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Paul Daugherty Columnist Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

The Bengals Verge Season is here. They’re somewhere between promising and predictably disappointing, hugely fun and barely functional. They’re the team on the high wire, ready to amaze you, one way or another. Not quite good enough to be talking playoﬀ s, not quite bad enough to be partnered with Jacksonville and Houston. On the verge. With apologies to my bud John Feinstein, this is the real Season On The Brink. But on the brink of what? One thing is certain: It’s the most important season on the riverfront in a very long time, maybe forever. So much is riding on this season, and the tone it sets. Saint Joe Burrow is poised to be savior, and his rebuilt knee provides a perfect foundation (and metaphor) for the Bengals’ franchise. If you can tell me how saint, savior and knee will handle the challenge of 2021, I can tell you how the Bengals will do. It really is that simple. They drafted a wide receiver ﬁ rst, at his request. They let him play a meaningless series of downs, in a meaningless game, at his request. They know he is them, lock, stock and future. The

Archdiocese lists lower attendance as problem Dan Horn Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

By this time next year, religious life will change in some way for almost every Catholic priest, parishioner and student in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. Parishes that have stood on their own for decades or longer will be grouped into “families” overseen by a single pastor. Those new parish families will then revise Mass schedules and locations, combine church programs and activities, and make tough decisions about the future of Catholic schools with declining enrollment. No fi nal decisions have been made about what, exactly, the archdiocese will look like a year from now. But planning for the reorganization, known as “Beacons of Light,” has been underway for months and promises to bring dramatic change. Church offi cials declined to discuss their plans until the fi rst draft of the overhaul is released this fall, which also is when rank-and-fi le Catholics will get their chance to weigh in. There’s no secret, however, about why the change is coming. Documents on the archdiocese’s website single out reasons such as “declining religious practice,” “demographic changes” and “fewer priests.”

It’s the most important season on the Ohio River in a very long time, writes Paul Daugherty, and the health and production of franchise quarterback Joe Burrow will be paramount to that success. GETTY IMAGES

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YOUR FORECAST The pleasant weekend forecast continues into today, ith dry conditions across the Tristate. Other than a few fair-weather clouds this morning, mild morning lows will climb from the upper 60s into the upper 80s to near 90 degrees this afternoon. There will be plenty of sunshine all day. Tonight remains mostly clear, with a low around 68. Southwest winds will keep the heat around for the first half of the workweek. Highs on Monday and Tuesday will reach into the lower 90s. As the next front approaches, we could see showers and storms develop as early as Tuesday night. – Olga Breese

To reach us, contact reader representative Robin Buchanan at 513-768-8308 or email her at accuracy@ enquirer.com. h The Hops & History event scheduled for Sept. 16 in Hamilton, which is included in a charity events list today on page 3AA, has been canceled.

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THE NATION

U.S. FORECAST Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day

w- weather: s- sunny, pc- partly cloudy, sh- showers, t- thunderstorms, r- rain, sf- snow flurries, sn- snow, i- ice. CITY

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Akron 86 Albany, N.Y. 74 Albuquerque 92 Amarillo 96 Anchorage 59 Asheville 83 Atlanta 87 Atlantic City 86 Austin 92 Baltimore 90 Baton Rouge 83 Birmingham 88 Bismarck 76 Boise 84 Boston 83 Buffalo 76 Burlington, Vt. 76 Charleston, S.C. 85 Charleston, W.Va. 87 Charlotte, N.C. 88 Cheyenne 78 Chicago 87 Cleveland 86 Columbia, S.C. 88 Columbus 87 Concord, N.H. 79 Dallas-Ft. Worth 92 Daytona Beach 86 Denver 85 Des Moines 85 Detroit 85 El Paso 92 Evansville 90 Fairbanks 66 Fort Lauderdale 89 Fort Myers 92 Fort Wayne 89 Grand Rapids 79 Great Falls 77 Hartford 82 Honolulu 87 Houston 88 Indianapolis 89 Jackson, Miss. 90 Jacksonville 87 Kansas City 92 Key West 88 Knoxville 86 Las Vegas 103

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IN THE SKY

FIRST Sept. 13

FULL Sept. 20

(Drawings: Sept. 11) Pick 3 (early): 7 9 8 Pick 4 (early): 7 6 9 1 Pick 5 (early): 6 8 9 9 2 (Drawings: Sept. 10) Pick 3 (late): 9 7 4 Pick 4 (late): 6 1 9 1 Pick 5 (late): 8 9 4 4 4 Rolling Cash 5: 9 15 17 24 31 Classic Lotto: Saturday’s jackpot was an estimated $13.3 million.

LAST Sept. 28

NEW Oct. 6

Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset

Today

Tomorrow

7:16 a.m. 7:51 p.m. 1:38 p.m. 11:26 p.m.

7:17 a.m. 7:49 p.m. 2:50 p.m. none

KENTUCKY (Drawings: Sept. 11) Pick 3 (early): 2 9 2 Pick 4 (early): 7 3 9 0 (Drawings: Sept. 10) Pick 3 (late): 0 9 9 Pick 4 (late): 2 0 5 9 Cash Ball: 13 15 22 34, 25

INDIANA Cold

Warm Stationary Showers T-storms

RIVER LEVELS RIVER

Snow

26.50 14.00 33.60 14.00 15.90

(Drawings: Sept. 11) Daily 3 (early): 3 1 5 (SB: 7) Daily 4 (early): 9 6 6 9 (SB: 7) (Drawings: Sept. 10) Daily 3 (late): 0 4 1 (SB: 4) Daily 4 (late): 3 9 7 2 (SB: 4) Hoosier Lottery: Saturday’s jackpot was an estimated $2.2 million.

Flood Stage

Forecast

MEGA MILLIONS

28 17 18 20

2.00 5.10 5.60 2.30

Previous level

Flood Stage

25.4 12.0 33.5 12.0 12.0

26.70 14.40 34.00 14.40 16.40

52.0 51.0 50.0 51.0 55.0

Pool Level

Previous level

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Licking (Falmouth) Little Miami (Milford) Great Miami (Hamilton) Whitewater (Brookville)

Ice

Levels as of 7 a.m. Saturday. Sunday’s forecast is for 7 a.m. Pool levels reflect the normal river level.

12.0 12.0 12.0 12.0

ALMANAC

Rising

From Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport through 3 p.m. Sat.

TEMPERATURE High/low ............................ 80/57 Normal high/low ................ 81/59 Record high .................. 96 (1933) Record low ................... 40 (1993) HUMIDITY High ..................................... 80% Low ...................................... 48% PRECIPITATION Last 24 hours ....................... 0.00” Month to date ..................... 0.89” Normal month to date ......... 1.10” Year to date ....................... 37.25” Normal year to date .......... 32.94”

Falling

Forecast

Unchanged

AIR QUALITY Pollution...........................44/Good Main pollutant......................Ozone Mold.............................. 1824/High Pollen........................86/Moderate Main pollen.... ragweed/elm/other

Saturday for the 48 contiguous states.

COVID-19 VACCINE DASHBOARD LATEST IN ROLLOUT OHIO Doses received: 14,349,595

CINCINNATI WORLD CINEMA

answer session after. It will stream online beginning Thursday. Tickets are $10 in advance and are available via Cincinnati World Cinema’s website at cincyworldcinema.org, or by phone at 859-957-3456. Tickets are $15 at the door. All attendees must show proof of vaccination, per Cincinnati World Cinema’s COVID-19 policy. Masks are also required inside the venue. For more information, visit cincyworldcinema.org. – Emily DeLetter

Residents age 12 or older with one dose: 6,222,136 or 62.2% Residents age 12 of older fully vaccinated: 5,742,778 or 57.4% Who is eligible now? Ages 12 and up. How do I get registered? Go online to gettheshot.coronavirus.ohio.gov to check eligibility and book an appointment or get a link to vaccine providers. Or call 833-427-5634. KENTUCKY Doses received: 5,472,135 Residents age 12 or older with one dose: 2,619,376 or 68.8% Residents age 12 or older fully vaccinated: 2,229,685 or 58.6% Who is eligible now? Ages 12 and up.

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POWERBALL Saturday’s jackpot was an estimated $409 million.

EXTREMES

Cincinnati-area director premieres movie at the Garﬁ eld Theatre

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(Drawings: Sept. 10) 20 32 35 47 64 Megaball: 18 Megaplier: 2x Tuesday’s jackpot is an estimated $383 million.

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THE LOCAL BUZZ

A director and Cincinnati native is returning home for the premiere of his newest movie, fi lmed in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. “A Ghost Waits,” the debut fi lm directed by Adam Stovall, will premiere at Downtown’s Garfi eld Theatre at 7 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday. According to Cincinnati World Cinema, the fi lm is “a nontraditional love story with a unique plot line laced with dry humor and requisite ghostly spookiness. The intent is to emotionally accentuate loneliness, connection and caring – without resorting to the blood and gore devices one encounters with a largely commodifi ed genre.” It was shot in locations around Cincinnati, Covington and Lakeside Park. Stovall directed and acted, and the movie also stars MacLeod Andrews, Natalie Walker, Sydney Vollmer and Amanda Miller. At the screening, Stovall will introduce the fi lm and lead a question-and-

Flurries

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Cincinnati Markland Dam Maysville Meldahl Dam Portsmouth

OTHER RIVERS

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Sept. 12. On this date: 1966: “The Monkees” debuted on NBC-TV; “Family Affair” premiered on CBS. 1987: Reports surfaced that Democratic presidential candidate Joseph Biden had borrowed, without attribution, passages of a speech by British Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock for one of his own campaign speeches. (The Kinnock report, along with other damaging revelations, prompted Biden to drop his White House bid.) 1994: A stolen, single-engine Cessna crashed into the South Lawn of the White House, coming to rest against the executive mansion; the pilot, Frank Corder, was killed. 2001: Stunned rescue workers continued to search for bodies in the World Trade Center’s smoking rubble a day after a terrorist attack that shut down the financial capital, badly damaged the Pentagon and left thousands dead. President George W. Bush, branding the attacks in New York and Washington “acts of war,” spoke of “a monumental struggle of good versus evil” and said that “good will prevail.” 2012: The U.S. dispatched an elite group of Marines to Tripoli, Libya, after the mob attack in Benghazi that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans. President Barack Obama strongly condemned the violence, and vowed to bring the killers to justice; Republican challenger Mitt Romney accused the administration of showing weakness in the face of tumultuous events in the Middle East.

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How UC’s Big 12 team eﬀ ort extended well beyond campus Politics Extra Jason Williams Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

The Bearcats did their part on the football fi eld to warrant an invite to the Big 12 Conference on Friday. But there was also a strong team eff ort off the fi eld leading up to one of the most monumental days in the University of Cincinnati’s 202-year history. Top local and state business, political and sports leaders publicly and privately advocated for UC to get into a power conference, a collaborative effort that school President Neville Pinto acknowledged. “UC is truly blessed to have great partners across our city and state,” Pinto said. “They fully embraced our goal of competing at the highest level. Having them believe in us and our push for Power 5 status made all the diff erence. On behalf of all Bearcats, I want to thank them for their unwavering dedication and support. This invitation would not have happened without them.” Pinto, who’s led the university since early 2017, also thanked past UC presidents, trustees and other campus leaders. He specifi cally mentioned late President Joseph Steger, “who set this campus-wide transformation into motion,” Pinto said. Steger, who died in 2013, was UC’s top leader from 1984 to 2003. He led the eff ort to help UC shed its long-held reputation as a “commuter school,” and understood how athletics could play a role in recruiting students nationwide. Steger’s is the only name that Pinto specifi cally mentioned. “This is their day,” Pinto said of UC leaders past and present. It speaks to Pinto’s humble leadership style that he’s giving others the credit for what will end up being the crowing achievement of his presidency. As for the off -campus leaders who helped, much of their work was done in 2016 when the Big 12 considered inviting UC. The conference decided not to expand then, but those eff orts helped make a lasting impression on Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer, ex-Gov. John Kasich and other prominent state and local leaders helped lay the groundwork for Friday’s announcement. Meyer, a UC alum, spoke out publicly on the Bearcats’ behalf when he was Ohio State’s coach in August 2016. “I’m a graduate and a fan,” Meyer, now coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars, said then. “I think they should be in the Big 12.” A few weeks before Meyer said that, then-Gov. Kasich sent a letter to Bowlsby asking him to invite UC into the conference. It was a rare time during Kasich’s two terms that he put aside his bias toward helping central and northeast Ohio and went to bat for UC and Cincinnati. Prominent local UC alums such as

Western & Southern CEO John Barrett and FC Cincinnati owner Carl Lindner III are among several top business leaders who off ered to help make calls in recent years. Business leaders see how the move goes beyond sports. It raises Cincinnati’s profi le nationally. The impact of increased national brand awareness is diffi cult to measure. But it should help UC attract more applicants, create a more competitive selection process and in turn lead to a stronger pool of qualifi ed graduates for hometown companies to hire.

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Another Driehaus is giving politics a go. Dan Driehaus, of Cincinnati’s famed Democratic family, is running for one of seven seats on Wyoming City Council. The 49-year-old insurance executive is the youngest of Clare and the late Don Driehaus’ eight children. Dan never intended to follow in the footsteps of his father (former Hamilton County Democratic Party chairman), sister (Denise, current county commissioner) or brother (Steve, former congressman), but a couple of friends from Wyoming talked him into running. I’ve gotten to know Dan since he and his family moved to Wyoming two years ago. Besides being a genuinely nice guy, he has a similar approach to government and politics as his siblings – thoughtful, pragmatic, civil and a good-government advocate. “Dan has a heart for public service,” Denise told me. “He’s found a way to give back to his community no matter where he’s lived.” Before moving to Wyoming, Dan lived in Hyde Park and served on the city of Cincinnati’s planning commission. He wants to make sure Wyoming continues to have responsible zoning laws. When Dan broke the news to his mom and siblings in July, he assured them that he’d keep with a long-standing family tradition of using purple and ﬂ orescent yellow yard signs. Dan could end up being Wyoming’s next mayor, given his family’s wellknown and respected name. Several incumbents also aren’t seeking reelection, and the top vote-getter becomes the mayor. By the way, Denise has swept the ﬁ ve Wyoming precincts in both of her commissioner races.

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Cincinnati a city of ﬁ rsts for many things About Us Kathrine Nero Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Sometimes we hear things so frequently that we forget their importance, or take them at face value and leave it there. Cincinnatians have hung their caps for years on the fact that the Reds are the oldest professional baseball team, established in 1869. It’s given us a bit of a chip on our collective shoulder, not to mention a universal sneer toward those teams that now start “before” Opening Day. Because those of us who call this area home can agree: baseball starts – when it starts in Cincinnati. But the beginnings of baseball got me thinking: how many other things started here? What other history has been made? The Reds may be the most famous fi rst, but there are plenty more. The team actually had a couple more fi rsts: including the fi rst night game (1935) and the fi rst televised game (1939, against the Brooklyn Dodgers). It also featured one of Cincinnati’s iconic products, P&G’s Ivory soap, as one of the fi rst ever televised commercials. And as they said in many a commercial from my youth, “But wait! There’s more!” Just a year after the Cincinnati Red Stockings took the fi eld for the fi rst time, the University of Cincinnati was established – the second oldest municipal university in the U.S. In 1906, UC had a fi rst of its own: It established the fi rst co-operative education program in the world, allowing students to do a school-work rotation during their undergraduate years. Gibson Greeting Cards put Cincinnati on the map as the fi rst city to pub-

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lish greeting cards in 1850. I’m assuming there’s a card for that. Cincinnati’s Rookwood Pottery was the fi rst manufacturing operation operated by a woman, Maria Longworth Nichols Storer. The city also boasts the fi rst professional fi re department in 1853. Those fi refi ghters were also the fi rst to use steam fi re engines. Cincinnati owns two train-related fi rsts: It’s the fi rst city to build and own its own major railroad, in 1880. Just 15 years prior, it was also the site of the fi rst American train robbery. We can lay claim to the Boy Scouts of America, founded here in 1905, the Filet-O-Fish in 1963, and the fi rst concrete skyscraper, the Ingalls Building, in 1903. Sixteen stories may not seem like a lot now, but it broke records in the early 20th century. Medically, Cincinnati has rewritten history. The fi rst Jewish hospital in the country was established here in 1850, in a combination eff ort to both treat Cincinnatians suff ering from the cholera epidemic and to provide jobs to Jewish doctors who had trouble fi nding employment elsewhere. The fi rst heart-lung machine was invented by doctors at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in 1952, making it possible for the fi rst time to do openheart surgery. Long before both of those innovations, in 1865, the fi rst ambulance service also happened right here in Cincinnati. What can we say? Cincinnati’s been home to trendsetters for years. We’ll be on the lookout for a Gibson Greetings thank you card from the rest of the country. Maybe even by airmail, which was – you guessed it – invented here in 1835. Join Kathrine on Coff ee Break with Kathrine, weekdays on The Enquirer’s Facebook page at 10 a.m.

Meet the Celts, Cincinnati’s ﬁ rst NFL team Our History Jeff Suess Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Last year was the 100th anniversary of the National Football League, founded in 1920. This year marks the centennial of Cincinnati’s fi rst NFL team – the Cincinnati Celts. If you haven’t heard of the Celts, that’s probably because the team played only four games in 1921, fi nishing with a 1-3 record in their lone season in the league. The Celts, pronounced with a hard “C,” had been around for a while. The Celts Athletic Club in Cincinnati had fi elded amateur and semi-professional teams for baseball, football and track since 1907. The Cincinnati eleven (which was a term used at the time to mean “football team,” a reference to the 11 players fi elded by each team) was well respected throughout Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, which was the cradle of football at the time.

Knowing the rules The Celts played in an unoﬃ cial Ohio league along with the Canton Bulldogs, Dayton Triangles and Massillon Tigers. Players were mostly former college stars from the region. George Roudebush called them “a bunch of wild Irishmen.” Roudebush joined the Celts as the quarterback in 1915. Football was a different game then, with some players, but not all, wearing leather helmets, and passing the ball was almost never done. Until Roudebush helped change the game. In 1912, the year before Knute Rockne at Notre Dame popularized the forward pass, Roudebush made a splash throwing the ball for the Big Red at Denison University in Granville, Ohio. Prior to that season, forward passes had to be thrown ﬁ ve yards behind the line of scrimmage and could travel no more than 20 yards. A new rule allowed the ball to be passed any distance. The team persuaded the coach to let Roudebush throw the ball. He had a good arm, developed from “throwing stones and corncobs at the hogs and chickens” on his family’s farm in Newtonsville, according to Denison Magazine. The week before they imple-

An ad for a football game between the Cincinnati Celts and the Rock Island Independents in 1919. PROVIDED

mented the pass, the Big Red were held to a 3-3 tie. The next week with Roudebush passing, they won 60-3. Roudebush served in France during World War I, then returned to Ohio and played for the Dayton Flyers in the fi rst two seasons of the NFL. He worked for a law fi rm in Cleveland during the week, then hopped a train to play the Sunday game, changing into his uniform on board. “We did it for the money,” he said in a 1988 interview. Roudebush’s fondest football memory was the biggest game in Cincinnati Celts history. On Oct. 29, 1916, the Celts faced the mighty Pine Village, Indiana, team that had gone undefeated for an unbelievable 13 seasons. Late in the game, the Celts punted and Roudebush used an obscure rule no longer on the books that any player that lined up behind the kicker was eligible to recover the kick as a free ball. As the ball bounced on the turf, the Pine Village players backed away from it while Roudebush raced down fi eld and pounced on the ball in the end zone for a touchdown. The Celts won, 9-6.

Coach Greasy Neale Cincinnati Reds outﬁ elder Earle “Greasy” Neale also played and coached football after the baseball season was over.

In 1919, two weeks after Neale and the Reds won the World Series, Neale stepped in to coach the semi-pro Celts and play halfback. The previous season, Neale had led the Dayton Triangles to the Ohio league championship. He also played with the legendary Jim Thorpe on the Canton Bulldogs and Massillon Tigers. As a halfback, Neale had a penchant for evading tacklers, so folks started likening him to a greased pig, which was the origin of his nickname. Neale went on to coach the Philadelphia Eagles from 1941 to 1950, leading them to back-to-back NFL championships in 1948 and ’49. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1969. (Neale joins Thorpe and Deion Sanders as one-time Cincinnati Reds in the football hall of fame.)

Joining the APFA In 1920, several Midwest teams banded together to form the American Professional Football Association (which was renamed the National Football League in 1922), but the Celts were not invited for the inaugural season. The teams arranged their own schedules and were allowed to play opponents outside the league. In an unoﬃ cial game, the Celts held the Akron Pros — the team that would win the ﬁ rst APFA champion title – to two touchdowns, yet

failed to make a fi rst down. The Celts were one of 21 teams in the APFA’s 1921 season. They were a traveling team with no home fi eld. Cincinnati was led by coach Mel Doherty, who also played center. The Celts’ fi rst game, on Oct. 2, was a 41-0 loss to the Akron Pros. The business manager of the Canton Bulldogs canceled his team’s game against the Celts the next week, opting for a more competitive opponent. The team’s only victory came against the Muncie Flyers, 14-0. Quarterback George Munns, who was a standout at Miami University, was the star of the game, tossing touchdown passes to Tom Melvin and Earl Hauser and kicking one of the extra points. Those were the only points the Celts scored in the APFA. They did win two non-league games, beating the Fort Wayne Pros, 13-0, and the Middletown Miamis, 21-14. They dropped the fi nal game of the season on Nov. 27, a 48-0 drubbing by the Evansville Crimson Giants. The Celts were outscored 117-14 in the games that counted and fi nished in 13th place. The team withdrew from the league at the end of the season, though they continued as a semi-pro team until 1923.

This one belongs to the Reds The Celts’ one season is not the worst in NFL history. Eight teams fi nished behind them in the standings. But the league wasn’t really regulated and teams played diff erent numbers of games, so not all of the early statistics are offi cially recognized. The record for the lowest scoring team in NFL history belongs to the Cincinnati Reds. The Cincinnati Reds football team joined the NFL in 1933 and set new lows for futility. The Reds scored 38 points in 10 games, a tie with the 1942 Detroit Lions. In 1934, the team scored 10 points in eight games before being suspended for not paying league fees. The Reds and their replacements, the St. Louis Gunners, combined for 37 points for the whole season. Of the 18 games in franchise history, the Reds football team was shut out 12 times. Sources: Enquirer and other newspaper archives, The Coffi n Corner magazine, “Before the Bengals: Early Professional Football in Cincinnati,” Wikipedia, NFL statistics

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A Hamilton County judge wants families who have loved ones with addiction to know there is a new avenue available to them in his court to get them treatment. Ohio’s version of Casey’s Law, a civil involuntary treatment option, has been updated. It requires a Probate Court order, and Judge Ralph Winkler said Thursday he’s ready to get started considering cases – and helping people get the treatment they need. “I don’t like that it’s called involuntary treatment,” Winkler said at a news conference in his courtroom. “My hope is that once people start using the law, it will become cooperative with the people who need the help.” Ohio’s Casey’s Law is similar to the Matthew Casey Wethington Act for Substance Abuse Intervention, enacted in 2004 in Kentucky. Grieving mother Charlotte Wethington of Kenton County advocated for the law, asking the Kentucky General Assembly to let families petition the court for a civil order for their loved ones to get addiction treatment. Her son, Casey, died from an overdose in 2002 at the age of 23. His mother had tried to get him treatment but was refused because Casey was not willing to go into treatment himself. Wethington told Winkler, “Those who suff er from this disease are worthy.” She noted that many who refused treatment and were ordered to get it through Casey’s Law in Kentucky have said it’s saved their lives. Some have gone on to use again, and others have remained in recovery. But the involuntary treatment law is currently under constitutional review in the Kentucky Supreme Court. The original Ohio version of Casey’s Law went into eff ect in 2012, but it was rarely used. Treatment advocates who looked into why learned that it was diffi cult to access and expensive for families. Newtown Police Chief Tom Synan, a vocal advocate for treatment for those with addiction rather than jail and prosecution, stepped forward to lead a committee in the Hamilton County Addiction Response Coalition to fi x the law fi ve years ago. “I’m hoping that this becomes a tool that transitions addiction out of the criminal justice system and into the medical-mental health treatment system,” said Synan. Winkler said his court got few petitions from families in its original form and he wants people to know that the new rules make it more user-friendly. “There were too many hoops to jump through,” Winkler said. Changes to the law, which went into eff ect in April 2021, include these: h Families aren’t required to put up half the cost of treatment upfront. h There is no fi ling fee. h No proof of insurance or coverage for half the cost of treatment is required upfront. h Those seeking the intervention do not have to have their loved one get a physical examination fi rst. Now, a family member of someone with a substance use disorder can

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come to the probate court offi ce and ask Winkler’s staff to give them and help them get through the paperwork for a petition. Then, with the help of an addiction expert, Winkler will consider evidence of the need for treatment. That evidence may be that the person’s in danger of harming himself or others or that they’ve had an overdose that required medical treatment to reverse. Hamilton County Commissioner Denise Driehaus said the county addiction response coalition has been working to build ways for people with substance use disorder to get help and said Casey’s Law “is just one more step to break down one of those barriers for the public.” Synan said he gets calls frequently – even as recently as last week – from parents of those who are suff ering from addiction who want to know what more they can do to help their adult children. “People are at the end of their rope,” Synan said. “They’re convinced their loved one is going to die and, unfortunately, we know that happens.” Winkler said he wants to take part in saving lives with Casey’s Law. He said that if someone’s family petitions the court while the individual is hospitalized, even that won’t prevent him from quickly holding a hearing (as long as his court is not overwhelmed with cases). “I’d be willing to go to the hospital to hold a hearing ... and talk to them,” Winkler said. And Winkler noted that he hopes to lean toward ordering intensive outpatient care for people who come before him so that they are not committed to a residential treatment center. Asked about whether incarceration of someone who violated his order – leaving treatment – will be an option, Winkler said, “It would be such a last ditch eff ort to save someone’s life” before he would have them jailed for contempt of a civil order. “This is a no-judgment zone,” Winkler said. “You won’t get a conviction from me, you’ll get help.”

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Boston Beer Company co-founder and chairman Jim Koch grew up in Cincinnati, the descendant of fi ve generations of beer brewers. When he set off to Harvard, where we would earn three degrees, it was not his goal to follow in their footsteps. But in the 1980s when, in his view, big beer companies with poor quality beers had taken over the market, Koch saw the need for a small brewer to make a highquality craft beer. As Koch’s company once again sponsors Oktoberfest Zinzinnati and he prepares to tap a ceremonial keg during the four-day event that kicks off Sept. 16, he told The Enquirer’s “That’s So Cincinnati” podcast how Samuel Adams was born in his father’s Mount Lookout attic. It was the early 1980s, perhaps 1983, when he was visiting his parents in Cincinnati and told his dad he planned to leave a lucrative consulting job to start a craft brewery, he recalled. His father had left the beer business long ago as Cincinnati breweries closed up shop, costing him job after job. “He didn’t think making beer was a great career decision for me,” Koch said. “I think he told me it was the dumbest thing he’d ever heard come out of my mouth.” Koch made his case, arguing he wasn’t going to try and compete with the big beer guys. Koch wanted to start a small-scale brewery to make small batches of highquality, handcrafted beer that he would sell for a signifi cant price premium over the mass-produced beers that were popular at the time. “He kind of came around and he said, ‘Well, you know, you’re going to need a great beer. You’re not going to be able to do this without something really special,”” Koch said. The senior Koch guided his son to the attic, where there was a trunk covered in stacks of old car magazines. It was fi lled with brew notes from his father’s time as a brewmaster and from

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rest of Zac Taylor’s coaching life will be judged by how he does with Joe Burrow. With Burrow, the Bengals have joined the 21st century. They love you now, fans! Behold our Ring of Honor! You, too, could be the Ruler of the Jungle for a day, feted pre-game the way Original Bengal Bob Johnson will be this Sunday shortly before kickoff . “We've got massive, 12-foot-tall cryo-breathing tigers!” notes Elizabeth Blackburn, the team’s director of strategy and engagement. I have no idea what a cryo-breathing tiger is, but it’s bound to strategically engage ladies and gentlemen and kids of all ages! The Bengals, bless ‘em, are trying. Feel free to wonder about the timing, i.e. what took them so long. It really doesn’t matter. In the years since Marvin Lewis’ departure, the Bengals have a new roster, a new coach and, evidently, a new attitude. “A lot of new faces,” noted fi fth-year running back Joe Mixon, who’s a respected veteran all of 25 years old. “They all bring something positive to the table. I don’t feel like we have anybody that’s here to hurt the team. Everybody that’s here now is buying into what (Taylor) is preaching. We want to win for Zac. We are becoming one. Nobody feels left out around here. We never did that in the past.” In the preseason, optimism roars like Who-Dey chants. You don’t need to be a natural-born skeptic to nod snarkily at the feelgood. You just need to be a Bengals fan. Cynicism doesn’t happen overnight. Howevuh ... The club has some glide in its stride now. That, too, owes to Burrow. And to the likes of Ja’Marr Chase, should he re-learn that the football is not, in fact, radioactive. Off ense does sell tickets. The opener wasn’t sold out, as of noon Friday. Sellouts have never been more important at PBS. There is the matter of the lease. It’s a boring, killjoy matter, like paying taxes on your Powerball winnings. But there it looms, like afternoon sun on an ice cream cake. The lease expires after the ’26 season. Negotiations on a new one will begin well before that.

Cincinnati quarterback Joe Burrow (9) leads a huddle before the Bengals’ ﬁ rst drive in the ﬁ rst quarter of a preseason game against the Miami Dolphins at Paul Brown Stadium on Aug. 29. The club has some glide in its stride now, writes Paul Daugherty. That, too, owes to Burrow. SAM GREENE/THE ENQUIRER

Bengals running back Joe Mixon cuts around Miami’s Jamal Perry during a preseason game Aug. 29. “We have a right mindset on what we’re going to be,” Mixon said. BRYAN WOOLSTON, AP

Hearts and minds need to be put in order by the end of the ’24 season, a mere three years from now. If the Ben-

gals follow the track they believe they’re on currently, the wins and the playoﬀ shows will follow and, possibly, the taxpayers of the Republic of Cincinnati will be in a charitable mood. Money will be lavished on the stadium and on The Family. Paul Brown’s baby will stay on the river. Life will be good. If not? If not? Well, the football team will still have a presumably attractive QB in his prime and likely a choice of cities dying to spend money they don’t have, on an NFL team. That sure is a major load to put on a guy with a reconstructed knee. But here we are. Mike Brown has made it plain Taylor’s progress will be judged carefully. No more “rebuilding the culture” talk. The culture is now. The oﬀ ensive line has (or should have) a boulder on its

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Catholics have been told for months in church bulletins and online updates that the goal of Beacons of Light is to address those problems and make their parishes more stable and vibrant for years to come, but some are wary. For Catholics, parishes often are the center of social and cultural life, not just religious life. Schools, sports teams, festivals, bingo nights, ﬁ sh fries, Bible study groups and a host of other activities have bound generations of Catholics to their parishes. Tinkering with that bond is a delicate matter, as church oﬃ cials have learned many times over the years when merging parishes or closing schools. Doing it across all 19 counties of the archdiocese, as Beacons of Light proposes, will be a heavy lift. “I see it as being a struggle,” said Janie Allen-Blue, a member of Bond Hill’s Church of the Resurrection, which was part of a four-parish merger more than a decade ago. “I’m not trying to be negative, but parishioners didn’t come up with Beacons of Light.”

Mass attendance and enrollment decline Like many Catholics, though, she knows the challenges are real. Nationally, the number of priests has plummeted from 59,200 to 35,500 over the past 50 years, and the number of parishes has fallen from 18,200 to 16,700, according to Georgetown University’s Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate. But the decline isn’t happening uniformly. While new parishes spring up in booming areas such as Atlanta and Dallas, places such as Detroit, Pittsburgh and Chicago have seen Catholics either leave town or abandon neighborhood parishes for the suburbs. As that happened, church oﬃ cials have tried to adapt, often with structural reorganizations like Beacons of Light. “It’s very common,” said the Rev. Thomas Gaunt, the Georgetown center’s director. “There’s not one way to do this.” A 177-page report produced this year for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati spelled out what the church here is up against: Mass attendance declined

The exterior of the Church of the Resurrection in Bond Hill in 2011. The Church of the Resurrection was part of a four-parish merger more than a decade ago. CINCINNATI ENQUIRER FILE

22.5% between 2010 and 2019, Catholic school enrollment fell 14% over the same period, and the number of priests, which has been tumbling for decades, was projected to drop another 18% by 2031. Those trends began before the COVID-19 pandemic delivered another body blow to church attendance and forced the cancellation of popular fundraising events, such as festivals. They also came as the region’s demographics continued to shift unfavorably for the archdiocese. The Catholic population here is getting older – baptisms declined 19% in the past decade – and the Catholic share of the population fell from 14.2% to 11.9%. The report, which church oﬃ cials will use to guide their work on Beacons of Light, does not make speciﬁ c recommendations about how to group the archdiocese’s 211 parishes or whether to close any of its 110 schools. But it does provide a glimpse into the future. It suggests the archdiocese may not be able to support more than 60 to 65 pastor assignments a decade from now, which, based on the number of parishes today, could leave one priest for every 3.5 parishes. By 2031, the report predicts, a pastor who serves only one parish “will be an anomaly.” The archdiocese still has 153 priests, but the report estimates the total will

drop to 125 over the next decade. And because half the priests today are over 60, many may be retired or unable to run a parish on their own by 2031. The report also warns that some Catholic schools, like some parishes, were built decades ago and are no longer located where large numbers of Catholics live, which makes it diﬃ cult to maintain and grow enrollment. The coming changes to parishes, therefore, will also mean changes at schools, some of which are increasingly dependent on millions of dollars from Ohio’s Ed Choice vouchers and administrative cost reimbursements from state taxpayers. “School structure will be impacted by parish structural changes,” the report states.

Will parishes and schools close? According to Beacons of Light planning documents, this restructuring will be more sweeping than anything the archdiocese has done in decades, if not longer. Does that mean parishes will close? Details the archdiocese has provided so far don’t come out and say that, but closings are implied. Those documents, which are available on the archdiocese website, describe the ﬁ rst step as ﬁ guring out new Mass schedules and bringing together

collective shoulder, given all the doubts tossed its way. Too bad boulders can’t pass-block. They’re just too slow. The defense promises a better pass rush and is improved by a few newcomers, most notably slot corner Mike Hilton. Hilton came over from Pittsburgh, where winning is familiar and losing is traitorous. On Thursday, Hilton noted that last year playing against the Bengals, “It seemed like they was (just) trying to get through.” Hilton also noted that this season “the energy is high.” Well, good. Back to Mixon. “We had a lot of older guys when I fi rst got here. It’s a lot different now. Diff erent coaches, diff erent players. We have a right mindset on what we’re going to be and what we’re going to do. We’re on the right track.” Fantastic. Almost as exciting as cryo-breathing tigers.

parish councils and staff . Later, though, the plan is to turn the new families of parishes into something other than a loose association overseen by the same pastor. The goal is to eventually unite those parishes into a single parish. “The pace at which parishes join together within the families will be variable and determined by the readiness of the parishes to move forward,” church offi cials explain on the website. Gaunt said it’s a critical time for the archdiocese and for Archbishop Dennis Schnurr. It’s never easy, he said, to adapt to a changing world while respecting the attachment so many Catholics have to their parishes and schools. “There’s familial, strong ties to this given church building at this location,” Gaunt said. “One has to address that with great sensitivity because it holds such meaning in families’ lives.” Allen-Blue knows from experience how diffi cult that task can be. She had attended St Mark’s in Evanston before it merged with three other parishes to create Resurrection. At the time, she argued against the change. “When there’s a merger, it’s a loss,” she said. “It took some time.” Eventually, though, she adapted. She joined the new parish’s fi nance council, became a catechism teacher and, more than 10 years later, still attends Mass at Resurrection. She said she’s not sure what to expect from Beacons of Light, since everyone still is waiting for details about what it means for their parishes and schools. But she said people will be more likely to embrace the changes if they feel they’re part of the decision-making process, so she’s anxious to see what the archdiocese announces next month and how open church offi cials will be to the views of parishioners. “No one likes for anyone to say this is how it’s going to be and that’s it,” AllenBlue said. “It’s important to have input before the fact.” If the archdiocese sticks to its timeline for Beacons of Light, Allen-Blue and the region’s other half-million Catholics should know by next spring how much say they had in the future of their parishes and schools. That’s when church offi cials intend to approve the families of parishes structure and assign pastors to lead them.

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WAVERLY, Ohio – Angela Wagner walked calmly into the Pike County Courthouse. Flanked by her attorneys, she sat at a table, crossed her legs and sat nearly motionless for more than an hour as a judge read aloud an array of charges and details of a cold, calculated murder fi ve years ago. The 50-year-old – who now has admitted helping mastermind the deaths of eight people in one of the highestprofi le investigations in Ohio history – pleaded guilty Friday to a variety of 14 lesser charges and agreed to a 30-year mandatory prison sentence related to the murders of eight members of the Rhoden family. By doing so, prosecutors in the case agreed to drop the most serious charges of aggravated murder. Instead, she will be 80 years old when she might be released. A gallery of about 30 people, several of them friends and relatives of the Rhoden family, stared at Wagner, some wiping their eyes and bowing their heads. Wagner repeatedly answered, “Yes, your honor,” “No, your honor” and “I plead guilty, your honor” to questions related to each charge. She showed no emotion and avoided even a glance at the gallery. Special prosecutor Angela Canepa said that a statement proff ered by Wagner will help in the remaining cases. The statement is consistent with that her son, Edward “Jake” Wagner, already provided, she said. “The defendant had the methods, admitted to committing the off enses with her family members,” and either directly carried them out or was complicit in doing so.” Rhoden relatives gathered outside after the hearing, consoling one another. One woman glared at Wagner from her car as Wagner exited the courthouse. “I see a woman with no sympathy, no remorse,” she said, commenting on the sentence. “She’s getting 30 years more than what our family gets.” By not entering the plea, Wagner could have faced more than 110 years in prison and a fi ne of $165,000, Pike County Common Pleas Judge Randy Deering told her. Among the more-serious charges she pleaded to: complicity to commit aggravated murder, aggravated burglary and engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, each fi rst-degree felonies punishable by up to 11 years in prison and a $20,000 fi ne. Deering read details, including how Wagner obtained ammunition and gun silencers, forged child-custody documents, broke into computer accounts of the victims, broke into their homes and moved bodies once they had been shot. Her son Edward “Jake” Wagner previously changed his plea to guilty on April 22, fi ve years to the day after the

With Angela Wagner’s guilty pleas to multiple counts, two of four family members charged in the executionstyle killings of seven members of another family and an eighth person now have been convicted. Both Wagner, 50, and her son, Edward “Jake” Wagner, agreed to specifi c sentences as part of their plea deals. They also agreed to cooperate with prosecutors. Angela Wagner, who pleaded guilty to charges including conspiracy to commit aggravated murder in a case that dates back to 2016, has agreed to serve 30 years in prison without the possibility of parole or early release. Mike Allen, Hamilton County’s former prosecutor, told The Enquirer that a 30-year sentence appears to be fair. “It doesn’t appear that her involvement was as severe as the rest of them,” Allen said, adding that he doesn’t know what evidence prosecutors have. Jake Wagner has agreed to serve eight consecutive life prison terms without the possibility of parole. He had faced the death penalty. He pleaded guilty in April to 23 counts including eight counts of aggravated murder. He admitted shooting fi ve of the eight victims. It remains unclear who killed the other three. Allen said Jake Wagner’s guilty plea was unusual because as part of the agreement prosecutors took the “death penalty off the table” for him and his three family members. Pike County Common Pleas Judge Randy Deering is expected to impose the agreed-upon sentences. Sentencing hearings have yet to be scheduled. Hearings for the two remaining defendants, Angela Wagner’s husband, George “Billy” Wagner II, and another of their sons, George Wagner IV are set for next week. George Wagner IV is scheduled to appear Monday in Pike County Common Pleas Court. A hearing for Billy Wagner is set for Sept. 16.

Angela Wagner in the courtroom with her attorneys during a hearing Friday at the Pike County Courthouse in Waverly, Ohio. JOSHUA A. BICKEL/COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Killed in the Rhoden family homicides in April 2016 were, top row from left: Christopher Rhoden Jr., Christopher Rhoden Sr., Dana Manley Rhoden and Clarence “Frankie” Rhoden; bottom row, from left, Hanna Rhoden, Hannah Gilley, Kenneth Rhoden and Gary Rhoden. PROVIDED PHOTOS

execution-style slayings. He admitted to killing fi ve members of the Rhoden family in Pike County and pleaded guilty to eight counts of aggravated murder. In exchange, prosecutors have dropped the possibility of a death penalty against the 28-year-old who implicated others in his family but also saved them a potential death penalty. By agreeing to cooperate with prosecutors in the cases, two other Wagner family members, also charged in the murders, face similar court appearances as early as next week. In 2016, eight members of the Rhoden family were shot to death in four homes in three locations in rural Pike County. A frantic family member called with a report of the fi rst slaying at 7:49 a.m. on April 22, 2016, and alerted authorities. Killed were Dana Manley Rhoden, 37; her ex-husband, Christopher Rhoden Sr., 40; their sons, Christopher Rhoden Jr., 16, and Clarence “Frankie” Rhoden, 20; their daughter, Hanna Rhoden, 19, the mother of Jake Wagner’s daughter; Frankie’s fi ancée, Hannah Gilley, 20; Kenneth Rhoden, 44, a brother to Chris Sr; and Gary Rhoden,

38, a cousin to Kenneth and Chris Sr. Jake Wagner, along with George “Billy” Wagner III; his wife, Angela Wagner; and their other grown son, George Wagner IV, were arrested in 2018. The family, described as clannish, had moved to Alaska after the killings, but had returned to this part of the country and all were from the nearby Scioto County village of South Webster. All four Wagners were charged with eight counts of aggravated murder. Other charges included aggravated burglary, tampering with evidence, engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, unauthorized use of property, interception of communications, conspiracy and unlawful possession of a dangerous ordnance. All were taken into custody in coordinated arrests on Nov. 13, 2018. Investigators have said the killings were an elaborate and long-planned execution plot to get rid of anyone who might stand in the way of custody and control of Jake Wagner’s child. All originally pleaded not guilty. Jake Wagner’s plea agreement took the death penalty oﬀ the table for the rest of his family if they are convicted.

Top row from left, George “Billy” Wagner III and Angela Wagner; bottom row from left, George Wagner IV and Edward “Jake” Wagner. PROVIDED BY OHIO ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE

DeWine: Biden ‘made a mistake’ with vaccine order Haley BeMiller State Bureau

COLUMBUS – Gov. Mike DeWine is criticizing President Joe Biden’s sweeping vaccine and testing requirement for large businesses, arguing the order further divides people and politicizes the eﬀ ort to get Americans inoculated. “I think the president made a mistake,” DeWine said in a radio interview Friday on Cincinnati station WLW-AM (700). “I don’t think he should’ve done this. It clouds the issue, and we’re going to now be talking about a federal mandate, which no one likes, instead of talking about, ‘Look, here’s the science.’ “ Biden said a day earlier that his administration will direct employers with 100 or more employees to require their workforce to get vaccinated or face weekly testing for COVID-19. The move comes as the more contagious delta variant drives a new surge of cases and sends unvaccinated Americans into hospitals. DeWine continues to encourage Ohioans to get vaccinated and opposes

House Bill 248, a controversial bill that would prevent schools, businesses and other institutions from requiring vaccines. But the governor has also said he doesn’t plan to mandate vaccines for state employees or the general public. Nearly 62% of Ohioans ages 12 and older are vaccinated, according to the Ohio Department of Health. That ranks Ohio No. 38 among states, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. DeWine’s comments were more measured than that of other Republican governors, including South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who have pledged to ﬁ ght the federal mandate. DeWine said he and Attorney General Dave Yost would talk about “the best way” to deal with Biden’s order. “Just weeks ago, the Supreme Court reminded President Biden that he cannot ‘act unlawfully even in pursuit of desirable ends,’” Yost spokeswoman Bethany McCorkle said in a statement. “He needs another reminder. President Biden, by ordering employees at private companies to either vaccinate, test

themselves weekly, or quit, is acting unlawfully again and the President knows it.” Meanwhile, business leaders and Republicans in Congress have painted Biden’s order as unconstitutional and argue the decision to be vaccinated should be left to individuals. “While our members ﬁ rmly believe the COVID-19 vaccines are both safe and eﬀ ective, we also believe employers should have the autonomy to decide what is best for the health and safety of both their customers and employees,” said Pat Tiberi, president and CEO of the Ohio Business Roundtable. The organization, which represents CEOs of Ohio’s largest companies, also opposes House Bill 248. Candidates for U.S. Senate went further in their opposition, accusing Biden of tyranny and calling on citizens not to comply with the order. “Don’t allow yourself to be bullied and controlled,” author and venture capitalist J.D. Vance said in a statement. “Only mass civil disobedience will save us from Joe Biden’s naked authoritarianism.”

Former state Treasurer Josh Mandel posted a video from a cornﬁ eld on Twitter and claimed Biden is “creating a constitutional crisis.” “When the Gestapo show up at your front door, you know what to do,” he said. James Pasch, a regional director for the Anti-Defamation League that serves Ohio, Kentucky and other neighboring states, said comparing public health orders to Nazi Germany is “beyond the pale” and called on Mandel to apologize. “Being asked to wear a mask or to take a FDA-approved vaccine in order to stop the spread of a deadly respiratory disease is not equivalent to the actions of the Gestapo in Nazi-era Germany or the systemic annihilation of an entire group of people based on their ethnicity,” Pasch said. USA TODAY contributed. Haley BeMiller is a reporter for the USA TODAY Network Ohio Bureau, which serves the Columbus Dispatch, Cincinnati Enquirer, Akron Beacon Journal and 18 other aﬃ liated news organizations across Ohio.

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Loveland leaders work on entertainment district Briana Rice Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Loveland has begun the process of adding to the city's entertainment district. The update would not be a drinking district with open containers or an extension of the downtown area's Designated Outdoor Refreshment (DORA) District. It will just increase the number of liquor permits available in a new area that is being called the Community Entertainment District. City Manager David Kennedy says it will save a new business considerable upfront costs, in a press release.

Trailside Ice Shack is a popular summertime establishment sits across from Nesbit Park on the Little Miami Scenic Trail. LIZ DUFOUR/THE ENQUIRER

“This is a tool that many communities in the State of Ohio are utilizing to help attract new restaurants to the area as

part of larger scale redevelopment of the business corridor,” Kennedy said. The proposal includes 10 new DFJ permits, or licenses, that will allow 10 new retail food establishments to sell liquor. The Community Entertainment District will be in the 54-acre area between the intersection of West Loveland Avenue to the Kroger at 800 Loveland-Madeira Road. Permits will only be available within the boundaries of the Community Entertainment District but all 10 permits will not have to be used. “This could expand the corridor’s opportunities for dining and entertainment-type businesses,” added Kennedy. “Think of your average sit-down, family style, chain restaurant nowadays. They

all feature alcohol on their menus. Currently, the cost to get a liquor license may prohibit restaurants like this from coming to Loveland.” Right now, any new restaurant establishment looking to open its doors with the Loveland-Madeira Road Corridor would face costs of up to $30,000 for a liquor permit. In the Community Entertainment District, the liquor permit will cost the standard state fee of $2,440. Loveland City council will conduct a hearing on Sept. 28 to allow public comments during the regular council meeting, which starts at 7 p.m. in City Council Chambers, 120 W. Loveland Ave. Contact Briana Rice at 513-568-3496 or brice@enquirer.com. Follow her on Twitter at @BriRiceWrites.

Meet The Enquirer’s team covering local elections Carl Weiser Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

No matter where you live in Ohio, you have an election this November. You’ll be voting for city, village and township trustees, the governments that control your local public safety forces, roads, and taxes. You’ll be voting for school board members, who are wrestling with decisions about masks and vaccinations, on top of the usual education issues. You’ll be voting on the usual assortments of tax levies, bond issues and charter amendments. The Enquirer is here to help you make sense of it all. Here’s the team:

Sharon Coolidge If you live in the city of Cincinnati, Coolidge has you covered. She’ll be covering the mayoral race between Aftab Pureval and David Mann, the race for the nine seats on Cincinnati City Council, and a controversial charter amendment that would change Cincinnati’s government in a variety of ways. Follow her at @SharonCoolidge and reach her at scoolidge@enquirer.com.

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Wartman, the regional politics reporter, will be helping cover Cincinnati’s elections as well as other races in suburban Hamilton County. Follow him at @ScottWartman and reach him at swartman@enquirer.com.

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Erin Glynn A Report for America corps member, Glynn covers Butler, Warren and Clermont counties. Follow her at @ee_glynn and reach her at eglynn@enquirer.com.

Madeline Mitchell Mitchell covers schools, including local school board elections which this year are attracting more interest - and candidates - than usual. Follow her at @Maddiemitch or reach

local races. You can reach her at klewis@enquirer.com.

Our local political columnist, Williams oﬀ ers his opinions on what your elected oﬃ cials are doing from Cincinnati City Hall to Washington, D.C. Follow him at @jwilliamscincy or reach him at jwilliams@enquirer.com.

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A breaking news reporter, Rice will be covering suburban Hamilton County races. Follow her at @BriRiceWrites or reach her at brice@enquirer.com.

Aldridge is The Enquirer’s opinion editor. Have an op-ed you want to submit? Send it to kaldridge@enquirer.com. Kentucky does not have elections in November. If you love politics year-round, you may want to join The Enquirer’s Greater Cincinnati Politics Facebook group, where you can talk politics with more than 11,000 members in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky.

Kaitlin Lewis An Enquirer intern, Lewis will be overseeing The Enquirer’s online election guide and helping with coverage of

Weiser oversees the local politics team. Follow him at @cweiser or reach him at cweiser@enquirer.com.

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Will Ohio Republican Party pass on endorsing DeWine’s reelection bid? Jessie Balmert State Bureau

COLUMBUS – Winning over the Ohio Republican Party shouldn’t be a tall task for Gov. Mike DeWine. But the state party’s 66-member governing body will meet Friday without considering an endorsement for DeWine, Ohio’s incumbent GOP governor running for reelection in 2022. Instead, the Ohio Republican Party will consider endorsements for state supreme court contenders. The Ohio GOP could endorse DeWine at a future meeting – their next one is set for December – but some state central committee members frustrated with how the governor handled COVID-19 are trying to block any endorsement. Strongsville GOP leader Shannon Burns said local Republicans don’t want the state Republican party to endorse in “legitimate primary races,” such as Ohio governor and U.S. Senate. DeWine faces a primary from former U.S. Rep. Jim Renacci and Canal Winchester farmer Joe Blystone. U.S. Rep. Warren Davidson, of Troy, is also considering a bid. The U.S. Senate race is an even more crowded primary. Endorsements have been a divisive topic among Republicans in recent years with some still bristling over the Ohio Republican Party’s endorsement of then-Gov. John Kasich for president in 2016. Kasich lost the GOP primary to then-candidate Donald Trump despite winning one state: Ohio. Renacci, who sought and won the Ohio GOP’s endorsement for U.S. Senate in 2018, said he doesn’t think anybody should endorse until candidates ﬁ le oﬃ cially and even then it’s up to the voters to make that decision, not the parties. “I believe the problem is any time the hand of the state central committee goes on top of endorsing somebody, what that does is give that individual additional resources and money and

many Republicans in Ohio think that’s wrong,” Renacci said. Renacci, who chairs Medina County’s GOP, said the state party should instead focus on supporting candidates to run and helping county party operations across the state. The divide over DeWine was exacerbated by the Ohio Republican Party’s $500,000 donation to the governor’s reelection campaign. The party also donated money or in-kind services to the remaining GOP state offi ceholders. Chairman Bob Paduchik explained the sum in an Aug. 11 letter to state central committee members: “ORP has a longstanding tradition of supporting incumbent Republican elected offi cials during their term of offi ce.” Paduchik also wrote that any decision to endorse 2022 candidates would come from a majority vote of the governing body. When might that decision come? “I can’t get into internal deliberations about a timeline,” Ohio Republican Party spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said. Clermont County Republican Party Chairman Greg Simpson said he wants the state party to endorse DeWine for reelection. He said endorsements can help GOP candidates, and DeWine has done a good job under impossible circumstances. “There’s no road map for what he had to do,” Simpson said. Mary Ann Christie, a central committee member and former Madeira mayor, said she would prefer for voters choose the primary winner and have the state party back that person. “There shouldn’t be any endorsements going on,” she said. USA TODAY Network Ohio bureau chief Jackie Borchardt contributed. Jessie Balmert is a reporter for the USA TODAY Network Ohio Bureau, which serves the Akron Beacon Journal, Cincinnati Enquirer, Columbus Dispatch and 18 other affi liated news organizations across Ohio.

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US Rep. Davidson calls on president to resign Most GOP lawmakers also critical of Biden Scott Wartman Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

At least one Cincinnati-area Republican lawmaker has joined the chorus of conservatives calling for President Joe Biden’s resignation over the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. Most Republican lawmakers who represent the region have stopped short of calling for what would be the second presidential resignation in history, opting instead to just criticize the president. U.S. Rep. Warren Davidson, a Republican whose district covers suburban Butler County just north of Cincinnati, called for Biden’s resignation. Davidson and his Ohio Republican colleague in the House, Rep. Jim Jordan, accused Biden of leaving Americans behind in Afghanistan. Jordan, R-Urbana, also called on Biden to resign. When the fi nal American troops left Afghanistan Aug. 31, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said less than 200 U.S. citizens remained in the county, many with dual citizenship in Afghanistan. Davidson, a Republican from Troy, tweeted after a briefi ng on Aug. 24 that not only should Biden resign, but the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Homeland Security should be fi red. When asked by The Enquirer why he thinks Afghanistan rises to the level that would require a president to resign, Davidson sent a brief statement. “He knowingly left American citizens behind in Afghanistan,” Davidson said in the statement. “He and his Secretaries of State and Defense, along with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, need to resign or be fi red.” He elaborated more on Fox News Radio’s Fox Across America with Jimmy Failla on Aug. 30 that he thinks the withdrawal jeopardizes America’s interests elsewhere. “There’s no place around the world that this national security team is going to go and have anybody’s confi dence they’re going to advance American na-

tional security interests,” Davidson said. “No one should trust they’re going to make good judgment calls.” The rest of the Republican delegation in the area hasn’t called on Biden to resign.

Rep. Steve Chabot, R-Westwood Chabot, in a blog post on Aug. 25, said the withdrawal from Afghanistan “may be the worst foreign policy catastrophe in American history.” But he doesn’t think Biden should resign because that would make Vice President Kamala Harris president. “And her record thus far on things Biden has tasked her with is anything but impressive,” Chabot wrote. Chabot ended by suggesting Republicans take back the House and Senate next year and beat Biden and Harris in 2024, then adds “some would say, again.” Chabot didn’t respond to The Enquirer’s request to clarify what he meant by that and whether he ascribes to debunked conspiracy theories regarding the 2020 presidential election.

Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Columbia Tusculum Wenstrup hasn’t publicly called for Biden to step down. He didn’t respond to messages seeking comment. Wenstrup, an oﬃ cer in the U.S. Army Reserves, has made public statements condemning the withdrawal and how easily the Taliban regained control of the country. “I am furious and sickened that the situation on the ground has deteriorated so swiftly that an attack of this magnitude was able to occur,” Wenstrup said in a statement Aug. 26.

Sen. Rob Portman, R-Terrace Park Portman hasn’t called for the president to resign. Instead, Portman, in a statement on Aug. 30, Portman called on the Biden administration to come up with a counter-terrorism plan and a way to vet Afghan refugees “so we can come together as a nation to welcome people who have been screened and who have stood with us in war-torn Afghanistan.”

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“I did not agree with how President Biden chose to withdraw forces from Afghanistan because I believe that any withdrawal should have been based on the conditions on the ground, not on an artiﬁ cial timeline,” Portman said.

Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Cleveland The Enquirer reached out to Brown’s offi ce, who sent a statement saying Brown “is focused on getting resources to vulnerable Afghans and Ohio veterans aff ected by their service in Afghanistan, Iraq, and previous confl icts, not political stunts. He was just at the Chillicothe VA today meeting with workers and veterans.” Brown, in August, talked about his concern for Americans on the ground. “I am extremely concerned about the safety and security of Americans on the ground, as well as Afghans who helped our country over the past two decades. We must do everything in our power to evacuate them to safety and provide refuge from the unfolding humanitarian crisis.”

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Garrison Two Republican lawmakers who rep-

resent Northern Kentucky for years have called for the U.S. to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, Rep. Thomas Massie and Sen. Rand Paul. While both have been critical of how Biden handled the withdrawal, neither Massie nor Paul have publicly called for the president to resign over it. Neither responded to The Enquirer’s request for comment. “Leaving Afghanistan was the right thing to do,” Massie tweeted on August 18. “But one of the ways in which the withdrawal was bungled (due to arrogance of Neocons who thought they had taught Afghan security forces to care), is the breadth and depth of US weaponry that immediately fell into Taliban hands.”

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Bowling Green, Kentucky As recently as Feb. 3, Paul took to Twitter to urge Biden to bring the troops home. He was responding to a report the administration had plans to break the agreement Trump brokered with the Taliban to withdraw troops by May. “This would be a horrible start to @POTUS’s administration. Bring them home!,” Paul tweeted Feb. 3. In recent stop at the end of August to the Northern Kentucky suburb of Cold Spring, Paul criticized the president for allowing airbases to fall to the Taliban and reports that the administration shared information to the Taliban about evacuees. “It is an utter disgrace what’s going on over there, it is incompetence on steroids,” Paul said in Cold Spring. “I’ve never seen such incompetence.”

Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Louisville In a press conference a week ago in Kentucky, the Senate minority leader said he won’t call for Biden to resign. “He’s not going to do that,” McConnell said in the press conference. “It’s a Democratic House, Democratic Senate, Democratic President. In a practical matter, he’s not going anywhere. There will be a midterm report card in the fall of ’22 and then in ’24 if he chooses to run again, the American people can decide whether they want more of the same.”

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Ivermectin use for COVID-19 on rise despite warnings Bryce Buyakie Wooster Daily Record USA TODAY NETWORK

The anti-parasitical drug ivermectin is in the news again. This time, a Butler County judge ruled that West Chester Hospital is not compelled to treat a COVID-19 patient with ivermectin, according to an Enquirer report. As the courts weighed this recent decision, more people have bought and used the commonly used animal antiparasite drug to treat cases of COVID-19 and taken it as a preventative. While ivermectin is used to treat parasites, head lice and skin conditions like rosacea in humans, the US Food and Drug Administration cautions against its use for viruses as prescriptions for the drug have increased since the start of the pandemic. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported an average of 88,000 new weekly prescriptions of ivermectin at retail pharmacies from pre-pandemic levels that averaged 3,600 weekly prescriptions – a 24-fold increase. This spike in prescriptions has led to a three-fold increase in the number of poison control center calls for ivermectin use in humans since the start of January, according to the report. Because the FDA and CDC have not approved the drug for COVID-19 and have not received an emergency use authorization, the FDA, doctors and veterinarians recommend not using it to treat or prevent COVID-19 infections.

Is ivermectin effective against viruses like COVID-19? Fred Gingrich, a cattle veterinarian in Ashland, Ohio, and executive director of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners, commonly uses the antiparasitic drug on cattle he treats. “It’s primarily used to treat parasites in cattle, sheep, swine and horses,” Gingrich said. “There are other formulations that are approved like for heartworm preventatives in dogs and things like that.” Because he doesn’t treat humans, Gingrich cannot give medical advice, but he said there is no evidence that ivermectin can treat viruses like COVID-19 in cattle. There have been studies conducted to determine its use in a laboratory setting, but he said these studies need to be replicated to determine the drug’s eff ectiveness. He also cautioned against taking these studies at face value because they were conducted in labs in controlled situations. “There’s no evidence that I’m aware of that it has any usefulness for viral infections in cattle,” he said. “It’s pretty much used as a dewormer.” The FDA is conducting ongoing clinical trials to determine whether ivermectin is eff ective against COVID-19 in humans, but so far, the results show that the drug is ineff ective against the virus.

What makes ivermectin dangerous? Ivermectin is not a dangerous drug when taken as prescribed and received from a trusted pharmacy. It only becomes dangerous when too

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much is taken at one time or a period of time that is contrary to the dosing instructions given by a physician, according to the CDC. It is also dangerous to take medicine intended for animal use. “The problem is that because ivermectin is an over-the-counter product and the cattle formulation is an overthe-counter product, there are people that are going to, TSC and farm stores, and purchasing ivermectin and taking it themselves,” Gingrich said. The product was manufactured for animals that weigh 700 or more pounds, he said, so the concentration diﬀ ers greatly compared to the human variation. If taken, it could and has made individuals sick while others have been hospitalized, according to the FDA. When the human version is taken more times than prescribed, illness and hospitalization could also occur. The FDA screens human medicine for potentially toxic inactive ingredients at a higher rate than animal medicine, which means medicine intended for animals includes a greater quantity of such ingredients. “In some cases, we don’t know how those inactive ingredients will aﬀ ect how ivermectin is absorbed in the human body,” the FDA’s website reads.

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COLUMBUS – A national gun control group has joined forces with two Democratic lawmakers on and fi led a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Ohio’s new “stand your ground” law – but not in the way you might think. The lawsuit, which was fi led in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, doesn’t question whether people should have to retreat before fi ring a gun. Instead, Everytown For Gun Safety is asking the judge to decide whether Republican lawmakers broke the rules when they added stand your ground onto another bill and passed it without taking public testimony. “The Ohio Constitution has very strong provisions to make sure our legislators can’t throw in bills close to midnight that haven’t been properly debated,” attorney Rachel Bloomekatz said. “That’s what was violated here.”

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COLUMBUS – Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and 19 other Republican attorneys general are suing the federal government in an eﬀ ort to overturn anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ and transgender people established under President Joe Biden. The lawsuit, spearheaded by Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery III, targets an executive order issued by Biden that instructed agencies to ensure their rules prohibit discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation. The move reversed action by former President Donald Trump, whose administration said LGBTQ students weren’t protected by federal law. As a result, the federal Department of Education announced in June that gay and transgender students are protected under Title IX, which bars sex discrimination in schools. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission also outlined guidance that guards LGBTQ employees against discrimination, citing a 2020 Supreme Court decision that found employers can’t ﬁ re people for being gay or transgender. In a statement, Yost said the suit isn’t driven by the “wisdom of the administration’s policy” and argued that the agencies didn’t have the authority to change the law. He also disputed the EEOC’s interpretation of the Supreme Court ruling, saying it doesn’t require employers to adopt practices related to dress codes or bathroom access. “Rule by administrative overreach may seem convenient, but tossing the process our Constitution requires will inevitably trample the liberties of our most vulnerable,” he said. “I will always defend the rights of our citizens to be a part of the legislative process and work to stop the abuses of a recalcitrant administrative state determined to bypass them.” The lawsuit comes as advocates in Ohio push for a statewide measure that would ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in employment, housing and public accom-

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COLUMBUS – The FBI suspected a Dayton-area demolition contractor bribed several Dayton offi cials, including Democratic gubernatorial candidate Nan Whaley, between 2013 and 2014, according to unsealed court records. Whaley was never charged with any crime, and she said in a statement that she did nothing wrong. “These seven-year-old claims are baseless and categorically untrue,” Whaley said in a stateWhaley ment. “In the course of federal investigations into illegal activity in Dayton, unfounded claims were made against me. Investigators did exactly what they should do: thoroughly looked into it and found nothing.” In 2013 and 2014, a federal judge approved warrants for the cell phone and orange Chevrolet Cobalt of Willis Blackshear Sr., the then-Montgomery County recorder, the Ohio Capital Journal fi rst reported. Blackshear was suspected of acting as a go-between for SRI Inc. owner Steve Rauch and Dayton politicians, including Whaley and former Mayor Rhine McLin. Rauch was accused of bribing city offi cials in exchange for contracts for his demolition company. In April 2013, a project manager for Rauch’s company told the FBI that McLin and Rauch had a “tight” relationship. Rauch often threatened to “call the mayor” when faced with issues on Dayton projects. McLin, former vice-chair of the Ohio Democratic Party, declined to comment. In an October 2013 call, SRI’s controller Dan Feucht said Blackshear delivered money to Whaley, too, according to the search warrant to place a GPS tracking device on Blackshear’s vehicle. Whaley, who served on the fi ve-member Dayton City Commission from 2005 to 2013, was elected mayor in November 2013. “What (Blackshear) does is he acts as the intermediary, so Nan doesn’t have to come out here,” Feucht said in the re-

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Ohio redistricting map: 5 takeaways from Republicans’ proposed changes The Ohio Redistricting Commission listens to an Ohioan voice his concern over the Ohio House and Senate district draft maps during a meeting at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus on Thursday.

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COLUMBUS – To reach a 10-year map for state House and Senate districts that avoids a bitter legal battle, the GOP map introduced Thursday needs a lot of work, Democrats and voting advocates say. “This map is almost the defi nition of gerrymandering,” said David Niven, an associate professor of political science at the University of Cincinnati. Senate and House Republican staff members off ered maps for Ohio’s 99 House districts and 33 Senate districts this week. The seven-member Ohio Redistricting Commission has until Wednesday to approve 10-year maps that pass constitutional muster and appease – if not please – the two Democratic members. Without Democratic support, the maps would last only four years. Members of the commission say they want a longer-lasting map and will work diligently to get one. Here’s a look at some of the early criticism levied against the GOP-made map and some snags negotiators might hit.

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Competitive vs. representative Should Ohio’s maps be more competitive or more closely match the results of statewide elections? One can be sacriﬁ ced for the other. Take the Senate Democrats’ plan for the Senate. That map has just four competitive seats, according to analysis by Dave’s Redistricting App, which uses a partisan index based on years of recent election result data. But their likely end result – 19 Republican seats and 14 Democratic seats – more closely matches the statewide election results in recent years. That split has averaged about 54% of votes for Republican candidates and 46% for Democratic ones. In contrast, Republicans proposed eight competitive seats, double the Democrats’ map. But most of them leaned Republican, giving the party a 25-8 advantage. That doesn’t closely match the statewide results of recent elections. Voter-approved changes in the Ohio Constitution require the seven-member Ohio Redistricting Commission to “attempt to draw” a map that meets several standards, including closely corresponding to the statewide preferences of Ohio voters. Republican legislative leaders called that portion of the Ohio Constitution “aspirational,” especially when compared to other mandates, such as not splitting certain cities or counties. Democrats say their colleagues are ignoring parts of the Constitution. Winners of a map competition from the voting advocates’ group Fair Districts Ohio – Geoﬀ Wise of Cincinnati and Pranav Padmanabhan of Columbus – drew districts that were more competitive and more closely aligned with statewide voting preferences than lawmakers of either party. “Drawing a fair map in Ohio is not some kind of magical, mythical creature. This is not the search for a unicorn,” Niven said. “This is simply the search for the will to do it and mapmakers have not demonstrated that will.”

Pitting lawmakers against each other Proposed GOP changes to the House districts would pit several current lawmakers against one another in 2022. In Greater Cincinnati, the proposed map draws Rep. Jessica Miranda, D-Forest Park, out of her current 28th House District and into a faceoﬀ with Rep. Cindy Abrams, R-Harrison. The new 29th House District would stretch to western Hamilton County and lean Republican. “In blatant disregard for the will of the voters who passed redistricting reform, Republicans want to shove a hyper-partisan map down our throats,” Miranda said in a statement. “The 28th District is one of just a handful in Ohio that is truly competitive, and Republicans can’t stand that, so they want to slice and dice it to make sure one of their own takes the seat from the Democrat. They want to rig it.” Democratic Rep. Sedrick Denson would live in the new 28th District, which would slightly favor Democrats. Denson’s current 33rd House District is a

h Sen. Matt Dolan, R-Chagrin Falls, assigned to the 24th district, which includes western Cuyahoga County. h Sen. Bill Reineke, R-Tiﬃ n, assigned to the 26th district, which stretches from Marion, Richland and Crawford counties in central Ohio to the state’s northwest corner. h Sen. Sandra O’Brien, R-Ashtabula, assigned to the 32nd district, which includes Portage and Trumbull counties. The changes set up a potential primary between Romanchuk and Reineke as well as Cirino and O’Brien. Dolan, who is term-limited in 2024, won’t have to face oﬀ against a colleague.

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secure Democratic seat. The proposed changes could give Republicans a better shot at three House districts in Hamilton County, leaving Democrats with three seats and one tossup. Under the current maps, Republicans can count on two seats. In northeast Ohio, the proposed map draws Rep. Casey Weinstein, D-Hudson, into the same 23rd District as Rep. Diane Grendell, R-Chesterland. That new district would lean Republican. “It’s a map so gerrymandered that I’d be representing THREE counties!” Weinstein tweeted about the proposed district. In another matchup, Rep. Dick Stein, R-Norwalk, and Rep. Joe Miller, D-Amherst, would both reside in the 53rd District, which would stretch from Huron County to parts of Lorain County. That new district would favor Republicans.

Securing seats Some seats would become safer bets under the GOP’s proposal. In 2020, Sen. Stephanie Kunze, R-Hilliard, eked out a win over her Democratic challenger Crystal Lett by 116 votes. The race was hard-fought and expensive. Kunze is term-limited in 2024 but her GOP successor would have an advantage in the proposed 16th Senate District, which would include western Franklin County and all of Union County. The current district favors Democrats, 52.2% to 45.6%, while the new district would favor Republicans, 51.7% to 46.0%. “It’s a prime example of gerrymandering,” Lett said. “They nearly lost in 2020, so they are rigging the map to make sure

they win in 2024.” A proposal from Senate Democrats would keep the 16th Senate District in Franklin County, ensuring it leans Democratic. Under both the GOP and Senate Democrats’ plans, Sen. Andrew Brenner’s 19th Senate District would become a safer seat for Republicans without dipping into Franklin County. The GOP’s newly proposed district would include all of Delaware, Knox, Morrow and part of Holmes County. That would shift the district from 50.8% Republican to 61.8%. Senate Democrats would lump together Delaware County, Richland County and part of Morrow County for a district that is 60.8% Republican.

New assignments Not all of the proposed changes were good news for Republicans. Sen. Kristina Roegner’s 27th Senate district, which currently includes Wayne County and parts of Summit and Stark counties, became less secure. By moving the district into Cuyahoga, Geauga and Summit counties, the seat becomes a virtual tossup. Under the GOP proposal, ﬁ ve Republican senators would be assigned to new districts where they don’t currently live. They include: h Sen. Jerry Cirino, R-Kirtland, assigned to the 18th district, which includes Geauga, Lake and Ashtabula counties. h Sen. Mark Romanchuk, R-Ontario, assigned to the 22nd district, which includes Wayne, Ashland and Medina counties.

For a map to pass constitutional muster, House districts must remain between 95% and 105% of 119,186 residents, which is the state’s population divided by 99 districts. In the GOP plan, several Democratic-leaning districts are pushing the upper limits. For example, several House districts in Cuyahoga County are within 0.1% of their population limit, according to GOP data submitted with the plan. Voter advocates will be watching cities like Cleveland to ensure the votes of Black and other minority voters aren’t diluted. Senate President Matt Huﬀ man, R-Lima, said Thursday that it was illegal to use race in drawing districts. But race can be used to invalidate a map. In Thornberg v. Gingles, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that North Carolina lawmakers had violated the Voting Rights Act by creating seven new districts where Black voters would not be able to elect their preferred lawmakers. Brandi Slaughter, executive director of the Ohio Council of Churches, said the GOP’s proposed map violates those principles. “These maps crack and pack Ohio’s community of color, diluting the power of the vote and denying adequate representation.”

Public hearings For more information about how to testify, visit online at redistricting.ohio.gov/public-input. Scheduled meetings: h 4 p.m. today, Washington Township RecPlex West, 965 Miamisburg Centerville Road, Dayton. h 4 p.m. Monday, Tri-C Corporate College East, Super Conference Room (Room 126), 4400 Richmond Road, Warrensville Heights. h 10 a.m. Tuesday, Ohio House Finance Hearing Room (Room 313), Ohio Statehouse, Columbus. h 10 a.m. Tuesday, remote testimony from Washington State Community College, Arts & Science Building Auditorium, 710 Colegate Drive, Marietta USA TODAY Network Ohio bureau reporters Anna Staver and Jackie Borchardt contributed. Jessie Balmert is a reporter for the USA TODAY Network Ohio Bureau, which serves the Akron Beacon Journal, Cincinnati Enquirer, Columbus Dispatch and 18 other aﬃ liated news organizations across Ohio.

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incinnati Bell announced last week it has been acquired by an Australian company that will take the company private. h Cincinnati Bell CEO Leigh Fox discussed the motivation behind the sale to Macquarie Infrastructure Partners and Cincinnati Bell’s future in a question-and-answer session with Enquirer reporter Randy Tucker.

Q. What was the main reason you agreed to the sale? A. We were not investing in fi ber fast enough. We understood the fact that fi ber is the future, and we were doing a pretty good job of getting it out there. But we still had about 50% of the homes, if we’re talking about (our customers) in Cincinnati, that we needed to get fi ber to. We were just going too slow, and we wanted to build a lot faster. That was the main reason. Q. What attracted Macquarie to Cincinnati Bell? A. They’re hardcore infrastructure investors, and they view fi ber as the infrastructure of the future. That’s why they were interested. Q. Do you anticipate consolidation of the local workforce (about 2,000 in Greater Cincinnati) as a result of the sale? A. You hear these stories about companies being merged together and private equity or somebody coming in and just cutting costs. They (Macquarie) are not that type of group. They’re an infrastructure fund, and they’re buying us as a standalone company, but they’re investors. We’re growing, hiring and investing a lot of money into our network. Q. Does new ownership mean a new name for Cincinnati Bell? A. Not as it relates to the deal itself. It’s not like Macquarie comes in, and we change our name to Macquarie Fiber or Macquarie Bell. That’s not what they do. Again, they’re an investor. They’re not an operating company. Name changes might come down

the road just given that our company is changing. We’re less of a telephone company today than we ever were. We’re more of a data network, technology company. I won’t say that the name will never change, but it defi nitely won’t change specifi cally because a deal gets done. Q. Will you be forced to pass on any of the cost of building out and operating your fi ber network to your customers? A. Rates don’t usually change because we’re building out. Typically, what happens on the rate side is that we get increases from content providers, and we have to pass those along. Candidly, when we renegotiate content contracts, sometimes the rate increases the content providers are requesting are egregious. A lot of what consumers don’t understand is that we sit in as the middleman between you and the content provider. Eff ectively, they (the content providers) come in and say your contract is up. We’re going to re-up your contract, but we demand an X% per subscriber increase. Sometimes as middlemen, we just have to say, ‘look, that’s just too much. We’re not going to agree to it.’ That’s why you hear nationally sometimes about stations going dark. That’s part of the negotiation process. But none of that has anything to do with us building. Building is a part of our business model. That’s where the majority of our cash goes. See CINCINNATI BELL, Page 21A

Fifty-four women recently were named to the 16th class of We Lead, the leadership development program of the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber’s Women Excel initiative. The class includes leaders from a diverse group of industries and backgrounds, comprised of women representing 47 organizations. In its 15-year history, more than 700 women have graduated from We Lead. “This is an impressive group of remarkable women business leaders who are eager to elevate their leadership even further, said DevoStripling na Stripling, Women Excel program manager, in a news release. “We Lead will provide them with experiences and connections to help harness their momentum to positively enact change impacting their organizations, communities, and the region.” We Lead is a 10-month executive leadership development experience for high-potential, goal-oriented women who are actively preparing for the next level of their careers. Participants are high-achieving women who are being assigned increasing levels of responsibility within their organization and are on track for future advancement. Members of the class include: h Andrea Baker, vice president, internal audit, Ohio National Financial Services; Anne Balfour, secretary, manager claims operations, Cincinnati Insurance Co.; Amy Benetti, associate principal, MSA Design; Kelcie Best, site director, RDI Corp.; Ashley Blevins, director of sales, GMI Cos. h Breanne Bovara, vice president, wealth management advisor, Fifth Third Private Bank; Connie Brown, senior director, human resources, E.W. Scripps Co.; Angenita Brown, manager of Success by 6, United Way of Greater Cincinnati; Rachael Cruse, assurance senior manager, Barnes Dennig & Co. Ltd.; Lisa Daley, director, enterprise development, Tier1 Performance. h Catie Doebler, Director, Customer Strategy & Activation - Ecommerce Fulﬁ llment & Store Formats, 84.51°; Jessica Dole, director of HR, learning and development, GBBN; Katie Eagan, Vice President, Government Aﬀ airs, Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber; Lann Field, vice president, development, Cincinnati Center City Development Corp.; Maria Friday, Director of Emergency Management, UC Health See WE LEAD, Page 23A

Alabama Fish Bar in OTR to get a facelift this fall Randy Tucker Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Alabama Fish Bar, an Over-theRhine landmark and neighborhood institution, will get a facelift this fall as part of the massive Willkommen project from Cincinnati Center City Development Corp., or 3CDC. The takeout-only fried ﬁ sh hot spot at 1601 Race St. will get a fresh coat of paint, new ﬂ ooring, an updated storefront and more modern equipment, including a new hood, walk-in cooler and grill, according to 3CDC, which owns the building. The upgrades are part of the plan for Willkommen, a $50 million mixed-in-

come, mixed-use project that consists of 16 rehabbed buildings and four new buildings scattered throughout four diﬀ erent sites in OTR. The project, which has been in the works for several years, will create 163 residential units, including 69 aﬀ ordable units, and 19,500 square feet of commercial space, including Alabama. “Things take time, and if you want something done right, you can’t rush into it,” said Anna Fillis, who owns the restaurant. “It’s been about three years in the making, but I’m happy for the change, and excited for the future.” Alabama has signed a long-term lease with 3CDC to stay put at the See ALABAMA, Page 21A

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Question: Stephen in Dearborn County: I just inherited some P&G stock from my aunt who passed away. Am I going to owe taxes on this? A: No, not for the act of inheriting the stock. But if and when you decide to sell, you may owe taxes. Here’s what to keep in mind. Because you’re inheriting the stock, you’re able to take advantage of what’s called a ‘stepped-up’ tax basis. This means – for tax purposes – you’ll base any profi ts off the price of the stock on the day your aunt passed away, not on its price when she bought it. So, let’s say your aunt bought her P&G stock for $10 a share back in the early 1990s, but when she passed it had grown to $135 a share. That’s a lot of profi t. But, in your case, you don’t have to worry about it – your ‘cost basis’ is $135 a share, not $10.

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Q. What will be the biggest impact of the sale for your customers? A. The biggest impact is that right now we have customers that are on ﬁ ber that love the product, and then we have customers that are still either on low-speed DSL networks (networks that use existing copper phone lines) or a hybrid. We’re basically investing to get rid of all of the legacy network. Everyone should be able to experience ﬁ ber. A lot of the complaints I get from

Also, it’s important to note that, no matter how long you’ve held it, inherited stock is always taxed at the more tax-friendly long-term capital gains rate of either 0%, 15%, or 20% This is based on your adjusted gross income (AGI). The Allworth Advice is that it could be worthwhile to meet with a fi duciary fi nancial advisor to help you determine how best to put this stock to work for you. He or she can also develop a taxeffi cient strategy if you decide to sell. Q: Logan from Alexandria: My mom is new to Medicare and has a very limited income. She just was put on new medications and they’re going to be expensive. Is there anything she can do to lower these costs? A: If she’s enrolled in Medicare’s prescription plan (Part D), has she looked into Medicare’s ‘Extra Help’ program? Depending on her yearly income and other assets, she may qualify. If she does, drug costs are no more than $3.70 for generics and $9.20 for brand name (for 2021). The program also assists with paying monthly premiums and annual deductibles related to Part D. She’ll need to fi ll out an application which can be found at ssa.gov, and her eligibility

our customers are that, ‘hey, my speeds are too slow.’ When we do the research, we realize that’s because they’re on an older part of the network. Well, that’s going to improve. I also get a lot of questions from customers who say ‘I see that there’s fi ber in the neighborhood next to us, but there’s not fi ber in our neighborhood, when are you guys going to get here?’ Well, we can answer now, we’re gonna get there pretty quickly. We are planning to have Cincinnati done (completely converted to fi ber) within the next three years or so. When we’re complete, we’ll be one of the most densely built-out fi ber cities in the country.

status will be reviewed periodically. Q: Stephanie and Ed from Butler County: We’re both about to retire. Should we renew our term life insurance? A: Remember, insurance (of any kind) is designed to fi nancially protect you from a certain kind of risk – that your house burns down, or that you get in a car accident, or that your family wouldn’t be able to fi nancially support themselves in the event of your death. So, to know if you truly need life insurance as you embark on retirement, you need to answer a few questions, including: Do you still have dependents? What’s your net worth? Do you receive a pension or other payments that would stop if you were to die? How much do you have saved? Here’s The Allworth Advice: In our experience, most people entering retirement are no longer earning a paycheck, meaning they no longer need an insurance policy to protect their dependents against the potential loss of that income. But everyone’s circumstance is diff erent, so please have a fi nancial plan created before making a fi nal decision. Every week, Allworth Financial’s

Amy Wagner and Steve Sprovach 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 recommendation in these responses is suitable for their particular circumstances based on investment objectives, fi nancial situation and needs. To the extent that a reader has any questions regarding the applicability of any specifi c issue discussed above to his/her individual situation, he/she is encouraged to consult with the professional advisor of his/her choosing, including a tax advisor and/ or attorney. Retirement planning services off ered through Allworth Financial a SEC Registered Investment Advisor of his/her choosing, including a tax advisor and/or attorney. Retirement planning services off ered through Allworth Financial a 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.

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told my employees: you treat people the same; how you want to be treated,” Fillis said. “I’ve always lived by that.” 3CDC and its partner on the Willkommen project, OTR-based The Model Group, have made plans to ensure the neighborhood mainstay is closed for as short a period as possible. And they promise the renovations will be worth the wait. “These improvements will not only beneﬁ t Alabama’s, but the whole community, and we hope the renovation contributes to keeping the restaurant here for many years to come,” said Katie Westbrook, 3CDC’s development manager.

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location where it has served celebrities, politicians and sports stars for nearly three decades. But the 1,460-square-foot restaurant will have to close for several weeks this fall for construction. During that time, Fillis has pledged to continue to pay her nine employees a weekly salary. Most of them have been with her for at least 20 years, she said. “I’ve always been taught and always

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5 strategies to navigate your impulse spending Melissa Lambarena NERDWALLET

Since the COVID-19 vaccine started becoming available in the U.S., there have been more opportunities for impulse spending on items and experiences that you didn’t get to enjoy early in the pandemic. With the freedom to do more, consumers are spending more. For the fi rst seven months of 2021, retail sales were up 15.5% compared to that same period in 2020, according to calculations by the National Retail Federation. As some restrictions have eased, it’s likely that you’ve had new spending needs: returning to work, visiting with friends and family, and partaking in other back-to-normal activities. But when the nonessentials threaten to put your fi nances in jeopardy, it’s important to keep your fi nancial goals on track. Here are strategies to help you navigate impulse spending.

Wait a day or two When you feel that overwhelming urge to spend, wait 24 to 48 hours to see if you still want an item, suggests Brad Klontz, a fi nancial psychologist based in Colorado. “Ask yourself: Can I aff ord this? Where am I going to put it? How am I going to feel about this purchase tomorrow? How am I going to pay for this?” he says. He adds that this pause can help calm the “emotional brain” and activate the “rational brain,” the one that holds you accountable tomorrow. If you can’t bring yourself to wait, a store’s return policy may prove useful should regret set in. The return protection benefi t on a credit card, if available, can also off er a backup option. When you make a purchase with the card that offers the benefi t, it can provide a window

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of time to ﬁ le a claim and receive a refund when a retailer’s return policy fails.

Practice safe credit card habits Credit cards may help or hurt, depending on how you spend. Klontz says that people spend signifi cantly more money when using their credit cards instead of cash. He suggests keeping a cash envelope to use in areas where you tend to overspend, like dining out, for example. Also, minimize impulses by not storing credit card information on websites or apps, says Kathy Longo, a certifi ed fi nancial planner and president of Flourish Wealth Management, a fi nancial planning fi rm in Minneapolis. “It’s much easier to be like, ‘I’ll look at it later because I’m not going to go fi nd my purse and get my credit card,’ ” she says. That time can indirectly make you rethink a purchase. Once you do charge a purchase to a credit card, pay it off in full to avoid interest and save money. For large purchases, consider using a card with a 0% introductory APR.

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Use curbside pickup Many retailers have oﬀ ered curbside pickup since the start of the pandemic. It’s one option that Lauren Miller, a Massachusetts resident, uses to stay on track in her debt-free journey. Avoiding the inside of the store means “you’re not seeing those seasonal items and those ﬂ ashy marketing strategies,” she says. These can often lead to impulse buying. Some retailers may charge for curbside pickup or require you to spend a certain amount to waive the cost. You’ll have to weigh whether it’s worth paying

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a few dollars to avoid the potential cost of impulse spending. If you have to go into a store and the urge wins, do an online price comparison of the item, suggests Longo. “See if you can ﬁ nd something similar at a better price or maybe on sale,” she says.

Give yourself splurging allowance Build a personal allowance into your budget for potential must-have purchases. When Miller ﬁ rst started to curb impulse spending, she gave herself $20 to use at each store. Over time, that amount lowered to $5 per store as she embraced the habit. Since she frequents only about four stores per month, the total doesn’t dent her budget. “The desire to make impulse purchases lessens, I think, because I know I have the permission to make an impulse purchase if I choose to,” she says. If you exceed your allowance, take that amount out of next month’s budget,

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or supplement it by redeeming credit card rewards for cash back or statement credit if it makes sense. (Some credit cards lessen the value of rewards when you redeem for certain options.) But if impulse spending is constantly causing you to stray from your budget and get into debt, it may be time to reevaluate spending habits or speak to a credit counselor or ﬁ nancial therapist.

Get an accountability partner An accountability partner can help you dissect your reasoning for a purchase. They don’t have to oﬀ er an opinion, just an ear. The goal is to hear yourself talk about it out loud and make a decision that aligns with your goals and values, Klontz says. He suggests choosing a spending limit that merits discussion. For instance, if a purchase exceeds $100, then it may be worth running by an accountability partner. Another option is to use social media followers to stay accountable. Miller, as a content creator on YouTube, documents her progress on social media platforms by sharing her plans to stick to a shopping list.

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A view of the Cincinnati Ballet on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021, in Walnut Hills. Nineteen months after breaking ground, Cincinnati Ballet's $30.8 million Margaret and Michael Valentine Center for Dance is hosting a grand opening on Sept. 17-19. At 57,000 square feet, it is nearly 60% larger than the company's former home on Central Parkway. ALBERT CESARE / THE ENQUIRER

‘It really is inspiring.’

THE FUTURE OF CINCINNATI BALLET IS HERE David Lyman Special to Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

The light. It’s the fi rst thing that strikes you as you walk into Cincinnati Ballet’s new $30.8 million home. Not lighting fi xtures. Or lighting eff ects. This is the real thing – natural light that cascades through nearly every space in the building. Towering windows dominate the dance studios. Most of the offi ces, too, and even the wardrobe department, which had been buried away in subterranean spaces – former beer tunnels – in the company’s former home on Central Parkway. “I really had no idea what to expect,” said Margaret Valentine, who, along with her husband Michael, contributed a whopping $10 million to make this building – the Margaret and Michael Valentine Center for Dance – a reality. “GBBN – the architects – really created a facility that matches the vision of the ballet; the energy and elation of what the buildSee BALLET, Page 4AA

Julia Gundzik, a dancer with Cincinnati Ballet’s Second Company, takes a few minutes to stretch before beginning a rehearsal in the Two Sisters studio in Walnut Hills on Thursday, Sept. 2. The studio is named for sisters and longtime ballet supporters Anne Romanoff Ilyinsky and Paula Ilyinsky Comisar. ALBERT CESARE/THE ENQUIRER

The force is strong with the Cincinnati Comic Expo Charles Infosino Special to Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Even if you did not see him in the movie “Vampires Suck” or the Netﬂ ix show “Jupiter’s Legacy,” you may still recognize his voice. Matt Lanter – who voiced Anakin Skywalker from 2008 to 2020 in “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” TV show and movie, and other video productions and video games is coming to town. You can meet him at the Cincinnati Comic Expo. Lanter is originally from Massillon, Ohio, 3.5 hours away from Cincinnati, and still has an apartment in that area. Since he now lives in Nashville, Tennessee, he drives through Downtown Cincinnati quite often and has stayed at a boutique hotel in Covington with his wife, Angela. However, he has yet to vis-

Ohio native Matt Lanter portrays George Hutchence in the superhero drama “Jupiter’s Legacy.” He’ll be at the 2021 Cincinnati Comic Expo, happening Sept. 17-19 at Duke Energy Convention Center. COURTESY OF NETFLIX

it Cincinnati, and never tasted Cincinnati chili. Lanter hopes to try Skyline Chili and Goldstar Chili during the expo. “I’ll see if can’t have at least one of

them,” he said. He says that women recall him for his role as Liam Court in “90210” and for portraying Wyatt Logan in “Timeless.” However, he is most famous for being the voice of Anakin Skywalker. How did he get the role? “It was a standard audition for me. They didn’t even specify what character it was. Dave Filoni at the time told me to just give my best combination of Luke Skywalker and Han Solo,” Lanter said. “A couple of days later, they called and said ‘you got the job. It’s Star Wars. It’s called the Clone Wars. It’s going to be an animated series. And by the way, you’re Anakin Skywalker, the lead of the series.’” Lanter has become good friends with his former castmates from “The Clone Wars.” He lives within walking distance of Arnold Taylor, who plays Obi-Wan

Kenobi, and communicates often with Ashley Eckstein, who plays Ahsoka Tano. The duo has a friendly “ketchup war” going on, in which they send bottles of ketchup to each other as a gag. It began at Walt Disney World. He is not just a Star Wars actor; he is a fan, too. “I’m such a geek now for Star Wars. I just love the Star Wars fandom and the Star Wars fandom feels like family to me now,” Lanter stated. “It feels so familiar and comfortable to me. I love talking to other Star Wars fans and geeking out over it.” “Revenge of the Sith” is Lanter’s favorite Star Wars movie, and not surprisingly, Anakin Skywalker is his favorite Star Wars character. However, he likes Cad Bane, a bounty hunter from the Clone Wars animated series, too. See EXPO, Page 13AA

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Here’s the unoﬃ cial guide to Cincinnati’s pumpkin spice food, drink and more Emily DeLetter Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Fall is fast approaching, and you know what that means: Pumpkin spice everything is back. There’s always the fallback to Starbucks’ pumpkin spice lattes found pretty much anywhere, but in Cincinnati, there’s plenty of pumpkin-ﬂ avored delicacies to go around. From food and drinks to gear showcasing your local autumnal squash love, the Queen City oﬀ ers plenty of chances to totally pumpkin out.

Beer Cincinnati is a proud beer town, and breweries are back with their fallthemed brews. Madtree Brewing is off ering its seasonal Pumpcan Spiced Ale on draft and in six packs. Madtree describes the ale as “all the fl avors of your favorite pumpkin pie without any actual pumpkin.” Wooden Cask Brewing Co. in Newport has a Pumpkin Ale on its tap list, brewed with pumpkin, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg and cloves. Taft’s Brewing Co. has brought back its seasonal collaboration with Frisch’s, the Frisch’s Pumpkin Pie Ale. As its described on the website, “the two biggest boys of Cincinnati have come together for one special beer.” It contains hints of cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg with lactose and vanilla. Samuel Adams‘ Jack-O Pumpkin Ale is back, featuring cinnamon and nutmeg aromas and the “ideal balance of seasonal spices with a crisp, refreshing fi nish.” The brewery with a Cincinnati Taproom is also off ering a Sweater Weather variety pack, featuring the Jack-O Pumpkin, Octoberfest, Fest Bier

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Food They’re not quite in season yet, but the Macaron Bar‘s spiced pumpkin macaroons will satisfy any sweet tooth. The Over-the-Rhine location also offered seasonal caramel apple and apple pie fl avors last year. Starting later this month, Graeter’s Ice Cream will bring back its pumpkinfl avored ice cream, “a traditional taste for the fi nishing touch of any autumn dinner.” Frisch’s is all about fall-fl avored treats, off ering multiple pumpkin menu items, including a slice or whole pumpkin pie, pumpkin spice caramel cake

and pumpkin cheesecake, all available for carryout and delivery. Busken Bakery is back with its award-winning family recipe for pumpkin pie.

Coffee Biggby Coff ee, with multiple locations around Greater Cincinnati, is offering sweet foam pumpkin cold brew, pumpkin spice lattes and pumpkin muffi ns. The Kidd Coff ee Co. is off ering a 12ounce bag of Nostalgic Pumpkin Spice, slow roasted and infused with pumpkin and cinnamon.

Other If you’re full from pumpkin food and drinks, there’s still a way to showcase your passion thorough local goods. The Candle Lab OTR has a fall collection featuring 16 classic scents, including pumpkin spice. The 11-ounce candles are $20. Cincy Shirts lets you express your love for the Queen City and pumpkin spice all at once, with a T-shirt, sweatshirt and tea towel reading “Cincinnati now available in pumpkin spice,” and a pumpkin in the shape of Ohio. Did we miss any of your favorite local pumpkin-ﬂ avored treats? Email edeletter@enquirer.com with information.

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Charity events coming up soon Beneﬁ ts the Work Readiness Initiative. clermonthchamber.com.

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Thursday, Sept. 23

If you are looking for ways to spread the wealth and have some fun at the same time, there are a lot of good causes having fundraising events over the next fortnight. There’s something for every budget, so you don’t even need to be Rich Uncle Pennybags to participate.

Comedy for Concussions with Kevin Nealon, 8 p.m., LaSalle High School, 3091 North Bend Road, Green Township. Beneﬁ ts Brain Injury Research Foundation. $75. thebirf.org.

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Denim and Diamonds Gala, 6:3010:30 p.m., Southgate Community Center, 301 W. Walnut St. Evening of music, dancing, food, drinks, silent auction and games. Benefi ts Safe Aging Coalition of Northern Kentucky. $40. eventbrite.com. Zoofari, 7 p.m.-midnight, Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, 3400 Vine St., Avondale. Benefi ts zoo’s conservation eff orts. $350. cincinnatizoo.org.

Beers for Freedom, 5:30-9:30 p.m., Big Ash Brewing, 5230 Beechmont Ave., Anderson Township. Fundraiser for International Justice Mission Cincinnati. $10. eventbrite.com.

Wednesday, Sept. 15 Oktubberfest Stein Hoisting Competition, 5-8 P.M., Taft’s Brewpourium, 4831 Spring Grove Ave., Spring Grove Village. Ticket includes welcome beer and slot in competition. $1 for every pint purchased beneﬁ ts Meals on Wheels. $5. eventbrite.com.

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Thursday, Sept. 16 Cincy Brews for Brains, 6:30-9 p.m., Braxton Brewing, 27 W. Seventh St., Covington. Red carpet photos, heavy appetizers, dessert, 2 drinks. Beneﬁ ts Giving Voice Foundation. $75. eventbrite.com. Hops & History, 5:30-8 p.m., Heritage Hall, 20 High St., Hamilton. Includes tours of Pioneer Log House, Heritage Hall, Robert McCloskey Museum and the Soldiers, Sailors and Pioneers Monument. Ticket includes drink tokens for Municipal Brew Works. Beneﬁ ts Historic Hamilton Inc. $20. Advance purchase, no walk-ups. eventbrite.com.

Saturday, Sept. 18 Twilight in the Gardens, 6:30-9:30 p.m., Baker Hunt Art and Cultural Center, 620 Greenup St., Covington. Live music, art demonstrations, raﬄ e, art show and 5-course meal with wine. Beneﬁ ts Baker Hunt programming and

Kevin Nealon, star of “Weeds,” “Man with a Plan” and “Saturday Night Live,” will be at LaSalle High School Sept. 23 performing “Comedy for Concussions” to beneﬁ t The Brain Injury Research Foundation. MARK SELIGER

outreach. $250 VIP, $100 regular. bakerhunt.org. Fall Plant Sale, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Ammon Nursery, 6089 Camp Ernst Road, Burlington. Unbeatable deals on perennials, annuals, trees, shrubs and more. Beneﬁ ts Friends of Boone County Arboretum. I’m Every Woman, noon-4 p.m., Wyoming Civic Center, 1 Worthington Ave. Luncheon, live music, vendors and prizes. Beneﬁ ts Rising Stars of America’s literacy program. $35. risingstarsofamerica.com.

Sunday, Sept. 19 Lunafest, 4 p.m., Garﬁ eld Theater, 719 Race St., Downtown. Film festival. Beneﬁ ts Women in Film Cincinnati. cincinnatiworldcinema.org.

Monday, Sept. 20 Golf for Kids, 10 a.m., Oasis Golf Club, 902 Loveland-Miamiville Road, Loveland. Hosted by Clermont Chamber of Commerce. Contest holes, raﬄ es, bottle pull, lunch, dinner and awards.

Hyde Park Blast, 4 p.m.-midnight, Hyde Park Square, 2700 Erie Ave. Run or walk 4-mile course. Kids fun run, block party with live music from Cowboy Mouth. Benefi ts The Cure Starts Now. csnevents.thecurestartsnow.org/ hyde-park-blast. Boots and Brews for The Point/Arc, DCCH, 75 Orphanage Road, Fort Mitchell. Country-Western themed event benefi tting The Point/Arc. $30, $25 advance. thepointarc.org. Applefest Charity Run, 8:30 a.m., Countryside YMCA, 1699 Deerfi eld Road, Lebanon. 15K, 10K and 5K. Awards for top 3 males overall and top3 females overall in each race. Benefi ts Countryside YMCA. $35. countrysideymca.org. Oktoberfest 5k, 10 a.m., Sonder Brewing, 8584 Duke Blvd., Mason. Benefi ts Greater Project. $35, $10 kids root beer run. sonderbrewing.com. Cannabis Health Fair & Hippie Arts Yard Sale, 2-10 p.m., Woodburn Brewing Co., 2800 Woodburn Ave., East Walnut Hills. Vendors, live music, cannabis-themed food menu, hippie art yard sale and more. Proceeds benefi t MedicateOH. eventbrite.com.

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Tutus in the Karen F. Maier and Delane Starliper display case are some of the ﬁ rst things you see as you enter the Cincinnati Ballet’s new Margaret and Michael Valentine Center for Dance in Walnut Hills on Thursday, Sept. 2. They also provide a backdrop for the reception area being used as a lunchroom by members of Cincinnati Ballet’s Second Company. ALBERT CESARE PHOTOS/THE ENQUIRER

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ing represents. And the light ...” As many times as she has visited the building, she still fi nds it diffi cult to fi nd the words to adequately describe the impact of the light. “It really is inspiring.” The center offi cially opens its doors to the public during a grand opening weekend Sept. 17-19. In reality, though, the fi rst studios were put into service in late June, in time for intensive summer sessions for dozens of students from around the nation. “To be able to pull that off was pretty miraculous,” said company president and CEO Scott Altman. “We were fortunate in a lot of ways.” But this was no miracle. This is precisely the way Altman, along with GBBN and Messer Construction, planned it. It was, to be sure, an ambitious project. I remember being skeptical when, on a sodden February morning just 19 months ago, Altman told the crowd that had gathered that the building would be ready to welcome students in June 2021. It seemed so unrealistic. Altman But then, Altman has spearheaded huge construction projects during previous tenures at Ballet West and Arizona Opera. Clearly, he knew what was ahead of him with this project. “This new Ballet Center is a dream,” said Altman. “But it really was a necessity. We were bursting at the seams in our old building. We had simply outgrown the facility. We were a victim of our own success.” See BALLET, Page 5AA

A dancer with Cincinnati Ballet’s Second company ﬁ nds a moment of solitude in one of the many open areas in the Margaret and Michael Valentine Center for Dance in Walnut Hills.

A meeting room in the Cincinnati Ballet’s new Margaret and Michael Valentine Center for Dance in Walnut Hills. At the company’s former home on Central Parkway, space for meetings was at a premium. But at 57,000 square feet, the new home has given the company an additional 21,000 square feet of space.

“This location serves the community and allows people from the surrounding areas to participate in the arts – they didn’t build in Blue Ash.” Margaret Valentine,

At ﬁ rst glance, the Otto M. Budig Community Studio looks like a run-of-the-mill dance studio. But the space is equipped with many devices to make movement easier and safer for people – children or adults – with a variety of limitations. The long white conduits extending from left to right across the studio, for instance, have extending lines that fasten to harnesses to offer a new level of mobility to people whose legs cannot adequately support them.

Even though its grand opening isn’t until Sept. 17-19, Cincinnati Ballet’s Margaret and Michael Valentine Center for Dance is already abuzz with activity. Directly ahead is a rehearsal in progress in the Two Sisters Studio. In the foreground, Cincinnati Ballet Second Company dancer Isabelle Morgan observes another rehearsal taking place in the Frances Kathryn Carlisle Studio.

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Noelle Wedig-Johnston, Cincinnati Ballet wardrobe supervisor, unpacks costumes and equipment at the new Cincinnati Ballet Center for Dance in Walnut Hills. The company’s wardrobe library has costumes that date back as much as 60 years. Moving them from the company’s old home on Central Parkway was one of the ﬁ nal steps in settling into this new home.

Cherl Beyersdoerfer, foreground, and Laura Hoffmann, back, right, work on costumes from the famed Bluebird pas de deux from “The Sleeping Beauty.”

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Members of the Cincinnati Ballet’s Second Company are silhouetted against the towering windows in the company’s new Margaret and Michael Valentine Center for Dance in Walnut Hills. ALBERT CESARE PHOTOS/THE ENQUIRER

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Cincinnati Ballet Second Company dancers Julia Gundzik and Sam Epstein rehearse in the Lorrence T. and Barbara W. Kellar studio. The studio is named for patrons whose involvement with the company goes back 46 years.

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Cincinnati Ballet trainee Trevor Pinter Parsons takes a class in the company’s new home in Walnut Hills.

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Cincinnati Ballet Second Company members Scott Reed, center, and Anna Kinghorn, right, take a company class led by Sarah Hairston Berkley. Reed is a member of Cincinnati Ballet’s Second Company, while Kinghorn is part of the company’s professional training division. Berkley, a former principal dancer with the company, is now director of Cincinnati Ballet’s Otto M. Budig Academy.

The new complex weighs in at 57,000 square feet – 60% larger than on Central Parkway. And at fi rst walkthrough, it seems that they have put that space to remarkably good use. There are nine dance studios, enough to accommodate the main company, Second Company and all levels of the Otto M. Budig Academy. One of the studios is even equipped with a “mobility lift system,” which enables a new level of mobility to students with a variety of physical disabilities. Aside from all the things you might expect – generously sized dressing rooms, public lounges, break rooms for company members, a 140-seat performance space – the facility has its own recording studio. And a dedicated board room, something they’ve never had before. “And we have state-of-the-art security,” said Altman, though he declined to talk about any of the specifi cs of the system. Even the sinewy white air ducts that snake their way through the studios look as if they’d been shaped by choreographers rather than engineers. Unlike many arts groups, who have had to repurpose existing spaces to meet their needs, this is a purpose-built facility. Everything in it is somehow defi ned by dance. Initially, there was some doubt about whether the company might remain near the heart of the city. Space is pricey down there, particularly in the area near the ballet’s former home. Remember, it was the construction of FC Cincinnati’s TQL Stadium and nearby development that forced the ballet to relocate. But after looking at dozens of locations – mostly within the I-275 ring – the company found what seemed to be a forgotten sliver of land at 1801 Gilbert Ave., next to the Baldwin Building and

Grand opening schedule: At Cincinnati Ballet’s Margaret and Michael Valentine Center for Dance, 1801 Gilbert Ave., Walnut Hills. Ribbon Cutting h 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Sept. 15 Community Block Party h 4-8 p.m., Sept. 17 Performance Plaza Dedication h 11 a.m.-noon, Sept. 19 Academy Open House h noon-5 p.m., Sept. 19

just down the hill from the Cincinnati Art Museum. This location was another thing that particularly appealed to the Valentines. “It creates an arts corridor on Gilbert Avenue,” said Valentine, noting that not only are the Cincinnati Art Museum and the Playhouse in the Park close neighbors, but so, too, are the Planet Dance studio (home of Exhale Dance Tribe) and ArtsWave. “This location serves the community and allows people from the surrounding areas to participate in the arts – they didn’t build in Blue Ash.” The result really is quite glorious. From some studios, you look out onto a wall-to-wall expanse of trees in Eden Park. In other studios, there is a postcard-perfect cityscape. In others, you look out to Mount Auburn and the WKRC-TV tower above the bustle of I-71. “We’re dancers – we love to complain,” said company dancer and choreographer Taylor Carrasco, preparing for a rehearsal in the Two Sisters studio. “But this place,” he said, his arms sweeping to describe the expanse of the studio. “I’m thankful for this place. I think we all are. It’s super-inspiring. I’m looking forward to many years of making great dance here.”

Members of Cincinnati Ballet’s Second Company rehearse in the Lorrence T. and Barbara W. Kellar studio, one of nine studio spaces in the company’s new Margaret and Michael Valentine Center for Dance in Walnut Hills.

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People watch the Western & Southern/WEBN ﬁ reworks show at Riverfest on Sunday, Sept. 5 at Sawyer Point and Yeatman's Cove in Cincinnati. ALBERT CESARE/THE ENQUIRER

Waiting for ﬁ reworks were Pam Heil, Cheviot; Lacey Kaonohi, Walnut, Calif.; Dorthey Sawyers, Hamilton; Michale Moon, Hamilton. JOE SIMON/FOR THE ENQUIRER

Amanda Levenson and Madedline Ottilie are among those showing up early for Riverfest. JOE SIMON/FOR THE ENQUIRER

Riverfest lights up the Ohio River, St. Vincent plays Icon Music Center

Having trouble with their tape are George Mittermann, Greenville, Ohio; Jim Augustine, Colerain; Chris McIlwee, New York and Mickey Hanselam, Moscow, Ohio. JOE SIMON/FOR THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER

Kenneth Hibbard, 5, plays with a bubble machine while waiting for the start of the Western & Southern/WEBN ﬁ reworks show at Riverfest on Sunday, Sept. 5.

Riverfest brought out thousands of people to Sawyer Point and Yeatman’s Cove. David Hawk of Mayville proudly displays his tattoo. JOE SIMON/FOR THE ENQUIRER

St. Vincent and the Down and Out Downtown Band perform at the Andrew J. Brady Icon Music Center in downtown Cincinnati on Tuesday, Sept. 7. SAM

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Making memories with the kids Daniel Yoder Special to Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

I decided that I would like to give Gloria a break, and anyway I had a couple things I wanted to share. Two weeks ago as I was ready to do the chores, 1-year-old Joshua was wide awake and Gloria asked if he could go choring with me while she got school started with the Julia and Austin. I said yes he could, so off we went to fi nd Daisy, our family milk goat, in the pasture which is several hundred feet from the barn. Joshua was all eyes as we entered the barn. We put some non-GMO grain in the bucket for Daisy while I milked her. Joshua is starting to walk by now, so he was toddling around me as I started to milk, and he came right up to the where I was milking and started to do some exclaiming which I could not understand. That moment was one that I wanted to freeze and save. There is just something with animals that help children develop, and you could see his little brain spinning as we fi nished up the chores. Then we headed back to the house, where mama greeted us with her big smiles. She asked Joshua how the baby goats sound. He said, “Baa,” and how we cheered for him, now he was impressed for sure. Another little moment was yesterday morning when Hosanna woke up early. The two of us went to do chores together. One thing we wanted to do was feed the fi sh and bring a couple catfi sh home for breakfast. She was super excited as we stepped outside. Dawn was just breaking. We headed to the barn to do the chores there, then grabbed some fl oating catfi sh food and the fi shing net and we were set. I think I was about as excited as she was. As we entered the pond I called the fi sh. Now get this, when we call them you can literally see the ripples in the pond when they make their way to the feeding spot. We had about two gallons of food, so we started to throw some in. “I’d like to catch a big one,” I explained to her. The fi sh come right to the edge, so when I spied a big one we made our fi rst dip. Sure enough,

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The number 13 is evocative. To some, it’s unlucky; if you take a ride on an older elevator, 13 will be conspicuous by its absence. In other cultures, such as ancient Norse and Celtic peoples, 13 is considered lucky. But the signiﬁ cance of 13 goes even further back than that. The ancient Egyptians believed there were 13 steps on the ladder that leads to the afterlife, while ancient secret societies and alchemists associated 13 with the cycle of life, death and rebirth. I bring all of that up because Listermann Brewing Company will celebrate its 13th anniversary Saturday, Sept. 18, with two sessions of tastings and this year’s crop of anniversary bottle releases. And make no mistake, Listermann is a company undergoing a transformation. The brewery lost several tremendously talented brewers to competitors in the second quarter of this year. Rebirth is a top to-do list item for Listermann as it enters its 14th year. “It’s no secret that Listermann has undergone a handful of changes recently,” said Jessica Gorman, Listermann’s head of marketing and taproom comanager. “We feel blessed to be led by a team that has learned from and worked alongside our predecessors.” Listermann’s 13th-anniversary party will tie together its past and its future. There will be several beers that have been in barrels for more than a year, a new version of a fan-favorite IPA and a sneak peek at an exciting future release. Read on for details on all of the beers. The anniversary party, for which a handful of tickets are still available, will feature two tasting sessions. Session one will take place between noon and 4 p.m, while the second session will be held between 6 and 10 p.m. Tickets are $40 apiece, which gets you 10 beer tickets to taste this year’s anniversary beers, a commemorative Listermann 13th anniversary taster glass and the ﬁ rst shot at purchasing this year’s anni-

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bon barrels, while the other two were aged in Sagamore rye barrels. If any of those variants sound excessively weird to you, I advise you to keep an open mind. Florida-based Funky Buddha’s Maple Bacon Coff ee Porter has already proved this adjunct combination works. Cranium has been made with orange before, so we have a pretty good idea of how this surprising combination will work out. And chipotles? Seriously, is there a better way to use jalapenos? That was a rhetorical question. There isn’t. Chipotles are better than their non-smoked counterparts all day long. Universal Elixir – Named for the alchemical concoction that aspired to grant eternal life to those who imbibed it, Universal Elixir is an imperial stout brewed with English toff ee, caramel, almond, vanilla and lactose. Elusive IPA – Listermann’s West Coast-style IPA is reborn with a few recipe tweaks. This version was made with Falconer’s Flight 7C’s, Zythos, Zamba and Azacca hops. Bottles of each beer will be available for purchase by tasting session attendees Saturday, with the rest going on sale to the general public the following day. The tasting session will also feature a Flanders-style red ale made with Michigan tart cherries, which new Listermann General Manager Jon Vollman says will be bottled and sold at a later date. It was a Flanders red that fi rst got me into sour beers, and the style will always hold a special place in my heart. I’m glad to see the style made in Cincinnati. In addition to all of that, Listermann will be debuting its new seltzer, which will be available for on-site consumption for tasting session attendees and taproom customers alike. Customers will be able to choose from a number of fl avors, which will be hand-pumped into the seltzer by a Listermann beertender. One of my fondest craft beer memories is from a Listermann anniversary party. Here’s to this one being another happy memory in the making.

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Beyoncé turned 40 on Sept. 4, an age women have culturally been taught to dread. Forty signals the end of youth, something women are expected to retain at all costs. But the pop culture icon sees it diﬀ erently. “I feel many aspects of that younger, less evolved Beyoncé could never (expletive) with the woman I am today,” she told Harper’s Bazaar in its September Issue. When she was a child, Beyoncé said she dreamed. As a teenager, she hustled. In her 20s, she built a formidable career. In her 30s, she started a family. On the eve of 40, Beyoncé said all those years of digging, healing and growth have brought her to this moment. In some ways, she feels she has just begun. “Turning 40 is a steppingstone into our authenticity. At 40, we begin to pull back the layers of societal and familial expectations, and lean closer to who we really are,” says Dr. Tricia Wolanin, a clinical psychologist, creativity coach and author of “The Fragrance of Wanderlust.” Experts say we need a new cultural narrative around turning 40, especially for women, who face age-based discrimination years earlier than men, research shows. Beyoncé, Duchess Meghan and Britney Spears are spearheading the change, welcoming 40 with grace and power and showing it’s something that should be embraced rather than feared. “These women are role models changing the expectations in society,” says Dr. Sharon Grossman, a clinical psychologist, success coach and author of “The 7E Solution to Burnout.” She said their fearlessness has “given women (in their 40s) permission to be proud.’ ”

Why is turning 40 stigmatized? Women learn early that their worth is attached to their appearance. Trying to look as young as they can for as long as they can with Botox, anti-wrinkle cream or anything else that may halt Father Time often is the norm.

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People often equate youth with attractiveness. But why does a person’s allure supposedly ﬂ y out the window after 40 trips around the sun? “There’s a dread of getting older because you don’t feel like you have control of how other people will accept you,” Grossman says. Unlike tribal cultures where elders are looked up to for their wisdom, American society is plagued by ageism, which is prejudice or stereotypes based on a person’s age. It isn’t just skin deep. Older people face real world consequences and discrimination, particularly in the workplace where youth usually trumps experience. Sixty-four percent of women say they’ve experienced age discrimination in the workplace, according to a 2018 AARP study. Aging employees are often seen as less competent, less likely to be considered for promotions and more susceptible to layoﬀ s.

Jackson, Helen Mirren, Salma Hayek and Rita Moreno are all showing that not only have their careers not ended when the clock struck 40, they’ve thrived more than before. Even celebrities as high-profi le as Duchess Meghan are “fi ghting back” against the stigma of aging, Grossman says, and “setting the stage for people that come after them.” Meghan, who turned 40 on Aug. 4, launched the Archewell initiative “40x40” on her birthday to “help women regain confi dence and rebuild their economic strength” after fi nding her own strength to publicly speak out against scrutiny from the British tabloids and allegations of racism in the royal family. She told Oprah Winfrey that it was “liberating” to “be able to speak for yourself ” in a bombshell interview in March. “It shows how much they believe in themselves,” Grossman says. “Even when the world stops believing in you because you’ve turned a certain age, you don’t have to fall into the trap.” Britney Spears, who turns 40 on Dec. 2, also spoke out for the fi rst time against her “abusive” 13-year long conservatorship managed by her father, Jamie Spears. “I just want my life back,” she said in June. “I deserve to have a life … and just, you know, do what I want to do.” Wolanin says “we begin asking our-

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40 is an opportunity to take stock Turning 40 is no longer written off as the beginning of the end – it’s a chance to reinvent and grow. “If you are not happy about turning 40, it should be a wakeup call that you can fi nd your way back to your values,” Grossman says. “The people who are the most freaked out about hitting certain milestones are the people who are not living their life to the fullest.” It’s time to start doing more of what makes you happy, experts say. That may mean evaluating relationships, careers, friendships and fi nances.

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The Force will be with this convention. Sam Witwer (Darth Maul in “The Clone Wars,” Starkiller in “Star Wars: The Force Unleashed” video games, and other roles in Star Wars animated productions and video games), Keone Young (Commander Sato in “Star Wars Rebels”), Matthew Wood (supervising sound editor from “Revenge of the Sith” and other productions), David Acord (sound designer from “The Clone Wars” and other productions), and Stephen Costantino (a Gamorrean Guard in “Star Wars: Return of the Jedi”) will also appear. Arrowverse fans will be happy to know Tom Cavanagh, Katie Cassidy, and John Barrowman will be there. Power Rangers fans will be able to meet Tracy Lynn Cruz and Austin St. John. Other celebrities scheduled to appear include Jodi Benson (”Toy Story”), Francois Chau (”G.I. Joe”), Felicia Day (”Buff y the Vampire Slayer”), Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld (”Pokemon”), Christopher Sabat (”Dragon Ball”), Ross Marquand (”The Walking Dead”), and Alan Oppenheimer (”Transformers”). Comic fans will be able to meet famous comic creators. Timothy Zahn (”Thrawn Trilogy”), Dave Aikins (”SpongeBob SquarePants”), John Beatty (”Batman”), David Michael Beck (”G.I. Joe”), Renee Witterstaetter (”Avengers”), and many other comic artists are scheduled to appear. As with all things pandemic-related, it is possible that some of the scheduled guests will not be able to make it. Each celebrity has separate charges for autographs, professional pictures, and selfi es. Check out the website for prices. One of the convention highlights is a cosplay costume contest, but there are also programs, panels, and vendors selling comics, toys, posters, clothes, and more, making it a great opportunity for science fi ction and comic book fans. “I am looking forward to being up in Cincinnati and getting to talk to [fans] face to face,” Matt Lanter stated. “So, I think that doing some of these conventions is a nice way to get out, and just let loose, have some fun, talk to people face to face, and just nerd out over sci-fi .”

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Whether you’re united by a passion for the outdoors, a shared appreciation for the beach or a love of culture, it’s easy to imagine yourself on a romantic trip in one of these great vacation spots for couples. Uvita, Costa Rica Celebrate anniversaries, a recently emptied nest or just dash away for a romantic vacation without the kids in this Costa Rican destination where the mountains meet the sea. Stay at the adults-only Rancho Paciﬁ co luxury resort, dramatically situated high up in the rainforest among the toucans and howler monkeys. There are two treehouses and three villas, each with private decks, outdoor soaking pools or tubs and sweeping views of the rainforest or beach. As a bonus, you’ll never encounter more than 20 other people during your stay.

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For a romantic trip to New York City, ditch midtown in favor of the Village, where the pace is slower, the grass greener and the vibe inﬁ nitely cooler and more authentically New York. Stay at the Moxy in the East Village for easy strolls to the legendary Strand Bookstore and Forbidden Planet. You’ll also be a stone’s throw from Union Square and Washington Square parks and the most remarkable vegan meats at Red Bamboo. Settle into plush seats for an art house ﬁ lm at the East Village Angelika Theater, catch a band at Webster Hall or Irving Plaza and fall in love with each other all over again in the best part of the best city on Earth.

Culture, food, history and a lot of Smithsonian freebies join forces to make the District one of the best vacation spots for couples. Stay at Riggs Washington D.C., a spectacular hotel housed in what once was a national bank building on the corner of 9th and F Street. The elegant rooms pay homage to the building’s legacy, with each reminiscent of a private safety deposit box. Enjoy the National Zoo and as many of the Smithsonian Museums as you can see, then indulge in some outstanding falafel and hummus at Falafel Inc. Nothing on the menu is over $4 and every time you dine, you help feed refugees.

Sante Fe, New Mexico Sante Fe has great food and fun things to do, plus a very speciﬁ c something that few places in America can match: The sunlight in Santa Fe is nothing short of spectacular. Santa Fe is the perfect destination for couples who enjoy painting, sculpture and culture. Dive into the world of Georgia O’Keefe and the otherworldly modern art mecca that is Meow Wolf, then hop on a bike and take golden hour rides around this intimate city. Stay at the Inn & Spa at Loretto for rooms that blend into the environment and an iconic exterior lined with candles that’s sure to take your breath away.

The Pacifi c Northwest This lush corner of the continental U.S. includes everything from the Olympic Peninsula just west of Seattle to the Redwoods trees in Northern California. In between, you have Fern Canyon and Gold Bluff s Beach, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon’s rugged coastline and marvelous sand dunes, the cascades along the Columbia River Gorge and Maryhill Museum’s curious collection of art. To soak up every ounce of natural beauty, stay at the unrivaled Klickitat Treehouse and take your morning coff ee in front of fl oor-to-ceiling windows.

Bar Harbor, Maine Acadia National Park and the charm-

ing small New England town of Bar Harbor combine into one of the best vacation spots for couples. Staying in a Primrose suite with a massive king bed and ﬁ replace will fan the ﬂ ames of romance. Plus, you’ll be just a short hand-in-hand walk to everything in town, including charming restaurants, ice cream shops and a great local improv comedy venue.

Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

Throttlestop, a local car museum and showroom with a rotating collection of historic motorcycles, showroom cars and robust engines spanning the decades.

Fredericksburg, Texas There’s wildfl owers, wineries and great local shopping in Fredericksburg, but what you’ll notice fi rst is the little Bavarian vibe in this charming city just over an hour northwest of San Antonio. History buff s will love Fredericksburg’s Pioneer Museum and National Museum of the Pacifi c War. Outdoor lovers will go mad for the wildfl owers and Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Go back in time with a stay at the adults-onlyHangar Hotel featuring airplane memorabilia, USO history and 1940s-inspired romance.

Fun and mimosas in the sun and sand? How about an excursion to drive dune buggies through giant mud puddles? What about tasting some local libations? Do it all and so much more at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Punta Cana. Every single room at the all-inclusive Hard Rock has a private in-room hot tub and you can have a turntable and curat- The Catskills, New York ed collection of vinyl records delivered to your door, so pack your battery operated The Catskills provide easy access to candles and leave your worries behind. Woodstock and other charming towns, but what really makes this area a great Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin spot for couples is a cluster of miniature accommodations called A Tiny House Romance is alive and well on the gen- Resort. These luxe cabins and custom tle shores of Elkhart Lake. With fi ne din- trailers set along a creek are a romantic ing, cute shops and elegant accommoda- escape from hectic modern life. tions at the Osthoff and Siebkens reEach morning, you can pick up fresh sorts, you and your favorite person can eggs and veggies to make omelets, hang kindle the fl ames on a pontoon boat tour out with the goats and Flemish Giant of the lake or rev up your relationship on bunnies and take the chickens for a walk. a race weekend or track day at Road Relax with a book or your favorite podAmerica. cast in your ears and let the world drift by If you both fancy cool cars, visit the for a few days.

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Sunday, Sept. 12 “American Rust” debut – 10 p.m, Showtime. Battered by trauma as a soldier and as a Pittsburgh cop, Del (Jeff Daniels) took the quieter duties of a small-town police chief. But now the cases are more personal and painful; one involves the son of his sometimes-lover (Maura Tierney). “Rust” leads a crowded night – the “60 Minutes” season-opener (7:30 p.m., CBS), the “Guilt” ﬁ nale (9-11 p.m., PBS) and the MTV Music Video Awards (8 p.m., MTV, CW, VH1 and more). Monday, Sept. 13 “American Experience: Sandra Day O’Connor: The First” – 9-11 p.m., PBS. Growing up on a 160,000acre Arizona ranch, O’Connor savored independence. She would rise through Barry Goldwater’s Republicans, get Ronald Reagan’s appointment as the ﬁ rst female Supreme Court justice, and slowly surprise people with her centrist views.

Tuesday, Sept. 14 “Fantasy Island” – 9 p.m., Fox. It’s time for time-travel – the kind where you meet your favorite lauthor or your long-ago self. It will be the fi nal Tuesday show for this experiment, which also has two Sunday slots: 8:30 p.m. Sept. 12 and 8 p.m. Sept. 19. Wednesday, Sept. 15 “America’s Got Talent” fi nale – 9-11 p.m., NBC. With the new season starting Sept. 20, this is championship week for NBC’s summer shows. On Monday (8-10 p.m.), we get the “American Ninja Warrior” champ. On Tuesday (8-10), the 10 “America’s Got Talent” fi nalists perform and viewers vote. On Wednesday, the show has its 16th winner. Thursday, Sept. 16 “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” fi nale – 8-9 p.m., NBC. One of TV’s best comedies gets an end-ofsummer farewell. “NineNine” started hot in 2014. Fox canceled it after fi ve seasons, but NBC aired more – plus this 10-episode farewell,

as NBC prepares for its no-laughs fall season. Friday, Sept. 17 “Great Performances: The Red Shoes” and more – 9 p.m., PBS. Hans Christian Andersen’s tale of obses-

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sion keeps being adapted; a 1948 movie won two Oscars and this 2020 ballet won two Olivier awards. Set in old Hollywood, it has gorgeous visuals and choreography, but to follow the plot, you have to listen to