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2A 2017 NEWS COMMUNITY JOURNAL PRESS News Nancy Daly Community Content Strategist 513-768-8530 or 859-578-1059 Richard Maloney Community Content Planner 513-248-7134 or 513768-8525 Jeanne Houck Reporter 513-248-7129 Marika Lee Reporter 513-248-7577 Forrest Sellers Reporter 513-248-7680 Melanie Laughman Prep Sports Editor 513-364-4078 Scott Springer Sports Reporter 513-364-5517 Advertising To place an ad 513-768-8404 Delivery For customer service: 513-576-8240 Steve Barraco Circulation Manager 513-248-7110 Pam McAlister District Manager 513-853-6278 Diana Bruzina District Manager 513-248-7113 Classified To place a Classified ad 513-242-4000 www.communityclassified.com Content submitted may be distributed by us in print, digital or other forms To place an ad in Community Classified, call 242-4000. Find news and information from your community on the Web Cincinnati.com/communities Miami Baptist Church celebrated its 127th anniversary Sunday, July 23. Founded in 1890, the church built its present building at 740 Elizabeth Milford, in 1927, and is served by Pastor Emeritus Walter D. Buckner and Pastor Mark A. Stephens.

Brother Cornelius Staples preached the anniversary message on 1 Corinthians 2: 9-10 regarding how the will of God is revealed by the Holy Spirit as we meditate on His Scriptures. The service was followed by fellowship. Church celebrates 127 years THANKS TO RANDY KLEINE Deacon Terry Walker, Deacon Wayne Dixie, Brother Ryan Williams and Deacon Robert White talk to worshipers during Miami Baptist Church's 127th anniversary, Sunday, July 23. THANKS TO RANDY KLEINE Miami Baptist Church celebrated its 127th anniversary Sunday, July 23. ities board.

This occurred on a Friday, Carter said. The following Monday, the center was once again fully funded under the Clermont County Board of Mental Health and Recovery thanks to that executive director, the late Jim Wasserman. Dorsey and Wasserman worked with Carter in efforts to expand the center and its services. Much of Child success is due to the people, Carter said. comes from hiring people who are a lot smarter than me, and people who are dedicated to serving he said.

just hire smart people and get out of their way and things had competition and some political strife along with our growing pains gaining some contracts from other counties and providers, being aggressive in grant writing and thoughtful in planning and collaboration with community partners like schools, foster care, and the said Tara Keith, director of marketing and development. we serve over 12,800 children, families and adults in 17 counties in southern Ohio with 300 staff and a $17.5 million dollar Efforts to grow and expand are ongoing and always focused on serving the community. knew there were alot of needs out Carter said of the early years. what really helped us to Streamlining processes was also important. Carter and Wasserman were both experienced with Hamilton County social services programs and aware that in Clermont County about 200 agencies existed.

They decided that collaboration was key to successfully meeting community needs, Carter said. This meant one agency for adults (Clermont Counseling Center), one for drugs and alcohol (Clermont Recovery Center) and one for children (Child Focus). how things sort of Carter said. The second celebration is a charity golf classic Saturday, Nov. 3, at The Golf Club at Legendary Run.

Funds raised from this event will help in maintaining effective, safe and therapeutic environments for the children, families, and adults. To register visit www.child-focus.org and look under News. Focus Continued from Page 1A To improve efficiency and provide new options to attract ridership, Metro is proposing the restructuring of three local routes with the lowest productivity, effective in December: Route 28 East End-Milford Discontinue local weekday service from Fairfax to Milford (Route 29X Milford Express would continue to serve this area on weekdays during peak times only.) Add new service along Red Bank Road and more service to Madisonville. New connections: Walmart, Medpace, Route 11 Madison Road. Discontinue weekend service for Route 28.

This change will affect Access service. These changes are projected to increase rider- ship by about 22,000 rides per year and reduce costs by about $523,000. Public meeting and other ways to comment: A public meeting will be 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug.

23, at Duke Energy Convention Center, Room 206, to receive public comments about the proposed changes. All comments received by 8 p.m. Aug. 23, will become part of the official public meeting record and will be considered by SORTA. Comments may be submitted in the following ways: On-line comment form at www.go-met- ro.com.

E-mail to routecom- Fax to 632-9202. Comment forms on buses, at the Government Square information booth, and at the sales office in the Mercantile Building arcade Mail to SORTA, 602 Main Suite 1100, Cincinnati, OH 45202 Metro seeks comments on restructuring of three routes is a privilege and an honor to be the messenger and the voice for our growing movement to restore Loveland to a government for the she said. successful recall of Mark Fitzgerald would be a tremendous accomplishment towards that The board of elections is tasked with certifying the petitions. To be certi- fied, the petitions must include, among other things, more than 1,200 valid signatures. If the petition is sufficient, the mayor has five days to resign, according to Board of Elections Director Sherry Poland.

If the mayor does not resign, the question to recall the mayor will be on the general election ballot. The petition has two parts, she said. The first part asks if the mayor should be recalled and the second part is who should replace him, Poland said noting that this is not the exact language that would appear on a ballot. Candidates wishing to replace the mayor will file nominating petitions with the board, Poland said. If those petitions are sufficient, their names will appear on the ballot under the recall question.

Loveland resident Neal Oury previously shared plans to run for the unexpired term. Fitzgerald did not respond to a request for comment. Recall Continued from Page 1A Calendar A6 Classifieds Food 3B Life 1B Police 6B Schools 5A Sports B1 Viewpoints 8A Index ASKFORMR.GRANT–MEMBEROFVFWANDTHEAMERICANLEGION–ASKFORMR.GRANT SERIOUSCOLLECTORBUYING WITHOVER40YEARSOFCOLLECTOREXPERIENCEBRINGINYOURITEMSFORTOP CASHPRICESALWAYSINTERESTEDINBUYINGQUALITYMILITARYMEMORABILIA A.H.Silverware.......................................................................................Upto$600 U.S.LeatherFlightJackets..................................................................Upto$1500 BUYINGTHREEDAYSONLY HAMPTONINN FLORENCE 859-283-1600 7393TURFWAY I-75EXIT182BEHINDCRACKERBARREL HOLIDAYINNEXPRESS CIN. 513-574-6000 5505RYBOLTRD I-74EXIT11ACROSSFROMMEIJERS HAMPTONINN KENWOOD 513-794-0700 2000RONALDREGANDR I-71EXIT12ACROSSFROMMALL WEMAKEHOUSECALLS OTHERITEMSOFINTEREST FORMOREINFO 313-671-8667 BUYINGFORMYSELF NOTHINGFORRESALE!.