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‘Not able to say goodbye’ Valedictorians lament loss of graduation rituals Max Londberg and Alissa Widman Neese Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Jim’s Bicycle Shop is limited to only two customers at a time in its Deer Park showroom. It can take more than a month to restock popular models. PHOTOS BY KAREEM ELGAZZAR/THE ENQUIRER

Newest pandemic buy? Bicycles.

Shops working to keep up with surging demand

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oilet paper. Disinfectant wipes. Hand sanitizer. Products like these remain diffi cult to fi nd due to the COVID-19 pandemic.h But the shortages have spread from grocery stores to another place: bicycle shops.h Retailers across the country have experienced a surge in bike sales since coronavirus restrictions were put in

place, and Greater Cincinnati has not been exempt.

“Anything and everything is selling; it’s crazy,” said Matthew Nickum, owner of Smitty’s Cyclery in Fairfax. “We’ve sold more road bikes than we normally do, the gravel bikes are very popular and I can’t keep comfort bikes in stock. Kids bikes are going fast, too.”

In fact, sales of adult leisure bicycles in the U.S. rose 121% in March compared to the previous year, according to NPD group research.

Nickum attributes the new interest in cycling to the coronavirus — gyms, schools and places of work may be closed, but bike shops have remained open.

“Everyone’s getting their bicycle out to get the dust off and fi gure out if they need repairs or a new bike,” Nickum said. “The situation sparked sales considerably — you can social distance on a bike and you can easily stay six feet away.”

Desperate for safe activities during the pandemic, consumers fl ocked to major department stores, such as Target and Walmart, to purchase bicycles.

When these major corporations ran out of bikes to sell, customers turned to local shops.

Jim Peters, who owns Jim’s Bicycle Shop in Deer Park, has been in the business for 44 years and said

he’s never seen demand like this before.

“Our inventories are really getting to the point of depletion and that normally doesn’t occur,” Peters said. “The other problem is that your distributor who sells you the product is out of inventory, as well.”

In Ohio and Kentucky, transportation services are considered essential, which allowed bicycle stores and repair shops to remain open during the stay-at-home orders. However, in the wake of state lockdowns and social distancing, bike shops are struggling to keep up with the growing demand.

Bicycles are fl ying off the shelves and sales don’t seem to be slowing down — a bike may be in the shop in the morning and gone by the afternoon, so it can take over a month before popular models are restocked, Peters said.

“If you fi nd a bike you really want, buy it — the odds are that it won’t be there in two days,” he said.

“It can be 30-, 60- or 90-day wait times before some of these bikes become available again. You need to be willing to wait if you want a bicycle.”

Customers aren’t just willing to wait for the

Matt Wind, a bicycle mechanic, repairs a bike Thursday at Jim’s Bicycle Shop in Deer Park.

There has been a surge in bicycle sales since the beginning of the new coronavirus pandemic.

Alison Peters pushes a bike in need of repair to the back of Jim’s Bicycle Shop .Because transportation services are essential, shops were open despite stay-at-home orders.

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At past graduations, Brenna Hammond watched in the audience as speakers delivered quips and advice, envisioning herself behind the mike.

The Clark Montessori High School senior had hoped to be one of two student orators, selected by teachers, at her own in-person graduation this spring. The valedictorian likely would have urged her peers to embrace life’s “small moments,” employed an analogy about an eighth-grade trip and savored the rush of standing at the center of such a major event.

“Speech is almost a form of art, and writing is an art,” Hammond said. “So just being able to share that creative writing side of myself is something that’s exciting.”

But graduation speeches are yet another casualty of the new coronavirus, which has silenced the arenas, football fi elds and other sites normally electrifi ed this time of year with the sounds of graduation: whoops, whistles, well wishes.

Despite Cincinnati Public Schools hosting “drive-thru“ graduations to cap the year off for grads, Hammond said the absence of a traditional ceremony has made for an anticlimactic end to high school. Her school’s virtual graduation, recognizing about 80 students, took place May 22.

“I don’t get like that fi nal bow on the package, I just feel like I have some loose strings,” she said. “I probably saw some of the people from my graduating class for the last time, and I didn’t know I was seeing them for the last time.”

The graduation speech she’d hoped to give would have served as a segue between school and summer, work and rest, high school and beyond.

“It’s sort of a goodbye speech,” she said, “and it’s also ... a goodbye speech from the graduating class to the teachers as well.”

As valedictorian of her Hyde Park school, Hammond wasn’t guaranteed a speaking slot, as her school has an application process and committee of teachers to select speakers. But she was hopeful, and, after participating in a slam poetry club this year, confi dent in her speaking ability.

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Half-century CPS ‘hero’ administrator dies Terry DeMio Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

For more than a half-century, Dixon Edwards was a familiar face in Cincinnati Public Schools and in the communities he served.

As assistant principal or principal or teacher or counselor or vocational education director at schools beginning in 1962, Edwards was part of Cincinnati public schools history for 53 years, and he’ll always be remembered fondly, say former colleagues and students.

Edwards died on May 23 of natural causes, his wife, Claudette Edwards said.

He was 80.

“He was a real man, and he kept it real,” said George Jackson, a former Withrow High School health teacher and basketball coach who learned from Edwards, an assistant principal and principal during his tenure.

He described Edwards’ manner as straightforward and nonjudgmental.

With Edwards, you knew where you stood, as an educator and as a student.

He was not pretentious but he commanded respect, Jackson said.

Edwards lifted weights in the school

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trip to Andros Island in the Bahamas, where she and her classmates jumped from a ledge into the water below, as an analogy for her class stepping into a new phase of their lives.

“It can be exciting and it can be scary but ultimately those awesome and unique experiences are really what you remember,” she said.

Students are facing similar experiences around the state, as they grapple with losing graduation rituals.

Instead of speaking to a crowd at the Schottenstein Center on Ohio State University’s campus, Ethan Hessick, valedictorian of Hilliard Darby High School, west of Columbus, recorded his speech a couple weeks ago, alone, from the stage of his empty school auditorium.

“It was a little awkward, with nobody in the audience,” he said. “But it was really cool to be able to give that message to my class, and still have that special moment, even if it isn’t the same as it was going to be originally.”

One takeaway: the coronavirus pandemic was only a small portion of their high school experience. It doesn’t defi ne it.

“We still have a lot of positive memories,” he said. “This is still a time of celebration.”

The recording aired as part of his school’s completely virtual graduation ceremony. The more than 1,200 seniors from Hilliard’s three high schools all experienced their graduation that way.

Dixon Edwards

gym and methodically ran the track outside nearly every day, Jackson said, no matter the weather.

“He was an inspiration to our kids,” Jackson said.

Thoughts from Edwards’ “kids,” the students who are now adults in Greater Cincinnati and beyond, poured out on social media over the Memorial Day weekend, as schools’ alumni groups learned of Edwards’ death.

“He was my hero,” a former Sawyer

Hessick will attend Ohio State University in the fall and study biomechanical engineering.

Ohio Department of Education guidance deems virtual celebrations the safest. The department allows for controlled in-person events with a 10 person limit and involving one family at a time entering an area to receive a diploma.

Mason City Schools submitted a proposal to Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine to split its graduation into four ceremonies, with about 200 students each. The plan detailed how students could sit in chairs placed 8 feet apart on a football fi eld.

Guests wouldn’t be permitted to attend but could watch a livestream.

Tracey Carson, a Mason spokesperson, said the district didn’t receive a response from DeWine’s offi ce, so the school will move forward with home delivery of diplomas – when this article was originally published.

The education department discouraged postponing graduations on the hope that in-person ceremonies could be held later, as they may confl ict with students’ plans and may be subject to further delay.

Nadezhda “Dezzie” Niemann, the second valedictorian graduating from Clark Montessori, attended her school’s 2019 graduation. During the speeches, she felt a closeness with her community, something her school emphasizes.

She looked on as the 2019 grads stood in a circle. Each student held a candle and passed around the fl ame until all wicks were lit.

To cope with missing out on such rituals, Niemann has remained in contact with friends and classmates. She noted

Junior High student wrote.

That sentiment was nothing new.

It was expressed by Northside neighbors and parents of kids at Schwab Middle School in 1998, where Edwards was principal. They protested the non-renewal of Edwards’ contract because the school was going to become an elementary school, and Edwards didn’t have elementary certifi cation.

About a dozen parents and Northside community members attended the school board meeting, saying Edwards had been a passionate champion of children and fearsome fi ghter of drug dealers.

“He’s not a yo-yo,” Northside resident Charlene Dalton said, presenting a petition signed by 250 people supporting Edwards’ contract renewal. “He’s a decent man, and he’s doing a fi ne job.”

But Edwards’ career was far from over.

He continued his passion, caring for students and their education in Cincinnati Public Schools.

Edwards escaped gunfi re at Taft High School in January 2007 and then advocated for the teenager who pulled the trigger.

Then an assistant principal at Taft,

Nadezhda “Dezzie” Niemann

the irony of how, after being separated from her classmates, she’s come to understand some of them even more. During virtual lessons, she’s observed how some must care for a sibling or run errands for their families.

Diff erent levels of privilege had been apparent before among her classmates, she said, “but this has opened my eyes a little bit more.”

The shift to remote learning also allowed Niemann to refl ect on her eagerness throughout the year to fi nish high

Edwards was investigating a threat when he came upon Markeith Ford, 16, and tried to turn the boy to face him. The boy shrugged out of his jacket and ran, and Edwards followed. Ford turned and fi red a gun, but the bullet whizzed past Edwards.

The boy’s attorney argued that Ford had the gun because he feared for his life, and he’d never intended to fi re a shot at Edwards.

Ford was charged as an adult in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court and faced 26 years in prison, but the judge sentenced him to fi ve years instead. The reason? Edwards did not want Ford to have jail time, Judge Ralph “Ted” Winkler said. So the judge took that into consideration.

Edwards’ CPS career took him to Sawyer Junior High, Schwab Junior High, Withrow High, Aiken High and Robert A. Taft High schools. He retired twice from CPS, with his fi nal retirement in 2015.

He is survived by his wife, Claudette, and children, son Dixon Edwards III, a former NFL linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys and Minnesota Vikings, daughter Charisse and son Sean, and 11 grandchildren.

school, only now to realize she wished she’d appreciated the moments more.

The district requested Niemann and other CPS valedictorians to record speeches to create a compiled video.

When Niemann spoke to The Enquirer recently, she said a recording wouldn’t be as impactful as an in-person speech but was considering participating.

She chose not to.

Niemann, who is interested in social sciences, will attend Oberlin College in the fall.

Hammond, the other Clark valedictorian, will study behavioral neuroscience in the fall at Centre College south of Lexington.

The crisis has enhanced her gratitude for her family and friends.

She eased her pursuit of perfection in school to spend more time with others, including her father with a preexisting health condition that puts him at high risk for COVID-19.

“You never know how life is going to end up,” she said, “and the sudden turns that it’s going to take.”

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“I think people are buying more expensive bikes because of the availability of less expensive bikes,” Sellers said.

“We sell a lot of bikes at diff erent price points to accommodate most people’s

needs, but we have a very tight inventory. It’s been incredibly busy.”

Although the coronavirus has seemingly brought the world to a sudden halt, the globe will continue to spin — just like the wheels of a bicycle.

“There’s a lot of reasons to buy a bicycle now,” Sellers said. “People have gotten used to shopping this way for a while now and it doesn’t seem to bother most people as much as you would think.”

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$130M Gallery at Kenwood under construction Jeanne Houck Cincinnati Enquirer

on tenants, restaurants or the hotel,” Weidman said.

Construction is underway on a $130 million commercial-residential development in Kenwood and a new earnings tax will be levied to fund infrastructure supporting it.

Sycamore Township, which includes Kenwood, has joined the neighboring city of Deer Park to form a Joint Economic Development District (JEDD).

The JEDD will levy a .75 percent earnings tax on the profi ts of businesses in the commercial portion of the project, which is called the Gallery at Kenwood, and on the earnings of people working there.

Capital Investment Group of downtown Cincinnati is developing the project on about seven acres of land on Kenwood Road, across from the Kenwood Towne Centre and near The Jewish Hospital – Mercy Health.

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Hotel, office building, restaurants and luxury apartments on tap Plans include a six-story, 130-room hotel; a fi ve-story, 115,000-square-foot offi ce building; restaurant and retail space and 248 luxury apartments.

Sycamore Township enlisted the help of Deer Park to support the Gallery

A rendering of the Gallery at Kenwood. PROVIDED

at Kenwood because Ohio allows cities, but not townships, to collect an earnings tax.

Under terms of a state-sanctioned JEDD, Deer Park will collect the tax on behalf of Sycamore Township.

Once the administrative costs of collecting the tax are paid, Sycamore Township will get 90 percent of the remaining balance and Deer Park 10 percent.

Sycamore Township Trustee Tom Weidman said it is uncertain how much money will be generated by the JEDD. “But the original estimates that we

projected with the earnings tax and the hotel tax were in the neighborhood of $375,000 to $400,000. The fi nal number will depend on the mix of tenants in the building,” Weidman said.

“If the offi ce houses medical and fi nancial businesses, the revenue could be more, and if the building were to house something like a call center – which is highly unlikely because of the Class A lease rates – then the revenue would probably fall below those estimates.

“Currently, and especially with the COVID-19 situation, there are no reports

Patrick Crowley, a spokesman for the Capital Investment Group, said the developer is not ready now to announce any tenants.

But, “The Gallery at Kenwood is currently under construction,” Crowley said.

“All of the existing buildings have been removed and site development is underway. New underground utilities have been installed and grading for building pads is ongoing.

“The footers and foundation for the garage are in process and erection of the fi rst sections of garage wall has commenced,” Crowley said.

Capital Investment Group had to demolish 22 four-family buildings off Kenwood Road for the project, which will include the fi rst new apartments in the Kenwood area in nearly 60 years.

The developer has said The Port is providing a major portion of the fi nancing for the Gallery at Kenwood through the construction of a 633-space public parking garage.

That will be in addition to 263 private parking spaces that will be built for the restaurants and apartments.

Plan moves forward to build homes on Kenner site Scott Wartman and Randy Tucker Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Hundreds of people could soon live on the site of the vacant Kenner toy factory in Oakley.

The Cincinnati Planning Commission recently approved a zone change for the 30-acre site to allow for the mixed-use development planned by Neyer Properties. The zone change now moves to Cincinnati City Council for fi nal approval. Visist Cincinnati.com for possinle updates.

Called Three Oaks, the development would be located at 2800 Robertson Ave.

The development would include 60 to 100 single-family homes, 55 to 65 townhouses, 130 to 140 garden-style homes, about 200 apartments and 150 to 200 senior living units, according to plans submitted to the planning commission by Neyer.

Planning commission member Anne Sesler thanked the developer for including housing for seniors.

"It is such a big shortage in the community," Sesler said.

The development would also include a semi-public swimming pool with a clubhouse and a new public park.

An 8-foot-wide walking path would surround the development, which would border Interstate 71 to the west

and 34th Avenue to the east.

Plans also call for sidewalk and other infrastructure improvements along 34th Avenue and new roads and pedestrian walkways inside the development near Oakley Station.

Neyer hopes to begin demolition of the factory complex later this year.

Since it's a former factory, the site will require environmental cleanup, said Jared Ellis, a planner with the City of Cincinnati. Ellis said he didn't know how much cleanup would be needed.

Kenner toy company closed in 2000.

The company made action fi gures for Star Wars, Ghostbusters, Batman and other popular movie and comic book franchises.

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Food writer Polly Campbell returns to dining in with lunch in Blue Ash Polly Campbell Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

There was a man on a folding chair with a laptop under the canopy at Summit Park in Blue Ash at lunchtime on May 21, doing business on his cell phone. I wondered if he just couldn’t stand being at home for one more day.

We all know how that feels. But now restaurant dining rooms are open, or at least some are, and if you feel safe doing it, you can get out of the house for a meal. I was at Summit Park to go to the Brown Dog Café for lunch.

The routine on entering a restaurant is so familiar to me: up to the hostess desk, the number in your party, being led to a table, handed menus. It’s what I do for a living, and a mere two months and a week wasn’t long enough to make it feel brand new. It was the same as ever, except for the sort of low-level stress I’ve had doing anything at all in public. Frankly, I wasn’t sure I was ready for this.

But there was no trouble with social distancing. I was the fi rst person there.

And The Brown Dog is a particularly good place to go right now. The dining room could have been specifi cally designed for COVID-19 restrictions. There is a whole line of padded booths with very high backs. I was shown to one sized for two people, and I was surrounded on three sides by solid walls. I wouldn’t even know if anyone else was there. They also have a spacious patio, some of which is under a roof.

I ordered a chicken wrap and a cappuccino. It was a day for a hot drink, wet and gloomy outside. The servers, all masked, were all super-eager to wait on me. I could tell for them it had been a long nine weeks. “Aren’t you just happy to get out?” said my server. She was respectful of distance, standing feet away from me. Though I know how hard those behavioral things are to remember: it goes against all habit and pattern.

More people came in as I ate. Most of them headed for the covered area of the patio. I was glad to see they mostly all wore masks. I’m very confi dent in res-

Mike Galati, of Anderson Township, left, enjoys lunch with John Daley, of Columbus, right,at Brown Dog Cafe in Blue Ash.

Sam Wyrick, foreground, and chef Shawn McCoy, background, serve lunch on the patio on May 21 at Brown Dog Cafe in Blue Ash. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine ordered restaurants and bars to stop indoor services by the night of March 15 to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, and on May 21 restaurants were able to open indoor dining rooms. PHOTOS BY KAREEM ELGAZZAR/THE ENQUIRER

taurants’ ability to create a safe environment. The wild card is the other customers. I had been out to eat on a patio at a diff erent restaurant the previos week, and while the restaurant was doing everything right – distance between chairs, paper or scannable menus, lots of wiping down – there were some customers a little too happy to get out. One, apparently a regular, was talking to everyone, and when he left, he went up to the guys at another table he’d been carrying on a conversation with and gave them all a fi st bump. Let’s please at least agree that we not break the 6-foot shield around other people without asking fi rst, OK? When I was fi nished with my sandwich, I went to wash my hands. I realized another facet of the design here, and at many other restaurants, that’s conducive to current conditions: the one-person restroom. No chance of someone invading your space at the sink.

I said hello to Shawn McCoy, Brown Dog’s owner, and got a look at the mask he’s using: full-on Darth Vader in a black chef ’s hat. He was feeling pretty good: if the weather improves, his patio is very popular, and he hasn’t had to lose a lot of seats.

Outside, I ran into Scott Schmidt, the owner of Looking Glass Hospitality, which owns Tahona Tacos. He was doing COVID-19 training for back-of-thehouse employees that morning. Frontof-the-house would come in for it in the evening. He didn’t want more than 10 in a group at a time. He can only hope that dine-in is above and beyond what they’ve been doing for carryout, instead of replacing the carryout business. Who knows? It really is an uncertain near future. But restaurant people, I have found, have an optimism that is equal to their challenges.

The guy in the folding chair was still doing business outside. I hope he had a chance to get some lunch.

Bartender Lisa Slivka fi xes cocktails while patrons enjoy lunch, at Brown Dog Cafe.

Vincent Brown, left, prepares lunch as server Sam Wyrick, right, helps, at Brown Dog Cafe.

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Kindness was key to Bill Keating’s success Peter Bronson

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Bill Keating was a champion in everything he did, and there was almost nothing he would not try with a confi dent, cheerful, “Why not?” smile and a shrug.

Kindness was the key to his success.

He embodied his St. Xavier High School credo: “Men for Others.” His legacy was loyalty and love for his big family, his city and all who were fortunate to work with him, know him, admire him, respect him and call him a friend.

Keating died May 20 at age 93.

Born March 30, 1927, he grew up in a modest family in Clifton. He went to work while he was still in grade school, after his father was disabled and lost his job. Bill delivered newspapers in a red wagon with his dog “Pal,” and sold bingo tickets to help the family aff ord the $120 annual tuition at St. X. He was a judge, a city councilman, congressman, publisher of The Cincinnati Enquirer, chairman of the Associated Press, and a friend and adviser to Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush (41).

He was known to friends as “The Judge,” “Mr. Republican” and “Mr. Cincinnati.” When Cincinnati chased a dream, Bill Keating often led the pursuit and got things done because he was that rare man who didn’t care who got the credit.

The many fruits of his unselfi sh “cando’’ spirit are everywhere in Cincinnati: the Aronoff Center for the Arts; the ATP tennis tournament; world class swim teams and Olympic medalists who trained at Cincinnati’s fi rst Olympicsize pool at St. X; professional golf tournaments; culture; arts; education; business; quality of life.

He won trophies and championships as a swimmer in high school, college and the Navy, competing in the grueling butterfl y, which was called the “suicide stroke.” He attended the University of Cincinnati and UC Law on the G.I. Bill and a swimming scholarship. But none of his victories compared with what he called his greatest win: marrying his beloved Nancy, the love of his life and “Speaker of the (Keating) House.”

Bill met Nancy Nenninger of Hyde Park in a summer school class. They dated, then went separate ways as he went off to the Navy. As soon as he came home, they started dating again and were married on Sept. 22, 1951. He didn’t have the money to go out to dinner, so their dates were “lots of ballgames, always sports,” Nancy liked to chide him.

Later, she got her wish for dinners, as they attended hundreds of banquets, ceremonies and black-tie galas together as he became a congressman representing Cincinnati’s 1st District, then one of the last publishers of The Enquirer who truly knew and loved the city.

They traveled the world together with the Associated Press. Bill liked to say that he never made an important decision without talking to Nancy fi rst.

He always listed her name fi rst on anything in writing. “Nancy made me a better man,” he said in 2019. “She still does.

Every day.”

His motto as a municipal and then common pleas judge was, “Keep asking ‘What else?’ to hear the rest of the story.”

He was respected, even by defendants, for his compassion and willingness to listen. While others hunkered down during the Cincinnati riots of 1967, he

Bill and Nancy Keating. PROVIDED

REMEMBRANCE rode with police and asked people in the street, “Why are you doing this?”

When he ran for elections, his secret weapon was his army of Keating kids who papered cars, utility poles and church parking lots with his trademark yellow “Keating” fl yers.

His lifelong friends who started as campaign workers, Marti Flanagan and Tom Hayes, said it was impossible to go anywhere with Bill Keating because he could not walk 10 steps without being stopped by a voter or an admirer or someone he had sentenced in court.

Among many words of wisdom he passed on to his children and friends: “Take a genuine interest in everyone you meet. Not only will you make a friend, but you'll also learn from them and become a better person.”

His genuine kindness connected. He had unprecedented popularity across all boundaries of age, race, neighborhoods, even parties. He was undefeated and became the city’s highest vote earner. He won enough votes to be mayor in 1967, but acceded to party pressure and let Gene Ruehlmann take the job.

He won two terms in Congress, in 1970 and 1972. When he left to become publisher of The Enquirer for owner Carl H. Lindner Jr., he was lauded by leaders in both parties for his integrity and kindness that had unifi ed House members even across the broken-glass divisions of the war in Vietnam.

He was a trusted confi dant of President Nixon, and was grieved to see the waste of such a great mind and talent, lost to scandal. When Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned in 1973, Bill Keating was number three on the list of replacements and could have become president, but Nixon chose House Minority Leader Gerald Ford.

Ford replaced Nixon and became Keating’s closest friend in the White House. President Ford dropped into the publisher’s offi ce at The Enquirer and played golf at Kings Island with his friend Bill Keating. When Ford ran for reelection in 1976, Bill Keating was again on the short list, number two on Ford’s list of vice presidents.

Bill Keating was president and publisher of The Cincinnati Enquirer from 1973 to 1978, during the peak of its power, prestige and profi tability. He used the untapped power of publishing to lead the community and bring growth and national prestige to Cincinnati. After The Enquirer was sold to Gannett Co., a series of transplanted publishers never fi lled his footprints of community

The Keating family. Photo provided. PROVIDED

connections.

Although he was known as “Mr. Republican,” even Democrats had to admit that he emphasized fairness and balance in reporting and put the city fi rst, far ahead of partisan politics. His motto for the newsroom was: “It’s nice to be important, but it’s more important to be nice. Treat everyone with respect and be nice.”

As a leader of the Cincinnati Business Committee, he worked with the city’s top executives and made the local paper a key player in development and problem-solving.

He was soon promoted to oversee growing responsibility for Gannett newspapers, and spent long weeks on the road to oversee Joint Operating Agreement negotiations in Cincinnati, Detroit and other cities. He became president of the Gannett News Division in 1984, then vice president and general counsel in 1985.

In 1990, he came back to Cincinnati as publisher of The Enquirer again, until 1992. Meanwhile, he served on the Associated Press board of directors and became chairman from 1987 to 1992.

When he retired, a special edition of the newspaper included tributes and testimonials from dozens who knew and loved Bill Keating, everyone from U.S. presidents to pressmen at the printing plant. They mentioned his grace, his good humor, his integrity and, always, his kindness and concern for others. Nobody found more joy in helping others succeed.

During his leadership at the Associated Press, Bill Keating was a key player in obtaining the 1991 release of hostage Terry Anderson, an AP reporter kidnapped in Beirut, Lebanon. But typically, Keating stayed in the background and gave others the credit.

He served on the UC Board of Trustees for 15 years, and on the board at Xavier University, among many others.

In 1975, he teamed up with Taft Broadcasting CEO Charlie Mechem and Procter & Gamble executive Paul Flory to rescue the ATP Tennis Tournament in Cincinnati. They also collaborated to bring the PGA, the LPGA and the Senior

PGA Tour to Cincinnati.

Bill Keating was a fi erce competitor, but it seldom showed – except on the golf course. His sons were “gifted” with sets of clubs every time he gave up the game in frustration, only to be lured back for another try with a new set of “sticks.”

His best friends knew that Bill Keating always ate dessert fi rst. As he would say with a smile and twinkle in his eye, “Why not?”

He loved to play pranks, such as answering the phone and pretending to be his son Bill. Nancy and Bill Keating raised seven children in Hyde Park, and Keatings were almost always found at Hyde Park Country Club, especially in the pool.

His proudest legacy was his children.

“All of them have been successful in whatever they chose to do,” he said with pride. He was a doting father who set high standards of excellence for his children and loved them dearly.

One of his greatest sorrows was losing his oldest son, Bill Jr., who followed his father’s path in swimming, leadership and community service. He died in 2017.

His son Mike shared, “Dad was a loving husband to our mother, a wonderful father, grandfather and great-grandfather to the family, and a good and loyal friend to so many. He loved this community and was always giving and sharing of his time and resources with everyone who asked. He will be greatly missed.”

He is survived by his wife, Nancy (Nenninger) Keating; daughter Nancy (Dale) Roe; daughter-in-law Joan Keating (widow of Bill Jr.); son Mike (Jane); son Dan (Becky); daughter Susie (John) Lame; son Tom; and son John (Michelle); 28 grandchildren; and 25 greatgrandchildren.

Memorials can be made to the Nancy and William Keating Family Scholarship Fund at St. Xavier High School; Xavier University; or the University of Cincinnati.

Peter Bronson is a former Enquirer columnist and editorial page editor. He wrote this remembrance on behalf of the Keating family.

Jean Schmidt returns to politics with primary win Jackie Borchardt Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

COLUMBUS – After eight years out of the public view, Jean Schmidt has mounted a comeback.

Schmidt all but secured her return to the Ohio Statehouse on May 19, when Clermont County fi nalized results from the March primary. Schmidt received 43.7% of the vote, besting political newcomers Joe Dills with 41.4% of the vote and Dillon Blevins with 14.9%.

When votes were counted April 28 – after Ohio’s March primary shifted to a mostly by-mail election – just 287 votes separated Schmidt and Dills. After tallying late-arriving absentee and provisional ballots, Schmidt won by 318 votes. Schmidt faces Democrat Alan Darnowsky in November in the heavily Republican district.

Controversy seemed to follow Schmidt throughout her time in congress. There was the “cowards cut and run, Marines never do” comment on the House fl oor, which she retracted.

And the ethics investigation that cul-

Jean Schmidt PROVIDED

minated in Schmidt being ordered to repay at least $500,000 in legal services provided by Turkish Coalition of America attorneys.

The U.S. House Ethics Committee found Schmidt wrongly accepted at least $500,000 in legal help from the Turkish American Legal Defense Fund.

She was ordered to disclose and repay the fees. She lost her re-election bid in 2012 to Republican Brad Wenstrup.

The Federal Election Commission fi ned Schmidt $2,500 in 2016; Schmidt did not admit any wrongdoing as part of

the agreement. Schmidt reported she had repaid the Turkish Coalition of America $42,812 in legal fees and expenses, but the commission said the the coalition provided free legal services to Schmidt worth $651,244 in several cases from 2008 to 2011.

Schmidt, 68, says she’s put all that behind her.

“That’s ended, it’s over,” Schmidt told The Enquirer in a March interview. “It’s been resolved to everybody’s satisfaction and you move on in life. I’m one who’s tried to do the best I can for my community at all times in my life and I will continue that.”

Challenging Schmidt were two political newcomers: Joe Dills, a small businessman, and Dillon Blevins, a recruiter and NRA-certifi ed pistol instructor. The two ran campaigns touting their relative inexperience as positives and reminding voters of Schmidt’s past.

Schmidt said she was running a clean campaign.

Meanwhile, a secretive political action committee poured $437,400 into ads for that race and the 66th House

District, also in Clermont County. The Growth and Opportunity PAC spent more than $1 million this year in several Ohio GOP primaries involving a candidate backed by House Speaker Larry Householder. Schmidt said she was considering a bid for the seat when Householder, whom she worked with during her fi rst Statehouse stint, called her up and encouraged her to run.

Schmidt didn’t plan to return to politics after her 2012 primary loss. She ran a marathon in all 50 states. She fi lled her time with volunteer work, especially with women facing addiction, and spending time with her grandchildren.

She taught government and the Constitution at Chatfi eld College, a Catholic two-year college.

But watching the action in Columbus made her change her mind. Specifi cally, Schmidt cited cuts to the state’s local government fund, a pot of money allocated to cities, township and villages.

She said Clermont County didn’t get a fair share of capital improvement dollars. It was clear the county didn’t have a voice at the Statehouse.

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Have you ever made shakshuka?

Rita’s Kitchen Rita Heikenfeld Guest columnist

“Have you ever made shakshuka?”

This query from a couple I met while at Natorp’s greenhouse working in the herb section. I had just persuaded them to try Vietnamese cilantro, which thrives in our hot, humid Tristate.

It doesn’t bolt to seed, which regular cilantro will do in the heat.

We were chatting about ways to use cilantro and that’s how the shakshuka question came up. The classic version is seasoned with cilantro.

Yes, I’ve made my own version from the New York Times and promised I’d share it here. So what is shakshuka? An exotic name for an easy North African/Middle Eastern combo of poached eggs, tomatoes, onions, spices and Feta. Good for any meal. A bonus is shakshuka’s versatility. If you have eggs and tomatoes, you’re in. The recipe calls for whole canned tomatoes. Swap diced fresh or diced canned. No Feta? Goat or your favorite cheese works.

Yummy with warm pitas.

OK, you can do this, so go a little bold and give shakshuka a try!

Shakshuka ready for oven, left, and just out of the oven. PHOTOS BY RITA HEIKENFELD/FOR THE ENQUIRER

Shakshuka If fi nishing in oven, use an oven-proof skillet.

sauté.)

Ingredients

Add onion and bell pepper and cook at a gentle simmer until very soft, about 20 minutes.

⁄ 4 cup or so olive oil

1

Pita Bread 2 ways

1 real large onion, chopped or thinly sliced

Add garlic and spices and cook a few minutes more.

Preheat oven to 350-375.

1 large red or other bell pepper, chopped or thinly sliced

Crispy edges:

1 tablespoon garlic or to taste

Pour tomatoes in, give it a stir, and simmer until they’ve thickened, about 10 minutes or so.

Brush lightly with olive oil on top.

1 teaspoon sweet paprika or to taste

Wrap in foil and heat 10 minutes or so until hot.

1 1⁄ 4 teaspoons cumin or to taste

Steaming hot and soft: Take a piece of parchment large enough to wrap pitas (in stacks of 3).

Scrunch it up and wet under tap.

Shake off excess water and smooth it out.

Wrap around pitas all the way to the bottom and tuck in sides.

Heat on baking sheet in oven 10 minutes or until hot.

Gently stir in 11⁄ 2 cups Feta. Leave some lumps in. Season with pepper.

28 oz. can whole Italian tomatoes with juice, smooshed fairly small 2 cups, 8 oz. Feta, divided into 1 ⁄ 2 and ⁄ 2 cups 1

1

Salt and pepper 6 eggs, room temperature Chopped cilantro (or other herbs) and hot sauce for garnish Instructions

Crack eggs evenly over tomato mixture. If you want, make little indentations for the eggs.

Place skillet in oven and bake until eggs are set, 6-10 minutes. Don’t overcook. (If you like yolks runny, check at about 5 minutes.)

Sprinkle with cilantro and rest of Feta and pass hot sauce.

Tip: Not a fan of fi nishing shakshuka in oven?

Place a lid or foil on pan and fi nish cooking on top of stove.

Sides to serve along shakshuka:

Preheat oven to 375.

Heat oil in large skillet over medium heat. (I used a 12”

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Sports

Louisville pitcher Nick Bennett (8) delivers to Illinois Chicago infi elder Ryan Lin-Peistrup (13) during action of their NCAA regional game, Friday, May 31, 2019 in Louisville Ky. TIMOTHY D. EASLEY/SPECIAL TO COURIER JOURNAL

Moeller alum Bennett stays ready for possible baseball season Alex Harrison Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Nick Bennett’s agent texted with news that would make any young baseball player happy, especially one that still had not played a full professional season. A deal was struck with Topps, a sports collectible manufacturer, that put Bennett on his very fi rst baseball card as a professional.

“As a kid I was a big baseball collector of cards,” Bennett said during a phone conversation. “Getting to see myself on a baseball card was actually pretty cool and obviously that’s not the reason we play baseball to be on baseball cards, but obviously that’s a cool little perk to it.”

Bennett and his teammates sure didn’t grind through through years of baseball just for the card, but in 2020, it might just be the only product to come of the season.

“I’ll send video of myself into the pitching coaches and if there’s anything they see or if we want feedback they’ll give it to us and help us out as much as possible. They can’t see us pitch right now obviously, so the best way to go about it is videos and analytical feedback as well.”

Nick Bennett

Milwaukee Brewers draft pick

In the midst of his fi rst spring training, Bennett, a sixth-round draft pick of the Milwaukee Brewers in 2019, was sent home after the novel coronavirus pandemic forced cancellations. Bennett’s next scheduled time to pitch before the shutdown was to be his fi rst against batters from another team.

“It happened really quickly,” Bennett said of the training shut down. “It was a

rainy day. I remember because we got canceled at the fi eld that day. We weren’t doing any on-fi eld stuff so they sent us back to our hotel. I was scrolling through Twitter and I started to see colleges and whatnot started to cancel their seasons so that obviously made me a little nervous.

“We eventually got a big group text from a trainer or one of the staff mem-

bers and he told us to come in the facility and pick up our bags and get back to the hotel as quickly as possible. He told us when were coming to the fi eld we could only walk into the facility with a certain amount of guys. They were taking precautions from the beginning which was nice to see and after that we got all of our fl ight information sent to us. The next fl ight to wherever we needed to go that’s what we hopped on.”

It took just hours for the left-hander to go from nearly season-ready at camp to back at home eating mom’s homecooked meals. Bennett also went from facing other pros in Arizona to training at ProFORCE Sports Performance in Milford.

Bennett has been able to throw bullpens and to live hitters as well as regular workouts at ProFORCE. ProFORCE is where Bennett trains with Kevin HollaSee BENNETT, Page 2B

Colbert goes from Moeller bench to Louisville hoops Shelby Dermer Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

As a kid, Brad Colbert’s driveway dreams included playing college basketball at Ohio State University one day.

As he grew up, Colbert knew that playing for any Division I college basketball program would suffi ce as a dream come true. But by the time he became an upperclassman, Colbert was a long way from playing basketball at the collegiate level.

As a junior in 2019, Colbert played sparingly on a Moeller squad that would repeat as state champions, becoming the fi rst Division I team to go undefeated (29-0) in 24 years. Stuck behind guys like Miles McBride (West Virginia University), Alec Pfriem (Bellarmine University) and fi rst-team All-Ohio selection Max Land (St. Francis University), Colbert was relegated to the scout team.

In Moeller’s fi rst game of its perfect season, Colbert scored 10 points in seven minutes on 3-of-4 shooting (including a pair of three-pointers) and grabbed a pair of rebounds in an 85-42 victory over Bryan Station at Hillsboro High School.

It would turn out to be the high point of his junior campaign, though, as he would go on to log just 3.6 minutes per game, scoring 30 total points over his fi nal 21 appearances.

“My junior year was really hard on me. From the mental side, sometimes I thought that if they would’ve put me in I could’ve made a diff erence,” Colbert said. “There were times when I did doubt myself.”

Right after Moeller’s 52-44 win over Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary’s in the DI championship game, Colbert decided to leave Moeller for his senior season in an attempt to get more playing time, expe-

rience and exposure with the goal of hopefully landing on a college roster.

He was betting on himself and had to tame the uncertainty that clouded his mind. For that, he leaned on friends and family.

“My parents, especially, helped me through that time,” Colbert said. “Also, my friends were right by my side. We got to hang out a lot on the bench together and they knew I could play at that level and knew I would be playing somewhere my senior year.”

Colbert’s call to his AAU coach resulted in a referral to Dave Briski, who was coaching at SPIRE Institute. Briski and Bob Bossman started a program called International Sports Academy at Andrews Osborne Academy in Willoughby, Ohio.

Colbert took the 250-mile trip northSee COLBERT, Page 2B

Senior Brad Colbert is introduced before an International Sports Academy game. PROVIDED BY BRAD COLBERT

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Elder quarterback Matthew Luebbe runs for a fi rst quarter touchdown against St. Xavier Oct. 4. JIM OWENS FOR THE ENQUIRER

OHSAA to expand football playoff s Shelby Dermer Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

The Ohio High School Athletic Association announced in a press release that its Board of Directors voted unanimously to expand the OHSAA football playoff s from eight schools per region to 12, beginning in the 2021 season.

The 9-0 affi rmative vote was given to a recommendation from the OHSAA staff , which was baded on a proposal from the Ohio High School Football Coaches Association.

A source confi rmed to The Enquirer that there was a poll among Ohio high school football coaches regarding the

expansion of the playoff s.

The source also said there was a poll taken by coaches before the novel coronavirus pandemic regarding the possibility of spring high school football practices.

During the fi rst round, the top four seeds will have a bye, while the No. 12 seed will play at the No. 5 seed, No. 11 at No. 6, No. 10 at No. 7 and No. 9 at No. 8.

In the second round, the No. 1 seed will play the winner of the 8 vs. 9 game; the No. 2 seed will play the winner of 6 vs. 11; the No. 3 seed will play the winner of 7 vs. 10 and the No. 4 seed will play the winner of 5 vs. 12.

The expansion will increase the

number of football playoff qualifi ers from 224 to 336.

Last year there were 709 schools in Ohio that played 11-man football.

Football is the only OHSAA team sport in which not every school qualifi es for the postseason.

“We still have details to work out regarding the format and specifi c season dates, but this vote by the Board gives us the green light to fi nalize those details for 2021,” said Beau Rugg, Senior Director of Offi ciating and Sport Management for the OHSAA and the Association’s football administrator. “We are thankful for the Board’s support on this proposal, which will bring all the great

Bennett

walks through 33 innings pitched.

Bennett was a 2016 graduate of Moeller High School before playing three seasons as a Louisville Cardinal where he was 20-6 with a 3.51 ERA and appearances in the 2017 and 2019 College World Series.

With an extra year of eligibility left at

Louisville, Bennett signed professionally, a move that worked out even better in hindsight.

Bennett was drafted in the sixth round. That would be impossible in 2020 since the MLB shortened this year’s draft to just fi ve rounds.

Bennett’s selection came after a full

season that went all the way to the College World Series rather than a 2020 campaign that would have seen minimal chance to pitch and prove himself worthy of a high draft pick.

“It really is disappointing that they have to do that,” Bennett said of the shortened draft. “There’s a lot of great baseball players that get drafted after the fi rst fi ve rounds and there’s a lot of guys in the big leagues who got drafted after the top fi ve rounds who make millions of dollars playing baseball. It’s obviously very disappointing for a lot of guys who aren’t going to get drafted who defi nitely have the potential and could play in a minor league system and work their way up.”

As each day passes without baseball, the concerns of a season without major and minor league baseball continue to grow. Bennett, who would most likely start the season still lower in the minor league ranks, just wants his chance to be the guy to move up the ranks.

If the call comes and a season happens, Bennett will throw his glove in a bag and be ready to pitch: “I’m just keeping my head down staying focused and staying as prepared as possible for anything that does come. There’s a lot of unknown and I’ve just been really focused on making sure I’m in good shape and making sure my arm’s ready to go.”

college feel with typical dorm life and travel. ISA visited places like the Bahamas, North Carolina and Virginia and Colbert thrived when given an opportunity.

The 6-foot-3 shooting guard averaged double fi gures per game and shot more than 40 percent from three-point range, helping lead ISA to a 22-13 record.

He was named second-team All-Ohio, non-OHSAA. “I had so much fun being able to spend so much time with my teammates. We would do pretty much everything together and we were very suc-

cessful,” Colbert said. “That season was the best thing that ever could’ve happened to me.”

Nine months after taking a visit to Willoughby, Colbert took another visit.

This time he went south to Louisville, where he watched the No. 6 Cardinals come back to defeat Georgia Tech, 6864, at the KFC Yum! Center.

“I loved the city and the atmosphere,” Colbert said. “I loved how involved the fans were and how much they cared and were into the game.”

Less than two months later, Colbert offi cially committed to Louisville as a

preferred walk-on. He announced his decision in a Twitter post.

Colbert was happy about the University of Louisville College of Business, where he will pursue a career in fi nance.

He’s also excited about playing for Louisville head coach Chris Mack, who spent more than 20 years in Cincinnati as a player and coach.

“Growing up I got to see all of the great things he did at Xavier and I thought that would be a cool opportunity to play for a Cincinnati guy because we’d have the same background,” Colbert said.

Continued from Page 1B

baugh, Bennett’s trainer of the last twoplus years, but he still gets coaching from the Brewers organization if needed.

Coaches and trainers for Milwaukee keep in contact, asking players if they need help training or with medicals and even get sent videos of players working out and training.

“I normally throw one or two bullpens a week depending on if I’m going to throw live to hitters that week,” Bennett explained. “So I’ll send video of myself into the pitching coaches and if there’s anything they see or if we want feedback they’ll give it to us and help us out as much as possible. They can’t see us pitch right now obviously, so the best way to go about it is videos and analytical feedback as well.”

Working with the “personable” staff of the organization had come easy to Bennett and his brief minor league experience backed that up.

After signing with Milwaukee, Bennett pitched 11 games, including six starts, over two minor league levels.

Bennett was 1-0 with a 1.91 earned run average with 43 strikeouts to just 10

Colbert Continued from Page 1B

east and immediately fell in love.

“I went up there for a visit and really liked it,” Colbert said. “I loved what coach Briski and coach Bossman had to say and their values for the program. I really felt like that would be the best opportunity for me.”

As the old adage goes, the rest is history.

The 2019-20 season gave Colbert a

things of playoff football to 112 additional schools and communities.”

Rugg also noted that the football fi nals in 2021 are expected to end during the same weekend as previously scheduled (Dec. 2-5). Schools will still be permitted to play 10 regular-season contests.

The higher seeded teams will have the opportunity to host their playoff games during the fi rst and second rounds of the playoff s.

In 2019, 27 Cincinnati-area football teams made the playoff s.

Under this rule, 43 would’ve made cut, including 10 in Divisions I through III.

Moeller starting pitcher Nick Bennett (8) pumps his fi rst after the fi nal out of the seventh inning of the state semifi nals. SAM GREENE/COMMUNITY PRESS

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Summit students Annette, left, and Grace LaLonde have taken on part-time volunteering roles making masks for staff at UC Health, TriHealth, Mercy Health, nursing and senior care facilities, the Ronald McDonald House, the Lighthouse, Tender Mercies and the Freestore Foodbank. PROVIDED

Summit eighth-graders send letters of hope to front line Eight graders at The Summit Country Day School have been participating in a service-learning project called Donating Hope which challenged them to write meaningful and heart-felt letters related to the current health crisis.

Students have been writing letters of gratitude and hope to front line workers at Christ Hospital, UC Medical Center, Kroger grocery stores and residents of long-term care facilities. The project is a cross curricular, involving religion and English, and gives the students an authentic experience to learn about the impact of the coronavirus health crisis on society and provide service relevant to it.

The project called upon students to review the third and fourth principals of Catholic Social Teaching.

The third principal of Catholic Social teaching deals with rights and responsibilities. Students were asked to consider that for every right they had, there is a corresponding responsibility to ensure that every other person has access to the same right. Applying this to the health crisis, students were asked to consider that front-line workers in hospitals and grocery stories were putting their own lives at risk to fulfi ll these rights for the larger society.

The fourth principal of Catholic Social Teaching deals with the poor and the vulnerable and the division between prosperity and poverty. The principal asserts that God instructs all people to put the needs of the poor and vulnerable fi rst. Students were asked to consider how the health crisis has aff ected the elderly in health care facilities, who are feeling isolated.

Students also were encouraged to write a letter or send an uplifting video to their grandparents or older relatives.

Nancy Berlier, The Summit Country Day School

Country Day students help frontline medical personnel Cincinnati Country Day sisters, eighth-grader Marley Handler and sophomore Marissa Handler of Loveland wanted to help frontline workers during the pandemic. They decided to use their 3-D printing skills, and enlisted the help of Upper School STEAM teacher and Makerspace coordinator Jamie Back, and the Country Day Makerspace, to print ear saver/strap extenders for medical personnel and caregivers in nursing homes and senior centers. They are now printing and delivering ear saver/strap extenders to several locations around Cincinnati.

Cindy Kranz, Cincinnati Country Day School

Ten seniors recognized in annual Armed Forces Signing Ceremony On May 6, Loveland High School celebrated 10 seniors who have committed to joining a branch of the U.S. military upon graduation.

This, the third annual LHS Armed Forces Signing Day ceremony, was held virtually in recognition of the following students: ❚ Bryce Bennett – The U.S. Military Academy at West Point ❚ Matthew Brotherton – Ohio National Guard ❚ Sam Greenberg – The U.S. Military Academy at

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West Point ❚ Austin Haas – U.S. Air Force ❚ Calloway Hefner – United States Army ❚ Alex Marcero – United States Navy ❚ Daniel Mengler – Ohio Air National Guard ❚ Jack Murray – United States Marine Corps ❚ Brayden Wall – United States Navy ❚ Emily Zirkelbach – United States Air Force ROTC The presentation – which can be viewed here: https://bit.ly/3gfxkzq – included words of encouragement by LHS Principal Peggy Johnson and a keynote address by LHS Alumnus and Marine Corps veteran Scott Gordon.

It also included introductions by U.S. Air Force Recruiter TSgt Timothy Noel; Army Recruiter SFC Joshua Reid; Marine Corps Recruiter Sgt Brock Vaughn; Navy Recruiter Petty Offi cer Marlin Flanders; Ohio Air National Guard Recruiter MSGT Teresa Schmidt; Ohio National Guard Recruiter at Great Oaks SFC Mike Vanover; WVU Detachment Commander Lt. Col J. Mark Arellanes; and LTC Brian Kilgore, who introduced the distinct and high honor of the appointments of Bryce Bennett and Sam Greenberg to The U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

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Summit students fi nd potential through character leadership Character leadership takes on a unique meaning for Summit Country Day School students Annette and Grace LaLonde during this coronavirus pandemic.

In addition to adapting their learning styles to the remote environment, the Indian Hill sisters have taken on part-time volunteering roles making masks for staff at UC Health, TriHealth, Mercy Health, nursing and senior care facilities, the Ronald McDonald House, the Lighthouse, Tender Mercies and the Freestore Foodbank.

The project began in April when their father, Greg, of the Polar3D Company, teamed up with start-up fi rm Cintrifuse to convert a co-working space in Over The Rhine to a mask manufacturing company. The Beer Hall Mask Factory formally opened its doors on April 2 and produces more than 500 masks a day.

Annette and Grace balance their time between schoolwork and lending a hand in the production of the personal protective equipment. “I feel honored to contribute to the project because I am making a difference in my community to beat this virus,” Annette said. “Waking up at 6 a.m. is a little diff erent, but it is rewarding to do something to help others.”

Grace, a senior at The Summit, should be preparing for senior prom and the pomp and circumstance that would normally go with graduating as a Summit ‘Lifer.’ Instead, she is dedicating her time to monitoring the production of molded masks. “I am contributing to something and a cause bigger than myself,” she said. “I want to serve my community as much as I can. Balancing assembling the masks, school and life in general is somewhat diffi cult but also fun because it is a new task every day unlike my typical day-in, day-out schedule of school and sports.”

All the masks are being donated, and all 3D printers used in this relief eff ort will be donated to area schools.

Lisa Cox, The Summit Country Day School

Fifth annual Fine Arts Signing Day celebrates student-artists at Loveland High School Loveland High School celebrated its fi fth annual Fine Arts Signing Day with a video presentation to recognize the 14 seniors who have committed to continuing their art and music studies after high school: ❚ Claire Abdo (Music Education) - Ohio University ❚ Jack Armstrong (Music Education) - Bowling Green State University ❚ Sky Belieu (Choral Music Education) - Northern Kentucky University ❚ Olivia Bransford (Communication Design) - University of Cincinnati DAPP ❚ Tristan Dumas (Film and Television Production, focus in Cinematography) - University of Depaul ❚ Mia Forte (Art Therapy) - Miami University ❚ Emily Huey (Graphic Communications) - University of Cincinnati ❚ Nick Jackson (Audio-Video Production) - Belmont University ❚ Cade Jenkins (Music Education) - The University of Toledo ❚ Eric Lynn (Digital Media Collaboration) - University of Cincinnati ❚ Hannah Powers (Interior Design) - Virginia Commonwealth University

The Indian Hill High School Science Olympiad Team placed fourth in the Southwest Science Olympiad Regional Competition, earning a spot to compete at state. PROVIDED

❚ Emma Salisbury (Ceramics) - Plans to open a ceramics studio. ❚ Jett Stevens (Percussion Performance) - University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music ❚ Mark Watson (Music Production) - Xavier University The video is available to watch here: https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrFQZTzldsk Susanne Quigley, Loveland City School District

Cincinnati Country Day offers virtual program Cincinnati Country Day School has pivoted its popular summer day camps into a virtual summer program.

CCDS has partnered with organizations, including TechTerra Education, LLC and Drobots Company, to present programs such as Virtual Build and Code Your Own Robot, and Game Development.

In addition, familiar Lower School teachers Tresonne Peters and Ann Gardner are teaming up to teach Virtual Curious Coders Camp for students ages 4-8. In addition, Lower School teacher Kathi Bagnoli will lead Virtual Handwriting and Phonics Boot Camps for ages 4-8.

You can sign-up online at: https://www.countryday.net/programs/cd365/ccdsummer For more information, contact: Tina Moulin, Director of Summer Programs, Cincinnati Country Day School, moulint@countryday.net, 513-979-0229.

Cindy Kranz, Cincinnati Country Day School

History-making victory for Indian Hill High School Science Olympiad Team In one of the premier science competitions in the nation, Indian Hill High School made school history.

The Indian Hill High School Science Olympiad Team placed fourth in the Southwest Science Olympiad Regional Competition.

“In our time at Indian Hill, this is a fi rst!” said Indian Hill High School teacher Dave Broxterman, who with teacher Kaitlin Shurts mentors for Science Olympiad students.

Founded in 1984, Science Olympiad provides rigorous, standards-based challenges to nearly 8,000 teams in all 50 states. For the regional competition, students competed in 23 events at Xavier University in early March.

Indian Hill High School has two teams; Indian Hill Middle School has one team. The Indian Hill Middle School Science Olympiad Team placed sixth in the Southwest Science Olympiad Regional Competition, only two spots shy of going to state. Individual students earned recognition during the regional competition: ❚ First Place in Anatomy and Physiology: Amitesh Verma and Kathy Ning ❚ Fifth Place in Boomilever: Peter Zhang and Vivek Alamuri ❚ Third Place in Codebusters: Maya Anderson, Vivek Alamuri, and Charlie Savill ❚ First Place in Designer Genes: Faye Harde and Will Ford ❚ Fifth Place in Detector Building: Charlie Savill and Marjona Ashurova ❚ Fourth Place in Fossils: Marjona Ashurova and Sumaiya Hossain ❚ Third Place in Protein Modeling: Faye Hardek, Will Ford, and Kathy Ning ❚ Sixth Place in Sounds of Music: Jenny Zhang and Olivia Wang ❚ Sixth Place in Dynamic Planet: Sarahgrace Brown and Sophia Liu ❚ Fifth Place in Geologic Mapping: Sophia Zou and Sophia Renton ❚ Fifth Place in Ornithology: Joy On and Vivian Xu ❚ Third Place in Water Quality: Joy On and Anhad Gill ❚ Fifth Place in Anatomy and Physiology: Daniel Choi and Hollis Chan ❚ Fifth Place in Boomilever: Caroline Brown and Lily Lui (Bradan Kramer stepped in to run the event last minute) ❚ Fifth Place in Crime Busters: Caroline Brown and Hollis Chan ❚ First Place in Disease Detectives: Elsa Zhou and Caroline Brown ❚ Third Place in Experimental Design: Elsa Zhou, Caroline Brown, and Bradan Kramer ❚ First Place in Food Science: Elsa Zhou and Caroline Brown ❚ Second Place in Fossils: Caroline Brown and Bradan Kramer ❚ First Place in Heredity: Elsa Zhou ❚ Sixth Place in Ornithology: Bradan Kramer ❚ Fourth Place in Road Scholar: Caroline Brown and Bradan Kramer ❚ Fourth Place in Water Quality: Elsa Zhou Heather Higdon, Indian Hill School District

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Pleasant Ridge 3022 Delmar Ave: Bank Of America Na to Hyun Properties LLC; $31,500 3148 Mapleleaf Ave: Dunn Garrett to Meirose Alexander J & Kelsey P Maxwell; $175,000 5626 Abbottsford Ave: Bed & Breakfast Property Management Inc to Ohio Holding Aoh LLC; $129,900 5757 Pandora Ave: Marsh Patricia to West Philip; $120,000 6255 Orchard Ln: Hayes Ilene Devra & Robert Davis Hayes to Ring Elise M & Sean Barton; $380,000

Silverton 3802 Gardner Ave: Gates Erica to Weinheimer Joshua S; $189,500 3802 Gardner Ave: Gates Erica to Weinheimer Joshua S; $189,500

Sycamore Township Heitmeyer Ln: Heitmeyer Reserve I LLC to Laverty Joseph C & Heather; $928,827 11886 Whittington Ln: Vaughan Richard G & Patricia A to Forsthoefel David & Arlene; $483,600 5951 Vyvette Pl: Flipin America LLC to Gordon Matt S & Carol A Mata; $375,000 6026 Winnetka Dr: Hackman Florence L Tr to Equity Trust Company; $210,000 7687 Spirea Dr: Lowry Mary C to Lowry James Michael; $215,000 8880 Raiders Run Rd: Page Brian H & Hope N to Shepherd Meredith & Oliver; $465,500

Symmes Township 12091 Carrington Ln: Meister E Ruth to Moskin Holdings Plus LLC; $113,000 8988 Symmes Trace Ct: Reinersten LLC to Metz Erin M & Eric S; $385,000

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