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By Joe Watson On Apr 7, 2021

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“The event, sponsored by Maker’s Mark and OpenTable, offers a week crafted to promote positive publicity and encourage locals to visit an array of Cincy’s culinary talents. Greater Cincinnati restaurants are one of the greatest assets to our community and they need us now more than ever,” a press release stated.

Reservations are highly suggested. Carry-out meals are available at some restaurants while others are dine-in only, so be sure to check details. A donation of $1 from each meal will be donated to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. For the full list of menus more details visit greatercincinnatirestaurantweek.com.

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The in-person festival is still slated to take place at the Duke Convention Center, but Weissmann said they’ve already decided to move from the third-floor grand ballroom to the first-floor exhibit halls for social distancing purposes. They’re also prepared to delay the in-person festival further if necessary.”},{“_id”:”B6VC3CNBING6JMRWYMKXCSFVI4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1615413451977},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“If the (virtual event) goes well, we might do it again later in the year if the in-person fest doesn’t happen,” Weissmann said. “We’ll keep plugging away and adapt as we need to. So far, the Enthusiast kits are trending highest in sales. We’ll keep getting creative. 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It was the success of this holiday market and the drive-thru festival that helped us realize that we can still offer a way for people to experience our Greek food during the pandemic,” said Pulos. “The new gyro feature for this sale is the traditional beef or chicken gyro topped with onion, tomatoes and tzatziki, but we have added a flair of feta cheese and fries tucked in your gyro to make it even more amazing.””},{“_id”:”G7HYYEHDD5DELJ4VTMFHUFOHYY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:29,”comment”:”from”},{“pos”:44,”comment”:”5-“},{“pos”:110,”comment”:”Orders will not be accepted after March 26.”}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1614867876365},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Online ordering will be open through March 26. All orders must be pre-paid and placed online by credit card. 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It’s hearty, so flavorful and so very unique. Of course the Mediterranean flair just begs you to go sample everything and feel as if you are in Greece. Honestly, the food is just like you would find in Greece,” said Pulos. “Our honey is fresh and so is our olive oil; just in time for our sale. We know our community needs to get out and possibly find a cozy picnic spot. 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However, That is not the only reason we want to continue this tradition and are evolving and adapting to things. Our parishioners and friends want to be involved in our church community. We miss each other and we miss our church. This is one way we can work together, safely, to bring something good, warm and positive to the people of Dayton,” said Pulos.”},{“_id”:”2WRJROOY7VATRL5S3KNWAZECYQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1614867876377},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Just one more reason why I’m marking my calendar for April 10.”},{“_id”:”CXTMMMB4QRD5HHOTOTGRQG3NSM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1614867876378},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Dayton Eats looks at the regional food stories and restaurant news that make mouths water. Share info about your menu updates, special dinners and events, new chefs, interesting new dishes and culinary adventures. Do you know of exciting outdoor spaces, new exciting format changes, specials, happy hours, restaurant updates or any other tasty news you think is worth a closer look at? 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Spanning nearly 200 years, the shoes you’ll see range from hand-embroidered silk boudoir shoes created for the 1867 Paris Exposition to leather spectator pumps signed by 27 members of the 1941 New York Yankees and owned by Joe DiMaggio’s one-time girlfriend. There are wedding shoes, stilted bath clogs worn by Islamic women, and pointe shoes worn by dancer Heather Watts of the New York City Ballet.”},{“_id”:”7HIYGX2EMND6VG7E4YFPRH24AE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1614214883504},”type”:”text”,”content”:”You’ll also see the work of well-known designers — Christian Dior, Yves Saint Laurent, Salvatore Ferragamo, and Beth Levine, the “First Lady of Shoe Design” — as well as shoes by Stuart Weitzman himself. 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The most recent pair were designed by Weitzman for Broadway’s “Cinderella” in 2013.”},{“_id”:”TJKZVWUQBVBU5BDSYX5H3TKAGQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1614214883506},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“Shoes tell an almost infinite number of stories,” says Weitzman in the exhibition catalog. “Stories of conformity and independence, culture and class, politics and performance.””},{“owner”:{“sponsored”:false,”id”:”coxohio”},”address”:{},”caption”:”Curator Ann Glasscock installs shoes for “Walk This Way,” the current exhibit at the Taft Museum of Art. 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She says shoes earn their place at an art museum because shoes are works of art.”},{“_id”:”S3VHJQCKGVCZPE72ZC5IGZT52I”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1614214883509},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“So many of the shoes in this exhibit are so much more than practical shoes you wear on your feet,” she pointed out. “Although these shoes on display were indeed worn, they are objects of desire and display made by highly skilled craftspeople.””},{“_id”:”GYJHJZQDGZBCNG3KNRD5PJ55QA”,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:”INVVPF7J3ZBJHENUXNPQLZQNCA”},”type”:”interstitial_link”,”content”:”February’s restaurant news: A ‘ghost kitchen,’ a specialty market and the return of a BBQ favorite”,”url”:”https://www.dayton.com/what-to-do/dining/local-restaurant-news-a-ghost-kitchen-a-specialty-market-and-the-return-of-a-bbq-favorite/HOI6GUVFC5FERFEC3VYH6L5KII/”},{“_id”:”CAC4KCGDGBAJZBPSYAN4K2SBZM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1614214883510},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The emphasis in this exhibit is on women and the ways shoes reflected their labor activism, the fight for suffrage and the sexual revolution. “Several pairs of shoes and boots in the exhibit were worn in the late 19th century as women were fighting for the right to vote,” Glasscock explains. “It was a time when respectable women were rarely seen in public without a male companion. These shoes are restricting, tightly buttoned or laced — much like the lives of the women who wore these shoes and didn’t have a lot of freedom.””},{“_id”:”4H4UO77YTFBRNEYGIGU6R5YTLQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1614214883511},”type”:”text”,”content”:”In contrast, the shoes on display from the ’60s and ’70s reveal how much more freedom women had gained. “These shoes — like platform shoes — elevate women,” Glasscock says. “Unlike the Victorian era when, heaven forbid, you should see a woman’s ankle, there are see-through shoes that bare all!””},{“owner”:{“sponsored”:false,”id”:”coxohio”},”address”:{},”syndication”:{},”caption”:”Curator Ann Glasscock installs shoes for “Walk This Way,” the current exhibit at the Taft Museum of Art. 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They are absolutely wonderful.””},{“_id”:”OY6ICCZBYFCC5EN3OOPC7IA4IY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1614214883513},”type”:”text”,”content”:”As the floor-length gowns of the late 1800s gradually gave way to the shorter skirts and slim silhouettes of the Jazz Age, women’s feet became a new focal point. Dance halls flourished, and manufacturers produced intricately beaded evening shoes with buttoned straps that kept shoes secure while women danced the tango or the Charleston.”},{“_id”:”4MULZOLMHFEKRJCYRECVP3UBNI”,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:”CPYFUBM3SZFININQQHVJVYSTIM”},”type”:”interstitial_link”,”content”:”Daytonian of the Week: Beth Mann is all For Love of Children”,”url”:”https://www.dayton.com/what-to-love/daytonianoftheweek/daytonian-of-the-week-beth-mann-is-all-for-love-of-children/KACYBVEPSRF45JVC55UJOREJWU/”},{“_id”:”CZI3VEMX7NG7XAOT5FO52KUZBY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:50,”comment”:”has “}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1614214883514},”type”:”text”,”content”:”You’ll view shoes from the fashion industry which partnered with Hollywood to create custom shoes for motion pictures and celebrities, inspiring consumers to purchase similar styles to emulate their film idols. One example is Salvatore Ferragamo’s 1950s heels with handmade needlepoint lace designed for Italian actress Sophia Loren. Another is a pair of translucent pink shoes that belonged to Ginger Rogers who partnered with Fred Astaire in 10 Depression-era romantic musicals.”},{“owner”:{“sponsored”:false,”id”:”coxohio”},”address”:{},”syndication”:{},”caption”:”Salvatore Ferragamo (1898–1960), designer, Madonna Sandals, about 1954–55, Florence, Italy, kid leather, Tavarnelle needlepoint lace, embroidery, and beads, Stuart Weitzman Collection, no. 57. Photo credit: Glenn Castellano, New-York Historical Society”,”source”:{“system”:”photo center”,”edit_url”:”https://coxohio.arcpublishing.com/photo/Z5M3Q43RGZGHTGLMVBCEEAXEZU”,”additional_properties”:{“editor”:”photo center”}},”taxonomy”:{“associated_tasks”:[]},”type”:”image”,”version”:”0.10.3″,”url”:”https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/coxohio/Z5M3Q43RGZGHTGLMVBCEEAXEZU.jpg”,”licensable”:false,”credits”:{“affiliation”:[]},”subtitle”:”Walk This Way”,”width”:1430,”_id”:”Z5M3Q43RGZGHTGLMVBCEEAXEZU”,”additional_properties”:{“fullSizeResizeUrl”:”/photo/resize/JCPJe_cbpSQfyWIvTUheJiLpTyQ=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-coxohio/public/Z5M3Q43RGZGHTGLMVBCEEAXEZU.jpg”,”owner”:”[email protected]”,”comments”:[],”proxyUrl”:”/photo/resize/JCPJe_cbpSQfyWIvTUheJiLpTyQ=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-coxohio/public/Z5M3Q43RGZGHTGLMVBCEEAXEZU.jpg”,”originalUrl”:”https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/coxohio/Z5M3Q43RGZGHTGLMVBCEEAXEZU.jpg”,”published”:true,”resizeUrl”:”http://thumbor-prod-us-east-1.photo.aws.arc.pub/JCPJe_cbpSQfyWIvTUheJiLpTyQ=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-coxohio/public/Z5M3Q43RGZGHTGLMVBCEEAXEZU.jpg”,”ingestionMethod”:”manual”,”thumbnailResizeUrl”:”/resizer/jeo-OlmMTUG9_kmPEQrrMYUr6H0=/300×0/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-coxohio/public/Z5M3Q43RGZGHTGLMVBCEEAXEZU.jpg”,”version”:0,”originalName”:”madonnashoes.jpg”,”mime_type”:”image/jpeg”,”restricted”:false,”template_id”:623,”galleries”:[],”_id”:”XEGTOZHQ7RGR3FGE7CI76NGZ24″},”created_date”:”2021-02-25T02:22:01Z”,”last_updated_date”:”2021-02-25T02:22:01Z”,”height”:923,”image_type”:”photograph”},{“_id”:”ZIBV7V5N45GRVIXL264RT7QHCE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:67,”comment”:”made”}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1614214883515},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The shoes on display were originally made in America or Europe and intended to be worn. The dawn of department stores at the turn of the century created a place of leisure for affluent women and employment opportunities for working women, so retailers began to compete for customers with colorful advertisements and celebrity endorsements. Stores like Saks Fifth Avenue offered glamorous shoes, like red velvet and gold T-strap pumps or peep-toe mules with clear Lucite heels.”},{“_id”:”B6NEMJBINNFSXLPM3TSVAOWBLA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1614214883516},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Glasscock is hoping many will take advantage of the unique exhibit. ” I think people are itching to get back out and the Taft is a safe place to go,” she says. “Looking at beautiful objects and art is something people need right now.””},{“_id”:”WH4JWEJVLVCWVF5WRM5VRKLJ3Q”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1614214883517},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Other attractions”},{“list_type”:”unordered”,”_id”:”SGQPUTN7ZVHCVLWZSF2HQC7XW4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[]},”type”:”list”,”items”:[{“_id”:”JFP6GPXTRREGBO2O43AVB2Y57U”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[]},”block_properties”:{},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Did you know that shoemaking was an important part of the Queen City’s history? The show explores the process of shoemaking, examining shoe production and the role of women in the footwear field — one of the first industries to embrace large-scale mechanization. By 1850, shoemaking was America’s second-largest industry after agriculture and by the end of the century, Cincinnati had become one of the largest manufacturing sites. In the early 1900s, when women made up less than 20 percent of the total industrial workforce, one-third of the workers in shoe factories were women. Women became active in trade unions.”},{“_id”:”5PVDD7DJN5CUXOJAH2KJDD4MY4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[]},”block_properties”:{},”type”:”text”,”content”:”On view are three shoe designs by finalists in the Stuart Weitzman Footwear Design competition, submitted by New York metro-area high school students in the categories of socially conscious fashion or material innovation.”},{“_id”:”S22YCRAHMZERHIE35RSUZ7RUEM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[]},”block_properties”:{},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The show also includes several items from the New York Historical Society’s collection, such as a pair of pumps by Mabel Julianelli, considered “America’s No. 1 shoe designer for women” in 1940, and a pair of red high-heeled boots from the hit Broadway musical “Kinky Boots.””},{“_id”:”5X5IDEIRJBGP3EC57ARKQGCRRM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[]},”block_properties”:{},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The Museum Shop at the Taft is always filled with lovely gifts. In addition to the illustrated exhibit catalog, the shop is stocking shoe Christmas ornaments, Walk This Way mugs, shoe puzzles and adult coloring books, hats and scarves.”}]},{“_id”:”JWXDQUBY5FA6RBNSK7S474WKXU”,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:”APNFMR5IKJCRNBOVYNGTJQM7XA”},”type”:”divider”},{“_id”:”BEWHKKF25FB6NIRIZRCOBNPUOU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1614214883520},”type”:”text”,”content”:”HOW TO GO”},{“_id”:”WWIM5BXX7JHP5GUCH2W3GAHJ7Y”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1614214883521},”type”:”text”,”content”:”What: “Walk This Way,” Footwear from the Stuart Weitzman Collection of Historic Shoes. Organized by the New York Historical Society.”},{“_id”:”3XIV3YWUU5FRPFBRH7NCEBJMU4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1614214883522},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Where: Taft Museum of Art, 316 Pike St., Cincinnati”},{“_id”:”GFJPGHOGKZHDPMZEO5HZLN2UO4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1614214883523},”type”:”text”,”content”:”When: Through June 6. The Museum is open on Friday, Saturday and Sunday with special hours for vulnerable guests. On Fridays, vulnerable guests are admitted from 11 a.m. to noon and general admission is from noon to 4 p.m. On Saturdays, vulnerable guests are admitted from 11 a.m. to noon with general visitors admitted from noon to 5 p.m. a.m. On Sundays, the museum is open to the general public from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.”},{“_id”:”CLWS4SRHKBAJVEJARRRWOKTGWA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1614214883524},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Tickets: Timed tickets are required and available online. Adults are $10, seniors $8, free for youth, active military and members. (Those who have a Dayton Art Institute membership at the $150 or above level have reciprocal membership at Taft.)”},{“_id”:”AC4G3EFTW5GMJDR7LDRQEGB5XE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:14,”comment”:”Can’t make it to the museum? “}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1614214883525},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Virtual tour: Take a 30-minute docent-led virtual tour online starting at noon on select Wednesdays. These tours require advance registration and are $5 for non-members, free for members.”},{“_id”:”FGSE4E77URCUDBFSXH3FBGYG4I”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:34,”comment”:”virtual “}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1614214883526},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Virtual talk: An hour-long online talk with Stuart and Jane Weitzman is slated for 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 4. The couple will share personal stories of the shoes displayed in the exhibition. The event is $5 for non-members, free for members.”},{“_id”:”I66TYDDHGFEV7IA5N5AJOX2I6A”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1614214883527},”type”:”text”,”content”:”More info: www.taftmuseum.org”}],”display_date”:”2021-03-04T13:57:00.001Z”,”headlines”:{“basic”:”WORTH THE DRIVE: 100 pairs of shoes — with fascinating stories — on exhibit in Cincinnati”},”first_publish_date”:”2021-03-04T13:57:00.984Z”,”taxonomy”:{“sections”:[{“path”:”/lifestyles”,”parent”:{“default”:”https://www.daytondailynews.com/”},”_website”:”dayton-daily-news”,”parent_id”:”https://www.daytondailynews.com/”,”name”:”Lifestyles”,”description”:””,”_id”:”/lifestyles”,”additional_properties”:{“original”:{“parent”:{“default”:”https://www.daytondailynews.com/”,”SectionMap”:”https://www.daytondailynews.com/”,”TopNav”:”https://www.daytondailynews.com/”,”ComposerNav”:”https://www.daytondailynews.com/”},”site”:{“section_comments_enabled”:”Yes”,”site_description”:””,”site_title”:”Home & Garden, Pets, 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The Adventure Speaker Series finale brings the return of Dale “Greybeard” Sanders to the virtual stage. Sanders will share his latest accomplishment of setting another Guinness World Record. In October, at 85, Sanders became the oldest person to complete the Rim-to-Rim-to-Rim trail in Grand Canyon National Park. Hear about the challenges and rewards he experienced and what motivated this lifelong adventurer to attempt this grueling expedition. Sanders is the recipient of many awards, including the acclaimed 2016 Canoe and Kayak Magazine’s Spirit of Adventure Award. 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But she had been left forever changed by the cancer diagnosis.”},{“_id”:”WZBU33WLS5AKRNLRIE2RFVTW2E”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1613964350946},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“Because my husband worked for World Vision International, I knew there were many children around the world in need of basic food, medicine and even water,” Mikov said. “I had to find a way to help.””},{“owner”:{“sponsored”:false,”id”:”coxohio”},”address”:{},”syndication”:{},”caption”:”Narcisa Mikov of Miamisburg is the executive director of RipplAffect, a local nonprofit dedicated to ensuring all people across the globe have access to clean drinking water. She is shown in Kenya carrying water with local children. 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Sawyer, that was manufacturing a system that fit the bill. Water could be filtered in a bucket and be ready to drink in minutes.”},{“_id”:”XUJY3KL3EZA5JMNI5B3IPQU2OY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1613964350953},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“Each filter can support a family unit of five to eight people for many years,” Mikov said. “Haiti was first, but we realized there are a few countries in the world where clean water is a constant need.””},{“_id”:”3QUIWOENVZCTLHCQJUZK72236Y”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1613964350954},”type”:”text”,”content”:”In 2018, Mikov and her daughter, Nicole, who attends Spring Valley Academy, traveled to Kenya in east Africa with other students and teachers from the school. 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From small villages of a few hundred people to more than 4,000, RipplAffect has changed the trajectory of lives. The organization has distributed filters to people in countries like Kenya, Haiti, Yemen and Uganda. The all-volunteer group has also stepped up after hurricanes devasted areas of the United States, in Louisiana and in Puerto Rico.”},{“_id”:”MFSKINIK5ZFSZBRLIENRFK3X5U”,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:”LURFPHWGJNCHRCRJUPP2L7UGLM”},”type”:”interstitial_link”,”content”:”New state park in Greene County to honor Tecumseh and ‘a major piece of history’”,”url”:”https://www.dayton.com/news/new-state-park-to-be-created-in-greene-county-honoring-tecumseh/SPT7XIQLDJBLJAYOF6X7SN3C44/”},{“_id”:”PBDYKP5J4RFQXMZSF4ZBSZ7QWU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1613964350963},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“We are so excited to have won a $50,000 grant through the Sawyer Foundation,” Mikov said. “We also raised another $50,000 in our own community. 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People need to be educated about not only the proper use of filters, but also about the importance of always drinking clean water and how it relates to staying healthy.”},{“_id”:”BUPRTKCI3FC2FE52GCYBIKTXBY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1613964350965},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“What is key for our current and potential supporters to realize is the fact that no matter how daunting and complex these issues are, every action or contribution amounts to a real difference,” Mikov said. “We know and have the solutions to most of these issues, but what remains is having the good will and genuine compassion in our hearts to act, be an agent of change and to do so practically.””},{“_id”:”RWDDQBOH7RD2DI6DDTAJ3P7YRM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1613964350966},”type”:”text”,”content”:”For more information, visit www.ripplaffect.org.”},{“_id”:”C4AGEUF635C3BGGC7VPM5JLGRI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1614099552461},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Contact this contributing writer at [email protected].”}],”display_date”:”2021-02-26T23:54:02.701Z”,”headlines”:{“basic”:”RipplAffect: Miamisburg woman’s nonprofit helps people around the world get clean drinking water”},”first_publish_date”:”2021-02-26T23:54:06.112Z”,”taxonomy”:{“sections”:[{“path”:”/what-to-know”,”parent”:{“default”:”https://www.daytondailynews.com/”},”_website”:”dayton”,”parent_id”:”https://www.daytondailynews.com/”,”name”:”What to Know”,”description”:””,”_id”:”/what-to-know”,”additional_properties”:{“original”:{“parent”:{“default”:”https://www.daytondailynews.com/”,”BottomNav”:null,”SectionMap”:”https://www.daytondailynews.com/”,”TopNav”:”https://www.daytondailynews.com/”,”ComposerNav”:”https://www.daytondailynews.com/”},”site”:{“section_comments_enabled”:”Yes”,”site_description”:””,”site_title”:”What to Know | Latest new in Dayton”},”navigation”:{“nav_title”:”What to Know”},”inactive”:false,”node_type”:”section”,”_website”:”dayton”,”name”:”What to Know”,”_id”:”/what-to-know”,”ancestors”:{“default”:[“https://www.daytondailynews.com/”],”BottomNav”:[],”SectionMap”:[“https://www.daytondailynews.com/”],”TopNav”:[“https://www.daytondailynews.com/”]},”order”:{“TopNav”:1001}}},”_website_section_id”:”dayton./what-to-know”,”type”:”section”,”version”:”0.6.0″},{“path”:”/lifestyles”,”parent”:{“default”:”https://www.daytondailynews.com/”},”_website”:”dayton-daily-news”,”parent_id”:”https://www.daytondailynews.com/”,”name”:”Lifestyles”,”description”:””,”_id”:”/lifestyles”,”additional_properties”:{“original”:{“parent”:{“default”:”https://www.daytondailynews.com/”,”SectionMap”:”https://www.daytondailynews.com/”,”TopNav”:”https://www.daytondailynews.com/”,”ComposerNav”:”https://www.daytondailynews.com/”},”site”:{“section_comments_enabled”:”Yes”,”site_description”:””,”site_title”:”Home & Garden, Pets, Travel & More | Lifestyles News”},”navigation”:{“nav_title”:”Life”},”inactive”:false,”node_type”:”section”,”_website”:”dayton-daily-news”,”name”:”Lifestyles”,”_id”:”/lifestyles”,”ancestors”:{“default”:[“https://www.daytondailynews.com/”],”SectionMap”:[“https://www.daytondailynews.com/”],”TopNav”:[“https://www.daytondailynews.com/”]},”order”:{“default”:1045,”SectionMap”:1045,”TopNav”:1007}}},”_website_section_id”:”dayton-daily-news./lifestyles”,”type”:”section”,”version”:”0.6.0″},{“path”:”/lifestyles”,”parent”:{“default”:”https://www.daytondailynews.com/”},”_website”:”dayton-daily-news”,”parent_id”:”https://www.daytondailynews.com/”,”name”:”Lifestyles”,”description”:””,”_id”:”/lifestyles”,”additional_properties”:{“original”:{“parent”:{“default”:”https://www.daytondailynews.com/”,”SectionMap”:”https://www.daytondailynews.com/”,”TopNav”:”https://www.daytondailynews.com/”,”ComposerNav”:”https://www.daytondailynews.com/”},”site”:{“section_comments_enabled”:”Yes”,”site_description”:””,”site_title”:”Home & Garden, Pets, Travel & More | Lifestyles News”},”navigation”:{“nav_title”:”Life”},”inactive”:false,”node_type”:”section”,”_website”:”dayton-daily-news”,”name”:”Lifestyles”,”_id”:”/lifestyles”,”ancestors”:{“default”:[“https://www.daytondailynews.com/”],”SectionMap”:[“https://www.daytondailynews.com/”],”TopNav”:[“https://www.daytondailynews.com/”]},”order”:{“default”:1045,”SectionMap”:1045,”TopNav”:1007}}},”_website_section_id”:”dayton-daily-news./lifestyles”,”type”:”section”,”version”:”0.6.0″}],”primary_section”:{“path”:”/lifestyles”,”name”:”Lifestyles”},”tags”:[{“text”:”verticals_lifestyles”},{“text”:”dcom_app”},{“text”:”whattoknow”}]},”label”:{“custom_label”:{“display”:true,”text”:”PERSONAL JOURNEY”}},”type”:”story”,”last_updated_date”:”2021-02-26T23:54:06.406Z”,”canonical_url”:”/lifestyles/ripplaffect-miamisburg-womans-nonprofit-helps-people-around-the-world-get-clean-drinking-water/DEZ5HLNCBNHP3OD5OQHMV7LIQI/”,”promo_items”:{“basic”:{“credits”:{“affiliation”:[]},”subtitle”:”RipplAffect”,”width”:1500,”caption”:”Narcisa Mikov (in blue) with villagers in Kenya. 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