The College Hill eNewsletter
Special "Blowout"
Issue
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the story of "A Diverse and Neighborly
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Sept. 16,
2008
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Dear Reader,
BLOWN AWAY
College Hill
was hit hard by the remnants of Hurricane Ike colliding with a
big wind in the jet stream, knocking down trees and limbs and
knocking out power in the worst power outage in Ohio history.
Co-editor Ken Lyon, who has been stuck in Mississippi due to
the hurricane, isn't hurrying home yet!
Here is a look
at some of the damage. We expect to have a photo gallery up on
line later this week, and we will post information about how
you can share your photos in our next issue. The calendar will
be back in that issue, along with our regular news and
photos.
Gail Finke, Co-editor
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100-Year-Old Oak Down
An oak tree more than a century old came down Sunday
afternoon, one of the last of the oaks that lined Savannah
Avenue when it was a private drive. 
Photo by Joseph Fuqua II for the
Enquirer.
The tree, planted in the early 1800s
when 6254 Savannah was one of the first homes built on the
vast property belonging to the Ephraim Brown family. The Brown
house at 6268 was built in 1812, and is College Hill's oldest
home.
 The
round median at Savannah and Meis was the carriage turnaround,
and the oak trees lining the gas lit drive were meant to make
it look like a drive in Georgia.
City workers took
down most of the old oaks in the late 1980s, residents say,
after one fell. Only a few, which weren't in the public
right-of-way, remain. A second was damaged in Sunday's storm,
losing a large limb.
Remarkably, the tree itself did
not damage any property. It knocked down several smaller trees
that did minor damage to the home next door (left), but missed
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Picnic in the Wreckage
Joni Mataitis and Bev West, who own the two homes on
Savannah where the giant tree fell, picnicking in the trunk.
Photo by Phyllis
Schoenberger.
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Cleanup around the Neighborhood
Many trees and wires are down on College Hill roads,
including Lantana and Cedar: 
Tree crews
are out at private homes lucky enough to call early:
Crews are
out at Laurel Court and other large properties:
And even the kids
are pitching in:
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A Message from Savannah Avenue
Until next issue, we'll leave you with these words
from the Savannah homeowers: 
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The eNewsletter is published every week or two by
the volunteers listed below. Our purpose is to help make
College Hill an even better place to live, play and do
business by publishing a broad spectrum of news for and about
College Hill, with an emphasis on stories of College Hill
people working together to improve our community.
The eNewsletter is
independently prepared and published by neighborhood
volunteers. It is not affiliated with the College Hill
Forum Community Council.
Opinions expressed here are not necessarily those of any
College Hill or other organization--or even of the editor. The
inclusion of an article is not necessarily an endorsement. The
fact that something isn't in the eNewsletter is not
necessarily a lack of endorsement--it's most likely because no
one told us about it.
eNewsletter photos are often edited to remove
extraneous material.
Send us news that you think would be interesting to your
College Hill neighbors--and we'll very likely publish it.
Email to eNewsletter@CollegeHillOH.net.
- Co-editors: Ken Lyon and Gail Finke
- Contributing Editor: Sarah Mann Wolf
- Backup Editor: Tom
Strothers
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