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‘I’m being woken up’: White man who ran for offi ce with Trump slogan joins protest Keith BieryGolick Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Dillon Blevins lives in Republicanrich Clermont County, just east of Cincinnati. When he ran for state representative this year, his slogan was “God, guns and Trump.”

The 29-year-old white Republican joined a protest in Cincinnati on June 2.

After a group of demonstrators marched from the Hamilton County Courthouse to the jail, and then back to the courthouse, they passed around a megaphone. A teacher spoke, saying she worried the next George Floyd could be one of her students. A nurse yelled about police brutality, saying “I don’t hurt my patients.” A young woman cried, and said she was here because her friend couldn’t be. Her friend had been arrested.

A line started to form for the microphone. For people to address the sheriff ’s deputies standing outside. For people to vent. For people to be heard.

One black man held up his phone, which he said showed a picture of a time when he was hurt by police during an arrest. Another said he understood talk about a peaceful protest, but “all we want is a peaceful life.”

Then Blevins stepped forward. He was wearing a camoufl age hat, jeans and a T-shirt. He had a gun holstered in his waistband. He said he would be quick.

A few years ago, Blevins told the crowd, he was someone who felt Colin Kaepernick was disrespecting the military. Blevins told them he was someone who didn’t understand the anger Afri-

Dillon Blevins, of Goshen, walks with protestors on June 2 near the Hamilton County Courthouse. Blevins recently ran in Clermont County for House of Representatives Republican Caucus. PHOTOS BY AMANDA ROSSMANN/THE ENQUIRER

can Americans felt toward police. He didn’t understand racial inequality.

“I’m being woken up,” he said.

Blevins, who lost his GOP primary in April, protested last month in Columbus. He wanted to reopen Ohio. When he posted on Facebook last week, defending the protests that have erupted across the country after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, he said people defriended him. He said people made excuses for the police.

Outside the courthouse on June 2, Blevins took a knee with the crowd.

It was the fi fth day of protests in downtown Cincinnati and Over-the-

Rhine. It was hot, more than 90 degrees.

And, as it did on Monday, the day began with long lines at the Hamilton County Justice Center. Dozens of people gathered there June 2, cheering when a protester was released.

One man started to walk away, and people started yelling for him to stop.

There was a table set up with bananas, oranges and stacks of water bottles.

“We’ve got water,” they said.

The police chief estimated 40-50 people had been arrested for curfew violations on June 1. The day before that, See PROTESTS, Page 2A

Protesters stand together in front of the Hamilton County Courthouse on June 2 where several sheriff's deputies stood outside. This marked the fi fth day of protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis at the hands of police.

Protesters kneel together in front of the Hamilton County Courthouse.

Eli’s BBQ gets large response to free meal offer Briana Rice Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

People line up outside of Eli's BBQ in the East End on Wednesday, June 3, 2020.

Eli's BBQ offered free meals to black people in the Cincinnati community on Wednesday, following days of protests in the city in response to the death of George Floyd. CARA OWSLEY / THE ENQUIRER

Tony Woldson had never been to Eli’s BBQ before, but decided that a 40-minute wait would be worth it.

Woldson, 61, was one many that came out to eat at Eli’s BBQ on June 3 after the restaurant announced in a Facebook post that it would be off ering free meals to black people.

“We’ve bought many lunches for Veterans, fi rst responders, and many others in our community. ... Tomorrow we would just like to do a very direct give back,” the post had said.

The response to the off er was quick, with thousands of people liking, sharing and commenting on the Facebook post.

And people showed up, too.

Around noon, there were over 40 people waiting outside the Findlay Market location for their free meal. The crowd at Findlay varied in age, but most of the people were black.

“When I fi rst saw what they were doing, I felt great about it,” said Peachy Jackson, 23. “But then I thought about it. What’s their intentions, do they not want their business broken into? Is this white guilt?”

Not all seemed to be pleased with Eli’s off er. One Facebook user commented: “I just want to make sure I’m being discriminated against im white so no free food for me.”

Eli’s responded by off ering to buy the See ELI’S BBQ, Page 4A

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Jeff Ruby steakhouses prepare for delivering safe but ‘high-touch’ experience Polly Campbell

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Britney Ruby Miller, the president of Jeff Ruby Culinary Entertainment, which owns seven high-end steakhouse restaurants in three states, describes her company’s approach to fi ne dining as “high touch.” That means dining rooms with chandeliers, lavishly set tables, dry-aged prime beef, suave servers and lots of people-watching.

But it also literally means high touch: Tableside service, the handshake at the door, the arm off ered to a lady when she walks to the restroom, even the hug or kiss for a favorite customer, not an unusual moment at these restaurants.

So how does high touch work in a world when we’re all supposed to be six feet apart? How does a restaurant off er an experience of ease and comfort while following the new rules? Every food service enterprise going forward will be learning how to balance their new jobs of monitoring safety and their continuing job of off ering hospitality as the country opens up dining.

Miller and her team have been working on how to do this almost since they closed, along with everything else she’s dealt with. “I’ve never worked so hard to go backward in my life,” she said of the last two months.

The company was founded in 1980 with the opening of a steakhouse called The Precinct, located in an old police station. Miller’s father, Jeff Ruby, built and grew the restaurants and made himself a well-known, sometimes controversial fi gure in Cincinnati. His role is now as an advisor to his daughter and sons Brandon and Dylan, who also have roles in management. Even with larger success, they have a signifi cance to the city and an emotional connection to the people of Cincinnati, who go there to celebrate, to splurge, to feel good.

“We can’t sacrifi ce who we are,” said Miller, even with fewer customers and a new streamlined menu, edited down to the classics that will help them utilize buying power and simplify inventory.

“I think there are going to be two kinds of people. The fi rst is ready to eat out. Our phones have been ringing off the hook with people wanting reservations. For them, we have to make sure

Tips: Be prepared to wait in your car. Most restaurants will not have room for a waiting area, but they’ll take your cell number and call you when a table is ready. Some restaurants will be taking reservations to keep the seating plan, and may ask for a credit card and charge you a fee if you don’t keep your reservation. They can’t afford to leave any table empty.

It may be impossible to wear a mask while you eat and drink, but you should wear one into the restaurant, when you go to the restroom and when a server is taking your order.

Restaurants will continue to do a lot of carryout to make up for the loss of seats for dining-in. Consider this when you order: Third-party delivery services charge restaurants such a high fee that it is hard for the restaurant to make money on your delivery order. Ordering ahead, then picking your meal up yourself is a bigger support for your favorite eatery.

Any restaurant that can will offer outdoor dining, which offers a less risky environment.

Don’t forget the basics: Go straight to the restroom and wash your hands when you arrive.

Be nice to servers and bartenders and managers. It’s going to take restaurants a while to get it working smoothly.

they feel comfortable and safe.”

There won’t be salt and pepper shakers on the table, there won’t be the live entertainment. People won’t be able to sit at the bar. The staff who answer the phone will have extra things to off er to make dining interesting: maybe cocktails ordered ahead of time and served immediately. There may be signage to remind customers tactfully of their responsibilities. They are working on going to a touchless payment system. And every server will wear a mask – nice masks with the JR logo on them.

The biggest drawback of a mask is no one can see you smile when you’re wearing one. “I think you can smile with your eyes. You can nod, you can wink,

A take-away dinner for four is laid out at Jeff Ruby's Precinct in Columbia-Tusculum neighborhood of Cincinnati. The local fi ne dining business is preparing to take a gradual approach to reopening, including a take-home concept running out of its Jeff Ruby's Precinct location. SAM GREENE/THE ENQUIRER

you can show joy and happiness in other ways,” said Miller.

Miller was on the committee that advised Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on how to regulate restaurant re-opening. They recommended restaurants could institute both social distancing and physical barriers in their dining rooms instead of setting an acceptable percentage of occupancy, letting owners fi gure out how to use their space. One restaurant in Ohio came up with see-through shower curtains for a physical barrier. At The Precinct, they’re using frosted plexiglass in custom made frames. But most of the Jeff Ruby steakhouses, said Miller, already have booths with high backs, which create a physical barrier without having to eliminate tables.

Still, the dining rooms may not have the buzz and chatter they did. “We’re looking at adding lots of ferns and plants. We won’t be able to have our usual live entertainment for now, so we’re working on playlists, lots of Sinatra, upbeat music.”

People willing to eat out still will need assurance that proper hygiene and sanitation is taking place. “Restaurants

have always done that. We are good at it,” said Miller. “We’re already regulated by health departments.” But in a highend fi ne-dining restaurant, it’s been unobtrusive. “I think we’ll maybe want to make it a little more visible.”

As for that second group of people: “Those are people who don’t feel comfortable. For them, we’ll have carryout options.”

The Ruby restaurant team had already seen carryout and delivery would have growing importance and was on the brink of launching an online ordering system for carryout when restaurants were closed down. They launched it, but it did not work for them. Not because people didn’t want it, but because too many did. Of course, as the economy plunges downward, there is the question of whether people will be able to afford a steak dinner. The Jeff Ruby group has seen downturns before. “It was hard, but we came back during that 2008-2009 downturn,” said Miller.

“People need to escape. They need to forget about things for a while and realize they’re healthy and alive before they go back to reality.”

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307 protesters were arrested.

On June 2, after some consideration, the curfew in Cincinnati was extended to 8 p.m. Around noon, deputies stood outside the courthouse, not in riot gear but their typical uniform.

Before the large crowd formed, Iris Roley sat down in front of the courthouse. Roley is a black business owner who has dedicated her life to activism surrounding police reform. She’s probably best known for her role in the Collaborative Agreement, which has reshaped the way the Cincinnati Police Department polices, and for the eff orts that led to that.

“This hurts my soul,” she told The Enquirer. “I wish I didn’t have to be out here.”

She worries about the coronavirus, and she wore a “Justice for Ahmaud” facemask. Ahmaud Arbery was a 25-yearold black man shot while jogging in a coastal Georgia neighborhood in February.

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Cincinnati’s annual Paddlefest has gone virtual due to the coronavirus pandemic

People line up outside of Eli's BBQ in the East End on Wednesday.

Eli's BBQ offered free meals to black people in the Cincinnati community on Wednesday, following days of protests.

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Eli’s BBQ Continued from Page 1A

user a free lunch, as well. And then the restaurant reversed course and said it would be off ering free meals to “anyone fi ghting the good fi ght.”

“Our intention with providing a meal today to a part of our community that has been devastated the last six months between covid, protests, economic loss, etc. was not meant to diminish anyone else’s struggle during these diffi cult times, but rather to lift up, to provide support from a private business,” Eli’s BBQ Facebook post was updated to say.

“We are looking for a way to help.

Not hurt. We have decided to extend our off er today, to anyone fi ghting the good fi ght.”

The owners could not be reached for comment when this article was originally published, but the post included: “Our cities are on fi re, our country is in a struggle. We are here to help, and support everyone, as they’ve supported us.”

By 2:30 p.m., the crowd at the Findlay location had become restless. Peo-

ple complained about a three-hour wait, and Eli’s began to limit the number of people allowed inside. The restaurant started to give away $15 gift cards to avoid the wait.

At the East End location, there was still a long line, but the atmosphere seemed to be calmer and guests in the East End said they received their meals quickly.

“I feel like they realized what times we’re living in and how hard it is.

They’re trying to help any way they can,” said Trevaughn Terrell, 26, from Northern Kentucky. “I’ll defi nitely be back.”

“I think it’s amazing they’re doing this and more businesses should do this and give back,” said Linsey Debruler, 26.

In a Facebook post, Eli’s said that anyone who would like to make a donation can at otrchamber.com. The small business fund from the OTR Chamber is raising $500,000 to provide $20,000 grants for Over-the-Rhine and Pendleton businesses that have been impacted by the novel coronavirus.

For Tony Woldson, he said the free meal was a nice treat, adding that his birthday is June 4.

“Everybody deserves BBQ.”

Cincinnati’s annual Paddlefest on the Ohio River has gone virtual due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The event was supposed to bring more than 2,000 paddlers down on a nine-mile ride down the Ohio River.

Organizers cited potential health risks of large event during the COVID-19 pandemic as reasoning for the cancelled event.

“There are simply too many unknowns to move forward confi dently in planning Paddlefest, especially with the current mandate limiting mass gatherings,” said Miriam Wise, associate director of the nonprofi t Adventure Crew, which produces the event, in a press release. “Most importantly, we cannot execute a successful Paddlefest while keeping our paddlers safely dis-

tanced at the launch, take out, on bus shuttles and during on-land festivities.”

Rather than gather in person, organizers encourage participants to complete the nine-mile paddle on their own. This virtual event is being called Paddle for a Purpose because all proceeds benefi t Adventure Crew, an organization that provides free outdoor recreation opportunities to city teens in 24 high schools in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky.

Anyone who wants to participate can register online now through Aug. 8.

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VIEWPOINTS New book off ers visual history of Cincinnati Polly Campbell Columnist Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Jeff Suess has been something of a time traveler over the past eight years.

Researching and writing "Our History" for The Enquirer and writing several books about Cincinnati history has taken him from frontier settlement to steamboat city, to public markets, opera houses and murder trials.

His latest book, "Cincinnati: An Illustrated Timeline," travels through many of the most important events of Cincinnati history, arranged in a chronological timeline. It tells the story of the Queen City, with all its ups and downs, starting with the Adena burial mounds here centuries before white settlers arrived, up to 2019 when Fiona the hippo was born and FC Cincinnati joined Major League Soccer.

Suess said he'd been wanting to write an overarching history of Cincinnati, something that made connections between diff erent events over time. "There are a lot of diff erent historical versions of Cincinnati described in history," he said. "I wanted to include all of them, and connect them."

With 230 years since the city's founding, there were a lot of moments to choose from. "I chose the moments that made an impact on the city, and some that were just unique and interesting," said Suess. Like when Evel Knievel jumped fourteen buses at Kings Island in 1975. Or the time the Reds traded their best player, Frank Robinson. "People still grumble about that," said Suess.

"Most of the things we associate with our history, like Music Hall and Graeter's and the Reds come from the 1870s and 80s," said Suess. "But Cincinnati was really at its height earlier: before the Civil War. Cincinnati's reputation as a Queen City was justifi ed at that time with everything going on in politics and culture."

Suess said he was impressed by the number of innovations that pop up early along the timeline. The founding of the Western Museum by Daniel Drake and John James Audubon's in 1820, Nicholas Longworth's winemaking in 1823, the manufacturing innovations of Porkopolis starting about 1830, and the founding of Procter and Gamble, based on those Porkopolis byproducts.

The nation's fi rst professional fi re department. the building of the Roebling Suspension bridge and the growth of American Reform Judaism were all new and signifi cant when they happened in Cincinnati.

"I think one of the most interesting fi rsts was the fi rst weather bulletin developed by meteorologist Cleveland Abbe of the Cincinnati Observatory," said Suess. "He noticed that the weather that occurred in Chicago or St. Louis would be followed by the same conditions here. He enlisted telegraph operators to alert him to the weather, from which he could make a forecast for Cincinnati."

There are later innovations, too. Did

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you know Play-Doh was invented in Cincinnati, starting life as wallpaper cleaner?

Suess also includes the construction of iconic Cincinnati buildings that still exist and continue to tell a story to us now. Many of these are from the later part of the 19th century, like the Zoo, Hebrew Union College, Music Hall (1878), Eden Park, (also 1878), City Hall (1893) and The Art Museum (1886). "The Taft Museum is a perfect example of that. It was built early in the city's history.

Nicholas Longworth lived there, the Taft family bought it, and William Howard Taft accepted the nomination for the Presidency there." You can put yourself

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into that history when you go there.

He also wanted to make sure he included darker moments. "For instance, you can see race tensions starting back in the 1820s and 1840s, not being resolved, and erupting again," said Suess.

Those include the mobs that attacked the abolitionist newspaper Philanthropist in 1836, riots of 1841 when a white mob stormed into Bucktown, a mostly African-American neighborhood near Broadway, and re-erupted in 1967 and 2001.

May overdose increase expected Sarah Haselhorst Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Since the novel coronavirus edged into Hamilton County in March, its overdose rates held steady. That was until May. A tally of last month's statistics revealed a spike in overdose-related emergency room visits and 911 calls.

For Newtown Police Chief Tom Synan, coordinator of the Hamilton County Addiction Response Coalition, this isn’t surprising.

“We knew this was coming,” Synan said June 2. “It indicates that the dip that we saw beginning when COVID started is over.”

As the county began to emerge from the pandemic’s restrictions, the coalition predicted overdoses would normalize along with it.

And it has. The data parallels what was seen in May 2019.

Hamilton County Public Health’s monthly overdose report showed emergency room visits to the county’s hospitals increased by nearly 100 over those seen in April, reaching 259 visits.

Calls to the 911 dispatch for suspected overdoses saw less of an increase from last month. They rose

from 213 in April to 261 calls in May. Out of 228 recorded addresses of overdose patients seeking emergency room care, 14% were from Clermont County and 7% were from Northern Kentucky.

The majority, 66%, were listed as Hamilton County residents.

But as the county slowly reopens and overdoses creep back up, Synan said there are additional concerns to consider, such as the fentanyl supply ramping back up. As the supply gets up to full speed, he said the remnants of COVID-19 restrictions could mean a higher potential for overdoses and deaths.

There were 42 suspected overdose deaths in May, Andrea Hatten, chief administrator for the Hamilton County Coroner's Offi ce, said Tuesday. It’s up from March, when the monthly overdose report was recorded at 26 such deaths.

When the pandemic hit, there was a decrease in street drug supply, Interim Health Commissioner Greg Kesterman said. It pushed dealers to “weaken supplies to allow them to go farther.”

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Whisk in oil.

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Set aside 2-3 tablespoons marinade for salad dressing.

For Father’s Day: Greek beef kebabs with arugula salad Rita’s Kitchen Rita Heikenfeld Guest columnist

Every year, I have the same goal: to plant fewer vegetables so I don’t get overwhelmed during harvest. Obviously, by the photo here of grandsons Will and Jack putting in tomato stakes, that goal won’t be reached this year either.

Along with over a dozen tomatoes, we’re planting several kinds of peppers, a trellis of cucumbers, 2 kinds of squash and my usual long row of fl owers.

Corn, pumpkins and gourds are already planted near the berry bushes.

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Toss meat with remaining marinade. Marinate anywhere from 30 minutes to several hours in refrigerator. Skewer meat onto skewers.

Grill skewers over hot fi re until lightly charred and done to your liking. Flank steak will be done in less time than chunks.

to preserve, and, as importantly, to share with those who may still be sheltering in place, not venturing out as much as they’d like.

The calendar tells me Father’s Day is on the horizon.

Is dad in the mood for kebabs? How about Greek beef kebabs? No long marinating time needed. Assemble and marinate 30 minutes to several hours.

Use part of the marinade for dressing a simple arugula salad.

For dessert, grilled pineapple slices with brown sugar/cinnamon glaze. Top with vanilla ice cream and caramel sauce. Watch dad smile.

And to all our dads a happy, meaningful day!

Tip: elevate canned cream cheese frosting Robyn Herzfeld, an Amelia reader, and aunt to neighbors Josh and Erin, adds about 1⁄ 3 of block of cream cheese and a couple heaping tablespoons cherry preserves to the frosting. “So delicious,” Erin said.

Meanwhile make salad.

Instructions – salad Toss salad ingredients with marinade that you set aside.

Serve salad alongside kebabs with cheese, and grilled pita, if you like.

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SPORTS Milford’s Cooper about to break out in diving scene Scott Springer Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

MILFORD - Life has a funny way of sometimes working out when it appears all is lost.

Soon-to-be Milford senior Sophie Cooper can profess to such as she now has committed to join Ohio University’s diving team. For someone who once broke both arms at the same time, she has made multiple recoveries physically and mentally and is about to make her next big splash.

Cooper once fancied herself a gymnast then was dealt a harsh blow on New Year’s Eve 2014. Never injured before, Cooper was tumbling and experienced an odd landing with her wrists turned outward. The impact on both elbows caused them to dislocate. X-rays showed immediate surgery was needed on one elbow, where a screw was inserted.

Long road back, then a detour For a while, she was in a wheelchair and couldn’t feed herself.

“I was out for eight months and in casts for four weeks,” Cooper said. “I had braces put on for four weeks too. I had to wear them all the time. I slept in them, went to school, I could never take them off .”

Despite the horrifi c setback, Cooper eventually returned to gymnastics and succeeded. Then, there was another issue with her elbow. This time it was the right one, which did not have surgery. A piece of cartilage from her knee was then put into her elbow, causing more time away from the mat.

Again, she was successful in meets, but again, the right elbow was causing issues and locking up.

“The cartilage from my knee was blocking it from moving smoothly,” Cooper said. “I had to have another surgery (a third). I tried going back to practice then I realized it probably wasn’t the best thing to do.”

After another recovery, she then tried track as she enjoyed (and still does) running. However, for someone used to swirling in the air, something was missing.

Invited to a diving practice, she found the right endorphin mix that involved fl ying like an eagle, then entering water gracefully like a swan.

Soon it was a springboard to success.

Tandem tutoring While Milford’s dive team is coached by Emma Frye, Cooper is coached in club diving by Lisa Werwinski, West Clermont’s head coach, who has also tutored divers from Loveland. Frye was supportive of Werwinski’s input and the club divers were supportive of a new face from another school.

“They value relationships like nobody I’ve ever met,” Cooper said. “Everyone there is amazing, they’re all family. Lisa knows people from here, from there and we get to meet them. I love it. I always look forward to going to practice and meets.”

Werwinski, a nationally-recognized diving judge as See DIVING, Page 2B

Sophie Cooper of Milford has committed to dive for the Ohio University Bobcats THANKS TO LISA WERWINSKI

Cooper heads to the water in the third round of diving at the 2018 Eastern Cincinnati Conference Diving Championships, Jan 25, 2018.

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West Clermont diving coach Lisa Werwinski (left) and Milford diving coach Emma Frye (right) stand with Cooper who has committed to dive at Ohio University. THANKS TO LISA WERWINSKI

Baseball at Midland returns for summer Scott Springer Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

AMELIA - The sound of lumber on cowhide and slapping leather graced the green fi elds of the Midland Complex again June 1 as organized baseball returned to the organization that has sent many players to the pros.

Minus the goal of the Connie Mack World Series, which was canceled due to the new coronavirus pandemic, the Midland Redskins will play over the summer in numerous scrimmages with other college and high school baseball standouts.

Team general manager Jeremiah Larbes put the word out for players that lost summer teams and plans to come up with a schedule of games after a two-week workout period. The initial workout was light with basic long toss, and batting practice after coach Dave Evans laid down the ground rules and strength and conditioning coach Adam Szabo stretched out the players using the entire outfi eld for spacing.

From the Reds, Lucas Sims drove up for a workout on the sidelines, while catcher Zade Richardson of the Cardinals (New Richmond) organization caught a few rounds then rocketed a few ropes. His former New Richmond teammate, Lane Flamm (Xavier) was also there along with long-time Midland player Cal Conley (Loveland, West Clermont) now of Texas Tech.

“It feels like I’m back in high school again coming to the Midland Field,” Flamm said. “It’s amazing just being out here with dudes I’ve played with before.”

Added Conley, “We’re in weird times right now but it’s pretty cool for all of us to get together and play.

There’s a ton of good players out here. Everyone in the area’s come back to play here, even guys that didn’t play for Midland in the past.”

Max Davenport of Walnut Hills was to play his initial college season at Lincoln Trail, but saw it meet its

La Salle’s Devin Taylor, who was Greater Catholic League-South Player of the Year as a 2019 freshman, showed some Griffey Jr.-like swings in his round of hitting. Already an Indiana commit, Taylor would like to hear his name called in the 2022 draft.

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untimely demise. After a successful fall, he was left with the empty feeling many locals had when fi elds and dugouts were ordered vacated and closed.

“COVID-19 happened and everybody got sent home,” Davenport said. “Our coach just told us to go home for the weekend. That’s what we thought we were doing. We left all of our stuff there and it all got stuck.”

Davenport has yet to hear from his school but hopes to return in August.

From the high school ranks, Devin Taylor, who was Greater Catholic League-South Player of the Year as a 2019 freshman, showed some Griff ey Jr.-like swings in

his round of hitting. Already an Indiana commit, Taylor would like to hear his name called in the 2022 draft.

“I haven’t worn baseball pants since fall, so it’s really good to get into the feel of everything, fi elding fl y balls and hitting baseball,” Taylor said.

Taylor went from helping the La Salle basketball team in the postseason From McNicholas, shortstop Lauden Brooks got his fi rst real on-fi eld work in after spending what would have been his junior season trying to stay fi t. Brooks is committed to Kentucky.

“I was kind of disappointed I didn’t get to play with my teammates this year,” Brooks said. “We got a new coach and I was looking forward to getting started with him because I thought we had a pretty good year ahead of us.”

Like most of the players in attendance, there was plenty of adrenaline, testosterone and even a few jitters as it wasn’t like running onto a dirt fi eld with a rec team. Most of the players are highly-decorated and were or have been highly-recruited.

There will be no trip to Farmington, New Mexico this year after Midland won their 16th Connie Mack World Series Championship last season and their third in a row.

Instead, they’ll divide the players up and host some round-robin tournaments. High school players lost three crucial months and college players lost most of their seasons. Midland’s eff orts allows them to regain some of those valuable innings that aid in their development.

It also allows fans to again enjoy the national pastime from a bleacher space or lawn chair in the great outdoors. Schedules have yet to be determined, but it’s a safe bet you’ll fi nd baseball on most dry weekends at the Clermont County complex off of Clough Pike just past Bach-Buxton behind the American Modern Insurance Company.

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Lavelle, Mahomes to honor local prep athletes Jason Hoffman

Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Patrick Mahomes II, quarterback for the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs, will be one of the featured guest presenters for the Cincinnati.com Sports Awards on Thursday, June 18.

Mahomes will announce the male and female athletes of the year, which are the top awards of the night.

Mahomes, a native of Tyler, Texas, dazzled Chiefs fans during the 2019-20 season with come-from-behind rallies that ultimately led to the Chiefs’ fi rst Super Bowl victory since their 1969 season.

His poise and leadership during critical moments defi ed his age, 24, and led to him becoming the youngest player in NFL history to be named the Super Bowl MVP. Mahomes joins a robust list of pro-

NFL players Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce attend the 2019 NCAA men's Final Four National Championship game.

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fessional athletes who will be announcing the Player of the Year awards for each state-sanctioned sport covered during the show, including Venus Williams, Michael Phelps, Drew Brees,

Wayne Gretzky, Gabby Douglas, Bode Miller, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Gary Woodland, Misty May-Treanor, Jordan Burroughs, Norm Duke, Rose Lavelle, Jessica Mendoza and Keli Smith Puzo.

Television sports broadcasters Jesse Palmer, Sage Steele, Dr. Jerry Punch and Courtney Cronin will host the awards show.

Additional presenters will be announced in the coming weeks.

The show will premiere at 6 p.m. on June 18 and is free to watch using any desktop or smart device on our event website.

View the full list of nominees here.

Sign up for email updates about the show here.

Not all state-sanctioned sports will be included in the Player of the Year awards due to spring sport cancellations required by the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, there will be a recogni-

tion of seniors who missed their fi nal sports seasons as part of a national tribute video that will be included in the broadcast.

The public can also show support of seniors who missed their fi nal games and celebrations by joining in the national social media movement with support messages on Instagram and Twitter using the hashtag #DontStopNow. One person nationally who posted using #DontStopNow will win $1,000 for themselves and $1,000 for the charity of their choice. See details on the event website on the night of the show for additional information.

Gannett owns and operates the largest high school student-athlete recognition program in the U.S. Viewers can see a complete list of all of our shows across the country, including the Cincinnati.com Sports Awards at: sportsawards.usatoday.com.

FC Cincinnati hosts its fi rst small-group practice since March Pat Brennan Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

With a lockout avoided and a return to competition on the horizon, FC Cincinnati retook to the fi elds of the Mercy Health Training Center.

FC Cincinnati was midway through a training session March 12 when Major League Soccer announced the twomatches-old regular season would be suspended with a training moratorium to follow.

Individual workouts with social-distancing requirements were permitted in May but it wasn’t until Thursday – 84 days after MLS took halted team activities due to the coronavirus pandemic – that players could once again directly interact in practice environments.

Thursday marked the fi rst such small-group practice for FC Cincinnati after players didn’t report Monday with the threat of a lockout looming.

Thursday’s practice was one day after the league and the Major League Soccer Players Association ratifi ed a collective bargaining agreement that runs through 2025 and cemented the details of the long-discussed return-toplay tournament in Orlando.

“We were fi ghting for the things that we think are right for us,” FC Cincinnati captain Kendall Waston said. “We can say to the fans, or I can say to the fans that we’re going to give our maximum eff ort to succeed in this tournament. We know it’s going to be way diff erent than usual but we’re going to do everything possible to have success.”

Later Thursday, MLS announced its clubs could return to full, fi rst-team

Andrew Gutman trains during a small-group practice session June 4 at the Mercy Health Training Center.

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training with the lifting of the training moratorium that came down March 12.

Each club would need approval for a full-team train plan endorsed by the “club’s medical staff and local infectious disease expert prior to submission to MLS for review,” offi cials stated in an MLS news release.

As for the fi rst practice back, players seemed to agree that it was a welcome step forward.

“It felt really good,” FC Cincinnati’s Andrew Gutman said Thursday. ‘It feels more and more normal every day it goes

on and hopefully in the next couple weeks we can get back to full-team training.”

MLS hasn’t publicly released specifi c details regarding the return-to-play tournament in Orlando but reports from multiple media outlets including The Athletic, ESPN and the Washington Post have indicated the league’s 26 teams will report to the Orlando region later in June.

It’s widely believed fans won’t be able to attend matches played in Orlando, where teams could be relocated for

more than a month.

Still, the prospect of a return to competitive play is a major boost for players, Gutman said.

“I think it gives a lot of the guys motivation to get back as quick and sharp as possible,” Gutman said. “Especially, we have a new manager coming in so it’s kind of like a clean slate for everyone so we’re excited for the future... Going down to Florida, all the matches count for league points so if we can go down there and get good results, it puts us in a great position for the rest of the year.”

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well as a coach began working with Amelia, Glen Este and Loveland divers and eventually became West Clermont’s coach. She’s helped Bethany Berger of Glen Este get to Eastern Michigan, Morgan Southall of West Clermont to Kentucky and Lindsey Miller of Loveland to Cincinnati. Cooper, who has been near the top of the Eastern Cincinnati Conference divers would be her fourth Division I pupil, albeit shared with Frye.

“I give her a lot of credit,” Werwinski said of Frye. “She basically knew she didn’t know how to do what Sophie needs to do and was OK with me partnering and helping. She (Cooper) is the best diver Milford has seen since 2009 by a longshot.”

Werwinski credits Frye for being selfless in strategizing Cooper’s dives.

“She basically lets me guide the train,” Werwinski said. “In the adult world and especially in high school athletics, collaboration between coaches has been lost and egos are put above the best interests of kids.”

Bouncing back The combined eff ort has paid off .

Cooper in three seasons has gone from ninth to fi fth to third in the ECC in diving. Last season she was 11th at the district meet and hopes to make the state gathering in Canton as previous “Flying Werwinskis” have.

“For someone as talented as her,

Milford's Sophie Cooper dives at the ECC meet.

THANKS TO LISA WERWINSKI

she’s not used to not making her athletic goals,” Werwinski said. “I think it a lit a fi re under her butt. It made her realize that if she wants to work toward a goal, this is what it takes and talent alone won’t take her there.”

In early 2019, Cooper advised Werwinski of her college goals and she’s now navigated the waters to an off er.

She also became one of many Zoom recruits of 2020, having to take virtual visits and diving into conference calls.

She now protects her elbows by wearing wraps to keep them from hit-

ting the water too hard but usually makes a clean, quiet splash. Her previous extended absences were frustrating, but healing in a sense as another opportunity was off ered.

“The good part about being out was that I went to the (gymnastics) meets for support,” Cooper said. “There was always something positive out of being hurt. You just have to fi nd what to do and what positive thing comes out of whatever injury you have.”

After Cooper’s prep career ends, Werwinski plans to focus solely on West

Clermont divers due to her judging and other commitments. Had the Olympic trials not been canceled, she would have been judging the country’s elite.

Having taken previous divers to the state meet, she’s optimistic Cooper can be the next.

“Sophie gets the best of both worlds,” Werwinski said. “I know more. She reaps the benefi ts of what I learned from them and the mentoring from them.

When kids from a program are successful, college coaches come back and they want more of those kids.”

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COMMUNITY NEWS Rotary says ‘thank you’ The Rotary Club of Cincinnati is saying thank you with yards of cotton and elastic as Rotary members make more than 1,100 masks for YMCA pandemic childcare staff members, restaurant workers who partnered with Rotary to support families in the centers, and for Rotary Club members.

The mask project is the latest Rotary response to Greater Cincinnati’s COVID-19 health crisis.

“Dr. Amy Acton, the Ohio Department of Health director, has said we could be looking at a year of wearing masks to battle COVID-19,” said Linda Muth, executive director of the Rotary Club of Cincinnati.

“We thought we could be proactive and productive while we’re sheltering in place,” said Muth, of Anderson Township.

The masks, made from fabric imprinted with the Rotary Club of Cincinnati logo, are being distributed as Thank-You gifts for staff at the eight YMCA pandemic childcare centers in Hamilton County, to workers at the more than 30 restaurants that provided dinners for essential workers’ families who used those centers in April and May, and to Rotary members.

Rotary Membership Director DeAnn Fleming of Anderson Township is managing the project.

“I grew up sewing,” said Fleming. “This is very personal way to say ‘Thank You.’” She said the masks are very much a Rotary family project.

More than 15 Rotarians or their family members volunteered to sew the masks. Gail Fischer, an accomplished quilter whose husband and daughters are Rotarians, worked with Decal Impressions printing company to have the fabric printed with the Rotary logo.

Fischer, of Ryland Heights, Ky., enlisted her family to cut the mask shapes. Fleming distributed the mask materials and directions.

The mask project is funded by the Rotary Foundation, which is the philanthropic arm of the Rotary Club of Cincinnati. The Rotary Foundation also created and funded the Community Heroes Family Dinner Project to provide family dinners for essential workers with children at the YMCA pandemic child care centers.

The Rotary Foundation bought meals from local restaurants and families could pick up their evening meal when they picked up their children. The more than $128,000 project provided steady business for the restaurants while making lives easier for medical workers and other essential workers during the health crisis shutdown.

The YMCA and restaurant workers who were part of the Community Heroes Family Dinner Project are now sporting their Thank-You masks.

“Those dinners for the Rotary made it possible for me to keep paying my employees,” said Judy Daleiden of Finneytown, owner of the Sweet Heart Café in Colerain Township. The café made more than 300 meals over the six-week program.

“The Rotary helped keep us afl oat,” she said. “It was a great. The kids wrote us thank-you notes. Several families asked for carryout menus. People who didn’t know about us before will be customers going forward.

And the masks are great.”

Besides the mask project and the Community Heroes Family dinner project, The Rotary Club donated $50,000 to St. Vincent de Paul in March to provide rent and utility assistance for families stressed during the shutdown and club members donated more than $23,000 to buy unsold Girl Scout cookies to be donated to LaSoupe, which has been providing meals for low income children during the crisis.

That project supported Girl Scout troops throughout Greater Cincinnati as well as supporting the LaSoupe charity.

The Rotary Club of Cincinnati is a service and networking organization made up of business and community leaders. Its mission is to provide selfl ess service in the community and the world, with a focus on children’s needs. For information, see www.cincinnatirotary.org Peggy Hodgson, The Rotary Club of Cincinnati

Mary Kate Wegener, Loveland, Ohio, one of 21 seniors being highlighted by the Down Syndrome Association of Greater Cincinnati in billboard campaign. PROVIDED

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will be highlighting local seniors with Down syndrome through a week-long billboard campaign.

The billboards will contain a congratulatory message, photo of the senior, and their name. The DSAGC wanted to honor the seniors with Down syndrome in Greater Cincinnati on their very important milestone, especially this year since traditional in-person ceremonies and celebrations aren’t able to be held.

“We are so proud of Katie’s achievements. Her future is bright. Thank you to the Down Syndrome Association of Greater Cincinnati for always supporting our loved ones with Down Syndrome and for all the wonderful resources they provide to help them reach their potential,” says a parent of a senior with Down syndrome.

In addition to the billboard campaign, the DSAGC will host a virtual graduation party and showcase each senior and their accomplishments on its social media outlets.

The Down Syndrome Association of Greater Cincinnati was formed in 1981 by a group of parents who envisioned a better life for their children. It has grown into a nationally recognized non-profi t organization serving thousands of people with Down syndrome, their families, extended families, health care providers and teachers as well as the larger community. They off er a wide variety programs and support services focusing on every stage of life.

Their mission is to empower individuals, educate families, enhance communities and together, celebrate the extraordinary lives of people with Down syndrome.

Krissy Vinson, Down Syndrome Association of Greater Cincinnati

Hopewell DAR plans for the future On Sunday, May 17 fi ve future DAR members and three offi cers met in the open in a parking lot, sporting masks, following social distancing and carrying their own pens to sign applications to become members of Hopewell DAR Chapter.

Hopewell ladies, like all Ohio residents have been following the guidelines set by the governor and have

been sheltering in place which meant we could not meet as a chapter for the present time.

We welcomed the opportunity to carefully meet to look to the future by increasing membership and supporting DAR activities.

Pictured are the applicants and offi cers. Three applicants, Natalie Johnson, Roberta Stagge, and Dorothy Johnson represent three generations of granddaughter, mother and daughter and who have been sheltering in place together.

Other applicants (not pictured) are Susan Schaen and Nancy Upchurch. Offi cers present for the signing were Regent Jan Mauch, Registrar Diane Autore and Treasurer Melinda Yonchak.

In order to apply for DAR membership, eligible ladies complete applications with supporting documentation to prove linear descent from an individual who participated in support of colonists working for freedom during the Revolutionary War. These applications are submitted to the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution where they are checked by genealogists and if all is correct, the applicant is presented to the National Board of Management to approve membership. The Registrar of each chapter manages the application process.

Daughters of the American Revolution is a woman’s patriotic, non-profi t, non-political service organization with a three-pronged mission statement: to support education, patriotism and historic preservation.

Hopewell Chapter is the 100th and newest Ohio chapter and is completing its charter year as of August of 2020.

The chapter typically meets once a month with business meetings to plan projects and an educational program is presented.

DAR is a committee based organization and Hopewell has been creating projects through committees to support the local West Chester and Mason communities as well as our nation. Interested ladies are invited to contact Regent Jan Mauch for more information at regent@hopewelldar.org.

Jan Mauch, DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution)

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40 Alias letters 41 Demurring words 42 Member of the genus Helix 44 Marcel Duchamp, e.g.

47 Genre for the Spice Girls or Backstreet Boys 49 Passion 51 Bug experts, informally 55 Breathtaking sight in the ocean?

56 Back 58 This and others 59 Downed 62 GPS’s guesses 64 Montezuma, for one 65 Assign new functions to, as keyboard keys 66 Some natural remedies 69 Cabinet position once held by Herbert Hoover 72 Give one’s take 73 Basic knowledge, with ‘‘the’’ 77 Went after, in a way 78 ____ admin 79 Classic brand of candy wafers 80 Magical teen of Archie Comics 82 Give kudos to 84 Pop a wheelie?

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Try Poochie’s Place on your next restaurant outing Ole Fisherman George Rooks Guest columnist

Howdy folks, I am still in the recliner and using the walker but I am getting better each day.

It is very slow.

I invited the Lytle’s to go to Poochie’s for lunch today. We had a good meal as usual.

Bob and Gladys brought me a meal a week ago so it was time to repay the blessing. They are fi ne folks.

The folks at Poochie’s were very glad to see us. If you have never been to Poochie’s, you’re missing a golden opportunity to get some excellent food, and the folks that work there will treat you like family. They open at 6 a.m. and close at 2 p.m. each day, so make your next restaurant visit to try Poochie’s. You won’t be disappointed.

I talked to Jarman’s Greenhouse out

of Felicity and they are having a super year for plants. The lady told me they have planted three diff erent times and have sold out of a lot of plants.

There are more people planting gardens this year than ever before. The Grant’s Greenhouse on State Route 131 have cucumbers and as the time goes on these will get fewer. The lady said within a couple weeks they will have ripe tomatoes. There is nothing any better than pulling a ripe tomato and pulling a fresh cucumber off to eat.

It seems the farms are getting plenty of crops planted with the rain stopping.

The horse pulled corn planter is a thing of the past.

That was the way I grew up farming.

My dad would be disking with a Farmall tractor and my brother and I would be driving the horses that were hooked to a grain drill. Things have changed, as today, a farmer will be pulling a grain drill and that will be several feet wide or a corn planter that plants 12 to 16 rows.

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on it with air conditioning. He can plant a lot of acres in a day instead of the days I planted with horses pulling a two row planter or a grain drill that would be 6 feet wide.

The Living the Word Church here in Bethel on Saturday has food they give to folks at the church. During this time of the virus, they have them to come to the back door and wait for the meal to be brought out to them. They also take food out to shut in folks like me. The meal was great today.

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SCHOOL NEWS Works by Loveland High School’s Lilly Rohling selected for the Ohio Governor’s Youth Art Exhibition Loveland High School Junior Lilly Rohling’s two artworks “Shower Frenzy” (colored pencil drawing) and “Inclination” (video) have been selected for the 2020 Ohio Governor’s Youth Art Exhibition. The exhibition, now in its 50th year, is open to all of Ohio’s 1,112 public and private high schools and dedicated to the educational and artistic advancement of talented youth in the state.

The purpose is to provide budding artists with opportunities to advance their talent through scholarships and entering their work in a competition.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, no offi cial awards ceremony – or actual exhibit - will take place this year.

Executive Director of the Ohio Governor’s Youth Art Exhibition expressed his disappointment: “This was not the year that any of us had planned. One of the highlights of my school year is having the honor of recognizing Ohio’s talented young artists in person. My heart is heavy for the 2020 student-artists who were selected for an exhibition that was never hung.”

300 winners were selected from 15 regions across the state. Visit: govart.org/Documents/2020Winners.pdf) Susanne Quigley, Loveland City School District

Summit students fare well on National Latin Exam One Summit student earned a perfect score on the National Latin Exam (NLE) while three others earned special book awards.

Seventh grader Sophia Nery, Mt. Lookout, answered all 40 questions correctly on the “Introduction to Latin” exam.

According to Summit Nery Latin teacher Larry Dean, earning a perfect score is extremely diffi cult and rare as less than one percent of students received a perfect score on the 2020 National Latin Exam.

Summit seniors Kathryn Sullivan, Morrow; Maliah Bricking, Sharonville; and Ryan Burns, Anderson Township, received special book awards for earn-

Loveland High School junior Lilly Rohling’s video “Inclination” is one of her two winning submissions to the 2020 Ohio Governor’s Youth Art Exhibition. PROVIDED

ing multiple gold medals. Kathryn received The Oxford Classical Dictionary for earning four golds in fi ve years of Latin. Maliah and Ryan received The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature for earning fi ve consecutive golds.

Overall, 70 percent of Summit students who took the test earned awards while 19 percent earned gold medals.

The following students received recognition: Achievement Certifi cate – seventh grade test: Chike Anusionwu, Benedict Domville, Lily Gentes and Kira Njegovan.

Outstanding Achievement Certifi cate and Ribbon – seventh grade test: Anneliese Brouwer, Claire Lamarre, Kate McLane, Maddie Mescher, Sophia Nery and Grace Tounge.

‘Cum Laude’ Certifi cate – eighthtwelfth grade test: Cecilia Hasan and Rimel Kamran.

‘Magna Cum Laude’ Certifi cate – eighth-twelfth grade test: Abby Almaguer, Graeme Barrere, Joseph Brecount, Parker Bricking, Matthew Casanas, Katie Dobelhoff , Elizabeth Dziech, Carson Hall, Andrew Kahle, Wali Khan, Evan Lakhia, Ana Leyendecker, Owen McEachern, Logan Miller, Madison Sievering and Eli Sparks.

Silver Medal + ‘Maxima Cum Laude’ Certifi cate - eighth-twelfth grade test: Ali Burns, Jackson Campbell, C.C. Chavez, Mia Cavallo, Erin Devine, Lilly Dwyer, Liliana Friesen, Jude Gerhardt, James Hinton, Aidan Lawler, Alex Rojas and Maddie Sumnar.

Gold Medal + ‘Summa Cum Laude’ Certifi cate - eighth-twelfth grade test: Maliah Bricking, Reagan Bricking, Ryan Burns, Irene Calderon, Jimmy Fraley, Drew Hinton, Ethan Lam, Matthew

Lilly Rohling’s colored pencil drawing “Shower Frenzy” also earned a regional Silver Key award in the 2020 Scholastic Arts and Writing Awards. PROVIDED

Langenderfer, William McLane, Benny Penote, Mia Rahner, Kendall Richard, David Schnitter, Jennifer Sullivan and Kathryn Sullivan.

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Loveland High School Class of 2020 Senior Awards Loveland High School recognized the outstanding achievements of the Class of 2020 with the release of a Senior Awards celebratory video on May 13. In addition to academic and service recognitions, students were honored with scholarships from numerous organizations.

Class of 2020 Academic Top 10 Students are listed in the order of rank, including the college they will be attending.

1. Ashley George (Valedictorian), The Ohio State University 2. Sofi a Dillhoff (Salutatorian), University of Notre Dame 3. Nami Cannon, The Ohio State University 4. Anthony Jerdack, The Ohio State University 5. Caroline Wagner, The Ohio State University 6. Nathan Dygert, The Ohio State University 7. Simon Grome, The Ohio State Uni-

versity 8. Jack Scuterud, The Ohio State University 9. Nathaniel Broelmann, The Ohio State University 10. Erin Dickman, The Ohio State University Citizenship, Service and Spirit Awards Citizenship Award: Sam Greenberg Service Award: Jordan Sovik Spirit Award: Kate Garry Principal’s Awards Outstanding Male: Collin Hedgepeth Outstanding Female: Jillian Hayes Principal’s Award: Erin Dickman Outstanding Senior Achievement Faculty members in each academic area have selected senior students who have performed with a high degree of excellence in a particular area throughout their high school career.

Applied Technology and Business Education Department Award - Josh Anness Art Department Award - Hannah Powers Language Arts Department Award Elizabeth Oh Mathematics Department Award Sam Greenberg Music Department Award - Jett Stevens Science Department Award - Zachary Case Social Studies Department Award Sam Greenberg World Languages Department Award - Joey Jeff cott Perseverance Award - Donnie Riffl e National Merit Scholarship Program Awards Based upon CollegeBoard PSAT results, students are commended in recognition of their outstanding academic promise. Commended Students, Finalists and Winners are named on the basis of a nationally applied Selection Index score that may vary from year to year.

Commended Students: Zachary Case Ashley George Simon Grome Daniel Hinrichsen Samantha James National Merit Scholarship Winner: Clare Daumeyer Susanne Quigley, Loveland City School District

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The Village of Newtown Council will be conducting a Public Hearing on July 14, 2020 at 6:30pm, via zoom video conference.

The purpose of the public hearing is to consider a zoning change for 3524 Debolt Street from Residential Two Family to Planned Village Center.

Persons wishing to comment on the zone change may call in to the meeting using the following call-in instructions: Meeting ID: 834 8003 4986 Password: 672064 1-312-626-6799 US (Chicago) FHLJ,Jun10,17’2020#4226069

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