OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP OBAMA -- Hi, I'm Dawn, your Field Organizer for the Clifton/Cuf/Fairview areas for the Obama campaign; ... You COULD arrange to phone bank from home by contacting me or you can walk in our office (2718 Woodburn Avenue) anytime between 10am and 8pm. We are also phone banking every Monday at Ellen's house (the Lloyd House, 3901 Clifton Ave, park on Lafayette) and we welcome you there! ... We can not get voters registered, people out to volunteer, and the President re-elected without your help! If you want to get involved call me,drop by the office or email me or one of our Neighborhood Team Leads for the Cllifton area. - John Frase (catpeople@fuse.net) or Erma Baugh- Schaffer (ermaschaffer60@yahoo.com)Thanks and looking forward to talking to you all again very soon! Dawn Stohr dstohr@ofaoh.com 513-370-4308-- Dawn StohrField Organizer | Cincinnati Organizing for America | |  OCCUPY FOLKS AND OTHERS TO PUBLICLY SHAME WESTERN & SOUTHERN AS we know, Western and Southern (W&S) has been harassing the Anna Louise Inn with frivolous law suits the Inn cannot afford, trying to force it to sell the property it occupies on Lytle Square downtown. The suits are always thrown out, the Inn has perfect right to its property, (Owned and operated by Cincinnati Union Bethel, a religious/social service organization) but W&S's bullying tactics could eventually force the AL Inn to close. That would be terrible. This site: www.southernwestern.net tells the story. Some folks that have been active in Occupy and others are gathering contributions to pay for an airplane banner to fly over the W&S sponsored tennis tournament to be held near Kings Island end of Aug. The idea is to bring shame on W&S for their bullying and mobilize public sentiment. You may read about the Inn here: http://www.cinunionbethel.org/ And you can donate to this wonderful idea through Kate Gallion <kategallion@gmail.com>. They have nearly enough money collected, but need a few hundred more. Please help. ellen
Park and Vine extending their food service We’re extending food service at our lunch counter to Saturday and Sunday starting the weekend of Aug. 4-5. Saturday lunch starts 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 4. Sunday brunch starts 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 5. Melissa Cox Howard develops our menu and relies on local and seasonal fare. Menu is entirely vegan. If you have any questions, let us know! http://www.parkandvine.com/?p=5717 -- Danny Korman Park + Vine 1202 Main Street Cincinnati, OH 45202 513-721-7275 parkandvine.com
ChiKung/TaiChi Workshop, Saturday, August 4, 2012, 10AM to 2PM, $55.00 / $50.00 if registered by July 31, 2012, Location: Grace Episcopal Church - College Hill, 5501 Hamilton Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45224, Instructor: Jackie Millay, 513-405-1514/ 513-541-4900
Beginning/Intermediate level ChiKung/TaiChi classes, Friday evenings from 6:30 to 8PM ~~ August 10/September 7. $40.00 if you preregister before Tuesday, August 7. (Minimum of 5 students. Walk-ins $15.00/class) Event Location: Grace Episcopal Church - College Hill, 5501 Hamilton Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45224. Instructor: Jackie Millay, 513-405-1514/513-541-4900
FIRST FRIDAY POETRY IN CLIFTON
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Date: Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 12:43 PM
Subject: First Friday Poetry August 3
To: gwyneth943@aol.com Hello, fellow poets and poetry lovers: I hope you will join us next Friday, August 3, to hear local poet Noel Julnes-Dehner read from her work. A little more about our featured poet: Noel Julnes-Dehner is a writer and a producer. She is currently writing and producing The Right Track, a documentary about people who have been in prison and are in the re-entry process. Prior projects include Under Fire: Soviet Women Combat Veterans, WWII, which aired on WCET, was shown in film festivals and at the Kennan Institute of the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars, and is distributed by Cinema Guild. Her poetry has appeared in Sojourners and in Wisdom Found:Stories of Women Transfigured by Faith. She was one of the first women to be ordained to the Episcopal priesthood. We will convene at Aquarius Star/Om Cafe in Clifton, starting around 7:30 and the reading will begin at 8:00. I hope you all are enjoying the summer and will make plans to join us on Firday. Gwyneth Stewart
CLIFTON IGA RENOVATIONS TO START...FINALLY!
Below is a message from Steve Goessling with an update on the plans to reopen the grocery store on Ludlow.
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Sincerely,
Ron Becker
CTM Secretary
To: Clifton Friends and Neighbors
From: Steve Goessling
Date: July 26, 2012
Re: Goessling’s Market Clifton Update
I want to thank each and every one of you for your support and best wishes as we have gone through this long journey. We know this has been very difficult for you. We cannot wait to open the doors!
Yesterday, July 25, we met with representatives of 5/3 Bank, the City of Cincinnati Economic Development and the SBA. We were encouraged by the commitment of 5/3 and the City to our project. The SBA will take our project to their Board meeting in about two weeks.
I want you to know that we are moving forward and are fully committed to Clifton, the Clifton Business District and all the surrounding neighborhoods. Once we have a closing date, we will announce the construction schedule. We anticipate that the construction will take approximately 3 months.
This News is brought to you by the Clifton Town Meeting, your neighborhood community council. Please visit us at www.cliftoncommunity.org.
| . | From ?? do send me your notions, reactions, corrections, opinions... I'll print them here. ellen
From Lela Ransohoff:
ellen, i keep meaning to tell you how nice it is to come around the bend on clifton and run into all those sunflowers. they make me smile when at the top of the hill.
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Information about Tri-State Treasures and how to submit them, and an explanation of my convention for expressing email addresses and websites is at the bottom of this email. Please help me by providing all basic information, and formatting your submissions as described below. Thank you. Sincerely, Jim ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Calendar of Treasures: Canning Classes [Saturdays 21 July, 4 August & 1 September @ 9am]: Betsy DeMatteo of Ohio State University Extension, Hamilton County, leads the way with 3 separate classes: water bath canning (July 21), pressure canning (Aug 4), & pickling & fermenting (Sep 1). More classes may be added. $10 per class in advance. At Park + Vine, 1202 Main Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info & payment at 513.721.7275 & the Park + Vine store. Paintings of Paris [thru Saturday 4 August]: Greenwich House Gallery in O'Bryonville will have a Bastille Day Celebration, unveiling new paintings of Paris by Cincinnati artist Donna Talerico. Vive la France, Vive l'art! At Greenwich House Gallery, 2124 Madison Road, O'Bryonville, Cincinnati, OH. More info at 513.871.8787. Living in Harmony with the Environment - Library Series [Wednesday 8 August @ 7pm]: What is an Ecovillage? is the 3rd & final program in the Main Library Information & Reference Department's series with area orgs that emphasize education, preservation & community building to help our environment. Partners include: the Central Ohio River Valley Local Foods Initiative; Imago Earth Center, & Enright Ridge Urban Ecovillage. In this week's program, find out how one lives in a sustainable urban neighborhood, which promotes preserving the planet thru social, economic & healthy lifestyles & demonstrates urban revitalization using these principles. At the Main Library, 800 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info at 513.369.6900. 6th Annual Manifest Master Pieces Exhibition [thru Friday 10 August]: Building on the philosophy of the Rites of Passage exhibits for undergrads, each year Manifest offers a similar opportunity to graduate students & recent MFA/MA graduates for exhibiting at Manifest - Master Pieces. The exhibit reveals the intensity & professionalism of these students in art or design. The exhibit features 24 works by 18 artists: sculpture, prints, diminutive metalworking, photography, assemblage, painting, collage, & drawing. At Manifest Creative Research Gallery & Drawing Center, 2727 Woodburn Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45206. More info at 513.861.3638 & manifestgallery.org. 4th Annual Cincinnati Veteran's BBQ Fest [Saturday 11 August @ 11am-11pm]: The Veteran's BBQ Fest held in the Garden District will feature a BBQ cook-off & plenty of food including vegetarian, music (Modulators, Honky Tonk Band, The Night Owls), & several artists exhibiting their work. The First Veterans Parade will start at 8 am, with a WWII Combat Vet serving as Grand Marshal & the American Legion at Lunken performing the Honors at the Garden's Flag pole. At the East End Veterans Memorial Gardens, 256 Strader Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45226. More info at 513.330.3342 & capt_lu at yahoo.com. Tackle Trade Days at Lake Isabella [Saturday 11 August @ 8am-6pm]: Reel in a deal at the Lake Isabella Tackle Trade Days. A variety of new & used vintage lures, rods, reels & more for the experienced & amateur angler, showcasing local fishing equipment vendors in a flea-market style setting; large selection of bargain gear. Free. At Lake Isabella, 10,174 Loveland-Madeira Road, Loveland, OH 45140. Valid Hamilton County Park District Vehicle Permit ($10 annual; $3 daily) needed to enter the park. More info at 513.521.7275 & GreatParks.org. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ongoing Treasures: Women: Italy, India, Ecuador, South Africa - photo exhibit [thru Friday 31 August]: This expanded exhibit of photographs by Ben & Harriet Kaufman range from women as beasts of burden in India & Ecuador to a nun at confession in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome to visitors sunning themselves on the ferry to Cape Town’s notorious Robben Island former prison. All photos are for sale in varying sizes. Follow the Guest Services sign to the Grailville Store. Photos hang in the dining room with its north wall of glass & natural light. Free show & parking. At Grailville, 932 O'Bannonville Road, Loveland, OH 45140. More info at 513.683.2340 & grailville.org. Queen City Of Song Exhibit [thru Sunday 2 September]: Experience Cincinnati’s choral music history thru a dynamic exhibit. The exhibit spotlights Saengerfest dating back to 1838 & its ties to the Cincinnati May Festival & Music Hall; 100 years of church & school choirs; & Cincinnati’s African American choral traditions. Also, view early choral music & hymnals published in Cincinnati. Free. Presented by & at the Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County, Main Library, 800 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info at 513.369.6900 & cincinnatilibrary.org. Bookworks 13 Exhibit [thru Sunday 2 September]: Visit the 13th annual Cincinnati Book Arts Society exhibit of unique & small edition artists' books from local, regional & national artists. Bookworks 13 is a showcase of the thriving & talented book arts community in our region. Free. At the Atrium, Main Library of the Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County, 800 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info at cincinnatilibrary.org/programs/exhibits.html &cbasturnsthepage.blogspot.com/. International Choral Exhibits @ the Library [thru September]: Two exhibits reflect the spirit of the World Choir Games. (1) In the art exhibit “What Children Believe,” local & international students share artistic visions of “what’s wonderful in their world” after reading & seeing a performance based on the Caldecott Medal-winning book, “What A Wonderful World,” based on the lyrics from Louis Armstrong’s legendary song. This exhibit was inspired by a partnership between the nonprofit org Learning Through Art in Cincinnati & little Art of Munich, Germany, home to the World Choir Games headquarters. On display in the Main Library’s atrium thru Sunday 30 Sep. (2) “The Queen City of Song” features artifacts of Cincinnati’s choral music history dating back to 1838. Items from Saengerfest, Cincinnati May Festival, Music Hall, 100 years of church, school & local choirs, & Cincinnati’s African American choral tradition. The Cincinnati Room also houses the “Cincinnati Panorama of 1848,” the oldest wide-view photograph of an American city; a masterpiece known worldwide as one of the finest examples of daguerreian photography. On display in the Cincinnati Room thru Tuesday 4 Sep. At the Main Library, 800 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info at 513.369.6900 & cincinnatilibrary.org/main/exhibits.asp. Creating Self-Regenerating Balance [Mondays @ 6:30-8pm & Wednesdays @ 9:30-11am]: Fanchon Shur describes her classes as defining the forces that organize all of our life movement. She teaches that process & believes that access to the mind of the body's fluids, systems, intention, spatial harmonics, laws of exertion & expression create a Self-Regenerating Balance necessary to navigate & grasp life. Class participants are immersed in this stress-releasing & strength-producing exploration. At 4019 Red Bud Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229. More info at 513.221.3222, fanchon at growthinmotion.org & growthinmotion.org/classes&previewCSS=true. Yoga in the Park [Every Sunday @ 10-11am, weather permitting]: Experience yoga in the grass, gazing at the sky & listening to the birds. With full views of the river, could there be a better place to practice? Free. Sponsored by Covington Yoga. At George Rogers Clark Park, Riverside Drive & Garrard Street, Covington, KY 41011. More Info at 859-307-3435, covington.yoga at yahoo.com & covingtonyoga.com. ~~~~~~~~~~~ Tri-State Treasures is compiled by Jim Kesner - Tri-State Treasures are typically transmitted on Wednesdays; send submissions as soon as possible for best probability of being included.
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Fabulous Film Festival [Friday 3 May @ 8-10pm]: The first & best film festival in Cincinnati will present live-action, documentary, & short films... Presented by Flicks Я Us. Tickets are $8. At The Movie Theatre, 111 Main Street, Cincinnati, OH 45200. More info at 513.111.2222, info at filmfestival.com & filmfestival.com. - I use the following notations to reduce the chance of being deemed a spammer by servers; sorry for the inconvenience:
<> Email addresses herein are written with " at '" in place of "@"; when you want to use an address, reverse the " at '" back to "@". <> Websites are written without their "www" or "http://" prefix; when you want to use a website, copy & paste it into your browser. | | Phone Banking At H.Q. near DeSales Corner, on Woodburn opposite Schulhoff Tool Rental, between Taft and Madison
Every day, 10-8 | ... | | | Northside FARMERS MARKET, Wednesdays 4-7, Hoffner Park, corner Blue Rock, Hamilton Ave. |  GOVERNOR KASICH HAS CUT ALL COLLEGE PROGRAMS IN PRISONS This is a horrible thing. I am familiar with the programs offered through Wilmington College at the two prisons in Lebanon, Oh because the MLK Chorale and Muse director Cathy Roman has worked there for years offering music courses to the men at Lebanon Correction Facility. I have been there to visit with the Chorale on MLK day weekend and know how much these programs mean to the inmates. I urge y ou to join me in sending letters to the governor and to the Ohio Dept. of Corrections. Addresses below. Paper letters count for more than email, and handwritten letters are the best of all. ellen Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Gary C Mohr, Director 770 West Broad Street Columbus , OH 43222 Governor John Kasich
Riffe Center, 30th Floor
77 South High Street
Columbus, OH 43215-6117 Dear Governor Kasich (Dear Ohio Dept Rehab & Corr): I am writing to express my grave concern over the cutting of the college education program in our Ohio penitentiaries. College programs that offer degrees for inmates have been proven to cut recidivism by a whopping 40%! This is money well spent. In the interest of the men and women incarcerated in Ohio and in the interest of all Ohioans I urge the renewal of these programs. Ellen Bierhorst, Ph.D. | ... | .. The Nation Magazine debunks 31 Election Year Myths BUNK: THERE SURE IS A LOT OF IT THESE DAYS, ISN’T THERE? Drivel about the economy; hooey in our political discourse; hogwash about our future; claptrap about our options. The Nation is here to help—ready, willing and able to debunk some of the most prevalent myths you’ll encounter during the upcoming election season. THE UNIONS ARE BREAKING US: It’s teachers and other unionized workers—and their fat job packages—that are bankrupting states! In Wisconsin, two-thirds of corporations pay no taxes, and the share of state revenue from corporate taxes has fallen by half since 1981. The same is true in other states. [John Nichols, The Spirit of Wisconsin] THE LEFT’S SET OFF A ‘CLASS WAR’: The Occupy movement and threats of higher taxes on the “rich” are demonizing the wealthy. In 1971, corporate lawyer (later Supreme Court Justice) Lewis Powell, perceiving an “attack on the American free enterprise system,” urged the Chamber of Commerce to push the corporate agenda. Soon afterward, business-funded “think tanks, legal foundations and front groups” launched—in effect—“a call to arms for class war waged from the top down.” [Bill Moyers, How Wall Street Occupied America] REGULATION IS KILLING OUR JOBS: Government rules stifle the country’s “job creators” (corporations) and discourage new investments. A string of disasters—from oil spills and mine explosions to the financial crash that threw 8 million out of work, are actually due to inadequate (or unapplied) regulatory protections. [Robert Weisman, The GOP’s Deregulation Obsession] FORGIVING MORTGAGE DEBT IS WRONG: Letting failed borrowers off the hook encourages—even rewards—bad financial habits. Forgiving the debtors is the right thing to do—not only because the bankers have already been forgiven but also because reducing principal will stop the destruction of so many communities, encourage those whose mortgages are currently “under water” to spend again, and make companies more confident about hiring. [William Greider, Debt Jubilee, American Style] THE PRESIDENT IS A FOREIGN POLICY WIMP: Obama and his people have abandoned Bush-era tough policies for (in the words of Dick Cheney) “half-measures” and “compromise.” The team of US Special Operations Forces who killed...bin Laden were led by elite Navy SEALs from the Joint Special Operations Command....President Obama has taken concrete steps to once again integrate JSOC more fully into the broader US military strategy globally.... he has doubled down on the Bush-era policy of targeted assassination as a staple of US foreign policy. [Jeremy Scahill, JSOC: The Black Ops Force That Took Down bin Laden] AMERICANS ARE REJECTING THE LIBERAL AGENDA: The Tea Party and the November 2010 Republican sweep show that Americans are moving to the right. In referendums in Ohio, Mississippi and Maine, voters decisively chose to support abortion, immigrant and voting rights, and labor unions. And Kentucky and West Virginia elected Democratic governors. Says Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown: “The 99 percent is pushing back.” [John Nichols, The 99 Percent Election] ALTERNATIVE ENERGY IS A BIG BOONDOGGLE: The Solyndra bankruptcy—after the feds guaranteed a $535 million loan—shows that government has no business subsidizing private companies. Yes, the Energy Department erred, but the whole point of industrial policy is to encourage ventures that might produce big breakthroughs but can’t attract private investment because of the risk.... “The real lesson...is that in the area of renewables, the government should be giving big subsidies to wind, not solar.” [The Editors, Tale of Two Scandals] CLIMATE CHANGE IS A SOCIALIST CONSPIRACY: Scientists manipulate the data to get funding; lowering global emissions would require higher taxes and greater government intervention. 97 percent of the world’s climate scientists stick by the data, but it is true that “there is simply no way to square a belief system that vilifies collective action...with a problem that demands collective action on an unprecedented scale and a dramatic reining in of the market forces that created and are deepening the crisis.” [Naomi Klein, Capitalism vs. the Climate] OUR NATIONAL DEBT IS ALL THE DEMS’ FAULT: Our $14-trillion national debt was caused by free-spending—Democratic—congresses and presidents! Big deficits began in 1981, with Reagan’s fanciful “supply side” tax cuts. Federal debt was then about $1 trillion. By 2007 it had reached $9 trillion, thanks to George Bush’s tax cuts for the wealthy and his two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan....The 2008 financial collapse and deep recession generated most of the remainder, as tax revenue fell drastically. Obama’s pump-priming stimulus added to the debt too, but a relatively small portion. [William Greider, Obama’s Bad Bargain] TOO MUCH DEBT? IT’S THEIR OWN FAULT: Those who borrowed more than they can now repay (or even service) were blinded by greed and by a hunger for goodies they couldn’t afford. For most working people, wage stagnation started in the 1970s and spread widely in the Reagan era. As incomes faltered (despite taking on more jobs), “families faced two bad choices—either go deeper into debt or surrender their middle-class standard of living. Naturally, most tried to hang on to what they had.” [William Greider, Debt Jubilee, American Style] OUR ONLY CHOICES: CUTS OR MORE TAXES: To reduce the deficit we must slash social programs and/or raise taxes on working Americans. This is a false choice. There is another option: accountability—meaning that the mess should be cleaned up by those who created it, rather than those who’ve been hardest hit by it. Furthermore, “the most effective way to reduce the deficit is to put America back to work.” [The Editors, Austerity vs. Accountability] COMPREHENSIVE HEALTHCARE? WE CAN’T AFFORD IT. Universal healthcare is a delightful fantasy that the US could never manage to pay for. I was in Congress on September 10, 2001, and I know there was no money in the budget at that time for a war in Iraq. So...I will go to the people who found the money for that war and ask them if they could find some for healthcare. [Barney Frank, Cut the Military Budget] OURS IS A CLASSLESS SOCIETY BUILT ON MERIT: Americans know that opportunity is equally distributed, that their lives will be better than their parents’ and that their children’s lives will be better still. Everywhere you turn you’ll find people who believe they have been written out of the story. Everywhere you turn there’s a sense of insecurity grounded in a gnawing fear that freedom in America has come to mean the freedom of the rich to get richer even as millions of Americans are dumped from the Dream. [Bill Moyers, For America’s Sake] Every issue of The Nation provides fresh ammunition—like this—for combating the bunk you’re going to encounter during the upcoming campaign about the economy, gun laws, healthcare, voting rights, immigration reform, education and every other important issue. Why not arm yourself with the hard facts, the valuable insights and the inspiration that will help you—better than ever—champion the liberal ideals that built this nation? Get started today with a no-cost, no-commitment mini-subscription! www.thenation.com/4free |  | | | TOUR DE FRACK: Woodlands Water Arrives in Washington July 31, 2012 | | | After over 400 miles, a dozen awareness events, and 10 days on the road, team Tour de Frack arrived in Washington DC last week with six gallons of water from the Woodlands. On July 26th the team carried the contaminated water and copies of Stories from the Shalfields, a book full of first person accounts, with them to meet with members of congress. Our first meeting was with Rep. Mike Kelly of Butler County. Although he seemed skeptical of our concerns, the representative agreed to meet with the families of the Woodlands during the August recess. We also met with members of Sen. Toomey and Sen. Casey’s staff and left information with countless other members of congress. Our last meeting of the day was in the West Wing of the White House where team members met with Heather Zichal-President Obama’s Deputy Assistant for Energy and Climate Change. Unfortunately, the message from almost everyone we meet with was the same; “our hands are tied.” So if our elected officials cannot help us, where do we turn? We must empower the people and force the decision makers to listen and be clear that we will push them aside. When people lead the politicians will follow. The ride may be over but TDF will continue telling stories of people like the ones found in this beautiful short film by Rich Waters The Woodlands. We truly believe that once people see the true human and econimic costs of fracking the fog that has been intentionally created by those invested in the industry will lift and we will be forced to make meaningful fact-based decisions instead of sailing around in the dark while other profit on our health and community. The stories we collected will soon be available on-line. For more information about what is happening in Butler County sign up for Marcellus Outreach Butler’s newsletter here and visit their website www.marcellusoutreachbutler.org -Jason | | | | | Lobby Day Video Justice Through Music was there when TDF lobbied on Capitol Hill. Check out the video here.  | | | | |
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