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Public housing tenants must relocate during COVID-19 Cameron Knight Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

chael Hay dismissed the student late last year in a two-sentence letter, which was shared with The Enquirer.

Citing discussions with school staff and families, they wrote that St. Aloysius was “not a good fi t for your family” and wasn’t “adequately meeting the emotional and academic needs” of the fi fth grader.

Lopez-Santini’s daughter had earned straight A’s, according to a report card shared with The Enquirer.

The family was also told to stop attending church, according to Lopez-Santini. A spokesperson for the archdiocese said all are welcome to worship and no restrictions on church attendance exist.

Lopez-Santini said something unrelated to her daughter’s conduct or needs spurred her dismissal.

She and the girl’s grandmother, Beth Mehran, separately said they were told by Hay that other parents were uncomfortable with their “family’s situation.”

Lopez-Santini referenced the remark in a letter to the archdiocese in November, which was later shared with The Enquirer.

Confusion ensued. Lopez-Santini said she asked Hay for an opportunity to respond to the criticisms, which were unknown to her, but was told she couldn’t. The archdiocese did not grant her request for intervention.

Residents at a West Price Hill public housing apartment building are outraged because they are being forced to relocate in the midst of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

People on the top fl oors of the Pinecrest report they have received notices that they must vacate their apartments by May 23 to accommodate planned renovations, according to the Greater Cincinnati Homeless Coalition.

The Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority said it a statement that moves have already been pushed back.

“CMHA was allowed to begin the relocation of residents on March 26, 2020. However, in response the COVID-19 epidemic, CMHA has voluntarily decided to delay relocations until May 15th, 2020, and will closely monitor the situation as we move closer towards the moving date,” the agency said.

Notices were sent to residents on the eighth and ninth fl oors on April 9.

Residents who met with the press April 28 want everything delayed until at least June 1.

CMHA says only some residents on those fl oors will move before that date.

Due to the pandemic, the housing authority said it will stagger the moves between May 15 until June 30.

Construction on those top fl oors is slated to begin July 1, a month later than was initially scheduled, the agency said.

“CMHA is causing a lot of confusion,” said Willis Nibert, Pinecrest resident council treasurer.

Beyond the dates, Nibert said the agency has fumbled the process.

He said residents who agreed to permanently leave the Pinecrest were supposed to get 90-day notices, but at least some of those renters received 30-day notices with everyone else.

CMHA said the 90-day and 30-day notices will be issued accordingly.

Other residents say everyone was told they’d be shown three diff erent units as options for relocation, but that hasn’t happened.

Nilbert added that other residents have been told to move into units that are already occupied by others.

Judy Catledge said she’s lived in a two-bedroom unit at the Pinecrest for seven years, and she’s being told to move to a one-bedroom unit in Walnut

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Lupe Lopez-Santini embraces her 11-year-old daughter, who was forced to leave St. Aloysius Gonzaga, a Catholic school in Green Township under questionable circumstances, Lopez-Santini says.

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Mom: Catholic school system banished 5th grader

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he day she learned she couldn’t return to school, a former Cincinnati Catholic student called her best friend. ❚ The fi fth grader started crying on the line, trying in vain to grasp why this was happening. ❚ The girl’s departure from St. Aloysius Gonzaga School in Green Township came in November, when school offi cials ban-

ished her. The family believes the decision had nothing to do with the 11-year-old girl but served instead to punish her parents.

In the months that followed, Guadalupe “Lupe” Lopez-Santini tried to re-enroll her daughter in four other schools within the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.

None accepted the student, who earned an A+ in each academic class this school year at St. Aloysius.

She believes St. Aloysius offi cials maligned her family to block her daughter from continuing her Catholic education elsewhere. She documented her communication with the schools, sharing dozens of pages of emails, letters and notes with The Enquirer.

“We are being blacklisted,” she said.

She grew up Catholic, and her daughter, whom she didn’t wish to be named for this story, enjoyed her religious classes when she was able to attend them.

Her daughter, who for the past six months has been home-schooled by her grandmother, told The Enquirer that she enjoyed spending time with her school friends and yearns for the academic guidance of teachers.

But now the girl isn’t so sure she even wants to return to a similar school.

“I want to be in a Catholic school because of my faith,” she said, “but I’m just almost afraid of a situation like this happening again.”

‘Not a good fi t for your family’ St. Aloysius Principal Sandra Staud and Rev. Mi-

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So she was left to replay interactions from the past, trying to understand the rationale. She recalled how, as treasurer for the parent-teacher organization, she once sought fi nancial records for a fundraising event. She reviewed emails she sent in September about a confl ict between her daughter and another student.

She wondered if it had to do with her marital status.

She and her daughter’s father are divorced. But “there are other families that are divorced at St. Aloysius,” she said. “I happen to be the only Hispanic from Mexico.”

Lopez-Santini became a U.S. citizen in 2007 after immigrating from her native Mexico.

In a statement emailed to The Enquirer, archdiocese spokesperson Jennifer Schack wrote: “There is a vibrant and rapidly growing community of Hispanic Catholics throughout the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, who are treasured and respected members of the Church, as are all the faithful, regardless of their race or state of life. All people without exception are called by God to lives of holiness in His Church, and so all people are welcome in the parishes and schools of the Archdiocese.”

Staud did not respond to requests for comment. After The Enquirer sought an interview with Staud, Schack responded and said she handles all media inquiries for the archdiocese.

After initially declining to discuss the student or factors leading to her expulsion from the school, Schack later sent the following statement: “The Archdiocese of Cincinnati and its affi liated schools do not comment on private school matters concerning their students. However, when adult members of the community publicly act in an aggressive, threatening, and physically intimidating manner towards school and parish leaders, repeatedly, as was the case here, the Archdiocese takes such conduct seriously.

And schools, like St. Aloysius here, will take action.”

In the subsequent months after her daughter was banned, Lopez-Santini tried in vain to fi nd a welcoming Catholic school in which to re-enroll her daughter.

In February, she received what she viewed as confi rmation that her daughter had done nothing wrong and was being punished unfairly.

That month, St. Antoninus, another Catholic school within the archdiocese, rejected her daughter.

“Due to a number of negative references from vari-

ous parishes and schools, we are unable to accept your registration,” wrote Rev. Ronald Haft and Principal Shelly Kahny, in a letter shared with The Enquirer. “This fi nal decision is not a result of (your daughter’s) academic record, rather from multiple negative references and experiences with the adults connected to (her).”

The family believes St. Aloysius offi cials had cast aspersions on their name, resulting in the letter.

When the girl’s stepdad sent an email earlier this month to the principal of St. Catharine of Siena, he receive an unexpected response from Staud, the St. Aloysius principal. She replied to his email but addressed it to “Jerry,” indicating that the St. Catharine principal, Jerry Metz, had forwarded the family’s original inquiry to Staud, who then inadvertently sent her response to the family.

“This is the family that has caused so many issues for me,” Staud wrote, according to the email shared with The Enquirer. “... Beware that’s all I can say. You do what you want, but be careful.”

St. Catharine offi cials did not allow the girl to enroll.

Metz, when reached by phone, said he had no comment.

Schack did not directly answer some of the questions posed by The Enquirer, including one about whether Catholic schoolchildren could be punished for their parents’ actions.

Schack said that in general, many reasons can result in a student becoming “unenrolled.” She pointed to a section of the St. Aloysius handbook about “parent cooperation as a condition of enrollment.”

“The education of a student is a partnership between the parents and the school,” the handbook states. And school administrators can withdraw a student if the “partnership is irretrievably broken.”

Lopez-Santini persisted, despite a growing feeling that the Catholic school system was working against her. She attended an open house at Our Lady of Lourdes and then tried to schedule a visit for her daughter.

In response, a school offi cial wrote in January that “unfortunately at this time our class is fi lled” and that due to a “lack of space, our upcoming testing schedule and construction,” her daughter couldn’t visit the school, according to an email shared with The Enquirer.

The offi cial off ered to call the family if a spot opened.

Three months later, Lopez-Santini hadn’t heard back.

Back in November, the family thought they’d found the right school. An Our Lady of Victory offi cial told Lopez-Santini the school had an opening in fi fth grade, so she fi lled out a form with St. Aloysius requesting her daughter’s records be transferred there.

The same day, Our Lady of Victory Principal Amy Borgman wrote that the offi cial had been wrong about the opening. “She looks at numbers in the room,” Borgman wrote of the offi cial. “However looking at the class lists and case loads of our current fi fth grade, we are currently not able to accept any new students.”

The family tried in January to secure a seat for the fall, but received a similar response from Borgman: “We are not accepting any new students into this grade level.”

But Mehran, the girl’s grandmother, sent an email under a fake name to the school about enrolling a fi fthgrade child in the sixth grade in the fall, to which Borgman replied with instructions for registering.

“It is a wonderful place and I know you will be very happy!” Borgman wrote, according to the email shared with The Enquirer.

No such email with fall registration instructions was sent to Lopez-Santini, she said.

Her daughter said she had a diffi cult time explaining to classmates the reason behind her departure from St. Aloysius. “All my friends were asking why I had left. I said I just left because I didn’t like it, it wasn’t a good fi t for me,” the girl said. “They were like, can’t you just come back? And I was like, they won’t let me come back.”

Despite it all, she remains steadfast in her faith.

“But it’s just almost hard to practice my faith,” she said, “because I can’t go to a Catholic school.”

The girl is registered to continue in her home schooling program in the fall.

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Cincinnati won’t ask a pro sports team to pay back stadium money after all Sharon Coolidge Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

With the city’s budget ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic, a Cincinnati city councilman had an idea: ask a local Major League Soccer to give back money the city had given to help build infrastructure for a new soccer stadium, That idea died Tuesday, April 28, with council members voting 6-2 in a committee not to ask FC Cincinnati to pay back all or part of the $33 million the city had contributed.

The team owners are building the stadium itself, but the city gave money for roads, parking garages and utilities, among other things.

Cincinnati City Councilman Cincinnati City Councilman Chris Seelbach had argued the city had already asked social service agencies that feed the hungry and house the homeless to give back city money because of the city’s budget crunch.

But the majority of council said no, off ering a variety of reasons.

Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld thought the city should make a list and ask for refunds from everyone who’s gotten money.

Councilman David Mann said the team wasn’t obligated to give them money, unlike the social service agencies whose contract with the city called from them to return money if the city asked.

Jeff Pastor said it’s not fair “to beat up” on the team.

The idea didn’t make it out of Council’s Budget and Finance Committee.

For it: Seelbach and Councilman Wendell Young, who noted, “It can’t hurt to ask.”

Against it: Sittenfeld, Mann, Pastor and Council Members Greg Landsman, Betsy Sundermann and Jan-Michele Lemon Kearney.

Vice Mayor Christopher Smitherman recused himself due to a confl ict: His brother works on the project.

Councilman Chris Seelbach put forward a motion requesting that the team return at least some of the nearly $33

Construction continued last month on the FC Cincinnati stadium in West End. SAM GREENE AND ALBERT CESARE/THE ENQUIRER

million city taxpayers gave the team.

Even if it passed the team wouldn’t have been obligated to pay any money back. Seelbach put forward the motion earlier in April after council voted to take back money given to social service agencies, if the agencies hadn’t spent it yet.

So far, some of those agencies, have given back almost a million dollars, city offi cials said.

The city is facing the worst budget crisis in its history due to the coronavirus pandemic, which has devastated earnings taxes. There is a projected $9 million defi cit this fi scal year. And next fi scal year, which begins July 1, that number climbs to $90 million, recent reports show.

FC Cincinnati’s majority owner is Carl Lindner III, co-chief executive offi cer of American Financial Group and one of Cincinnati’s wealthiest businessmen.

The pandemic has been a blow to major league sports, including Major League Soccer. FC Cincinnati played just two road games this season before the league suspended play March 12.

A team spokeswoman previously told The Enquirer the city gave the money for a specifi c use – roadway improvements, utility infrastructure, site preparation, and a parking garage – and that’s what it was used for.

The new West End Stadium, which is under construction and set to open in March of 2021, is fi nanced with private

dollars.

Chris Bigham, assistant city manager and city budget director, told Seelbach in an emal the city has not dispersed any money to the team yet.

In his plea to council, Seelbach said, “In the end, this is a resolution, merely asking FC to do the right thing. We can’t force them, just like we didn’t force our social service agencies to help. But here’s the great news. I know how much they care about Cincinnati, so I’m confi dent they will do the right thing and help us in this time of need.”

As it became clear a majority of council wouldn’t support the idea Seelbach added, “It’s very sad times all my colleagues have very low expectations of billionaires.”

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Free-meds pharmacies fi ll jump in need for prescriptions Terry DeMio Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Two Cincinnati area nonprofi ts that provide free medication are seeing their enrollments swell as the novel coronavirus pandemic restricts personal income through the region.

Faith Community Pharmacy in Florence and St. Vincent de Paul Charitable Pharmacy in the West End are treating this side eff ect of the pandemic for people with chronic diseases.

“We are having people come to us who have been laid off or furloughed and have lost insurance, people who have had pay cuts or hours reduced and can no longer aff ord deductibles or co-pays, people who were getting by on doctor’s samples but are now fi nding that those are no longer available – and a plethora of other reasons,” said Faith Community Pharmacy executive director Aaron Broomall.

The pharmacy usually serves around 600 clients. Since mid-March, it has acquired more than 120 new clients, records show. Since the beginning of March, the pharmacy fi lled nearly 3,500 prescriptions with a retail value of over $600,000 for 520 Northern Kentucky individuals who could not otherwise aff ord their medications, records show.

St. Vincent de Paul Charitable Pharmacy director Mike Espel has seen the growing need in Southwest Ohio. “In March, we fi lled 6,921 prescriptions, and this was an all-time monthly high that surpassed the previous high by 800 prescriptions,” he said.

The pharmacy averages about 30 new patients per month, he said. “In March, we had 86, and the majority of those were in the last two weeks.”

Rebecca Caldwell of Covington is one of the new Faith Community clients, for now. Her insurance dropped coverage for her prescription medications a few weeks before the novel coronavirus changed the way healthcare was provided. By the time she sought answers, she couldn’t get them.

“The doors are shut. You can’t get a hold of anybody when you call,” Caldwell said. Born with a disability, she’s on a fi xed income with Social Security Disability Insurance. She suff ers from several chronic illnesses, including diabetes and high blood pressure.

Her monthly prescriptions can top $2,000, and in February, she started paying for them out-of-pocket. But she found she couldn’t aff ord insulin, so eventually she skipped the purchase.

“By the time she found us, she had gone without insulin for a month and had already had an ambulance ride and ER visit,” Broomall said. “We were able to get her a two-month supply of insulin within a day or two of her reaching out with a promise that we will continue to meet her needs until she can get her insurance issues resolved.”

About 6 in 10 adults in the United States suff er from a chronic disease, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Many depend on prescription medications to live normally, or even to survive.

A failure to adhere to taking medica-

Intake specialist Samantha Fox, of Green Township, looks for medicine April 27 at Faith Community Pharmacy in Florence, Ky. The pharmacy usually serves around 600 clients. Since mid-March, it has acquired more than 120 new clients, records show. Since the beginning of March, the pharmacy fi lled nearly 3,500 prescriptions with a retail value of over $600,000 for 520 Northern Kentucky individuals who could not otherwise afford their medications, records show.

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Neither agency knows how the pandemic will affect funding. Both are accepting donations.

Rebecca Caldwell, of Covington, Ky., stands for a portrait,, at her home in Covington. She received medicine from Faith Community Pharmacy. Born with a disability, she's on a fi xed income with Supplemental Security Income and receives Medicaid health insurance.

tion is a problem in the United States, with about half of those with chronic illness stopping their medication within a year of its prescription, the CDC reports.

Patients cite aff ordability as one of the reasons they stop.

Faith Community Pharmacy serves 14 counties in Kentucky that are in part of the Covington Diocese. St. Vincent de Paul Charitable Pharmacy in the Cincinnati area helps people in Hamilton, Butler, Warren and Clermont counties.

St. Vincent de Paul pharmacy’s fi scalyear budget is about $900,000. The agency is funded through grants, private

donations, a fundraising event each year, and funding through Hamilton County. The clinical pharmacy program tracks progress and generates positive health outcomes in our underserved patients, Espel said. Among the outcomes are reduced hospitalizations and ER visits, improved diabetes control and improved adherence.

Faith Community’s budget for 2020 is a little over $500,000, Broomall said. The agency is funded through private donations, grants, fundraising events and funds from Boone, Kenton, Campbell and Carroll County fi scal courts

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Hills.

CMHA said only residents permanently moving from the building could get off ers for multiple units and relocation units are off ered based on family size.

The agency also reported that one notice was issued with incorrect information, but that has since been corrected.

“At no time has Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority broken any promises to Pinecrest residents,” the statement from the agency said. “If we made a mistake, we corrected it immediately.”

Offi cials say residents should contact them if they have concerns.

“CMHA realizes that we are dealing with real people and we take every concern seriously,” offi cials said. “If a resident has concerns or questions regarding the unit off er(s) being provided, the resident can contact the Relocation Team.”

The agency said the process is highly regulated at the federal level and that they are following those federal rules.

“They don’t know what they’re doing,” resident John Clements said. “We shouldn’t have to deal with this... It’s wrong. Something needs to be done.”

Willis Nibert, Pinecrest resident council treasurer, speak to the press Tuesday, April 28 about concerns the residents have about relocating for renovation during the COVID-19 pandemic. CAMERON KNIGHT/THE ENQUIRER

Clements said the whole situation is a “total disaster.”

Another resident, Kim Pitts, has also received her 30-day notice. She said the options for new accommodations given to her by CMHA are in high crime areas with many shootings. She said she’s so scared of the buildings in Avondale and near Downtown she may choose home-

lessness over relocation.

The nine-fl oor Pinecrest building on West Eighth Street is owned by the Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority. It has 190 units.

Renters at the building pay 30 percent of their adjusted gross income for their units, and utilities are included, according to the housing authority’s

Both agencies have concerns about how their upcoming fundraising events will do, considering the hit so many agencies are taking because of the pandemic, but both directors say their organizations are committed to helping people who are struggling with income shortages through the pandemic.

Caldwell’s pharmacist told her about Faith Community Pharmacy. At fi rst, she was hesitant to reach out. “I blew it off . It seemed too good to be true,” she said. But after a few weeks of worry about money and compounded health problems, Caldwell asked her doctor for a referral to the free pharmacy, and she got it.

Her nephew recently drove her to the Florence site and pulled up next to the building. They saw a sign instructing clients to text and leave a name for service.

She did.

The worker came out wearing gloves and a mask. “I showed him my ID – it was no-touch – and they give you a paper bag with everything inside,” Caldwell said.

“It just was a feeling of relief. Stability.

Comfort.”

website.

The renovations occurring at the building are part of the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program that the housing authority is implementing.

The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development has selected some agencies across the country, like CMHA, to convert properties to a form of Section 8 housing. CMHA will maintain ownership but can enter into longterm contracts with private entities to inject private funding into the system for improvements.

According to the federal agency, there is an estimated $35 billion backlog of public housing updates and repair needed across the country. This program was designed to address that.

Residents displaced by renovation are guaranteed the chance to return to their old unit if they wish. The federal program states that RAD properties can never be converted to market-value housing.

There are about 30 seniors living at the Pinecrest, according to Nilbert.

He said residents want more communication, corrected relocation notices and a delay to any moves until after June 1.

“We want stuff in writing,” he said.

Editor’s note: Information included refl ects this article’s original publication date – April 29. Visit Cincinnati.com for possible updates.

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Lives remembered: Cincinnati philanthropist and ‘life of the party’ Adele Schiff dies at 92 Madeline Mitchell Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Adele Roehr Schiff was a small woman in stature at 5 feet 2 inches tall, and her son Jim Schiff says she may have shrunk a great deal in the last few years of her life.

But her life-of-the-party spirit and big heart more than made up for it.

Jim, 61, a professor at the University of Cincinnati, loved to sit down with his mother at her home for a drink. These last eight or so years, he said, Adele had caretakers at the house to help her get around.

Whenever mother and son would sit down for a drink, Adele would ask her caretaker if they might like a drink, too.

The caretaker would say no, of course, “‘I’m not allowed,’” Jim remembers.

Five minutes later, Adele would ask again: “‘Are you sure you don’t want to have a drink and just sit down with us?’

“It was almost instinctive for her to, anybody around her, she needed to make them feel comfortable and included,” Jim said.

Adele Schiff died Wednesday, April 22, after spending her 92 years living in the city of Cincinnati. She grew up in Clifton, then moved to Pleasant Ridge with her late husband, Robert Schiff . In the 1960s the then family of four moved into their Indian Hill home where Adele

Adele Schiff died at 92.

stayed until the very end.

Adele and Robert Schiff , who died in January 2010, together created the Robert C. & Adele R. Schiff Family Foundation to benefi t Cincinnati education and health care eff orts.

The Schiff s are long-time supporters of the Community Learning Center Institute, the Academy of World Languages in Evanston, Oyler Community Learning Center in Lower Price Hill, Seven Hills School in Madisonville, the University of Cincinnati and Children’s Hospital, among other institutions. The Robert & Adele Schiff Early Learning Center II in Lower Price Hill opened in November 2014.

“They really loved Cincinnati. I mean, it was their favorite place in the world,” Jim said of his parents.

Adele’s oldest son, Bob, describes his mother as a loving, caring woman with “just very much a joy for life, all the time.”

Bob Schiff , 64, a pediatrician, remembers bringing nearly a dozen of his fraternity brothers home for a night during his senior year at Vanderbilt University. The boys used his father’s U.S. Bank Arena box seats to see Led Zeppelin and then crashed at the Schiff ’s Indian Hill home.

“Mom just was so excited and so happy to host all my friends,” Bob laughed.

“Even though they’re sleeping on couches and on the fl oor, and the like.

And I remember one of my fraternity brothers, just – she whips up a pot of spaghetti for us, and just kept serving and serving – and he looked over and says, ‘Damn it, Bob, how the hell are you not weighing 250 pounds?’ ” Adele grew up during the Great Depression and didn’t have much as a child; just her siblings and cousins, who lived down the block. The youngest of three children, her sons agree that Adele remained very close with her siblings over the years – hosting family gatherings and talking on the phone multiple times a day.

The Roehr family was lively, fun, talkative and enjoyed a good party, Adele’s

sons say. They laughed an awful lot.

Both sons remember large Sunday evening gatherings their mother would host for the entire extended family, 20 or so people over at a time.

In her later years, Adele enjoyed spoiling her grandchildren. Jim’s son, Walker Schiff , told his father that “being her grandchild was a pretty sweet gig.”

Walker used to go over for sleepovers, Jim said. Adele would write Walker letters, and give him whatever spare change she had in her purse when she saw him.

Even as an older woman, Adele never lost her joyful spirit or sense of humor, Jim and Bob agree.

In the days following her death, Jim said he rarely thought of the pandemic and its eff ects on the world around him.

Consuming his mind, instead, have been memories of his mother.

“This very small woman has eclipsed all that for me, because, you know, of her bigness of heart,” he said.

The family is organizing a private burial in her honor and hope to host a larger celebration in September, around the time Adele would have turned 93 years old.

The Geo. H. Rohde & Son Funeral Home website states that in lieu of fl owers, the family would be grateful if you would consider a donation to the charity of your choice in these challenging times.

COVID-19 moves Cincy’s fi rst Homearama to October Randy Tucker Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Cincinnati’s fi rst Homearama has been rescheduled for October because of the COVID-19 pandemic, organizers recently announced.

The annual showcase of luxury homes now is scheduled to be held Oct. 10-25 at the Walworth Junction residential development in the city’s East End. The show, which had been set to take

place in July, will be the fi rst held inside the city limits in Homearama’s 57-year history, according to the Home Builders Association of Greater Cincinnati.

It will feature eight homes priced from $1.2 million to $1.6 million built along the Ohio River on the site of a former railroad hub, just north of the intersection of Riverside Drive and Delta Avenue.

All the homes will have rooftop patios with views of the river.

Six of the eight show homes have already been sold.

The show will be open from 4-9 p.m.

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Tickets prices are $19 at the gate or can be purchased online cincyhomearama.com.

Discount tickets are available at area Kroger stores for $17 and a special twoday ticket will be available for $29 at the gate only. Children 12 and under are free.

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Make a personal container herb garden as a Mother’s Day gift Rita’s Kitchen Rita Heikenfeld Guest columnist

This Mother’s Day will have special meaning for me, and maybe for you, too. It’s all about wanting to connect while still honoring guidelines for sheltering in place.

And herbs play a role here.

Early in the day we’ll take my mother’s favorite peppermint and plant it, as we do every year, at the cemetery between her and my dad’s graves. A loving and poignant reminder of her giving me sprigs of the plant so many years ago.

So here’s a fun project. How about making personal container herb gardens for those special moms? She can keep them in a container or plant them in the ground.

Varieties are endless. Does she love tea? A healing tea herb garden is for her. An adventurous cook? How about a salsa Tex Mex garden? Hot and spicy oregano, cilantro and peppermint come to mind. A Thai herb garden? Try Thai mint, Thai basil and Vietnamese cilantro.

You can see where I’m going here. And don’t forget about spa herbs – lovely fragrant herbs for a relaxing bath.

I’m sharing a few herbal combos here as a guide. Edible fl owers can be added, along with companion veggies. Be creative! Now, for growing tips, check out my abouteating.com site.

Healing tea herbs Not only does tea hydrate, herbal teas have healing properties. A tablespoon of fresh to a cup of boiling water, or a teaspoon of dried, steeped for 3-5 minutes, then strained, will off er a delicious tea. Sweeten to taste and add lemon if you like. You can always just add a sprig to regular brewed teas, too.

Mint: Invigorating, good for digestion. Many varieties.

Chamomile and Lavender: Trouble sleeping? Both make lovely, calming teas.

Fennel: This licorice fl avored tea warms and soothes.

Thyme and sage: Together these are good for upper respiratory health.

Stevia: A super sugar substitute. Non caloric and diabetic safe. A little goes a long way.

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herbs.

Eucalyptus: A few leaves in a hot bath open up sinuses.

Lemon balm: A favorite in soaps, this has a clean, lemon aroma.

Lavender: A popular aromatherapy plant. So calming.

Mint: Invigorating and makes a skin-loving sugar scrub.

Simple kitchen herb garden Here’s a few essential herbs.

Basil: You can’t go wrong with Sweet or Genovese basil for pestos and everyday cooking. For smaller containers, Globe or Minet grow in a rounded shape, 12” overall.

Parsley: So pretty and useful. Italian or curly – you choose.

Chives: Both onion and garlic chives are cut and come again several times.

Rosemary: The piney fl avor is a favorite. There are upright and smaller, trailing varieties.

Oregano: Golden oregano is nice for containers as it’s smaller and more mild than its Greek cousin.

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Thyme: French is the gold standard; lemon thyme is hugely popular, too, with leaves that stay more tender than French.

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Alex Bowman and his crew celebrate in victory lane after winning the Auto Club 400 in Fontana, California, in the Hendrick Motorsports No. 88 Cincinnati Inc. Chevrolet Camaro ZL1. PHOTOS BY KIRBY LEE/USA TODAY SPORTS

From Harrison to victory lane for Cincinnati Inc. Jason Hoffman Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

When Alex Bowman scored his fi rst victory of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California, he drove Cincinnati to victory as well because his title sponsor for the race, Cincinnati Incorporated (CI), was all over his No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro ZLI. That prestige for CI came less than a year after the Harrison, Ohio, based company fi rst met with Hendrick Motorsports representatives at a trade show in Detroit. It was also only the second time CI was on the No. 88 as its title sponsor.

“We had been looking to set up a showroom in the southeast because we had been looking to partner with a college or company in that region,” said Matt Garbarino, director of marketing communications for Cincinnati Inc. “The fi rst (title sponsor race) was Dover in October of 2019 (Bowman fi nished third). He had a good fi nish for that and we were just ecstatic over our fi rst opportunity to have Cincinnati Inc. fea-

Driver Alex Bowman and his Cincinnati Incorporated crew take a selfi e photo in victory lane after winning the Auto Club 400 race.

tured on that car and with a strong fi nish.”

What began as a mutually benefi cial relationship in the machine tool/3-D printing industry quickly transformed

into exposure on a national scale. Hendrick Motorsports is one of the most visible teams in NASCAR, boasting seventime champion Jimmie Johnson (No. 48), most-popular driver Chase Elliott

(No. 9), and William Byron (No. 24) alongside Bowman in its table.

The win at Auto Club Speedway was the second for Bowman in the Cup Series in addition to being the second time CI was on board his Camaro as the title sponsor.

“That was only our second primarysponsored race,” Garbarino said. “When Fontana happened, the entire company and everyone related to us was watching that race and (saw that it) turned into a win. What are the odds that in only our second time on the car as a primary, (we came) out with a win? It was unbelievable. It’s indescribable. After that win, everybody is texting and (sending) emails and everything because of that win and (seeing) our company spotlighted with that win. To this day, the benefi ts and the exposure we’ve gotten with that win have been unbelievable.”

But like almost every other sport in the United States, NASCAR has been shut down since mid-March in an eff ort to stem the spread of the novel coronaSee CI, Page 2B

Byron and Joe: How Xavier’s radio broadcaster became best friends Adam Baum Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

For all its uncertainty, maybe sometimes life does have a plan.

Joe Sunderman and Byron Larkin never set out to become radio broadcasters.

But they took a chance on an unexpected opportunity, stumbled upon a second career they cherish calling Xavier University’s men’s basketball games, and discovered a priceless friendship along the way.

“It was sort of an opportunity that dropped out of the sky for me,” said Sunderman, who graduated from La

Salle High School in 1974 and played basketball for the Musketeers from 1974-79.

After his sophomore season at Xavier, Sunderman injured his knee and required surgery.

“I got the cast from the thigh down to the toes, the whole thing,” Sunderman said. “Missed my junior year because of it.”

Sitting and watching practice one day, Sunderman was approached by Bill Meredith, a local sports anchor at WCIN. “He said, ‘You know Elder is playing La Salle at La Salle this coming Friday and I’d like you to come broadcast with

me,’ ” Sunderman said. “My fi rst reaction was I’m not really looking to do that. I wasn’t so sure about it. And he said, ‘Well, I’d really like you to do it, Joe, and I’ll see you there on Friday. Be there at 6:30.’”

Sunderman remembered sitting at a table on the stage behind La Salle’s bench.

His instructions from Meredith were simple: “I’ll do most of the talking and what I’ll do is I’ll tap on the table when I want you to talk and when it’s time for you to be quiet I’ll tap again,” Sunderman said.

See FRIENDS, Page 2B

Xavier University's radio crew, Byron Larkin and Joe Sunderman photographed on campus in 2015 in Cincinnati, Ohio. GARY LANDERS / XAVIER NATION MAGAZINE

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OHSAA moves state cross country location Shelby Dermer Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

The Ohio High School Athletic Association recently announced in a press release that its state cross country championships will be moving to Fortress Obetz, a 50-acre multi-purpose sports complex with a 6,500-seat grandstand on the southeast side of Columbus.

Fortress Obetz opened in 2017 on the former site of the Columbus Motor Speedway, which closed in 2016. The racing that will now take place there in early November represents one of the largest high school cross country events in the nation, with an attendance of over 11,000 fans.

“We can’t wait for our student-athletes and Ohio’s entire cross country community to experience the state championships at Fortress Obetz,” Executive Director Jerry Snodgrass said.

“This facility is so impressive, from the course layout for the competitors to being more spectator friendly for the fans and we are thrilled to sign a fi ve-year agreement."

Fortress Obetz was built to host sporting events, concerns, festivals and more. It was home of the Ohio Machine, a professional lacrosse team, from 2017 to 2019.

The facility has fi ve video boards, concessions, restrooms and a big parking lot. The grandstand includes 1,100 fl ip-down seats, 2,000 bench-back seats and 3,400 bleacher seats.

“The Village of Obetz is extremely proud and excited to partner with the OHSAA,” National Director of Athletic Operations and Facilities Promotion Steve Adams said. "We feel our Memorial Park and the Fortress is perfectly suited for the OHSAA cross country state tournament. We have created a safe and

Friends Continued from Page 1B

“That’s how I got my fi rst taste of it. I went in certainly with apprehension but I knew 10 minutes into it I was enjoying myself.”

That’s how Sunderman, now a 30year veteran of the basketball airwaves, started his broadcasting career.

Over the next few years, Meredith invited Sunderman back to help call a few more high school games, and in 1980-81, Sunderman landed the color commentator job calling Xavier’s basketball games alongside Bill Sorrell.

It’s a post he’s held ever since while also working full-time as a sales rep.

After a couple of years on the call, Sunderman, who’s also shared XU’s broadcast booth over the years with Red Pitcher, Dale McMillen and Andy MacWilliams, remembers when he fi rst heard Larkin’s name.

“I can tell you I was driving my car on Boudinot Avenue right at the intersection of Montana and on the radio came on: ’Sophomore guard from Moeller High School scores 20-something points,’” said Sunderman. “(Byron) had been called up to varsity. I remember thinking, ‘Man, he should be pretty good, would be great if he played at Xavier someday.”

While he was rewriting the record books at Xavier from 1984-88, Larkin and Sunderman’s relationship was not much more than hello and goodbye.

“I just knew Joe was this big ole tall dude who used to play at Xavier and was a really nice man,” Larkin said.

Eighty-six wins and a school-record

Summit Country Day’s runners and coaches celebrate their 2nd place trophy at the 2018 Boys Division III Cross Championships in 2018 at National Trail Raceway Center in Hebron, Ohio. SCOTT LEDER/FOR THE ENQUIRER

challenging course for the runners and kept the spectator experience in mind, as well."

The OHSAA state cross country championships were held at Scioto

Downs, located just south of Columbus, from 1985 to 2010.

National Trail Raceway in Hebron hosted the state championships from 2011 to 2018.

“It’s kind of an unexpected thing that I’ve gotten one of my best friends out of this. I like being around good people and Joe is the best person I’ve ever met.”

Bryon Larkin

2,696 points later, Larkin headed overseas and played professionally for six years before returning home to Cincinnati after the birth of his oldest daughter and the progression of his fi nancial planning business.

Soon enough, Larkin got a call from Joe Fredrick at 700WLW, asking if he would be interested in calling Xavier games.

“I said, ’No way,’” Larkin laughed. “I didn’t want to do it.”

But, he thought about it. Then slept on it. And the next day he called Fredrick back and told him he was open to it.

An audition followed.

A TV was set up inside Schmidt Fieldhouse with a tape recorder. Larkin entered to fi nd Sunderman already seated and an empty chair next to him.

“This was the fi rst time I had really sat down and talked to Joe,” said Larkin.

They watched a taped Xavier basketball game and called 30 minutes of it together.

Joe did the play-by-play and Byron did the color commentary. It’s been that way ever since.

Their partnership started offi cially with the 1998-99 season. The fi rst game was a road trip to Butler.

They drove together west on Interstate 74 to Hinkle Fieldhouse, unaware that this was the start of a 22-year ad-

venture that would inevitably evolve into a close friendship.

Larkin remembered that fi rst game was chaotic, but also fun. Their longtime producer and engineer, Dave ‘Yid’ Armbruster, who’s still with them today at most games, got them set up and connected in time to call a 73-66 win over the Bulldogs.

Larkin was confi dent. He knew basketball and he knew he could talk about it, and Sunderman provided a positive presence next to him.

“Joe’s advice to me – he was just so super positive and encouraging,” said Larkin. “He was like, ‘B, you’re gonna do great, just be yourself and if I’m not giving you enough time to talk, just hit me.’”

“I immediately fell in love with it because I’m doing it for the school I love and I’m doing it with one of the nicest people I’ve ever met,” said Larkin.

It also meant being a part of a team again.

“I think the attraction was I was part of a team again because when you’re done playing you miss that piece … and the other thing is having a teammate – Joe is my teammate and he makes everything better,” said Larkin. “I still wake up in the morning the day of a game after 22 years of doing this and my fi rst thought when I open my arms is, ‘Yes, we have a game.’”

46th annual Panegyri Greek Festival canceled, to resume in June 2021 Madeline Mitchell Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

The 46th Annual Panegyri Greek Festival, scheduled for June 26-28, has been canceled, offi cials said.

Ever since 1975, the Holy Trinity-St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Finneytown has hosted the beloved Cincinnati festival in a lively celebration of Greek food and dance. The Panegyri Greek Festival was voted No. 1 Church Festival by CityBeat readers for eight years straight, according to the website.

Parish leadership decided to cancel this year’s Panegyri Greek Festival due to concerns surrounding the new coronavirus pandemic.

“Our No. 1 priority is the safety of our

The Panegyri Greek Festival features all things Greek culture including food, drink, dance and dress. Officials say the festival will resume in June 2021.

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patrons and volunteers,” the release states.

Offi cials say the festival will resume in June 2021.

"We would like to thank National Trail Raceway for hosting the state championships for the last nine years and doing an outstanding job as our host," Snodgrass said.

Sometimes the path presents unexpected opportunities. For Sunderman and Larkin, the dream wasn’t broadcasting.

But in the end, they took a chance and they ended up together.

“I got a great friend out of this whole thing,” said Sunderman, who pointed out the fact that had he not injured his knee this may have never happened.

Byron and Joe have a lot in common.

They’re both from Cincinnati, both from big families, both played at Xavier by way of the Greater Catholic League South, and both are abundantly kind.

“Joe’s so easy to like and easy to love,” said Larkin. “We go on vacations together, we go to our kids’ weddings. I know their grandkids and he’s gonna know mine as soon as mine gets here.

“It’s kind of an unexpected thing that I’ve gotten one of my best friends out of this. I like being around good people and Joe is the best person I’ve ever met.”

Sunderman paused for a long moment when asked what it means to him that this gave him one of his best friends.

“Well, it means a lot,” said Joe. “I don’t know how to express it … it’s a special gift that’s been given to both of us. If you know Byron, you love Byron.”

The good news for Xavier fans is Larkin and Sunderman aren’t ready for this ride to end anytime soon.

“I look at him sometimes like, ‘Joe, how long you want to do this?’” said Larkin. “And he’ll say, ‘I don’t know, B. How long you want to do this?’

“Until they take the mic out of my dead hands, that is how long I want to do this, and Joe says, ’That sounds like a plan to me.’”

CI Continued from Page 1B

virus pandemic. So, CI decided to convert its production to help those most in need from fi rst responders to law enforcement and medical personnel working to combat the pandemic.

“Like a lot of companies, part of our core values is what we can do to give back to the community. One of the things we were exploring is where the needs are,” Garbarino said. “... Even though we’re based in the Cincinnati community, we have probably 1/3 of our company spread throughout the country through our sales and service teams, so they’re able to aid in that as well..”

CI has sent items across the country, including hospitals and law enforcement agencies in Chicago, Boston, Charlotte, the Midwest region and elsewhere.

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Residents were thrilled to be showered with so much love – 300 cars full of family, friends and dogs.

The residents of Bayley enjoyed a parade of family and friends on a beautiful day.

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Bayley hosts parade for residents and their families On Earth Day, April 22, Bayley held a parade for families of residents to see their loved ones in person for the fi rst time since visiting restrictions began.

It was a beautiful day, and residents were thrilled to be showered with so much love – 300 cars full of family, friends, and dogs.

Bayley is thankful for all of those who joined to make this Earth Day so special.

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Rotary matches cookie money in COVID-19 crisis The COVID-19 health crisis that is keeping people in their homes is also keeping Girl Scouts from selling cookies.

The result is a warehouse stacked with 100,000 boxes of unsold cookies, said Kay Ann Rutter, director of marketing and communications for the Girl Scouts of Western Ohio.

Meanwhile, LaSoupe, the non-profi t that rescues excess produce and turns it into meals for food-insecure families, is meeting ever-mounting food needs including helping to replace the free school lunches that low-income children aren’t getting now that school is closed.

The Rotary Club of Cincinnati is putting the two needs together with a plan to buy cookies from the scouts and give them to LaSoupe.

“We’re inviting the public to join in,” said Rotary Executive Director, Linda Muth. “The Rotary Club of Cincinnati will match every dollar donated by the public, up to $22,000,” she said.

The deadline to donate is April 30.

“Being able to add Girl Scout cookies to our meals would be fantastic,” said Mimi Dyer of Hyde Park, president of the board of LaSoupe.

The project is a win-win-win-win, said Muth, of Anderson Township.

The scouts sell the cookies. Those sales support the Girl Scout troops, which serve the community through troop projects and activities. The cookies go to LaSoupe, which will make them available to families through the agency’s food distribution programs that include schools, food banks, social service programs and summer food programs.

Rutter said the truncated cookie-selling season means local Girl Scout troops will lose an average of $900 each – a big bite out of the money that troops use for scout activities and community service projects.

Individuals can donate any amount , which will be matched dollar for dollar by the Rotary Club of Cincinnati (up to a total of $22,000 match.)

To participate, go to the Rotary’s web site www.cincinnatirotary.org and click the “donate” button at upper right.

All donations through April 30 will be matched and used to purchase Girl Scout cookies from local troops through the Girl Scouts of Western Ohio organization.

The Rotary Club of Cincinnati is a service and networking organization made up of business and community leaders. Its mission is to provide selfl ess service in the community and the world.

The club donated $50,000 to St. Vincent de Paul to provide rent and utility assistance and the club’s foundation is providing more than $90,000 in meals

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Truly heroes The health care staff at Bridgetown Nursing & Rehabilitation were thanked for their service with a sign of appreciation for their loyal service during this challenging time.

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Delhi Historical Society Annual Flower Sale Updated: The Delhi Historical Society will hold its annual Flower Sale May 8-10. Held in the greenhouse on the grounds of the historic Witterstaetter Farmhouse at 468 Anderson Ferry Rd. this is the Society’s biggest fund raiser of the year.

Just in time for Mother’s Day planting, this sale features a great variety of beautiful fl owers ideally suited for our area. Shoppers in previous years have said our fl owers are the best they have seen.

New this year: Enter to win two free plants and a one-year membership to the Historical Society. (One entry for every $25 purchased. Drawing to be held at the end of the sale).

Sale hours are: Friday May 8, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday May 9, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday May 10, noon to 4 p.m.

In support of COVID-19 guideline, “physical distancing” will be observed. Pre-ordering via DelhiHistoricalSociety.org with ”curbside pick-up” will be available! You can also shop from your car: Take a look at our outdoor display, tell a volunteer which fl owers you want, and we’ll put them in your car. Then, just pay and go. A limited number of visitors will be allowed inside the greenhouse at any given time.

The emergence of the fl oral industry in Delhi the early 20th century gave rise to its nickname, “The Floral Paradise of Ohio.” The Delhi Historical Society embraces that heritage with its annual fl ower sale.

Alan March, Delhi Historical Society

Rotary Club of Cincinnati gives $50,000 to rent-utilities program in COVID crisis As job losses and furloughs stress families during the COVID-19 crisis, the Rotary Club of Cincinnati has

Devon Beck-Monohan, of Pleasant Ridge, in the cookie warehouse. Beck-Monahan is product sales team leader for the Girl Scouts of Western Ohio.

donated $50,000 to help provide rent and utility assistance for families in need.

The donation to the St. Vincent de Paul Homelessness Prevention Program came at a particularly critical time, said Mike Dunn, executive director of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Greater Cincinnati.

“St Vincent de Paul is the leading provider of what we call homelessness prevention services, which is largely rent and utility support,” said Dunn. “In the past calendar year we provided $1.6 million in assistance. That ongoing need is exacerbated by this current crisis.”

In response to the health crisis, St. Vincent de Paul closed all of its Thrift Stores, which are a major economic engine that helps fund the rent and utility assistance.

“The timing of this donation could not have been better,” said Dunn.

“These dollars from the Rotary will, literally, keep people in their homes.”

Rotary Club of Cincinnati President Dave Carlin said he called an on-line meeting of the Rotary Club’s Board to fi nd ways to help in this community crisis.

“We know there are people in the restaurant and service industries, people in hourly jobs, who are hurting and need help now. We wanted to make a swift, targeted impact to help those in need, particularly in the inner-city,” said Carlin, of Montgomery.

“We don’t have the infrastructure to directly help. If we had to do it ourselves, it would take months to perfect it. We wanted to partner with someone who was already out there meeting the needs.”

The St. Vincent de Paul Homelessness Prevention Program works with individuals to assess needs. The program provides funds directly to landlords or utility companies.

“Our average rent assistance for a neighbor is about $350,” said Dunn. “In an eviction situation, where a notice has been served, is it over $600.” The agency typically provides homeless prevention services to about 7500 families each year.

Besides providing immediate fi nancial assistance, the program helps individuals work toward long-term solutions with fi nancial literacy, budget counseling, job readiness and other resources.

“Once someone loses their home, the cost to the system in community services and resources is $4,000,” said Dunn. “The economics of prevention make sense. But more importantly is the trauma to the family and the kids involved that homelessness can cause.”

One of the Rotary’s missions is to serve children in need. “This donation will keep children in their homes,” said Carlin.

The Rotary Club of Cincinnati is a service and networking organization made up of business and community leaders.

Its mission is to provide selfl ess service in the community and the world. For information on The Rotary Club of Cincinnati see www.cincinnatirotary.org The Society of St. Vincent de Paul has been providing practical emergency assistance to Greater Cincinnati residents in need for over 150 years. Programs are open to anyone and include home visits through St. Vincent de Paul neighborhood-based volunteer groups and the Don & Phyllis Neyer Outreach Center in Cincinnati’s West End. For information or assistance, see SVDPcincinnati.org or call 513-562-8859.

Peggy Hodgson, Rotary Club of Cincinnati

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Five area all-girls Catholic high schools join together for citywide Girls’ Schools Unite campaign From May 4-8, fi ve area all-girls Catholic high schools – Mercy McAuley, Mount Notre Dame, Seton, Saint Ursula and Ursuline Academy – are teaming up for a unique city-wide campaign called Girls’ Schools Unite.

The fundraising campaign seeks to raise awareness and fi nancial support for all-girls Catholic education in Cincinnati.

The campaign calls on alumnae from each school to make a gift to their high school alma mater; all gifts made will be used to provide fi nancial assistance, scholarships and campus improvements for current and future students at the schools.

The high school with the highest percentage of alumnae participation will be “crowned” the winner

on May 15.

Alumnae can make a gift online at the website of their alma mater anytime from May 4 – May 8, or they may mail a check dated between May 4-8 to their school. The schools’ websites are: ❚ Mercy McAuley – www.mercymc auley.org ❚ Mount Notre Dame – www.mndhs.org ❚ Seton – www.setoncincinnati.org ❚ Saint Ursula Academy – www.saintursula.org ❚ Ursuline Academy – www.ursulineacademy.org The schools have been planning the Girls’ Schools Unite campaign since last fall and made the decision to continue with the campaign despite the pandemic situation.

The coronavirus has not stopped the education at each of the schools; critical support is still needed to help each school achieve its mission.

Patty Thelen, Mercy McAuley High School

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‘It’s like Christmas every day’: Butcher shop sales explode Cameron Knight and Randy Tucker Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Crowded grocery stores were never for everybody, but the outbreak of new coronavirus appears to be driving people back to their local butcher shops and meat markets.

Greater Cincinnati shops are reporting retails sales the likes of which they have never seen. And for their businesses, it’s needed.

Many butcher shops sell wholesale to restaurants as well as to regular home cooks, and the wholesale market is way down due to the unprecedented closure of restaurant dining rooms.

“It’s like Christmas every day,” said Ken Wassler. “The retail has been phenomenal, actually hard to keep up.”

Wassler is the current owner of Wassler Meats in Green Township outside Cincinnati. His great grandfather started the business in 1894. Wassler’s sons work at the store make them the fi fth generation to take to the family business.

“I’ve never seen it like this in my life,” said Wassler, who started working at the shop 40 years ago.

And these transactions are happening in the store’s parking lot. The Harrison Avenue store hasn’t allowed any customers inside for about three weeks.

Wassler said his customers are telling him they want to avoid crowded grocery stores and lines.

For Wassler, though, total money fl ow is still down. He said the increased retail sales are almost making up the drop in wholesale, but not quite.

Across the Ohio River in Northern Kentucky, Billy Finke of Finke & Sons meat market in Fort Wright said his shop has been so busy he’s had to hire temporary help just to keep up.

“Our business doubles or triples every day,’’ said Finke, who is still allowing customers to come inside. “It’s been crazy.’’

He said he expects “business to be even crazier” over the next several days

Store owner Billy Fink pre-measured one-pound packs of the butcher shop’s famous goetta at Bill Finke & Sons Market in Fort Wright, Ky., on Monday.

Finke says his meat orders have more than doubled as new and returning customers turn to his local butcher shop for fresh meat they can’t get at supermarkets.

Customers turn to local shops such as Bill Finke & Sons Market for fresh meat they can’t get at supermarkets during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and state shutdown. PHOTOS BY M GREENE/THE ENQUIRER

after poultry manufacturing giant Tyson Foods issued a statement Sunday saying “the food supply chain is breaking” because of plant closures prompted by the ongoing pandemic.

“It’s all over the news now, and when people hear that stuff they go crazy,’’ Finke said. “But there’s nothing I can do about that. It is what it is. If we run out, we run out.’’

Finke said he doesn’t buy meat from Tyson, and he’s managed to keep his store well-stocked. But he acknowledged some other suppliers are having trouble fi lling his orders.

“I used to be able to call them up and get 10 boxes of choice fi llets, now they’ll have four or fi ve,’’ he said. “They just don’t have it like they used to.”

Andrew Lange, co-owner of Summit Fine Meats in Anderson Township, said he’s seeing the same trends.

“April was the biggest month we’ve had in 10 years as far as sales go, and

March will be in the same boat,’’ Lange said. “We sell a lot of Amish chicken, and that has been one of the hardest things for us to get,’’ Lange said.

In Milford, Allison Homan, who has owned Lehr’s Prime Market for about seven years, said: “Retail is through the roof. This is a level I’ve never seen. It’s just crazy.”

Lehr’s also allows customers to come inside and off ers curbside pick up as well.

But while the store can hold 30 customers based on the guidelines Ohio has set, they are only allowing 20 people in the store at one time, Homan said.

She said she believes her customers are not only also avoiding bigger stores, but also know they can get what they want at her shop.

Lehr’s works directly with small purveyors and local farmers, so they have not had any shortages, Homan explained.

Numerous signs remind customers to practice social distancing and not handle products they don’t intend to purchase at Bill Finke & Sons Market.

There’s also the benefi t of fewer middlemen. Homan said her customers trust the quality of her products more because they have “passed through so many fewer hands.”

She expects her retail business to remain elevated even after the COVID-19 restrictions are lessened – especially the curbside pick-up – because many new customers now know what Lehr’s has to off er.

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Cheviot 3315 Harrison Ave: K-t 674 Properties LLC to Joslee Holdings LLC; $80,750 3509 Darwin Ave: Mohler David & Angel to Lewis Sharee Montay; $140,000 3827 Nolan Ave: Cutler Janet L to Glass Property Investments LLC; $115,000 3922 School Section Rd: Whitaker Linda Tr to Rueve Martin T; $55,000

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Miami Township Buckridge Dr: Fischer Single Family Homes Iv Ltd to Perrmann Jason T & Lindsay D; $451,655 3595 Shady Ln: Tenhundfeld Murray Cory A & Gretchen M Kolkmeier to Breitfeilder Tina Louise & Tracey Lynn Ulrich; $157,900 3892 Haley Ln: Inverness Group Incorporated to Bibee Travis M & Kathryn L; $365,245 8165 Bridgetown Rd: Elkwater Properties LLC to Padula Stephanie; $147,000 9643 Miamiview Rd: Mih Holdings LLC to Liad LLC; $83,000

North Fairmount 3350 Cavanaugh Ave: Jack Lu LLC to Hidden Cloud LLC; $61,000

1013 Covedale Ave: Clark James A Jr & Linda T Branno to Clark Drew L; $125,000 1080 Morado Dr: Westborough Holdings LLC to Slattery Matthew J & Heather; $158,900 1129 Beechmeadow Ln: Begley Sarah to Zylka Jason; $142,650 1151 Nancy Lee Ln: Smith Margaret L & Lynn M Iorfida to Frierson Addie L & William Y Pemberton; $125,000 1191 Coronado Ave: Watts Deena M to Bryant Trashawna; $110,000 1630 Kellywood Ave: Boric Abbey M to Nowak Phillip &; $118,000 1862 Ashbrook Dr: Bed & Breakfast Property Management Inc to Grish Teresa; $119,900 4019 Fawnhill Ln: Preston John M & Michelle A to Hilton Capital Group LLC; $9,706 714 Trenton Ave: Aci Properties LLC to 714 Trenton LLC; $40,000 939 Edgetree Ln: Jones Ronald E Jr @3 to Sieve G Penny; $50,546 948 Sunset Ave: Miniard David R to Judy Property Group LLC; $65,000 961 Covedale Ave: Timmers Annette to Cunningham Natalie; $126,000

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1108 Dayton St: Judy Investments LLC to Jbj Land Developments LLC; $12,000

2088 Teralta Cr: 11b Rei Ltd to Tahoe Real Estate Investments LLC; $40,500 2088 Teralta Cr: Tahoe Real Estate Investments LLC to Vb One LLC; $51,000 2236 Harrison Ave: H & S Properties LLC to Vb One LLC; $56,000 2614 Fleetwood Ave: Vissing Gary & Margaret Prince to Engelbert Joseph John &; $279,900 2618 Fleetwood Ave: Vissing Gary & Margaret Prince to Engelbert Joseph John &; $279,900 2861 Harrison Ave: Leach Gary L to 2861 Harrison LLC; $445,000 3023 Wardall Ave: Winkler Ralph E to Dusold Brian J; $163,179 3058 Glenmore Ave: Trotta David to Withrow Lynne E; $41,000 3121 Roosevelt Ave: Pcm Rehab LLC to Ruehl Matthew D; $129,900 3209 Stanhope Ave: Von Hacht Melina to Spurling Meagan; $130,000

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1001 Academy Ave: Witt Peter J & Jacquelyn to Hill Alexis B; $140,000 1012 Woodbriar Ln: Stines Tiffany L to Deaton Dianna & Jacob Tyler Elsaesser; $119,900

Bluejay View Dr: Glendower Place LLC to Fischer Single Family Homes Iv LLC; $53,550

Riverside 175 River Rd: Kosmos Cement Co to Kosmos Cement Company LLC; $4,650,000

Sayler Park 6350 Gracely Dr: Tyler & Connor LLC to Gracely Investments LLC; $58,500 6752 Gracely Dr: Frazer Mary L Tr to Robbins Janice L @3; $137,800

South Fairmount 1707 Fairmount Ave: Nsight Investments LLC to Dyer James & Ken Le; $139,500 1756 Esmonde St: Ms Bedrocks Rentals LLC to Maser Tina; $5,000

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