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Volume XXXIV Issue 10 November 2008 December Deadline The deadline for the December issue is December 7. You may send your submissions to [email protected]. Please include a short description in the subject line. Curbside leaf collection will begin at the end of October and contin- ues through the end of November (Please be patient as our mainte- nance crews are still completing cleanup from the windstorm). Please do not put anyting other than leaves in the collection piles because the leaf collecting equipment can easily be damaged by hard debris such as sticks, rocks, etc. There will beno stick collection at this time. A quick safety reminder: to help protect the children of our village, please do not drive through leaves on the curb. Also, please discourage children from playing in leaf piles along the street. By Julia Rubin Many of you may have heard that our dear friend and neighbor, Kim Hanes, lost her battle with scle- roderma Saturday, October 25. She was in Cleveland awaiting a lung transplant. Kim was an outstand- ing person who fought this disease for 10 years with dignity, faith and perseverance. She is known for her positive outlook in the midst of TP bunco group will miss longtime friend and neighbor this great challenge, as well as her desire to put others first and be helpful to those around her. Allison and Elliot, Kim’s children, are se- niors at Mariemont High School this year. Her loving husband, Larry was the most devoted of husbands. Our bunco group will never be the same without her perky spirit and humorous stories and anec- dotes she has shared over the last eight years. She was, and will con- tinue to be, an inspiration to all of us who knew her and witnessed her strength of mind, spirit and faith throughout her difficult journey. Memorials may be directed to the Scleroderma Foundation, 300 Rosewood Dr., Suite 105, Danvers, MA 01923 or the Kimberly Hanes Medical Fund, c/o of any Fifth Third Bank, to help offset the overwhelm- ing medical costs associated with her strong and brave fight with this disease. A staggering 256 players age 4-12 years-old recently completed what has to be one of the most suc- cessful soccer seasons in TPRC soccer history. More than 80 4-and 5-year-olds began their historic soccer legacies under the expert guidance of Tad Krafft, Lisa Henkel and a raft of par- ent volunteer/coaches. This year, after consulting with several other in- structional coordinators around the league, Tad redesigned and rein- vented the TP instructional program by “Kraffting” a model with the most desirable features garnered from other people’s input. Lisa took the instructional reigns from Teresa Bello and compiled four 4- year-old teams and four 5-year-old teams that sparred against one another in their brightly colored Bulldog jerseys on Saturday mornings at Stanton field. A HUGE thanks to Lisa and her par- ent volunteer/coaches for making the instructional program run so smoothly this year. Meanwhile 15 additional teams entered the Cincinnati Hills SAY Soccer League Fall season poised for battle. Seven 6- and 7-year-old teams, five 8- and 9 year-old teams and three 10- and 11- year-old teams each played a full 10 game season that culminated in the an- nual Fall tournament. Several fin- ished with regular season records near the top of their division and were poised to make a run deep into the tourney brackets. Fourteen teams (1 opted out due to player attrition) entered the tournament that began on the weekend of November 1 st and 2 nd . Unbelievably, seven of those 14 teams advanced to the semi-final round! The semi-finals and finals were held on Saturday, November 8 th and two of the semi-final match- ups pitted TP against TP. In the first all TP semi-final, David Sawyer’s U8 boys faced Julie Sheppard’s guys in what turned out to be a defen- sive stand-off. The two teams played to a 0-0 tie at the end of regu- lation and each team was waiting to see who would blink first during the 10-minute “sudden-victory” overtime period. Still scoreless at the end of OT, the game went to penalty kicks and Sawyer’s team escaped with a narrow victory. Hats off to Julie and her wonderful team. TPRC fall soccer GOOOAAALLL!!! By Tad Krafft and Tiger Nelson The second all TP semi-final saw Matt Lundeberg’s U10 boys pitted against Gary Bassett’s team of fighting Bulldogs. Tied 2-2 deep into the 4 th quarter, referee Tad Krafft whistled a tripping call in the penalty box on Bassett’s team that resulted in the game-winning pen- alty kick for Lundeberg’s team. Ob- serving the game from the sideline, I started to question Krafft about his itchy whistle and he replied, “Who are you? Go sit down!” Great job to Gary and his team (I’ll trip Tad for you next time I see him). Five Terrace Park teams ad- vanced to the final round! I’m not sure that this has ever been accom- plished before and the TP presence was unmistakable on Saturday af- ternoon, November 8 th at Indian Hill’s Livingston Field. Thrilling victories were posted by David Dupre’s U8 girls (3-0) and by Matt Lundeberg’s U10 boys who beat a Deer Park team that had beat them twice prior during the regular season. Three of the five TP final games were decided in overtime or penalty kicks. David Sawyer’s U8 boys team was nar- rowly bested in overtime while Marvin Lopez’s U8 boys yielded in penalty kicks. Lundeberg found the goal more often than Deer Park in a penalty kick shootout and Anthony Sullivan’s U10 girls played a spirited match throughout a 0-2 loss. The sportsmanship exhibited by all Ter- race Park players, coaches and par- ents was professionally represented throughout the regular season and tournament run. Lastly, Drackett field remained as one of the premiere playing fa- cilities in the league throughout the regular season and tournament. The grass was clipped, lines were striped with surgical precision and the fields were free of unsightly trash. The be- hind-the-scenes efforts of Sy Swart, George Heffner and Greg Burke kept the facility in envious form. I re- ceived several calls from Camargo Country Club’s groundskeepers of- fering large cash payments in ex- change for “Sy’s Secrets” but refused to break the Code of Silence. Thanks to Sy, George and Greg for all their hard work. Congratulations to everyone involved for a remarkable Fall campaign! Courtesy: MJS Photography Limited Michael J Snyder Coaches Dave Sawyer (left), Kyle Gearhart and Jon DiMichele with their U8 Boys Tournament Runner-up team. Christmas is for children Boy Scout Troop 286 will once again partner with the Cincinnati postal workers “Dear Santa Letters” program. Don’t miss this opportunity to brighten a needy child’s Christmas by dropping off an unwrapped toy for any age at the Terrace Park Post Office beginning November 28. The Boy Scouts will also be accepting gifts at the Village Green Tree Lighting on December 7 and at the Log Cabin on December 14 from noon to 2 p.m. Troop 286 will wrap the gifts and deliver to the main post office in downtown Cincinnati for distribution by letter car- riers to needy children. Coaches David Dupre (left), Marc Connor and Scott Hill with their U8 Girls Tournament Champion team. Coaches Marvin Lopez (left), Brian Schwartz and Patrick Doughtery with their Boys U8 Tournament Runner-up team. Coaches Anthony Sullivan (left) and Sean Barton with their U10 Girls Tournament Runner-up team. Coaches Matt Lundeberg (left) and Kevin McClorey with their U10 Boys Tournament Champion team.

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Volume XXXIV Issue 10 November 2008

December DeadlineThe deadline for the December issue is December 7.

You may send your submissions to [email protected] include a short description in the subject line.

Curbside leaf collection will begin at the end of October and contin-ues through the end of November (Please be patient as our mainte-nance crews are still completing cleanup from the windstorm). Pleasedo not put anyting other than leaves in the collection piles becausethe leaf collecting equipment can easily be damaged by hard debrissuch as sticks, rocks, etc. There will beno stick collection at thistime. A quick safety reminder: to help protect the children of ourvillage, please do not drive through leaves on the curb. Also, pleasediscourage children from playing in leaf piles along the street.

By Julia Rubin

Many of you may have heardthat our dear friend and neighbor,Kim Hanes, lost her battle with scle-roderma Saturday, October 25. Shewas in Cleveland awaiting a lungtransplant. Kim was an outstand-ing person who fought this diseasefor 10 years with dignity, faith andperseverance. She is known forher positive outlook in the midst of

TP bunco group will miss longtimefriend and neighbor

this great challenge, as well as herdesire to put others first and behelpful to those around her. Allisonand Elliot, Kim’s children, are se-niors at Mariemont High School thisyear. Her loving husband, Larrywas the most devoted of husbands.

Our bunco group will never bethe same without her perky spiritand humorous stories and anec-dotes she has shared over the last

eight years. She was, and will con-tinue to be, an inspiration to all ofus who knew her and witnessed herstrength of mind, spirit and faiththroughout her difficult journey.

Memorials may be directed tothe Scleroderma Foundation, 300Rosewood Dr., Suite 105, Danvers,MA 01923 or the Kimberly HanesMedical Fund, c/o of any Fifth ThirdBank, to help offset the overwhelm-ing medical costs associated withher strong and brave fight with thisdisease.

A staggering 256 players age4-12 years-old recently completedwhat has to be one of the most suc-cessful soccer seasons in TPRCsoccer history.

More than 80 4-and 5-year-oldsbegan their historic soccer legaciesunder the expert guidance of TadKrafft, Lisa Henkel and a raft of par-ent volunteer/coaches. This year,after consulting with several other in-structional coordinators around theleague, Tad redesigned and rein-vented the TP instructional programby “Kraffting” a model with the mostdesirable features garnered fromother people’s input. Lisa took theinstructional reigns from Teresa Belloand compiled four 4- year-old teamsand four 5-year-old teams thatsparred against one another in theirbrightly colored Bulldog jerseys onSaturday mornings at Stanton field.A HUGE thanks to Lisa and her par-ent volunteer/coaches for makingthe instructional program run sosmoothly this year.

Meanwhile 15 additional teamsentered the Cincinnati Hills SAYSoccer League Fall season poisedfor battle. Seven 6- and 7-year-oldteams, five 8- and 9 year-old teamsand three 10- and 11- year-oldteams each played a full 10 gameseason that culminated in the an-nual Fall tournament. Several fin-ished with regular season recordsnear the top of their division andwere poised to make a run deep intothe tourney brackets.

Fourteen teams (1 opted outdue to player attrition) entered thetournament that began on theweekend of November 1st and 2nd.Unbelievably, seven of those 14teams advanced to the semi-finalround! The semi-finals and finalswere held on Saturday, November8th and two of the semi-final match-ups pitted TP against TP. In the firstall TP semi-final, David Sawyer’s U8boys faced Julie Sheppard’s guysin what turned out to be a defen-sive stand-off. The two teamsplayed to a 0-0 tie at the end of regu-lation and each team was waitingto see who would blink first duringthe 10-minute “sudden-victory”overtime period. Still scoreless atthe end of OT, the game went topenalty kicks and Sawyer’s teamescaped with a narrow victory. Hatsoff to Julie and her wonderful team.

TPRC fall soccerGOOOAAALLL!!!By Tad Krafft and Tiger Nelson

The second all TP semi-finalsaw Matt Lundeberg’s U10 boyspitted against Gary Bassett’s teamof fighting Bulldogs. Tied 2-2 deepinto the 4th quarter, referee TadKrafft whistled a tripping call in thepenalty box on Bassett’s team thatresulted in the game-winning pen-alty kick for Lundeberg’s team. Ob-serving the game from the sideline,I started to question Krafft about hisitchy whistle and he replied, “Whoare you? Go sit down!” Great jobto Gary and his team (I’ll trip Tadfor you next time I see him).

Five Terrace Park teams ad-vanced to the final round! I’m notsure that this has ever been accom-plished before and the TP presencewas unmistakable on Saturday af-ternoon, November 8th at Indian Hill’sLivingston Field. Thrilling victorieswere posted by David Dupre’s U8girls (3-0) and by Matt Lundeberg’sU10 boys who beat a Deer Parkteam that had beat them twice priorduring the regular season. Three ofthe five TP final games were decided

in overtime or penalty kicks. DavidSawyer’s U8 boys team was nar-rowly bested in overtime whileMarvin Lopez’s U8 boys yielded inpenalty kicks. Lundeberg found thegoal more often than Deer Park in apenalty kick shootout and AnthonySullivan’s U10 girls played a spiritedmatch throughout a 0-2 loss. Thesportsmanship exhibited by all Ter-race Park players, coaches and par-ents was professionally representedthroughout the regular season andtournament run.

Lastly, Drackett field remainedas one of the premiere playing fa-cilities in the league throughout theregular season and tournament. Thegrass was clipped, lines were stripedwith surgical precision and the fieldswere free of unsightly trash. The be-hind-the-scenes efforts of Sy Swart,George Heffner and Greg Burkekept the facility in envious form. I re-ceived several calls from CamargoCountry Club’s groundskeepers of-fering large cash payments in ex-change for “Sy’s Secrets” but refused

to break the Code of Silence. Thanksto Sy, George and Greg for all theirhard work.

Congratulations to everyoneinvolved for a remarkable Fallcampaign!

Courtesy: MJS Photography Limited Michael J Snyder

Coaches Dave Sawyer (left), Kyle Gearhart and Jon DiMichele withtheir U8 Boys Tournament Runner-up team.

Christmas is for childrenBoy Scout Troop 286 will once again partner with the Cincinnati postalworkers “Dear Santa Letters” program. Don’t miss this opportunityto brighten a needy child’s Christmas by dropping off an unwrappedtoy for any age at the Terrace Park Post Office beginning November28. The Boy Scouts will also be accepting gifts at the Village GreenTree Lighting on December 7 and at the Log Cabin on December 14from noon to 2 p.m. Troop 286 will wrap the gifts and deliver to themain post office in downtown Cincinnati for distribution by letter car-riers to needy children.

Coaches David Dupre (left), Marc Connor and Scott Hill with theirU8 Girls Tournament Champion team.

Coaches Marvin Lopez (left), Brian Schwartz and Patrick Doughterywith their Boys U8 Tournament Runner-up team.

Coaches Anthony Sullivan (left) and Sean Barton with their U10 GirlsTournament Runner-up team.

Coaches Matt Lundeberg (left) and Kevin McClorey with their U10Boys Tournament Champion team.

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Letters to the Editor After attending another Board of Zoning Appeals in Anderson lastnight (11/6) at the Anderson Center, we realize that action is neededNOW. Martin Marietta is seeking a variance that would drastically esca-late their current operations on Round Bottom Road to include blasting.

While speaking to our neighbors about this proposed change, manyseem unfazed. Responses vary from “they wouldn’t allow it IF it wasbad” or it’s “too far for us to be affected.”

Let’s have some perspective.

• While your child is playing a game down at Drackett Field, walkdown Stumps Road and directly across the river is where theblasting will take place

• The prevailing winds in the Cincinnati area are SSW. (Thatmeans it comes from that direction.) When you look at a map(Round Bottom and Broadwell Roads) and draw a line from thissite (think from 7 o’clock to 1 o’clock), the wind blows directlyinto Terrace Park and that wind flow includes: Drackett Field,the Nature Reserve and the Terrace Park Swim & Tennis Club.Now do you think you will enjoy a peaceful walk or relax at thepool?

• Do you hear the train whistle at night? Do you hear the gun-shots from the Milford Gun Club? Now, do you think you willhear the siren used before and after blasts (5x per day)

• Have you heard an empty truck on Wooster Pike drive by? MartinMarietta has stated that 250 trucks (equals 500 trips) will be attheir site – Every day

We have not even addressed the affects of the Blasting: The shak-ing and rattling.

We are not screaming “the sky is falling” but this is a very real threatto how you live your life. Ask some of your neighbors who have livednear a quarry that blasts. Ask those who live near a facility that has 500truck trips per day. Ask them: “What’s it like?”

We live in a valley, noise and dust is captured here, please take amoment and think about your quality of life and how you can help main-tain what we know is special.

Our Mayor Jay Gohman has worked tirelessly, the Village has en-gaged outside counsel and passed a resolution condemning this pro-posed change. But more needs to be done.

Visit: www.saveourmiami.com, look at a map (Round Bottom andBroadwell Roads), write a letter to the Anderson BZA - and get involved.

Thank you in advance for your consideration.John & Sarah Harrington220 Cambridge Ave

Mark Your Calendar: Upcoming Public Hearings: The AndersonCenter, 7850 Five Mile Road, 5:30 p.m.; Wednesday, November19; Thursday, December 4; Wednesday, December 17; Thursday,January 8. (The public can ask questions to the BZA to ask theexpert at each hearing. Once all questions and concerns havebeen addressed, the public will have the opportunity to voice theiropinions.)

To the Village Views Editor:November 7, 2008The Fletchers - Another Viewpoint

My name is Craig Sattergren and I have lived in Terrace Park for 13years, residing on Michigan Drive the entire time. Soon after movinghere my family was blessed to meet the Fletchers. Our kids grew uptogether and our friendship has matured.

Before our first year had elapsed we engaged Fletcher Homes andRemodeling to update our home. Steve transformed our lower level intoa more usable family oriented living space and updated the exterior. Yearslater, when we were finally able to proceed with a long awaited addition,we went directly to the Fletchers for the project. They assisted with de-signing an expansive master bedroom suite complete with a deck for ahot tub, a screened in porch below, and an expanded kitchen pantry andeating space, and fabulous front porch. All, of course, in accordancewith our budget and building codes of Terrace Park.

The end result for my family was a veritable oasis in which to dwell forthe remainder of our years here. But, we have not been the only benefi-ciary of Fletchers’ skill. All over Terrace Park one can find beautiful homesconstructed or remodeled by Fletcher Homes. Many began as run downcottages or places deemed inadequate for living by today’s standards. Irealize there is controversy with many building projects, but if you want tolive in small, plain, or even ugly property then buy one and have at it. If, onthe other hand, you want a finely crafted, absolutely beautiful home inwhich to dwell, then call the Fletchers and let them have at it.

In addition to their professional and family pursuits, the Fletcher familyhas been very active in our community and school district. They directly im-pacted school athletic and booster programs, the arts, and other charities.

Furthermore, every time I drive down Elm towards the intersectionwith Wooster, I am delighted to see the latest Fletcher home gracing ourfine neighborhood, with the trademark distinctive design, top quality crafts-manship, and lovely front “gate” with the now obligatory white fence.

In the simplest sense, people tend to be whiners or contributors.The Fletchers are clearly a part of the latter group. I thank Steve andDebbie for their enduring friendship, professional service, and on a largerscale, their innumerable contributions to our community.

Craig Sattergren110 Michigan

Dear Editor:The Martin Marietta proposal to mine limestone across the Little

Miami River from our community has sparked much debate with sur-rounding communities and our own Terrace Park residents. The issue iscomplex and not as black and white as it has been portrayed by conjec-ture. The concerns for our safety, our property value, and the overall wellbeing of our community are justified because of the large scale of thismining operation proposal. While there are certain state regulations thatMM has to comply with, many items of concern are within the bounds oftheir self-regulating “best practices”.

Because of this, the Anderson Board of Zoning Appeals has madetheir hearings public to keep all concerned involved in the process. Atthese hearings, Martin Marietta experts are cross-examined and ques-tions are fielded and hopefully resolved. As a concerned citizen withmany questions, I have attended three of the hearings and have tried tokeep our residents informed through our list service. The hearings areboth helpful and frustrating due to the fact that most of these experts arepaid by MM. Although they seem knowledgeable in their area of exper-tise, it is apparent that some of their opinions are biased and, therefore,paint the picture that this operation is incredibly safe with no adverseeffects to the surrounding communities.

While Martin Marietta does have measures in place to help controldust, noise, and vibration from deep mining and above-ground crushersand conveyor belts, these “best practices” will not be enough to protectour community from said nuisances, given that many state and local regu-lations only minimize these pollutants but don’t completely get rid of them.Furthermore, the issue of the exhaust from a proposed 500 truck trips aday can never be resolved, and our air quality will be compromised dueto our location from prevailing winds and the fact that these pollutantsget trapped on poor air quality days. Diesel exhaust is carcinogenic andis linked to asthma. Another concern that cannot be resolved is the lightpollution we face from MM’s hours of operation.

Since there is absolutely no benefit to our community, I continue tooppose this and encourage all of you to join me at the public hearings. Ialso encourage you to speak to your friends in Anderson since they arethe ones who vote for the Trustees who appoint the BZA. Anderson hasa tough decision ahead of them, one that they are not taking lightly.

Terrace Park’s involvement with this issue is critical to our community’sfuture well being. We should ask ourselves what we can do to make adifference. Our residents can go to www.saveourmiami.com to make adonation for the efforts of CABOOM (Citizens Against Blasting On OurMiami). Thanks are in order to those who have signed a petition or vol-unteered precious time, including our Village Council and Mayor JayGohman.

Our community’s greatest resource is each other, and I am proud tocall Terrace Park home.

Sincerely,Emily Parker and Family822 Lexington Avenue

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Village Calendar 2008

Please call Hester Sullivan @ 576-9959 or email [email protected] calendar information

NOVEMBER26-28 NO SCHOOL

27 THANKSGIVING DAY

29 Boys Lacrosse new player clinic (prior tothe alumni game), 1-2pm, Stanton Field 29 An-nual Mariemont High School Boys AlumniGame (following new player clinic)2pm, StantonField

DECEMBER2 Garden Club Holiday Luncheon, TerracePark Country Club, 12 noon. Bring a wreath ortabletop tree for donation to Interparish Ministries.Your efforts will be judged. Participation in this isoptional.

5 MHS Holiday Fair 5-8 gym and cafeteria

7 Luminaria Night The siren sounds at 6 p.m.to signal the lighting of the candles. Families thenconvene on the Village Green for all the festivi-ties. If the weather is poor, the siren will not soundpostponing the event one week. If you still needyour luminarias, please contact Jennifer Dronsfieldat 831-4391.

8 AARP Christmas Party, 12 noon. DennisDaum “Delta Kings Quartet” will be the SPECIALentertainment for Christmas. Please bring old

members and guests. All members will want to at-tend for this entertainment, and for all the good foodat the Christmas Party!8 TP Village Council, 7:30 p.m., CommunityBuilding

10 TP Instrumental Holiday Concert 7 p.m.

11 TP K – 4 Holiday Concert 7 p.m.

15 MHS Holiday Concert 7 p.m.

16 BOE Meeting MJHS 7 p.m. Public Welcometo hear Facilities Assessment Summary

19 Winter Break begins at the end of schoolday (back to school January 5)

21 Hanukkah Begins21 Winter Solstice21 Knox Music Series, Handel’s Messiah, KnoxPresbyterian Church, 3pm

24 Christmas Eve Family Service, Knox Pres-byterian Church, 5pm24 Christmas Eve Candlelight Service, KnoxPresbyeterian Church, 11pm

25 Christmas Day

26 Kwanzaa Begins

A Special Story Time with CliffordThe Big Red Dog, Wednesday, De-cember 10, 10:30 a.m. Join stafffrom the Children’s Museum for sto-ries and crafts about everyone’s fa-vorite Big Red Dog, Clifford.

Movers and Shakers, Wednes-days at 10:30 a.m. Ages 1 to 4years. Bring the little ones to sto-ries, songs and dance as they learnabout the library. No program De-cember 10, 24 or 31.

Pre-school Storytime is Wednes-days at 1:30 p.m. Join MissKatheryn for stories and crafts. Noprogram December 10, 24 or 31 orAges 3 to 5.

Library Babies is the first Fridayof the month at 10:30. This is agreat opportunity to introduce yourlittle ones to books, songs, andfingerplay. Ages birth to eighteenmonths.

NEW! Special Needs StorytimeSpecial needs children and theirparents can share a reading adven-ture. Thursday, December 11, 10:30a.m. Contact Ms. Katheryn for de-

What’s happening at theMariemont Library in De-cember tails and to register: 369-4467 or

[email protected].

Webkinz Club on the last Tuesdayof the month at 4 p.m. Meet newfriends and have a “Webkinz pet”playdate. Ages 8 to 12.

Tales to Tails: Read aloud to a cer-tified therapy dog. Saturday. De-cember 20, 10 a.m. Registrationsuggested.

Holiday Concert: Queen of An-gels Choir Join us as the childrenfrom Queen of Angels School geteveryone in the spirit with their holi-day vocal concert. Thursday, De-cember 18 at 3:30 p.m. All agesare welcome.

Holiday Closings: December 24,25 the branch is closed. Decem-ber 31, the branch will close at5 p.m. Closed New Year’s Day.

Happy Holidays from the staff atthe Mariemont Branch Library.The Mariemont Branch Library is lo-cated at 3810 Pocahontas Ave.,369-4467. The library is open Mon-day, Tuesday and Thursday, noonto 8 p.m. and Wednesday, Fridayand Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

JAMES R. BELLAttorney At Law

6700 Chestnut StreetMariemont, Ohio 45227

Estate AdministrationWills and Trusts

Family LawBusiness and Real Estate

271-6554

Baby-Sitter &Pet Sitter

Need your children,dog or cats cared for?

Call Isabel Lewis(TP 7th grader)@ 831-5917.

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Neighbor to Neighbor

On November 6, the followingsenior and junior students were in-ducted into the Mariemont HighSchool chapter of the NationalHonor Society (NHS).

Senior inductees are ZacharyArington, Sara Dean, AgathaHowland, Jillian Kelly, ElizabethKupferle, Nicholas Miller, JamesSayre, Emma Whitaker, Cole Wil-son and Dillon Wilson.

Juniors include ClaudiaCarrelli, Maria Carrelli, DanielCarrigan, Michael Carrigan,Maggie Deadrick, Charlotte Dietz,Piper Donnelly, Megan Fakes,Elliot Faulk, Christopher Finn,Riley Flynn, William Foran, CarlFreeman, Anne Gaburo, LauraGardner, Nicole Gauche’, BryanGeorgi l is, Reed Gerberick,Alexander Goheen, Allison Gor-don, Brian Henning, Megan Hol-land, Heather Hutchinson,Catherine Kauffmann, MichaelKeller, Jason Lonnemann, BridgetMahorney, Laura Mart in,McKenzie Miller, Shelby Miller,Henry Molski, Lauren Neal, KevinNerl, Elizabeth Peters, CaitlynReynolds, Virginia Rich, SydneyRiedl, Hannah Sexmith, KatrinaSlavik, Laura Smith, HannahSwords, Brennen Warner,Katherine Weber, AlexanderWood and Sanam Zahedi.

To be considered for NHSmembership, a student must havea cumulative grade point averageof 3.5 or higher. They must thenapply and be approved by a fac-

Mariemont High School studentsinducted into National Honor Society

ulty council. In addition to aca-demic achievement, leadership,service and character are the de-termining criteria.

The current members wel-comed new inductees with a lun-cheon the day before the Novem-ber 6th ceremony. The keynotespeaker at this year’s induction wasDr. Timothy E. Kremchek, ortho-paedic surgeon with Beacon Ortho-paedics and Sports Medicine,whose professional career includes

Officers of the Mariemont High School chapter of the National HonorSociety presided over the induction of new members on Nov. 6. Theyare Stuart Simons, secretary, Cecelia Ebelhar, treasurer, JackMcKeown, president, Carolyn Coates, vice president, and EvanRosson, historian.

Mole Day is celebrated annuallyon October 23 from 6:02 a.m. to 6:02p.m., Mole Day commemoratesAvogadro’s Number (6.02 x 10^23),which is a basic measuring unit inchemistry. Mole Day was created asa way to promote interest in chemis-try. Throughout the United States andaround the world, schools celebrateMole Day with various activities re-lated to chemistry and/or moles.

CCDS Upper School (grades

CCDS chemistry and pre-kstudents celebrate Mole Day

9-12) chemistry students invite pre -kindergarten students to participatein the annual Mole Day celebration.On October 21st, chemistry stu-dents gave a helping hand to pre-kstudents as they all made tiedyed t -shirts. The younger childrenare studying colors as part of theircurriculum, and the older studentsare preparing for their annual na-tional Mole Day celebration. The T-shirts are a yearly tradition.

Pre-K student Ellie Conner and junior Allison Lazarus.

serving as the Cincinnati RedsMedical Director and Chief Ortho-paedic Physician and as the Direc-tor of Sports Medicine for theTriHealth System of Good Samari-tan and Bethesda Hospitals

The Mariemont HS chapter ofNHS is involved in philanthropic ef-forts including a Hat and GloveDrive this year. They will sponsor ajunior high dance in the spring. Theirfaculty advisor at Mariemont HighSchool is Donna Neumann.

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Mariemont Schools Facility PlanningSchool tours:Dec. 4 TPE 6 p.m.Dec. 6 JH 6 p.m; HS 7 p.m.

Facilities Assessment Summary:at BOE meeting Dec. 16 MJHS 7 p.m.

Come hear findings from feedback and professionalassessments.

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Police reportSeventeen residents notified

police of theft of or from their per-sonal vehicles. Most incidents oc-curred on Amherst, Lexington andYale with one on Harvard and werebelieved to have been executed be-tween 3 a.m. and 7 a.m. on October16. Two vehicles were stolen; onewas later recovered within the vil-lage. Items stolen ranged from cellphones and iPods to a cashmeresweater, a purse, sports equipment,cash and binoculars. Windows werebroken in one vehicle and anothershowed damage from attemptedbreak-in of the glove box. The dashconsole of another vehicle had beenbroken out to steal a stereo. Theconsole was located in a nearbyyard. Yard tools were taken from tworesidences.

During their investigation policefound a pry bar and a chisel nearthe vehicle broken into. Newtownpolice assisted in trying to lift fingerprints to help in investigation ofthese incidents.

A suspicious person was seenlurking in front of a home. He wasrecognized as someone who hadshown up at the resident’s son’sbusiness. When the suspect real-

ized he had been seen he went toa neighbor’s home and asked for afamily member. The person whohad answered the door went tosummon the individual asked for.When she returned the suspect wasgone. Police put the homeowner incontact with an FBI agent to reportdetails of the incident.

Someone was sighted dumpingtrees at the landfill. He was identi-fied and ordered to remove the load.

A suspect was observed steal-ing gasoline from a resident’s ve-hicle. Through his plates he wasidentified as a person employed bythe resident’s son. No charges werepressed.

Juveniles with paint guns wereseen at the swim club.

Several political signs were re-ported stolen or switched. One resi-dent reported stolen Halloweendecorations.

Three coyote sightings wereregistered.

The log reported one fire runand two EMS runs.

Mutual Aid was provided toFairfax, Milford and Newtown.

Mutual Aid was received fromNewtown.

Thanks to a generous grantfrom the Scripps Foundation andthe creativity of TP Elementary artteachers, The Terrace Park Histori-cal Society is sponsoring a projectinvolving students at Terrace ParkElementary School.

Shelley Komrska, TPE artteacher, was initially inspired by themagnificent historic quilt by AminahRobinson, which is featured at theFreedom Center downtown. Herenthusiasm was shared by MelissaRupe, also an art teacher and MaryKay Kroeger, 4th grade languagearts teacher. So the project was or-ganized and now the 4th grade stu-dents are preparing a mural on thehistory of Terrace Park. .

The primary goal is to enrichthe students with a history of thevillage and encourage them to ex-plore the histories of their ownhouses, and the people, events, andplaces that helped shape the com-munity. This project involves thethree classes of fourth graders whoare working with their primary andart teachers as well as SusanAbernethy Frank and Steve Early,TPHS Board members.

On Oct. 7, the classes visitedthe Freedom Center where theywere educated on the multi-mediummural by artist Aminah Robinson.Later in the day the students tookan interactive tour of the village andsaw historic places first hand includ-ing historic homes, Miami Grove,Robinson Circus house andgrounds, Covalt Station plaque, St.Thomas church and the TPHS Ar-chives and much more…physically,long gone but still preserved byphotos and journals.

Each student then selected ahistoric person, place or event. Theywill create a map-like mural of thevillage telling the story of TP his-tory. The finished work of art willthen be presented to the pubic andon display in the elementary school.

Stay tuned for the work inprogress report in upcoming issues.

TPE art students plan mural of TPhistory

Steve Early, TPHS Board member, highlights historic places to 4th

grade students.

Verneida Britton, docent for Freedom Center, explains to TPE 4th

graders how Robinson’s quilt tells a story.

2nd ChanceBaby-sitter

Primary baby-sitter al-ready booked, out of townor on a date? Well thengive me a call, I’m alwaysaround! Call 8th graderRosie Ecker @248-1813.

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Many Terrace Park residentsdepended on the Terrace ParkBuilding and Loan Association tosee them through financially trou-bling times. Incorporated in 1892,a year before the village itself wasincorporated, the company grew asthe village grew and weathered eco-nomic storms.

The late 1920s and 1930s fi-nancial crisis challenged the com-pany and its local customers whowere borrowers and depositors wellknown to board members as friendsand neighbors. When the 1930 cen-sus was taken Terrace Park had apopulation of 713.

Meeting weekly the boardmonitored its own financial condi-tion as well as that of its custom-ers. Complete detailed recordswere kept including loan books inarrears showing number of weeksdelinquent – one, two, ten and more.The bank’s balance for a week

Terrace Park Historical SocietyTracking our past and present for the futureBy Carol C. Cole

This month I’m going to let Esther Power speak for us again. She’s been researching in some of the TerracePark Building and Loan materials we have in the archives and has discovered some interesting materialconcerning some earlier very troubling financial problems.

Role of Terrace Park Building and Loan in the DepressionBy Esther H. M. Power

rarely exceeded $2,500 and oncewas as low as four cents.

When money supply dropped,the company would withhold ap-proval of a loan or vote not to con-sider or accept additional loans.Another option for the company wasto borrow from Central Trust Bank,which the board had appointed asits depository bank. The associa-tion was proud of its record that itnever refused a request for a with-drawal during the crisis.

Each decision made was votedon by the whole board. Faced witha customer who continued to fall be-hind, the board often set a deadlineand if that were not met the prop-erty could be foreclosed. Before thatstep was taken, the customer wouldbe asked to come before the boardto discuss their current situation.Usually it was a matter of no workand little or no income.

Borrowers put their case beforethe board. Some requested theprivilege of paying only the interestor paying only the interest duringwinter months. One resident of-fered to turn over a few shares of aneighboring bank stock as securityfor a loan.

The most usual security to get

a loan was for the borrower to putup one or more subdivision lots.Much of this land was still available.In one instance of board creativity,it granted an additional loan so theborrower could purchase 6 lots, andthen those lots were used as extrasecurity on the loan.

The company also grantedloans on future prospects of theborrower. In one case a person whorented his house to others promisedto turn over the rent check to theassociation. In another situation theloan company approved a loanbased on an anticipated inheritanceearmarked for the loan applicant.

For a brief period the companyclosed following receipt of a collecttelegram from the state superinten-dent of building and loan associa-tions notifying the company thatbuilding and loans were included inPresident Roosevelt’s declaration ofa bank holiday. Building and loanassociations were not full servicefederal banks and operated underdifferent rules.

Unsettled economic timeshave returned in 2008, but there isno longer a local building and loanassociation in Terrace Park run bylocal residents to offer help.

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Cincinnati Children’s Hospital &Medical Center turns no person awayfrom service, regardless of their abil-ity (or inability) to pay the hospitalbill. Last year alone, CCHMC pro-vided more than $133 million of un-compensated care and financial as-sistance for families in need. Thehospital depends heavily on privatephilanthropy and fundraising throughauxiliary groups, such as Kindervelt,to continue to serve all who enterthrough the front doors.

Kindervelt #76 is the TerracePark chapter of the Kindervelt (Ger-man for “children’s world”)fundraising organization. We con-tinually rank in the top five in GreaterCincinnati for our annual financial

Did you know...Meghan MillsKV #76 President contribution to CCHMC, as well as

in our membership list. The sup-port we receive from residents andbusinesses tied to the Village ofTerrace Park is the reason why weare able to sustain such a high levelof contribution every year. Wetruly appreciate the continued sup-port of the events we organize:Luminaria, Dessert Auction, EasterEgg Hunt, Ladies Day, Cookbook,and our main annual fundraiser—which this year will be the Party OnIce, on February 28th, at the Indian

Hill Winter Club. For this event, wealready have a full shuttle servicegenerously sponsored by DrackettHarth. Additionally, former TerracePark resident, R.J. Vilardo, has do-nated his services as a live auction-eer! A huge thank you goes out tothese folks for their contributions!

CCHMC is a place nearly ev-eryone of us has either visited orknown someone who was beingcared for there. The members ofKindervelt #76 are truly grateful tothe residents and businesses ofTerrace Park for their continuedsupport of our fundraising efforts!!

Thank you!!

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Terrace Park Sports

A special thanks to the indi-viduals that stepped up this yearand took the new SAY RefereeTraining program to referee soccergames this spring and fall. Thededication and interest in the gamewere evident in the quality refereeswe put on the field. Terrace Parkprovided referees for ALL homegames at Drackett Field. Someeven survived the hurricane windsand power outage, and they alwaysmade the right call!

2008 SAY Referees: AlecAhrens, Andy Wittry, Brendan Woo-druff, Charlie Krafft, ChristianLehman, Collin Barton, ConnorMcManus, Conor Coyan, DavidMcCormack, Dave Walter, GaryCoyan , Hanna Reeder, JohnnyWirthlin, Jonathan Saxton, MaraCoyan, Nick Walter, Rachel Nelsonand Wil Dietz.

Soccer referees – They made the call!2008 Instructional Referees:

Parker Sullivan, Will Krafft, ConnorBortz, Connor Barton, Mac Nelson,Madison Lemay, Jennifer Saxton,Haley Jacobs, Grayson Snyder andJuliana Overbey.

For the third straight year, theMariemont Girls Varsity CrossCountry team has won the South-west Ohio District, Division III cham-pionship. Varsity team runners are(back row) Charlotte Dietz, KatieWeber, McKenzie Miller, GinnaRich, Stacy Purcell, Shelby Miller

Mariemont XC Girls3-Peat District Champs

The 2008 Mariemont Warriors Var-sity Girls Soccer team capturedtheir first District Championshipsince 1996. Team members are:back row, left to right: Ceanna Zulla,Sanam Zahedi, Amy Sattergren,Adele Bruggeman, Andie Jackson,Elizabeth McCracken,Head CoachMike Haney, Timia Ingram,

Mariemont Girls Soccerwins District Champion-ship

Soccer refereeing is a greatway to learn the rules of the gameand it promotes decision makingand self-confidence. TerracePark Referees were the best inthe league!

Mackenzie Saffin, Emily Moreton,Morgan Beck,Coach Bob Muro,Claudia Carrelli, Coach MikeHanley and Lauren Finucane; frontrow, left to right: Kaila Roberts, Sa-rah Dillman, Amy Zepf, CeceEbelhar, Aggie Howland, EmilyMehl, Stephanie Jones and KelseyHogan.

and Kiley Flynn. The team was sup-ported in style by fellow Mariemontrunners/super fans Lauren Neal,Catherine Kauffmann and MeganFakes.

Both the girls and boysMariemont cross country teams arecoached by Jeff Timmers.Please contact

Lon Stirsman if you have anidea for a sports related article.Email: [email protected]

Want to see the action butmissed the meeting? Cable4 broadcasts the most recentTerrace Park Village Councilmeet ings throughout themonth at the following times:Monday at 5:30 p.m., Thurs-day at 10:30 p.m., and Sat-urday at 8:30 p.m.

Council meetingbroadcast schedule

Standing, left to right: Head Coach Joe Mehl, Coach Eric Vanags, Alex Goheen, Riley York, Quinn Budig,Brian Henning, Jason Lonnemann, Ryan Petronio, Tyler Kenyon, Lee Rogers, Cole Miller, Riley Flickner,Alex Arkeilpane, Taylor Henderson, Josh Colaw, Elliot Faulk, Johnny Wirthlin, Reed Gerberick, CoachJeff Jackson, David Finn, Coach Jeff Hinebaugh Kneeling: Scott Herkamp, James Sayre, Zac Uchtman,Evan Rosson, Max Budig, Chris Finn, Paulo Bezerra, Mitch White, Andrew FieldsNot pictured: Coach Jorge Bezerra

Mariemont Boys Soccer: District andRegional Champs

The Mariemont Varsity Boys Soccer team enjoyed an outstanding 2008 season. The Warriors were Districtand Regional Division III Champs, advancing to the State Semi-Finals.