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TQL pledges $1M in charitable transit costs Jeanne Houck Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Total Quality Logistics (TQL) of Union Township is ramping up its “Moves That Matter” program with a pledge to cover $1 million in transportation costs for charitable loads in the next fi ve years. The ongoing pandemic inspired TQL, the nation’s second-largest freight brokerage fi rm, to boost its initiative to help charities distribute goods such as food, water, medical supplies and life-saving equipment to communities in need around the country. TQL employs more than 5,000 people at 57 offi ces across the United States. “Getting essential goods into the hands of those who need them – in stores, homes, schools and more – by

facilitating shipments is our mission,” TQL President Kerry Byrne said in a press release. “Through Moves That Matter, we’re able to help our customers support nonproﬁ ts that are serving those most in need by ensuring that these items make it into the right hands. “There is always a need for this kind of outreach, but in the face of this pandemic, the need is critical,” Byrne said. TQL’s Moves That Matter program already has covered more than $100,000 in transportation costs since March, the release said, noting that the company also delivers cargo of a diﬀ erent sort. “Sometimes it also delivers pure joy, as with the 100,000 toys to be distributed to children at hospitals, community centers and other areas of need in 23 cities around the country,” the release said.

Through a partnership with the First Responders Children’s Foundation, which supports programs at police and fi re departments as well as providing fi nancial support to children who have lost a parent in the line of duty, Moves That Matter will cover the cost of transporting the toys donated by Mattel and JAKKS Pacifi c. “There are few things better than seeing a child’s face light up when receiving a new toy,” Jillian Crane, president of the First Responders Children’s Foundation, said in the press release. Moves That Matter was founded in 2014 after the TQL team shipped playground equipment to be assembled in memory of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. To learn more about how to qualify to have a load delivered at no cost through Moves That Matter, visit TQL's website.

Clermont County gets $1.6M in pandemic relief funds

HAUNTING SIGHTS OF ALL HALLOW’S EVE TERROR TOWN

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The 2nd annual Terror Town located on Greenbush Cobb Rd in Williamsburg, Ohio opened on Friday evening Sept. 4 and runs through November 14. Terror Town features haunted themes and trails, shops, resturants and live music and many other attractions. Main St. in Terror Town. PHOTOS BY JOE SIMON/FOR THE ENQUIRER

Terror Town features haunted themes and trails, shops, resturants and live music and many other attractions.

Members of Chaos Ritual are Lawrence Parlier, Brent Leonard, Rick Macko, Shawn Marlow and Glen Smith.

Clermont County and its cities, villages and townships are in line to receive $1.6 million in federal COVID-19 pandemic relief funds. Clermont County announced the news in a press release after the Ohio Controlling Board, which makes adjustments to the state budget, approved the distribution of $175 million in federal assistance to local governments in Ohio on Aug. 24. The money comes from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act approved by Congress in March. Ohio distributed $350 million in CARES funds to local governments in June to help with expenses related to the outbreak of COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus. Clermont County recipients of the latest round of CARES funding should expect to get about half of what they did in June, the release said. “Clermont County got $3.2 million (in June), with about half going to the county and the remainder to municipalities and townships and a small business grant program,” the release said. “Governmental entities are using the money for COVID-19 related expenses such as salaries, supplies, equipment and a computer network upgrade.”

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An application to vote by mail is headed your way Jessie Balmert Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

COLUMBUS - Check your mailbox, Ohio, because an application to vote via mail is headed your way. Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose has mailed absentee ballot request forms to nearly 7.6 million registered voters – one week earlier than originally planned. Some Ohioans have already received their applications in the mail. Ohio has mailed these ballot requests to registered voters during presidential and gubernatorial elections since 2012. The fi rst wave should hit mailboxes this week. State offi cials will also send applications to new voters who register through the Oct. 5 deadline in two additional rounds of mailings. This year, mailing those applications will cost about $1.1 million, which is covered by the federal coronavirus stimulus package. If you have already requested an absentee ballot, you can disregard the application. At least 400,000 Ohioans had requested ballots as of Aug. 21, according to an Enquirer and Gannett Ohio review. If you want to vote via mail and haven't sent in your application yet, you can fi ll out the form and return it to your county board of elections. You can either mail the application or deliver it to your county board of elections in person. Be sure to fi ll out the application carefully, double-checking to ensure you wrote the correct date, included the correct information and signed the form. Include your phone number and/

or email in case election oﬃ cials have a question about your ballot request. LaRose recommends submitting your ballot request right away, but no later than Oct. 27. Applications must be submitted by noon Oct. 31 under Ohio law but waiting until the last minute isn't advisable given concerns with the U.S. Postal Services' delivery times. Once county election oﬃ cials receive your absentee ballot request, you can track your ballot online. The actual ballots will be sent to voters starting Oct. 6. If you'd rather vote in person, you can do so starting Oct. 6 at your county board of elections. Election Day is Nov. 3.

Key dates to remember Oct. 5: Deadline to register to vote in Ohio. You can check if you're registered online. Oct. 6: Early voting begins in Ohio. Check the schedule for in-person voting online. Oct. 27: Ohio Secretary of State recommends voters return their absentee ballot requests by this date. Noon Oct. 31: Legal deadline to request an absentee ballot. Nov. 2: Absentee ballots must be postmarked by this date. Nov. 3: Election Day. Those who haven't mailed their absentee ballots already can drop them oﬀ at the county board of elections. Nov. 13: Any ballot received after this date will not be counted – even if it was postmarked before Election Day. Here's an example of what the absentee ballot request will look like:

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Oktoberfest salads are ‘part of the fun’ during celebrations Clara’s German potato salad

Rita’s Kitchen Rita Heikenfeld

If you like a tarter sauce, add more vinegar; more sugar if you like it a bit sweeter.

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This weekend we celebrate Oktoberfest. Now, I’m sure gatherings will be scaled down due to the pandemic, and some of you will be doing Oktoberfest at home. Oktoberfest salads are part of the fun. My German mother-in-law, Clara, made the best German potato salad. I remember it warm, with a bit of a bite from the vinegar. Problem is, like so many heirloom recipes, Clara’s wasn’t written down. So after a few tries, I came up with something yummy and similar. Maybe you’d like an authentic cold cucumber salad for the festivities. Try Iron Skillet restaurant’s specialty. No kidding, it’s so good and diﬀ erent from what you might expect.

Red potatoes are waxy and hold up well. Ditto for all purpose potatoes, like Yukon gold. White bakers are starchy and break up a little after cooking. But go ahead and use what you have. Ingredients Boiled, peeled and sliced potatoes, kept warm, about 2 pounds or 6 cups, sliced 1/4” thick 8 slices bacon, fried and crumbled – save drippings (I had about 1/4 cup from thick sliced bacon) 1 medium yellow or white onion diced, a good cup or so 2-3 ribs celery, diced

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2 tablespoons flour 2/3 cup cider vinegar or to taste 1/3 cup water or to taste 1/4 cup sugar or to taste

Like Iron Skillet’s cucumber salad

Salt and pepper

1 tablespoon salt

Parsley (optional)

1-2 cloves garlic, minced

Instructions

Laszlo Molnar’s Hungarian restaurant, Laszlo’s Iron Skillet, www.ironskillet.com, offers authentic fare and scratch breads made in their Clermont County restaurant. Laszlo and his sister, Monica are passionate about carrying on the tradition their parents started in 1973. The original restaurant was in Mt. Washington. I’ve changed Laszlo’s recipe a little from one I’ve shared. It’s hard to know how many cucumbers to use so go to taste. Like a milder garlic taste? Peel and smash the garlic instead of mincing, then remove before serving.

1 cup each sugar and clear or cider vinegar

Ingredients

Pour over cucumbers and mix. Cover and refrigerate overnight.

Put potatoes and bacon in bowl, pour dressing over and stir gently until blended. Let sit a bit to absorb flavors, then adjust seasonings.

Top each serving with sour cream and paprika to taste.

Garnish with parsley.

4-6 cucumbers, unpeeled if young, small and tender, peeled if larger and skin is thicker, sliced real thin

Cook onion and celery in drippings until tender but not brown.

⁄ 4 cup water

Paprika and sour cream (optional but good) Instructions Put sliced cucumbers in bowl, sprinkle with salt and toss. Let sit at room temperature one hour. Put in colander and drain, put in bowl, add garlic and mix. Whisk sugar, vinegar and water until sugar dissolves.

Sprinkle flour over, stir and add vinegar and water. It will look lumpy. Boil until slightly thickened, whisking as you go, and then stir in sugar, salt and pepper.

Tip: Warm potatoes absorb sauce better.

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VIEWPOINTS Say hello to The Enquirer’s new food and dining writer Keith Pandolfi Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

I moved away from this city about 20 years ago. But like any Cincinnatian worth his salt, I never really left. I came back all the time: during the four years I lived in New Orleans; during the 16 I lived in New York. As a food writer for publications such as Saveur, Serious Eats and the Wall Street Journal, I paid close attention to the changes that were happening here and covered them whenever my editors let me. I wrote about the ambitious young chefs who came here from places like New York or Chicago to open the restaurants they always dreamed of in Over-theRhine; I wrote about the new generation of bakers and brewers who were making their own dreams come true in abandoned buildings, from OTR to Oakley. Yes, I knew the city was up-and-coming. I just didn’t know how far it had come. When I moved back here with my wife, Amy, and our young daughter last year, an old friend welcomed me home with lunch at Tortilleria Garcia in College Hill where Omar Garcia, a native of Michoacan, Mexico, makes some of the best corn tortillas I’ve ever tasted. Soon after, a couple friends of ours took us to Ripple Wine Bar. Over pinot noir from the Willamette Valley and cheese from Urban Stead in East Walnut Hills, we felt like we were back in Brooklyn, only better, because we were in Covington, instead. When Amy and I went out on our fi rst Cincinnati date night, we toasted our move over old fashioneds at Longfellow, followed by one of the better dinners we’ve had in years at Salazar. Before the pandemic put the kibosh on, well, everything, last March, I spent my days driving around and taking in all the area had to off er. I remained faithful to the classics, of course: a cheeseburger at Zip’s, a pint of Guinness at Arnold’s; a three-way at (take-yourpick chili parlor, because I don’t want to tick anyone off ). But I was equally taken by newer off erings: the perfect serving of hash browns and neckbone gravy at Sacred Beast; the confi t tuna sandwich at Fausto at the Contemporary Arts Center; the old-school ham-salad

sandwich at HomeMakers. I fell in love with Covington. Where Chris and Tess Burns were cooking up perfectly fried Kentucky rabbit, sumac brick chicken and other Southern/Appalachian fare at Commonwealth Bistro. And Hisako “Chako” Okawa, a Le Cordon Bleu graduate who was serving exquisite matcha roll cakes and Japanese curry soup at her namesake bakery and cafe on Main Street. As a product of Anderson Township, I kicked myself for not realizing the magic of the West Side earlier in life. The fi rst time I slipped into a booth at Maury’s Tiny Cove and ordered an old fashioned, Amy said, “I haven’t seen you this happy since the day we got married,” and she was exactly right. I guess my enthusiasm for the city’s food scene came through when I met with the Enquirer staff last month to discuss writing about it full-time. Because yes, Cincinnati, I’m your new food and dining writer. Not your new Polly Campbell, mind you. Because Polly is Polly. Because Polly is forever. But as a writer, I hope I can make the same kind of inroads Polly once did into your hearts and, of course, your stomachs, even if that might take a little while. Tastes, I know, are subjective: A varied mix of nostalgia, our own discerning (sometimes stubborn) palates and the power of suggestion by a friend or, perhaps, a critic. No matter what you grew up eating, whether it was refi ned home cooking made by your Williams-Sonoma-loving parents, or a plate of afterthe-soccer-game riblets at Applebee’s on Beechmont Avenue, all of these foods work their way into our souls. I know from experience that you can appreciate the simplicity of a perfect French omelet from French Crust as much as you can an overstuff ed Western version from Bob Evans. Sure, I can be critical. I get frustrated by structurally unsound sandwiches; I worry this city's obsession with pork belly might be getting out of hand; I get downright angry when the music is wrong or too loud for a restaurant. I feel anxious when a server has to explain a menu concept to me. But given what the restaurant industry is going through under COVID-19, I’m not going to be too picky. This pandemic’s taken a dire toll on our city's food workers, and it’s not over yet, folks. That said, I’m See PANDOLPHI, Page 8A

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SPORTS High-scoring football games beg question: Who plays D? Scott Springer Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

NEW RICHMOND - When they turned off the scoreboard at Western Brown High School on a recent Friday, it may have been sizzling. Likewise, when the Broncos and New Richmond Lions reported their fi nal football score to news outlets, some may have wondered why basketball season was starting so early. The fi nal was New Richmond 77, Western Brown 61. That's 138 total points scored. It's a safe assumption defense was permitted, but not particularly eff ective. New Richmond's Bo Snider tied a state record by returning a trio of kickoff s for touchdowns: a 90yarder on the opening play, an 80-yarder in the second frame and another 80-yarder in the fourth quarter. "Big boys up front were blocking, making huge holes and I found the hole," Snider said. "I was satisfi ed with the fi rst. I thought it was a good game right there. I didn't expect it and they just kept kicking Bo Snider returned three to me. I said, 'Alright, kickoffs for touchdowns for might as well,'" New Richmond against The Lions trailed Western Brown Sept. 4. 14-13 after a quarter, SCOTT SPRINGER/ THE ENQUIRER led 42-31 at the break, 55-38 after three, then 45 total points were scored in the fi nal quarter to make for an eye-popping fi nal. Noteworthy is that New Richmond took a knee on the 3-yard-line with over a minute left, otherwise they would have surpassed 80. "After a track meet of a game like that, we just wanted to get out of there," New Richmond coach Patrick Burke said. "We were very effi cient off ensively. We had to be able to run the ball eff ectively to slow the game down. Western Brown was running plays at a very fast clip." Somehow Western Brown led in total off ense 733551, running 101 plays, 47 more than the victorious Lions. New Richmond's Luke Lytle threw the ball eff ectively at 12-for-18 with 267 and three touchdowns, he also ran for 162 yards and three scores and Chad Terry had 122 yards and a pair of touchdowns. "That's one of the best games I've ever played in," Lytle said. "Defense wasn't a big part of it, but off ense was. It was a heavy workday for me." Western Brown preferred the air game with Drew Novak going 40-for-65 for 513 yards and three touchdowns in the loss, but Cade Chrisman did have 164 yards rushing and three scores. So, where's the defense? "I don't think it's unstoppable," Burke said of 2020 off enses. "It certainly stresses the defense a little bit. At a school like ours when you have multiple kids playing both ways and you're running plays at that fast of a clip, it's certainly going to take its toll. When you're running plays every six to 10 seconds, it's going to take its toll. Just the percentages alone, they're going to make completions." A day after New Richmond's lucky sevens, Kings pasted 70 on Anderson, a team that scored 50 in their opener. The Knights took advantage defensively with four interceptions (including a pick-six) but they dominated off ensively by running more than passing with Ty Stylski shredding Anderson for 234 yards and six touchdowns (fi ve rushing, one receiving). "I would love to say the high score was because of elaborate off ensive schemes, but it was more of a dominating performance by our O-line and having some pretty explosive talent in our backfi eld," Kings coach Alex Garvin said. "Plus, our defense gave us some pret-

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ty short fi elds from turnovers." Anderson usually doesn't punt on days that end in "y," which sometimes allows their opponents a short fi eld with or without a turnover. Should you think this is a strange year, most humans would concur. Should you think it's a recordbreaking year, guess again. Though sportsmanship is often preached by the elderly, the young lads in the early 1900s didn't mind piling on. The top 23 state records for team scoring are well over 100, with each team holding their opposition to zero. On Oct. 5, 1923, Medina put 165 on Spencer, who apparently employed the "bullfi ghter" method of tackling. A fellow named Erastus "Tunk" Simmons scored a dozen touchdowns that day, doubling what Kings back Ty Stylski recently scored on Anderson. The 1912 Fostoria footballers averaged 74.5 points per contest, which meant they didn't pass in 1912. Indian Hill had 42 and 52 points, respectively, out of the chute. Braves coach Tony Arcuri has worn teams down with possessions. "A big part of it has been getting big plays on off ense early," Arcuri said. "This has put the opposition out of rhythm and allowed our defense to a lot of three and outs opportunities. This has in turn led to more off ensive possessions." Another theory on the point explosion is that while football scrimmages were eventually permitted by late August, many teams did not have them for logistical

reasons and were relegated to intra-squad work. During the summer, football practices weren't restricted by number, but there wasn't full-on tackling until later. Simply put, off enses could throw without the threat of being tackled. In essence, defense was restricted to 7-on-7 passing drills and simulated plays, but no actual physical work. Even the Ohio High School Football Coaches Association proposed restrictions on contact while lobbying Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine. Some of those included reductions in the amount of full-contact at practices. Then there's the fi nality of each game with the possibility of COVID-19 issues interrupting a season. "We realize this is our last year," New Richmond senior Lytle said. "Just how everything's going around in the world, we're not taking anything for granted. We're going to play as hard as we can every snap." Most are happy to have football and most players enjoy the points. Just ask those on X-Box or PlayStation if they're running the Wing-T or utilizing the spread. "They want to throw, catch and run touchdowns," Burke said. "That's what we do with our off ense. We want to spread it out. We want to fi nd the match-ups and we want to get our athletes the ball in space." Editor’s note: Information included refl ects this article’s original publication date – Sept. 10.

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COLUMBUS - A day after being named executive director of the Ohio High School Athletic Association, veteran administrator Doug Ute addressed state media via teleconference and Zoom meeting. The 11th leader in the 113-year history of the organization has spent the past 20 years as a superintendent with Marion Elgin (nine years) and recently in Newark (11 years). He has also been OHSAA Central District Athletic Board treasurer since the 2011-12 season. Ute addressed a variety of topics with reporters f in a teleconference before his scheduled Zoom conference, some of which are highlighted here:

First order of business? “We want to stay in communication with all of the diﬀ erent associations that belong to us,” Ute said. “The athletic directors, principals, superintendents, oﬃ cials, coaches asUte sociations and those type of things. “ I really want to reach out to them and really work hard at uniting us as a group, particularly in these challenging times, to work together to make sure our student-athletes have the opportunity to compete.”

Competitive balance “It’s still a work in progress and still being evaluated,” Ute said of the possibility of having separate public and private postseasons come out of the competitive balance situation. “I still want to familiarize myself with that and look and see if it is accomplishing the goal that it set out to accomplish. It’s still ongoing. I would lean against (separate playoﬀ s) that highly. If you want to say competitive balance isn’t working, what can we do to tweak it so that we’re all in the same tournament pool and competing with each other? It may not be 100% but it may be the best situation we See OHSAA, Page 2B

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Sycamore toughness to turns around program Alex Harrison Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Sycamore's 2018 boys soccer season ended with an opening-round tournament loss to Greater Miami Conference rival Lakota East and solidifying a 4-11-2 record for the season. After that season, Brian Fallon jumped as head coach from the Sycamore's girls team to the boys team and the improvements were quickly noticeable. The 2019 season started a bit slow for the Aviators with an 0-3-1 record to begin the year, but a 4-3 win over Colerain started a run where Sycamore won fi ve of six games and gave itself a winning record that lasted the rest of the season. Sycamore fi nished the 2019 year with a 10-6-3 overall record and a 7-1-1 mark that was good enough for a second-place fi nish in the conference. In 2020, the improved program didn't have a slow start to the year. The Aviators went 4-0-1 in its fi rst fi ve games, matching their win total from just two seasons ago and putting them at No.3 in the fi rst area coaches poll. The current Sycamore squad is older an experienced with 13 players listed as seniors and nine as juniors. Two seniors, Alex Rozenfeld and Jonah Snyder, are in the conference's top fi ve goal scorers with Rozenfeld's seven goals at the top of the leader board. Three Aviators are also in a second-place tie in assists. "We are an experienced group," Fallon said. "We understand the pressure of our conference and the pressure of our schedule. I have been happy with the boys' eff orts and their intensity and their focus." Sycamore began the season with a 3-2 win at Kings but was disappointed to follow with a 2-2 tie to Moeller. The disappointment dissipated and Sycamore won its next three games by a combined score of 14-3. According to Fallon, brushing off the tie was a show of his team's mental and physical toughness, something he aimed to strengthen from Sycamore teams of the past. "I grew up in Milford and played at Milford High School," Fallon said. "Our goal was to win the physical and mental battle against our opposition. I've kind of brought that mental toughness to these guys and its mandatory that you work your butt off on the fi eld. "I think they've embraced that mentality. In previous years. Sycamore had the reputation of being somewhat soft when it comes to the physical game and that was the fi rst thing I addressed." With GMC play started, Sycamore will need to use that new toughness if it wants to achieve its fi rst season goal of winning the conference and beating the team that's long stood in its way: Mason. Mason, winners of six of the last eight conference seasons, is the only undefeated and untied team left in

the GMC. The two teams meet at Sycamore on Oct. 1 in a game that could play out to be the conference decider. "I think that game should be one everybody should try to make, if possible," Fallon said of meeting Mason. "It should be a doozy. We're still little brother to them.

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that the right thing to do for the kids, to be stopped from doing what others are already doing? “Kids want to be part of things and I’m sure it’s diﬃ cult to watch kids at other schools compete when they’re not able to right now,” Ute said. “It’s that mental health piece we talk about. It’s not only from a competition standpoint in athletics. It’s from a mental health standpoint of getting kids back in the classroom, back around their peers.”

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can get our students in right now.”

What prepared him for this job? As a school superintendent, even as a principal or athletic director, my background was working with budgets and staying within the budgets,” Ute said. “I’ve been fortunate in my time as superintendent to only ask for new money one time. I have extensive experience with the budget process. The oﬃ ce has already done some things to reduce expenditures.”

Playoff venues With regard to Gov. Mike DeWine’s order through the Ohio Department of Health on playoﬀ s and spectators: “If you can have 15% or a maximum of 300 (for indoor activities), what venues are you going to rent out?” Ute said. “I’m of the belief, particularly now, that our coaches, athletes and parents just want to compete. The venue won’t be as important right now as it has been in the past.”

How severe is OHSAA ﬁ nancial crisis? “It is severe, but I’m of the belief that we’re always going to have the Ohio High School Athletic organization and the organization is going to provide studentathletes with an opportunity to compete,” Ute said. “We’ll just have to look at diﬀ erent things. We’re one of the very few organizations that doesn’t charge a membership fee or entry fee for a tournament, which we just instituted. We’ll be looking at those types of things going forward so we’re not so reliant on gate receipts and that’s it.”

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Some postseason venues are set, some aren’t. For football, will the fi nals make it to Canton this season? “It’s too early to determine,” Ute said. “I was in a meeting with a sport management folks and that’s one thing we discussed, to have those backup plans. One thing we’ve learned since March is things can change weekly or daily. We’re going to continue to work with the governor’s offi ce and the Department of Health and Lt. Gov. Husted and go from there. We’ve been having discussions and making back-up plans in the event that those places aren’t available or the size of the crowd doesn’t make sense for us fi nancially to use the venues.” “As an example, volleyball is at the Nutter Center (Wright State) and to us as an organization, we have to ask the question, ‘Does it make sense to rent out the Nutter Center and only put 300 family and loved ones in there?’ Financially, that may not make sense.”

Opting out of postseason? With travel expenses recently cut and entry fees added, will some schools opt out of participating in postseason tournaments? “I doubt that,” Ute said. “By not being able to ﬁ nish the winter season last year and not having athletics in the spring, when schools started workouts in June, the reports I got were that there was a record number of kids coming out to these things. They want to participate. They miss that. It’s important for their development as a teammate, but (also) to the mental health of our students to participate. We’re not hearing that right now and I would not anticipate that.”

Thoughts on CPS sports still on pause It’s week three of football in Ohio, but Cincinnati Public Schools haven’t played. They’ve had intrasquad scrimmages. Though the OHSAA can’t step in, is

What’s the biggest challenge ahead? “To keep kids competing,” Ute said. “We’re trying to help educate our member schools on safe environments, whether it be practice or game competition. We want family members to be able to watch their loved ones participate. We have the observer program going through the state right now. We’re hearing good, positive things from our schools. That’s a challenge, to keep things going and not let our events spread a virus. Coupled with that is the ﬁ nancial challenge. A lot of schools have that same ﬁ nancial challenge that we’re going through. We have to look at this challenge and see what opportunities there are for us to reduce expenses and those type of things. We’re working very hard so we can survive as an organization.”

What about winter sports? “Right now, we’re full steam ahead day one for the wintertime,” Ute said. “We’re at the mercy of the virus. If it doesn’t spread and the governor and Department of Health continue this path here, we’re ready to start winter sports from day one. There’s also talk and I’ll challenge our group here to come up with three or four scenarios that could happen to us and to plan for those in case we get a spike in the virus and take a step backward.”

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Laurel Methodist Church hosting annual food drive Ole Fisherman George Rooks Guest columnist

Howdy folks, There is a story in the paper from the “Farmer’s Almanac” about this coming winter’s weather. It said it is anticipating cold and snowy conditions and additionally it’s predicting that eastern Ohio and Kentucky can expect signiﬁ cant snowfall the beginning of February. On Monday, Paula took me down to Poochie’s for dinner, but as you young folks call it, lunch. That was good. Then we stopped at my place and it looks good. The grass is mowed and the pickup truck is sitting there ready to go. It was good to spend some time with Paula. She has been picking up brush from that storm we had last week. The Monroe Grange Community Chairman, Carolin, shared that the

Methodist Church in Laurel is having their third annual food drive. They are in need of food. They would like cereal, soups and canned fruit. The Grange is always willing to help the diﬀ erent churches with their food drives. If any of you folks would like to make a donation, give the Lytle’s a call. Their telephone number is 513-732-2095. The food will be given to the Laurel Methodist Church at our Thanksgiving supper. Gloria Smith is the chairperson at the church and they do this each year and appreciate the food. The Laurel United Methodist church congregation may be a small group of people, but they do so much for the community. If you go there, you will be welcomed by every one of them. That church is very old and in good shape. The preacher there is excellent and very friendly. I read in the paper about a worm that is called a jumping Asian worm – also known as a snake worm. They are more destructive than helpful. They arrived in the United States more than 100 years ago. These worms live and feed at the

top of the soil according to the article. They don’t go deep in the soil. This is something new to me. It seems there are items coming to this country from other countries. I talked to Cedar Lake and they have had about three big ones caught. There was a 54-pound shovel head, a 44pound shovel head, and a 45-pound shovel head catfi sh caught. There are also lots of channel catfi sh being caught. The fi shing is a little slow but they are open all night tonight. They stock each Thursday, so the lake is full of fi sh. I talked to Sherry’s Lake and the fi shing at their lake is good. There was a 52pound shovel head catfi sh caught and lots of smaller ones. Sherry keeps the lake stocked so folks can catch plenty of fi sh. Sherry said Gary is getting better each day, the same as me. I talked to the Grant’s Farm and Greenhouse and they have several thousand mums. Some of them are starting to bloom. I talked to the Grant’s Greenhouse on

State Route 131 above Williams Corner and the lady said they have about 5,000 mums and some are starting to bloom. They have pumpkins, straw, corn stocks and gourds as well. I talked to the Jarman’s Greenhouse and the lady said the folks there took the grandchildren fi shing in their pond. The lady I talked to said they have about 400 mums and some of them are starting to fl ower. They also have corn stocks, straw, pumpkins and gourds. They have a nice greenhouse and do a great job taking care of it. Talked to the Boars Head Bait Shop and they have a decent supply of fi sh bait. The campground at East Fork is getting plenty of campers. This is a good week and I miss my two cats at home, but hopefully I will be getting back there before long. Paula brought my lunch here on Sunday and I sure appreciate her doing this for me. She is a fi ne lady. Start your week by praying and praising the good Lord. God bless all... More later...

Bid, laugh and make an impact at virtual party to help kids For the fi rst time ever, the public doesn’t have to buy a ticket to join one of the best and longest summer fundraising parties of the year. The Rotary Club of Cincinnati’s Believe 2 Achieve auction event, with comedian Josh Sneed and mixologist Molly Wellmann, is going virtual as a response to the COVID-19 health crisis. From Sept. 10 to Sept. 19, the public will have a chance to bid on vintage bourbons, including a rare bottle of 10year-old Old Rip Van Winkle handmade bourbon that you can’t fi nd in the liquor store. It is valued at $500. Additional auction items include fi ne art, from a Salvador Dali etching to a Jim Borgman cartoon, near and far vacations and gift baskets for everything from car care to dining. One-of-a kind experiences on the auction block include a quail hunting excursion with guides and Irish setters and fi shing on a private lake in Indian Hill.

“The auction is a treasure hunter’s dream” said Rotary Executive Director Linda Muth of Anderson Township. “And you don’t have to leave your home to fi nd that treasure.” “Virtual” is becoming a way of life for nonprofi t fundraising during the pandemic, but Believe 2 Achieve is diff erent because the nonprofi t throwing the event isn’t taking one penny of the money raised, said event co-chair Carl Kappes III of Wyoming. Proceeds from the Rotary’s Believe 2 Achieve are divided among three nonprofi ts serving children with disabilities: Stepping Stones Camp Allyn, The Autism Society Greater Cincinnati and The Down Syndrome Association of Greater Cincinnati. Since Rotary started the event in 2012, Believe 2 Achieve has raised more than $1 million for the three charities, See BENEFIT, Page 5B

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COMMUNITY NEWS Here’s how contact tracing is working at one local business: Are the places you go following the same safety guidelines? As people get back into their regular routines while adhering to the mask-wearing and safe distancing protocols at their workplace, favorite restaurant, grocery story or health club, many of them are wondering, what happens in the event that a worker or customer may have possibly become infected, or had contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19? Cincinnati Sports Club has implemented a 7-step process for Contact Tracing. “Contact tracing is key,” says Mary Frank, a member of the Executive Leadership Team at Cincinnati Sports Club. “We have been very transparent in sharing information with both our members and our staff when it comes to their safety. Our Security and Risk Management Team developed a Contract Tracing protocol in May, while our facility was still closed. We have repeatedly amended this plan quite a few times, as the guidelines have changed.” Frank continues, “In the event that a club member or staff member believes they have a possible COVID infection, we refer to that person as Person Under Investigation or PUI. The PUI is interviewed regarding where they think they might have contracted the virus, when they were last at the club, what area of the club they used, and who they came in contact with.” “We then confi rm the answers by reviewing the PUI’s usage history for the prior two days from when they either developed symptoms or fi rst suspected an infection. At a Club, members are checking in and the club management software stores the check-in history of all members.” “Then we review the 40 video cameras on our campus to verify the PUI’s answers just to make sure we have a complete and accurate picture of their whereabouts within the Club, and everyone that they came in contact with (within 6 feet of for more than 15 minutes) during the 48 hour timeframe.” “We then notify all individuals who came in contact with the PUI. The PUI’s name remains anonymous due to HIPAA unless they authorize us to release the information. We also determine if any of these individuals he or she was in contact with are infected.” “Lastly, if the PUI tests positive for COVID, we inform the Hamilton County Health Department. In the case of a child or childcare worker, we also inform the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. If the PUI is an employee, we complete another questionnaire for compliance with OSHA requirements.” Frank concludes, “Our members are very compliant and respectful of both the social distancing and mask wearing rules and, I am happy to report that we have no evidence of anyone contracting COVID-19 at the Cincinnati Sports Club campus. I advise gym members everywhere to ask how your facility is handling suspected or positive COVID cases. Contract tracing is the recommended protocol for health clubs.” Now in its 30th year, and locally owned and operated, Cincinnati Sports Club has grown steadily across 16 sprawling acres at 3950 Red Bank Road in Fairfax, Ohio. It is accessible by three street entrances – at 3950 Red Bank Road, 5535 Murray Avenue and 3939 Virginia Avenue. For more information about the Cincinnati Sports Club, visit www.CincinnatiSportsClub.com. Julie Whitney, Phillippi-Whitney Communications LLC

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Dog training class for kids Sycamore Township Certifi ed Dog Trainer and Certifi ed Dog Bite Prevention Educator Lisa Desatnik, CPDT-KA, CPBC, with So Much PETential is now offering a unique online dog training class just for kids). My Dog, My Best Buddy, teaches young kids how to train their dog, and also how to be someone their dog will want to listen to (and how they can be a good listener to their dog’s communication). They will learn how dogs communicate, how to be a positive teacher, and how to play dog games with food. “So often I see kids who love their dog but their actions cause their dog to create distance from them or become excessively jumpy and bitey, which can even be dangerous. Young children don’t often know how to understand their dog’s communication and needs, and how to interact appropriately. Teaching them how to be the friend their dog wants them to be and even how to teach their dog fun behaviors is so important to me,” said Certifi ed Dog Trainer Lisa Desatnik, CPDTKA, CPBC, with So Much PETential, who is teaching the class. My Dog, My Best Buddy is for children ages 6 to 11 and includes weekly Zoom classes and follow-up activities in between. An upcoming class is set for Oct. 6. Cost is $90 per student with a limit of 4 students per class. More classes will be scheduled as these fi ll up. For families with more than one child who would like to schedule the class around their family’s busy schedule, they can sign up their family for their own 3-week My Dog, My Best Friend class. Cost is $235 for 2 to 4 kids. “I recommend this class. Lisa is very knowledgeable and very clearly enjoys working with children. She is patient and listens to the children in class,” said Miranda Oursler (mother to a 6-year old student).

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Visit www.somuchpetential.com/classes for details and registration. “Lisa has an easy-going, fun and positive approach that put our students at ease, encouraged interactions and kept their focus. When she asked at the end of her program what everyone learned, it was really great to see our students share what they retained. Not only will that help to make it safer for them around their dog, it will also help to strengthen their relationship with their dog,” shared Marybeth Schneider, interim executive director of the Kennedy Heights Montessori Center, of educational programs Desatnik presented for the school. Lisa Desatnik, CPDT-KA, CBPC, is a certifi ed dog trainer-knowledge assessed; a certifi ed Fear Free trainer, and a certifi ed dog bite prevention educator. Learn more at www.SoMuchPETential.com. Lisa Desatnik

Roo Valley at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden opened Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. You'll be able to stroll with two species of kangaroos and see the very fast little blue penguins. In the penguin exhibit, which is next to the kangaroos, their pool has underwater jets, heat lamps and heated rocks. There are currently 34 blue penguins in the exhibit. You might hear them before you see them! The new exhibit was funded by More Home to Roam. Don't forget your camera. And take a selﬁ e! LIZ DUFOUR/THE ENQUIRER

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The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is welcoming all "hometown heroes" free of charge during the month of September. This year, the free admission will be oﬀ ered to all front-line health care workers, active ﬁ re and police personnel, active and retired members of the military. “We decided to extend our Hometown Heroes celebration from a week to a whole month so we could include more heroes,” said Cincinnati Zoo Director

Thane Maynard in a press release. “There are so many people out there working hard to keep us safe and healthy, and we want to show them our appreciation. For obvious reasons, we added front line healthcare workers to the heroes list this year!” Professional credentials and a valid government-issued photo ID are required to take advantage of the offer. Reservations are not required and the "hometown heroes" will be able to purchase up to six additional tickets at half price. Face masks are encouraged. The Zoo is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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said Kappes, who is president of the Rotary Club of Cincinnati’s Rotary Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Rotary Club and organizer of the event. John Fahrmeier of Anderson Township also co-chairs the event. “This year it is more important than ever because these three great organizations have been hit really hard during the pandemic,” said Kappes. “Income is down, a lot of fundraisers have been cancelled. They’ve had to invent new ways to get services to the kids and families that need them. And that means new expenses to keep those services safe and available.” The Rotary has been holding virtual meetings during the health crisis, so the virtual party is a natural extension. Details on how to join the party and bid are on the website www.cincinnatirotary.org Here’s how the public can participate. • BECOME A SPONSOR: Sponsorships from $250 up to $5,000 are available through September 11. Sponsor thank-you gifts include whiskey specially blended for Believe 2 Achieve by Mixologist Molly Wellmann for those at the $500 level and above. All sponsors receive gourmet chocolates and specialty cocktails mixed for the event by Well-

mann and delivered to their homes prior to the event. Sponsors also are eligible for a drawing for dinner for 4 with wine pairings at the Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza Hotel Palm Court. • SILENT AUCTION: silent auction bidding starts Sept.10 and ends the night of the event, Sept. 19. • HOUR OF POWER: The Believe 2 Achieve event is 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, with co-MCs comedian Josh Sneed and Molly Wellmann. The evening will be fun-ﬁ lled with a special guest appearance by author and Reds bat boy Teddy Kremer, a cocktail demonstration by Wellman and a live auction featuring a spa trip to the Biltmore Hotel in Ashville, N.C. and a resort stay at the historic Victorian Hotel del Coronado in California with 100,000 Delta Skymiles included in the package. • SEND A CHILD 2 CAMP: The online campership drive will begin at the event and continues through Sept. 28. The camp drive supports the three organizations’ recreation, respite and education programs serving children with disabilities and their families throughout the year. “Our generous donors allow us to continue to oﬀ er classes like martial arts, cooking, music, educational webinars and more,” said Jim Hudson, executive director of the Down Syndrome Association of Greater Cincinnati. “We had to adjust many of our programs and services,” said Hudson, of Oakley.

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“Our cheerleading program is always one of the most popular programs of the year. Everyone learns a cheer and then they have the opportunity to perform at a variety of high schools throughout the area. Last month, cheerleading made its Virtual return. While everyone danced in their own room, the joy and sense of togetherness was palpable,” Hudson said. “It was a moment where we could connect and share a favorite activity.” Chris Adams, executive director of Stepping Stones, said his agency redesigned its summer camp programs to

meet stringent health, safety and distancing protocols. “We took temperatures, sanitized hands, kept campers in small groups in outdoor shelters and program sites. We sanitized before and after every activity,” he said. Stepping Stones was one of four camps in the state allowed to operate, said Adams, of Terrace Park. and greater needs. This event is a way for everyone to help.” Peggy Kreimer Hodgson, Rotary Club of Cincinnati

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Schools in Clermont County are more than 90,000 pieces of PPE richer, thanks to two county agencies. The personal-protective equipment in use because of the COVID-19 outbreak was distributed by the Clermont County Public Health and the Clermont County Emergency Management Agency and includes: • 32,000 KN90 masks.

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