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Businesses, churches pay tribute to West Side icon Dan ‘Schmoe’ Wenger Segann March Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Levi Kinzie, of Delhi Township, received a special gift from "Mr. Rob" Monday morning. PROVIDED/ALI KINZIE

3-year-old receives gift from Rumpke friend Madeline Mitchell Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Unlike most of us, 3-and-a-half year old Levi Kinzie lives for Monday mornings. Why? Mondays are garbage day in Delhi Township. And that means Levi gets to see his friend “Mr. Rob,” also known as Rumpke employee Rob Wagner. Wagner said Levi runs out each Monday morning, spewing random facts, explaining what images are on his paja-

mas that day and telling “Mr. Rob” what he ate for breakfast. “He can hear (the garbage truck) all the way down the street,” Levi’s mother, Ali Kinzie, said. Kinzie told The Enquirer that Monday is the only day of the week Levi is allowed to wake her up early, so they can go outside and watch the garbage truck come by. She said this has been a weekly tradition for about two years now. “He started going out and just kind of sitting on the porch and watching. And then, for the past year at least, he’s been

running down and talking to (Wagner),” Kinzie said. “He is very loud. So he yells out every morning: ‘Hi, Mr. Rob!’ ” When Wagner replies with a “hi, Levi,” the boy looks up at his mom every time, she said, and squeals, “Mr. Rob knows my name!” This Monday, Wagner came with a special gift for Levi: a recycling truck playset, from Walmart. “Thanks for making me smile every See FRIENDS, Page 2A

Churches and businesses across Cincinnati’s West Side are paying tribute to “no ordinary Schmoe” by changing their signage. Schmoe is Dan Wenger, the longtime owner of Schmoe’s Collison and Custom Detailing on Bridgetown Road. The 57-year-old, known for his generosity toward others, passed away suddenly on July 29 from kidney failure. Schmoe is his childhood nickname. “Dan opened his heart to many organizations and people,” said Jason Laine, a family friend. “I can’t think of one West Side event that he didn’t sponsor. He didn’t do this to brag or boast — he did it to show love and support for his community.” Wenger was diagnosed with liver cancer last October and completed a round of radiation chemotherapy, said Susan Wenger, his wife of 22 years. He has one daughter, Tera Furr, and two grandchildren, Kaila and Brayden. “We just caught it so late,” she recently told the Enquirer. “I had faith that we were going to get through this. We fought like hell.” Throughout his 26 years as a businessman, Wenger sponsored bowling teams, racing teams, softball teams, and several church festivals. When children approached him at events, he would give them $20 to go have fun, Susan Wenger said. “He gave to every benefi t we went to,” Susan Wenger said. “It was nothing for him to drop $1,000 at each benefi t. He just never stopped giving or helping people.” He’s also a member of Southern Ohio Bikers for three years. Oftentimes, Wenger would help Hillebrand Nursing & Rehabilitation Center staff with their car troubles without hesitation, said Administrator See WENGER, Page 2A

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Monday & brightening my day ‘when I come back from vacation,’ ” reads a note Wagner left with the toy. “Sorry it’s not an actual garbage truck, but I hope you can have fun with it still.” Wagner explained to The Enquirer that Levi will often ask him how his “vacation” was – he said Levi is under the impression that Wagner only works Mondays when he comes to collect the Kinzie family’s garbage, and is “on vacation” Tuesday through Sunday. “He’s just such an adorable kid, he legitimately brightens my day,” Wagner said. “Every single Monday morning. I

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mean, who likes Monday mornings?” Kinzie said her and Levi were a little slower than usual getting outside this Monday, and Wagner had already passed their house when they saw the gift left on the front porch. Levi ran down the street to meet Wagner and thank him. In a video Kinzie took, Levi asks Wagner if he is the one who left the toy. “Yeah, ‘cuz you’re my favorite customer,” Wagner replied. Levi then thanked and hugged Wagner, in the video. “The fact that [Wager] just takes the time every single week to slow down and make it a point to include Levi into the whole experience is just amazing,” Kinzie said. Kinzie posted about the exchange on Facebook. Rumpke Waste & Recycling

reposted the photos and video on their Facebook page. “We love seeing our team members engaging with the community and providing top-notch service,” the post reads. “We also love seeing the priceless reactions from their biggest little fans.” Kinzie said Levi loves his new toy and likes to pretend he is crunching the garbage “just like Mr. Rob.” “He’s having a blast with it,” Kinzie said. Wagner said he has left toy trucks for a few kids on his route over his ﬁ ve years at Rumpke. “I think we’re all lucky, as garbage men, to get a chance to interact with some of these little, adorable kids. And they deﬁ nitely make our day so much better when parents let them come out and talk to us,” Wagner said.

"Mr. Rob" left a note with the gift he left on Levi's front porch. PROVIDED/ALI KINZIE

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Dan Suer. “Whenever our (company) vehicle needed a repair or detailing, he was always willing to help,” Suer said. “He never even charged us. He was kind, helpful and a community guy all the way. Those kinds of people are not replaceable.” His mother Patricia passed from heart issues six days prior to his death, according to his sister Pam Balog. “It’s helped me a lot knowing that she is with him,” she said. “He’s touched so many people. We should all be more like him.” Funeral services were Aug. 7 at the Blue Note in Harrison.

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FC Cincinnati sells out three club sections Charlie Goldsmith Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

FC Cincinnati’s front offi ce thought 4,400 club seats would be more than enough for the new West End Stadium. FC Cincinnati recognized an appetite for club seats and allocated about four times more club seats than Nippert Stadium has and more than twice the MLS average. They sold out much faster than the front offi ce expected. Jeff Smith, FC Cincinnati’s Senior Vice President, told The Enquirer on that the team sold out all seats in three main clubs – The First Financial Club, the Pitch View Club and the Cincinnatus Club. Available club seats only remain in the Tunnel Club, which is the most expensive and high-end off ering. “There was excessive demand for club seats in this market,” Smith told The Enquirer. “That represented our ability to drive some pretty critical premium revenue for FC Cincinnati, but also to create the best fan experience in all of MLS and the Cincinnati region.” Smith said he expected between 1,500 to 1,800 club supporters to make deposits, especially with the fi nancial impact of the coronavirus pandemic. FC

View of FC Cincinnati's West End Stadium on June 19 in Cincinnati. KAREEM ELGAZZAR/THE ENQUIRER

Cincinnati received over 2,000 deposits, and most fans requested multiple tickets. After fans made a deposit, they visited the West End Stadium Experience Center, which provided them a virtual tour of the new stadium. With immersive renderings on the wall and noise from The Bailey pumped in through speakers, fans gained a dramatic sense of atmosphere at the new stadium. FC Cincinnati also developed a web

program that shows fans their 360 degree view from any seat in the stadium. FC Cincinnati hosted dozens of appointments per day, and almost everyone who scheduled an appointment purchased a season ticket, Smith said. “2020 hasn’t represented much more than anxiety, uncertainty and apprehension,” Smith said. “2021 really represents a lot of optimism and excitement for the future. That’s why we’ve seen this groundswell of participation. We’ve

had a lot of people say, ‘We want to be a part of FC Cincinnati’s history.’” After selling out the three main clubs, FC Cincinnati now moves to the third phase of ticket sales – regular reserved season tickets. Beginning Wednesday, Aug. 12, current 2020 season ticket members can make deposits for 2021 regular reserved and Bailey season tickets, and non-season ticket holders can register to fi ll out an interest form. Fans who do not already have FC Cincinnati 2020 season tickets can begin making deposits on September 14. FC Cincinnati also doubled the size of The Bailey in the West End Stadium. The team’s 2020 season will resume August 21 at Nippert Stadium. The club announced that the fi rst match will be played without fans in attendance but has not yet fi nalized plans for the rest of the 2020 season. As FC Cincinnati heads into the next phase of ticket sales for the West End Stadium, which opens in Spring 2021, Smith said he expects the demand for season tickets to continue. “As we enter this fi nal sales phase, there is an extraordinary appetite,” Smith said. “This is historic, and there is a buzz and excitement about the future.”

FC Cincinnati announces prices for 'The Bailey' Pat Brennan Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Wednesday, Aug. 12 marked the fi veyear anniversary of FC Cincinnati's existence and the club marked the occasion with an off er to its loudest and rowdiest fans. FC Cincinnati announced that 2021 season ticket pricing for "The Bailey" supporters section would remain unchanged from the 2020 season ticket price of $325 – less than $20 per match. “It’s impossible to tell the story of FC Cincinnati without the incredible support of The Bailey and our supporters who serve as the heartbeat of this club,” FC Cincinnati Sr. Vice President of Sales and Ticketing Jeff Smith said.

“This is a specifi c thank you to our loudest fans as we all transition to our new home at West End Stadium. We are proud to boast one of the most aff ordable supporter section tickets in all of Major League Soccer.” Deposits for season tickets in The Bailey, as well as all other non-premium seating options, can be placed starting on Sept. 14, team offi cials said in a news release. The new Bailey, which will sit in the north end of the new stadium behind one of the goals, remains under construction but FC Cincinnati supporters last week toured the West End stadium and helped screw some nuts and bolts in. The announcement is the latest on

the ticketing front for FC Cincinnati, which is trying to push out seasonticket memberships for 2021 and fi nd a way for fans to return to matches amid the coronavirus pandemic. Smith, in an interview with The Enquirer, fi rst revealed that FC Cincinnati sold out the seats in The First Financial Club, the Pitch View Club and the Cincinnatus Club. FCC offi cials are still in talks regarding the club's proposal to government offi cials for protocols that would allow fans to return to the stands for the remaining 2020 matches at Nippert Stadium. The 2020 season marks the club's last at Nippert and is scheduled to resume Aug. 21 against D.C. United.

The Bailey uses smoke grenades prior to FC Cincinnati's MLS game against NYCFC at Nippert Stadium in 2019. JEFF DEAN/THE ENQUIRER

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Enquirer investigation: Nursing home workers failed to properly mask up Deon J. Hampton Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Inspectors caught nurses and staff at a dozen Southwest Ohio nursing homes failing to properly wear masks and other protective equipment after the start of the coronavirus pandemic, an Enquirer investigation has found. The lapses in infection control potentially placed more than 500 nursing home residents at risk, according to an Enquirer tabulation based on the inspections. The Enquirer reviewed reports for inspections conducted after March 11, the date the region’s fi rst positive cases were reported in Butler County. Since then, more than 1,000 cases have been found at nursing homes across the region, according to state data. Residents at nursing homes and long-term care facilities account for more than half of Ohio’s 3,708 COVID-19 deaths. Among the 12 nursing homes with recent infection inspections, seven locations have seen a total of 35 residents die of COVID-19, according to state and federal records. Ohio offi cials have released details on which nursing homes have had COVID-19 cases, but will not make public the number of COVID-19 deaths at each facility. They say state privacy laws prevent them from doing so, yet Kentucky and other neighboring states make such information public. Recently, an Enquirer investigation revealed 16 residents have died of COVID-19 at Mercy Franciscan at West Park. Therefore, the 35 deaths revealed by The Enquirer represents 19 additional deaths at six more nursing homes. About 67% of Ohio’s coronavirus deaths have occurred among people living in congregant living facilities such as nursing homes. The 35 people at the seven nursing homes in this story are among those 2,429 fatalities, according to data released last Wednesday. The problems with infection controls revealed in the inspection reports come months after nursing homes took a range of actions to shield their elderly residents, arguably one of the most vulnerable groups for contracting the infection

Mercy West Park in Western Hills has 47 conﬁ rmed coronavirus cases among residents and staffers as of May 1. MEG VOGEL/ THE ENQUIRER

because of their age and underlying health conditions. Taking basic COVID-19 control steps such as wearing masks correctly “should be a habit” at this point, said Christine Colella, professor and executive director of graduate programs at the University of Cincinnati’s College of Nursing. “It’s been six months now. It should be the new norm.” Failure of workers to follow infection control procedures is a reason why nursing homes, virtually sealed oﬀ from all outsiders, still have new COVID-19 infections. “Staﬀ have been the primary vectors by which the virus has come from the community” into nursing homes and other congregant living locations, said David Grabowski, professor of health care policy at Harvard Medical School. Preventing basic infections has long been a struggle for nursing homes statewide and across America. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates there are 1 million to 3 million serious infections in nursing homes each year. Sixty-three percent of U.S. nursing homes have been cited in the last four years for infection violations, more than any other type of infraction, according to

a Kaiser Health News data analysis of federal records distributed by the Associated Press. The track record among the nursing homes housing 75,000 Ohioans is worse, with 67% of the state’s facilities being hit with citations, an Enquirer analysis last spring of the Kaiser database showed. Nursing homes are inspected by state health inspectors as part of the federal Medicare and Medicaid programs. Typically, a surveyor will inspect a nursing home every 12 to 14 months, but due to the coronavirus, inspectors appear to be circling back for routine checkups or following through on complaints. Here’s a look at problems that inspections found at some of the 12 facilities.

Hyde Park Health Center Problems at the 160-bed facility in Oakley put the most residents in potential danger after a receptionist was screening individuals entering with her facemask pulled down, exposing her nose and mouth, according to a June 24 inspection report. The woman encouraged the use of hand sanitizer, asked visitors for identiﬁ -

cation, and requested to take their temperatures, but still had the ability to affect all 93 residents, the report said. The facility also failed to ensure staff wore face masks appropriately and didn’t maintain social distancing between residents dining in the dementia care unit as nine people were seen having lunch at tables closer than six-feet apart, the report said. Hyde Park Health Center, which the federal government gives a one-star rating for quality, had been cited for fi ve infection-related defi ciencies over the last three years, according to federal records compiled by ProPublica, an independent online newsroom. Hyde Park had at least one resident die of COVID-19 before May 24, according to the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) COVID-19 Nursing Home Dataset.

Mercy Franciscan at West Park Nurses not properly wearing masks were cited in an infection report that revealed 16 people at the nursing home in the Westwood neighborhood died of COVID-19 during an outbreak that infected 75 residents, according to state inspection reports. More than two dozen staﬀ ers also tested positive for the virus, state records show. The four-star facility with 125 beds, sometimes called Mercy West Park, had one infection-related deﬁ ciency over the last four years. The problem came in a 2017 inspection.

Twin Towers Two nursing assistants and an occupational therapist didn’t wear face masks while in a common area at 99-bed Twin Towers in College Hill on July 13, an infection report read. One nurse was sitting on a couch in the central common living room with a facemask down. Another nurse was sitting in the therapy gym eating food without a facemask, the report said. They could have aﬀ ected 77 residents. See MASKS, Page 8A

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A backdoor Roth conversion, explained Allworth Advice Amy Wagner & Nathan Bachrach Guest columnists

Question: John from Delhi Township: I make more than what’s allowed to save in a Roth IRA. Am I completely out of luck? Doesn’t seem fair that I can’t get tax-free growth just because of my income. A: As you mention, a Roth IRA – a type of account that is funded with after-tax money and grows tax free – comes with an income limitation. For 2020, any single tax fi ler whose modifi ed adjusted gross income is $139,000 or more cannot contribute any money into a Roth IRA (this threshold is $206,000 for anyone who’s married and fi les taxes jointly). As for why there’s an income limit? It basically comes down to fairness. The IRS doesn’t believe a highly compensat-

ed worker should get more of an advantage saving for retirement than the worker who makes less. However, don’t feel too slighted. There is a strategy someone like yourself can use called a “backdoor” Roth IRA. All it means is making a non-deductible contribution into a traditional IRA and later converting that contribution amount to a Roth IRA. (We suggest talking to your accountant or a fi nancial adviser before using this strategy.) But keep in mind that converting your money via this backdoor method does not mean you’re avoiding taxes. Since the money in your traditional IRA is pre-tax money (in most cases), you’ll need to pay taxes on that money when you do the conversion. Ideally, the money you use to pay that tax bill should come from an outside source. The Allworth Advice is that a backdoor Roth IRA can be a smart fi nancial maneuver for high earners who want tax-free growth. If you don’t want to mess with this process, check to see if your employer off ers a Roth 401(k). This version of a Roth does not have income eligibility limits.

Q: K.W. in Clermont County: My 10year-old recently got a notice in the email that she owes money to a debt collector. Is this just a scam, or should I be concerned something more serious has happened? A: Unfortunately, this could be a sign that your daughter has become a victim of identity theft. Identity thieves like to target children because their credit history is a ‘blank slate’ – and the younger a victim, the longer it’s likely that anyone will notice what’s going on. More than 1 million U.S. children became identity theft victims in 2017, and two-thirds of those victims were younger than seven years old, according to a study by Javelin Strategy & Research. We recommend that you immediately contact the three major credit bureaus (TransUnion, Equifax, and Experian) to alert them of the suspected fraud. Thankfully, Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana all allow a parent or guardian to place a ‘freeze’ on a minor’s credit report no matter if the child is an identity theft victim, or merely as a pro-active measure. This essentially ‘locks down’ your child’s credit information so no new ac-

counts can be created. You should also fi le a fraud report with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The FTC’s website also has more detailed action steps to take. Here’s the Allworth Advice: Child identity theft is a very real and serious crime that can haunt your child well into adulthood if not caught and addressed as soon as possible. Every week, Allworth Financial’s Nathan Bachrach and Amy Wagner answer your questions. If you, a friend, or someone in your family has a money issue or problem, feel free to send those questions to yourmoney@enquirer.com. Responses are for informational purposes only and individuals should consider whether any general recommendations in these responses are suitable for their circumstances based on investment objectives, fi nancial situation and needs. Retirement planning services offered through Allworth Financial, an SEC Registered Investment Advisor. Securities off ered through AW Securities, a Registered Broker/Dealer, member FINRA/SIPC. Call 513-469-7500 or visit allworthfi nancial.com.

Juvenile suspect in November shooting to be tried as adult Madeline Mitchell Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

The juvenile charged in connection to the November killing of Rashad Shahid will now be tried as an adult, according to court records. Jamar Flagg, 17, was one of two teenagers charged with murder after a shooting took place near Northwest High School in Colerain Township on Nov. 21. Flagg was a Northwest High School student at the time. On Aug. 4, Northwest High School offi cials said Flagg's enrollment for the 2020-2021 school year has not yet been confi rmed. Brian Holmes Jr., 19, was also charged. Holmes, of East Price Hill, did not attend the school, offi cials said. He is an 11th-grader at Dohn Community High School in Walnut Hills. The shooting occurred at about 2:48 p.m. in the 2800 block of Butterwick

Brian Holmes Jr. becomes emotional as he is escorted out of a Hamilton County Municipal Court courtroom on Nov. 22. KAREEM ELGAZZAR/THE ENQUIRER

Drive, which is a block away from Northwest High School. Shahid was in a car oﬃ cials said drove away from the scene of the shooting. Police pursued the car and pulled it over on Waycross Road in nearby Forest Park.

A second person in the car was taken to University of Cincinnati Medical Center with unspeciﬁ ed injuries. Shahid, of Colerain Township, was pronounced dead shortly after. He was 25, and a 2012 Northwest graduate. The shooting investigation prompted a Northwest High School lockdown and the school remained closed the following day. Prosecutors later stated the fatal shooting involved several of the school's students and stemmed from "an ongoing argument" with a female student. "A man is dead over a high school argument," Hamilton County Assistant Prosecutor Stacey DeGraﬀ enreid said in a statement. "The total disregard for human life is horrifying." Prosecutors said Flagg was in an ongoing argument with the sister of another student, 18-year-old Dante Walker III, who is also a Northwest High School

student. They decided they were going to resolve that confl ict by having a fi ght off of school grounds after school let out, police said. Flagg asked Holmes to show up for the fi ght. Holmes pulled out a .45-caliber Sig Sauer pistol and fi red several shots, documents say. Shahid was fatally wounded and Walker was shot in the left arm. Flagg and Holmes were later found by Colerain Township police hiding in the backyard of a home on Grant Avenue. Flagg is charged with two counts of murder, two counts of felonious assault and having weapons while under disability, according to court records. He is being held on a $1.5 million bond and is scheduled to appear in court on Aug. 14. Holmes is scheduled to appear in court on Sept. 1, court records state. He is currently being held at the Hamilton County Jail on a $1.5 million bond.

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14-year-old charged with murder had a warrant out for his arrest Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

The 14-year-old boy charged with murder in a shooting in East Price Hill that left a man dead and wounded another teen had a warrant for his arrest issued days before, court records show. The shooting happened in the early morning hours of July 26 in the 500 block of Fairbanks Avenue. James Hunter, 29, was fatally wounded. A second person – another 14-year-old – was also injured in the shooting, according to court documents. Police haven’t released the second victim's name. Juvenile court records show that the 14-year-old facing the murder charge was charged with disorderly conduct in December and domestic violence in May. He lived with his mother in East Price Hill, court documents say, about a mile from the scene of the shooting. In January, his family was oﬀ ered therapy and other services, according to court records. The teen “is interested in sports and would like to play football,” the records say. He didn’t show up for a Feb. 13 hearing and a warrant was issued for his arrest. “The child has not been home in several days,” the records say. “Mother does not know his whereabouts.” There was concern the people he was with “may be drug/gang involved.” By Feb. 25, he had been detained and released to his mother. At a March 5 hearing, a public defender said the

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A woman was indicted late last month on murder charges after police said she shot an expectant mother in the stomach, killing the unborn baby. Juaquana Stevens, 31, is charged with four counts of felonious assault and two counts of murder. Police records state Stevens shot a 33-year-old woman in the stomach on May 28 on Garden Street in West End. “The victim was very uncooperative,” the police report said. “Just states she was shot in stomach, didn’t

Delhi Township Police have charged a man they say stole a car at gunpoint from a woman who was selling the vehicle on social media. Police said in court paperwork that Desean Henderson pulled over in the 5400 block of Cleves Warsaw Pike while he was test driving the Delhi Township woman’s 2013 Nissan Altima on July 26 and pointed a semi-automatic handgun at her head. Declaring that, “this is a robbery,” Henderson the 19-year-old Henderson took the woman’s phone and purse, told her to get out of the car and left with her vehicle, police said. The woman was not harmed. She reported her car stolen. The next day, Springfi eld Township police tried to stop Henderson in the stolen car. Police said he fl ed, wrecked the car and was arrested. Henderson, who says he has no home, now faces charges of aggravated robbery, theft, receiving stolen property, fl eeing police and driving without a license. His case is expected to go before a Hamilton County grand jury later this month.

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teen was not competent to stand trial because of “a history of learning problems” and because he was “easily confused.” A competency hearing was requested. Further hearings were delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic. The teen did not appear for a hearing on July 23, three days before the shooting, and a warrant was issued for his arrest. He was arrested Thursday in Knoxville, Tennessee, by the Cincinnati police Homicide Unit with assistance from the Fugitive Apprehension Squad and U.S. Marshals. The teen appeared in Hamilton County Juvenile Court Aug. 3. He is charged with murder in Hunter’s death and felonious assault in the shooting of the other teen. Due to the nature of the charges, the teen was not required to enter a plea of guilty or not guilty on Aug. 3. He is being held at the Hamilton County Juvenile Court Youth Center awaiting an Aug. 17 hearing. It is likely that the case's potential transfer to adult court will be discussed at this hearing. Cincinnati lawyer Clyde Bennett is representing the teen. "(My client) is not guilty of murder. (He) was acting in self-defense." Bennett said. "The killing of the victim was legally justiﬁ ed. We plan to ﬁ ght this case in court and win." The Enquirer is not naming him because he is charged as a juvenile

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The three-star facility has one infectionrelated violation over the past four years. Twin Towers had four residents die of COVID-19, according to the federal CMS database. Two of the deaths were reported on July 26; the other two occurred before May 24.

Harrison Pavilion Care Center The 84-bed nursing home along Harrison Avenue in Westwood failed to appropriately screen patient transport personnel for symptoms of coronavirus on June 26 and didn’t properly dispose of trash collected from an isolation room, according to an infection report. A transport driver, who wasn’t wearing a mask, arrived to pick up a resident diagnosed with chronic kidney disease, diabetes and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases. The driver helped put the resident into a wheelchair and into the van before closing the doors but didn’t put his mask on until getting inside the vehicle, the report said. Potentially, 74 residents could have aff ected. The one-star nursing home had one infection-related violation in the last four years. It was among the 27 health violations the facility was cited for in March of 2019. It had six fi re inspection violations and was fi ned more than $19,000 since March of 2018, health records show. Two Harrison Pavilion residents died before July 5 from COVID-19, the federal CMS database shows. “We do not take our responsibility lightly, we have been proactive since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis implementing measures to protect our staff and residents and prevent the spread of COVID-19,” said Cindy Moore, vicepresident of operations for CCH Healthcare, which owns Harrison Pavilion. She added the facility has implemented safety measures such as increased cleaning and disinfecting protocols, educating staff and ordering more PPE equipment. “All staff and providers are required to always wear masks when in the facility,” Moore said.

The Anderson Staff failed to properly use facemasks when a nursing assistant at the facility on Beechmont Avenue wore a cloth facecovering instead of a surgical mask while screening visitors, including the surveyor, the July 7 COVID-19, report read. Offi cials said the staff was trying to conserve personal protective equipment, however wearing the equipment could have aff ected nearly 70 residents, the report said. In many instances, facilities lacked testing and proper PPE equipment and nurses haven’t been protected, Harvard’s Grabowski said. The three-star facility was cited for several other violations in the July 7 inspection. It had infection-related defi ciencies in 2017 and 2018. A licensed practical nurse left a resident’s room wearing a cloth face-covering pulled below her nose, mouth and chin as she walked to the medication cart to work on her computer, according to an infection report. And a dietary manager, who wasn’t wearing a face covering, sat in front of the facility next to a resident smoking a cigarette. Included in that report was that some residents refused to wear surgical masks despite them being provided. Workers also didn’t ensure a clean and sanitary environment at a beauty salon at the facility for 11 residents, one of whom had pneumonia. The infection report came one month after being found in compliance. The facility was also cited for four health violations in February. “To not be wearing it (the masks) correctly, that is very impactful and can definitely aff ect the way a virus goes through a nursing home,” said UC’s Collella.

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personal protective equipment correctly, shared staff between COVID-19 and nonCOVID-19 units during the same shift and didn’t ensure hand sanitizer was available. The one-star facility with 60 beds was cited for 18 health violations in December of 2019. It was fi ned $12,775 in October of 2019, records show. It has had two infection-related defi ciencies over the last four years. One Garden Park resident died of COVID-19 before July 5, according to the federal CMS database.

Covenant Village of Green Township The Monfort Heights facility failed to appropriately handle clean linen, which could have aff ected 40 residents, according to a July 9 report. Nurses also didn’t dispose of trash in the quarantine unit, which could have harmed another 14 residents. In addition, a housekeeper admitted to pulling a large bag of trash from the nurses’ station and the ice room on the quarantine unit and placed it on the fl oor adjacent to the nurses’ station, the report said. The three-star facility with 99 beds had 11 health violations in February. It was fi ned $13,626 in March of 2018. “While we did recently receive some minor citations regarding infection control, we believe those were incorrectly cited, and we are currently appealing them,” the facility wrote in an emailed statement.

Glendale Place Care Center Based on a review of an undated social media video, the facility on Glendale-Milford Road in Woodlawn failed to ensure staff wore personal protective equipment correctly to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, which could have aff ected six residents, according to a July 13 report. The video also showed a nursing assistant combing a resident’s hair with a cloth mask below her chin with no face shield. Separately, that same nurse was fi red after she uploaded the video onto social media without the cognitively impaired resident’s consent, the report read. The video showed the resident being frustrated with getting her hair combed and tried pulling it away from the nurse. The nurse in the video cursed at the resident, according to the report. The 122-bed four-star facility was cited for three health violations in December, health records show. It had infection-related defi ciencies in 2017 and 2018. Three Glendale Place residents died of COVID-19 before May 24, the federal CMS database shows.

Highlands Post-Acute A June 11 inspection at the facility in Norwood found minor defi ciencies. The 55-bed facility failed to ensure social distancing was maintained between residents, and the nursing staff didn’t properly utilize face masks, the report said. An administrator saw two residents smoking two-feet apart while using the same ashtray in a designated smoking area on June 8, the report said. Nurses reminded the residents of their social distance measures but one of the smokers wouldn’t listen. Also, in the smoking area, an environmental service technician was not wearing a facemask as he didn’t know he needed to wear one outside, the report concluded. Meanwhile, a nursing assistant lied about having pulled down her mask to smoke when she was never seen smoking, the report said. The one-star facility had 29 health violations in May of 2019, records show. It had an infection-related defi ciency in 2018. Highlands has had seven residents die of COVID-19, according to the federal CMS database. The toll was one on May 24, when the feds started their data collection, rising to 2 on May 31, 3 on June 7, 3 on June 14, 5 on June 14 and 7 June 21.

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Nurses at the facility on Washington Avenue in Avondale were seen talking to residents while wearing disposable face masks and cloth face-masks, a July 13 infection report stated. The assistant director of nursing said the masks were special N95 masks that staff members preferred, however, a review of their policy required them to wear an N95 respirator mask, the report said. Not wearing the proper mask could have harmed all 56 residents. While an N95 mask fi ts tighter, UC’s Colella says a surgical mask is fi ne “It seems really strange to me that you’d be providing staff with N95 masks and yet they would want to use their own masks,” Grabowski said. The report added that staff didn’t use

Nursing and ancillary staff at the Clifton facility in a July 21 report were wearing the wrong masks when KN95 masks were available at the entrance of the facility, according to the report. Thirteen residents were infected with COVID-19 at the time, the inspection reported The two-star facility with 70 beds was cited for 12 health violations in March of 2019, including one for infection control. It had another infection-related defi ciency in a November 2019 inspection. The nursing home has had one resident die due to COVID-19 since July 12, according to the federal CMS database. Editor’s note: Information refl ects this article’s publication date – Aug. 12. Visit Cincinnati.com for possible updates.

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When I went out to pick more zucchini and yellow squash, it got me wondering how many of you are growing zucchini. Or being gifted from somebody’s garden. I’m pretty sure I’m right when I say most of you. A west-side reader asked: “Will you share your zucchini ribbon recipe with ricotta?” Another eeded a zucchini tomato casserole. Yes, I can do that.

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Zucchini ribbons and tomato salad with ricotta

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11⁄ 2 to 2 cups cheddar or Italian blend cheese, shredded

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2-3 tablespoons lemon juice with honey to taste – start with a generous teaspoon

Palmful fresh oregano, minced or 1 teaspoon dried

Mix cheeses, herbs, garlic, salt and pepper.

Palmful fresh basil, minced or 1 teaspoon dried

Put half the zucchini in pan. Sprinkle 1⁄ 4 of cheese mixture on top.

2-3 teaspoons garlic, minced

Add half the tomatoes on top, then another 1/4 of cheese mixture.

Salt and pepper to taste 2 nice sized medium zucchini, sliced thin 4-5 tomatoes, sliced thin For crumb crust 5 tablespoons butter Palmful onion chives, minced or 2 tablespoons onion, minced

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Sprinkle on top.

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Duke Ragan trains with coach Mike Stafford at the Golden Gloves boxing gym in Over-the-Rhine in 2017. Ragan now is a professional boxer with Top Rank. THE ENQUIRER/CARA OWSLEY

Cincinnati’s Duke Ragan turns pro in boxing Charlie Goldsmith Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

When boxer Duke Ragan was 19 years old, he planned to win the gold medal at the 2020 Olympics, turn professional and then win a World Championship. Since the Olympics were postponed to 2021, the Cincinnati native and Western Hills High School graduate couldn’t represent his country in Tokyo this year. Ragan decided not to wait until after the Olympics to become a professional. Ragan, 22, signed a multiyear promotional deal with Top Rank and will debut as a featherweight professional

boxer Aug. 22 in Las Vegas. “This opportunity means the world to me,” Ragan said in a statement. “Since I didn’t go to the Olympics, becoming a world champion is my next goal. My jab, counterpunching ability and stamina are more suited to the pro game. When I fought with headgear, I was hurting guys but not knocking them out. You’ll see more knockouts from me as a pro.” Ragan has the potential to become the next star boxer from Cincinnati. As an amateur, Ragan won silver medals at the 2017 World Championships and the 2019 Pan American Games. He’s already defeated several professional boxers in

his amateur career, including Ruben Villa, Lee McGregor, Victor Morales Jr., Raymond Ford, Otha Jones III and Adam Lopez. During his boxing career, Ragan has sparred with other successful professional boxers from Cincinnati, including three-time Olympian Rau’Shee Warren and four-time world champion Adrien Broner. Top Rank chairman Bob Arum said Ragan can follow in the footsteps of Cincinnati natives Ezzard Charles, Aaron Pryor and Freddie Miller, who all are all-time boxing greats. “Cincinnati has produced countless great ﬁ ghters, and we believe Duke Ra-

gan will be the next world champion from the ‘Queen City,’” Arum said. “He is mature beyond his years, and with Kay Koroma, James Prince and Antonio Leonard on his team, he has a wonderful support system.” Ragan still had a path to a 2021 Olympic berth, but he will forgo that opportunity to begin his professional career. Ragan said he hopes to make his hometown proud as a professional boxer. “It’s ﬁ nally my time to shine,” Ragan said. “I’m proud to be from Cincinnati, and I know bringing home a world championship will put me up there with the top dogs from my city.”

Justin Roden leads Oak Hills football Scott Springer Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

DELHI TOWNSHIP - Oak Hills High School last won a football game on Sept. 14, 2018. Since then, they’ve dropped 16 straight. For more perspective, the Highlanders have had six straight losing seasons. For even more, outside of 5-5 records in 2012 and 2013, they haven’t had a winning season since 2006, prior to when the current seniors started kindergarten. Coincidence or not, Justin Roden was on that Highlanders’ coaching staﬀ as defensive coordinator. Now, he’s back as head coach trying to bring Oak Hills out of the Greater Miami Conference cellar. As he said when he was hired in Nov. 2019, “Good coaches have gone to Oak Hills and failed. I can only go up.” Roden knows what the top of the mountain looks like having led Indiana powerhouse East Central to the 2017 4A state championship and to a 2015 state runner-up ﬁ nish. He most recently was in Noblesville, outside of Indianapolis which was a two-hour commute from his home in Hidden Valley. The Oak Hills job is closer to his residence than driving to East Central. But, the challenge is real.

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“From my standpoint, I was hired to teach our kids how to be better men, how to be tougher,” Roden said. “I think that comes from my family, my roots, my Colerain days a little bit. We’ve got good players; we’ve got good kids. We just have to train them, teach them, mentor them to make better decisions

and to ﬁ ght through adversity.” Adversity is scoring just 92 points in the last 16 games, an average of less than a touchdown per contest. Riddled with injuries, Oak Hills was shut out ﬁ ve times in 2019. Roden will try the spread at Oak Hills, using the versatility of 5-foot-9 quarter-

back Devin Holt who did surpass 100 yards rushing three times last season. Practices, by design, haven’t been easy. “When we run, it’s not punishment or anything like that,” Rooden said. “It’s to push them and make them uncomfortable and let them know that we can do great things if we overcome ourselves.” From the coaching tree of Kerry Coombs (now Ohio State defensive backs coach), Tom Bolden (Lakota West coach) and Rick Haynes (Lakota East coach), Rooden is trying to interpret what he learned as a Colerain player (with that group) to another school the features the color red. His coaching staff also refl ects his history. Defensive coordinator Tyler Elrod played for Roden at Mount St. Joseph, coached with him at East Central and came over from La Salle’s 2019 DII state champions. Off ensive coordinator Robert Klotz was most recently at St. Xavier and part of their 2016 DI state title. Before that, he played at Oak Hills for Roden. Secondary coach David Dransman played for Roden at Colerain. “We’ve got a bunch of coaches that have won before and understand what it takes to be successful,” Roden said. That leads to tough practices and See OAK HILLS , Page 2B

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No Big Ten football means no games for some locals

onship at La Salle, Cam Porter at Northwestern is also hit by the news as are local Wildcat teammates like Milford’s Connor Foster, Wyoming’s Andrew Marty and Elder’s Peyton Ramsey, who just came as a grad transfer from Indiana. Ramsey’s tweet was also a oneword summation: “sad”. Northwestern held a team/parent meeting Aug. 11 saying they were staying the course and players would be taken care of mentally and physically. Other veteran college players from Greater Cincinnati dealing with the blow include Matt Sichterman of Nebraska out of Kings High School. His triplet brother Dan Sichterman is in the clear for now at Iowa State of the Big 12, but Matt and the Cornhuskers coach Scott Frost are stewing. Nebraska was a reported “no” vote against postponing football and Frost said the ‘Huskers would play in some fashion in his press conference. “We want to play a Big Ten schedule,” Frost said. “Our university is committed to playing no matter what, no matter what that looks like and how that looks. We certainly hope it’s in the Big Ten. If it isn’t, I think we’re prepared to look for

other options.” Nebraska was initially slated to play the University of Cincinnati Bearcats this season in addition to their Big Ten slate. From a recent Enquirer story on Manning Award watch list quarterbacks three were from Greater Cincinnati/ Northern Kentucky and now all three are minus a fall season. Sean Cliff ord of Penn State and St. Xavier, Tanner Morgan of Minnesota and Ryle and Drew Plitt of Loveland and Ball State (Mid-American pulled plug Aug. 10) are all temporarily sidelined. Ditto for St. Xavier product Chase Wolf of Wisconsin. Wolf and the Badgers had heard rumors at practice. That was followed by a text from Wisconsin’s director of personnel telling them the season was canceled. A team meeting and individual meeting followed. “They were basically telling us what are hopes are for the fall,” Wolf said. “We’re going to take a couple weeks off then come back and try to fi gure out a plan.” Spring was mentioned, but Wolf heard that might be tough to accomplish. “I don’t know how it’s going to work with two seasons in one year,” Wolf said. Wolf ’s former St. Xavier teammate Sean Cliff ord released a statement after the Big Ten’s fi nal call. While a junior, he makes it appear that his options are open. Cliff ord’s brother, Liam, is set to come to Penn State in 2021 as a receiver. “To all my younger athletes, you TRULY never know when your last snap, play, practice or game will be. I hear people look and say, ‘I wish I did this or I should have done that’. I am happy refl ecting on my career so far that not one

day has past and I haven’t given it everything I had. Of course, I would love to have made a better throw or had a diﬀ erent road at times, but I learned from each and have grown. I’ve had no regrets, and I share this to help y’all hopefully choose the same path. Especially during these confusing times. Keep working! You will have rough days, but never let circumstances dictate your mentality. Praying that everyone is staying safe during this time. I know that when I get to play football again, whenever that may be, myself and my teammates around me WILL be ready. Much Love.” In addition to the MAC casualties, like Plitt, the Pac-12 has also halted their fall. Former Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis is an assistant to Herm Edwards at Arizona State. The Mountain West also postponed play Aug. 10. Locally, from the Air Force Academy, there’s Vince Sanford, Hamilton, junior OLB; Grant Young, Sycamore, junior, ILB and Nick Noyen, CHCA, senior, OC. Even in his Aug. 11 COVID-19 update, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine was asked about the Big Ten news and replied, “That’s not good news as a football fan. Ultimately, that’s a decision by the schools. It’s a disappointment for Buckeye Nation, but more importantly for the young men who play football.” DeWine said he talked with Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith Aug. 11. On Aug. 12,, speaking with ESPN College Football, Buckeyes coach Ryan Day mentioned OSU was exploring options, noting they normally play non-conference games and the existence of TV contracts. Later in the day, Ohio State’s Smith said that would not be happening.

a Colerain grad, he recognizes the dominance his alma mater has had in the league but knows many schools have improved. “(Lakota) West is on the rise,” Roden said. “There’s a lot of good coaches. Guys that I’ve worked for and played for.” The upside of the recent OHSAA format is Oak Hills can have a playoﬀ game. Roden hopes to build from there. “We had a good freshman class that

are sophomores this year that went 8-2,” Roden said. “There’s some talent in the program. I wish we had some more depth, but I feel good about what we have and where we’re at right now.” Roden has 60-70 players on his chart to choose from in grades 10-12. While current practices are demanding, he understands he’ll need players as the season progresses. “Anybody that knows anything about Oak Hills, the injury bug has just

wreaked havoc,” Roden said. “Kyle Prosser, Evan Dreyer, Dan Scholz, they’re good coaches. It’s hard here sometimes to get everything clicking and to get the kids to buy-in.” Roden’s side job should also shape the Highlanders up prior to any practice. During the school day, he’s the Oak Hills Dean of Discipline. His ﬁ rst scheduled mission on the ﬁ eld is against one of his old schools, East Central, Aug. 28 at Oak Hills.

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With the Big Ten conference pulling out of fall football and possibly heading to spring, numerous Greater Cincinnati players will not be in competitions from September through August for the fi rst time in years. Just less than a year ago, The Enquirer updated the top 20 local recruits for 2020, from that list, six top performers are aff ected by the decision by the Big Ten presidents. The top-rated Greater Cincinnati recruit was Princeton off ensive lineman Paris Johnson Jr., a fi ve-star recruit as rated by 247sports.com. Johnson last played in the Army All-American Bowl in January. The 6-foot-6, 300-pounder was an early enrollee at Ohio State but now will miss fall football in addition to what was lost in spring. “It’s crazy to think about how in the future, the next generation will be studying and taking history tests about the events we are experiencing in our world today,” Johnson tweeted outwhen Big Ten rumblings began. Princeton teammate Darrion HenryYoung was a four-star recruit of the Buckeyes at defensive end, while Elder lineman Jakob James and tight end Joe Royer were three-star recruits. Winton Woods running back Miyan Williams was also a three-star recruit of the Buckeyes who released a one-word tweet: “Wow...” Williams had fl ipped to Ohio State from Iowa State of the Big 12. That conference has yet to make a decision on their fall future. From a veteran point of view, St. Xavier’s Justin Hilliard had just been named a Buckeye captain. Fresh off a Division II state champi-

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strict video sessions. And, a lot of repetition. In what may arguably be the best public high school league in the state, no Friday is a pushover. Roden mentions Hamilton’s resurgence to the playoﬀ s and Middletown’s talent level (should they play). As

Elder grads from left, Jakob James and Joe Royer were supposed to play for Ohio Sate. Luke Kandra is headed for Louisville. KAREEM ELGAZZAR/THE ENQUIRER

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A second man was arrested Aug. 10 in the July 1 killing of 23-year-old Aliczay Hutchinson. Keonta Hardy, 25, is charged with murder. Police said he was arrested just after 10 a.m. Hutchinson was found shot dead in the 3200 block of Cavanaugh Avenue last month, police reported.

There is video footage of the incident, according to court documents. On the same day as the killing Jaquan Price, 23, was charged in the death as well. Hardy is being held at the Hamilton County Justice Center awaiting his next hearing. He has previously been convicted on multiple weapons charges. Price has been held at the justice center since July 1 on a $700,000 bond.

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Green Township Monfort Heights Dr: Weil Timothy M to Collins April; $119,900 1750 Sylved Ln: Staud Gary G & Brian B to Hauser Kevin M; $177,000 3020 Bailey Ave: Richard Amy D to Blackmore David Tr; $148,500 3056 Hoock Ct: Raymond Bruce R & Shirley J to Fox Trevor; $245,000 3219 Jessup Rd: Weickert Eric & Carmen to Vaught Lori C & Jason W; $244,900 3523 Jessup Rd: Hartmann Vincent Thomas to Athon Stefan R; $170,000 3635 Whiteoak Dr: Farwick Martha K to Pfi rrman Spencer L & Sara A; $186,000 3879 Ridgecombe Dr: Schafer Craig J & Brittany M Schafer to Serg Nathaniel C; $155,750 3883 Tower Rd: Vcp Capital Ventures I LLC to Kassem Real Estate & Investments LLC; $100,000 4456 Race Rd: Vance Roger W & Kimberly A to Vance Bradley S; $125,000 5250 Oakhill Ln: Heidebrink Ronald E to Wright David T & Mona Lisa; $180,000 5331 Meadow Estates Dr: Fisher Eileen F to Ward Mary Beth; $215,000 5554 Karen Ave: Uhlhorn Mary C to Triantafi lou Peter; $86,600 5570 Breezewood Dr: Schmithorst Richard W & Donna M to Russell Emily & Nicholas Jansing; $295,000 5577 Woodhaven Dr: Stone Jacquelyn & Albert Charles III to Richter Brandon R; $171,000 5648 Bridgetown Rd: Ramstetter Carl T to Cappel James Jospeh & Ester Lily; $86,100 5655 Midforest Ln: Thompson Shirley Mae to Slack David W & Sally J; $224,900 5655 Midforest Ln: Thompson Shirley Mae to Slack David W & Sally J; $224,900 5751 Sprucewood Dr: Weil Timothy M to Collins April; $119,900 6136 Lagrange Ln: Donnellon Wjordan & Melyssa N Hoff to Floyd Gary L & Jennifer L; $209,100 6297 Eagles Lake Dr: Thielbar Linda S to Braun Emily M; $120,000 6561 Visitation Dr: Martini Jaclyn & Mark Mercurio to Brauninger Daniel H & Kathleen; $236,000 6668 Hayes Rd: Schlotman Michael B to Loren Real Estate LLC; $67,200 8163 Bridge Point Dr: Warmoth Robert Douglas Jr to Evans Laurie Lynn; $225,000 8163 Bridge Point Pass: Warmoth Robert Douglas Jr to Evans Laurie Lynn; $225,000

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If you’re looking for a house in Cincinnati or Northern Kentucky, you better act quick. Houses are selling fast, propelled by a combination of strong demand, low supply and low interest rates drawing buyers into the market despite the relentless surge in new COVID-19 infections. “I’ll pull up to a brand-new listing, and it’ll look like a parking lot out front with all the other realtors waiting to show it to their clients,” said Donna Deaton a veteran realtor with ReMax Victory in West Chester. “If the right house comes on the market, it’s gone in hours, not days. It’s becoming a little bit of a nightmare. It’s super frustrating and extremely exhausting.” At least part of the reason the housing market is so competitive is the dearth of inventory in the local area, forcing shoppers to snap up available properties before another buyer beats them to it. Housing inventory in Greater Cincinnati dwindled to historic lows in May, collapsing by more than a third to just 2,758 listings, compared to 4,188 listings in the same month a year ago, according to fi gures from the Cincinnati Area Board of Realtors (CABR). As a result, buyers have been compelled to make decisions on the spot when they see a property they like and often pay thousands of dollars above asking price to beat competitors’ bids. “I put in one off er for a house at $10,000 over asking price, and I got out-bid,” said an incredulous Matthew Montgomery, who’s been searching for a house on the east side of Cincinnati for several months. “I try to keep my searches in the $175,000-to$185,000 range now because I know I’m going to have to spend $200,000 or more to get it,” Montgomery said, referring to the savage price competition. The 24-year-old mechanical engineer, who rents a one-bedroom apartment in Beechwood, said he keeps a close eye on the local housing market, checking daily for new listings on websites, such as Zillow. Despite his due diligence, he said, he’s missed numerous opportunities to buy because he was too slow to make an off er. “You see a listing go up, and it’s only there for 24 to 48 hours before it’s already pending,” Montgomery said. “Even if you have a showing at a house you might want to buy, you can’t sleep on it overnight. “I always thought when you’re making a big decision like buying a house, you should never make an impulse decision,” he added. “But if you don’t make an impulse decision in this market, you don’t even have an opportunity to make an off er.” While the situation is making it tough for buyers,

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there may not be a better time to be a seller. Home prices are up across the region, which means most sellers can command top dollar, even without making major improvements to their properties. In Greater Cincinnati, the median home price was up about 8% in June - the latest month for which fi gures are available - climbing to $214,900 from $199,900 in June last year, the CABR reported. In Northern Kentucky, median prices rose at an even faster rate, surging 18% to $215,550 in June, compared to $183,000 in the same month a year ago, according to fi gures from the Northern Kentucky Multiple Listing Service. At the same time, mortgage rates have fallen to record lows – now averaging just over 3% for a 30-year, fi xed-rate loan – making buying a home more aff ordable, even at higher prices. Phillip Goetz said he and his wife, Jennie, recently sold a three-bedroom ranch in Taylor Mill, Ky., for $205,000 – about $5,000 over the list price. He said the house was shown to prospective buyers 35 times in three days but yielded just two off ers. “I think a lot of people were hesitant to make an offer because they thought they might get caught up in a bidding war,” Goetz said, noting that interested buyers swarmed the house the day it was listed on July 31. According to housing market tracker Redfi n, “Hot Homes” in the Cincinnati metro area are selling for about about 2% above list price and are pending in just over a month, on average. But those fi gures include higher-priced luxury homes that don’t sell as fast because there aren’t as many buyers in the $500,000-and-up price range. In the hottest Cincinnati-area markets, move-in

Donna Deaton, right, of ReMax Victory in West Chester, stands outside on open house she hosted before the coronavirus pandemic began. RANDY TUCKER/ ENQUIRER MEDIA

ready homes priced around $300,000 or less rarely sit on the market for more than three weeks, based on ﬁ gures compiled by ReMax Victory for the top 10 neighborhoods in the Cincinnati area with the highest sales volume so far this year. The latest sales trends come as a welcome-but-unexpected surprise for local realtors who anticipated a housing slowdown caused by the COVID-19 crisis. Many housing experts forecasted June home sales to continue a downward spiral as the fallout from COVID-19 continued to keep wary consumers out of the market and even led some sellers to pull or postpone their listings, The Enquirer reported. Sales in the Cincinnati area were down more than 25% through April and May, compared to the same two months of 2019, according to Kelly Meyer, President of the Cincinnati Area Board of Realtors. But sales rebounded in June, and were down just (7%) from a robust month for home sales in June 2019, Meyer said. “June’s performance was a welcome reversal from those downward trends,” he said.

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BY RUTH BLOOMFIELD MARGOLIN / EDITED BY WILL SHORTZ Ruth Bloomfield Margolin, of Westfield, N.J., serves on the boards of several community nonprofit groups. For the past three years she has given talks at area libraries on crossword construction — lately adding Zoom presentations to her repertoire. Ruth created a crossword for her son’s July wedding (now postponed), which included the couple’s favorite board game, Pandemic. Whoops! She’s revising that puzzle now to feature only “fun” things. — W.S.

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This DIY magazine puts Cincinnati dancers Center Stage David Lyman Special to Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

It sounded like a crazy scheme. Sigrid Aline, a ballet mom from Madeira, decided she would publish a magazine about dance in Greater Cincinnati. At best, it sounded far-fetched. She had never done anything remotely like this before. She had never created a magazine or negotiated with a printer or any of the other million and one things a publisher needs to do. But Aline proved to be a savvy strategist. Her magazine, "Center Stage: Cincinnati Dance Magazine," released its fi rst issue in May 2017. And every two months ever since, she has released an all-new, full-color magazine. Now, she is preparing a commemorative issue that will include 160 of the publication’s best articles. "I think I have a big, big angel guiding me," says Aline, 44. "If I had known how much it would take to do it, I would have been too frightened to attempt it." Now, when she says "angel," she’s not talking about someone who provided cash to underwrite her dream publication. Quite the contrary. Aline has done everything herself. "Center Stage" is not a massive publication. It rarely exceeds 28 pages. But since it’s free to readers, Aline relies solely on advertisers. And who sells those ads? Aline, of course. She designs the magazine, as well. And conducts all the dancer/teacher interviews. And does nearly every bit of the writing. Most magazines hire companies to distribute their product. Not Aline. She hit the road and cobbled together dozens of dance-interested businesses as distribution points. Then, when the issues are printed, she handles deliveries to a highly supportive network of dance academies, bookstores, Pilates studios and coff ee houses. "Before she actually began publishing, we talked about it for a long time," says Diana Queen, owner of Diana’s Dancewear, which has been an advertiser since that fi rst issue. "At that point,

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Issue 11 of Center Stage featured dancer James Cunningham.

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she didn’t really know all the things that would be involved. But she was so excited about it that I was excited for her." As with most publications, though, it has been the consistency of the content that has made "Center Stage" such an appealing publication. The pages are fi lled with dancer profi les. Some are professionals. But the heart and soul of the magazine are the profi les of student dancers, most of them between the ages of 10 and 16. Not surprisingly, these young performers are the core audience for the magazine. They talk about their training, their favorite teachers and their most memorable roles. Sometimes, you get a glimmering of their youthful exuberance. But more often than not, these young dancers display an admirable seriousness about their dance study. Though the majority of "Center Stage" articles are ballet-related, Aline also makes room for ballroom and salsa and Irish dancing, as well as stories about new dance studios and special-

ized classes for people with Down Syndrome and Parkinson’s From the outset, one of the magazine’s mainstays was has been "Mercy Speaks." Sponsored by Mercy Health, it is authored by Jacqui Haas, a longtime Cincinnati-area athletic trainer with a specialty in dance-related issues. She was, at one time, a member of Cincinnati Ballet. Today, she is best-known as the author of a book titled "Dance Anatomy," considered the gold-standard of dance-related strength-training and physical therapy. "I thought it was a great idea to include articles from a physical therapist’s point of view," says Haas. "But I didn’t know if dancers would stop and read an entire article." Sometimes it’s been because she can address a subject in writing that might be diﬃ cult for teachers to talk about in person. One of those was an article about dance belts for boys. Those are tight-ﬁ tting support garments that male dancers wear under their tights. Other

times she has dealt with how to maintain your health during the long and grueling "Nutcracker" season. Or preparing for auditions. Haas’ column was a high priority for Aline, a lifelong balletomane. Back in Mexico City, where she was born and raised, she got a BA in nutrition and food science. After graduating, she began a nutrition clinic where most of her clients were young dancers. "I feel very fortunate to be able to share all this with the readers," says Aline, whose 14-year-old daughter Vivi is pursuing a career in dance. Her husband Enrique, an Amazon executive, is her editor. "I don’t know if I would have been able to do this magazine anywhere but Cincinnati. The city has never disappointed me. It’s a very charmed community." The "Center Stage" commemorative issue will be released at the end of September. Orders are now being taken at centers tagedancemagazine.com.

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Our daughter, Payton, is 8 years old, and she held her third annual lemonade stand on Saturday, Aug. 1. She started this stand in the summer of 2018 hoping to raise enough money to buy a few toys for patients at CCHMC. She was gifted a special toy when she was a patient there and she wanted to give back.

Eight-year-old Payton held her third annual lemonade stand on Saturday, Aug. 1. PROVIDED Toys purchased with some of 2019 funds raised. PROVIDED

Her ﬁ rst stand raised $768; her second stand raised $7,000; and the her third stand raised over $32,000. This year, we expanded so we had eight franchise lemonade stands all across Cincinnati and NKY that all took place on Aug. 1 – so this was a group effort.

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h John Russell (Football, Soccer, Track & Field) ‘02 h John Saunders (Track & Field, Football, Basketball) ‘38 h Joe Saunders (Track & Field, Football, Basketball) ‘37 h Nicole Donnelly Cunningham (Soccer) ‘10 h 1987 Football State Champions “First and foremost, congratulations to the inductees representing the Hall of Fame Class of 2020. I would also like to thank the Hall of Fame Committee for their time and eﬀ orts in reviewing the nominations and selecting this highly

qualiﬁ ed group of Vikings,” states Joe Roberts, athletic director. “The impact these individuals made on the Princeton athletic program is memorable. It is with tremendous Princeton Pride that we look forward to recognizing their accomplishments.” Tom Burton, superintendent of Princeton City Schools adds, “Each inductee is incredibly deserving of this honor. Joining the rich history of the Princeton Athletics Hall of Fame this impressive list of Viking athletes exempliﬁ es the very meaning of dedication, determination, and drive.”

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place at a later time. Sister Tracy grew up in Fairfi eld and graduated from Roger Bacon High School. Her childhood parish is St. John Neumann. She earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology and Spanish from the University of Dayton, after which she served two years with the Rostro de Cristo volunteer program in Ecuador. Sister Tracy entered the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati in 2012 and made fi rst vows in 2015. Along with ministry in Latin America, she has served in various pastoral and justice ministries at the U.S.-Mexico border and in Cincinnati. Most recently, she worked at the Archdiocese of Cincinnati’s Catholic Social Action Offi ce, focusing on immigration reform eff orts, and she was the Bilingual Pastoral Minister at the multicultural Holy Family Parish in Price Hill. Currently, Sister Tracy is pursuing a Master of Divinity from Chicago’s Catholic Theological Union. She lives with three other Sisters of Charity at the Visitation House community in Cincinnati. Following profession of fi nal vows, she will be part of the Sisters of Charity Vocation Team and will minister at a local Cincinnati parish. Erin Reder, Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati

Burwinkel Farms rallying donations for Food Pantry With needs greater than ever, Burwinkel Farms customers are rising to the

A ﬁ le photo from 2017 of a donation at the Burwinkel Farms stand in Delhi for the Holy Family Food Pantry. Donations are on a record pace this summer. PROVIDED

occasion with donations to the Holy Family Food Pantry. Every summer Burwinkel Farms puts out a donation jar at its Delhi and Westbourne stands. Customers ﬁ ll the jars with donations that are forwarded to the Holy Family Food Pantry in Price Hill. This summer the donations are on a record pace, already having surpassed $1,500 before August. Farm manager Karen Burwinkel says “I am truly amazed at the power of the community to come together in times of need.” Foodbanks are overwhelmed with demand right now as the pandemic has caused many layoﬀ s because of closings to slow the spread of the Coronavirus. According to Feeding America “an additional 17 million people could be food insecure in 2020 as a result of the pandemic, totaling 54 million people

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St. Joseph Cemetery expanding in repsonse to our families needs CCCS, owning and operating St. Joseph Cemetery on W. 8th Street, is proud to announce a capital expansion to help to continue to serve our families’ needs for themselves and their loved ones. Stephen Bittner, Cincinnati catholic Cemetery Society

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After more than 60 years, Hamilton County has a new no-kill organization taking over the shelter. As the SPCA ended its contract with Hamilton County, and Clermont’s Animal CARE Humane Society stepped up to take its place. Cincinnati Animal CARE will run dog warden, humane enforcement, sheltering and animal services for Hamilton County. The organization began operation at the Northside former SPCA location on Aug. 1 and inherited 168 animals and 37 employees. “We were doing our thing out in Clermont County and this spring we started thinking that maybe we could be an answer for Hamilton County, and so we reached out,” said Meaghan Colvill, director of Life Saving Operations at the Clermont and Hamilton County Animal CARE shelters. Both organizations are separate but will have the same leadership team. SPCA will keep control of its Sharonville location. “The biggest diﬀ erence is going to be the commitment to life saving — every animal is going to be treated as an individual,” Colvill said. The former SPCA building, now housed by Cincinnati Animal CARE, will be much the same, only now each kennel will have one dog per kennel. “We took in a full shelter and when I say that, it’s because there were a lot of animals in every kennel. The true capacity is only 100 dogs,” Colvill said. Cincinnati Animal CARE will never turn away a stray dog. The shelter requests that people call ahead and make an appointment in order to surrender an animal, especially during the pandemic.

Emphasis on fostering During the pandemic, the Clermont Animal CARE shelter put 75% of their dogs in foster homes. It opened space in the shelter for animals most in need, and Colvill said the intent is to do the same in Hamilton County. “When we can build a really strong foster program, our capacity starts to increase and we can help more animals,” Colvill said. “Plus it’s just better for the animals, being in a home mentally is

Cheddar, a rescue, is up for adoption at Cincinnati Animal Care in Northside on Aug. 6.

Woody, a mixed breed three-year-old, is up for adoption at Cincinnati Animal Care in Northside.

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Lovely, a rescued kitten, is looking for a new home at Cincinnati Animal Care in Northside.

Noto, a domestic short hair rescued kitten about three months old, is up for adoption at Cincinnati Animal Care.

Winnie, a domestic short haired cat of two months old, is up for adoption at Cincinnati Animal Care.

better than being stuck in a shelter. “Fostering is the future.” There are multiple fostering options: two- to four-hour lunch dates, overnight stays, short-term fosters for a week or two and long-term fosters. Cincinnati Animal CARE and Clermont Animal CARE are both seeking foster homes for shelter animals. In an attempt to spread the word about the county’s new dog wardens, Cincinnati Animal CARE regularly posts on social media. Its Facebook page has a Lost and Found gallery of missing animals and features diﬀ erent adoptable shelter pets. The organization is also active on Instagram and Twitter. “Basically trying to build a bridge with the community like, ‘Hey we’re here, we’ve got these animals that just came in if you can help us signal boost.’” said Ray Anderson, media and community relations manager for the organizations. “Not only does that help the dog

and the family that might be looking for it, it helps people know we’re here.” All of the adoptable animals will be listed on the Cincinnati Animal CARE website. Appointments are encouraged, though walk-ins are accepted. There might be a wait due to social distancing requirements and masks are mandatory.

Donations needed “We’re in the market for any kind of donations people could bring us. We’re starting oﬀ really from zero. We walked into a very full building with animals and very few supplies,” Colvill said. The shelter is looking for food, toys, litter, cleaning supplies, bedding and enrichment items, most of which are listed on the shelter’s Amazon Wish List. “I think people are going to be really happy with the life saving work that’s happening here. This isn’t the old dog pound anymore,” Colvill said.

Gemma, a mixed breed ﬁ ve year old, is up for adoption at Cincinnati Animal Care in Northside.

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