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Editor:
Tom Lohre, editor, tom@tomlohre.com 513-236-1704
Larry Holt, assistant editor
Joyce Rich, advertising manager joycemrich@gmail.com 513-861-8168
Ad Kit: tomlohre.com/adkit.pdf
Seth Jaeger, business manager, sjaeger@atlaslm.com
Melanie DelGado, school page editor
Contributing Editors and Columnists
Ann Baumgardner
George Bishop
Nita Briggs
Eric Davis
Ruth Dickey
Barbra Druffel
Dick Druffel
Michael George
Cindy Hardesty
Colleen Houston
Barb Letts
Julia Mace
Christine Masur
Chris Pantoja
Tom Reese
Johnny Schott
Joe Schuchter
Peggy Shannon
Kristen Walters
Michael Willing
Proofreader: Anne Montague
Fact Checker: Josephine Kosmalski
Internet: Margaret and Paul Payne
Special Loving Thanks: Irene Moore
Clifton Chronicle
The Clifton Chronicle is looking for Volunteers
The Clifton Chronicle, Clifton's quarterly publication, is looking for volunteers who are proficient in desktop publishing. If you can spend a few hours in the evening for a week four times a year we need you. Call Tom Lohre at 513-236-1704 or e-mail him at tom@tomlohre.com.
The chronicle needs two volunteers with good skills in electronic publishing come forward to volunteer so we can go back to 24 pages. We now only publish the basics: “School News”; “Rec Center News”; “Senior Citizen News”; “Trailside Nature Center News”; “The Library Corner”; “Clifton Business & Professional News” and “CTM News”
Suggestions for any part of the newsletter are welcomed. Please send all correspondence, stories, announcements and images to tom@tomlohre.com
The Clifton Chronicle Spring Deadline
The deadline for ads and advertising for the spring issue will be February 14th. Send any ideas for articles to the editor.
The History of The Clifton Chronicle
The Clifton Chronicle replaced the old “CTM Bulletin” as the publication of Clifton Town Meeting. The first issue appeared in the Spring of 2001 and has been published quarterly since then. The Clifton Chronicle is mailed to every household in the 45220 zip area.
The impetus to produce a newsletter rich in content and distributed to the entire community was provided by Florine Postell who was immediately joined by Barbra Druffel and E.P. Harris. It took some effort to persuade the CTM Board of Trustees to underwrite the new format and wide distribution, but eventually the idea won endorse-ment and the Clifton Chronicle was born as a 12 page newsletter. The editors decided that advertising would be limited to 1/4 of the total space of the publication, reserving the remaining space for columns and community news. The second number grew to 16 pages and by the seventh issue it became apparent that 20 pages would be needed.
New volunteers joined the editorial team as time went by and Florine Postell left the staff to pursue other duties. Janet Ross and Kate Kramer served as advertising managers and contributing editors; artist James Patrick White volunteered his talents as art director, high school student Ben Fink Shapiro became our staff photographer and Ann Marchioni contributed her skills as business manager. Cindy Merrick has now joined the staff and Diane Garrity brings her computer mastery to the team. Steve Schreiber serves as the CTM Executive Committee’s representative on the editorial staff and has proven to be a gifted proofreader. Various members of the community have contributed articles and provided regular columns.
Advertising and a subvention by the City of Cincinnati (through NSP) make the newsletter self-supporting.
Among the features of the Clifton Chronicle are “The Chalkboard,” which provides information about area schools ; “Rec Center News” and “Senior Citizen News,” “Park News,” “The Library Corner” and “CTM News and Views” present topics of interest in their respective categories. “The Blotter” is written by District 5 officer Dana Jones and offers valuable guidance in crime prevention. A new feature: “District 5’s Finest” recognizes an outstanding police officer. Each issue also features “Ludlow Beat” and “Biz Buzz” which address the business district and “Cook’s Corner” brings an interesting seasonal recipe. “Spotlight on a Cliftonite” and “Neighbors in the News” highlight individuals in our community. “Soapbox” provides a forum for constructive criticism in the Hyde Park Corner tradition. A lighter touch is offered in the features “Where’s Ben Been” —a guessing gamebased on a photograph of a Clifton landmark and in the trivia game “Clifton Quizzical.” In addition, notices and announce-ments of local interest are a part of the content of the newsletter.
Suggestions for any part of the newsletter are welcomed at our email address: CliftonChronicle@cliftoncommunity.org or at our post office box 20067, Cincinnati, OH 45220. The Clifton Chronicle is a public service of Clifton Town Meeting.