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Winton Woods North Campus opens to students Madeline Mitchell Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

FOREST PARK – Winton Woods City Schools students in grades 7-12 returned from spring break March 30 to a brand new, $51.4 million building. Students spent the morning going on tours, roaming in groups from the “Main Street” hallway to the “Learning Steps,” which will eventually be bordered with dozens of national fl ags and dubbed “International Plaza.” The fl ags represent the diff erent languages students speak, says district community engagement director Corina Denny. Denny says the community, made up of students from the city of Forest Park, the village of Greenhills and Springfi eld Township, is proud of its diversity. “It’s so much a part of our identity and who we are in this district,” she said. Photos that circulated following a ribbon-cutting in early March prompted comments that likened the new facility to a prison. But sophomore Allahnah Dedrick and senior student body president Emma Smith said they don’t see the resemblance. Emma likes the fi nished concrete fl oors. She said it makes the building “feel more open.” Allahnah, a cheerleader, says she’s excited about the new gymnasium and can’t wait for basketball season to start. “Pictures don’t do the building any justice,” Emma told The Enquirer.

Seven Blue, during an English and AP government class on the ﬁ rst day of classes in the new Winton Woods North Campus in Forest Park Tuesday, March 30. PHOTOS BY CARA OWSLEY/THE ENQUIRER

Built for project-based learning The International Plaza has booths, tables and lunch lines, though the area is not considered a cafeteria. North Campus, which serves about 1,100 students, doesn’t have a cafeteria at all. Instead, students can eat wherever they wish, including in the courtyard or on the Learning Steps. “We can eat lunch anywhere,” Allahnah said. Before, students were often told to sit down or stay still in the cafeteria; but this makes her feel more mature. “It just feels like they can trust us better.” Emma agreed, saying she thinks the new dining concept will help her better transition into college next year. Teachers are not assigned to speciﬁ c classrooms at North Campus. The building is sectioned oﬀ into “pods,” where teachers and classes can collaborate. Some students take “double bell” classes, which meet for longer periods and often combine two subjects, such

Junior students Elian Ramirez, left, and Carlos Veloz Martinez, work in a collaboration area during the ﬁ rst day of classes in the new Winton Woods City Schools North Campus in Forest Park Tuesday, March 30. The building is for students 7th through 12th, with separate sides for middle and high school students.

as English and advance placement government. The “pod” design supports Winton Woods’ project-based learning curriculum, Emma said. “We designed our building to match

our instructional platform,” Winton Woods High School principal Eric Martin said. There are separate entrances for grades 7-8 and 9-12. The two sections of

the building are split by the ﬁ ne arts wing and auditorium, which is almost identical to the auditorium at the former high school. A tech desk is open all day near the International Plaza, where students can go when they have issues with their laptops. Allahnah and Emma both say they use their laptops all day, in every class. Some classrooms now have a microphone feature, so students in the back can hear their teachers just as well as students sitting up front. Almost every classroom has glass windows looking out into the hallways. The new building also oﬀ ers all-gender restrooms. “I think it will make people feel more comfortable,” Emma said.

A community effort Seeing the building through to completion is “mind-blowing,” Emma said. Emma, Allahnah and other students and community members have been part of the process in some way or other from the start. Students discussed the new building See CAMPUS, Page 2A

How Cincy Favorites saved Montgomery Inn during COVID-19 Alexander Coolidge Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

It all started around Christmastime in 1993. Evan Andrews, the vice president of Montgomery Inn, had a friend in Cleveland who asked if he’d mind shipping 10 slabs of his family business’ famous ribs. A few weeks later, the pal responded with an angry phone call. “He said ‘I thought we were friends!’ ” Andrews recalled. The ribs arrived in Cleveland alright – along with a delivery bill of $550. That gave Andrews an idea for a side business for the local restaurant chain: instead of paying a third-party to pack up ribs and ship (with a huge markup), what if Montgomery Inn did the packing itself and then sent it out? Almost 30 years later, the answer to that question, “Cincy Favorites,” proved to be a life raft to a beloved local institution amid the COVID-19 pandemic that shook the restaurant industry.

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“That’s how it all happened – we’re blessed we’ve had this other business to stay aﬂ oat during the worst of the pandemic,” Andrews said, referring to the nearly two-month shutdown of sitdown dining at Ohio restaurants last spring.

Graeter’s, Skyline, LaRosa’s in the mail In the past year, Cincy Favorites more than doubled in size to make up nearly a quarter of the family-owned company. “We will have 35 of the 50 states today,” Andrews said recently touring The Enquirer around Cincy Favorites’ fulﬁ llment center in Reading. He pointed out packages headed to Hilton Head, South Carolina; Olive Branch, Mississippi; and Colorado Springs, Colorado. A wholly-owned subsidiary of Montgomery Inn, Cincy Favorites also sells other treasured local brands like Graeter’s ice cream and Skyline Chili. Over See INN, Page 2A

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Montgomery Inn sauce being prepared to pack and ship, pictured, Monday, March 15, at the Cincy Favorites fulﬁ llment center owned and operated by Montgomery Inn. The Montgomery Inn division has nearly doubled its business in the last year, said Evan Andrews, executive vice president for Montgomery Inn. KAREEM ELGAZZAR/THE ENQUIRER

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How Wiedemann’s won Cincinnati’s Favorite Beer

80% of the [beer] market worldwide.” The response was huge. When the competition’s bracket was unveiled in February, Wiedemann’s Bohemian occupied one of the four No. 1 seeds in the fi eld of 32. After securing victories over No. 8 Rivertown Roebling and No. 5 Fretboard Vlad in the fi rst two rounds, Wiedemann’s knocked off No. 2 Sonder You Betcha – one of my favorites going into the competition. The Cinderella story didn’t end there.

Wiedemann’s Bohemian took down No. 1 Vanilla Cream Ale by last year’s championship-winning brewery, Big Ash Brewing, in the semiﬁ nals. Then it ﬁ nished its run with a victory over No. 2 seeded Taft’s Gavel Banger, winner of the inaugural Cincinnati’s Favorite Beer competition in 2019. As the winner of this competition is decided by voters, getting out the vote is the key to victory. That’s easiest when you have the backing of a strong com-

munity, and Wiedemann’s has earned plenty of goodwill in St. Bernard. The brewery enjoys a good relationship with the Roger Bacon High School Alumni Association, and the nearby Cincinnati neighborhood of North Avondale is home to a large contingent of Wiedemann’s regulars. Although the listserv likely enticed some non-locals to vote for Wiedemann’s Bohemian, the brewery’s popular taproom was likely the biggest source of votes. During the competition, Wiedemann’s made it easy for customers to vote by placing QR codes on the tables and the bar that led directly to the voting page. “I think it was a big advantage because our regulars really rallied,” Betsy Newberry said. “They shared it with people – a lot of whom come in, although maybe not as often. It’s been great. People have really gotten into it and gotten behind us. I think it’s really a victory for all Weide-fans.” Although the brewery’s older customers often just order a “regular Wiedemann’s” – that’s the Bohemian – Jon Newberry believes the brewing team of Steve Shaw and Austin Smith are making beers that hold up against the best competition Cincinnati has to oﬀ er. “Wiedemann’s Bohemian won the prize, but we’ve got a lot of great craft beers here,” Jon Newberry said. “I think this will get people to maybe say, ‘Hey, we should look at this again.’”

fall. Emma was a part of the North Campus ribbon cutting ceremony earlier in March. Peter Becker, vice president account manager at Skanska USA, told The Enquirer his team sat in and listened during multiple visioning sessions with students and administrators to gather ideas before they began construction. Skanska USA and Megen Construction Co. Inc. were the district’s building

partners for both projects. “The kids were heavily involved, and building administration was heavily involved, from the beginning of design all the way up through completion of the design documents,” Becker said. Denny said the district worked to get North Campus ready before the end of the school year, so the seniors would get a chance to use it. The old high school and middle school buildings, located

about 20 feet from the new campuses, will be torn down this summer, Becker said. On March 30, Emma said seniors had 51 days left to graduation, including oﬀ days and weekends. It’s exciting to be the ﬁ rst class to graduate from the new building, she said, but also a bit “nerveracking.” “The class of 2021 will leave our mark,” Emma said.

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The Wiedemann’s Fine Beers logo features a bald eagle perched atop the brewery’s name, but perhaps a phoenix would be more appropriate. Wiedemann’s Bohemian Special Brew Lager is the winner of the 2021 Cincinnati’s Favorite Beer competition. The victory comes less than three years after co-owners Jon and Betsy Newberry opened the Wiedemann’s taproom in St. Bernard. That’s not bad for a brewery that had previously been eﬀ ectively defunct since 2007. “I thought we had a good shot at going pretty far in the competition because we’ve got a lot of community support,” Jon said. “We’ve got a lot of local people here that are very enthusiastic, and with 150 years of history with Wiedemann’s, there’s a lot of Wiedemann fans out there – generations-deep brand loyalty.” The husband-and-wife team didn’t come into the competition with an elaborate game plan. They started oﬀ by urging the brewery’s patrons and fans – many of whom they contacted via social media and the brewery’s listserv – to select Wiedemann’s Bohemian to represent the brand. “This is the one that really made Wiedemann famous,” Jon Newberry said. “It’s been on the market 150 years. And there’s a reason pilsner beers are like

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design in their classes and learned about the construction process as it happened throughout the last year. Allahnah said she helped break ground on the South Campus lot in Greenhills, which will open to K-6 students in the

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the years, it has evolved from a holiday gift time standby. Nowadays, the operation is shipping nearly 50,000 orders throughout the year. Perishable items are sent with enough dry ice to keep them cool for up to 12 hours after delivery. The delivery fee is a ﬂ at $19.99 per shipment for most orders that ship in few days via UPS Ground. Yes! If you’re a hardcore fan in Florida or Texas, you can get two La Rosa’s cheese or pepperoni pizzas delivered (they’ll be frozen). Cincy Favorites sells packs of two, four and eight. Many customers add Graeter’s ice cream and maybe an Opera Cream Cake by the BonBonerie. During the new coronavirus outbreak, loyal Montgomery Inn customers not only ordered takeout from its two restaurants but also from Cincy Favorites – ordering more ribs, signature barbecue sauce, pulled pork and other menu items. “Online is up - way up – on the Monday after COVID hit we had 350 orders,” Andrews said referring to Cincy Favorites. “Our business (initially) tripled overnight.” A year after launching, Andrews remembered clearing 50 orders in one day near Christmas 1994 and his wife, Margaret “Terry,” conﬁ dently predicted 200 daily orders one day. This past holiday season alone, daily orders ranged between 2,000 to 4,000.

One of Cincinnati’s earliest web pages Cincy Favorites’ success is a uniquely Cincinnati story: part of the reason it’s ﬂ ourished (and not just selling ribs and barbecue) is the region’s strong stable of popular local food cbrands with intensely loyal customers, including La

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Marlon Fannon tapes a box package to be shipped, Monday, March 15, at the Cincy Favorites fulﬁ llment center owned and operated by Montgomery Inn. The Montgomery Inn division has nearly doubled its business in the last year, said Evan Andrews, executive vice president for Montgomery Inn. KAREEM ELGAZZAR/THE ENQUIRER

Rosa’s Pizza, Glier’s Goetta and Jeﬀ Ruby’s Steakhouse. “People have asked me why don’t you do other cities like Cleveland Favorites or Columbus Favorites, but other cities don’t have this. Cincinnati is unique,” Andrews said. Cincy Favorites also beneﬁ ted in the early days from the region’s strength in packaging, shipping, logistics and other

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disciplines, Andrews said. Back then, he was able to get economical customized packaging supplies because he had friends that happened to own and operate local companies that did that sort of thing. That’s also how Montgomery Inn

came to have one of the region’s oldest web sites – one that pre-dates locallybased Fortune 500 company Procter & Gamble’s. Andrews asked another buddy about setting that up too. “A friend told me then we needed a website, I asked ‘What’s a website?’ “ Andrews said. Founded in 1951, Montgomery Inn came to be known for its barbecue after family patriarch Ted Gregory asked his wife, Matula, to cook some ribs while he entertained friends at what was then a small bar. The ribs were so popular they became the signature menu item within a few years. Now operated by the second generation, Montgomery Inn also sells its sauce, ribs and other products in supermarkets as far away as 350 miles, including Kroger, Meijer, Walmart and Costco. Andrews, who is the son-in-law of the founder, oversees the company’s non-restaurant ventures. His brothers-in-law, Tom and Dean, oversee the company’s two restaurant locations. His sister-in-law, Vickie, also participates in the family business, as well as his nephew, Theodore “Tag.” Combined, Cincy Favorites and the grocery business have grown to nearly half the company’s total business. Andrews declined to disclose the company’s sales ﬁ gures.

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When will cicada Brood X hatch? Here’s how to estimate it Sarah Brookbank Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Brood X periodical cicadas are only weeks away from hatching and fi lling our backyards with their mating calls. But when will it happen? Dr. Gene Kritsky, a leading cicada expert and entomologist at Mount St. Joseph University, has a handy way of fi guring out when the emergence will happen. Kritsky says Greater Cincinnati typically sees emergence in mid-May after two days in a row with temperatures above 80 degrees and there’s been a “soaking rain.” “For the past couple of years, it’s been the second day that our temperatures have reached the low 80s,” Kritsky said. But if you want a rough idea of when that could be, he has fi gured out how to estimate the soil temperature. Using the daily highs and lows, you can calculate a three-day average, which gives you an approximate soil temperature.

As of April 1, the soil temperature estimate in Greater Cincinnati is about 50. Kritsky said at the minimum, there needs to be three consecutive days of 64 or over and some rain. “Then they pop,” Kritsky said. “They all don’t come up on the very ﬁ rst night. They come up over about a two-week period and that’s if we have a normal spring.”

The fi rst Brood X cicada has already hatched, but it’s a bit of a fluke. Kritsky said a cicada was hatched in Maryland on March 3. Why? The soil temperature around the cicada was warmed to above 64 after a family had set up a tent around their outdoor hot tub. Wondering where it will happen fi rst locally? In Greater Cincinnati, Kritsky said the cicadas pop up in Anderson Township fi rst. Also, areas that get heavy sun will heat up faster than others, so keep an eye out.

Want to estimate the emergence start from home? Here’s how: To estimate soil temperatures, you need the daily high and low temperatures for the previous three days. You can fi nd that weather data for Greater Cincinnati at weather.gov/iln. From that, determine the average daily temperature by adding the high and the low temperatures together and dividing by two. Next, calculate the two-day and the three-day running temperature averages. Finally, fi nd the average of the two-day and three-day running average, and that will provide you with an estimate of the soil temperature at the cicada depths. Kritsky’s website, cicadasafari.org said this is more predictive for the start of the major emergence, not when the fi rst few cicadas will emerge from the ground. For more information on calculating emergence and what to expect, visit Kritsky’s website, cicadasafari.org.

The lacy wings of a 17-year brood cicada are visible as it emerges in Homewood on May 22, 2007. E. JASON WAMBSGANS / CHICAGO TRIBUNE, TNS

Kroger to raise average hourly wage to $16 Randy Tucker Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

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Local universities plan graduations for class of 2020 Madeline Mitchell Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Editor’s note: Information included reﬂ ects this article’s original publication date – March 30. Visit Cincinnati.com for possible updates. More lenient safety protocols will allow this year’s university graduates to celebrate on time and in person at University of Cincinnati, Miami University, Northern Kentucky University, Xavier University, Thomas More University and Mount St. Joseph University. But what about the class of 2020? When COVID-19 cases ﬁ rst began to rise last spring, universities near Cincinnati and across the country canceled or postponed commencement ceremonies for the class of 2020. Some of those postponements turned into virtual commencements. Miami U., NKU and Mount St. Joseph announced they will host in-person events this spring to honor those graduates who missed out on a traditional farewell in 2020. Miami is hosting a class of 2020 commencement on May 13, according to the university’s website. “It is our genuine pleasure to invite the Miami University Class of 2020 gradu-

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ates and their families back to their alma mater for an in-person graduation ceremony this May,” the site reads. “The ceremony will include remarks from President Greg Crawford and 2021 Commencement speaker Dr. Carolyn Jeff erson-Jenkins, and each graduate in attendance will be individually recognized as they walk across the commencement stage.” Graduates can invite up to six guests and everyone will be required to wear a mask and maintain proper social distancing. Offi cials say the event will also be livestreamed. NKU’s class of 2020 ceremony will be held May 9 on the fi eld at the NKU Soccer Complex in Highland Heights, according to a letter from university president Ashish Vaidya to students. Mount St. Joseph will hold a ceremony for 2020 grads on May 8 at 6 p.m., according to a university spokesperson. UC spokesperson M.B. Reilly says UC is also looking to honor its class of 2020 graduates, either in the fall or in spring 2022. “We look forward to celebrating this special class in Nippert Stadium,” Reilly said. Other local universities have yet to announce if and when they will hold events for the class of 2020.

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Kroger plans to increase average hourly wages this year by 50 cents to $16 an hour after a robust year in which digital sales more than doubled in the wake of the pandemic. Cincinnati-based Kroger last year spent $300 million to raise average hourly pay for its workers to $15.50, up from $15 per hour, The Enquirer previously reported. On March 31, the grocer announced it would invest $350 million to raise the average wage to $16 an hour in advance of its 2021 Investor Day webcast. Some of Kroger’s biggest competitors have also announced pay raises. In February, Walmart said it would boost its average wage in the U.S. to at least $15.25 per hour. And earlier this year Costco said its starting wage will be $16 per hour, noting that its average worker already makes $24 an hour.

Kroger said it has invested more than $800 million in employee wages and training over the past three years for nearly 500,000 full- and part-time workers. Last year, Kroger consistently topped sales estimates as consumers stocked up on food and household essentials and fl ocked to Kroger’s website to order from the safety of their homes. Digital sales more than doubled last year to more than $10 billion, helping the company beat fourth-quarter and fullyear profi t forecasts. Kroger’s total sales surged 8.4% to $132.5 billion in 2020, helping to drive profi ts to $2.6 billion for the year, up 5.6%. A key sales metric, identical sales without fuel, increased 14.1% in 2020. Besides Kroger stores, the grocer operates several regional supermarket chains in 35 states, including Fred Meyer, Harris Teeter, Ralphs, Mariano’s, Fry’s, Smith’s, King Soopers, QFC and others. The company has nearly 2,800 stores.

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Found Village CEO Katie Nzekwu wins the 2021 Jeﬀ erson Award Briana Rice Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

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Cincinnati lands on worst cities for hiking list Rasputin Todd Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Sure, Cincinnati weather is an unpredictable roller coaster, but it’s OUR unpredictable roller coaster. So, when lawn care blog LawnStarter released a study saying that Cincinnati is one of the worst cities for hiking – mainly due to our “unsuitable” hiking weather – we just had to jump in and say something. Clearly, we all need to take a trip to California, with the Golden State taking 8 of the top 10 spots for best hiking cities. San Francisco came in at No. 1. Good for them, really. We should all be getting out of the house more, from West Coast to East Coast. But then, of the 150 cities ranked, Cincinnati came in at No. 142, landing the Queen City on the “Stay Indoors in These Cities” list. Cincinnati actually came in dead last, 150th, for their Climate Rank metric. You can read more about each of the study’s metrics at lawnstarter.com. It took things like access, quality and safety into account. But our weather is what did us in.

“Cities like Tallahassee and Cincinnati are subject to temperature extremes with a high yearly average of both very cold and very hot days,” the study says. “It’s not impossible to fi nd a nice day for a stroll here, but we wouldn’t bet on it.” First off , we need the folks at LawnStarter to know that it’s not the heat, it’s the humidity. Secondly, yeah, it might be 70 and sunny one day and hailing the next, and that might turn some people off . But if you just plan ahead and dress for the weather, we have plenty of trails and fresh air to spare. And you know what? This all just shows how resilient we are to strap on those boots and weather the storm. While we don’t have mountains to climb or gorges to ... gorge, we do have that can’t-hold-me-down spirit. And a TON of great parks to get out and enjoy nature. Let’s put on our hoodies (or tank top or parka) and enjoy what we have, shall we? Find a park close to you and enjoy a nature escape at Cincinnati Parks or Great Parks of Hamilton County ... and take in some Kentucky State Parks while you’re at it.

Katie Nzekwu started Found Village with a mission to ensure that all children in the Greater Cincinnati area have the same opportunities and support systems they need to reach their potential. Her passion for helping at-risk teenagers and young adults helped her earn the 2020 Jeff erson Award for Public Service in Greater Cincinnati on March 25. The Jeff erson Award is presented annually by the Rotary Club of Cincinnati and the American Institute of Public Service. Traditionally, the winner would travel to Wasington D.C. to represent the region for the national award. Due to the pandemic, the national conference will be virtual this year. Though the Cincinnati Rotary Club was able to gather in person this year, the celebration was diff erent. Rotary Club members, as well as honorees, past winners and other community members got together, masked and with tables 6 feet apart. The celebration was streamed via Zoom. Nzekwu is the co-founder and CEO of Found Village, an organization dedicated to helping foster-care teens, young people emancipated from foster care with no family or support, teenagers living in single-parent homes and other teenagers facing diffi cult life circumstances. "All these teens have one thing in common, they come from systems of inequality, generational poverty and extreme dysfunction that has prevent-

ed a way out," it says on the Found Village website. "Everyone can do something," Nzekwu said. "It really is one kid at a time." This is the 16th year the Rotary Club of Cincinnati has coordinated the award, which honors community members who illustrate outstanding volunteerism and exemplify the Rotary motto, "Service above self." In a letter of nomination, Janet Burns wrote: "She has turned her life around and is helping at-risk teens to do the same. When Katie saw that the traditional services to help these teens were not working, she knew she had to do something diff erent." As of June 2020, Found Village reports it has saved the community over $200,000 in added or duplicated services for its populations by helping stabilize foster care and independent living placements, supporting teens to return and graduate from high school and post-secondary programs and building healthy lifelong relationships. "Some people take action and I think that's who we're here to celebrate," said Craig Young, the 2020 Jeff erson Award winner. The other fi nalists: h Bob Buechner, executive director, BeEx foundation. h Evangeline DeVol, founder and executive director, NEST Community Learning Center. The Jeff erson Award was created in 1972 by Cincinnati native and former U.S. Senator Robert Taft and former fi rst lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. The award is presented to recipients in more than 90 U.S. cities.

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Peas are a lovely seasonal vegetable. Add them to spring stir fries. Spring stir fry with homemade stir fry sauce

Rita’s Kitchen Rita Heikenfeld Guest columnist

Stir fry sauce The secret ingredient is teriyaki sauce. Use a good store-bought sauce or make your own.

“Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold, pease porridge in the pot 9 days old.” My garden peas have pushed through the soil, still tiny but looking strong. For some reason, that childhood rhyme came to mind, so indulge me! Peas are a lovely seasonal vegetable, so when they’re abundant, peas are in my meal rotation. Sometimes I’ll simply saute them in a bit of butter with shallots and fresh mint and a grind of pepper and salt. More often, I add them to spring stir fries. I make my own stir fry sauce, and I hope you try making it, too. These legumes are good for you, too. Peas are high in ﬁ ber, low in fat and a good source of vegetable protein.

Ingredients This makes a nice amount. Store leftover sauce in refrigerator. ⁄ 2 cup Tamari or soy sauce

⁄ 4 cup teriyaki sauce

1 cup water 2 tablespoons sesame oil 2 teaspoons each garlic and minced ginger or more to taste ⁄ 4 cup or so cornstarch

Spring stir fry with homemade stir fry sauce.

Sugar or honey to taste (start with a teaspoon or so) optional

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Freshly ground pepper to taste

Homemade teriyaki sauce

Instructions

Whisk together:

Stir fry ingredients

⁄ 4 cup Tamari or soy sauce

I always use peas along with greens, broccoli, bell pepper, onion and Chinese cabbage, a total of about 5 cups. You use what you like.

Whisk ingredients together.

⁄ 2 teaspoon ginger, minced or more to taste

⁄ 4 teaspoon garlic powder or more to taste

Up to 1 pound of meat, sliced thin or seafood is good in this too. Or extra ﬁ rm tofu, chunked up. Optional but good and gives a boost of protein.

Brown sugar to taste: start with1⁄ 4 cup Honey to taste: start with 2 teaspoons Freshly ground pepper to taste

Pea varieties

Whisk together separately and set aside:

This year, I’m growing sweet sugar snaps. Both these and snow peas have edible pods. English peas are the real plump peas. These you have to shell and are the ones often frozen or canned. Check out the photo to see the three kinds and how they diﬀ er, looks wise.

2 tablespoons cornstarch

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The Comet: Gen-X bar made Cincinnati cool again Keith Pandolﬁ Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

The people I hung out with at the Comet in the mid 1990s were exceptional in every way. Because when we’re in our 20s, we are all exceptional. At least we think we are. They were poets and writers and lawyers and musicians. I remember crowding around the pushedtogether square tables by the jukebox smoking our Camels and drinking our Anchor Steams like a grittier, Gen-X version of Ms. Parker’s round table at the Algonquin Hotel. I started coming here in 1995, just after Dave Cunningham and his then wife, Kelly Burchfi eld, opened the Northside bar/lounge/live music joint/espresso spot and Mission-style burrito window. It was, and still is, located in Northside, which, before the Comet opened, I’d never heard of before, even though I lived just up the road in the Clifton Gaslight District. This is back when you could still grab a house in Northside for $30K, instead of the $300K they can command today. The crowd at the Comet was a hodgepodge of patrons I recognized from the barstools at Arnold’s, Downtown, or the stage at Sudsy Malone’s on Short Vine. In the front of the bar, a Bevador cooler held a selection of beers I rarely saw back then: Brooklyn Lager and Sierra Nevada. Red Hook ESB and Anchor Steam. It had the best jukebox in town, and it seemed like the same Troggs song was always playing on it whenever I walked in. “I feel it in my fi ngers. I feel it in my toes.” I was 25 years old when the Comet opened, the kind of central casting GenXer who mostly worked in coff ee shops and bookstores and alt-weeklies. I was not the fortunate slacker who would defy the label by heading west to make millions in the dotcom boom. I wasn’t in a band. I didn’t have tattoos. I wore Dockers. Dockers my mom paid for. Sitting along the bar were people I didn’t know all that well, but who I thought about a lot. Especially a guy named Dale. Dale worked at a mattress factory and lived down the street. He didn’t talk too much, and seemed to me like a time traveler with his slick, jetblack hair and a jacket with a sewed-on name tag that simply read “Dale.” People used to joke with Cunningham, asking if Dale came with the bar. But Dale was no joke. One night, when someone who didn’t belong at the Comet started getting aggressive with a female bartender, Dale got up from his stool, walked over to the guy and pulled a knife. Cunningham told Dale to put the knife away, and Dale did just that. But afterward, everyone knew not to mess with the bartenders at the Comet. And everyone knew not to mess with Dale. There were pool tables at the Comet. Three if I remember right. And with them came pool sharks who seemed to take everything way too seriously, but whom you couldn’t make fun of because they could kick the crap out of you. There was the big neon clock on the wall above the bar that let you know how deep into the night you were getting. At 10 p.m. you were safe. By 11 p.m., the shots started fl owing. And if you were still there by 1 a.m., you could kiss your tomorrow goodbye. There were hipsters at the Comet, but we didn’t call them hipsters back then. No, they weren’t those trust-fund hipsters of the Brooklyn or Portland variety – the ones we take such delight in poking fun at today. These hipsters’ lives were messier and less forgiving. They had no trust funds to fall back on. They lived hard lives. The women were in rock bands. The guys wore bruises from being jumped or punched in the face. The rest of us were just grad students and temp workers, coff ee-slingers and low-level administrative assistants searching for lives that were a little cooler than our own. Some of them became rock stars, too. There was Patrick, who would help form the Greenhornes and go on to play with Jack White and Loretta Lynn. There was Shannon, who played with the Fairmount Girls; Pat, who played with the Tigerlillies, and Dana, who fronted Ditchweed. In a category all his own, there was David “Bones” Hebert, the full-body tattooed archetype of 1990s punk attitude, the nomadic couch surfer who moved here from Louisiana and made an impact bigger than most natives by the time he died tragically in 2011. I was in awe of all of them.

How it started Do you want to know how the Comet came about? It’s a good story. One Cunningham told me over the phone the other day.

Brody Gallagher, of Clifton, prepares an order of a burrito and quesadilla for the window, Thursday, March 11, at The Comet in Northside Cincinnati, Ohio. PHOTOS BY JOE TIMMERMAN/THE ENQUIRER

A pool table remains empty, Thursday, March 11, at The Comet in Northside Cincinnati, Ohio.

First, a little bit about Cunningham. He grew up in Mount Adams among a proud Irish family of bartenders. His grandfather, Robert, met his grandmother, Mary, at a bar owned by her father called the Hand, on Pavilion Street. Robert spent time working as a bartender at Crowley’s, just across the street. Dave Cunningham’s fi rst job was as a barback at the Blind Lemon when he was just 12 (”I was tall for my age”) after an older neighborhood friend left the job and recommended him for it. He went to high school at Walnut Hills, but it didn’t quite work out. “It turns out Latin and marijuana don’t mix,” he told me. “So I fi nished up at Hughes.” After graduating, Cunningham moved to San Francisco where he fell in love with the gigantic 12-inch fl our tortilla-wrapped Mission-style burritos that would later help put the Comet on the map (we’ll get to those later). And, after a few years away, he did what all of us do; he moved home. Back in Cincinnati, he started working at the Cove Cafe, in the Gaslight District, which was more like a bar than its sister business, the Highland Coff ee House, in Corryville, but still maintained an edgy, cool and almost revolutionary Highland quality vibe that can be felt at the Comet today. “There was the infl uence of coff ee culture I always appreciated,” Cunningham said. “To this day, we have ‘espresso’ on our sign, even though we haven’t had espresso here in 20 years.” Arnold’s was also an infl uence – in that Cunningham wanted the Comet to be a classic public house where everyone could come together and discuss just about anything. “That’s a big reason we don’t have TVs,” Cunningham said. “So you can turn to the person beside you and actually talk.” Though, in later years, smartphones would hinder that mission. While working at the Cove, Cunningham met Burchfi eld, who was already a part owner of No Anchovies, a popular pizza spot that was located where the Cove, later renamed Sitwell’s, stands now. One day, while Cunningham and Burchfi eld were thumbing through real estate listings, they found one for an old bar on Hamilton Avenue that was so cheap that it got them wondering. They drove out there, saw the old bar, saw a jar of pickled eggs that was still sitting on the counter and fi gured they pretty much had to do this. They maxed out their credit cards. They borrowed money from whomever

they could. Cunningham’s family of bartenders came in handy and were eager to help out. Aside from the discontinuation of espresso service, changes to the Comet happened relatively fast after it opened. At fi rst, the place felt too much like a pool hall, Cunningham said. But as customers kept showing up for the good music on the jukebox, he and Burchfi eld started focusing on live music. “We used to push the pool tables out of the way for the bands, which became a hassle, so we got rid of the two of the pool tables in the lounge so we could start hosting rock shows.” In the back of that lounge, of course, is the iconic window where customers can order the Comet’s famous burritos, along with quesadillas and their equally famous “salsa of the month.” I think we tend to underestimate the importance of oversized burritos in the Gen-X culture of the 1990s. Often referred to as “Mission-style burritos” due to their 1960s origins in San Francisco’s Mission District, the oversized burritos are stuff ed with beans, rice, cheese, meat and whatever else you want. While they are now as ubiquitous as Big Macs at fast-food “Mexican” joints like Chipotle or Qdoba, they were in short supply in southwest Ohio when the Comet opened. In fact, the main reason Cunningham and Burchfi eld opened the Comet was because Cunningham wanted to bring the burritos he enjoyed during his time in San Francisco to Cincinnati. “The burritos were the foundation of this place,” he says.

A certain kind of danger As I talk to Cunningham about the old days at the Comet, I start to remember something I long ago forgot. That there was a certain edge in the air when I came here in my 20s. That, while fi ghts rarely broke out here, my adrenaline levels always felt prepared for one. I hated fi ghting. And I hated seeing people fi ghting. I’d been punched in the face a lot as a kid. And on the rare opportunity that I had to punch someone back, I looked like Marty McFly knocking Biff on his ass in “Back to the Future.” “Getting punched in the face really centers you,” Cunningham says. “I feel like a lot of us, as kids, we were angsty and antagonistic, and that it lead to a lot of fi ghts. It aff ects who we are when we walk around slightly fl exed for years.” He said he doesn’t see that fl ex in his current customers, who still skew younger. That this generation is much

more careful in the way they go about life. That this generation hasn’t been punched in the face all that much. That edge wasn’t always there, of course. Especially in the early evenings, when friends would gather quietly over pints of Guinness, or on Sundays, when families would gather to watch the Comet Bluegrass All-Stars over brunch. As the years went by, the Comet crowd started growing up. Something that was palpable to me one afternoon in the early aughts when I saw Cunningham and Burchfi eld with their infant daughter, Sophia, at a softball game against a rival team from Arnold’s. I remember thinking that the precarious nature of our 20s was fi nally going away. That maybe all of us were somehow, magically turning into adults. Unfortunately, most of the signposts of adulthood largely disappeared with Gen-X (take, for example, business suits, four-door sedans and steady, secure jobs). Instead, we grew up in a perpetual state of arrested development in which many of us continue to exist. Maybe that’s why going back to the Comet as a middle-aged man doesn’t feel as jarring as it should. I was there just the other day with my editor, Rasputin. (Yes, his name is Rasputin, which might make you think he’s terrifying, but he’s actually a pretty nice guy.) We sat on a rear balcony that didn’t exist back when I hung out here in the ‘90s. Cunningham came outside to say hello and off ered a few more details of his life. He and Burchfi eld divorced year ago. He is obsessed with motorcycle racing, and though his hair is longer and grayer than it was when I fi rst knew him, he still looks like Dave Cunningham. While I have you here, I want to emphasize something. The important thing about Dave Cunningham is that, for 26 years, he’s kept one of the city’s coolest, most storied and beloved bars up and running amidst competition from Over-the-Rhine, Downtown and Northside itself. Alongside Ted Gregory, Jeff Ruby and Maynie Tucker, Dave Cunningham is a Cincinnati icon. That’s because – in my mind, at least – the Comet was the bar that changed everything. I truly believe that many of the other bars I love in this city – the Northside Tavern, or MOTR Pub in OTR, or the Northside Yacht Club – would never have existed if the Comet didn’t exist fi rst. It’s humid outside as Rasputin and I drink local lagers and IPAs that weren’t around when I fi rst started coming here. The dark clouds above make us want to go inside before it rains. Though, due to COVID-19, the Comet isn’t allowing customers in right now, so we remain on the patio. Sure, it makes conjuring up any nostalgic feelings for the place almost impossible for me. But who cares about nostalgia? The Comet can exist without it. Sophia, now 21, comes walking up the stairs to have lunch with her dad. I do that thing where I tell her I knew her when she was just a baby. She looks at me like the old man that I am and tells me she gets that a lot, especially here. I off er to buy Rasputin – who, though he’s my boss, is at least 20 years my junior – an Anchor Steam, and he laughs at me. When I ask him why, he says he’s never heard of Anchor Steam before. I feel so old. I feel so young. But mostly I just feel fortunate to be here, with an exceptional person, drinking beer at the Comet.

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How the pandemic job market left young people stuck Ellen Hine Cincinnati Enquirer

“I want to become financially independent, my own person. I had all of these plans I wanted to do. Travel. Be successful. Do all the things I dreamed of. That’s all on the back burner.”

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Dumariyea Ballew was still in training at his fi rst job out of college when he was laid off because of the COVID-19 pandemic. “I have never been laid off of a job before,” he said. “I’ve never even been fi red from a job before.” When Ballew got the job as an admissions counselor for Chatfi eld College after graduating from the University of Cincinnati, he thought it would be a good fi rst step to his dream of being an academic advisor. His new job started in early February 2020. Ballew was laid off in late March. Now he was back at square one in the middle of a pandemic. At fi rst, Ballew was optimistic he would fi nd something quickly. He didn’t. Instead, he spent months checking job sites and reaching out to people, trying to fi nd something. He got a job at Jimmy John’s just to pay the bills. “For a while, I thought that I was doing stuff wrong,” he said. “I felt discouraged. I felt like I wasn’t a proper adult.” *** For a lot of young people, the concepts of adulthood and having a job are tangled up in one another. A real job means that they’re selfsuffi cient, that they’re responsible for taking care of themselves and their debts. But the COVID-19 pandemic has kept young Americans disproportionately out of the workforce. Even before the pandemic, the job market for young people wasn’t stellar. According to data analysis by the Economic Policy Institute, the unemployment rate in spring 2019 for people ages 16-24 was triple the rate of people over the age of 25. The pandemic only made things worse. Roughly one-fourth of young people were unemployed during the height of the pandemic recession in late spring 2020, compared to around onetenth of older workers. Young Black, Hispanic and Asian American/Pacifi c Islander workers had higher unemployment rates than their white peers. By halting educational and job opportunities for young people, the pandemic has created a crisis around adulthood. Between February and June 2020, nearly one in three young people was “disconnected” or not working or enrolled in school, according to an analysis of U.S. census data by the Pew Research Center. Even as vaccines start fl owing to the public and the fi rst anniversary of the pandemic passed, there’s still no clear idea of what an end to all of this looks like. Meanwhile, young people across the country, unsure and unmoored, are stuck somewhere on the brink of the rest of their lives. *** On a typical day, Ian Ralston rolls out of bed in his childhood home in Mason and turns on his computer. He checks his emails, LinkedIn and Indeed and shoots off messages reaching out to people about diff erent opportunities. Ralston has been trying to fi nd a job since he graduated from Miami University last May. The months of trying to fi nd something have taken an emotional toll. “It’s been frustrating,” he said. “I don’t know how much longer I can take this.” Ralston lived at home during college with his parents and brothers. He’s thankful his parents are still letting him stay with them as he looks for a job, but his plan was always to move out once he graduated. “I want to become fi nancially independent, my own person,” he said. “I had all of these plans I wanted to do. Travel. Be successful. Do all the things I dreamed of. That’s all on the back burner.” According to an analysis by the Pew Research Center of U.S. census data, the pandemic has caused millions of young adults to move in with family. More 1829-year-olds lived with one or both of their parents in July 2020 than any time since the Great Depression. Ralston wants to work in emerging technologies like artifi cial reality and machine learning. Before the pandemic started, he was in his senior year at Miami, getting his Bachelors of Arts in Emerging Technologies in Business and Design. “Tony Stark-type things,” as he described it. He got an internship in Cincinnati as part of his program in January right as he was starting to look for jobs. It seemed like that could turn into a fulltime job once he graduated. At the end of April, after letting go of

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Ian Ralston lives at home in Mason with his parents. According to the Pew Research Center, more 18-29-year-olds lived with their parents last summer than any time since the Depression. PHOTOS BY SAM GREENE/THE ENQUIRER

Tyla Thompson, 24, graduated in December, but she doesn’t think she can go into a career in education until the pandemic is over. given her fears about getting or spreading the virus.

College graduate Dumariyea Ballew had a job, then he didn't. He thought it wouldn't take long to recover. The year had other ideas.

all the other interns but him, the company told Ralston it wouldn’t be able to take him on full-time going forward because of the pandemic. Ralston had started reaching out to some professional contacts when it seemed like his internship wouldn’t become a full-time job. As he graduated, Ralston’s back-up plans began to fall through, too, as the downturn in the economy made many companies freeze hiring. He started to panic. Most of the time when he’d apply for jobs, he’d hear back, “Sorry, we’re not hiring right now,” if he even heard back at all. He had a few opportunities that seemed like they would turn into something. The emotional burden of not fi nding a job is compounded by a fi nancial one. Ralston took out around $27,000 in private student loans on top of his federal loans to help pay for school. While the government has suspended payments on federal student loans for all borrowers until September 2021, payments on Ralston’s private loans resumed in January. He’s paid off some of his loans by doing some freelance work and dipping into his savings. But for now, he has $25,500 left on his private loans and $2,000 in his bank account. If he doesn’t get a job soon, he might default on his loans. “I just want something to happen before then,” he said. *** The pandemic has put everyone through the emotional and mental wringer, but young people’s mental health has fared worse than other age groups. According to analysis of census data by the Kaiser Family Foundation, more than half of adults ages 18-24 reported

as of December 2020 symptoms of anxiety and/or depressive disorders. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found roughly almost 25% of young adults in June 2020 had started or increased use of a substance to cope with pandemic-related stress or emotions, compared to 13.3% of all adults surveyed. The same CDC survey found roughly one in four young adults had seriously considered suicide in the past 30 days. KFF noted in its report that young people have experienced a number of “pandemic-related consequences” that could contribute to poor mental health, such as university closures, loss of income or transitioning to remote work. *** Tyla Thompson has wanted to work with children since she was a child herself. She’s worked and volunteered in education for years, and her dream job is to be a guidance counselor. Thompson graduated in December, but she doesn’t think she can go into a career in education until the pandemic is over. Having worked with children before, she knows how they can spread germs. She wouldn’t want to potentially expose the children she works with to COVID-19 or be exposed to it by her students. She ﬁ nds it diﬃ cult to breathe in a mask for even short trips to the grocery store. She doesn’t think she could wear one for seven or eight hours straight as she tries to work with kids or any other job. “That’s a lot for me, and I know that’s a lot for them,” she said. But working remotely isn’t the obvious answer to her problems. Thompson was still a student at UC last March when classes were suspended and shifted online. On-campus

housing closed down, and she had to scramble to move her things back into her father’s home in College Hill. Once she was there, Thompson struggled to settle in and focus on school without a dedicated workspace. Online classes were anxiety-inducing to the point that the 24-year-old would start having panic attacks after sitting at a computer all day. She now has a hard time with long amounts of screen time because of the stress online classes caused her. Since graduation, she rarely touches her computer and doesn’t watch as much TV. “I feel like I’m literally stuck,” she said. For right now, Thompson’s spending her time FaceTiming friends, painting and listening to music. She redecorated her bedroom to make the space feel more adult and less “little girl.” But Thompson knows she can’t be unemployed until the pandemic is done. Whenever that will be. *** As vaccines become more widespread, the world is tentatively imagining what an end to all of the safety precautions and terror will look like. For young people trying to enter the job market during the pandemic, their futures might be permanently aff ected. The economic downturn triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic was the fastest and deepest recession in U.S. history. A year later, there’s been some recovery, but the Congressional Budget Offi ce predicts the number of employed Americans won’t reach its pre-pandemic level again until 2024. Research has found young workers are harmed by entering the job market in economic downturns. They typically earn less, have greater earning instability and go through more periods of unemployment than similar people who enter the market at a better time. These eff ects get magnifi ed for nonwhite workers and high school dropouts. Recessions could also potentially have long-lasting consequences on not only a person’s economic health but his or her physical health as well. A working paper by Northwestern University and UCLA researchers found people who came of age during the recession of the late 1980s were likelier to die in their 30s and 40s than those who came of age outside of recessions. They were also less likely to be married, more likely to be divorced and more likely to be childless. Economic recovery is happening, albeit slowly. A year after the pandemic began, around 58% of the 22.4 million jobs that were wiped out have returned. Experts believe the $1.9 trillion relief package passed in early March will help the U.S. economy grow at its fastest annual rate since 1983. But the damage of the pandemic and its recession may linger for an entire generation of American workers. *** When he struggling to fi nd a job after getting laid off , Ballew would remind himself of where he came from and where he wanted to go. How he spent four years in school getting a degree so he could get a good job. Finally, Ballew found a full-time position in the fall as an AmeriCorps member working at a nonprofi t based in Price Hill. He now works remotely from the home he shares with his grandmother in College Hill. At his new job, Ballew helps people who were in the same position he was, trying to fi nd employment or fi guring out how sign up for government benefi ts. He likes the work. His contract is only for a year, which gives him time to look for another job or potentially get a diff erent contract at his current one. He doesn’t have to worry about how he’s going to pay his bills for now. He took the job because it was a good way to build experience and would help with student loans. “I’m trying to think more optimistic about it because, hey, at least I’m employed,” he said. The pain of the pandemic still has managed to seep through the victory of fi nding a job. Ballew lost a family member to COVID-19 in December 2020. The pandemic has taken a lot from Ballew, just as it has taken so much from others. To take care of himself, he keeps looking forward. “I have to constantly remind myself,” he said, “to keep going.”

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SPORTS KK Bransford of MND named Ohio Ms. Basketball Scott Springer Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

READING — According to her high school coach, KK Bransford has the knack of doing what it takes to win. It might mean knocking down a shot, dishing an assist, grabbing a key rebound, diving for a loose ball or guarding the other team’s best player. KK Bransford did all of those things in Mount Notre Dame’s most recent visit to the Ohio Division I state championship. That’s why MND drove home from the University of Dayton Arena with their eighth state basketball title. That’s why Bransford, who scored eight of her 21 points in MND’s victory in the second overtime against Newark, is Ohio’s Ms. Basketball. “She makes so many people around her better, not just on the court, but off the court,” MND coach Dr. Scott Rogers said. “Her basketball IQ is so high. She understands that if you want the big prize, you have to sacrifi ce some scoring. All that’s done is cause her game to evolve. She had 10 assists in the state fi nal.” Bransford has now played in an incredible 72 consecutive winning basketball games for the Cougars and has been part of two state championships. Had it not been for the coronavirus pan-

demic cancellation of the 2020 state tournament, it may have been three state titles as MND was also 28-0 a year ago. “I’m super happy, super blessed, super surprised,” Bransford said of the honor. “I always say Ohio has the best talent in girls basketball in the country. To be considered Ms. Basketball is amazing to me.” For better perspective, the 5-foot-10 all-purpose player is 87-2 in her varsity career which will include one more season as the most sought-after player in the state. Bransford’s college suitors include the elite-level programs you would imagine chasing a Ms. Basketball Her choices are down to a dozen “bluebloods”: Maryland, Connecticut, UCLA, Louisville, Notre Dame, Michigan, Arizona, Tennessee, Baylor, Texas, Duke and North Carolina. KK, whose real name is Calyn, became KK when she was small and her brother couldn’t pronounce her name. Calyn came out KK and it stuck. Now, anyone connected with women’s college basketball recruiting is familiar with KK Bransford. Though she still isn’t in a hurry to commit to a college, she’s currently See BRANSFORD, Page 2B

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Top 22 football recruits of Greater Cincinnati

Mike Daniels is now Akron’s running backs coach Scott Springer Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Lakota East running back Charlie Kenrich hauls in a touchdown in the second quarter of the Thunderhawks' ﬁ rst-round playoff game against Sycamore Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. GEOFF BLANKENSHIP FOR THE ENQUIRER Scott Springer Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

With the top class of 2021 high school football players either already signed in December or February, it’s time to take a look at the class of 2022 prospects many colleges are mulling over. Here are 22 of the top 2022 prospects who could be signing on the next Early Signing Day in December. These rankings are not from the personal preferences of Enquirer staff ers. It’s merely a compilation based on various recruiting services such as 247Sports, Rivals and others. As we have found in past years, rankings do change and they’re heavily infl uenced by the number of Division I off ers. It’s a mathematical rating that has no bearing on what a player’s upcoming fall season might bring. The ratings will be updated periodically when changes occur.

Top 22 Class of ’22 22. Chase Brown, defensive end, Moeller - At 6-foot-3 and 220 pounds, Brown had 12 tackles and 2.5 sacks for the Crusaders. Brown is considered a “sleeper” by some with Akron being

among the early schools showing interest. 21. Grant Lyons, linebacker, St. Xavier - The 6-foot-3, 230-pound outside linebacker has off ers from Air Force, Army and Ball State. He had 54 tackles and led the GCL-South in sacks with six. 20. Paul Haywood, off ensive line, La Salle - The 6-foot-4, 315-pound guard has off ers from Akron and Dartmouth. 19. Ken Willis, cornerback, Colerain - Willis is a 5-foot-11, 160-pound defensive back for the Cardinals. He had 31 tackles this past season and 20 as a sophomore. He’s been off ered by Miami University, Eastern Kentucky, Toledo and Akron. 18. Drew Ramsey, athlete, Elder The 6-foot-1, 200 pound Ramsey has been a quarterback, receiver, running back, defensive back and punter at Elder. He’s been off ered by the Miami RedHawks and Toledo. He had 55 catches for 762 yards and eight scores as a junior and ran for 721 yards and 14 touchdowns. He completed 7-of-10 passes for 120 yards and a touchdown. 17. Brandon White, wide receiver, Moeller - The 5-foot-8, 160-pound speedster was injured much of 2020 but had three catches for 94 yards in Moeller’s opening win over Bishop Hartley.

He had 17 catches for 272 yards and three scores as a sophomore. Akron has off ered White with Wisconsin Purdue, Army, Toledo, Temple,and Cincinnati showing interest. 16. Brogan McCaughey, quarterback, St. Xavier - The 6-foot-2, 203pound McCaughey led the Bombers to the Division I state title in his fi rst season as a varsity starter. Along the way, he was named fi rst-team All-Ohio by both the coaches and media. He threw for 2,708 yards and 28 touchdowns despite missing 2.5 games due to injury. He threw for a school-record 556 yards against Cleveland St. Ignatius Oct. 3. Miami University, Akron, Eastern Kentucky, Toledo, Yale, Ohio University, Bowling Green, Eastern Michigan, Buff alo, Tulane, Columbia and Kent State have off ered. McCaughey is one of three local invites to the Elite 11 regional quarterback competition that will be in Indianapolis in May. 15. Max Klare, tight end, St. Xavier - The 6-foot-4, 225-pound Klare switched from quarterback and has offers from Air Force, Ball State, Bowling Green, Duke and Eastern Kentucky. He had seven catches for 123 yards and a touchdown late in the season after See RECRUITS, Page 2B

Slightly over a month after leaving Princeton High School as head football coach, former Cincinnati Bearcat Mike Daniels is leaving his recruiting director job at Army to become running backs coach at Akron. The move was ﬁ rst reported by Football Scoop and writer John Brice. Daniels conﬁ rmed the move to The Enquirer March 25. Daniels was at Princeton a little less than four years and his job at Army was announced Feb. 23. At Princeton, Daniels shattered records as a player and has a plaque in the Princeton Hall of Fame. As a quarterback, he was The Enquirer Player of the Year in 2002. That season he threw for 2,569 yards and 19 touchdowns and ran for 1,387 and 24 scores making First Team All-State. See DANIELS, Page 2B

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being injured in the early portion of St. Xavier’s championship season. 14. Kendrix Goodman, off ensive lineman, Fairfi eld - The 6-foot-4, 320pound guard was Second-Team Greater Miami Conference for the Indians. Army signee Jaydan Mayes ran for 1,043 yards behind the Fairfi eld line that included Goodman. Kentucky, Ball State and Pitt have off ered. 13. Rodney Harris II, wide receiver, Princeton - The 6-foot-3, 195-pound receiver was voted fi rst-team All-Ohio by coaches and was second team by the media. He had 22 catches for 330 yards and four touchdowns. His off ers include Cincinnati, Miami University, Indiana, Toledo, Eastern Kentucky, Ball State and Pitt. 12. Brian Parker, off ensive lineman, St. Xavier - At 6-foot-5 and 275 pounds, Parker was fi rst-team All-Ohio by coaches and media. Cincinnati, Liberty, Pitt, Eastern Kentucky, Tulane, Air Force, Ball State, Marshall, Louisville and the Miami RedHawks are among Parker’s off ers. 11. Josh Kattus, tight end, Moeller The 6-foot-4, 245-pound big receiver was First Team All-Ohio by both coaches and media. He had 23 receptions for 288 yards and four scores for the Crusaders. Kattus is the son of former Michigan and Cincinnati Bengal tight end Eric Kattus and has an array of off ers. In addition to the Wolverines, Cincinnati, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisville, Illinois, Georgia Tech, Maryland, Miami University, Kent State, Princeton, Arkansas, Bowling Green, Ohio University, Eastern Michigan, Penn, Marshall and Pitt have off ered. 10. Cameron Collins, off ensive lineman, St. Xavier - The 6-foot-4, 260pound guard was fi rst-team Greater Catholic League-South for the 2020 Division I champions. His off ers include Louisville, West Virginia, Akron, Central Michigan, Western Michigan, Eastern Kentucky, Air Force, East Carolina and Toledo. 9. Ashton Craig, off ensive tackle, Lawrenceburg - At 6-foot-5 and 250 pounds, Craig has picked up off ers from numerous schools including the Miami RedHawks, Boston College, Duke, Wake Forest, Cincinnati, Baylor, Indiana, Northwestern, Bowling Green, Western Michigan, Yale, Tulane, Penn, Nebraska and Purdue, 8. Mekhi Lynn, quarterback, Princeton -The 6-foot-2, 180-pound signal-caller was fi rst-team All-Ohio by the media and second team by coaches. He threw for 1,429 yards and 17 scores and ran for 358 and six touchdowns. Cincinnati, Indiana, Miami University, Ball State, Eastern Kentucky and Toledo have off ered. 7. Kaleb Johnson, running back, Hamilton - The 6-foot-1, 200-pound running back had 789 yards rushing in

Lineman Ashton Craig of Lawrenceburg practices Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020, Lawrenceburg High School. MICHAEL NOYES FOR THE ENQUIRER

Chase Brown of Moeller is one of the top 22 football recruits in the class of 2022. THANKS TO CHASE BROWN

Notre Dame, Penn State and Northwestern. 2. Tegra Tshabola, off ensive lineman, Lakota West - Tshabola is a 6foot-6, 300-pound tackle who was also fi rst-team All-Ohio in voting by the coaches and media. Tshabola joins Brown as an Ohio State commit. 1. Jyaire Brown, defensive back, Lakota West - The 6-foot, 175-pounder was fi rst-team All-State by both the media and the Southwest Ohio Football Coaches Association. Brown is committed to Ohio State but was recently offered by Notre Dame.

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St. Xavier Bombers quarterback Brogan McCaughey (15) drops back to pass in the ﬁ rst quarter during the OHSAA Division I football championship against the Pickerington High School Central Tigers, Friday, Nov. 13, 2020, at Fortress Obetz in Obetz, Ohio. KAREEM ELGAZZAR/THE ENQUIRER

the same backfi eld with senior Keyshawn Stephens who had 1,115 as a fi rstteam All-Ohio selection. Johnson was Honorable-Mention All-State. He ran for 878 yards as a sophomore. Johnson’s off ers include Cincinnati, Kentucky, Iowa State, the Miami RedHawks, Michigan State, Liberty, Buff alo, Western Michigan, Toledo, Kent State, California, Iowa and Pitt. 6. Charlie Kenrich, athlete, Lakota East - Kenrich is 6-foot-4 and 220 pounds and was versatile for coach Rick Haynes rushing for 245 yards out of the triple option and catching 13 passes for 290 yards. He also played linebacker and punted. His off ers include Iowa State, Michigan State, Purdue and Navy. 5. Brody Foley, tight end, Anderson - At 6-foot-6 and 230 pounds, Foley was voted All-Ohio fi rst-team Division II as a defensive lineman by media and Second Team at tight end by coaches. Cincinnati, Indiana, Louisville, West Virginia, Kentucky, Illinois, Nebraska, Purdue, Rutgers, Wisconsin and Pitt are

among Foley’s off ers. 4. Alex Afari, defensive back, Lakota West - The 6-foot-3, 200-pound Afari was also fi rst-team All-Ohio according to coaches and media as a junior. Cincinnati, Kentucky, Georgia Tech, Michigan State, Pitt, Virginia, West Virginia Boston College, Buff alo, Indiana, Bowling Green, Toledo, Miami University, Virginia and Washington State are included in Afari’s off ers. 3. Gi’Bran Payne, running back, La Salle - Payne is a 5-foot-10, 190-pound back who had injury issues in 2020 after playing a core role in La Salle’s 2019 Division II state championship run. He was limited to 235 rushing yards and fi ve scores with 181 receiving yards and three more touchdowns, mainly in La Salle’s three opening games. As a sophomore, he ran for 790 yards, including 129 in the state title game. He also had 41 tackles, three forced fumbles and an interception as a linebacker. Payne had a who’s who list of off ers and recently announced his Top 5: Alabama, Florida,

(again rating changes by services are usually based on off ers and ratings often change): Evan Wibberley, off ensive line, Dixie Heights - Wibberley is 6-foot-5 and 275 pounds and has been off ered by Eastern Kentucky, with interest from Army, Dartmouth, Brown, Columbia Harvard and Kentucky. Luke Slusher, off ensive line, Beechwood - The 6-foot-5, 290-pounder for the Kentucky Class A state champs has off ers from Air Force and Western Kentucky. Garrett Yoon, quarterback, Lawrenceburg - Yoon is a 5-foot-11, 180pound dual-threat quarterback for the Tigers that has been invited to the Elite 11 regional QB competition. In 13 games, he threw for 2,252 yards and 27 touchdowns, while running for 1,083 and 13 scores. Yoon’s interest includes Air Force, Illinois State, Ball State, William Ingle, athlete, Sycamore The 5-foot-10, 195-pound Ingle holds an off er from Navy. He had 475 yards rushing in six games with seven touchdowns. As a receiver h had 19 catches for 227 yards. Pierce Rohlman, free safety/running back, Dixie Heights - The 5foot-11, 195-pound Rohlman ran for 772 yards and 10 touchdowns in 10 games for the Colonels. He’s had interest from Indiana State, Indianapolis, Kentucky Wesleyan, Bowling Green and Eastern Kentucky.

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enjoying the NCAA Women’s Tournament featuring many of the schools on her list. “It’s so competitive!” Bransford said. “You don’t know who is going to win. I feel like the girls’ game is really evolving. I’m just very grateful to all the schools that have taken time to recruit me.” As demonstrated throughout her career, Bransford can jump center, run the point, post up, deliver a dime and bury a three. This past season she led the Girls Greater Catholic League in scoring (21.4), assists (5.1), fi eld goal percentage (51.5) and steals (3 per game). She was third in the league in rebounding, pulling down 6.4. “KK can play any position she wants,” Rogers said. “We’ve had her at the one, at shooting guard, playing the fi ve. She can match-up with pretty much anybody.” In the state tournament, she nearly delivered back-to-back triple-doubles. In the semifi nal against Toledo Notre Dame Academy she had 24 points, nine rebounds and seven assists. She followed that up with 21 points 10 assists and eight boards against Newark in the championship game. Her high game this year was 31, but as a sophomore, she once scored 40 against Gahanna Lincoln. As a freshman, she made her debut with 29 points against Columbus Africentric. Neither of those programs would be considered a slouch. To make her accolades even more notable, Bransford has played three seasons alongside Laila Phelia, a Michigan

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Laila Phelia (left) and K.K. Bransford embrace as their teammates celebrate their victory over the Newark Wildcats in a Division I state ﬁ nal at U.D. Arena in Dayton March 13. E.L. HUBBARD FOR THE ENQUIRER

signee and McDonald’s All-American nominee. Together, they shared the ball and shared the wealth of 72 straight wins and a pair of championships. “She’s so deserving of that award (Ms. Basketball) because she’s not just about personal statistics, she’s about team statistics,” Rogers said. In 2020 Bransford had Makira Cook of the University of Dayton with her and 2019 she played with Gabbie Marshall of the Iowa Hawkeyes. Bransford becomes the ﬁ rst Greater Cincinnati recipient of Ms. Basketball since 2014 when Kelsey Mitchell (Princeton, Ohio State, WNBA) was chosen. She’s the third Mount Notre Dame winner joining 2009’s Kendall Hackney (Northwestern) and 2004’s Mel Thomas (Connecticut).

Rogers compares Bransford’s basketball intellect with Thomas who played for Geno Auriemma at Connecticut. Thomas reached out to MND’s state championship team via video from Florida prior to the Cougars’ title run in Dayton. Other Cincinnati winners have been Amber Gray (Lakota West, Tennessee, Xavier, WNBA) in 2008, Michelle Munoz (Mason, Tennessee, Ohio State) in 2000 and 2001, Carol Madsen (Reading, Xavier) in 1989 and Janet Haneburg (Seton) in 1988. Five other girls have won Ms. Basketball twice or more. Just a junior, Bransford will be back with Dr. Rogers for one more run at Mount Notre Dame with a shot at joining that elite club.

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With the Bearcats he was a running back, receiver and return specialist. After briefl y working with UC Alumni, he followed former Brian Kelly assistant Jeff Quinn to Buff alo. From there he worked at Statesboro High in Georgia and Kennesaw State before returning to take over the Princeton Vikings in 2017. Daniels had been listed in Football Scoop’s 2020-21 Minority Coaches Watch List. Daniels will be working with Akron head coach Tom Arth and will replace running backs coach Jayden Everett who had been hired away by Tulsa. Former Princeton Viking Juan Jarrett who played for Daniels is on the Akron roster as is former Vikings quarterback MyJaden Horton.

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Cincinnati Opera will perform at Blue Ash’s Summit Park this summer ductions of William Meneﬁ eld and Sheila Williams’ “Fierce” and Gregory Spears and Tracy K. Smith’s “Castor and Patience,” which were part of the original 2020 season and rescheduled for this summer. “Both of the works are very intimate,” said Mirageas. “I fear that they would be swamped by the enormity of the outdoor space. So we decided it was best to reschedule them again.” “Fierce” is now scheduled for the fall of 2021, while “Castor and Patience” will premiere during the 2022 summer festival. Tickets for the festival are $15-$50. Current subscribers will be contacted about options in April. Single tickets will go on sale to the general public on June 7. For more information, go to cincinnatiopera.org.

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What a diff erence a few weeks can make. On Feb. 25, the Cincinnati Opera summer season was uncertain, at best. They couldn’t tell us where they would perform. Or when. Or what operas they might stage. All they knew for sure is that the season would be presented outside. Under current pandemic-related guidelines, Music Hall simply couldn’t accommodate enough patrons. The suspense is over. On March 31, the Cincinnati Opera announced that its “reimagined” 2021 Summer Festival will take place July 11-31, utilizing a sprawling stage at the base of the 153-foot observation tower in Blue Ash’s Summit Park. They’ll stage three of the most popular works in the opera repertory; “Tosca,” “Carmen” and “The Barber of Seville” – the same three operas that were to have been the centerpieces of the company’s 100th anniversary season in 2020, which was canceled. “Like everybody else, I’d love to be in Music Hall,” said Evans Mirageas, the opera’s artistic director. “But safety has to come fi rst. Besides, what is better than spending a warm summer evening at the park? In a weird way, we’re going back to our roots.” He’s referring to Cincinnati Opera’s early years when the company performed most of its fi rst 50 seasons in a large pavilion at the Cincinnati Zoo. The company’s fi nal performance there was July 24, 1971. There is much that will be familiar about the summer festival. The Cincinnati Opera Chorus and longtime chorus master Henri Venanzi will be there, as will a 40-piece ensemble from the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. There will be major singers, as well, including J’Nai Bridges, Stephen Costello, Ana María Martínez and Morris Robinson, who also serves as Cincinnati Opera’s artistic advisor. But there will be changes. In order to ensure social distancing in the audience, the operas will be just 90 minutes long with no intermissions. Having no intermission means that people have fewer opportunities to encroach on others’ spaces. And though there will be the usual complement of costumes and stage lighting, there will be none of the

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One of American opera’s rapidly rising stars, J’Nai Bridges will sing the title role in Cincinnati Opera’s 2021 production of "Carmen." DARIO ACOSTA

lavish stage sets that are a hallmark of large operas. For some purists, that might be a deal-breaker. But Mirageas urges the naysayers to have patience. “Opera is all about storytelling. So while we may tell our stories through a diﬀ erent lens, the stories will be there. And the grand music. I guarantee that you’ll be able to hum all your favorite tunes. Also, there will be no cicadas. We studied the situation. From what we can tell, they should all be gone by June 2025.” Before deciding on Summit Park, the opera considered several large spaces in Greater Cincinnati, including the Cincinnati Zoo and Stargel Stadium at Taft High School. “The opera reached out to our city manager David Waltz sometime in the middle of January,” said Blue Ash Recreation Superintendent Dan Guthrie. “We knew they were considering other places. And we did have some complications.” If, for instance, Blue Ash hosts a July

4 gathering as they have in the past, that would leave the opera just one week before its opening night. “But in the end, we were able to fi nd solutions to those complications,” said Guthrie. Summit has an abundance of space for patrons – as many as 1,500 people per performance – lots of nearby parking and ready access to the area interstates. I-75 is just a mile east and I-275 is two and a half miles north. The audience will be seated on the three-acre Great Lawn, which has already been marked off into 10-foot squares – “pods” – where as many as four patrons can be seated. In some ways, “Summer at Summit,” as the opera is calling the festival, features the best of two worlds. It is topfl ight grand opera. But at the same time, audience members are free to spread their blankets and set up their folding chairs and enjoy a picnic in the park. The only notable victims of the outdoor season are the world premiere pro-

The festival opens with a free, family-friendly concert called “Opera in the Park.” It takes place at 7:30 p.m. on July 11 and includes selections from opera and musical theater performed by various summer festival performers along with the Cincinnati Opera Chorus and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

“Carmen” July 17, July 22, July 26, July 30 With J’Nai Bridges* (Carmen), Stephen Costello (Don Jose), Janai Brugger (Micaëla), Christian Pursell (Escamillo), Burak Bilgili (Zuniga), Victor Ryan Robertson (El Remendado) and Thomas Dreeze (El Dancaïro)

“Tosca” July 23, July 27, July 31 Ana María Martínez* (Floria Tosca), Russell Thomas (Mario Cavaradossi), Quinn Kelsey* (Baron Scarpia), Michael Sumuel (Cesare Angelotti) and Julius Ahn (Spoletta).

“The Barber of Seville” July 24, July 29 Rihab Chaieb (Rosina), Aaron Blake (Count Almaviva), Chris Kenney* (Figaro), Reginald Smith Jr. (Doctor Bartolo), Morris Robinson (Don Basilio) and Wendy Hill (Berta). *Cincinnati Opera debut

SCHOOL NEWS Three NWLSD students nominated for the AJC Award Northwest Local School District is proud to announce that three high school students, Hebron Guara (Colerain, senior); Lindsey Rohrig (Northwest, junior); and Michelle Mancini (Northwest, senior), have been nominated for the AJC Cincinnati Simon Lazarus, Jr., Human Relations Award. The Lazarus Awards honor outstanding student volunteers of all faiths who have demonstrated a passion for making their community a better place in which to live. Nominations for this prestigious award have been submitted from dozens of public and private high schools throughout Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. In April, one junior winner, four junior fi nalists, one senior winner and four senior fi nalists will be awarded cash prizes and recognized for their exemplary volunteer accomplishments at the virtual Simon Lazarus, Jr., Human Relations Awards Ceremony. All student nominees will receive a book and certifi cate in recognition of their achievement. Schools that made nominations will also receive a copy of the same book for their libraries, inscribed with the names of their nominees. Lyndsey Creecy, North-

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Northwest Local School District receives Ohio Auditor of State Award Northwest Local School District received the Ohio Auditor of State Award with Distinction for the 2020 school year. This award recognizes the hard work of ﬁ scal ofﬁ ces to keep clean, accurate and transparent records. Lyndsey Creecy, Northwest Local School District

Cincinnati 8th grader recites and awe-insPIring 2,345 digits of Pi in 15 minutes St. Ignatius of Loyola eighth-grader Kyle Goertemoeller, recited 2,345 digits of Pi in 15 minutes on Pi celebration day at St. Ignatius. This year the event was held on March 15 the day after the oﬃ cial Pi day of March 14. St. Ignatius has a yearly Pi memorization contest, which Kyle has participated in every year and has been incrementally adding digits. He currently holds the school record and and is registering for the Pi World Ranking List. With current standings this puts him 82nd in the World and 23rd in the USA. Kyle has participated in the annual Mathcounts and Mathbowl

Cincinnati eighth-grader Kyle recites 2,345 digits of Pi in 15 minutes. PROVIDED

competions over the years and will be attending St. Xavier high school in fall 2021. Sheila Goertemoeller

Making sure no Oak Hills student goes hungry For the last two years, roughly ﬁ ve dozen Delhi Township children haven’t had to spend their weekends wondering if they would have enough to eat. On Fridays, they leave Delshire Elementary School with a Power Pack containing healthy food choices like pasta meals, whole-grain cereal, fruit

and vegetable juices and sunfl ower seeds. With little fanfare and no bureaucracy, our community has provided 4,000 of these no-nonsense meals. It’s hard for most people to imagine what a difference it makes -- physically, emotionally and even academically -- to be able to open a cupboard and fi nd something there to eat. But it’s not hard for me to imagine. After losing my father at a young age in an automobile accident, my family struggled to make ends meet, especially during the holidays. We were blessed to receive support from wonderful organizations like the Kiwanis, Fernside Center For Grieving Children and local businesses. Now, because of the economic downturn caused by the pandemic, a whole new group of local families is struggling with simple life necessities, including consistently having enough to eat. As a husband, father and Delhi Township business owner – and a kid who experienced the issues many of our families are going through – I am not willing to see that happen. With very little eff ort and no drama, our community can make sure these children are fed. In 2018 the non-profi t organization I’m a part of – Kids and Community Food Collaborative –raised enough money to

fund the Delshire students for three years. That funding runs out in March. Our goal now is to provide Power Packs for the 400 students in need across the Oak Hills Local School District, for the next three years. For $250, an organization, family or individual can feed a child for an entire year. Being hungry isn’t a failing. It also isn’t a necessity. Please join other local businesses, community groups and residents in meeting a crucial

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BY OLIVIA MITRA FRAMKE / EDITED BY WILL SHORTZ

60 Hit movie released as ‘‘Vaselina’’ in Mexico 1 Pest-control product 62 Husk-wrapped dish 5 Luggage label 10 Color effect in graphic 65 Colorful tropical fish design 66 Song standard on ‘‘Barbra Streisand’s 18 Video-game princess Greatest Hits’’ of the Kingdom of Hyrule 71 Saturn 19 Writer Zora ____ 72 With 11-Down, hit Hurston 2001 film with an ‘‘!’’ 20 Take part in a D.&D. in its title campaign, e.g. 73 Stirred up 21 Brand of fruity hard 74 Cold shower? candy 75 Muralist ____ 23 Personae non gratae Clemente Orozco 24 Uranus 76 2021 Super Bowl 25 ‘‘Arrivederci!’’ champs 26 Jerks 80 Boy, in Barcelona 27 ‘‘____ to differ!’’ 81 Animated character who wears a red 28 One taking the long shirt and no pants view? 31 Tarot-deck character 82 Time before computers, 35 Some surgical tools facetiously 38 ‘‘Unit’’ of fun 85 Fleet runner: Abbr. 39 All-star duo? 86 One feature of a 40 Comfort in not perfect nanny, in knowing, say a ‘‘Mary Poppins’’ 47 Request song 50 Jupiter 91 Mars 51 Ships passing in the 92 Hesitate in speaking night? 93 More inquisitive 52 Sch. on the Rio 98 Jaded sort Grande 99 Solo flier? 54 Hollers 55 Like some parties and 105 Prefix meaning ‘‘both’’ flowers 106 Welled (up) 56 ‘‘Back to the Future’’ antagonist 108 Like people who are much looked up to Online subscriptions: Today’s 109 Insurance-fraud ploy puzzle and more 110 Determiner of than 4,000 past puzzles, cannabis legality, nytimes.com/crosswords ($39.95 a year). e.g.

Olivia Mitra Framke, of Jersey City, N.J., is an academic adviser at the New School’s College of Performing Arts in Manhattan. She started solving crosswords during college — but not at college. Her dad would hoard New York Times Magazines, and the two of them would solve together when she returned home. This is Olivia’s ninth crossword for The Times, and her fourth Sunday. — W.S.

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Reds, Eric Davis calling all kids to sign up for baseball, softball Submitted by Brendan Hader Cincinnati Reds

The Cincinnati Reds teamed up with Reds Hall of Famer and 1990 World Series champion Eric Davis to launch a new youth baseball and softball campaign in Greater Cincinnati. The goal is to encourage participation Davis in recreational youth baseball and softball leagues that will provide children with a fun, safe activity for the spring and summer. The Reds have identiﬁ ed organizations across the Tristate through which parents can sign up their kids for leagues close to their

Reds Hall of Famer Eric Davis is encouraging participation in recreational youth baseball and softball leagues. PROVIDED

neighborhood. “The Reds are committed to providing opportunities for children in all communities to connect with baseball and softball,” said Charley Frank, executive director of the Reds Community Fund. “We work with over 60 youth baseball and softball organizations across the region and want to make it easy for parents to ﬁ nd a team for their kids.” Parents can register their children at reds.com/signup, and the Reds Community Fund will provide recommendations for leagues in their area. Davis has long had a passion for getting more kids interested in the game. When he received word of what the Reds were working on, he

was eager to help. And he was a perfect ﬁ t. As a member of the Reds, Davis was a three-time Gold Glove outﬁ elder, two-time Silver Slugger and two-time All-Star. Today, Davis is a Cincinnati legend and remains an active and important part of the Reds organization, serving as a Special Assistant, Player Performance for Reds Player Development. But even before all the accolades, Davis was just a kid who loved sports, especially baseball. “I love the wholesomeness of playing baseball,” he said. “Baseball highlights your talents as an individual; it’s all you,” Davis said. “But there is also an important team element.

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Information provided by Hamilton County Auditor Dusty Rhodes

6857 Hillary Dr: Black Dog Development Properties LLC to Hardy Briana L; $172,000 7243 Creekview Dr: Swormstedt Tedd to Carney Erin E; $55,000 7415 Locust View Ln: Shultz Michael S & Sara J to Shultz Michael S & Sara J; $255,521 7581 Colerain Ave: Djw Holdings LLC to Peak One Holdings LLC; $248,000 8265 Georgianna Dr: Goldsmith Antonio to Hardwick Anthony; $138,000

Colerain Township 10139 Windswept Ln: Mcelligott Kimberly to Ventures Real Estate Group LLC; $70,000 10230 Roppelt Rd: Whaley Gretchen & Thomas to Heidorn Steven P; $94,000 11599 Kettering Dr: Hofstetter Joseph D to E & C Buildings Inc; $111,000 12007 East Miami River Rd: Naegele George O Tr to Hofer Brian & Jennifer L; $150,000 3008 Aries Ct: Ringo Teresa J to Givens Amber J; $135,000 3012 Overdale Dr: Jacobs Martin L & Darlene Reeves to Hill Carlos Dwight Sr; $158,000 3051 Shadycrest Dr: Sph Property One LLC to Pellman William Tr; $140,000 3259 Crest Rd: Hawley Arthur E & Susan M to Ferrigno Nicholas & Sheri Chapman; $275,000 3411 February Dr: Watson Deandre Sr & Benita G to Gray Erika P & Dorian W Ii; $228,500 3735 Galbraith Rd: Harkins Robbin L & Vicki L Daniel to Daniel Vicki L; $85,000 3780 Philnoll Dr: Doerger Andrew C & Julie M to Lindeman Morgan Emily & Anthony Zeek; $320,000 3781 Susanna Dr: Perc Properties LLC to Zheng Jie; $132,000 3950 Olde Savannah Dr: Terry Clinton W & Marsha E to Hyatt Sarah; $155,000 3960 Olde Savannah Dr: Bonno Anthony & Diane J to Enneking Nicole T; $156,000 4151 Philnoll Dr: Scharold Theresa M Tr & Michael W Welsh Tr to Moffett Ashley Victoria &; $257,000 5012 Pebblevalley Dr: Marlette Marilyn to Budke Jeff M & Stefanie A; $285,000

College Hill 1158 Groesbeck Rd: Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC to Hackdogs Properties LLC; $83,750 1275 Amberwood Ct: Altimari Barbara @ 5 to Schiele Donald E; $121,455 1522 Reid Ave: Dunwoodie Properties LLC to Mcclain Joshua David & Margaret Kate; $176,000 1537 Marlowe Ave: Thomas Andrea D to Mrpc Kort LLC; $68,000 5927 Cary Ave: Stenberg Ryan & Aleksandr Ventushko to Lei Yuetong; $220,000 6513 Meadowvista Ct: Turner Terrance A to Taylor Nicholas; $138,000

Forest Park 11135 Hanover Rd: Richburg Amy to Fambro Antuan & Shimara Lashawn; $220,000 11443 Islandale Dr: Sprinkle Zachariah A to Collins Mathew & Erika Marie; $237,000 11690 Elkwood Dr: Tran Thuy to Edwards Demetrius Sr; $183,000 11898 Helmsburg Ct: Lewis Theodore to Thiaw Faty & Saidou Ndiaye; $261,500 633 Northland Bv: Bank One Cincinnati Na to Cd Dg Forest Park LLC; $289,900 783 Kemper Rd: Rayburn John M & Madeline L Roschke to Sergent Courtney; $133,000

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862 Glasgow Dr: Parks Thomas to Vb One LLC; $99,100 984 Halesworth Dr: Schroer Helen R to Schroer Karen; $90,000

Glendale 6 Rogan Dr: Hesse Edward W Tr to Meyer Kenneth H & Barbara O; $588,000

Green Township Jessup Rd: Montgomery Delon to Burks James H & Shannon V Benion-burks; $287,370 1641 Pasadena Ave: Cush-n-crew to Burnett Group LLC; $131,000 2352 Madonna Dr: Herr Jonathan to Johnson Scott T & Heather L; $215,000 2867 Springwood Ct: Sanborn Jeff @3 to Vasilliou Loannis; $125,000 2961 Jessup Rd: Montgomery Delon to Burks James H & Shannon V Benion-burks; $287,370 2992 Gilligan Ave: Ramsey Ann Marie Tr to King Weil Glen LLC; $185,500 3120 Jessup Rd: Waldron Julie B & Matthew W to Jaspers Edward R II; $183,000 3123 Parkhill Dr: Chaille Christine L to Peracchio Joy Lynn & ; $325,000 3183 Blue Rock Rd: Elliott Michael to Stanley Joshua & Jody M Meyer; $247,500 3268 Blue Rock Rd: Binzer Raymond H to Allen Jennifer; $210,000 3276 Blue Rock Rd: Powers Eric Thomas to Singler Tawnya L; $166,900 3280 Jessup Rd: Lindeman Morgan E to Kb Rentals Of Cincinnati LLC; $129,900 3391 Glenmont Ln: Crosby Json A & August K to Weed Nicholas W & Cacey Miles; $160,000 3436 Jessup Rd: Breslin Michael S to Craftsman Properties LLC; $106,200 3662 Jessup Rd: Loudenback Cory M to Eckstein Tyler M & Erin P Helmers; $157,500 3675 Rackacres Dr: Razo Ismael Rocha & Brian S Reinhart to Razo Ismael Rocha; $125,000 3850 Jessup Rd: 3850 Jessup Road Properties LLC to Micb Property LLC; $135,000 3943 School Section Rd: Scalf Tina M to Margraff Thomas E & Thomas M; $87,500 3947 Biehl Ave: Correll Home Remodeling LLC to Owens Michael & Tiarra Areyonna Comer; $225,000 3969 Ridgecombe Dr: Siglock Marc E @3 to Siglock Steven G; $96,200 4410 North Bend Rd: Krumpelbeck Kenneth W to Burnett Group LLC; $105,000 4520 Ruebel Pl: Boehringer Jennifer M to Reeves Charles; $120,000

5159 Sidney Rd: Tri State Homes LLC to Violin Ethan; $169,000 5364 Orchard Creek Ct: Guenther David R & Carolyn Sue to Smart Modern Homes Inc; $155,100 5533 Clearview Ave: Weddington Stacey A to A P Hill Properties LLC; $93,675 5596 Boomer Rd: Ries Diane M & Thomas J to Evans Crystal L & Dan R; $380,000 5612 Klausridge Ct: Doran David to Delaet Tyler J; $265,000 5620 Pattie Ct: Knebel Michael A & Peggy A to Hungler Kathleen Nicole; $225,000 6071 Benken Ln: Gentile I Nicolette M & Bryan to Noble Kevin Patrick & Roger Charles; $113,000 6080 West Fork Rd: Ckk Properties LLC to Glascock Linda A; $185,000 6308 Harrison Ave: Jca Properties LLC to Belclare Properties LLC; $450,000 6372 Harrison Ave: Jca Properties LLC to Belclare Properties LLC; $450,000 6585 Chesapeake Run: Kornau Joseph P to Kornau Elizabeth Beucler; $132,000 6782 Harrison Ave: Macdonald Amy L to Ch Select Properties LLC; $23,000 8058 Bridge Point Dr: Ostendorf Paul G to Rudolph Jamilynn T & Kyle D Rudolph; $289,000 8220 Bridge Point Dr: Youngblood Cameron S to Small Leonard Jr; $153,900

Greenhills 64 Junefield Ave: Hullinger Brandi to Gearhardt Michael S; $175,000 809 Carini Ln: Ellis Michael S & Robin to Sholl Luke; $223,000

Lincoln Heights 989 Simmons Ave: Sudden Change LLC to Brown Bryan Sr &; $14,990

Lockland Herbert Ave: Westview Development LLC to Cristo Homes Inc; $40,000 Herbert Ave: Parkland Homes Inc to Cristo Homes; $40,000 300 Arlington Ave: 300 Arlington LLC to Vb One LLC; $68,125 402 Herbert Ave: Lee Kelli M to Seeger Benjamin J; $166,500 632 Maple St: Ccc Captial Partners LLC to As Capital LLLC; $45,000 632 Maple St: Barnes Gerard H to Ccc Captial Partners LLC; $40,000 634 Maple St: Ccc Captial Partners LLC to As Capital LLLC; $45,000 634 Maple St: Barnes Gerard H to Ccc Captial Partners LLC; $40,000

Mount Airy 2476 Kipling Ave: Chaffin Lori A to Westmark Prop-

erties LLC; $81,000 2536 Flanigan Ct: Nnadi Chioma Claire to Sundwall Gary; $215,100

Mount Healthy 1449 Adams Rd: Aci Properties LLC to Wright Ysabel Jk; $180,000

North College Hill 1719 Dallas Ave: Rehab Production Management Inc to Quintana Jo Ann; $138,900 1815 Emerson Ave: Cucchetti Alan P & Katherine E to Global Vision Property Development LLC; $80,000 1834 Goodman Ave: Paige Marlena E to Jewell Ebony M; $96,000 1842 Bising Ave: Kemper James J to Davis Dwayne; $50,000 6487 Simpson Ave: Duskin Properties LLC to Vb One LLC; $58,700 6570 Baywood Ln: Duncan Corri to White Jennifer; $260,000 6708 Park Pl: Nyfam LLC to Deloatch India; $110,000 6801 Betts Ave: Krampetz David & Nancy to Vb One LLC; $78,660 6832 Tarawa Dr: Jansing Edward F to Lmcf 9 LLC; $70,000 6836 Grace Ave: Clark David E to River Roads Rentals LLC; $23,000 8364 Bobolink Dr: Grimm Terry C & Nancy J to Brantley Yvonne C; $166,900

Reading 122 Willow St: Aoyama Inc to Jdc Tonto Project LLC; $385,000 219 Columbia Ave: Aildasani Johnny to Reynoso Diana Lizeth Barrios; $33,000 2281 Galbraith Rd: Olga Gorshkova LLC to Hanit Properties LLC; $53,727 2577 Kathwood Cr: Emerson Jesse D Tr & Dortha A Tr to Rp2ham LLC; $143,000 422 Pike St: Toms Brandon to Feld Clare; $110,500 8408 Ridge Pointe Ct: Luebbe-kemen Kathy to Kemen John F & Jonathan D Heikreiter; $139,000

Sharonville 31 Dexter Park Bv: Haines Mary G to Howard Sheila R & Gary J; $235,000 5285 Barony Pl: Patterson Clifford Jr to Lange Scott M; $219,900

Spring Grove Village 544 Burr Oak St: Needham Suzanne V to Burkey Christopher Shanti & Gabriela; $100,000

Springdale 11638 Kenn Rd: Browning Jessica Lynn to Oaks Property Group LLC; $110,000 11832 Van Cleve Ave: Van Cleve Real Estate LLC to Oaks Property Group LLC; $116,500

12185 Springfield Pk: M J M T Inc to Hark Investments LLC; $1,175,000

Springfield Township 10032 Winlake Dr: Jaffe Dawn Wilkinson Tr to Hutchins John W & Antoinette L; $28,000 10093 Mill Rd: Mathews Jermaine & Ryan Williams to Gervacio Felix; $45,000 1273 Aldrich Ave: Neumann Brothers LLC to Sfr3 020 LLC; $72,000 1306 Madeleine Cr: Willis Realty LLC to Briskman Real Estate LLC; $74,998 1503 Forester Dr: Sph Property One LLC to Andrews Raymond & Yvette; $207,000 1549 Meredith Dr: Mincy Edwin J to Idealogiz Group LLC; $25,000 1559 Meredith Dr: Chance Gary to Ice Mike's LLC; $11,000 1579 Meredith Dr: Jr Property Design LLC to Oren Z Properties LLC; $20,000 1818 Mistyhill Dr: Loren Real Estate LLC to Ortiz Rigoberto; $79,000 1969 Broadhurst Ave: Dahall Tika R @3 to Dahal Tika R & Hari Acharya; $182,000 2028 Highland Ave: Lds LLC to Nolen Lalita; $133,000 2030 Highland Ave: Lds LLC to Nolen Lalita; $133,000 7972 Burgundy Ln: Woodward Corey to Gao Rong & Siwei; $179,500 8846 Desoto Dr: Stewart Anne Jean to Rjl Enterprises LLC; $32,150

St. Bernard 40 Mitchell Ave: Miller Tod to New Home LLC; $110,000 4431 Tower Ave: Ex Home Buyerz LLC to Frazier Tristin G & Stephanie M; $163,000 46 Mitchell Ave: Chatfield Mary Beth & Brien J to Shields Sean; $179,900 4806 Chalet Dr: Sandefer Mark Gregory to Redmond Cassandra Dallas & ; $45,500 4815 Greenlee Ave: Teeperry Property Investments LLC to Finn Bowling Investments LLC; $125,000 4908 Chalet Dr: Burton Kelvey A to Ice Mike's LLC; $25,000

Wyoming 1054 Burns Ave: Rash Timothy Scott to Young Carrick & Soli Cayetano; $150,000 27 Sherry Rd: Kahn Susan F & Philip M to Fee Traci; $231,000 36 Charlotte Ave: Barry Timothy L to Kinnison Tim & Peter M Messerle; $171,000 400 Springfield Pk: 400 Springfield Pike LLC to Embark South LLC; $850,000

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