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FELICITY— Junior class offi-cers at Felicity-Franklin HighSchool are trying to drum upsome school spirit and theirhomecoming plans are theproof.

The winter homecomingdancewill follow the junior var-sity and varsity homecoming

basketball games against Cler-mont Northeastern at Felicity-FranklinHighSchool,415Wash-ington Street, Friday, Jan. 25.

Thedance is being organizedby the junior class officers, par-tially in aneffort to raisemoneyfor prom.

“They (theclassofficers)aretrying to get back to promotingschool spirit,” said high schoolsecretary and homecoming ad-

viser Kerry Stamper. “They’retrying to make it about theschool and the game instead ofjust a dance.”

The junior varsity game willbegin at 6 p.m. and the varsitygame will begin around 7:30p.m. The homecoming courtwill be presented between thetwo games. The Felicity-Frank-lin Homecoming King andQueen also will be crowned be-

tweengames.Thedancewillbe-gin around 9 p.m.

The court also will be pre-sented during the dance, about10 p.m., Stamper said.

Because Felicity-Franklindoes not have a fall homecom-ing, the class officershavebeenplanning for the dance since thebeginning of the school year,said President Casey Phillips.

The theme of the dance is “A

Cardinal Affair.”“We chose ‘A Cardinal Af-

fair’ becausewe liked thename,and the schoolmascot is a cardi-nal,” Phillips said.

Decorations for the dancewill incorporate the red andwhite school colors.

“I’m just excited about it be-ingdifferent thisyear, aboutbe-ing able to focus on the spirit as-pect,” Phillips said.

Felicity homecoming focuses on spiritBy Roxanna [email protected]

TATE TWP. — Two contractsintended to increase efforts tofind and eradicate the Asianlonghorned beetle have beenawarded.

Rhonda Santos, public infor-mation officer for the U.S. De-partment of Agriculture, saidthe USDA is in the process ofawarding a contract to DaveyTree Expert Co. of Kent, Ohio,fortheremovaloftreesinfestedwith the beetle.

The contract, which will befinalized in the next fewweeks,is for one year, with an optionfor twomore years, she said.

TheUSDA’sprevioustreere-moval contract with Young’sGeneral Contracting, Inc. ofPoplar Bluff, Mo., ended Sept.30.

At that time, a month-to-month contract was awarded toDavey so tree removal workcould continue until a new long-term contract could be award-ed.

“Folkswill seeacontinuationofservices fromDavey,”Santossaid.

PropertyownersinClermontCounty are asked to communi-cate anyconcernsabout tree re-movalswithDaveyTreeExpertCo. at 513-226-9138.

Daveyalsohasbeenawardeda contract by the Ohio Depart-ment of Agriculture for surveywork, said Brett Gates, ODApublic information officer.

The survey efforts will con-sist of ground survey inspec-tions of treeswithin the quaran-tined areas of Clermont County,he said.

“This work will supplementthe survey work already beingconducted by program offi-cials,” Gates said.

Survey workers from thestate andUSDAwill continue tolook for evidence of the beetlealong with the workers fromDavey, he said.

“There is a lot of work to bedone,” Gates said.

The 61-square-mile quaran-tined area in Clermont County

includes all of Tate TownshipandBethel andportions ofMon-roe,StonelickandBataviatown-ships.

The movement of hardwoodlogs, firewood, stumps, rootsandbrancheswithinthequaran-tined area is prohibited.

Gates said the survey con-tract with Davey was awardedin late November. It runsthrough July 2014.

He saidworkers fromDavey“are getting familiar with thearea” and should start the sur-veying soon.

The beetle initially was dis-

covered in Tate Township inJune 2011.

Federal and state officialsbegan surveying trees in July2011and as of Dec. 29, 2012, hadsurveyed more than 251,000treesanddiscovered9,276 treesinfested with the beetle.

Contractors began cuttingdown infested trees in Novem-ber 2011 and as of Dec. 29, 2012,8,995 trees had been removed.

The quarantine area was ex-panded in July 2012 to includeparts of southern StonelickTownship and northern BataviaTownship after two infested

trees were found in StonelickTownship. The infestation wastraced to firewood brought intothe area before the quarantinewas imposed.

Gates said one additional in-fested tree was found in Stonel-ick Township and removed.

Surveying work in the areawill continue, he said.

The USDA initially an-nounced plans to remove allhealthy trees within a half-mileof infestedtrees,butthoseplanswere put on hold after protestsfrom property owners.

An environmental assess-

mentwas issuedbytheUSDAinMay on options for preventingthe spread of the beetle tohealthy trees.

The options included remov-al of all healthy trees within ahalf-mile of infested trees;chemical treatment of allhealthy trees within a half-mileofinfestedtrees;andacombina-tion of tree removal and chem-ical treatment.

Santos said no decision hasbeen made of which option toadopt.

“We’re closing in on it,” shesaid.

By John [email protected]

Aworker from Davey Tree Expert Co. grinds stumps in an area of Tate Township where trees infested with the Asian longhorned beetle wereremoved. JOHN SENEY/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

New contracts will continuebeetle eradication efforts

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BETHEL—Membersofthe village council are di-vided on the number ofmeetings theyshouldholdeachmonth.

In September, thecouncilmembers voted toswitchfromtwomeetingsamonth to one amonth ona trial basis.

Theyagreedtore-eval-uate the decision in Janu-ary.

At the Jan. 10 councilmeeting, a move to per-manently return to twomeetings amonthwas de-feated.

However, the councilwill meet for a secondtime in January while anordinance to switch to onemeeting a month on per-manent basis is consid-ered.

Council member Jan-ice Ireton supported hold-ing twomeetingsamonth.

She said 30 days wastoo long to go betweenmeetings.

CouncilmembersLucyShep-herd andPriscillaJohnsonagreed.

“Wewereelect-ed to serveholding two meetings amonth,” Shepherd said.

Johnsonsaid twomeet-ings a month gives thepublic more opportunityto participate.

Council member Don-na Gunn said new soundrecording equipment re-cently installed in thecouncilmeeting roomwillgive the public an oppor-tunity to listen to meet-ings live on streaming au-dio.

Council member AmyPlanck thought one regu-lar meeting a month wasenough, because most ofthe work can be done atcouncil committee meet-ings.

Mayor Alan Ausmansaid when twomeetings a

monthwere held,thereoftenwas verylittle to bediscussedat the sec-ond meet-ing.

Hold-ing one meeting a monthalso would save the vil-lagemoney, he said.

Ausman pointed outcouncil can always call aspecialmeeting ifneeded.

Council member Jere-miah Hembree said hewas split on the issue.

Hesaidhesawtheben-efit of holding only onemeeting.

However, he said hewas troubled council hadto hold two special meet-ings late in December topass legislation requiredby the end of the year.

Council members vot-ed 3 to 3 on a motion byShepherd to go back totwo meetings a month,with Ausman breakingthe tie and defeating the

motion.Council then heard, on

first reading, a proposedordinancetohaveonlyonemeeting a month at 6:30p.m. on the second Thurs-day of eachmonth.

Because the ordinancedid not have enough sup-port to pass as an emer-gencymeasure, twomorereadings will be requiredfor passage.

Ausman said the sec-ond reading will be at acouncil meeting 6:30 p.m.Thursday, Jan. 24, and thethird reading at 6:30 p.m.Thursday, Feb. 14.

Bethel council debatesfrequency of meetingsBy John [email protected]

Ausman Shepherd

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and scheduling.The concepts taught in

the class help tree com-missioners understandwhy pruning must medone a certain way, whytrees sometimes need tobe cut down and how tomanage tree populationsas a whole, Van Burensaid.

Commissioner SteveVolk said the class provid-ed information for day-to-day issues, like recogniz-ing disease in trees andknowing if they need to becut down.

“We don’t want citizensto cut down a perfectlyhealthy tree just becausetheydon’t likewhere it is,”Volk said.

He said the Tree Com-mission Academy hashelpedacclimatehimwithhis duties as a tree com-missioner and increasedhis appreciation of trees.

“A lot of times peopledon’t see the trees,” hesaid. “The experiencethem... butaren’tawareofthe value they bring.”

The sophomore lessonplans include topics suchas municipal and govern-ment relations with treeboards, urban soils and se-lection, maintenance andinventory.

The junior and seniorclasses are somewhat of adeparture from the class-room lesson structure ofthe freshman and sopho-more classes, with a focusongroupprojects,VanBu-ren said. Students mustdevelop amaster plantingplan and amaster plan forthe community.

“I’m always impressedsomuchbythemforwork-ing so hard,” Van Burensaid. “It says a lot when acommunity goes throughthis training.”

The sophomore classwill begin in February.

MILFORD — The OhioDepartment of NaturalResources recently of-feredaclassforsomenon-traditional students inMilford.

The class, called theTree Commission Acad-emy, is designed for treeboards and commissions.Milford’s Parks and Rec-reationCommissionmem-bers, who also also serveas tree comissioners,wrapped up their fresh-man class Nov. 14.

The four-week lessonplans help tree commis-sioners gain a “solid sci-ence understanding” ofthe what, when, how andwhy of tree maintenanceand management, ODNRRegional Urban ForesterWendi VanBuren said.

“It’s important to trainthese people because a lotof the commissionersdon’t have a backgroundin tree maintenance andmanagement,” Van Burensaid.“Theyjustcareabouttheir communities.

During the freshmanclass, students learnedabout ordinances, tree bi-ology, urban forestry,marketing urban forestry

Academy providesmore tree knowledgeBy Roxanna [email protected]

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The spring litter clean-up event is an all-volun-teer effort to enhance lo-cal communities and theEast Fork of the LittleMi-amiRiverwatershed.Vol-unteers use canoes, walkthe stream banks, park-land areas and localstreets to collect garbagethroughout ClermontCounty. Crews also cleanshoreline at East ForkLake, which provides athorough spring cleaninga few weeks prior to therowing regattas.

Organizers are askingbusinesses to support thiseffort by adopting a spotnear their business toclean up ormake a contri-bution. Funds raisedthrough local donationsare used to purchase pro-tective gloves, trash bagsand littergrabbers.Fundsalso will be used to pro-vide a picnic lunch for thevolunteers. About 1,500volunteers are expectedto participate to thespring event. Last year,volunteers collected1,635bags of trash and re-trieved 32 tires from wa-terways in three hours.

Every effort ismade toacknowledge sponsorsand encourage partici-pants to support projectsponsors through pressreleases, social media,event flyers, signage andwebsite postings.

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Puppy socializationPuppy Socialization

Seminars provides a op-portunity for puppies toplay off leash in a moni-tored setting.

Petco, at 1087 A&BOhio 28 in Milford, is of-fering free Puppy Social-ization Seminars at 2 p.m.Jan. 19 and Jan. 20.

It is a supervised 30-minute interactive semi-nar for pet parents’ pup-pies in an enclosed area,with a dog trainer incharge. Socialization is acritical step for all pup-pies and they experienceimportant developmentalbenefits by participatingin group play. Specifical-ly, they learn how to inter-actwith other dogs appro-priately.

The dog trainer ex-plains to pet parents howthe puppies are interact-ing as well as what she/heis doing and why, so ev-eryone learns from allpuppies’ experiences andso that pet parents don’tfeel embarrassed by theirpuppies’ behaviors.

For more information,call 522-7387.

Meet OndrusekMeet Cincinnati Reds

pitcher Logan Ondrusekbetween noon and 3 p.m.Saturday, Jan. 26, at theEastgateMuenchen’sFur-niture, 700EastgateSouthDrive. He will be signingfree autographs.

Liming electedMark Liming was re-

electedtorepresentfarm-ers from Monroe, Wash-ington and Franklin town-ships for the 2013 Cler-mont County Farm Ser-vice Agency Committee.Liming was elected to histhird consecutive term.The election results forLocal AdministrativeArea # 1 are:

Mark Liming, electedto the county committee(COC), and Scott Jen-nings, first alternate toCOC.

FSA appreciates all ofthe voters for taking thetime to complete the elec-tion ballot. The countycommittee system worksonlybecauseof thepartic-ipation.

The committee mem-bers held their organiza-tional meeting after theelection and determinedMarkLimingwill serveasthe county committeechairman andHalHerronwill serve as vice-chair-man. Doug Auxier com-pletes the committee asthe regular member.

CorrectionThe spelling of Keith

Neer’s name was incor-rect in a story publishedJan. 2 in the CommunityJournal, CommunityJournal North, Milford-Miami Advertiser andThe Bethel Journal.

Cooking classLiving Spaces Custom

Design in Batavia will of-fer a cooking class withChef David Cook, ownerof “Daveed’s Next” andformerly of Daveed’s inMt. Adams and The Mai-sonette.

The class is 6:30 p.m. to8:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan.31, at Living Spaces Cus-tom Design, 350 E. MainSt.

Cost is $45 per person,which includes wine pair-

ing with three courses.Chef Cook will prepareshrimp “Maisonette”withgrilled bread, tournedosflambe, escoffie saladandwhite chocolate mousse.Seating is limited. Reser-vation deadline is Jan. 25by calling 735-2393, [email protected] orin person.

Boardreorganization

BETHEL-TATE — Schoolboard members Jan. 8elected Buffy Clementsas president for 2013.BoardmemberKathyAd-

ams was elected vicepresident. Board mem-bers also elected BarbLeonard as their legisla-tive liaison.

The board will con-tinue meeting the thirdMondayofeverymonthat7 p.m. in various schoolbuildings.

Blood driveFelicity-Franklin Na-

tional Honor Society willhost its final blood driveof the school year Mon-day, Jan. 28, from 12:30p.m. to 3:30 p.m. and 4:30p.m. to 6:30 p.m.in thehigh school gym. Call theschool at 876-2113, ext.

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online at Hoxworth.org/high school. Donors arealways needed and appre-ciated.

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Ohio Coalition for theEducation of Childrenwith Disabilities.

Join other ClermontCounty parents for thisfree training on AD/HD.Participantswill learn thehistory of AD/HD, who isqualified to diagnose AD/HD, how it affects chil-dren in school and in lifeand techniques and ac-commodations for work-ingwithchildrenwithAD/HD.

To make a reservationand formore information,call BeckyPloucha at 732-5034 or Danny Little at305-3471.

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BATAVIA — The end may bein sight for a conflict over roadmaintenance.

Village officials are lookingtoBataviaTownship and countyofficials to take responsibilityfor maintaining sections ofBauer and Herold roads.

In October, the townshiptrustees sent a letter to villageofficials, stating that when thevillage’s most recent annex-ation took effect, the townshipwouldno longermaintainBauerRoad.

“With the additional revenuethat they’ll be receiving comesadditional responsibility,” saidtownshipTrusteeBillDowdney.

In the letter, the trusteescited a section of the Ohio Re-vised Code, that states if an an-nexation segments a road in away that creates amaintenanceproblem, themunicipality is re-sponsible for the maintenance.

In November, village offi-cials received a letter fromcounty Engineer Patrick Man-ger stating the county would nolonger maintain portions of He-rold or Bauer roads.

Manger said the segmenta-tion causes maintenance work-ers topass inandoutof jurisdic-tions. He also said schedulingconflicts could lead to differingroad conditions. One portion ofa road might be treated forsnow, while another portion isnot, creating a hazard, he said.

“Public safety is of my ut-most concern,” he said.

Village Administrator Den-

nis Nichols said the villageshould not be responsible formaintaining the entire length ofthe roads, when the annexationonly affects small portions ofthem.

“We reject that decision,” hesaid.

Althoughtheannexationseg-ments the road, it is not in awaythat creates a maintenanceproblem, he said.

“By my reading of the law,they very clearly have legal re-sponsibility for maintenance,”he said. “If the village wasmaintaining it, and for somereason the village’s mainte-nance was not adequate, thenwe’d be responsible, but sowould they.”

Nichols said he and Mangeragreed the county would main-tain Herold Road from Ohio 32to Ohio 276, and the villagewould maintain the road to thesouth.

He said Manger, who alsoacts as the township’s engineer,plans to advise the trustees tomaintain Bauer north of Cler-mont Center Drive, leaving thevillage to maintain the road tothe south.

Since the annexation, villageemployees have maintainedHerold and Bauer roads, clear-ing snow and ice when neces-sary.

The agreement betweenManger and Nichols is not offi-cial, butNichols plans towrite acontract between the villageand the county, he said.

There also was no formalagreement between the villageand the township at press time.

Agreement to bewritten for roadmaintenanceBy Roxanna [email protected]

A Milford man who struckand killed a Terrace Park teenwithhiscar lastyearhasplead-ednocontest tovehicularman-slaughter.

AdamHorvath, 23, original-ly pleadednot guilty to the sec-ond-degree misdemeanor, butchanged his plea in November.He was sentenced Dec. 17 toelectronic monitoring for 90days, a two-year driver’s li-cense suspension with somedriving privileges, and a $104fine, according to court docu-ments.

Hamilton County prosecu-tors did not plan to arrest Hor-

vath after theinitial investiga-tion into theMarch death ofCollin Barton.

The 16-year-old teenagerhad been walk-ing from a partyin the Marie-

mont area to his home in Ter-race Park when he was hit byHorvath’s car along WoosterPike. The impact sent Barton’sbody over an embankment onthe side of the road where itwas found two days later byemergency services person-nel.

Horvathwent to thepolice acouple hours after striking

Barton with his car and toldthem he was driving, fellasleep and hit something inthat area of Wooster Pike.

About two months after theincident, county prosecutorsannounced that Andrew We-ber, of Indian Hill, not Hor-vath, would be charged in Bar-ton’s death. Weber is accusedof selling the teen hallucino-genicmushrooms that contrib-uted to his death. That case ispending.

Autopsy reports indicatedBarton had marijuana and psi-locin, from the mushroomsWeber allegedly sold to him, inhis system.

Kimball Perry contributed tothis story.

Teen driver pleads no contestBy Lisa [email protected]

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UNION TOWNSHIP — Dr. Ga-ry Brooks, superintendent ofthe West Clermont LocalSchool District, will retire thisspringafter31yearsof serviceas an educator.

Brooks took the helm atWCLSD in 2004 and immedi-ately set out to improve aca-demic achievement while si-multaneouslyreducing thedis-trict’s operating expenditures.

“Dr. Brooks has always hadgreat passion for and belief inthis district, and challengingeconomic times did not mat-ter,” said Doug Young, boardpresident. “He insisted wecouldachieveandwehave.De-spite having no additional op-erating money since his arriv-al, the district rose to “excel-lent with distinction,” gradua-tion rates dramaticallyimproved, two aging buildingswere replaced and the fundingstreamwas stabilized.”

Board members are sched-uled to accept Brooks’ retire-ment at their next meeting, 7

p.m. Monday, an the UnionTownship Civic Center, 4350Aicholtz Road.

The search for a new super-intendent will begin immedi-ately.

Brooks to retire fromWest Clermont

West Clermont Local School District Superintendent Gary Brooks.

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BETHELJOURNALEditor: Theresa Herron, [email protected], 248-7128

Recently, students from TheTeacher Academy at Grant Ca-reer Center participated in aDisability Workshop at WrightState University. Presented bythe WSU Office of DisabilityServices and Department ofTeacher Education, the work-shop allowed participants to ex-plore diversity as it relates todisabilities.

Grant’s Teacher Academystudents tookpart in round tablediscussions led by Wright StateUniversity students with dis-abilities. These WSU studentsspoke about the challenges theyfacedas theymovedthroughtheschoolingprocessandaboutvar-ious measures Wright State hasmade to accommodate studentswith disabilities. The Teacher

Academy class was able to askquestions about how to imple-ment learning strategies to helpstudents with disabilities intheir classrooms. Other roundtable presenters included pro-fessionals who create Brailletextbooks, serveas interpreters,or provide other needed supportto students with disabilities atWright State University.

Also at the workshop, a pre-senter from the WSU Office ofDisability Services led a semi-nar titled “Choose a Disability.”In this seminar, the presenterasked the audience, “If you hadto choose a disability, would youprefer to be diagnosed withblindness, quadriplegia, cere-bral palsy, or a developmentaldisability?” The presenter led

students in a discussion of thepros and cons of each disability,asking them to share their rea-sons for choosing a particulardisability.

J.R. Forsee, a Teacher Acad-emy student and varsity athlete,shared, “I chose blindness be-cause I could still be physicallyactive.”

Teacher Academy instructorJulie Crozier shared, “I wouldnot want to suffer from a devel-opmental disability because Icouldn’tbeascholarandateach-er.”

Afterhearingreasonswhyat-tendeeswould orwould not pickeach disability, the “Choose aDisability” presenter explainedthe purpose of her seminar. Shepointed out that when sharing

the pros of each disability, at-tendees worded their reasons inpositive and logical terms, butwhen sharing the cons, attend-eesworded their reasons in neg-ative and emotional terms. Sheemphasized that people do notmake rational decisions basedon irrational feelings. The pre-senter also reminded the audi-ence that when interacting withpeople with disabilities, it is im-portant not to react based onstereotypes.

The Teacher Academy stu-dents who attended the WSUDisability Workshop includeSydney Clancy, J.R. Forsee,BrittanyHahn, CraigHoagland,Erica Jones, Taylor McKinnon,Jae Mosley, B.J. Roa, TaylorRobinson, and Tonya Sheets.

Grant students attend workshop

FFA STUDY SESSION

Felicity-Franklin High School FFA members study for their Food Science Career Development Event. From left are: Sydney Snider, Emily May,Jodi Seale and Carley Snider. They will use this knowledge in an upcoming FFA event while competing against other FFA chapters from acrossthe southwestern region of Ohio. THANKS TO ALEXIS CHRISTENSEN

William Bick Primary staffmembers are conducting kin-dergarten and preschool regis-tration for the 2013-2014 schoolyear.

Registration for kindergar-ten is open to children who willbe 5 years old on or before Sept.30, 2013.

Preschool is available forchildren ages 3 to 5 years.

Registration is 5 p.m. to 8p.m., Jan. 15 and Jan. 24, at theschool.

Parents should bring:» Child’s birth certificate

with seal» shot records» Social Security card» proof of residency (utility

bill, lease agreement, etc.)» proof of custody (if neces-

sary).The first 100 to be complete-

ly registered will receive a freekindergarten T-shirt.

Call the school at 734-2271with questions.

William Bickregistering forpreschool,kindergarten

FELICITY-FRANKLIN HIGHSCHOOLThe following were named to the honorroll for the second nine weeks of the2012-2013 school year.

FreshmenCarly Bruan, Jodee Clark, MatthewCornelison*, Cara Cumby*, PaigeCummins, Amanda Davenport, CollinDunaway*, Dustin Hughes*, NicoleHunter, Kyle Louderback, RachelMcConnell, EthanMcMellan, AshleyMoore, Dylan Pemberton, Travis Wa-ters, Austin Woodruff

SophomoresAmber Arthur*, Destiney Belt, KaitlynClark, Gabrielle Cook, Cameron Greg-ory*, Mikayla Hamilton*, Allison Irvin*,McKayla Jacobs, Kirstyn McMullen,Caitlyn Obermeyer*, Louis Quiles,Courtney Riggs*, Cheyenne Trammell*,Jordan Utter, MatthewWhite, CourtnyWindsor, SandraWoodmansee*.

JuniorsRobert Appelmann*, Kelsey Arkenau,April Badgley, Adam Barrons, LoganBrown, Marshall Burchett*, AlexisChristensen, Heather Collins*, BrookeCorbin, Alex Doherty, Alexis Faubion,Daniel Kidder, BrendanMahaffey, JoeyMartin, Christina Paskow, Casey Phillips,Tonia Rodriguez, Jodi Seale, JaredTackett, Matt Waltz, Kimberly Wilson*

SeniorsAmber Cramer*, Paul Cook, OdessaHarcourt, Jenna Kiger, Amber Law-rence*, Taylor Louderback*, Emily May,Harlee McMahan, Kelsey Mitchell*,Dani Peters*, Bradlee Prather*, ShaneReese, Katrina Root, Brandi Roseberry*,Ethan Rudd, Carley Snider*, SydneySnider*, Arica Stutz, Heather Tatman,Meghan Torrence, KaitlynWaters*,Heather Woodall* denotes Straight As.

HONOR ROLL

Adult classesIf you’re thinking about

starting a new career, now isthe time to take action. Learnmore about the career pro-grams available for adults atthe Great Oaks Career Cam-puses. Attend an informationsession at the Scarlet Oaks Ca-reer Campus in Sharonville.

The next sessions are:Wednesday, Jan. 16, at 6 p.m.;and Tuesday, Jan. 22, at 3 p.m.

Theone-hour sessioncoversprogram information, jobplacement assistance, finan-cial aid, online access for testpreparation and a programtour.

Programs are available forauto collision technology, avia-tion maintenance, dental as-sisting, electrical power linemechanic, electro-mechanicalmaintenance technology, fire-fighting, Ford ASSET automo-tive technology, heating/venti-lating and air conditioning, in-dustrial diesel mechanics, ju-dicial court reporting, lawenforcement, medical officespecialist, plumbing, practicalnursing andwelding.Most pro-gramsmeet in the evening andcan be completed in 42 weeks.Financial aid is available.

For more information, call513-612-5790 or visitwww.greatoaks.com/adult.

College Goal Feb. 10UC Clermont College will

host College Goal Sunday - afree program that helps stu-dents and families completethe free application for Feder-al Student Aid (FAFSA) from 2p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10,in McDonough Hall.

The FAFSA is required toapply for federal financial aidfor college. The free event ispresented by the Ohio Associa-tion of Student Financial AidAdministrators (OASFAA) andendorsed by the Ohio Board ofRegent. Partners in this eventinclude UC Clermont Enroll-ment and Student Services, theUC Clermont TRIO programs,Clermont Educational Oppor-tunities, high school guidancecounselors and other commu-nity volunteers. Anyone whoneeds help in completing theFAFSA is welcome.

The FAFSA is the key tofunding a college educationand helping families overcomefinancial barriers that other-wise prevent students from at-tending the institution theywant to. Studies showa student

is 50 percent more likely to at-tend college when they com-plete the FAFSA. While walk-ins are welcome, registrationis encouraged. This is a state-wide event, for additional loca-tions, visit:http://bit.ly/WoEX4U.

“We assist students regard-less of their enrollment plans -whether they plan to join theUC family or attend anothercollege or university.We assistbetween 50-100 students at thisevent each year,” said JessicaMax, UC Clermont’s Admis-sions, financial aidandscholar-ships coordinator.

For more information andregistration, visit http://bit.ly/chtAK7. To register for OhioCollege Goal Sunday, just com-plete the online form and sub-mit. You will receive a confir-mation of your registration.Print the confirmation andbring it and your 2011 IRS1040s, W-2 statements and anyother documents showing an-nual family incomeor informa-tion regarding untaxed incomesuch as child support, unem-ployment, workers compensa-tion, disability, Social Security,etc. to submit theFAFSAonlineat College Goal Sunday. Youalso can register by calling 1-

800-233-6734.High school seniors are

strongly encouraged to comewith their parents. Applyingearly for financial aid may of-fer students access to more fi-nancial aid. For more informa-tion or questions, call 732-5319.UCClermont College is at 4200Clermont College Drive in Ba-tavia.

New directorDana C. Parker has been

named director of develop-ment at UC Clermont Collegeand began work Jan. 14. Priorto joining Clermont College,Parker’s background has beenin both public education andnon-profit fundraising. Parkerhas served in various positionsthrough her tenure as a specialeducation teacher,peerevalua-tor, teacher-mentor, fundrais-er, athletic coach and adviserfor young adults at Princeton,Finneytown and Trotwood-Madison school districts. Herroles as a co-founder, event co-ordinator and community liai-son for S3C, an Ohio non-profitcancer organization, have as-sisted in uniting the GreaterCincinnati Cancer Communityin its fight against the disease.

SCHOOL NOTES

The Felicity Branch Li-brary staffwill host anAfterSchool Special Wednesdays,Feb. 13 through March 20,from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., at thelibrary, 209 Prather Road.Attendees in elementaryschool grades are invited forstories, games and crafts.For more information, call513-876-4134.

The Bethel Branch Li-brary staff invites kids ages12 through 18 to join theAnime Club from 3:30 p.m.to 5:30 p.m.Wednesday, Feb.13, at the Library, 611 W.Plane St. For more informa-tion or to register call the li-brary at 734-2619 or registeronline at www.clermontli-brary.org.

Libraries offerkid specials

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

Wrestling» Bethel-Tate was third in the Ma-

deira Invitational Jan. 5. Aric Peterswon the championship at 120 pounds;ChipRatcliffwas the champion at132and Brian Carter was the 138-poundchampion.

The other placewinners for the Ti-gers were senior Jacob Phillips infourth at 138 pounds, freshman Jef-frey Botts fourth at 152 and seniorKianMollette in sixth at 285.

Madeira Invitational Champion-ship

120AricPeters,Bethel-Tatem-dec.Chad Wendel, Clermont Northeast-ern, 19-7

132 Chip Ratcliff, Bethel-Tate dec.Kealii Cummings, CHCA, 7-0

138 Brian Carter, Bethel-Tate dec.Trevor Andrews, Deer Park, 3-2

Consolation145 Autumn Clark, NewRichmond

dec. Jacob Phillips, Bethel-Tate, 7-2152 Clay Loadman, NewRichmond

dec. Jeffrey Botts, Bethel-Tate, 8-3Fifth Place285 Oliver Contreras, Winton

WoodsfallKianMollette,Bethel-Tate,:48

Girls basketball» Felicity-Franklin lost to Cincin-

nati Country Day on Jan. 7, 54-46.FreshmanAshleyMoore led the LadyCardinals in the game with 18 points.

On Jan.10, Felicity-Franklin lost toAmelia 44-32. Moore again led in theloss with 16 points.

» Bethel-Tate beat ClermontNortheastern 52-18, Jan. 10. Fresh-man Julia Jenike led the Lady Tigerswith 13 points.

Boys basketball» Bethel-Tate beat Felicity-Frank-

lin53-40onJan. 8. JasonAdamspacedthe Tigers with 16 points. BradleePrather led the Cardinals with 14.

On Jan. 11, Bethel-Tate lost to Cler-montNortheastern, 59-51. Adams had19 in the defeat.

» Felicity-Franklin lost to Amelia73-27 on Jan. 11. Sophomore JordanUtter was the Cardinals top scorerwith nine.

Boys bowling»McNicholas beat Badin, 2,341-

2,311, Jan. 8. Senior Tristan DuMontrolled a 398 high series.

Girls swimming»McNickbeatRogerBacon, 49-31,

Jan. 9. Individual winners includedsenior Ali Miller (200 free) and EliseMoeller (100 back).

PRESS PREPSHIGHLIGHTS

By Scott [email protected]

MT. WASHINGTON — While the twoweeks off at the end of December iscalled winter break, the McNicholasHighSchoolgirlsbasketball teamhardlytook a vacation.

The Rockets faced a tall order and in-curred three straight losses to the likesof Badin, Mason and Lakota East.

Mason is ranked first in the Enquir-er’s Division I coaches’ poll, while Lako-taEast is11th. InDivision II,Badin isNo.6, while Rockets, who are 7-5 and 4-1 inleagueplay,currentlyholdtheNo.7spot.

While head coach Greg Flammerlikes the makeup of his roster, he be-lieves the Rockets need to get better atputting the ball into the basket. If theRockets can do this, the veteran headcoachthinkshissquadcanplaywithany-body.

“When wemake shots, we’re compet-itive with everybody,” he said.

Thesquadwill look to fill avoid leftbyKatieRobinson,whohadbeenaveraging8.7 points per game as the Rockets’ sec-ond-leading scorer. The senior battledinjuries throughout her three yearswiththe program and won’t be playing therest of the season, according to Flam-mer.

McNick will continue to turn to Han-

nahTaylor,who is third in theGGCLwith14.2 points per game.

“She knows we need her to score, soshe knows we need her to put points onthe board, andwhen she does, she can bea special player at times, and when weget that consistency from her, I thinkshe’s going to be a great player,” Flam-mer said.

JuniorCorrieSheshull couldalsogivean offensive boost.

She’s chipping in 5.7 points, 3.1 re-bounds and 1.9 assists per game, whilebringingastrongpassion for thegametothe table.

“I preach about kids playing hard andshe epitomizes what I look for in a play-er,” Flammer said.

The team will also look for more pro-duction out of the post.

When Flammer found out Robinsonwasn’t coming back, he talked to LaurenLampingandKatieRogersaboutpickingup the slack. The two players combinedfor 13 points in the team’s loss to ConnerJan. 9, but Flammer was pleased withwhat he saw.

“Our goal is to win league and getready for the tournament and see whatkind of run we canmake there,” he said.“I think we’re improving and I thinkwe’re going to be there.”

McNicholas hoops looks to relaunch offenseBy NickDudukovichndudukovich @ communitypress .com

McNicholas forward Hannah Taylor, left, battles Lakota East guard Leah Goodwin for arebound Jan. 3. TONY TRIBBLE/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

McNicholas players Payton Rame, left, andLauren Lamping, center, battle LakotaEast’s Sam Rogers for a rebound during theRockets loss Jan. 3. TONY TRIBBLE/FOR THE

COMMUNITY PRESS

Bethel-Tate won the annual cross-county shootout with Felicity-FranklinonJan. 8on theirhomefloor, 53-40. JasonAdams led the Tigers with 16 points,while Samuel Price had 15 and Tyler At-kins added12. Thewin put both teams at3-8 for the season. Leading theCardinalsattack was Bradlee Prather with 14points and Christopher Smith with 10.

Photos by Brandon Severn/For TheCommunity Press

The Bethel-Tate home crowd goes wild as their team takes the lead on Felicity-FranklinJan. 8. BRANDON SEVERN/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Bradlee Prather of Felicity-Franklin getsaround the Bethel-Tate defense. Pratherwas the Cardinals’ leading scorer with 14points. BRANDON SEVERN/FOR THE COMMUNITY

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CROSS-TOWNHOOPS CLASSIC

Jordan Utter of Felicity-Franklin hits fromdowntown at Bethel-Tate Jan. 8. BRANDON

SEVERN/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Jason Adams of Bethel-Tate gets rid of theball before being trapped in the corneragainst the Cardinals. Adams led all scorerswith 16 points. BRANDON SEVERN/FOR THE

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Samuel Price of Bethel-Tate hits a jumperon his way to scoring 15 points. BRANDON

SEVERN/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Bethel-Tate point guard Tyler Atkins getsway up for this jumper. The “CrosstownShootout” trophy belongs to the Tigersafter they defeated Felicity 53-40 Jan. 8.BRANDON SEVERN/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

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It can be done, at least inClermont County. The embar-rassing budget woes in Wash-ington and surrounding coun-ties would make one think thatbalancing the budget is a near-ly impossible feat.

I’m proud to say that theClermont County commission-ers approved in December a2013 General Fund budget bymaking cuts and adjustmentsacross all operating funds andholding spending to what wasallotted in 2011. Put anotherway, the county will spend $1.5million less than it did in 2012.In addition, county invest-ments maturing in 2013 will be

put back intothe GeneralFund increas-ing our re-serves to $17.9million versusour low in2009 of $12.1million.

Tremen-dous creditmust be given

to elected officials and depart-ment heads in the county whoworked diligently to reducetheir spending from 2012.Budgetary items typicallyincrease with inflation yearafter year and to hold spend-

ing to prior year levels is achallenge, which requires cutbacks in other areas and astrong determination to makeit happen. These elected offi-cials and department headsare team players and dedicat-ed public servants that keptthe budget process on trackand I would like to recognizeand congratulate them fortheir efforts.

Sukie Sheetz, director ofour Office of Management andBudget, knew what difficultieslay ahead when the commis-sioners gave her the task latelast summer to prepare a bal-anced budget for 2013. Never

once did she say it couldn’t bedone and I believe she actuallywas energized by the possibil-ity of doing what many othergovernment bodies can’t seemto do in this new era. Shecould have easily over-esti-mated revenue projections tobalance the budget, but infact, she frequently reducedher revenue projections, espe-cially in the case of the state’sprojected casino revenue com-ing to the county. Ms. Sheetz isa prime example of the high-caliber employees we haveworking here.

As we see overall revenuefor the county increasing with

property values drifting backup and retail sales improving,it will be important to main-tain our frugal ways and con-tinue to do more with less forthe citizens of Clermont Coun-ty. We need to build our Gener-al Fund balance back up andprepare for tougher timeswhen even less money maycome from Columbus andWashington. Clermont Countyis heading in the right direc-tion again and we need to staythe course to prepare for oth-er challenges, which we aresure to encounter.

David Uible is a ClermontCounty commissioner.

Clermont Co. tightens belt in 2013

David UibleCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

The Sandy Hook mass-murder has both liberals andconservatives yearning for asubstantive solution to makeour country a safer place.Fortunately, our Constitutionprotects our freedom andincludes provisions for thingsthat were sacrosanct to ourfounders: The right to beararms and the separation ofchurch and state. Both ofthose precepts are inextrica-bly linked as we wrestle tofind a solution.

Concerning the right tobear arms, is it coincidencethat most multiple-victimshootings occur in gun-freezones? Only one public policyhas ever been shown to reducethe death rate from suchcrimes is where laws don’trestrict concealed carry.

Wouldn’t a prudent firststep be to legalize concealed-carry laws in all places in allstates? As we consider this,we need to keep in mind, acriminally insane man, whowas actually denied the pur-chase of a gun, used legally-owned weapons of another, tobreak in through a school win-dow, then kill children andadults, where adults were notarmed to shoot back.

As regards the separationof church and state, almosteveryone who came to Amer-ica did so in search of reli-gious freedom. How ironicthat our leadership quicklyturned to God, almost beggingus to pray. Over my lifetime,God has been systematicallyremoved from every meaning-ful place in America. Yet,when we look for answers andfind none, we are instructedby our leaders to pray?

Our society has evolved,thanks largely to the intellec-tual revolution of technology,science and fact-based learn-ing. At the same time, oureconomy has hurt Americanfamilies today, requiring bothparents work in order to makeends meet. That leaves ourinactive children home alonewhere they become obsessedwith video games and moviesthat may subconsciously en-courage violence and rage.

With more than half ofAmerican families divorcing,how are their offspring to gaininsight regarding the potentialvalue of a spiritual relation-ship? If they aren’t meaning-fully exposed to religion athome, how and where willthey?

I submitthat teachingthe theories ofevolution,Higgs boson,other sciencesand intelligentdesign in ourschools justmight renewthe conscienceof America. Ifparents don’t

teach their kids the value ofreligion, why not present it inschool and let the childrendecide between what is rightor wrong? No one should berequired to pray, nor pledgeallegiance to the flag, butmaking young minds aware ofthe alternatives is not a badthing.

The costs associated withfreedom are obviously signifi-cant. However, the costs of“business as usual” are evenmore significant. Finding acommon-sense solution tomass-murder in America re-quires an integrated reviewand interpretation of the firsttwo amendments. This wouldmost efficiently be accom-plished by states broadeningconcealed-carry laws, and anexecutive order directing ourcourt system to provide forless separation of church andstate as they interpret legalcases brought by the Amer-ican Civil Liberties Union.

James Anderson lives in UnionTownship.

The value of anexecutive order

JamesAndersonCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

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on editorials, columns, stories orother topics. Include your name,address, cell and home phonenumbers so we may verify yourletter or guest column. Lettersmay be no more than 200 wordsand columns must be 400 to 500words. Please include a colorheadshot with guest columns.All submissions will be editedfor length, accuracy and clarity.Deadline: Noon FridayE-mail: [email protected]: 248-1938.U.S. mail: Bethel Journal, 394Wards Corner Road, Suite 170,Loveland, OH 45140.Letters, columns and articles

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Jan. 9 questionWhowere the “winners” and

who were the “losers” in thebudget deal passed by Congressand signed by the president toavoid the fiscal cliff?

“There are no winners, cer-tainly not the American peo-ple. Congress hasn’t passed abudget in almost three years,and our national debt is veryclose to$17 trillion, andnoneofthepeoplewith thepower to doanything is really addressingwhere cuts should be made inour spending (and it doesn’t allhave to be on the backs of theSocial Security recipients.)

“If we get through fourmore years of Obama’smonar-chy without our country be-coming another Greece, it willbe a miracle.”

Bill B.

“That’s aneasyone.Thepol-iticiansarethewinnersandtheAmerican people are the los-ers.”

J.S.K.

“We are all losers because itdid not address spending inanymeaningfulway.Asaprac-ticingtaxaccountantspecializ-ing in personal taxation, I canspeak to some of the tax as-pects.

“Social Security gets backits previously lost 2 percent ofwage income and everyonewho pays in loses 2 percent oftheir wages, but this is just areturn to the normal rate thathas been in effect a long time.

“Everyone with taxable in-come wins because the first$17,850 (married) of their tax-able incomestays at10percentinstead of rising to 15 percent.This matters most to lower in-come people.

“People with investment in-come whose overall income isunder $400,000 to $450,000continue to enjoya0percent to15 percent capital gains rate.This will make most retireesand middle income investorsvery happy.

“Everyone with taxable in-come wins because rates didnot go up 3 percent or more inevery bracket. High incomepeople lose because above$400,000 their income may betaxed 3-5 percent more plushealthcare surcharges.

“The biggest losers are ourmembers of Congress becausethey looked like fighting catsin a duffel bag during thisprocess. They should all beashamedof themselves andweshould think hard about re-placing them with people witha brain.”

F.S.D.

“I am adverse to the win-ners and losers aspect of thequestion. Government shouldnot be a contest ofwinners andlosers, meaning, when did ne-gotiations become a synonymfor surrender? Or a contest tobewonor lost?But to get to themain thrust of your question:to me it was just a preview ofthemain attraction, sort of likeat the movies the previewshave a lot of action and noise,but no connection to the mainevent.

“Certain things need to beworked out (negotiated, if youwill), that includes copingwithan aging population (how topay for Social Security andmedical costs, which is not thesamequestionas ‘shouldwe?’),is it worthwhile to continue de-fense spending which is morethan the rest of the world com-bined, if not, howmuch to safe-ly cut?; balancing out whatshould be subsidized for howmuch and for how long, and Isure there are many more.

“Since Congress has towork those out it never didmake sense to try to resolve itwith a lame duck Congress in30 days minus the holidays.Unfortunately, in Washingtonnowadays there are more lob-byists than members of Con-gress. And some of them arebacked by enormous warche$t$ of money, all set to hirea bunch of deep voiced sarcas-tic voice-over announcersalong with distorted picturesof those who did not do whatthey wanted them to do. Thenu$e the money and pictures toblast on TV.

“And, according to currentlaw, they do not have to signtheir names. Unfortunately,that is where government is,and I am more concernedabout that than where I mightendupafterhonestnegotiationin the halls of Congress.”

F.N.

“If the reports are accurate,Hollywood, big banks, WallStreet, NASCAR and PuertoRican rum cashed in big-time.On the other hand my grand-

children have unwittinglyamassed a debt that may de-stroy their generation – ifAmerica makes it that far intothe future.”

R.V.

“Thewinnersare, ofcourse,all the folks we blindly re-elected. Pay raises and perksgo unchecked by voters andmedia simply won’t exposethem while they deride thebusiness sector in their dailypapers.

“The losers are, of course,then, the taxpayers (witnesshow no entity has any skin inthis made up ‘fiscal cliff’game). While ALL entitieshave contracts, citizens nowhave absolutely no one to pro-tect them.”

K.P.

“Who was the winner (ourking) and who was the loser(We the people, of the people,and for the people).Whatmorecan be said.”

D.J.

“Everyone is a loser in thedeal.A loser is themiddleclassdue to a 2 percent increase inpayroll taxes on income lessthan $113,000. Another loser isfuture generations sincespending cuts and deficit re-duction gets kicked down theroad again.

“Also, losing is high-incomeearners who will see their tax-es go up, but only on incomeabove $450,000. Theymay alsoface increased taxes on un-earned income due to the Af-fordable Care Act tax takingeffect in 2013.

“Investors and job seekerslose because of continued eco-nomic uncertainty with no de-cision on the federal debt ceil-ing and spending cuts. Somecorporations may be winnerssince they got handed somepork and there was no tax re-form to the corporate incometax.”

D.M.

“As always, no matter whatCongress votes on regardingthis country’s budget, the win-ners are Congress, the losersare the taxpayers.

“Just once, I would like tosee any Congressmember paytheir own health insurance,paytheoutrageousmedicalde-ductibles, and pay co-pays tomedical care providers. Dothat on a very limited budgetwhenyouhave to decidewhichbill gets paid in a given monthas not to lose a service, house,etc.”

O.H.R.

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2013

UNION TWP. — The UnionTownshipCommunityImprove-ment Corporation (CIC) recent-ly acquired property, which isexpected to feature a new Boys&Girls Club soon.

A deedwas recordedDec. 26transferring the property at 516Old Ohio 74 from MIC Limitedto the Union Township CIC for$300,000.

“Ourplan is to leaseaportionof the building to the Boys &Girls Club,” said CIC memberand Union Township TrusteeMatt Beamer.

About 4,000 square feet ofthe building, which previouslyhoused the Deja Vu Showgirlsstripclub, isexpectedtobeused

for the Boys &Girls Club. Thebuilding has a to-tal of 17,000square feet.

“I’m verypleased to havethe full supportof the UnionTownship CIC,”said Jill Cochran,executive direc-tor of Boys &Girls Club ofClermont Coun-ty. “It’s a greatuse of that build-ing.”

CIC membersare still in theprocess of final-

izing the termsof the lease, saidCIC member and Union Town-shipPlanningandZoningDirec-tor CoryWright.

He said he could not providea specific date, but he expectsthe lease to be finalized soon.

Cochransaid shehopes tobe-gin using the facility this sum-mer, then transition into fallprogramming.

“Some things still have to fallinto place,” she said.

The Boys & Girls Club alsohas two locations in New Rich-mond.Theclubhada location inAmelia, which closed followingthe failure of a West Clermontschool levy inMay.

Services offered through anextension program in Felicityalso were canceled in 2012, butare expected to begin againsoon. Cochran is meeting withFelicity-Franklinschooldistrictofficials to discuss program-ming.

Theclubaimstosupportchil-dren between 6 and 18 throughafter-school programmingfrom 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. five days aweek.

The club primarily focuseson helping students succeed inthe areas of education, goodcharacter, leadership andhealthylifestyles,Cochransaid.

Propertytransferredto UnionTwp. CICBy Roxanna [email protected]

Beamer

Cochran

CLERMONT COUNTY — TheBoys&Girls Club ofClermontCounty Jan. 7 received a$12,500 grant through the BPFueling Communities pro-gram.

The program is an effort toreinvest in communities bysupporting local organiza-tions that support health, edu-cation, youth, food and hous-ing, according to the FuelingCommunities web page.

Organizations are nominat-

ed for the grant money by lo-cal BP business owners.

Lykins Oil representativesfelt there was no better candi-date for the money than theBoys & Girls Club, said Presi-dent and CEO Jeff Lykins.

“The Boys & Girls Club hasdone suchagood jobwith sucha small budget for so long,” hesaid.

Community outreach - par-ticularly programs for youth -have long been important toLykins and other companyrepresentatives, he said.

“We, as a company, have al-

ways tried to support thingsthat support children,” hesaid.

He said the company hassupported fundraisers andsponsored banquets for theBoys & Girls Club in the past.

“Lykins has been a long-time partner for us,” said JillCochran, executive directorof the Boys & Girls Club ofClermont County.

She said the money will gotoward Project Learn, whichfocuses on the educational as-pect of the club.

The club has four main fo-

cuses, including education,good character, leadershipand healthy lifestyles, Coch-ran said.

The educational aspect in-cludes work on proficiencytest scores, attendance, col-lege visits and ACT and SATpreparation.

Cochran said the main goalfor club members is for themto graduate and have a post-graduation plan.

“Graduation is an expecta-tion here at the club, not an op-tion,” she said.

Lykins Oil donated $12,500 to Boys & Girls Club of Clermont County through the BP Fueling Communities program. Jeff Lykins, president andCEO of Lykins Oil, said there is no better candidate than the Boys & Girls Club. From left are, Lykins, Clermont County Boys & Girls Clubrepresentatives - Executive Director Jill Cochran, Director of Operations Michelle Seither and and Director of Resource Development BethSimminger. PROVIDED

Company donates to clubthrough BP program

By Roxanna [email protected]

Clermont County Court ofCommon Pleas Judge JerryMcBride enjoyed a rare life-time experience recently whenhe administered the lawyer’soath to his daughter, KathrynLynn McBride. With the excep-tion of submitting registrationpapers to the Supreme Court,whichcannotbedoneuntil afterthe oath is administered, thiswas the last step required forhis daughter to be admitted tothe bar.

The Ohio Supreme Court al-lows judges to administer theoath to qualified applicants.

“I am very proud of mydaughter and appreciate the op-portunity that I havebeengivento administer the oath to her to-day,”McBride said. “It is a veryspecial occasion for me to beable to administer the oath tomy own daughter.”

Judge McBride said hisdaughterwill be the secondper-son that he’s administered thelawyer’s oath to during the timethat he has served as a judge.He also administered the oath anumber of years ago to assis-tant prosecuting attorney ScottO’Reilly.

Judge McBride has been acommon pleas judge in Cler-mont County for 18 years andprior to that was a municipalcourt judge. He is currently anactive member of several com-mittees of the Ohio JudicialConference: The Court Admini-stration Committee, the CivilLaw Committee, the Joint Com-mittee, the Collaborative Pro-ject on Court Reporting and theAd Hoc Committee on Commu-nity Corrections. JudgeMcBride isaboardmemberandcoach of the Glen Este YouthBasketball Association.

Judge swears in daughter

Clermont County Court of Common Pleas Judge Jerry McBrideadministers the lawyer’s oath to his daughter, Kathryn Lynn McBride.PROVIDED

A group of workers at GSMin Batavia Township made aunique discovery in a box ofscrap metal.

GSM Plant Manager RobMcClain said the company,which recycles aluminumscrap into reusable products,received a box of “miscella-neous scrap” a few weeks agoand found what his co-workersbelieved to be Boy Scout can-

teens.He said they took a closer

look, anddiscoveredengravingon one of the canteens.

“I brought it up to my officeand put some cleaning fluid onit,” McClain said.

The name they found wasDon Magnuson, and the year1943 was also engraved on theside of the canteen.

Rob Collier, GSM mainte-nance coordinator and anArmy veteran, eventuallysearched the Internet and

tracked Magnuson to Nebras-ka.

The 91-year-old World WarII veteran couldn’t talk on thephone due to hearing loss, buthis wife, Gail, took the call.

“At first, she was suspi-cious,” McClain said.

The discussion eventuallyled to learning more informa-tion about Magnuson, a flightengineer on a B-25 bomberplane.Magnusonflewin59suc-cessful bomber flights and re-ceived several awards for his

service.Collier and McClain, who

are both veterans, said theywere so pleased to not only findthe canteen, but also that theycould trackdownMagnusonaf-ter all these years.

Collier, who served sevenyears in the Army, said the dis-coverymadehimwonderaboutall his old gear and where itcould end up.

“One day when I’m 90, may-be I’ll run across an old jacketor something,” he said.

Box of scrap metals leads to amazing discoveryBy Rob [email protected]

B2 • BETHEL JOURNAL • JANUARY 17, 2013

THURSDAY, JAN. 17BenefitsQuarter Raffle for Autism, 7p.m., Stonekry Resale Books,8253 Beechmont Ave., Doorsopen 6:30 p.m. $2. 474-0123;www.stonekry.org. AndersonTownship.

Exercise ClassesZumba Fitness Class, 6:30-7:30p.m., Clough United MethodistChurch, 2010 Wolfangel Road,$5. 379-4900. Anderson Town-ship.Jazzercise, 9:30-10:30 a.m.,Trinity United Methodist ChurchMilford, 5767 Wolfpen-PleasantHill Road, Fusion of jazz dance,resistance training, Pilates, yogaand kickboxing. $38 per month.Presented by Jazzercise Milford.476-7522; www.jazzercise.com.Milford.Zumba Fitness Class withRobin, 7 p.m., Woodland LakesChristian Camp, 3054 Lindale-Mount Holly Road, Ages 10 andup. All experience levels. $5.310-5600; www.robin513.zum-ba.com.Monroe Township.

Music - AcousticAcoustic Thursday, 7-10 p.m.,Green Kayak Market and Eatery,204 Front St., Peacock Stage. Tryout new originals or play oldclassics. Free. 843-6040;www.facebook.com/green-kayakmarket. New Richmond.

Music - BenefitsCincinnati Symphony Orches-tra Community Concert, 7:30p.m., Loveland High School, 1Tiger Trail, Auditorium. Openingwork featuring the LovelandHigh School Symphony Orches-tra. Meet-and-greet post con-cert. Benefits Loveland HighSchool instrumental musicprogram. $20, $10 students.Presented by Cincinnati Sym-phony Orchestra. 683-1920, ext.3715; www.showtix4u.com.Loveland.

Music - BluesSonny’s Solo Blues, 7-11 p.m.,Mama Vita’s, 6405 Branch HillGuinea Pike, 697-9705;www.mamavitas.com. Loveland.

FRIDAY, JAN. 18Business ClassesJob Search Learning Labs,1-3:30 p.m., Anderson SeniorCenter, 7970 Beechmont Ave.,Technically-oriented learningopportunities for those in jobtransition. Free. Presented byJob Search Learning Labs. 474-3100; www.jobsearchlearnin-glabs.wikidot.com. AndersonTownship.

Exercise ClassesJazzercise, 9:30-10:30 a.m.,Trinity United Methodist ChurchMilford, $38 per month. 476-7522; www.jazzercise.com.Milford.

SATURDAY, JAN. 19Art & Craft ClassesTheWonderful World ofWool: A FeltingWorkshop,1-4 p.m., Grailville Retreat andProgram Center, 932 O’Bannon-ville Road, With Susan Gilbert ofHeartfelt Handworks. Utilizingfelting needle and wool fiber,participants learn to embellishwoolen garments as well ascreate three-dimensional figuresupon wire armature. $35. Reser-vations required. 683-2340;www.grailville.org. Loveland.

Dining EventsBoy Scout Troop 742 PancakeBreakfast Fundraiser, 9-11a.m., Clough Pike BaptistChurch, 1025 Clough Pike,Proceeds help fund campingsupplies and equipment needsof troop. $8, $5 children. Pre-sented by Boy Scout Troop 742.543-5492. Amelia.

Exercise ClassesZumba Fitness Class, 9:30-10:30a.m., Clough United MethodistChurch, $5. 379-4900. AndersonTownship.Jazzercise, 9:30-10:30 a.m.,Trinity United Methodist ChurchMilford, $38 per month. 476-7522; www.jazzercise.com.Milford.

Music - OldiesElvis, 7-8 p.m., Great Scott, 106 E.Main St., Each week, Jo-El orJason Griffin take stage as Elvis.Free. 943-4637; greatscott-diner.com. Amelia.

NatureWinter Hiking and Survival

Skills, 1 p.m., Pattison Park,2228 U.S. 50, Learn basic survivalskills and practice shelter-mak-ing abilities. Meet at picnicshelter. Free. Presented byClermont County Park District.876-9013; www.parks.clermont-countyohio.gov. Owensville.

PetsPet Adoptions, 1-4 p.m., Pep-permint Pig, 8255 BeechmontAve., Cats and dogs available foradoption. 474-0005; www.pep-permintpig.org. AndersonTownship.

SUNDAY, JAN. 20Dining EventsAll-You -C an-Eat CountryBreakfast, 9 a.m.-noon, Amer-ican Legion Post 450, 450 VictorStier Drive, Eggs, bacon, sau-sage, potatoes, biscuits, toast,sausage gravy, coffee, tea, juiceand milk. $8, $4 ages 10 andunder. 831-9876.Milford.

Exercise ClassesCardio Kick Boxing, 6-7 p.m.,ATA Taekwondo Black BeltAcademy, 8510 Beechmont Ave.,Led by George Sizemore, fourth-degree black belt and co-ownerof ATA Black Belt Academy.Family friendly. $5. 652-0286;www.atacincinnati.com. An-derson Township.

NatureWinter Hike, 1 p.m., SycamorePark, 4082 Ohio 132, Moderatelystrenuous three-mile hikethrough Sycamore Park andWilson Nature Preserve. Meet atbridge. Free. Presented byClermont County Park District.876-9013; www.parks.clermont-countyohio.gov. Batavia.

MONDAY, JAN. 21Exercise ClassesJazzercise, 9:30-10:30 a.m.,Trinity United Methodist ChurchMilford, $38 per month. 476-7522; www.jazzercise.com.Milford.Zumba Fitness Class withRobin, 7 p.m., Woodland LakesChristian Camp, $5. 310-5600;www.robin513.zumba.com.Monroe Township.

TUESDAY, JAN. 22Health / WellnessMobile Mammography Unit, 7a.m.-3:30 p.m., WalgreensMiami Township, 6385 BranchHill Guinea Pike, Fifteen-minutescreening. Cost varies per insur-ance plan. Financial assistanceavailable for qualified appli-cants. Appointment required.Presented by Jewish Hospital.686-3300; www.e-mercy.com.Loveland.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 23Dining EventsWAVE Free Community Din-ner, 6 p.m., Milford First UnitedMethodist Church, 541Main St.,Part of Wednesdays Are VeryExtraordinary event. No churchservice attached, no reservationsneeded. All welcome. Family-friendly meals. Free; donationsaccepted. 831-5500; www.mil-fordfirstumc.org.Milford.

Exercise ClassesZumba Fitness Class, 6:30-7:30p.m., Clough United MethodistChurch, $5. 379-4900. AndersonTownship.Jazzercise, 9:30-10:30 a.m.,Trinity United Methodist ChurchMilford, $38 per month. 476-7522; www.jazzercise.com.Milford.Zumbawith KC, 6:30-7:30 p.m.,Bethel Community Center, 135N. Union St., Zumba fitness andZumba Gold classes. $5. Present-ed by Kimberley “KC” Coniglio.240-5180; www.zumbawithkc-.com. Bethel.Zumba Fitness, 7:30-8:30 p.m.,Anderson Dance Academy, 8263Beechmont Ave., More info onTammy’s Fitness Party on Face-book. Presented by Tammy’sFitness Party. 315-1302. An-derson Township.

Music - AcousticKevin Fox, 7-10 p.m., MamaVita’s, 6405 Branch Hill GuineaPike, Free. 324-7643. Loveland.

THURSDAY, JAN. 24Art & Craft ClassesPinterest-In-Person CraftTime, 7 p.m., Stonekry ResaleBooks, 8253 Beechmont Ave.,Time for creative people to gettogether to craft and shareideas. Tables and chairs avail-able. Bring supplies. Free. 474-

0123; www.stonekry.org. An-derson Township.

Drink TastingsCalifornia Winemaker Stars,6-9 p.m., Winedog Fine Wines &Fine Art, 451A Ohio Pike, Pairedwine tasting featuring HadleyCorpus of Vanguard Wines. Horsd’oeuvres by Two Chicks WhoCater. Music by Ed Oxley, jazzviolin. Ages 21 and up. $19.75.Registration required. 888-288-0668; www.winedog.com.Anderson Township.

Exercise ClassesZumba Fitness Class, 6:30-7:30p.m., Clough United MethodistChurch, $5. 379-4900. AndersonTownship.Jazzercise, 9:30-10:30 a.m.,Trinity United Methodist ChurchMilford, $38 per month. 476-7522; www.jazzercise.com.Milford.Zumba Fitness Class withRobin, 7 p.m., Woodland LakesChristian Camp, $5. 310-5600;www.robin513.zumba.com.Monroe Township.

Music - AcousticAcoustic Thursday, 7-10 p.m.,Green Kayak Market and Eatery,Free. 843-6040; www.face-book.com/greenkayakmarket.New Richmond.

Music - BluesSonny’s Solo Blues, 7-11 p.m.,Mama Vita’s, 697-9705;www.mamavitas.com. Loveland.

NatureHomeschool Program: WinterPlant Identification, 10 a.m.,Pattison Park, 2228 U.S. 50, Forhomeschool groups. Learnwinter tree and plant identifica-tion skills. Meet at park lodge.Free. Registration required byJan. 22. Presented by ClermontCounty Park District. 976-9013;www.parks.clermontcountyo-hio.gov. Owensville.

FRIDAY, JAN. 25Business ClassesJob Search Learning Labs,1-3:30 p.m., Anderson SeniorCenter, Free. 474-3100;www.jobsearchlearninglabs.wi-kidot.com. Anderson Township.


Karaoke and OpenMicOpenMic Night, 7 p.m., Stonek-ry Resale Books, 8253 Beech-mont Ave., Music, poetry, etc.All material must be family-friendly. Free. 474-0123. An-derson Township.

SATURDAY, JAN. 26Art & Craft ClassesMandalas for a New Year:Meditative Writing and Art,2:30-5 p.m., Grailville Retreatand Program Center, 932 O’Ban-nonville Road, Led by Grailville’sAmy Tuttle, artist, and PaulettaHansel, poet and facilitator ofPractice of Poetry programs.$25. Reservations required.683-2340; www.grailville.org.Loveland.

Dining EventsRobert Burns Dinner, 5:30-11p.m., Receptions Banquet andConference Center Loveland,10681 Loveland Madeira Road,Celebrating life and works ofScotland’s beloved poet. Tradi-tional haggis ceremony. Buffet

dinner and cash bar. Entertain-ment by Caledonian Pipes andDrums, Cincinnati Scots, Cincin-nati Highland Dancers and theRoyal Scottish Country Dancersand more. $24, $12 ages 12 andunder. Reservations required.Presented by Caledonian Societyof Cincinnati. 574-2969;www.caledoniansociety.org.Loveland.


Music - AcousticThe Dishes, 7:30-10 p.m., GreenKayak Market and Eatery, 204Front St., Featuring MJ Stallingsand Heather Buckley. Free.843-6040; www.facebook.com/greenkayakmarket. New Rich-mond.

Music - Classic RockDiamond Jim Dews Band, 9p.m.-1 a.m., Talon Tavern, 1151Ohio 131, 248-2148; www.theta-lontavern.com.Milford.

Music - OldiesElvis, 7-8 p.m., Great Scott, Free.943-4637; greatscottdiner.com.Amelia.

Music - WorldLagniappe, 6:30-9:30 p.m., AnnaRee’s Andouille, 1329 U.S. 52,Cajun. 699-4102; www.andouil-leonline.com. New Richmond.

PetsPet Adoptions, 1-4 p.m., Pep-permint Pig, 474-0005;www.peppermintpig.org.Anderson Township.

Religious - CommunityWinter Day of Quiet, 10 a.m.-3p.m., Grailville Retreat andProgram Center, 932 O’Bannon-ville Road, Quiet prayer andreflection. Take advantage ofhiking trails, outdoor labyrinthand peaceful environment. $20.Reservations required. 683-2340;www.grailville.org. Loveland.

SUNDAY, JAN. 27Dining EventsBaked Potato Dinner, 6-8 p.m.,Lutheran Church of the Resur-rection, 1950 Nagel Road, Wern-le Boys Home in Indiana. In-cludes baked potatoes withtoppings, salads, desserts andbeverages. $5, $3 ages 11 andunder. 474-4938. AndersonTownship.All-you-can-eat CountryBreakfast, 9 a.m.-noon, Amer-ican Legion Post 450, $8, $4 ages10 and under. 831-9876.Milford.

Exercise ClassesCardio Kick Boxing, 6-7 p.m.,ATA Taekwondo Black BeltAcademy, $5. 652-0286; www.a-tacincinnati.com. AndersonTownship.

MONDAY, JAN. 28

Jazzercise, 9:30-10:30 a.m.,Trinity United Methodist ChurchMilford, $38 per month. 476-7522; www.jazzercise.com.Milford.Zumba Fitness Class withRobin, 7 p.m., Woodland LakesChristian Camp, $5. 310-5600;www.robin513.zumba.com.Monroe Township.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 30Dining EventsWAVE Free Community Din-ner, 6 p.m., Milford First UnitedMethodist Church, Free; dona-tions accepted. 831-5500;www.milfordfirstumc.org.Milford.

Exercise ClassesJazzercise, 9:30-10:30 a.m.,Trinity United Methodist ChurchMilford, $38 per month. 476-7522; www.jazzercise.com.Milford.Zumbawith KC, 6:30-7:30 p.m.,Bethel Community Center, $5.240-5180; www.zumbawithkc-.com. Bethel.Zumba Fitness, 7:30-8:30 p.m.,Anderson Dance Academy,315-1302. Anderson Township.

Music - AcousticKevin Fox, 7-10 p.m., MamaVita’s, Free. 324-7643. Loveland.

THURSDAY, JAN. 31Exercise ClassesZumba Fitness Class, 6:30-7:30p.m., Clough United MethodistChurch, $5. 379-4900. AndersonTownship.Jazzercise, 9:30-10:30 a.m.,Trinity United Methodist ChurchMilford, $38 per month. 476-7522; www.jazzercise.com.Milford.Zumba Fitness Class withRobin, 7 p.m., Woodland LakesChristian Camp, $5. 310-5600;www.robin513.zumba.com.Monroe Township.

Music - AcousticAcoustic Thursday, 7-10 p.m.,Green Kayak Market and Eatery,Free. 843-6040; www.face-book.com/greenkayakmarket.New Richmond.

Music - BluesSonny’s Solo Blues, 7-11 p.m.,Mama Vita’s, 697-9705;www.mamavitas.com. Loveland.

FRIDAY, FEB. 1Business ClassesJob Search Learning Labs,1-3:30 p.m., Anderson SeniorCenter, Free. 474-3100;www.jobsearchlearninglabs.wi-kidot.com. Anderson Township.


SATURDAY, FEB. 2Dining EventsOpen House, 12:30-2 p.m.,Dream Dinners - Anderson, 7500Beechmont Ave., Suite 413,Complementary dinner samples,

learn how to simplify dinner-time with Dream Dinners con-cept and earn raffle tickets forprizes. Free. 233-3732. AndersonTownship.


Music - OldiesElvis, 7-8 p.m., Great Scott, Free.943-4637; greatscottdiner.com.Amelia.

NatureGreater Cincinnati Fly FishingShow, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Oasis GolfClub and Conference Center,902 Loveland-Miamiville Road,Skip Morris is featured speakerand fly tyer. Educational flyfishing speakers and fly tyingdemonstrations. More than 50vendors and exhibitors. Castingpond and activities for children.Raffles and door prizes. BenefitsBuckeye United Fly Fishers. $10.Presented by Buckeye United FlyFishers Inc. 683-0286;www.buckeyeflyfishers.com.Loveland.

PetsPuppy Social, 10-11 a.m., AllCreatures Animal Hospital, 1894Ohio Pike, Puppies socialize withother pups under supervision ofprofessional trainers at indoorfacility. Free. 797-7397; www.all-creatures.com. Amelia.Pet Adoptions, 1-4 p.m., Pep-permint Pig, 474-0005;www.peppermintpig.org.Anderson Township.

SUNDAY, FEB. 3Dining EventsAll-you-can-eat CountryBreakfast, 9 a.m.-noon, Amer-ican Legion Post 450, $8, $4 ages10 and under. 831-9876.Milford.

Exercise ClassesCardio Kick Boxing, 6-7 p.m.,ATA Taekwondo Black BeltAcademy, $5. 652-0286; www.a-tacincinnati.com. AndersonTownship.

MONDAY, FEB. 4Jazzercise, 9:30-10:30 a.m.,Trinity United Methodist ChurchMilford, $38 per month. 476-7522; www.jazzercise.com.Milford.Zumba Fitness Class withRobin, 7 p.m., Woodland LakesChristian Camp, $5. 310-5600;www.robin513.zumba.com.Monroe Township.

TUESDAY, FEB. 5Farmers MarketLoveland Farmers Market, 4-6p.m., Prince of Peace LutheranChurch, 101 S. Lebanon Road,Presented by Loveland Farmers’Market. 683-0491; www.love-landfm.com. Loveland.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 6Dining EventsWAVE Free Community Din-ner, 6 p.m., Milford First UnitedMethodist Church, Free; dona-tions accepted. 831-5500;www.milfordfirstumc.org.Milford.

Exercise ClassesZumba Fitness Class, 6:30-7:30p.m., Clough United MethodistChurch, $5. 379-4900. AndersonTownship.Jazzercise, 9:30-10:30 a.m.,Trinity United Methodist ChurchMilford, $38 per month. 476-7522; www.jazzercise.com.Milford.Zumbawith KC, 6:30-7:30 p.m.,Bethel Community Center, $5.240-5180; www.zumbawithkc-.com. Bethel.

Music - AcousticKevin Fox, 7-10 p.m., MamaVita’s, Free. 324-7643. Loveland.

THURSDAY, FEB. 7Drink TastingsValentines Wines: PairedWineTasting, 6-9 p.m., Winedog FineWines & Fine Art, 451A OhioPike, Featuring Cliff Rohrer ofBowling Green Beverage. Horsd’oeuvres by Two Chicks WhoCater. Music by Wayne Leussen,steel guitar. Ages 21 and up.$19.75. Reservations required.888-288-0668; www.winedog-.com. Anderson Township.

THINGS TO DO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Boy Scout Troop 742 is sponsoring a pancake breakfast fundraiser from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.Saturday, Jan. 19, at Clough Pike Baptist Church, 1025 Clough Pike. The cost is $8, $5 forchildren. For more information, call 543-5492. FILE PHOTO

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Howmany of youhave made homemadedrop dumplings fromscratch?

Actually, they’re easyenough for kids to make,

with yourguidance.Dumplingsare so goodcooked ontop of soupor stew, orsimplydroppedinto hotbroth. AndI guaran-tee you’ll

get “oohs” and “aahs”from those lucky enoughto enjoy them.

Also, I had mentionedthat I had recipes for hotdilled vegetables andsaid if you wanted any,let me know. The re-quests for hot dilly beanswere too numerous forme to mail, etc., so I’msharing that one today. Ialso have a nice recipefor Korean kimchi, whichis fast becoming trendy,on my blog.

DumplingsFirst, have your soup,

stew or broth boiling onthe stove.

1 cup flour11⁄2 teaspoons bakingpowder

1⁄4 teaspoon salt1⁄2 cupmilk3 tablespoons butter orequivalent

Bit of minced or driedparsley (optional)

Pepper to taste

Whisk flour, bakingpowder and salt. Addparsley. Make a well incenter. Heat milk withbutter until butter melts.Pour into well and mix.Dough will look shaggyand very sticky. Don’tover mix. Turn heat downon soup to simmer. Usean ice cream scoopsprayed with cookingspray to drop dumplingscarefully on top of liquid,leaving some space inbetween for expansion.Put lid on. No peeking!Simmer 6-8 minutes oruntil largest dumpling isdone: cut in half to test.Dumplings expand todouble or even triple.

Tip from Rita’skitchen

Baking powder: Notsure if it still has leav-ening power? Put a bit inwarmwater, it shouldfizz up quickly if it’s stillgood.

Hot dilly beansInspired by a Ball

canning recipe. If youdon’t want spicy beans,leave the cayenne out.You can substitute okra,as well but note the dif-ferent processing times.Now as far as the hotpepper taste is con-cerned, after jars arefilled, taste a bit of thebrine and if you wantmore hot pepper, go forit. But remember, as thepickles sit, the hot pep-per flavor will get moreintense.

4 pint canning jars with lids2 pounds trimmed greenbeans

21⁄2 cups clear or cidervinegar

21⁄2 cups water1⁄4 cup Kosher salt4 teaspoons minced garlic4 generous teaspoons dillseeds

12 whole peppercorns1 teaspoon cayenne pepperflakes, divided

Sterilize jars in a potof boiling water for 15minutes or run throughdishwasher. Keep ringsand lids in hot water.Keep jars hot.

Brine:Bring vinegar, water

and salt to boil. Packbeans tightly in jars,leaving 1⁄4 inch head-

space. To each jar, add 1teaspoon each of garlicand dill seeds, three pep-percorns and 1⁄4 teaspooncayenne. Pour boilingbrine over. Wipe rimswith clean wet cloth. Putlids and rings on andprocess in boiling waterbath for 8 minutes. Ifmaking okra, process 12minutes. Let sit about amonth (I know it’s hard)before tasting. These arepantry stable.

Refrigerator dillybeans

No processing in boil-ing water bath. After youput lids on, let cool oncounter and then refrig-erate. Again, wait about amonth before tasting.

Two-way poppyseed dressing

Citrus fruits are inseason! Try this for top-ping a salad made fromoranges, grapefruits, ahandful of chopped pars-ley and a thinly slicedshallot.

Whisk:

Zest and juice of one lemon2 tablespoons pure maplesyrup

1⁄2 to 3⁄4 teaspoon poppyseeds

1⁄4 cup sour cream or Greekyogurt

Salt to taste

Tips from readers’kitchens

Friendshipmuffins:JoAnn S. said she makesmuffins with the puddingrecipe of Friendshipbread. She loves to tweakrecipes. “Foil cupcakeliners work best. I haveadded 1/2-3/4 cup of Crai-sins, blueberries, raisinsand/or nuts to batterbefore filling and toppedeach with a teaspoon of amixture of cinnamonsugar and finely choppednuts before baking. Bakeat 350 degrees for 15-20minutes or till a tooth-pick comes out clean.”

Readers want toknow

“What is a tomatoknife?” It’s a small, ser-rated knife with a point-ed end to pare out cores.A serrated bread knifecuts tomatoes, somefruits and even eggplant,nicely. It just won’t havethe pointed tip for coring.

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

Children can help make dumplings

RitaHeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN

Homemade dumplings will double or even triple in size when dropped in hot soup orstew. THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD

“The Lima CompanyMemorial: The Eyes ofFreedom” will return tothe Ohio Statehouse andwill be on view Feb. 15 toMarch 17. The exhibitwas first unveiled at theOhio Statehouse in 2008.

Lance Corporal Nicho-las B. Erdy of JacksonTownship was a memberof Lima Company anddied in Iraq in May 2005.

The display was creat-ed in memory of 22 fallenMarines and a NavyCorpsman from the LimaCompany, 3rd Battalion,25th Marine Regiment,4th Marine Division, wholost their liveswhile serv-ing in Iraq in 2005. Theexhibition will be on pub-lic view for 31 days in theOhio Statehouse Rotundaand SouthHall and is freeand open to the public.

The Ohio-based Ma-rine Reserve unit, onceknown as “Lucky Lima,”was one of the hardest hitsingle units in OperationIraqi Freedom, sufferingdeaths of 22 Marines andtheir Navy Corpsman.Created byColumbus art-ist Anita Miller, the me-morial contains life-sized

paintings of eachof the 23fallen heroes. Names andstatistics of each of thefallen men, an ever-livingcandle, boots and spacefor visitors to leave me-mentoswill be part of thismemorial installation.

The Ohio Statehouse isopen weekdays from 7a.m. to 6 p.m.; weekendsfrom 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.;closed holidays. The OhioStatehouse Museum isopen weekdays from 9a.m. to 5 p.m.; weekendsfrom noon to 4 p.m.;closed holidays. Admis-sion is free. Free guidedtours are offered week-days on the hour from 10a.m. to 3 p.m., and week-

ends from noon to 3 p.m.Tours depart from theMapRoomeasily accessi-ble from the Third Streetentrance. Groups of 10 ormore are requested tocall in advance to ensurea guide is available. Con-tact 888/OHIO-123 formore information or toschedule a group tour.For more informationabout theOhioStatehousevisit www.ohiostatehou-se.org.

For more images andmore information aboutthe Lima Company Me-morial: The Eyes on Free-dom exhibit, visit www.li-macompanymemoria-l.org.

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This is one of the life-sized paintings that make up theLima Company Memorial: The Eyes of Freedom exhibit.From left are Lance Corporal Eric Bernholtz, CorporalDustin Derga and Lance Corporal Nicholas Erdy ofClermont County. LIMACOMPANYMEMORIAL.ORG

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But that warrantymay turn out to be littlemore than a waste ofmoney unless you’recareful.

Matthew Terlau, ofLawrenceburg, Ind.,bought a vehicle from aused car dealer nearlytwo years ago. He saysthe salesman convincedhim to buy the warrantyat a cost of about $1,500.

“They recommendedit. They went throughthat warranty. Theytalked it up like it was abig company and theydid real good work. I wasunder the impression itwas a big company,”Terlau said.

The company, Majes-tic Warranty of Franklin,Ind., had a contract thatclaimed to cover a lot ofitems. But when Terlaucalled to get repair workapproved, he says hewas given the run-around.

“I’ve tried callingthem. At first they wouldanswer the phone andthey would refer you todifferent mechanics andthen, the past year, itwas really hard to con-

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If you think MajesticWarranty would thenallow him to go to anoth-er repair shop, thinkagain. Terlau discoveredMajestic had gone out ofbusiness and filed bank-ruptcy late last year –taking his $1,500 with it.

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Mercy Health-Cler-mont Hospital has recog-nized David Beck, MD,with the first “Physicianof High Distinction”award.

Hospital staff, physi-ciansandtheMedicalEx-ecutive Committee(MEC) voted to deter-mine the winner of theaward. It identifies thephysician of the yearbased on criteria that in-cludes physician compe-tency, community ser-vice, humanitarian ser-vice, education, researchand leadership.

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Beck joined the medi-cal staff at ClermontMercy in 2007. He spe-cializes in the treatmentof lung-related illnesses,such as pneumonia, asth-ma and lung cancer, andis a member of MercyHealth Physicians - Cler-mont Pulmonary, Sleepand Critical Care, a med-ical practice based atClermont Mercy.

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LINDALE BAPTIST CHURCH3052 ST. RT. 132 AMELIA, OH 45102

797-4189Sunday School..............................9:30amSunday Morning Worship............10:30amSunday Evening Worship...............6:30pmWednesday Prayer Service ...........7:00pm

www.lindalebaptist.com

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF FELICITY212 Prather Rd. Felicity, OH

Pastor: Chad Blevins 876-2565Sunday School 9:45amSunday Worship 10:45amSunday Eve. Childrens Mission 6:00pmSunday Eve. Adult Discipleship 6:00pmSunday Eve. Worship 7:00pmWed. Eve. Adult Bible Study 7:00pm

Sunday School 10am; Morning Worship 11am;Sunday Evening Service 6pm;

Wednesday Eve. Prayer Service & Bible Study, 7:00pmReaching the Heart of Clermont County

BATAVIA BAPTIST TEMPLE770 South Riverside, Batavia OH 45103

Raymond D. Jones, Pastor732-2739

BAPTIST

MONUMENTS BAPTIST CHURCH2831 State Route 222

Mark Pence, Pastor 513-313-2401Sunday School....9:30AM

Sunday Worship....10:45AMChildrens Church & Nursery Avail

Wednesday Prayer Service& Youth Meeting....7:00PM

Nursery & Children’s Activitieswww.monumentsbaptist.org

CLOUGH PIKE BAPTIST CHURCH1025 CLOUGH PIKESunday School 9:30am

Morning Worship 10:45amWednesday Night Worship &

Prayer Service 7:00pmNursery provided for all services/

Youth & Children’s Programswww.cloughpike.com 752-3521

SOUTHERN BAPTIST

RIVER OF LIFEAssembly of God

1793 U.S. 52, Moscow, Ohio 451531793 U.S. 52, Moscow, Ohio 45153Pastor: Ralph Ollendick

Sun. Contemporary ServiceSS -9:45am,Worship 11:00amSS -9:45am,Worship 11:00am

Wed.- Informal Biblestudy 7-8pmWed.- Informal Biblestudy 7-8pmCome ExperienceThe Presence of the Lord In Our Services

Services:Sunday Worship 10:30 AM - Children’s Church

Wednesday Worship 7:00 PM - Rangers and Girl’s MinistryFriday 24 hour prayer 6:00 PM

509 Roney LaneCincinnati Ohio 45244

T: 513.528.3200E: [email protected]

ASSEMBLIES OF GOD

5910 Price Road,Milford831-3770

www.faithchurch.net

Services 9:15 am & 10:45 amNursery provided at all servicesTake I-275 to exit 57 toward Milford, Right on

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THE CHURCH OF THEGOOD SAMARITAN25 Amelia Olive Branch Rd.

Sunday 10:30am ... Holy Eucharist10:30am...Sunday School

(Lil’ Samaritans)

Handicap Accessible513-753-4115

www.GoodSamaritanEpiscopal.org

ST. THOMAS EPISCOPAL CHURCH& ST. THOMAS NURSERY SCHOOL100 Miami Ave, Terrace Park,OH 831-2052

www.stthomasepiscopal.orgSunday 8am Holy Eucharist, Rite I9:15am Christian Formation &Discovery Hour for all ages*

10:30am Choral Eucharist, Rite II**Child care for children up to 4 in a staffed nursery from 9-noon

EPISCOPAL

GOSHEN CHURCH OF GODReal People...In a Real Church...

Worshipping a Real God!1675 Hillstation Road, Goshen, Ohio 45122722-1699 www.goshenchurchofgod.org

Pastor Tim McGloneService Schedule

Sunday School 10:00amSunday Worship 10:45am

Sunday Evening Worship 6:00pmWednesday Youth Service 7:00pm

Saturday Service 7:00pmContemporary and Traditional live Worship Music and Multimedia

CHURCH OF GOD

GLEN ESTE CHURCHOF CHRIST

937 Old State Route 74 (Behind Meijer)513-753-8223 www.gecc.net

Sunday Worship: 8:30 & 10:30amBible Study: 9:30am & 6:00pm

Youth Groups: 6:00pm

CHURCH OF CHRIST

Saint Peter Church1192 Bethel-New Richmond Rd

New Richmond, Ohio 45157Phone 553-3267

Rev. Michael Leshney, PastorSaturday Mass - 5:00 PM

Sunday Masses – 8:30 & 11:00www.stpeternewrichmond.org

Saint Mary Church,Bethel3398 Ohio SR 125

Phone 734-4041

Rev. Michael Leshney, PastorSaturday Mass – 5:00 PM

Sunday Mass – 10:30 AMwww.stmaryparishfamily.org

ROMAN CATHOLIC

Blended Worship 8:00 & 10:45 amContemporary Worship 9:30 amSunday School 9:30 & 10:45 am

Nursery Care for Age 3 & underFull Program for Children, Youth,Music, Small Groups & moreHandicapped Accessible

Bill Bowdle -Sr. PastorSteve Fultz - Assoc. Pastor;J. D. Young - Youth Director

Janet Bowdle - Children’s Director

BETHEL UNITEDMETHODIST CHURCH

402 W. Plane St.Bethel, Ohio513-734-7201

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All Saints Lutheran Church445 Craig Road

Mt. Carmel, Ohio 45244513-528-0412

Services Saturday at 5 p.m.Sunday at 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

Pastor James Dinkel513-528-9142

LUTHERAN

Trinity United Methodist“Encircling People with God’s Love”

Traditional Worship.......8:15am & 11:00amContemporary Worship..................9:30amSunday School...............................9:30am

Nursery Available5767 Pleasant Hill Rd (next to Milford Jr. High)

513-831-0262www.trinitymilford.org

681 Mt. Moriah Drive • 513.752.1333

mtmoriahumc.org

Active Youth • Outreach • Fellowship

Music Ministries • Bible Studies

Ark of Learning

Preschool and Child CareAges 3 through 12

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8:30 & 11:00

6:00 pm

GOSHEN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH6710 Goshen Rd, Goshen

Across from Goshen High School513-722-2541

www.goshenmethodist.orgSunday School 9:30am

Worship 10:30amBlended Worship

Traditional and ContemporaryYouth Fellowship 6:00pm

Nursery Available

2010 Wolfangel Rd., Anderson Twp.513-231-4301

Sunday Worship: 9:00 & 10:30 AM withChildrens Church & NurseryPASTOR MARIE SMITH

www.cloughchurch.org

UNITED METHODIST

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH199 Gay Street

Williamsburg, Ohio 45176Phone: 513-724-7985

Sunday School: 9:30A.M.Worship:10:30A.M.(SupervisedNursery)

PRESCHOOL: Tues, Weds, Thurs

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CHURCHA Loving, Praying, Caring ChurchJoin us for Sunday Services

Sunday School .........9:15 - 10:00amFellowship...............10:00 - 10:30amWorship Service .....10:30 - 11:30am

360 Robin Av (off Oak St) Loveland OH

683-2525www.LPCUSA.org • [email protected]

PRESBYTERIAN (USA)

A Loving Church in Jesus’ NameSunday School..............................10:00AMSunday Morning Worship..............10:45AMThurs Prayer & Bible Study..............7:00PMNursery Provided for Sunday Morning Worship

FIRST CHURCH OFJESUS CHRIST

www.FirstChurchofJesusChrist.org6208 Guinea Pike, Milford, Ohio 45150

Pastor: Bryan PriceChurch: 513-575-5450

A New Life - A New ProspectiveA New Song

Pastor: Michael Fite info: 753-31593868 McMan Rd., Withamsville, OH 45245

(behind the Water Works car wash)Sunday Worship. 10:00amwww.newsongohio.com

9am, 11am & 6pmYouth Service at 6pm (in Youth Center)

Watch LIVE onlineSunday's at 11am & 6pmwww.LCchurch.tv

Cincinnati Fox19 @ 11am

Troy P. Ervin, Pastor4359 E. Bauman Lane | Batavia, OH 45103

513-735-2555www.LCchurch.tv

F O R M A L LY N A M E D K I N G ’ S W A Y

Sunday Morning 10:00AMContemporary Worship

Practical MessageClasses for Children & Teens

Nursery CareSunday 6:00PM

Avalanche Youth ServiceWednesday 7:00PM

Bible Study (adults) / AvalancheYouth

We have many other groupsthat meet on a regular basis

4050 Tollgate Rd,Williamsburg, OH

513-724-3341www.cmcchurch.comMark Otten, Pastor

NON-DENOMINATIONAL

Thirteen years ago,the Clermont Chamber ofCommerce followed upon a recommendationfromtheU. S.ChamberofCommerce that its mem-ber recognition programbe enhanced and expand-ed beyond the long-stand-ing Pacesetter Awards. Atask force made up ofchamber members andchamber staff came backwith five award catego-ries, all aligned to recog-nize the best of the smallbusinesses that made upmore than 80 percent ofthe chamber’s member-ship. The first of thoseawardswerepresented atthe chamber’s annualmeeting in 2001. Theawards have beentweaked over the years,but the goal and the tim-ing have remained con-stant.

The winners of the2012 Small Business BestPractices Awards are:

Customer Focus (un-der50employees) - Sliceof Stainless, Inc. This ishow Slice of Stainlessmarkets on its website:“Consider us the “SmallQuantity Specialists” ofthe sheet&plate stainlesssteel market. When youcall us or visit our web-site, there’s a greatchance you’ll find whatyou need ... when youneed it ... due to our exten-sive inventory of “hard-to-find” specialty grademetals and in a variety ofthicknesses … Slice ofStainless is a service cen-ter for stainless steel dis-tributors and end-usersalike… From day one, wehave taken pride in serv-ing a variety of custom-ers in diverse industriesthroughout the world.”Owner Robin Tackett hasthis to say about her nowdeceased partner and co-founder, Todd Reed, “Nomatter how demandingthe need, Todd would lit-erally drop everything tosatisfy a customer. Be-cause Slice of Stainlesscontinues to take this ap-proach toward customerservice, ourclientshavealevel of confidence andtrust in us rarely seen inour industry.” It is this at-tention to great customerservice that has keptSlice of Stainless on trackand growing in a chal-lenging business environ-ment.

CustomerFocus (51to250 employees) - Sam’sClub - Eastgate. Sam’sClub - Eastgate is an in-volved community part-ner and active chambermember, contributingsupport to many local

charities and recentlyrecognized by the Cler-mont County BusinessAdvisory Council (BAC)as its 2012 Business Asso-ciate of the Year in cele-bration of National Dis-ability EmploymentAwareness Month. Sam’sClubofEastgate sponsorsMentor Day during Octo-ber every year where in-dividuals from the Cler-mont County Board ofDevelopmental Disabili-ties get a chance to shad-ow Sam’s Club associatesto learn more about vari-ous jobs within the store.Sam’sClubrecently spentmore than $4 million toupgrade its parking lotand store interior to bet-ter serve its many cus-tomers and is especiallyappreciated by its targetcommercial restaurantand food service custom-ers.

Innovative BusinessPractices or Products (1to 50 employees) - King-dom Productions, Inc.When your iconic life-

sized rhinoceros figurehas deteriorated andneeds to be either re-habbed or discarded,where do you go? Thatwas the problem for theCincinnati Zoo in early2012. The answer wasKingdom Productions onMount Carmel-TobascoRoad and the result was arhino and its calf thatwere more lifelike anddurable than the origi-nals. This sign, graphicdesign and themed envi-ronments company hashit its stride in the lastfew years with realistictigers, large displaytrees, themed outdoor ca-fes, and5-foot iPhones fora variety of exhibitors,zoos and marketersacross the country. HankPryor tied his 30 years ofdesign and creative expe-riences together with asmall team of similarlyskilled creators andbrought his vision of“imagineering” to life tohelp his customers show-case the best of who they

are and what they do.Innovative Business

Practices or Products (51to 250 employees) - In-ternational Techne-Group, Inc. Best knownas ITI, this Milford busi-ness was instrumental inpioneering computer-aid-ed technologies and prod-uct development prac-tices that soon becamestandard throughout in-dustry. Today ITI con-tinues to progress BestPractices for New Prod-uct Development proc-esses and transferringthat knowledge to its cli-ents around the world.ITI was the first supplierof niche technologies insupport of concurrent en-gineering. Similarly, thefirm has played a leadingrole in bringing new tech-nology to the market-place. Accomplishmentsinclude:

» The world’s leadingprovider of product dataexchange tools, servicesand programs.

» Incorporating Quali-

ty Function Deployment(QFD) as an integral plan-ning function in concur-rent engineering and de-veloping the first QFDsoftware to facilitate thisactivity.

»Developing the firstplatform independenttool for IGES translatordevelopment.

» Implementing cut-ting edge CAD ModelQuality diagnostics spe-cific to improving manu-facturability.

Emerging Small Busi-ness (under 50 employ-ees) - Bioformix, Inc.Bio-formix is a sustainablematerials start-up com-pany that has raised $1.05million in capital fundingthrough CincyTech andthe Queen City Angels.This Wards Corner Roadcorporation is developinga new class of green, sus-tainable, environmental-ly and biologically benignmonomers, resins and po-lymers using proprietarychemistry. Initial mar-kets include high value-

added adhesives, coat-ings and sealants.

Emerging Small Busi-ness (51 to 259 employ-ees) - HealthSource ofOhio. HealthSource ofOhio is a private, not-for-profit Federally Quali-fied Community HealthCenter (FQHC) which of-fers primary care ser-vices consisting of medi-cal, dental, mental healthand pharmacy. Health-Source offers services tomore than 20,000 patientsthrough offices in East-gate, Goshen, New Rich-mond and Batavia. In2012, HealthSource in-vested more than $9.7million in facilities to bet-ter serve its needy clien-tele. HealthSource cur-rently employs 125 ser-vice providers in Cler-mont County.

These awards will bepresented at the annualmeeting of the ClermontChamber of Commerce at11:30 a.m. Feb. 8 at Holi-day Inn & Suites Cincin-nati Eastgate.

Chamber to recognize six businesses

Daniel Lemar, 30, 1375 Oak-leaf Road, Sardinia, warehouse-man and Samantha Robertson,22, 208 W. South St., Bethel,Domino’s.

Shannon Carlisle, 31, 8 Gener-al Ross, Erlanger, Ky., trans-portation officer and RhondaBryant, 39, 8 General Ross,Erlanger, Ky., behavioral detec-tion officer.

Benjamin Martin, 23, 333 N.Ash St., Bethel, USMC andMegan Rossi, 21, 2605 Moore St.,Bethel, student.

David King, 26, 104 FawnLane, Blanchester, generalmanager and Angela McAninch,23, 7127 Ohio 28, Pleasant Plain,histology technician.

Justin Pritchard, 26, 5054 Ohio50, Fayetteville, farm hand andEmily Daniel, 25, 3664 Ohio 131,Williamsburg, R.N.

Timothy Carson, 39, 3508Patterson, Bethel, Telecommanager and Elisha Sweet, 31,3508 Patterson, Bethel, student.

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CLERMONT COUNTYSHERIFF’S OFFICEArrests/CitationsJames Adrian Hollingsworth,born1966, 111Harrison St.,Felicity, drivingwhile under theinfluence of alcohol and/ordrugs, 1926 Bethel-HygieneRoad, Bethel, Dec. 30.MatthewDerrickWright, born1985, 3507 Smyrna Road,Felicity, obstructing officialbusiness, 617Market St., Felici-ty, Dec. 31.MatthewDerrickWright, born1985, 3507 Smyrna Road,Felicity, resisting arrest, 617Market St., Felicity, Dec. 31.Jordan Scott Grooms, born1990,501McKinney Road, Felicity,criminal trespass - fail to leave;recklessly, 3418 Ohio132,Amelia, Jan. 2.Jordan Scott Grooms, born1990,501McKinney Road, Felicity,possession of drugs - scheduleIII, IV, or V substance, 3418 Ohio132, Amelia, Jan. 2.Carrie Lynn Reinersman, born1983, 305 Buddy Lane, Love-land, possessing drug abuseinstruments, 2730 Ohio 222,Bethel, Jan. 6.Andrea Lynn Emmitt, born1992,11Donna Drive, Amelia, pos-sessing drug abuse instru-ments, 617Market St., Felicity,Dec. 28.Andrea Lynn Emmitt, born1992,11Donna Drive, Amelia, selling,purchasing, distributing, ordelivering dangerous drugs -possess, 617Market St., Felicity,Dec. 28.Angela Sue Adams, born1960,3317 Ohio St., Bethel, pos-sessing drug abuse instru-ments, 3317 Ohio St., Bethel,Dec. 28.Kein Chez Adams, born1990,3317 Ohio St., Bethel, burglary,2558 Bethel-Maple Road,Bethel, Dec. 30.James Adrian Hollingsworth,born1966, 111Harrison St.,Felicity, drivingwhile under theinfluence of alcohol and/ordrugs, 1926 Bethel HygieneRoad, Bethel, Dec. 30.

Incidents/InvestigationsAggravatedmenacing235Mulberry St., Felicity, Dec.

28.Animals running at large onpublic roads - grazing onanother’s land821Maple Creek Road,Moscow,Jan. 2.Assault3262 Ohio 756, Felicity, Jan. 5.318 N. East St., Bethel, Dec. 24.BurglaryAt 846 Neville Penn School-house Road, Felicity, Dec. 21.At 2558 BethelMaple Road,Bethel, Dec. 30.Criminal trespassAt 3460 Ogden Lane, Bethel,Jan. 6.Domestic violenceAt 3705 Ohio Pike, Bethel, Dec.29.MenacingAt 2730 Ohio 222 Lt 14, Bethel,Dec. 18.At 3813 Happy Hollow Road,Bethel, Dec. 29.At 2730 Ohio 222 Lt 14, Bethel,Dec. 18.Misuse of credit cardAt 3488 SodomRoad, Hamers-ville, Dec. 27.Obstructing official businessAt 617Market St., Felicity, Dec.31.Possessing drug abuseinstrumentsAt 2730 Ohio 222, Bethel, Jan. 6.At 617Market St., Felicity, Dec.28.At 3317 Ohio St., Bethel, Dec. 28.RapeAt Eagle Point Drive, Moscow,

Dec. 21.Rape - Force, threat ofAt Eagle Point Drive, Moscow,Dec. 21.Resisting arrestAt 617Market St., Felicity, Dec.31.Selling, purchasing,distributing, or deliveringdangerous drugs – possessAt 617Market St., Felicity, Dec.28.TelecommunicationsharassmentAt1692 Swope Road, Bethel,Dec. 19.At 3463 Franklin Road, Felicity,Dec. 20.At 3407 Ohio 774, Bethel, Dec.31.At 3347 Ohio 774, Bethel, Jan. 3.At 2395 Donald Road, Bethel,Jan. 4.Telecommunicationsharassment - fail to desistAt 37Wells St., Moscow, Dec.27.TheftAt 3436 Starling Road, Bethel,Dec. 17.At 3262 Ohio 756, Felicity, Dec.18.At 2932 Bethel-Concord Road,Bethel, Dec. 18.At 2643 East Amelia FarmsRoad, Bethel, Dec. 19.At 303 Sunset Drive, Bethel, Dec.20.At101W. Plane St., Bethel, Dec.21.At 3301Florence Ave., Bethel,Dec. 22.At 3533 Patterson Road, Bethel,Jan. 2.At1060 Ohio 222, Bethel, Dec.25.At 3488 SodomRoad, Hamers-ville, Dec. 27.At 3705 Ohio Pike, Bethel, Dec.29.At 3436 Starling Road, Bethel,Dec. 17.At 3262 Ohio 756, Felicity, Dec.18.At 2932 Bethel-Concord Road,Bethel, Dec. 18.At 2643 East Amelia FarmsRoad, Bethel, Dec. 19.At 303 Sunset Drive, Bethel, Dec.20.At101W. Plane St., Bethel, Dec.21.At 3301Florence Ave., Bethel,Dec. 22.

POLICE REPORTS

ABOUT POLICEREPORTSThe Bethel Journal

publishes the names ofall adults charged withoffenses. The informa-tion is a matter of publicrecord and does notimply guilt or innocence.To contact your localpolice department, call:» Bethel, Chief MarkPlanck, 722-6491» Clermont CountySheriff’s Office, SheriffA.J. “Tim” Rodenberg,732-7500

Jerry CraigJerry W. Craig, 28, Bethel,

died Jan. 9.Survived by son Jaden Craig;

parents William Craig, Joyce(Henson) Barnett; siblings Robin,Autumn, William Jr. Craig,Carlena Pollard, Monett Brown,Desire Waters.

Services were Jan. 14 at E.C.Nurre Funeral Home.

Mary JaneMastersMary Jane Cummins Masters,

83, Felicity, died Jan. 4.Survived by daughters Cathy

(Gary) Singleton, Tammy (Scott)Frey, Gina (Lyle) Caudill; eight

grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. Preceded indearg by husband Ralph “Doug”Masters.

Arrangements by Charles H.McIntyre Funeral Home.

AnthonyMurrayAnthony Ray Murray, 36,

formerly of Bethel, died Jan. 6.

Survived by parents Pearl,Homer Murray; sisters Sharon(Paul) Martin, Tammy (Sam)Cook; nieces and nephewsAutumn, Lauren, Ashton, Eas-ton, Aaron.

Services were Jan. 11 at E.C.Nurre Funeral Home.

DEATHS

ABOUT OBITUARIESBasic obituary information and a color photograph of

your loved one is published without charge. Call 248-7128for a submission form. To publish a larger memorial trib-ute, call 242-4000 for pricing details.

TATE TOWNSHIP4234 Hidden Creek Drive, Feder-al National Mortgage Assoc. toSharissa Brown, $160,500.

WASHINGTONTOWNSHIP2137 Ohio 756, Estate of Kather-ine Frondorf to Bearl and ZolaCraft, Trustees, $275,000.U.S. 52, Joan Rae Glass to JamesGlass, Trustee, $275,000.U.S. 52, Joan Glass to James

Glass, Trustee, $290,000.

BETHEL402 South St., James Reeder, Jr.to Jerri Merrill, $45,000.210 East Plane Street, DeniseKarr, et al. to Federal HomeLoan Mortgage Corp.,$23,333.34.Lot 68 Easter Valley, HomesteadInvestment Corp. to HolidayHomes, Inc., $25,000.Lot 68 Easter Valley, Freedom

Homes to Jeffrey Thompson,$187,780.Lot 22 Easter Valley, FreedomHomes to Robin Hamrick ,$127,350.330 Faith Way, Michael Brennan,Trustee to Rebecca Reinert,$130,000.

FELICITY713 W. Light St., Federal Nation-al Mtg Assn to Sameer Choud-hary, $35,000.

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

RESIDENTIALPamela Cossins, Moscow, miscel-laneous work, 88 Elizabeth St.,Moscow Village.

COMMERCIALJD Stine, Bethel, addition-Spay &Neuter Vet, 120 Plane St.,Bethel Village, $22,500.Fire Dept. Volunteer, Felicity,

alter, 718 Market St., FelicityVillage.Village of Moscow, alter-Mos-cow Park shelter, 110 BroadwaySt., Moscow Village, $17,000.

BUILDING PERMITS

Clough UnitedMethodist Church

All children preschool throughfourth grade are invited toPowerxpress, a new children’sministry program at CloughUnited Methodist Church, 2010Wolfangel Road in AndersonTownship. The program will be10:30-11:30 a.m., Sunday morn-ings, beginning Jan. 27.

Children will explore variousthemes in units that last nineweeks. Each week the childrenwill visit a different station.These stations include art, music,storytelling, games, computer,science, cooking, and video. Onthe last week of the series,children will revisit the mainstory for the unit. The firstPowerxpress theme will be“Symbols of Holy Week”.

There is no cost for the pro-gram and preregistration is notnecessary. Powerxpress will runat the same time as the 10:30a.m. worship service each Sun-day.

For more information, contactthe church office at 513-231-4301or visit

The church is at 2010 Wolfan-gle Road, Anderson Township,231-4301; www.cloughchur-ch.org.

Epiphany UnitedMethodist Church

The church offers three wor-ship services – two contempo-rary and one traditional. Sat-urday at 5 p.m. and Sunday at 9a.m. are contemporary servicesand 10:30 a.m. is a traditionalservice. All services have SundaySchool and a professionally-staffed nursery available forinfants through 3-year-olds.

The church is at 6635 Love-land-Miamiville Road, Loveland;677-9866.

LovelandPresbyterian Church

The canceled Loveland Habi-tat For Humanity project will beconducted in the spring. LPC isseeking four to five volunteersto help on Saturdays, Jan. 19 and26, for the upcoming demolitionof the house on Sunrise.

The church is at 360 Robin,Loveland; 683-2525; [email protected].

Loveland UnitedMethodist Church

TheWorship team recentlybegan offering two services:

“Classic Tradition” at 9 a.m.;“Engage!” – a contemporary

worship offering at 10:30 a.m.The Children’s team will be

offering nursery care all morn-ing, and Sunday school for allages up through grade sixduring both worship services.

In addition, the Sunday morn-ing experience will providelife-changing teenage studies,including confirmation class, aswell as adult learning opportu-nities. Visit tinyurl.com/bed7fgfor Sunday class times for teen-agers and adult.

To find out about all theministry offerings at LovelandUMC, visit tinyurl.com/bed7fg,or call Pat Blankenship, director

of ministry operations, at 683-1738. Explore small groups, Biblestudies, children’s ministry,youth ministry, adults ministry,seniors ministry and “HandsOn/Off Campus”mission/out-reach opportunities. The churchalso offers opportunities toconnect in various worship artsministries such as music, drama,video, sound and visuals.

The church is at 10975 S.Lebanon Road, Loveland; 683-1738.

Mount MoriahUnitedMethodistChurch

The Mount Moriah UnitedMethodist women will presentan Antiques and CollectiblesAppraisal Fair from10 a.m. to 2p.m., Saturday, Jan. 26, in thesanctuary narthex. The apprais-als will be given by Bill Rainey ofMilford Antiques, and BobBranson, who is very learned inappraising furniture. People canbring in anything of which theywould like to know the value,whether it be a piece of furni-ture, glassward, primitives,something inherited, a familyheirloom, clocks, lamps, etc. Theappraisers will examine thepiece and give the owner aneducated appraisal. A numberwill be given to the owner ofthe piece when the item isregistered for appraisal. Cost is$5 for each appraisal, or $25 forsix items. There is no limit to theamount of pieces one maybring. Call the church office withquestions.

The church is at 681Mt.Moriah Drive, Cincinnati; 753-1333; www.mtmoriahumc.org.

RELIGION

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lished at no charge on aspace-available basis.Items must be to ouroffice no later than 4 p.m.Wednesday, for possibleconsideration in thefollowing edition.» E-mail announcementsto [email protected], with “Reli-gion” in the subject line.» Fax to 248-1938. Call248-8600.»Mail to: CommunityPress, Attention: AndreaReeves, Religion news,394 Wards Corner Road,Suite 170, Loveland, Ohio45140.


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Housing Opportuni-tiesMadeEqual isbegin-ning a new media cam-paign spotlighting thehousing rights of fam-ilies with children. Aspart of the campaign,HOME is debuting ashort, fun video featur-ing an out-of-touch land-lord who uses multipleexcuses to avoid rentingto families.

“While our topic is se-rious,wewanted to use abit of humor to help getour message across,”said Elizabeth Brown,HOME executive direc-tor. “As a fair housingagency, our mission is toeducate property own-ers and managers abouttheir obligations underthe federal FairHousingAct and to advocate onbehalf of those who feeltheirrightshavebeenvi-olated.”

The video beginswiththe landlord placingsigns on the lawn statingthat childrenarenotper-mitted to live in thebuilding. As the videoprogresses, families askabout the apartmentonly to be told variousreasonswhy they cannotsee it.

“The signage is a fla-grant violation of thelaw, but unfortunatelymany small landlordsdon’t know the law,”

Brownsaid.“Whileotherformsof il-legal dis-crimina-tion maybe subtle,HOME

continues to find manylandlords openly sayingthey don’t accept fam-ilies with children be-cause they are ignorantof the law, even thoughprotections for familieshave been in place sincethe Reagan administra-tion. Signs saying ‘nochildren’ are equivalentto those saying ‘noblacks’ or ‘no Jews.’ Ourhope is that rental prop-erty owners in the Cin-cinnati area will learnfrom the video in a hu-morous way before theyfind out in a serious wayby receiving a formalfair housing complaint.”

In 2012 HOME filedsix such complaints, andany family who believesthey have been deniedhousing because of theirchildren should call theagency.Thevideo canbeviewed now on theHOMEwebsite www.ho-mecincy.org. Billboardspromoting it are up untilearly February alongfour well-traveled road-ways.

HOME videouses humorin messagefor families

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Got your New Year’sresolutions done? I betyour list includes thingslike lose weight, eathealthy, exercise - thingsthat are good for you.Your list may includethings like travel andentertainment - thingsthat add happiness tolife.

Often our goals arefocused on improvingthe quality and satis-faction of our own lives.Maybe that’s why theyaren’t always fulfilling.

Why not try some-thing that is rewarding,and makes you happierat the same time? Tryvolunteering.

Each year, more than500 people volunteer tohelp with our programsand services. Thousandsof hours are donated.Many of these hoursprovide the icing on thecake, so to speak, byadding the extras to the

serviceswe pro-vide.

Butthere aresome vol-unteerswho notonly add tothe healthand well-being ofour sen-iors, they

add to the health andwell-being of ClermontSenior Services. Lastyear, more than 100 peo-ple volunteered in keypositions to provide di-rect services to seniors.The time these volun-teers donate is money inthe bank for us. Withoutthem, we would need tocut services, because wesimply do not have theresources to replacethem.

Direct service volun-teers (those who serve

one-on-one with seniors)are a special breed. Theywork alone and do notbenefit from the cam-araderie of working withstaff or other volunteers.But they have somethingmuch better. They meetthe people they serve inperson, hear their “thankyous” and see the smileson their faces.

Some volunteers whoshop and run errands forhome-bound seniors lovethis program because itis flexible and fits easilyinto their busy sched-ules. It gives people whowork full-time an oppor-tunity to make a differ-ence in someone’s life.Seniors love it, too. It notonly gives them a chanceto purchase items theyneed, it provides themwith a brief visit fromsomeone who cares.

Other volunteers de-liver Meals-on-Wheelsone day a week or more.

They see a number ofpeople and provide avaluable safety check aswell as deliver a meal.We reimburse mileage,too, for shoppers andmeal volunteers.

We desperately needvolunteer shoppers in theMilford area; and we canuse MOW volunteers inAmelia, Eastgate, Ow-ensville, Williamsburgand Bethel.

I believe in the law ofreciprocity. You cannotgive something to otherswithout getting some-thing in return. Manyvolunteers tell us theyfeel they get so muchmore than they give.

If you are a volunteerwho likes to look into theface of the person youare helping, please callJeanne Siegel, volunteermanager, at 536-4021.

Linda Eppler is director ofCommunity Services for

Clermont Senior Services.

Volunteer for New Year’s resolution

LindaEpplerCOMMUNITYPRESS GUESTCOLUMNIST

To increase its empha-sis on providing servicesto people affected by spi-na bifida, the Spina Bifi-da Association of Cincin-nati is becoming an inde-pendent organizationserving 17 counties inOhio, Indiana and Ken-tucky.

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

After careful consid-eration, the Spina BifidaCoalition of Cincinnatiboard decided to end itsaffiliation because theboard of directors be-lieves the mission of thenational organization isno longer fully alignedwith coalition’s mission.The coalition’s primarymission is to provide ser-vices to its clients. Thenational organization’sprimary mission seemsto be raising money tofund spina bifida re-search.

“Our main focus will

continue to be helpingpeoplebornwith spinabi-fida lead full, active livesinour region,” saidJustinBifro, coalition chair.“Weacknowledge that re-search continues to be vi-tal to lessen the impact ofspina bifida on future

generations. But wethink our organization isbest suited to enhancingthe lives of those affect-ed by spina bifida today.

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

More information

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

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Howdy folks,Here it is another year.We

hope and pray everyone ishealthy and your family isdoing good and are healthy.

Now this cat of ours, “Ches-sy,” sure knows how to get ourattention. If I am setting inmychair and shewants out, shewill jump inmy lap. Then shelooks out thewindow, then shejumps on the light stand. Iknow shewants to go out, so Iwill open the door.While she issetting then she jumps downandmakes a run outside. Theothermorning at 3:30 a.m., shejumped on the bed onmy sideandwokeme up, I started to pether, she then jumped off thebed. So I went and opened thekitchen door. Shewent outsideand set on the porch and lookedeverything over.WhenRuthAnn got up at 5 a.m. shewassetting at the kitchen doorwanting back in. Ruth Annwasstill sleepy so Chessywas set-ting on her lap, with a blanketspread over Ruth Ann’s lap. Icould see Chessy’s head stick-ing out of the blanket sleeping.We have a yogurt eachmorn-ing, so Chessywaits for us toeat the yogurt, and she likes tohave a little so after she eatssome, she sleeps somemore.What a blessing she is.

Ruth Ann has been busyfixingmeals for Christmas and

here at home, sothe other dayweneeded to dosome shopping,so we stopped atBob Evans andhad breakfast.This was for her.

Last week onThursday eve-ningwe hadfolks here for

supper. The past district LionsClub governor for our area,John, his friendDeb, Jim andFran. Jim belongs to the LionsClub, too. Themenuwas friedfish, carrots from our garden,macaroni and cheese, corn,tossed salad, cornbread and fordessert peach cobbler, water,tea and coffee to drink. Thesefolks sure enjoyed themeal.Wewill get together again inMarch and share ameal togeth-er. It is special when friendscan get together a share ameal.

Last weekwhile wewereeating dinner at noon, I saw alot of birds back in the garden.So after we ate, I walked backto seewhat these birds were.Theywere Robins. I wonder ifthey got their time clockmixedup. Therewere probably15.They seem to come each yearabout this time. Don’t thinkspring is here yet, but it is goodto see them.

While wewereworking in

the carpenter shop last week,we saw a flock of wild turkeysin the back of our lot. Westopped counting at 30 turkeys.One turkeywas inside thefenced garden and kept run-ning and looking at the others,going through thewoodedfence row. After they gotthrough, the turkey flew overthe fence and ran to catch up.We areworking in the car-penter shop building birdhouses, bird suet feeders andother feeders, making them outof cedar. It sure leaves a goodsmell andwill age to a verybeautiful color.

Todaywe go to the SeniorCenter and talk to a group of 60or better seniors.We do thisonce amonth. Today’s talk willbe about NewYears resolu-tions, and how did you do onthem.We need to stop at Car-neys FeedMill and get birdfeed, suet blocks, thistle seedfor the gold finch, and of courseother small birds. The squirrelsare working on the bird feed-ers. They need something toeat, too. They are looking fornuts,they buried in the sideyard and are finding some.After leaving Carney’s, wewillgo to theGrant’s Farm andGreenHouses to seewhat kindof plants theywill have thisyear.Maybe I am pushing theseason a little.We have a bed of

green onions growing. This isthe year for folks to be puttingin raised beds and start grow-ing tomatoes, peppers, greenbeans, taters and other vegeta-bles to eat. This will save a lotofmoney. If any one needs helpin planning a raised bed, giveus a call.

Ruth Ann and I attended theBethel Business Association-,meeting lastMonday for theBethel Lions Club. There aresome interesting activities instore for the Bethel area andtown. The association is work-ing to generate different activ-ities for the Bethel area andTheBethel Lions Clubwill bevery involved in the comingattractions.We all need to beinvolved for the events.

The Clermont P.E.R.I. meet-ingwill be at 11:30 a.m.Wednes-day, Jan. 16, at the GrammasPizza in Batavia. I know I amlate putting this in but with theHolidays, we forgot to get it in.This is for all state employeeswho are retired and belong tothe state P.E.R.I. The new offi-cers will be installed.

Start yourweek by going tothe house of worship of yourchoice and praise theGoodLord. God bless all. More later.

George Rooks is a retired parkranger. Rooks served for 28 years

with the last five asmanager of EastFork State Park.

It’s good to share meal with friends

GeorgeRooksOLE FISHERMAN

The Union Township trust-eesrecentlyannouncethe2013SummerConcertSeriesfortheUnion Township Amphithe-atre, inbackoftheciviccenter,4350 Aicholtz Road. The con-certs are free and open to thepublic.

ScheduleAfter Midnight, 8 p.m. Sat-

urday,May 25Cincinnati Brass Band, 7:30

p.m. Saturday, June1Chuck Brisbin & The Tuna

Project,8p.m.Saturday,June8Anderson Community

Band, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June15

Sycamore CommunityBand, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June22

Leroy Ellington & The E-Funk Band, 8 p.m. Saturday,July 6

Six Pac, 8 p.m. Saturday,July 20

DV8, 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug.10

Clermont Philharmonic Or-chestra, 7:30 p.m. Saturday,Aug.17

The Burning River Band, 8p.m. Saturday,Aug. 24

Comet Bluegrass All-Stars,8 p.m. Saturday,Aug. 31

Stagger Lee, 8 p.m. Satur-day, Sept.14

Robin Lacy & DeZydeco, 8p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21

SUMMERCONCERTS

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