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A city farm sows seeds of hope and food to go

Tikkun Farm in Mt. Healthy acts as a unique gathering place for its community. PHOTOS BY GRACE PRITCHETT/ENQUIRER Sarah Haselhorst Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

I didn’t stumble on Tikkun Farm by accident.

It was February and I was bundled up in my apartment in Columbia, Missouri, where winter breeze blew through cracks of my century-old windows. I was cold, looking for warmth.

“Farmhouse retreat – 20 mins from downtown Cincinnati”, the Airbnb listing read. It was the fi rst long-stay off ering I’d seen that promised more than barebones furniture and a gut-punch price tag.

Roosters, hens and the promise of a pot-bellied pig convinced me. I needed to stay at the farm over the summer. A week passed and I’d waited too long. Someone had scooped up the storybook listing.

And by March, the pandemic decimated my life in Columba. I didn’t think about the farm, instead, I felt immobilized. It wasn’t until late April that my decision to go to Cincinnati to work as an intern, despite the pandemic, was solidi-

fi ed.

I began to search again, this time knowing I’d be working remotely. The Tikkun Farm listing reappeared. And there I was, two weeks later, hands glued to the steering wheel as I navigated through sheets of rain and blinding white skies during a fi ve-hour drive from St. Louis to Cincinnati. The rain had quelled by the time I made it into Mt. Healthy, where Tikkun Farm is planted.

Distracted, my eyes darted around Hamilton Avenue, off the North College Hill/Mt. Healthy exit. It was more than unusual that a farm would be here, I thought, as Walgreens, an animal hospital, a tire shop and a gas station came into my view all at once.

I was skeptical. The last turn was Elizabeth Street.

My tires managed to fi nd every rainsoaked pothole that dotted the way to Tikkun Farm. As I parked and then meandered, luggage in tow, into the threestory farmhouse, I was too drained to See TIKKUN, Page 8A

Mt. Healthy resident Tina Ascough feeds the animals on Tikkun Farm on Tuesday, June 9. Ascough began attending Tikkun Farm's classes last fall after her husband passed and now volunteers regularly with her two children. "I am hoping this place will be a good healing place for me and both of my kids" Ascough said.

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Patrons dine at The Farm restaurant in Delhi Township on June 9. After being dealt a double blow from tax troubles and the coronavirus shut down, The Farm is making its comeback and adjusting to new health regulations.

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DELHI TWP. – “We’re still standing,” owner Daniel Elsaesser proudly proclaimed as he recently welcomed customers back to The Farm after a months-long shutdown in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

If Elsaesser’s comments were the title of a book, it would be an epic saga of despair, salvation and recovery for the banquet and event center here in suburban Cincinnati, which has been a West Side institution for more than 80 years.

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Anderson Ferry Road was scheduled to be sold at an Internal Revenue Service auction to satisfy more than $126,000 in unpaid payroll taxes.

The IRS, which seized the property, even sent an auctioneer to the site to conduct the scheduled sale on Jan. 22 before an unnamed benefactor stepped in at the eleventh hour.

The man, whom Elsaesser would identify only as a well-known West Side businessman, loaned the owner enough money to pay off his IRS debt.

But before Elsaesser could breathe a sigh of relief from months of negotiatSee THE FARM, Page 2A

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ing with the government to save The Farm, another crisis emerged that would shut down most of his business for weeks.

‘We just couldn’t catch a break’ The coronavirus sucked the life out of event halls and other businesses catering to large crowds and led Ohio to issue stay-at-home orders in March that forced The Farm to shut its doors until restrictions were lifted a couple of weeks ago.

“We just couldn’t catch a break,” Elsaesser recently told The Enquirer.

To top things off , sometimes violent protests in Cincinnati stemming from the Memorial Day killing of George Floyd — a 46-year-old black man who died in Minneapolis police custody — unnerved some longtime customers who have been slow to return, Elsaesser said.

The devastating combination of tax trouble, pandemic disease and civil unrest tested Elsaesser’s resolve.

But he said he just did what he always does in times of trouble — turn to God. “Back in January, when the IRS was after me, people were asking me if I wanted to ask the public for money. I said, no, I want to ask the public for their prayers, and the Lord God delivered,” said Elsaesser, a devout Christian who often played “God Bless America” for the crowds attending his buff et dinners on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

The music remains the same, but the dinners have changed.

Customers can still dine in, but the menu is a

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Ethel Blake said she’s spending more time and money at The Farm because of the convenience of carryout service. S The self-serve buffet has been switched to full service at The Farm restaurant in Delhi Township, Ohio, on June 9. PHOTOS BY SAM GREENE/THE ENQUIRER

la carte, or priced per item.

And because Ohio still prohibits people from lining up shoulder-toshoulder in buff et lines, Elsaesser has been forced to off er table service.

“You can still order as much as you want, we just bring it to you,’‘ he said. “The portions are generous. Nobody leaves here hungry.”

Picking up a ham and chicken dinner Elsaesser acknowledged his banquet hall isn’t as packed as it used to be because many of his customers are still concerned about the spread of the coronavirus, which causes the sometimes deadly COVID-19 respiratory illness.

“At fi rst, things were really slow after the governor lifted the ban, but people are starting to come out of their shell,” he said.

To counter the slowdown inside, The Farm began off ering more carryout meals on the same days it used to host buff et dinners. To Elsaesser’s surprise, carryout has become a robust line of new business.

“We used to do a little carryout business but nothing like we’re doing now,” he said. “I don’t think people realized they could come here and get a carryout. It’s helped us expand our customer base, and I think we’re going to be keeping them.”

Ethel Blake, a longtime Delhi resident who said she ate at the Farm “occasionally,” said she’s spending even more time and money at The Farm because of the convenience of the carryout service, which is off ered from 4:30 p.m.-7:15 p.m. on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

“I just picked up a ham and a chicken dinner for me and my husband, and I picked up another chicken dinner to take to a friend,” Blake said Tuesday afternoon after picking up her carryout orders. “Since the lockdown, we’ve been trying to support local businesses. The Farm makes it easy.”

In addition to more carryout customers, The Farm’s main line of business - wedding receptions, birthday parties and other big events —has also bounced back

nicely, Elsaesser “What’s really helping me is we’re getting the weddings back,” he said.

“I’m fi nding we’re not only getting calls about weddings in October and next year, but we’re getting calls for weddings three or four weeks out.

That’s unusual for this time of year.’’

Elsaesser attributes much of the resurgence in business to coronavirusrelated restrictions in Kentucky, which still bans gatherings of more than 50 people.

He said many of the receptions and parties he’s booked recently have been rescheduled from event centers in Northern Kentucky that couldn’t accommodate the number of expected guests.

Ohio now allows gatherings of up to 300 people.

“That’s been big for us,” Elsaesser said of the laxer restrictions in Ohio.

“It’s helping me get things revved up again.”

Fried chicken warms on the buffet at The Farm restaurant in Delhi Township.

Customers check out at the carryout line at The Farm restaurant in Delhi Townshi on June 9,

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The former pastor at a Sharonville church who was accused of sexually abusing multiple girls has pleaded guilty to a federal sex crime charge involving one teenage church member. Cesar Agusto Guerrero Jr., 41, has admitted using Facebook Messenger to arrange meetings with the girl so he could engage in sex acts with her at his offi ce in the church.

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Guerrero pleaded guilty by video June 11 in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati to coercion and enticement. The plea deal calls for 10 years in prison, but Judge Douglas Cole said he could impose a longer prison term.

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David Joyce is retiring from Evendalebased GE Aviation after 12 years as president and chief executive offi cer of one of Greater Cincinnati’s biggest employers, the company recently announced.

Joyce, 63, who spent his entire 40year career at the company, won’t offi cially relinquish his duties until Sept. 1.

In the interim, John Slattery, chief executive of commercial aviation for Brazil-based Embraer, will succeed Joyce as president- and CEO-elect of GE Aviation on July 13. Slattery, 51, will fully assume his role as head of one of the world’s leading providers of commercial and military jet engines and services after Joyce steps down.

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“My career at GE has been a lifelong gift I will always cherish. It has been a blessing to work alongside incredible GE colleagues and great customers around the world,” Joyce stated.

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Third Eye Brewing now open near Tri-County Mall Matt Koesters Special to Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Tom Collins had envisioned opening a brewery in his mind’s eye for nearly a decade. But the dream of the former product designer and avid homebrewer laid dormant for years. It took the realization that one can’t will a dream into existence without taking action for Collins to engage partners and get to work on making it a reality.

“Life is short,” said Collins, cofounder of Third Eye Brewing Company. “You could always say, ‘I’m going to go and do this someday,’ but what if someday doesn’t come?”

“Someday” has fi nally arrived for Collins and his fellow Third Eye Brewing Company co-founders, opening their doors on June 17. After more than four years of preparation, Third Eye seems poised to become an overnight success.

Sharonville’s fi rst craft brewery, Third Eye enjoys a host of advantages.

Its Chester Road location is right across the street from the Sharonville Convention Center and near several high-volume hotels. A patio with direct access to the brewery’s main bar via roll-up garage doors spans the building’s streetfacing side to project a fun, airy, vacation-like atmosphere.

The energy doesn’t stop at the building’s entrances. Vivid colors leap from the mural behind the taproom bar, commanding the attention of visitors as soon as they step inside. Light refl ects off of the stainless steel fermenters in the brewery’s production area, where its 15-barrel system is visible from inside and out.

Sight, taste, smell, hearing, touch – the brewery seeks to engage all fi ve senses. In doing so, Collins and his team hope to help each guest access a sixth sense by, of course, opening their third eye.

“Third Eye, the concept of that is that it’s your mind’s eye,” Collins explained.

“The idea is, it’s said that everyone can actually access their mind’s eye. It’s a higher level of perception and seeing the world in a diff erent light. We’re just helping people get there one pint at a time.”

Along the wall near Third Eye’s main entrance hang three eye-catching

Third Eye Brewing opens this week in Sharonville, Ohio. They will open with 6 beers on tap with both indoor and outdoor seating options.

Third Eye Brewing opens this week in Sharonville, Ohio. They will open with 6 beers on tap with both indoor and outdoor seating options. Tables are already separated for social distancing. PHOTOS BY PHIL DIDION

Third Eye Brewing opens this week in Sharonville, Ohio. They will open with 6 beers on tap with both indoor and outdoor seating options.

Third Eye Brewing opens this week in Sharonville, Ohio. They will open with 6 beers on tap with both indoor and outdoor seating options.

wooden signs, each one inscribed with a phrase from the brewery’s mantra: “Live life. Do good. Drink beer.”

“It’s an important thing for us to get involved in the community and certain charities,” said Collins. “There’s a lot of things going on in the world, a lot of notso-good stuff . We want to be sure we’re putting out a positive message.”

About the beer: Normally, it’s unfair to judge a new brewery by its initial offerings. Even master brewers need time to learn the ins and outs of new brewing systems. But some of Third Eye’s initial

off erings are, well, eye-opening.

That’s perhaps where Third Eye’s biggest advantage shines through. Its brewing team combines the artistry and experience of Kelly Montgomery, who comes to Third Eye after making a name for himself at the national award-winning Brink Brewing Co., with the scientifi c know-how of Chloe Schaefer, a microbiologist and graduate of the University of California-Davis master brewer certifi cate program. The pair represents arts and sciences, Collins quipped.

Most impressive among the six beers

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“It’s like a piña colada dream beer for the IPA lovers,” Collins said.

Also impressive: Enlightenment, a raspberry American wheat, and Untapped Potential kolsch. The initial tap list also includes a chocolate oatmeal stout and IPAs of the West Coast and New England varieties. Joining them soon will be a Czech lager and a wee heavy.

Third Eye is one of only a handful of Cincinnati breweries with a full-service kitchen that off ers both appetizers and entrees. The menu sings with creativity – adventurous eaters will want to try what Collins calls the “guacamame,” an edamame hummus served with pickled vegetables and grilled pita bread.

Initially, Third Eye beer will be available to consumers at the taproom only, where it can be ordered to-go in growlers or crowlers. Once the operational kinks get worked out, the brewery will distribute its beer in kegs to local bars and restaurants, with the eventual goal of getting 4- and 6-packs to the retail market. Third Eye hasn’t designated any of its beers a fl agship or staple, so what goes in those cans remains to be seen.

Until that day comes, Third Eye aims to foster an environment where its guests will be inspired to follow that live life, do good, drink beer lifestyle.

“The world needs more kindness and people helping each other,” Collins said.

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‘I’m scared.’ For Kroger workers, bonus pay is about to end. But the pandemic isn’t. of fl u, she had measles, mumps, chickenpox and twice had scarlet fever.

Her mother would put her sick children in separate bedrooms to prevent spreading the infection and let them rest.

It was just part of childhood in that era.

“We called it ‘separation,’ not quarantine,” Edwards recalled. “Growing up, any epidemic – you name it, I had it. The only one who came to see me was my mother who told the others to stay outside.”

The current outbreak caught Edwards at a diffi cult time in her family: her athletic, workaholic 50-year-old son fell ill last fall with a disabling heart condition that has landed him back home.

Edwards is mindful her exposure at work could be a risk to her son. They social distance in her two-bedroom apartment.

“We don’t like it, but we do what’s necessary to stay healthy,” Edwards said.

At work, Edwards said the frenzy has died down and she is glad. People were on edge in the fi rst several weeks, stocking up, fretting over shortages, upset over some safety measures.

She’s still on light duty from an injury after a distracted customer ran over her foot with a mobility scooter.

Still, she’s concerned people might get complacent. She wouldn’t object to Kroger mandating masks on customers, but the grocer has kept it voluntary.

“We are on the front line. We see people daily and some are right in our face,” Edwards said, adding some customers take issue with safety measures. “Some of them are off ended. Some don’t get it.”

She wishes COVID-19 testing was more available. She’s tried multiple times to get tested, but Kroger wouldn’t test employees who didn’t feel sick and she didn’t want to lie.

She’s not happy to see the bonus pay going away this week.

“I’d like to see the hero pay continue because we’re still in COVID-19,” she said.

Edwards tries to take it all in stride.

“When all this is over, I’m going to hug a lot of people,” Edwards said. “I’m going to hug my son, get on a plane and go on a vacation.”

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In America, there might not be anyone sicker of the coronavirus pandemic than a Kroger worker.

They’ve endured crowded stores, hoarding customers, shopping surges, product shortages – and those awful masks that cut into your face and behind the ears.

They’ve done it all for months now.

Some are even sick of the ‘hero’ moniker for being among those on the front lines of the crisis.

Yes, they’re on the front line when most Americans want to forget about COVID-19. They’ve noticed.

But lately they’re worried Kroger also wants to move on as the Cincinnatibased supermarket giant prepares to conclude ‘Thank you’ bonus pay. Kroger’s union, the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), says grocers should keep paying hazard pay as long as the pandemic crisis continues.

Kroger hasn’t publicly discussed extra pay since it hastily announced in May the current bonuses. ‘Thank you’ pay was unveiled just as Kroger’s previous hazard pay program was ending over union objections. Union offi cials said they are continuing to press the issue.

Union offi cials said 225 workers in the food industry from retail stores like Kroger to production facilities like meat processing plants have died from COVID-19. It said another 29,000 have been infected or exposed to the virus. Kroger said in May fewer than 10 of its workers have died, but has not updated the fi gure. It hasn’t detailed infections.

Beyond the pay issue, workers also worry about Kroger’s uneven enforcement of new safety measures designed to keep them and customers safe, such as caps on shopper capacity, social distancing practices and masks on coworkers. Some would like customers to be required to wear masks. They’d like free testing for COVID-19 even if they have no symptoms.

Besides Kroger stores, the grocer operates several regional supermarket

Kroger employee Miguel Angel Bonilla poses near the store he works at in the Spring Grove neighborhood on June 10. SAM GREENE/THE ENQUIRER

Melinda Edwards, 69, of Forest Park is a front end clerk at Kroger and has worked there for over 43 years.

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 and employs 540,000 workers.

In recent weeks, The Enquirer stopped to talk with a few Greater Cincinnati Kroger workers on how the pandemic aff ected their jobs and their lives:

ment ultimately comes down to him and his coworkers and the results aren’t consistent.

Bonilla is angry Kroger is ending bonuses even as the pandemic grinds on.

“We’re all outraged because this epidemic is still out there... (and) the very little money they give us, it was not enough and now they cut it,” Bonilla said, also noting CEO Rodney McMullen’s sizable pay package that was disclosed this spring – $14.2 million (a 21% raise).

While Kroger has electronic door counters that track how many shoppers enter each store, Bonilla fi nds it unnerving that the supermarket –doesn’t have an employee posted at the front door, making some customers wait in line.

Also, Kroger, for privacy reasons, didn’t identify infected workers by name at the store – a fact Bonilla and some coworkers feel makes it diffi cult to gauge their own exposure to the virus.

Finally, many customers also forget to maintain social distances when they’re distracted by shopping.

Miguel Angel Bonilla, 51 Spring Grove Village store While much of America just wants the economy to reopen and for the country to move on from COVID-19, the pandemic to Miguel Angel Bonilla hasn’t been some murky crisis unfolding on the TV news happening to a few people you don’t know.

Bonilla works at the Spring Grove Village store where three of his coworkers tested positive for the virus in May. Then he got sick and thought he got the virus. It turned out, he just had a bad cold made worse by so much stress. He tested negative for COVID-19 and returned to work.

“I’m scared. I’m scared for me and my family and my loved ones,” said Bonilla, adding his 81-year-old partner is vulnerable to infection and he’s afraid of getting sick and spreading it at home.

It took weeks into the crisis for the nation’s largest supermarket chain to secure masks and gloves for its employees.

And even as Kroger introduced a raft of safety procedures, Bonilla says enforce-

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Melinda Edwards, 69 Woodlawn store Melinda Edwards is trying to take the pandemic and everything that’s come with it in stride. There’s something familiar going on.

Growing up in a big family in the 1950s and 1960s, she had some experience with social distancing. Besides multiple bouts

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realize all the cars parked around me. I didn’t notice the Sunday commotion. I didn’t ask what was happening.

“We’ll take you on a tour and show you the animals,” the Rev. Mary Laymon, the farm’s co-owner, told me with her perpetual smile, when we met later that afternoon. I nodded and began to unpack.

We never did tour the farm, but that night, an ochre sun fell behind the rustred barn and the night sent a tepid breeze throughout the house and into my second-story window. It was a diff erent air than the one that fi lled my room in Columbia three months earlier.

I relaxed knowing this was going to be home for the next 10 weeks.

The farm in the middle of a city – named after a derivative of Tikkun Olam, a Hebrew phrase meaning “repair the world” – isn’t misplaced. I For some, it’s a deep breath. For others, a place to heal.

And since the pandemic, it’s helped give people meaning and nurturing.

--It’s hard to imagine Tikkun Farm was once dilapidated when I hear the wind tickle the chimes in the 70-foot weeping pine or walk the winding green gardens tended by Bhutanese farmers.

The home was uninhabitable when they bought it in 2010, Laymon said. The roof leaked. There was no electricity.

They had no foundation in place.

When they began to roast coff ee and grow lettuce, they alerted the neighbors.

Without a stable building, they propped open lawn chairs to show their goods.

Laymon and York didn’t have high hopes.

From there, Laymon and York continued to heal their home. They opened it to the community as Tikkun Farm – healing people, repairing communities and restoring creation.

But healing what Laymon calls a “polarized community” wasn’t in a day's work.

African American children predominate Mt. Healthy public schools and the white children mostly attend private schools. They’re afraid of each other, Laymon said.

One day, before she began programming at Tikkun Farm, six grade-schoolers ran up to the barn. They scribbled their names on the wood in Magic marker and dumped out piles of corn.

The alpacas at Tikkun Farm in Mt. Healthy live under the barn with a variety of other animals including pigs, chickens and geese. GRACE PRITCHETT/ENQUIRER

It struck a chord in Laymon. “I knew that there was a local after-school hangout place,” she said. “I showed up, and I showed him the names of the people who'd sign their name on the wall of my barn.”

She got her answer and called their parents. “I’m glad you want to visit the farm,” she told them. “I want you to visit our farm, but I really don't want you to ever do this again. You want to feed our chickens? Great. Let me show you how to do that.”

A week later, the six children came back to learn how to take care of baby chicks. Then the children came back with their friends. The love of the farm grew.

--Laymon made me a pour-over coff ee with beans roasted by Deeper Roots Coffee Roastery on my fi rst morning. The roastery used to function out of the farm, she said.

She gently tipped the boiling tea kettle into a coff ee cone, “If you’re patient,” she interrupted herself with her own laughter, “You let the water and coff ee sit for a few minutes before you pour the rest.”

“It helps them meet each other,” Greg York, Tikkun Farm co-owner and Laymon’s husband, explained.

Laymon tells me about the beans. The roastery. And then, the milk house. Before it was Tikkun Farm, the 3.5-acre plot was a dairy farm. Lately, the milk house, a pale yellow building with its original wide brick fl oors, has held a diff erent purpose.

Before COVID-19, yoga mats stretched

across the fl oor. Its kitchen was bursting with cooks, creating Crock-Pot meals.

Clumps of alpaca wool sat on drying racks. Children’s paintings hung from clothespins clipped onto a string that spread across the room.

In March, that all changed. The pandemic restricted Tikkun Farm’s operations – cooking classes, workshops and kids' camps. Now, the milk house is fi lled with boxes. I stare at the writing on one of them. “There’s 1,200 tortillas in here,” I exclaim to Raeann Reiber who’s been volunteering on the farm in December.

That’s nothing, she tells me, and opens a mini-fridge with 110 pounds of cheese puzzled inside.

She helps coordinate a Friday and Saturday food pantry of sorts and a Sunday ready-to-make Crock-Pot meal bags service.

“One of the chefs who was working with us for the cooking class said, ‘You know, the kids are going to get food from school, but it's not going to be enough,’” Laymon recalled. “‘What if you start taking this extra food that the food pantry has and turn it into dinners?’”

A local food pantry had been giving Laymon their excess food over the weekends for her cooking classes before COVID-19 crept in. But the idea of running a feeding program during a pandemic overwhelmed her.

“I can’t do this,” she told him. The scale was too big.

But he calmed her nerves. The process would be no diff erent than what they’d been doing. They’d prepare the meals; shake together spice packets,

separate protein into individual packages and weigh out grains and starches.

There’d be no cooking involved.

Weeks passed, volunteers multiplied until they became 100 strong, and readyto-cook Crock-Pot meals were handed out to feed what has now grown to almost 300 families. On Sundays, cars snaked up the Tikkun Farm driveway, a man in an orange vest directed traffi c.

“We just brought a demand and a supply together,” Reiber, who joked about her economics degree, said.

The pandemic left people jobless. It put many on weekslong furlough. Reiber sees it often – a person will drive up to the farm, get out of their car and wander.

It takes them 30 minutes to walk over to her or another volunteer to pick up food.

Many struggle to write down their address on paperwork the farm needs to apply for future grant funding.

Their hesitancy is out of shame, Reiber explained. “If you can use it, you can take it,” she’ll encourage people.

And without pause, people will turn to Reiber and say: “How can I help?”

--It was 7:15 a.m. when I met brightfaced Tina Ascough. She came prepared, dressed in a burgundy T-shirt and shorts, her feet clad with fl oral rain boots.

She walks me through feeding the animals. The fatter pig, Max, squeals at her.

Ascough tosses corn and grain pellets at the chickens, hens, ducks and roosters.

They squabble, but it’s one alpaca, with a distinct white mark at his chin, that gives her trouble. He dunks his head into the yellow bucket that dangles from Ascough’s hand.

Volunteering at Tikkun Farm fi lled that emptiness for her. She feeds the animals and delivers Crock-Pot meals to families.

She brought her two children, too.

Farm work has helped her 16-year-old son come out of his own emotional isolation. He chronically uses DoorDash to order his meals, Ascough explained. But one day, he emerged from his room to help cook one of the Crock-Pot meals – a lasagna.

It was the fi rst time Ascough remembers the three of them cooking. It’s a bright memory she recalls in their dark two-and-a-half years without her husband. She tells me, quietly, her husband would've loved Tikkun Farm. “It’s my peaceful place,” she said.

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It was a request from a reader that inspired this column. “You told us we could freeze really ripe bananas to save for banana bread. I have several in the freezer and need the space. How about a recipe?”

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St. Xavier wide receiver Liam Clifford (2) catches a pass during the Bombers' 28-24 loss to Elder on Nov. 15, 2019. TONY TRIBBLE FOR THE ENQUIRER

Liam Cliff ord leads St. X in his fi nal season Scott Springer Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Penn State quarterback Sean Clifford (14) sprints away from Buffalo safety Joey Banks (9) during a 2019 game in State College, Pa. BARRY REEGER, AP

SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP - After watching a St. Xavier High School senior class be deprived of a full-on graduation ceremony and spring sports, Bombers head football coach Steve Specht hopes to see some form of normalcy by the time Friday night lights return.

He brings back a team that was 9-3, with two of those losses coming to Division I state runner-up Elder.

“The kids need the socialization of it,” Specht said of St. Xavier’s return to practice this month. “To think of not having a fall season, I don’t even want to go there. The cultural fabric of football in Ohio, it’s part of you. It’s a big part of who we are.”

Currently, St. Xavier and other schools can engage in skills and condi-

tioning as they wait for the next marching orders from Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine. In the meantime, the Bombers top recruit, senior receiver Liam Clifford, was able to get in some small group work of his own around the new coronavirus quarantine.

“He’s a special talent,” Specht said.

“He’s doing a great job in a leadership role. Liam’s just one of many seniors that are going to make an impact this year.”

Cliff ord, who committed to Penn State last October, had the tremendous benefi t of having his older brother, Sean, home to help his receiving skills.

It just so happens that Sean is Penn State’s starting quarterback.

The brothers grew quarantine beards together and performed occasional aerial exercises with the football.

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St. Xavier swimming wins virtual all-time meet Scott Springer Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP - Unable to return to the swimming pool due to new coronavirus restrictions, a group of high school swim coaches found a way to compete out of the water.

Winners of 12 straight Ohio High School Athletic Association Divison I state championships and 41 overall, St. Xavier is the most dominant team in Ohio. In the Greater Catholic League alone, they’ve won the conference for 60 straight years.

Their latest title was won with nary a splash.

The National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association came up with the virtual event, “May Madness” this spring. Prominent swim teams were invited to submit their all-time fastest line-up to determine the “AllTime National Dual Meet Champion” Coast to coast and border to border entries resulted in 151 men’s program

participating. They were seeded using the NISCA point total system, The event was formatted to replicate head-tohead dual meets with a six-lane poll format and scoring system. Each match result was posted daily.

Making the semifi nals were Baylor School (Tennessee), North Allegheny (Pennsylvania), Southlake Carroll (Texas) and the AquaBombers of St. Xavier who ripple through the chlorine at Keating Natatorium.

The championship came down to the Baylor School and St. X with the meet going back and forth entering the fi nal event, the 400 freestyle relay. St. Xavier’s Long Blue Line took fi rst and second for the 99-87 win and a mythical historical triumph.

“When we learned of the project, we were excited to be a part of it.,” St. Xavier coach Jim Brower said. “To see the results certainly is a testament to the hard work and commitment of so many who See ST. X, Page 2B

St. Xavier Bombers wins the boys Division 1 state championship in swimming in Canton on Feb. 22, 2020. TONY TRIBBLE FOR THE ENQUIRER

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COLUMBUS - In a memo recently sent to Ohio High School Athletic Association member school administrators, Executive Director Jerry Snodgrass states his organization remains optimistic that fall sports will begin on schedule. Furthermore, he expects recommendations to be made soon for open opportunities for competitions in contact sports.

In the past month, schools have been able to open their facilities for low, non-contact sports and for skills training and conditioning for contact sports. The fi rst workouts were permitted May 26 and schools have gradually been adding dates to the summer schedule.

Snodgrass emphasizes that previous guidance documents sent out should not be interpreted as OHSAA regulations. Schools follow rules and regulations of local school districts and current Governor and Department of Health orders.

Specifi cally for the fall, golf and tennis events begin in early August, while football and soccer open later in the month. A big question remains who can attend events and how many may be allowed?

“While there remain many unknowns and anything

Cliff ord Continued from Page 1B

Liam Cliff ord will have to shave his facial hair before fall but can keep all the pointers Sean had for him.

“My brother and I tried to fi nd anywhere we could, any grass fi eld, St. X was closed,” Cliff ord said. “We got a little group of guys going and we threw every other day. I think we really benefi ted from it.”

Sean Cliff ord gave Liam a Division I arm, plus a little preview into the Nittany Lion playbook.

He’s already had a little preview of Penn State mania as his Twitter followers grew dramatically after his commitment to coach James Franklin and Penn State.

After experiencing St. Xavier’s Long Blue Line, he’ll join Sean for at least a season experiencing the famous Penn State “White Out” game.

“It’s defi nitely a bigger stadium, more fans obviously that St. X,” Cliff ord said. “But, the fans are just as crazy here. I know Sean even says some of the more fun games he played were here. Both atmospheres are just awesome. That’s another reason I committed.”

Cliff ord caught 77 passes as a junior for 1,180 yards and 13 touchdowns to lead the Greater Catholic League-South.

He also had a rushing touchdown in off ensive coordinator Andrew Coverdale’s off ense and averaged 25.8 yards on kickoff returns. He’s following Sean’s

may change overnight, communications with the Governor’s offi ce continue to refl ect uncertainty with attendance,” Snodgrass said. “We anticipate guidance on this soon and at the time of this communication, we believe attenSnodgrass dance at events will likely follow some of the guidance for fairground for indoor/outdoor grandstand seating.”

The OHSAA recognizes limited attendance could have serious impact on athletic department revenues, but recommends planning for all scenarios.

“Nothing, of course, is etched in stone, but most guidance for venues that have plans to reopen so far show restrictions on attendance,” Snodgrass said. “I would recommend at least planning on diff erent models for this.”

Transportation is another issue in how to get teams and marching bands safely to games during new coronavirus restrictions.

“It is way too early to give guidance, but we will provide it as soon as we know,” Snodgrass said.

The National Federation of State High School Associations may also have to modify rules to accommodate the impact of COVID-19. A normal 60-second

timeout may require more time with recommendations that athletes should not share water bottles or towels. The NFHS Rules Committees are working on necessary modifi cations.

According to the Snodgrass memo, recommendations will be going to Governor Mike DeWine’s offi ce soon to permit more opportunities for “contact sports” (football, soccer, fi eld hockey).

A current issue is the OHSAA believes school sports should have the same opportunity to safely open that non-school club, travel, youth summer sports have.

Many such leagues have begun (baseball, softball) and some use school facilities.

“There remains no separate designation between youth/summer sports and school sports,” Snodgrass said. “In other words, whether it is a group of high school players from School ‘A’ playing a baseball game or a Pony League game, they all fall under the Governor’s same orders.”

Snodgrass says the OHSAA has communications with the Governor and Lieutenant Governor’s offi ces on a regular basis. They are able to provide input but are not part of the development of guidance.

At any rate, the memo was an indicator of the possibility of more opportunities.

footsteps as a two-time captain.

Gone is starting quarterback Matthew Rueve, now at Boston College. Rueve led the GCL-South in passing and 23 of his 28 scoring passes went to either Cliff ord or to 2020 tight end Marshall Lang now at Northwestern.

Cliff ord initially was a quarterback, so you never know what coaches Specht and Coverdale have in mind for 2020.

“I just like having the ball in my hands, whether that’s running the ball or catching the ball,” Cliff ord said. “Whatever I can do to help the team. I love it!”

Specht has even mentioned Cliff ord might fi nd a play or two at safety in certain situations.

The Bombers start the next campaign Friday.

Aug. 28, at Brownsburg High School in Indiana, before hosting Colerain Sept. 4.

Other possible college players on the St. Xavier roster include nose guard Gio Albanese, who has an off er from Central Michigan, and Gabe DuBois, who is fi elding FCS off ers “We’re going to put 11 on the fi eld,” Specht said chuckling. “We’re going to fi nd 11 that will represent the Long Blue Line with character and class. I like this group of kids. I don’t know that we’re ever saturated with a lot of Division I talent. We have a lot of great kids that go on. Some will play Division III, some will play Division II, but they just like high school football. In Cincinnati, it’s hard not to love high school football.”

St. Xavier named virtual national dual meet champion. THANKS TO ST. XAVIER ATHLETICS

St. X Continued from Page 1B

have been a part of our program.”

Added head coach Tim Beerman, “Assistant head coach Tom Keefe did a great job in assuring we had the best line-up possible and the results speak for themselves.”

Brower was the former head coach who still serves as a varsity assistant to Beerman.

This year’s NISCA results will be released later in the summer, followed by Swimming World’s Mythical National Championship in September. St. Xavier was in the mix for signifi cant rankings after it captured its 41st Ohio championship in February.

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COMMUNITY NEWS College Hill CURC plans to continue its successful Hollywood Drive-In Theatre event through labor Day Weekend Due to its overwhelming success, College Hill CURC will offi cially be continuing the Hollywood Drive-In Theatre for the remainder of the summer, with the fi nal showing happening on Labor Day, September 7.

During the fi rst two weekends in June, movies will be shown on Friday and Saturday evenings. Starting June 18, movies will be shown from Thursday through Sunday.

Films start when the sun goes down around 9:15 pm.

Parking begins at 8:15 pm. A lineup of remaining fi lms that will be playing through June 28 is listed below: Thursday, June 25: Fever Pitch Friday, June 26: Sonic The Hedgehog Saturday, June 27: The Martian Sunday, June 28: Arrival Regarding the event, College Hill CURC Executive Director Seth Walsh stated, “In the middle of a turbulent time like this, we need to do whatever we can to keep our community strong. What better way to do that through a Drive-In movie theater? By hosting a consistent event like this, we’re able to build strong bonds with our neighbors, even in a time of real uncertainty.”

The address of the drive-in theatre is 1538 Cedar Avenue Cincinnati, Ohio. Tickets are $20 per car and further information about the event can be found on the website: www.hollywooddriveintheatre.com.

Community members have expressed great enthusiasm about the event, one adding, “It’s great that we’re able to relax and watch classic movies. I also love seeing familiar faces around-- this really brings everyone in the community together.”

The event began on Memorial Day Weekend with a showing of The Sandlot. Films are screened on the back of the historic Hollywood Theatre, and moviegoers tune in to their car radio to listen to the movie audio.

CHCURC is a non-profi t community development corporation focused on the revitalization of the business district along Hamilton Avenue in the Cincinnati neighborhood of College Hill. Formed in 1975, CHCURC refocused its mission to the business district revitalization with the closing of Kroger in 2002.

Since that time, CHCURC has led over $23.7 million in development along the business district. CHCURC owns 23 properties along Hamilton Avenue and anticipates leading an additional $43 million in new development projects in the coming years. For more information visit www.chcurc.com.

Julie Whitney, Phillippi-Whitney Communications LLC

Drive-in movies will be enjoyed by the entire family all summer long at the old Hollywood Theatre in College Hill. PROVIDED

Glendale Museum reopens Glendale’s charming museum in the historic train depot on the Village Square is opening to the public on June 25, but under responsible restart operating guidance outlined by the State.

Visitors will be welcome by invitation only, during the museum’s summer hours of 4-8 on Thursdays and 1-3 on Saturdays. They will be limited to three at a time, enabling safe distancing to experience the powerful “Women of Glendale” exhibit currently in place. Masks are also required.

“Women of Glendale” is a major exhibit of Glendale Heritage Preservation. It is timed to honor the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment, giving women the right to vote. It does so by acknowledging 34 Glendale women who led action that inspired innovation and change, and made a signifi cant impact on society through the arts, education, women’s rights, public health and social welfare, commerce, community development, religion and philanthropy.

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Glendale’s museum is reopening featuring the “Women of Glendale” exhibit. PROVIDED

Great Outdoors Month brings more reopenings for Great Parks Great Parks of Hamilton County is joining the national celebration of Great Outdoors Month in June 2020 as a growing number of facilities and services reopen for park guests to rediscover all that Great Parks has to off er.

“We have been able to keep all 21 of our parks and preserves open through the pandemic, off ering passive recreation options, which has meant a great deal to our park guests,” says Great Parks CEO Todd Palmeter. “We continue to focus on providing access to the great outdoors safely and effi ciently as we reopen facilities and activities for everyone to rediscover and enjoy.”

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Butsch retires after 38 years in public works FAIRFIELD – David Butsch started his public service career mowing grass as a maintenance worker in Forest Park.

He ended it 38 years later in charge of Fairfi eld’s Public Works Department overseeing a $6.4 million operating budget.

Butsch, 57, retired at the end of May after serving 18 years as Fairfi eld’s director of public works, a position he’s held for 18 years.

The highlight of his career, Butsch says, came at its end, in early May when he presented his plan to keep Fairfi eld’s streets in tip top shape.

It focuses on paving a certain number of streets each year.

“It solves a problem all cities have,’’ Butsch said.

“Most do it backwards. Instead of saying ‘this is how much money I need’ they’re given a dollar amount and then plan the work to match it.”

The city’s council is reviewing Butsch’s plan and plans to take action later this month or next month.

“This is the best legacy I could leave. We have to put maintenance fi rst and not big projects. This will give it some teeth and a plan to follow,” Butsch said of road maintenance.

People can always fi nd money (through grants) to widen the road but never the money to pave the roads and then they get further behind. It means as much to them to keep the roads in good shape as it does to me,” City Manager Mark Wendling said Butsch Butsch worked hard to ensure the plan was completed before he retired.

“He’s always made sure the road network was kept in good condition,’’ Wendling said. “Dave’s been a positive force for the city and the Public Works Department.”

During his career – which included stops in Springdale and Glendale – Butsch had worked as an equipment operator, fl eet and facilities manager, public works inspector, and in the engineering and street divisions.

Those experiences, he said, helped him become a better manager.

“I’ve started at the bottom as low as you can get and worked my way up,” Butsch said.

“A lot of the work they (employees) do, I’ve done.

I’ve had a diff erent take as a director because of my (work).”

Butsch said he knew Fairfi eld would be his last stop before retirement four months after he arrived when tropical force winds from the remnants of Hurricane Ike hit the city in September 2008.

“I found out how well the department was put together,” Butsch said. I knew at that point I was going to stay here,’’ Butsch said.

Besides that event, Butsch said he’s been involved in cleanup eff orts in 2005 in Biloxi, Mississippi, after Hurrican Katrina hit, and in 1999 after tornadoes hit Blue Ash. “The day-to-day things can get mundane, but when you throw us a curve – a fl ood, tornado, snowstorm – well, it just reinvigorates you a little bit,” Busch said.

Now, Butsch said he’s ready to start the next chapter in his life – traveling with wife, Hester, and playing with his two granddaughters.

He will start by putting down mulch in his Fairfi eld yard and a trip to Cumberland with a brother.

“I worked a little longer to make sure I had everything in order. I have no intention of looking for anything (job) at this point,” Butsch said.

“In hindsight, I’d not do anything diff erently. I have no regrets.”

Sue Kiesewetter, Enquirer contributor

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In my introduction to the inaugural Greater Cincinnati Brewery Power Rankings, I stated that I was “ready for the infl ux of emails telling me how wrong, how stupid, how clueless I am.” I was prepared for the worst, even as I hoped for the best.

Hope, as it turns out, was the victor.

I was pleasantly surprised by the number of readers who reached out to me via email and social media to tell me they had enjoyed the piece. A few readers even told me they agreed with what I’d written!

Most people didn’t agree completely with my initial power rankings, which I expected. Although polite and sometimes even complimentary, several readers made sure to express their displeasure with me for snubbing their favorite breweries. We’ll get to the breweries who got love from readers in a moment.

It wasn’t all roses, of course. As I predicted, there were a few nastygrams.

Here are my responses to a few of the more absurd notes I got: h I disagree that the mention of a peanut butter porter in the column demonstrates that I “don’t know craft beer.” I also don’t have the power to stop breweries from using peanut butter as an adjunct — and even if I did, I wouldn’t. #PB4LYFE h Taprooms are often noisy places, especially during peak hours. Knocking a brewery for being too loud is tantamount to complaining about it being too popular. h The size of a brewery’s investment in its marketing eff orts neither detracts nor enhances the quality of its beer. h No one besides me and my assignment editor had any idea that the power ranking column was going to be published before it went live, so it would be a pretty amazing feat for brewery owners to go back in time to pay me to include them. Also, if I was on the take, I’m pretty sure I would have had the big dent in the rear bumper of my 2011 Toyota

Urban Artifact's basement functioned as a performance space, taproom, and beer store on the brewery's fourth anniversary party in 2019.

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fi xed by now.

The fi rst Greater Cincinnati Craft Brewery Power Rankings were based on the state of things as I saw them at the time I wrote the column.

Going forward, I will continue to take into account the history and reputations of Cincinnati breweries, but the emphasis will be on recent releases, accomplishments and so forth. Breweries that made the fi rst power rankings can’t expect to stay on top if they rest on their laurels.

In other words: What have you done for us lately?

Loved but left out As I stated in the introduction to my last column, “This list isn’t meant to detract from the good work being done at the breweries that didn’t make it. Rather, it’s meant to celebrate the excellence of those that did.” But that didn’t stop readers from going to bat for breweries they felt had been unfairly snubbed.

Brink: This was the one I knew would be controversial. Brink is held in high regard by the Cincinnati craft beer community, and rightfully so. As I pointed out a few months ago, Brink has earned back-to-back gold medals for being the country’s best Very Small Brewing Company at the annual Great American Beer Festival.

Here are a few of the comments the

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column got on the Cincinnati Craft Beer Club Facebook page: h “I think putting Brink outside the top 5 is madness.” h “I have no arguments with your list.

I may have included Brink over Rhinegeist, but that is what opinion is all about.” h “Your opinion on this saddens me a little. I respect your opinions and appreciate your writing. BRINK should have made the list.”

You know who didn’t take off ense to Brink’s omission? Andrew McCleese, founder and director of operations at Brink.

“Taste is subjective, so is experience to a degree,” McCleese wrote to me. “We feel so loved that so many people are miff ed at your rankings!”

Now that taprooms are being permitted to reopen, destination breweries will aim to make up for the lost time. Brink will defi nitely be in the running for the next installment of the power rankings.

Urban Artifact: Frankly, I thought I would catch a lot more fl ak than I did for not including Urban Artifact. A lot of readers included Urban Artifact in their

personal Top 5s: h “Urban Artifact needs to be more than an honorable mention. I get it they mostly only do sours but that shouldn’t be considered a weakness because they have absolutely mastered the style.” h “Urban Artifact is my ride or die.” h “UA and Brink defi nitely make my top 5.”

Urban Artifact’s fans are passionate about what the all-sour brewery does, but the brewery has homed in on a polarizing niche. Time will tell if Urban Artifact moves up into my top 5.

Nine Giant and Narrow Path: As it turns out, the smallest breweries have some of the most vocal fans. Just as with Brink, these destination breweries will be more competitive going forward because of the relaxing of social distancing requirements.

There are more than 50 breweries in Greater Cincinnati, with more still to come! I can’t be in 50 places at once, so let me know if there’s a story you think needs to be told. Look mattkoesters up on Untappd to keep up with what I’m drinking, or send me an email at mattkoesters@gmail.com.

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SCHOOL NEWS WWHS celebrates Class of 2020 graduates with virtual graduation Like many graduating seniors around the world, Winton Woods High School’s Class of 2020 graduates celebrated their fi nal months of high school in a remote, virtual experience.

Hundreds of families, friends, and loved ones from around the country tuned into the Virtual Commencement exercise that was held on May 31 to watch their Warrior graduates become alumni of our illustrious district.

Superintendent Anthony G. Smith was intentional in making sure this onehour graduation special was one to remember.

“We are proud of our students’ achievements and are excited for their future endeavors. We are confi dent we have prepared them to be future ready.”

The virtual commencement included the Pledge of Allegiance by class president Tajammal Hill; and speeches by Valedictorian Matthew Bernardo, Salutatorian Isaiah Smith, Principal Eric L. Martin, and Superintendent Smith.

Board President Dr. Viola E. Johnson conferred the graduates.

Tijah Griggs gave a rousing speech as the student-selected speaker at tcommencement. This tradition of a studentselected speaker has been supported by students and staff for years.

Lastly, an award-winning virtual performance by the Varsity Ensemble, directed by Beth Miller, as well as a special video of encouraging words from their former teachers and members of the high school staff capped the Saturday afternoon’s commemorative event.

“I am so excited to see what the future holds for the class of 2020,” said Principal Eric L. Martin. “This is an extremely special group. The class of 2020 reached graduation during an unprecedented pandemic. One of the major factors of project based learning is we work diligently to prepare our students how to deal with adversity. We believe that this preparation will mold them into becoming powerful advocates of change in our society. I cannot wait to see them execute their plans that will lead them towards greatness. Congratulations to our Winton Woods High School Class of 2020! Your heroic moments will shine forever!”

Drew Jackson, Winton Woods City Schools

Winton Woods High School Valedictorian Matthew Bernado delivering his speech at the Class of 2020 Virtual Commencement Ceremony. DREW JACKSON/PROVIDED

Congratulations to Colerain High School senior Mariah Figgs Congratulations to Colerain High School Senior, Mariah Figgs. Mariah was one of seven honorable mentions for the 2020 YWCA Mamie Earl Sells Scholarship.

The YWCA Mamie Earl Sells Scholarship Fund was established in 1993 to provide fi nancial assistance and support to an outstanding AfricanAmerican female Greater Figgs Cincinnati high school senior entering a postsecondary institution.

The scholarship is off ered annually in conjunction with the YWCA Career Women of Achievement Luncheon.

Lyndsey Creecy, Northwest Local School District

AJC honors local high school students with Human Relations Award For 55 years, American Jewish Committee (AJC) has honored outstanding student volunteers of all faiths who have demonstrated a passion for making our community a better place in which to live with the Simon Lazarus, Jr., Human Relations Awards.

One junior winner, four junior fi nalists, one senior winner and four senior

fi nalists have been recognized for their exemplary volunteer accomplishments and awarded a cash prizes.

Caitlin Broderick, a junior at Wyoming High School, was selected as the senior class winner of the 2020 Simon Lazarus Jr., Human Relations Awards.

This academic and volunteer role model epitomizes the essence of human relations work daily as both a participant and a leader in her community. She is moved by an innate desire to understand others, and in her own words, “lift up my voice on behalf of those without power — the criminalized, impoverished, women, people of color, children, and the disabled.”

Caitlin has been shaped by youth mission experiences both in urban Chicago, where she learned about generational poverty and the disparities within the American legal system, and in Costa Rica, where she encountered fi rsthand the struggles of indigenous people, inspiring her environmental activism.

She’s proud of her role as an intern at the Federal Public Defender’s offi ce and her work with Project LEAD where she helped launch a twice-weekly, afterschool tutoring program for Central American immigrants in Carthage, focusing on reading, English, homework help, and cultural assimilation. Her experience at the Public Defender’s offi ce encouraged her to assist those who can’t help themselves. Caitlin’s goal is to attend law school where she intends to become a public defender and an author.

Caitlin coordinated and led the Community Climate Change Rally for which she wrote an article and poem that were published in Wyoming’s community newsletter.

Following the event, she led a discussion about climate change for a local youth group. Her great passion is writing, and she felt herself emerge as a leader through the process, culminating with her role as the featured rally speaker in front of several hundred school and community members. Some of Caitlin’s many other service interests include Project H.O.P.E. (Help Our Planet Earth), Relay for Life, food pantry work, Ohio Teen Ambassador Board, and A Characteristic Attitude, where she dresses up as a Disney princess at local charity events. She’s a member of Model United Nations, the National Honor Society, and helped lead a writing group

to promote equal rights and social justice.

Caitlin Broderick is a caring, community leader driven by her moral compass and integrity. She seeks to improve the needs of people in distress as well as addressing systemic injustices. As one of her WHS faculty nominators stated, “Caitlin lives at the call from her faith for peace and justice for all.”

Jillian Rice, a senior at Indian Hill High School was selected as the senior class winner of the 2020 Simon Lazarus, Jr. Award. For the past three years Jillian has been working with World Water Relief to raise funds to provide clean and safe drinking water in the Dominican Republic. These funds will also be used to teach local people how to maintain the water systems for the future. Jillian was able to complete a number of fundraising eff orts to reach her goal of $10,000, including sales at a 4th of July parade, establishing relationships with local businesses, and engaging the Indian Hill Brownies to make her crusader their project of the year. To quote Jillian, “seeing the enormous role that water plays in my life made me question why I wasn’t doing something to make sure everyone in the world had access to at least enough water to live.”

Jennifer Fussell, Director of the World Water Relief, stated that “Even the most complicated situations have solutions. Water is life and life has been brought to this tiny community. This young lady is a vital part of the ripple effect and without her philanthropic spirit, persistence, and perseverance we could not have tackled that project all at once and in such a short period of time.

She sets the bar high and is already raising funds for her next collaboration with WWR.” Jillian volunteers as a youth coach for children 12 and under, turning her passion for swimming into a benefi t for young people. Jillian has traveled to Peru to work with farmers, teaching them more effi cient farming techniques so that they can become more self-suffi cient. Jillian was described by a reference as unassuming, kind, dedicated, and beyond humble. Jillian was also described as a game changer with her wheels always turning. These attributes and her dedication to others contributed to her selection as the Senior Lazarus Awards winner.

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Case #7-20.

A request for a permit to install a ground mounted sign on the property of Heritage Apartments, 1410 Springfield Pike, Wyoming, OH 45215 was denied as the proposal violates the requirements of Section 1331.03(c)(3) of the Codified Ordinances which regulates the size and placement of signs in a residentially zoned district.

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A request for a permit to construct a driveway expansion at 149 Fleming Road, Wyoming, OH 45215 was denied as the proposal violates the provisions of Section 1153.05 of the Codified Ordinances which regulates parking within the limits of a front yard of homes located in the AA, Single-Family Residence District.

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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION Public Notice In compliance with Ohio Revised Code Section 117.38, the 2019 Annual Financial Statement for the City of Wyoming has been filed with the Auditor of State. A copy of the 2019 Annual Report is available for public inspection during normal business hours in the Finance Department at 800 Oak Avenue, Wyoming, Ohio 45215. The document is also available on the City’s website at www.wyomingohio.gov TCP,Jun24,’20#4245055 The Village of Evendale NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Village of Evendale will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, July 14, 2020 at 10500 Reading Road, Evendale, Ohio 45241. The purpose of the public hearing is on the preliminary tax budget for the year 2021.

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