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

Two examples stand out,Witsken said: the April 1974tornado that leveled portionsof the West Side, and remnantsof Hurricane Ike in 2008 thatswept through the region,knocking down trees and pow-er lines. Those events testedthe emergency resources oflocal communities, and are keyreasons why the Green Town-ship Department of Fire &EMS has been working for thepast two years on plans for acommunity Emergency Opera-tions Center, or EOC.

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

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

“Those are potential sourcesof significant emergencies,” hesaid. “It’s difficult to anticipateevery possible disaster scenar-io.”

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

The department recently

conducted an exercise to fullyset up the center and equip-ment at the Nathanael GreeneLodge, one of two townshipfacilities that can be quicklyconverted into an EOC. Thedepartment’s cache of equip-ment can also be set up at theGreen Township Senior Citi-zens Center.

“The results were verysatisfactory,” Witsken said ofthe set-up exercise. “Somethings were fine-tuned. We arenow writing documentationthat will be the guide for any-one setting up the EOC for anyfuture emergency.”

Green Township TrusteeChairman Tony Rosiello touredthe Nathanael Greene Lodgefacility and said he was im-pressed with the center andthe capabilities it gives thetownship for responding to andmanaging major emergencies.

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

Spurred by 9/11Green Township Fire Lt.

Michael Nie said EmergencyOperation Centers are a keycomponent of the NationalIncident Management System(NIMS), a command systemrequired of all governmentalentities.

He said NIMS was estab-lished as part of a federal di-rective issued by PresidentGeorge W. Bush following theterrorist attacks of Sept. 11.Federal funding covered thecost of training all townshipemployees in the NIMS pro-gram, with police officers andfirefighters receiving moreintensive training than non-emergency employees.

Some communities have a

Green Township poised to handle big emergencies

THANKS TO DOUGLAS WITSKEN

Green Township’s Emergency Operations Center has all the equipment andsupplies needed for overseeing the response and recovery efforts in theevent of a major disaster or emergency. The center, set up here atNathanael Greene Lodge, could also be set up at the township’s seniorcitizens center.

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Local municipalities —along with their statecounterparts — havehad to do more with

less in recent years amidchanges in the way the statetreasury allocates funding.

Changes began to happenas Ohio Gov. John Kasichcame into office with a pledgeto eliminate the $8 billion statebudget deficit. The admini-stration began decreasing thelocal government fund, andthat was on top of losses themunicipalities were alreadyexperiencing, as the tangiblepersonal property tax, whichalso was a significant sourceof revenue for local govern-ments, was being phased out.

The most drastic actionstaken by local governmentshave included employeelayoffs and less frequentmaintenance in public spaces,but some municipalities haveconsolidated services to maketheir dollars stretch.

Hamilton County AuditorDusty Rhodes has pointed outthat Hamilton County commu-nities received $53 millionfrom the Local GovernmentFund in 2010, and that wasreduced to $26.6 million in2013. An even bigger blow tothe county and its local com-munities was the reduction intangible personal property taxreimbursements from $4.9million in 2010 to $493,571 lastyear, he said.

Add to that the losses fromthe estate tax, which ended

Jan. 1, 2013. Estate taxes weresplit 80 percent by the commu-nities in which a person diedand 20 percent by the state. InHamilton County, estate taxestotaled $57.5 million in fiscal2012; now, they’re zero.

All of this has led localgovernments to cut servicesand jobs, or to boost revenueby raising taxes. Ohio’s localgovernments cut 25,000 posi-tions from January 2011 toJune of this year, the Associat-

ed Press reported.The money used to flow

from the state; now it trickles.Rhodes sent Hamilton Coun-ty’s twelve townships$121,656.52 in new money. Thiswas a one-time state paymentresulting from legislationpassed during the Ohio Gener-al Assembly’s lame duck ses-sion at the end of last year.

Senate Bill 243 provided

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Green Township Police Cpl. Jeff Sabers helps resident Andrew Vickery with a lock-out while on patrol in thetownship. Green Township hasn’t had to make drastic cuts to account for reductions in state funding, but thetownship did ask residents to pay more in property taxes. The township passed a safety services levy last fall tohelp deal with recent state funding cuts.

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Here’s how some other local municipalities’ budgets have beenaffected by state funding cuts:

» Delhi Township’s general fund budget for 2015 reflects more than$1.5 million in state funding cuts. The biggest hits come from theelimination of the estate tax and the reduction in the local govern-ment fund. From 2010 to 2013, Delhi received an average of $1.3million annually from the estate tax; that figure is zero for 2015.

Township Administrator Pete Landrum said the township’s localgovernment fund support has been sliced in half. The township re-ceived roughly $468,000 in local government fund revenue in 2010.This year the township will get about $234,000.

» Wyoming has lost more than $1.3 million annually from its bud-get.

“In an effort to minimize the impact of lost revenue, city officialshave been diligent and aggressive in reducing costs of city operationswhile maintaining existing service levels,” a letter to Wyoming resi-dents said late last year said. “By increasing operational efficiencies,the city has been able to delay the impact of lost revenue by leverag-ing ‘carried over’ funds to balance the budget for the past severalyears.”

» Mount Healthy has been losing state funds steadily and City Man-ager Bill Kocher says it’s been happening since 2008. The city’s share ofstate funds has dropped about 20 percent, the biggest hits coming inthe loss of inheritance tax money and local government funds. Thecity’s voters passed a 0.5 percent increase in the city’s income tax tostabilize funding for its police department in November. The tax hikeraised about $450,000 annually. Kocher said an increase in moneydedicated to the police department freed up some other general fundmoney to help with issues in the fire department and on city streets.

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Church hostsrummage sale

Shiloh United Method-ist Church is hosting arummage sale.

Hours are 7 p.m. to 9p.m. Wednesday, April 15,and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thurs-day, April 16. Wednesdayincludes a $7 bag sale.

The church is at 5261Foley Road, at AndersonFerry Road.

Chabot to speak ateconomic council

The Western EconomicCouncil’s next businessleaders meeting is Friday,April 17, at Receptionsevent center, 3302 West-bourne Drive.

U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot(R-1st District) will be theguest speaker at the meet-ing. Chabot, who is chair-man of the small businesscommittee, will give acongressional update anddiscuss his plans for the

small business commit-tee.

Coffee and socializingbegins at 7:30 a.m., with abuffet breakfast at 8 a.m.The presentation, whichincludes a question andanswer session, will startaround 8:30 a.m.

Cost is $15 for econom-ic council members and$20 for non-members.

Spring Flingsupports ArtsCenter at Dunham

The Arts Center atDunham, 1945 DunhamWay, is hosting its fourthannual Spring Fling fund-raiser from 7 p.m. to 11p.m. Saturday, April 18.

The event will featurethe classic rock bandTROG, karaoke, a silentauction and basket raffle.Proceeds benefit ArtsCenter renovation.

Guests can enjoy com-plimentary soft drinks,chips and pretzels. A cashbar featuring craft beerfrom Listermann Brew-ing Co. and Triple DigitBrewing Co., and a winebar, with food, will beavailable for purchase.

Tickets are $15 each, ortwo for $25. Tickets areavailable atwww.sunsetplayers.orgor at the door.

For more information,or to make a donation, callCheryl Henkel at 348-5546.

Hobby group talksauto racing

The Pioneer Antique &Hobby Association willmeet at 7:30 p.m. Wednes-day, April 15, at the Na-thanael Greene Lodge,6394 Wesselman Road.

The April program is“Take The Wheel of aRace Car,” presented byJohn Gedlacek, who en-joyed 15 years of racing asa hobby.

Guests are welcome.Call 451-4822 for more in-formation.

Earth Day cleanupin Green Twp.

Green Township is ob-serving Earth Day by or-ganizing a communitycleanup day.

The event runs from 9a.m. to noon Saturday,April 25, in neighbor-hoods throughout thetownship.

Volunteers and teamleaders are needed to as-sist with the effort. Workwill include picking up lit-ter, planting flower bulbsand spreading mulch onpark trails where needed.

Neighborhoods in-clude Bridgetown, Cov-edale, Dent, Mack, Mon-fort Heights and WhiteOak.

Those who want to helpare asked to call the town-ship at 574-4848 or volun-teer coordinator Sally Ro-siello at 922-0221. Volun-teers will be assigned to

areas where their talentsare needed.

Residents ages 16 andolder are welcome. Bringa pair of garden or workgloves.

Westwood FirstConcert Serieswraps 33rd season

The final concert in the33rd season of the West-wood First Concert Seriestakes place Sunday, April26, at Westwood FirstPresbyterian Church,3011 Harrison Ave.

This season’s themehas been “Dimensions inthe World of Sound,” andthe final concert repre-sents opera. WestwoodFirst’s chancel choir andsoloists will perform theirfavorite opera chorusesand arias.

The concert begins at 3p.m. Admission is free;donations are welcome.

Call 661-6846 or visitwww.wfpc.org for infor-mation.

Woman’s Cluboffering $2,000scholarship

The Three RiversWoman’s Club again is of-fering a $2,000 scholar-ship to a deserving femalehigh school student to pur-sue a college education.

The recipient must be aresident of Miami Town-ship, Hamilton County.

Applications are nowavailable and must be sub-mitted by April 15.

For more information,or to request an applica-tion, contact Candice Fernat 922-1968.

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amount, just over $18,300,with Colerain and Greenreceiving just over$17,000 each. SpringfieldTownship received justunder $15,000 and Delhireceived a little morethan $10,400. The sevenother townships receivedless than $10,000 each.

Rhodes said that since2010, Hamilton Countytownships share of theLocal Government Fundhas been cut by$2,340,480.94 annually.The amount of the newallocation makes up about5 percent of that totalloss.

“Any new money iswelcome,” he said, “butthis really is just a dropin the bucket compared tothe cuts local govern-ments have seen.”

Green Township Ad-ministrator Kevin Cela-rek said his township haslost approximately $3.5million in state fundingthe past two years. Thebiggest cuts took effecttwo years ago when theestate tax was eliminated.

Since 2011, the town-ship has lost about$350,000 each year fromthe tangible personalproperty tax reductionand about $150,000 eachyear in utilities tax re-

$10 million for more than1,300 townships acrossOhio. Half of the $10 mil-lion allocation was divid-ed equally among everytownship. The remainingmoney was distributedbased on the amount ofroad miles within eachtownship as determinedby the Ohio Departmentof Taxation.

According to Rhodes,Anderson Township re-ceived the largest

ceipts.Cuts to the local gov-

ernment fund have re-sulted in the townshipreceiving roughly$550,000 less each yearsince 2011, and the town-ship loses an average of$2.5 million each year dueto the elimination of theestate tax, Celarek said.

To make up for the lostrevenue, the townshipfroze employee salariesfor several years, re-duced operating budgetsfor each department andno longer funds the Inde-pendence Day fireworksand concert. The Fourthof July celebration is nowfunded through privatedonations.

The township has alsoestablished four JointEconomic DevelopmentDistricts in recent yearsto generate revenuestream through collectingincome tax from employ-ees at the new hospitaland medical develop-ments. Green Townshipalso passed a continuoussafety services levy inNovember 2014, whichbrings in about $3.16million each year to sup-port police and fire ser-vices.

Neighboring ColerainTownship has lost almost

$2.6 million from its bud-get. Trustees projectedthe loss and have beenaligning the budget tomake up for the decreasein revenues since theysaw a looming potentialdeficit.

Since 2011, the town-ship canceled its contractwith the Hamilton CountySheriff’s Office, eliminat-ed the Public Works Di-rector position, the Col-erain Township Seniorand Community Centerdirector position, andeliminated its Fourth ofJuly Fireworks Spectac-ular and a popular freeday camp program atColerain Park.

To align expenses withprojected income, thetownship has experiencedlayoffs, cut park pro-grams, introduced orraised fees to help pay forservices, shifted somezoning enforcement re-sponsibilities from zoningto police and fire person-nel, and started privateand government part-nerships and shared ser-vices to share the cost ofproviding services to thetownship.

Springfield Townshipalso asked voters for aJEDZ as a way to offsetsome of the loss of stateincome. Voters approvedthe plan last May, and thetownship is now receivingsome funds to help offsetthe loss of state localgovernment funds andother income from thestate. But officials therecautioned that the JEDZincome does not fullyreplace the lost money,and the township has tocontinue looking for waysto continue to provideservices without raisingproperty taxes.

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

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dedicated EOC used fornothing else, but Niesaid that can be veryexpensive to maintain,especially given the factthey see infrequent use.He said Green Townshipelected to develop plansto convert existingtownship buildings intoan EOC if necessary.

He said the EOCfeatures all the neededequipment and capa-bilities to allow a com-mand staff to performfunctions to recoverfrom a disaster or emer-gency of greater magni-tude than can be han-dled on a routine basis.

“All EOCs have thesame basic layout andsections, although notall capabilities will beactivated for everyemergency,” he said. “It

is a modular system thatcan be customizedbased on need for anyparticular situation.”

Next stepsWitsken said the fire

department is review-ing how the first EOCset-up exercise at Na-thanael Greene Lodgewent to determine if andwhere improvementscan be made.

The department isplanning to conduct asecond set-up exercisesometime this fall at thetownship’s senior citi-zens center, he said.Township staff will alsoreceive additional EOCtraining, and he said thetownship is working toupdate its emergencyoperations plan.

“Green Township iscommitted to makingsure our community isprepared for any emer-gency situation,” Wit-sken said.

THANKS TO DOUGLAS WITSKEN

The Green Township Department of Fire & EMS has beenworking on plans to establish an Emergency OperationsCenter at Nathanael Greene Lodge in the event of a majordisaster or emergency. The center, seen here during arecent set-up exercise, would serve as the command formanaging operations, logistics and planning for mitigatinga major emergency and leading recovery efforts.

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WESTERN HILLSPRESSEditor: Richard Maloney, [email protected], 248-7134

Dean’s Lists» Centre College - Mariele Fluegeman,Josh Rieskamp.

» Otterbein University - Jami AnnAufderbeck.

» Saint Francis (PA) - Rebecca Meyer.» Shawnee State University - AlyssaHussong, Edward Runkel.

» University of Findlay - Rachel Howell.

Graduates» Miami University - Briana Lee Blan-chard, Jackie Rachelle Bray, HannahKathryn Burns, Margaret Mary Hall.

» University of Findlay - Joseph Dear-wester.

» University of Iowa - Kevin Bohache.

On campus» Baldwin Wallace University - LucasClark has landed a spot in the BaldwinWallace University and Beck Center forthe Arts collaborative production of“Dogfight,” based on the novel byPeter Duchan and the 1991 WarnerBrothers film.

» Miami University - Stephanie Hug, agraduate student in the Global FieldProgram from Miami University’s

Project Dragonfly, has been awarded aCommunity Engagement badge fromthe university for making a differencein human and ecological communities.

As part of the GFP, students like Hugapply the tools of conservation scienceand advance the tenets central to themaster’s degree: inquiry, communityand voice.

Through her Conservation Science &Community course project titled“Where Does Bike Infrastructure Go? ACommunity Bike Lane Opinions Map-ping Project in Cincinnati, Ohio,” Hugcreated a map to show where the roadis favored to be used for bike travel.Hug is a nuclear medicine technologistat University of Cincinnati MedicalCenter.

As part of her master’s program course-work, Hug studied desert and marineecosystems on the Baja peninsula.Study sites include 13 countriesthroughout Africa, Asia, Australia andthe Americas.

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PRICE HILL — Elder HighSchool junior Duncan Kelleysaid every year he and hisfriends look forward to per-forming on the stage.

“We are all really passionateabout musicals,” he said.

Kelley and fellow studentsinvolved in the Seton-Elder Per-forming Arts Series will dis-play their passions when theypresent the comedic musical“Thoroughly Modern Millie.”

Students take to the stage at7 p.m. April 15, 17 and 18, and at3 p.m. April 19, in the Seton Per-formance Hall, 3901 GlenwayAve.

“This show is amazing,” Se-ton High School senior KalieKaimann said. “It’s a blast andit’s fun to watch.”

Elder junior Anthony Ciarlasaid the musical follows the sto-ry of a young girl from Kansas,Millie Dillmount, who moves toNew York City during the1920s. Millie trades her countrylifestyle for modern sensibil-ities and sets her sights on mar-rying her wealthy boss for hismoney.

“She has high hopes,” hesaid.

Elder senior Nicholas Gibbsadded, “Her plans get messedup though when she meets hertrue love.”

Kaimann, who stars as Mil-lie, said her character is con-flicted.

“Do I choose love, or do Ichoose financial stability,” shesaid.

There are about 60 Seton andElder students in the cast andcrew, and Kelley said theystarted preparing for the pro-duction in early January. Theyhave been rehearsing everyday after school and sometimesin the evening with members of

the Cincinnati Metropolitan Or-chestra, who perform theshow’s music.

Seton senior Caroline Kloppsaid audiences will enjoy thedance numbers, comedy andthe big band sounds of the Roar-ing Twenties.

“All the music is great,” shesaid.

She and Ciarla said the stu-dents in the show have formedclose friendships and thosebonds should translate to

strong performances.“We all love the atmosphere

of the theater and the friendswe make,” Klopp said.

Ciarla said, “It makes it allthe better.”

Tickets are $12 each for theApril 17, 18 and 19 perfor-mances. Tickets for the April 15show are $9 each. To buytickets, call Seton at 471-2600 orvisit www.setoncincinnati.orgor www.elderhs.org.

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Seton and Elder high school students involved in the Seton-Elder Performing Arts Series have been preparingfor their upcoming production of the comedic musical “Thoroughly Modern Millie.”

Seton, Elder studentspresent ‘ThoroughlyModern Millie’

Seton High School senior Caroline Klopp, Elder High School juniorAnthony Ciarla and Seton senior Kalie Kaimann rehearse a scene from“Thoroughly Modern Millie.” Seton and Elder students perform themusical on April 15, 17, 18 and 19.

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GREEN TWP. — Oak Hills HighSchool’s drama club is perform-ing the epic tale of brokendreams, passion and redemp-tion.

Theater students have beenrehearsing since mid-Februaryfor“Les Misérables.” Studentswill take the stage for four per-formances, April 16-19, in theschool’s Ione Holt Auditorium,3200 Ebenezer Road.

“I think audiences will enjoythe incredible acting and sing-ing,” senior Brian Cybulski,who plays police inspector Jav-ert, said. “This is going to be anamazing production.”

Senior Johnny Dennis, whoportrays revolutionary JeanProuvaire, said there are about70 students in the cast, 30 in thestage crew and 20 student mu-sicians in the orchestra pit.

He and his classmates havebeen staying after school andrehearsing on Saturdays to per-fect their roles and capture thespirit of the grand, well-knownmusical, he said.

“Everyone wants to make it agreat show,” Dennis said. “It’sinfectious.”

“Les Misérables” has wonmore than 100 internationalawards and has been seen bymore than 65 million peopleworldwide. Oak Hills studentsare presenting an edition of theshow adapted for high schoolperformers, but it still featuresthe memorable score and castof characters.

Oak Hills music teacher Ma-ria Palassis said she’s enjoyedworking with this group of stu-dents to prepare for the springmusical.

“It has been amazing,” shesaid. “They are so talented andeasy to direct. It’s been a thrill,and they are going to put ongreat performances.”

Senior Ella Rivera, whoplays the principle female roleof Fantine and will study musi-cal theater at Kent State Univer-sity this fall, said she has a feel-ing audiences will be impressedwith the production.

“I think it will be reallytouching and refreshing forpeople to see such a young castpull off such mature material,”she said. “This show has reallyhelped to grow the theater de-partment even bigger and bet-ter.”

Palassis said the April 17 per-formance is a special 10th anni-versary event. Oak Hills alumniwho performed in the school’sproduction of “Les Misérables”10 years ago are reuniting tosing alongside today’s students.

Shows begin at 7 p.m. April16, 17 and 18. The April 19 showstarts at 4 p.m.

Tickets are $10 each, andtickets for the April 17 anniver-sary show are $15 each. Call theschool at 922-2300 to reservetickets.

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Oak Hills High School seniors BrianCybulski, left, and Corey Watzekrehearse a scene from “LesMisérables.” Students in theschool’s drama club will performthe award-winning musical April16-19.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Laugh Out Lounge Open Mic

Comedy, 8-10 p.m., The PublicHouse, 3807 North Bend Road,Free. 481-6300; www.publichou-secheviot.com. Cheviot.

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

Music - StudentPerformances

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

On Stage - StudentTheater

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

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

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

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

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

Art ExhibitsWe Were All Chiefs: CurrentWorks from Elder HighSchool Alumni, 3-5 p.m., FlatsGallery, 3028 Price Ave., Artworkfrom 16 Elder High SchoolAlumni: Tom Berninger, JimBono, Jim Borgman, JordanDaugherty, Jim Doerflein, ChrisFelix, Tim Gold, Rick Gray, TomHaney, Woodrow Hinton III,

Chris Hoeting, Michael Hurst,Tim McMichael, Jacob Meyer,Louis Stavale, and Joseph Win-terhalter. Free. Presented byMount St. Joseph University.244-4223; www.msj.edu. EastPrice Hill.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Music - FolkRainon D'etre: Reason ForBeing, 7:30-9:30 p.m., College

Hill Coffee Company and CasualGourmet, 6128 Hamilton Ave.,Three women sing originals andcovers. Free. 542-2739; www.col-legehillcoffeeco.com. CollegeHill.

Music - StudentPerformances

Oak Hills High School DramaClub: Les Misérables SchoolEdition, 7-9 p.m. This is 10 yearalumni anniversary event mu-sical concert. Cost is $15 perticket., Oak Hills High School,$10 except on day noted. Reser-vations recommended. 922-2300. Green Township.

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

On Stage - StudentTheater

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

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

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

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

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

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

iors. Through May 29. 941-0102.Sayler Park.

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

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

AuctionsCharity Auction: An Affair toRemember in Hawaii, 5 p.m.,Laurel Court, 5870 BelmontAve., Cocktails, dinner, silent andlive auction, entertainment,beverages, split-the-pot, raffles.Benefits McAuley High Schoolscholarships. $180 couple, $90

single. Reservations required.Presented by McAuley HighSchool Alumnae Association.681-1800 ext. 1117; www.mcau-leyhs.net/mcauction. CollegeHill.

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

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

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

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

garage. No more homemadewine making for me!

Cooking with wine

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

flavors out the way the alcoholin wine does.

Dry or sweet?I like dry wines because I

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

Add wine firstIf you are deglazing add

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

is key to prevent curdling if youare adding dairy products.

Balancing act: pairingwines with food

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

Wine terms:Dry. Wine that’s not sweet

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

flavorful and assertive.

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

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

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

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

Rita’s guide to cooking with wine

Rita HeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN

Wine and herb marinated chicken

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

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

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

Yogurt sauce

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

THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD

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

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April 8 questionA proposal to raise the speed

limit along the Ohio Turnpike andrural freeways to 75 mph was re-cently turned down by the statelegislature. Would you supportsuch a change if it comes upagain? Why or why not?

A proposal to raise the speedlimit along the Ohio Turnpikeand rural freeways to 75 mphwas recently turned down bythe state legislature. Would yousupport such a change if itcomes up again? Why or whynot?

“I would support it, but rec-ognize the drawbacks. While inGermany, enjoying the Auto-bahn at speeds well in excess of100mph many times, I felt like Iwas back in my college days inMontana, where there were nospeed limits. All of that re-quired more common senseand training than what appearsto be the case in our “DrivingEducation” of today. It also re-quires excellent roads withoutpotholes and unclear mark-ings. The night time speed limitof 55mph in the Open Rangefarm country was there to pro-tect the cattle that wanderedout on the road.

“ I do know that there werespecial licenses required of theGermans to use the Autobahn,and ‘little’ cars in the 1960sweighed over 3,000 pounds. Iuse I-75 between Cincinnatiand Dayton frequently, and see75-80 as more and more thenorm. Unfortunately, that isthe speed frequently used byPrius, Aveo, Fit and Focus driv-

ers who wish to assure all of us4,000-plus drivers that theyhave ‘The Right Stuff.’ It is alsothe speed frequently used bythose who bought a model vehi-cle without turn signals or, oc-casionally, one with 18 wheels.The results are not pretty.

“Close on the heels of highspeed limits may come strictermechanical inspections asfound in Germany, also. Thisisn’t bad, but as many folksfrom Pennsylvania can tellyou, there were many inspec-tors who found that a lucrativebusiness each year.”

D.B.

“The current 70 mph speedlimit on the Ohio Turnpike andrural Ohio interstates seems tobe working just fine. It wasraised a few years ago. I do notsee any reason to raise it. How-ever I would like to encouragethe Interstate radar traps getset up on rainy days instead ofon the more typical dry daysand holidays. Those rainy daysare when 70 mph really needsto be enforced. Go figure!”

T.D.T.

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It’s a good thing wedon’t live in amonarchy.

U.S. Rep. SteveChabot is the newchairman of the HouseSmall Business Com-mittee.

Last week Chabotwrote a column aboutwhat he’d do if he werean American king in-stead of a Congress-man to increase job growthamong small businesses.

I guess I’ve finally becomecynical about Republicans andtheir economic policies – hav-ing once been a Republicanmyself.

The problem is with me. My

painting business hasstruggled for so longthat I no longer identi-fy with the rich.

I used to like it whenRepublicans would dothe doublespeak thing.You know, wherethey’d come up with anidea that I knew wouldhelp the rich at theexpense of people whowere not rich and then

they would justify it with somefar-fetched reason that did notrelate at all to what they wereup to.

Knowing the lingo, maybeit’s time I started calling themon it.

In his column, Chabot said

that if he were king he wouldhave a “flat tax” on businessincomes.

Chabot did not elaborate onwhat a flat tax is. A flat taxmeans that all businesses willpay the exact same percent oftax on their incomes regard-less of how much money theyearn.

Businesses are currentlytaxed in a manner similar tohow individuals are taxed,where as a payer’s income goesup, they move into higher andhigher income tax brackets.

Chabot’s sole justificationfor going to a flat tax is be-cause he claims the currentsystem is “too complicated.”

Even if there were some

compelling need for us to sim-plify our tax code, Chabot of-fers no hint as to why he thinksthis change would specificallyhelp small businesses morethan it would help big ones orcreate more jobs.

So who would gain if wewent to a flat tax? Rich busi-nesses, of course.

The current tax system wasdesigned to put a heavier bur-den on those payers who arebetter able to pay.

That’s the purpose of the taxbrackets.

Last April I wrote a columnin the Community Press whereI came up with a novel ideathat I thought really wouldspecifically help small busi-

nesses (and the taxpayers) atthe expense of big businesses.

I suggested a ConstitutionalAmendment to prohibit tax-payer-funded incentives at thestate and local level.

My amendment would haverequired the states to treatbusinesses the same way theymust currently treat churches.

The amendment simplyread, “The states shall make nolaw respecting an establish-ment of business.”

Only big, wealthy business-es ever qualify for incentivesanyway.

Chabot ignored it.

James Delp is a house painter wholives in Colerain Township.

Chabot and GOP don’t help small business

James DelpCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

Spring sports arestarting! Baseball,soccer, track…eve-ryone is outside againand having fun inwarmer weather. Assports get going in thespring, I always seean increase in injuriesand pain.

As director ofsports medicine atCincinnati Children’s,I see many young athletes inclinic who have new backpain related to their sport.Up to 30 percent of athleteswill have back pain at somepoint while playing sports. Itis one of the most commonthings we see in sportsmedicine clinics and on thesideline.

Most back pain is notserious and goes away withlittle treatment. Gentlystretching and strength-ening the lower back andabdominal muscles, as wellas avoiding activities thatare really painful for theback is usually all it takes.

But, when the pain is se-vere, limits what the athletecan do, or persists for morethan a few weeks, a doctorwith specialized training inback injuries should evalu-ate the athlete to determinethe cause of the pain andtreat it accordingly.

Lower back painThe lower back, or lum-

bar spine, is the most com-mon area of back pain in

athletes. Pain usu-ally occurs frombone, muscle or discproblems. The mostcommon cause oflower back pain inyoung athletes is astress fracture-abone injury. Thesecond most com-mon cause is a mus-cle strain of thelower back.

» The lower back is amain power generator inmany sports and can beoverstressed if strength,coordination, or overuse is aproblem, resulting in thegradual onset of back pain.

» Injuries to the lowerback in a sports practice orevent occur with trauma,either by a fall or too muchforce placed on the lowback. This results in thesudden onset of back painthat often prevents the ath-lete from completing thesports event.

» Athletes in certainsports are at higher risk forback injuries. Examples arefootball, gymnastics, anddance. The mechanical de-mands of these sports makethe low back vulnerable tooveruse or quick onset ofback pain.

The cause of back pain inchildren and adolescents isoften very different inadults. Adults deal withmore disc pain, which is nota common problem for chil-dren and adolescents. At

Cincinnati Children’s Hospi-tal Medical Center SportsMedicine, we understandthis and assess the wholepatient while forming a di-agnosis and treatment plan.

Treatment and recoveryTreatment of a lower

back stress fracture in-volves 2-3 months of allow-ing the bone(s) to heal, justlike any other broken bone.Various types of imaging aresometimes done to helpguide treatment course.

Muscle injuries in thelower back are most oftentreated with stretches, pro-gressive strengthening exer-cises, and comfort measures(examples: anti-inflamma-tory drugs for a short periodof time, ice, heat). Athletictrainers or physical thera-pists trained in back injuriesare helpful with this rehab.

All lower back injuriesrequire some rest to aid thehealing process. We under-stand that this time of rest-ing from painful activitiescan be frustrating for theathlete, and we work withthe athlete to make sure theback heals properly, allow-ing the athlete to return toregular sports activity assoon and successfully aspossible.

Dr. Kelsey Logan is sports directorof the Division of Sports Medicineat Cincinnati Children’s and anassociate professor of pediatrics atthe University of Cincinnati.

Have your young athlete’s back

Dr. KelseyLogan COMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

money by lowering the ther-mostat during the day andsetting it back one to four de-grees at night.

You can also use the seasonto your advantage. A springbreeze makes it convenient todry your clothes outdoors on anice day, and longer daylighthours allow you to open theblinds for light. Turn off lightsin rooms not being used anddust light bulbs. You’d be sur-prised at the increased light.

Last but not least, get out-side! Save electricity by ven-turing outdoors during niceweather. Cincinnati has morethan 100 parks and greenspaces comprising more than

In 2015, PeopleWorking Cooperativelyis celebrating 40 yearsof making critical homerepairs and providingenergy conservationand weatherizationservices to the low-income, elderly anddisabled citizens ofGreater Cincinnati.

This spring, we areencouraging homeowners touse the following tips to maketheir homes more efficient, tohelp prevent flooding, and toconserve energy and re-sources.

There are simple things youcan do on your own to improveor maintain the efficiency ofyour major home appliances.

For example, while water-ing your garden, spray the dustoff your outdoor central air

unit-cleaning the finsprotects your unit andallows it to run moreefficiently.

Checking your fur-nace filter monthlyhelps your furnace tostay in great shape,and it’s an importantsafety measure aswell. Additionally,dusting off vents dur-

ing spring cleaning and ensur-ing that they are not blockedby furniture helps in regulat-ing your home’s temperatureappropriately, without havingyour heating and cooling sys-tems running constantly.

The Tristate has experi-enced its fair share of rainfalland flooding this year, and theseason has only just begun. Toprevent flooding in your homethis spring, make sure gutters

and downspouts are clear ofleaves and debris. You can alsocheck your downspouts toensure that they are directingwater flow away from yourfoundation. This helps to pre-vent additional groundwaterfrom reaching your basement.

Energy conservation isimportant for homeowners toconsider, because it saves mon-ey and prevents wasteful useof resources. One simple thinghomeowners can do to saveenergy is to open the doors andwindows to create a crossbreeze during the day ratherthan using central air condi-tioning. Also, using ceiling fanson warm days can reduce thetemperature feeling in a roomby four degrees, and it usesless energy than a central airsystem. If you prefer to keepyour system running, save

5,000 acres. Walking or bikingrather than taking your car isanother great way to conserveenergy and resources.

When it comes to weather-ization, taking a proactiveapproach can go a long way.These are a few ways to notonly save money but to con-serve energy and resources.We encourage homeowners toevaluate their individualneeds, and incorporate some orall of these tips in order tokeep their homes safe, secure,and running efficiently.

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

Spring weatherization tips from People Working Cooperatively

Nina Creech COMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

Energy conservation is important ... becauseit saves money and prevents wasteful use ofresources.

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

Baseball» Oak Hills defeated Hamilton 4-3 on

April 6. Jake Burch took the win and Jo-nathon Diefel earned his fist save of theseason. Junior Drew Goins went 2-for-3.

» Elder beat Badin 6-4 on April 6. » Taylor defeated Western Hills 7-2

on April 4. » On April 7, La Salle defeated Louis-

ville DeSales 6-2 then Pope John Paul II10-6.

The Lancers beat Brentwood Acad-

emy 1-0 on April 8.

Lacrosse» Seton defeated Mercy 11-7 on

April 9.

Tennis» Oak Hills fell 4-0 to Loveland on

April 8.

Volleyball» On April 8, Elder beat Roger Bacon

25-9, 25-19, 25-12. The Panthers lost to Moeller April 7,

28-26, 25-23, 25-22.» Oak Hills beat Hamilton April 7,

25-5, 25-13, 25-15.On April 6, the Highlanders beat Mil-

ford 25-18, 25-16, 25-17. Oak Hills defeated Middletown 25-10,

25-4, 22-25, 25-12 on April 9.

Boys track and field» Taylor finished fourth at the Ross

Relays on April 7. The Yellow Jacketstook first in the 4x800 relay and the triplejump.

Girls track and field» On April 7, Taylor came in fourth

place at the Ross Relays. The YellowJackets won the discus and shot put

events.

Youth basketball sessions» Oak Hills will be hosting five drills

and skills basketball improvement ses-sions on May 4, 11, 25 and June 1, 8. Thecost is five dollars for non-OHYA mem-bers and it’s free for OHYA members.For grades 3-5, the session times are 6p.m. to 7 p.m. and grades 6-8 will go from7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

For more information, contact MikePrice at 513-467-7137 or by e-mail [email protected]. To sign up you cango to the Oak Hills Youth Athletics web-site (www.ohyouthathletics.org).

SHORT HOPS

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In the past four years, OakHills High School has watchedits lacrosse enrollment almostquadruple. A generous spike inparticipation creates competi-tion and camaraderie amongstteammates - essential pieces inthe sustaining-a-program puz-zle.

Leading the charge is third-year coach Mike Cassidy, whosaid last season, his sophomorecampaign, was “tough” going 5-11with a difficult schedule and alot of guys playing varsity forthe first time. The Highlanderstook some lumps, like all teamsdo. Lumps can either make ateam stagger, fall back, or pressforward with a sense of intensi-ty and swagger. Cassidy’s hop-ing, in Oak Hills’ fourth overalllacrosse season, the Highland-ers continue forward, perhapseven dishing some learnedlumps out themselves.

“Our biggest strength is theexperience of the team at thispoint,” Cassidy said, referringto his 16 seniors and six return-ing starters this season. “We’vegot a lot of guys with a couple ofyears under their belts. For anew program, that’s reallygood.”

Cassidy added he feels he’sgot a tough and competitivesquad, “They’ve got big hearts;they’re looking to win and provethemselves.”

This year’s group of 16 sen-iors are the first class in OakHills history to graduate as four-year lacrosse players. Thatmeans a lot, Cassidy said.

The returning starters are allseniors in attackmen ConorAcus, Connor Holland, D.J.Dunn and defender ConnorSwanger, long-stick midfielderJared Seaman and goalie BrianCybulski. Acus and Swanger areboth signed to play at the Uni-versity of Indianapolis nextyear – they’ll be the first two col-legiate lacrosse players fromOak Hills.

The Highlanders started theseason 0-2 with losses to Syca-more then Lakota West. OnApril 4, they defeated Welling-ton School and on April 9 OakHills evened out its record witha 16-5 win over La Salle.

Coming up on the scheduleare a pair of home games,April 15 against Mason and La-kota East April 18.

The beginning of the lacrosseseason, has seen Elder HighSchool searching slightly for it-self. The reason the Panthershave had to find themselves isbecause they graduated 16 sen-iors, an exodus of one of Elder’sgreatest lacrosse classes in itsnine-year history. Last year, El-der went 11-6, finished third inthe city and ranked third in thestate in goals per game, accord-ing to fifth-year coach Tom Nu-gent.

“We graduated 200 points

which is quite a lot,” Nugentsaid. “This year, we’re redefin-ing our identity a little bit. We’re2-2 at this point, in those firstfour games we’ve been kind offinding ourselves.”

There’s no reason to panic forthe Panthers, with 18 seniorsthis year. Last year’s group leftan impression on the under-classmen – they now have anawareness, a sense of what’s re-quired to do something special.They have just two returningstarters in senior attackman Co-

dy Moore and sophomore mid-fielder Jack Streicher. Seniordefenseman Drew Lammerscontributed last year, but didn’tstart, and he’ll slide into a moreprominent role this year.

The Panthers are capable offilling spots vacated by gradua-tion, but they’ve already beenfighting some serious injuries.

Look for production fromsenior attackman Josh Bonavita(Otterbein commit), senior mid-fielder Tony Robb, senior de-

fenseman Adam James, seniorgoalie Andrew Feiler and seniormidfielder Ryan Schweirs. Sen-ior attackman Kevin Spurlock,who’s signed with Indianapolis,had 11 points in two games whenhe tore his ACL ending his sea-son.

“The guys really care abouteach other on and off the field,”Nugent said. “Because of that,even though we’ve had some in-juries, the outlook is really goodbecause they’re generally more

excited about the other guyssuccesses than their own.”

Nugent said they’re aiming toplay their best lacrosse at sea-son’s end, and their goal is to gofurther than any team in Elderhistory.

“Last year we competed, butthis year, our goal is to take thata step further and host multiplegames in the state tournament,”said Nugent.

Elder opened the season witha 9-8 loss to Loveland, then beatSummit 11-7. On March 31, Elderlost at St. Xavier 15-3, then beatLakota East 15-8 on April 1.

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

With four returning startersdriving an athletic, deep, talent-ed roster the rest of the statetook notice and the Bombers areranked No. 2 in the state in theLaxPower Ohio High School La-crosse Association ComputerRatings.

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

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

The rest of St. Xavier’s rostercan help out if needed, but theturnover has resulted in moreopportunities in particular forsenior defender Nathan Kiniya-locts, who was given a long-stickthis season and, Sprong said,he’s been doing great in his newrole. Also, watch for junior mid-fielder Jacob Lang, senior mid-fielder Andrew Salomon, junior

Oak Hills lacrosse, steady as it grows

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Oak Hills senior midfielder Jacob Forte, No. 21, works upfield against La Salle on April 9.

THANKS TO TIM LAIVELING

Elder senior midfielder Evan Deller, No. 20, is in pursuit against Lakota Easton April 1 at Lakota East.

FILE PHOTO

St. Xavier’s Griffin Buczek passes toa teammate in the first quarter ofthe Division I state semifinal gameagainst Dublin Jerome June 3 lastseason at Hilliard Bradley HighSchool.

PLAYERS TO WATCHOak Hills senior Conor

Acus: Signed to play at Indian-apolis next year.

Elder senior Cody Moore:Attackman with experience andscoring ability.

Oak Hills senior ConnorSwanger: Signed to play atIndianapolis next year.

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

La Salle junior Jake Giova-netti: A defenseman and cap-tain who’s a leader for theLancers.


See LACROSSE, Page B2

FIRST GLANCE AT 2015 BOYS LACROSSE SEASON

B2 • WESTERN HILLS PRESS • APRIL 15, 2015 LIFE

Mother of Mercy mayhave a young lacrosseteam this season, butthat’s certainly not aproblem for fourth-yearcoach Dave Joerger.

“(I like) our young tal-ent,” said Joerger.“We’re a young team, wehave five seniors, eightsophomores and six ju-niors. It’s a very athleticteam, very willing tolearn. It’s just about con-sistency and we knewcoming into the seasonthat would be it.”

Last season, the Bob-cats finished 7-10 andthey have six starters re-turning from that team.

Back this season forthe Bobcats in startingroles are senior defense-man Sara Doren, seniorattackman Lyndsi Kohls,junior midfielders AnnaThorner and MaddiFrimming, and junior de-fensemen Molly Gray-son and Jenna Kaiser.

Some new additionsthat have stepped intobigger roles are juniorattackman SavannahSiebenburgen and soph-omore midfielders Eliza-beth Fladung and SamSmith.

According to statis-tics posted on the GirlsGreater Catholic Leaguewebsite, Thorner andSiebenburgen are in thetop-five in the confer-ence in goals.

“We’re 4-2 right nowand we’ve been doingthings the right way, butwe have lapses,” ex-plained Joerger. “Our ju-niors, this is their thirdyear of playing lacrosse.Our sophomores are allcounted on (to play). Thefuture looks great andthis team can do somegood things.”

Joerger said his teamadopted a motto this sea-son: “Get two millime-ters better than you werethe day before.”

The Bobcats arebuilding something, andthe hope is that when sea-son’s end draws near

they’ll be at their best.Mercy’s early season

success saw wins overCHCA, Fenwick, McAu-ley and Cincinnati Coun-try Day. The Bobcats lostto St. Ursula and Wyo-ming. Some big contestscoming up are at LakotaWest April 16, at homeagainst Ursuline April 21and at Walnut HillsApril 23.

Drew Burchett hasbeen the head lacrossecoach at Seton HighSchool for 10 years, aslong as the Saints havehad a program. After adecade, they’re excitedto see what they can ac-complish in the next 10.

Last season, Seton fin-ished 9-8 and reached thethird round of the post-season before losing toeventual state champion,Worthington Kilbourne,which was the secondstraight season that’shappened to the Saints.

Seton, a Division IIteam, is no stranger totough opponents. TheSaints scatter theirschedule with Division Iopponents, several ofwhich are also in theGirls Greater CatholicLeague (Mount NotreDame, St. Ursula, Ursu-line).

“We have some verydifficult teams, DivisionI teams in our area, so weplay competitive teamsthroughout (the sea-son),” said Burchett.

This year, they’ll haveto deal with another dif-ficult schedule using ayoung roster led by justfour seniors, all provenscorers and the only re-turning starters this sea-son.

Senior attackman Car-ly Stagge returns and,Burchett said, she’s ledSeton’s varsity team inscoring each of her firstthree seasons. Senior at-tackman Haley Sponau-gle is another experi-enced scorer alongsideStagge. Also returningare senior midfieldersSydney Haussler and

Hannah Fricke. The im-portance of leadershipcan’t be understated, Se-ton’s four seniors willhave to step up after theSaints graduated ninelast year.

“I like that we’ve got alot of young players andpeople stepping up intonew roles that were va-cated by seniors lastyear. I like the vibe andthe way the team meshesand works together,”said Burchett.

Some new additions towatch as Seton’s seasonprogresses are junior de-fender Shannon O’Con-nor, who Burchett calledthe Saints’ top defender.Junior midfielders Tay-lor Frommeyer and Alli-son Bihl have been pro-moted into integral

spots. Being a younger team,

Seton’s growth will beimportant. Burchett saidthat the jump from theeighth grade or juniorvarsity to varsity is jumpthat results in a muchquicker/intense game.

So far, the Saintsdropped their first two ofthe season against Kingsand Summit CountryDay. On March 27, Setonchalked one into the wincolumn defeated ToledoSt. Ursula 15-5, but onMarch 31 they ran intoMount Notre Dame andlost 16-8.

In her first season ashead coach Rebecca Rat-terman’s McAuley HighSchool lacrosse teamonly won one game. Itwas a rough season, butwins and losses aren’tthe only standard bywhich a season can bejudged.

Ratterman said herteam grew close last sea-son and their skill leveltook a leap in the right di-rection. The Mohawksonly graduated one girland return 11 starters.

McAuley’s experi-ence and closeness as ateam should go a longway in helping them im-prove this season.

“I’m very optimisticfor my team,” Ratter-man said. “They are allvery close with one an-other. I don’t ever have toworry about anyone be-ing left out or feeling un-comfortable with eachother. This shows duringgames as well, I can seehow they trust each oth-er much more this yearand work together as ateam.”

McAuley has eightsenior leaders this year.Returning as starters forthe Mohawks are attack-men Jessica Ventura,Eirka Ventura, MariaKoenig and HannahSteers, who Rattermansaid have the ability toscore multiple times agame as well as make in-credible plays. More re-turning starters are mid-fielders Kate Calder,Emma Hudepohl, BaileyErnst and Emma Pierani.The defensemen return-ing are Abby Kreimerand Brandy Browningand returning in goal issenior Osmari Novoa.

Calder’s signed toplay next season withWheeling Jesuit, accord-ing to Ratterman.

Ratterman pointedout that her midfieldersall very aggressive play-ers, “quick to pick upground balls” and forceturnovers while playingthe whole field. Ratter-man’s defensemen haveserved as “barriers” tothe opponent’s attack, al-ways hard at work caus-ing turnovers and inter-cepting passes.

“We have a verystrong defense, whowork together to move asa unit against the otherteam’s attack,” Ratter-man said.

So far, it’s been toughsledding early on forMcAuley which hasdropped three in a row tostart the season, but theMohawks still have bigmatches coming up athome against FenwickApril 16, at MilfordApril 20 and at WalnutHills on May 1.

Bobcats at work building lacrosse program

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Mercy’s lacrosse team waits out a rain delay before taking on Seton April 9 at Western Hills High School.


PLAYERS TO WATCHMercy senior Sara Doren: An experienced defenseman

that can impact the game on that end. Seton senior Carly Stagge: Has led Seton in scoring in

each of the last three seasons. McAuley senior Kate Calder: Signed with Wheeling

Jesuit to play next season.Mercy junior Anna Thorner: Scored 20 goals in six

games this season for the Bobcats. Seton senior Haley Sponaugle: Experienced attack-

man and nice scoring complement to Stagge.

FIRST GLANCE AT 2015 GIRLS LACROSSE SEASON

attackman George Thur-ner and senior Buck Dorg-er, who’s headed to play atDePauw next season.

You won’t hear Sprongcomplaining about a lackof depth.

“We’re deep, have a lotof players that are inter-changeable,” Sprong said.“We’ve had some stars inthe past that we’ve reliedheavily on. Now, we’re alot more balanced.

The majority of theseBombers were a part oflast season’s playoff runthat ended a game fromstate. It left them eagerfor another shot.

“The playoff run was agreat experience (lastyear),” said Sprong. “Itgave (the team) a lot ofconfidence to continueworking hard.”

St. Xavier started its2015 campaign with threestraight wins over Mason,Louisville Trinity and El-der.

La Salle High Schoolfields a relatively youngteam this year, but third-year Lancers head coachJoshua Wellen is very ex-cited about the directionof the program.

The Lancers are com-ing off a rough 2-10 season

a year ago. That teamgraduated most of itsscoring, and the Lancersonly have three seniorsand three juniors thisyear. But, they’re loadedwith 17 sophomores and 16freshman.

Wellen explained that abig step for the programwas instituting a youthprogram so in years tocome, Lancers alreadyhave experience whenthey walk in the door.

As Wellen put it,“We’re kind of explodingat that (younger) level.”

Wellen added that histeam this year will becompetitive but there willalso be a rebuilding as-pect to it with just threereturning starters a lot ofnewcomers will be get-ting some chances to play.

This year, expect bigthings from junior cap-tains Jake Giovanetti andTyler Behrmann. Wellenreferred to his defense asagile, and anchoring thatdefense is second-year ju-nior goalie BradleyScheuermann betweenthe pipes. Look for sopho-

more defensemen NickRielag, Zach McMahon,and Andrew Kathman aswell as sophomore mid-fielders Ben Wenning andJustin Kahny to help out.Senior defenseman JoeSchoenling is a returningstarter for the Lancersback end.

The attackmen are allpretty new this season.Heading up that depart-ment will be sophomoresDavid Wieck, Jared But-telwerth, and Parker Bas-ton; they’re all new to thevarsity starting lineup,

but Wellen said they haveexperience playing to-gether so they should beable to adjust.

“Our offense is fasterthis year, a lot of off-ballmovement. We’re build-ing every year, gettingfaster, stronger andtougher,” said Wellen.“Defensively, we’ve gotsome big hitters that real-ly take care of the crease.As we try to build up toplay the (bigger schools)having those fundamen-tals are huge.”

Last season, La Salle

saw its first-ever collegelacrosse athletes. Expectmore from the Lancers inyears to come.

The Lancers havedropped their two open-ing contests to ButlerCounty April 1 and to OakHills on April 9. Some biggames approaching on theschedule for La Salle arehome contests againstWalnut Hills April 18,then St. Xavier onApril 20, Lakota WestApril 22 and then at ElderApril 24.

LacrosseContinued from Page B1


Elder senior midfielder Tony Robb, No. 10, against Summit Country Day on March 25 at ElderHigh School.


Elder senior attackman Josh Bonavita helped the Panthersdefeated Summit Country Day 11-7 on March 25.

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Adrian BurkeAdrian Burke, 27, died March

16.Survived by parents Paula

and Mike Stinebuck; brotherAdam Burke; nephew and nieceAlexis and Little A Burke.

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

Memorials may be madeMeyer and Geiser FuneralHome, 4989 Glenway Ave.,Cincinnati, Ohio 45238, to helpwith final expenses.

James CarusoJames B. Caruso, 90, died

March 13.Survived by wife Norene (nee

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

Preceded in death by sonsDavid and Thomas Caruso;three siblings.

Visitation was March 19 atthe Radel Funeral Home, fol-lowed by the Mass of ChristianBurial at St. Teresa of AvilaChurch.

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

Edward CookEdward A. “Cookie” Cook Sr.,

81, of Whitewater Townshipdied March 20.

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

Preceded in death by sisterNorma Goldsberry.

Visitation was held March 25at the Dennis George FuneralHome, services were heldMarch 26. Interment in Eliza-bethtown Cemetery.

Memorials may be made theAmerican Diabetes Association.

Jean CreekJean H. Creek, 95, died March

20.Survived by children Carol

(Larry) Dreyer and Joy CreekPansiera; grandchildren DanielDreyer and Megan and JeffreyPansiera; siblings Marian Steid-inger and Margaret “De De”Stalf.

Preceded in death by hus-band John N. Creek.

Visitation and Mass ofChristian Burial were held atSt. Antoninus Church.

Memorials may be made toSt. Antoninus Church, 1500Linneman Road, Cincinnati,Ohio 45238.

Alexander DearmanAlexander John Dearman, 23,

died March17.

Survived bymotherKelley Call-ahan; step-father Mi-chael Neale;siblings GraceNeale, David,Chris and

Emily Dearman, Bonnie Trombaand Mary Clary; grandparentsCarole Callahan, Thomas Call-ahan; step-grandfather Dick

(late Pat) Neale; uncles andaunts Chris (Lana) Callahan andGreg Denier; cousin NicoleDenier.

Preceded in death by fatherJohn Dearman.

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

Memorials may be made toThe CCAT House.

Clifford FlickClifford D. Flick, 54, died

March 18.Survived by siblings Tom

(Debbie), Bob, Mike and LarryFlick; friend Robyn; nieces andnephews.

Preceded in death by parentsThomas and Dorothy “Dot”Flick.

Visitation and memorial wereMarch 23 at the Radel FuneralHome.

Memorials may be made toHospice of Cincinnati.

Inez GerkenInez A. Gerken, 102, died

March 23.Survived by

nieces andnephews Mary(Red) Healy,Judy Body,Patsy Ma-yenshein, BettyReese, BruceGerken andPam (Kevin)

Ballman; numerous great-nieces, great-nephews, great-great-nieces and great-great-nephews.

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

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

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

Leonard GroteLeonard John Grote, 85, died

Feb. 14.Survived by wife Barbara R.

(nee Cisko) Grote; childrenLeonard (Pat) Grote, Stephen(Kathy) Grote, Joseph (Ann)Grote, Tony (Pam) Grote,Charles Grote, Barbara (Mark)Ballinger and Robert (Ann)Grote); 20 grandchildren; 21great-grandchildren.

Visitation held at GwenMooney Funeral Home Feb. 20followed by funeral Mass andburial at St. James (White Oak)Feb. 21.

Memorials may be made theLittle Sisters of the Poor, RiddleRoad, Cincinnati.

Sister GumbertAlina Catherine, Sister John

Catherine Gumbert, 89, diedMarch 17. She was a Sister ofCharity of Cincinnati for 68years.

Survived by her sister Cather-ine Wolfer; brother Robert;many nieces and nephews.

Preceded in death by broth-ers Charles, George and John Jr.

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

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

Janet HertsenbergJanet “Jayne” (nee Bacon)

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

years Robert “Bob” Hert-senberg; children Robert (Con-nie), John (Lynne) Hertsenberg,Diane (Mike) McDonald, Wil-liam, Jerry, Jenny, Al Hert-senberg; 19 grandchildren and24 great-grandchildren; siblingsJeanne Thompson, Bob Bacon.

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

Visitation at Meyer andGeiser Funeral Home. Mass ofChristian Burial was at Our Ladyof Victory Church,

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

John IacobucciJohn L. Iacobucci, 77, died

March 20.Survived by nephews and

nieces Tony (Cathy), Jay, ChrisIacobucci, Connie (Matt) Essen;

great-nephew/nieces Gina,Nicholas, Matthew, Maddie,Haley and Chloe.

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

Services were private.Memorials may be made to

Western Hills Retirement Vil-lage, 6210 Cleves Warsaw,Cincinnati, Ohio 45233.

Thomas JoyceThomas Wayne Joyce, 57,

Cleves, died March 18.Survived by children Thomas

Joyce and Krystle Martin;grandchild Erica; father ThomasM. Joyce; siblings Pam Hendy,Cliff and Scotty Joyce.

Preceded in death by motherRosetta Hadley; sister CarolynJoyce.

Graveside services will beheld at a later date in Colum-bia, Kentucky.

Robert LazarusRobert L. Lazarus, 82, died

March 11. He was a WWII veter-an.

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

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

Memorial Mass of ChristianBurial was March 28 at St.James White Oak CatholicChurch.

Memorials may be made toVITAS Community Connection,11500 Northlake Drive, Suite400, Cincinnati, Ohio 45249.

Margaret LewisMargaret (nee Collins) Lewis,

83, died March 14.Survived by children Darlene

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

Preceded in death by hus-band Delmont Lewis and chil-dren Jerrold (Sheila) Lewis andGlendon Lewis; grandchildFrank Jr.

Jacquelyn McCarrenJacquelyn “Jackie” (nee

Smith) McCarren, died March13.

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

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

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

Stella PostonStella M. (nee VanHook)

Poston, 87,died March14.

Survived bychildrenCharles W.“Chuck”(Peggy)Poston andGeorgetta“Georgie”

(Jack) Gambetta; grandchildrenKaryn Meeks and Julie (Jakob)McKoon; great-grandchildrenJenna and Dominick Meeks andLillian McKoon; siblings CarolynKline, Eugene, Frank, Larry.

Preceded in death by hus-band Charles H. “Charlie”Poston; parents George W. andMartha (nee Harper) VanHook;siblings Bill, Donald, McKinley,Harold and Jim Van Hook,JoEdna Calder and Ruth Ellis.

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

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

Judith SabatelliJudith A. (nee Bone) Sabatel-

li, 76, died March 16.Survived by husband Philip

M. Sabatelli; children Lisa (Tom)Walterman, Terry (Linda) andSteven (Trina) Sabatelli; grand-children Sarah and Krista Wal-

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Etelvino SabatoEtelvino S. Sabato, 82, died

March 17.Survived by children Ilvia

Sabato, Joe (Linda) Sabato, ToniSabato and Chrissy (Mark)Eichelbrenner; grandchildrenNick, Maria, Tony, Tommy,Arianna, Emily, Erin; great-grandson Vincent; siblingsFrank (Teresa), Emma (lateDelfino); father-in-law Leonar-do Porchia.

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

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

Memorials may be made toAmerican Heart Association.

Ralph SchmidtRalph R. Schmidt, 82, died

March 10. He was retired fromCincinnati Bell Telephone.

Survived by nephew andniece Diane R. Rose and RobertJ. Kavanagh; great-nephewsand nieces Robbie Kavanagh,Jerry Rose, Sarah (Rose) Har-gett, David and Anne RoseAndrew and Samantha Hargett.

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

Visitation was held at theNeidhard-Minges FuneralHome. Graveside services fol-lowed at Bridgetown CemeteryMarch 13.

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

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

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

Ruehl; children Judith A. (late

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

Preceded in death by hus-band Thomas H. Streicher Sr.

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

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

Mary ThompsonMary B. (nee Bradshaw)

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

Survived by children Law-rence T. Thompson and step-child Julia Thompson; 21 step-grandchildren, 42 step-great-grandchildren; many otherrelatives and friends.

Preceded in death by hus-band Andrew T. Thompson;stepchildren Andrew ThompsonJr., Violet Coulter, RaymondThompson, Dorothy Kennedyand Herbert Thompson.

Visitation was held March 19at the Dennis George FuneralHome. Services were heldMarch 20. Interment followedin Maple Grove Cemetery,Cleves.

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

Donald WittekiendDonald Eugene Wittekiend,

87, died March 12. After retir-ing as store manager of Sears inNorthgate Mall in 1983, Donwas employed by North Amer-ican Properties as mall managerof Northgate Mall and as adevelopment consultant beforeretiring in 1991.

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

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

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

Charles ZieglerCharles Ziegler, 77, died

March 15.Survived by children Kelly

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

Preceded in death by wifeBonnie (nee Tate) Ziegler.

Funeral service were heldMarch 21 at Eden Chapel UMC.

Memorials may be made toJuvenile Diabetes ResearchFoundation through the funer-al home.

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