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Dear Reader,
It's Thanksgiving, and your editor is thinking about how he's going to answer the question we always pose when we sit down for our Thanksgiving meal: "What are you thankful for this year?"
What with the stock market downturns cutting into the incomes of some, and business downturns causing job loss for others, this is a particularly good year to take a moment to think about what we're thankful for.
As for me, one thanksgiving that's high on my list is living in College Hill--a diverse and neighborly community where people are working together to make it even better.
How about you? What are you thankful for? Let us know.
Send your thanksgivings, and any other news your neighbors might be interested in hearing about, here.
Ken Lyon, Co-Editor
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 Angert's Closed!?!?
Angert's Appliance, a long-time College Hill favorite, has apparently closed suddenly. Details are sketchy at WLWT, Cincinnati.com, WCPO, and the Business Courier.
If you have more information, please let us know here and we'll pass it along to our readers.
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COPP Awards Three Residents
The Citizens on Patrol Program (COPP) honored three
College Hill residents earlier this fall.
Tom Strothers (webmaster for the College Hill Portal Website) was honored for his work with the city's Court Watch program. (You can read a previous eNewsletter article that describes the Court Watch program in College Hill here.)
Amos Robinson and Jim Bodmer, both long-time volunteers
for many College Hill and City programs, were honored for helping six other
Cincinnati communities start COPP programs.
For more information on COPP, click here. For more information about joining COPP in College Hill,
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Facade Program Spotlight: The CHIC Building
This building at the southern end of Hamilton Avenue was
one of the largest and most ambitious tackled by the Facade Program arranged by CHCURC. Under the program, building owners or business owners could get
matching grants from the city for substantial improvements to their facades.
The CHIC building (which also includes the space
currently occupied by St. Theresa's Textile Trove, profiled earlier) received
new double glazed windows, new doors and transom windows, stylish lighting,
painting, and brick repair. It completely transformed the look of the building
as well as making a substantial capital improvement in the neighborhood.
Owned by a group of women investors, the building is now
completely occupied. Check out the "before" photo below--what a
difference!
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 Wreaths Out on The Avenue
You know that Christmas is coming close when the wreaths come out on The Avenue. They look great! Thanks to the College Hill Business Association for dressing up The Avenue. Did you know that the CHBA has created a neat Discover the Avenue brochure showing all the businesses? You can see it here. |
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McAuley Students at Camp S'Mores
 This fall 20 students from McAuley and LaSalle High
Schools spent a day volunteering at Camp S'mores, a day camp for inner-city
Cincinnati children founded by Karen Lane of the College Hill Presbyterian
Church.
Supported by several College Hill churches, Camp S'mores
brings urban children to the country for a day of outdoor activities. Senior
Kelsy Petrey (pictured), from North College Hill, called the day amazing.
"Helping at Camp S'mores has changed my outlook on inner
city children," she says. "They have helped me understand why I want
to go into the Peace Corps in the future to help other children. It was a
life-changing experience."
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 Pleasant Hill Academy News
Paula Sherman, Resource Coordinator at Pleasant Hill Academy writes to tell us:
Winter Snowball Festival
Pleasant Hill Academy will be sponsoring a winter
festival for their students and community residents on Saturday,
December 13, from 10 am to 1 pm. The
event is free, and will include arts & crafts, games, entertainment, free gift wrapping provided by Living
Hope Bible Fellowship, food, music and lots of fun!
Please call Paula Sherman at 513-363-4366 to RSVP.
The Winter Snowball Festival Committee is currently
seeking festival volunteers, community performers, vendors,
and donors. Please call Paula Sherman at 513-363-4366 for additional
festival participation information.
Tutors Can Make A Difference in the Life of a Student
Pleasant Hill Academy is currently seeking community
residents who have an interest in volunteering as Reading and Math tutors
for students in Kindergarten through Eighth grade. Tutoring
opportunities are available Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to
1:30 pm. Volunteering 60 minutes or less can help a student reach academic
success.
Want to tutor, but have little or no experience?
Training will be provided from a seasoned tutor for all volunteers.
In addition, coffee, tea, water, and warm smiles from students
are complimentary.
Come join the few, the proud, the Mighty Pleasant
Hill Volunteers. To become a registered volunteer, or have additional
questions or concerns? Please call Paula Sherman at 513-363-4366,
Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 6 pm.
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Cartoonist Returning to Coffee Co.
 Julie Larson, createor of the Dinette Set panel cartoon
that runs daily in newspapers around the country, will return to the College Hill Coffee Co. for a December 19 book signing from 5 to 7 pm..
Many people from around the region traveled to the Coffee
Co. for her first appearance and book signing. This time she'll be autographing
her new book, a 20th anniversary retrospective of the comic that will feature
many panels from its original, non-syndicated name (Suburban Torture) and cast of characters. You can pick up an order form at
the Coffee Co. and pre-order your copy now.
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Queen City Rainbow Band Presents
Free Holiday Concert at Grace
Don't miss this holiday-spirited
performance of Cincinnati's only GLBT/Allies Band. The Queen City Rainbow Band
(both concert and jazz formations) perform at 5:00 pm Sunday, December 14th,
in the Grace Church Sanctuary.
"Audiences love the beauty of
Grace Church's sanctuary, with it's beautiful high stone walls and vaulted
ceilings. Yet the size of the sanctuary is actually very intimate. Everyone
will be able to see and hear very well!" mentions the band's music
director, Tom Mitchell.
The concert and jazz bands will
delight you with familiar holiday music, contemporary concert band pieces, and
a unique treat: jazzy-hot versions of holiday tunes. The music is chosen especially
to get the audience's holiday season "off and running" in grand
spirit.
The concert is free and open to the
public; all are welcome.
New musicians of all abilities are welcome to join the
band anytime of the year. The band practices
on most Wednesdays at Grace Church. For more information about this concert or
about the band, visit www.qcrb.org, or call
Megan (513-594-6962) or Fred (513-559-9987).
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College Hill Girl to Dance in The Nutcracker
 Fifth grader Kes Kindle will dance in the Cincinnati
Ballet's production of The Nutcracker this month.
Kes has been dancing for five years and has appeared in
previous CBT productions. She is a student at Cincinnati Hills Christian
Academy and at the Otto M. Budig Academy of Cincinnati Ballet.
For more about this production, and about how you can order tickets at a 20% discount while benefiting College Hill, see previous eNewsletter article here.
The neighborhood that buys the most tickets will get a
$50 grant from Invest in Neighborhoods!
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Holiday Craft Workshop Returns to LaBoiteaux Woods
 In the picture, College Hill resident AJ Hlebak, 11,
displays an angel he made from a pinecone, acorn, honey locust pod,
lace and a pipecleaner during last year's Holiday Craft Workshop at LaBoiteaux Woods. This year, the workshop will be offered from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. Friday, December 5 and 2:30 to 4:30 pm. Saturday, December 6. Those attending can choose from among a selection of crafts suited to all ages and receive instruction from LaBoiteaux staff. Participants will take home several completed projects. Paid reservations are required in advance. The fee is $5 per person or $12 per family. For more information, call LaBoiteaux at 513-542-2909. Article adapted from Cincinnati.com.
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Lord's Bounty Scholarship Applications Available
 Applications for college scholarships are available now
from The Lord's Bounty resale shop.
For 25 years, sales of used items at the Hamilton Ave.
store have gone to providing $1,000 academic scholarships to area students--more than $200,000 so far.
Students must live in College Hill or attend a College
Hill church. The scholarships and organizational grants can be used
for undergraduate or technical school tuition, and current recipients may apply
for next year. Deadline for applications is January 31.
Interested? Send a SASE to The Lord's Bounty, 5852
Hamilton Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45224.
Thanks to Mary Bodmer and the Lord's Bounty for this
article.
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 Upcoming Events in College Hill
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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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