Loveland, Ohio – Loveland loves their veterans! The Loveland American Legion Post 256 Honor Guard and VFW Post 5749 held a brief unannounced Memorial Day ceremony yesterday at 9 AM at the Loveland Veterans’ Memorial. Due to the COVID 19 pandemic, Loveland’s annual parade, and ceremony, unfortunately, were canceled this year. Both the parade and ceremony, which is usually witnessed by thousands, features patriotic music, emotion-grabbing speeches, and an endearing proclamation given by the Mayor of Loveland.
In yesterday’s abbreviated ceremony, there was a 21-gun salute while two symbolic wreaths were laid beneath the American flag. Taps were played by echoing trumpets as well. Although there were only a few spectators, LOVELAND MAGAZINE TV was able to catch the ceremony and spend a few brief moments with some Loveland residents as we asked them to reflect on Memorial Day.
Loveland Magazine understands that the majority of the public missed the ceremony so we decided to bring the event to you in an impromptu video. Click below to enjoy Loveland’s Memorial Day ceremony from your very own couch!
Loveland, Ohio – The aerial video greeting from Loveland school bus drivers to the Class of 2020 shot by Loveland High School art and photography teacher Jim Barrett has been featured by ABC News Internet Ventures and GMA.
GMA said the school bus drivers at Loveland City Schools in Ohio honored students in an “epic way.”
The original publishing of the video by the Loveland Schools came with this message from the District Transportation Department:
Congratulations to Loveland High School class of 2020! On behalf of Loveland Transportation, we salute you for achieving a very important milestone! Stand tall and be proud of yourselves.
“Some of us have been around long enough to transport these kids since Kindergarten and some of us have only been working with the district for a few years, but the one thing we all have in common is the love for our students. This is a huge accomplishment and anyway we can show them some love, we will do it. So here’s to the Class of 2020. Your bus drivers are proud of all of you.” – Jennifer Bloom Bowman
“Being a school bus driver is not just a job, it’s an adventure ! The love for our students is unconditional and each one will always hold a special place in our hearts. Every story, every hug, every laugh and every tear with them are memories and sometimes even lessons. To the kids of the past, the present and the future, this is for you!” – Michele Winter
Thank you to the following bus drivers for helping make this project happen:
Lisa Moorhead Michele Winter Jennifer Bloom Bowman Tara Patterson Hollandsworth Kelli Czachor Ramsey Lori Schultz-Stulz Lindsay Centers
Paxton’s Grill and Ramsey’s Trailside would like to say A BIG THANK YOU to all of the artists who submitted artwork for the Loveland Art of Giving contest.
Also, thank you for your support of LIFE Food Pantry as part of this event. Your generosity was incredible, resulting in a significant increase in donations and will greatly help LIFE with their mission to support those in need in our community.
All of the artwork submitted was amazing. However, we had the hard task of choosing the winners, and at this time we would like to announce the winners of the 10 and under age group. Drum roll please…..
Winners of the 10 and under age
First place: Kane Trent ($100 prize) — Second place (tie): Corinne Labin and Emma ($50 prize each).
All the artwork submitted will be on display in the front and side windows at Ramsey’s for the next few weeks. Come on down and check out the artwork.
Congratulations to Kane, Corrine and Emma. Thank you again for your support of LIFE Food Pantry.
The winners of the 11 and over age group
First place: Camelia Catan ($100 prize); Second place (tie): Jackie Pfirrman, Piper Schaeffer ($50 prize each).
All the artwork submitted will be on display in the front and side windows at Ramsey’s for the next few weeks. Come on down and check out the artwork. Congratulations to Camelia, Jackie and Piper!
We will up-date these stories to reflect the artist of each piece of art as soon as it becomes available.
David Miller is the Publisher of Loveland Magazine and a Vietnam Combat Veteran
COVID-or-not – it felt imperative to somehow have a Memorial Day Service in Loveland
by David Miller
Monday marks the nation’s most significant holiday, so it should not go without remembrance. For many, it’s quite sobering and you may want to think twice about saying, “Happy Memorial Day” if you want to avoid blank awkward stares.
Traditionally the area has annual gatherings with speeches given on the stage of the Loveland Veterans’ Memorial or at the monument at Veterans’ Memorial Plaza in Home of the Brave Park, however because of COVID 19 and an Ohio ban of large gatherings the annual Memorial Day ceremonies were canceled this year. Before the Loveland Memorial was built in the West Loveland Historic District the event was held on the lawn in front of the Loveland Elementary School.
Given the National Holiday’s significance, because without the ultimate, life-giving sacrifice of young men and women there would be no other holidays celebrated in this country, including Independence Day, Christmas, Easter, or Labor Day, it felt imperative to somehow have a Memorial Day observance non-the-less, COVID-or-not.
I didn’t do too much head-scratching before I remembered Ryan Linday’s Memorial Day address in 2017 because it was a very good one – the best one of my recollection. Ryan is a “third-generation Veteran” and his uncle died in Vietnam. Ryan quickly agreed to record a message and brought Steve Bow to play taps.
I also remembered young Paul Laufersweiler the eighth-grade student from St. Columban School who read a speech at last November’s Veterans Day service in Loveland, The service is put on by students who walk from their school to the Veterans’ Memorial each fall to lay wreaths and honor current and past veterans. So, I contacted his mom Stephanie who I also met that day and asked her if Paul would like to record a speech for this year’s Memorial Day. Almost immediately she responded, “Just tell us where to meet you.”
Much of the morning that Ryan, Steve, and I spent while at the Chapel at Union Cemetery in Symmes Township centered around a conversation about how many more Veterans in recent years have died by suicide than in battlefield combat. Truthfully, it was Steve and Ryan doing the lamenting with me just listening. They remembered those lives with sobriety and respect for their pain and suffering, their endless dark days, and the families in these recent years who lost their Veteran but never received a Gold Star to put in the home’s window.
To those numerous families in Loveland I want you to know that the loss of these young souls and your pain was memorialized with quiet somber reflection at our three-person Memorial Day service at the cemetery yesterday.
Monday, Ryan and Steve will visit other local cemeteries and return to Union Cemetery to lay wreaths and Steve will play Taps to honor the greatest of our community’s heroes – including yours.
When I was with Paul and his mom on Friday to record Paul’s speech we didn’t chat about such somber subjects – I don’t have those things in common with the young man. Our conversation was about Paul’s promising future and his dreams. I believe we all have a responsibility to Paul to turn them into reality. Thank you Paul for recognizing at such a young age who it was that came before you who allows the possibility of your aspirations.
Let’s make a mission statement after hearing Paul’s last sentence of his speech – to make it so for him and all of our children. To make is so for all the Gold Star Families and those who did not receive the Gold Star but deserve it as much as anyone.
We really must make Paul a promise that we will make this country and community live up to the promise now laid at our feet, by so many lost lives who held the same dreams and potential as he has.
This photo was taken when Paul read a speech last November on Veterans Day
Meet Paul Laufersweiler
Paul just graduated from eighth grade at St. Columban school and will be attending Loveland High School in the Fall. He has already successfully auditioned to be in the marching and symphonic bands. He has two sisters, Emily still attending St. Columban as a sixth-grader and Amy who will be a junior at LHS who is in the Show Choir.
Paul said he is interested in studying science, however, he is also really interested in learning more about communicating so he might be taking those courses as well.
“When I was really little I wanted to be a pizza pilot where I would fly around in a plane and drop down pizzas to people.” I asked him if he would throw them like frisbees and he said, “Yes, I’ll get a thin crust, real crispy, so they won’t flop around.”
Paul was the student council President at St. Columban this year. Annually they raise money for school supplies for St. Julie School in Uganda, but because of COVID 19 they were not able to complete all of their fundraising activities. At the urging of his little sister Emily, they decided the canceled Walk-A-Thon should still take place, but by the students walking in their own neighborhoods. This photo (right) provided by his mom is Paul opening donations and notes from St. Columban families who contributed to the “Virtual” Walk-A-Thon. In the end, they raised $1,000.
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Meet Ryan Lindsay
Ryan is a lifelong Loveland resident and 1994 Graduate of LSH. He enlisted the Army right out os high school and served until 1998. Since, he has been a self-described “civilian-slave for the system.” Ryan told me, “Im proud to be a resident and citizen of the City.” For the past 15 years he has been an office manager for a heating and cooling company.
When I asked Ryan what he plans on doing with the rest of his life he said, ”Work, and then do lots of fun things when we are again allowed to do them. I go to Indy car races, sport car races, and concerts.”
I asked him if he ever raced and he said laughing, “No, that’s a rich man’s sport and I want to keep my money for when I retire. I know I would like it so much but I know how much it costs so I would probably bankrupt myself. It’s funner to watch somebody else spend that money so I’d rather watch ‘em do it. do it and that way if there’s a wreck I won’t have a bill to pay or anything like that.” He said he would probably try out a “Driving School” in a professional setting just to try it out to see how his skills stack up. “I would love to race cars, but then you see the price tag.”
He did race bicycles from the late nineties until 2012. “I kinda got too old and too busy with work to keep doing that. I did travel all over the country and would still like to do it but there isn’t enough time now to train and keep fit.”
Ryan will spend his Memorial Day with other veterans making their annual pilgrimage to local cemeteries, praying, and laying wreaths.
Meet Steve Bow
Steve has lived in Loveland since 2012 and has played the trumpet for 41 years. He is a technical specialist with a German company and works from home doing quality control and business and sales development. He does travel to South Carolina and Tennessee to consult with large companies such as Volvo and Volkswagen about quality and technical problems.
Steve was born in 1967 and grew up in Texas. His dad was an engineer for Dow Chemical for “the better part of 40 years.” The family moved to Columbus in 1980. He graduated from Ohio State in 1990 with a degree in metallurgical engineering and he’s been in the steel industry for a little going on 21 years. Steve’s father, Kenneth E. Bow, is a retired Army, Lt Col.
“I consider myself an Ohioan because I was in seventh grade when I first lived here,” Steve said. He attended OSU for five years and was in the marching band for four playing trumpet and in the “S Row” on the field.
Steve is the Assistant State Director, SW/NW Ohio District of Bugles Across America, an all-volunteer Taps organization. Bugles Across America (BAA) offers live/real bugle/trumpet players to sound Taps at Veterans funerals and events so the electronic device can be avoided. Steve has sounded Taps for around 300 “Missions” despite having a full-time job.
Recently, Steve has sounded Taps in Normandy in 2015, Arlington National Cemetery in 2013 and 2016, the D-Day Memorial in Bedford, VA, and various other Veterans events, including participating in a Full Honors funeral with the US Army and last year he played at Dayton National Cemetery.
In 2018, Steve and his daughter Claudia, a Music Ed major at NKU, sounded echo taps at the Normandy American Cemetery. They have also sounded Taps on Omaha Beach.
Steve said, “In addition to my full-time job and the BAA, I also own an art business on the side where I paint Military aircraft nose art from WW2 and aircraft insignia art on aluminum panels to replicate the originals.” He has shipped his artwork to clients around the world. “I also do leather jackets and I have been painting since 2012. My company is STB Aviation Art LLC.”
Steve will spend his Memorial Day with other veterans making their annual pilgrimage to local cemeteries, praying, and laying wreaths, and of course Steve will sound Taps.
Investigators (from left) Peggy Hickman and Beverly D’Andrea and case manager Jan Watson wore protective gear while obtaining samples from parents and children. Tests involve swabs on the inside cheeks of the participants and taking their photos. Testing is assisted by a phlebotomist.
Clermont County Child Support on May 13 conducted genetic paternity testing at a tent in its parking lot, while following Responsible Protocols for Getting Ohio Back to Work,
Genetic testing normally takes place two Wednesdays per month in a conference room. Testing had been on hold during the COVID-19 pandemic.
About 20 tests took place today.
Establishing Paternity
A support order cannot be established for a child who is born to unmarried parents until the alleged father acknowledges paternity or is proven to be the father. Paternity can be established by the signing of a document to be filed with the court acknowledging paternity or, in some cases, an Acknowledgment of Paternity Affidavit which is filed with the Ohio Central Paternity Registry. If the alleged father or mother are uncertain as to parentage, genetic testing can be arranged at a laboratory which is certified to perform such tests. In many instances, genetic testing is available through the Child Support office at no cost to the parents. Paternity can be established by agreement or by court orders.
Paternity establishment can provide basic emotional, social and economic ties between a father and his child. Once paternity is established legally, a child gains legal rights and privileges. Among these may be rights to inheritance, access to medical history and to other benefits such as veterans or Social Security.
For more information about establishing paternity, see: genetic testing
Loveland, Ohio – Another LHS Student-Athlete that committed to playing collegiate sports has been recognized as part of the nation’s top student-athletes for his combined performance on the field and in the classroom! The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced Thursday that Georgia Tech baseball junior, Luke Waddell was selected to the 2020 Academic All-District First Team.
The Yellow Jackets were one of just two Atlantic Coast Conference baseball teams to have multiple Academic All-District selections. Eight Yellow Jacket Juniors were selected overall. This was the first time since 2012 (Brandon Thomas and Sam Dove) and fourth time overall since 1979, that Georgia Tech earned multiple All-District selections.
Waddell had another stellar year of competition with the Yellow Jackets, as he is now recognized as one of the nation’s top shortstops and table setters. From the leadoff spot, Waddell hit .300 through 16 games, recording 18 hits, including four extra-base knocks, and nine RBI’s. He drew seven walks to average a .419 on-base percentage during his Junior campaign. Out of the nine RBI’s that Waddell earned, none proved more clutch than the go-ahead run in the eighth inning of Game 2 during the ACC’s opening weekend against Virginia Tech!
Waddell is one of the many Yellow Jackets performing in the classroom as the team overall had a banner year academically averaging a program-record 3.40 team GPA! The Georgia Tech Baseball Team was one of eight sports to record program bests in the classroom.
Those student-athletes that were selected to the First-team Academic All-District squad will advance to the Academic All-American ballot. Those selected to First, Second, and Third Team will also advance to the Academic All-American selections which will be announced in June.
Barberton, Ohio – “We have recently introduced a new product to assist many Market Segments with the re-opening of their businesses from the COVID-19 Pandemic, including Restaurants, Hospitality, Retail, etc. This is a clear vinyl shade to use in any guest/employee contact area,” said Don Burgstahler from Mason.
MAG Resources – A small business in Barberton, OH has introduced a product to help small businesses open safely. MAG has come out with a protective shield solution, MAG Shield, to provide safety for your customers and employees. MAG being a national supplier to many major National Accounts across the United States, quickly realized a product would be needed to help many market segments including Hospitality, Restaurants, Health Care, Offices, Retail, and many others that experience Customer/ Employee contact.
MAG has come up with a product that is certified to be in your commercial buildings. “Our product carriers a fire-retardant certificate (NFPA 701), which is required in the commercial atmosphere. We have implemented these in our own office building to help separate shared working environments to maintain employee/customer safety,” said Burgstahler. “The MAG shield is a clear vinyl shade that unlike many of the solutions now has many design options to help integrate with your facilities design.”
“We are offering three different systems to assist with different installation requirements and budgets. Each product doing their part to help provide ultimate safety.”
Loveland, Ohio – Instead of having a graduation party, Loveland High School Senior William Heard decided, “that because of the virus” he should hold a sock drive to lift the spirits of those who have few material possessions.
For the graduation year of 2020, William would like to collect 2,020 pairs of new socks, or more, by the time he turns 18.
I want to do this in an effort to help those who are homeless and less fortunate than us. Due to all of the depression and fear surrounding the community in times like these, I want to be able to be a light in someone’s life by providing something to them that is so simple, yet very necessary.
Hello!
I just wanted to give a quick update about the sock drive so far. I have currently received from the Loveland community 307 pairs of socks and $1,203 in monetary donations, of which I used to purchase 1,356 pairs of socks and I
cassie mattia,
The deadline to bring socks/donations is on June 11 and I plan on delivering socks between Monday, June 15 and Saturday, June 20. Thank you so much for helping push the word out!
Sincerely,
William Heard
William is accepting money donations through Paypal, Venmo, and Cashapp (all of which are listed below), as well as setting up a drop-off point at his house, 1205 W Main Street, Loveland, OH 45140.
Loveland, Ohio – Just when local folks thought things were returning to the way they were, Barbara Streisand style, mother nature had another trick up her frock to show us who’s boss when around 4″ of rain swelled Loveland’s streams Tuesday morning. For those with a flooded basement or business, swell would be a wrong description.
Memories light the corners of my mind Misty water-colored memories of the way we were Scattered pictures of the smiles we left behind Smiles we gave to one another for the way we were
Can it be that it was all so simple then Or has time rewritten every line
Here are some of the videos and photos sent our way. We appreciate these in the way it documents Loveland, Ohio on May 19, 2020.
A return to normal is a typical Spring rain event when the town is divided by the State and National Scenic Little Miami River.
This video was sent by Cindy Wilmes.
This video was sent by reader Nick Dyson.
This aerial footage and the following photos were taken by Steve Beamer who puts all of Loveland in the passenger seat of his drone.
Wait till Steve takes you just a few feet from the railroad overpass where the water crashes into the pillar with such tremendous force.
Wait till Steve flys you under the Col. Paxton Bridge at West Loveland Avenue then soars high above Historic Downtown.
These photos were sent to us from Eileen Washburn.
Loveland, Ohio – The March 17 Primary Election results have now been reported by the Hamilton, Clermont, and Warren County Board of Elections.
On election night the preliminary result was 3,844 votes for the levy and 5,766 against the levy. After counting all votes there are 57 additional votes for the levy and 104 additional votes against the levy.
Below, are now the “Official” final results as reported by each BOE.
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