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Amelia man wins $24,000 Tony Marquardt scores big in 53 Yard Drive contest

Frosty, the dog rescued from log floating in floodwaters on Friday, is doing well. PROVIDED/ CINCINNATI SPCA

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Tony Marquardt, of Amelia, won the 53 Yard Drive contest to help drive down student debt.

The way the contest worked was during the Bengals season, for every Bengals off ensive drive of at least 53 yards, Fifth Third Bank added $530 to a grand prize sweepstakes.

During the course of the season, the Bengals achieved 46 53-yard drives.

Also throughout the season, every time the Bengals completed three, or more drives of at least 53 yards in that week's game, a contest entrant was randomly selected to receive $530 to pay towards their student loan.

In total, six people won $530 to pay towards their student loan debt from that portion of the contest.

SPCA: Frosty, dog rescued from Ohio River flooding, is ‘perfect’ Sarah Brookbank Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Bengals player, Gio Benard, Who-Day and a few Ben-Gal cheerleaders surprise Tony Marquardt with a check for more than $24,000.

PHOTOS BY AMANDA ROSSMANN/ THE ENQUIRER

Erin Marquardt and her son, Lucas, 1, check out Who-Day.

Benard chats with a videographer before presenting a check for more than $24,000.

Frosty, the dog recently rescued from fl oodwaters, could be adopted by a fi refi ghter, according to the Cincinnati SPCA. The 1-year-old Great Pyrenees was given the nickname Frosty after she was rescued from a log that was fl oating in the rising water of the Ohio River in the 5900 block of Berte Street in California.

She was spotted around 9:15 a.m., when temperatures were a chilly 16 degrees, according to Cincinnati Police.

Senior Operations Manager Denise Jones said Frosty is “perfect and has no issues.” Right now, no one has claimed Frosty, the SPCA said. But if no one comes forward, she’ll still go to a good home.

“There is a fi refi ghter that is interested in adopting her, once she becomes available should there be no one who comes forth to legally claim her,” the SPCA said.

Editor’s note: Information included refl ects this article’s original publication date – Feb. 17.

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Little Miami Scenic Trail will connect to Fifty West Brewing’s burger and beer garden New Fifty West location is family-friendly

Sarah Brookbank Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

The extension of the Little Miami Scenic Trail into Mariemont means big things for food and beer lovers.

This spring, Great Parks of Hamilton County and Columbia Township plan to complete phase one of their initiative to extend the Little Miami Scenic Trail into Mariemont.

The extension will include direct access to Fifty West Brewing Company’s new burger and beer garden concept.

“We’re thrilled to announce this fi rst phase of the extension of the Little Miami Scenic Trail,” Great Parks CEO Todd Palmeter said in a statement. “The public and private sectors of Columbia Township, Great Parks, and Fifty West working together to create greater access to shared-use trails and outdoor experiences for the residents of Hamilton County is exemplary and a model we plan to replicate on future projects.”

Preliminary construction began in January 2020 and a grand opening is expected in May. Offi cials said the existing trail bypasses Mariemont

Renderings of Fifty West Brewing Company’s New Burger and Beer Garden.

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near Newtown Road but the new trail will continue west and end at the Walton Creek Bridge.

“Great Parks and Columbia Township are currently reviewing proposals and securing funding to further develop the trail to the Mariemont Public Library,” offi cials said.

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Fifty West said it designed the new burger bar and beer garden with a focus on families.

“Patrons entering the campus from the Little Miami Scenic Trail extension can expect plenty of bike parking, an outdoor dining space, a futsal court, green space for active programming and a sand play area for kids,” offi cials said.

The restaurant will feature Americana-style fare, including milkshakes, burgers, hot dogs and sandwiches inspired by the various states connected to Route 50 throughout America.

The restaurant also includes 16 beer taps along with house-brewed root beer and sodas for kids.

“This trail is an asset to Greater Cincinnati. We will continue to invest in infrastructure and programming that make our ‘back door’ along the path our ‘front door,’ as we race toward completion,” Fifty West founder and managing partner Bobby Slattery said. “Our goal with the space is to create an inclusive outdoor area that connects active people of all ages to the trail.”

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Cincinnati tops Ohio’s biggest cities in hate crimes per capita Chris Mayhew Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Statistics collected by the FBI from local police agencies show that Cincinnati has the highest rate of crimes motivated by or related to hate amongst Ohio’s largest cities, according to new federal statistics.

Cincinnati’s 9.93 incidents per 100,000 population in 2018 is slightly higher than the 9.87 incidents per 100,000 in Cleveland and 8.6 per 100,000 in Columbus for 2018, according to the latest FBI statistics.

Cincinnati’s rate did decrease 26.8 percent from 2017’s rate of 13.7 incidents per 100,000 in 2017.

Cincinnati had 30 reported hate

Clermont County woman mistakes bug bite for gunshot wound, police say Madeline Mitchell Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Two separate reports of shots fi red in the Village of Bethel Tuesday, Feb. 18 were determined to be false, offi cials said.

The fi rst incident occurred at Skyline Chili located at 553 W. Plane St., according to police. A man called police at approximately 4:30 p.m., stating four people in a white sedan in the Skyline parking lot had rolled down a window and shot at him.

An investigation ensued. Police later determined the man was "suff ering some type of psychotic episode," according to the release. He was transported to Clermont Mercy hospital for treatment.

Another shots fi red call came in at approximately 10:13 p.m., this time from a woman. She told dispatchers she had been shot in the shoulder.

When police arrived at the 300 block of E. Osborne Street they determined the woman had not been shot, but stung or bitten by some type of insect. The woman was treated by a Bethel-Tate Fire EMS crew, the release states.

No charges were fi led in either case, according to Village of Bethel police chief Steve Teague.

crimes in 2018 compared to 41 hate crimes in 2017.

The FBI’s hate crime website sets a high bar for the methodology of when law enforcement shall report crimes as hate.

“Only when a law enforcement investigation reveals suffi cient evidence to lead a reasonable and prudent person to conclude that the off ender’s actions were motivated, in whole or in part, by his or her bias, should an agency report an incident as a hate crime,” states the FBI’s website.

Of the 30 2018, incidents, 24 were motivated by race, ethnicity or ancestry, according to the FBI report.

There were four instances of religion and two instances of sexual orientation

as the motivation for reported incidents in 2018, in Cincinnati.

Across Ohio, race, ethnicity or ancestry accounts for 218 of the 350 reported hate crime incidents in 2018.

Sexual orientation accounted for 54 of the reported incidents, religion accounted for 40 reported incidents and disability accounted for 32 reported incidents.

Gender was listed as the motivation in two Ohio incidents and gender identity was listed as the motivation in four incidents.

Statistics from 2018 in Kentucky listed seven reported hate crimes from Boone County police, six reported hate crimes in Covington, four in Florence, and two from Campbell County Police

Department.

There was one hate crime reported in 2018 to each of the police agencies covering Erlanger, Fort Thomas, Highland Heights, Independence, Newport and at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.

In Southwest Ohio, Hamilton police had fi ve reported hate crimes. Green Township, and Miami Township in Clermont County, Monroe, Norwood and in Warren County each had two reported hate crimes.

Delhi Township, Colerain Township, Lebanon, Liberty Township, Montgomery, Mount Healthy, North College Hill, Reading and Ross Township each had one reported hate crime.

Look at Skyline Chili's present for babies born on National Chili Day Briana Rice

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Skyline Chili will once again celebrate National Chili Day by giving newborns a special chili-themed birthday gift.

For the eighth year, Skyline will give babies born on National Chili Day, which is Feb. 27, a Skyline onesie. The parents will also get a Skyline gift card.

“From a young age, many native Cincinnatians are raised on the Skyline experience. We hope that Skyline can bring even more joy to the newest Cincinnatians and their loved ones,” Sarah Sicking, director of marketing for Skyline Chili, said in a press release.

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The onesies will have a coney, a 3way and the words, "Feed Me." The onesies will also be available on Skyline's merchandise website for $10.99.

"Since the program began in 2012, the restaurant has welcomed over 1,000 newborns into the world on National Chili Day," Skyline offi cials said in the release.

Skyline plans to also have gift cards and Skyline Chili merchandise giveaways as well as launch new apparel with Cincinnati's Homage.

“Welcoming the next generation of Skyline enthusiasts and treating the families is one of our favorite ways to give back to the community," Sicking said.

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Grassman? Melon head?

Ohio monsters are the best Scott Wartman Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

All the cool monsters live in Ohio.

A recent sighting of Grassman in eastern Ohio showed a glimpse of the cryptozoology Ohio has to offer. But Grassman is just a Bigfoot. Pretty pedestrian among legendary animals.

There are far odder creatures that lurk in Buckeye lore.

Here’s a look at some of Ohio’s weirdest monsters:

Loveland Frogman When you’re riding on the Loveland bike trail, be careful of a large, bipedal frog.

Stories of an amphibious humanoid in the Loveland area have circulated since 1955. That year, a businessman claimed to see three of these creatures on the bank of the Little Miami River.

He said the creature left the scent of almonds and alfalfa.

Two Loveland Police offi cers said they saw the creature in 1972. One claimed to have shot at the creature on a bridge near Riverside Drive on St. Patrick’s Day that year.

The creature got away. But the legend persisted. It spawned a musical that debuted on at the 2014 Cincinnati Fringe.

The frogman resurfaced in 2016, more than 40 years after the last sighting.

Two people were playing “Pokemon Go” between Loveland Madeira Road and Lake Isabella when they spotted a large frog and snapped a picture. The creature stood up on its hind legs.

This sighting, however, may have killed the legend.

Shortly after the news broke, one of the police offi cers who shot it in 1972 called a reporter at local news station WCPO. He claimed it was a hoax. The frogman he shot was, in fact, an iguana without a tail. Which is still pretty freaky looking.

Crosswick Monster Southwestern Ohio seems to be a good climate for upright walking lizards and amphibians.

That’s what two boys, Ed and Joe Lynch, saw in May 1882 while fi shing in a small creek in Crosswick, Ohio on the outskirts of Waynesville in Warren County.

Described as a snake with arms and legs, the monster charged them, The Enquirer reported on May 29, 1882.

An image purported to be of the Loveland Frog taken in 2016. FOX19

The two boys screamed and ran when the monster grabbed Ed Lynch “in its slimy embrace, simultaneously producing two more legs, about four feet long, from some mysterious hiding-place in its body.”

The monster dragged the boy about 100 yards, The Enquirer reported, to a large sycamore tree with an opening on one side.

Three men nearby working in a quarry heard the screams and ran to the scene. The startled monster dropped the boy and ran up the tree.

The next scene was out of an old gothic horror movie. Later that afternoon, 60 men, armed with clubs and axes gathered around the tree and cut it down. The monster fl ed and got away, never to be seen again.

“It will be watched for and killed if possible,” The Enquirer reported at the time.

Melon Heads in Cleveland People in the Cleveland suburbs of Kirtland and Chardon have told stories for generations of humanlike creatures with large heads. They call them melon heads and blame the government for unleashing them on northern Ohio.

The legend states the melon heads were human test subjects of the federal government. The tests went awry and caused their heads to swell to a massive size, according to the book Weird Ohio.

Evidently, if you have a bunch of people with comically large heads you want to hide, you ship them to a woods near Cleveland. Various legends arose involving a mysterious Dr. Crowe, aka Dr. Melonhead, who tended to the melon heads.

Sightings of the melon heads and their thirst for blood persist to this day.

A large Mothman sculpture stands along Main Street on Dec. 11, 2007, in Point Pleasant, W.Va. Residents here have embraced his legend and hold an annual festival. JEFF GENTNER/AP

Mothman in Gallipolis Mothman has his roots in a real-life tragedy. On Dec. 15, 1967, the Silver Bridge over the Ohio connecting Gallipolis and Point Pleasant, W.Va. collapsed, killing 46 people.

In the year leading up to the catastrophe, people in the region reported seeing a humanoid creature with huge wings and glowing red eyes. It was fi rst seen by two young couples on the West Virginia side on Nov. 15, 1966 in a fi eld.

The Point Pleasant Register reported the story the next day with the headline “Couples see man-sized bird...creature...something.”

Then others began to see the creature throughout 1967. The sightings stopped after the bridge collapsed.

Some speculate Mothman was a portent of doom.

Others think he could have been a sandhill crane.

These cranes are large, grey, have red over their eyes and migrate through Ohio.

What is known is that Mothman has become a popular cryptid. Richard Gere in 2002 starred in a movie based on the legend, The Mothman Prophecies.

And Point Pleasant has an annual Mothman Festival in September. The town also has a permanent, 12foot-tall metallic statue of Mothman in the town square.

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Viewpoints Meet Cincinnati.com’s new beer writer Matt Koesters Beer Blog Cincinnati Enquirer

I’m not just a guy who likes drinking good beer.

I mean, I am, but there’s a lot more to my relationship with Cincinnati’s beer scene than that. And because I’ve been lucky enough to be invited to write about beer for The Cincinnati Enquirer and Cincinnati.com, the obligatory introduction column is in order.

I’ve never really been a big fan of simple fl avors.

As a kid, I wasn’t a Coke or Pepsi guy. I wanted Dr. Pepper or grape Sunkist.

Give me something interesting, something diff erent. I was a weird kid – a picky eater and adventurous drinker. I loved Frisch’s because of the strawberry- and chocolate-fl avored colas.

It turned out my palate had a similar attitude toward beer. Craft beer wasn’t really a thing when I reached drinking age – the closest thing back then was probably Dundee’s Honey Brown. I found the variety I sought in imports. I was the guy that showed up to keggers with a six pack of Bass or Harp.

It was a seven-year stint away from Cincinnati that caused me to fall out of touch with the city’s emerging beer scene. I moved to the

Louisville area for a job at a small daily newspaper in Southern Indiana, and therefore could only afford Miller Lite. When I returned to the Queen City in 2015, I reconnected with one of my dearest, oldest friends – one who not only had fi nally found a taste for beer, but had become a regular of the city’s burgeoning craft beer scene.

Cappy’s: The ‘crazy beer store’ That’s how I fi rst learned of Cappy’s Wine and Spirits. At the time, it was extremely unusual for draft beer to be available anywhere that wasn’t a bar, a sporting event or frat party, but here was this little store, packed to the gills with customers enjoying pints in the aisles. And the beer? It was the kind of stuff I’d never seen on tap before – not in bars, not anywhere. Barrel-aged stouts, meads, sours and IPAs, all from breweries

I’d either never heard of before or never had the opportunity to try, and – thanks to the store’s Pegas CrafTap system – all available to go in perfectly sealed growlers.

Owner Ben Capodagli isn’t sure how to prove it, but he believes his store is among the fi rst in the entire country to own such a system. What is certain is that when I fi rst walked into Cappy’s, the business was in the midst of a metamorphosis. The 16 beer taps soon expanded to 24, and then later to 40. The modest patio area Capodagli installed in May 2015 to relieve the traffi c in the store’s aisles was clearly not big enough to accommodate the crowds his store was drawing, and by the end of that year had been replaced by a deck big enough to seat dozens of guests.

Cappy’s built a loyal following on social media. Pictures of newly arrived bottles uploaded on Twitter would draw

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When Capodagli started seeing out-of-towners posting about his shop, he knew Cappy’s had arrived.

“People from other places would post about ‘this crazy beer store,’ ” he recalls. “They’d tag us, they’d tag their local beer store and say, ‘This is how you should do it.’ ” Cappy’s is where I found Cincinnati’s craft beer community. Cappy’s regulars and beertenders were some of the fastest

friends I made upon returning to Cincinnati, and that’s what makes it a special place to me.

Craft beer on tap is no longer diffi cult to fi nd in Cincinnati. The Cappy’s model has been imitated by other bottle shops, and now it’s not uncommon to be able to buy a pint to drink in a gas station or while shopping at the grocery store. Capodagli doesn’t sweat the competition, though. He knows that the taps and the packaged beer selection are important, but his

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FISH FRY SCHEDULE Most Catholic churches in the Cincinnati area hold at least one fish fry during the Lenten season; the majority hold them weekly. Parishioners and public alike can socialize and fellowship together, and funds raised help charitable causes. Some other groups and businesses also hold fish fries during Lent.

We’ve gathered a list of local fish fries during the season, including Ash Wednesday. If you do not see your favorite listed, please send the details to calendar@cincinnati.com with "fish fry" in the subject line.

Ash Wednesday St. Antoninus, 1500 Linneman Road, Covedale. 5-7 p.m. Feb. 26, Feb. 28-April 10. Fish sandwiches, grilled salmon, jumbo shrimp, grilled cheese, pizza, homemade soup, variety of sides and desserts. Dine-in, carryout or curbside pick-up. Carryout orders: 513430-9987. Information: 513-922-5400.

Father DeJaco Knights of Columbus, 11186 S. Licking Pike, Claryville. 4-8 p.m. Feb. 26, Feb. 28-April 10.

Dine-in or carryout. Fried or baked fish dinners or sandwiches and all-you-can-eat hush puppies and coleslaw. Chicken tenders or pizza for children. Orders can be called in at 859-635-9863.

Our Lady of Lourdes Boy Scout Troop 471, 2832 Rose Bud Drive, Westwood. 5-7:30 p.m. Feb. 26, Feb. 28April 10. Breaded cod fillets, baked salmon, breaded shrimp, soup, cheese sticks, mac and cheese, soup, fried cheese sticks, crab cakes, fried mushrooms, french fries, green beans, drinks, kids' meal and homemade desserts. Seniors age 65-up early bird special from 5-6 p.m. 10% off. Carryout orders call 513-922-0715.

St. Lawrence, 3680 Warsaw Ave., East Price Hill. 4-7 p.m. Ash Wednesday and Feb. 28-April 10. Breaded jumbo shrimp, teriyaki salmon, cod sandwich (breaded or beer battered), spaghetti with tomato sauce, grilled cheese (plain or garlic), pizza bread, hush puppies, french fries, mac and cheese and more. $4-$9.

Dine-in or carryout, or drive-thru. Call 513-921-4230 for carryout orders.

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All Saints, 8939 Montgomery Road, Sycamore Township. 5-7:30 p.m. Feb. 28-April 3. Fried cod, grilled salmon and tilapia, fish tacos, multiple sides, pizza, beer and wine. Cash only. Dine-in or carryout. 513792-4600.

American Legion Post 72, 497B Old Ohio 74, Mount Carmel. 5-7:30 p.m. Feb. 28-April 10. Prices start at $8. Carryout available. 513-528-9909.

Fernbank Golf Course, 7036 Fernbank Ave., Sayler Park. 4-8 p.m. Feb. 28-April 3.Fish and shrimp dinners plus two sides $9. Fish sandwiches $6. Beer and soft drinks extra. Carryout available 513-941-9960.

Germania Society of Cincinnati, 3529 W. Kemper Road, Colerain Township. 5-8 p.m. Feb. 28-April 3. Fish sandwich, fish dinner, New England clam chowder, cheese pizza. Sides include baked mac and cheese, french fries, coleslaw, collard greens and cornbread.

Tea, coffee and lemonade included. Alcoholic beverages extra. Dine-in or carryout. $3-$13. 513-7420060.

Guardian Angels, 6531 Beechmont Ave., Mount Washington. 5-7:30 p.m. Feb. 28-April 3. Menu includes fried and baked fish, shrimp, crab cakes, cheese pizza, mac and cheese, french fries, coleslaw, hush puppies, mozzarella sticks, and baked goods. Prices for food items range from $1-$14 (whole pizza). All items are available for dine-in or carryout. 513-231-7440.

Harrison Kiwanis Club, corner of New Haven Road and Biggs Boulevard, Harrison. 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. and 4-7 p.m. Feb. 28-April 3. Concession trailer is set up at FCN Bank parking lot. Carryout only. Dinners $8, a la carte items 50 cents to $4.

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5:30-7 p.m. Feb. 28-April 3. Drive-thru only on Feb. 28, March 13 and March 27. Fish dinner, cheese pizza, sides and dessert. $8, credit cards accepted. 513825-8626.

Pleasant Run Presbyterian, 11565 Pippin Road, Colerain Township. 5-7:30 p.m. Feb. 28-March 27. Dine-in or carryout. Fish or chicken nuggets; choice of two sides, which include mac and cheese, green beans, coleslaw, applesauce; and a dessert. 513-825-4544.

St. Aloysius Gonzaga, 4366 Bridgetown Road, Bridgetown. 4:30-7 p.m. Feb. 28-April 10. Fish, shrimp, french fries, cheese pizza, mac and cheese, desserts and more. Beer for purchase. 513-574-4840.

St. Catharine of Siena, Westside Brewery, 3044 Harrison Ave., Westwood. 5-9 p.m. Feb 28-March 27. Menu includes cod sliders on bun with fries and coleslaw or cod sliders on bun with fries and mac and cheese.

Classic 3-piece cod dinner with fries and coleslaw or classic 3-piece cod dinner with fries and mac and cheese. 3-piece fish tacos topped with slaw and chipotle crema. The Westside Brewery party room has been reserved for St. Catharine friends and family to eat and fellowship. 513-661-0651.

St. Catherine of Siena Fort Thomas, 1803 N. Fort Thomas Ave., Fort Thomas. 4:30-7:30 p.m. Feb 28April 3. In McCrystal Hall.

St. Columban, 894 Oakland Road, Loveland. 5-8 p.m.

Feb. 28-April 3. Fried cod, fried shrimp, salmon, fish tacos, buffalo shrimp wraps, pizza, mozzarella sticks, mac and cheese, fries, green beans, coleslaw, and applesauce. Great craft beers are also available. Drivethru option and credit cards accepted. 513-683-0105.

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, 5890 Buckwheat Road, Miami Township. 5-7:30 p.m. Feb. 28-April 3. Fish sandwiches, fried shrimp, salmon (while supplies last), and lots of side choices. Every order also includes drink and dessert of your choosing. Cheese pizza and french fries are available for little ones. Eat-in and to-go orders available. 513-575-0119.

St. Ignatius of Loyola, 5222 North Bend Road, Green Township. 5-8 p.m. Feb. 28-April 3. Fried fish dinners, baked fish dinners, shrimp dinners. Mac and cheese, coleslaw, french fries. Cheese pizza and kid-friendly items along with delicious desserts. Dine-in or carryout: Cash only. 513-661-6565.

St. James the Greater, 3565 Hubble Road, White Oak. 4:30-8 p.m. Feb. 28-April 3. Fried or baked fish dinners, shrimp dinners, sandwiches, LaRosa's pizza, North College Hill Bakery bread, Servatii's pretzels and desserts. Coffee, soft drinks, domestic and craft beer.

Dine-in or carryout. Call-ahead carryout: 513-7415311. stjamesfishfry.org.

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The Nightman Leaveth by Odd Side Ales. Odd Side can be hit-or-miss, but this imperial milk stout aged with vanilla in rye whiskey barrels is one of their better brews. It’s not Hazel’s Nuts good, but it’s close.

Not feeling stouts? Good news: Between our local breweries and some fortunate geography, there’s more than enough good hops to go around. Braxton’s Tropic Flare has become one of my go-to New England IPAs,

Week of Feb. 28

Working for the weekend A cold, wet day didn’t stop regulars and newcomers alike from descending upon Cappy’s in Loveland to celebrate its 12th anniversary Saturday, Feb. 8. The Listermann-brewed #CAF anniversary stout alone was worth the trip, made even more epic by the longawaited return of Fifty West Death Valley Shootout,

St. Joseph, 745 Ezzard Charles Drive, West End. 4:30-7 p.m. Feb. 28-April 3. Dinners for $12 with fish and 2 sides plus dessert and beverage. Choose from tilapia, whiting, baked cod or catfish. Sides include green beans, fries, mac and cheese and coleslaw.

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St. Martin of Tours Boy Scouts & Girl Scouts, 3720 St. Martin Place, Cheviot. 5-7 p.m. Feb. 28-April 3. Fish dinners, shrimp, cheese pizza, baked potatoes, green beans, and many side dishes to choose from and dessert. Dine-in or carryout available. Stations of the cross at 7 p.m. in church after each fish fry. 513-6612000.

St. Michael, 11144 Spinner Ave., Sharonville. 5-7 p.m.

Feb. 28-April 3. Variety of entrees including fish, shrimp, pizza, grilled cheese, tomato soup. Weekly specials. 513-563-6377.

St. Veronica, 4473 Mount Carmel-Tobasco Road, Mount Carmel. 5-7:30 p.m. Feb. 28-April 3. Dine-in or carryout. 513-528-1622.

St. William, 4108 W. Eighth St., East Price Hill. 4-7 p.m. drive-thru, 4:30-7:30 p.m. dine-in, Feb. 28-April 3.

Drive-thru only on March 13. Cod, fish sandwich, baked tilapia, baked salmon, shrimp. Sides include hush puppies, coleslaw, french fries, green beans, soup, roasted potatoes, salad, mac and cheese. Soup of the week, crab cakes, pizza. 513-921-0247.

VFW Post 6562, 1596 Ohio 131, Miami Township. 67:30 p.m. Feb. 28-April 10. The post auxiliary has a fish fry every Friday (weather permitting). Fish sandwich, shrimp and chicken finger dinners include french fries and coleslaw. Fish dinners are $7, shrimp and chicken dinners are $7.50. Carryout available. Call 513-5752102 for more information or to place order.

Week of March 6 Montgomery Presbyterian Church, 9994 Zig Zag Road, Montgomery. 5-7 p.m. March 6 and March 27 only. Fried fish, baked fish, chicken tender or mac and cheese dinner, including homemade dessert. Dine-in or carryout. Cash only. 513-891-8670.

St. Francis Seraph, Christian Moerlein Events Center, 1631 Moore St., Over-the-Rhine. 5:30-9 p.m. March 6-April 3.

Week of March 13 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, 177 Siebenthaler Ave., Reading. 5-7:30 p.m. March 13-April 3. Carryout call 513-733-4950.

St. James of the Valley, 411 Springfield Pike, Wyoming. 5-7:30 p.m. March 13. Dine-in only. $9, $5 ages under 12. 513-948-1218.

Week of March 20 St. Cecilia, 3105 Madison Road, Oakley. 4-7:30 p.m.

March 20-April 3. Fried fish, beans, mac and cheese, beverages and more. 513-871-5757.

Week of March 27 St. Vivian, 7600 Winton Road, Springfield Township.

5-8 p.m. March 27 only. Food, kids' games and children's choir. 513-728-4331.

Week of April 3 St. Ann, 3064 Pleasant Ave., Hamilton. 5-9 p.m. April 3. Fish, french fries, cheese pizza, mac and cheese, coleslaw, green beans, beer, pop, quarter Joes and more. 513-863-0604.

Good Friday Our Lady of Victory, 810 Neeb Road, Delhi Township.

4-7 p.m. April 10 only. 513-922-4460.

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I was hoping to share a recipe I’ve been wanting to try for New England maple mustard roasted chicken.

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Sports STATE SWIMMING NOTEBOOK

Mariemont girls reload for state; Bethel-Tate twins make history Shelby Dermer Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Editor’s note: Information included refl ects this article’s original publication date – Feb. 20. Visit Cincinnati.com for possible updates.

Swimming has taken Henry Thoman all over the globe.

Thoman visited Manchester, Shanghai, London, Toronto and Bangkok while following his son, Nick, a Mariemont High School graduate and Olympic gold medalist.

“It was quite a run he had, and we got to follow him around the world,” Thoman said. “It was really exciting for our family.”

After adding new Thoman places to his passport over the years, Thoman was setting up shop last weekend in Canton as the head coach of the Mariemont girls team. To him, the OHSAA State Swimming and Diving meet at C.T. Branin Natatorium is more thrilling than any other meet.

“This is, without a doubt, the most exciting meet you can attend,” Thoman said. “It is unbelievable the level of excitement at this meet and I’ve heard Olympic swimmers who say that swimming in this meet and the environment at this meet was more exciting than at the Olympic games.

“We develop such great swimmers in Ohio and Cincinnati, in particular, and it’s all on display here. It’s spectacular.”

Thoman has made the most of this season, considering it will be his fi rst and last at the helm of Mariemont swimming. After longtime coach Kevin Maness stepped down after 25 years, Thoman fi lled in just a few weeks before the season started.

Thoman told Mariemont Athletic Director Tom Nerl that if a new coach was not found, he would be a short-term solution.

“It’s just for one year until they can fi nd someone who can take on this role on a permanent basis and continue the excellence in this program for the longterm,” Thoman said.

The task of continuing Mariemont’s excellence for just one year was daunting enough. In 2019, the Warriors girls squad graduated a slew of talented swimmers, including Katarina DeCamp, Kate Overbey, Catherine Geary, Lainey Newman and Cora Dupree, who became the most decorated swimmer in Cincinnati Hills League history at last year’s state meet, setting a state record in the 200 free.

Despite those key departures, Mariemont reloaded enough to win the CHL for the seventh straight season, capture a sectional championship, fi nish third at districts and send seven swimmers to Canton.

“If you had told me at the beginning of the year we would win the league and a sectional after losing those people, I would’ve of said, ‘eh, I’m not so sure,’” Thoman said. “We had our oldest swimmers step up and improve dramatically

Despite losing a barrage of seniors last year, Mariemont girls still captured league and sectional titles and fi nished third at districts in 2020. This is the fi rst and last season for coach Henry Thoman. PROVIDED/TOM NERL

Mariemont girls swimming captured a Cincinnati Hills League and sectional championship in 2020. PROVIDED/HENRY THOMAN

and our younger swimmers step in and take on some important roles for us and it all worked out.”

Senior Elizabeth Bonnell fi nished third at districts in the 100 backstroke and seventh in the 500 free. Sophomore Jacqueline Young heads to Canton as a qualifi er in the 100 breaststroke and 200 individual medley.

Both are a part of Mariemont’s 200 medley and 400 freestyle relay teams that qualifi ed for state, along with freshmen Lydia Eberlein and Ava Ellis and senior Erin Kelly.

“We ended up with a strong group of freshmen girls. We had 12 and two of them are swimming (in Canton) and they really stepped up,” Thoman said.

“Erin Kelly is the freestyler on our 200

medley relay and is swimming lights out right now.”

Mariemont also has two seniors as state alternates this year, adding to Thoman’s theory of why the program has had such sustained success.

“We have incredible depth,” he said.

“We’ve got a lot of kids who are really good swimmers, who may not make it to state, but do incredible things for us at the league and sectional level. The two alternates (seniors Ellie Lewis and Leah Warden) at the meet have done very, very well. We’ve got those headliners, but we’ve also got a really strong group of kids who don’t quite get the headlines, but they get 8th, 9th or 10th place for us and that’s what wins the sectional and CHL.”

It also helps that the conference competition Mariemont faces each year helps them prepare for taking on the state’s top talent in Canton.

“They (CHL swimmers) are the best in the state,” Thoman said. “Year after year, when you look at the top-10 list for state, there’s always four or fi ve of those (CHL) teams in there. It’s nice to face that sort of competition throughout the year and see it again at the state meet.”

The nostalgia of Canton will not make Thoman second guess his decision to be a one-year rental.

“I’m set in stone,” he said. “I feel like I’ve adopted 40 new kids this year, but it’s a one-year deal.”

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SHORT HOPS Alex Harrison Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Boys basketball ❚ Moeller had a nearly unblemished regular season mark at 21-1, wrapped-up by a 57-51 win at St. Xavier Feb. 14. ❚ Purcell Marian was edged

by Chaminade Julienne 41-37 Feb. 14. ❚ Sealing a 20-2 regular season mark, CHCA beat Cincinnati Christian 47-46 Feb. 14. ❚ Cincinnati Country Day scored a 10-0 record in-conference with a 67-35 win over Miami Valley Christian Feb. 14,

then CCD beat Williamsburg 68-50 Feb. 15. ❚ Indian Hill was beaten by Wyoming 65-38 Feb. 14. ❚ Deer Park ended the regular season topping Reading 9751 Feb. 14, capping a 13-game winning streak. Deer Park was led by a trio of Steven Gentry Jr.’s 33 points, Tre Munson’s 24 points and Gi Jones’ 20 points. ❚ Mariemont beat Madeira 57-44 Feb. 14. ❚ Loveland topped West Clermont 45-41 Feb. 14. ❚ Nic Smith scored 30 points to lead Walnut Hills over Withrow 71-52 Feb. 14. ❚ Summit Country Day beat

North College Hill 50-39 Feb. 14. ❚ Clark Montessori beat Norwood 75-50 Feb. 14. Sean Ealy dominated with 37 points, 12 rebounds and six steals.

Girls basketball ❚ Mount Notre Dame improved to 24-0 after beating Northwest 75-16 Feb. 17. ❚ Ursuline Academy was edged by Mason 39-36, ending its season Feb. 19. ❚ Purcell Marian won two tournament games, topping Blanchester 71-11 Feb. 15 and Deer Park 68-19 Feb. 18. Santia Cravens led Purcell Marian

scorers in both games. ❚ Cincinnati Country Day beat Oyler 65-12 Feb. 15 and Cincinnati College Prep 63-14 Feb. 20. ❚ Madeira won 31-27 over Norwood in a Feb. 15 postseason meeting. Carly Scott’s 18 points and 10 rebounds led the way. ❚ Loveland beat Lebanon 52-25 Feb. 19, improving to 21-3. ❚ Alson improving to 21-3, Walnut Hills topped Western Brown 72-45 Feb. 18. Darian Burgin scored 25 points, her eighth game scoring at least 20 points. ❚ In its fi rst tourney game,

Summit Country Day led Finneytown 59-0 at halftime before winning 78-3 Feb. 15.

Coaching Vacancies ❚ Madeira High School is seeking an assistant boys tennis coach, an assistant girls lacrosse coach and a varsity girls volleyball coach. The deadline to apply for the tennis and lacrosse positions is March 1 while the volleyball position will remain open until April 1. Applicants should email a letter of interest and resume to Athletic Director Joe Kimling at jkimling@madeiracityschools.org.

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Southwest District DI boys diving championship

Preston Landolt of Sycamore took home a 4th place medal at the 2020 Southwest District Diving Championships, Feb. 11.

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Moeller's Gavin Osterday perfects his pool entry with a 3rd place fi nish at the 2020 Southwest District Diving Championships on Feb. 11.

Moeller's James Wolf executes his fi rst round dive at the 2020 Southwest District Diving Championships, Feb. 11.

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Bethel-Tate twins savor state experience Brothers Ian and Tommie McQueary have already made history.

The identical twins are the only boys from Bethel-Tate to ever qualify for the state swim meet. It’s been a McQueary family dynasty, as the only state-qualifying girl from Bethel-Tate was older sister Gracyn, who now swims at Cleveland State University.

“It’s been a one-family team,” BethelTate head coach Ed Bachman said.

Tommie added: “It doesn’t feel like a team; it just feels like we’re going as a family. This team is a lot closer than other teams because other teams don’t live together.”

It was Bachman who founded the swimming program at Bethel-Tate seven years ago. Bachman, who also coaches at Anderson High School and was the 2013 Eastern Cincinnati Conference Coach of the Year, has coached Ian and Tommie since they were 10 years old at M.E. Lyons YMCA. “They’ve kind of always been two little skinny and wired boys who are full of energy,” Bachman said.

That energy translated well to the water and the dedication that comes with being the only swimmers in a program that doesn’t have a pool. Ian and Tommie each swim six days a week, commuting 35 minutes to the Anderson YMCA for training.

“They’re spending like 8 1⁄ 2 hours (driving) and about 22 hours in the water every week,” mother Jennifer McQueary said. “That’s like a full-time job. These kids really apply themselves.

As a parent, I’m super proud of them.”

The twins each qualifi ed for two state events this season (Ian in the 50 free, Tommie in the 100 butterfl y and both in the 100 breaststroke) and led BethelTate to a 16th place team fi nish at districts (out of 39), despite being the only

Twins Ian and Tommie McQueary are the only swimmers in the Bethel-Tate program, which was started by head coach Ed Bachman (far right). Both Ian and Tommie qualifi ed for two state races in 2019 and 2020. PROVIDED/JENNIFER MCQUEARY

members on the squad.

Both qualifi ed for state as sophomores last season, becoming BethelTate’s fi rst-ever boys state qualifi ers.

Over the past season, Tommie has trimmed his time in the 100 breaststroke and added the 100 butterfl y to his resume, which he won at sectionals and fi nished seventh in at districts.

Last season in the 100 breaststroke, Tommie fi nished 17th and was an alternate for the fi nal session despite just one year of experience in the race. Ian fi nished 21st, which turned into motivation for 2019.

“This year he (Ian) has become much more dedicated,” Bachman said. “He

stepped up his game and worked hard in the weight room. It paid off .”

While the juniors are identical in appearance, they have contrasting swimming styles. Ian is a sprinter, fi ring with full force from the platform. Tommie is patient, calculating when he’ll exert all of his energy. It usually makes for an exciting fi nish when the two are competing against one another in the 100 breaststroke.

“They’re just so close to each other that it’s such a crapshoot on who is gonna win and have the better time,” Bachman said.

That was the case at the district meet in Oxford last weekend. Both fi nished

the fi rst 50 yards of the breaststroke in 28.54 seconds, but Ian prevailed for a sixth-place fi nish by 14 tenths of a second.

“It’s sibling rivalry, because every time we’re in a heat together we try to beat each other,” Ian said.

When they splashed at Canton last weekend, though, the brothers were not competitors. They were leaning on each other for support as they savor the sentiment of a joint milestone in their respective careers.

“We’re happy for the other person, no matter what they do,” Tommie said.

“We’re just hoping for one another to do the best we can.”

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Share a meal with your neighbors at a local fi sh fry Ole Fisherman George Rooks Guest columnist

Howdy folks, The time is surely getting away from us.Ash Wednesday is here and the fi sh fries are starting.

The fi rst one I know of is at St. Mary’s Church in Bethel. They always have a fi ne meal with fried and baked fi sh, shrimp (one of my favorites) and a combo fi sh and shrimp. They also have sandwiches, several side items and drinks. You can also get a good meal to take it out. You will be greeted with a big hello and a smile. That is a place you can go and visit your neighbors and share a meal. That is like the Lion’s Club pancake breakfast. A place to sit and visit with no hurry to leave.

I talked to Mike at the Afton bait shop this morning and he said the crappie are kind of slow biting. The

lake is going down so they will start biting better. There are lots of fi shermen going out now even the guide on the lake.

I went to a funeral recently for Mr. Glenn Dreher. He and his wife had a farm close to Felicity and always had horses. At the funeral there was a big horseshoe with fl owers on it. It was so beautiful. They had moved to Kentucky a few years ago.

It seems we are having a mild winter but it could change – here in the Ohio Valley things do change.

Have you gotten many seed catalogs? I have gotten over eight so far. I like to look at them and make some plans for the garden. I hope to put several beds of fl owers out so I can attract the butterfl ies. They are so pretty. I would like to go down to the conservatory and see the butterfl ies. I have seen them on television.

I was cleaning up here in the house and found a history book that was from 1814 to 1964 written by Rosanna Hoberg. Ruth Ann and I got this history book when Batavia held their sesquicentennial in 1964.

There was a feed Mill located at a dam just outside of Batavia. This mill ground grain for Batavian’s for many years.

It was a place to hide the horses from Morgan’s Raiders. Morgan’s Raiders would take all the horses they could fi nd and leave their horses in exchange.

Their horses had sore backs and were tired.

When the government men came they took all the horses with them. The horses had a brand on their neck-U.S. The stagecoach ran from Cincinnati to Batavia and then to Williamsburg.

I was told the stagecoach line came up East Fork where the tower for the lake is.

Mr. Chester and Miss Chessie are doing good. They are such a blessing for me.

Start your week by going to the house of worship of your choice and praising the good Lord.

God bless all...

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COMMUNITY NEWS Laura Bellini presentation at Anderson Historical Society Cheri Brinkman, Warren County resident and only re-enactor of Laura Bellini, Ohio Opera Star will be presenting her extensively researched and accurate portrayal for the Anderson Township Historical Society Annual Membership Dinner, March 4, 2020.

The presentation which features musical excerpts from Laura Bellini’s career has been performed at select locations throughout the area to great acclaim including at the Heritage Village Museum’s distinguished First Person Series.

Cheri who is a noted public speaker in the area has been a local historian for a number of years and is a university educator. She is also the author of the Cincinnati and Soup book series.

For information about the Anderson Township Historical Society , membership and this event: 513-2312114.

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Union Twp. resident earns Instrument Rating at University of Cincinnati - Clermont Dallas Padgitt earned his Instrument Rating on his pilot certifi cate Feb. 11. With his Instrument Rating, Padgitt is now approved by the Federal Aviation Administration to fl y aircraft solely by reference to instruments.

Padgitt is enrolled in the Aviation Technology Program at the University of Cincinnati - Clermont College. The laboratory portion of the Program is taught at the Clermont County Airport.

Dallas Padgitt resides in Union Twp., OH and is the son of Melissa Anderson. When Padgitt completes the two-year program through the University of Cincinnati - Clermont College, he will have earned an Associate of Applied Science degree and a Commercial pilot certifi cate.

For more information about professional pilot training in the Aviation Technology Program at the University of Cincinnati - Clermont visit www.ucclermont.edu or call 513-732-5200.

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This free training is 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.: ❚ For helping youth, Thursday, March 12, at the Goshen Library, 6678 Ohio 132 ❚ For helping youth, Wednesday, May 6, at the Union Township Library, 4450 Glen Este-Withamsville Road ❚ For helping adults, Thursday, June 4, at the Miami Township Library, 5920 Buckwheat Road To register, go to clermontlibrary.org and click on the Mental Health Training icon on the homepage.

The Library also is off ering free QPR training. QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer. It is a program that helps save lives and reduce suicidal behaviors by providing innovative, practical and proven suicide prevention training. People trained in QPR learn how to recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to question, persuade and refer someone to help.

Go to clermontlibrary.org and click on the Mental Health Training icon on the homepage to register for a session. ❚ Monday, March 2, 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Miami Township Library, 5920 Buckwheat Road ❚ Monday, April 6, 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Union Township Library, 4450 Glen Este-Withamsville Road ❚ Monday, May 4, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Union Township Library, 4450 Glen Este-Withamsville Road ❚ Monday, June 1, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Amelia Library, 58 Maple St. Class sizes are limited. Participants must be 18 or older. Everyone will receive a manual to supplement class content. A 30-minute lunch break will be provided for the Mental Health First Aid Training. Packed lunches are encouraged.

The training will be taught by Mary Makley Wolff , director of the Coalition for a Drug-Free Clermont County. Learn more about Mental Health First Aid Training at www.mentalhealthfi rstaid.org. Learn more about QPR at https://qprinstitute.com/.

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What is an academic skills gap and how can you fi x it?

By Jory Edlin School is not easy for every student, and when diffi culties arise, parents don’t always know what to do. One of the most common — and most serious — issues that plague struggling students is when basic skills are missing.

Edlin Academic skill gaps are the missing links between what children need to know in a particular grade or subject and what they actually know. Left uncorrected, these gaps in knowledge grow bigger, and students’ lack of important skills make it diffi cult or even impossible to keep up with class work or continue moving forward successfully in a subject. Some of the obvious areas are reading levels, the ability to process information quickly enough, math and basic time management.

Here are a few tips on what to do if you suspect your child has one or more skill gaps: 1. Observe carefully during homework time. What is

tripping up your child? Is he or she functioning well with some tasks and struggling with others? Watch how your child approaches homework and where specifi cally your child seems to get stuck.

2. Talk with teachers. Get their insight on what is happening in the classroom and see if it looks similar to what you observe at home. Perhaps your child has been absent on important days and needs to catch up.

It often happens during fl u season when a new concept is introduced and your child falls behind. Your child could also be having trouble focusing during instruction. Or maybe your child’s skill gaps stem back to last school year and are only getting worse this academic year. Have an open conversation about what you are both seeing.

3. Talk with your child. Approach the conversation lightly--not right after a frustrating homework session. Ask how your child feels during homework and in school. Your child’s perspective might surprise you and off er useful information that you can share with the teacher.

4. Contact professionals for help. Unfortunately, skill gaps will only grow wider if they are not addressed and fi xed. Children need individualized instruction in the areas where they are lacking understanding or missing key foundational information. In math, for example, many skills build upon one another. If a child misses learning long division and the class is now on fractions, some basic concepts are lost and more complex subject matter makes children feel like they are stuck in a time warp. They have a progressively harder time completing work correctly, if at all.

Skill gaps happen for a variety of reasons. Sometimes children hide their knowledge defi cits well in elementary school because they’re able to compensate temporarily for the skills they are missing. Other times children cover up their learning problems with a bad attitude or by causing distractions in the classroom.

Whatever the reason, parents shouldn’t feel alone and frustrated.

Professionals will evaluate your child’s abilities, verify the skills that are missing (or show weakness) and create a targeted program of instruction that will help get the child back on track. The sooner parents act, the quicker their child will regain confi dence and self-esteem that will aff ect their academic career for years to come.

Jory Edlin is a retired teacher with decades of experience helping children discover their potential and excel. He is Operations Manager of the Huntington Learning Center of Anderson and can be reached at (513) 528-7417 or edlinj@hlcmail.com Laura Kroeger

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All three of his novels are about Native Americans and their struggle to retain their cultural identity in white America. Written for Young Adults, they are stories of the Cheyenne and Lakota people fi ghting poverty and racism. Yet, they are full of hope and love.

Heritage is the second novel in a series about Johnny Hunter, a high school boy living on the Northern Cheyenne reservation. He is a talented basketball player, who hopes to use his skills to win a scholarship and lead his family out of poverty. His grandfather helps guide him through the complexity of being a Cheyenne in modern America.

Heritage is available, starting on Feb. 27, on Amazon and at Barnes and Nobel and other book stores.

Richard DuMont See COMMUNITY, Page 5B

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SCHOOL NEWS Trip back in time sets tone for CNE basketball future Clermont Northeastern High School basketball players, coaches, cheerleaders and support staff boarded a bus on a rainy, windy, gray Saturday in early 2020.

Two hours later, they disembarked. In 1951.

If that sounds like the script of a movie, it is – in a way.

The Rockets boys and girls teams played Fayetteville – also the Rockets – in a doubleheader at the Hoosier Gym in Knightstown, Indiana, about 38 miles east of Indianapolis. The gym was the fi lming site for the 1986 movie “Hoosiers,” about a small-town high school basketball team that wins the 1951 state championship – based on the 1954 Milan High School team that won a state championship in Indiana’s then-open state tournament. After learning that Goshen and Indian Hill had played in Knightstown last season, CNE staff decided to take their teams there.

“With the fi ve seniors coming back I thought it would be a nice experience for us all to go up and have a bonding experience, plus I love the story and I just thought it would be really cool for us to do it and he reached out to Fayetteville and kind of went through the logistics of it and it worked out great,” girls coach Doug Portmann, an admitted big fan of the movie, said.

Those fi ve seniors – Bockman, Makayla Drewry, McKenzie Reece, Taylor Shumard and Alyssa Williams, as well as the three senior members of the boys team – Jerryd Burns, Jared Decatur and Blake King – had only passing knowledge of the movie, but are now fans. Both teams went to University of Cincinnati’s main campus, where they watched the movie a few days before the trip.

“I had never watched it. I heard of it from my grandparents. It was really cool. I liked it,” Drewry said.

“It was really cool. I liked it. It was really interest-

Clermont Northeastern sophomore Bryce Reece shoots a free throw during the Jan. 11 game vs.

Fayetteville at The Hoosier Gym in Knightstown, Indiana. PROVIDED

ing,” Reece said.

Portmann admitted to being pleasantly surprised by the players’ reactions to the movie.

“It was interesting because when we saw the movie I didn’t know how they would react, if they’d be bored.

It was very diff erent graphics back then, but at the end of the movie they actually all clapped, which I was thought was pretty neat, they kind of just clapped about the end of the movie so I thought it was a good feeling,” Portmann said.

“So when they got out there I think it was a good

visual to remember back to the week before and it’s fresh their mind to see the things they’d seen. It’s funny because when I told them we were playing on that court, they thought I was kidding, and they looked it up and said ‘Oh my goodness, it is the same court.’”

The same court as the movie, but not a typical court. The Hoosier Gym playing fl oor is 12 feet shorter than a normal high school court. There is no half-court line, but there are lines on either side of half-court that act as time lines. Teams must advance the ball past the line closest to the basket at which they are shooting in 10 seconds or fewer but once they cross the line, they can run their off ense as far back as the line on their defensive end. Needless to say, that took some getting used to.

“You think you’re over but there’s still counting 10 seconds, so you’ve got to get over the line,” Bockman said.

Shumard said her teammates eventually adjusted.

“Once we played on it for a couple of minutes it was easy to know where everything was,” she said.

The sidelines at Hoosier Gym are inches from a wall that borders the stands, so team benches were behind each basket.

“We had to sub from each end, instead of from each side. I sent somebody in and they would have a guy there, like a curator, and he would wave to the ref and we’d sub in from the end,” Portmann said.

CNE, as home team, had a good contingent of fans.

Portmann said both sides of stands were full, and he estimated a crowd of about 1,000.

The gym, originally built in 1920, is pretty much as it appeared in the movie, with a team photo of the fi ctional Hickory Huskers on a wall, along with an old peach basket and a blackboard with the “picket fence” play diagrammed. Players dressed in the same lockerrooms they saw in the movie, and left a signed jersey there for future visitors.

See SCHOOL NEWS, Page 8B

COMMUNITY NEWS Continued from Page 4B

Mercy Health — Anderson Hospital invites you to get heart smart and stroke savvy on Feb. 27 Mercy Health invites the community to attend Anderson Hospital’s next Healthy Happy Hour, a recurring educational series, on Thursday, Feb. 27, from 5-8 p.m. It takes place in the lobby and cafeteria area of the hospital, which is located at 7500 State Road, Cincinnati, OH 45255.

The free event focuses on healthy advice for your heart and brain. Mercy Health Physicians and affi liat-

ed providers will be off ering medical advice on a variety of topics. There will be complimentary wine and appetizers, as well as health screenings, educational tables and chair massages provided by Anderson HealthPlex.

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No. 0223 NUMBER THEORY

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5 Kind of case in grammar 11 Shed some pounds 17 Edited, in a way 19 Sister channel of HBO 20 What the answer at 26-Across is written in 21 Low-level, as a class 22 Question that might be asked when hurrying into a meeting 23 Duty for a property owner 24 Relative of marmalade 26 FIFTEEN 28 Oval Office V.I.P. 29 Transition point 30 Period preceding a school break 34 What the answer at 45-Across is written in 36 “Yes, captain” 40 Gaping opening 41 Willem of “John Wick” 42 Toward the stern 43 Howe’er 44 Chicago mayor Lightfoot 45 ELEVEN Online subscriptions: Today’s puzzle and more than 4,000 past puzzles, nytimes.com/crosswords ($39.95 a year).

46 Whom Harry Potter frees from serving Draco Malfoy’s family 50 Spicy, crunchy snack tidbit 53 “Ars Amatoria” writer 54 Area the Chinese call Xizang 55 “Make sense?”

56 Hell 58 Square up with 59 & 60 Take control after a coup 61 SIXTEEN 62 “Just ____ boy, born and raised in South Detroit” (lyric from “Don’t Stop Believin’ ”) 63 Specks 64 Sleep: Prefix 65 Not quite right 66 Full of tension 67 “Hallelujah, praise the Lord!”

71 Because 75 TWO 76 Cozy spots to stop 77 Miss in the future, maybe 78 Buzz source 79 Cocktail specification 81 Fictional creature made from slime 82 Restaurant handouts for calorie counters 84 What the answer at 61-Across is written in 86 Final authority 88 Rainbows, e.g.

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106 With 103-Across, character in Episodes I through IX of “Star Wars” 107 Millennial, informally 108 Things passed between the legs?

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79 Where most of America’s gold is mined 80 Like the presidency of John Adams 82 Joint 83 Longtime Eagles QB Donovan 84 Suspect 85 Bible study: Abbr.

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93 Candy wrapped in a tube 94 “I’ll come to you ____”: Macbeth 95 Eensy-weensy 96 New pedometer reading 97 Beginner, in modern lingo 98 Mammoth 99 Western tribe 100 ____ Salvador 102 What will happily sell its Soul?

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“The lockerroom was really cool, seeing all the jerseys of the people that played there. The court was really cool. The stands. The atmosphere,” Williams said.

Players also brought home souvenirs – Hoosier Gym and Hickory High School spiritwear – as tangible memories, but the intangibles may be just as important. The girls team spent a night in a nearby Comfort Inn, playing games and enjoying time together.

“We got in a lot of bonding that we really needed, so that was great,” Shumard said.

The boys have Hickory-sized dreams.

“We want a state championship. That’s the goal.

That’s what we’ve been set on since summer and that’s what we’ve been working on ever since,” Burns said.

Decatur sees similar inspiration.

“I loved it, how a small school like that could win state. Hopefully we can,” he said.

“I’ll remember the fun we had with our team, the bonding time we got, and all getting together and talking,” King said.

The girls team is seeking its fi rst winning season since 2005. Portmann, in his second year as head coach, hopes to take a similar out-of-town trip each season.

“I think that builds, especially a small community like this, maybe word gets out, ‘Hey they can do this,’ and maybe we can draw other players. Our biggest challenge here at CNE is the number of kids coming out, so if we can generate some buzz that we’re doing some special things, the kids are having a good time, I think it makes our program that much stronger,” he said.

CNE won both games in Knightstown – the boys, 68-57, behind 27 points from junior Skyler Schmidt, and the girls, 41-36, as Bockman scored 15 points. That makes both squads undefeated in 1951.

Dick Maloney, Clermont Northeastern Schools

NRHS seniors make news in makerspace They visited the Makerspace to record about-me speeches as part of a classroom project.

Now the 21 students of Nicole Parker’s public speaking class are producing an all-new weekly student-run news program for New Richmond High School titled Roar on the River.

The inaugural episode, which premiered Jan. 31, was a mix of serious news and fun features including a blind taste test between Gold Star and Skyline Chilis.

The video is available on YouTube at youtu.be/siMZGO78dDk Plans call for each 10-minute episode to be produced by a team of seven students. The three teams will be on a rotating production schedule.

To create the newscast, students are leveraging the tools and technology that are available in the NRHS makerspace including a green screen and camera

Three teams of seven students, all seniors from Nicole Parker’s public speaking class, are producing Roar on the River, a news show recently introduced at New Richmond High School. The students use the tools provided in the school’s makerspace to create their news show. Members of the fi rst team of seven producers were: (from left) Zoe Fisher, Antonia Willis, Meadow Holcomb, Leah Heiden, Emily Justice, and Brien Bell (not pictured, Jayden Naegele). PROVIDED

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Since the beginning of the school year, Principal Mark Bailey and Director John Frye have pushed for the launch of a school news broadcast.

“I’m very excited about our student-run news program Roar on the River,” Mr. Bailey said. “Through the hands-on use of technology, students will be able to further hone their skills in writing, time management, and team decision making.

“Students will develop public speaking and communication skills. They will learn how to locate sources, conduct interviews, and write scripts about their school and their hometown. The most exciting end result will be to watch our students develop skills that will transfer from the high school classroom to college/ career as they prepare for the competitive 21st-century workforce.”

The administrators were not alone in their wish for a student news program. NRHS seniors Emily Justice and Leah Heiden said they had talked about the possibility in recent weeks. They even approached makerspace coordinator Dakota Smith to see if they could create a news program. That’s when they learned such an eff ort was underway.

Both Justice and Heiden were part of the team behind the inaugural newscast.

Smith is collaborating with Parker on the project Students from the public speaking class are responsible for 100 percent of the production: from research, writing, anchoring, fi eld reporting, and editing to the behind-the-scenes lighting, sound design, and graphic design, Smith said.

“With the equipment we have here at the studio, the students can learn virtually all aspects of the production process and will get a chance to try their hand at

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Students behind the fi rst episode recognized that they were making school history. Because of this, they were confi dently moving forward with a plan to produce a program that delivered a good mix of fun and actual news, according to Zoe Fisher.

These two elements will be key to the program’s success, according to senior Brien Bell.

The makerspace is a great idea and addition to the school, Bell said. It off ers many opportunities that weren’t available before, like the ability to create a news program.

Once students see the news program, Bell and the other creators of the fi rst ROTR think it’s only a matter of time before more of their classmates begin taking advantage of all the makerspace has to off er.

Sheila Vilvens, New Richmond Exempted Village School District

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ministrators. The Teacher of the Year award specifi cally honors classroom teachers. Nomination forms, which will be accepted through March 8, are available at ForestHills.edu under Resource Center - Forms General. Nominations must be 500 words or less and include a nomination form to be eligible. Completed nomination forms should be sent to: Teacher Awards, attn: Breanna Gilroy, 7946 Beechmont Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45255. Nominations can also be emailed to breannagilroy@foresthills.edu with “Teacher Awards” in the subject line.

One individual will receive the Teacher of the Year award and will be honored by school, business and civic leaders throughout the city during a celebration dinner on April 21. One individual will receive the Celebrate Excellence award and will be honored in the same manner during a celebration breakfast on May 8.

Characteristics of an award recipient might include, but are not limited to, a high commitment toward student achievement, making a positive diff erence, continually improving personally and professionally, or leadership skills that are motivational and creative.

All nominations must be received by 5 p.m. on March 8.

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Great Oaks/Milford students head to state business and marketing competition Seventeen Great Oaks students from Milford High

School went to regional DECA business and marketing competition and qualifi ed to go on to state.

The students are part of the marketing program offered by Great Oaks Career Campuses at Milford High School, and are members of the DECA student business and marketing organization.

Finishing in second place in their events: Willow Dunning, Tristin Messerschmidt, Angel Dominguez, Rush Morris, Madison O’Brien, Lauren Albertz.

In third place were: Dylan Neughbauer, Kevin McCammon, Ryan Hallinan, Lindsey Miller, Anjelica Minnie.

Fourth place fi nishers: Austin Snay, Will Naylor, Phoebe Baker.

In fi fth place: Mitchell Boggs, Finn Huxell, Dani Campolongo.

Sixteen students also qualifi ed to attend state competition through writing marketing manuals: Kevin McCammon, Giovanni Labella, Alexandra Labella, Jocelyn Witt, Phoebe Baker, Jessica Shay, Cami Reid, Lauren Key, Ashley Frye, Shaina Lewis, Ian Apland, Aaedan Blaskey, Emma Neal, Nate Daly, Ben Gorning, Hayli Kirkland.

All competitors took a one-hundred question multiple choice test on marketing concepts and had to perform an impromptu role play situation that dealt with either human relations problem solving, selling, promotion, economic concepts, management decision making, pricing, product development, planning marketing strategies, customer service problem solving or a combination of the above.

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In accordance with the provisions of State law, there being due and unpaid charges for which the undersigned is entitled to satisfy an owner’s lien of the goods hereafter described and stored at First Security Storage located at: 2189 East Ohio Pike, Amelia, OH 45102, 513-797-5508.

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On November 12, 2019 the Council of the Village of Newtown passed the following legislation: Resolution #35-2019 Authorizing The Purchase Of Two Police Cruisers And The Purchase And Installation Of Related Equipment.

On December 10, 2019 the Council of the Village of Newtown passed the following legislation: Resolution #36-2019 Approving A Contract For Recycling And Trash Removal With Rumpke Of Ohio, Inc. Ordinance #13-2019 Establishing Salaries For Village Personnel.

Ordinance #14-2019 Approving Temporary Appropriations For The Expenses And Other Expenditures Of The Village Of Newtown For Fiscal Year 2020.

On December 20, 2019 the Council of the Village of Newtown passes the following legislation: Resolution #37-2019 Approving Contracts For Employee Health, Dental, Vision And Life Insurance.

The complete text of these Ordinances and Resolutions may be obtained or viewed at the office of the Fiscal Officer of the Village of Newtown, 3537 Church Street, Newtown, Ohio 45244.

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And due notice having been given to the owner of said property and all parties know to claim an interest therein, and the time specified in such notice for payment of such having expired, the goods will be sold at public auction at the above stated address to the highest bidder or otherwise disposed of on Saturday, 3/14/20 at 9:00 AM.

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