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What is critical race theory and why do some Ohioans want to ban it?

Anna Staver The Columbus Dispatch and Madeline

Mitchell

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Parents packed a school board meeting near Cleveland. They fl ooded the Ohio State Board of Education with comments. They launched early campaigns for board seats in a Cincinnati suburb. And they lobbied state lawmakers into writing not one but two separate bills to ban the teaching of "critical race theory."

"It didn’t seem right to me. It didn’t seem like something kids should be taught," said Ben James, a Columbus parent. "To tell someone that you need to feel bad for being the shade that you are, that’s wrong, man. That is so wrong."

It's not in his son's school yet, but districts from Cleveland to Cincinnati adopted "anti-racist" policies in the wake of George Floyd's murder to promote diversity, equity and inclusion.

James, who is Black, believes these "buzzwords" are code for critical race theory, which he says is a divisive and harmful narrative that has no place in Ohio schools.

"This is trying to get at kids at an early age to divide at an early age," James said. "If we teach this to elementary school kids now, by the time they get to high school we’re going to be back to segregation."

Supporters are split on whether what they're teaching fi ts under the umbrella of critical race theory, or CRT. Legal scholars who study the theory are pretty certain it doesn't.

To them, CRT's transformation into a conservative battle cry is either a misunderstanding or a blatant attempt to misuse all diversity eff orts to further fears about indoctrination and dismantle public schools.

What is critical race theory?

Critical race theory is an academic fi eld of study like philosophy, sociology or economics, said Ohio University professor Vince Jungkunz.

"It has not resided in a pronounced way in (K-12) schools before Republican lawmakers started talking about it," Jungkunz said.

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FILE - In this June 10, 2021, fi le photo, Ben Frazier, the founder of the Northside Coalition of Jacksonville chants "Allow teachers to teach the truth" at the end of his public comments opposing the state of Florida's plans to ban the teaching of critical race theory in public schools during the Department of Education meeting in Jacksonville, Fla. Laws setting guiderails for classroom instruction on race passed this year in Republican-controlled states have left some teachers worried about how they will be enforced. (Bob Self/The Florida Times-Union via AP, File) FLORIDA TIMES-UNION VIA AP

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Camarion Dean of Lincoln Heights, 11, gardens at the Jackson Street Produce Market, Saturday, June 12, 2021, in Lincoln Heights.Lincoln Heights residents are growing more than a dozen crops including tomatoes, corn, broccoli and plums and will sell the crops at a local corner store. LANDON BOST/THE ENQUIRER

In Lincoln Heights, a home-grown solution to lack of fresh produce Scott Wartman Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

LINCOLN HEIGHTS – They show up every Saturday armed with rakes, hoes, shovels, weed trimmers, seeds and, during a recent weekend, fl y swatters to keep away cicadas.

These residents hope to feed their town.

Of course, growing your own food isn't easy.

"It's supposed to be carrots," said William Fraley on a recent Saturday morning as he hacked through a mass of vegetation with a rake. "But it's not really carroting. It's more weeds than carrots."

As the issue of food deserts gets more attention nationally and locally, leaders in this predominantly Black suburb just north of Cincinnati hope to improve access to fresh produce and teach the village's youth valuable life skills.

It's not just Lincoln Heights. People in Chicago, Atlanta and other cities have also turned to gardens as a way to improve access to fresh food, the Associated Press reported in 2019.

Fraley, 33, and the organization he's a part of called the Heights Movement, have turned a vacant lot in Lincoln Heights into a small farm called the Jackson Street Produce Market.

This spring, they've planted more than a dozen varieties of crops.

'Everybody has to eat' The nearest supermarket is only a few miles away in Woodlawn, but it's on congested Springfi eld Pike. Lincoln Heights is not listed on the U.S. Department of Agriculture's map of food deserts although other locations in Hamilton County and the metro area are.

While those with a car can easily get to the Kroger in Woodlawn, those that have to walk can't, said Daronce Daniels, a Lincoln Heights village councilman.

"If you don't have a mode of trans-

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Lincoln Heights Councilman Daronce Daniels, right, gives corn seeds to Anthony Ashton, left, at the Jackson Street Produce Market, Saturday, June 12, 2021, in Lincoln Heights.Lincoln Heights residents are growing more than a dozen crops including tomatoes, corn, broccoli and plums and will sell the crops at a local corner store. LANDON BOST/THE ENQUIRER

portation, the opportunity to get fresh foods and produce is nonexistent in Lincoln Heights," Daniels said. "On Springfi eld Pike, it is not a safe walk."

Daniels started the Heights Movement in 2017. It's a group of residents who advocate for Lincoln Heights, a community founded by Black families who moved into the area from the south 75 years ago.

Ninety percent of the residents in the village of 3,300 are Black people. Nearly half the residents, 46%, live under the poverty line, according to the most recent estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Heights Movement has taken the lead pushing for Cincinnati Police to move its gun range out of the community after 70 years of residents living next to the gunfi re on a daily basis.

The issue of access to fresh food and food deserts was also top on Daniels' list when he started the movement.

"It was a way to bring people together to solve a problem," Daniels said. "How

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do we solve problems? Everybody here likes to grow food. Everybody has to eat."

Lincoln Heights Mayor Ruby KinseyMumphrey doesn't see her village as a food desert with the nearest grocery store less than fi ve miles away. But she does like the small farm.

"It is a great opportunity for residents to know about agriculture," she said.

Teaching life skills Daniels has enlisted a group of about 40 residents to work in the garden every Saturday. Using a grant from the United Way and the Greater Cincinnati Foundation, the Heights Movement is able to pay a stipend of $50 a day to the workers.

It's not just about food. It's also teaching residents self-reliance, fi nance and business, Daniels said.

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BMV: Expired documents will no longer be valid beginning July 1 Briana Rice

Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles is telling drivers to check their licenses and registrations.

Amid the pandemic, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill that extended the expiration dates of drivers licenses, identifi cation cards and vehicle registrations beyond December 1, 2020.

Beginning July 1, expired documents will no longer be valid, according to the BMV website.

Any license or registration that had an expiration date between March 9, 2020 and April 1, 2021 was valid until July 21, according to DeWine's bill. That deadline is now approaching and the BMV is urging drivers to renew everything soon.

Any fees for vehicle registrations during the extension that were delayed are now due, the BMV said.

You can fi nd more information at https://bmvonline.dps.ohio.gov/ Contact Briana Rice at 513-568-3496 or brice@enquirer.com. Follow her on Twitter at @BriRiceWrites.

The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles reopened on May 26, 2020, with long lines at the Court Street location, Downtown. KAREEM ELGAZZAR/THE ENQUIRER

GOP lawmakers clash over Householder removal at Columbus restaurant Jessie Balmert Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

People fi sh at Winton Lake at Winton Woods Park Wednesday, May 13, 2021.

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Hamilton County parks tax hike closer to the ballot Scott Wartman Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

It looks more likely Hamilton County residents this November will vote on a property hike to pay for parks.

While they haven't made a formal decision, a majority of the fi ve-member Great Parks of Hamilton County board on June 17seemed to support a tax levy on the ballot.

The board on June 17 approved three possible levy amounts to send to the county auditor to certify, all of them less than the tax increase proposed last year.

The board will vote in July on whether to put one of these levy amounts on the November ballot.

Four of the fi ve members of the board told The Enquirer after the meeting they either supported or were leaning toward supporting the levy on the ballot. One member, Stacey DeGraff enreid, said she hasn't decided but "can't imagine I wouldn't lean towards it, but I would like to look at the numbers."

"In two years our attendance has gone up 39%," said board member William Burwinkle. "Our customers are telling us they want to be there. They want the parks."

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This would be the second attempt in as many years that the park board has tried to put a tax increase on the ballot. In 2020, the Great Parks board tried to put a 1.8 mill tax levy on the November ballot. It would have cost the homeowner an additional $63 per $100,000 of value on top of the $35 the current levy costs.

Great Parks in 2020 pulled the levy from the ballot when faced with criticism for seeking a tax increase during the pandemic.

But the need is still there, board members told The Enquirer on June 17.

"You could even see during the COVID pandemic how much the parks were used. It is defi nitely a value to the community," said board member Caren Laverty. "It would be a benefi t all around."

The three tax levies being considered would be less than last year's, 1.25 mill, 1.18 mill and 1 mill. The cost to the taxpayer will depend on the auditor's calculations when they're certifi ed in the next few weeks, said Great Parks Chief Executive Offi cer Todd Palmeter.

Palmeter at the June 17 meeting initially presented four levy values between 1.05 mill and 0.90 mill. These would only pay for a portion of the capital and infrastructure needs.

Some board members felt that was too low.

"We have a responsibility to our constituents to deliver the product they're asking for," Burwinkle said. "I'd like to see a scenario where 100% of infrastructure is funded and 80% of the capital projects."

The parks district wouldn't just rely on tax money to pay for the $101 million in projects the parks district has on the drawing board.

The board also on June 17 approved a recommendation to raise $50 million in donations over the next 10 years.

The recommendation was made by an advisory board of volunteers, philanthropists and community leaders.

Raising $50 million in 10 years would help Great Parks of Hamilton County pay for trails, build boat ramps and the many other projects on the park district's drawing board. The parks district annual budget is $34 million, so $5 million a year would account for 14%.

"We think that's very doable," said Kitty Rosenthal, a member of the advisory committee. "This is the time."

Rev. Damon Lynch III, a member of the advisory board, recommended the parks not just go after the big philanthropists but people that use the park every day. He also suggested reaching out to radio personalities like Lincoln Ware and Bill Cunningham to get people to donate. Ware is at Winton Woods every morning with a large walking group, he said.

"We're not just talking about large givers," Lynch said. "We're talking about people that can give $100."

COLUMBUS – The Republican infi ghting over now-former Rep. Larry Householder spilled over into a Columbus restaurant earlier this month, with Green Township Rep. Bill Seitz emerging as Householder's defender once again.

Seitz and Rep. Jon Cross, R-Kenton, were both dining separately at Lindey's, a sophisticated restaurant in Columbus' German Village frequented by GOP lawmakers, on June 9. That's when a verbal dispute broke out, observed by several other lawmakers and lobbyists.

Seitz opposed Householder's removal, publicly and privately, and Cross backed the eff ort to expel Householder from the chamber.

Rep. Cindy Abrams, R-Harrison, who was at the restaurant, explained what she saw: "Words were exchanged over two diff erent sides of the Householder vote. Families sometimes disagree."

Cross called the House Republicans' chief of staff that night about what happened. Speaker Bob Cupp, R-Lima, has since spoken with Seitz about the exchange. Seitz said he would not disclose what he told Cross that night nor the details of his private conversation with Cupp.

House GOP spokeswoman Taylor Jach confi rmed June 22 that Cupp was aware of what had transpired at Lindey's, the Toledo Blade fi rst reported.

Cross declined to comment about the confrontation, saying that lawmakers should move on from the Householder vote. "I've moved on. Let’s get back to work."

The morning after the Lindey's incident, Seitz sat in a House committee room and publicly challenged the resolution to remove Householder from every angle. Householder, a Perry County Republican faced expulsion over his alleged role in a $61 million bribery scheme.

Seitz questioned whether Householder's behavior met the threshold of disorderly conduct defi ned in Ohio law. Seitz pointed out that Householder was reelected even after his arrest. Seitz listed three

"This is not of any allegiance to Larry Householder. "It is simply doing what I believe to be my constitutional duty, which is to uphold the rule of law."

Green Township Rep. Bill Seitz

Democrats who weren't booted from their public offi ces over corruption.

Cross was among the 75 lawmakers who voted to remove Householder from the Ohio House of Representatives last week. Seitz was among the 21 who voted against expulsion.

"This is not of any allegiance to Larry Householder," Seitz said on the House fl oor, pointing out that he backed Speaker Ryan Smith's bid. "It is simply doing what I believe to be my constitutional duty, which is to uphold the rule of law."

Other outbursts Seitz's private outburst against Cross was followed by a public outburst involving House Minority Leader Emilia Sykes during a debate over his election reform bill.

“You can’t interrupt me, madam!”

Seitz bellowed and pointed. “You cannot interrupt me.”

Seitz later defended his behavior, saying Sykes and Rep. Tavia Galonski falsely attributed statements and he was trying to clear up the facts. Sykes called his behavior "a poor display of emotional control."

At a 2018 going away party for a House GOP staff er, Seitz reportedly made disparaging remarks about two female colleagues, past and present, and fell down the venue's steps. He later apologized for the "ill-advised commentary."

Editor’s note: Information included refl ects this article’s original publication date – June 22. Visit Cincinnati.com for possible updates.

Jessie Balmert is a reporter for the USA TODAY Network Ohio Bureau, which serves the Akron Beacon Journal, Cincinnati Enquirer, Columbus Dispatch and 18 other affi liated news organizations across Ohio.

Representative Bill Seitz gives a statement in the House of Representatives at the Ohio Statehouse in downtown Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, June 26, 2019. SAM GREENE/THE ENQUIRER

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Jungkunz, who has taught a class on CRT since 2004, described it as a way of understanding how racism shaped life in America, using examples from his personal life. Jungkunz, who is white, met his former wife, who is Black, in the late 1980s.

"We started to notice almost like this sociological diff erence," Jungkunz said.

"I would be treated completely diff erently than she would be treated."

Hotel clerks would tell her they had no rooms were available, but he would be off ered a key. Sometimes there would be a vacancy, but her rate would be higher than his.

"Hotels, rental car rates, teacher evaluations that mentioned the texture of her hair. That's how I knew white privilege was real," he said.

The civil rights movement purged "blatant racism" from the law, he said, but it didn't purge the beliefs that created "separate but equal" systems.

That’s the focus of critical race theory.

For example, a few years ago major technology companies marketed their facial recognition software to police departments across the globe until researchers from Stanford and MIT found the error rates for people of color generally – and Black women in particular – alarmingly higher than their white male counterparts.

A test of Amazon's "Rekognition" software misidentifi ed 28 members of Congress as criminals, including the late civil rights legend U.S. Rep. John Lewis.

Critical race theory, Jungkunz said, would ask the coders to go beyond fi xing the software and discover why their programs had these biases to begin with.

Masking racism as diversity That all sounds good, said Aaron Baer, the director of the Center for Christian Virtue. But that's not what's being pushed in schools.

"Everyone I know who is objecting to CRT, we would all be on board with having more diverse viewpoints," Baer said.

"Let’s not be afraid to engage with those ideas, but there’s a massive leap between CRT and respecting and celebrating diversity."

He sees a borderline racist ideology that teaches children "there is a certain group of people who are irredeemably evil and awful based on the color of their skin."

And Rep. Don Jones, R-Freeport, sees a worldview in CRT that goes against the American dream and claims meritocracy was created to oppress people of color.

"It’s really based off of Marxism, and the fact that we should make those who have been successful feel that they have been privileged," Jones said. "I think that’s an important thing to realize. We are looking for equality in opportunity, not equality in outcome."

Controversy over the 1619 Project What brought critical race theory out of academic obscurity was a collection of essays, poems and commentaries compiled by the New York Times in a Pulitzer Prize-winning initiative called the 1619 Project.

Named for the year Africans fi rst landed on American soil, the project attempted to reframe U.S. history with a focus on slavery and the contributions of Black Americans.

Former President Donald Trump called the project “toxic propaganda” and “ideological poison that if not removed will dissolve the civic bonds that tie us together.”

He disparaged school districts that began incorporating the project into their history lessons, and he convened his own “1776 Commission” to write a “patriotic” curriculum for schools to use. President Joe Biden dismantled the commission on his fi rst day in offi ce.

In April, the U.S. Department of Education published a proposal for federal grants for schools that incorporate diverse perspectives into their history lessons and used the 1619 Project as an example.

By June, lawmakers in 16 states had introduced or passed bills to ban its teaching.

What’s happening in Ohio In July 2020, Ohio's State Board of Education adopted a resolution condemning racism. The three-page document acknowledged the achievement gap between white students and kids of color and promised Ohio would do better.

The resolution called on the Depart-

ment of Education to off er training on implicit bias and "strongly recommend (ed) that all Ohio school districts begin a refl ection and internal examination of their own."

Some districts, such as Cincinnati Public Schools, took the idea to heart.

Its board approved an anti-racism policy in December, which included a commitment to developing new, anti-racist lesson plans for students at every grade level.

Board member Mike Moroski said they haven't experienced any community pushback, and he doesn't expect to see a bunch of angry parents once the new curriculum becomes offi cial.

Some teachers are already weaving diversity lessons into their teachings.

“Yes, it probably gets very close to what you would consider critical race theory,” said Trent White, a social studies teacher at Cincinnati's Aiken High School. “Being very critical of the idea that a lot of the legal foundations of this country were founded to help white people prosper and either did not think about African Americans or some were intentionally done to (Black people)."

About 69% of Ohio's public school kids are white, according to the most recent data from the state. Akien High School, however, is 95% minority with the majority of students – 78% – being Black.

White said he tailored his teaching to his students, many of whom view U.S. history through the lens of the Black experience.

That doesn't mean he teaches kids that all white people throughout history were racist. His goal is not to teach students to hate America. But he doesn't give kids a "rosy, autobiographical version" of the nation's history, either.

He also incorporates local issues like redlining, which was a way banks marked predominately Black neighborhoods on maps in order to deny them loans and other fi nancial services.

White wants his students "to understand that you can be critical of America without hating America."

Local control or local protection?

In Hudson City School District, where 85% of the students are white, parents lined up in opposition to the way its schools were teaching about diversity.

The school board said in a statement that it wasn't teaching critical race the-

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This is why we have local control, Rep. Erica Crawley, D-Columbus, said.

“School districts should be able to allow teachers to teach whatever they believe is necessary for that subject.”

Ohio has more than 600 school districts. What works in one might not work in another, she said. But House Bill 322 would cut into that academic freedom.

It wouldn't explicitly ban the 1619 Project, but it would ban any lesson claiming "the advent of slavery in the territory that is now the United States constituted the true founding of the United States."

And it would prohibit teaching slavery and racism as "anything other than deviations from true American values like 'liberty and equality.'"

A district could lose its funding if it taught in a way that made a student "feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress on account of the individual's race or sex."

House Bill 327, sponsored by Republican Reps. Diane Grendell and Sarah Fowler Arthur, goes a step further. It includes prohibitions for higher education and mandatory training for state employees on what the bill calls "divisive concepts."

"When you are teaching something divisive, it's important to make sure that it is as well-rounded as possible," Fowler Arthur said.

Her bill doesn't ban the teaching of controversial issues. It simply requires them to be taught in an "an objective manner" that presents "a complete view of history." CRT, in her opinion, "teaches a narrative view of history."

Ohio lawmakers need to intervene here, Fowler Arthur said, to protect teachers and other state employees from being forced into accepting these ideas just to keep their jobs.

Both bills also attempt to ban federal intrusion on this topic. The federal government could "coerce" districts into choosing critical race theory curricula with federal funds, Fowler Arthur said, like they did with the Common Core standards.

“They incentivized it through a grant process directly to local school districts,” she said. “A majority of districts didn’t want to voluntarily participate, but everyone was eventually forced to comply.”

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Pandemic led to fewer fi nancial aid requests.

Where does that leave students?

Madeline Mitchell Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Ariyana Blunt had her sights set on Tennessee State University, a historically Black public university in Nashville. The 2021 graduate from Withrow University High School says she had dreams of being the fi rst of her siblings to graduate high school on time, go to college and get a good-paying job that she enjoyed.

"To just start a diff erent lifestyle for our family," Blunt, 18, says.

But in the chaos of COVID-19 and virtual learning, Blunt says, she had trouble getting ahold of her school counselor. She couldn't ask anyone at home about applying for federal student aid, since her mother and older sister had dropped out of high school early.

She missed the deadline. Worry started to set in, Blunt says. She saw her dreams start to slip away.

“I really started to panic because I knew, the background I come from, I would not be able to pay (for) college,” Blunt says. “And my biggest fear as a teenager is to have college debt. I was really trying to avoid it.”

Blunt is not alone. With less than two weeks before the June 30 deadline, Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) entries were down 3.6% nationwide this year compared to last year, according to an Associated Press analysis of federal data as of June 11. Applications were also down by 5.8% in Ohio, down by 11.6% in Kentucky and down 5.2% in Indiana.

At Withrow, applications were down 50% from last year, an Enquirer analysis of FAFSA applications shows. Across the 16-county Cincinnati region, applications fell by 6.4% to roughly 10,900 students, the Enquirer analysis of federal data reveals. Submissions were down at 72 of 114 schools in the database gathered by AP. Not only is fi lling out the form a necessity to obtain federal student grants and loans, it's often a requirement for state fi nancial aid as well.

Despite the dip in fi nancial aid applications, kids are still applying for college – in fact, more of them than ever before. According to the Common Application, a nonprofi t membership organization that connects applicants to nearly 900 higher education institutions, more than 640,000 additional applications were submitted through Common App this year compared to last year. That’s more than an 11% increase.

Brent Shock, vice president for enrollment management and student success at Miami University, says these numbers indicate a disparity in the type of students funneling into higher education.

“What the worry is is that we’ve lost – and by we I mean society, our community, our nation – has lost a highly vulnerable group of students that may not get into the admission/college enrollment cycle,” Shock says.

Students who need fi nancial aid to go to school and kids who require extra, face-to-face guidance to make their dreams of pursuing higher education a reality may have fallen through the cracks during the coronavirus pandemic, Shock says. He thinks the culprit is likely virtual and hybrid learning models.

Low student engagement brought fewer applications Though many school districts were remote in the fall months – when both the Common App and FAFSA opened – the majority of local schools returned to in-person learning this spring as staff and students began to receive COVID-19 vaccinations.

Emma Steele, senior public relations manager at the Common App, says fi rstgeneration applications were down slightly from last year in early April, but since then have "ticked up slowly."

There was a 4.7% increase year-overyear of fi rst-generation applicants, though Steele says 30% of this year's total Common App entries were fi rst-generation students compared to last year's 31%.

"From what we can tell, fi rst-generation and fee waiver students waited (until) later in the season to apply," Steele says. Fee waivers are often given to students fi lling out the Common App who demonstrate fi nancial need.

Ericka Copeland, president and CEO of the Cincinnati Youth Collaborative, says she, too, noticed a decrease in engagement earlier in the pandemic that has since started to rebound. The organization has many programs for Cincinnati youth, including mentorship opportunities and classes focused on college and career readiness.

“Let alone the opportunities to do FAFSA or ACT prep, college searches and that – students weren’t even showing up for class,” Copeland says of the pandemic days. “The academics is the fi rst priority.”

Some of the families Copeland works with have never had to fi le a FAFSA. She says the application is "monstrous," even for her.

Casey Jaynes, director for middle and high school learning support services at Boone County Schools, also can attest to the "daunting" task of fi ling for federal aid. FAFSA applications were down 20% compared to last year at Boone County High School.

“It’s a process,” he says. “I have a master’s degree and was a principal for seven years and it was all I could do to get my three kids’ FAFSAs fi lled out so they could go to school. So if you’re a new person to the area or you have a language barrier or anything like that, I mean, it’s hard.”

Jaynes says Boone County Schools battled high levels of disengagement during remote learning, which could have contributed to the FAFSA decline.

He also says students seemed pessimistic about college in October because many local universities were operating virtually.

Many Boone County Schools' families also deal with language barriers, Jaynes says. Others lost jobs during the pandemic, and since FAFSA collected 2019 tax information this year there could have been fears that the application would not accurately depict families' needs.

The parent presentations are crucial, Aniskovich says, since students can’t fi ll out the application alone.

“Every college and university gets to decide what qualifi es as need. So just because the government says this is what we think your expected family contribution should be doesn’t mean that those, especially small, colleges will agree with that,” Aniskovich says.

Looking to the future Ariyana Blunt graduated from Withrow University High School in May, 2021.

After graduating, she applied for Ohio’s Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), which has enabled her to partake in a 12 week information and technology program this summer at Kable Academy. She hopes to use this internship to one day get a job in cybersecurity.

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completed schools are starting to dole out that money. And it is a thing that eventually the money is going to run out," she says.

Turpin is one of the rare schools in the Cincinnati region that went against the trend this application season. Its fi nancial aid applications were up more than 21% from last year.

Neither Aniskovich nor Turpin principal Dave Spencer could say for sure what led to the dramatic increase in the school's FAFSA applications, but both spoke to the overall success of in-person learning during COVID-19.

Aniskovich says the high school has developed “best practices” for communicating the importance of FAFSA with students and families. She says Turpin counselors provide separate presentations about the application process with parents and students and then bring it up again during one-on-one meetings with students at the beginning of their senior year.

“It's need-based aid, but we say to them don’t second-guess it. If you think that maybe your mom or dad makes too much money and they won’t qualify for aid, do it anyway. Carve out a half-hour, 45 minutes and just sit down and do it because there’s no downside to it,” she says.

Blunt says many of her friends also missed the FAFSA deadline or other due dates for post-graduate opportunities while in remote learning.

“It was just so stressful this year, honestly," Blunt says, "because everybody had to scramble when we got back to school in January to get stuff done that really should have been done in October.”

Her panic subsided slightly when she found out about another aid opportunity in her second bell educational opportunities class.

Ohio's Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) programs don't pay for college, but they do help with various training programs. Through Cincinnati Youth Collaborative's Jobs for Cincinnati Graduates, Blunt applied for WIOA and was accepted into a 12week information technology program this summer at Kable Academy. She will graduate this September with her certifi cation and, she says, hopefully, job prospects in the fi eld of cybersecurity.

Blunt says she's excited about this new path, though it's diff erent from her original dream. She says she used to think college was the only route to a good-paying job and successful career.

And she still might go to a university, someday.

For now, though, Blunt is still basking in the glow of her late May graduation at Fifth Third Arena. Her grandmother, sister, aunt and uncle got to watch her walk across the stage. It was "extremely emotional," Blunt says.

“I feel like if you don’t go through anything, then you don’t learn anything. So I had to take all of the challenges that I’ve been through in my high school career and take them as lessons and use them for my future," Blunt says.

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Aniskovich says she encourages students to apply as soon as they can once FAFSA opens each year on Oct. 1.

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Seelbach proposes tax hike for aff ordable housing Sharon Coolidge Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Cincinnati Councilman Chris Seelbach is proposing an earnings tax increase to bolster aff ordable housing.

His Cincinnati Aff ordable Housing Levy would increase the earnings tax by 0.1 points to 1.9%. It must be approved by City Council before the end of August to get on the November ballot.

It's unclear if Seelbach has council support. The proposal comes in the wake of the failure of Issue 3, an aff ordable housing charter amendment that would have required council to put at least $50 million a year toward aff ordable housing.

During the campaign, many city leaders said while they supported aff ordable housing, they opposed the required annual $50 million in spending as decimating the city budget. Issue 3 failed in the May primary 73% to 27%.

The earnings tax increase – paid by anyone who lives or works in Cincinnati regardless of age or income level – would raise roughly $17 million a year and expire after nine years, with a built-in renewal request.

Seelbach said a person with a median household income would pay $3.38 a month under the plan. According to the most recent Census estimates, the median household income of a Cincinnati resident is $40,640.

Cincinnati City Councilmember Chris Seelbach KAREEM ELGAZZAR/THE ENQUIRER

"This is a transformative opportunity to make real progress on aff ordable housing for the many Cincinnatians who struggle to pay rent every month,” Seelbach said. “Designed with transparency, accountability and equity in mind, I believe the Cincinnati Aff ordable Housing Levy will give voters the power to transform communities and grow Cincinnati for everyone.”

Seelbach made the announcement at

the end of council's Budget Finance Committee June 21. He planned a rollout at the June 30 meeting of council, but it was canceled, prompting him to unveil the plan now.

He argues the tax increase would: h Preserve and create aff ordable housing: At least 50% of levy funds would go toward preserving and creating aff ordable housing for low- and very low-income residents.

h Boost homeownership opportunities and protect vulnerable homeowners. It would provide low and moderateincome homeowners down payment assistance if they're fi rst-time homebuyers. And it would keep fi xed-income seniors and low-income homeowners in their homes by funding critical home repairs through grants and low-interest loans. h Homelessness prevention and shelter diversion: It would provide eviction prevention money and aftercare services for people as they transition from homelessness to a new place to live.

The proposal calls for the creation of a Cincinnati Housing Advisory Board to oversee the money. The board would be appointed by the mayor and confi rmed by council. The board's members would have to include a nonprofi t developer, a resident in an area where aff ordable housing would be built and community members.

Cincinnati's earnings tax was reduced from 2.1% after a Hamilton County transportation sales tax went into effect. At 1.9%, the city's earnings tax would be lower than in other regional cities. For comparison, Dayton's earning tax is 2.25%; in Columbus and Cleveland, it's 2.5%. Covington's is 2%.

Editor’s note: Information included refl ects this article’s original publication date – June 21 (updated June 22). Visit Cincinnati.com for possible updates.

Sherrod Brown, Rob Portman introduce bill in honor of Otto Warmbier Quinlan Bentley Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

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U.S. senators Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman introduced bipartisan legislation in Congress on June 17 aimed at countering censorship and surveillance within North Korea.

If passed, the Otto Warmbier North Korea Censorship and Surveillance Act – named after the Cincinnati-area native who was imprisoned while on a trip to North Korea and died shortly after being returned home– would appropriate $10 million a year over the next fi ve years to improve North Korean's access to information and counter the regime's "repressive censorship and surveillance state," according to a press release.

U.S. Sen. Chris Coons, Democrat of Delaware, sponsored the bill along with Brown and Portman.

Warmbier, a Wyoming High School graduate and University of Virginia student, was imprisoned by the North Korean government in January 2016 and sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for allegedly stealing a poster from a staff -only section of a hotel there.

He was released after 17 months, but returned home to Cincinnati in a coma and died less than a week later. Saturday marks the fourth anniversary of Warmbier's death.

"He died an unjust death and this legislation will help ensure that his memory lives on and that the brutal regime responsible for his death is held accountable for this and its myriad of other human rights abuses," Portman said in a statement.

North Korea ranked 179th out of 180 countries in the 2021 World Freedom Press Index, which cites the country's "complete control" over communications and harsh punishments issued to

“The biggest thing for me,” Sean said, “is I never want to be in debt, and that’s just gone away.”

Lina Horning said her son blew out his knee last year just as recruiting season was heating up, so he couldn’t go after that full scholarship he wanted.

With the Vax-a-Million win comes a full-ride scholarship, including four years of tuition, books and room and board at an Ohio public university or college.

“I feel relieved now," Sean said. "All the pressure is gone.”

That week’s drawing included 3,428,514 adult entries in the drawing for $1 million; another 150,187 Ohioans age 12 to 17 entered the drawing for a college scholarship. That was an increase of 66,311 adult entries and 6,583 scholarship entries from the previous week.

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Otto Warmbier is escorted at the Supreme Court in Pyongyang, North Korea.

The 22-year-old died last year. JON CHOL JIN/AP

Ohio's fourth Vax-a-Million winners were announced Wednesday night and one of the winners is from Cincinnati.The four-year scholarship winner is Sean Horning from Cincinnati. OHIO GOV. MIKE DEWINE

Colerain grad wins Vax-a-million scholarship Briana Rice Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Ohio's fourth Vax-a-Million winners were announced June 16 and one of the winners is from Greater Cincinnati.

Colerain grad Sean Horning, 17, won the four-year scholarship. The scholarship can go to any vaccinated child between age 12 and 17 who applies to the drawing.

The $1 million winner is Suzanne Ward from Findlay.

Horning and Ward talked to DeWine via FaceTime, according to DeWine's Twitter.

"Fran and I enjoyed talking with Ohio's newest #OhioVaxAMillion winners tonight! Sean Horning from Cincinnati won a college scholarship, and Suzanne Ward of Findlay won $1 million. We're grateful to them and every other Ohioan who has been vaccinated," DeWine said in the Tweet.

The Greater Cincinnati resident, hadn’t planned on attending school next year.

Sean graduated last month from Colerain High School, where he played baseball and hockey, according to Fox 19. He is taking a “gap” year before attending college.

“He was planning to work, save some money, and then next year go to college,” Sean's mother, Lina Horning, told Fox 19.

Otto Warmbier with Sassy, a friend's dog PROVIDED BY CHRIS COLLOTON

citizens who view foreign media.

More:Five things we learned from the Warmbiers’ court victory over North Korea According to the release, $10 million will be appropriated to the United States Agency for Global Media for fi scal years 2022-2026. That money will be used in part to improve North Koreans' access to digital and non-digital information and protect the identities of individuals receiving information from foreign media outlets.

The bill also directs that within 180 days of its passage, the president must submit to Congress a strategy to combat "North Korea’s repressive information environment," the release states.

"We will continue to pressure North Korea to stop its draconian surveillance and censorship policies, and by doing so honor Otto’s memory," Brown said in a statement.

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corner market a block away. Proceeds will go back into the operations of the garden. The Heights Movement will bring in bankers to give fi nancial and business tips to the gardeners, he said.

Daniels recently directed about a dozen children and adults through the 100-foot-by-100-foot patch of land. Several teenagers who live at the nearby group home, Acts 1:8 Housing, helped till the soil and cover some of the crops with netting. There were also volunteers from the nearby GE Aviation plant, who have also provided gardening expertise.

They walked over a grid of hoses that extend back to a large water tank, a makeshift irrigation system they're improving as the weeks move on.

Daniels hands Adwana Carter-Dubose a hoe. He asks the 12-year-old Lincoln Heights resident to demonstrate how to get rid of weeds around collard greens that have sprouted.

"Adwana has been doing this the last three weeks. You're the expert" Daniels tells her. The group then watches her dig around the crops. "We really want to clear out the whole area."

Adwana said she's out there every Saturday for the past several months.

"It's not really that hard," she said.

Protecting against deer and squirrels Right now, the garden looks inconspicuous among the houses and a nearby construction site. A peach tree in the center has sprouted fruit. And tomatoes and collard greens have started to grow.

There are more than a dozen varieties of produce waiting to come out of the ground, including carrots, broccoli, bell peppers, corn, tomatoes, peaches, apples, squash, potatoes, plums, collard greens and kale.

The local wildlife has started to notice. For the fi rst time ever, residents have reported seeing deer in Lincoln Heights, with several sightings around the garden. Keeping nature and wildlife at bay is one of the biggest challenges.

"It's not easy," said Celeste Treece, 34, a member of the Heights Movement who works in the garden. While standing across the street from the garden, she rattled off this year's challenges.

"Cicadas have made it very challenging.

A cicada rests on a peach tree in the Jackson Street Produce Marke Lincoln Heights residents are growing more than a dozen crops including tomatoes, corn, broccoli and plums and will sell the crops at a local corner store.

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We've never seen deer in Lincoln Heights. We recently saw deer. We think it's raccoons and squirrels that are eating the broccoli."

By the end of July, the fi rst crop should be in, Daniels said. Eventually, they plan on having a farmer's market regularly at the garden, making it a community gathering spot. They're building picnic tables and will have a mural painted by ArtWorks "I'm excited about this project, to see how much it grows, see how much it evolves, really seeing how much the community has taken onus of it," Daniels said.

'This is the stuff that is missing' As the morning wore on, parents and grandparents dropped their children off at the garden. Paula Lee pulled up in a silver sedan and dropped off her grandson Yosiah Williams, 7.

"This is the stuff that is missing," Lee said. "See, my mother taught me how to

Lincoln Heights residents are growing more than a dozen crops including tomatoes, corn, broccoli and plums at the Jackson Street Produce Market in Lincoln Heights.

garden. Lincoln Heights, when I was raised, we did all this kind of stuff . " Her grandson jumped out of the car as Fraley approached. Fraley put Yosiah to work taking down weeds along the front fence. Within an hour, the overgrowth was gone. And the rows of freshly tilled soil emerged from what was a thicket an hour ago.

"If the pandemic showed us any-

thing, we need to be self-suffi cient," Fraley said. "That's another drive behind us, and we'll be able to help the people of Lincoln Heights... When we get the fi re pit, the benches set up, it's going to be a beautiful thing."

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Preparing pesto per palate preference Basil pesto with garlic scapes or garlic cloves Garlic scapes are more mild than garlic cloves, so you’ll need more.

Use the white tops since the stalks are too tough for pesto.

Cashews make a good sub for pine nuts.

Ingredients 2 cups basil leaves, packed ⁄ 4 to 1 cup freshly grated Parmesan

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Pesto made with fresh basil leaves. PHOTOS BY RITA HEIKENFELD FOR THE ENQUIRER

To use blender: Pour oil in, then add remaining ingredients and blend until desired consistency is reached.

Kale or turnip greens pesto Rita’s Kitchen

Sub in about 4 cups greens, blanched quickly, drained and cooled.

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Follow pesto recipe but add honey and lemon juice to taste. Maybe more nuts, too.

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Freeze pesto When my friend and former colleague Lisa Mauch – an Eastside reader – and I get together to cook, it’s always an adventure.

Like last week, when Lisa visited with her wild bounty: garlic scapes and mulberries. Along with those, she brought turnip greens from a local farmer. “Can we make turnip greens pesto with garlic scapes and make mulberry jam?” Lisa asked. OK by me!

Having enough mulberries to make jam is a rare treat around here. We have mulberry trees along our old country road and when we fi nd mulberries we eat them out of hand. I have never gotten enough to make jam. I adapted a strawberry jam recipe and it worked well.

Now about the wild garlic scapes.

Garlic scapes are the stalks that grow from bulbs of hard neck garlic. The scapes bloom with pretty white tops

Pour into freezer bags. Smoosh air out. Seal and lay flat.

After freezing, break off what you need.

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Breanna Clemons and Aries Lindsay. PHOTOS PROVIDED

From left: Iyashu Adams, Namaray McCalley and Maya Floyd.

Mt. Healthy High School seniors sign to play at next level

formed, and the characters that were brought to life so to see it go is bittersweet, to say the least.”

After the fi nal bows and once the crowd had dispersed, students celebrated and created their ritual circle. A meeting where the performers, crew, and staff create a circle and share encouraging thoughts and positive comments about their peers’, the show, and their performances. This meeting, being a little diff erent, was met with tears more of joy, as they concluded their fi nal night under the lights together; the show will go on.

Drew Jackson, Winton Woods City Schools

As the school year begins to come to a close, fi ve Mt. Healthy High School students-athletes signed to play collegiate sports on Wednesday, May 5 and Thursday May 27 with friends and family on hand.

Breanna Clemons signed to play basketball at Owens Community College, Aries Lindsay signed to play football at ALN Sports Preparatory Academy, Iyashu Adams and Namaray McCalley signed to play basketball at Southwest Ohio Prep Academy, and Maya Floyd signed for bowling at Thomas More University.

Breanna Clemons has been playing basketball since 5th grade including the last 5 years in AAU. During her sophomore year at Mt. Healthy High School, she became more interested in playing college basketball. She has been a varsity starter for the Owls since her sophomore year and has been the team captain for the last two years. Additionally, she played with Cincy’s Finest and Finished with Phenom. Clemons earned 2nd team All SWOC honors as a senior and Honorable Mention recognition as a junior. She earned the OWL award, which is recognition and appreciation for the hard work and dedication displayed by Ms. Clemons over the last 4 years. Coach Benard Caldwell and Coach Sean Lanier have been most instrumental in her development. In addition to playing basketball, Breanna ran Cross Country and Track and Field.

Mt. Healthy girl’s basketball coach, Mr. Moore said, “Breanna Clemons is one of the most dedicated, tenacious, motivated, and competitive individuals you will meet. Ms. Clemons is a true depiction of what a Mt. Healthy Owl represents.”

Aries Lindsay played four years of high school football for the Owls in addition to junior high football. He led the team in tackles as a junior and was the second leading tackler as a senior. Playing linebacker, Aries earned 2nd team All SWOC honors. He began his football career at the age of seven and now is realizing his dream to play at the next level. Aries also played one year of basketball for the Owls.

“Aries started coming to the weight room, and the rest is history. He ended up being the biggest turnaround I’ve seen in my coaching career,” Owls Football Coach Arvie Crouch remembers of Aries.

Iyashu Adams will begin his collegiate career at Southwest Ohio Prep Academy and play basketball. During the 2021 season, he fi nished second in the league in scoring and third in assists. He played all four years of basketball for Mt. Healthy Owls and on the varsity squad for three of those years. Additionally, he played AAU for the Cincy Rockerz & the Shining Stars. Iyashu earned All SWOC honors - 1st Team in 2021; Honorable Mention in 2020.

Described by The Cincinnati Enquirer as “one of the underrated basketball players” this year, Namaray McCalley will attend Southwest Ohio Prep Academy and play basketball. He was a leader on and off the basketball court. He assisted leading the Boys Varsity team into regional playoff s this year with scoring and assists. He was fi rst in the league as a defensive leader, second for assists and third for scoring. He earned 1st team SWOC conference this year and SWOC Sportsmanship in 2020.

Maya Floyd has been bowling since she was fi ve years old. Next year, she will continue her bowling and educational career at Thomas More University. As a three year high school varsity bowler and softball player, Maya was 1st Team SWOC for 2020 and 2021. She earned Athletic-Student Scholars for two years, including this year when she carried a 3.91 average during both bowling and softball seasons. Maya states, “ My love for bowling helped me realize that I did not want to stop at the high school level. Hence, I choose Thomas

More University.” She will major in nursing and continue her passion for her sport.

Mt. Healthy City School District wishes all of our Owls success in college or whatever they choose after high school.

Missy Knight, Mt. Healthy City School District

WWCS selected as a 2021 Best Communities for Music Education Award for 6th year And the curtain was drawn for the last time. Winton Woods High School Theater Department said their fi nal goodbyes to their former high school auditorium also known as the David Bell Performing Arts Center on Sunday, April 18.

Theater and longtime students who had spent the entirety of their academic career in what is now the former high school were glad they could complete their fi nal show at a building they had come to know and love and call a second home.

Like many Winton Woods High School students, senior and theater student Alycia McNeil was introduced to theater and the art of storytelling and performing live on stage her freshman year. “The fi rst show I did was ‘The Wiz’ and after that I knew I wanted to do this.

I loved it. I have a poster from every show I performed in. All those memories make me so happy. I grew up with these people on that stage, so although singing my last song was bittersweet and sad, I am glad I was able to spend my last moments with the people I started with who are now dear friends.”

For the last show, students performed the musical “Songs for a New World” by Jason Robert Brown accompanied by the high school orchestra.

“It feels surreal,” said senior and theater student Briana James. “It did not hit me at fi rst. I remember when I saw all these other seniors graduate and thought that is so far ahead of me. I have time but when it was the fi nal performance and we did our bows, it hit me. It was the last time I would ever do this again with these people on this stage. In the midst of the excitement from my peers, I also got teary eyed. There is an honor of being the last group to perform on that stage but also a sadness because we are truly the last actors and actresses to perform on that stage.”

Theater Department Director and former Forest Park High School Alumni Michelle Kolowski shared with her students that it had been 32 years since she fi rst walked onto that stage as a freshman in high school. “I saw my fi rst theatrical production in that theater in 1983 because my siblings were a part of the musical that year, which was ‘Guys and Dolls.’ It is hard to explain the impact that show had on my life. Suffi ce it to say I was hooked. That auditorium became my home away from home and when Larry Day off ered me the opportunity to be his successor, I was aff orded the chance to provide that home away from home to the next generation of theater enthusiasts. I know when other people look at the auditorium they see a space that is old and worn out. I will admit, it has seen better days. But when I look at that space, I see all of the songs that were sung, the dances that were per-

WWHS Theater performs last show in former high school building And the curtain was drawn for the last time. Winton Woods High School Theater Department said their fi nal goodbyes to their former high school auditorium also known as the David Bell Performing Arts Center on Sunday, April 18.

Theater and longtime students who had spent the entirety of their academic career in what is now the former high school were glad they could complete their fi nal show at a building they had come to know and love and call a second home.

Like many Winton Woods High School students, senior and theater student Alycia McNeil was introduced to theater and the art of storytelling and performing live on stage her freshman year. “The fi rst show I did was ‘The Wiz’ and after that I knew I wanted to do this.

I loved it. I have a poster from every show I performed in. All those memories make me so happy. I grew up with these people on that stage, so although singing my last song was bittersweet and sad, I am glad I was able to spend my last moments with the people I started with who are now dear friends.”

For the last show, students performed the musical “Songs for a New World” by Jason Robert Brown accompanied by the high school orchestra. “It feels surreal,” said senior and theater student Briana James. “It did not hit me at fi rst. I remember when I saw all these other seniors graduate and thought that is so far ahead of me. I have time but when it was the fi nal performance and we did our bows, it hit me. It was the last time I would ever do this again with these people on this stage. In the midst of the excitement from my peers, I also got teary eyed. There is an honor of being the last group to perform on that stage but also a sadness because we are truly the last actors and actresses to perform on that stage.”

Theater Department Director and former Forest Park High School Alumni Michelle Kolowski shared with her students that it had been 32 years since she fi rst walked onto that stage as a freshman in high school. “I saw my fi rst theatrical production in that theater in 1983 because my siblings were a part of the musical that year, which was ‘Guys and Dolls.’ It is hard to explain the impact that show had on my life. Suffi ce it to say I was hooked. That auditorium became my home away from home and when Larry Day off ered me the opportunity to be his successor, I was aff orded the

Winton Woods High School Theater students perform last show in the David Bell Performing Arts Center. DREW JACKSON/PROVIDED

chance to provide that home away from home to the next generation of theater enthusiasts. I know when other people look at the auditorium they see a space that is old and worn out. I will admit, it has seen better days. But when I look at that space, I see all of the songs that were sung, the dances that were performed, and the characters that were brought to life so to see it go is bittersweet, to say the least.”

After the fi nal bows and once the crowd had dispersed, students celebrated and created their ritual circle. A meeting where the performers, crew, and staff create a circle and share encouraging thoughts and positive comments about their peers’, the show, and their performances. This meeting, being a little diff erent, was met with tears more of joy, as they concluded their fi nal night under the lights together; the show will go on.

Drew Jackson, Winton Woods City Schools

King’s Closet meets the needs of NWLSD families, once again Northwest Local School District has once again partnered with Colerain Township’s Northwest Community Church to provide families with another year of donations through King’s Closet.

King’s Closet provides clothing for students in need at all grade levels.

Together, NWLSD and Northwest Community Church partner to provide shirts, pants, socks, underwear and warm outerwear, which is especially important during winter months and the holidays.

For NWLSD this partnership provides a way for the school to connect families in need with the church in order to meet their needs. “NWLSD has numerous partnerships with various organizations. It’s organizations like these that make such a huge diff erence in a student’s life. We fi nd requests are typically higher when the seasons begin to change, so having an organization that we can connect our stakeholders with is key. Families in our area truly need the resources that are provided through these types of partnerships,” said Lindsey Gibson, NWLSD Social Worker.

The partnership between the two has been long standing even though the King’s Closet relationship has only been in place the last three years. “We started this mission outreach with the NWLSD three years ago, and every year the need increases. We depend upon donations from our community to keep this program running,” said Doris Haubner, Mission Elder at Northwest Community Church.

The church is in need of new leggings, jeans, solid color hoodies, sweatshirt and sweatpants, new underwear, new socks and new or gently used/clean coats (children’s size 5 through adult XXL sizes). Community members can make donations in several ways.

Individuals can contact Lindsey Gibson at NWLSD to arrange a time to drop off goods at the district’s offi ces. Drop off s can also be made at Northwest Community Church.

Individuals are asked to call the church (513-385-8973) to arrange a drop off time if outside the Wednesday hours. Financial donations are also greatly appreciated; checks can be sent to Northwest Community Church at 8735 Cheviot Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45251 (please be sure to put King’s Closet in the memo line) or individuals can securely make a donation via the Church’s online giving tool using the Mission Box and designating King’s Closet (https:// www.northwest-church.org/giving).

The resources for this program are open to everyone within the district.

NWLSD families and students in need should contact their school’s counselor or the district’s social worker, Lindsey Gibson (lgibson@nwlsd.com or 513648-4085), to complete and submit a Clothing Request Form.

Lyndsey Creecy, Northwest Local School District

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SPORTS Greater Cincinnati's Top 22 football players of '22 class this summer Scott Springer Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

As Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky/Southeast Indiana high school football teams are getting in their preseason summer work, actual football games are just two months away.

Based on recent signings, camps, reviews and rankings, here is an updated list of some of the area's top prospects among 2022 seniors.

These rankings are not from the personal preferences of Enquirer staff ers. They are a compilation based on various recruiting services such as 247Sports, Rivals and others. As we have found in past years, rankings change as they're heavily infl uenced by the number of Division I off ers.

It's a mathematical rating that has no bearing on what a player's upcoming fall season might bring. The ratings will be updated periodically when changes occur.

Top 22 Class of '22 22 . Evan Wibberley, off ensive line, Dixie Heights - Wibberley is 6-foot-5 and 275 pounds and has been off ered by Eastern Kentucky, Missouri State, Eastern Michigan, Marshall, Western Kentucky, Central Arkansas, Austin Peay, Middle Tennessee and Florida International with interest from Army, Dartmouth, Brown, Columbia Harvard, Austin and Kentucky.

21. Paul Haywood, off ensive line, La Salle - The 6-foot-4, 315-pound guard has off ers from Akron and Dartmouth with interest from Marshall and Ball State.

20. Nick Moore, off ensive line, Northwest Moore is a 6-foot-4, 270-pound interior lineman for the Knights with off ers from Army, Navy, Marshall and Woff ord. He was fi rst-team Southwest Ohio Conference as a junior.

19. Drew Ramsey, athlete, Elder - The 6-foot-1, 200 pound Ramsey has been a quarterback, receiver, running back, defensive back and punter at Elder. He's been off ered by the Miami RedHawks and Toledo. He had 55 catches for 762 yards and eight scores as a junior and ran for 721 yards and 14 touchdowns. He completed 7-of-10 passes for 120 yards and a touchdown.

18. Brandon White, wide receiver, Moeller - The 5-foot-8, 160-pound speedster was injured much of 2020 but had three catches for 94 yards in Moeller's opening win over Bishop Hartley. He had 17 catches for 272 yards and three scores as a sophomore. Akron, Kentucky, West Virginia and Bowling Green have offered White with Wisconsin Purdue, Army, Toledo, Temple, Marshall and Cincinnati showing interest.

17. Brogan McCaughey, quarterback, St. Xavier The 6-foot-2, 203-pound McCaughey led the Bombers to the Division I state title in his fi rst season as a varsity starter. Along the way, he was named fi rst-team AllOhio by both the coaches and media. He threw for 2,708 yards and 28 touchdowns despite missing 2.5 games due to injury. He threw for a school-record 556 yards against Cleveland St. Ignatius Oct. 3. Miami University, Akron, Eastern Kentucky, Toledo, Yale, Ohio University, Bowling Green, Eastern Michigan, Buff alo, Tulane, Columbia, Youngstown State, Fordham, Penn and Kent State have off ered. McCaughey was the top-rated performer among invites to the Elite 11 regional quarterback competition in Philadelphia in May. 16. Kendrix Goodman, off ensive lineman, Fairfi eld - The 6-foot-4, 320-pound guard was secondteam Greater Miami Conference for the Indians. Army signee Jaydan Mayes ran for 1,043 yards behind the Fairfi eld line that included Goodman. Kentucky, Ball State, Marshall and Pitt have off ered.

15. Ken Willis, cornerback, Colerain - Willis is a 5-foot-11, 160-pound defensive back for the Cardinals.

He had 31 tackles this past season and 20 as a sophomore. Willis committed to stay home with the Cincinnati Bearcats on June 20.

14. Max Klare, tight end, St. Xavier - The 6-foot-4, 225-pound Klare switched from quarterback and had seven catches for 123 yards and a touchdown late in

La Salle running back Gi'Bran Payne runs the ball in the game between St. Xavier and La Salle high schools Sept. 4, 2020. JIM OWENS FOR THE ENQUIRER

La Salle football recruit Payne looking to make visits before decision Scott Springer Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

MONFORT HEIGHTS - La Salle High School fourstar football recruit Gi'Bran Payne recently tweeted that he had made his decision.

However, a decision could be not to make a decision as the 5-foot-10, 200-pound Lancer running back said June 21 that he would like to make some visits.

"I'm talking currently to a lot of them (schools), still staying open even though I said that on Twitter," Payne said. "I'm just trying to plan my visits and get ready for the season."

At the end of February, Payne narrowed his choices to fi ve via: Alabama, Florida, Northwestern, Notre Dame and Penn State. Of those fi ve, he's only visited Northwestern where former La Salle star Jeremy Larkin is a coach and 2019 Division II state championship teammate Cam Porter is a current member of the Wildcats backfi eld.

"It's still kind of up in the air," Payne said of an impending decision. "I'm just trying to visit these schools actually and see what they're about. I'm currently talking to some more people just trying to get a visit in and check their campus out."

Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, visits were restricted to Zoom and other online virtual experiences. Last year's Ohio Mr. Football Corey Kiner See PAYNE, Page 2B

La Salle running back Gi'Bran Payne is the area's top uncommitted player heading into the 2021 football season THE ENQUIRER/SCOTT SPRINGER

See TOP 22, Page 2B

Nick Moore (52) lifts Kevon Grant (16) of Northwest after scoring a touchdown against Harrison, Friday Sept. 25, 2020 at Northwest High School MICHAEL NOYES FOR THE ENQUIRER

The state champions in the boys 4-x-100 meter relay are the La Salle Lancer, Koy Beasley, Tyreeq Sanders, Gi'Bran Payne and Orlando Wyatt, at the 2021 OHSAA State Track and Field Championships in Columbus, Ohio, June 5, 2021. GEOFF BLANKENSHIP FOR THE ENQUIRER

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OSU commit Bowen Hardman describes 'breathtaking' offi cial visit Adam Jardy Buckeye Xtra USA TODAY NETWORK

The offi cial visit had been a long time coming for Bowen Hardman.

More than a year had come and gone since the Cincinnati Princeton guard had issued his verbal commitment to Ohio State for its 2022 recruiting class, which made the chance to take his fi rst offi cial visit to his future home all the more meaningful. So on June 11, Hardman fi nally got another fi rsthand look at the Buckeyes program he committed to in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The visit left an impression.

“It was breathtaking,” Hardman said. “It was amazing just to get back on campus. Every time you step foot there it’s like, ‘Oh my gosh.’ ” A three-star guard in the 247Sports.com composite rankings, the 6-5, 160-pound Hardman committed to the Buckeyes in May 2020. He had toured the campus on an unoffi cial visit the previous fall, when he took in a football game and left with a scholarship, but the subsequent recruiting pause during the pandemic meant he hadn’t been back in nearly a year and a half.

There was a lot of catching up to do, not only with coach Chris Holtmann but with newly hired assistant coach Tony Skinn and the rest of the coaching staff .

Time was at a premium, Hardman said, because at least one recruit has been on campus each day in June.

“It was kind of hard to sit down with every single coach, but I was really happy to be able to sit with (Tony) and talk about everything,” he said. “You enjoy those moments because you want coaches who are really upfront with you and really real, and they are.”

Bowen Hardman attended Ohio State’s home football game against Cincinnati on Sept. 7. ADAM JARDY/DISPATCH

That included feedback on his potential role when he arrives at Ohio State as well as areas for growth during his senior season. Hardman said he’s been adding a driving element to his game to complement his shooting ability, something that has started paying dividends during AAU ball. The coaching staff talked with him about growing defensively, he said, and getting stronger and more physical while also increasing his overall court awareness.

They also discussed pending changes to name, image and likeness rules that could be in place by the time he arrives on campus.

“As much as we’re learning about it, the coaches

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signed with LSU without stepping foot in Baton Rouge.

Then, there's the NCAA transfer portal, which now allows one-time transfers without penalty of sitting out a season. Translated, a college can pursue older players who have at least sniff ed a Division I regimen in addition to bringing in raw high school players.

The game off the fi eld has changed as much as the game on the fi eld. In the meantime, the highestranked Greater Cincinnati uncommitted Class of 2022 recruit is awaiting to see up close and personal where he might tote the pigskin.

As for this season, Payne has gained 10 pounds and is hoping to stay on the fi eld after missing much of his junior season after a high ankle sprain. After running for 113 yards and two touchdowns and catching two scoring passes in a 2020 season-opening win against Elder, Payne was limited most of the season and barely played after the fi rst few games fi nishing with 235 yards and fi ve scores plus nine catches for 181 yards and three touchdowns.

"I know Gi'Bran is looking forward to staying healthy," La Salle coach Pat McLaughlin said. "He got injured last year and tried to fi ght through it. You go back to his sophomore year and the tape that he had was good and the tape that he had at the beginning of last year was good. He can play at the Division I college level. It's just a matter of where he's going to fi t in right now."

His sophomore tape, which included 129 yards rushing in the state title game against Massillon Washington, put him in the limelight. Though he shared carries with Cam Porter and current Navy freshman quarterback Zach Branam, he still produced 790 yards and nine touchdowns, with eight catches for 141 yards and three scores.

For good measure, he returned 13 kickoff s for 273 yards, had 41 tackles at linebacker with three forced

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the season after being injured in the early portion of St. Xavier's championship season. Klare committed to Duke on June 14.

13. Rodney Harris II, wide receiver, Princeton - The 6-foot-3, 195-pound receiver was voted fi rst-team AllOhio by coaches and was second-team by the media.

He had 22 catches for 330 yards and four touchdowns.

His off ers include Cincinnati, Miami University, Indiana, Toledo, Eastern Kentucky, Ball State, Navy, Albany and Pitt.

12. Mekhi Lynn, quarterback, Princeton -The 6foot-2, 180-pound signal-caller was fi rst-team All-Ohio by the media and second-team by coaches. He threw for 1,429 yards and 17 scores and ran for 358 and six touchdowns. Cincinnati, Indiana, Miami University, Ball State, Eastern Kentucky, Buff alo and Toledo have off ered.

11. Brian Parker II, off ensive lineman, St. Xavier At 6-foot-5 and 275 pounds, Parker was fi rst-team AllOhio by coaches and media. Parker recently joined teammate Max Klare in committing to Duke.

10. Josh Kattus, tight end, Moeller - The 6-foot-4, 245-pound big receiver was fi rst team All-Ohio by both coaches and media. He had 23 receptions for 288 yards and four scores for the Crusaders. Kattus is the son of former Michigan and Cincinnati Bengal tight end Eric Kattus and had an array of off ers. He committed to Kentucky on April 20.

9. Cameron Collins, off ensive lineman, St. Xavier The 6-foot-4, 260-pound guard was fi rst-team Greater Catholic League-South for the 2020 Division I champions. His off ers include Louisville, West Virginia, Akron, Central Michigan, Western Michigan, Eastern Kentucky, Air Force, East Carolina, Dartmouth, Brown, Army, Navy, Ball State, Buff alo, Ball State, Penn, Appalachian State, Marshall and Toledo.

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fumbles and picked off two passes for 112 yards, including one for a touchdown.

When he's healthy, Payne prefers to stay off of the sidelines. Plus he was a defensive lineman in junior high, so he's experienced being on the chase.

"I just don't like coming off the fi eld," he said. "It

8. Kaleb Johnson, running back, Hamilton - The 6-foot-1, 200-pound running back had 789 yards rushing in the same backfi eld with senior Keyshawn Stephens, who had 1,115 as a fi rst-team All-Ohio selection.

Johnson was honorable-mention All-Ohio. He ran for 878 yards as a sophomore. Johnson committed to play for the California Golden Bears June 21.

7. Charlie Kenrich, athlete, Lakota East - Kenrich is 6-foot-4 and 220 pounds and was versatile for coach Rick Haynes, rushing for 245 yards out of the triple option and catching 13 passes for 290 yards. He also played linebacker and punted. Kenrich committed to Purdue on June 19.

6. Brody Foley, tight end, Anderson - At 6-foot-6 and 230 pounds, Foley was voted All-Ohio fi rst-team Division II as a defensive lineman by media and second-team at tight end by coaches. Foley committed to Tennessee on May 8.

5. Ashton Craig, off ensive tackle, Lawrenceburg At 6-foot-5 and 250 pounds, Craig has picked up off ers from numerous schools including the Miami RedHawks, Boston College, Duke, Wake Forest, Cincinnati, Baylor, Indiana, Northwestern, Bowling Green, Western Michigan, Yale, Tulane, Penn, Nebraska, Florida State and Purdue. In mid-June he had visits to Ohio State, Notre Dame and Michigan.

4. Alex Afari, defensive back, Lakota West - The 6-foot-3, 200-pound Afari was also fi rst-team All-Ohio according to coaches and media as a junior. Afari committed to Kentucky on May 7.

3. Tegra Tshabola, off ensive lineman, Lakota West - Tshabola is a 6-foot-6, 340-pound tackle who was also fi rst-team All-Ohio in voting by the coaches and media. Tshabola joins Brown as an Ohio State commit. He recently took part at an Under Armour InviteOnly camp in Columbus with fellow Buckeye recruit Jyaire Brown and Lakota West teammate Alex Afari.

Tshabola will also play in the All-American Bowl.

2. Gi'Bran Payne, running back, La Salle - Payne is a 5-foot-10, 190-pound back who had injury issues in 2020 after playing a core role in La Salle's 2019 Division

and staff are, too,” he said. “I think there’s going to be a lot of great things that come out of it and great opportunities for college players.”

As a junior, he averaged 15.1 points and 3.2 rebounds while shooting 37.3% (40 for 107) from three-point range. He’s the No. 170 national recruit and the No. 5 prospect from Ohio, according to 247Sports.

“The off ense, they’re not worried at all because (they feel I’m) very skilled off ensively with shooting and being able to drive and compete,” he said. “With the defensive part, they said they’ve seen a really good improvement with me in this AAU season and just growing into my body, gaining more weight and getting stronger.”

His host was ostensibly second-year guard Gene Brown III, but Hardman said he spent most of his time hanging out with Brown and roommates Meechie Johnson Jr. and Zed Key Jr. “We’re all goofballs so we’re all having fun, cracking jokes,” he said. “We were able to watch a bunch of NBA games and play card games and go through the campus and just have fun. I know a lot of those guys really well. For me to sit back with them and have fun and see how well they are together and see how they have a bond, a friendship, is really huge. It grew on me a little bit like, ‘Dang, I’m really lucky to have the opportunity to be here and play with these guys.’

That went down as a highlight for Hardman, as did a full-on photoshoot that featured him wearing a gray Ohio State jersey with the number 0.

“I was able to take a couple pictures when I was there my sophomore year, but it wasn’t as crazy,” he said. “It’s cool. We really got to do some fun poses.” ajardy@dispatch.com @AdamJardy

keeps me warm and I stay ready for off ense."

The Lancers will have a new quarterback to hand/ throw the ball to Payne as two-year starter Branam is in Annapolis with the Midshipmen. Junior Mason transfer Mason Mattingly and senior Cam Cope are in the running for that job.

La Salle also replaces four Division I defensive backs in Jaylen Johnson (Ohio State), Devonta Smith (Alabama), Iesa Jarmon (Cincinnati) and Jaymar Mundy (Miami University).

On the upside, McLaughlin returns a seasoned offensive line which includes three-year starters Paul Haywood, Austin Rack, Ryan Reynolds plus Max Leyendecker, Jake Wiesman, Tristen Manning and Liam Feeley. Many will play both ways.

"With a guy like Gi'Bran, you can pretty much do anything," Haywood said. "Just make a little hole and he'll run through it. He's super-fast. He's who he is for a reason. He's one of the best in the state."

The Lancers again will have speed to burn as Payne and some of his teammates were also part of this spring's state champion 4-x-100 relay team that stood atop the podium in early June. Koy Beasley is also a sophomore running back/defensive back, while Orlando Wyatt was a Lancer running back who recently graduated.

"We had expectations but we didn't really think we were going to win state," Payne said "It was a good experience to win state in track like I did in football."

Football-wise, La Salle is again a Division II threat playing in a league of historically notable Division I schools. St. Xavier, Moeller and Elder have all been to the state title game in the last decade with the Bombers from the other end of North Bend Road being the defending Division I champions.

"We have a very tough league with X, Elder and Moeller," Payne said. "League games are when you play your best football really."

Both 247sports.com and Rivals list Payne as a fourstar recruit. 247 lists him as Ohio's ninth-best recruit, 22nd nationally at his position. Rivals has him at No. 13 in Ohio and 27th nationally at running back.

II state championship run. He was limited to 235 rushing yards and fi ve scores with 181 receiving yards and three more touchdowns, mainly in La Salle's three opening games. As a sophomore, he ran for 790 yards, including 129 in the state title game. He also had 41 tackles, three forced fumbles and an interception as a linebacker. Payne had a who's who list of off ers and recently announced his Top 5: Alabama, Florida, Notre Dame, Penn State and Northwestern. A late addition was a May 11 off er from Tennessee. His decision could come at any time.

1. Jyaire Brown, defensive back, Lakota West - The 6-foot, 175-pounder was fi rst-team All-Ohio by both the media and the Southwest Ohio Football Coaches Association. Brown is committed to Ohio State but was recently off ered by Notre Dame. Brown recently committed to play in the All-American Bowl next January.

Five on the cusp (Again rating changes by services are usually based on off ers. Ratings often change): Grant Lyons, linebacker, St. Xavier - The 6-foot-3, 230-pound outside linebacker recently committed to the Miami RedHawks. He had 54 tackles and led the GCL-South in sacks with six.

Chase Brown, defensive end, Moeller - At 6-foot-3 and 220 pounds, Brown had 12 tackles and 2.5 sacks for the Crusaders. Brown is considered a "sleeper" by some with Akron being among the early schools showing interest.

Luke Slusher, off ensive line, Beechwood - The 6foot-5, 290-pounder for the Kentucky Class A state champs committed to Western Kentucky June William Ingle, athlete, Sycamore - The 5-foot-10, 195-pound Ingle committed to Navy March 13. He had 475 yards rushing in six games with seven touchdowns.

As a receiver, he had 19 catches for 227 yards.

Augie Groh, off ensive line, Fairfi eld - The 6-foot-4, 265-pounder has off ers from Marshall, Air Force, Army, Austin Peay and Youngstown State.

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The book appeared as: The Germans in the American Civil War, with a Biographical Directory. Long since out of print, it has now been reprinted by Heritage Books.

It contains maps, a biographical directory, and an index of names, places, and subjects. It is an essential source for all those interested in the topic of Germans in the Civil War. The book is available from Heritage Books (www.heritagebooks.com), as well as from Amazon.com.

Dr. Don Heinrich Tolzmann

ALEXANDRIA, VA. – National PTA is proud to announce Elise Fessler as the latest recipient of National PTA’s Life Achievement Award, the highest honor given to PTA members and leaders.

The National PTA Life Achievement Award recognizes a person who lives out his or her commitment to children on a daily basis and tirelessly advocates for children’s education, health and well-being.

Elise has held multiple positions over the past 22 years, including President of both the Finneytown Elementary PTA and Finneytown Secondary PTA, and the Bobbie B. Fairfax PTA. She has also served as President of the Hamilton County Council of PTAs. She is currently the President of Bobbie B. Fairfax PTA, and also serves as Hamilton County Council of PTAs Area Advisor. In addition, she has promoted and organized the annual National PTA Refl ections contest for many years. Elise also is an advocate for legislation that benefi ts children and families.

Finneytown Secondary PTA nominated Elise for this award for her unwavering dedication to the PTA at all levels, and we are thrilled to be able to publicly recognize her for all she’s done. Congratulations, Elise!

Miriam Schmidtgesling, Finneytown Secondary PTA

Library’s summer program encourages literacy and learning with free booklets, books to keep CINCINNATI — Hamilton County kids and teens are invited to read, learn, and earn prizes with the Discover Summer program at the Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library. The 2021 summer learning program runs through July 31. Youth can visit a library location to pick up their free Discover Summer To-Go pack: h Activity booklets – Four diff erent booklets for See COMMUNITY, Page 10B

Outdoor movies at Great Parks this Summer Movies in the parks are back. After many decades, outdoor movies are returning to Great Parks this summer, some that you even get to enjoy on the water.

MOVIES IN THE PARK This free series features movies for all ages. Local craft and art vendors starting at 5 p.m. with the show starting at 7 p.m. Food and beverages will be available.

Thursday, July 1 Glenwood Gardens, 10397 Springfi eld Pike, Cincinnati, OH 45215 Movie: Dolittle Friday, Aug. 20 Miami Whitewater Forest Harbor, 9001 Mt Hope Rd, Harrison, OH 45030 Movie: Shrek Float-In Movies at Lake Isabella Enjoy a movie from the comfort of a boat at Lake Isabella!

Movies start at 9:30 p.m. Boats can be rented online for $40 for up to four people. Food and beverages will be available.

Friday, June 25 Movie: Wonder Woman 1984 Friday, July 9 Movie: Moana Friday, Aug. 13 Movie: The Goonies More information at https://www.greatparks.org/ calendar/special-events/movies-in-the-park.

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Otto Armleder Memorial Park and Fernbank Park are cooperative ventures with the City of Cincinnati; a Motor Vehicle Permit is not required.

A Motor Vehicle Permit is not required at Great Parks Nature Center at The Summit.

Kimberly Whitton, Great Parks of Hamilton County

Book reprint: The Germans in the American Civil War Germans played an important role in the Civil War. The Germans strongly opposed slavery, as well as the secession of the southern states. Many had military experience in the Prussian and other armies of the German states. When the war broke out, Germans enlisted in great numbers. Their story is told in a book that was originally published in German in 1911.

It was written by Wilhelm Kaufmann, editor of a German newspaper in Cleveland, but was never translated until 1999 when Dr. Don Heinrich Tolzmann, president of the German-American Citizens League

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1 Home for the Devil 6 Fairy-tale villain 10 Ballet-inspired fitness method 15 Web designer’s code 19 Dream interrupter, maybe 20 Pitcher Hershiser 21 They might dog a dog 22 ‘‘____ there!’’

23 Prisoner accidentally causes a power outage?

26 Police unit, informally 27 ‘‘Hoo boy!’’

28 ‘‘Your guess is as good as mine’’ 29 Small songbirds 30 In a manner of speaking 31 Kind 33 Year, in Brazil 34 Cherokee and Navajo 37 Southern university beefs up campus security?

42 Unlike bread on Passover 45 Pierce-Arrow competitor 46 Popular Hyundai 47 ‘‘O mio babbino caro,’’ e.g.

48 Key part: Abbr.

50 Keenness of judgment 53 Chinese zodiac animal 54 Fellow imposes a strict palm fruit regimen?

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59 Something that can be tried or cracked 60 Dead giveaway?

61 Put away some groceries?

62 ____ school 63 Convenient transport through urban traffic 64 Go bad 65 One seeing things with a critical eye?

67 ____ cannon (sci-fi weapon) 68 Good spice to add to guacamole (try it!)

71 Wizard of ____ (nickname for a good massage therapist) 72 U.F.C. fighting style 73 Heretics flout them 77 Early Ron Howard role 78 Actress de Armas writes ‘‘Mr. Gas’’ and ‘‘Ms. Rag’’?

82 World’s best-selling musical artists of 2020 83 Target of a pop-up blocker 84 Financial planning option, for short 85 Like the verse ‘‘Roses are red, violets are blue . . . ,’’ in brief 86 Body of water that’s home to the world’s largest marine reserve 88 The Cougars of the N.C.A.A. 91 New York has 28 of them 94 Smartphone advises on poker bets?

98 High-hat attitude 99 ‘‘Told you so’’ 100 Off-road ride, for short 101 Org. whose plans are up in the air?

104 Georgia-based insurance giant 106 Unnamed somebody 109 Ones making you duck down?

111 Kinks song that Weird Al Yankovic parodied as ‘‘Yoda’’ 112 Doctor acquires antibiotics?

115 A short one by Ogden Nash reads ‘‘Parsley/is gharsley’’ 116 Macabre illustrator Edward 117 One kind of plastic 118 Indian wedding adornment 119 Even ____ 120 Connecticut-based insurance giant 121 Break 122 Work from Roxane Gay or Jia Tolentino DOWN

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9 Roosevelt credited with saying ‘‘No one can make you feel inferior without your consent’’ 10 Closest of pals, for short 11 Hillary Clinton vis-àvis Wellesley College 12 Move to a new table, maybe 13 Hip-hop duo ____ Sremmurd 14 What ‘‘. . .’’ may represent 15 José Martí, by birth 16 Social media pic designed to attract sexual attention 17 False 18 Some strong solutions 24 DuPont patent of 1938 25 Skip it 29 Boston airport 32 Work in the kitchen?

35 Abounded (with) 36 St. Kitts, St. Lucia and St. Vincent 37 Saint on the big screen 38 Pulitzer winner ____ St. Vincent Millay 39 Spur 40 Shake an Etch A Sketch, e.g.

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81 One of the Obamas 83 Jellied garnish 87 Low bows 89 Kind of question 90 Old wheels 92 ____ Park, Colo.

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95 Categorize 96 ‘‘There’s no one on me!’’

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PreK students to teens, designed by the Library and packed with activities by our partner organizations: Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati Ballet, Cincinnati Museum Center, Cincinnati Observatory, Cincinnati Recreation Commission, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Greater Cincinnati STEM Collaborative, Great Parks of Hamilton County, Holocaust and Humanity Center, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and the YMCA h Books to keep – Award-winning books for multiple ages h Take & Make kits – Library activities to do at home, complete with materials and directions h Early literacy calendars – For PreK families Youth age 18 and under who complete at least fi ve activities in their summer booklets are eligible to win end-of-summer prizes!

To enter, visit CincinnatiLibrary.org/ summer to access our tracking app, Beanstack, or visit a CHPL library for a paper entry form.

A Library card is not needed to participate.

“We’re thrilled to help kids sharpen their learning and reading skills this summer while helping families rediscover the great arts, cultural, and natural attractions in Hamilton County,” said Paula Brehm-Heeger, Eva Jane Romaine Coombe Director of the Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library.

Free meal boxes for youth are also available Mondays at select library locations throughout the summer.

New this year, Hamilton County families are invited to visit CincySummer.org to fi nd exciting summer activity ideas from the Library and our partners to help fi ll their summer bucket lists.

“We understand how important it is to keep kids engaged and learning over the summer. We are proud to be a sponsor or the Library’s Discover Summer program and contribute to this goal,” said Bill Strangfeld, president of the Friends of the Public Library.

“The Library Foundation is proud to be a longtime supporter of this annual program. The Library proves time and again how relevant it is and Discover Summer is a big part of that. Educating our children and keeping them engaged

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For more about CHPL’s Discover Summer program, visit CincinnatiLibrary.org/summer.

Lisa Mauch, Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library

Great Oaks Police Academy graduates 21 Families recently gathered as 21 cadets became the latest graduates of the Great Oaks Police Academy.

A number of the men and women, who completed 740 hours of training to reach this point, are already employed.

They walked across the stage wearing the police uniforms of the communities they’ll be serving, including Norwood,

Hamilton, Green Township, Delhi Township, and others.

One member of the class, Taras Volchukov, was formerly a police offi cer in Ukraine; he completed the Academy in order to continue his career in the United States.

Keynote speaker Colonel Thomas Synan of the Newtown Police Department off ered his advice. “Remember with humility that you have been graced to wear this badge,” he said. “To be successful, you must have three things in great quantities: Compassion, resiliency, and the capacity to grieve.”

Col. Synan told the graduating class of an encounter 30 years ago in which all members of a family died as a result of drug addiction, and how seeing that happen motivated him to become an internationally known advocate for new approaches to treating addiction.

The graduates were also reminded of

their duty. “Each time the world needs people to step up, a few do,” Great Oaks Public Safety Supervisor Paul Hartinger told the group. “Your role is to serve, safeguard and protect, and we appreciate you.”

The graduates and their families watched a video highlighting investigations, precision driving, crime scene processing, and other classes which are part of the training. Then, with hugs and cheers, the 21 men and women left the auditorium to begin serving their communities.

The Great Oaks Police Academy is an Ohio Peace Offi cer Training Academy (OPOTA) site; a new class begins in August. For more information, go to adults.greatoaks.com or call 513-771-1142.

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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Information provided by Hamilton County Auditor Dusty Rhodes

Colerain Township Beerman Rd: Engel Richard L Tr to Lanter Edward C & Constance M; $108,000 10044 Crusader Dr: Addis Jason M & Michelle L Jones to Blesi Annastashia; $162,500 10308 Crestland Ct: Johnson Geri L to Malone Lachelle Antoinette; $205,500 11327 Gravenhurst Dr: Home Equity Corp Inc to Davis Colin Michael & Nikki Ann Steigleiter; $181,000 2463 Kingspath Dr: Sph Property Three LLC to Bentley Sean C & Cheryl A; $210,000 2480 Stockport Ct: Tozier Casey W & Megan E to Real Estate Creations LLC; $157,500 2505 Royal Glen Dr: Maly Lisa M to Kellogg Michelle & Marquisa; $148,000 2576 Retford Dr: Zoroufi Mehrdad to Schumacker William M & Lynne A; $161,200 2651 Breezy Wy: Robeson Jessica to Debas Kidane; $200,500 2707 Struble Rd: Vardanyan Aram to Haynes Asa & Lori Futrell; $200,000 2765 Banning Rd: Geak Properties LLC to Dawson Ka Aries Nicole; $175,000 2791 Hazelton Ct: Robers Kathleen A to Allen Kenneth @ 3; $150,000 2974 Compton Rd: Emge Mary M to Cincinnati Equity LLC; $140,000 2974 Whitley Ct: Roberts Gina to Hansee James G & Deanna J; $265,000 3262 Harry Lee Ln: Hemlin Niklas O to Tan Chao & Yiwen Huang; $136,000 3266 Regal Ln: Blaylock Eric R to Greene Alisha D & Myron B; $231,000 3334 Paprika Ct: Murden Stephanie N to Dunham Joshua Allen; $214,000 3443 Redskin Dr: Crist Kenneth to Jones Morgan M; $126,000 4066 Galbraith Rd: Wiesman Jeffrey to Wiesman Amy Carol & Mark Robert; $120,000 4220 Endeavor Dr: Brown Molly M to Toffoli Sandy D L & Beverly Cowan; $115,900 4228 Raeann Dr: Boiman Daniel J to Rininger Taylor & Benjamin Miller; $201,000 4250 Endeavor Dr: Murphy David J & E Diane to Atha Andrew Charles; $120,000 4721 Dry Ridge Rd: Weisbecker Jayme M to Fluegeman Michael & Kathy; $125,000 5097 Pebblevalley Dr: Moehring Michael R to Zimmer Stephanie Ann & Todd Edward Goens; $365,000 5391 Stonetrace Dr: Johnson Jack Leach Jr & Linda S to Turner Larry & Danielle; $350,000 7214 Creekview Dr: Pfiegel Richard J & George D Gehring to Mt Airy Enterprises LLC; $65,000 7226 Creekview Dr: Weitzel Nicole A to Ponchot Tammy Sue; $82,000 7226 Creekview Dr: Mulvaney Karen to Mt Airy Enterprises LLC; $75,000 7233 Creekview Dr: Schad Kristen A to Mt Airy Enterprises LLC; $80,100 8028 Sheed Rd: Ingle Virginia L Tr to Lanter Edward C & Constance M; $9,000 8091 Valley Crossing Dr: Setta Kelly to Byrd Deana & Billy Brantley; $339,000 8228 Springleaf Lake Dr: Willis Kimberly to Smith Vernetta; $310,000 8270 Lyness Dr: Jrc Develops LLC to Kalkhoff Samantha A & Pamela M; $181,000 9522 Anaheim Ct: Goodwin Marla A to Aci Properties LLC; $81,000 9570 Pippin Rd: Real Property Mavens LLC to Vb One LLC; $70,000 9667 Cedarhurst Dr: Meyer Joshua A @ 3 to Neely Anna Marie & Paul B; $10,000 9940 Regatta Dr: Work Samantha P to Yat Justine; $119,500

$209,000 417 Northland Blvd: Jolly Owen Investments LLC to Heinlein Commercial Investments LLC; $315,000 712 Danbury Rd: Robinson Justin T & Frances N to Gaines Kenyatta L; $168,000 714 Danvers Dr: Sullivan Audrey to Kharel Ganga & Meena; $160,000 746 Fresno Rd: Orchid Investments LLC to Mlme Properties LLC; $130,000 779 Danvers Dr: Warren Daniel R & Judith A to Niehaus Nicholas C; $196,000

Glendale 55 Sharon Rd: Kooris Robert A Tr & Betty A Tr to Frantz Valorie Louise; $250,000

Green Township

Boomer Rd: Westside Surgical Properties LLC to Monfort Heights Healthcare Investors LLC; $8,000,000 1641 Pasadena Ave: Burnett Group LLC to Entity Property Investments LLC; $165,000 2040 Faywood Ave: Lambers Richard to Oaks Property Group LLC; $60,000 2148 Ebenezer Rd: Talbott Richard D & Doris J Talbott to Langenbrunner Kelly Rebecca; $227,300 2259 South Rd: Schoborg Thomas S & Camille to Gorman Trevor J & Jessica R; $240,000 2441 South Rd: Roberts Luann A to Ohio Home Buyer LLC; $165,000 3014 Picwood Dr: Anhel Darrell & Carly Anhel to Bernstein Sahwn E; $280,000 3266 Harborside Dr: Cummings Toni Nicole to Mehaffie Christopher Alexander & Kelsey Marie; $925,000 3306 Greencrest Ct: Gorman Trevor J & Jessica R Atkins to Compston Shon & Corinna M Moreno; $215,000 3306 Linsan Dr: Neupane Deuka to Neupane On N; $79,500 3366 Moonridge Dr: Treat Melissa & Tim to Nie Marc A; $148,000 3434 Tallahassee Dr: Bucher Scott M & Tracy Lynn Bucher to Dole Mary Clara; $162,000 3503 West Fork Rd: Briskman Real Estate LLC to Mt Airy Enterprises LLC; $80,000 3660 Edgewood Dr: Westside Surgical Properties LLC to Monfort Heights Healthcare Investors LLC; $8,000,000 3802 Hubble Rd: Hartke Keith E to Besi Brandon C & Allison N; $385,000 4289 Pictureview Ln: Rose Michael D & Judith A to Koch John V & Sara; $310,000 4713 Hampton Pointe Dr: Red Hawk Land LLC to The Drees Company; $91,000 4911 Arbor Woods Ct: Webster Joyce L Tr to Lampman Theresa M; $155,000 5058 Greenshire Dr: James Douglas S & Ashley V to Schira Daniel A & Jenna; $449,000 5124 Sumter Ave: Stegman Kristina M to Ferguson Ted & Lisa; $210,000 5197 Scarsdale Cove: Richey M Sue to Recker Alexandra L; $139,000 5244 Cleves Warsaw Pk: Millican James to Pabst Lauren & Jonathan; $351,000 5340 Timberhollow Ln: Mckee Sarah M to Schneider Geoffrey D; $320,000 5340 Werk Rd: Karches Marilyn J to Grogan Josh W; $98,000 5362 Werk Rd: Deye Douglas W to O Shaughnessy Jennifer L; $169,900 5367 Leslies Woods Ct: John Henry Homes Inc to Peeples Lanaye; $302,673 5411 Werk Rd: Schneider Lindsey N & Kael B Vanderkolk to Fauver Madison K & Joshua; $198,300 5433 Bluesky Dr: Urban Wiley T & Jillian A to Hill Joyce A; $95,000 5472 West Fork Rd: Shelton Harry E to Etheridge Ian A & Erin N Wyenandt; $278,000 5482 Eula Ave: Gramke Kristin to Toomey Kelly; $200,000 5557 Vogel Rd: Sr 128 LLC to Gasparec Lisa; $135,000 College Hill 5621 Green Acres Ct: Teeters Christopher T & Maria 1287 Brushwood Ave: Carpe Alan I & Kathleen B to Marlene Shafer to Shafer Maria Marlene & Linda MarMurphy Angela D; $155,000 lene Sena; $18,000 1503 Reid Ave: Donham Christina M to Hodges El5984 Cheviot Rd: Crooker Dorothy M to Ibold Bruce; isabeth D; $224,000 $213,000 2010 Bluebell Dr: Williams Kendra M to Gillespie Timo6024 Bearcat Dr: Lang Paul E @4 to Lang John @3; thy & Lisa; $181,350 $31,400 5735 Kiefer Ct: Colvin Lela N to Vb One LLC; $104,300 6024 Bearcat Dr: Lang John @3 to Lang John C & Bet6405 Aspen Wy: Besera Tekle & Kibra to Lewis Evan ty J Lang; $31,400 Michael; $181,900 6024 Bearcat Dr: Lang John C & Betty J Lang to Lang John C; $31,400 Forest Park 6032 Bridgetown Rd: Delore Company Inc to Jjs HoldCarillon Bv: Ameritas Life Insurance Corp to Kc Waying LLC; $156,000 cross LLC & Kc Waycross Ii LLC; $11,250,000 6048 Bearcat Dr: 4930 Ralph LLC to Ferguson Jenee 11130 Hamilton Ave: Erop LLC to Gty Auto Service LLC; Marie; $250,000 $3,444,444 6306 Starvue Dr: Brodbeck Ralph to P And D Invest11449 Kentbrook Ct: Mcghee Paul A Ii & Karla to Tall ments LLC; $270,000 Cheikh; $195,500 6331 Wesselman Rd: Rueger James M Tr & Jeanne M 11513 Fitchburg Ln: Feldhaus & Peace Real Estate Tr to Enal Farms LLC; $5,500 Holdings LLC to Messer Renia D & Lisa D Weems; 6687 Woodcrest Dr: Holland James & Amy to Lahni Michael & Katherine Elaine Fath; $275,000 6753 Hearne Rd: Healey Pamala to Fogtman David James; $135,000 7043 Summit Lake Dr: Dangel-mitchell Paula A to Green Ronald R & Sherri M; $325,000 PUZZLE ANSWERS 7235 Bridge Point Pass: Mullen Michael & Amanda L to T A R O T O G R E B A R R E H T M L Frankenstein Nicoletta Vasiliki & Elliot Pohlmann; $350,000 A L A R M O R E L F L E A S A H O Y 7929 Oakbridge Wy: Green Ronald & Sherri to KrimC O N C O N F U S E S F U S E S V I C E mer Kathaleen Marie; $242,500 O H B A B Y B E A T S M E L A R K S S A Y I L K A N O N A T I O N S Lincoln Heights E L O N E L O N G A T E S G A T E S 1055 Van Buren Ave: Hitt Douglas H Jr to Battistoni L E A V E N E D R E O E L A N T R A Nello Roberto; $121,500 A R I A A N S A C U M E N R A T 1200 Adams St: Brooks Christina to Brooks Angel; M A N M A N D A T E S D A T E S C A S E $14,380 E S T A T E A T E M E D M O P E D 1200 Adams St: Brooks Angel to Cruz Rosalio; $25,000 R O T C Y C L O P S I O N C U M I N A H S M M A D O G M A S Lockland O P I E A N A A N A G R A M S G R A M S 516 Wyoming Ave: Hsbc Bank Usa National AssociaB T S A D S I T E I R A A N O N tion Tr For Phh Alternative Mortgage Trust to Hill Amy; R O S S S E A B Y U E L E C T O R S $90,000 A P P A P P R A I S E S R A I S E S 615 Mulberry St: Rk Diversity LLC to Oaks Property E L I T I S M S E E A T V F A A Group LLC; $52,500 A F L A C S O A N D S O E I D E R S 617 Mulberry St: Rk Diversity LLC to Oaks Property L O L A P R O P R O C U R E S C U R E S Group LLC; $52,500 P O E M G O R E Y A M E X H E N N A O D D S A E T N A R E S T E S S A Y Mount Airy 2370 Whitewood Ln: Pearl Investment Group Inc to

Askew Myheart E & Anthony S Sleet; $246,004 2427 Elderberry Ct: Montgomery Monika & Kelly S to Patterson Jodi Lee; $169,000 5588 Fox Rd: S & P Niblock Realty LLC to Sun Xiaolin & Douglas Baker; $195,000 5662 Colerain Ave: Schneider Group Rai LLC to Vb One LLC; $101,000 5688 Colerain Ave: Molitors Claire & Robert Baker to Delano Benjamin & Rebecca Rohr; $170,000

Mount Healthy 1809 Compton Rd: Hoeffer Lawrence A to Williams Deandre L; $142,500 2088 Lexa Ct: Noffsinger Gerrude L to Salas Rogelio; $210,000 7200 Bernard Ave: Oti Donatus to Sfr3-000 LLC; $95,000

North College Hill 1554 Galbraith Rd: Roper Calvin & Denise to Kemper Tanika Renae; $94,250 1565 Corcoran Pl: Dukes Derrick F to Gillespie Timothy & Lisa; $245,000 1628 Flora Ave: Larkins Ventures LLC to Burns Ebony; $195,000 1919 Acorn Dr: Lorenz Mary Tr to Zang Eric E & Ann Roth; $114,000 1934 Cordova Ave: Cjdda LLC to Sfr3-000 LLC; $36,000 6520 Betts Ave: Belt Limited Partnership LLC to Real Property Mavens LLC; $72,000 6587 Parrish Ave: Freeman Monica M to Parker Kevin L; $144,900 6832 Savannah Ave: Belt Limited Parnership LLC to Vb One LLC; $90,000 6913 Dianna Dr: Webster Vanessa to Patel Rajeshkumar D & Chandrikabahen R; $205,000 6924 Gilbert Ave: J A R Holdings And Investments LLC to Walker Cornell J & Sidney N Owens; $134,000 6925 Gloria Dr: Nsp Homes LLC to Martin Brandyn; $165,000 7021 Hamilton Ave: Halvorson Noah to Costanzo Trinity Nicole; $121,400

Reading 1015 Fourth St: Long Jason E & Sarah S to Farmer Casey James & Sandy; $189,000 1328 Thurnridge Dr: Pridgen Gregory Taylor to O Mara Jade; $217,000 1677 Trillium Ct: Medley Caitlyn S to Kunst Robert J & Marissa Marie Pavlik; $208,000 1762 Galbraith Rd: Gandhi Ashvin to Cooks Maureen S @3; $129,000 2132 Julie Te: Stephan Andrew & Yuhua Chen to Kindle Barbara Claire & Daniel Charles; $260,000 2733 Mapletree Ct: Bermingham Eric to Longhenry Louis & Heather; $250,000 62 Orchard Knoll Dr: Rathge Phillip A & Emily to Dean Jacob Michael & Brrittany All Liss; $248,000

Sharonville 10612 Robindale Dr: Beemer Bonnie A to Beemer Robert Andre; $153,000 10720 Lemarie Dr: Kramer Lorraine E to Schmidt Christopher J Sr & Michelle Elizabeth; $165,000 10948 Lemarie Dr: Policky Catherine & Sallie Ann Hoskins to Cook Carol; $165,000 11147 Hawk St: Balzer Charlotte L to Co4 Capital LLC; $170,000 11147 Hawk St: Co4 Capital LLC to Rp2ham LLC; $185,000 11882 Reading Rd: Ktr Properties LLC to Safe Freight Solutions LLC; $250,000 12134 Henderson Ct: Westreicher Kathryn E & Erick R to Simon Francisco Mendez; $195,000 1445 Valdosta Dr: Ismail Ahmed to Hernandez Roslin Cruz; $170,000 1562 Fawnvista Ln: Westendorf Jacqueline S to Cacchione Samiel & Linda A; $201,000 3724 Zind Ln: Brad Jane M to Snyder Adam G; $148,000 3961 Creek Rd: Leisz Grant to Souza Mason & Valerie; $230,000 4169 Malaer Dr: Howard Gary J & Sheila R Co-trustees to Cole Suzanne Marie & Jason S; $276,000

Spring Grove Village 760 Froome Ave: Gowda Srini R & Latha M to Marlman Christian M; $183,000

Springdale Maxey Ln: Cristo Homes Inc to Harris Bridgette; $349,848 11560 Walnut St: Bible Adam Leo & Lisa to Kent Sarah & Garet M Foote; $184,500 12170 Audie Ct: Tidwell Cody to Perez Ulises; $175,000 306 Carriage Circle Dr: Foster Donaldson Deborah A to Thomas Cynthia Renee; $170,000 476 Grandin Ave: Ayala Raul Camarillo to Odametey William; $195,500 510 Lafayette Ave: Weider Heather R to Zillow Homes Property Trust; $192,800 839 Ledro St: Kremer Paul Thomas Tr to Zillow Homes Proerty Trust; $171,000

Springfield Township 1031 Hempstead Dr: Tri State Homes LLC to Garcia Raddy; $188,522 1155 Hempstead Dr: Sidwell Thomas W & Tara R to Larkin Ventures LLC; $107,000 12 Staburn Ave: Bond Jeffery William to Avid Real Estate Solutions Today LLC; $58,060

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