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[Video Slide Show] How much fun was the Loveland 4th of July Parade?

Drayton Durham taking photos of the 4th of July Parade.

Loveland, Ohio – The Loveland Frog thought the Loveland Independence Day Parade was so much fun she got right in the middle of it – and did some photobombing to boot.

Most of these photos were taken from the vantage point of the Loveland Magazine office in the West Loveland Historic District. All of them were taken by David Miller and Drayton Durham.

Loveland Magazine Publisher David Miller taking photos of the 4th of July Parade.

The West Loveland Historic is on the bank of the State and National Scenic Little Miami River, home of the famous Loveland Frog, the mascot of the City.

The Loveland Tiger did not make an appearance! Word on the street is that she doesn’t go outside when the temperature is above ninety so she was spending the afternoon posing for a likeness that will be painted on an elevated water storage tank. The Frog was grateful for the “Wet Zone” provided by the Loveland/Symmes Fire Department.

All photos are copyright protected © 2018.

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Jul 23, 2018
“Test” parking meters to be installed in Historic Downtown in pilot project

If the pilot project proves successful 110 total meters might be installed

by David Miller,

Loveland, Ohio – City Manager Dave Kennedy is awaiting approval from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) before installing 39 test parking meters in Historic Downtown. The property where 26 of the meters are to be located is street parking along Railroad Avenue and the poles would be in the “right of way” controlled by ODNR along the Loveland Bike Trail.

IPS Single Space Meter

The test meters would be on West Loveland Avenue, and Railroad Avenue from West Loveland to Harrison Avenue. Kennedy said he is waiting on a person from ODNR to return from vacation so they can continue their discussion of the right of way issue.

Kennedy is working exclusively with The IPS Group in a test of their meters before possibly installing more of the metered parking. When asked if he has an idea what the parking rate will be he said, “Not yet. I need to clear up right of way with ODNR for the pilot program.”

Kennedy said, “I should add that we hope that the pilot program helps us establish a reasonable parking rate. It is important that the rates of the parking meter find a balance between not having a negative impact on parking within the downtown district while also allowing the meters to effectively manage parking.”

Private interests have begun restricting public parking in private lots in Historic Downtown.

In a June 26 memo to the Mayor and Council he said, “Having reviewed the products of multiple meter companies, the city has decided to work exclusively with the IPS Group due to their advanced technology, ease of enforcement, foolproof collections, and varying designs.” Kennedy also said, in the memo, “The IPS Group are leaders in the parking meter and kiosk field. The IPS meters are equipped with advanced technology, including mobile applications for the users, advanced enforcement, computerized reporting, and fail-safe collections.” There has been no discussion of penalties for violations.

Loveland City Manager Dave Kennedy is exploring using parking meters in the Historic Downtown. (File Photo)

“The initial installation is only a pilot program at no cost to the city to determine operational, collections, and enforcement needs,” said Kennedy.

It is a goal of Council to increase parking turnover in the Historic District and discourage long-term parking in prime retail spots by users of the Loveland Bike Trail. The City would rather bike trail users park in the Linda J. Cox Trailside Parking Area on East Broadway.

Kennedy said that IPS meters are the industry leaders due to multiple features, most notably applications which allow the users many ways to pay, including through their mobile devices.

To discourage long-term parking in the Historic District parking is already being regulated by parking limits such as these next to Nisbet Park along the Loveland Bike Trail.

The meters will be solar powered and managed by the City through a wireless networked data management system. The City Manager said the meters will be easy to maintain and displays a clear violation indication for enforcement. He said the system includes a “failsafe” collection system.

The design of the meters would include one pole for each two meters, which Kennedy said would reduce obstructions along city curbs and would be black in color to match other city sidewalk components.

If the pilot program is successful, Kennedy has presented a plan where there might be anywhere from 27-110 permanent meters and an estimated cost between $32,599 and $124,125.

Smart Parking and its Role in Smart Cities according to the IPS Group

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Jul 19, 2018
Dianne Decker Bomar to City Council: For our children, there is no more important work that you will do

EDITOR’S NOTE:

This is a statement Dianne Decker Bomar read at the open forum of the May 22 Loveland City Council meeting. Loveland Magazine Publisher, David Miller stood at the podium with Bomar and expressed his endorsement of the statement. Council did not engage in the conversation of declaring June 1 Gun Sense Safety Day in Loveland.

Dianne Decker Bomar

by Dianne Decker Bomar,

There have been 288 school shootings in the United States since 2009.

At least 2,500 children and adults have died as the result of these shootings.

We have all heard the newly-released statistic that more school children have been killed in 2018 alone than Americans serving in the active military service. I will let that sink in. More children are dead from school shootings than those serving in the Marines, Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard in 2018.

Gunmen, whether adults or youthful peers of the victims, have had access to firearms with the ability to wound and kill quickly in settings where we send our children to learn and grow.

“The end result was the same: children as young as five, and adults as old as 75 were killed in the place we believed for decades was safe… their school.”

Whether this ability was a result of multiple guns, or firearms with modified features to fire on victims in rapid succession, the end result was the same: children as young as five, and adults as old as 75 were killed in the place we believed for decades was safe… their school.

This council has been asked to declare June 1 Gun Sense Safety Day in Loveland.

This council has been asked to celebrate Gun Sense Safety by decking themselves and our community in orange: ribbons, lighting, clothing, and whatever conveys your support of the mission of Moms Demand Action, Mayors Against Gun Violence, Everytown for Gun Safety, and Sandy Hook Promise:

That mission is to engage in meaningful change to address the epidemic of school violence in our community and across the United States.

That mission is to support the Second Amendment and at the same time provide fundamental, common sense approaches to the very specific issues which are a result of modern technology and profound special interest lobbying.

This is not an effort to strip responsible gun owners of their firearms, about which I believe at least a few of you on council have personal concerns.

“I encourage each of you to search out answers which prove to this community that you take our children’s, teachers, aides, and administrators lives seriously.”

I encourage each of you to search out answers which prove to this community that you take our children’s, teachers, aides, and administrators lives seriously. That you acknowledge that the current means and methods are not working and a new view and action is necessary.

Please show that your personal beliefs are congruous with the health and well-being of all of Loveland’s children.

Please know that you hold a unique position of influence and that meaningful change has to include everyone in the conversation about gun sense legislation and safety.

There is no more important work that you will do than to engage in the conversation in this meaningful way to work toward safety in our schools.

Please declare June 1 Gun Sense Safety Day in Loveland and promote the conversation which you know has to take place in order for change to begin, and for healing to take place.

There is no more important work that you will do than to engage in the conversation in this meaningful way to work toward safety in our schools.

Jun 8, 2018
[Photo Album] and keynote address by Bill Fee at Loveland’s Memorial Day Ceremony

In this LOVELAND MAGAZINE TV video you can see the photos taken by David Miller of the ceremony, and shortly after a music interlude you can listen to the Memorial Day address by Bill Fee and continue looking through the photo slideshow.

Bill Fee

Loveland, Ohio – This year’s keynote speaker at the Loveland Memorial Day ceremony was Bill Fee.

After a year in college, at the age of 19, Fee enlisted in the Army in 1967, and volunteered for service in Vietnam. He served in combat as a rifleman in the First Infantry Division and was wounded in combat in November of 1967, and spent 10 months in three different Army hospitals, undergoing four operations to repair a damaged shoulder. After his medical discharge in 1968, he returned to college and graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a BA and MA in German Literature.

In 1984, Fee and fellow Vietnam Veteran Earl Corell co-directed the fundraising, design and dedication of the Greater Cincinnati Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Eden Park. The Memorial was dedicated in April of 1984.

Fee was with the E.W. Scripps Co. for 32 years, retiring in 2010 after having served as Vice President and General Manager of WCPO-TV for 12 years. He was born and raised in Cincinnati, and graduated from Walnut Hills High School in 1965.

Fee has served on the boards of the Boy Scouts, the Ohio Association of Broadcasters, and he is Past President of the boards of Cincinnati Public Radio and the Cincinnati and Ohio Chapters of the March of Dimes. He currently serves on the board of trustees of The Children’s Home of Cincinnati, and is a volunteer with Executive Service Corps of Cincinnati and United Way.

In 2016, Fee published his first book, Memoir of Vietnam 1967, detailing the story about his military service in Vietnam with the First Infantry Division, and the impact the war has had on his life in later years.

All Photos © David Miller/Loveland Magazine 2018

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Jun 1, 2018
[Photo Album] Patriotism at the 2018 Loveland Memorial Day Parade

All Photos © David Miller/Loveland Magazine 2018

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Jun 1, 2018
[Photos] MLK Day in Loveland

Loveland, Ohio – The Loveland Initiative and the Social Action Commission and Living Peace and Justice committees of St. Columban Church combined their efforts in organizing the 2018 celebration of the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Sunday night. The event was held at the St. Columban Parish Hall.

People brought their favorite dish for the 19th annual pot-luck event that began with the Loveland Initiative’s Teen group almost two decades ago.

The event featured a meet and greet by St. Columban member Steve Ellis, a keynote address by Rev. Royce Winters from the Church of the Resurrection in Bond Hill, entertainment, and readings of original poetry.

Entertainment was provided by Oxford Gourd Drum Ensemble/Cincinnati Drum and Tribal Dance, the choir from Calvary United Methodist Church, and the Heavenly Expressions praise dancers from Milford Ebenezer Baptist Church. Loveland Magazine and Loveland Kroger were sponsors of the event.

Photos © David Miller/Loveland Magazine 2018

Jan 15, 2018
Ms. Miller’s 1st-graders have a video message for Veterans

by David Miller,

Loveland, Ohio – Loveland Elementary School teacher, Jen Miller brought her 1st-graders to the Loveland Magazine offices on November 2 to continue their year-long series of visits to learn about newspapers and further their writing skills. This was their second visit of the school year. On this last visit, the students practiced both their writing and reading skills by first writing messages to Veterans and then reading what they wrote in front of a camera. It was a twofold class, to hone skills and to honor Veterans as Veterans Day approached.

Miller said, “I want my students to know that we write for a variety of reasons. For enjoyment, to inform, and to honor others.”

Loveland Magazine writer and photographer Sam Smith

The photos below, many taken by Loveland Magazine photographer, Sam Smith are from both visits. Smith also spent time with the children telling them how he prepares photos for his stories. The students are learning how modern newspapers operate and that their stories can be read on a computer, tablet, and smart-phone. Loveland Magazine was the first newspaper in Ohio to be the first “on-line only” newspaper to be accepted into the Ohio Newspaper Association, now the Ohio News Media Association.

“I want them to know that writing happens beyond the walls of our classroom. That’s why these trips to Loveland Magazine are priceless life experiences for my students, my parents, and for myself,” said Miller.

Emma Dickman

Miller always brings six or seven parent volunteers with the class who keep them safe on the walk and sit on the floor with the students and engage with the writing task.

Senior Emma Dickman, a High School Ambassador from the Teaching Professional Academy at Loveland High School always accompanies the class as well.

As the year progresses the 1st-graders will collaborate writing a story about their school, email their story with their photos to Loveland Magazine, and participate in publishing their news. They will also come to Loveland Magazine in the Spring to teach us here at Loveland Magazine how as first-grade students they are taught in the classroom to write stories.

Fran Hendrick, PCC – coach, counselor, teacher

Our daughters learn very early whether it’s safe to expose their feelings to us. Not just their sadness, fears and worries — but also their triumphs, because sharing one’s proud moments is actually the greater risk — [Continue reading: https://tinyurl.com/y9tehy2v]

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Nov 10, 2017
Meet the Candidates for Loveland School Board on Wednesday, October 25

Loveland Chamber and Loveland Magazine partner to bring you Meet the School Board Candidates Night

Loveland Middle School Media Center

801 South Lebanon Rd.

Wednesday October 25 at 7 PM

Doors Open at 6:30 PM

by David Miller, Publisher

I am pleased that Loveland Magazine can partner this year with the Little Miami River Chamber Alliance to bring the candidates for a seat on the Loveland School Board together in one room to face voters and their questions. This election is certainly one of the most consequential for District voters in decades. The Board that sits in January 2018 will choose a new superintendent, make decisions about school facilities and crowded classrooms, and possibly be asking voters for more money within the next eighteen months.

Voters will have the opportunity to meet the candidates at 6:30 PM and at 7 PM the candidates will begin presenting their case and asking for your vote.

The forum will be moderated by former Board President Dr. Judy McClanahan. McClanahan and her husband Stephen have lived in the Loveland District for 31 years. McClanahan has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Kentucky in Pharmacy and a PH.D. from the University of Kentucky in Pharmaceutical Sciences. She did her post-doctoral work at the University of North Carolina School of Pharmacy in Chapel Hill. She was active in the PTA and established a Publishing Center for the students in the elementary building. In 1997, she was elected to the Loveland Board of Education and subsequently served 12 years on the Board. During this time Judy served as President of the Board three times.

LOVELAND MAGAZINE TV will be broadcasting the forum “live” on Loveland Magazine’s Facebook page, so, people that cannot be at the forum to meet the candidates in person, can watch it wherever they are. Folks can watch on their smartphones, tablets, computers, or even on the widescreen of their smart TV in their family room. Organize your own watch party.

The forum will be rebroadcast on both our Facebook Page and at www.lovelandmagazine.com so folks can watch at any time leading right up to election day.

Residents can comment in “real-time” on the Loveland Magazine Facebook page during the live broadcast or afterward by watching the re-broadcast.

At the Forum, residents will be putting their questions into a “hat,” and all questions will be screened for duplicates. McClanahan will ask as many questions as time allows.

CeeCee Collins, President of the Little Miami River Chamber Alliance said, “I feel it is important to allow the residents and voters to meet and ask questions prior to going to vote on November 7. Our intent is to provide the community the opportunity to ask questions and make an informed choice when voting.”

Judge Brad Greenberg is the Presiding and Administrative Judge for the Hamilton County Municipal Court.

There will be a similar Meet the Candidates Night for candidates for Loveland City Council on October 26, at 7 PM at the Loveland Middle School Media Center. Hamilton County Municipal Court Judge and former Loveland Mayor Brad Greenberg will be the moderator.

The doors will open at 6:30 PM on both nights.

Oct 18, 2017
Meet the Council Candidates Night on Thursday, October 26

Photo not provided by Stephen G. Zamagias

Loveland Chamber and Loveland Magazine partner to bring you Meet the Candidates for Loveland City Council Night

Loveland Middle School Media Center

801 South Lebanon Rd.

Thursday, October 26 at 7 PM

Doors Open at 6:30 PM

by David Miller, Publisher

Will City Hall be demolished? One, two, or four-story? Who will be Loveland’s next Mayor? Who will be appointed to fill the remaining two-year term vacated by former mayor Mark Fitzgerald? Will pro-growth or slow growth protect our values and environment candidates be elected? Which candidates will be more transparent? Which candidates will have the best temperament when their actions are brought into question? Who will shorten your commute time? Who has the thickest skin and a pleasant disposition? Will new bosses be just like the old bosses?

What would you like to ask those who want a special seat of trust at City Hall for the next four-years?

I am pleased that Loveland Magazine can partner this year with the Little Miami River Chamber Alliance to bring the candidates for Loveland Council together in one room to face voters and their questions. Voters will have the opportunity to meet the candidates at 6:30 PM and at 7 PM the candidates will begin presenting their case and asking for your vote.

LOVELAND MAGAZINE TV will be broadcasting the forum “live” on Loveland Magazine’s Facebook page, so, people that cannot be at the forum to meet the candidates in person, can watch it wherever they are. Folks can watch on their smartphones, tablets, computers, or even on the widescreen of their smart TV in their family room. Organize your own watch party.

The forum will be rebroadcast on both our Facebook Page and at www.lovelandmagazine.com so folks can watch at any time leading right up to election day.

Residents can comment in “real-time” on the Loveland Magazine Facebook page during the live broadcast or afterward by watching the re-broadcast.

Judge Brad Greenberg is the Presiding and Administrative Judge for the Hamilton County Municipal Court.

At the Forum, residents will be putting their questions into a “hat,” and all questions will be screened for duplicates by Pastor Bill Hounshell. Hamilton County Municipal Court Judge and former Loveland Mayor Brad Greenberg will be the moderator for the evening and ask as many questions as time allows.

CeeCee Collins, President of the Little Miami River Chamber Alliance said, “I feel it is important to allow the residents and voters to meet and ask questions prior to going to vote on November 7. Our intent is to provide the community the opportunity to ask questions and make an informed choice when voting.”

There will be a similar Meet the Candidates Night for voters on, October 25, at 7 PM at the Loveland Middle School Media Center. The School Board Meet the Candidate Night will be moderated by former Board President Dr. Judy McClanahan.

The doors will open at 6:30 PM on both nights.

Oct 18, 2017