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Road work tallies $1M
Delhi Skirt Game Committee and the second Kids, Cops and Firefighters shopping spree.
Volume 83 Number 52 © 2010 The Community Press ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
By Heidi Fallon
Lights, camera …
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Here are two places you can drive by and view Christmas lights: • 6784 Taylor Road in Bridgetown • 783 Ivyhill Drive
Growing pains
Oak Hills High School basketball coach Mark Price knew this year was going to be a challenge. The Highlanders lack experience and are off to a slow start. – FULL STORY, A4
Benefit concert
Alumni of the Cincinnati Young People’s Theatre will gather for the second annual Reunion Benefit Concert on Sunday, Dec. 26, at the Covedale Center for the Performing Arts, to celebrate 30 years of the organization. Since 1982, the theater group has mounted more than 50 productions between its summer program, holiday productions and co-productions with other theater troupes. More than 2,000 actors, dancers, stage managers, technical staff and musicians proudly call themselves CYPT alumni. Many have gone on to great careers on Broadway, in national tours, at regional theaters across the country, on original cast recordings, on television and in film. The benefit concert will bring back talent from all the eras of the program to perform a selection of showstoppers and CYPT favorites. All proceeds of the evening benefit CYPT. The pre-show happy hour runs from 5:30-7 p.m.; the performance runs 7-9 p.m.; and the after hours cast party is 9 p.m. to midnight. Tickets for the concert are $15. Add-on tickets for the happy hour are $10 and include two drink tickets and light appetizers in the theater. Call the box office at 241-6550 for ticket information. For the Postmaster
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Snow riding
Nolan Anderson, 4, his cousin Hannah Anderson, 10, and her father Barry Anderson all of Delhi Township enjoy the snow by sledding Dec. 16.
It cost almost $1 million to tackle two miles of road repairs in Delhi Township in 2010. Ron Ripperger, township public works director, calculated that of the $959,783 in road repair projects, his department’s budget paid for $92,223 of the total bill. A state grant contributed $223,885 and the township’s tax increment financing fund share was $585,985. Along with the w Sai dl e ktwo miles of repairs – roadway 6 , 6 0 0 square repairs, the feet in all township – during year contracted for the c o s t 19,250 feet of $57,688. Ripperger curb Property will repay the replacement. owners township either directly or via property tax bill assessments. Ripperger said along with the two miles of roadway repairs, the township contracted for 19,250 feet of curb replacement. The 10 streets completed during the year’s road project included Palisades, Solarama, Riverama, Rawhide and Lariat drives. Ripperger has applied for continued state funding for 2011 for the Placid Meadows subdivision The township also is looking at applying for federal funding for possible 2012 projects. For more on your community, visit www.Cincinnati.com/delhitownship.
OLV students solve Santa mystery By Heidi Fallon hfallon@communitypress.com
It’s established that Santa spends Christmas Eve flying around the globe delivering toys. But curious minds wonder what the Jolly Elf does after returning to the North Pole. Lori Meyer’s Our Lady of Victory School kindergarten class pondered that very question and here are their answers. “He goes to bed because he’s really tired of going all around the world,” said Anna Horgan, 5. “He sleeps for a couple of days.” Not so, said Connor Hess, 5. “He goes to Memphis,” Hess said after much thought. “Santa likes to go there for cheeseburgers. “He stays there 17 days.” Not so, said Emma Busch, 5. “After Christmas, Santa takes a cruise,” she said. “He likes to go to the beach and dress up and celebrate.” Johnathan Dean, 5, said Santa hops off the sleigh and heads
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right back to work. “He goes back to making toys, but he does have food Mrs. Claus makes for him like broccoli and chicken and carrots,” Dean said. “He likes to sit in a big chair and watch the elves make toys.” Dean added that he’s hoping to have as much luck with Santa’s visit as he did with a recent nocturnal stop by the Tooth Fairy. “I lost my first tooth and I got $5.” Like Hess and Busch, Connor Roberts said Santa packs his bags and heads on vacation after parking the sleigh. “He goes on vacation to the
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beach and plays in the sand with Rudolph,” the 5-year-old said. “He lives (in) California a lot and likes to eat wings and watch movies.” Riley Brigger, 5, also thinks Santa isn’t ready to sit around the frigid north.
“He goes to Disneyland with the elves and Mrs. Claus and Rudolph,” she said. “He really likes the Haunted Mansion ride and he walks a lot to lose weight from all the milk and cookies.” For more on your community, visit www.Cincinnati.com/delhitownship.