Community Programming Sought – Looking for Instructors For Fall & Winter Classes

In the interest of providing quality and fulfilling enrichment activities, the Springfield Township Senior and Community Center is currently looking for instructors for fall and winter recreation programs. These community programs would take place in the Senior/Community Center during the daytime for senior adults and weekday evenings for all ages.



The Township is currently accepting proposals for their upcoming programming series which runs from September 1, 2011 through February 28th, 2012. Individuals or groups may submit any programming opportunity oriented around the topics of “Home, Heart and Health.” While not wanting to limit potential programming ideas, Springfield Township has identified the following topics of interest for potential community programming: family exercise, holiday decorations, cake decorating, arts classes for youth and adult, floral design, photography, social media, web design and home decorating. Complete information, including instructor and programming proposal forms can be found on the Township’s website at www.springfieldtwp.org or may be obtained by calling 522-1154. (forms attached here if anyone is interested in teaching!)



Kimberlee Flamm

Projects, Events & Communications Coordinator

Springfield Township Administration

9150 Winton Road

Cincinnati, OH 45231



Phone: 513-522-1410

Fax: 513-522-1411



Email: kflamm@springfieldtwp.org

Website: www.springfieldtwp.org

Annual Memorial Stephan Preston, Jackie Eckerle, and Karen Morrison

This is our annual memorial to honor the memories of our fallen classmates: Stephan Preston, Jackie Eckerle and Karen Morrison who tragically lost their lives at The Who concert on December 3, 1979.




The P.E.M. Memorial has given out it's first three scholarships this past year to Tim Ovia, Maddy Fessler and Zach Stump all three of which are now enrolled in college.



Please consider attending this annual event and also making a donation which can be brought to the event or mailed in to (and payable to):



The Finneytown Schools Education Foundation

P.O. Box 317647

Cincinnati, Ohio 45231



On description line of check write: The P.E.M. Memorial



The memorial event will take place on the campus of Finneytown High School both outside and inside the PAC building. An alumni band consisting of John Hutchins (rhythm/vocals), Walt Medlock (lead guitar/vocals), Mike (Big Man) Simkin (drums), Tom Eliopoulos (keyboards/vocals), Chris Lohmann (bass) and the possibility of Steve-O Bentz playing some back-up...



We will also be honored to have FHS alumni Brad Bundy's children providing another amazing vocal performance!!!



There will be warm refreshments provided by the Finneytown PTA (We love you guys!!!) to help keep our spirits up along with gift baskets, raffle items, split the pot, etc.!!!



Please tell your friends, bring your friends and most importantly, come to the memorial event yourself...really looking forward to seeing everyone there!!!

Janet "Cookie" Dean

A very sad note here:

Janet "Cookie" M., 81, of Cincinnati, Ohio passed away Saturday October 8, 2011. She loved singing in the church choir and she dearly loved her family. She is survived by her beloved husband of 60 years, Robert R. Dean; her children Jeff (Lyn) Dean, Pam (Scott) Leist and Chris (Pat) Dean; her grandchildren Travis, Bev, Kristin, Kimmy and Michael; her great grandson Keigan; nieces, nephews and cousins. Janet was one of five daughters of the late Howard and Agatha Kurtz. She is survived by her sister Helen Kurtz, and was preceded in death by her sisters Esther Baumer, Betty Parmley and Gatha Eha. Memorial service were held at St. Paul United Church of Christ 6997 Hamilton Ave. North College Hill on the following  Thursday at 11:00 A.M.  Family had a luncheon immediately following the service.

She was a member at St. Paul U.C.C. and also the Christian's Women's Club. If so desired remembrances may be sent to St. Paul United Church of Christ; Condolences may be sent to http://www.paulyoungfuneralhome.com/


 My girls were always welcome over the house sharing recipes and stories!  Just a few weeks ago, she told my next door neighbor to bring the baby over anytime!   We will miss her so much! 

Please give Mr. Dean a call or drop by to pay your respects! If he's not on the lawnmower, he's in his "man cave" watching a game or putting together a puzzle!

Snow Removel & Yard Work

View Place has two residents who need snow removel & yard work.   Do we have any high school  kids who want to make $10/hour doing the grass/removing snow? 

Please call 761-3091

LOOKING FOR GRASS CUTTER/YARD WORK

DO YOU KNOW ANYONE LOOKING FOR WORK CUTTING GRASS? MR. MAGRINO CALLED ME TODAY  REQUESTING  TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE BLOG. 

PLEASE CALL HIM AT 821-3799 IF YOU HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR GRASS CUTTING

THANKS!!

Help Need for Elderly from Mt. Healthy Alliance

Community Connections Group -


I am forwarding this message along to you to see if you have any resources

to assist the Mt Healthy Alliance. They are in need of volunteers and raffle

items. The Alliance assists residents in the 45231 zip code who have fallen

on hard times.





Kimberlee Flamm

Projects, Events & Communications Coordinator

Springfield Township Administration

9150 Winton Road

Cincinnati, OH 45231



Phone: 513-522-1410

Fax: 513-522-1411



Email: kflamm@springfieldtwp.org

Website: www.springfieldtwp.org

³Like² us on our NEW facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/springfieldtwp

ST. XAVIER HOME GAME DATES (Don't get stuck in that traffic!!!)

Here are the dates:

9/16/11

9/30/11

10/7/11

10/15/11

10/28/11

Getting Ready for the Parade at Deanview & Keats

4th of July Parade & Springfield Township Events:

Links:


4th of July neighborhood parades


July 5 - 9 Kids Fire Academy (Ages 8-12)

July 12: Next Trustee Meeting

July 11-15 Junior Fire Academy (Ages 13-17)

July 11 - 16 - Kids Police Academy (Ages 8-13)

July 13 - Touch A Truck Event

July 21 - Cincinnati Civic Orchestra Concert

August 4 - Ohio Military Band Concert

Did You Live in Springfield Township in the 1930's, 40's or 50's? If So, We Want to Talk to You!

(SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, Hamilton County Ohio, June 16, 2011) Springfield Township is working on a Fall and Winter Community Activity Guide Book with a spotlight on the Township's history. The 1 to 2 page spotlight will be focused on growing up in Springfield Township during the 1930's, 40's and 50's. We would like to highlight living in the various neighborhoods and your memories of calling Springfield Township home.



If you are interested in being interviewed for this story by a Community Press reporter, please send your name, phone number, how long you have lived in Springfield Township and your neighborhood affiliation to kflamm@springfieldtwp.org. A list of interested residents will be compiled and sent to the Community Press for interview scheduling. We will take contact information for interviews until Wednesday, June 22, 2011. The story and your photos will be published in the guide book this August.



We are also looking for recent photos of fall and winter in Springfield Township for the cover. Submit your photo today!



To view the current Spring and Summer Community Activity Guide Book, visit the Township's homepage at www.springfieldtwp.org. There, you can download a pdf copy of the guide. Inside you will find information on summer camps, local pools, recreational activities and events from all over Springfield Township. 23,000 guide books were distributed through the Hilltop and Northwest Press. Finneytown Kroger also carried copies in the lobby. (Sorry, we do not have any more copies left.)





About Springfield Township



Springfield Township is a first ring suburb in the Greater Cincinnati area consisting of approximately 16 ½ square miles and 39,755 residents. The Township is governed by an elected Board of Township Trustees who is dedicated to delivering reliable and superior services to create a sense of community, enhance property values and improve the quality of life for residents and businesses in the Township.

Links:


4th of July neighborhood parades



July 5 - 9 Kids Fire Academy (Ages 8-12)

July 12: Next Trustee Meeting

July 11-15 Junior Fire Academy (Ages 13-17)

July 11 - 16 - Kids Police Academy (Ages 8-13)

July 13 - Touch A Truck Event

July 21 - Cincinnati Civic Orchestra Concert

August 4 - Ohio Military Band Concert

Good Detective Work in View Place

These two burglers didn't know they were messing with a neighborhood like View Place!

One guy is already arrested because he was traced to the stolen jewelry recovered in a pawn shop on Colerain. It just so happens that one of our neighbors did a little detective work visiting pawn shops looking for her stolen  jewelry. Lo and behold, she found a few of her precious memories and contacted Springfield Twp. Police! This is the same woman who drove around nearby neighborhoods in Colerain Twp. looking for the vehicle that many of the neighbors described to her! (At least 5 neighbors reported a dented white "work" truck parked in a "home for sale" driveway and got a good description of the two guys who were knocking on doors asking if somebody named "Amy" lived here.)


Just another reminder why it's a good reason to contact the Springfield Twp. Police to report people who are walking around the neighborhood or parked in driveway where they don't belong!

UPDATE ON FUTURE OF SEPTIC SYSTEMS IN OHIO

I'm sharing correspondance I received from the Ohio Department of Health in regard to clarifying how the new laws will impact neighborhoods like ours:

Ms. Saul,








I enjoyed speaking with you last week concerning your neighborhood in Hamilton County . It is my understanding that the community has been identified by Hamilton County Public Health and the local sewer district as a priority area for sanitary sewers due to concerns with the large number of discharging household sewage treatment systems and poor surface water quality in the area. You asked in your June 5, 2011 email (copied below this correspondence for your convenience, if a Sewage Treatment Systems (STS) program staff member would be available to attend a neighborhood meeting in June or July of this year to address questions concerning the existing household sewage treatment systems in the area and how future rule changes in the STS program may affect the situation.







Unfortunately, I have been informed that we are unable to commit to attending the meeting at this time. I am more than happy to address specific questions by email or telephone. Please feel free to forward specific questions from the neighborhood meeting or to circulate my contact information if members of the community feel more comfortable addressing their questions and concerns to me directly. You should also feel free to contact Hamilton County Public Health with any questions concerning the rule changes and rule development process. Hamilton County Public Health is a member of the Ohio Department of Health’s STS Rule Advisory Committee. Tim Ingrim and Chris Griffith, with that agency, are very active in the rule development process.







Their contact information is:



Hamilton County Public Health



250 William Howard Taft, 2nd Floor



Cincinnati, OH 45219



513.946.7800





I look forward to working with you and your neighbors,







Nathan Johnson, RS



Residential Water and Sewage Program

Bureau of Environmental Health



Ohio Department of Health



246 North High Street



Columbus, OH 43215



(614) 644-7181

(614) 466-4556 (fax)



nathan.johnson@odh.ohio.gov

Neighborhood Watch

Be on the look out for any vehicle that backs into your drive or your neighbors drive and waits there and suddenly pulls away after they notice you're watching them. Don't approach them but you can be pretty intimidating when you're taking down their license plate number from across the street.  If they're legit, they will completely understand you're just doing your job as "good neighbor" back here in View Place.

Quickly write down  licence #s and call Springfield Twp. with the description and license especially if they suddenly pull away and hide their head from your view.  Also, if you see a person walking around your neighbor's property and you don't know if your neighbor is home, just call the Springfield Twp. and let them know you are concerned there is a person you don't recognize on the property.  Get a good description of the individual and/or vehicle. 

These people may not be burglers, but this is how burglers get away with what they do.  They have a driver who "waits" in a vehicle close to where the burglery is taking place.

Membership Contributions from Commonwealth:

A big thank you goes out to the following neighbors and to Mrs. Beall for taking the time to update the directory for her street:

Beall
Bullock
Wallace
Criddle
Brady
Ringgenberg paid twice!!!
Hunn

Burglery Reported in Neighborhood

Heads up, Neighbors.

Roxanne just called with the very distressing news.

She and Dave went out for a few errands this morning and came home to find their house was burglerized. 

PLEASE CONTACT SPRINGFIELD POLICE IF YOU HAVE ANY DESCRIPTION OR INFORMATION IN REGARD TO ANYTHING YOU SAW OUT OF THE PLACE THE PAST FEW DAYS. FOR EXAMPLE, PEOPLE OR VEHICLES THAT WERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WERE "OUT OF PLACE."




Just a reminder, too, to have your neighbor's phone number handy to call them if you see someone walking on their property. If they don't answer the phone, contact the police to report anything suspicious or people walking around your neighbor's house that you don't recognize as the owners.



Springfield Township police reminded us a few years back about reporting people or cars that don't belong in the picture. It may be a contractor distributing flyers or a visiting out-of-town uncle but let's get in the habit of calling and letting the police handle the rest when the owners are not around.  

The non-emergency number for the Police Department is 729-1300 if you have any questions or concerns.









I have an independent contractor right now working on my chimney so I called my neighbors so they wouldn't be concerned.

Teri's Update about Covenant Church

This just in from Teri on Keats:

"I was walking around the Covenant church grounds this evening and came upon the groundskeeper. He informed me the church is not moving, just changing their name. He also informed me of their plans to fill in the huge park area along the borders of those living on Keats, Beechtree and ViewPlace. He informed me they are going to remove all the trees on the interior of the property and build a rec center for youth. I said why don't they do that away from people's homes and on the other side of the church. He did not know but said they are planning to begin this work within the year. I for one am distressed about this and the effect it will have on our already dwindling home values. I think we as a community need to be good neighbors but that needs to be reciprocal. I do not think destroying the grounds and building on property that runs alongside our homes is a neighborly thing to do. What can we do to proactively deal with this situation? How can we save the grounds and not further destroy our property values? A rec center is great but certainly away from people's homes where the traffic and noise will be greater. Thoughts? What steps can we take? Thank you for reading this."




Suggestion:

Teri,   Contact Pastor Shelley at the church.   Tell him about your concerns and  that you think it's important  to work out a design that will not detract from the privacy of the area that many of the neighbors have enjoyed over the years.   This is a really great church with a really terrific congregation. I'm sure they'll be very supportive.

Next, I would call Chris Gilbert at the Township 522-1410 to see what influence we have over where the youth  rec. center is built on the property. One would think that a center focusing on youth recreation would be closer to the church building.  (Accessible to where supervising church staff  are more likely to be congregating?) 

Once we get all the information, we'll call a neighborhood meeting.  One is in the planning stages late June or early July.

Thank you for Membership Dues!

Michele & Jeff on Wellesley!

Thank You, Blossom Hills

Mrs. Rizzi and Mrs. Hutchins have been really helpful collecting directory and membership donations:

The following have paid their membership dues on Blossomhills:

Dick and Sally
George and Barbara
Donald and Sheila (Prrrrrfect!!)
David and Elizabeth
Jim and Ruth
Garnail and Donna
Richard and Marjorie
Jim and  Peg
Fran
Bill and Sondra
Ed and Cynthia

Thank You, Mrs. Beall

Mrs. Beall collected two pages of information and membership donations from neighbors on Commonweath!  I'm just adding the email addresses to the contact list at Yahoo! right now.  I'll note later who the neighbors are that made a membership donation. (I forgot the envelope at home so I can't do it right now!)



Thank you, Mrs. Beall!

Egg Hunt & Decorating Eggs