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Sue Kiesewetter reports:

Each group consists of five members and two alternate members. All members are appointed by the Liberty Township Board of Trustees. Both groups meet at the township’s administrative offices.

The zoning commission hears cases related to zone change requests and planned unit developments. It also decides zoning map and code amendments and reviews site plans.

It meets at 7 p.m. on the first Monday of the month.

The board of zoning appeals has five members and two alternate members. It hears and decides cases related to variances of the code, conditional uses and appeals of zoning decisions.

The group also interprets the townships zoning code and map. It meets at 7 p.m. on the second Tuesday of the month.

Those interested in serving as either a member or alternate member of either board, should email, fax, or mail a cover letter and resume to Jonathan West, director of planning and zoning, 6400 Princeton Road, Liberty Township, OH 45011, jwest@liberty-township.com, or 513-759-7501.

Resumes and cover letters are due at noon, Oct. 5. Appointments will be made in late November or early December and will take effect immediately.

There are two open spots to fill unexpired terms.

For more information, call 513-759-7500.

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According to his friends in the community and in the legal field, A. Christian Worrell III never liked getting special attention.

Chris Worrell. Photo provided.

However, when someone affects everyone around him – special attention can be hard to avoid.

Worrell will again be in the minds of many of those closest to him, as a large gathering is expected to pay their respects during a public funeral at the Isaac M. Wise Center, 8329 Ridge Road, Amberley Village, at 2 p.m. Tuesday.

“He was very humble. He was someone who was always about other people and never about himself,” said Joe Hinson, CEO and president of the West Chester ▪ Liberty Chamber Alliance. “He cared a lot about his family and also a lot about the organizations he was involved with. He was very passionate about those things.”

When Hinson urged Worrell to be featured or honored by the Chamber, the Graydon Head law firm partner would sigh. Instead of the deserved recognition, Worrell would much rather brag about his children – daughter Devon and son Benjamin.

“They (Worrell and Benjamin) were the best of buds,” Graydon Head attorney Robin Miller said. “When he would come home from college, everything else went by the wayside. That was his and Ben’s time.”

During Ben’s time, the two would go out shooting firearms, watch UFC fights and microbrew their own beer. Those were just a few of Worrell’s hobbies that also included the outdoors, motorcycles, skiing, teaching tae kwon do and collecting guitars.

On the other hand, when it wasn’t “Ben’s time,” Worrell and his wife, Stephanie, visited their daughter in Seattle. The couple recently bought second home in Washington State in order to be closer.

With co-workers and friends back in West Chester, he would share photos of their new Seattle home and boast about his daughter on being able to climb to the base camp at Mount Everest and after she was hired by Microsoft.

“Those who know Chris, you saw how much he loved his family,” Graydon Head attorney Scott Jones said. “He would always come into the office talking about his kids.

“With Stephanie, they had the type of relationship where if you were in the room with them for more than three minutes you could just how much they loved each other. For me, that was very inspiring to see how he was as a father and a husband.” (more…)

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A. Christian Worrell III of Liberty Township was responsible for the Graydon Head Legal Counsel Butler/Warren Office and was a member of countless local committees, but was best known among his co-workers for always having a hobby.

Chris Worrell. Photo provided.

“Outside of the office, he always had a hobby whether that was riding motorcycles, skiing, teaching taekwondo or collecting guitars,” said Tom Prewitt, executive committee chair of Graydon Head.

Worrell also loved the outdoors, once spending a week on a glacier in Alaska and hiking the Himalayas in Nepal.

Just prior to passing away, Worrell was traveling to Seattle Wednesday to visit his daughter when he suffered a medical emergency inflight. Upon landing, he was unconscious and taken to the hospital where he died Thursday after recently turning 60 years old.

“This was a really tragic, sadden, unexpected loss,” Prewitt said.

“He has been a great part of our firm, our community and he will be missed dearly.”

In the community, Worrell was a leader and at one time was the chair of all of the following groups – Butler County United Way Board of Trustees, West Chester Liberty Chamber Alliance Board, Liberty Township Joint Economic Development District, Liberty Township Board of Zoning Appeals, Partners in Prime and the West Chester Township Park Committee.

“He leaves a very long and wide shadow in the Butler and Warren area. We have seen that through everyone contacting us throughout the community,” said Richard La Jeunesse, partner at Graydon Head. “It has been touching.”

Word is quickly spreading about Worrell’s death in the community that he was so heavily involved in and many are expected to attend his funeral, which is open to the public, at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Isaac M. Wise Center, 8329 Ridge Road.

Worrell leaves behind his wife Stephanie, his son Benjamin, his daughter Devon and his son-in-law Noah, as well as a brother, a sister, numerous clients, co-workers and countless friends.

“He had a wonderful life to celebrate, many accomplishments and great relationships,” La Jeunesse said.

“He was a very adventuresome and wonderful individual, colleague and friend.”

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