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FORT MITCHELL — Although400 miles apart, Fort Mitchelland Owens Cross Roads, Ala.,have something in common.

Hope.Both communities are

home to She’s All That Bou-tique, an upscale clothing andaccessories shop that pro-vides educational opportuni-ties to student employees.

“This is really an awesomething,” said Kelly Brake, whooperates the Fort Mitchellboutique. “Personally, we dothis for God. We all have a pur-pose in life, we all have beengiven talents. We have to usethose gifts and talents forsomething more ... His pur-pose.”

Brake assisted her friendTara Furlough in opening theAlabama location last yearand is returning to her home-town of Northern Kentucky toopen the Fort Mitchell bou-tique this June.

“We’ve seen great results inOwens Cross Roads and it’sour desire to eventually havestores all over the country,”Brake said. “Three years ago,Tara had a dream to start abusiness that would employteenage girls from under-re-sourced communities, givingthem the opportunity tochange their lives forever.”

Now open, She’s All ThatBoutique in Owens CrossRoads offers unique fashion,jewelry and accessories forwomen and teen girls. Aftercost, proceeds from the storeare directly donated to theWings of Faith Foundation.

“The foundation’s centralpurpose is to enhance educa-tional opportunities for stu-dents through partnershipswith educators and throughour mentorship program,”Furlough said. “This experi-ence will help each student de-velop a purpose in life and cre-ate avenues for advancing in

She’s All ThatBoutique to openin Ft. MitchellMelissa [email protected]

THANKS TO KELLY BRAKE

Kelly Brake operates She’s All That in Fort Mitchell.

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FORT MITCHELL — Drillsare buzzing and cranes arehumming as the final touchesof Fort Mitchell City Build-ing’s remodel are made.

According to Mayor JudeHehman, all constructionshould be complete by June 15.City employees and new furni-ture will be moved in the weekof June 22. By the end of thatweek, the building will beready for business.

“Things keep movingalong,” he said. “The projecthas also stayed within budget,at about $3.5 million.”

The city took on this pro-ject without going into anydebt, Hehman said, because ofthe foresight and “fiscal re-sponsibility” of previous may-ors and councils.

Hehman said the city willhold an open house and grandopening in September in hon-or of the remodeling and thoseprevious city officials whomade it possible.

Located at 2355 Dixie High-way, the city building wasbuilt in the early 1980s and this

is its first major renovation.The remodel, designed by

Brandstetter Carroll Inc., in-cludes a 5,000-square-foot ad-dition. The expansion stretch-es from the front of the build-ing next to the firetruck baysfacing Dixie Highway, saidpublic works director DaveNoll.

Walking into the new publicentrance, residents will begreeted by a spacious lobby

and a more spacious councilchambers to the left of the en-trance. The new addition alsohouses the new ambulancebay, which has been completefor several months. The origi-nal ambulance bay was to theright of the building in thebasement, leaving emergencyvehicles to exit on to the heavi-ly traveled Highland Avenue.

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Fort Mitchell Public Works Director Dave Noll looks at architect plans for the building inside the new lobby ofthe remodeled city building.

A first look insidethe city building

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The Wall of Honor will stand between the ambulance and fire truckbays.

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Remodeling dueto be completedby June 15Melissa [email protected]

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Erlanger night atFlorence FreedomBall Park

FLORENCE — The citiesof Erlanger and Elsmere,in conjunction with the Er-langer-Elsmere SchoolDistrict, are hosting aCommunity Night at theFlorence Freedom Ball-park on Sunday, May 31.

Festivities begin at 4:45p.m. with a softball gamefeaturing employees ofErlanger and Elsmereversus school district em-ployees. At 6:05 p.m.,watch the Florence Free-dom take on the NormalCornbelters.

Proceeds will benefitthe Erlanger ElsmereFamily Resource & YouthServices Centers.

To purchase tickets orfor more information, callErlanger City Adminis-trator Marc Fields at 859-727-7580 or call the Flor-ence Freedom offices at859-594-4487.

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Beechwood,Erlanger-Elsmere setgraduation dates

Beechwood and Er-langer-Elsmere schoolshave set graduation dates.

Beechwood’s gradua-tion ceremony will be 2p.m. May 31at BeechwoodHigh School. The last dayof school for students isMay 29.

Lloyd High School’sgraduation ceremony willbe 8 p.m. May 29 at thehigh school gymnasium.The last day of school forstudents is May 29.

Kenton CountySchools setgraduation dates

Graduation dates forall Kenton County highschools have been set.

Dixie Heights will havegraduation at 7 p.m. Fri-day, May 29. Simon Ken-ton will be 10 a.m. Satur-day, May 30. Scott will be 2p.m. Saturday, May 30.

All Kenton Countygraduation ceremonieswill take place at the Bankof Kentucky Center atNorthern Kentucky Uni-versity.

rennial Swap will be 10a.m. Saturday, May 9, atNoll Shelter in FreedomPark, Edgewood.

The city will have daylilies on hand to swap. Anyunwanted perennials canbe donated to the Edge-wood Parks Department.Include labels or descrip-tions of your plants.

Author visits atIndependencelibrary

INDEPENDENCE —Three author visits areplanned at the WilliamDurr Branch of the Ken-ton County Public Librarythis month.

Keven McQueen, au-thor of “Cruelly Mur-dered” and “ForgottenTales of Kentucky,” willvisit 2-3:30 p.m. Saturday,May 23.

John Graham will be onhand for a tribute to WorldWar I veterans and theirmothers 7-8 pm. Thurs-day, May 28.

Byn Mooth, who wrote“Findlay Market Cook-book” and “ForgottenTales of Kentucky” willvisit 2-4 p.m. Sunday, May31.

BRIEFLY

ERLANGER — Get readyto sing and fling intospring.

Guardians of Hope Inc.will host a Spring Flingand Sing arts and crafts,and karaoke event at theErlanger Branch of theKenton County Public Li-brary 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sat-urday, May 9.

Admission is free butdonations to the KentonCounty Animal Shelterare requested. Itemsneeded are bedding, toys

and cleaning supplies. The goal of the event,

according to Guardians ofHope president DonnaWallace is to raise funds toprovide a better Christ-mas for local childrenwho’ve been rescuedfrom abuse and neglect.

“Guardians of Hopewas formed by a smallgroup of friends in 2014who wanted to help lessfortunate children have acheerful holiday season,”Wallace said. “We also feelif they can assist othercharities in reaching theirgoals along the way, so ev-

eryone wins. Our missionstatement says it all, ‘Wegive to those that feel likegiving up; and give not be-

cause we have too muchbut because we knowwhat it’s like not to have.’”

The Spring Fling and

Sing will include craftvendors, food vendors,raffles and family ka-raoke. All raffle proceedswill benefit the ErlangerLibrary.

The Erlanger Library’sadult programmer ChrisOaks said the library is ex-cited and appreciative tobenefit from the Guard-ians of Hope event. Theraffle proceeds will bene-fit the Kenton CountyPublic Library Founda-tion. The foundation en-courages voluntary finan-cial support for the li-brary to both enhance pro-

grams and assist withfinancing special pro-jects, he said.

“It’s important that thelibrary work with organi-zations like Guardians ofHope because we havemany of the same goals interms of providing thecommunity with assis-tance as well as opportuni-ties for fun,” Oaks said.“We can certainly accom-plish more by working to-gether than by doing simi-lar events separately.”

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THANKS TO DONNA WALLACE

Handmad jewelry will be featured at the Spring Fling

Concern over emer-gency response time hasbeen the heart of the pro-ject since the beginning,Noll said. The expansionalso provides police addi-tional space for evidencestorage and processingand the fire departmentnecessary overnight liv-ing and office spaces.

“The employees areexcited,” Hehman said.“Before everyone was

practically sitting on topof one another. Nowthere’s room to do theirjobs, room they de-serve.”

Noll said the addedspace will help employ-ees better serve resi-dents.

“We’re all going tohave a lot more room towork and a better orga-nized system for filing,”he said. “Everything isgoing to be more conve-nient for the public.Overall everything willbe more efficient.”

Construction began

last August. Hub+Weberwere in charge of theconstruction drawings.

In addition to officesopening this June, thestone building locatedalong Dixie Highway, tothe left of the city build-ing, will be demolished.Hehman said the plan isto replace it with a pock-et park, as well as addi-tional parking spaces.

The city is working onfinding a new location onthe property for the flag,clock and a new mar-quee.

The Wall of Honor, amonument withnames of Fort Mitch-ell residents and em-ployees who’ve madea lasting impact onthe community, willbe located in the frontof the building be-tween the two bays. Itwill be ready for theWall of Honor cere-mony on MemorialDay.


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higher education.”The same will be true

for the Fort Mitchell bou-tique, to be located at 2508Dixie Highway. She’s AllThat is working withLloyd High School on se-lecting students to hire.

“We’re just startingwith Lloyd,” Brake said.“Our hope is to eventuallyhelp students in highschools from all aroundthe area.”

Lloyd Youth ServicesCenter coordinator Mary-ann More is excited to beworking with She’s AllThat and Wings of FaithFoundation. It’s a perfectfit, she said.

“They are providingemployment, training andmentoring to coincidewith our goals of collegeand career readiness,”More said. “They are alsofocusing on breakingdown barriers to educa-tion. In the initial process,students will be providedthe opportunity to learnhow to apply for a job as

well as how to interviewfor a job. Hands-on learn-ing gives our students theopportunity to see what itfeels like to work in a busi-ness environment whilebalancing academics.

“The experience willalso provide additionalsupport and training forthe future. Students willbe able to learn about thedynamics of business andretail while earning an in-come and being mentoredfor higher education op-portunities.”

According to HaroldBrown, EdWorks presi-dent, educational co-opsare an important opportu-nity for students.

“Co-ops are good forany students and especial-ly those who are quote, un-quote, underserved,” hesaid. “Many of these stu-dents do not have first-hand knowledge of what itmeans to be in a profes-sional work setting. Thisexperience gives themvaluable experience fromhow to carry themselvesin the workplace to the op-portunity to apply for ajob.”

EdWorks, created in

2007, is a subsidiary ofKnowledgeWorks thatprovides funding andleadership for nationalinitiatives aimed at pro-viding students an educa-tion that prepares themfor success.

Brown said that co-opopportunities also allowstudents to see how whatthey are learning inschool can be applied toreal life.

At She’s All That stu-dents will be employed,earn a paycheck, betaught a work ethic andhow to operate a business.Most importantly, theyare given hope for theirfuture, Brake said. One oftheir students at the Ala-bama location, whose fa-ther had been in troublewith the law, became thefirst person in her familyto attend college using ascholarship from thefoundation.

“Kids like her needsomeone to show them adifferent way ... a way ofhope,” Brake said.


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SCHOOLSSCHOOLSACHIEVEMENTS | NEWS | ACTIVITIES | HONORS Cincinnati.com/northernkentucky

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

NaviGo College and CareerPrep Services started a newNaviGo Prime program tohelp students and parentsnavigate the best path to col-lege by working with them toexplore talent and interestsfor future success in academ-ics and a career.

NaviGo’s four-sessionPrime program is designed toshow students where theystand on the path to collegeand a career, according to apress release. The programasks students questions tomake sure they are taking theright classes, have strongenough ACT scores to get intoa college they want, and to fig-ure out how their interests,passions and talents can leadto a meaningful career.

The four-session programbegins with an initial in-takesession, where students andparents begin to discuss goals,and students take a practiceACT test to be used in latersessions.

In next two sessions, Navi-Go facilitators get a betteridea of the student’s and par-ents’ goals, discussing favor-ite subjects, career interests,academic strengths and areasfor growth. Coaches then pairthose interests with possiblecollege majors and programsof study. The sessions also in-clude a review of the ACTpractice test results.

In the final session, Navi-

Go’s facilitator presents asummary of the Prime proc-ess thus far including careerinterests, post-secondary in-terests, and academic data.Facilitators will also discussfinancial planning and finan-cial aid options with parentsand students as well as addi-tional NaviGo services ifneeded.

The NaviGo Prime pro-gram costs $299. Sessions areheld on Thomas More Col-lege’s campus and last 1-1.5hours, and are completed inthree to four weeks. For moreinformation about NaviGoCollege and Career Prep Ser-vices, visit http://www.navigoprep.com/ or call 859-905-7830.

Program helps students findsuccess in college, career

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Toni Zetko, a freshman at Holmes High School, works with NaviGo coachMelanie Beccaccio.

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St. Pius X student Max Brent collects new sleeping bags, blankets, and healthy snacks for hiseighth-grade service project in preparation for his confirmation. All items collected were taken to theParish Kitchen along with $120 in donations.

Covington Catholic HighSchool has announced that 11students have been accepted tothe 2015 Kentucky Governor’sScholars Program.

They are Coire Ayres, LoganBoyle, Benjamin Darpel, AdamFlynn, Austin Flynn, SamuelHacker, Daniel Kleier, MitchellMacKnight, Samuel Romes,Matthew Rose and Lucas Tim-merman.

Students were evaluated inareas of service, extracurricu-lar activities, academics andwriting submissions againsttop-level students from allaround Kentucky. They arenow invited to participate in the

five-week residential programthis coming summer.

The intent of the Governor’sScholars Program is to enhanceKentucky’s next generation ofcivic and economic leaders.

Covington Catholic Princi-pal Bob Rowe said, “All of us atCovington Catholic are veryproud of these 11 students. Thisis an outstanding accomplish-ment reflecting their achieve-ment across the scope of themission that CovCath em-braces – educating young menspiritually, academically, phys-ically and socially. Our entirecommunity congratulatesthem all.”

11 CovCath studentsaccepted to Governor’sScholars Program

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Front row, from left: Logan Boyle, Lucas Timmerman, Austin Flynn, DanielKleier and Matthew Rose. Back row: Coire Ayres, Adam Flynn, SamuelRomes, Mitchell MacKnight, Samuel Hacker and Benjamin Darpel.

Eight students from North-ern Kentucky Universityearned recognition at the na-tional KRYPTOS cryptanalysiscompetition, which took placeApril 16-20 at Central Washing-ton University.

A total of 153 students from67 teams participated, repre-senting colleges, universities,academies, institutes and highschools from 21 states, accord-ing to a press release. Teamsconsisted of two or three under-graduate students who were al-lowed to use any printed publi-cations or Web page not directlyrelated to the competition. Stu-dents were also allowed to usesoftware programs and Java ap-plets to assist with problemsolving so long as they existedprior to the competition or werewritten entirely by team mem-bers.

NKU students Paul Sparks,Alexander Fish, Daniel Stine,Nathan Dasenbrock-Gammonand Jason Garner earned theTuring level of achievement asmaster codebreakers by solv-

ing all three challenges in thecompetition. Only 37 students inthe competition achieved thisstatus.

NKU students Kyle McCar-ty, Trent Turner and Jared Bry-ant earned the achievement lev-el of Pretty Good by solving oneof the three challenges. Theywere among 26 total studentswho earned this achievement.

The event was presented bythe Pacific Northwest Sectionof the Mathematical Associa-tion of America and is hosted byCentral Washington University.

NKU studentsare recognized atnational competitionStephen Roy [email protected]

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UNION — More than 160runners and walkers got asweet taste of springtime April25 during the Dogwood Dash atthe Boone County Arboretum.

Among the 107 runners forthe annual 5K race, Tom Ar-nold, 31, and Jamie Schweitzer,33, came in first in the men’sand women’s categories, withtimes of 17:38 and 23:10, re-spectively. Brendan Hansen,15, and Valerie Bailey, 42, tooksecond place.

Of the 55 walkers, top fin-ishers included Robert Crebo,63, with a time of 35:48; NatalieJones, 34, with a time of 38:46;Tom Wiechman, 59, with a timeof 42:57: and Sue Murphy, 70,with a time of 46:49.

Participants ranged in agefrom 9-79. For complete re-sults, see http://bit.ly/DashRe-sults

Arboretum director KrisStone said 207 people regis-tered for the race.

“This is up quite a bit fromlast year,” he said. “The rainalso held off until just after theend of the race, which is alsowonderful.”

For more information aboutthe Dogwood Dash or theBoone County Arboretum, visitbcarboretum.org.

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The first-place finisher in the Dogwood Dash is Tom Arnold, of Fort Wright,with a time of 17:38.

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A flowering tree in the Boone County Arboretum added color to theDogwood Dash.


From left, Becca Boyd and Leslie Clifford, both of Florence, enjoy their walkduring the Dogwood Dash.


Cynthia and John Bercaw, of Florence, walk among the flowering trees during the Dogwood Dash.


The second-place finisher is Brendan Hansen, 15, of Hebron, in theDogwood Dash held Saturday, April 25, at the Boone County Arboretum inUnion.

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The first-place female finisher in theDogwood Dash is Jamie Schweitzer,of Erlanger.


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Britney Crosson, of Florence, wonthe 30-34 female division of theDogwood Dash.


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From left, Rose Vojas, of Covington,and Melissa Estes, of Edgewoodand Curves in Crescent Springs,finishes the Dogwood Dash.


FRIDAY, MAY 8Art & 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.

Art ExhibitsFlight: Curated by Saad Ghosn,9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Covington Arts,2 W. Pike St., Flight featuresworks by three women (Shar-mon Davidson, Marsha Ka-ragheusian, Jan Nickum) fromGreater Cincinnati who specifi-cally reference flight in regard totime, space and experience.Exploring the notions of passage,memory and dialogue within thecycle of life, the exhibitionincludes mixed media construc-tions, collaged books and earth-enware ceramics. Presented byCovington Arts District. 292-2322;http://covingtonarts.com/. Co-vington.

Convocation: A RegionalShowcase of GraduatingArtists, noon to 5 p.m., TheCarnegie, 1028 Scott Blvd.,Exhibition organized aroundvery best of graduating seniorsand MFA candidates in region.Participating schools includeUC/DAAP, NKU, Art Academy ofCincinnati, University of Ken-tucky and more. Through June13. 957-1940; www.thecarnegie-.com. Covington.

BenefitsKiwanis Club of Riverfront25th Annual Putting Kids FirstFundraiser, 7 p.m. to midnight,Holiday Inn Cincinnati Airport,1717 Airport Exchange Blvd.,Master of Ceremonies is KarinJohnson of WLWT-Channel 5.Price includes buffet dinner fortwo, two drink tickets, chance towin $2000, disco music anddancing. Raffles, silent auction.Disco attire suggested. Ages 21and up. Benefits UnderprivilegedChildren of Cincinnati andNorthern Kentucky. $125 percouple. Presented by KiwanisClub of Riverfront. 384-3679;riverfrontkiwanis.org. Erlanger.

EducationLittle 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, 9:30 a.m.,4:45 p.m., Edgewood JazzerciseCenter, 126 Barnwood Drive, $38for unlimited monthly classes.331-7778; jazzercise.com. Edge-wood.

ExhibitsBuffalos and Bourbon: 200Years of Covington History, 10a.m. to 5 p.m., Behringer-Craw-ford Museum, 1600 MontagueRoad, There are many fascinat-ing stories about Covington:political intrigue, haunting tales,arts, athletics. Exhibit celebrates200 years of people, places andevents that shaped city, fromtrading of buffalo and bourbonfor land to building of Ascentand “alien house.” ThroughAug. 30. Included with museumadmission. 491-4003; bcmuseu-m.org. Covington.

Health / WellnessNational Nurses Week SpeakerSeries 2015, noon to 1 p.m.,Beckfield College, 16 Spiral Drive,Focused theme is “Ethical Prac-tice, Quality Care.” Speakersfrom various aspects of nursingspeak on latest challenges andtrends. Ages 18 and up. Free.Presented by Beckfield CollegeNursing Department. 372-5916;www.beckfield.edu. Florence.

Music - ClassicalTwo Cities, Two Bands, 8-10p.m., The Carnegie, 1028 ScottBlvd., Kentucky SymphonyOrchestra and the KSO BoogieBand pay tribute to two legend-ary horn bands: Blood, Sweatand Tears and Chicago. $30.Presented by Kentucky Sympho-ny Orchestra. 431-6216; www.ky-so.org. Covington.

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.

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All-Star Cheerleading Place-ments, 5-7 p.m., NKY EliteGymnastics, 1677 DelawareCrossing, All-Star Cheer Place-ments Levels 1, 2 and 3. Call formore information. Ages 5-14.$40. 606-627-7908; elitenky.com.Independence.

SATURDAY, MAY 9Art EventsAnnual Duveneck MemorialArt Show, noon to 5 p.m.,George Rogers Clark Park,Riverside Drive, Over 60 individ-ual artists’ tents. Rain date is May10. Free. Presented by BakerHunt Art and Cultural Center.431-0020; www.bakerhunt.com.Covington.

Art ExhibitsConvocation: A RegionalShowcase of GraduatingArtists, noon to 5 p.m., TheCarnegie, 957-1940; www.the-carnegie.com. Covington.

AuditionsCompany - Auditions, 1-5 p.m.,The Carnegie, 1028 Scott Blvd.,Please prepare 16-32 bars of amusical theatre song in the styleof the show- An accompanist willbe provided. Please bring sheetmusic in the correct key. Acappella auditions, or those withpre-recorded accompaniment,will not be considered.There willbe a short movement audition soplease dress appropriatelyYoumay also be asked to read fromthe script. Free. To schedule atime slot, please contact JessicaPicado, [email protected]. Through May 10. 957-1940. Covington.

Clubs & OrganizationsBoone County DAR MonthlyMeeting, 10-11:30 a.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786

Burlington Pike, Free. Presentedby Boone County Daughters ofthe American Revolution (DAR).342-2665. Burlington.

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.

Craft ShowsThe Vintage Fair, 10 a.m. to 4p.m., The Friendly Market, 10050Norbotten Drive, Unique crafts,jewelry and collectibles, alongwith farmers market and indoorfood vendors. Free. Presented byThe Vintage Fair. 513-312-1629;www.kyvintagefair.com. Flor-ence.

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.

Newspaper Writing for AllAges, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., TheLively Learning Lab, 7500 Oak-brook Drive, Suite 10, Studentsproduce online newspaper, tryout variety of journalism genres:news, opinion, features, in-terviews, reviews, sports. Learnheadline writing, editing, webpage design, advertising andother topics associated withproducing an online newspaper.Ages 5-18. $15. Registrationrequired. 916-2721; www.thelive-lylearninglab.com. Florence.

Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 8:15 a.m.,9:30 a.m., Edgewood JazzerciseCenter, $38 for unlimited month-ly classes. 331-7778; jazzercise-.com. Edgewood.

ExhibitsBuffalos and Bourbon: 200Years of Covington History, 10a.m. to 5 p.m., Behringer-Craw-

ford Museum, Included withmuseum admission. 491-4003;bcmuseum.org. Covington.

Home & GardenPerennial Swap, 10-11 a.m.,Freedom Park, 550 Freedom ParkDrive, Noll Shelter. The city willhave day lilies on hand. Anyunwanted perennials can bedonated to the parks depart-ment. Free. Presented by City ofEdgewood. 331-5910; www.ed-gewoodky.gov. Edgewood.

Music - AcousticSaturday Night Music, 6-8 p.m.Music by Katie Garringer andThe Irrational Season (Folk).,Velocity Bike & Bean, 7560Burlington Pike, Fresh bakedgoods, desserts and coffeeavailable. Free. Presented byVelocity Bike & Bean. 371-8356;www.velocitybb.com. Florence.

Saturday Morning Acoustic

Music, 10 a.m. to noon, VelocityBike & Bean, 7560 BurlingtonPike, Free. Presented by VelocityBike & Bean. 371-8356; www.ve-locitybb.com. Florence.

Music - ClassicalTwo Cities, Two Bands, 8-10p.m., The Carnegie, $30. 431-6216; www.kyso.org. Covington.

Music - Concert SeriesLinton Music’s Peanut Butter &Jam Sessions: Music Makingwith Madcap: The Story ofthe Ugly Duckling, 10-10:45a.m., 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.,Lakeside Presbyterian Church,2690 Dixie Highway, Clarinet,cello, piano and Madcap Puppetstell story through music ofBeethoven. $5 or four for $15;free under age 2. Presented byLinton Peanut Butter & JamSessions. 513-381-6868; www.lin-tonmusic.org. Lakeside Park.

THINGS TO DO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

ABOUT CALENDARTo submit calendar items, go to Cincinnati.com/share, log in

and click on “submit an event.” Send digital photos [email protected] along with event information.Items are printed on a space-available basis with local eventstaking precedence. Deadline is two weeks before publicationdate.

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The Annual Duveneck Memorial Art Show is noon to 5 p.m.Saturday, May 9, at George Rogers Clark Park, Riverside Drive,Covington. More than 60 individual artists’ tents will be onhand. Rain date is May 10. Admisison is free. The show ispresented by Baker Hunt Art and Cultural Center. Call431-0020; visit www.bakerhunt.com.

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I’ve said this before: wherever I go Imeet interesting, passionate “foodies.”

Ann Kean, a creative foods teacher atMadeira High School, isone of those people. Annsaid she is truly fortunateto love her job. She wantsto make a difference, andshe does.

“My teenagers areanxious to make, bakeand cook anything. Theywant to make somethingeach and every day,” Anntold me. Ann has exposedher students to all kinds

of food, from quinoa to kale to one of myfavorites, cinnamon rolls.

I think this would be so nice for aMom’s day breakfast. Don’t you? Andfor all the moms in our community cir-cle of readers, both biological and other-wise, I hope you have a blessed Mother’sDay.

Readers want to knowWhen can I plant basil outside?When temperatures above the ground

and below are 60 degrees or more con-sistently. Mother’s Day is a safe bet forall tender annuals.

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is an herbalist, educator,Jungle Jim’s Eastgate culinary professional andauthor. Find her blog online at Abouteating.com.Call 513-248-7130, ext. 356.

Bake cinnamon rolls, crab cake for mom

THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD

Homemade cinnamon rolls are a delectable treat for mom.

Rita HeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN

Ann Kean’s cool rise cinnamonrolls

Ann uses the cool rise method for herclass. “We can make a yeast bread beginningone day and finish it the next day and evenbake the third day, if necessary”, she said.

1. Mix

2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour1 cup whole wheat flour3/4 cup sugar1 teaspoon salt2. Dissolve1 package active dry yeast and1-1/4 cups 100-degree milk

4. Add and stir into the flour mixtureMilk/yeast mixture

2 eggs, slightly beaten2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

5. Add an additional 1 to 1-1/2 cups flourand mix well.

6. Knead dough for 8 minutes.7. Place dough in an oiled bowl; cover

and let rise for about 2 hours until doughdoubles.

8. Roll out dough into a 14 by 18-inchrectangle.

9. Spread filling made of:

1/2 cup barely melted unsalted butter1 cup dark brown sugar or combo of any

sugars3 tablespoons cinnamon

Leave less than an inch edge all the wayaround.

10. Roll from 18 inches side making aroll.

11. Cut into 16 rolls. (Ann says do notsaw when cutting, just press down).

12. Place in two 9-inch buttered roundpans or 9-by-13 buttered pan.

13. Cover and place in refrigerator over-night or let rise in warm pace for 1-1/2 to 2hours.

14. Bake in middle of 350 degree ovenfor 20-25 minutes.

15. Glaze with mixture of

4 cups powdered sugar4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted2 tablespoons milk or more to make thin

Myrtle’s crab cakes

Talking about another “mom with influence,” this recipe fromfriend, Perrin Rountree is an heirloom favorite. Perrin is an An-derson Township reader and wonderful cook.

“Family is everything to me,” she said. I remember fondly herstories of her Grandma, Myrtle, which were always connected withfood. Try this when you want a delicious and easy crab cake. Perrintold me her Grandma Myrtle’s strength and love of family sustainsher every day. “Hers was a gentle but firm love. We knew with justa look when we were behaving poorly, and with that same look wealso knew how much we were loved.”

Well said! As with all heirloom recipes, there can be variables.Like the saltines. You may need more than the recipe says, or youmay not. You want to be able to have the crab cake be nicely

formed and keep its shape but not be dry.

1 pound lump crabmeat4-5 shakes TabascoSalt and pepper to taste4-5 crushed saltines or few more if necessary1 egg, beaten2 teaspoons Old Bay seasoningFresh chopped parsley (opt)

Place crabmeat in bowl. Add other ingredients and mix lightly.Shape into 4 patties. Heat oil in heavy skillet. Over medium heat, fryuntil golden brown on both sides. Serve with extra Tabasco and tartarsauce or your favorite seafood sauce.

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Last week’s questionWas Reds manager Bryan Price

right about what he said aboutmedia coverage hurting histeam? What is the media’s role incovering local sports franchises?

“Bryan Price was totally offbase in what he said about themedia coverage. The mediaisn’t there to be a friend of theteam and only cover good news,or put news out when the teamwants it, that would be a pressrelease, that the team controls.

“The media is there to coverthe team. He may (be upset) theinformation wasn’t releasedthe way it was, but the reality isthat it was. Instead of respon-ding to what he wished hadn’thappened he should have beenmature enough to address whathappened in an adult manner.

“He can take his concernsabout the local media to theReds upper management andthey can devise a strategy inhow they relate or release in-formation to the media.

“The media’s job is to report,not make sure the team, man-ager or a specific player is hap-py. It was embarrassing interms of the content of his rantand it also made it look like hewasn’t ready to be a majorleague manager, which may bethe case. “

C.S.

“This is kind of like answer-ing that age old most dangerousquestion: Do these pants makemy butt look fat? Therefore no,Price was wrong blaming themedia coverage for hurting histeam, his team’s performanceis hurting his team. What partof this is so hard to under-stand?”

M.J.F.

“If a manager etc... wants tokeep some information frombeing disseminated he needs totell the reporters it is ‘off therecord.’ I would hope the localReds reporters would respectthat wish. But in this day of pa-parazzi and social mediascoops, Price should assumethe information will get out. Hischoice of foul language to com-plain about it was ridiculous.

“Keep in mind Reds Hall ofFame reporter Hal McCoy wasthe one who leaked the BrandonPhilips ‘hating the St. Louis Car-dinals.’ That led to quite an al-tercation a few years ago. Ofcourse that was when the Redsmade the playoffs under DustyBaker three times, yet he wasfired. Manager Price and GMWalt Jocketty will be gone byyear end. Go Figure!!!

T.D.T.

“Sorry, never heard of him.Unfortunately, we don’t have asports franchise. The closestone in in Columbus. Maybe nextyear, Blue Jackets. A bunch ofyour veterans are on the Rang-ers.”

D.B.


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Newspapers have been fullof articles about the heroinepidemic in Northern Ken-tucky and the substantialeffort being made to deal withit. Substantial progress isbeing made.

However, not so thorough-ly covered is the understand-ing that heroin usage is en-twined with the broader, un-derlying issues of addictionand mental illness. The term“behavioral health care” in-cludes both mental health andsubstance abuse services.Historically, both serviceshave been seriously under-funded in Kentucky.

From the beginning, therehas been stigma attached toboth services. According toDr. Owen Nichols, presidentand CEO of NorthKey Com-munity Care, for nearly 50years, the Northern KentuckyMental Health/Mental Retar-dation Regional Board, doingbusiness as NorthKey andThe Friends of NorthKeyhave worked to reduce thestigma attached to mentalillness and remind people thatstigma is just another wordfor discrimination.

People recognize that heartdisease and kidney diseaseare medical conditions thatneed treatment. Yet, manyhave difficulty understandingthat mental illnesses such asbi-polar disorder and addic-

tions to alco-hol or otherdrugs areillnesses, too.That has led toinequities infunding.

Under theAffordableCare Act, bythe end of2014 Kentuck-y’s expandedMedicaid

covered an additional 375,000Kentuckians, equivalent to 8.5percent of Kentucky’s totalpopulation. With Medicaid’sexpansion, Kentucky’s unin-sured rate dropped from thepeak of 20.4 percent to a lowof 11.9 percent, the secondlowest state uninsured rate inthe country.

Kentucky’s Medicaid ex-pansion opened the behavior-al health care provider net-work beyond Kentucky’sCommunity Mental HealthCenters to “any willing pro-vider.” That added over 300new behavioral health careproviders in Kentucky. Be-fore the expansion, substanceabuse treatment was not aroutinely covered Medicaidservice in Kentucky. Therewere only a few small “wavi-er” programs.

While Kentucky’s involve-ment with the AffordableCare Act has been commend-

able, more needs to be done.Only 1 percent of the expand-ed Medicaid dollars go tobehavioral health care while42 percent go to hospitals and21 percent to pharmacy cov-erage. Behavioral health carefunding must be increased.

In 2008, the US Congresspassed the Mental HealthParity act to ensure that allinsurance coverage includedequal treatment of both be-havioral health care and phys-ical health care.

In 2010, passage of theAffordable Care Act, parityfor behavioral health care andsubstance abuse treatmentwas strengthened to preventdiscrimination in coverage.

However, in spite of that,coverage for mental healthand substance abuse issuescontinues to fall far short ofthe benefits and coverageavailable for physical healthcare. The rate of denials forreimbursement to providersfor behavioral health careservices is substantially high-er than for any other forms ofhealth care services.

Just this April, 2015, theNational Alliance on MentalIllness found that insurancecompanies deny mentalhealth care services at twicethe rate of physical healthcare services. This extremelyhigh rate of denial of behav-ioral health care services is a

discrimination against a pop-ulation dealing with mentalhealth, substance abuse anddevelopmental disabilities.

The high level of denial isclearly evident in Kentucky,too. The Medicaid ManagedCare Organizations (MCO) inKentucky continually resistfair reimbursements, limitthe medications on their for-mulary lists and restrict thenumber of inpatient days forthe mentally ill.

The lack of adequate fund-ing has had consequences.Kentucky ranks 45th in percapita funding for mentalhealth care, 49th (secondhighest) in the number ofpeople suffering from depres-sion and 49th (second lowest)in mental health Well-Being.”Suicide in Kentucky killsmore people every year thanautomobile accidents.

Our Congressional dele-gation, the Governor andmembers of our legislatureshould be encouraged to pro-vide adequate funding forbehavioral health care ser-vices and the flexibility todirect the funds to the great-est needs. The best place tostart is increasing the behav-ioral health care funding forMedicaid.

Edward L. Smith Jr. is a member ofNKY Mental Health/SubstanceAbuse Regional Planning Council.

Health services left underfunded

Edward L.Smith Jr.COMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

Kentucky’s legacy to one ofthe most spectacular epochsof mammalian history waswritten in bones – big bones.The Ice Age showcased manyspectacular creatures like themammoth, mastodon, groundsloth, stag-moose, and wood-

land musk ox,among others.All these to-day have oneimportantthing in com-mon; they areextinct.

BooneCounty’s con-nection to thisvastly differ-ent age is BigBone LickState Historic

Site. The portion of the IceAge pertinent to the park isthe Late Pleistocene occurringbetween 20,000 and 12,000years ago.

With the retreat of glacialice, formerly covered land-scapes were liberated and thegiant animals appeared, luredby the airborne aroma of sul-fur springs and the salt-richwaters that formed naturallicks. Having surely grazed onthe prairie grasses of ancientwestern and central Ken-tucky, the animals soon dis-covered the mineral-bearingooze of the north and came tosatisfy their need for salt.

Though the gargantuansuper-mammals of the past nolonger roam over the BigBone landscape, there re-mains one large beast that hasmanaged to persist in de-scendant form from the Pleis-tocene to the present day – thePlains Bison. The residentbison herd is the park’s onlyliving link to the Ice Age andthe primary reason the ani-

mals are there.The herd is annually a

crowd-pleasing favorite ofmany visitors and for goodreason: bison are simply mag-nificent beasts to behold. Ma-ture bulls stand 6 feet high atthe shoulders and often weighin at 2,000 pounds or more.They are the heaviest landanimals in North America.

Throw in a pair of curvedhorns, a prominent hump, sixdifferent kinds of hair, andsurprising agility for a crea-ture of its size, and you havean animal that can provide forhours of leisure observationfascination. Throw in the factthat there are always newbirths in the spring and earlysummer and you have an oc-casion of tailor-made fun forthe whole family.

Aside from the park’s hulk-ing and impressive herd bull,the bison babies are the sea-sonal stars of the show. Onaverage, 2-5 calves are born tothe Big Bone herd annually.Born in the spring or earlysummer, they weigh 35 to 55

pounds and are walking withina couple of hours. They areadorable babies to be sure,sporting a rich, reddish-browncoat, innocent eyes, and shinyblack noses with curly tufts ofwoolly hair on their heads.Seeing them nurse is endear-ing; watching a pair of calvesromp and play is unforget-table.

Today the salt licks are dry,and the sulfur springs aresmall. Huge prehistoric ani-mals no longer come to thesprings to drink brine. The

ancient marshes are mostlygone. Still, the bison of BigBone remind us of a momen-tous time when the land thatwould become Kentucky wasa very different place. Whennext you have a couple ofcarefree hours, drive out toBig Bone Lick and view thebison herd. It is a kind of out-door recreation and relaxationthat is afforded by few otherplaces.

Dean Henson is park manager ofBig Bone Lick State Historic Site.

The bison of Big Bone Lick are a living legacy

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THANKS TO DEAN HENSON

The bison at Big Bone Lick State Historic Site are the park’s only living link to the late Ice Age, when mammothsand mastodons were visiting the salt springs.

THANKS TO

DEAN HENSON

The newestmember ofthe BigBone Lickbison herdarrived April 16.There arefour to fivecalves bornannually.

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Pandas prep for postseasonPARK HILLS — The Notre

Dame Academy tennis team hasbeen expecting stiff challengesfor its crown as Ninth Regionteam tennis champion.

The Pandas have preparedfor those bouts in the best way,going a perfect 15-0 in dualmatches heading into the re-gional tournament, which be-gan May 2 at Lloyd MemorialHigh School.

“We’re in good shape head-

ing into the region,” said headcoach Rob Hardin. “There areseveral teams that can win it.After the seeds came out, we’llprobably be the favorites be-cause we’ll have more kidsseeded.”

Leading the way is a new-comer to the spotlight in Fran-cie Case, who plays No. 1 sin-gles. She is the second seed inthe regional tournament.

“She’s had a good season,”Hardin said. “She’s beaten a lotof the top girls in the area.”

Mary Ann Meadows and Ab-

by Kennedy are NDA’s top dou-bles team, who won the honorafter a season of experimenta-tion by the head coach. Hardinsaid they’ve only been playingtogether for two to three weeksbut are now one of the favoritesto win the regional title.

“We’re solid all the wayacross,” he said. “We lost threegood seniors last year and ev-erybody’s contributed to thecause to help us win all thematches. It’s been a good sea-son.”

Everyone who makes the

semifinals in the regional tour-nament will advance to theKHSAA state singles and dou-bles tourneys May 14-16 in Lex-ington. The team champion willadvance to the sectional roundof the KHSAA team tourney,hosted by Notre Dame Satur-day, May 9, featuring thechamps from Regions 9-12. Oneof those four teams will ad-vance to Lexington for the statesemifinals.

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THANKS TO ROBERT CASE

Notre Dame junior Francie Case isthe No. 2 seed in the Ninth Regionsingles tournament.

Monday was a day of firstsfor the Covington Catholic ten-nis team in the semifinal roundof the Ninth Region boys’championships. The Colonelsdebuted their new home courtson campus behind the baseballfield, and celebrated the occa-sion by sweeping the singlesand doubles semifinals match-es for the first time in programhistory.

“It’s a day of firsts on manylevels,“ CovCath coach Al Hert-senberg said. “Having courts athome is huge for us. And thishas never ever happened withCovCath having the finalists inboth singles and doubles.”

Top-seeded Austin Husseystayed on track for his fourthconsecutive regional singles ti-tle with a 6-0, 6-0 semifinal winover Nate Doggett of HolyCross. Hussey, the 2013 statesingles champion and lastyear’s runner-up, is a Univer-sity of Kentucky recruit. Thesenior hasn’t dropped a set thisseason.

“This is such an awesome fa-cility,” said Hussey, whosegrandparents are one of thesponsors. “You already have lit-tle kids running around want-ing to play here, and that mightmake them want to go to Cov-Cath. Before, we were practic-ing every where, including peo-

ples’ back yards.”Hussey played in front of

nearly 200 in attendance Mon-day, including the first CovCathregional champion, DaveFeighery (1971), who returnedto campus to see one of the sixcourts dedicated in his name.Hussey face teammate MaxCook Tuesday’s singles final, af-ter Recorder deadlines. Cook, afreshman, defeated Scott’sCameron Shi, 6-2, 6-0 in thesemifinals.

“I think the best thing aboutthe new courts is we can justwalk over here from school,”Cook said. “We don’t have todrive any more.”

It was CovCath vs. CovCathin Tuesday’s doubles final.Brothers Jake and JaredHaught upset Conner’s top-seeded Nate Eberhard andNick Elleman in a 10-point su-pertiebreaker in the Mondayevening semis to clinch the all-CovCath final. Scores were 7-5,6-7 (5-7) 1-0 (10-6).

The Haughts faced team-mates Anthony Bosch andBlake Heimbrock, who defeat-ed Ryle’s Thomas More-boundduo David Geis and Drake Hu-dak, 6-1, 6-1.

CovCath, which clinched its14th straight regional team titlefollowing the weekend quarter-finals at Boone Woods Park,had a total of 16 points in thestandings. Ryle clinched a run-ner-up finish Monday and to-

taled nine points. The rest of thepoints will go to CovCath.

All of Monday’s semifinal-ists earned automatic berths tothe state tournaments, May 14-16 in Lexington. Champion Cov-Cath advances to the sectionalround of the team tournament,hosted by Notre Dame on Satur-day. The Colonels will play the12th Region champion. Satur-day’s team winner advances tothe state semifinals in Lexing-ton.

After one of the Colonels’Monday victories, coach Hert-senberg’s father came up tohim and said, “It was the home-court advantage.” To which thecoach replied,” For the firsttime in history, dad.” And theyboth smiled.

Plans for the new facilitywere first made in 2009. Hert-senberg resigned as CovCathsoccer coach that year to helpguide the project. Constructionwasn’t completed until beforethe start of the season, but theyneeded a spate of warm days topaint the courts. They were fi-nally ready for play Monday.

“Our numbers in the pro-gram went up from about 20players to 30 and 35, and weneeded to something to addressit, because that’s too many kidsto crowd into a back yard,”Hertsenberg said. “We builtthis so we could handle thenumbers, and it’s going to be agame-changer.”

BRANDON SEVERN FOR THE ENQUIRER

Austin Hussey of Covington Catholic returns a serve as the team host the district tournament on new courts.

CovCath dominated atdistricts on new courtsMarc HardinEnquirer contributor

Beechwood’s baseball teamhas the talent and the confidenceto win a Ninth Region title thisyear. Now, head coach BobbyMullins just wants to see moreconsistency and a killer instinctfrom his players.

“I like our fight. I just wish Icould get some consistency. Ev-ery time our kids take the fieldthey think they can win thegame, and I like that,” Mullinssaid. “But this is one of the hard-est teams I’ve coached becausethey have a switch that they canturn on, but it’s just not on all thetime.”

The Tigers flipped the switchApril 28 just in time to overcomea seventh-inning deficit againstdistrict rival CovCath for a 7-6win in walk-off fashion. The vic-tory not only put Beechwood inthe driver’s seat for the top seedin the 35th district tournament,but the Tigers are hoping that astatement against one of theirtop rivals gave them some mo-mentum heading into the All ‘A’state tournament as well as thefinal stretch of the season.

“The big games are usuallythe ones that we build momen-tum with,” junior Brett Slushersaid. “Hopefully this win will getus going for the next big game.”

The Tigers have been tied forsecond with CovCath in the En-quirer’s Northern KentuckyCoaches’ poll since the begin-ning of the season, mainly be-cause of the returning juniorclass that features Kentuckycommit Brayden Combs andLouisville commit Ethan String-er. In addition to those two, Mul-lins said two other juniors havereally helped carry the team thisyear in Slusher and pitcher KyleFieger.

“I think Slusher has reallystood out,” Mullins said. “He’s agreat all-around player. He hasas much speed or power as any-one on our roster. He’s just kindof been carrying us right now.Also, Fieger has really beengood at shutting guys down onthe mound for us.”

Mullins is also excited aboutthe contributions he’s been get-ting from other guys in theirfirst year of varsity experience.Sophomore Noah Huesman, for

instance, was just recentlycalled up for varsity duty, butended up playing the role of heroon Tuesday night when he platedthe winning run with a walk-offbase hit.

“I pitched in the last inning ofthe All A finals against Ludlowand almost blew the game, andthis was just a chance for me toget one back for the guys,”Huesman said. “These types ofgames get us fired up. We wantto get rolling for All ‘A’ State thisweekend and then state at theend of the year.”

While Mullins thinks histeam’s record should be betterthan 19-7 if it had played to itsfull potential every night, the Ti-gers have had great successagainst Northern Kentuckyteams while playing a difficultschedule that should preparethem well for the postseason.

“We’ve been in some biggames, played some good com-petition, and my team will fight.They will always fight,” Mullinssaid. “I just tell them, ‘I don’tcare who you’re playing, youhave to take the field like it’syour last game.’ We were downthree runs in the All ‘A’ againstLudlow because we were justgoing through the motions, andthen we had to come back. Wejust have to take the field andplay it.”

Slusher and some of his otherexperienced teammates under-stand that message. They’vebeen through each of the last twoseasons where the Tigers wereranked high and thought of as atournament favorite.

Tigers looking to hit their strideRick BroeringEnquirer contributor

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Beechwood senior Blake Hamiltonwarms up between innings in agame against Moeller in the DocMorris Invitational April 17.

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Tuesday produced an-other epic softball battlewaged by aces HayleeSmith for Notre DameAcademy and ElizabethSims of Conner, a pair ofsix-year veterans whohave gone head-to-head inthe pitching circle morethan a dozen times in theirrecord-breaking highschool careers.

It was the first time inseven years that opposingNinth Region pitcherswith over 100 career winsa piece faced each other.Sims has a Conner career-record 113 wins. Smithearned the 106th win ofher career Tuesdayagainst the Cougars,ranked No. 1 in The En-quirer Northern Ken-tucky coaches’ poll.

Smith and the third-ranked Pandas pulled theupset with a 5-4 come-from-behind thriller de-spite their inability toscore an earned run offSims. The Conner senior,heading to BirminghamSouthern on a softballscholarship, struck outseven but was victimizedby three fielding errors.

Fateful plays in thefield for Conner (16-4)helped open the door for afour-run fourth inning forNotre Dame (12-3), mak-ing a winner of Smith,who’ll play college soft-

ball at Southern Indiana.“Another great game

between Haylee and Biz. Idon’t think two NorthernKentucky pitchers with100 wins have goneagainst each other sinceKirsten Allen for Ryle andKelsey Robinson for us (in2008),” Conner coachKristin Koors said.

Officially, it was a 1-for-4 day at the plate forSmith, but her damagewas widespread. Shestruck out three from thecircle and improved herseason record to 10-2.Sims, who fell to 13-3, en-gaged in a long at-bat withSmith in the top of thefourth when the Pandastook the lead for good at5-3.

Sims was sailing alongwith a 3-0 lead courtesy ofa Conner three-run firstagainst Smith, who didn’thave her best stuff earlybut pulled it together latein the circle and at theplate. The Pandas scored arun in the third. Connergot out of the inning with a3-1 lead, but Smith pro-longed the fourth with aseven-pitch at-bat againstSims after Notre Damemade it 3-2 earlier in theinning on an infield hit bycatcher Kennedy Baugh,who went 3-for-4.

With the bases loaded,Smith worked the countfull against Sims. Shefouled straight back thenext Sims offering, anddug in for the seventhpitch. Sims placed a drop-ball on the outside corner.Smith lined it for a singlepast the second basemanand past the right fielder,who misplayed the shotfor a two-base error.Three runs scored, giving

the Pandas their first lead. “Outside drop, and I

was looking for it,” Smithsaid of the pitch fromSims. “I just wanted to getsomething out of the in-field, and we got an error,and I wound up at thirdbase. It was pretty excit-ing.”

Sims said she mighthave gotten too much ofthe outside corner. “I hitthe corner, and the ball gotaway. What can you do?We just got to stay fo-cused.”

It was a physical timefor anyone dealing withSmith. Smith was in-volved in a diving play atthird in the fifth whilechasing back to the bagConner base runner Be-thany Maines, who went 2-for-2. Maines wound upscoring a batter later, set-ting the final score.

Sims was standing atthe plate in the fifth whilerepresenting the go-aheadrun after walk-up music inthe form of 1970s hit “Tak-ing Care of Business” byBachman Turner Over-drive. But Smith took careof Sims by inducing the fi-nal out of the inning, pre-serving the lead.

Smith bowled over bat-tery mate Baugh in thesixth while snaring a pop-up along the first-baseline. “All I know is I’m go-ing to lose that battle, butI’d rather end up on theground and get an out anyday,” Baugh said.

“Haylee is the ultimatecompetitor, and we sawthat today,” Pandas coachJoe Stephenson said. W–Smith (10-2). L–Sims (13-3). Leaders:N–Baugh 3-4; Huston 2-4, 3B; Radford 2-4.C–Maines 2-2; Snellbaker 2-3; Ellis 3B. Rec-ords: N 12-3, C 16-4.

JIM OSBORN/FOR THE ENQUIRER

Notre Dame's Haylee Smith winds up to deliver a pitch to Conner’s Hannah Darling during thePandas’ 5-4 win Tuesday.

NDA, Smith topa familiar rivalPandas pulloff upset of top-rankedConnerMarc HardinEnquirer contributor

Nell Fookes» Boone CountyHigh

School will honor retiringhead girls basketballcoach Nell Fookes Fri-day, May 8, from 6:30-8:30p.m. Celebration will bein the school cafeteria.RSVP to [email protected].

Baseball» Calvary beat Mays-

ville St. Patrick 15-10 forits third win of the sea-son. Quinn Varnado andDaniel McWhorter eachhad two hits and threeRBI.

Calvary beat Augusta32-10 April 30 for itsfourth win. McWhorterhad six hits and a whop-ping 10 RBI. Will Fanningot the win on the moundand posted four hits andfive RBI. Varnado andTrevor McCarthy eachhad four hits and fourRBI.

» Covington Catholicbeat Bellevue 10-0 April29. Junior Adam Picciril-lo had two RBI to lead theColonels. Will Hepplerand Noah Galvin eachhad doubles.

» Junior first basemanZach Mann hit a walkoffRBI single to drive insophomore Jake Tusaterifor Scott in a 6-5 eight-in-ning win over Ludlow.Mann went 2-for-4 at theplate. Tusateri picked upthe win, pitching 4.1 in-nings and giving up onlyone hit.

» Kevin Flaherty’sdouble brought home thego-ahead run and was thehighlight a three-run sixinning in St. Henry’s 4-2comeback win over DixieHeights April 28. AaronWildt picked up the winfor the Crusaders, toss-ing 3 2/3 innings in relief.Dakota Graue and NickFerraro each went 2-for-3in unranked St. Henry'supset of the Colonels.

» Scott beat Brossart13-7 in a district game.Jake Ohmer got the winon the mound and went 4-for-5 at the plate with adouble and four RBI. An-drew Trame alsoknocked in four runs withtwo hits including a tri-ple.

Scott beat Dayton 5-2April 30. Ryan Seeneyhad two hits including ahome run.

Diving» Several Northern

Kentuckians did well atUSA Diving RegionalChampionships April 24-26. Only the top 15 diversadvance to their respec-tive zones from each agedivision/event. They willthen compete for 10 spotsat the Zone Champion-ship in June in hopes to

advance to the NationalChampionship in Augustin Florida.

Alexis Epperson, asixth-grader at WoodlandMiddle School represent-ing TriState Diving, fin-ishing seventh in three-meter and 11th in one-me-ter at the Ohio State Re-gional in the 12-13 yearold girls division. She ad-vanced to the Zone Cgroup.

Scott freshman Lind-sey Fox, representingQueen City Diving, wasseventh in three-meterand eighth in one-meterto advance to the Zone Dmeet in the girls 14-15group.

The following ladiesalso competed in a Na-tional Qualifier for AAUin Indianapolis in lateMarch. The top six ineach event qualified forthe National Team to rep-resent the Central/WhiteRegion over Memorialweekend at the AAU Red-,White and Blue NationalChampionship in CoralSprings, Florida.

Lainey Epperson, athird-grader at TaylorMill Elementary, wonfirst place in one-meter.Alexis Epperson wasfifth place in both one-meter and three-meter.

Peyton Quinn, aneighth-grader at TurkeyFoot Middle School, fin-ished fifth in one-meter.

TMC Notes» Three Thomas More

College student-athletesand a head coach were re-cently honored at the2015 Greater Cincinnati/Northern KentuckyWomen’s Sports Associa-tion Awards Banquetheld at the Cintas Centeron the campus of XavierUniversity in Cincinnati.

Junior Sydney Moss(Boone County) wasnamed the College Sport-swomen of the Year forbasketball and was theCollege Division Sport-swomen of the Year. Shehelped her team post theonly undefeated (33-0)record in college basket-ball, men’s or women’s,and win the NCAA Divi-sion III Women’s Basket-ball National Champion-ship. For the second-year

in a row, Moss was namedthe Division III NationalPlayer of the Year andFirst Team All-Americanby all three organizationsthat honor Division IIIwomen’s basketball play-ers. Moss led the nation inpoints per game with 24.2points per game. Duringthe NCAA postseason,Moss broke the NCAA all-division women's ormen's tournament scor-ing record as she scored197 points in the Saints'six NCAA tournamentgames.

Senior Kelsey Cati-glioni (Harrison Town-ship, Mich.) was namedthe College Sportswomenof the Year for volleyball.She helped lead the Saintsto a 30-5 record, includinga 16-2 mark in the Presi-dent’ Athletic Confer-ence and won a share ofthe PAC regular season ti-tle and won the PACChampionship Tourna-ment. The Saints ad-vanced to the program’s13th NCAA Division IIIChampionship Tourna-ment, where they ad-vanced to the secondround. Castiglioni fin-ished her career rankedsecond in career digs inThomas More historywith 2,529 and fifth in ser-vice aces with 192. Shealso added 194 career as-sists and 37 career killsduring her four-year ca-reer for the Saints.

Junior Olivia Huber(Woodlawn, Ky./New-port Central Catholic)was named the CollegeSportswomen of the Yearfor soccer/basketball.She helped lead the soc-cer team to a 23-2 record,while advancing to theirfirst-ever NCAA DivisionIII sectional finals. On thesoccer pitch, Huber wasnamed the PAC Player ofthe Year and was namedan All-American by theinternet website, D3soc-cer.com and the NationalSoccer Coaches Associa-tion of American(NSCAA). Huber led allof Division III in scoringwith 89 points and 36goals, while her 17 assistsranked fourth nationally.She owns the school rec-ord for career goals (74),career points (178), sin-gle-season goals (36), sin-gle-season assists (17)and single-season points(89). On the basketballcourt, Huber was secondon the team in steals with66, while she averaged 5.0points and 3.5 reboundsper game to go with 55 as-sists and five blocks.

Head Women’s SoccerCoach Jeff Cummingswas named the CollegeCoach of the Year. He ledthe Saints to a 23-2 rec-ord, including a 9-0 markin the PAC as it won thePAC regular season andchampionship tourna-ment.

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Cameron Pitzer pitches acomplete game againstHighlands in CovCath’s 5-4win in eight inningsSaturday, May 2.

Dixie Heights finishedsecond in the boys meet atthe Northern KentuckyAthletic Conferencelarge-school track andfield championships April30 at Ryle. The meet wasin the relay format, whichhad eight different relayraces, some with uncon-ventional formats, andeach field event used themarks of two teammatesfor one team score.

The boys team at Dixiewon four of the 14 events.

Dixie won the shot put

with Branden Johnsonand Cameron Barrett.Johnson had the top indi-vidual throw at 50 feet, 8.5inches.

Matt Isbel and MitchellBolin won the high jump,with Isbel tying for top in-dividual mark at 6-0.

Dixie won the 4x100with Barrett, Peter Fields,Miles Payne and AustinStacy, and the shuttle hur-dles with Payne, WalkerMcGoy, Jake Pfaller andJackson Stanek.

Dixie was second in the4x200 with Stanek, Bar-rett, Fields and Stacy.

In girls, Dixie won the

high jump with LaurenKohlbrand and Sami Jos-selyn, who both cleared4-4. And the pole vault,with Sara Edgett (6-6) andKira Asch (6-0). Dixie alsowon the triple jump withHannah Cook and HannahBlackburn. Cook was sec-ond individually at 31-3.

Covington Catholichad one event win, thesprint medley, with LoganMcDowell, Jordan Tuem-ler, Lee McClure and JakeErpenbeck. CCH wasthird in the distance med-ley with Jared Flood, MattTurner, Ben Thieman andThomas Ziegler. CCH was

also third in the 4x800with Flood, Thieman,Adam Stegman and GrantGuenther.

Notre Dame was ledby Camryn Scaringi andAllison Gribben, whocombined to finish secondin the discus. NDA wasfourth in the sprint med-ley with Hannah Halver-stadt, Chloe McDowell,Claire Wulfeck and ErikaNageleisen.

Scott was led by TimSherrard and Clay Groes-chen who finished secondin the discus. Sherrardthrew 124-7 and Groes-chen 119-9.

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Notre Dame’s Camryn Scaringi, right, and Scott’s EmmaDonaldson run the 300 hurdles April 10 at Ryle.

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NEWPORT — The 2015Newport Central CatholicHigh School Student ArtShow will take place 1-3p.m. May 10 at the school,13 Carothers Road.

The annual show is aMother’s Day tradition. Itwill feature student workthroughout the school.

All are welcome. Ad-mission is free.

Join the fun atBoone senior center

The Boone County Sen-ior Center provides phys-ical, recreational, andeducational opportunitiesto Boone County seniors.

The center, at the R.C.Durr YMCA, welcomesany adult age 60 and overto join in the fun. Lunch isserved at 11:30 a.m. fourdays a week to those whohave made a reservationone day in advance.

Activities include ex-ercise, bingo, euchre,health screenings, Wiibowling and wellnesspresentations. Call DianaTripp at 859-334-6518 withany questions. The SeniorCenter is open Mondaythrough Friday from 8:30a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Training on heroin,painkillers offered

St. Elizabeth Health-care and the HazeldenBetty Ford Foundationare hosting three educa-tion sessions called “Her-oin and Prescription Pain-killers: a Toolkit for Com-munity Action” May 7-9at the METS Conference

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are 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Thisis a one-day program of-fered on three differentdates including a week-end for convenience.

The training toolkit forcommunity action in-cludes opioid basics,guide for communityleaders, guide forschools, guide for par-ents, guide for health careprofessionals, campaignresources, resource di-rectory and 20-minutevideo.

There is no cost to at-tend. Go to: www.stelizabeth.com to register.The sessions will also beoffered June 26-27.

Night at the Racesbenefits Redwood

FORT MITCHELL — Andthey’re off! A Night at theRaces will take place at 6-10 p.m. Friday, May 8, atthe Gardens of Park Hills.

The event featuresarmchair horse racing,dinner, raffles, open bar,and more. Tickets are $30in advance, $35 at thedoor.

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Concert remembersDr. Robert Schaffer

At 3 p.m. Sunday, May10, the Cathedral ConcertSeries will host a Tributeof Organ and Choral Mu-sic in Memory of Dr. Rob-ert J. Schaffer.

The Basilica Maestro(from 1949-2014) died onMay 20, 2014. As Cathe-dral Basilica principal or-ganist and music director,he held both title and posi-tion until his death at age92. His 65-year tenuremay be unprecedented ata North American cathe-dral.

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FORT MITCHELL — Forthe 38th year, The Point/Arc of Northern Ken-tucky (The Point) is host-ing its Dream Giveawayraffle.

Over the years, ThePoint has awarded beachcondominiums and thou-sands of dollars in cash. In2015, the grand prize win-ner will receive his choiceof a 2015 Mercedes-BenzCLA250 or $25,000 incash.

On Thursday, May 7, atthe Mercedes-Benz ofFort Mitchell dealership,75 finalists will be drawnfrom the total number oftickets sold.

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Behringer-CrawfordMuseum and the Mastersof Art in Public Historyprogram at NorthernKentucky Universityhave collaborated on anexhibit called “Buffaloand Bourbon: 200 Yearsof Covington History.”

The exhibit chroni-cles the trials, innova-tions and accomplish-ments that have shapedthe city of Covington, ac-cording to a press re-lease. The exhibit, whichcelebrates Covington’sbicentennial will runthrough Aug. 30.

NKU graduate stu-dents created and in-stalled the exhibit, whichis sponsored by NKU’sScripps Howard Centerfor Civic Engagement.

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Mitchell, died April 28 at St.Elizabeth Edgewood.

He worked for Meyer Tool Inc.for more than 20 years andenjoyed hunting and fishing.

His parents, Johnnie andGeorgia Arrowood, died previ-ously.

Survivors include his wife,Cheryl Arrowood; sons Clyde“Eddie” Arrowood and John“Chuck” Arrowood; sistersBarbara Atwood and CarolynBryant; and three grandchildren.

Elizabeth BrittElizabeth “Betty” Ann Brei-

tenstein Britt, 90, of Villa Hillsand formerly of Fort Thomas,died April 28 at St. ElizabethEdgewood.

She was a time keeper withWadsworth Watch Case Co. inDayton, librarian at St. AnthonySchool in Bellevue, and a mem-ber of the St. Anthony Mother’sClub and the Northern Kentucky

Guild for the Retarded.Her son, Rev. Jerome Britt,

died previously.Survivors include her husband,

Charles Edward Britt; daughtersJanet Weinel of Fort Thomasand Mary Ann Britt of Alexan-dria; son, Deacon Timothy Brittof Alexandria; and five grand-children along with two great-grandchildren.

Entombment was at St. Ste-phen Cemetery in Fort Thomas.

Memorials: New Perceptions,1 Sperti Drive, Fort Mitchell, KY41017.

Henry CraftHenry Clay Craft, 77, of Inde-

pendence, died April 26 at hishome.

He worked as a maintenanceman for Wadsworth Electric formore than 25 years. He was aU.S. Army veteran, propertyowner, and provider of homesfor multiple generations in thecity of Covington.

His brother, Paul Craft, diedpreviously.

Survivors include his wife,Linda Craft; son, Tim Craft;daughters Rhonda Pearson andJamie Shelton; brothers RobertCraft and James Craft; sistersWanda Goldsberry, FrankieThomas, Peggy Salter, and PatsyArnold; and eight grandchildrenalong with two great-grand-children.

Entombment was at Motherof God Mausoleum in FortWright.

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

Jerry HatterJerry L. Hatter, 69, of Villa

Hills, died April 20 at his home.Survivors include his wife,

Diann Hatter; children SherriDavidson and Rob Hatter; broth-er, Garry Hatter; sisters JoAnnPowers and Sharlene French;and five grandchildren.

Leslie HolbrookLeslie A. Holbrook, 70, of Villa

Hills, died April 22 at St. Eliza-beth Edgewood.

He retired in 1993 after serv-ing as an educator for 27 yearsat Turkeyfoot Middle School,nine years as a teacher, 11 yearsas assistant principal, and sevenyears as principal. He graduatedfrom St. Henry High School in1962 and from Xavier Universityin 1966. After serving in the U.S.Army from 1966-1968, he thenearned his master’s degree inEducation and his rank I degreefrom Xavier University. He was amember of the Catholic Order ofForesters, an avid Xavier Univer-sity basketball fan, a PerryMason buff, and a passionategolfer.

His brothers, Lee, Lanny, andLarry Holbrook, died previously.

Survivors include his wife,Linda Holbrook; daughtersShannon Tucker, Monica Ash-craft, and Erin Holbrook; andfour grandchildren.

Interment was at St. MaryCemetery in Fort Mitchell.

Memorials: St. Henry DistrictHigh School, 3755 SchebenDrive, Erlanger, KY 41018.

Elinor MenezElinor J. Menez (nee Kyle),

age 86, of Fort Mitchell, for-merly of Arlington, Massachu-setts, died Dec. 11, 2014, at herson’s home.

In 1946 she married her hus-band of 58 years and theymoved from Indiana to Mas-sachusetts first to Somerville andthen to Arlington where shelived in the same house for 60years prior to her move toKentucky in late 2013. Sheretired in 1994 from the U.S.Department of Transportation inBoston after 21 years of service,the last several years as a cost-price analyst. Before joining theTransportation Department, sheworked 11 years at the AMWCorp. in Arlington, Massachu-setts. She was an avid reader,loved classical music and theater,and played the piano through-out her life. She enjoyed spend-ing time in Martha’s Vineyardand visiting with her grand-daughters, daughter, son, and afew close girlfriends. She was ahumanitarian and passionateabout social justice and animalwelfare and supported certaincauses such as St. Joseph IndianSchool, Kids Wish Network,Soaring Eagle, St. Labre IndianSchool, Cincinnati EducationalTelevision, Kentucky EducationalTelevision, Food for the Poor,and the Northern Kentucky ALSAssociation (Lou Gehrig’s dis-ease). For over 12 years she alsosponsored several childrenthrough Children International.

Her husband, Manuel, died in2004, her daughter-in-law, SarahMenez, in 2013; and her sister,Irene Cline, died in 2014.

Survivors include one daugh-ter, Charmain Menez; a son,Joseph Menez; two grand-daughters.

Memorials: Donations in hername may be made to theLexington Symphony, P.O. Box194, Lexington, MA 02420.

Carolyn MoulderCarolyn Jean Dolwick Moul-

der, 85, of Erlanger, died April 26at her home.

She was a retired personneladministrator with the NorthernKentucky Independent DistrictHealth Department, a graduateof Hebron High School, memberof Erlanger Church of Christ, anda Kentucky Colonel.

Her husband, Calvin C. Moul-der; and son, Larry H. Moulder,died previously.

Survivors include her son,Darryl L. Moulder of Uniontown,Ohio; sister, Janet D. Larison ofIndependence; and four grand-children along with eight great-grandchildren.

Interment was at HebronLutheran Cemetery in Hebron.

Memorials: New Hope CrisisPregnancy Center, 228 ThomasMore Parkway, Crestview Hills,KY 41017; or Erlanger Church ofChrist, 458 Graves Ave., Erlanger,

KY 41018.

James PhelpsJames G. Phelps, 90, of Erlang-

er, died April 26 at St. ElizabethEdgewood.

He was a mechanic withKennedy Motor Service Inc. inCincinnati and member ofCentral Church of the Nazarenein Fort Wright. He was a U.S.Army veteran of World War II.

His first wife, Pauline MahanPhelps, died previously.

Survivors include his wife,Patricia Phelps; sons James E.Phelps of Milwaukee, Wisconsinand Travis Allen of Florence;brother, Donald Phelps of Lud-low; and three grandchildrenalong with four great-grand-children.

Entombment was at HighlandCemetery in Fort Mitchell.

Memorials: Central Church ofthe Nazarene, 2006 Pieck Drive,Fort Wright, KY 41011.

Nancy PoeNancy C. Brahl Poe, 78, of

Latonia, died April 28.She retired from Walgreen’s

Drug Store in Latonia after 45years of employment as a book-keeper. She was a member ofHolmes High School AlumniAssociation and a school volun-teer for the Ninth District andHolmes High School.

Her husband, William S. Poe;and brother, Charles E. Brahl,died previously.

Survivors include her daugh-ter, Charlotte Poe; sons WilliamGregory Poe, Lawrence EdwardPoe, and Charles D. Poe; and fivegrandchildren.

Interment was at Floral HillsMemorial Gardens in Taylor Mill.

Memorials: St. ElizabethHospice, 483 S. Loop Road,Edgewood, KY 41017.

Evelyn RapierEvelyn P. Rapier, 87, of Inde-

pendence, died April 24 at St.Elizabeth Hospice.

She was a retired secretary forK.D. Lamp manufacturing and along-standing member of WestCovington Baptist Church.

Her husband, Herman G.Rapier, died previously.

Survivors include her brother,H.C. Smith of Corbin; and sister,Opal Sears of Goshen, Ohio.

Interment was at HighlandCemetery.

Memorials: West CovingtonBaptist Church, 1003 HighwayAve., Covington, KY 41011.

DEATHS

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Piner, died April 21.He was a 2001 graduate of

Simon Kenton High School andattended Hickory Grove BaptistChurch in Independence. Heenjoyed music, playing thepiano, movies, traveling, andeating his favorite food, pizza.

Survivors include his parents,Don and Mariann Rider of Piner;sisters Lindsay Wood and Megh-an McDonald, both of Independ-ence; and his dog, Archie.

Interment was at Independ-ence Cemetery.

Memorials: New PerceptionsInc., 1 Sperti Drive, Edgewood,KY 41017; or Aspen CommunityLiving, 7111 Dixie Highway,Florence, KY 41042.

John Rogers Sr.John Wayne Rogers Sr., 72, of

Taylor Mill, died April 27 at St.Elizabeth Edgewood.

He was an avid bowler andloved watching movies.

His brother, Bill Rogers, diedpreviously.

Survivors include his childrenJohn W. Rogers Jr., Robin Rog-ers, Lori Segura, Rick Rogers,Justin Rogers, and BrandonRogers; and seven grandchildrenalong with six great-grand-children.

Burial was at Floral HillsMemorial Gardens.

Richard SearlesRichard “Dick” Edwin Searles,

70, of Poteau, Oklahoma andformerly of Kenton County, diedApril 13 in Poteau.

He was a U.S. Army veteranand worked for 13 years at theKenton County Sheriff’s Depart-ment. His son, Doyle WayneDavis, died previously.

Survivors include his wife,Bessie “Louise” Searles; daugh-ter, Elizabeth “Libby” AnnSchmitz; and three granddaugh-ters.

Interment was at OaklandCemetery.

Keith ShelanieKeith Alan Shelanie, 59, of

Ludlow, died April 19 at St.Elizabeth Edgewood.

He was a security guard forthe Cincinnati Art Museum for22 years and enjoyed hiking andthe outdoors.

His parents, Arthur and JanetShelanie; and sister, JaniceMaureen Woodall, died previ-ously.

Survivors include his sister,Debbie Smith of Asheboro,North Carolina.

Memorials: Shriner’s Hospitalfor Children Cincinnati, 3229Burnett Ave., Cincinnati, OH45229-3095.

John Vince Sr.John T. Vince Sr., of Independ-

ence, died April 28.He was a U.S. Navy veteran,

serving from 1961-1963 andretired from Eaton Asphalt after30 years of employment. He wasan avid hunter, fisherman, andmember of the NRA. He enjoyedattending his grandsons sport-ing events and owned severalrace horses over the years.

Survivors include his wife,Barbara Vince; daughter, Jenni-fer Vince of Milford, Ohio; son,John Vince Jr. of Independence;sisters Virginia Vince, LindaHowe, and Maggie Ellis; andtwo grandsons along with threestep-granddaughters, twogreat-step-grandchildren, andhis dog, Lucy. Interment was atVeterans Cemetery North inWilliamstown. Memorials: St.Elizabeth Hospice, 483 S. LoopRoad, Edgewood, KY 41017.

DEATHS

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Lydia Bender, 26, and MichaelSnowball, 30, both of LakesidePark, issued April 21.

Emily Grammer, 25, of Edge-wood and Joseph Vogerl III, 33,

of Cincinnati, issued April 21.Mallorie Sears, 26, and Gere-

my Wilson, 32, both of Amelia,issued April 21.

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Andrew J. “Andy”VonLehman will be hon-ored as Northern Ken-tuckian of the Year onMay 7 at the NorthernKentucky ConventionCenter. The ceremonywill include a reception at11:15 a.m. and a luncheonat noon.

VonLehman is a 1971graduate of CovingtonCatholic High School. Hejoined VonLehman CPA

and Advi-sory Firmshortly be-fore grad-uationfromThomasMore Col-lege in1975.

He has served aspresident and long termboard member of ThePoint (an organization

that provides opportuni-ties for people with intel-lectual and developmen-tal disabilities).

In addition, he is aTrustee Emeritus of Red-wood School, Vice-Chairof the Northern Ken-tucky Port Authority, hasserved as a member ofthe Major Gifts Commit-tee of Thomas More Col-lege, and has participatedon numerous Capital

Campaigns for organiza-tions with which he hasbeen associated.

VonLehman was a re-cipient of the 2011 BishopHughes Award and haschaired the CovingtonDiocesan Parish AnnualAppeal. He is past Presi-dent of CPAmerica Inter-national, an association ofleading, private CPAfirms throughout theUnited States.

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