Loveland, Ohio – The Loveland Initiative has awarded 22 college scholarships to high-school graduates living in the Loveland City School District over the years. Due to the success of the Christmas Toy Store last year, the Tracy L. Johnson Scholarship committee selected Maria Reich to receive the $1,500 scholarship. The Loveland Initiative celebrates her outstanding community service and academic excellence. She was presented with a certificate at the Loveland High School academic awards night on May 15.
The scholarship fund is in the memory of Tracy L. Johnson, a past resident of Westover Village. Tracy was a young, talented woman who died from Muscular Dystrophy before realizing her dream to finish college.
Loveland, Ohio – Loveland High School held its fourth annual Fine Arts Signing Day to celebrate the 18 seniors who have committed to continuing their art and music studies in college. The ceremony took place in the main gym at Loveland High School on Tuesday, May 7. The following students were recognized:
Samantha Aldrich – University of Cincinnati (DAAP – Architecture) Kyra Bowman – College for Creative Studies (Photography) Olivia Buell – The Modern College of Design Sydney Cree – University of Cincinnati (DAAP Interior Design) Evan Dial – University of Delaware (Oboe Performance) Ethan Diver – University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music (Jazz Studies) Curtis Feder – Ohio University (Broadcast, Journalism & Music Performance) Kayla Gibbins – University of Cincinnati (DAAP – Communication Design) Isabella Huelsman – Ohio University (Scripps College of Communication) Hannah Karp – University of Cincinnati (DAAP Industrial Design) Jensen Knecht – University of Cincinnati (Scripps College of Communication) Hunter Lindemann – Xavier University (Music Education) Cara Noel – The Ohio State University (Microbiology & Music) Caelan Quigley – The Ohio State University (Mechanical Engineering & Music) Samuel Richardson – Bowling Green State University (Digital Arts with a specialization in Computer Animation & Video) Eric Round – Miami University (Athletic Training & Saxophone Performance) Sarah Stevens – University of Cincinnati (DAAP – Communication Design) Joe Timmerman – Ohio University (Scripps College of Communication)
Loveland, Ohio – The Spring Sports season at Loveland High School is nearing a close. Here is a recap and continuing play for each team.
Men’s Tennis
Sectionals took place on May 7th at the ATP (Lindner Tennis Center). Advancing from Sectionals to Districts are Senior Captain, Matt Huether and Junior, Alex Ditchen in Men’s Doubles. Sophomore, Connor Ruble, has a District qualifying match this Friday, 5/10, versus Fairfield. District seeding matches will take place on Saturday, 5/11 at the ATP at 8:30 AM.
Men’s Baseball
Baseball hosts Hamilton on May 14th in their First Round Sectional matchup. The team currently sits at 10-11 (5-8 in the ECC) but have won 7 of their last 8 games.
Women’s Fastpitch
Fastpitch currently sits at 4-19 (3-9 in the ECC) and look to close out the season strong. They are led by Junior, Katelyn Kramer who is hitting .462 with 5 home runs.
Track
Both Men’s and Women’s Track have their ECC Conference meet tomorrow, 5/8 and Friday, 5/10 at Anderson. Loveland looks to win the ECC Championship for the first time since 2017 (Men’s) and for the first time as a program (Women’s). (No results are available on the Conference Web Site, however you can find the latest Tiger results as the meet progresses on Twitter. Loveland Athletics LovelandAthletics @LovTigers_AD)
Men’s Lacrosse
Men’s Lacrosse currently sit at 4-11 (2-2 in the ECC) and have won 2 of their last 4 games. They are currently tied with Turpin for 3rd in the ECC.
Women’s Lacrosse
Women’s Lacrosse currently sit at 10-2 (3-1 in the ECC) and have won 8 of their last 9 games. They currently sit in 2nd in the ECC and look to finish off their regular season on a strong note.
On Sunday, April 28, the sixth annual Golden Lion Awards Film Festival recognized students from across the Midwest, including two from Loveland High School: Sophomore Claire Beseler won a Mountain Lion Award for her short narrative film This Broken Mind and Senior Sam Richardson, who had a total of five films accepted into the competition, won the Mountain Lion Award for his film Cybersecurity Privacy and Safety (public service announcement category). Richardson was also an animation category finalist with Bombs Away and a finalist in the informational/educational category with his film Intellectual Property.
The Golden Lion Awards are produced and directed by The Underground Academy of Cinematic Arts. The competition is open to high school and middle school students in 12 Midwest states, as well as areas of an additional 15 states within 500 miles of Cincinnati.
Last month, Beseler’s film This Broken Mind was the winner of the short narrative category in the third annual New Media Film Festival at Mount Saint Joseph University. On Sunday, May 5, Richardson’s animation Bombs Away will be recognized at the Ohio Governor’s Youth Art Exhibition awards ceremony for being in the top 25 out of more than 11,000 artworks submitted to the competition.
Loveland, Ohio – On April 17 five Loveland student-athletes signed their National Letter of Intent to play their sport beyond the high school level.
In this LOVELAND MAGAZINE TV video, you can watch the ceremony conducted by Loveland High School Athletic Director Brian Conaster as he talks about their academic and athletic achievements.
Niki Christow – Soccer (Wittenberg University) Josh Elfers – Football (Hanover College) Ian Fields – Soccer (John Carroll University) Grace Moriarty – Cross Country and Track (Nova Southeastern) Jordan Morrison – Track (High Point University)
AJ Bailey, Aaron Borchers, Mason Funk, Kian Palmer and Jack Hampton at the second annual Armed Forces Signing Day ceremony at Loveland High School
Loveland, Ohio – On Tuesday, April 30, Loveland High School (LHS) celebrated five seniors who have committed to join a branch of the U.S. military upon graduation. The second annual LHS Armed Forces Signing Day recognized the following students at the ceremony:
Luke Rohling, here playing “Man in Chair” in the Drowsy Chaperone, is nominated for both Lead Actor in a Musical and Male Critic.
Loveland, Ohio – Students at Loveland High School (LHS) have been nominated for 21 Cappies for the 2018 production of The Drowsy Chaperone. The awards will be announced at the Cappies Gala on May 23 at the Aronoff Center for the Arts in Cincinnati.
Students nominated for the Cappies include:
Hair & Make-up
Adrianna Bell
Molly Clemons
Anna Geiger
Sound
Evan Bell
Kaitlyn Naylor
Adam Zdroiewski
Props
Rosa Karl-Chacon
Marisa Kelley
Cayleigh King
Jordan Lawrence
Lighting
Amy Laufersweller
Ben Russ
Matthew Rychlick
Kathryn Taylor
Sets
Lillian DeMellia
Hayden Ducker
Natalie Heath
Ethan Segrist
Orchestra
“The Drowsy Orchestra”
Stage Management & Stage Crew
Noelle Barry
Sydney Miller
Sam Slyder
Samantha Weaver
Ensemble in a Musical
“The Gangsters” – Andrew Hoffmann and Aidan McCracken
Featured Actor in Musical
Myles Lamson
Female Dancer
Busy Aiken
Male Dancer
Joseph Koehne
Female Vocalist
Demi Sperelakis
Comic Actress in a Musical
Merrick Hummer
Comic Actor in a Musical
Calloway Hefner
Supporting Actress in a Musical
Lillian DeMellia
Supporting Actor in a Musical
Daniel Eilert
Lead Actress in a Musical
Anna Colletto
Lead Actor in a Musical
Luke Rohling
Song
“Toledo Surprise”
Musical
The Drowsy Chaperone
Male Critic
Luke Rohling
The Cappies Critics and Awards Program strives to recognize Greater Cincinnati’s talented young writers, performers and technical crews. High school theater and journalism students in the program become trained as critics, then attend shows at other schools to write and publish reviews. At the end of each school year, these student critics vote on awards for their fellow students in a list of categories, including outstanding productions, group and individual performances, as well as achievements in various technical categories.
Loveland High School students with Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra musicians in Music Hall on April 2, 2019. Left to right: Dee Sparks (viola), Jacob Kiley, Luke Faessler, Rick Vizachero (bass) and Evan Dial. (Photo credit: Mark Lyons, Lyons Photography.)
Cincinnati, Ohio– Three students from Loveland High School (LHS) had the honor of performing with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra on April 2. Seniors Evan Dial (saxophone and oboe) and Jacob Kiley (viola), and Sophomore Luke Faessler (bass) – all members of the Cincinnati Youth Symphony Orchestra (CSYO) Philharmonic – performed Boleroby Maurice Ravel and An American in Parisby George Gershwin at a concert in Cincinnati’s Music Hall.
“It was the first time I could really hear and feel the presence of the bass in such a large combined orchestra,” said Luke Faessler. “The professionals’ sense of humor created a welcoming kinship that made it really fun to play alongside them.”
The CSYO consists of two full orchestras made up of 200 of the region’s most talented young musicians in grades 7-12. The students are members of their school bands or orchestra programs and joined the CSYO after passing a competitive audition at the beginning of the school year. Both ensembles rehearse weekly throughout the year. The Philharmonic, the most advanced of the two orchestras, performs four concerts in Music Hall and an annual Memorial Day concert in Eden Park.
The side-by-side concert on April 2 also featured the winner of the CSYO Philharmonic Concerto Competition, Sophomore Andrew Yang from Seven Hills, who performed Carmen Fantasieby Franz Waxman.
Lilly Rohling (on the left) and Rachel Noe, both members of the Loveland High School Art Club, worked together to paint Lilly’s winning design on a plan rain barrel.
Loveland, Ohio – Ruthie Timman, eighth grader at Loveland Middle School, and Lilly Rohling, sophomore at Loveland High School, have earned the honor of contributing their designed rain barrels for the 7thAnnual Rain Barrel Art Benefit Auction, held as part of “Party for the Planet” at the Cincinnati Zoo.
Ruthie Timman (on the right) involved family, friends, her science teacher Catherine Rudisell, and classmates as she worked on her rain barrel project. Here she is with her friend A.J. Dahlquist.
“I entered the contest because I love art and wanted to see if mine was good enough to make it through, and it did,” said Ruthie, who liked the idea that it would also benefit the zoo and help save local water. “My design idea came from going to Anna Maria Island with my family, where we kayaked and saw manatees. They came right up to us and were super gentle. They are also unique animals and not as popular as the common zoo animals, like tigers, giraffes, and elephants.”
Forty local artists – about half of them students and the other half professional or hobby artists – have revamped typical green, dull and drab rain barrels into creative and colorful accent pieces for the garden. All barrels will be on display at the zoo throughout the month of April, leading up to the last day of the silent auction which was held on April 25.
The Rain Barrel Art Project began as an initiative to promote the use of rain barrels, which help conserve water and save money. The project continues to educate citizens on environmental issues, including storm water runoff, watersheds and water conservation. Art teachers around town have taken it on as an annual project for their students, who are often passionate about the environment.
“Environmental protection and preservation are very important to me and I liked the idea of combining art with environmental work.”
“Loveland High School’s Art Club has done this project in the past and I was encouraged to bring in a design,” said Lilly. “Environmental protection and preservation are very important to me and I liked the idea of combining art with environmental work. I love the Earth and always try to do my part in protecting it. Even something seemingly as small as one barrel can do so much good in the long run for our environment.”
Proceeds from the rain barrel auction will be used to further environmental education and awareness.
Celebrating 150 Years: Giving New Life to the Work of Nancy Ford Cones
May 9th, 7:00pm – 9:00pm (reception); exhibit through May
Loveland, Ohio – The opening reception for the new exhibit at the Loveland Museum Center is on Thursday, May 9, from 7 until 9 PM.
Loveland High School photography teacher, Jim Barrett, has given his high school students an assignment to produce a piece of photography for a show in the museum gallery depicting a contemporary rendition of historical local photographer Nancy Ford Cones’ many genres.
Come enjoy the exhibit, light refreshments, and meet some of the students. The photo exhibit will remain through May for weekend viewing.
Nancy Ford Cones was a nationally recognized photographer and longtime resident of Loveland. Working in partnership with her husband James, who developed her work, Cones often used Loveland residents as models. She was selected by the Eastman-Kodak company to depict rural life in America and her works were featured in magazines and publications from 1898 through the 1930s. Today, Cones is best known for her pictorial photographic work. Many of these prints, which incorporate artistic and narrative elements, received awards in national and international photographic competitions.
The Cones Gallery inside Bonaventure at the Museum features a rotating selection from the over 1000 artifacts in the museum’s archival collection consisting of photographic prints, glass plates, correspondence, cameras, and more.
Plan Your Visit
Museum Hours
Saturday and Sunday
1:00 – 4:00 PM
Monday through Friday – By appointment
Admission is free; donations are gratefully accepted
Directions
I-275 to Loveland-Indian Hill (Exit 52)
Left on Loveland-Madeira Rd.
Right on West Loveland Ave.
First left on Wall St.
First right on Park Ave.
The entrance to the parking lot is just before the gazebo on the left
Learn more about the Loveland Initiative HERE.
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