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  • The “Cure Starts Now” says Grant Wolf’s twin Julia Wolf

    The “Cure Starts Now” says Grant Wolf’s twin Julia Wolf

    by David Miller

    David Miller is the publisher of Loveland Magazine

    Loveland, Ohio – “We now know from The Cure Starts Now that $50,000 could fund an entire research grant in Grant’s honor,” said Grant Wolf’s mom Sara. “Pretty wonderful we are so close to that after two days.”

    At Grant’s funeral, his 7-year-old twin sister Julia really wanted to tell Sara an idea that she came up with to celebrate their birthday. “She’s been worried about how to have a birthday without Grant here with her,” said Sara. Grant Wolf passed away on January 22 at the age of after a courageous battle with Medulloblastoma.

    That night, she shared she wanted to do two things – give stuffed dogs to kids with cancer, what she and Grant loved to play together, and raise money for brain cancer research. “She set the goal at $240 and we have watched the total grow, and grow and grow,” said Sara

    Julia Grant (Provided Photo)

    Grant had an amazing team of doctors and nurses at Cincinnati Children’s and in Augusta Georgia, but when a child relapses with Medulloblastoma, treatment options are limited, his mom said. “We don’t want this to be the story for other families in the future.”

    Julia told Loveland Magazine, “Grant was really funny. He loved playing dogs and sports. He was the best twin brother.” She says she really wanted to do something about finding a cure for cancer so that no other kid has to go through these tough times.

    “Thank you to everyone who donated. Thank you so so much,” said Julia.

    Mom added, “We are amazed at the response to her birthday fundraiser but with the love of Grant’s ‘Wolf Pack’ behind us, we shouldn’t really be surprised at all.”

    Hi this is Julia,

    In one week it is my birthday. In honor of Grant, my 7-year-old twin who passed away from brain cancer we are having a fundraiser to find a cure for cancer and give kids with cancer stuffed dogs.

    Grant loved stuffed dogs and sports. He made a great brother and friend. On February 11th it is our 8th birthday. This is my idea of what to do for Grant on our birthday.

    My mom and I bought 30 dogs to donate to Carley at Proton so she can give them to other kids with cancer like Grant.

    I am asking if you can donate $8 by our 8th birthday to remember Grant and help cure cancer too. The Cure Starts Now wants to cure brain cancer and I do too.

    Love,

    Julia

    CLICK TO DONATE NOW

    Grant Wolf passed away on January 22, 2021 at the age of 7 after a courageous battle with Medulloblastoma.

    He was the beloved son of Michael & Sara (Dowden) Wolf. Loving brother of Matthew and Julia. Cherished grandson of Steve and Joan Wolf and Stephen and Marcy Dowden. Devoted nephew of Doug and Laura Ruschman, Greg and Angie Dowden, and Chris and Lynn Dowden. Adored cousin of Hannah, Emily, Luke, Marshall, Maggie, and Colin.

    Grant never met a sport he did not like. He was often found in his driveway or front yard playing baseball or basketball with his brother or on the golf course with his dad. He and his twin sister shared a love of stuffed dogs, and they have quite the collection. His mom has been his constant comfort and companion to countless hospital stays and appointments. He loved building roller coasters, golf courses, and sports fields out of any materials that he could find around the house. Grant’s smile and bravery even in the toughest of times this past 16 months have inspired many to find joy in challenging times and to never give up. 

    Family and friends visited the family from 5-8 PM on Tuesday, January 26 at St. Columban Catholic Church in Loveland.  

    Mass of Christian Burial was private at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery. The Mass can be viewed HERE.

    A procession to Gate of Heaven from St. Columban traveled through Downtown Loveland to Loveland Madeira Road. Hundreds of friends, including Grant’s teachers, his Principal, and fellow students gathered throughout the town, many at the Loveland Primary and Elementary Campus where Grant went to school.

  • Join this Loveland group putting their home 3D printers to good use

    Join this Loveland group putting their home 3D printers to good use

    by Natalie Clark

    Hi Loveland Magazine Readers. We want to reach out to our community and see if there are any folks who would like to put their home 3D printers to good use and join us in making 3D printed face shields for Cincy!

    The Problem: Patients with COVID-19 experience significant respiratory issues, resulting in coughing. Virus particles are easily spread in the fluids expelled from the patient during episodes of coughing. The face shield is an additional barrier between the healthcare worker and the patient, reduces the risk of viral transmission via airborne droplets, and reduces virus load on face masks worn underneath the face shield.

    Hospitals and clinics are running low or completely out of supply of face shields and have no choice but to treat infectious patients without a face shield to reduce exposure to airborne droplets and contagious body fluids.

    We are a Loveland family and our son goes to the Loveland Middle School. A couple of weeks ago, we started making 3D printed face shields using our 3 home printers.

    We have started a FaceBook group, 3D Printed Face Shields for Cincy which helps unite local 3D printing enthusiasts to help us make and donate more face shields to the local hospitals and clinics. To date, we have made and donated over 400 face shields for the frontline workers in our community (Kettering, OHC, TriHealth, Cincinnati Children’s, and local clinics).

    If you would like to help out, join our 3D Printed Face Shields for Cincy group on FaceBook or consider supporting us via gofundme.

    Donating $1 will cover the materials cost for 1 face shield so we can purchase material for producing more face shields. $750 has been raised so far.

    The 3D Printed Faceshields for Cincy group unites Cincinnati and tri-state area 3D printing enthusiasts who pledge to donate their time and efforts to create, distribute, and donate free face shields to Cincinnati based hospitals and clinics to combat COVID-19.

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    Hospitals and clinics are running low or completely out of the supply of face shields and have no choice but to treat infectious patients without one to reduce their exposure to airborne droplets and contagious body fluids.

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    The funds will be used to purchase material for producing more face shields.

    This includes:

    ⚫ 3D printing filament
    ⚫ Visor material
    ⚫ Elastic bands
    ⚫ Misc. Hardware, packaging, cleaners

    We will be making and donating face shields as long as there is a need for them. Any remaining campaign funds will be donated to Charitable Health Network of Ohio to support free clinics.

    For Makers and direct donations of filament/time

    Please join our Facebook Group.
    For Medical Facilities
    If you are an essential medical worker or medical facility director and would like to request free donations of 3D printed face shield in the Cincinnati region, please fill out this form  or contact us directly.
    Our Design
    All designs that we are promoting have either NIH (National Institute of Health) or specific medical facility approval.

     

  • Founder of Loveland Free Store Eleanor Baker passes

    Founder of Loveland Free Store Eleanor Baker passes

    Around Christmas and Thanksgiving she always made sure people had food even if it meant getting up at midnight to take someone something.

    David Miller is the Publisher of Loveland Magazine

    by David Miller

    Loveland, Ohio – During the 1980s recession, Eleanor Baker founded the Loveland Free Store in a tiny extension of the laundry room at the MacArthur Park Apartments on Park Avenue. The Loveland Free Store had humble beginnings and purpose. Eleanor started giving people the food out of her own cabinet and then got other people involved. People in the complex would often have bare pantries, and other tenants sometimes had a little something extra. Moms brought what they could to the laundry room and shared with the other moms so their friend’s children and the elderly would have food to eat.

    The laundry room quickly became inadequate when the broader community found out what Eleanor was doing, chipped in and helped her collect food and daily necessities. The program grew and soon began organizing during Thanksgiving and Christmas to provide meals and presents for children. The Loveland Firefighters Association gave them space to operate from their Loveland Firefighter’s Hall at the intersection of St. Rt. 48, Broadway, and Second Street (the 5-Way intersection in Historic Downtown). Eventually, the Firefighters sold their building and it was demolished when the intersection was re-configured to what you see there today.

    Unable to find a new “home” the Loveland Free Store closed in 1999. Several months later the community was called together to resurrect a program that was so vital to community life and thus, the L.I.F.E. Food Pantry was founded.

    Over the years, Baker assisted un-told thousands of Loveland area residents when they faced economic hardship. She never had a normal Christmas in those days, because her months and even weeks after Christmas was spent collecting toys, food, turkeys, hams, and Christmas trees for people that didn’t have much during the holidays. Because Eleanor knew so many people, she became the go-to person for people having hard times as well as the economically affluent who had more than they needed and wanted to share their prosperity. For instance, Eleanor would know the boy scouts in town who were selling Christmas trees and knew that as Christmas Eve approached they would be willing to donate trees that otherwise would have sat un-sold on their lots. If the trees needed decorations, she found someone to donate those also – and knew someone with a pick-up or empty trunk who would gladly offer their Santa’s sled for delivery.

    The days before Christmas Eve was chaotic at the Fireman’s Hall as volunteers came to help. They shlepped the donated presents and food up the steep steps to the Hall, sorted them, and helped carry overloaded, heavy boxes and bags back down those steps to an awaiting stream of parked cars lining O’Bannon Avenue below. Eleanor knew the people she was helping. She knew who was elderly. She knew the young moms and their children. She knew if there was a grandparent in their home and that they would appreciate some extra food or a thoughtful Christmas present. She ensured the bags and boxes were custom filled because she knew how many children were in households, and their ages.

    Eleanor worked year-around providing essential food during a time the entire nation was suffering a recession and was aware of how deeply it affected her friends. Loveland Free Store volunteers made regular trecks to Downtown Cincinnati bringing back truck-loads of surplus U.S. Government USDA commodities. Peanut butter, butter, rice, and “government cheese”. The Loveland Free Store, saved lives when it became an unofficial distribution point of the federal food program.

    Here are some comments found on social media about Mrs. Baker since the community became aware of her death:

    Some of you may remember her from starting and managing the Loveland Free Store and also the manager of the Loveland Clark Gas Station.* She and my grandpa Bill Baker also owned and operated The Loveland Aquarium Pet Store. (*Where Dunkin’ Donuts is now located)

    My Condolences to Eleanor’s family and friends.
    Your Mom Mary Turner Botts and your Grandmother Meranda Campbell remind me of the many people I knew growing up in Loveland of fine character and loving hearts. The Best of Loveland.

    I remember Eleanor as a hardworking, caring and kind lady…Eleanor will be missed as she contributed so much to so many. May she rest in peace in Heaven with the Lord and Savior.

    I’m sorry to hear this. My mother Margaret Sandmayr knew her very well, they worked at the free store together. I would always stop and get gas to say hi.
    She was a big part of Loveland.

    Yes, I remember you and your mother Marge and your father I used to come up to their house because she had a kiln and she would fire up my ceramics that I did for the free store to raise money I also worked with her as we volunteered for the food pantry

    Eleanor truly had one of the biggest hearts ever.

    She was an amazing woman heart of gold

    She was an amazing woman, she gave me a job at the Clark station years ago. Made sure I had food for Thanksgiving in 1990.

    She was an amazing woman!! One Christmas she helped me get a tree for someone who wasn’t going to have one for her children and she got it and that night we dragged it down the street with all the ornaments on it to the family and there was plenty of crying and laughter! God bless you wonderful lady!!!

    Yes I remember my mom doing that and a whole lot of other things through the years it’s amazing when you sit back and how the memories go flooding through your mind that you longed forgot about around Christmas and Thanksgiving she always made sure people had food even if it meant getting up at midnight to take someone something I did that with her many a time.

    She used to bring my kids Christmas presents I could go on and on she was such a sweet lady she’s going to be missed.

    Eleanor Baker was asked to run for mayor of Loveland she declined though everybody thought that knew her thought she would make a good mayor.

    reminds me of the many people I knew growing up in Loveland of fine character and loving hearts. The Best of Loveland.

    I remember Eleanor as a hardworking, caring and kind lady…Eleanor will be missed as she contributed so much to so many.

     

    Eleanor (nee Snapp) Baker

    Born July 13, 1938, to Daniel and Evelyn Opal (nee Dolson) Snapp and passed away December 5, 2019, at the age of 81.

    Eleanor started the Loveland Free Store and was the manager of the Loveland Clark Gas Station. She loved her family and will be deeply missed.

    She is survived by her children, Dan (Reva) Turner, Ronald (Shelly) Turner, Mary Turner, Darlene Turner, Theresa (Richard) Locke and Lisa (Todd) Miller; like a child Sharon Eddingfield; step-children, Jeff (Tracy) Baker and Bryan Baker; grandchildren, Angie, Colleen, William, Jared, Erica, Jessica, Tosha, T.J., Tori, Haley, Preston, Meranda, Adam, Emily, Shanea, Bryce and Zachary; numerous great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; a sister Betty.

    In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William T. “Bill” Baker; a son David Turner; grandchildren Rodney, Anthony, and Justin; a brother James; sisters Mary and Evelyn.

    Memorial services will be held on Monday, December 9, 2019, at 7 PM at the Tufts Schildmeyer Family Funeral Home, 129 N. Riverside Dr. Loveland, OH 45140, where friends will be received from 6 PM until time of service.

  • Council candidate asks, “Who’s watching out for Loveland’s resident taxpayers?”

    Council candidate asks, “Who’s watching out for Loveland’s resident taxpayers?”

    by Cory O’Donnell

    Who’s watching out for Loveland’s resident taxpayers? Our city leaders have ventured down a road with a questionable road map. The city is in the midst of possibly the most expensive civic project ever with $7+ million of resident taxpayer money on the line to construct a parking garage. 

    Cory O’Donnell lives in the White Pillars Subdivision and is a Loveland City Council Candidate

    Who would argue the need for a parking facility given the explosion of visitors to the downtown area? Certainly, there needs to be adequate parking to support the masses that want to enjoy the available offerings.  Visitors welcome the day when they don’t have to circle the downtown area for what seems to be an eternity to secure a valuable parking spot. Alternatively, some come to spend their time and money only to turn around and go home…nowhere to park.

    Imagine the business owners that are giddy with the prospect of the resident taxpayers footing the bill to get more cash through their doors.  Who could blame them for the smiles on their faces? Not me; what a gift!

    But here’s where the roadmap leads to resident taxpayer disaster. There is no published plan to recover the $7+ million and make the taxpayers whole. Further, my calculator can’t get to a full lot, 365 days a year for 30 years, that will recover resident taxpayer investment.

    I am far from knowledgeable about developing, constructing and managing a public parking garage. My assumption is our city leaders are well versed in public policy, zoning, codes, and other daily municipal functions, but there are specialists in private development that have the knowledge and expertise to make this happen on a for-profit basis.

    Is it too late to get the proper road map that assures resident taxpayers are not left holding this massive debt?

    P.S.  Our city is already committed to close to $48,000 annually in debt service for the Christman Farm property on Butterworth Road acquired in 2007 which has remained vacant all these years and has disappeared from the city council’s interest. This translates to hundreds of thousands of resident taxpayer’s dollars being flushed down the proverbial toilet for too many more years.

    Can you afford more?  Who’s going to step up to the plate and get the answers?


  • Loveland High School students among the best academically in the nation

    Loveland High School students among the best academically in the nation

    A Letter of Commendation will be presented to Seniors (left to right) Ashley George, Samantha James, Simon Grome, Daniel Hinrichsen and Zachary Case by Loveland High School and the National Merit Scholarship Program.

     

    Loveland, Ohio – The Loveland City School District congratulates Loveland High School (LHS) Seniors Zachary Case, Ashley George, Simon Grome,Daniel Hinrichsen and Samantha James, who have been named Commended Students in the 2020 National Merit Scholarship Program. Commended Students are recognized for the exceptional academic promise demonstrated by their outstanding performance on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT).

    Approximately 34,000 test takers in the United States qualified as Commended Students by placing among the top 50,000 scorers of more than 1.5 million students who took the PSAT/NMSQT in October 2018.

    “We are thrilled to have five Commended Students at Loveland High School this year,” said LHS Principal Peggy Johnson. “This is truly a fantastic accomplishment by each one of them and an amazing stepping stone in their continued pursuit of academic success.”

  • Tigers lose to Lebanon

    Tigers lose to Lebanon

    by Cassie Mattia

    Loveland, Ohio – Lebanon beat the Tigers 50-20 in Loveland’s home opener last Friday, the identical score of their loss in their season opener at Sycamore.

    Tiger quarterback Calvin Cloud passed 34 times and completed 21, for 247 total yards. Cloud threw touchdowns to Bailey Jackson and Austin Lodor. Lebanon held the tigers to minus 12 total rushing yards. Possession was in Lebanon’s favor 30:44 – 15:13.

    Friday, Sept. 13, Milford hosts Loveland at  7 PM in Skyline Chili Crosstown Showdown

    The Skyline Chili Crosstown Showdown is the nation’s largest and longest-running high school football event in the United States and there will be a pre-game show presented by Skyline Chili.

    This will be a non-conference game and the two teams meet again two weeks later on the 27th at Loveland for ECC competition.

    Milford is 1 and 1, losing to Princeton 38-7 in their season opener and defeating Dunbar last week 27-26

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  • David Callahan: “Saying no to our children is not acceptable to me.”

    David Callahan: “Saying no to our children is not acceptable to me.”

    David Callahan, a resident of the Loveland School Dristrict lives in the Belle Meade subdivision in Miami Township

    by David Callahan

    Hundreds of community and business leaders were assembled by the board to find the best path forward. This process has been going on for nearly 2 years, so it is not out of the blue. (Loveland Board of Education asks for combined 16.78-mill levy)

    Classrooms are overcrowded and don’t have the necessary modernization to educate our future leaders of the community. The 21st Century workforce will be vastly different than it is today and we need to prepare our most valuable assets, children, to be at the forefront of our community, city, state, and country.

    The cost to do nothing is higher than the cost of this levy.

    Saying no to our children is not acceptable to me. I want my children to have more than I did. My child is 16 and will not see the benefits of this project. My neighbors’ kids will be the beneficiaries and I plan to vote for them and support this levy. Supporting this levy secures our community’s future and makes investments that pay higher dividends. Investment in education has been shown to increase economic growth and stability. I love my community and want to invest in the future. The time is now!



  • [Photo Album] Aviators soar over Tigers in season opener

    [Photo Album] Aviators soar over Tigers in season opener

    Blue Ash, Ohio – The Aviators’ opening half performance was too much for the Tigers to overcome last Friday when they traveled to Sycamore to open the regular season. At halftime, it was 43 – 14. Each team scored one more touchdown in the second half to make the final score, 50 – 20.

    Sycamore outpaced Loveland with 372 total yards vs. the Tiger’s 178. Loveland’s Liam Hamill ran 21 times for 94 yards. The stats for the game are incomplete, however, you can view what Sycamore reported (below). Home teams are responsible for reporting stats.

    These photos were taken both in the pre-game warmups and during the game.

    The Tiger home season-opener is on Friday against Lebanon at 7 PM. Lebanon lost as host to Kings last Friday, 34 – 20.

    These photos can be purchased by contacting editor@lovelandmagazine.com.

    Friday, August 30, 2019

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    Loveland
    1 2 3 4 T
    LVL 0 14 0 6 20
    SYC 19 24 7 0 50

    50
    Sycamore
    Scoring Summary
    1ST QUARTER LVL SYC
    LVL SAF 00:01 TEAM SAFETY 0 2
    SYC TD 00:01 William Ingle 4 YD RUN (Jack Ferron KICK) 0 9
    SYC TD 08:01 William Ingle 35 YD RUN (Jack Ferron KICK) 0 16
    SYC FG 04:57 Jack Ferron 42 YD 0 19
    2ND QUARTER LVL SYC
    SYC TD 10:39 William Ingle 1 YD RUN (Jack Ferron KICK) 0 26
    SYC TD 10:39 Jordan McConnel 25 YD PASS FROM Andrew Fehr (Jack Ferron KICK) 0 33
    LVL TD 00:01 Unknown 46 YD PASS FROM Unknown (Logan Farnsworth KICK) 7 33
    LVL TD 02:35 Unknown 17 YD PASS FROM Unknown (Logan Farnsworth KICK) 14 33
    SYC FG 00:26 Jack Ferron 28 YD 14 36
    Team Stat Comparison
    LVL SYC
    1st Downs 12 22
    Total Yards 178 372
    Passing Completions 14 8
    Passing Attempts 28 14
    Passing Yards 100 134
    Passing Average 3.6 9.6
    Rushing Attempts 30 40
    Rushing Yards 78 238
    Rushing Average 2.6 6.0
    3rd Down Efficiency 3-15 1-6
    4th Down Efficiency 3-5 0-1
    Penalties 5-46 5-27
    Turnovers 1 1
    Possession 39:27 31:35
    Loveland Stats
    PASSING
    CP/AT YDS AVG TD INT
    Unknown 14/27 100 3.7 3 0
    Luca Aquilino 0/1 0 0.0 0 0
    Team 14/28 100 3.6 3 0
    Sycamore Stats
    PASSING
    CP/AT YDS AVG TD INT
    Andrew Fehr 8/14 134 9.6 2 0
    RUSHING
    ATT YDS AVG LG TD
    Liam Hamill 21 94 4.5 14 0
    Unknown 8 -9 -1.1 16 0
    Unknown 1 -7 -7.0 0 0
    Team 30 78 2.6 16 0
    RUSHING
    ATT YDS AVG LG TD
    William Ingle 10 96 9.6 35 3
    Dahmear Celestine 9 55 6.1 12 0
    John Douthitt 7 12 1.7 8 0
    Andrew Fehr 6 19 3.2 12 1
    Jordan McConnel 6 64 10.7 21 0
    TEAM 1 -2 -2.0 0 0
    Cody Charles 1 -6 -6.0 0 0
    Team 40 238 6.0 35 4
    RECEIVING
    REC YDS AVG LG TD
    Liam Hamill 4 15 3.8 12 0
    Unknown 3 32 10.7 46 1
    Unknown 2 46 23.0 29 2
    Luca Aquilino 2 8 4.0 5 0
    Mason Moore 2 27 13.5 16 0
    TEAM 1 -28 -28.0 0 0
    Team 14 100 7.1 46 3
    RECEIVING
    REC YDS AVG LG TD
    Marquell Fisher 3 53 17.7 35 0
    Jordan McConnel 2 62 31.0 37 2
    KJ Sally 1 13 13.0 13 0
    Gordy Anaple 1 5 5.0 5 0
    William Ingle 1 1 1.0 1 0
    Team 8 134 16.8 37 2
    KICKING
    FG PCT LNG XP PTS
    Logan Farnsworth 0/0 0.0 0 2/2 2
    Luca Aquilino 0/0 0.0 0 0/1 0
    Team 0/0 0.0 0 2/3 2
    KICKING
    FG PCT LNG XP PTS
    Jack Ferron 2/2 100.0 42 6/6 12
    PUNTING
    NO YDS AVG TB -20 LNG
    Luca Aquilino 6 146 24.3 0 0 41
    PUNTING
    NO YDS AVG TB -20 LNG
    Andrew Fehr 2 65 32.5 0 1 35
    PUNT RETURNS
    NO YDS AVG LNG TD
    PUNT RETURNS
    NO YDS AVG LNG TD
    Michael Cipollone 1 5 5.0 5 0
    KICKOFF RETURNS
    NO YDS AVG LNG TD
    Zach Owens 2 17 8.5 10 0
    Liam Hamill 2 45 22.5 23 0
    Unknown 2 30 15.0 26 0
    D’Marqo Johnson 1 27 27.0 27 0
    Team 7 119 17.0 27 0
    KICKOFF RETURNS
    NO YDS AVG LNG TD
    Jordan McConnel 3 103 34.3 63 0
    William Ingle 1 48 48.0 48 0
    Marquell Fisher 1 0 0.0 0 0
    Team 5 151 30.2 63 0
    FUMBLES
    FF FR TD
    TEAM 1 0 0
    Zachary Bebout 0 1 0
    Team 1 1 0
    FUMBLES
    FF FR TD
    TEAM 1 0 0
    Rasheed Harris 0 1 0
    Team 1 1 0
    INTERCEPTIONS
    INT YDS TD
    INTERCEPTIONS
    INT YDS TD
    DEFENSE
    TACKLES
    SOLO AST TOT SACK
    Unknown 8 4 12 2.0
    TEAM 6 0 6 1.0
    Unknown 2 5 7 0.0
    Unknown 6 1 7 0.0
    Trent Williamson 5 0 5 0.0
    Zach Owens 3 0 3 0.0
    Unknown 1 1 2 0.0
    D’Marqo Johnson 2 0 2 0.0
    Unknown 2 0 2 0.0
    Nate Holman 1 1 2 0.0
    Zachary Bebout 0 0 0 0.0
    Unknown 1 0 1 0.0
    Team 37 12 49 3.0
    DEFENSE
    TACKLES
    SOLO AST TOT SACK
    Apollo Ford 4 1 5 2.0
    Jacob Andre 5 2 7 0.0
    Jovani Mujanayi 3 2 5 1.0
    TEAM 4 0 4 0.0
    Jacob Tuiemeh 5 0 5 0.0
    Noah Blase 2 1 3 1.0
    Qai Williams 1 2 3 1.0
    Nick Stephenson 2 1 3 0.0
    Dillon Andre 2 1 3 0.0
    Rasheed Harris 1 0 1 0.0
    Nate Clark 1 1 2 0.0
    Justin Williams 1 1 2 0.0
    Marquise Fisher 1 1 2 0.0
    Miles Bryant 1 0 1 0.0
    David Guitierrez 1 0 1 0.0
    Rashun Newbolt-Thomas 1 0 1 0.0
    Liam Fleck 0 1 1 0.0
    Tofer Gould 1 0 1 0.0
    Team 36 14 50 5.0

     

  • Matthew Kapszukiewicz: Loveland schools can count on my support

    Matthew Kapszukiewicz: Loveland schools can count on my support

    by Matthew Kapszukiewicz

    In 2018-19 the Loveland School District invited me and hundreds of other community and business leaders to provide input into their facility master plan and the “Portrait of a Tiger” to identify the community’s vision for the student experience at Loveland. I truly believe they listened.

    The classrooms are overcrowded and desperately need to be modernized to keep up with the type of education required to prepare our students for jobs in the 21st-century workforce. The administration has been straightforward that the cost of regular maintenance of current facilities is outpacing the cost to upgrade or build new. If we don’t build new, we will spend more money keeping old buildings functioning, than we would with new ones!

    While my children will be graduated before they see a benefit, Loveland schools can count on my support, because now is the time that we must invest in our community and our schools for everyone’s benefit and ensure a prosperous future.

    Common sense says we move forward with the proposal or we will spend more to maintain inadequate facilities, thus wasting money. The availability of land in Loveland also creates urgency to move forward. If we miss this opportunity, we will lose a lot of flexibility and likely make upgrades more costly. We must act now. Of course being prepared to compete in a global economy where artificial intelligence, bots, etc. require students to be agile like we’ve never seen.

    Today our school holds classes in hallways and in trailers!  This will only get worse if we do not support the ask. We need better space, more flexible space, more cost-effective space to ensure this community prepares the workforce of the future.

    Let’s be smart about this and not throw good money after bad. Let’s move forward in a deliberate and intentional way that secures our future and leaves us with options for a very bright future.  There is a cost no matter how you vote.

  • She’s qualified, now let’s get her there!

    She’s qualified, now let’s get her there!

    Loveland, Ohio – She’s qualified, now let’s get her there! Come support Charity Powell in her effort to fund-raise her trip to the Spartan Kids World Championships in Lake Castaic, California December 7th!

    $1 of every beer will go towards her fundraiser.

    Friday, August 30 at Narrow Path Brewing

    106 Karl Brown Way

    We’ll also have fellow Rise Up Spartans outside by the bike trail, taking Burpees for Bucks! Make some folks get down and up, 10 burpees for $1!