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Find interactive radar, storm warnings, live storm chaser video, school closings and global weather searchable by city or ZIP code at Cincinnati.com/weather.

Good Morning! After a beautiful Saturday, we can expect some isolated thunder for your Sunday. We start out dry this morning with temperatures in the mid to upper 60s. But, this afternoon, a very weak frontal boundary will dip into the area from the north. This front will set off a few isolated to widely scattered showers and thunder which should dissipate during the early evening hours with the loss of daytime heating. Expect high temps later today in the upper 80s to near 90 degrees. This same weak front will be in the area on Monday as well, so a few isolated showers will once again be possible. — Jeff Creighton

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LOTTERIES OHIO

(Drawings: July 13) Pick 3 (early): 7 0 3 Pick 4 (early): 8 0 6 2 Pick 5 (early): 5 9 5 2 7

THE NATION 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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LAST July 24

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(Drawings: July 12) Pick 3 (late): 5 4 4 Pick 4 (late): 2 9 4 7 Pick 5 (late): 0 0 5 0 3 Rolling Cash 5: 6 20 30 36 38 Classic Lotto: Saturday’s jackpot was an estimated $17.9 million.

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(Drawings: July 13) Pick 3 (early): 0 9 8 Pick 4 (early): 9 7 8 4 (Drawings: July 12) Pick 3 (late): 2 8 5 Pick 4 (late): 8 5 7 5 Cash Ball: 9 21 24 29, 20

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

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ALMANAC From Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport through 5 p.m. yest.

TEMPERATURE High/low ........................... 90/62 Normal high/low ............... 86/66 Record high ............... 103 (1936) Record low .................. 50 (1975) HUMIDITY High .................................... 83% Low ..................................... 28% PRECIPITATION Last 24 hours ...................... 0.00” Month to date .................... 0.02” Normal month to date ........ 1.57” Year to date ...................... 35.63” Normal year to date ......... 24.19”

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AIR QUALITY Pollution............................ 120/US Main pollutant .....................Ozone Mold............................. 2463/High Pollen ..................................6/Low Main pollen ................ unspecified

(Drawings: July 13) Daily 3 (early): 3 5 5 (SB: 3) Daily 4 (early): 0 9 1 7 (SB: 3) (Drawings: July 12) Daily 3 (late): 1 3 7 (SB: 4) Daily 4 (late): 4 5 7 0 (SB: 4) Cash 5: 7 10 31 35 41 Hoosier Lotto: Saturday’s jackpot was an estimated $41.8 million.

MEGA MILLIONS

(Drawings: July 12) 8 25 38 56 59 Megaball: 7 Megaplier: 2 Tuesday’s jackpot is an estimated $137 million.

POWERBALL

Saturday’s jackpot was an estimated $194 million.

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Kings Island worker alleges boss harassed her multiple times Rachel Berry

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For approximately nine months, a female employee of Kings Island said she endured sexual harassment from her supervisor, according to a lawsuit fi led last month. Her direct supervisor, Jeff Nelson, referenced her body, on one instance saying, “Your boobs are looking bigger,” the lawsuit says. It also alleges he slapped her buttocks on at least fi ve occasions and sang sexually explicit songs to her. In the complaint fi led in federal court in Cincinnati, the employee says Nelson asked if she wore a bikini to her son’s Make-A-Wish trip and made other comments like, “you’re my girl, and I’m going to keep you with me,” and “[i]f you were my girl, I’d cook you.” The employee worked as a Coaster Crew Carpenter. The lawsuit says Nelson’s behavior aff ected her ability to do her job and she asked him to stop, but he continued to touch her and make sexual innuendos. When she refused his advances, Nelson became physically aggressive,

the lawsuit says. She alleges that at one point he threw pistachio shells and yelled at her while she was working. On another occasion while she was in his truck with him, Nelson began driving aggressively at high speeds, “putting (her) safety at extreme risk,” the lawsuit says. The employee said she tried to report Nelson’s actions to his supervisor, Mark Steelman. Whenever she attempted to broach the subject, Steelman would walk away or change the subject, according to the lawsuit. The lawsuit also states that he made a cutting gesture, bringing his hand across his neck, which the employee interpreted to mean Nelson wouldn’t be punished, and Steelman didn’t want to hear about his behavior. The employee is suing for sexual harassment and a hostile work environment. Her attorney declined to comment. An attorney for Cedar Fair, the company responsible for Kings Island, directed The Enquirer to oﬃ cials at Kings Island. Chad Showalter, spokesman for Kings Island, said he could not comment on pending legal matters.

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Local vet clinic handles MRI for Chira the tiger physical cause to her seizures, no tumors or brain lesions, which ruled out surgery as treatment. Instead, zoo caregivers put Chira on anti-seizure medicine, and she is monitored around the clock. Potential hazards have been removed from her environment to avoid injury if she has a seizure. Chira was born in 2017 in a litter of three female cubs, and she has been separated from her sisters since medication can only reduce, not eliminate seizures. “Their reaction to a seizure is diﬃ cult to predict. They could hurt her in the process of trying to help her,” said senior Night Hunters keeper Michelle Kuchle, who has cared for the three tigers since they were born. Chira is on display at the zoo, and visitors who see her should alert staﬀ if they notice signs of a seizure. International Tiger Day is July 29. Malayan tigers are endangered with fewer than 500 left in the world due to habitat destruction, fragmentation and poaching.

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When an animal at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is ill, caregivers reach for tools in human medicine to fi nd answers. Chira, one of the zoo’s endangered Malayan tigers, was suff ering seizures, so she underwent magnetic resonance imaging. Last month, zoo caregivers took the 2-year-old tiger, clocking in at 240 pounds, to MedVet Cincinnati on Red Bank Road for the testing. Chira’s seizures this year have mystifi ed zoo staff , and an MRI would give then a look inside her head, neck and brain. The zoo often asks outside providers across Cincinnati for help with animals, perhaps most famously in 2017 when neonatal nurses from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center attended to Fiona, the Nile hippo born prematurely. The Christ Hospital has given ultrasounds to pregnant zoo gorillas technology. Dentists, eye doctors and other specialists also have made zoo calls. Chira, though, needed an MRI “to help rule in or out a physical abnormality in her brain that could be the cause of her seizures,” said zoo Veterinary Director Mark Campbell. “MedVet agreed to provide equipment and highly trained personnel to help us achieve this goal.”

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Will Commissioner Portune run again in ’20? Jason Williams Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Long-time Hamilton County Commissioner Todd Portune has started to face the reality that his debilitating health issues might force him to retire next year. He suff ered a severe neck injury after a fall in the spring, and political insiders have been speculating ever since whether the Democrat will run for re-election in 2020. “It’s a fair question,” Portune told Politics Extra. “I know there’s all sorts of rumors out there, and they all need to be put to rest. It’s a question that I need to answer defi nitively, and I will do that in more than a timely manner.” Portune would like to have a fi nal decision made about his political future before the December fi ling deadline. He added that no one is pressuring him to call it quits. But Portune isn’t denying the fact his health is not good. He doesn’t have feeling on the right side of his body after he had surgery in April. That came a year after Portune had to have his left leg amputated because of a cancerous tumor. Portune, 60, was released from Drake Center in late May, but the workaholic still hasn’t been able to get back to the offi ce full-time. Portune’s rehabilitation process is ongoing, and he said his attendance at board of commissioners’ meetings may continue to be sporadic. “In all respects, I’m still considered homebound,” Portune said. “I’m making progress. It’s slow. I have to be careful not to overdo it. I’m not going to mince words: This has been a real

ordeal. It’s a lot harder than anything I’ve been through before.” Meanwhile, 2020 campaigns are heating up. There is a Republican vying for Portune’s seat – former Mariemont Councilman Andy Black. If Portune retires, Democrats could turn to state Rep. Brigid Kelly as the potential successor. Kelly had risen to the No. 2 Democrat in the Statehouse, but she lost her leadership role in January amid the party’s division over who should be the Speaker of the House. Back home, however, Kelly is still highly regarded. Commissioner could be a nice next step for the former Norwood councilwoman, a pragmatic and policy-focused politician who’s respected by the establishment and far left factions in her party. Portune was fi rst elected commissioner in 2000.. He’s one of the most popular elected offi cials in Greater Cincinnati, having appealed to voters for consistently taking a stand against the Bengals’ stadium deal. His hard-line stance against the worst stadium deal for taxpayers in American history is undoubtedly part of his legacy. Another part of his legacy: His resiliency and work ethic. Portune has been an inspiration to thousands of residents for his ability to continue to serve in public offi ce despite having major health problems for 16 years. In 2003, he was diagnosed with benign tumors in his spinal column. The tumors later ruptured, and paralyzed Portune from the chest down. Portune still worked round-theclock, rarely took a vacation and never wanted sympathy. His positive outlook has helped make him so popular among voters that Republicans have

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MICROSCOOPS THE BUZZ: Another 2020 race is underway. Loveland Democrat Sara Bitter is running against Mount Lookout conservative Tom Brinkman in Ohio’s 27th House District. It’ll be Bitter’s second campaign, after she lost last year in Ohio’s red-leaning 7th Senate District to incumbent Steve Wilson. Though the race wasn’t close, Bitter raised $100,000 and received the coveted Fraternal Order of Police endorsement. Democrats see Brinkman’s East Side suburban district as a big opportunity in an election cycle where college-educated moms will be a target voting bloc. Bitter is a disability rights advocate and former assistant in Bill Clinton‘s White House. ... ❚ Look for Pleasant Ridge Democrat Gabe Davis to offi cially launch his campaign for Hamilton County prosecutor next week. It’ll be a quiet launch for the former federal prosecutor, who plans to hold the traditional, rally-like kickoff event in September. In his fi rst political campaign, Davis will challenge long-time incumbent Joe Deters. ... ❚ Could there be a third Democrat to jump into the 2020 primary race for

Ohio’s 1st Congressional District? Walnut Hills alum John Paszterko is exploring a run. Paszterko (pronounced PAS-ter-koh) hasn’t been involved in local politics, so not much is known about him. According to his LinkedIn and Facebook profi les, Paszterko is a West Point graduate and spent 61⁄ 2 years as an Army infantry offi cer. He has a master’s degree from Georgetown University and is currently a senior operations manager for Amazon.com. ... ❚ Speaking of that congressional race, Democratic candidate Kate Schroder has gotten her campaign off to a good start. More than 300 people showed up to her launch party at Wiedemann’s Brewery in St. Bernard on Tuesday night. That energy and enthusiasm translated into a big fi rst day of fundraising – $140,000, according to a campaign offi cial. It’s unknown what Schroder’s primary opponent, Mason’s Nikki Foster, has raised in the wake of her campaign launch on July 1. Foster’s campaign spokeswoman told Politics Extra: “We don’t have numbers to share at the moment.” Subscribe and listen to Jason’s free That’s So Cincinnati podcast on Apple Podcasts and most other pod platforms. Email: jwilliams@enquirer.com

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Two Ohio police leaders advocate for safe-injection site in Philly Terry DeMio

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Outside America, there are places where people can go with their drugs and inject them under the supervision of medical caregivers who will revive them if they overdose. Newtown police Chief Tom Synan, a member of the Hamilton County Heroin Coalition, supports the idea. So does Dan Meloy, the former Colerain Township public safety director. At least, in Philadelphia. "I think we need to be open and to try new alternatives that reduce the impact that this and other drug epidemics have on our community," Synan said. Neither he nor Meloy is advocating for a safe injection site in the Cincinnati region. though. The two Southwest Ohio leaders are among 64 local, state, Synan and federal criminal justice offi cials from 27 states and the District of Columbia who signed a legal brief in favor of Safehouse, a privately funded nonprofi t that's trying to Meloy open the fi rst-in-thenation supervised drug-consumption site, in Philadelphia. U.S. Attorney William McSwain fi led a lawsuit in February to stop Safehouse from opening the overdose prevention site, an attempt to curb opioid deaths in the city. "Normalizing the use of deadly drugs like heroin and fentanyl is not the answer to solving the epidemic," McSwain said at a news conference. Safehouse lawyers fi led the brief Wednesday showing law enforcement support for its proposed overdose prevention site. The legal brief was coordinated by Fair and Just Prosecution in alliance with the Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP), a nonprofi t group of police, judges and other criminal justice professionals who support proven solutions to public safety problems. Neither Synan nor Meloy are certain that safe-injection sites will help allay the opioid epidemic, although no one has died in such locations. And thousands of lives have been saved. Insite in Vancouver, British Columbia, opened the fi rst supervised injection site in North America in 2003. "There have been millions of visits and thousands of overdoses to Insite since it opened," said Tiff any Akins, a spokeswoman for the site. "And there has never been a death there.

A person at a consumption site in Vancouver, British Columbia, holds sterile injection equipment. PROVIDED

In this 2017 photo, booths line the Cactus "safe injection site" in Montreal, where drug addicts can shoot up using clean needles, get medical supervision and freedom from arrest. A similar facility is planned for Philadelphia. PAUL CHIASSON, AP

"Supervising people gives us a chance to keep people alive, so that we can connect them to the care and support they need," she said. Meloy has been at the forefront of other harm-reduction eff orts in Hamilton County. He now heads QRT National, a nonprofi t that promotes the use of Quick Response Teams that visit surviving overdose victims and guide them into treatment. He and Synan said their support of supervised drug-consumption sites is about what's best for communities as well as individuals. "We are talking about public safety. Contact with people (who inject drugs)," Meloy said. "First responders and needle sticks. HIV, hepatitis C. All those things." Synan and Meloy are speakers for LEAP, which is why they were aware of the brief. The organization has been at the forefront of an eff ort to move away from the war on drugs in the United States. They say the old approach simply doesn't work. "We have built more prisons, have more people in prison, because of drug-related incidents," Synan said, "yet have more people using and dying from drugs than ever in our country. "I believe that overdose prevention sites may be an opportunity to take the burden of the mass number of overdoses off police, EMS, fi re and hospitals ... and put it into a system that is designed to handle such incidents, allowing fi rst responders to get back to more enforcement than overdose revival," he said. Meloy supported other harm-reduction projects in Colerain Township as opioid overdose deaths exploded in the region. He started the fi rst Quick Response Team, and as his nonprofi t takes the eff ort national, Meloy has talked to, trained and otherwise

helped communities across the country start their own teams. Other Ohioans who signed the brief are Carter Stewart, former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, and former Ohio Attorney Gen-

eral Jim Petro. Meloy said the opioid epidemic is nowhere near its end, no one can see an end to it, and people are still dying. Every day, opioid overdoses alone kill about 130 people, the National Institute on Drug Abuse notes. That's why, Meloy said, every idea should be considered. Of supervised consumption sites, he said: "This is a concept that's working elsewhere. If you say no, we will never know if there's a way to learn from it here."

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Another side of Marian Spencer: A love story Marian Spencer with her husband, Donald. Marian, a former vice mayor of Cincinnati and a civil rights hero, died July 9. She was 99.

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Marian Spencer adored Donald Spencer, even more than 60 years after their wedding day. I saw it with my own eyes on Valentine's Day, 2007 at a friend's house with ﬁ ve other couples. Donald died on May 4, 2010. Each time I saw Marian any time after that, the light in her eyes seemed dimmer. But on that night, the ﬁ rst time I met her in an intimate setting, she was smitten. Donald, an accomplished jazz musician, played the piano for us, but it really seemed more like a collection of love songs to Marian. Look at the picture attached to this column. Look at Marian's face. Both were well into their 80s then. Just look at them. That was the whole point of the night. How do you keep the music playing? How do you make it last? How do you keep the song from fading Too fast? Those are not my words. They were written by Michel Legrand, Marilyn Bergman, and Alan Bergman. Those lyrics became a hit song for James Ingram and Patti Austin in 1983. Power-

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Marian's face. And our exultation just to be in their presence. When they awoke, Donald serenaded Marian. Every morning. More than 60 years and ya'll still make googly eyes? The lessons: Forgive. Love when it's hard. Try to understand one another. Talk. Give. Take. Forgive again. And forgive some more. That's how you make a marriage work. Marian was feisty. We all know this by now. But she was full of grace and dignity. Without sharing details, she told us about a moment she dispatched from her home a bold lady asking to see her husband. She sum-

moned Donald home immediately. They had a talk. That was that. The matter was settled. Our takeaway was to watch for pitfalls, ﬁ x them, forgive and move forward. Before that night, I knew who the public Marian Spencer was, and then only on a cursory level. The civil rights champion. The integrationist. The politician. The granddaughter of a slave. She was a formidable woman in this town. That night, through loving touches, easy smiles, knowing looks and a gleam in her eye – we saw a woman head over heels in love with her husband. We saw a woman who – without even knowing it – set an expectation for us and our relationships. You will have challenges, but you can make it through. I interviewed Marian two years ago in the Avondale home that Donald designed and built in the 1950s. She spoke of him as if he was still there. A pillow had his date of birth and death written on it. Family pictures with him in it were on walls and tables. I'd like to think she is with him now. The music never ends. Byron McCauley is an Enquirer columnist. Email him at bmccauley@enquirer.com. Phone: (513) 768-8565. Twitter: @byronmccauley.

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The 30th annual Bastille Day celebration in Historic Downtown Montgomery on Saturday.

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Ripley’s podcast is local, believe it or not Sarah Horne

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With attractions around the world and books sold for a wide age range, Ripley’s Believe It or Not is a household name. The next venture for Ripley’s? A new podcast, and wouldn’t you believe it, it’s being produced in the Greater Cincinnati area. It’s called the Believe It or Notcast. Ryan Clark and Brent Donaldson, two Cincinnatians, teamed up to create it. New episodes release every Tuesday morning. They produce the show out of Herzog Studios in downtown Cincinnati.

That’s intriguing In one episode of the podcast, listeners meet Father Vincent Lampert, who is an oﬃ cial exorcist for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. He has assisted in over 40 exorcisms. So far, that was Donaldson’s favorite episode, with Lampert explaining what it was like to be in a room with someone thought to be demonically possessed. He would even try to replicate the sounds he heard during the experience. “That was pretty intense,” Donaldson said. In another episode, Clark and Donaldson talk with people who consider

Ripley’s Believe It or Notcast co-hosts Ryan Clark and Brent Donaldson, illustrated by Ripley’s cartoonist, John Graziano. RIPLEY’S BELIEVE IT OR NOT!

themselves vampires, due to being convinced that they have to ingest human blood to avoid getting sick.

Let’s make a podcast Clark and Donaldson had been friends long before the podcast even became an idea. They both previously worked at Northern Kentucky University together, where Donaldson was editor-in-chief of the university’s magazine. They had planned to do a podcast together about higher education, however, Clark ended up taking a job at Xavier. Donaldson did a podcast for NKU. “I had a background in sorta audio engineering from recording music in

the past, so I kinda put that toward the audio editing that goes into a podcast and it went really well,” Donaldson said. Later, Donaldson went on to work at Gardner Business Media and Clark became a freelance writer for a variety of places, including Ripley’s. “One of the places I really love to write for the most is Ripley’s Believe It Or Not website,” Clark said. “I’ve been doing that for the last two years and I love it. It’s just awesome. To travel around the country and ﬁ nd weird and fascinating and inspiring stories. It is just a blast.” While working for Ripley’s, Clark realized they didn’t have a traditional weekly podcast and brought it up to his editor.

She told him that they didn’t have the manpower to have one at the time so she forgot about the idea, Clark said. However, around Thanksgiving, his editor approached him again. This time asking Clark more about his idea and if he could begin working on it. That’s when Clark reached out to Donaldson with questions about podcasting. “He called me or maybe sent me a text last October basically saying something to the eﬀ ect of ‘how do you do a podcast,’” Donaldson said. While talking about the idea, it was decided that the two would work on it together, combining Clark’s knowledge of Ripley’s and journalism with Donaldson’s background in audio production and journalism. “(It) has entailed talking to really interesting people and being creative with the content of the show itself,” Donaldson said. “I’ve talked to some people that I doubt I would have talked to in day-to-day life. “You know, life can be weird and I think that all of us have this innate sense that we are unique and a little bit weird sometimes. I think that’s why people connect with Ripley’s,” Donaldson said. The launch of the Believe It or Notcast came a week after the rebuilt Ripley’s TV show debuted on Travel Channel. That airs Sundays at 9 p.m.

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Frampton revisits his old hometown, hits Chris Varias

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There has never been a reason to contemplate the fi nite nature of “Baby, I Love Your Way,” considering that the song has been spun infi nitely on classic-rock radio since the beginning of time, or at least the last 40plus years. But with the news of a physical ailment possibly forcing Peter Frampton into retirement from the stage, each live performance of “Baby, I Love Your Way” is now a countdown to the end. Frampton, the English rocker who called Indian Hill home from 2000 to 2013, returned to Riverbend on Friday to play what could be his last show in Cincinnati. He has a muscle disease called inclusion body myositis. Frampton wants to stop playing guitar before IBM takes greater eff ect, so this likely could be his last North American tour. Despite the grim circumstances, the show was celebratory. Frampton barely mentioned his condition. “I feel that love,” he said after playing “Baby, I Love Your Way.” “I feel it on the internet after I made the announcement about my health. You guys are gonna cure me. I know it.” That’s all he said about it. Instead, he played and played and played. The 69-year-old singer and his four-piece band did over two hours, with Frampton’s only brief break coming before the encore. Returning to Cincinnati seemed to energize him. “You are the biggest crowd of every amphitheater that we played on this tour,” he said. The show drew 10,000, according to a Riverbend spokesperson. The show hit upon all of the highlights of his career: the early days as a member of Humble Pie, his landmark album “Frampton Comes Alive,” the 2007 Grammy-winning instrumental album “Fingerprints.” He has a current highlight, as well: his latest album, “All Blues,” is sitting atop Billboard’s blues-album chart. He played a couple songs off that one, including an instrumental version of “Georgia on My Mind.” He said he saw Steve Winwood sing that song live in concert with the Spencer Davis Group when Winwood was 16 and Frampton 15. He discussed the friendship he forged with the late Chris Cornell and dedicated an instrumental version of Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun” to Cornell, his widow and their children. There was an Alvin Lee story, too. Years ago Frampton ran into the late Ten Years After guitarist in the Bahamas, where Frampton had traveled to write songs for an album. Instead of getting to the business of writing, he and Lee went on a two-week bender. When he came out of it, Frampton wrote two songs in one day: “Show Me the Way” and “Baby, I Love Your

Peter Frampton Finale, The Farewell Tour at Riverbend Music Center. After 50 plus years of touring Frampton has announced this upcoming tour will be has last. PHOTOS BY JOE SIMON FOR THE ENQUIRER

Way.” Those, plus “Do You Feel Like We Do” – the three singles from “Frampton Comes Alive” – were highlights of the show. And there was more Cincinnati reminiscing. Frampton mentioned his aﬀ ection for the Mariemont loca-

tion of Graeter’s Ice Cream and said he was crushing some Graeter’s backstage. “I had to loosen my belt a notch,” he joked. “I always look forward to coming here to Cincinnati, because it has been my home for many, many years.”

One word that wasn’t uttered was “farewell.” Frampton closed the show with a version of the Beatles’ “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” When the song ended, he addressed the crowd for the last time: “Thank you!” he said. “I can’t say goodbye.”

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Lawmakers place bets on sports gambling bills Jim Provance (Toledo) Blade

COLUMBUS – Lawmakers are doubling-down on their eﬀ orts to bring legal sports gambling to Ohio as they move multiple bills to legalize the activity through the General Assembly. Competing bills have been introduced in the state House and Senate that head in diﬀ erent directions – one placing its bets with the state’s four Las Vegas-style casinos and seven racetrack slots parlors, and the other potentially adding some 1,200 Veterans of Foreign Wars, Elks, and other veterans groups and fraternal lodges to that mix. One would put the Ohio Casino Control Commission in charge. The other would make sports betting an extension of the Ohio Lottery Commission. And then there are the possibilities of a ballot question for voters to consider amending the state constitution or doing nothing so that Ohio sits out this latest gambling expansion. “The purpose of doing this is to make it legal, make it constitutional, follow the (federal) wire act, and provide funding for gambling addiction services and education,” said state Rep. Dave Greenspan, R-Westlake, who sponsored House Bill 194 with Rep. Brigid Kelly, D-Hyde Park. “The revenue is not going to be that

signiﬁ cant – $30 million, rising eventually to $60 million and $100 million,” he said. “It’s not going to be, as people have projected, hundreds of millions of dollars for the state.” It’s been a year since the U.S. Supreme Court opened the door for states to pursue legal wagering on the outcomes of games, point spreads, individual player performance, and other elements of professional and collegiate sports. Ohio is looking to join a handful of other states – including neighboring Pennsylvania, West Virginia and, most recently, Indiana – that have acted to legalize, regulate and tax betting that’s gone on legally for decades in Las Vegas and illegally just about everywhere else. The House bill could come to a vote in that chamber in coming weeks, but the General Assembly is expected to recess for the summer by June 30. That means a bill would likely not reach Gov. Mike DeWine’s desk until fall at the earliest. State Sens. John Eklund. R-Chardon, and Sean O’Brien, D-Bazetta, introduced Senate Bill 111 in March. It has yet to be assigned to a committee, let alone have a hearing. It would hand authority to regulate sports wagering to the Ohio Casino Control Commission. Such betting could take place at Ohio’s four voterapproved Las Vegas-style casinos, in-

cluding Jack Cincinnati Casino, and seven racetrack slots parlors. In contrast, House Bill 194 would grant regulatory authority to the lottery that voters originally approved in 1973, but has since been expanded to include Keno, Powerball, MegaMillions and racetrack slots. Neither Eklund nor O’Brien returned multiple calls for comment for this story. But in an opinion column published by the Columbus Dispatch, Eklund criticized the idea of giving regulatory authority to the lottery commission. “If Ohio is to legalize sports gaming, it should be done under the authority of an existing agency that has a demonstrated track record of eﬀ ectively monitoring, controlling, and policing casino-based gambling operations,” he wrote. “We cannot, in my view, treat sports wagering like Keno or lotteries that, and have been, dealt with by the lottery commission and its corps of very able (for what they do) agents around the state.” While the lottery commission would write the rules under the House bill, it would contract with the casino commission to enforce those rules. “The bill is written broadly so that the lottery commission has wide breadth of authority so that we do not have to come back and have the legislature change this as the industry

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Legislators say no to relaxed marijuana laws Patrick Cooley Columbus Dispatch

A group calling for the decriminalization of marijuana is taking its case from Ohio’s municipalities to the Statehouse. But despite some success at the local level, they’ve found a less-receptive audience in the Republican-controlled Legislature. The Ohio Sensible Movement Coalition has successfully backed “no ﬁ ne, no time” ballot measures in 12 communities since 2015, including Toledo, Logan and Newark. Those cities passed local ordinances that eliminated legal penalties for possession of less than 200 grams of marijuana. Cincinnati’s City Council approved a “no ﬁ ne, no time” law this year, and the Columbus City Council was mulling reducing penalties for small quantities of pot. The coalition hopes to get the issue on the ballot in 12 other communities this fall. Coalition members have met with legislators to discuss statewide decriminalization in recent weeks, armed with the belief that public opinion is on their side. Sensible Movement Coalition Executive Director Chad Thompson said the ballot measures indicate Ohioans favor relaxed marijuana laws. “That is exactly what is going to change the situation on the state lev-

el,” Thompson said. He wants to make misdemeanor marijuana off enses akin to jaywalking, a law that is rarely enforced. Legislators who met with the coalition members expressed concerns. State Sen. Bill Coley, a Republican from Liberty Township in Butler County, worries decriminalizing marijuana would lead to more impaired driving. That would put traffi c cops in a diffi cult position, he said, because breath tests exist to measure someone’s blood alcohol level, but there is no such test available for marijuana. “It just would not be prudent at this time to change the law,” Cole said. State Sen. John Eklund cited an increase in marijuana-related traffi c deaths in Colorado, which have more than doubled since the state legalized the drug in 2013. The black market for pot also persists in Colorado despite legalization, Eklund pointed out. Marijuana traffi cking arrests have not dropped in Colorado or California, which legalized the drug in 2016. Marijuana advocates argue that there is no proof the increases are connected to legalization. “They were very thoughtful in their presentation, but my reaction was, ‘no, thank you.’” Eklund, a Republican from northeastern Ohio, said of the coalition. Advocates for decriminalization argue that marijuana laws dispropor-

tionately harm minority communities, which suff er the bulk of marijuana-related arrests, even though surveys show they are no more likely to use the drug than whites. That claim is backed by numerous studies. Toledo, advocates say, saw a signifi cant drop in marijuana arrests after voters approved a “no fi ne, no time” law in 2015. A judge struck down parts of the law in 2016 on the grounds that it confl icts with state and federal law, but Thompson argued that the measure succeeded in sending a message to city offi cials. Toledo’s municipal court handled more than 1,000 marijuana-related arrests per year leading up to “no fi ne, no time” in 2015. It handled fewer than 500 in each of the years that followed. Offi cers can still make marijuana arrests at their discretion, Toledo’s police chief said in a letter to the department following the vote, but they should take a number of factors into account fi rst, including the will of city voters, 70% of whom approved the measure. Marijuana has never been a priority for Toledo police, department spokesman Kevan Toney said. Results were diff erent in some smaller cities. Newark voters approved a “no fi ne, no time” law in 2016, but Law Director Doug Sassen said the city’s police and prosecutor con-

tinue to charge off enders under state law. When they took their oath of offi ce they swore to uphold all federal, state, and local laws, Sassen said. Offi cials in Logan worry that the small city in Hocking County could lose out on state and federal grants if they decline to enforce marijuana laws, Logan police Capt. Ryan Gabriel said. City voters approved a “no fi ne, no time” bill in 2016. Logan police issue between 50 and 100 misdemeanor marijuana citations per year, mostly from traffi c stops, Gabriel said. That fi gure hasn’t changed since the “no fi ne, no time” bill. Police are charging off enders under state law. Thompson said municipalities have the right to supersede the Ohio Revised Code thanks to home rule laws that give cities and towns the authority to set their own ordinances. Case Western Reserve University law professor Jonathan Entin disagreed with that notion. “I think that the state in this regard is going to supersede any local law,” said Entin, who has written about home rule in Ohio. But Entin said local decriminalization campaigns have symbolic value by sending the message that legislators are out of step with public opinion.

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STEM degrees are gaining steam in Kentucky Morgan Watkins

Louisville Courier Journal USA TODAY NETWORK

Kentucky’s college students have been racking up more degrees in the science, technology, engineering and math fi elds while earning fewer degrees in education and the arts, a new report shows. The rising interest in STEM careers could pay off for students and their families, thanks to the job growth projected for the science and technology sectors. “This generation is very fi nancially savvy,” said Deana Epperly Karem of Greater Louisville Inc., the metro chamber of commerce. “I think they’re going to where the potential money is.” At Kentucky colleges, there was a 45.4% jump in the number of undergraduate credentials earned in the STEM fi elds from the 2013-14 academic year through the 2017-18 term, according to a Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education report released this week. At the graduate level, there was an 85.3% boost in STEM credentials awarded. But on the fl ip side, Kentucky saw a 13.2% drop in the number of bachelor’s degrees students earned in education over those fi ve years. And students’ waning interest in becoming teachers could hurt future generations’ ability to prepare for college. K-12 education is the “mother of all professions,” giving students the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in whatever career they choose, said Eddie Campbell, president of the Kentucky Education Association. However, becoming a teacher isn’t as attractive a career option as it was 20 years ago, Campbell said. Nationally, 1 in 10 U.S. college students were majoring in education about a decade ago, but today fewer than 1 in 20 are doing so. Overall, the state’s postsecondary education council is on track to meet its goal of getting 60% of Kentuckians to possess a high-quality college-level credential by 2030. Here are some other takeaways from the council’s report: ❚ The number of undergraduate credentials awarded increased 2.8%

for the 2017-18 academic year. ❚ There was a fi ve-year, 2.9% decrease in the number of undergraduate credentials students earned in the health fi eld, with a 16.3% drop in such associate degrees. ❚ But the number of bachelor’s degrees and graduate-level credentials students earned in health rose 26.3% and 5.8%, respectively, over the fi veyear period. ❚ Although there was a fi ve-year, 13.2% dip in bachelor’s degrees awarded for education, graduate-level credentials in that fi eld rose 8.6%. ❚ In the arts, the number of bachelor’s awarded declined 4.2% over fi ve years, and the number of graduate credentials earned by students fell 6%. ❚ The overall number of college credentials earned by underrepresented minority students increased 23% over fi ve years. ❚ Undergraduate credentials earned by low-income students rose 3.7%.

Interest in STEM soars The number of STEM credentials awarded at public and private colleges in Kentucky rose across the board, from short-term certifi cates to graduate degrees. Karem, GLI’s senior vice president of regional economic growth, said governments, businesses, schools and chambers of commerce have collectively encouraged students to pursue STEM careers, and their years-long efforts seem to be succeeding. She also credited students with recognizing the opportunities in those growing fi elds. “They see what’s coming,” she said. “And whether they’re wanting to do gaming or they’re wanting to do bio research, they have grown up in a generation where technology is the norm, and I think that has had a direct impact on their interest level in pursuing science and technology.” Telly Sellars, Jeff erson Community and Technical College’s dean of technical education, said there’s high demand for manufacturing and information technology training, and students’ interest in JCTC’s nursing and paramedic-centric programs is rising, too.

Plus, initiatives like Jeff erson County Public Schools’ Academies of Louisville are helping kids fi nd (and get a head start on) a career earlier in life, Sellars said. Katie Adamchik, the University of Louisville’s director of exploratory and transition advising, said a degree’s fi nancial prospects have always been of concern, especially to fi rst-generation, low-income and minority students. And many people starting college today feel like they have to fi gure out a viable career path fast. “There’s just so much pressure. There’s pressure from families and from society to pursue certain paths ... and students are concerned about student debt and college aff ordability,” said Adamchik, who earned her doctorate at U of L.

‘All degrees matter’ State government wants to foster Kentuckians’ interest in STEM careers. For example, it included incentives for awarding STEM degrees in the new performance-based formula it uses to divvy up money among Kentucky’s public universities. However, Aaron Thompson, president of the Council on Postsecondary Education, emphasized the general value of higher education, which beneﬁ ts people no matter what subject they study. “All degrees matter in Kentucky,”

he said. Research shows people who get a bachelor’s have a better chance of doing well economically, regardless of what they studied, than those who lack one, according to Ashley Spalding, senior policy analyst for the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy. To build on the state’s success so far, Spalding said Kentucky must work to ensure college is aﬀ ordable or risk undermining its progress. (The Federal Reserve recently estimated that outstanding student loan debt totals nearly $1.6 trillion.) “We need to really be vigilant in making sure that low-income students and students of color aren’t left behind,” she said. Thompson said the greater number of degrees underrepresented minority students have been earning is a positive sign, although there’s plenty more work to do to support them. As for the decline in arts degrees being earned, Thompson suggested one factor could be the cuts public universities made to their arts programs amid repeated decreases in state funding. “The value of art is huge,” Thompson said, adding that his own son is an art major. But even he supported diﬃ cult decisions to slash support for Kentucky State University’s arts programs when he worked there due to budget constraints.

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Border refugees ﬁ nd peace in Indiana Christian agency helps young migrants by connecting them to foster families Holly V. Hays

Indianapolis Star USA TODAY NETWORK

INDIANAPOLIS – Clean socks and underwear. A fresh set of pajamas. When the doorbell rings in the middle of the night, Lauren’s fi rst priority for the tired child on the other side of the threshold is giving them a clean outfi t and a place to sleep. Since March, Lauren and her family have worked with Bethany Christian Services to take in children who have crossed the southern U.S. border unaccompanied. By the end of June, the program had fostered 10 unaccompanied minors in Indianapolis, mainly young boys from Guatemala and Honduras. IndyStar is withholding Lauren’s last name to help shield the identity of the children she is caring for. When they arrive in Indianapolis, the children are often exhausted, sometimes confused and rarely have anything substantial in their possession. But in her home, Lauren works to give them the same experience as any other child in Central Indiana, providing relief and support after a potentially traumatic journey to the U.S. “Our home is just a safe place – a safe place for them to be, to rest, to feel loved and to feel safe,” Lauren told IndyStar. “And so, that’s just what we focus on in the time we have together.” Some 1,400 miles from the southern border, Hoosiers can feel insulated from the crisis along the Rio Grande. But the issue is closer to home than some might think. For Lauren, her husband and their three children, it was an opportunity to make a diff erence in the face of an issue much larger than themselves. “We realized once these faraway problems arrive at your doorstep ... you realize that this is bigger than just something that you committed to,” Lauren said. “It’s a huge problem that you have now brought into your household and you are now working as part of.”

A chance at survival For these children, the journey to Indianapolis is often long and complex. Many of the unaccompanied minors detained at the border are coming to the U.S. from the Central American countries of Guatemala (54%), Honduras (26%) and El Salvador (12%), according to 2018 data provided by the federal Oﬃ ce of Refugee Resettlement. Three percent are from Mexico. During the same time period, these children overwhelmingly have been boys, mostly ages 15-17. There are many ways children could travel from their home country to the U.S.-Mexico border. Families some-

Lauren, whose family is fostering children who have crossed the southern U.S. border unaccompanied, holds the shoes that children typically wear when they arrive. Bethany Christian Services is working with the Office of Refugee Resettlement to place children in foster homes until they are reunited with loved ones. JENNA WATSON/INDYSTAR

times pay to have their child taken to the border by a guide. Young children and older siblings often travel in pairs or join groups from nearby cities. There are trains, cars, walking trails. Wendy Vogt, an associate professor of anthropology at IUPUI who has spent most of her career studying migration patterns in Central America and Mexico, said it’s a dangerous road to travel. Migrants are often at risk of violence, sexual assault, robbery, extortion. Still, many feel it’s a risk worth taking. “People know, even with knowing and understanding that they will likely encounter violence along their journey, that it’s still a better chance of survival than if they were to stay home, in their home communities,” Vogt said. Once at the border, unaccompanied minors are taken into custody by the Department of Homeland Security before being turned over to the Oﬃ ce of Refugee Resettlement. It’s during that period that they’re likely to be held in the detention camps making national headlines for overcrowding and poor conditions. Once in Refugee Resettlement’s custody, the child is placed in a shelter facility, foster care, group home, secure facility or treatment center. The goal is to unite that child with a sponsor in the U.S., be it a relative or close family friend. Attorney Megan Pastrana of the Indiana Immigration Law Group said sponsors are required to submit to ﬁ ngerprinting and background checks with the federal government and create a care plan in case that individual somehow becomes unable to care for the child. It’s a commitment that proves to be risky for sponsors who are also living

in the U.S. without legal permission. “If they don’t have status, they’re going to be ﬁ ngerprinted, all their information is going to be taken, a ﬁ le is going to be made, and that information will be shared with the Department of Homeland Security,” she said. “So, the Department of Homeland Security could decide, if this individual is here without status, they could decide to start proceedings against the person and put them into a deportation proceeding.”

Violence at home During the past ﬁ scal year, U.S. Border Patrol agents detained nearly 400,000 people attempting to cross the border and saw more than a 40% increase in families detained at the southern border. The increase in families and young people crossing the border is rooted in the intense poverty, violence and instability they’re seeing in their home countries, Vogt said. “We’re not talking about economic migrants anymore – people who are coming to seek a better life and to get a job,” she said. “We’re talking about asylum seekers now.” Violence and unrest in Central America have continued to escalate since the civil wars of the 1970s and 1980s, she said, and cooperative relationships between police, security forces, drug cartels and gangs have left residents disillusioned with the governments that are supposed to be there to protect them. “So, there’s this culture of impunity throughout Central America, that people just have nowhere to turn in terms of safety,” Vogt said. “And they really see their only option as attempting to come to the United States to seek asy-

lum as their one chance of ﬁ nding safety for them and for their children.” The crisis, Vogt said, does not exist at the southern border in the way Americans may think. Yes, there is an inﬂ ux of migrants, but the issues begin much farther south and work their way up. And problems haven’t stopped once migrants reach the border. Detention facilities there have been criticized for months because of overcrowding and unsanitary conditions. Late last month, the House and Senate passed $4.6 billion in humanitarian aid to replenish housing facilities, although Democrats say it doesn’t do enough to protect children in the custody of the U.S. government, citing reports that highlighted inadequate food and medicine and a lack of soap and diapers.

‘They did not do anything to deserve the circumstances’ Lauren and her husband knew their family of ﬁ ve had the space to take in more children and felt compelled to use their resources for good. Their family has fostered eight of the 10 children involved in Bethany’s program. “We feel like all we can do is help one kid at a time and focus on that each day and keep our heads down a little bit to just that level,” Lauren said. “Because it can feel really overwhelming when you look at the whole problem as a whole and not knowing where to start.” Sometimes the children have been able to squirrel away money or hang on to a few scraps of paper with family members’ names and contact information. Other times, they arrive at See MINORS, Page 17A

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Lauren’s home with nothing more than a small draw-string bag, a pair of cheap slip-on shoes and a snack they were given for the fl ight. There are moments that are heartbreaking. Some have cried themselves to sleep at night. Some are intimidated by having an entire room to themselves. Some need extra pillows and stuff ed animals to sleep next to, because they’re not accustomed to having a bed of their own. Some have expressed surprise at wearing a diff erent outfi t each day instead of putting on the same clothes. But there are also moments that show compassion can transcend cultural boundaries. “There have been some really sweet moments where our kids will put an arm around our foster kids, and it’s like they’ve just always been there,” Lauren said. “They’ve always been brothers.” Organizations like Bethany Christian Services foster children who have come to the country unaccompanied, as well as those who have been separated from their families at the border. It was Bethany Christian Services that fostered a boy who, at 4 months old, was removed from his family when he and his father crossed into the U.S. The infant’s family was trying to seek asylum in the U.S. from ethnic

A boy plays on the levee along the dry Rio Grande between El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Mexico, on July 4. MARK LAMBIE/ THE EL PASO TIMES VIA AP

persecution in Romania, according to the New York Times, and went ﬁ rst to Mexico City, where they hired a smuggler to take them to the U.S. border. The organization’s Indianapolis transitional foster care program, which launched in late March, could foster 18 children at capacity, said Tamara Timm, Bethany Christian Services foster care outreach coordinator. However, due to a lack of foster families, the program can only support ﬁ ve children at a time. The organization does not promote or support family separation, Timm said, but is ready to step up and bridge the gap as the minors’ sponsors are lo-

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cated. “These children are children. They have a right to be children. And they did not do anything to deserve the circumstances, they did not ask for this to happen to them,” Timm said. “They have the right to be in homes and they should be in families, and they deserve to be with their families.”

‘The connection of love’ Lauren and her family try to ignore the politics and noise surrounding the issues at the border. “We just focus on the kids that arrive at our house,” Lauren said. “We fo-

cus on loving them, making sure they have a safe place to land, and celebrating with them when they get to be reunifi ed with their family, which is the ultimate goal.” It’s not about trying to “Americanize” the children, she said. She just wants to give them as much as she can in the time they’re together. So, they join her three sons at sporting events. They go to the pool. They introduce the foster children to ice cream and french fries. They also try to prepare Central American dishes at least once a week. They listen to Spanish music. When the children are unifi ed with their sponsors, Lauren sends each child to their sponsor with a photo book. It’s a way to honor the time they spent together. It can be exhausting to have up to six children in her house at once. There have been cultural diff erences and language barriers to overcome. It can be emotionally taxing to care for a child who has experienced violence and trauma. But seeing the joy when the child is reunited with their loved one makes it all worth it. “It’s been an absolute honor and privilege to be able to walk alongside these kids and their families, and the graciousness and hospitality extended from their families to ours has just been overwhelming,” Lauren said. “It’s the connection of love ... we both care for and love and want what’s best for their kids.” USA TODAY contributed.

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Flooding danger still high as Barry weakens River no longer expected to top New Orleans levee

Abdi Guled

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Doug Stanglin and Adrianna Rodriguez USA TODAY

Hurricane Barry pushed ashore on the Louisiana coast on Saturday and quickly weakened to a tropical storm. But its torrential downpours still promised the risk of “life-threatening” inland fl oods in Louisiana and Mississippi, the National Weather Service said. Barry, which earlier packed just enough sustained winds at 75 mph to qualify as the nation’s fi rst hurricane this season, struck near Intracoastal City, about 150 miles west of New Orleans, according to the National Hurricane Center. Moving overland, Barry dropped to 70 mph, falling back to tropical storm status while remaining a threat into next week from heavy rain. Forecasters said Barry could unload 10 to 20 inches of rain through Sunday across a swath of Louisiana that includes New Orleans and Baton Rouge, as well as southwestern Mississippi, with pockets in Louisiana getting 25 inches. NHC Director Ken Graham warned that slow-moving rain cells would create especially dangerous fl ooding conditions in southeastern Louisiana, as well as Arkansas, Missouri, Mississippi and parts of Tennessee this week. “When you put that much rain down in areas around Baton Rouge and Mississippi, those rivers and creeks are fi lling quickly,” he said. Graham urged residents to heed local authorities and stay off the roads when the fl ooding begins. “That is just an amazing amount of moisture,” he said on Facebook Live, pointing to a weather data board. “That is off the chart.” Graham said that in the past three

26 die in attack on hotel in Somalia

Karon Hill, left, and Celeste Cruz battle the wind and rain from Hurricane Barry as it neared landfall Saturday in New Orleans. DAVID J. PHILLIP/AP

years, inland fl ooding has accounted for 83% of the deaths during tropical cyclones, half of those in vehicles. The hurricane brings a tornado threat, too. The highest-risk area is on the east side of the storm, along the Mississippi coast, and Mobile Bay. As the storm drew closer Saturday morning, the Coast Guard said it was rescuing more than a dozen people stranded by fl ooding on a remote Louisiana island that has been shrinking for years. Petty Offi cer Lexie Preston said some of the people were on rooftops on the Isle de Jean Charles, about 45 miles south of New Orleans. He said four people and a cat were removed

by helicopter and a boat was heading to the area to help get the rest of the people off the island. Anthony Verdun chose to ride it out in his home in Isle de Jean Charles despite watching the water rise 8 feet in 10 minutes near his raised house. Verdun, noting his refrigerator was still stocked with a fresh catch of fi sh from Friday, said he waved off a Coast Guard helicopter Saturday that hovered above his house, one of the highest on the island. Contributing: Doyle Rice, USA TODAY; Andrew J. Yawn, Leigh Guidry, Nick Siano, Lafayette Daily Advertiser; Greg Hilburn, Monroe NewsStar; The Associated Press

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Islamic extremists blew up the gate of a Somali hotel with a car bomb and took over the building for more than 14 hours Friday, leaving 26 people dead before Somali forces who attacked the hotel overnight killed the attackers. The victims included a prominent journalist. Three Kenyans, three Tanzanians, two Americans and a Briton also were among the dead, said Ahmed Madobe, the president of Jubbaland regional state, which controls Kismayo. Fifty-six people were injured in the hotel attack, Madobe said. At least four al-Shabab assailants attacked the Asasey Hotel, beginning with a suicide car bomb at the entrance gate and followed by an assault by gunmen who stormed the hotel, which is frequented by politicians, patrons and lawmakers. The attack lasted more than 14 hours before troops shot dead all attackers inside the compound, said Col. Abdiqadir Nur, a local police offi cer. Al-Shabab, Somalia’s Islamic extremist rebels, claimed responsibility for the attack. Al-Shabab, which is allied to al-Qaida, often uses car bombs to infi ltrate fortifi ed targets such as the hotel in Kismayo. Canadian journalist Hodan Nalayeh and her husband, Farid Jama Suleiman, died in the attack, independent radio station Radio Dalsan said.

Friday’s attack in Somalia started with a suicide car bomb before gunmen stormed the building. AP

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in terms of making it work.” Trump has touted the overhaul as a rare bipartisan eff ort to address concerns that too many Americans were imprisoned for nonviolent crimes as a result of the drug war. Jared Kushner, the president’s son-inlaw, helped persuade him to support the measure and clashed with former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who did not see criminal justice reform as a top priority. In the culinary skills class at Edgefi eld, aspiring chefs told Barr about how they earn restaurant-level food preparedness and safety certifi cates so they can try to fi nd work in the future. Inmate-chef Eddie Montgomery helped prepare a spread of chicken, blackened fi sh, green beans and mashed potatoes, which he off ered to Barr, while explaining how the program was “top notch.” “It’s delicious,” the attorney general said. During a tour that lasted nearly three hours, Barr also met with a prison psychologist, inmates who act as mentors in faith and drug-treatment programs, and instructors who help prisoners create résumés and participate in job fairs. The Justice Department has been working to meet the deadlines set by Congress for the First Step Act and is expected to unveil a risk-assessment tool this week that will help to evaluate inmates and could speed up their release. “I’m impressed with how it’s going,” Barr said of the First Step Act’s implementation.

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EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Leroy Nolan spent the past 26 years behind bars at a federal prison for a drug conviction. In the prison factory, he makes T-shirts, backpacks and other products that are sold to government agencies, nonprofi ts and others. But what has become a decadeslong routine for Nolan, 67, at FCI Edgefi eld, a prison in rural South Carolina, will change Friday when he walks out the front door. He is among about 2,200 federal inmates who will be released that day by the federal Bureau of Prisons under a criminal justice reform measure signed into law last year by President Donald Trump. The measure, known as the First Step Act, gives judges more discretion when sentencing some drug offenders, eases mandatory minimum sentences and encourages inmates to participate in programs designed to reduce the risk of recidivism, with credits that can be used to gain an earlier release. On a visit this past week to Edgefi eld – a facility with a medium-security prison and minimum-security camp – Attorney General William Barr saw some of the programs, from computer skills to cooking, auto mechanic training and factory work. He met with prison staff and inmates, including some who will be released early under the First Step Act.

William Barr’s recent visit to a federal prison in South Carolina signaled a policy shift since his ﬁ rst stint as attorney general in the 1990s. SUSAN WALSH/AP

Barr’s visit signaled a policy shift since his ﬁ rst stint as attorney general in the 1990s, when he exuded a tough-on-crime approach, advocating for more severe penalties, build-

NATION & WORLD WATCH Census Bureau seeks teacher ‘ambassadors’ for accurate count

African American museum’s founder discovered dead in car

EU supports Iraq-proposed conference on US-Iran tensions

Ukrainian TV station struck by rocket-propelled grenade

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The U.S. Census is seeking Illinois school teachers to spread the word about an accurate census count in 2020. The Illinois State Board of Education said that the Census Bureau’s Statistics in Schools program invited pre-K through 12th grade teachers to serve as “ambassadors” to educate students about the importance of an accurate population count and take that information home to families. All teachers may take advantage of free classroom activities oﬀ ered by the census.

BATON ROUGE, La. – Police in Louisiana said the founder of an African American history museum was found dead in the truck of a car. Baton Rouge police Sgt. L’Jean McKneely said Saturday that investigators are waiting for a coroner to determine a cause of death for 75-year-old Sadie Roberts-Joseph. He said her body was found Friday afternoon. Roberts-Joseph was the founder and curator of the Baton Rouge African American Museum, which features African art, exhibits on growing cotton and black inventors.

BAGHDAD – The European Union supports an Iraqi proposal to hold a regional conference amid rising tensions between the United States and Iran. Iraq is an ally of the rival nations, which are on a collision course as the Iran nuclear deal threatens to unravel. Iraq oﬀ ered to mediate between Tehran and Washington, while Iran pressed European parties to the nuclear agreement to oﬀ set the effects of U.S. sanctions. Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini said the priority is to avoid escalation and any miscalculations.

MOSCOW – An unidentifi ed assailant fi red a rocket-propelled grenade at a Ukrainian television station in the capital, Kiev, damaging the building. No one was hurt in the attack Saturday. Authorities classifi ed the attack as an act of terrorism. The target was the Ukraine 112 television station, a network considered by some to be pro-Russian. On Thursday, Ukraine’s prosecutor general threatened legal action if the network airs a new Oliver Stone documentary that features an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Robert Stachler, prominent local attorney, 89 James Pilcher and Sharon Coolidge Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Robert Stachler, one of Cincinnati's most well-known lawyers who defended former Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose, worked closely with the Cincinnati Bengals and handled many other famous cases, died Thursday. Stachler, who lived in Newtown, was 89 and died after a long illness, according to offi cials at his former law fi rm Taft, Stettinus & Hollister. "Bob was a wonderful man that I cherished," Bengals owner Mike Brown told The Enquirer on Friday. "He was a man of remarkable judgment and always saw clearly what the issues were. "Without exception his advice was the best you could have gotten." Stachler is credited with helping grow one of the largest law fi rms in town as head of the litigation practice at Taft. "Bob Stachler literally built our fi rm's litigation practice," said Stuart Dornette, a partner at the fi rm who also helped represent the Bengals. "He trained generations of trial lawyers in the preparation, courage and determination on behalf of our clients that are required to be a trial attorney." Even though he made his career as a lawyer, sports were a major theme throughout his life. Stachler played football in high school in Dayton, where he bragged about coming "from the wrong side of the tracks" and then at the University of Dayton.

Longtime Cincinnati lawyer Robert Stachler, who defended Pete Rose and worked with the Cincinnati Bengals, died on July 11. PROVIDED

He also served in the Army for the 101st Airborne Division, fi ghting in the Korean War. Stachler joined Taft in 1957 after fi nishing at the top of his class at the University of Cincinnati College of Law. He was also president of the Cincinnati Bar Association from 1984-85. “He was a legendary litigator and trial lawyer, and a lion of our legal community. We are all deeply saddened by his passing. He will be missed,” said bar association president Joe Heyd. Dornette also related how Stachler represented former Cincinnati Reds outfi elder Vada Pinson, who was on trial for assaulting a local newspaper reporter. It was early in Stachler's career and his tactics raised the ire of the newspaper's publisher at the time. But after stating his case to his superiors, Stachler was encouraged to

continue and eventually won an acquittal for Pinson. He was involved in many other controversial cases, including the defense of former Cincinnati Police Chief Carl Goodin in 1976. Stachler gave the closing argument in the case, which included charges of bribery, extortion, tampering with evidence and perjury. Goodin was convicted by the jury, but the case was later thrown out on appeal, with higher courts ruling there wasn't enough evidence to go to trial in the ﬁ rst place. Stachler joined Rose's legal team in the late 1980s to help ﬁ ght the charges of gambling brought by Major League Baseball. Rose had sued baseball to stop the investigation as well as the possible banishment that was coming. As part of the process, Stachler deposed then-commissioner Bart Giamatti, trying to show that Giamatti already had his mind made up about the case and could not rule fairly when it came to Rose. The former Reds star and manager, who still holds the league's record for most number of hits as well as other records, eventually agreed to a lifelong ban from the game. As for the Bengals, Dornette said the relationship with the team was Stachler's "great love." Stachler represented the Bengals in a major precedent-setting case involving former Bengals running back Boobie Clark. During a game in 1973, Clark hit opposing defender Dale Hackbart of the Denver Broncos in the back after a play was over.

Hackbart, who retired due to the injury shortly after that game, sued Clark and the Bengals. A federal appeals court eventually decided that a lawsuit could go forward and the U.S. Supreme Court allowed that decision to stand, creating the precedent that a player could sue if they could prove an injury was due to an intentional act that was against the rules. "It rewrote the law for responsibility on the ﬁ eld," Brown said. "Before it was every man for himself. If you are out there you assume the risk." Due to the ruling, "you had to play fully within the rules and the player could be held responsible and the team as well," Brown said. Hackbart later settled with the Bengals for an undisclosed amount and the Broncos paid for the surgery to repair his injured neck. Another fallout from the lawsuit: the NFL required all teams to have Xray machines on site at stadiums during games to better diagnose injuries. Stachler is survived by his wife Betty, ﬁ ve children (Tom, John, Rob, Kelly and Britt) and 17 grandchildren. The Mass of Christian Burial will take place at noon July 19 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Hyde Park, with visitation there prior to the service from 10 a.m. to noon. Burial will take place at Gate of Heaven cemetery. There will then be a celebration of life held at Ivy Hills Country Club at 3 p.m. the same day. Rememberances can be given to the Alzheimer's Association of Greater Cincinnati or the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Loveland-Miamiville Road, Loveland. Benefits the Jimmy V Foundation. eventbrite.com. Macy’s 2019 United Way Golf Outing 2 p.m., Glenview Golf Course, 10965 Springfield Pike, Glendale. $75. 513579-7108. Benefits United Way. eventbrite.com.

ry.org/publicevents. Crafted: Local Food, Beer & Music Festival 3-7 p.m., Sawyer Point, 705 E. Pete Rose Way, Downtown. $25$85. Benefits League for Animal Welfare. craftedfest.com. Great Kids Great Smiles Bearcat Alumni Flag Football Game 6 p.m., Haubner Field, 3649 Whiteoak Drive, White Oak West. Benefits Great Kids Great Smiles. eventbrite.com. Hats Off To Transforming Families noon, Four Bridges Country Club, 8300 Four Bridges Drive, Liberty Township. Benefits Transforming Families Ministries. eventbrite.com. IKRON Summer of Love 1969 Fun Run/Walk 5K 9:30 a.m., International Friendship Park, 1135 Riverside Drive, Downtown. eventbrite.com. Junk in the Trunk Street Market 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Downtown Rising Sun, Main St., Rising Sun. Free admission. Information: Amber 812-551-5152. Proceeds benefit Ohio County Historical Society. enjoyrisingsun.com. The RoastMary 6-10 p.m., Columbia Performance Center, 3900 Eastern Ave. Columbia-Tusculum. $20. Benefits Rosemary’s Babies. artsinohio.com.

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3rd Annual Cincinnati Kosher BBQ Cook-Off and Festival 2-7 p.m., Adath Israel Congregation, 3201 E. Galbraith Road, Amberley. Free admission. cincinnatikosherbbq.com. British Car Day 8 a.m.-4 p.m., William Harbin Park, 1300 Hunter Road, Fairfield. $5 adults, free children. Benefits Aubrey Rose Foundation. bccgc.com. The Cornament 1-3 p.m., Swine City Brewing, 4614 Industry Drive, Fairfield. Registration $40 per team of 2. Benefits Big Brothers Big Sisters of Butler County. bbbsbutler.org/ events/cornament.

FPCC Annual Golf Outing 10:30 a.m.-6 p.m., The Mill Course at Winton Woods, 1515 W. Sharon Road, Springfield Township. Benefits FPCC Leadership Grants. Glier’s Goetta Pub Crawl 6-10 p.m., The Banks, 120 E Freedom Way, Downtown. $10. Benefits Dragonfly Foundation. eventbrite.com.

MONDAY, JULY 15 Pappy Raffle for Free Showers Florence Christian Church, 300 Main St., Florence. Benefit for renovations to expand public shower and laundry for our unsheltered, homeless, and under-served neighbors. Peace Builders Potluck 6 p.m., Peaslee Neighborhood Center, 215 E. 14th St., Over-the-Rhine. eventbrite.com.

THURSDAY, JULY 18 Rockin’ the Roebling 6-10 p.m., Schmidlapp Event Lawn, 115 Joe Nuxhall Way, Downtown. Free. $1 of every Moerlein beer sold will be donated to the Cincinnati Parks Foundation. eastersealstristate.org/tailgatebash. Skating With The Greeks 6:30 p.m., The Place, 3211 Lina Place, White Oak. Benefits The Greater Cincinnati National Pan-Hellenic Council. eventbrite.com.

FRIDAY, JULY 19 Grethel’s Grand Gala 7 p.m., Oasis Golf Club & Conference Center, 902

SATURDAY, JULY 20 Brian Dulle Memorial Ride 10 a.m., Powder Keg Harley-Davidson, 2383 Kings Center Court, Mason. $25, $5 passenger. Benefits Maddie’s Hope, the Brian Dulle Scholarship Fund and the Mourning Stripe. dullememorialride.com. An Evening To Celebrate the Life of Paul Stewart 7:30 p.m., Southgate House Revival, 111 E. Sixth St., Newport. southgatehouse.com. Memorial celebration for member of Red Math and Junta. Celestial Sips: Moon Landing 50th Anniversary 8-11 p.m., Cincinnati Observatory, 3489 Observatory Place, Hyde Park. $75, $65 members. Ages 21-up. Reservations required. 513-321-5186. Benefits the Cincinnati Observatory. cincinnatiobservato-

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Quakes stir up talk of Nevada nuclear dump State ranks fourth in US for temblors ASSOCIATED PRESS

LAS VEGAS – Recent California earthquakes that rattled Las Vegas have shaken up arguments on both sides of a stalled federal plan to entomb nuclear waste beneath a longstudied site in southern Nevada. Wyoming Republican Sen. John Barrasso said last week that his legislation to jump-start the process to open the Yucca Mountain project is based on studies that take seismic activity into account, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. Spent nuclear reactor fuel is stored at 121 sites in 35 states, and Barrasso, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, said the earthquakes showed the need to move spent radioactive waste from places where it is currently stored above ground to a more secure repository. “This doesn’t change my view,” Barrasso said. “We need to fi nd a permanent location for the storage of nuclear waste. I think it’s much safer in Yucca Mountain than in a hundred diff erent locations.” Nevada offi cials disagree, and the 6.4 magnitude and 7.1 magnitude tremors over the July Fourth holiday appeared to have bolstered arguments by opponents of the radioactive waste repository.

Recent California earthquakes have shaken arguments on a stalled federal plan to entomb nuclear waste beneath Yucca Mountain. JOHN LOCHER/AP FILE

U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, a Democrat from Las Vegas and a longtime Yucca Mountain storage foe, immediately labeled the second shake “yet another reminder of how dangerous it would be to make Nevada the dumping ground for the nation’s nuclear waste.” Democratic U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen said the temblors “highlight the very

real dangers” the state would face with nuclear waste storage. U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford, a Democrat whose congressional district includes Yucca Mountain and North Las Vegas, cited a state tally of 621 seismic events greater than magnitude 2.5 within a 50-mile radius of Yucca Mountain during the past 43 years.

“Earthquakes can be dangerous enough in their own right; adding the possibility of a nuclear waste spill in the aftermath is not a risk I am willing to take,” Horsford told the Review-Journal. Yucca Mountain is about 90 miles northwest of the Las Vegas Strip and 108 miles east of Ridgecrest, California, where the Fourth of July earthquakes originated. It was designated by Congress in 1987 as the site for the nation’s nuclear waste. The project was shelved in 2010 under pressure from two Democrats, then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada and President Barack Obama. They said nuclear waste should be stored in a state that wants it. A recent state-by-state ranking by the U.S. Geological Survey showed Nevada fourth in seismic activity, behind Alaska, Wyoming and Oklahoma, and just ahead of California. Horsford, Titus and Rep. Susie Lee, a Democrat, were instrumental in lobbying colleagues to vote against a spending bill to continue the process to build Yucca Mountain. Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei, the only lawmaker from Nevada on the House Appropriations Committee, voted against that legislation, producing a bipartisan defeat and a large hurdle for the Trump administration and proponents to revive the legal process to develop the Nevada repository next ﬁ scal year.

Pence says ‘crisis is real’ after migrant centers tour VP sees the best, worst of Texas detention centers Michael Collins and John C. Moritz USA Today Network Austin Bureau

WASHINGTON – With television cameras in tow, Vice President Mike Pence toured a pair of border patrol facilities in Texas on Friday, encountering at one the foul odor of cages crowded with men. On his ﬁ rst stop, at a processing center for migrants just outside McAllen, Texas, Pence said he “couldn’t be more impressed” by what he described as “the compassionate work” by Border Patrol agents. “Every family that I spoke with told me they were being well cared for,” he said. The other stop, at an outdoor portal at the McAllen Border Station, offered a diﬀ erent picture. A reporter traveling with Pence described a horrendous stench in the facility and said that nearly 400 men were housed in sweltering cages so crowded it would have been impossible for all of them to lie down. Some of the detainees shouted to reporters

that they had been held 40 days or longer and complained that they were hungry. “This is tough stuﬀ ,” Pence said. “I was not surprised by what I saw. I knew we’d see a system that was overwhelmed.” The trip to the Texas border by Pence and a group of Republican senators comes amid reports of dangerously overcrowded conditions at some facilities detaining migrants who cross the border illegally. At least six migrant children in border facilities have died since December. Slamming Democrats who have called the situation on the border “a manufactured crisis,” Pence said the U.S. has “a moral obligation” to overhaul the nation’s immigration laws that he said are exacerbating the problem. “The facts are, we have a crisis on our southern border that is being driven by human traﬃ ckers who are exploiting loopholes in American law to entice vulnerable families to make the long and dangerous journey north,” he said. Pence called for Democrats to fund more Immigration and Customs Enforcement beds and said he had pushed for more Department of

“This is tough stuff,” Vice President Mike Pence said of his visit to Texas. “I was not surprised by what I saw.” DENNIS POROY/AP

Homeland Security spending because of the situation, including a $4.6 billion humanitarian aid package that he negotiated.

“The crisis is real,” he said. As Pence was touring the facilities, House Democrats held a hearing on what they said were inhumane conditions they found when they toured another detention facility in Clint, Texas. Independent investigators for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security visited Border Patrol facilities in western Texas in May and found dozens of migrants packed into spaces so tight that some had to stand on toilets. After visiting fi ve facilities in June, the inspector general released a report describing dangerously overcrowded conditions. But Republicans have questioned such fi ndings. President Donald Trump said last week that the facilities are “beautifully run.” A reporter traveling with Pence described seeing detainees lying on kindergarten-like napping mats on the fl oor, covered with a thin tinfoillike blanket. In one room, the intake facility, a crowd that appeared to be more than 100 people sat on benches. Most appeared dirty, and offi cials said they were waiting for showers and had been brought in earlier Friday.

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Study: A little soda boosts risk of cancer N’dea Yancey-Bragg USA TODAY

Even a small increase in sugary drink consumption might increase one’s risk of cancer, a study shows. Drinking about 3.4 ounces per day of sugary drinks was associated with a 22% increased risk of breast cancer and an 18% increased risk of cancer overall, according to an observational study published in the peer-reviewed British Medical Journal. Sugary drinks in the study include 100% fruit juices, soft drinks, sports drinks, energy drinks and hot beverages with more than 5% sugar.

“Given the large consumption of sugary drinks in Western countries, these beverages would represent a modifi able risk factor for cancer prevention, beyond their well established impact on cardiometabolic health,” study authors wrote. Researchers said the link between sugary drinks and cancer might be partly explained by their eff ect on weight gain, since obesity is a risk factor for several types of cancer. They said more research needs to be done. The research found no link between artifi cially sweetened beverages and an increased cancer risk.

9 cities targeted in immigration raids Trump says crackdown could begin Sunday Rafael Carranza Arizona Republic USA TODAY NETWORK

TUCSON, Ariz. – Immigration raids are expected to begin as early as Sunday in several major American cities, President Donald Trump said. It’s part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration, and the plans have sown fear in migrant communities around the U.S. The cities targeted are Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York and San Francisco. Each was part of a one-year program that allowed the Department of Justice to fast-track the adjudication of cases through the normally sluggish immigration court system. Trump initially claimed that “millions” of immigrants would be deported when he stunned immigration offi cials in mid-June by announcing the raids ahead of time, but Immigration and Customs Enforcement offi cials have said the raids would be smaller in scope. The roundups are expected to target about 2,000 migrants, most of whom have been ordered deported, according to Claudia Valenzuela with the American Immigration Council, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofi t advocacy organization. The primary focus is on individuals who have received standing deportation orders after missing court hearings. Immigration judges ordered that they be deported “in absentia.” Valenzuela said a concern is that, in many instances, the families did not receive court notices, were summoned for nonexistent dates, or

didn’t know how to navigate the complex U.S. immigration system. After ICE offi cers detain someone, what happens next depends on whether the individual has a deportation order. Ruben Reyes, a board member with the American Immigration Lawyers Association, said migrants who have fi nal deportation orders have little recourse. Deportations from the U.S. depend on the home countries of the migrants. Under binational agreements, Reyes said, deportees from Mexico and Canada can be removed as quickly as the same day of their arrest. Mexican migrants are sent back to one of 11 repatriation points along the U.S.-Mexico border or fl own to Mexico City. The process is diff erent for countries that don’t share a border with the U.S. The 2,000 targeted migrants likely come mostly from Central American countries, which makes it more challenging to deport them quickly, Valenzuela said. ICE has up to three months to deport someone; on average, it takes one to two months. In these cases, it’s likely the U.S. government will try to move much more quickly, she added. In the past, immigration sweeps largely have focused on adults or on businesses, but the raids expected to begin Sunday will include children who traveled with family members to the U.S. “To proactively go to homes to arrest children, we’ve never seen it in this way,” Valenzuela said. Individuals with deportation orders don’t have a right to go before court, Valenzuela said. Their only recourse is to reopen the deportation order, which means asking the court to step in and stop the deportation while the motion is pending.

A image taken Thursday shows Barry, then a tropical storm, bearing down on the Gulf Coast. CHRISTINA KOCH/NASA VIA AP

Scientists watching for Barry’s damage John Flesher

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Hurricane Barry could aff ect the environment of the Gulf coast and Lower Mississippi Valley in numerous ways, from accelerating runoff of farmland nutrients to toppling trees and damaging wildlife habitat and fi sheries, scientists say. But the extent of the damage – and whether it will be at least partially off set by benefi ts such as disruption of the notorious Gulf of Mexico “dead zone” – is hard to predict, they say. That’s because the region faces a rare one-two-three punch: the storm’s anticipated tidal surge and torrential downpour, combined with recordhigh water levels in the Mississippi River. “We don’t know how the system is going to respond to all this because it’s so unusual,” said Melissa Baustian, a coastal ecologist with the Water Institute of the Gulf in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. One of the wettest-ever springs in the nation’s heartland engorged the Mississippi, sending massive volumes of water southward toward the Gulf. Levees and dams were breached and

millions of acres of cropland fl ooded in the Midwest. Barry threatened to hurl a storm surge of up to 3 feet onto coastal regions. And forecasters said the hurricane could stall inland and dump up to 2 feet of rain. Rainfall washes manure and chemical fertilizers from Midwestern corn and soybean fi elds into streams, smaller rivers and eventually the Mississippi. The nutrients – especially nitrogen – overfeed aquatic plants that eventually die and decompose, leaving a large section of the Gulf with little or no oxygen each summer. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted that this year’s dead zone will be roughly the size of Massachusetts. Yet even if this year’s oxygen-depleted area winds up smaller than expected, historical data suggests that Barry will fl ush additional nutrients into the Mississippi and other Gulf tributaries, leading to bigger dead zones in the long run. The surge of fresh water also endangers oysters, brown shrimp, speckled trout and other fi sh that require particular salinity levels, said David Muth of the National Wildlife Federation’s Gulf Restoration Program.

Earl David “Dee” Arnold Jr. - - Earl David “Dee”Arnold Jr., beloved husband of 62 years to Elizabeth “Sis” E. Arnold. Loving father of Teri Mundy (Mike), Judy Reitenbach (Mark), Earl D. Arnold III (Susan) and Tim Arnold (Laurin). Devoted Grandfather of Roger Rusty Nienaber Jr. (Chrissy), Mark Nienaber (Kristie), Sara Van Slambrook (Greg), Matthew Reitenbach, Julie McCarthy (John), Michael Reitenbach, Earl D. Arnold IV (Tara), Dustin, Erica (John), Ethan (Jolie), Evan (Morgan), Elizabeth (Tony), Ian (Emily), Kyle (Lindsay), Emily (Brandon). Dear Friend of Betty Barlow. Great-Grandfather of 24. July 2, 2019. Age 93 years. Mass of Christian Burial at Guardian Angels Church, Mt. Washington, on Friday, July 19, at 11:00 A.M. Friends my visit at the church on Friday from 9:30-11:00 A.M. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Hospice of Cincinnati, Queen City Hospice or Guardian Angels Church. Dee served in The Navy during WWII. His career span 68 years at Earl D. Arnold Printing Company as Entrepreneur and Owner. T P WHITE & SONS Funeral Home serving the family.

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Obituaries Name Abeling, William *Adler, Marilyn *Arnold Jr., Earl David *Baker, Frankie Alfred *Ball, Carl *Beil, Earl *Bertis, David Borntrager, Paul E. *Boylan, John Patrick Browning, Ilda Buddenberg, Marlene A. Dorsey, Jr., Leopolin Dunker, Ruth Knight Dunlap, Carol Jean Ferraris , Judith *Fulcher, Judith Ann Gaines, Lucy *Gartner, Len *Groene, Ruth Grow, Shelby Hawke, Donald Hofstetter, Joseph Daniel Hollis, Donald Mitchell *Horstmeyer, Evelyn Hults, Della Hutchinson, Patricia Jackson, Anita Jamison, Carl *Jane A., Hornsby *Jarvis, Norma Johnson, William Edward Johnson, Donald M. *Jones, Sandra Lee *Kinman, Elizabeth Lehmkuhl, Donald M. *Leidecker, Vella *Lemieux, Betty *Lewis, Virginia Lovett, Norma Lucas, John William *Mallard, Booker James

Age 75 92 93 56 91 94 60 79 53 93 86 94 104 84 76 72 87 72 92 24 87 62 76 86 98 60 59 70 91 91 78 63 63 101 80 87 80 82 83 68 91

Town, State Cincinnati Newport Dillsboro, IN. Villa Hills Glendale Cincinnati Delhi Twp. Rising Sun, IN. Cincinnati Norwood Green Twp. Green Twp. West Chester Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Lebanon Cincinnati Cincinnati Vandalia Amelia Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Newtown Edgewood Cincinnati Cincinnati Taylor Mill Florence Cincinnati New Albany, IN Cincinnati Cincinnati Sharonville Cincinnati Cincinnati

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Name Age Town, State Mallard, Booker 91 Cincinnati McCreary, James 81 Cincinnati *McDonald, Dr. James Louis 83 Auburn Hills, MI McIntire, James D. 46 Cincinnati Meece, Eugene 89 Mt. Orab *Middleton, Clyde 91 Ft. Mitchell` *Miller, Howard W. 76 Morrow Montgomery, Paul W. 66 Cincinnati Moser, Joshua Matthew 27 Cincinnati *Murphy, Marie 95 Western Hills *Nagy, Loretta 92 Milford Neace, Loranzo Q. 90 Waynesville *Obrecht, Robert J. 91 Cincinnati Otis, Mary Evelyn 63 Harveysburg *Palmer, Geraldine H. - Cincinnati *Pitmon, John LeeAndrew 32 West Chester Plummer, Robert Allen 75 Florence Price, Karen R. 51 Cincinnati Pullens, Robert 74 Cincinnati *Putnam, Helen Adele 89 Burlington Reid, Daniel 70 West Chester *Ringo, Mary Lou 87 Crestview Hills *Roesch, Gertrude B. 92 Cincinnati *Roetting, Sharron 75 Cincinnati *Schavel, Emalee F. 86 Newtown *Schmitt (nee Scott), Nancy L. 79 Cincinnati Spencer, Marion 99 Cincinnati *Stachler, Robert 89 Cincinnati *Steiner, Duke Albert 20 Cincinnati Stevens, Shirley Ann 57 Mt Orab Uva, Nicholas L. 83 Cincinnati *Wagner, Gloria 95 Cincinnati *Walter, Mary Frances - Cincinnati Walter, Mary F. 97 Amelia Washington, Velma Arleah 43 Cincinnati *Weber, June K. - Georgetown, TX *Wetzel , Harold P. 94 Cincinnati *Wilder, William D. 98 Kenwood *Wiley, Robert Raymond 81 Montgomery *Zumwalt, Marion 84 Covington

Death Date Arrangements 06-Jul Walker Funeral Home 10-Jul Walker Funeral Home 12-Jul ModetzFuneralHome&CremationService,Silverbell Chapel 05-Jul Walker Funeral Home 13-Jul Evans Funeral Home - Goshen 12-Jul Linnemann Funeral Homes 08-Jul Mihovk Rosenacker, Evendale 11-Jul Preston Charles Funeral Home 06-Jul FuneralHome-RalphMeyer&DetersFuneralHome 09-Jul Rebold 01-Jul SpringGroveEldenGoodFuneralHome 12-Jul Stubbs-ConnerFuneral,Waynesville 12-Jul Radel Funeral Service 09-Jul Advantage Cremation Care --TP White&Sons FuneralHome 06-Jul Mueller Funeral Home 06-Jul Chambers & Grubbs, Florence 08-Jul Preston Charles Funeral Home 20-Jun Preston Charles Funeral Home 10-Jul Serenity Funeral Care 24-Jun Advantage Cremation Care 11-Jul LinnemannFuneralHomeErlanger 11-Jul ShortenandRyanFuneralHome 09-Jul Spring Grove Funeral Homes 01-Jul 09-Jul 09-Jul J.C. Battle and Sons 11-Jul Geo.H.Rohde&SonFuneralHome 11-Jul Weil Funeral Home 02-Jul Advantage Cremation Care 12-Jul Tufts Schildmeyer - Loveland 10-Jul HodappFuneralHome-CollegeHill 06-Jul 06-Jul Advantage Cremation Care 08-Jul Preston Charles Funeral Home 27-Jun 12-Jul Paul R. Young 10-Jul Mihovk Rosenacker, Evendale 09-Jul Strawser Funeral Home 11-Jul ConnleyBrothersFuneralHome

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Marilyn Adler - - ADLER, Marilyn, nee Roberts,

age 92, passed away July 12, 2019, beloved wife of the late Ernest W. Adler, devoted mother of Mark (Vicki) Adler and Steven (Marjorie) Adler, loving grandmother of Lindsay (Mark) Schmulen, Julie (Jason) Isaacs, Jeffrey (Mallory) Adler and Lori Adler, great grandmother of Ellie, Jack and Lyla Schmulen and Tali Adler. Graveside services Sunday, July 14 at 12:00 Noon at United Jewish Cemetery, 7885 Ivygate Lane, Montgomery, OH 45242. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions to the charity of one’s choice would be appreciated. Weilfuneralhome.com

Carl Ball

David Bertis

DILLSBORO, IND. - Carl Ball, beloved husband of the late Imelda M. (nee Engel) Ball. Devoted father of Maureen (Jeffrey) Eller and Dayle (Jim) Farmer. Loving grandfather of Erin (David) Dalessandro, Daniele Eller, Ross Baecker, Lauren (Chris) Simpson and Kurt (Anna) Baecker. Great grandfather of Dominic, Marisa, Rosalia, Tyler, Ciera, Corbin, Coleton, Emma, Owen and Luke. Preceded in death by his siblings Leroy Ball and Arlene (nee Ball) Rohr. Also survived by nieces and nephews. Carl passed away on Monday, July 8, 2019 at the age of 91. Visitation at Frederick Funeral Home, 2553 Banning Rd., on Tuesday (July 16) from 8:30 a.m.- 9:30 a.m., followed by Mass of Christian Burial at St. James Church (White Oak) at 10:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to DAV, PO Box 14301 Cincinnati, Ohio 45250 or Lung Association, 4050 Executive Park Dr. Suite #402, Cincinnati, Ohio 45241. Special condolences may be expressed at frederickfh.com

- - David Walter Bertis, 60, passed away on Saturday, June 29, 2019 in Spokane, Washington. Dave worked as an Operations Service Manager for Delta Airlines from 1985-2019. A Celebration of Life will be held on Friday, July 19, 2019 in Spokane, WA, and another in Cincinnati on Saturday, September 21, 2019. In lieu of flowers, please send a donation in Dave’s name to Habitat for Humanity. For full obituary see www.HennesseyValley.com.

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John Patrick Boylan CINCINNATI - On Wednesday, the 3rd of July 2019, John Patrick Boylan passed away at the age of 53. John was a loving father to three wonderful children, deeply devoted son and brother, and a caring and consistent friend to many. John was born on the 9th of August 1966, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Peter and Melanie Boylan. After spending most of his youth in Dallas, Texas, he received his BS in Accounting from the University of Texas at Austin, and his MBA from the New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business. John spent nearly all of his adult life in Houston as a finance professional and entrepreneur in the energy industry. John was an avid outdoorsman, often found hiking in the mountains of Colorado, hunting and fishing in South Texas or sitting outside with friends talking about life, both casually and deeply. He was a thoughtful, calming influence on everyone around him and possessed a contagious intellectual curiosity. Later in life, through the experiences of his children, John became involved in the John Austin Cheley Foundation, as a

trustee, Treasurer and Board Chair. He developed a passion for helping economically disadvantaged youth participate in high quality residential summer camp programs across the USA. John is survived by and is most proud of his three children, Elizabeth (age 21), John (20) and Camille (19); as well as his parents, Pete and Melanie; brother, Pete; sister-in-law, Debbie; two nieces; two nephews; and dozens of cousins. Influential in his life, John was preceded in death by his sister, Chris, and was a loving uncle to her daughter, Rebecca. A memorial service and celebration of John’s life is to be conducted at half past five o’clock in the afternoon, on Saturday, the 29th of July, at St. Francis Xavier Church, 611 Sycamore Street, in Cincinnati. In lieu of customary remembrances, John’s family asks that memorial contributions in his honor be directed to the Cheley Foundation at www. cheleyfoundation.org We will miss John’s commitment to his family, friends and community deeply. Please visit Mr. Boylan’s online memorial tribute at geohlewis.com where words of comfort and condolence may be shared electronically with his family.

Judith Ann Fulcher

Ruth Groene

WEST CHESTER - Judith Ann Fulcher born August 25, 1946, passed away on June 27, 2019. She was a resident of Westchester, Ohio since 1970, and most recently Fairfield, OH. She was a member of St. Anne’s Episcopal Church. She held a Masters of Science degree from Miami University. Retired after 30 years in social work, her most recent job was Executive Director of Catholic Social Services of Butler County. Judith was also a nun for 4 years in the mid sixties. Her favorite hobby was writing poetry. She was predeceased by her older brother, Ed Fulcher and younger sister, Ginny Wilke. She is survived by three siblings, Sandy (Ron) Weadick of Richmond, IN, Patty (John) McCann of Dayton, OH and Mike Fulcher of Casstown, OH; two nieces, three nephews and numerous great nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to your favorite charity. A Memorial Service will be held at St. Anne’s Episcopal Church (6461 Tylersville Rd, Westchester, OH) on Saturday, August 10th at 11 am. Arrangements in the care of Newcomer Kettering Chapel. To leave a message for the family, visit www. NewcomerDayton.com

CINCINNATI - Ruth M. Groene, beloved wife of the late Donald J. Groene. Devoted mother of Donn Groene (Alison) and Lynn “Missy” Schwallie. Loving grandmother of Monnica Kraft (Daniel). Greatgrandmother of Isabelle, Juliette and Evelynn Kraft. Dear sister of James and Paul Meiners and Kathryn Behrends. Departed on July 10, 2019 at the age of 92. Visitation will be held Tuesday, July 16 from 10:00 until Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 am, St. Mary’s Church, 2853 Erie Avenue Cincinnati 45208. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to a charity of one’s choice. Condolences may be expressed at www.gilliganfuneralhomes.com.

Len Gartner CINCINNATI - Len Gartner passed away July 12, 2019, in Cincinnati, at the age of 72. Len had a passion for music. He was a founding member of Finneytown’s “The Us Too Group” (formed in 1966), which produced several hit songs that cracked the WSAI charts. He followed in his fathers footsteps with a career as an attorney; then resurrected his musical career by joining the local band Deja vu where he was the drummer/singer. Len is survived by his wife, Katey; 2 sons, Christian (Monique) Gartner and Kevin (Stacie) Gartner; mother, Helen; 7 siblings, Julie, Vicki, Kathy, Nelle, Valerie, Teddy, and Larry; and 6 grandchildren, Alex, Allie, Bradley, Ashley, Andrew, and McKenzie. He is preceded in death by his father. Visitation at 9 a.m. on Thursday July 18, 2019 and Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. at Sacred Heart Church, 400 Nilles Rd. Fairfield, 45014. Condolences may be offered at www.avancefuneralhome.com

Evelyn “Evie” Horstmeyer VANDALIA - Evelyn P. “Evie” Horstmeyer (nee Berger). Beloved wife of the late James Horstmeyer. Loving mother of Steve (Annie) Horstmeyer, Cindy (Bill) Fout, Mary Jo (Don) Shrout and Gale (Mike) Smith. Cherished grandmother of Seth (Shannon) Horstmeyer, Jessica (Andrew) Doss, Katie (Justin) Shepard, Ryan (Carrie) Shrout, Lance Fawley and Heather Smith. Great grandmother of Lydia, Keira, Molly, Henry, Lincoln, Grace, Jack and Owen. Passed away July 10, 2019 at the age of 86. Friends will be received Sunday, July 28 from 1-2:30 PM in the Tufts Schildmeyer Funeral Home, 129 N. Riverside Ave., Loveland, where a Celebration of Life Service will follow at 2:30 PM. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association. www.tuftsschildmeyer.com

Hornsby Jane A. NEWTOWN

- Age 91. Wife of the late Orville Hornsby. Loving mother of Barbara (Earl) Hammack, Charles Jr. (Sondra) Marshall. Step mother of Teresa Roberts and the late William (surviving wife Diane) Hornsby, late Donna Kraag and the late Greg Hornsby. Grandmother of Bart (Karen), Brett (Jessica) Hammack, Brooke (Kyle) Yockey, Chad and Tyler Marshall. Numerous greatgrandchildren. Family will receive friends Wed. from 9:30 AM until 10:30 Mass of Christian Burial St. Veronica Church Mt. Carmel. Memorials are preferred to Hospice of Cincinnati. Moore Family Funeral Homes

Vella Leidecker NEW ALBANY, IN - Passed peacefully on Tuesday July 9th. She is the devoted wife of the late Don P. Leidecker. Dear sister of Clara Buck (Hal), Eunice Bryant (Larry), Phyllis Laker (Bob), brothers Earl Collins (Alice), Earnest Collins (Elizabeth), Raymond Collins (Carolyn) and Galley Collins (Cindy). Loving aunt of numerous nieces and nephews. Family and friends are invited to a visitation on Tuesday July 16th from 11 AM until time of Blessing Service at 1 PM, all at the Dalbert, Woodruff & Isenogle Funeral Home 2880 Boudinot Avenue Cincinnati, Ohio 45238. To express your condolences, visit www.dwifuneralhome.com

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Virginia Lewis

Booker James Mallard

Loretta Nagy

CINCINNATI - Virginia “Ginny” B. (nee Haddix), passed away with family by her side July 12, 2019. Age 82. She was born March 5, 1937 in Norwood, Ohio to the late Tom and Kathryn Haddix. Caring sister of Una Wirthlin and Rita Spencer the late Tom and John Haddix, loving mother of Toni (Ron) Shinkle, Tom Lewis, Teri Capozzolo, Tammy (Ray) Wahlert and Tracey (Mike) Dorsey. Cherished grandmother of 7 and great-grandmother of 2. Ginny was a long time resident of Reading Ohio. She was employed by General Electric for 36 years and was with Miami University for 14 years. Memorial gathering will be held Tues. July 16th, 2019 at 10:00AM at Rest Haven Memorial Park, Park View Mausoleum, 10209 Plainfield Rd. (45242). In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hospice of Cincinnati. Mihovk-Rosenacker Funeral Homes serving the family. www.mrfh.com

CINCINNATI - Booker James Mallard was born on November 21, 1927. He departed this life on July 6, 2019. Wake: 10:00 am. Funeral: 11:00 am at Shiloh Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 3660 Washington Ave., Cinti., OH 45229. Burial will be at Vine Street Hill Cemetery, 3701 Vine St., Cinti., OH 45220. Flowers can go to Walker Funeral Home, 2625 Gilbert Ave., Cinti., OH, 45206. Cards can be sent to 3939 Standish Ave., Cinti., OH 45213.

MILFORD - Loretta Teresa, nee’ Gresko, born in Patton PA. Moved to Cleveland OH after HS then Cincinnati after retirement. Passed peacefully at home on July,1st, 2019 at the age of 92. Loving mother of James (Carolyn Veerjee) Nagy and Pamela (Dan Dermody) Nagy; grandmother to Omar Veerjee, Molly Emerson (Robert), Brian Dermody (Katie) and James Dermody. Exemplary mother, respected businesswoman, avid reader, skilled gardener, appreciated hostess by family, friends and co-workers. Loretta was predeceased by husband Joseph F. Nagy and by her 12 brothers and sisters: Mike, George, Edward, William, Theodore, Leo, Richard and Nicholas Gresko, and sisters Margaret Sovich (Mickey), Leona Kovezsdi (Michael), Katherine Falatic and Barbara Wade (Ronald); and brother and sister-in-law Alex and Helen Nagy. A Memorial Gathering will be held Sunday, July 21st, 2019 from 2pm to 4pm at the Spring Grove Funeral Homes Elden Good ( Hyde Park) 2620 Erie Ave, Cincinnati, Ohio 45208.

Marie Murphy

Betty Lemieux CINCINNATI - Betty J. Lemieux, age 80, passed away peacefully on July 5, 2019, surrounded by family. Beloved wife of Lawrence Myron Lemieux for 62 years. Cherished mother of Cherie (Kevin) Maue, Larry (Kathy) Lemieux, Katie (Tim) Westrich Baumann, and Chris Hawk. Proud grandmother of Bryan, Tyler, Nathan, Ryan (Mallorie), Tanner, Lauren, Anna, Jenn, Jake (Catie), Nick, Morgan, Rebecca (Kyle), and Zach. Great-grandmother of Aiden and Troy. Dear sister of Judy (Dale) Marta and treasured cousin to Carol, Mary, Jim, Nancy and Lois. She will also be remembered fondly by numerous nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. Celebration of Life will be held at Whitewater Crossing Christian Church, 5771 St. Rt. 128, Cleves, OH 45002, on July 20 at 2:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers the family requests memorial donations to National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center (NPDPSC) for Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease research or VITAS Hospice.

Dr. James Louis McDonald AUBURN HILLS, MI - McDonald,

Dr. James Louis, age 83 of Auburn Hills, Michigan. July 12, 2019. Beloved husband of Josephine; dear father of Peter (Elaine) McDonald, Julia Cox, and Anne (Dean) Ortel; loving grandfather of nine, and two great granddaughters; brother of Thomas (Sharon) McDonald. Visitation Wednesday July 17, 2019, 3-9 p.m. with a 7 p.m. prayer service at the Modetz Funeral Home, 100 E. Silverbell Rd., Orion, Michigan. Funeral Mass Thursday July 18, 2019 ,10 a.m. with an instate time of 9:30 a.m. at St. Irenaeus Catholic Church, 771 Old Perch Rd., Rochester Hills, Michigan. Interment Oakview Cemetery, Royal Oak, Michigan. Suggested memorials to the American Cancer Society of Michigan Online guestbook www. modetzfuneralhomes.com

Howard W. Miller MORROW - Devoted husband of Marianne Miller (nee Bauer) for almost 54 years. Loving father of Wilbert H. (Lisa) Miller and Christian M. Miller. Cherished grandfather of Jessica and Emily. Departed on July 8, 2019 at the age of 76. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Howard’s name to Duquesne University. Condolences at www.mrfh.com

WESTERN HILLS - Marie D Murphy (nee Hart), beloved wife of the late Charles Wm Murphy, loving mother of Robert (Sharon) Murphy, Marie (John) Leon and Charles Patrick Murphy, grandmother of 8 and a great grandmother. Retired from the Kroger Company. Died, Tuesday, July 9, 2019 age 95. Private services at the convenience of the family. Please make donations to the American Cancer Society, 2808 Reading Rd, Cincinnati (45206). Arrangements entrusted to Rebold, Rosenacker & Sexton Funeral Home. Condolence may be shared and donations completed online at www.rebold.com

Robert J. Obrecht CINCINNATI - Robert J. Beloved husband of the late Catherine M. (Nee: Bell) Obrecht. Devoted father of Tim (Mary) Obrecht and Mary (William) Gentry. Cherished grandfather of three. Dear brother of the late Chester Obrecht. Passed away on July 12, 2019 at the age of 91. Visitation will take place on Thurs. July 18th, at Holy Family Church from 9:00am until the time of the Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00am. If so desired, memorials may be made to Hospice of Cincinnati P.O. Box 633597 Cincinnati, OH 45263-3597. Radel Funeral Home serving the family 451-8800 or www.radelfuneral.com

Geraldine H. Palmer (nee Halford) CINCINNATI - Geraldine H. Palmer (nee Halford) wife of the late Jack T. Palmer, beloved mother of Donna (Steve) Johnson, Michael Jack Palmer, and Joyce P. (Edward) Geng, dear grandmother of Rachel, Thomas, Christian, and the late Jeffrey. July 2, 2019. Age 85 years. Residence Anderson Twp. Memorial Service at Anderson Hills United Methodist Church, 7515 Forest Rd., Anderson Twp. on Fri. July 19, at 10:30 AM. Memorials to Hospice of Cincinnati. T P WHITE & SONS Funeral Home serving the family.

Gertrude B. Roesch CINCINNATI - Gertrude B. Roesch, born October 11, 1926, passed away July 11, 2019. The family of Gertrude will be receiving friends at St. Susanna Catholic Church (616 Reading Rd., Mason, OH 45040) on Thursday, July 18, 2019 from 9:30 AM until time of memorial mass beginning at 10:00 AM. Services in care of Shorten and Ryan Funeral Home. Condolences may be left at shortenandryan.com.

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John LeeAndrew Pitmon

Sharron Roetting

Duke Albert Steiner

WEST CHESTER - 32, cherished son of Carol Werling and the late John Pitmon; loving father of Bailey Pitmon; dear brother of the late Valerie Danber, Chip Frey, Nikki Von Stein, Mimi Werling, Julie Weiss, Susie Pitmon, Linda Lusk, Jeanne Prows; uncle to many nieces and nephews; and friend of Erin Rosselot, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, July 6, 2019. The most important thing in John’s life was his daughter, Bailey, who he adored. Visitation at Mueller Funeral Home, 6791 Tylersville Road, Mason, OH, 45040 on Wednesday, July 17, 2019 from 6-8 PM. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Michael Church, 11144 Spinner Ave., Sharonville, OH 45241 on Thursday, July 18, 2019 at 10:00 AM. For full obituary, visit muellerfunerals. com.

CINCINNATI - Sharron Ruth Roetting, beloved wife of Andrew Roetting passed away on July 9, 2019. She is survived by her two loving children Dave (Michelle) Roetting and Bonnie (Richard) Webster. Cherished grandmother to Devin Draman, Grant Webster, Tyler Roetting, Grace Webster, and great grandmother to Roman Draman. She is preceded in death by her oldest grandson Joshua Draman. Visitation will be at Spring Grove Funeral Homes on Thursday, July 18, at 5pm with service to follow at 7pm. Interment will take place at Spring Grove Cemetery at a later date.

CINCINNATI - Although the earth has lost an amazingly kind soul, heaven has gained one of the sweetest humans. Duke Albert Steiner, born on June 17, 1999, passed away July 11, 2019. We know he is playing a round of poker with his late father, Rick Steiner, looking down on us together. Duke was a graduate of Indian Hill High School in Cincinnati, and was attending Indiana University, where he was a member of Zeta Beta Tau fraternity. Duke was a gentle, sweet young man with unrivaled wit and infectious charisma. He put a smile on everyone’s face with whom he came in contact. He will be deeply missed. He loved the outdoors, spending time with his friends, family, and of course, his hometown Cincinnati Reds. Duke is survived by his beloved brother, Ace, his mother Rachel Janeice Steiner, sister Jaclyn Montgomery, as well as his cousins Joey Steiner, Ricky Steiner, and Meredith Steiner-Burns, and his Aunt and Uncle Ellen and Corky Steiner. Services Weil Funeral Home, 8350 Cornell Road, Monday, July 15, 1:00 P.M. Visitation begins at the funeral home at 12:00 Noon. A gathering to celebrate Duke’s life we will held at 4044 Rose Hill Ave, Cincinnati Oh 45229 following the service.www.weilfuneralhome.com

Emalee F. Schavel NEWTOWN - Emalee F. Schavel, 86, philanthropist and wife of the late Louis “Tick” Schavel, passed away July 1 at AngelsCare Family Home in Newtown. Born February 14, 1933 in Butler County, Ohio, she was the only daughter of the late James and Mary Prout. Her son, Richard Fields, preceded her in death. She is survived by her beloved granddaughter Samantha (Jason) Kinney, and a great-grandson Waylon, of North Carolina. Emalee grew up in Northern Kentucky, and attended Newport High School. She was a paralegal, and she and her husband owned a popular Cincinnati restaurant, The Barn Rib Pit, which closed in the 1980’s. She and Tick owned race horses and loved the sport. Emalee was a regular attendee of Covenant-First Presbyterian Church and participated in the book club and knitting groups there. She was active in many philanthropic groups, including the Cincinnati Opera, Greater Rivers Girl Scout Council, YWCA and Salvation Army.

Her favorite arts activity was with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, where she endowed the orchestra’s principal bassoon chair. She became great friends with William Winstead, who held that position until retirement. Winstead said, “I witnessed the enormous satisfaction that she derived from her deep philanthropic connection to the Cincinnati community. Thankfully, her spirit will live on through her many involvements.” Her granddaughter was a frequent caller and visitor and said,“Grandma was a guiding voice for me in many ways. She always did what she wanted, when she wanted. That’s one of the things that made her so fun to be around. She lit up any room she walked into, and always had something funny to say. I am thankful for the time I was able to spend with her.” Her family wishes to thank AngelsCare Family Home and Queen City Hospice for their loving care. A memorial service will be held at Covenant-First Presbyterian Church, 717 Elm Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 on Saturday, July 20 at 11 am. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the church in her memory.

Robert Stachler CINCINNATI - Robert George Stachler passed away Thursday, July 11th at his home in Newtown Ohio, at the age of 89. Born in Steubenville and raised in Dayton, OH, where he earned his nickname “Spike” on the gridiron and in the boxing ring, Bob was a Class of 1947 graduate of Chaminade High School where he is enshrined in both the Athletic Hall of Fame and the Distinguished Alumni. He attended the University of Dayton on a football scholarship, graduating in 1951. He was admitted to the University of Cincinnati College of Law, but his legal education was delayed by the Korean War, where he completed his service as a First Lieutenant with the 101st Airborne Division. He graduated at the top of his class from UC College of Law in 1956, and joined the law firm of Taft, Stettinius and Hollister, rising to become the head of the firm’s litigation practice from 1974 through his retirement in 2000. Bob’s dedication, determination and dogged ability to never back down from a fight led him to represent innumerable Fortune 500 companies and well-known local Cincinnati businesses and personalities,

including his beloved Cincinnati Bengals. Perhaps best known for his scorching deposition of Bart Giamatti and eventual restraining order against Major League Baseball in the Pete Rose case, Bob was a pillar of excellence in the Cincinnati legal community. Preceded in death by his daughter Deborah Ann Lahrmer, mother Anna Klosterman Stachler, father Leo P. Stachler and brother Lee Stachler, Bob leaves behind his beloved wife of 63 years, Betty Jo (Kincaid), his sons Thomas (Patti), Robert (Corinne), John (Kelly) and daughter, Kelly Britt (Kent), seventeen grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, whom he loved very much. The Mass of Christian Burial will take place at 12:00 noon Friday, July, 19th at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Hyde Park, with visitation there prior to the service from 10-12. Burial will take place at Gate of Heaven Cemetery. There will then be a celebration of life held at Ivy Hills Country Club at 3:00 the same day. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be sent to the Cincinnati Chapter of the American Alzheimer’s Association, 644 Linn St., # 1026, Cincinnati, OH 45203 or the Cincinnati VFW, 36 E. 7th St. # 225, Cincinnati, OH 45202. Condolences to rohdefuneral.com.

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Nancy L. Schmitt (nee Scott) CINCINNATI - Nancy L. (nee Scott) Schmitt beloved wife of the late Ollie Schmitt, loving mother of Doug (Steff) Schmitt, Melissa Schmitt, Alison (Jeff) Cline, dear Grammy of Gabby Schmitt, sister of Sue Stiegler. Died Tuesday, July 9, 2019 age 79. Nancy donated her body to The UC College of Medicine. A Memorial mass will be held at 10:00 am at St. Aloysius Gonzaga Church on Tuesday, July 16th. In lieu of flowers the family suggests donations be made to the Ollie Schmitt Foundation, c/o Melissa Schmitt 3335 Emerald Lakes Dr. 3A, Cincinnati, Ohio 45211.

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Gloria Wagner (nee Bulgarelli) CINCINNATI - WAGNER, Gloria

“Nana” (nee Bulgarelli) loving wife of the late Donald “Papa” Wagner. Dear mother of Pam (Jim) Regulski and Paula (John) Hennessy. Grandmother of Shannon, Michael, Eric, Sean and Colleen. Great grandmother of Brad, Emily, Alex and Alena. Gloria passed away on Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at the age of 95. Visitation at Hodapp Funeral Home, 6041 Hamilton Avenue, College Hill, 45224 on Monday, July 15 from 5-8 PM followed by a Memorial Blessing on Tuesday, July 16 at 10 AM. Interment Arlington Memorial Gardens, Mt. Healthy, Ohio, 45231. Condolences at hodappfuneralhome.com

CINCINNATI - Harold P. Wetzel beloved husband of the late Marian Wetzel for over 66 years. Dear father of Christine (Mike Gantt) Wetzel, Timothy Wetzel and Carolyn “Carrie” (Kevin Norwood) Wetzel. Loving brother of the late Mary (Bill) Peck. Passed away Friday, July 12, 2019. Age 94 years. Harold retired from Stockton, West, Burkhart Advertising after 42 years of service. Visitation will be held at Paul R. Young Funeral Home, 7345 Hamilton Avenue, Mt. Healthy on Wednesday, July 17 from 12 Noon until time of funeral service at 2 PM. In lieu of flowers memorials may be directed to the Cincinnati Art Museum, Development 953 Eden Park Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45202 or to Hospice of Cincinnati, P.O. Box 633597, Cincinnati, OH 45263-3597. Condolences may be shared at paulyoungfuneralhome.com

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Robert Raymond Wiley MONTGOMERY - Robert Raymond Wiley, Bob age 81 passed away peacefully on 7/9/2019 at Hospice of Cincinnati in Blue Ash after a sudden illness. He was born in 1938 in Cleveland, OH to Howard and Norma Wiley and was a long-time resident of Montgomery, OH. Bob is a 1965 graduate of Rocky River High School then attended Denison University where he got his undergrad in teaching and to Univ of Cincy for his master’s degree. In 1965, Bob married Anita Clark who passed away in 2016. He is survived by daughters, Lisa Sackett (John) Tricia Paddock (Brian) and grandchildren, Corinne Sackett, Bradley Sackett, Luke Paddock, Ryan Paddock, brother Bill Wiley (Pat) and nieces, and nephews. A memorial service will be announced at a later date. Please see www.strawserfuneralhome.com for full obit.

CINCINNATI - Mary Frances Walter entered into eternal life on Saturday July 6, 2019. She is preceded in death by her parents: Charles R. S., and Frances (Doll) Walter, her seven brothers: Charles (Ceil), Raymond, Robert, Rev. Leo J. MM, Paul (Mary Alice), Bernard (Wanda) and Herbert. She is survived by her sister-in-law, Jean W. Walter, and several generations of nieces and nephews. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on July 23, 2019 at Saint Thomas More Church, Withamsville at 10:00 am, preceded by visitation at 9:30. Memorial Contributions may be made to: Grace Hospice, Maryknoll Fathers, or Saint Thomas More Parish.

KENWOOD - Beloved husband of Dottie Wilder (nee Maphet) for 77 years. Devoted father of William (Linda Fike) Wilder Jr., Jill Wilder, Jenny Wilder, Tim (Lisa Parks) Wilder and Julie (Greg) Doppler. Cherished grandfather of Beth Jansen, Ryan Theodore, Sarah (Jeff) Soule, Chase Doppler, Kyle (Melanie) Doppler, and Laura Doppler. Great-grandfather of Deborah, Lauren, Tyler, Scott, Alli, Jayla and Jensen. Great-greatgrandfather of 3 and great uncle to many nieces and nephews. Bill was preceded in death by his siblings. Departed on July 10, 2019 at the age of 98. Visitation will be held on Monday, July 15th from 12:30 pm until time of Funeral Service at 1 pm, all at Mihovk Rosenacker Funeral Home, 10211 Plainfield Road, Evendale. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to United Pompe Foundation or Hospice of Cincinnati. Condolences may be expressed at www.MRFH.com

June K. Weber GEORGETOWN, TX - June Kathlyn Weber passed away peacefully surrounded by family on June 27, 2019, in Georgetown, Texas. June is survived by her husband of 69 years, Cornelius I. Weber. June and “Cornie” lived a long and happy life together. They had six children, three of which preceded her in death: Ann Mori; James Weber; and John Weber; and three of which survived her: Eric (wife, Dana Whitledge) Weber of Atlanta, Georgia; Robert (Karen) Weber of Glendale, Ohio; and Mary (Steve) Meyer of Georgetown, Texas. She was also survived by her son-law, Kenji Mori of Tokyo, Japan; her brother, James Carroll of Cedar Falls, Iowa; 17 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and dearly loved in-laws, nieces and nephews. Born June 24, 1928, in Frederika, Iowa, to Claude E. and Amelia A. Carroll; she was the youngest of ten children. An excellent student, she earned her Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, where she met her husband, Cornelius. They married on November 23, 1949. June worked as a chemist until Cornie graduated with his PhD in 1960. In 1963, the family moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where they lived for 55 years. Once there, June spent her time creating a wonderful home for her husband and children. She was an avid reader, an incredible baker, an accomplished seamstress, a generous hostess,

and had an amazing ability to create beauty in the day to day details of life. She also served her community, and co-founded a food pantry and clothing shop in an underserved area of Cincinnati, which is still open. After her children were grown, she traveled the world with her husband and shared many hours of fun with her grandchildren playing cards and Scrabble, and passing on to them her many talents. June will be remembered most for her devotion to and love for her husband, Cornelius; her love for and service to her family; her generosity to all around her; her wonderful sense of humor; her sharp mind; and her loyal friendship. She often said of herself that she believed that you could have a lot of fun, and still follow the rules. We say of her, “Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies…” We will be forever thankful for her life and love. A Graveside Service will be held August 3rd at Wilson Grove in Sumner, Iowa. A Memorial Service will be held August 17th at Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Cincinnati, Ohio. Visitation with the family at 10:00 am, Service at 11:00 am, with lunch following. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to a charity of your choice, or to one of these organizations: Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, 1950 Nagel Rd., Cincinnati, Ohio 45255 SEM Food Pantry, 1260 Columbus Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45255 For further information, please contact www.gabrielsfuneral.com

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To complete his look, Barney Willemse needed an authentic American trucker hat. But for 20-year-old Willemse – an insurance company worker by day and an aspiring country music artist by night – that wasn’t going to be easy. Willemse lives in the Netherlands and has never even been to the U.S., he told the Courier Journal. Then, scrolling through Instagram one day, Willemse saw it: A hat of blue mesh and foam, and on the front, a

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square patch emblazoned with orange-hued mountains and the words: “New Frontier Outﬁ tters.” The hat was from Kentucky. Founded by brothers Jared and Josh Ravenscraft in Morehead, Kentucky, New Frontier Outﬁ tters is slow-

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ly building a cult following among enthusiasts of retro-outdoors wear and seekers of American blue-collar chic. Avid hikers and skiers themselves, the Morehead natives told the Courier Journal they grew up feeling alienated by outdoors brands. The “big boys” of the industry – Patagonia and North Face – were focused on the American West, said Jared Ravenscraft, 26. But Eastern Kentucky, and Appalachia more generally, oﬀ ers its own beauty, he said, along with a reminder of a basic love of the outdoors. Out West, it seems everyone sports the most expensive equipment, whereas in, say, Kentucky’s Red River Gorge, it’s “simpler,” said Ravenscraft. “There are really no brands in See CLOTHING, Page 2D

To work as an aide in an assistedliving center in Ohio requires empathy, compassion and very little training. About 20 hours, to be exact. In Kansas, it’s much diﬀ erent. Aides there must take a 90-hour class and pass a test. North Carolina requires aides to take 80 hours of instruction. But there are other states, such as Montana, that say training is needed, but don’t specify how much. The number of assisted-living centers in the United States has jumped more than 150% in the past 20 years, fueled by an increase of residents with cognitive issues, a willingness of facilities to take more frail patients and families who wish to avoid nursing homes. But while the centers’ clientele has See OVERSIGHT, Page 2D

Deloitte Cincinnati USA 100 The application period for the 2019 Deloitte Cincinnati USA 100, an annual program saluting top local privately held businesses based on revenue and their leaders, will close Aug. 1. At an awards luncheon in the fall, the region’s 100 largest private companies are celebrated, and a local business leader is honored with the Carl H. Lindner Award for Entrepreneurial and Civic Spirit. Winners receive coverage in The Enquirer and on Cincinnati.com, which can provide additional visibility to prospective clients and customers, partners, investors and employees. For more information on eligibility requirements and timing, visit online at deloitte.com/us/cincinnati100.

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Judge gives bizarre ruling to send message Strictly Legal Jack Greiner Guest columnist

I have been writing this column for a while now, and I’ve seen some odd rulings. But a recent decision from a Virginia trial court may be the most bizarre one I’ve ever seen. And it was, fortunately, set aside on appeal. But it begs the question of just what exactly a judge’s role is in a jury case. Dr. William Sroufe, a Superintendent in a Virginia school system, removed a school principal named Muriel Waldron from her position. He based his decision on her failure to ensure her direct reports properly applied Virginia Alternative Assessment Programs (VAAP) to students with special instructional needs. Waldron ﬁ led a defamation suit against Sroufe because the letter in which he made that allegation found its way to the local media. Sroufe moved to dismiss the case, arguing

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Appalachia … that we really felt like were speaking to us, saying the things we wanted to say,” he said. The brothers decided to do something about it. The summer after Josh Ravenscraft graduated from high school in 2016 and Jared Ravenscraft earned his bachelor’s degree from Morehead State University, the brothers worked as janitors in the local high school. They wanted to scrape together just enough money to start with something small – hiking hats “for people to go out and adventure in,” said Jared Ravenscraft. The fi rst designs were inspired by retro ski badges as well as their father’s collection of ’70s- and ’80s-era trucker hats found stashed away in the back of a closet, they said. That year, when an order for a hat came in, the brothers would hop in Jared Ravenscraft’s Jeep and personally deliver it to buyers, they recalled. Brisk sales that Christmas season, especially after the opening of their online store, persuaded them to keep at it. Handwritten notes in shipments helped the brothers develop a bond with customers, said 38-year-old Matthew Hedgecoth, a fan of New Frontier Outfi tters from Crossville, Tennessee. “They’re kind of like a family,” Hedgecoth told the Courier Journal. “You’re kind of joining a tribe.” Today, New Frontier Outfi tters has

that whether a person properly applied the VAAP standards was a matter of interpretation, and inherently, an opinion. Because opinions can’t be proven false, they can’t support a defamation claim. The circuit court denied the motion and allowed the case to proceed to trial. At the trial, Sroufe had a star witness – Waldron, the plaintiﬀ . On cross-examination, she admitted Sroufe’s point – that the question of whether the VAAP applied to a particular student was a matter of opinion. Not surprisingly, Sroufe again asked the court to dismiss. Surprisingly, the court denied the motion, because, in its words “I want to see what the jury will do.” The judge did note, however, that if the jury “comes back and gives her two million dollars, I will be the villain and most likely set it aside.” The jury did not award two million dollars, but it did return a verdict of $500,000. Sroufe, who apparently does not know the meaning of the

a brick-and-mortar store in Morehead with outposts in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, and Cave Run Lake in Kentucky. The brothers say they regularly ship hats, shirts and other gear across the country and the world. They’ve been helped in part by some informal celebrity endorsements. Actor Channing Tatum visited their Morehead store in 2017 and was later seen wearing a New Frontier Outfi tters hat in an “Entertainment Tonight” interview. And just last month, country artist Tyler Booth wore a New Frontier Outfi tters shirt featuring the brand’s “Journey On” slogan for a Waylon Jennings tribute performance in Nashville. But perhaps the brand’s biggest coup has been their association with Grammy-nominated country group Midland, which shares a retro aesthetic with New Frontier Outfi tters. Midland’s broad appeal has meant New Frontier Outfi tters orders from faraway locales, including Sonora, Mexico, where Mike Zapata says he and his oldies band, Los Hijos de Frank, sport the Ravencrafts’ hats and other retro apparel he fi rst spotted Midland wearing. The brothers approached Midland after a show, recalled Luke Cutchen, who plays guitar for the band when on the road. The brothers’ earnestness reminded him of his days before Midland’s rise when he was working at a guitar shop in Texas, he told the Courier Journal. “They’re two kids from Kentucky doing right,” said Cutchen. “It’s good. It’s inspiring.”

word quit, once again asked the judge to set aside the verdict. And here’s where it gets really bizarre. In his order denying the motion, the judge ruled the statement was non-actionable opinion. Despite that ﬁ nding, the judge decided “[t]his jury indicated it was mad as heck. [It] didn’t quite direct its anger in the right way and at the right time legally, but its voice needs to be heard a little bit longer. My hope is that this verdict will be taken seriously and productively addressed in the months ahead while this case is on appeal. ... Accordingly, and in light of the foregoing, and with the full expectation that I will be reversed by a unanimous Supreme Court of Virginia, I hereby aﬃ rm the verdict.” So, just to be clear: A judge knowingly issued a legally defective order for no reason other than to send a message. What that message is precisely is a mystery. But clearly, the judge’s ability to see the future is pretty strong. The Vir-

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changed dramatically, there have been few eff orts to systemically reevaluate staffi ng or training guidelines necessary to properly serve residents. This has led some advocates of the elderly to renew the call for federal oversight of the facilities, much like nursing homes. For instance, nearly half of the nation’s states lack extensive training programs for the facilities’ employees, with most requiring some form of a job orientation and less than a dozen hours of instruction. When it comes to staffi ng, the differences are even more stark. Thirtyeight states leave the amount of personnel needed to care for residents up to individual facility owners. In Ohio, facility owners must make sure “suffi cient numbers of staff ” are present to meet residents’ needs. That’s diff erent than in South Carolina, where one aide or staff member must be present for every eight residents during the day. “This is an enormous problem,” said Kristine Sundberg, the president of Elder Voice Family Advocates in Minneapolis. “(Federal oversight) would be better, of course. It would provide for greater consistency.” But the nation’s leading voice for assisted-living centers disagrees, fearing federal oversight would push “paperwork over patients.” “We believe that states are better equipped to help assisted-living centers adapt and customize the care

ginia Supreme Court indeed reversed his decision. It noted that “[e]nsuring that defamation suits proceed only upon statements which actually may defame a plaintiff , rather than those which merely may infl ame a jury to an award of damages, is an essential gatekeeping function of the court.” And more to the point, “[a] court’s power to render an erroneous judgment is not an invitation to judges to render one in knowing and conscious disregard for the law, with the assumption that someone else higher in the judicial hierarchy will correct it later.” We seem to be at a point where robust debate gets branded “defamation” and where bruised feelings get held up as “damages” by lawyers out to make a buck. The last thing we need are decisions that treat the law more like a guideline than a rule. Jack Greiner is managing partner of Graydon law fi rm in Cincinnati. He represents Enquirer Media in First Amendment and media issues.

needed,” said Rachel Reeves, a spokeswoman for the National Center for Assisted Living in Washington, D.C. “The states off er greater fl exibility. They can see what is best for residents and deal with those issues.” Industry offi cials also see a potential cost to federal oversight: The expense of hiring more staff could be passed on to residents. Nursing homes rely on Medicaid, in most cases, to pay for the services for residents. In large part, that’s why the federal government oversees the facilities. Assisted-living centers, meanwhile, are mostly private pay. But Medicaid provides waivers for a small, but growing fraction of residents in 42 states. In Ohio, the waivers pay a facility about $1,500 to $2,100 a month per resident for care and services. Residents must pay for room and board. Medicaid spent $47.8 million for Ohio residents using the waiver in fi scal 2016, according to the most recent fi gures available from the Ohio Department of Medicaid. Currently, about 5,500 residents receive the waiver. Because Medicaid’s role is increasing in assisted living, advocates for the elderly say the U.S. Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services, which oversees nursing homes, should also monitor assisted-living facilities. And that leads some to consider the advantages of federal oversight. “There would be consistency across all the states that way,” said Tracy Bowen, the long-term care offi cial from Mississippi.

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Couple’s large age gap brings challenges to retiring Simply Money Amy Wagner & Nathan Bachrach Guest columnists

Question: Joseph and Tasha in Fort Thomas: There’s about a 14-year age gap between us, which is making retirement planning a little diffi cult. Can you help? A: Navigating through retirement decisions can be complicated enough when two partners are close to the same age, so a 14-year diff erence can defi nitely make it trickier. And this is a problem a fair number of Americans are dealing with: according to the U.S. Census Bureau, there’s an age gap of 10 years or more in almost 9% of marriages. You both fi rst need to decide if you’re going to retire together or stagger the dates. From there, you need to discuss what your situation will look like and how you’ll deal with your new reality. If the older one is retiring and the younger will keep working, how will that dynamic change your rela-

tionship? Will the younger one get resentful of the older one’s free time? If you’re retiring at the same time, will your savings be enough to last both of your lifetimes? From a more practical standpoint, you usually should run your retirement numbers with the younger spouse front and center. For instance, when deciding when to claim Social Security, the older one should generally try to wait as long as possible to claim, thus increasing the survivor benefi t. There’s also a special rule for your situation when taking out Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) from an IRA. If the younger one is the sole benefi ciary of the older one’s IRA, use the Joint Life and Last Survivor Expectancy table (Table II), not the usual Table III. This table is specifi cally for spouses with a 10 year or more age gap. It will calculate a smaller RMD so you won’t draw down your money as quickly. In some cases, like with health care, you could actually view your age gap as a positive. If you stagger retirement dates, the younger one can continue working and keep their employer’s health care plan, covering both of you until you’re both Medicare eligible.

Likewise, as long as one of you keeps working and bringing in an income, the less you’ll have to pull from your retirement savings. Here’s The Simply Money Point: Your situation can present some unique retirement planning challenges. A fi duciary fi nancial adviser – someone who’s obligated by law to work in your best interest – can help you fi gure out the best ways to coordinate your goals so you can both have a fulfi lling retirement. Question: Ronald from Delhi Township: I’m 49 and want to retire at 60, but I still have about 20 years left on my mortgage. What’s the best way for me to pay it off faster? A: We applaud your goal. In most cases, we recommend having a mortgage paid off by the time retirement arrives. Eliminating such a huge recurring payment can give any retirement budget a little more breathing room. You have a couple of options. The fi rst is to simply increase your monthly payment and tell your lender the extra cash should go to principal. How much can that save? Here’s an example: paying an extra $500 a month towards principal on a 30-year mortgage for a $250,000 house at a 4% interest rate

would cut the life of the loan almost in half, according to LendingTree. Another option? Switch your monthly payment to bi-weekly payments. By making half of your mortgage payment every two weeks, you end up making the equivalent of 13 monthly payments every year (one extra than the normal 12). Using the same example as above, this strategy would eliminate four years oﬀ the loan. You could also reﬁ nance down to a 15-year loan, assuming you can lock in a lower interest rate. However, closing costs and other fees could make this the costliest option. The Simply Money Point is that the method you choose really depends on your mortgage rate and how much you have left to pay. Talk with your lender to get guidance on how to pinpoint the timing. Every week, Allworth Financial’s Nathan Bachrach and Amy Wagner answer your questions in their Simply Money column. 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.

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Spencer improved Cincinnati by being its moral conscience The life of Cincinnati civil rights legend Marian Spencer was fi lled with being the “fi rst” and “only” black woman to achieve countless honors and public roles. Her true legacy will be measured by the people and the town she inspired to be better and do better. Spencer died in a Cincinnati hospice on Tuesday. She was 99 years old. She was born in Gallipolis, Ohio, the granddaughter of a former slave, and moved to Cincinnati in the 1930s to attend the University of Cincinnati with her sister, Millie. In a 2017 interview, Spencer told The Enquirer that her grandfather was a primary motivator, delivering daily lessons on things such as voting and social responsibility. “You can do anything you want to do. Don’t let anybody tell you diff erently,” he would say. Clearly, she took that to heart, and Cincinnati would never be the same. Spencer was petite in stature but had an outsized approach to issues and her work. She often said her most signifi cant accomplishment was helping to wage a legal battle with Coney Island amusement park to desegregate the park and allow blacks to swim in its huge Sunlite swimming pool in 1955. A popular radio jingle promoted summer fun at the pool, so she called the park to see if she could bring her children, off ering, “We’re Negroes and I would not like to have them refused.” “She said, ‘No, they can’t come. They can’t come. We can’t admit Negroes,’ ” Spencer said. “And then she added, ‘but I don’t make the rules.’ ” Spencer said, “I know you don’t make the rules, honey, but I’m going to fi nd out who does.” Spencer led a multiracial coalition of citizens and civil rights leaders who protested at the gates of Coney Island while legal action worked its way through the courts. NAACP Legal Action v. Coney Island marked a signifi cant infl ection point for social advancement in Cincinnati. That was in 1955, when civil rights activists were often met with violence or worse and the courts were usually not on their side. Blacks were fi nally allowed to swim in the pool in 1961. “I think I was so angry that you have to go through the courts to take your children to a recreational facility that you had to pay to get in,” Spencer said. “It didn’t make sense, you know, it

Today, it would be helpful for all of us to reflect on how Marian Spencer took on the tough, hard work of challenging Cincinnati institutions but in a thoughtful manner. She appealed to our city’s sense of decency and helped us all move forward together. ENQUIRER FILE

didn’t make any common sense for me as the mother of two little boys who I didn’t want to feel that they were different than anybody else.” Spencer’s pluckiness would be on display many times over during the course of her career, having helped to found Home Opportunities Made Equal, worked with the NAACP on busing issues, become the fi rst black woman on the City Council in 1983. She was also named a Great Living Cincinnatian in 1998, a founder of the Cincinnati Chapter of Jack and Jill of AmericaInc. and a past president of the Cincinnati Chapter of The Links Inc. The Cincinnatus Association created Donald and Marian Spencer “Spirit of America” Awards to recognize advocates of inclusion. Just weeks ago, Spencer, her voice as clear as a bell, spoke to people at the event by phone. A Cincinnati public school was named after her and her husband, Donald. Children are assigned to write essays about her, which now takes on a more powerful meaning. Retired federal Judge Nathaniel Jones, who fi rst met Spencer in the 1970s, called her Cincinnati’s “redeemer.” Today and in the coming days, there will be many tributes from community leaders, politicians, friends and family. All are important, especially today, as politicians can’t seem to agree on much and citizens seem to be losing respect for one another over the most insignifi cant things. Today, it would be helpful for all of us to refl ect on how Marian Spencer took on the tough, hard work of challenging Cincinnati institutions, but in a thoughtful manner. “Civility” is what we used to call that style, grace and respectful approach. She appealed to our city’s sense of decency and helped us all move forward together. If Cincinnati needs to be reminded of its moral conscience, it can always look to Spencer’s legacy as its light post. This editorial was written by Enquirer Editorial Board member Byron McCauley on behalf of the Enquirer Editorial Board, which includes Opinion Editor Kevin S. Aldridge, Vice President/News and Editor Beryl Love, Consumer Marketing Director Denette McCloskey, Senior News Editor for Content Michael Perry and President Eddie Tyner.

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Detained immigrants should be treated with humanity, grace I am horriﬁ ed at the reports of what is happening at our borders. Families are being separated and are put into concentration camps. By deﬁ nition, that is what is happening. Conditions are better in prison for people who commit the most heinous of crimes. How could we do this to people who are seeking asylum? How can we not care about people on a human level? Women are being told to drink out of toilets. Men are packed so tightly in cells that they can’t lie down to sleep. People are soiling themselves and being denied food, water, deodorant and soap. Donations are being turned away. Guards are making racist comments on Facebook. I will not stand by during this time in history and let this happen. Children are dying! Something has to happen and it has to happen now. Regardless of how Sen. Sherrod Brown, Sen. Rob Portman and Rep. Brad Wenstrup feel about immigration, they have to allow people basic human rights and treat them with humanity and grace. If they have any love in their heart, I implore them to go see for themselves what these conditions are like and do something about it. We can’t be on the wrong side of history, we’re better than that. And we’ve seen it happen before. I want to be able to tell my children where I stood on this issue. Kathleen Bray, Mount Auburn

Few immigrants qualify for asylum What happens to illegal aliens after they are caught at the southern U.S. border? Since December 21, 2018, Department of Homeland Security reports releasing at least 190,500 illegal aliens into the interior of the country. They are released if they agree to show up for an asylum hearing. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency has released results of a pilot study with the Department of Justice which reported that only about 13% of these released illegal aliens actually show up for their hearings. It further reported that of these 13% who show up for hearings, only about 12% are found to qualify for asylum. George Moss, Columbus

Let businesses pay student loan as write-off With so many college tuition debt elimination plans fl ying around from presidential hopefuls, I thought I’d throw my two cents into the discussion. Please note, I have no desire to run for offi ce, nor do I off er my two cents to pay another’s voluntary debt. With college debt at nearly $1.5 trillion and mounting, I think the left side of the aisle has a valid speaking point for 2020, and the best solution may be a vote infl uencer for many. College debt anxiety aff ects not only recent college graduates, but nearly 20% of all college debt is held by the older Millennials and the Gen X population. I don’t think simply “erasing” a voluntary obligation, as off ered by many in Washington, D.C., is the answer though. If Congress really wants to support and off er a solution to those laden with college debt, then allow businesses to pay off student debt as an expense item. This approach is no diff erent than paying for ongoing training, utilities or supply expenses. This would allow businesses to reduce income (and the associated taxes) and payroll taxes associated with a traditional employee pay increase or bonus. Additionally, the employee is not burdened with the added income tax exposure. Off ering the incentive of direct debt repayment to student lenders would be a massive benefi t to many employees. As an employer of approximately 20 young college graduates (most of whom carry college debt), I would relish the opportunity to use direct debt repayment as a retention and recruiting tool for my small business. Obvious stipulations would need to be put in place such as annual benefi t caps per employee, secondary education accreditation requirements, graduation requirements, etc. There are holes in my thinking, I’m sure, but it takes the power and control of paying down college debt away from those willing to simply “erase” it. What will they conveniently “erase” next? Terrible idea. Allowing businesses to compete for employees with the added incentive of direct college debt repayment while reducing tax exposure would be benefi cial to businesses, employees and certainly the lenders. Maybe someone in Congressman Bob Latta or Sen. Rob Portman’s offi ce gets a whiff of this and takes it the rest of the way. Eric Anderson, Findlay, Ohio

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Would GOP prefer socialized medicine? E.J. Dionne Columnist

WASHINGTON – When President Barack Obama conceived of the Affordable Care Act, he did everything he could to bring Republicans to his side. He created a system that was market-friendly and drew on ideas that members of the GOP had endorsed in the past. His conciliatory eff orts bought him nothing except a long delay in getting a bill through the Senate, a lag that nearly killed the entire enterprise. You might think that Republicans would move on and accept Obamacare. After all, they failed to repeal it in President Donald Trump’s fi rst year in offi ce and then lost the House of Representatives in an election in which voters named health care the No. 1 issue – putting aside, of course, the importance of Trump himself. Those who listed health care backed Democrats overwhelmingly. But, no, the notion that the evil federal government might succeed in helping Americans with modest incomes get health insurance is, in the eyes of the right, a calamity. If this plan continues to deliver, folks might begin to get the idea that the GOP’s

anti-government propaganda campaign is nothing but a cover for policies that cut taxes on the rich and do as little as possible for Americans who lack money and inﬂ uence. So, having lost in a democratically elected branch of government and having been beaten in a democratic election, Republicans concluded: The heck with democracy! Let’s get some conservative judges to override Congress, ignore the popular will, and get rid of this thing through the back door. First, in a ruling legal scholars generally saw as wacky, Reed O’Connor, a right-wing district court judge, astonished the country in December by throwing out the Aﬀ ordable Care Act altogether. (Fortunately, the decision was stayed pending further litigation.) O’Connor’s reasoning was that Congress undercut the constitutionality of the law by eliminating a tax penalty on those who failed to buy health insurance. Chief Justice John Roberts hung his 2012 opinion validating the constitutionality of the ACA on Congress’ power to tax, so O’Connor’s pretext was that once the tax went, the whole structure collapsed. Pause and marvel at the gall of conservative jurisprudence. Conservatives say they are strict constructionists and believe in reading statutes

closely. But Congress didn’t ditch the ACA – it had affi rmatively decided not to. It merely undid a small piece of the law. Too bad, said O’Connor. What Congress did or didn’t do makes no diff erence. And if abruptly throwing some 20 million people off their health plans isn’t the “judicial activism” conservatives regularly bemoan, what is? The ACA’s penalty was aimed at enforcing a mandate that everyone buy health insurance, which, by the way, was originally a GOP idea. One of the most popular provisions of the ACA prohibits price discrimination against those with preexisting conditions. But to achieve this goal, the law imposes the mandate to spread the cost of coverage as widely as possible. The requirement’s purpose was to make sure that health insurance markets would not be destabilized if mostly the sick bought into the system. On Tuesday, a three-judge federal panel heard the appeal of O’Connor’s decision and, once again, partisanship ruled on the bench. The two Republican appointees, Jennifer Walker Elrod and Kurt Engelhardt, expressed skepticism about the obvious: that if Congress had wanted to repeal the law, it would have. Engelhardt, a Trump appointee, disingenuously

said that Congress could easily ﬁ x it. “They could do this tomorrow,” he said. Right. Years of struggle to reform health care go down the drain. But, says Engelhardt, no problem. You can order up a new health care law the way you get a hamburger at a fast-food joint. The arrogance of conservative judges knows no bounds. The third judge on the panel, Carolyn Dineen King, a Democratic appointee, was silent during the 90-minute hearing. But if the two GOP judges act on the views they expressed, it’s hard to see the ACA emerging whole from the circuit court. And we have reason to shudder over what the Supreme Court might say. For now, Democrats should shelve their arguments about “Medicare for All,” defend Obamacare, and cry from the heavens over the conservatives’ eagerness to rip health insurance from people who need it. But if the ACA does fall, Republicans will have sent a message: No matter how much Democrats compromise, the GOP will wreck their work. By ﬁ ghting the most middle-of-the-road ways of getting people coverage, Republicans could thus pave the way to the “socialized medicine” they claim to hate. E.J. Dionne is on Twitter: @EJDionne.

Women’s team deserves champion-level pay Eugene Robinson Columnist

WASHINGTON – The superb athletes of the U.S. women’s national soccer team, once again winners of the World Cup, shouldn’t be paid as much as their counterparts on the men’s team. The women should be paid more. A lot more. If the fi eld of sports is truly a meritocracy, there should be no argument about value or compensation. The men’s team played decently Sunday night, losing 1-0 to Mexico in the fi nal of the regional Gold Cup tournament. By contrast, the women’s team, hours earlier, became champions of the known world for a record fourth time, dispatching a talented Netherlands squad 2-0 in a display of power and precision that took one’s breath away. Marching through the World Cup like Sherman through Georgia, the team scored 26 goals and surrendered only three. Captain Megan Rapinoe, who scored the Americans’ fi rst goal Sunday, won the Golden Boot for being the tournament’s top goal-scorer and the Golden Ball for being the most

valuable player. Purple-haired and proudly lesbian, Rapinoe can be brash – she said earlier that if the team won, she wouldn’t be “going to the [bleeping] White House” to shake hands with President Donald Trump. But boy, I mean girl, does she ever walk the talk. The second U.S. goal will be featured in highlight reels for years. Midﬁ elder Rose Lavelle dribbled straight up the pitch, juking and stutter-stepping until Dutch defenders were spun in circles, creating just enough space for herself and then blasting a powerful left-footed shot into the back of the net. Pele and Maradona did it just as well; nobody ever did it better. The women’s team made this incredible run while all 28 members of the squad were simultaneously pursuing a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation, alleging they are paid less than the men’s national team and given less support – despite their far better record. The men’s team has never won the World Cup, and last year did not even qualify for the quadrennial men’s tournament. The Washington Post’s “Fact Checker” column found it diﬃ cult to do an apples-to-apples pay comparison without more data, which the soc-

cer federation chooses not to share. But the Post did fi nd that the women’s team may be earning as much money for the federation as the men’s team, or even more. And the Post found such a massive disparity in bonus payments that the men get more for losing a World Cup match than the women get for winning one. One of the biggest sources of revenue for the federation is merchandising. Nike Chief Executive Offi cer Mark Parker said on an earnings call last month that “the USA Women’s home jersey is now the No. 1 soccer jersey, men’s or women’s, ever sold on Nike.com in one season.” And the demand for sports bras has made Nike, for the fi rst time, the biggest seller of bras in North America, Parker said. As the team held aloft the golden World Cup trophy Sunday in Lyon, France, some fans in the stadium chanted, “Equal pay! Equal pay!” It takes guts to sue one’s employer. It takes something beyond guts to then go out and perform the way this team did, slicing through the World Cup fi eld like a hot knife through butter. The quality of play in international women’s soccer has improved dramatically over the past decade; it’s no long-

er the United States vs. the Also-Rans, as it was two decades ago in the heyday of Mia Hamm and Brandi Chastain. This year, the U.S. team had to be in its sharpest form to beat the competition. Yet not for a single minute did they trail their opponents. Preliminary television ratings indicate that more U.S. viewers watched Sunday’s fi nal match than watched the men’s World Cup fi nal last year (in which France beat Croatia). Sunday’s fi nal was, in fact, the most-watched soccer match in this country at least since the 2015 women’s fi nal, which was also won by the U.S. team (over Japan). There’s one thing missing from the women’s game: the histrionics. There’s much less writhing on the ground over dubious injuries, much less operatic pleading with the referee, much less juvenile gamesmanship. One has to wonder whether men might inherently be too emotional to play this game the right way. There’s no question about the U.S. women’s team, though. The soccer federation needs to pay them what they’re worth. Contact Eugene Robinson at eugene robinson@washpost.com.

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National equilibrium lost and restored George Will Columnist

“Time has upset many ﬁ ghting faiths.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes, dissenting, Abrams v. United States (1919) WASHINGTON – In this moment of dueling political hysterias (”The fascists are at the gates!” “The socialists are within the gates!”), it is reassuring to remember that America has quickly recovered from some previous plunges into overheated anxiety. David Maraniss understands this. He is a Washington Post editor, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, a best-selling biographer (of Vince Lombardi, Roberto Clemente, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama) and author of books on the 1960 Summer Olympics, late-1960s turmoil (“They Marched into Sunlight: War and Peace, Vietnam and America, October 1967”) and contemporary Detroit. Now, in “A Good American Family,” he has tackled his most diﬃ cult subject: his parents. They were communists. Being a communist was never not foolish, and was always reprehensible, especially after the broad outlines of Stalin’s terror (including the engi-

neered famine in Ukraine) in the 1930s were known, or knowable. And after American communists proved themselves to be plastic people, following Moscow’s zigzagging line before and after the German-Soviet “nonaggression” pact of Aug. 23, 1939, and then the Soviet invasion of Finland. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, however, Elliott and Mary Maraniss paid more dearly than they should have for affi liating, from a safe distance, with the most murderous of all the 20th century’s fi ghting faiths. In the postwar years, some congressmen became crusaders, wielding the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). There are such activities, but it is not Congress’ job to ferret them out. And some crusaders were conspicuously unqualifi ed to judge others’ fi delity to American ideals. They included vociferous racists, one chairman who would go to prison for embezzlement, and one who had been present at the 1915 Georgia lynching of Leo Frank, a Jew who had moved to Atlanta from Brooklyn and who almost certainly was innocent of the murder for which he was convicted. Elliott had been a “red diaper baby”: His father was a “Wobbly” (a member of the radical Industrial Workers of the World). Elliott grew up in Brooklyn,

where he was a Boy Scout and where socialists were run-of-the-mill moderates. Then he (like another Brooklyn boy from Abraham Lincoln High School, the future playwright Arthur Miller) went to the University of Michigan. There he met David’s mother, 17 and already a communist, at an event welcoming two Michigan graduates home from fi ghting fascists in the Spanish Civil War, including Mary’s older brother. David writes that his father, a fl edgling journalist writing for the campus newspaper, had to have seen stories about the Moscow show trials. Decades later, Elliott would say he had been “stubborn in my ignorance and aggressive in my prejudices.” Yet he enlisted one week after Pearl Harbor, and volunteered to command an African American unit in the segregated Army. “He was,” his son writes, “a patriot in his own way.” A few stealthy Americans – Alger Hiss, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, and others – gave important aid and comfort to communism. The Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) did not. It fi rst ran a presidential candidate in 1924, when he won 36,386 votes, 0.1% of the popular vote. It last ran a candidate in 1984, when he received 161 fewer votes than the 1924 candidate.

But when in 1952 HUAC came to Detroit, which then was the epicenter of the labor movement, to expose and shame communists, its star witness was a gray-haired, 49-year-old grandmother and FBI informant who named Elliott as member of the CPUSA. Elliott, then with the Detroit Times, was immediately ﬁ red and launched into years of wandering with his family, seeking work. He caught on with the Cleveland Plain Dealer, but was ﬁ red in 1954 when the paper learned of his HUAC appearance. David writes, “The FBI made it clear that its agents would follow him wherever he went and whenever he applied for a job.” Soon, however, the national fever broke, he found employment with the Madison, Wis., Capital Times, and he died at 86 in 2004 “a permanent Midwesterner.” Elliott’s son writes of him, “I can appreciate his motivations, but I am confounded by his reasoning.” This was, David Maraniss says, “a book I had to write.” His professional ethic is to “follow the truth wherever it takes you and I knew this would take me to places that were uncomfortable.” His readers will admire his emotional equilibrium, and can take comfort from this story of national equilibrium lost and restored. Contact George Will at georgewill@ washpost.com.

Hey critics, America is greater than ‘just OK’ Marc A. Thiessen Columnist

WASHINGTON – Maybe President Donald Trump was right that we needed a “Salute to America” last week, because apparently some Americans have lost sight of the greatness of our country. Case in point: To mark Independence Day, the New York Times posted a video op-ed challenging what it called the “mythology” of American greatness. “America may once have been the greatest,” the Times video declares, “but today, America, we’re just OK.” The video is like a caricature of how conservatives think the left sees America – except it isn’t a caricature; it’s real. It’s a straw man come to life. The video cites statistics showing that other developed countries, such as Luxembourg, Sweden and Norway, have lower poverty rates or better education and health care outcomes than America. And as for our “kick-ass democracy,” the Times says, it’s not that big a deal because “a lot of countries have freedoms.” Put aside for a moment all the mis-

leading data the video uses to show America is not so great. The fact is, all the freedom and progress those other countries enjoy today would not be possible without the United States. The reason that “a lot of countries have freedoms” today is because our Founding Fathers pioneered the principle of popular sovereignty, where governments answer to the people instead of the other way around. At the time of our founding, the rest of the world was ruled by monarchs. Our founders established the ﬁ rst country in human history that was built on an idea – the idea of human liberty. For most of our history, American democracy was a global outlier. In 1938, on the eve of World War II, there were just 17 democracies. It was not until 1998 that there were more democracies than autocracies. That dramatic explosion of freedom didn’t just happen. It was the direct result of the rise of the United States as a global superpower. The U.S.-powered victory over Nazi tyranny in World War II and our triumph over Soviet tyranny in the Cold War defeated the hateful ideologies of fascism and communism, and unleashed a wave of freedom that has spread across the world.

Today, 4.1 billion people live in democracies. (Of those who do not, four out of fi ve live in China.) The unprecedented expansion of liberty has produced unprecedented prosperity. Last September, the Brookings Institution reported that “for the fi rst time since agriculture-based civilization began 10,000 years ago, the majority of humankind … some 3.8 billion people, live in households with enough discretionary expenditure to be considered ‘middle class’ or ‘rich.’ ” None of that would be possible without the Pax Americana guaranteed by U.S. military. Americans liberated a continent, rebuilt much of it from the rubble of war with the Marshall Plan, and then stood watch on freedom’s frontier and prevented a Soviet tank invasion across the Fulda Gap. And today, the only thing that stops North Korea from invading South Korea or China from invading Taiwan is American military might. So, let’s be clear: Every country that enjoys democratic governance owes its birth of freedom to our Founding Fathers, and the continued existence of their democracy to the U.S. military. Today, for all its fl aws, America re-

mains the freest, most innovative, most prosperous country in the history of the world. We invented the light bulb and the iPhone. We put a man on the moon and a rover on Mars. We are a nation of unparalleled military power and unlimited opportunity. There’s a reason we have a crisis on our southern border; millions want to come here so that they can share in the abundance of American prosperity. The men and women who ﬂ ew those ﬁ ghters and bombers over the Mall last week make it all possible. They provide the critical foundation of peace and security upon which our freedom, and the freedom of all the world’s democracies, is built. Maybe Luxembourg scores better on some measures, but no one is counting on Luxembourg to secure the peace of the world. Trump was right to shine a spotlight on our military members and to remind those who have lost sight of it that the United States is not simply the greatest nation; we are indispensable. Without us, the world would be mired in the darkness of totalitarianism rather than the light of liberty. That is better than “just OK.” Follow Marc A. Thiessen on Twitter: @marcthiessen.

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1 pound goetta

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You have never known four everyday ingredients to come together as explosively as they do in this simple recipe. With ﬂ avor and spice, these babies will get your attention. Goetta and jalapenos roast together beautifully and melty cheese is the perfect compliment. With just a drizzle of the creamy cheese sauce and in appetizer portions, these poppers make for a savory treat. Tucked into the bun of a hot dog smothered in the sauce, however, they become a full-ﬂ edged splurge. Top a trio of peppers with a fried egg for an extra kicky way to start your Sunday.

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These jalapeno poppers feature a goetta ﬁ lling. CARA HUMMEL/SPECIAL TO THE ENQUIRER all of the jalapenos are ﬁ lled. 4. Place the cookie sheets into the preheated oven and bake for 15-20 minutes, or until the jalapenos are tender and the goetta is golden brown and crispy. 5. While the poppers are baking, pour the heavy whipping cream into a small pot, turn to high heat

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Some time ago we came in contact with a non-Amish family with 13 children, eight of them being adopted. With us being foster parents pursuing adoption, we immediately felt drawn to them. We ordered some books they had written, which proved to be a blessing, giving us some helpful insights on caring for children with traumatic backgrounds. Long story short, they invited us to join their family for a couple of days in Maryland. “We do it all the time,” Tami, the lady of the house assured us, “We are happy to host families with adopted children and for those who are working on adoption, then we’re happy to answer any questions you may have and work on whatever areas needed.” Daniel was optimistic right oﬀ the bat and said we should make plans to hire a driver and make the 11-hour trip. After all, why not learn from those with more experience? “We’ll travel through the night so the children won’t get as bored,” Daniel and I decided. On Thursday evening we were on our way with the eight-passenger minivan packed full of children, an-

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ticipation, plenty of clothes and activities for along the way. I was in my glory, everyone was clean and bathed, with the four children in pajamas since we’d be traveling all night. As you can imagine we did have some challenging moments during the night but I felt blessed knowing that God will provide in spite of our lack of sleep. We arrived at 6:30 the next morning. Entering their house, we could

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abused and neglected or have had a traumatic past. It was a blessing to be able to share some of the challenges we have faced with our foster children then hear how God has brought them through all they have faced with their family. Only God could transform such traumatic situations into a home so full of love and joy. Our children just loved their children. Together they looked at books, played games, licked popsicles, and the likes. It was hard to leave, but soon we were on the road again. This time we left at bedtime and arrived at Daniel’s family’s house in Danville, Ohio at 3 a.m. We crashed out, grateful for a couple hours of sleep before daybreak. The following day we saw lots of friends at church, caught up on news with family and told them of our visit with the Razvi family and some things we gleaned there. By bedtime we were the road once more, this time headed for home. By 3 a.m. I was tucking the children into their own beds and we quickly unloaded everything so the driver could be on his way. We were intrigued by the Razvi families’ super healthy diet, including all-natural popsicles. There is no right or wrong way of making them, simply use what strikes your fancy.

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Cincy Shakes: Miss Holmes Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, 1195 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine. Box office 513-3812273. Runs July 19-August 4. Grease Walton Creek Theater, 4101 Walton Creek Road, Columbia Township. $20, $15 students. Box office 513-684-1236. Runs July 12-28. Mamma Mia! Theatre 42, 2752 S. US-42, Lebanon. Runs July 19-27. Pippin Warsaw Federal Incline Theater, 801 Matson Place, East Price Hill. $29, $26 students and seniors. 513241-6550. Runs July 10-Aug. 4.

Family theater

Bugsy Malone Jr. Loveland Stage Company Theater, 111 S. 2nd St., Loveland. $20. 513-443-4572. Summer youth production. Runs July 12-21. Cocktails with Mimi 12:15 p.m. July 14, St. Paul Lutheran Church, 106 Maple St., Reading. $10, free ages under 12. Shakespeare in the Park: Romeo and Juliet 1-3 p.m. July 14, Carnegie Center, 3738 Eastern Ave., ColumbiaTusculum. Shakespeare in the Park: A Midsummer Night’s Dream 7:30-9:30 p.m. July 19, Mount Healthy City Park, 1541 Hill Ave., Mount Healthy. Shakespeare in the Park: Romeo and Juliet 7-9 p.m. July 20, Summit Park, 4335 Glendale-Milford Road, Blue Ash. Shakespeare in the Park: A Midsummer Night’s Dream 7-9 p.m. July 21, Washington Park, 1230 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine.

Dinner theater

Summer Dinner Theatre: Church Girls, The Musical Northern Kentucky University Fine Arts Center, Stauss Hall, 1 Nunn Drive, Highland Heights. $40. Ticket must be purchased at least 2 days in advance. Includes play and buffet dinner. Runs July 5-21. Murder Mystery Dinner 6-10 p.m. July 19, Vinoklet Winery & Restaurant, 11069 Colerain Ave., Colerain Township. $59.51. Dinner Theater: All Shook Up Olde Star Mall Theatre, 1418 N. Main St., Williamstown. $29-$39. Runs July 12-20.

Opera

Cincinnati Opera: Ariadne Auf Naxos School for the Creative & Performing Arts, 118 W. Central Parkway, Overthe-Rhine. Runs July 6-14. Cincinnati Opera: Porgy and Bess Music Hall, 1241 Elm St., Over-theRhine. Runs July 20-28. Opera Rap: Blind Injustice 7 p.m. July 17, Allen Temple A.M.E. Church, 7030 Reading Road, Swifton Commons. Free, but tickets required. Limit 4 per household. 513-241-2742. Gilda Wabbit’s Big Gay Opera Show 8-9 p.m. July 18, Below Zero Lounge, 1120 Walnut St., Over-the-Rhine. Classically trained chanteuse and hilariously irreverent drag queen takes audiences on a journey through important operas and the pop culture they inspired.

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Chad Thornsberry July 17, Funny Bone Comedy Club, 7518 Bales St., Liberty Township. Greg Stone Go Bananas, 8410 Market Place Lane, Montgomery. $8-$14. Runs July 18-21. Laughs at Taft’s: The Chill Seekers Comedy Tour 8 p.m. July 20, Taft’s Brewpourium, 4831 Spring Grove Ave., Spring Grove Village. Laughter is the Best Medicine 8 p.m. July 16, Go Bananas, 8410 Market Place Lane, Montgomery. $20. Quinn Patterson July 18, Funny Bone Comedy Club, 7518 Bales St., Liberty Township. Sheryl Underwood Funny Bone Comedy Club, 7518 Bales St., Liberty Township. Runs July 19-20. The RoastMary 6-10 p.m. July 20, Columbia Performance Center, 3900 Eastern Ave., Columbia Tusculum. $20. Roast celebrates Rosemary Oglesby-Henry, CEO & Founder of Rosemary’s Babies. Uncanny Comedy Hour 7-9 p.m. July 18, Wave Pool, 2940 Colerain Ave., Camp Washington. Free. Hosted by Andy Glasper.

Improv/Open Mic

Comedy Anarchy Open Mic Sundays, MOTR Pub, 1345 Main St., Over-theRhine. Free. Comedy in the Courtyard 8-9:30 p.m. July 18, The Righteous Room, 641 Walnut St., Downtown. Comedy Sports 7-9 p.m. July 20, Falcon Theatre, 636 Monmouth St., Newport. $7-$10. ComedySportz Friday Night Match 8-10 p.m. July 19, Memorial Hall, 1222 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine. $12, $9 kids. Improvised Girl Talk 8 p.m. July 20, Brew House, 1047 E. McMillan St., Walnut Hills. Intro to Improv Workshop 4 p.m. July 14, Clifton Performance Theatre, 404 Ludlow Ave., Clifton. Raiders of the Lost Laughs: Stand Up Comedy Open Mic July 14, Urban Artifact, 1660 Blue Rock St., Northside.

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Ohio food truck makes it to ﬁ nal four on Food Network show Sarah Horne

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From a restaurant to a food truck, one couple and their best friend take on “The Great Food Truck Race” for a chance at $50,000. Head chef Drew Ballard, his fi ancée and head cocktail waitress Jess Sarra, and best friend and head bartender Travis Day went out of their comfort zone by creating and running their own food truck. Specifi cally created for the show, the Dayton, Ohio-based team introduced their truck, Rolling Indulgence, which competes on the show each Sunday at 9 p.m. on Food Network. After a second place in Fort Myers, Rolling Indulgence rolls on to the fi nal four round in Fort Lauderdale. In total, the three contestants have a combined 40 years of experience going into the competition. Ballard and Day are not only roommates but have been friends for 11 years. Ballard and Sarra have known each other for 13 and been together for seven. “We all really live together, work together and really hang out together,” Day said. “Our dynamic together, and our family bond does not only strengthen our ability to adapt to situations ... but we know what each other is going to

The Rolling Indulgence team on the Food Network’s ‘The Great Food Truck Race’ ﬁ lming in Fort Myers. ANDREW WEST/THE NEWS-PRESS

do,” Ballard said. “It dramatically helps us be successful because the most successful restaurants are a family.” For example, Ballard said even when the three aren’t looking at one another, they know each other well enough to know what the other is doing. Ballard was the one to originally sign the group up to compete in the show. He was in New York City with Sarra when he received a phone call from the network while preparing himself to propose to Sarra.

Ballard originally missed the call, as he was preoccupied preparing himself for what he was going to say to her in a few hours. That’s when he saw the missed call and rushed to tell Sarra that Food Network had called. They had a conversation for about 45 minutes about the exciting news before continuing their evening. “A few hours later, we go to the top of the Empire State Building and we get engaged. Feb. 4, 2019, is kinda the day our whole lives changed. Both a call from Food Network and we got engaged on the same day ... so the emotions were all over the place,” Ballard said. After coordinating with their bosses, the three were given permission to leave to go on the show. They then came up with the concept for Rolling Indulgence and started traveling around selling their food. Throughout the competition, the team has faced successful weeks and diffi cult ones. After fi nishing seventh out of nine in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, the mentality became “survive and advance,” Day said. Later in the competition, while in Hilton Head, the three contestants got some confi dence after fi nishing third. “We got some confi dence going ... like you know what, we actually do belong here and we can do this,” Day said. As the competition went on, they

began to ﬁ nd that the competition was less about competing with the other contestants, and more about competing with themselves. “It didn’t become a competition of all the teams against each other but a competition against ourselves. We formed this huge family,” Day said. Those on the show continue to stay connected even after a group left or shooting the show ended. “We do multiple Facebook Live videos together where we all jump on the same videos together, and we are in a group chat together on Instagram so every day we are talking to each other about whatever is going on in each other’s lives,” Day said. Every time a team got eliminated on the show, the other surviving teams would throw a going away party for them and plan to keep in contact. The hardest part about moving on was knowing that your friend just got eliminated, Day said. While the ﬁ nal result of how Rolling Indulgence did is still a secret, all members of the team agreed they would do it all over again. “I feel in love with so many of the people we met there, and it was really a rewarding experience,” Sarra said. Ballard, Sarra and Day plan to continue working together in the future. We’ll see what that means on a Sunday soon.

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Cincinnati restaurant openings and closings of 2019 Polly Campbell

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Trying to keep track of what’s new and what’s gone away in the restaurant world? There are so many. It’s a precarious world, this restaurant business, and the ﬁ rst half of the year saw plenty of closings. But there were also a lot of exciting openings. BTW, people often ask me what happened when a restaurant closes. I almost never know the answer. Could be landlord troubles, that’s a popular one these days. Could be terrible employees, or just a hard time ﬁ nding them. Or a terrible location. Or any number of wrong choices or events no one can control. Each one is a small tragedy for someone. First, the goodbyes.

Restaurant closings in 2019 The Anchor was a seafood restaurant in OTR that opened in the whitehot restaurant scene of 2012. It’s a rare restaurant these days that specializes in fi sh. Probably because it’s expensive and people have a fairly narrow taste in that area. If you miss the lobster rolls, I think you’ll be satisfi ed with Court Street Lobster Bar. For more refi ned seafood dishes, try Eighth and English in O’Bryonville Campanello’s Downtown closed

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after a hundred years as a grocery store and restaurant. I felt bad about this one because I’d been meaning to go there for a while and learn more about its story. It used to be a spot for lunch with Enquirer colleagues, back when reporters took a lunch hour. If you miss the red-and-white tablecloth, classic Italian-American atmosphere and food, go to Scotti’s or Pompilio’s. MidiCi was a wood-fi red pizza restaurant with locations around the country. It was pretty good, but there are plenty of other fi ne wood-fi red pizzas in town, from A Tavola to Joe’s Napoli to Camparossa. Boi na Braza left Carew Tower, saying it would re-open. I haven’t

heard anything about a new location yet. Meanwhile, if you have a craving for a Brazilian buﬀ et and all the meat you can eat, you could go to Rodizio Grill in Liberty Center, though it’s not as good. Habits, open since 1980 on Oakley Square, closed and said they were moving to the laundromat across the street. Again, not sure what’s going on there. There are lots of similar bars if you feel like a beer and a burger, though their potato rags were unique. Maybe they’ll bring the rags back to the laundromat. Terry’s Turf Club didn’t really close, but Terry Carter, the original owner, sold it. It’s now just The Turf Club. I haven’t been, but I understand

the menu is still pretty similar. Injoy was an assemble-to-order Indian bowl place in OTR that called it quits in June. There was a similar place in Hyde Park called Indi-Go but it is also not around anymore. I can’t even ﬁ nd a mention of it on the internet. Did I really eat there or did I imagine it? Meanwhile, there are a lot of Indian restaurants, and isn’t an Indian lunch buﬀ et kind of an assemble-toorder concept? A couple of places at Newport on the Levee closed, including Bar Louie. If you miss it and its burger night, there are two more, in Oakley Station and Anderson Township. Mitchell’s Fish Market closed January. It has another location in West Chester. If you miss going to Newport on the Levee, know that it was recently sold and they will be announcing new restaurant tenants over the next months. Hathaway’s in Carew Tower said it was going to close, but it didn’t. It’s still open. Now, on a happier subject, these are new restaurants that have opened so far this year. Probably not all of them. Let me know what I left out.

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“Masterpiece: Grantchester” seasonopener 9 and 10 p.m., PBS. For three summers and 18 episodes, James Norton has been Sidney, the crime-solving vicar in a little British village.

Monday

“Great Shark Chow Down” 10 p.m., National Geographic. What's it like to watch 200 sharks devour a whale carcass? Or to see 700 reef sharks on a feeding frenzy? Scientists and cinematographers relive ﬁ ve mass shark events. For “Sharkfest” – copying “Shark Week,” which starts July 28 on Discovery – this sets a pattern: Every night (starting today) has “When Sharks Attack” at 8; and every weekday has a new special at 10.

Tuesday

“Pandora” debut 8 p.m., CW. Instantly orphaned in 2199 by an air strike on her village, Jax enrolls in the Space Training Academy.

Wednesday

“Suits” season-opener and “Pearson” debut 9 and 10 p.m., USA. As usual, “Suits” offers a blur of schemes and cynicism, in this case interrupted by a smidgen of romance (Harvey and Donna) and integrity (refusing to remove Robert Zane's name from the ﬁ rm). .

Thursday

“Elementary” 10 p.m., CBS. Jonny Lee Miller has become the perpetual Sherlock Holmes. Robert Downey Jr. has been Holmes twice ... Basil Rathbone did it 14 times ... Benedict Cumberbatch, 15 ... Jeremy Britt, about 43.

Friday

“Killjoys” season-opener 10 p.m., Syfy. “Killjoys” starts its ﬁ fth and ﬁ nal season. A smart (and sometimes funny) show, it views Dutch, a tough, intergalactic bounty hunter. Now there's new trouble: Everyone on a moon (Westerley) is under a collective delusion.

Saturday

Moon-landing anniversary To re-create 1969, try BBC America; it reruns Walter Cronkite's CBS coverage, from 9-11 p.m. and 2-4 a.m. Or view that coverage precisely 50 years afterward on www.cbsnews.com/live; that's 4:17 p.m. for the landing, 10:56 p.m. for setting foot on the moon. Others have key reruns. That's on CNN, Discovery, History, Smithsonian and KCET. Also, HBO has “First Man” (2018) at 8 p.m. and 12:25 a.m.

Dear Carolyn: My husband and I have both gained signifi cant weight since we’ve been married, but I’m trying to mitigate that with diet and exercise. He isn’t, and every time I try to talk about it, he makes me feel like the bad guy for bringing it up. Look, we’re both approaching 40, and I know we’ll never be the “twinks” we were when we met, but I’d like to be better than I am, and I am fi nding it very diffi cult to get healthy without his support. He’s pre-diabetic. He has sleep apnea. His sex drive is nowhere near what it was when we met. And it’s frustrating because all of this is correctable and he’s refusing to even try. It’s like he doesn’t care. I love my husband. I will never “fat-shame” him, and I know my weight struggles aren’t his issue. But I would fi nd it a lot easier to tackle this if he were more supportive, and if he would try to be healthier, too. I don’t

know what to do, short of giving him an ultimatum: It’s me or the sugar, dude. Take your pick. – Anonymous I wouldn’t do that – not unless you’re ready to lose. Not because he likes sugar better or because you’re not somehow worth it to him, but because food is a formidable opponent that ﬁ ghts dirty. For one, you two can’t just banish food from your lives and start over; you can’t move away from it or spend time only with friends who abstain from it. You’re in its presence at least two or three times a day as you ﬁ ght it, and the rest of the time it’s calling to you from the kitchen. And, a lot of it is engineered to tempt or outright addict you. And, our bodies are wired to hold onto fat harder whenever we try to get rid of it. And poor nutrition and inactivity can lead toward depres-

sion, which can lead to poor nutrition and inactivity. And so on, as you’ve no doubt discovered as you go through this yourself. So consider that even you feel overmatched without his support, yet you’re so much further along emotionally than he is: You’ve made the decision to tackle this, and started making diﬃ cult changes. He’s just not there yet and won’t get there on borrowed motivation; he needs his own. A lot of it. Anything he does in response to an ultimatum won’t really be his. It’s not hopeless, necessarily. It’s just that, if he does change, it’s going to be on his schedule, for his reasons. Email Carolyn at tellme@washpost.com, follow her on Facebook at www.facebook.com/carolyn.hax or chat with her online at noon Eastern time each Friday at www.washingtonpost.com.

1933: All German political parties, except the Nazi Party, were outlawed. 1966: The city of Chicago awoke to the shocking news that eight student nurses had been brutally slain during the night in a South Side dormitory. Drifter Richard Speck was convicted of the mass killing and condemned to death, but had his sentence reduced to life in prison, where he died in 1991. 1980: The Republican national convention opened in Detroit, where nominee-apparent Ronald Reagan told a welcoming rally he and his supporters were

determined to “make America great again.” 2016: Terror struck Bastille Day celebrations in the French Riviera city of Nice as a large truck plowed into a festive crowd, killing 86 people in an attack claimed by Islamic State extremists; the driver was shot dead by police. 2017: A Russian-American lobbyist said he attended a June 2016 meeting with President Donald Trump’s son that was billed as part of a Russian government effort to help the Republican campaign.

TODAY IN HISTORY Today is July 14. On this date in: 1789: In an event symbolizing the start of the French Revolution, citizens of Paris stormed the Bastille prison and released the seven prisoners inside. 1798: Congress passed the Sedition Act, making it a federal crime to publish false, scandalous or malicious writing about the U.S. government. 1921: Italian-born anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were convicted in Dedham, Massachusetts, of murdering a shoe company paymaster and his guard. (Sacco and Vanzetti were executed six years later.)

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