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Miles Altman, owner of King Arthur’s Toys.
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Woodworking 101
Local children with an inclination for working with wood may want to come to Turner Farm Monday, July 27. The organic farm, located in Indian Hill, is offering a woodworking camp for children ages 9 and up. FULL STORY, A4
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A ‘bargain hunter’s paradise’ Antique show is main fundraiser for Indian Hill Boosters By Forrest Sellers
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Whether it is a rare leatherbound book or a scenic painting from a local artist, Tristate treasure hunters will have a variety to choose from at an upcoming fair. The Indian Hill Antiques Fair will be 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, July 26, at Indian Hill Middle School, 6845 Drake Road. “It’s a very friendly show where people can mix and mingle,” said Ray Mongenas, who along with his wife, Kathy, manages the fair. The 27th annual show If you go will have 100 dealers who What: Indian Hill Antiques Fair. come from all When: 10 over, according a.m. to 5 p.m. to Melanie Sunday, July 26. Weiner, a Where: Indian member of the Hill Middle Indian Hill School, 6845 Boosters. Drake Road. The fair is the Boosters’ main fundraiser for the year, said Weiner, who is a resident of Indian Hill. Despite a sluggish economy, Mongenas said it’s one of the best times to buy antiques. “It’s a bargain hunter’s para-
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Melanie Weiner, left, a member of the Indian Hill Boosters, and Ray Mongenas, who is a manager of the Indian Hill Antiques Fair, display some of the antiques which will be available at the fair. The fair will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, July 26, at Indian Hill Middle School, 6845 Drake Road. dise,” he said. Mongenas, who is a Loveland resident, said antiques continue to hold an appeal because of an
ongoing interest in history and genealogy. People can put antiques and art into a cultural context, he said.
Admission to the fair is $8. For information, call 378-5770 or send an e-mail to Mongenas at mongenas@fuse.net.
Schott estate may be ready for sale in fall By Rob Dowdy rdowdy@communitypress.com
Vacant since her death about five years ago, Marge Schott’s estate and former home at 8505 Blome Road is being divided and sold. HPA Development Group, based in Montgomery, is selling the 12,000-square-foot home and dividing the 62-acre property in 5and 10-acre lots to be sold as well. Work continues to get the property ready for sale. While the home – priced at about $3.9 million – has been on the market for about a month, the remaining lots await gas lines and other upgrades before they can be sold. “Our goal is to have all the construction done by the end of summer,” said HPA Development Group co-owner Doug Herald. Herald said he expects the remaining lots to join Schott’s home on the market by fall this year. The home, which has undergone some new landscaping at its entrance and a restored entry, will remain on 10 acres and Herald said there have been no renovations made other than light landscaping and clean-up. With home sellers struggling to
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The Marge Schott estate, currently for sale, sits on 62 acres. While the home and the surrounding 10 acres are being sold for about $3.9 million, the remaining acreage is being divided in 5- and 10-acre plots. make sales, Herald said HPA Development Group, and the Marge and Charles J. Schott Foundation which is helping with the sale of the home, are awaiting an upswing in the housing market.
However, Herald said there have been interested parties touring the home and property. There is no timetable to sell either the Schott home or the divided properties on the site.
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The Indian Hill estate owned by the late Marge Schott is currently on the market for about $3.9 million. Most of the rest of her property will be divided and sold in 5- and 10-acre lots.
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