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  • Loveland’s Care Center hosting a personal hygiene, cleaning supplies and paper goods drive on May 9th

    Loveland’s Care Center hosting a personal hygiene, cleaning supplies and paper goods drive on May 9th

    Loveland, Ohio – The Care Center is hosting a personal hygiene, cleaning supplies and paper goods drive on May 9 from 10 AM until noon. This will be a drive-thru format.

    Northstar Church building

    11020 S Lebanon Rd
    Loveland, OH 45140

    From Greg Knake the Outreach Pastor and Care Center Director:

    The Care Center’s mission is to help people remove the barriers and build the resources needed to thrive in life. We’re passionate about helping people get back to the workforce, build the basic life skills we all need to be successful and help people break the cycle of poverty through one-on-one mentoring and coaching relationships. We are a non-profit organization and are housed in the Northstar Church building.

     

  • LHS Honors the top Winter Sport Student-Athletes!

    LHS Honors the top Winter Sport Student-Athletes!

    by Cassie Mattia

    Loveland, Ohio – Over the past couple of months many Loveland High School student-athletes have been patiently waiting for an answer as to if and when school and sports would start back up. Unfortunately, it was announced last week by Governor Dewine that Ohio students would not be attending school for the remainder of the school year meaning there would be no continuation of sports for the time being as well.

    Due to the Stay At Home Order stipulations LHS wasn’t able to host their annual Winter Athletics Awards Ceremony, where the top student-athletes are honored for their Winter sports achievements. Here at Loveland Magazine, we couldn’t bear the thought of LHS student-athletes not being honored and recognized by the Loveland community for their fantastic sports seasons so we reached out to LHS’s Athletic Director, Brian Conatser to get a list of all the LHS Winter Sport Athletes that were recognized for their outstanding achievements.

    Without much further ado here are your 2019-2020 LHS Winter Athletics award winners! Please don’t hesitate to give these student-athletes a virtual pat on the back or congratulations for amazing achievements!

    Eastern Cincinnati All-Conference Awards

    Honorable Mention

    – Men’s Basketball – Collin Hedgepeth

    – Women’s Basketball – Sophia Raby

    – Wrestling – Jarod Mendoza

    – Men’s Swim 100 Yard Butterfly – Evan Lucas

    – Women’s Swim 100 Yard Breaststroke – Sarah Lolli

    – Men’s Bowling – Ben Westley

    – Women’s Bowling – Annelise Dartnall

    – Academic Team – Clare Daumeyer

    Second Team

    – Men’s Swim 200 Yard Medley Relay – Brandon Day, Colin Blackburn, Evan Lucas, and Cade Jenkins

    – Men’s Swim 500 Yard Freestyle – Brandon Day

    – Men’s Swim 100 Yard Breaststroke – Colin Blackburn

    – Men’s Basketball – Brenton Foust

    – Academic Team – Ben Rupe

    – Women’s Basketball – Tess Broermann and Kate Garry

    – Wrestling – Michael Soupene, Kobi-D Milam, Jonah Rubio, and Semi Ozarslan

    – Men’s Bowling – Alton French

    – Women’s Bowling – Ashley George

    – Dive – Riley Bullock

    First Team

    – Men’s Swim 200 Yard Freestyle – Brandon Day

    – Men’s Basketball – Ian Cox

    – Academic Team – Simon Grome and Alex Laman

    – Women’s Basketball – Jenna Batsch and Jillian Hayes

    – Wrestling – Brett Hogan and Jake Cotsonas

    – Men’s Bowling – Matthew Rychlik and Jeffrey Scott

    – Women’s Bowling – Ashley Gilker, Yanni Kahrs and Grady Pettit

     

    4 YEAR VARSITY-WINTER SEASON 2019-2020

    Men’s Basketball – Collin Hedgepeth and Alec Soth

    Swim – Brandon Day, Nami Cannon, Audrey Lund, and Amy Deem

    Women’s Basketball – Kate Garry and Jillian Hayes

    Wrestling – Jacob Cotsonas and Kobi-D Milam

    Dive – Riley Bullock

     

    SPORTSPERSON OF THE SEASON-WINTER 2019-2020

    “Every year one Varsity Student-Athlete from each Winter program is chosen as the Sportsperson of the Season by their Coach. This award goes to athletes who demonstrate respect and responsibility for their community, school, team, and above all their character.” 

    Jeffrey Scott (M Bowl)

    Riley Bullock (Dive)

    Kayla Adkins (Cheer)

    Ashley Gilker (W Bowl)

    Jacob Cotsonas (Wrestling)

    Kate Garry (W Basketball)

    Joey Jeffcott (Academic Team)

    Collin Hedgepeth (M Basketball)

    Cade Jenkins (Swim)

     

    EDWARD JONES – COMMUNITY STUDENT-ATHLETE AWARD

    “We have a business in our community who has partnered with LHS to honor not just the outstanding athletic contributions but also good character and leadership within their sports team and school. Edward Jones, located in the business district of Old Loveland and owner Jeff Atkinson is honoring student-athletes for the fall, winter, and spring seasons. The LHS Athletic Department submits accomplishments for many of LHS’s student-athletes based on the criteria of LHS’s 4 CORE VALUES. Those 4 CORE VALUES are Respect, Responsibility, Integrity, and PRIDE. 1 female and 1 male athlete are chosen to represent Loveland High School Athletics as the Outstanding Student-Athlete for the 2019-2020 Winter Season.”

    Jaden Walton (Swim Team) and Emma Christian (W Basketball / Athletic Photography)

    STUDENT-ATHLETES and Teams who were ECC Champs and STATE QUALIFIERS FOR THE 2019-2020 WINTER SEASON 

    Dive State Placers:

    Riley Bullock – 5th place

    Swim State Placers:

    Brandon Day – 2nd in the 200 Freestyle and the 6th 100 Backstroke

    Wrestling State Qualifier:

    Liam Hamill 

    ECC 2019-2020 CHAMPIONS

    Women’s Bowling Team

    Women’s Basketball Team (OHSAA SECTIONAL CHAMPS)

    2019-2020 ECC Women’s Basketball Athlete of the Year

    Jillian Hayes

    2019-2020 ECC Women’s Varsity Basketball Coach of the Year

    Darnell Parker

    Stay tuned for your latest Loveland Sports news with me, Cassie Mattia!

  • Intern with one of the premier Fire Departments in the Nation

    Intern with one of the premier Fire Departments in the Nation

    Loveland, Ohio – The Loveland-Symmes Fire Department offers a summer Internship program that provides Bachelors’s Degree-seeking students in a fire science-related program. This is an opportunity for students to gain knowledge, training, and experience related to their field of study. The program offers many opportunities through hands-on training and responding to runs to set up an individual for a successful career path.

    You can obtain more information about the Internship program by calling Firefighter Trey Foust at (513)-583-3001 or email at tfoust@lsfd.org.

  • Laurie Stroup Smith “Happy Release Day!” for Pockets of Promise

    Laurie Stroup Smith “Happy Release Day!” for Pockets of Promise

    If you’re on Facebook, you can celebrate the release of Pockets of Promise by popping over to https://www.facebook.com/lauriestroupsmith from 8 to 9 PM on Thursday, April 30th.

     

    Laurie Stroup Smith grew up in Loveland and graduated from Loveland High School (https://lauriestroupsmith.com)

    by Laurie Stroup Smith 

    Dear Friends,

    I hope you received the postcard I sent through snail mail, inviting you to join us at the Book Launch Party for Pockets of Promise I had planned to host on May 2nd. Even if the libraries are open on that Saturday, gatherings of more than 10 people are discouraged. As a result, the May 2nd party will be rescheduled. Eventually.

    If you’re on Facebook, you can celebrate the release of Pockets of Promise by popping over to https://www.facebook.com/lauriestroupsmith from 8 to 9 PM on Thursday, April 30th.

    I’ll post questions every 15 minutes or so, and you can leave comments if desired. There will be giveaways, and I’ll draw a winner for each question. Feel free to jump on to say hello, answer one question, or stay through the entire event. In any case, remember to refresh your screen every few minutes so you can see more posts from the party.

    I’ve been asked how people can help promote this book, so I thought I’d share various ways for those who might be interested. If you’re on Goodreads, you could mark Pockets of Promise as “Want to Read.” If you do read the book, you could post a review on sites such as Goodreads and Amazon to help other readers discover the title. I’ve seen Pockets of Promise in paperback on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Walmart (online), and in ebook on Smashwords, Kobo, B&N. Coming soon to Amazon. I have copies as well. Posting the book cover on social media on April 30th with “Happy Release Day!” would also help spread the word.

    Thank you for your continued support. Hope to see you on the 30th!

    Laurie

    [Video Interview] Former Loveland grad shares her journey from athletic trainer to signing…

  • Have you ever visited Loveland’s South Island?

    Have you ever visited Loveland’s South Island?

    David Miller is the Publisher and Editor of Loveland Magazine

    by David Miller

    Loveland, Ohio– I’ve always called it the South Island because just north of Nisbet Park there is a similar island I call the North Island. During dry spells, you can walk across dry creek beds formed by erosion to get onto the islands, but during higher river levels the water channels merge into one wider, Little Miami River.

    Both channels of water may someday form into permanent and complete oxbow ponds, but for now, they only occasionally do.

    Both islands are one of nature’s ways to prevent downstream and localized flooding. Because of their unique soil composition, they can absorb rainfall from the hills high above and hold water when the Little Miami rises. River floodplains are low, flat areas that periodically flood, collecting water that would otherwise rush downstream, threatening people and property. They temper the river flow.

    According to American Rivers: “A single acre of wetland, saturated to a depth of one foot, will retain 330,000 gallons of water – enough to flood thirteen average-sized homes thigh-deep. Wetlands also help provide clean rivers and drinking water by naturally filtering out run-off pollution.”

    The channel of water flowing through the east side of the South Island.

    The topography of the approximately 12 acres South Island benefits from both the erosion caused by the flow of the Little Miami and the deposits of silt left during flooding. It’s an ever-changing physical environment, but the flora and fauna remain pretty consistent. The emerging spring-time growth and the natural decay of the ancient tree trunks, including those trees that fall prey to the eroding effects of spring rains and fast river current are the seasonal changes you will notice.

    The South Island is the City of Loveland owned property just south of the Linda Cox Parking lot on Broadway in Historic Downtown. When you enter the lot, head to the last parking spaces and walk south between the Loveland Bike Trail and the Little Miami River. The path you begin on is the abandoned section of Lower River Road. You will be walking towards Branch Hill.

    This is a remarkable spot in the City and perfect for solitary exploring, dog walking, or picnicking with friends or family. Use caution and good judgment during periods of rain or storms and waterproof boots are recommended although occasionally you will find that some fellow explorer has placed convenient river stones to keep you dry and less muddy.

    You will enjoy the large lawn-like open spaces, however, it is not a place for throwing a ball or frisbee – beware of the hidden groundhog holes.

    These photos have been taken over the past 14 years. Most of them in the springtime.

    Perhaps because of the insane beauty of the South Islands, I always called the second set of mages below “Spring Rorschach Photos” because one day on one of my many treks I started noticing what I imagined stick-like animal figures entering my camera lens. A “wide-opened” telephoto lens that blurs the background can help you discover things you will not ordinarily notice. You have to look for eyeballs.

    Some psychologists used to use the Rorschach Test to examine a person’s personality characteristics and emotional functioning. It was employed to detect underlying thought disorder, especially in cases where patients are reluctant to describe their thinking processes openly.* So there you go… I confess.

    Feeling a little insane right now? This insane beauty might be your balm.

    Another place to visit in our resort-like town is the Simpson Farm
    Parents and children should explore Loveland’s Simpson Farm

     

    “Spring Rorschach Photos”

    Feeling a little insane right now? This insane beauty might be your balm.

     

     

  • Ricky Mulvey and David English – 4/21/2020 A quarantine episode…

    Ricky Mulvey and David English – 4/21/2020 A quarantine episode…

    Ricky Mulvey is a stand-up comedian, radio producer, and a mid-range threat in any pick-up basketball game. Mulvey loves talking about saving money on tickets, business news, and how e-commerce changed inflation as we know it. He graduated with a finance degree from THE Ohio State University in 2018.

     

    David English is a Kentucky Wildcat, soccer fanatic, and a credentialed financial professional. He loves spending time with his wife, Amy, and tweeting at people who will probably not interact with him back.

    Loveland Magazine’s favorite Podcasters are back with a special Quarantine Episode.

    Our favorite ones on the Internet of Radio because Ricky Mulvey worked at Loveland Magazine for five years and David English – well, just because we like him. David has been to the Loveland Magazine TV studio for an interview with Cassie Mattia, and we like David… well… because he sometimes gives our friend Ricky a hard time!

    Business news, but better

    Business news is boring. Let’s make it interesting, fun, and understandable. Ricky Mulvey and David English cut through the headlines and talk about how business news affects you.

    Listen to “A Quarantine Episode”

    Updates on remote work, CARES Act, recent unemployment claims, local business struggles, and MORE!

    “Full of Cents” co-hosts Ricky Mulvey and David English interviewed by Cassie Mattia…

  • LHS’s Women’s Soccer Coach Weighs in on What his Athletes are Doing to Stay in Shape!

    LHS’s Women’s Soccer Coach Weighs in on What his Athletes are Doing to Stay in Shape!

    by Cassie Mattia

    Loveland, Ohio – Loveland High School is staying “Loveland Strong” by keeping both their students and athletes motivated through virtual classes and workouts! This year during these unfamiliar times, LHS coaches are dedicating a lot of their time to making sure their athletes are staying in shape.

    This week we chatted with LHS’s Women’s Soccer Coach, Todd Kelly, to see just what his team is doing to stay in competition shape during the COVID-19 Stay At Home Order! Coach Kelly told us that in late February the coaching staff designed a series of workouts that are released to the team every couple weeks.

    LHS’s Women’s Soccer Coach, Todd Kelly (Loveland Magazine file photo)

    “These workouts are specific to what we do as a program so they focus on things we believe are inherent to the success of the women’s soccer program,” Kelly explained,  “Anyone that has been in the program knows this and passes on the importance of the workouts to our incoming freshmen. Each day the girls can choose between a beginning workout, intermediate workout, or an advanced workout…so they have three choices each day depending on how they feel.”

    Coach Kelly said that in order to encourage unity within the team, the coaching staff asked the 9 returning varsity juniors and seniors to be group leaders. The group leaders are responsible for following up with 6 to 7 players every day about how their individual workout went.

    Maria Bashardoust during the 2019 season. Maria has committed to play for Cleveland State this Fall. (Loveland Magazine file photo)

    “Each individual player in their respective group sends a snapshot of themselves after the workout each day, also indicating how they feel and which workout they completed,” Kelly said, “As you can imagine, the snapshots have continued to get more creative with text, emojis’, etc. They have even come up with taglines on their snapshots and also on twitter like #Beastssss, #LetsGetIt, and #WinTheOffseason to name just a few. The 9 leaders are assigned to one of the varsity coaches who they connect with every day by sending their group’s snapshots. These snapshots are compiled every two weeks and sent out to the players and parents in a video for them to watch so they can know what each of their teammates is doing. This has also created a little bit of a rivalry on which group or individual can come up with the best snapshots,” Kelly added.

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    The LHS Women’s Soccer coaching staff provided the women’s team with shirts in early March to keep them motivated to keep pushing themselves. Kelly said most of the team wear the shirts during each of their workouts.

    The shirts above are the workout shirts the LHS Women’s Soccer Team has been wearing during the COVID-19 outbreak to stay motivated!

    “In addition, the leaders have gone to the houses of their group members and left chalk messages on the driveway to help support and motivate them. We have the coaches and girls answering 12-15 questions about themselves on a slide with pictures, designs, etc. that represent them, kind of a “Get to Know” them or an “In the Spotlight” feature so they can learn more about their teammates while we are away from each other,” Kelly said, “We will put all these together into a slide show that we will send out each week with 7-10 new entries. We also have former players including some as far back as 2010 (and earlier) and some from our State Championship team that reached out and sent a 1-2 minute video message we are sending the current players to encourage them. These former players know the importance of what we do in the workouts and they wanted to encourage the current players during this difficult time to make sure they are staying focus and doing what needs to be done.  They all view each other as one big family regardless of when you graduate…once a Tiger, always a Tiger,” Kelly said.

    The 2017 State Champion Ring (Loveland Magazine file photo)

    Coach Kelly really wanted to focus on the team connecting during these tough times so the coaches decided to hold a Zoom call every 2 weeks with all the team leaders and their groups. This has allowed each player in the Women’s Soccer program to get an idea of what is going on and has allowed the coaches to see how each player is doing, if they have any struggles, and how they can help support each player.

    LHS’s Women’s Soccer Coach, Todd Kelly (Loveland Magazine file photo)

    “As a result, we are connecting with either our leaders or our players each week on a video call. Since the leaders have access to a coaching staff member, we are interacting each day to ensure they have what they need to get through these unchartered times,” Kelly explained, “These are just a few of things we as a staff and program are doing to stay connected with our players and encourage them.  It is important we all stay connected and supported and we want the girls to continue working out for their physical and mental health…and ours too.”

    Thank you to all the LHS staff, coaches, administrators, and parents for keeping the students motivated and dedicated to bettering themselves as students and athletes! Here at Loveland Magazine, we will continue to bring the latest updates on COVID-19 and the effects it’s having on the community of Loveland as well as the latest LHS news!

    Stayed tuned for the next “What are LHS Athletes Doing to Stay in Shape” segment!

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  • LHS Principal Peggy Johnson to Class of 2020: You are the light of hope for school, community, and society

    LHS Principal Peggy Johnson to Class of 2020: You are the light of hope for school, community, and society

    Loveland, Ohio – In honor of the Loveland High School Spring Athletes and Class of 2020, the lights of Tiger Stadium were turned on for 20 minutes last evening.

    Watch this heartfelt video greeting that Principal Peggy Johnson recorded for the students about the tribute.

     

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    @LovTigers_AD
    In honor of our Spring Athletes and Class of 2020. These lights are on for you this evening. We appreciate all your dedication and commitment. We miss you ALL! Forever, Go Tigers!

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  • LHS Men’s Tennis Coach lets us in on What his Athletes are Doing to Stay in Shape!

    LHS Men’s Tennis Coach lets us in on What his Athletes are Doing to Stay in Shape!

    by Cassie Mattia

    Loveland, Ohio – Ohio is starting to see a light at the end of the tunnel and so are LHS’s coaches and athletes! Over the past couple of months, athletes and coaches have been in limbo waiting to see if their season will continue. During the COVID-19 outbreak, LHS’s Coaches have been hard at work with their athletes trying to keep them motivated and doing workouts even though they aren’t in school or competing. This week we spoke with LHS’s Men’s Tennis Coach, Thomas Sharpless, to see just what his athletes have been doing to stay in shape.

    LHS’s Men’s Tennis Coach, Thomas Sharpless

    Coach Sharpless gave a lot of credit to LHS’s Strength Coach for keeping his athletes in shape, but he also didn’t fail to recognize how dedicated his athletes have been during this time.

    “Most of my athletes play tennis year-round at the club; however since the tennis clubs have been closed per the governor’s directions along with most of the local public courts, my players, like all Ohio athletes, are indeed having to find other means to stay fit,” Sharpless explained, “Luckily, we have an awesome weight coach at LHS and he has put together a nice list of dumbbell and free weight exercises for our players. I’ve shared this valuable resource with my players in the hopes that, if they have the equipment, they will utilize this information to stay in shape,” Sharpless added.

    Sharpless had an unbelievable 2019 season leading his team to an ECC Championship! The Men’s Tennis team ended 2019 with a perfect 6-0 record and a 14-3 record overall.

    We are excited to hopefully be seeing some Tiger competition very soon! Stay tuned to read more about what LHS coaches and athletes are doing to prepare for their potential seasons!

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  • Loveland High School’s Spring Athletes Commit to Collegiate Play!

    Loveland High School’s Spring Athletes Commit to Collegiate Play!

    by Cassie Mattia

    Loveland, Ohio – Although time seems to be slowly dragging due to the COVID-19 Stay At Home Order, for LHS Seniors time is still flying by as graduation is right around the corner! With graduation just a few weeks away, LHS Senior Athletes are also preparing for collegiate sports opportunities. We would like to take the time to give a big shout out to the LHS Senior Athletes that have committed to playing their sport at the collegiate level! Congratulations to the following LHS Student-Athletes:

    Katlyn Kramer-Softball
    Otterbein University

    Jake Cotsonas-Wrestling
    University of Mount Union

    Connor Patton-Soccer
    Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

    Nathan Holman-Football
    Heidelberg University

    Andrew Gwynn-Football
    Thomas More University
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    Iyon Davis-Football
    Hocking College

    A Note from the Publisher to these athletes – their teachers, coaches, and parents

    Over the past, five or so years Loveland Magazine TV was at the annual Spring, Fall, and Winter signing events at LHS to record the ceremonies so the whole community could hear the athletic director brag about your accomplishments on and off the playing fields, courts, pools, and alleys.

    It was also a time I could see the athletes alongside their parents with those proud smiles and their own well deserved sense of accomplishment.

    It was always a wonderful afternoon seeing the representatives of the Athletic Department, the Principals, teachers, and coaches deservedly proud of their own unwavering work.

    It is darned sad that the event couldn’t be held this Spring because it was something you all deserved due to your outstanding work as an athlete, in your classroom, and at home. Being there has always been a real treat for me, however, I also know you didn’t accomplish so much just to get a few moments of fame and applause. Hard work is its own reward.

    Your continued success is guaranteed because you have been scholars of merit, good sports, and good representatives of your school and the entire community. I have enjoyed every single moment watching you compete.

    Best regards as you take these next steps,

    David Miller

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