This Evenings Program 5:00 PM Social Hour—Silent Auction/Door Prize chances sold 6:30 PM Invocation And Dinner 7:30 PM Announce Split the Pot Winner Introduction of Citizen of the Year Special Award Announcement Announce Split the Pot Winner Introduction of Dirk Allen—Master of Ceremonies Program: Enjoy the evening listening to our invited celebrity guest speakers. Please remember to check your door prize raffle tickets for winning numbers before you leave. "My goal is to provide professional guidance through the complex process of real estate transactions by LEADING differently, TEACHING relentlessly and SERVING passionately." Dirk Q. Allen Director of Admissions and Media Relations Stephen T. Badin High School Dirk Q. Allen, our master of ceremonies, is the director of ad- missions and media relations at Stephen T. Badin High School in Hamilton. Area sports fans know Dirk from his more than two decades with the Hamilton Journal-News, including his years as a sports writer and then the sports editor from 1979-1993, where he worked with such luminaries at Bill Moeller, Joe Minster, Pete Conrad, Rick Cassano and Jay Morrison. Dirk is the author of three books; all are available on Amazon. Two of them highlight local high school sports success: “Good Tears” (2000), which chronicles the Badin High girls’ basketball program’s 10-year march to the 1998 Division II state champion- ship; and “The Family” (2014), about the Badin High girls’ soccer program’s back-to- back Division III state titles in 2013 and 2014. A native of Cleveland, Dirk is a graduate of Princeton High School in Cincinnati, and has a degree in political science and history from Brown University in Providence, R.I. He lives in Oxford. Paul E. Avance Owner/Funeral Director 4976 Winton Road Fairfield, Ohio 45014 Denise Melvin Hammelrath—Funeral Director Phone: (513) 829-6257 Timothy Pfaff—Funeral Director Fax: (513) 829-2362 Bryan E. Avance—Funeral Director Toll Free: 1 (877) 829-6257 Jeff Berding President & General Manager of FC Cincinnati Berding is an American sports executive and politician. Since 2015, he has served as the general manager and president of the FC Cin- cinnati, a soccer club in the United Soccer League, and now Major League Soccer. He is also a Democratic politician, having served on the Cincinnati City Council from 2005 to 2011. From 1996 to 2015, he worked as an executive for the Cincinnati Bengals. Jeff Berding was born on February 8, 1967, and grew up in the Westwood neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, with nine siblings. Berding became interested in sports at an early age and played basketball, baseball, and soccer in school. He graduated from St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati in 1985 and attended Miami University. Berding was an executive with the Cincinnati Bengals for 19 years, starting in 1996 after working on a sales tax initiative that would fund construction of Paul Brown Stadium and Great American Ball Park. He left his position as Director of Sales & Public Affairs in July 2015 to found the new soccer club FC Cincinnati. In August 2015, news broke of the formation of a United Soccer League franchise team to be locat- ed in Cincinnati and begin play in spring 2016, with Jeff Berding as president and general manager. Upon launching, the club was quickly noted for its unusually high attendance, frequently outdraw- ing Major League Soccer matches and breaking league records. In September 2016, the Ohio Valley Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society named Jeff Berding that year's recipient of the Silver Hope Award. In his State of the City speech in October 2016, Cincinnati mayor John Cranley named Jeff Berding and Carl Lindner III as the shared holders of the Cincinnatian of the Year award for their work man- aging FC Cincinnati. Major League Soccer last year awarded Cincinnati an expansion franchise, an announcement that drew thousands of fans decked out in orange and blue and international attention for Cincinnati. The 21,000-seat, $200 million stadium is being built in the West End, on the current site of a high school stadium that will be rebuilt nearby. The team is expected to begin playing there in 2021. Joe Nuxhall, Jerry Nardiello, and Bill Moeller at Crosley Field Patrick G. Moeller Attorney at Law 223 S. Front St., Hamilton, Ohio 45011 Home 896-9810 Office 844-8515 **************************** Knights Keeping the Faith, Helping the Community Bill Moeller, Sr - - K of C Citizen of the Year 1981 Bill Moeller, Jr - - 4th Degree/PGK/District Deputy Pat Moeller - - 4th Degree/Advocate/K of C Citizen of the Year 2012 Jim Moeller - - 4th Degree/PGK Rocky Boiman 700 WLW Radio Personality/ Former NFL Player Cincinnati, Ohio Rocky Michael Boiman is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League for the Tennessee Titans, Indianapolis Colts, Kansas City Chiefs and Pittsburgh Steelers. He played college football at the University of Notre Dame. Boiman attended St. Xavier High School in his hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio. He was named All- league as a sophomore and junior defensive back. As a senior free safety in 1997, he tallied 164 tackles and 6 interceptions. He received All-League, All-State, Southwest Ohio Player of the Year, Greater Cincinnati League Player of the Year and All-City Player of the Year honors. Boiman finished his high school career with 330 tackles, 11 interceptions and 15 passes defensed. He set school records for longest kickoff (95 yards) and most kickoff return yards. Boiman accepted a football scholarship from the University of Notre Dame to play defensive back under head coach Bob Davie. As a sophomore, he was converted into an outside lineback- er and had 39 tackles playing a backup role. As a junior, he was named a starter at outside linebacker after Joe Ferrer left the school. He collect- ed 58 tackles (8 for loss), 3.5 sacks and was also used as a pass rushing defensive end in some situations.[2] He was a fan favorite for his intensity and tackling ability. As a senior, he was a team co-captain and started 7 games, posting 42 tackles (11 for loss), 4 sacks and 2 fumble recoveries. He had 12 tackles against Ohio State University and 11 against Texas A&M University. He finished his college career with 21 starts out of 43 games, 144 tackles, 8.5 sacks, one pass defensed, 5 fumble recoveries and 2 forced fumbles. He n the National Football League for the Tennessee Titans, Indianapolis Colts, Kansas City Chiefs and Pittsburgh Steelers. Earning a Super Bowl Ring with the Colts in 2007. You can hear Rocky almost daily on 700 WLW. This is his first appearance at the stag. 5617 Liberty-Fairfield Road Hamilton, OH 45011 513-737-1412 facebook.com/PizzeriaV _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ $2.00 off Large Pizza $1.00 off Medium Pizza Kim Nuxhall Director The Joe Nuxhall Character Education Fund The son of Red’s Hall of Fame pitcher and long-time broadcaster Joe Nuxhall credited his father for encouraging education in addition to ath- letics. In 2003, Nuxhall and his father created the Joe Nuxhall Character Edu- cation Fund to underwrite character development programs and projects for children. Our mission is: "To increase the awareness and development of character to create a more respectful society." The long-running HBO show Real Sports did a piece in 2001, on a ballfield built in Conyers, Ga., for individuals with disabilities. They called it the Miracle League. It started with one field and 120 kids. Now, there are 250 Miracle League organizations in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Australia. Kim and his father decided they would build their own Miracle, in Kim’s words. “some day, some- how, some way.’’ Joe didn’t live long enough to see it through. He died at age 79 on Nov. 15, 2007. But the fields were always part of the Old Lefthander’s master plan for doing good. Doing good came naturally to him. His presence in the project is as elemental as a piece of steel. “To wrap my mind around this is a constant struggle. It’s overwhelmingly hard to process this gratitude,’’ says Kim Nuxhall. He is Joe’s son. He is the caretaker of his father’s legacy, which is at once a beauty and a beast. Tending Joe Nuxhall’s memory is the hardest thing Kim will ever do. More than $2 million in labor and materials: Three thousand man-hours for the electrical work alone. Two miles of electrical piping, 10 miles of wire. More than 1,400 cubic yards of concrete. A typical house uses 120 yards. Windows and doors and bricks and lights and excavating. All do- nated. The Joe Nuxhall Miracle Fields opened on July 28, 2012 with family friend and former Red Sean Casey leading his teammates out of an adjacent corn field, signaling the beginning of a true “Field of Dreams” . Joe’s Dream, Kim’s Dream, to help fulfill the dreams of local children to play the game that all dream of playing, as children, as adults, regardless of ability. Excerpts from an article written by columnist Paul Daugherty Fr. Butler Assembly 814 Hamilton, OH Religiously Devoted, Patriotically Proud For most men who follow Jesus, there comes a time when duty ex- tends beyond our own lives, be- yond how we lead our families, and into how we serve our fellow man. That's what the Knights of Colum- bus is all about. The Patriotic De- gree allows knights to take this one step further. "Sir Knight" is more than a title. It’s an honor.