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THURSDAY, MAY 26, 2016
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Indian Hill water rates to rise 5 percent By Jeanne Houck jhouck@communitypress.com
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Six-year-old Eva Brockman, right, who attends Pleasant Ridge Montessori School, gives a bookmark she made to Cincinnati Country Day School senior Addison "Addy" Bell during a visit to Cincinnati Country Day School April 21.
Outreach effort develops into ongoing friendship Forrest Sellers fsellers@communitypress.com
An act of generosity months ago has expanded beyond just a simple act of giving. It’s developed into an ongoing friendship between students from Cincinnati Country Day School and youngsters from Pleasant Ridge Montessori School. Last December, members of Cincinnati Country Day School’s Diversity Club collected coats, hats and gloves for children at Pleasant Ridge Montessori School. The donation, though, served as a catalyst. “(It) went beyond a coat drive,” said Yven Destin, a history teacher at Cincinnati See DIVERSITY, Page 2A
Cincinnati Country Day School senior J'Quaan Waite reads a letter given to him by Pleasant Ridge Montessori School student Terrell Hooker, right. They are watched by Quantez Dyer, who also attends Pleasant Ridge Montessori.
Indian Hill Water Works customers will see a 5-percent hike in their water bill July 1. Indian Hill Village Council has approved an ordinance that not only pushes the base water rate to $3.13 per 100 cubic feet of water July 1, but says Water Works customers should expect a similar increase for each of the next 10 years. In fact, the ordinance calls for a second 5-percent increase to go into effect on July 1, 2017, Indian Hill City Manager Dina Minneci said. In addition to Indian Hill residents, the hikes would affect some residential and business Water Works customers in Camp Dennison, Cincinnati, Columbia Township, Madeira, Milford, Montgomery, Remington and Terrace Park. A Water Works Committee report recently presented to Indian Hill Village Council by Mayor Dan Feigelson, who chairs the committee, says members of the Water Works and Finance committees decided at a joint meeting early in March that a base water rate hike was needed to: » replace significantly old infrastructure in a timely fashion; » ensure sufficient reserves to support a 10-year capital improvement plan and 54-year infrastructure replacement program; » prepare for an increase in water inspection mandates.
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The water tower for the Indian Hill Water Works is on Miami Road.
Indian Hill Village Council raised its base water rate by 5 percent last year – the first hike since 2008. The Water Works Committee report says Indian Hill staffers told members of that committee and of the Finance Committee at the joint meeting that the village’s base water rate is consistently in the bottom third of all other water distribution communities. “In addition, other communities routinely had water rate increases on a yearly basis, even during the seven years that Indian Hill did not have increases,” the report said. “The increases range from 3 percent to 12 percent and there See WATER, Page 2A
MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND ACTIVITIES A rundown of area Memorial Day weekend activities: Blue Ash: The Blue Ash Memorial Day Parade will start at 10:15 a.m. Monday, May 30, at Reed Hartman Highway and Cooper Road and will go down Cooper, Kenwood and Hunt roads to the Bicentennial Veterans Memorial Park. The Memorial Day ceremony will begin at 11:30 a.m. Jim Meyers, who served as a U.S. Marine Corps officer during the Vietnam War area, is the keynote speaker. The Blue Ash Montgomery Symphony Orchestra Memorial Day concert will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, May 30, at Blue Ash Towne Square.
Deer Park/Silverton/Sycamore Township: The Memorial Day parade will begin at 9:45 a.m. at the Silverton Train Depot at 7054 Montgomery Road and end at Chamberlin Park at 7640 Plainfield Road in Deer Park. Indian Hill: The Memorial Day celebration will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 30, at Armstrong Chapel United Methodist Church at 5125 Drake Road. Loveland: Monday, May 30. Parade will begin at 9 a.m. at Loveland Elementary School, 600 Loveland-Madeira Road, and travel to Veteran’s Memorial Park at the corner of West Loveland Avenue and Riverside Drive, where a Memorial Day ceremony will be conducted.
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For additional information, contact Misty Cheshire, 513-707-1437. If you or your organization would like to be in the parade, register online at www.lovelandoh.com/memorial-day. Madeira: The Madeira Memorial Day March will be at 10 a.m. Monday, May 30. The march will go from Madeira Middle School to McDonald Commons, where a celebration will follow. Montgomery: The Blue Ash Montgomery Symphony Orchestra Memorial Day concert will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, May 30, at Blue Ash Towne Square. See MEMORIAL, Page 2A
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The Arlington Memorial Gardens will display more than 400 memorial flags atop flagpoles over 10 acres at the cemetery for the “Field of Memories, which will be be open to the public 9 a.m.-7 p.m. daily Thursday May 26 – Monday May 31.
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