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  • Loveland Schools Foundation to induct four into Hall of Fame

    Loveland Schools Foundation to induct four into Hall of Fame

    Loveland, Ohio – Four Loveland High School alumni will be inducted into the Loveland Schools Hall of Fame on Saturday, September 21.

    David Evans (Loveland High School Class of 1969), Wesley Jackson (‘94), David J. Litteral (‘80) and Janet Rich (‘71) are the recipients of the 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award – a lifetime award honoring graduates who have used their Loveland education to better their communities at the local, national or global level.

    “This event, which is open to the public, is an opportunity for us to recognize and give back to Loveland graduates who stand out in their service to others,” said Loveland Schools Foundation Executive Director Linda Slusher. “It is also a way to show the Loveland community the high caliber of students that the Loveland Schools produce.”

    David Evans has coached the Midland Redskins since 1990 and has won the Connie Mack World Series 12 times. He has coached more than 80 major league players, including Ken Griffey Jr., David Bell and Barry Larkin.

    Wesley Jackson earned three university degrees with majors in biology, microbiology and biochemistry from Miami University, Wright State University and the Medical University of South Carolina. He is currently working as a research scientist for the Eli Lilly Company, where some of his research has led to medical patents for which he is accredited.

    David J. Litteral, Command Sergeant Major in the U.S. Army (ret.), gave 32 years of honorable service in the United States Army Medical Department, culminating as commandant of the Army’s Medical Noncommissioned Officer Academy.

    Janet Rich taught 35 years at Loveland City Schools. Among others, she served 33 years as chair for the Health and Physical Education Department, 17 years as student council and class advisor, and 24 years as cheerleading coach. Rich was named Grand Marshall of the 2012 homecoming parade for her service to Loveland Schools.

    The Distinguished Alumni Awards Banquet begins at 6 PM at the Oasis Golf and Conference Center, with awards recognitions scheduled to start at 8 PM.

    Tickets ($45/person) include dinner and must be purchased prior to the event. Please contact Linda Slusher at slusheli@lovelandschools.org for more information. No tickets will be available at the door.

  • [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 us.

    Friday, August 30, 2019

    20
    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

     

  • 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!

  • [Video Interview] Loveland Frogman Race

    [Video Interview] Loveland Frogman Race

    by Cassie Mattia

    Loveland, Ohio (The Staycation Resort of Southwest Ohio)- I met Meredith Taylor and Mark Bersani on the most beautiful of sunny afternoons on the bank of our State and National Scenic and wild Little Miami River yesterday to ask them questions about the up-coming Loveland Frogman Race, but the conversation also turned to important topics of interest about two Loveland institutions. Mark and his wife Robin own Loveland Canoe & Kayak and Meredith is the Program Director of the Little Miami River Chamber Alliance.

    Click the paddle to learn more about the Loveland Frogman Race and how you can register. Registration is filling up fast!

    The Frogman Race is centered at Loveland Canoe & Kayak in Historic Downtown and Mark promises plenty of available parking in the civic lot adjacent to his business. You will be taken by bus into Warren County to canoe/kayak back to Loveland, and then bike the Loveland Bike Trail to Miami Township’s Riverview Park and sprint back again. Sprint if you can, however, Mark and Meredith say the event is more for fun than the competition of it. There is however plenty of pride and friendly home-grown competition in winning or beating your time from last year. Can you claim the title of “Top Frog”?

    Individual spots (all of the kayaks have been reserved) for the 5 Mile Canoe/Kayak, 8 Mile Bike ride, and 5K Run have filled, but you can still register as a team and reserve a canoe.

    Both Meredith and Mark were pretty coy in their answers when asked whether anyone would run into the famous Loveland Frog along the course, in or out of the river!

    We also talked about wine tastings, morning mixers, the Chamber’s 300th member celebration, the Fall for Symmes Fall Festival, and the annual Chamber award banquet.

    Mark shares the remaining dates on their river calendar if you still want to get on the scenic river this year and how he and Robin are hosting a large group of inner-city youth on the river immediately after the finish of the Frogman Race.

    PHEW! That’s a lot of good information. I hope you enjoy our conversation.

  • A thank you from the Loveland Initiative

    A thank you from the Loveland Initiative

    by Terri Rogers,

    On August 16, 2019, The Loveland Initiative, held its 23rd Annual Backpack Program for the 2019/2020 school year. We are so happy to

    Thank you for making our 23rd annual backpack program an enormous success!!

    announce that, together with our donors and volunteers, The Loveland Initiative sorted, packed and distributed 300 backpacks to help students right here in Loveland, Ohio, get off to a great start for the new school year!!  What joy it is for students to personally pick out their own backpacks. You can tell by looking at their smiling faces. They are so proud of what they have chosen. The backpacks they choose from are endless, all donated and collected each year for students returning to school.

    Terri Rogers is the Executive Director of The Loveland Initiative

    This service is important because (1) we make a positive impact on the lives of children and families in our community, (2) we expanded services to other low-income children within the community.  (3) we relieve the financial burden of back-to school-time for families and (4) we help to reduce peer pressure and self-esteem so that students are focusing on learning. It is about generating excitement and joy at the prospect of students returning to school.

    Each year, I am amazed at the amount of support that we receive from the Loveland community. A HUGE thank you to EVERYONE who collected supplies and/or backpacks for us. A HUGE thank you to New Hope Baptist Church for hosting us for the fifth year in a row, and for the use of their facility. A SPECIAL thank you to JackRabbit and VIBE Nutrition for serving as a collection spot.  A HUGE thank you to ALL our volunteers, YOU were invaluable! A HUGE thank you to Loveland Magazine for their publicity support. Without the support from our awesome community, we could not do what we do.

    Thank you for making our 23rd annual backpack program an enormous success!!

    CLICK HERE to learn more about the Loveland Initiative and the community programs they provide.

  • [VIDEO] 35 new staff members at Loveland Schools

    [VIDEO] 35 new staff members at Loveland Schools

    Loveland, Ohio – Some of the new staff hired by the Loveland School District were introduced at the August 15 Board meeting, and below, are the names of all of the 35 new staff members.

    Loveland High School

    Ian Avery, English Teacher
    Zach Banning, Counselor
    Andy Cruse, Intervention Specialist
    Ashley Frees, Intervention Specialist
    Ian Klingler, Science Teacher
    Alex McCoy, Music/Jazz Teacher
    Rachel Nichols, long-term substitute Math Teacher
    Andrew Phelan, Intervention Specialist
    Elizabeth Potts, English Teacher
    Taylor Wood, Math Teacher

    Loveland Middle School

    Nelson Arblaster, STEM Teacher
    Sarah Cousino, Speech/Language Pathologist
    Matthew Fisher, Intervention Specialist
    Jonathan Franklin, Special Education Aide
    Katie Leist, Science Teacher
    Sonya Myers, Special Education Aide
    Carolyn Turner, Intervention Specialist
    Robert White, Special Education Aide

    Loveland Intermediate School

    Noah Gilbert, Psychologist
    Melanie Sowers, Intervention Specialist
    Ellen Spangler, Special Education Aide
    Jennifer Van Roekel, Special Education Aide

    Loveland Elementary School

    Megan Terlau, Intervention Specialist
    Jessica Tracy, Special Education Aide

    Loveland Primary School

    Allison Croskey, Music Teacher
    Joanne Prater, Special Education Aide

    Loveland Early Childhood Center

    Molly Amos, Preschool Intervention Specialist
    Misty Glasgow, Special Education Aide
    Jacob Martin, First-grade Teacher
    Kristan Mueller, Preschool Aide
    Lauren Vismara, Kindergarten Teacher
    Nancy Wagner, Special Education Aide

    Transportation

    Melissa Hollon, Bus Driver
    Russell Little, Bus Driver
    Anthony Pavone, Bus Driver

    Join us for the 10th annual Cpt Seth Mitchell HERO 5K…

    We are a group of Seth Mitchell’s Loveland High School classmates, who miss our friend and want to keep his memory alive. …

  • [Video] Residents speak to Board of Ed about 16.78-mill school levy

    [Video] Residents speak to Board of Ed about 16.78-mill school levy

    Loveland, Ohio – Eight residents spoke at the August 15 Loveland City School District Board meeting and expressed their thoughts about the pending vote on a 16.78-mill combined operating levy and bond request that will be on the November 5 ballot.

    You can view these LOVELAND MAGAZINE TV videos to learn what they had to say and how the Board members responded.

    Read this background information:

    Loveland Board of Education asks for combined 16.78-mill levy

     

    [From the Loveland School District] November 2019 Levy FAQ

    School Board approves option to purchase 110 acres of land at…

    [BREAKING NEWS] Board votes to build new campus for Pre-K thru…

    Read: Grailville and School District Option to Purchase Agreement and Appraisal

    Information sessions with Loveland Schools Superintendent and Treasurer about the November…

    Follow this discussion that started July 31 on Loveland Magazine’s Facebook Page.

    Loveland Magazine
    Published July 31 at 5:50 PM

    The additional money if approved by voters will fund daily operations of the school district and a building and construction bond to implement the district’s facility master plan.

    If you are a member of Nextdoor, read this lively discussion about Loveland Magazine’s announcement of the levy.

    Building Tiger Nation Web Site

     

    The development of the Facility Master Plan

     

    Loveland Board of Education voting soon on a facility master plan…

    Loveland District kicks off finance committee work in facilities master planning…

    Loveland School levy predicted for May 2019 ballot

    Loveland School District Financial Update

     

    Loveland Magazine “Local Voter Guide” to issues and candidates

  • Join us for the 10th annual Cpt Seth Mitchell HERO 5K on Saturday, September 21st!

    Join us for the 10th annual Cpt Seth Mitchell HERO 5K on Saturday, September 21st!

    Loveland, Ohio –

    We are a group of Seth Mitchell’s Loveland High School classmates, who miss our friend and want to keep his memory alive.  We represent the many people who Seth made an impression on with his sense of humor, kind heart, and loyal friendship.  As we organize this 5k Race and the scholarship memorial fund, we are motivated by one enduring inspiration: to live each day a little more honorably, kindly, and humbly… just like Seth.
    Please join us by donating, running, or volunteering – and keep Seth’s memory alive.

    Starting at 11 AM, the 5K course begins and ends in historic downtown Loveland at Nisbet Park and will include part of the Loveland Bike Trail.

    Race Info & Registration

    Past Scholarship Winners
  • Information sessions with Loveland Schools Superintendent and Treasurer about the November 5 ballot issue

    Information sessions with Loveland Schools Superintendent and Treasurer about the November 5 ballot issue

    Loveland, Ohio – With the upcoming vote on a 16.78-mill combined operating levy and bond request on the November 5 ballot, the Loveland City School District has scheduled several opportunities for residents to meet with Superintendent Dr. Amy Crouse and Treasurer/CFO Kevin Hawley in September and October. A community meeting, including a presentation and question-and-answer session, will be held in the Loveland High School auditorium at 7 PM on Thursday, September 12.

    September

    • Community Meeting (Loveland High School Auditorium), Thursday 9/12, 7 PM
    • Tour of Facilities (LES/LPS, 550 Loveland Madeira Road), Tuesday 9/17, 7  PM
    • Loveland Dairy Whip (611 W. Loveland Avenue), Friday 9/20, 5-7 PM
    • Starbucks (10551 Loveland-Madeira Road), Monday 9/30, 4-6 PM

    October

    • Hometown Cafe (111 Railroad Avenue), Thursday 10/3, 8-10 AM
    • Branch Hill Coffee Company (371 Bridge Street), Wednesday 10/9, 7-9 AM

     

  • Did we move to the mountains?

    Did we move to the mountains?

    Symmes Township, Ohio – When Jennifer Miller posted these photos of Tuesday afternoon’s storm she posed the rhetorical question, “Did we move to the mountains?”

    She took the photos while in the Hearthstone subdivision. She told Loveland Magazine that they didn’t scare her.