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Man who survived heart attack reunites with Green Township EMS, dispatcher Segann March Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

“It’s not going to happen today. Not today, God. I’m going to get him through this. We’re going to get through this together.” For seven minutes, these phrases played on loop through her mind as Tatia Wiley performed chest compressions on her 56-year-old husband Mark Wiley, who was suff ering a cardiac arrest. This was her fi rst time performing CPR. “It seemed like hours,” she told the Enquirer. “It was a scary moment. He was clinically dead, but I didn’t know that. I just knew it was important to get that blood pumping. There was no time to waste.” The Green Township couple of 34 years never expected this to happen. They’ll always remember the morning of July 26 and the individuals who helped keep Mark alive. On Sept. 9, Mark reunited with those same emergency responders and medical staff at Green Twp. Fire & EMS Station 55 on Audro Drive. “I’m so grateful for everybody and what they did,” Mark said. “If it wasn’t for the whole eff ort of everybody, I wouldn’t be standing here today. It’s very humbling and an amazing feeling to know how many people care.” According to the American Heart Association, roughly 326,200 people experience out-of-hospital cardiac arrest every year. The average survival rate is a little over 10 percent. Bystander CPR is an eff ective way to help a victim survive, said Angela Baer, the Hamilton County dispatcher who coached Tatia Wiley, 54, through the procedure. “It’s a huge responsibility but we also receive extensive training to be able to handle each diff erent call,” Baer said.

Mark Wiley and his wife, Tatia Wiley, in black face masks, stand surrounded by ﬁ rst responders from Green Township and medical workers from Mercy West Hospital who saved his life this summer when he had a heart attack at his home. ALBERT CESARE/THE ENQUIRER

“This is deﬁ nitely one of those calls that you don’t forget. It’s an honor to see someone fully recover.” Once EMS arrived, Wiley received life support measures while en route to Mercy West Hospital. They were able to locate a pulse after two deﬁ brillation shocks. “This is a good feeling,” said Justin

Moody, an EMS and Fireﬁ ghter for Green Twp. “A lot of the runs we have like this, unfortunately, don’t turn out the same. We don’t see this often and when we do its very fulﬁ lling and reminds us why we do this job.” The American Heart Association recently awarded Green Township Fire and EMS its fourth Mission Lifeline

Gold award for outstanding care of emergency cardiac conditions. “It’s an absolute miracle,” Wiley said while smiling at her husband. “There is no damage. Everything that day was spot on and perfect, except for the heart attack. “From the 911 call to the dispatcher to the EMTs that arrived.”

What school looks like in coronavirus pandemic Terry DeMio Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Emily Janszen eyed up the William Henry Harrison High School gym the ﬁ rst day of volleyball practice. “Open gym” used to be packed with student players. This year the number has been cut in half. “We had to be broken up into smaller groups,” said Emily, a 17-yearold Wildcats setter and a senior. Everyone wears a mask. Everyone stays apart. No high-ﬁ ves allowed. The girls sanitize nets and balls (that’s new). They travel by bus, still, but it’s one teammate per bench seat instead of two. All are masked. “Last year we would be singing and talking to each other. With the masks, it gets hot,” Emily said. “We get tired. It’s a lot more quiet.” It’s low-key at games, too, said Emi-

ly’s dad, Scott Janszen. “The gym is quiet and that takes a little from the game.” “We have all said it feels really weird,” Emily said. It all started in July and will go through the season, though no one is how long that’ll be. “Our coach tells us before every game, it could be our last game. You never know. Give it your all on the court.” ••••• Welcome to the 2020-21 school year. When learning options have bloomed, much to some Cincinnati area educators’ dismay. When masks aren’t associated with Halloween class parties and the measurement 6 feet isn’t a math lesson. It’s a historic time, when a pandemic required new rules and new See SCHOOL, Page 2A

Emily Janszen, 17, is a senior at Harrison High School and plays on the volleyball team. Though the season looks different, the 5’10” setter says she’s glad to be playing and be back in school, even with the masks. LIZ DUFOUR/THE ENQUIRER

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methods of engaging students and new ways of learning, safely. This academic school year is one carved out of necessity, sometimes creatively, during the novel coronavirus crisis. ••••• “It’s overwhelming with these masks. Six hours straight with masks is not exactly easy,” said Benedicta Kyei, a student at Fairfi eld Freshman School. “I was a little bit skeptical coming back to school, but I am very happy with how things are being handled.” ••••• It was 2:30 a.m. Aug. 20 when he woke. “I was really excited about our start of school.” He worked out, got ready for school, passed the time thinking about the upcoming day for Princeton City Schools’ scarlet team. The next day would belong to team gray. But after that, the two would alternate in-school attendance by week. He wasn’t a student or a parent or even a teacher. This was Superintendent Tom Burton, his adrenaline rousing him from sleep hours before dawn. Finally, he headed to work. His fi rst stop was more a slowdown, near Princeton High School in Sharonville. “As I drove up at 6:35 a.m., I noticed students waiting to get inside. All socially distanced,” Burton said. All wearing masks. He headed to the middle school. Teachers held signs outside the building to help direct kids to sixth-, seventh- or eighth-grade doors. Bustling, Burton thought, but orderly. School hallways and classrooms are airy this year, he said. Princeton has about 2,300 students learning only remotely. That leaves about 4,200 in-person learners, but just half in the building at a time, while the other half works virtually. The “hybrid” plan, as it’s been labeled, is what a lot of districts have elected to do this school year in an eff ort to protect students and staff from getting COVID-19. At Princeton City Schools, hours have been staggered for elementary, middle school and high school students to keep traffi c fl owing upon student arrival and

Desks are lined up on the wrestling gym floor to be used as extra cafeteria space at Elder High School in Price Hill on Sept. 3. MEG VOGEL/THE ENQUIRER

departure without crowding. High school students start at 7:15 a.m. and leave at 12:30 p.m., so their lunch looks diff erent: They’re off ered a “grab-and-go” lunch bag to take home at the end of their day. Middle and elementary school kids have the traditional time set aside during school to eat. School hallways are clearly marked with arrows to delineate traffi c patterns. It was done with much forethought, Burton said. Most allow only one-way walking. Anyone who enters the buildings is guided by directional signs, dots for distancing and posters about mask-wearing, distancing, hygiene and COVID-19. Such scenes will be common in schools this year, district offi cials say. ••••• “I am excited to be back in school because I like in-person learning more than remote,” said Vanessa Agyei, a Fairfi eld Freshman School student. “It feels diff erent wearing a mask and social distancing, but it feels safe.” ••••• Walk past Fairfi eld Freshman School and you might hear band music and see student performers sitting 6 feet or farther apart as they rehearse on the lawn. COVID-19 is a threat when virus-containing droplets spray at people. That’s common with horn-blowing. So this year, band looks diff erent in an eff ort to

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play safely. Peek into the computer lab and you’ll see desks and chairs crammed in and stacked up. No lights on. No kids here. No teachers, either. It is a way to make a more comfortable learning space in the classrooms, said Michael Birkemeier, principal. “Originally, each classroom had about 30 desks,” he said. Now, 16 or 17 desks occupy each classroom that’s being used for learning. “If you have 14 or 15 kids in a room, it actually feels full.” In some schools, teachers have acrylic-glass barriers at their desks to protect themselves and any eager student who rushes up to chat or drop off an assignment. Like others, Fairfi eld school halls look diff erent: “We have covered our water fountains,” said Superintendent Billy Smith. The district has ordered waterfi lling stations, but they’ve been delayed because so many districts across the country want them as a way to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The fi lling stations are recommended by public health. Expect similar scenes at all schools. With that in mind, Smith has a reminder for students who are getting ready for school every morning: “Fill your water bottle. Bring that, too.” In cafeterias, Smith said, “We have stickers and x’s of where kids can sit.”

They sit 6 feet apart, but they still talk to their friends during lunch, he said. Maybe a little louder. Because of the hybrid plan and because 23% of Fairfi eld kids are on virtual learning, Smith said, every school is spacious. “It’s like a totally diff erent world.” ••••• Daniel Clock, of Fairfi eld Freshman School, said he’s adjusting to wearing a mask for hours: “It makes talking diffi cult – and breathing during PE.” Physical education looks diff erent, too. Everyone is separated, there no teams, no tagging each other. It beats remote learning, Daniel said. “I am excited to be back to school and learning because with the COVID laws, it was hard to .. be with friends.” ••••• Fifth-grade students in Shante Cox’s class at Cincinnati College Preparatory Academy found their desks, sanitized them and their hands, and began school on Sept. 1. With red and blue tape, Cox said, “we created ‘boxes’ for the students, so they know, ‘that’s your area.’ “ The kids must keep their backpacks, their water bottles and their feet in their space. Some things are the same in Cox’s room. “My philosophy is, make sure their classroom is a safe haven. Make it like it’s home. Colorful posters, words of affi rmation everywhere,” she said. She’s confi dent her students are adjusting to what has had to change. Mask-wearing and distancing may be more of a struggle for her than for them, she confessed. “I love the kids to see me smiling!” a wistful Cox explained. She hopes that her kids recognize the smile in her eyes this school year. “I love giving the hugs. Some of these kids do not get that,” Cox added. She’s thinking about trying air hugs, but she said, “It’s going to be tough.” On Sept. 1, too, her little one entered the fi rst grade at CCPA. He was prepared, his mother said. For weeks, Aiden, 6, knew which mask he’d wear: “a Marvel superhero mask,” his mother said. For weeks, he’d been practicing mask-wearing, and he knows to keep his hands away from other people’s belongings, she said. But like mother, like son. Aiden loves to give children hugs – an absolute no this year. “That’s going to be really hard,’” Shante Cox said.

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Shooting death of Ronald Rousseau still unsolved Amber Hunt Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

For the families of victims killed in unsolved murders, life has been at a standstill for a long time, even before the pandemic arrived. Over the next several weeks, The Enquirer will highlight a series of cold cases, summarized and analyzed by the journalists whose careers largely focus on unsolved murders: the creators of Cincinnati.com’s Accused podcast. If you have any information on any unsolved case, please reach out to the appropriate law enforcement agency. Suggestions for cases to highlight can be sent to accused@enquirer.com.

The crime In 2017, Ronald Rousseau had dreams of opening a clothing store. It seemed a good ﬁ t for the 37-yearold father of three. He was stylish, after all – so much so that he was known to decline rides in messy cars because he didn’t want to dirty his outﬁ t. His dream never came true. On Aug. 20, 2017, Rousseau was gunned down in his Westwood driveway. Neighbors said someone had called his name, prompting him to walk toward them. An argument ensued, and Rousseau was shot dead. “He didn’t believe in carrying guns,” said his mother, Twannette Rousseau, 65. “I taught my son not to kill their son. I wish that they had taught their kids not to kill mine.” Twannette Rousseau said this crime is solvable and is calling on police to step up their game.

The victim Rousseau had grown up with an older sister and brother that he clung to. “He was real bright in school,” said Twannette Rousseau, who added that he’d even changed elementary schools when one proved too easy. “As he got older, it seemed like he got real particular about his clothes,” his mother said. “He loved fashion; he loved to dress. He could put on blue jeans and a shirt, but it’d be a special shirt all coordinated with his shoes, and he was al-

ways neatly groomed.” Rousseau had never quite found his footing in terms of a career because what he wanted was fi nancially out of reach. It’s not cheap to open a clothing store, his mother said. To make it happen, Rousseau worked long hours at odd jobs to sock away money. The coverage: Rousseau’s death didn’t generate much news coverage when it happened. The only follow-up The Enquirer published featured police telling reporters that they’d found digital scales and a white powder inside of Rousseau’s home, which was the lower half of a duplex. Rousseau’s mother said she’s dubious, though. It’s not about a mother thinking her son could do no wrong – “nobody’s perfect,” she said – but rather that she fi nds it a convenient excuse to pay the case little mind. Plus, she said, it’s always bothered her that cash loaned to her son by a relative for his clothing-store dream disappeared from his house when police searched it. “They say they found drugs in there, but what about the money?” she said. “He was killed outside. He didn’t go back into the house, so the money should have been there.” (According to Hamilton County court records, Rousseau’s only drug-related conviction was nearly 20 years before his death, and was related to a personal stash of marijuana.) The Enquirer reached out to the Cincinnati Police Department about this case and Twannette Rousseau’s allegations, which she acknowledged she didn’t report through offi cial channels, such as a citizen’s complaint. A spokesman replied that he would try to fi nd specifi cs about the case but hadn’t as of this writing.

The aftermath Imagine your son is killed, his life brought to an end in a split second by someone who happened to have a gun during an argument. Then imagine that in the days that followed, police seemed more focused on asserting that he’d been involved in drugs than on trying to ﬁ nd his killer. It’s an exercise in empathy, and Twannette Rousseau assures that even

Ronald Rousseau, a 37-year-old father of three, was fatally shot in his Westwood driveway Aug. 20, 2017. His killer is still unknown. PROVIDED

your best eﬀ orts won’t come close to generating the anger she still feels today. She considers her life ruined. “I can’t trust nobody,” she said through tears. “I used to care about things and now I just don’t. “I want people to stop treating my son like he was the scum of the earth. He wasn’t.” Last month, Rousseau’s friends and family organized an observance of his death, where his mother learned that she isn’t the only person haunted by the shooting. “This little boy came up to me and said, ‘Ma’am, I hope you feel better. I went under my bed when I heard the gunshots,’ “ Twannette Rousseau said. “I felt like they didn’t have to kill my son. Why did you kill him?” she said. “Until I die, with the last breath in my body, I’m gonna want to know who killed my son.” What should happen: Sometimes loved ones of the victims have the best

suggestions: In this case, Twannette Rousseau is adamant that if police could track down the last few people with whom her son spoke to on his cell phone, they might be able to crack the case. But she said police so far have told her they can’t “get into” the phone, which she ﬁ nds unacceptable. “It’s been three years,” she said. “I’m tired of hearing ‘we can’t get in.’ The answer’s right in front of their face.” Got tips? If you have information about Rousseau’s death, you can call CrimeStoppers at 513-352-3040. There’s a $1,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. Accused, reported by Enquirer journalists Amber Hunt and Amanda Rossmann, is an award-winning podcast investigating cold cases with three seasons available on all mainstream platforms such as Apple Podcasts and also at www.accusedpodcast.com.

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Feds: Westwood man shot at pizza delivery driver and stole driver’s car Madeline Mitchell Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

A Westwood man has pleaded guilty in a case where offi cials say he fi red shots at a woman and her children as they hid behind a Domino’s Pizza delivery car with the delivery driver. Sammie Green, 25, was indicted in February in federal court in Covington. He was charged with carjacking and discharging a fi rearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice. The incident began as a domestic dispute, offi cials said. Court documents state Green physi-

cally assaulted his girlfriend, causing multiple injuries on Aug. 15, 2019 in Boone County. The woman then fl ed with her children as the delivery driver arrived at the residence to deliver food. The woman asked the driver to call the police. Green admitted at that point he began fi ring shots towards the driver, the woman and her children. Green then approached the delivery driver, pointed the gun at him and demanded the keys to his blue 2007 Ford Focus. Green faces up to 15 years in prison for the carjacking charge and 10 years to life in prison for the discharging of a fi rearm charge.

Suspect in United Dairy Farmers’ break-ins arrested Jeanne Houck Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Cincinnati police say they have arrested a man believed to have broken into more than 15 United Dairy Farmers locations throughout Hamilton County. Jerome Parker, 63, of West End, has been charged with 10 counts of breaking and entering, as well as counts of possessing criminal tools, theft and possessing drug paraphernalia, police said in a press release. Police said two Cincinnati oﬃ cers out looking for Parker’s white Honda

CRV, believed to have been used in several breaking and entering cases, saw the car on Harrison Avenue near McHenry Avenue in Westwood on Sept. 6. They initiated a traffi c stop and saw a trash can, cigarettes and criminal tools in the Honda, police said. “In addition to the stolen property, offi cers also recovered clothing worn during the off enses, drug paraphernalia, and a wig,” police said. “The driver, Jerome Parker, admitted that he had committed the B&E in North College Hill earlier in the evening.” Parker was arrested and is in the Hamilton County Justice Center.

Former Hamilton County Judge Ralph Winkler Sr. dies Madeline Mitchell and Jennie Key Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Former Hamilton County Judge Ralph Winkler died unexpectedly Sept. 3, according to Hamilton County Republican Party chairman Alex Triantaﬁ lou. Winkler’s children conﬁ rmed their father’s death in social media posts Sept. 4. “I am sorry to tell all my family and friends that my father, Ralph Winkler passed away suddenly tonight. He loved everyone,” Ralph “Ted” Winkler wrote of his late father on Facebook. “Please pray for My family, but also know we are at peace. He was a man of faith.” Ted Winkler and his brother, Robert Winkler, currently serve as judges in Hamilton County Courts. Robert Winkler also wrote about his father’s death on Facebook, stating his dad had a “wonderful life” and was “always a proud Bearcat.” Records state Winkler graduated from the University of Cincinnati in 1959. “Personally, I remember Judge Winkler’s support of me as a young professional and the continued support he provided to the Hamilton County Re-

publican Party,” Triantafi lou said in a statement. “He is much beloved by Republicans everywhere and his long service to our community and to our nation will not soon be forgotten.” Winkler served a total of 22 years as a trial judge in Hamilton County Municipal Court and the Court of Common Pleas, according to BallotPedia. In 1998 he was elected to the First District Court of Appeals, where he retired in 2005. Green Township Trustee Tony Rosiello said Winkler infl uenced him to take a run at public offi ce. “He encouraged me, told me to do the right thing and give back to my community,” Rosiello said. “He encouraged a lot of us to public service. He had a quiet way of leadership, one that will be missed.” Rosiello said he ran for offi ce unsuccessfully before winning in 2011. “Ralph told me not to give up, I had a lot to off er to the community. His guidance and encouragement kept me going,” Rosiello said. Rosiello said Winkler was kind, fi rm and had a dry sense of humor. He said his friend valued family and was quintessentially a West Sider and “so Cincinnati.”

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“Politics get you into oﬃ ce, but here in Cincinnati, once you are there people expect you to move the ball. He knew that.” Rosiello said the Winkler family has a

legacy of public service in the county that cannot be ignored. “On the bench, he was fair, but strong,” Rosiello said. “No one can say he wasn’t good for our community.”

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Say hello to The Enquirer’s new food and dining writer The Cincinnati Food & Wine Classic hosted its fi rst Grand Tasting last year at Washington Park. Foodie journalists Francis Lam, Keith Pandolfi and Andrew Knowlton attended. Pandolfi is The Enquirer’s new food and dining writer.

Keith Pandolfi Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

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

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to at the Contemporary Arts Center; the old-school ham-salad sandwich at HomeMakers. I fell in love with Covington. Where Chris and Tess Burns were cooking up perfectly fried Kentucky rabbit, sumac brick chicken and other Southern/Appalachian fare at Commonwealth Bistro. And Hisako “Chako” Okawa, a Le Cordon Bleu graduate who was serving exquisite matcha roll cakes and Japanese curry soup at her namesake bakery and cafe on Main Street. As a product of Anderson Township, I kicked myself for not realizing the magic of the West Side earlier in life. The ﬁ rst time I slipped into a booth at Maury’s Tiny Cove and ordered an old fashioned, Amy said, “I haven’t seen you this happy since the day we got married,” and she was exactly right. I guess my enthusiasm for the city’s food scene came through when I met with the Enquirer staﬀ last month to discuss writing about it full-time. Because yes, Cincinnati, I’m your new food and dining writer. Not your new Polly Campbell, mind you. Because Polly is Polly. Because Polly is forever. But as a writer, I hope I can make the same kind

of inroads Polly once did into your hearts and, of course, your stomachs, even if that might take a little while. Tastes, I know, are subjective: A varied mix of nostalgia, our own discerning (sometimes stubborn) palates and the power of suggestion by a friend or, perhaps, a critic. No matter what you grew up eating, whether it was reﬁ ned home cooking made by your Williams-Sonoma-loving parents, or a plate of afterthe-soccer-game riblets at Applebee’s on Beechmont Avenue, all of these foods work their way into our souls. I know from experience that you can appreciate the simplicity of a perfect French omelet from French Crust as much as you can an overstuﬀ ed Western version from Bob Evans. Sure, I can be critical. I get frustrated by structurally unsound sandwiches; I worry this city’s obsession with pork belly might be getting out of hand; I get downright angry when the music is wrong or too loud for a restaurant. I feel anxious when a server has to explain a menu concept to me. But given what the restaurant industry is going through under COVID-19, I’m

not going to be too picky. This pandemic’s taken a dire toll on our city’s food workers, and it’s not over yet, folks. That said, I’m amazed by how so many of them have pivoted to help save themselves, and in some cases, each other. From Jose Salazar turning Mita into a distribution center for free meals for restaurant workers to Suzy DeYoung of La Soupe working with chefs and farmers to salvage dumpster-bound food to create not just nutritious, but restaurant-quality foods for those in need. Finally, in a food world that’s going through a much-needed reckoning, I realize it’s my responsibility to write for everyone. To ask questions about the things I don’t understand. To try and see things through a lens that’s not mine and mine alone. I promise to pay as much attention to the new Sichuan restaurant in an exurban strip mall as I do the next American bistro that opens on Vine Street. I want to understand why a perfect pho makes a person feel as comforted as I do when I sit down for a perfect three-way at a favorite chili parlor. I want to learn. I want to explore. But, most of all, I want to eat.

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Ohioans will pay higher electric bills if HB 6 is repealed Your Turn Bill Seitz

From his perch in San Francisco, it’s diffi cult to see what accurate insight guest columnist Jigar Shah could bring to any examination of Ohio electric rate legislation (”How bad nuclear plant bailout legislation got passed”, Aug. 11). The column is replete with errors and glaring omissions. The legislation in question – House Bill 6 – cuts electric rates for all Ohio residential, commercial, and industrial customers by $2.3 billion over its 10year life. This fi gure comes directly from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission – Ohio’s nonpartisan state agency that analyzes the fi scal impact of every enacted Ohio bill. How is this possible, given that the bill does extend a modest (85 cents per month per residential customer) subsidy (starting in 2021) to the two Ohio nuclear power plants that provide 90% of Ohio’s carbon-free generation? Easy answer: the bill eliminates or ratchets back other charges on customer bills that have been in eff ect since 2009. More charges were cut than were added. It’s very nice of a self-described West Coast executive of a “fi nance company that builds, owns, and operates renewable energy infrastructure” to advocate for repeal of a bill that cuts electric bill costs. But Shah won’t pay the higher bill – you will. Other errors in Shah’s column must be corrected. His claim that the bill quashed “cheaper natural gas and zero emissions renewables like wind and solar” is false. Renewables are not cheaper once federal taxpayer subsidies are factored in. My rooftop solar array cost $16,000, but I received a $5,000 tax credit, which reduced its net cost to $11,000. And while natural gas is a cheaper electric fuel today than is nuclear, the Democratic Party and its Green New Deal advocates have pledged to ban the fracking that has produced the large supplies of cheap natural gas.

If they succeed, gas prices will skyrocket, and we will wish we had nuclear power as an alternative. Nor is it true that House Bill 6 subsidizes a coal plant in Indiana. In fact, it caps the cost of a previously approved cost recovery for Ohio utilities that own part of the Ohio Valley Electric Cooperative – and caps those charges at levels lower than the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio previously approved! Preserving the nuclear plants independently makes sense: h They produce 90% of Ohio’s carbon-free electricity. h They have years of useful life left on their federal operating permit. h They provide hundreds of jobs and signifi cant tax base for the two counties that house them. h They provide a hedge against spiking gas prices if “Green New Deal” programs to halt fracking and pipeline construction come to pass. h The subsidy is needed to allow them to compete on a more level playing fi eld with the lavishly subsidized renewable energy projects that intermittently produce electricity and in any event require baseload plant backup. While both then and now I favor more stringent auditing standards than were contained in House Bill 6 to measure the plants’ need for any ongoing subsidy, we can make that change without repealing the entire bill. That would only increase the rate cut already conferred by the bill. Finally, as proof that San Franciscans are poor students of Ohio history, Shah falsely claims that former House Speaker Larry Householder was “once forced to resign in 2004 due to corrupt activity.” He did not resign in 2004. He had reached the end of his eight-year term limit. He was never charged, much less convicted, of any corrupt activity during his 2001-2004 tenure as speaker. Ohioans eager to pay higher electric bills will heed Shah’s advice to repeal House Bill 6. But I suspect that is a small number of people – unless you are a rent-seeking fi nancier of “renewable energy infrastructure.” State Rep. Bill Seitz is a Green Township resident and Majority Floor Leader of the Ohio House of Representatives.

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Rita’s Kitchen Rita Heikenfeld

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

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

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

German potato salad. PHOTOS BY RITA HEIKENFELD/FOR THE ENQUIRER

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1 tablespoon salt

Like Iron Skillet’s cucumber salad

Parsley (optional)

1-2 cloves garlic, minced

Instructions

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

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Ingredients

Pour over cucumbers and mix. Cover and refrigerate overnight.

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

Top each serving with sour cream and paprika to taste.

Garnish with parsley.

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

⁄ 4 cup water

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

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

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Forever, Grace O’Connor will make the two three-pointers and Mick O’Connor will watch. One from the right wing, one from the left, in the fourth quarter of a close game, with a 6-foot-2 defender fl ying at her. Grace is only 5-3, a point guard, but on that night last March, she felt as tall as a house. “I still get chills,” says Mick, who as you might imagine is Grace’s father. He has watched the video of that game 10 times and he admits to a shiver every time. Mercy McAuley against Wayne in the district fi nals, a week before the sports world went dark. Grace, a junior, the youngest of his four children, making two shots that helped her team win and, more to the point, making a memory that persists. If you ever wondered why we strive, why we persist and why striving and persistence are the essence of what we do and who we are, well, watch the tape. “One of the proudest moments of my life,” says Mick. A week later, COVID-19 shut down high school sports in Ohio. And now, six months later and still under the COVID cloud, Mick O’Connor is fearful his daughter won’t get a chance at a sequel. And why he will argue with all he has that high school athletes be freed from what he says is the irrational fear of a virus that mostly aff ects older people and those with pre-existing conditions. “All this negative and unnecessary talk about canceling sports,” he says. “To have a liberal administrator cancel (Grace’s) season would be terrible. My heart would break.” Grace is a senior this year. After years of riding shotgun to teammates’ dreams, she has the chance to make one of her own. It’s fi tting she’s a point guard, Mick says. It matches her selfl ess nature. From grade school to AAU ball to high school, Grace has appreciated her role as a complementary player. Now, Mick says, “it’s her time. Grace has worked her tail off for this. She has a chance to be a go-to player on varsity.” At 5-3, Grace will not be playing college basketball. The family has gotten a few letters from smaller schools, but not even doting father Mick has any illusions about his daughter’s basketball future. “We know where her future lies, and it’s not basketball,” he says. Listen to the O’Connors, hear a nation roiling. Imagine families at kitchen tables, parents and children making decisions that no one ever thought would have to be made. Everyone has an opinion on how to live during the pandemic. No two opinions are exactly the same. Most of them are bound by the loosest of threads: We want to do right by our children. Mick O’Connor watches the video from last March, and he thinks, “What if COVID had shut down the season a week earlier? What if Grace hadn’t gotten that opportunity” against Wayne? “I was so proud she had the gumption to take those shots.” Now, he awaits a decision on the fate of winter sports that’s no more predictable than the virus itself. “This is her year to be a team leader. She has a chance to be a captain,” he says. Mick knows Grace will be fi ne without basketball. She’s an honors student, has a

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part-time job, will attend college. Her future includes promise. That’s not the point. Mick doesn’t want to see all Grace’s striving end in disappointment because of a sickness he believes is more politics than health care. That’s his point. He’s somewhat radical about it. Mick read an interview with Kirk Cousins last week, in which the Minnesota Vikings quarterback said in July “if I die (of COVID), I die.” Cousins said he’d wear a mask out of respect for others, not because he was worried about contracting the disease, or what might hap-

pen to him if he did. “I agree with Kirk,” Mick O’Connor says. “Do you stop life for this disease? We know who’s at risk. We don’t need to worry about ﬂ attening the curve. I almost drowned whitewater rafting 10 years ago. We all die.” Did we mention O’Connor’s entire family contracted COVID a few months ago? Mick, his wife and all four of their children. None became seriously ill, he says. All have recovered. Which only fuels his ﬁ re. He watches the video, again and again. Grace never misses the pair of

threes. Mercy McAuley wins every time. (The Wolves lost their next game, to Fairmount in the regional semifi nals, a few days before COVID-19 ended the season for everyone.) Grace has a life lesson reinforced. Mick doesn’t want that tarnished. “I just want my kid to fi nish her senior season on a high note,” he says. “If she gets the virus (again) I’m fi ne with her chances at 99 percent-plus. I want to change the mentality, so (fear) doesn’t creep in if we get a second wave. It’s a clear choice for me.”

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Top 10 Ohio boys golfers to look for Alex Harrison Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Greater Cincinnati golfers littered the state leaderboards in 2019 with three local schools appearing in the top fi ve of the Division I fi nal and at least one local individual golfer appearing in the top 10 of all three division's fi nal leaderboards. Many of those golfers return for 2020 with a chance to stake another claim at the top of the state. The Enquirer's selections are based on rankings based on OHSAA state tournament appearances, district or all-league accomplishments and input from area coaches. Here, in no particular order, are the area's top golfers to watch for the upcoming season. [Download the Cincinnati Sports app for all the news on your favorite teams.] Joe Wilson IV, Lakota East – Wilson helped push Lakota East as a team to the state tournament where he had scores of 76 and 74 to fi nish in a tie for fi fth place. At the sectional meet, Wilson shot a 74 in a tie for second place. Jordan Gilkison, Springboro – Gilkison won his sectional by six strokes and then followed that performance by shooting a 69 to win the district meet and qualify for state as an individual. Gilkison shot 6-over par at state, putting himself into a tie for fi fth place. Sam Pettengill, Cincinnati Country Day – Pettengill brushed off the sectional tournament at Walden Ponds by shooting a 73 and winning the tournament by six strokes. Pettengill battled in the district tournament and found himself in a three-way tie for the fi nal individual qualifi er spot in the state tournament. After parring all three playoff holes, Pettengill qualifi ed for state where he had an eighth-place fi nish. Peter Sheakley, Indian Hill – As a sophomore last season, Sheakley shot a 75 at sectionals to tie in second place at sectionals, then Sheakley helped Indian Hill advance to state, shooting 79 at districts. In the Division II state meet, Sheakley shot a combined 155 for a seventh-place tie. Victor Caliguri, Elder – A sophomore in 2019, Caliguri helped Elder to the district tournament where he shot a 72, good for fi fth place, but one stroke off from forcing a playoff for the fi nal individual spot in the Division I state tournament. Zach Braun, St. Xavier – Braun was the highest fi nisher at state for the Bomber squad that fi nished tied for fi fth place in the tournament. Braun was a top-fi ve fi nisher at the sectional tournament and shot a 75 in his district round for a seventh-place mark. Thomas Henderson, Moeller – Henderson was another golfer who helped his team reach state and the

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Moeller Crusaders nabbed a fourth-place fi nish at the meet with Henderson shooting a 78 in both rounds for a 17th place individual fi nish. Brandon Conner, Madeira – Conner played himself into the district tournament in 2019 after shooting 77 in sectionals. According to Madeira golf coach Brad Conner, Brandon competed throughout the summer and won two tournaments and placed in the top 10 of two regional tournaments. Tyler Heekin, Indian Hill – Heekin was the top fi nisher as a freshman for state-qualifying Indian Hill in the district meet, shooting a 78 for a fourth-place tie. Heekin in sectionals had shot a 75 for a runner-up fi nish. At the Division II state meet, Heekin slipped a bit

after shooting an 89 and an 88 in rounds, but still had a top 50 score for the tournament. Ty Sylla, Lakota East – In Division I in 2019, Sylla was one of seven Greater Cincinnati golfers to crack the top 20 at the state tournament. Sylla of the thirdplace Lakota East team shot a combined 157 for a 19thplace tie. Honorable Mention Fenwick: Luke Metzger, Zach Hayek; Indian Hill: Will Heekin, Wyatt Higgins; Loveland: Tyler Vallee; Mason: Nate Vonderhaar, AJ Wilhelm; McNicholas: Bryce Fisher; Milford: Adam Horn, Cole Watson; Moeller: Matt Daulton; Seven Hills: Jacob Joﬀ e; Sycamore: Patrick Thompson; Talawanda: Dylan Slager.

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The duo of Katelyn Grimes and Rylie Wichmann helped lead CHCA to its fi rst-ever regional championship last season. Both return this year, hoping to get the Eagles to a state fi nal. Grimes was the Division III, District 16 player of the year and Wichmann was fi rstteam all-district. Seven Hills and Summit will look to threaten CHCA in the MVC scarlet. In the gray division, Cincinnati Christian went undefeated in divisional play last season. The Cougars will look to hold off St. Bernard and Clark Montessori again.

With the start of the high school volleyball season underway, here are the top teams and storylines to watch for this season in Greater Cincinnati.

Girls Greater Catholic League All eyes will (rightfully) be on the Girls Greater Catholic League, which is considered to be one of, if not the toughest, conference in Ohio. You can usually pencil in one of these fi ve squads for a regional championship and trip to the state Final Four at Wright State. Last year, Mount Notre Dame went 25-3, defeating conference foes Mercy McAuley and Ursuline in the regional tournament. The Cougars lost in the state semifi nal, but return standout outside hitter Carly Hendrickson, who led the GGCL in kills last season and was a fi rst-team All-Ohio selection. Fellow AllOhio pick Megan Wielonski is returning, too, after leading the GGCL in assists. Ursuline, which won a state title in 2018, is happy to welcome back Hailey Green, who led the GGCL in kill percentage (.540) and kill effi ciency (.441) last season and was fourth in total kills (293). St. Ursula, which also won 20 games last season, has Emma Grome returning. She was a second-team All-Ohio selection last year. Seton and Mercy McAuley will each try to improve on 1-7 records against the GGCL last season. Julia Marr is Seton's top returner after registering the second-most kills in the GGCL in 2019. Ohio University commit Caroline Clippard is back for Mercy McAuley after helping her club capture a district title.

Greater Catholic League Coed You have the big three teams in the GCL Coed in Fenwick, Roger Bacon and Badin. That trio combined for a 68-13 record while the other ﬁ ve went 36-83. Fenwick is the area's only defending state champion after winning a Division II crown in 2019. The Falcons lost plenty to graduation but will return junior Kate Hafer, who had 153 kills last season. Roger Bacon has gone 49-5 over the last two seasons, but four of those defeats were at the hands of Fenwick, including back-toback regional championships. Can the Spartans get over the hump? They will return honorable mention All-Ohio selection Cammy Niesen and senior Grace Wilking. Badin, 17-8 last season, returns Sarah Newberry, who had nearly 200 kills as a freshman in 2019. Senior Emma Trusock also returns for the Rams. McNicholas thrived in the GCL co-ed's central division from 2013-18. The Rockets will try to rebound from last season's 11-13 campaign.

Greater Miami Conference Mason enters the 2020 season on a 46-game winning streak against GMC opponents dating back to Sept. 15, 2015.

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Marilyn Popplewell-Garter and Brooklyne Darby are young contributors for Mason.

Wyoming is riding an absurd 143-game winning streak against CHL opponents dating back to 2009. Wyoming is coming oﬀ a district title and returns sophomore Allie Cordes, who was fourth in the CHL in kills last season. Indian Hill has won 18-plus games in each of the last three seasons and reached the district championship game in 2019. Kyla Hackman is a key returner for Reading, which went 17-7 last year.

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The Comets have won four consecutive conference crowns, but have seen their season end at the hands of a GGCL program six years in a row. Mason has another talented cast coming back, including seniors Marilyn Popplewell and Chloe Pearce and juniors Kalli Wall and Brooklyn Darby. Lakota East has been conference runner-up backto-back years, winning every GMC contest sans Mason. The Thunderhawks lose kills leader Sarah Norcom and libero Caroline Garda, but will return solid outside hitter Emily Mason and last season's GMC block leader Nina Blount. Oak Hills and Lakota West each ﬁ nished below .500 last season but went 6-3 in GMC play. Fairﬁ eld went 12-12 and will return outside hitter Emma Miller.

Williamsburg was the only SBAAC program last season to advance past the fi rst two rounds of the playoff s, falling in the district fi nal to Versailles. The Wildcats have won 63 straight against SBAAC foes, dating back to the 2014 season. Williamsburg returns senior Paige Fisher and Clermont Northeastern, runner-up in the SBAAC National fi ve straight years, returns top offensive threat Lexi Eyre. In the SBAAC American, Western Brown is looking for back-to-back division titles behind junior Olivia Young, the conference kills leader from last season.

Eastern Cincinnati Conference The story? Six teams went over .500 last season in the ECC. Loveland has won the conference three straight seasons. The Tigers lost two-sport star Jillian Hayes but will return senior Diana Clark and Audrey Planner. Turpin has been consistent with six consecutive winning seasons. The Spartans welcome back ﬁ rstteam all-district selection Julie Wittekind, who was top-10 in the ECC in kills (217) and digs (284) and was fourth in aces with 54 in last season. Jules Fink, a Utah Valley commit who was thirdteam All-Ohio last season, is the reigning conference player of the year and is looking to lead Kings toward the top of the standings after ﬁ nishing 6th in 2019.

Southwest Ohio Conference Little Miami was consistently one of the top teams in the SWOC, including an outright title last season, but is now in the ECC. That could open the door for Harrison, which has gone 52-20 over the last three seasons combined (29-7 in SWOC play), including a share of the SWOC title in 2018. Senior outside hitter Lucy Banks will be key for the Wildcats this season. Edgewood went 18-6 last season and returns senior outside hitter Callie Hunt.

Cincinnati Metro Athletic Conference Hughes is back hoping to defend its CMAC Red division title. The Big Red went 13-2 overall and 9-1 in conference play and welcomes back player of the year Kayla Williams. Gamble Montessori ran the table in the CMAC Blue a season ago, going 9-5 overall and 6-0 in conference action. Aiken's Mercedes Bowman led the CMAC in kills last season and is hoping to lead the Falcons up the standings.

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COMMUNITY NEWS German ‘bier, brats and bands,’ at a safe social distance During a year when the coronavirus pandemic has kept people cooped-up in their homes, the “Big Biergarten Experience” gives folks a chance to get out of the house and to safely enjoy some great German “bier, brats and bands,” said Thomas Strain, a member of the Society’s Board of Trustees. The Germania Society, a nonproﬁ t social club that promotes German culture and helps local groups such as Boy Scouts, has been working all summer to put together a two-weekend event that adheres to government social-distancing and other health requirements. The Big Biergarten experience will enable people to gather safely and have a good time, spread out across 16 acres of Germania Park in Colerain Township, Strain said. The park is located at 3529 W. Kemper Road. The Society’s usual Oktoberfest, which typically attracts about 20,000 attendees over a single weekend in late August, was canceled because of government mandates forbidding large crowds. In place of the Oktoberfest, the Big Biergarten Experience has been set for a little later, Sept. 18-20. “It’ll be truly a cultural event, a touch of Oktoberfest, in a cozier atmosphere,” Strain said. Attendance is strictly limited to 1,000 people per day. Each person will be required to have a seat, per government rules. Seating is available in an open-air pavilion, under a tent, or in a rustic biergarten surrounded by trees. No admission will be permitted without advance purchase of tickets, which are $5 each. A $10 parking pass also must be pre-paid, unless people arrive at the park via Uber, Lyft or other transportation. Tickets, parking and detailed information are available under “Big Biergarten Experience” at Eventbrite.com, or at germaniasociety.com. Janice Hisle, Germania Society of Cincinnati

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West End Branch receiving outdoor learning upgrade thanks to FC Cincinnati Foundation During the COVID-19 pandemic, spending time outdoors has become more vital to our well-being. And thanks to work based on the Library’s Facility Master Plan and a generous donation from the FC Cincinnati Foundation, the West End Branch received an upgrade to its courtyard so community members can use the revived space and access the Library’s WiFi and computers. In 2019, the Library held listening sessions for the West End community as part of the systemwide planning process for its Facility Master Plan. “We heard loud and clear the need for increased access to technology and dynamic, engaging, and fl exible spaces,” said Paula Brehm-Heeger, the Library’s Eva Jane Romaine Coombe Director. “We’ve seen fi rsthand how the pandemic has exacerbated the need for greater access to computers and WiFi for job development, fi ling federal and local government forms, telehealth, voter registration, faxing, scanning, email, fi ling unemployment, and more.” Concrete has already been poured and the renovations begun in the walled-in outdoor area just off the adult space in the branch. The courtyard is open and

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accessible with shade and space for individuals and families to enjoy. Funding from the FC Cincinnati Foundation has underwritten new technology solutions for customer use in the courtyard and throughout the branch. A new laptop cart enables customers to check-out a laptop for a 60-minute computer session. “Support from community partners like the FC Cincinnati Foundation to the Library’s Foundation helps to leverage and enhance the public dollars that the Library receives,” said Staci Dennison the Thomas W. Jones Executive Director of the Library Foundation. “Every dollar we receive to support our branches and the work they do to support our community is critical and expands what can be accomplished during this very challenging time.” “Operating with reduced occupancy limits and limits on the duration of customer visits during the pan-

demic has forced us to get creative and we’re thrilled that FC Cincinnati Foundation is onboard to help us expand our reach for the West End Community,” said Branch Manager Keloni Parks. “The laptops allow us to increase access without exceeding our building occupancy limits. That means our kids are able to enjoy the computers without competing for computer time with adults.” The Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library has had to pivot several services during the pandemic. This new courtyard, along with access to laptops, allows customers more space at the Library to physically distance themselves while using the Library’s resources. For more about what’s happening at the Library, call 513-369-6900 or visit www.CincinnatiLibrary.org/. Lisa Mauch, Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library

putting his best foot forward. He dedicated countless hours serving younger kids at the at the P&G Cincinnati MLB Reds Youth Academy in Roselawn, which is operated and managed by the Reds Community Fund. All RBI players are required to fulfi ll 15 service hours and attend three educational seminars. Student-athletes that go above and beyond these requirements – making at least 35 All-Star visits to the Academy for instructor-led programs (outside of team practices), performing at least 25 hours of community service, and participating in fi ve or more educational seminars – become RBI All-Stars. Bowers was an All-Star. He found out about the scholarship opportunity through Reds Community Fund Outreach Manager Colleen Cheek. Knowing that all the RBI seniors would likely be applying, he didn’t think winning was a legitimate possibility, despite his obvious qualifi cations. “I just applied because you never know what can happen and fortunately everything went well and I was selected to get the scholarship,” Bowers said. “I found out just checking my email one day. The fi rst thing I did was pray and tell God how thankful I am because I’m blessed to get this scholarship.” It was a thrilling moment for the entire Bowers family. “My family is so proud of me,” he said. “They always tell me to give all the glory to God because without him none of this would be possible. They’re proud of my hard work and dedication to baseball because not everyone gets a chance to play at the college level. They are also so proud of the man I’m becoming and remind me to remain humble.” Bowers and the other 11 student-athletes are receiving the grants through the “RBI for RBI” Scholarship Fund, created in 2008 to provide fi nancial support for college-bound student-athletes based on academic record, leadership demonstrated, participation in school and community activities, and fi nancial need. Since its inception, the “RBI for RBI” Scholarship Fund has awarded more than 140 college scholarships to participants from 37 programs. The “RBI for RBI “scholarships, each valued at $5,000 per year, provide each recipient the opportunity to pursue any fi eld of study at a two-year college, four-year college, university or vocational school in the United States or Puerto Rico. The scholarships may be renewed for up to three years or until the award recipient has earned his or her training certifi cate, associate degree or bachelor’s degree. “Education is one of the core values for our eff orts to engage young people through our sport,” said Tony Reagins, Chief Baseball Development Offi cer, Major League Baseball. “We are incredibly proud to support these scholars in their endeavors to pursue their

Alvin Bowers, a 2020 Gamble Montessori graduate who played for the Reds RBI baseball team, received one of 12 “RBI for RBI” scholarships awarded by Major League Baseball. PROVIDED

SCHOOL NEWS Gamble Montessori grad receives scholarship from MLB Former Cincinnati Reds RBI participant and Gamble Montessori graduate Alvin Bowers received one of 12 “RBI for RBI” scholarships awarded by Major League Baseball. The scholarship is given to incoming college freshmen who are alumni of the Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities program, a youth baseball and softball initiative administered by MLB to serve young people, particularly those from underserved communities. Recipients must show both academic success and positive community involvement. Now a freshman at West Virginia State University, Bowers has certainly done that. On the fi eld, he has always been naturally gifted which was evident as a youngster. But as the competition become more diffi cult at higher age levels, Bowers was ready to put in the work. “Alvin is a hard worker on and off the fi eld and gave up basketball his senior year to concentrate on baseball,” said Jim Bella, one of Bowers’ RBI instructors. “But while Alvin plays hard, you can always count on him to keep his teammates and coaches loose.” Away from the fi eld, Bowers was just as focused on

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

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

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

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

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"If you can have 15% or a maximum of 300 (for indoor activities), what venues are you going to rent out?" Ute said. "I'm of the belief, particularly now, that our coaches, athletes and parents just want to compete. The venue won't be as important right now as it has been in the past."

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

Postseason venues for 2020 Some postseason venues are set, some aren't. For football, will the fi nals make it to Canton this season? "It's too early to determine," Ute said. "I was in a meeting with a sport management folks and that's one thing we discussed, to have those backup plans. One thing we've learned since March is things can change weekly or daily. We're going to continue to work with the governor's offi ce and the Department of Health and Lt. Gov. Husted and go from there. We've been having discussions and making back-up plans in the event that those places aren't available or the size of the crowd doesn't make sense for us fi nancially to use the venues." "As an example, volleyball is at the Nutter Center (Wright State) and to us as an organization, we have to ask the question, 'Does it make sense to rent out the Nutter Center and only put 300 family and loved ones in there?' Financially, that may not make sense."

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

Thoughts on CPS sports still on pause It's week three of football in Ohio, but Cincinnati Public Schools haven't played. They've had intrasquad scrimmages. Though the OHSAA can't step in, is that the right thing to do for the kids, to be stopped from doing what others are already doing? "Kids want to be part of things and I'm sure it's diﬃ cult to watch kids at other schools compete when they're not able to right now," Ute said. "It's that mental health piece we talk about. It's not only from a competition standpoint in athletics. It's from a mental health standpoint of getting kids back in the classroom, back around their peers."

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

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zander Booker T & Latasha; $138,000 5097 Sumter Ave: Handi Properties LLC to Tongret Ashley; $155,000 5145 Halifax Dr: Meyer Elizabeth Paige & Joseph A to Patel Tejas & Kinjal; $462,500 5238 Sidney Rd: Bergman Louis J & Lindsay R to Hunter Allison & Ronald D; $180,000 5311 Race Rd: Sehlhorst David & Lisette to Sommers Steven & Lauren; $240,000 5344 Werk Rd: Huwel Teresa to Huwel Gregory; $100,000 5363 Orchard Creek Ct: Deatley Brian & Megan Helvey to Hill April Elizabeth & Rico O; $205,000 5482 Asbury Lake Dr: Smith Elizabeth & Stacey Braun to Mccullough-joesting Mary Claire; $160,000 5553 Windridge Dr: Kroger Brent R & Elaine E to Brown Jerray; $181,500 5575 Sunnywoods Ln: Lynch John to Wintgens Russell & Andrew Lynch; $88,500 5578 Clearview Ave: Grantmaier Keith & Elizabeth to Bandy Justin Avery; $103,000 5596 Eula Ave: Ledonne Sharon C to Schneider Dionna; $120,500 5606 Sprucewood Dr: Register Brent G to Mayhaus Alissa R & Ryan T; $180,000 5614 Green Acres Ct: Souders Emily C to Ould Mohamed Mohamedou Yahya &; $180,000 5685 Surrey Ave: Sparks Gary A Tr & Deborah L Tr to Marraccini Rachel N; $160,900 5754 Eula Ave: Manion Melita A Tr & Herman N Schkabla Tr to Yoho George T; $140,000 6660 Woodcrest Dr: Lucas Amy M to Brooks Dane J; $210,000 7048 Wesselman Rd: Vach Christopher I & Jennifer E to Edge Anthony Q & Kayla M Ward; $157,000 7143 Leibel Rd: Speckert Suzanne & Nicholas to Sickman David M & David Terry Sr; $173,000

opment LLC to Nvr Inc; $69,502 1120 Westfield Dr: Davis David C to Short Charles Cordell; $199,500 122 State St: Dole Mark G to Drewfab Properties LLC; $135,000 1393 Acadia Ave: Nvr Inc to Fox Sarah & Ryan Hancock; $218,000 1581 Whitewater Trails Blvd: Welsh Development Company Inc to Nvr Inc; $69,998 1594 Whitewater Trails Blvd: Nvr Inc to Mack Kevin John & Susan Marie; $363,210 1672 Garden Springs Ct: Nvr Inc to Shibiya Cassidy & Nina; $421,090 307 Thomas Ln: Doyle Evan P & Tiffany L to Black John W & Candace; $192,500 410 Elaine Dr: Turner Walter W to Turner Justin Wayne; $134,720 602 Heritage Square: Truist Bank to Galligan Patrick; $125,150 602 Heritage Square: Truist Bank to Galligan Patrick; $125,150 629 Heritage Square: Upstart Properties LLC to Phillips Kelly P; $164,000 629 Heritage Square: Upstart Properties LLC to Phillips Kelly P; $164,000 9639 Jarrett Ct: Cusick Heather to Ferguson Joshua A & Rachael M; $250,000 9640 Forest Hill Dr: Welsh Development Company Inc to Nvr Inc; $53,844

Harrison Township 10445 Walkingfern Dr: Artrip Timothy to Williams Mark Philip & Amy; $287,000 10509 Farmland Dr: Hoffman Patricia A to Massey Alexander C & Taylor Loos; $242,315 410 Elaine Dr: Turner Walter W to Turner Justin Wayne; $134,720

Lower Price Hill 2130 St Michael St: Community Matters Holdings LLC to Over-the-rhine Community Housing; $50,000 2701 Lehman Rd: Foley Properties LLC to Olexa Laura L Tr; $58,800 642 Neave St: Sondhi Ramesh C Meena to Over-the-rhine Coummunity Housing; $170,000

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Springfield Dr: Nvr Inc to Gebing Steven & Brittany; $297,945 State St: Dole Mark G to Drewfab Properties LLC; $135,000 10490 West Rd: Trewartha Joshua R to Hacker Erica L; $120,000 1075 South Branch: Nvr Inc to Ennis Ann Tr; $324,000 1099 South Branch: Westhaven Devel-

2510 Rittenhouse Rd: Nickoson James E Sr & Marlene A to Graham Cary William & Anna Marie; $2,000 2536 Rittenhouse Rd: Dreyer John Tr to Gilb Shaun; $160,000 2673 Coshocton Ct: Brandt Christopher E & Jessica T to Schmitt Jr Gregory Francis; $225,000 3012 Fallow Ct: Fischer Single Family

Homes Iv LLC to Napolitano Glen P & Kristine; $506,835 3295 Cherryridge Dr: Neyer Edward J Tr to Niesen Heather; $419,500 4050 Elvista Dr: Galbraith John to Green Brittany; $162,000 4355 Overton Ave: Liebing Ellen to Sears Amy M & Kyle L Landis; $127,000 4456 Schinkal Rd: Martini Thomas W to Mercurio Mark M Jr & Jaclyn; $206,000 5202 Zion Rd: Morris Zachary N to Kaiser Jordan A; $167,800 7921 Bridgetown Rd: Duvall Eddie G & Lisa M to Klug Michel A; $280,000 7930 Rio Grande Dr: Ballman Eric J to Argo David R & Sarah P; $277,000 8037 Turcotte Ln: Beall Joel Roger & Rita Wendy Beall to Seymour Bradley R & Angela R; $300,000 8717 Bridgetown Rd: Henschen Adam L to Schalk Kathleen & Kevin; $315,000

North Fairmount 3182 Saffer St: Cincinnati Baptist Ministers Conference Inc to Judy Property Group LLC; $25,000

Sayler Park 5912 River Rd: Brenner & Jansen Properties Inc to Brw Properties LLC; $7,500 5918 River Rd: Brenner & Jansen Properties Inc to Brw Properties LLC; $7,500 7427 Gracely Dr: Steadman Harold to Montag Chad; $125,000

South Cumminsville 3834 Llewellyn Ave: 1562 Ruth Ave LLC to Massey Boyz LLC; $7,000

South Fairmount 1872 Knox St: Elstun Mark Thomas & Diana Boyd to Knox Hill Holdings LLC; $10,000 2037 Ley Ave: Fayne Jared J to Legacy 516 LLC; $62,000 2147 Selim Ave: Chandler Joel to Freeman Benjamin; $76,000

West End 1706 John St: Jw Development LLC to John Street Retreat LLC; $165,000 415 Elizabeth St: Katterjohn Benjamin J to Williams Basil Kenneth; $262,000

West Price Hill 1038 Academy Ave: Harmeling Roger A to Emmett Patrick J; $24,520 1165 Morado Dr: Butler Alan S to Adams Anthony; $75,000 1174 Nancy Lee Ln: Hardtke Brett B to Hopkins Brandon J; $155,000

1239 Mckeone Ave: Oaks Property Group LLC to As Capital LLC; $31,000 1706 Hillfred Ln: Johnson George A to Bell Bradley; $97,000 1739 Iliff Ave: Ruth Deborah to Armstrong Properties Ltd; $11,000 1743 Gellenbeck St: Bed And Breakfast Property Management LLC to Blaschka Todd; $116,900 4354 Cappel Dr: Herzog Raymond J & Sylvia to Coronado Leandro; $122,000 4728 Green Glen Ln: James Susan D & Robert L to Brown Julie; $69,900 4937 Shirley Pl: Moorman Seth R & Emily M to Morris David & Hannah M; $103,000 4942 Western Hills Ave: James Elaine A & Steven G to May Kevin & Carleen; $68,000 803 Pedretti Ave: Hamilton County Land Reutilization Corporation to Martin Tamarra; $169,000 808 Pedretti Ave: Cincinnati Traditional Properties LLC to New Horizons Real Properties LLC; $30,000 941 Woodbriar Ln: Wabnitz Elizabeth A to Schroader; $125,000 949 Woodbriar Ln: Cochran Douglas W & Melody E to Abdallahi Lakesha & Ahmed; $133,000

Westwood 2641 Mckinley Ave: Martin Ann M to Tracewell William R III; $102,500 2746 Felicity Pl: Mitchell Tara M to Kersey Zachary Allen & Sol; $145,000 2794 Montana Ave: Foster James F & Marcie S Marugg to Johnson Cinnamon; $90,000 2933 Feltz Ave: Trinity Group Unlimited LLC to Swegheimer Krista M; $105,000 2936 Feltz Ave: Fair Tracey to Shafor Caitlin M; $154,500 3080 Hegry Cr: Desta Abera A to Jackson Samantha R; $154,000 3103 Bracken Woods Ln: Zee Alan to Boadi Sylvester Adjei; $129,000 3114 Glenmore Ave: Vance Patricia A & Christina C Lewis to Nevins Nikki; $89,000 3236 Stanhope Ave: Thompson Bruce & Jessica Meguire to Thompson Bruce; $21,800 3514 Daytona Ave: Hughes Kimberly A to Haarmeyer Alex M; $123,000 3619 Allview Ct: Ford Shawn M to Henry Raheem; $93,000

Whitewater Township 8972 Bluejay View Dr: Dress Company The to Laib Adam & Gabrielle; $319,990

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