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People sleep in the Maslow's Army Todd B. Portune Emergency Shelter. PHOTOS PROVIDED BY AARON BLUDWORTH

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Editor’s note: Information included refl ects this article’s original publication date – Feb. 8. In December, Maslow’s Army moved into the old Queengate jail to open a day center for the homeless of the Cincinnati region. On Feb. 8, Cincinnati approved the zoning so Maslow’s Army’s Todd B. Portune Emergency Shelter can be open overnight giving people a place to sleep. And not a moment too soon. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, shelters must limit the number of people they are allowing to stay overnight and temperatures were recently expected to be freezing with wind chills below zero. But the new center has 20,000 square feet of space. Maslow’s Army founder Sam Landis told The Enquirer Feb. 8 that 200 people could sleep there comfortably and safely. Now, Landis and his wife, Susan Landis, the president of the non-profi t, are scrambling for funding to staff the facility overnight, get more beds ready and serve three meals a day. The couple said those interested in donating can visit maslowsarmy.org or send support to Maslow’s Army at PO Box 14187, Cincinnati, Ohio 45250. Susan Landis said the mission is personal after their friend Kenneth Martin died in the cold at Downtown bus stop the day after Christmas in 2017. “We want to make sure to protect our most vulnerable people so that never

“I’ve never ever been ashamed to say I lived in the West End. I’ve always been very proud of it.” Those are the words of Tawanda Johnson that start oﬀ an episode of the “West End Stories Project,” a new podcast produced by the Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library. The podcast shares oral histories of individuals who lived in West End in the second half of the 20th century. The predominately Black neighborhood has gone through many rounds of change. Recently, the construction of the new West End Stadium for FC Cincinnati has been at the cost of old buildings and residences as well as the historic Revelation Baptist Church. “With so many changes happening again in Cincinnati’s West End, we have to preserve the residents’ stories,” said Keloni Parks, podcast host and manager of the West End branch library. “There are so many African Americans in Cincinnati who are tied to the West End in some way, including my family, and it’s imperative that these stories are collected before they’re lost.” Originally planned as a video series, because of COVID-19, the project became a podcast with stories recorded over the phone by Parks and co-producer Kent Mulcahy. Everyday people talk about their memories of growing up in West End. Johnson, who works in the library system, recalls catching Smokey Robinson and the O’Jays perform at the old Regal Theater on Linn Street, and being a latch-key kid in Lincoln Court, a housing project built in 1942 exclusively for Black families. “It was a very friendly environment,” Johnson says in an episode. “We all watched out for each other. … The older ones always took care of the smaller ones. And the neighbors al-

The Maslow's Army Todd B. Portune Emergency Shelter could sleep 200 people.

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happens again,” she said. “We’re not going to turn anyone away.” Sam Landis said the center has been serving about 100 people each weekday and about 150 on Saturdays and Sunday since it opened on Dec. 26. The center has been in the works since 2016 when he launched Maslow’s Army. He said it’s one of only six like it in the country and helps people ﬁ nd work, reach social services and ﬁ nd rehabilitation and detox programs by acting as an umbrella facility for other agencies. Sam Landis also said it is completely

Mike Allison, pictured, and his father, Frank Allison, converted the old State Theater into Allison's West End Theatre in 1986. ENQUIRER FILE

staﬀ ed with people he handpicked for their experiences on the street – all have experienced homelessness or addiction. “We don’t ever put ourselves over the people we serve,” he said. Kevin Finn is the president of Strategies to End Homelessness. He said the day center was important because libraries and soup kitchens have limited capacity due to COVID-19. Soup kitchens have either closed or are serving people takeaway meals, See SHELTER, Page 2A

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ways took care of the children where they knew that the parents worked. So if you did something wrong, the neighbors let your mom know as soon as she comes in the Court.” Musician Nathaniel Leroy Davis remembers jumping in the fountain at Union Terminal, and a white girl who spread out her skirt to cover a seat at Crosley Field so he couldn’t sit down. “Sometimes you can’t expect for people who don’t think that your history is important, so you have to make sure it’s important yourself and then magnify and exemplify that,” Ralph Moon said in a preview for the series. Much of what people remember from those days is gone. “With its ever-changing boundaries, the West End was a citadel for a population in constant migration from the South to the North in search of positive economic, social, political and educational opportunities. Uprooted and destroyed in the late 1950s and early ’60s, the West End of old bears little resemblance to the current West End,” historian John Harshaw Sr. wrote in his book “Cincinnati’s West End.” Once a sprawling neighborhood, spanning from the Ohio River to Crosley Field, West End has been cut up and cleared out. The addition of Interstate 75 meant clearing away the densely packed West End and displacing 10,000 families – 98 percent of them African American – to Over-the-Rhine, Avondale and Bond Hill. All that is Queensgate now, mostly warehouses and factories. “The stadium coming in and it being so similar to other changes happening in the community” was inspiration for the podcast, Parks said. As was the death of Harshaw, a chronicler of Black

and the libraries have restricted their capacity for social distancing. For overnight needs, Finn said that most organizations that run shelters in the area have turned to placing people in hotel and motel rooms due to the pandemic. Finn said the winter capacity at Shelterhouse on Gest Street is usually 200, but due to social distancing restrictions, this year it is 100. More than 200 people are staying in hotels and motels right now due to the eﬀ orts of area shelters like the City Gospel Mission, Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, the Talbert House and Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services, Finn said. By the last count, Finn said his organization was able to count about 30 people still living outside, “which is 30 people too many.” But Finn said there are a lot of unknowns. After one or two nights in the bitter cold, some people change their minds about being outside. He said pressures on Northern Kentucky shelters could also lead to more people coming into the city. Finn said the organizations working are tackling the problems from many angles. “They are doing everything they possibly can,” he said. Finn added that the Stategies to End Homelessness website, wintershelter.org, also accepts donations which are spread around between the diﬀ erent organizations that work to house, clothe and feed people.

The former State Theater at 1504 Central Ave. in West End was demolished for the new FC Cincinnati stadium. Built in 1914 as the Metropolitan Theater, it was home to Lighthouse Worship Center before it was torn down. JEFF SUESS/ ENQUIRER

How to listen and share your stories The ﬁ rst three episodes are available wherever you ﬁ nd podcasts, with a new one out each month. If you’d like to share your story of living in West End, call 513-369-6900 or email westend@cincinnatilibrary.org.

history, in 2019. The stories need to be recorded before we lose those voices, Parks said. She is looking for more folks to share their stories of West End. On her wish list: Judge Melba Marsh, former Mayor Mark Mallory and photographer Melvin Grier. “All types of stories, all types of people, all types of lives,” Parks said. “And my dad.” Her father grew up in Lincoln Court, and has plenty of memories to share.

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2014 East Price Hill shooting death of Steven Gilbert remains unsolved

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For the families of victims killed in unsolved murders, life is at a standstill. The Enquirer is highlighting a series of cold cases, summarized and analyzed by the journalists whose careers largely focus on unsolved murders: the creators of Cincinnati.com’s Accused podcast. If you have any information on any unsolved case, please reach out to the appropriate law enforcement agency. Suggestions for cases to highlight can be sent to accused@enquirer.com. The crime: Every year, Lawanda Gilbert returns to the scene of the crime. It’s not easy to revisit the house where her son was killed, but she said she does it to stay connected to him, to keep his memory alive, and to do what little she can to fi nd his killer. “It hurts more and more,” Gilbert, 64, said Feb. 1, standing in the East Gilbert Price Hill driveway where her son Steven Gilbert was fatally shot Jan. 31, 2014. “I don’t know how anyone can hurt a family like we’re hurting.” Steven Gilbert, 34, who had fi ve children, fought to survive his multiple gunshot wounds but died the next. Feb. 1 marked the seventh anniversary of his death. There are no suspects in the case. The scene: It’s clear from the outside that the pale blue house is more than simply the spot where a man died. The front door is wrapped in red and green like a package, a decoration leftover from Christmas. A sign celebrates a high school graduation. A new family lives here now and celebrates the milestones that Steven Gilbert can no longer. But life hasn’t moved on for his mother. “I miss my child every day,” she said while standing with victims’ advocates outside of the Murdock Avenue house. Gilbert on Monday received a new stack of reward fl iers bearing her son’s face – fl iers that will be distributed around the neighborhood and to businesses – in hopes they’ll prompt some-

one to step forward with much-needed information about the crime. Steven Gilbert is also featured in a deck of playing cards distributed by a victims advocacy group called U Can Speak For Me. “I wanted you to know your son is the Jack of Spades,” the agency’s Hope Dudley told Lawanda Gilbert on Feb. 1. The cards will be distributed to prisons and jails, where Dudley hopes they’ll loosen tongues. The victim: Like a lot of grieving mothers, Lawanda Gilbert tries to keep the story of her son alive. She wants people to know that he grew up a jokester, outgoing. He’d taken a few missteps but was hoping to ﬁ nd his footing and was planning to go to college. “He was a beautiful person,” said Gilbert, who wore a T-shirt on Monday bearing his face. His great-niece, 10-year-old Zyaire Lawson, wore a similar shirt. She was only 3 when her great-uncle was killed but remembers ﬂ ashes of him picking her up during a blizzard. “He was her favorite uncle,” Lawanda Gilbert said. Gilbert and Zyaire set free four heartshaped balloons in his memory. Got tips? The annual excursion to Murdock Avenue was organized this year by Karen Rumsey, a victims advocate with the Cincinnati Police Department. “This is the only way people in the community can know we’re still out here looking for answers,” she told reporters. People who have any to give can call CrimeStoppers at 513-352-3040. Accused, reported by Enquirer journalists Amber Hunt and Amanda Rossmann, is an award-winning podcast investigating cold cases with three seasons available on all mainstream platforms and also at www.accusedpodcast.com.

Lawanda Gilbert shows a memorial T-shirt for Steven Gilbert worn by his great-niece Zyaire Lawson, 10, outside the house where Steven Gilbert was murdered seven years ago, in East Price Hill. Steven was murdered on January 31, 2014. Each year Gilbert stands in front of the house where her son lived with his wife and children at the time of his death. PHOTOS BY ALBERT CESARE / THE ENQUIRER

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Food shortages, fears boost business for urban farmers Hannah K. Sparling Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

The phone call came this past March. The woman on the other end of the line was having trouble fi nding produce. Empty shelves because of the coronavirus pandemic. She wanted to know if April Pandora had any to sell. “They needed produce, and we had it,” said Pandora, who owns and operates an organic urban farm in Cincinnati. “That’s what we do.” As small businesses around the nation are suff ering the eff ects of the coronavirus pandemic, urban farmers like Pandora are seeing a boost in sales as well as heightened interest in their niche part of the agricultural system. People are more concerned with their health, so there’s a new demand for fresh, locally grown food. And when panic buyers emptied supermarket shelves, it was a wakeup call. That’s not to say farmers are not struggling during the pandemic. In fact, some have had to destroy tens of thousands of pounds of fresh food because their usual customers – hotels, schools and restaurants – are doing less business or are shut down completely. But for others, like Pandora, who runs the Avondale-based Eden Urban Gardens, LLC, business is booming. “People have realized how fragile our food systems really are,” Pandora said. “People got scared. People realized the grocery store only has a two- to threeday supply of food.”

‘Running out of food’ During World War I, the government called on Americans to grow whatever they could in their yards to help combat food scarcity. First called War Gardens and then Victory Gardens, the movement grew so popular during World War II that in 1944, community gardeners produced nearly 40% of all the fruits and vegetables consumed in the U.S., according to the History channel. When the coronavirus pandemic hit the U.S. in 2020, gardening again rose to

April Pandora connects irrigation hoses with her daughter, Petra, inside the high tunnel at Eden Urban Gardens. SAM GREENE/THE ENQUIRER

the fore, with seed companies telling The Enquirer in March they were doing 10 to 15 times their normal business. It’s diffi cult to quantify the boom, but multiple local farmers told The Enquirer business is up as a result of the pandemic. Sharonville urban farmer Andy Gorman, who also manages the Deerfi eld Farmers’ Market, said every farmer he knows has experienced an uptick in business. If he had to guess, Gorman would say demand for his produce at Cincy Urban Farm is up about 30%. Gorman said he specifi cally got new customers after the fi rst round of stimulus checks. People told him they were intentionally spending the money locally to help support all the small businesses they knew were struggling. Alex Otto, assistant farm manager for Our Harvest Cooperative, which has farms in College Hill and Morrow, Ohio, said he’s noticed a 10% or 15% increase in business over the past year or so, in part because people want control over their food supply and they want that personal connection that comes with shopping lo-

cal. “It’s proved a lot of our theories correct,” Otto said, “that in a crisis, it’s the community that steps in to have your back. The idea that we should have relationships with the people that grow our food just makes so much sense. … If there’s ever issues with food shortage, you literally have the number of the person that’s growing your food.” Mary Hutten, who manages the Lettuce Eat Well farmers’ market in Cheviot, said that in 2020, demand was so high that some of her farmers ran out and had nothing left to sell at the market. Hutten attends national market meetings, and that story is common, she said. “We’re running out of food,” she said. “But I don’t want that to be alarming – I think this is a good thing to happen. People are doing what I’ve wanted them to do for years. I wanted them to take responsibility for their food supply.”

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with expansive fi elds, rolling hills, tractors, combines, grain silos and barns, you are way off . Eden Urban Gardens is set on a regular Cincinnati street, just like any other in the city. There are houses and apartments and then, on one plot of land, Eden Urban Gardens. On this plot, instead of a manicured front lawn with fl owers and bushes, there are long garden beds with spearmint, oregano, lettuce and radishes. Instead of a house, there’s a high tunnel, a 30-foot by 48-foot enclosure that protects plants from the elements and helps extend the growing season. Part of the calling of urban farming is to turn otherwise-unwanted land into productive space. This plot of land was vacant until Pandora bought it at auction. Now, with this plot plus one other and a small garden at her house, Pandora is farming just over half an acre. In 2020, Eden Urban Gardens grew about 1,575 pounds of produce. And that was before the high tunnel, which was just installed in December and will allow an extra 2,000 pounds every year. For context, 2,000 pounds is one ton. “Are we going to feed 20,000 people with our farm? No, but we’re not trying to,” Pandora said. “We are partners and part of the local food system.” The USDA estimates that worldwide, about 15% of food is grown in urban areas. USDA service centers across the country are hearing from people who are starting to grow their own food because of the pandemic, according to a spokesperson, but it’s unclear how many of those new growers are in urban areas. In general, the spokesperson said, the percentage of urban-grown food is expected to increase as most of the world’s population resides in cities. The benefi ts of urban farming, according to local farmers, include more nutrient-rich food, more money circulating in the local economy and more stability in the local food system. If there’s a disruption in the national or global supply chains – a threat that came up during the coronavirus pandemic – local farmSee FARMERS, Page 6A

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ers would still be able to provide food for local residents. The ideal solution is to have a balance of local, national and international food sources, said Michaela Oldﬁ eld, director of the Greater Cincinnati Regional Food Policy Council for Green Umbrella. Green Umbrella is a collaborative organization focused on sustainability in the Cincinnati region. With a mix of sources, there’s plenty of variety in what’s available, Oldﬁ eld said, and if there’s a problem with any one source of food, the region will still be well supplied by the other sources.

‘Standard suburban kid’ Gorman, the Sharonville farmer, said he didn’t even have a garden as a child. He grew up in Springdale and was a “standard suburban kid.” Then in 2012, he switched to a plantbased diet, and he started to get more interested in where his food was coming from. He built one raised garden bed in his front yard, then he built a couple more. Fast forward to today, and Gorman’s entire yard is covered with garden beds. He bought a small strip of empty land next to his house, and he uses two small patches of space at a local farm just up the road in West Chester. Gorman’s home/farm is right across the street from Sharonville Elementary School, and he loves that young students see him out working. He loves when they stop and ask him questions and he gets to teach them a little bit about gardening. He builds his beds right up to the edge of his property and lets people pick tomatoes from the sidewalk. “My whole thing is to inspire people, whether it’s just to grow one tomato plant or to add a raised bed to their landscaping,” he said. “I just want people to get their hands dirty. If I can inspire one person a year, I’m happy.” Pandora started her farm in 2016 with a spade, a trowel, a hoe and a 20-yearold truck, she said. It’s hard work, physically exhausting, and for as many as there are who support her mission, she also runs into opposition. There are people who don’t like the way it looks to have a farm in the middle of a residential street, she said, or who think the food should be free, like a community garden,

Andy Gorman harvests carrots from Cincy Urban Farm in Sharonville.

even though the farm is how Pandora supports her family. More than once, Pandora said, people have called the city to report her for farming her land, thinking she’s breaking the law. But those troubles pale in comparison to the satisfaction Pandora gets from farming her land and providing fresh food for her family and her neighbors. And little by little, especially lately, Eden Urban Gardens and other farms like it are growing and gaining support. Interested in starting your own garden or farm? Cincinnati’s city code allows gardens – less than 20,000 square feet of land – in all zoning districts. Farms – 20,000 square feet or more of cultivated land – are also allowed with “conditional use approval“ according to the code. That approval is designed to address any potential adverse eﬀ ects a farm might have on the neighborhood. Raising farm animals is subject to different rules governing the number of animals and their various shelters. It’s important to note this code only applies to the city of Cincinnati. If you live elsewhere, check the zoning rules for your speciﬁ c jurisdiction. Urban farmers also have to follow any state/federal laws. The Civic Garden Center of Greater Cincinnati can be a starting point for new gardeners, with classes and a horticultural library. More information is available at civicgardencenter.org.

About the farms: Eden Urban Gardens, LLCis a certiﬁ ed organic farm with small plots in Avondale, North Avondale and Pleasant Ridge. The farm grows and sells herbs, shoots, vegetables and fruits. Eden Urban Gardens sells at local farmers’ markets and also has a subscription service for regular produce deliveries in select Cincinnati neighbor-

Farmer Andy Gorman lifts the covering on a row of carrots at Cincy Urban Farms in Sharonville on Jan. 21. PHOTOS BY SAM GREENE/THE ENQUIRER

Petra, 11, crawls into a low tunnel covering to harvest a handful of radishes at Eden Urban Gardens in the Avondale neighborhood of Cincinnati.

hoods. For more information, visit the farm’s Facebook page. Cincy Urban Farm is based in Sharonville. The farm specializes in fruits and vegetables and also has a subscription service. Cincy Urban Farm is not certiﬁ ed organic, but owner/farmer Andy Gorman said he only uses organic methods, with no GMOs, toxic pesticides or synthetic fertilizer. For more information or to sign up for Cincy Urban Farm’s subscription service, visit cincyurbanfarm.com. Lettuce Eat Well is a year-round farmers’ market in Cheviot on Cincinnati’s West Side. The market is currently on its winter schedule, which means it is

open the ﬁ rst and third Friday of each month. Lettuce Eat Well is pre-order only, which means buyers put in their order ahead of time via email and pick it up the day of the market. For more information, visit lewfm.org. Our Harvest Cooperative has two farms, one in College Hill and the other in Morrow, Ohio. It’s a worker-owned cooperative whose mission is to give people access to healthy, local food grown by fairly compensated workers. Our Harvest Cooperative has a food subscription service, with pickup sites throughout the city plus one in Newport. For more information, visit ourharvest.coop.

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Brood X cicadas will hatch in 2021; what does that mean for Cincinnati? Brood X periodical cicadas, the hefty version of the cicadas Greater Cincinnati sees each year, have been underground for 17 years and ready to reemerge this summer. This year will mark the reemergence after 17 years of Brood X, or the Great Eastern Brood, of periodical cicadas – those large, winged, kind of scary-looking but mostly harmless ﬂ ying insects known for their almost deafening buzz. The last emergence was in 2004. Greater Cincinnati won’t be alone in our suﬀ ering. One of the largest broods of periodical cicadas in the nation, Brood X will emerge this spring in 15 states as well as Washington, D.C., the Detroit Free Press said: h Delaware h Georgia h Illinois h Indiana h Kentucky h Maryland h Michigan h North Carolina h New Jersey h New York h Ohio h Pennsylvania h Tennessee h Virginia h West Virginia h Washington, D.C. The University of Kentucky said there are 15 broods of periodical cicadas in the United States and six of those occur in Kentucky. Brood X is the only periodical cicadas group that impacts Northern Kentucky. Last year, we saw a bit of Brood X make their way to the surface early. “The emergence of these stragglers will be nothing like we will see next year when Brood X will emerge and millions of the red-eyed insects make their appearance,” Gene Kritsky, dean of behavioral and natural sciences at Mount St. Joseph University, told The Enquirer last summer.

Why now? We don’t exactly know why the cicadas pick 17 years for their emergence cycle, the Detroit Free Press reported. From underground, periodical cicadas have some method of counting the number of times deciduous trees – the kind that lose their leaves in the winter – regrow their leaves, said John Cooley, an entomologist at the University of Connecticut who studies periodical cicadas. “The cicadas come out after the ‘right’ number,” he said. “Whatever the speciﬁ c change is, the cicadas can

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When I ﬁ nally got out to the Charley Harper exhibition at the Cincinnati Museum Center, I saw all those things we adore about the late wildlife artist’s work; the precision, the wit and whimsy, the dazzling graphics. What I didn’t expect was the emotional impact some of the work had on me. I had never thought of Charley Harper as an environmental crusader. Of course, it’s right there in the exhibit’s title – “Inspired by Nature: The Art and Activism of Charley Harper.” But Harper, who died in 2007, wasn’t one of those activists who felt the need to shock or horrify his viewers. He didn’t want us to look away. He wanted us to look. And then to look again. “If you chuckle when you look at one of my wildlife prints, I’ll be happy,” wrote Harper. “And if you tell me, ‘Hey, that’s right, but I never thought of it that way,’ I’ll be delighted. I like to believe I’m showing you an alternative way of looking at nature.” From the beginning of his career in the 1950s, Harper used his art to woo people. First, it was for commercial clients like the Ford Motor Company and Procter & Gamble. He even illustrated Betty Crocker’s “Dinner for Two Cookbook” in 1958. But in the early 1960s, American life was evolving. So was Charley Harper. “I think when Rachel Carson’s ‘Silent Spring’ came out in 1962, he became more conscious and more strident about what we were doing to the environment,” said Charley’s son, Brett Harper, who has spent most of his adult life championing his father’s art, along with that of his (Brett’s) mother, Edie. The message held a special resonance for Harper, who was raised on a farm in tiny French Creek, West Virginia. Much of the area around French Creek was heavily forested. But the family farm was a stone’s throw from dozens of coal mines. And by the time Carson’s book was published, strip mining had begun to destroy much of the idyllic landscape of Harper’s youth. “Charley was deﬁ nitely not a man without strong opinions,” said Elizabeth Pierce, president and CEO of the museum center, which awarded Harper its

Inspired by Nature: The Art and Activism of Charley Harper When: through April 26. Where: Cincinnati Museum Center, 1301 Western Ave., Queensgate. Tickets: $10.50-$14.50, free with membership. Information: 513-287-7000; cincymuseum.org.

2020 John A. Ruthven Medal of Distinction, named for Harper’s lifelong friend and fellow wildlife artist. “He knew that so many things he valued were being compromised and destroyed. Just look at the ‘Backhoesaurus.’ “ She’s referring to a print in the show that depicts the bucket of a backhoe scooping up an enormous chunk of soil. But it’s not just dirt in there. It’s an entire micro-ecosystem fi lled with insects and fl owers and other small wildlife. In a single bucketful, the backhoe has destroyed a bird habitat and wrenched away dozens of fl owers needed by the butterfl ies that slit through the image. “Backhoesaurus” is bright and graphically intriguing. But it’s also an incredibly violent scene. There’s no blood or dismembered animals. But the damage being leveled against the environment is palpable. “Whitecoat,” depicts a wide-eyed baby harp seal on the ice. Once again, it’s lovely image. But Harper’s accompanying commentary is as savage as it is soft-spoken. “We think you are beautiful,” said its fi nal sentences. “We love you. We hear your cries of pain and terror under the hunter’s club. But we would wear you. Goodbye, little whitecoat, from the endangering species – those friendly folks who bring you extinction.” Strong feelings weren’t new to the artist. Brett Harper remembers his dad taking him to participate in a “freedom march” led by civil rights leader Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth. And when he joined a 1967 march to protest plans to dam up the Red River Gorge. “I think the most important occasion where Charley realized the power of art for good came in 1969,” said Devere Burt,

A maquette of "Edge of Appalachia" at left sits next to Charley Harper's ﬁ nished piece inside the exhibit titled “Inspired by Nature: The Art and Activism of Charley Harper” at the Cincinnati Museum Center. ALBERT CESARE / THE ENQUIRER

emeritus director of the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History and a longtime Harper friend. Frame House, a Louisville Gallery that represented Harper, arranged for copies of a printed called “Anhinga” to be made available to the National Audubon Society for a special project. Every person who donated $100 or more to help purchase the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary in Florida would be given a copy of the print. “In the end, that program raised $178,000,” recalled Burt. “That sanctuary protects 600-year-old cypress trees and the world’s largest rookery of wood storks. Charley got down there to walk through it and was immersed in what his prints helped to save. I think that was the deﬁ ning moment for Charley.”

It was when the ardent advocate became an activist. Few of his works are more poignant or as succinct as “Scary Scenario.” It’s a fanciful image, with a bright red Northern Cardinal perched atop the crisp white head of a partially submerged polar bear. It’s clever. It captures your attention. But it’s something that nature never intended. Cardinals and polar bears aren’t supposed to be in the same place together. “The more I learn about nature,” wrote Charley Harper, “the more I am troubled by the unanswerable questions about human exploitation of plants and animals and our casual assumption that the natural world is only here to serve people.”

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Editor’s note: Information included refl ects this article’s original publication date – Feb.7 (updated Feb. 8). The Harrison High School wrestling room displays its proud history with more accolades than wall — 25 league championships since 1989, numerous sectional and district champions and 70-plus state qualifi ers. The one name that stands out to wrestler Chloe Dearwester is that of her father, Rob, a former All-American. “I look over there and think I want to be up there one day – that’s motivation.” Sooner rather than later, she’ll join him. Today, as a freshman, she’s already considered among the elite in her sport: She’s ranked 15th nationally in girls high school wrestling for her weight class and is considered one of Southwest Ohio’s pioneers in girls wrestling. Dearwester’s wrestling journey began when she was 11 and found herself rummaging through a box of her dad’s wrestling medals. Dearwester began by wrestling boys and often had to deal with the pushback from opposing parents and coaches. “There would always be comments like, ‘I don’t want my son wrestling a girl.’ They’d forfeit to me or something,” she said. “I mean, I won the match.” A runner-up fi nish at a girls state tournament one year later showed she had what it took to get medals of her own. “I thought, ‘Whoa, this is really cool.’ My dad just kept pushing me and pushing me and I got to where I am today,” she said.

Chloe Dearwester, a freshman on the varsity wrestling team at William Henry Harrison High School, is photographed at practice, on Jan. 29. AMANDA ROSSMANN/ THE ENQUIRER

meals at Freddy’s and by orchestrating a secret Santa gift exchange between teammates. They even mimic her wardrobe, sporting sweatpants neatly tucked into their socks. “She trains with them in the room, talks them through positions and just the infl uence of her there is big,” Baird said. “That’s what they needed – somebody to show them the way.” As Dearwester assists the girls, she’s the only one to switch and wrestle daily against the boys team. She’s 5-0 in crossover contests this season, including a Dec. 10 victory when she became the fi rst girl in Harrison history to win a varsity match. “I got there and was even more nervous and then I wrestled my fi rst match and I won,” she said.

‘Ponytails flying everywhere.’ In junior high, Dearwester traveled to diff erent girls wrestling tournaments across the country and witnessed the rapid growth of the sport fi rsthand. “It was weird seeing all these ponytails fl ying everywhere,” she said. “I felt more comfortable there”. Now, ponytails are fl ying in Southwest Ohio. Harrison’s Youth girls-only wrestling program practices with participants from Ohio and Northern Kentucky. With her father running the show over the last few years, numbers increased dramatically to the point that other youth clubs started to off er the sport to girls. “(We) Lost some girls but it was a good sign that it was growing and becoming more acceptable,” Harrison assistant coach Chris Baird said. Harrison principal Matt Lindley, assistant principal Brandon McBee and superintendent John Hamstra all have wrestling backgrounds. Together, with the support of athletic director Mark Meibers and head coach Chad Dennis, Harrison became one of the few Cincinnati-area schools with both a boys and

Chloe Dearwester, ninth grade, lifts a boy in the air during wrestling practice at William Henry Harrison High Schooll. Harrison High School, among others in the area, has a boys and girls section of their wrestling team, but Chloe is the only girl that wrestles against both genders. Chloe is ranked the 14th ranked girl wrestler in the country in the 106-pound weight class. JOE TIMMERMAN/THE ENQUIRER

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Showing them the way Dearwester is one of just two girls on the squad with prior wrestling experience, but that hasn’t stopped her from passing on her knowledge to the newcomers. Throughout the year, in addition to showing them the ropes on the mat, she’s created a bond through team

Popularity boom According to the American Women’s Wrestling, girls high school wrestling participation has nearly quadrupled nationwide since 2010. In Ohio, there were 400 girls rostered on boys teams last year and 230 wrestled in the inaugural Ohio High School Wrestling Coaches Association girls state tournament in 2020. This season, there are more than 500 oﬃ cially rostered girls and Baird anticipates that more than 400 will register to wrestle at See DEARWESTER, Page 2B

Look at top Southwest Ohio bowlers in playoﬀ s James Weber Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

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Division I The Division I sectional tournaments begin Wednesday, Feb. 17, with the Cincinnati ﬁ eld split between Colerain Bowl and Crossgate Lanes in Blue Ash. In girls, Hamilton was the Greater Miami Conference champion at 9-0, and Fairﬁ eld as second at 8-1. Ten players in the GMC averaged more than 180, led by Hamilton’s Madison Detherage at 192 and Lilly Arvin, who was third at 188. Colerain’s Ruby McAninch was second

at 188.1 and teammate Isabelle Snyder fi fth at 183. Fairfi eld’s Katie Dashley was fourth at 186.5. For boys, GMC, Mason and Middletown tied for the league title at 8-1. Ten players in the league average over 200, led by Middletown’s Ethan Rowe (221.2). The top fi ve are Princeton’s Cody Carlson (218.1), Mason’s Ogden Nijikowski (211.8), Colerain’s Ryan Johnson (210.9), Lakota East’s Alex Swinney (210.3). The GMC also had a league tournament scheduled over the weekend. In the Eastern Cincinnati Conference, Lebanon and West Clermont tied for the girls league title. Lexi Stewart and Darby Campbell were the top two averages at more than 198. Hannah Rearick leads Lebanon at 195.5. West Clermont won the boys title at 17-1 in league play. Ten ECC players are over 200, led by West Clermont teamSee BOWLERS, Page 2B

Elder's bowling team knocked off La Salle on Jan. 25. From left, top is C.J. Herbers, Parker Nowlin, Michael Macke, Zach Noeth, Jason Stenger and Aaron Neiheisel. SCOTT SPRINGER/THE ENQUIRER

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Chris Wesseling, a writer and podcast host for NFL.com’s Around the NFL and a 1992 Elder High School graduate, died Feb. 4, according to a social media post Feb. 6 from his wife. He was 46. Wesseling battled cancer, and is survived by his wife, Lakisha, and their son Lincoln. A GoFundMe is raising money for

them: https://www.gofundme.com/f/ For-lakisha-and-lincoln Social media tributes to Wesseling, a former NBCSports.com writer and Rotoworld senior NFL editor before joining NFL Media in 2013, poured in via Twitter. Wesseling wrote in 2015 for NFL.com about “The Ohio River Oﬀ ense” and why the Cincinnati Bengals aren’t widely revered for their role in the history of the game.

Around the NFL co-hosts Gregg Rosenthal, Dan Hanzus, Chris Wesseling and Marc Sessler. PROVIDED

Max Pizzo of Oak Hills displays his certiﬁ cate for being the cincinnati.com/Mercy Health bowler of the week, Jan. 1. THANKS TO KARYN

La Salle is the GCL champion this year and hopes for a sectional title next week.

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tian 3,571, 3. Badin 3,567, 4. Norwood 3,536, 5. Wyoming 3,418, 6. Roger Bacon 3,384, 7. Finneytown 3,355, 8. Purcell Marian 3,254, 9. Cincinnati Christian 3,208, 10. Bishop Fenwick 3,063, 11. North College Hill 2,198. Individual: 1. Ian Carpenter (Reading) 619, 2. Tatum Buhiru (Wyoming) 618, 3. Jason Stiens (Badin) 601, 4. Bowen Garibay (Norwood) 585, 5. Andrew Combs (Fenwick) 579, 6. Zach Beltz (Cincinnati Christian) 569, 7. Jeremy Easter (Reading) 567, 8. Philip Bachman (Roger Bacon) 550, 9. Luke McClurkin (Middletown Christian) 543, 10. Blake Trammel (Middletown Christian) and Hayden Simpson (Norwood) 542. Individual district qualiﬁ ers: Combs, Beltz, Bachman, Michael Burgess (Roger Bacon), Eddie Luckey (Cincinnati Christian).

Southern Buckeye Conference rivals took six of the seven qualifying spots to the district tournament. Clinton-Massie, which fi nished fourth in the American Division (second among Division II squads), won the sectional title. East Clinton senior Andy Gilliland, who averaged 167 in the regular season, beat a lot of the favorites to win the sectional title. Georgetown was undefeated in the National Division and fi nished fi fth in the sectional. Seven Hills, the Miami Valley Conference champion and 10-1 overall, kept the SBAAC from the district berth

sweep by fi nishing sixth. The girls tournament was set for Friday at Cherry Grove. Clermont Northeastern was the National Division champion in the SBAAC. Division I team New Richmond won the American. Batavia’s Caitlin Uecker and CNE’s Michayla Eifert tied for third in the conference with 180, leading the teams in the DII fi eld. Kennedi Dukes of Summit Country Day and Shanaya Bharucha of Seven Hills average 150 and lead the MVC entries. Team (top seven advance to districts): 1. Clinton-Massie 3,829, 2. Williamsburg 3,764, 3. Clermont Northeastern 3,758, 4. Batavia 3,731, 5. Georgetown 3,578, 6. Seven Hills 3,559, 7. East Clinton 3,373, 8. Blanchester 3,331, 9. Fayetteville-Perry 3,118, 10. Mariemont 3,098, 11. McNicholas 3,087, 12. Ripley 3,038, 13. Summit Country Day 2,973, 14. Bethel-Tate 2,872, 15. Clark Montessori 2,650, 16. Felicity-Franklin 2,500. Individuals: 1. Andy Gilliland (East Clinton) 613, 2. Tyler Keck (ClintonMassie) and Ryan Brewer (Blanchester) 599, 4. Garrett Mason (Williamsburg) 595, 5. Will Kersting (Seven Hills) 594, 6. Owen Goldizen (Williamsburg) 575, 7. Cole Johnston (Clinton-Massie) 565, 8. TJ Brown (Williamsburg) 562, 9. Taylor Lucas and Kaleb Franklin (Georgetown) 551. Individual District qualifi ers: Brewer, Zamir Thoman (Mariemont), Wyatt Meeker (Fayetteville-Perry), Alex Applegate (RULH), Drew Applegate

tion’s No. 1 prep wrestler in the 106pound class. “We were winning with 20 seconds left in the match and it got away from us,” Baird said. “That girl is No. 1 in the country and (has) been on the world team so she’s on that elite level.” Dearwester’s favorite move is a chin whip, but she’s looking to vary her arsenal with other maneuvers down the road. Her most dangerous asset is the ability to capitalize on an opponent’s misstep. “People know that if they make a mistake against her, they’re gonna end up on their back really quick,” Baird said. “She knows what she needs to do. She knows her style. She knows what she wants to get done on the mat.” Training won’t stop for Dearwester after the state tournament. To her, wrestling is a full-time job. “There’s really no ‘outside the season.’ I just keep going,” she said. Along with other national tournaments, she’s determined to make the 2021 Women’s Cadet World team for her age group, which would require a strong showing at the annual qualifying tournament in Irving, Texas. “She’s really pushing hard to be as good as she can be,” Baird said. “The sky’s the limit.”

Chloe Dearwester, ninth grade, looks up at a coach during wrestling practice at William Henry Harrison High School. Chloe is ranked the 14th ranked girl wrestler in the country in the 106 pound weight class. JOE TIMMERMAN/THE ENQUIRER

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mates Evan Williams (220.8) and Cameron Mays (213). Cooper Cummings leads second-place Lebanon at 212.4. La Salle won the Greater Catholic League South with an 11-1 record and 15-1 overall. Fourteen players among the four schools averaged 195 or better, led by La Salle’s Nolan Blessing at 219. Mercy McAuley won the GGCL at 11-1 and 17-1 overall. Rebecca Ochs of Seton led the league at 196. The Wolves have ﬁ ve of the next six in the rankings, led by Abby Perkins (194.0) and St. Ursula’s Alli Shattuck was fourth in the league at 186.5. In the Southwest Ohio Conference, Harrison won the boys title at 10-0. Eli McKain, Marshall Hooper and Andrew Roush are the top averages on the Wildcats. Northwest’s Terrence Johnson led the league at 209.6, and Nick Davis of Ross was second at 205.7. Harrison also won the girls SWOC championship at 9-1 and 13-2. Alyssa Pierce of Harrison led the league at 178.9. The Division II District championships will be at the Beaver-Vu Bowl in Beavercreek. Boys will be on Tuesday starting at 8 a.m. Girls will be on Thursday, also starting at 8 a.m. Here is a look at the Division II sectional results and regular-season champions. All tournaments are a combination of individual team games and Baker system games, in which ﬁ ve teammates roll two frames in each game.

Boys Division II at Colerain Bowl Reading, the Cincinnati Hills League champion with a 6-0 record and 8-1 overall, rolled to a 209-pin victory over Middletown Christian for the team championship. Ian Carpenter, who led the CHL in average at 204.9, edged Tatum Buhiru of Wyoming by a single pin for the individual championship. Badin, who fi nished fourth in the Greater Catholic League Coed to three teams who are in the Dayton sectional (Alter was 14-0 and 17-0), was third in the team standings. Badin’s Jason Stiens, second in the GCL Coed at 202.5, fi nished third in the sectional. Team (Top fi ve advance to districts): 1. Reading 3,780, 2. Middletown Chris-

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state. “Just try it,” Dearwester off ered to potential fi rst-time girls wrestlers. “That’s all I can say because you won’t know how you feel about it until you try it.” The goal is for the Ohio High School Athletic Association to sanction girls wrestling as its own individual sport. #SanctionOH Girls Wrestling, on Twitter at @OHGirlWrestling, is a grassroots eff ort toward that end. Harrison started school late, but still had 15 girls wrestlers come out. Across the city, Western Brown, Bethel-Tate, Mason, Clermont Northeastern and Taylor also fi eld girls squads. “The growth that we’ve had is pretty impressive,” Baird said.

‘She’s on that elite level’ For now, Dearwester has her sights set on this season’s accolades, starting with a pursuit of a championship at the OHSWCA state tournament later this month. Dearwester is 19-1 against girls this season, with her lone loss coming to Miami East senior Olivia Shore, the na-

Boys Division II at Cherry Grove

(RULH), Hunter Meeker (FayettevillePerry), Bryan Brewer (Blanchester).

Girls Division II at Colerain Bowl Taylor, which fi nished second in the Cincinnati Hills League to Reading, won the sectional title by 40 pins over Greater Catholic League Coed champion Roger Bacon, who is 18-3 overall. Kylie Burdick, who fi nished fi fth individually, had the top CHL average at 170.6. Cincinnati Christian, the Miami Valley Conference champion with a 13-2 overall record, had the individual champion in senior Crystal Wilson, who averaged 187.2 in the season. Team (top fi ve advance to districts): 1. Taylor 3,015, 2. Roger Bacon 2,975, 3. Cincinnati Christian 2,974, 4. Reading 2,888, 5. Fenwick 2,771, 6. Badin 2,547, 7. Wyoming 2,540, 8. Deer Park 2,447, 9. Middletown Christian 2,386, 10. Norwood 2,269. Individuals: 1. Crystal Wilson (Cin. Christian) 553, 2. Makayla Lawson (Reading) 541, 3. Alexis Burgess (Roger Bacon) 538, 4. Belle Nye (Roger Bacon) 528, 5. Kylie Burdick (Taylor) 523, 6. Greta Klusmeyer (Purcell Marian) 518, 7. Audrey Shope (Bishop Fenwick) 491, 8. Kylee Jennings (Reading) 488, 9. Zionna Wilson (Purcell Marian) 480, 10. Ella Harvey (Taylor) 473. Individual district qualifi ers: Klusmeyer, Wilson, Madison Hodapp (Badin), Drew Handorf (Deer Park), Alexis Taylor (Wyoming).

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COMMUNITY NEWS Santa Maria Community Services announces new board treasurer and managerial hires CINCINNATI, OH – Santa Maria Community Services, Inc. (SMCS) is pleased to announce its new board treasurer, Leah Bluemel, and new managers, Meg Thomas and Danny Burridge. Leah Bluemel, Treasurer: Leah is a CPA and has experience in manufacturing, real estate, retail, and hospitality. She is currently the Controller for The Salyers Group, Inc. located in Covington, Kentucky. She grew up and currently resides on the west side of Cincinnati. In her free Bluemel time, she enjoys traveling, reading, and baking. Leah holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting and a minor in Management Information Systems from Miami University of Ohio. She said, “I love being able to contribute to such a dynamic and collaborative organization that is helping so many people right here in Cincinnati.” Meg Corwin, Workforce Development Director: Santa Maria welcomed Meg Corwin in August 2020 as our Education Program Director and now is pleased to announce her new position as Workforce Development Director. Corwin Meg is a PhD Candidate in Multicultural and Equity Studies at The Ohio State University, a Fulbright Scholar, and has her M.S. Ed. in Community and Social Change. A former teacher, she has experience in youth education, services, and advo-

cacy in both school and community contexts. Her scholarly publications and research focus on race, class, and place as they relate to youth language practices and identities in their schools, neighborhoods, and communities. She is excited to join Santa Maria Community Services once more, having previously served as an AmeriCorps member. Meg said, “I am very excited to be able to serve in a greater capacity through the integration of Workforce Development services and programs, and I look forward to working as a stronger, more focused team to achieve our goals in addressing education and employment barriers in our community.” Danny Burridge, Youth Development Program Director: Santa Maria is pleased to welcome Danny as the Youth Development Program Director. Danny is a teacher and PhD candidate in Sociology at the University of Pittsburgh. His research examines how community-based organizations can be most eﬀ ective in pursuBurridge ing their objectives, and his teaching focuses on providing young people with the knowledge and critical thinking skills to proactively shape their own futures. In previous work, Danny was a volunteer missioner in El Salvador for six years where he designed and led a violence prevention program for at-risk youth in an urban slum. Upon returning to the US, he was the Homeless Education Coordinator in Newport, KY. He, his wife, and two small children recently moved to Price Hill. He said, “I am very excited for the opportunity to work with Santa Maria right here in my own community, and especially to serve youth by providing them with the

Galen Gordon is running for Cincinnati City Council.

skills and support they need to succeed.” Christy Cauley, Santa Maria Community Services, Inc.

Galen G. Gordon will run for Cincinnati City Council Longtime Cincinnati resident, hospitality and tourism professional Galen G. Gordon recently announced that he will run for Cincinnati City Council. “I’m running for Cincinnati City Council because we need proactive and intentional leadership from our city government,” said Gordon. “Proactive and intentional about how we attract top-tier corporations, ﬁ ll storefronts through entrepreneurship and how we incentivize families to stay and/or move back within our city limits. We live in a fantastic city with plenty of opportunity. I want to ensure this feeling is shared

by residents in all 52 neighborhoods.” Many people may know Mr. Gordon as “Black Santa” during Christmas time; just one of the many ways he chooses to support the community. Gordon is actively involved with the West End Community Council, Rotary Club of Cincinnati and Hilton’s Blue Energy Committee where he consistently thrives in community giving and outreach. Galen G. Gordon is a Sales Manager at the Hilton Netherland Plaza and an inductee into the Rose Awards Hall of Fame. His experience sharing the light and warmth of hospitality, even while overcoming homelessness signiﬁ cantly helped form his vision for Cincinnati. For more information about his platform, visit www.galenforcincinnati.com. Galen G. Gordon

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Jam session: ‘I think of orange marmalade as sunshine in a jar’

Classic orange marmalade Citrus fruits have a naturally high amount of pectin, so there’s no commercial pectin needed. Now if all you have are oranges with seeds, just remove seeds. I like thinner skin/peel juice oranges, less expensive than navel oranges which have thicker peels. Ingredients 4 large seedless juice oranges, 3 pounds or so/about 10 cups after slicing 2 large lemons or 3 medium lemons 8 cups sugar 8 cups water Instructions Wash and dry oranges and lemons. Cut both in half crosswise. Then cut in very thin half moon slices. Discard seeds. Place sliced fruit and their juices into a big pot. Add 8 cups water and bring mixture to a boil, stirring often. Remove from heat, stir in sugar until dissolved.

Classic orange marmalade. PHOTOS BY RITA HEIKENFELD/FOR THE ENQUIRER

Cover and allow to stand overnight/12 hours or so at room temperature. This gives the fruit peel time to soften well. Bring mixture back to a boil.

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Reduce heat to a simmer and cook, uncovered, stirring occasionally, for 2 hours.

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Turn heat up to medium and cook another 30 minutes, stirring often.

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Skim any foam that forms. It will be a golden orange color.

Guess what I woke up wanting to make today? Orange marmalade! All because of the windfall of thinskinned, super juicy oranges friends Bob and Bert brought me. If you’ve never made orange marmalade, I hope this recipe makes you want to try. I’ve actually got two recipes for you: one a classic stove top recipe and another cooked in the crockpot. Here’s the deal: check out the price of a jar of real orange marmalade made from oranges, lemons and sugar (no high fructose corn syrup or other additives). You’ll experience sticker shock. Orange marmalade is not hard to make. Don’t let the large amount of sugar throw you. Remember, you’ll be eating small spoonfuls (hopefully). And the lovely citrus aroma that

Place a small amount on saucer and refrigerate until cool and just slightly ﬁ rm. It shouldn’t be runny, or hard. If runny, cook a bit longer – if hard, add a bit more water. Pour into jars, seal and let cool to room temperature.

Thinly cut oranges for marmalade.

Now I will tell you the marmalade may be a bit loose the ﬁ rst day or so, but will set up nicely. Store in refrigerator up to 3 months, or freeze up to 6 months.

wafts from the pot as you cook the marmalade will convince you all’s right in your world. I think of orange marmalade as sunshine in a jar. Now I do have a yummy recipe for orange marmalade salad dressing and a tasty chicken dish with an orange marmalade sauce. Let me know if you want those, too. OK are you ready for a “jammin” session? Here you go!

Prefer to can them for the pantry? Check out my site for instructions. Cook in crockpot Add sliced oranges, lemons and water to slow cooker. Cook, covered, on high 2 hours. Add sugar. Reduce heat to low and cover. Cook 6 hours or so, stirring every hour so mixture doesn’t burn. Remove lid, return to high and cook another 2 hours, stirring often, or until marmalade thickens.

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There’s a lot to be anxious about these days. From politics to the pandemic, most of us have a hard time putting the bad stuﬀ on the back burner, and are (nervously, cautiously, always wearing a mask) trying to enjoy life again. Turning to the simple joys in life is all we’ve got right now. So, in that spirit, I want to shine a light on some food-related things that, in one way or another, have kept me going during the past seven months. Sure, they’re small. Some might even say they’re a little bit weird, but I want to share these in hopes you might ﬁ nd some joy in them, too.

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1) The *fake* tree behind The Precinct Maybe it’s the placement on an otherwise desolate intersection of Walworth and Delta in Columbia Tusculum, but the illuminated tree behind the Precinct always lifts my spirits whenever I pass it by. Up until, well, Oct. 14, I thought the tree was real. But when I called Britney Ruby, CEO of Jeff Ruby Culinary Entertainment, she told me that no, her father (that’d be Jeff Ruby) purchased it at a restaurant trade show in Chicago years ago. That its trunk was made of fi berglass; its bright LED-illuminated lights, polyurethane. It didn’t matter. I still love it just the same. I also love that the Precinct, known to many as a splurge for special occasions, off ers up this everyday extravagance for free to people passing by on their way home, perhaps dreaming of a Precinct steak of their own someday soon.

2) The Classical Music at Fresh Market When someone asked me recently why I insisted on shopping at Fresh Market in Oakley, despite the fact that there are several grocery stores closer to my house, my answer was simple: “The classical music.” Instead of acoustically oﬀ -kilter pop music interrupted every 10 seconds by an intercom alert about another catas-

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3) The “front porch” stage at Arnold’s To me, the little green stage in Arnold’s courtyard is Cincinnati’s miniature version of the Grand Ol’ Opry. With its old Coke signs and rusted license plates, it evokes a small town front porch where grandpa might strum his banjo on a Sunday afternoon, though its ﬂ oor was salvaged from the venerable Shubert Theatre, its spindles and banisters rescued by numerous dumpster dives by former owner Jim Tarbell in 1970s Over-the-Rhine. At a time when live music is hard to come by, you can still settle down in the courtyard, drink a cold beer and think about the good old days (which, in our case, would be 2019).

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5) Impulse buying at Madison’s I rarely walk into Madison’s at Findlay Market with a speciﬁ c purchase in mind. But I never leave empty handed. There’s always something at this old-timey grocery store that intrigues or inspires me to cook. A package of Rancho Gordo white beans will have me running home to make a time-intensive cassoulet; a jar of Indiana sorghum might lead to a batch of morning pancakes. Most of the produce is sourced from nearby farms, and they always have plenty of locally made foods, including Urban Stead Cheese, Sixteen

I know. Everyone’s heard of Trotta’s by now. But this old-school pony keg/ pizzeria on the West Side was a revelation for me when I moved back to Cincinnati. As long as you can clear the 8’-2” vehicle height restriction, you can grab a cold six-pack and some of the city’s best pizza, as well as hoagies, salads and assorted appetizers, from the comfort of your own car. The fact that Trotta’s was among the ﬁ rst Cincinnati pizzerias to oﬀ er goetta as a topping is all the more reason to love it. If you’ve never been, pick up some pizza to take home tonight (or just devour it in the parking lot).

7) Going back to Senate It’s been more than a decade since Senate, Daniel Wright’s gourmet hot dog shop and bar, opened on Vine Street. But Senate is still as good as ever. After Dan told me there was a new chef at the helm, I went there with a friend in October for lunch. Sitting outside, I couldn’t help but worry about OTR’s future. I ordered a burger and a glass of beer and talked to my friend about what’s going on in our lives. On my second beer, I looked down Vine Street and realized that the leaves on the trees along it had all turned to gold.

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SCHOOL NEWS Oak Hills High School receives national award for closing the gender gap The College Board recently announced that Oak Hills High School has earned the AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award for closing the gender gap. The honor goes to high schools that have increased female enrollment in Advanced Placement computer science courses. Out of 20,000 schools off ering AP courses, Oak Hills was one of only 831 recognized for closing the gender gap in the AP Computer Science Principles course, a college-level course that introduces students to the breadth of the fi eld of computer science. Oak Hills was the only local public high school to receive the award. “I am enrolled in more STEM classes than not this year, and that was partially due to the teachers encouraging me to challenge myself and take classes that interested me, STEM or not,” says OHHS junior Brianna Hensley. “For computer science specifi cally, my teachers knew that I was interested in engineering, and they were knowledgeable about what that path entailed, so they were able to point me in the right direction, which ended up being computer science.” Course instructor Cynthia Spires says she believes several factors contributed to the increase in female enrollment in AP computer science courses – females seeing that other females were enrolled in the courses at Oak Hills, seeing a female instructor and fi nding a collaborative culture in the class. “They fi nd out it’s not just one person sitting at a computer, working alone,” Spires says. “It’s very collaborative. It’s a group project.”

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