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Drew Lachey stretches behind the stage of "American Ninja Warrior," as he prepares to compete in downtown Cincinnati in May 2019.. MEG VOGEL/THE ENQUIRER

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It was the quintessential Drew Lachey moment. Lachey has had plenty of big moments, from Broadway to arenas around the world. But this is the moment that still stands out. Fifteen years ago – on Feb. 26, 2006 – Lachey, the former boyband member and a Cincinnati favorite son, was crowned winner of “Dancing with the Stars.” For those of us who watched, we already had a hunch that he and his dance partner, Cheryl Burke, might win. Especially after they scored a perfect 30 dancing to a cheeky song titled “Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy).” As the music started, Burke perched on a step near the rear of the stage. Lachey strutted across the stage, a few feet behind her. Suddenly, he spun and raced forward, leaping over Burke, then falling to his knees as he slid toward the camera, arms outstretched. It was spectacular. And the crowd went nuts. From that moment, it felt they would be impossible to beat. “This was freestyle – the ﬁ rst time they’d done it on the show,” recalled Lachey recently. “That meant we could push beyond the boundaries of ballroom.” For an inveterate showman like Lachey, it was an opportunity to take over the stage. And he did. He strutted and posed and spun, swinging Burke and lifting her high over his head. It was a dazzling performance. “You are really the dynamo in this competition,” crowed judge Bruno Tonioli. “You put so much energy and power in what you do. You could light up Los Angeles.” But it was left to judge Len Goodman to sum up

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Drew and Lea Lachey pose together in their new performing arts school at Lachey Arts, in Fairfax. The new Lachey family business works to train up-and-coming performing arts students through classes and camps.. SAM GREENE/THE ENQUIRER

what so many of us in the audience felt that night. “You have been a joy to watch, Drew.”

An unlikely star When Drew Lachey graduated from Cincinnati’s School for Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA) in 1994, there was nothing that might have foretold the remarkable popular success that lay ahead of him. Lachey liked to sing and act. And everybody seemed to like him. But there was nothing to indicate that he See LACHEY, Page 2A

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was destined for a life of stardom. For one thing, he didn’t seem hungry enough for it. While his friends were scrambling to fi nd entertainment-related jobs during the summer, Lachey worked at Camp Joy, where he cared for children, many of them at-risk or living with physical disabilities. Later, when most of his music and theater pals headed for big-name college programs, he enlisted in the Army Reserves. “I wasn’t committed to being a starving artist,” he said. “My wife Lea – at the time, my girlfriend – was passionate about dancing. So she went to New York. But I wanted to do search and rescue. You know – like Sylvester Stallone in ‘Cliff hanger,’ ” he said, referring to a 1993 Stallone fi lm. “That’s what really pushed it over the top for me.” So off he went. Basic training at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri. Medic school at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio. Then it was off to join Lea in New York. And a distinctly un-sexy job selling housewares. But fate intervened. That, and the qualities so many people cite when they speak about him; his kindness and his willingness to step up and do whatever needs to be done. “One day, I was walking home and an elderly woman tripped on the sidewalk,” said Lachey. “She busted up her hand and broke her nose.” Most people would walk past. Or, at the most, help her to her feet and go on their way. But Lachey is not that kind of guy. Besides, he is a trained medic. This was a situation made for him. By the time an ambulance arrived, Lachey had things well in hand. The EMTs were impressed. And before long, Lachey was driving an ambulance in New York City. He was 19.

Lea Lachey leads her students during the intermediate advanced heels class at Lachey Arts on Feb. 23. Lachey and her husband, Drew Lachey, opened a 3,000-square-foot studio in a converted warehouse off Red Bank Road last June. The couple met when they were children and both attended the School for Creative and Performing Arts. They created Lachey Arts as a non-proﬁ t so they could offer as many scholarships as possible. PHOTOS BY CARA OWSLEY/THE ENQUIRER

group of kids who could benefi t from additional training but couldn’t aff ord it. And there weren’t enough hours in the school day to give it to them there.” Lachey Arts, she hoped, would be able to fi ll some of that gap. “You want to hear the big dream?” she said. “The big dream is that we’ll grow and get larger. And that there won’t be any money exchanged, that all the students will be on a full scholarship.”

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Lea “The legend goes that we met when we were 16,” said Lea Lachey. “Actually, we were 10. And we were at SCPA together. That’s like puppy love, right? We used to say that ‘you’re going out with someone.’ I remember telling my dad that and he almost fell off his chair. That was when I’d known Drew for all of two or three weeks.” Lea, raised in Westwood, describes that earliest part of their relationship as “growing up together.” They were around one another constantly, in classes and doing shows. They were both part of a Cincinnati Ballet production when they were 11. “We were 16 when we offi cially started dating,” said Lea. “We’ve been with each other ever since.” It has proven a game-changing partnership for both of them, both personally and professionally. They’re supportive and protective. They’ve collaborated professionally. And together, they’ve never been afraid to wander into diffi cult creative territory.

A tough decision “One day, I was in my ambulance in New York and my beeper went off ,” said Lachey. “It was my brother, Nick.” Nick Lachey was in Los Angeles. He and SCPA pal Justin Jeff re had met a guy named Jeff Timmons and were trying to make some music together. They’d formed a group they called 98 Degrees. But they needed a fourth singer. Would Drew be interested? He loved singing with his brother. But Lea’s dance career was taking off in New York. She was performing at the Radio City Music Hall and was so well liked that she would soon start doing choreographing there, as well. Drew missed performing. But moving to L.A. was such an iff y proposition. “At that point, nobody was trying to sign four white boys from Ohio to do anything,” said Drew. “Unless you wore a fl annel shirt and had long hair, that is.” 98 Degrees was more R&B than grunge. But Nick knew how to entice his brother. And Lea was supportive of the move. Nick fl ew to New York with cassette tapes of all of 98 Degrees’ songs. And soon, the brothers began a cross-country road trip in Drew’s Plymouth Sundance. By the time they arrived in L.A., Drew knew all the music. Two days later, they opened for Montell Jordan at the

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Lea Lachey leads her students during the intermediate advanced heels class at Lachey Arts.

House of Blues. A year later, they were signed to Motown Records. “That was a dream come true,” said Drew. “Motown had such a historic legacy. Smokey Robinson, the Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Boyz II Men – I wore out their CD during basic training. Just to be on the same label with them was unbelievable.” 98 Degrees was oﬀ and running.

The whirlwind With its Motown pedigree, 98 Degrees attained instant credibility. They toured constantly. And they shared the bill with the biggest of the bigs; Janet Jackson, Britney Spears, Boyz II Men, Elton John, Jennifer Lopez, Run DMC, Aerosmith. They recorded with Stevie Wonder for the “Mulan” soundtrack and appeared in a Madison Square Garden spectacle celebrating Michael Jackson’s 30 years as a solo artist. “It was a crazy time,” said André Henson, who has known Drew since their earliest years together at SCPA. Drew was in the fi fth grade, André was two years ahead of him. Despite the age difference, they hit it off immediately. They would make regular treks to the Downtown Thom McAn shoe store to check out the fl ashiest new gym shoes. “He was a little daredevil in high school,” said Henson, who has traveled with 98 Degrees as a driver and security man since 1997. “But he was always so responsible, too. He was always the one who kept his cool no matter what the situation was. If there was a problem, Drew always believed there was a way to fi x it. And he would fi nd that way. He’s still like that.” In the middle of that memorable whirlwind of a time – in 2000 – Drew and Lea got married. She’d been choreographing for the group and dancing on their tours. They were 24. Six years later – 25 days after Drew won DWTS – their daughter Isabella was

born.

Cincinnati – again “How did we end up back in Cincinnati?” said Lea, with a sigh followed by a boisterous laugh. They both liked the idea of raising Isabella close to family. They didn’t have to be in Los Angeles. 98 Degrees was on a hiatus. And most of Drew’s gigs were limited engagements, like guest hosting on television or spending three months in Broadway’s “Rent.” “I always had this dream of creating a performing arts camp,” said Lea. “The thing is, without knowing it, we were looking for true meaning in our lives. I know that sounds cheesy. But as wonderful as L.A. was, we were missing that strong sense of community that we had in Cincinnati.” So they returned. They continued to nurture professional contacts on both coasts. But they joined the staﬀ at SCPA and helped resurrect the school’s once-vaunted musical theater program. They began the Lachey Arts Camp in 2012. That ﬁ rst summer, they had 33 students. Today, registration is capped at 80, though if they had the space, they could probably enroll twice as many. It’s a two-week intensive with arts professionals teaching voice, dance and acting.

The big dream Last June, they fi nally launched Lachey Arts. It’s a 3,000 square-foot studio in a converted warehouse in that no man’s land off Red Bank Road between Hyde Park and Fairfax. Because of their experiences at SCPA, they created Lachey Arts as a non-profi t so they could off er as many scholarships as possible. “People who can aff ord all the extra training and education get it,” said Lea. “When we started teaching at SCPA, we saw that there was this whole other

So now they teach. They raise their kids. (Isabella turns 15 soon, their son Hudson is 10.) And Drew continues with the summer and weekend tours that 98 Degrees resurrected in 2012. But the heart and soul of their creative eff orts has been a passion project called “label-less.” It began as a class exercise on empathy at SCPA. They’d asked the students to write down one way they felt they had been discriminated against at some point in their lives. The answers were shocking; racism, gender bias, bodyshaming – the list went on and on. But as they surveyed those 30 pieces of paper spread out on the table in front of them, they understood their response had to be more than a class project. “We had to do something about it,” said Drew. “But we didn’t want it to be about us getting on our soapbox and preaching about what we want to see socially. We wanted to give a voice to these 14-18-year-old kids. Kids whose voices were either not given value because of their age or were just dismissed. We wanted to give them a platform.” The fi rst version of the show premiered at SCPA in 2018. Late last year, they fi lmed an expanded version of it in the Lachey Arts studio. “The title says so much,” said musician and composer Paul Duncan, who has known the Lacheys for more than 20 years and has written a new opening number for the show. “I think we label people out of convenience. If you remove those labels, it’s such an equalizer.” It doesn’t surprise him at all that Drew, who could be spending all his time on more glamorous theatrical undertakings, would commit himself to a production like “label-less.” “Drew sincerely cares about people,” said Duncan. “He’s the same Drew he’s always been, whether it be with 98 Degrees or winning ‘Dancing’ or in his television appearances. There is never any kind of ego or arrogance. He is one of the most salt of the earth friends; loyal, reliable, trustworthy and unfailingly treats people with dignity and respect.” So what now? What happens with “label-less? “It went from being a class project to being a piece that has given a lot of people a lot of hope,” said Drew. “So you ask me what it’s going to be. We don’t know yet. What we do know is that ’label-less’ needs to be seen and heard.”

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Black residents get new access to vaccine at churches, clinics Terry DeMio Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Editor’s note: Information included refl ects this article’s original publication date – March 4 (updated March 7). A strategic plan to get COVID-19 vaccines into the arms of Black people and other minorities in both Cincinnati and Hamilton County is underway. And it’s beginning to yield results, in part by delivering vaccines at familiar settings – churches and the city’s health clinics. The lack of equal distribution of COVID-19 vaccines to Black populations became obvious early in vaccination distribution around the United States and locally. Fewer Black people were being vaccinated than their proportion of the population from the start. The issue prompted discussions among area health leaders who have been meeting since April 2020 in an Equitable Strategies group of more than 20 community partners in Hamilton County. “Since the vaccines started rolling out there has been a concern around an environment of scarcity that people with means tend to get access,” said Kate Schroder, regional vaccine coordinator at the Health Collaborative, the trade group for the Cincinnati region’s health systems. “We are ensuring that we’re being proactive in equitable access.” The partnership includes county and city public health leaders, the Health Collaborative, which represents medical systems in the area, and some elected offi cials. The partners want to reduce vaccination barriers for Black residents, aligning resources and increasing trust among underserved people. To fi gure out where the greatest need for vaccines was, the group asked Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center to apply mapping to identify the most vulnerable communities – where people who live below the poverty line and people who are in minority groups live. Then, Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley and Hamilton County Commissioner Denise Driehaus sent a letter to Ohio

Sandra Brooks, 69, of North Avondale, gets her Pﬁ zer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Corinthian Baptist Church in Bond Hill on Feb. 24, Rachel Dutcher, LPN with Prolink staffing, administers the vaccine. The event was hosted by The First Ladies for Health and the Cincinnati Health Department. To qualify, you had to be in either the 1A or 1B group. LIZ DUFOUR/THE ENQUIRER

Gov. Mike DeWine on Feb. 10 to ask for support of the health departments’ strategic plan by providing extra vaccines. “We are respectfully requesting an additional 2,000 doses weekly to specifi cally address the drastic inequality,” the letter states. Later, on March 3, Cranley sent another letter, asking DeWine to eliminate age groups as the priority for who gets the vaccine when, saying that unfairly excludes people of color, who are at higher risk of dying from COVID-19 at younger ages. The Ohio Department of Health responded to the fi rst letter, sending 2,000 additional doses to the region to support equity eff orts. Since then, an additional 2,000 to 2,500 additional doses have been sent. The combination of additional vaccines and the detailed distribution plan is showing results, Schroder said. In Hamilton County, 12.67% of Black

residents are among those vaccinated in Hamilton County as of March 1. The Ohio Department of Health noted in its weekly meeting call to local health departments March 3 that the county’s rate of reaching the Black population was second-highest in the state among the 10 top-performing counties. The rate is up from 11% of Black residents among all who were vaccinated as of Feb. 9, the day before the equity plan was ﬁ nalized. Cincinnati Health Department records also show an increase in Black residents vaccinated. On Feb. 9, before the equity plan rolled out, 22% of all the residents who were vaccinated were Black. Latest percentages show 40% of those who received vaccinations were Black. Among the keys to getting the job done is to reach people who typically get healthcare from the Cincinnati Health Department’s federally qualiﬁ ed health

clinics, said assistant city health commissioner Dominic Hopson. To do that, the city opened up the six clinics as vaccine providers. They’re the same sites that give medical care and wellness checks to about 40,000 people in Cincinnati or nearly 1 in 8 city residents. This means the clinics have their electronic records – a way to reach patients. Roughly 60% of the clinic patients are Black people and another 14% are Latino. The clinics “are uniquely positioned across the city in underserved neighborhoods,” Hopson said of the clinics, where are located in Avondale, Lower Price Hill, Madisonville, Millvale, Northside and Over-the-Rhine. “We are proactively reaching out.” In addition to the city clinics, other clinics are getting a share of the new vaccines in the suburban areas. Among them are a Lincoln Heights and a Mount Healthy clinic. MAR The plan includes several other strategies to help pull in people who otherwise might not get vaccinated, too. “We’ve engaged community partners and grassroots organizations in identifying those eligible but haven’t been signed up yet,” Schroder said. By looping in community partners, including the Urban League and the local faith-based nonprofi t First Ladies for Health, the plan provides information and vaccination clinics through trusted community members, the offi cials said. The initial First Ladies for Healthsponsored vaccine clinic, at New Prospect Church in Roselawn on Feb. 10, took place before the strategic plan was fully underway. But since then, the organization’s eff orts have been a part of the larger plan. In addition, Schroder said, some Cincinnati churches are helping identify members who haven’t been vaccinated, so that United Way – another partner – can contact them and arrange vaccination appointments. The United Way is involved, getting appointments set for specifi c populations, including people who do not have access to the internet.

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working hard on a back-to-offi ce plan, which she hopes will include more work-at-home options. “There will defi nitely be an in-person component to whatever the plan ends up being,” she said. “But I think having a fl exible option for work is great, and I would love to still kind of have that option.” The pros of working from home are clear: Flexibility, autonomy and a commute that for many consists of slipping on their sweatpants and walking down the hallway to their kitchen or home offi ce. The drawbacks may not be as obvious. Matthew Montgomery, a mechanical engineer who designs heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems for Motz Engineering in Walnut Hills, has been back working in an offi ce environment for the past six weeks. To his surprise, he’s loving it. The 24-year-old University of Cincinnati graduate said he didn’t realize how much he missed the camaraderie and social connectedness of being in an ofMontgomery fi ce environment. “I missed the social contact more than I realized,’’ he said. “When you have it and then you don’t for a while, you realize how much you need it. I wouldn’t have said that was important to me before COVID.’’ Being back in the offi ce also has more practical benefi ts, he said, based on his on-boarding experience at his previous job. He left his fi rst job at Colin Russel Architects, where he had worked for about a year after graduating from college, to go to work in a strictly remote position for PE services in Lebanon last summer during the height of the pandemic. “Going straight from working in an offi ce to working by remote was doable, but it was a real challenge,’’ he said. “When you have the simplest question, you can’t just ask the guy sitting next to you like you can when you’re in the offi ce. You don’t have that simple access. It’s always a phone call or email away.’’ When it comes to work-life balance, Montgomery said being in the offi ce

Seleste Stephens, First Impressions director, working from her desk inside Empower, an advertising and marketing agency in Over-The-Rhine. ALBERT CESARE / THE ENQUIRER

also has its advantages. Most importantly, he said, it keeps him from working compulsively for more hours than required at the cost of sleep, family time and his personal life. “When you’re working from home, you always have access to work, and there’s always work to be done,’’ he said. “You don’ know when your co-workers are logging on or logging off for the day. Annette Smith Tarver, a business consultant who has been working from home for more than a decade, said the pandemic has taught many offi ce workers what she learned years ago: “It takes a lot of discipline and self-awareness” to work from home. Distractions presented by children and pets, even unannounced visits by salespeople, family and friends can make it harder to focus at home than in an offi ce setting, she said. And unless you’re laser-focused on staying on task, you can easily fi nd yourself succumbing to the temptation to pick up your dry cleaning, walk your dog or run other errands, which are lethal to productivity. Tarver, who helps at-risk businesses access Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and other resources for the Greater Cincinnati Northern Kentucky African American Chamber of Com-

merce, has a tip for remote workers: “Schedule everything.” “I schedule my whole day, from meetings to exercise, even social calls,” Tarver she said. “Scheduling is really critical for me and the kind of work I’m doing, but some people just need the structure that they get in an oﬃ ce.”

Yoga pants in retreat Regardless of whether you want that structure or not, most people who’ve been working by remote should be preparing to return to the workplace, according to Peter Snow, executive director at Cushman & Wakefi eld, the Cincinnati area’s largest offi ce broker and one of the largest brokers in the country. “We’re hearing every day how more and more tenants are structuring plans to bring employees back,” said Snow. “Of the hundreds of clients that I work with there (in the Cincinnati area), there might be a couple that have decided to allow their employees to work permanently from home.” Experts say fl exible work policies will endure well after the pandemic has subsided, largely because employees

will demand them, and they’ll be necessary to retain top talent. At least 82% of company leaders plan to allow employees to work remotely at least some of the time when their workplaces reopen, according to a recent Gartner Inc. survey. But even if the size of the remote workforce doubles, as Cushman & Wakefi eld predicts, the vast majority of workers will ultimately return to the offi ce, Snow said. “Right now, about 5% of offi ce workers work from home on a permanent basis,” he said. “That number is expected to grow to about 10% over the next 10 years.” That means 90% of workers will still work from on-site. And with good reason, according to Jim Price, CEO of Empower, an Overthe-Rhine-based marketing and ad agency, whose offi ces have been largely abaondoned since the pandeimc began. Price acknowledged the work-fromhome trend has had its advantages, noting that virtual meetings tend to start on time more often than in-person meetings used to, and some technical workers have been more productive from home. But the importance of connection and interaction cannot be overstated in a creative business such as marketing, which Price describes as a “contact sport.” “One of our core values is “Yes, and...,” which is all about making an idea bigger and better through collaboration, chance interactions and just the culture that comes with agency life,” he said. “You don’t have a whole lot of culture in remote environments.” Price said he expects most of his 175 local employees to be back in the offi ce by the end of the year. They’ll be expected to spend the majority of their time on site when they return to work, although there will continue to be opportunities to work from home, at least part-time, he said. Still, everyone on the team will have to adapt their work schedules based on clients’ needs, which are rarely conducive to remote work, he said: “At the end of the day, we are a client service business. We have to adapt to the needs of our clients, and some clients want you in the offi ce.” Mike Venerable, CEO of Avondalebased seed capital investor CincyTech, See OFFICE, Page 5A

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Cincinnati ﬁ re chief Winston to retire in July Cameron Knight Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Cincinnati Fire Chief Roy Winston plans to retire July 24, city offi cials said March 5. Winston has been chief since June 2017. Prior to that, he was assistant fi re chief of operations and human resources and district fi re chief for districts one, four and the fi re communications center. "I want to thank Chief Winston for his steadfast leadership, his care for the fi refi ghters in his charge, and his commitment to the City of Cincinnati," City

Manager Paula Boggs Muething wrote. "He has served the citizens of Cincinnati with distinction over the course of his 33-year career and we wish him the best in his retirement and future endeavors." The city manager's oﬃ ce said the search for a new chief would begin March 5. Winston was appointed by former City Manager Harry Black and replaced former chief Richard Braun. He was a regular presence at the scene of the building collapse on Fourth and Elm streets when crews worked around the clock for days to recover the

body of Preston Todd Delph. More recently, he spoke to Cincinnati City Council about the need to ramp up hiring for the department as retirements and COVID-19 have caused overtime budgets to soar. Four years is a relatively short term for a Cincinnati Fire Chief, but not unprecedented. In recent history, the average term has been about nine years. The longest term in the history of the department was held by Barney Houston, who was chief from 1916 until 1957.

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said the work-from-home movement was intended to be a temporary measure to maintain productivity and help thwart the spread of COVID-19. But Venerable said he fears a longterm trend toward a more remote workforce could lead to a slump in productivity as workplace culture erodes and employees get burned out. “You have days where you basically have 10 Zoom meetings across nine hours, and you get fatigued,” Venerable said. “Plus, you don’t get to break for lunch with a friend or colleague. “Because you don’t have that timeout between meetings, you’re not getting a lot of human interaction, and I think everybody on our team probably had their time where they said this just sucks,” he said. Most workers report the number of meetings they attend virtually has increased exponentially since the pandemic began, and nearly half of the U.S. workforce says they’re exhausted from those meeting, according to a recent survey from Virtira Consulting - a virtual managment consulting ﬁ rm. Working from home can also hurt productivity because it’s diﬃ cult for everyone to be on the same page working

Bob Coy, left, and Mike Venerable of CincyTech. ENQUIRER FILE

by remote, Venerable said. “When we’ve felt the need to have really critical meetings with people around something important, we’ve had them pretty much face-to-face in our building,” he said, referring to Cin-

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cyTech’s headquarters in the University of Cincinnati’s 1819 Innovation Hub. “Our business is very much a human-contact business, and it’s helpful to be able to talk to people face to face in the oﬃ ce,” he said.

Venerable said working from home will remain an option CincyTech employees even after the pandemic has subsided, but doesn’t anticipate having any more remote workers after the pandemic than before. Most of the Cincinnati area’s biggest employers, including Procter & Gamble, Kroger Co. and Fifth Third Bank, haven’t announced exactly when or how they plan to bring back tens of thousands of offi ce workers. But they’re getting closer to announcing their plans as the news on vaccines and COVID-19 cases continues to improve, said Brendon Cull, executive vice president at the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber. “We talk to our members all the time, and what we’re hearing from business leaders is that they are incredibly optimistic about what they’re seeing with the vaccines,” Cull said. “If the news continues to be this good, we’ll start seeing some signifi cant steps toward bringing people back to offi ces soon” Cull predicts the migration back to the offi ce will be swift but incremental. “Everybody will move at their own pace, and everybody is being appropriately careful because this (COVID-19) is still is a dangerous disease,” he said. “But the vaccine could be the ticket back to a world that we recognized prior to 2020.”

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Editor’s note: Information included refl ects this article’s original publication date – March 11. Visit Cincinnati.com for possible updates. A new eff ort is underway to get homebound, older adults in Southwest Ohio vaccinated for COVID-19. The Council on Aging of Southwestern Ohio (COA) announced March 11 that it is drawing up a list of the most vulnerable in this group who meet the current criteria to be vaccinated. If you are among these individuals or know someone who is, call the Council on Aging at 513-721-1025 to be screened for eligibility. To qualify for an in-home vaccination, an individual must meet all these criteria: h Be an Ohio resident. h Meet the defi nition of homebound as outlined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. h Be eligible in accordance with Ohio’s COVID-19 vaccination program. In addition, the individual must answer yes to at least one of these questions: h Does the individual fi nd it challenging to leave the home for medical appointments, even with assistance from a family member or caregiver? h Is the individual bedbound and unable to transfer to a wheelchair without impeding individual safety or comfort? h Does the individual receive health care in their home (from visiting physicians, home health aides or otherwise)? The agency has created a fact sheet with the above details on how to refer an individual for the program. The council has been helping older adults since Ohio’s Phase 1B vaccination plan went into eff ect on Jan. 19, said Ken Wilson, vice president of program operations, in a statement. “Since that time, we’ve been working to fi nd a way to vaccinate older adults who cannot leave their homes. Because

Guselyn Bobb, 58, helps her mother, Lena Bobb, 87, with her lunch on Feb. 26 at their home in Springﬁ eld Township. Guselyn Bobb said she tried to get her mother vaccinated for about two months until her primary care physician was able to secure a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for her mother last month. 25. Bobb has been unable to be vaccinated despite being her mother's full-time caregiver. ALBERT CESARE / THE ENQUIRER

COA provides in-home care services to homebound older adults in southwestern Ohio, we’re in a good position to identify who in the community needs this service.” The agency partnering with United Way of Greater Cincinnati to help identify eligible individuals and is using the CDC's guidelines for vaccinating homebound individuals and a locally-developed screening tool, oﬃ cials said.

Depending on vaccine availability, caregivers who live in the same home may also be vaccinated, oﬃ cials said. Ohio’s current guidelines for COVID-19 vaccinations don’t explicitly make caregivers eligible to receive the vaccine. Only caregivers who already meet requirements based on their age, medical conditions or occupations can get vaccinated at this point. The Council on Aging is partnering

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When you think of teens with depression or anxiety, you might question if there was a family history of mental health problems. Maybe you think about hormonal changes, or bullying, or maybe the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. Did you ever consider air pollution as part of the cause? Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center scientists made the link with 12-year-olds in two studies that started in the early 2000s. Now, they’ve received a $5.3 million grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to advance their research with both studies’ kids in a number of ways. With 1 in 5 adolescents likely to get a mental health disorder, including anxiety or depression, and with suicide the second-leading cause of death for adolescents in the United States, the research is needed, say the scientists. “There is a noticeable increase in that prevalence now,” said Kimberly Yolton, Cincinnati Children’s director of research in the division of general and community pediatrics. “The repercussions of that are huge.” It might surprise some people, but the researchers say that the link be-

Charles Bucklew, Ludlow, Ky. walks in Devou Park in Covington, where the downtown Cincinnati skyline is shrouded in haze by smog or ozone pollution. ENQUIRER FILE

tween air pollution and depression or anxiety onset and persistence in children makes sense. “We know that air pollution aﬀ ects the lungs, the heart. It makes sense that air pollution travels to the brain,” said Patrick Ryan, of the division of biostatistics and epidemiology at Cincinnati Children’s and one of the researchers. The scientists’ original research shows that as air pollution increased,

anxiety and depression scores among the children studied increased. Added to that, neuroimaging shows that the children exposed to higher levels of air pollution early in life had changes in brain structure. That was all ﬁ gured out with two studies, the Cincinnati Childhood Allergy and Air Pollution Study (CCAAPS) and the Health Outcomes and Measures of the Environment (HOME)

study. Both included children followed from birth who were evaluated at age 12 for mental health symptoms and changes in brain features. With the new funding, the scientists will combine forces to collect new air pollution exposure studies and analyze their impact on newly collected information about the adolescents’ mental health and their brain structure, organization and function. The researchers will follow the same children – from both original study groups – into young adulthood to learn how air pollution might inﬂ uence the persistence of mental health symptoms and create more changes in the brain. Kim Cecil, director of radiology research for Cincinnati Children’s Imaging Research Center, said the new funding gives the researchers the muchneeded opportunity to expand their work, both in duration and in numbers of children. “We are strengthening our power and ability to look at this.” The scientists will be working with 500 kids, through age 18, for the study. Ryan said few studies have looked at environmental exposures such as air pollution on mental health. He called the research “a critical ﬁ rst step” to understand the links – and to guide the future in public health policy.

Police: Weapon that killed Madeira store owner recovered Jared Goffinet and Joanna Bouras Fox 19

The gun used in the murder of a grocery store owner in Madeira has been found, according to police. Madeira police Chief Dave Schaefer says the weapon was recovered when oﬃ cers and investigators from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives pulled over a vehicle on March 7 on Blanchard Avenue in East Price Hill. Chief Schafer says Lamond Johnson, 35, led oﬃ cers on a brief chase and at one point drove his vehicle into an ATF agent’s car.

Johnson got out of the vehicle, started running, and pulled out a gun, the chief says. An agent ﬁ red a shot but the chief says no one was hit. Oﬃ cers then searched the car Johnson was driving and found another gun under the driver’s seat, according to Chief Schafer. He says ballistics connected that gun to the murder investigation of 68-yearold Roop Chand Gupta at his store on Kenwood Road on Feb. 9. Johnson admitted to knowing the gun was in the car and he said it was his, according to court records. Records show the gun was reported stolen from Dayton.

Chief Schafer says they have looked at several people in connection with Gupta’s killing, and that Johnson went “to the top of our radar after our investigation,” but he is only facing charges in connection with the March 7 chase. “The Murder of Mr. Gupta is a tragedy for all involved. We know the public wants to know more, which is why we are moving quickly to continue our investigation. We will provide as much information as we can when it is appropriate to do so,” Schafer said in a news release. Johnson was in court March 9 for charges he is facing after he pointed the gun at an ATF agent on March 7 on Blan-

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J.P. Ball was a renowned photographer in the early days of the profession. His studio and gallery in Cincinnati were hailed as the ﬁ nest in the west during the pre-Civil War era. He also used his stature to help expose the atrocities of slavery. And he was Black. That fact is signiﬁ cant, yet rarely did contemporary accounts mention his race. Ball worked with Robert S. Duncanson, the acclaimed African American painter who created the landscape murals on the walls of Nicholas Longworth’s home, which is now the Taft Museum of Art. Both artists received a similar level of respect in the 1850s and their race did not appear to be much of an issue. That is fairly remarkable in Cincinnati for that time. Race relations in the city during the antebellum period led to several race riots in the 1840s. Abolitionists and the Underground Railroad actively worked to eliminate slavery. Across the river was a slave state and the Fugitive Slave Act allowed slave catchers to hunt for runaways in free territories. That is the city where Ball thrived as a photographic portrait artist.

Photographed royalty, abolitionists James Presley Ball was born free in Virginia in 1825. He studied the process of daguerreotype from Boston photographer John B. Bailey, who, like Ball, was a “free man of color.” Daguerreotype was the fi rst commercially successful form of photography. Images were captured on silvered copper plates that were polished to a mirrored fi nish and showed incredible detail. The process was diffi cult and the plates were heavy and fragile, so they were protected under glass inside velvet-lined cases. A local example of a daguerreotype is the “Cincinnati Panorama of 1848” by

Daguerreotype of Cincinnati abolitionists, from left, Edward Harwood, William Brisbane and Levi Coffin made by J. P. Ball of Cincinnati in 1853. PROVIDED/WISCONSIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Portrait of photographer J.P. Ball. CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER

Charles Fontayne and William S. Porter that is on display at the Cincinnati Room at the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. The daguerreotype was introduced in 1839, so the process was still new in 1845 when Ball arrived in Cincinnati and opened a short-lived one-room studio. He became an itinerant photographer, then returned to the Queen City in 1849. Ball opened his own gallery on Fifth Street in 1851, then moved to occupy several fl oors at a site on Fourth Street near Race that was featured in the magazine “Gleason’s Pictorial DrawingRoom Companion” in 1854, along with an illustration. The article described “Ball’s great Daguerrian Gallery of the West” with 187 of his fi nest pictures, paintings by Duncanson, a piano and mounted fi gures of goddesses draped in robes. He employed nine specialists at his studio, including Duncanson, who hand-colored the images. “His fame has spread, not only over his own but through nearly every State of the Union; and there is scarcely a distinguished stranger that comes to Cincinnati but, if his time permits, seeks the pleasure of Mr. Ball’s artistic ac-

quaintance,” the magazine said. He photographed abolitionists Frederick Douglass and Levi Coﬃ n, opera singer Jenny Lind and Civil War general William Haines Lytle, as well as civic leaders, babies and families, Black and white. In 1856 he traveled to Europe and captured the likenesses of Queen Victoria and Charles Dickens.

Panorama of slavery in America During this time, Ball lived at the Dumas House, an African American hotel owned by African Americans. It was located on McAllister Street near Broadway between Fourth and Fifth streets, now an alley next to Western & Southern Financial Corp. According to Wendell P. Dabney’s “Cincinnati’s Colored Citizens,” the Dumas House was “the center of class and culture in colored society” and a station on the Underground Railroad. In 1855, Ball completed his most ambitious project, collaborating with a team of African American artists to create a large moving panorama that unrolled before an audience to tell a story. Rather than show a travelogue of faroﬀ lands, Ball’s panorama depicted the history of slavery in America. Ball’s mammoth panorama was displayed at the Ohio Mechanics Institute

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This story is part of an Enquirer series focusing on how life has changed – and will continue to change – because of the pandemic. It’s dinnertime at Turner Farm in Indian Hill and Casey Santi is running orders out to soil-and-rock salt-splashed cars as they arrive to pick up transportable feasts of roasted chickens, Guinness-braised beef stew and root-vegetable salads. It’s warm outside; a recent February snowfall is melting away, leaving the long and winding road to the farm’s take-out kitchen looking like mud season in Vermont. The meals being served here were prepared by Michael Eddington, former executive chef at Muse, in Mt. Lookout, in a teaching kitchen the farm shut down last March as it shifted its focus from teaching people to feeding people. The response to that pivot has been overwhelming. So overwhelming that Santi, who aside from running orders works as the farm’s marketing and communications manager, says they’re thinking of making the pivot permanent. She said the farm’s executive director, Robert Edmiston, decided it was important to keep feeding the community throughout the pandemic Not just the toney community where the farm is located, mind you, but the community in general. “We’re getting a lot of gratitude from our customers because this gives them a reason to get in their cars and drive to an actual farm to pick up food,” said Santi. Indeed, arriving here can feel like an enormous exhale at a time when so many people are dealing with the everyday stresses of working at home, teaching at home, and simply living at home. It’s also just another example of how the pandemic has changed our ideas of what “going out to dinner” can mean. And how many pivots like these will remain permanent for restaurants. A year into the pandemic, Greater Cincinnati’s restaurant industry has pivoted, swerved, sweat, and, miraculously – knock on wood – survived. That’s not to say there haven’t been losses, but not nearly as many as some feared. At least so far. During the past 12 months, Cincinnati chef David Falk, owner of Boca, Sotto, and Nada, introduced a meal kit service via the “virtual restaurant” he calls Domo (Latin for “home”). Hideki Harada turned a portion of his College Hill restaurant, Kiki, into a market selling Japanese snack foods and condiments, and Anthony Sitek, owner of Crown Republic, downtown, oﬀ ered pasta kits, takeand-bake dinners, and cocktail- to-go. But after the pivots and the patience, when diners can go back to, well, dining, will things return to as before or will something have changed?

Easy answer “We will never go back to normal,” said Stephen Williams, owner of Bouquet restaurant in Covington. Once the pandemic hit greater Cincinnati, Bouquet struggled to ﬁ nd its footing, creating a retail component that sold everything from house-made hot sauces to actual makeup, something the

Turner Farms Chef Michael Edington prepares food for pickup orders in Indian Hill. Turner farms offers lunch and dinner takeout every Tuesday through Friday with a menu that changes every month. PHIL DIDION

restaurant’s FDA license allowed it to do. “To be honest, it got kind of gimmicky,” Williams said. “At the end of the day, we realized we needed to go back to who we are and what we believe in.” With restrictions on the number of customers he could serve during the pandemic, Williams came to realize that, in the Before Times, he might have been stretching himself, and, perhaps, his staﬀ , thin. Something he plans to remedy in the post-pandemic world. “We’re not looking to do as many covers as we did before,” he said. “We used to have [seating for] about 180 people in here, and now we have about 100. We really like that since it gives the team more time to interact with the customers.” Williams has noticed that, when the pressure to turn tables over quickly disappears, customers tend to stay longer, and, in turn, spend more money. It’s part of his more general strategy to focus more on the hospitality and the food aspects of his business, something he says was getting lost in recent years. Williams, and his wife, Jessica, are also moving ahead on their latest concept, Spoon Kitchen & Market, a combination grocery store, restaurant, and bar that, after years of delays, is scheduled to open inside the new RiverHaus development in Covington. To Williams, the concept of a “groceraunt” couldn’t come at a better time given the public’s shifting attitudes toward dining out. He sees Spoon as less of a restaurant, and more of a corner store

Going it alone Last month, Lou and Gene Turner, both longtime veterans of Cincinnati restaurant stalwarts Boca, Salazar and Please, decided to leave traditional restaurants behind and open MOXY, a takeout-only spot located in Newport’s Incubator Kitchen Collective. The restaurant specializes in comfort foods inspired by Lou’s childhood growing up in Pennsylvania Dutch country, and Gene’s knowledge of French cooking techniques. MOXY’s menu is broken down into four categories: Pasta kits, vegetarian kits, family meal kits, and breakfast kits. MOXY also does a week-

end popup at Oakley Wines, off ering a Sunday dinner kit. The Turners thought about opening a traditional brick-and-mortar spot, but “we had to shift this model to fi t the times,” said Gene. He believes the concept will still have legs once COVID fi nally makes it into our rearview mirrors. “There will probably be a dip in business when people start going out again, but I think the interactivity of our meal kits will be around for a while.” The Incubator Kitchen Collective offers restaurants like MOXY services that are attractive to restaurant entrepreneurs right now, including education, below-market kitchen facilities, mentorship and, according to director Rachel Grubbs DesRochers, a sense of community. “For a lot of people, I don’t think the goal is to get the brick-and-mortar storefront anymore,” DesRochers, who is also the founder of vegan graham cracker company Grateful Grahams, said. “If you are in a collective, you are surrounded by people doing what you are doing , not alone and isolated. You can ask people for advice. That is the culture we are trying to create here.” Changed buying habits are what chef Derek Dos Anjos and his business partner Jeff ery Miller are predicting for their new business venture, Parts & Labor. The company, which started last year as a takeout and delivery service, serving Dos Anjos-caliber meals, will soon reopen at a stall in Oakley Kitchen, a new food-hall concept slated to open in April. Before Parts & Labor temporarily shut down so Miller and Dos Anjos could prepare for their relocation to Oakley Kitchen, Miller said, they perfected the art of making carryout food that looks and tastes as good as it would at a restaurant. “Everything on our menu has been tested,” he said. “We wanted to see how it would hold up through the pick-up or delivery process, and how it will look the next day.” DesRochers said the pandemic has given many restaurant workers an opportunity to reevaluate their jobs in an industry that often requires ridiculously long hours and, in some cases, toxic environments that can do serious damage to their mental health.

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“One thing I hope changes after all of this is over is how people treat service industry workers,” said Joshua Aaron Miller, a bartender at Longfellow, in OTR. One of the disturbing trends Miller has witnessed during the pandemic is customers refusing to follow simple mandates and guidelines regarding social distancing and wearing masks. While he saw restaurant workers being treated poorly before the pandemic, what he’s seeing these days is oﬀ the charts. “There is just the arrogance that comes with disobeying a rule,” he said. “Be it a house rule or a state law. There’s a self-entitled feeling a person must have to question you as a service industry worker because they think you’re a certain rung of society. I get it: The whole world is cooped up and angry. But there are some behaviors, unrelated to the pandemic, that workers shouldn’t have to tolerate anymore.” “Addiction and suicide are through the roof in the restaurant industry,” DesRochers said. “But there is a diﬀ erent way of doing things. It comes from slowing down and doing what you really want to do. That is the downside of the food world. You show up and your brain hurts, then you get screamed at when the chives aren’t on the right part of the plate.”

Employee rethink Jennifer Rattenbury, who started working in restaurants to help pay her tuition at Indiana University in the late 1980s, and has worked as a server and a manager at restaurants such as Jeff Ruby’s Waterfront, and most recently Boca, where she served customers with fi nedining-level professionalism for nearly a decade. These days, you can fi nd her navigating a forklift through an Amazon warehouse in Northern Kentucky. When Rattenbury was furloughed from Boca last March, she found herself refl ecting on her nearly 30-year career in the industry. She said she made “an amazing amount of money” working 35 hours a week at Boca, but once she stepped away from it, she realized some of the things that were missing from her life. “I played in my garden and I got to know my neighbors who I’d never met because I always worked weekends and nights. I took walks and got into myself because in the restaurant business, it’s always about everyone else. It was nice just to be selfi sh for a change, and do things just for myself.” Stephen Williams has also seen several of his employees at Bouquet leave the industry for good, not so much because of bad customers or toxic environments, but because, like Rattenbury, they simply need a change. “A handful of them went on to other careers,” he said, adding that two of his managers took jobs in the fi nancial sector. “And I fully support that. I told some of (his employees) that this is your time to refl ect, and if you want to change [your career] now is the time to do it.” But he’s not worried about fi nding replacements. “I actually have more resumes right now than I’ve ever had before.”

Landbank’s work isn’t ﬂ ashy, but it’s impactful Your Turn Joe Honerlaw Guest columnist

After serving as Hamilton County treasurer for 30 years, my colleague and friend, Rob Goering, was sworn in as a common pleas judge earlier this month. Stepping down from treasurer means Rob is also stepping down as chairman of the board of directors of the Hamilton County Land Reutilization Corporation, known commonly as the Landbank. We owe Rob and the Landbank our thanks for positively impacting our community. As treasurer, Rob saw the damage caused by abandoned, tax-delinquent properties and their negative impact on property values and tax collection. His leadership led to the incorporation of the Landbank – a managed entity of the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority – in 2011. Since then, Rob helped guide the

Landbank’s dedicated staff to combat blight and disinvestment in many of our communities. The Landbank maintains and fi nds new uses and owners for vacant and neglected properties. Returning these properties back to productive use helps preserve surrounding home values, improves quality of life, reduces blight and nuisance problems, and stabilizes and revitalizes neighborhoods. The unique powers of the Landbank enable it to address problems caused by vacant, tax-delinquent properties in disrepair. In fact, before Rob helped form the Landbank, there were no options to deal with abandoned houses. There were thousands of run-down, vacant properties throughout disinvested neighborhoods, decaying year after year, bringing down property values in the process. And yet, I’d venture to guess few readers know about this work, or even the Landbank. That’s because the work of the Landbank and its employees isn’t fl ashy.

Goering

However, it is hugely impactful, not only for those who live next to these vacant properties, but for all residents of Hamilton County. The Landbank, since its incorporation in 2011,

has: h Put more than 840 vacant properties back to productive use. That averages out to about 93 properties a year ﬁ nding new life as homes, gardens, multi-family developments, and more every year. h Maintained hundreds of properties throughout the county by cleaning up lots, cutting grass, clearing illegal dumping, and stabilizing structures. h Preserved $3.6 million in surrounding home values through the demolition of more than 650 blighted, vacant structures that had become a drain on nearby property values. h Delivered more than $800,000 in tax revenue from former Landbank properties. h Stabilized more than 20 blighted

historic properties, including the West End’s iconic Regal Theater and the fl atiron building in Mt. Auburn. h Partnered with aff ordable housing stakeholders by acquiring more than 75 properties for community partners such as Habitat for Humanity, Price Hill Will and Working in Neighborhoods to create aff ordable homeownership opportunities. h Rehabbed and sold nearly 60 homes through its REACH (Rehab Across Cincinnati and Hamilton County) program. The need for the Landbank continues. Despite the upswing in development in many of our communities, other areas are still struggling with blight, vacancy and abandonment. At the end of the day, we know communities benefi t when properties are productive. Isn’t that what everyone wants? It continues to happen thanks to Rob Goering’s legacy and the Landbank. Joe Honerlaw is a Cincinnati-based attorney and has served as vice chairman of The Landbank’s Board of Directors since its inception in 2011.

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SPORTS Tim Austing is Sycamore's new boys' hoops coach Scott Springer Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

SYCAMORE TOWNSHIP - Pending school board approval, Tim Austing will take over as varsity boys basketball coach at Sycamore High School. Austing was previously the head coach at Fairfi eld where his teams enjoyed the most successful run in school history. He compiled a 77-43 record in his fi ve seasons (2009-2014) as head coach, including going 56-20 in his last three years. He led the Indians to two Greater Miami Conference Championships, was two-time GMC Coach of the Year, Cincinnati Enquirer Coach of the Year, and took the Austing Indians on a miraculous run to the Final Four in 2012 fi nishing 21-6. Austing stepped aside from Fairfi eld to go back to Elder, his alma mater, from 2016-2019 as an assistant coach to coach his son, Will. In that time, he has had numerous opportunities and head coaching offers, but it was the Sycamore job opening that ultimately checked all the boxes. “I am thrilled to have the opportunity to be the next head basketball coach at Sycamore High School and believe that the potential for Sycamore Basketball is limitless," Austing said. "It is an incredible time to take over a program with so many exciting things happening in our school district, and the academic reputation of Sycamore Community Schools is second to none. The combination of so many great things make this an opportunity of a lifetime as a teacher and a coach." Athletic director Mark Harden previously served in the same capacity at Fairfi eld and was familiar with Austing's work. “We couldn’t be more excited to bring Tim here as our head boys basketball coach," Harden said. "Coach Austing is a winner, plain and simple. He is one of the most respected coaches in the state of Ohio and will bring that winning culture here to Sycamore. He is a relationship-builder on the court and in the classroom, and we look forward to the immediate impact he’ll have on our basketball program.” Added Sycamore principal Doug Mader, “We are absolutely thrilled to have Tim Austing join the Sycamore family. His reputation proceeds him as a relationship-builder, a man of character, a great basketball coach, and an even better teacher.” Sycamore was 9-14 this past season (3-11 GMC) under Andrew Ovington. They last shared a GMC championship in 2013. That year new Sycamore coach

Ben Southerland transferred from CHCA to Sycamore for his junior season and was GMC First Team. GEOFF BLANKENSHIP FOR THE ENQUIRER

Austing shared GMC Coach of the Year honors with former Aves coach David Moss, Middletown's Josh Andrews and Sean Van Winkle of Lakota West. All

now serve in new positions. Sycamore's last winning season was 2018 when they were 13-12. Slated to return for Austing's inau-

gural Aviator season is 6-foot-7 Ben Southerland who averaged 17.3 points and 5.5 rebounds making GMC First Team and All-District.

Kelsey leads Winthrop to NCAA tournament bid Dave Clark Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Winthrop Eagles head coach Pat Kelsey during the ﬁ rst half of the Duke Blue Devils game in 2019 at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, NC. ICON SPORTSWIRE, ICON SPORTSWIRE VIA GETTY IMAGES

Former Elder High School standout Pat Kelsey, who played and coached at Xavier University, led the 23-1 Winthrop University Eagles to an NCAA Tournament automatic bid with an 80-53 win March 7 against Campbell in the championship game of the Big South Tournament. Winthrop also earned the conference's automatic bid last year before the NCAA Tournament was canceled. The Eagles last played in the tournament in 2017, losing to Butler in the ﬁ rst round. The school's only NCAA Tournament win came in 2007 as a No. 11 seed in the

ﬁ rst round against Notre Dame. Kelsey, a state champion while at Elder, has been Winthrop's head coach since 2012. Before that, he spent three years as an associate head coach at Xavier with Chris Mack, and from 2001 to 2009 on Wake Forest's staﬀ . He was an assistant coach at Elder from 1998 to 2001. Kelsey reportedly turned down an offer in 2018 to become Siena's new head coach. Some expected Kelsey to replace John Brannen as Northern Kentucky University's head coach before Darrin Horn was hired. Kelsey also was considered a candidate to replace Mack at Xavier before XU named Travis Steele its head coach.

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FC Cincinnati’s Frankie Amaya missed the cut for the qualifying roster for the Olympic team Pat Brennan Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

The roster for the United States Under-23 national team's Concacaf Olympic qualifying matches was revealed Thursday and FC Cincinnati's Frankie Amaya didn't make the cut. Amaya had been training in Mexico with 28 American U23 players under head coach Jason Kreis ahead of three round-robin matches set to take place later in March. The U23 team that's been cut down to 20 players will face Mexico, the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica to determine if the U.S. can qualify for the Olympics for the ﬁ rst time since 2008. While the training stint with the national team likely proved useful for Amaya, he won't join the group for the matches and will now be expected to report to FC Cincinnati's ongoing preseason. When the 20-year-old Amaya arrives to preseason, it will be his ﬁ rst time back at FC Cincinnati since his camp went public with a trade request to leave FCC. Amaya, the No. 1 overall MLS SuperDraft selection in 2019, said via his agent in February that he didn't feel he could achieve his professional aims at FC Cincinnati. Since then, FCC has stated its intent to keep Amaya in the fold as he's thought to be a valued piece of the roster for the 2021 season. Speaking during a Monday news conference, FC Cincinnati head coach Jaap Stam indicated he expected Amaya to return to the Mercy Health Training Center upon completing his national team duties. "Frankie has been important for us last season in what he can bring," Stam said. "The only thing that we know, and from my perspective, is that Frankie is also a player that needs to develop and still needs to become better, and there's

FC Cincinnati midﬁ elder Frankie Amaya (24) runs down the pitch with the ball In the ﬁ rst half of the MLS match between FC Cincinnati and Philadelphia Union on Sept. 23, 2020 at Nippert Stadium in Cincinnati. MEG VOGEL/ENQURIER

room for improvement. Frankie is still under contract with us which I'm very happy with. "Frankie is a great guy to work with. He's a very good player. He's away with the national team so I'm looking forward to seeing him back at the club and to work with him again. There's always, and I've been there myself when I played and previous teams where I've been coaching, there's always been talks about teams maybe being interest-

ed in a player but a lot of that is talk, so we're looking forward to greeting Frankie back over here at the club and to working with him." Once he arrives to Cincinnati, it's likely Amaya would go through some period of quarantining prior to joining the team in training. Amaya was called up to a senior U.S. men's national team camp in December but was forced to withdraw after testing positive for the novel coronavirus.

Concacaf Group A Olympic qualifying play opens next Thursday March 18 when the U.S. faces Costa Rica. The Americans will then face the Dominican Republic on March 21 and conclude the group stage against Mexico on March 24. The Olympic qualifying tournament was originally scheduled for March 2020 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as was the scheduled Tokyo Olympics itself.

FC Cincinnati’s home opener date set for May Pat Brennan Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

FC Cincinnati has a date and opponent for its fi rst-ever match at the West End Stadium. The Orange & Blue will welcome starstudded Inter Miami, managed by Phil Neville and co-owned by David Beckham, to help christen FCC’s brand new venue. Major League Soccer recently unveiled the schedule of home openers across the league and announced that FC Cincinnati would host its fi rst-ever match at West End Stadium against Inter Miami on May 16 with the opening kick scheduled for 4 p.m. Inter Miami qualifi ed for the MLS Cup playoff s last year with a victory on the fi nal day of the regular season against FC Cincinnati. The match at West End Stadium will come after FC Cincinnati spends about

a month playing road matches prior to opening the new stadium. In revealing the schedule of home openers, FC Cincinnati also learned its opponents for the fi rst two weeks of the regular season. The season is scheduled to begin with an April 17 match at Nashville SC. The match at the Tennessee Titans’ Nissan Stadium is scheduled for an 8:30 p.m. kickoff . Nashville and Cincinnati didn’t meet during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, which was Nashville’s fi rst in MLS. A week later, FC Cincinnati will head to the east coast and play its secondever match at Yankee Stadium with a 1 p.m. match against New York City FC set for April 24. Cincinnati lost both of its matches against NYCFC last year. FCC’s lost all four matches against NYCFC over its fi rst two seasons in MLS.

Michael Crofton named MND volleyball coach Alex Harrison Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

The defending Division I volleyball state champions have found a new head coach. Mount Notre Dame oﬃ cials announced March 8 they Michael Crofton as the Cougars’ varsity volleyball coach. Crofton goes to Mount Notre Dame after spending two years as the head coach for the Lebanon Warriors. Lebanon was 41-8 in both seasons, winning a Greater Western Ohio Conference title in 2019 and an Eastern Cincinnati Conference title in 2020. Crofton nabbed coach of the year honors for the conferences in both seasons. “Michael brings a wealth of coaching experience and success to MND as well as a keen insight into high school and collegiate levels of play,” Mount Notre Dame athletic director Mark Schenkel said in a release. “His familiarity and experience coaching in the GGCL will be

quite helpful as we continue the rich tradition of success enjoyed by our MND volleyball program.” Crofton was the previous head coach at Crofton McAuley High School in 2013 and 2014 and was a freshman coach for Mount Notre Dame in 2007 and 2008. In 2018, Crofton was on Jeni Case’s staﬀ of the Ursuline Academy team that won the Division I state title. The Cougars went on the market for a new coach after head coach Chris Lovett stepped down in January. Lovett’s top assistant Joe Burke also stepped down, both citing increasing time away from families as reasons for leaving. Mount Notre Dame went 23-2 in 2020 and won the Division I state championship by beating then-undefeated Padua Franciscan in four sets.

View of the seats on the east end of the 26,000-seat West End Stadium which is set to open this spring. KAREEM ELGAZZAR/THE ENQUIRER

Reds, Eric Davis calling all kids to sign up for baseball, softball The Cincinnati Reds teamed up with Reds Hall of Famer and 1990 World Series champion Eric Davis to launch a new youth baseball and softball campaign in Greater Cincinnati. The goal is to encourage participation in recreational youth baseball and softball leagues that will provide children with a fun, safe activity for the spring and summer. The Reds have identiﬁ ed organizations across the Tristate through which parents can sign up their kids for leagues close to their neighborhood. “The Reds are committed to providing opportunities for children in all communities to connect with baseball and softball,” said Charley Frank, executive director of the Reds Community Fund. “We work with over 60 youth baseball and softball organizations across the region and want to make it easy for parents to ﬁ nd a team for their kids.” Parents can register their children

at reds.com/signup, and the Reds Community Fund will provide recommendations for leagues in their area. Davis has long had a passion for getting more kids interested in the game. When he received word of what the Reds were working on, he was eager to help. And he was a perfect ﬁ t. As a member of the Reds, Davis was a three-time Gold Glove outﬁ elder, twotime Silver Slugger and two-time AllStar. Today, Davis is a Cincinnati legend and remains an active and important part of the Reds organization, serving as a Special Assistant, Player Performance for Reds Player Development. But even before all the accolades, Davis was just a kid who loved sports, especially baseball. “I love the wholesomeness of playing baseball,” he said. “Baseball highlights your talents as an individual; it’s all you,” Davis said. “But there is also an important team element. Brendan Hader, Cincinnati Reds

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Youth apprentice Deja Pennington paints the Fountain of Life mural on parachute cloth at ArtWorks studios in the West End in summer 2020. SANDRA OKOT-KOTBER/PROVIDED

ArtWorks now hiring youth, artists for spring projects ArtWorks is now hiring youth apprentices, ages 14-21, and teaching staﬀ , ages 22 and up, for an expanded Spring season of art projects. This year marks the organization’s 25th year of providing jobs for young people in the area. Applications are now being accepted for jobs involving painting, community engagement, sewing and design. Because the City of Cincinnati has increased funding for ArtWorks’ spring employment program, the organization is able to oﬀ er its largest number of Spring opportunities with a total of 68 youth jobs for 19 projects. “We thank the City of Cincinnati for expanding its support of ArtWorks this spring,” said Sydney Fine, senior director of Impact. “With this investment, we’re able to provide young people with life-changing after-school employment opportunities that also contribute to our region’s vibrancy. These opportunities can be lifechanging for many of our apprentices, allowing them to contribute to the household income. An ArtWorks apprenticeship also provides young people the opportunity to grow their professional skills, make new friendships, and increase their community and civic pride.” Beyond art making, youth apprentices learn job-ready skills in communication, collaboration, problem-solving, creative thinking, goal management, and social capital. Last year, 96 percent of apprentices made meaningful gains in three or more of these areas. Apprentice wages start at $10.88 per hour. “The team at ArtWorks is thrilled that for 25 years, we’ve been able to employ young people with meaningful creative jobs throughout the region,” Fine said. “We’ve had nearly 4,000 young people get paid to create art since 1996, and we’re proud to be able to employ more apprentices during yet another unpredictable year.” In addition to hiring for apprentices, applications also are open for professional artists to lead these creative projects. Artists can apply for these opportunities: lead teaching artist, teaching

artist and junior teaching artist. Teaching artist wages start at $16.35 per hour. ArtWorks will be holding its next virtual informational session for apprentice opportunities on Wednesday, March 10 at 6 p.m. Additional info sessions can be found on the organization’s website. Melissa Currence, ArtWorks

CABVI’s VP of Community Relations/CDO, Aaron Bley, named SORTA’s “Everybody Rides Metro” (ERM) Board president Cincinnati Association for the Blind & Visually Impaired (CABVI) congratulates Aaron Bley. Aaron was recently named President of the new SORTA (Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority) “Everybody Rides Metro” Board of Directors. This will be very benefi cial to many community members with severe vision loss and other physical challenges who rely on Metro and Access as their primary mode of transportation. Bley Aaron Bley, Vice President of Community Relations and Chief Development Offi cer, joined CABVI in December 2016. Bley was previously the Senior Corporate Relationship Offi cer at American Red Cross, Cincinnati-Dayton Region. He also served as the Regional Director for the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America and worked in a variety of community aff airs positions with Mercy Health Partners. Bley earned his bachelor’s degree in Marketing from Xavier University and his master’s degree in Communication from the University of Cincinnati. He currently serves on the board for the Cincinnati Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) as well as leading the Transportation Committee for the Human Services Chamber of Hamilton County. Aaron and his family reside in Harrison, Ohio. Information: (513) 2218558 or www.cincyblind.org. Patsy Baughn, Cincinnati Association for the Blind & Visually Impaired

Here are the tallest peaks in the Tristate area, and spoiler: Ohio is boring Sarah Brookbank Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana have never been accused of being mountainous states. But a recent listing of all the highest peaks in the U.S. had Ohio looking pretty boring. The highest peaks in the U.S. range in elevation from just 345 feet in Florida to 20,320 feet in Alaska, USA TODAY reported. The gallery has Ohio’s highest mountain to climb as ... Campbell Hill. Kentucky came out as way cooler this round. Out of our three nearby states, Kentucky has the highest peak and the lowest point of elevation, as well.

Kentucky h Highest peak: Black Mountain h Elevation above sea level: 4,145 feet

Ohio h Highest peak: Campbell Hill h Elevation above sea level: 1,550 feet

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Instructions Whisk egg and buttermilk together. Whisk dry ingredients together. Stir into egg mixture and mix gently. Stir in butter. Mix again but don’t over mix. A few lumps are OK.

1 egg 1 cup buttermilk

Let batter rest 10 minutes or so before frying.

1 cup all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda

Pour about 1⁄ 3 cup of batter onto hot greased griddle for each pancake.

1 teaspoon double acting baking powder

They’re ready to turn over when golden brown on bottom and bubbles appear around edges and middle.

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4 tablespoons sugar

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1 cup whole wheat flour

I feel like a modern pioneer. The past few weeks we’ve been tapping maple trees. And we harvested gallons and gallons of sap. Guess how much maple syrup we got? Well, here’s a hint: it’s a 40:1 ratio. We boiled sap from morning to late afternoon, and watched it turn from clear to a golden brown as the water evaporated. Our bounty of maple syrup was about 3 cups total. Well, maple syrup calls for pancakes, don’t you think? Have breakfast for supper one evening. Pancakes with a side of bacon or sausage. Warm maple syrup? Or maybe a smear of maple pecan butter on the pancakes? Yes, please. Tips: Single acting vs double acting baking powder For pancakes, use double acting. Single acting is activated by moisture only; double is activated by moisture and heat. You need both for pancakes to

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1 cup all-purpose or pastry flour 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon double acting baking powder

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⁄ 2 teaspoon salt

frying.,

Instructions

Maple sap drains into a bucket.

You’ll love these simple instructions from Jess: “Whisk wet together; whisk dry together, then combine, but don’t over mix.” A few lumps remaining are OK.

turn out well. Rested batter = better pancakes Resting gives the liquid time to soften/hydrate/relax the fl our and dissolve any lumps that remain. Resting also allows leavening time to get mixed in evenly in the batter. Even leavening produces air bubbles that puff pancakes as they cook. More pancake recipes: Check out my site. Lois Boekley, a Sharonville reader, is what I call a “scientifi c” cook. See what I mean with her buttermilk and sweet milk pancakes.

Let batter rest 10 minutes or so before

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Fire fi ghters and fi re departments across southwest Ohio will have access to new training facilities when the Public Safety Services staff at Great Oaks Career Campuses cuts the ribbon on a new live fi re training facility and training tower in Sharonville on March 17. PROVIDED

Great Oaks Career Campuses opens new fi re training facilities Fire fi ghters and fi re departments across southwest Ohio will have access to new training facilities when the Public Safety Services staff at Great Oaks Career Campuses cuts the ribbon on a new live fi re training facility and training tower in Sharonville on March 17. Each year, hundreds of high school and adult cadets prepare for certifi cation as fi re fi ghters and EMTs, or take advanced courses to better serve their

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As part of the Great Oaks Career Campuses district, the Public Safety Services department prepares area residents to become certifi ed in fi re and emergency medical services or as fi re offi cers, as well as providing training in fi re investigation, safety inspections, hazardous materials handling, and confi ned space rescue. For more information, contact the Public Safety Services offi ce at 513-7711142. Jon Weidlich, Great Oaks Career Campuses

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Addyston 252 Main St: Grigsby Olive A to Mear Christopher A; $60,000

Carthage 14 Sixty-seventh St: Dunker Jeremy S & Cathrine J to Fears Anthony Iii; $112,000 214 Sixty-ninth St: Mcaninch Shawn L & Mildred Y Richards to New Edge Properties LLC; $54,000 7217 Lebanon St: Tudor Kathy to Huetcher Brothers LLC; $18,000

Cheviot 3506 Hilda Ave: Diersing Desiree D to Moeller James; $100,000 3512 Harrison Ave: Rebound Properties LLC to Soumare Sira; $109,000 3608 Gamble Ave: Sexton John D to Cheviot Capital Investments LLC; $120,000 3648 Westwood Northern Bv: Yockey Bert P Tr to Schille Donald E; $25,000 3849 Trevor Ave: Sanctuary Holdings Group LLC to Niemes Ryan; $120,000 3966 School Section Rd: Reiner Mary C to Brunsman Daniel James; $120,000 3976 Washington Ave: Lackey Reginald A to Shc Acquisition Ltd; $98,000 4108 Trevor Ave: Gillispie Rodney L & Jeannie M to Jackson David; $89,900 4289 Applegate Ave: Hofmann Gregory P to Holston Seth & Erica Joan; $143,600 4292 Alex Ave: Hayden Matthew M & Cheryl C Clem to Sph Property Three LLC; $140,900

Cleves 640 Miami Ave: Mcintyre John A Jr @2 to Hudson & Gray Real Estate Investments LLC; $69,900 647 Miami Ave: Weimer Jerome H & Patricia A to Weimer Michelle A & Leonard Joseph; $73,000

Crosby Township 10588 Brigade Ct: Fort Scott Project I LLC C/o Ddc Mgmt to Nvr Inc; $60,266 7464 Vista Veiw Cr: Nvr Inc to Penley Jamie Lee & Kristin Marie Penley; $367,305 9184 New Haven Rd: Kump Tracy R & Kristina M Bodley to Eicher Darlene; $230,000

Delhi Township 1061 Devils Backbone Rd: Klocek David J & Priya D to Sweeney Deborah E; $510,000 1098 Timbervalley Ct: Newman William D & Diane R to Davis Monty; $188,900 1101 Betty Ln: Rupe John A & Julie A to Bradley Tina M & James A Bradley; $150,000 1133 Covedale Ave: Casarcia Dominick Joseph & Taylor Hope Eileen to Saaraswath Gautam A & Jenifer M; $150,000

1221 Greenery Ln: Christidis Pat to Rogers Jason & Brittany Rogers; $415,000 207 Assisiview Ct: Kluener Ryan & Daniel to Yap Chee Seng; $205,000 4333 Skylark Dr: Conrex Homes LLC to Rex Residential Property Owner LLC; $564,649 4413 Cloverhill Te: Kohlmeyer Jack C to Schaffer Aleah & Soufiane Tibtani; $148,100 4428 Valence Dr: Ayers Joshua A to Sph Property One LLC; $153,700 4959 Alvernovalley Ct: Wallace Jason A & Casanddra A to Sph Property Three LLC; $165,000 5100 Ballantrae Ct: Ruby Robert C Ii to Krimmer Melissa N & Walter A Jr; $135,000 5179 Chantilly Dr: Holt Robert Paul to Gagas Jacqueline A; $150,000 5336 Plover Ln: Tda Investments LLC to Gagas Jacqueline A; $165,000 5344 Sultana Dr: Morena Scott A & Amy K to Riggs Steven James; $222,400 5621 Cleves Warsaw Pk: D P Properties Assoc LLC to Metro One Properties LLC; $172,000 6720 Kentford Ct: Kleiman Amber L to Schneider Group Rai LLC; $115,000 765 Genenbill Dr: Nieb Edwin R & Christina M to Raidu Purnachandrarao & Shannon; $270,000 781 Anderson Ferry Rd: Emmett Patrick Joseph to Reed Jason Randolph & Kate Kennaway Cummins; $132,900 987 Anderson Ferry Rd: Sabin Anthony to Veneman Mark Jr; $120,000

East Price Hill 1018 Grand Ave: 1018 Grand Ave LLC to Welcome Home Developments LLC; $30,000 1023 Delhi Pk: Cox Robert L to Smith Matthew D & Christina J Ratliff; $108,000 1025 Carson Ave: Lighthouse Renewal Center to Schnurr Dennis M Archbishop Of Cincinnati Tr; $160,000 1103 Carson Ave: Lighthouse Renewal Center to Schnurr Dennis M Archbishop Of Cincinnati Tr; $160,000 1114 Fairbanks Ave: Azc LLC to Thompson Johnathan; $78,000 1741 Grand Ave: Payne Martha to Pokale Rajesh S & Sheetal; $203,000 1751 Grand Ave: Dixon Edwin B to Khokale Prashanth S & Renuka; $200,000 2552 Warsaw Ave: Meckenborg Quentin to Middleton Management Group LLC; $65,000 436 Fairbanks Ave: Kilbourne Laverne Josephine@5 to Callahan Gary Louella; $50,000 438 Fairbanks Ave: Kilbourne Laverne Josephine@5 to Callahan Gary Louella; $50,000 440 Fairbanks Ave: Kilbourne Laverne Josephine@5 to Callahan Gary Louella; $50,000

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East Westwood 2351 Baltimore Ave: Puga Jesse & Ryan Enright to Sfr3-020 LLC; $14,000

Green Township 1441 Colonial Dr: Caneris Onassis A to Aldred Christine Levon & Michael James; $366,000 1491 Colonial Dr: Caneris Onassis A to Aldred Christine Levon & Michael James; $366,000 3095 Crestmoor Ln: Harnist Lorraine C Tr @ 2 to Tko Homes Inc; $93,500 3156 Lancer Ln: Herzog Nancy J & Joseph M Franzese to Borkosky Jake; $279,000 3191 Autumn Ln: Kaufman Kurt R & Carolina D to Turner Richard Damon & Kawanna Renee Logan; $214,900 3203 Werkridge Dr: Soloria Karen to Topicz Paul & Rachel E Richter; $243,000 3240 Autumn Ln: Anderson William D & Patricia M to Muhammad Belal; $219,000 3253 Deborah Ln: Conrex Homes LLC to Rex Residential Property Owner LLC; $564,649 3258 Deborah Ln: Clements Allyson & Zachary A Hans to Smith Keegan; $197,500 3364 Keywest Dr: Hardy Blair M to Ndiaye Mamadou; $164,500 3375 Cresentview Ln: Hickey Colleen M to Finley Donovan; $156,000 3383 Forestview Dr: Fv Gardens LLC to Evans Rondal E & Sandra L Gajus; $242,000 3772 Eyrich Rd: Zeiser Andrew J to Jackson David C & Danielle; $79,000 4242 Turf Ln: Greene Christopher to Hopewell Dale & Melissa; $200,000 4363 Airycrest Ln: Manley James J to Lang Colin P & Jacqueline Noe; $174,900 4418 Harding Ave: Philpot James C & Mischelle R to Luo Kaylee J & Michael J; $115,000 4571 Whispering Oak Tl: Allen Mary S Tr to Huetcher John C & Linda S; $560,000 4697 Farview Ln: Wurzelbacher Richard D & Beth C to Bryan Christopher W & Amanda C; $499,900 5149 Ralph Ave: Deals In Bulk LLC to Divvy Homes Warehouse A LLC; $169,900 5270 Orchardridge Ct: Bolser Matthew S to Hauser Jason M & Shannon K; $220,500 5409 Karen Ave: Dieckmann Deanna to Cundiff Ian James; $144,000 5413 Michelles Oak Ct: Sph Property One LLC to Mccarroll Lauren Elizabeth; $139,000 5472 West Fork Rd: Hulgin Patricia M to Shelton Harry E; $319,900 5532 Eula Ave: Menninger Steven to He Katherine Manwai; $169,900 5541 Lawrence Rd: Berry Thomas S & Debra A to Ingram Natalie; $169,900 5580 Westwood Northern Bv: Strochinsky Beverly to Cruz-albertorio Orlando & Emilie Murphy Daudon; $100,000 5588 Sarahs Oak Dr: Kasee Karen L to Carver Joseph Francis & Pamela June; $330,000 5766 Sheed Rd: Rice Road LLC & Martha J Wilkinson

to Martinez Joel; $177,000 5777 Green Acres Ct: Meyer Chad Gregory to Vo Phung Kim; $149,000 5852 Countryhills Dr: Levine Susan S Tr to Welsh Dale P & Christina M; $299,900 5942 Snyder Rd: Mertes Sandra M & William C Wallrawe to Lohbeck Ryan J; $103,000 6149 Lagrange Ln: Venia Harvey & Elizabeth to Beech Ronnell D & Naquisha; $210,000 6191 Eagles Lake Ct: Thiem Phyllis J to Runyan Tammy; $135,900 6574 Pattys Pl: Lyons Michael & Margaret Mary to Allen Mary Selina @3; $1,075,000 6994 Aspen Point Ct: Shroyer Katherine L to Putnick Monica L; $222,750

Harrison 10608 West Rd: Wymer Clifford D & Barbara to Bowling Dan & Denise; $115,700 10840 West Rd: Harris Dora Mae to Koenig Todd & Ann; $123,500 120 Sycamore St: Kleier Deirdre & Benjamin R to Zinser Zachariah J &; $180,000 123 Country View Dr: Moore Elanor K & Scott to Jackson Brandon & Heather Jackson; $243,500 1381 Acadia Ave: Nvr Inc to Sauerwein Tyler Michael & Jessica Nicole; $259,130 1386 Acadia Ave: Nvr Inc to Dole Sean Bradley; $213,245 1390 Acadia Ave: Nvr Inc to Ruter Alex William & Isabella Faith Smith; $225,445 1520 Sefton Dr: Schmidt Kevin A & Trena A to Skinner Kathryn L & David A Wamprecht Jr; $330,000 1585 Whitewater Trails Blvd: Welsh Development Company Inc to Nvr Inc; $69,998 1590 Whitewater Trails Blvd: Welsh Development Company Inc to Nvr Inc; $69,998 1601 Whitewater Trails Blvd: Nvr Inc to Wehrle Jennifer L & David M; $335,480 1606 Whitewater Trails Blvd: Nvr Inc to Hillner Paul Richard & Deborah Anne; $335,780 1613 Whitewater Trails Blvd: Nvr Inc to Wallace Jason Allen & Casandra Anne; $344,790 181 Timepiece Ln: Rich Sharon K & Robert D to Stewart Jennifer; $198,000 218 Jefferson St: Lemmel Ryan Wallace to Buehler David S & Kelly A; $170,000 530 State St: Hollis Emilee to Kapraszewski Mary Elaine; $142,000 8892 Williamson Cir: Nvr Inc to Steele James M & Carla A; $233,050 8965 Camberley St: Westhaven Development LLC to Nvr Inc; $54,590 8977 Camberley St: Westhaven Development LLC to Nvr Inc; $54,590 8979 Camberley St: Westhaven Development LLC to Nvr; $54,590 8994 Camberley St: Westhaven Development LLC to Nvr Inc; $54,590 9525 Morris Dr: Nvr Inc to Hernandez Carlos Tristan Toral &; $267,825

Jason M; $355,515 3617 Hazelnut Ct: Heller Daniel L Sr to Heller Daniel L Jr; $135,000 3708 Yorkshire Cr: Huedepohl Donald Tr to Coombs William E & Sharon S; $351,500 3798 Samba Dr: Loveless Ryan K & Michelle L to Carney Michael & Maycee Wilson; $169,999 3899 Haley Ln: Fischer Single Family Homes Iv LLC to Buchanan Brad; $365,605 3973 Legendary Ridge Ln: Breitfelder Michael Andrew Tr to Rosenberger Matthew & Julia R; $310,000 4038 Elvista Dr: Gillen Jonathan E & Peyton Bonnlander to Gipson Caleb Andrew; $138,000 4378 Overton Ave: Davis Andrew C & Allyson E Kendall to Davis Andrew C; $39,330 5431 Wing Ave: Corlett Roger A & Shirley to Corlett Lisa M; $50,000 7654 Briargreen Dr: Taylor Keith R to Ohmar Chad Anthony & Renae Ann; $260,000 8531 Bridgetown Rd: Hasting Leonard E & Karen to Benson Michael Henry & Regina; $155,000

North Fairmount 1708 Pulte St: Harris Wilfong Tessie A to Nindra Pareesa; $45,000

Riverside 3716 River Rd: Schmidt Ron to Saadawi Ryan; $155,000 3720 River Rd: Schmidt Ron to Saadawi Ryan; $155,000

Sayler Park 211 Cherokee Ave: Noppert Maria to Kulwicki Marissa Chanel; $177,000 215 Cherokee Ave: Noppert Maria to Kulwicki Marissa Chanel; $177,000 6338 Gracely Dr: Turner Kimberly D to Delhi House Revitalization Fund LLC; $185,000 6344 Gracely Dr: Turner Kimberly D to Delhi House Revitalization Fund LLC; $185,000 6530 Parkland Ave: Turner Kimberly D to Tritt James Scott; $130,000 6716 River Rd: Corcoran Kevin P to Poff Ryan T & Sarah Davis; $130,000

South Cumminsville 3837 Herron Ave: Hardy Scott to Naji International Concepts LLC; $13,500

South Fairmount 1835 Forbus St: Judy Investments LLC to Excellence Management Properties LLC; $6,200 2179 Quebec Rd: Arieli Sharon to Horton Charles Levon; $69,000 2195 Clara St: Papner Ronald E Tr & Deborah J Tr to Sfr3-020 LLC; $35,850

West End

1212 State Ave: Fairchild Elizabeth M Tr to The Kroger Co; $1,200,000

1908 Colerain Ave: Equity Trust Company Custodian Fbo to Mitchell Joshua Alexander; $129,000 2018 Freeman Ave: Howe William R to Gratiot Lofts Solutions LLC; $120,000 2020 Freeman Ave: Howe William R to Gratiot Lofts Solutions LLC; $120,000 424 Old Court St: Tra Quoc to Salvador Timothy J; $239,500 843 Findlay St: Richardson Willie to Freaky Fast Homebuyers LLC; $140,000 916 York St: Rogers John to Build 2 Bless LLC; $180,000

Miami Township

West Price Hill

2760 Mahoning Ct: Stephens Judith C Tr & John A Tr to Senger Michelle; $265,000 2790 Buckridge Dr: Kma Westside Development Inc to Fischer Single Family Homes Iv LLC; $85,675 3004 Fallow Ct: Fischer Single Family Homes Iv LLC to Good Holly M &

1018 Benz Ave: Miller Eric L & Hollie M to Stargel Jason Jr; $255,000 1224 Iliff Ave: Meyer Terry & Michael to Medina Odisis Hernandez; $96,200 1260 Sliker Ave: Black Fork Holdings LLC to Darko Isaac A & Sylvester Adjei Boadi; $134,900 1368 Covedale Ave:

Lower Price Hill

Grawe James & Betty to Adkins Charlene; $166,000 1699 Ashbrook Dr: Woods Sajah Y & Earl D to Baggett Timothy; $128,000 1749 Iliff Ave: Trison Realty LLC to Stewart Johnathan Walter; $75,000 3851 St Lawrence Ave: Green Castle Properties LLC to Fleming Jacob; $124,000 3902 Glenway Ave: Rasras Mahmoud to Mtoor Imad & Husam Jabreen; $100,000 3908 Glenway Ave: Rasras Mahmoud to Mtoor Imad & Husam Jabreen; $100,000 4119 Vinedale Ave: Trester George A to Nunley Dalemonta; $45,400 4311 Schulte Dr: Schulte Michael W & Erin J to Mack Erin; $167,000 4311 Schulte Dr: Schulte Michael W & Erin J to Mack Erin; $167,000 4320 Eighth St: 4930 Ralph LLC to Burnett Kirk & Orlina Castro Bernabe; $81,000 4781 Loretta Ave: Martin Caitlin J to Whitney Bradley N; $178,000 587 Rosemont Ave: Judy Property Group to Vb One LLC; $68,000 815 Schiff Ave: Manion Matthew C to Beck Nicholas & Amy Buell Beck; $184,900 941 Seibel Ln: Merk Shalonda & Jordan to Whittle Valerie A; $120,500

Westwood 2541 Fleetwood Ave: Fowler Thomas D Jr to Thomassey Anthony Edward & Jackie; $155,000 2610 Ocosta Ave: Davis Paige S to Oprea Saundra P; $170,000 2757 Montana Ave: Bencurik William J to Rodgers Pauline Marcia; $149,000 2768 Queen City Ave: Web One Properties to Habitat For Excellence Realty LLC; $160,000 2872 Orland Ave: Kruoch Chantrea Chhun & Peng to Haboush Fadi; $95,000 2906 Feltz Ave: Millhoff Megan to Bright Melanie E; $115,000 2909 De Breck Ave: Johnson Pamela to Williams Sheena Nicole; $130,000 2973 West Tower Ave: Grice Anniece to Cobbins Rashad; $135,000 3004 Glenmore Ave: Myers Lawrence to Weingartner Julie; $56,900 3004 Glenmore Ave: Richard M Menninger & Trey Janes-mccarter to Menninger Richard M; $27,860 3015 Feltz Ave: Einick Nahid to Niemes Ryan; $140,000 3040 Hull Ave: Miller Kenneth & Andrea C to Waldman Rachael; $138,000 3051 Penrose Pl: Eddy Carole J to Gresock Lauren; $172,500 3103 Manning Ave: Weisenberger Courtney K to Bathily Aminata; $179,900 3240 Queen City Ave: York Holdings LLC to Dy Grace E; $131,500 3285 Renfro Ave: North Courtyard Properties to Taylor Made For You Properties LLC; $99,000 3332 Buell St: Bowling Amber to Diaw Arona; $104,000 3415 Mcfarlan Rd: Hartung Properties LLC to Lugo Jan Pierre Martinez; $230,000 3433 Millrich Ave: Keita Penda & Hamady Camara to Vb One LLC; $92,400 3438 Anaconda Dr: Sidibe Kabaoule to Diop Papa D; $175,000 3518 Werk Rd: Bartholomew Steve M to Thacker Cory; $75,000 3523 Daytona Ave: Cook Jesse & Aloha to Myers Kristin Patricia; $168,000 3721 Boudinot Ave: Mccann Kelly A to Thomas Valora; $220,000

Whitewater Township 11240 Sand Run Rd: Meyer Casey Alan to Bond Road Site Inc; $300,960

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