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OH teachers plan big reunion
By Kurt Backscheider
kbackscheider@communitypress.com
Lynn Hericks said high school classmates get together for reunions after graduation, so why shouldn’t teachers? “It would be fun to take a walk down memory lane and catch up with former staff members,” said Hericks, an Oak Hills High School business teacher and the district’s community education coordinator. Sharing memories with former colleagues is exactly what she plans to do. Hericks and Tim Taylor, a social studies teacher at the high school, are planning a reunion for everyone who ever worked at Oak Hills High School. The event coincides with the high school’s 50th anniversary this year, and is dubbed the Oak Hills High School 50th Anniversary Educator Reunion Celebration. “This is kind of our last hurrah for our 50th anniversary year,” Taylor said. “The event is for every person who ever taught, for every person who was an administrator and every staff person who worked in this school building in any capacity.” He said the reunion is a way to show appreciation for the work everyone associated with the high school has put forth during the past five decades. Hericks said it’s also a way for members of the Oak Hills teaching family to reconnect with people they haven’t seen in a while. She said the teachers and staff have touched the lives of one
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To help celebrate the 50th anniversary of Oak Hills High School, Lynn Hericks, left, an Oak Hills business teacher and coordinator of the district’s community education program, and Tim Taylor, a social studies teacher, are organizing a reunion for all teachers and staff who have ever worked at the high school.
Reunion info Lynn Hericks said the Oak Hills High School 50th Anniversary Educator Reunion Celebration is not only for current staff members and retirees. It’s open to anyone who worked at the high school for any length of time. The reunion is 6:30-9:30 p.m. Sunday, June 6, at Receptions banquet center on Westbourne Drive in Green Township. The cost is $12 per person, which another as much as they’ve touched the lives of students. Barb Northcutt, a retired Oak Hills physical education teacher
Driehaus faces primary challenger By Kurt Backscheider kbackscheider@communitypress.com
Before U.S. Rep. Steve Driehaus (D-1st District) can set his sights on facing Steve Chabot in November he’ll first have to overcome a challenge from within his own party. Mount Auburn resident Eric Wilson is challenging Driehaus in the May 4 primary. Wilson did not respond to an email requesting an interview. Wilson has run for office before. He ran as a write-in congressional candidate in the 2008 general election and received 85 votes. Driehaus won the 2008 election with 151,913 votes. Wilson also ran in the 2005 Cincinnati City Council election, finishing 19th. In the 2003 city council election he finished 24th. Driehaus, of West Price Hill,
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said the state of Ohio has a great election system, and he welcomes Wilson into the primary. “Anyone who gets 50 signatures on a Driehaus petition, and is a registered voter, can get on the primary ballot,” he said. “That’s the way it should be. We shouldn’t have any impediments to running for Congress.” Driehaus said he deserves to be the Democratic candidate in November, however, because he’s worked hard to help pass legislation to get the country back on the right track. He said he’s voted for projects to create jobs, supported health care reform after making sure federal funding would not be spent
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includes appetizers, desserts, beer, wine, coffee, tea, soft drinks and two tickets for mixed drinks. For more information or to make a reservation call 467-7109 or send an email to taylor_t@oakhills.hccanet.org. Those who want to make a reservation by mail can send a check payable to “OHHS Staff Reunion” to Oak Hills High School, c/o Tim Taylor, 3200 Ebenezer Road, Cincinnati, OH 45248. who is helping organize the event, said she looks forward to reuniting with her friends. “A lot of the staff meant a great
on abortions and has stood firm against his party to control spending. “I think I’ve gone to Washington and I’ve done what I said I was going to do,” he said. “I have certainly done my best to represent all the constituents of the 1st District.” Driehaus said he’s worked to secure funding to save 1,000 jobs at General Electric, secured funding to help renovate the Brent Spence Bridge and funding to get the Banks project along Cincinnati’s river front off the ground. He said he also helped Chiquita negotiate a contract with European unions. “Things are moving, in large part because of what we’ve been able to accomplish in Washington,” he said. “I’m proud to represent Cincinnati and Southwest Ohio, and I will continue to be a strong advocate for us.”
deal to each other,” she said. Taylor encourages all current and former staff members to stop by, even if they can’t stay for the entire three-hour event. “We want everybody to be there,” he said. “This is finally a time to raise a toast to one another for a job well done. Come share memories, celebrate our accomplishments and recognize our contributions,” said Taylor. He said to the best of his knowledge an Oak Hills educator reunion has never been done in the past 50 years. “It’s time for us to do it,” Taylor said.
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