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Volume 75 Number 10 © 2010 The Community Press ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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The deadline for all letters or guest column submissions concerning the May 4 primary is noon Wednesday, April 21. The limit for letters is 200 words; for guest columns, 500 words. Guest columns must include a color head shot. E-mail letters and columns to easternhills@community press.com, or mail to Eastern Hills Journal, 394 Ward Corner Road, Suite 170, Loveland, OH 45140. E-mail is preferred. We will post all letters and columns that we can confirm at Cincinnati.com, and print as many as space allows in the Eastern Hills Journal.
Tea time
Hyde Park residents Janet Huston and Leah Yagodich have teamed up once again. In addition to running the Spirit Shop at Kilgour School, they are co-chairwomen of a Mother Daughter Tea, which will be one of the events at the Cincinnati Flower Show. The show, sponsored by the Cincinnati Horticultural Society, will be April 17-25 at Symmes Township Park. The Mother Daughter Tea is 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 25. FULL STORY, A2
Just a sewer
There’s no new construction at Columbia Square in Columbia-Tusculum. The backhoe surrounded by a chain-link fence on the property is for a sewer line installation. Steven Jones, supervising engineer in the construction division of the sewer district, said the work is part of an existing project along Kellogg Avenue that ends on the Columbia Square property. FULL STORY, A3
Signal denied
The Ohio Department of Transportation has initially denied a request for a left turn signal at a busy Mariemont intersection. The village asked ODOT to install a left turn signal and turn lane at the intersection of Wooster Pike and Pocahontas Avenue, near the library and high school. FULL STORY, A4
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One-way decision unpopular Oakley residents unhappy with change to Allston Street By Forrest Sellers
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Despite opposition, Oakley Community Council members last week voted in favor of the city’s plan to make Allston Street a oneway road. “The decision to make Allston a one-way street was not made overnight,” said Peter Draugelis, president of the board. Many of the residents, though, said they were not aware of the change until Draugelis recently. The Allston change is part of a streetscape plan that has been under discussion for more than a year. City representatives, who Garrard attended the community council meeting, said the road change is based on safety concerns, and the drivers can use alternate routes. Martha Kelly, a principal engineer for the city, said 26 percent of the accidents at one of the primary Madison Road intersections involve cars traveling from Allston. City representatives said the road changes will help alleviate some of the traffic issues. Residents, though, said the change will make the problem worse. A petition was submitted to the Oakley Community Council with 270 signatures of people who are opposed to the plan. “I feel it’s going to take safety
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Oakley residents Bob Gallo, left, and Garnet Snyder were among those who attended an Oakley Community Council meeting to express their opposition to making Allston Street a one-way road. issues from Madison (Road), and transfer them to the numbered streets,” said Tim Langmeyer, a resident of 33th Street. Bob Reeder, a resident of 34th Street, agreed. “We’re shifting traffic from Madison onto streets that weren’t designed for it,” he said. Another primary point of contention was residents said they did not feel they had a voice in the city’s decision.
City representatives said they polled three property owners at Allston. “I’m frustrated the Oakley Community Council did not listen to my concerns and they went to the businesses when planning this (streetscape),” said Minot Avenue resident Kelly Hornback. Board Vice President Terry Garrard was the only council member who voted in opposition to the Allston change.
“I wanted to hear what the city came back with regarding ingress and egress alternatives before taking a final vote,” he said. However, although a number of council members said they could understand the residents’ frustrations, they said a change at this point would be difficult. “It is too late in the process,” said council member Dan Bennie. “We are too far down the road to make Allston one-way.”
Mt. Lookout golf fundraiser a big hit By Lisa Wakeland lwakeland@communitypress.com
Since its inaugural year, the Mt. Lookout Golf Scramble has become a big hit with the community. “It’s been a huge success from the attendance perspective .. and almost doubled in size,” said John Brannock, president of the Mt. Lookout Community Council. “It’s a spring activity that a lot of people enjoy and is a pretty good fundraiser.” The third annual golf scramble will be Saturday, May 15, at the California Golf Course. The event raises money for the Mt. Lookout Scholarship fund, which provides a $500 scholarship to a student pursuing postsecondary education. In past years, Brannock said the Community Council also selected a few charities to share the profits, but this year with budget cuts from the city of Cincinnati and unforeseen weath-
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The Mt. Lookout Community Council is hosting its third annual golf outing Saturday, May 15, at California Golf Course. er events some of the money will go back to the Community Council. “We spent the majority of the landscape budget removing snow on sidewalks in the square,” he
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said. After 18 holes on the course, golfers can enjoy a cookout, beverages and prizes. Brannock said there will be awards for the top three finishers,
• What: Mt. Lookout Community Golf Scramble • When: 1:30 p.m. Saturday, May 15 • Where: California Golf Course, 5924 Kellogg Ave. • Entry fee is $75 and includes 18 holes, cart, post-round cookout, beverages and door prizes. • To sign up, visit www.mtlookout.org and click on the golf scramble photo. Print out the registration form and mail, with payment, to Mount Lookout Community Council, P.O. Box 8444, Cincinnati, Ohio 45208. Online registration is also available on the Web site. • Registration deadline is Monday, May 10. • For details or questions, send an e-mail to golf@mtlookout.org or call 723-5599. a raffle and prizes for the golfer with the longest drive and closest to the pin. Cost to register is $75 and anyone can participate.
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