Beginning Thursday, October 10, the railroad crossing at Hopewell Road in Branch Hill will be under construction. The construction project will affect school bus transportation from Clermont County residences to and from:
• Loveland High School:
Bus numbers 63, 13, 18, 38
• Middle/Intermediate Schools:
Bus numbers 39, 23, 47, 73, 45
• Elementary/Primary Schools:
Bus numbers 39, 47, 41, 73, 37
• Loveland Early Childhood Center:
(Morning) Bus numbers 31,32,37
(Midday) Bus number 38
(Afternoon) All buses traveling through Hamilton County
All traffic could potentially be affected. The extent of the delays will be determined by a number of factors, including traffic backups on I-275 and through downtown Loveland. The construction project is estimated to be completed on Sunday, October 13.
For non-public buses affected by the construction, see the information below
• Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy: Bus number 75
• St. Gertrude and All Saints School: Bus number 71
• Moeller and Mt. Notre Dame: Bus numbers 72
• Live Oaks and Scarlet Oaks: Bus number 7
• St. Margaret of York: Bus numbers 54, 69
• St. Columban: Bus numbers 32, 33
• St. Xavier, Cincinnati Country Day, Seven Hills School: Bus numbers 64, 76
• St. Ursula Academy, Summit Country Day School, Springer School and Center: Bus number 34
Symmes Township, Ohio – Theodore B. Hubbard, the Hamilton County Engineer, has announced the road closure on Hopewell Road at the Railroad Crossing between Loveland-Madeira Road and Little Miami River in Symmes Township.
All American Track will be replacing railroad ties and rails at the crossing beginning on Thursday, October 10, through Sunday, October 13, (weather permitting).
The detour will be routed from Hopewell Road – Bridge Street – Branch Hill Loveland Road – Hanna Avenue – Broadway Street – Second Street (S.R. 48) – West Loveland Avenue – Loveland Madeira Road and vice versa.
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Miami Township, Ohio – As part of their 40th class reunion, the Milford Class of 1979 is paying tribute to the loss of four National Guardsmen whose helicopter crashed in the community on September 29th, 1979. They are providing a memorial for these men in the peaceful setting of Paxton Ramsey Park, just less than a mile from the crash site.
The National Guardsmen who died are Capt. James Capps, S/Sgt Alan Piatt, S/Sgt Wayman Nixon, and Capt. Paul Edgar. The class has located and is in communication with family members of all four soldiers.
The reunion will include the placing of a large memorial boulder with an engraved plaque honoring all four National Guardsman, four park benches with each soldier’s name on a bronze plaque, and a military ceremony.
The public is invited and encouraged to attend the memorial dedication ceremony at noon on September 29th. This date and time mark the 40th anniversary of the accident.
The class will gather at Paxton Ramsey Park with the Miami Township Trustees, Civil Air Patrol, Local American Legion and VFW, and the families of the fallen guardsmen
The public is encouraged to attend the ceremony in a show of support of these fallen heroes. To find out more information or to donate to the memorial project, please visit Memorial.Milford79.com or donate online at Milford79.com/Donate.
We ask your support with our class project to make sure these soldiers will never be forgotten again. You can help in these ways: We need financial support to help with the cost of the boulder, benches, travel and ceremony expenses. Donations can be made payable to “Milford Class of 1979 Memorial” and sent to 5654 Harvest Ridge Drive, Milford Ohio 45150. You can also donate online HERE. You also might know someone who might also like to donate to such a worthy cause. Please help us get the word out about this memorial project. We also want you to help honor these soldiers with your presence at the ceremony at Paxton Ramsey Park on September 29, 2019, at noon. Please bring your family and encourage others to join us as we celebrate the sacrifice of these four National Guardsmen.
Please help us make sure that these names will never be forgotten again as we ask you for support in our Class Project.
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.
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.
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.
If you find value in this Voter Guide and the expense involved in putting it together, please…Loveland, Ohio – Below you can read the ballot language for the increase in taxes the Loveland Board of Education is asking you to approve. You can also read the text of current and proposed changes City Council wants you to approve to the City Charter.
Loveland City Council at Large – 3 to be elected – 4-year term
Pat Ahr
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Kathy Bailey
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Andy Bateman
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Kent G. Blair
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Cory O’Donnell
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Angela L. Settell
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Loveland Board of Education – 2 to be elected – 4-year term
Arthur R. Jarvis
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Hamilton Co. –
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Kathryn Lorenz
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Hamilton Co. –
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Symmes Township Trustee – 1 to be elected – 4-year term
Phil Beck
CJ Carr
Symmes Township Fiscal Officer – 1 to be elected – 4-year term
Joseph C. Grossi
Milford Council at Large – 4 to be elected – 4-year term
Edward J. Haskins
Kyle Mitchell
Benjamin Redman
Sandra Russell
Milford School Board
Emily Chestnut
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Mike Durkee
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Dave Meranda
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James Rhodes
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Goshen Township Trustee
Bob Hausermann
Bill Pitman
Goshen Township Fiscal Officer
Laura Engled
Goshen School Board – Full term 2 to be elected
John Benthien
Julie Casey
Derrick Holmes
GoshenSchool Board (unexpired term) – 1 to be elected
Deborah S. Gray
Miami Township (Clermont County) Trustee
Ken Tracy
Miami Township (Clermont County) Fiscal Officer
Eric C. Ferry
Judge of Hamilton County Municipal Court – 1 to be elected per district – 6-year term (District 5)
Kari L. Bloom
Heather S. Russell
ISSUES
Loveland City Council will ask voters to approve a Revised Charter.
Clermont Co. –
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NO –
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YES –
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Loveland Board of Education is asking voters to approve a combined Operating and Bond Levy.
Clermont Co.
YES –
NO –
Hamilton Co.
YES –
NO –
Warren Co.
YES –
NO –
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YES –
NO –
Goshen Local School District
Bond Levy 5.24 mills – 34 years
For –
Against –
Milford City
Renewal with an Increase 17 mills – for Fire & EMS – for 5 years
For –
Against
GoshenSchool Bond Levy
Shall bonds be issued by the Goshen Local School District, Counties of Clermont and Warren, for the purpose of site acquisition, new construction, improvements, renovations and additions to school facilities and providing equipment, furnishings and site improvements therefor, in the principal amount of thirty‐one million dollars ($31,000,000), to be repaid annually over a maximum period of thirty‐four (34) years, and an annual levy of property taxes be made outside of the ten‐mill limitation, estimated by the county auditor to average over the repayment period of the bond issue five and twenty‐four hundreds (5.24) mills for each one dollar of tax valuation, which amounts to fifty‐two and four‐tenths cents ($0.524) for each one hundred dollars of tax valuation, commencing in 2019, first due in calendar year 2020, to pay the annual debt charges on the bonds, and to pay debt charges on any notes issued in anticipation of those bonds?
YES
NO
Kings Local School District
Shall bonds be issued by the Kings Local School District, for the purpose of site acquisition, new construction, improvements, renovations and additions to school facilities and providing equipment, furnishings and site improvements therefor, in the principal amount of $89,975,000 to be repaid annually over a maximum period of 37 years, and an annual levy of property taxes be made outside the ten‐mill limitation, estimated by the county auditor to average over the repayment period of the bond issue 4.96 mills for each one dollar of tax valuation, which amounts to $0.496 for each one hundred dollars of tax valuation, commencing in 2019, first due in calendar year 2020, to pay the annual debt charge on the bonds, and to pay debt charges on any notes issued in anticipation of those bonds?
YES
NO
Hamilton County
Tax Levy (Renewal) – .34ml 5yr – Family Services & Treatment Programs
For –
Against
Tax Levy – (Renewal) – 4.13ml 5yr – Developmental Disabilities
For –
Against
Sycamore School Bond Issue
Shall bonds be issued by the Sycamore Community City School District for the purpose of new construction, improvements, renovations, and additions to school facilities, and providing equipment, furnishings, and site development and improvements, and all necessary appurtenances therefor, in the principal amount of one hundred twenty-seven million five hundred thousand dollars ($127,500,000), to be repaid annually over a maximum period of thirty (30) years, and an annual levy of property taxes be made outside of the ten-mill limitation, estimated by the county auditor to average over the repayment period of the bond issue four (4) mills for each one dollar of tax valuation, which amounts to forty cents ($0.40) for each one hundred dollars of tax valuation, commencing in 2019, first due in calendar year 2020, to pay the annual debt charges on the bonds, and to pay debt charges on any notes issued in anticipation of those bonds?
Miami Township, Ohio– The Price Road Bridge, which is located in Miami Township and carries approximately 900 vehicles per day between the City of Milford and Loveland-Miamiville Road, will be replaced.
On April 2, 2019, the bridge was closed to all traffic. The old structure has been demolished and a new bridge will be built in the same location.
As a result of damage that occurred to the bridge structure, the Price Road Bridge was closed to all traffic on April 2, 2019. The old structure has been demolished and a new bridge will be built in the same location.
Design plans for the new bridge are currently under review and in the process of being finalized. Construction is expected to begin by October; the anticipated completion date is March 2020.
The Amazing Charity Race is always held on the Saturday of Fathers Day weekend and there are always a lot of dads teamed up with their children. In the photo above, Kailey Hammer is leading her dad Matt through the swim-fin Jimmy Buffett Paradise bungee-cord-course. They crossed the finish line together, holding hands celebrating their morning together.
Olivia Smith is a student at Loveland High School
by Olivia Smith
Miami Township and Loveland, Ohio – I volunteered at the most exciting and fun challenge station at this year’s Amazing Charity Race… the Jimmy Buffett “We are the people our parents warned us about” station and it was the last one racers had to complete before crossing the finish line. Let me tell you about what your friends and neighbors had to do before they were allowed to cross the finish line after a two-hour grueling race that took them to many parts of Loveland and Miami Township.
The 14th annual Race was held on Saturday, June 15th. It was a cool day outside, at about 67 degrees. It was very cloudy and rained often but it was a light rain. Just about perfect for everyone who worked so hard, including the many hundreds who volunteered. The start and finish line were at Grailville, the 300-acre retreat center just on the outskirts of Loveland on O’Bannon Avenue. This year there were20 “Challenge Stations” and about 1,100 people in teams of two, participated.
A team only feet from the finish line of the Amazing Charity Race after completing the Jimmy Buffett challenge.
About 50 local charities benefited from this year’s race and it has raised about $700,000 over the last 14 years. The money paid when participants register goes towards those different charities, so when you run in the race, it is for a very good cause. At the end of the race, participants get a chance to vote for their favorite “Challenge Station” or the one they thought had the most pep and the winning station gets an extra $500 towards the charity of their choice.
The challenges can be anything, but they are all made to be fun, physically or mentally. To get to the next station, teams either ran, biked, or “tubed” (tubing was on the Little Miami River). This year there was about 5-½ miles of biking and racing, so it was about equal. If you would like to register for the next Amazing Charity Race, you can do so by clicking on this LINK.
Teammates taking on the swim-fin Jimmy Buffett Paradise bungee-cord-course.
Another way you can participate in the race is by volunteering as I did for the second time. This year I volunteered at the last challenge in the race. This challenge was Jimmy Buffett themed. It took about 60 volunteers for the challenge to run smoothly.
The first thing participants had to do when they got to the challenge was to put a pair of swim fins and goggles on, and step over and through a series of bungee cords. Then, because of the fins, they would waddle over to a series of baby pools filled with colored water and poker chips. There they had to find 5 clear chips and get them checked by a volunteer.
The odds are in your favor at the Margaritaville Casino!
After they succeeded with that, they would continue waddling over to some pool floaties. These floaties were tall flamingos and palm trees. Participants would have to throw 3 hula hoops onto those floaties. After that, they would waddle over to some more baby pools but this time, they were inflatable pools. They would have to walk, or jump into the pool and make their way through them. Then they would continue waddling as fast as they could to the finish line, where they got to see their loved ones, brag to each other, and have food and refreshments while listening to the local band, Counting Skeletons – fins free!
The swim-fin Jimmy Buffett Paradise bungee-cord-course
The last station’s charity was the Karen Carns Foundation. I interviewed Tom Carns, the husband of Karen Carns, who founded the Karen Carns Foundation and asked him to tell me a little bit about the foundation and why it’s important to him. He said, “The main purpose is to assist grieving kids so they can stay in their schools with their teachers and friends. I get to know these kids and families who are going through the same things my kids did.” The money the organization gets goes directly to the students and families for them to use towards school tuition. Other funds are used to purchase winter coats for students. One thing Tom really likes about the race is that it is a lot of fun and it brings everyone together.
Next, I interviewed Jenny Lytle. She is on both the Race Board and the Karen Carns Foundation Board. The Race Board Members have the hard job of coming up with new ideas every year. “We start coming up with ideas the day after the race. My favorite thing about the race is all the wacky challenges and making it fun for everyone.”
Would you like to learn more or donate to the Karen Carns Foundation?
Primary focus of Foundation:
A child will never be removed from his or her environment of a private elementary or high school education due to a life-changing event that affects the family’s financial situation.
Secondary:
Embrace the true meaning of Christmas, by involving children in the charity of providing new winter coats to those less fortunate.
After Lytle, I interviewed Ed Driscoll who was in his 10th year of being involved with the race. The Karen Carns Foundation is also important to him is because he experienced very similar issues that those kids are going through when at age 9 he lost his own dad. He feels very strongly about education so the Foundation means a lot to him.I asked Ed what his favorite part of the last challenge was. “The fun part is watching groups trying to get the hula hoops around the floaties while the wind is blowing and hearing them sing Cheeseburger in Paradise.”.
Lynn Oury on the left and Cynthia Tait on the right also volunteered at the Amazing Charity Race on behalf of the Karen Carns Foundation.
I also interviewed two volunteers; Lynn Oury and Cynthia Tait. They had run the race together the first year it was held. They both love being a part of the community and it was a great way for them to do that. Tait said laughing, “I wanna be involved but I’m getting older and I can’t run the race anymore.” Oury said, “I love seeing everybody like you and people that I know, so it’s awesome.”
This short video is some clips of racers heading to the finish line after waddling, some falling, some being pushed through the waiting, wading pool.
Loveland Magazine is extremely proud to be one of the many sponsors of the Amazing Charity Race!
Learn more about the Amazing Charity Race, how your group can volunteer, how you can be a corporate sponsor so even more money is raised, or to register for the 2020 race.
Miami Township, Ohio – Police say they have arrested two men in connection with a robbery of a home at 822 Wards Corner Road that resulted in the death of 25-year-old Khristopher Jordan Ketring on June 11.
Ketring died from a gunshot wound he received around 3:15 AM. Police arrived shortly after receiving a 911 call from a woman inside the home. The caller said, “Please hurry before somebody gets killed.”
A 17 and a 20-year-old are facing aggravated murder charges. Miami Township Police Chief, Mike Mills said, “This was planned. We know they went there with the intent of robbery.”
Air Care was called, however, Ketring was pronounced dead at the scene.
Mills said he hoped the arrests would calm the immediate neighbors and the community, making assurances that the homicide was not a random act, elaborating that the suspects and the deceased were acquainted.
This was only 1/2500 of a second in last Saturday’s Amazing Charity Race. Can you even imagine how many other moments just like this happened during the other 5 hours?
THE 2020 AMAZING CHARITY RACE REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!
For all you racers who didn’t get a chance to do it this year, sign up today… this race will be THE BEST OF THE BEST!
All of your favorite challenges over the years…twisted into something new and even crazier than before!
REGISTER BETWEEN:
Sunday June 16th 2019- Sunday June 30th 2019 and get $15 off your registration fee.
On July 1st, 2019 the price will go up $15
On January 1st, 2020 the price will go up $25
Teams of 2 will run, walk and ride through 20 strange, fun, crazy challenges.
Kids 13-16 can team up with a parent. 16+ can team up with other 16+’s.
Register here to be in next year’s Amazing Charity Race
The next race will be on Saturday, June 20, 2020 in Loveland, Milford, and Miami Township.
About 50 local charities benifited from this year’s race and it has raised about $700,000 over the last 14 years.
Would your organization like to become a charity for the Amazing Charity Race? Charity groups will help run events or water stations and receive a donation from The Amazing Charity Race!
Loveland Magazine is a proud sponsor of The Amazing Charity Race.
The Amazing Charity Race started in 2005 as Loveland’s Amazing Race and has grown into one of the biggest races in the whole Cincinnati tri-state area! With a little bit of this and a little bit of that – we make you walk, run, ride, think and do – all for the fun of it!
All of your entry fees go straight to all of our charities after we pay off our expenses for the race.
WHAT IS IT??: It is a full day of good-natured competition, music, and food and laughs. The race committee is laughing itself silly coming up with fun challenges.
It is not a triathlon or a 5K race. It is not limited to runners or highly athletic individuals. It is a race in that it has a start and finish line but along the way, it challenges the contestants in many ways. It is a fun, quirky, adventure that challenges the contestant’s agility, balance, coordination, strength, intelligence, problem-solving skills, fine motor skills, and most importantly their sense of humor.
You are invited whether it is to compete or join our team of over 500 volunteers so come enjoy, have a great time for a good cause and as always expect the unexpected.
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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!
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The 14th annual Race was held on Saturday, June 15th. It was a cool day outside, at about 67 degrees. It was very cloudy and rained often but it was a light rain. Just about perfect for everyone who worked so hard, including the many hundreds who volunteered. The start and finish line were at Grailville, the 300-acre retreat center just on the outskirts of Loveland on O’Bannon Avenue. This year there were
