Join us for the April meeting of the Kennedy Heights. community council.

The meeting will take place on Tuesday, April 19th beginning at 7:30pm at the Kennedy Heights Presbyterian Church.

As always, there will be lots of good information and a chance to meet your neighbors!

The Kennedy Heights Metallic Club is an organization of retired men from all fields and professions who meet once a week to join together for social fellowship and to view instructive, educational, and entertaining presentations from guest speakers who have worked and traveled locally and around the world

The organization is non-sectarian and non-political and is open to all retired men.

Meetings occur weekly from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM (September through mid-June) and are held at two locations, the Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church and the Kennedy Heights Presbyterian Church.

Membership costs are only $1.00 per meeting. Guests are free. Average attendance is about 45.

If a man has one or more of the following, he is in: silver in his hair, gold in his teeth, iron in his blood, rust in his joints, lead in his feet. Of course if he has none of the following and is retired, he is still in.

Upcoming events:

Friday, April 8, 10:00, Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church: "Beekeeping.
Speaker: Ray Babcock, Cincinnati beekeeper.:
What is beekeeping all about? How is it done? Bees as friends, not enemies. ___________________________________________________

Friday, April 15, 10:00, Kennedy Heights Presbyterian Church. :
"State of the schools - reinventing the Cincinnati Public Schools to improve learning and transform operations."
Speaker: Mary Ronan, Superintendent, Cincinnati Public Schools.:
Who better to speak to us about the state of the schools but the person at the top of the system, the superintend- ent herself? Come and hear how she is working to improve learning in the Cincinnati schools. Certainly Mary Ronan's ideas have relevance to schools anywhere.
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Friday, April 22, Good Friday. The Metallic Club does not meet on this day.
Friday, April 29. This is the fifth Friday of April. We do not meet on ffth Fridays.
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Friday, May 6, 10:00, Kennedy Heights Presbyterian Church.
"The Middle East - A New Reassessment." Speaker: Ralph Burney.
A timely presentation to help us understand the status of countries in this unpredictable part of the world.

• The City of Cincinnati suspended curbside collection of yard waste from homes and businesses early this year.
• Garbage collection will continue to occur on regularly scheduled days. This service remains unaffected.
• Due to budget reductions, separated yard waste will no longer collected.
• Citizens are encouraged to engage in alternate, environmentally-friendly uses for their yard waste, such as composting and mulching whenever practical.
• Basic information about composting and a downloadable brochure for beginners are available from Hamilton County's Backyard Composting page.
• Several yard waste drop-off sites are in operation across Hamilton County. Residents are strongly encouraged to utilize these free sites for disposal of yard waste.

YARD WASTE DROPOFF LOCATIONS
Central: West Fork Solid Waste Facility 3320 Mill Creek Road, South Cumminsville For Cincinnati residents only. Accessible off Spring Grove Avenue and off Beekman Street. Open year-round Monday through Saturday, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (excluding holidays)

East: Bzak Landscaping 3295 Turpin Lane (off Rt. 32), Anderson Township Open March 26, 2011 through November 20, 2011. Saturdays and Sundays, from 11:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday - Friday from 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Closed on April 24th, May 30, July 4 and September 5, 2011.

West: Kuliga Park 6717 Bridgetown Road, Green Township Open March 26, 2011 through November 20, 2011. Saturdays and Sundays, from 11:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Closed on April 24th, July 2nd and 3rd.

North: Rumpke Landfill Struble Road and Colerain Avenue, Colerain Township Open March 26, 2011 through November 20, 2011 Saturdays and Sundays, from 11:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Closed on April 24th.

Please visit 5916000.com, or call 591-6000 for more information.

White People: A Retrospective Opens April 30

Melvin Grier presents a minority's look at the majority through his photographs from three decades of work as a photojournalist for The Cincinnati Post. Accompanied by a suite of written reflections by writer Kathy Y. Wilson, this new exhibit is sure to be illuminating.

White People will be on display in the Kennedy Heights Arts Center's gallery from April 30 to June 11, 2011. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, April 30 from 6 to 8 pm.

Exhibition sponsors: Tom Schiff and the Scripps Howard Foundation

The Green Corner announces that they will be offering 4 different sculpture courses taught by nationally known, resident artists Celene and Jarrett Hawkins. There is limited availability for each course on a first come first served basis. Please contact Celene and Jarrett directly to register: (513) 891-7509 or hawkins@one.net

Classes include:
1. The Portrait Head
2. Intro to Welding
3. Intro to Bronze Casting
4. Directed Studio: Stone Carving
Please contact Celene and Jarrett directly to register: (513) 891-7509 or hawkins@one.net

Marvel Gentry Davis, of Kennedy Height's aim, will be the Featured Guest Speaker at TheHerbert R. Brown Society Speaker Series at the United Way.

This series provides members the opportunity to enjoy lunch, network and hear from prominent African American business and community leaders.
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Saturday, May 7th, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m., Cincinnati Preservation Association will present "Upstairs, Downstairs," a historic house tour featuring elegant period homes on Grand Vista Avenue in Pleasant Ridge. Advance reservations are required. Tickets are $25 for CPA members and $30 for guests.

To make a reservation or receive an invitation, call 513-721-4506 or email info@cincinnatipreservation.org. For more information, visit www.cincinnatipreservation.org/events/spring-house-tour.
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It's going to happen.......ground breaking for the Pleasant Ridge Library Accessibility Project is scheduled on APRIL 18th Monday at 11:00am.

This is a fantastic achievement for the communities that are served by this Library. Over a five year period the communities using this neighborhood resource raised $306,000....in a collaborative partnership with the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County who will fund the remaining funds of the $1.2 million budget to complete the accessibility renovation and addition.
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The Cincinnati Health Department has received calls from individuals in Cincinnati posing as government employees who are contacting local food operators. They are identifying themselves as "health inspectors" and requesting to schedule an inspection in an attempt to collect personal information. The scammers are hoping to collect information to fraudulently sell goods and services and extract money on the internet and to extort money. This scam has also been reported in other parts of Ohio.

The Cincinnati Health Department does not call to set up food service inspections. Health inspectors show up unannounced and wear a picture ID that identifies them as City of Cincinnati Health Department employees.

Food operators should be aware of this possible threat. Restaurant owners and food service operators should never give out personal, private or secure information to anyone without first confirming the person's identity. If any food operators receive these fraudulent calls or are suspicious of a health inspector for any reason they should call 513-564-1751 or 513-352-2908 for verification.

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The Kennedy Heights Community Council next regularly scheduled meeting will take place on Tuesday April 19th at 7:30. The executive board meets immediately before.

Contact the Kennedy Heights Community Council:
6463 Kennedy Avenue Cincinnati, Ohio 45213
513.531-4041
kennedyheights.org
khcc@kennedyheights.org

email: khcc@kennedyheights.org

web: http://www.kennedyheights.org