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LOVELAND, OHIO - Members of New Hope Baptist Church walked across the Col. Thomas Paxton bridge over the Little Miami River on December 14, looking for a place for Mary and Joseph to spend the night. The walk ended at the scene of the live nativity the church provided in Historic Downtown.
LOVELAND, OHIO - Grailville’s 2008 Programs are now on their website.
Winter Programs include:
Learn simple sustainable systems in your own home or yard in this half-day workshop for homeowners and renters in Permaculture design in Saturday, January 19, 2008 from 1-5 pm.
Necessary Beauty: A Feast of Women's Art
Join us on Sunday, February 10, 2008, for an afternoon of women’s art and music, and stay for Sunday Supper, too!
The Practice of Poetry: Writing as a Spiritual and Creative Practice
A
weekend retreat designed to help women use the practice of poetry as a
support to their spiritual and creative lives held February 29-March 2,
2008.
Compassionate Communication
A daylong program co-sponsored by the Center for Personal and Spiritual Growth on understanding and practicing nonviolent communication on Saturday, March 8, 2008 from 10 am – 5 pm
Grailville's 2008 Program Brochure and Scholarship Application Form are also available on their website. For additional information please call Grailville at 513-683-2340.
Miami Towhship, Ohio – You can view the results of the Miami Township resident survey by clicking here.
The City of Loveland annual Christmas Tree Recycling Program will begin on Wednesday, December 26th and run through January 4, 2008.
City residents have three options to ensure that their Christmas Tree is mulched and reused rather than simply put into a landfill.
Remove all lights, tinsel and ornaments from the tree before it is picked up or dropped off.
Symmes Township will be sponsoring a Christmas Tree Recycling program for its residents again this year from Wednesday, December 26, 2007 to Sunday, January 13, 2008.
During that time, Symmes Township residents can place their Christmas trees in the designated area behind the Township Administration building at 9323 Union Cemetery Road for recycling. The trees will then be mulched so all ornaments, tinsel and plastic wrapping must be removed.
This service is provided free of charge. For more information, please contact the Township office at 683-6644.
In Miami Township, Christmas Tree Recycling starts on December 26th and ends on January 31st. The drop-off locations are at Miami Meadows Park at 1546 State Route 131 and Paxton Ramsey Park at 6265 Price Rd. Drop-off areas will be clearly marked at the parks.
Columbus, Ohio – On December 21, Ohio Governor Ted Strickland signed House Bill 2.
Most of their colleagues are long gone and not expected to return for more than two weeks, but the 75 seconds of work put in by Harris and Padgett ensured that all senators got credit for working Friday -- and the following weekend -- for federal tax purposes.
Link: The Columbus Dispatch : 'Skeletons' keep tax break rolling.
(A letter from a Navy Corpsman serving in Iraq who recently received a Christmas care package from a Loveland Magazine reader who participated in the "Adopt a Soldier for the Holiday" program)
Dear Linda, Dan, Jared, and Logan
Thank you for the care package, I am always surprised to find a care package with my name on it, yet I don't recognize the people who send it. This is my fourth care package since arriving to Iraq and it always makes my day in opening them, and learning about the people who sent them to me.
I was adopted from the Philippines at the age of nine. I last lived in Loveland Ohio before joining the Navy as a Navy Corpsman. I went to school at Loveland high for my last three years in high school, which is where I think fate has connected us. A school teacher from there has been asking for my address, so I gave it to him. So I guess it was eventually given to you.
I am currently in a camp in Iraq, located near the border of Iran. As I said before I am a Corpsman; currently attached to a unique small unit made up of several MOS. There are about 216 of us and I am one of nine Corpsman attached to them. We arrived hear in the beginning of November.
I am not allowed to tell you exactly what we do... but I can tell you what my job is, as a Corpsman. Pretty much I do what a Medic does for the Army, only I am in the Navy and I take care of Marines instead. We go out and patrol this area... make contact with the local populace and engage/capture any enemy, foreign or domestic we encounter. My job is to preserve the lives of those injured in this conflict, be they enemy or friend. If they're hurt it is my duty to keep them alive as long as possible until higher aid arrives.
Other than that I'm doing well out here... we are being replaced in February so it is likely that we go home in March... however our higher ups are trying to get us to stay for the full deployment. If we do stay it will be likely that we go elsewhere in Iraq and the rumor mill has; it will be in Alambar Province where most of the fighting is now. I also heard they might try and get us to Afghanistan. Typical of them - they just want another ribbon on their chest that says they went to Afghanistan. Anyway, its up to fate whether we stay. Personally, I'd like to serve my full seven months. I just think it not fair that we end up going home early when others before us have been extended for up to a year.
It rained a couple days here - it's supposed to be the rainy season but it hasn't rained much. Part of me is glad, the other part is disappointed. I am told that when it rains everything turns to mud and they usually don't send anyone outside the wire except to resupply, because they'd normally get stuck. Some good sleep in time that would be.
Anyway, again, I am glad to hear from you guys. It always makes my day a little easier after opening a care package, especially after coming back from a long patrol. For some strange reason, a care package has that power to get rid of those aches and pains, even if its just for that day, so thank you.
(Name withheld for security reasons, upon request)
Christmas Eve - Normal pickup
Christmas Day - One day delay (Tuesday, December 25th pickup will take place on December 26th. The rest of the week will be delayed one day, with Friday's normal pickup ending up on Saturday.
New Year's Eve: Normal pickup
New Year's Day - One day delay (Tuesday, January 1st pickup will take place on January 2nd. The rest of the week will be delayed one day, with Friday's normal pickup day ending up on Saturday.
Link: Loveland.
Epiphany United Methodist Church
6635 Loveland-Miamiville Road
Loveland, Ohio 45140
677-9866
Christmas Eve
St. Columban Parish
894 Oakland Rd.
Loveland, Ohio 45140-8484
513.683.0105
Loveland United Methodist Church
10975 Lebanon Road, Loveland, Ohio 45140
513-683-1738
Christmas Eve Candlelight Worship-Dec24th (Nursery Care is provided at the 5 & 7 pm services.)
The Community of the Good Shepherd
8815 East Kemper Road
Cincinnati, OH 45249
Parish Office 513.489.8815
Christmas Eve
Christmas Day
New Hope Baptist Church
1401 Loveland-Madeira Road
Loveland Ohio, 45140
513-677-5377
Christmas Eve Service
December 24 at 6:00pm
The service will be at the live nativity sight in downtown Loveland at 6:00 pm. If you missed coming to the nativity because of the weather, you will not want to miss this last opportunity to experience it. We will have all the actors and the animals there for the service. Bundle up!
Loveland Presbyterian Church
360 Robin Avenue
Loveland, OH 45140
(513) 683-2525
CHRISTMAS EVE
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church
101 South Lebanon Road
Loveland, Ohio 45140
Phone: (513) 683-4244
St. Margaret of York
9483 Columbia Road, Loveland, OH 45140
(513) 683-7100
Christmas Eve
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