith a wind chill of minus26, according to the Na-tional Weather Service inWilmington.

That’s just 2 degreesshy of the all-time recordlow on that date, set at mi-nus 9 in 1912.

On Jan. 6, the low alsoreached minus 7 with a

wind chill of minus 32.That tied the record-lowtemperature for Jan. 6 – arecord set in 1924.

Magna said they havetwo heaters going to helpthe pipes thaw, and thewarmer weatherpredicted for the rest ofthe week should help.

So far, Magna saidthere haven’t been anyleaks or burst pipes, butthey’ll check again whenthey turn on the water.

“Normally, pipes breakafter they thaw and thepressure builds up,” he

said. “We hope we wereable to turn the water offin time.”

No other townshipbuildings experienced is-suesbecauseof theweath-er, Magna said.

The Anderson SeniorCenter is expected to re-open next week, but it’snot the only place in theTristate thathadissuesbe-causeof thefrigidtemper-atures.

Pipes burst and causedmajor damage inside aUniversity of Cincinnatifraternity house for Phi

Delta Theta.Apipealsoburst atCin-

cinnati Police District 1headquarters on EzzardCharles Drive in the WestEnd.

Two house fires werestarted by homeownersunsuccessfully using heatsources to keep pipesfrom freezing.

Pipes bursting alsowere reported across theregion.

Jennifer Edwards Bakercontributed to this story.

Frozen pipes shut down senior center

This sign was posted on theAnderson Senior Centerdoor to let visitors knowwhy it was closed. LISAWAKELAND/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

By Lisa [email protected]

support FitzGerald.“ToddPortunehasbeen

a client and someone I’veadmired for a long time,”Seelbach wrote. “But thelast thingweneed isadivi-sive primary.”

Hamilton County Dem-ocratic Party ChairmanTim Burke wasn’t at theannouncement. He saidhe’ll continue to supportFitzGerald, who the coun-ty party – as well as thestate party – has alreadyendorsed.

Portune said he has“heard rumblings” thatforcing a primary willhurt the Democratic Par-ty. But he said a primarycampaign doesn’t need tobe negative; candidatesdon’t have to spend outra-

The decision by Por-tune, who is entering his21st year as a local electedofficial, will likely mean aprimary against Cuya-hogaCountyExecutiveEdFitzGerald, who an-nounced his candidacylastApril andhasbeenhasraising money and rack-ing up endorsementssince then.

Portune, 55, of GreenTownship, has until Feb. 5to officially file his candi-dacy; he left open the pos-sibility that he ultimatelymay not.

FitzGerald has comeunder fire in recentweeksfor choosing state Sen. Er-ic Kearney, whose mediabusiness is plagued withtax woes, as his runningmate. Kearney, of NorthAvondale, withdrew fromthe ticket Dec. 10.

The winner of the pri-mary will likely take onRepublican Gov. JohnKasich,who is running forre-election. Kasich mayface his own primary op-ponent from SouthwestOhio:ClermontCountyteaparty activist Ted Steve-not.

Polls have showed Fitz-

Ohio’s 2014 electiontook an unexpected Dec.30 when a second Demo-cratic candidate – Hamil-ton County CommissionerToddPortune – announced

intentions to run for gov-ernor, spurring a possibleprimary and annoyingsome Democrats.

“I am entering this be-cause I feel a real sense ofresponsibility,” Portunesaid. “There needs to be achoice.”

“I believe that I am thecandidate to lead our par-ty,” Portune said at a newsconference at IntegrityHall banquet center. Hesaid he has more experi-ence, a strong record andthe demonstrated abilityto win votes in the south-ern part of Ohio.

Gerald gaining on Kasich.A November QuinnipiacUniversitypoll foundKas-ich leading FitzGerald 44to 37percent.But thatwasdown from 47 to 33 per-cent in a June Quinnipiacpoll.

Steven Reece Sr., aprominent African-Amer-ican business owner andfather of state Rep. AliciaReece, introduced Por-tune to a crowd of abouttwo dozens supporters,some from CuyahogaCounty.

Notably absent wereany elected Democrats.And there was little Dem-ocratic support.

Democratic CincinnatiCouncilman P.G. Sitten-feld said on Twitter thathis focus will continue tobe on “FitzGerald’s visionfor growing Ohio’s econo-my ... .”

He added, “Today’s an-nouncement is not ideal interms of use of resourcesand unity, but I’m a freemarket guy, and voterswill now have their say.”

Sittenfeld’s fellowDemocratic councilman,Chris Seelbach, also saidonTwitterhe’ll continueto

geous sums.“You don’t need to go

negative, sowhen it’s overyou canbring the party to-gether and rally,” Portunesaid.

Headmittedhe’ll likelyneed to raise at least $10million to be competitivein the general election.Heexpects to raise money ina grass-roots effort ofmany smaller donations.His county commissionercampaign fund contains$181.29, according to hismost recent campaign re-port.

“I cannot dispute it,” hesaid. “It will take a lot ofeffort to raise that. I havea very aggressive 30 daysahead of me.”

Todd Portune: ‘There needs to be a choice’

Democratic Hamilton County Commissioner Todd Portunetalks with supporters after he announce he will run forOhio governor.CARA OWSLEY/STAFF

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Greater Cincinnati.Among the other issues

residents havewith thede-velopment,Goyersaid,arethe hundreds of cars add-

ing to traffic on the exist-ing roads; the potential in-flux of new students in theForest Hills Local SchoolDistrict; and the increaseddemand for public ser-vices from the police, fireand road departments.

“We don’t want to paythe cost the township is go-ing to incur by doing this,”he said. “We don’t wantquality of life impacted.”

Beth Kollmeier is alsoworried about who wouldfoot the bill if all the newresidents put a strain ontownship services and theschool district.

Kollmeier, whose Hop-per Road property backsup to the proposed apart-

ment buildings, said thehigher density housingcould create a bigger taxburden for other residentsbecause renters don’t di-rectly pay property taxesthat support the schools ortownship funds.

Also, Kollmeier said,the noise and traffic be-cause of limited accesspoints to the proposed de-velopment would have anegative effect on sur-rounding properties.

“This would change theentire feel of the neighbor-hood,” she said. “Weboughtherebecauseof therural feel of the area andtherewasnot a lot of noise.That’s what all of Cold-

streamis like, andwedon’twant it to change.”

Menelaos Triantafillou,a University of Cincinnatiprofessor who helped cre-ate theconceptplanfor theVillages at PeterGreen,said in an email, “As far asI know there is no activityright nowand thepropertyowners will be taking ev-erything in considera-tion.”

Kollmeier said moreneighbors would feel bet-ter about the idea if theproject was scaled backand some of the condomin-iums, town houses andapartmentswere removedfrom the plan.

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SCHOOLSSCHOOLSACHIEVEMENTS | NEWS | ACTIVITIES | HONORS CommunityPress.com

FORESTHILLSJOURNALEditor: Eric Spangler, [email protected], 576-8251

Three Great Oaks/An-derson High School stu-dents recently earnedtop-10 spots in state DE-CA marketing competi-tions.

SeniorGabrielle Smithqualified in the top ten inthe DECA ParliamentaryLaw competition and sen-ior Annemarie Watkinsearned top ten honors inPublic Relations. JuniorSumedha Chakravarti re-ceived third place in theParliamentary Lawevent.

DECA adviser KarenVanderhorst said, “I’mvery proud of these stu-dents’ achievements.They all worked veryhard and they representAnderson High Schoolvery well both inside andoutside of the classroom.Our local DECA Chapteris incredibly fortunate tohave such passionate stu-dents involved in the pro-gram. The level of com-

mitment, dedication toteamwork and work ethicexhibitedbyall ofourDE-CA members is really in-spiring.”

A total of 33 AndersonHigh School marketingstudents attended the2013 DECA Fall Leader-ship Conference in Co-lumbus.

Students participatedin competitive events, at-tended various leader-ship sessions, and net-worked with DECAmem-bers from around thestate. They also partici-pated in various work-shops and breakout ses-sions thathelped themde-velop their leadershipskills.

The key motivationalspeaker from Men’sWarehouse focused onDECA’s theme for theyear, “Make it Count.”

The students are fromAnderson High School inthe Anderson Marketing

Management and Re-search program. Thisprogram is a satellite ofthe Great Oaks Instituteof Technology andCareerDevelopment Center.

DECA is anassociationof high school marketingstudents who are pursu-ing careers in marketing,sales, management, fi-nance, hospitality, and en-trepreneurship.

DECA is co-curricularto the Marketing Pro-gram. Ohio DECA has4,530 members with 124chapters and NationalDECA has a total of185,000 student membersfor the High School Divi-sion. Through real-worldexperiences and class-room curriculum, DECAgives students a competi-tive edge for college andcareer success.

DECA is focused onimproving thequalityandcompetitiveness of to-morrow’s leaders.

Anderson DECAstudents maketop 10 in state

Great Oaks/Anderson High School students Annemarie Watkins, Gabrielle Smith andSumedha Chakravarti make top 10 spots in the recent state DECA marketing competitions.THANKS TO JONWEIDLICH

ANDERSON HIGHSCHOOL,The following students haveearned honors for the firstquarter of 2013-2014.

4.000 Honor RollFreshmen - Elizabeth Bach, JuliaBaldasare, Eleanor Bishop,Ryan Boldt, Olivia Brockman,Mason Cobb, Abby Cummings,Jennifer Dowling, TeaganGerke, Casey Gittelman, Na-than Handleton, Lauryn Har-tley, Sarah Himes, HannahHolderby, Denisse Morales-Rodriguez, Nicole Moulas,

Remy Polster, James Rizkallah,Alexandra Shingleton, JennaSizemore, Emmory Stump andRachel Timberlake.Sophomores - Regina Barton,Anna Brokaw, Riley Davis, KyleDebry, Luke Fickenworth,Katherine Gaffney, ChantchinaHan, Dylan Malling, JohnMangan, Marissa Martin, SallyModzelewski, Kaitlyn Moore,MatthewMorris, R. CharlesNeu, Victor Peytchev, CaraSchildmeyer, Nicholas Stone,Catherine Wiethorn and KennyXu.Juniors - Emma Anderson,

Lillian Bishop, Nathan Biss-inger, Stephanie Boldt, EmilyCaggiano, Rita Chen, KyleGreulach, Anya Jolicoeur,Jackson Long, Daniel Massoud,Kent Mendoza, SamanthaMiller, Anne Mills, EleanorMyer, William Pahutski, KellyPolacek, Marissa Smarelli, KentStapleton, Alexander String-fellow and Alik Suder.Seniors - Christian Bach, Mad-eline Barrett, Audrey Brock-man, Noah Brueckner, AlexDuncan, Mary Lammers, MarkLuke, Thomas Merz, KelsieNewton, Joshua Rivers andPiper Stone.

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Kindergarten RoundUp registration in ForestHills Local School Dis-trict begins Feb. 27 andFeb. 28.

Dates and times foreach elementary build-ing are as follows:

» Ayer – Registration4-7 p.m. Thursday, Feb.27, and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.Friday, Feb. 28 (Parent(s) only). Screening isheld in August.

»Maddux – Registra-tion 4-7 p.m. Thursday,Feb. 27, and 8 a.m. to 3p.m. Friday, Feb. 28 (Par-ent(s) only). Screening isheld in August.

»Mercer - Registra-tion 4-8 p.m. Thursday,Feb. 27, and 8 a.m. to 4p.m. Friday, Feb. 28 (Par-ent(s) only); Parent In-formation Meeting is

6:30-8 p.m. Monday, May5. Screening is in Sep-temberduring theschoolday.

» Sherwood – Regis-tration 4:30-7:30 p.m.Thursday, Feb. 27, and 9a.m. to4p.m.Friday,Feb.28 (Parent(s) only.Screening is held in Au-gustbeforeschoolstarts.

» Summit - Registra-tion4:30-7:30p.m.Thurs-day,Feb.27,and8:30a.m.to 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28(Parent(s) only). ParentInformation Meeting isAugust 18 (time to be an-nounced). Screening is inSeptember during theschool day.

»Wilson – Registra-tion 5-8:30 p.m. Thurs-day,Feb.27,and8:30a.m.to 3 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28;Parent Information

Meeting 7 p.m. Thurs-day, March 13 (Parent(s)only). Screening is inSeptember during theschool day.

To the registrationbring: copy of deed,mortgage papers, rentalagreement or recent taxbill, child’s original birthcertificate and social se-curity card, residentialparent’s driver’s licenseor photo identificationand court documentsshowing legal custody (ifapplicable).

Completed physicaland immunization rec-ords aredue the first dayof school.

Screening dates arescheduled by the schoolthe child will attend.

Kindergarten registrationapproaching in Forest Hills schools

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

McNicholas droppedto 5-3 on the season fol-lowing a 68-52 home lossto Greater CatholicLeagueCoed rival RogerBacon Jan. 7.

The Rockets led 24-22in the second quarterand trailed 31-29 at thehalf, but the Spartans ex-plodedoutof thehalfona15-2 run to pull away forgood and improved to 9-1on the season.

Senior Danny Byrneled McNick with 16points, while AndrewSchuermann added 10off the bench.

With the loss, theRockets fall to 2-2 inleague play and drop be-hind the Spartans andBadin for third place.

McNicholas senior Matthew Estes lays it in for two points on a fast break in the third quarter for his onlybucket of the game. TOM SKEEN/COMMUNITY PRESS

Spartans blast Rockets

McNicholas senior Danny Byrne drives around a Roger Bacon defender in thethird quarter. Byrne led McNick with 16 points, while pulling down fiverebounds.TOM SKEEN/COMMUNITY PRESS

ANDERSON TWP. — Theydon’t call him Iron Man or Ti-tanium Boy, but maybe theyshould.

A fearsome scar runs fromthebaseofGrantWethington’sneckstraightdownhisspinetohip level.

Straight being the opera-tive word.

The scar is the result of aneight-hour spinal fusion sur-gery to repair a 60-degree cur-vature in Wethington’s spinecaused by scoliosis. The An-derson High School seniorswimmer came out of theApril operation three inchestaller thanhewent inafter twometal rods and 26 crewsstraightened his back.

A two-time state relayqual-ifier, Wethington was out ofthe water entirely until thestart of the school year. Nowhe owns the Eastern Cincin-nati Conference’s top time inthe 500 freestyle at 5:00.69.His 100 free time of 50.99 issecond in the league by justhalf a second.

“The distance part is hard-er,” he said. “I don’t have allthe stamina I had yet. And I’vehad to adjust my strokes a lit-tle bit, but otherwise, it’s justgreat to be back in the water.”

Then there’s the matter ofthe 100 butterfly. Wethingtonwas 25th in Ohio last season,one spot short of qualifyingfor the state meet as an indi-vidual, something he’d like toaccomplish this year.He’s get-ting close to his 52.42 timefrom last year and has chanceto advance.

“We’ll have to wait and seewhere he is at the end of theyear, but for him to even becompeting is incredible,” An-derson said head coach EdBachman. “He’s an integralpart of our team.

“He’s comebackwithmuchmore appreciation for com-peting. The simple feeling ofappreciating the ability to bein the pool - a lot of times kidstake that for granted. They’retired. It’s a grind - but Grantcan’t wait to get in the waterevery day.”

That wasn’t always thecase.Wethington began swim-ming under duress at age 7.

“My sister (his twin, Cara)wanted to swim, but I didn’t,”he said. “My mom told me I’dhave to go to the meets any-way, so Iwent ahead and start-ed.

“I made a lot of friends andthen I really started to like it.When I was 13 I realized I waskind of good at it. I had a lot oftime drops and started focus-ing on it more.”

Wethingtonalsoplayedgolffor Anderson freshmanthrough junioryear; his recov-ery from the surgerykept himoff the links this fall.

But returning to swimmingwas always the goal. He planstoswimincollege -bothCleve-land State and Wright Statehave expressed an interest -and study microbiology. He’sinAPbiologynowandsaid sci-ence is his favorite subject inschool.

“He’s an inspiration to oth-er people and definitely an in-spiration on our team,” Bach-man said.

Anderson High School senior Grant Wethington is back in the pooland aiming for a return to the state meet after an eight-hour spinalfusion surgery to repair a 60-degree curvature in his spine caused byscoliosis. MARK D. MOTZ/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

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ANDERSON TWP. — A three-ring circus looks serene next to14 lanes of boys and girls highschool bowling action. Especial-lywhen those laneshouseneigh-borhood and league opponentsAnderson and Turpin. The An-derson boys beat Turpin 2,466-2,156 Jan. 7 at Cherry GroveLanes, while the Spartan girlsbeat the Redskins 2,118-1,928.

“I think the excitement theyget when they bowl one anotheris amazing,” said Turpin boyscoach Eric Kenter. “They’re notnecessarily rivals, but they areverycompetitive.Theyall knoweach other and have a good time

together.”That’s something Anderson

head coach Jeff Miracle appre-ciates, too. “The main thing is iftheyhave fun,” he said. “I tell allmy kids if they want to work, Iwill work with them as much asthey want. But they really needan outlet, too, and bowling is agreat escape for that.Wewant ittobe funand for themtokeeponbowling long after high school.”

SophomoreJoeyStevenscar-ries a 216 average to leadAnder-son, just ahead of junior MitchHehn’s 214 average. Stevens be-ganbowlingatage5withhisdadand said he rolls about 50 gamesa week, not counting schoolmatches.

“It’s just fun because – espe-

cially with people like Mitch –you get to spend a lot of timewith your friends,” Stevenssaid. “Probably since we know(Turpin) so well, too, this is agreat win for us.”

Hehn has bowled for aboutsix years after giving up flagfootball. He’s upped his averageby four pins since his sopho-more season and also enjoyssquaring off against Turpin.

“I’m friendswith some of theguys on their team,” he said.“We see them a lot. It’s alwaysgood to beat them in anything.”

Spartan girls coach GaryFisher felt the same about histeam’s win.

Anderson boys, Turpin girls win bowling rivalry

Anderson High School beat Turpin 2,466-2,156 in boys bowling Jan. 7 atCherry Grove Lanes. MARK D. MOTZ/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

ByMark D. [email protected]

See BOWLING, Page A5

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• Anderson Township Little League is in its 16th year• ATLL is the largest Little League in Southwest Ohio• ATLL had more than 1,110 players on 95 teams in 2013

Register on-line at www.atll.org orRegister at our ATLL Open HouseJanuary 11, 2014 • 10 am to 1 pmJanuary 18, 2014 • 1 pm to 4 pmAnderson Government Center

7850 Five Mile Road

Why ATLL? Kids from 4 - 18* have a great timeplaying ATLL baseball!

Our mission is to develop the skills for each player whilecreating a challenging and positive environment in which to

play baseball and enjoy America’s favorite pastime.

*Players must be 4 years old as of April 30th, 2014

Anderson Township Little League, (ATLL) is anall-volunteer official Little League Baseball program and ispart of the Ohio District 9 National Little League Charterserving Anderson Township, Mt. Washington, Newtown

and Pierce Township.

Visit us at www.atll.orge-mail at [email protected]

mail us at PO Box 541161, Cincinnati, Ohio 45254-1161Needs based scholarships are available.

ANDERSON TWP. —Maybe it skips a genera-tion.

Neither of Seven Hillssophomore swimmerClaire McDonald’s par-ents swam, but she saidher grandfather and agreat uncle did.

Still, she’s been in andaround the water most ofher life.

The Anderson Town-shipresidentbeganwithawater babies class withher mom. She startedswimming with the Mer-cy HealthPlex Seawolvesat age 6.

“I honestly have al-ways been in the waterand I’ve always loved it,”McDonald said. “When Iwas 10 I realized I wasgood at it. I started mak-ing a lot of (Junior Olym-pic) cuts and that justmade me want to workharder.”

Which has led to somedominant performancesthis season.

Her time of 2:09.09 inthe 200-yard freestyle is16 seconds faster thanhernearest Miami ValleyConference rival. Thegap is even wider in the500 free, where her

5:47.74 mark is nearly 40seconds ahead of theleague.

“I like when I’m donewith it and I feel accom-plished,” McDonald saidof the 500, the longestevent in a typical highschool program. “That’s areally good feeling. It’s alot of work and not every-body can swim the 500.”

Most who do adhereclosely to the distanceprogram. Not McDonald.

“It’s definitely good tohave Claire in the 200 and500 for us,” said AllieHenges, SevenHills headswim coach. “She defi-nitely scores a lot ofpoints for us there.

“But she can also swima 50 or a 100, so I can puther out there in any free-styleevent -putherontherelays - and know we’regoing to get a good swimin that event.”

Asked to describe herstyle, Henges glanced atMcDonald and the twoshard a laugh.

“We’ve talked aboutthis,” Henges said as Mc-Donald nodded in assent.“She’s maybe not themost technically perfectswimmer we have. Clairelikes to get up and go.

“Because she’s only asophomore, getting that

technical side of things inorder over the next cou-ple of years I can seesome significant im-provement for her.

“She’s at a point whereshe’s not going to dropfive and 10 seconds fromevery swim on sheer tal-ent. It will be a 10th of asecond here and a halfsecond there because ofbetter technique. That’swhat the best swimmersdo to drop their times.”

McDonald doesn’tmind the long swimmers’hours and the repetitivenature of practice.

“It’s really difficult,butmybest friendsareonthe swim team, so I get tosee themall the time,” shesaid. “You have a lot ofdown time at the meetsand it’s fun to hang outwith them there.”

Henges is excited forthe remainder of the yearand is hopeful her swim-mers will hang out rightthrough the state meet.

“This part of the sea-son isdefinitelywherewehave a lot of our meets,”she said. “All of our clubboys are back with us fulltime now, so we’re work-ing together. The (Coach-es)Classic (Jan.18and19)will be a big measuringstick for us.”

Seven Hills sophomore Claire McDonald leads the Miami Valley Conference in both the200 and 500 freestyle swimming events. MARK D. MOTZ/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Sophomore swimmer McDonaldgoing distance for Seven HillsByMark D. [email protected]

Boys basketball

» Anderson picked upits third win of the yearagainst seven losseswitha 51-39 victory overWestern Brown Jan. 9.

»McNicholas lost 68-52 to Roger Bacon Jan. 7,but bounced back with a50-42 win against Hamil-ton Badin Jan. 10. An-drew Schuermann ledthe Rockets with 20points off the bench.

»Miami Valley Chris-tian Academy beat Oyler60-51 on Jan. 8. JamieCarson and MaliqueWard both hit for 20points.

On Jan. 9, MVCA beatCincinnati College PrepAcademy 75-55. Sopho-more Bransen Vilardohad 24 points.

»Walnut Hills beatMilford 58-53 on Jan. 10.Senior MaCio Teaguehad 29 points.

Girls basketball» Anderson won 43-32

on the road at Kings Jan.8. Madison Temple shot7-for-12 from the floorand led the Redskins

with 17 points.»McNicholas beat

Hamilton Badin 52-46 ontheroadJan.4asHannahTaylor scored 20 points.The Rockets pummeledRoger Bacon 52-17 Jan. 8to improve to 9-4.

» Turpin beat Hughes54-45 at home Jan. 9,pushing its record to 6-4.

Boys swimming»Walnut Hills defeat-

ed Clark Montessori andWinton Woods on Jan. 7.Senior Andrew Tengenwonthe200freestyleand100butterfly. SophomoreCooper Keener took the200 individual medley,the 100 backstroke andthe 100 breaststroke.

Girls swimming»Walnut Hills beat

Clark Montessori andWinton Woods on Jan. 7.Sophomore Casey Beck-er won the 200 and 500free. Junior BrookleyGarry took the 200 indi-vidual medley and 100breaststroke and juniorKeiraHasselwon the100fly and the 100 back-stroke.

Bowling» The Anderson boys

beat Turpin 2,466-2,156Jan. 7, while the Turpin

girls beat Anderson2,118-1,928. (See story formore details.)

» The McNicholasboys beat Turpin 2,251-2,178 Jan. 8. Junior Wil-liam Klunk rolled a sea-son-high 371 series tolead the Rockets.

Cheerleading» The Turpin High

School cheerleading pro-gram will host the thirdannual Meagan Tooth-man Cheer Clinic forgirls in grades onethrough six from 9 a.m.to noon Saturday, Jan. 18,in the Turpin gym.

The clinic is named inhonor of former cheer-leader and cheerleadingcoach Meagan Tooth-man, who passed awaythe summer of 2011 frominjuries suffered in theIndiana State Fair stagecollapse.

Cost is $25 per partici-pant; all proceeds will goto the Meagan ToothmanFoundation. Routineslearned at the clinic willbe performed Jan. 31 athalftimeof theTurpin JVbasketball game. Partici-pants get snacks at theclinic and a t-shirt thenight of the halftimeper-formance, along withgame admission.

PRESS PREPS HIGHLIGHTS

ByMark D. Motzand Scott [email protected]@communitypress.com

CHAMPIONS

The Nagel Middle School seventh-grade silver volleyball team is crowned the ECCtournament champions. Nighthawks advanced through the bracket with steady playand timely serving. The team advanced to the finals by beating the previouslyundefeated Loveland Tigers. Making the final match even more intriguing was thefact the Nagel Blue, led by coach Niki Makin, squad had advanced to the finals aswell. Both teams represented their school positively and showed each other respectthroughout the match. In back, from left, are Coach Jim Rhein, Spencer Heming,Chelsea Coffey, Peyton Kennedy and Jenna Storn. In middle are Sophia Locker, LaurenSteele, Ashlee Tomlinson, Lindsay Baker and Jenna Feck. In front are Leila Alagha,Abby Leist, Josie Lackmeyer and Kerstin Ficker.

“I don’t care what thesport is, when these twoget together it’s specialand it’s exciting,”hesaid.“Obviously the girlswant to win, but theywant to be friendly aboutit.We’vecomea longway

and have done a reallygood job so far this sea-son.”

Turpin’s Madison Gil-lepsie led the Spartanswith a 373 series againstAnderson.

“I just like the feeling(of playing against An-derson),” she said. “Ev-erybody is always reallyenergized and cheering.I felt like today I was

pretty good. I’mdefinite-ly trying to keep improv-ing, keep getting better.”

The Jan. 7 Anderson-Turpin match was sup-posed to be the second oftwo consecutive battlesbetween the schools, butinclement weather pre-vented the Jan. 6 meet-ing. It has been resched-uled for 3:30 p.m. Jan. 23at Cherry Grove Lanes.

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As a Hamilton County Do-mestic Relations judge, I de-cide custody of children indivorce cases. The standard ofdecision is “the best interest ofthe child.”

Until recently, the onlyprocess for deciding contestedcustody issues was to order alengthy parenting report fromthe Court’s Parenting ServicesDepartment. This investigationroutinely took two to threemonths to complete and re-quired the parties’ children tobe interviewed.

If the divorcing parents didnot agree with the recommen-dations a custody trial wasnecessary. An unintended con-sequence of this process was toincrease the animosity be-tween the parties.

Under the leadership ofAdministrative Judge SusanTolbert in 2011 the court beganto require cases with disputedparenting issues to meet withthe judge assigned to theircase soon after it was filed.

I use this meeting to de-scribe the options for decidingcustody issues and suggestthat the best option for theparties is to make these deci-sions together.

As the mother of four chil-dren myself, I tell the litigantsthat I would much prefer tomake decisions about my chil-dren and not give up this re-

sponsibility to an elected offi-cial. I stress the importance of

maintainingthe children’scontinuingrelationshipwith each par-ent as neces-sary for theirhealthy devel-opment.

These con-ferences alsogive me anopportunity tostart the proc-

ess of resolving other issues inthe case by ordering a settle-ment conference, setting dead-lines or requiring appraisals ofproperty in dispute, for ex-ample.

As a result of this earlyjudicial intervention, familieshave been able to complete theoften wrenching process ofdivorce in a manner that is lessdestructive to the ongoingrelationship between the par-ties and their children.

In addition, late this year,the court initiated a pilot pro-ject called Early Neutral Eval-uation. This alternative disputeresolution process is also im-plemented early in the divorceprocess.

Divorcing parties come withtheir attorneys to a sessionbefore a team of neutral evalu-ators to state their position on

how they believe parentingshould be arranged post-di-vorce. After input from theirattorneys, the evaluators, whoare an experienced magistratesand social workers, advise theparties how they believe theircustody issues will likely bedecided by the assigned judge

The benefit of this processis that it allows the parties tostate their concerns, givingthem and their attorneys abetter appreciation of the otherparent’s views. Again, thisprocess presents another op-portunity for the parties tosettle the parenting issues inthe divorce without a conten-tious custody trial.

Early Neutral Evaluationhas enjoyed a 60 percent suc-cess rate in Marion County,Ohio. While the process is newto Hamilton County it is al-ready showing signs to beingvery helpful to divorcing par-ents making difficult decisionsin the best interest of theirchildren.

I am hopeful that as the firsturban county in Ohio to imple-ment Early Neutral Evalua-tion, we will enjoy similarsuccess and help the childrenand families of Hamilton Coun-ty.

Elizabeth Mattingly is a judge inHamilton County Domestic Rela-tions Court.

New techniques used for custody

ElizabethMattinglyCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

Last week’s questionWhat do you think of Cincin-

nati City Council giving the goahead to resume the streetcarconstruction?

“Damn fools!!!”J.G.

“I think it’s a typical exam-ple of bait and switch. You tellthevotersone thing togetelect-ed and then turn around and dothe exact opposite. The newmayor should be ashamed ofhimself for ignoring thewishesof the voterswhowant this pro-ject stopped.”

C.H.

“Stupid! Just like the stadi-ums were.

“After all they are politi-cians who are only in it forthemselves. They cannot paythe retired firemen and police-men so let’s go into debt a littlemore. I have been to cities withstreetcars and they are a gim-mick.”

J.S.D.

“Great idea for Cincinnatistreetcar construction and thatMayor Cranley was big enoughto get his mind changed.

“The streetcar should meanhundreds of jobs (constructionand for operation), growth, andless smog in the city – all goodfor the area and southwestOhio’s environmental and eco-nomic future.”

TRog

“Restores my faith in com-

mon sense.“True this street car is but

the start of a proper publictransport light rail infrastruc-ture, but a journey of a 1,000miles begins with a single step.‘Nuf said.”

D.R.“Cincinnati needs togetwith

itandcontinuetomoveforwardon the streetcar construction.We need to move forward ontransportation for a change, in-stead of constantly being stag-nant (traffic jams anyone?), ormoving backwards by the pro-verbial 10 years.

“Now that downtown hasbeen inundated by young pro-fessionals who live in and actu-ally like our downtown, the restof Cincinnati needs to get out oftheir rabbit holes and get mov-ing.

“You cannot expect Cincin-nati to be a world-class citywithoutworld-class transporta-tion, and that includes light railfrom the suburbs to downtown.

“The streetcar is just a firststep that can send Cincinnati

into a bright future instead oflagging behind.”

J.B.

“What a farce! November’selection results were whollybased upon the anti-trolleystance of Mayor Cranley andsix of the nine council mem-bers.

“However, within less than amonth fromtakingoffice, threenewmembers who had promis-ed voters they would stop it,changed sides. At least Cranleykept his promise, but he couldnot veto the ordinance due tothe two-thirdsmajoritywhoap-proved the trolley’s resump-tion.

“Cincinnati voters must beshakingtheirheads indisbelief.NodoubtRoxanneQualls isalsostunned since she lost her bidfor mayor because of herstance on the trolley. Unbeliev-able!”

R.V.

“I still do not see thepurposeof this street car with trafficcongestion relief or generalpublic transportation in thiscity.

“Still a waste of money likethe Bridge to Nowhere in Alas-ka! I won’t ride this thing any-time soon.”

O.H.R.

“All I have as an input is thatI would bet the supporters tothe ‘rail to nowhere’ would notbewilling to sign up tomake upfor the deficit that it is going tocreate.MoveoverDetroit, here

we come.”D.J.

“Considering the cost differ-ential, they really had the deci-sion taken from them. In thelong run it will be a benefit forthe core area of downtown andOTR.

“IhavebeenapatronofOTRoff andon since Imovedhere inthe ’60s. This is the best it hasbeen and it would be a shame tonot do everything possible forthe current improvements go-ing on in that area. WashingtonPark was a great start but mostof the credit goes to the smallbusinesspioneersandnewresi-dents that recognize the poten-tial of this asset.

“Being raised in a big city,not the suburbs I now reside in,probably gives me a biasedview. But please, if I hear onemore neighbor say ‘why wouldyou go downtown (or OTR)’ Ithink I’ll stopweedingmy lawn.That’ll teach them.”

J.Z.

“I honestly don’t know howthis happened. I thought Cran-ley was against the rail car?

“Either way I don’t like pay-ing for something I didn’t get tovote on.About threeyears ago Ihad to go downtown to see alawyer. I parkednear the court-house and was approached bypanhandlers coming and going.I decided then that I won’t godowntown unless it is absolute-ly necessary so I will never usethis service.”

Dave D.

“Thank God wemoved fromHamilton County to ClermontCounty16yearsago,wherea ly-ing, turncoat Democrat doesn’tstand a chance, and our electedofficials keep their promises.”

John J.

“It was so disappointing toseeKevinFlynnvote for the re-sumptionofworkafterhiscam-paign literature and publicstatements saidhewasopposedto the project. P.G. Sittenfeldalso indicated the same andthen flipped.

“This project accomplishesnothing as far as real transpor-tation. It saddles the city withmore debt at a time when wecan ill afford it.

“This city is fortunate tohave a solid mayor and councilpeople like Chris Smitherman,AmyMurray andMr. Winburn.The rest have saddled our chil-dren with debt that is makingthis city a less desirable place.”

Terry Garvin

“It’s just another example ofthe Democrats, in this case onCity Council, mortgaging ourfuture.Theyarewritingchecksthat will be paid by others, fortheir short-term gain.

“Ifmoney grew on trees, theprojectmaynotbesoreprehen-sible ... but it doesn’t. Otherstreetcar cities are finding thatthe shiney promises that thehipsters and urban yuppieshavebit on are turning out to behollow. We’ll be next.”

P.C.

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NEXT QUESTIONDo you think school officialsmade the right decision recentlyby canceling classes because ofcold temperature? Why or whynot?

Every week we ask readers a questionthey can reply to via e-mail. Send youranswers [email protected] withChatroom in the subject line by 5 p.m.on Thursday.

ANDERSON TOWNSHIPMeets at 6 p.m., the third Thursday of the month,

7850 Five Mile Road. Phone: 688-8400. Web site:www.andersontownship.org.

Trustees Russell Jackson Jr., Joshua Gerth andAndrew Pappas; Fiscal Officer Kenneth Dietz.

Township Administrator Vicky Earhart; AssistantAdministrator for Operations Steve Sievers; Planningand Zoning Director Paul Drury; Public Works Direc-

tor Richard Shelley; Facilities Manager MarkMagna;Police District 5 Commander Lt. Matt Guy, 474-5770;Fire Chief Mark Ober, 688-8400; Event CoordinatorAmyMeyer.

FOREST HILLS LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTMeets at 7 p.m. the third Monday of each month, at

the administration building, 7550 Forest Road. Phone:231-3600. Website:www.foresthills.edu.

Board members Julie Bissinger, Forest Heis, TonyHemmelgarn, Jim Frooman and Randy Smith.

Superintendent Dallas Jackson, ext. 2945; Treasur-er Richard Toepfer II, ext. 2963; Director of Curricu-lum and Instructional Services Natasha Adams; Di-rector of Student Services Betsy Ryan, ext. 2948;Director of Business Operations Ray Johnson, Trans-portation Supervisor Richard Porter, ext. 2980.

WHEN THEYMEET

The new state budget hasmade significant changes to

the Home-stead TaxReduction.

This realestate taxreductionsaves Hamil-ton Countytaxpayersbetween $300and $450 peryear on theirreal estatetaxes. These

changes include means test-ing for both the age-qualifiedand the disability-qualifiedapplicants. This will nowrequire proof of income be-fore the application is ap-proved for those who haveless than $30,500 for 2014Ohio Adjusted Gross Income.This limit will change annu-ally.

There is a “grandfatherclause” in the law that is al-lowing anyone who qualifiesfor the 2013 tax year to beaccepted without incomeverification. This grandfa-ther status is portable, mean-ing it follows the taxpayer ifhe or she should move toanother home, even if it is inanother county. To fall withinthis category one must eitheralready be receiving the

homestead reduction on hisor her property or qualify asa late application by:

» owning and living inyour home as of Jan. 1, 2013,and at the time the late appli-cation is being filed, and

» being at least 65 years ofage any time during 2013 orbeing certified as totally andpermanently disabled as ofJan. 1, 2013, and

» completing and sub-mitting a late homesteadapplication between Jan. 7and June 2, 2014.

Grandfathered applicantsmust show proof of age ordisability. If a taxpayer qual-ifies for a late file applica-tion, he or she must file dur-ing the 2014 application peri-od or a year’s worth of taxreduction will be lost andincome limits will be applied.

It is important that thosetaxpayers who qualify underthe grandfather clause bemade aware of this and applyproperly so as not to lose thisreduction. If you have familymembers or friends who mayfall in this category, pleaseshare this information withthem.

Dusty Rhodes is Hamilton Countyauditor.

Significant changes made inhomestead tax reduction law

DustyRhodesCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

LIFELIFE PEOPLE | IDEAS | RECIPES

FORESTHILLSJOURNAL

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2014

Three Art Academy of Cin-cinnati classeswill come toTheCarnegie Center of ColumbiaTusculum, 3738 Eastern Ave.

Register online at http://bit.ly/artcarnegie.

» After-schoolArt for Kids.4-6 p.m. Wednesdays Feb. 12 toMarch 19. Fee is $65 per ses-sion.

Students will be introducedto art methods and techniquesthrough hands-on projects.Teacher Tony Becker will alsooffer instruction and assis-tance for students’ artprojects.Although the class may consist

ofmultiple grade levels, the in-structor and assistant will pro-vide materials and instructionwith consideration of a child’sage and skill

» Foundational ComicDrawing for Adults. 6:30-9p.m. Wednesdays, Feb. 5 toMarch 26. Fee is $180.

This six-week course withMattWright is abasic introduc-tion to comic drawing and fea-tures the same curriculum andcontent used for younger stu-dents, but retooled for an adultlearning experience. Coursetopics will include story and

storyboarding, character cre-ation and development, layoutand page planning, and pencil-ing and inking.

» Figure Drawing for HighSchool Students. 6:30-9 p.m.Mondays, Feb. 3 to March 31.Fee is $145.

Instructor Matt Wright willintroduce students to tradition-al fundamentals of figuredrawing from a clothed model,while encouraging individualstyledevelopmentandexplora-tion of drawing media andmethods. Open to students 13-18 years old.

Winter art classes inColumbia Tusculum

After-school Art for Kids is one of three classes offered at The CarnegieCenter of Columbia Tusculum this winter. FILE PHOTO

MariemontPlayerspresents“ALittle NightMusic, aMusicalRomance in Waltz Time,”with music and lyrics by Ste-

phen Sondheim and book by HughWheeler, at the Walton Creek Theater,4101WaltonCreekRoad (just east ofMa-riemont), now through Jan. 26.

This captivating tale of romance inturn of the century Sweden follows theamorous adventures of Desiree, a tour-ing actress.

When her past and present lovers –and their wives – show up for a weekendin the country, surprising liaisons, pas-sions, and a taste of love’s endless possi-bilities are all brought to light.

The lilting score features the haunt-

ing classic, “Send in the Clowns.”“A Little Night Music” is directed by

SkipFenker, producedbyKathyBeiting,and features Laurie Brinkman, Jan Cos-tello andWayneWright, with Katie Dan-iel, Jen Drake, Carol Gerlach, BryanGreaves, Charlie Greer, Kim Long, Sa-rah Mizelle, Danielle Morey, Nik Pajic,Karen Sowards, RobertWarfel and Rob-ert Workley.

Performanceswill be at 8 p.m. on Jan.17, 18 and 24; 2 p.m., Jan. 26; 7:30 p.m.,Jan. 16 and 23; 2 and 7 p.m., Jan. 19; and 3and 8 p.m., Jan. 25.

For more information or to ordertickets for A Little Night Music, call Be-tsy at 684-1236. All seats are reservedand cost $18 each.

Performing in the Mariemont Players' rendition of "A Little Night Music, a MusicalRomance in Waltz Time" is Jan Costello as Madame Armfeldt.

Jen Drake plays Countess Charlotte Malcolm and Katie Daniel plays Anne Egerman in theMariemont Players performances of "A Little Night Music, a Musical Romance in WaltzTime."

Wayne Wright plays Fredrik Egerman, Laurie Brinkman plays Desiree Armfeldt and BryanGreaves plays Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm in Mariemont Players' "A Little Night Music, aMusical Romance in Waltz Time."

‘A LittleNightMusic’at Walton Creek Theater

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THURSDAY, JAN. 16Art ExhibitsrepARTee, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., PhyllisWeston Gallery, 2005 1/2 Madi-son Road, Classical/modern/contemporary visual conversa-tion. Works by Jeff Chapman-Crane, Diane and Frank McEl-wain, Michael Scott and more.Free. 321-5200; phylliswes-ton.com. O’Bryonville.Warm Embrace, Gifts ThatLast for Generations, 9a.m.-5:30 p.m., Eisele Gallery ofFine Art, 5729 DragonWay,New works by living artists,paintings that make perfectholiday gifts. Included are worksby Beverly Erschell, Val Gottes-man, Chris Griffin-Woods, RayHassard, MaryBeth Karaus, KeithKlein, Kate lackman, Jeff Mor-row, Cindy Nixon and SallySchrohenloher. Free. ThroughFeb. 1. 791-7717, ext. 109;www.eiselefineart.com. Fairfax.

AuditionsAmerican Girl Fashion ShowAuditions, 5-7:30 p.m., Beech-mont Toyota, 8667 BeechmontAve., More than 350 local girlsneeded to present historical andcontemporary fashions tocelebrate being an AmericanGirl as part of American GirlFashion Show. Ages 4-12. Free.Registration required. Presentedby Aubrey Rose HollenkampChildren’s Trust Foundation.205-9957; www.aubreyrose-.com. Anderson Township.

Exercise ClassesZumba Fitness with Sue, 6-7p.m., Clough United Methodist

Church, 2010 Wolfangel Road,Burn calories, sculpt your bodyand have a blast. $5. 379-4900;www.zumbasue.net. AndersonTownship.Adventure Boot Camp forWomen, 5:30-6:30 a.m., McNi-cholas High School, 6536 Beech-mont Ave., For women of allages and fitness levels to helpreach health and fitness goals.$14.95. Registration required.Presented by Cincinnati Ad-venture Boot Camp for Women.407-4665, ext. 112; www.cincy-bootcamp.com.Mount Wash-ington.

Health / WellnessStress Reduction Secrets,6:30-8 p.m., Essencha Tea House,3212a Madison Road., Geri SueSandor, stress-reduction special-ist, reveals secrets on how toreduce stress in your life andwhy this is vital to your health.Healthy, light foods and teaserved. $25. Reservations re-quired. 533-4832; www.es-sencha.com. Oakley.

On Stage - TheaterA Little Night Music, 7:30 p.m.,Walton Creek Theater, 4101Walton Creek Road, This capti-vating tale of romance in turn ofthe century Sweden follows theamorous adventures of Desiree,a touring actress. When her pastand present lovers, and theirwives, show up for a weekend inthe country, surprising liaisons,passions and a taste of love’sendless possibilities are allbrought to light. $18. Presentedby Mariemont Players Inc.684-1236; www.mariemontplay-ers.com. Columbia Township.

Support GroupsCaregiver Support Group,4-5:30 p.m., Immaculate Heartof Mary Church, 7820 Beech-mont Ave., Guadelupe Room. Tosupport caregivers of elderly ordisabled parents (relatives).Ages 18 and up. Free. Reserva-tions required. Through Nov. 20.929-4483; www.ccswoh.org/caregivers. Anderson Township.

Youth SportsPre-School Open Gym, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Beech Acres ParkRecPlex, 6915 Beechmont Ave.,Playground atmosphere indoors.Unstructured playtime forparents and pre-schoolers. Ages4 and under. $2. Presented byAnderson Township Park Dis-trict. 388-4515. Anderson Town-ship.

FRIDAY, JAN. 17Art ExhibitsrepARTee, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., PhyllisWeston Gallery, Free. 321-5200;phyllisweston.com. O’Bryonville.Warm Embrace, Gifts ThatLast for Generations, 9a.m.-5:30 p.m., Eisele Gallery ofFine Art, Free. 791-7717, ext. 109;www.eiselefineart.com. Fairfax.

Exercise ClassesZumba Fitness with Sue,9:30-10:30 a.m., Clough UnitedMethodist Church, $5. 379-4900;www.zumbasue.net. AndersonTownship.Adventure Boot Camp forWomen, 5:30-6:30 a.m., McNi-cholas High School, $14.95.Registration required. 407-4665,ext. 112; www.cincybootcamp-

.com.Mount Washington.

Music - BluesThe SonnyMoorman Group, 9p.m.-1 a.m., Township Fields andTavern, 4575 Mount CarmelRoad, 831-0160; www.township-fieldsandtavern.com. AndersonTownship.

On Stage - TheaterA Little Night Music, 8 p.m.,Walton Creek Theater, $18.684-1236; www.mariemontplay-ers.com. Columbia Township.

SATURDAY, JAN. 18Art & Craft ClassesLook See Do: Cultural Cele-brations, 10-11 a.m., Woman’sArt Club Cultural Center, 6980Cambridge Ave., The Barn. Artworkshop for children. Look atartifacts, learn about culturalcelebrations around the world,then make your own pendantnecklace based on native Amer-ican traditions. Ages 1-4. $5.272-3700; www.artatthebar-n.org.Mariemont.

Art ExhibitsrepARTee, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., PhyllisWeston Gallery, Free. 321-5200;phyllisweston.com. O’Bryonville.Warm Embrace, Gifts ThatLast for Generations, 10a.m.-3 p.m., Eisele Gallery ofFine Art, Free. 791-7717, ext. 109;www.eiselefineart.com. Fairfax.

Exercise ClassesZumba Fitness with Sue, 9-10a.m., Clough United MethodistChurch, $5. 379-4900;www.zumbasue.net. AndersonTownship.

Health / WellnessDiabetes ConversationMaps,

10 a.m.-noon, Lisa Larkin, M.D.,4460 Red Bank Expressway,What do the numbers mean?Small group discussions of Type2 diabetes led by Jan Kellogg,certified diabetes educator. $30all four sessions; or $10 persession. 791-0626.Madisonville.

Music - ConcertsAWest Coast Tribute, 8 p.m.,20th Century Theater, 3021Madison Road, Music by Look-ing East: Tribute to JacksonBrowne and Unscheduled Flight:Tribute to Robben Ford. $13, $10advance. 731-8000;www.the20thcenturythea-ter.com. Oakley.

On Stage - TheaterA Little Night Music, 8 p.m.,Walton Creek Theater, $18.684-1236; www.mariemontplay-ers.com. Columbia Township.

Support GroupsCodependents Anonymous,9:30-10:45 a.m., Hyde ParkCommunity United MethodistChurch, 1345 Grace Ave., Bookdiscussion group. Room 206.Donations accepted. ThroughJan. 25. 583-1248. Hyde Park.

SUNDAY, JAN. 19Music - ClassicalCarillon Concert, 4-5 p.m., Mary

M. Emery Carillon, PleasantStreet, Open air concert. Caril-lonneur plays bells using key-board in upper tower. Tours oftower available; playground,restroom and shelter house onsite. Free. Presented by village ofMariemont. 271-8519; www.ma-riemont.org.Mariemont.

On Stage - TheaterA Little Night Music, 2 p.m.and 7 p.m., Walton Creek Thea-ter, $18. 684-1236; www.marie-montplayers.com. ColumbiaTownship.

Support GroupsCodependents AnonymousMeeting, 7-8 p.m., Hyde ParkBethlehem United MethodistChurch, 3799 Hyde Park Ave,Twelve-step fellowship open toeveryone who desires healthyand loving relationships. Free.Through Jan. 26. 290-9105. HydePark.

MONDAY, JAN. 20EducationJunior High Self-Defense, 6-8p.m., Beech Acres Park RecPlex,6915 Beechmont Ave., Physicalself-defense explained andpracticed. Ages 11-14. $25, $20residents. Registration required.Presented by Anderson Town-ship Park District. 388-4513.

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Brrrr! Today is definitely asoup day. The temperature in

my herbgarden read11 below zero.I’m gladwe’re notentertainingthis weeksince I havemy Amishwoodenclothes racklined withclothes dry-

ing by the wood stove and thattakes up a good amount ofroom. Not exactly the ambi-ence for having people over,but all is still good. As theclothes dry, they add a bit ofneeded moisture to the dry air.

Grandson Jack had his ton-sils and adenoids out over theholidays, so I took over somesoups and other favorite foods.He was able to eat a bowl ofthe chicken tortellini souprecipe that I’m sharing todayright away. His brothers, LukeandWill, finished it off. It re-minded me of how somethinglike soup can nourish and makeone feel special. I wanted toshare it with you because itreally is easy and healthful andgoes together in minutes.

Rita’s feel-better15-minute chickentortellini soup

The broth is easily digest-ible and the garlic is an antibi-otic. Good for someone whoseappetite is compromised. Thechicken and tortellini provideprotein and some carbs, andthe fresh greens contain anti-oxidants.

1quart or so of low-sodiumchicken broth

1garlic clove, smashedCooked chicken – a generous cupor so

1bag frozen cheese tortelliniFresh greens – spinach, chard,whatever

Parmesan or Romano cheese

Put broth and garlic cloveinto pot. Bring to boil. Addchicken and tortellini to boilingbroth. When tortellini floats totop, it’s done. Remove garlic.Stir in handfuls of freshgreens. Ladle into bowls andsprinkle with cheese.

Tip from Rita’s kitchenYou can leave the chicken

out if you want a more broth-type soup.

More pantry herbs andspices that fight colds and flu:Check out my blog for theseplus nice recipes for ginger-lemon tea and chilled citrusdrink.

Birdseed ringPam Freeman, a New Rich-

mond reader, shared this reci-pe a while back. Here’s myadaptation. Check out Pam’sseasonal crafts on her blog onLaura’s lean beef website. Pamalways has something fun anddoable for families to maketogether.

3 cups wild birdseed1 cup sunflower seeds1 envelope unflavored gelatin3⁄4 cup all-purpose flour3 tablespoons corn syrup1⁄2 cup hot waterCooking sprayHeavy ribbon or string

Combine birdseed, gelatin,flour, corn syrup and water.Spray Bundt cake pan (or otherbake ware) with cooking spray.Press seed mixture very firm-ly into pan. Place pan in warm,dry place and let sit overnightor until dry. Depending uponhow warm it is, this could take

a few days.Once the birdseed mixture

is hardened, turn pan over torelease ring. Tie ribbon aroundit and hang where birds canfind it.

Cookie cutters: Fun for thekids. Spray insides well andpack the mixture in. Poke ahole in center if you’re going tohang them up. After a day, youwill be able to gently pushmixture out in one piece; it willstill be soft but you can lay iton rack to finish drying.

Coming soonThe Goetta issue. As I al-

ways do this time of year, I’llbe sharing my best goettarecipe along with readers’recipes. Send your favoritegoetta recipe, along with thestory of how/why you make it.

Pia’s chicken salad. Thefamily shares this heirloomcustomer favorite.

Tips from Susan’sNatural World

Best vitamin supplementsfor men, women and children.Susan Parker of Susan’s Natu-ral World, was a guest on mycable show (Warner access,channels 8 and 15). She showedher three most important sup-plements for men, women andchildren, and took all the mys-tery out of what we should betaking, supplement wise. Shealso made a yummy vegetariandish of cauliflower (on the 2014trend lists of good foods), on-ion, red bell pepper and peas.Susan calls it “eating the rain-bow.” Check out my blog forphotos.

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is an herbalist,educator, Jungle Jim's culinary pro-fessional and author. Find her blogonline at Cincinnati.Com/blogs. Emailher at [email protected] "Rita's kitchen" in the subjectline. Call 513-248-7130, ext. 356.

Feed your family – and the birds – with these recipes

RitaHeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN

Rita’s simple chicken tortellini soup is good for someone who is under the weather.THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD

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

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

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Years ago I heardmost email received byconsumers is junk mailof little interest to therecipients.

That’s not only just astrue today, but now youhave to watch out forspam emails designed tosteal your identity.

The easiest way forthieves to get your per-sonal information is toinfect your computerwith a virus. The virusallows the thieves accessto your information,including passwords,which can even givethem access to your bankaccounts.

These spam emailshave been sent at anincreasing rate in recentmonth disguised as allsorts of things. For in-stance, one came from

the “AppleSecurityCenter”seekingaccountverifica-tion in-formation.But, acheck ofthe send-er’s email

address showed it did notcome from Apple soclicking on the link itsent could have infectedyour computer.

Marlene, in Cincin-nati, wrote me she re-ceived an email allegedlyfromWalmart, whichclaimed it was cancelingher delivery because ofproblems with her ad-dress. She was asked toclick on a link and sendher new address. She

wrote, “I believe theemail is a hoax and scamto get my personal infosince I haven’t orderedanything fromWalmartrecently. I didn’t openthe ‘form’ they asked meto complete.”

Dan, of Green Town-ship, wrote me he re-ceived an email claimingto come from Costco andalso claiming there wasa delivery delay becauseof a problem with hisaddress. The wording ofthat email is almost ex-actly the same as the oneMarlene received claim-ing to be fromWalmart.Again, Dan says he didnot click on the link re-questing his informationbecause he realized itwas a scam since hedoesn’t belong to Costco.

Emails are still being

sent, allegedly fromsoldiers overseas, seek-ing assistance movingvaluable items. The lat-est says, “Can I trustyou?” It asks for, “Assis-tance for safe keeping oftwo military trunk boxesvaluable that will be ofgreat benefit to both ofus.” Notice the gram-matical mistakes, whichare very common inthese scam emails, be-cause they often comefrom overseas whereEnglish is not the scam-mer’s first language.

Finally, here’s one ofthe most interestingspam emails I’ve seen ina long time. It says, “No-tice to Appear in Court.”It gives a case numberand says, “This is toadvise that you are re-quired to attend the

court of Washington inJanuary 8, 2014 for thehearing of your case.” Ihope you noticed thegrammatical errors. Itgoes on,“Please, kindlyprepare and bring thedocuments related tothis case on the datementioned above. Atten-dance is compulsory.The copy of the courtnotice is attached to thisletter, please, downloadand read it thoroughly.”

Once again, the gram-matical mistakes arenumerous in those sen-tences as well. From thelanguage I can tell thisalso came from overseas– and the email addresswith it shows it did notcome from any court-house. But it mightprompt someone to clickon the link provided to

see if they can figure outwhat’s going on. Thatwould be a mistake be-cause it most likely con-tains a virus to stealyour personal informa-tion.

Bottom line, be verycareful of emails con-taining links – eventhose that appear tocome from reputablecompanies and agencies.All too often they arejust scams hoping to getyou to click on their linkso they can steal fromyou.

Howard Ain’s column appearsbi-weekly in the CommunityPress newspapers. He ap-pears regularly as the Trou-bleshooter on WKRC-TVLocal 12 News. Email him [email protected].

Junk e-mails can contain harmful viruses

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Audley D. BarnicoatAudley D. “Ozzie” Barnicoat,

67, of Anderson Township diedDec. 31. He was an army veteran.

Survived by wife of 67 years,Elaine Barnicoat; son, AudleyDaniel (Deanna); siblings DianneRandall and Ronald (Kris) Barni-coat; and grandson, David.

Preceded in death by parentsAudley John Barnicoat andMartha Jane Hine.

Services were Jan. 4 at T.P.White and Sons Funeral Home,Mount Washington.

Mary B. DaughertyMary B. Daugherty, 90, of

Anderson Township died Jan. 5.Survived by children Sam T.,

Charles, Fred (Dorothy), Roy(Sherry), Timmy, Keith Daugher-ty, Nancy (Daniel) Claycomb andKathy (Brad) Lehmann; and manygrandchildren, great-grand-children and great-great-grand-children.

Preceded in death by husband,

DEATHS

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Support groupsParkside Christian

Church is hosting twocommunity supportgroups from 6:30-8p.m.Thursdays, Jan.16to April 10.

The first is to helpwith the grieving proc-ess and the second is tohelpwith separation ordivorce. Registrationis $15 for each pro-gram.

Parkside ChristianChurch, 6986 SalemRoad, has childcareand scholarships avail-able for both pro-grams.

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Sam Daughterty Sr.; childrenJohnny, Michael, Jerry, DennyDaugherty and Linda Baker;parents Charles and Mary Mari-mon.

Services were Jan. 9 at T.P.White and Sons Funeral Home,Mount Washington.

Marian R. EasterlingMarian R. Easterling, 91,

formerly of Anderson Townshipdied Dec. 31. She was former

owner of Lake Louise.Survived by daughter, Donna L.

Easterling; and friend, JuanitaSimpson.

Preceded in death by husband,WilliamM. Easterling; parentsCharles Holdgreiwe and EleanorWaechter; and brother Alvin“Hoagy” Holdgriewe.

Services were Jan. 6 at Guard-ian Angels Church.

Dorothy StrunkDorothy “Dottie” Strunk, 63,

formerly of Anderson Township

died Jan. 2.Survived by daughter, Melanie

(Greg) Collier; siblings Shirley(late Paul) Retzler, Carol (Bob)Taylor, Ray (Mary), Charles (Bon-na), and Steve (Aleen); and niecesand nephews.

Preceded in death by parentsAlbert Philhower and Ella Kaet-zel; and siblings Jack and RussPhilhower.

Memorial service was Jan. 8 atT.P. White and Sons FuneralHome, Mount Washington.

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ABOUT POLICE REPORTSThe Community Press publishes the names of all adults

charged with offenses. The information is a matter ofpublic record and does not imply guilt or innocence.To contact your local police department:

» Anderson Township, Hamilton County Sheriff's Office,Lt. Matthew Guy, District 5 commander, 825-2280» Cincinnati District 2, California and Mount Washington,Capt. Jeff Butler, District 2 commander, police officer Ger-maine Love, neighborhood officer, 979-4400» Newtown, Tom Synan, chief, 561-7697 or 825-2280

ANDERSON TOWNSHIPRecords not available

CINCINNATI DISTRICT 2Incidents/investigationsCriminaldamaging/endangering3601 Columbia Pkwy., Dec. 31.

Theft4015 Eastern Ave., Dec. 30.4015 Eastern Ave., Dec. 31.2120 Beechmont Ave., Dec. 31.5001 Kellogg Ave., Jan. 1.2120 Beechmont Ave., Jan. 1.

NEWTOWNRecords not available

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ABOUT REALESTATETRANSFERSInformation is provided

as a public service by theoffice of Hamilton CountyAuditor Dusty Rhodes.Neighborhood desig-nations are approximate.

ANDERSONTOWNSHIP7941 Bar Harbor Drive: Wag-ner, Clifford P. Tr. to Wagner,Clifford P.; $198,000.6999 Bennett Road: Busken,Daniel P. & Amanda L. toGrefer, Michael & Muna;$268,000.Evening Whisper Way: Tradi-tions Investments AndersonLtd. to Great TraditionsHomes Lt; $70,000.8269 Jakaro Drive: Feldkamp,Joseph J. & Carol L. to Wies-lander, Michael; $316,000.Little Dry Run Road: Lot KingLimited Partnership to Blanco,Joseph M. & Mary C. Ber-wanger; $60,000.2944 Saddleback Drive: Hoppe,Erin M. & Brent E. Webber toWeber, Brent E.; $20,000.7697 Athenia Drive: Hunter,Melanie W. to Brun, Andrew& Johanna; $316,500.

5218 Beechmont Ave.: SkytopImprovements LLC to WellsFargo Bank NA Tr.;$6,200,000.2103 Berkshire Club Drive:Gillen, Stephen E. & Lori E.Krafte to Frye, Margaret M. &Craig P.; $290,000.1656 Citadel Place: Knueven,Matthew B. & Tonya R. toSmith, Michael W. & Emily D.;$170,000.815 Eaglesknoll Court: Whited,Donna F. to Clegg, Brian;$264,000.8301 Forest Road: BurnetCapital LLC to Molloy Proper-ties LLC; $61,000.7779 Meadowcreek Drive:Morgan, Larry A. & CatherineP. to Diersing, Kevin & Kather-ine; $295,000.Morning Watch: Great Tradi-tions Development Group Inc.to Great Traditions HomesLtd.; $68,000.

REAL ESTATE

questions.Visit bit.ly/grief14,

for the GriefSharegroup, and bit.ly/di-vorce14, for the Divor-ceCare group.

CPR, first aidclasses

Anderson Township’s

Fire andRescueDepart-ment is offering basicfirst aid andCPRclassesto the community.

Classes are typically8 a.m. to noon the firstSaturday of themonth atthe township operationscenter, 7954 BeechmontAve.

They cost $40 or $50.Call 688-8084 or visit

http://bit.ly/atcpr14.

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