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LOVELAND, OHIO - Helpful instructions for write-in votes

LOVELAND, OHIO - Helpful instructions for write-in votes.

The race for Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney will be decided this year by write-in votes. The only candidates qualified to run as write-in candidates are:

* Melissa Ann Powers
* Joseph T. Deters
* Fanon Rucker
* James Melvin Rueger

1. BEFORE you slide your ballot card into the voting machine, locate the WRITE-IN portion at top of the ballot.
2. In the write-in area PRINT "Prosecutor" or "Pros" under office and the name of the candidate of your choice under Candidate Name.
3. Slide your ballot card into the voting machine, and continue voting as you normally do.
4. When you are done, fold the ballot over and hand it to the election worker as usual.

• You must write the candidate's name, but it is not mandatory to include the office, for the vote to count.
• The name needs to be legible as to the voter's intent. The surname is all that is required. The first name is not required. The Board of Elections will try to determine the voter's intent even if the name is misspelled.
• Any writing instrument can be used and any color ink. A pencil is provided but the voter may use a pen, crayon, marker, or pencil. Rubber stamps cannot be used.
• If you forget or are unsure of the candidate's name, you may ask a poll worker for help. The poll worker will show the list of the valid write-in candidate's names.
• You may ask a poll worker for help at any time.
• If you make a mistake, you may request a replacement ballot (up to two times).
• The Write-In portion of the ballot will be removed by election workers when the ballots arrive at the Board of Elections. It should not be removed before the ballot goes into the ballot box.

This information was gathered by Loveland Magazine with assistance from the Hamilton County Board of Elections and the League of Voters of the Cincinnati Area.

Click here for a printable page of these instructions to take with you to the polls.

Download write-in.html

LOVELAND, OHIO - Voting Tips

LOVELAND, OHIO - Here are tips for voters from the League of Women Voters of the Cincinnati Area.

ON ELECTION DAY

POLLS ARE OPEN from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Hamilton County uses a punch-card ballot system, the "Votamatic."
If you are not familiar with its use, ask a precinct official for help.

Ballots list the names of all candidates for an office under the title of that office; the party designation is printed with each name.

In the General Election, candidates for judgeships, state or local boards of education, and municipal or township offices appear without party designation. (nonpartisan)

On "questions and issues ballots" your choice will usually be either:
YES or NO; FOR or AGAINST.

Polling locations are handicapped accessible. Visually impaired or infirm voters may ask for help.

HOW TO VOTE
(Some polling places have more than one precinct in the same location)

1. Go to the precinct listed on your card, for example "Cincinnati 6-C."
2. Give your name to the poll worker.
3. Sign the poll book as directed. You will be given a ballot.
4. Place your ballot in the Votamatic machine as indicated. Be sure the ballot is firmly in place, with the pegs at the top of the machine showing through the slots at the top of your ballot card.
5. Open the ballot booklet to the first page.
6. Read the directions concerning the number of candidates which may be voted for in each category. Some offices have "field" races where you may vote for more than one candidate, for example: Cincinnati City Council where you may vote for up to nine.
7. Using the metal stylus attached to the Votamatic, punch the card by the arrow next to your candidate's name.
8. Continue voting for candidates and issues by turning the pages.
9. You do not have to vote for every office or every issue for your ballot to be counted.
10. If you make a mistake, you may ask for another ballot.
11. When you finish voting, remove your ballot from the Votamatic.
12. Before you leave the voting booth, check your ballot to make sure the holes are punched through completely.
13. You can check to see if you voted the way you intended. Look at the number immediately below the punched out hole on your ballot card and match it with the number next to the arrow by the candidate's name.
14. Fold the top portion of your ballot over and return it to the precinct official.

YOU MAY ASK A POLL WORKER FOR HELP AT ANY TIME.

LOVELAND, OHIO - USEFUL VOTER INFO

LOVELAND, OHIO - Below is useful information about voting in Tuesday's election.

http://www.hamilton-co.org/boe will get you to the Home Page of the Hamilton County Board of Elections. On this site you will find voting information and instructions in Spanish.

To find your voting location: http://www.hamilton-co.org/boe/pollsearchs1.asp

To find out if you are registered: http://www.hamilton-co.org/BOE/votersearchs.asp

If this link says you are registered, it will tell you where you vote, and provide a link to a map and driving instructions to your voting location.

http://www.smartvoter.org/2004/03/02/oh/hm/ is the link to The League of Women Voters of Ohio Education Fund Web site and allows you to type in your street address and zip code to find all of this information with one click of your mouse (even map and driving instructions). This link has complete and detailed ballot information for Hamilton County voters but does not show information about local issues for Clermont and Warren Counties It will however show links to the local boards of elections for Warren and Clermont County.

The most comprehensive web site to go for information about voting is the League of Women Voters of the Cincinnati Area. http://www.lwvcincinnati.org/

At this site you can find very detailed information about candidates and issues and will lead you to detailed information about your poling place and your local issues and candidates.

For the Clermont County Board of Elections: http://www.clermontelections.org/

ATTENTION: POLLING PLACE CHANGES

*IF YOU VOTED AT THE OASIS CONFERENCE CENTER, YOU WILL VOTE AT THE MCCORMICK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LOCATED AT 751 LOVELAND-MIAMIVILLE ROAD.

For Warren County voters you can find your voting location at: http://www.co.warren.oh.us/bdelec/precinct_lookup.cfm or go to the web site of the Warren County Board of Elections at: http://www.co.warren.oh.us/bdelec/index.htm

For a list of Hamilton County election issues, offices, and candidates, click this link:
Download official_hamilton_county.html

For a list of Clermont County election issues, offices, and candidates, click this link: Download cler. election.html

For a list of Warren County election issues, offices, and candidates, click this link: Download warren_county_election.html

LOVELAND, OHIO - DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME, AGAIN

LOVELAND, OHIO - Don't forget to set your clocks BACK one hour this Sunday evening. And it's a good time to replace the batteries in your smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors!

LOVELAND, OHIO – CHILDREN HONORED BY FIRE DEPARTMENT

LOVELAND, OHIO – Kasey, Alex, and Jake Morgan were honored by the Loveland/Symmes Fire Department at Tuesday’s Loveland City Council meeting for their alert action when a fire broke out in their grandmother’s home.

According to Fire Chief Otto Huber, "Twelve year old Jake called 911, and fourteen year old Alex felt the door to see if it was hot, then got everyone out of the house." Alex had his brother and sister cover their mouth and exit the house to go to a neighbor’s. He said, "Twelve year old Kasey just listened to her brothers and got out of the house."

The fire started when food was left on the stove, and was contained to the kitchen, however there was smoke damage throughout the home on Heidelberg Drive.

TRICK OR TREAT HOURS

Trick-or-Treat will take place:

Symmes Township  - 6 to 8 p.m. on Sunday, October 31, 2004

Hamilton Township - Sunday 6 to 8 p.m.

City of Loveland – Sunday night 6 to 7:30 p.m.

Miami Township - Sunday 6 to 8 p.m.

Deerfield Township - Sunday 6 to 8 p.m.

MIAMI TOWNSHIP, OHIO - Lona Kingsbury Named Miami Township Poet Laureate

From left to right, Trustee Joe Uecker, Clerk Eric Ferry, Lona Kingsbury, Trustee Ed Humphrey, Trustee Mary Makley Wolff and Administrator Dave Duckworth.

MIAMI TOWNSHIP, OHIO - Lona Kingsbury has been named the Miami Township Poet Laureate by the township’s Board of Trustees, the first township in Ohio to have such a designee.

A Poet Laureate is an individual who composes poems, who has the ability to express poetic ideas in beautiful language, and has been identified as having the highest degree of excellence in poetry.

A Poet Laureate also suggests authors to read in the literary series and plans other special literary events during the reading season.

MIAMI TOWNSHIP, OHIO - CERT members honored

MIAMI, TOWNSHIP, OHIO - Three members of the Miami Township Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) were honored by the Miami Township Board of Trustees after being activated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to assist in Florida with Hurricane Frances for two weeks.

Lee Hite, Helmut Geiser, and Robert Wilks received proclamations from the Board of Trustees and Clerk/Treasurer Eric Ferry. The Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) underwent 21 hours of training, one night per week for seven weeks. Classes were taught by emergency responders, including firefighters, emergency medical, and law enforcement personnel from Miami Township.

LOVELAND, OHIO – COUNCIL VOTES ONE YEAR TAX ROLL BACK

LOVELAND, OHIO – A 1 mill, roll back of property taxes was passed by a 5–2 vote at Tuesday’s Loveland council meeting. Councilmember Paul Elliott persisted while discussing the unanticipated revenue the City had received from an Estate Tax check from the State of Ohio, and eventually made a motion the majority of Council agreed with. Elliott, Rob Weisgerber, Brad Greenberg, Joe Schickel, and Katie Showler voted yes. Dan Daly and Todd Osborne voted no.

The roll back is for one year only according to the intent expressed at the council table. According to Assistant City Manager Tom Carroll, a person owning a $80,000 home would see an approximate $28.00 reduction, a homeowner with a $100,000 home would see a reduction of $35.00, and a homeowner with a home worth $200,000 would see a $70.00 reduction.

Osborne said, "I don’t think this money needs to be spent this way, it is sitting nicely as it is." Osborne said there are needed projects with no earmarked funds. At a previous meeting, Osborne wanted approximately $40.000 of the money spent on a proposed foot bridge over Bares Run Creek at the East Loveland Nature Center.

Daly said, "I think it is irresponsible to play with these numbers at the council table, given the City is in the middle of the 2005 budget process." He said there may be a "catastrophe" and there are "highly needed" and unfounded projects that need the money. Daly urged a go slow approach until he could see the proposed budget.

The idea of a property tax roll back came up at a previous meeting when City Council first learned about the unexpected money and Mayor Greenberg talked about ways to return the money to Loveland residents. Proposals ranged from a moratorium on garbage bills or water bills, and many on Council did not want the money to sit in a city fund where it could slowly disappear over time and they would someday ask, what ever happened to the estate tax we got in 2004. Weisgerber had previously proposed putting the money into a "Tax Stabilization Fund."

On Tuesday night, Elliott said, "We need to strike while the iron is hot" and he wanted the money to go to property owners as soon as possible.

To reach a compromise, Elliott’s proposed using only $240,000 of the money to lower property taxes, leaving the remainder in the City’s reserve fund. The City has received approximately $420,000 in Estate Tax this year, an increase of several hundred thousand dollars over previous years.

After the motion passed to roll back the taxes, City Manager Fred Enderle asked council how he should now balance the 2005 budget. He asked if council wanted a reduction in operating expenses.

Elliot responded, "Reductions."

Enderle had urged council to follow the recommendations of the Finance Committee that had met the night before and decided against using the money to roll back property taxes. Enderle said Council’s action would create a "gap" in the budget and it would mean layoffs.

Greenberg didn’t agree there was a gap unless the money had already been put into the budget. The discussion ended when Weisgerber moved to reduce the general fund balance by the amount of the roll back instead of reducing operating expenses. This will reduce the City’s reserve fund for next year instead of reducing operating expenses or resulting in layoffs.

LOVELAND, OHIO - FOOTBALL CHANGES NIGHT AND FIELD

LOVELAND, OHIO - The Loveland High School football game against Kings High School will be played on Saturday night at Anderson's all purpose turf field, instead of Friday night at Tiger Stadium. The field at Tiger Stadium is described as "unplayable field conditions."

The game begins at 7:30 with Senior Night activities at 7:00.

I-275 East to Five Mile Rd. (Exit 69). Turn right. Go to Beechmont Ave. and turn right. Turn right on Forest Rd. School is on the left.

LOVELAND, OHIO - TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE TONIGHT

LOVELAND, OHIO - With cooperation from the cloud gods, beginning tonight at 9 P.M. a total lunar eclipse can be viewed.

LOVELAND, OHIO - GHOST HUNTER KACHUBA TO APPEAR ON LOCAL NEWS

LOVELAND, OHIO - The ghost hunter is in the studio! The ghost hunter John Kachuba (former Loveland resident) has written a book about Ohio haunted houses and he'll tell you about some in the Tri-state.

Good Morning Tri-State, Channel 9, WCPO

Thursday, October 28, 5 - 7 A.M.

LOVELAND, OHIO – PATRICIA WARFIELD, "Hero of Long Term Care"

LOVELAND, OHIO - Patricia Warfield, Activity Assistant, Loveland Health Care Center, was selected by the Ohio Health Care Association (OHCA) as its Hero of Long-Term Care for the month of October, 2004. The organization selects one long-term care employee each month to honor for their service to the long-term care facility, its residents and the community.

Warfield will be featured on the Association’s web site at www.ohca.org in October, and will be honored at the Association’s 2005 Convention in Columbus.

According to Kim Weber, ADC, Director of Activities at Loveland, Warfield is passionate about serving the residents in the center. "Pat as a very giving and nurturing sense about her that makes her stand out as a superb employee," said Weber. "She is a strong patient advocate."

Hired as a nursing assistant in 1980, Warfield has been employed by the facility for 24 of the 25 years it has been open. She was promoted to senior nursing assistant where she trained and supervised the facility’s nursing assistants, many of whom are still with the facility. "Pat trained me to be a good nurse aide; that’s why I’m still in the field today," said Georgia Barton, a long-term nurse aide at Loveland. "Pat is a special person with a heart of gold."

In addition to her dedication to the facility, Warfield volunteers for various organizations including the children’s hospital and homeless and abuse shelters. Within the facility, she has worked as a nurse aide, in the medical records, human resources and activities departments.

"Patricia was nominated for her years of dedication to the residents, especially those in the Alzheimer’s unit," said Weber. "She has been very successful in getting Alzheimer’s and dementia residents to participate in activities . . . Pat shows us how to remain cheerful and upbeat through her examples. Pat is more to us than a long-term care hero; she is our hero!"

The Ohio Health Care Association is a non-profit association of nearly 800 nursing facilities, assisted living residences, and facilities for people with mental retardation and developmental disabilities caring for more than 68,000 Ohio residents. It is the largest long-term care association in the state, and the only chartered Ohio affiliate of the American Health Care Association, representing more than 12,000 long-term care facilities nationwide.

Loveland Health Care center celebrated it’s 25th year of caring on October 7th 2004 at the facility located at 501 N. 2nd Street in Loveland. Loveland Health Care Center which is a long term care facility has provided caring services for the past 25 years for those in need of long term & re-habilitation health care needs.

LOVELAND, OHIO - HAUNTED HOUSE FOR CANCER FREE KIDS

!Boo!
4th annual
Haunted house
October 30th
2-4pm
190 Lexington Drive
Claiborne Neighborhood
$2 Each

Money donated to cancerfree kids

LOVELAND, OHIO - CRAFT SALE NOVEMBER 6 TO BENEFIT ATHLETIC PROGRAMS AT LOVELAND HIGH

LOVELAND, OHIO - TOM SAWYER AT MIDDLE SCHOOL NOVEMBER 11 - 13

LOVELAND, OHIO – Boosters Burger Bash and PTSA double up

LOVELAND, OHIO – Eating at the Loveland Wendy’s on Loveland Madeira Road this Thursday night can benefit two community groups at once.

The Loveland Athletic Boosters are holding a pep rally at the burger joint and 10% of the proceeds go to the booster organization. The event proceeds the football game against Kings Friday at Tiger Stadium. Students who wear their Loveland vs. Kings shirt will receive victory beads. (limited supply)

At the same time you can cash in Wendy’s gift certificates being sold at "face value" by the Parents Teachers Students Association (PTSA). The certificates are sold at face value (no out-of-pocket extra expense to you) and the PTSA makes a percentage of that face value. The primary high school PTSA fundraiser is selling gift certificates.

The PTSA asks, "For any of you (or your kids) who are planning on eating at the Loveland Booster Burger Bash at Wendy's on the 28th, please consider buying Wendy's gift certificates from the high school PTSA to use that day! Marygrace Kutylowski will have a new order in on Tuesday and is willing to sell them on Wednesday until they are gone. Please contact her if interested. It's not often we can support 2 groups with one purchase"

E-mail Marygrace Kutylowski at: kutylowski@cinci.rr.com or phone - 697-1543

LOVELAND, OHIO - FORMER LOVELAND RESIDENT SIGNS GHOST BOOK

LOVELAND, OHIO - Meet former Loveland resident John Kachuba, author of GHOSTHUNTING OHIO at Borders Books, Music, Movies, & Cafe at Deerfield Town Center on Thursday, October 28, 2004 at 7pm
Phone: 513.770.0440

Perfect timing before Halloween. Load up the car, bring the kids, tell the neighbors. Come on out to Borders to welcome John back to his ol' neighborhood (sort of) and get your copy of Ghosthunting Ohio signed by the intrepid ghosthunter himself.

LOVELAND, OHIO – CITY MANAGER and Vice-Mayor SQUASH DISCUSSION OF EMINENT DOMAIN AND TAX SUBSIDY TO DAYTON DEVELOPER

LOVELAND, OHIO – Thursday October 21 was the second public discussion of the future of downtown Loveland hosted by the Loveland government. The meetings were precipitated by a Dayton developer’s proposal to seek tax subsidies to build a parking garage and other amenities for their proposed residential and restaurant project in historic downtown Loveland. On the current council plate is a proposal from the City Manager’s office to create a Tax Increment Financing (TIF) district for downtown Loveland specifically tailored for the developer.

When Loveland Magazine Editor, David Miller was given the floor to comment on the use of eminent domain and the tax subsidy, City Manager Fred Enderle rose, interrupted, and angrily shouted that Miller was distorting the facts. After the City Manager refused to sit down and let the meeting continue, Loveland Vice-Mayor, Joe Schickel stood and went to the front of the room announcing he was the "second highest ranking city official" and he was taking over the meeting. But, instead of silencing the City Manager, he refused to allow Miller a chance to continue, and instead, recognized a Symmes Township resident and gave him the floor.

Miller was pointing out that even though the Dayton developer’s plan precipitated the public meetings, during the first meeting, the plan was not embraced or even discussed when participants brainstormed ideas about what they would like to see as the future of the downtown.

This outburst from the City Manager closely follows four recent instances of ill-temper and rudeness directed at Miller. At a recent City Finance Committee meeting, he demanded to receive papers given to Miller at the start of the meeting by City Council Member, Paul Elliott. When Miller tried to comply with Enderle’s request, the City Manager would not allow Miller time to sort out the documents that clearly belonged to Miller and another document that was given to him a few minutes before by another member of the committee. Enderle began shouting, cussed, and grabbed all of the documents from Miller’s hand. Miller left the meeting without any of the ducuments.

The documents Enderle wantd from Miller were documents that Miller had requested the day before from the City Finance Director, Bill Taphorn. It has since been learned that Enderle refused to provide the documents. The documents requested, were the City Manager’s proposed 2005 City Budget, the subject of the meeting.

Shickel’s took over a meeting he was clearly not put in charge of, as a private consulting firm was hired by the City to conduct the meetings. Schickel censored comments at a meeting specifically called to let residents provide input on the future of downtown Loveland.

Paulette Leeper, the Executive Director of the Loveland Area Chamber of Commerce and member of the City Finance Committee, said Enderle's behavior at the Finance Committee meeting was not provoked in any way by Miller. Mayor Brad Greenberg, who was not at the meetings, asked Miller about the most recent outburst by Enderle, and wanted to know if "blows had been thrown." Greenberg said Enderle has a "hard time controlling his temper," but offered no actions to control the City Manager.

Loveland Magazine considered filling criminal charges the next day for the theft of the documents and for Endere’s threatening and aggressive behavior, but instead E-mailed Enderle asking for an explanation and pleading for an end to the animosity. Enderle responded that he would not discuss the matter via E-mail. Miller felt the exchange would however moderate Enderle’s behavior, so did not follow through with filing charges with the local police department.

However, because the aggressive behavior continued at this weeks public meeting, and before an even larger audience, and Greenberg’s lack of comment of putting a stop to it, Miller is again considering discussions with the Police Department and asking for a change of venue out of the Loveland Mayor’s Court.

LOVELAND, OHIO - RESIDENT RAISES MONEY FOR CHILDHOOD CANCER

LOVELAND, OHIO - Loveland resident Ellen Flannery founded Cancer Free Kids after her own child was diagonized with cancer and she discovered a lack of dollars going towards childhood cancer research. Cancer Free Kids raises needed money for reaserch grants and on Thursday evening they held a gala, “Dinner With a Spin” at the Five Seasons Country Club.

Flannery said she hoped to raise $40,000.00 at the dinner where guests bid on silent auction items, played a creative version of Wheel of Fortune, and sat down to eat.

LOVELAND, OHIO - STUDENTS NAMED TO ALL-STATE JAZZ ENEMBLE

LOVELAND, OHIO - Jeff Dillaman and Chris Shumaker, juniors at Loveland High School have been selected as members of the All-State Jazz Ensemble. Juniors Scott Sonnenberg and Kelly Kefauver were selected as "first alternatives." The students will perform at the Ohio Music Educators Association Conference in Cincinnati in February of 2005. These students were required to go through an extensive audition process and will perform for music educators from all across Ohio - Congratulations to Jeff, Chris, Scott, and Kelly.

LOVELAND, OHIO - TWO LOVELAND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS NAMED NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLAR SEMIFINALISTS

LOVELAND, OHIO - Two students from Loveland High School have been named National Merit Semifinalists: Michael Millhaem and Karl Skare. More than 1.3 million juniors in nearly 21,000 U.S. high schools entered the 2005 National Merit Program.

Currently in its 50th year, National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) is a not-for-profit organization that conducts academic competitions for recognition and undergraduate college scholarships. Each year some 55,000 high school students are honored in NMSC programs and more than 10,500 of the most outstanding participants receive scholarships worth a total of $50 million for college undergraduate study.

The National Merit® Scholarship Program is an academic competition for recognition and scholarships that began in 1955. High school students enter the National Merit Program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®)— a test which serves as an initial screen of approximately 1.3 million entrants each year — and by meeting published program entry/participation requirements.

In early September, about 16,000 students, or approximately one-third of the 50,000 highest scorers, will be notified that they have qualified as Semifinalists. To ensure that academically able young people from all parts of the United States are included in this talent pool, Semifinalists are designated on a state representational basis. To be considered for a Merit Scholarship award, Semifinalists must fulfill several
requirements and advance to the Finalist level of the competition. About 90 percent of the Semifinalists are expected to become Finalists, and approximately half of the Finalists will be selected as Merit Scholarship winners.

Congratulations to Millhaem and Skare, and good luck in the next round.

Loveland, Ohio - Tigers Lose Important Conference Match-up With Winton Woods

Loveland, Ohio - by Caren Riggs

The Loveland Tigers played the Winton Woods Warriors last Friday hoping to keep stay alive for a FAVC title. The game was played on a muddy field in cold and windy conditions.

Loveland started the game with good defense holding Winton Woods to a few yards. As Loveland began their first offensive drive, AJ Forsythe threw his first interception. Coupled with a number of penalties, Loveland’s defense again held the Warriors and took over the ball. With about five minutes left to play in the first quarter, Loveland’s Forsythe threw an interception to Winton Woods Vince Brown who returned the ball 26 yards for a touchdown. At the end of the first quarter, Winton Woods led 7-0.

Unfortunately, penalties would continue to plague the Warriors and interceptions would plague the Tigers. On the first play of the second half, Winton Woods’ Joe Ebert punted to Loveland Tiger Chris Grant who returned the punt for the touchdown. This return clearly warmed up the Tiger fans. Brian Wexler missed the extra point and the Warriors led 7-6. Towards the end of the first half, Winton Woods QB Jamal Ferguson tossed a 30 yard pass to Taylor Bradley and Winton Woods led 14-6 with three minutes to play. Loveland was unable to score again before half-time.

Muddy conditions continued to plague the Loveland running game and penalties continued to plague the Winton Woods team. Although Winton Woods had 451 total offensive yards, they were penalized sixteen times which kept them from additional scoring opportunities. During the fourth quarter, Winton Woods again moved the ball to the 15-yard line and Joe Ebert was able to kick a 25-yard field goal. Final score: Winton Woods 17, Loveland 6.

Loveland’s time of possession was better than Winton Woods, but five turnovers were more than Loveland could overcome.

Loveland plays this Friday at Anderson High School. Both teams have identical 4-4 league, and 5-5 overall records.

Loveland, Ohio - Mitchell Farms Haunted Trail

Bring Your Family & Friends
To Mitchell Farms
Haunted Trail

Cleathill Drive
Saturday, October 23rd
7:00 to 9:30 PM
Raising Money For Juvenile Diabetes and United Cerebral Palsy... and supporting
two Of Cleathill's Finest Little Monsters.

Anders Michelson has Juvenile Diabetes
Cameron Louder has Cerebral Palsy

LOVELAND, OHIO - MENS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM FINISHES FIRST IN LEAGUE MEET

LOVELAND, OHIO - The Loveland High School mens cross country team won the Fort Ancient Valley League meet on Saturday October 16 held at Harrison High School. Led by Max Steir who finished with a time of 16:49 (finishing 4th) and Mark Weden who ran the 3.1 mile course in 16:53 (6th). Loveland beat the Mason High School runners by an average of thirty seconds per runner. Chase Rahm finished 8th with a time of 16:59. Loveland had six men in the top twenty five spots.

Loveland’s women runners took second place behind the Mason team. Loveland’s Sarah Leeper, the reigning State Champion finished second behind Mason’s former State Champion, Angela Bizzarri.

Both the men and women teams compete this Saturday, October 23, in the first round of the State Tournament at the Voice of America Park in West Chester.

LOVELAND, OHIO - LOVELAND'S SENIOR SOCCER PLAYERS

Loveland, Ohio - Judge John Kerry on his Record, Not His Rhetoric

Dear Loveland Magazine: by Paul Albrecht

When judging a person’s capacity for holding any leadership position, most importantly the presidency, the old saying "actions speak louder than words" rings true for me. John Kerry would like us to believe he supports a strong defense and is a moderate Democrat concerned with fiscal responsibility, but his record suggests something far different.

On defense, John Kerry opposed the first war on Iraq, fought against the Reagan military buildup that ultimately brought down the Soviet Union, and opposed funding for virtually every major weapon system our military uses today. If the first war in Iraq did not meet Kerry’s "global test" for military action, when Kuwait was invaded, global oil supplies were threatened, and President Bush Sr. had formed a coalition of 35 nations with the full support of the United Nations, what event would?
John Kerry’s Senate career is remarkable only for its lack of any singular accomplishments – only five minor pieces of legislation by Senator Kerry became law in 20 years. He is also trying to run away from his record of consistently voting for bigger government, higher taxes, weaker defense, and liberal social issues that caused the National Journal (nationaljournal.com) to rank John Kerry the "#1 most liberal Senator in 2003." To think that John Kerry now rejects the far-left positions he has fought for his entire career is very naïve.
I urge Loveland citizens to take the time to look past John Kerry’s campaign promises and focus on what he has accomplished and what were his positions at times when it really mattered. Unless you also favor big government and resulting higher taxes for everyone, coupled with a weak defense and waffling military positions, you won’t be impressed.

Paul Albrecht
Loveland, Ohio

LOVELAND, OHIO - An Appeal to Women: Consider Voting Independently

Dear Loveland Magazine: by Jill Gómez

In casual conversation I am discovering that politics is an uncomfortable subject for a multitude of women friends and acquaintances. I can relate. I have never felt secure speaking my mind with anyone whose political beliefs are unknown to me. It is only very recently, in the midst of this election, the "most important of our lifetime", that I have experienced an overwhelming need to come out of my protective shell.

I am surprised to learn that women in this area who voted for George W. Bush in 2000 are wavering. They are not comfortable with the direction our country has taken. They feel shaken by the events in Iraq and by the staggering evidence that war might have been avoided. Soccer moms turned security moms do not necessarily believe that this president is the only man left in the world to lead our country, no matter how much he insists. They have reminded me that some of our country’s greatest leaders, like JFK and FDR, were elected and prevailed during comparable times of instability and fear.

These women are informed. They know, deep down, that we are, in fact, less safe as a result of this war. They know that terrorists are thriving and stronger, in ever-greater numbers in and from a range of countries because of our policies in Iraq. They sense that the United States cannot really go it alone in a global world whose respect and support we have decimated and need to nurture again.

Though many of us women have been fortunate not to have been touched by the 237,000 jobs lost in Ohio since 2000, we know people who have. We know co-workers and husbands who have had the dubious privilege of traveling to India and China to interview candidates for jobs here in Cincinnati.

Women are concerned about the world our children will inherit one day. We are infuriated that decades’ worth of environmental regulations have been rolled back, canceling protection for the air we breathe and the water we drink. Corporations are no longer held to the same restrictions for keeping their environmental actions in check. We feel these wrongs in our core. We are teachers first and foremost—we spend each day pointing out the beauty of the world around us to our kids, and we feel betrayed that our government is not working hard to sustain this beauty for our children and our children’s children.

Some women have become closet questioners. They do not discuss politics with their husbands, or even their parents. They watched the debates with their loved ones, nodded and smiled in the right places as expected, and were privately thinking this: that John Kerry will be the stronger leader, able to pull the country back together. They know we need to be setting the bar higher.

These women are strong and independent, capable and organized, intelligent and intuitive, loving mothers and wives. They value harmony; they work at it without cease in their homes. They try to instill it in their children. They value truth, and know deep down, too, that this administration has not been honest with us. They yearn for a positive change in this country. When I talk to them, they are eager to have an outlet for this inner struggle between voting traditionally as lifelong, loyal republicans—and voting with their hearts and minds this one time around. Voting independently from their families. Dependent only on themselves. Secretly, of course.

We can choose to talk about this election freely with other women we trust. It’s okay to talk about the issues with friends. Real friends know it’s okay to disagree. Rules of etiquette say you should never talk about politics or religion. But, think of the women to whom you are close. Would you consider jettisoning them from your life if you discovered they might feel differently about something than you do? Neither will they. Talking with other women (it’s what we do best, isn’t it?) helps us understand different perspectives as we create a structure for our own beliefs and values.

If we are not talking now, at the brink of this important election, chances are we are not learning as much as we can about the issues themselves. We all know there is only so much to be gleaned from hearing the sound bites on TV and the radio. How the issues relate to real people that you or others know is the telling scale. And there is no substitute for reading. I have become an addict of on-line newspapers, all for free, all exposing both sides of this election in the Op-Ed sections every single day—quick and easy. NYTimes.Com. CincinnatiEnquirer.com. Listen to WNPR (91.7 fm). There are perspectives beyond those in our local papers and on TV news.

Women are nurturers, protectors of the future. We have the power to affect the legacy that we’ll be leaving to the next generations. If we desire with all our being a safer and cleaner world for our children, the respect of this globe’s nations and a more positive, hard-working leader—we will stop taking a back seat in this election, get involved and educate ourselves. There are two weeks left.

Blissfully, the voting booth is a very private place.

Jill Gómez
Loveland, Ohio

IRAQ - AN E-MAIL FROM BLAKE POE

Dear Loveland Magazine,

Here's an update of pictures of a bridge we are building in Iraq.

A picture of the main section of the bridge that was set to pour (54 total yards of concrete), a photo of the finished pour, and a picture of a group of us getting ready to work.

It was a tough pour, but we made it through it okay, and got it all done.

Hope all is well on the home front.

Blake

LOVELAND, OHIO - SORG OPERA TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE

LOVELAND, OHIO - The cast of The Mikado performed and talked about their opera career at the Loveland High School on Thursday.

The Sorg Opera Company will perform Mikado for the public on Monday, October 18, at 7 P.M. on the Loveland High School Auditorium stage. This is a fully staged production with full customs and set. They will bring a twenty-four piece orchestra for accompaniment.

Louis Dall'ava talked to the students about growing up in New Jersey and having Sandra Dee for a baby sitter. He joked that the students probably wouldn't know who Sandra Dee was. Laurelyn Watson said, I get to sing, act, and dance, eight days a week." Watson played Mrya in Rapunzel when the Cincinnati Summer Opera came to Loveland High School earlier this year.

THE MIKADO is a comic operetta, close in style to today’s musical comedies. A favorite with Gilbert and Sullivan fans and perfect for a first time opera(etta) experience. It is a full length musical spoof of power, love and the aristocracy, set in mythical Japan.

The cast includes several performers from New York’s famous, Gilbert and Sullivan Players. The event is sponsored by the Loveland Arts Council. Tickets: Adults - $18, Children (under 18) - $10.00.

For tickets and information: 513-697-0983 or E-mail artscouncil@fuse.net or www.all4art.info

To purchase tickets on-line: http://theatreconnection.com