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Coal-fueled Zimmer Power Plant to be retired early in 2022 Chris Mayhew Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

The years of Zimmer Power Plant was going to remain open were already numbered, but a new announcement signals it's time to start counting the days it will remain open instead.

Vistra will shut down its Zimmer Power Plant in the Village of Moscow, Ohio, by May 31, 2022, according to a company release.

The electricity-generating station in Clermont County was previously scheduled to be retired no later than in 2027

based on environmental regulations.

About 150 people are employed at the plant, according to Vistra. Opened in 1991, the plant has a capacity of 1,300 megawatts.

The company said the decision to close came after the plaint failed to secure any capacity revenues in the latest auction held in May by the grid operator, PJM. In return for a commitment to provide power on demand, PJM pays power plants for that capacity as part of a market reliability pricing model, according to the PJM website.

Zimmer was unable to sell any generating capacity in the 2022-2023 auction

as it was at priced about 50 percent lower than the previous year, according to Vistra's release.

Bidding lower could have resulted in multimillion-dollar losses, according to the release.

"The Zimmer coal-fueled power plant has recently struggled economically due to its confi guration, costs, and performance," said Curt Morgan, chief executive offi cer of Vistra. "The PJM capacity revenues are critical to Zimmer, and unfortunately, without them, the plant simply doesn't make money."

Morgan said the decision to close was not easy.

"Our people work hard every single day to provide power to Ohioans and have done a number of things over the past few years to sustain the life of the plant and improve its economics," he said in the release. "But despite their best eff orts, the disappointing auction results, along with other challenging factors, make continued economic operation impossible. We're left with a diffi cult but necessary decision of retiring the plant."

The Zimmer site will be evaluated for potential investments in renewables or grid-scale battery storage, according to the release.

Vaccines urged as COVID-19 cases rise Jackie Borchardt State Bureau

COLUMBUS – COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are on the climb again in Ohio, and although the numbers are much smaller than their peak during the winter or even a few months ago, health offi cials are concerned by the rate at which they are increasing.

Two weeks ago, the number of new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents

in the previous two weeks was 17.6.

That more than doubled to 37.8 Wednesday.

The test positivity rate has also risen from 1.6% to 2.6% during the same time.

The number of COVID-19-positive patients receiving care in Ohio hospitals has increased from 203 on July 7 to 348 on Tuesday. That’s a 71% increase in two weeks but far below the peak of 5,308 in December.

State health offi cials are attributing

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The variant made up 15% of all variants sequenced during a two-week period in June, according to the Ohio Department of Health.

That’s up to 36% during the two weeks ending July 3, but fewer than 300 samples were sequenced, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Cincinnati ranked as top 4 city for ... barbecue?

Seeing smoky skies, colorful sunsets? Here’s why

Sarah Michels

Sarah Brookbank

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When people think of Cincinnati, they may think of the Reds or Bengals.

Perhaps Skyline Chili or Graeter's Ice Cream. Maybe even Fiona the hippo or the city's prominent arts scene.

But barbecue? That's new.

Austin-based lawn care company LawnStarter conducted its latest study on "2021's Best BBQ Cities in America" and Cincinnati was ranked fourth among 199 of the country's largest cities.

The rankings considered each city based on 14 metrics, including the number of barbecue restaurants and smokehouses per 100,000 residents, median consumer rating for these establishments and the number of barbecue festivals and competitions held.

Cincinnati earned 35.88 points out of the maximum 100, ranking behind Kansas City, Missouri (60 points), Chicago (46 points) and Houston (38 points).

The Queen City edged out Memphis, Tennessee (34 points) and Louisville, Kentucky (31 points), which took fi fth and sixth.

What brought Cincinnati to the top of the list? It ranked fi rst in the number of barbecue festivals and median smokehouse rating, second in number of toprated smokehouses (those with an average rating of at least 4.5/5) and fi fth in the number of National Barbecue and Grilling Association (NBBQA) Excellence Award winners.

LawnStarter used NBBQA as one of its sources, in addition to Yelp!, Kansas City Barbecue Society and the American Royal Association.

What business does a lawn care company have conducting a study on barbe-

If you’ve been noticing more colorful sunsets and a haze on the horizon in Greater Cincinnati, you can blame wildfi re smoke.

Expect it to stick around.

Skies across the Eastern U.S. will see haze through the fi rst half of the week as smoke from fi res across the Pacifi c Northwest and Canada migrate across the country.

“The haze you see in the sky is indeed wildfi re smoke high up in the atmosphere. According to our models, this haze will increase over the coming days, likely leading to some colorful sunrises and sunsets,” local forecasters said.

According to the National Weather Service’s High-Resolution Rapid Refresh Smoke model, the smoke reached the Greater Cincinnati area last week.

The map does not show smoke just at the surface. It shows vertically integrated smoke — the total smoke from the ground up through the atmosphere.

“These measurements are mapped to a three-dimensional grid that extends nearly 16 miles into the atmosphere.

What results is a detailed forecast of the amount of smoke produced, the direction it should travel, and its plume height,” according to NASA. Due to the height of the smoke, it will likely cause hazy skies and very colorful sunsets due to the particles in the atmosphere.

More than 80 wildfi res were burning through 1,157,976 acres in 13 states, battled by almost 20,000 fi refi ghters, according to USA TODAY. Generally, unstable weather conditions could add to the misery in the coming days, the National Interagency

Just Q'in BBQ's "best of taste" winning brisket at Taste of Cincinnati, May 27, 2019.

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cue? "There’s no better place to enjoy barbecue than in our backyards this coming Fourth of July," according to a LawnStarter news release.

The motivation behind the lawn care company's plethora of other studies, including the best cities for pizza addicts (Cincinnati ranked fourth), the best places for summer "vaxcations" (No, that's not a typo), the best biking cities and the best cities for new moms, isn't quite as clear.

Communications manager Patricia Davis said that LawnStarter conducts studies both related and unrelated to lawn care, depending on its audience's interests.

"We have a full-time, in-house data team whose knowledge extends beyond lawn care and has access to all of this data, so we fi gured why not?" David wrote in an email. "We’re just having fun while hopefully providing useful insights to the public through datadriven stories."

While you await the next Cincinnati barbecue festival, check out Station Family + BBQ, Alabama Que, Just Q'in BBQ or Eli's BBQ for some of the city's most popular barbecue.

Skies across the Eastern U.S. will see haze through the fi rst half of the week as smoke from fi res across the Pacifi c Northwest and Canada migrate across the country. ENQUIRER FILE

Fire Center warned.

The Dixie Fire has grown to 29 square miles, largely in remote wilderness. Located in north-central California, it was threatening more than 800 homes and other structures.

In Oregon, the Bootleg Fire has burned almost 500 square miles and is among the largest blazes in Oregon history, but it’s located in a remote area away from population masses. At least 2,000 homes have been evacuated at some point during the fi re and another 5,000 threatened.

USA TODAY reported that powerful storms in the forecast for parts of the drought-stricken West this week could actually do more harm than good as “fi re clouds” and dry lightning sweep across a region already dotted with wildfi res fueled by parched vegetation, heat and winds.

A list of counties in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana reporting sick or dying birds Emily DeLetter Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Wildlife experts are cautioning people to continue to keep bird feeders and bird baths empty, for now, as a growing number of birds are being aff ected by a mysterious illness in the tristate area.

A number of species of birds in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana — including common backyard birds, blue jays, common grackles, European starlings, American robins and potentially house sparrows — have been found to have the unidentifi ed illness.

Symptoms include eye swelling and crusty discharge, neurological signs, and in some cases, sunken-in eyes.

The cause of the illness is still unknown. Laura Kearns, a wildlife biologist with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Wildlife, previously told the Enquirer experts have not ruled out the Brood X cicadas as a potential cause.

“At this point in time, anything is a possibility,” Kearns said. “We’re looking

into that. We know there’s a fungus that aff ects some cicadas, and it could be related to that.”

In addition to being kept empty, bird feeders and bird baths should be cleaned with a 10% bleach cleaning solution.

Here are the counties in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana that have reported the illness:

Ohio The Ohio State University’s Buckeye Yard and Garden Online have reported sick or dying birds in these counties: h Brown h Butler h Clark h Clermont h Delaware h Franklin h Greene h Hamilton h Montgomery h Warren People are asked to report any sick or dead birds to the state through the Ohio

Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Wildlife website.

Photographs and videos can be included in the report as well as latitude and longitude coordinates to help wildlife biologists quickly verify the sighting.

Kentucky Sick or dead birds have been reported in these counties: h Bullitt h Campbell h Madison h Boone h Jeff erson h Kenton Kentucky Fish and Wildlife identifi ed approximately 250 cases of the mysterious illness out of over 1,400 reported dead birds as of July 2.

The department has so far ruled out the following diseases: salmonella and chlamydia (bacterial pathogens); avian infl uenza virus, West Nile virus and other fl aviviruses, Newcastle disease virus and other paramyxoviruses, her-

COVID-19

Indiana The state has reported over 285 cases of sick or dead birds in 53 counties, including several that border Ohio.

Early laboratory tests of a dozen samples sent from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources to the Indiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory have so far ruled out avian fl u and West Nile virus.

The department is tracking the number on its website.

The department asks anyone who sees a sick or dead bird to report it at on.IN.gov/sickwildlife.

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have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, according to the CDC; 54% have been fully vaccinated. Although “breakthrough” COVID-19 cases have been identifi ed in people who were fully vaccinated, the large majority of people who are hospitalized or die from COVID-19 haven’t been vaccinated.

“We are now looking at a pandemic of the unvaccinated,” Vanderhoff said, noting how the delta variant tore through India and is now infecting large numbers of people in other states where vaccination rates are low.

Should fully vaccinated Ohioans wear masks and change their behavior?

Vanderhoff said there’s no need to do that because the data show vaccinated people are “very unlikely” to develop serious illness if they get the virus.

Pediatricians who joined Vanderhoff Wednesday encouraged parents to get vaccinated to help protect their children who are too young to get the shot.

“Kids are not immune. Kids are not immune,” said Dr. Amy Edwards, associate medical director of pediatric infection control at UH Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital in Cleveland.

“They can get sick with COVID and that’s why it’s so important to keep masking, especially if you’re indoors and in con-

pesviruses and poxviruses; and Trichomonas parasites.

The 1,150 cases that Kentucky Fish and Wildlife did not fl ag were either identifi ed as “normal causes of mortality” or were inconclusive.

Reports of sick or dead birds in Kentucky can be made through the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife online portal, research.net/r/ 2021KYSickBirdReports.

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tact with people who aren’t vaccinated.”

Masks in schools?

Recommendations coming Vanderhoff said the Ohio Department of Health is reviewing back-toschool recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics, which included requiring masks for students over age 2 and staff , regardless of vaccination status.

The department plans to release guidance for schools “in the near fu-

ture,” but they won’t be mandated.

“As ODH it’s our role to evaluate the info and off er people the best guidance and recommendations that we can,” Vanderhoff said.

“That will be the approach we will be taking.

“Obviously it will fall to the schools themselves and other entities to examine that information and make the decisions themselves.”

Jackie Borchardt is the bureau chief for the USA TODAY Network Ohio Bureau.

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Pour mobile bar brings bartending services to you Randy Tucker Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Still leery about hitting the bars while the pandemic lingers?

Then have the bar come to you.

Pour Mobile Wine Bar, a new mobile bar service in Cincinnati, will bring a bartender and all the accessories to serve drinks at your next party. And they’ll do it from a 1968 Santa Fe trailer.

Owner Zonieke Alston-Betts, 51, hopes to capitalize on the food-truck boom and other pandemic-era dining and drinking trends by providing a fl exible, open-air bar service for outdoor weddings, graduation parties and other events.

“There’s a whole community out there that I’m proud to be part of providing opportunities for people to move around in wide open spaces and really have a great time,” said Alston-Betts, who lives in College Hill. “We can bring our mobile bar to your home, on the river or set up in the parking lot at a sporting event. The possibilities are limitless.”

Pour, which launched in April, doesn’t supply alcohol.

Instead, it provides expert mixologists certifi ed through the ServSafe Alcohol program for bartenders and all the necessary bartending equipment, including serving ware, ice, garnishes, and mixers for craft cocktails.

Pour specializes in creating bar menus based on each customer’s event needs and preferences.

“We can customize the menu to provide pour service for beer and wine only or pour service for a couple of signature cocktails or pour service for both,” Alston-Betts said. “We are really open to being creative and using the space for all event needs.’’

Prices start at about $450 for beer and wine pour service for two hours for up to 50 people, she said, noting she can customize packages to fi t smaller group sizes and budgets.

Pour doesn’t need a liquor license because it doesn’t supply alcohol for events, according to Alston-Betts. However, Pour carries general and liquor liability insurance, which is included in the cost of the service, she said.

In addition to bartending services,

Zonieke Alston-Bettz poses in her 1968 Sante Fe trailer, June 30. Alston-Bettz started her Pour Mobile Wine Bar in April 2021. She said it took about a year to restore the trailer, but now she's ready to cater special events.

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Pour also off ers wine tastings, cocktail making classes and classes on pairing bourbon and wine with cigars – even candle-making classes.

“I wanted to off er something diff erent,” the owner said. “We are really open to being creative and using the mobile bar for all event needs.’’

Alston-Betts started her mobile bar journey in 2019 when she began working two full-time jobs to raise money for the vintage trailer that she bought last year for $4,000 from a dealer in Shelbyville, Ind. She spent the next year restoring and customizing the trailer with the help of skilled craftsmen at Northside-based nonprofi t art organization, PAR-Projects, where the trailer stays parked when not in use.

In addition to two walk-up wooden bar tops, Pour also comes with a 36-bottle wine fridge, a commercial Kegerator with two beer taps and a custom-made humidor that holds about 125 cigars.

Pour catered its fi rst event at a ParProject open house, where it served beer and wine.

Pour also served “mocktails” at the family-friendly “Mobile Black Wall Street: Juneteenth Festival” held in June at Esoteric Brewing in Walnut Hills.

Coming up, Pour has been booked for a launch party for The Scout Guide Cincinnati online city guide and business publication. And inquiries are coming in daily, Alston-Betts said.

“It’s still early, but we’re growing and building partnerships and relationships in the community,” she said.

Alston-Betts, who operated a dance studio in Denver and a convenience store in Chicago before launching Pour, said she did a lot of research into mobile bars and even networked with other mobile bar owners around the country before launching her latest business venture.

She thinks the demand for mobile bar services is here to stay, even as pandemic restrictions lift.

“People have gotten use to the idea of eating and drinking outside since the pandemic began and they like it, and that’s where mobile bars have the edge,” she said.

Alston-Betts said her long-term goal is to add another camper to the business, and she has already purchased a 1968 Serro Scotty trailer that she plans to convert to a mobile bar.

In the meantime, she plans to upgrade the business with new uniforms and bar kits for the bartenders and an electric trailer dolly to move her trailer into spe-

Clients supply the wine or beer and Alston-Bettz supplies the bartending, glasses, napkins, etc. The trailer is parked in Northside when not in use.

cifi c positions or line it up with the trailer hitch on the truck she uses to tow it.

“We’re moving the trailer around manually now, and that can be quite the task,” she said.

Alston-Betts said the $2,500 she won for placing second in the inaugural Financial Fortitude Delta Pitch Small Business Grant competition will go a long way toward helping her fi nance future upgrades.

The competition was sponsored by the local chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority - a historically Black sorority founded on the principles of public service, particularly in Black society.

“The women of Delta Sigma Theta have been really active in the community, and I was really honored to be a fi nalist in the competition,” Alston-Betts said. “I’m all about women connecting and pouring into each other and giving back to the community. That’s how I came up with the name for my business.

Pour into someone who will pour into you.”

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Small-batch chocolate mocha pots de crème Rita’s Kitchen Rita Heikenfeld Guest columnist

If you’re growing herbs, this is the time of year they fl ower abundantly.

When fl ower production hits peak on herbs, leaf production declines and so does fl avor and with that, nutrients.

So be vigilant about removing the fl owers (yes, they’re edible) especially with herbs like basil and oregano. Am I preaching to the choir here? You may already be pinching back the fl owers on herbs, but there might be some novices here, so that’s the reason for the reminder.

I pruned my miniature rose bush in the Bible section of my herb garden, too.

I got a nice bouquet of fl owers for the effort, and I’ll see a new fl ush of fl ower growth soon.

Along with the bouquet, I used some of the edible rose petals and lemon verbena leaves to garnish some chocolate pots de creme I made.

The recipe I’m sharing today is a small-batch one. (Requests for smallbatch recipes seem to be the trend).

It’s for a reader who wanted to make my larger-batch recipe but said “I’m having a small dinner, just four people and I don’t want to be tempted by leftovers of this delicious dessert.”

I tested the recipe, dividing it in half.

It worked.

Another lovely dessert for summer.

Pictured is mocha pots de creme garnished with rose and lemon verbena PHOTOS BY RITA HEIKENFELD

Small-batch chocolate mocha pots de crème Use ramekins, punch cups, wine glasses, whatever.

It’s important for the eggs to be room temperature and the coffee very hot to “cook” the eggs to a safe degree and to make a smooth crème.

Recipe doubles easily.

Ingredients 6 oz. bittersweet or semisweet chocolate chips or combination of both (I used both) 2 large eggs, room temperature

1 teaspoon vanilla Dash salt ⁄ 2 cup strong, very hot coffee

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Instructions Place eggs in blender.

Add chocolate chips, vanilla and salt.

Blend on high until mixture looks gritty, so that all the chips are ground up fi ne; otherwise they’ll be too large for coffee to melt them. You may have to scrape it down a time or 2. Mixture will be thick.

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Vanilla whipped cream No need to sweeten this, as the pots de creme are plenty sweet.

Pour coffee slowly in thin stream. That way, the eggs won’t curdle. Blend until smooth.

Ingredients

Pour into containers, cover tightly and refrigerate 4 hours or up to 3 days.

1 cup whipping cream ⁄ 2 teaspoon vanilla

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To serve: garnish with dollop of whipped cream, fruit, edible flower, etc.

Instructions Whip just until stiff. Continued whipping will give you butter!

Tip from Rita’s kitchen: What if mixture curdles a bit? Just push it through a strainer. The hot coffee was poured in too fast.

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Astronaut shares photo of Cincinnati from space station Brook Endale Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

A shot of the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport from space is circulating on Twitter after a NASA astronaut used the picture to give the airport a shoutout.

Astronaut Shane Kimbrough is currently in space as Commander of the NASA SpaceX Crew-2 mission to the International Space Station.

The mission launched in April 2021 and will return sometime in the fall.

Kimbrough tweeted "Hello to the Cincinnati tri-state area! I snapped a clear shot of the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Air-

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This new beer is made with fresh-foraged spruce tips from Goshen Maria Aguilar Cincinnati Enquirer

“We use these products, like beer, as a means to engage guests and to draw attention to [the programs] we’re doing here.”

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HighGrain Brewing Co. has partnered with the Cincinnati Nature Center to produce the limitedtime-only Spruce Tip “Tipper” ale, a beer that is equal parts spicy, piney and nature-licious.

The collaboration isn’t the fi rst one between the two organizations, who have released two versions of a maple beer in the past. HighGrain cofounder Matt Utter says the decision to partner with the CNC can be mostly attributed to their eco-friendly mission alignment.

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As for the CNC, the partnership off ered a

great community outreach opportunity.

“We use these products, like beer, as a means to engage guests and to

draw attention to [the programs] we’re doing here,” said Jason Neumann, CNC public programs manager.

The making of the “Tipper” beer had a fun extra step: foraging for 30 pounds of fresh spruce tips.

About a dozen HighGrain and CNC employees and volunteers formed a group and spent two days

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collecting the load of tiny tips from two large fi elds at the CNC's Long Branch Farm in Goshen.

Once the foraging was over, the bundles of spruce tips were transported to the brewery, where they remained in the freezer for two weeks before the brew.

Utter explained the brewing and the fermentation process were essentially business as usual.

The one diff erence was that to retain its fl avor and aroma, the tips did not go

into the boil and were instead steeped in the whirlpool for a half hour.

The beer also boasts hints of lemon drop and cascade hops, which accentuate the taste of its main ingredient and create a fl avorful, citrusy ale.

The “Tipper” is available in very limited supply. Most of it will be sold out of the taproom through July and there will be 30 cases for distribution.

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Could school resource offi cers be abolished from Cincinnati Public Schools?

Madeline Mitchell Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

If you’ve watched any Cincinnati Public Schools board meetings in the last year, you’ve probably heard the slogan: “CPD out of CPS.” It’s part of the “Fix Our Schools” campaign launched in September by the Young Activists Coalition, a local youthled social justice organization largely made up of Walnut Hills High School students. In the aftermath of last summer’s protests over the killing of George Floyd and nationwide cries to “defund the police,” the group came together to demand the district end its relationship with the Cincinnati Police Department.

“Police offi cers, they’re not bad people, but what they represent is terrifying to me,” Walnut Hills junior Bella Gordo told The Enquirer. She says police, to her, symbolize white supremacy and fear.

“And I hate to see that in my school.”

A similar saying, “CPD out of CCS,” rang out just over 100 miles north of Cincinnati last spring, and worked. Columbus City Schools allowed its contract with the Columbus Division of Police to expire in June 2020. For the fi rst time in 25 years, the partners did not renegotiate a new contract, which meant students returned to in-person learning without city police offi cers roaming school hallways.

Columbus school and police offi cials told the Columbus Dispatch they are still considering a new contract, though an agreement has yet to be reached.

Other large school districts across the country have ended their relationships with police, the most recent being in Arlington, according to the Washington Post. Schools in Oakland, Minneapolis and Los Angeles have also cut back or fully cut their school resource offi cer programs after last summer’s protests.

Could it happen in Cincinnati, too?

CPS’ school resource offi cer program began in 1967. It’s the third oldest program of its kind in the country, according to the Cincinnati Police Department.

“We hope to remain in schools for as long as CPS allows,” CPD spokesperson Emily Szink wrote in a statement to The Enquirer.

CPD’s current memorandum of understanding with the district expires in 2024. The offi cers do not work for the schools. They are employed through the city, which is in a partnership with CPS on behalf of the police department. The city funds and has unilateral control over the program.

Many of Cincinnati’s school resource offi cers were raised in the communities they serve and attended CPS schools, Szink wrote. They are specially trained to work with youth.

“Our offi cers are grateful for the relationships they form each year with students and parents,” Szink wrote. “School Resource Offi cers not only provide emergency support, but serve as a friend, mentor, and role model for students.

“While our job is to provide a safe learning environment for both students and teachers; our passion to serve extends beyond the schools. Our three youth programs: Police Cadets, Police Explorers, and CITI Camp is comprised of mostly CPS students. These programs are only successful because of the positive relationships we have with students, parents, teachers, and administrators.”

The Young Activists Coalition members don’t deny that those programs exist and may benefi t some students, says Owen Derico, vice president of the organization.

“But I think that, for the vast majority of students, that is not the case,” he says.

“As students, I think that we are not really seeing what the district is telling us we should be experiencing.”

Disparities ‘worst by far’ in Cincinnati Police are not legally required to be in schools, says Elena Thompson, a lawyer with Ohio’s American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Many districts across the state hire out law enforcement as school resource offi cers, but there is no state requirement in Ohio mandating police presence in schools.

“Anyone that says that school resource offi cers can’t be abolished or can’t be removed is incorrect,” Thompson says. “There is absolutely no justifi cation legally speaking to have SROs (school resource offi cers) in schools.”

Thompson says she is investigating disciplinary practices at Ohio’s three largest school districts: Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati. Black students are punished at a disproportionate rate to white students in all of those districts, she says, but “it’s the worst by far in Cin-

Ruth Debono, a student at Walnut Hills High School, poses outside of the Cincinnati Public Schools administrative building in the Mt. Auburn neighborhood of Cincinnati on Monday, June 28. The Young Activists Coalition hosted a barbecue and protest outside of meeting to push for the removal of Cincinnati Police officers from the public schools. PHOTOS BY SAM GREENE

cinnati.”

“We know that Black students don’t act out, they don’t misbehave to a greater extent than white students, it’s just that these students are policed more severely than white students are,” Thompson says.

Thompson says Black students in Cleveland are 2.5 times more likely to be punished than their white peers. In Columbus, Black students are 2.2 times more likely to be punished. In Cincinnati, that ratio jumps to Black students being punished fi ve times more often than white students.

CPS director of positive school culture and safety Carrie Bunger says ACLU’s numbers combine school discipline data with arrest and law enforcement data to determine “exclusionary discipline.”

When CPS uses that term, they are referring to school discipline data only.

The district is aware of and actively working to address issues of race disparities in school disciplinary practices, Bunger says. From 2015 until now, Bunger says Black students made up about 63% of the student population at CPS, but constituted around 80% of exclusionary consequences, which includes removal from the classroom to in-school suspensions, emergency removal, alternative placement, out of school suspension or expulsion.

White students made up about 23% of the CPS population, but constituted between 5 and 10% of the district’s exclusionary consequences over that same time frame, she says.

Bunger says the district is “not satisfi ed” with these disparities.

“You can’t talk about discipline without talking about equity, disproportionality and antiracism,” she says.

In 2019 CPS, Princeton City School District and Northwest Local School District wrote a proposal and won a national competition to have Georgetown University’s diversion programming group provide training on equity practices and how to reduce the school to prison pipeline. School resource offi cers were invited to this training and members of CPD did attend, Bunger says.

Since then, Bunger says the district has regularly analyzed disciplinary data in terms of race and disabilities as a district and by building through its district discipline committee, which is made up of staff members, legal aid and community partners. CPS is also working to promote positive behavior through phasedin restorative practices training and plans to open alternative learning centers next school year, as well as hiring additional school social workers – two of whom are bilingual, in hopes of supporting ESL students.

The Young Activists Coalition and ACLU want these eff orts to expand. The coalition’s goal is twofold: Remove police from schools and implement transformative, restorative justice practices.

Thompson says the goal is not to have the school resource offi cers fi red. The department could reassign those offi cers to other units, she says. It’s more about shifting the money and resources away from school resource offi cers and towards other student services that can better counsel students who may be acting out and need extra emotional support.

Ruth Debono, a student at Walnut Hills High School, catches up to school board member Pamela Bowers as she arrives for a board meeting outside of the Cincinnati Public Schools administrative building in the Mt. Auburn neighborhood of Cincinnati on Monday, June 28.

Their plan is attainable with school board buy-in, Thompson says. The CPS school board could pass resolutions or policies to remove police from schools without approval from the police department, city council or the mayor.

Will board OK ban? ‘Doesn’t feel likely.’

Melanie Bates is chairwoman of CPS’ health and safety committee, which has been discussing issues surrounding school resource offi cers for the last several weeks.

Bates says the committee is evaluating the district’s partnership with CPD for improvement, which she deems necessary. She’d like to see more consistency in how the offi cers are distributed to and function within diff erent schools.

However, Bates says she doesn’t see the board leaning towards abolishing school resource offi cers completely.

“Quite frankly, the program is not in jeopardy,” Bates says.

Mike Moroski, one of the only board members who has followed up on behalf of the Young Activists Coalition’s research, says he does not think the topic of cutting ties with CPD “is a conversation people (on the board) want to have.”

“It doesn’t feel likely,” he says.

Board member Eve Bolton says she

thinks there are more pros than cons with having school resource offi cers around. She says she would be worried about having to call in, in emergencies, offi cers who don’t know CPS buildings or the students.

“There’s a long history,” Bolton says about CPS’ 54-year standing with the program. “I’m not interested in breaking that partnership with the city.”

However, Bolton says she anticipates the discussion moving out of the health and safety committee and coming before the full board later this summer.

Board member Ben Lindy says he is “certainly open” to the Young Activists Coalition’s ideas surrounding school resource offi cers and restorative justice.

Student activism is “healthy and important,” he says.

“I can’t speak for the Board as a whole, but from my perspective, in order for us to make changes to our current SRO approach, I would want to see a clear majority of parents and students supporting those changes (particularly among students and families of color), and I’d want to see strong support from the city’s civil rights leaders,” Lindy wrote to The Enquirer.

Editor’s note: Information included refl ects this article’s original publication date – July 12. Visit Cincinnati.com for possible updates.

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SPORTS Top-10 area high school quarterbacks to watch in 2021 Shelby Dermer Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

The beginning of the high school football season is just over a month away with Northern Kentucky and Ohio each scheduled to kickoff on Aug. 20.

Here's a rundown of the top-10 quarterbacks to watch from each side of the river going into the 2021 season.

Brogan McCaughey, St. Xavier (Sr.) McCaughey had a dream fi rst season as a varsity starter in 2020, leading St. Xavier to a Division I state championship. Despite missing 2.5 games, McCaughey threw for 2,708 yards and 28 touchdowns. The fi rst-team All-Ohio selection set a school record with 556 passing yards in a 62-37 win over Cleveland St. Ignatius. In the postseason, he threw a game-winning touchdown with 27 seconds left to beat Lakota West in the regional championship game. In the state fi nal against Pickerington Central, McCaughey was 26-of-40 for 292 yards, four touchdowns and a rushing score as the Bombers rolled, 44-3. McCaughey holds more than a dozen Division I off ers.

Drew Novak, Western Brown (Jr.) After a 14-touchdown, 12-interception freshman season, Novak exploded as a junior last season, throwing for a Southern Buckeye Conference-best 2,543 yards and 26 touchdowns against just fi ve interceptions. Novak threw threeplus touchdowns in each of the fi rst six games. In a shootout loss to ClintonMassie, he threw for 497 yards and six touchdowns. The week prior, he threw for 518 yards and three touchdowns and ran for two additional scores against New Richmond.

Novak led Western Brown to the program's fi rst-ever playoff win, tossing two touchdowns in a 42-12 victory over Athens. Novak was named fi rst team all-district and third-team All-Ohio.

Cameron Hergott, Beechwood (Sr.) Hergott is repeating his senior year under Kentucky Senate Bill 128, which allows any student enrolled in a Kentucky public high school during the 2020-21 school year to request to use the 2021-22 school year “as a supplemental school year to retake or supplement the courses the student has already taken.”

Hergott already has a decorated career with two state championships, including last year as the Tigers won the Class 2A title. He was named Mr. Football by the Kentucky Associated Press and the Kentucky Football Coaches Association after throwing for 2,467 yards and 26 touchdowns while rushing for 1,078 yards and 15 touchdowns. He is entering his fourth year as a starter with over 6,000 yards passing and 65 touchdowns, and nearly 2,400 yards rushing with 34 TDs.

Ben Hambleton (6) scrambles during the second round of the OHSAA Playoffs in a high school football game between the Elder Panthers and the Princeton Vikings at Princeton High School in Cincinnati, Ohio on Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. Elder defeated Princeton 26-21 to advance to the next round of the playoffs. JEFFREY DEAN FOR THE ENQUIRER

Lakota West High School quarterback Mitch Bolden avoids the reach of Colerain defensive back Kenny Willis during their Division I Region IV tournament game at Lakota West Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020. E.L. HUBBARD FOR THE ENQUIRER

Mekhi Lynn, Princeton (Sr.) As a junior last season, Lynn led Princeton to a 6-2 record, including a playoff win. Lynn led the Greater Miami Conference in passing with 1,429 yards to go with 17 passing touchdowns and six rushing.

Lynn led Princeton to its fi rst victory over Colerain since 1997 on September 11, See QUARTERBACKS, Page 2B

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Chatterbox Sports hires former Reds announcer Brennaman Scott Springer

Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Former Reds announcer Thom Brennaman will be back behind the microphone soon in Greater Cincinnati. This time, he’ll be calling high school events via Chatterbox Sports.

The subscription-based service made the announcement Tuesday evening via Twitter. Chatterbox Sports broadcasts numerous high school events and also off ers podcasts. Recently new University of Cincinnati basketball coach Wes Miller, UC women’s basketball coach Michele Clark-Heard and former UC quarterback Tony Pike have been featured guests.

Brennaman appeared at the end of the announcement.

“I’m so grateful and excited,” Brennaman said. “I grew up here in Greater Cin-

cinnati. I know what high school football, high school basketball and high school sports mean to this area. This is what I was doing at Channel 5 when my career started. Here we are coming full circle getting back out to high school sports.”

Brennaman ended the announcement with a subtle reference to his 2020 misfortune saying, “by the way, I think Castellanos just hit a home run to left.”

Brennaman resigned from his Fox Sports Ohio TV play-by-play job in September 2020 a month after he was suspended for using a homophobic slur on a live mic prior to cutting an open to a broadcast. He apologized later in the game when informed it went over the air.

He also wrote a letter that appeared in The Enquirer shortly thereafter.

Brennaman is a graduate of Anderson High School and Ohio University.

He began his career at WLWT then began doing Reds games on TV with Hall of Famer Johnny Bench as his partner.

From there his baseball career took him to the Cubs and WGN, then later to the Arizona Diamondbacks where he was their fi rst announcer.

He returned to Cincinnati with his family in 2006 to do Reds games on TV. At Fox Sports he did Major League Baseball, the NFL and college football including Boise State’s famous Orange Bowl upset of Oklahoma. He later worked on the Big Ten Network in football. In between, he did a few seasons of college basketball, including the University of Cincinnati’s Final Four run in 1992 with Bob Huggins.

The son of Hall of Fame announcer Marty Brennaman recently watched his son play on a state championship lacrosse team with Mariemont.

“I’m so grateful and excited. I grew up here in Greater Cincinnati. I know what high school football, high school basketball and high school sports mean to this area,” Thom Brennaman said. AP

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Return to the sandlot, 50 years later Mike Bass Special to the Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Editor's note: This is a weekly column from former sports reporter and editor Mike Bass. Bass will be contributing to The Enquirer by off ering advice for sports fans, athletes and youth sports parents and coaches through a weekly Q&A. You can reach him at mbass@mikebasscoaching.com or on Twitter @SportsFanCoach1.

We are missing Gary today. “Glob,” everyone used to call him. Glob so loved playing ball with us, the story goes, he would walk to our old primary school and shovel the infi eld when he thought it was time for “spring training.”

A group of us are reuniting today to play baseball together for the fi rst time in some 50 years. This is Fourth of July weekend 2021, and this could just as easily be 1971. We come with gloves, baseballs, bats and whatever we feel like wearing. Same as always.

Except Glob is not here.

Gary Glochowsky died last year.

Pancreatic cancer.

In many ways, Glob is with us. Sanford brought one of Glob’s old baseballs, a National League model inscribed with Charles S. Feeney’s signature. Chub Feeney became NL president in 1970.

This is perfect.

The ball shows wear. Then again, so do we.

Five of us are here today. We parried COVID-19 isolation together, Zooming on Sunday nights and messaging when our teams were on TV. Now we can reassemble. This had been easier when we grew up in the same village, but I moved back to the area for good a few years ago, Laurence is visiting from Georgia, so it’s

From left to right: Mike Bass, Howard Shapiro, Sanford Cherney, Laurence Cohen and Bob Blinick PROVIDED/MIKE BASS

Play Ball.

We came in cars instead of by feet or bicycles, but we came to play. We always came to play back then, too.

Those days were some of the best of my life.

Up to six or eight of us might show up, or as few as two. We would create fair sides and rules. We had just enough gear and imagination to concoct some version of any sport. Baseball. Football.

Basketball. Hockey. We could play Home Run Derby using a basketball court across the street from me, Wall Ball using a strike zone painted on the side of our primary school.

There were no coaches, no parents, no politics, no trophies. Oh, we cared who won or lost, we argued and fought, but eventually we got over it. Eventually.

Sometimes, we just hit fungoes. Or took “infi eld practice.” Glob loved infi eld

practice. We’d take turns hitting ground balls to each other, then maybe try to throw out an imaginary runner at fi rst.

We lived “The Sandlot.”

I loved sports. I loved to play them, and I loved to watch them. I played Little League baseball until I was overmatched, but kept playing pickup games with my friends. I enjoyed both versions, but if it were all about organized sports, as it is now, my childhood would have been emptier. I needed this then.

I need this today.

COVID fatigue is real. Being outside and playing alongside my friends again is a joy. It is not just the nostalgia. It is the experience.

We decide to play catch and hit fungoes instead of playing a game. The thermometer is pushing 90, and though we all try to stay active, we are not stupid.

I already did stupid.

Three years ago, Sanford and I hit fungoes to each other. I lunged for a ball, tumbled to the ground and sprained my AC joint. My left shoulder is not 100% yet.

OK, I do a little stupid today. I reach too high for one throw, and my shoulder barks at me. I wince. Otherwise, I am smart. I try to protect any other ailing body part. Bob goes out of his way to cover for me on any errant balls.

I am playing shortstop, barely on the outfi eld grass. One line drive heads toward me. I amble a step to my right, open my glove and feel the ball smack into the pocket. It stings that familiar sting. It hurts so good.

The others cheer. This is what friends do, 50 years later. We understand the drops. We appreciate the nice catches.

We support each other.

When it is time to stop, we stop. This is smart, because the coming days would bring the soreness and bruises expected from a layoff and age. But fi rst, someone laments how our performance has deteriorated since the last time we did this. I off er a diff erent perspective.

“If you had told us 50 years ago that we could come out here and do this now, at this age,” I say, “we would have been pretty darn impressed.”

Glob would have, too, I am guessing. I did not know him as well as some of the other guys, so I enjoyed hearing their stories about him later, including Howard’s about Glob shoveling the fi eld. If Glob could not join us today, we are glad one of the baseballs we used was his.

“Maybe,” Sanford wrote later, “he really was looking down on us that day.”

Remember to email Bass at mbass@mikebasscoaching.com or reach out to him @SportsFanCoach1 on Twitter if you want to be included next week. His website is MikeBassCoaching.com.

Here is the Bengals schedule for 2021 preseason and training camp Charlie Goldsmith Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Before the 2021 season, the NFL cut the preseason from four games to three games. As a result, there’s a new set of important dates for training camp and roster cuts in 2021.

This season, 29 teams including the Cincinnati Bengals can report to training camp on July 27. Since there are only three preseason games this year, the Bengals will have to make roster cuts on an earlier schedule.

Here is the Bengals schedule for the 2021 preseason and training camp July 27: Bengals report to training camp July 31: “Back Together Saturday”:

Open Bengals practice with fans invited to Paul Brown Stadium Aug. 7 and 8: Limited number of fans able to attend practice at Paul Brown Stadium Aug. 14: Preseason Game 1: Bengals at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Aug. 17: Roster cut from 90 players to 85 Aug. 20: Preseason Game 2: Bengals at Washington Football Team Aug. 24: Roster cut from 85 to 80 Aug.29: Preseason Game 3: Miami Dolphins at Bengals Aug. 31: Roster cut from 80 to 53 Sept. 12: Regular season Week 1: Minnesota Vikings at Bengals Get more Cincinnati Bengals news by listening to our podcasts

Quarterbacks

Cincinnati Bengals head coach Zac Taylor wraps up practice during the fi rst day of Cincinnati Bengals OTAs at the Paul Brown Stadium practice fi eld in downtown Cincinnati on May 2. SAM GREENE/THE ENQUIRER

2020. He threw for a career-high 309 yards and two scores and his three-yard touchdown run with 12 seconds left lifted the Vikings to a 41-37 victory. Lynn would later author Princeton's fi rst playoff victory since 2001, tossing two touchdowns and running for 84 yards in a 55-0 fi rstround thumping of Oak Hills. Lynn, who holds a half-dozen Division I off ers, was named fi rst-team all-district and thirdteam All-Ohio.

on the second-team All-Ohio squad as a junior last season. Smith put up big numbers in just seven games for the Lions, fi nishing with 22 touchdown passes and only four interceptions while averaging 220.7 yards-per-game through the air. On the ground, he ran for 566 yards (80.9 per game) and eight touchdowns.

Smith threw 18 touchdowns passes in the fi nal fi ve games of the season, including six in a victory over Miami Valley Christian Academy. He was lethal on the ground, too, running for 100-plus yards on three occasions. Smith was also fi rstteam Miami Valley Conference, fi rst-team all-city and fi rst-team all-district.

Ty Thornton, Indian Hill (Sr.)

Logan Landers, Dixie Heights (Sr.)

Thornton helped Indian Hill cruise to a share of the Cincinnati Hills League title in 2020. The Braves went 6-0 in the abbreviated regular season and averaged 53.3 points per game with Thornton under center. He fi nished with a 61.6 completion percentage, 1089 passing yards and a conference-best 15 touchdown passes against just two interceptions. Thornton also ran for 398 yards and eight scores.

He had multiple touchdowns in seven of eight games and threw for two or more scores four times. Thornton led Indian Hill to playoff win over Dayton Oakwood, but the Braves' season-ended with a onepoint loss to Valley View in the second round.

Thornton was named fi rst-team CHL, fi rst-team all-district and third-team AllOhio.

The 6-foot quarterback threw for 1,843 yards and 13 touchdowns last year, but he caught fi re in the playoff s with 641 yards and seven TD passes in high-scoring 6A playoff wins over Simon Kenton (34-33) and Ryle (41-36). He led Dixie from 23 points down in the fi rst-round win over SK and threw for 359 yards and fi ve TDs against Ryle as Dixie won the district and lost to Trinity in the third round. He threw for nearly 1,500 yards and eight TDs as a sophomore. Landers recently received an off er from Mount St. Joseph.

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Garrett Yoon, Lawrenceburg (Sr.) The 5-foot-11, 180-pound QB for the Tigers performed well at the Elite 11 regional QB competition this spring. In 13 games

Indian Hill quarterback Ty Thornton throws this pass for a touchdown in the fi rst quarter of the game between Indian Hill and Mariemont high schools Sept. 11, 2020. JIM OWENS FOR THE ENQUIRER

for the Tigers in 2020, he threw for 2,252 yards and 27 touchdowns, while running for 1,083 and 13 scores. He was a junior allstate pick by the Indiana Football Coaches Association. Lawrenceburg fi nished 11-2 and reached the regional fi nal in the 3A playoff s for the second straight year, losing to Southridge. Yoon's recruiting interest includes Air Force, Illinois State, and Ball State.

Mark Smith, Cincinnati College Prep (Sr.) Smith was a fi rst-team All-Ohio selection as a sophomore in 2019 and landed

Ben Hambleton, Elder (Sr.) Hambleton took over as the varsity starter in 2020 on a team coming off a trip to the Division I state championship game. The junior hit the ground running, leading the Elder off ense to 38.2 pointsper-game over the fi rst four contests and throwing 14 touchdowns and zero interceptions in that span. In Week 2 against Floyd Central (Ind.), he threw for a season-high 317 yards and four scores in a

42-17 Panthers victory.

Hambleton fi nished second in the GCL-South in passing yards (1,915) and touchdowns (19) and led the highestscoring off ense in the conference (22.4 per game). Hambleton was named second-team GCL-South.

He will be joined in the QB room by Walnut Hills transfer Jack Reuter, who started under center for the Eagles the last two seasons. The junior announced his move to Elder in January.

Mitch Bolden, Lakota West (Jr.) Bolden is entering his third season as the Lakota West starting quarterback after leading the Firebirds to the doorstep of the state Final Four. Bolden helped Lakota West sweep GMC foes for a league title last fall, fi nishing with 782 passing yards, 12 touchdowns and three interceptions. He was a dual-threat, running for 408 yards and an additional fi ve scores.

Bolden threw four touchdowns in a 33-0 win over Sycamore and led Lakota West over West Clermont for the program's fi rst playoff victory since 2014.

Bolden ran for 120 yards and a score in a second-round victory over Lakota East.

Bolden was named fi rst-team GMC, honorable mention all-city and honorable mention all-district.

Honorable mention: Chase Crone (Jr.), Simon Kenton; Mason Young (Sr.), Harrison; Charlie Noon (Jr.), Highlands; Levi Wiederhold (Sr.), Fayetteville-Perry; Ryan Peter (Sr.), Norwood; Logan Huber (Sr.), Gus Howlett (Sr.), Scott; Roger Bacon; Aidan Jones (Sr.), Little Miami; Jacob Davidson (Sr.), Lloyd; Will Schulok (Sr.), Turpin; Brayden Everitt (Jr.), Lebanon; Drew Warth (Sr.), Cooper; NaDavion Gaither (Sr.), Mt. Healthy.

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They’re catching big catfi sh at Cedar Lake Ole Fisherman George Rooks

Howdy, folks!

I was talking to Bill Sweeney. He is always looking for fresh fruit to get for his stand. I told him about John Pringle over

by Stonelick Lake. John‘s dad, Roscoe, had the apple orchard and peach orchard. I would pick apples and peaches when they were ripe. Now since Roscoe has passed on to heaven, John has taken the farm and orchard over. I was talking to John about the blackberries and he said they were doing good. The apple crop he said sure looks good, with plenty of apples. John has learned from his father Roscoe. His dad was a fruit man.

The folks kept four of us busy picking peaches. His telephone number is (513) 625-9866.

Now on July 31, from 9 a.m. till 2 p.m.,

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the Grange is having a craft show at the Grange Hall in Nicholsville. They have several items left from the other craft show, and you might fi nd a good hotdog just waiting for you to eat it and enjoy. On the fi rst Saturday of August, if you like to play euchre, we start at 6 p.m., so you all come.

Now the St. Mary Church in Bethel is having a pig roast along with pulled pork, chicken and hotdogs. The rest of the menu is fresh sweet corn, green beans, mac and cheese, baked beans and coleslaw with iced tea, lemonade and a choice of homemade desserts.

You can either sit under a tent or go inside the building where it is air-cooled.

There is also soda pop, so come hungry.

I was eating at Frisch’s the other day and a feller showed me a picture of a 46pound catfi sh he caught at Sherry’s Lake. He went back to his wife and table and then came back and told me a story that happened in the spring. When he was fi shing for trout, he was using a little light pole. He baited it up, cast it out and laid it down. He forgot to release the bail. When he saw it pulled in the lake at

Sherry’s, the little cork candle would stick up. He would run around the lake and when he got there the fi sh would turn around and go back. He fi nally got a hold of the pole and landed a big trout.

Folks, where has the time gone. Here it is time for the Clermont County Fair. I remember the fi rst time I ever went to the fair. My mom made a picnic dinner for us to eat and dad would get some watermelon for us to eat. After we ate our meal, the fi rst activity I remember was dropping a person in the water and how he would say, please don’t hit the paddle to trip it, and about that time he would splash in the water. There is so much to see at the Clermont County Fair, and by all means stop and take a look at the grange displays. They have been putting the Grange booths in the fair for many years. They are a part of the fair and will let you know what the Grange is doing. Also, the Junior Grange have been busy making diff erent projects and the Pomona Grange puts in a booth to tell what all the Grange is doing.

Bonnie Lytle and Jamie Kinner do a super job with the Junior Grangers, so stop and

look. I must say we have one of the best fair boards of any fair, and the ladies at the front counter sure know their business and are so helpful. There is so much to see, including the fl owers, vegetables and animals, including cows, goats, lambs and pigs. I will not be able to attend the fair this year due to the prostate cancer that has a hold on me.

Now I better write about fi shing. I talked to Cedar Lake and they are catching some big catfi sh. There has been a 32pounder and a 50-pounder caught, and then this morning as I was talking to the lake they brought in a 26-pound catfi sh.

Sherry’s Lake has some big catfi sh and lots of channel catfi sh. The folks fi shing there, due to the rain, is low. Now the Boars Head Bait Shop at Afton is busy selling bait to fi shermen to catch crappie and they are doing good. We are so fortunate to have such good fi shing waters.

Folks, the Meadow Brook place where I am living is a wonderful place to call home, and the people here are so nice.

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only in a particular type of rock habitat that occurs in the preserve and is notoriously elusive.

“We found a number of juvenile and adult salamanders, which is important because it means the population is diverse enough to reproduce,” Winget said.

“Once we know what’s there, we can decide what wildlife we want to encourage.

These projects also help us fi nd out what was in Ohio before colonization, because the area has been largely untouched by farming.”

Past projects have included land management at the Cincinnati Nature Center, planting fl owers with the Ohio Veterans Home in Georgetown, Ohio, and work with the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden to tag monarch butterfl ies and restore native grasslands to the zoo’s Bowyer Farm property in Warren County.

For more information about environmental studies or service learning available to students at UC Clermont, contact Danielle Winget at wingetde@ucmail.uc.edu or Krista Clark at clark2kl@ucmail.uc.edu.

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the last round of recipients in the 2021 program, now in its 66th year.

There were three previous announcements of corporate and National Merit Scholarship Corporation awards made earlier this year. Scholarship recipients are selected from among the 17,000 fi nalists from across the country.

More than 1.5 million juniors in 21,000 high schools entered the 2021 competition by taking the 2019 Preliminary SAT/ National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test as juniors.

College scholarships range from $500 to $2,000 per year, with most renewable for up to four years. The exact amounts of those scholarships are not released by National Merit.

Listed by high school, are the students, college awarding the scholarship, and the student’s probable career fi eld.

There were no recipients in this round from high schools in southeast Indiana.

*Mason: Noah Erdman, University of Cincinnati, medicine; Samuel Graier, University of Cincinnati, computer science; Julie Krueger, University of Cincinnati, interior design *McNicholas: University of Cincinnati, engineering *Milford: Vishnu Rajkumar, University of Cincinnati, medicine *Seven Hills: Megan Tan, Brandeis University, undecided *Springboro: Elliot Phillips, University of Alabama, secondary education *Summit Country Day: Grant Gerhard, Kenyon College, conservation *St. Xavier: William Eckert, University of Florida, banking; Colin Sorensen, University of Cincinnati, engineering; Owen McClain, University of Cincinnati, physical therapy *Sycamore: Niyati Kanchan, University of Cincinnati, medicine *Turpin: Daniel Creelman, University of Cincinnati, marketing; Hannah Hazelwood, University of Alabama, undecided *Walnut Hills: Adham Atwan, University of Cincinnati, medicine; James Baur, Case Western Reserve University, aerospace engineering; Kaden Clark, Northeaster University, bioengineering; Angelo Geis, University of Miami, economics; Ajai Nelson, Oberlin College, computer science; Evelyn Wheatley, Miami University, computer science *Wyoming: Alexander Rhodes, Colorado College, religious service

SCHOOL NEWS

Last round of National Merit scholarship winners announced Twenty-nine students from southwest Ohio and one from Northern Kentucky were among 1,000 students nationally who are receiving college scholarships after being named fi nalists in the National Merit Scholarship program.

They join 3,100 fi nalists who received college and university scholarship recipients were announced last month. This is

Ohio *Cincinnati Christian: Casey Anderson, University of Alabama, medicine *Cincinnati Country Day: Abhimanyu Jetty, Carleton College, activism *Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy: University of Cincinnati, business *Harrison: Tyler Ferry, University of Cincinnati, chemical engineering *Kings: Stephen Sims, University of Alabama, biochemistry; *Lakota East: Audrey Earnest, University of Wyoming, undecided; Christopher Mages, University of Cincinnati, chemical engineering *Loveland: Jacob Aldrich, University of Cincinnati, music

*Ryle: Collin Huff , University of Cincinnati, aerospace engineering Sue Kiesewetter, Enquirer contributor

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“And it also reduces the demand for roadway space, which is benefi cial for the rest of us.”

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Greater Cincinnati drivers spent a lot less time in traffi c during the pandemic.

In fact, a new study from the Texas A&M Transportation Institute found that driving delays in Cincinnati were cut in half during 2020.

Cincinnati ranked 47th in the country for traffi c delays, alongside Denver, Indianapolis, Charleston, New Orleans, Rochester and Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, New Jersey.

In these cities, drivers spent 26 hours stuck in traffi c in 2020.

In 2019, drivers spent 52 hours stuck in traffi c in Cincinnati.

The rankings are based on the total number of hours drivers were delayed.

The Cincinnati region spent 28,436 stuck in traffi c in 2020.

Because most of the country was on lockdown during the pandemic, many commuters found themselves working from home. Fewer traffi c snarls and crashes were reported and incidents were spread out as rush-hour commuters no longer needed to travel.

Every urban area showed considerably more change than has ever been recorded, according to the institute.

“Flexible work hours and reliable internet connections allow employees to choose work schedules that are benefi cial for meeting family needs and the needs of their jobs,” report co-author

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Handicapped Accessible Kyle Lanham, Senior Pastor Amber Blake, Children’s Pastor Tara McFerron,Youth Director Stephanie Lanham, Worship Director SUNDAY: Sunday School (all ages) 9:30 am Worship Service 10:30 am Children’s Worship (Age 4 - 5th Grade) Evening Activities for Children, Youth, & Adults 6:00 pm MONDAY: Ladies’ Bible Study/Prayer Group

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WEDNESDAY: Choir Men’s Group (Grades 6-12) Children (Age 4 - 5th Gr.)

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For Emily Cochell, a biology graduate from the University of Cincinnati Clermont College, fi nding a full-time job with a company invested in sustainable practices was at the top of her wish list.

“Human impact to the planet aff ects everything: Sea-level rise, ocean acidifi cation, urban heat islands, saltwater invasion of fresh water, air and water pollution, and ecosystems moving northward due to the warming of the Earth,” Cochell said. “It’s important that we as a species have the time, energy and health needed to allocate our thoughts to changing for the better rather than just getting by.”

Cochell’s passion for environmentalism was reinforced by one college experience in particular – assistant professor Danielle Winget’s environmental studies courses. The two classes focus on diff erent ecosystems, geology and climates, as well as the eff ects of human activity on nature. But Winget doesn’t contain her teaching to the classroom; her students engage in service learning projects throughout the Southwest Ohio region, bringing these large lessons to life.

This past April, Winget’s students ventured to the Edge of Appalachia, a 20-000-acre wildlife preserve in West Union, Ohio, managed by the Cincinnati Museum Center and the Nature Conservancy. There, students learned fi rsthand about land management from park biologists, cleaned out woody brush from a prairie habitat and, most importantly, assisted with a project to identify and take a census of rare green salamanders. In Ohio, the reptile lives

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COMMUNITY NEWS Cincinnati Coffee Festival coming to Music Hall Oct. 22-24 Coff ee and tea lovers from all over the region join world-class roasters, coff ee shops, purveyors of fi ne food and professional baristas at the 2021 Cincinnati Coffee Festival. Held at Cincinnati Music Hall, attendees will enjoy hundreds of free

tastings of the fi nest coff ees, teas, pastries, chocolates and savory foods. The weekend will include live music, latte art demos, and demonstrations with industry experts. See the latest equipment and accessories and taste the best coff ees, teas and treats. Vote for your favorite brew in the People’s Choice event.

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Leadercast – Cincinnati East brings expert speaker lineup to Clermont County on Aug. 18 Leadercast, the leadership development company that propels the growth of leaders worldwide through transformative video content, has partnered with the Clermont Chamber of Commerce Foundation to host a rebroadcast of the Leadercast 2021—Shift leadership conference to the leaders of Clermont County on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021 at Crossroads East Side. To attend, purchase tickets at clermontchamber.com/leadercast.

The line-up for the event includes Rainn Wilson (The Offi ce), Guy Raz (How I Built This), NFL Hall of Famer and Ohio State alumnus Cris Carter and the Pro Football Hall of Fame CEO David Baker, authors Austin Channing Brown, Todd Henry, Liz Bohannon, Michael C. Bush and Andy Stanley. The event will also highlight several Cincinnati leaders who are making a worldwide impact including Sunny Parr (The Kroger Foundation), Deni Tato (Corporate Consciousness) and Chuck Mingo (Undivided).

Speaker takeaways: h Michael C. Bush’s inspiring stories about how creating a more equitable work environment pays off . Attendees also walk away with a new “For All” Leadership Model to help drive personal performance. h Liz Forkin Bohannon will show you how to cultivate the mindsets that will help you live that you were made on purpose and for a purpose. h Andy Stanley will lay out a three-step process that he is using to shift his thinking and strategies coming through a time of change. h We are all diff erent, but there are three centers from which we all live our lives: the mind, the heart and the body.

Deni Tato will show us that learning which center we tend to live and lead from will help us make more conscious choices around how we lead others. h Rainn Wilson will include practical ways to lead yourself toward the person you really want to become. h As the CEO of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, David Baker fi nds himself surrounded by leaders. Speaking from his experiences and countless conversations with the all-time best players, coaches and owners in the game of football, David will share his top three learnings that move great leaders to become “Hall of Fame” leaders. h Using the story of when he nearly lost everything and surrendered to a pathway of recovery, Cris Carter will show that even the most “successful” people in any

profession may be hiding a secret that is just waiting to take them out. He will give a series of practical tips to anyone who is struggling with “off the fi eld” or “out of the boardroom” distractions. h Chuck Mingo shares what he has learned in both corporate and faith-based settings about the power of courageous love to unlock potential and create enduring impact. h Acclaimed author Todd Henry shows that there are twenty-seven “motivational themes”, each with its own unique DNA. He will teach how we can begin to decode our Core Motivation so that we can have conversations, make decisions, and even choose career paths that lead us to experience engagement and fulfi llment. h As Director of the Kroger Foundation, Sunny Parr will talk about how leading an initiative to end both food waste AND hunger in the USA by 2025 has taught her to make a shift in her own leadership style...and what she is learning about attempting to shift people’s mindsets. h The cultural shift that erupted in the summer of 2020 needs true allyship from leaders to make a lasting diff erence. Becoming a champion for justice demands courage and commitment. Austin Channing Brown will teach us how to begin that journey. h The pandemic has forced all of us to rethink the way we live, work and play. It has tested us. But it has also forced us to think creatively about how to adapt. Guy Raz will talk about how creativity and solutions-based thinking often emerges from the toughest moments.

This event will deliver the toolkits and inspiration that leaders need to level up their skills and achieve their professional goals, regardless of their industry. To join the movement to become a leader worth following, attend the rebroadcast of the Leadercast 2021—Shift leadership conference on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021 by visiting clermontchamber.com/leadercast.

Leadercast 2021—Shift is proudly supported by: Presenting Sponsor – Lykins Energy Solutions; Sustaining Platinum Sponsor – American Modern; Sustaining Gold Sponsors – Lykins Energy Solutions and University of Cincinnati Clermont College; Sustaining Silver Sponsors – Duke Energy and Mercy Health; Sustaining Bronze Sponsors – HealthSource of Ohio and Park National Bank; Sustaining Executive Sponsors – CenterBank, Grant Career Center, Great Oaks Career Campuses, Nestlé Purina, Sheakley and Sporty’s.

For additional information about this or other Chamber news, contact Clermont Chamber Director of Communications & Marketing, Allison Cottrill at (513) 5765013 or by e-mail, allison.cottrill@clermontchamber.com.

Allison Cottrill, Clermont Chamber of Commerce

The Pac to play at Anderson Senior Center The Pac (Chuck Short, Wayne Luessen, Brian Buckley) will play 50’s/ 60’s rock and country dance music at Anderson Senior Center on Thursday, Aug. 5, from 11 a.m. to noon. The Anderson Senior Center is located at 7970 in Anderson Township.

Wayne Luessen, Anderson Senior Center

City of Loveland to commence $1.1 million infrastructure project This summer, the City of Loveland will begin the largest infrastructure project to take place in over a decade: a multi-street infrastructure project along Main, South Wall, Hill, and Chestnut Streets.

The project scope includes replacing cast-iron water mains, repairing storm sewer drains, upgrading traffi c signals, and resurfacing roads.

By cost, the major project component is the replacement of a 4-inch-diameter, cast-iron water main estimated to have been installed in the late 1800s. The new water main will be 8-inch ductile iron, which will improve fi re fl ow rates and result in less water main breaks.

Additionally, the project aims to improve traffi c and pedestrian safety. Between 2015 and the time of the funding application submittal in 2020, 19 vehicular accidents were reported at West Loveland/South Wall Street with injuries sustained in 42% of them.

Therefore, the traffi c signals at West Loveland/South Wall, as well as Main/ Loveland-Madeira Road, will be upgraded to detect vehicles by radar for traffi c fl ow.

They will also have GPS pre-emption for emergency vehicles. Traffi c signal heads will be upgraded to larger and brighter LED lights for improved visibility. Pedestrian signals will be added.

The traffi c signals at West Loveland/ Wall will be upgraded to decorative, antique-style poles and mast arms to replace the existing wooden poles and span wire. The fi nished look will match the streetscape of Downtown Loveland’s decorative black poles.

The project also includes storm sewer repairs on Main Street and installation of two additional catch basins on Chestnut Street to help alleviate ponding on the roadways. Once the underground conduit for the traffi c signals, water main, and storm sewer work is complete, the entire project area will be repaved. The total paving area encompasses 1.09 miles, which is in addition to the city’s annual road paving program. (The city invested

$1,049,750 in the 2021 paving program to improve streets for residents.)

The total cost of this major project is $1,168,000, funded through the Ohio Public Works Commission (OPWC) by combination of a 50% grant and a 50% zero-interest state loan. A contract was entered with the project’s lowest and best bidder, Ford Development Corporation, and was approved at the City Council meeting on July 14.

The project is expected to begin in early September 2021. A letter will be sent by US mail to residents and property owners in the area notifying them about the project.

For more information about this project and other City of Loveland construction projects, please visit https:// www.lovelandoh.gov/190/ConstructionProjects. For questions, please contact City Engineer Cindy Klopfenstein at (513) 683-0150.

Krista Rose, City of Loveland OH

Hopewell Chapter DAR returns for service Following a period of adhering to COVID-19 protocol and not meeting in groups, 22 members of Hopewell Chapter NSDAR gathered for lunch recently at Keehner Park.

The casual gathering provided an opportunity to share friendships and to provide information about DAR to new and prospective members.

The Hopewell Classroom Committee, chaired by Beth Dietrich and Sue Neeb, collected donations to be taken to the Boys and Girls Club of America in West Chester. This project is part of DAR’s mission to secure America’s future through better education.

The shelter was decorated in a patriotic theme by Vice Regent Donna Vanover who also provided patriotic themed prizes for the opening game. This activity involved prizes awarded for demonstrating knowledge of DAR facts, allowing new members and prospective members to become better acquainted with the chapter and each other. Following lunch, a docent from the Parks Department led a tour and provided information regarding the historic “Cabin in the Clearing” which was purchased and given to the township by the children of Union Township.

A chance meeting with local fi refi ghters answering a call in the area led to donation of cupcakes by the chapter to be shared at the fi rehouse.

Monthly meetings are held at which time an educational program is presented and members participate in a project important to DAR and to our community.

Contact Hopewell Chapter at regent@hopewelldar.org.

Jan Mauch, Hopewell Chapter DAR

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Information provided by Hamilton County Auditor Dusty Rhodes

$407,000 5766 Brookstone Dr: Mason Allen & Beth to Naplis Jamie; $860,000 5806 Chestnut Ridge Dr: Oetjen George Wayne & Donna to Fine Richard M & Laura; $950,000 6067 Salem Rd: Miller Timothy A & Michelle A to Heitkamp Christopher & Natalie Eichert; $242,500 6540 Wyndwatch Dr: Ellis William R & Deborah L to Soni Meet V & Mona Meet Soni; $750,000 6559 Wyndwatch Dr: Roe Michael S to Dugle Jason M; $713,317 7195 Honeywood Ct: Devries Connie J to Silence Courtney D; $175,000 7239 Hamilton Hills Dr: Moller Nicholas J & Rachel C to Korte Rachel Lee & Brendan Fowler; $375,000

Anderson Township 1275 Columbus Ave: Oaks Property Group LLC to Rp2ham LLC; $130,000 1592 Collinsdale Ave: Marx Thomas P Jr & Grace M to Mcmillan Erin & Jonathan Hilgeford; $283,300 1597 Blueorchard Dr: Girten Amy R to Mercer Lindsey A; $244,000 1707 Robinway Dr: Boltonrodriguez Karrie Tr to Sudkamp Aaron & Maura; $264,000 2021 Fox Brook Pl: Difrancesca Sarah Kendle & Anthony to Beard Katherine R & Tyler; $760,000 2576 Little Dry Run Rd: Knight Julie to Portman Patrick Orlo & Misty;

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7372 Ridgepoint Dr: Glazier Gary L & Kathleen B to Snyder David E & Ellen Pastorino; $137,500 7510 Lawyer Rd: Kahabka Robert to Jarrells Travis Wayne & Sarah Elizabeth; $267,500 762 Elderwood Dr: Greer Hazel B Tr to Smith Rafee M & Rachel Thomason Smith; $297,000 7709 Anderson Oaks Dr: Shinkle Randall D & Bonnie to Dubois Steven & Ashley; $342,500 7741 Heatherglen Dr: Ta Hieu T & Allison D to Schnabel Ian A & Rachel; $315,000 8200 Clough Pk: Clark Meagan Rose to Shinkle Alexandra; $225,000

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Columbia Tusculum 3128 Ononta Ave: Hildebrand Tim to Dutro Daniel G Sr & Sondra R; $360,000 3207 Golden Ave: Lin Nancy Yi-wen to Hickey Kathleen & Brian; $698,000 453 Stanley Ave: Cooke James W R & Lauren M to Madison Powers; $425,000 555 Delta Ave: Mccauley Stephen & Tamara to Jaeb Brennen Bradley & Karah; $182,500

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Georges M & Valentine to Teoh Gim Hong & Foong Yen Lim; $844,300 1241 Martin Dr: Feghali Georges M & Valentine to Teoh Gim Hong & Foong Yen Lim; $844,300 3247 Golden Ave: 3247 Golden Avenue LLC to Dickerson Andrew R; $725,000 903 Adams Crossing: Clancy Patricia M to Burkhart Anne E; $292,500

5968 Bagdad Dr: Edgar Lynn C to Zhao Jielu; $160,000 6115 Cambridge Ave: Latham David Lee to Meece Casey; $225,000 6525 Lyceum Ct: Roberts Andrew to Zillow Homes Property Trust; $320,400 6622 Glade Ave: Bah Mariam & Caleb Snyder to Spence Ryan & Jacqueline D; $198,000

Linwood 4711 Wilmer Ct: Buehler Edwin L to C60 Properties; $25,000

Newtown 6768 Main St: Jcj Newtown LLC to Gph Realty Ltd; $152,500

Terrace Park 1410 Elm Ln: Wood Robert R Jr & Jo Ann V to Myers Jonathan Riley & Caitrain Boucher; $760,000 321 Rugby Ave: Kost Jonathan & Jannah to Veglio Luca & Lorenza Alessie; $915,000

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Loveland 1208 Main St: Miller Geoffrey A to Whalen Michael W & Anglina; $85,000 186 Cedarbrook Dr: Resnick Peter & Carrie to Wiley Vincent J & Stacy Lutz; $316,000 312 Lycoming St: Kraemer Alexander R & Courtney L to Finck Andrew & Emily; $288,000

Mount Washington Cardinal Hill Ct: Edens Khrystyan to Gillingham David R & Linda M; $275,000 2020 Beechmont Ave: Healthsource Of Ohio Inc to Southeastern Ecumenical Ministry Inc; $240,000 2315 Kenlee Dr: Martin Darren L & Theresa M Auciello to Solis Hannah & Grover Joseph Anthony; $220,000 2405 Findlater Ct: Zillow Homes Property Trust to Rogg Lora; $163,900 5284 Birchknoll Ct: Wood Jonathan S Tr to Acl Investments LLC; $233,000

Charles B. “Doc” Lail FELICITY, OH - 92 years old of Felicity, Ohio, passed away on July 17, 2021. Husband of the late: Virginia F. Ellis Lail. He is survived by 1 son: Mark Edward (Ruth) Lail. 2 Daughters: Marilyn Joyce (James) Maynard and the late Esther Marie Lail. 7 Granddaughters: Sally (Robert) Root, Betsy (Jeremiah) Martin, Sarah (Jason) Washam, Lydia Lail, Leah (Joshua Eubanks) Lail, Moriah Lail and Julia (Zachary) Kornis. 8 Great-Grandchildren. 2 Brothers: Richard (Ruth) Lail and the late Edward Lail. 1 Late sister: Sue Garrison. Numerous, nieces, nephews, other family and friends. Actively involved with the Felicity and Bethel Churches of the Nazarene for his entire life. Funeral Services will be at the Bethel Church of the Nazarene, 50 East Water Street, Bethel, Ohio 45106, Thursday, July 22, 2021 at 11:00 AM. Visitation will be at church on Wednesday, July 21, 2021 from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Arrangements by the Charles H McIntyre Funeral Home, 323 Union Street, Felicity, Ohio 45120. Burial will be at the Confidence Cemetery, Georgetown, Ohio. Memorials may be made to: The Virgina F. Lail Memorial Scholarship Fund, Mt. Vernon Nazarene University, 800 Martinsburg Rd., Mt. Vernon, Ohio 43050. Please visit our webpage to leave condolences www. charleshmcintyrefuneralhome.com.

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