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INDEPENDENCE — Independ-ence is considering nixing pri-mary elections.

“Our thought is that (pri-mary elections are) really notnecessary,” Mayor Chris Rei-nersman said. Participatingonly in the general election, hesaid, is also going to save oncosts for the Kenton CountyClerk’s Office.

The issue came to light Jan 1,when the state legislature’s de-cision to change the classifica-tion of cities went into effect.The new system replaced one inwhich cities were divided intosix classes based on population.Before in Kenton County, Co-vington was a second-class city.Erlanger and Independencewere third-class cities. Underthe new law, they are in thehome rule class. While in thisclassification, the previousmandatory primary election isnow an option for these cities,according to Kenton CountyClerk Gabrielle Summe.

“Although, I don’t have a spe-cific number to give as far ascosts, the advantage of not hav-ing a primary will affect thenumber of ballots I order and

paper is expensive,” Summesaid. The number of ballots sheorders varies each election,which makes it nearly impossi-ble to have a good cost analysis,according to Summe.

Some other advantages ofnot having a primary, accordingto Reinersman, is less confusionand less clutter in the city.

“There was some confusionlast year over people thinkingthat the primary election for themayor was the final election,”he said. “Also, you always hearhow people are tired of lookingat signs every year.”

The bottom line and consen-sus among council, Reinersmansaid, was that a primary elec-tion is not really needed in Inde-pendence because there’s typi-cally not enough names on theballot. According to Summe, inorder for a primary to takeplace, there must be double plusone running for the amount ofopen seats. In Independence,for example, there are six seatson council, in order for there tobe a primary there must be 13candidates.

“Also, under the primarysystem, if you want to run in No-vember, then you have to file in

Independenceconsiders nixingprimary electionsMelissa [email protected]

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Kenton County Clerk of Courts Gabrielle Summe double-checkedcandidates’ nominating petitions just before last year’s primary deadline.

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EDGEWOOD — Standing to-gether.

That’s the only way to fightthe bullying epidemic that is sowidespread, according to Ken-ton County Sheriff’s DeputyJeremy Adams.

“We’ve all been told to ignorebullying and walk away, that’snot always possible to do and itdoesn’t solve the situation,” saidAdams, owner of the Independ-ence martial arts schoolCounterforce Self Defense.

“We need to teach our kidsand community how to create arelationship and bond so that wecan stand together against bul-

lying. Typically there’s just onebully, if we stand together andhave group support, you cannow have this one person facing20 and it diffuses the situation,”Adams said.

Through a partnership withCounterforce and the KentonCounty Sheriff’s Office, Adamswill present “Done with Bully-ing,” a free anti-bullying semi-nar for children ages 8 to 14 andtheir parents 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.Saturday, April 11, at the Edge-wood Senior Center.

Adams said he is proud tobring the “Done with Bullying”program to Kenton County forthe first time. The free programis aimed at teaching practicalstrategies for identifying and

dealing with bullying behaviorand how to “buddy” rather than“bully” others. Cyber-bullyingwill also be addressed, Adamssaid.

Children will be able to par-ticipate in role-playing scenari-os and other fun drills through-out the seminar. Also, some ba-sic self-defense skills and “ver-bal Judo” skills will be taught tothe children. Verbal Judo giveschildren power to de-escalatethe situation with words, ratherthan fists, Adams said.

“Bullying continues to be ahuge problem that many of ouryoung children are facing,” Ad-ams said. “I feel there is no bet-ter industry, than the martialarts community and law en-

forcement, to help bring an endto this problem.”

Sheriff Charles Korzenbornsaid he is pleased that his officeis sponsoring the free seminar.

“Our job is to protect andserve,” he said. “This is anotheravenue by which to do this.”

To sign up for the program,contact Michelle Frisch at 859-331-5910 or e-mail [email protected]. Theevent is limited to 50 Edgewoodresidents and a parent. Formore information on the pro-gram contact Jeremy Adams atCounterforce Self Defense at859-816-9983.

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Free anti-bullying class offered in EdgewoodMelissa [email protected]

THANKS TO JEREMY ADAMS

Jeremy Adams, right, pictured withCole Adams, is the owner ofCounterforce Self Defense and willbe hosting a free anti-bullyingseminar in Edgewood April 11.

PARK HILLS — Kelsey Such-er said she didn’t really pre-pare much on her own for theACT college entrance exam.

“I don’t think I even atebreakfast that morning,” the17-year-old Notre Dame Acad-emy junior said.

It was not fluke, however,that she received at perfectcomposite score of 36.

“I feel that what I’ve beenlearning here (at Notre DameAcademy) prepared me forthe test,” Sucher said. “Theteachers have been teachingme good critical thinking

skills. I love ev-erything aboutthis school. It’sfun to comehere every dayand see all myfavorite faces.Our theme thisyear is sister-hood and that’s

what we’re about, everyone issupportive of each other.”

Notre Dame Academy is aCatholic college preparatoryschool of nearly 600 studentslocated in Park Hills. The onlyall-girls school in NorthernKentucky, Notre Dame Acad-emy has embraced the missionof educating young women to

make a difference in theworld.

According to Sucher, this iswhy she is one of the few elitestudents across the nation toaccomplish this impressivefeat. Her accomplishment issignificant and rare. On aver-age, less than one-tenth of 1percent of all test takers earnsthe top score.

“Kelsey is truly a youngwoman making a difference inour school and in our world,”Academy president LauraKoehl said. “We are veryproud of Kelsey’s achieve-ment on the ACT and the posi-

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INDEPENDENCE — JackCummins of Independ-ence is concerned aboutthe future of Ky. 536 andthe impact it will have onhis community.

“I don’t like what largeroads have done to the ru-ral fabric of southern Ken-ton County,” the Independ-ence resident said. “Yousuddenly have rural farmland turning into subdivi-sions and strip malls. Idon’t want that for mycommunity. I don’t see aneed for this to travelfrom Boone to Campbell,that’s what we have 275for.”

Cummins, who livesalong Ky. 536, was one ofabout 150 in attendance atthe Ohio-Kentucky-Indi-ana Regional Council ofGovernments’ open houseat Simon Kenton HighSchool to discuss the fu-ture of the corridor. TheMarch 24 meeting was thefirst in a series of three tostart OKI’s Ky. 536 Scop-ing Study, which will iden-tify changes needed to im-prove safety.

The roadway is region-

ally recognized as a criti-cal roadway to improveaccess, mobility and eco-nomic vitality throughoutNorthern Kentucky, ac-cording to Robyn Ban-croft, the study’s projectmanager.

“Right now Interstate275 is the only east andwest connection for peo-ple,” she said. “Ky. 536 isthe corridor that formsthat east and west connec-tivity and it is critical forthe whole region. We needto move people and peopleneed to get safely to wherethey need to go. You can’tkeep dumping more andmore people on 275, peopleneed a different optiongetting around throughoutthe region.”

The 6.5-mile segmentof Ky. 536 under study isthe only remaining sectionof the entire corridor thatdoes not have a preferredalternative or improve-ment plan in place, Ban-croft said. This segmentwas left until last becauseof its fragmented connec-tions, drastic elevationchanges, poor sight lines,broad range of environ-mental factors, and, mostimportantly, extremelyhigh crash rates.

“This stretch of roadhas one of the region’shighest crash rates – morethan three times the state-wide average,” said Ken-ton County Judge-execu-tive Kris Knochelmann,

who also serves as secondvice president of the OKIboard of directors and pro-ject development teamchair for the study.

“It also has drastic ele-vation changes and poorsight lines which can maketravel through the areachallenging and hazard-ous to drivers, particular-ly in poor weather,” Kno-chelmann said. “It’s ourobligation to identify im-provements that will en-sure a continuous, effi-cient and safe flow of traf-fic across the Ky. 536 cor-ridor.”

Bill Ahearn, who livesjust outside of Independ-ence near Ky. 536, said he

is looking forward to thesafety improvements.

“I hope to see two lanesin each direction and may-be turning lanes,” he said.“I am glad that the publicis given the chance to giveinput, I hope they listen tous.”

His wife, KristyAhearn, agreed. “If youdon’t attend these kinds ofthings, you don’t have asay in the final outcome,”she said.

Independence resi-dents Charles and RosanLorentz have lived alongthe corridor for 18 years.

“We’re worried,” shesaid. “We’re worried aboutthe urban farm area be-

coming commercial andeven if the highwaydoesn’t take our house, it’sgoing to be inconvenientwith extra noise (fromtraffic).”

Charles Lortentz saidhe hates to see the area gofrom rural to a “big cityatmosphere.”

“Due to progress andfuture development it hasto happen,” he said. “Theroad is pretty dangerousas it is now, they need toget rid of the curves andblind spots, I just hate tosee the heavy traffic com-ing through.”

As far as homes andland being taken, Ban-croft, the project man-

ager, said that could be apart of the process.

“Chances are with theimprovements, the road-way will need morespace,” she said. “We don’thave a recommendationyet, but it is possible thatthere will be propertiesimpacted, I just don’tknow which ones or howmany right now. However,we want people to stay en-gaged in the project andlet us know if there’s a newhome that’s just been builtor if there’s a 100-year-oldfarm that we need to see ifthere’s any way we canavoid it. We have to worktogether.”

Bancroft said the nextpublic meeting will takeplace in the summer. In themeantime, she suggeststhose who could not makethis last meeting visitwww.oki.org/536 for infor-mation on the project, aswell as to give their input.

The scoping study be-gan in fall 2014 and willtake about 12 months tocomplete. This summer, aseries of conceptual alter-natives will be shared withthe public for review andfeedback. In the fall, a rec-ommendation for roadwayimprovements will be pre-sented. Construction tim-ing is dependent uponfunding availability, Ban-croft said.


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Bill and Kristy Ahearn look at a map of the Ky. 536 corridor on display during an open houseevent March 24.

Residents want‘rural fabric’ ofsouth KentonpreservedMelissa [email protected]

January,” Reinersmansaid. “For the generalelection, the deadline ismid-August. Not havingsuch an early deadline,could broaden the fieldand turn out more candi-dates, which is in the bestinterest of the city.”

Council will vote onthe matter during thenext regular councilmeeting scheduled for 7p.m. Monday, April 6.

According to Summe,Covington, with onlyfour commission seats,has decided to continuewith primary elections.

Erlanger Mayor Ty-son Hermes said the city,with a 12-member coun-cil, will continue to have

primary elections.“I don’t see any reason

why Erlanger would getrid of our primaries,” hesaid. “They have neitherserved as a hindrance ora gain to anyone. My gutsays that in Erlanger it’sa part of the electionprocess that doesn’t needto be changed.”


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tive impact she strives tohave in our community.”

In addition to her ex-ceptional score, Sucher isvery involved at NotreDame Academy and in thecommunity. The FortWright resident partici-pates in the school’s Sci-ence Research Programand is a member of the Na-tional Honor Society andthe National English Hon-or Society. Kelsey is also amember of NDA’s JuniorEngineering TechnicalSociety (JETS), PhysicsClub, Academic Team,French Club, and Inter-act. Kelsey tutors at theUrban Education Center,volunteers at Born Learn-ing Academy everymonth and helps with var-ious fundraisers andrecruitment events atNDA as well.

“I love knowing I’mhelping other people,” shesaid. “I hope that I can cul-tivate in them the love foreducation and school thatI have.”

Sucher’s favorite sub-jects are math and sci-ence. Subjects that aretypically male-dominatedfields, said NDA market-ing coordinator JaneKleier.

“Here at the academywe’re about empoweringour girls,” she said. “Mathand science are male-dominated fields, but Kel-sey is proof that they don’thave to be.”

Sucher said she’s notexactly sure what shewants to study in college,but that it will be some-thing in the math and sci-ence areas. Although, shehasn’t decided what col-lege she is going to attend,she said she’s excitedabout the opportunitiesthat her ACT score is go-ing to bring.

“I’m hoping this is go-ing to open up a lot of op-portunities for me in thefuture,” Sucher said.


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FORT WRIGHT — LindaHornsby loves how theJames A. Ramage CivilWar Museum brings his-tory to life.

“My favorite thingabout the museum iswhen families visit themuseum and I get the op-portunity to watch thechildren become excitedabout Civil War history,”said Hornsby, the mu-seum’s volunteer coordi-nator and board member.“We see this a lot duringour Battery Hooper Days(held in the fall) when wehave living history exhib-its and re-enactors.”

That’s why the mu-seum’s main fundraiser,the Blue & Gray Dinner,is so important, Hornsbysaid. The annual event, inits fifth year, raises fundsto help support the mu-

seum’s operations, exhib-its, and programsthroughout the year.

This year’s dinner willbe April 23 at Twin OaksGolf and Plantation Clubin Latonia. The cocktailhour with a cash bar willbe 6-7 p.m. and dinnerstarts at 7 p.m. This year,in honor of his retirementfrom Northern KentuckyUniversity, Dr. James A.Ramage, the museum’sfounder, will be honored.Guest speaker will beSen. Chris McDaniel.

Entertainment will beprovided by the Forget-Me-Not HistoricalDance. Museum board

president JeannineKreinbrink said she islooking forward to theperformance.

“They will present his-torical dance from theCivil War era,” she said.“The dancers will discussthe origins and styles ofdance and provide dem-onstrations. After somepresenting, they will‘teach’ those willing at-tendees of our event afew of the dances. Theywill be in period attire,dancing to period music.”

The dinner is also im-portant, according toKreinbrink, because itraises awareness of the

museum.“The James A. Ram-

age Civil War Museum isimportant to NorthernKentucky because it isfocused on local/regionalhistory of the Civil War,”she said. “The museumprovides interactive op-portunities for visitors toparticipate in activitiesthat help them experi-ence local history in in-teresting ways. These in-clude public archeology,Battery Hooper Days inAugust, and other eventsand activities. Support-ing the museum at thedinner helps us bringthese great events andactivities to the public.”

Tickets for the dinnercost $50 per person or $90per couple, payable in ad-vance. Please RSVP toLinda Hornsby at 859-261-3045 or [email protected] by April 16.Please make all checkspayable to James A.Ramage Civil War Mu-seum and mail check to:James A. Ramage CivilMuseum. Mail checks tothe museum with atten-tion to Blue & Gray Din-ner: 409, Kyles Lane, FortWright, KY 41011.


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COMMUNITYRECORDEREditor: Nancy Daly, [email protected], 578-1059

Congratulations to these stu-dents from St. Anthony Schoolfor finishing on top in academicexcellence.

Five students were chosenby the school’s 4-H representa-tive to compete in the CountyLevel Speech Competition. Allfive students earned the BlueRibbon, the highest level of per-formance.

Max Mason earned the Pur-ple Ribbon for highest score inhis division. Max will go on tocompete at the next level. Alsocompeting were Max Mason,Aidan Daly, Jeremy Faulhaber,Gracie Martin, and ElizabethMartin.

Liam Westerkamp and Eliza-beth Martin earned trophies inthe Annual Academic DiocesanCompetition.

Liam received second place

for his Mixed Media Art piece,and Elizabeth won third place inthe speech competition. TheCougars put a lot of hard workinto their academic success.

St. Anthony students win ribbons, trophies

THANKS TO LISA FAULHABER

Liam Westerkamp and ElizabethMartin earned trophies in theAnnual Academic DiocesanCompetition.

THANKS TO LISA FAULHABER

From left are Max Mason, Aidan Daly, Jeremy Faulhaber, Gracie Martin and Elizabeth Martin.

Flanagans make dean’slist at Morehead State

Edgewood residents MollyFlanagan, a senior, and MaggieFlanagan, a freshman, havebeen named to the dean’s listfor the fall 2014 semester at Mo-rehead State University.

Students must earn a GPA of3.5 or higher and take 12 under-grad credit hours to be on thedean’s list at MSU.

The sisters are also mem-bers of Kappa Delta, Delta TauChapter, at MSU.

Specht-Bird on dean’s list at Emory

Sarahmarie Specht-Bird, ofVilla Hills, was named to thedean’s list at Emory College ofArts and Sciences for the 2014fall semester.

Students must be in the top20 percent of undergraduatesor have a GPA of 3.85 or higherto be named to the dean’s list.

Kenton residents ondean’s list at Centre

Several Kenton County resi-dents earned dean’s list honorsat Centre College during the2014 fall semester.

Torie Dimartile, the daugh-ter of Arthur and Patricia Di-martile of Fort Mitchell, is agraduate of Beechwood HighSchool.

Annie Wolff, the daughter ofMark and Patricia Wolff of Ed-gewood, is a graduate of HolyCross District High School.

Carter Richardson, the sonof Brent and Melanie Richard-son of Fort Mitchell, is a gradu-ate of Beechwood High School.

Megan Turner, the daughterof Ruth Kleier and Glen Turnerof Fort Mitchell, is a graduateof Notre Dame Academy.

Alexander Luken, the son ofBertrand Luken of Erlanger, isa graduate of Lloyd MemorialHigh School.

Students must maintain atleast a 3.6 GPA to earn dean’slist honors at Centre College.

Kenton residentsgraduate from U of L

Many Kenton County resi-dents graduated from the Uni-

versity of Louisville during the2014 fall semester.

Graduates include Alexan-der Benken, Master of Engi-neering with highest honors;Dustin Cummins, Doctor ofPhilosophy; James Fehren-bacher, Bachelor of Science inBusiness Administration; MarkFehrenbacher, Certificate inAccounting; Chad Graven,Bachelor of Science in Busi-ness Administration; SarajKreutzjans, Bachelor of Sci-ence in Mechanical Engineer-ing; Kevin LaBarge, Bachelorof Science; Daniel Markgraf,Bachelor of Science in Electri-cal Engineering; Kelsey Os-borne, Bachelor of Science;Mario Picciuto, Bachelor ofFine Arts; Alexandra Santomo,Bachelor of Science in Busi-ness Administration with high-est honors; Brennan Schlag-baum, Bachelor of Science inBusiness Administration; Jack-ie Sherrard, Bachelor of Sci-ence in Nursing; NicholasSteele, Bachelor of Science;Emily Stines, Bachelor of Sci-ence; Katherine Teremi, Bach-elor of Music Education withhonors; Ellen Whitehouse,Bachelor of Arts; CharlesWolff, Bachelor of Science andAssociate in Arts; and JessicaWolsing, Master of Education.

Kenton residents make scholar’s list at U of L

Many Kenton County resi-

dents were honored with dean’sscholar honors at the Univer-sity of Louisville during the2014 fall semester.

Honored students includeMelissa Arlinghaus, AndreaBaxter, Joe Berns, GannenCogswell, Emma Davies, Jenni-fer Deck, Hanna Demarcus, Al-exandra Doggett, Kiersten Fur-nish, Dulcinea Gurley, DavidHacker, Emma Jacobs, CecilyKennedy, Adam King, OliviaKrauth, Jennifer Lestingi, Tay-lor Mann, Kaitlin McLeod, Car-oline Medley, Kelly Millay, Mi-chelle Nguyen, Chloe North,Haley O’Shaughnessy, EmilyPawsat, Keith Radcliff, AshleyReinhart, Elizabeth Romes, Al-exandra Santomo, PaytonSchilling, Marcus Schwarting,Robert Siebenthaler, CarolineSpicker, Haley Stansel, TroySterling, Donovan Stowers, Oli-via Wassom, Jessica Williams,and Andrew Wittmer.

A student who is a dean’sscholar has a 4.0 GPA.

Kenton residents makedean’s list at U of L

Many Kenton County resi-dents were honored with dean’slist honors at the University ofLouisville during the 2014 fallsemester.

Honored students includeNeeaz Ansari, Jerry Arling-haus, Katherine Arstingstall,Raquel Barry, William Bau-mann, David Bergman, Brian

Bilz, Gabriella Blank, MatthewBlankenship, Derek Blasi,Samuel Bohman, ChelseaBoles, Alyssa Bowman, JamieBramlage, Hannah Brate, Han-nah Braun, Emily Brazell, Gai-len Bidges, Sarah Buckley, Mi-cah Burkhardt, Alana Cahill,kevin Carrico, Madeline Cla-bough, Brandt Coleman, BrigidConnelly, Jessica Crabtree, Ju-liea Crumes, Peri Crush, RyanCunningham, Lauren Curtis,Alexis Delaney, Adam Dewey,Andrew Dickman, HannahDietz, Nicholas Disibio, StanleyDoerger, Megan Ebenschweig-er, Elizabeth Ehlman, ThomasEichert, Blake Emmons, MarkFehrenbacher, James Fehren-bacher, Lashawn Ford, Jenni-fer Fredley, Morgan Fritz, SaraFronk, Ann Fugate, Maria Fu-son, Hannah Gardner, Alexan-der Gerwe, Sara Goetz, ChadGraven, Zachary Greenweller,Noah Gripshover, Jacob Groes-chen, Sarah Grosser, AutumnHalberstadt, Sarah Handlon,Rachel Haney, Alec Hardcorn,Michael Hellman, Daniel Hell-man, Kyle Hennies, HannahHodgson, Natalie Hornbeck,Mitchell Jacobs, Rachael Jef-frey, Sara Jones, MeredithJones, Samantha Judie, Chris-tine Kathmann, Allison Kindt,Jason Kinn, Amy Kozerski, Ma-ry Katherine Kramer, LindseyKruer, Courtney Kruer, JessicaLankheit, Charles Mader, Me-caskey Martin, Kathryn Maur-er, Kyle McHugh, Rachel Med-ley, Derek Menefee, WilliamMenkhaus, Elizabeth Midden-dorf, Kathleen Miller, DrewMiller, Christian Moser, Mad-eline Moss, Adam Muenchen,Robert Muntis, Cameron Mur-phy, Elizabeth Niehaus, Marga-ret Nowland, Anna Ochs, Kel-sey Osborne, Leah Painter, Bri-an Radcliff, Katelyn Reilly,Kayla Renner, Daniel Rey-nolds, Annemarie Reynolds,Brett Riedinger, Donald Rob-bins, Robert Rust, ThomasRyan, Joseph Schaefer, AllisonSchaefer, Eric Schieman, MattSchmahl, Katelyn Schreiver,Austin Schroder, ElizabethSpenlau, Neal Stansel, Made-laine Staubitz, Sarah Stegman,Cody Sterling, Heather Stew-

art, Andrea Stewart, EmilyStines, Ellie Stoddart, NicholasStoeckle, Emily Stoeckle, Kath-erine Teremi, Nicholas Thiele,Grace Thoeny, Madeline Thur-man, Lillian Trunnell, MaxwellVoirol, Lydia Voss, Jared Wag-ner, Andrew Wagner, MicaelaWang, Carley Ward, Gant Was-som, Trevor Webb, MadelineWeiner, Kaila Westover, EllenWhitehouse, Allison Wildt,Megan Williams, Luke Wilson,Catherine Wilson, Aaron Wil-son, Abigail Wittmer, TimWoeste, Carly Wood, and Nicho-las Zalla.

A student named to thedean’s list has at least a 3.5 GPA.

Meek makes dean’s list,graduates from NKU

Jodie Renae Meek, of VillaHills, earned dean’s list honorsand graduated from NorthernKentucky University duringthe 2014 fall semester.

She graduated with a degreein Organizational Mangage-ment.

Meek on merit honor list atRio Grande

Carolyn Ashley Meek, of Vil-la Hills, earned merit honors atthe University of Rio Grandeduring the 2014 fall semester.

Loomis on dean’s list atUniversity of Delaware

Joanna Loomis, of FortMitchell, has been named to thedean’s list for the 2014 fall se-mester at the University of Del-aware.

Kenton residents on dean’slist at Cumberlands

Several Kenton County resi-dents were recently recognizedon the dean’s list for the 2014fall semester at the Universityof the Cumberlands’.

Honored students includeKeely Borden of Independ-ence, Andrew Elam of FortWright, Coleman Lacy of FortMitchell, Christopher Settersof Covington, Sarah Setters ofLatonia, Reed Spata of TaylorMill, and Matthew Wehrle ofEdgewood.

To be eligible , students musthave achieved a grade of “A” inconvocation, while maintaininga minimum cumulative scho-lastic standing of 3.5 on a 4.0scale.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2015

The General As-sembly complet-ed its work last

week with the much-publicized anti-heroinbill signing. Duringthe 30-day session,legislators welcomedconstituents includingpastors, Eagle Scoutsand college students.Several young peoplealso served as legisla-tive pages.

PROVIDED

Rep. Diane St. Onge, R-Lakeside Park (first from right) joined Gov. Steve Beshear (seated) as hesigned House Bill 209 into law. HB 209, which was sponsored by St. Onge, creates a Gold StarSiblings plate in Kentucky. She is is joined by (from right ) Dave Seeger, Rep. Sal Santoro,R-Florence, Rep. Addia Wuchner, R-Burlington, Lt. Governor Crit Luallen, Rep. Tanya Pullin,D-South Shore, and Rep. Jim Gooch, D-Providence.

THANKS TO JON DRAUD

Kenton County Commissioner Jon Draud was proud to accompany his grandsons to the stateCapitol as they served as pages for the Kentucky General Assembly. From left are Draud;Mason Rohmiller, a fifth-grader at Blessed Sacrament School; Scotty Draud, sixth-grader atBlessed Sacrament; and state Rep. Sal Santoro, R-Florence.

PROVIDED

On Feb. 24, Sen. Will Schroder, R-Wilder, and Sen. Damon Thayer, R-Georgetown, welcome the Northern Kentucky BoyScouts, newly initiated Eagle Scouts, to the Capitol. The senators recognized the young men on the Senate floor for theiraccomplishments.

A lookback at thelegislative

session

PROVIDED

On Feb. 26, Sen. John Schickel, R-Union, welcomes members of Northen Kentucky University’sStudent Government Association to the Capitol. Schickel greeted members of the team on theSenate floor. The group included NKU students Austin Stevenson, Kamaria Mayes, ChandlerTaylor, John Jose, Aaron Hatfield and Sami Dada.

PROVIDED

On Feb. 25, Evelyn Willis served in the Capitol as a legislativepage for Sen. John Schickel, R-Union. Evelyn is aseventh-grader at Ockerman Middle School. She was escortedto Frankfort by her father, Mark Yoakum.

PROVIDED

On Feb. 26, Sen. JohnSchickel, R-Union, welcomedfour legislative pages fromthe Boone County area to theCapitol. Among the studentswho served the senator wereIsabella Warner, a fifth-gradestudent at Kelly Elementary,in Burlington, Jenna Lusk, asixth-grade student at VillaMadonna Middle School,Hanna Lusk, a third-gradestudent at ThornwildeElementary, in Hebron, andLeah Lusk, a fourth-gradestudent at ThornwildeElementary.

THANKS TO BUD KRAFT, LRC PUBLIC INFORMATION

Rep. Sal Santoro, R-Florence, left, talks with Rep. Jerry Miller,R-Louisville, before the start of the Jan. 8 session of theKentucky House of Representatives.

THANKS TO LRC PUBLIC

INFORMATION

House Republican FloorLeader Jeff Hoover,R-Jamestown (seated), talkswith Rep. Tom Kerr, R-TaylorMill.

PROVIDED

On Feb. 12, Sen. John Schickelwelcomed Pastor DavidShockey, Hebron LutheranChurch, to the Capitol. PastorShockey led the Senate in aninvocation and wasrecognized by SenatorSchickel on the Senate floor.

PROVIDED

On March 4, John CharlesLyons served in the Capitol asa legislative page for Sen.John Schickel, R-Union. John isa seventh-grade student atGray Middle School. He is theson of David and CherylLyons, of Union.


FRIDAY, APRIL 3Art & Craft Classes$5 Friday Craft Club, 1-2:30p.m., The Lively Learning Lab,7500 Oakbrook Drive, Suite 10,Make crafts, create art and playgames. Ages 3-15. $5. Regis-tration required. 916-2721.Florence.

Friday Afternoon Fun, 2:30p.m., Boone County Main Li-brary, 1786 Burlington Pike, Usevariety of craft supplies fromlibrary craft closet to make yourvery own masterpiece. Forgrades K-2. Free. Presented byBoone County Public Library.342-2665; www.bcpl.org. Bur-lington.

Art Events199C: Cincinnati Opening DayArt Event, 4-11 p.m., The BLDG,30 W. Pike St., Work from morethan 40 artists ranging from localto international scale themedaround baseball, Cincinnati andOpening Day. As art hangsinside, celebration continuesoutside as Pike Street shuts downand transforms into pop-upwiffle ball stadium. 491-4228;www.bldgrefuge.com. Coving-ton.

Art ExhibitsArts Alive: Celebration ofCovington Artists, 10 a.m. to 5p.m., Behringer-Crawford Mu-seum, 1600 Montague Road,Works by influential Covingtonartists from past 200 years ondisplay. In conjunction withCOV200 bicentennial cele-bration. $7, $6 ages 60 and up,$4 ages 3-17, free for members.Wednesdays: one grandchildfree with grandparent’s admis-sion. 491-4003; www.bcmuseu-m.org. Covington.

Now Here: Theoretical Land-scapes, noon to 5 p.m., TheCarnegie, 1028 Scott Blvd.,Surveys group of artists thatcreate spaces and environmentsin their work that, thoughgrounded in reality, suggestaltered sensibilities. Such dis-location in art is an effective wayto ask the viewer to considertheir own relationship to realand imagined landscapes. Free.Through April 18. 957-1940;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.

Cooking ClassesChick’s Night Out: CookiesUncorked, 7-9 p.m., New RiffDistillery, 24 Distillery Way, Learnto create your own yummycookie masterpieces. Nakedcookies, icing, equipment, in-struction provided. Everyoneleaves with a dozen delicious,beautifully decorated sugarcookies. Includes wine and lightbites. Ages 21 and up. $45.Reservations required. 261-7433;www.newriffdistilling.com.Newport.

Dining EventsFish Fry, 5-7 p.m., Trinity UnitedMethodist Church-Latonia, 101 E.Southern Ave., Fish sandwich,two sides, drink and dessert fordine-in (drink not included forcarryout). $8, $4 children. 261-4010. Latonia.

Fish Fry, 5-8 p.m., Lawler-HanlonVFW Post 5662, 326 W. 10th St.,Fish, shrimp, steak sandwich,hamburger and cheeseburgerand sides. Carryout available.$6-$8. 431-5565. Newport.

Fish Fry, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., 4:30-8p.m., Knights of Columbus 3908,Father Bealer Council, 605 LytleAve., Carry-out available. Bene-fits Charities of Knights of Co-lumbus #3908.. $7. 342-6643.Elsmere.

Fish Fry, 5-8 p.m., EdgewoodSenior Center, 550 Freedom ParkDrive, Fried or baked fish orshrimp. Choice of 2 sides: Macand cheese, fries, onion rings,hush puppies or mini potatopancakes. Chicken nuggetavailable for kids. Desserts andsoft drinks extra. Carryout avail-able. Benefits Edgewood Fire/EMS Association. Presented byEdgewood Fire/EMS. 331-0033;www.edgewoodky.gov. Edge-wood.

Fish Fry, 4-8 p.m., Fort ThomasMasonic Lodge No. 808, 37 N.Fort Thomas Ave, Fish, macaroniand cheese, and/or fries, coleslawand tartar sauce. $7. Presentedby Fort Thomas Masonic LodgeNo 808. 441-1280. Fort Thomas.

Fish Fry, 4-7:30 p.m., Silver GroveFirefighter Association, 5011 FourMile, Meals start at $7.25. 441-6251. Silver Grove.

Fish Fry, 4-8 p.m., Wilder Volun-teer Fire Department, 520 Lick-ing Pike, Presented by City ofWilder. 431-5884. Wilder.

Drink TastingsWine Tasting, 5-9 p.m., Sto-neBrook Winery, 6570 VineyardLane, StoneBrook Tasting Room.Select samples from variety ofaward-winning Kentucky FruitWines. Ages 21 and up. $5.635-0111; www.stonebrook-winery.com. Camp Springs.

EducationAARP Tax-Aide, 9 a.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Middle andlow-income taxpayers are eligi-ble for this free tax preparationservice. Those with complex taxreturns will be advised to seekprofessional tax assistance. Free.Registration required. Presentedby Boone County Public Library.342-2665; www.bcpl.org. Bur-lington.

Little Learners, 9-11:30 a.m., TheLively Learning Lab, 7500 Oak-brook Drive, Suite 10, Balance ofstructured, unstructured andself-directed play opportunitiesto help learners develop theirsocial, intellectual and communi-cation skills. Ages 3-6. $10.Registration required. 916-2721.Florence.

Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 4:45 p.m.,Edgewood Jazzercise Center, 126Barnwood Drive, $38 for unlim-ited monthly classes. 331-7778;jazzercise.com. Edgewood.

ExhibitsCanyon Falls, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, Newport onthe Levee, $23, $15 ages 2-13,free children under 2. 800-406-3474; www.newportaquarium-.com. Newport.

Shark Bridge, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, Newport onthe Levee, Step across the 100-foot-long, V-shaped rope bridgejust inches above nearly twodozen sharks at Newport Aquari-um. $23 Adult, $15 Child (2-12),Free children under 2. 815-1471;www.newportaquarium.com.Newport.

Holiday - EasterHoly Week Labyrinth Walk, 1-7p.m., St. John United Church ofChrist Bellevue, 520 FairfieldAve., Ancient Christian prayerpractice. Free. 240-4324;www.stjohnchurch.net. Bellevue.

Literary - LibrariesMahjong, 1 p.m., Boone CountyPublic Library - Scheben Branch,8899 U.S. 42, All skill levelswelcome. Presented by SchebenBranch Library. 342-2665. Union.

Music - BluesChuck Brisbin & the TunaProject, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Man-sion Hill Tavern, 502 WashingtonAve., $4. 581-0100. Newport.

Music - RockJason Owens Band, 9 p.m. to 1a.m., JerZee’s Pub and Grub, 708Monmouth St., Free. 491-3500.Newport.

Red Wanting Blue, 9 p.m.,Madison Live, 734 Madison Ave.,$20, $17 advance. 491-2444;www.madisontheateronline-.com. .

RecreationBusiness Lunch Go KartingSpecial, noon to 2 p.m., XhilRac-ing, 24 Spiral Drive, Go-Kartracing. $15. Presented by Xhil-aRacing. 371-5278; www.xrkar-ting.com. Florence.

SATURDAY, APRIL 4Art & Craft ClassesFUNKtional Crafts: Handmadewine bottle holders and cupcaddies, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., TheArt House, 19 N. Fort ThomasAve., Learn to make wine bottleholders, cup caddies and deco-rative elements using card stockand upcycled paper. $25. Reser-vations required. 279-3431;www.inkaacollaborative.org.Fort Thomas.

Art ExhibitsArts Alive: Celebration ofCovington Artists, 10 a.m. to 5p.m., Behringer-Crawford Mu-seum, $7, $6 ages 60 and up, $4ages 3-17, free for members.Wednesdays: one grandchildfree with grandparent’s admis-sion. 491-4003; www.bcmuseu-m.org. Covington.

Now Here: Theoretical Land-scapes, noon to 5 p.m., TheCarnegie, Free. 957-1940;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.

CivicShred it Day, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.,City of Bellevue, 616 Poplar St.,

Document Destruction will belocated in front of city buildingfor shredding of sensitive docu-ments. Free. 431-8888; www.bel-levueky.org. Bellevue.

Cooking ClassesSushi Rolling and Dining, 7p.m., Sushi Cincinnati, 130 W.Pike St., $25 per person, threerolls, includes training and BYOB,reservations required. Reserva-tions required. 513-335-0297;www.sushicinti.com. Covington.

Drink TastingsWine Tasting, 1-6 p.m., Sto-neBrook Winery, $5. 635-0111;www.stonebrookwinery.com.Camp Springs.

EducationCollege and Beyond ACT TestPrep Course, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30p.m., Boone County EducationAssociation, 75 Cavalier Blvd.,suite 201, Enter building at rightside entrance. ACT test prepcourse. Ages 9-12. $399. Reserva-tions required. Presented byCollege and Beyond. 283-2655;candbtestprep.com. Florence.

ExhibitsCanyon Falls, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, $23, $15ages 2-13, free children under 2.800-406-3474; www.newporta-quarium.com. Newport.

Shark Bridge, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, $23 Adult,$15 Child (2-12), Free childrenunder 2. 815-1471; www.new-portaquarium.com. Newport.

Holiday - EasterEaster Egg Hunt, noon to 2 p.m.,Grant’s Lick Baptist Church, 941Clay Ridge Road, Lunch, crafts,petting zoo, telling of the Easterstory and egg drop by SCC FireDepartment’s aerial ladder. Free.635-2444. Alexandria.

Easter Egg Hunt, noon to 1 p.m.,Jane’s Saddlebag, 13989 RyleRoad, Sponsored by BooneMasonic Lodge. Bring basket tocollect eggs. Ages 0-12. Free.384-6617; www.janessaddlebag-.com. Union.

Easter Egg Helicopter Drop, 1-3p.m., Family Worship Center, 97Three Mile Road, Over 2,000Easter eggs dropped from heli-copter. Mandatory check-in is 1p.m. with drop happening at 2p.m. Event is free but limited tofirst 200 kids age 2 through 5thgrade who are preregistered.Free. Registration required.441-5433; tinyurl.com/easteregg-drop. Wilder.

Egg Hunt, 11 a.m., UC HealthStadium, 7950 Freedom Way,Sponsored by Florence PoliceDept. Costumed characters, egghunt conducted by age groups.Free. Presented by City of Flor-ence. 647-5420; www.florence-ky.gov. Florence.

Holy Week Labyrinth Walk, 9a.m. to 3 p.m., St. John UnitedChurch of Christ Bellevue, Free.240-4324; www.stjohnchurch-.net. Bellevue.

Music - Pop80’s Pop Rocks, 7:30 p.m., The

Southgate House Revival, 111 E.Sixth St., Original bands gatherto pay tribute to the 80’s. Ages18 and up. Benefits Caracole. $10.431-2201; www.southgatehouse-.com. Newport.

Music - RockFast Forward, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.,JerZee’s Pub and Grub, 708Monmouth St., Free. 491-3500.Newport.

RecreationRyle Band Bingo, 5-10 p.m.,Erlanger Lions Club Hall, 5996Belair Drive, Doors open 5 p.m.Early games begin 6:30 p.m.Regular games begin 7:15 p.m.Ages 18 and up. Benefits RyleMarching Band Boosters. Pre-sented by Ryle Band Boosters.282-1652. Erlanger.

SUNDAY, APRIL 5Art ExhibitsArts Alive: Celebration ofCovington Artists, 1-5 p.m.,Behringer-Crawford Museum,$7, $6 ages 60 and up, $4 ages3-17, free for members. Wednes-days: one grandchild free withgrandparent’s admission. 491-4003; www.bcmuseum.org.Covington.

Dining EventsEaster Brunch, 10:30 a.m.,Blinkers Tavern, 318 Greenup St.,Includes breakfast and lunchitems featuring steamboat roundof beef, roasted pork loin, friedchicken and smoked salmon.$19.95, $8.95 kids, free underage 4. Reservations required.360-0840; blinkerstavern.com.Covington.

Drink TastingsWine Tasting, 1-6 p.m., Sto-neBrook Winery, $5. 635-0111;www.stonebrookwinery.com.Camp Springs.

EducationCollege and Beyond ACT TestPrep Course, 1-5:15 p.m., BooneCounty Education Association,$399. Reservations required.283-2655; candbtestprep.com.Florence.



Holiday - EasterEaster Sunday Services, 7:15a.m. to noon, Florence ChristianChurch, 300 Main St., Sanctuaryand Activity Center. Sunriseservice, new tradition service 9a.m.; wired service 11 a.m. Hotbreakfast 8-10:30 a.m. withEaster egg hunt, family photos,flowering of the cross and more.Free. 647-5000, ext. 550; flor-encechristian.org. Florence.

Karaoke and Open MicKaraoke, 9 p.m., Molly Malone’sIrish Pub and Restaurant, 112 E.Fourth St., With DJ Will Corson.$10 buckets and $4 grape andcherry bombs. Ages 21 and up.Free. 491-6659. Covington.

Music - IndieThe Ataris, 8:30 p.m., The South-gate House Revival, 111 E. SixthSt., $14, $12 advance. Reserva-tions required. 431-2201;www.southgatehouse.com.Newport.

MONDAY, APRIL 6CivicCampbell County Conserva-tion District Meeting, 9-10:30a.m., Campbell County Conserva-tion District, 8350 E. Main St.,Public encouraged to attend.635-9587; www.nkcd.org/camp-bellconservation. Alexandria.

Spring Clean Up, 7 a.m. to 7p.m., City of Bellevue, 616 PoplarSt., Dumpster located on VanVoast Ave. by city buildingparking lot. Residents can call859-261-0260 for help. No liq-uids, paint or oil. Leave messagefor items to be picked up -curbside only. For Bellevueresidents only. Free. 431-8888;www.bellevueky.org. Bellevue.

Dance ClassesLine Dance Classes, 5:30-6:30p.m., Elsmere Senior Center, 179Dell St., $3. Presented by HollyRuschman. 727-0904. Elsmere.

EducationMicrosoft Word I, 6:30 p.m.,Boone County Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Find out basicinformation about using Word2007. Learn about ribbons,current business letter format,tips and tricks. Presented byBoone County Public Library.342-2665; www.bcpl.org. Bur-lington.

Little Learners, 9-11:30 a.m., TheLively Learning Lab, $10. Regis-tration required. 916-2721.Florence.

Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 6 a.m.,Edgewood Jazzercise Center, $38for unlimited monthly classes.331-7778; jazzercise.com. Edge-wood.

Gentle Yoga, 6 p.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Learn basicpostures and flows. $25. Present-ed by Boone County PublicLibrary. 342-2665; www.bcpl.org.Burlington.

Yoga, 7:10 p.m., Boone CountyMain Library, 1786 BurlingtonPike, Hatha Yoga postures. $25.Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library. 342-2665;www.bcpl.org. Burlington.

Yoga, 10-11 a.m., The LivelyLearning Lab, 7500 OakbrookDrive, Suite 10, Yoga, music,meditation, movement, yogarelated games and songs. Eachchild has a turn to be leaderseveral times each session. Ages3-12. $5. Registration required.916-2721; www.thelivelylearnin-glab.com. Florence.



Literary - LibrariesIn the Loop, 10 a.m., FlorenceBranch Library, 7425 U.S. 42, Knitor crochet in relaxed, friendlycompany. Learn for first time orpick up new tricks. 342-2665.Florence.

Teen Gaming (middle & highschool), 3:15-4:45 p.m., LentsBranch Library, 3215 CougarPath, Gaming and snacks. Free.Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library. 342-2665. Hebron.

African Americans of North-ern Kentucky, 7 p.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Experience livesof Northern Kentucky’s AfricanAmericans through historicphotographs and stories. Pre-sented by NKU’s Dr. Eric Jacksonand based on his book fromBlack America Series, NorthernKentucky. Signed copies avail-able for purchase. Free. Present-ed by Boone County PublicLibrary. 342-2665; www.bcpl.org.Burlington.

Music - RockSenses Fail, 6 p.m., The Thomp-

son House, 24 E. Third St., $14.50.261-7469; www.thompsonhouse-newport.com. Newport.

RecreationBusiness Lunch Go KartingSpecial, noon to 2 p.m., XhilRac-ing, $15. 371-5278; www.xrkar-ting.com. Florence.

Support GroupsDIVA - Divorced with Intellect,Vision and Abundance GroupMeeting, 6-7 p.m., KentonCounty Public Library Covington,502 Scott Blvd., Support, empow-erment, recovery for those intransition and healing process ofdivorce. For Those individualswho are considering, in themidst of, or recovering from,divorce. Free. Presented by BestLife Co-Parenting and Counsel-ing Services. 803-7817; www.be-stlifeco-parentingandcounseling-services.com. Covington.

TUESDAY, APRIL 7Art & Craft Classes7-11 Club, 9:30-11:30 a.m., TheLively Learning Lab, 7500 Oak-brook Drive, Suite 10, Social clubfor homeschoolers. Make crafts,play games or create art. Ages7-11. $5. Registration required.916-2721. Florence.

Art ExhibitsArts Alive: Celebration ofCovington Artists, 10 a.m. to 5p.m., Behringer-Crawford Mu-seum, $7, $6 ages 60 and up, $4ages 3-17, free for members.Wednesdays: one grandchildfree with grandparent’s admis-sion. 491-4003; www.bcmuseu-m.org. Covington.

CivicSpring Clean Up, 7 a.m. to 7p.m., City of Bellevue, Free.431-8888; www.bellevueky.org.Bellevue.

EducationSecular Homeschool Co-op, 1-4p.m., The Lively Learning Lab,7500 Oakbrook Drive, Suite 10,Hands-on, active learning, sec-ular co-op. Topics: Evolution ofMusic, Fiber Art, Creative Expres-sion, Financial Literacy, Nutrition,Drama and more. Ages 5-18. $50.Registration required. 916-2721.Florence.

Exercise ClassesInsanity Live Class, 9-10 a.m.,Faith Community United Meth-odist Church, 4310 RichardsonRoad, $5. Presented by Kick ItWith Kristin. 907-0188. Independ-ence.



Health / WellnessLunch-N-Learn Health andWellness Talks, noon to 12:30p.m., Homan Chiropractic, 713Scott Blvd., Weekly health topicsuch as back pain, neck pain,whiplash, pregnancy back pain,nutrition, importance of goodposture and proper lifting tech-niques. Water and dessert pro-vided. Free. Presented by Dr.Tracy Homan. 291-0333;www.homanchiropractic.com.Covington.

LecturesFunctional Medicine and YourHealth, 7 p.m., Florence BranchLibrary, 7425 U.S. 42, Learn howdiet, environment, stress andpast traumas affect overallhealth, as well as how to reduceboth occasional and chronicpain. Free. Registration required.342-2665. Florence.

Literary - LibrariesWriters Group, 7 p.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Share yourwork, get feedback, encourage-ment and perhaps even in-spiration to write your master-piece. Presented by BooneCounty Public Library. 342-2665;www.bcpl.org. Burlington.

TAG and MAC (middle andhigh school), 6:30-8 p.m.,Boone County Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Help planprograms, recommend booksand materials and earn volunteerhours. Pizza provided. Reserva-tions required. Presented byBoone County Public Library.42-2665; www.bcpl.org. Burling-ton.

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Neda is an Asian small-clawed otter, one of the featuredanimals in Canyon Falls, the Newport Aquarium’s newestexhibit. The exhibit is now open.

People ask me all the time whereI get my recipes. “Do you developthem yourself?” “Whose recipes doyou use from the Food Network anddo you have any favorites?” “Whatabout recipes that readers send. Do

you test them?”I would say a care-

ful yes to all of theabove. I develop somemyself, and I adaptsome, but not all. Asfor credit, if I knowthe source, I will nameit. Oftentimes therecipe has beenpassed through somany hands that cred-iting one person isn’tpossible. But that’s the

fun in it. Not so much where a recipe

starts, but where it continues to go. Idon’t always test readers’ recipes.Just no time!

As far as Food Network stars, I’vecooked with more than a few. But Ihave to say our own Cincinnati foodstars/chef educators, like masterchef John Kinsella, Marilyn Harris,Debbie Goulding, Judy Walsh, ChrisHoltz and Molly Maundrell, alongwith Tim Bettinson, Bob Hess, TomKeegan and Todd Kelly, just to namea very few, hold their own, rightwith the most famous of chefs. And,of course, my readers don’t lackwith creativity or ability.

That’s why today I’m sharing agood recipe which I enjoyed at theTrowel and Error Garden Club’sluncheon.

This chicken and ham cordonbleu is a yummy way to use thatleftover Easter ham. Marie Robbinsis one good cook!

Readers want to know:Stainless steel flatware: is it all

the same?No! At first glance, they’re all

shiny and look like they have someheft. Read packaging. What youwant is 18/10, which means 18 per-cent chromium and 10 percent nick-

el.Stainless steel is essentially iron

with more than 10 percent chromi-um. The higher the nickel content,the more protection from corrosion.Get as close to those numbers as youcan.

If you can pick a fork or spoon up,go ahead. It will feel good in yourhand with the 18/10, not feather-weight, and the polish will be ele-

gant. Definitely worth the price.Polish with a bit of clear vinegar ifthey get water spots.

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is an herbalist,educator, Jungle Jim’s Eastgate culinaryprofessional and author. Find her blog onlineat Abouteating.com. Email her [email protected] with “Rita’skitchen” in the subject line. Call 513-248-7130, ext. 356.

Top off chicken cordon bleu with mimosa for brunch

THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD

Chicken cordon bleu casserole is a tasty use for leftover Easter ham.

Marie’s chicken cordon bleucasserole

I love garden club luncheons. They usu-ally consist of an easy, do-ahead casserole thathas stood the test of time.

Like this one. Marie said make your ownwhite sauce if you like.

She also sometimes adds sautéed mush-rooms and usually bakes the chicken in acovered casserole.

8 oz wide egg noodles2 cups cubed cooked chicken breast8 oz. cubed cooked ham8 oz. cubed Swiss cheese10.5 oz. can reduced fat/sodium cream of

chicken soup1/2 cup 2percent milk1/2 cup light sour cream2 tablespoons butter1/3 cup seasoned bread crumbs1/4 cup grated Parmesan

Preheat oven to 350. Lightly grease orspray a 9x13 pan. Cook noodles in boiling,lightly salted water just until cooked throughbut firm to the bite, about 5 minutes. Drainand put in pan, top with chicken, ham andSwiss. Mix soup, milk and sour cream andspoon over noodle mixture. Melt butter overmedium heat and stir in bread crumbs andParmesan until crumbs are coated, about 3minutes. Sprinkle over casserole. Bake untilbubbling and lightly browned, about 30 min-utes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

Tip from Marie’s kitchen: Make aheadand bring to room temperature before bak-ing.

Tyler Florence’s mimosa

Tyler uses blood orange juice, but regularjuice works.

Chill a bottle of Prosecco. Combine about2 cups juice with sugar to taste and add a cou-ple splashes of orange liqueur. Chill.

To serve, pour juice mixture in bottom ofchampagne flute and top with Prosecco.

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Community Recorder EditorNancy [email protected], 578-1059Office hours: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-FridaySee page A2 for additional contact information.

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Today in America, newsmedia plays a huge part ininfluencing voters’ opinions.Both the information presentedto voters and the context inwhich it is presented can causevoters to make decisions forwhom or whom not to vote intooffice.

Media outlets who areknown to be politically affiliat-ed with a certain party cancertainly present news in sucha way to persuade, or make anattempt thereof, the reader orwatcher in order to cast a morepositive or negative impressionon a certain person or party.Although this practice is farmore subtle than it was at thetime of the United States’founding, it is still prevalent, toa lesser extent.

The First Amendment doesprotect the right of the mediaoutlet to express informationfreely and does allow them toaffiliate themselves with acertain party. Despite this, the

affiliation ofnews stationsand posts withparties mayhave morenegative sideeffects thanpositive.

Many peo-ple would ar-gue that cer-tain newsmedia outletsare supported

by a certain political party, andmany of these allegations aretrue, in some cases. Just a fewexamples are The HuffingtonPost’s reputation for their affili-ation with the Democrat Party(Keating, 2014), and Fox Newsis thought to be a predominant-ly right-winged corporation;this is so perhaps becausemany of their contributors,such as Rush Limbaugh andSarah Palin, are known to beconservative.

The problem with news

stations and outlets havingpolitical affiliations with cer-tain parties and people is thatsome shows, articles, and com-ments may present news in abiased or distorted way, eventhough that particular piece ofnews would be better served ifit had been presented objec-tively and without bias.

One example of bias can befound in an article written by aHuffington Post contributor,Lisa Keating, titled “MomTakes On Fox News Over Net-work’s Reporting of LGBTRights, Gender Non-Conform-ing Youth.” The title of thisarticle gives the impressionthat the reader is about to reada report concerning a suitagainst Fox News, when, infact, the entire article is theauthor’s accusation of Fox forbeing biased, and even spread-ing lies and “targeting a vul-nerable population,” in regardsto confusing LGBT minors.After reading the article, I

found myself confused anduneducated on the actual case.Keating writes about fighting“reckless and irresponsiblereporting,” but does her articlenot confuse and mislead aswell?

This type of bias in the newsmedia not only affects the opin-ions of readers in an unfair andconfusing way, but also can becarried over to the opinions ofvoters. If news outlets do notpresent news objectively, vot-ers and viewers cannot proper-ly assess the situations andform their own opinions.

An example of unfair pres-entation of news in a biasedmanner is the reporting style ofRush Limbaugh, who oftengoes so far as to present liberalpoliticians as weak or selfish.One example is an article writ-ten by Limbaugh entitled “JoseRodriguez Hits Back: ObamaDoesn’t Have the Fortitude andCourage to Take Prisoners,”when in reality, his own presen-

tation of news information isvery heavily biased and opi-nionated.

For these reasons newsmedia outlets should try not toaffiliate themselves with anycertain political party. Politicalaffiliations often lead to biasedreports and presentation ofinformation, which can causeconfusion to readers and view-ers, and influence their opin-ions. The opinions of votersshould be made by the voters,not news media.

Aidan Donaghy, a 10th-grader atCovington Catholic High School, wasone of four winners of KentuckySecretary of State Alison LunderganGrimes’ annual essay contest. Highschool students were invited to writeessays regarding the First Amend-ment and the role news media playsin elections. Each winner received$1,000 and was recognized at the boysSweet Sixteen State BasketballTournament at Rupp Arena. Aidanlives in Lakeside Park.

Is American news media bias beneficial to voters?

AidanDonaghyCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

Erlanger city attorneywas unjustly dismissed

I have been a citizen of Er-langer for over 40 years. I havebeen very pleased with the ser-vices and government officials,better known as the City Counciland mayor. These people arededicated to their positions andserving the people who haveelected them, many times over.

The City Council and mayorneed legal guidance from time totime and fortunately they havehad the services of a great indi-vidual, Mr. Frank Wickmann. Hehad provided his services formany years to our city. Heserved our city with honesty, in-tegrity and most of all, the inter-est of the citizens of Erlanger.Mr. Frank Wickmann is perhapsone of the best city attorneys inthe state of Kentucky, not tomention our fine city of Erlang-er. His honesty and integritycannot be surpassed and hadnever been challenged untilnow. “If it’s not broke, don’t fixit,” has always been a philosophyof mine. With that in mind:

To quote “Governments arecreated by the people and for thepeople they serve.” When thegovernment or government offi-cial loses sight of this concept, itis the obligation of the people to

remove or change the govern-ment that has surpassed the lev-el of power which results in a ty-rannical manner.

Mr. Wickmann was let go ofhis position as city attorneywhen the new mayor, who hasabsolutely no experience in citygovernment, took office. Healone decided that Erlangerneeded a new attorney and de-clared that change was neces-sary. Because of this, I believethat he, the mayor, has acted inan oppressive, tyrannical man-ner and should be asked to re-evaluate his decision concern-ing Mr. Wickmann and be madeaware of the proper proceduresfor such an action. If our newmayor is not taught proper gov-ernment procedures and poli-cies, I believe that his actionscould be detrimental to our finecity of Erlanger.

I have participated in cityfunctions and have served on the“Code Enforcement” Board withMr. Wickmann. The main func-tion of the code board is to makesure that everyone in the cityobeys the ordinances in respectto the upkeep of their homes andsurroundings. I have alsoworked closely with many of thecurrent council members on theCentennial Committee. My ex-perience as a teacher, coach and

insurance agent has taught memany important ways to be pro-fessional and upstanding to oth-er individuals within the com-munity. Therefore, even I havemore experience and profes-sionalism than our current may-or.

In conclusion, Mr. Wickmannhas been unjustly dismissed inan inappropriate manner by ournewly elected mayor. Mr. Wick-mann has many supporters andmany who believe that he was agreat fit for our city.

Paul E. GronefeldErlanger

Handicap permits: Walka mile in their shoes

Ms. Daly, while reading yourMarch 19 edition, I found an arti-cle on handicap parking permitswhich I must say made me a lit-tle angry.

First of all, the people whohave these parking permits mayappear to be in the best of health,however you don’t know what isgoing on in their bodies. I haveCOPD and I get winded quiteeasily, however to look at me youwould think that I am in perfecthealth.

Remember the old adage,walk a mile in their shoes.

Betty Knaley Erlanger

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Last week’s questionWhat Opening Day traditions

or memories do you have? Howdo you think the Reds will do thisyear?

“My daughter is in theBoone County Rebel Brigadeand will be marching in theOpening Day parade. This willbe her second year marchingand will most likely become atradition for our family sincemy son will eventually be apart of the Rebel Brigade.”

Lisha Coomer

“All I do on Opening Day isgo to work and wish that I hadtaken off for Opening Day.”

Rob Stone

“I take off work every yearfor it. Can’t miss the parade!

Never lucky enough to scoretickets.”

Tori Lawton

“Can’t wait for baseball!”Tiffany Buchanan

“Going to lunch and thegame with my dad every Open-ing Day for years and years.Fond memories of being withdad for the start of anotherbaseball season. Play ball!”

C.G.

“I have gone to Opening Daysince 1971; the first OpeningDay at Riverfront. I like get-ting down there early to see theparade. The game now starts at4:15, which makes gettinghome much easier due to norush hour traffic.

“After three playoff appear-

ances with Dusty Baker theReds finished last in their divi-sion in 2014 with a new man-ager. They are picked last thisyear due to losing two startingpitchers. But hope springseternal this time of year and Isee their battling for a wildcard playoff spot in Septem-ber. But I also have XU in theNCAA finals. Go Figure!”

T.D.T.

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For 3 ½ years I served asan assistant commonwealth’sattorney, prosecuting peoplefor crimes such as burning achild with a light bulb, rape,and murder. I went to trialover 15 times during thatperiod and had a measurablerecord of success.

Now, Ipractice crim-inal defense –protecting therights of theaccused andmaking surethe govern-ment does notoverstep itsbounds. I haveclients in bothstate andfederalcourts, and I

have been appointed to theFederal Criminal Justice ActPanel. Here are some things Ihave learned:

1. Do not talk to the po-lice, at least not without rep-resentation. If you think thatin any way talking to a cop isgoing to help your situation,ask for your attorney to bepresent during the discus-sion.

2. You do not have toconsent to a search. Thepolice may get a warrant andsearch your property anyway,but make them follow theproper protocol. If they messup, your attorney may be ableto get the evidence thrownout of court. By consenting toa search you are just waivingyour rights, and that is notgenerally a good thing.

3. Do not confess on thejail telephone or to yourcellmate. (Ideally, don’t con-fess to anyone at all beforeyour attorney gives you the“OK.”) The government isprobably going to find outabout it.

4. When the police en-courage you to talk becausethey want to help you,think twice. You are mostlikely being recorded (theymay have cameras on theirshirts, sunglasses, vehicles,

etc.). All they want is for youto confess to them to get theconfession recorded, and agift-wrapped criminal convic-tion presented to the prose-cutor.

5. The police do not al-ways have to read you yourMiranda rights. You areentitled to a Miranda warningwhen you are both (a) in cus-tody, and (b) subject to in-terrogation. For example, ifyou are standing in your frontdoorway answering questionsfrom the police, you are prob-ably not entitled to the Miran-da warning because you arenot in custody.

6. You do not have toanswer every question thepolice ask you. They areentitled to demand your iden-tifying information. Otherthan that, there is not muchelse the law requires you toanswer. So, questions like“Have you been drinking?”and “Do you know how fastyou were going?” do not haveto be answered. In a verypolite and respectful manner,you can say, “Officer, al-though I intend to cooperatefully with all lawful requests,I would like to speak with myattorney prior to answeringany questions.”

7. The federal system andthe state system are verydifferent. The laws are dif-ferent, the penalties are dif-ferent, and the proceduresare different. If you arecharged with a federal crime,it is important that you talk toa federal criminal defenseattorney.

If you are facing criminalcharges, talk to an experi-enced defense attorney toensure you do not inadver-tently waive your rights orgive the police extra evidenceagainst you.

Megan E. Mersch, of Park Hills,has been practicing criminal de-fense law with the firm of O’Hara,Ruberg, Taylor, Sloan & Sergentsince 2013, and she was appointedto the federal public defenderpanel in 2014.

Tips from an ex-prosecutor

Lessons ofcriminal defense

Megan E.MerschCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

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COMMUNITYRECORDEREditor: Melanie Laughman, [email protected], 513-248-7573

Track and field» Lloyd Memorial Gold

Medal MeetBoys: 1. Brossart 152, 2.

Dixie 124, 3. NCC 99, 4. Lloyd89, 5. Highlands 49, 6. GrantCounty 29.

Boys 4x800: Brossart, 110hurdles: Miles Payne (Dixie),100: Austin Stacy (Dixie),4x200: Lloyd, 1,600: Chris Loos(Brossart), 4x100: DixieHeights, 400: Daniel Vogel(Brossart), 300 hurdles: Walk-er McGoy (Dixie), 800: RonnySmith (Brossart), 200: AustinStacy (Dixie), 3,200: RossKlocke (Brossart), 4x400:Brossart, High jump: MitchellBolin (Dixie Heights), Longjump: Miles Payne (Dixie),Triple jump: Gabe Roberts(Brossart), Discus: RobbyTwehues (Brossart), Shot put:Branden Johnson (Dixie),Pole Vault: Frank Cetrulo(Brossart).

» Conner InvitationalBoys: 1. CovCath 106, 2.

Boone 94, 3. Campbell.4x800: Boone (Bromley,

Abdulle, Huddleston, Bene-ker), 110 hurdles: Jake Dress-man (CovCath), 100: LoganMcDowell (CovCath), 4x200:CovCath (McDowell, Toebbe,Tuemler, McClure), 1,600:Nick Baumann (Conner),4x100: CovCath (McDowell,Tuemler, Toebbe, McClure),400: Donald Bromley (Boone),300 hurdles: Jared Flood (Cov-Cath), 800: Akram Abdulle(Boone), 200: Jordan Tuemler(CovCath), 3,200: Nick Bau-mann (Conner), 4x400: Cov-Cath (McDowell, Kuykendall,Flood, Stegman),

» Villa for LifeBoys: 1. Brossart 124, 2. Si-

mon Kenton 112.5, 3. Walton-Verona 93.33, 4. Highlands 83(out of 14).

4x800: Brossart, 110 hur-dles: Conner Edwards (SimonKenton), 100: Alex Veneman(Highlands), 4x200: Walton-Verona, 1,600: Eric Baugh(VMA), 4x100: W-V, 400: JaredPulsfort (Highlands), 300 hur-dles: Joe Donnelly (Brossart),800: Eric Baugh (VMA), 200:Alex Veneman (Highlands),3,200: Eric Baugh (VMA),4x400: Walton-Verona, Longjump: Isaiah Evans (SK), Tri-ple jump: Gabe Roberts(Brossart), High jump: LoganWinkler (SK), Shot put: AndreAnderson (Newport), Discus:Robby Twehues (Brossart),Javelin: Matt Harper (WV),

Girls: 1. Simon Kenton 98,2. Brossart 84, 3. Highlands80, 4. Walton-Verona 71.

4x800: Simon Kenton, 100hurdles: Rebecca Cline(Campbell), 100: Nicole Go-derwis (Brossart), 4x200:NCC, 1,600: Sophia Delisio(SK), 4x100: NCC, 400: NicoleGoderwis (Brossart), 300 hur-dles: Rebecca Cline (Camp-bell), 800: Jennah Flairty(Campbell), 200: Olivia Schalk(NCC), 3,200: Jennah Flairty(Campbell), 4x400: SimonKenton, Long jump; Rose-marie Long (Highlands), Tri-ple jump: Jena Doellman(Boone), High jump: JenaDoellman (Boone), Shot put:Mikayla Reichert (High-lands), Discus: Reichert, Jav-elin: Maddie Prospero (VMA).

» Dixie Heights Invita-tional

Boys: 1. Dixie 126, 2. Ryle120, 3. NCC 115, 4. Walton-Ve-rona 90. 7 teams.

4x800: NCC (Anderson,Baxter, Schwarber, Walker),110 hurdles: Miles Payne (Dix-ie), 100: Peter Fields (Dixie),4x200: WV (Crook, Richard-son, Hammond, Doverspike),1,600: Eric Baugh (VMA),4x100: Ryle (Bateman, Siem-

er, England, Smith), 400:Mitchell Otten (NCC), 300hurdles: Walker McGoy (Dix-ie), 800: Brian Anderson(NCC), 200: Peter Fields (Dix-ie), 3,200: Eric Baugh (VMA),4x400: NCC (Anderson, An-derson, Schwarber, Jordan),High jump: Matt Isbel (Dixie),Long jump: Mike Fifer(Lloyd), Triple jump: ScottSmith (WV), Discus: ClayGroeschen (Scott), Shot put:Branden Johnson (Dixie).

Girls: 1. Ryle 176, 2. DixieHeights 166, 3. Walton-Verona86, 4. Scott 65. 9 teams.

4x800: VMA (Werner, Aus-tin, Ernst, Dickman), 100 hur-dles: Maddie Bloemer (Ryle),100: Mary Conti (Dixie),4x200: NCC, 1,600: JensenBales (Ryle), 4x100: Dixie(Easterling, Smith, Ross,Cook), 400: Mary Conti (Dix-ie), 300 hurdles: MaddieBloemer (Ryle), 800: Alexan-dra Patterson (Ryle), 200: Ju-liet McGregor (Ryle), 3,200:Lexi Flynn (Scott), 4x400:NCC (Ahlbrand, Barth, Da-venport, Schalk), High jump:Brooke Rickert (Ryle), Polevault: Sara Edgett (Dixie),Long jump: Juliet McGregor(Ryle), Triple jump: AnsleyDavenport (NCC), Discus:Ajiarose Rice (Ryle), Shot put:Ajiarose Rice (Ryle).

Lacrosse» Notre Dame beat Henry

Clay 18-0 March 28. Goals: An-na Stutler (3), Laurel Atchison(3), Christina Kennedy (3),Emily Jackson (3), KellySchmahl (2), Abbey Keuper(2), Emma Nurre (1), BowieBender (1). Assists: LaurelAtchison (2), Christina Ken-nedy (2), Julia Mathew (2),Kelly Schmahl (1), Sarah Stut-ler (1). Goalie: Abby Sam-mons 5 saves, Chloe Summe 3saves.

Baseball» Covington Catholic

beat Campbell County 5-0March 28. Brian Haughey gotthe win. Nate Bailey drove inthree of the runs. Nico Pan-gallo had two RBI.

» Holy Cross beat Lloyd11-5 March 24. Jared Seiberthad three hits and two RBI,and Elliott Brazell had twohits and three RBI.

» St. Henry beat Walton-Verona 3-2 March 24. MichaelRidilla drove in two of thethree runs.

» Scott beat Newport 10-0March 25. Four Scott pitcherscombined for a five inning no-hitter over the Wildcats. JakeOhmer and Andrew Trameeach had two RBI for the Ea-gles.

Boys tennis» Beechwood beat Belle-

vue 5-0. Winners were John-son, Burns, Scheern, Richard-son/Yokokura and Fry/Taylor.

» Villa Madonna beatLloyd 5-0. Winners wereSpicker, Gerst, Ahmad, Gard-ner/McQueen and Schlueter/Schulte.

Girls tennis» Scott beat Simon Ken-

ton 3-2. Scott winners wereHillmann at first singles andHancock at second singles,and Bishop/Tapp at first dou-bles. SK winners were Hamil-ton at third singles and Bowl-ing/Chen at second doubles.

Softball» Notre Dame senior Hay-

lee Smith is the LaRosa’sMVP of the Week for March24. A two-sport start, the Flor-ence resident has committedto Southern Indiana for soft-ball. She has played varsitysoftball for seven years as a

SHORT HOPS

By James [email protected]

See SHORT HOPS, Page B2

The Simon Kenton boystrack and field team doesn’tplan on waiting another 49years for its next regionalchampionship. The Pioneersare a group with high goals,with the right guy to help themclear obstacles in senior jumperand sprinter Logan Winkler,who routinely practices twiceas long as many of his team-mates.

“He’s a freak of nature,” Si-mon Kenton coach Jesse Herbstsaid of his point-producing ma-chine. “Logan Winkler is a veryhard worker, very dedicated. Ihave two start times for prac-tice, usually 3 p.m. for boys and4 p.m. for girls, or sometimesthe other way around. He jumpsat the girls’ practice and runsduring the boys’ practice.”

This is the 50th anniversaryof the Pioneers’ first regionalchampionship in 1965. They areattempting to run down the pro-gram’s first regional repeat.They begin the schedule Satur-day at Mason County.

“We had just a handful of sen-iors help us win the region lastyear, so I’ve got just about ev-erybody back,” Herbst said. “Ilost a thrower and a middle-dis-tance guy, so the relays are in-tact, the jumpers are back, thedistance guys, the sprinters.”

And Winkler, the one-manwrecking crew.

At least year’s Class 3A Re-gion 5 championships at DixieHeights, Winkler scored 38 of apossible 40 points, accountingfor 31 percent of the Pioneers’total. He won the high jump, tri-ple jump, anchored the winning400-meter relay team, andplaced second in the long jumpbehind Ryle’s Zane Siemer. Hetied the meet record with a highjump of 6 feet, 2 inches. He tri-ple-jumped 42-3 1/2. His 20-9long jump was two inches shortof first.

Winkler was so dominant Si-mon Kenton had 68 points be-fore starting the regional trackevents. He wasn’t alone in thefield for the Pioneers. Tucker

Mueller won the discus, andGrant Vercheck was third. Isa-iah Evans was second in the tri-ple jump and third in the longjump. Senior placed sixth inClass 3A state discus with a tossof 140-03, was third in the re-gion.

They’re back, as well as therunners joining Winkler on the400 relay team, defending re-gional 100-meter champion BenMulberry, Dillon Powell andDylan Hampton. Mulberry andPowell also ran on the regionalchampion 800 relay team.

“We definitely feel strongthis year because so many peo-ple are back,” said Winkler. “Onthe relays, we’ve had some ofthe same guys for four years,and we are ready to go.”

Though it was a difficultstate meet in Lexington with a12th-place finish, the Pioneersare confident in their ability tooutrun and out-jump most ofNorthern Kentucky despite atough field. The goal at state is atop-10 finish.

“We have a lot of talent com-

ing back, but I also like Ryle andCampbell County in our region.And you can never count outDixie Heights, Boone County,Cooper and Conner,” Herbstsaid of the local big-school con-tingent. “It could be a toss-up.”

Winkler picked up rightwhere he left off in March at theKTCCCA indoor champion-ships. Winkler won the triplejump at the KTCCCA indoorstate meet in March. He alsowon the high jump and longjump.

Covington Catholic seeksits fifth Class 2A region crownin seven years with sprinterJake Erpenbeck, the defendingregional champion in both the100 and 200 meters, and reign-ing state champion in the 100.The Colonels finished fourth atstate. Erpenbeck is back to helpthem catch the Bluebirds inLexington. He is defendingClass 2A state champion in 100-meter dash. Finished with area-best time of 10.93 seconds. Was

FIRST HANDOFF FOR 2015 BOYS TRACK AND FIELD

Pioneers, Colonels lead chargein Kenton County boys track

FILE PHOTO

Jake Erpenbeck hands to Jordan Tuemler in the 4x200 relay for CovingtonCatholic last year.

By James [email protected] and Gannett News Service

See TRACK, Page B2

Twelve teams, includingeight of Northern Kentucky’stop softball programs, bravedchilly conditions March 27-28 inthe Uncle Pete Noll Classic tour-nament hosted by Bishop Bros-sart at the River City East Soft-ball Complex in AndersonTownship. Dixie Heights, whichlost 6-2 to both Ryle and Knoch,Pa., was among the teams thatbraved the elements.

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Courtney Garrett and Madison Ingle rally together between innings.

Colonelsbrave theelements

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Courtney Garrett pitches for DixieHeights against Ryle.

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Colonels 2nd in wrestling meet

THANKS TO JENNIFER ABDRABBO

Covington Catholic earned its first wrestling trophy Dec. 6, finishing as runner-up at theSummit Country Day Silver Knight Duals. From left: Front, sitting, Paul Couch (freshman, 113lbs.), Tyler Greene (sophomore, 138 lbs.), Brett Lampe (freshman, 152 lbs); middle, kneeling,assistant coach Alex Smith, Greg Macke (freshman, 145 lbs.), Jake Lentsch (junior, 152 lbs.), headcoach Dave Johnson; Back, standing, Jacob Schaller (freshman, 195 lbs.), Cullen Higgins(freshman, 126 lbs.), Keaton Barnes (freshman, 106 lbs.), Joe Marino, behind Barnes, (senior, 285lbs.), Craig McGhee (senior, 132 lbs.), Noah Reed (freshman, 132 lbs.), Alex Beckes (senior, 182lbs.), Luke Rolfsen (junior, 126 lbs.), Mike Meyer (junior, 145 lbs.), Tom Kreutzjans, Jack Clark(freshman, 160 lbs.). Missing is Dan Branch (junior, 138 lbs.)

The St. Henry DistrictHigh School girls trackand field team is lookingto defend its 2014 Class 1AKentucky High SchoolAthletic Association statetitle.

The Crusaders got anearly start by participat-ing in indoor track. St.Henry won the team titleat the KTCCCA indoorchampionships in Class Ain Maysville March 14.

In that meet, LibbyHolten won the high jumpat 4-10. Tina Felix wasthird in 55 hurdles andKim Spritzky fourth. Re-nee Svec 3rd in 1,600 andHolly Blades 4th. Svecwas also second in the 800.

Blades won the 3,000and Liz Hoffman was sec-ond. Ellie Laudenslayerwas second in the 55 dashand 2nd in the 400. St. Hen-ry won the 4x800 last year.

The Crusaders hope totake that momentum in tooutdoor season. Felix isthe top returner as the de-fending champion in boththe 100 hurdles and 300hurdles. She was regionalchampion in both thoseevents and the pole vault.

Sam Hentz returns asregional champion in the1,600 and Paige Noble isdefending champ in thehigh jump. Both were onthe basketball team anddid not run indoor track.

Beechwood was fifthin Class A in the girlsstandings in the indoorstate championships.

Haley Holbrook sixthin 1,600. Mackenzie Ryleewas fourth in 800 and Nat-alie Thomson sixth in the800

Sophie Colosimo fin-ished second in the triplejump and the long jumpand was sixth overall inthe 55 dash.

Colosimo was second inthe long jump at lastyear’s regional meet. Sheis one of three returnersfrom a 4x100 team thatplaced third at state,counting Caroline Schil-ling and Merrin Woods.

Simon Kenton partici-pated in the indoor statemeet. Karley Abel won the3A long jump. AmarahNicholson was second inthe 55. In outdoor, she is

the lone returner fromSK’s 4x200 squad, whichfinished fifth at state in2014, and the 4x100 relay,which placed 12th. She fin-ished ninth individually inthe 200.

McKenzie Lachmannreturns as a state qualifierin distance, as does SophiaDelisio. She was 16th atstate in the 3,200. Lach-mann was third in the re-gion in the 1,600.

Meredith Hiles wasfourth in the 800 at region-als last year and Anja Ar-linghaus fifth.

Miranda Wethingtonreturns after qualifyingfor state in the discus. Shewas third in the region.

Holy Cross will get aboost this spring from itscross country runners.Senior Natalie Jehn hashad a strong start to out-door season, finishingthird in both the 800 and1,600 at the Conner Invita-tional March 14.

Ludlow is led by Am-ber Victor, who was thirdin the 1A girls high jump atstate. Villa Madonna’sAmanda Werner qualifiedfor state in the 1,600 and3,200.

Dixie Heights won theKTCCCA indoor meet, fin-ishing first out of five

teams. Hannah Blackburnand Hannah Cook pacedthe team in the shot put.Sami Josselyn led in thehigh jump

Mary Conti won the 400at the indoor meet as wellas the 55. Nicole Markerwon 1,600 at indoor. LauraMyfelt claimed the 55 hur-dles.

Conti is the lone return-er from last year’s statemedalists eighth-placeteam in the 4x100 relay.Jocelyn McGehee wasfourth in the region in dis-cus last season.

Scott is paced by LexiFlynn, the distance stand-out was second in the re-gion in the 1,600 and astate medalist in 3A.Brooke Katinic qualifiedfor state in shot put anddiscus.

Notre Dame is pacedby versatile standoutMandy Arnzen. She wassecond in the 3A statemeet and the regionalmeet in the long jump. Inthe triple jump, she placedthird at regions and 10th inthe state and was also onthe state qualifying teamsin the 4x100 and 4x400 re-lays.

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St. Henry girls startstate title defenseBy James [email protected]

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St. Henry’s Tina Felix runs to a win in the 100 hurdles.

pitcher, catcher, thirdbaseman, shortstop andfirst baseman. Enteringthis season, her careerpitching record is 96-24-1 with 583 strikeouts,36 shutouts, 10 no-hittersand a perfect game.

Last season, as apitcher for the districtchamps, Smith went 16-2with a 0.92 ERA, 99strikeouts and sevenshutouts. Her 16 wins ina row tied a school rec-ord. She also hit .462 with42 RBI and was named tothe Kentucky East-WestJunior All-Star Game.Among her numerousawards, twice Smith hasbeen named as the En-quirer’s NKY Player ofthe Year and was the2013 9th Region Playerof the Year.

Also an outstandingbasketball player andNKY all-star, she has hadbig games this year vs.Mercy (25 points), Coop-er (20) and Beechwood(19). A good student whois active in communityservice, she will playsoftball at Southern Indi-ana University. Her fa-vorite athlete is LukeBryan and most-like-to-meet is Pat Summitt.

TMC Notes» Thomas More Col-

lege freshman baseballpitcher Austin Koch (El-der) and junior softballpitcher Mamee Salzer(St. Henry)earned week-ly honors from the Presi-dents’ Athletic Confer-ence office March 23.

Koch was named thePAC Baseball Pitcher ofthe Week. He went 2-0with a 1.04 earned runaverage last week forthe Saints. Koch totaled8.2 combined inningsand surrendered tworuns (one earned) on sev-en hits with three strike-

outs. He tossed 3.2 in-nings of relief in ThomasMore’s 7-1 win over Cen-tre on March 17 beforethrowing 5.0 scorelessinnings in its 6-1 gametwo win over Bethany onMarch 20.

Salzer was named thePAC Softball Pitcher ofthe Week. She led theSaints in the circle lastweek, going 2-0 with a0.54 earned run average.She pitched 13.0 innings,gave up one run (earned)on seven hits while com-bining to strike out sev-en. Salzer also limitedher opposition to just a.159 batting average. Shetossed a complete-gametwo hitter in the Saints’1-0 win over visiting Wit-tenberg Saturday after-noon.

» Thomas More Col-lege junior guard/for-ward Sydney Moss(Boone County) andhead women’s basketballcoach Jeff Hans wereboth honored byD3hoops.com and Wom-en’s DIII News.

Moss was named theNCAA Division III Na-tional Player of the Yearby both organizationsfor the second year in arow. She led the nation inpoints per game with24.2 points per game andranked third in tripledoubles with one, whichwas in the NCAA Divi-sion III ChampionshipGame. Moss ranked inthe Top-100 in five otherstatistical categories asshe was 16th in assiststurnover ratio (2.29),45th in field goal per-centage (51.8), 46th inthree-point field goalpercentage (38.4), 66thin double doubles (12)and 98th in assists pergame (4.0). She also ledthe team in reboundswith 7.6 rebounds pergame and blocked 18shots and recorded 60

steals. During the NCAApostseason, Moss brokethe NCAA all-divisionwomen’s or men’s tour-nament scoring recordas she scored 197 pointsin the Saints’ six NCAAtournament games.

Moss, who wasnamed first team All-American by both or-ganizations is also one ofthree finalist for theWomen’s BasketballCoaches AssociationPlayer of the Year, whichis the third and final Na-tional Player of the Yearhonor awarded at the Di-vision III level. TheWBCA Player of theYear will be announcedduring the fifth annualWBCA Awards Show onMonday, April 6, in Tam-pa, Florida. This event ispart of the WBCA Na-tional Convention and isheld in conjunction withthe NCAA Women’s Fi-nal Four.

Hans, who guided theSaints to their first-everundefeated season (33-0)and first-ever team Na-tional Championship inthe College’s history asthe team defeated No. 3-ranked George Fox Uni-versity, 83-63, in the titlegame in Grand Rapids,Michigan, was namedthe Division III NationalCoach of the Year byboth organizations.Thomas More led the na-tion in five statisticalcategories as it was firstin won-lost percentage(100.0), final points(2,821), scoring margin(32.8), assist turnover ra-tio (1.40) and turnovermargin (12.12). TheSaints also ranked in theTop-10 in four other cate-gories as they were thirdin scoring offense (85.5)and steals per game(14.6), fourth in assistsper game (18.5) and sixthin field goal percentage(45.4).

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second in 200 by .01 sec-onds with clocking of 22seconds. Ran a leg onsecond-place 400-meterrelay team and fourth-place 800 relay team.

“We have a lot of ex-perienced guys comingback from last season,”CovCath coach JoshuaMcCoy said. “The teamhas high expectations.”

Luke Foertsch andMichael Schulte areamong others to watch.Foertsch is close to theschool record in discus.

“We have somestrong throwers return-ing who worked hard inthe offseason,” McCoysaid. “ A lot of youngerguys have returned inbetter shape with morespeed than expected,such as Jordan Tuemlerand Henry Toebbe. Wehave some areas to fillout some, but things arecoming together. Theteam has high expecta-tions for itself this year.”

Villa Madonna was12th at state with a pairof wins in the 800 and1,600 from Eric Baugh,who’s back. His time of4:22.82 in 1,600 was fast-est in state. Won 800 witharea-best time of 1:58.12.He also placed ninth inthe 3,200 meters. Baughwon all three at regional.

Dixie Heights is ledby state-placing seniorsMatt Isbel and BrandenJohnson. Isbel is return-ing Class 3A fifth-placefinisher at state in thehigh jump with a leap of

6-2. Was third at region-al.

Johnson was third inClass 3A state shot putwith a toss of 51-11, morethan five inches fartherthan any other localcompetitor in any class.Won the region, beatingfour seniors, was secondin the discus.

Holmes is led by re-turning state qualifiersFreddie Vickers and De-vin Bradford. Vickerswas third in the 2A re-gional in long jump andhigh jump and medaledin the high jump at state.At the indoor champion-ships in March, Vickerswon the long jump andwas second in high jump.Bradford was third inthe 55 meters.

St. Henry has severalreturning state qualifi-ers in Class 1A, startingwith Robert Brockmanand David Poat. Brock-man finished fourth atstate in the 800. He andPoat return from thesixth-place team in the4x400. Senior Joe Gill-

crist was seventh in the110 hurdles at the 1Astate meet. St. Henry re-turns all its runnersfrom the state qualify-ing team in the 4x200.

Junior Josh Hannonreturns after placingeighth in the 1,600 lastseason to medal, and was12th in the 3,200. PaulWallenhorst was fourthin the state in triplejump. Nick Staub waseighth in pole vault.

Connor Kunstek wasa state qualifier in shotput and discus.

Beechwood boys areled by Grant Birindelli,who was sixth in the 800at state. At the indoormeet, he was third inboth that and the 1,600.Justin Overstreet wasfourth in shot put. AidenJustice was fifth in longjump and fifth in the 55.

Among Scott’s top re-turners are Clay Groes-chen, who threw 145 feetin the discus March 24.

Lloyd has several topreturners. Mike Fiferwas second in the 55 atthe KTCCCA indoormeet and fourth in thetriple jump. Jaquan Ev-ans was second in highjump and sixth in the 55hurdles and TrevorButts fifth in the 55 hur-dles. Austin Robbins wasthird in the 3,000 andfifth in the 1,600. Addi-son Bosley finished sec-ond in 1,600 at Lloyd’shome outdoor meetMarch 21.

Ludlow has three re-turners from the boys4x800 relay which fin-ished 10th in 1A. ChrisWelbers placed 17th inthe 3,200 at state.

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Villa Madonna’s Eric Baughruns to a state title in the1,600.

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In a major expansion ofcancer care across theOhio River, The ChristHospital will announcethis week that it is team-ing up with the Universityof Kentucky’s MarkeyCancer Center to open afacility in Northern Ken-tucky.

An invitation to “a spe-cial announcement”Thursday at The ChristHospital Outpatient Cen-ter in Fort Wright hasbeen circulating to offi-cials in the area. PatrickCrowley, a spokesman forThe Christ Hospital, con-firmed Monday that theevent would be taking

place, but he could notcomment on details.

“It’s really excitingnews for the health caremarket and the people ofNorthern Kentucky,”Crowley said.

The two systems havebeen talking about a col-laboration for more than ayear, Crowley said. Nonew construction is con-sidered at the moment, hesaid; the new arrange-ment would work out ofthe Outpatient Center inFort Wright.

Scheduled to be in at-tendance at Thursday’sevent, according to the in-vitation, will be the lead-ers of the health systems:Mike Keating, presidentand chief executive offi-

cer of The Christ HospitalHealth Network, and Dr.Michael Karpf, executivevice president for healthaffairs at UK HealthCare.Also scheduled to appear

is Fort Wright Mayor Da-vid Hatter and Republi-can state Rep. AddiaWuchner of Boone Coun-ty.

The leaders of the

health systems’ cancerunits also are scheduled tobe at the event: Dr. B.Mark Evers, director ofthe Markey Cancer Cen-ter, and Brian Dr. Man-nion, medical director ofoncology services for TheChrist Hospital.

Thursday’s announce-ment also will featureJack “Goose” Givens, amember of the 1978 Uni-versity of Kentucky teamthat won the NCAA na-tional basketball champi-onship.

The Markey CancerCenter is designated acomprehensive cancercenter by the NationalCancer Institute. Millionsof research dollars go intothe 68 comprehensive

cancer centers nation-wide to push forwardtreatment. The Univer-sity of Cincinnati CancerInstitute does not havethis designation, althoughofficials have launched amajor effort to gain theNCI notice in the next fiveyears.

The Christ Hospitalhas a cancer center in Cin-cinnati, but Thursday’sannouncement bodes asignificant investment ofadditional resources intoNorthern Kentucky.

Details were not avail-able ahead of Thursday’sannouncement on howThe Christ Hospital’s re-lationship with the Mar-key Cancer Center wouldwork.

Christ Hospital to team up with Markey Cancer CenterAnne [email protected]

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The Christ Hospital and UK's Markey Cancer Center areteaming up to provide care in Fort Wright

UC professorbecomes director of audiology

The Community Ser-vices of Northern Ken-tucky Hearing Instru-ment Department hiredDr. Lisa Cahill as the newdirector of audiology.

Cahillreceivedher Bache-lor of Artsin speechand hear-ing sci-ences andminor inpsycholo-gy at Indi-

ana University. She com-pleted her Master of Artsin audiology and her Ph.D.in communication sci-ences and disorders at theUniversity of Cincinnati.

Cahill has 17 years ofexperience as a licensedclinical audiologist in theGreater Cincinnati area.She previously worked atChrist Hospital and Cin-cinnati Children’s Hospi-tal Medical Center. Shecurrently serves as an ad-junct professor in the De-partment of Communica-tions Sciences and Disor-ders at the University ofCincinnati.

John Parran joins Gateway

John Parran of Cincin-nati has joined Gateway

Community and Techni-cal College as a workforcedevelopment liaison in theWorkforce Solutions Divi-

sion. Parran

will part-ner with lo-cal organi-zations toassesstheir work-force train-ing needsor skills

gaps and offer them cus-tomized assessment, pre-hire and skill improve-ment training solutions.

Parran most recentlyserved as national ac-counts manager and out-bound sales manager atTSC Apparel, a Cincin-nati-based wholesaler. Heearned a Bachelor of Artsdegree from UC.

Local lawyer to rollout new book

Attorney and authorRobert Hudson has re-leased his newest book en-titled “The HR LawyerWithin You – Human Re-source Strategies for Le-gal Success.” Hudson is apast chair of the NorthernKentucky Chamber andthe Covington BusinessCouncil. The book gar-nered national recogni-tion earlier this month bybeing named Best Busi-ness Book at the 2015

Great Southeast BookFestival.

Hudson has authoredtwo additional businessbooks, “A Better Tomor-row – Fighting for Capital-ism and Jobs in the Heart-land” and “Our Best To-morrow – Students Teach-

ingCapitalismto Ameri-ca.” Hismost re-cent bookcenters onthe frame-work fortacklingkey hiring,

management and firingdilemmas.

Hudson has appearedon Fox News, Fox Busi-ness News and the Blaze,and is a former co-host ofLeading Businesses,Leading Communitiestelevision show. His guestnewspaper columns onbusiness and communityissues were submitted fora Pulitzer Prize in 2014.

Hudson has more than25 years of experiencerepresenting manage-ment clients in all phasesof labor relations. He is apracticing attorney withFrost Brown Todd LLC inFlorence. He has lived inNorthern Kentucky since1987 and currently re-sides in Villa Hills.

NKY Chamber ofCommerce honorsLinda Schilling

The Northern Ken-tucky Chamber of Com-merce’s Women’s Initia-tive honored Linda Schil-ling as recipient of the

second an-nual Spiritof Achieve-mentaward pre-sented atthe sixthannualWomen’sInitiativeBreakfast.

Schilling is generalmanager of Valley ViewTemporary FurnishedHousing in CrestviewHills.

The award, which issponsored by The Bank ofKentucky, honors women

involved in the Women’sInitiative program whohave demonstrated pro-fessional leadership andcommunity involvement,according to a press re-lease. The Women’s Initia-tive offers opportunitiesfor women of all careerstages to connect, growand achieve business andprofessional success.

Schilling has workedwith the Women’s Initia-tive for several years,serving as a committeechair, and helped initiatethe new Women’s Initia-tive On the Road program.

Walton SeniorActivity Centernames newmanager

Senior Services ofNorthern Kentucky an-nounced Kathleen Cole-

man will be interim man-ager of the Walton SeniorActivity Center.

Coleman, of Union, hasbeen manager of the Co-vington Senior ActivityCenter since February

2014. She has

a back-ground ineducationwhich in-cludesteachingand guid-ance coun-seling in

Rowan County, PendletonCounty, Campbell County,Gallatin County andBeechwood school sys-tems.

Coleman earned hermaster’s degree in guid-ance and counseling fromXavier University.

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Last time we talkedabout leavening throughthe use of quick actingchemical leaveners likebaking powder and bak-ing soda. Leavening orraising a baked productcan also be achieved byusing yeast.

Yeast is used primari-ly to raise breads, but isalso used in some rollsand other products. Asalways, contact the Ken-ton County CooperativeExtension Service withother questions regardingyour baking ingredients.Call 356-3155 or email meat [email protected] addition, rememberthe Home Baking Associ-ation for additional tips:homebaking.org.

The Home BakingAssociation tells us thatbaker’s yeast (differs

from Brewer’s yeast)refers to a single-celledfungi which fermentssugar. Its function inbread dough is to con-sume sugars and starchesin the flour and convertthem to carbon dioxideand alcohol to give breadits rise and flavor. This isalso known as fermenta-tion. These flavor com-pounds also give yeastbread the great aromaand flavor that we are allfamiliar with.

Baking yeast is avail-able to most consumersin three forms: fresh,active dry, and instant.

When working withyeast, we know that pay-ing attention to temper-atures is essential. There-fore, use of a thermom-eter is always recom-mended to measure

liquidtemper-aturebeforeadding itto or withthe yeast.Yeastwill growslowlyunderrefrig-eration33 to 40

degrees F., more activelyat room temperatures,does not die if frozen, butwill die in temperaturesabove 140 degrees F.

There are many reci-pes available for makingrefrigerator or “slowrise” yeast products. Alsomost bread doughs canbe frozen. Best resultswill occur when freezingdough after the first rise.

Another tip is to doublethe yeast amount if youknow you are going tofreeze the dough beforebaking.

Active dry yeast mustbe dissolved in warmliquid before adding toother ingredients. Sugaror other sweetener isoften added in a yeastbread recipe to “feed” theyeast and enhance thefermentation process.The ideal temperaturefor working with activedry yeast is 110-115 de-grees F.

Yeast can be purchasein the form of “instant” –often called rapid rise, orbread machine yeast.This yeast can be stirreddirectly into other dryingredients. You mighthave noticed that theseinstant yeast particles are

smaller in size than theactive dry yeast particles;in addition there aremore of them in the pack-et of yeast. These smallergranules absorb waterand begin working morerapidly than our activedry yeast. Since this va-riety of yeast can also bepurchased in a jar, re-member that 1 packet ofyeast (¼ ounce) dry yeastequals about 2¼ tea-spoons.

Other than the waythey are incorporated in arecipe, they two yeasttypes are interchange-able in a recipe. Be alertto ingredient temper-atures when workingwith the different yeasttypes – for quick riseyeast we recommend ahigher temperature of120-130 degrees F.

You may rememberfresh or compressedyeast cakes. They arefound in some groceryand specialty store re-frigerator cases, butmust stay refrigeratedand are not widely avail-able. A packet of dryyeast equals one 0.6-ounce cake of com-pressed fresh yeast.

The shelf life of yeastis approximately 4months. However, manyof us have “proofed” ouryeast by mixing the yeastpacket with some of therecipe liquid (at correcttemperature) and a littlesugar to make sure it isstill active and usable.

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Kenton County FarmBureau wasrecognized foroutstandingmembership andprogram achievementduring the 95thKentucky FarmBureau annualmeeting in Louisville.Pictured here, JeanAtkins, center, acceptsthe award from DavidS. Beck, right,Kentucky FarmBureau executive vicepresident, and BradSmith, executive vicepresident of KentuckyFarm BureauInsurance Companies,during a Dec. 5recognition andawards program.

The Boone County Jay-cees hosted its annual St.Patrick’s Day Dance atRedwood March 13.

The chapter hosts threedances a year for Red-wood clients, caregiversand parents: A St. Pat-rick’s Dance in March, a‘50s Sock Hop on July 17,and a Prom Dance on Nov.13.

Redwood, located at 71Orphanage Road in FortMitchell, guides childrenand adults with severe andmultiple disabilities toachieve independence andreach their highest poten-tial throughout their lives,by providing enrichingeducational, therapeutic,and vocational services.

The Jaycees providedsnacks, beverages and aDJ at the St. Patrick’s Day

Dance. The big event ofthe evening was crowingthe royal court. The chair-woman for this year’sdances was Molly Wil-liamson.

“It is such an honor tochair the Redwood Danc-es. The clients have somuch fun and are alwaysextremely excited aboutwho will picked as Queenand King of the dance,”Williams said.

The Boone County Jay-cees are rich in tradition,holding on to key projectsevery year, while addingnew projects to fill theneeds of the communityand new members. Thechapter has hosted dancesat Redwood for over 25years.

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The Jaycees are cur-rently running a member-ship drive in Boone Coun-ty. The organization islooking for individuals be-tween the age of 18-41 wholike to volunteer, who liketo make a difference intheir community, and whowould like to meet like-minded people. If you areinterested in further de-tails call 859-630-3279 [email protected].

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Thomas P. Beck, 74, of Erlang-er, died March 21 at St. ElizabethEdgewood.

His first job was as a mechanicwith Don Beiler Garage and heretired as a truck driver for 32years for a number of companiesincluding Klawitter, Lennox, andWintz. He was an avid hunterand fisherman.

Survivors include his wife,Theresa Beck; daughter, Kimber-lee Schutter of Burlington; sonsThomas Allen Beck and JeffreyBeck, both of Elsmere; brother,Robert Beck of Brookville, Indi-ana; and seven grandchildrenalong with five great-grand-children.

Burial was at Forest LawnMemorial Park in Erlanger.

Memorials: The WoundedWarrior Project, 301 Grant St.,Suite 900, Pittsburgh, PA 15219.

Robert CloreRobert “Bob” Eugene Clore,

70, of Edgewood, died March 24at St. Elizabeth HealthcareHospice in Edgewood.

He was a lead facilities tech-nician at Cincinnati Children’sHospital Medical Center, U.S.Army veteran of the VietnamWar, and member of St. John’sCongregational Church in Co-vington as well as the CoastGuard Auxiliary. He loved hisdogs, Summy, Beau, and Rudy,and spent most of his leisuretime on the Ohio River.

His son, Adam Kessler; broth-er, William Edward Clore; andgrandchild, Aidan Kessler, diedpreviously.

Survivors include his wife,Paula Clore; daughters CindiKessler of Memphis, Tennesseeand Tiffany Bentley of Alexan-dria; and two grandchildrenalong with one great-grand-child.

Interment with military hon-ors was at St. Mary’s Cemetery inFort Mitchell.

Memorials: Brown CountyAnimal Shelter, 100 VeteransBlvd., Georgetown, OH 45121; orWounded Warriors Project, 4899Belfort Road, Suite 300, Jackson-ville, FL 32256.

Virginia EstenfelderVirginia “Ginny” Lee Callen

Estenfelder, 73, of Park Hills, diedMarch 19.

Her husband, Paul Estenfelder,died previously.

Survivors include her daugh-ters Gina Estenfelder and LisaTrusty; sisters Carol Parks andDonna Esterman; companion,Charlie Hubbard; and twograndchildren.

Burial was at IndependenceCemetery.

Memorials: The Point ARC ofNorthern Kentucky, 104 W. PikeSt., Covington, KY 41011.

Mary GastrightMary Lou Ehmet Gastright, 81,

of Latonia, died March 22 atUniversity of Cincinnati MedicalCenter in Cincinnati.

She was a member of HolyCross Church in Latonia, founderof the Holy Cross BereavementCommittee, member of theNorthern Kentucky HealthBoard, volunteer teacher atadult C.C.D. at Holy Cross, class-room volunteer at Howell andLindeman Elementary Schools inErlanger, member of LatoniaLadies Golf Association and theCovington and Kenton CountyJay-Cees, and citizen of themonth for Covington for March1993. She was a Kentucky Colo-nel, helped form and present themission statement to Holy CrossParish, and received the HolyCross Dedication Award.

Her husband, Fred M. Gas-tright Jr.; granddaughter, Lisa

Rump; and great-granddaugh-ter, Riley Gastright, died previ-ously.

Survivors include her daugh-ters Cathy Rump, Debbie Kenne-dy, Julie Ives, Lisa Gastright,Terrie Gastright Hill, and JeanneLenhof; sons Mark Gastright andMike Gastright; sister, CarolSanning; and 21 grandchildrenalong with 28 great-grand-children.

Interment was at Mother ofGod Cemetery in Fort Wright.

Memorials: Holy Cross Church,C/O restoration fund or bereave-ment committee, 3612 ChurchSt., Latonia, KY 41015.

Martha HaleMartha A. Hale, 82, of Rich-

mond and formerly of Independ-ence, died March 20 at HospiceCare Center in Lexington.

She was a secretary at BaldwinPiano Co., a member of EasternStar, an active member of theRepublican Party, and past PTApresident for Kenton CountySchools.

Survivors include her husband,Hobert Hale; sons Charles G.Hale of Richmond, Douglas A.Hale of Independence, KennethL. Hale of Independence, andThomas G. Hale of Burlington;sister, Virgie Peffer of Cincinnati;and eight grandchildren alongwith one great-grandson.

Interment was at Floral HillsCemetery.

Jenny HalladayJenny Wyckoff Halladay, 40, of

Ludlow and formerly of NewYork, New York, died March 19at Memorial Sloan-KetteringCancer Center in Manhattan.

She belonged to the Church ofJesus Christ of Latter-Day Saintsin Lakeside Park and was amember of the Society forCreative Anachronism.

Her father, Edward Wyckoff,died previously.

Survivors include her husband,Aaron Halladay; mother andstepfather, Claire and DanMaguire of New York; andsiblings Lysk and Eliza Wyckoffof New York.

Interment was at HighlandCemetery in Fort Mitchell.

Edna HoupEdna L. Chambers Houp, 104,

of Fort Wright, died March 19 ather home.

She was a homemaker andlongtime member of First BaptistChurch in Ludlow. She enjoyedgardening, sewing, and crochet-ing.

Her husband, Lafon Houp;sons Charles LaFon Houp andMelvin Houp; grandson, BrianHoup; and brother, Roy Cham-bers, died previously.

Survivors include her daugh-ter, Carol Miller of Mansfield,Ohio; son, William “Ralph” Houpof Fort Wright; and six grand-children along with nine great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.

Memorials: American HeartAssociation, 5211 Madison Road,Cincinnati, OH 45227.

Carol MartinCarol Ann Carson Martin, 77,

of Crescent Springs, died March24 at her daughter’s home.

She was a retired social work-er with Marjorie P. Lee EpiscopalRetirement Homes in Hyde Parkand a member of Trinity Episco-pal Church in Covington. Prior toher social work career, shegraduated from the SalvationArmy School of Nursing andworked many years in the oper-ating room at Booth Hospital inCovington.

Her sisters, Linda Eddins andJean Dance, died previously.

Survivors include her husband,Mulford Martin Jr.; children JoniFinnell, Paula McNeese, ScottFinnell, and Matthew Finnell;sister, Joyce Hepfer; brothersDavid Crouch, Eddie Crouch, andLarry Carson; and 19 grand-children along with two great-grandchildren and five step-children.

Memorials: St. Paul’s EpiscopalChurch Food Pantry, 7 CourtPlace, Newport, KY 41071.

Laura ThomsonLaura Frances Shipp Thomson,

74, of Independence, died March22.

She graduated from EasternKentucky University and theUniversity of Louisville beforebeginning her six-decade careerin education. She began hereducation career as an ele-mentary school teacher in FortKnox and went on to teachchildren with physical andmental handicaps at the EasterSeals Opportunity School inCovington during the 1970s. Asdirector of the Northern Ken-tucky Cooperative for Education-al Services, she led efforts toensure that the educationalneeds of special educationstudents in the five countyNorthern Kentucky area werefulfilled. She was a leader of theTraineeship Program, whichhelps defray tuition costs forteachers wanting to pursuecertification in special education.Additionally, she served as amentor to teachers via theKentucky Teacher Intern Pro-gram. She was named one ofThe Kentucky Post’s OutstandingWomen of Northern Kentucky in1997, was past president of theKentucky Council for ExceptionalChildren, and was an activemember and leader in Phi DeltaKappa.

Survivors include her husband,Keller C. Thomson; daughter,Kaye Bergman of Independence;sons Steve Thomson of Waltonand David Thomson of Inde-pendence; sister, Mary BobSebree of Dry Ridge; and 11grandchildren along with threegreat-grandchildren.

Interment was at Independ-ence Cemetery.

Memorials: Alzheimer’s Associ-ation, 644 Linn St., Suite 1026,Cincinnati, OH 45203.

Howard Tinnell Sr.Howard Clayton Tinnell Sr., 85,

of Fort Mitchell, died March 23at St. Elizabeth Medical Center inEdgewood.

He was a retired pipefitter,working more than 40 yearswith the Ford Motor Co. inBatavia. He was a member of theMasons and the Scottish Rite andhe was a Kentucky Colonel.

His five siblings died previ-

ously.Survivors include his wife,

Jennie Ellen Peare Tinnell; chil-dren Vicki Kotz of Union, JerrieTinnell of Fort Mitchell, and ClayTinnell of Florence; and sixgrandchildren along with fivegreat-grandchildren.

Entombment was at ForestLawn Memorial Park in Erlanger.

Roberta TrottaRoberta “Sissy” Clarice Hill

Trotta, 88, of Crestview Hills,died March 23 at St. ElizabethHealthcare Hospice in Edge-wood.

She was a retired registerednurse at Christ Hospital, whereshe graduated in 1948 from theChrist Hospital School of Nurs-ing.

Survivors include her husband,Carmen C. Trotta; daughter, LynnWilliams of Inverness, Florida;son, Greg C. Trotta of Burlington;and three grandchildren.

Entombment was at ForestLawn Memorial Park Mausoleumin Erlanger.

Memorials: To the charity ofthe donor’s choice.

Richard WaibelRichard “Rick” C. Waibel, 63,

of Independence, died March 23at his home.

He was a technician in auto-motive training.

Survivors include his brothersBishop Paul Kenneth Waibel andHarold Waibel; and sisters KathyWeigand and Judy Meyer.

Memorials: St. Mychal theMartyr Church, 533 HopewellPark, Lexington, KY 40511.

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The annual Andrew J.Schrage Memorial GolfOuting will take place atnoon June 6 at KentonCounty Golf Course in In-dependence.

The event benefits theAndrew J. Schrage Schol-arship Fund. Andrew at-tended the J.B. SpeedSchool of Engineering atUniversity of Louisvillemajoring in mechanicalengineering.

After he died in a tragicaccident, his family estab-lished a scholarship forNorthern Kentucky stu-dents in his memory at Uof L.

Andrew was passion-ate about his career

choice andwas co-cap-tain of theFormulaRacingteam. Hewas lovedby his fam-ily, friends,team mem-

bers and professors. Jim Breech, former

Cincinnati Bengal, will bethe special guest. Theevent includes, lunch, din-ner, golf with a cart, and agoodie bag. Registrationis $100 per person. Com-plete details can be foundat www.andrewjschrage-.org or by calling 859-803-2528.

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Question: Can yourecommend some appletree varieties that do wellhere that don’t need to besprayed? I would love togrow my own organicapples!

Answer: In our cli-mate, organic apple pro-duction is possible, but

challeng-ing. Reg-ularsprays,starting inMarch andcontinuingthroughharvest,are stillrequired tostop harm-ful insectsand certain

diseases. There are orga-nic options available,although these productsdo not always work aswell as conventionalpesticides for insect anddisease control.

Any apple tree is sus-ceptible to attack fromvarious insects and dis-eases, but the Universityof Kentucky has doneresearch to determinewhich apple varieties orcultivars are most resis-tant to several of theworst disease problems,yet even these best varie-ties, if unsprayed, canstill be totally destroyedby insects like codlingmoth, plum curculio,scale and mites.

The following applevarieties have very goodresistance to apple scabfungus, have performedwell in this area and arediscussed in order ofripening. Most are alsoresistant to several otherserious apple diseases,like fireblight, cedar-apple rust, and powderymildew.

» Redfree – a darkred over yellow applethat ripens in early Au-gust and colors well forthis time of the season.Redfree is a tart, firm,juicy, sweet apple which

will keep for severalmonths and also has re-sistance to cedar applerust, as well as sootyblotch and fly speckdiseases, but may havetrouble with fireblight orpowdery mildew.

» Liberty – a verytart, McIntosh-type applethat ripens in late Au-gust. In a cool fall, Liber-ty develops dark redstripes over a green/yellow fruit. Very diseaseresistant.

» Spartan – a firm,McIntosh type, dark redto pale red, ripening inearly September andstoring well into January.Very disease resistant.

» Priscilla – a small,tart, firm, crisp, juicyapple, ripening in mid-September, with a darkred blush over yellow-green. Very disease re-sistant.

» Winecrisp – a medi-um sized, very firm ap-ple, juicy and crisp,sweet-tart, spicy flavor,stores well into February.Harvest in mid-October.Very disease resistant.

» Enterprise – a red,spicy, aromatic, crisp andfine-grained apple thatripens in mid-to-lateOctober. Enterprise has arelatively thick skin, avery good disease resis-tance package and storeswell until February.

» Gold Rush – a verycrisp, firm, tart, yellowapple with a red blush;ripens in mid-to-lateOctober. It sweetens upin storage and is one ofthe best storing applesavailable, keeping intoApril and beyond. It has avery good resistance toscab and fire blight, butis susceptible to cedarapple rust and powderymildew.

» Sundance – a firm,yellow apple, with a mildpineapple flavor. Excel-lent disease resistance.Ripens in mid-October.

For more informationon growing fruits, plusupdates on upcomingExtension classes, and towin free vegetable seedsfor your spring garden,go to www.facebook.com/BooneHortNews orwww.twitter.com/BooneHortNews .

Mike Klahr is Boone County

extension agent for horticul-ture.

Which apples don’t need spraying?

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In our climate, organic apple production is possible, butchallenging. Regular sprays, starting in March and continuingthrough harvest, are still required to stop harmful insects andcertain diseases.

COMING UP» Home Grown Fruit:

9-11 a.m. Tuesday, April 7,Boone County ExtensionOffice. Free, but call859-586-6101 to register,or enroll online atboone.ca.uky.edu.

» Cherries, Peaches& Plums, Oh My! AllAbout the Genus Pru-nus: 1-2 p.m. Tuesday,April 14, Boone CountyArboretum, 9190 CampErnst Road, Union, Shel-ter No. 1. Register athttp://bit.lyBCAregistration.

» Best Trees for NKYLandscapes: 1:30-3:30p.m. Tuesday, April 14,Boone County ExtensionOffice. Free, but call859-586-6101 to register,or enroll online atboone.ca.uky.edu.

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