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Loveland, Ohio – The 2022 end-of-season closing day for the Loveland Dairy Whip is Sunday, September 25th.
Loveland, Ohio – Loveland High School students Allyson Colegate, Broderick Merz, Carmen Noe, and Evan Osgood are National Merit Semifinalists.
They will now wait to learn if they will become a National Merit Scholarship recipient. A Semifinalist must have an outstanding academic record throughout high school, be endorsed and recommended by a high school official, write an essay, and earn SAT or ACT scores that confirm the student’s earlier performance on the qualifying test.
Loveland, Ohio – The Loveland Learning Garden is hosting a scavenger hunt for kids in their garden as part of The Greater Cincinnati Great Outdoor Weekend on Sunday, September 25 between Noon and 4 PM.
The Garden is on the campus of the Loveland Primary and Elementary schools.
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The mission of Loveland Learning Garden is to foster lifelong connections to the wonders of the natural world. Their mission statement says, “We believe in the benefits of immersing kids in the outdoors from a young age and the lasting impact of positive impressions with nature.” To support this, the non-profit creates and manages garden and nature-based programs on school grounds for elementary students. “Our garden and nature trail are used to enhance classroom study while allowing children an opportunity to experience nature, the satisfaction of growing their own food, and contributing harvest to the local food pantry.”
The program in Loveland serves ~1,400 1st through 4th-grade students and has been a local and national role model for outdoor school garden and nature programs. Working in collaboration with school administration and staff, they offer a complete package of services that include:
The Learning Garden is on the search for Nature Educators to lead lessons in the garden and/or nature trail during the school day or as part of our afterschool program this fall. Here is the link to the Volunteer Match.
Come volunteer with other like-minded people in the beautiful learning garden. No experience is necessary, the new garden manager will be there to guide you all along the way. Tasks may include transplanting, planting seeds, weeding, laying wood chips, compost management, etc. Meet at the garden located in between the Loveland Primary and Elementary schools on Loveland Madeira Road. The garden is in between the buildings when looking from the street side. Look for a garden shed with the Learning Garden logo, Bring your family and friends. Children are welcome, Feel free to leave early or come later as needed.
Loveland, Ohio – The Loveland City School District has announced the results of the 2021-2022 Ohio School Report Card. The district scored a 5-star rating in every category.
“This is a tremendous achievement for Loveland City School District, and a testament to the hard work of our students and their families, and the outstanding support offered by our outstanding staff,” Superintendent Mike Broadwater said.
Loveland City School District earned five stars in every component of the Ohio School Report Card, including Achievement, Early Literacy, Gap Closing, Graduation Rate, and Progress. Loveland City School District is only one of 12 districts across the state of Ohio to earn all five-star ratings, placing the district in the top 2% in Ohio.
“Two goals of our #beLOVEland Strategic Vision are student success and fiscal responsibility. Being able to achieve at a high level while keeping a close eye on the bottom line is further evidence that we are delivering a fantastic educational value for our Loveland City Schools community. We look forward to their continuing support,” Broadwater said.
Follow this link, and search for “Loveland” to learn more about Loveland’s Ohio School Report Card results: https://reportcard.education.ohio.gov/home.
You can learn more about the Ohio School Report Card and how to interpret results by following this link.
Loveland, Ohio – Seth Mitchell, a captain and pilot in the United States Marine Corps and a 1997 Loveland High School graduate, was killed in action in Afghanistan in October 2009. Seth contributed greatly to the Loveland community in his youth… he served as a leader and role model on the varsity football team, was voted to be Class President his senior year, and was named “Mr. Personality” by his peers. He was well loved here. After graduating, he took that same sense of service and loyalty into all that he did: as a son, a brother, a friend, a leader in the Marines.
In other words, Seth was a hero for all.
We are a group of Seth Mitchell’s high school classmates and friends, who miss our friend and want to keep his memory alive. We represent the many people who Seth made an impression on with his sense of humor, kind heart, and loyal friendship. As we organize this 5k Race and the scholarship memorial fund, we are motivated by one enduring inspiration: to live each day a little more honorably, kindly, and humbly… just like Seth.
Please join us by donating, running, or volunteering – and keep Seth’s memory alive.
SPECIAL YOUTH PRICING
Special Youth pricing is available.
Youth Pricing: Kids 18 receive a $5 discount off of the cost of an adult registration.
All Discounts will be taken at checkout.
PLACE
Nisbet Park
126 Karl Brown Way
Loveland, OH US 45140
DESCRIPTION
Run for your HEROES! on Saturday – October 15 at 11 am in downtown Loveland at Nisbet Park as we remember Capt. David Seth Mitchell, killed in action in Afghanistan 26 October, 2009.
Complete Information Here: (including age groups, awards, registration details, directions etc.)
Official Capt. Seth Mitchell Website
Benefit:
All proceeds benefit the Capt. Seth Mitchell Memorial Scholarship through Loveland Schools Foundation.
Course:
3.1 mile run and walk to begin and end at Nisbet Park in Historic Loveland.
Run Divisions:
18 and under, 19-29, 30-39, 40-49, 45-49, 50-59 and 60/over. No age group awards for 2022. Challenge coins will be given to all participants.
Walk Divisions:
18 and under, 19-29, 30-39, 40-49, 45-49, 50-59 and 60/over. No age group awards for 2022.Challenge coins will be given to all participants.
Chip Timing:
This year’s race will be chip timed with MyLaps Bibtags. No need to turn in your chip.
Awards:
Awards to the Overall Male and Female Runner and Walker.
In lieu of age group awards, we will award Challenge coins to all participants.
We will post age-group standings in the online results however.
After the Race:
Join us for a festival after the race! Food, Games, and more..
Race Results:
Results will be posted online here following the race.
Virtual Option:
If you cannot join us in person, please join us Virtually. Complete your own 5K at the location of your choosing sometime in the month of October. Post your time (optional) on our virtual results page. We thank you for your support.
Pre-Registration:
5K Run/Walk: Kids (18 and under) $15, Adults $20. All entries include chip timing and a lunch ticket, Race T-shirt and finisher challenge coin.
Virtual Option: Kids (18 and under) $10, Adults $15. Registration includes a commemorative challenge coin.
Online-registration:
Online Registration is available through Race Day for 2022
Register by Mail:
Mail-in Registrations must be postmarked by Saturday, October 8, 2022.
Late/Race-Day Registration:
Kids $20, Adults $25
Packet pick up and late registration:
There is no early packet pick up for this event. All pick ups will be handled on day of event.
Race-Day Registration/Number Pickup:
9:30 – 10:45 am at Nisbet Park
Location:
Nisbet Park is located on the Loveland Bike Trail in Historic Downtown Loveland, OH
GPS Coordinates: 39.269944, -84.258364
Google: 126 Karl Brown Way, Loveland, OH 45140
***** NO REFUNDS*****
Dynamic Course Map via Plotaroute
CHIP TIMING
This year’s event will be timed by Running Time Race Services using MyLaps Disposable bib tags. The chip will be on the bib number. No need to turn in pull tags or return the timing chip.
by David Miller
To better reflect and define our daily roles in publishing Loveland Magazine, Cassie Mattia has been named President and Publisher of our newspaper. I have been assigned the title of Editor in Chief.
Cassie’s positive can-do attitude, intelligence, and hard work guides every decision we make. She became an equal Co-Owner of the newspaper in July of 2021. She previously held the title of Associate Editor and Director of Marketing.
In 2021, Cassie was chosen as the “Young Professional of the Year” by the Little Miami River Chamber Alliance. After she received the award she said, “I promise to all those surrounding me including all of you in Loveland, I will continue to make this community the absolute best place to live and visit.”
Loveland Magazine hopes to always thrive in and contribute to a nurturing environment for Loveland, one of equality and empathy. Cassie Mattia’s love for and involvement in our community alongside its people will undoubtedly keep us moving in that direction. Her youth, positivity, and compassion are contagious. Cassie first began working for Loveland Magazine in 2018. As a six-year-old, Cassie had a passion to be a writer, and her love for the written word along with pursuing and achieving college degrees in Journalism, Business, and English led to this proud announcement.
She recently joked that I was so old that when I ran road races they were on dirt roads. Well… Cassie is so young-of-heart, that she runs each day on sunshine younger than today’s sunrise. A rare personality that anyone older than today, and most people her age, should be so lucky to have.
Being a male “Boomer” and now having a female “Millennial” (Gen Y) around here is indispensable to serving our readers.
Cassie is also the Public Relations Coordinator for the Butler County Board of Developmental Disabilities.
I could not be more proud to call Cassie my business partner and a community leader. Thank you Cassie for propelling us into the future as we head into our 19th year. The future of Loveland Magazine and the community of Loveland are awfully bright with you here helping to lead us, and there aren’t adequate words to express my gratitude.
Responsible for the company goals, objectives, and accountability to readers. She sets the tone and general direction of news and editorial content.
• Makes staffing decisions.
• Defines the business strategy, including news direction.
• Responsible for managing outside messaging including marketing.
• Explores and implements new digital strategies and innovative products.
• Represents the newspaper in the eyes of the public, so is a leader of outside programs, sponsor of events, speaker at engagements, and volunteers in many different areas of the community.
• Assists with budgeting and strategic planning.
• Director of Marketing
Responsible for the business operations of the newspaper, ie in charge of the budgeting of operations and keeping costs below returns. Leads strategic planning.
• Main duties include managing a team of writers, editors, and graphic designers, monitoring the results of various content campaigns, and editing content pieces to ensure they follow tone and style guides.
• Makes sure that the publication performs to the best of its ability and in the context of competition.
• Responsible for the final product the company produces.
• Directly supervises the day-to-day operations of the publication
Cassie says, “I’m so excited for another rendition of the Little Miami River Chamber Alliance Annual Awards! Winning the 2021 Young Professional of the Year Award last year was one of the most memorable moments of my career and I hope to keep the momentum going! This year I am aiming for the Community Involvement Award and/or the Woman Owned Business of the Year award. Both of the categories mean a lot to me and wow would it be amazing to be nominated for one of them or both!”
You can CLICK the image on the left to nominate Cassie or your other fellow business owners, and valuable members of the community for the LMRCA 2022 Annual Awards!
Cassie wants you to know, “Thanks for all of your past and present support.”
Before Loveland Magazine was founded and first published in 2004 it had been nearly four decades since Loveland had its own newspaper.
We believe in a Loveland that represents a future made from the beliefs of its passionate, innovative thinkers who love this town so much they spend a considerable amount of their own time trying to make it the absolute best place to live in the entire world.
Since 2004, it has been the mission of Loveland Magazine to be a platform so that those ideas and dreams can be shared wide and far throughout our hometown until they become our reality.
| For over two years, 55 Black mothers and children in Hillsboro, Ohio, marched daily to a whites-only school to demand admission. The Lincoln School Story highlights a facet of the Black struggle for freedom that is too often under-recognized. Remembering the efforts of the marchers to integrate public schools in southwest Ohio provides important context for understanding the Black experience in the United States. The stories shared by the Lincoln School marchers help us imagine a future free of racial inequality. This project provides an opportunity to connect and build understanding. Here are a few of the things documentary viewers said they want to share with their friends: |
| “History lives through us. We first learn to experience history in our bodies then later in our hearts.” “Ohio played an important role in the civil rights movement.” “The fearless and persistent mothers who fought for a better life for their children. AMAZING!” “There are good people in dark places! Keep believing.” “Perseverance and love can change the world.” |
Ohio Humanities is proud to support important projects like The Lincoln School Story so that we can learn from the powerful dedication and bravery of those who fight for change. We plan to expand this project by funding an extended documentary that will explore the story in more depth and producing complementary educational materials and a children’s book.
If you value projects like The Lincoln School Story, please make a gift to Ohio Humanities so that more Ohioans can learn about the people, moments, and movements that have made our state what it is. And help us reach more people by sharing this link with your friends and family. Encourage them to sign up to receive our newsletter, magazine, updates on events and activities, and more ways to get involved with Ohio Humanities.
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Rebecca Brown Asmo
Executive Director
Loveland, Ohio – On Friday and Saturday, September 23rd and 24th, the city of Loveland will host their second annual Oktoberfest event. The Little Miami River Chamber Alliance and area businesses are turning the downtown Loveland area, well let’s just say it won’t be “Margaritaville” for two days.
Restaurants and bars will hold the first round “Masskrugstemmen” Competitions (Stein Hoist Contests) on Friday and then the battle amongst businesses with the strongest Stein Hoist participant will be held on stage Saturday at 5:45 PM. Also on Saturday, Loveland will host an official Keg procession and tapping of the keg by Loveland’s Mayor, Kathy Bailey.
Of course, we can’t forget about one of the most coveted German Oktoberfest traditions, the tapping of the Keg! The tapping of the Keg is one of the oldest traditions in Germany’s Oktoberfest celebrations. The Keg tap is typically done by the Mayor of Munich, which in Loveland’s case will be Mayor Kathy Bailey. The goal of the Keg tapping is for the Mayor to hit the Keg with a hammer the least amount of times possible before yelling “O’zapft is” (keg breached). Once the Mayor yells “O’zapft is” surrounding vendors may officially sell their beer!
Live entertainment, a Biergarten, stein slide, wiener dog race, kids zone with inflatable, axe throwing, crafts with our local Scouts, the Warsteiner Emporium, and much more make up the remainder of the weekend. Not to worry if you don’t have your dirndl dry cleaned, there will be Oktoberfest swag available for purchase on both days which will give you a very confident attitude or manner and personality that will last for days!
Keep your eyes on the time for an hourly Chicken Dance led by Liebeland’s leaders and personalities.
Below is a complete schedule of events for the main stage. Restaurants and Bars will also be hosting German music throughout the weekend. There will be German fare available all over Loveland from restaurants and vendors as well.
Mayor Kathy Bailey said, “We are very excited that the Little Miami River Chamber Alliance agreed to take on this event! It will be a wonderful addition to all the other events that we offer the community.”
| All the Ingredients–on the patio of Hometown Cafe | Bahama Mama Sausages and Fried Sauerkraut Balls |
| The Works–at restaurant | German Potato Cakes and German Pizza |
| Bishop’s Quarter–in Biergarten | Goetta Sliders |
| Hometown Cafe–on patio | Schnitzel and Spaetzle |
| Knights of Columbus–in biergarten | Goetta Burgers, metts, brats |
| Ramsey’s Trailside–in restaurant | pretzels |
| Funnel Vision Food Truck–bier garten | funnel cakes |
| Right Stuff Grill–bier garten | brats, metts, german potato salad, potato pancakes, sauerkraut, pretzel bites, burgers |
| Kona Ice–bier garten | shaved ice |
| Dolph’s Dogs–bier garten | hotdogs |
CeeCee Collins, president of the chamber shared, “We are so happy to hold Oktoberfest in downtown Loveland. We have a lot of festivals and fun activities in late spring and summer, now we have a fall event that our visitors can enjoy.”
Shuttles will be offered from Loveland Early Childhood Center and Shopper’s Haven from 5 pm until 10 pm each evening to provide easy access to the event.
Uber and Lyft too. Drink responsibly, please!
Come enjoy fall/Oktoberfest offerings in a great environment!
Friday, September 23
Saturday, September 24
Loveland, Ohio – The below LOVELAND MAGAZINE TV video is from the Loveland-Symmes Fire and the Loveland Police department’s annual 9-11 Remembrance at the Firefighter’s Memorial Park at Harrison and Railroad Avenues in downtown in 2015.
During the remembrance, plaques were unveiled to the honor and memory of Cincinnati Firefighter FAO Daryl Gordon and Cincinnati Police Officer Sonny Kim. Firefighter Gordon worked for a period of time for the Loveland/Symmes Fire Department. Officer Sonny Kim was a Symmes Township resident and business owner and his family was a part of the City of Loveland School District Family. Both died in the line of duty.
Loveland-Symmes Fire Department Chaplin, Bill Hounshell, spoke both of the men and women who died on September 11, 2011 when murderers flew planes into the Twin Towers in NY, the Pentagon, and crashed a plane in a field at Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and of Officer Kim and Firefighter Gordon.
Family members of Kim and Gordon were there to participate in the unveiling of the plaques.
Loveland celebrated the heroes who lost their lives during the 9/11 tragedy gathered around the Chief Candace M. Cook Firefighters Memorial, located on Harrison Avenue right along the Loveland Bike Trail in September 2020. (Photos by David Miller© 2020)
The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11,[c] were four coordinated suicide terrorist attacks carried out by the militant Islamic extremist network al-Qaeda[3][4][5] against the United States. On the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001, nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners scheduled to travel from the northeastern U.S. to California. The hijackers crashed the first two planes into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, and the third plane into the Pentagon (the headquarters of the American military) in Arlington, Virginia. The fourth plane was intended to hit a federal government building[d] in Washington, D.C., but crashed in a field following a passenger revolt.[6] The attacks killed nearly 3,000 people and instigated the global war on terror.
The first impact was of American Airlines Flight 11 at 8:46 am, into the North Tower of the World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan. At 9:03 am,[e] the World Trade Center’s South Tower was hit by United Airlines Flight 175. Both 110-story towers collapsed within an hour and forty-two minutes, precipitating the collapse of other World Trade Center structures including 7 World Trade Center, and damaging nearby buildings. A third flight, American Airlines Flight 77, crashed into the west side of the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, at 9:37 am, causing a partial collapse. The fourth and final flight, United Airlines Flight 93, flew in the direction of Washington, D.C. Alerted of the previous attacks, the plane’s passengers attempted to regain control, but the hijackers ultimately crashed the plane in a field in Stonycreek Township, Pennsylvania, near Shanksville, at 10:03 am. Investigators determined that Flight 93 was targeting either the U.S. Capitol or the White House.
Suspicion for the attacks quickly fell onto al-Qaeda. The United States formally responded by launching the war on terror and invading Afghanistan to depose the Taliban, which had not complied with U.S. demands to expel al-Qaeda from Afghanistan and extradite its leader, Osama bin Laden. The U.S.’s invocation of Article 5 of NATO—its only usage to date—called upon allies to fight al-Qaeda. As U.S. and NATO ground forces swept through Afghanistan, bin Laden fled to the White Mountains where he narrowly avoided capture by U.S.-led forces.[11] Although bin Laden initially denied any involvement, in 2004 he formally claimed responsibility for the attacks.[2] Al-Qaeda’s cited motivations included U.S. support of Israel, the presence of U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia, and sanctions against Iraq. After evading capture for almost a decade, bin Laden was killed by the U.S. military on May 2, 2011.
The attacks resulted in 2,977 non-hijacker fatalities, over 25,000 injuries, and substantial long-term health consequences, in addition to at least $10 billion in infrastructure and property damage.[12][13] It remains the deadliest terrorist attack in human history and the single deadliest incident for firefighters and law enforcement officers in U.S. history, with 340[14] and 72 killed,[15][16] respectively. The destruction of the World Trade Center and its environs seriously harmed the New York City economy and induced global market shocks. Many other countries strengthened anti-terrorism legislation and expanded their powers of law enforcement and intelligence agencies. Cleanup of the World Trade Center site (colloquially “Ground Zero”) took eight months and was completed in May 2002, while the Pentagon was repaired within a year. After delays in the design of a replacement complex, the One World Trade Center began construction in November 2006 and opened in November 2014.[17][18] Memorials to the attacks include the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York City, the Pentagon Memorial in Arlington County, Virginia, and the Flight 93 National Memorial at the Pennsylvania crash site. (source Wikipedia)