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Park renamed for slain police oﬃ cer Jeanne Houck Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Noah’s Event Center in Blue Ash opened in April. The following month, Noah Corp. ﬁ led for bankruptcy and on Nov. 15, the venue officially closed. LIZ DUFOUR/THE ENQUIRER

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Noah’s Event Venue in Blue Ash booked ceremonies after the company ﬁ led bankruptcy Madeline Mitchell Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Jerrell Leak and his fi ancée, Shkirra Wright, thought something was off when Noah’s Event Venue in Blue Ash stopped answering or returning their calls regarding their July 2020 wedding. On Dec. 7 they decided to go to the event center – which had opened in April 2019, and which the couple had toured previously when they booked their wedding that same month – to inquire in person. They found Noah’s doors unlocked with no one inside. Four days later the couple received an email: Noah’s Event Venue in Blue Ash was closing. Attached PDF documents outlined the company’s bankruptcy fi ling. The next day, Leak and Wright received their save-the-dates in the mail. “We were just... in a very bad place at that moment,” Leak said. The couple said the money they were hoping to use on a new venue is still tied up in Noah’s.

Leak and Wright are not alone. There are 35 couples who paid a total of $121,576 to Noah Corporation for weddings that will never come to fruition at the Blue Ash venue at 10627 Techwoods Circle. Why? Because the Blue Ash venue closed, offi cially, on Nov. 15. Court documents state this is the date Noah representatives handed the keys back over to their landlords and that “Fortunately, there were very few events scheduled in December 2019 and January 2020.” But Noah Corporation fi led for bankruptcy on May 28, according to court documents. Noah’s continued to book and collect payments for the Blue Ash location during those fi ve months in between the bankruptcy and the venue’s offi cial closing date. According to Noah’s attorney, Kenneth Cannon of Durham Jones & Pinegar law fi rm, the company had every intention to renegotiate the lease and keep their Blue Ash location open. Cannon said Noah’s had “tried to make it work,” which is why the Blue Ash brides didn’t fi nd out about the location’s closing until December. Blue Ash ended up being cut because of unfair leasing contracts with the property owner, Cannon

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Jerrell Leak and Shkirra Wright had booked their July wedding at Noah’s. PROVIDED/JERRELL LEAK

said. Court documents conﬁ rm Noah representatives hoped to negotiate with the owner of the Blue Ash venue “but the parties were unable to agree on terms.” The venue is owned by not one person but a number of investors that own a fractional interest in the real estate through a tenant in common entity.

“We had to literally start from scratch,” said Feliz Smith, another bride aﬀ ected by the closing. “And, you know, it’s disheartening.” Smith booked her wedding in July 2019 for Labor Day 2020. She said that she found out about the bankruptcy during a bridal district show on Sept. 27, when she told one of the vendors that she was getting married at Noah’s in Blue Ash. “He kinda looked at me strange and he said, ‘You know they ﬁ led bankruptcy.’ And I was like, ‘No, I didn’t.’ ” Smith said she didn’t do a ton of research into Noah’s or look into the Better Business Bureau before she entered a contract with the company because she works on the same street as Noah’s and knew the hall was brand new. She said the hall is

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Park next to police headquarters where Kim served It’s next to the Cincinnati Police Department’s District Two headquarters at 3295 Erie Ave., where Kim was assigned. “After talking to (the Cincinnati Police Department) and District Two staff , we felt this was the best way to create a lasting memory in honor of Sonny Kim and his family,” Murray said. “It seems so insignifi cant in light of the sacrifi ce that Sonny gave for his fellow citizens. “Ultimately, we hope that every time we drive by this park or spend time there, we will be reminded to look for an opportunity to say thank you to our fi rst responders who serve,” Murray said. Cincinnati Police Chief Eliot Isaac welcomed the name change. “Sonny’s presence in District Two will always be remembered and his memory will be preserved for all who come to enjoy this public space,” Isaac said. Kim was the fi rst Cincinnati police offi cer killed in the line of duty since 2000.

Killer ambushed Kim His killer, Trepierre Hummons, called 911, reported a man with a gun in his area and waited with a gun until Kim arrived. Hummons was killed by another ofSee PARK, Page 2A

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Cincinnati recently renamed a park after fallen police offi cer Sonny Kim at a private ceremony with his family. The East Hyde Park Commons at 3357 Erie Ave. is now the “Police Offi cer Sonny Kim Park.” Kim, who served more than 27 years in the Cincinnati Police Department, was shot and killed in the line of duty while responding to a call for service in Madisonville on June 19, 2015. Kim He was 48. The newly named park in Hyde Park also is intended to honor the sacrifi ces Kim’s fellow offi cers and their families make daily, Cincinnati offi cials said in a press release. Councilmember Amy Murray, with the blessing of Cincinnati City Council, worked with the Cincinnati Recreation Commission to rename the park.

Tim, Joshua and Jacob Kim, sons of slain Cincinnati Police Officer Sonny Kim, place a wreath at the Cincinnati Police Memorial in 2015. ENQUIRER FILE PHOTO

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Evanston’s Eula Lee Miles celebrates a century

Eula Lee (Lightner) Miles celebrated 100 years of life on Feb. 15. Born in Columbia Alabama in 1920 to Judy and James Lightner, she made Evanston Avenue her home in 1945, after marrying the love of her life, Ivory W. Miles Sr.. in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1944. The couple had three sons, Ivory Jr, Mack and Donald (Shannon) whom she raised along with her husband. They also raised their granddaughter,Rachael (Michael). Eula has ﬁ ve additional grandchildren Brian Sr. (Latrice), Amber, Krysta, Shannan and Danielle, as well as 12 great-grandchildren: Brianna, Brian Jr, Jaden, Zion, Jianna, Peyton, Taidgh, Jaziyah, Takari, Sebastian, Jalai’Yah and Ja’Ryia. She was recently blessed with a great-great granddaughter, Brooklyn. Eula is a beloved spirit and her life’s work shows that her presence in this world has touched so many. She could make anything in the world, from beautiful dresses to ﬂ ower bouquets, table arrangements to Easter baskets, wedding direction to fashion shows. With very creative mind and talented hands, Eula was the go to for any and all occasion or decorations. Don’t forget about the cooking. You could not walk in her home and not eat. Eula insisted on making sure everyone ate something, even if it was only a grape or two (that has not changed to date). She had a baking hand and southern style for making any dish. Her famous recipes were honed by her children and taught to her grandchildren when they came over for weekend visits and at

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Eula and Ivory Miles Sr. in Norfolk, VA 1944. PROVIDED

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church with her fellow members, when preparing for a special event. Eula is also dedicated to her faith and her church, Brown Chapel A.M.E. There she served as a member and an oﬃ cer of various organizations including but not limited to the Eureka Harris Willis Missionary Society, Camille Hood Crusaders Club, Church Women United of Greater Cincinnati and the Federation of Colored Women’s Club. She was

elected Life Member of the Southern Ohio Missionary Society in 2000. Eula could do it all. Her true passion however, was teaching. She played basketball and studied at Albany State University as well as the University of Cincinnati, where she received her Bachelors of Art in Education. Eula put her heart and training into teaching students with severe and developmental disabilities at Dyer and

See when seasonal ice cream shops are opening Sarah Brookbank Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

If it seems like winter never arrived, don't worry about it too much. Spring is just around the corner, which means seasonal ice cream shops in Greater Cincinnati are starting to announce their opening days. Most shops open in March and April, but a few are opening before the end of the month.

When seasonal joints are opening Whipty Do, Maineville: Feb. 17

Loveland Dairy Whip: Feb. 28 Flubs, Hamilton, Ross and Fairﬁ eld: March 1 Zip Dip, Green Township: March 6 The Root Beer Stand, Sharonville: March 14 Silver Grove Dari Bar: March 14 Gold Top Dairy Bar, Green Township: March 20 The Cone, West Chester: April 1 Other ice cream joints like General Custer's, Putz's and Mount Healthy Dairy Bar have yet to announce their exact opening dates but have given a window. Keep your eyes peeled for opening announcements.

Noah’s

Blue Ash and beyond Before fi ling for bankruptcy, Noah Corporation operated 42 event venue facilities in 25 states, according to court documents. Court documents state Noah “worked diligently to renegotiate leases with its landlords,” but was unable to successfully keep all of its venues. Ten of the leases were rejected. For fi ve months after fi ling for bankruptcy, Noah Corporation executives strategized with their Court-approved Chief Restructuring Offi cer, Mark Hashimoto, to develop a plan to keep their company afl oat.

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ﬁ cer responding to help Kim. Hummons’ mother said her son knew and liked Kim but wanted to die. Kim is survived by his wife and three children.

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“gorgeous.” “I watched them build it from the ground up,” she said. “And so, you know, you think about it, it’s like, OK, they just built it. Like, why would I think they’re gonna fi le bankruptcy? And they literally just opened their doors last year.” The next day Smith called Noah’s to ask about the rumor. The company confi rmed the bankruptcy, but told her not to worry. They said the bankruptcy wouldn’t aff ect Blue Ash since they were new. An email from Noah’s of Blue Ash assured Smith that Noah’s was simply “restructuring” and that they were “open for business as usual.” “We are not going out of business,” the email stated more than once. Less than two months later, Noah’s in Blue Ash closed for good.

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Fairfax schools, before retiring in 1985. Eula was active in Evanston where she volunteered with the Red Cross, served as a den mother for the Boy Scouts of America and bowled in a local league at Stone Lanes in Norwood. Eula has done more than most of us will ever do in her 100 years of life. She has truly lived through the things in history we only read about. There have been lots of laughs, hugs and smiles there have also been some heartbreaks, tears and fear. Through it all, Eula Lee (Lightner) Miles remains strong and of sound mind. Residing in Colerain Township nowadays, she wakes up every morning thanking The Lord for his mercy and grace. She celebrated her birthday with friends and family. We are blessed to be able to honor our Matriarch. Mom, Grandma, Auntie, Cousin, Friend, Ms. Eula....We Love You! Amber Miles

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That restructuring led to the closing of 14 event venues, including Blue Ash. In an eff ort to save the company and prepare for future business, the company now has 28 venues nationwide. For the 35 Blue Ash brides left without a venue, the bankruptcy means they will – someday, hopefully – be refunded, although it is not clear when. Or for how much. In court documents, Noah has separated over $85,000 of the $121,500 owed to the couples as “administrative,” meaning they will be the fi rst amounts to be credited back to the brides. The rest of the funds will be discussed in a further amended schedule, the documents state. None of the payments have been credited as of early February. Other area venues are trying to fi ll the need for brides and planners left high and dry by the closure.

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He owned and taught at the Japanese Karate-Do dojo in Symmes Township. Many of his students were young people. “Oﬃ cer Kim’s legacy is that of a wonderful role model for our youth and as being instrumental in shaping the community where he lived and worked,” Cincinnati Recreation Commission Director Daniel Betts said.

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What’s happening with Ohio’s private school vouchers? Jessie Balmert Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

This study says Ohio drivers are the worst Sarah Brookbank Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

A new study has determined that Ohio has the most dangerous drivers in the nation. The study from Insurify found that Ohio has the highest share of drivers with traﬃ c infractions. To add insult to injury, Kentucky ranked in the bottom 10 states, meaning Kentuckians are safer drivers than their neighbors to the north. “Analysts compared the number of drivers with infractions against the total population of drivers to determine the state with the highest share of oﬀ ending drivers in the country,” Insurify said. Ohio ranked worst overall. Virginia has the most speeding infractions, Maine has the most accidents and Wyoming has the most DUIs. “If your travel plans are taking you through one of the most dangerous states, you should be sure to keep your eyes peeled for some of America’s worst drivers – especially if you’re one of them,” Insurify said. Insurify, an online car insurance comparison platform, assessed the auto insurance applications of 1.9 million car insurance applicants, which includes driving records, including any moving violations from the past seven years.

Ohio lawmakers are debating how ﬁ x the problem of a dramatic increase in the number of public school students eligible for taxpayer-funded vouchers to attend private schools. CARA OWSLEY/THE ENQUIRER

❚ label fewer schools as “underperforming.” That means fewer students would be eligible for private school scholarships. ❚ remove buildings that received As, Bs, Cs and some Ds on their overall grade. That would bring the list of “underperforming schools” down from 1,227 to 420. ❚ make it easier to apply for income-based vouchers, which are paid for from state money rather than school district money. The Senate proposal would raise the income threshold from 200% of the federal poverty level to 300%, which is about $78,600 a year for a family of four. The Ohio House took a more dramatic approach. The House plan, which passed Feb. 5, would: ❚ eliminate vouchers tied to schools’ performance going forward. ❚ make it easier to apply for income-based vouchers by raising the income threshold from 200% of the federal poverty level to 250%, which is about $65,000 a year for a family of four. If money is left over, some scholarships could be available to students in families up to 300% of the federal poverty level. ❚ allow students who already receive vouchers because their school is “underperforming” to continue receiving that assistance. ❚ eliminate state-imposed school takeovers – a former Gov. John Kasich idea that has drawn criticism in recent months. The change would immediately aff ect three school districts under state control: Lorain, East Cleveland and Youngstown. Both plans would eliminate the option for students who never attended public schools to receive money for private school vouchers. Those plans seem pretty diff erent. What happens now? Lawmakers will need to decide whether vouchers should be awarded to students at “underperforming” schools. This is a key divide right now. Householder says report cards set local schools up to fail then take away money that those schools could use to improve performance. Sen. Matt Huff man, a Lima Republican and member of the Senate leadership team, says eliminating performance-based vouchers entirely would be a mistake.

Huff man off ers several reasons to keep performance-based vouchers: the threat of losing money to private school vouchers holds public schools accountable. Children living in areas where the cost-of-living is higher might not qualify for an income-based voucher. And ultimately, no one knows how many students eligible for performance-based vouchers would also qualify for vouchers based on income, Huff man said. Despite diff erences, there are some points of agreement: most lawmakers don’t want to give vouchers to private school students who never set foot on public school property. And they agree that the current method of labeling schools “underperforming” is fl awed. What’s the correct measure? That’s still up for debate. “It needs to be simple,” Huff man said. “There needs to be some sense of understanding.” What is the deadline to fi x this voucher problem? The original deadline was Feb. 1 – the date students could start to apply for private school vouchers. Unable to reach a deal before that deadline, lawmakers pushed it back to April 1. They could, in theory, delay the application start date again, but that could create more problems. Students and school offi cials need time to make decisions about vouchers for the coming school year. Why was Ohio sued over vouchers? Students, private schools and the conservative Citizens for Community Values sued the Ohio Department of Education, saying Ohio lawmakers made a mistake when they delayed the application date to April 1. They asked the Ohio Supreme Court to allow students to apply for vouchers now. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, whose offi ce will defend the state, said lawmakers didn’t make an error. That will be decided in the coming weeks. Editor’s note: Information included refl ects this article’s original publication date – Feb. 16. Visit Cincinnati.com for possible updates. Have an opinion about this bill? Want to weigh in? Check out The Enquirer’s guide to the Ohio Legislature. Columbus Dispatch reporter Anna Staver contributed reporting.

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COLUMBUS - Ohio’s debate over private school vouchers gets to the heart of how we want to educate children in this state. Should students receive money to escape failing public schools? Should taxpayer money be spent on private, mostly religious schools? How do you decide if a school is failing anyway? Those questions – along with lawmakers’ closely held beliefs about how to best educate students – have blocked a fi x to a dramatic increase in students eligible for taxpayer-funded scholarships to private schools. The Enquirer breaks down how Ohio got to this point and what lawmakers are doing to fi x the problem. What are vouchers? Ohio has off ered some form of taxpayer-funded “scholarships” for students to attend private schools since the mid-1990s. Some of these scholarships, known as vouchers, are based on fi nancial need; others are based on how well the local public school performs on annual report cards. The 2002 U.S. Supreme Court case that narrowly upheld the constitutionality of private school vouchers stemmed from Ohio’s pilot program at Cleveland schools. The court concluded that Ohio’s program did not violate the Establishment Clause separating church and state. Over the years, lawmakers have expanded access to vouchers. One voucher focuses on children with autism. Another addresses students with Individualized Education Programs who might need additional help learning. Ohio was the fi rst state to tie vouchers to the performance – or lack thereof – of local public schools. That voucher option is called EdChoice. Why did the number of eligible students increase dramatically? EdChoice, the most popular voucher option, requires a student’s public school district to pay $4,650 toward private school tuition for kindergarten through 8th grade and $6,000 for high school. In contrast, income-based vouchers are paid with state money. The number of students using EdChoice vouchers has swelled in recent years, growing from 23,500 students receiving $113 million in 2019 to 30,000 students receiving nearly $149 million in 2020. Those numbers could balloon even further next year for a couple of reasons. First, the most recent state budget allowed private school students to apply for this money even if they were never enrolled in a public school. Second, there was a huge increase in the number of public schools that were labeled “underperforming,” making their students eligible for private school vouchers. That list grew from about 500 schools during the 2019-2020 school year to 1,227 for the 20202021 school year. Under current law, schools are labeled “underperforming” if they received a D or F in one of several categories on their state report card during two of three years. School offi cials – and some lawmakers – argue that the state’s report cards don’t adequately measure how well students are learning. Why is everyone upset about vouchers now? One reason for the outrage is the dramatic increase in students who would be eligible for private school vouchers. That means local school districts’ budgets would take a hit. House Speaker Larry Householder has another theory about the sudden interest: No one cared about the size of the list until it included some of the state’s wealthiest school districts. Newly added schools include Indian Hill Middle School and Wyoming Middle School. “It’s become a class problem,” Householder told reporters. “As long as those students were either from Appalachia or from black schools, nobody cared.” What are the proposed solutions? Lawmakers have proposed two fi xes to address the ballooning number of voucher-eligible schools. The Ohio Senate plan, which passed Jan. 28, would:

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Grassman? Melon head? Ohio monsters are the best

Scott Wartman Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

All the cool monsters live in Ohio. A recent sighting of Grassman in eastern Ohio showed a glimpse of the cryptozoology Ohio has to offer. But Grassman is just a Bigfoot. Pretty pedestrian among legendary animals. There are far odder creatures that lurk in Buckeye lore. Here’s a look at some of Ohio’s weirdest monsters:

Loveland Frogman When you’re riding on the Loveland bike trail, be careful of a large, bipedal frog. Stories of an amphibious humanoid in the Loveland area have circulated since 1955. That year, a businessman claimed to see three of these creatures on the bank of the Little Miami River. He said the creature left the scent of almonds and alfalfa. Two Loveland Police oﬃ cers said they saw the creature in 1972. One claimed to have shot at the creature on a bridge near Riverside Drive on St. Patrick’s Day that year. The creature got away. But the legend persisted. It spawned a musical that debuted on at the 2014 Cincinnati Fringe. The frogman resurfaced in 2016, more than 40 years after the last sighting. Two people were playing “Pokemon Go” between Loveland Madeira Road and Lake Isabella when they spotted a large frog and snapped a picture. The creature stood up on its hind legs. This sighting, however, may have killed the legend. Shortly after the news broke, one of the police oﬃ cers who shot it in 1972 called a reporter at local news station WCPO. He claimed it was a hoax. The frogman he shot was, in fact, an iguana without a tail. Which is still pretty freaky looking.

Crosswick Monster Southwestern Ohio seems to be a good climate for upright walking lizards and amphibians. That’s what two boys, Ed and Joe Lynch, saw in May 1882 while ﬁ shing in a small creek in Crosswick, Ohio on the outskirts of Waynesville in Warren County. Described as a snake with arms and legs, the monster charged them, The Enquirer reported on May 29, 1882. The two boys screamed and ran when the monster grabbed Ed Lynch “in its slimy embrace, simultaneously producing two more legs, about four feet long, from

An image purported to be of the Loveland Frog taken in 2016. FOX19

some mysterious hiding-place in its body.” The monster dragged the boy about 100 yards, The Enquirer reported, to a large sycamore tree with an opening on one side. Three men nearby working in a quarry heard the screams and ran to the scene. The startled monster dropped the boy and ran up the tree. The next scene was out of an old gothic horror movie. Later that afternoon, 60 men, armed with clubs and axes gathered around the tree and cut it down. The monster ﬂ ed and got away, never to be seen again. “It will be watched for and killed if possible,” The Enquirer reported at the time.

Melon Heads in Cleveland People in the Cleveland suburbs of Kirtland and Chardon have told stories for generations of humanlike creatures with large heads. They call them melon heads and blame the government for unleashing them on northern Ohio. The legend states the melon heads were human test subjects of the federal government. The tests went awry and caused their heads to swell to a massive size, according to the book Weird Ohio. Evidently, if you have a bunch of people with comically large heads you want to hide, you ship them to a woods near Cleveland. Various legends arose involving a mysterious Dr. Crowe, aka Dr. Melonhead, who tended to the melon heads. Sightings of the melon heads and their thirst for blood persist to this day.

Mothman in Gallipolis Mothman has his roots in a real-life tragedy. On Dec. 15, 1967, the Silver Bridge over the Ohio connecting Gallipolis and Point Pleasant, W.Va. collapsed, killing 46 people. In the year leading up to the catastrophe, people in

A large Mothman sculpture stands along Main Street in 2007, in Point Pleasant, W.Va. Residents here have embraced his legend and hold an annual festival. JEFF GENTNER/AP

the region reported seeing a humanoid creature with huge wings and glowing red eyes. It was ﬁ rst seen by two young couples on the West Virginia side on Nov. 15, 1966 in a ﬁ eld. The Point Pleasant Register reported the story the next day with the headline “Couples see man-sized bird...creature...something.” Then others began to see the creature throughout 1967. The sightings stopped after the bridge collapsed. Some speculate Mothman was a portent of doom. Others think he could have been a sandhill crane. These cranes are large, grey, have red over their eyes and migrate through Ohio. What is known is that Mothman has become a popular cryptid. Richard Gere in 2002 starred in a movie based on the legend, “The Mothman Prophecies.” And Point Pleasant has an annual Mothman Festival in September. The town also has a permanent, 12-foottall metallic statue of Mothman in the town square.

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I’m not just a guy who likes drinking good beer. I mean, I am, but there’s a lot more to my relationship with Cincinnati’s beer scene than that. And because I’ve been lucky enough to be invited to write about beer for The Cincinnati Enquirer and Cincinnati.com, the obligatory introduction column is in order. I’ve never really been a big fan of simple fl avors. As a kid, I wasn’t a Coke or Pepsi guy. I wanted Dr. Pepper or grape Sunkist. Give me something interesting, something diff erent. I was a weird kid – a picky eater and adventurous drinker. I loved Frisch’s because of the strawberry- and chocolate-fl avored colas. It turned out my palate had a similar attitude toward beer. Craft beer wasn’t really a thing when I reached drinking age – the closest thing back then was probably Dundee’s Honey Brown. I found the variety I sought in imports. I was the guy that showed up to keggers with a six pack of Bass or Harp. It was a seven-year stint away from Cincinnati that caused me to fall out of touch with the city’s emerging beer scene. I moved to the Louisville area for a job at a small daily newspaper in Southern Indiana, and therefore could only aff ord Miller Lite. When I returned to the Queen City in 2015, I reconnected with one of my dearest, oldest friends – one who not only had fi nally found a taste for beer, but had become a regular of the city’s burgeoning craft beer scene.

Cappy’s: The ‘crazy beer store’ That’s how I ﬁ rst learned of Cappy’s Wine and Spirits. At the time, it was extremely unusual for draft beer to be available anywhere that wasn’t a bar, a sporting event or frat party, but here was this little store, packed to the gills with customers enjoying pints in the aisles. And the beer? It was the kind of stuﬀ I’d never seen on tap before – not in bars, not anywhere. Barrel-aged stouts, meads, sours and IPAs, all from breweries I’d either never heard of before or never had the opportunity to try, and – thanks to the store’s Pegas CrafTap system – all available to go in perfectly sealed growlers. Owner Ben Capodagli isn’t sure how

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to prove it, but he believes his store is among the fi rst in the entire country to own such a system. What is certain is that when I fi rst walked into Cappy’s, the business was in the midst of a metamorphosis. The 16 beer taps soon expanded to 24, and then later to 40. The modest patio area Capodagli installed in May 2015 to relieve the traffi c in the store’s aisles was clearly not big enough to accommodate the crowds his store was drawing, and by the end of that year had been replaced by a deck big enough to seat dozens of guests. Cappy’s built a loyal following on social media. Pictures of newly arrived bottles uploaded on Twitter would draw numerous requests for holds from regulars. When Capodagli started seeing out-of-towners posting about his shop, he knew Cappy’s had arrived. “People from other places would post about ‘this crazy beer store,’ ” he recalls. “They’d tag us, they’d tag their local beer store and say, ‘This is how you should do it.’ ” Cappy’s is where I found Cincinnati’s craft beer community. Cappy’s regulars and beertenders were some of the fastest friends I made upon returning to Cincinnati, and that’s what makes it a special place to me. Craft beer on tap is no longer diffi cult to fi nd in Cincinnati. The Cappy’s model has been imitated by other bottle shops,

and now it’s not uncommon to be able to buy a pint to drink in a gas station or while shopping at the grocery store. Capodagli doesn’t sweat the competition, though. He knows that the taps and the packaged beer selection are important, but his business’ secret sauce is the people. “I think there’s something special about this place because of how it came together, but also I think the reason we’ve been able to maintain it is because those places have come along and challenged us to continue evolving what we’re trying to do and where we’re trying to go,” Capodagli says. “Most places are going to become obsolete because people are going to have [stuﬀ ] delivered to them. So unless you’re a place of community, where people come together, where you have a following or you relate to people in some sense, you’re not going to exist – not convenience stores, not grocery stores, not nothing.”

Working for the weekend A cold, wet day didn’t stop regulars and newcomers alike from descending upon Cappy’s in Loveland to celebrate its 12th anniversary Saturday, Feb. 8. The Listermann-brewed #CAF anniversary stout alone was worth the trip, made even more epic by the long-awaited return of Fifty West Death Valley Shootout, tapped well ahead of its Feb.

22 brewery release. The hype was real.

In my glass (what Matt’s been drinking lately) The Nightman Leaveth by Odd Side Ales. Odd Side can be hit-or-miss, but this imperial milk stout aged with vanilla in rye whiskey barrels is one of their better brews. It’s not Hazel’s Nuts good, but it’s close. Not feeling stouts? Good news: Between our local breweries and some fortunate geography, there’s more than enough good hops to go around. Braxton’s Tropic Flare has become one of my go-to New England IPAs, and it’s been easy lately to ﬁ nd four-packs of Streetside’s excellent New England, Suh, Brah? Of the beers ﬂ owing in from outside of Ohio, it’s hard for me to recommend any more highly than those from Singlecut Beersmiths. I’m an Alligator is the latest in a nearly non-stop parade of IPA hits for the New York brewery. The price point’s pretty high, but this is one of those getwhat-you-pay-for situations. Craft beer names are weird. My name’s weird too, but the advantage there is that I don’t need numbers or anything when I create usernames. Look mattkoesters up on Untappd to keep up with what I’m drinking, or send me an email at mattkoesters@gmail.com.

Northside’s Higher Gravity expands to Blue Ash Briana Rice Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Northside’s Higher Gravity is expanding to Blue Ash. The new location will be more of the same, with over 400 craft beers available, more wine selections and a beer cave. It will also have kombucha and coﬀ ee on tap, as the Northside location, but the Blue Ash location will have more coﬀ ee options. The new store will be inside Blue Ash’s Summit Park with other new storefronts. “Blue Ash feels like the suburbs to

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some but our new location is right downtown, there’s a lot going on and everything’s so walkable,” co-owner Jason Parnes said. At Higher Gravity, guests can drink any of the beers on the shelves inside the bar for a small corkage fee or take it home with them. The bar has makeyour-own-six pack options as well as individual cans for sale. Currently, a bartender has to get many of the beers for customers at the Northside location, but Parnes said the new location will have more of the beers on the sale ﬂ oor for guests to look through.

“It’s Higher Gravity still,” he said. “It will look and feel the same. The focus is still on the product.” Opening date is expected sometime early summer, either in late June or early July, Parnes said. Although the bar does not have a brewing system, Higher Gravity regularly collaborates with local breweries. Parnes said he’s hoping to have a house beer made by a local brewery before the new location opens this summer. Briana Rice is a trending news reporter for the Enquirer. You can contact her at brice@gannett.com or follow her on Twitter @BriRiceWrites.

Braxton and Madtree are debuting low-calorie IPAs in March Sarah Brookbank Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Madtree Brewing Co. in Oakley is releasing a low-calorie beer called Ramble On. JOE SIMON FOR THE ENQUIRER

MadTree and Braxton are releasing new beers in the coming weeks and both are low-calorie IPAs MadTree is releasing Ramble On, an IPA with juicy citrus, a 4% ABV and 106 calories, which will launch March 2. Across the river, Braxton is releasing Hop Fit, a crisp, traditional IPA with a 4% ABV and 100 calories, which will launch March 7. The low-calorie beer trend isn’t new, but craft brewers around the country are starting to get on board. In early February, Craftbeer.com had an article “Is 2020 the Year of the LowCal IPA?” highlighting lower calorie and lower ABV beers. The article highlighted new brews from Bell’s, Oskar Blues and Deschutes. The breweries said they were responding to “beer lover demand” and wanted to “(meet) beer drinkers in the ‘better for you’ beer space.”

MadTree Brewing Co. is releasing Ramble On, a new IPA with only 106 calories, beginning March 2. MADTREE BREWING CO./PROVIDED

MadTree co-owner Kenny McNutt said Ramble On is the beer for “everyday

adventures.” The brewery said the beer encompasses MadTree’s vision of connecting people with nature and each other. “We set out to brew a juicy IPA full of citrus fl avor that was lower in calories – but we weren’t willing to sacrifi ce taste just to hit a specifi c calorie count, and the results are fantastic - it’s a great beer,” said Ryan Blevins, Head Brewer at MadTree. Across the river at Braxton, the team had a similar goal. “This IPA is the product of countless hours of test batching and iterating on our recipe. We have a determined team of brewers who wanted to put out beer that satisfi es IPA-lovers with a clear focus on balance and drinkability,” CoFounder and Chief Product Offi cer Evan Rouse said. Hop Fit will be sold in a six-pack of 12 oz. slim cans, the brewery said. “Hop Fit is special because it truly can stand on its own as a great IPA in our lineup, but it also has the added benefi t of being fewer calories and carbs,” Rouse said.

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Pier 1 Imports is closing up to 450 locations, including one here The Pier 1 Imports store at 2689 Edmondson Road in Rookwood Commons and Pavilion in Norwood will close, according to USA TODAY.

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A Greater Cincinnati Pier 1 Imports store is offi cially closing. Pier 1 Imports is closing up to 450 locations, which includes all of its stores in Canada, the retailer said recently as it fi led for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, USA TODAY reported. More than a month after the Fort Worth, Texasbased home goods retailer said it would reduce its store footprint “to better align its business with the current operating environment,” Pier 1 announced it fi led for bankruptcy. The store located at 2689 Edmondson Road in Rookwood Commons and Pavilion in Norwood will close, according to USA TODAY. Earlier this year, the location was listed in a Business Insider report of locations slated to close. In a news release, Pier 1 said it has “closed or initiated going-out-business sales at over 400 locations,” and the Canada stores are included in the previously announced 450 fi gure. A list with 331 U.S. store closings was posted on A&G Realty Partners’ website. According to Pier 1, the company is assisting with store closures and lease modifi cations. Additional closing stores were listed in a bankruptcy court fi ling.

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I was hoping to share a recipe I’ve been wanting to try for New England maple mustard roasted chicken. That isn’t happening. It’s not because I don’t have chicken and mustard. It’s the maple syrup not anywhere to be found on my little patch of heaven. I was hoping for enough sap from our maple tree to boil into homemade syrup. We tapped it weeks ago. (Check out my site to see granddaughter Ellery helping tap the tree). Well, the tree still hasn’t produced much sap, so even though it’s maple syrup season, I’m way behind. I decided to roast the chicken Middle Eastern style, with high heat for a crispy crust. That’s a long way from New England! But you know what? Served with a side of couscous, we agreed it was a perfect winter supper. Stay tuned for a maple syrup update!

High roasted Middle Eastern style chicken. RITA HEIKENFELD FOR THE ENQUIRER

High roasted chicken with green beans, tomatoes and olives The beans are blanched and added during last few minutes of roasting, so they retain color and flavor. Go to taste on marinade ingredients.

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Roast 40 minutes.

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Meanwhile, blanch beans. You’ll add those with rest of tomatoes after chicken cooks.

Instructions

Ingredients

Marinate several hours or overnight in refrigerator.

Bring pot of salted water to boil, add beans and cook 2 minutes. They’ll turn bright green and be crisp tender. Drain, rinse under cold water to stop cooking. Can be done ahead but bring to room temperature. (You can use frozen beans. Thaw, then bring to room temperature).

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

Add rest of tomatoes and beans

Remove chicken from marinade. Save marinade as you’ll use this to cook chicken.

After 40 or so minutes, add beans and remaining tomatoes. Nestle into pan juices so they pick up flavor. Cook few more minutes until chicken is cooked through, about 10 minutes.

Whisk lemon juice, 3 tablespoons honey, oregano, thyme, garlic, oil, salt and pepper together. Place chicken in baggie. Pour marinade over. Seal, pressing out air.

About 3 pounds favorite chicken pieces, bone in, skin on (I used thighs) ⁄ 2 cup fresh lemon juice

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1 very generous tablespoon garlic, minced

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Place half of tomatoes around chicken. Sprinkle olives all over.

Salt and freshly ground pepper 4 nice sized tomatoes, cut into quarters or a container grape tomatoes. Divide tomatoes in half. 1 generous cup Greek or Mediterranan olives, cut into

Pour marinade over all. Drizzle remaining 3 tablespoons honey on top of chicken and tomatoes.

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Mariemont girls reload for state; Bethel-Tate twins make history Shelby Dermer Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Editor’s note: Information included refl ects this article’s original publication date – Feb. 20. Visit Cincinnati.com for possible updates. Swimming has taken Henry Thoman all over the globe. Thoman visited Manchester, Shanghai, London, Toronto and Bangkok while following his son, Nick, a Mariemont High School graduate and Olympic gold medalist. “It was quite a run he had, and we got to follow him around the world,” Thoman said. “It was really exciting for our family.” After adding new Thoman places to his passport over the years, Thoman was setting up shop last weekend in Canton as the head coach of the Mariemont girls team. To him, the OHSAA State Swimming and Diving meet at C.T. Branin Natatorium is more thrilling than any other meet. “This is, without a doubt, the most exciting meet you can attend,” Thoman said. “It is unbelievable the level of excitement at this meet and I’ve heard Olympic swimmers who say that swimming in this meet and the environment at this meet was more exciting than at the Olympic games. “We develop such great swimmers in Ohio and Cincinnati, in particular, and it’s all on display here. It’s spectacular.” Thoman has made the most of this season, considering it will be his fi rst and last at the helm of Mariemont swimming. After longtime coach Kevin Maness stepped down after 25 years, Thoman fi lled in just a few weeks before the season started. Thoman told Mariemont Athletic Director Tom Nerl that if a new coach was not found, he would be a short-term solution. “It’s just for one year until they can fi nd someone who can take on this role on a permanent basis and continue the excellence in this program for the longterm,” Thoman said. The task of continuing Mariemont’s excellence for just one year was daunting enough. In 2019, the Warriors girls squad graduated a slew of talented swimmers, including Katarina DeCamp, Kate Overbey, Catherine Geary, Lainey Newman and Cora Dupree, who became the most decorated swimmer in Cincinnati Hills League history at last year’s state meet, setting a state record in the 200 free. Despite those key departures, Mariemont reloaded enough to win the CHL for the seventh straight season, capture a sectional championship, fi nish third at districts and send seven swimmers to Canton. “If you had told me at the beginning of the year we would win the league and a sectional after losing those people, I would’ve of said, ‘eh, I’m not so sure,’” Thoman said. “We had our oldest swimmers step up and improve dramatically

Despite losing a barrage of seniors last year, Mariemont girls still captured league and sectional titles and ﬁ nished third at districts in 2020. This is the ﬁ rst and last season for coach Henry Thoman. PROVIDED/TOM NERL

Mariemont girls swimming captured a Cincinnati Hills League and sectional championship in 2020. PROVIDED/HENRY THOMAN

and our younger swimmers step in and take on some important roles for us and it all worked out.” Senior Elizabeth Bonnell fi nished third at districts in the 100 backstroke and seventh in the 500 free. Sophomore Jacqueline Young heads to Canton as a qualifi er in the 100 breaststroke and 200 individual medley. Both are a part of Mariemont’s 200 medley and 400 freestyle relay teams that qualifi ed for state, along with freshmen Lydia Eberlein and Ava Ellis and senior Erin Kelly. “We ended up with a strong group of freshmen girls. We had 12 and two of them are swimming (in Canton) and they really stepped up,” Thoman said. “Erin Kelly is the freestyler on our 200

medley relay and is swimming lights out right now.” Mariemont also has two seniors as state alternates this year, adding to Thoman’s theory of why the program has had such sustained success. “We have incredible depth,” he said. “We’ve got a lot of kids who are really good swimmers, who may not make it to state, but do incredible things for us at the league and sectional level. The two alternates (seniors Ellie Lewis and Leah Warden) at the meet have done very, very well. We’ve got those headliners, but we’ve also got a really strong group of kids who don’t quite get the headlines, but they get 8th, 9th or 10th place for us and that’s what wins the sectional and CHL.”

It also helps that the conference competition Mariemont faces each year helps them prepare for taking on the state’s top talent in Canton. “They (CHL swimmers) are the best in the state,” Thoman said. “Year after year, when you look at the top-10 list for state, there’s always four or ﬁ ve of those (CHL) teams in there. It’s nice to face that sort of competition throughout the year and see it again at the state meet.” The nostalgia of Canton will not make Thoman second guess his decision to be a one-year rental. “I’m set in stone,” he said. “I feel like I’ve adopted 40 new kids this year, but it’s a one-year deal.” See SWIMMING, Page 2B

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Boys basketball ❚ Moeller had a nearly unblemished regular season mark at 21-1, wrapped-up by a 57-51 win at St. Xavier Feb. 14. ❚ Purcell Marian was edged by Chaminade Julienne 41-37 Feb. 14. ❚ Sealing a 20-2 regular season mark, CHCA beat Cincinnati Christian 47-46 Feb. 14. ❚ Cincinnati Country Day scored a 10-0 record in-conference with a 67-35 win over Miami Valley Christian Feb. 14,

then CCD beat Williamsburg 68-50 Feb. 15. ❚ Indian Hill was beaten by Wyoming 65-38 Feb. 14. ❚ Deer Park ended the regular season topping Reading 9751 Feb. 14, capping a 13-game winning streak. Deer Park was led by a trio of Steven Gentry Jr.’s 33 points, Tre Munson’s 24 points and Gi Jones’ 20 points. ❚ Mariemont beat Madeira 57-44 Feb. 14. ❚ Loveland topped West Clermont 45-41 Feb. 14. ❚ Nic Smith scored 30 points to lead Walnut Hills over Withrow 71-52 Feb. 14. ❚ Summit Country Day beat

North College Hill 50-39 Feb. 14. ❚ Clark Montessori beat Norwood 75-50 Feb. 14. Sean Ealy dominated with 37 points, 12 rebounds and six steals.

Girls basketball ❚ Mount Notre Dame improved to 24-0 after beating Northwest 75-16 Feb. 17. ❚ Ursuline Academy was edged by Mason 39-36, ending its season Feb. 19. ❚ Purcell Marian won two tournament games, topping Blanchester 71-11 Feb. 15 and Deer Park 68-19 Feb. 18. Santia Cravens led Purcell Marian

scorers in both games. ❚ Cincinnati Country Day beat Oyler 65-12 Feb. 15 and Cincinnati College Prep 63-14 Feb. 20. ❚ Madeira won 31-27 over Norwood in a Feb. 15 postseason meeting. Carly Scott’s 18 points and 10 rebounds led the way. ❚ Loveland beat Lebanon 52-25 Feb. 19, improving to 21-3. ❚ Alson improving to 21-3, Walnut Hills topped Western Brown 72-45 Feb. 18. Darian Burgin scored 25 points, her eighth game scoring at least 20 points. ❚ In its ﬁ rst tourney game,

Summit Country Day led Finneytown 59-0 at halftime before winning 78-3 Feb. 15.

Coaching Vacancies ❚ Madeira High School is seeking an assistant boys tennis coach, an assistant girls lacrosse coach and a varsity girls volleyball coach. The deadline to apply for the tennis and lacrosse positions is March 1 while the volleyball position will remain open until April 1. Applicants should email a letter of interest and resume to Athletic Director Joe Kimling at jkimling@madeiracityschools.org.

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Southwest District DI boys diving championship

Preston Landolt of Sycamore took home a 4th place medal at the 2020 Southwest District Diving Championships, Feb. 11. PHOTOS BY GEOFF BLANKENSHIP FOR THE ENQUIRER

Moeller's Gavin Osterday perfects his pool entry with a 3rd place ﬁ nish at the 2020 Southwest District Diving Championships on Feb. 11.

Moeller's James Wolf executes his ﬁ rst round dive at the 2020 Southwest District Diving Championships, Feb. 11.

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Bethel-Tate twins savor state experience Brothers Ian and Tommie McQueary have already made history. The identical twins are the only boys from Bethel-Tate to ever qualify for the state swim meet. It’s been a McQueary family dynasty, as the only state-qualifying girl from Bethel-Tate was older sister Gracyn, who now swims at Cleveland State University. “It’s been a one-family team,” BethelTate head coach Ed Bachman said. Tommie added: “It doesn’t feel like a team; it just feels like we’re going as a family. This team is a lot closer than other teams because other teams don’t live together.” It was Bachman who founded the swimming program at Bethel-Tate seven years ago. Bachman, who also coaches at Anderson High School and was the 2013 Eastern Cincinnati Conference Coach of the Year, has coached Ian and Tommie since they were 10 years old at M.E. Lyons YMCA. “They’ve kind of always been two little skinny and wired boys who are full of energy,” Bachman said. That energy translated well to the water and the dedication that comes with being the only swimmers in a program that doesn’t have a pool. Ian and Tommie each swim six days a week, commuting 35 minutes to the Anderson YMCA for training. “They’re spending like 8 1⁄ 2 hours (driving) and about 22 hours in the water every week,” mother Jennifer McQueary said. “That’s like a full-time job. These kids really apply themselves. As a parent, I’m super proud of them.” The twins each qualifi ed for two state events this season (Ian in the 50 free, Tommie in the 100 butterfl y and both in the 100 breaststroke) and led BethelTate to a 16th place team fi nish at districts (out of 39), despite being the only

Twins Ian and Tommie McQueary are the only swimmers in the Bethel-Tate program, which was started by head coach Ed Bachman (far right). Both Ian and Tommie qualiﬁ ed for two state races in 2019 and 2020. PROVIDED/JENNIFER MCQUEARY

members on the squad. Both qualifi ed for state as sophomores last season, becoming BethelTate’s fi rst-ever boys state qualifi ers. Over the past season, Tommie has trimmed his time in the 100 breaststroke and added the 100 butterfl y to his resume, which he won at sectionals and fi nished seventh in at districts. Last season in the 100 breaststroke, Tommie fi nished 17th and was an alternate for the fi nal session despite just one year of experience in the race. Ian fi nished 21st, which turned into motivation for 2019. “This year he (Ian) has become much more dedicated,” Bachman said. “He

stepped up his game and worked hard in the weight room. It paid off .” While the juniors are identical in appearance, they have contrasting swimming styles. Ian is a sprinter, fi ring with full force from the platform. Tommie is patient, calculating when he’ll exert all of his energy. It usually makes for an exciting fi nish when the two are competing against one another in the 100 breaststroke. “They’re just so close to each other that it’s such a crapshoot on who is gonna win and have the better time,” Bachman said. That was the case at the district meet in Oxford last weekend. Both fi nished

the ﬁ rst 50 yards of the breaststroke in 28.54 seconds, but Ian prevailed for a sixth-place ﬁ nish by 14 tenths of a second. “It’s sibling rivalry, because every time we’re in a heat together we try to beat each other,” Ian said. When they splashed at Canton last weekend, though, the brothers were not competitors. They were leaning on each other for support as they savor the sentiment of a joint milestone in their respective careers. “We’re happy for the other person, no matter what they do,” Tommie said. “We’re just hoping for one another to do the best we can.”

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Check out these 20 black-owned restaurants Briana Rice Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

It’s always a good time to support black-owned businesses, and in Cincinnati, it’s something easy to do. There’s no shortage of black-owned restaurants here. You can try desserts, soul food, health-conscious sandwiches and African Halal. This year’s Black History Month is themed “African Americans and the Vote” to celebrate the 15th Amendment, which gave African American men the right to vote. Here’s a chance to vote with your dollars and support some local businesses and celebrate black history in the city of Cincinnati. The Enquirer compiled a list of some of Cincinnati’s black-owned businesses to check out. ❚ Aunt Flora’s – 7207 Montgomery Road, Silverton. ❚ Alabama Que – 2733 Short Vine St., Corryville. Open Monday-Saturday ❚ Black Coﬀ ee – 824 Elm St., Downtown. Open Monday-Saturday ❚ Cakes by Sugar – 6 W. 14th St., Over-the-Rhine. Open Friday-Saturday ❚ Conscious Kitchen – 2912 Short Vine St., Corryville. Open Monday-Saturday ❚ COPA –1133 Sycamore St., Suite B, Over-theRhine. ❚ Darou Salam Restaurant – 4163 Hamilton Ave., Northside. Open Monday-Sunday ❚ Express Wings –7617 Reading Road, Roselawn. Open Monday-Saturday ❚ Goodies– 7440 Hamilton Ave., Mount Healthy.

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SCHOOL NEWS Saint Ursula Academy students donate blood during Heart Health Month

In 2012 Cincinnati Nature Center took an ambitious step in broadening conservation education by launching one of the area’s fi rst licensed naturebased preschools. With great success, the Nature School is expanding this fall to include kindergarten through second grade. An alternative to traditional programs, the kindergarten, fi rst grade, and second grade (K-2) curriculum will emphasize STEAM (science, technology, engineering, the arts, and math) education through a nature-based and Montessori style approach. The Montessori philosophy of individualized learning blends beautifully with nature-based education and the fi rst-hand experiences provided at the Nature School. Similar to the Nature Preschool in which children spend much of their time outdoors, students in the Nature School will spend about half their days outdoors and half in their classroom. The group will be of multiple ages, with kindergarten through second grade learning together. Children will progress at their own pace and lessons almost always will be one-on-one or in small groups with a teacher.

Similar to the Nature Preschool, students in the Nature School will spend about half their days outdoors and half in their classroom. PROVIDED

Marjorie (Meyer) Kyte and Lawrence Kyte Jr. sit in the Immaculate Heart of Mary Chapel at The Summit Country Day School where they celebrated 52 years of marriage. PROVIDED

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Indian Hill High School senior Olivia Sheldon was selected as a 2020 Overture Awards Finalist in Visual Art.

Students will create portfolios of their work over the year, recording what they have learned in their own unique way. These, along with teacher’s notes and photographs, are to be reviewed in the spring by an outside licensed teacher to ensure children are growing and progressing appropriately. “The freedom to explore in a natural setting allows children space to follow interests, build a love of learning and ﬁ nd their own voices, which puts them in a powerful place as they transition into a more traditional school setting for third grade,” say’s Erin Phillips, M.Ed., who will be leading the K-2 classes at Cincinnati Nature Center. The Nature School will operate under a homeschool license. Families have the option of a 3-day or 5-day school week with classes running from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., September through May. Contact Nature School Director Tisha Luthy, at Tluthy@cincynature.org, or log on cincynature.org for more details. Marian Perkowski, Cincinnati Nature Center

After the harvest, all fourth-grade classes were treated to smoothies made from the harvest as part of their fi rstever “Fourth Grade Wellness Wednesday.” Armed with blenders, parent volunteers created the smoothies with bok choy, rainbow chard, and kale straight from the Tower Garden - as well as fruit, protein powder, juice, and milk, contributed by fourth-grade families. The fourth graders enjoyed their green beverages with other healthy snacks while reading, listening to relaxing music while stretching, writing positive messages to classmates, and creating classroom chains of gratitude. The garden was purchased by the school’s Lifetime of Giving Grant Committee, which recognizes that good nutrition aff ects the health and well-being of the district’s students. Seeing that there is a positive correlation between a student’s health and well-being and his/her ability to learn, the committee works closely with the Fourth Grade Student Leaders each year to execute a project in which fourth-grade families work together to better the Madeira Elementary School community. The Tower Garden off ers a cleaner, simpler, more effi cient way to grow healthy produce by using a vertical design along with water, liquid nutrients, and a soilless growing medium. The fourth graders will soon plant a second crop in the Tower Garden, after analyzing the results of an online survey completed by all MES fourth graders. The MES Lifetime of Giving Grant Committee members leading this project included Jenny Combs and Meredith Cecil, as well as Student Leader advisors Brigid Williamson and Katie Naegeli. Other fourth grade teachers who were a part of the special day were Jackie Jansen, Michelle Marketos, and Angela Young. Diane Nichols, Madeira City Schools

Summit Country Day School alumni receive special Valentine’s blessing A group of Summit Country Day School alumni celebrated Valentine’s Day early on Sunday, Feb. 9 when they returned to the landmark Hyde Park school for an event called Summit Sweethearts. Former Summit Chaplin Fr. Phil Seher conducted a special marriage blessing for 25 alumni couples in The Summit’s 19th century Immaculate Heart of Mary Chapel. These were alumni married to alumni or alumni married in the historic chapel. Afterward, the couples had a date night in the school’s St. Gregory Hall where they were toasted and feted during a reception. The atmosphere in the hall, where graduating class photo composites adorn the walls, was nostalgic. The couples danced as a slideshow displayed their wedding portraits. The couple who had been married the longest, Marjorie (Meyer) Kyte and Lawrence Kyte Jr., received a gift basket containing tickets to Cincinnati venues that promised them even more date nights in their future. Margie is a 1958 Summit graduate and Larry was a 1952 graduate of The Summit Boys School. They have been married for 52 years. “So many alumni come back to The Summit to get married because our chapel is so beautiful and the school holds a special place in their hearts,” said Mark Osborne, Alumni Engagement and Gifts Oﬃ cer. “We dreamed up the Summit Sweethearts event just to give alumni a fun date night here in a place that means so much to them.” Nancy Berlier, The Summit Country Day School

Madeira Elementary fourth graders are growing up Fourth graders at Madeira Elementary School recently reaped the beneﬁ ts from the ﬁ rst crop of their brand new Tower Garden with a green smoothie party. Twelve fourth grade peer-elected Student Leaders planted the vertical aeroponic garden this past fall, then spent the last few months maintaining and caring for the plants.

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Two Mariemont High School students earn perfect ACT score A pair of Mariemont High School juniors, Grace Bohl and Jonathan Cooper, have achieved the incredibly rare feat of scoring a perfect 36 on the ACT. The data shows that nearly two million students take the ACT each year across the United States. Of those two million, an average of just 2,500, or .19%, earn a perfect score. Mariemont High School has had just one other student record a perfect 36 in the past 20 years. Bohl and Cooper were both honored with the Superintendent’s Showcase award at the February Board of EducaSee SCHOOLS, Page 8B

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Partnership with Junior Achievement brings career pathway presentations to students at Loveland High School The Loveland High School (LHS) Counseling Department’s partnership with Junior Achievement – the nation’s largest organization dedicated to inspiring and preparing young people to succeed in a global economy – is facilitating a series of presentations and Q&A opportunities for students to learn about local companies and the industries in which they operate. These Career Pathways presentations host representatives from companies who share knowledge and experience about their ﬁ eld, helping link the curriculum with real-world opportunities and assisting students as they prepare for success after high school. “David Cook, senior vice president and chief human resource oﬃ cer at TriHealth, recently came to speak about career paths and success in the healthcare industry,” said Drews Mitchell, LHS Career and College Counselor. “It was eye opening for students to learn about the multitude of career options within healthcare - not only traditional medical pathways, but everything from culinary to information security and marketing careers.” Susanne Quigley, Loveland City School District

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First-graders at The Seven Hills School design new ways to snack healthily As part of their yearlong study of nutrition and plants, fi rst-graders in Laura OGrady’s Project Math class at The Seven Hills School took part in the challenge to design a way for fi fth-graders to eat healthier snacks. “First-graders started the investigation by interviewing their fi fth-grade buddies to learn about their interests and snacking habits,” OGrady said. “Then, fi rst-graders used this information and the human-centered design approach to create a solution to help a peer eat healthier snacks.” Students came up with a variety of solutions. For a fi fth-grade buddy who liked making videos, a student came up with a camera-equipped drone to deliver fruits and veggies and take a video while the student eats. Another student thought a robotic cat that delivers healthy snacks, as well cat treats for a feline friend, would be a great solution for a fi fth-grader who likes cats. The fi rst-graders presented their designs to the fi fth-graders, who provided feedback. The fi rst-graders then used the feedback to modify their designs. Taylor Evans, The Seven Hills School

Six students selected for Ohio Young Art Month exhibitions The artworks of six students at The Summit Country Day School have been selected for two state art exhibitions that celebrate Youth Art Month. Second grader Callie Chadwell, Withamsville; sixth grader Lexi Eastman, Madisonville; and eighth grader Sarah

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Stewart, Hyde Park, will be honored in a Youth Art Month (YAM) exhibition recognition ceremony on Saturday, March 7 at the State Teacher’s Retirement Systems (STRS) building in Columbus. Their art will be among 138 works from across the state on display from Feb. 22 to March 21 in the STRS building. Third grader Anne Marie Misrach, Hyde Park; sixth grader Zaina Kamran, Mason; and eighth grader Matthew Langenderfer, Montgomery, will be honored at a Young People’s Art Exhibition (YPAE) recognition ceremony on Saturday, March 7 at the Rhodes State Offi ce Tower in Columbus. This year, 135 works of art from across the state were chosen. The artwork will be on display in Rhodes Tower from Feb. 22 to March 18 in conjunction with Youth Art Month in Ohio. The Summit artists are the students of Lower School art teacher Hilary Carvitti and Middle School art teachers Samantha England and Paula Yarnell. “The Ohio Art Education Association has hosted these two statewide art shows since 1980,” said Carrie Barnett, The Summit’s Upper School art teacher and this year’s president of the Ohio Art Education Association. OAEA members can submit up to fi ve student works from grades PreK – 8 for judging in these two shows, and each teacher will have one piece selected for each show. “Teachers who encourage their students to participate in these two art shows understand the importance of recognizing the creative eff orts of their students,” said Barnett. “It takes time and energy on behalf of the art teacher

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to add exhibition components to their art programs, but the benefi t to the students is immeasurable. The arts create within individuals self-confi dence, the ability to express ideas and the capability to be creative problem-solvers. In order to create individuals who will continue to challenge the status quo and think outside of the box, we must include the arts in our children’s education. The Summit holds this responsibility in high regard as one of our fi ve pillars of education is the artistic pillar.” Nancy Berlier, The Summit Country Day School

Local students showcased in Festival of the Arts in Blue Ash The Festival of the Arts, formerly Festival in the Woods, is an opportunity for the community to come together to show support for local, young artists. Beginning on Friday, Feb. 28, the Blue Ash Recreation Center, 4433 Cooper Road, will be transformed into a gallery featuring over 700 artistic pieces from K-12 students from Amity Elementary, Indian Hill Elementary, Indian Hill Middle School, Indian Hill Primary, Madeira Elementary, Madeira Middle School, Mariemont Elementary, Mother Teresa Catholic Elementary, Summit Country Day Elementary, Summit Country Day Middle School, Terrace Park Elementary, The Kinder Garden School of Blue Ash, and The Kinder Garden School of West Chester. To kick oﬀ the three-week art show, the Recreation Center will host a Festival of the Arts Opening Night Celebration on Feb. 28 from 4:30-7 p.m. Following the Opening Night event, the artwork will remain on display through March 20. Rachel Murray, The City of Blue Ash

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COMMUNITY NEWS UC Blue Ash to host 5th annual Community Dental Day The University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College is off ering free dental care to the public on Friday, March 6 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Registration for the UC Blue Ash College Community Dental Day begins at 8 a.m. in Walters Hall, Room 100 on the UC Blue Ash campus (9555 Plainfi eld Road, Cincinnati, OH 45236). Patients will be seen on a fi rst-come, fi rst-served basis. This is fi fth year that the dental hygiene program at the college has hosted this important event. The goal is to provide access to care for those who do not have dental insurance or who have never been to a dentist. It is open to adults ages 18 and older. To accommodate as many patients as possible, each person will receive one free service during Community Dental Day. They can choose from a fi lling, extraction, or teeth cleaning. There are some health conditions that will prevent patients from being treated at this event; to see the complete list go to www.ucblueash.edu/dentalday. Community Dental Day is possible through the support of local dentists and dental care professionals, including alumni, students, faculty and staff of the dental hygiene program, who volunteer their time. The Dental Care Plus Group is serving as the presenting sponsor for the fi fth consecutive year. If you need more information about Community Dental Day, you can contact the UC Blue Ash Dental Hygiene Clinic at (513) 745-5630. Pete Gemmer, UC Blue Ash College

George Zamary named Cincy Leading Lawyer for the 2nd straight year The Zamary Law Firm is pleased to announced George Zamary has again been named a Cincy Leading Lawyer. For 2020, Cincy Magazine’s annual list includes 296 attorneys in various practice areas. “To be named to the list by my peers is quite humbling,” states Zamary. “The Leading Lawyer process is one in that colleagues nominate those who they feel are the best in their practice areas. Each attorney is fact-checked and approved by an advisory board. The controls in the integrity of the selection process makes this tremendous.”

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The Cincy Leading Lawyers recognition has been given by Cincy Magazine since the magazine started the process 16 years ago. Lawyers in Southwest Ohio, Northern Kentucky and Southeast Indiana were invited by Cincy to submit ballots nominating the best among their peers. Self-nominated lawyers are not included and votes from lawyers in the same ﬁ rm carry less weight. The Zamary Law Firm, LLC was founded in 2016 by George Zamary with the goal to provide high quality legal services while building long term relationships with clients. The ﬁ rm assists clients in civil litigation (contracts, employer and Zamary employee, business, probate, construction, real estate, commercial), personal injury, business/corporate law and estate planning in both the State of Ohio and the Commonwealth of Kentucky. For information visit www.zamarylaw.com, sign-up for their newsletter or visit their page on Facebook. Zamary Law may be contacted at 513-448-4150. Julia Pile, Zamary Law Firm, LLC

Cincinnati Sports Club to host two free informational sessions with TriHealth Physical Therapy and Orthopedic Specialists

Tuesday, March 10 from 4-6 p.m. in the TriHealth offi ces on the second fl oor of the Club. TriHealth Orthopedic specialists will provide complimentary 15-Minute Physical Consults. These will be great opportunities to get to know the outstanding clinicians of TriHealth and the expertise they have to off er. The TriHealth Physical Therapy Services, at the Cincinnati Sports Club, is accepting new patients and providing access to physical therapy evaluations within 24-48 hours (potentially on the same day). A full spectrum of outpatient Physical Therapy services are off ered for orthopedic and pelvic health patients. Now in its 30th year, Koval Cincinnati Sports Club has grown steadily across 16 sprawling acres at 3950 Red Bank Road in Fairfax. It is accessible by three street entrances – at 3950 Red Bank Road, 5535 Murray Avenue and 3939 Virginia Avenue. For more information, visit www.CincinnatiSportsClub.com or call 513-527-4000. Julie Whitney, Phillippi-Whitney Communications LLC

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Cincinnati Sports Club will be hosting two free Health Seminars during the month of March. The ﬁ rst, a Pelvic Health Information Session led by Michelle Koval, DPT, with TriHealth Physical Therapy, will take place March 4 at 8 a.m. She will present information on the treatment for pelvic issues. The second session takes place on

Local author Richard L. DuMont has just published his third novel, “Heritage.” Richard is a graduate of Xavier University, a veteran, and has lived in Clermont county for many years. All three of his novels are about Native Americans and their struggle to retain their cultural identity in white America. Written for young adults, they are stories of the Cheyenne and Lakota people ﬁ ghting poverty and racism. Yet, they are full of hope and love. “Heritage” is the second novel in a se-

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Habitat for Humanity expands local board with business and faith leaders Habitat for Humanity of Greater Cincinnati (HFHGC), which ranks in the Top 40 Habitat aﬃ liates in the U.S., added seven new members to its board of directors in January. The new members represent the breadth of HFHGC’s geographic reach, as well as the diversity of its business, faith, and community partnerships. The new members are: ❚ Susan M. Bennett (Colerain Township), Financial Consultant, Thrivent Financial ❚ Julie deSylva (Ft. Thomas), Senior Communications Manager, The Procter & Gamble Company ❚ Michael Q. Dozier (Maineville), Senior Manager, Ethicon ❚ JR Foster (North Avondale), CEO, Robert Louis Group ❚ Angela Krausen (Villa Hills), Project Executive, Messer Construction Co. ❚ Kathy Leijon (Hyde Park), Senior Director, Talent Management, Paycor ❚ Bishop Ennis F. Tait (St. Bernard), Pastor, New Beginnings Church of the Living God of Avondale For a complete list of HFHGC’s board of directors and executive team, please visit https://www.habitatcincinnati.org/who-we-are/leadership.html. Founded in 1986, Habitat of Humanity of Greater Cincinnati is a non-proﬁ t Christian housing ministry that seeks to build strength, stability, and self-reliance through shelter. Over the decades, Habitat has built, renovated, or repaired more than 670 homes in southwestern Ohio, northern Kentucky, and southeastern Indiana. Globally, the organization has contributed to building more than 1,000 homes in Armenia, Cambodia, El Salvador, Kenya, and Nepal. Beth Benson, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Cincinnati

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Plans are on file and open for public inspection in: County Administration Building Room 801 138 East Court Street Office Hours: Monday thru Friday 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. Office Phone: 513-946-4550 EH,Feb26,’20#4068036 PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held by the Hamilton County Board of Zoning Appeals on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 in Room 805, of the County Administration Building at 1:00 P.M. for the purpose of: Case Number: Columbia 2020-01; 4007 Berwick Avenue (ZVCT202002)

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Subject Property: Columbia Township: 4007 Berwick Avenue (Book 520, Page 171, Parcels 358, 359 & 360) Appellant: Matthew Fenik, MDDRENTS LLC. (appellant); MDDRENTS LLC. (owners) Request: To request a zoning certificate for the construction of a new single family residence with less front yard and less rear yard setbacks located in a “C” Residence district.

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