CHCA Eagle's Eye 2014
Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy Eagles Eye 2014
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alumni<br />
Class notes<br />
36<br />
Class of 1996<br />
Isaac Gould and his wife Christy celebrated<br />
the birth of their fourth son, Toby on January<br />
6, <strong>2014</strong> and Isaac’s ordination in the<br />
Evangelical Presbyterian Church on March<br />
23, <strong>2014</strong>. His brother, Aaron Gould ’95 visited<br />
from Washington state for the ordination<br />
service. Isaac currently serves as the<br />
assistant pastor of Evangelical Community<br />
Church in Cincinnati. Their other children<br />
are Levi (5 years old), Owen (3½ years old),<br />
and Silas (2 years old).<br />
Class of 1997<br />
Katie Robinson<br />
Smith and husband,<br />
Jeremy answered<br />
God’s call<br />
to foster children.<br />
Aubreigh came<br />
to them in November<br />
of 2011<br />
as a two-week<br />
old infant attached<br />
to oxygen<br />
and a monitor<br />
for about three months. Immediately, they<br />
knew they wanted to adopt and after many<br />
bumps in the road with her birth parents<br />
drifting in and out of the process, they were<br />
able to formally adopt her on April 1, <strong>2014</strong>.<br />
Nick came to them from another family as<br />
a 4-year old in 2012 and they adopted him<br />
last summer. Katie is a stay-at-home mom<br />
and Jeremy is a Cincinnati firefighter. They<br />
reside in Anderson, Ohio.<br />
Class of 1999<br />
Samuel Schottenstein is developing his<br />
own company called Scholar Compass. His<br />
company is designed to help students find<br />
scholarships and assists them with getting<br />
into college. Scholar Compass has been<br />
featured in Cincinnati Magazine, as well as<br />
being the cover story for the Annual School<br />
Guide. Recently, his company hosted a joint<br />
conference with Star 93.3 and Indiana Wesleyan<br />
University.<br />
Class of 2000<br />
Karen Hewitt<br />
graduated from the<br />
Ohio State University<br />
receiving her<br />
M.A. in Educational<br />
Administration<br />
on May 4, <strong>2014</strong>.<br />
She is currently<br />
working with Ohio<br />
Girls Basketball<br />
Report as a consultant.<br />
She is also<br />
looking to work in Human Resources or administration<br />
moving forward.<br />
Kourtney Klendworth is on staff with<br />
OceanPointe Christian Church, a brand<br />
new church plant that launched on April 6,<br />
<strong>2014</strong>! She hosted eight visiting churches and<br />
college groups this spring as they came to<br />
serve their brand new church. She’s the tech<br />
producer on Sundays, oversees their missions<br />
and summer intern programs, among<br />
other administrative duties. Kourtney is<br />
currently living in Newport, Rhode Island.<br />
Chris Koenig and his wife Sarah welcomed<br />
their second son, Henry Christopher, on June<br />
12, <strong>2014</strong>. Chris currently works for the Ohio<br />
State University in New Ventures - which<br />
commercialize world-class research through<br />
start-up companies, entrepreneurs, and capital.<br />
They also have 2 year-old son Jack. Both<br />
Chris and Sarah will be busy this summer<br />
running their Ohiolina Music Festival which<br />
celebrates the music and culture of Ohio and<br />
North Carolina. For more info: ohiolina.com<br />
Chad Leland<br />
and his wife, Allison<br />
welcomed<br />
Aurora “Rory”<br />
Jane into their<br />
lives last winter<br />
and she has<br />
changed their<br />
lives in every<br />
way. “Being a<br />
dad is amazing!”<br />
Chad will be starting his 8th season as the<br />
head coach of the <strong>CHCA</strong> middle school<br />
football team this summer. “Coaching,<br />
working and family leave little time for anything<br />
else. But God has blessed us and we<br />
are passionately pursuing Him!”<br />
Michelle Pembaur<br />
is engaged<br />
to be married in<br />
July, <strong>2014</strong> to Michael<br />
Pater. Michael<br />
is one of<br />
eleven children,<br />
so between wedding<br />
planning,<br />
work and family<br />
events, there has<br />
not been much time for anything else. After<br />
their honeymoon in Hawaii, they will be living<br />
in the Kenwood area.<br />
Casey Sutherly<br />
Purnhagen and<br />
her husband, Brad<br />
will celebrate seven<br />
years of marriage<br />
on September 1.<br />
Casey says “I am<br />
awed at how God<br />
has blessed us, as<br />
partners and parents.” She stays very busy<br />
with her most important job- raising two<br />
world-changers. Her son Tommy will be 3<br />
years old in August and her daughter Penny<br />
will be a 1 year old in August. “Parenting<br />
provides me the clearest picture of the perfect<br />
love He has for us, and there’s nothing<br />
like it to teach me how absolutely dependent<br />
I am on Him!”<br />
Shana Stull<br />
got engaged<br />
on November<br />
16, 2013 to Dan<br />
Eling and they<br />
were married<br />
on June 21,<br />
<strong>2014</strong>. They held<br />
their ceremony<br />
at the Chapel at<br />
Crossroads Church in Oakley with a reception<br />
at Maketewah Country Club. Dan is a<br />
doctor of physical therapy, and Shana and<br />
Dan met because Shana had a knee injury<br />
in 2011 and was referred to his clinic. After<br />
knowing each other for about a year and a<br />
half, they started dating, and the rest is history!<br />
“Dan is the most kind, gentle and hilarious<br />
man I’ve ever met, and I can’t wait to<br />
spend the rest of my life with him.”
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