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  • Loveland Middle School raises more than $5,000 to help cure cancer

    Loveland Middle School raises more than $5,000 to help cure cancer

    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!”

  • Loveland Students Ruthie Timman and Lilly Rohling chosen as Artists for Cincinnati Zoo’s Rain Barrel Art Benefit Auction

    Loveland Students Ruthie Timman and Lilly Rohling chosen as Artists for Cincinnati Zoo’s Rain Barrel Art Benefit Auction

    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.

  • Loveland Senior Sam Richardson wins National Silver Medal from the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards

    Loveland Senior Sam Richardson wins National Silver Medal from the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards

    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.

  • Loveland High School Spring Sports update

    Loveland High School Spring Sports update

    by Matt Huether

    Loveland, Ohio – Men’s Varsity Tennis clinched the ECC Conference Title with their win in the ECC Conference tournament, Baseball currently sits in 7th at 3-7 in the ECC, Softball currently sits in 6th at 3-8 in the ECC, Men’s Lacrosse currently sits in 4th at 2-2 in the ECC, and Women’s Lacrosse currently sits at 2nd at 3-1 in the ECC.

    All Sports Trophy

    Men’s Tennis leads the charge in retaining the All Sports Trophy for Loveland. Loveland has won the All Sports Trophy 4 of the 6 years that the ECC has been in existence and looks to make it 5 out of 7 years as they have the lead with just the spring sports to go.

    Loveland Men’s Tennis ends Turpin’s reign on the tennis courts

    Turpin has won the last 5 ECC Championships in Men’s Tennis leading up to this season. They have also won the last 4 ECC Championships on the Women’s side. Loveland has worked their way up the conference charts over the course of the last four years going from 1-5 in 2016 and finishing in 6th to back to back 4-2 seasons in 2017/2018. After being in the top half of the league both seasons and working hard off-season, Loveland looked to make their move this season. The team started off strong beating Anderson and Milford but then played rival and runner up, Kings. In a great match, Loveland won 4-1 over Kings and carried that momentum to their following ECC matches beating Walnut Hills 4-1, West Clermont 5-0, and 5-time defending champions Turpin 4-1.

    Loveland’s Men’s Tennis team currently sit at 13-3 and this years ECC Champions.

  • New Loveland Museum Center exhibit features LHS students and work of Nancy Ford Cones

    New Loveland Museum Center exhibit features LHS students and work of Nancy Ford Cones

    Photo above by Nancy Ford Cones

    Celebrating 150 Years: Giving New Life to the Work of Nancy Ford Cones

    May 9th, 7:00pm – 9:00pm (reception); exhibit through May

    Loveland, Ohio – The opening reception for the new exhibit at the Loveland Museum Center is on Thursday, May 9, from 7 until 9 PM.

    Loveland High School photography teacher, Jim Barrett, has given his high school students an assignment to produce a piece of photography for a show in the museum gallery depicting a contemporary rendition of historical local photographer Nancy Ford Cones’ many genres.

    Come enjoy the exhibit, light refreshments, and meet some of the students. The photo exhibit will remain through May for weekend viewing.

    Nancy Ford Cones was a nationally recognized photographer and longtime resident of Loveland. Working in partnership with her husband James, who developed her work, Cones often used Loveland residents as models. She was selected by the Eastman-Kodak company to depict rural life in America and her works were featured in magazines and publications from 1898 through the 1930s. Today, Cones is best known for her pictorial photographic work. Many of these prints, which incorporate artistic and narrative elements, received awards in national and international photographic competitions.

    The Cones Gallery inside Bonaventure at the Museum features a rotating selection from the over 1000 artifacts in the museum’s archival collection consisting of photographic prints, glass plates, correspondence, cameras, and more.

    Plan Your Visit

    Museum Hours

    Saturday and Sunday
    1:00 – 4:00 PM
    Monday through Friday – By appointment
    Admission is free; donations are gratefully accepted

    Directions

    • I-275 to Loveland-Indian Hill (Exit 52)
    • Left on Loveland-Madeira Rd.
    • Right on West Loveland Ave.
    • First left on Wall St.
    • First right on Park Ave.
    • The entrance to the parking lot is just before the gazebo on the left

  • Ramsey’s Trailside to host Benefit Night for the Ramsey-Paxton Cemetery

    Ramsey’s Trailside to host Benefit Night for the Ramsey-Paxton Cemetery

    Ramsey’s Trailside – May 1st

    5 -10  PM

    For the Ramsey-Paxton Cemetery Association, Inc. White Pillars, Loveland, Ohio 

    Loveland, Ohio – The Ramsey-Paxton Cemetery Association is a non-profit organization, and in a dire need for a new fence and removal of dead and decaying trees. This preservation project also includes new headstones for Lt. Col. Paxton and Capt. John Ramsey and restoring a beautiful donated 10’ historical gate from Eads Fence Co.

    A percentage of sales, split the pot (5 -8 PM), and a donation jar will take place at the event. “Please invite you family and friends and let’s live up to our motto “Loveland Strong”, said Association President, Rob Geiger.

    “We are excited by supporting our community heritage which our names of our restaurants derive from”, said Ralph Dunnigan, one of the owners of Paxton’s Grill and Ramsey’s Trailside.

    Ramsey’s Trailside is located in Historic Downtown Loveland, Ohio where the Loveland Bike Trail intersects with West Loveland Avenue.

    What makes this cemetery unique?

    Thomas Paxton

    There are two American Revolutionary War patriots buried there. Lt. Col. Thomas Paxton (1739-1813) dined with General George Washington at Valley Forge in 1777 as an officer of the day. In addition, he served under General Anthony Wayne at the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794. Paxton is credited with many Clermont County historical firsts: building the first log cabin, hosting the earliest Presbyterian services, holding the first election, and planting the first field of corn. He was the founder of Clermont County, Miami Township and Loveland and the list goes on and on.

    Captain John Ramsey

    The other patriot is Captain John Ramsey, a son-in-law to Paxton and a noted hunter even though his leg was amputated as a result of carrying out military duties. He settled at what we now know as White Pillars Subdivision at the same time as Paxton.

    Other ways to help

    If you are a business owner, a member of an organization or an individual, please consider making a charitable contribution or sponsoring an event to help preserve a significant historical site.

    For more information you can email geigercounter@hotmail.com or send a check made out to the Ramsey-Paxton Cemetery Association Inc. and send it to Ramsey-Paxton Cemetery Association Inc. C/O Rob Geiger, PO Box 25, Loveland, Ohio 45140.

    The Ramsey-Paxton Cemetery Association Inc. is a non-profit 501c3 organization. All donations are a charitable contribution.

    Loveland Magazine proudly sponsors and supports this project to preserve Loveland’s earliest history and heritage.

  • Changes to conservation program should appeal to farmers

    Changes to conservation program should appeal to farmers

    Lori Lenhart is the NRSC district conservationist for Brown and Clermont Counties.

    Batavia, Ohio – The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is now accepting Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) applications to be considered for funding in fiscal year 2019.  Applications must be submitted by May 10.

    Lori Lenhart, NRSC district conservationist for Brown and Clermont Counties, said, “This program is a great way for agricultural producers to take conservation activities on their farm to the next level. While this program has not been as popular as other NRCS programs in the past, the 2018 Farm Bill made several changes to CSP which should increase interest.”

    The 2018 Farm Bill authorizes NRCS to accept new CSP enrollments from now until 2023, and made some important improvements to the program. These updates include:

    • NRCS now enrolls eligible, high-ranking applications based on dollars rather than acres. For fiscal 2019, NRCS can spend up to $700 million in the program, which covers part of the cost for producers implementing new conservation activities and maintaining their existing activities.
    • Higher payment rates are now available for certain conservation activities, including cover crops and resource conserving crop rotations.
    • CSP now provides specific support for organic and for transitioning to organic production activities and a special grassland conservation initiative for certain producers who have maintained cropland base acres.

    CSP is offered in Ohio through continuous sign-ups. The program provides many benefits including increased crop yields, wildlife habitat improvements, and increased resilience to weather extremes. Eligible land uses for CSP enrollment include cropland, pastureland and forested land.

    While applications are accepted throughout the year, interested producers should submit applications to their local NRCS office by May 10 to ensure consideration for 2019 funding. For more information, contact Lenhart atlori.lenhart@oh.usda.gov, or (513) 732-2181 ext. 3.

  • [w/Video] Richie Terbush is in Loveland’s DNA

    [w/Video] Richie Terbush is in Loveland’s DNA

    Our continuing search for Loveland’s kindest, sweetest people and what they’re made of. What is our DNA match?

    Loveland Magazine columnist Cassie Mattia is a resident of Historic Downtown Loveland.

    by Cassie Mattia,

    Loveland, Ohio – Music is a big part of many people’s lives. Music can heal, bring happiness to a dreary day, explain a feeling you can’t quite put into words or share a story that every word is worth listening to. Richie Terbush, a Loveland resident, has felt this way since the age of 8 years old and now he says it’s time to share his musical journey with a community that’s always supported his love for music. Seems a DNA match to me.

    Richie Terbush, a Southern California native, began dabbling in music at age 8 when his English Teacher, as well as a veteran guitar teacher, noticed he had talent.

    “I studied from 8th grade until I was a senior in a program called GATE, which stood for Gifted And Talented Education,” Terbush said, “That’s where I learned how to play all types of guitar playing. Pop, classical, rock you name it I learned it.”

    Once Terbush became quite the guitar player he began landing paid gigs in high school. After high school, Terbush continued to work on his craft and quickly made a name for himself in the Southern California club circuit.

    “What really jump-started my career is when I got into 80’s cover bands. I would find cover bands and whichever band gave me a shot I would come to play for them,” Terbush explained, “I would literally have to go through auditions in order to get hired. It wasn’t easy!”

    After Terbush began to consistently get opportunities to show off his guitar skills with other cover bands he decided that it was time to refocus and decide what path he wanted to take next.

    “Every one of my peers, friends, and family said, ‘Richie if this is your dream and you can see it, you can do it,” Terbush said. “I had envisioned doing music since I was in the 8th grade. I didn’t get through college and barely got through high school, but at that time it didn’t matter because I knew music was going to be my career.”

    Terbush decided to leave California and move to the Midwest where little did he know would be one of the best decisions he has ever made.

    When Terbush arrived onto the Midwest scene he joined a band called The Rusty Griswolds who came onto the Cincinnati scene in 1999 and put on some of the best 80’s cover band performances locals had ever seen. Once Cincinnatians discovered The band and how undeniably entertaining they were the fan following took off!

    “The Rusty Griswolds were a fun band that a lot of people associated with fun. We were honestly all good guys and we played all over, from Loveland to Cincinnati,” Terbush said. “We had a charity ball called the ‘Rusty Ball’ that we had done for many years at the Duke Energy Center and raised over a million dollars that went to over 150 charities. We did The Rusty Ball 9 years in a row,” said Terbush. The Rusty Griswolds were given the ultimate Cincinnati honor when they were handed the title, Best Part/Cover Band by the readers of Cincinnati’s City Beat Magazine from 2004 through 2014.

    Terbush experienced many great venues as well as met so many wonderful fans throughout his 16 years performing with the Griswolds. Terbush remembered one night he was performing with them in Downtown Loveland when he realized that Loveland had quite a few Terbush supporters!

    “I had been through Loveland a couple of times and I thought to myself that I would love to live here one day. I made the decision to move to Loveland 5 years ago when I was performing with the Rusty Griswolds in the Downtown Loveland area right across from Paxton’s,” Terbush recalled. “I remember our singer saying, ‘Ladies and Gentlemen Richie Terbush will be moving to Loveland here in the next couple weeks’ and the crowd went wild for me, which made me feel good! There had to have been 3,000 plus people watching us perform that night. This was one of the moments I realized, wow I get to do this for a living?”

    After gaining such a huge fan base playing some really high profile events in Cincinnati with the Griswolds, other musicians started to notice Terbush’s talents. A few big-name musicians in Cincinnati had an idea for a band and wanted to include him. The story goes that, Guitarist Sean McGary was playing with the Naked Karate Girls, but he was also doing acoustic shows with vocalist Zach Albers. Albers had recently won the Cincinnati Idol contest, and McGary and Albers invited Richie to join them. This is how “3 Piece Revival” was born. Terbush says that at first, the whole “trio” band idea was a side project until their shows started to bring in thousands of people with their unique acoustic rock, pop, funk, disco, blues, soul, and reggae covers. 3 Piece Revival began to book festivals, weddings and major corporate events, one in which the band was flown to Quebec City, Canada. After the quick success with the “trio” Terbush made the decision that 3 Piece Revival was where he was meant to be and this is where his musical journey had led him.

    Today Terbush is enjoying life as a full-time guitarist for 3 Piece Revival and can’t believe that he is living his dream.

    “Here I am today and I have been making a living off music for 30 years now,” Terbush said, “All day long I am able to write new material and I practice all the time whether it’s with a new set list or old – just to stay fresh. I’m a classically trained guitar player so I am constantly trying to get better. I also write for other artists. That’s where my passion for music comes into play – I am always in practice. From age 8 to now there hasn’t been a day where I haven’t sat and practiced my guitar,” Terbush added.

    Terbush is currently giving guitar lessons in Loveland out of his home as well as working on writing and recording some of his own material. 

    Of course, Terbush couldn’t hide his excitement for a couple of up and coming events for 3 Piece Revival! “I did find out some exciting news the other day. We will be playing every Wednesday starting in May at Bishop’s Quarter, Terbush said. 

    “We also just started writing our own material. No one has ever asked us to perform our own material because we are known as a cover band,” Terbush explained. “We have written nine great songs that we just need to get recorded. We plan on getting an album out and putting it on Spotify within the next 6 months. That’s really 3 Piece Revival’s next plan is to release our own music.”

    Terbush foresees big accomplishments over the next 5 years with both 3 Piece Revival and his own personal projects.

    “I see myself continuing with 3 Piece Revival and playing bigger and better shows. I also see us playing more private parties as well,” Terbush said. “I like playing at Jag’s in West Chester so I am excited to continue doing that venue once a month. They really love us there,” Terbush said. “Personally I see myself putting out another CD of my own. I also want to start a ukulele group in Loveland and of course, get more gigs here in town so that I can get more involved with the community. I would love to be part of the Christmas in Loveland this year and play some solo guitar Christmas carols.”

    If you would like to learn more about Richie Terbush and 3 Piece Revival or you have an event coming up that you need some excellent entertainment for, you can visit 3 Piece Revival on FB or go to their website at 3piecerevival.com. Richie Terbush will also be continuing to give guitar lessons to anyone interested in learning acoustic, electric, or ukulele. Lessons can be given in person, over Skype or Facetime. For more information on Richie’s guitar lessons, text or call him at 937-477-5414.

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  • Seth Anderson is All American and National wrestling champion

    Seth Anderson is All American and National wrestling champion

    Loveland, Ohio – Seven-year-old Seth Anderson attends Loveland Primary School and is in 1st grade in Ms. Brown’s class. He wrestles for Team Lindsey coached by The Lindsey family; Germaine Sr. Germaine Jr., and Matthew Day Lindsey out of Moeller High school.

    Seth recently won the Ohio Wrestling Association for Youth (OH-WAY), Ohio Athletic Committee (OAC), NUWAY WRESTLING grade-school Championship. Seth won the Nuway nationals in Lancing, Michigan. This is something that never happens especially in this area.

    The 2 tournaments in Ohio are Ohio state championships and the national tournament made him an All American and National champion. His record on the year was 148-5.

    Seth has worked extremely hard this year and deserves our congratulations.

  • 11U Loveland Generals win 2019 Little League Preseason Tournament

    11U Loveland Generals win 2019 Little League Preseason Tournament

    Your 11U Loveland Generals won the 2019 Little League Preseason Tournament! Congratulations to the Players, Coaches and Families.