Delhi Press 06/19/19

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DELHI PRESS

Your Community Press newspaper serving Delhi Township and other West Cincinnati neighborhoods

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 2019 ❚ BECAUSE COMMUNITY MATTERS ❚ PART OF THE USA TODAY NETWORK

Iconic Hudepohl smokestack will face wrecking ball soon Soon-to-be demolished smokestack is an icon of Cincinnati German beer history Chris Mayhew Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

The old Hudepohl Brewing Co. smokestack in Queensgate has been part of the Cincinnati skyline for more than 150 years. ENQUIRER FILE

Randy Tucker Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

The iconic Hudepohl smokestack won’t come down at the end of the week as originally planned because the wrecking company hired to take down the structure has been forced to reschedule, according to The Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Au-

thority. The Port said Tuesday, June 11, that a wrecking crew was scheduled to begin knocking down the signature smokestack, which has been part of the Cincinnati skyline for more than 150 years, early Friday morning. A new demolition date has not been scheduled. The pending smokestack demolition

will occur about two years after asbestos cleanup and other remediation began at the site. Some city leaders had proposed saving the smokestack. A feasibility study determined the smokestack would be too costly and diffi cult to salvage. There are no plans for development at the site.

The soon-to-be-demolished smokestack of the former Hudepohl brewery in Queensgate has been a visible towering reference point to Cincinnati’s brewing legacy. Parts of the brewery have been saved ahead of the looming demolition. Brewery buildings at the 801 W. Sixth Street site date back to 1860 according to Hamilton County property records. Hudepohl was founded by Louis Hudepohl, an American born to German immigrant parents. The brick smokestack with white bricks spelling out Hudepohl is one of the oldest surviving links to Cincinnati’s German brewing past. The Port Authority of Cincinnati, owner of the property, plans to demolish the smokestack. A front entrance piece of carved limestone with the Hudepohl name is one of several parts of the brewery saved by tour operator Brewing HeriSee HISTORY, Page 2A

‘I wouldn’t do anything diff erent.’ Retiree who gave away pot to the sick sentenced Sharon Coolidge Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Paul Koren got caught with a basement full of marijuana, which he used occasionally himself, but mostly gave away to sick and dying people who needed it for their pain. At age 70, the Miami Township man didn’t see himself as a drug dealer. But when a trio of men broke into his house mistakenly thinking there would be guns and money, they got caught. And so did Koren. He was facing prison June 12 on drug charges, but Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Patrick Dinkelacker spared him time behind bars and or-

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dered two years of probation after Koren pleaded guilty to a charge of traffi cking in marijuana. Koren is to get mental health treatment – which he called unfair – and stay away from his previous life as the grandpa with a grow farm in the basement. The Enquirer chronicled the unusual case in April. After the home invasion robbery, drug offi cers found 36 marijuana plants weighing 45 pounds and one and a half ounces of psychedelic mushrooms in Koren’s basement. Koren, a retired engineer, says he doesn’t know how the mushrooms got there, but friends help him with his operation and he suspects that’s where they came from.

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Koren was mostly silent during sentencing, but in a conversation with The Enquirer after court, stuck by his stance that marijuana should be legal and it’s meant to help people. “I wouldn’t do anything diff erent because it shouldn’t be the law,” Koren said. “It’s illegal because of bigotry toward Mexicans.” Since the heyday of Koren’s operation, Ohio legalized medical marijuana. But Koren poo-pooed state control of the drug. “The current law sets up monopolies, costing twice the street value, plus 20 percent tax,” Koren sad. “I was just trying to help people.”

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Paul Koren, 70, a retired engineer, see here in Mitchel Memorial Forest, was sentenced to two years probation. KAREEM ELGAZZAR/THE ENQUIRER

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