Every day, people through-out Northern Kentucky arestruggling to fight a war.

These people arent sol-diers, and their enemy isntsomeone else, but its killingpeople throughout the area.

From teenagers and collegestudents to white-collar work-ers and older adults, peoplefrom all walks of life are fight-ing against their addiction toheroin.

Heroin is the great equaliz-er, it doesnt discriminate,said Dr. Mina Mike Kalfas, alocal family practitioner whoalso specializes in addiction

treatment.Cold Spring resident Jordan

Finn, 22, knows all too wellabout battling heroin addic-tion, something that has affect-

Heroin is thegreat equalizerFormer addictsshare their storiesBy Amanda Joeringajoering@nky.com

See HEROIN, Page A2

This story is the fourth in aseries about the currentheroin epidemic in North-ern Kentucky. Links to thefirst three stories are avail-able here:Police work to combat

growing heroin epidemic:http://tinyurl.com/9sqj4orHeroin deaths on the rise,

expected to continue:http://tinyurl.com/912r9qbFamilies feel effect of her-

oin epidemic through loss ofloved ones:http://tinyurl.com/9rfdqs3

THE HEROIN EPIDEMICSpecial education and busesare the latest victims of re-duced funding.

The Boone County SchoolsBoard of Education passed theworking budget for its currentfiscal year.

Thanks to dwindling stateand federal revenues, this bud-get will be a difficult one to livewith, said Superintendent Ran-dy Poe.

The past few years wevehad some stimulus funds ab-sorbing some of the teachersalaries. This year is the firstyear we dont have thosefunds, said Linda Schild, thedistricts director of finance.

To cover those salaries, thedistrict will start pulling fromits general fund balance, Schildsaid.

All told, the district will getabout $3.4 million less in reve-nues because of the state andfederal cuts.

Along with the cuts, theboard of education approved aproperty tax rate that wouldcollect the same amount ofrevenue as last year despitePoes recommendation to in-crease revenue by 4 percent.

This is the last year withoutincreasing some kind of reve-nue that you will be able to passa budget without significantteacher layoffs, Poe said.

To operate on the currentbudget, the district has alreadycut 10 positions in special edu-cations and cut $1.6 millionfrom this years $1.8 millionnew bus budget.

Were going to be not pur-chasing about 20 buses we needto be purchasing, Poe said.

This means that by nextyear, the districts fleet willhave at least 35 buses that aremore than 15 years old, he said.

The districts current pre-dicament puts them in a posi-tion where they are doing thebest they can with significantlyless funding than most dis-tricts around the nation, Poesaid.

We spend less than 90 per-

cent of the nations school dis-tricts, and were one of the topperformers, he said.

Recent test data put BooneCounty Schools in the top 300performers in the nation.

If the funding issues con-tinue, that sustained successwill likely diminish, Poe said.

Money doesnt mean every-thing, but sure does when yourchild can have a textbook, hesaid.

Board member Ed Masseyacknowledged the tough spotthe current funding strugglespresent in the midst of a strug-gling economy.

I appreciate the board sav-ing money for the residents,Massey said. At the sametime, weve got to maintain thequality of services to our chil-dren.

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By next, Boone County Schoolss fleet will have at least 35 buses that are more than 15 years old.Because of budget cuts, bus purchases are on hold. FILE PHOTO

BUDGET CUTSBoone Schools cuts new buses to make budgetBy Justin B. Dukejbduke@nky.com

This is the last year withoutincreasing some kind of revenuethat you will be able to pass abudget without teacher layoffs.RANDY POESchool superintendent

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FLORENCEEvenwith fall-ing property values, Florenceis holding steady on propertytax rates.

City Council voted unani-mously on the first of two read-ings that would leave the citysproperty tax rates the same aslast year.

The city will collect $1.82per $1,000 of assessed value onreal property. Thiswill bring inless revenue than last year,thanks topropertyvaluesdrop-ping $14.7 million this year.

Alongwith the real propertytax, Florence also has to con-tribute to the pensions of itshazardous duty employees.The citys contribution isequivalent to collecting $0.98per $1,000 of assessed value onreal property in the city. Flor-ence can collect any amountcouncil chooses, up to the$0.98.Council will again collect $0.64per $1,000 of assessed valueand pay the rest of the contri-bution from the general fund.

We are getting further andfurther behind in that, saidcouncil member Larry Brown.

As some point, council willeither have to pass the rest ofthat burden onto property own-

ers or the general fund will di-minish, Brown said.

Mayor Diane Whalen lik-ened the situation to the fund-ing issues that Social Securityand Medicare face.

Eventually, somebody isgoing to have to pay the piper,Whalen said.

Florence also collects taxeson tangible property, likeboats, business equipment andinventory. Assessmentsdropped $14.7million this year.While council could have ad-justed rates to bring in anequivalent amount of revenue,council decided to keep therate at last years $3.39 per$1,000 of assessed value.

Our tax rate hasntchanged in the last four yearsand five of the last six years,said council member Mel Car-roll.

Because Florence collectsother taxes, the city isnt fullydependent on property taxes tofund the budget. Thanks to in-creased revenues from thecitys payroll tax, occupationallicense tax and insurance pre-mium tax, Florence revenueswere up $959,000 despite a$242,000 decrease in propertytax revenues.

City Council will vote on thesecond and final reading of thetax rates at the Sept. 18 specialmeeting.

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ed him and several of hisfriends.

For Finn, who camefrom a good family, at-tended Newport CentralCatholic and got goodgrades, thebattlebegan incollege, when curiosityand a desire to experi-ment led him to try her-oin.

I wasnt depressed oranything, I just wanted tohave fun, Finn said. Itried it once, then didntdo it again for a while.

Finn said at first, hewould do heroin once ev-ery couple months, justfor fun.

But soon, the funstopped and the addictionbegan.

Every couple monthswent toonceamonth, thenevery other week, Finnsaid. It just started to oc-cupy my mind all thetime.

Soon, Finn was at thepoint that he was doingheroin every day, andcould see the downwardspiral of addiction takingover his life and the livesof his friends.

He saw some of hisfriends, who were goodpeople, steal, lie, lose jobs,get kicked out of theirhouses and nearly diefrom overdose.

I never resorted tostealing, but I sold a lot ofmy possessions, Finnsaid. I justified it andtold myself I didnt have aproblem because I wasntas bad as some of myfriends.

Eventually, Finn saidhe had a breakdown anddecided to quit. Some-thing that was easier saidthan done.

After a brief time offheroin, Finn said he re-lapsed and was quicklyright back where he hadbeen.

I didnt want to be anaddict and tried reallyhard not to be, Finn said.But, heroinwas theway Icoped with life, and Icouldnt imagine my lifewithout it.

Earlier this year, Finnrealized he needed helpand went to his father,who helped him get into amedical detox center.

I knew if I tried to doit on my own, it wouldntwork, Finn said. I gotdown on my knees andstarted praying.

After detox, Finn start-ed attending12-stepmeet-ings several times a weekand has been sober formore than four months.

He now talks withyounger kids who are get-ting in trouble for usingdrugs and alcohol, tellingthem about his experi-ence, how experimentingcan lead to addiction, howit took over his life and hisdaily battle to stay clean.

Talking to other peo-ple about my experiencehelps rootme in sobriety,Finn said. The only waytokeepwhatyouhave is togive it away.

Lifelong battleFor recovering addict

Allyssa Bujdoso of High-landHeights, life changedthe first time she triedheroin.

While attendingNorth-ern Kentucky Universityin 2005, Bujdoso foundherself havingahard timewith her family, schooland life in general.

While she didnt havemuch experience withdrugs, she was offeredheroin and decided to tryit.

I was a child, I didntthink about the conse-quences. I just didntwant

to feel theway I felt insideanymore, Bujdoso said.I tried it once, and I washooked.

Bujdoso said her ad-diction progressed quick-ly, leading her to startshooting up heroin.

One semester, she re-ceived a financial aidcheck for about $9,000and spent almost all of iton heroin within twomonths.

My life was complete-ly out of control, and Iwasa shell of the person I wassupposed to be, Bujdososaid. I starting losing alot of weight, and I couldtell that I was dying.

In 2007, Bujdosomoved in with her motherin New York to try to getaway from heroin.

After a 30-day stay at atreatment center, shestayed clean for fewmonths before relapsingin August 2007.

I used again for abouta week, then quit againand have been off heroinfor five years, Bujdososaid. I just knew I wasmeant to do better thingswith my life than kill my-self with drugs.

Bujdoso,whonow livesin Chicago and is in col-lege studying to be a writ-er, said it took her almostfour years to get her lifeback, but that her battle isfar from over.

Its something thatsnever going to go away,Im going to have to dealwith this my entire life,Bujdoso said. I just dowhat I have to do to getthrough each day.

Losing everythingA little over a year ago,

Florence resident BrianFlinkers life was a lot dif-ferent than it is today.

Back then Flinker, 29,was trapped in a full-fledged heroin addictionthat led to him lose jobsand his family, drop out ofcollege and spend time inand out of prison.

Flinker started doingdrugs when he was 13 andfirst tried heroin when hewas 18.

Almost immediately,he was hooked, and hewent from snorting her-oin here and there toshooting it up within acouple months.

For years, Flinkerdealt with his addictionand legal problems, withno end in sight.

I was so tired of deal-ing with it all, Flinkersaid. I didnt considercommitting suicide, but Iwould have been OK withdying.

After getting arrestedagain and getting sober injail, Flinker said he had amoment of clarity.

I knew if somethingdidnt change, Id go rightback to heroin when I gotout (of jail), Flinker said.

Flinker entered a nine-month inpatient treat-ment program, and nowattends 12-step programmeetings and has been so-ber for 15 months.

I still think about it,lifes still hard, but I knowthat doingheroinwouldntmake things better,Flinker said.

Infiltratingsmall-townAmerica

When Dr. Kalfas firststarted working with ad-diction treatment in themid-1990s, he saidherare-

ly saw patients with her-oin addiction.

Now treatment cen-ters, including the one inFalmouth where he wasmedical director for 15years, are filled withthem, Kalfas said.

Ive watched the her-oin in this area really bal-loon over the years, Kal-fas said. Its not justsomething that affectsbigcities. It has thoroughlyinfiltrated small-townAmericaplaces, includingNorthern Kentucky.

Kalfas said in his opi-nion, the heroin epidemicin this area wont get bet-ter until awareness isspread and the treatmentof addicts improves.

Kalfas, who has spentyears studying and treat-ing heroin addiction, saidmanypeople arent able toquit using abstinence likeFlinker, Bujdoso andFinn.

The way heroin addic-tion works, Kalfas said, isthat the drug, an opiate,stimulates receptors inthe brain, causing them torelease dopamine, a hor-mone that gives users asense of euphoria.

The more a personuses the drug, the morethe brain will need to getthe same effect and even-tually, just to feel normaland not have withdrawalsymptoms, Kalfas said.

Since heroin addictioncreates this chemical im-balance in the brain, ad-dicts cant think clearly,Kalfas said.

When they are havingwithdrawal, all they canthink about is how theyare going tomake it stop,Kalfas said. Its such ex-treme pain that their sur-vival instincts kicks in,and theyll do anything tomake it stop.

A lot of treatments of-fered today center aroundabstinence, but Kalfassaid the success rate ofsomeonequittingcold tur-key staying sober for sixmonths is only about 5percent.

Statistically, it doesntwork, Kalfas said.Whenever youre doingsomething that doesntwork, you need tochange.

There are mainte-nance drugs like metha-doneandSuboxonewhich,when used correctly, canhelpwith the treatment ofheroin addiction by stop-ping withdrawal symp-toms and helping to cor-rect the addicts brainchemistry, Kalfas said.

By using these drugscorrectly, which meansreducing the dosage at aslow rate and coupling itwith intensive therapyand counseling, Kalfassaid he is seeing a muchhigher success rate.

However, not everyonehas these treatment pro-grams available to themand people do abuse themaintenance drugs, Kal-fas said.

Kalfas said gettingmore medical profession-als and community mem-bers involved in workingtoward a treatment forheroin addicts instead ofthem seeing this issue assomething that couldnthappen to them, is theonlywayhe sees the situa-tion getting better.

Until the stigma sur-rounding heroin addictiongoes away, its going to behard to treat these peo-ple, Kalfas said.

HeroinContinued from Page A1

Its not just something that affectsbig cities. It has thoroughlyinfiltrated small-town Americaplaces DR. MINA MIKE KALFASA specialiist in addiction treatment

Boone Countys recy-cling program will con-tinue to expand with a re-cent grant from the state.

Solid Waste SupervisorKelly Chapman said thegrant, which totals$304,082, comes from thestates Energy and Envi-ronmental Cabinet Divi-sion of Waste Manage-ments recycling and localassistance branch.

Money for the grantcomes from the KentuckyPride Fund and requires a25 percent match.

According to Chapman,the grant will be used topurchase two additionaltrailers to pull recyclingbins, a horizontal baler, aBobcat grapple bucket and

sorting line in addition to12more drop-box recyclingbins to be placed at loca-tions around Boone Countyaswell as three locations inKenton County.

Both counties are partof the Northern KentuckySolid Waste Managementarea, she said.

Boone County receivedthe same grant last year.Money from that $177,000grant was used to expandthe number of recyclingsites and purchase equip-ment.

From November untilMay, the number of recy-cling sites grew from six to12 and revenue generatedfrom the sale of recycla-bles totaled some $16,448,Chapman said. The countyhad never before generat-ed revenue on recycling,

she said.Some184 tons ofmateri-

al were kept out of land-fills, she said.

The county switched362 recycling bins in sevenmonths and Chapman saidif they were using theirprevious hauler, the costwould be more than$68,000.

Chapmansaidshewantsthe program to continueexpanding.

Up here in NorthernKentucky, we dispose of alot of recyclable materialin the landfills and weshould be taking that ma-terial and recycling it andsaving our natural re-sources, she said.

The county is also add-ing glass back into the re-cyclingprogramnowthat acompany will take it fromus for free, Chapman said.

Current recycling loca-tions include: MaplewoodDrive in Burlington, Tan-ner Street in Petersburg,Belleview-McVille FireDepartment, Boone Coun-ty Farmers Market, Oak-brook Park, Boone CountyHigh School, OckermanMiddle School, Ryle HighSchool, Cooper HighSchool, Stephens Elemen-tary, North Pointe Elemen-tary, Conner High Schooland Walton Public Works.

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SMAC plans openhouse, safetydemonstrations

HEBRON Smith Mar-tial Arts Center (SMAC)will host an open houseand safety demonstra-tions from11a.m. to 5 p.m.Saturday, Sept. 29, at thecenter, 1892 PetersburgRoad, Hebron.

The free communityevent will feature a cook-out and refreshments,sign-up specials, a raffle,an adult self-defenseclass, weapons and spar-ring demos, a taekwondoshowcase and bullyproof workshopsthroughout the day forkids ages 5-17.

For more information,visitwww.smacfit365.com orcall 859-689-5100.

Historic hikeplanned at Big Bone

Tour the trails at BigBone Lick State Park dur-ing the Great OutdoorWeekend, Sept. 22 and 23.

A historic/scientifichike and artifact identifi-cation is planned fromnoon to 4 p.m. both days,at the park visitor center,3380 Beaver Road, Union.

Paleontologists, ar-chaeologists and histori-ans from the CincinnatiMuseum Center and theFriends of Big Bone willprovide commentary onthe ice age, Native Amer-icans and fossil mam-mals, as well as the geol-ogy and native vegetationof the area.

Participants can alsovisit a 19th century camp-site and bring artifacts

and fossils to be identi-fied by staff.

The weekend is achance to sample outdoorrecreation and natureawareness programsavailable in the eightcounties surrounding theCincinnati region.

Visit www.greatoutdoorweekend.org formore information.

Blue Star Mothershost vigil

The Blue Star MothersNorthernKentuckyChap-ter 5 will be holding itsfourth annual candlelightvigil at 7 p.m. Saturday,Sept. 22, at the FlorenceGovernment Center, 8100Ewing Blvd.

The vigil is to pay hom-age to all past, present,and future military per-sonnel. There will be anunveiling and dedicationto the memory of all Ken-tucky fallen warriorsfrom Operation IraqiFreedom and OperationEnduring Freedom.

Lung CancerAlliance benefitplanned

Lungs on the Leveefundraiser is set for 4-7p.m. Monday, Sept. 24, atBrothers Bar and Grill atNewport on the Levee,and will benefit the LungCancer Alliance.

A silent auction willrun from 4-6 p.m. andBrothers will donate apercentage of proceedsfrom featured drinks andmake a donation for thosewearing a supplied brace-let.

There is no cover fee.For more information,

visit www.lungsonthe-levee.weebly.com.

Former UK starsvisiting Florence

FormerNCAA champi-on University of Ken-tucky Wildcats WalterMcCarty and Jeff Shep-pard will be appearing atThe Kentucky Shop inFlorence from 3-5 p.m.Sunday, Sept. 16.

Members of the 1996team, the two will be sign-ing autographs and takingpictures with fans.Tickets are $10.

For more informationvisitwww.ukwildcatshop.com.

Band returns toRabbit Hash

Salt of the Earth willreturn to Rabbit Hash,performing from 7-10p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, inthe barn, located near theRabbit Hash GeneralStore.

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UNION Welcome au-tumn with games, linedancing and bonfires.

Union PresbyterianChurch will host its Har-vest Hoedown Saturday,Sept. 22, at the church,10259 U.S. 42, Union.

The fall festival isopen to the public and

free, though there is a si-lent auction and pre-salefor a cookbook that willserve as a fundraiser forthe church.

Activities run from 1-7p.m. and abonfirewill fol-low around 7 p.m.

Planned activities in-clude line dancing and in-struction from 1-3 p.m.,square dancing from 3-4p.m., karaoke from 4-6

p.m. and a performancefrom the praise bandEarthen Vessel from 6-7p.m. as well as a pulledpork dinner, games, cornhole and a silent auction.

The Boone County Ani-mal Shelter will also haveits Adoption Waggin onhand from 2-6 p.m.

According to memberTracy Gardner, the festi-val is one the church used

to host, but it just fell bythe wayside.

This will be the firsttime in several years theevent will be held, shesaid.

We think its just thatsense of community wewant people to feel.

The festival offers achance to get togetherwith friends and familyand get to know the

church, and is an activitywhere people dont haveto worry about money,Gardner said.

The Rev. Lisa Stenner,pastor at Union Presby-terian, said the hoedownwill be a community out-reach event.

Its just going to be afun day to play and enjoybeing together and shar-ing God and blessings to-

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BURLINGTON Au-tumn is just around thecor-ner and the season changebrings with it a busy timefor Burlingtons historicDinsmore Homestead.

Dinsmore will first hostitsannualbenefitgalaSept.22 at Triple CrownCountryClub, 1 Triple Crown Blvd.,Union.

Social hour and cash barwill be available from 6:30-7:30p.m.Dinnerwill followat 7:30 p.m.

According to executivedirector Marty McDonald,this years theme is theblue and the gray.

Its a Civil War com-memorative event, shesaid.

Live music will be pro-vided by the River Cats,whowill performblues andbluegrass music alongwith several Civil War-eratunes.

Therewill also be sever-al people decked out inCiv-il War period clothing, ac-cording to McDonald.Guests are very wel-comed to dress the part aswell, though its not re-quired.

Those attending the ga-la will also see a brief pres-entation that ties the home-

stead into the Civil Wartime, she said.

The event will featuresilent and oral auctions.Proceeds from the eveninggo directly to the home-stead.

(The gala) brings to-gether a real mix of peo-ple, saidMcDonald. Theycome because they knowthis is critically importantto Dinsmore because it isour major fundraiser.

This and other fundrais-ers are critical for Dins-more to keep heritage pro-gram events going and tomaintain the site, she said.

Its a real party, but itsalso a very meaningfulmainstay for us.

The following weekend,Dinsmore will host its an-nual Harvest Festival, Sat-urday andSunday, Sept. 29-30, fromnoon to 5 p.m. bothdays.

This, McDonald said, isa weekend of heritageevents.

More than 20 heritagecrafters and artists will beon hand while staples likebean soup, which is pre-pared outside, and countryham will be available, Mc-Donald said.

Organizers will alsohave an attic sale goingduring the festival.

The River Cats will per-format 2 p.m. each day andother musicians will beroaming the grounds.

Pony rides, games,pumpkin painting andscarecrowmakingwill alsobe available for children,though visitors interestedin making a scarecrowshould bring their ownscarecrowclothes,McDon-ald said.

Although Dinsmore isno longer a working farm,the history of farming isso evident here, she said.

The homestead farmonce consisted of up to 900acres and still covers about80 acres today, accordingto McDonald.

Its walking back intotime and it just celebratesthe harvest the farmershave.

Thecost is$3forseniorsage 60 and older and foradult Dinsmore Founda-tionmembers, $5 for adultsunder60,$2forkidsaged5-17and is free forkidsunderthe age of 5.

Dinsmore is located 6.5miles west of downtownBurlington, at 5656 Bur-lington Pike.

For more information,visitwww.dinsmorefarm.org orcall 859-586-6117.

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A6 FLORENCE-UNION RECORDER SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

SCHOOLSSCHOOLSACHIEVEMENTS | NEWS | ACTIVITIES | HONORS CommunityPress.com

COMMUNITYRECORDEREditor: Nancy Daly, ndaly@nky.com, 578-1059

Back to school season isntusually when many high schoolstudents are thinking about col-lege, but there is plenty to donow to help get ahead.

You can put yourself in agood position for your collegeapplications, said Dawn Hin-ton, guidance counselor atCoop-er High School.

Even freshmen can do simplethings now like getting involvedin leadership opportunities orjust getting familiar with the re-sources available in their guid-ance office, Hinton said.

We have so much informa-

tion available, she said.Hinton regularly stresses

how important it is to keep upgrades throughout all of highschool because so much ofscholarships and college admis-sions is wrapped around a gradepoint average. Often studentswait until their senior years toworry about GPA, and by then itis too late, she said.

Its their junior transcriptsthat get sent to colleges,Hintonsaid.

With the importance of GPA,some students tend to think itssmart to avoid the most chal-lenging classes to help inflatethe GPA, but colleges look atcourse rigor and honors and ad-

vanced placement courses givestudents a preview of how thecollege setting works, Hintonsaid.

I always tell students, what-ever subject youre strongest in,take an honors level course,she said.

Sophomores should continueto be involved in leadership,community service and schoolactivities and keeping a writtenrecord of all of thembecause itsso easy to forget it all by the timecollege applications come twoyears later, Hinton said.

Upperclassmen begin havingmore to consider as graduationapproaches.

I strongly recommend that

juniors take the ACT in Octoberor December so they can get abaseline for the stateACT,Hin-ton said.

Juniors should also startcompiling a list of collegestheyre interested in, so theycanstart narrowing down topchoices. This helps studentsavoid applying to too manyschools.

Application fees are expen-sive, Hinton said.

For seniors, the fall semesteris crunch time for college andscholarship applications. Stu-dents must keep in mind appli-cation deadlines, she said.

The No. 1 reason peopledont get scholarship money is

they dont turn (the application)in on time, Hinton said.

Regardless of the year, Hin-ton says the top tool any studentcan use is their IndividualLearning Plan (ILP). The ILP isan online tool that students canuse to store written work, re-search careers, find out whathigh school courses best pre-pare for college majors, seewhat schools offer the best pro-grams and more.

Its a great electronic way toget involved, Hinton said.

Every student in Kentuckyhas an ILP thats available atwww.career cruising.com/ilp.

Visit nky.com/boonecounty formore community news

Now is the time to start college huntBy Justin B. Dukejbduke@nky.com

ERLANGERABooneCoun-ty school earned one of thecountrys highest honors.

St. Henry District was oneof the 269 schools to be namedas 2012 National Blue RibbonSchool by the U.S. Departmentof Education.

St. Henry was placed in theExemplary High PerformingSchool category, an honor giv-en to only six private schoolsthis year.

It validates what Iveknown for the last severalyears, said Assistant Princi-pal Dave Gish.

Gish admits the schooldoesnt do much self-promo-tion, but aBlueRibbonspeaksalot about whats going on in St.Henry, he said.

Were not only one of the

premier Catholic schools inKentucky, were one of the topeducational institutions in thecountry, Gish said.

In 2011, St.Henry graduated109 studentswho earned a com-bined $5.4 million in scholar-shipmoneyandaverageda24.4on theACT, 3.3 points above thenational average.

St. Henrys success is due toa shared effort by teachers,students and parents, said Su-san Daugherty, the schoolsguidance counselor for sen-iors.

They buy in to the need of ademanding program, Daugh-erty said.

This means students areputting in theeffort required toexcel, with 115 students taking224 Advanced Placement ex-ams and 78 percent earningcollege credit from the exams,Gish said.

This made the applicationprocess for the Blue Ribbonless difficult than it could havebeen, he said.

We didnt do anything dif-ferent to put ourselves in a po-sition to win, he said.

In fact, this was St. Henrysfirst application, Gish said.

In order to have the kind ofsuccess the school is seeing,there has to be an emphasis oneducation that starts at home,and St. Henry parents are ded-icated to their children and theschool, he said.

You have very few whodrop their kids at the door andtheyre ours for the day, hesaid.

St. Henry will be formallyrecognized with the Blue Rib-bon award at a ceremony inNo-vember in Washington, D.C.

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St. Henry District High School senior Maria Syfert celebrates the school's Blue Ribbon award with twocrusaders who've taken on blue ribbons for the occasion. JUSTIN B. DUKE/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER

St. Henry honoredby education dept.By Justin B. Dukejbduke@nky.com

Agner awardedscholarship

CarlAgner, the sonofCarl andRebecca Agner of Florence, wasawarded Transylvania Univer-sitys Trustee Scholarship.

The Trustee Scholarship hasbeen awarded to 42 incomingfirst-year students from sixstates and 39 high schools. Aca-demically, the trustee scholarshave anaverageACTof 31andanaverage high school grade-point

average of 3.96.Agner is a

graduate ofBoone CountyHigh School.

Shermanstudiesabroad

The University of Evansvilleannounced that Andrew Sher-man of Florence will spend thefall semester studying abroad at

Harlaxton College, the univer-sitys British campus near Gran-tham, England.

Sherman, who is majoring incommunication, is among 154studentswho began classesMon-dayatHarlaxton, housed in a120-roomVictorianmanor in theEastMidlands countryside.

Nutter enrolledJacob Nutter of Union is en-

rolled at Heidelberg University.

COLLEGE CORNER

Agner

Students in the informationsystems engineering degree(ISE) program at National Col-leges Florence campus held aPC repair clinic on Aug. 4. Theclinic was open to students,faculty, and staff to bring intheir broken or slow-runningcomputers to be evaluated byISE students.

StudentsChrisPowell,KyleBowman, BobbyCook, EugeneHurst, JasonGabbard andRei-na Lebron participated in thePC repair clinic under the su-pervision of ISE Director Val-erie Bowman.

After the students diag-nosed each computers issue,they optimized the computerthrough the use of disk-man-

agement and virus scanningsoftware. They also made rec-ommendations to the comput-er owners on what hardwareand/or software could be up-graded.

The clinic benefited thecomputer owners as well asthe students who were able topractice theskills they learnedin their classes. Bowman isplanning to organize a work-shop like this each term to fur-ther enhance the studentsskills as they continue theirprogram.

StudentsChris Powell, Bob-by Cook, Gene Hurst, and Rei-na Lebron are pictured as theydiagnose a computers prob-lems at the clinic.

Students Chris Powell, Bobby Cook, Gene Hurst and Reina Lebronare pictured as they diagnose a computers problems at the clinic.PROVIDED

Students use skillsat PC repair clinic

SCHOOL CLEANUP

Families of Stephens Elementary gathered on July 13 to clean upthe interior courtyard of the school. Pictured are Joseph Pile, JulieLee, Michael McLaughlin, Sophia Pile and Wesley Moore. Wesleysbrother Sam also worked hard that morning. THANKS TO JULIA PILE

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 FLORENCE-UNION RECORDER A7

SPORTSSPORTSHIGH SCHOOL | YOUTH | RECREATIONAL CommunityPress.com

COMMUNITYRECORDEREditor: Melanie Laughman, mlaughman@communitypress.com, 513-248-7573

UNION If you are willing toput in the work, you will not besurprised by your success.

The Cooper Jaguars boyscross country team put in theoffseason work, which led to afast start to 2012. The early-sea-son success has been excitingfor the 5-year-old program.

Its been just awesome towatch, said head coach EricVan Laningham. Our guyscame into the season in goodshape and hit the ground run-ning, literally.

Brady Baker is once againthe leader of the team.The soph-omorewon the regional title lastseason and is focused on bring-ing Cooper its first team titlethis season.

He is agreat leader anddoesa great job of getting the rest ofthekids organized, saidVanLa-ningham. Brady knows that he

cant win the region on his own.Zach Stewart has emerged as

a complement to Baker. Eachrunner isnowathreat to finish inthe top five at each meet.

He was a good runner lastyear, buthe took that leap toelitestatus, said Van Laningham ofStewart, a sophomore.

The team finished fourth inthe region last season, whichwas the best finish in programhistory. The Jaguars want to godown as the first team from

Offseason work leadsto Jaguars successCooper boys hit theground runningBy Adam Turerpresspreps@gmail.com

Cooper runner Brady Bakerfinishes in third place at the RyleInvitational Cross Country meetSept. 1. GREG LORING/FOR THECOMMUNITY RECORDERSee COOPER, Page A8This Weeks MVP

The Florence Freedombaseball team for finishing asFrontier League runner-up.

Boys soccer Conner beat Holy Cross 2-0

Sept. 13 to improve to 8-1.AdrianEcheveste had the shutout andAlberto Aguirre and Jake Frai-ture the goals.

Ryle beat St. Henry 2-1Sept.13 to improve to 10-2-1.

St. Henry won the All ACup Sept. 16, beating OwensboroCatholic 3-0. St. Henry also beatCollegiate and Pikeville and is10-5-1 overall.

Girls soccer Boone County beat Mont-

gomeryCounty3-2Sept. 2.SkylerLehmkuhl had two goals.

Ryle beat Simon Kenton 2-0Sept. 14.

Volleyball Boone County won the

Woodford County Invitational toimprove to 15-6 overall.

Ryle beat Scott 25-8, 25-22,25-11 Sept. 12 to improve to 15-5.

St. Henry won the All Astate championship Sept. 15. TheCrusaders beat Presentation 25-11 25-13 in the championshipmatch. Senior Abbey Bessler fin-ishedwitha team-best12killsandwas named tournament MVP.

NKU Notes The Northern Kentucky

University volleyball team usedwins against Holy Cross (Mass.)and Akron on Saturday, Sept. 15,to claim the championship in theHampton Inn Invitational, hostedby Bryant University. The Norsedefeated Holy Cross, 3-0 (25-11,25-17, 25-14), before taking a 3-1(28-26, 25-17, 22-25, 25-19) deci-sion against Akron. With thewins, NKU stands at 12-1 on theyear.

Sarah Smiths first goal ofthe season gave the NorthernKentucky University womenssoccer team a 2-1 victory overYoungstown State on Sunday,Sept. 16. Kelsey Laumann put theNorse on the scoreboard first inthe 12th minute. Her shot lessthan a minute earlier went wideof the goal, but NKU kept thepressure on the Penguins de-fense.KelseyZwergel served theball toLaumann, andshewasableto put ball in the top corner of thenet.Thegamewas tieduntil 72:25when Smith took a pass fromMa-ria Staab andwas able to beat thegoalie. Smith found the back ofthenet toput theNorseaheadandsealed the 2-1 victory.

NKU improved to 3-5 on theseason with the win, whileYoungstownState dropped to 4-3.The Norse return home to openAtlantic Sun Conference play onFridaywithamatchagainstJack-sonville at 7 p.m. NKU will thenhost North Florida on Sunday.Kickoff is set for noon.

TMC Notes The Thomas More College

mens soccer team remain un-

PRESS PREPSHIGHLIGHTS

By James Weberjweber@nky.com

Ryle's Mitchell See, left, and St.Henry's Todd Powers battle forthe ball during their soccer gameat St. Henry in Erlanger. JEFFSWINGER/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER

See HIGHLIGHT, Page A8

FLORENCEThe most dramaticseason in team history ended in quitepossibly the least dramatic way.

The Florence Freedom lost the Fron-tier League Championship Series to theSouthern Illinois Miners on a walk-offwalk in the bottom of the 12th inning onSunday, Sept. 16. The loss did not over-shadow the most successful, excitingseason in Florence Freedom history.

The Freedom dominated the finalmonth of the regular season to clinchthe first postseason berth in team histo-ry. Then, Florence won its first playoffseries in dramatic fashion, behind DrewRundles walk-off home run in an elim-ination game and Peter Fatses monstergame in the series clincher. Florencefinished the year with a franchise-rec-ord 57 wins.

As a manager, it was probably mymost rewarding season, said Freedommanager Fran Riordan. This was aspecial group that came together as ateam and was able to do some real spe-cial things.

A different player seemed to step upeach night to lead the Freedom. In thefinal game of the year, Brandon Mathespitched six innings of scoreless reliefand struck out eight. He relieved starter

Andy Clark, one part of the startingrotation that propelled the Freedom tothe brink of a championship. So manyplayers contributed to the Freedomsimprobable run towards the postseason.

It seemed as if our backs werentagainst the wall, something wasntright, said Riordan. Until the veryend, these guys fought for and earnedeverything they got.

From early August through the sea-sons final night on Sept. 16, the Free-dom played with a sense of urgency.

We feel like we played the lastmonth like we had to win, said short-stop and Frontier League All-Star JuniorArrojo. There was no pressure on us.We played with our backs against thewall all year.

Doubt was not in the players vocabu-lary. Once Riordan and his staff opted toswitch to a four-man starting rotation inearly August, the Freedom started click-ing and never looked back.

It was a great feeling, said Arrojo.The group of guys and the run we hadwas the best feeling in baseball.

As the Freedom started winning, theFlorence community took notice. Themore important the games became, the

louder the crowd at Florence FreedomField became. The coaches and playersheard the difference in the stadiumsvolume.

Our fans are great. They saw howwe were winning games and they helpedus win some games, said Arrojo. Iwish we could have come back forGame Five and won a championship forthem.

The team showed its resolve until thelast run of the season crossed the plate.The Freedom dropped the first twogames of the championship series be-fore winning Game Three on the road.In Game Four, the Freedom trailed 3-0before tying the game in the top of theeighth inning.

When we were down 2-0 in the se-ries, everybody on our team thought wewould come back and win, said Arrojo.

Now, the independent league playerswill decide what to do next with theircareers. Some players will retire frombaseball; others will take advantage ofother career opportunities within thegame. The players and coaches hopethey can bring the band back together

David Harris hit a home run in game two of the championship series against the Southern Illinois Miners. THANKS TO THE FLORENCEFREEDOM

FREEDOMENDS BEST RUNManager calls seasonmost rewardingBy Adam Turerpresspreps@gmail.com

It seemed as if our backs werent against the wall,something wasnt right. Until the very end, these guysfought for and earned everything they got.FRAN RIORDANFlorence Freedommanager

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for one more run, cappedoff by a league champion-ship.

I hope we can keep theroster turnover to a mini-mum, said Riordan. We

dont want to mess toomuch with the feeling wehad at the end of the year.

For the players, thebond was even tighter.

This is such a specialgroup of guys, said Arro-jo. Imreallygoing tomissthem this offseason. We allwant to comebackandplaytogether again.

FreedomContinued from Page A7

other teams to steadily im-prove as the season con-tinues. There are stillweeksuntil thepostseasonbegins. Cooper will nothaveanycatchinguptodo.The Jaguars were as pre-pared as they have everbeen for a cross countryseason.

The biggest key to oursuccess is that the guyswere serious about theirtraining in the summer,he said. They kept eachother accountable andshowed a lot of dedicationin the offseason.

Cooper to win a regionalchampionship.

We want to createsome history at theschool, the coach said.

They are off to a greatstart, winning the Ryle In-vitational on Sept. 1 andthe Grant County Invita-tional on Sept. 8. On Sept.15, the Jaguars competedat the Trinity/Valkyrie In-vitational at Tom Sawyer

State Park in Louisville.This event featured topteams from Kentucky,Ohio,West Virginia, NorthCarolina andTennessee. Itwas a great barometer fora young program likeCooper to see where itstands.

It was a good learningexperience for us, saidVan Laningham, whoseteam finished 17th at themeet, out of 54 competingschools.

While the Jaguarsraced out to a hot start,Van Laningham expects

CooperContinued from Page A7

beaten Sept. 15 as it shutout Anderson University,2-0, in a non-conferencematch in Anderson, Ind.With the win, the Saintsimprove to 3-0-3.

The two teams playedto a 0-0 tie at halftime. TheSaints took a1-0 lead at the58:05 mark when sopho-more forward KyleTroutman (Fairfield)scored off a cross fromseniormidfielderAndrewSullivan (Colerain).Troutman extended theSaints lead to 2-0 when hescored his second goal ofthe match off an assist

from sophomoremidfield-er Jake Plummer at the61:41 mark. Sophomoregoalkeeper Matt Kees(Scott) played all 90 min-utes in goal and improvedhis record to 3-0-3 as heposted the shutout withfive saves.

The 21st-rankedThomas More Collegefootball team scored atouchdown with 18-sec-onds to play in the game torally and defeat Westmin-sterCollege,27-23,Sept.15in its Presidents AthleticConference opener at TheBank of Kentucky Field.

The Saint thenmarched 61 yards in 10plays and 1:38 to score theeventual game-winningtouchdown when sopho-

more quarterback LukeMagness connected on a16-yard pass with sopho-more wide receiver RyanWinkler (Simon Kenton)and Tim Gormly (McNick)made the PATwith 18-sec-onds for the 27-23 victory.

Offensively for theSaints, Magness was 22-of-27passing for205yardsand one touchdown.AdamRauch had 16 carries for80 yards and two touch-downs and had two catch-es for five yards, whilesophomore running backLandon Savoy had 20rushes for 79 yards andhad four catches for 41yards. Winkler finishedthe game with nine catch-es for 93 yards and onetouchdown.

HighlightContinued from Page A7

After five weeks ofpreparation, the most im-portant games begin thisweek for football teams,as district play starts inBoone County.

Boone CountyThe Rebels fell 45-14 to

Louisville Male to drop to0-5.

Mustafa Diaw rushedfor 60 yards on 16 carrieswith a touchdown. JesseSchulze threwfor53yardsincluding a touchdown toThad Moss. Aaron Floydrushed for 69 yards onseven tries.

Carlos Figueroa had aninterception.

Boone hosts DixieHeights 7 p.m. Friday.

ConnerThe Cougars improved

to 3-1with a 35-28win overCampbell County.

Conner rallied from 22points down in the secondhalf towinona last-secondpass fromDrew Barker toBrady Padget.

DrewBarkerhadaphe-nomenal game for theCougars, completing 32-of-47 passes for 371 yards

and three touchdowns. Healso rushed for 82 yardsand a score.

I thinkhes doing somereally good things, Con-ner coach David Trospersaid. He continues to getbetter. Hes a winner, hewants to continue to winand he challenges himselfto get better.

Cameron Fogle had 74rushing yards and onescore as Conner posted535 yards offense. Foglealso caught 12 passes for164 yards. Brady Padgethad seven catches for 61yards and two scores. An-drew Way had a TD catch.Padgets second scorecame with eight secondsleft to break a tie, as hescored from two yardsout.

Conner hosts SouthOldham 7:30 p.m. Fridayin its first 5A districtgame.

CooperThe Jaguars improved

to 5-0 with a 29-0 winagainst Holmes. Cooperbeat the Bulldogs for thefirst time ever.

Tyler Morris threw an80-yard touchdownpass toAaron Morgan on the firstdrive of the game as Mor-

gan scored an early big-play TD for the third timethis year.Morris threwfor141 yards and rushed for98 and a score.

A.J. Collins rushed for92 yard and two TDs.

Cooper will host Scottin the 5A district opener7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21.

RyleThe Raiders won 21-10

over St. Francis DeSalesin Columbus, Ohio. Ryle is2-2.

Tanner Pulice had 15carries for 109 yards witha touchdown. Alex Brow-nell had 23 rushing yardsand a score. Thomas Bau-mann rushed for 42 yardsand Nathan Davis 32.

Nick Kennedy hadeight solo tackles andDaniel Osborne seven. Os-borne had a fumble recov-ery, as did Travis Pavy,Dylan Pivan and BradWe-ber.

Ryle hosts Simon Ken-ton 7:30 p.m. Friday in thefirst 6A district game.

Walton-VeronaThe Bearcats had their

bye week and will play atCarroll County in their 2Adistrict opener 7:30 p.m.Friday. Walton is 2-2.

District football playbegins this weekBy James Weberjweber@nky.com

Cooper (7-5) handedHolmes a tough loss Sept.13when theywon11-1at home.TheyhostedNewportCentralCatholic Sept.18 (after deadline) before travelingto Holy Cross Sept. 20.

Cooper midfielder Chris O'Brien chest trapsthe ball on the run in an 11-1win overHolmes Sept. 13. BRANDON SEVERN/FOR THECOMMUNITY PRESS

Cooper handles Holmes

Zane Ross of Cooper controls the ballon the run in the Sept. 13 game withHolmes. BRANDON SEVERN/FOR THECOMMUNITY PRESS

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The Northern Ken-tucky Clippers finishedsecond at the 2012 OhioJ.O. Championships out of40 teams taking place July19-22 in Oxford, Ohio.

The meet was high-lighted with Sophie Skin-ner winning four events,breaking one team recordand winning High Pointfor the 11-12 girls.

In addition, the 11-12and 13-14 Clipper girlsboth won their age groupby scoring themost pointsof any team in that agegroup.

Other highlights of themeet include:

Individual eventwinners

Kenady Beil of Edge-wood: 10 and under girls200 individual medley

Mallory Beil of Edge-wood: 11-12 girls 100 but-terfly

Jack Johnson of FortMitchell: 11-12 boys 100freestyle

Sophie Skinner of Inde-pendence: 11-12 girls 50,100, 200 and 400 freestyle

Madeleine Vonderhaarof Lakeside Park: 13-14girls 100 breaststroke

Individual teamrecord breakers

Kenzie Skaggs of Edge-wood: 9-10 girls100 butter-fly

Sophie Skinner of Inde-pendence: 11-12 girls 100freestyle

Jack Johnson of FortMitchell: 11-12 boys 100freestyle

Madeleine Vonderhaarof Lakeside Park: 13-14

girls 100 breast and 200breaststroke

Individual top fivescorers

10 and under girlsKenady Beil of Edge-

wood: SecondKenzie Skaggs of Edge-

wood: Third

11-12 girlsSophie Skinner of Inde-

pendence: FirstMallory Beil of Edge-

wood: Tied for thirdSam Glass of Villa

Hills: Tied for third

11-12 boysJack Johnson of Fort

Mitchell: Third

13-14 girlsMaddie Vonderhaar of

Lakeside Park: Fourth

13-14 boysBrendan Meyer of Tay-

lor Mill: Fourth

Relay Champions1-12girls 200 free relay:

Mallory Beil, Alison Bom-kampofCrescent Springs,Sam Glass and SophieSkinner

11-12 girls 400 free re-lay: Mallory Beil, SarahHarkrader of Union, SamGlass and Sophie Skinner

11-12 girls 200 Medleyrelay: Sophie Skinner, Sa-rah Harkrader, Sam Glassand Mallory Beil

13-14 boys 800 free re-lay: Jake Lentsch of He-bron, Owen Downard ofFort Thomas, Keegan Fin-ley of Union and Brendan

Meyer

Relay Team RecordBreakers

10 and under girls200 free relay: Mary

Hagen of Edgewood,Brooke Spritzky of Edge-wood, Kenzie Skaggs andKenady Beil

11-12 girls200 medley relay:

Sophie Skinner, SarahHarkrader, SamGlass andMallory Beil

400 medley relay:Sophie Skinner, SharahHarkrader, SamGlass andMallory Beil

13-14 girls400 medley relay: Lilly

Morgan of Fort Mitchell,Maddie Vonderhaar, AbbyShoyat of Fort Mitchell,and Amanda Smith ofWal-ton-Verona

13-14 boys800 free relay:Brendan

Meyer, Jake Lentsch,Owen Downard, and Kee-gan Finley of Union

400 medley: BrendanMeyer, JakeLentsch,MattElsbernd of Fort Mitchelland Keegan Finley

Clippers finish 2ndat championship

The Northern Ken-tucky Clipper Seniorscompleted their seasonwith success at both theU.S. Open Aug. 7-11 at In-diana University Natato-rium in Indianapolis andthe 2012 Ohio LCM SeniorChampionships July 26-29at Miami University inOxford.

2012 LCM U.S. Openresults

Max Williamson ofFort Mitchell and CoryChitwood of Union fin-ished their season in styleat the U.S Open. In orderto swim at the U.S. Openthis summer you had toswim an Olympic Trialsqualifying time. Clippersare the only team in theTristate area with swim-mers reaching finals.

Williamsons perfor-mance continues to propelhim as one the top 18 andunder swimmers in thecountry. Events results in-clude:

12th in the 200breast-stroke with a time of2:15.06. This timeputs him

as the sixth fastest 18 andunder in the United Statesand the 36th fastest 17 to18 year old in USA Swim-ming history. This alsoputs him in the Junior Na-tionalTeamfor the secondyear in a row. Williamsonalso broke his own OhioLSC record.

7th in the 400 IM. Histime of 4:22.29 puts himfifth overall in the UnitedStates for 18 and underand the11th fastest17 to18year old in USA Swim-ming history. Once again,Max also broke his ownOhio LSC record with thistime.

9th in the 200 IM.Histimes in the 200 IM putshim 102nd in the world.

After a somewhat dis-appointing OlympicTrials, Chitwood camehome to Northern Ken-tucky to prepare for theU.S.Open.Heknewhehadsomething to prove tohimself and others. Spe-cifically:

Chitwood had a life-time best time in his 200backstroke (1:57.4). This

bettered his trials time of2:00.00andplaceshim21stin the world. Cory endedup third at finals but hisprelim time was still thefastest time in the meet.

He was third in the200 IM with a time of2:00.8. His time wouldhave qualified Top 16 atOlympic Trials. His timein the 200 IM is currently56th in the world.

2012 Ohio LCM SeniorChampionship results

The Northern Ken-tucky Clippers also fin-ished strong at the 2012Ohio LCMSenior Champi-onships. As a team, theClippersmade itoneof themost successful overallchampionship meets fortheentire seniorprogram.The Clippers ended upsecond to the MasonMan-ta Rays which was ex-pected given some swim-mers attending the U.S.Open and other meets. Asa team they swam morethan 60 percent lifetimebest events includingthree new team records.

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Regular physical activity isnot only essential for weightmaintenance and the preventionof chronic disease, but it alsostimulates the brain to grow.Daily activity is needed to help

children devel-op physicallyas well as men-tally. Whilemost youngchildren areactive, physicalactivity de-clines sharplyin adolescence.

At least onehour of dailyphysical activ-ity is needed

for children and adults. Encour-age running, jumping, skipping,hopping any activity that re-sults in making your heart beatfaster, breathe a little quickerand break a little bit of sweat.

Children raised in familieswho are physically active aremore likely to stay active asadults than children raised infamilies with sedentary life-styles. Be a good role model andlet your children see you beingactive.

Here are some tips to helpyou and your family get yourhour of play a day:

Make gradual changes toincrease your familys level ofphysical activity.

Incorporate physical activ-ity into your familys daily rou-tines. Take a walk with the fam-ily around the neighborhoodafter dinner.

Role model an active life-style. Try tracking the level of

your physical activity using apedometer.

Dont let screen time re-place playtime. Take your childto the park.

Choose toys and games thatpromote physical activity.

Play tag, jump rope, throwFrisbee or ride bikes.

Encourage lifelong phys-ical activity by incorporatingphysical activity into your rou-tine.

Teach your children thegames you played as a kid.

Hula-hoops, sponge ballsand bats, and space for play cankeep your family active rain orshine.

Keep physical activity fun!For more ideas and informa-

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The tragic consequences ofaddiction made the news ear-lier this month when threeyoung men broke into aNorthern Kentucky home, thebreak-in resulting in the deathof one and the arrests of theother two. Lives were irrevo-cably changed forever, theone who took the life, the onewho lost his life, the two wholost their freedom and every-one who loved and caredabout each of these individ-uals.

All of these lives becamethe casualties of heroin, adrug that takes until there isno more to take.

For those of us who havelived and/or worked withthose who suffer from thedisease of addiction, the reve-lation that heroin was in-volved came as no surprise.We knew before we knew.

As many times as we haveheard or read about violencebeing inflicted on individuals,it should come as no shock toanyone that drugs have be-come increasingly respon-sible for the heartbreak offamilies, communities and thenation. Unless a person hasbeen living on another planet,they know about the devas-tating effects that drugs andaddiction are having on ourlives, all of our lives withoutexception regardless ofwhether you have a loved onewith this disease or not.

Amazingly, of all the topicsdiscussed during the nationalDemocratic and Republicanconventions, not one commentwas made concerning theepidemic that is plaguing our

nation anddestroyinglives at analarming rate.Overdoses atthe rate ofone every 14minutes thathave nowexceeded thenumber ofauto fatalitiesare one partof the heart-

wrenching havoc that is beingwreaked on our families.

If this were any otherthreat to the publics safetyand well-being, there wouldbe no end to the precautionarymeasures that would be takenas well as the immediate at-tention devoted to education,awareness and treatment forthose already affected. Whythen is it only when a tragedystrikes that we hear about itand then only in passing, as ifthis is the one and only timethat it will ever happen?

Its not. The calls everydayfrom family members cryingfor help, the waiting lists fordetox and treatment, the num-ber of criminal offenses re-sulting from the use and/orsale of drugs, and the over-dose deaths are some of theoverwhelming testaments tothe problem and the need formore education/prevention,treatment and recovery re-sources.

It is as true with addictionas with any other chronic,progressive potentially fataldisease, the sooner it is recog-nized, the longer its treated,the more successful the re-

covery. Unfortunately, forsome, while the family iswaiting for their loved one towant to, lose enough andhit bottom, their loved onemay hit the ultimate bottom.

Caseys Law, an involun-tary treatment act, offers ahopeful option.

If you think there is a prob-lem, there probably is. Transi-tions Inc. is here to help. Formore information about Tran-sitions, The Grateful LifeFoundation and Caseys Law,go to www.transitionsky.orgor call 859-491-4435.

Charlotte Wethington is a recoveryadvocate at Transitions Inc.

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Marydale is seldom visitedtoday, although thousands oflocals once spent their summersat this near oasis in northeasternBoone County.

The history of Marydale istraced back to 1946, when theCatholic Archdiocese of Coving-ton bought the Williamsdalefamily farm and several sur-rounding properties nearly 400acres all told. The property wasacquired primarily to function asa diocesan camping programfor boys and girls. Two lakeswere built and 1947 marked thefirst season campers stayed atMarydale in Army surplus tents.

At the same time, one of theoriginal farm houses on the prop-erty was remodeled as a conventfor the Order of the Nuns of theMost Holy Cross and Passion ofOur Lord Jesus Christ, laterknown as the Convent of theSacred Passion. The presentConvent of the Sacred Passionbuilding on Donaldson Highwaywas dedicated in 1951.

Prior to the initiation of amajor building campaign in theearly 1950s, a renovated horsebarn known asMadonna Lodgeserved as a seminary, highschool and religious retreatcenter. These functions weretransferred to the single-story,ranch-style brickMarydaleRetreat House, which opened in1957.

Plans for a permanent semi-nary began the following year.Seminarians moved into themassive red brick Seminary of

St. Pius X in 1960. Both struc-tures were designed by well-known local architects Betz andBankemper, the latter of whomwent on to a long career of com-missions with the CovingtonDiocese.

Retreat programs and facil-ities at Marydale grew throughthe 1960s and 1970s with theaddition of a swimming pool,The Timbers and SagaLodge, and other facilities. Thesummer camps were very pop-ular in the region into the 1980s.A group of former employeeseven organized a reunion thisyear.

In the mid-1980s, the state

began pressuring the Diocese toallow an extension of HoustonRoad to the north. The Dioceseultimately sold off the easternportion of CampMarydale, in-cluding the cabins, swimmingpool, and Saga Lodge on theeast side of what became theHouston Road extension in 1992.

The end of the camping pro-grams and loss of income-pro-ducing facilities led to staffreductions and eventual downfallof Marydale. In the wake of themassive class-action lawsuit and$44 million settlement againstthe Roman Catholic Church, theDiocese sold 226 acres of theMarydale property in 2005.

TheMarydale Retreat Centeris still active today, hosting pro-grams and retreats for manyreligious denominations. Whilecampers and the facilities theyenjoyed are gone, the propertyremains one of the most scenicand restive sites in NorthernKentucky, featuring tree-lineddrives, lakes/wetlands, broadopen spaces, woodlots, and re-markable vistas.

Matthew E. Becher is the rural/openspace planner with Boone CountyPlanning Commission. The BooneCounty Historic Preservation Re-view Board meets at 4 p.m. thesecond Thursday of every month.

Meetings are open to the public. Formore information about historicpreservation in Boone County, con-tact the review board at 859-334-2111or mbecher@boonecountyky.org. TheReview Board is online atwww.boonecountyky.org/pc.

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