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On Saturday, October 15, the Loveland High School Marching Band and Color Guard performed at Mason High School at their 21st Annual Marching Band Invitational.
Director: Geoffrey Miller
Drum Majors: Kirsten Arill, Ella Clemons, and Lizzy Lipp
Show Title: NO EVIL
Repertoire:
• Hear no Evil - Night on Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky
• Speak No Evil - Say Something by Christina Aguilera
• See No Evil - Blinding Lights by the Weeknd
Loveland, Ohio – With Halloween right around the corner, it only seems right to take YOU our readers to the creepiest, most ghost-filled haunted places around where you might meet Skeletor the Haunted Places Guru!
Everyone loves a good scary house of horror, especially during Halloween, but at times it can be tough selecting the one that will be sure to chill you to the bone! Skeletor, who hibernates all year at the Simpson Farm Asylum, located at Loveland Magazine’s office, awakens in October in preparation for the 30th.
Prepare to be creeped out by just going to the websites of her favorite haunts!
Here, in no particular order are where Skeletor loiters and lingers this time of year.
If your own house is haunted, please drop us a line with the subject line I’m seeing ghosts here!
![[Video Report] The 13th running of the Captain Seth Mitchel Hero 5K](https://lovelandmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/hero-5k-feature.jpg)
Loveland, Ohio – On Saturday, October 15 in Historic Downtown the 13th running of the Capt Seth Mitchel Hero 5K was held in Nisbet Park and along the Loveland Bike Trail and Little Miami River.
The annual walk and run are to honor a local and national veteran hero who grew up here in Loveland.
Seth Mitchell, a Captain and pilot in the United States Marine Corps and a 1997 Loveland High School graduate, was killed in action in Afghanistan in October 2009 in a mission he volunteered for. Mitchell contributed greatly to the Loveland community in his youth… he served as a leader and role model on the varsity football team, was voted to be Class President his senior year, and was named “Mr. Personality” by his peers. He was well loved here. After graduating, he took that same sense of service and loyalty into all that he did: as a son, a brother, a friend, and a leader in the Marines.
In other words, Seth was a hero for all.
A group of Seth Mitchell’s high school classmates and friends, who miss their friend and want to keep his memory alive organize the races. The result has been a very sustaining scholarship memorial fund.
After the race, David Miller said, “I didn’t meet Connie and Steve Mitchell until after their son’s death, and my favorite part of attending this race each year is to renew a friendship that has developed. They mostly keep the grief that of course is always there just under the surface, and come each year helping the rest of us heal. They are inspiring people and I know where Seth got his moral code, discipline, and sense of service to others”
In the LOVELAND MAGAZINE TV video, you can hear from two of the organizers, Seth’s father, and two of the most recent graduates who received scholarships.
Eric Schroeder was the top male finisher with a time of 19:37. Kyle Kehling finished in second place at 20:17 and Greg Carpinello finished in 20:39.
The top female racer was Averee Martin with a time of 26:25. Kathryn Mackin finished in second place at 31:48 and Shaina Mackin finished in 31:48.
Your support of the 5K and the scholarship funding has provided scholarships for worthy Loveland High School seniors since 2010. Over 20 students have received scholarship funding and book stipends or gifts since our initial 5k in 2010. Our 5k team, Loveland High School, and of course the recipients and their families thank you.
Because of your generosity, the scholarship team provided 3 additional applicants with $500.00 each as gifts toward their next step in life.
Thank you again for your support of the Captain Seth Mitchell Hero 5K
The Mitchell Family – Pete & Marina Patterson – Emerick Crown & Bridge Lab, Inc. – Schottmiller’s Auto Body – Randolph Cloud – Mollie Emerick – The Cook Family – The Carpinello Family – The Sobb Family – Keith & Allie Summey – Mark Stewart – Loveland Cross Country Teams – Frank & Maggie Wyatt – The Millers-Rapid City, SD – Bill & Barbara Morrow – Mark O’Rourke – Joe Horst – American Cold Storage Systems – Tim Daughton – Keith & Alli Summey – The Bivens Family – James Turner – Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP – John Spinello – Ronnie and JoAnn Johnson – Rachael & John Hickox – Brian Jogerst – Jerry and Leslie Gough – Karen Lencoski – Wes C. Addle – Sue Peterson – Adam Miller – IronGate Partners – The Lessner Family – Dwight & Julie Hunter – Carol and Jum Horst – Julie Powers Caños – Jeff Wick – Scott Brock – The Cranfords – The Prenger Family – Andrea Distasi – Philip Reale – Kathleen Berwanger – Jane Weirich – Laura & Bob Stennett – Maeve Gardner – John and Emily McConnell – Tom & Melissa Primm – Betsy & Don Licata – Tim and Kelly Byler – Dan Wahby – Michael & Lauren Currin – Paul Albrecht – Brad Southerland – Bill Matthews – Marie Cull – Francesca Plendl – Bill and Sherri Pitchford – Marcia Morgan – David Abbott – Christine Weason – Lois and Jerry Zito – Casual Pint-Loveland Station – Landen Square McDonald’s – John Walraven-In Memory of James Esker, US Army
BY: JENNIFER SHUTT – Ohio Capital Journal
WASHINGTON — The federal government on Wednesday recommended an updated COVID-19 booster for kids between 5 and 11, expanding use of the new bivalent shots beyond people 12 and older.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration first authorized the updated vaccines use in the morning before the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended them in the afternoon, completing the two-step process needed before shots could begin
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky announced her recommendation in a tweet, saying it’s “a critical step in our fight against COVID-19.”
“An updated vaccine can help bolster protection for our children this winter,” she added, encouraging parents to talk to their child’s healthcare provider.
The announcement Wednesday for kids between 5 and 11 follows the FDA authorizing and the CDC recommending the bivalent booster dose for people 12 and older in early September.
“While it has largely been the case that COVID-19 tends to be less severe in children than adults, as the various waves of COVID-19 have occurred, more children have gotten sick with the disease and have been hospitalized,” Peter Marks, director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, said in a statement.
“Children may also experience long-term effects, even following initially mild disease,” Marks added.
The shot is updated to provide protection against the latest omicron variants of COVID-19, known as BA.4 and BA.5.
The move comes as public health officials are monitoring new variants that could cause disruptions this winter during the annual cold and flu season.
White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Ashish Jha said Tuesday during a press briefing that everyone eligible for the latest booster should get it as soon as they can, though he declined to list any goals for the new shot.
Jha then warned that a surge of COVID-19 cases could be on the horizon this winter.
“We have seen an increase in COVID infections, hospitalizations, and deaths each of the last two winters. And we are carefully monitoring the rise of several subvariants that are evolving rapidly and emerging around the world, including ones that evade some of our treatments,” Jha said.
The Biden administration, he said, is tracking COVID-19 variants that “either have a lot more immune invasiveness or they render many of our treatments ineffective.”
The good news, however, is that the variants public health officials are tracking come from omicron strains BA.2 and BA.5, Jha said.
“That means our updated bivalent vaccines should provide a much higher degree of protection than the original prototype vaccine would have,” he said. “Obviously, we’re going to do the studies to figure out how much protection, but I’m confident that our vaccines will continue to work very well.”
Despite encouraging everyone eligible for the updated COVID-19 bivalent booster dose to get vaccinated, Jha said the White House hasn’t set any goals for how many people it wants to get the shot.
“We’re not setting targets,” Jha said. “We are focused on driving deaths down, getting more people vaccinated.”
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website shows that 11.5 million people have received the updated booster dose, a fraction of those eligible.
The COVID-19 boosters are expected to become an annual recommendation for most people, similar to the annual flu shot.
Please join Loveland Magazine and the Little Miami River Chamber Alliance as we honor those who have made significant contributions to enhance our quality of life and make our community a better place to live. The Annual Awards Dinner is an evening for all area businesses to come together and celebrate their successes and community contributions.
Joins us this year for our “Black & White Edition”–wear black and white to this event for a fun twist!
The event includes cocktails, networking, silent auction, dinner, and awards. It is a great networking opportunity!
![[Coming Documentary] How our Simpson Farm was preserved in its pristine beauty](https://lovelandmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/newman-brief-feature.jpg)
Loveland, Ohio – Coming soon to the pages of Loveland Magazine is the love story of how the Simpson Farm in the West Loveland Historic District was preserved in its pristine beauty. Local residents banded together and fought hard to establish a 41-acre conservation covenant that was eventually placed on the Simpson Farm deed.
You will learn how the Drees’ bulldozers and proposed condos eventually lost traction and were steered away from Loveland.
It was a four-year “labor of love” to keep the acreage in the heart of our “Sweetheart City” untouched by human hands so all future generations of girls and boys could fall in love with it as well.
“This is a love story. As often happens, love stories often mingle with their nightmares and the familiar sleepless nights. First, the love story though, and perhaps at a later time what the current heartache is.”
In the meantime, you can watch the accompanying video that will be part of the documentary. Featured are the sights and sounds of the wildlife that resides on the “Farm”. The primary reason for the effort that began 25 years ago was to provide a sanctuary and a peaceful place for the animals you see in this video.
Thursday, Oct. 27
10 to 10:30 AM
| Join Interact for Health and Starfire to learn about our new learning cohort opportunity. Starfire will facilitate a six- month learning cohort with the goal of fostering an inclusive culture within nonprofit organizations. The cohort will run from early December 2022 to early June 2023.Nonprofits interested in organizational culture; diversity, equity and inclusion; and community building may apply for the cohort. Each of the five organizations chosen will receive $5,000 to use toward their goals. This session will be used to share information about the upcoming learning cohort and how to apply. If you are interested but cannot attend on Oct. 27, please register for the event and we will send you a link to a recording of the webinar to watch at your convenience. The deadline to apply for the cohort is Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022.This event is intended for our community partners, grantees or anyone with interest in Interact for Health’s 20 county service area and beyond. |
| There is no cost to attend, however, registration is required. Registration closes 5 PM Wednesday, Oct. 26. |
BY: NICK EVANS – Ohio Capital Journal
With November’s election looming, a group of Republicans are hitting the campaign trail this week. But instead of stumping for the GOP, they’ll be encouraging voters to back the Democrat, Tim Ryan, in Ohio’s race for U.S. Senate.
They’re working with an organization called Welcome PAC which emphasizes Democratic Party outreach to independents and “future former Republicans.” LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman is the group’s primary donor. The PAC contends there’s a large pool of swing voters who reject former President Donald Trump. They’ve made it their mission to encourage those voters to reject Trump allied candidates as well.
And that’s how Phil Heimlich found himself teaming up with a handful of other Ohio Republicans campaigning for Tim Ryan. Among them are two high level former staffers for outgoing U.S. Sen. Rob Portman — chief of staff John Bridgeland and legislative affairs director Jonathan Petuchowski. Former state Auditor James Petro, former state Rep. Rocky Saxbe, retired Major General Dennis Laich, and former Shelby County GOP chairman Chris Gibbs round out the list.
There are a lot of “formers” in that lineup, though. While they’re pitching a return to a different era of Republican politics, it’s possible the party has picked up and moved on without them. Vance’s campaign makes no bones about its position on WelcomePAC:
“Ohioans shouldn’t be fooled: this bogus organization isn’t ‘Republican’ — it’s a Democrat trick funded by a far-left super donor,” campaign spokesman Luke Schroeder said in a statement.
While Hoffman has donated to plenty of Democrats, he has also contributed the $13,700 legal maximum to Gov. Mike DeWine and Secretary of State Frank LaRose, both of whom are Republicans.
Heimlich himself is a former Cincinnati city councilmember and Hamilton County Commissioner, and he argued his conservative credentials are rock solid.
“I was never considered a kind of a wishy-washy RINO type,” he said.
Heimlich continues to describe himself as a loyal Republican, but said he can’t support nominees who deny the 2020 election or countenance the Jan. 6 insurrection.
“We’re taking a stand against the wing of the Republican Party that engages in crazy conspiracies like Q-Anon, and, most importantly, we are choosing to put country over party,” Heimlich said. “J.D. Vance is lined up with the crazies, with the traitors. He has lined up with the people who tried to overthrow this government, the people who tried to overturn a legitimate election.”
“We are supporting Tim Ryan because we’re putting country first,” he continued. “Tim Ryan is not only a moderate Democrat, but he is a pro-democracy Democrat and he’s running against an anti-democracy Republican.”
This isn’t the first time Heimlich has made this sort of pitch. He and some of the same Republicans campaigning against Vance urged voters to reject Donald Trump in 2020. That effort, known as Operation Grant, invoked former president and civil war general Ulysses S. Grant’s role unifying the country.
Heimlich explained this latest coalition doesn’t oppose Republicans reflexively, but it isn’t just Vance he opposes.
Heimlich unsuccessfully challenged Ohio Republican U.S. Rep. Warren Davidson in the primary and criticized Davidson’s vote to overturn the 2020 election. He called out Ohio U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, too, describing him as a Republican who “put party over country.”
“In fact, they put one particular person, Donald Trump, over the interest of our country,” he added.
When it comes to DeWine, Heimlich is more amenable. He expressed disappointment DeWine hasn’t made a more forceful stand against the former president, but credited him for not denying the election or praising insurrectionists.
“One of the things we’re saying to people is, look, if you’re a patriot, don’t vote the party line, vote the country line,” Heimlich said. “So, if you want to vote for Mike DeWine for governor, fine, but please don’t vote for an election denier like J.D. Vance. Vote for DeWine and then vote for Tim Ryan.”
Schroeder, with the Vance campaign, questioned the coalition’s Republican credentials. He argued it’s disingenuous to continue presenting themselves as part of the party.
“(The) individuals involved are donors to Tim Ryan, Pete Buttigieg, Joe Biden, and liberal PACs, and one member even served as a political appointee for President Obama,” Schroeder said. “It’s a shame that these individuals have chosen to lie to Ohioans about who they really are.”
In 2020, the Operation Grant pitch didn’t move Ohio into the win column for Joe Biden. Trump won the state by a margin nearly identical to his 2016 win. But in the aftermath, the organization argued it forced the Trump campaign to expend resources in Ohio, which they say helped Biden win elsewhere.
This cycle, with the election limited to Ohio, they won’t have the same leeway. But then again, it’s far from clear Vance commands the same allegiance as the former president.
Organizers of the group expect to make stops in Youngstown, Toledo, Cleveland, Akron, and Dayton in the coming weeks.
Follow OCJ Reporter Nick Evans on Twitter.
by David Miller
Symmes Township, Ohio – A Cincinnati business owner with a location in Symmes Township just on the outskirts of Loveland, who used his four companies to illegally discard waste at three sites – and whose dumping may have polluted the Little Miami River – has been ordered to pay a civil penalty of $550,000 and clean up his mess, Attorney General Dave Yost announced on September 30. (Read the Consent Order)
One-fourth of the penalty – $137,500 – will be awarded to the Loveland-based environmental organization, Little Miami Conservancy. The order did not involve polluting the Little Miami River in Symmes Township or Loveland. The illegal dumping occurred near Newtown and Terrace Park. The Little Miami River has State and National “Scenic and Wild River” designations.
“When it comes to protecting the state’s waterways, we do not just go with the flow,” Yost said. “Illegally dumped waste doesn’t just sit there on the land – it breaks down into toxins that find their way into the water. This remedy will make sure that doesn’t happen, and the fine will hit him hard where it hurts – his wallet.”
The civil penalty stems from a lawsuit filed by the Ohio Attorney General’s Office (AGO) in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court. The suit maintains that Douglas Evans – through Evans Landscaping and three other businesses he owns – violated Ohio laws regulating the disposal of solid waste and construction and demolition debris at properties on Mount Carmel Road, Broadwell Road, and Round Bottom Road.
The case was referred to the AGO from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and the Hamilton County Public Health District.
During multiple inspections over several years, health district officials saw that parts of demolished buildings, garbage, and other solid wastes had been dumped or buried at the three sites, none of which is licensed as a facility for disposal.
As part of the consent order worked out with the AGO and approved by the court, Evans agreed to clean up his properties and correct violations according to a plan authorized by Ohio EPA and the Hamilton County health district.
If Evans fails to comply with any requirements of the order, he will immediately be liable and have to pay additional penalties.
by Shaun Heasley | September 26, 2022 – disabilityscoop.com
New research finds that people with developmental disabilities were much more likely to die from COVID-19 at the height of the pandemic than others.
A review of death certificates nationwide for 2020 shows that COVID-19 was the top cause of death among people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
By comparison, the virus was the third leading cause of death following heart disease and cancer for those without such disabilities.
“Even when we adjusted for age, sex and racial-ethnic minority status, we found that COVID-19 was far deadlier for those with IDD than those without,” said Scott Landes, an associate professor of sociology at Syracuse University and lead author of the study published this month in the Disability and Health Journal. “Furthermore, people with IDD were dying at much younger ages.”
Read on at disabilityscoop.com...