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Neighbors Who Care
Maybe they delivered a home-cooked meal when you were under the weather, or watched your children while you ran a quick errand, or helped you with yard work. They are Neighbors Who Care, and we think they deserve recognition. Again this year, the Price Hill Press will devote one of our holiday issues to honoring those in the community who have given a bit of themselves to make the lives of others better. No deed is too small (or too large). If you know a Neighbor Who Cares, tell us about them. You can nominate by sending an e-mail to memral@communitypress.com, or by regular mail to Marc Emral, Price Hill Press, 5556 Cheviot Road, Cincinnati, 45247. Include your name, address and phone number, as well as their name.
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King, queen active on the hill By Kurt Backscheider kbackscheider@communitypress.com
With everything Jim and Eileen Schenk do for the neighborhood, there is no question they deserve to be king and queen for a day. The Price Hill couple, who will celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary in January, have been selected to be the king and queen of this year’s Price Hill Thanksgiving Day Parade, which begins at 10 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 26. “It was a pleasant surprise,” Mrs. Schenk said about learning of the honor. “And then my next thought was, ‘I hope it’s not a really cold day.’” She said the annual parade is a great event for the community, and she and her husband fondly remember walking their children up to St. Lawrence Church to watch the parade and then partake in the festivities inside the church afterward. They’ve also participated in the parade a couple of times, riding on floats, she said. Mr. Schenk said although their children are now grown and have children of their own, he and his wife still watch the parade from in
front of St. Lawrence. “Now we just drag our neighbors along,” he said. Mrs. Schenk is a fourth-generation Price Hill resident. In fact, she lived on the same street she does now for a short time right after she was born. The couple have lived in their Enright Avenue home for nearly 36 years, and are the founders of the Enright Ridge Urban Eco-village on their street. The nonprofit group consists of about 40 neighbors who are striving to make their homes energy efficient and lead sustainable lives. The Schenks also established the Imago Earth Center right up the street from their home, have helped start an urban eco-village on McPherson Avenue, and Mrs. Schenk was the original founder of Price Hill Will. Mr. Schenk worked to get the Western Wildlife Corridor started as well. “I like living in the greenest neighborhood in Cincinnati,” he said. Mrs. Schenk their shared passion for social work, their dedication to helping the environment and their love for one another and their children and grandchildren
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Eileen and Jim Schenk, who will celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary in January, have been chosen to be the queen and king of the annual Price Hill Thanksgiving Day Parade. The couple have lived in their home on Enright Avenue for nearly 36 years. are the reasons they have been happily married for close to 40 years. “He’s a really neat guy and he’s almost as intelligent as I am,” she joked. She said they are proud to call Price Hill home because they feel grounded by the strong sense of
community and they are excited about the neighborhood’s future. “I think people will be returning to these older neighborhoods like Price Hill in great numbers,” she said. “I can’t imagine that there’s anything better than living in Price Hill.”
Manna food pantry in need of support
Miracle ball
Got a clue where this is? We didn’t think so. Time to go hunting in the neighborhood to see if you can find it. Send your best guess to pricehillpress@communitypress. com or call 853-6287, along with your name. Deadline to call is noon Friday. If you’re correct, we’ll publish your name in next week’s newspaper along with the correct answer. See last week’s answer on B5.
By Kurt Backscheider kbackscheider@communitypress.com
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Henry Knopf is in a real tough spot. The holidays approach more quickly with each passing day, and Knopf, president of the Manna Outreach food pantry, is struggling to stock enough food to help families in need. “It’s horrible,” he said. “I don’t know what we’re going to do. I have no clue.” He said the slow economy has caused more and more families to rely upon Manna Outreach, which operates its pantry from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Wednesday and noon to 1 p.m. the third and fourth Saturday of every month in an old church on McPherson Avenue in Price Hill. “Our numbers have increased phenomenally in the past year,” he said. “We’ve increased by more than 50 percent.” He said this time last year the pantry was providing food and supplies to about 300 families each month. This year they are serving around 500 families every month. Knopf said he’ll need a combination at least 300 hams, turkeys and large chickens if he wants to
be able to help everyone for Thanksgiving. “I’ll pick up chickens, hams and turkeys from whomever is willing to donate, and I’ll pick them up whenever,” he said. Manna could also use donations of canned vegetables and any type of meat, he said. Every week it seems donated food and supplies come in one door and get served immediately to families out another door. The pantry, which serves families living in the 45204, 45205 and 45238 ZIP codes, also welcomes any monetary donations, Knopf said. He said the $3,800 they collected from a fundraiser in September and the $1,900 the pantry received from the annual Crop Walk in October has already been spent to purchase food. “Money is always welcome,” he said. “As soon as Thanksgiving is over we have to turn around and start getting ready for Christmas.” Knopf said these trying times really test one’s faith, and his is strong. “I just have to keep believing in the future and trust God will provide us,” he said. Anyone who would like to donate can call Knopf at 2189582 for more information.
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