Loveland Magazine

LOVELAND, OHIO NEWS - Cleaning flood waters

LOVELAND, OHIO NEWS - Public Works crews from Hamilton County and Loveland used heavy equipment, street sweepers, and fire hoses to clear drains and mud from E. Kemper Road Thursday morning. In the photo is a Loveland crew washing mud from E. Kemper Road around 11 AM. Flood water on parts of E. Kemper had been 6.5 feet deep during the worst of the flooding on Wednesday.

There are arguments around town about the river's rise. Many had not seen the river so high, and not seen State Route 48 with water over it in ten years. And, many had never seen so much water in Nisbet Park. It seemed that just as the river is so unpredictable in rising, so is the nature of where it chooses to flood the deepest. Small things like a change of the elevation of a ten foot section of the dike in Nisbet Park can either hold back water, or let it flow freely to different sections of Downtown. Much also depends on the timing of water heading to downtown from O'Bannon Creek and whether or not the creek's rise, beats the rising Little Miami. If the Little Miami rises first, it dams O'Bannon Creek from emptying, and there is significant flooding from the smaller stream - as it must wait for the Little Miami level to go down before it too can empty.

O'Bannon Creek is a small stream, however it can carry a large volume of water very rapidly into downtown Loveland from Goshen Township. The stream enter the Little Miami at Nisbet Park. The stream is about twenty miles long, and many may know it as the beautiful stream through Long Branch Farm which is operated by the Cincinnati Nature Center. John O'Bannon was Clermont County's first surveyor, and Miami township was originally named O'Bannon Township, but was later changed to honor the tribe of Indians, "who once controlled the area," according to history provided by the Clermont County web site.

 

LOVELAND, OHIO NEWS – River recedes

LOVELAND, OHIO NEWS – The Hamilton County Engineer's office reports that E. Kemper Road between Loveland Madeira Road and McKinney Road is now open, and E. Kemper Road between Loveland Madeira and Loveland Corporation limits should be open by afternoon. The photos above were taken yesterday afternoon at Evans Landscaping along E. Kemper Road in Symmes Township, where workers had removed new landscape stock by boat to higher ground. Also in the photo above is the creek next to Walgreens at Kemper and Loveland Maderia Road.

"And to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, oh-my-God!..."

by Linda Hansen

The Founding Fathers must have been prescient. They tried to warn us, with their separation of church and state proviso, that dangerous times lay ahead. And a rabidly nationalistic religious zealot with a yen for political power and glory would have been their worst nightmare. I doubt any of them ever envisioned the advent of multiple religious zealots vying for the top spiritual spot, but here we are.

There's a game of Religious Fundamentalist Tag afoot on the political playground. Whoever whacks you on the head hardest and hollers "God'll getcha!" loudest gets sole ownership of the truth and wins the game. If you protest the rules of play you're not Born Again, you don't have a personal relationship with your Savior and you're out. You're listening to Satan, you're a lascivious liberal and you hate our troops.

Praise the Lord and pass the rhetorical ammunition! The hateful, outlandish verbiage has been flying like bullets outside the Green Zone ever since. Jerry Falwell declared that feminists, abortionists, gays, lesbians and the ACLU were partly to blame for the 9/11 tragedy--the Good Lord don't love ugly and America had it coming for bad behavior. Pat Robertson said "I totally concur." Right wing heavenly hyperbole has since promoted everything from homophobia to censorship to political assassination. We've gotten used to it.

But it's hate-speak. Divisive, dangerous, enemy-baiting, intolerant hate-speak. It's nuts, so are those who traffic in it, and they're not about to give up the limelight.

Read on... Linda Hansen: "And to the republic, for which it stands,one nation, oh-my-God!..." - Off The Bus on The Huffington Post.

Obama vs. Abraham Lincoln 's Cooper Union Address

Senator Barack Obama gave a speech yesterday in Philadelphia about “race” in America. The speech has been compared in greatness to Abraham Lincoln's Cooper Union Address. Below is the text of Lincoln's speech. Scroll down to view a video of Obama's speech.

Mr. President and fellow citizens of New York: -

The facts with which I shall deal this evening are mainly old and familiar; nor is there anything new in the general use I shall make of them. If there shall be any novelty, it will be in the mode of presenting the facts, and the inferences and observations following that presentation.

In his speech last autumn, at Columbus, Ohio, as reported in "The New-York Times," Senator Douglas said:

"Our fathers, when they framed the Government under which we live, understood this question just as well, and even better, than we do now."

I fully indorse this, and I adopt it as a text for this discourse. I so adopt it because it furnishes a precise and an agreed starting point for a discussion between Republicans and that wing of the Democracy headed by Senator Douglas. It simply leaves the inquiry: "What was the understanding those fathers had of the question mentioned?"

What is the frame of government under which we live?

The answer must be: "The Constitution of the United States." That Constitution consists of the original, framed in 1787, (and under which the present government first went into operation,) and twelve subsequently framed amendments, the first ten of which were framed in 1789.

Who were our fathers that framed the Constitution? I suppose the "thirty-nine" who signed the original instrument may be fairly called our fathers who framed that part of the present Government. It is almost exactly true to say they framed it, and it is altogether true to say they fairly represented the opinion and sentiment of the whole nation at that time. Their names, being familiar to nearly all, and accessible to quite all, need not now be repeated.

I take these "thirty-nine," for the present, as being "our fathers who framed the Government under which we live."

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LOVELAND, OHIO NEWS – Wide spread flooding after record rain

Worst may be yet to come (View more photos)

LOVELAND, OHIO NEWS – A week and a half after the Loveland area experienced a record snowfall , record rain has fallen on the area. Two to three inches of rain have already fallen, and as much as two inches more is predicted. The rain has caused wide spread flooding; with road closings, and basement flooding. The current of the Little Miami river is furious and fast.

The Loveland/Symmes Fire Department rescued three members of a cross-country team who had fallen into a creek in Symmes Park late yesterday afternoon, after one of the runners slipped into the swollen creek, and another runner and their coach went into the water to rescue them.

Some residents spent a sleepless night watching the river rise, and many had moved belongings to higher ground. The Little Miami River is expected to crest at 26 feet, nine feet above flood level at Kings Mills, and nearly 25 feet, eight feet above flood stage at Milford in Clermont County.

East Kemper Road between Riverside and Loveland Maderia was closed under deep water, as well as Cones Road in Warren County along the Loveland Bike Trail. St. Route 48 from downtown Loveland heading to Mainville had water crossing over the road, and Karl Brown Way was closed under several feet of water at the railroad underpass in. Rising water of Kealhoffers Run covered the roadway in Kiwanis Park with several basements flooded along Ohio Avenue and Wall Street.

Kemper Road between Loveland Madeira and McKinney is also closed.

A “Code Red” alert was issued at 12:45 PM via. Telephone to Loveland residents warning of road closures. The message said the the complete closing of St. Route 48 heading to Mainville was “imminent.” The alert also warned of landslide possibilities along Loveland Madeira Road in Symmes Township, between I-275 and Indian Hill corporation limit.

Fast flowing water from the Little Miami was about to break over the dike in Nisbet Park which had already been flooded by water from O'Bannon Creek at 9 AM.

You can view many more photos that were taken around Loveland between 9 – 10 AM this morning, by following this link, .

"We the people, in order to form a more perfect union."

This is a video of Senator Barack Obama’s speech on race in Philadelphia today.

MIAMI TOWNSHIP, OHIO NEWS - Branch Hill Guinea Pike Road closure cancellation

MIAMI TOWNSHIP, OHIO NEWS - The closure scheduled for 3/24 - 3/28, for Branch Hill Guinea Pike Road, has been canceled do to a gas main conflict.  The engineer's office will reschedule the culvert replacement when the gas main has been relocated.

The Five-Year Anniversary

Congressional candidate Dr. Victoria Wulsin today made the following statement in response to the Five-Year Anniversary of the Iraq War.

“Five years after the war in Iraq began, there is still no end in sight.  The men and women of our armed forces have done everything we have asked, serving honorably and bravely; but our leaders have failed them, failed us and failed the Iraqi people.

We have lost 3,990 American soldiers in a war that now costs us $12 billion each month.  The Bush Administration set 18 benchmarks for the Iraqi government before the surge, but only 3 have been met.  The price of oil has tripled since March, 2003 and still the President and his allies refuse to change course.

The time is now to devote the same level of diplomatic and political effort that our troops have given on the battlefield and in security operations.  And here at home, it’s time to reunite the hundreds of thousands of families affected by this war, ensure that our veterans get the care they deserve, and invest in our economy and our future.”

LOVELAND, OHIO – Turnout for Turf

Tiger Turf 2008 Fundraising Campaign

LOVELAND, OHIO – A group of dedicated community volunteers has stepped forward to coordinate an effort to raise non-school funds to provide artificial turf to Loveland High School stadium.   This $500,00.00 Tiger Turf campaign will replace the playing field with State of the Art, third generation field turf installed for the Fall 2008 football and soccer season.

One if the many ways you can help fund the profit and have fun too is by attending the Turnout for Turf event.

                            

Save the date- May 10th

• Time - 7:00p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
• Location - Sports Express in Mason
• Directions - 71 north to exit 25 (Kings Mills Rd.), turn left, go to 4th stop light and turn right into the driveway. (3/4 of a mile at the shops of Mason) Facility is all the way in the back behind Kroger

“Please join us on May 10th as we raise money for the installation of field turf at Loveland High School. Your attendance and help is needed and appreciated. More details to follow," said Jeff Wagner. “All profits go towards the turf. We are also looking for donations for Silent Auction baskets/items.”

Contact Jeff Wagner at: JWagner@adt.com

Read more about the Tiger Turf Campaign here.

CLERMONT COUNTY, OHIO NEWS - New Medicaid Program for Workers with Disabilities

CLERMONT COUNTY, OHIO NEWS - Beginning in April, a new Medicaid expansion program will be available for working, disabled citizens in Ohio.  The Medicaid Buy-In for Workers with Disabilities program (MBIWD) will provide Medicaid access, not available under the regular Medicaid program, to those between the ages of 16 and 64, who are employed full or part time, and who have been declared disabled by the Social Security Administration or the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.  Those eligible must meet basic Medicaid and financial criteria.  The monthly premium for MBIWD is calculated, based on the individual’s income. 

Applications will be available in late March at the Clermont County Department of Job and Family Services office, located at 2400 Clermont Center Drive in Batavia.  Applications can be mailed by contacting the Medicaid Consumer Hotline at 1-800-324-8680.  Additional information about the program is also available on the Web site www.jfs.ohio.gov/ohp.