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ELECTION 2020

In this suburban Hamilton County race, it doesn’t pay to be extreme Democrat Jessica Miranda faces Republican Chris Monzel for the 28th House District Jessie Balmert Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Linda Tscheiner, 57, stands outside her house in Green Township as she hosts a yard sale on Sept. 25. Tschiener plans on voting for Trump this election and says most of her neighbors plan on voting for him as well. PHOTOS BY HANNAH RUHOFF

‘You’re stuck here’ My election trip home to Cincinnati’s West Side Scott Wartman Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Editor’s note: This is one of in a series of stories we’re calling “Going Home” in which journalists from the USA TODAY Ohio network return to the communities where they grew up to share fi rsthand how the contentious 2020 election is playing out in various corners of this battleground state.

OK. Let’s get the most important question out of the way fi rst. I went to Elder High School.

Some of you might say, so what?

But where I’m from, it’s a big deal. What high school you went to is the fi rst thing that usually comes up among Cincinnati West Siders who meet abroad, such as when we fi nd ourselves on Cincinnati’s East Side or across the river in Northern Kentucky.

When asked about my roots, I’m proud to identify which side of Cincinnati I grew up on, blue-collar and not blue blood like those East Siders (Kidding! I kid because I love. Don’t @ me.)

It’s the type of mostly suburban enclave so many pundits and experts across the country are watching intently this election cycle. So I went back home to fi nd out what people in my old neighborhood and high school think about the 2020 election.

The verdict: Most of the West Side just outside Cincinnati’s city limits is still President Donald Trump country, but Joe Biden could get more votes here than past Democrats.

In the West Side neighborhoods of Price Hill, Westwood and South Fairmount, all in Cincinnati’s

city limits, Hillary Clinton easily won in 2016 beating Trump 71% to 23%.

But once you get to the suburban hillsides and villages of Green Township, Cheviot, Delhi and the more rural communities of Cleves, Harrison and Whitewater Townships, Trump dominated four years ago, 65% to 28%.

That dynamic still seems largely at play with some diff erences around the edges.

‘They don’t let you out’ Set back miles from any highway with dozens of Catholic churches visible near most street corners, change has come slowly to the suburbs of Cincinnati’s West Side, or not at all.

Geography and history have made my hometown traditionally conservative. People often move out of their parent’s house and buy the neighbor’s house.

“It’s always been a very conservative, older community,” said Barb Nieman sitting on the porch of her two-story Green Township home on a wooded hillside overlooking Muddy Creek. The sylvan landscape hints at the region’s rural past before the suburban sprawl of the 1950s and 1960s. She grew up three miles away and lived all her 56 years in the area. Her nine siblings live nearby, with the furthest an hour drive away.

“They don’t let you out of the West Side,” Nieman said with a laugh. “You’re stuck here.”

COLUMBUS – The 2020 presidential race will be fought in America’s suburbs, but a highly competitive race is nothing new to the residents of Ohio’s 28th House district in northern Hamilton County.

Ideologues and extremists don’t win here. The district is too evenly divided between Democrats, who comprise 17.4% of registered voters, and Republicans, who comprise 13.7%. (Another 68.8% aren’t registered with any party.)

Since 2001, three Democrats and three Republicans have represented the district. Rep. Jessica Miranda, D-Forest Park, won the seat in 2018 by 56 votes over GOP Rep. Jonathan Dever.

Now Miranda, a former Winton Woods City School Board president and CEO of Fiesta Auto Insurance and Tax Service, faces Republican Chris Monzel, a General Electric engineer with years of experience in Cincinnati and Hamilton County politics.

As Hamilton County turns bluer, Miranda could have the edge in this perennially heated race. Whoever wins the presidential race in suburban Hamilton County will almost certainly carry his party’s candidate to victory in the 28th district.

“Trump is really underwater here in the suburbs,” Miranda told The Enquirer. “He is very polarizing to the people of the great 28(th district), but the message of change that is coming from the Biden-Harris ticket is a message that I think people are here for and are ready to see.”

Perhaps no one understands the shifting politics of Hamilton County better than Monzel, who lost his seat on Hamilton County Commission to Democrat Stephanie Summerow Dumas in 2018 despite running a more robust campaign. (He wasn’t alone – few Republicans won countywide that year.)

But Monzel says people in this suburban House district will still support a Republican like him – one who worked with Democrats to create the Hamilton County Commission on Women and Girls and address infant mortality through Cradle Cincinnati.

Where do they stand on the issues?

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Question: How should lawmakers address COVID-19?

Both supported Gov. Mike DeWine’s initial steps to curb the novel coronavirus’ spread with closures but took issue See 28TH HOUSE DISTRICT, Page 2A

Pat Bruns, 69, of West Price Hill poses with several Democratic campaign signs outside her house on Sept. 24. Bruns says she will vote for Joe Biden in the upcoming presidential election.

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with some of his steps since.

Miranda said DeWine should have given more guidance to school leaders and teachers making impossible decisions about how to educate students safely during a pandemic.

Lawmakers recently approved another $650 million in federal stimulus money for local governments, but they could do more, Miranda said. Her proposal to halt student debt collections has not yet received a hearing.

Monzel said Ohio lawmakers should have more checks and balances on DeWine’s administration’s ability to issue far-reaching health orders. And as the number of new cases comes down, the state should open more aspects of Ohioans’ lives.

“We need to get the state opened up as soon as possible,” Monzel told The Enquirer. “We need to get people back to work. We need to get kids in school. We need to get our lives back there, and we need to do it in a smart way.”

Miranda said she was happy with the rate Ohio chose to reopen businesses and schools.

Q: Do you support the $1.3 billion bailout of two nuclear plants in northern Ohio?

Neither Miranda nor Monzel supports subsidies for two nuclear plants in northern Ohio now at the heart of a federal investigation into nearly $61 million in bribes.

Monzel pointed out that Miranda, who opposed House Bill 6’s subsidies for nuclear plants, wasn’t present for a fi nal vote on the proposed law.

“Whenever I’ve been against something, even if I’m the only one against it, I’m fi ghting all the way to the end,” Monzel said. “The citizens of District 28 certainly expect more when they vote for someone. They expect them to do their job and show up.”

Miranda clarifi ed that the Ohio House of Representatives was not initially scheduled to meet that day, and she was in Puerto Rico. Then-Speaker Larry Householder cobbled together votes, even off ering to send the state plane to pick up supporters.

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Just the facts: House District 28 Where is this district? The northern Hamilton County district includes Blue Ash, Deer Park, Evendale, Forest Park, Glendale, Green Hills, Madeira, Montgomery, Reading, Sharonville and Springdale, Springfi eld and Sycamore Townships.

Who is running? Rep. Jessica Miranda, D-Forest Park, and former Hamilton County Commissioner Chris Monzel, a Republican How competitive is this seat? Very.

Miranda won the seat over incumbent GOP Rep. Jonathan Dever by just 56 votes in 2018. The seat was previously held by Democratic Rep. Connie Pillich who later ran for governor.

Who has the money? As of early June, Miranda had $110,464 on hand and Monzel had $115,406 on hand. The next campaign fi nance fi ling is Oct. 22.

“That wasn’t off ered to me,” said Miranda, who voted “no” on House Bill 6 when it was fi rst on the House fl oor.

“When something is so important to the majority party, they will make sure they move mountains and push bills through.”

Miranda said she initially opposed the bill because it was a corporate bailout, but its legislative process didn’t ease her concerns.

“There was always something about House Bill 6 and the speed at which is moved through the process that set off so many red fl ags for me.”

As a lawmaker, Miranda has teamed up with Republican Rep. Gayle Manning to close loopholes in Ohio’s campaign fi nance laws that allowed dark money groups to funnel nearly $61 million into an eff ort to pass a nuclear bailout and defend it.

Q: How should Ohio improve schools?

Both agree that Ohio’s method of educating students – and paying for that education – is deeply fl awed.

Monzel said he met a local, longtime teacher who was overwhelmed by the state report cards, tests and mandates imposed on educators.

“She’s like, ‘It’s incredible. I wish it were back 20 years ago when I could just teach and not have to worry about all

these various tests and regulations and report cards.’” Monzel said. “And to me, that’s what we need to do. We need to get us out of the way of the education process.”

Miranda points to inequities in how schools are funded, a method that was deemed unconstitutional 23 years ago.

She backs a bipartisan plan to overhaul how schools are paid backed by nowSpeaker Bob Cupp.

Q: How should Ohio address public safety?

Monzel says Ohio needs to fully fund its police and fi refi ghter operations, including adequate training. He opposes the “defund the police” movement, which advocates for reallocating public safety money to other places.

Miranda said Republicans have done more to defund the police than any Democrat by decimating the local government fund, which is used to pay for law enforcement.

Miranda has proposed legislation to penalize gun owners who don’t properly store their fi rearms, but that has seen little movement in the pro-gun access state legislature. Republicans hold a vetoproof majority in the Ohio House – an advantage that Democrats are hoping to upend this fall.

Monzel said he’s curious how eff ective that proposal would be and how it would be enforced. He said he would support “common-sense gun laws” but didn’t have specifi c suggestions.

“I’m defi nitely supportive of Second Amendment rights,” Monzel said.

Q: What is your position on Black Lives Matter?

“Black Lives Matter is critically important,” Monzel told the Cincinnati NAACP forum. “For what our society is going through and what we’re seeing today, I think it’s critical that we go and be able to go and talk and experience and have dialogues and conversations.”

Monzel told the online forum that he doesn’t support the organization of the same name but supports “the concept of Black lives matter.”

Miranda said: “I will just start by saying Black lives matter period. This isn’t an anti-white or anti-cop movement.

This is a critical moment where we need to refl ect on the painful and violent history of our nation.”

Miranda is a co-sponsor on a resolution to declare racism a public health crisis in Ohio.

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Not that she’d want to leave.

Even though I’m from there, I wasn’t sure the reaction I would get from the people talking about politics.

My parents still live there. Granted, my German last name only has two syllables instead of the preferred three or four for a proper West Side family, Devendorf, Weingartner, Kleinschmidthoff er. (My buddy came up with a game where you can West Siderize any name by adding two or three German-sounding suffi xes: Schmidt, Dorf, Darp, Gartner, Klein, Kamp, Man. Try it out. It’s addicting.)

So I sort of dreaded this assignment, knowing I’d probably get the cold shoulder.

Indeed the fi rst day I went back, I got a lot of suspicious glances and people reluctant to talk.

“Why the hell would I give you my name?” said one man wearing an Elder

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cap sitting inside Price Hill Chili, the unoffi cial town hall of the West Side.”You’ve got to be out of your mind.”

He and a dozen of his classmates from the Elder Class of 1955 sat at a table in the restaurant, remnants of the restaurant’s famous massive sandwiches before them. If you graduated Elder prior to 1975, you or your classmates probably meet at least once a month at Price Hill Chili.

All except two were Trump supporters. Only one would talk to me for my story. The one, Dick Royer, was one of the two people among his classmates voting for Biden.

“I’m not a Biden guy, but I don’t like Trump,” said Royer, a resident of North Bend. Royer said the last Republican presidential candidate he voted for was George W. Bush. Trump didn’t win him over the past four years. “He lies, exaggerates and never admits a mistake.”

Spurned by my alma mater I didn’t have much better luck at my alma mater. It was the fi rst time I had

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been there since May 1998 when I graduated. The school looked much diff erent, less the cold, austere early 20th Century castle I remember, and more a cozier 21st Century castle with a stateof-the-art fi tness center and better lighting.

Many of the same teachers are there, including the current principal who was a teacher, dean of students and wrestling coach during my time there. I wanted to catch up and fi nd out how the school has changed.

It was and still is the center of life for many West Siders. The football stadium, dubbed The Pit in reference to the school’s mascot, The Panthers, is often ranked among the best places nationally to take in a high school football game.

But I found no one with my alma mater wanted to participate in any story with a political bent.

So instead of visiting the ghosts of my past, I just drove around my old neighborhood and talked to people.

That worked out much better.

Why there are so many Trump supporters here I found mostly Trump supporters who supported the president not for any particular issue but based on their gut feeling. They like the president. Their family likes the president. And their friends and neighbors like the president.

Back on that wooded hillside in Green Township, Nieman and her whole See WEST SIDE, Page 5A

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family are Trump supporters as are her neighbors, or at least the ones she talks to. Signs for Trump and other Republican candidates fi ll a patch of grass and gravel below her hillside. The property and signs are shared by Nieman and her neighbor. There was also a red sign referencing the QAnon conspiracy theory crowd, “Q+ for President 2020.” That sign is not hers, she said. It’s her neighbor’s. “I don’t know who Q is,” she said.

For readers who also are in the dark, QAnon is a loosely connected network of discredited and baseless conspiracy theories accusing Democrats and Hollywood elites of being in a cabal of pedophiles and human traffi ckers.

The neighbor didn’t answer the door when I knocked.

Nieman doesn’t buy into the QAnon conspiracy theories but does support Trump. She thinks he’s been good for the economy.

The daily controversies coming out of the White House don’t seem to sway her. She didn’t pay too much attention to the Bob Woodward revelations in his book that Trump downplayed the seriousness of the pandemic. Ditto on Trump’s waffl ing on whether he’d accept the election results. She said she believes Trump will step down if he loses.

I talked to Nieman before the fi rst presidential debate, the New York Times story about Trump’s tax returns and his COVID-19 diagnosis. But it’s not likely any of that swayed her.

“There’s not any chance you are going to see me vote for anyone other than Donald Trump,” Nieman said. “I’m not going to vote for Joe Biden. I don’t think he has the stamina. I don’t think he’s healthy to look at him.”

Signs of change But the neighborhood is becoming more diverse, both politically and culturally, at least compared to the 1980s and 1990s when I was growing up. The community is not monolithic.

Larry Laprade moved from Downtown to Cheviot two years ago for the peace and quiet. When asked about the presidential race, he didn’t hesitate to say Biden. Laprade, 65, said his neigh-

A vendor sells Trump merchandise across from Kroger in Cleves on Thursday, Sept. 24. PHOTOS BY HANNAH RUHOFF

borhood is a 50-50 mix of Trump and Biden supporters.

Trump’s Supreme Court nomination concerns Laprade. He’s afraid a more conservative court will gut the Aff ordable Care Act. “Trump is a liar and a conman,” Laprade said. “He’s conning the people.

He’s trying to take away people’s health care. He’s doing it during a pandemic.

That’s why he’s rushing to get a Supreme Court justice.”

People in West Price Hill are more receptive to Biden than they were for Hillary Clinton in 2016, said Patricia Bruns.

Bruns, 69, has lived in Price Hill since 1976 and is active in the Democratic Party. While Clinton won Price Hill in 2016, Bruns wouldn’t go as far as to call it a liberal area.

But she didn’t get any of her Biden signs stolen from her yard this year like she did with Clinton in 2016. And she’s getting a more positive reception when canvassing door-to-door with more people saying they’ll vote for Biden.

Bruns described this as a “weird vortex” election year with a pandemic and Trump at the top of the Republican ticket.

“I think especially in this time, people are so tired and frustrated,” Bruns said. “I just think people are paying more attention.”

She doesn’t know how the area is permanently moving more to the left politically. But she does see change.

More art organizations have moved to the area, she said. A nearby Masonic temple is being converted into a music venue. A new brewery is being proposed nearby.

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The iron curtain for Democrats

Todd Bumphis, owner of ToddCutts barbershop in Cheviot, cuts a customer’s hair on Friday, Sept. 25.

Todd believes the area is becoming more diverse, politically and racially.

‘It’s America’ More Black people are also moving to the area, said Todd B., owner of Todd Cutts barbershop in Cheviot. He didn’t want to give his full last name but said I could look it up online and use it. The business is listed under a Todd Bumphis.

Census fi gures and estimates back this up.

In 2000, Cheviot was 97% white, according to the U.S. Census. There were 71 total Black people living in Cheviot, less than 1% of the population.

While the population of Cheviot has declined from 9,015 in 2000 to an estimated 8,300 in 2018, the city has diversifi ed a little.

The further west you go, the scarcer Joe Biden and Kamala Harris signs are.

Indeed, the Cincinnati city limits seem to be the Iron Curtain for Democratic voters.

In my Green Township neighborhood around the house I grew up just outside Cincinnati’s city limits, I saw three Biden signs. The number of Trump signs were too numerable to count.

“Everybody’s Trump,” said Linda Tscheiner, talking about her neighbors in her Green Township neighborhood.

She stood on the patio of her ranch house overlooking a yard sale she was having for her 57th birthday. Old board games, ceramics, lawn furniture and shelves were splayed out in her yard.

Tscheiner pointed to her neighbors in Green Township, a few with Trump fl ags and American fl ags waving in the breeze.

“He’s Trump. He’s Trump. I don’t have a fl ag. Well, I have an American fl ag.”

Tscheiner, 57, said she’s always voted Republican for president, though she did like Jimmy Carter, whom she sees as a humanitarian.

She was too young to vote for him at the time, though.

How does she view Trump? She agreed he’s not a humanitarian like Carter.

“He’s kind of like me,” she said.

“We’re kind of straight forward.”

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In 2018,the census estimated the number of Black people in Cheviot at 955, almost 12% of the population.

Todd B. opened his barbershop in Cheviot six years ago because the building was available. His barbershop welcomes all people, but his clientele is mostly Black, he said.

“It’s becoming more diverse over here,” he said. “I think they’re starting to get more Black people.”

He doesn’t feel Cheviot has embraced him. He lamented that only once has a city council member stopped by his business and that was to ask to hang campaign signs.

But he’s not leaving.

“It’s America,” he said. “This is what we live in. What we live with every day.

I’m trying to re-elevate this building, fi xing it up and doing nice stuff to it. I plan on being here another 10 years plus or better.”

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Root vegetable and chickpea tagine is a ‘fi lling, healthful’ meal Rita’s Kitchen Rita Heikenfeld Guest columnist

Our garden is gourd and winter squash central for family, neighbors and friends. The little ones love to explore the vines holding these autumn treasures.

During a recent hunt, granddaughters Ellery, Eva and Emerson found what they claimed was a new kind of gourd. Not so.

They found edible tan honey nut squash, a very small member of the large butternut squash family.

I planted seeds in June and somehow the honey nut squash vines wound up tangling with ornamental gourds.

Honey nut butternut squash is easy to prepare. The peel is tender so I leave it on. Seeds are small enough to leave in.

The perfect butternut to include in this warming vegetarian tagine recipe.

I fi rst tasted this stew during a winter Turner Farms, Indian Hill (turnerfarm.org) culinary class on sources of anti-infl ammatory, fi ber fi lled plant foods and herbs. Topped with a spicy yogurt herb sauce, this stew is a fi lling, healthful and delish meal. I adapted their recipes only slightly.

Root vegetable and chickpea tagine/stew

See the two tan honey nut squash on top?

Spicy green yogurt sauce Ingredients 3 cups parsley, chopped 2 cloves garlic, minced ⁄ 2 cup jalapeno pepper, chopped

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2 cups chickpeas, drained Chili powder and salt to taste

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Lemon juice and salt to taste Place parsley, garlic and jalapeno in food processor and blend until fi nely chopped.

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SCHOOL NEWS LaSalle High partners with Stepping Stones for Community Service Day

Winton Woods District adds operational levy to November 2020 ballot

On Sept. 18, four LaSalle High School freshmen and their fathers were called to serve their community with a visit to Stepping Stones’ Drex Campus in Norwood.

Grabbing buckets and soap, the 8man crew cleaned a fl eet of accessible vans inside and out at a car wash. These vehicles are used by the agency’s Adult Day Services program, which provides skill-building and community exploration opportunities to adults and seniors with varying disabilities.

The car wash was organized as part of LaSalle’s Freshmen Day of Renewal, with father-son groups completing service projects at multiple partnering organizations around the Tri-state.

Founded in 1963, Stepping Stones is a nonprofi t, United Way partner agency that serves children, teens and adults with disabilities.

The organization has four Greater Cincinnati locations, including sites in Batavia, Indian Hill, Norwood and Western Hills. To learn more about Stepping Stones, visit SteppingStonesOhio.org.

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The Winton Woods City Schools (WWCS) Board of Education has placed an operational levy on the ballot for the election on Tuesday, Nov. 3.

The levy would generate $3.2 million annually for operating expenses related to educational programs. This is the fi rst Winton Woods levy placed on the ballot in over 10 years that requests additional funding.

“This levy will fund instructional services, ongoing educational and extracurricular opportunities for all students,” said Superintendent Anthony G. Smith. “In addition, it will provide funding for key identifi ed areas of need including the Preschool Village, increased enrollment and additional school resource offi cers. We are extremely excited to have the opportunity to restore busing for high school students in the district beginning August 2021.”

What is an operational levy? This type of levy funds essential day-to-day operational expenses such as quality staff , utilities, and classroom supplies and equipment. In 2016, the district had a bond that passed and funded the new school buildings.

“Proceeds of a bond issue cannot be used for operational costs of the new facilities. This is often a source of misunderstanding. Winton Woods City School District has not had an increase in operating levies since 2009, which equates to twelve years,” said District Treasurer Randy Seymour. “The levy to the homeowner is $243.25 per $100,000 market value per year.”

Why does the district need an operating levy? Beginning in the 2016-17 school year, the district began to off er an all-day preschool option, as well as morning and afternoon classes. The transition from half to full day services increased enrollment greatly.

“The levy proposal will support our children, parents, and community by providing funds to expand the Preschool Village,” said Dr. John Cuppoletti, WWCS board member. “This will allow our children to get a head start academically and socially. The district created an all day school option, so that parents can work while the children are in a safe learning environment. The care

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“We have grown as a district and need to expand our system to make room for additional students,” said WWCS board member Gino McGowens.

“This levy will help accommodate the increase in the student population that is over 4,000 students and continue its essential educational services for our communities.”

Where do campaign funds come from? The district cannot spend any tax money on a campaign to encourage residents to vote for this levy. However, a group of parents and citizens have formed a committee to generate support for the levy.

Drew Jackson, Winton Woods City Schools Mr. Edward Delair accepts his award for Mt. Healthy City School District Teacher of the Year. PROVIDED

for the children will be covered by the levy, and will help families avoid the cost of child care for their preschoolers.”

With the two new innovative campuses scheduled to open in the Spring and Fall of 2021, the district’s top priority is safety.

“Winton Woods City Schools is dedicated to keeping our students and staff safe,” said Executive Director of Business Aff airs Steve Denny. “We currently do not have enough highly trained school resource offi cers. We need a total of four school resource offi cers to support our two campuses. The levy proposal will enable the four resource offi cers to keep our children safe on our two new campuses. These offi cers will be there if and when the students and staff need them. There are no substitutes for highly trained school resource offi cers or other funds to support this important safety initiative.”

“Our school district is growing in part because of the level of excellence in many areas such as academics, music, athletics, and our outstanding services for students with special needs. For the 2019-2020 school year, we increased enrollment by fi ve percent. We anticipate continued growth especially as we open our two new campuses.”

In the last four years, more students have become interested in the Winton Woods educational experience due to our quality academic programs.

Mt. Healthy City School District honors intervention specialist as Teacher of the Year It takes a special person to become a teacher. It takes an exceptional individual to work with children with special needs; Edward Delair is one of the latter.

As an Intervention Specialist for the juniors and seniors, he provides a calm and safe space for students to learn as well as work through their misunderstandings and challenging situations.

He creates opportunities for students to do what they love, cooking, while also teaching them teamwork and other essential skills for their future.

Last school year, Delair’s students received special permission to sell breakfast sandwiches that they had made to staff on Fridays to raise funds for a special end of year celebration. The breakfasts became a much anticipated weekly event.

Additionally, Delair assists students in fi nding the right fi t for them following high school in addition to providing them the essential life skills they will need. Some attend a trade school, while others may attend college or even the military. He works closely with parents and students who plan to attend college making sure the transition between high school and college is seamless. He connects them with many of the people they will need to make their college experience successful.

Last year, a former student of Delair’s returned from graduating from the Job See SCHOOL NEWS, Page 10A

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Corps Chef Program to teach the current students about cooking and share his experiences about Job Corps. He has often spent his own time coaching students to take the ACT, the military test, or the driving tests. He aided students in registering to vote and walked them through the process of voting.

Delair works exceptionally hard to assure that Mt. Healthy High School students from his program are prepared for the world before them when they graduate.

“Mr. Delair exhibits genuine care and concern for the students. He always has their best interest at heart and always tries to be fair across the board,” stated Ms. Grant, a paraprofessional who works in the classroom with him daily.

Mt. HEalthy High School Principal Ms. Arnez Gray explained, “Mr. Delair is an incredible infl uence in the lives of our high school students through his compassion, his respect for each of them as an individual, and his professionalism in his position.”

Edward Delair deserves an Owl applause for his dedication, support, and care for his students of Mt. Healthy City School District.

Missy Knight, Mt. Healthy City School District

Oak Hills students named Distinguished XU Scholars Three Oak Hills High School seniors have been selected as Distinguished Xavier Scholars by Xavier University.

Christina Berninger, Madeline Maginn and Kamryn Owens were nominated for the award by the OHHS counseling staff and selected on the basis of their academic and extracurricular achievements. Students are nominated during junior year for the award.

Christina is a member of the Tri-M Music Honor Society and the International Thespian Society and is president of Key Club. She has earned Academic O’s and been named an AP Scholar with Distinction.

Madeline serves on the OHHS Student Council executive board, is active in the Emerge Dance Academy and the Oak Hills cross country and track teams as well as National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society. She has earned

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Kamryn is a member of National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society, and has earned an Academic O each year of high school. She works at Bayley Place, a nonprofi t retirement and wellness community.

Krista Ramsey, Oak Hills Local Schools

Saint Ursula Academy announces SUA Palooza virtual event, names event chairs Saint Ursula Academy will feature a VIRTUAL night of fun and merriment in February as it hosts the school’s largest annual event, the SUA Palooza.

Due to health concerns and restrictions on large events, the executive committee made the decision to transform SUA Palooza into a live virtual event on February 6, 2021. The event is online and attendees can connect remotely from wherever they are!

Event chairs this year are current SUA parents Jessica Pedoto of Cleves, Lori Deters of Three Rivers, and Missy Meinhardt of Bridgetown. Partnering with a team from Saint Ursula and an army of volunteers, they are working hard to ensure the 2021 SUA Palooza is a great success.

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2021 SUA Palooza co-chairs Jessica Pedoto, Lori Deters and Missy Meinhardt. PROVIDED

every student at Saint Ursula Academy by helping to fund operating expenses and other costs of education not fully covered by tuition.

While SUA Palooza will look diff erent in 2021, it will still feature a silent auction, live event program, raffl es, games and much more.

Jill Cahill, Saint Ursula Academy

Forest Chapel Church provides school supplies for WWCS students A new school year began unlike any

other and like many others across the world – online. For Winton Woods City Schools students, during a time of the unknown, one thing remained the same - the unwavering support and encouragement from the community.

Amidst the current COVID-19 crisis, Forest Chapel Church continued their annual back-to-school donation drive providing school necessities for our Warrior scholars.

“We want our children to become community builders, and we do everything we can to model that philosophy for them. One way we model community building is by helping to equip our students and their schools, so that they can be successful. Partnering with the Winton Woods City School District allows us to make a diff erence in the lives of the students in the community and support the educators,” said Forest Chapel Church Pastor Kambamba Kiboko.

“Together we are stronger.”

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SPORTS Swimming ‘saved me and taught me who I am,’ says 1980 Olympian James Weber Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Forty years is plenty of time for anyone to gain perspective on the greatest disappointment of their competitive career.

Glenn Mills found peace almost immediately when his dreams of winning an Olympic medal were cut short by the U.S. boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, a response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

Mills was in line to win a medal in the 200 breastMills stroke there. He won the U.S. Trials and was ranked third in the world at the time.

Mills, a Finneytown High School graduate and former Cincinnati Marlin now living in Arizona, never got a chance to compete in any Olympic games after failing to qualify for the American team in 1984.

“The boycott is still sad, the whole thought of it still lingers,” he said. “It wasn’t the worst thing that ever happened to me. It’s the perspective I’ve had in my whole life.”

Swimming became Mills’ life after his older brother, Kyle, lost his while they were in high school. Kyle had won an OHSAA state championship in the breaststroke before being diagnosed with cancer. Glenn made it a mission to follow in his footsteps and found out what swimming really meant to him.

“I promised him I would win the state championship,” Glenn Mills said. “At that point, I would try to induce as much pain as possible, take out my frustration and anger in the pool. It started to change who I was, what kind of person I was.

When you’re suff ering emotionally, and you’re swimming, you can’t induce too much pain. You can’t do anything to anybody else and you can’t hurt yourself because the water protects you and doesn’t let you move too fast. Swimming was such a big outlet for me. It saved me and taught me who I am.”

During this time, Mills moved from Cleveland to Cincinnati, where Glenn joined the Cincinnati Marlins and became one of the club team’s top talents.

He qualifi ed for the Olympics while he prepared for a collegiate career at Alabama, where he was an NCAA champion in 1983.

Then came the news that the dreams of all American Olympians were going to be put on hold. Many, like Mills, wouldn’t get another chance four years later.

Mills called it a double-edged sword, that 1980 Olympians are ironically remembered more for not competing than many would be if they had won a medal in Moscow.

“It’s kept our stories alive so we can share a positive message about the sport,” he said. “The goal is to take this opportunity and share a positive message. The bad thing is for 40 years is if someone fi nds out you were on the Olympic team, they ask ‘How did you do?’ I’ve had that conversation thousands of times. There’s always an aster-

Glenn Mills, 1980 Olympian, talks to Marlins swimmers in 2011. LIZ DUFOUR/THE ENQUIRER

isk next to my name and you get tired of the explaining.”

Mills said sometimes he lies and tells people he fi nished sixth in the games.

“It’s good enough that they respect you but not so good that they check. If you fi nish fourth, they say ‘Aww that’s so close.’”

Mills kept his love of the sport after retiring from competition and has put his focus into coaching. He helps train Olympians from multiple countries, helping them with their techniques.

Mills founded GoSwim, a program with thousands of instructional videos that supplements in-person instruction.

He and his wife Rachel live in Scottsdale, Arizona, where she is the associate head coach at Arizona State University.

Mills trains swimmers in his backyard pool in a neighborhood that houses alltime Olympic great Michael Phelps and many other accomplished Olympians.

Glenn has been inducted to the Cincinnati Marlins Hall of Fame, the Greater Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame, and the University of Alabama Athletic Hall of Fame. In 2014, USA Swimming recognized GoSwim as the sport’s leading provider of educational video content for swimming and announced that it would partner with GoSwim, making them an offi cial technique video supplier to USA Swimming.

Before settling in Arizona, Mills and his wife toured the country for 16 months in an RV, studying techniques from every swimmer they met and advice from every coach.

“My goal is to have an answer,” he said.

“There are infi nite answers because people are so diff erent, so there are diff erent ways to approach something. I’m discovering new things all the time. We’ve

Hamilton native Darrell Pace was the men’s individual gold medalist in archery in 1976 and 1984 and was a heavy favorite to win in 1980. He helped the U.S. win a team silver in 1988. FILE

worked with 50 Olympians and we try to fi nd things that Olympians do that anyone can do.”

Mills has been using his 1980 experience to help current Olympic hopefuls, who have had their competitive dreams delayed as the Tokyo Olympics have been moved back to 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic. He posted a video message online to hose swimmers drawing from his own experiences.

“The reality is that the competition is such a small part of what your career has been,” he said in the video. “The most important things you have to take pride in is that you did the work. You had a goal and you set out to do it. The chance of success at that level of the sport is so slim that all you want is the chance, and if you don’t get it, it doesn’t take away the work that you did.”

Here is a look at other Cincinnatians who were set to go to Moscow in 1980.

Darrell Pace The Reading High School graduate was the men’s individual gold medalist in archery in 1976 and 1984. He set an Olympic record in both gold medal wins and was a heavy favorite to win in 1980. He helped the U.S. win a silver medal in the team competition in 1988.

Pace, 63, has a park named after him in Hamilton.

Sharon Moore Furlong The Mercy High School and University of Cincinnati graduate was on the U.S. volleyball team in 1980. Furlong and her teammates get together regularly and recently had a virtual reunion via Zoom.

Volleyball Magazine recently profi led the 1980 team.

See 1980, Page 2B

Some OHSAA state championships set, some are not Scott Springer Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Editor’s note: Information included refl ects this article’s original publication date – Oct. 6. Visit Cincinnati.com for possible updates.

COLUMBUS – The Ohio High School Athletic Association Board of Directors announced some changes in their most recent board meeting, which included some adjustments to the fall sports schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Among the changes are: a two-day format for regional/state cross country with the competitions limited to 150 runners; limited ticketing for state golf qualifi ers; the state fi eld hockey venue has moved; the state soccer championship venue may change; the state girls volleyball venue could change and the state

football championship games do not have a fi nalized venue.

CROSS COUNTRY: The regional and state tournaments will have a two-day format this year to spread out the event.

The Division III races will be run on Friday afternoons (regionals on Oct. 30; state on Nov. 6), while the Division II and I races will be run on Saturdays (regionals on Oct. 31; state on Nov. 7). In addition, the current Ohio Department of Health order limits the number of runners in a cross country race to 150, which is less than a typical regional or state championships race.

If the OHSAA’s variance request is not approved, each race will be run in two sections. As previously announced, the state championships will be at Fortress Obetz.

GOLF: At all levels of the tournament

(sectional, district and state), tickets are required for entrance and must be purchased in advance. At most tournaments, there will be a limit of two tickets available for each qualifi er. The state tournament venues remain the same, with NorthStar Golf Club in Sunbury hosting the boys' Division III state tournament, and The Ohio State University Golf Club in Columbus hosting the Division I and II girls and boys state tournaments. There will be limited ticketing at Ohio State. Golf Genius will be utilized for live scoring, with the link posted on the state tournament coverage page at OHSAA.org. There will be no awards presentations.

FIELD HOCKEY: The state tournament will move to Thomas Worthington High School after being hosted at Upper Arlington High School, which cannot

host the event this year. The state semifi nals will be on Thursday, Nov. 5, and the state championship game will be on Saturday, Nov. 7.

SOCCER: The state championships venue has not been fi nalized. Traditional host MAPFRE Stadium in Columbus may or may not host the games.

GIRLS TENNIS: The Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason will continue to host the state tournament, as the venue does not charge the OHSAA a rental fee.

If inclement weather forces play indoors, the OHSAA will communicate the limited spectator policy.

VOLLEYBALL: The state tournament venue has not been fi nalized. Traditional host Wright State University in Dayton may or may not host the event.

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SWOWCA cancels 2020 Coaches Classic Alex Harrison Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

The Southwest Ohio Wrestling Coaches Association announced that it was canceling its Coaches Classis tour-

nament for the 2020-2021 season.

“Following overwhelming concerns regarding the COVID-19 virus, the SWOWCA board feels it is in the best interest of all parties involved to cancel,” Tournament Director Joe Campolongo

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FOOTBALL: As previously published, the state football fi nals will likely not be in the same stadium. However, if they use separate venues, there will not be simultaneous state championships. Each will have its own individual time slot.

The Division I fi nal is set for Nov. 13 with Divisions II-VII occurring Nov. 1922. Venue(s) have not been fi nalized.

Bill Barrett

Non-fall sports updates Other developments included approval for baseball and softball coaches to increase the number of individuals for skill sessions during the off -season, defi ning no-contact periods and allowing softball and baseball coaches to instruct a maximum of six team members at the same time in a facility.

The board approved a proposal from the Ohio High School Ice Hockey Advisory Committee to move the non-interscholastic date back to Dec. 30 instead of the previously established date of Nov, 20 to assist athletes who are pursuing a future team placement with USA Hockey.

OHSAA fi nances The board approved the 2020-21 OHSAA budget, which includes a projected $1.3 million defi cit due to decreased spectators permitted at tournament contests.

The OHSAA continues to explore cost-saving measures and is working toward reducing that defi cit as much as possible in order to continue providing services to member schools, its 26 sanctioned sports, and more than 15,000 contest offi cials.

said in a press release. “As unfortunate as it is to make this decision, we feel it is the most appropriate action to take, given the current situation.”

The wrestling tournament was scheduled for Dec. 19-20, but the organization

said in the release it expects the Coaches Classic to return in December 2021.

The 2019 Coaches Classic featured nearly 50 schools and hundreds of wrestlers from Ohio and Northern Kentucky in competition at Harrison High School.

Barb McGrath

In 1980, he qualifi ed second in the 100-meter breaststroke, in a time that would prove better than the eventual gold-medal winner. Barrett also held the world record in the 200-meter individual medley and won that event at the Trials. In 1984, he narrowly missed making the Olympic team.

The Turpin graduate won a pair of Ohio state championships in the 50 freestyle (1977-78) and one in the 100 freestyle (’78). He would eventually swim at UCLA where he was Pac-10 Swimmer of the Year three consecutive seasons, helping UCLA to the national team championship. In 1982, he won a silver medal in the World Aquatics Championships.

Kimberly Carlisle The Finneytown graduate was a freshman at Stanford when she qualifi ed for the Olympics in swimming. She was the fi rst women to break the twominute mark in the 200backstroke and was an NCAA champion. She was ranked fourth n the world in the 100 backstroke in the 1980 fi eld.

Carlisle did make it to Carlisle the Olympic pool in Moscow a decade too late while on a business trip, but found the pool closed and the doors padlocked and chained shut.

Carlisle carried the torch on its way to Salt Lake City for the 2002 Winter Olympics and wrote a blog post on her Olympic experiences in 2016.

The 1976 Walnut Hills graduate won three national championships in platform diving at the University of Michigan before qualifying for the Olympics. She dominated the fi eld in the 1979 Pan-American Games, winning the gold in the McGrath platform. As a member of the 1980 Olympic Team, she was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honor bestowed by the United States Congress.

Roland Muhlen Muhlen, 77, fi nished sixth in the 1972 Olympics in Munich in the C-2 1,000meter event and also qualifi ed in 1976.

He continued competing into the 2000s, winning 26 national titles at various stages, including the 2006 C-2 masters mixed event with his wife, Linda. In senior open competition, he was US Champion in C-1 500 meters and C-2 500 meters in 1972, 1974, and 1975.

Muhlen competed at three World Championships.

Tony Tubbs Tubbs, 62, is one of Cincinnati’s most highly decorated boxers. He qualifi ed for the Olympics in 1980 then turned pro after the boycott.

As an amateur, Tubbs worked as a sparring partner to Muhammad Ali, helping the legend to prepare for his rematch with Leon Spinks for the World Heavyweight Championship. Tubbs won the WBA heavyweight championship in 1985. Tubbs fi nished with a pro record of 47-10 and has been battling legal problems in recent years. He recent-

Tony Tubbs, right, sparring with Muhammad Ali, qualifi ed for the Olympics in 1980 then turned professional after the boycott.

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ly gave an interview with Ring TV on his career.

Medalists from other countries Some with Cincinnati ties did get to compete in Moscow while representing other countries.

Mike Sylvester, a 1970 Moeller graduate, was a dual citizen who played for the Italian men’s basketball team that won the silver medal, becoming the only American to win a medal in 1980.

Tina Gustafsson, a 1982 University of Cincinnati grad, won a silver medal for Sweden in swimming the 4x100 freestyle relay. Michelle MacPherson, a swimmer and also a UC grad, competed for Canada in 1980 and won a bronze medal in 1984 in the 4x100 medley relay.

UC grad Pelle Wikstrom also represented Sweden in the pool, competing in the 100 and 200 freestyle.

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Wyoming’s Edward R. Stearns mansion listed for $1.4M mer glory before listing it earlier this week for a relative bargain price, according to Kristine Green, the listing agent with Keller Williams Realty Associate Partners.

“No details were missed as she literally searched the world for replacement pieces from the same time,” Green said.

“My client has spent her lifetime restoring historical homes and it shows.

It’s of museum quality.”

Edward Stearns was president of Stearns & Foster and a relative of George Stearns, who co-founded the company in Cincinnati in 1846 along with Seth Foster.

Edward Stearns lived in the more

Randy Tucker Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

The historic Edward R. Stearns mansion in Wyoming is back on the market for $1.4 million after an extensive facelift.

The mansion, built in the early 1900s

by Edward Stearns of the Stearns & Foster mattress company, was abandoned when private investor Kay Landers purchased the property in 2002 for $1.3 million, according to Hamilton County property records.

Landers spent more than $1 million to restore the stately mansion to its for-

than 20,000-square-foot mansion at 333 Oliver Road until 1914, The Enquirer previously reported.

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

With its mahogany-beamed ceilings, winding oak staircase, Tiff any lighting and Rookwood fi replaces, the mansion has 10-bedrooms and four bathrooms and sits on nearly four acres of land.

The focal point of the house is a massive organ with pipes that run through three levels of the home. The organ no longer works, but all of the workings of the organ are still in the home, according to Green.

The historic Edward R. Stearns Estate in Wyoming recently hit the market for $1.4 million. PROVIDED

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Forest Park 10820 Carnegie Dr: Ezhomes LLC to Lackey George T & Vickie L; $260,000 11681 Hinkley Dr: Burress Brandon to Powell Richard W; $149,000 11875 Horatio Ct: Myles Anthony D to Carr Martha; $185,000 826 Halesworth Dr: Williams Carmen L to Keeton Karen E; $194,500

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North College Hill 1833 Galbraith Rd: Trotta Louis A & Eileen J to Moore Kevin; $150,000 1833 Galbraith Rd: Trotta Louis A & Eileen J to Moore Kevin; $150,000 6508 Meis Ave: Bridgewater Construction LLC to Wilkins Aaron M; $112,000 6538 Catalpa Ave: Brown Ornita A to Smith Candace; $93,000 6704 Jamar Dr: Ambach Steven M & Lisa M to Gragston Katrina; $157,500 6911 Mearl Ave: W2g Group LLC to Crossly Renovations LLC; $22,000 6918 Shamrock Ave: A P Hill Properties LLC to Cacaro Lesa M; $161,000 8294 Bobolink Dr: D57 Investments LLC to Eyassu Lwam; $116,200

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Spring Grove Village 663 Derby Ave: Benson Barbara & Donald to Cornett Stephanie L; $78,000 711 Epworth Ave: Liberty Acquisitions LLC to King James T; $45,870

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Haunted Village in Sharonville gearing up for annual spook-fest Jeanne Houck Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Editor’s note: Information included refl ects this article’s original publication date – Oct. 3. Visit Cincinnati.com for possible updates.

Swing by the Haunted Village in Sharonville and meet "Dead Eye Dan." PHOTOS PROVIDED

It’s about to get spooky up in Sharonville.

The Heritage Village Museum in Sharon Woods Park will once again be transformed into a Haunted Village for the next three weekends.

Organizers say the museum’s biggest fundraiser of the year, always a regional draw, will be a family-friendly, slightfright Halloween event from 6-10 p.m. on these Fridays and Saturdays: October 9, 10, 16, 17, 23 and 24.

Tickets cost $8 and must be purchased in advance on the museum's website to allow for timed entry designed to meet COVID-19 safety protocols. Museum members and children under 2 are free.

Halloween costumes are encouraged for kids and adults, but everyone aged 6 and older must wear a face mask.

Social distancing will be in place as ghost hosts guide groups on tours through the 19th century village of his-

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toric buildings teeming with ghosts, witches, pirates, a mortician, a fortune teller and a cursed archaeologist.

You can walk through a spooky cemetery and on a haunted trail, enjoy balloon art and watch “Village of the Plagued,” an original 8-minute fi lm shot for the event.

Children will be given a bag of candy

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The Heritage Village Museum and Educational Center is behind the Sharon Centre at the park at 11500 Lebanon Road.

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Sam Ezersky, 25, is an associate puzzle editor for The New York Times. He sold his first crossword to the paper when he was 17, just before starting his senior year at South Lakes High School in Reston, Va. Eight years and 30 Times crosswords later, Sam says his professional goal is to ‘‘never, ever create an ‘ordinary’ puzzle.’’ His favorite clues/answers in this one are at 111A and 81D. — W.S.

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98 The Reds, on scoreboards 99 2020 U.S. Open tennis champ Naomi 101 ____ Tzu (dog breed) 102 Like sponge cakes 105 Middle of a certain three-in-a-row 106 Lone Star State sch.

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New Mt. Healthy Family Practice Center expands medical, dental access In 1849, Mt. Healthy became a refuge for Cincinnatians fl eeing a cholera epidemic. On Sept. 14, The HealthCare Connection helped further the community’s health legacy when it opened the Mt. Healthy Family Practice Center at a new, expanded location at 1411 Compton Road.

A small, socially distanced ribbon cutting ceremony for the new center was held on Sept. 11. Public offi cials from Mt. Healthy, Evendale, Lincoln Heights, Hamilton County and surrounding areas joined The HealthCare Connection for the event (list of names is at end of release).

The 30,000-square-foot facility will serve up to 14,000 patients a year, more than double the number cared for at the previous location (5,230). The former 12,000-square-foot facility was located in an aging strip mall at 8146 Hamilton Avenue and off ered no room for expansion.

With the additional space, the center will off er much-needed dental services, including eight dental bays, for the fi rst time since the original Mt. Healthy site opened in 1987.

A community needs assessment conducted by The HealthCare Connection in 2016 found only one dentist practicing in

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Mt. Healthy. It also found that in Ohio, Hamilton County and the Greater Cincinnati region, access to dental care, underuse of preventive dental services, and overuse of the emergency room for toothaches and tooth infection are problems for children and adults who have low incomes, are on Medicaid or are uninsured.

Approximately 36,000 people in Mt. Healthy and surrounding communities are classifi ed as low income.

The HealthCare Connection serves as a primary care safety net by providing quality, culturally sensitive and accessible primary health care services to the

medically underserved, underinsured and uninsured in northern Hamilton County and surrounding areas. It has operated for more than 50 years without interruption, despite numerous funding and regulatory challenges.

More than 17,000 patients are served annually at neighborhood health centers in Lincoln Heights, Mt. Healthy and Forest Park; a school-based health center within Princeton City School District; and two co-located behavioral health centers.

Funding for the $4.8 million project comes from a $1 million capital grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; $700,000 in state capital budget funds; and donations from generous supporters. Phoenix Architecture designed the facility, and Mark Spaulding Construction Company handled the construction.

“With this new center, we will be able to meet the growing need for quality primary care and dental services in Mt. Healthy and surrounding areas,” says Dolores Lindsay, founder and CEO of The HealthCare Connection.

“We will be able to provide an accessible and aff ordable medical home for more people and have an immediate and powerful impact on their health. At The HealthCare Connection, we believe that everyone deserves quality health care.”

Ribbon-cutting offi cials: h Mt. Healthy City Council Members:

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Jenni Moody, Judy Petersen and Joe Roetting h Hamilton County Commissioner Denise Driehaus h Hamilton County Health Commissioner Greg Kesterman h State Representative Catherine Ingram h Former State Senator and current Evendale Mayor Richard Finan h Alex Scharfetter, District Director for U.S. Representative Brad Wenstrup h LaVerne Mitchell, Board Chair, The HealthCare Connection and Lincoln Heights City Council member h Charlotte Powell, Board Member, The HealthCare Connection Terri Hornbach-Torres, THT Communications

Great Parks volunteers plant more than 50 trees for National Public Lands Day Great Parks of Hamilton County is planting more than 50 trees at the Winton Woods Campground to celebrate National Public Lands Day, with the fi rst 20 trees planted on Thursday, Sept. 24, and the rest of the trees to be planted over the following weeks.

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and protecting natural resources in a way that will enhance our parks for many generations,” said Todd Palmeter, CEO, Great Parks.

Great Parks of Hamilton County, through its philanthropic partner Great Parks Forever, received a $10,500 grant from the International Paper Foundation for this tree planting project. The selected trees are native to this area and include red maple, white oak, sycamore, black gum, patriot elm and others.

Planting is all being done by Great Parks long-term volunteers and staff who are closely observing COVID-19 safety protocols as they work outdoors.

Over the past seven years, the Emerald Ash Borer and other tree decline factors have caused more than 200 trees to be removed from the Winton Woods Campground.

Since 2015, Great Parks has been coordinating volunteer plantings at this location when funding becomes available.

This fall and into early 2021, Great Parks is coordinating the planting of more than 50 new native deciduous and evergreen trees at the campground to help off set the loss. The project will add to the already successful planting of 81 trees at the campground, funded by International Paper in 2016.

National Public Lands Day is a nationwide, single-day event for volunteers to help restore and improve public lands throughout the country.

Last year for National Public Lands Day, Great Parks volunteers planted several large trees, installed a pollinator garden and improved a trail at Parky’s Farm.

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The Jewish Hospital – Mercy Health and Mercy Health – West Hospital achieve Magnet recognition

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The Jewish Hospital – Mercy Health and Mercy Health - West Hospital recently achieved Magnet recognition as a refl ection of their nursing professionalism, teamwork and superiority in patient care. They join Mercy Health – Fairfi eld Hospital in holding Magnet Recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Magnet Recognition Program, distinguishes organiza-

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Research demonstrates that Magnet recognition provides specifi c benefi ts to health care organizations and their communities, such as: h Higher patient satisfaction with nurse communication, availability of help and receipt of discharge information h Lower risk of 30-day mortality and lower failure to rescue rates h Higher job satisfaction among nurses h Lower nurse reports of intentions to leave their positions Magnet recognition is the gold standard for nursing excellence and is a factor when the public judges health care organizations. U.S. News & World Report’s annual showcase of “America’s Best Hospitals” includes Magnet recognition in its ranking criteria for quality of inpatient care.

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