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Push to wipe Anderson Kroger gets 41,000 square foot expansion, oﬃ cials say out Milford lunch debt may expand

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Anderson Township's "Kroger Mountain" is offi cially coming down, offi cials said. In place of the dirt pile referred to by residents on social media as "Kroger Mountain" will be an expanded Kroger store featuring several restaurants inside and a Kroger Pickup station, the Anderson Area Chamber of Commerce announced Jan. 24. The Kroger Liquor store will move inside, as part of the more than 40,000 square foot expansion. "It's a BEAUTIFUL day Around Anderson Township!" Anderson Township Trustee Josh Gerth wrote in a Facebook post. "They say good things come to those who wait... Well, if that's the case this is going to be one hell of a store!" A news release from Kroger shared similar excitement around the project. “We are taking a fresh approach to our store in Anderson Township,” Kroger Cincinnati-Dayton division corporate aff airs manager Erin Rolfes said in the release. “Shoppers can look forward to a fresh experience when construction is complete later this year.” The Chamber and Township conducted a groundbreaking ceremony for Kroger – Anderson Towne Center Jan. 24, marking the offi cial start of the con-

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A rendering of the Anderson Towne Center, which Kroger plans to construct at Beechmont Avenue and Wolfangel Road. “ ... This is going to be one hell of a store!” Anderson Township Trustee Josh Gerth wrote on Facebook. PROVIDED

struction project. The expansion is one of the last remaining projects of a more than $250 million investment that has gone into the corner at Beechmont Avenue and Wolfangel Road over the last few years, Gerth said. “This area is the heart of our community and the Anderson Township Kroger has been part of the fabric," Gerth said in the release. "We could not be more excited about the expansion and redevelopment of this store – and what will be one of the ﬁ nal puzzle pieces to complete the downtown vision.”

Oﬃ cials said the new and improved Kroger store will oﬃ cially open by the end of the year. Loyal Kroger shoppers will receive regular updates on the construction process, the store stated in their release. The store will remain open during the renovation, operating on reduced hours to allow construction crews time to complete the project without disrupting the customer experience. Beginning Monday, Jan. 20 the Anderson Kroger will close from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m., seven days a week.

Sharefax breaks ground for Union Township headquarters

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One of the largest credit unions in Greater Cincinnati will break ground today in Union Township for new headquarters in a four-story building that will be visible from Interstate 275. Sharefax Credit Union, which has more than 33,000 members in 12 counties, plans to construct a 30,000square-foot building in the Ivy Pointe Commerce Park that will include a new branch oﬃ ce with three drive-thru lanes, an ATM and two interactive teller machines. The nonproﬁ t credit union founded in 1960 serves people who live and work in Clermont, Hamilton, Warren, Butler and eight other counties, as well as more than 400 companies and organizations throughout Greater Cincinnati. “We are excited to build this new facility that will serve our members, employees and the community for many years to come as we continue to grow,” Sharefax President Arthur Kremer said. “This will create a signature space for us and a visible reminder of our continued commitment to Clermont County and the Greater Cincinnati area.”

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Here’s a rendering of the new headquarters Sharefax Credit Union is building in Union Township. PROVIDED

Health - Eastgate Medical Center Sharefax expects to complete construction of its new headquarters on nearly eight acres of vacant land at 604 Ivy Gateway within a year. It will be next to the new Mercy Health - Eastgate Medical Center. The credit union bought the property for $1.8 million in 2016, Clermont County auditor records show. Sharefax has another location in Union Township on Old State Route 74 near Batavia, in addition to branches in

A Clermont County nonproﬁ t organization that started a GoFundMe page to wipe out student lunch debt in the Milford schools wants to expand its campaign to help children in other school districts. “We didn't realize the size of this need in the districts in our area,” said Lorionna Metzger, executive director of Lojjaden Farms in Stonelick Township, near Metzger Batavia. “In hopes to help, we are in the process of setting up a standing fund for anyone to be able to donate to help with the need in their own area. Donations will be 100 percent tax deductible, and donors will be able to specify which school and school district they want to help.” Metzger said lending a helping hand to families in the Milford Exempted Village School District and elsewhere is an extension of the work at Lojjaden Farms, an educational farm that uses nature and animals such as horses to teach children and adults life skills. So when Metzger, who has a child in the Milford schools, learned of the student lunch debt in the district through a Facebook neighborhood group, the nonproﬁ t decided to start the GoFundMe page.

Evendale, Lebanon, Mason and Miami Township. Union Township Trustee John McGraw said the township is happy to welcome Sharefax to the Ivy Pointe Commerce Park. “This means more jobs and value added to Union Township and Clermont County,” McGraw said. “Union Township and Sharefax have developed a wonderful working relationship. I am glad to see Sharefax expanding and growing in our community.”

“Our team is always looking for service opportunities that will make a local diff erence,” Metzger said. “When we heard about this need, we knew it was something that people would rally around if they had a channel to do so. We decided to create that channel.” In 10 days, the GoFundMe page, Lojjaden Farms has raised $3,410 of its $7,297 goal. “We are working directly with the Nutrition Services staff at the board offi ce,” Metzger said. “(District Manager) Gerry Levy and (department assistant) Kim Gregory are two leaders on this lovely team who truly care about Milford students but are limited by federal rules and restrictions in what they can do for students with lunch debt.” The Milford schools welcome the campaign, said Wendy Planicka, spokeswoman for the district. “We applaud the recent eff orts of our community to contribute toward paying off student lunch debt,” Planicka said. “When we receive the donation for lunch debt it will be deposited into the Nutrition Services account.” When a Milford student's lunch debt reaches $10 and they do not have money for that day’s lunch, they get a See LUNCH DEBT, Page 2A

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Who’s against Second Amendment sanctuaries? An Ohio gun rights group Scott Wartman Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

If there can be gun sanctuaries, there can be anti-gun sanctuaries. That's why Second Amendment Sanctuaries in Ohio have garnered an unlikely opponent: gun-rights groups. "These people that are pushing this stuff might snatch defeat from the jaws of victory," said Chris Dorr, executive director of Ohio Gun Owners, in his podcast that posted Monday evening. After the Clermont County Board of Commissioners declared the county a Second Amendment County, Dorr wrote a letter asking them to repeal it. Clermont County is one of three counties in the Cincinnati region to pass resolutions declaring themselves so-called "Second Amendment sanctuaries." The other two are in the Northern Kentucky counties of Boone and Kenton. Campbell County Fiscal Court was scheduled to consider a version of the resolution Wednesday, Jan. 15. These resolutions have been described as largely symbolic, as county commissioners don't pass laws. Some gun-rights advocates see these sanctuaries as dangerous. In Ohio, they see the state laws passed by a Republican-controlled legislature as strong, particularly the preemption law. That law means local municipalities can't further restrict gun ownership beyond state law. Messages to Clermont County Board of Commissioners President David Painter and Dorr were not returned. The executive director of the state's largest gun-rights group, the Buckeye Firearms Association, recently told The Enquirer he doesn't see a need for Second Amendment sanctuaries in Ohio, given the strong protections at the state level. "I don't know if there's a need for it in Ohio," said Dean Rieck. "I'm not hearing a lot of interest." As far as he knows, only Meigs County in Southeastern Ohio has also passed a resolution to become a gun sanctuary. The word "sanctuary" concerned Clermont County Sheriff Robert S. Leahy, who is Republican. He fi rst found out about the sanctuary resolution reCOMMUNITY PRESS & RECORDER NEWSPAPERS ❚ 312 Elm Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202 ❚ 2116 Chamber Center Drive, Fort Mitchell, KY 41017 NEWS TIPS ........................................513-248-8600 HOME DELIVERY .............................513-576-8240 ADVERTISING...................................513-768-8404 CLASSIFIEDS ....................................513-242-4000

Two area Bar Louie locations close Jennifer Edwards Baker Fox19

Bar Louie abruptly shut down at locations in Greater Cincinnati and Dayton recently. Restaurants at Anderson Towne Center and Oakley Station shuttered their doors for good at the close of business Saturday, Jan. 25. So did locations at Austin Landing in Miamisburg oﬀ Interstate 75 and The Greene in Beavercreek oﬀ I-675. “To our loyal guests, our last day of business was January 25th, 2020," reads a Facebook post for the location

cently after the Clermont County commissioners passed it. He doesn't want the word sanctuary to give people the impression the laws have changed. You still need a permit for a concealed weapon and you can't bring fi rearms into the courthouse. "It hasn't changed the laws in eff ect, and we enforce those laws," Leahy said. It didn't seem like the Clermont County commissioners were keen to repeal the resolution on Jan. 15. The issue has become embroiled in a heated Republican primary for county commissioner in this overwhelmingly conservative rural and suburban county just east of Cincinnati. In a dramatic exchange Jan. 15 in an open meeting, Painter and his Republican challenger, Chris Hicks, questioned each other. Hicks read and delivered Dorr's letter to the commission. He then laid into the commissioners for passing a resolution that could set a bad precedent. "What's going to happen next?" Hicks said. "I'm super pro-life. Are we to pass a pro-life resolution and now we're a sanctuary pro-life county? A sanctuary speeding county? A sanctuary 'don't-pay-your-taxes' county?" After listening to Hicks' polemic, Commissioner Ed Humphrey defended the sanctuary resolution, saying it didn't change anything. "We didn't change the law," Humphrey said. "We didn't ask police offi cers to not enforce the law. We simply said we support the Second Amendment." Painter said he introduced the resolution after listening to a speech from Gov. Mike DeWine about plans for gun control reform. He then said he doubted Hicks' owned a fi rearm. "You said you are a Second Amendment guy," Painter said. "What you've said from this podium tells me you're not for the Second Amendment." Hicks said he owns two fi rearms, a handgun and a rifl e. The rifl e is his wife's. Oh, and for those interested, Democratic-controlled Hamilton County has no plans to become a sanctuary for or against guns. Hamilton County Board of Commissioners President Denise Driehaus said there are more pressing matters. She said she supports gun safety, such as the measures proposed by DeWine, but doesn't think sanctuaries are the way to go. "I'm concerned about gun safety, school safety and responding to the fears and concerns of constituents," Driehaus said, "as opposed to doing something like that that's probably meaningless."

Lunch debt Continued from Page 1A

cheese or peanut butter sandwich instead of the regular entrée until they pay oﬀ their balance, per district policy. Because of the prevalence of peanut allergies among youngsters, elementaryage students always get cheese sandwiches. All students who get the alternative meal get the same fruits, vegetables and milk as do other students. District policy also outlines steps school employees must take so as not to embarrass youths, such as speaking privately to them about their lunch debt. The policy lays out steps the schools will take to collect the debts, including sending letters, emails and automated phone calls to students’ homes. Parents can sign up to prepay for their children's meals using the PaySchools program online. 'Lunch debt has always been a problem for school districts' On a recent day, Planicka said, just over 200 of Milford’s 6,800 students, about 3 percent of the student body, owed more than $10 in lunch debt. “Lunch debt has always been a problem for school districts, and Milford is no exception,” Planicka said. And while the debt total constantly changes, “End of the year balances are generally lower than middle of the year balances as eﬀ orts are increased to-

at Anderson Towne Center. The reason for the abrupt closures was not immediately provided. The website does not show any open locations in the area. Bar Louie locations in other states also closed abruptly over the weekend, media outlets across the nation reported. Other closures include restaurants in Colorado, Maryland, Michigan and Wisconsin. The location at Newport on the Levee shut down last spring. Enquirer media partner Fox19 provided this report. Enquirer contributed.

ward the end of the year with reminders to parents to bring accounts current,” she said. Planicka said that in June 2019, Milford’s student lunch debt totaled $5,033. The numbers were $3,803 in June 2018, $5,489 in June 2017 and $6,090 in June 2016. Other local schools and school districts contract with Milford’s Nutrition Services Department for meals, including the Finneytown Local, Madeira City, Williamsburg Local and Wyoming City school districts. Their June 2019 student lunch debt looked like this, according to Planicka: ❚ Finneytown (1,344 students) $2,826. ❚ Madeira (1,475 students) - $560. ❚ Williamsburg (997 students) $2,347 ❚ Wyoming (1,971 students) - $11,779. “Milford’s ending lunch debt balance in 2019 of $5,033.23 for our 6,800 students was considerably lower when averaged out per pupil compared to those smaller districts,” Planicka said. Federal guidelines do not allow student lunch debts to be carried over from one year to the next, Planicka said, so school districts are ultimately responsible for the shortfall. She said there are not enough lowincome students in individual Milford schools or the district as whole to qualify them for the federally funded free or reduced-price meals program. Eligible families, however, can apply for beneﬁ ts.

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Politicians today could take a cue from Todd Portune and Bob Bedinghaus Paul Daugherty Columnist Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

In the aftermath of the Great Playoﬀ Meltdown of 2016, Todd Portune asked the Cincinnati Bengals to apologize for their team’s boorish behavior. “I’ve received personal emails from people scattered across the country expressing their dismay that this was the face of Cincinnati,” the Hamilton County commissioner said during a commission meeting the week after the loss. “I’ve been waiting to hear an apology from Bengals’ ownership from what occurred.” That was vintage Portune. So was this: The Bengals, responding to complaints from their ticket-buying fans, had designated a section of tailgate spaces as “family friendly.’’ No drinking allowed. No frat-house-and-worse behavior. Portune’s reaction: The paltry 300 spots should hem in the drinkers, not the families. Todd Portune died Saturday, Jan. 25, after a long, brave bout with cancer. Some of us not so politically engaged will recall him as the biggest, best duly elected spur in the Bengals’ rear end. Portune won election by booing the team’s lopsided lease agreement with the county. He beat a guy who was instrumental in creating that lease. That Portune and Bob Bedinghaus would become fond acquaintances, almost pals, was an ironic beauty of the whole stadium funding debate. It should serve as an abject lesson to Dems and Republicans now, who’d rather beat each other pulpy than practice professionalism and civility. “We both came to learn that we had the same goal to make the community better,’’ Bedinghaus recalled Jan. 27. “We came at it from diﬀ erent sides of the fence. Back then, you could battle and keep it civil. Today, you have to pound your opponent into the ground.’’ When Portune the Democrat beat Bedinghaus the Republican in 2000, he

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Pictured are then-Hamilton County Commissioner Bob Bedinghaus, left, and opponent Todd Portune during a live radio debate in 2000. ENQUIRER FILE

felt he had a mandate to get the stadium lease modifi ed. He sued the team in federal court. The lease was reaffi rmed. That didn’t mean Portune stopped agitating. But his tone softened. As Jeff Berding explained Jan. 27, “It was time to build bridges.’’ Berding, who was the Bengals sales director in the early 2000s, suggested that Portune started thinking, “Maybe I can change things by working closer with the team and still making my feelings known.’’ For that, Portune needed a moderator, a middleman, someone to bridge the chasm between team and county. Enter Bedinghaus, who a few years after he lost the commission race to Portune, went to work for the football team. Through the years, there have been any number of agreements between the Bengals and Hamilton County, most brokered by Bedinghaus. Known as “memoranda of understanding,’’ they were legal pieces of give and take that served to mend a bad marriage before both parties resorted to divorce court. Bedinghaus was in the

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course, The Family hated like hell to pay lawyers to fend oﬀ the lawsuit. In the end, the push and pull was good for everyone. Portune’s passion helped keep the Bengals from rolling over the county and its taxpayers. The Bengals’ willingness to bend on the demands of the lease resulted in last fall’s big deal involving the music venue and a rollback of a lease provision that would have had the county spending $30 million a year it didn’t have. “The out-year payments’’ they were called, and they were especially galling to Portune, who fought hard against them. And won. “His legacy,’’ Bedinghaus said. Portune and Berding also mended fences, when Berding won a seat on city council in 2005. At that point, the cooperation between the city and county on The Banks project was nil. Berding and Portune changed that. “You could really disagree with Todd, without being disagreeable. He fought respectfully, never made it personal,’’ Berding recalled. Berding summed up the unusual relationship between Bedinghaus and Portune. “Both West Side guys from working families. One was Republican, one was Democrat. Both wanted to get things done, as opposed to just being ideological.’’ There’s a lesson there somewhere.

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Ohio Republican Party wants a Clermont County candidate out of primary

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COLUMBUS - The Ohio Republican Party is asking House candidate Joe Dills to withdraw from the three-way Clermont County primary after Dills admitted to signing up for an Ashley Madison account in 2013. “Mr. Dills crossed a line by joining this lewd and inappropriate website,” party Chairman Jane Timken said in a statement Jan. 24. “I call for his immediate withdrawal from the race. There is no place in our party for people that exercise such a gross lack of judgment.” Dills disclosed Friday that he signed up for an account with the online dating and social networking service marketed to people who are married or in relationships to “connect with women for inappropriate relationships.” Dills, who was endorsed by the Clermont County Republican Party and Ohio Republican Party, said in a Facebook post on his campaign’s website that it was a mistake to join the website. Dills, of Union Township, said he was single at the time and said he never used the site to actively meet with anyone. “It was a moment of weakness that I deeply regret,” Dills wrote. “I am, and always will be, embarrassed by that decision.” Dills is running in the Republican primary against former U.S. Rep. Jean Schmidt and Dillon Blevins, a NRA-certiﬁ ed pistol instructor, in the Republican primary. Dills, in his Facebook statement, said Schmidt and her political allies were using his former account against him “as a way to try and get me out of the race.” “I must express my disappointment that this campaign has devolved into such a state of personal attacks,” Dills wrote. Schmidt told The Enquirer that she was not involved in any attempt to smear Dills. “It’s a cheap shot to say that I was involved in anything he may or may not have done,” Schmidt said. “That’s not my style. I’m focused on my own race not his.” Hours after the post, The Enquirer learned of a January 2016 incident in which his wife, Nikea Dills, showed up at his workplace and accused him of cheating. Miami Township police responded to the scene. They advised Nikea to speak with her pastor and Joe to seek a trusted mediator. Joe Dills denied the cheating allegation, according to the police incident report. “That incident was a complete misunderstanding,” Dills told The Enquirer on Jan. 24. “Like many couples, we have had our issues but have worked through them together and we are proud to have a strong and beautiful marriage today.” The move comes after Dills touted an endorsement from Ohio Value Voters, an organization that supports “faith, life, marriage, family and reli-

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gious freedom.” He posted about the endorsement on his Facebook page Jan. 17, but it has since been removed. Dills’ Friday morning post was accompanied by a statement from Dills’ wife Nikea in which she says the couple been supported by people close to them, including their pastors. “Joe will be the ﬁ rst to tell you of the mistakes he has made and how God has transformed him,” Nikea Dills wrote. “I watched as God took a lost broken man and began to shape him and form him into the good Godly man with incredible morals and values that he is today.” Dills is seeking the 65th District seat, which includes parts of Loveland and Milford and all of Newtonsville and Owensville, as well as Goshen, Miami, Stonelick, Union, and Wayne townships. The winner of the GOP primary will face Democrat Alan Darnowsky in the Republican-heavy district. Ohio Value Voters board member Diane Stover declined to comment about the endorsement on Jan. 24. The organization also supports Schmidt. Dills won both the Clermont County Republican Party endorsement and Ohio Republican Party endorsement over Schmidt, who has the backing of House Speaker Larry Householder, RGlenford in Perry County. Householder nominated Schmidt for the Ohio GOP endorsement, but the party’s governing body chose to remove Householder’s picks for two Clermont County races from the slate of endorsed candidates. Then, Clermont County Republican Party Chairman Greg Simpson suggested Dills be endorsed instead. The governing body approved Dills’ endorsement at a January meeting. Reached Jan. 24, Simpson declined to comment. The seat is currently held by Rep. John Becker, R-Union Township, who is term-limited. Becker is running for Clermont County commissioner against Republicans Bonnie Batchler and John K. McGraw. “This is another Clermont County GOP mess that could have been avoided,” said Chris Hicks, who is running for Clermont County Commissioner against incumbent David Painter.

The owner of a now-closed basement remodeling business who prosecutors said took more than $200,000 for work he never completed told a judge Jan. 29 the business “got too big, too fast.” Twenty-four homeowners in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky were victimized by John Drennan’s business, Basement Boost, according to prosecutors. The business, which was based in Sharonville, shut down in August 2018. Drennan, 34, who lives in Clermont County, said he then got a sales job at a local Mercedes-Benz dealership and eventually was promoted to manager. He was making $100,000 a year, according to his attorney. Drennan said he lost the job after the charges against him were announced in June 2019. At Wednesday’s sentencing in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court, Drennan said he now operates an online “woodworking” business with his wife, who is pregnant with their second child. He said the business already has generated about $10,000 in revenue. “In February, I have four tables I’m supposed to build for clients,” he told Judge Thomas Beridon. That new business’s success is important, because Drennan was ordered to pay $176,496 in restitution to 21 of the victims. Two of the victims were reimbursed by their credit card companies,

and one didn’t want to be reimbursed, according to a spokesman for Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, whose offi ce prosecuted the case. Beridon’s sentence includes a fi veyear probation term, during which Drennan is required to make monthly payments toward the restitution amount. Beridon said he didn’t order house arrest because he didn’t want punish Drennan’s wife and unborn child “for your mistakes.” The victims’ stories followed a similar pattern. They would pay by check or credit card for remodeling and/or waterproofi ng work. And after receiving the money, Drennan never delivered materials to the home, never did work – and never returned any money, court documents say. Finally, in late-August 2018, according to the lawsuit, someone from the business came to their home and told them “all of the employees…had been fi red and that (Basement Boost was) ceasing operations, eff ective immediately.” Dreenan told Beridon he has fi les of 99 completed projects for the last three months his business operated. Victims will have to pursue civil lawsuits to recover interest and attorney’s fees, because those amounts, under law, are not eligible for restitution. Drennan could go to prison if he violates terms of his probation, Beridon said.

Milford man pleads guilty to sex crimes involving children Kevin Grasha

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BATAVIA, Ohio – A Milford man who police said raped a 7-year-old child and took sexually explicit photographs of that child and two others pleaded guilty Wednesday. Prosecutors are seeking a prison sentence of 84 years for Joseph Lee Suder, according to Enquirer media partner Fox19. He pleaded guilty in Clermont County Common Pleas Court to child pornography, gross sexual imposition and human traﬃ cking charges.Sentencing is set for March 27. Milford police arrested Suder, who is 36, in August 2019. Police have said Suder supplied a 5-year-old boy to a Lockland man oﬃ cials described as Suder's friend, 26-yearold William Bustillos III. Bustillos faces rape, gross sexual imposition and child pornography

charges in Hamilton County involving the boy. AcSuder cording to court documents, Bustillos told police explicit details about sexually assaulting the boy in 2018. He also admitted sharing child pornography on several social media sites, the documents say. Lockland police have described the case as the worst they’ve ever seen. They say they found pornographic images that include child bestiality on the men's cellphones.

"(Bustillos') apartment was basically set up as a sex room," Lockland Police Sgt. Chris Lind said, according to Fox19. "His bedroom included a bed with nets to mount cameras to record sex acts and a little satanic ritual set up with cameras satanic totems. He had dildos in the shower, and these pictures of these kids in the shower with the dildos." Bustillos is being held at the Hamilton County Justice Center on a $3 million bond. No trial date has been set. Enquirer media partner Fox19 contributed to this report.

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Sports CNE, Blanchester stars catch eye of West Virginia coach Bob Huggins Scott Springer Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Editor’s note: Information and statistics included refl ect this article’s original publication date – Jan. 29. Visit Cincinnati.com for possible updates. Assuming you missed any traffi c from downtown Cincinnati, you could get to Blanchester in a little less than an hour. Clermont Northeastern High School would take 30-40 minutes depending on the time of day. Why would one make such a drive? If you want to see two of the most prolifi c scorers in Greater Cincinnati high school basketball, that’s where the gyms are located. Competitors since they were 5 years old, Brayden Sipple plays for Blanchester in Clinton County, while Skyler Schmidt anchors the post for Clermont Northeastern. While closer to home, Woodward sophomore Paul McMillan IV leads the city (proper) in scoring at nearly 32 points per game, Sipple and Schmidt are fi lling it up in the Southern Buckeye Conference-National Division. Sipple slings in 34 per game, with Schmidt around 26. The 6-7, 230-pound Schmidt cleans the glass 16 times a game to the 6-4 Sipple’s 10. Though both have had inquiries from several schools, one has traveled the “country roads” to see both of them: West Virginia. Assistant Ron Everhart has stopped in Blanchester to sample Sipple, while coach Bob Huggins himself made the trek outside of Batavia to CNE to look in on double-double machine Schmidt.

Pursuing the post player “It’s a luxury to be able to throw it inside when you need a bucket,” CNE coach Jim Jones said of his big man. “He’s sort of a run-stopper because we can throw it in and get what we need.” Only once in the last two seasons has Schmidt been held below 10 rebounds with his best statistical game

CNE forward Skyler Schmidt has a breakaway dunk in the game between against Blanchester last December.

Blanchester’s Brayden Sipple looks to head to the rim against Clermont Northeastern.

coming in a 38-point, 23-rebound eﬀ ort against New Richmond. Jones believes Schmidt’s rebounding talents are his calling card. “He’s just got a rebounder’s mindset,” Jones said. “He visited West Virginia and Purdue. Those are two schools that rely on toughness. I think they like his body-type and his toughness.”

in a game Schmidt had to miss. Both players are on summer teams and both participated in some area open gyms over the summer against some of the area’s top talent. “He’s put in hours and hours in the gym,” Blanchester coach Adam Weber said of Sipple. “We did 6 a.m. workouts in Wilmington over the summer.” Sipple’s bread and butter is his pull-up jumper, which he has worked one extensively. Weber said he gets downhill motion, then stops on a dime and deliv-

‘Wing’ man Sipple owns a 47-point, 21-board performance against Williamsburg and just went for 38 against CNE

PHOTOS BY JIM OWENS/FOR THE ENQUIRER

See RECRUITS, Page 2B

Loveland High honors athletes at Hall of Fame inductions Submitted by Susanne Quigley Loveland City School District

Loveland High School hosted the Class of 2019 Athletic Hall of Fame inductions on Jan. 10. The ceremony took place at halftime during the Boys Basketball game against West Clermont High School, and a reception folowed in the LHS Media Center after the game. Members inducted include: Jessica Ajunwa (LHS Class of ’10), Andrew Alten (LHS Class of ‘14), Sam Bolden (LHS Class of ‘72), and Sarah (Fisher) Kruger (LHS Class of ’10). “Becoming a member of the Hall of Fame is the highest honor that an athlete can achieve at the high school level,” said Kevin Taylor, program chairman. “It is my great pleasure to be able to recognize each of these outstanding athletes who have contributed so much to the athletics program at Loveland High School over the years.” Jessica Ajunwa graduated from LHS in 2010 and was a member of the Girls Varsity Track Team all four years of high school. She was selected for 1st Team AllFort Ancient Valley Conference (FAVC) as a sophomore, junior and senior and was named FAVC Runner of the Year in 2010. She earned numerous additional awards her senior year, among others: 1st Team All-City and 1st Team AllSouthwest District for 100 meter dash and 200 meter dash, and qualifi ed for 2nd Team All-Regional and 2nd Team All-State in the same events. She placed 2nd in both 100 and 200 meter dash at the Midwest Meet of Champions. Ajunwa continued her track career at the University of Cincinnati. Andrew Alten, member of the LHS Class of 2014, was a three-year Varsity Football letterman and a fouryear letterman on the Division I Varsity Wrestling Team. He played on the 2013 Division II Football State Champion Team and only months later earned the 285-pound Wrestling State Champion title. Alten earned numerous awards in both sports throughout his high school career, among others, was named 1st Team All-State Off ensive Lineman, Anthony Munoz Off ensive Lineman of the Year, and Larosa’s High School MVP Finalist. He holds several school history rankings for wrestling: #1 All-Time Rank for Season Wins (50), #2 AllTime Rank for Season Points (242) and #4 All-Time Rank for Season Take Down Effi ciency (155). Alten went on to play football at the University of Findlay, Ohio. Sam Bolden, graduated in 1972. He was a four-year member of the Loveland Boys Basketball Team and a four-year Varsity Letterman for Track. All four years of his high school track career, he placed in the top fi ve in the 220 yard dash, 880 relay, and long jump at the Little Miami and Blanchester Invitational meets. He set several school records in 1972 and placed 9th All-State in the 220 yard dash.

Andrew Alten, member of the LHS Class of 2014, was a three-year Varsity Football letterman and a four-year letterman on the Division I Varsity Wrestling Team. PHOTOS PROVIDED

Jessica Ajunwa graduated from LHS in 2010 and was a member of the Girls Varsity Track Team all four years of high school.

Sam Bolden, graduated in 1972. He was a four-year member of the Loveland boys basketball team and a four-year varsity letterman for track.

Sarah (Fisher) Kruger graduated in 2010, and was a four-year member of the Girls Varsity Cross Country Division I Team and a four-year Varsity Lettermanfor Track.

Bolden won numerous accolades for his accomplishments in track his senior year, and continued his academic path at Eastern Kentucky University. Sarah (Fisher) Kruger graduated from LHS in 2010, and was a four-year member of the Girls Varsity Cross Country Division I Team and a four-year Varsity Letterman of the Girls Track Team. In cross country, she made the All-Region and All-State Honors her senior year and was a member of the ﬁ rst girls team to qualify

for State. Throughout her high school track career, she made 1st Team All-FAVC, 1st Team All-Southwest District, All-Region Honors and All-State Honors in the 1600 meter run. As a senior, she represented Ohio at the Midwest Meet of Champions. Kruger continued her track & ﬁ eld and cross country careers at Washington University in St. Louis.

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SHORT HOPS Alex Harrison Cincinnati Enquirer

Boys basketball ❚ Logan Duncomb had 20 points and 13 rebounds for Moeller when the Crusaders beat Winton Woods 56-45 Jan. 28. ❚ St. Xavier beat Covington Catholic 55-49 Jan. 28. Hank Thomas scored 21 points over Covington Catholic, helping snap its 17-game winning streak. ❚ Walnut Hills improved to 13-5 after beating Mount Healthy 64-56 Jan. 28 for its third-straight win. ❚ Steph Curry’s 22 points weren’t enough for Clark Montessori when it lost to Cincinnati Christian 67-50 Jan. 28. ❚ Summit Country Day fell to CHCA 39-33 Jan. 28. ❚ McNicholas topped Purcell Marian 57-51 Jan. 28. ❚ Dropping its fourth-straight, Anderson fell at Harrison 56-47 Jan. 28.

❚ Milford was beaten by Western Hills 57-44 Jan. 28. ❚ West Clermont was topped by Hughes 68-62 Jan. 28. ❚ Batavia earned its ﬁ fth-win of the year, beating Williamsburg 57-27 Jan. 28. ❚ Ending a losing streak of six games, FelicityFranklin won 61-50 at Bethel-Tate for its third victory of the year. Steven Jones had 23 points. ❚ Clermont Northeastern lost 87-57 at Blanchester Jan. 28, dropping to 14-3. The loss was its second in ﬁ ve games.

Girls basketball ❚ St. Ursula lost to Ursuline Academy 59-22 Jan. 28 before beating Seton 54-36 Jan. 30. ❚ After taking six-straight games, West Clermont lost to Walnut Hills 65-44 Jan. 27.

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❚ Anderson won 43-31 at Harrison Jan. 29. ❚ Madalyn Hills scored 18 points on six three-point shots as Milford lost 57-49 at Little Miami Jan. 29. ❚ Cecelia Hilgefort’s double-double led Turpin over McNicholas 56-39 Jan. 29. ❚ Miami Valley Christian improved to 9-9 after beating Immaculate Conception 39-24 Jan. 27. ❚ Batavia won 54-47 at Goshen Jan. 27 and beat Gamble Montessori 48-34 Jan. 29 before losing to Western Brown 61-54 Jan. 30. ❚ Williamsburg beat Clermont Northeastern 45-31 Jan. 27 and East Clinton 60-37 Jan. 30 to improve to 14-3 overall and 10-0 in the Southern Buckeye Conference. ❚ Improving to 16-4, Bethel-Tate topped the Cincinnati Trailblazers 47-31 Jan. 27 and at Clermont Northeastern 54-32 Jan. 30. ❚ Felicity-Franklin lost at East Clinton 61-50 Jan. 27.

ers. However, as most youthful players do, Sipple enjoys the occasional slam to display his 6-4, 185-pound ﬂ ying frame. “I like dunks,” he said. “It gets the crowd ﬁ red up.”

Schmidt also enjoys coming into a gym closer to Cincinnati and displaying his competitiveness. Over time, he feels more accepted at such gatherings of talent. “Not bashing anything in our league (Southern Buckeye Conference), but playing guys outside of our league is a lot tougher,” Schmidt said. “It just helps my toughness and playing through contact and stuﬀ like that.”

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If you score it, they will come

Both players have dabbled in football. As a quarterback his freshman and sophomore seasons, Sipple threw for more than 3,400 yards and 40 touchdowns. Schmidt is a pass rusher/tight end who recorded 10 sacks last fall with fi ve interceptions and two fumble recoveries. He caught 15 passes for 274 yards and three scores and ran for 159 yards. There is confi rmation that rush lineman Schmidt has sacked quarterback Sipple before. “He got to me a few times,” Sipple said chuckling. Football’s in the past for Sipple, but Schmidt would entertain off ers. Their background does fi t well with Huggins, though, who has actively recruited football/ basketball combo guys (Bobby Brannen and Miles McBride out of Moeller) and welcomed a few football players on to his old UC basketball squads.

Sipple’s shooting has earned him some invites to big college games including watching Indiana at Assembly Hall in Bloomington. He’s been to Wright State and Marshall and a visit to Miami University is in the works as well as a trip to Morgantown and WVU. Division II schools have also lined up but may have to pull back if DI interest picks up. The big schools would like to see Sipple add some strength. “The biggest Division I feedback we’ve got is he needs to be able to fi nish through contact,” Weber said. “The physicality of the Division I game is the players are so strong and physically mature.” As for Schmidt and CNE, the community is still buzzing over the Bob Huggins visit from the stories that the veteran coach told to watching him take in Schmidt’s daily workout. “It was awesome to have him come to the school,” Schmidt said. “It was kind of surreal.” Schmidt has since been to Morgantown to hear the rifl e fi re as well as to Purdue to see coach Matt Painter. Kent State, Louisville, Cincinnati and Xavier have also made inquiries. The country scoring duo are rapidly fi nding out it doesn’t matter where they’re from, it matters where they’re going.

Continued from Page 1B

Taking the game inside the beltway Both Sipple and Schmidt are known in local basketball circles. In August, they took part in open gyms run by 275 Hoops and ran the same ﬂ oors as Woodward’s McMillan, Taft’s Rayvon Griﬃ th, Covington Catholic’s Chandler Starks, Wyoming’s Isaiah Walker, Hamilton’s Trey Robinson, Princeton’s Bowen Hardman and Moeller’s Alex Williams, Logan Duncomb, Max Land,

West Virginia coach Bob Huggins visited CNE's Skyler Schmidt this season. Photo by David Colwell THANKS TO CLERMONT NORTHEASTERN

Aidan Noyes and Evan Mahaﬀ ey, to name a few. “We’re out there to push each other to get better,” Sipple said of the oﬀ season work. “They pushed me a lot.” Many players are learning there are basketball goals beyond Hamilton County. In between runs, Sipple normally has to do some geographical explaining. “People ask where I come from,” he said. “I tell them Blanchester. Not very many people know where that’s at.”

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Can be stored up to 2 weeks before coating, covered, in refrigerator.

Heat cream until simmering so it’s hot enough to melt chocolate.

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Truffle base 11⁄ 2 pounds quality chocolate - I like half bittersweet and half semisweet, chopped into small pieces 1 cup whipping cream

Pour hot cream over chocolate and butter, and slowly whisk until complete-

Place truffles on sprayed paper.

Melted chocolate. (Be careful — pull off heat while some lumps remain, then stir to smooth; chocolate will seize if over-

heated or if water gets into it.) Let cool a bit before coating truffles. Dip chilled truffles and set on sprayed surface. Refrigerate, covered, until coating sets. Sprinkles/nuts. Do this before chocolate sets. Cocoa or confectioners sugar. Drop truffles in bowl with coating, rolling them around to coat. Store, covered, in refrigerator. Bring to room temperature to eat. Note: Check out Jane’s Facebook page: Cakes Come True and Truffles Too. There’s even a place to ask questions and receive a reply. The photos of her homemade exquisite creations will make you smile.

COMMUNITY NEWS Tom & Chee opens new Anderson Twp. restaurant Cincinnati-based Tom & Chee, famous for its handcrafted melts, soups and salads, welcomed hundreds as it opened its newest Cincinnati location in Anderson Township on Saturday, Jan. 11. The new restaurant is the ﬁ rst Cincinnati area location to open since the company was acquired by GSR Brands, parent organization of Gold Star, in 2017. Tom & Chee opened its doors to hundreds of customers who experienced Tom & Chee’s new menu, featuring items such as melts, soups and salad, as well as a new menu item, tots. The restaurant also debuted its new “&Crafted” restaurant design that features natural wood elements an elevated design throughout the space. In celebration of the opening, Tom & Chee gave away free melts for a year to the ﬁ rst 100 customers in the door Saturday. “We’re thrilled this new restaurant has opened just as we’re celebrating the 10th birthday of Tom & Chee,” said Tom & Chee Co-founder, Jenny Rachford. “The Anderson location is perfect – it’s in the center of a bustling shopping center in a family-focused community. While it’s not on an ice rink like our original tent, the restaurant is a few doors down from a movie theatre and trampoline park. We’re looking forward to serving families as they spend quality time together.” The restaurant, which skyrocketed to fame in 2009 when it was featured on ABC’s “Shark Tank” in 2013, got its start in 2009 in a tent adjoining the seasonal ice-skating rink on Cincinnati’s Fountain Square. There are four additional Tom & Chee locations in the Greater Cincinnati area – The Original Tom & Chee – Downtown Cincinnati (125 E. Court Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202), Newport on the Levee (1 Levee Way, Newport, KY 41071), West Chester (9328 Union Centre Blvd., West Chester, OH 45069), and Kings Island (6300, Kings Island Drive, Mason, OH 45034). Lauren, Hall, Tom & Chee

Free tax prep VITA program to start at Union Township Library The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program will be off ered this 2020 tax season at the Union Township Library in partnership with the United Way of Greater Cincinnati. The VITA program off ers free tax help to people who generally make $55,000 or less, those with disabilities and limited English-speaking taxpayers who need assistance preparing their own tax returns. IRS-certifi ed volunteers provide free basic income tax return preparation with electronic fi ling to qualifi ed individuals. Sessions will be conducted every Monday, Feb. 3 through April 13, from 4-7 p.m. at the Library, 4450 Glen Este-Withamsville Road. Call 513-580-7740 to make an appointment or for more information. Theresa Herron, Clermont County Public Library

Customers lined up Jan. 11, as the ﬁ rst 100 customers received free Tom & Chee melts for a year. PROVIDED

Clermont Library to host a science fair Feb. 8 Children and teens are busy completing their projects for the 2020 Clermont County Public Library Science Fair. The Science Fair will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8, in the Multi-Purpose Building on the Clermont County Fairgrounds, 1000 Locust St. in Owensville. Set up for participants will be 8:30 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. Feb. 8. Prizes will be awarded to the ﬁ rst-, second- and third-place winners in the following grade categories: K-4, 5-8, and 9-12. Participants who receive a superior rating from the judges will be eligible to move on to the District Science Fair. The public is welcome to visit to see the projects and talk with the students who created them. Also, Crystal Clear Science will be on hand to do scientiﬁ c demonstrations from 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. For more information, visit clermontlibrary.org, or call any branch library. Theresa Herron, Clermont County Public Library

events is unique and powerful,” says Director and Theatre Teacher Hannah Linser-Wilder. “Finding scapegoats, assigning blame, twisting truth until it is unrecognizable, these are things that we as humans cannot stop doing.” Senior Caitlin Walsh, who plays Abigail Williams, points out that the story is still very relevant in today’s world. “Blind hysteria and refusing to value the opinions of others, that is never good.” “There are always two sides to any conﬂ ict,” says Junior Braden Perry, who plays Deputy Governor Danforth, “But now people jump to ‘if you are not on my side you are my enemy,’ without thinking things through.” The play is unsettling, and Ms. Linser-Wilder says is very conscious of guiding her student actors — and eventual audiences — through this intense experience for a reason. “We tell this story to try to break the cycle, to bring the darkness into the open and try to learn from it.” The students emphasize that the story does contain seeds of redemption. Senior Emily Ivanov, who plays Mary Warren, says “there is hope in character relationships and in transformations. Once people see what is happening, maybe they can change. That’s what we want audiences to see.” The production opens on Feb. 14 and runs through Feb. 16. Tickets, which are $10, can be purchased online at www.Showtix4U.com or at the door. More information at AndersonTheatre.com Elaine Seeley, Anderson Theatre

Arthur Miller’s powerful play ‘The Crucible’ opens at Anderson Theatre Anderson High School’s production of the Tony Award-winning play “The Crucible” spins a web of deceit and betrayal in Titus Auditorium this February. In “The Crucible,” master playwright Arthur Miller uses the backdrop of the Salem witch trials in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during 1692 to reﬂ ect on the Red Scare and McCarthyism of the early 1950’s. The play focuses on John Proctor, his wife, Elizabeth, and Abigail Williams, the young servant-girl who maliciously embroils the entire settlement in a crucible of lies, accusations, and terror. “The allegorical connection between these two

In Anderson Theatre’s production of “The Crucible,” Senior Jack Chandler plays John Proctor, Senior Caitlin Walsh plays Abigail Williams, and Senior Annika Newton plays Elizabeth Proctor. NOAH WADLEY/PROVIDED

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Howdy folks. The churches in Bethel are doing a great job of teaching about the Lord and serving the community. Not only excellent preaching, but plenty of food and now other churches of the county are doing the same thing. God bless all of them. Now mark your calendar for Feb. 14. St. Mary’s Church here in Bethel is having the food mobile pantry. The Catholic charities have this each month on the second Friday here in Bethel. They go to several other towns also. The time is

from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The ﬁ rst time I went to help pass out food, I wore my bib overalls. The young lady that was in charge said, “Mr. Farmer, you can pass out the produce.” I have done this every time and now with the help of Paula – that is great. Talked to Mike at the Boars Head Bait Shop and he said the crappie and catﬁ sh are really biting good. The other day, I took Paula down to the Golden Coral to eat. While we were there, Mike, his wife, mother-in-law and grandkids were there to eat. Mike said his mother-inlaw will be 80 years old on Feb. 29. That is when she was born – that is on leap year. By that she will be 20 years old – not enough to go and have a drink. She is a very lovely lady. That is something when a person is born on leap year.

The Northside Baptist Church will have its ﬁ rst service back in its church on Feb. 2. This is following the water heater leak the church had. They have been meeting at the Shepherd’s Place here in Bethel for quite a while. That has been a blessing for them – the Lord will provide. In reading the history of Bethel, it brought memories back to me about Ruth Ann’s dad, mother and old-maid aunt. Her mother said when they were young, they lived in a farm below the lake. Both her mother and aunt were born in the 1890 times. They told me when they heard about a machine or car that was going to be at a certain place they would hook up the horses to the wagon so they could go and see the machine (as they called them back in that

time). I have their old piano here that they learned to play on. Ruth Ann’s dad told me how he on Saturday would hook the horse to a buggy and go over to Tunnel Mill to a gristmill to have corn ground for the livestock and his mother so she could bake cornbread. He told how the fellows dug a tunnel through the mountain below Williamsburg to run a gristmill at Tunnel Mill. The history of our area is so important. Now Mr. Chester and Miss Chessie are doing ﬁ ne. They are getting plenty of sleep and food. They are such a joy to me. Start your week by going to the house of worship of your choice and praising the good Lord. God bless all... More later...

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