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The concrete plant that’s still there: A tale of Cincinnati politics Scott Wartman Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Moving a giant concrete plant isn’t easy. Hilltop Basic Resources’ concrete plant still operates by Paul Brown Stadium along the Ohio River more than two years after Hamilton County and Cincinnati Bengals worked out a complicated and controversial agreement for the county to purchase the facility and use the property for additional parking. No matter what happens, the Bengals will get an additional 800 parking spaces for tailgating in the 2021 football season. But it will be a gray gravel lot and not the ‘green’ lot covered in trees and grass as originally envisioned...at least for now. The 2018 agreement with the Bengals to buy Hilltop for parking paved the way for the construction of the $27 million music venue on the other side of the football stadium. Two years of tense negotiations with the city of Cincinnati on control of riverfront development followed. Much still remains unknown about the deal at the nexus of recent riverfront development. No one has tallied the ﬁ nal cost, with interest payments, to the taxpayers beyond the $30 million the county agreed to pay Hilltop for the 17-acre site. The county has only purchased a little less than half the land for $12 million. Proceeds from 0.5% sales tax voters approved in 1996 to build the two riverfront stadiums will pay for the purchase. Neither Hilltop nor the county could say when the deal would get done, though county oﬃ cials said they hope to close on the property sometime this year. No one could also say how much the county will pay on the money borrowed for the sale and whether the concrete plant will move out of Hamilton County, taking the taxes and jobs with it. The details of the Hilltop land deal

Charlie, left, and Joe Brafford, right, stand outside Charlie’s home in Green Township on Jan. 5. The brothers grew up in Cincinnati and served overseas in World War II. When they returned, they ran an auto shop together for years. Charlie is 95 years old, and Joe is 96 years old. They are the last remaining siblings from a family of nine. MEG VOGEL/THE ENQUIRER

‘Did we have a good life? Hell yeah.’ The extraordinary bond of two WWII brothers

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More than 16 million Americans served in World War II. Now, hundreds die every day. Last year, only about 300,000 veterans were still alive. This is the story of two of them. l l l Charlie Braﬀ ord places his 7UP and whiskey on the table. It clinks, because there is nothing left but ice. The 95-year-old stands up, knees looking like they might buckle, and walks to

the mantel in his home on Cincinnati’s West Side, where there are dozens of framed pictures. One is from his 90th birthday, where seemingly hundreds gathered to celebrate. Others are from when he was a young man, ﬁ xing cars and building whiskey barrels. Charlie looks at another picture, each one full of memories from a time that no longer exists.

“All my friends are dead,” he says. He says this in a nonchalant way, because death is not new for him. It’s something that’s been happening around him for most of his life. Charlie was born in 1926, one of nine kids. All his siblings are dead, too. Except Joe, a small man holding a

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harmonica who looks even smaller sinking into Charlie’s staid living room couch. Joe lost his eyesight more than a decade ago, and when he looks at you, he doesn’t really look at you. “Smile, dad,” his son shouts while a photographer takes his picture for this story. He never does. But when the 96-year-old plays the harmonica, you see the handsome man from old photos. Charlie plays the harmonica too, although not as well. And on this day in January, what starts with the two playing “Rocky Top” ends with Charlie staring at his brother the way brothers sometimes do. Charlie is fi nished, harmonica in his lap. Joe plays for another 10 seconds, adding his own fl urry of high-pitched musical notes to the song’s fi nale. “He always does this,” one of his kids says. They are brothers, after all.

‘You had to do what you had to do.’ The Braff ord brothers both served in World War II. One saw combat, the other cooked for those who did. The brothers are extraordinary, mostly because of how ordinary they are. These are not the kind of veterans books are written about. These are just two men from Cincinnati who did what they had to do, then came home and did what they had to do again. Growing up, the Braff ords didn’t have indoor plumbing. They went to the bathroom outside. In their attic, which was used as an extra bedroom, the windows were broken and covered with cardboard. It did not keep out snow in the winter. Joe said he was lucky to bathe once a week. He remembers his mom putting hot water in the tub and each kid taking a turn. The water did not stay warm for long. Charlie remembers wearing shoes for years until they got holes in them. When they did, he would slide a piece of cardboard into the bottoms. And yes, both remember walking miles to school in a blizzard. “You wouldn’t want to live the way we lived,” Charlie said. In many ways, it’s a miracle they’re here. Joe dropped out of school in eighth grade. Eventually, he took a job as a garbage man. On his route in Cheviot, a young woman regularly brought him water and snacks. When he left for the war, he wrote to her. And when he returned, Marie jumped into his arms. They married and had nine kids together. This was the type of love story books are written about. And then life happened. Marie was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and she slowly deteriorated over many years. The family couldn’t afford a bedside nurse. So Joe fed her with eye droppers and cleaned up after her when she couldn’t make it to the bathroom. He did this for more than fi ve years, until she died in 1998. “You had to do what you had to do,” Joe said. The truth is this is also how he views his military service. He doesn’t have “war” stories. He tells one about the month-long boat ride to India, his fi rst destination after basic training. He talks about the boat zigzagging through the ocean to avoid detection. He talks

Charlie, left, and Joe Brafford, right, hold younger photos of themselves while standing outside Charlie’s home in Green Township . The brothers grew up in Cincinnati and served overseas in World War II. When they returned, they ran an auto shop together for years. Charlie is 95 years old, and Joe is 96 years old. They are the last remaining siblings from a family of eight. MEG VOGEL/THE ENQUIRER

the Taylor Southgate Bridge for hours. Steve brought a boombox. They didn’t talk about the war. Sometimes, they didn’t talk at all.

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World War II veterans Charlie and Joe Brafford, and his son Steve, sit by the Ohio River. The family took trips outside during the coronavirus pandemic. PROVIDED/ MARY JO ROSE

about being so seasick he wished he were dead. Charlie is the one with war stories. He’s the one who slept in a barn with pigs. Soldiers were shot next to him, and his troops were pelted with anti-aircraft guns. He slept in a foxhole when it was 28 degrees. Joe spent most of his time in Myanmar, where he found himself on a remote base during monsoon season. It was dark, and it rained most days. His job was to cook for the airmen. He made stew with cans of beans and anything else sent from the States, throwing it all into a big pot with goat meat. It wasn’t bad, he said. It was what they had. After the military, Joe and Charlie eventually opened the Braﬀ ord Bros.

Body Shop and ran it for about two decades. Like most brothers, they fought. Joe painted the cars, and Charlie was the boss. He yelled a lot – even at Joe’s kids. Before the pandemic, Joe and Charlie went to the casino four or ﬁ ve times a week. They had always been brothers, but they became best friends after Charlie’s wife, Alice, died in 2005. When Joe lost his eyesight, Charlie did what brothers do. He drove Joe to the casino, and he pressed the buttons on the slot machines for him. When they could no longer do that, ﬁ rst because of Charlie’s own deteriorating eyesight and then because of the pandemic, Joe’s son, Steve, would drive them to Kentucky with lawn chairs and a cooler of beer. They would sit under

In Charlie’s living room, the Braﬀ ord brothers told stories. These were not particularly revelatory stories, and many had been told before. But their kids were delighted to hear them again. The kids, all well into middle age and beyond, knew Joe and Charlie didn’t usually eat more than Cheez-It crackers for lunch growing up. They knew the brothers didn’t get many presents for Christmas. And they knew they used to skip school and swim in Mill Creek, ﬂ oating on an old door in the water. Joe had told his son about that sickening boat trip dozens of times. He’d also told him about something the people in Asia chewed that turned their teeth black. He didn’t know what it was. But he told him about it again on this cold day in January. Sitting on the stairs behind him, Joe’s 71-year-old son drank a Bud Light and listened. Because there is comfort in memories. There is comfort in passing on stories from one generation to the next. This story isn’t for Joe and Charlie. It’s for their kids, and it’s for their kids’ kids. Some of them are in the photos on Charlie’s mantel. Charlie, who now has a head full of white hair, picked up a picture of his children. “They’re all rich,” he said. One of his daughters laughed and then corrected him. “We’re not rich,” she said. “We’re just not poor.” His kids had more than he did. And for Charlie, that was enough. He put the picture down and walked across the room. He was done with this interview. “Did we have a good life?” Charlie asked, then answered, “Hell yeah.”

2 Cincinnati-area groups merge to form new Meals on Wheels Jeanne Houck Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Two local nonproﬁ ts that serve older adults have merged to prevent the duplication of services and better meet challenges. Meals on Wheels Southwest Ohio & Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati Area Senior Services will operate under the Meals on Wheels moniker. The new Meals on Wheels said it expects its 150 employees and 800 volunteers to serve more than 10,000 seniors annually.

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And the number of meals delivered to seniors’ homes per year is likely to exceed 1.4 million, a press release said. “This merger makes a bold statement – and a promise: Working with our communities, our combined organization will tackle the challenges facing us so that every senior enjoys the support and dignity that they deserve,” Jennifer Steele, CEO of the new Meals on Wheels, said in the news release. Seniors need these services now more than ever because of the pandemic and exponential growth in their

population, Meals on Wheels said. The work will be bolstered by a $4 million grant the former Meals on Wheels received last year from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, former wife of Amazon founder Jeﬀ Bezos. “This is a great day for seniors and together we are going to do amazing things,” Tracey Collins, chief integration oﬃ cer of the new Meals on Wheels, said in the release. “It just makes sense with limited funding to join forces and strengthen our services for seniors.”

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Deters defends decision to not charge store owner in fatal shooting Cameron Knight Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

After facing criticism from a former political opponent and a grieving family, Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters disclosed new information in the November fatal shooting of 19-year-old Da’Shawn Tye. The owner of Mages Grocery store on Glenway Avenue shot and killed Tye in what police described as an attempted robbery. In December, Deters said he would press no charges against the owner because Tye had robbed the store twice before and was returning a third time to do it again. Fanon Rucker, a lawyer with the Cochran Firm representing Tye’s family, said it was a case of mistaken identity and there’s no evidence Tye was the one who had previously robbed the store. Rucker, who unsuccessfully ran against Deters in November’s election, said it is “undisputed” that Tye was unarmed, that he said nothing to the store owner and that the owner said nothing

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to him before the fatal shots were ﬁ red. In January, Tye’s family asked the Department of Justice to investigate the store owner for a hate crime. In a public statement released March 2, Deters disputed Rucker’s claims. Deters said Tye’s blue Chevy Blazer was at the scene of the ﬁ rst attempted

robbery in August. “Tye’s father told the police he had given him a handgun around this time,” he said. Tye’s DNA was recovered from a coat left at the scene of the second armed robbery, according to the statement. “Video from a nearby home shows Tye walking into the store and subsequently ﬂ eeing from the witness,” Deters said. “Tye’s family identiﬁ ed Tye from still-shots of the video.” Deters said during the third incident, the one that ended in Tye’s death, Tye backed the owner into a corner, but the shop owner defended himself, shooting Tye three times. “This is an incredibly sad situation. Tye’s family is grieving,” Deters said. “It is shameful that Rucker has used this tragic incident as a chance to divide our community by race and politics ... Raising bogus, racially motivated claims (without evidence) directed to a store owner and the justice system is not helpful.” After Deters issued his statement, Rucker said the prosecutor was wrong

about the family identifying Tye in photos and that he rushed to judgment in the case. “As I’ve said from the beginning of my involvement in this case, whether it was Da’Shawn Tye who allegedly robbed the store on the two previous occasions at Mages Grocery or not, the shooting that occurred on Nov. 19 was unlawful,” Rucker said in a statement. “According to the store owner’s own version of events, when Da’Shawn Tye walked into his store on Nov. 19, no words were exchanged, no threats were made, Da’Shawn Tye had no weapon and he didn’t touch (the owner).” Rucker said the family has been trying to obtain the surveillance photos for months and have not received them. He said Deters decided the store owner was innocent before he had all the facts and seems to encourage “store owners to shoot ﬁ rst and ask questions later because he ultimately has their back.” “Simply being fearful of someone is not a justiﬁ able reason to shoot,” Rucker said.

Green Twp. doctor in pain pills case sentenced to 3 years Kevin Grasha Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

A 71-year-old orthopedic surgeon who prosecutors said prescribed dangerous and “unjustifi able” amounts of pain pills to his patients was sentenced March 1 to more than three years in prison. In imposing a 40-month sentence, U.S. District Judge Michael Barrett said George Griffi n had twice drawn the attention of the state medical board for prescribing excessive amounts of pain drugs. In 2009, Griffi n’s medical license was suspended for 30 days. “That defi nitely should have been a

wakeup call,” Barrett said. But in the 10 years after that, Barrett said Griffi n continued to disregard the prevailing medical standards regarding the prescription of opioids. Barrett said Griffi n’s gave his patients dangerous combinations of drugs, and some of his patients were seeing him “just to seek drugs.” Barrett said he also saw other red fl ags regarding Griffi n: His attempt to run his own dispensary (the state pharmacy board denied him a license apparently because of his previous issues) and the high volume of Worker’s Compensation cases he handled. The “amount and type of pills, and

the numbers being prescribed,” Barrett said, “were indeed troubling.” Prosecutors had noted that a few years ago Griﬃ n, who operated a solo practice in Green Township, was the 14th highest prescriber of opioids in the state. He typically prescribed oxycodone and morphine. Griﬃ n’s attorneys say he was only trying to help alleviate his patients’ pain. People came to him to try to keep their jobs, his attorneys said. The March 1 sentencing in federal court in Cincinnati, which took place by video, was a continuation of a hearing that recently began. Barrett had said he

needed more time to review the matter. In the end, Barrett’s sentence was a year shorter than what prosecutors were seeking. Barrett cited heart problems Griffi n had described as a key reason for imposing a shorter sentence. Because of his medical issues as well as the coronavirus pandemic, Barrett said Griffi n won’t have to report to prison until after June 21. Barrett ordered Griffi n to permanently surrender his medical licenses and to never seek reinstatement. He pleaded guilty in October to unlawful distribution of controlled substances.

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have come out piecemeal over the past two years. The Enquirer in 2019 sought emails between county oﬃ cials and The Bengals only to get 275-pages with every line other than dates, recipients and subject redacted. By the time the county fulﬁ lled the records request, emails ultimately didn’t reveal much more than what had already been made public.

‘I didn’t think it was a good deal’ The land deal in the past month has slowly moved forward. The Hamilton County Board of Commissioners in February approved borrowing $38 million through a sale of bonds for riverfront projects, a portion that will go toward purchasing some of the Hilltop property. The vote went 2-1, with the lone dissent coming from Commissioner Alicia Reece, who took offi ce a month earlier in January. “I didn’t think it was a good deal,” Reece told Reece The Enquirer. “This is not so easy as moving Hilltop to another location. We’ve got property taxes, income taxes and jobs on the line.” She wants assurances Hilltop, and the 70 employees who work in the Dumas plant, will stay in the county. Problem is, the county has already signed a contract with Hilltop in October 2019 to buy the property once the company fi nds a new location. The agreement doesn’t restrict where Hilltop can relocate. Hamilton County Board of Commissioners President Stephanie Summerow Dumas voted for the $38 million bond issuance. She also voted for the 2019 purchase agreement with Hilltop. She hopes Hilltop doesn’t leave Hamilton County. But even if they do, the music venue the deal helped pave will be a bigger benefi t to the taxpayers in the long run, Dumas said. “I don’t think it’s a bad deal,” Dumas told The Enquirer. “The process of development has already started. I don’t want to stop anything in the middle

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of it.”

Ohio or Kentucky? Hilltop can’t guarantee the company will relocate in Ohio. The company is moving at the behest of the county and was content to stay on their current site it’s occupied for 50plus years, the company’s CEO has reminded county leaders many times over the past two years. Hilltop moved its corporate headquarters from Downtown Cincinnati to Covington in 2020. Hilltop has identifi ed potential new locations for the concrete plant in Ohio and Kentucky, said CEO Kevin Sheehan. He wouldn’t specify beyond that, saying zoning, environmental studies, permits and other red tape still need to be cleared. “At the end of day we want to be in a location that works for us, strategically and fi nancially,” Sheehan said. “If that happens to be in Hamilton County, that would be fi ne with us. We’re not limiting us to that particular criteria.” You can’t build a concrete plant just anywhere. First, Hilltop executives have insisted the new location must have river access for barges to ship and unload raw materials. It must also be close to Downtown Cincinnati. Second, people don’t always welcome concrete plants in their neighborhood. Trucks, cement mixers and barges go to and from the site dropping off gravel, sand and other raw materials piled high on the property.

Hilltop received a chilly reception in Lower Price Hill in 2019. A stretch of riverfront near this industrial neighborhood of Cincinnati was Hilltop’s ﬁ rst choice for a new location. The idea died after opposition from residents, Mayor John Cranley and other city leaders. In the meantime, the company has squeezed the concrete plant operations onto 10 acres after the county purchased seven acres in April 2020 for $12 million. That’s so the Bengals can use the space for parking by the ﬁ rst pre-season game this year in August.

‘An obligation none of us signed off on’ So why all the fuss for a concrete plant? Parking has made this concrete plant valuable to the county and Bengals. The Bengals wouldn’t agree to allow the music venue to be built in the shadow of Paul Brown Stadium where the county wanted it unless they oﬀ set the loss of parking with the purchase of the Hilltop property. The county must maintain a minimum number of parking spaces on gameday for the Bengals, per the lease signed in 1997 between the county and Bengals for Paul Brown Stadium. While that number has changed over the years as the lease gets revised, the most recent agreement requires at least 3,200 parking spaces for football fans outside Paul Brown Stadium for the 2021 season. “We have an obligation in the con-

tract signed many, many years ago with the Bengals and a previous commission to have a certain number of spots,” said Commissioner Denise Driehaus in the Feb. 11 meeting. “We need to live up to an obligation that none of us signed off on. It is what it is.” Gravel covers the seven acres already purchased by the county that will be used for parking by the fi rst pre-season game in August for the Bengals. It can accommodate about 800 cars. It’s not known yet what the full parking lot will look like. The county in 2019 unveiled plans to turn it into a treelined, grass-covered lot. That might not be the plan now, said County Administrator Jeff Aluotto. It could be fully paved, or partially paved. It might be covered in grass, or only partially covered with trees and grass. It will depend on the parking needs, he said. The county has budgeted about $5 million out of the stadium sales tax to build the lot. “Our staff is having those discussions right now,” Aluotto said. “The pandemic has certainly slowed us down right now in terms of looking at it. There isn’t the demand for parking that there was.”

Purchase date and fi nal cost unknown Whatever is built on the site won’t happen likely until next year or beyond. Sheehan with Hilltop couldn’t predict whether they would sell the plant to the county this year, next year or years down the road. The county plans on selling the $38 million in bonds to borrow the remaining money for the land purchase sometime this month, Aluotto said. They don’t know what the interest rate will be, so a fi nal cost to the county with interest won’t be known until the bonds are sold. The bonds for the $12 million to purchase the fi rst seven acres have a 3% interest rate for 20 years. If the county doesn’t refi nance or decide to pay off the bonds early, that portion could end up with a $19 million price tag, Aluotto said. He wouldn’t venture a guess on the $17 million to buy the remaining 10 acres. In the future, Reece hopes to have development deals that involve the county buying property stipulate the company can’t move out of the county. “Funding someone to go across the river,” Reece said, “that is not a good deal on behalf of the taxpayers.”

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Editor’s note: Information included refl ects this article’s original publication date – March 4. Visit Cincinnati.com for possible updates. Harvest Home Fair is back, rain or shine, as long as the Ohio Department of Health will allow it. The Harvest Home Fair was canceled in April last year due to the pandemic. That was the fi rst canceled fair since World War II, according to Harvest Home chairman Pete Rebold. “Nobody in the world knows what the world will look like in September,” the 77-year-old Rebold said. “But we are hoping and praying that this happens.” The Harvest Home Fair committee is still working out the details. Like how they will social distance booths, or control crowds or enforce masks. There won’t be as many performances. The committee has to fi gure out how to social distance the crowd during the parade. In a press conference on Feb. 25, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said he plans to announce further changes to rules for fairs, festivals and parades at a later date.

“We hope to loosen up and expand,” DeWine said. “The whole goal is get back to where we want to be, to what our lives were before the pandemic.” The committee decided to cancel last year for a variety of reasons, including safety and the diffi culty fi nding sponsors when businesses were also struggling because of the pandemic. “We just couldn’t do it because of the risk involved,” Rebold said. “But now there are three vaccines. Hopefully by September, we’ll be somewhat back to normal.” The fi rst Harvest Home Fair was in 1860, a gathering of the old Green Township Agricultural Society so that farmers could show off crops. It has turned into an annual celebration with food, booze, exhibits, rides and live music. The fair is mostly outdoors. Rebold is confi dent that the fair will still be able to have a fl ower, art and horse show. The fair committee is beginning planning meetings on March 10, and will meet the second Wednesday of each month. Interested volunteers are welcome to attend at 6:30 p.m. at the Harvest Home Lodge at 3961 North Bend Road. Harvest Home Fair is traditionally the weekend after Labor Day. Rebold said,

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Daryl Hams saw a discolored bandage poking out from the man’s sleeve. The bandage covered a festering abscess. A wound from a contaminated needle. The man had had it cleaned at a hospital but hadn’t yet picked up antibiotics prescribed for him. Daryl, who had never met the man before, handed the stranger fresh bandages, cleansing packets, and urged him to get and take all the antibiotics. Still, Daryl could not stop thinking about the young man. A nurse, Daryl bought wound-care supplies and carried them in a kit for three weeks, hoping to see the man again. Then one day, at the Hamilton naloxone-giveaway site: “Are you the guy with the wound?” Daryl asked a man in a cloth mask. “I was worried about you.” The man proudly showed off a wrist no longer bandaged, the abscess healed. He started to walk away. Then stopped and turned back. “It’s been a long time,” the man said, “since anybody worried about me.” l l l Molly B. True was a 19-year-old college student in the late 1990s when she started using heroin. This was before the Molly B. True, 41, of Bellevue, sits on her front steps on a cold January morning. True has used harm reduction services and epidemic settled into the region. Heroin ultimately sought treatment. She now serves on the Harm Reduction Ohio board of directors. PHOTOS BY ANDA ROSSMANN/ THE ENQUIRER chic was fashion. Kurt Cobain, idolized. Now 41 and living with her boyfriend in Bellevue, Molly has seven broken-off needles in her body – arms, groin, neck – tub fi lled with used syringes. From a scarred over, there forever. It makes it parking lot, Molly pointed out the van to tough to get an MRI. Tough to forget that a fi rst-timer. she once had no place to go when she Then she walked over, disappeared wanted to protect herself from infecbehind the door and returned with two tions. small bags. They held syringes, stretchy Molly had always tried to use safely. blue tourniquets, a plastic case for used She tried, after getting hepatitis C, not to syringes, disinfecting wipes and a plastic spread the virus to others. She’d buy syzip with more odds and ends. She would ringes when pharmacists would sell use some and provide some for a friend them to her. who has no transportation. She cared about her health. She says But for Molly, the most comfortable she was addicted to heroin but wasn't place to spend time and fi nd help is Caraready to get treatment. cole, in Northside. Molly knew of places across the counMolly used to volunteer at the nontry where people who injected drugs profi t, but it suspended volunteer work could get sterile syringes, no judgment. when the COVID-19 pandemic started. “I remember thinking, ‘Gosh, that’ll Billy is there, working as a harm renever happen in Cincinnati,’” she says. duction coordinator. Because, in the late 1990s through the One recent evening, he parked his early 2000s you were on your own. pickup in the lot and beelined to folding Today, you are not. tables set up outside where co-workers Today, there are Daryls. stood. He’d come straight from a NorthDaryl Hams, a registered nurse and a project director of the Regional Harm l l l ern Kentucky exchange, where he’d givReduction Collaborative, fi lls out paperwork for a client at a makeshift outdoor It has taken Greater Cincinnati some- booth in Hamilton. en clients HIV and hepatitis C tests. The thing like two decades to understand Caracole exchange runs 5-7:30 p.m. what Daryl and people like him off er. It’s Thursdays. Billy grabbed a clipboard, called “harm reduction,” a host of strate- the positive results of harm reduction the streets, picking up used syringes, at smiled through his mask and waved over gies to minimize negative physical and elsewhere. Syringe exchanges had been the van or working at a table in some al- cars that were idling in the lot. social outcomes from drug use. It’s what going on for years, most notably after the ley. Always, he made sure the exchange About 25 miles north of Caracole, Dathose who use drugs can do between AIDS crisis evolved in the 1980s and ‘90s. was a safe space for people who use ryl is project director of the Regional prevention and treatment: That place Feinberg took that evidence and met drugs. If a client was there for three min- Harm Reduction Collaborative. Funded where most people who use drugs sim- with public health offi cials, city leaders, utes, Billy says he made sure, “for three through the Butler County Mental ply are. neighbors. Steadily, she pushed for sy- minutes of the day, that person was more Health and Addiction Recovery Services With the heroin epidemic grew the ringe exchange. than their drug addiction." Board with a state opioid response grant, understanding that addiction is a health Her analysis showed what newer Once, when Billy was working in a it hosts harm reduction services, some issue. And fi xing a health problem by studies amplify: Syringe services have Walnut Hills alley, his 100-pound Ger- new, in Butler, Warren, Clinton, Brown locking it in jail, or even by scolding it, been associated with a 50% reduction in man shepherd mix Wylie in tow, a wom- and Clermont counties. was not terribly eff ective. That maybe HIV and hepatitis C. They cost less than an asked if she could brush his dog. Daryl says he looks to Billy and other fi xing it, or starting to, requires being $2 a day per person, research shows. “She stayed for the whole shift and Caracole workers as harm reduction role there. Being kind. Helping people stay Compare that to the lifetime cost of HIV just brushed him and brushed him,” Billy models. safe. treatment which is about $350,000 per says. “When she left, like, there was this “The people we see aren’t used to beThe epidemic grew. Understanding person. The annual cost of hepatitis C lightness. Like, this break.” ing seen,” Daryl says, tearing up. He grew. Life got better for the Mollys of the treatment? About $84,000 per patient. Sometimes Molly brought her dog, learns clients’ names. He asks them world. Not everyone understood. That, and this: “People who use drugs Fiona, to play with Wylie while she and about them. He advocates for them. Syringe exchange – trading used sy- are fi ve times more likely to enter treat- Billy talked. The art and science of harm reduction ringes for sterile ones – still feels wrong ment” if they use harm reduction, Fein“And, no matter what kind of mood I’d and its menu options are evolving in to a lot of people, who think it enables berg says, noting U.S. Centers for Dis- be in, he would always ask how I was do- Greater Cincinnati. Sometimes a city drug use. ease Control and Prevention data. ing. And it wasn’t about, ‘Are you clean won’t allow needle exchange but offi cials But there is no scientifi c evidence to In 2014, Feinberg got the go-ahead to yet?’ It was about, ‘Are you OK today?’ will say OK to naloxone giveaways. suggest that people who inject drugs will start a needle exchange. The fi rst at- And that just felt right.” Daryl hands out cards for Never Use stop using because they can’t fi nd sterile tempt failed from community pushback, Billy was diff erent. “He knew that I Alone, a toll-free number that off ers syringes. They will use what is available. but The Cincinnati Exchange Project was was strung out and was just off ering me safety by phone. Rob Goeller from Cara“I remember using needles to inject operating a few months later, outside help for what I needed at that moment.” cole off ers messaging on You Tube for my drugs that … were bent and it looked Church of Our Savior in Mount Auburn. Billy helped Molly get a doctor who how to use safely during the pandemic. like something you’d pulled out of a gar- The Cincinnati health board approved understood addiction. He laughed with Alexis Deatherage and Beth Bullock walk bage can, really,” Molly says. the exchange. UC College of Medicine her, listened to her. Once, when she was Clermont County streets checking on Scattershot needles back then led to a covered major costs. Interact for Health overwhelmed, Billy sat at a picnic table people and handing them water bottles, groundswell of complaints from neigh- supplied a grant. with Molly, off ered a notebook and pen naloxone and snacks. There are myriad bors who’d fi nd the syringes in playAnd as the mobile exchange expand- and stayed while she thought through services with multiple funding streams, grounds, grocery store parking lots and ed into several Cincinnati neighbor- her priorities. sometimes consisting of just donations. even their own lawns. hoods, Molly caught wind of it. “I’m like, But Billy says now it never occurred to Molly embraces it all, though she no The hepatitis C virus can live in the ‘Impossible,’” she recalls. Billy that Molly felt so strongly about his longer can keep track of everything barrel of a syringe for up to six weeks. “I went,” Molly says. “And I met some help. available. She is excited for others who People started to realize they, or their of the greatest people that I’ve met in In 2018, Hamilton County Public will benefi t from harm reduction. Like children, could get the bloodborne dis- years.” Health took over The Cincinnati Ex- she has. ease. l l l change Project with sure funding. It was “My life is exponentially better,” Molly “Everybody (who used), pretty much, The exchange was a place to get a signal to the region: County leaders be- says. “I am a diff erent person. I buy had hepatitis,” Molly says. “A few people things: sterile syringes, drug-cooking lieve in harm reduction. The service Christmas presents. I have a bed now.” had HIV. devices and clean wipes, naloxone, HIV wends through Cincinnati, Hamilton “My ultimate goal (is) to continue to “But your life is in such shambles from and hepatitis C tests, condoms. County and even reaches into Butler and volunteer, and maybe it will lead to some addiction that you don’t care.” But it was not just about things. It was Clermont counties. actual, real job in harm reduction,” Molly l l l about treating people with dignity – an Molly has been in methadone treat- said. “I feel like that’s where I belong.” Dr. Judith Feinberg, an infectious dis- underpinning of harm reduction strate- ment since September 2020. She manIn mid-January, Molly was unaniease expert who at the time was a profes- gy, says Feinberg. ages her drug use, using maybe twice a mously appointed to the Harm Reducsor at the University of Cincinnati ColFor Molly, that support had a name: week instead of what used to be several tion Ohio board of directors. lege of Medicine, cared. Billy Golden. times a day. She still stops at the Ex“We’re going to use Molly's knowlShe is the pioneer of harm reduction Billy Golden – everyone calls him Billy change Project, as it’s now called. edge and talents to make the world a betin Cincinnati. She saw hepatitis C cases – prefers to stay out of the spotlight and One sunny Wednesday, Molly drove ter and safer place for people who use rising and, by 2006, thought it was time just do his job. to the van at McMicken Avenue in Over- drugs,” says Dennis Cauchon, the nonfor syringe exchange. When he worked for The Cincinnati the-Rhine. Masked clients fi led in and profi t’s founder. Feinberg gathered research to point to Exchange Project you might fi nd him on out. A man carried a foot-tall, red plastic She can’t wait.

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General view of the 26,000-seat West End Stadium from the party deck, set to open in the spring, Feb. 25. PHOTOS BY KAREEM ELGAZZAR/THE ENQUIRER

FC Cincinnati marks eventful day with West End stadium tour, updates Pat Brennan Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

At one point during the Feb. 25 guided media tour of FC Cincinnati’s West End stadium, Dan Lolli, the club’s vice president of facilities and stadium general manager, stated construction for the venue was about 93% completed. The canopied roof, one of the stadium’s signature features, was 95% completed, Lolli added, saying, “all we have left are some expansion joints and that will be one of the last things we do.” The progress on FC Cincinnati’s stadium, set to launch in May, was clearly evident and showed throughout the approximately hour-long tour for about two dozen local media members. Lolli, along with FC Cincinnati President Jeﬀ Berding and Vice President of Sales and Ticketing Jeﬀ Smith, led the tour, which started in the First Financial Club, a beer hall and lounge with a vintage feel, and continued into seating sections, the main concourse and plaza at the First Financial gate entrance along Central Parkway. The tour was newsy. In addition to Lolli’s updates on construction progress, Berding had several announce-

View of the seats on the east end of the 26,000-seat West End Stadium.

FC Cincinnati President and General Manager Jeff Berding explains some of the features included at West End Stadium, which is set to open in the spring.

ments and responses of his own, including that season-ticket holders would be prioritized if the stadium opens at a reduced capacity in the ongoing pandemic.

Berding announced the installation of the LED fi ns that line the exterior stadium were completed. An event in March to light the fi ns for the fi rst was being planned, Berding

said. The West End stadium is the ﬁ rst stadium in the world to feature the LED technology and served as part of the inspiration for the design of FC Cincinnati’s new home shirt, which was unveiled Feb. 25. There’s plenty on the to-do list before the stadium’s scheduled mid-May debut for matches. “Primary construction will be done in mid-April,” Berding said. “But we have a thousand workers to train, to get in here, to let them understand how to get from See T STADIUM, Page 2B

Vikings release Elder grad Rudolph Dave Clark Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Editor’s note: Information included reﬂ ects this article’s original publication date – March 2. Visit Cincinnati.com for possible updates. Former Elder High School standout Kyle Rudolph conﬁ rmed March 2 via Twitter that the Minnesota Vikings have released him after 10 NFL seasons - all with Minnesota. Rudolph had 28 catches for 334 yards with one touchdown in 12 games last season for the Vikings. His touchdown came on an impressive, one-handed catch against the Tennessee Titans in September. Rudolph wrote for theplayerstribune.com that he's so

proud of the decade he spent with the Vikings. Rudolph and his family announced last March they were donating 82,000 meals to Minnesota residents aﬀ ected by uncertainty related to COVID-19 through Second Harvest Heartland, and encouraging anyone able to join them in supporting the nonproﬁ t to do so. Last January, thousands of dollars were donated to Kyle Rudolph's End Zone at University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital after Rudolph - who caught the game-winning touchdown in the Vikings' Wild Card Round overtime victory against the New Orleans Saints - expressed his disappointment on Twitter over the eBay sale of the gloves he wore, signed and donated.

Minnesota Vikings tight end Kyle Rudolph catches the game-winning touchdown in overtime against the New Orleans Saints in a wild-card playoff game in 2020 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. CHUCK COOK/ USA TODAY SPORTS

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Former UC, FC Cincinnati soccer assistant Darren Gallagher named head coach at La Salle Scott Springer Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

GREEN TOWNSHIP - La Salle High School announced its new head soccer coach March 3 with the hiring of Darren Gallagher. Gallagher begins his head coaching role after serving as an assistant with the Lancers. Gallagher has coached for the University of Cincinnati men’s soccer team and the University of Illinois – Springﬁ eld. He holds a USSF National ‘B’ License, U.S. National Youth License and is a member of the NSCAA/USC since 2006, where he earned his NSCAA Goalkeeper diploma. Gallagher recently served as the scouting manager/international and domestic and team operations manager for FC Cincinnati.

“I am very excited to lead the La Salle soccer program and the future generation of Lancers,” Gallagher said. “I believe I can help the overall Gallagher group grow in conﬁ dence as well as cultivate a competitive environment in which each player can feel challenged and accomplished.” Gallagher is a former four-year letter winner, three-time NCAA playoﬀ s participant, and 2003 NCAA Final Four participant at the University of Wisconsin in Oshkosh. He also has coaching stops at the University of Wisconsin in Oshkosh, the Ancilla College and the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs.

“I am very excited to bring Darren back to our La Salle community as the new head soccer coach,” athletic director Brian Meyer said. “Coach Gallagher has valuable knowledge and experience that he can’t wait to pass along to our current group of soccer players, the large group of incoming freshmen and all future Lancer soccer players. He has a great plan to continue the strong tradition of Lancer soccer.” Added Gallagher, “I’m looking forward to building relationships at the school among the team members, but also the staﬀ and faculty at La Salle. “ I’m aware of the lofty goals the players have for the program and the pride alumni have. I’m excited to get on the ﬁ eld, working alongside the players each day to represent our community in

the best light.” As an assistant last year, he began building a great foundation of relationships with the players, and in hearing from the players, they want to continue building on those relationships. He is establishing himself as a positive role model and talented soccer coach who is eager to pass along his soccer knowledge to the athletes at La Salle. “I look forward to seeing him grow the program and build on the storied success of the Lancer soccer program,” Meyer said. Professionally Gallagher serves as the seniors director ofU15-19, Total Futbol Academy (TFA). He currently resides in Mt. Washington with his wife, Kristen, and 3-year-old daughter, Macky.

La Salle’s Gi’Bran Payne announces Top 5 college picks Scott Springer Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

La Salle running back Gi'Bran Payne runs the ball in the game between St. Xavier and La Salle high schools in 2020. JIM OWENS FOR THE ENQUIRER

Editor’s note: Information included reﬂ ects this article’s original publication date – Feb. 27. Visit Cincinnati.com for possible updates. GREEN TOWNSHIP - One of the stars from La Salle High School’s 2019 Ohio Division II football championship has cut his college list to ﬁ ve. Making the latest cut is Alabama and Florida from the SEC, independent Notre Dame and Northwestern and Penn State of the Big Ten. As a sophomore in 2019, Payne ran for 133 yards and a touchdown as the Lancers downed Massillon Washington 3417. Payne ran for 790 yards on a team that included Navy signee Zach Branam

(1,394 yards) and current Northwestern workhorse Cam Porter (905). Hampered by injuries in 2020 on La Salle’s 8-3 team, Payne was held to 235 yards and ﬁ ve touchdowns with nine catches for 181 yards and three scores. The 5-foot-10, 190-pound Payne is listed as a four-star recruit by 247sports.com. He’s the No. 7 overall 2022 recruit in the state and No. 18 running back nationally. Payne cut his list to 20 last May, then to 10 by last July 4. By mid-November it was down to seven with nearby schools Cincinnati, Louisville, Kentucky and Indiana eliminated. November’s top 7 included Alabama, Florida, Michigan, Notre Dame, Northwestern, Penn State and Pitt with Pitt and the Wolverines being dropped oﬀ the current list.

FC Cincinnati President and General Manager Jeff Berding holds up the team's latest uniform, in front of West End Stadium.

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point ‘A’ to point ‘B’ so that if a fan wants to know ‘where’s the restroom?,’ the guest-service workers have to know. We have to fi re up the concession stands. We have to make sure all the plumbing’s working. There will, of course, be some punch-list items. In between when the stadium construction is largely fi nal to the fi rst game, there will be things happening in here. We want to make sure everything is as high a level as we can expect and plan for before we actually bring fans in.” Regarding attendance in the ongoing pandemic, which Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said would be limited to 30% capacity, Berding said the club was planning for all eventualities up to and including 100% capacity. With the club now boasting some 15,000 season-ticket memberships and more to come, Berding declined to comment on how the club would determine which fans would be admitted at 30% capacity except to underscore that season-ticket members would be prioritized. “What we’ve been taught with COVID is: You better be prepared for everything,” Berding said. “And the minute you think you have a handle on what’s to come, you might be wrong. So we’re prepared to open the building at 100%. We’re certainly grateful for the governor’s guidance, that he offi cially announced today after teasing it a bit earlier in the week. So, we understand that in April the guidance is 30% and we’re grateful that we’re starting to build up capacity as the situation improves, people are vaccinated, etcetera. We went through a horrible year last year at Nip-

The ﬁ ns on the outer facade of West End Stadium, each installed with LED lights that can change color, pictured Feb. 25 , at West End Stadium in Cincinnati. The West End stadium is the ﬁ rst stadium in the world to feature the LED technology, team officials said. PHOTOS BY KAREEM ELGAZZAR/THE ENQUIRER

pert (Stadium) with no fans, so we’re certainly moving in the right direction. “We don’t know what May’s going to hold. We don’t know, so we will be prepared. At this point, it looks like not 100% capacity to start but we’ll be prepared for whatever the local (and) state health authorities allow, as well as of course working with Major League Soccer. Literally, we’re not saying today we know where it’s going to be. I just promise you we will be ready to open this building with as many fans as we can safely get in here and enjoy this beautiful building. ... It’s gonna be season ticket holders. We know that season ticket holders are going to be attending games. If you have season tickets, you’re coming to games. Obviously, it may be divided up a little bit depending on what we’re allowed. We can’t sit here today and say we know we’re going to be selling single-game tickets or when.” After the tour concluded, Berding ﬁ elded additional stadium-related questions. On the subject of a possible namingrights deal for the venue, Berding said “we’re working on it. COVID’s made that pretty hard, too.”

Discussions on a naming rights deal continue, but Berding declined to put a timeline on progress relative to the opening match. MLS is yet to release the 2021 regular-season schedule. Until the stadium has a namingrights partnership, it will continue to be referred to as West End Stadium on an offi cial-but-temporary basis. “I’m confi dent we’re gonna get there,” Berding said. “This stadium’s going to have international recognition and there’s a company that’s going to want their name on it.” Berding indicated the fi rst “big” event at the stadium would likely be FC Cincinnati’s home opener around midMay but that other events were in the works. Asked about a possible friendly match against a high-profi le opponent and the prospect of hosting the United States men’s or women’s senior national soccer teams, Berding indicated the club would pursue such possibilities. “We have a very good relationship, a very positive relationship with the U.S. Soccer Federation,” Berding said. “They’re well aware of what we’re building here and I’ll just leave it at that.”

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Instructions

The recipe called for Irish back bacon and regular large pork sausages. All I had was thick sliced bacon and sweet Italian sausages.

Preheat oven to 425.

The stew was still yummy. So use whatever bacon and sausages you have. I used red potatoes and yellow onions. Again, whatever you have on hand works. A bit more, or less, of any ingredient is OK. Ingredients

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Rita’s Kitchen Rita Heikenfeld Guest columnist

How are you going to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day? Regardless of your ethnicity (even I’m a bit Irish on St. Pat’s Day!), St. Patrick’s Day is a day of fun and joy of all things Irish. And green. St. Patrick was a real person who died in the late 5th century AD. The Patron saint of Ireland, St. Patrick had a signiﬁ cant role in the spreading of Christianity to his homeland. We celebrate this humble saint with not so humble revelry. With this pandemic still in force, I’m not sure how the celebrations will go, but I do know this: food will be a huge part. I hope you try and like the recipe I’m sharing today: Dublin coddle. It’s traditional Irish comfort food with credit to Dublin. It’s not a fancy stew, either. I

gussied mine up with a garnish of parsley and wild green onions for the “green” part of the stew. Dublin coddle gets its name from the stew’s cooking process. Start the stew on the stovetop and “coddle/cook” it slowly in the oven to ﬁ nish. The story goes that back in the day, the stew was left simmering on the stove until the man of the house came home from the pub. Obviously long after the family had gone to bed! As you celebrate St. Pat’s Day, here’s an old Irish poem and my wish for you and yours: “May there always be work for your hands to do, May your purse always hold a coin or two. May the sun always shine warm on your windowpane. May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain. May the hand of a friend always be near you, and may God ﬁ ll your heart with gladness to cheer you.”

Add bacon and stir. Add sausages. Raise heat a bit and cook until sausages start to brown. Careful not to burn onions. Make 2 layers in oven-proof pan or casserole:

Olive oil

Layer onions, bacon and sausage in bottom.

2 nice yellow onions, thinly sliced, 4 cups or so

Top with layer of carrots and potatoes. Season with salt and pepper.

6 oz. thick or regular bacon, cut into ⁄ 2” pieces (4 thick slices)

Repeat, then pour broth over all.

Dublin coddle garnished with parsley and wild onions.

Film bottom of large skillet or pan with oil over medium heat. Add onions and cook until slightly wilted, about 5 minutes.

1 pound sausage, large links preferred, cut in halves 2 largish carrots, peeled and sliced thin

Cover and cook in oven 45 minutes. If it needs a bit more liquid, add a little water, not too much.

4 cups potatoes, peeled and sliced about 1⁄ 4” thick

Reduce heat to 350 and cook another 20-30 minutes, covered or not (I left mine uncovered), until vegetables are cooked and stew is bubbling.

Salt and pepper

Garnish as desired.

2 cups beef broth (I used 14.5 oz. can and added water)

Serve with soda bread.

Stew ready for oven.

Serves 4.

Stew cooked in oven.

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the school as part of its annual Raffl e fundraiser that concluded on Feb. 19. All funds raised directly benefi t the students of Mercy McAuley. Many individual, class and school incentives are off ered, and classes com-

pete for highest percentage of tickets sold and best hallway door decorations. Patty Thelen, Mercy McAuley High School

Acceptance Week was created by Harrison High School senior and Special Olympics Hamilton County intern,Raileigh Legner in 2018 around her vision for a more inclusive culture at her high school for her friends who have intellectual disabilities (ID). Her hope is to unite student bodies in every school. For 2021, we are taking Acceptance Week virtual. This year, a record 13 schools, including the entire districts of Southwest Local Schools and Three Rivers Local Schools, are taking part in the movement. Acceptance Week is a time for schools, individuals, and everyone in between to spread one simple mission: Awareness + Change = Acceptance. By creating awareness of all persons, regardless of ability, and inspiring change in our local community, we can truly spread acceptance. Anyone can participate in Acceptance Week from home by participating in spirit week and sharing their enthusiasm and tracking their involvement on social media by using #AcceptanceWeek2021 and tagging @acceptanceweek, @specialolympicshc, and @specialolympicsoh. If you have any questions, or if you are an organization and still want to get involved, please reach out to Lindsay Bartsch, Manager of Sports & Competition for Southwest Ohio at lbartsch@sooh.org or download the Acceptance Week 2021 Toolkit. For media inquiries please contact Jackie Oney, Director of Development, at joney@sooh.org or 513-9397134. Jackie Oney, Special Olympics Ohio

Mercy McAuley High School Holds Jumpstart Night for girls, parents Mercy McAuley High School will hold a Jumpstart Night for ﬁ fth-seventh grade parents and girls on Thursday, April 15, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. The event is for ﬁ fth-seventh grade parents and students who are interested in getting a jumpstart in exploring all

that Mercy McAuley has to oﬀ er. Parents will tour the school and learn about Mercy McAuley’s academics, counseling and student services, Women Lead Honors Program, faith and service, arts, athletics and clubs, and tuition, ﬁ nancial aid and scholarships.

5th-7th graders will participate in science, art, theater and service activities with Mercy McAuley teachers and students. There will also be games, giveaways and photo opportunities. Masks are required, and social dis-

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The planes, trains and automobiles of Cincinnati Charles Infosino Special to Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

“Planes, Trains and Automobiles” is not just the name of funny 1987 movie. Planes, trains and automobiles are vital modes of modern transportation. The Cincinnati area has quite a few fun and educational entertainment venues devoted to these three vehicle types.

Cincinnati Museum Center Cincinnati Museum Center celebrates transportation history at Cincinnati History Museum’s “Shaping Our City” exhibit. It showcases a Crosley Station Wagon from 1951, a Ford Model T Depot Hack from 1923, Streetcar #2435 from 1923 and photos from CMC’s Kenyon Barr collection, which explain how car culture has changed Cincinnati. There's also a Lime Scooter from 2019, a Red Bike from 2019 and a Voyageur style birch bark canoe – which is a reproduction that was built in 1990. The history museum’s “Cincinnati in Motion” exhibit is a 1/64 scale model of Cincinnati covering roughly 4,000 square feet. It features approximately 1,200 buildings including Union Terminal, Music Hall, Crosley Field and the Roebling Bridge. The exhibit also showcases over 500 vehicles, 18 running locomotives and four operational inclines. The CMC is open Thursdays through Mondays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets cost $14.50 for adults, $13.50 for seniors and $10.50 for kids ages 3 to 12. 1301 Western Ave., Queensgate, cincymuseum.org.

LM&M Railroad LM&M Railroad oﬀ ers a variety of train rides and special events, such as the Princess Express and the Easter Bunny Express. The next available train ride for LM&M is the upcoming 1.5-hour long Holiday Express train ride. Riders will be socially distanced in groups. Santa Claus will be there, but he will be socially distanced. After all, if Santa were to get sick, who would deliver the toys on Christmas Eve? Holiday Express will operate on Dec. 3-6, 10-13 and 17-20. Weekday departure times are 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. Weekend departure times are noon, 2, 4, 6 and 8 p.m. Coach class tickets cost $25 for adults, $20 for children ages 2 to 17, and $20 for seniors ages 62 and over. Deluxe class tickets cost $30 for adults, $25 for children ages 2 to 17, and $25 for seniors ages 62 and over. Infants under the age of 2, who do not occupy a seat, cost $5 for both classes. 16 E. South St., Lebanon, lebanonrr.com.

Salty Dog Museum Salty Dog Museum is a classic car museum. The museum houses 50 vehicles: 36 antique cars from 1902 to 1950, 10 ﬁ re trucks from 1914 to 1948 and four motorcycles from 1947 to 1966. The museum is open Monday to Saturday, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free. 4985 Cincinnati Brookville Road, Shandon, saltydogmuseum.com.

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Tri-State Warbird Museum Tri-State Warbird Museum is dedicated to the restoration and preservation of World War II aircraft. It houses 11 aircraft, an ANT-18 Link Trainer, a WillyOverland Model MB U.S. Army Jeep and a barracks exhibit ﬁ lled with memorabilia from World War II aviators. One of their aircraft might look familiar. The museum’s B-25 Mitchell was ﬂ own to Italy and appeared in Hulu's "Catch-22" series. Museum hours of operation are Wednesday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. General admission is $12, admission for students and veterans is $7, and free admission for all veterans in uniform. 4021 Borman Ave., Batavia, tri-statewarbirdmuseum.org.

Wheels of Time Museum Wheels of Time Museum is like a museum within a museum. The building itself is the historic Becker House from 1830, which features vintage collections of telephones and gas pumps. The building also houses the Wheels of Time Museum, which features 10 vintage cars from 1909 to 1972. There are no set hours of operation. Call Dave Radtke at 513-520-2278 to schedule an appointment. Admission is free. 179 W. Crescentville Road, Springdale, wheelsoftimemuseum.com.

Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati The Railway Museum is an outdoor museum that

showcases old trains. There is a shaded grassy park with picnic tables adjacent the entry gate. Tickets cost $4 for adults and $2 for children ages 10 and younger. The museum is currently closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic until further notice. 323 W. Southern Ave., Covington, cincirailmuseum.org.

Cincinnati Aviation Heritage Society Cincinnati Aviation Heritage Society is in room number 26 at the main terminal of the Lunken Airport. The museum has a large collection of scale model airplanes, including a scale model Stinson SR-10C. It houses a library with books and magazines about general aviation and airline transport. Admission is free, but donations are gladly accepted. Museum membership costs $20 annually. Due to COVID-19, the museum has been closed since March and will reopen when the city reopens the terminal. 262 Wilmer Ave., Linwood, cahslunken.org.

Cincinnati Dinner Train Cincinnati Dinner Train takes guests on a threehour train tour of Cincinnati and serves a four-course dinner. The route starts at E. Seymour Avenue and passes through 16 historic places in Cincinnati. Ticket prices, which include the tour and dinner, are $89.95 per person. There are two bar cars, which sell beer, wine and cocktails. Children must be at least 12 years old to ride this train. Due to COVID-19, the Cincinnati Dinner Train is closed until March 2021. 2172 E. Seymour Ave., Roselawn, cincinnatidinnertrain.com.

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Addyston 134 Second St: Tisch Properties LLC to Jackson Christine M; $119,000

Carthage 160 North Bend Rd: Baker David to Franzman Andrew R & Robin M Coy; $167,000

Crosby Township 10056 State Route 128: Busic Douglas to Hiler Kelly & Richard Finn; $98,000 11646 Aristocrat Dr: Mcdonough Richard & Monique to Ruther Christopher & Jillian; $420,000

Delhi Township 241 Halidonhill Ln: Ste-

vens Heather R to Kruse Ariel & Scott; $165,937 321 Katiebud Dr: Litkenhaus Nicholas M to Grandison Colleen Martin; $295,000 4294 Cloverhill Te: Conn James & Teri to Johan LLC; $104,161 5382 Pembina Dr: Tomlin Joel & Michael Davis to Weaver Sue C; $125,000 764 Stonebridge Dr: Brownrigg Jennifer S & Shearod D Patterson to Mcdonald Joseph R & Jane Lynn; $343,900 827 Genenbill Dr: Kennedy Thomas K & Linda M to Bradford Brian T & Hilary E; $250,000

East Price Hill 1052 Mcpherson Ave: Nutmeg Fc Llp to Meyer Management Inc; $20,000

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2477 Warsaw Ave: Hacker Kevin to Michael Lemmink; $7,000 2618 Maryland Ave: Hacker Kevin to Lemmick Michael; $7,000 461 Crestline Ave: Browning Kevin to Sizemore Arthur C & Shirley; $2,000 843 Kirbert Ave: Albert Anthony R & Stacia A to Meyer Management Inc; $67,000 846 Mcpherson Ave: Plt Properties LLC to Battistoni Nello Roberto; $70,000 973 Oakland Ave: Cearley Jane to Polk John A & Maria Elena; $69,400

Green Township 2435 Country Lake Dr: Hanna Connie K to Vater Joan & David; $338,400 2435 Countrylake Dr: Hanna Connie K to Vater Joan & David; $338,400 3011 Goda Ave: Slagle David to Willoughby Ollie D & Kimberly A; $170,000 3541 Gailynn Dr: Bradford Brian T to Rothan Mary Ann V; $190,000 3629 Jessup Rd: Wulff Scott W & Cindy A Duhon to Atwood Casey L & Benjamin J; $188,900 4751 Wellington Chase Ct: Vornhagen Brian & Michelle to Edwards Anthony & Jullian; $429,900 5222 Sidney Rd: Craftsman Properties LLC to Vb One LLC; $76,000 5447 Sarahs Oak Dr: Helmers Richard M & Susan R to Ryan Marc & Emily; $275,000 5555 Clearview Ave: Wilson Danita S & Chasidy Amanda Kannianen to Schroeder Ashley; $130,000 5985 Countrymeadow Ln:

Roe Clifford A Jr & Mary J to Robbins Erin R & Erik; $557,500 6505 Harrison Ave: Trms Investments LLC to Theobald Properties LLC; $2,675,000 6646 Wesselman Rd: Meiners Andrew & Katie to Fisher Anthony Francis & Dawnelle Frost; $210,000 6898 Menz Ln: Houston Betty Lou Tr to Multhauf Justin & Jessica Waddle; $405,000

Harrison 10718 Stone Ridge Wy: Fowkes Chadwick M & Michelle D to Bowlin Janie Rae & Scott; $275,000 1195 South Branch: Nvr Inc to Myers Patrick & Tricia; $318,820 142 Country View Dr: Sanker Robert A Jr & Julie E to Mollett Natalie B & Kaegon R; $187,500 1604 Tunis Dr: Dickerman Bradley J & Erica L to Knab Nicole Ann & Preston Joseph; $267,900 314 Legacy Wy: Diersing Dennis E & Marie D to Stauble Aaron Wayne & Lauryn Ann; $164,642 314 Legacy Wy: Diersing Dennis E & Marie D to Stauble Aaron Wayne & Lauryn Ann; $164,642 530 State St: Mcduffee Patricia Ellen @ 3 to Wilburn Lillian D; $125,000

Harrison Township Brittney Dr: Guardian Savings Bank Fsb to Rodriquez Nancy Gabriela & Omar; $15,000 Edgewood Rd: Southwest Ohio General Contractors Inc to Millard Charles & Melissa; $43,000

Miami Township 3009 Fallow Ct: Fischer Single Family Homes Iv LLC to Mccullough James C & Emily N; $414,320 7558 Buffalo Ridge Rd: Alexander Mark R & Marcia S to Powers Thomas J & Susan M; $384,375 8280 Jordan Ridge Dr: Bender Emily & Brian to Greene Christopher N & Melanie L; $322,500 8543 Bridgetown Rd: Jones Charlene to Vasiliou Ioannis; $100,000

Sayler Park Daniels Walk: Ritter Farm Development Co to Marx Andrew M & Judith M; $60,000 7003 Fernbank Ave: Banks Dallas to Espich David C & Marsha Joan; $237,000

South Fairmount 1761 Harrison Ave: Ventura Hill LLC to Westside Blue Jay LLC; $235,000 2059 Harrison Ave: H&e Entrprise LLC to Amir Guy & Fhani; $44,000 2555 Liddell St: North Fairmount Community Center to Arbino Marion J Tr & Cynthia G James Tr; $1,000 2559 Liddell St: North Fairmount Community Center to Arbino Marion J Tr & Cynthia G James Tr; $1,000 2614 Liddell St: Snoubar Bahaa to Bedrock Real Estate LLC; $1,000 2614 Liddell St: Bedrock Real Estate LLC to F & F Holding Group LLC; $8,000

West Price Hill 4017 Jamestown St: Du-

mont Teri A to Galess Soheir & Kyrillos Aycub Sollman Elsobky; $100,000 4121 Francis Ave: 919 Houses LLC to Dominguez Vicente Lechuga; $40,000 4128 St Williams Ave: Lamping Kurt & Cathy to Carrizales Phillip & Judith; $140,000 4335 Ridgeview Ave: Coz Thomas A & Mary Maureen to Whitley Kaitlyn & Ian Cummings; $207,500 596 Rosemont Ave: Kitanga Investments LLC to Kfj Realty Group LLC; $80,000 700 Rosemont Ave: Kitanga Investments LLC to Kfj Realty Group LLC; $80,000

Westwood 2818 Temple Ave: Djj Holdings LLC to Harris Eugene Jr; $170,000 3089 Percy Ave: Wilson Anthony to Quinlan Charles & Ashely; $20,000 3316 Glenmore Ave: Madcap Productions to Sunburst Ridge LLC; $100,000 3534 Epworth Ave: Zimmerman Valerie A to Luken Neil Joseph; $125,000

Whitewater Township Monroe Ave: Sehlhorst Diana to Taylor Keith; $10,000 11062 Sand Run Rd: Meyer Barry F & Nitakay to Bond Road Site Inc; $1,846,810 11068 Sand Run Rd: Meyer Barry F & Nitakay to Bond Road Site Inc; $1,846,810

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