“YOU are cordially invited to the 2021 LECC Kindergarten Round Up!“
Loveland, Ohio – Read below to learn more about the Loveland Early Childhood Center’s registration for the 2021-2022 school year. Here is their announcement:
This year’s Round Up is going virtual! The Round Up will be an asynchronous event in the form of a slide show presentation with videos and information about LECC Kindergarten for the 2021-2022 school year. Within the presentation there will be an opportunity for you to share your thoughts and questions.
You can work your way through the Round Up at your own pace and at your convenience. We are excited to welcome you to LECC and we are looking forward to walking alongside you throughout your child(ren)’s educational journey.
Sit back, relax, grab some popcorn, and click on the link below to join the 2021 LECC Kindergarten Round Up Virtual Presentation!
~If you are planning to be part of the Full Day Kindergarten Lottery,registration must be completed and all documents received by noon on March 12th~ Click here to enroll
Team 4075 Striped Might members Aaron Frazier, Brennan Kosht, Grant Macura, Tucker Freve, Isabel Combs, Ethan Pachmeyer, and Lauren Skinner
Team 4075 Striped Might won the Champion’s Award, which recognizes a team “that embodies the FIRST LEGO League experience, by fully embracing our Core Values while achieving excellence and innovation in both the Robot Game and Project.”
Loveland, Ohio – Five Loveland FLL Challenge teams of students in grades 4-8 competed in January in tournaments across Ohio. The teams began their season in August, and have been working to design, build and program a LEGO robot to complete the missions of this year’s robot game.
As part of Challenge, teams also participate in a research project to identify and solve a relevant real-world problem, helping people in their community be more active.
All FLL Challenge tournaments were held remotely this year, and to compete, teams submitted 3 videos of their robot runs and presented to judges over Zoom about their Innovation Project, their robot design, and the Core Values they practiced throughout the season.
All five Loveland FLL Challenge teams qualified to advance to the Championship based on their performance in their qualifying tournaments. The Ohio FLL Challeng Championship will take place in March.
Team 38182 Masked Mechanics won the Engineering Excellence Award, which celebrates a team with “an efficiently designed robot, an innovative project solution that effectively addresses the season challenge and great Core Values evident in all they do.”
Team 38182 Masked Mechanics John Paul Galles, Elijah Eppley, Jacob Drown, A.J. Drown, Owen Helms, and Luke Varadachari
Team 50712 Exploding Watermelonzz won the Innovation Project Award, which recognizes a team that “utilizes diverse resources for their Innovation Project to help them gain a comprehensive understanding of their problem, have a creative, well-researched solution and effectively communicate their findings to judges and the community.”
Team 50712 Exploding Watermelonzz Owen Ewald, J.T. Brinkman, Izzy Bisogni, Bryce Hemphill, Nolan Hicks, Cameron Dickey, Eloise Young , and Charlotte Kady.
Team 45562 The Growling Gears, which is sponsored by Girl Scouts of Western Ohio, and Team 51294 RobotActiveX each won the Robot Design Award, which celebrates a team that “uses outstanding programming principles and solid engineering practices to develop a robot that is mechanically sound, durable, efficient and highly capable of performing challenge missions.”
Team 45662 Growling Gears Sarah Papsdorf, Caroline Chesar, Abigail Boyle, Mia Ireland, Ellie Livingston , Caitlin Ryan
Team 51294 RobotActiveX also won the Robot Design Award at a separate tournament. The Design Award is given to a team that “uses outstanding programming principles and solid engineering practices to develop a robot that is mechanically sound, durable, efficient and highly capable of performing challenge missions.”
Team 51294 RobotActiveX
Back row from left to right: Anderson Hunt, 4th grade at LES, Logan Pape, 5th grade at LIS, Sam Herber, 4th grade at LES
Front row from left to right: Hunter Hodgson, 4th grade at LES Maddie Dougherty, 4th grade at LES Nicholas Gatsos, 4th grade at LES
Loveland, Ohio – “We see this as a great time for each one of us to make our own impact on these businesses and strengthening our Loveland bond as a whole,” explained Loveland High School 11th grader, Emily Ryan. “This will serve as not only an opportunity for the businesses to rally support, but also give back as a whole to our area while doing so.”
Emily is part of the marketing cohort of Tigers Inc. is a nonprofit run by a selective group of business-orientated student leaders at Loveland High working to gain real-world experience in the local community.
They have organized a “Back Our Businesses” event that will launch on March 1st and run until March 7. They want to get the community to gather and grow during the hardships of COVID, especially in collaboration with small businesses in Loveland such as the Loveland Sweet Shoppe, RP Diamond, and Paxton’s Grill.
Emily said it is important to promote our local businesses during the weekdays, “as this is what has hit our Loveland shops and restaurants the hardest.” Back Our Businesses will be an opportunity to get the community to come out to eat, shop, and support Loveland. So far, the student-led team of six has individually met with thirty Loveland small businesses to involve them with the weeklong event and personally tailor marketing strategies for them. They will promote each business in a specific way and to their needs, in an attempt to boost their attendance and sales.
In addition, Tigers Inc. has also begun partnering with some businesses and various nonprofits in the Cincinnati area. “This will serve as not only an opportunity for the businesses to rally support, but also give back as a whole to our area while doing so, said Emily. This partnership comes with a set donation or a percentage of their earnings from the week to be donated to their partnered nonprofit.
Loveland, Ohio – Everyone’s favorite ice cream spot in Loveland is back and sweeter than ever!
The Loveland Dairy Whip (LDW), a family-owned Loveland legacy that has been serving up high-quality soft serve ice cream since 1955, is holding its opening weekend celebration beginning on Friday, February 26th at 2 PM.
What could be more exciting than a beautifully delicious soft-serve masterpiece? Well, a special “opening weekend” 2 dollars off coupon (you can grab yours below) of course! This coupon is good from February 26th-28th and may be used on any soft-serve dessert menu item. One coupon can be used per family or per automobile if you so choose to use the LDW’s convenient drive-up window.
The LDW is located at 611 W. Loveland Ave. and will be open daily from 2 PM-9 PM starting this Friday.
The Mobile LDW at Loveland Magazine’s 15th Birthday Bash!
Not familiar with The Loveland Dairy Whip? Well here’s the run-down on why you should stop by this weekend! The LDW not only uses a high-quality soft serve mix when creating their scrumptious desserts they also make it fresh right before your eyes! While this legendary ice cream shop offers go-to flavors for their ice cream cones such as vanilla, chocolate, and twist, they also offer specialty toppings for both cones and sundaes, like googly eyes for the kids, sprinkles, and chocolate, cherry, or cake batter dip top. Other popular ice cream flavors at the LDW include Blue Moon, Dreamsicle, and, Cake Batter. The LDW also offers specialty ice cream creations like their Parfay’s and Cyclones, which include fan-favorites, The Chocolate Mountain, Reeses, Oreo, and Black Raspberry Chip. The Loveland Dairy Whip’s menu also features Kid’s Sundaes, Hot Fudge Brownie Sundaes, Strawberry Short Cake, Hot Caramel Cake, Shakes, and Banana Boats.
Is your mouth watering yet? If so put the Loveland Dairy Whip’s opening weekend celebration on your agenda and come on by for a creation that is sure to sweeten up your weekend!
After enjoying a day out, stop by and relax with your favorite dessert in the picnic area.
You can Right Click to Save the Coupon Above or you can Show the Coupon From Your Phone When Placing Your Order!
From Loveland Bike Trail
Four-tenths of a mile (approx) six blocks west of the Loveland Bike Trail
West across Little Miami River
2nd Building on the left, after the 2nd light (Loveland Madeira Road)
From Landen
At St. Rt. 22 (Montgomery Road) take Columbia Road south
Columbia Road turns into Lebanon Road (about 3 miles total)
Turn left onto W. Loveland Ave. (about 1 mile)
At the bottom of the hill, 2nd building back from the light at Loveland Madeira Road
From Maineville
At St. Rt. 22 and St. Rt. 48, head south on St. Rt. 48
Take St. Rt. 48 through Mainville to Loveland (about 9 miles)
In Loveland, turn right onto W. Loveland Ave.
Through Downtown Loveland, across bike trail and the river, you will go through three lights
2nd Building on the left, after 3rd light (Loveland Maderia Road)
From Cincinnati
I-71 North to I-275 East
Take exit #52 toward INDIAN HILL/LOVELAND
Go north onto LOVELAND MADEIRA RD. – go about 3 miles
Turn left onto W. LOVELAND AVE
2nd Building on the left
For more local updates stay tuned to the Loveland Salad with Me, Cassie Mattia!
Bella, Carly, and Morgan at one of their planning meetings earlier in the year.
by Cassie Mattia
Loveland, Ohio – Could our Loveland Tigers be any more impressive?! Loveland High School students, Carly Wilhoite (Junior), Bella Dillhoff (Junior), and Morgan Wheeler (Senior) announced this month that they will be competing in the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS) “Students Of The Year” campaign!
The “Students of the Year” campaign is a seven-week fundraising, leadership, and development program for high school students that focuses on developing young leaders in the community while they raise funds for LLS. This particular campaign began on February 17th and will end on April 9th.
During the seven-week program, Wilhoite, Dillhoff, and Wheeler will take on organizing events, as well as collecting items from restaurants and stores that will be auctioned off during “The Grand Finale” at the end of the campaign.
“We were not allowed to collect any money before the campaign starts, but we can get commitments,” Wilhoite said, “As of right now, we have been running around the whole city collecting commitments for donations, auction items, t-shirt sponsors, andFund The Nights.”
The team of Tigers recently finalized their t-shirt design and they are now available for pre-order below.
The candidates and some of their team members help raffle off a Valentine’s Day basket to teachers – with help from Mrs. Johnson, their principal (Second from Right in photo).
The campaign has nearly twenty student team members and a group of adult helpers, which includes Katie Rose, Jen Ramage, and Molly Reboltz from The LLS.
Carly Wilhoite shared that she and her two campaign teammates in some way during their lives have had to deal with cancer, which is why this is so important to all of them.
“Morgan’s grandmother passed away due to lung cancer in the spring of 2016, and my grandfather passed away due to esophageal cancer when I was young,” Wilhoite said, “Bella and I have a friend and lacrosse teammate who was diagnosed with Leukemia a few years back and she thankfully won her fight. Supporting The LLS is my way of showing my support and love for those that have fought and are currently fighting the vicious battle against blood cancer, but the most important reason for our efforts in this campaign is Katie Rose and her family,” Wilhoite added, “Mrs. Rose is a teacher at the middle school and has been a mentor and friend to us throughout this whole thing. She lost her aunt to Leukemia in the summer of 2019. We love and appreciate Mrs. Rose for everything she has done for us, and there is simply nothing we wouldn’t be willing to do for her.”
Mrs. Rose, who has volunteered for The LLS for many years helping both the Pennies for Patients/Hero Squad and the Student of the Year campaigns, said she definitely has a personal stake in this type of work because she lost her 53-year-old aunt to AML a couple of years ago.
“I am always awed by how engaged my students become when asked to serve the greater good,” Rose said, “The Student of the Year campaign is the equivalent of a Master’s level class in philanthropy whereby students learn valuable skills that translate into their educational and career paths while doing such meaningful and important work. I am so proud of this team and the teams on whose shoulders they stand. We hope the Loveland community will support them in their journey!”
Morgan Wheeler shared what her experience was like her sophomore year participating in her first campaign.
“I had such a great opportunity first hand to see what an impact that the LLS has had not only on the patients it supports but the candidates it develops into amazing leaders in their community,” Wheeler said, “I hope that by accepting the nomination as a Student of the Year candidate that I can honor those who have lost their battle to cancer, like my grandmother, and help those who are currently fighting.”
Wheeler said that the biggest part of the campaign is “The Grand Finale,” which is set to be held on April 9th.
“It is truly an exciting and memorable moment that I remember very well from participating on the team last year,” Wheeler explained, “Candidates are recognized for all of their hard work and there is a commemoration for those who are fighting their battle or have lost their battle to cancer. At the Grand Finale, there is also a silent auction that offers teams one last way to raise funds that will go towards their teams total.”
“Our team is in the works of collecting auction items so that we can put baskets together to be sold at the auction,” Wheeler said, “At the end of the night, the winning team is announced and the title, ‘Students of the Year,’ is handed to the candidates of that team.”
If you or your business would like to contact Team CUREage 2.0 to help with their campaign email the team at lovelandllsteamcureage@gmail.com.
TheLLS is uniquely able to report on the many advances and accomplishments that have occurred since their founding in 1949. From cutting-edge research and precision medicine innovations to legislative victories that improve access to therapies for cancer patients, LLS plays a leading- and often pioneering- role in the fight against blood cancers. Since 2000, approximately 40 percent of all U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) approved cancer drugs were for blood cancer, and some are now used to treat other forms of cancer and non-malignant diseases. A “win” for blood cancers, therefore, is a win for the cancer community overall.
Subcommittees on K-12 and higher education are beginning their discussions on the new operating budget this week, and they have plenty of budgetary information to look at, including declines shown in the January budget report.
The Ohio House Finance subcommittee on higher education will take their first look at the pieces of the state operating budget that touch on higher education this week
As they look to the future of funding colleges and universities in the state, the Office of Budget and Management gave a look at last month’s disbursements, and year-to-date funding disbursements that were below estimates.
According to the most recent OBM monthly budget data report, January disbursements for higher education was 3.9% below estimates, a total of $7.2 million less than the month before.
The state budget agency said declines came from below-estimate spending in the Ohio College Opportunity Grant, Choose Ohio First Scholarship and National Guard Scholarship programs. These programs had “lower-than expected requests for reimbursement from higher education institutions,” according to the OBM.
In his executive budget proposal, Gov. Mike DeWine wants to raise the Ohio College Opportunity Grant award total by $500, and build award 2,000 more scholarships the Choose Ohio First program.
On the year, higher education institutions received 1.2% less than the year before, and compared to January 2020, they received 11.5% less in disbursements last month.
The executive budget proposal increases the state’s share of instruction, the main source of direct state aid colleges and universities receive, by 1.8% over the biennium “to maintain quality and provide support services.”
The House Finance subcommittee on primary and secondary education has the operating budget as the only measure on the agenda for its meeting, scheduled for Thursday morning.
They will look at the governor’s proposals to disburse more than $13 billion through fiscal years 2022 and 2023, including $1.1 billion in student wellness services.
DeWine’s budget proposal adds $125 million in foundation funding that were taken away during pandemic budget cuts.
In January, the OBM reported disbursements of $7.2 million to the Ohio Department of Education, nearly 1% below estimates for the month.
The declines were credited to lower spending on EdChoice private school voucher program expansion, early childhood education and pupil transportation.
The OBM report said early childhood education has been shifted away from the general revenue fund, and the EdChoice and transportation drops were due to offset payments and overspending on transportation in December.
“The below-estimated spending was partially offset by the above-estimated disbursements for the Foundation Funding line item as the College Credit Plus payment to colleges for the summer and fall 2020 terms was above estimate,” the report stated.
The primary and secondary education subcommittee also has a bill overhauling the funding formula for the state’s public school system on their desk to be considered during this General Assembly.
An overhaul of that formula would change the sources and methods of disbursement to schools, releasing some of the burden on property taxes, and creating a payment system that goes more directly through the state.
State aid to the schools through the foundation funding totaled $715.1 million in January, $8 million above estimates, according to the OBM. But disbursements were 6.2% less than January of last year, accounting for a $50 million loss.
Loveland and Hamilton County, Ohio – Hamilton County Public Health is postponing its vaccine clinics for TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16 because of the snow.
If you were scheduled to receive the vaccine at either the Hamilton County Board of Elections or the Anderson Center, HCPH has contacted you to reschedule.
If you were scheduled for vaccination Tuesday, February 16, your new appointment will be at the same location and the same time as originally scheduled on the following dates:
If you were scheduled for the 2nd Dose Clinic at the Anderson Center Tuesday, February 16, your new appointment will take place at the Anderson Center Monday, February 22;
If you were scheduled for the 1st Dose Clinic at the Hamilton County Board of Elections, your new appointment will take place at the Hamilton County Board of Elections Monday, February 22;
If you were scheduled for 2nd Dose Clinic at the Hamilton County Board of Elections, your new appointment will take place at the Hamilton County Board of Elections Tuesday, February 23.
The photo above was posted to U.S Senator Rob Portman’s Facebook page on February 3 with the following statement:
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.”
This morning I had a chance to pay my respects to USCP officer Brian Sicknick who lost his life in defense of the U.S. Capitol on January 6th. We will never forget his service and sacrifice. May he Rest In Peace.
Below is Portman’s statement issued 10-days later after voting to acquit former President Donald Trump on a charge of inciting the deadly January 6 insurrectionist attack on the U.S. Capitol, concluding his second impeachment trial with the same verdict as his first impeachment.
In the 57-43 vote, seven Republicans joined every Senate Democrat and independent in support of convicting Trump. Ohio Republican U.S. Sen. Rob Portman voted to acquit Trump. Ohio Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown voted to convict.
Portman has announced that he will not run for re-election in 2022.
The siege of the U.S. Capitol on January 6 was an attack on democracy itself. That night, shortly after the rioters had been cleared from the Senate floor, I spoke to urge my colleagues to support the state certifications of the election results as our constitutional duty, and as a signal that ‘we will not be intimidated’ and that ‘mob rule is not going to prevail here.
I have said that what President Trump did that day was inexcusable because in his speech he encouraged the mob, and that he bears some responsibility for the tragic violence that occurred. I have also criticized his slow response as the mob stormed the U.S. Capitol, putting at risk the safety of Vice President Pence, law enforcement officers, and others who work in the Capitol. Even after the attack, some of the language in his tweets and in a video showed sympathy for the violent mob. In response, I called on President Trump to ‘explicitly urge his supporters to remain peaceful and refrain from violence.
But the question I must answer is not whether President Trump said and did things that were reckless and encouraged the mob. I believe that happened. The threshold question I must answer is whether a former president can be convicted by the Senate in the context of an impeachment. This would be unprecedented. Consistent with the two votes I have already taken in this process, I believe the Constitution reserves the narrow tool of impeachment and conviction for removal of current officeholders and current presidents, and does not apply to former officeholders or former presidents. Impeachment in the Constitution is fundamentally about removing someone from office.
I think the Framers of the Constitution understood that it would be inappropriate to allow Congress – an inherently political body – to convict former presidents. Instead, the appropriate place to address former officials’ conduct is the criminal justice system. In fact, the Constitution makes clear that former presidents are subject to the criminal justice system. That is where the issues raised by the president’s inexcusable actions and words must be addressed. I have a duty to uphold my oath to the Constitution and that’s why I voted as I did, on the state certifications of the election on January 6, on the jurisdictional issue earlier this week, and on the final vote on conviction today. My decision today in no way condones the president’s conduct. On the contrary, it is keeping an oath to the Constitution, that I believe the president did not keep on January 6.
Our country is already deeply divided. My decision was based on my reading of the Constitution, but I believe the Framers understood that convicting a former president and disqualifying him or her from running again pulls people further apart. Instead, our task should be to help bridge the growing gaps that separate us. President Biden said in his inaugural address, ‘This is our historic moment of crisis and challenge, and unity is the path forward.’ I agree, and will continue to do my part to try to find that common ground to bring our country together to address the many challenges we face.
After he was acquitted, the former president issued a statement that said in part, “Our historic, patriotic and beautiful movement to Make America Great Again has only just begun.”
Loveland, Ohio – The Little Miami River Chamber Alliance usually celebrates the winners of the annual Valentine poetry contest at their annual Valentine breakfast, however, they can’t this year due to COVID 19.
Below is their video of some of the winners reading their winning love poems!
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