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Colerain Police honor NWHS oﬃ cer for actions during fatal shooting Segann March Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

The Colerain Police Department recognized Northwest High School Resource Offi cer Chris Thomas Tuesday for his “heroic actions” during a fatal shooting near the high school on Nov. 21. The department also recognized Hamilton County Sheriff ’s Deputy Joann Bradley for her eff orts during the dispute involving two Northwest High School students that left a 25-year-old man dead. “Both offi cers heard the gunfi re and ran into the shooting area,” the depart-

ment announced on its Facebook page. “We are proud of their actions and know they will do what is necessary to protect their kids.” Todd Bowling, superintendent of Northwest Local Schools, said Thomas took action immediately after hearing gunshots. He alerted offi cials and told them to lock down the school before he “took off barreling across the fi eld without worrying about his own safety and got our students away and tried to shoe them back to school as fast as possible.” See SHOOTING, Page 2A

Colerain Police Officer Chris Thomas and Hamilton County Sheriff's Deputy Joann Bradley were honored by the Colerain Police Department Tuesday. COURTESY OF COLERAIN POLICE

The Who announces a Cincinnati return on the 40-year anniversary of concert tragedy Madeline Mitchell Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Cincinnati police help people crushed during a performance by The Who on Dec. 3, 1979. Eleven fans of the rock band were killed when a crowd stampeded to get into Riverfront Coliseum. ENQUIRER FILE

The Who concert tragedy 40 years ago:

Finneytown, music superstars forever linked Dan Sewell

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The faces of the three Finneytown students killed in a stampede at The Who’s Dec. 3, 1979 concert, are displayed as part of a memorial at the Finneytown High School secondary campus. JOHN MINCHILLO, AP

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The concrete bench in Finneytown depicts a guitar, with the message “My Generation” just below it. In the background are plaques with the faces of three teenagers, Jackie Eckerle, Karen Morrison and Stephan Preston, frozen in time 40 years ago. Bricks in the plaza around the bench carry eight other names. All 11 were killed in a frantic stampede of people trying to get into the British rock band The Who’s concert on Dec. 3, 1979, at Cincinnati’s Riverfront Coliseum. The city of Finneytown suﬀ ered See FINNEYTOWN, Page 2A

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The Who will make a return to Cincinnati, the band announced on their special segment on WCPO. “So what I want to say is that we’ll be there,” Pete Townshend said at the end of the documentary. “And having said that, now, we’ll just have to come.” The announcement came Tuesday, Dec. 3, on the 40-year anniversary of the 1979 concert stampede at Riverfront Coliseum that tragically killed 11 teens and young adults. Rumors of the band’s return have circulated in recent weeks leading up to the documentary. WCPO’s television anchor Tanya O’Rourke drew from her own memory of that night when interviewing Townshend, Bill Curbishley and others for the special. “We need to go back to Cincinnati, you know, we do. As soon as we can,” Townshend said towards the end of the documentary. “It would be such a joyous occasion for us, and such a healing thing.”

Roger Daltrey, left, and Pete Townshend of The Who perform during the Moving On! Tour at State Farm Arena in Atlanta in September. ROBB COHEN/INVISION/AP

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Finneytown Continued from Page 1A

A Hamilton County Sheriff's deputy walks a Northwest High School student home while other police gather information about a shooting on Newmarket Drive, a block from Northwest High School on Nov. 21. ALBERT CESARE/THE ENQUIRER

Shooting Continued from Page 1A

Here’s what happened: An off -grounds school fi ght escalated into a shooting that killed 25-yearold Rashad Shahid, a 2012 Northwest High School graduate. Police say Shadid drove to the neighborhood near the school for a fi ght. Colerain Police said in an arrest report that the two students — Brian Holmes Jr., 18, and another unnamed student – “were in a dispute over”

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someone’s sister. Detective Mike Stockmeier said both of the students “decided they were going to resolve that confl ict by having a fi ght off of school grounds after school let out.” Stockmeier said the juvenile student asked Holmes Jr., who is not a student at the school, to show up for the fi ght. Holmes told police he “decided to take it upon himself to bring a gun.” Holmes and the 17-year-old were walking near Butterwick Drive and Newmarket Drive when two vehicles pulled up to the intersection, the arrest report says. The vehicles’ occupants approached Holmes and the 17-yearold. Holmes pulled out a .45-caliber Sig Sauer pistol “and started shooting,” according to the arrest report. Shahid was fatally wounded and 18-year-old Dante Walker III was shot in the left arm. Last week, Holmes was indicted on murder and felonious assault charges. The unnamed 17-year-old student is facing a murder charge in juvenile court.

disproportionately, and its three losses included the two youngest victims, 15year-olds Eckerle and Morrison. Their schoolmates say well over 100 other people from Finneytown were there. “Everyone’s connected to it, everywhere you go around here,” said Fred Wittenbaum, who was a freshman at Finneytown High School then but did not attend the concert. “Either they went to the concert, or they had a friend or a family member who was there.” Since then, the community of around 12,000 people, many living in ranchstyle homes built years before the concert, has been inextricably linked with The Who, which was already well on the way to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with such hits as “Won’t Get Fooled Again,” “Can’t Explain,” and “My Generation,” an anthem of rebellious youth. Most of the blame afterward focused on the fi rst-come, fi rst-served arrangement for seating that saw thousands of fans line up for hours ready to charge toward the coveted fl oor spots, and on confusion over and lack of preparation for when the doors were opening. Besides those trampled in the stampede, some two dozen other fans were injured. Frontman Roger Daltrey and guitarist Pete Townshend, the last survivors of the original band, say they have struggled emotionally over the years with the concert carnage, which they didn’t know about until their show was ending. “Because there’s always a certain amount, ‘If I hadn’t been doing this, it wouldn’t have happened,’ you know,” Daltrey said during an unpublicized visit last year to the Finneytown memorial site. “That’s just human nature. That’s what we carry with us.” “It took a long time for us to get a sense that this was not just about the 11 kids, it was about the community,”

A memorial marker stands between U.S. Bank Arena and Great American Ball Park to honor the people killed and injured waiting to see The Who at Riverfront Colosseum. THE ENQUIRER/MEG VOGEL

Townshend told The Associated Press in a recent interview in New York. The sad stories and traumatic memories among Finneytown alums evolved three decades later into a plan to memorialize their friends. John Hutchins was playing an acoustic set at a nearby venue in December 2009 and dedicated songs such as The Who’s “Love Ain’t For Keeping” to those who died at the concert. Hutchins was at The Who concert; he skipped school that day, got to the coliseum nearly seven hours early to be among the ﬁ rst in line, and got close enough to the stage to see The Who’s song list. Fellow Finneytown High alum Steve Bentz, who wasn’t at the concert, approached Hutchins after his performance with a thought, that “we should do something.” The thought soon grew into the memorial bench. See FINNEYTOWN, Page 4A

DECEMBER 3, 1979: Fans crowd around the stage as The Who perform at Riverfront Coliseum. The band didn’t know that 11 people had died in the crush of the crowd outside the coliseum until their show was ending. THE ENQUIRER/MICHAEL E. KEATING

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The Who concert: Tanya O’Rourke covers new ground Byron McCauley Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Cincinnati television anchor Tanya O’Rourke was 10 years old on the night that changed rock and roll forever. She lived in Finneytown, a close-knit community north of downtown Cincinnati, as the legendary British band, The Who, was scheduled to play at Riverfront Coliseum. Dec. 3, 1979 has been seared in the minds of Cincinnati because of what happened that night. There was no reserved seating. Fans arrived early that morning to get in line for doors to open. When they ﬁ nally opened, there was a rush. Eleven people were crushed to death, including three from Finneytown. Twenty-six more were injured. The tragedy was a loss of innocence of sorts for the community. Three kids from Finneytown left home to attend a concert with all the anticipation and excitement you would expect a teenager to have when rock legends come to town. They never made it back home. “Until then, you grow up believing nothing is going to get you,” O’Rourke said. Her brother, Scott Spiegel, 15, might have been in that number, had their parents not said no. He lost his friend, Jackie Eckerle, that day. Watching the coverage and its aftermath marked the moment she knew she wanted to become a journalist, O’Rourke

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They joined with Wittenbaum and Walt Medlock — who remembers being pressed tightly against Preston before making the possibly life-saving decision to work his way out of the crowd — to create the P.E.M. scholarship fund, using the last-name initials of their three schoolmates. “We wanted to take what was a terrible tragedy and try and turn it into something that could be looked at as good,” Wittenbaum explained. “We wanted to pay it forward.” Launched in 2010, the scholarships reward three Finneytown students with $5,000 each for the study of music or any other arts. There have awarded 27 so far. Auctions and raﬄ es at an annual December show featuring music by alumni

WCPO's Tanya O'Rourke talks with Pete Townsend of The Who. PROVIDED

said. O’Rourke’s career and the event that spawned it came full circle in the form of a documentary that aired Dec. 3 on WCPO-TV. It was the 40th anniversary of the tragedy. Also, WCPO has made a six-part podcast chronicling the event. O’Rourke and her team met Pete Townsend, Roger Daltrey and manager Bill Curbishley before a concert in Seattle earlier this year to talk about the tragedy. Some key takeaways: ❚ Townsend said his nearly 50-minute conversation with O’Rourke was the longest amount of dedicated time he has

“It took a long time for us to get a sense that this was not just about the 11 kids, it was about the community.” Pete Townshend The Who

at the school’s performing arts center help pay for the scholarships. The Who became involved in the third year, making an exclusive DVD for showing at that year’s beneﬁ t with comments from the band about the tragedy and new concert footage. More aid from the band followed. Last year, Wittenbaum drove Daltrey from a private airstrip near Dayton to view the Finneytown memorials that include artwork, personal items and photos of the three in a Who-donated dis-

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ever spent to reﬂ ect on the event. ❚ Instead of staying in Cincinnati after the concert, The Who left town and played the next night in Buﬀ alo, N.Y. Townsend felt the band should have stayed, but Daltrey voted for the band to keep playing concert dates. ❚ In 2000, Townsend called Pearl Jam lead vocalist Eddie Vedder after nine fans were crushed to death at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark, where Pearl Jam played. His advice: Don’t leave town. Vedder played with The Who during its Seattle concert following O’Rourke’s interview. ❚ Curbishley had to make some hard

choices. He convinced Cincinnati ﬁ re ofﬁ cials to allow the band to keep playing to avoid having the tragedy get worse. And he decided to keep the band’s tour going. “Despite everything,” Curbishley told O’Rourke, “I still feel inadequate. I don’t know about the guys, but for me, I left a little bit of my soul in Cincinnati.” In 2018, The Who’s lead singer Daltrey came to Finneytown to visit a memorial dedicated to Stephan Preston, Eckerle and Karen Morrison, the students who died. The band has also donated to the P.E.M. Scholarship fund given to three Finneytown seniors who major in the arts or music. Over 40 years, The Who never talked about the incident on camera in-depth, O’Rourke said, but they have established a relationship with members of the scholarship committee at Finneytown High School. That relationship and the positive impact the scholarship is having on the community helped pave the way for her interview, she said. She sees the documentary as cathartic for the families left behind and the band. “For 40 years they have felt the weight of this. This changed their lives,” O’Rourke said. Byron McCauley is an Enquirer columnist writing about the intersection of race, social justice, politics and free enterprise. Phone: 513-768-8565. Email: bmccauley@enquirer.com. Social: @byronmccauley

Fred Wittenbaum, of the P.E.M. scholarship that memorializes the three Finneytown students killed in a stampede at The Who's Dec. 3, 1979 concert, stands beside a cabinet of mementoes honoring the dead at the Finneytown High School secondary campus. In recent years, members of the community and the band have bonded through a project to memorialize the teens. JOHN MINCHILLO/AP

play case. Daltrey also met with relatives of those killed and with fans who attended the concert. “It’s been a really cathartic process for everybody,” Wittenbaum said. Daltrey-autographed books, albums, guitars and other items have been sold online, including on the band’s oﬃ cial site, to add to the fund. The P.E.M. leaders’ next goal is to see Daltrey and Townshend perform in Cincinnati for the ﬁ rst time since the deadly concert. In the AP interview, Townshend said the band plans to return to Cincinnati. Alleson Arnold, 18, among the latest

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Curbishley said he would go back to the city, but not back to that same venue. The documentary also shined a light on the PEM Memorial Scholarship Fund which honors the three Finneytown High School students who died at the concert: Stephan Preston, Jackie Eckerle and Karen Morrison. The Enquirer covered The Who concert tragedy forty years ago after fans broke the gate to the arena and a crowd of thousands stampeded towards the stage. Eleven people were killed and eight were seriously injured in the rush. The band left the next day to con-

scholarship winners, moved to Finneytown several years ago and soon learned about the pain the community has felt. She said she is “very grateful” for the fund that will help her study fashion and design. “It’s heartbreaking to know that I’m the same age as many of them,” she said. “I get to do the things that I want to be doing, but all that was taken away from them.” Associated Press writer John Carucci contributed from New York. Follow Dan Sewell at https://www.twitter.com/ dansewell

tinue their tour in Buﬀ alo, New York. During a recent interview with The Associated Press, Townshend admitted that he regrets not staying to mourn with Cincinnati after the tragedy. “I’m not forgiving us,” Townshend told The Associated Press. “We should have stayed.” The concert, entitled “The Who: Moving On!” will be April 23, 2020, at the BB&T Arena at Northern Kentucky University. Tickets went on sale Friday. Here’s what you need to know, according to The Who’s Facebook page: ❚ When: April 23, 2020 at 8 p.m. ❚ Where: BB&T Arena, 500 Nunn Drive in Highland Heights, Kentucky ❚ Tickets: Tickets go on sale Friday, Dec. 6 at 10 a.m. on Ticketmaster ❚ Cause: A portion of the proceeds will go to the PEM Memorial Scholarship Fund

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You might become a fan of fruit cakes Victorian Jewels (mini fruit cakes)

Rita’s Kitchen Rita Heikenfeld

I’ve been getting requests for fruitcakes. Traditional, mini, fruitcakes that start with a spice cake mix, even “golden” (lighter texture and taste) fruitcakes. I have to admit this makes me smile. Now I’m not crazy about fruitcake, but do like a small piece. My husband, Frank, loves fruitcake. The kids are somewhere in between. Apparently readers like Maureen Grady, a Park Hills, Kentucky reader whose Mom came from England and every year would make fruitcakes, is like Frank. “She’d make marvelous Christmas fruit cakes, large, dark and rich, which she would pour bourbon or sherry over and wrap in cheesecloth.” Maureen and the other kids shelled black walnuts for the cakes around Thanksgiving. Now that’s a wonderful holiday memory. Here’s recipes for both little, and large, fruitcakes. If you’ve never made fruitcake, go ahead and try the mini ones. They’ve become a reader favorite. You might just become a fan. Check my website for the other fruitcakes mentioned.

These are so pretty and really delicious — just enough of a bite to savor that fruitcake craving. I like to marinate the fruits in brandy for a more authentic fruitcake taste. That’s optional, though. Ingredients 1 1⁄ 2 cups diced mixed candied fruits 1 1⁄ 2cups raisins (light and dark, including currants or your choice) ⁄ 2 cup brandy or apple juice plus extra for brushing on

⁄ 4 cup packed brown sugar

⁄ 3 cup room temperature butter

1 large egg 1 cup flour ⁄ 2 teaspoon each: baking soda, salt and allspice

1 teaspoon cinnamon ⁄ 4 teaspoon nutmeg (optional)

1 cup chopped nuts Candied cherries for garnish Melted apple jelly for glaze

Fruit cakes and victorian jewels. RITA HEIKENFELD FOR THE ENQUIRER

Instructions Marinate fruits and raisins in brandy or juice at least 4 hours or overnight. That plumps them up. Drain if necessary.

Traditional fruitcake

⁄ 2 pound butter, room temperature

Sometimes I’ll vary the fruit mix and sub candied cherries for some of the mix. Save a few to put on top before baking. Ingredients

1 cup sugar

Mix flour and baking powder and mix into butter mixture. Stir in vanilla, fruit and nuts.

5 large eggs ⁄ 4 teaspoon baking powder

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4 cups chopped nuts

Stir nuts and fruit with 1⁄ 4cup flour. (Keeps them from sinking.)

1 1⁄ 2 to 2 pounds diced mix candied fruits

Cream butter and sugar until fluffy,

1 3⁄ 4cups flour

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Spray 2 loaf pans. Pour batter into pans and put in cold oven.Turn oven on to 250 and bake for 2 hours. Check towards the end as baking times vary. Toothpick inserted in center will come out clean. Cool in pans. Store, covered, at room temperature.

Mix sugar, butter and egg until fairly fluffy. Whisk together flour, soda, salt and spices; stir in. Mix in nuts and fruits. Spoon into mini muffin tins lined with baking cups. Fill 3/4 full. Top each with cherry. Bake at 300 degrees for 30 minutes. Remove from tins, brush tops with extra brandy or juice while warm. Cool. Store in airtight container. Before serving, brush tops with jelly. Makes 4-5 dozen.

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SCHOOL NEWS Winton Woods students participate in World Sight Day with Lenscrafters Recently, a group of Winton Woods students received new glasses from Lenscrafters as part of their World Sight Day campaign. Students represented four schools of the district: Winton Woods Primary North, Primary South, Elementary and Intermediate schools. Upon arrival at the Northgate Mall, students were greeted with bagels, orange juice, and milk. Each student had a full eye exam and was able to select the frames that made them feel special. Several students were also invited to tour the lab and learn how lenses were made. On behalf of all of the buildings, Winton Woods Primary South Principal Danielle Wallace would like to extend a huge Warrior thanks to the school nurses for identifying the students, Lenscrafters for their partnership, and Chick-ﬁ l-A for providing a nutritious lunch. Drew Jackson, Winton Woods City Schools

Winton Woods Primary South students receive new glasses from Lenscrafters as part of their World Sight Day campaign. From left: Jason Vincente Brito, Prateek Ghimire, Xia Allen, Aubrey Griffin, Morgan Redman and Gael Murillo Robles. WINTON WOODS NURSE ERIN LEMASTER/PROVIDED

Eight students receive National Merit Commended Scholar recognition Eight seniors from The Summit Country Day School have been named Commended Scholars by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. The students are Adaliene Andsager and Burke Hinton, Hyde Park; Maliah Bricking, Sharonville; Ryan Burns, Anderson Township; Pierce Kreider, East Walnut Hills; Jack Melink, Loveland; Jietong “Thomas” Zhang, Mason; and Ziyan “Richard” Zhang, Hyde Park. The Commended Scholar recognitions are in addition to semiﬁ nalist recognition. Altogether, 12 percent of The Summit’s class of 2020 have been given some level of National Merit recognition. In the past ﬁ ve years, 64 Summit students have been recognized by National Merit. National Merit awards are based on performance in the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test taken during junior year. The Summit is a co-educational, Catholic independent school serving children from 18-months through grade 12. Call 513-871-4700 ext. 261 to request more information or schedule a personal tour. Nancy Berlier, The Summit Country Day School

Eight seniors have been named Commended Scholars by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Front row (from left): Ryan Burns, Maliah Bricking, Jack Melink, Adaliene Andsager and Ziyan “Richard” Zhang. Back row: Pierce Kreider, Jietong “Thomas” Zhang and Burke Hinton. PROVIDED

Four receive NAE Distinguished Educator Award

Paris Johnson Jr. named LaRosa’s MVP Featured Athlete Prior to committing to play next season for the Ohio State Buckeyes, Princeton big man Paris Johnson Jr. was one of the most sought-after recruits in Cincinnati, in Ohio and in the entire country. 247sports.com had rated Paris as the number one recruit in Ohio as well as the number one high school off ensive lineman in the nation in the class of 2020. A pre-season MaxPreps and USA Today AllAmerican, Paris transferred from St Xavier to play his senior year at Princeton. He and his teammates helped the Vikings to a 6-4 regular Johnson season record and its fi rst playoff berth since 2007. Last season at St. Xavier, Paris earned numerous honors, including being named 1st team GCL South, 1st team allcity, 1st team all-SWO District and 1st team all-Ohio. He was named a junior All-American and last summer was invited to participate in the prestigious “The Opening Finals” Camp in Frisco, Texas, which over the years has hosted many current and former NFL stars. He also was selected to play in the AllAmerican Bowl in San Antonio, Texas in January, 2020. A gifted athlete, Paris grew up play multiple sports, including hockey, baseball, soccer, wrestling, swimming and track. An honor roll student who is active in community service, Paris is a member of National Honor Society and the National Mandarin Chinese Honor

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Society. His favorite athlete is Tyron Smith, favorite entertainer is Kevin Hart, favorite book is The Outsiders, favorite movie is Friday and most-like-tomeet is Martin Luther King Jr. “Paris is a young man that has a remarkable combination of talent, leadership, intellect and compassion. Paris will have success in whatever he embarks upon.” – Mike Daniels, Football Coach Bill Meﬀ ord, LaRosa’s MVP Program

Winton Woods City Schools re-elects 2 board members On November 5, Katrina Rugless and Dr. John Cuppoletti were re-elected to Winton Woods Board of Education for

the 2019-2020 school year. Katrina Rugless, a member of the board since 2016 served as Winton Woods vice president for the 2018-2019 term alongside former president, Dr. Viola Johnson. Dr. John Cuppoletti was appointed in January of 2019 to ﬁ ll a vacancy after the departure of longtime president Jessica Miranda. School board members are elected at large for four-year terms. A member may serve unlimited consecutive terms. The oﬃ cers that serve in the capacity of president and vice president serve a term of one year and may be re-elected to that position. Drew Jackson, Winton Woods City Schools

Northwest Local School District recognized four outstanding teachers at the November Board of Education meeting: Jayne Sayers, Houston Early Learning Center; Anne Muddiman, Taylor Elementary School; Candy Sweeney, Pleasant Run Middle School; and Everlyn Gibfried, Colerain High School. The teachers were lauded for receiving the 2019 Northwest Association of Educators (NAE) Distinguished Educator Award. NAE began giving out this award in 2017. Over 100 teachers have been acknowledged and nominated by fellow colleagues for doing exceptional work and going above and beyond for their students. Lyndsey Creecy, Northwest Local School District

Mercy McAuley High School holding 2 Christmas concerts Mercy McAuley High School, located at 6000 Oakwood Avenue in College Hill, will hold two Christmas concerts, which are open to the public. Both concerts will be held in Mercy McAuley’s Auditorium. ❚ The Holiday Harmony Showcase Concert is Thursday, Dec. 12, at 7:30 p.m. This concert is an all-choral show featuring vocalists from both Mercy McAuley and La Salle High Schools. Tickets are $5 at the door. ❚ The Sounds of Christmas Concert is Sunday, Dec. 15, at 7:30 p.m. This concert features the Mercy McAuley chorus, orchestra and Vocal Ensemble. Tickets are $5 at the door. Patty Thelen, Mercy McAuley High School

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Sports DII State Champs

La Salle defeats Massillon Washington in title game

Scott Springer Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

CANTON - La Salle High School is now 4-for-4 in state championship games as the Lancers handed Massillon Washington their fi rst defeat of the year in the Ohio Division II title game Thursday night, 34-17. Outnumbered crowd-wise by neighboring Massillon, the Lancer fans were the loudest of the 11,286 at the end. La Salle pounded the Tigers on the ground outgaining them 337-82. Junior quarterback Zach Branam led with 166 yards on 22 carries. “It felt amazing in this atmosphere,” Branam said. “They had a great crowd; we had a great crowd. Playing under the lights here was a special moment.” Sophomore Gi’Bran Payne added 133yards and senior Cam Porter fi nished his prep career with 57 yards and three touchdowns. For good measure, Jake Seibert tacked on a pair of fi eld goals to provide some fourth-quarter comfort. Payne and Porter doubled up on defense also. After playing in La Salle’s 2016 championship as a freshman, Porter’s La Salle swan song ended on a high note before he heads to play football for Northwestern. “This team reminded me a lot of the 2016 team,” Porter said. “We just came in and took care of business.” Off ensive line coach Tom Doerger, who rejoined the team after a Labor Day liver transplant, received many jubilant hugs afterward after the dominant performance by his group.

La Salle running back Jack Lutz kisses the state championship trophy follwing the Lancers' win in the OHSAA Division II state ﬁ nal game at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton on Dec. 5. RAY STEWART/CANTONREP.COM

“The oﬀ ensive line in the playoﬀ s has really made some holes and grinded it out,” La Salle head coach Pat McLaughlin said. “Zach and G (Payne) and Cameron (Porter) are going to get the credit, but our line has been road-grading people.”

Former La Salle coach Nate Moore, who now heads up Massillon Washington, agreed. “They’ve got a good group of kids that play really hard,” Moore said. “We struggled getting oﬀ blocks, especially with the outside zone. We didn’t do a good

enough job tonight.” La Salle led 21-17 at halftime, then shut out the powerful Massillon oﬀ ense that had scored 40 or more points nine times this season. The Lancers ﬁ nish See CHAMPS, Page 2B

West-Side tradition takes La Salle, fans to Canton Shelby Dermer Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Editor’s note: Information included refl ects this article’s original publication date – Dec. 4. Much has been made of the distance the La Salle football team had to travel for Thursday’s Division II state championship game in Canton. La Salle’s 239-mile trek to Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium is substantial compared to its opponent, Massillon, which is located less than eight miles from the Pro Football Hall of Fame. But to the La Salle faithful, the distance is just another number. “We’re West-Siders; if we gotta walk, we’ll do it,” said Mike LaRosa, chief executive offi cer of LaRosa’s Pizza and a 1974 graduate of La Salle. “When they know it’s one of the GCL schools from Cincinnati, they know they’re gonna be in for a dog fi ght. I promise you, Massillon is going to see a dog fi ght on Thursday.” LaRosa played football for four years at La Salle, back when the school was just over a decade old. His senior season, the team fi nished 7-3 with losses to Moeller, St. Xavier and Oak Hills. “We certainly didn’t dominate football,” LaRosa said. “We had some very competitive teams before and after I went to school there, but they’ve certainly gathered up a full head of steam in the past 10 or 12 years or so.” A full head of steam would be a generous comparison. In the past six years, La Salle has been a top-seed freight train bulldozing down the tracks. Thursday marked La Salle’s fourth trip to the state title game in six years. They won three straight from 2014-16. “They have continued to just have this annual tradition where people are gonna

know about La Salle on North Bend Road,” LaRosa said. LaRosa still keeps up on the program he played for over 40 years ago. He shares a similar mindset among West-Siders when it comes to high school athletics. “High school sports in this city are something of importance to most communities. We don’t have any Super Bowl rings and it’s been a long time since we were on Fountain Square celebrating a World Championship,” he said. “I think we can all cling to that time in our life. When I see La Salle where they are I’m just very, very proud of them because it certainly wasn’t always like that. It makes me proud to see the Lancers where they are.” The community is proud, too. Kate Hildebrand is the mother of La Salle senior safety, Cole Hildebrand. Her oldest son, Sam, graduated from La Salle in 2018 and is currently playing football at Bucknell University. On Thursday nights, Hildebrand welcomes the La Salle defensive backs to her home for dinner. In the summer, she and Cynthia Porter (mother of running back Cam Porter) are in charge of feeding the boys during two-a-days and were overwhelmed with the amount of willing donors. “I cannot tell you how many restaurants call and say, ‘hey, they’re a great group of boys. We would like to donate.’ We had so many people willing to donate food to use this year we had to push it oﬀ until next season,” Hildebrand said. Jodie Schoenling’s parents own Crossroads Sports Bar & Grill on Cheviot Road. Just a stone’s throw from Lancer stadium, the football team is a popular topic of discussion among patrons. “We all love it. It’s kind of fun to see them play hard, win games and see them

Lancers fans celebrate as La Salle advances in the OHSAA Division II, Region 8, ﬁ rst-round football playoff action, Nov. 8. GEOFF BLANKENSHIP/ FOR THE ENQUIRER

do stuff that they worked hard all year for,” Schoenling said. “I think it brings us together as a community because we all rally together to root them on. I think it’s fun.” Schoenling said the team is easy to root for as it consists of kids who went to grade school in the area and have been raised as respectful young men. As Hildebrand points out, that’s a testament to their parents and the coaching staff that is involved year-round. “I don’t know if they’re good football coaches because I don’t know Xs and Os, but they are good people,” she said. When off ensive line coach Tom Doerger went through chemotherapy and radiation for (PSC) primary sclerosing cholangitis in the summer, he had plenty of well-wishes from the community. He received a liver transplant in

September. What makes the community so supportive? The tradition. La Salle graduates are still sprinkled all over Cincinnati’s West Side and most feel inclined to stay involved with that tradition long after they walked at graduation. “They come back, they donate their time, they work there — it’s a long tradition,” said Hildebrand, whose husband also brother-in-law also played at La Salle. There’s Mary Hoff man, who can be found taking pictures at La Salle functions ranging from preseason scrimmages to City Barbecue-eating contests. Her husband, Ken, a La Salle alum, comes back and cleans the stadium and cuts the grass. “They’re getting nothing for it, but they’re a part of something special,” Hildebrand said. “When you win, people probably come back more than if you didn’t win, but I think that’s just La Salle in general. People want to be involved; it’s a sense of pride.” Hildebrand’s oldest son spotted the Lancer diff erence early on. He attended La Salle football summer camps in middle school and urged his parents to switch sides of Cincinnati. We told him, ‘Sam, do you realize you could go to La Salle and never see the fi eld?’ He said, ‘I don’t care. There’s something special over there.’ So we ended up moving and it was the best thing for our boys,” Hildebrand said. Hildebrand explained how the La Salle football team is a shining light in a world so often permeated with negativity. “Our world is so contentious right now and our community has rallied around See TRADITION, Page 2B

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FINALLY:

Wyoming’s Evan Prater becomes Cincinnati’s 1st Mr. Football since 1992 Scott Springer Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

WYOMING - For the fi rst time in 27 years, Ohio’s Mr. Football resides in Cincinnati. Wyoming High School senior quarterback Evan Prater, who is the Ohio Division IV Off ensive Player of the Year and an All-American, brings the title back to Greater Cincinnati for the fi rst time since Norwood’s Marc Edwards won in 1992. Since then, Cincinnati has had considerable representation in state championships, but no Mr. Football winners until the recent announcement. “I’m excited; it’s a really a blessing,” Prater said. “To bring it back to Cincinnati is huge.” Prater’s high school football career ended last weekend with a Division IV semifi nal lost to Clyde. That left his high school record as a starting quarterback at Wyoming at 40-2. Both losses came deep in the playoff s to end undefeated seasons in 2017 and this year. Last season, he led the Cowboys to the Division IV state title at 15-0 with a dominant performance in Canton. The 6-5, 190-pound dual-threat ran for 242 yards and three touchdowns and was 6-for-11 passing for 149 yards and two more scores. It was Wyoming’s fi rst state title in 41 years. “A second state title would have been great, but winning this award was a huge personal goal for me,” Prater said. “Bringing it back to Cincinnati is huge, not just for me, but my family and the community. Coach (Aaron) Hancock did a great job just supporting me and pushing me to be my best.” Hancock lobbied hard for his quarterback, reaching out to state-wide media as well as addressing the topic in many post-game interviews. Hancock actually was a freshman at Norwood when Cincinnati’s last Mr. Football, Marc Edwards was steamrolling him in practice. Norwood’s coach was Jim Barre, who has Wyoming ties. Barre tutored Hancock on how to reach media in all counties of Ohio with votes for Mr. Football. Hancock and Prater were also able to speak with Edwards. “The one thing I would say about Marc Edwards and Evan Prater is they embrace every role they have with full enthusiasm,” Hancock said. “Every day he’d come out in practice and have that same enthusiasm (as Edwards). I’m so happy for him. He deserves it!” In the off season, Prater made more local headlines when he committed to the University of Cincinnati in May. Joining him there is older brother Garyn Prater, who transferred from Ohio State. Garyn has been injured this season, but the two have the chance to

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the season 13-2 with a new piece of hardware coming to North Bend Road. After stopping La Salle on the fi rst drive, Massillon got inside La Salle’s 10yard line when Aidan Longwell hooked up with a wide-open Andrew WilsonLamp. The Lancers would hold the Tigers to an Alex Bauer fi eld goal. On their next drive, Branam’s 36-yard run got the Lancers in scoring position. Payne bulled fi ve yards originally ruled short of a touchdown. However, with the OHSAA using instant replay for the championship, offi cials eventually ruled Payne’s run a touchdown. On the fi rst play of the second quar-

Wyoming High School senior Evan Prater, the Ohio Division IV Offensive Player of the Year and an All-American, brings the title back to Cincinnati for the ﬁ rst time since Norwood’s Marc Edwards won it. MEG VOGEL/THE ENQUIRER

play together again as they did when Evan was a freshman. Both Praters starred in football and basketball at Wyoming. Evan Prater, who was also off ered in basketball by Wright State, fi nished his career throwing for 5,699 yards and 72 touchdowns and ran for 4,124 yards and 73 scores. Most of that came in three seasons as he served as back-up to current Northwestern quarterback Andrew Marty his freshman year. In addition to Marc Edwards, who went on to star at Notre Dame and played in the NFL with the Browns and Patriots, the Mr. Football trophy has been given to many accomplished players. Robert Smith was a two-time winner who went on to Ohio State and the NFL after winning in the late 1980s. Charles Woodson won in 1994, then went to Michigan and became a rare defensive Heisman Trophy winner. Others from Ohio State include 1995’s Andy Katzenmoyer and Maurice Clarett in 2001. Current Heisman favorite Joe Burrow of Athens won in 2014 before going to OSU, then LSU. Prater makes it four with a UC connection. Ben Mauk of Kenton won in 2002 then went to Wake Forest and transferred to Brian Kelly’s Bearcats for the 2007 season. Akise Teague won in 2010 out of Youngstown Ursuline and was briefl y a Bearcat and current running back Michael Warren II won in 2016 out of Toledo Central Catholic. “I was looking at the list on Wikipedia the other night,” Prater said. “Charles Woodson, Joe Burrow, Mike Warren, Marc Edwards, just some phenomenal football players that won the award. It’s just an honor to know that my name is going to be on those pages.” Evan Prater is expected to sign with coach Luke Fickell’s Bearcats Dec. 18.

ter, La Salle’s Cole Hildebrand recovered a fumble by Massillon’s Terrance Keyes. That resulted in a Cam Porter 6-yard run to open the Lancer lead to 14-3. It wouldn’t last long as Longwell and the Tigers quickly moved downﬁ eld with the Kent State baseball commit hitting Ohio State football commit Jayden Ballard for a strike in the end zone. Minutes later, the Lancers made another march and Porter had another score, this one from 9 yards giving La Salle a 21-10 advantage. Before the half, Longwell would go long again, ﬁ nding Wilson-Lamp streaking down the middle for a 69-yard score. A quiet third quarter became boisterous on the La Salle side when Massillon’s Zion Phifer fumbled with Max Roberto-Bailey recovering. Branam led the

La Salle seniors steered program back to Canton Shelby Dermer Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Editor’s note: Information included refl ects this article’s original publication date – Dec. 4. Nearly one year ago, the La Salle football brass met early in the off season. The agenda? Start a plan that would right the ship of a disappointing 2018 season. On the heels of three-straight Division II state championships and a lastsecond loss in the 2017 regional fi nal, the Lancers fi nished 4-5 and missed the playoff s for the fi rst time since 2013. La Salle head coach Pat McLaughlin knew he needed to lean on his large group of seniors to steer the program back to prominence. "They understood it was their team," McLaughlin said. "I think any team, whether it's high school or college football, is gonna go as far as your seniors. For this senior class, it was important to them. It's been almost a year now since we had that meeting and since we started lifting. What they've done in leading the sophomores and juniors, it's just a credit to them. They were committed from the beginning." It worked. La Salle won the Greater Catholic League-South outright (something the program did just once over its three-year championship run) and glided through four rounds of the playoff s, winning by an average of 30.2 points per game en route to Thursday's Division II state title against Massillon at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium. "Their (seniors') leadership, especially in the off season, has helped get us to this point," McLaughlin said. "Their effort, determination and hard work have never wavered, whether things were going well or going bad. It's really a tribute to them as to why we're still playing and have an opportunity to win a state championship on Thursday night." La Salle's senior class is led by the usual box-score standouts like running back Cam Porter, who has played varsity all four years. The Northwestern commit was the Co-Athlete of the Year in the GCL-South this season and fi rst-team All-Ohio. Porter scored 10 touchdowns during the regular season but has turned up the scoring in the postseason, running for seven scores and catching another in four games. Helping the ground game has been a pair of seniors upfront in Markell Hard-

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these boys because — and this is gonna sound corny — they see a glimmer of hope. You see a very diverse group of boys from race and economic backgrounds coming together and kicking butt on the football ﬁ eld and they generally love each other.”

Lancers on another drive, which culminated in a third Cam Porter score and a 28-17 lead. Ohio State-bound kicker/receiver Jake Seibert then expanded the lead in the fourth frame with a 43-yard bomb down Broadway, followed by a 38-yard crowd quieter. “I couldn’t have done it without my line, my snap and my holder,” Seibert said. “Without them, none of those would have been made.” Seibert’s boots provided for the 34-17 ﬁ nal with the Lancers’ defense keeping Massillon Washington scoreless for the ﬁ nal two quarters. “First half we gave up some busted coverages,” Jaymar Hargrove-Mundy said. “Second half, we said we can’t give up no more points. You see, we didn’t give up no more points.”

en and Dylan DeMaison. Off ensive linemen are rarely glorifi ed for the vital trench-work they do on a weekly basis, but their presence shows up with Porter, junior quarterback Zach Branam and sophomore running back Gi'Bran Payne combining for over 2,700 rushing yards this season. "They (Maison and Harden) have really helped our off ensive line excel this year," McLaughlin said. "Their leadership on the off ensive line has helped open up a lot of holes and led to some big runs for Cam, Zach and Gi'Bran." Elsewhere on off ense, seniors Jake Seibert,Anthony Meiners,Simon Nicholas, Neko Williams and Darryl Hubbard have all contributed in the passing attack, combining for 31 receptions for 368 yards. Seibert, an Ohio State commit, is a fi rst-team All-Ohio kicker. He's 7-for-10 on fi eld goals this season with a long of 48 and 53-for-55 on extra-point attempts. Snapping the ball to him is Meiners, who primarily excels on special teams. "He's a three-year varsity football player and long-snapper who has played almost every special team," McLaughlin said. "He'll be a long-snapper somewhere in college if he wants to do that." Defensively, senior linebacker Luke Thiemann leads the team in tackles with 104. Senior Cole Hildebrand is tops in the secondary with 68 tackles to go with a pair of picks this season. Ben Blevins has been a quiet leader and a big addition for the Lancers on both sides of the ball. Last season, Blevins was a fi rst-team all-district and special mention all-Ohio off ensive linemen for Little Miami. "He (Blevins) is just a kid who is gonna put his head down and go to work," McLaughlin said. "He doesn't say very much, but he's a worker and he's a grinder who will play college football somewhere." McLaughlin feels that his seniors have accurately grasped what lays ahead of the team. La Salle practiced last Wednesday afternoon for the fi nal time this season and Thursday was the seniors' last time suiting up the Lancers — a privilege most high school athletes don't get the pleasure of knowing. "Not many kids get to know when their fi nal high school football game is gonna end and those guys do," McLaughlin said. "I think they understood that they have an opportunity to write how their story ends and it's up to them to write that story."

As for the distance disadvantage for the Thursday night showdown, don’t expect it to be used to justify anything from West-Siders hoping for a fourth state title in six years. “Like I said, if we gotta walk, we’ll do it,” LaRosa said. “It seems as if the powers that be protect the interest of teams from the northern part of the state. WestSiders are used to being frowned upon a little bit. I think it brings out the best in us.”

Top tackler Luke Thiemann (7 and a sack) added, “We went into halftime and we ﬁ xed it and that made a huge difference in the game.” La Salle drove 239 miles to play in the game, while Massillon Washington motored less than eight miles from their campus on Paul E. Brown Drive. No one seemed to care about the long drive home after hoisting another championship trophy.

LA SALLE 7 14 7 6 MASSILLON 3 14 0 0 M – Bauer 21 yard FG L – Payne 5-yard run (Seibert kick) L – Porter 6-yard run (Seibert kick) M – Longwell 38-yard pass to Ballard (Bauer kick) L – Porter 9-yard run (Seibert kick) M – Longwell 69-yard pass to Wilson-Lamp L – Porter 3-yard run (Seibert kick) L – Seibert 43-yard FG L – Seibert 38-yard FG

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West Side’s popular postman and volunteer dies at 91 Scores of friends and family from across the country joined together in Delhi on Nov. 21 to celebrate the life of 91 year old Charles “Butz” Burkhart. Family says he died of a broken heart, after recently losing his beloved wife of 69 years, Audrey “Toots” Burkhart. They were high school sweethearts and lived in Delhi since 1975. Charles was well known throughout the Burkhart West Side of town for delivering mail to thousands of homes in Price Hill and Western Hills for 41 years, retiring in 1986. Last year he was awarded recognition from the National Association of Letter Carriers Association (NALC) for over 70 years of loyalty and integrity as a member. Loved ones travelled from California, Arizona, Colorado, Massachusetts, Illinois, Michigan, North Carolina, and throughput the tri-state area to pay respects. Friends he developed over the years from his mail route also attended, including one that he ﬁ rst met delivering mail in Price Hill in 1949, and was later a member of his golﬁ ng group in the 1990s. Charles started as a part-time letter

carrier during WW2 as a junior at Elder high school in 1944. He would open up the Price Hill post oﬃ ce daily before school at 6am, work for a couple hours before going to school, returning for a few hours after classes. His father, William, and two brothers were also letter carriers, viewed as a secure government job during those turbulent times. After graduating from Elder in 1946, he earned a fulltime position delivering mail in Price Hill, later transferring to the Western Hills branch on Crookshank Road in the 1960s. He greatly expanded his contacts on the West side when he earned the position of “skipper”, regularly substituting for mail carriers on various routes. In this role, he delivered mail to thousands of homeowners served by the Western Hills branch for decades. As a result, he developed an encyclopedic knowledge of most families and house numbers throughout the area. Just give him a family name or street number in Western hills and he could describe in detail the home, family members, dog, etc. He was well known for his kind and outgoing manner. Burkhart was a classic example of the selﬂ ess work ethic of the “greatest generation”. He was known as a hard-working

Charles “Butz” Burkhart and grandson shortly before his retirement in 1986. PROVIDED

and fun-loving volunteer, good neighbor and dedicated family man. He was active with St William’s Athletic Association when his children attended in the 1960s and 70s, including a stint as president. He also took on a second job running an afternoon paper route in Covedale for over a decade, mentoring dozens of young paperboys. Some of them became life-long friends. After retirement, he worked part-time at Delhi Garden Center on for many years, where he cultivated his love of roses. Charles and his wife, Audrey, also vol-

unteered as oﬃ cers of the River Squares square dancing group for many years, including terms as president and vice president. Charles was recently preceded in death by his beloved wife of 69 years, Audrey (Zapf) Burkhart. He is survived by his brother Clarence, “Moe” Burkhart, and children: Diane (Roger) Morris, Michael (Joan), Don “Art” (Nina), Jim “Jay” (Joyce) and Kevin (Debbie) Burkhart, 14 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Submitted by Art Burkhart

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Kummer Austin & Tessa; $263,000 4669 Nathaniel Glen Dr: Ruwe Thomas W Tr & Sharon M Hafertepe Tr to Meiners Stephen R & Sharon C; $225,000 4794 Valleybrook Dr: Rodmaker Gerald M & Geraldine to Graybill Troy; $135,000 4921 Arbor Woods Ct: Franklin Debora A to Maxwell Kathleen A; $115,000 5043 Casa Loma Bv: Staverman Construction LLC to Guity Mike; $146,500 5155 Sidney Rd: Jds Holdings Ix LLC to Lewis & Company LLC; $39,000 5181 North Bend Crossing: Castleman Mary Pat Tr to Bricking Wendy B; $132,000 5193 North Bend Crossing: Hoelker Joseph E Tr & Jodie L Humpert Tr to Seifert Diane M; $129,900 5616 Sunnywoods Ln: Ausdenmoore Timothy J & Katherine S to Aci Properties LLC; $77,781 5657 Lauderdale Dr: Espelage Francis E Tr to Haubner Roy J & Cynthia; $100,000 5686 Lauderdale Dr: Rupp Christopher Tr J & Amy N Tr to Demarest Carolyn; $178,000 5689 Lauderdale Dr: Philpot Jacob M & Andree R Chen to Reed Jamie E; $144,900 5932 Countryhills Dr: Kruthaupt Douglas C & Alexandra E to Oberlander Kim & Aaron; $390,000 5935 Beechtop Dr: Hessel Tim & Lizbeth to Waits Timothy Joseph & Amanda Susand Berling-waits; $300,000 5954 Willow Oak Ln: Schiering Grant to Thompson Danielle Heather & Thomas Mitchell Vaughn; $143,100 6119 Shelrich Ct: Schulte Marie A to Blust Jerrod M; $150,000 6257 Muddy Creek Rd: Huelskamp Bethany Christine to Klobas Brian Tyler & Hannah Elfriede; $339,000 6276 Springmyer Dr: Walker Gregory F & Darlene J to Emmrich Ryan & Amy; $185,000 6304 Starvue Dr: Merk Richard C to Evans George C & Angela R; $265,000 6829 Ruwes Oak Dr: Schroeder David A & Kathleen A to Horn Kevin & Jamie; $230,000 6886 Taylor Rd: Becker Wayne F & Arnold L Hunter Jr to Berkemeier Brooke & Timothy Kyle; $126,400 7010 Boulder Path Dr: Bruce Richard H & Mary Ann to Twilling Thomas L & Teresa M; $322,000 7313 Bridge Point Pass: Johnson David R & Amy E to Chang Yu Jen & Yu Ling Tung; $295,000

Greenhills 146 Junedale Dr: Harrington Larue & Dianna R Jones to Irwin Kenneth R & Elizabeth A Lehman; $170,000

Lockland 303 Central Ave: Clark Sharon Tr to Munafo Doris; $113,500 316 Herbert Ave: Cristo Homes Inc to Davis Jason E; $197,900 333 Arlington Ave: Rehab to Rent Inc to Deyhimi Seyed A; $109,900 607 Westview Ave: Mesley Shirley A to Bradford Janet Ellen & Michael; $54,650

Mount Airy 2811 Westonridge Dr: Lupp Laura A to Andabo Mesfin; $145,000 5636 Foxglove Ln: Oaks Property Group LLC to Vb One LLC; $70,000

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North College Hill 1620 De Armand Ave: Steele Craig A Tr to Vb One LLC; $60,000 1631 De Armand Ave: Caliguri Michael V to Fahey Julia Lynn; $76,000 1704 Norcol Ln: Bach Christian M to Rone-moss Celeste E; $131,000 1713 Norcol Ln: Waller Vickie S to Walker Armand T; $121,000 1910 Sterling Ave: Ligon Leila E to Nationstar Mortgage LLC; $73,594 1920 Cordova Ave: Berry Kassandra to Greer Trina & Jacqueline; $45,000 7113 Salmar Ct: Lakes Lucy Marie to Conrex Ml Sma 2019-01 Opertating Company LLC; $91,000 8395 Bobolink Dr: Dream Developers LLC to Anderson Damian Rayshawn Jr; $139,000

Reading 185 East Crest Dr: Payne Robert L & Yolanda to Neuner Pamela M; $122,000 208 Pike St: Dean Danielle E to Kmr Property Solutions LLC; $35,000 320 Pearl St: Wallrauch Thomas E to Clemons Candace J; $32,000 757 Benson St: Ashbrock Stephen M & Mary Kay Meyer to Bothe Scott A & Kellie; $165,000

Sharonville 11800 Percivale Ct: Bangs Jennifer L to Schneider Mary Ann; $141,000 3385 Creek Rd: Absbuilds LLC to Storm Properties LLC; $239,400 4967 Lord Alfred Ct: Parker Avery to Jpmorgan Chase Bank National Association; $135,000

Spring Grove Village 538 Orient Ave: Cafferky John M & Jo Ann to King Angela; $81,135

Springdale 12020 Edgeworth Ct: Trissell Terry L & Belinda to Allen Anthony & Angela; $189,000 1205 Wainwright Dr: Arroyo Jonathan M & Stephanie S to Davis Claudia & Edwin Velasquez; $138,500 242 Centerbury Ct: Roudebush Georgia K to Petersman Living Trust; $138,900 301 Carriage Circle Dr: Buchanan Stuart & Jane Carol Yaeger to Weiss Matthew F; $128,500 35 Aspen Ct: Morgan William H to Decker Allison; $121,000 907 Summerfield Ln: Goodin Jeffrey J & Tami Sue Reminga to Campa Gabriel Carillo & Karen Denisse Estrada; $169,500

Springfield Township 10263 Lochcrest Dr: Denight Sharon Lee to Newman Robin R; $216,250 1030 Galbraith Rd: Jetters Vanessa to Tdm Real Estate LLC; $118,000 1126 Madeleine Cr: Mccafferty Charles R Jr @4 to Acs Investments LLC; $85,000 11812 Elkwood Dr: Estes Love J to Pacific West Properties LLC; $125,000 12115 Brookway Dr: Klei Tonya L to Olivas Marcos & Celine; $256,000 1319 Ovid Ave: Kiner Louis C to Masuck James; $48,140 1360 Hartwood Dr: Agin Thomas E & Amy M to Rutledge Vashti; $175,000 1406 Randomhill Rd: Hilton Capital Group LLC to Weyer Shawn & Rebecca Hazen; $58,795 1406 Randomhill Rd: Weyer Shawn & Rebecca Hazen to Lugo Maribel Ponce; $92,000

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Covedale - Charming 2 bdrm, 1.5 bath. New Kitchen & Bath, reﬁnished hdwd ﬂrs, newer roof & HVAC. Backs into Park. $115,000 H-1278

Delhi - 3 BD, 1.5 BA offers charm of days gone by,1600 SF,2 car gar, Grand Liv Rm w/wbfp. Wonderful covered porch. $139,900 H-1262

Delhi - Great Investment. 3 bdrm 1.5 bath ranch. 1 car attached garage. Hdwd floors. Needs updating. Sold as is. $114,900 H-1258

Delhi - Nice full br 3 bd, 2 ba ranch. W/O to lg deck, almost 1/2 AC lot. Part ﬁn bsmt, att 1 car gar.Fresh paint & carpet. Must see! $129,900 H-1259

Fairﬁeld - 2 BD, 2 Full BA condo. Super convenient location. Newer mechs, deck, new carpet, cheaper than rent, great value.$68,000 H-1270

Fairﬁeld - Stunning 4 bd,2.5 ba 2 sty. Kitchen w/walkout.Mst bdrm w/adj ba & walk-in closet. Landscaped & fen yd great for entertaining $214,900 H-1232

Hamilton West - Spacious Victorian w/1st & 2nd ﬂr mst bdrm suites, open kitchen to fam rm with gas FP,1st ﬂ laundry, fin bsmt. Quiet setting. $290,000 H-1256

Mike Wright

Heather Claypool

Jeff Obermeyer

Mike Wright

Dave Dwyer

Brian Bazeley

Harrison - Like New! Level entry, no steps,2 car att gar,walk-out patio.New Hdwd and carpet, granite kit,bookshelves & FP upgrades.$224,900 H-1187

Harrison - 2 bdrm, 2 full bath 2nd ﬂr condo in elev bldg! Open ﬂr plan! Wide doors provide disability access! 1 car det gar across from entry. $97,500 H-1229

Harrison - 2 BD , 2 full ba condo at desirable Legacy, pool/ clubhouse community. Garage, covered porch. Pets OK. $129,900 H-1285

North College Hil - 2 BD, 1 BA Ranch reconditioned throughout. 1 car gar, newer mechs & windows. Hdwd ﬂrs, great value! $79,900 H-1273

North College Hill - Large 4-5 bd 3 full ba Cape. 2 car oversized gar.Hdwd ﬂrs,HVAC’14.Fully equip kit. Screened porch, priv wooded yd. $159,900 H-1271

St. Clair Twp. - 3 Bd 1 Ba Ranch w/ laminate ﬂrs. Updtd eat-in kit & Ba w/tile ﬂrs. All updtd 2008 incl HVAC.Corner lot, xtra pkg in rear. Ross Schools. $95,000 H-1244

Westwood - FaultlessTurn Key Ranch in convenient location! Refin hdwd flrs thruout 1st fl. Walkout porch, patio & level backyard.$107,600 H-1254

HoetingWisselDattilo

Lisa Ibold

Mike Wright

Heather Claypool

Vicki Schlechtinger

Dave Dwyer

Delhi Twp. - 5276 Glen Creek 2 Bdrm/3 ba $216,500 Dir:Anderson Ferry to Glens of Delhi,corner of Rapid Run. H-1277

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Old Advertising/Gas Station Related Items, Pre-1970 | Signs, Gas Pumps, Air Meters, Soda Coolers, Dealership Advertising, Etc. Call 937-321-7154

.73ct round brilliant cut diamond wedding set, Lady’s 14K white gold wedding set. Diamond cut grade 1, color grade 2.5, clarity grade 6. Ring is also set with 8 round brilliant cut side diamonds, weight .04. Wedding band is plain, Retail $4,200.00. Want $2,500.00. (513)330-2804 eknaylor@yahoo.com

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BUYING-RECORD ALBUMS & CDs, METAL, JAZZ, BLUES, ROCK, RAP, INDIE, R&B & REGGAE. 513-683-6985

Navajo Silver Indian Jewelry, Ladies Rings, Necklace and Bracelets. By Appointment Only: 513-941-3926

We Buy STAMPS! Old Letters U.S. & World Since 1975 513-624-6800

BUYING 35mm Photo Slides primarily railroad & transportation related 1940’s - 1970’s. *Comic Books 1940’s present*. 1920’s -1950’s Detective & Pin-up Pulp Magazines 513-325-4913

Cincy Best Seasoned Firewood, 1/2 Cord $80 pickup. Delivery and stacking available. 513-795-6290

I BUY STEREO SPEAKERS, PRE AMPS, AMPS, REEL TO REEL TURNTABLE, RECORDS, INSTRUMENTS, ETC (513) 473-5518

Extendable Teakwood table with four chairs, Available for $425. Call 513-891-8137 2 adjacent graves at Arlington Memorial Gardens - Garden of Everlasting Life Section *1/2 priced at $3,000/both* ~ Call 704-528-3531 ~

PRIME SPLIT FIREWOOD Free delivery and stacked 513-275-8565

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HANDYMAN Experienced, Reasonable, No Job Too Big or Too Small. Including electric & plumbing. Steve 513-491-6672

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KENNER / HASBRO TOYS & HISTORICAL MEMORABILIA WANTED! SELL DIRECT TO LOCAL COLLECTORS! Help add to the largest private STAR WARS collection in Ohio! Did you or a family member used to work for Kenner? We are LOCAL paying up to $150,000 CASH for prototypes, packaging samples, displays, artwork, paperwork, and toys in all conditions. STAR WARS, M.A.S.K., Jurassic Park, GI Joe, Alien, Super Powers, The Real Ghostbusters, and most character lines. Let’s keep Kenner history here in Cincinnati! Call or text 513.500.4209

CincyStarWarsCollector@gmail.com. SEE OUR VIRTUAL MUSEUM AT WWW.TOYHOARDERS.COM

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Cincinnati OH Estate Sale 4086 River Rd Cincinnati OH 12/13, 12/14 & 12/15 Fri 10-4 #’s @ 9:45 Sat 10-4 Sun 1-4 Contents of three-story home of 50 years plus basement & 2 sheds. European style chest of drawers, dresser & 2 night stands, ornate metal headboard, knockdown wardrobe, white wicker loveseat, two chairs, end table, coffee table, plant stands, marble top mirrored dresser, mirrored dresser with curio cabinet, rockers, trunks, cedar chest, bakers rack, fern stands, curio cabinets, dining table/server/china cabinet, kitchen hutch, day bed, microwave stand, old standing clock cabinet made into curio, VTG hats, purses, boots, quilts, linens, jewelry, Roseville, head vase, beautiful lamps, jewelry cabinet, Perfume bottles, lots of craft items, sewing machine, bolts of fabric, antique guns, band saw, tool cabinet, tools, old wicker doll buggy, patio furniture, urns, yard art, Lots of misc items. Too much to list-all priced to sell! Info & pics-hsestatesales.com or 859-468-9468 . Dir- River Rd 1 mile from Anderson Ferry. Side street parking only except Saturday 2-4 River Rd Parking.

$$$ PAID for LPs, CDs, CASSETTES -ROCK, BLUES, INDIE, METAL, JAZZ, ETC + VINTAGE STEREO EQUIP, DVDs & MEMORABILIA. 50 YRS COMBINED BUYING EXPERIENCE! WE CAN COME TO YOU! 513-591-0123

The Colerain Township Board of Trustees will hold a public hearing on Thursday, January 2, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. at the Colerain Township Government Complex, 4200 Springdale Road, Cincinnati, OH. The public hearing will be for Case No. 2019-06: Abbeytown Subdivision. Development Location: The north side of West Kemper Road about 750 feet west of Pippin Road (part parcel # 513-0013-0009-00). Property Owner: Kemper FL Holdings LLC, 12009 Kilbride Drive, Cincinnati OH 45251. Request: Zoning Map Amendment of about 29.8 acres from R-4 Suburban Medium Residential and R-6 Urban Residential District to PD-R (Planned Development Residential District). The documents may be examined at the Colerain Township Planning & Zoning office located at 4200 Springdale Road, Cincinnati, OH, Monday-Friday between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. The Zoning Department Contact is Marty Kohler, Senior Planner NW,Dec11,’19# 3939404

The following legislation was passed at the December 4, 2019 Springdale City Council meeting:

1 BUYER of OLD CARS CLASSIC, ANTIQUE ’30-40-50-60-70s, Running or not. 513-403-7386

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We buy junk cars and trucks - CASH on the spot û†û513-720-7982 û†û

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ORDINANCE NO. 48-2019 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CLERK OF COUNCIL/FINANCE DIRECTOR TO AMEND THE CONTRACT OF CT CONSULTANTS, INC., FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES TO THE CITY OF SPRINGDALE AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 49-2019 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CLERK OF COUNCIL/FINANCE DIRECTOR TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH STRAUSS & TROY FOR LEGAL SERVICES TO THE CITY OF SPRINGDALE AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 50-2019 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CLERK OF COUNCIL/FINANCE DIRECTOR TO ENTER INTO AN AMENDED AGREEMENT WITH PROCESS PLUS, LLC RELATED TO A JOB RETENTION AND CREATION INCENTIVE AGREEMENT AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 51-2019 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CLERK OF COUNCIL/FINANCE DIRECTOR TO ENTER INTO AN AMENDED AGREEMENT WITH COUNCIL ON AGING OF SOUTHWESTERN OHIO RELATED TO A JOB RETENTION AND CREATION INCENTIVE AGREEMENT AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 52-2019 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CLERK OF COUNCIL/FINANCE DIRECTOR TO ENTER INTO AN AMENDED AGREEMENT WITH ULTIMUS FUND SOLUTIONS, LLC RELATED TO A JOB RETENTION AND CREATION INCENTIVE AGREEMENT AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY Kathy McNear Clerk of Council/Finance Director TCP,Dec11,’19# 3938239

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Soft Coated Wheaten $900 M/F. Vet Checked & first shots. Non-shedding, hypoallergenic. (812)278-4585

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Poodle Pups, mini, apricot, white, shots, dewormed, microchip, fluffy coats, $400. 937-515-0265

Buying All Vehicles Not Just Junk up $3000 Fair cash price, quick pickup. 513-662-4955

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GSD PUPPIES, German Shepherds, female, $750.00, 10 weeks, sable, playful, happy loving We have 2 female sable color AKC reg. puppies 10 weeks old available. Great pedigrees with 3 world champions and many other titled champions in them. Asking $750.00 pet price. Full breeding rights is an additional $150.00. This can be paid at a later date. We are located near Bradford, Ohio. We can ship puppies via air or ground at purchasers cost. For more information, text. (937)541-6404

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ESTATE SALE! 4801 Chapel Ridge, off Raeburn 45223. THUR/FRI 12/12 & 13, 9A-2P CASH ONLY! Furniture (solid wood dining rm set, dressers, desks, antique chairs, 1800s wooden trnk, lg rocker), barware, cookbooks, riding mower, household, garage goods, Christmas items, stained glass, toys, kids items, LOTS for everyone!

Pilgrim Church Cookie Sale! Sat Dec 14, 9:30-11:30 am. Cookies by the pound, Candy, & more! 4418 Bridgetown Rd., 45211 513-574-4208 ~ NOW accepting credit cards

AKC German Shephe rd Christmas Puppies, blk/tan, blk/cream, blk. $500-$600 Pics @ ohiohgs.com (419)629-3830 or (419)235-6561

AKC GOLDEN RET PUPS, 4F, $550.00, 7WKS VET CKD, DEWORMED, LIMITED REGISTRATION (859)380-0855 AKC GOLDEN RET PUPS, , 4F, $550, 7W, LIGHT VET CKD, DWRMD,LMTD REG,LOCHEBRON,KY (859)380-0855 Chihuahua, Chiweenies, Yorkies, Maltese, Pom, Poodles, Cavapoo, Cavalier, Goldendoodle, & more! Shots, Dewormed & Vet Checked. Blanchester, OH. 937-725-9641

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English & French Bulldog Puppies. AKC reg., males & females 1 year health guarantee, vet checked www.trulocksredgables.com or 270-678-7943 or 270-427-6364

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