LOVELAND, OH (FOX19) - The Loveland Symmes Fire Department is offering a Citizens Fire Academy starting March 21, 2012. Adults in and around the Loveland/Symmes community are welcome to attend this free program.

The program is designed to be a fun and educational way to learn about activities that firefighters and paramedics are expected to do while on the job.  Participants will see demonstrations and be involved in hands-on training such as hose and ladder operations, use of firefighting equipment, visit the 9-1-1 dispatch center, as well as the ability to see the vehicles and other equipment up close-all in a safe and controlled environment.

The program will be held in the form of a total of 6 meetings and will be held in the evening from 7 to 9 p.m. every other week.

To learn more or to register for the fire academy, go to http://lsfd.org and click on “Volunteer”, or call 583-3001 x- 4.

SYCAMORE TOWNSHIP, OH (FOX19) - Nearly 1,000 Sycamore High School students and adult family members (parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc.) will encounter the Cat in the Hat, the Grinch, Thidwick and some Whos during the annual Odd Couples Ball, a dinner and dance where students invite a parent or a favorite adult as their date. 

Following a Dr. Seuss theme, the Ball on March 10 will begin with PTO volunteers transforming the high school into Seussamore, an imaginary city that combines elements from Sycamore and Seussville, to create a magical place for students and their dates to make lasting memories. Parent volunteers have been working since last summer to construct decorations.

Prior to the dance, guests will enjoy hors d’oeuvres, followed by a catered meal.  Then couples will dance to the music of the ReBops, a band composed of community members and Sycamore teachers. 

CINCINNATI (FOX19) -- Frisch's Big Boy Restaurants are serving up two special sandwiches – a shrimp po'boy and a clam strip po'boy, beginning Ash Wednesday (the 22nd) and running through the 47-day Lenten season that concludes on Easter Sunday, April 8. The special po'boy offerings compliment Frisch's ever-popular fish sandwich.

The beer-battered shrimp and clam strip po'boys are reminiscent of similar New Orleans-style sandwiches. Served on a Frisch's-made crusty long roll, the po'boy sandwiches are served with a spicy remoulade sauce and shredded lettuce, all topped with slices of tomato for $5.50 each.

The classic fish sandwich is Frisch's best-selling sandwich year round, second only to the restaurant chain's classic Big Boy double-decker hamburger.