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A4 • SUBURBAN LIFE • NOVEMBER 30, 2011
Indian Hill honors our veterans The village of Indian Hill Veterans Committee conducted its first Veterans Day observance Nov. 11. The observance was conducted at the village’s new veterans memorial, at the northeast corner of Shawnee Run Road and Drake Road. The event included patriotic music from Indian Hill High School, featured speaker and former Air Force pilot Art Leonard and was moderated by Charles Stix, veterans committee member and WWII veteran. Leonard discussed some of his time spent flying a B-52 plane in the Air Force, and Stix offered a brief history of Veterans Day as well as his time spent in the armed services. Photos by Rob Dowdy/ The Community Press
Charles Stix, WWII veteran, served as program moderator for the Veterans Day observance in Indian Hill.
Art Leonard served as featured speaker during the village's Veterans Day observance.
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Indian Hill High School students played patriotic music throughout the program, which was conducted at the village's new veterans memorial.
David Hawley, Presbyterian minister at Indian Hill Church, gave a brief invocation during the Veterans Day observance.
Horticultural Society unveils 2012 plans In response to enthusiastic community acceptance of new educational programs and special events introduced this year, the Cincinnati Horticultural Society said it plans to replicate and expand on these activities in 2012 in place of the traditional Cincinnati Flower Show. According to Frank Welsh, CHS board chair, two factors contributed to the decision. “The community’s positive response to our new 2011 programming, combined with an economic climate that continues to make it difficult to secure elaborate event sponsorships, led to the board’s decision to replicate our 2011 activities in the coming year, with a focus on making them even more exciting,” Welsh said. Welsh said that CHS intends to build on such popular new events as the spring gardening fair held this year at the Delhi Garden Center in Liberty Township, the summer secret garden tours of some of Greater Cincinnati’s most stunning private gardens, and a fall flower and farm fest. The group also intends to expand on its popular Fresh Air School, a summer educational program for children held at the historic Meade House in Symmes Township. The Holiday version of the Fresh Air School is currently taking place at the Meade House. The Society
has plans to develop Meade House and its grounds as a horticultural center for the community in the future. Other perennial Flower Show favorites, such as the Dramatic Table Settings exhibit, morphed this year into a “Guess Who Is Coming to Dinner” celebrity-inspired event that helped raise both funding and awareness for CHS programs. “This promises to be even more elaborate and creative in 2012,” Welsh said, “and will be joined by other popular events such as Spring Fling and Ladies Day.” “Ultimately, CHS is committed to bringing back the Cincinnati Flower Show in all its known glory,” Welsh said. “but assuring that this can be done in a way that merits Cincinnati’s designation as the ‘King of All Flower Shows’ requires a healthier economy than we currently are experiencing.” Welsh noted, however, that CHS is “working on some truly exciting” plans for a future show. The preliminary calendar of 2012 CHS-sponsored events includes: » Ladies Day – Tuesday, May 1, at the Kenwood Country Club » Secret Garden Tour – Saturday, June 16 » "Guess Who Is Coming to Dinner” – Week of Sept. 24 » Gardener Recognition Awards Presentation – October