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“I don’t want this to happen again on this street. It cannot. It will not. Because we will not let it. … My heart is broken. There’s no glue in the world that can mend it back together. All I can ask is for Jesus to help me.” Delores Pringle

sister of Donna Pringle, hit by a car in a crosswalk

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Mourners gather to pay their respects at a vigil for Donna Pringle near 1000 Linn St. in the West End on July 17. Pringle was killed on July 3 after being struck by a distracted driver. Neighborhood residents have asked for Linn Street to be reduced to two lanes, as well as other measures to slow drivers down. SAM GREENE/THE ENQUIRER

Despite less driving, fatal crash rate is up from 2019 Hannah K. Sparling Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

It looked like a bright spot in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic: With the roads practically empty as people sheltered in place and worked from home, there were fewer car crashes. But the good news stops there. While the overall crash rate is down about 25% year-to-date in Ohio, fatalities are actually up. From January through July 23, Ohio had 588 people die in car crashes, according to state data. That's eleven more than during the same time frame in 2019, and the 2020 data doesn’t even include seven provisional deaths – fatalities that have been reported but are not yet included in the state’s offi cial tally. Experts say the culprit is speed. “What we’re seeing is that the other cars not being on the road, not being in the way, allows people to drive like they’re a bat out of hell,” said Over-theRhine resident Derek Bauman, a retired police offi cer and advocate for Vision Zero, a plan that pushes for zero traffi c fatalities. In Kentucky, there were 384 traffi c fatalities from January through July 23. That’s 29 fewer than in the same time frame in 2019 but eight more than the same time frame in 2018.

Drivers are speeding more It’s not your imagination. An Ohio State University study found drivers in Cincinnati, Columbus and Cleveland really are speeding more now than they did before the coronavirus pandemic. And there’s more “extreme speeding,” said Harvey Miller, a geography professor and director of OSU’s Center for Urban and Regional Analysis, which did the study. Instead of a driver going ﬁ ve miles over the speed limit, he might go 20 or 25 over or even faster. “In Ohio’s three major cities, drivers are apparently taking advantage of empty roads to drive faster, making streets and highways potentially more dangerous,” the study states. Ohio’s stay-at-home order took eﬀ ect on March

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Mourners gather to pay their respects at a vigil for Donna Pringle.

23. From March 24 through July 6, Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers handed out 1,159 tickets to people driving 100 miles per hour or faster. That’s a 76% increase compared to the same time frame in 2019. There seems to be a false impression among some drivers that troopers are not handing out speeding tickets during the pandemic, said Trooper Jessica McIntyre, a highway patrol spokeswoman. “We’re still enforcing the law,” she said, “just like we were before.”

Yes, this is another pandemic story. But it’s not about masks or vaccines or partisan politics. This is a story about theater professionals. Not just actors. It’s a story about stage managers, too, and technicians. It’s about designers and box offi ce staff , costumers and wardrobe people, people who run concessions and clean the theater while you’re on your way home after a show. It’s about people who fi ll the administrative offi ces of those theaters, as well. They’ve all been out of work since mid-March. And unlike people who have some hope of returning to work, most local theater professionals – there are upwards of 1,000 of them – are living in a limbo that seems to have no exit. And their situations are about to get worse. The Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, set up to off er economic relief to workers as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act is ending. Where do they go from here? Sit tight, hunt for a gap job? Or is it time to chuck it all in favor of a new career? Here are a few of their stories. When this all began, Sean P. Mette was the booking and communications manager of Madcap Puppets. Starting as a puppeteer, he’d been an employee since 2005. His job was to make sure that touring puppeteers had work as they fanned out across several states. “March 10 was the last normal day for me,” recalls Mette. He’d given a talk about Madcap to a senior citizens group. Later in the day, the cancellations started to come in. First, there were a few. Then, a deluge. Within two weeks, the puppeteers were let go. Soon, Mette was gone, too. On June 29, he received an email saying his position had been eliminated altogether. “I hardly remember anything until mid-April,” Mette said. “To have your life changed and turned upside down so quickly was shocking. I just turned 38. I remember thinking ‘this is a hell of a time to have a mid-life crisis.’ ” He’s made some progress. He’s started to write plays again. He’s qualifi ed for Medicaid. And he’s fi nally returned to the hiking that had, at one See THEATER, Page 4A

‘My heart is broken’ At 9 p.m. on July 17, Linn Street in the West End was crowded with mourners. Police blocked oﬀ the road to cars as dozens of people lit candles, prayed and celebrated the life of Donna Pringle, a 67-yearold West End resident who died on July 3 after a driver ran into her in a crosswalk. “I love y’all, and I want y’all to be careful,” Pringle’s sister, Delores Pringle, told the crowd, imploring them to put down their phones when they're driving and to slow down and pay attention. Donna Pringle died just steps from where Mark Eubanks, a 48-year-old man, was hit and killed in a crosswalk on Linn Street in 2018. “I don’t want this to happen again on this street,” See CRASHES, Page 2A

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Until recently, Sean P. Mette was an arts administrator with Madcap Puppets. But occasionally, he has been able to indulge his love of acting. Here, he is seen in the role of Corky in “Don't Cross the Streams: the Cease and Desist Musical” at Falcon Theatre in 2013. MIKKI SCHAFFNER/PROVIDED

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Delores Pringle said. “It cannot. It will not. Because we will not let it. … My heart is broken. There’s no glue in the world that can mend it back together. All I can ask is for Jesus to help me.” The driver who hit Pringle was going an estimated 10 miles per hour over the speed limit and was suspected to be under the inﬂ uence of marijuana, according to the police report. She was “reaching for a cigarette in the center console at the approximate time of the crash.” Bauman, the Vision Zero proponent who helped organize the vigil, said a pedestrian has a 90% chance of surviving if she is hit by a car going 20 miles per hour. If the car is going 40 miles per hour, there’s a 90% chance the pedestrian will die. The driver who killed Pringle was going 40 miles per hour, according to the police report.

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Former San Francisco 49ers star Dana Stubblefi eld was found guilty July 27 of raping a prospective babysitter at his home fi ve years ago. Stubblefi eld was born in Cincinnati and graduated from Taylor High School. More from mercurynews.com's Robert Salonga: A jury of eight men and four women rendered a verdict that Stubblefi eld raped and forced oral copulation on the woman — identifi ed as Jane Doe at trial — on April 9, 2015. The jurors also found Stubblefi eld used a gun during the sexual assault, which signifi cantly increases his potential sentence, which stands at a maximum of 15 years to life in prison. However, the jury rejected two corresponding felony charges that Stubblefi eld exploited a woman who was mentally incapable of providing consent to sex — which was among the most egregious allegations made against him when the case was fi led in 2016. Lead prosecutor Tim McInerny argued from the beginning of the case that Doe was developmentally disabled and was overpowered and overwhelmed by the much larger Stubblefi eld, who used his physical stature and celebrity to perpetrate the assault. Stubblefi eld’s next court hearing, when sentencing recommendations are expected to be presented, is scheduled for Aug. 28. Stubblefi eld, 49, played seven seasons for the San Francisco 49ers, three

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Fformer NFL football player Dana Stubblefi eld leaves a federal courthouse in San Francisco in 2008. Prosecutors say they have charged former San Francisco 49er Dana Stubblefi eld with the rape of a "developmentally delayed" woman. The Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office says the 45-year-old Stubblefi eld was charge in 2016, with sexually assaulting the woman last year at his Morgan Hill home. AP

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Twenty-fi ve deaths Hamilton County has had 28 fatal crashes this year, one more than during the same time frame in 2019, according to state data. The Enquirer got reports for 21 of those crashes, all that was available at the time of the request. The dead range from a 17-year-old boy to an 82-year-old man. Pedestrians were killed in seven of the crashes, and speed was mentioned specifi cally in fi ve of the reports.

On May 9, a driver was going 42 miles per hour on Elberon Avenue, where the limit is 35, according to the report. The driver, who was suspected to be under the inﬂ uence of drugs, swerved to the right and hit and killed a pedestrian, a 59-year-old man from Cincinnati. On April 3, a 17-year-old from Indian Hill was driving 79 miles per hour in a 35-mph zone. He lost control around a curve, swerved, overcorrected, and his car rolled into a telephone pole oﬀ the side of the road. He was ejected from the vehicle and died.

What should we do? Miller, the OSU researcher, said stricter speed enforcement alone is not enough. “We have to redesign our roads and highways in order to force people to drive slower,” he said, adding that changes like narrower lanes and dedicated space for cyclists and pedestrians can help slow down drivers. Bauman said the city should lower speed limits and add speed bumps, bike lanes, pocket parks and on-street dining – anything to take space away from cars and give it back to people. If drivers have multiple lanes and nothing in their path for miles, they’re going to speed, Bauman said, especially when, as during the coronavirus pandemic, there is less traﬃ c. If there is less space and more obstacles, Bauman said, drivers will have no choice but to slow down and pay attention. *Note: Data comes from the Ohio Highway Patrol and the Ohio Department of Transportation and is current as of July 23, 2020.

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Cincinnati is more segregated and its Black residents are poorer because of the way the city hands out tax breaks to homeowners who fi x up their properties, a federal lawsuit fi led July 28 claims. The lawsuit, fi led in U.S. District Court, seeks to overturn Cincinnati’s residential tax abatement program and to award potentially millions of dollars in tax breaks to Black homeowners. The suit accuses city offi cials of knowingly operating a system that rewards wealthy white homeowners in predominantly white neighborhoods while punishing minorities and poor people who often don’t qualify for the tax breaks. “The result for neighborhoods in Cincinnati is that Caucasian neighborhoods have become more affl uent, more exclusive, and more White,” states the lawsuit, which was fi led by Cincinnati attorney Robert Newman. “African American neighborhoods remain Black, and less affl uent. Tax abatements have contributed substantially to this phenomenon.” A tax abatement is a temporary reduction of property taxes, which, in the city’s residential program, is given for 10 to 15 years to homeowners who spend at Newman least $5,000 to renovate or rebuild their properties. Newman said city records show the city has granted 2,640 residential tax abatements for a total of $183 million. He said almost 30% of that total, more than $53 million, went to Hyde Park, a predominantly white neighborhood that’s also among the city’s wealthiest. According to the lawsuit, more than half of the city’s residential tax abatements went to seven neighborhoods, all with white-majority populations. Poor and Black-majority neighborhoods accounted for far fewer abatements. An Enquirer review of city data for abatements granted during the fi ve years between 2014 and 2018 found a similar pattern. The data show Hyde Park leading the way with $11.7 million in abatements. Mount Lookout, Mount Adams, Columbia-Tusculum, Oakley and Over-the-Rhine are the only other neighborhoods to top $3 million during the fi ve-year period. Two of the largest Black-majority neighborhoods, Avondale and Bond Hill, received less than $1 million each during the period, according to the Enquirer’s review. Westwood, the city’s largest neighborhood, received less than $300,000. The lawsuit claims the requirements of the city tax abatement program are to blame for the disparity. The rule mandating homeowners spend at least $5,000 on a

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home improvement project to qualify for a tax break is especially problematic, the lawsuit argues, because that is a diffi cult threshold for poor homeowners to meet. In addition to depriving poor and Black residents of the tax breaks, the lawsuit states, the program also can lead to considerable distortions in the amount of property taxes paid by Black and white homeowners. If, for example, a family buys a vacant lot for $100,000 and builds a $400,000 house on the lot, it will pay taxes only on the original $100,000 property valuation. Meanwhile, a poor family living in a home that’s worth $100,000, would pay roughly the same in taxes. While taxes on the renovated properties don’t go up, the lawsuit states, property values do. And that, the suit claims, can price poor and Black residents out of some neighborhoods, including those, such as Over-theRhine, that have undergone signifi cant redevelopment in recent years. “The operation of the Program is exacerbating the racially segregated residency pattern in Cincinnati,” the lawsuit states. Some city offi cials have raised concerns about the residential tax abatement program over the years. City Council created the Property Tax Working Group more than a year ago to examine the system and propose

changes. Councilman Christopher Smitherman said the group is wrapping up its work and will make recommendations soon. “We’ve been working on this with a broad group of community leaders,” Smitherman said. Council members P.G. Sittenfeld and Greg Landsman said in April they want to reform the program to address what they described as inequities in the system. Sittenfeld sent a letter to Mayor John Cranley last week asking why a motion they submitted to council to overhaul the program has not been put on council’s agenda. Newman fi led the lawsuit on behalf of eight Cincinnati residents who say they have been hurt by the city’s residential tax abatement program. He is seeking class certifi cation from a federal judge to represent any poor or minority homeowner aff ected by the program. The lawsuit seeks a court order halting the city program until Black neighborhoods have caught up, or an order giving a 100% property tax abatement to all Black homeowners in the city for 10 years. It also seeks to extend tax abatements to homeowners who have not renovated their property but have experienced an increase in property value because others have done so.

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time, provided such solace. And the future? “I don’t have any idea what the rest of my life has in store for me,” he said, comparing his emotional journey to dealing with grief. “I’ve accepted the loss now. It’s a weirdly wonderful feeling. But it still doesn’t help me fi gure out what tomorrow is going to look like.” When Alice Trent graduated from Xavier University in 2011, she tackled one of the toughest niches of the theater business, the male-dominated world of lighting design. “I never acted,” Trent said. “I never even had an inclination.” She designed her fi rst show at the age of 15 when she was still a student at Mount Notre Dame High School. “It was a disaster. But I had a really great time and wanted to do it again.” She’s had plenty of chances to do more. This time last year, she had a year’s worth of gigs lined up. “It was beautiful,” she said. “Until it wasn’t.” When the pandemic shut down the nation’s theaters, she moved in with friends who shared a house in Atlanta. “I’ve been good at saving,” said Trent, “so my rent will be good to go for the next couple of months.” She’s started looking for offi ce work. “Perfect timing – when 30 million other people are looking for jobs. If I don’t fi nd anything, I’ll have to move home with my family in North Carolina.” After Christopher Richardson’s acting internship with the Playhouse in the Park ended in 2015, he found himself being cast in a handful of local shows. But soon he made his way to Washington, D.C., where he has worked almost nonstop ever since. Why not New York, the traditional destination for actors at the beginning of their careers? “I wanted to go someplace where I could work,” said

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Kelcey Steele left Cincinnati for New York just a year ago. Unlike most performers, he soon found touring work that kept him y busy – until the pandemic hit. Here, he plays Drew Boley in “Rock of Ages” at The Carnegie in Covington. MIKKI SCHAFFNER/PROVIDED

Richardson. “I didn’t’ see a lot of people who looked like me with the skills that I had in D.C. I’m a Black man who can sing classically. I’m a bigger guy. There just weren’t many people who were similar to me. After a couple of months of struggle, I landed a tour at the Kennedy Center and was able to keep working almost ever since.” He was about to travel to Seattle to open a show there when the pandemic hit. “It doesn’t do me any good to freak out or be upset about it,” said Richardson. “I still have my health. And if I have to sell my soul to the devil and get a job at Amazon, I’ll do it.” But in the meantime, the pandemic has bought him something he didn’t have before – time. Time to dream and ponder what might come next. He’s begun brainstorming with a group who wants to re-imagine what the post-pandemic American theater might look like. “As a man of color and a queer man, I have learned so much about theaters in their responses to Black Lives Matter,” he said. “I don’t know exactly what my friends and I are putting together. But this is a good time for refl ection. If we were to create a place where everybody feels welcome and the power is very evenly split, what would that look like? It’s an exciting prospect.” When Kelcey Steele graduated from Miami University in 2015, he opted to stick around Cincinnati. He could build his resume and build his confi dence in whatever his next step might be. “Last June, I moved to New York,” he said. “I knew I had to be there. But I’d avoided it. It’s scary, you know?” But Steele was fortunate. After a couple of months of auditioning, he booked a show in Wisconsin. And then another. Next was a fi ve-month tour. And fi nally, he scored a gig as a dancer/choreographer on a touring show called “Celtic Angels.” “We were in Kansas when the tour was canceled,” said Steele. “It was the day before St. Patrick’s Day.” He’s home in Cincinnati now, living with his par-

ents. He’s teaching himself computer coding and taking living-room dance classes with his sister. ”But the work and money situations are terrifying,” he said. “The extra $600 from the CARES Act has been crucial to paying student loans and insurance. But when that goes away, I have no idea what I’m going to do. I’ve crusaded with legislators. But it feels like they’re forgetting about actors and theater professionals. Everyone in this industry has been left behind.” Ernaisja Curry wasn’t certain where she was going after completing her internship at the Playhouse in the Park. “I just knew that I didn’t want to go back to New York,” said Curry. “I did my six years there. I wanted to get out and have a career.” Cincinnati has given that to her. She has performed on nearly every professional stage in the area. Unlike others, when the pandemic hit, she hardly lost a step. She’s teaching online acting camps. And she’s picked up a new “side hustle” as a part-time communications technician for a local church. “Honestly, I am just not a person to sit around and do nothing,” said Curry. “The one thing I won’t do is take a job that sucks away at my soul. I want to be creative. But I want to be safe, too.” The one positive aspect of the pandemic, she said, is that people are having a chance to reassess what is taking place in the world around them. “Especially with Black Lives Matter. George Floyd is the tip of the iceberg. The list of names has been there and continues to grow. But this time, because people have been out of work and paying attention, they have time to go out and protest.” The question is what will come of it all? Will the world change? Will theater? “I cannot predict the future. But when theater comes back, there’s no excuse. There is going to have to be a new normal. I cannot work with a theater that does not respect me or my art. I feel like our theaters in Cincinnati have been trying. But we can do better. We have to do better.”

Ernaisja Curry didn’t intend to stay in Cincinnati after completing her internship at the Playhouse in the Park. But as she grew more deeply involved in the local theater community, she decided to stay.

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Catholic schools plan for reopening Cameron Knight Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

The Archdiocese of Cincinnati has released guidance for the 107 schools it serves to reopen this fall with COVID-19 precautions in place. The eight-page document said students must have their temperatures checked daily and that masks must be worn when students are moving from place to place, even within classrooms. Each school administration is being tasked with creating their own speciﬁ c policies that are in line with the guidance from the Ohio Department of Health, OSHA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The archdiocese said each school is expected to prepare for three "learning models": fully open, fully closed with remote learning and a blended operation with limited students on campus and others home due to illness or quarantine. The schools are also expected to create isolation areas for students who show up at school with symptoms or develop them during the day. This allows sick students to be removed from class until their parents can pick them up.

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A West Price Hill woman was indicted July 29 in connection to a felonious assault case. Teekyla Britten, 22, is charged with robbery and felonious assault, according to court records. She was charged alongside Alpine Briggs, 22, who is currently being held on a more than $1 million bond and is also charged with murder in connection to the death of Martin Haley, Jr. who was killed in Mount Airy on May 28. Documents state Britten and Briggs beat a woman at a restaurant on July 21. The incident was caught on video. Records state Britten punched the woman with a closed ﬁ st multiple times, and that Briggs punched and “stomped on” the woman, causing visible injuries. “During the assault, (Briggs) took possession of the victim’s iPhone XR, then stomped on her one last time,” police said in a report. The beating allegedly took place in Westwood at 5:55 p.m. on July 21. Britten and Briggs were arrested that night. Britten

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Oﬃ cers arrested a 14-year-old in Tennessee Thursday in connection to an East Price Hill homicide, according to a release from Cincinnati Police. The Enquirer is not naming the teenager due to his age. The 14-year-old was arrested in Knoxville by the Homicide Unit with the assistance of the Fugitive Apprehension Squad and the U.S. Marshals at approximately 2:50 p.m. Thursday, the release states. He is

charged with murder for the death of James Hunter. Hunter and another victim were shot in the 500 block of Fairbanks Avenue in the early hours of Sunday morning. Police said one person was transported to Hunter University of Cincinnati Medical Center to be treated for their injuries. Hunter was pronounced dead at the scene. He was 29. This is an ongoing investigation, the release states. Anyone with information about this homicide is asked to call the Homicide Unit at 513-352-3542.

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SPORTS Doug Robertson picked to lead Mercy McAuley basketball Scott Springer Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Mercy McAuley has announced the appointment of Doug Robertson as new head varsity basketball coach. Robertson succeeds Nick Baltimore who stepped down and was the school’s ﬁ rst coach after the merger of Mother of Mercy and McAuley high schools. The Wolves were 39-11 in their ﬁ rst two seasons, second in the Girls Greater Catholic League behind Mount Notre Dame. Robertson has more than 15 years of basketball coaching experience and most recently served for two years as the varsity girls basketball coach and a social studies teacher at South Dear-

born Community School Corporation. Prior to teaching and coaching at South Dearborn, he served as the varsity girls basketball coach for four years with Franklin County Community School Corporation, where he also taught social studies. He has also coached freshman girls basketball with Michigan City Area Schools, varsity girls basketball and softball with Covenant Christian Schools, varsity basketball and junior varsity softball at Bishop Noll Institute, and JV girls basketball at Andrean High School. “We are thrilled to welcome Doug to Mercy McAuley’s basketball program,” Denise Harvey, assistant principal for student aﬀ airs said. “Doug brings tre-

mendous experience and skills to our program, and we are looking forward to an exciting 2020-21 season.” Robertson received his B.A. in History from Purdue University Northwest and his Master’s Degree in Sports Administration from Concordia University Irvine. He earned his teaching certiﬁ cations from Bethel College. “I am excited for this new opportunity to continue the tradition of excellence at Mercy McAuley,” Robertson said. “I look forward to developing and growing the program and to learning more about the youth basketball programs in the area. Our hope is to produce a highly competitive, exciting, up-tempo style of basketball.”

Doug Robertson is the new basketball coach at Mercy McAuley. THANKS TO MERCY MCAULEY ATHLETICS

Mount St. Joseph football, soccer moves to spring Returning Mount St. Joseph junior Cornell Beachem, a Winton Woods graduate, was named Heartland Conﬁ erence Male Athlete of the Year. ADAM BAUM/COMMUNITY PRESS

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CARMEL, Ind. — The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Council of Presidents unanimously voted to move conference competition and championships for fall sports the NCAA classifi es as high contact risk (football, men's and women's soccer, women's volleyball) to the spring. Locally, this move aff ects Mount St. Joseph whose season was set to begin Sept. 12. Tyler Hopperton, a former MSJ player, coaches the Lions. The team typically features a roster sprinkled with Greater Cincinnati talent. Mount St. Joseph was 7-3 last season featuring graduated seniors Chaiten Tomlin (quarterback, Western Brown), Chase Pankey (receiver, Moeller), Sean Sullivan (Covington Holmes), Spencer Kandra (defensive lineman, Elder) and Nathan Stone (linebacker, Glen Este). Returning junior Cornell Beacham Jr. of Winton Woods was the Heartland Conference Male Athlete of the Year, running for 648 yards and seven scores while catching 53 passes for 837 yards and 10 touchdowns and returning a punt for a score. For good measure in the winter, he wrestled for the Lions and was the No. 1 seed at 174 pounds going into the Division III NCAA tournament which was cut short by the new coronavirus pandemic in March. Goshen juniors Payton Leugers and Kyle Proffi tt also fi gured to be featured this fall. The Heartland announcement also aff ects the numerous Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky athletes that attend their other institutions: Hanover, Rose-Hulman, Franklin, Manchester, Bluff ton, Anderson and Defi ance. Many of these schools also feature Greater Cincinnatians on their rosters for soccer and volleyball. The Ohio Athletic Conference featuring nearby Wilmington plus Mount Union, Marietta, John Carroll, BaldwinWallace, Heidelberg, Capital, Ohio Northern and Otterbein preceded HCAC's release with the postponement of fall sports on Friday, July 24.

Elder alumni Spencer Kandra, left, and brother Evan faced each other Aug. 18 when they scrimmaged, with Spencer for Mount St. Joseph and Evan with Thomas More College. Spencer Kandra graduated this year. PROVIDED

More from the July 27 HCAC release: The HCAC is committed to oﬀ ering engaging athletic experiences for student-athletes in these sports with extensive team activities this fall followed by spring competitive seasons. In adjusting to the challenges presented by the pandemic, these modiﬁ cations maintain safety as the highest priority but help ensure the opportunity for as much

participation as possible in each HCAC sport. The decisions on shifting the competitive seasons for these high contact risk sports came after careful analysis of whether HCAC institutions could successfully fulﬁ ll NCAA testing recommendations without drawing vital health resources from their local communities. In addition, the conference feels that as continued scientiﬁ c and

testing gains are made with respect to the COVID-19 virus, a spring season for the high contact risk sports will be safer for our student-athletes. Finally, with the recent NCAA waiver allowing for ﬂ exibility in how teams seasons are structured, the Council of Presidents felt that students could still have meaningful experiences this fall, even without See SPRING, Page 2B

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Recruiting: Notre Dame oﬀ ers La Salle 2022 running back Payne Shelby Dermer Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

On July 4, highly-touted La Salle 2022 running back Gi'Bran Payne released his top-10 on Twitter, a list that included the likes of the University of Alabama, Michigan, Wisconsin and Kentucky. Another big-time off er came in for the electrifying junior on Thursday, when the University of Notre Dame entered the fold. Payne announced the news on Twitter. Payne, tabbed as a four-star recruit by 247Sports, has more than a dozen Division I programs on his off er sheet, including the University of Cincinnati, Boston College, Purdue, Louisville, Georgia tE and Iowa. He is ranked as the No. 10 running back in the nation for the Class of 2022 and the No. 5 overall recruit in Ohio. In 2019, Payne was a second-team Greater Catholic League-South and alldistrict selection. The sophomore ran for 790 yards and nine touchdowns while averaging over 10 yards per carry. He also found the end zone on three of his eight catches, fi nishing with 141 receiving yards. Payne had three 100-yard rushing performances, including two in the postseason. Payne ran 14 times for 129 yards and a score in La Salle's 34-17 win over Massillon Washington in the Division II state title game. On the defensive end, Payne totaled 41 tackles, four sacks, three forced fum-

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Lasalle ball carrier Gi'Bran Payne runs the ball during the Lancers football game against St. Xavier on Oct. 18,2019. TONY TRIBBLE FOR THE ENQUIRER

bles and a pair of interceptions, including a 95-yard pick-six in La Salle's 45-8

win over Harrison in the regional ﬁ nal. He had a season-high 11 tackles in the

Lancers' state semiﬁ nal victory over Toledo Central Catholic.

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A decision on the timing of basketball season (deﬁ ned as high contact risk sport by the NCAA) will be made in the near future. Swimming and diving is classiﬁ ed as a low contact risk sport and will continue forward with its standard sched-

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COMMUNITY NEWS Mercy Health – West Hospital named to new best hospitals list Mercy Health – West Hospital earned the number ﬁ ve spot in the nation and the number one spot in Ohio on the new “Best Hospitals for America” ranking from the Lown Institute, a nonpartisan health care think tank. The Lown Institute Hospitals Index measured how well 3282 American hospitals cared for their patients and also gauged the contributions they made to the country and their communities in determining the rankings. The rankings use three main criteria. First, patient outcomes: a hospital’s patient mortality, safety, and satisfaction record. Second, civic leadership: the degree to which a hospital treats patients with the same income and other demographics as its surrounding community; how much it contributes in community beneﬁ t, from providing charity care to building and operating free clinics; and how much it pays its senior executive compared to its frontline workers. Third, value of care: how much a hospital overuses low-value tests and procedures. Nanette Bentley, Mercy Health

LaRosa’s & Cincinnati Reds – 2020 ‘Strikeouts for Slices’ benefi ts Reds Community Fund With the recent start of Major League Baseball, LaRosa’s Family Pizzerias is changing its long-running fan favorite “Strikeouts for Slices” program for the 2020 season. Since there won’t be fans at Great American Ball Park, LaRosa’s will support The Cincinnati Reds Community Fund by contributing $ 1,000 to the Fund every time Reds pitchers strike-out 11 or more batters in each of the 60 games (home and away) that the Reds play this season. Each season since 2012, LaRosa’s has rewarded every fan in attendance for home games with a free small pizza whenever Reds pitchers struck-out 11 or more opposing batters – totaling nearly $5 million of dollarsworth of pizza since the program began. “Baseball is such a big part of Cincinnati and we wanted to continue our tradition of giving – so instead of free pizza, we are focusing on making kids happy in local baseball and softball”, said Mike LaRosa, CEO of LaRosa’s, Inc. The Reds Community Fund was established in 2001 and is dedicated to improving the lives of youth by leveraging the tradition of the Cincinnati Reds and the game of baseball. As the offi cial non-profi t of the Reds, the Community Fund creates programming that connects underserved children with baseball and softball while operating fundraising programs that connect baseball with the community. More information at www.reds.com/ community.

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To keep up on Strikeout for Slices and how much LaRosa’s is contributing to The Cincinnati Reds Community Fund by game throughout the 2020 Major League Baseball season, go to www.larosas.com/reds. LaRosa’s was founded in 1954 on Cincinnati’s West Side by Buddy LaRosa. It is now a $167 million restaurant company with 65 pizzerias serving neighborhoods in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. To learn more about LaRosa’s, go to www.larosas. com. Amy Greene, LaRosa’s

Cincinnati artist releases powerful interpretation of United Way’s help Cincinnati spoken-word artist Siri Imani released a video today featuring a powerful piece that speaks to how United Way of Greater Cincinnati has helped her and our region to thrive. Imani, known for her work with Triiibe as well as her solo work, discusses how her journey toward community change sometimes seemed lonely, and she came to realize United is the way to change. “Like every individual star it takes to light up the sky in the thick of the dark, like every individual breast stroke that led to a beautiful piece of art, like every vein that maintains a heart, United and stuck together we are,” she says in the video which was produced by RedFly Media. “At the end of the day, the only way is the united way.” Imani, whose community gardens program is supported by United Way, points out United Way uniquely tackles deep-rooted community problems by harnessing the power of diverse resources to achieve results no entity can achieve on its own. “Our city is no stranger to deeply-rooted problems. Now is the time for comprehensive solutions,” she says. “We must create the change we envision for ourselves.” That particular part of her art, said Moira Weir, president and CEO of United Way of Greater Cincinnati, shows the importance of United Way: every dollar given to the United Way is ampliﬁ ed because of the organization’s ability to convene resources and devel-

op replicable solutions. “Siri’s piece is beautiful and powerful,” she said. “She mentions the nearly 140 agencies we support as well as the many grassroots organizations we work with, calling out the power of United Way in bringing those resources to the table to develop comprehensive solutions. Her eloquent words capture our work well.” United Way of Greater Cincinnati played a key part in the region’s COVID-19 response and recovery, working with Greater Cincinnati Foundation to activate a regional response fund that raised and distributed more than $7 million into the community in a matter of months. United Way kicked off its annual campaign early to continue its COVID-19 work and is in the midst of a summer sprint to raise $10 million by Labor Day – a meaningful start to the goal of raising at least $50 million by the end of 2020. Procter & Gamble CEO David Taylor is this year’s campaign chair. Support United Way’s community work with a donation at uwgc.org/ united or by texting “waytohelp” to 50503. Among the other work United Way is doing to help during COVID: • Allowing United Way agencies to access early allocations for help with emergency relief. • Establishing its 211 Center as a one-stop shop for COVID relief. • Reaching out to non-traditional partners (faithbased and community-based organizations) to ensure relief work hits all communities. • Delivering iPads to help isolated seniors connect with their families. • Establishing a partnership with Hamilton County Job and Family Services, as well as other partners, to deliver $160,000 in gift cards directly into the hands of vulnerable families • Connecting United Way 211 and Meals on Wheels to proactively reach out to seniors living alone and inquire if they need social services. • Delivering 1 million masks and sanitizer to organizations throughout our community for distribution to neighborhood residents. Siri experienced United Way’s impact fi rsthand as a recipient of the organization’s Black Empowerment Works grant program. Twenty-nine Black entrepreneurs recently received $600,000 in funding for antipoverty initiatives under the Black Empowerment Works program. Triiibe’s grant funds a community garden project promoting healthy lifestyles. Imani discussed the United Way’s support in her spoken-word interpretation. “The United Way is how my community will have a garden and my children will know ownership,” she said. She ends her piece by emphasizing united is the way to change. “The United Way shows we are all branches on the same tree and sometimes we just got to grow together to notice it,” she says. “If we decide as a community we don’t like what we see, we must fi ght. For a tribe like mine, we choose to do it united.” Brian Gregg

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Delhi Township 4231 Copperfield Ln: Cambran Funding Group LLC to Irwin Lee A Iv & Kimberly L Johnson; $170,000 5413 Plover Ln: Dick Joseph to Goldsberry Sarah; $150,000 5510 Timber Top Ct: Bitter Patricia Ann to Kostopoulos Rosalyn; $218,900 562 Neeb Rd: Hart Robert A & Pamela L to Lam Michelle & Jacob R Huiet; $227,000 5664 Rapid Run Rd: Bagot James M to Daniel Jeffrey J & Jami M; $85,000 6294 Swanbrook Dr: Giglio L Timothy to Oliverio Patrick T & Candace M Redden; $467,500 6518 Simon Dr: C A F to Jones Michael W; $204,000 663 North Bay Ct: Merkl Kenneth B & Donna S to Brinkman Lindsey J & Eric D; $259,900 680 Sundance Dr: Uhlhorn Gregory A & Sandra L to Westerfield Jennifer Marie & Cody James Smith; $277,000 939 Beechmeadow Ln: Losey Randy L & Melody K to J R Patel Real Estate Corporation; $155,000

East Price Hill 1788 Patrick Dr: Jennings Joseph M to Britten Akeem T; $99,000 318 Purcell Ave: Aci Properties LLC to Neumann Brothers LLC; $45,000 3321 Freddie Dr: Dfe Investments Lc to Home In Cincy LLC; $34,000 3512 Eighth St: Laird Stephen H & Nancy M to 13m Capital LLC; $30,000 684 Enright Ave: Doshi Elizabeth J to Knapmeyer Robin L; $70,000 810 Matson Pl: Queens Tower LLC to Mlb Realty LLC; $130,000

East Westwood 1810 Hawkins Ave: Pitts Rosie L & Donald L to Rece Michael & Gayle; $280 2320 Westwood Northern Bv: Ceb LLC to Nb Holdings LLC; $75,000

Riverfest 2020 is canceled Cameron Knight Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Cincinnati oﬃ cials recently announced that Riverfest, Cincinnati’s longstanding celebration of Labor Day, will not happen in 2020. “Mayor Cranley announces that the City of Cincinnati will not issue permits related to Riverfest this year,” the city said in a tweet. “He said he looks forward to the event next year.” There will be no permits for beer sales, ﬁ reworks or any gatherings on the river. “It’s inconceivable that we would feel comfortable to have that kind of a large gathering on the river a month from now, despite the fact that our numbers are getting better,” Mayor John Cranley said. “No one thinks they’ll get that great by then or that we’ll have a vaccine by then.” Covington, Newport and Bellevue had already withdrawn from the event citing COVID-19 concerns.

Green Township 2348 Devils Backbone Rd: Gallagher Brian P & Mary Theresa to Roa Bethany & Kenneth; $330,000 2744 Countrylake Dr: Kenkel Catherine A to Rebold Larkin Murray LLC; $200,500 2949 North Bend Rd: Mundy Ernest Joe Sr & Constance E to Reverse Mortgage Solutions Inc; $121,453 2981 Orchardpark Dr: Begley Jason M & Jennifer to Sambhav Kumar & Brigette Biggs; $260,000 3256 Tallahassee Dr: Roman Michael E & Laura K to Justiniano Michael & Ashley Nicole Santana; $202,500 3296 Parkhill Dr: Bielefeld Rentals 3 LLC to Behler Tony S; $255,000 3313 Harwinton Ln: Hamberg Donald Kirk & Jennifer L to Marchetti John; $218,500 3323 Cresentview Ln: Ruwan Beverley J & Ralph D to Richter Rachel; $148,000 3428 Marcella Dr: Adams Chasity & Rian Umbach to Le Vu Van; $132,000 3459 Kleeman Rd: Osprey Properties LLC to Lavigne George J Jr; $170,001 3718 Feldkamp Ave: Clift Kimberly M to Godar Cory; $164,500 3792 Hubble Rd: Knab Jack A Tr & Lori A Tr to Betts Ericka L & Darrell; $540,000 3882 Chatwood Ct: Liedhegner David J & Joelle M to Daria Daniel A & Julianna; $223,000 3900 Gary Ct: Kroener Theresa & Rene Schmitz to Kruse Nicholas & Heather; $160,860 3928 Biehl Ave: Metro One Properties LLC to Havens Emily; $169,000 4350 Ebenezer Rd: Drain Carol J Tr to Kollmann Nick; $193,900 4401 Grove Ave: Meyer Management Inc to Newell Ashley Nichole; $161,200 4951 Arbor Woods Ct: Goebel James & Wanda to Wiehe Richard & Nancy; $129,900 5164 Leona Dr: Ape Properties LLC to Lopez Udine Mariano; $75,000 5303 North Bend Crossing: Little Helen T @ 3 to Burwick Donald R & Tim P; $135,000 5508 Siesta Ln: Engel Jessica to Weber Jenna M; $230,000 5524 Sidney Rd: Bolger James C to Schmitz Rebecca; $110,000 5548 North Glen Rd: Veljovic Zeljko & Asima to Turecky Sean & Meagan Ferneding; $155,000 5557 Twin Lakes Ct: Helmers Lindsey Erin & Craig Thoms Helmers to Knab Jack & Lori; $155,000 5677 Muddy Creek Rd: Meyer James J to Price Tracey L & Alan L; $201,000 5739 Westgrove Dr: Thiemann Thomas John & Catherine Maria Byrnes to Jarvis Daniel Caylor & Melinda; $122,500 5769 Cheviot Rd: Stevens Lee Kris to Klusmeier Jennifer M; $88,500 6266 Eagles Lake Dr: Hollers Michelle Ann to Essen Scott; $131,000 6362 Werk Rd: Randolph Nancy G to Klug Jeffrey Michael & James Joseph; $163,000 6595 Bridgetown Rd: Doll Louis Edward to Carter Carly K & Nicholas A; $271,000 6601 Quaillake Dr: Souders Margaret A to Ocallaghan Janet L & William J; $439,900 6617 Hearne Rd: Seig Nathaniel C J to Equity Trust Company Custodian Fbo; $63,000 6640 Hearne Rd: Beets Donald C@3 to Mcclure Jennifer; $70,000 6761 Verde Ridge Dr: Powers Jeanne to Menkhaus Antonio H & Arthur C; $260,000 6766 Kelseys Oak Ct: Boeing Bradley R to Feldkamp Jordan Marie; $144,900 7995 Oakbridge Way: Anderson Jeffrey R to Martin Amanda Lynn; $134,900

Harrison 1074 South Branch: Nvr Inc to Grubbs Peter & Marsha; $281,055 1191 South Branch: Westhaven Development LLC to Nvr Inc; $69,502 1374 Acadia Ave: Nvr Inc to Froman Nancy & Howard; $240,545 152 Etta Ave: Strassell James M & Gloria to Boling Brandon; $175,000 1573 Whitewater Trails Blvd: Welsh Development Co Inc to Nvr Inc; $69,998 170 Timepiece Ln: Burks William J & Gary W Nelson to Perrino Bonnie L; $209,000 188 Circle Dr: Millard Ian & Ashleigh Hobson to Wagner Joshua M; $215,000 352 Deerfield Dr: Williamson Damon N to Reppert Couch Sherry L; $270,000 8888 Williamson Cir: Nvr Inc to Baird Dakota Lee & Brooke Elizabeth; $257,540 9508 Morris Dr: Nvr Inc to Kalbli Eric N & Lynsay Jean

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Miami Township Legendary Ridge Ln: Legendary Ridge Properties LLC to Morris Zachary N & Kathryn B; $36,000 Bremen Pass: Indian Walk Development Co to Federman Kyle D & Danielle Beckenhaupt; $65,000 3548 Chestnut Park Ln: Branigan Ruth A to Clark Lisa; $133,400 4243 East Miami River Rd: Cordray James & Pamela to Knight Pamela A & Lela A Mink; $65,000 4243 East Miami River Rd: Cordray James & Pamela to Knight Pamela A & Lela A Mink; $65,000 4537 Zion Rd: Halverstadt Eric J & Patricia R to Hoehn Travis P & Kathryn E; $408,000 5408 Wing Ave: Wittich Alexander to Jeff & C & K Properties LLC; $40,000 7593 Dog Trot Rd: Scully Michael K & Elizabeth A Schneider to Gamel Robert; $175,000 8505 Bridgetown Rd: Thorman William A Jr & Irene P to Emmett Patrick J; $40,000

North Fairmount 3338 Cavanaugh Ave: Colina Greg to L Benjamin LLC; $72,500

Sayler Park 269 Goodrich Ln: Krull Samuel R & Vernon E Krull to Krull Samuel R; $60,700

Sedamsville 3179 River Rd: A & Aholdingproperty LLC to Lopez Oscar Martinez; $82,000 707 Sedam St: U S Bank National Association to Washington Estelle Leonora; $15,001

South Fairmount 1696 Queen City Ave: Out The Mud Investments LLC to Conner Michael; $2,000

West End 422 Liberty St: Rockdale Firehouse Inc to Donationsyourway Com LLC; $22,500

West Price Hill 1012 Seton Ave: Greenblat Jeffrey A to 118 13m LLC; $55,814 1040 Lockman Ave: Lj Mac Investors LLC to Blue Ridge Equity LLC; $34,929 1076 Benz Ave: Ramirez Haroldo William Gon & Rosa E Mejia Jacobo to Mejia Diaz Cristina Elizabeth; $160,000 1084 Belvoir Ln: Weddle Jeffrey G & Rebecca to Hefner Celeste Elizabeth; $120,000 1139 Overlook Ave: Lottman Frank J & Marilyn S to Rieman Kenneth R & Victoria; $158,000 4321 St Lawrence Ave: Roeper Randy R to Larson Ryan & Corrie; $122,000 4980 Heuwerth Ave: Austin Brenda K Tr to Hayhow Matthew; $135,000 889 Beech Ave: Wallace Real Estate LLC to Aguilar Amalia Elizabeth Bamaca; $46,000 929 Harris Ave: Burnett Group LLC to Juarez Isaias; $33,000

Westwood 2300 Harrison Ave: Carlson Richard G to Tuscan Hillside Development LLC; $4,500 2420 Montana Ave: Churchman David to Hoeh James W Jr; $80,000 2860 Orland Ave: Williams Denise to Jennings-musa Deborah A; $50,000 3041 Westknolls Ln: Mcdonough Michael E to Vagamwala Moiz Fakhruddin; $99,900 3231 Boudinot Ave: Hausmith LLC to Borke Jeff; $114,000 3328 Hanna Ave: Henson Gregory G to White Bison Construction LLC & ; $92,400 3441 Anaconda Dr: Ba Astan to Diarra Baba & Co-op First LLC; $70,000

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Cincinnati has had a lot of famous high schoolers through the years. Students who would go on to become pro football players, World Cup winners, actors, baseball players and singers walked the halls of area schools before ﬁ nding fame.

Here are some of the famous people who went to high school in Cincinnati: Andy Williams, a six-time Grammy nominated singer, attended Western Hills High School for ninth and tenth grade from 1941-1942. In 2000, Larry Nager interviewed Williams for the Cincinnati Enquirer. Williams reminisced about West Hi, saying, “They were the best years of my life. There were fraternities and sororities in high school. We had a handshake and a clubhouse. And football was great and the girls were great, and I was discovering both.” Barry Larkin graduated from Moeller in 1982, where he played baseball, basketball and football. Larkin was selected for the 1985 Reds draft. He became the fi rst shortstop in Major League history to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases in the same season and was part of the 1990 World Champion Reds. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2012. Ken Griff ey Jr. played baseball at Moeller in 1986 and 1987. Griff ey would become the No. 1 overall draftee by Seattle in 1987. By 1989, Griff ey was in the major leagues with the Mariners at age 19, and spent nine seasons with the Reds. Griff ey was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2016. Roger Staubach, a 1960 Purcell graduate, went on to the U.S. Naval Academy where he won the Heisman Trophy, followed by a decade-long Hall of Fame career as quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys. Don Zimmer, a 1949 Western Hills graduate, was enshrined into the Cincinnati Public Schools Athletic Hall of Fame

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in 2014. According to CPS, he was named the Most Outstanding football player at Western Hills for the school’s ﬁ rst 50 years (1928-78). Zimmer was called up to Brooklyn in 1954 to start his 12-year major league career. Jerry Rubin graduated from Walnut Hills High School in 1956, where he edited the school newspaper. , He helped found the Youth International Party, known as Yippies, in the 1960s, and was among the demonstrators known as the Chicago Eight charged with conspiracy to incite the riots that disrupted the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Theda Bara, born Theodosia Goodman, graduated from Walnut Hills High School in 1903 before becoming a silent ﬁ lm star. She was cast as the lead in “A Fool There Was” (1915), portraying a seductress who would popularize the term “vamp.” To make her seem exotic, Fox studio claimed she was born “in the shadow of the Sphinx” in Egypt to an Italian father and French mother. Ruth Lyons, a 1923 graduate of Withrow High School, was a television talk show pioneer as host of “The 50-50

Club” every weekday at noon on WLWTTV in the 1950s and ’60s. Kyle Rudolph, a 2008 Elder grad, is now a tight end for the Minnesota Vikings. He was the Minnesota Vikings nominee for the 2017 and 2018 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year award. Carmen Electra graduated from Princeton High School in 1990 when she was still known as Tara Leigh Patrick. She moved to Los Angeles later in 1990 and met Prince while auditioning for his all-girl band. He wrote a song for her, changed her name and made her a star, according to WVXU. Nick Lachey, a 1992 graduate of the School for Creative and Performing Arts, was part of the band 98 Degrees in the 1990s. He was recently the host of the Netﬂ ix series, “Love Is Blind.” William Howard Taft graduated from Woodward High School in 1874. In 1908, he was elected president of the United States, and the next day laid the cornerstone for the new school building of his alma mater. He was also a chief justice of the United States. Pete Rose graduated from Western

Hills High School in 1960. The Hit King was part of the legendary Big Red Machine in the 1970s and set the all-time record for hits in 1985. Rosemary Clooney attended four Cincinnati high schools: Hughes, Withrow, Our Lady of Mercy academy and Western Hills. Clooney was a successful singer and actress whose fi rst big hit was “Come On A My House” in 1951. Doris Day, born Doris von Kappelhoff , attended Our Lady of Angels High School in St. Bernard but left to start her performance career. Ezzard Charles was a 1942 Woodward High School graduate. The “Cincinnati Cobra” was the world heavyweight boxing champion from 1949 to 1951. Rose Lavelle graduated from Mount Notre Dame in 2013. The soccer star was part of the U.S. Women’s National Team and helped win a World Cup in 2019. George Clooney graduated from Augusta Independent High School in 1979. The actor has won two Oscars and four Golden Globes for his work. David Justice graduated from Covington Latin in 1982. The former right fi elder played for the Atlanta Braves (1989-96), Cleveland Indians (19972000), New York Yankees (2000-01), and the Oakland Athletics (2002).

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By now, my dear teacher-mom would have begun the process of tidying up her classroom. She would organize things, staple new education art on the cork above her chalk board, maybe even rearrange or paint the room. It’s one of my favorite memories of her preparing for the craft she loved. But what would she do today? What kind of conversations would she have with her cohorts amid a pandemic that has disrupted life as we know it? Given the option, would she want to report for classroom duty or would she opt to go digital-only? Would she vocalize her health concerns, knowing her lupus and cancer, both potentially fatal, would be made worse if she contracted COVID-19? I am the parent of two kids in school. One of them has not thrived with online learning. The other has taken to it like a ﬁ sh to water, except she eventually needs to be in a building at her new performing arts school. Frankly, I do not want to send them back, because I’m a pessimist and a realist when it comes to COVID-19. A family member has died, and another has tested positive. I’m no scientist, but I sincerely believe our schools cannot be ready to serve students in person without the threat of worsening health conditions at school and away from school. Kids will get sick and adults may get sicker. Call me an alarmist. I accept the title. But if it is possible to perpetuate digital learning until a vaccine is available, I’m for that. One Cincinnati Public Schools teacher told me: “We are literally being sent to death traps if they reopen in person. They have drawn up all these plans that sound great on paper, and that are being touted to parents as perfect solutions but are completely impractical.” For the ﬁ rst time ever, some of our friends are looking into e-learning options.

Papis Cissokho, 12, and his dad, Diadie, check out the laptop Papis was issued at Taft Information Technology High School on July 8 Papis will be in eighth grade. Cincinnati Public Schools is passing out 30,000 devices for students 2-12 at the 65 schools in the district. LIZ DUFOUR/THE ENQUIRER

We have been fed a steady information diet suggesting ways to be as safe as possible. You should know them by heart. Wash your hands. Social distance at least 6 feet. Wear a mask. Even if some of our elected oﬃ cials do not abide (at least until recently), it appears this is the surest bet to remain as safe as possible. The Department of Education and the Trump Administration seem intent to blindly mandate school openings. Their decision to push forward is wrong. Most schools locally are planning to stagger days between in-person attendance and digital learning. When at school, students will eat at their desks and the schools will be deep-cleaned often. I applaud the eﬀ ort and the hours of planning that surely went into

the decisions. Still, we need to wait. The ﬂ attening of cases of COVID-19 this spring led to the premature reopening of America, which has led to a dramatic uptick in COVID-19 cases and deaths. In our state, the number of known cases of COVID-19 is now doubling every month, according to a statistical model developed by the University of Washington. Let’s wait a little while longer and allow technology to work for us. I would hate to see us rush into in-person learning in the fall and suﬀ er dire consequences by Thanksgiving. What do we have to lose? A lot. Byron McCauley is an Enquirer columnist. Email: bmccauley@enquirer.com.

tion you answer correctly generates a donation of 10 grains of rice to the UN World Food Program. The Mount team raised 816, 360 grains in the Challenge with standout performances from students Shefali Singh and Kristie Sattler. The University of Cincinnati made a late rally to take second with 233, 860 grains raised. Cal Poly ﬁ nished third with 219, 120 gains while University of Illi-

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PENDING Anderson - Fun Family Hm. Fabulous ingrnd pool/patios, ½ Ac tree lined lot! Lg 4 Bd, 2.5 ba! Sharp new equipt kit! FR w/wbfp!Hdwd ﬂrs/new crpt. $379,900 H-1484 The Jeanne Rieder Team

Cheviot - 3-4 BD br Ranch. 1 full remod bath! Updated mechs, winds & roof. Open kit w/new SS appliances! Fin LL w/FR & 2 bdrms. $124,900 H-1490 The Jeanne Rieder Team

City - Beautiful,spacious,renovated 2 bd Condo w/street entry. Laundry, tall ceilings and tastefully decorated. $259,900 H-1477 Brian Bazeley

Cleves - Spacious 2 bd, 2 ba condo ovlooking Golf Course. Att gar, direct entry. Many updates incl flr, granite counters, cabinets & lighting. $155,000 H-1486 Karen Menkhaus

Colerain - Magniﬁcent 4bd/2 1/2 bath home in the beautiful Magnolia Woods Subdivision. This 4yr old home boasts all the amenities! Must See! $399,900 H-1461

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Colerain - 3 BD, 2.5 BA Bi-Level, New kit, hdwd ﬂrs, fen yd w/ blt-in pool, cov patio, 2 car gar. Freshly painted. Well maintained. Move in Ready! $165,000 H-1492

Colerain - Sharp,Spacious 4 BD, 2 BA 2 Sty.1st ﬂ FR w/FP.New laminate ﬂrs, repl winds, updated kitchen. Fen yd w/1 car gar & patio. $169,900 H-1493

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Goshen - Sharp 10 yr old 2 bdrm, 2 full bath Lando w/2 car gar! Low HOA at $100/ mo! 12 ft ceilings! Big vaulted master! $174,900 H-1485

Green Twp. - Beautiful 3 bd condo in Monte Vista. Open fl plan, kit w/granite & SS app, 1st fl laundry, fin LL w/bdrm & storage. 2 car gar. $264,900 H-1471

PENDING Covedale - Beautifully remdled 8 rm, 4 bd, 1 ½ ba Tudor! Granite cntrs! Spacious LR/DR hdwd ﬂ. 1st ﬂ hm off/4th bd. Lovely 3 Season rm. Fenced yd. $189,900 H-1496 The Jeanne Rieder Team

Covedale - Oh what a BEAUTY in Covedale Garden District! Beautifully remdled 8 rm, 3 bd, 1 1/2 ba! Stunning granite cntrs/SS appl. 1st ﬂ bd! Newer mechs! The Jeanne $159,900 H-1495

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PENDING North Bend - River & Kentucky Farm View! Home is rented; nice condition but needs updating. Lg pole barnheavy, elec, heated, insulated. $212,000 H-1476

North College Hill - 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bathroom, cute, cozy Ranch! Just renovated. 1-car oversized garage. Super convenient! $79,900 H-1494

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Price Hill - Beautiful Brick 2 story on Busline! Big open units! One 2 bedroom and one 4-5 bedroom! Great cash ﬂow! $199,900 H-1491 The Jeanne Rieder Team

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Price Hill - $44k annual net! 4- 2 bedroom units,1 efﬁciency and 1-2 bd brick house on same deed! Completely rehabbed 15 years ago! $349,900 H-1475

Price Hill - Huge Money Maker!!!! Gross $82k! Brick 8 unit with all tenants getting gov assis! Tenants pay heat! New Win & Roof! $450,000 H-1478

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Springdale - Step right in! To this 3 bdrm Ranch! Updated kitchen cabinets, A/C, roof, concrete driveway! Full Bsmt! Great Yd! Immed. Occupancy. $132,900 H-1490

Westwood - Solid brick 3 story! 7 rm, 2 full bath, 2 car garage. Previously a 2 Family. Many lovely features! Needs some TLC! $89,900 H-1488

Westwood - Great Investment! Fully rented 4 Family. 4-1 Bd units, 4 car gar. New roof, windows, freshly painted. Coin laundry stays. $170,000 H-1312

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