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Coach Darnell Parker Obituary
SERVICE LOCATION DATE TIME DIRECTIONS Visitation Vineyard Church, 11340 Century Circle East, Springdale, Ohio 45246 July 30, 2022 10:00 am – 11:00 am Directions Funeral Service Vineyard Church, 11340 Century Circle East, Springdale, Ohio 45246 July 30, 2022 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Directions Celebration of Life, Loveland High School Gymnasium, 1 Tiger Tale, Loveland, Ohio 45140 July 30, 2022 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Directions Watch Tribute Video
Darnell D. Parker, Jr. Beloved husband of Samantha Parker. Devoted father of Alexis, Madison, and soon to be born, Jalen Parker. Loving son of Nina and the late Darnell Parker, Sr. He is also survived by numerous extended family members and friends. Darnell passed away peacefully surrounded by the people he loved the most Sunday, July 24, 2022, at the age of 44.
Darnell was born and raised in Findlay, OH where he attended Findlay High School and played basketball. His education and basketball career continued at Bluffton University. His passion for basketball lead him to coaching high school basketball at Finneytown, Glen Este, Clark Montessori, CNE schools and finally spent five seasons at Loveland.
Darnell graduated from Bluffton University with a bachelor’s degree in Business and spent most of his professional career as Vice President at Beal Bank and Chase Bank. His last job was with Peoples Bank where he served as the Dealer’s Service Manager.
Above everything, Darnell loved his wife, daughters, family, and loved making memories with them. He will be greatly missed because he was deeply loved.
Visitation will be held on Saturday, July 30, 2022, from 10:00 a.m. until time of service 11:00 a.m. at The Vineyard Church-Chapel, 11340 Century Cir East, Springdale, OH 45246. Interment to follow at Oak Hill Cemetery. A celebration of life reception will be held at the Loveland High School Gymnasium, 1 Tiger Trail, Loveland, OH 45140, from 2:00-4:00 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, a memorial contribution may be given to the Darnell Parker Scholarship Fund.
You can leave your thoughts for the family on the funeral home website HERE.
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Loveland High School star Drew Plitt signs with Bengals
Loveland, Ohio – The Bengals today signed college free agent QB Drew Plitt and waived CB John Brannon. In addition, G Alex Cappa and HB Samaje Perine have been cleared to practice and removed from the Active/Physically Unable to Perform list.
Drew Plitt at a Loveland High School basketball game in 2018. Plitt (6-2, 206), a rookie out of Ball State University, played in 46 career games for the Cardinals with 36 starts and completed 777 of 1246 passes (62.4 percent) for 9062 yards and 68 TDs. He also rushed for 423 yards and 14 TDs.
Plitt, who participated at the Bengals’ rookie minicamp in May as a tryout player, is from the Greater Cincinnati area and played at Loveland High School in the Eastern Cincinnati Conference, where he set a school record for career TD passes (42) and in 2013 led the Tigers to a 14-0 record and the Ohio Division II state championship.
Drew Plitt quarterbacked the Ohio Division II state championship team in 2013 for Loveland High School. An undefeated 14-0 Tiger season. -
Loveland High School Students Brady and Connor Burns come to aid of Goshen tornado families
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by David Miller
Loveland, Ohio – Brady Burns said, “I wanted to help the people in the Goshen community because what they experienced had to be devastating.”
Connor Burns said, “I can’t imagine how scared these people must have been because the area looked like something out of a movie.”
Brady Burns added, ”The least we could do was help in any way possible.”
Connor Burns added, “Thanks to all of those who donated money, cleaning supplies, gift cards, and nonperishable food. We appreciate it as well as the people in the Goshen community.”
Immediately after Loveland High School Students Brady and Connor Burns hear that a tornado touched down in Goshen, Ohio, neighboring their hometown of Loveland, Tiger Country – the started a collection for families in Goshen, Warrior Country. They put it out to the Loveland community that they would have a relief drive. When they did they said, “Actually we have family who live there. One had the top of their roof come off.”
In the next few days, they had cash donations that totaled $1,000 which was used to buy gift cards, nonperishable food, and cleaning supplies. They also had a van load of items that was dropped off at their house.
Brady, an 11th grader has always been a straight-A student. He is on the Tiger tennis and bowling teams and a Manager for the cross country team. He participates in: SALT (Student Athletic Leadership Team), FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Young Life, and was just selected to be on the Ohio Advisory Safety Council.
Connor is just starting high school – 9th grade. He has also always been a straight-A student and was on the Tiger cross country and track teams Connor has a love for roller coasters.
Brady and Connor Burns (Provided Photo) Below is the original appeal that Brady and Connor Burns sent out to the Loveland Tiger community:
Yesterday, a community close to us experienced a devastating tornado. Goshen has been declared a state of emergency. We have family that live in Goshen and luckily they are safe. We would love to have the neighborhood help the families of Goshen in this time of need. Please consider donating bottled water, nonperishable food items, gift cards, new blankets, new pillows, etc. Many of these families are displaced. We are providing our mom’s Venmo account if you are unable to go purchase items, but want to donate money. We will take the money to buy items needed for families.
Last week with the monetary donations they received, Brady and Connor Burns purchased these items for the community of Goshen, Ohio. The boys then had more money donated and purchased a lot of $25 Kroger gift cards for groceries and gas. (Provided Photo) 
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Provided Photo The young men delivered “a ton” of nonperishable food items to the collection point at Goshen High School. When they heard that gas gift cards were in need because people are using generators, they bought some.
They want people that responded to their appeal to know that the people who were volunteering at Goshen High School were so appreciative. “Seeing the devastation was heartbreaking. Thanks to everyone who donated. If any more money or items come to the house we will make another delivery.”
A previous story was published in Loveland Magazine in October 2021 about Brady Burns’ doing what needs doing!
Amy Switzer Burns wants to say “Thanks” for compassion project
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Support the Ray Wene Memorial Golf Outing
Loveland, Ohio – Ray Wene, graduated from Loveland High School in 1991 and he passed away in 2019 from brain cancer. His wife Tina has started a non-profit foundation in his name to raise money for brain cancer research at Jewish Hospital; money for local youth sports and families that may not be able to afford the costs involved, and a local church youth group. These were some of the most important things to Ray and we hope to carry his legacy on by providing support for these organizations.
They are having their first golf outing at Hickory Woods and would like to reach out to the local community for interests.
Oct 08
1:30 PM
Loveland, 1240 Hickory Woods Dr, Loveland
This man here is Ray Wene, the face of The Ray Hope Foundation. As stated above, Ray was diagnosed with Grade IV GBM in June of 2017. He fought a long and hard 29 months, and in November of 2019, “the Lord brought him home”. Ray’s faith was unshakable throughout those hard times; nothing broke him. Through his testimonial journey, he wanted to change the lives of others by bringing them closer to God. Ray was a passionate, loving man. He cared deeply about the youth programs held in church and kids who couldn’t pay to play. He desired to support them in any way he could, whether that be; financially or spiritually. Lastly, Ray’s biggest goal was to bring awareness to brain tumors and further research in the medical field. The proceeds will be donated and used to further his request for The Ray of Hope Foundation.
The number one goal for this foundation is to honor the life of Raymond Wene. “We will be supporting local youth faith-based programs, community youth sports, nurses education, and cancer research at The Jewish Hospital Brain Tumor Center.”
Read About Becoming a Sponsor
Ray Wene Memorial Golf Outing Registration Form
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Brian Conatser will be Loveland High School’s New Assistant Principal
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Loveland, Ohio – Current Loveland High School District Director of Student Athletics Brian Conatser will move into the role of LHS Assistant Principal beginning in the 2022-2023 school year. Conatser will take over as Assistant Principal as Eric Fry moves to a similar position at Oak Hills High School.
“I am excited and grateful for the opportunity to serve Loveland City School District in a new capacity. We have an incredible student body, staff, and community, and I am very fortunate to have experienced this as a Loveland classroom teacher, coach, Athletic Director, and now as an Assistant Principal. I look forward to the new challenge and am thrilled to continue to be a part of an amazing district,” Conatser said.
Conatser has served as the District Director of Student Athletics for four years. He was Loveland’s Assistant Director of Student Athletics for two years and spent 15 years as a science teacher and coach at Loveland and Sycamore High Schools.
A search will now begin for the next Athletic Director.
In the meantime, it has also just been announced that Clay George, the current Assistant Athletic Director will be leaving to become the head athletic director at Ansonia JH/HS.
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Loveland High School Senior’s awards and scholarships
Loveland, Ohio – 366 Loveland High School Seniors are members of the Class of 2022 and they graduated yesterday, May, 21, at the Cintas Center at Xavier University.
The Senior Awards Ceremony for the class happened on May 3. The school celebrated the Top 10 Seniors, called out accomplishments in everything from citizenship to spirit, and presented many scholarships, including the ones awarded by local individuals and organizations.
Photo Credit to Loveland Schools 
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Kasie West’s Sunkissed is a Summer Must-Read!
by Mahi Sheth
Summer is coming up quickly meaning it’s time to start planning your reading list! For those who enjoy reading a great novel while laying in the sun, I’ve got the perfect Young Adult (YA) romance novel by Kasie West to keep you company.
Sunkissed is a contemporary romance novel about a girl named Avery. Avery, who has just started summer vacation, comes across a whole slew of problems unexpectedly! From dealing with a betrayal from a best friend to two months with no wifi to having a crush on a mysterious, frustratingly charming guy named Brooks who happens to be off-limits, Avery’s entire life gets turned upside down. When Brooks offers Avery a chance at finding out what she wants and who she wants to be, she finds that falling in love isn’t so bad after all.
In the novel, West manages to capture both the problems teens face and the reaction one would feel after being betrayed by a best friend. Sunkissed is a coming-of-age novel that I would highly recommend to anyone who enjoys reading about young teens finding their place in the world, guys who have a talent for music, and those with a passion for love!
If you think Sunkissed sounds interesting, here are a few similar novels by Kasie West and other authors:
The Upside Of Falling by Alex Light
Seventeen-year-old book-lover, Becca believes in true love and fairytales while Brett, the captain of the football team, just wants to get through high school without a girlfriend distracting him. When Becca gets caught in a lie, Brett helps her out. A fake relationship should be easy, right? That’s until Becca and Brett’s true feelings come into play! (Cover provided by Amazon)
Maybe This Time by Kasie West
A small-town girl named Sophie wants to go to the big apple to pursue her dream of being a fashion designer. While Sophie is working hard to earn money in Rockside for college, she meets an arrogant rich boy who happens to be staying in there for an entire year. Fireworks explode when these two are together! Can Sophie and Andrew play nice after attending several Rockside events together? (Cover provided by Goodreads)
The Distance Between Us by Kasie West
Cayman and Xander, who have no inclination of what their future holds, are from different sides of the track. In order to figure out what they want to do, they decide to designate every Saturday as “career day.” As Cayman and Xander become closer, Cayman wonders if they can be together even though they are from different worlds. Will money trump true love? (Cover provided by Goodreads)
ABOUT THE KASIE WEST
Kasie West lives in Central California with her husband and four kids. She graduated from Fresno State University with a BA degree in Elementary Education. West has published several YA novels taking home an award for Best Novel for one of her YA novels, Pivot Point, in 2013.
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Loveland Magazine’s Intern Spotlight!
by Cassie Mattia
Contributing Biography Writing and Headshot Photography by Olivia Rohling, Sean Behling, Ty Simmons, Mahi Sheth, and Divyana Bose
Loveland, Ohio – This generation will change the world in more ways than one! One of the best ways to help mold and develop this generation’s skillsets is to give them opportunities to fine-tune their crafts. Here at Loveland Magazine, we thought one of the best ways we could make an impact on this generation is by creating an official Internship Program!
When I first began job searching after I graduated with degrees in Journalism, Marketing, and English, one of the questions I often heard in interviews or on applications was, “How much experience do you have” or “How many years of experience do you have?” Well in my mind it was pretty obvious what the response would be, “Well I just graduated from college so I haven’t had the opportunity to dive into the workforce with my degree and get experience, which is why I’m applying for this position!” How can an employer expect someone to get experience if they aren’t given the opportunity to get experience? I dealt with this dilemma for years as I was coming up in the Journalism world as every job I seemed to apply for was given to someone who had “more experience.” It was so frustrating and quite frankly demeaning as I had just spent all that time in college busting my butt to graduate with a 4.0 thinking that I would immediately land a job right after graduation.
Fast forward several years I eventually started to get opportunities but began to recognize the reason I was getting opportunities was due to all the internships I started to rack up on my resume, one being in high school for the Journal News-Middletown Journal. After becoming part-owner of Loveland Magazine, I began to think about how I could continue (my partner David Miller had students in the past intern with him) to help students get Journalism experience before they graduated but on a grander scale. I thought maybe I could help these students in some way avoid jumping over all the hurdles I had to in order to get an opportunity in journalism. That’s when the light bulb went off and the Loveland Magazine Internship Program came into conception!
With help from local schools, administrators, teachers, community members, a beautiful flyer made by David Miller, and the release of my article letting our readers know we were starting an official internship program, the word spread fast! Before we knew it we had several emails coming in every day asking for more information on the intern program and what it took to be considered. I must say it was amazing seeing how many local talented students were looking to jump-start their future with an internship! Like I said previously, this generation will change the world!
After careful consideration, I selected 5 inspirational, hard-working, motivated, and creative future journalists. Thus far we have had several meetings learning everything from taking a great headshot to writing an attention-grabbing bio to brainstorming for a feature story! I learned very quickly how impressive these 5 students are as well as how much diversity each one brings to their writing. Each one of these students brings something different to the journalism table and luckily all of our readers will get a chance to see their growth and development right before their very eyes!
One of the first assignments that I gave the 5 interns was to take a great headshot of themselves and write their own bio. After taking in my feedback and revising both their bios and headshots several times, I couldn’t be more pleased with what they have produced! I wanted to be sure that we published as much of these interns’ work as possible so that they could begin to build their professional portfolios, which is a MUST HAVE in journalism! So without further ado, I would like to welcome you to the “Intern Spotlight,” where our readers get to take the time to get to know our 2022 student interns! Be sure to give these interns a wave if you see them out in the community and of course stay tuned to their next assignment which will be their first feature story!
Mahi Sheth
“Best Short Story” award winner Mahi Sheth knows a thing or two about writing! Mahi is a creative writer who is a part of her middle school newspaper, The Roar. The way words come together to form a story is Mahi’s favorite part about journalism. In Mahi’s downtime, she also loves both reading and dancing. Mahi is a freshman at Loveland High School.
Olivia Rohling
Writer, student, introvert, Wordle player, and avid email checker, Olivia Rohling challenges herself in all aspects of her life daily! Olivia is not a stranger to the world of journalism as she was Editor-in-Chief for The Milestone, McNicholas High School’s newspaper, and currently writes for Ohio University’s The Odyssey Online. Olivia loves keeping busy, but when she does get free time she enjoys, reading, running, baking and listening to Arcade Fire. Olivia is a freshman in the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University.
Sean Behling
If you’re here for bland or generic writing, you’re in the wrong place! Sean Behling is an accomplished student journalist that has a plethora of experience in the Journalism field. Sean wrote a short story his freshman year that caught the attention of his English teacher which led to Sean joining his high school’s newspaper the very next year! Sean not only writes both Editorials and Entertainment news, but he also writes for his high school robotics team. Along with being a skilled writer, Sean also has extensive experience in using Adobe InDesign and editing high-quality videos in Adobe Premiere. Sean, a junior at Loveland High School, has the skills, knowledge, and friendly smile that he hopes will lead him down the path to success! Of course, if you’re looking for the same-old boring writing, Sean can lead you down the hall to the door on the left!
Divyana Bose
Award-winning sportswriter, Divyana Bose, has a passion for Journalism like no other as she often writes until her hand cramps! Divyana has made it her mission to make her high school newspaper, The Mason Chronicle, better each and every year through her writing abilities and by mentoring those that look up to her on the Mason Chronicle team! She has aspirations of making the world a better place through her writing and has begun doing so by offering her journalistic abilities to The Little Helpers, a non-profit organization that strives to better the lives of those living within the greater Cincinnati area. Divyana has a talent for making news stories come to life by using her bubbly, innovative, and outgoing personality through her writing. Divyana is a Junior at Mason High School and wants nothing more than to pursue Journalism in college.
Ty Simmons
An avid gamer, creative writer, and stand-out high school athlete, Ty Simmons knows a thing or two about Journalism! Ty is a part of his high school’s newspaper, The Leaf, and was on the official “News Crew” team in junior high. When he’s not creating maps for his very own RPGMaker game, throwing 20-pound shot-puts, or working at Dewey’s Pizza, Ty enjoys learning about the history of media and catching up with his friends on Letterboxd. There won’t be a day that goes by that Ty isn’t preaching about his latest favorite music album, video game, or film! Ty is the oldest of 3 boys and a Junior at Sycamore High School.
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$2,500 poured in to thank Loveland teachers, drivers, and staff
by David MillerLoveland, Ohio – After it was announced that the Loveland schools were going into asynchronous learning for two days just ahead of the MLK Holiday break, to try to stem the tide of the COVID 19 outbreak in classrooms and among staff, a few hard-working parents went to work. They wanted to show their LOVEland LOVE to teachers and staff the day when students returned to in-person learning – the day after the holiday.
A call was put out to collect donations of money and local goodies so the staff and teachers would know they are loved and appreciated for their dedication to our children.
“We had an incredible outpouring of love from our community this morning for our teachers and staff at LCSD. The support came entirely from parents and families in the community,” said a statement by the organizers.
600 staff across all schools were supported.
“First and foremost – THANK YOU for so generously volunteering your time to help us succeed at showing our appreciation to all the staff members of LCSD. We could not have done this without the many hands you’re providing. Our community came through so strong with supporting this and it’s been such a pleasure to work with Erin and Becca to organize this! Our local businesses are grateful for our support of them in this mission to support our schools, overall an entire community support drive! It’s been an amazing couple of days…. COUPLE OF DAYS – with YOUR help we are getting this done in just a couple of days!”
Andrea KimmeyWithin just 5 days and over a couple of conversations, the idea blossomed into over $2,500 in contributions for our schools.
Our amazing educators, bus drivers, and support staff have been stressed physically and emotionally from the toll of the pandemic. This was a way our community could say they are not forgotten or unappreciated. The community could show support even in a gesture like coffee and donuts. We hope it brightened their day and let them all know how much their community rallies behind them.
“Donations were provided through Venmo and PayPal by the caring families, parents, and community in Loveland. With such a generous contribution, we have funding to do this again and be able to support local business at the same time,” said Becca Moates.
Even though many community members may have differing views of how these past two years should have been handled – one thing we can certainly come together about is kindness and supporting the staff of Loveland schools. And that is what #beLOVEland is all about.
The organizers got up bright and early in the AM with a group of super volunteers to pick up coffee and deliver both coffee and donuts to each school and the central office. Transportation had their own event with goody bags handcrafted by students and organized by Katie Smyth.
Our local Businesses stood up and supported providing coffee and donuts. A special thanks to:
• Blossim Donuts in Montgomery (new!), owned by Natalie Blomer.
• Our very own Hometown Cafe owned by The Hooper Family.
• Mile 42 owned by Tim Butler
• And Biggby’s Coffee in Loveland franchised locally
Volunteers included (but not an exhaustive list) Andrea Kimmey (organized and ran logistics), Erin Mix (organizer), Becca Moates (organizer), Katie Smyth (organizer), Kris Stapleton, Tara Hamilton, Laurie Hyrne, Lara Ferrer, Julianne Dominguez, Sharon Shepherd, and Liz Goldschmidt. Each of them arrived early, picking up and delivering the goodies to each school.
SAW Pilates instructor Tara Hamilton said, “LIS/LMS said they were so excited for this and they were beyond appreciative. Thanks so much for all of your work. Such a great thing for our staff.”
Photos provided by organizers.
Andrea Kimmey said, “Our community came through so strong with supporting this and it’s been such a pleasure to work with Erin Mix and Becca Moates organizing this. Our local businesses were also grateful for the support of them in this mission to support our schools, overall an entire community support drive. It was an amazing couple of days.”
A Google Doc was used for organizing pickup and delivery assignments and ended with this note to the volunteers:
THANK YOU ALL, FOR SO GENEROUSLY VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME TO HELP US SEND A “HUG” TO OUR STAFF MEMBERS AND SHARE OUR SUPPORT FOR ALL OF THEM! YOU ARE ALL THE VERY MEANING OF KINDNESS AND COMMUNITY. THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
Thank you all #beLOVEland community!
