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Mom: Catholic school system banished ﬁ fth grader to punish parents Max Londberg Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

The day she learned she couldn’t return to school, a former Cincinnati Catholic student called her best friend. The fi fth grader started crying on the line, trying in vain to grasp why this was happening. The girl’s departure from St. Aloysius Gonzaga School in Green Township came in November, when school offi cials banished her. The family believes the decision had nothing to do with the 11-year-old girl but served instead to punish her parents. In the months that followed, Guadalupe “Lupe” Lopez-Santini tried to re-enroll her daughter in four other schools within the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. None accepted the student, who earned an A+ in each academic class this school year at St. Aloysius. She believes St. Aloysius offi cials maligned her family to block her daughter from continuing her Catholic education elsewhere. She documented her communication with the schools, sharing dozens of pages of emails, letters and notes with The Enquirer. “We are being blacklisted,” she said. She grew up Catholic, and her daughter, whom she didn’t wish to be named for this story, enjoyed her religious classes when she was able to attend them. Her daughter, who for the past six months has been home-schooled by her grandmother, told The Enquirer that she enjoyed spending time with her school friends and yearns for the academic guidance of teachers.

Susan Upton-Farley became mayor of Woodlawn in 1992 and served the village for nearly 20 years. PROVIDED/TRACEY ARTIS

‘She was a lady of class and dignity’

Former Woodlawn mayor Susan Upton-Farley dies at 78 Madeline Mitchell Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Driving down Reed Hartman Highway and onto Glendale Milford Road on Wednesday, April 29 – nearly a week after the death of her mother – Tracey Artis smiled. “The very road that I am riding on is the fruit of my mother’s labor,” Artis said she thought. The road – which runs through Evendale, Woodlawn and Blue Ash – was always ﬂ ooded when it was just two lanes, Artis said. Her mother, Susan Upton-Farley, worked with Todd Portune to get funding and widen the road, as mayor of Woodlawn. It’s an example of the countless ways Upton-Farley took care of her community. Artis says her mother was loyal to Woodlawn; her parents moved there in 1945 and she grew up there, stayed until she got married and returned to her parents’ house after a divorce. She died in the house she grew up in on April 23, at age 78. Upton-Farley was loving and dedicated to her church. She loved nice dresses and high heels, and ran a boutique out of her basement for a while. She was a crafter. She taught her children how to play Scrabble and encouraged them to watch “Jeopardy!” She was diplomatic and a “straight shooter,” always saying what she meant. Artis said it was an honor to be her daughter: “She was a lady of class and dignity.”

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Lupe Lopez-Santini embraces her 11-year-old daughter, who was forced to leave St. Aloysius Gonzaga, a Catholic school in Green Township under questionable circumstances, Lopez-Santini says. MEG VOGEL/ THE ENQUIRER

“My brother, Dwight, came home one day and said something happened with who was going to coach his little league team, baseball. He was 11 at the time. And my mother said, ‘Don’t get down about it, I’ll coach the team.’” Tracey Artis

Susan Upton-Farley’s daughter

Susan Upton-Farley encouraged her children to "build a village," her daughter, Tracey Artis, said. Susan made friends everywhere she went, but her home was always in Woodlawn. PROVIDED/TRACEY ARTIS

All six of her children can cook because of the years they spent watching Upton-Farley make meals from scratch, Artis said. She would whip up homemade syrup with vanilla, butter and sugar, and loved fruits and vegetables. Artis said Upton-Farley “immersed herself ” in her children’s lives. “My brother, Dwight, came home one day and said something happened with who was going to coach his little league

team, baseball,” Artis said. “He was 11 at the time. And my mother said, ‘Don’t get down about it, I’ll coach the team.’ ” The next day after work, Artis said, her mother changed and went out to the fi eld for practice. Upton-Farley became mayor of Woodlawn in 1992 and retired early from Procter and Gamble in 1995. She took time off from being mayor between 2004 and 2012, only to return and stay through December 2019. At her last council meeting on Dec. 17, she found out that a street would be named in her honor. Driving along Susan Upton Farley Way you will fi nd Mount Zion Woodlawn Baptist Church and the Woodlawn municipal building. See UPTON-FARLEY, Page 2A

46th annual Panegyri Greek Festival canceled, to resume in June 2021 Madeline Mitchell Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

The 46th Annual Panegyri Greek Festival, scheduled for June 26-28, has been canceled, oﬃ cials said. Ever since 1975, the Holy Trinity-St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Finneytown has hosted the beloved Cincinnati festival in a lively celebration of Greek food and dance. The Panegyri

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Greek Festival was voted No. 1 Church Festival by CityBeat readers for eight years straight, according to the website. Parish leadership decided to cancel this year’s Panegyri Greek Festival due to concerns surrounding the new coronavirus pandemic. “Our number one priority is the safety of our patrons and volunteers,” the release states. Oﬃ cials say the festival will resume in June 2021.

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“She didn’t feel like you should live somewhere and you didn’t know the people in your community and you didn’t serve the people in your community,” Artis said. During her eight years away from mayoral duties, Upton-Farley delivered meals on wheels and served on the Alzheimer’s Association board. Upton-Farley loved to travel, Artis said. She would bring a Woodlawn ﬂ ag everywhere she went, including to a school she helped build in South Africa. There is a ﬂ ag in her home now, signed by Jimmy Carter. Upton-Farley worked on both Bill Clinton’s and Barack Obama’s presidential campaigns, and was invited

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But now the girl isn’t so sure she even wants to return to a similar school. “I want to be in a Catholic school because of my faith,” she said, “but I’m just almost afraid of a situation like this happening again.”

‘Not a good fi t for your family’ St. Aloysius Principal Sandra Staud and Rev. Michael Hay dismissed the student late last year in a two-sentence letter, which was shared with The Enquirer. Citing discussions with school staff and families, they wrote that St. Aloysius was “not a good fi t for your family” and wasn’t “adequately meeting the emotional and academic needs” of the fi fth grader. Lopez-Santini’s daughter had earned straight A’s, according to a report card shared with The Enquirer. The family was also told to stop attending church, according to LopezSantini. A spokesperson for the archdiocese said all are welcome to worship and no restrictions on church attendance exist. Lopez-Santini said something unrelated to her daughter’s conduct or needs spurred her dismissal. She and the girl’s grandmother, Beth Mehran, separately said they were told by Hay that other parents were uncomfortable with their “family’s situation.” Lopez-Santini referenced the remark in a letter to the archdiocese in November, which was later shared with The Enquirer. Confusion ensued. Lopez-Santini said she asked Hay for an opportunity to respond to the criticisms, which were unknown to her, but was told she couldn’t. The archdiocese did not grant her request for intervention. So she was left to replay interactions from the past, trying to understand the rationale. She recalled how, as treasurer for the parent-teacher organization, she once sought fi nancial records for a fundraising event. She reviewed emails she sent in September about a confl ict between her daughter and another student. She wondered if it had to do with her marital status. She and her daughter’s father are divorced. But “there are other families that are divorced at St. Aloysius,” she said. “I happen to be the only Hispanic from Mexico.” Lopez-Santini became a U.S. citizen

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to both of their inaugurations. A proud Princeton High School graduate, Upton-Farley was designated a distinguished alumni in 2013 and was the grand marshal for the school’s homecoming parade just last year. Her four sons and two daughters also went to Princeton High School, two of which have since also been honored as distinguished alumni. Upton-Farley leaves behind her six children: Craig, William, Dwight, Mark, Alyson and Tracey; and 15 grandchildren. She is survived by four sisters: Etta Hampton, Dean Sheard, Deborah Rhodes and Natalie Gail Maxberry, according to Thompson, Hall & Jordan Funeral Homes. “If she wasn’t my mother, she would have been my friend,” Artis said. “I’m just positive, had we met outside of her being my mother that our hearts would have connected.”

in 2007 after immigrating from her native Mexico. In a statement emailed to The Enquirer, archdiocese spokesperson Jennifer Schack wrote: “There is a vibrant and rapidly growing community of Hispanic Catholics throughout the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, who are treasured and respected members of the Church, as are all the faithful, regardless of their race or state of life. All people without exception are called by God to lives of holiness in His Church, and so all people are welcome in the parishes and schools of the Archdiocese.” Staud did not respond to requests for comment. After The Enquirer sought an interview with Staud, Schack responded and said she handles all media inquiries for the archdiocese. After initially declining to discuss the student or factors leading to her expulsion from the school, Schack later sent the following statement: “The Archdiocese of Cincinnati and its affi liated schools do not comment on private school matters concerning their students. However, when adult members of the community publicly act in an aggressive, threatening, and physically intimidating manner towards school and parish leaders, repeatedly, as was the case here, the Archdiocese takes such conduct seriously. And schools, like St. Aloysius here, will take action.” In the subsequent months after her daughter was banned, Lopez-Santini tried in vain to fi nd a welcoming Catholic school in which to re-enroll her daughter. In February, she received what she viewed as confi rmation that her daughter had done nothing wrong and was being punished unfairly. That month, St. Antoninus, another Catholic school within the archdiocese, rejected her daughter. “Due to a number of negative references from various parishes and schools, we are unable to accept your registration,” wrote Rev. Ronald Haft and Principal Shelly Kahny, in a letter shared with The Enquirer. “This fi nal decision is not a result of (your daughter’s) academic record, rather from multiple negative references and experiences with the adults connected to (her).” The family believes St. Aloysius offi cials had cast aspersions on their name, resulting in the letter. When the girl’s stepdad sent an email earlier this month to the principal of St. Catharine of Siena, he receive an unexpected response from Staud, the St. Aloysius principal. She replied to his email but addressed it to “Jerry,” indicating that the St. Catharine principal, Jerry Metz, had forwarded the family’s

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Susan Upton-Farley was the mother of six children: Craig, William, Dwight, Mark, Alyson and Tracey. PROVIDED/TRACEY ARTIS

original inquiry to Staud, who then inadvertently sent her response to the family. “This is the family that has caused so many issues for me,” Staud wrote, according to the email shared with The Enquirer. “... Beware that’s all I can say. You do what you want, but be careful.” St. Catharine oﬃ cials ultimately did not allow the girl to enroll. Metz, when reached by phone, said he had no comment. Schack did not directly answer some of the questions posed by The Enquirer, including one about whether Catholic schoolchildren could be punished for their parents’ actions. “Each of the schools in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati has its own administration that makes decisions about admission policies at that school,” she wrote. Schack said that in general, many reasons can result in a student becoming “unenrolled.” She pointed to a section of the St. Aloysius handbook about “parent cooperation as a condition of enrollment.” “The education of a student is a partnership between the parents and the school,” the handbook states. And school administrators can withdraw a student if the “partnership is irretrievably broken.”

‘Hard to practice my faith’ Lopez-Santini persisted, despite a growing feeling that the Catholic school system was working against her. She attended an open house at Our Lady of Lourdes and then tried to schedule a visit to the school for her daughter. In response, a school offi cial wrote in January that “unfortunately at this time our class is fi lled” and that due to a “lack of space, our upcoming testing schedule and construction,” her daughter couldn’t visit the school, according to an email shared with The Enquirer. The offi cial off ered to call the family if a spot opened. Three months later, Lo-

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pez-Santini still hadn’t heard back. Back in November, the family thought they’d found the right school. An Our Lady of Victory offi cial told Lopez-Santini the school had an opening in fi fth grade, so she fi lled out a form with St. Aloysius requesting her daughter’s records be transferred there. The same day, Our Lady of Victory Principal Amy Borgman wrote that the offi cial had been wrong about the opening. “She looks at numbers in the room,” Borgman wrote of the offi cial. “However looking at the class lists and case loads of our current fi fth grade, we are currently not able to accept any new students.” The family tried in January to secure a seat for the fall, but received a similar response from Borgman: “We are not accepting any new students into this grade level.” But Mehran, the girl’s grandmother, sent an email under a fake name to the school about enrolling a fi fth-grade child in the sixth grade in the fall, to which Borgman replied with instructions for registering. “It is a wonderful place and I know you will be very happy!” Borgman wrote, according to the email shared with The Enquirer. No such email with fall registration instructions was sent to Lopez-Santini, she said. Her daughter said she had a diffi cult time explaining to classmates the reason behind her departure from St. Aloysius. “All my friends were asking why I had left. I said I just left because I didn’t like it, it wasn’t a good fi t for me,” the girl said. “They were like, can’t you just come back? And I was like, they won’t let me come back.” Despite it all, she remains steadfast in her faith. “But it’s just almost hard to practice my faith,” she said, “because I can’t go to a Catholic school.” The girl is registered to continue in her home schooling program in the fall.

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Know your numbers with Forest Park WeTHRIVE! team Forest Park Fire Chief Alﬁ e Jones helps out with a Know Your Numbers health screening event at Forest Park Kroger. The Forest Park WeTHRIVE! team offers quarterly blood pressure, blood glucose, and cholesterol tests.

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From the annual summer ﬁ tness series to healthy cooking classes, the Forest Park WeTHRIVE! team is always looking out for the health of their community. Last year, the team began hosting quarterly Know Your Numbers health screening events at the Forest Park Kroger, reaching an average of 40 people each time.

Numbers matter “We want to make sure that our residents know their numbers – blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood glucose,” said Rosalind Moore, a nurse, WeTHRIVE! team member and Forest Park councilmember. These health numbers are key indicators of overall health. “When they’re above normal, Moore you’re at higher risk for heart disease and other health issues,” explained Kim Chelf, health educator with Hamilton County Public Health and a member of Forest Park’s WeTHRIVE! team. “The good thing is that once you know what your numbers are, you can work to control them with diet and exercise.” Everyone who is screened gets a card with their numbers and materials explaining what they mean. “If the numbers are not within normal limits, we recommend that they follow up with their primary care provider,” Moore said. “When people are more informed and have an understanding of their numbers, then they can have those conversations with their physician.” Moore ﬁ nds it encouraging that some people are keeping up with these important health indicators on their own. “When people walk by at Kroger, we’ll ask, ‘do you know your numbers?’ and many people do. So it’s good. They’re going to their physicians and they’re getting it.”

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Store owner Billy Fink pre-measured one-pound packs of the butcher shop’s famous goetta at Bill Finke & Sons Market in Fort Wright, Ky., on Monday. Finke says his meat orders have more than doubled as new and returning customers turn to his local butcher shop for fresh meat they can’t get at supermarkets. PHOTOS BY SAM GREENE/THE ENQUIRER

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Butcher shop sales explode, but supplies getting tight Cameron Knight and Randy Tucker Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Crowded grocery stores were never for everybody, but the outbreak of new coronavirus appears to be driving people back to their local butcher shops and meat markets. Greater Cincinnati shops are reporting retails sales the likes of which they have never seen. And for their businesses, it’s needed. Many butcher shops sell wholesale to restaurants as well as to regular home cooks, and the wholesale market is way down due to the unprecedented closure of restaurant dining rooms. “It’s like Christmas every day,” said Ken Wassler. “The retail has been phenomenal, actually hard to keep up.” Wassler is the current owner of Wassler Meats in Green Township outside Cincinnati. His great grandfather started the business in 1894. Wassler’s sons work at the store make them the ﬁ fth generation to take to the family business.

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“I’ve never seen it like this in my life,” said Wassler, who started working at the shop 40 years ago. And these transactions are happening in the store’s parking lot. The Harrison Avenue store hasn’t allowed any customers inside for about three weeks. Wassler said his customers are telling him they want to avoid crowded grocery stores and lines. For Wassler, though, total money ﬂ ow is still down. He said the increased retail sales are almost making up the drop in wholesale, but not quite. Across the Ohio River in Northern

Workers in the butcher shop ﬁ ll orders for customers at Bill Finke & Sons Market in Fort Wright.

Kentucky, Billy Finke of Finke & Sons meat market in Fort Wright said his shop has been so busy he’s had to hire temporary help just to keep up. “Our business doubles or triples every day,’’ said Finke, who is still allowing customers to come inside. “It’s been crazy.’’ He said he expects “business to be even crazier” over the next several days after poultry manufacturing giant Tyson Foods issued a statement Sunday saying “the food supply chain is breaking” because of plant closures prompted by the ongoing pandemic. “It’s all over the news now, and when people hear that stuﬀ they go crazy,’’ Finke said. “But there’s nothing I can do about that. It is what it is. If we run out, we run out.’’ Finke said he doesn’t buy meat from Tyson, and he’s managed to keep his store well-stocked. But he acknowledged some other suppliers are having trouble ﬁ lling his orders. “I used to be able to call them up and

Customers pack the parking lot in the early afternoon outside of Bill Finke & Sons Market in Fort Wright, Ky., on Monday, April 27.

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get 10 boxes of choice fi llets, now they’ll have four or fi ve,’’ he said. “They just don’t have it like they used to.” Andrew Lange, co-owner of Summit Fine Meats in Anderson Township, said he’s seeing the same trends. “April was the biggest month we’ve had in 10 years as far as sales go, and March will be in the same boat,’’ Lange said. “We sell a lot of Amish chicken, and that has been one of the hardest things for us to get,’’ Lange said. In Milford, Allison Homan, who has owned Lehr’s Prime Market for about seven years, said: “Retail is through the roof. This is a level I’ve never seen. It’s just crazy.” Lehr’s also allows customers to come inside and off ers curbside pick up as well. But while the store can hold 30 cus-

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Local breweries join 700+ worldwide making same recipe to support hospitality workers Matt Koesters Special to Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Chad Powers had big plans for this summer. The owner, head brewer and chief janitor at Narrow Path Brewing Co. in Loveland expected the brewery’s popular taproom and patio to have its busiest year to date, and had about 30 beers made in anticipation. In addition, Powers thought this would be the year of collaboration for the nanobrewery. “We’ve really dialed in our brewing process and we’re making some really good, solid beers,” Powers said, “but not everybody knew that. So I ﬁ gured one of the great ways to let people know was to collaborate with some other breweries.”

Narrow Path was able to team up with College Hill-based Brink for their ﬁ rst and were set to do a release party for the German hefeweizen they made with Newport-based Wooden Cask. “We had a bunch of them planned, and then this coronavirus hit,” Powers said. But adversity created an opportunity – an opportunity to collaborate not just with local breweries, but with more than 700 breweries in 51 countries around the world. Created by New York-based Other Half Brewing Co., All Together is an open-ended beer collaboration meant to raise awareness and provide relief for struggling service industry workers and breweries.

“There is an inextricable link that binds together everyone in the hospitality industry,” Other Half ’s leadership team wrote on the All Together website, alltogether.beer. “Brewers, servers, bartenders, bussers, dishwashers, GMs, buyers, chefs, owners – we are all in this together. In this industry, when one of us struggles, the rest of us pick them up. It's baked into who we are.” The recipe Other Half created for All Together can be made as either a West Coast or New England IPA. The recipe is fairly simple, and the ingredients are generally things any brewery should have on-hand. Other Half has also provided free art for breweries to use. Their only ask: A portion of the proceeds should support hospitality workers.

Narrow Path Brewing Co. in Loveland is joining the All Together beer collaboration. PROVIDED

Breweries around the world are participating in the All Together beer collaboration to support hospitality professionals. PROVIDED

Narrow Path’s three core values are craft, community and cause – the brewery donates a portion of all sales to charity. It only made sense for the brewery to join the All Together eff ort. Narrow Path already has the beer made and on tap, and a portion of proceeds from sales will be donated to the Loveland Legacy Foundation, a foundation created in response to a 2017 fi re that forced businesses to close and displaced residents. “They’ve kept the mission going, and continue to do what they do,” Powers said. “Now they’re reallocating funds to help service industry workers and businesses struggling because of coronavirus.” Narrow Path is a destination brewery, normally relying on pint and fl ight sales. The brewery has pivoted to focusing on growler and crowler sales, Powers says. All Together is no exception. Narrow Path is one of fi ve Greater Cincinnati breweries working on All Together beers, joining Fibonnaci, West Side, Listermann and Streetside (release dates TBA). That’s a perfect combination based on the geography, said Powers, as most Cincinnati beer afi cionados will eventually be able to drive fewer than 15 minutes to get All Together. “For us, it’s about being a part of something,” Powers said. “During a time like this, it helps psychologically to link arms with other people and fi ght for a common cause and work toward something.”

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This Mother’s Day will have special meaning for me, and maybe for you, too. It’s all about wanting to connect while still honoring guidelines for sheltering in place. And herbs play a role here. Early in the day we’ll take my mother’s favorite peppermint and plant it, as we do every year, at the cemetery between her and my dad’s graves. A loving and poignant reminder of her giving me sprigs of the plant so many years ago. So here’s a fun project. How about making personal container herb gardens for those special moms? She can keep them in a container or plant them in the ground. Varieties are endless. Does she love tea? A healing tea herb garden is for her. An adventurous cook? How about a salsa Tex Mex garden? Hot and spicy oregano, cilantro and peppermint come to mind. A Thai herb garden? Try Thai mint, Thai basil and Vietnamese cilantro. You can see where I’m going here. And don’t forget about spa herbs – lovely fragrant herbs for a relaxing bath. I’m sharing a few herbal combos here as a guide. Edible ﬂ owers can be added, along with companion veggies. Be creative! Now, for growing tips, check out my abouteating.com site.

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herbs. Eucalyptus: A few leaves in a hot bath open up sinuses. Lemon balm: A favorite in soaps, this has a clean, lemon aroma. Lavender: A popular aromatherapy plant. So calming. Mint: Invigorating and makes a skin-loving sugar scrub.

Healing tea herbs Not only does tea hydrate, herbal teas have healing properties. A tablespoon of fresh to a cup of boiling water, or a teaspoon of dried, steeped for 3-5 minutes, then strained, will oﬀ er a delicious tea. Sweeten to taste and add lemon if you like. You can always just add a sprig to regular brewed teas, too. Mint: Invigorating, good for digestion. Many varieties. Chamomile and Lavender: Trouble sleeping? Both make lovely, calming teas. Fennel: This licorice ﬂ avored tea warms and soothes. Thyme and sage: Together these are good for upper respiratory health. Stevia: A super sugar substitute. Non caloric and diabetic safe. A little goes a long way.

Simple kitchen herb garden Here’s a few essential herbs. Basil: You can’t go wrong with Sweet or Genovese basil for pestos and everyday cooking. For smaller containers, Globe or Minet grow in a rounded shape, 12” overall. Parsley: So pretty and useful. Italian or curly – you choose. Chives: Both onion and garlic chives are cut and come again several times. Rosemary: The piney ﬂ avor is a favorite. There are upright and smaller, trailing varieties.

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Sports Byron and Joe How Xavier’s radio broadcasters became best friends Adam Baum Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

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World Cup star Rose Lavelle talks soccer, life in Cincinnati James Weber Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Cincinnati’s World Cup soccer star Rose Lavelle is adjusting well to life in her hometown as she is staying at home during the novel coronavirus pandemic. Lavelle is currently in Cincinnati, working out and preparing for her next appearance on the soccer pitch, whenever that may be. She was a virtual lock to play in the Olympics this summer in Tokyo before the Summer Games were moved to July, 2021. Lavelle, a Mount Notre Dame High School and Cincinnati United Premier alum who played at the University of Wisconsin, helped the U.S. Women’s National Team win the World Cup championship in 2019. Her goal in the cup ﬁ nal against the Netherlands clinched the game in a 2-0 win. She was awarded the Bronze Ball as the third-best player in the tournament and was named one of the world’s top 11 players by FIFA. Lavelle recently answered questions from fans during a live session on her Instagram account. The session came as part of a promotion with Chipotle, one of Lavelle’s favorite restaurants. Roughly 2,500 viewers watched the live session. Lavelle said she works out at MND when she’s not practicing her ball skills at home or running in the neighborhood. Lavelle shared some stories with fans about cooking mishaps and fun memo-

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Oct. 17, 2018: USA midfi elder Rose Lavelle takes a shot on goal in the fi rst half of the fi nals of the CONCACAF Women's soccer Championship in Frisco, Texas. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS//RICHARD W. RODRIGUEZ

ries of soccer mishaps and shenanigans with her soccer teammates and shared her thoughts about soccer and life. What she loves most about Cincinnati: “What don’t I love about Cincinnati? I love the food, the ice cream, my

Two Cincinnati-area football recruits named most overlooked Shelby Dermer Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

MaxPreps recently released its list of the most overlooked incoming senior football players in the Midwest, as selected by the coaches. Nearly 30 of the selected players were from Ohio, including two from Greater Cincinnati. Wyoming's Joop Mitchell, a threeyear, two-way starter for the Cowboys, was one of MaxPreps' overlooked wide receivers. After having just six receptions for 100 yards as a sophomore for the statechampion Cowboys in 2018, Mitchell became the top target for Mr. Football and University of Cincinnati commit Evan Prater last season. The junior hauled in 39 receptions for 778 yards (19.9 yards per catch) for seven touchdowns. Mitchell was named ﬁ rst-team Cincinnati Hills League, ﬁ rstteam all-district and special mention All-Ohio. Mitchell set career-highs in Wyoming's season-opener with 155 receiv-

For all its uncertainty, maybe sometimes life does have a plan. Joe Sunderman and Byron Larkin never set out to become radio broadcasters. But they took a chance on an unexpected opportunity, stumbled upon a second career they cherish calling Xavier University’s men’s basketball games, and discovered a priceless friendship along the way. “It was sort of an opportunity that dropped out of the sky for me,” said Sunderman, who graduated from La Salle High School in 1974 and played basketball for the Musketeers from 1974-79. After his sophomore season at Xavier, Sunderman injured his knee and required surgery. “I got the cast from the thigh down to the toes, the whole thing,” said Sunderman. “Missed my junior year because of it.” Sitting and watching practice one day, Sunderman was approached by Bill Meredith, a local sports anchor at WCIN. “He said, ‘You know Elder is playing La Salle at La Salle this coming Friday

ing yards and a pair of touchdowns in a 40-7 win over Columbus Academy. Mitchell was also a starter for Wyoming's basketball team, which went undefeated in the regular season and made a district championship game appearance. Mitchell was listed as a recommended Division I recruit on the gridiron. Mitchell's 247sports proﬁ le lists a slew of schools with interests, including Cincinnati, Miami of Ohio, Notre Dame, Boston College and West Virginia. Another Cincinnati-area recruit on the overlooked side is Talawanda defensive lineman Nathon Detherage. Detherage, a 6-foot-2, 270-pound defensive tackle, anchored Talawanda's defense under Southwest District Division II Coach of the Year Larry Cox last season, helping the Braves improve to 7-3 after winning just two games in 2018. Detherage was also a conference runner-up wrestler and was named ﬁ rstteam SWOC. He is tabbed by Max Preps as a Division II college recruit.

high school, my family. All my aunts and uncles live here so I have a huge family here every time I come home. Part of what makes a place so special is See LAVELLE, Page 2B

Xavier University's radio crew, Byron Larkin and Joe Sunderman photographed on campus Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015, in Cincinnati, Ohio. GARY LANDERS / XAVIER NATION MAGAZINE

Wyoming wide receiver Joop Mitchell makes a leaping catch for a big gain in the OHSAA playoff game between Indian Hill and Wyoming at Princeton High School Nov. 16, 2019. JIM OWENS FOR THE ENQUIRER

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Mount Notre Dame forward Laila Phelia knocks this three-point shot down in the basketball game at Saint Ursula Bulldogs Jan. 7. JIM OWENS/FOR THE ENQUIRER

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Mount Notre Dame junior Laila Phelia is headed north. The Class of 2021 guard recently announced her commitment to the University of Michigan on Twitter. Phelia has been one of the key components to Dr. Scott Rogers' Division I juggernaut in Reading over the past three seasons. As a freshman, Phelia started 24 games and averaged 9.7 points and 4.2 rebounds per contest. As a sophomore, she averaged 8.9 points and ﬁ ve rebounds per game, helping lead the Cougars to their second Division I state championship in three seasons. Phelia bumped her scoring average to double ﬁ gures last season (13.2 points per game) as nationally-ranked

Mount Notre Dame went a perfect 28-0 en route to a regional championship. The reigning-champion Cougars would've been considered the favorite to capture the program's eighth career state crown, but the Final Four was eventually cancelled due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. Phelia is a three-time ﬁ rst-team Girls Greater Catholic League selection and was named honorable mention all-district last month. Michigan has been one of the most successful programs in the Big 10 over the last decade. The Wolverines have won 20-plus games in each of the past eight seasons, the previous seven under current head coach Kim Barnes. Michigan has made the NCAA Tournament three times in that span (2013, 2018, 2019) and won the NIT in 2017.

and I’d like you to come broadcast with me,’” said Sunderman. “My fi rst reaction was I’m not really looking to do that. I wasn’t so sure about it. And he said, ‘Well, I’d really like you to do it, Joe, and I’ll see you there on Friday. Be there at 6:30.’” Sunderman remembered sitting at a table on the stage behind La Salle’s bench. His instructions from Meredith were simple: “I’ll do most of the talking and what I’ll do is I’ll tap on the table when I want you to talk and when it’s time for you to be quiet I’ll tap again,” Sunderman said. “That’s how I got my fi rst taste of it. I went in certainly with apprehension but I knew 10 minutes into it I was enjoying myself.” That’s how Sunderman, now a 30year veteran of the basketball airwaves, started his broadcasting career. Over the next few years, Meredith invited Sunderman back to help call a few more high school games, and in 1980-81, Sunderman landed the color commentator job calling Xavier’s basketball games alongside Bill Sorrell. It’s a post he’s held ever since while also working full-time as a sales rep. After a couple of years on the call, Sunderman, who’s also shared XU’s broadcast booth over the years with Red Pitcher, Dale McMillen and Andy MacWilliams, remembers when he fi rst heard Larkin’s name. “I can tell you I was driving my car on Boudinot Avenue right at the intersection of Montana and on the radio came on: ’Sophomore guard from Moeller High School scores 20-something points,’” said Sunderman. “(Byron) had been called up to varsity. I remember thinking, ‘Man, he should be pretty good, would be great if he played at Xavier someday.” While he was rewriting the record books at Xavier from 1984-88, Larkin and Sunderman’s relationship was not much more than hello and goodbye. “I just knew Joe was this big ole tall dude who used to play at Xavier and was a really nice man,” said Larkin. Eighty-six wins and a school-record 2,696 points later, Larkin headed overseas and played professionally for six years before returning home to Cincinnati after the birth of his oldest daughter and the progression of his fi nancial planning business. Soon enough, Larkin got a call from Joe Fredrick at 700WLW, asking if he would be interested in calling Xavier games. “I said, ’No way,’” Larkin laughed. “I didn’t want to do it.” But, he thought about it. Then slept on it. And the next day he called Fredrick back and told him he was open to it. An audition followed. A TV was set up inside Schmidt Fieldhouse with a tape recorder. Larkin entered to fi nd Sunderman already seated and an empty chair next to him. “This was the fi rst time I had really sat down and talked to Joe,” said Larkin. They watched a taped Xavier basketball game and called 30 minutes of it together.

Joe did the play-by-play and Byron did the color commentary. It’s been that way ever since. Their partnership started offi cially with the 1998-99 season. The fi rst game was a road trip to Butler. They drove together west on Interstate 74 to Hinkle Fieldhouse, unaware that this was the start of a 22-year adventure that would inevitably evolve into a close friendship. Larkin remembered that fi rst game was chaotic, but also fun. Their longtime producer and engineer, Dave ‘Yid’ Armbruster, who’s still with them today at most games, got them set up and connected in time to call a 73-66 win over the Bulldogs. Larkin was confi dent. He knew basketball and he knew he could talk about it, and Sunderman provided a positive presence next to him. “Joe’s advice to me – he was just so super positive and encouraging,” said Larkin. “He was like, ‘B, you’re gonna do great, just be yourself and if I’m not giving you enough time to talk, just hit me.’” “I immediately fell in love with it because I’m doing it for the school I love and I’m doing it with one of the nicest people I’ve ever met,” said Larkin. It also meant being a part of a team again. “I think the attraction was I was part of a team again because when you’re done playing you miss that piece … and the other thing is having a teammate – Joe is my teammate and he makes everything better,” said Larkin. “I still wake up in the morning the day of a game after 22 years of doing this and my fi rst thought when I open my arms is, ‘Yes, we have a game.’” Sometimes the path presents unexpected opportunities. For Sunderman and Larkin, the dream wasn’t broadcasting. But in the end, they took a chance and they ended up together. “I got a great friend out of this whole thing,” said Sunderman, who pointed out the fact that had he not injured his knee this may have never happened. Byron and Joe have a lot in common. They’re both from Cincinnati, both from big families, both played at Xavier by way of the Greater Catholic League South, and both are abundantly kind. “Joe’s so easy to like and easy to love,” said Larkin. “We go on vacations together, we go to our kids’ weddings. I know their grandkids and he’s gonna know mine as soon as mine gets here. “It’s kind of an unexpected thing that I’ve gotten one of my best friends out of this. I like being around good people and Joe is the best person I’ve ever met.” Sunderman paused for a long moment when asked what it means to him that this gave him one of his best friends. “Well, it means a lot,” said Joe. “I don’t know how to express it … it’s a special gift that’s been given to both of us. If you know Byron, you love Byron.” The good news for Xavier fans is Larkin and Sunderman aren’t ready for this ride to end anytime soon. “I look at him sometimes like, ‘Joe, how long you want to do this?’” said Larkin. “And he’ll say, ‘I don’t know, B. How long you want to do this?’ “Until they take the mic out of my dead hands, that is how long I want to do this, and Joe says, ’That sounds like a plan to me.’”

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what people are there and in Cincinnati, I have all the people I love.” Least favorite part about being home during the pandemic: “Running in the neighborhood. I don’t know how people run on concrete. It’s painful and not fun.” On a potential women’s pro franchise in Louisville: “Louisville would be a great place for soccer since there’s not a professional sport there. And they’re an hour and a half away.” On the Olympics being postponed to 2021: “It is disappointing. In the grand scheme of things, it’s not that big of a deal. There are bigger problems. When other things were being canceled, I was realistic about it and expected it. I was just concerned about whether it would be moved or canceled. But on the bright side, it’s still happening (in 2021).” On her favorite 2019 World Cup memories: “The games are the funnest moments because you’re living in the present. (Alyssa Naeher’s penalty-kick save with 12 minutes left in USA’s 2-1 win over England in the semiﬁ nals). Alyssa’s PK save against England was incredible. That was such a cool, fun moment. We were prepared for whatever happened next. She made the save and it was so incredible.” Favorite high school soccer memo-

Rose Lavelle of the US Women’s National Team waves to fans during halftime of the MLS soccer match between FC Cincinnati and DC United on Thursday, July 18, 2019 in Cincinnati. JEFF DEAN/THE ENQUIRER

ries: “My freshman year when we beat Lakota West and they were a two seed and I don’t know if we were a seed. We beat them in the tournament with 25 seconds left. My sister was there and I

got to play with her. The ﬁ tness tests we had to do for three years. Wild obstacle courses. We had a half-hour long obstacle course and it ﬁ nished with a mile run, and 25 sit-ups and 25 push-ups after ev-

ery stop.” If she couldn’t play soccer: “I majored in sociology in college. I don’t know what I would do, be a sociologist. Good thing soccer worked out.”

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COMMUNITY NEWS Rotary matches cookie money in COVID-19 crisis

Scout cookies from local troops through the Girl Scouts of Western Ohio organization. The Rotary Club of Cincinnati is a service and networking organization made up of business and community leaders. Its mission is to provide selﬂ ess service in the community and the world. The club donated $50,000 to St. Vincent de Paul to provide rent and utility assistance and the club’s foundation is providing more than $90,000 in meals for the families of health workers and ﬁ rst responders. Peggy Hodgson, Rotary Club of Cincinnati

The COVID-19 health crisis that is keeping people in their homes is also keeping Girl Scouts from selling cookies. The result is a warehouse stacked with 100,000 boxes of unsold cookies, said Kay Ann Rutter, director of marketing and communications for the Girl Scouts of Western Ohio. Meanwhile, LaSoupe, the non-proﬁ t that rescues excess produce and turns it into meals for food-insecure families, is meeting ever-mounting food needs including helping to replace the free school lunches that low-income children aren’t getting now that school is closed. The Rotary Club of Cincinnati is putting the two needs together with a plan to buy cookies from the scouts and give them to LaSoupe. “We’re inviting the public to join in,” said Rotary Executive Director, Linda Muth. “The Rotary Club of Cincinnati will match every dollar donated by the public, up to $22,000,” she said. The deadline to donate is April 30. “Being able to add Girl Scout cookies to our meals would be fantastic,” said Mimi Dyer of Hyde Park, president of the board of LaSoupe. The project is a win-win-win-win, said Muth, of Anderson Township. The scouts sell the cookies. Those sales support the Girl Scout troops, which serve the community through troop projects and activities. The cookies go to LaSoupe, which will make them available to families through the agen-

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Devon Beck-Monohan, of Pleasant Ridge, in the cookie warehouse. Beck-Monahan is product sales team leader for the Girl Scouts of Western Ohio. PROVIDED

cy’s food distribution programs that include schools, food banks, social service programs and summer food programs. Rutter said the truncated cookie-selling season means local Girl Scout troops will lose an average of $900 each – a big bite out of the money that troops use for scout activities and community service projects.

Individuals can donate any amount , which will be matched dollar for dollar by the Rotary Club of Cincinnati (up to a total of $22,000 match.) To participate, go to the Rotary’s web site www.cincinnatirotary.org and click the “donate” button at upper right. All donations through April 30 will be matched and used to purchase Girl

Gold Star is proud to announce the opening of its Springdale restaurant after completing a restaurant remodel that features Gold Star’s new brand design inside and outside the building, as well as an expanded menu featuring fresh, grilled-to-order burgers. Gold Star Springdale (11551 Springfi eld Pike, Springdale) re-opened on April 24 following an extensive renovation, its fi rst major overhaul since 1999. A family aff air Springdale franchise owner Oudeh Shteiwi says he’s excited for guests to see the changes to the restaurant originally opened by his parents in September 1971. Oudeh grew up working in the family business, starting by helping his parents when he was just 10 years old, and says it’s been a great business for See COMMUNITY NEWS, Page 5B

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Forest Park 11666 Hanover Rd: Venture Real Estate Group LLC to Vagabond Enterprises LLC; $127,900 2157 Reliance Dr: Maloney Stephen H & Francheska M to Vasquez Felix A & Raquel Echvarria Morales; $157,000

Glendale 25 Lake Ave: Marshall George O Jr & Toni to Mcdonald Scott & Jennifer Best; $345,000

Green Township 2086 Bellglade Te: Murphy Elizabeth A to Zylka Sarah E & Jason M; $232,000 2098 Bellglade Te: Hirst Michael P & Brandy M to Duncan Ii Gregory & Samantha Billinghurst; $218,000 2199 Flomar Ct: Grote Daniel P & Melinda to Munn Tlyer J & Christine M Ficker; $310,000 2765 Blue Rock Rd: Car Holdings LLC to Kamara LLC; $200,000 3431 Centurion Dr: Norman Toby Ii to Gaynor Wanamonca; $260,000 3723 Monfort Heights Dr: Doerger Jennifer E to Mckay Paul Evan & Kandace Marie; $139,000 3729 Monfort Heights Dr: Ruberg Michael E to Ruberg Robert M; $126,000 4661 Runningfawn Dr: Perrmann Jason T & Lindsay D Baker to Peet Andrea L; $275,000 5210 Peterborough Dr:

Roland Christopher & Kellie E to Noel Tracy A & Maxwell W; $435,000 5400 Lakefront Dr: Burton Lisa to Pieschel Jerome J & Lynn S; $265,000 5442 Northpoint Dr: Stevens Joseph E & Susan M to Aci Properties LLC; $73,000 5458 Sarahs Oak Dr: Noel Maxwell W & Tracy A to Westerman Nicholas J & Francesca N; $314,000 5586 Leumas Dr: Baird Timothy L to Ohmer Marcus T; $133,500 5593 Leumas Dr: Baird Timothy L to Ohmer Marcus T; $133,500 5786 Childs Ave: Miller Mary Jane to Adams Andrew W & Melanie A; $160,000 6224 Schunk Ct: Regenhold James Francis & Patricia Lynn to Subedi Punya & Ganga Gautam; $192,500 6674 Russell Heights Dr: Koenig Kristen A to Cronley Charles; $215,000 6743 Jimjon Ct: Graf Alfred F & Kathleen M to Reilly Brian P & Ashlee L; $230,000

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COVID-19 moves Cincy’s ﬁ rst Homearama to October Randy Tucker Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Cincinnati’s ﬁ rst Homearama has been rescheduled for October because of the COVID-19 pandemic, organizers recently announced. The annual showcase of luxury homes now is scheduled to be held Oct.

10-25 at the Walworth Junction residential development in the city’s East End. The show, which had been set to take place in July, will be the ﬁ rst held inside the city limits in Homearama’s 57-year history, according to the Home Builders Association of Greater Cincinnati. It will feature eight homes priced from $1.2 million to $1.6 million built

along the Ohio River on the site of a former railroad hub, just north of the intersection of Riverside Drive and Delta Avenue. All the homes will have rooftop patios with views of the river. Six of the eight show homes have already been sold. The show will be open from 4-9 p.m.

Monday through Thursday and noon-9 p.m. Friday through Sunday. Tickets prices are $19 at the gate or can be purchased online cincyhomearama.com. Discount tickets are available at area Kroger stores for $17 and a special twoday ticket will be available for $29 at the gate only. Children 12 and under are free.

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Truly heroes The health care staﬀ at Bridgetown Nursing & Rehabilitation were thanked for their service with a sign of appreciation for their loyal service during this challenging time. Katharina Schulten, Bridgetown Nursing & Rehabilitation

UC awards Katie Makin the Pearl M. Wright Scholarship Katie Makin was selected as The University of Cincinnati – College of Education - Pearl M. Wright Scholarship Recipient. A CECH tradition since 1999, the Pearl M. Wright Award comes from a $660,000 endowment established by Kathryn E. Wright, named in memory of her sister. Both

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women graduated from CECH in the 1920s, dedicated their careers to education and shared a home in Clifton. Pearl M. Wright spent 30 years working for Clifton School and was principal when she retired in 1957. Kathryn Wright dedicated much of her career to working with blind and visually impaired children at Bloom Junior High School, and later worked at Kirby Road School before taking early retirement to care for her ailing father. Pearl M. Wright was 96 years old when she died in 1990. Kathryn’s will was written in 1992, four years prior to her death at age 95. Her will established the award as a tribute to her sister, specifying that the annual award honor a UC senior who “best exempliﬁ es high moral and academic standards of a primary teacher – who is sensitive, loving and understanding of little children.” Katie will be ﬁ nishing up her degree in Early Childhood Education in 2021 and student Teaching at Monfort Heights Elementary in the Northwest Local School District. Katie is a graduate of DePaul Cristo Rey High School (2017 Class Valedictorian). Parents: Gary & Deborah Makin Brother: Ryan Makin. Gary Makin

Council on Aging & Larosa’s partnership provides meals to nearly 2,000 seniors SPRINGDALE – Council on Aging (COA) and LaRosa’s Pizzerias continue to partner to warm the hearts and bellies of vulnerable seniors during the COVID-19 public health emergency. Since April 16, LaRosa’s has prepared 1,200 meals for older adults living in low-income senior

apartment buildings in Hamilton and Butler counties. Additional deliveries in Warren County and other parts of COA’s service area the week of April 27 will bring the total to approximately 2,000 meals. Council on Aging is in the process of identifying and scheduling LaRosa’s deliveries to low-income senior apartment buildings in other parts of its service area. “We are all experiencing the eﬀ ects of stay-athome orders and social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic, but seniors are feeling especially vulnerable and isolated right now,” said Council on Aging CEO Suzanne Burke. “Our hope was that the LaRosa’s meals would be a welcome change of pace for seniors in these buildings and a reminder that they have not been forgotten. The feedback we’ve received so far conﬁ rms this. Through phone calls

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and handwritten notes, seniors have reached out to us to express their gratitude,” Burke said. Because seniors are among the groups most at risk for severe complications from COVID-19, they are being advised to stay home and limit their exposure to other individuals. It is likely that these recommendations will continue even after Ohio begins to lift restrictions on May 1. COA has been working to meet the needs of seniors who have been impacted by COVID-19 – many of whom have never needed assistance before. During the pandemic, COA has adapted programs and services to ensure more than 26,000 clients continue to receive services and support they rely on, with a

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his family. Shteiwi says Gold Star gives “an average guy like me” the opportunity to own his own business. As they geared up to Gold Star Springdale’s reopening, Shteiwi and Gold Star made a point to give back to their local front line heroes. First responders from Springdale and surrounding communities were invited to a special preview night o April 23. Police and fi refi ghters were treated to a complimentary Gold Star meal via drive-thru throughout the evening. “It was a great night to give back to the men and women who have and continue to serve us and the community,” Shteiwi said. Shteiwi is confi dent his regular customers will continue to show their “chili love” for the restaurant and its people when it opens – even though they cannot yet come inside to enjoy the renovated dining room. “To me, this is more than just a restaurant, it’s more than generating sales. It’s our way of life, and this is our family … We’re blessed to have the support that we have in this community,” Shteiwi says. “This community is tight-knit. Every person knows everyone’s name. I am raising my family, just like other generations that live here, because it’s home to us. We take care of each other, which makes me want to give the most exceptional service and best quality food I can to feed my neighbors.” While guests must wait before they can dine inside the renovated space, Gold Star CEO (and self-admitted overprotective dad) Roger David is excited for them to enjoy their old favorites – and discover new ones, too. Gold Star Springdale will be open 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday–Friday; 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday; and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday with delivery available via UberEats and DoorDash. Lauren Hall, Gold Star

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particular focus on meals. COA has received additional federal funding via the Ohio Department of Aging to expand meal service to seniors in need during this time. In addition to the LaRosa’s meals, COA has been enrolling eligible older adults onto the home-delivered meals program and also worked with its provider network to deliver more than 7,500 emergency food boxes to home-delivered meals recipients in ﬁ ve counties. “We had already been talking with LaRosa’s about how they could supplement the work our provider network does to feed seniors in our region during this pandemic,” said Randy Quisenberry, COA’s director of procurement and provider

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services. “I have been impressed with the level of teamwork and commitment the LaRosa’s team has demonstrated throughout this project. They have been a tremendous partner in serving seniors during this diffi cult time.” “These are such challenging times for everyone, but especially for seniors,” said Mike LaRosa, CEO of LaRosa’s, Inc. “We’re all in this together, and that’s how we’re going to get through it. So, we were happy to do our part to help Council of Aging serve these seniors,” he said. Delivering LaRosa’s meals to seniors is truly a cooperative eff ort. Meals are prepared by LaRosa’s staff at the company’s Boudinot Ave. location. The prepared meals are then picked up by one of COA’s contracted homedelivered meals providers, including Cincinnati Area Senior Services, Central Connections, and Meals on Wheels of Southwest Ohio and Northern Kentucky. To ensure social distancing guidelines and protect the health, safety and privacy of residents in the buildings, the meals are delivered to an on-site coordinator at each building, who distributes the meals to residents. The meals include spaghetti with LaRosa’s family recipe sauce and meatball (to be heated by recipient), a salad, bread sticks and condiments. “We couldn’t think of a better partner to have in this eff ort because Buddy LaRosa and his family have been long-time supporters of the county senior services levies we administer in our service area. In fact, Buddy was a caregiver himself,” Burke said. LaRosa’s was founded in 1954 on Cincinnati’s West Side by Buddy LaRosa. It is now a $167 million restaurant company with 65 pizzerias serving neighborhoods in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. To learn more about LaRosa’s, go to www.larosas.com. Amy Greene, LaRosa’s

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SCHOOL NEWS Princeton’s Music Education Program receives national recognition For the fi fth consecutive year, Princeton City Schools has been nationally recognized with the Best Communities for Music Education designation from the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Foundation for its outstanding commitment to music education. “This recognition is further evidence of our district’s commitment to the arts. Our school district community consistently demonstrates support for music education and recognizes its impact on the social-emotional benefi ts for holistic well-being,” said Tom Burton, district superintendent. “Our students are continuing to practice and play their instruments to fi ne-tune their craft during this at-home instructional period.” It is the eighth time Princeton has been named Best Communities for Music Education, since the inception of the award in 1999. To celebrate, Princeton music teachers invited the community to “Play on Your Porch.” On April 22, the Princeton Music Department asked students, alumni and neighbors to “Play on Your Porch” as a sign of unity and inspiration to the community. The department requested everyone to play the school fi ght song, “Go Princeton Go!” Recordings of the “Play on Your Porch” event will be compiled into a video to share at events and on social media outlets. The sheet music and e information can be found at www.princetonschools.net/princetonmusic. “The Princeton music program is a family,” states Kristen Brown, music department chair, who teaches music and band for grades 6-12. “Students are able to fi nd things that inspire them and make lifelong friends and lifelong memories. Princeton empowers students for college, career and life success through music education by fostering creativity, confi dence, problem solving, perseverance, collaboration, dedication and accountability. Those are the things that make a #vikingdiff .” Princeton City Schools’ eight elementary buildings off er music education to all full-day kindergarten through fi fth-grade students. As students transition from elementary school to the

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Princeton Community Middle School, music classes become elective choices. Annually, the Princeton Music Department hosts several “Try It Nights” for district fi fth-graders to test instruments and select a musical pathway to pursue in middle school. Although the traditional in-person selection was canceled due to the COVID-19 school building closures, fi fthgrade students and their families are i deciding what musical instruments or vocal groups to add to their schedule for the 2020-2021 school year. To assist with the selection process, the Princeton Music Department created a video in 2019 that featured Princeton students and introductions to the various instruments and vocal options off ered at the middle school. Students are invited to watch the video and fi ll out a survey on the Princeton website at www.princetonschools.net/princetonmusic to express their interests. Princeton Community Middle School has 813 students enrolled in 18 year-long classes, including band, choir, and orchestra classes. Princeton High School students participate in the 24 music classes off ered, with 12 options each semester. During the 2019-2020 school year, 447 students participated fi rst semester and 444 students enrolled in the second semester. “It is gratifying that Princeton is recognized worldwide for the outstanding quality of our music program,” stated Ron Bollmer, principal at Princeton High School. “It is an honor well-deserved and well-earned; our music department continues to go above and beyond in providing an excellent experience for all

students. The positive eﬀ ect on our students is invaluable - not only in the music room, but in all classrooms, as well as life outside of school.” The Best Communities for Music Education designation is awarded to districts that demonstrate outstanding achievement in eﬀ orts to provide music access and education to all students. T For more information about the National Association of Music Merchants Foundation or Best Communities for Music Education designation, please visit https://www.namm.org. For more information about the Princeton Music Department, please visit the district website www.princetonschools.net/ princetonmusic. Tricia Roddy, Princeton City Schools

Five area all-girls Catholic high schools join together for citywide Girls’ Schools Unite campaign From May 4-8, fi ve area all-girls Catholic high schools – Mercy McAuley, Mount Notre Dame, Seton, Saint Ursula and Ursuline Academy – are teaming up for a unique city-wide campaign called Girls’ Schools Unite. The fundraising campaign seeks to raise awareness and fi nancial support for all-girls Catholic education in Cincinnati. The campaign calls on alumnae from each school to make a gift to their high school alma mater; all gifts made will be used to provide fi nancial assistance, scholarships and campus improvements for current and future students at the schools. The high school with the highest percentage of alumnae participation will be

“crowned” the winner on May 15. Alumnae can make a gift online at the website of their alma mater anytime from May 4 – May 8, or they may mail a check dated between May 4-8 to their school. The schools’ websites are: ❚ Mercy McAuley – www.mercymc auley.org ❚ Mount Notre Dame – www.mndhs.org ❚ Seton – www.setoncincinnati.org ❚ Saint Ursula Academy – www.saintursula.org ❚ Ursuline Academy – www.ursulineacademy.org The schools have been planning the Girls’ Schools Unite campaign since last fall and made the decision to continue with the campaign despite the pandemic situation. The coronavirus has not stopped the education at each of the schools; critical support is still needed to help each school achieve its mission. Patty Thelen, Mercy McAuley High School

MND students earn perfect scores on National Latin Exam Mount Notre Dame (MND) is proud to announce that freshmen Maria Kilgore (Symmes Township), Elizabeth Mansfi eld (Milford) and Maura Tierney (West Chester) each earned a perfect score on the National Latin Exam. The exam, given annually to Latin students across the nation, seeks to promote the study of Latin and encourage the individual student. This year, a record 90% of MND students who took the National Latin Exam earned an award, with 100% of Latin 1 students earning awards. MND student results include 15 Gold Medals/Summa Cum Laude certifi cates, 17 Silver Medals/Maxima Cum Laude certifi cates, 11 Magna Cum Laude certifi cates and 11 Cum Laude certifi cates. Karen Day, MND Principal commented, “MND’s Latin students are demonstrating their excellence both in our classroom and as compared to other Latin students across our nation. This is no surprise to me! They are hard-working and talented language students. They have an incredibly dedicated teacher who engages students in interactive, authentic learning experiences so that they can truly comprehend this classic language. Mirabile dictu!” Jen Thamann, Mount Notre Dame

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