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FORT THOMAS — The 10 Queen Anne-style

homes perched on a Fort Thom-as hillside and overlooking theOhio River once housed heroesof the Battle of San Juan Hill.

In a few weeks, city officialswill choose a developer to re-store them.

A posted city advertisementgave developers interested inrestoring the homes until 2 p.m.April 30 to submit Request ForQualifications (RFQ), said CityAdministrator Don Martin. FortThomas plans to pick a singledeveloper as soon as May 18 towork with after receiving no

competitive construction bidsfrom developers in January.

The Sixth Infantry Regimentwas based at Fort Thomas Mil-itary Reservation during theSpanish-American War in Cubain 1898.

Fort Thomas took control ofmost of the former U.S. Armyfort in 1970 to create TowerPark. The U.S. Veterans Ad-ministration still owns the 10homes around Alexander Cir-cle, which are on the NationalRegister of Historic Places. In-formation provided will first bereviewed by the city’s engineer-ing firm, CT Consultants, to en-sure compliance with the RFQprocess, Martin said.

Mayor Eric Haas will then

lead the review process.“The mayor will appoint a

committee consisting of him-self, one council member, meand Ron Dill, with assistancefrom the engineer, to review thequalifications and make a rec-ommendation back to the fullcouncil at the May 18 councilmeeting,” Martin said.

Fort Thomas resident GloriaSisk, a docent at the Fort Thom-as Military and Community Mu-seum, said she has spent timefocusing especially on the fort’sSpanish-American War historyin 1898.

Teddy Roosevelt’s “RoughRiders” are often credited for

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A memorial plaque on the front of Tower Park’s namesake stone watertower at the entrance of the former U.S. Army fort honoring soldiersstationed in Fort Thomas who died in the Spanish American War.See HOMES, Page 2A

FORT THOMAS — HighlandsHigh School’s campus at 2400Memorial Parkway is getting ablack-tie party for turning 100years old this year.

Fort Thomas EducationFoundation, a private nonprofit,is celebrating Highlands HighSchool’s centennial from 6 p.m.to midnight May 15 with a din-ner and gala at the Hall of Mir-rors, Hilton Netherland Plaza inDowntown Cincinnati.

Students from Highlands areworking on a 100-year video tobe played at the centennial, saidAmy Schaffer, FTEF boardmember and centennial co-chair. Highlands High Schoolwas founded, at a different site,in 1888.

Alumni spanning severalgenerations are being inter-viewed for the video and somehistoric trophy case awards arebeing brought as well, Schaffersaid.

Recognizing all donors to acampaign, started in 2005, torenovate Highlands’ campus,will be a focus of the evening,she said.

A continued focus of fund-raising is working to help payfor a new outdoor plaza, a walk-way and gym renovations,Schaffer said.

A 1991 Highlands graduateand former teacher at High-lands, Schaffer said she, likemany others in Fort Thomas, ispassionate about giving chil-dren every opportunity to suc-ceed in a competitive environ-ment.

“I can’t think of a betterbirthday present for the cam-pus than the completion of therenovations,” Schaffer said.

Renovating Highlands’ cam-

Party celebrates Highlands campus’

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Students lounge outside Highlands High School’s front entrance.

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BOUNCING BACKB1Highlands baseball showsresiliency

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taking San Juan Hill, butmembers of the Sixth In-fantry took the brunt ofthe fighting and helpedlead the charge, Sisksaid. “The Sixth Infantryfrom Fort Thomas,they’re really the heroesof San Juan Hill,” Sisksaid.

Some of the officersleading the Sixth Infan-try involved in thecharge in Cuba lived inthe homes for high-rank-ing officers on Alexan-der Circle and for lower-ranking officers onGreene Street, she said.

People can find outmore about the historyof the homes and the fortat the city’s museum at940 Cochran Ave. Mu-seum hours are noon-4p.m. each Wednesdaythrough Saturday.

“We have pictures ofsome of the barracksthat were there and ofthe homes when theywere first built,” Sisksaid.

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pus has been about creat-ing a state-of-the-artschool students deserved,said Kim Halbauer, FTEFcentennial co-chairwom-an in a news release.

“Thanks to the gifts ofmany in our community,the FTEF has raised over$9 million for this pro-ject,” Halbauer said. “Welook forward to honoringall of these contributionsand celebrating our col-laborative success at thisevent.”

Highlands started with93 students in grades 9-12in fall 1915 on the existingcampus, said PrincipalBrian Robinson.

School officials cele-brated 100 years of High-lands football in 2014.

Ages of different partsof Highlands campusvary because of a 1961firethat destroyed most of the1914-built south academicwing, he said. What is nowthe new life fitness centeris the old gym, the onlypart that was saved fromthe 1914-built south wing,Robinson said. Highlands’north wing was built in the1930s, he said.

During renovations ofthe south wing, rebuilt inthe 1960s, a time capsulewas discovered with con-tents from 1914 and 1961.Copies of The KentuckyEnquirer reporting on thefire and a 1914 edition ofThe Kentucky Enquirerwere found inside thetime capsule in addition toa Masonic Bible and a

course of study and sylla-bus for teachers from1914.

A four-phase renova-tion of Highlands HighSchool started in 2005 at atotal cost of $38.3 million,said Superintendent GeneKirchner.

Phase I: Renovating in-terior of the north build-ing,

Phase II : Included anew exterior facade androof on the south building.

Phase III: Renovationof the interior of the southbuilding.

Phase IV: Completionof a new athletic fieldhouse, creation of a newlife fitness center, andrenovation of the largegym, new football fieldturf and stadium renova-tions.

FTEF has contributed$9 million toward renova-tion costs.

“The only remainingpiece at Highlands is theplanned plaza and walk offame,” Kirchner said.

Planning is underwayabout how to celebrate 100years of the existingHighlands campus forwhen renovations aredone this fall, Robinsonsaid.

HighlandsContinued from Page 1A

THANKS TO AMY SCHAFFER OF FORT THOMAS EDUCATION FOUNDATION

AND FORT THOMAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS.

An artist-rendering shows what a walkway planned aroundHighlands High School’s campus will look like when built byfall 2015.

IF YOU GOA maximum of 150

tickets for 300 people tothe Highlands CentennialCelebration are $1,000per couple. A night ofcocktails, dinner, livemusic, dancing andchances at door prizes isincluded in the ticketprice. Attire is black-tie.Centennial festivities arefrom 6 p.m.-midnightMay 15 at the Hall ofMirrors, Hilton Nether-land Plaza in DowntownCincinnati.

For information abouttickets and a list of doorprizes call FTEF at 859-815-2004 or visitwww.ftef.org.

Nature classesoffered at A.J. JollyPark

Nature classes aboutfrogs, toads, birds and wa-ter quality are on tap inMay at the CampbellCounty EnvironmentalEducation Center in A.J.Jolly Park at 1261 RaceTrack Road, Alexandria.

» All About Frogs willbe 1:30-3:30 p.m. Saturday,May 9.

» Aquatic Ecology, achance to find out whatlives in A.J. Jolly Park’slake, will be from 1-3 p.m.Sunday, May 17, and 4-6p.m. Saturday, May 30.

» Birding, a chance tolearn how to identifybirds, will be from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Saturday, May16, and again from 1-3 p.m.Sunday, May 31.

Registration is re-quired for all programs.Call 859-572-2600 or regis-

ter online atbit.ly/1AzUm7V.

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 “Forgotten Talesof Kentucky,” will visit 2-4p.m. Sunday, May 31.

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COLD SPRING — Hiringa police chief, preferablyinternally, is next on In-terim Mayor Mark Stoeb-er’s to-do list to put backtogether a city govern-ment former Mayor Nan-cy Bay dismantled.

Stoeber said safety hasbeen his “No. 1 concern,”so hiring a new policechief soon is a priority.

City government wasoperating with Lt. WayneHall as acting police chiefand no city administratoror city attorney whenStoeber was appointed bycouncil April 8 after Bay’sresignation April 7.

Stoeber asked for andreceived unanimous votesApril 27 from councilmembers to approve re-hiring City AdministratorSteve Taylor and City At-torney Brandon Voelkerthrough November.

According to Stoeber,he found projects behindschedule including bud-geting for a new fiscalyear starting July 1, a rest-room building project andstreet paving. Stoeber ishaving internal meetingsto create a budget May 4for a new fiscal year socouncil’s finance commit-tee can see a draft and all

council can approve a bud-get.

“It’s been put back to-gether,” Stoeber said.

Stoeber will serve asmayor until a new mayoris elected in November toserve the remaining threeyears of Bay’s term.

Police have done an“extremely good job”while working without achief and amidst a searchled by Bay.

“The police chief re-placement process creat-ed a level of disruption be-cause of how it evolved,”Stoeber said.

Officers were told ini-tially by Bay a chief wasgoing to be hired internal-ly, but then they saw a pub-

lic advertisement seekinga chief, he said.

In the last 12 years, sub-stantial city investmentsin education have beenmade for and by all offi-cers in the department,Stoeber said.

Interested internal can-didates had until May 4 toapply, he said.

“Obviously, if nobodyelse steps forward, we willhave to go to an externalprocess,” Stoeber said.

Stoeber said he will ap-point a committee of be-tween eight and 10 peopleto interview candidatesfor a new police chief.

Taylor, at his first meet-ing back after being re-hired on an interim basis

by Stoeber, gave a reportabout progress in twoweeks since Stoeber wasappointed. Taylor was oneof three city employeesBay fired in January.

Underground pipinghas been done for newrestrooms behind city of-fices to serve MunicipalPark, Taylor said. A build-ing permit to allow con-structioni s expected to beobtained before the end ofApril, he said.

The project to replace asingle-stall restroomhasn’t started yet and isbudgeted to be completeby June 30, Taylor said.

Road construction onSpringhouse Drive andCobblestone Court hasbeen started as has workbuilding storm water pip-ing on Sturbridge Driveand side streets, he said.

“So, we should be donewell before the June 30deadline on construction,”Taylor said.

Contracts the citysought from companies toinstall new playgroundequipment at FriendshipPark had expired withoutan order being placed, hesaid.

“We should be able to fitthat into the schedule andhave it paid for and in-stalled by June 30,” hesaid.

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Cold Spring City Administrator Steve Taylor, left, and CityAttorney Brandon Voelker are both back on the job afterbeing fired in January by former Mayor Nancy Bay,whoresigned April 7.

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

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

» Lauren Elliott, Phillip A.Sharp Middle School

» Debbie McNeil, Walton-Verona Middle School

» Michael Florimonte,Campbell County High School

» Christopher Bryson, Ken-ton County Academies of Inno-vation and Technology

» Kris Gillis, Dixie HeightsHigh School

Academic All-StarsThe following five high

school seniors were presentedwith the Academic All-StarAwards recognizing their aca-demic success:

» Benjamin Stacy, Beech-wood High school

» Matthew Miley, HolmesHigh School

» Logan Groneck, High-lands High School

» Michael Lloyd, DixieHeights High School

» Virgil Owens, KentonCounty Academies of Innova-tion and Technology

The following students re-ceived the Student LeadershipAward, presented for exhibit-ing exemplary characteristicsin leadership:

» August Snelbaker, Con-ner High School

» Lucidious Witt, PendletonCounty High School

The following students re-ceived the Against All OddsAward, presented for over-coming obstacles to achieveacademic success:

» Jordan Kiskaden, Camp-

Boone County Schools Su-perintendent Randy Poe re-ceived the Northern Kentucky

Education Coun-cil’s LifetimeAchievementAward at thecouncil’s region-al education din-ner.

As superin-tendent of thestate’s third

largest school district since2008, Poe’s focus has revolvedaround academic rigor, realworld relevance and focusedpartnerships with students,parents and the community.Poe has been recognized atboth the state and national lev-el for his accomplishments.

The 2015 Excellence in Edu-cation Celebration took placeMarch 26 at the Northern Ken-tucky Convention Center.About 800 attended the gather-ing hosted by the NorthernKentucky Chamber of Com-merce and the Northern Ken-tucky Education Council.

The following individualswere honored for their leader-ship and dedication to educa-tion:

» The Northern KentuckyEducation Council and Vision2015 Champion for EducationAward, The Northern Ken-tucky Education Council Ac-tion Team Co-Chairs: LeshiaLyman, United Way of Greater

Cincinnati; Dr. Shelli Wilson,Campbell County School Dis-trict; Karen Cheser, BooneCounty School District; Dr.Christina Petroze, ThomasMore College; Dr. Kathy Burk-hardt, Erlanger-Elsmere Inde-pendent School District; Dr.Jennifer Stansbury Koenig,NKY Center for Educator Ex-cellence; Dr. Susan Cook, NKYCenter for Educator Excel-lence; Dr. Angie Taylor, Gate-way Community and TechnicalCollege; Dave Schroeder, Ken-ton County Public Library; Dr.Jean Loftus, Loftus PlasticSurgery Center; Dr. RaymondHebert, Thomas More College;Anthony Strong, PendletonCounty School District; MikeHammons, Children Inc.

» 2015 Golden Apple / A.D.Albright Outstanding TeacherAward: Heidi Neltner, Teacherat Robert D. Johnson Elemen-tary

» A.D. Albright Outstand-ing Community/BusinessLeader Award: MarianneSchmidt-Hurtt, PNC Bank

» A.D. Albright Outstand-ing Governmental LeadershipAward, Carl Wicklund, KentonCounty Board of Education

» A.D. Albright Outstand-ing Administrator Award,Connie Crigger, principal atShirley Mann Elementary

» One to One LiteracyAward, Christy Eby, volunteerat Campbell Ridge Elementary

Celanese Inc. was present-ed with the 2015 Business En-

gagement of the Year Awardfor its partnership with PinerElementary. Celanese employ-ees are actively engaged withthe school’s Character Educa-tion program to emphasize theimportance of work ethic andpositive attitude. Additionally,Celanese employees havetaught Junior Achievement atPiner for the past four years,engineers from Celanese pre-sent Super Science Night, andemployees from around theglobe work to teach studentsabout STEM careers throughthe Student Technology Lead-ership Program e-mentoringprogram.

Golden Apple AwardsThe following 13 Northern

Kentucky teachers were pre-sented with Golden AppleAwards for their outstandingdedication and profound ef-fect on the lives of the childrenthey teach:

» Rachel McConnachie,Donald E. Cline Elementary

» Lori Harpold, CrossroadsElementary

» Ashley Lutz, Arnett Ele-mentary

» Heidi Neltner, Robert D.Johnson Elementary

» Karen Holbrook, GallatinCounty Elementary

» Melinda Boesken, RiverRidge Elementary

» Kristin Bach, Walton-Ve-rona Elementary

» Angela Brehm, TurkeyFoot Middle School

bell County High School» Jacob Shields, Simon

Kenton High School» Hayleigh Harden, Dixie

Heights High SchoolThis year the Career and

Technical Educational All StarAward was added to recognizeNorthern Kentucky highschool seniors who excel intheir career or technical field.Rebecca Simpson fromHolmes High School is the in-augural winner of the award.

During the evening the fiveseniors in the NaviGo Scholarsprogram were recognized fortheir hard work. NaviGo Schol-ars is a program offeredthrough the Northern Ken-tucky Education Council withservices provided by NaviGoCollege and Career Prep Ser-vices.

Scholars is a one-on-onecoaching and mentoring pro-gram for high school studentsprovided by NaviGo and men-tors through partner business-es like Toyota, Duke Energy,Citi, The Bank of Kentucky,and Heritage Bank. The seniorNaviGo Scholars are:

» Liea Mack, Withrow HighSchool

» Kevin Hamblin, GrantCounty High School

» Nic Rovito, Lloyd HighSchool

» Sadi Jones, Lloyd HighSchool

» Gary Lackey, WithrowHigh School

Randy Poe receives lifetime achievement award

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Eight students from North-ern Kentucky Universityearned recognition at the na-tional KRYPTOS cryptanalysiscompetition April 16-20 at Cen-tral Washington 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 existedbefore the competition or werewritten by team members.

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 studentsachieved this status.

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 students whoearned this achievement.

NKU students recognized at competition

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

They are Coire Ayres, Lo-gan Boyle, Benjamin Darpel,Adam Flynn, Austin Flynn,Samuel Hacker, Daniel Kleier,Mitchell MacKnight, SamuelRomes, Matthew Rose and Lu-cas Timmerman.

Students were evaluated inareas of service, extracurricu-lar activities, academics andwriting submissions againsttop-level students from all

around Kentucky. They arenow invited to participate inthe five-week residential pro-gram this coming summer.

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

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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.

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$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 by

Covington 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.

AuctionsQuarter Auction Fundraiser,6-9 p.m., Southgate VolunteerFire Department, 128 ElectricAve., Bring friends and a roll ofquarters for a fun night out.Items for auction from compa-

nies such as Scentsy, Tupperware,Upper Case Living, PamperedChef, Thirty-One Gifts, Longa-berger, Avon, Clever Containerand more. Benefits SouthgateVolunteer Fire Dept. Auxiliary.$5. 803-9154. Southgate.

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 per

couple. Presented by KiwanisClub of Riverfront. 384-3679;riverfrontkiwanis.org. Erlanger.

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

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.

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

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

Buffalos 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 / WellnessOvereaters Anonymous, 7:15-8:15 p.m., St. Elizabeth FortThomas, 85 N. Grand Ave., FloorA, meeting room. Program ofrecovery from compulsive eatingusing the 12 Steps and 12 Tradi-tions of OA. No dues, fees andno weigh-ins. Support group forpeople who struggle with foodaddiction. Free. Presented byOvereaters Anonymous NKY.308-7019; www.cincinnatioa.org.Fort Thomas.

National 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.

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

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.

Sports-Registrations &Tryouts

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 & Craft ClassesWine and Canvas, 6:30-9:30p.m., Newport Syndicate, $35.Reservations required. 317-1305;www.wineandcanvas.com.Newport.

Art 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, 1786Burlington 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.

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The Annual Duveneck Memorial Art Show is noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 9, at George RogersClark Park, Riverside Drive, Covington. More than 60 individual artists’ tents will be on hand.Rain date is May 10. Admisison is free. The show is presented by Baker Hunt Art and CulturalCenter. Call 431-0020; 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 saidabout media coverage hurtinghis team? What is the media’srole in covering local sportsfranchises?

“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 goodnews, or put news out when theteam wants it, that would be apress release, that the teamcontrols.

“The media is there to coverthe team. He may (be upset)the information wasn’t re-leased the way it was, but thereality is that it was. Instead of

responding to what he wishedhadn’t happened he shouldhave been mature enough toaddress what happened in anadult manner.

“He can take his concernsabout the local media to the

Reds upper management andthey can devise a strategy inhow they relate or releaseinformation to the media.

“The media’s job is to re-port, not make sure the team,manager or a specific player ishappy. 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 an-swering that age old most dan-gerous question: Do thesepants make my butt look fat?Therefore no, Price was wrongblaming the media coverage

for hurting his team, his team’sperformance is hurting histeam. What part of this is sohard to understand?”

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 ofpaparazzi and social mediascoops, Price should assumethe information will get out.His choice of foul language tocomplain about it was ridicu-lous.

“Keep in mind Reds Hall ofFame reporter Hal McCoy was

the one who leaked the Bran-don Philips ‘hating the St. Lou-is Cardinals.’ That led to quitean altercation a few years ago.Of course that was when theReds made the playoffs underDusty Baker three times, yethe was fired. Manager Priceand GM Walt Jocketty will begone by year end. Go Figure!!!

T.D.T.

“Sorry, never heard of him.Unfortunately, we don’t have asports franchise. The closestone in in Columbus. Maybenext year, Blue Jackets. Abunch of your veterans are onthe Rangers.”

D.B.

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Kentucky’s legacy to one of the most spectac-ular epochs of mammalian history was written inbones – big bones. The Ice Age showcased manyspectacular creatures like the mammoth, mast-odon, ground sloth, stag-moose and woodland

musk ox, among others. Allthese today have one importantthing in common; they are ex-tinct.

Boone County’s connection tothis vastly different age is BigBone Lick State Historic Site.The portion of the Ice Age perti-nent to the park is the Late Pleis-tocene occurring between 20,000and 12,000 years ago.

With the retreat of glacial ice,formerly covered landscapeswere liberated and the giantanimals appeared, lured by the

airborne aroma of sulfur springs and the salt-rich waters that formed natural licks. Havingsurely grazed on the prairie grasses of ancientwestern and central Kentucky, the animals soondiscovered the mineral-bearing ooze of the northand came to satisfy their need for salt.

Though the gargantuan super-mammals of thepast no longer roam over the Big Bone land-scape, there remains one large beast that haspersisted in descendant form from the Pleisto-cene to the present day – the Plains Bison. Theresident bison herd is the park’s only living linkto the Ice Age.

The herd is a crowd-pleasing favorite and forgood reason: bison are simply magnificent beaststo behold. Mature bulls stand 6 feet high at theshoulders and often weigh in at 2,000 pounds ormore. They are the heaviest land animals inNorth America. Throw in a pair of curved horns,a prominent hump, six different kinds of hair,and surprising agility for a creature of its size,and you have an animal that can provide forhours of fascination. Throw in the fact that thereares new births in the spring and early summer

and you have f tailor-made fun for the family.Aside from the park’s hulking and impressive

herd bull, the bison babies are the seasonal starsof the show. On average, 2-5 calves are born tothe Big Bone herd annually. Born in the spring orearly summer, they weigh 35 to 55 pounds andare walking within a couple of hours. They areadorable babies to be sure, sporting a rich, red-dish-brown coat, innocent eyes, and shiny blacknoses with curly tufts of woolly hair on theirheads. Seeing them nurse is endearing; watchinga pair of calves romp and play is unforgettable.

Today the salt licks are dry, and the sulfursprings are small. Huge prehistoric animals nolonger come to the springs to drink brine. Theancient marshes are mostly gone. Still, the bisonof Big Bone remind us of a momentous timewhen the land that would become Kentucky wasa very different place. When you have a coupleof carefree hours, drive out to Big Bone Lick andview the bison herd. It is a kind of outdoor recre-ation that is afforded by few other places.

Dean Henson is park manager of Big Bone Lick StateHistoric Site.

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.

The bison of Big BoneLick are a living legacy

THANKS TO DEAN HENSON

The newest member of the Big Bone Lick bison herdarrived on April 16.

DeanHensonOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

Newspapers have been fullof articles about the heroinepidemic in Northern Ken-tucky and the effort beingmade to deal with it. Sub-stantial progress is beingmade.

Not sothoroughlycovered is theunderstand-ing that her-oin usage isentwinedwith the un-derlyingissues ofaddiction andmental ill-ness. Theterm “behav-ioral health

care” includes both mentalhealth and substance abuseservices. Historically, bothservices have been seriouslyunderfunded 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 and TheFriends of NorthKey haveworked to reduce the stigmaattached to mental illness.

People recognize that heartdisease and kidney diseaseare medical conditions thatneed treatment. Yet, manyhave difficulty understandingthat mental illnesses such asbipolar disorder and addic-tions to alcohol or other drugsare illnesses, too.

Under the Affordable CareAct, by the end of 2014 Ken-tucky’s expanded Medicaidcovered an additional 375,000Kentuckians, equivalent to 8.5percent of Kentucky’s totalpopulation. With Medicaid’sexpansion, Kentucky’s unin-sured rate dropped from 20.4percent to a low of 11.9 per-cent, the second lowest stateuninsured rate in the country.

Kentucky’s Medicaid ex-pansion opened the behavioralhealth care provider networkbeyond Kentucky’s Communi-ty Mental Health Centers to“any willing provider.” Thatadded over 300 new behavior-al health care providers inKentucky. Before the expan-sion, substance abuse treat-ment was not a routinely cov-

ered Medicaid service in Ken-tucky.

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 pharmacies.

In 2008, the US Congresspassed the Mental HealthParity act to ensure that allinsurance coverage includedequal treatment of behavioralhealth care and physicalhealth care. In 2010, passageof the Affordable Care Act,parity for behavioral healthcare and substance abusetreatment was strengthened.

In spite of that, coveragefor mental health and sub-stance abuse issues continuesto fall far short of the benefitsavailable for physical care.

Just this April, 2015, theNational Alliance on MentalIllness found that insurancecompanies deny mental healthcare services at twice the rateof physical health care ser-vices. This extremely highrate of denial of behavioralhealth care services is a dis-crimination against a pop-ulation dealing with mentalhealth, substance abuse anddevelopmental disabilities.

The Medicaid ManagedCare Organizations (MCO) inKentucky continually resistfair reimbursements, limit themedications on their formu-lary lists and restrict the num-ber of inpatient days for thementally ill.

Kentucky ranks 45th in percapita funding for mentalhealth care, 49th (second high-est) in the number of peoplesuffering from depression and49th (second lowest) in mentalhealth Well-Being.” Suicide inKentucky kills more peopleevery year than automobileaccidents.

Our Congressional dele-gation, the governor and ourlegislature should be encour-aged to provide adequatefunding for behavioral healthcare. The best place to start isincreasing the behavioralhealth care funding for Medi-caid.

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

Health services leftunderfunded in Ky.

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When you have 12 experi-enced seniors, it’s not too diffi-cult to bounce back from atough weekend. The biggestchallenge for Highlands HighSchool’s baseball program thisyear has been getting the vet-eran squad to accept that theycan’t win every game.

The Bluebirds are 19-7 withseven regular season games toplay. They dropped threestraight games on May 1 and 2,one to Cincinnati St. Xavierand both games of a double-header against CovingtonCatholic. On May 4, the Blue-birds bounced back with a 12-2win over Boone County, show-ing their resiliency.

“We stress to our guys allthe time about focusing on thenext pitch. That may be sec-onds away or a day away,” saidhead coach Jeremy Baioni.“Regardless, you don't have towait long to get back at it,whether things are going wellor you're struggling.”

The dozen seniors remem-ber 2011’s 6-29 season. They re-member the program’s turn-around that included twoheartbreaking Ninth Regionchampionship losses over thepast three years. They are de-termined to break through andwin that title this year.

“These kids have beenthrough a lot,” said Baioni.“They are all excited about thepostseason and looking for-ward to the challenge of win-ning a tough district and, in myopinion, one of the toughest re-gions in the state of Kentuckyto win.”

The tough opening weekendof May should prepare thesquad for the rigors of the post-season. The Bluebirds had only

dropped four games in Marchand April and had won 13 of 14entering what they hope is thepenultimate month of the sea-son. They took some lumpsagainst quality competition,and had to respond to theirfirst losing streak of the year.

“One of the toughest thingsabout coaching this group is toget them to realize that some-times their expectations aren'trealistic. They are going to oc-casionally get beat by a goodhitter or a good pitcher,” saidBaioni. “This team expects towin everyday. This team is ex-tremely motivated to be suc-cessful but understand the reg-ular season is a process and issimply a part of the journey.”

With such an experiencedroster, Baioni and his staffhave found themselves focus-ing on the positives more thancorrecting errors as a way toboost the team’s spirits. Theydon’t need to motivate the play-ers any more than the playersmotivate themselves. Thecoaches can also focus onsmaller details, having drilledthese players for several yearson the core principles of High-lands baseball.

“Most of these seniors haveplayed varsity for three years,some four or five. The atten-tion to detail that we have beenable to focus on from the start

JIM OSBORN FOR THE ENQUIRER

Highlands catcher Kyle Rust blocks the plate as CovCath’s Matt Rose tries to score during the fifth inning oftheir game Saturday, May 2. Rose was out.

Highlands baseballshows resiliencyAdam [email protected]

JIM OSBORN FOR THE ENQUIRER

Highlands right fielder Conner Kreeger can’t catch up with this ball offthe bat of CovCath’s Ryan McGinnis during the fourth inning of theirgame Saturday, May 2.

See BASEBALL, Page 2B

Nell Fookes» Boone County High

School will honor retiring headgirls basketball coach NellFookes Friday, May 8, from6:30-8:30 p.m. Celebration willbe in the school cafeteria. RSVPto [email protected].

Baseball» Highlands beat Simon

Kenton 11-5. Highlands clubbedfive home runs April 28. Seniorthird baseman Todd Rameywent 3-for-4 with two home runsand three RBI for the Blue-birds. Senior shortstop JakeWhitford hit a three-run shotand senior first baseman Jo-seph Martin also hit two homeruns knocking in four runs. TheBluebirds hit four home runs onApril 27 against Bishop Bros-sart to total nine long balls intwo days. Senior starting leftyLou Bunning struck out six infour innings for his fourth win.

» » NewCath beat Holmes12-6. Clint Bartels struck out 11in five innings for the win on themound, and at the plate henotched four hits and three RBI.

Softball» Highlands beat Holmes

9-1. Junior Shelby Graybill hada home run and three RBI.Freshman Morgan Coffey was2-for-4 with two doubles and twoRBI for Highlands.

TMC Notes» Three Thomas More Col-

lege student-athletes and a headcoach were recently honored atthe 2015 Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Women’sSports Association AwardsBanquet held at the Cintas Cen-ter on the campus of Xavier

University in Cincinnati.Junior Sydney Moss (Boone

County) was named the CollegeSportswomen of the Year forbasketball and was the CollegeDivision Sportswomen of theYear. She helped her team post

SHORT HOPS

James [email protected]

See SHORT HOPS, Page 2B

THANKS TO KELLEY HILL

On Monday, April 27, Carly Hill, asenior diver for Highlands HighSchool, was honored at the GreaterCincinnati-Northern KentuckyWomen’s Sports AssociationAwards Ceremony and was namedthe 2015 High School Sportswomanof the year for Diving. Presentingthe awards and keynote speakerwas Cammy Dierking, WKRC-TVNews Anchor, motivational speakerand prominent female sports figurein the community. The banquet washeld at the Xavier University CintasCenter. Carly will be continuing herdiving at the University ofLouisville. She is the daughter ofDarren and Kelley Hill of FortThomas.

Highlands finished second ingirls and sixth in boys at theNorthern Kentucky AthleticConference large-school trackand field championships April30 at Ryle. The meet was in therelay format, which had eightdifferent relay races, some withunconventional formats, andeach field event used the marksof two teammates for one teamscore.

The Bluebirds girls team hadfive event winners and fourrunner-ups.

The Bluebirds had the toptwo individuals in discus to winthe team title. Mikayla Reichertthrew 113 feet, 6 inches and Lar-ken Laur 94-5.

Hannah Schenck and Rose-manie Long won the triplejump. Schenck was third with33-3 and Long fourth at 32-11.They won the long jump as well,

getting the top two marks asLong leaped 16-9 and Schenck16-7.5.

On the track, Highlands wonthe 4x1,600 with Kellyn Wagner,Chloe Gastright, Molly Mearnsand Lauren Ossege. And the4x400 with Beth Ann Griffith,Sydney Ossege, Adriana Mun-taner and Sophie Steppe.

Highlands finished second inthe 4x100 with Steppe, Long,Muntaner and Peyton Bankem-per, as well as the 4x200 withSchenck, Steppe, Long and Ban-kemper. Plus the shuttle hur-dles with Bankemper, KarliBaioni, Joy Kappesser and Ky-lie Schuerman.

Highlands finished second inthe pole vault with Isabelle Isonand Lara Fecher. Ison had thetop individual clearance at 7-0.

The Highlands boys had onerunner-up finish, in the 4x800with Devin Dupont, Will Back-scheider, Matt Gray and EthanShuley.

Bluebirds 2ndat NKAC meetJames [email protected]

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the only 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-yearin 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 or men'stournament scoring rec-ord as she scored 197points in the Saints' sixNCAA 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 Conferenceand won a share of thePAC regular season titleand won the PAC Champi-onship Tournament. TheSaints advanced to theprogram’s 13th NCAA Di-vision III ChampionshipTournament, where theyadvanced to the secondround. Castiglioni fin-ished her career rankedsecond in career digs inThomas More history

with 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. Shehelped lead the soccerteam 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 the in-ternet website, D3soc-cer.com and the NationalSoccer Coaches Associa-tion of American(NSCAA). Huber led all ofDivision 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) andsingle-season points (89).On the basketball court,Huber was second on theteam in steals with 66,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 record,including a 9-0 mark in thePAC as it won the PAC reg-ular season and champi-onship tournament.

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is more than we ever havein the past,” said Baioni.“We can focus on the finerpoints of becoming agreat defensive team.”

There is always some-thing to draw from a loss,and the Bluebirds are ma-ture enough to under-stand that a regular sea-son defeat is just a teach-ing point, not the end ofthe season. The key willbe to take the lessonslearned and build on themin time to make a run tothe state tournament. If

this group plays up to itspotential, it will make pro-gram history.

“We play a toughschedule to expose ourweaknesses to be betterprepared for the postsea-son. If you're beatingteams by a significantmargin and not necessar-ily playing well, somethings you may need towork on can be lost in theteam’s success,” saidBaioni. “In the end, thenumber one thing thisteam needs to focus on iseffort and attitude. Thoseare the two things we cancontrol and we need to doa better job of that.”

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FT. THOMAS — Gary Cieradkowski al-ways enjoyed talking to his father aboutbaseball. Instead of discussing the cur-rent state of the Reds or the Hall of Famecredentials of current players, the con-versation usually drifted to players whowere long dead and long forgotten.

When his father died five years ago,Cieradkowski found himself with no oneto talk to about his passion for the sport.So he created a blog, which has nowturned into a book. And that book is avail-able this week, The League of OutsiderBaseball: An Illustrated History of Base-ball’s Forgotten Heroes.

Cieradkowski will have signings andtalks at Joseph-Beth Booksellers in theCrestview Hills Town Center starting at7 p.m. Friday, May 8, and the Blue Mar-ble in Fort Thomas May 23. This Friday,he will be signing and giving a presenta-tion.

Cieradkowski, a graphic artist whogrew up in New Jersey and now lives inFort Thomas, has created customizedbaseball cards to go with all his storiesand the book.

“We were very close and we talkedabout baseball all the time,” Cieradkow-ski said. “All of a sudden I didn’t haveanyone to talk baseball with. I lived inHollywood at the time. I drew the cardsand would talk about these charactersmy father and I would talk about. I did itfor myself in my spare time. Maybe amonth or so after I started it, someonegot hold of it and it became popular.”

As the years went on, Cieradkowskisaid he met a lot of baseball fans and his-torians who had seen the blog, and abouta year and a half ago he got a book offerfrom Simon & Schuster.

“I had a huge interest in baseball his-tory,” he said. “I love going through oldnewspaper archives and following athread, and all of a sudden you see some-one you never heard of.”

The most recent stories he posted onhis blog involved a 19-year-old womannamed Vada Corbus, who briefly madethe roster of the minor-league club inJoplin, Mo., in 1931; and Billy Maharg,who played one game for the Detroit Ti-

gers in 1912 when they went on strike tosupport Ty Cobb, who had been suspend-ed. Maharg would later help orchestratethe “Black Sox” fix in the 1919 World Se-

ries.Most of the author’s material is from

before 1955. One of his favorite storiesinvolving the Cincinnati Reds is formercatcher Willard Hershberger, who com-mitted suicide late in the 1940 season, ayear in which the Reds would win theWorld Series. Hershberger wore thenumber “5,” which was retired by theReds after his death and then put backinto circulation, when it was employedbehind the plate by another Reds catcherof some repute named Johnny Bench.

The 1955 cutoff point began a 20-yearperiod which Cieradkowski consideredthe golden years of the sport.

“That’s the best years of baseball,”Cieradkowski said. “Before that, it was agreat game but you didn’t have black andHispanic players, so it wasn’t a completegame. Everybody was playing and theyhadn’t expanded. You had eight teams ineach league and you had the best of thebest playing.”

Cieradkowski, who grew up a fan ofthe Brooklyn Dodgers and New YorkMets, touches a lot upon “oddball teams.”That includes the Tokyo Giants, a groupof Japanese college players who went ona barnstorming tour of America duringthe Great Depression.

One of the few modern stories is aboutRyan Freel, the well-known Reds out-fielder who committed suicide in 2012 af-ter a series of concussions. “He was oneof my favorite players and I loved watch-ing him play,” Cieradkowski said. “Hereminded me of Pete Rose. He is themost recent player I have. His death hitme and I felt I needed to honor him.”

Author spotlights unknown baseball historyJames [email protected]

THANKS TO SIMON & SCHUSTER

Fort Thomas resident Gary Cieradkowski hasreleased a new book called “The League ofOutside Baseball,” available in April 2015.

THANKS TO SIMON & SCHUSTER

Fort Thomas resident Gary Cieradkowski hasreleased a new book called “The League ofOutside Baseball, “ available in April 2015.

FLORENCE — DennisPelfrey loves his com-mute to work.

The first-year fieldmanager for the Flor-ence Freedom profes-sional baseball team livesabove the clubhouse onthe team complex at UCHealth Stadium, in anapartment that has beenset up for the person incharge of the on-fieldproduct.

“This place is an ex-cellent place to work,” hesaid. “The facility isgreat, the ownership isfantastic. They take careof the players and uscoaches. The living spacefor the coaches is justabove the clubhouse,which I haven’t seen be-fore. I’m at the field ev-

ery day so it’s very niceand it’s very convenient.”

Pelfrey, 37, took overthe team in December.He played six seasons ofprofessional baseballfrom 1999-2004 after hiscollegiate days at North-wood University in Tex-as. Most of those six sea-sons were spent in theFrontier League as Pelf-

rey manned multiple in-field positions for the Du-bois County Dragons, Ke-nosha Mamoths and theSpringfield/OzarkDucks.

Pelfrey spent fourseasons coaching for theGary SouthShore Rail-Cats, helping the team tothe 2013 American Asso-ciation championship.

He will begin his firstmanaging tour in the in-dependent FrontierLeague May 14, when theFreedom open at homeagainst the Joliet Slam-mers. Players are eitherjust out of college or hada brief stay in the lowerlevels of the minors inMajor League Baseball

First is an exhibitionagainst the EvansvilleOtters at 6:35 p.m.,Thursday, May 7, at UCHealth Stadium.

“We’ll get a better lookat different guys compet-ing,” he said. “Our maingoal is to progress from apitching and offensivestandpoint. We probablywon’t keep score. Thething we want to comeaway with is getting guyslive at-bats.”

The team had an in-trasquad scrimmageMay 2, which Pelfreysaid drew a lot of intereston a busy Saturday night.

The Freedom will playtheir first six games athome, May 14-16 and May17-19. The home gameFriday, May 15, will hon-or Cincinnati Reds leg-ends Johnny Bench andGeorge Foster, payingtribute to their jerseynumbers of 5 and 15.

The Reds legends willcoach first and third baseduring the game.

Freedom manager gears up for seasonJames [email protected]

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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 KentuckyGuild for the Retarded.

Her son, the 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-

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Mark GregoryMark Allen Gregory, 56, of

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Frank GrossFrank Xavier Gross, 79, of Fort

Thomas, died April 22 at hishome.

He was the owner of GrossInsurance Agency in Fort Thom-as, past president of the In-dependent Insurance Agents ofKentucky, and a member ofvarious committees at St. Thom-as Parish. He also coached

several Little League baseballteams.

His granddaughter, Julie A.Gross; and sisters Joan Paschenand Mary Reckers, died previ-ously.

Survivors include his wife,Joan Alice Gross; daughter,Patricia Rolf of Fort Thomas;sons David Gross of Fort Thomasand Douglas Gross of Walton;brother, Joseph Gross of Hous-ton, Texas; and 10 grandchildrenalong with one great-grand-child.

Burial was at St. StephenCemetery in Fort Thomas.

Memorials: St. ThomasChurch, 26 E. Villa Place, FortThomas, KY 41075; or St. JudeChildren’s Research Hospital, 501St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN38105.

Donna HaleyDonna Lee Katherine Whaley

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She was a member of ChristBaptist Church of Cold Spring,former member of First BaptistChurch of Fort Thomas, and avolunteer at St. Luke Hospitalfor more than 20 years. She wasalso an active member of theCampbell County Homemakersfor 14 years.

Survivors include her husband,Narley L. Haley; daughters KarenJean Haley and Barbara JaneGilb; brother, Ron Whaley; andtwo grandchildren.

Memorials: Redwood School,71 Orphanage Road, Fort Mitch-ell, KY 41017.

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for Kemper Trucking and was aU.S. Air Force veteran.

His father, Leo Hartig, diedpreviously.

Survivors include his sonsDustin and Jacob Hartig; mother,Carol Hartig; companion, SheriParks; brothers Steve and TomHartig; sisters Sharon Melvilleand Diana Gruner; and a grand-son.

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Randy Ray, Todd Ray, and BarbPenick, brother; Dan Willhite;and nine grandchildren alongwith nine great-grandchildren.

Burial was Grandview Ceme-tery.

Norma RoadenNorma “Niko” Jean Roaden,

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Albert Schwartz Jr.Albert W. Schwartz Jr., 80, of

Wilder, died April 23 at High-landspring of Fort Thomas.

He was an electrical engineerwith MSLK Consulting Engineersand a member of many organi-zations, including the AmericanSociety of Professional Engi-neers, The Newport Elks in ColdSpring, and the InternationalBrotherhood of Electrical Work-ers.

Survivors include his wife,Betty J. Stern Schwartz; sonsAlbert W. Schwartz III of St.Louis, Missouri and RickSchwartz of Fort Thomas; andthree grandchildren.

Burial was at EvergreenCemetery in Southgate.

Memorials: American CancerSociety, 297 Buttermilk Pike, FortMitchell, KY 41017.

Emily Wasser-HeringEmily J. Wasser-Hering, 59, of

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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 new 2015 Mercedes-Benz CLA250 or $25,000in cash.

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

From 6 to 7:30 p.m., allof the people who havepurchased raffle ticketsare invited to attend thefree baseball-themedevent at Mercedes-Benzof Fort Mitchell. Guestswill enjoy Chicago Don'sHot Dawgs, United DairyFarmers ice cream, Sny-der’s pretzels, drinksfrom Remke Markets,and festive ballpark mu-

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Kali Hill, 31, of Parsons andGabriel Beach, 37, of Corona,issued April 22.

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