Loveland, Ohio – The City of Loveland’s Charter Review Commission is holding a public hearing to present their proposed revisions to the Charter of the City.
The “Charter” can be thought of as Loveland’s constitution and is the very base foundation of how our City government operates. It provides for duties, obligations, and responsibilities of various appointed and elected positions such as City Manager, Council-members, and Finance Director. The Charter also outlines how elections are conducted and zoning decisions are decided. It provides for the separation of powers for office holders and appointed officials and debt obligations.
The public hearing will be on Wednesday, May 22 at 7 PM in the Council Chambers at Loveland City Hall, 120 West Loveland Avenue.
The ballot question will be an all or nothing, “YES” or “NO” vote, so any suggestions about the individual proposed changes that you like or dislike should be expressed before the Charter Review Commission makes its recommendation to City Council who will likely forward the proposal to the local Boards of Election as a ballot question this Fall.
Clicking the link below you will see a “red-lined” version of the proposal that will likely be put before the voters at the General Election this November. The “red-lined” version will let you see the Charter as it is today vs. the proposed changes.
The proposed revisions are available by Clicking Here. To request a hardcopy of the proposed revisions you can contact the City Manager at 513-707-1454 or via email at dkennedy@lovelandoh.gov.
For those who want to submit comments but cannot attend the meeting, you can direct comments via email to either Councilman Ted Phelps or City Manager Dave Kennedy.
Loveland, Ohio – The Spring Sports season at Loveland High School is nearing a close. Here is a recap and continuing play for each team.
Men’s Tennis
Sectionals took place on May 7th at the ATP (Lindner Tennis Center). Advancing from Sectionals to Districts are Senior Captain, Matt Huether and Junior, Alex Ditchen in Men’s Doubles. Sophomore, Connor Ruble, has a District qualifying match this Friday, 5/10, versus Fairfield. District seeding matches will take place on Saturday, 5/11 at the ATP at 8:30 AM.
Men’s Baseball
Baseball hosts Hamilton on May 14th in their First Round Sectional matchup. The team currently sits at 10-11 (5-8 in the ECC) but have won 7 of their last 8 games.
Women’s Fastpitch
Fastpitch currently sits at 4-19 (3-9 in the ECC) and look to close out the season strong. They are led by Junior, Katelyn Kramer who is hitting .462 with 5 home runs.
Track
Both Men’s and Women’s Track have their ECC Conference meet tomorrow, 5/8 and Friday, 5/10 at Anderson. Loveland looks to win the ECC Championship for the first time since 2017 (Men’s) and for the first time as a program (Women’s). (No results are available on the Conference Web Site, however you can find the latest Tiger results as the meet progresses on Twitter. Loveland Athletics LovelandAthletics @LovTigers_AD)
Men’s Lacrosse
Men’s Lacrosse currently sit at 4-11 (2-2 in the ECC) and have won 2 of their last 4 games. They are currently tied with Turpin for 3rd in the ECC.
Women’s Lacrosse
Women’s Lacrosse currently sit at 10-2 (3-1 in the ECC) and have won 8 of their last 9 games. They currently sit in 2nd in the ECC and look to finish off their regular season on a strong note.
Cincinnati’s Greatest/Bravest Athlete is from Loveland, Ohio
Mt. Everest – Everest has always been the dream for Loveland resident of 26 years, Matt Brennan. He is currently trying for the 2nd time to complete the 80-day climb that has only been completed by about 4,000 people in history. Brennan would be the first in the Cincinnati area to make the trek.
Brennan would be the first in the Cincinnati area to make the trek.
Brennan has a goal of climbing the “Seven Summits” – the tallest mountains on each of the seven continents. He’s conquered Mt. Aconcagua, Mt. McKinley, Mt. Kilimanjaro, Mt. Elbrus, and Denali. Less than 500 people have completed the challenge, and less than 150 Americans have summited all seven. Last December he climbed to the summit of Mt. Vinson in Antartica.
1. Mount Everest
Known as Sagarmatha in Nepal and Chomolungma in Tibet, the western world knows the tallest mountain as Everest. Named after Edmund Hillary – the first confirmed climber to reach the peak in 1953, the mountain used to be called simply Peak XV. Accompanied by a local Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, it took the two men a total of seven weeks to summit.
“I dreamed of this as a kid. I had posters on my wall of Mt. Everest as a kid. I’ve dreamed about it, so the opportunity to climb it is really quite emotional,” Matt Brennan told Loveland Magazine in March of 2018 during his 1st Everest expedition. Brennan explained that if something unfortunate happens above 21,000 feet, it could very well mean death. Something like 1.5% of Everest climbers die. It’s not uncommon to see corpses along a trek.
The thousands of hours of training and years of work lead up to one potential 5.5 mile-high peak.
On March 30 all of Matt’s team of 11 climbers had arrived in Kathmandu to begin their journey to the Everest summit.
On April 8 Brennan arrived at the Everest base camp at Lobuche and moved into his tent – His home for the next 7 weeks. He wrote on Facebook, “We have our Puja ceremony tomorrow asking the mountain for permission to climb and it looks like we will tentatively head up the mountain for our first rotation on April 19. All good. #unfinishedbusiness.” Lobuche (or Lobuje) is a small settlement near Mount Everest in the Khumbu region of Nepal.
May 5, 2019 – Tough post today. I stood about in this spot last year giving a shout out to my niece Janie Bordinhao who was battling cancer. At age 26. On November 1, 2018, Janie was dubbed “cancer free” and we had a ceremony with family and friends to “ring the bell” and celebrate. Sadly the cancer returned aggressively and she lost her battle on January 15, 2019. We lost an angel. I grieve for my sister Ellen, her husband Celso and sons Jansen and Jeff. I will never understand why the good Lord needed her more than the countless people whose life she touched in such a short time and the future generations of children who she looked forward to dedicating her career to. Just like her mom. This shirt is going to the top with me and I plan on kissing the sky. I’ll be there soon Precious Janie. #Janiestrong, #nobodyfightsalone, #likeineededadditionalmotivation#unfinishedbusiness. ??
Hello from basecamp. We have been spending the last few days on acclimatization “hikes” up to Pumori Camp 1 at 18,500’ and enjoying the views of Everest and the Khumbu Valley. We are fairly well rested now and it looks like rotation 2 has been pushed back to May 5 or 6. This is in part due to an impending weather issue but also an attempt to avoid other teams on the mountain. It’s a strategy game right now. The lines have not yet been fixed to the summit so nobody has “summited” Everest this year from the south side. That’s likely to change in the next week to 10 days – at least we hope.
Until then we’re hanging in basecamp, eating 3 meals a day, and spending 4 hours a day hiking/climbing in the worlds greatest mountain range. Not bad. #unfinishedbusiness.
Matt Brennan of Cincinnati and Mount Everest April 20 at 1:05 AM · “Most don’t realize that there are no roads in the Khumbu valley. I haven’t seen a vehicle in three weeks. Supplies are brought here in one of three ways-1) on a yak/donkey 2) on someone’s back or 3) by helicopter. So literally everything you see was brought in the Valley and most likely by a porter. I call the Khumbu the “helicopter highway” because when the skies are clear they are landing helicopters every few minutes right over your head- dropping off base camp supplies, picking up sick or hurt climbers/trekkers, removing refuse, etc. It’s an impressive sight watching the helicopters navigate the Valley.” Matt Brennan of Cincinnati and Mount Everest April 19 at 5:17 PM · “The Khumbu icefall is no joke. It’s 6+ hours of hard work and scary crevasses. I’m not lying when I say that this place makes me nervous. Be glad to get all the way through it and put 1 of 6 times we have to go through this area behind me. #unfinishedbusiness.”
Ben Jones · April 16 · “Final day of ladder practice in the Khumbu today. Warm, sunny weather but looking like snow for a couple days ahead. @alpineascents #everest2019 #everest #nepal #7summits #jacksonhole — in Nepal.”
Read about Brennan’s first attempt to conquer Everest:
Nerf football defeats Loveland Everest climber Matt Brennan
“I WAS IN THE GREATEST CLIMBING ARENA IN THE WORLD. I CLIMBED UP THAT MOUNTAIN, I JUST DIDN’T MAKE IT TO THE TOP”
by Sam Smith
Loveland, OH- For Loveland resident, business owner, and mountaineer Matt Brennan, failure is just another step to greater success. On March 25th, Brennan set out with one goal: to summit the world’s tallest mountain. Through a nearly lifetime of training and months of rigorous preparation, Brennan attempted what no other Cincinnati-area resident had. Although he didn’t reach the top (due to an injury) he plans to utilize his defeat in order to push himself to a new height next year, when he will attempt again. Read on…
They lie frozen in time, thousands of metres above sea level. The grim death toll on Everest is becoming impossible to ignore, says Rachel Nuwer.
“But when I say our sport is a hazardous one, I do not mean that when we climb mountains there is a large chance that we shall be killed, but that we are surrounded by dangers which will kill us if we let them.”
George Mallory, 1924
No one knows exactly how many bodies remain on Mount Everest today, but there are certainly more than 200. Climbers and Sherpas lie tucked into crevasses, buried under avalanche snow and exposed on catchment basin slopes – their limbs sun-bleached and distorted. Most are concealed from view, but some are familiar fixtures on the route to Everest’s summit. Read the full article at BBC Future…
On Sunday, April 28, the sixth annual Golden Lion Awards Film Festival recognized students from across the Midwest, including two from Loveland High School: Sophomore Claire Beseler won a Mountain Lion Award for her short narrative film This Broken Mind and Senior Sam Richardson, who had a total of five films accepted into the competition, won the Mountain Lion Award for his film Cybersecurity Privacy and Safety (public service announcement category). Richardson was also an animation category finalist with Bombs Away and a finalist in the informational/educational category with his film Intellectual Property.
The Golden Lion Awards are produced and directed by The Underground Academy of Cinematic Arts. The competition is open to high school and middle school students in 12 Midwest states, as well as areas of an additional 15 states within 500 miles of Cincinnati.
Last month, Beseler’s film This Broken Mind was the winner of the short narrative category in the third annual New Media Film Festival at Mount Saint Joseph University. On Sunday, May 5, Richardson’s animation Bombs Away will be recognized at the Ohio Governor’s Youth Art Exhibition awards ceremony for being in the top 25 out of more than 11,000 artworks submitted to the competition.
AJ Bailey, Aaron Borchers, Mason Funk, Kian Palmer and Jack Hampton at the second annual Armed Forces Signing Day ceremony at Loveland High School
Loveland, Ohio – On Tuesday, April 30, Loveland High School (LHS) celebrated five seniors who have committed to join a branch of the U.S. military upon graduation. The second annual LHS Armed Forces Signing Day recognized the following students at the ceremony:
Luke Rohling, here playing “Man in Chair” in the Drowsy Chaperone, is nominated for both Lead Actor in a Musical and Male Critic.
Loveland, Ohio – Students at Loveland High School (LHS) have been nominated for 21 Cappies for the 2018 production of The Drowsy Chaperone. The awards will be announced at the Cappies Gala on May 23 at the Aronoff Center for the Arts in Cincinnati.
Students nominated for the Cappies include:
Hair & Make-up
Adrianna Bell
Molly Clemons
Anna Geiger
Sound
Evan Bell
Kaitlyn Naylor
Adam Zdroiewski
Props
Rosa Karl-Chacon
Marisa Kelley
Cayleigh King
Jordan Lawrence
Lighting
Amy Laufersweller
Ben Russ
Matthew Rychlick
Kathryn Taylor
Sets
Lillian DeMellia
Hayden Ducker
Natalie Heath
Ethan Segrist
Orchestra
“The Drowsy Orchestra”
Stage Management & Stage Crew
Noelle Barry
Sydney Miller
Sam Slyder
Samantha Weaver
Ensemble in a Musical
“The Gangsters” – Andrew Hoffmann and Aidan McCracken
Featured Actor in Musical
Myles Lamson
Female Dancer
Busy Aiken
Male Dancer
Joseph Koehne
Female Vocalist
Demi Sperelakis
Comic Actress in a Musical
Merrick Hummer
Comic Actor in a Musical
Calloway Hefner
Supporting Actress in a Musical
Lillian DeMellia
Supporting Actor in a Musical
Daniel Eilert
Lead Actress in a Musical
Anna Colletto
Lead Actor in a Musical
Luke Rohling
Song
“Toledo Surprise”
Musical
The Drowsy Chaperone
Male Critic
Luke Rohling
The Cappies Critics and Awards Program strives to recognize Greater Cincinnati’s talented young writers, performers and technical crews. High school theater and journalism students in the program become trained as critics, then attend shows at other schools to write and publish reviews. At the end of each school year, these student critics vote on awards for their fellow students in a list of categories, including outstanding productions, group and individual performances, as well as achievements in various technical categories.
Loveland, Ohio – On Senior Night, April 26 during the Dawn Dahart Track and Field Invitational, Cooper Smeller cleared 14’9” to break the school pole vault record by an inch.
The Loveland Middle School Student Council pulled off a successful “Pennies for Patients” fund raiser for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society through a range of activities in March, including raffles, a half-court shot competition, Hawaiian lei and snack sales, and the culminating “pie-a-teacher” event on the last day of the campaign.
These businesses that contributed to the successful campaign
The Works
Golden Corral
Buffalo Wild Wings
Coney Island
Shooters Sports Grill
Dunkin Donuts
Flipdaddy’s
Maggiano’s
Thunderdome Restaurant Group (Currito, The Eagle, Bakersfield, Krueger)
Loveland Sweets
Nada
Movie theaters: Kenwood, Esquire, Mariemont and Eastgate
Nothing Bundt Cakes
Loveland, Ohio – Throughout the month of March, the Loveland Middle School (LMS) Student Council ran its annual “Pennies for Patients” campaign to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
“We are so proud to have met and even exceeded of our goal of raising $5,000 this year,” said Katie Rose, teacher who runs the LMS Student Council with her colleague Trisha Pitcher. “The students arranged a variety of fundraising activities during the campaign and wrote letters to businesses asking for contributions. The response by the business community in and around Loveland was overwhelming, and we received dozens of gift card donations and items for our raffles.”
On the last day of school before spring break, the students celebrated reaching their campaign goal with one of their favorite fundraising activities – “pie-a-teacher.”
“Tickets for the pie-a-teacher event are best sellers throughout the campaign,” said Rose. “It’s one of many activities during the month, but always seems to be especially fun for our students!”
Lilly Rohling (on the left) and Rachel Noe, both members of the Loveland High School Art Club, worked together to paint Lilly’s winning design on a plan rain barrel.
Loveland, Ohio – Ruthie Timman, eighth grader at Loveland Middle School, and Lilly Rohling, sophomore at Loveland High School, have earned the honor of contributing their designed rain barrels for the 7thAnnual Rain Barrel Art Benefit Auction, held as part of “Party for the Planet” at the Cincinnati Zoo.
Ruthie Timman (on the right) involved family, friends, her science teacher Catherine Rudisell, and classmates as she worked on her rain barrel project. Here she is with her friend A.J. Dahlquist.
“I entered the contest because I love art and wanted to see if mine was good enough to make it through, and it did,” said Ruthie, who liked the idea that it would also benefit the zoo and help save local water. “My design idea came from going to Anna Maria Island with my family, where we kayaked and saw manatees. They came right up to us and were super gentle. They are also unique animals and not as popular as the common zoo animals, like tigers, giraffes, and elephants.”
Forty local artists – about half of them students and the other half professional or hobby artists – have revamped typical green, dull and drab rain barrels into creative and colorful accent pieces for the garden. All barrels will be on display at the zoo throughout the month of April, leading up to the last day of the silent auction which was held on April 25.
The Rain Barrel Art Project began as an initiative to promote the use of rain barrels, which help conserve water and save money. The project continues to educate citizens on environmental issues, including storm water runoff, watersheds and water conservation. Art teachers around town have taken it on as an annual project for their students, who are often passionate about the environment.
“Environmental protection and preservation are very important to me and I liked the idea of combining art with environmental work.”
“Loveland High School’s Art Club has done this project in the past and I was encouraged to bring in a design,” said Lilly. “Environmental protection and preservation are very important to me and I liked the idea of combining art with environmental work. I love the Earth and always try to do my part in protecting it. Even something seemingly as small as one barrel can do so much good in the long run for our environment.”
Proceeds from the rain barrel auction will be used to further environmental education and awareness.
Sam Richardson’s photograph “The Claw” has won a National Silver Medal from the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards and will be published in the online galleries at artandwriting.org in June.
First Loveland student artist to be recognized at the national level
Loveland, Ohio – Loveland High School Senior Sam Richardson’s photograph “The Claw” has won a National Silver Medal from the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. The Claw won a Gold Key regionally, qualifying it for the national competition where it was selected to receive a National Medal for its excellence in originality, technical skill and emergence of personal voice or vision. Nearly 340,000 works of art and writing were submitted to the contest in 2019, and only the top one percent were recognized with a National Medal.
Richardson now joins the ranks of artist Andy Warhol, writer Joyce Carol Oates and film maker Ken Burns.
The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards have celebrated teen artists and writers since 1923. Richardson now joins the ranks of distinguished alumni like artist Andy Warhol, writer Joyce Carol Oates and film maker Ken Burns, and will be listed in the 2019 Yearbook ̶ a companion publication to The Best Teen Art and The Best Teen Writing anthologies. The Claw will be included in the online galleries at artandwriting.orgin June 2019.
The “Charter” can be thought of as Loveland’s constitution and is the very base foundation of how our City government operates. It provides for duties, obligations, and responsibilities of various appointed and elected positions such as City Manager, Council-members, and Finance Director. The Charter also outlines how elections are conducted and zoning decisions are decided. It provides for the separation of powers for office holders and appointed officials and debt obligations.
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1. Mount Everest
On April 8 Brennan arrived at the Everest base camp at Lobuche and moved into his tent – His home for the next 7 weeks. He wrote on Facebook, “We have our Puja ceremony tomorrow asking the mountain for permission to climb and it looks like we will tentatively head up the mountain for our first rotation on April 19. All good. 
