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Second-graders applaud during during the 40th anniversary celebration of Delshire Elementary School.
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Bayley Pace will be one of the featured sites for the Fine Arts Sampler this weekend. It will have two performances on its clavionovas. – FULL STORY, A2
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Park lodge getting makeover By Heidi Fallon
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The Delhi Township Park Lodge is in the midst of a remodeling project that should be completed next month. Parks and Recreation Director Sandy Monahan originally had planned for $50,000 in work that included new flooring, updated kitchen and bar areas, and a new exterior. Trustees, however, agreed that two restrooms should be included as well, adding another $15,000 to the project. All of the funds will come from the township’s tax increment financing fund. “Trustees decided that restrooms needed to be remodeled and should be part of the
“We … are doing the best we can to make the lodge last as long as possible.”
Jerry Luebbers Delhi township trustee
remodeling,” Monahan said. It’s the second major make-over for the lodge that Trustee Jerry Luebbers remembers. He said when he first became a trustee in 1970, the then park board was just finishing a remodeling project. Estimating the lodge at “well over 50 years old,” Luebbers said some of the kitchen
and bar equipment also date back to the late 1950s. He said it would take $2 milltion to 3 million to replace the lodge. “We just can’t go there financially and are doing the best we can to make the lodge last as long as possible,” Luebbers said. “Anything we can do to improve our parks, I’m all for.” Monahan said much of the work is being done by township employees to save money. She said events that had been scheduled for the lodge will be moved to the senior/community center or park office during construction. “By adding the bathrooms, we probably won’t be completed until the second week in March,” she said.
Delhi library manager retiring By Heidi Fallon hfallon@communitypress.com
Winning team
The Western Hills High School girls’ basketball team is closing in on the program’s first winning season since 1998. – FULL STORY, A8
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Catching up on her reading tops the list of Susan Hamrick’s retirement plans. Hamrick is retiring as manager of the Delhi Township branch library after 30 years with the system. She came to Delhi Township in 1989 after getting her start with the old book mobiles. “I really enjoyed that,” Hamrick said. “Not only was it a good way to reach patrons, but it was a great way for me to the learn the city.” The Cleveland native now lives in Price Hill. Mary Beth Brestel grew up a lot closer to the Delhi Township library she now will be managing. Brestel, a Western Hills High School graduate, lives in Westwood. She comes to her new assignment from the Walnut Hills branch library and has been with the library system full-time since 1974. “I started working part-time when I was in high school,” Brestel said. “I needed a summer job and I came to love it.” Both Hamrick and Brestel started out to be teachers before switching to library science. “I don’t know why I didn’t
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Susan Hamrick, right, gives Mary Beth Brestel a tour of the Delhi Township branch library where Brestel will be the new manager. Hamrick is retiring after 30 years with the library system. know sooner that being a librarian was what I wanted to do,” Brestel said. “I love to read and I spent all my free time in the library at school.” Brestel said she plans to rely on the library staff to help her develop new programs and maintain the ones Hamrick initiated.
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Saying goodbye Susan Hamrick is retiring as manager of the Delhi Township branch of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County after 30 years with the system. The library staff is planning a reception in her honor from 3 p.m.-6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25, at the library, 5095 Foley Road.
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Hamrick, who leaves Feb. 26, said she will miss the library patrons and their tips on mustreads. “I really will miss the people,” she said. “This community really appreciates their library and I think we do a darn good job in proving programs and materials.”
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Winter fun
After clearing the driveway of his Stillwater Drive home, Curtis Langlitz, 12, decided a snow fort was in order. The Delhi Middle School student said he was enjoying his days off school and was hoping for many more.
What to do with the trash? Delhi Township trustees are seeking residents’ input on the township’s current recycling program. Specifically, Schroeder township officials are looking for input on the recycling bin locations, currently at Delhi Township Park and the senior/community center. There have been concerns that debris overflows the bins making it unsightly for neighbors.
Township Administrator Gary Schroeder said recycling efforts have been so successful, “it is outgrowing the current capacity.” Residents are encouraged to provide comments regarding current and suggested drop-off locations and alternatives to address the capacity issue, such as expanding curbside pick up. Comments can be made either in person at the trustee meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24, or emailed to Schroeder at gschroeder@delhi.oh.us. Comments received will be considered prior to an anticipated decision at the March 10 trustee meeting. For additional information call Schroeder at 922-3111.
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