As the holiday season nears, most of us will be spending more time than usual around large groups of family and friends. Rather than melting into the blue light of our phones and ignoring those we see only once a year, here are a couple of card games that you can try out with others using only a standard 52-card deck. Additional rules and videos can be found on the Bicycle Cards website at bicyclecards.com . First, “Euchre” (pronounced YOU-ker) is a competitive trick-taker. Euchre must be...

Have you ever looked at the roof of a house and wondered why big, boxy sheets rest there? These are likely commercial solar panels, a renewable and efficient energy source available to anyone. Many homes, even in Loveland, now have solar panels instead of being connected to the greater power grid, a leading driver of pollution. The primary incentive for investing in solar panels is their environmental benefits. The United States Power Outage Map (USPOM) suggests that a normal household in...

Cross country, a sport based on running, has largely gone unnoticed in our school despite recent successes. Both boys' and girls' teams have been conference champions for the past five years, except last year, in which both teams took runner-up. Alongside this, there hasn’t been a year yet that hasn’t seen at least one Loveland runner go to the state meet, and the girls’ team was second in the state in 2021. The Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) recently switched from three to...