This letter is from the Loveland Valentines ladies to all the people who helped put together this year’s program! We come alongside them and thank everyone for making Loveland a special place to live!

There is Still LOVE in Loveland
This year, as is done every year, a breakfast was served at the Oasis Conference Center to celebrate a very special day, Valentine’s Day, and to introduce the 2013 Valentine Lady, Marge Henderson, and the designer of the 2013 Loveland Valentine card, Robin Moro. As part of the celebration, a quartet …

Loveland is a great place to live, but we have some cool traditions too. One of our favorite traditions is the Valentine Day Breakfast. The breakfast is put on by the Loveland Area Chamber of Commerce and is one of the few events they sponsor that it is openly encouraged for residents to attend. There’s always something special when you get the Valentines Ladies together and this year was no different.
The emcee was again, Pastor Bill Hounshell, who always does a wonderful job. He really does love the chance to …

The Loveland Valentine Ladies spend the first two weeks in a very familiar spot, the Post Office. The ladies spend those days stamping letters and valentines with the phrase “There is nothing in this world so sweet as love”. Have you purchased your Loveland Valentine cards yet this year? The ladies will be stamping from 10-4PM Monday through Thursday!

The Loveland Area Chamber of Commerce announces the 2013 Poetry Contest (25th annual). The deadline for submission is Friday January 18th, so don’t wait too long! It’s easy to enter and there are several categories!
The Valentine Committee requests simply that all poetry be related to love and Valentine’s Day. Winners, one in each category below, will be honored at the Loveland Area Chamber Valentine Breakfast, sponsored by the Oasis Conference Center, on February 14, 2013. In addition, the poetry will be submitted to the Loveland Herald for possible …

Use your imagination to dress, decorate and color our “Valentino” heart figure. Mail or bring to the Loveland Area Chamber of Commerce, 123 S. Second Street, Loveland, OH 45140. Winning entries will be posted on Cincinnati.com/loveland, and MAY be printed in the Loveland Herald.
Deadline is noon on Friday, January 18, 2013
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Hopefully, all of our readers had a great Christmas Holiday! Last week, we were sent a press release about the selection of the 2013 Valentine Lady. We feel like it should be a secret, so we held it to the day after Christmas.

Once again, it’s that time of year again! Loveland’s pride & joy is it’s Valentine Program. Loveland Area Chamber of Commerce is now taking entries Here are the details on who makes a good Valentine Lady and how to nominate her as well as information for the artists to enter a card design. Good Luck to our ladies & our artists!

Don’t miss the opportunity to compete in the Loveland Area Chamber of Commerce’s 25th Annual Valentine Card Design Contest. All Tri-State area artists, photographers, students, and interested persons are encouraged to participate by designing a card which pertains to love and Valentine’s Day, then attach the cachet bearing our signature slogan, “There is nothing in this world so sweet as love”, and submit the original artwork to the Loveland Area Chamber of Commerce.
The deadline is November 16, but don’t wait until the last minute and be caught …

Send your Valentines stamped with a romantic cachet and postmarked from Loveland, Ohio. Prepare your Valentines, affixing proper postage, addressee, and return address, and include them in a larger envelope addressed to:

The Valentine Lady
123 S. Second Street
Loveland, OH 45140

All of the Valentine Ladies, past and present, members of the Sweetheart Court, and Loveland Area Chamber of Commerce members, will affix the special cachet bearing our signature slogan, “There is nothing in this world so sweet as love.” After the special cachet is stamped upon the Valentine envelopes, they will be …

Loveland, as the Sweetheart of Ohio, has a tradition each year of selecting a wonderful lady who represents our town, not for a year, but for the rest of her life. We have had a chance to get to know some of these women over the years and we are thrilled to call them our friends. The ladies are a goodwill gift to our city. Most have volunteered throughout their lives to try to make Loveland a hospitable and enjoyable place to live and work. They spend time at the …