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Congregation comes together after Pride display at Anderson Twp. church vandalized Cameron Knight Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

A Pride display and church steps were recently vandalized with spray paint, prompting a congregation and a community to come together to support each other. Leaders at the Luther Church of the Resurrection on Nagel Road were greeted with derogatory slurs when they arrived to live stream their service on June 28. Pastor Nicole Kelly said the church had put up it's fi rst-ever Pride display outside the church on June 21. For more than a decade, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America organization – to which the Anderson Township church belongs – has moved toward accepting LGBTQ members, voting in 2009 to ordain LGBTQ pastor and remove sanctions for clergy who preside over same-sex weddings. The display included a large sign, which the church purchased, as well as many smaller signs that members of the congregation made. It was part of the church's move to get designated as a "Reconciling in Christ Congregation," which means a specifi c church "offi cially declare ourselves as a safe place" for LGBT members, Kelly explained. Not all congregations of the Evangelical Lutheran Church accept LGBTQ people to the same degree. "So having the distinction is important," Kelly said. "The church has infl icted plenty of harm on folks, but especially on LGBTQ folks." The church has off ered a variety of education opportunities to members about LGBTQ issues as part of their move toward this designation. In response to the graffi ti, Kelly and Pastor Henry Zorn who lead the church

People rallied Monday at the Luther Church of the Resurrection in Anderson Township after a Pride display supporting the LGBT community was vandalized over the weekend. PROVIDED/ASHLEY ROBERTSON PHOTOGRAPHY

put a call out on social media for people to gather at church June 29. It wasn't to clean. That work was done with hours of the graﬃ ti being discovered. "We wanting to make sure there was a positive spin," Kelly said. "We really wanted to turn lemons into lemonade." She said about 130 people showed up. People from the church, from neighboring churches and just from the neigh-

borhood. "The bigger takeaway is how important what the congregation is doing," Kelly said. People walking by the church commented that they had never seen a church with a Pride display. Some of those who showed up to support the congregation "hadn't been on church property much," Kelly said. "It was very powerful for us, for heal-

ing, to have that positive aﬃ rmation," she said. While shocked by the vandalism, Kelly wasn't particularly surprised. But she explained that the event is a chance for people to rededicate themselves to loving their LGBTQ neighbors. "God loves them and aﬃ rms them as they are," Kelly said. "That's a foundational belief of love and justice."

Anderson High to get $400,000 audiovisual donation Jeanne Houck Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Forest Hills Local Schools has agreed to allow a church to hold Sunday services in the Anderson High School auditorium in exchange for an expected donation of $400,000 in audiovisual equipment. The 7 Hills Church of Florence, Kentucky, plans to begin in-person services for its “Cincinnati Campus” in leased space at the school in Anderson Township this fall or winter. The church will pay Forest Hills $3,000 in monthly rent for ﬁ ve years, beginning Oct. 1. The money will be earmarked for repairs and maintenance of the leased facilities at Anderson High School, which include the 600-seat auditorium, several classrooms and the cafeteria for children’s church. A contract between 7 Hills Church and the Forest Hills Board of Education says the church intends to invest about $400,000 in audiovisual equipment for the leased premises at Anderson High School and then donate it to the school district at the end of the lease. “The Parties further acknowledge and agree that (the church’s) promise to so invest and subsequently donate was a material inducement to the (school board’s) agreement to enter into this Lease Agreement,” the contract says. The 7 Hills Church has not yet bought the audiovisual equipment.

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But, “We will be bringing audiovisual teams to Anderson High School in the coming months to start the process of getting that equipment for the school,” said Jake Fraiture, who lives in Anderson Township and is on staﬀ at 7 Hills Church. “Once the audiovisual equipment is installed, Forest Hills can use it immediately.”

'Forest Hills students will beneﬁ t greatly from this partnership' Forest Hills Local Schools Superintendent Scot Prebles said he is pleased to partner with the church on the Anderson High School project. “Our team worked diligently with 7 Hills Church to ensure that the boardapproved contract meets expectations

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set within its policies and is aligned with community expectations for the use of its facilities,” Prebles said. “Forest Hills students will benefi t greatly from this partnership” whereby “7 Hills Church will donate an approximate $400,000 worth of much-needed sound, lighting and projection equipment for the theatre at Anderson High School – all of which will stay with Anderson permanently. “The district confi rmed that the equipment is among the newest technology available, is of high quality and our students and staff are excited to utilize these improvements as soon as they are able,” Prebles said. Forest Hills retained the right to use the leased premises at Anderson High School, located at 7560 Forest Road, on Sundays as needed.

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The 7 Hills Church will put down a $50,000 deposit to cover any damages it is responsible for. The church will continue to meet at its Florence location at 6800 Hazel Court when it opens its Anderson Township site. “During services, Pastor (Marcus) Mecum will preach in person at the Florence campus and we will live stream him into our Cincinnati Campus,” Fraiture said. “My wife and I will help lead the teams in person at the Cincinnati Campus. “Florence and Cincinnati are the only campuses we have in the area right now, but our goal is to have more campuses in the tri-state area in the future,” Fraiture said.

'We fell in love with the Anderson Township community' Why did the 7 Hills Church decide to expand to Anderson Township? “What drew our attention to the east side of Cincinnati was the amount of people who would make the drive to our Florence campus on a weekly basis,” Fraiture said. “When we started to look into the east side of the city, we fell in love with the Anderson Township community and quickly built a great partnership with Forest Hills (Local) School District. “We look forward to serving the east side of Cincinnati for many years to come,” Fraiture said.

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Actors live, travel together to bring live theater back safely David Lyman Special to Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Live theater is back! Time to celebrate! But don’t put that Champagne on ice just yet. While we will soon have performances involving real people on real stages, this will not be theater as usual. On July 17, the Commonwealth Artists Student Theatre will open its production of “Newsies” with a cast of high school students from all over the Tristate. But instead of performing on the well-appointed stage of Highlands High School, they’ll be spread out over an array of fi ve stages in the parking lot at Coney Island. For those of us in the audience, it will be a little like going to a drive-in movie, except with live performers. We can sit in our cars or set up folding chairs. And we’ll hear the onstage action via a low wattage FM broadcast. In order to maintain social distancing during rehearsals, the 79 cast and crew members have been working in a sprawling, 6,900-square-foot warehouse space in Felsenhaus, a former brewery building on McMicken Avenue in Over-the-Rhine. Is this the ideal way to see a Broadway musical? Probably not. But to CAST co-founder Jason Burgess, who directed the show, this arrangement is better than the alternatives. “When this (pandemic) fi rst started, I was seeing Facebook posts about everyone still doing content, but doing it online. I guess we could do that. But that’s not theater. It doesn’t have the essence of people sitting together and sharing something. We decided that if we were going to go ahead with our shows, we had to fi nd a better way to do it. And it’s a lot better than canceling.” When Burgess and his wife, CAST co-founder Amy Burgess, fi rst approached Jason Reid, Coney’s vice president of food operations and special events, the amusement park was completely shuttered with no prospect of reopening. “From our end, we just really wanted to do something,” says Reid. “So when people reached out to us with ideas – even crazy ideas – we thought it was worth giving it a go and seeing what happens.” Coney was already facing a transitional year, having removed all of the park’s rides and preparing to boost its profi le as a combination of waterpark and venue for large special events. “We weren’t sure what this year was going to bring,” says Reid. “So we were willing to think outside the box.”

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SCHOOL NEWS Gymnasts and coaches show support for coach Members of “Gymskins” – Anderson High School Gymnastics Team and Coaches – surprised their coach, Stacey Bailey, who was at OHC’s Eastgate offi ce receiving treatment. Following safety precautions, Gymskins members gathered outside with signs to show their support for Stacey. OHC (Oncology Hematology Care) is the region’s leading experts in the treatment of nearly every form of adult cancer and complex blood disorders. OHC off ers the latest medical, gynecologic and radiation therapy, and is always seeking better treatment options through its nationally-recognized clinical trials program. OHC is the only independent adult cancer practice to off er the ground-breaking CAR-T therapy for adults. For more information about OHC, or for a second opinion, call 1-888-649-4800 or visit ohcare.com. Lesia Golden, OHC

UC Clermont helps community during COVID-19 crisis UC Clermont College faculty, staff , students and alumni have stepped up during the COVID-19 pandemic to provide crucial services and support to students, community members and frontline workers. Since the COVID-19 crisis began in March, 15 students have received nearly $15,000 in aid from UC Clermont’s Sauls Stay-in-School Fund, which was established in 1990 by James E. Sauls Sr. to assist students with unanticipated fi nancial needs. Emergencies such as car repairs, unexpected medical expenses or family job loss can aff ect a student’s ability to attend class and complete academic work. “When classes were forced to transition to remote delivery in March, some students found themselves unprepared and lacking the technology to learn from home,” said Dawn Hundley, associate director of UC Clermont’s One Stop Student Services and fi nancial aid. “The generosity of the Saul’s family allowed us to help the students continue their educational journey by supplying funds to provide Internet, webcams and laptops. Without this funding, students would have been forced to withdraw from the spring semester.” In addition, the UC Clermont Food Pantry assisted nearly 50 students and their families with more than $5,000 in essential food and personal care items in April and May. The pantry and Sauls fund have received approximately $43,000 in donations since the pandemic began. And the donations — and need — continue. “UC Clermont is grateful to the many individuals who have donated to the UC Clermont Food Pantry. With these funds, we have been able to provide critical resources to students during a diffi cult and uncertain time,” said Jennifer Radt, senior director of student affairs and services. “Our students are humbled by the support they have received and are thankful that food

Members of “Gymskins” – Anderson High School Gymnastics Team and Coaches – surprised their coach, Stacey Bailey, who was at OHC’s Eastgate office receiving treatment. Following safety precautions, Gymskins members gathered outside with signs to show their support for Stacey. PROVIDED

Petra Hackenberg-Bauer, MD, pediatrician at Anderson Hills Pediatrics (locations in Anderson and Amelia), models the new face shields created by UC Clermont manufacturing engineering faculty. PROVIDED

was not something they had to worry about during this pandemic.” UC Clermont faculty and staﬀ have helped equip local healthcare workers with the tangible tools they need, too. In April, UC Clermont’s Manufacturing En-

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Shakespeare in the Park The situation is slightly diff erent over at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company. They’ve been presenting free Shakespeare productions in area parks since 2007. But after the pandemic forced the theater to cancel the fi nal three months of its subscription season, prospects for the Shakespeare in the Park program were iff y, too. Typically, the company does upwards of 50 performances in area parks. But in the wake of state-mandated closures, dozens of parks canceled summer programming. The public health situation was simply too uncertain and volatile to make any fi rm plans. But negotiations continued with a handful of parks and presenting groups. And as some restrictions have begun to ease, a foreshortened touring schedule has begun to shape up. “Shakespeare’s plays have survived world wars, revolutions, empires collapsing and plagues,” says Brian Isaac Phillips, Cincy Shakes’ producing artistic director. “They’ll survive this pandemic, too. Audience members will have to sit farther apart, but we’re going to share these plays in the way they’re meant to be seen – in live performances.” The touring cast will perform three diff erent productions this summer; “Romeo and Juliet,” “Macbeth” and “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

Safety ﬁ rst But how, you might ask, is it possible to perform “Romeo and Juliet” without some physical intimacy? Kisses, perhaps. Or hugs, at the very least. And then,

David Derringer and Kearston Hawkins-Johnson are seen in a scene from Cincinnati Shakespeare Company’s 2019 summer tour of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” BRIAN FREY/PROVIDED

there are those swordﬁ ghts. You have to get close to stab someone. How is all this possible in an age of social distancing? It turns out that the six members of the touring company will share a house during their tour, which is scheduled to continue through the school year. They rehearse together. They travel to performances togeth-

er in the company van. They’re not quarantined, exactly. But because they are a self-contained theatrical unit, they are isolated from random outside contact. “They are a self-contained pod of actors,” says “Romeo and Juliet” director Courtney Lucien. “It’s like that when we rehearse, too. The entire theater is divided into designated safe areas. One area is just for the administrative people. There’s another for the cast and directors and stage managers. Each group has its own bathrooms and doors they use to enter the building. ” To date, the company has scheduled 17 performances, from Richmond, Ind., to Erlanger and Mount Washington to Delhi. They expect to announce more dates soon. “There were a lot of discussions about whether we could bring Shakespeare to Deerfi eld Township,” says Meredith Raff el, executive director of The Arts Alliance, which programs dozens of arts-related programs in Deerfi eld Township. “We’ve had to cancel so many other things. But Shakespeare is always one of our most popular events. Usually, it draws more than 500 people. So if there was any way to keep it, we wanted to.” Unless things change, Cincy Shakes will be there with “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” on Aug. 20. To enable social distancing, organizers are requiring advanced ticketing – free tickets, incidentally – so they can limit the audience to 300. “I don’t view these things as problems,” says “Macbeth” director Darnell Pierre Benjamin. “They’re challenges. We’re in the theater, so we deal with challenges every day. These aren’t challenges we’ve faced before. But I want to face these challenges and conquer them. Once we get past the challenges of social distancing, we’ll deal with the challenges of Shakespeare. Those are the exciting ones. I can’t wait to share them with our audiences.”

Columbus, Cincinnati boast fastest-selling homes in the U.S. Jim Weiker Columbus Dispatch

A new study confi rms what many central Ohio home shoppers already suspect: Nowhere in the country do homes sell faster than in Columbus. According to the real-estate service Zillow, homes in the Columbus area spent a median of fi ve days on the market before landing in contract, the shortest time in the nation. Second place? A tie between Cincinnati and Kansas City, where homes sold in a median of six days. Zillow based the fi gures on home sales during the second week of June. Nationally, homes that sold that week had been active for 22 days before going into contract – the fastest pace since June 2018. Home sales in central Ohio and nationally plunged in April and May when coronavirus shut down the economy.

But there was no indication that sales fell because of lack of demand. Instead, sales fell because the number of homes listed plummeted to record lows, as homeowners chose to stay put during the uncertainty. As of June 30, 2,602 homes were listed as “active” (not in contract) in central Ohio, a record low for June, according to the Columbus Realtors trade group. A year ago, that number was 4,784, and in 2007, the number hit a record high of 19,820. In other words: This time 13 years ago, central Ohio home shoppers had almost eight times as many homes to choose from as they do today. “I’ve been doing this almost 17 years now and for probably the past, almost four years, it’s been insanely hot in the Columbus area,” said Corey Burke, an agent with HER Realtors. “Anything priced under $550,000 is going extremely fast due to the lack of inventory.” Burke just sold a home on Montrose Avenue in Bex-

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Our neighbor, Joan, told me she has wild cherry ﬁ rewood for us from a tree she had cut down. We’ll sure enjoy the fragrant ﬁ res this winter. When we were kids, there was a huge wild black cherry tree in our postage stamp size of a yard. Every summer the tree produced shiny, black, tiny berries. We’d feast, spitting out inedible pits. It got me thinking about using wild cherries for cherry bounce, an old fashioned liqueur trending now.

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SPORTS Bethel-Tate taps DeLotell as next boys basketball coach Shelby Dermer Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

BETHEL – Chris DeLotell received board approval June 23 to become the next head boys basketball coach at Bethel-Tate. DeLotell spent the previous seven seasons as the head boys basketball coach at Anderson, where his teams went a combined 59-103. His contract was not renewed following last season’s 8-15 campaign. DeLotell admits that he’s not the same coach who showed up in Forest Hills prior to the 2013-14 season. “I think when you get your fi rst head coaching job, you have dreamed about that moment for a lot of your life and you already have all of the plans of everything that you’re gonna do, no matter what,” DeLotell said. “I think I’m a much more mature coach than I was seven years ago and my approach is way diff erent this time around.” He’s learned to listen more. He started the all-ears approach prior to applying to be the Tigers’ next head coach when he sought the opinion of current Milford girls basketball coach Dave Fallis and West Clermont boys basketball coach Tom Jutze. Both previously served at Bethel-Tate. “I’ve looked into this and there are things I see that are positive and I think it’s a great chance to build a program. My question to them was, what should I know?” DeLotell said. “They said it’s a great place to coach, the community supports you, high school sports are a big deal and those kids, if you them right and work with them they’re gonna run through a wall for you. “The feedback on that was good and I felt really good about it.” Since fi nding out he got the job, DeLotell has been making house calls, driving door-to-door through Bethel to meet his new players and their families and seeking their insight on what he can do to turn the program into a winner. “What is their advice to me? What does the program need? They’re the experts,” DeLotell explained. “They’re the ones who have been a part of it. I hope I have some good ideas that will help, but their perspective is huge to me.” Bethel-Tate is looking for a winner. DeLotell will replace Steve Wolf Jr., who went 11-35 in his two seasons. The Tigers were 8-15 last season, fi nishing fi fth in the Southern Buckeye Conference National division. Bethel-Tate has three winning seasons since 2012 and has won just one playoff game (2016 vs. Blanchester) since 2010. Bethel-Tate will only lose two seniors (guard Cooper Reinert and forward Alex Manz) from last year’s club and will return leading scorer and rebounder Kyle Smith and other starters in Luke Frondorf, Austin Brookenthal, Seth Vining and Devonta Williams. “What I don’t wanna do is come in with preconceived notions of things based on the past,” DeLotell said. “I think one of the great things for everybody about having a new coach is that the slate’s clean. I have been so impressed with all of the kids that I have met and their parents – blown away, really. The young men I’ve met are solid and I feel great about what I see. “They want to be involved with doing things the right way and leaving the program in a better spot.”

Former Anderson Head Coach Chris DeLotell will become the next head boys basketball coach at Bethel-Tate. JIM OWENS/FOR THE ENQUIRER

Wyoming fall soccer and football and basketball players go through a workout on the football ﬁ eld on May. 27. PHOTOS BY TONY TRIBBLE/FOR THE ENQUIRER

Will high school football look the same this fall? Shelby Dermer Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

On June 28, Ohio High School Athletic Association executive director Jerry Snodgrass was asked on Twitter if the fall high school sports season was still on as scheduled. “As of June 28 at 12:58 p.m., fall sports are scheduled to move forward,” Snodgrass wrote back in a reply. “Also highlights the uncertainty and unknowns of the future.” While the OHSAA has remained confi dent, there have been multiple schools that have shut down activities following a positive coronavirus test. St. Xavier and Mount Healthy have postponed football activities until July 13 due to a student-athlete testing positive. Anderson High School had been aff ected after a student-athlete’s family member tested positive. The school was scheduled to resume practice on June 30 after the athlete tested negative. So, what will the high school football season look like in Ohio this fall? On June 29, Snodgrass hosted a Zoom meeting with Southwest District athletic directors who were able to ask questions about the upcoming season. The bottom line echoed Snodgrass’ Tweet from June 28 that athletic directors are still planning for fall sports practices to begin on August 1. “The plan is right now to move forward and have a season,” Taylor athletic director Larry Herges told The Enquirer. “Right now, I’m planning to start August 1 with my student-athletes because that’s the fi rst day of practice. I’m planning on a 10-week season, but there’s so many wheels in motion and there’s no real answer.” Walnut Hills athletic director Steve Ellison said he has heard about a potential plan to have an eight-week football season that doesn’t start until after Labor Day, but added that all alternative scenarios are speculative for the time being. “There is across the board some uncertainty without a lot of guidance,” Ellison said. “A lot of it is rumor or assumption. I haven’t heard anything concrete.” One of the main points discussed in the June 29 virtual meeting was the possibility of fans in attendance. Both Herges and Ellison confi rmed the report that schools may have up to 2,500 in a stadium or 50% capacity, whichever number is the lowest. “We’re looking right now to mark off our bleachers to adhere to social dis-

Moeller football players do conditioning drills on May 28.

“There is across the board some uncertainty without a lot of guidance. A lot of it is rumor or assumption. I haven’t heard anything concrete.” Steve Ellison

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tancing and stay within that 50% capacity,” Ellison said. Transportation was also discussed as safety guidelines allow just one student per seat on buses. More questions than answers surfaced on the topic as it could present logistic problems for some Cincinnati-area schools. Herges said that athletic directors were told to “start planning on alternate means of transportation.” “We got some guidance that it will have to be one kid per seat.That turns a three-bus trip into a six-bus trip for us,” Ellison said. “It’s another up-in-the-air situation because we have contracts with only a couple of vendors in the city and if they increase those buses it may be a situation where we don’t have enough buses for every sport that will

need transportation.” Herges added: “There’s no deﬁ nite answer and there’s really nothing that’s pointing us in the direction to go in. You just plan on the season and when they tell us what we can and can’t do, that’s what happens.” With current coronavirus cases on the rise, there was no date to pinpoint when practices must be held safely by to ensure the season begins on August 24. Herges says the OHSAA does not feel that if one sport were to potentially shut down because of a further outbreak of COVID-19 that it would necessarily impact other fall sports. “Just because football gets shut down doesn’t mean we can’t still play tennis or golf,” Herges said. “I believe the OHSAA does not want to do that.” Wyoming athletic director and OHSAA Board of Directors Vice President Jan Wilking believes the time has come for urgency when it comes to a clear-cut plan. “We are four weeks from starting sports and at some point there has to be some urgency to communicate with member schools and (say), ‘this is the direction in which we’re going,’” Wilking said. “To think that we’re gonna learn about this the week before the season starts and all of us have to turn on a dime to make all of these things happen, I just don’t think that’s possible.”

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Prater, Scherr win LaRosa’s MVP of the Year honors James Weber Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

The honors keep rolling in for two of the region’s top graduating senior athletes. Wyoming football and basketball standout Evan Prater, and Ryle basketball star Maddie Scherr were named as the LaRosa’s Most Valuable Players of the year in boys and girls athletics, respectively. Prater, a University of Cincinnati football signee, was also an Army All-American. Earlier this month, Prater was named Boys Small School Football Player of the Year at the Cincinnati.com Sports Awards. This came after earning Ohio’s Mr. Football Award as the quarterback of the Wyoming Cowboys, the fi rst Greater Cincinnati player to win that honor since 1992. Prater’s high school football career ended with a Division IV semifi nal loss to Clyde. That left his high school record as a starting quarterback at Wyoming at 40-2. Both losses came deep in the playoff s to end undefeated seasons in 2017 and this year. Last season, he led the Cowboys to the Division IV state title at 15-0 with a dominant performance in Canton. Prater fi nished his career throwing for 5,699 yards and 72 touchdowns and ran for 4,124 yards and 73 scores. Most of that came in three seasons. Also a top scorer and rebounder for Wyoming’s basketball team, Prater also won Athlete of the Year honors at the Cincinnati.com awards Scherr was named Kentucky Miss Basketball June 28, becoming the fi rst Northern Kentucky honoree since 2012 and sixth overall. Earlier this season, she became Northern Kentucky’s fi rst McDonald’s All-American honoree and fourth in Cincinnati history. She has signed with the University of Oregon, one of the nation’s top programs. She won the Girls Big School Basketball Player of the Year at the Cincinnati.com Sports Awards. The LaRosa’s committee continued to honor weekly MVPS this spring after the high school seasons were wiped out by the pandemic. Weekly MVP awards went out to graduating senior standouts.

Ryle senior Maddie Scherr (10) and her team during the McDonald's All-American recognition ceremony, Feb. 8. JAMES WEBER/THE ENQUIRER

Wyoming QB Evan Prater reacts after scoring a touchdown during the playoff game against Valley View Nov. 23, 2019. TONY TRIBBLE/FOR THE ENQUIRER

Boys honorees Nathan Haberthier, Lakota East, baseball Wyatt Hudepohl, St. Xavier, baseball Cole Harting, Mason, baseball Hank Thomas, St. Xavier, baseball/ basketball Ethan Kavanagh, Highlands, baseball Jean-Pierre Khouzam, St. Xavier, swimming Trey Robinson, Hamilton, basketball Grant Disken, Covington Catholic, basketball Conner Kinnett, Harrison, basketball/ football Mark Wise, Deer Park, basketball Jared Hicks, Conner, football/basketball

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COMMUNITY NEWS Anderson Township woman helps families welcome foster children into their homes For foster children, a big part of life is moving to a new home –sometimes more than once. Collecting clothes, books, toys and any other personal items for a move to another household, occasionally on a moment’s notice, can be diffi cult. When Anderson Township resident Kelly Grosser learned about this burden for foster children, she realized she was in a unique position to get involved with Beech Acres Parenting Center and help. Grosser works with Initial Outfi tters, which sells personalized gifts and jewelry online. By fi nding sponsors from the community and cashing in rewards points from her sales, she was able to provide duff el bags and custom necklaces for Beech Acres foster families to provide to foster children when they’re on the move. “I’m happy that I was able to fi nd a way I could help the foster care program at Beech Acres,” Grosser said. “I hope I can inspire others to see that you don’t have to be a foster parent to help foster children. Figuring out ways to help can be easy and can have a big impact on the lives of these kids.” When foster children arrive at a new foster home, it’s important for them to feel cared for and welcomed. Grosser’s bags are given to foster care families to give to children the moment they step into their new home. The bags are brand new, large, sturdy and bring a personal touch for children to have all to themselves. She customizes each bag with embroidery, such as a bear or a basketball, to help children truly feel that the bag is theirs. “I hope these children will know that the bag has been given to them with some extra love during a time that may be diffi cult and also give them hope and comfort to hang onto.” Information about the foster care program at Beech Acres Parenting Center, including how to become a foster parent, is available at https://beechacres.org/ foster-care-parents/. Peter Osborne

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The BPA Cares program recognizes chapters where a core value is “service.” Participation in the program means that members are engaging in worthwhile projects that support their community’s betterment. This year the chapter was recognized with the Community Service Award, Marketing and Public Relations Award, Social Media Award, and the Chapter of Excellence. The Batavia Chapter also earned the Special Olympics Award. Special Olympics is the national service project of BPA. Over the past decade, the chapter has raised over $85,000 for Special Olympics through their participation in the annual Polar Plunge. “At the beginning of the year, the offi cer team made a plan to participate in the BPA Cares program,” said their teacher and advisor Angie Kovacs. “These awards are a direct result of the students’ ability to work as a team. Every chapter member contributed.” Batavia High School Principal Tim Derickson said, “Batavia is extremely fortunate to have such a great group of students to represent Batavia High School. I want to take the opportunity to recognize our staff and students for all their hard work and thank them for their dedication to the school and community.” Individual awards were also announced. Nine students earned national Ambassador Torch Awards, including seniors Brooke Caruso, Christian Decker, Miranda Holmes, Lily Holt, Bryan Sauter, Katelyn Steiner, Addison Thompson, and Megan Wallace. Junior Morgan Cravens also earned the award. The U.S. Presidential Service Medal is awarded to individuals whose service positively impacts communities in every corner of the nation and inspires those around them to take action. Fifteen Batavia BPA chapter members were recognized. Sophomore Ryan Edmisten earned a gold medal for completing over 250 hours of community service during the school year. Zach Blevins, Brooke Caruso, Jordan Copenhaver, Morgan Cravens, Christian Decker, Nathan DeFrank, Kirsten Hall, Issac Hattar, Koren Moore-Runck, Mya Rhoden, Andrew Ruby, Bryan Sauter, Addison Thompson, and Megan Wallace earned bronze medals. One of the most prestigious awards given by the national association is the Student of the Year Award. Cheers could be heard at homes in Batavia as senior Bryan Sauter was named the 2019-2020 National Secondary Student of the Year. The award recognizes one secondary student who has made signifi cant contributions to Business Professionals of America as a member. BPA membership totals more than 45,000 secondary and post-secondary students. BPA is a co-curricular student organization for high school students that includes activities and programs that complement classroom instruction. Through competitions, students get practical experience and the opportunity to apply skills learned in the classroom. “As you can see, we are not just growing students to

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WCC announces Seasongood Scholarship winners The Woman’s City Club of Greater Cincinnati established the Agnes Seasongood Education Awards to encourage responsible civic awareness among local high school seniors who identify as female. Students are invited to submit an essay on the topic of “Growing Into Citizenship: Trusting My Voice and Making It Heard,” with a letter of recommendation. Recipients are selected using a holistic approach with multiple readers who focus on what entrants have specifi cally done thus far and how they plan to continue to fi nd their voices and make them heard. This year we received nearly 50 submissions from nearly 30 area schools. Six $1,000 education awards were presented: ❚ Aissatou Barry (Taft) wrote about volunteering and her involvement in groups for young women, such as Girls in STEM and Women Writing for a Change, in her adopted city of Cincinnati. She is fl uent in four languages. ❚ Graciela Grunkemeyer (Beechwood) told us the story of her mother and her Abuelo Hector. She advocates for Latino students in Northern Kentucky, and is the fi rst student at Beechwood to be recognized by Na-

tional Merit as a National Hispanic Scholar. ❚ Madison Kimber-Crutcher (DePaul Cristo Rey) wrote about her mother’s struggle with kidney disease. She plans to go into nursing, and currently coops through DePaul Cristo Rey at Mercy Health Anderson. ❚ Emma Krebs (West Clermont) wrote about challenges faced by women (including herself) pursuing a medical degree. Not only does she have the highest GPA in the history of her school, she also volunteers at the library, local hospital, Camp Cardiac, and a church group, and tutors students during her lunch bell. ❚ Dailey Moore (Taylor) wrote about being a self-advocate while living with a hearing impairment. She has traveled to Japan as a summer exchange student. She plans to attend the University of Cincinnati in the fall. ❚ Anastasia Pohlgeers (Campbell County) describes herself as “bent, not broken,” after her experiences in foster care. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear recognized her as “a resilient, brave, and intelligent young woman when she spoke in the capitol rotunda for Children’s Advocacy Day.” WCC’s annual Feist-Tea fundraiser, held in December, helps raise the money for the scholarships. The awards also are funded by earmarked donations during our pledge drive, as well as the extraordinary generosity of an individual benefactor. Unlike most scholarships, WCC’s Seasongood Education Awards are presented in the form of a check to the student, and may be used for peripheral costs other than tuition if the awardee so desires. This year we are postponing our usual recognition event, but want to wish our scholars congratulations on their graduation and new adventures. Anne Skove, Woman’s City Club

36 area grads receive National Merit scholarships Thirty-six greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky high school seniors will each receive a one time, $2,500 scholarship from the National Merit Scholarship Corp. They are among 2,500 nationally, selected from a pool of 15,000 fi nalists. Criteria included academic record – including diffi culty level of subjects studied and grades earned – along with scores from two standardized tests, leadership, community activities, essay, and recommendation written by a high school offi cial. Honorees represent less than one percent of all seniors nationally. They were among 1.6 million who entered the 2019 competition by taking the 2018 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test as juniors. This is the second of four releases of corporate, college and National Merit scholarships that will be awarded through July. The scholarships can be used at any regionally accredited United States college or uniSee SCHOOL , Page 10B

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versity. In the ﬁ rst round students received corporatesponsored awards. There will be two more announcements of scholarship winners before the end of July. By the end of the competition about 7,600 scholarships valued at more than $30 million will have been awarded. Those tristate students receiving the scholarship, by high school, along with their probable career ﬁ eld are: Kentucky *Covington Catholic: Joseph Kiely, aerospace engineering *Dixie Heights: Matthew Kane, aerospace engineering *Notre Dame Academy: Laura Neltner, actuarial science; Rebecca Hammill, bioinformatics Ohio *Anderson:McKenzie Halpert, medicine; *Bethel-Tate: Trinity Donahue, business; Samuel Frondorf, medical research *Fenwick: Davis Zearley, secondary education *Indian Hill: Jonah Sorscher, theater; Kathy Ning, medicine; Kimberly Zwolshen, aerospace engineering *Madeira: Grant Breit, biomedical engineering; Olivia Hopkin, actuarial science; Zhuo-Nan Huang, chemical engineering *Mason: Naomie Gao, engineering; Tanushri Madichetti, business; Maanasa Mendu, medicine; Sruthi

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AJC honors local high school students with Human Relations Award For 55 years, American Jewish Committee (AJC) has honored outstanding student volunteers of all faiths who have demonstrated a passion for making our community a better place in which to live with the Simon Lazarus, Jr., Human Relations Awards. One junior winner, four junior ﬁ nalists, one senior winner and four senior ﬁ nalists have been recognized for their exemplary volunteer accomplishments and awarded a cash prizes. Abby Jarrold, a senior at Archbishop McNicholas High School was selected as one of the 2020 Lazarus

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