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H ILLTOP H ILLTOP PRESS 75¢ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2013 BECAUSE COMMUNITY MATTERS Your Community Press newspaper serving College Hill, Finneytown, Forest Park, Greenhills, Mount Airy, Mount Healthy, North College Hill, Seven Hills, Springfield Township Vol. 75 No. 52 © 2013 The Community Press ALL RIGHTS RESERVED News ......................... 923-3111 Retail advertising ............ 768-8357 Classified advertising ........ 242-4000 Delivery ...................... 853-6263 See page A2 for additional information Contact The Press ON ICE Bombers make tourney’s final. See story, A7 RITA’S KITCHEN Stuffed pork tenderloin nice enough for Easter. See story, B3 IT’S COLD B1 Training for bad weather Winton Woods Schools In- terim Superintendent Jim Smith said the 14 Winton Woods errors cited on a state- wide audit of Student Atten- dance Data and Accountabil- ity System were seemingly unintentional. After re- searching data for a routine au- dit by the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) for the 2012-13 school year and find- ing irregular- ities, the school district self-re- ported atten- dance errors from the 2010- 11school year to the auditor for review. “We did the right thing,” said school board president Tim Cleary, who met with Ohio State Auditor Dave Yost to present two years of student data. “We always wanted to be compliant.” The auditor report states that for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, “It was discov- ered that 74 students, out of a total of 245 district students reported on the State wide re- port card only, were retroac- tively withdrawn from the dis- trict.” The auditor then took that information and collected a sample of 30 students from the 74 and found 14 improper withdrawals in the sample. Smith said that of the 14, nine of those were a result of a “gap” in enrollment for ex- pelled students who were as- signed to an alternative learn- ing setting; the other five were a result of improper dating and the withdrawal and then re-enrollment of students ex- pelled. “Oftentimes what hap- pened when the students were assigned (to an alternative set- ting), as it was explained to me, there was typically a gap,” he said. “In other words you have a 10-day suspension that the kid serves and within that 10 days you do an expulsion hearing. What happened was on school day 11 they weren’t (in the alternative setting). A lot of kids would show up weeks later and some simply disappeared on us.” Smith said if the student’s didn’t attend classes at the al- ternative setting on day 11, they were withdrawn from the system. He said if they re- turned they were re-enrolled. “The state was saying to us, you need to keep them on the books and that’s what we’re doing now,” he said. “We have kids right now who are not at- tending because they were ex- pelled and we have them on our books.” District moves to clean up attendance irregularities Cleary Smith Winton Woods self-reported errors to do ‘the right thing’ for district By Monica Boylson [email protected] See CLEAN, Page A2 Rico Hill said he was dev- astated when he was cut from the St. Xavier High School varsity basketball team and it had him wonder- ing: What’s next? The high school junior and honors student said it was hard not to take it per- sonally when he had to fig- ure out what to do instead of basketball practice. “It hurt me personally,” Hill said. “I didn’t want it to affect how I was doing in school though, so I had to talk to a couple of people about it.” One person he talked to was religion teacher and freshman basketball assis- tant coach Jim Telles who has teamed up with fellow religion teacher Paul Rie- selman to give student ath- letes options after being cut from sports teams. “We talk to them and say, ‘Now that you’ve been cut from something you abso- lutely love, what’s next? What can you do with this anger and sorrow that you’re feeling?’” Telles said. “We try to have them Rico Hill, center, coaches the freshman basketball team during a game against Covington Catholic High School. THANKS TO ST. XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL St. X athlete asks, ‘What’s next?’ See ATHLETE, Page A2 Rico Hill, 18, is an assistant coach for the St. Xavier High School freshman basketball team. MONICA BOYLSON/THE COMMUNITY PRESS Junior becomes freshmen coach By Monica Boylson [email protected] The Colerain Township Mi- chaels is moving. Right across the street to Northgate Mall. Michaels, the largest arts and crafts retailer in North America, is set to move to the mall property by fall. Claire Anderson, marketing manager for Dallas-based Ta- bani Group Inc., the mall’s own- er, says Michaels currently has more than 1,018 stores in 49 states, and by August of this year will occupy about 22,000 square feet of the former Dil- lard’s building facing Colerain Avenue. Joining Michaels in the the former Dillard’s space are Ulta, Marshalls and DSW Shoes. An- derson said construction has al- ready started in that area, and the first store is scheduled to be open soon. “The construction is moving along right on target, and the finish line is almost in sight.” said Zeshan Tabani, managing principal of Tabani Group, Inc. “We’re excited for everyone to finally see it all come together.” Colerain Township Econom- ic Development Director Frank Birkenhauer says the move creates opportunities. “The relocation of the Mi- chaels allowed Colerain Town- ship to retain a fine and long- standing business by providing them a new venue in which to lo- cate,” he said. “Many of our neighboring jurisdictions have lost well established retailers to nearby communities due to not having a suitable location of which to locate a new or ex- panded concept. “As modern retailers con- stantly recreate themselves, expand their format, or change their footprint preference it is imperative Colerain Township provide venues to ensure reten- tion and expansion opportuni- ties to keep them in the Colerain Corridor.” Birkenhaer said the vacancy left behind is not a concern. “The existing Michaels space is in a prime location and I am confident that with the great visibility and access of- fered at this location there will be great interest in a new tenant at this location as well,” he said. Michaels moving across street to Northgate Mall The facade of Northgate Mall’s former Dillard’s store now shows four junior box tenants: Ulta, Marshalls, DSW Shoes and Michaels. THANKS TO TABANI GROUP Will be with others in old Dillard’s space By Jennie Key [email protected]

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Winton Woods Schools In-terim Superintendent JimSmith said the 14 WintonWoods errors cited on a state-wide audit of Student Atten-dance Data and Accountabil-

ity Systemwereseeminglyunintentional.

After re-searching datafor a routine au-dit by the OhioDepartment ofEducation(ODE) for the2012-13 schoolyear and find-ing irregular-ities, the schooldistrict self-re-ported atten-dance errorsfrom the 2010-11schoolyear tothe auditor forreview.

“We did theright thing,” said school boardpresidentTimCleary,whometwith Ohio State Auditor DaveYost to present two years ofstudent data. “We alwayswanted to be compliant.”

The auditor report statesthat for the fiscal year endingJune 30, 2011, “It was discov-ered that 74 students, out of atotal of 245 district students

reported on the State wide re-port card only, were retroac-tivelywithdrawnfromthedis-trict.”

The auditor then took thatinformation and collected asampleof30students fromthe74 and found 14 improperwithdrawals in the sample.

Smith said that of the 14,nine of thosewere a result of a“gap” in enrollment for ex-pelled students who were as-signed to an alternative learn-ingsetting; theother fivewerea result of improper datingand the withdrawal and thenre-enrollment of students ex-pelled.

“Oftentimes what hap-penedwhen the studentswereassigned (toanalternative set-ting), as it was explained tome, therewas typically agap,”he said. “In other words youhave a 10-day suspension thatthe kid serves and within that10 days you do an expulsionhearing. What happened wason school day 11 they weren’t(in the alternative setting). Alot of kids would show upweeks later and some simplydisappeared on us.”

Smith said if the student’sdidn’t attend classes at the al-ternative setting on day 11,theywerewithdrawnfromthesystem. He said if they re-turned they were re-enrolled.

“The statewas saying to us,you need to keep them on thebooks and that’s what we’redoing now,” he said. “We havekids right now who are not at-tending because theywere ex-pelled and we have them onour books.”

District movesto clean upattendanceirregularities

Cleary

Smith

Winton Woodsself-reported errorsto do ‘the rightthing’ for districtByMonica [email protected]

See CLEAN, Page A2

RicoHill said hewasdev-astated when he was cutfrom the St. Xavier HighSchool varsity basketballteamand it hadhimwonder-ing: What’s next?

The high school juniorand honors student said itwas hard not to take it per-sonally when he had to fig-ure out what to do instead ofbasketball practice.

“It hurt me personally,”Hill said. “I didn’t want it toaffect how I was doing in

school though, so I had totalk to a couple of peopleabout it.”

One person he talked towas religion teacher andfreshman basketball assis-tant coach Jim Telles whohas teamed up with fellowreligion teacher Paul Rie-selman to give student ath-letes options after being cutfrom sports teams.

“We talk to them and say,‘Now that you’ve been cutfrom something you abso-lutely love, what’s next?What can you do with thisanger and sorrow thatyou’re feeling?’” Tellessaid. “We try to have them

Rico Hill, center, coaches the freshman basketball team during a game against Covington CatholicHigh School. THANKS TO ST. XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL

St. X athlete asks,‘What’s next?’

See ATHLETE, Page A2

Rico Hill, 18, is an assistantcoach for the St. Xavier HighSchool freshman basketballteam. MONICA BOYLSON/THE

COMMUNITY PRESS

Junior becomesfreshmen coachByMonica [email protected]

The Colerain Township Mi-chaels is moving. Right acrossthe street to Northgate Mall.

Michaels, the largest artsand crafts retailer in NorthAmerica, is set to move to themall property by fall.

Claire Anderson, marketingmanager for Dallas-based Ta-baniGroup Inc., themall’s own-er, says Michaels currently hasmore than 1,018 stores in 49states, and by August of thisyear will occupy about 22,000square feet of the former Dil-lard’s building facing ColerainAvenue.

Joining Michaels in the theformerDillard’s spaceareUlta,Marshalls and DSW Shoes. An-derson said construction has al-ready started in that area, andthe first store is scheduled tobeopen soon.

“The construction is movingalong right on target, and thefinish line is almost in sight.”said Zeshan Tabani, managingprincipal of Tabani Group, Inc.

“We’re excited for everyone tofinally see it all come together.”

Colerain Township Econom-icDevelopmentDirectorFrankBirkenhauer says the movecreates opportunities.

“The relocation of the Mi-chaels allowed Colerain Town-ship to retain a fine and long-standing business by providingthemanewvenue inwhich to lo-cate,” he said. “Many of our

neighboring jurisdictions havelostwell establishedretailers tonearby communities due to nothaving a suitable location ofwhich to locate a new or ex-panded concept.

“As modern retailers con-stantly recreate themselves,expand their format, or changetheir footprint preference it isimperative Colerain Townshipprovidevenues to ensure reten-

tion and expansion opportuni-ties tokeepthemintheColerainCorridor.”

Birkenhaer said the vacancyleft behind is not a concern.

“The existing Michaelsspace is in a prime location andI am confident that with thegreat visibility and access of-fered at this location there willbegreat interest inanewtenantat this location aswell,” he said.

Michaels moving across street to Northgate Mall

The facade of Northgate Mall’s former Dillard’s store now shows four junior box tenants: Ulta, Marshalls, DSW Shoes and Michaels. THANKS TOTABANI GROUP

Will be with othersin old Dillard’s spaceBy Jennie [email protected]

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Debbie Purvis was theEducational ManagementInformation System(EMIS) coordinator incharge of tracking dataduring those years. She

recently retired and thedistrict hired Vernita Kil-gore in December.

Mutliple calls toPurviswere not answered.

The state auditor’s re-port explained that someschools create “atten-dance breaks” to betterthe district’s academicrating on the state reportcard. It said that an impli-cationofwithdrawingstu-dents is that “their educa-tional records do notcount when calculatingschool performance.”

It continued, “Becausestudent achievement andattendancearehighlycor-related, schools that with-draw students with fre-quent absences should

benefit in terms of higherreported proficiencyscores – whether or notstudents are withdrawnbecause of their lowscores on state tests.”

Smith, who took officeafter the start of the in-vestigation, said that hedid not thinkPurvis inten-tionally tamperedwith at-tendance records.

“I can’t judge motiva-tions,” he said. “All I knowis there were a number ofthese that were incor-rect.”

Kilgore said that theschool district receivesweekly attendance errorreports from ODE.

“Most districts are inthe position where theycan clean up their errorsin a couple of weeks,” shesaid. “It could be that youleft out awithdrawal codeor that thedatesare incor-rect.”

She said with so many“pieces of the puzzle,”some things can fall be-tween the cracks.

“One of the thingsthat’s very difficult forschools is tomake sure allyour buildings are on thesame page,” she said.“There’s always humanerror. All you can do is todo your best to look at asmuch of the data as youcan.”

The district is stillwaiting for a responsefrom ODE as to whetherthe errors affected theschool’s academic rating.

“There were too fewkids to affect our rating,”Smith said.

In the meantime, Cle-ary said the district islookingforwardtogettingback to business.

“Wewant to get back tofocusing on the kidsagain,” he said.

CleanContinued from Page A1

use those emotions to bethe motivating force toget involved in some-thing else, whether it beanother sport, activity orclub.”

Telles collaboratedwith freshman basket-ball head coachMatt Ted-ford to come up with aplan for the former bas-ketball guard.

Hill was given the op-portunity to serve as anassistant coach for thefreshman team.

“We reached out tohim,” Tedford said. “Iasked him, ‘What do youthink about coaching?’”

Hill told Tedford hewas happy to get the op-

portunity.“I felt like I was very

proudofmyself,” he said.“I was given the chanceto work on the sidelinesand be with the guys whocoached me.”

The basketball coach-es took it one step furtherwhen they announced onthe morning of Jan. 29that Rico would be get-ting his head coachingdebut that night during agame against CovingtonCatholic High School.

“It was unexpected. Itwas a rush,” Hill said. “Itwas a great experience.Everyone said I lookedconfidentbut I didn’t per-sonally feel confident.”

Tedford said the teamhas gained new respectfor the 18-year-old Hill.

“After thegameall theguys signed thestat sheet

for himand the freshmangot together to chant Ri-co on three,” he said.“Theystartedcallinghimcoach now instead of Ri-co.”

When Hill isn’t doingschool work or coaching,he can be found in thegym practicing or play-ing games in a select bas-ketball league. He re-cently joined the school’srugby team.

Hill said he’s still de-termined to make thevarsity team next yearbut will continue to workwith the freshman team.

After he graduateshigh school, he said he’sgoing to attend college.

“I want to be a mathteacher or an accoun-tant,” he said, “but I defi-nitely want to keepcoaching.”

AthleteContinued from Page A1

St. Xavier freshman basketball head coach Matt Tedford, left, worked with religionteacher and assistant basketball coach Jim Telles, at right, to get junior Rico Hill to serve asan assistant coach for the team. MONICA BOYLSON/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

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Seven superintendentcandidates will be inter-viewed by the WintonWoods Board of Educa-tion.

The school board metwith Ohio School BoardsAssociation Director ofSchool Board ServicesKathy LaSota on Thurs-day, Feb. 14, for a screen-ing report of the 32 appli-cants. After more thanthree hours the boardnarrowed the selectionto:

» Yvonne Bullock –Meridian CommunityUnit School District 101superintendent, Mounds,Ill.

»Mike Holbrook –Mount Healthy CitySchools executive direc-tor of Curriculum and In-struction

» Tamu Lucero – Wor-thington Principal Acad-emy coordintor, Dublin,Ohio

» Tyrone Olverson –Licking Heights LocalSchools K-12 Curriculumand Instruction director,Pataskala, Ohio

» James Jones – Ash-land County Board of De-velopmental Disabilitiessuperintendent, Ashland,Ohio

» Jim Smith – WintonWoods City Schools in-terim superintendent

» Dexter Suggs – chiefof staff, Central Admini-stration for IndianapolisPublic Schools

“The candidate poolreflects a very diverseand wide variety of indi-viduals,” LaSota said.

She told the board the

diversitywasareflectionof what the communityand staff thought was im-portant for the next su-perintendent.

“Your community hasbeen instrumental in theconversations that wehad back at OSBA,” shesaid. “All of those com-ments and insight fromcommunity and staffwere put at the table dur-ing thescreeningprocessandwere taken very seri-ously.”

SchoolboardpresidentTimClearysaid thathewaspleasedwith theseven theboard se-

lected to interview.“We had an excellent

group of candidates andwe just short-listed it tothis,” he said while hold-ing the candidates files.

“We’re ex-cited tostart theprocess.”

First-round in-terviewsare expect-ed to bescheduled

Tuesday-Thursday, Feb.19-21, and second-roundinterviews should bescheduled the first weekin March with a final de-cisionmade byMarch 25.

7 considered for WintonWoods schools superintendent

Cleary LaSota

Choice expectedby March 25ByMonica [email protected]

Michelle Maddy al-most didn’t make it towork the day LaRosa’sannounced she was thewinner of the restau-rant’s first recipe con-test.

Maddy, a Fairfieldresident and a server atthe White Oak LaRosa’s,said she wasn’t feelingwell and hadn’t sleptmuch the night before.

“I figured I would gofor a little bit and seehow I felt,” Maddy said.

It turned out to be agreat day for Maddy tocome in for a shift. Herrecipe for a buffalochicken hoagy took thetop spot in the company-wide recipe contest.

Mark LaRosa, presi-dent of LaRosa’s, saidMaddy’s recipe stoodout as the clear-cut win-ner.

“There weremultiplesensations and texturesthat all came together,”LaRosa said.

LaRosa said this firstrecipe contest which re-ceived over 200 entriesmay have created an an-nual event. He said aneight-person committeenarrowed down the reci-pes to the top12basedontaste, ease of prepara-tion and ability to sell.

Maddy said she en-tered around 10 differ-ent recipes and mostwere hoagys. She saidtried tomake therecipesfit the restaurant menu.

“I knew the buffalotastewasone thatpeoplereally enjoy,” Maddysaid.

Maddy, who hasworked at LaRosa’s for27 years, said all of herco-workers were en-couraging each otherand it was fun to watcheveryone get excitedabout the contest. Shesaid the cash prize shereceived also helps inproviding a little extrafor her four children.

“I’ve always been sograteful to work for La-Rosa’s for so long. It’sjust really a great placeto work,” Maddy said.

Both Maddy and La-Rosa said the recipecon-test was good for creat-ing a sense of competi-tiveness and camarade-rie between teammembers.

“The response was sooverwhelming and posi-tive,” LaRosa said.

Thesecondplacewin-ner was Matt Hyland, adriverandcookfromtheRapid Run store, for hisrecipe for a dessert cal-zone that featuredamix-ture of granny smith ap-ples, icing, brown sugarand cinnamon.

There was a tie forthird place between Ter-ry Heinrich, the generalmanagerof theHarrisonstore, and MattMcGrath, assistantman-ager of theAmelia store.Heinrich created a ron-dowithcinnamonand ic-ing andMcGrathmade azesty barbeque chickenhoagy.

All winners receivedcash prizes andMaddy’shoagy recipe was fea-tured on the LaRosa’smenu for a limited time.

White Oak LaRosa’s server Michelle Maddy’s recipe for abuffalo chicken hoagy took the top spot in thecompany-wide recipe contest. PROVIDED

Server’s recipejudged winnerat LaRosa’sBy Amanda [email protected]

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Greenhills to selectnext police chief

Greenhills VillageCouncil was expected tonameanewpolice chief ata special meeting lastnight, Tuesday, Feb. 19.

Go to cincinnati.com/greenhills for updates.

Office hoursState Rep. Connie Pil-

lich Dis-trict (D –28th Dis-trict) willhave officehours from7:30-9:30a.m. Mon-day, Feb.25, Star-

bucks – Forest Park, 1150Smiley Road.

Pillich has open office

hours at different loca-tions throughout her dis-trict, where residents cancometodiscuss issuesandideaswithher.All arewel-come.

The 28th district in-cludes Blue Ash, DeerPark, Evendale, ForestPark, Glendale, Green-hills, Madeira, Montgo-mery, Pleasant RunFarms, Reading, Sharon-

ville, Springdale and Syc-amore Township.

Carnival at WhitakerElementary School

The Finneytown PTAwill host its annual FamilyCarnival from 11 a.m. to 3p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, atWhitaker ElementarySchool. Admission is freeandtherewillbegameandfood tickets for sale.Therewillbearaffle,priz-es, games, cakewalk, foodand fun.

The funds that the Fin-neytown PTA raises goestowards many programsand items that may other-wise not be offered. Theseinclude: teacher grants,student classroom incen-tives, field trips, bookfairs, family fun nights,carnival, training,awards, staffappreciationand other programs.

For more information,call the school at 728-3737.The school is located at7400Winton Road.

WintonWoodsensemble performswith orchestra

The Winton WoodsHigh School varsity en-semble will perform withthe Hamilton FairfieldSymphony Orchestra Sat-urday, Feb. 23, as part ofthe 2013 David L. BelewAmerican Masters Con-cert.

The program, entitled“Mount Rushmore LostVegas and Route 66,” isthe work of AmericancomposerMichaelDaugh-erty, who will attend theconcert. The concert be-gins at 7:30 p.m. at NewLife Vineyard, 2470Princeton Road in Hamil-ton.

“Varsity ensemble willbe singing the works oftwoAmerican composers,‘Wake Up, My Spirit’ byAdolphus Hailstork and‘The Battle of Jericho’ byMosesHogan,” saidDavidBell, Winton Woods HighSchool choir director. “Wewill also join forces withthe Hamilton FairfieldSymphony Orchestra andChorale tosing ‘Shenando-ah’ by Mack Wilberg, apieceIamhonoredtohavebeen asked to conduct.”

The concert will alsofeature the talents of theGreat Miami Youth Sym-phony Orchestra, the Ma-son Chorale andmembersof the Voices of the Com-monwealth. Tickets are$10, children 6-12 are $5and children under age 5are free. Tickets may beordered online atwww.hfso.org. For moreinformation, call 895-5151.

Little FlowerstreamsMass

St. ThereseLittle Flow-er Church in Mount Airywill make weekendMasses available to watchlive or on-demand for upto a month afterwards.

You can watch by log-ging onto the parish web-site, littleflower-church.org and click on“Watch our Mass Online”under“QuickView”onthehome page. SpecialMasses such as funeralsand events like the ParishMission will also be avail-able to watch and will besaved indefinitely under“specials.”

Sleeping at McAuleyAll sixth- and seventh-

grade girls are invited toMcAuley High Schools’s

Sleepover from9p.m. Fri-day, March 8, to 9 a.m.Sunday, March 9.

Girls can come withtheir friends, or makesome new friends whilethey are at the overnight.The 12-hour event will in-clude a night full of celeb-rity-worthy activities, in-cluding, games, prizes,and food. Pizza will beserved on Friday nightand breakfast will beservedSaturdaymorning.

Each girl should bringa pillow and sleeping bag.The event is free, but on-line registration is re-quired. Register atwww.mcauleyhs.net/sleep over2013.

For information, con-tact Marie Knecht [email protected] or 513.681.1800x2272.

OLR fish fryOur Lady of the Rosa-

ry’s fish fry events fea-ture drive-thru food ser-vice from5:30 to7p.m.ev-eryFriday throughMarch22 in the parking lot of thechurch, 17 Farragut Road,Greenhills.

Drive-thrumenuis lim-ited: a fish sandwich onsalty rye or hoagie bun,fries and cole slaw for $5per person.

The church will alsofeature dine-in nightsfrom5:30 to 7 p.m.with anexpanded menu on theseFridays: Feb. 22, March 8,and March 22, in theCatholic Center Cafeteriaat the church.

Proceeds benefit thechurch’s Boy Scout Troopand missions supportedby different ministrygroups in the church.

BRIEFLY

Pillich

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SCHOOLSSCHOOLSACHIEVEMENTS | NEWS | ACTIVITIES | HONORS CommunityPress.com

HILLTOPPRESSEditor: Marc Emral, [email protected], 853-6264

The following students earned honorsfor the second quarter of the 2012-2013 school year.

FreshmenFirst honors: Jenna Averbeck, LaurenBarlow, Rosemary Belleman, AllisonBiedenharn, Brandy Browning, AubreyBrunst, Jessica Bush, Jennifer Chun-guyen, Cara Discepoli, Kyhara Evenson,Jamison Fehring, Nina Fischer, SydneyHamilton, Madeline Hempel, LiaHergenrother, Megan Hudepohl, KarinJacobsen, Madison Jones, SydneyKreimer, Erika Lucas, Rachel Moning,Emily Mormile, Taylor Otting, MadelinePeters, Alexis Reynolds, Alyssa Rotte,Hanna Scherpenberg, Caroline Schott,Emma Schrand, Tierney Sunderhaus,Lauren Tebbe, Emily Tenkman andKathryn Witzgall.Second honors: Karli Auberger, Shan-non Billinghurst, Corrie Bridgeman,Alyssa Burchfield, Anna Cadle, ErinCarmichael, Kati Cleary, Megan Cleary,Mary Coleman, Natalie DeMeo, Gabri-elle Draginoff, Sarah Elchynski, BriannaFehring, Chloe Heusmann, EmilyHoffman, Allison Hudepohl, MelissaJose, Blair Lamping, Makayla Larkins,Olivia Louder, Claire Lynch, Kelly Mel-vin, Kaitlyn Montgomery, KelseyMooney, Danielle Mouch, Molly Mur-phy, Hayley New, Margaret Olding,Emma Papania, Regina Poynter, AbigailQuinn, Samantha Rauh, Abigail Sander,

Caroline Schaefer, Hailey Scully, Zan-drea Simpson, Emily Smith, OliviaSpade, Savannah Taylor, Paige Telles,Grace Weber, BrookeWendt andKendall Wood.

SophomoresFirst honors: Maria Anderson, JodieAnneken, Abigail Benintendi, TristynBoner, Rachel Budke, Alexandra Busk-er, Ashley Colbert, Malina Creighton,Megan Davish, Mary Dickman, JodiDuccilli, Abigail Evans, Carrie Gordon,Angelique Groh, Morgan Hennard,Maria Hughes, Margaret Kammerer,Megan Kerth, Maria Koenig, MargaretMahoney, Olivia Masuck, AnnaMcGhee, Haley Michel, Lindsey Ollier,Amanda Ozolins, McKenzie Pfeifer,Elaine Platt, Megan Quattrone, MelissaRapien, Amy Raub, Katherine Rodri-guez, Lauren Roll, Olivia Roll, MeganRutz, Mallory Schmitt, LyndseySchmucker, Elizabeth Schultz, ClaireSillies, Mallory Telles, Emily Threm,Annie Vehr and Eva Weber.Second honors: Mackenzie Anderson,Megan Archdeacon, Jessica Arling,McKenna Bailey, Morgan Bailey, AspenBarbro, Monica Bartler, Martha Bates,Anna Bollin, Alicia Brill, GabrielleBrown, Madeline Buescher, CaitlinButtry, Kaitlyn Calder, Sarah Campbell,Nicole Capodagli, Sarah Crail, JannaDeyhle, Lauren Dixon, Frances Dudley,Sarah Erb, Haillie Erhardt, Bailey Ernst,

Julia Fahey, Michelle Fohl, MeganGillespie, Samantha Girdler, AbigailGourley, Alissa Gryniewski, JessicaGutzwiller, Kayla Hartley, MonicaHessler, Ashley Hill, Ariel Johnson,Caitlin McGarvey, Osmari Novoa, MaryOrth, Sara Peyton, Emily Popp, KristaReiff, Rachel Rothan, Allie Schindler,Rachael Schmitt, Claire Tankersley,Hanna Thomas, Erika Ventura, JessicaVentura, Emily Vogelpohl, RachaelWaldman, Faith Waters, MorganWells,SharonWitzgall and Megan Yeley.

JuniorsFirst honors: Jessica Beal, Emily Benin-tendi, Jessica Bloemer, Sydney Brown,Shannon Bubenhofer, Brianna Burck,Alycia Cox, Kerrie Dailey, GabrielleDangel, Danielle DiLonardo, AnnaliseEckhoff, Alyssa Fulks, Hannah Geckle,Taylor Gelhausen, Erin Harrington,Annamarie Helpling, Olivia Justice,Emily Klensch, Emily Knollman, Mac-kenzie Koenig, Rachel Koize, MariahLonneman, Katlin Lovett, MichelleMaraan, Abigail Meeks, Holly Michel,Cara Molulon, Gabrielle Mooney,Alison Moore, Megan Mulvaney,Veronica Murray, Julia Newsom, EmmaO’Connor, Heather Oberjohann, LeahObert, Megan Packer, Elaine Parsons,Brianna Poli, Courtney Pomfrey, HollyRack, Jillian Rapien, Alexandra Rauf,Anna Rentschler, Mariah Robinson,Lynn Schutte, Paige Scott, Meghan

Sontag, Carly Speed, Madeline Stau-bach, EmmaWebb, MadisonWoodardand Amanda Ziegler.Second honors: Bradie Anderson,Samantha Bahrs, Abigail Ball, KaitlinBaum, Erin Belanger, Hannah Berter,Anna Buczkowski, Taylor Buttelwerth,Caitlin Camardo, Kristen Clark, LauraConley, Jessica Conway, AlexandraCook, Courtney Criswell, MadisonDauer, Madelon Dickerson, MadelineDrexelius, Grace Folz, Laura Hils, JuliaHoffmann, Margaret Keller, KierraKlein, Elizabeth Kummer, MarissaMallios, Danielle Maraan, MeganMcGraw, Jennifer Moeller, Erin Nau-man, Lauren Odioso, Kathryn Olding,Jenna Pfiester, Carrie Raterman, Gabri-elle Reynolds, Emily Richter, AbbySchindler, Madeline Schmidt, MadisonSillies, Kathleen Storer, Jennifer Towns,Megan Volker, Katherine Weiermanand Allyson Zeigler.

SeniorsFirst honors: Whitney Bishop, Saman-tha Brock, Jessica Bushman, AbigailChaulk, Elizabeth Crocker, RebeccaDavis, Megan Dollenmeyer, Jamie Ertel,Brittany Fishburn, Caitlin Ginn, Megh-an Goldick, Marisa Grimes, KatherineGuban, Courtney Haverbusch, GraceJacobsen, Jamaya Johnson, CelinaJunker, Miranda Kelsey, Emily Meyer,Julie Mullins, Kelly Neeb, SamanthaNissen, Katherine Orth, Danielle Rey-

nolds, Bridget Roden, Anna Rothan,Allison Sansone, Olivia Schmitt, AllisonSchuler, Annie Schulz, Emily Schwartz,Brenna Silber, Kaitlyn Sterwerf, SarahStevens, Jordyn Thiery, Hannah Tober-man, Cara Walden and LaurenWilke.Second honors: Elyssa Anderson,Rebecca Ashton, Amber Bahrani, TaylorBaston, Alexis Bierbaum, BrookeBigner, Taylor Bove, Elizabeth Bren,Olivia Browning, Mary-Kathleen Car-raher, Allison Cimino, Marissa Collins,Madeline Crase, Desiree Dick, DianeDole, Abigail Doyle, Amanda Dreyer,Mollie Effler, Margaret Egbers, Christi-na Farwick, Jessica Finnen, Maria Fiore,Savannah Frank, Elizabeth Giuliano,Lindsey Gump, Jordan Heller, MollyHennard, Caroline Hoffman, VictoriaHostiuck, Kayla Howard, Jena Huber,Morgan Kneip, Stephanie Kyle, Han-nah Marovich, Caitlin Martin, JordannMcNamara, Abbey Meister, AveryMenke, Selah Meyer, Mollie Mosley,Katelyn Muench, Jamie Mushrush,Rachael Oakley, Olivia Otting, AmieOverberg, Emily Paul, Judith Pearce,Holly Petrocelli, Rachel Pierani, TaylorPifher, Carol Ratterman, Paige Rinear,Jessica Sandhas, Olivia Schaefer, Aman-da Schrand, Jessica Schulte, BrittneySheldon, Rebecca Slageter, AbigailSmith, Jaime Spears, Megan Suer, MaryTaphorn, Claire Tonnis, Andrea Trach,Kelsey Voit, Elizabeth Witzgall andMegan Zelasko.

MCAULEY HIGH SCHOOL HONOR ROLL

St. Vivian School celebrated RomanMythology Day recently.As a culminating activity in Julia Glassmeyer’s social studies

class, the students dressed up like various gods and goddessesfrommythology. They then each reported on their god.

Romand gods all: standing from left Elizabeth Wheeler, Paul Southwick, teacher JuliaGlassmeyer, Blanca Cabrera, DrewMacNamara and Amber Hafele,. Kneeling are DylanThompson, Amanda Hagedorn and Cecily Batdorf. THANKS TO STEPHEN ZINSER

Roman gods assembled at St. Vivian School are, standing from left: Olivia Crane, KellyTaylor, Miquela Rader, Corey Murphy, Shannon Seiler, Thomas Dunn and Rachel Boback.Kneeling are Nathan Stark and Paul Southwick. THANKS TO STEPHEN ZINSER

ROMANDAYS

Dressed up as Roman gods are, standing from left, Nathan Behr, DrewMacNamara, Shannon Seiler, Cecily Batdorf, Amber Hafele and Kiara Ward;kneeling Ramiya Davenport and Morgan Tschida. THANKS TO STEPHEN ZINSER

A group of Roman gods: standing from left, Chris Watkins, AndrewMonzel, Jackson Scroggins, KamriSanders, Blanca Cabrera, Elizabeth Wheeler. Kneeling is Dylan Thompson. THANKS TO STEPHEN ZINSER

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SPORTSSPORTSHIGH SCHOOL | YOUTH | RECREATIONAL CommunityPress.com

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

Joe Corcoran could fire upthestudentbody likenooneelseat Roger Baconwhen it came tothe athletics programs.

“Get him behind a micro-phone and he would work won-ders with those kids,” said for-mer longtime girls’ volleyballcoach Caryl Schawe.

“He bled brown and white,”said physical education teacherand former head football coachDan Starkey.

Corcoran, 57, died suddenlyFeb. 13 after he had successfulsurgery for diverticulitis a dayearlier, according to athletic de-partmentsecretaryLizWilking,who is also Corcoran’s sister-in-law. Diverticulitis is an inflam-mation or infection of the colon.

An autopsy was scheduledfor Feb. 13 and the family didn’thave an immediate cause ofdeath.Wilkingsaid the longtimeathleticdirectorwasrecently ingood health and doctors wereoptimistic about his progres-

sion after sur-gery.

News of Cor-coran’s deathtraveled fastthrough socialmedia and viaphone calls.

About 150Roger Bacon stu-

dents, along with faculty andstaff, held an impromptu can-dlelight vigil at the school thenight of Corcoran’s death.

The school held a prayer ser-vice thenextmorningandclass-eswere in session, though coun-selors were available in the au-ditorium.

“Wehave a schoolwith about400 kids,”Wilking said. “It’s notbig in numbers, so every kidknew him. It’s a close-knit fam-ily.”

Wilking, who had been Cor-coran’ssecretary thepastsevenyears, said she was comfortedat school by colleagues whoshared memories and anec-dotes about him.

“This was his home and be-ing an athletic director is ninetimes of 10 a thankless job. …He did it with class, he did itwith dignity. He was a workerand didn’t quit until he wasdone. He was a friend; he was amentor to a lot of kids.”

Corcoran, a 1973 MountHealthy High School graduateand a member of the school’sathletic hall of fame for base-ball, started as Roger Baconathletic director in 2003.

He held other coaching posi-tions during his time at theschool, includingbeinganassis-tant on the boys’ basketballteam that defeated LeBronJames-ledAkron St. Vincent-St.Mary in the 2002 Division IIstate final.

Wilking said Corcoran wasclose to late head coach BillBrewer, who led the Spartans atthe time of the famous statechampionship.

“He was extremely proudand relishes his team when wewon the state tournament,”

Wilking said.Roger Bacon boys’ basket-

ball coach Brian Neal said thatCorcoran hadn’t been feelingtheweekbeforehediedandsus-pected he might have the flu ora bad cold; he developed somestomach pains and went to theemergency room that Feb. 9.Neal had visited Corcoran dur-ing the next two days in the hos-pital.

“Even though he went toMount Healthy, he loved thisplace,” Neal said. “He was al-ways there to make sure thingswent the way they were sup-posed to.Hewasgreat at his joband even a greater man.”

Corcoran and his wife Lindalived in West Chester.

He is survived by threedaughters from his first mar-riage and children fromLinda’sfirst marriage, Wilking said.

Schawe, who is in her fourthyear asMcAuley athletic direc-tor, wonmore than 500matchesat Roger Bacon, including Divi-sion II state volleyball titles in

2002, ’04 and ’05.She remembers Corcoran’s

charisma toward the coacheswho worked for him.

“I attribute a lot of my suc-cess because of the support Ihad because of him,” Schawesaid. “Joe ran a great athleticdepartment and I know peopletrusted him. He was an honestman and a very caring man. …Joe wasn’t just a colleague, hewas a great friend. He will bemissed.”

Greater Catholic Leaguecommissioner Paul Schildmey-er said Corcoran represented alot for Roger Bacon.

“It was always a pleasureworking with him,” Schildmey-er said. “He always did thingsup front and you didn’t have toguess what he was going to do.He was just a really good, goodperson to work with.”

Elder athletic director DaveDabbelt said Corcoran alwaysmanaged to get through chal-

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FOREST PARK — The mostmisleadingrecordentering theboys basketball postseasontournament almost certainlybelongs to Winton Woods HighSchool. The Warriors finishedthe regular season with just 13wins and nine losses, but willbe a very tough out in the tour-nament.

This was Winton Woods’sfirst season playing as an inde-pendent. It made schedulingopponents more difficult, andit raised the level of competi-tion the Warriors faced allyear.

“We had a pretty toughschedule this year,” said headcoach Donnie Gillespie. “Wehad to adjust to our schedule.”

After a slow start to the sea-son, the Warriors reeled offnine straight wins in January.The team was clicking on allcylinders, but hit a bump in theroad in the final week of theregular season. Winton Woodslost its last two games and didnot play its best basketball. A16-point loss to Moeller fol-lowed by a 21-point defeat atthe hands of Princeton sent amessage that the team still haswork to do before tournamentplay begins.

“I thought we were playingbetter the week before,” saidGillespie. “I didn’t like how wefinished the season.”

The Warriors have time toregroup, with a first-roundtournamentbye.WintonWoodswill play either Harrison or El-der on Wednesday, Feb. 27, atLakota West.

Senior Trent Donald and ju-nior Ronnie Rousseau havetaken turns leading the team inscoringmost nights, but sever-al players have stepped upwhen needed. The team’s big-gest strengths have been itsdepth and versatility.

“Each night, something dif-

ferent stands out,” said Gilles-pie. “We have an older group.We know each night somebodymay do something that hedidn’t do the night before.”

Without a conference to callhome, the Warriors have seenall types of play from oppo-nents this season. That hashelped prepare Winton Woodsfor the tournament, where itwillhave toprepareforavarie-ty of styles. The first game ofthe tournament, whether it isagainst Harrison or Elder, willbe a different style than theWarriors are used to seeing.

“We have a lot of athletesandwe try tomake thegamego

at our tempo,” said Gillespie.“We’ve been challenged eachnight and we’ve seen a differ-ent style of play every night.We know that we have to beable toscore in thehalfcourtaswell as in the open court.”

Playing in the open court ca-ters to theWarriors’ strengths.They can get up and down thecourt with anybody. After sur-viving a difficult schedule andthe adjustment to a seasonwithout a conference, theWar-riors are prepared to play theirbest basketball of the year inthe tournament.

“We feel we’re tournament-ready,” said Gillespie.

Winton Woodsboys readyfor postseasonBy Adam [email protected]

Winton Woods’ Ronnie Rousseau takes the ball to the hoop againstMason’s Cameron Arminio during their Jan. 2 basketball game inMason JEFF SWINGER/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

FINNEYTOWN — There wasa certain expectation goinginto this season for the St. Xa-vier hockey team.

That is the reason coachAdam Tramonte was pleased,but not surprised, by histeam’s run to its first South-west Ohio High School Hock-ey League tournament final.

“This year is the first yearwe expected to be in thatgame,” Tramonte said. “Wehadyears in thepastwhereweupset a No. 1 team, but wecouldn’t do it two games in arow.Weplayed to our strengthand managed to get in thegame.”

The Bombers came out onthe short end of a 3-1 loss toSpringboro in the tournamentfinal, but they can take solacein the fact that for the firsttime in program history theyare back-to-back SWOHSHLSouth Division champions.

“It’s good,” Tramonte said.“Obviously I’m very happyconsideringwehad neverwonit before and now to get two ina row is great for our seniorsand it’s agreatway for themtogo out.”

After a 22-9-2 regular sea-son the Bombers were poisedfor a postseason run, but Up-per Arlington put a stop to theSt. X momentum by knockingoff the ninth-seeded Bombers

6-0 in the second round of thedistrict tournament Feb. 16.

Itwas an unexpected resultfor Tramonte, who believed ifhis squad played their gamethey would advance despitefacing the higher-seededGolden Bears.

Despite the early postsea-son exit, one of the reasons fortheBombers’ success this sea-son was the play between thepipes of senior Matt Thornleyand freshmen Zach Thomas.Tramonte split time betweenthe two for most of the seasonuntil Thomas went down withan injury,butwillnowserveasthebackup toThornleyduringthe postseason.

“Thornley has been incharge for the last month,”Tramonte said. “I was gettingto the point where I was goingto pick one and I was goingwith thesenior.With (Thomas)getting hurt it just sped up theprocess.”

Offensively it has been theMitch Blank show. The seniorset a new team record with 66points this season, shatteringthe old record of 47.

“The kid is great,” Tra-monte said. “He is great in theclassroom. He’s got nearly ev-ery academic award in theleague.Hehas stepped it up asa leader. He is a shy kid, be-lieve it or not, and to see himvocally challenge his team-mates in the right way is justlike ‘wow.’”

The St. Xavier hockey team displays its first-place trophy afterdefeating Elder 2-1 at the Oblinger Tournament Dec. 28. TheBombers have won the tournament three years in a row. THANKS TOST. XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL

St. X hockeylives up toexpectationsBy Tom [email protected]

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Theswimminganddiv-ing district champion-ships were held at MiamiUniversity Feb. 4-9. Thefollowing individuals ad-vanced to the state tour-nament, which will com-mence Feb. 20 at the C.T.Branin Natatorium inCanton, Ohio.

» St. Xavier: 200-yardmedley relay; 200-yardfreestyle relay; 400-yardfreestyle relay; 200-yardfreestyle, Jack Hen-dricks, CamYoung,KevinMosko, Matt Slabe; 200-yard individual medley,Mitchell Frey, James Del-Gado,MikeMontague; 50-yard freestyle, GrantJohnson; 100-yard butter-fly, Ian Wooley; 100-yardfreestyle, Grant Johnson,Mitchell Frey; 500-yardfreestyle, Jack Hen-dricks, James DelGado,Kevin Mosko, Matt Slabe;100-yard backstroke, IanWooley, Jacob Wester-kamp, Liam Moran,

James Wray; 100-yardbreaststroke, Steve Rus-so, Kienan Adams, WillImbus.

» La Salle: 1-meter div-ing, JimmyMcMahon

WrestlingWrestling’s sectional

tournament concludedFeb. 16. The following in-dividuals advanced to dis-tricts, which begin Feb.22.

» Finneytown: IdrisReed (195)

» St.Xavier:RyanGor-don (126); Ben Heyob(132); Dakota Stephens(138); Joe Heyob (160);Cole Jones (182); MattKuhllmann (220); MattWall (285)

»Winton Woods: TylerNelson (195)

» LaSalle:AnthonyMi-lano (113)

»North College Hill:Tim Sutton (120), MikielKendall (126) Boyd How-ard (160), Sean Davis-Thompson (220), MichaelHarris (285).

» Roger Bacon: ScottEnneking (160), Josh En-

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By Tom [email protected]

St. Xavier guard Ben Carroll dribbles aroundWalnut Hillsguard Adam Brown during the Bombers’ 52-37 loss atWalnut Hills. Carroll finished with four points and threerebounds in the loss. SAMANTHA GRIER/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

See HIGHLIGHT, Page A9

LEVELLAND, TEXAS —South Plains Collegehead basketball coachSteve Green remembersmakingamidnight trip tothe gym shortly after histeam returned to campusafter a road game.

He found BrandonNeel shooting jumpshots.

This brand of workethic has helped distin-guish the former La SalleHigh School standout inhis first season of collegehoops.

The commitment isthere, but Neel is goingthrough the twists andturns of this first year ofcollege ball.

He hasn’t racked up aton ofminutes of late, buthis drive to make a nameforhimself is evident, ac-cording to Green.

“He’s determined tobecome a player,” Greensaid. “His playing timediminished a little bit-…but you wouldn’t knowit. He’s got a great attitu-de…he’s in the gymprob-ablymorethananybody.”

Neel landed in westTexas following a post-graduate stint at ForkUnion Military Academyin Virginia.

His basketball odys-sey began after helpingguide the Lancers to the

2010-2011 Division I bas-ketball title.

He scored 22 points inthe championship gameand was arguably themost memorable playeronthefloor inagamethatincluded Michigan soph-omore sensation TreyBurke and University ofDayton freshman JalenRobinson.

While at La Salle, Neelsaid he was recruited bya Division I school, but alow ACT kept him fromaccepting scholarship of-fers.

By the time he was asenior, Neal said he stilldidn’t have a qualifyingcore.

“They’re not going towait around forever,” hesaid. “They started mov-

ing on.”Hewent from a senior

who, co-led the GCLSouth in scoring, to livingthe lifeofacadetbecauseof Fork Union’s reputa-tion forgettingplayers tothe D-I level.

His days includedwaking up before sun-rise, making his bed, at-tending class, participat-ing in drill and going topractice.

“(Attending ForkUnion) helped me growup,” he said. “It helpedme take responsibilityfor my own life.”

After his year in Vir-ginia, Neel chose SouthPlains,whichhadwontheNJCAA title the year be-fore he arrived.

The college had

recruited him as a senior,but Neel said his mindwasalreadymadeup thathe would attend militaryschool.

When he didn’t havethe qualifying score heneeded at Fork Union, hereconsidered.

“At Fork Union,(South Plains) was stillcalling…wondering ifwas going to qualify,” hesaid. “I put the prideaside and decided to gothe junior college route.”

Neel’s playing timehas fluctuated as heworks to find a role withthe squad.

Green described Neelhas a “guywithout a posi-tion,” which is why he’sspent the year honing hisskills at the guard spot.

He’s started13 games,and appeared in 22 of theteam’s 24 contests, whileaveraging 4.3 points in14.1minutes per game.

While the year’sserved as a learning ex-perience, Green believesNeel can achieve suc-cess.

“It may be next year,but (we play) in a verycompetitive conferencedown here,” Green said.“There’s not a lot offreshman that come inhere that play a lot.”

Green said the league– named the Western Ju-nior College AthleticConference – consists ofteams that feature Divi-sion I-level talent. Theseplayers, foronereasonoranother,are takingtheju-nior college path.

After two years, Neelhopes to have his asso-ciates degree. If DivisionI schools call his name,he’ll be able to answer.

Neel chases basketball dreamsLa Salle statechampcontinuesbasketballjourneyBy Nick [email protected]

After winning a state title with La Salle as a senior,Brandon Neel played for a military school before playinghis first year of college ball for South Plains this winter.THANKS TO SOUTH PLAINS COLLEGE

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»Mount Healthy girlslost to Wyoming 1,692-1,657, Feb.11despite a 356high-series from juniorSara Frye.

Boys and girls compet-ed in sectional bowlingtournaments Feb. 15-16.The following individualsadvanced.

»Winton Woods: Jas-mine Daniels

»Mount Healthy: SaraFrye, Nathan Smith

» St. Xavier: BenWein-berger, Eddie Runkel,Joey Francis, AnthonyHughes, Jake Murnan,Andrew Cousineau

»McAuley: The Mo-hawksqualifiedasa team.Lexi Baker had ColerainBowl’s sectional high se-ries (612). Madison Bakerand Miranda Mushrushwere in the top 20.

» Roger Bacon: Kris-ten Schoner, Chris Wil-helm

Boys basketball»Winton Woods lost to

Moeller 63-47, Feb. 9 de-spite 18 points from TrentDonald and 17 from Ron-nie Rousseau.

WintonWoods was out-scored 41-23 in the secondhalf of a 78-57 loss toPrinceton Feb. 12. Donaldwas the lone Warrior indouble figures with 25points.

» St.Xavier lost toWal-nut Hills 52-37, Feb. 12.Rod Mills, Alex Blink andJoe Barrett all scorednine points. St. Xaviercouldn’t hold its six-pointhalftime lead and went onto lose to Roger Bacon 48-47,Feb.15.BenCarroll ledthe Bombers with 14points. St. X finishes theregular season 14-7. St.Xavier took down OakHills 51-38, Feb. 16. RodMillsandKevinKingeachscored 12 points.

»Mount Healthy losttoClarkMontessori 63-44,Feb.12. LarodJohnson ledthe Owls with 10 points.Mt. Healthy fell shortagainst Northwest 57-54,Feb. 16. Brandon Birchfinished with 16 points.

»Gamble Montessorigot22pointsfromKenney

Mil and 19 from ChrisMartin in a 55-53 victoryover Batavia Feb. 12.

» Finneytown im-proved to 12-7 following a60-50 victory over DeerPark Feb. 15. Bally Butlerfinished with 17 points.

» Aiken erased a 12-point halftime deficit onits way to a 70-68 upsetvictory over WesternHills Feb. 15. Senior Aus-tin Grimes led all scorerswith 21 points.

» Roger Bacon juniorCarlas Jackson hit a 3-pointer to give the Spar-tans a 48-47 win over St.Xavier Feb. 15. Jacksonfinished with 15, whileErik Edwards scored 14.

»North College Hillbeat Clark 57-53 Feb. 15.Michael Shaw scored 17.

Girls basketball»Winton Woods out-

scored Ponitz 41-6 in thesecond half of their 67-22victory Feb. 9. Imani Par-tlow led with 13 points.

» Finneytown lost toDeer Park 49-25, Feb. 9.Shyla Cummings finishedwith eight points.

» Roger Bacon beatClark 34-19 Feb. 9. BeccaDeBurger recorded 10points and 10 rebounds.

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Continued from Page A8

lenges and keep things inperspective.

“He was always aneasygoing guy, alwayshadasmileonhis faceandeasy to work with,” Dab-belt said.

“He was one of thoseguys who wanted to com-pete with us. I know even

when Roger Bacon and usweren’t scheduled to playthey would always like toplay, so we continuedthose games even whenthey weren’t in the cyclefor us to play.”

Mercy basketballcoach and former athleticdirector Mary Jo Huis-mannwas impressedwithhow Corcoran tackledchallenges.

“Joewas thenicest guyto work with,” Huismann

said. “He always found away through any prob-lem.”

Starkey said that Cor-coran supported eachsport at Roger Bacon andwanted the students andcoaches to enjoy their ex-perience.

“If you wrote down adescription of a great ath-letic director, you’d put apicture of Joe Corcoranunder it,” Starkey said.

CorcoranContinued from Page A7

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on editorials, columns, stories orother topics important to you inThe Hilltop Press. Include yourname, address and phone num-ber(s) so we may verify yourletter. Letters of 200 or fewerwords and columns of 500 orfewer words have the bestchance of being published. Allsubmissions may be edited forlength, accuracy and clarity.Deadline: Noon FridayE-mail:[email protected]: 853-6220U.S. mail: See box belowLetters, columns and articles

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Spring is just around thecorner and with it comes al-lergy season – complete with

runny noses,watery eyesand sneezing.Tree, grassand ragweedpollen alongwith moldspores cancause discom-fort for thosesuffering fromallergies.

To ease thediscomfort

caused by pollen and mold tryto:

Minimize outdoor activitybetween 5 a.m. and 10 a.m.(when pollen levels are high-est).

Close windows and use anair conditioner.

Avoid areas with freshly cutgrass.

Avoid activities such asraking leaves, mowing thelawn and working with com-post when feeling reactive.

Contact an allergist or doc-tor for medical advice.

The Southwest Ohio AirQuality Agency monitors pol-len and mold levels from Feb-

ruary through November. Callthe Pollen andMold Hotline at946-7753 or visit http://bit.ly/V4pgpR to track pollen andmold levels. High counts willalso be posted on our Facebookand Twitter pages. Call 946-7747 to request a copy of theLiving with Allergies bro-chure.

The Southwest Ohio AirQuality Agency works withgovernment agencies, busi-nesses, communities and citi-zens to achieve and maintainhealthy air quality for Butler,Clermont, Hamilton andWar-ren counties in SouthwestOhio.

The Agency is a division ofthe Hamilton County Depart-ment of Environmental Ser-vices (HCDOES) which alsoencompasses the HamiltonCounty Recycling and SolidWaste District. For more in-formation, visit the SouthwestOhio Air Quality Agency onlineat http://bit.ly/V4pgpR or inter-act with us on Facebook andTwitter.

Megan Hummel is the public rela-tions coordinator at Hamilton Coun-ty Department of EnvironmentalServices.

With springlooming, allergiesright behind

MeganHummelCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

Our legal system recog-nizes that people make mis-takes.

Even criminal convictionsshould not remain on yourrecord forever if the crimewas minor and you have led anotherwise law abiding life. Topublicly seal your criminalrecord, you can apply for anexpungement.

Ohio’s expungement lawchanged significantly lastSeptember to allow more peo-ple to expunge their record.Under the old law only firsttime offenders were eligiblefor expungement. The new lawconsiders a person eligible foran expungement if they haveeither:

» one felonyconviction;

» one or twodifferent mis-demeanorconvictions, or

» one felonyconviction andone misde-meanor con-viction.

Manycrimes don’t

qualify for expungement. Seri-ous felonies, such as murderand rape, are obviously noteligible. Some violent misde-meanors, like domestic vio-lence, as well as traffic of-fenses (even speeding convic-tions) can’t be sealed.

A waiting period must oc-cur before applying for ex-pungement: three years for afelony and one year for a mis-demeanor. The waiting periodbegins to run once the offend-er has been released from jailor probation. Additionally, allfines and restitution from theearlier conviction must havebeen paid in full and warrantsor pending charges must beclosed.

To apply for expungementyou must first file for theprocess in the same courtwhere the conviction oc-curred. There is a $50 filingfee to expunge a criminal con-viction. However, the fee canbe waived if you are indigent.

The judge that heard the origi-nal case, or his/her successor,will then consider your filing.The judge will determinewhether you are eligible bylaw. If you are eligible but theprosecutor objects, he willweigh your interest in clearingyour record against the gov-ernment’s interest in maintain-ing the record of conviction.He has the final discretion togrant or deny the expunge-ment.

Many people are surprisedthat dismissed charges appearon their record. A person mayapply to expunge thesecharges regardless of the rea-son for their dismissal. Thereis no waiting period, filing fee

or limit to the number of dis-missed charges that can besealed. However, chargesdismissed as part of a pleabargain cannot be expunged.Felonies ignored by the grandjury can be sealed after a two-year waiting period.

If you are interested inexpunging a criminal convic-tion or a dismissed charge, goto the Hamilton County Clerkof Courts, Room112 of theHamilton County Justice Cen-ter at 1000 Sycamore St. or call946-6010 for further informa-tion.

Judge Brad Greenberg presides inHamilton County Municipal Court.He is a Loveland resident.

Expungement – clearing your record

BradGreenbergCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

FAMILYMATH NIGHT

Families at Winton Woods Primary North spent a fun-filled time at the school playing math games,shopping the book fair, earning prizes and eating pizza as part of Family Math Night. University ofCincinnati student Kaitlin Otto, a 2011Winton Woods graduate, helped organize the event as part of acollege project. Here teacher Essie Sterling shows second-grader Isaac Hooper (in foreground) and hisbrother, Owen, a fourth-grader, the counting coins game that teaches students how to add coinstogether. PROVIDED.

You can express your views to localofficials by attending their meetings.Here is a list of the times and locationsfor local governmental meetings. Allmeetings are open to the public.» Greenhills Village Councilmeets at7 p.m. the first Tuesday of month; andfor a work session at 7 p.m. the thirdTuesday of the month, at the Munici-pal Building, 11000 Winton Road. Call825-2100 for information.» Forest Park Councilmeets at 8 p.m.the first and third Monday of themonth, and has work sessions at 7:30p.m. on the second and fourth Mondayof the month, in council chambers,1201W. Kemper Road. Call 595-5200for information.»Mount Healthy Councilmeets at 7p.m. the first and third Tuesday of themonth at City Hall, 7700 Perry St. Call931-8840 for information.» North College Hill Councilmeets at7:30 p.m. the first and third Monday ofthe month at City Hall, 1500 WestGalbraith Road. A mini town hallmeeting for residents with the mayor,

council and administration will beginat 6:45 p.m. Call 521-7413 for informa-tion.» Springfield Township Board ofTrusteesmeets at 5:30 p.m. on thesecond Tuesday of each month in theAllen Paul Community Room of theSpringfield Township AdministrationBuilding, 9150 Winton Road. Call522-1410 for information.» Finneytown Local School DistrictBoard of Educationmeets at 7:30p.m. the third Monday of the month atthe Finneytown High School library,8916 Fontainebleau Terrace. Call728-3700 for information» Northwest Local School DistrictBoard of Education has a regularmeeting at 7 p.m. the second Mondayof the month and a work session at 7p.m. on the fourth Monday of themonth at the Northwest Adminis-trative offices, 3240 Banning Road. Call923-3111 for information.»Mount Healthy Local School Dis-trict Board of Educationmeets at 7p.m. on the third Monday of the

month at the Mount Healthy Board ofEducation offices, 7615 Harrison Ave.Call 729-0077 for information.» North College Hill City SchoolDistrict Board of Educationmeets at7 p.m. the second Monday of themonth at Goodman ElementarySchool, 1731Goodman Ave. Call 931-8181 for information.»WintonWoods City School DistrictBoard of Educationmeets at 6:30 pmthe second and fourth Mondays of themonth in board offices, 1215 W. Kem-per Road. Call 619-2300 for informa-tion. The board has a work sesson at6:30 p.m. the second Monday of themonth.

Hamilton County» Board of County Commissionersmeet at 9:30 a.m. every Wednesday inRoom 603 of the County Administra-tion Building, 138 E. Court St., down-town. Call 946-4400 for information.» Educational Service Center Gov-erning Boardmeets on the thirdWednesday of the month at 11083

Hamilton Ave. Call 672-4200 for in-formation.» General Health Districtmeets at6:30 p.m. the second Monday of themonth at 250 William Howard TaftRoad, Clifton. Call 946-7800 for in-formation.» Regional Planning Commissionmeets at 12:30 p.m. the first Thursdayof the month at the County Admini-stration Building, eighth floor, 138 E.Court St., downtown. Call 946-4500 forinformation.» Rural Zoning Commissionmeets at1 p.m. on the third Thursday of themonth at the County AdministrationBuilding, 138 E. Court St., downtown.Call 946-4501 for information.» Board of Zoning Appealsmeets aton the second and fourth at Wednes-day at the County AdministrationBuilding, 138 E. Court St., downtown.Call 946-4502 for information.If you would like your meeting to be

considered for this, send theinformation to

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Springfield Township Fire Depart-ment joined with Hamilton Coun-ty Park District Rangers in an an-

nual ice rescue training program at Par-ky’s Farm inWinton Woods Park Feb. 1.Theywhere training proper techniques

inretrievingvictimsfromicycoldwatersand air temperature where hypothermiacan set in quickly.“Our business is one of extremes, from

extreme cold temperature to extremehigh ones,” said Springfield TownshipFire Chief Rob Leininger.

Firefighters and park rangers pull in rescuers from icy water during training Feb. 1 at Winton Woods Park.TONY JONES/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

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Zack Flick, left, hand signals with Lt. Kevin Richards during the cold weather training. Both are with theSpringfield Township Fire Department. TONY JONES/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Springfield Township firefighters are ready to hit the icy water intheir Ice Commander dry suits. TONY JONES/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Emerging from the lake coveredwith ice is Springfield TownshipLt. Kevin Richards, who spent themost time in the waterconducting the training exercise.TONY JONES/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Springfield Township Fire ChiefRob Leininger watches the annualice rescue training program atParky’s Farm at Winton WoodsPark Feb. 1. TONY JONES/THE

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A pair of Springfield Township firefighters signal to shore to pullthem in during the training exercises Feb. 1. TONY JONES/THE COMMUNITY

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Springfield Township Fire Capt. Mark Thurman helps on a line topull a pair of firefighters out of the water at Winton Woods Parklake Feb. 1. TONY JONES/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

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Exercise ClassesZumba Fitness Classes, 7-8p.m., Colerain Township Com-munity Center, 4300 SpringdaleRoad, Greg Insco, instructor. $5.741-8802; www.coleraintwp.org.Colerain Township.Hatha Yoga, 9:15 a.m., ColerainTownship Community Center,4300 Springdale Road, Daytimeclass ages 50 and up on Thurs-days. Evening class ages 18 andup on Mondays. Bring mat andengage in stretching, breathingand relaxing techniques. $5.741-8802; www.coleraintwp.org.Colerain Township.

Holiday - Black HistoryMonthFor Teens Only!, 4 p.m., NorthCentral Branch Library, 11109Hamilton Ave., Black HistoryMonth trivia activity with prizesand snacks. Presented by PublicLibrary of Cincinnati & HamiltonCounty. 369-6068; www.cincin-natilibrary.org. Colerain Town-ship.

FRIDAY, FEB. 22Dining EventsPleasant Run PresbyterianChurch Fish Fry, 5-7:30 p.m.,Pleasant Run PresbyterianChurch, 11565 Pippin Road,Includes fish or chicken nuggets’dinner with two sides, dessertand beverage. Carryout avail-able. Benefits Church Women’sAssociation and Boy Scout Troop640. Dinner: $8.50, $4.50 perchild; carryout: $8, $4 per child.4170888; www.pleasantrunp-c.org. Colerain Township.Fish Fry, 5-7 p.m., St. MatthiasCatholic Church, 1050 W. Kem-per Road, Lonsway Hall. Dinnersand a la carte items. $7 perdinner. 851-1930. Forest Park.Fish Fry, 5-7 p.m., VFW Post7340 Charles R. Gailey, 8326Brownsway Lane, Cod, catfish,shrimp, chicken, platters comewith choice of two sides. Carry-out available. $7.50 platter,$4.50 sandwich. Presented byVFW Post 7340 Ladies Auxiliary.521-7340; http://gailey-post.webs.com. Colerain Town-ship.Our Lady of the Rosary FishFry, 5:30-7 p.m., Our Lady of theRosary Church, 17 FarragutRoad, Catholic Center Cafeteria.Dine in or carryout menu:Battered cod, baked salmon,baked cod, fried shrimp, pizza,clam chowder, french fries,coleslaw, green beans, macaroni& cheese, boiled new potatoesand drinks. Desserts are avail-able for donation. Drive thrumenu: Battered cod sandwichon salted rye or hoagie withfrench fries and coleslaw. Mealsdelivered directly to vehicle.Family friendly. $5 drivethrough; dine-in or carryoutmenu varies. 825-8626; www.olr-.net. Greenhills.St. Ignatius of Loyola ChurchFish Fry, 5-9 p.m., St. Ignatius ofLoyola Church, 5222 North BendRoad, Fried and baked fish,shrimp, as well as options forchildren including pizza, breadsticks, and macaroni and cheese.Dessert if the week available forpurchase. Benefits St. IgnatiusLoyola Church’s endowmentfund and tuition assistance.$1-$7. 661-6565; saintiaa.count-mein.com.Monfort Heights.

Farmers MarketLettuce Eat Well Winter Farm-ers Market, 3-7 p.m., CheviotUnited Methodist Church, 3820Westwood Northern Blvd.,Locally produced food items.Free. Presented by Lettuce EatWell. 661-1792; www.lewfm.org.Cheviot.

Music - RockMosteller, 7:30 p.m., The Un-derground, 1140 Smiley Ave.,With Soulypic and Speak as One.

Doors open 7 p.m. $8. 825-8200;www.theug.com. Forest Park.

Special EventsSpring Fishing Classic, 6:30p.m., Bass Pro Shops OutdoorWorld, Cincinnati Mills, Tips forfishing the Great Miami River1:30 p.m. Techniques fishing forcrappie with Mike Bright 7:30p.m. Seminars from nationalfishing professionals as well aslocal professionals and experts.Bring in unwanted reels andtrade them in for voucher toreceive discount on new reelFeb. 22-27. Do same with un-wanted fishing rods March 1-5.Used items will benefit localyouth fishing groups andschools. Free. 826-5200. ForestPark.

SATURDAY, FEB. 23Community DanceMom Prom, 7-9 p.m., The GroveBanquet Hall, 9158 WintonRoad, Dancing, pizza, ice creamand keepsake photographs.Mothers, grandmothers, auntsand caregivers welcome. Ages3-13 with adult. Couple: $29, $25residents; $7 additional son.Reservations required. Present-ed by Springfield Township.522-1410; www.spring-fieldtwp.org/momprom. Finney-town.

Drink TastingsBeer Tasting Fundraiser, 7-11p.m., Donauschwaben Haus,4290 Dry Ridge Road, Variety of20-plus lagers and ales fortasting. Includes 10 4-ouncesamples and hors d’oeuvres. VIPguests receive complimentaryglass. Social hour 9-11 p.m. withcash bar. Ages 21 and up. Bene-fits Youth Group travel fund.$30. Reservations required.Presented by DonauschwabenSociety. 385-2098; www.cincydo-nau.com. Colerain Township.

Exercise ClassesZumba Kids Dance FitnessClass, 10:30-11:15 a.m., GreatCommission Bible Church, 10200Hamilton Ave., Family LifeCenter. Healthy program featur-ing explosion of music, danceand energy. Ages 4-12. $4.851-4946; www.debsfitnesspar-ty.com.Mount Healthy.

Music - RockSky’s Collapse, 7:30 p.m., TheUnderground, 1140 Smiley Ave.,With Take Captive the Captain,We are as Ronin and others.Doors open 7 p.m. 825-8200;www.theug.com. Forest Park.

NatureMaple Sugar Days, Noon-5p.m., Farbach-Werner NaturePreserve, 3455 Poole Road,Ellenwood Nature Barn. Leg-ends and lore, naturalist-ledhike, demonstration and sweettreats. Native American andpioneer sugar camps and back-yard evaporators show howsyrup is turned into sugar.Sampling of food with mapleavailable for small fee. Free;vehicle permit required. Present-ed by Hamilton County ParkDistrict. 521-7275; www.great-parks.org. Colerain Township.Winter Star Quest, 2-4 p.m.,WintonWoods, 10245 WintonRoad, Winton Centre. Check outthe night sky in winter and lookfor the brightest stars and theconstellations they form in aninflatable planetarium. Free,vehicle permit required. Present-ed by Hamilton County ParkDistrict. 521-7275; www.great-parks.org. Springfield Township.

On Stage - TheaterMurder Mystery Dinner, 6:30p.m., Mill Race Banquet Center,1515 W. Sharon Road, Audienceparticipation. "NASCAR Knock-off." Dinner at 7 p.m. Adults.$34.50 plus tax; vehicle permitrequired. Registration requiredonline. Presented by HamiltonCounty Park District. 521-7275;www.greatparks.org. Spring-field Township.

Special EventsSpring Fishing Classic, 1:30p.m., Bass Pro Shops OutdoorWorld, Tips for fishing the GreatMiami River 1:30 p.m. Springfishing tips with Kevin Izzi 2:30p.m. Baits for success, such asjigs and crankbaits 3:30 p.m.Best tackle and equipment formuskie fishing 4:30 p.m. Tipsand trends for catfishing 5:30p.m. Free. 826-5200. Forest Park.

SUNDAY, FEB. 24Dining EventsAll-You-Can-Eat Breakfast, 8

a.m.-noon, Fraternal Order ofEagles - Mount Healthy Aerie2193, 1620 Kinney Ave., Made-to-order omelets, eggs any style,goetta and more. $8. 931-2989.Mount Healthy.

NatureMaple Sugar Days, Noon-5p.m., Farbach-Werner NaturePreserve, Free; vehicle permitrequired. 521-7275; www.great-parks.org. Colerain Township.

ShoppingCoin Show, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.,American Legion Post HughWatson Post 530 Greenhills,11100 Winton Road, Free admis-sion. Presented by Jim Huffman.937-376-2807. Greenhills.

Special EventsSpring Fishing Classic, 1:30p.m., Bass Pro Shops OutdoorWorld, Techniques fishing forcrappie with Mike Bright 1:30p.m. Baits for success, such asjigs and crankbaits 2:30 p.m.Best tackle and equipment formuskie fishing 3:30 p.m. Tipsand trends for catfishing 4:30p.m. Free. 826-5200. Forest Park.

MONDAY, FEB. 25Exercise ClassesHatha Yoga, 6:30 p.m., ColerainTownship Community Center,$5. 741-8802; www.coleraintw-p.org. Colerain Township.FitBodz, 6:30-7:30 p.m., ColerainTownship Community Center,4300 Springdale Road, Instruct-ed by Gary Terry, West Pointgraduate, Army master fitnesstrainer and certified personaltrainer. Focusing on helpingindividuals improve theirstrength, stamina, flexibility andweight loss. Bring mat, 3- or5-pound dumbbells and water.$8. 741-8802; www.coleraintw-p.org. Colerain Township.Cardio Dance Party, 7:45-8:45p.m., Cincinnati Dance andMovement Center, 880 ComptonRoad, Incorporates variety ofdance styles, including jazz, hiphop, Latin, jive and moredanced to popular music. $10.Registration required. Presentedby Cardio Dance Party. 617-9498;www.cardiodanceparty.com.Springfield Township.

Health / WellnessStroke Screening, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.,Colerain Township CommunityCenter, 4300 Springdale Road,Any vascular screening: $60. Allfive: $139. For ages 50 and up.Registration required. 741-8802.Colerain Township.

Music - BluesBlues and Jazz Jam, 9p.m.-12:30 a.m., Poor Michael’s,11938 Hamilton Ave., Featuringrotating musicians each week.Free. 825-9958. SpringfieldTownship.

SeminarsJob Search Seminar, 1:30-3p.m., Family Life Center, 703Compton Road, Valerie Plis,StrengthsBUILDERS LLC, pre-sents: Thriving at Your NextNetworking Event: DiscoverFour Tips for Powerful Conversa-tions. Weekly speakers advisejob seekers on how to conductan effective job search. Familyfriendly. Free. Registrationrequired. 931-5777. Finneytown.

TUESDAY, FEB. 26Dance ClassesNew Beginner WesternSquare Dancing Class, 7:30-

9:30 p.m., Parky’s Farm HayloftBarn, 10073 Daly Road, Noexperience necessary. Free,vehicle permit required. Call860-4746; www.greatparks.org.Springfield Township.

Exercise ClassesZumba Fitness Classes, 7-8p.m., Colerain Township Com-munity Center, $5. 741-8802;www.coleraintwp.org. ColerainTownship.

Senior CitizensLife Story Workshop, 1:30-3:30p.m., Springfield TownshipSenior and Community Center,9158 Winton Road, Discovernew techniques to rememberand tell stories of your lifejourney thus far. Bring pens andsense of adventure. Appropriatefor adults of any writing leveland both new and returningstudents. $57.50, $50 residents.Registration required. Presentedby Extraordinary Lives. 522-1154.Springfield Township.

Support GroupsFinding Your Way throughLoss, 6:30-8 p.m., Family LifeCenter, 703 Compton Road,Weekly through March 19. Freshapproach to the heartache ofgrief. Free. Registration re-quired. 931-5777. Finneytown.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 27Art & Craft ClassesJewelry Design, 9-11:30 a.m.,Colerain Township CommunityCenter, 4300 Springdale Road,Bring jewelry beads and createwith assistance from LindaSchneider. For ages 50 and up.Free. 741-8802; www.cole-raintwp.org. Colerain Township.

Exercise ClassesFitBodz, 6:30-7:30 p.m., ColerainTownship Community Center,$8. 741-8802; www.coleraintw-p.org. Colerain Township.

Senior CitizensZumba Gold, 1-2 p.m., GreenTownship Senior Center, 3620Epley Road, Modified Zumba forseniors and beginners withstanding and chair participation.For seniors. $3, $25 for 10 class-es. Presented by Deb’s FitnessParty. 205-5064; www.debs-fitnessparty.com. Green Town-ship.

Support GroupsCopingwith Depression,7-8:30 p.m., Family Life Center,703 Compton Road, Discusscoping strategies. Free. Regis-tration required. 931-5777;www.northminsterchurch.net.Finneytown.Holistic Health andWellnessGroup, 7-8:30 p.m., Family LifeCenter, 703 Compton Road,Learn ways to manage yourphysical, mental and spiritualfitness. Free. Registration re-quired. 931-5777. Finneytown.

THURSDAY, FEB. 28Dance ClassesWaltz Classes, 7 p.m., Parky’sFarm Hayloft Barn, Free. 671-7219; www.sonksdf.com. Spring-field Township.Square Dance Lessons, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Forest Park ActivityCenter, $5. 232-1303. ForestPark.

Exercise ClassesZumba Fitness Classes, 7-8p.m., Colerain Township Com-munity Center, $5. 741-8802;www.coleraintwp.org. ColerainTownship.Hatha Yoga, 9:15 a.m., ColerainTownship Community Center,$5. 741-8802; www.coleraintw-p.org. Colerain Township.

Health / WellnessMobile Mammography Unit, 7a.m.-3:30 p.m., Kroger Finney-town, 8421Winton Road, Fif-teen-minute screenings. Cost

varies per insurance plan. Fi-nancial assistance available forqualified applicants. Appoint-ment required. Presented byMercy Health Partners. 686-3310; www.e-mercy.com. Fin-neytown.

FRIDAY, MARCH1Dining EventsPleasant Run PresbyterianChurch Fish Fry, 5-7:30 p.m.,Pleasant Run PresbyterianChurch, Dinner: $8.50, $4.50 perchild; carryout: $8, $4 per child.4170888; www.pleasantrunp-c.org. Colerain Township.Fish Fry, 5-7 p.m., St. MatthiasCatholic Church, $7 per dinner.851-1930. Forest Park.Fish Fry, 5-7 p.m., VFW Post7340 Charles R. Gailey, $7.50platter, $4.50 sandwich. 521-7340; http://gailey-post.webs.com. Colerain Town-ship.Our Lady of the Rosary FishFry, 5:30-7 p.m., Our Lady of theRosary Church, Drive throughonly. $5 drive through; dine-inor carryout menu varies. 825-8626; www.olr.net. Greenhills.St. Ignatius of Loyola ChurchFish Fry, 5-9 p.m., St. Ignatius ofLoyola Church, $1-$7. 661-6565;saintiaa.countmein.com.Mon-fort Heights.

Farmers MarketLettuce Eat Well Winter Farm-ers Market, 3-7 p.m., CheviotUnited Methodist Church, Free.661-1792; www.lewfm.org.Cheviot.

On Stage - TheaterQuartet, 8 p.m., North CollegeHill City Center, 1500 W. Gal-braith Road, Cecily, Reggie andWilfred reside in a home forretired opera singers in Kent,England. Each year, there is aconcert to celebrate Verdi’sbirthday. Jean, who used to bemarried to Reggie, acts like adiva and refuses to sing. But theshowmust go on in this funnyand poignant play. $15; $12seniors, students and activemilitary. Presented by Center-Stage Players of Ohio. 588-4910;www.centerstageplayersinc-.com. North College Hill.

SATURDAY, MARCH 2BenefitsBrotherly Love Tour, 6:30 p.m.,Clovernook Country Club, 2035W. Galbraith Road, Open bar,drinks and appetizers, seateddinner 7:20 p.m., program at8:30 p.m., silent auction, rafflesand music. VIP includes meet-and-greet reception with BuddyLaRosa. Benefits Little Brothers-Friends of the Elderly. $150 VIP;$80. Reservations required.Presented by Little Brothers-Friends of the Elderly. 521-0333;cincinnati.littlebrothers.org.College Hill.

Dining EventsBand Boosters’ Pasta Dinner,4-7 p.m., Mount Healthy Jr./Sr.High School, 8101HamiltonAve., Cafeteria. Performances byHigh School Concert Band, Jr.High Band, Elementary Bandand Jazz Band. $5-$7. Presentedby Mount Healthy Band Boost-ers. 522-1612.Mount Healthy.

Exercise ClassesZumba Kids Dance FitnessClass, 10:30-11:15 a.m., GreatCommission Bible Church, $4.851-4946; www.debsfitnesspar-ty.com.Mount Healthy.

Music - ConcertsCeltic Crossroads, 7:30-10 p.m.,McAuley High School, 6000Oakwood Ave., Fusions oftraditional Irish music, bluegrass,gypsy and jazz. $35. Presentedby Greater Cincinnati Perform-ing Arts Society. 484-0157;www.gcparts.org. College Hill.

On Stage - TheaterQuartet, 8 p.m., North CollegeHill City Center, $15; $12 seniors,students and active military.588-4910; www.centersta-geplayersinc.com. North CollegeHill.

SUNDAY, MARCH 3Dining EventsSons of the American LegionBreakfast, 8:30-11:30 a.m.,American Legion Post 513, 7947Hamilton Ave., Made-to-ordereggs, omelets, bacon, goetta,ham, pancakes, biscuits andgravy, fried potatoes, fruit andmuffins. $8, free for childrenunder 6. Through April 7. 729-0061.Mount Healthy.

THINGS TO DO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Maple Sugar Days return to Farbach-Werner Nature Preserve, 3455 Poole Road in ColerainTownship, from noon-5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, and Sunday, Feb. 24. Volunteer Bob Bohn ispictured talking about the sap-boring process with the Chein family – Louis, Emily, Caitlinand Cathy. For more information, call 521-7275 or visit www.greatparks.org. JENNIE KEY/THE

COMMUNITY PRESS

Chuck Brisbin has a busy weekend coming up. He’sperforming with The Tuna Project beginning at 10 p.m.Friday, Feb. 22, J’s Sports Bar, 4862 Delhi Ave. in DelhiTownship, and 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, at Poppy’s Tavern,5510 Rybolt Road in Green Township. THANKS TO JOE SIMON.

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OUR LADY OF GRACEATHLETICASSOCIATIONLittle Flower Cafeteria, 5560Kirby Ave., Mount Airy5:30-7:30 p.m. Fridays throughMarch 22.

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PLEASANT RUNPRESBYTERIANCHURCH11565 Pippin Road, ColerainTownship, 417-08885-7:30 p.m. Fridays throughMarch 15.

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ST. JOHN NEUMANN12191Mill Road, SpringfieldTownship, 742-09535-7:30 p.m. Fridays throughMarch 22.

ST. MARTIN OF TOURSHarvest Home Park, 3961North Bend Road, Cheviot,661-20005-7 p.m. Fridays through March29.

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ST. VIVIAN7600 Winton, Finneytown,378-54824:30-7:30 p.m. Fridays, March 1through March 22.

VETERANS OF FOREIGNWARS POST 73408326 Brownsway Lane, Col-erain Township, 521-73405-7 p.m. Fridays through March29.

WEST SIDE MASONICCENTER4353 West Fork Road, GreenTownship4:30-7:30 p.m. Fridays throughMarch 29.If you have or know of a fish

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LENTEN FISH FRIES

Hamilton CountyClerk of Courts TracyWinkler addressed theHamilton County PoliceChiefs Association Feb.6 to offer the assistanceof her office in the pre-vention of the fencing ofstolen property.

New provisions ofstate law allow theClerkto provide a “do not buy”list to police chiefs who,in turn, provide that in-formation to pawn shopsand scrap metal dealersin their jurisdiction. Thelist includes people withprior convictions fortheft-related offenses.Pawn shops and scrapmetal dealers who re-ceive this informationare prohibited by lawfrom doing businesswith the listed persons.

“My office standsready to assist local lawenforcement agencieswith timely, accurate in-formation to help dra-matically slow the

growth of theft and ex-pedite the process ofprosecution of thesetypes of propertycrimes, “ said Winkler.“This is just another ex-ample of the resourcesthis office provides andcooperation I pledge topartner with law en-forcement.”

Hamilton CountySheriff Jim Neil said,“This is exactly the typeof information thesebusinesses need to pre-vent them from violat-ing the law by purchas-ing from persons knownto be thieves or receiv-ers of stolen propertyand thus relieve themfrom possible prosecu-tion.”

The list will be avail-able to all HamiltonCounty agencies so theycan provide the appro-priate list to the pawnshops and scrap metaldealers in their jurisdic-tion.

Clerk offers helpto prevent fencingstolen property

Hamilton County Clerk of Courts Tracy Winkler presentsHamilton County Sheriff Jim Neil with a list of “personsknown to be thieves or receivers of stolen property” atthe Hamilton County Police Chiefs Association meeting.

Yesterday, grand-daughter Eva and Ishared a simple countrypleasure. We went for awalk downmy path thatleads to the East ForkRiver. She wanted to seeif the watercress wasgrowing in our littlespring-fed pool along the

path and ifthe “Eastergrass”(wild on-ions) wasup yet.Well, nowatercressfor oursalad, butthe wildonionswere grow-

ing in little patches alongan old stone wall.

There was a bonus,too: Wild yellow aconitewas poking through lay-ers of fallen leaves andsnow all over the hill.What a surprise that was.I think this is the earliestyet that I’ve seen both ofthese harbingers ofspring. The aconite’sneon yellow petals lookdelicate but are sturdyenough to survive undera layer of snow. The flow-ers have a history, too.

Our friend Ike Leaf, ofblessed memory, tossedthe first handful of seedson top of the hill yearsago. “When they dropseeds, they’ll tumbledown the hill and eventu-ally cover it,” he said.And they have. Check outmy blog for a photo ofEva picking wild aconite.

Pesto stuffed porktenderloin

A recipe that garnersfans every time it’s

served. My friend, MaryLee Olinger, an AndersonTownship reader, firstshared this with me awhile back. She had eat-en this stuffed pork atthe home of her friend,Mary AnnMyers. Mylatest version includesfresh parsley and Roma-no cheese. Make sure youuse pork tenderloin andnot the loin, because theloin won’t cook in thetime given. Check a fewminutes before it’s done –I roast my pork to 145 orso (see my tip below).Use ready-made pesto ormy homemade. Eventhough Easter is weeksaway, you might want tosave this recipe for East-er dinner, it’s that good.

2 pounds pork tenderloin,trimmed

Ready-made or homemadepesto

Romano cheese, grated (orParmesan)

Pine nutsButcher stringFresh chopped parsley andextra cheese for garnish

Preheat oven to 350degrees. Slice the tender-loin, lengthwise, not quiteall the way through.

Spoon pesto until it fills(and overflows a bit) thecavity. Gently tie roast inthree places to keep ittogether. Place onsprayed baking pan.Sprinkle a good amountof cheese and nuts overroast. Bake until done(145 degrees). In my ovenit takes about 25-30 min-utes; it may take longerin yours. If the pine nutsstart to get too brown,tent meat with foil. Letrest about 10 minutes,tented with foil. Afterslicing, sprinkle withparsley and more cheese.This feeds four to fivepeople.

Tip from Rita’skitchen

Nervous about porktemperature? The USDAsays 145 degrees is safe.After resting a fewmin-utes, the temperaturewill rise a few degrees,enough to kill any harm-ful bacteria. The meatwill be juicy and maylook pink.

Rita’s pestoGo to taste on this.

3⁄4 to 1 teaspoon garlic,

minced2 tablespoons pine nuts2 tablespoons softenedbutter

2 cups basil leaves, packed1⁄2 cup Parmesan cheese1⁄4 cup Romano cheese (oruse all Parmesan)

Extra virgin olive oil: startwith 3 tablespoons and gofrom there

With a food proces-sor’s motor running, addgarlic and nuts. Addeverything else and proc-ess until smooth. Store inrefrigerator up to aweek. It may turn a bitdark on the top, but that’sOK. Some people pour athin layer of oil over thetop to prevent this. Storein freezer severalmonths, again pouring athin layer of oil on top toprevent darkening.

Readers want toknow

Dotting with butter.The dilemma fromMary-ann from Erlanger has istoo much butter landingon top of casseroles.“When a recipe says todot with butter, I alwayswind up with too much ontop,” she says.

Solution: Keep a stickof butter in freezer. Peelwrapper back to desiredamount. Use a vegetablepeeler to shave rightamount from frozenbutter, letting pieces fallonto food in thin curls.

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is anherbalist, educator and au-thor. Find her blog online atCincinnati.Com/blogs. Emailher at [email protected] with “Rita’skitchen” in the subject line.Call 513-248-7130, ext. 356.

Stuffed pork tenderloin good for Easter

RitaHeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN

Stuff this pork tenderloin with store-bought pesto, or useRita’s recipe to make your own. THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD.

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The North CollegeHill City School Dis-trict Board of Educa-tion hereby givespublic notice in ac-cordance with OhioRevised Code3307.353 that it willhold a public meetingto consider the reem-ployment of Dr. KayFaris, Assistant Su-perintendent, as asuperannuate to thesame position fromwhich Dr. Faris willretire from as of June30, 2013. The publicmeeting will occur onApril 22, 2013 at 7:00p.m. at the DistrictAdministrative Offi-ces at 1731 Good-man Avenue. TheBoard provides thisnotice at least 60days prior to the dateof Dr. Faris’ rehiringand certifies that thepublic meeting re-quired pursuant toOhio law shall takeplace between 15and 30 days beforethe reemployment ofDr. Faris as a super-annuate. All interest-ed persons are invit-ed to attend. 9310

Trinity Lutheran Church (ELCA)

www. trinitymthealthy.org513-522-3026

“Growing Closer to God, Growing Closer to Neighbor”

Pastor Todd A. Cutter

1553 Kinney Ave, Mt. HealthyWorship: 8:30 am traditional - 10:45 am contemporary

Sunday School: 9:45 am Nursery provided

Faith Lutheran LCMC8265 Winton Rd., Finneytown

www.faithcinci.orgPastor Robert Curry

Contemporary Service 9amTraditional Service 11:00amSunday School 10:15

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

Mt. Healthy Christian Church(Disciples of Christ)

7717 Harrison Ave Mt. Healthy, OH 45231Rev. Michael Doerr, Pastor 513-521-6029Sunday 9:00 a.m...... Contemporary Service

9:45a.m...... Sunday School10:45 a.m........ Traditional Worship

Nursery Staff Provided“A Caring Community of Faith”

Welcomes You

CHRISTIAN CHURCH DISCIPLES

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

Visitors Welcome!

SHARON BAPTISTCHURCH

4451 Fields Ertel RoadCincinnati, OH 45241

(513) [email protected]

ServicesSunday School - 10:00 amSunday Morning - 11:00 amSunday Evening - 6:00 pmWednesday - 7:00 pm EveningPrayer and Bible Study

VACATION BIBLESCHOOL

June 25 through June 29Ages 3 to 15

Theme: Amazing Adventures

BAPTIST

FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH8580 Cheviot Rd., ColerainTwp741-7017 www.ourfbc.comGary Jackson, Senior Pastor

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

Active Youth, College, Senior GroupsExciting Music Dept, Deaf Ministry, Nursery

INDEPENDENT BAPTIST

HIGHVIEW CHRISTIANCHURCH

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

Worship Assembly-Sunday 10:45amPhone 825-9553

www.highviewchristianchurch.com

NON-DENOMINATIONAL

Sharonville United Methodist8:15 & 11amTraditional Service & Kingdom Kids

9:30am Adult & Children’s Sunday School7:00pmWednesday, Small Groups for all agesInfant care available for all services3751 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 - 11:00amContemporary Gathering: Bible &

Conversation 11:30 - 12:30Nursery Available Handicap Access"Come as a guest. Leave as a friend".

Monfort HeightsUnited Methodist Church

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

Contemporary Worhip 9:45amNursery Available * Sunday School513-481-8699 * www. mhumc.org

Spiritual Checkpoint ...Bearing the Love of Christ...for you!

CHURCH OF THE SAVIOUR8005 Pfeiffer Rd. Montgomery 791-3142

www.cos-umc.org"Jesus: The Transformation of

His Call"Traditional Worship 8:20am & 11:00am

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

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

United Methodist Church10507 “Old” Colerain Ave

(513) 385-7883Rev. Mark Reuter

Christ, the Prince of Peace

Sunday School 9:15amWorship 10:30am - Nursery Available

www.cpopumc.org“Small enough to know you, Big enough to care”

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

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St. Paul United Church of Christ5312 Old Blue Rock Rd., off Springdale

Phone: 385-9077Rev. Michelle Torigian

Sunday Worship: 10:30amSunday School: 9:15am

Nursery Available/Handicap Accesswww.stpaulucccolerain.org

www.facebook.com/StPaulUCC

FLEMING ROADUnited Church of Christ691 Fleming Rd 522-2780

Rev Pat McKinneySunday School - All Ages - 9:15am

Sunday Worship - 10:30amNursery Provided

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

Northwest CommunityChurch

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

513-385-8973Worship and Sunday School 10AMHandicap Accessible/Nursery Available

Salem White Oak Presbyterian

Northminster Presbyterian Church703 Compton Rd., Finneytown 931-0243Growing Faith, Sharing Hope, Showing Love

Sunday Worship ScheduleTraditional Services: 8:00 & 10:15am

Contemporary Services: 9:00 & 11:30amStudent Cafe: 10:15amChildcare Available

Jeff Hosmer, Rich Jones &Nancy Ross- Zimmerman - Pastors

At CHURCH BY THEWOODS

www.churchbythewoods.org3755 Cornell Rd.,

Sharonville , Ohio 45241You have a choice of Ministry:

1 . Traditional Sunday Worship at10:00 AM. Language: EnglishMulti-cultural, multi-generational, andmulti-ethnic.2 . Contemporary Sunday Worshipwith Freedom Church at 10:30 AM.Language: English

It’s not about Religion; it’s aboutrelationships!

www.freedomchurchcincinnati.com3. Taiwanese Traditional SundayWorship st 2:00 PM. Language:Taiwanese, UC Campus Fellowship onSaturdays,

www.cincinnatitaiwanese.org4 . Seventh Day Adventist SaturdayWorship at 10:00 AM.Language: Spanish

Loving - Caring - and SharingGod’s Word

Notes: Nursery School isprovided at each Worship time

English as a Second Language (ESL) istaught on Saturday 10-12 AM.

Various Bible Studies are available.

PRESBYTERIAN

EVANGELICALCOMMUNITY CHURCH

Sunday School Hour (for all ages)9:15 - 10:15am

Worship Service - 10:30 to 11:45am(Childcare provided for infants/ toddlers)

Pastor: Rich LanningChurch: 2191 Struble RdOffice: 2192 Springdale Rd

542-9025Visitors Welcome www.eccfellowship.org

EVANGELICAL PRESBYTERIAN

Hamilton County Re-cycling and Solid WasteDistrict is teaming withthe Civic Garden Centerof Greater Cincinnati tooffer a free comprehen-sive three-week back-yard composting train-ing.

Participants will learnabout where to locate acompost pile, differenttypes of compost binsand the biology of a com-post pile. During the in-tensive, hands-on course,participants will buildand take home a wirecompost bin. There areoptions to build either avermicomposting(worm) system or Bo-kashi system for a nomi-nal fee.

Course times anddates are 6-8:30 p.m.Wednesdays, March 13and 20 and April 10, andyou must attend all threeat the Civic Garden Cen-ter, 2715 Reading Road.

Class size is limitedand registration is re-quired. To register, call513-221-0981, ext. 18, oremail [email protected].

Learn tips and adviceon backyard compostingon the Confessions of aComposter blog at con-fessionsofacomposter-.blogspot.com. For moreinformation, call the Re-cycling Hotline at 946-7766, visit www.Hamil-tonCounty Recycles.org.

County offers freecomposting class

TheHamiltonCountyPark District offersschool-themed pro-grams by experiencednaturalist staff and areperfect for young chil-dren wanting to learnabout nature. Thesehands-on classes teachabout science, wildlife,archeology and more.Here are just a few ofthe programs being of-fered this year:

»MapleSugaringForSchools

Mid-Februarythrough early Marchdates available at 9 a.m.,10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Learn about the sci-ence, tools, techniquesand tastes associatedwith the sweet traditionof maple sugaring.Scout groups and seniorgroups can also be ac-commodated for thisclass. The program isfor all ages and lasts for1.25 hours at Farbach-Werner Nature Pre-serve.

»Nature’s BABIESMid-lateMarch dates

available in morningand afternoon.

Preschoolandkinder-garten classes will learnabout animal babies, an-

imal parents and theirhomes during this 1.75hourprogram.Please in-quire about meeting atFernbank Park.

» Archaeology ForSchools

Mid-late April datesavailable after 9 a.m.and ending by 3 p.m.

This as a great oppor-tunity for third througheighth graders to spendthe day studying prehis-toric occupation of themiddle Ohio Valley. Theclass will hike along the1.5 mile Miami FortTrail, visit the archaeol-ogy exhibits, participatein a re-created excava-tion, and more. Trans-portation must be pro-vided throughout theday, as well as lunch anddrinks. This programcan last up to 4.5 hoursand meets at ShawneeLookout Golf CourseClubhouse.

Registration fee is $5perstudent foreachpro-gram offered. Registra-tion is required at leasttwoweeks inadvancebycalling 513-521-7275 ext.240. Further informa-tion can be found byemailing [email protected].

Park districtoffersschool-themedprograms

On a sunny winter af-ternoon, a group of pre-school boys and girls arerunning around the play-ground at the ClippardFamily YMCA, somelaughing as they fly downthe slide, while others tryto touch the sky as theyare pushed on nearbyswings.

Thesechildrenarea lit-tle different thanmost en-joying a fun afternoon ofplay; these children havean autism spectrumdisor-der. The Centers for Dis-ease Control and Preven-tion (CDC) estimates thatone out of every 100 chil-dren have a form of au-tism, a developmental dis-ability that impacts thenormal development ofthe brain in areas of socialinteraction, communica-

tion skills, and cognitivefunctions. The NationalAutism Association re-ports that autism general-ly appears before the ageof three and is more com-mon inboys thangirls.Re-search by the CDC indi-cates that the earlier au-tism is recognized, themore you can do to help achild reach his or her fullpotential.

Two YMCA of GreaterCincinnati branches nowoffer specialized autismprograms for pre-schoolchildren.

“My goal for childreninourprogramis for themto be able to graduatefrom here and move intothe least restricted envi-ronment possible,” saidDirector of the AutismPrograms at the Blue Ash

and Clippard FamilyYMCAs Courtney Lee.“The setting here at the Yallows the children somuch exposure socially.”

There isa2-to-1studentratio in the autism pro-gram and children re-ceive ABA-based individ-ual instruction, alongwithaccess to a behavior ana-lyst. Speech, water, gym-nastic classes, and muchmore is available on aweekly basis.

Viviane andCraigMar-tini of Miami Townshipadopted their 3-year-oldson Rex from an orphan-age in Armenia.

“Wewere told hewouldneverbe able to talk,” saidViviane, who added thathe said his first word atthe Clippard FamilyYMCA Autism Center.

“He said ‘cracker’ and hasnow added ‘go’ to his vo-cabulary. I am so pleasedat the progress our son ismaking, but what I lovemostabout theYis the lov-ingatmospherethatexiststhere tohelpourchildsuc-ceed.”

For more informationabout the autism pro-grams offered at the BlueAsh and Clippard FamilyYMCAs, call 513-923-4466or email [email protected].

Autism programsoffered at two YMCAs

Five-year-old MikeyZielinski of MonfortHeights enjoys taking a tripdown the slide whileattending specializedautism programming at theClippard Family YMCAbranch at 8920 CheviotRoad. PROVIDED

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The Taste of NorthernCincinnati will serve asampling of area restau-rants during the all-you-can-eat event organizedby the Sharonville Cham-ber of Commerce.

This year’s event,sponsored by Kroger, willbeheldonSunday,Feb.24,from noon to 4 p.m. at theSharonville ConventionCenter on Chester Road.

Among the restaurantsand food vendors fea-tured at the annual fest

will be the Blue Goose,Stone Creek Restaurant,Max and Erma’s, UnoGrill, Grandma Molly-horn Cookies, RiverbankCafe and My ArtisanoFoods.

Visitors will pay a flatfee of $15 in advance, or$18 at the door. The dis-counted admission isavailable online, atwww.tasteofnortherncincinnati.com, until noonWednesday, Feb. 20.

Admission for childrenages3 to12 is$5, and thoseunder age 3 are free.

In addition to local

fare, visitors can buyticketsforavarietyofraf-fle baskets, and they canvote for their favoritefoods.

Awards will be givenfor: best appetizer, bestsoup/salad, best entree,best dessert and people’schoice.

“It’s the only insideTaste in theTristatearea,”Chamber President RichArnold said. “It’s econom-ical, too, and costs lessthan paying at everybooth.

“It givesyou theoppor-tunity to try new and dif-

ferent things,” he said.“Youmight findanewres-taurant that you want togo back to.”

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The Greater Cincin-nati Performing Arts So-ciety (GCPAS) presentsCeltic Crossroads, an art-ful and energetic displayof Irish music, song anddance, at 7:30 p.m. Satur-day, March 2, at theMcAuley performingArts Center.

Tickets are $35 in ad-vance, $40 the day of theshow; $5 f the ticket pricecan be donated to theCatholic school of yourchoice. For tickets and in-formation on the pro-gram, go to www.gcpart-s.org or call 513-484-0157.

The GCPAS is a regis-tered non-profit charitywith the mission of sup-

porting Catholic elemen-tary education by meansof tuition assistance.

The name CelticCrossroads originatesfrom a time in Irelandwhen neighboring com-munitiesmet at the cross-roads between towns andvillages to socialize – longbefore the pub traditionbegan. With a focus onkeeping the tradition ofIrish music alive, eachperformer nurtures thisbygone concept, but byvirtue of their young ageand raw talent, they high-kick this tradition into the21st Century. True high-kicking from some of Ire-land’s best-respectedIrish dancers also inten-sifies the pulsatingrhythms of the show.

The live concerts are a

spectacle of talent, dis-playing how Irish musicinfluenced the globalbirth of a multitude ofmusical genres. Thisshow is redefining Irishmusic by going right tothe heart of its rhythms.The inventive arrange-ments and bass-drivengrooves are steeringIrish acoustic music intosurprising new territory.On its first American vis-it, word-of mouth aloneled to a sell out tour.

The show, incorporat-ing seven world-classmusicians, playing over20 instruments on stage,is a spectacle. From startto finish you are captivat-ed by a wonderful fusionof musical genres in theIrish music family, suchaseasternEuropeanGyp-

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from around Europe andthe rest of the world.

Celtic music will ring out at McAuley

The Greater Cincinnati Performing Arts Society presents Celtic Crossroads at 7:30 p.m.Saturday, March 2, at the McAuley performing Arts Center. PROVIDED

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(Patricia), Don, Bob (Jan) Helms;siblings Bernard (Wilma), Louis(Louise) Holthaus, MildredRobinson; nine grandchildren; 11great-grandchildren; ninegreat-great-grandchildren.Preceded in death by husbandRussell F. Helms.

Services were Feb. 13 at St.Clare Church. Arrangements by

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

» Springfield Township: Chief David Heimpold, 729-1300»Mount Healthy: Chief Marc Waldeck, 728-3183» Cincinnati District 5, Captain David Bailey, 569-8500» North College Hill: Chief Gary Foust, 521-7171» Greenhills: Chief Thomas Doyle, 825-2101» Forest Park: Chief Phil Cannon, 595-5220.

FOREST PARKArrests/citationsCharles Sizemore, 31, 4519McCormick, theft at 1266Omniplex, Feb. 3.Juvenile male, 16, aggravatedrobbery at 11008 Quail Hollow,Feb. 1.Juvenile male, 14, disorderlyconduct at 231W. Kemper,Jan. 31.Kyndra Grone, 18, 5007 Win-neste Ave., theft at 1143 Smi-ley, Jan. 31.Anthony Williams, 26, 296Riddle, obstructing officialbusiness at Norbourne andKemper, Feb. 4.

Incidents/reportsAggravated menacingVictim reported at 1083 IndraCourt, Jan. 31.Breaking and enteringRoom entered and TV, comfort-er valued at $550 removed at1234 Omniplex, Feb. 3.BurglaryResidence entered and TV,Playstation, computer ofunknown value removed at1338 Waycross, Feb. 3.Residence entered and laptop,TV, kindle of unknown valueremoved at 11231 Loganberry,Jan. 30.Identity theftVictim reported at, Jan. 31.Misuse of credit cardVictim reported at 1203 W.Kemper, Jan. 31.TheftWallet removed at 1179 Iron-stone, Jan. 31.Victim reported at 704 North-land, Feb. 4.

MOUNT HEALTHYArrests/citationsDavid Schlerbach, 43, 11758Oberta Way, disorderly con-duct at 7836 Clovernook, Feb.4.Deandre Hatcher, 22, 2939Cleinview Ave., drug abuse at8000 Hamilton Ave., Jan. 20.Johnny Spearman, 55, 7832Clovernook, disorderly con-duct at 1477 Adams Road, Feb.3.

NORTH COLLEGE HILLArrests/citationsJuvenile male, 16, smoking inhallway- juvenile at 1560 W.Galbraith Road, Jan. 20.Juvenile male, 17, smoking inhallway- juvenile at 1560 W.Galbraith Road, Jan. 20.Juvenile male, 17, smoking inhallway- juvenile at 1560 W.Galbraith Road, Jan. 20.Juvenile male, 14, smoking inhallway- juvenile at 1560 W.Galbraith Road, Jan. 20.Juvenile male, 17, smoking inhallway- juvenile at 1560 W.Galbraith Road, Jan. 20.Juvenile male, 12, disorderlyconduct at 1624 W. GalbraithRoad, Jan. 25.Juvenile, 13, at 1524 W. Gal-braith Road, Jan. 29.Juvenile, 13, at 1703 W. Gal-braith Road, Jan. 27.

Incidents/reportsAggravated assaultVictim struck with vehicle at1830 W. Galbraith , Jan. 24.AssaultVictim struck at 6925 Shamrock,Jan. 28.Criminal mischiefVictim struck at 1385 W. Gal-braith Road, Feb. 3.BurglaryResidence entered at 1836Cordova Ave., Jan. 31.Residence entered at 1945Dallas Ave., Jan. 30.Residence entered at 1768Joseph, Jan. 26.Criminal damagingVictim reported vehicle tiresslashed at 1830 W. GalbraithRoad, Jan. 26.Criminal mischiefVehicle damaged at 2030 DallasAve., Jan. 19.Domestic

Victim reported at ColumbineCourt, Jan. 18.Victim reported at CatalpaAvenue, Jan. 30.Reported at Catalpa Avenue,Jan. 31.Victim reported at CatalpaAvenue, Jan. 29.Victim reported at Lois Drive,Jan. 28.Victim reported at, Jan. 25.Victim reported at Pinoak, Jan.31.Domestic violenceVictim reported at Sundale, Jan.24.Victim reported at CloverknollDrive, Feb. 3.FraudVictim reported credit cardfraud at 1465 Foxwood Drive,Jan. 24.RobberyVictim struck and wallet andcontents of unknown valueremoved at 1560 W. GalbraithRoad, Jan. 22.TheftBike of unknown value re-moved at 1931 Goodman Ave.,Jan. 20.Bag and contents of unknownvalue removed at 1719 Sun-dale, Jan. 25.Vehicle stolen at 8609 BettsAve., Feb. 1.Check removed from a vehicleat 6943 Pinoak Drive, Jan. 31.Bag, wallet, iPad and currencyof unknown value removed at6840 Simpson Ave., Jan. 31.Vehicle stolen at 6609 BettsAve., Feb. 1.Currency missing from cashdrawer at 1555 W. GalbraithRoad, Jan. 31.Victim reported at 2035 W.Galbraith, Feb. 2.Merchandise of unknown valueremoved at 7132 HamiltonAve., Jan. 30.Currency removed from vend-ing machine at 1542 Clo-verknoll Drive, Jan. 28.

SPRINGFIELDTOWNSHIPArrests/citationsRobert Kenney, 44, 8803 ZodiacDrive, unauthorized use ofmotor vehicle at 8734 HoodCourt, Jan. 21.Christopher Bowden, 18, 3682Harder Ave., drug abuse atLynn Fork and Gertrude, Jan.10.Tracy Ihrig, 31, 12100 RegencyRun Court, child endangeringat 12100 Regency Run, Jan. 10.Dwight Smith, 44, 1448 Ran-domhill Road, theft at 1448Randomhill, Jan. 10.Ashante Evans, 23, 852 BuenaVista, receiving stolen propertyat 8519 Winton Road, Jan. 10.Charmainne Wright, 24, 5447Ruddy Court, receiving stolenproperty at 8519 Winton Road,Jan. 10.Tica Bonilla, 35, 740 Ohio Pike,receiving stolen property at10948 Hamilton Ave., Jan. 10.Wayne Partlow, 55, 5915 Sara-nac, drug abuse at North BendRoad and Winton Road, Jan.10.Madonna Stafford, 54, 7351Estate Court, theft at 8357Winton Road, Jan. 11.Juvenile male, 16, drug abuse atHamilton Avenue, Jan. 29.Anthony Craddock, 33, 2119McKinley, domestic trouble atHamilton Avenue, Jan. 29.Juvenile female, 13, disorderly

conduct at 8101 Hamilton Ave.,Jan. 30.Richard Laster, 42, 100 Cannon-bury Court, falsification at10948 Hamilton Ave., Jan. 31.Gregory Music, 50, 2512 4ThStreet, falsification at 10948Hamilton Ave., Jan. 31.

Incidents/reportsAggravated menacingVictim threatened at 1263Murat Court, Jan. 8.Aggravated robberyVictim threatened and attemptmade to take currency at 875Galbraith Road, Jan. 28.AssaultVictim struck at 238 CaldwellDrive, Jan. 12.Victim struck at 1574 PleasantRun Drive, Jan. 18.Breaking and enteringVictim reported at 11928 Bri-arfield Court, Jan. 13.BurglaryResidence entered and jewelryof unknown value removed at10669 Silverbrook Drive, Jan.28.Attempt made at 16 Ridgeway,Jan. 29.Residence entered and TV,game system, computer ofunknown value removed at2065 Sevenhills Drive, Jan. 30.Residence entered and checksremoved at 1199 Meredith,Jan. 25.Residence entered and TV,game system, headphones andcurrency of unknown valueremoved at 9469 Leebrook,Jan. 30.Residence entered and laptop,iPad, camera, jewelry of un-known value removed at 2065Broadhurst Ave., Jan. 31.Criminal damagingWindow damaged at 6280Simpson, Jan. 29.Vehicle mirrors damaged at8801 Cottonwood Drive, Feb.3.DomesticVictim reported at Hudepohl,Jan. 19.Victim reported at Bobolink,Jan. 7.Victim reported at Desoto, Jan.9.Victim reported at Meredith,Jan. 9.Victim reported at Desoto, Jan.29.Forgery\Victim reported at 1568 Pleas-ant Run, Nov. 30.RobberyAttempt made to hit victim andtake currency at 8151WintonRoad, Feb. 2.Sexual impositionVictim reported at BanningRoad, Jan. 30.TheftVictim reported checks ofunknown value returned dueto account being closed at11890 Cedarcreek, Jan. 13.Merchandise of unknown valueremoved at 8555 WintonRoad, Jan. 10.Laptop and money of unknownvalue removed at 1566 Pleas-ant Run Drive, Jan. 24.Property valued at $200 re-moved at 9791Winton Road,Jan. 14.Safe and $800 removed at 1275Landis Lane, Jan. 30.Victim reported at 1101 DalbrenLane, Feb. 2.$625 removed from stand at9651 Hamilton Ave., Feb. 2.

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The Covedale Centerfor the Performing Arts:Why Do Fools Fall inLove?”, Feb. 28-March 24at the theater 4990 Glen-way Ave.

Four girlfriends gath-er to celebrate an upcom-ing wedding. As the bach-elorette party picks upsteamand thedrinks flow,the girls discover moreabout each others’ lovelives than they had everimagined. Featuring clas-sic songs from the 1960ssuch as “My Boy Lolli-pop,” “IWill FollowHim,”“You Don’t Have to SayYou Love Me,” “HeyThere Lonely Boy” andmanyothers including thetitle song, “Why Do FoolsFall In Love?.” In the endthe show reaffirms that,during life’s struggles,friendship will unveil itseverlasting streng-

th—and does it with arockin' beat!

Cast Includes: JenniferAraya (as Millie), Dan-ielle Meo (as Flo), KiriCrawford as (Dee Dee)andDanielleMuething(asSally). Dan Doerger is di-rector; Greg Underwoodthe choreographer; Sher-ry McCamley is music di-rector; and Erin Meyer isthe stage manager.

Performance timesare8 p.m,. Thursday-Satur-day and 2 p.m. Sunday.

Tickets are $23 foradults, $20 for seniors/students. Tickets may bepurchased online atwww.cincinnatiland-markproductions.com orbycalling theboxofficeat513-241-6550.

For more information,contact the Covedale Cen-ter for the PerformingArts, (513-241-6550.

Theater examinesfalling in love

Appearing in “Why Do Fools Fall in Love?” are, back row,Danielle Muething (as Sally) left and Danielle Meo (as Flo);in front Jenifer Araya (as Millie) left and Kiri Crawford (asDee Dee). PROVIDED

To increase its empha-sis on providing servicesto people affected by spi-nabifida, theSpinaBifidaAssociation of Cincinnatiis becoming an indepen-dent organization serv-ing 17 counties in Ohio,Indiana and Kentucky.

The organization alsohas changed its name totheSpinaBifidaCoalitionof Cincinnati to make itclear that it is no longeraffiliatedwith the nation-al Spina Bifida Associa-tion.

After careful consid-eration, the Spina BifidaCoalition of Cincinnatiboard decided to end itsaffiliation because the

board of directors be-lieves the mission of thenational organization isno longer fully alignedwith coalition’s mission.The coalition’s primarymission is to provide ser-vices to its clients. Thenational organization’sprimary mission seemsto be raising money tofund spina bifida re-search.

“Our main focus willcontinue to be helpingpeoplebornwith spinabi-fida lead full, active livesin our region,” said JustinBifro,coalitionchair. “Weacknowledge that re-search continues to be vi-tal to lessen the impact of

spina bifida on futuregenerations.Butwethinkour organization is bestsuited to enhancing thelives of those affected byspina bifida today.

“Our board is con-vinced that this is theright decision for our cli-ents because it will keepour focus on providinghigh-quality services andprograms to them,” hesaid.

Programs and ser-vices of the coalition willnot be impacted.Becausethe changes are mostlyinternal ones, the coali-tion’s clients, donors andvolunteers might noteven notice any differ-

ences, other than the or-ganization’s new nameand logo.

The coalition expectsto maintain a positive re-lationship with the SBA.

“Wearesure therewillbe occasions when coop-eration will benefit bothorganizations and our cli-ents,” said SonyaDreves,the coalition’s executivedirector. The coalition isencouraging clients tocontinue supporting thenational organization.

More informationabout the new directioncan be found atwww.sbccincy.org/new-direction; www.sbccin-cy.org or 513-923-1378.

Families participate in the annual Walk & Roll, a fundraising event of the Spina Bifida Coalition of Cincinnati inSeptember. THANKS TO BH PHOTOGRAPHY

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Man does not live bybread alone.

He needs cookies, cup-cakes, doughnuts andDanish, too. And they areall available at a new bak-ery and coffee shop inGroesbeck.

The Bread Basket andPastry Shop, 3218 W. Gal-braith Road, opened withlittle fanfare in Novem-ber, but it’s fast gaining acrew of devoted fans.

Owner Valerie Carrsays her new place is go-ing to concentrate onworking hard to please itscustomers. “Theyarewhywe’re here,” she said.

Her crew is buildingthat atmosphere. Thereare already a lot of cus-tomers they greet byname. Bakery managerBobbi Babinec says sheloves her job and looksforward to coming towork. She says items suchas senior-sized pies andbakery items show a re-sponsiveness to what cus-tomers need.

Carr patterned herbakery after Europeanbakeriesandcafes, sayingshe wants the Bread Bas-ket to replicate the charmof those shops and have afriendly, neighborhoodfeel. TheBreadBasket of-fers original recipes thatare baked on site daily.The shop also has a fullservice coffee bar, free

WiFi and seating for up to35 people.

There’s lunch, too.Thatmenufeaturesavarietyofhomemadesoupsandcafespecialty sandwiches.

Customer Judy Meyersaid she found the shop byaccident and became afan.

“It’s a bakery, coffeehouse, restaurant allrolled into one,” she said.“I just happened to see itand stopped in. Nice peo-ple. I’ve been hopingsomething like this wouldopen. Now, if I could only

get an Indian restaurantout here.”

Local businesses areapproaching Carr for ca-tering and she’s buildingthe wholesale side of herbusiness, as well, makingconnections with localrestaurants to providedesserts and bread.

That works two ways.She’s alsomaking connec-tions with local business-es to help supply her cof-fee shop for its lunch me-nu.

The coffee shop has awarm and welcoming air.

There is artwork for sale,that is part of the decor.Booths with comfy pil-lows line thewalls, and ta-bles are grouped nicely,making it a great place tograb some coffee withfriends.

Carr’s main gig is in-surance and she says shehas been thinking aboutopening her own businessfor more than a decade.She’s learned about thebusiness end of thingsthrough her career in in-surance.Shehasbeensur-rounded by serious bak-

ersherwhole life, sowhenshe was looking for mem-bers for her bakery team,sheknewwhatshewasdo-ing. She has four bakerson staff, with 150 years ofexperience among them.

The Bread Basketkeeps the cases filledwithready-to-buy items, butCarr says the bakery doescustom orders as well.“Give us two days and wecan make whatever youwant,” she said. Her bak-ers do special-ordercakes, as well as tea cook-ies and specialty breadssuchasapopularsaltyryebread and spinach-fetaloaves. She intends to be-gin forays intogluten-free

and sugar-free offerings,as well.

“We are still develop-ing and creating our reci-pes,” shesaid. “Wewant towatch the trends and beresponsive to what ourcustomers want.”

She’s also developingevents that will draw peo-ple to her bakery. She hasbeen introducing eventssuch as birthday tea par-ties, traditional or themebirthday parties and eve-ning eventswith specialtyvendors.

“Our goal is steadygrowth, but keep thecharm,” she said. “Wewant to be here a longtime.”

New bakery hasOldWorld charm

Specialty cakes like this birthday cake for Hazel, can beordered at the new bakery. JENNIE KEY/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

By Jennie [email protected]

Valerie Carr’s new business, The Bread Basket and Pastry Company, not only offers bakedgoods, but an assortment of coffees and a cozy area in which to enjoy it. JENNIE KEY/THE

COMMUNITY PRESS

Manager Bobbi Babinec enjoys her work at the bakeryJENNIE KEY/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

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Camping season willbe here very soon andthe Hamilton CountyPark District is accept-ing reservations forcampsites. Whether it’sa weekend stay or a longvacation, park districtcampgrounds offergreat views and ameni-ties.

»Winton WoodsCampground opensMarch 1

Winton Woods Camp-ground includes eightlarge deluxe cabins thatsleep up to six with allthe luxuries of home; 25RV back-in and 12 RVpull-through sites allwith full hookup; 10 ba-sic cabins; and 68 siteswith 30 amp hookups.

The campground of-fice includes a store andasnackbar.There is alsoa group activity shelter,playground, visitorparking, two dump sta-tions andWi-Fi.

Reservations can bemade online atwww.GreatParks.org bycalling 513-851-2267 orby visiting the WintonWoods Campground Of-fice.

»Miami WhitewaterForest Campgroundopens March 9

Miami WhitewaterForest offers a 46-sitecampground, each with30 amp electric hookupsand includes a picnic ta-bleandfirering.Adumpstation, as well as a newaccessible shower build-ing and playground are

locatedwithin the camp-ground.

Reservations can bemade atwww.GreatParks.org,by calling 513-367-9632or by visiting the MiamiWhitewater ForestCampground Office.

» Steamboat Bend atWoodland Mound opensApril 1

Steamboat Bend is lo-catedalongtheOhioRiv-er and features 55 tree-lined campsites. Eachsite features water and30ampelectrichookups,picnic table and firering. There is also adump station locatedwithin the campground.

Camping at Steam-boat Bend is permittedonly for self-containedtrailers or recreationalvehicles with paid, ad-vance reservations.Weekly, monthly andseasonal rentals areavailable.

Reservations are ac-cepted only by phone at513-851-2267 or by visit-ing the Winton WoodsCampground Office.

A valid HamiltonCounty Park DistrictMotor Vehicle Permit($10 annual; $3 daily) isrequired to enter theparksand isnot includedin the camping fee.

For additional infor-mation, visitGreatParks.org or call513-521-PARK (7275).Also, the park districthas a Facebook page andis on Twitter.

Park districttaking campingreservations

One morning, a longtime ago, in her backyardgarden, Nancy Orlandoand her husband foundtheir harvest all gone.While her husband wasupset the animals ate uphis garden, a book sprout-ed from within Nancy’simagination. “A Garden!A Garden!” is her idea ofwhat the animals did thatnight in her garden.

“Wewent up to harvestand bring the vegetablesto the house. There wasnothing left,” said Orlan-do,who livesnGreenhills.“I stood there, laughed,and said can you imaginethe party they threw outhere last night? That’show the story starts.”

This story starts withthe re-release of “A gar-den! A garden!” and thenewest book by Orlando:“Good Grief! Its Winter!”Both books arewritten byOrlando and illustratedby Debbi Kern of Amelia.Orlando lives in theGreenhills community ofCincinnati and is also theauthor of “Everyone’sChild,” a memoir of herlife during World War II.

Kern is a retired Ame-lia Elementary School artteacher who continues touse her art skills as a petportrait artist. Bringinganimals to life with penand ink artistic detail,Kern combines her tal-ents with the rhythm andrhyme storytelling style

of Orlando to capture theimaginations of youngreaders.

“We like going intoschools,” said Kern.“That’s my background.That’s my love.”

“When we go to theschools, Debbi tells thekids: ‘This lady has themind of a writer,’” Orlan-do said. “When the ani-mals destroyed my gar-den, Igotangry, shewrotea story.”

Orlando says the storyactually wrote itself veryquickly after she had theidea while she laughed inthe garden that morninglong ago.

“I went down to mycomputer and the words

just came out,” she said.“I did it in rhyme.”

“She’s a storyteller,”Kern said. “She’s gotmore stories than anyoneI know.”

Orlando calls that her“see-saw” way of doingthings. Shesent themanu-script out toonepublisherwho waited over fourmonths before sending itback without comment.She put it in a file cabinet;where it stayed for years.In the meantime, shewrote and published hermemoir, “Everyone’sChild.” She went to achurch luncheon andwanted to brag a littleabout her new book.

“Theypassed it aroundand said ‘Okay, what areyou going to do next,” Or-lando recalled. “I said ‘Ihave a children’s story,but I never have found anillustrator to workwith.’ Iheard a throat-clearingsound from the back ofthe room.”

It was Kern. They hadknown one anotherthrough the bible studygroup at church, but Or-lando didn’t realize Kernwas a retired artist. Theyforged a friendship andbusiness partnership,which has already result-ed in two books and thereare more on the way.

“It was a perfect fit forme,” said Kern. “My fa-vorite form of art is penand ink. I really starteddrawing people’s pets. Itcame about when I wentthrough breast cancer in1996.”

During her cancertreatment, friends wereall trying to keep Kern

busy. One of them askedher to draw a portrait ofher dog. It turned into akind of business for her.

“Itbecamemyfavoritething todo…retired,” shesaid. “I’m a pet portraitartist. So Nancy’s story,being all about animals,was perfect for me be-cause I like drawing ani-mals. It was a perfect fit.”

In “Good Grief! ItsWinter!” the animals tryto figure out how to sur-vive in thewinter.Theuseof detailed drawings andtrue-to-life facts of whatreal animals would eat inthe garden and how theysurvive real wintersmake the books a hit withteachers. The animalsspeaking and interactionwhen Orlando and Kerngo into the schools havemade them a hit with thekids.

“It’s been great,” Kernsaid. “Because it is inter-active, the kids enjoy it.They’re interested in lis-tening for the responsesthey get to chime in with.The reactions have beenamazing. We’ve been in-vited back.”

Learn more at:www.nancyorlando-books.com.

Books are available atCincinnati Nature Centeron Tealtown Road in Cler-mont County.

Published by Tate Pub-lishing and Enterprises,the book is availablethrough bookstores na-tionwide, from the pub-lisher at www.tatepublishing.com/bookstore,by visiting www.barnesandnoble.com, orwww.amazon.com.

Amelia resident illustratesnew children’s bookBy Chuck [email protected]

The author/illustrator team of Nancy Orlando, seated, and Debbi Kern have publishedtwo children’s books “A Garden! A Garden!” and “Good Grief! Its Winter!” CHUCK GIBSON/FOR

THE COMMUNITY PRESS

This is the cover of “A Garden! A Garden!” by theauthor/illustrator team of Nancy Orlando and Debbi Kern.CHUCK GIBSON/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS