Judge Gwen Bender

Thank you to everyone for attending my campaign event this past Thursday. I am honored to have so many people willing to give up their evening to help us celebrate, and gear up for this campaign season!

Happy to have hosted a Hamilton County Girl Scout troop Friday afternoon. They visited a few different court rooms and our Court Clerk. This group of young ladies were smart and focused as they worked on completing a badge.
We love working with students-feel free to call the Court Room if you would like to have a group of students come to visit. I'm also happy to visit in school as well! Call my court room to make arrangements at 513.946.5143.

For those headed to the Hamilton County Courthouse Monday January 6…The Courthouse will be closed tomorrow due to the weather, but criminal arriagnments in Room A will still be held. All other matters will be rescheduled. Contact the court room, your attorney or prosecutor for the new date.

Great afternoon supporting Madi’s House and its awesome program of support for young women overcoming substance abuse and living with mental health issues. The Raleigh family wraps their arms and hearts around this organization!

The hardest part of getting ready for the Delhi Business Association Christmas Parade? Trying not to eat the fruit snacks and Nerds gummy clusters when I’m stuffing our bags !

So much of my holiday shopping is online these days, so I try to make sure the delivery drivers mail services know how much we appreciate their efforts!

Today at 4pm I began my week as duty Judge. For duty week, I'm on call 24 hours a day for the next 7 days. I will review and set bonds for anyone that's arrested, will review search warrants for all Hamilton County police departments, and will perform marriage ceremonies at the Court House. Its a long, hectic week, but I usually enjoy it.This time, however, I just realized it's a full moon. For those of you that work with the public...you know what that means! Please pray for a cold, driving rain for the next 24 hours....That's the best weather to keep people inside and crime free!

Cleaning day! Taking advantage of a vacation day to spruce up my court room. Any tips on how to clean my dry erase board? It gets a lot of use and the eraser just doesn’t work.

I've been involved with the Green Township Police Citizens Academy for years-it's a great group of people, dedicated to helping the Green Township Police Department in a variety of ways. I always stop by and drop off toys and a donation for this event. They are helping Green Township families a bit this Christmas. Hope to see you at the Meijer store December 7th!

We will once again be doing our CRAM A CRUISER Christmas food & toy drive! We will collect items during our Toy's, Tot's, & Cop's event at Dent Meijer on Saturday, December 7th. 8am to noon. All items will go to local needy families. Please stop by! you can visit Santa and the Grinch!

We spent a part of today recognizing the service and sacrifice of Veterans and their families from Delhi Township. The Delhi Veterans Day Celebration moved indoors to beat the rainy weather and had a sizeable crowd on hand! Keynote speaker Scott Crowley gave a moving speech, and 12 names were added to the Wall of Names. Happy to hear the Delhi Township Trustees stepped up and helped facilitate an indoor ceremony for the Vets and families.

Great evening at a cookie decorating class at Java Jackets with Julie McCoyObviously, I’m not artistic, but Julie and I are s l o w l y improving!

Do you have a “standing plan” every weekend? We do! Lunch or breakfast out somewhere. Saturday’s plan was standard-lunch at Price Hill Chili. This is on rotation, at least every other weekend. PHC has great food, and we usually can catch up with friends dropping in before/after kids’ Saturday sports. Where do you make plans every weekend?