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‘Praise the Lord.’ The Farm will stay open after all. Popular venue saved by loan from businessman Randy Tucker Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Chris and Stephanie Stone work in the 11x14 kitchen on Jan. 24, at Stone Family Restaurant in Cheviot. The couple is retiring,and the neighborhood restaurant closed on Jan. 25 after opening in 1962.

Goodbye from Stone’s

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Doors close after 57 years at iconic Cheviot restaurant Segann March Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

On a rainy Friday, Jan. 24, customers popped their heads into the wooden kitchen door of Stone’s Restaurant to say their fi nal goodbyes to the Stone family. After 57 years of serving homecooked meals, Stone’s Restaurant in Cheviot permanently closed Jan. 25. Owners Chris and Stephanie Stone are taking off their white aprons and retiring. Stationed above the pinktrimmed server window lies brightly colored greeting cards fi lled with good wishes and thank you notes. These have been bittersweet days for the family, customers and restaurant staff . Although Chris, 77, is ready to retire; he’ll miss sitting down to chat with customers and making people laugh. “They come in as customers, become acquaintances and friends, and then become a part of our family,” he told the Enquirer on Friday. “We’ve shared their dreams and heartaches. I’m going to miss talking to them the most.” For years, Stephanie Stone has opened and closed the restaurant. She said it’s time to give it up. Stone is ready to sleep in for a few weeks.

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Jim Collins walks out with grandson KC Ward, 18, at Stone Restaurant in Cheviot. Collins said he ate at the restaurant three times per week.

The Farm, a West Side banquet and party hall, was saved the day before it was scheduled to be auctioned by the IRS. KAREEM ELGAZZAR/THE ENQUIRER

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Joyce Meyer enjoys lunch with her parents, Ed and Shirley Jeremiah, at Stone’s Restaurant. The Cleves family visited the restaurant once or twice a week, Meyer said.

Mary Stone, daughter of Chris and Stephanie Stone, serves lunch to customers, at Stone’s Restaurant in Cheviot.

Since the retirement announcement three weeks ago, visitors from all over have stopped by to sit in the light pink booths to share a meal and reminisce with the family. For more than 20 years, Westwood native Garry Smith visited the restaurant at least once a week. “I used to come in every Friday for the salmon croquettes,” he said. “Stephanie’s salmon croquettes

taste just like my mom’s. I was really hoping one of the waitresses would take over. I’ll miss it. We all will.” Mary Stone, daughter of Chris and Stephanie, said the outpour has been overwhelming, but helped her realize how food and good people make a lasting impact on communities. “Food brings people together and

reminds them of times and people that might not be around anymore,” she said. “Our menu hasn’t changed since the 1980s and neither has the restaurant that much. I think people have a nostalgia for that. It means a lot to our family and my parents just to hear people

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More than $100,000 in tax liens against The Farm in Delhi Township have been paid by a local businessman on the eve of a scheduled IRS auction of the property, according to owner Daniel Elsaesser. “Praise the Lord,” said Elsaesser, who declined to reveal the name of his benefactor. Elsaesser said he secured a personal loan from the unnamed businessman to pay off the debt late Jan. 21. That was less than 24 hours before the auction was scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22 at The Farm at 239 Anderson Ferry Road. Elsaesser had implored supporters to “pray for The Farm” after his tax situation with the IRS was fi rst reported by The Enquirer. He said the IRS seized the property for nonpayment of about $126,000 in payroll taxes that the agency intended to recover at auction. But an IRS representative who came to Cincinnati to run the auction confi rmed to The Enquirer that the tax debt had been paid. “This changes everything. We’re coming back bigger and better,” said Elsaesser. If the property had been sold at auc-

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Your Community Press and Recorder newspaper looks a little diff erent today. The size of the page is longer. Why, you ask? Simple. We are changing locations where the paper is printed – to Louisville from Lafayette, Ind. The confi guration of the printing presses is diff erent, thus the change to what we call a “broadsheet” format. Because of the bigger page size, you may see fewer pages in some editions, but we are not reducing the number of stories. The larger format also includes more options for our advertisers, making it a win across the board. We hope you share our excitement as we make this change in format. – Beryl Love, executive editor

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Who owns FC Cincinnati stadium? It's complicated Randy Tucker Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Who's on the hook? The bond purchases are limited to a total of $250 million, which is the face value of the bond and the maximum amount that can be issued. In short, the team is fi nancing the construction of the stadium with its own funds through the public-private partnership structure. Through the end of November, the team had purchased just over $39 million in bonds to pay for construction. Once the bond debt is retired, FC Cincinnati will have the option to buy the stadium for a nominal amount, or as little as $1. In the meantime, it will keep all revenue from its use of the stadium, including ticket sales, concessions and merchandise sales. The team will collect any money from outside events, like concerts. Lease revenue bonds are commonly used to fi nance schools, offi ce buildings and hospitals, and they’re increasingly being used to build professional sports sta-

A worker evens concrete Jan. 27 at the stadium construction site in West End. ALBERT CESARE/THE ENQUIRER

diums. They are favorable to governmental entities because unlike general obligation debts they do not require taxpayer approval and use sources of repayment other than taxes. The lease revenue bonds for the stadium, for example, are backed exclusively by the team's promise to make lease payments and are not secured by any tax dollars. The bondholders - or the outside investors who originally bought the bond, essentially lending the money to The Port to issue the bond - invested based on the team's pledge to continue to make lease payments. If there were a default in payment on the bonds, the bondholders would have to go after the team to recover the payments or foreclose on the stadium. Neither The Port nor the public would have any ﬁ nancial liability. "It's just a ﬁ nancing mechanism for economic development,'' said Brock Denton, general counsel for FC Cincinnati. "It's not unique to Cincinnati. We pay The Port a fee to facilitate the bond transactions. (But) all

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Where it all began The family-owned restaurant ﬁ rst opened on Aug.

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tion, Elsaesser would have had 180 days after a successful bid had been accepted by IRS to redeem, or buy back, The Farm, according to IRS rules. Elsaesser would have had to repay the successful bidder the purchase price plus 20% interest, compounded daily, for each day after the sale that it took him to redeem the property. He admitted that raising the money was going to be a challenge. Elsaesser said he plans to eventually take down the GoFundMe page he started to raise money for The Farm, which had collected about $185 by the end of the day Tuesday, Jan. 21. But he said he plans to leave it up in the “short term” while letting potential contributors know that any money he collects will not go toward paying oﬀ the IRS. “We’re going to change the wording on the page to let people know that the IRS has been paid,” Elsaesser said. “We want to be honest with people. But we lost a lot of business because of this, and everything helps.” At least one other supporter – 1972 Elder High School graduate, Greg Gruenwald – has raised just over $400 on his own GoFundMe page for The Farm. Follow Randy Tucker on Twitter for updates from the sale at @rtucker612

Chris Stone, 77, works in the kitchen on Jan. 24 at Stone Family Restaurant in Cheviot. He and his wife, Stephanie, close the neighborhood restaurant after they retired. It ﬁ rst opened in 1962.

Canopies and fi ns While no public money will be used to build the stadium, Cincinnati City Council has approved $34 million for infrastructure improvements around the stadium. And the Hamilton County Board of Commissioners last month approved plans for an 800-space parking garage just north of the stadium. FC Cincinnati recently unveiled a new design for the stadium, including a 360-degree canopy roof that will cover every seat in the stadium; 513 vertical fi ns that will form the wave-like external structure that encloses the stadium; and custom LED lighting on each fi n to help the stadium appear to glow when lit for evening events. The stadium is being designed by world-renowned architecture fi rm Populous and will have six entrances, including a 30-foot-tall grand staircase leading to an entrance above Central Parkway.

“We’ve celebrated a lot of things and events with a lot of people,” she said. “We’ve also shared sorrows. You’re in business for 57 years and you see a lot of people pass away. Our customers are our friends and we consider them to be family as well.” The Stones don’t know what will happen next to the restaurant but look forward to the next chapter. Samuel D. Keller, mayor of Cheviot, held a proclamation for the family Saturday, Jan. 25. “This is a very bittersweet time for Cheviot,” he said. “We are very happy that Chris and Stephane are ﬁ nally able to retire, yet we are truly saddened that we will be losing a Cheviot icon in Stones Restaurant.” The proclamation states: “The City of Cheviot will not be the same without the sweet aroma of turkey and dressing, soups boiling, ﬁ sh on Fridays, pork, and ribs barbecuing, meatloaf baking and the sweetest desserts.”

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27, 1962 by Chris’s parents, Mike and Mary Stone. The couple from Walnut Hills originally opened a restaurant in downtown Cincinnati before the government bought them out to build the federal building. The Stones’ dream continued to live on. They took the money and moved to the west side where they opened a new restaurant at their current location. The restaurant was taken over by Chris and Stephanie in the mid-’80s. The restaurant, at 3605 Harrison Ave., has served generations of families, Mary Stone said.

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tell their stories and express gratitude.” Many will miss the infamous turkey and dressing, Chris’s jokes, Stephanie’s fresh cooking, and Mary’s kind-hearted personality. Nancy Robinson started eating at Stone’s Restaurant nearly 10 years ago and says it always feels like home. She said the staff always knows her name and what she wants to drink as soon as she sits down. “When I landed in the hospital a few years ago, they were so worried about me and reached out,” she said. “How many restaurants do you know would do that? You just don’t fi nd that any more. There’s a lot of places where you can go to eat but I choose to come here because of the food and the people.” Amber Routt started waitressing at the restaurant more than 15 years ago. She said the Stones’ are like second grandparents to her. “We get to know our customers on a fi rst-name basis and we know their drinks as soon as they walk in,” Routt said. “I’m happy for them and sad for the change. They deserve a nice retirement and break. It’s sad because we’ve known these people for so long and we’re going to miss them.”

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After months of foundation work, the new $250 million FC Cincinnati soccer stadium is beginning to take shape. The upper bowl of the 26,000-plus-seat stadium referred to as "The Jewel of the Queen City's crown'' - is expected to be completed this spring, and the team plans to play its fi rst game there in the city's West End neighborhood in March 2021. FC Cincinnati's inaugural kickoff will be the direct result of a public-private partnership that was critical in bringing Major League Soccer to Cincinnati but may confuse some fans about who owns the stadium. The Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority actually owns the stadium and the land it sits on. The Port leases it back to the team. The lease agreement is part of a fi nancing deal in which the team's rent payments are being used to pay off a revenue bond issued to cover the cost of construction. The Port issued the 45-year, taxable lease revenue bond - essentially a long-term loan to FC Cincinnati in 2018, using the team's pledged lease payments to secure the bond issuance, according to documents obtained by The Enquirer. The bond is being issued in increments as construction costs are incurred and are being purchased by an affi liate of FC Cincinnati called West End Venture LLC.

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Todd Portune dies; was political force for 25 years Scott Wartman Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Todd Portune was tough. At times he seemed unstoppable. He adapted as politics changed and became one of the longest-serving Democrats in the Cincinnati region’s history, in a career that spanned more than 25 years – fi rst as a Cincinnati city councilman and then as a Hamilton County commissioner. Politics was the least of his obstacles. Health issues left him partially paralyzed, but he continued working through it all. If he was bedridden, he worked from his hospital bed. Portune, 61, “passed with grace and peace” Saturday, Jan. 25 at his Green Township home surrounded by his family, according to a news release. “Todd was a phenomenon of motion, from his scholastic years running like the wind and exalting in victory with a grin, until the times when health limited his mobility to crutches and fi nally a wheelchair,” said Victoria Parks, his longtime chief of staff who took over his commission seat to fi ll out his term. “Still, Todd’s took the time and made the eff ort to reach back to assist those less fortunate than he, it is a fi tting tribute to his legacy that Maslow’s Army payed tribute by naming their conveyance “The Portune Express”. On social media, local politicians reacted immediately to his death. “Todd Portune was a force in our community. Forever changed Cincinnati and Hamilton County. Rest In Peace Brother,” wrote Cincinnati Councilman Chris Seelbach. Those who knew him marveled at his resilience. “The courage you have shown and continue to show is something that I personally admire,” County Commissioner Denise Driehaus tearfully told Portune as she hugged him before he took a brief leave of absence in 2018 to have a leg amputated.

From the West Side to Oberlin Portune grew up on the West Side, the son of a University of Cincinnati professor and a stay-at-home mom. His father’s death when Portune was 14 sent the family into a ﬁ nancial tailspin. His mother went back to work. They lived oﬀ Social Security and a small

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life insurance policy. Portune and his two brothers huddled around the furnace for warmth. His childhood diet consisted mostly of macaroni and cheese. Portune walked a mile to his fi rst job, Rex’s Bull Run on Colerain Avenue. He described it as a “high-class” Arby’s. After graduating from Colerain High School, he went to Oberlin College where he excelled at track and cross country. He captained the track teams and won championships in the 880-yeard and 800-meter distances. If that wasn’t enough, he also played defensive back for Oberlin’s football team in 1979. Portune always displayed in his offi ce a world-famous picture of his track coach, Tommie Smith, with his fi st raised on the gold medal platform at the 1968 Olympics. The two remained friends for the rest of Portune’s life. He credited his time with Smith and at Oberlin for teaching him to stand up for his convictions. Portune earned his law degree at the University of Cincinnati. His fi rst foray into politics showed Portune’s fearlessness. He agreed to be the sacrifi cial lamb in 1992 and run against Ohio Senate President Stanley Aronoff – yes, the same Aronoff whose name graces the arts complex downtown. Aronoff beat him easily. But it was Portune’s last election defeat. Within two months, he joined Cincinnati City Council in January 1993 as the

replacement for David Mann, who was headed to Congress. He spent eight years on city council before being elected in 2000 to Hamilton County Commission, beating a longtime incumbent and becoming the ﬁ rst Democratic county commissioner in Hamilton County in 36 years.

chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party, U.S. Senate and Ohio attorney general. In 2014, Portune explored a run for Ohio governor, with former Toledo Mayor Jack Ford as his lieutenant governor candidate. He traveled the state for 45 days but didn’t ﬁ nd enough support and decided to remain a commissioner.

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Portune didn’t hesitate to tackle big issues. Cincinnati’s riverfront is a big example that many of his colleagues gave of Portune’s lasting impact. The Banks would not have happened, or at least wouldn’t be as big, if not for Portune and his tenacity, said Kathy Binns, his longtime aide and former chief of staff . Portune pushed for development at The Banks but wasn’t afraid to push back. He sued the Bengals twice in an attempt to get a better deal for the taxpayers. He was a hard worker that didn’t let illness or anything stop him, Binns said. “I’ve said for years, the man has no ‘off ’ button at all,” Binns said in November 2019 during a tribute to Portune. Cincinnati would look quite diff erent if it wasn’t for Portune. That was the assessment his friends had during a tribute to Portune in November 2019 as he prepared to retire. He advocated for a better regional rail system in an area not receptive to public transit. He wanted to bring the USS Cincinnati submarine to the riverbank as a fl oating museum. When a 2008 windstorm left thousands without power for days, he suggested burying the utilities. He also listened. He once proposed bringing commercial airlines back to Lunken Airport. When neighbors complained, he organized opposition. He received criticism in 2008 when he was part of a deal where Democrats agreed not to challenge an open Republican seat on the county board of commissioners in exchange for Republicans not challenging Portune. That probably cost the Democrats control of the county commission since President Obama brought Democrats out to the polls in high numbers that year. Portune occasionally had aspirations for statewide offi ce, considering runs for

The fact that Portune he could serve in public offi ce for so long was a medical miracle. Doctors in 1996 discovered tumors on Portune’s spine and warned they could paralyze him if they continued to grow. Treatment for a blood clot in 2002 caused the spinal tumors to hemorrhage, paralyzing the former track star from the chest down. An aide would go to the hospital with work. Portune continued to introduce motions from his hospital bed. He eventually improved to where he could walk with the help of crutches but never regained use of his left leg. He had the leg amputated in 2018 when a connective-tissue sarcoma was found. Losing a leg only took him out of work for a month, during which he still phoned into meetings from his hospital room. The next week the commissioners met at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. Portune sported a new beard and conducted the meeting in a wheelchair, an IV bag behind him dripping blood thinner into his veins. He stood on one leg to greet fellow commissioners and say the Pledge of Allegiance. “I’m now, I think, in the best health of my recent life, “ Portune said with a smile. He left the hospital that week and returned full-time. He was fi tted with a computerized artifi cial leg. He has three children with his exwife, from whom he was amicably divorced. Their youngest daughter has Down syndrome. During his hospital stay when his leg was amputated in 2018, he asked people donate to the Down Syndrome Association of Greater Cincinnati at www.dsagc.com or 4623 Wesley Ave. Suite A, Cincinnati OH 45212. “The amount of letters, texts, emails, cards and other expressions of love and support are all overwhelming,” Portune said at the time.

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

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

A memorial to Todd Portune appeared in front of the Tyler Davidson Fountain on Fountain Square shortly his death Saturday night. SCOTT WARTMAN/THE ENQUIRER

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

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

unique position of being able to explain Portune to Mike Brown, and Mike to Portune. No easy trick, that. Bedinghaus says now that Portune’s seemingly consistent opposition to everything the team did or wanted to do was not merely a savvy politician playing to public sentiment. Portune was passionate about public service. Bedinghaus: “Todd loved the spotlight and he could talk anybody to death on any issue, but he never did it with a sense of personal grandeur. He really cared about issues. He dug into it like a dog with a bone. I don’t think he was self-aggrandizing about it.’’ When it came to the Bengals, Portune owned a perfect mix of conviction and opportunism. The Bengals viewed Portune with a mixture of respect, amusement and dread. He certainly never caused them to back oﬀ a strongly held position, but they did ponder the P.R. poundings they’d take once Portune grabbed the opposing viewpoint like a bone. And of

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

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Sports Oak Hills excels in 63-41 defeat of Elder Alex Harrison Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Editor’s note: Information included refl ects this article’s original publication date – Jan. 21. Before the Elder-Oak Hills neighborhood rivalry hit the court, the teams came together to help and honor one of its former participants. Ryan Custer, a 2016 graduate of Elder who suff ered a spinal injury as a member of Wright State University’s hoops squad, received a check of $51,130.60 from Griffi n Elite Prep Classic organizers. The early-season event featured local teams, including Elder and Oak Hills, against the nation’s top prep schools and benefi tted the Ryan Custer Foundation. Ryan was on hand Jan. 21 to accept the donation. With pregame festivities in the rearview, Oak Hills ultimately had the game well in hand. By the third quarter, the Elder cheering section busted out the “Let’s play football” chant. In that same quarter, Oak Hills held the Panthers to just a single basket before wrapping up a 63-41 win, its 10th victory of the season. A 29-23 lead for the Highlanders at halftime blossomed in the third quarter when Austin Dennis drained a three to begin the frame. Oak Hills kept scoring while Elder fl oundered and was shut out for nearly the entire period. Scotty Nieman fi nally scored for Elder with just 28 seconds left in the third, but Oak Hills still owned a 47-25 lead. Elder, who had gone 26-45 from the fi eld and 13-21 on three-pointers in its last game, failed to carry over the same performance and Oak Hills brushed away most runs by the Panthers. The Highlanders had an answer for every Elder move. “Our kids did a great job,” Oak Hills head coach Mike Price said after the win. “Actually my coaches did a great job, too. We knew how to guard and we thought we knew what they were going to do. Credit to the kids for buying into the scouting report and being ready to play.” Elder did its fair share to make the game easier for Oak Hills. Elder accounted for 21 total fouls, including 13 in the second half. Three Panthers had at least four fouls in the game. “It takes away their continuity when they have to keep subbing,” Price said of Elder’s foul troubles. “If we stay spaced and stay spread out a little bit with our guys we have that can handle the ball, we can drive a little bit and put them in foul trouble.” Elder started the game with a 4-0 See BASKETBALL, Page 2B

Oak Hills guard Austin Dennis steals the ball from Elder forward Luke Kandra in the game between the Elder Panthers and the Oak Hills Highlanders at Oak Hills High School on Jan. 21. JIM OWENS FOR THE ENQUIRER

Long-time La Salle fan Donald Kleingers dies Scott Springer Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

MONFORT HEIGHTS – Don Kleingers was going to the La Salle basketball game Friday night Jan. 17 and there was no stopping him. At age 90, gentlemen often have their own agenda and who wants to disagree with a former Korean War veteran tank commander on Military Appreciation Night? With few major health issues, Kleingers had remained active into his 80s playing softball, volleyball and occasionally some basketball if there were takers. He and his wife Rose, who died in 2002, brought up ﬁ ve children who were Catholic-educated. Mary Scholle was McAuley class of ‘74, Julie Schaefer, McAuley ‘78, Dan Kleingers, La Salle ‘79, Steve Kleingers La Salle ‘82 and Amy Helmes, McAuley ‘91. There were nine grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren, so Don Klein-

gers always had a full plate, even with the loss of his spouse. If you’ve frequented a Greater Catholic LeagueSouth duel with St. Xavier, you know it’s wise to arrive early. Kleingers did and was in his seat for the freshman game. Unfortunately, that’s when his earthly vessel failed and local life squad members had to place his body on a gurney. The game was halted and both teams gathered in prayer. After Kleingers was taken to the hospital, administrators on both sides agreed the games should go on due to the diﬃ culty of rescheduling and the presence of other military veterans on had to watch the Lancers. “He would have been honored that they said a prayer for him,” oldest son Dan Kleingers said. “But, to stop the game or anything, he wouldn’t have wanted that. Our family was happy they played the game in his honor. It was pretty neat.”

Time marches on The incident set back the varsity game an hour, but fans saw former Lancer vets recognized for their service and senior center Michael Wergers was part of the ﬂ ag presentation before the anthem wearing his basketball uniform. No one is really sure of their planned exit, but consensus was Donald Kleingers would have been at peace with the proceedings. That the Lancers held oﬀ St. Xavier to win may have brought more peace. “Since he left this world in such a public way, his passing has garnered more attention than he would have imagined or ever expected,” Dan Kleingers said. “Anyone who knew him knew he was a quiet guy who was happy not to be the center of attention.” Added La Salle Principal Aaron Marshall, “He was a big supporter of La See KLEINGERS, Page 2B

Former high school center Don Kleingers kept up an active lifestyle into his 80s THANKS TO DAVE KLEINGERS

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Former Elder and Wright State player Ryan Custer is presented with a check from Saint Elizabeth Healthcare at Oak Hills High School. PHOTOS BY JIM OWENS FOR THE ENQUIRER

Basketball Continued from Page 1B

lead, thanks to two David Larkins baskets. Larkins then picked up two fouls within the game’s fi rst 90 seconds. Elder’s lead disappeared and the Highlanders ended the fi rst quarter with a 12-7 lead. Kelen Dietrich and Adonis Caneris took control and sent the Panthers away. Caneris, who missed some time after an injury in the fi rst quarter, returned and scored 20 points total with 15 in the second half. Dietrich made his mark at the freethrow line, scoring 10 of his 18 points on the stripe. When Oak Hills outscored Elder 18-2 in the third quarter, the duo was responsible for 11 points.

Former Elder and Wright State player Ryan Custer is presented with a check from Saint Elizabeth Healthcare at Oak Hills High School.

As Elder pressed more and more, which resulted in fouls and multiple

Kleingers Continued from Page 1B

Salle. He loved the Lancers.”

Honoring his country Kleingers didn’t speak much to his kids about his Korean War involvement, but later joined the Cincinnati Korean War Veteran’s Association and began to march in parades. He eventually befriended Dr. Lee Bae-Suk who convinced him to make a church-sponsored trip back to Korea. Kleingers would call it one of the greatest experiences of his life. When his kids inquired why he hadn’t told them of his marches, he gave a straight-forward blue-collar answer: “He had to since he was one of the only guys that could still walk the distance and carry the ﬂ ag for the Korean vets,” Dan Kleingers said. “I was a little angry that he hadn’t let us in on the secret, but made a point of going to the next parade he was in taking pics and shooting video.”

Donald Kleingers went on an Honor Flight and visited Korea after his military service in the Korean War PROVIDED

A multi-tool player A 30-year plumber by trade, Kleingers brought galvanized pipe home one day and built a basketball goal. He also spent countless hours throwing and hitting a baseball with his family and served as a Knothole assistant and St. James basketball coach.

missed scoring chances, Oak Hills just used its two stars to keep a consistent

oﬀ ense and solid defense to ease into a victory.

His own career came about as a ﬂ uke when the Roger Bacon coach in 1947 saw a gangly, 6-foot-2 kid that would turn out to be his center. He was blessed with a large wingspan as a youngster and would later have to have suits special made in Delhi. The tough GCL upbringing began with his own father. Once prior to a tournament game, the Spartans coach told his players to go home and rest. However, there was a load of coal at the end of the Kleingers driveway when he arrived. That meant it needed dumped into their furnace. “Dad decided to tell my grandpa what coach had told him; that he needed to rest for the game but grandpa would have none of it,” Dan Kleingers said. “He told dad, ‘You can rest when you’re done with the coal’, and that was that.” A family move meant the Kleingers family would be divided up into La Salle and McAuley. From there, the elder Kleingers spent countless hours taking in events, particularly after his retirement. He adapted well into a Lancer and Mohawk fan. “My Mom wasn’t around so he started going to all of the football and basketball games with some of his older bud-

dies,” Dan Kleingers said. “To get to 90 and make a nice, clean exit, you really couldn’t ask for a better way to go.” Kleingers was able to travel with his wife while she was alive then continued to meet friends for breakfast. His calendar still had dates listed beyond Jan. 17. “It’s gets tough when people are falling by the wayside,” Dan Kleingers said of his father. “You start to get the ‘last man standing’ syndrome. He took it and kept going. I can’t say I have any complaints. He did the best he could; a pretty good guy overall.”

Memories of a lifetime The family has a couple of Downtown Cincinnati reminders of their father’s handiwork. He worked on the remodeling of the Netherland Hilton once and on the Tyler-Davidson Fountain on the Square in the 1970s. Memorials for the Kleingers family can be made out to La Salle High School or the Honor Flight Network which transports veterans to Washington D.C. with a full USO sendoﬀ and greeting. Dan and Steve Kleingers were able to accompany their father on his ﬂ ight.

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Boys basketball ❚ La Salle ﬂ oursihed against its west side rivals, beating Elder 44-43 Jan. 24 and Oak Hills 50-45 Jan. 25. ❚ St. Xavier fell at Moeller 59-43 Jan. 24 before beating Toledo Rogers 43-35 Jan. 25 and Covington Catholic 55-49 Jan. 28. Hank Thomas scored 21 points over Covington Catholic, helping snap its 17-game winning streak. ❚ A ﬁ nal shot was no good when Elder fell to La Salle 44-43 Jan. 24, but the Panthers won at Beavercreek 4442 Jan. 28 to improve back to .500 at 8-8. ❚ Oak Hills fell at La Salle 50-45 Jan. 25 despite 23 points from Cam Brandt, but the Highlanders then edged Sycamore 32-30 Jan. 28. ❚ Gamble Montessori beat SCPA 78-19 Jan. 24 and Goshen 54-48 Jan. 28. The Gators then dominated Hillcrest 100-56 Jan. 29. TJ Grove had 33 points and Lewis Brown added 22 points in the win at Hillcrest. ❚ Sitting at an even .500, Western Hills improved to 9-7 after beating Aiken 78-71 Jan. 24 and Milford 57-44 Jan. 28. ❚ Taylor lost to Deer Park 79-69 Jan. 24 and at Ross 64-50 Jan. 25 before beating Reading 65-49 Jan. 28.

Girls basketball ❚ Mercy McAuley extended a fourgame winning streak to improve to 13-5 by beating Fairmont 60-51 Jan. 25.

❚ Seton was beaten by nationally ranked Mount Notre Dame 77-40 Jan. 28. ❚ Oak Hills edged Princeton 61-60 Jan. 25, but lost at Sycamore 54-42 Jan. 29. ❚ Gamble Montessori beat SCPA 28-9 Jan. 24, but fell at Batavia 48-34 Jan. 29. ❚ Western Hills was beaten by Taft 45-13 Jan. 28. ❚ Taylor won at Reading 44-32 Jan. 25 and at Madeira 32-30 Jan. 29, improving to 13-6 overall with a 6-5 mark in the Cincinnati Hills League.

Swimming ❚ In the Greater Catholic League Championship Jan. 29, St. Xavier took the league title with a 549 score. Elder ﬁ nished in second with a 266 while Moeller had a 220 and La Salle rounded out the meet with a 111. ❚ The Girls Greater Catholic League Championship on Jan. 29 was won by Ursuline with a 380 score. St. Ursula followed with a 310 while Seton had a 232, Mount Notre Dame a 136 and Mercy McAuley with a 131.

Boys bowling ❚ Elder beat Moeller 3245-2628 Jan. 30. The Panthers set a new single game record with a 1221, a two-game record with a 2316 and the overall match total record. Cameron Brocker led Elder with a 498 series and Jaxon Tuerck had a 471, including throwing a 300.

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Make your valentine feel special with these homemade truﬄ es Rita’s Kitchen Rita Heikenfeld Guest columnist

The fi rst time I had a chocolate truffl e was at a trendy Chicago restaurant during a food convention with my husband and his then employers, Howard and Jan Melvin of The Heritage Restaurant. So long ago! I was immediately smitten with the silky chocolate confection. Since then I’ve made lots of truffl es, but none are better than Jane Cervantes’. Jane, a Maineville reader and expert chocolatier, also makes other ethereal creations that stun the eye and please the palate. She’s been a popular guest on my cable show, and the recipe I’m sharing today is one we made together. Make your special valentine feel well, pretty special with a box of homemade truffl es.

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They require only a few ingredients and are easy to make. And as we approach Valentine’s Day, remember “someone” who may be lonely, in need of a friendly call, card, or maybe a plate of truﬄ es. Share the love!

Jane Cervantes’ chocolate truffles. PROVIDED

Jane’s chocolate truffles Called truffles since they originally were made to resemble the precious black truffle mushroom. If you look at Jane’s truffles next to mine, you’ll see hers are very round and elegant while mine, though pretty, aren’t quite as perfectly shaped. So you have two choices, and both are acceptable.

1 tablespoon butter, softened (optional — that’s my touch) Coatings

ly melted. It looks light and lumpy at ﬁ rst, but will smooth to a glossy brown. If you still have unmelted pieces, place bowl in microwave for 20 seconds or so. Whisk again to smooth.

Melted chocolate

Stir in vanilla.

Cocoa powder

Cover and refrigerate until ﬁ rm enough to scoop or roll into balls. I use a small ice cream scoop.

1 teaspoon vanilla

Confectioners’ sugar

The recipe can be cut in half.

Finely chopped nuts, sprinkles, etc.

Use your choice of good chocolate. Read labels – ﬁ rst ingredient should be chocolate.

INSTRUCTIONS Truffles

Place in refrigerator until set/chilled, an hour or so. In a hurry? Chill in freezer.

INGREDIENTS

Place chocolate in heat/microwave proof bowl.

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

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

Coatings

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

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

Place truffles on sprayed paper.

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

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

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SCHOOL NEWS Oak Hills biology students get inside look at sports medicine Oak Hills High School AP Biology students had a rare opportunity that’s usually open only to medical students. At Beacon Orthopedics & Sports Medicine at Summit Woods, they worked side-by-side with orthopedic surgeon, Dr. David Argo, and physician’s assistant Jamie Miller to learn about open dissection, arthroscopic surgery and suturing. “This is how we train our fellows who are training to be orthopedic surgeons,” Dr. Argo told the students. Using state-of-the-art equipment and working on human cadavers, the students learned to rotate and identify structures of the knee, then practiced removing foreign objects from it. At a second work station, they watched dissection, studied the inside of the knee and then practiced suturing. “You can learn about it all on a screen, but seeing how all the parts of the body are connected is really good experience,” said junior Bre Luca. Junior Andy Au, who plans a career in medicine, said the bio-lab was enlightening. “I’m pretty sure I’ll see that every day if I do become a surgeon.” AP Biology teacher Beth Ludwig says the Beacon bio-lab is one of her students’ favorite days of the year. Krista Ramsey, Oak Hills Local Schools

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Forty Bed Bath & Beyond stores in 20 states are on the chopping block, including one location in Greater Cincinnati. The New Jersey-based home goods retailer recently shared the list of the closing Bed Bath & Beyond stores with USA TODAY. The company also operates buybuy Baby, Harmon Face Values and World Market. Some of the stores have already closed or will close in the fi rst half of 2020, company spokeswoman Jessica Joyce said, noting these locations “no longer meet the standards our customers expect from us.” The Cincinnati location located at 6068 Glenway Avenue in Western Hills Plaza is closing. There are six other Greater Cincinnati Bed Bath & Beyond locations: Crestview Hills, Rookwood Commons, Stone Creek Towne Center, Eastgate, Deerfi eld Towne Center and Bridgewater Falls in Hamilton. USA TODAY reported the store is expected to close during the fi rst half of the year. USA TODAY contributed to this report.

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Never too late to recall life-changing kindness It’s never too late to say Thank You again. Just ask Rita Fuchs. At 91, she is still thanking the Rotary Club of Cincinnati for the life-changing support she received as a child at Condon School for students with disabilities and the Rotary’s Camp Allyn summer camp for people with disabilities. Fuchs, of Mt. Airy, and her daughter, Patti Fuchs of Mt. Airy, were luncheon guests at the Jan. 23 Rotary Club of Cincinnati meeting, where she helped kick off the 100th anniversary of the year The Rotary Club helped start Cincinnati’s fi rst school for children with physical disabilities. In 1920, The Rotary Club of Cincinnati spearheaded the region’s fi rst school classes for children with physical disabilities, held at Cincinnati’s General Hospital. Previously, many children with signifi cant disabilities were simply not educated because typical schools could not handle their needs. Rotary records from the time show the then-10year-old Rotary Club of Cincinnati hired a nurse to conduct a survey of young patients’ needs and helped bring in a teacher and fund classes that were held in previously vacant wards at General Hospital. The Rotary Club provided a school bus to transport children with disabilities who lived at home. The Ro-

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dren and adults with disabilities with year-round programs that build independence and conﬁ dence. Fuchs said she was browsing through Facebook in January and saw a posting about the 2019 Rotary Christmas party at Roselawn Condon School. “I’m not very good with cell phones, but I had to send a comment,” she said. Her message: “The Rotary Club did so many nice things for us children . . . I’m 91 years old. I’ll never forget them. God Bless.” For information about the Rotary Club, contact executive director Linda Muth at lmuth@cincinnatirotary.org or see website www.cincinnatirotary.org Peggy Hodgson, The Rotary Club of Cincinnati

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