This annual event has become one of the largest and most prestigious events in Clermont County. Each township honors an individual or group that has made significant contributions to enhancing the quality of life in their communities. In addition, ten county awards are presented focusing on leadership, civic, education, health/health care, human services, environmental/parks and recreation, rural interests, safety and justice, humanitarianism, and youth leadership.

Join your fellow classmates and the LEAD Clermont Class of 2008, after Visioning Day, for a unique opportunity to visit with old friends. Learn who has been in LEAD Clermont since your class year, and meet the LEAD Clermont Class of 2008. No cost. No Program!!! Just a great evening of networking and reconnecting.

Please contact Becky Ploucha, Director, Clean and Green Program, for more information or to register for the event. Phone 513-753-9222 or email cleanandgreen@clermont2020.org.

For more information about the golf scramble, please go to our website, www.clermont2020.org or call 513-753-9222. For more information on how your company can kick up its visibility in Clermont County through an Event, Hole, Dinner or Beverage sponsorship, please contact us at 513-753-9222.

This community will feature many amenities, including a fishing pond and sidewalks and will be located at the gateway to the Felicity community at 1026 State Route 222. Down payment funding assistance will be available to qualified buyers through the Federal Home Loan Bank Affordable Housing Program and the Ohio Housing Finance Agency.

To learn more about this new community of 28 newly constructed ranch and two story homes priced in the $140,000 to $150,000 range and how you might qualify to purchase a home contact Karen Rust, Director of Community Development, at 513-753-9222 or email at cdc@clermont2020.org.

According to Leonard Short, Williamsburg Middle/High School Guidance Counselor, "This was our third annual Wildcat Reunion. I am not sure who looks forward to it more, the graduates or the seniors. It is a great chance for seniors to learn what college is really about from someone other than their counselor. This year went very well thanks to Phil Saneholtz, Clermont 20/20 CEO Advisor, the Williamsburg PTA and all of the local businesses that stepped forward to provide prizes for returning graduates. Along with all of the scoop on dorm life and instructors, we were able to emphasize the important issues as well by giving prizes for most credit hours last term, fewest missed classes, etc. Though the graduates do not always say things exactly as I would like, this has become a very worthwhile educational experience. With the support of Clermont 20/20, the Williamsburg faculty, administration and community we hope to continue the Wildcat Reunion tradition."

"This event allows our seniors to go beyond the college brochures to capture what the true college experience is really about. We are always striving to increase the number of graduates going on to 2 or 4 year colleges, and I think this is yet another avenue for our current seniors to become more informed, and hopefully more excited, about the post secondary educational opportunities after leaving Williamsburg. I am grateful to the fourteen 2007 graduates who returned to WHS to share their first year college experiences, as well as to Len Short, Phil Saneholtz, Clermont 2020 GRASP and our PTA for making this event possible for our seniors." added Matt Earley, Williamsburg High School Principal.

The returning graduates were asked to share experiences about roommates, classes, activities and athletics, with the focus being the most important lessons that they have learned. In order for a Williamsburg senior to participate in the event they must have applied to at least one college. The program was moderated by Phil Saneholtz, Clermont 20/20 CEO Advisor. The originator of the "reunion" program is Margaret Thornton of Crawford College Connection.

The Clermont Community Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation is pleased to introduce five new members to its Advisory Board. Established in 1993, The Fund exists to benefit nonprofit organizations in the Clermont County area.

• Kendra Daughtery is an assistant public defender in the Clermont County Public Defender's Office. She is the current president of the Clermont County Bar Association and District One representative to the Ohio State Bar Association.
• Kathy Freudenberger is a retired Clermont College Trio Program staff member and former community health planner. She is a past board member of the Bethel-Tate and Grant Career Center school boards.
• Andrew McCreanor is a retired Executive Vice President, Customer Relations Division, of the National Bank and Trust Company, Wilmington, Ohio. He is a board member of the Clermont Chamber of Commerce, the United Way and Clermont Senior Services.
• Linda Pilon is Senior Manager and Partner of Kamphaus, Henning & Hood Certified Public Accountants, Inc. She serves on the membership committee of the Cincinnati Women's Society of Certified Public Accountants.
• Tom Rocklin is the Senior Technical Project Manager at Siemens PLM Software, formerly SDRC, where he has worked for 35 years. He and his family are active in ministry at the First Apostolic Church in Kenwood.

Individuals continuing to serve on the Advisory Board are: Tim Beechuk, Ed Brady, Tom Cole, Tara Dawson, John Earhardt, Cynthia Jenkins, Mel Larson, Christina MacVeigh, Priscilla O'Donnell, Michael Riley, Chris Smith and Hon. Stephanie Wyler.

The purpose of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation is to empower donors to make a profound difference in the quality of human and community life in the Greater Cincinnati region, today and tomorrow. We believe in the power of philanthropy to change the lives of people and communities. As a community foundation, GCF makes grants and provides leadership in six key areas: arts and culture, community and economic development, education, the environment, health, and human services. An effective steward of the community's charitable resources since 1963, the Foundation inspires philanthropy in eight counties in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana.

To learn more about how you can make a difference in Clermont County, contact Chuck Fink at 513- 241-2880.

• Manage attitudes to maintain optimism. Focus on the good things that happen, not the bad.
• When bad things happen, stimulate a feeling of security by focusing on anything you can do to weather the storm or to improve the weather.
• Recognize effort and focus on strengths.
• Nurture a spirit of playfulness in yourself and your people. It turns problems into opportunities.

Intensify Your Curiosity

• Try new things. Even if they don't work out, you'll learn lessons to apply elsewhere.
• Seek out experts for their views.
• Do your own research.
• Seek alternative solutions, even when all is well. This gives you fallback positions.
• Routinely seek opinions from people who have no experience with the subject.
• Don't compartmentalize your life. This creates artificial barriers to brilliant solutions.
• When you have a problem, work like a detective. Ask questions. Look at everything. Follow every lead.
• Notice and eliminate assumptions. They're usually wrong.
• Fire your inner critic. Give ideas time to percolate before assessing them.
• "Browse" everywhere.
• Explore new places and types of information.
• Take different routes in your daily routine.
• Ask questions of those you encounter: Find out what they do and what else they do.

How to Participate:

• BEE a speller.
• Sponsor a team that cannot afford entry fee (Team Entry Fee: $300).
• Make financial donation to support LCCBC adult literacy programs.
• Donate a business-related gift or gift-certificate for a door prize.
• Attend and support literacy -- bring friends & family for lunch & prizes.

Two representatives from the Legal Aid Society will be on hand to answer cover the following topics and more:

• What to do when families might be eligible for Medicaid;
• What types of help are available;
• Changes to Medicaid coming in 2008;
• How Legal Aid can help, what services are available, etc.