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Land donations
It had nothing to do with the holiday season, but the village has received its favorite kind of gifts this year – land. During a recent Indian Hill Village Council meeting, Councilman Keith Rabenold noted that Indian Hill residents have donated approximately 20 acres of land in 2009. “Twenty acres is a very good year for us. We’re all excited about that,” he said. SEE STORY, A2
Chinese grant
Indian Hill Public Schools Foundation has received a grant from the Dorothy Koch Family Foundation to fund curriculum materials for the high school’s newly formed Chinese Language Department. With financial support from the Koch Foundation, program administrators, led by head teacher Peggy Liu Lovro, researched and purchased more than 150 text and resource books for classroom use and a Chinese library, visual aids and computer software. “As China emerges as a world power, it is important for our students to become familiar with its language and culture,” said Lisa Koch Greene, spokeswoman and representative of the Dorothy Koch Family Foundation. SEE STORY, A4
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Indian Hill Tea Party growing Members believe in fiscal responsibility, limited government
By Rob Dowdy rdowdy@communitypress.com
They’ve been holding protests and gathering momentum in recent months, and now they’ve made their way to the village. The Indian Hill Tea Party was organized during the s u m m e r, Need more? and now To learn more boasts a about the Indian Hill roster of Tea Party, or the more than Cincinnati Tea Party, 80 mem- go to www.cincinnati bers. teaparty.com. J a c k Painter, a member of the group, said the local Tea Party organized out of concern of where the country is heading and the decisions being made by the federal government. The group is part of the larger Cincinnati Tea Party, which formed in February. Painter said the group is nonpartisan, and believes in fiscal responsibility and limited government. “The idea is to have a peaceful protest,” he said. “We welcome public debate on these issues.” The group continues to build steam, with new members showing up to monthly meetings en masse. One of those new members at the most recent meeting was
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Members of the Indian Hill Tea Party attended a summer rally at Voice of America Park in West Chester. The local Tea Party continues to gain new members at each monthly meeting. Kevin Conner, a local business owner. He said he attended the meeting because he’s “fed up” with the federal government’s spending
and lack of transparency. “We need to try to do something,” Conner said. Conner said he sees the local tea party as an opportunity to
send a message to Washington, D.C., in hopes politicians there will listen. “Some voice is better than no voice,” he said.
School’s Robotics Club gets in gear By Forrest Sellers fsellers@communitypress.com
Cincinnati Country Day School students – with help from a robot named Ollie – took home several awards in a recent competition. The school’s Robotics Club participated in the First Lego League regional competition. The students advanced to the state competition, which will be in February. “It’s a real hands-on way to advance science, technology and math,” said Robert Baker, a coach for the club and director of technology at Cincinnati Country Day School. The students built a robot made from Legos which was then programmed to follow a prearranged course while accomplishing a variety of tasks. Teams in the competition gained points for the successful completion of tasks, which ranged from collecting rings to knocking down obstructions. This year’s theme was transportation. The Cincinnati Country Day School Robotics Club has members in grades 5-8.
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A close-up of the robot the Cincinnati Country Day School Robotics Club designed for the First Lego League competition. Students in the club named the robot Ollie. FORREST SELLERS/STAFF
Cincinnati Country Day School Robotics Club members Ben Paff, left, Marissa Beyette and Grant Swinton participated in a recent First Lego League competition. The course they are looking at is the same one their robot followed in the competition. The theme of the competition was transportation. “It’s a fun way to interact with a lot of people,” said eighth-grader Brian McSwiggen of Blue Ash about the competition. Seventh-grader and Milford resident Elizabeth Grace, who is
the club’s building leader, said she has learned the value of teamwork. “It’s easier to get through a program (working) together,” she said.
Robotics Club
The following students are members of the Cincinnati Country Day School Robotics Club: Anna Beyette, Marissa Beyette, Elizabeth Grace, Ben Paff, Victoria Paff, Brian McSwiggen, Elizabeth Miller and Grant Swinton. The coaches are Robert Baker, Fred Beyette and George Swinton.
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