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BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT B1

To place an ad, call 283-7290.

SK on the marchStudents who are part of

the Simon Kenton High Schoolmarching band inIndependence will have a busyspring.

The group of studentmusicians will take part in aWalt Disney World parade andbe part of the festivities for theKentucky Derby.

Read more about thestudents and group.

SCHOOLS, A4

Reserve sheltersKenton County Parks and

Recreation will beginaccepting reservations for theupcoming outdoor season at7:30 a.m., Monday, Feb. 7 forall shelterhouses in the parksmaintained by Kenton CountyFiscal Court, including thoselocated in Lincoln Ridge,Middleton-Mills, Pioneer, andRichardson Road parks.

Reservations can be madeweekdays during regularbusiness hours, between 7:30a.m. and 4 p.m.

Reservations are $65 to$80 or, with a $150 non-refundable fee, a person mayreserve a shelterhouse for upto one year in advance.

For specific shelterhousecurrent availability, call 859-525-7529.

Celebrate loveLooking for something to do

on Valentine’s Day? Why notlook local with this list ofevents for singles, families,and couples going on inKenton County.

LIFE, B1

Pee-Wee’s Place, on AndersonRoad in Crescent Springs, is

known for their “best-in-town”burgers and family atmosphere.

By Regan [email protected]

Chic Street owner KatherineColbert brings more than 25 yearsof experience in the New York Cityand Boston fashion industries toNorthern Kentucky at her twonew consignment shop locations.

Before moving to NorthernKentucky, Colbert worked in NewYork City’s garment district andran a multi-million dollar retailstore in Boston.

Colbert opened the first ChicStreet location at 5034 Old TaylorMill Road in Taylor Mill in Novem-ber; the second location of ChicStreet, at 2456 Anderson Road,just opened in Crescent Springs inlate January.

“You have to understand:Fashion is unique to each person.It’s a blueprint of who we are and

how we express ourselves - it’snot about what comes out, it’sabout how you wear it,” Colbertexplained.

Shopping consignment allowsfashion conscious men andwomen to wear one-of-a-kindpieces at a discounted price, saidColbert’s daughter Brittney Kane,Chic Street manager.

“This is for people who don’thave disposable incomes that stillwant to look presentable and havedesigner clothes,” Kane said.

In addition to carrying gently-used designer clothing, both ChicStreet locations also carry shoes,jewelry, bags, accessories, fur-nishings and vintage pieces.

At the Taylor Mill location,shoppers can step through Frenchdoors between Chic Street andAltiora Coffee to grab a quick pick-me-up before or after shopping at

the consignment store.“It’s very unique and really so

cool,” Colbert said.Regardless of whether you’re a

consignment newbie or veteran,Chic Street aims to find the perfectlook for its customers, Kane said.

“Even if you don’t have a lotof money, you can still look greatand have an awesome wardrobe,”she said.

For more information aboutChic Street, call the Taylor Milllocation at 360-1246 or the Cres-cent Springs location at 341-3111or visit chicstreetconsign.com.

Chic Street also has a Facebookpage, facebook.com/chicstreet anda Twitter page, @shopchicstreet.

The grand opening of the Cres-cent Springs store will take placefrom 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Feb. 10 andwill include wine, a raffle and horsd’oeuvres.

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Mother and daughter team Katherine Colbertand Brittney Kane are behind the brand-newline of consignment shops, Chic Street, thathave just opened in Taylor Mill and CrescentSprings.


Kenton County Judge-execu-tive Steve Arlinghaus said a Jan.26 discussion with the Boone andCampbell county judge-executiveswas the first “full-fledged” meet-ing concerning a regional 911 dis-patch system.

“I think the meeting was verypositive. All three judges are clear-ly interested in moving forwardwith 911 efforts,” Arlinghaus said.

The open-discussion meetingwent on for about an hour and a half,Arlinghaus said, calling the meetingvery “preliminary” and adding“there’s still a lot to be learned abouttechnical issues and data.”

Eventually, all three judgesplan to put together concreteinformation to present to interest-ed parties, including cities andtheir fire, EMS and police depart-ments.

“We want tobring all theplayers to thetable as soon asp o s s i b l e , ”Arlinghaus said.

The judge-executives dis-cussed how tobest handle 911

dispatching in three counties, Camp-bell County Judge-executive StevePendery said, adding it was the firstof many meetings on the subject.

With an unfunded federallymandated reduction in radio sig-nal bandwidth termed “narrowbanding,” agencies have to buynew radios, Pendery said.

Dale Edmondson, director ofCampbell County ConsolidatedDispatch Center in Newport, wasbrought in as an unofficial adviserduring the judges’ first meeting, inpart because he’s already beeninvolved with consolidation of

911 services.Edmondson said upcoming

equipment purchases are alsowhat led Fort Thomas, Newportand Campbell County to startworking to consolidate into onedispatch agency in 1999, afterthere had already been more than10 years of conversation.

Emergency service agenciesare already taking a hard look attheir equipment purchases, andit’s worth a look to consider waysto eliminate some of those pur-chases by sharing, he said.

“Some of those things aregoing to be expensive for every-body, and probably as a regionthose things would probably beless of an impact if we worktogether,” Edmondson said.

Increasing and bettering thedelivery of services is a commontheme of regular meetings of thethree judge-executives, saidBoone County Judge-executive

Gary Moore.Moore said 911 dispatching

consolidation was an issue hetalked to voters about during hisre-election campaign.

It will be important to involvethe public in discussions on theissue, but even more so is toengage the public safety commu-nity and involve first respondersin the conversation, he said.

“The outcome may be that it’snot the thing to do, but I think weowe to our residents in these chal-lenging financial times to evaluateit,” Moore said.

Arlinghaus hopes the judgeswill have another regional dis-patch conversation in three to fourweeks.

There are five 911 dispatchsystems in Northern Kentucky:Kenton County, Boone County,Campbell County, Covington andErlanger.

Reporter Chris Mayhew contributed

Counties discuss dispatch options

Arlinghaus


The Kenton County Conserva-tion District applied for a $3.6 mil-lion Federal Emergency Manage-ment Agency (FEMA) grant Jan.28 that would allow for the pur-chase of a floodplain alongBanklick Creek.

Flooding has occurred as aresult of Banklick Creek since the19th Century, but the problembecame more acute in the ’70sand has plagued homeownersever since, said Conservation Dis-trict Board Member Marc Hult.

If FEMA accepts the applicationfor 45 acres of Kenton Countyfloodplain, FEMA will be responsi-ble for 75 percent of the project, or$2.7 million, and the state andKenton County would split theremainder, about $478,000.

Once the grant is officiallyapproved by FEMA, the county

Funds sought for flood management

FILE PHOTO

A flash flood of Banklick Creek covers the soccer fields at Pioneer Park, Covington, in 2005.See FLOOD on page A2

Kenton to run golfconcessions

Kenton County will takeover operations of The Cop-per Kettle at the KentonCounty Golf Courses withinthe month.

Kenton officials votedunanimously Jan. 25 to termi-nate a contract with Copper

Cettle Catering and start run-ning the concessions standin-house.

The concession standpaid yearly fees to the fiscalcourt for use of the space, butthe entity has been short forthe last three years - current-ly, the company would owethe county $16,750.

After negotiations, thecounty and company agreedthat the amount owed wouldbe forgiven in exchange forThe Copper Kettle's equip-ment and supplies, valued ataround $50,000.

The county will pay$20,500 for the equipment inaddition to forgiving the$16,750 owed, for a totalcounty savings of about$13,000.

Judge-executive SteveArlinghaus said he believesthe concession stand will

make a profit under countyoperations.

"The county operated inthere on its own in the pastand had a reasonable profit,"he said. "There's no reason tothink anything otherwise."

Piano recitalThomas More College will

present world-renownedpianist Anna Shelest at 7 p.m.Saturday Feb. 19 at the col-lege's Steigerwald Hall.

The performance will beShelest's first in the regionsince 2008 and will featuremusic from her newly-released solo CD "Pictures atan Exhibition." Shelest is agraduate of Northern Ken-tucky University and JuilliardSchool.

The program will includeworks by Bach-Busoni,Beethoven and Chopin in

addition to Mussorgsky's Pic-tures at an Exhibition.

Tickets are $15 for adultsand $5 for children and areavailable at the Holbrook Stu-dent Center. For information,e-mail [email protected] or call 341-5800.

The concert will be fol-lowed by a CD signing.

Parent electionThe Simon Kenton High

School Site Based DecisionMaking Council will be host-ing a special election at 7p.m. Monday, Feb. 7, in theschool library.

This election is being heldto fill a parent member posi-tion due to a parent resigna-tion.

To nominate a parent or formore information, [email protected].

would become the owner ofthe 45 acres and would thendemolish any structures onthe land before re-plantingto create a buffer againstfuture flooding.

Hult said many residentswho live on the 45 acres in37 structures along tributar-ies and Banklick Creekaffected by the grant areelderly, disabled, widowedor have difficulty evacuat-ing when the situation war-rants it.

The Kenton County Fis-cal Court gave the go-aheadon the project at the Jan. 25regular meeting - however,the county is not yet com-mitted to spending its por-tion of the possible grantuntil a contact must besigned.

In the meantime, KentonCounty Judge-executiveSteve Arlinghaus hascharged the conservationdistrict to seek out “real”cost information, Hult said.

“This application isbased on estimates of whatthe costs of demoltionwould be,” he said. “In theinterim, we will be workingwith the county to refinethose estimates and work-ing with the county to seewhere the funding couldcome from.”

One way to control costsis focusing only on proper-ties along Banklick’s mainstem, Arlinghaus said.

“I think it would be morecost beneficial regardless ofhow you do this if the stripalong Banklick Creek isaddressed first before youget other properties piece-mealed into the mix.”

Hult said there is no timeline regarding when thegrant application will beapproved by FEMA.

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In 1863, St. ElizabethHospital nurses took in adying slave whose masterwouldn’t let her pray forcomfort.

The nurses took thewoman, Henrietta, to theirSeventh Street Covingtonhospital to die in peace.Henrietta was baptized andher master, a Baptist minis-ter, never knew.

Just two years after theinception of what would beSt. Elizabeth Healthcare, thehospital’s nurses did every-thing they could to care foranyone, no matter theirposition, race or creed, saidNorthern Kentucky Univer-sity History Professor BrianHackett, who led theresearch into St. Elizabeth’s150-year history.

“It’s an incredible lega-cy,” said Hackett, whoexplained the women’saction would have been ille-gal in 1863 when slaveswere considered property.

“These women took arisk. To me, it’s a testamentof how important St. Eliza-beth was and has become.”

St. Elizabeth honoredthat legacy and its 150years at an event held at St.Elizabeth EdgewoodWednesday, Jan. 26. Agroup of employees, politi-cians, community leadersand more packed the visi-tor’s lobby where Diocese ofCovington Bishop RogerFoys blessed and re-dedicat-ed the hospital.

While many things havechanged, evolved andimproved over the last 150years, the best is yet tocome for St. ElizabethHealthcare, said PresidentJohn S. Dubis.

“Our future is going to bebrighter than ever before,”Dubis said.

“And it will be brighterbecause of you. The assetsof St. Elizabeth are the peo-ple who work at the organi-zation. Period.”

St. Elizbeth’s new loca-tions in Florence and FortThomas will be blessedsometime this year in cele-bration of the 150thanniversary.

“One of the things I’velearned since I’ve been hereis that St. Elizabeth is theglue that holds the commu-nity together,” Dubis said.

After the re-dedication,the group moved upstairs toview a St. Elizabeth historyexhibit complete with pho-tos and artifacts from thehospital’s earliest year.

A special guest at theevent was 96-year-old Luel-la Jacobs Bradley, the old-est-living St. ElizabethNursing School graduate.Bradley’s nursing cap and aphoto of her in her nursinguniform were included inthe exhibit.

“I enjoyed every momentI spent here nursing,”Bradley said. “It runs in thefamily - my grandmotherand aunt were nurses.”

When asked how shefeels to be a part of history,Bradley responded: “Like Isaid, I’ve always wanted tobe queen for a day.”

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Local school district arefeeling the effects of cuts inthe Support EducationExcellence in Kentucky, orSEEK, funds.

The SEEK funds, whichare allocated by the state,are being cut by two percentto each district this year.The cut is in addition to cutsin other areas of educationfunding over the last fewyears, including profession-al development, textbooks,extended school servicesand family resource servic-es.

In Erlanger, the SEEKcuts mean a loss of about$153,000 for theErlanger/Elsmere SchoolDistrict this year.

“People hear two percentand think it’s not that bad,but in reality, it’s muchmore than that when youfactor everything in,” saidSuperintendent KahtyBurkhardt. “We knew cutswere coming, but this is def-initely a challenge to haveto deal with this.”

For Kenton County,where the SEEK cuts totalaround $914,000, Superin-tendent Tim Hanner saidthey prepared by savingtheir EduJob money, feder-al funding allocated to dis-tricts to keep peopleemployed in education. Thedistrict’s EduJob funds

totaled $2,317,000.“I’ve said since last sum-

mer I was afraid SEEKwouldn’t be solvent thisyear,” he said. “Districtswere told to use EduJobmoney to fill in the gap, butwe didn’t spend the EduJobmoney because we thoughtthis could possibly happen.”

In Fort Mitchell, Beech-wood Superintendent GlenMiller said the SEEK cutsmean about a $70,000 lossfor the district. He also saidthe mid-year cuts such asthis are difficult, becauseemployees are under con-tract and reducing staff toaccount for the cuts is usu-ally not an option.

“It really makes it tough,but it’s part of the world welive in now,” he said. “Thisis a problem that every dis-trict is facing, no matterhow big or small, and we’vejust got to do what we can.”

Burkhardt agreed,adding that the state’s useof stimulus funds to replacesome SEEK funds wasmerely a short-term solu-tion. She also said thatsome legislators have beenlooking at districts’ fundbalances and counting thatas extra money when look-ing at budget cuts, whichshe said was inaccurate. Inessence, a school district’sfund balance is comparableto equity, and not necessar-ily money available to bespent.

“There’s no question weneed a new way of gettingrevenue, but the questionsremains as to where it willcome from,” she said.“We’re going to do what wehave to do, but this isn’t apath we can continue to godown.”

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EKU dean’s listThe following local students

were named to the dean’s list atEastern Kentucky University forthe fall semester:

CCoovviinnggttoonn:: Diane Adams, sen-ior, special education teaching;Sarah Bezold, senior, child andfamily studies; Taylor Clark, sen-ior, occupational science; AustinDeal, senior, art; Jon Gaupel,freshman, criminal justice; BrockHart, junior, elementary educationteaching; Kimberly Huber, junior,criminal justice; Melinda Kelley,freshman, middle grade education;Lauren Kersting, senior, market-ing; Sara Kuhse, freshman, specialeducation teaching; AnthonyReed, sophomore, sport manage-ment; Rachael Skerczak, senior,occupational science; JamesSpears, freshman, criminal justice;and Christina Stanfield, senior,music.

IInnddeeppeennddeennccee:: Emily Brown,senior, music; Angela Drake, sen-

ior, chemistry; Michael Higgins,junior, finance; Seth Littrell, soph-omore, journalism; Kaitlyn Miles,sophomore, mathematics teach-ing; Tanner O’Hara, freshman,undeclared; Leslie Shearer, junior,nursing; and Nichole Zimmerman,senior, psychology.

TTaayylloorr MMiillll:: Deemi Fitterer,sophomore, psychology; JordanFranxman, sophomore, psycholo-gy; Lindsay Jehn, junior, elemen-tary education teaching.

MMoorrnniinngg VViieeww:: Henry Darnell,junior, finance; and Jessica Wols-ing, junior, special educationteaching.

RRyyllaanndd HHeeiigghhttss:: Brian Schultz,sophomore, animal studies.

WKU students honoredThe following local students

were named to the president’s ordean’s list at Western KentuckyUniversity for the fall semester:

PPrreessiiddeenntt’’ss lliisstt:: Christina Barthof Covington, Alicia Beach of Tay-

lor Mill, Kathryn Brady of Inde-pendence, Rachel Child of TaylorMill, Jesse Cornelius of Covington,Alicia DiTommaso of Covington,Katie DiTommaso of Covington,Logan Eckler of Covington, EmmaPemberton of Taylor Mill andDavid Vickery of Taylor Mill.

DDeeaann’’ss lliisstt:: Heather Barhorst ofIndependence, Robert Cloar ofIndependence, Elizabeth Cutchinsof Covington, Laura Fugateof Independence, Stuart Kenderesof Independence, Sydney Lutschof Latonia, Andrew Schuler ofIndependence and Jordan Vorst ofIndependence.

Students making the dean’s listhad a grade point average of 3.4to 3.79 with at least 12 hours ofcoursework. Students on the pres-ident’s list had a grade point aver-age of 3.8 to 4.0.

BCTC dean’s listThe following Bluegrass Com-

munity & Technical College stu-

dents from Kenton County werenamed to the dean’s list for the fallsemester:

Anna Barnett, David Bayer,Lauren Heeger, Megan Hughes,Amanda Kruempelman, BrittanyLangford, Wayne Onkst, MelissaRea, Courtney Redman, JenniferSchwartz and Christina Shepherd.

To be named to the dean’s list afull-time students must earn anoverall semester grade point aver-age of 3.5 or higher in coursesnumbered 100 or higher.

Campbellsville dean’s listTierra Alma Alexander, a soph-

omore, and Kelsie Reigh Peck-ham, a freshman, both from Inde-pendence, were named to theCampbellsville University’s dean’slist for the fall semester.

The dean’s list recognized stu-dents who achieve a grade pointaverage of 3.5-3.99 for thesemester with a course load of atleast 12 hours.

University of Charlstondean’s list

Kyle McCarty of Independencewas named to the dean’s list at theUniversity of Charleston, W.Va.,for the fall semester.

The dean’s list recognizes full-time students who earn a gradepoint average of 3.5 or higher.

McCarty is a junior majoring insports administration.

National College dean’s listThe following students were

named to the dean’s list at Nation-al College, Florence, for the fallterm:

Robert Barnes, Luz King, Con-nie Kurtz and Pamela Leger, all ofCovington, and Evelyn Boyajianand Starlite Huneycutt, both ofIndependence.

To be named to the dean’s list,a student must achieve a mini-mum grade point average of 3.5.

COLLEGE NOTES

The 2011 Kenton CountySchool District Governor’s Schol-ars Selection Committee is proudto announce that 33 nomineeshave been selected to representthe district at the State Level Com-petition in April.

The Governor's Scholars Pro-gram strives to enhance Ken-tucky's next generation of civicand economic leaders.

The program provides academ-ic and personal growth throughthe balance of a strong liberal artsprogram with a full co-curricularand residential life experience.Selection to the program is highlycompetitive.

Congratulations to the 2011

Kenton County School DistrictGovernor’s Scholars nominees:

Dixie Heights nominees:Emily BenkenKelley BigneyJames BoydCaitlin BrownEvan DulaneyElliot FeltnerHannah GardnerGeneva HoffmannLaurel HuberBenjamin KramerCharlotte KuhlmanLaurel LietzenmayerMichael MenkhausMadeline MossMargaret NowlandStefan Pleli

Tia RichardsonEric SealLaura TalbertMadeline WeinerOlivia Winshurst

Scott High nominees:Adam DeweyJacob EwingBradley GriffithJenna RyanLogan WilliamsJames Hood

Simon Kenton nominees:Jenna BachHeather FedermannKatherine HahnelTaylor WilsonScott HoffmanAutumn Halberstadt

Kenton Governor’s Scholars

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The Simon Kenton High SchoolMarching Band will participate intwo prestigious parades in 2011.

Recently the band was accept-ed to perform in the Walt DisneyWorld Electric Light Parade at Dis-ney’s Magic Kingdom April 14and the 2011 Kentucky DerbyFestival Pegasus Parade May 5.

“This is a great privilege andhonor to be spotlighted in front ofthousands of people from aroundthe world,” said SKHS Band Direc-tor Jason Milner.

The Pegasus Parade, rankedamong the top 15 parades in theU.S. by the International Festivaland Events Association, usually

o n l yaccepts 10to 15s c h o o l sf r o maround thec o u n t r y ,M i l n e rsaid, andthis is thefourth yearSKHS hasapplied toparticipate.

A b o u ttwo-thirdsof the bandwill per-form atWalt Dis-ney World

this spring.“It’s very cool,” said band

member Shelby Armstrong. “I’m asenior and I’m getting to go on atrip like this.”

As a senior, Armstrong saidshe’s had a chance to watch herband evolve and grow.

“When I was a freshman, Inever would have thought we’d

have an opportunity like this to goand perform,” she said. “It’s coolto have seen it happen and bee apart of it.”

Milner, who has taught at

SKHS for the past eight years orso, said he has also noticed theprogress.

“I think the kids’ dedication toband has made a big difference.”

Simon Kenton band on the march

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The week at Calvary• The Calvary Christian

boys basketball team beatVilla Madonna 62-41, Jan. 24.Calvary’s top-scorer wasTucker Glass with 21 points.

The week at Scott• The Scott wrestling team

lost to Norwood 33-18, thenbeat Williamsburg 31-30 Jan.27. Against Norwood, Scott’sMiller pinned Collins in 1minute, 32 seconds; Brackenspinned Sherman in 1 minute,21 seconds; and Sower wonby forfeit. In the win againstWilliamsburg, Scott’s Millerwon by forfeit; McBerty pinnedStith; Brackens pinned Jeffers;and Severin and Sower wonby forfeit.

The week at Ludlow• The Ludlow boys basket-

ball team beat Heritage 77-45,Jan. 24. Ludlow’s top-scorerswere Yates and AnthonyCamarena with 16 points each.

St. Henry beat Ludlow 69-43, Jan. 26. Ludlow was led byCody with 11 points.

On Jan. 27, Ludlow beatCalvary Christian 62-55. Lud-low’s top-scorer was Pouncywit 16 points. Calvary’s top-scorer was Tucker Glass with14 points.

The week at Simon• The Boone County girls

basketball team beat SimonKenton 64-42, Jan. 24.Simon’s top-scorer was SydniWainscott with 17 points.

• In boys basketball, Simonbeat Williamstown 87-62, Jan.25. Simon’s top-scorer wasRyan Mullen with 16 points.

The week at Calvary• On Jan. 25, Villa Madon-

na beat Calvary Christian 41-37. Calvary’s top-scorer wasCaudill with 11 points.

LaRosa’s MVPScott High School senior

basketball and volleyball play-er Lauren Tibbs is theLaRosa’s MVP for the week ofMonday, Jan. 24. Tibbs is theschool’s all-time basketballscorer.

She will continue her bas-ketball career at MarquetteUniversity.

The week at Holmes• The Ryle boys basketball

team beat Holmes 54-44, Jan.25. Holmes’ top-scorer wasJaleel Gray with 12 points.

In boys basketball, Holmesbeat Cooper 58-51, Jan. 27.Holmes’ top-scorer was JaleelGray with 15 points.

• In girls basketball, Con-ner beat Holmes 63-57, Jan.27. Holmes’ top-scorer wasDashon Holder with 18 points.

The weekat Covington Latin

In girls basketball, Newportbeat Covington Latin 54-46,Jan. 27. Latin’s Hildreth led herteam with 20 points.

Nation’s No. 1 teamThe Thomas More College

women’s basketball was votedthe No. 1 team in the nation onMonday, Jan. 24, according tothe week’s D3hoops.com Top-25 poll.

The Saints received 15 outof a possible 25 first-placevotes and a total 598 points inthe poll. The new ranking is thefirst time in Thomas More his-tory that any athletic team hasbeen ranked No. 1 in thenation.

The undefeated Saints (17-0 overall, 9-0 in the Presidents’Athletic Conference) are off totheir best start since the 2007-2008 campaign when theystarted 29-0. Thomas More isaveraging 67.2 points pergame, while holding theiropponents to 50.9 ppg.

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By James [email protected]

Joe Allen had the biggestshot of his career Jan. 29.

The Holy Cross HighSchool senior guard wasproudest of the fact his teamcame together to make ithappen.

Holy Cross beat Beech-wood 69-67 in overtimeJan. 29 at HC’s home gymin Latonia.

Holy Cross improved to11-7, 6-1 in its last sevengames.

“We showed a lot ofcharacter, a lot of guts tomake a great comeback inthe second half and find away to win in overtime,” HChead coach Erik Goetz said.

Allen hit a three-pointer

with 20 seconds left in OTfor the winning points. Thatcapped a five-point come-back in the extra sessionand a 13-point deficit inregulation.

“It was a great pass by(junior guard) Jake Burger,”Allen said. “He set me upfor the open shot and I hit it.We knew it would take a bigsecond half. We hustled andnever gave up. We playedgreat as a team, everybodycontributed.”

Beechwood dropped to0-2 in seeding games, andHoly Cross is 1-1. Beech-wood plays at Holmes Feb.5, and Holy Cross hosts CovCath Feb. 4. Because ofhead-to-head tiebreakers,those matchups will repeatin the district tournament

semifinals no matter whowins either game this week.

Holy Cross had beatenBeechwood by 29 points,87-58, just 11 days earlier.

“They handled our pres-sure better (tonight),” Goetzsaid. “We didn’t play welloffensively in the first halfand a lot of that was due tothem. Beechwood had agreat game plan. Theyplayed really well.

Allen had eight points forthe game. Sophomore guardChristian McClendon led HCwith 17 points, includingtwo big baskets late in OT.Senior Jerry Arlinghaus had11 points. Senior NoahKnochelman had six points,including the tying basketwith two minutes left in OT.

Freshman Jalen Avery

had six points and fiveassists. Burger, HC’s leadingscorer for the year, was 0-for-12 from the field but hadfive points and six assists.

“It’s a collective effort,”Goetz said. “I can call a playfor any of our guys but ourstrength is we share the ball.We have guys who can scoresix to nine points in a gamewhen (Burger) struggles.”

The Indians don’t havemuch rebounding and sizethis year, so they have beenplaying uptempo offenseand full-court pressuredefense this year.

“We don’t just work forgood shots, we work forgreat shots,” Allen said.“When we share the balland get great shots, our per-centage goes up.”

Indians enjoy keyhoops district win

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Holy Cross senior Jerry Arlinghausshoots during HC’s 69-67 overtime winover Beechwood Jan. 29 at Holy Cross’home gym in Latonia.

JAMES WEBER/STAFF

Holy Cross junior Travis Thompsonpasses during HC’s 69-67 overtimewin over Beechwood Jan. 29 at HolyCross’ home gym in Latonia.


Like in basketball, awrestling loss in Januarydoesn’t end your chancesfor a state title.

Scott High School seniorwrestler Ritchie Supe had atough defeat Jan. 26 duringa Senior Night home meet athis school in Covington/Tay-lor Mill. But he is focused onwinning when it mattersmost, in the state tourna-ment in February.

Supe, a two-time stateplacer, is 29-5 after Scott’sthree matches on the night.

“All of them (the fivelosses) have been againstreally good wrestlers,” hesaid. “I’m not disappointed.I’m more concerned withregional and state and get-ting ready for that.”

Last week’s loss was a 7-0 defeat to Walton-Veronafreshman Logan Jones atthe 130-pound class. Bothare likely to stay at 130 inwhat should be one of the

deepest weights at theRegion 6 meet Feb. 11-12.

“He’s obviously prettygood. I feel like a lot of mymoves weren’t working,”Supe said. “I took him downa couple of times but theywere out of bounds.”

Supe is ranked ninth inthe state at 130. Jones isseventh, Ryle’s CoreyAhern is eighth, SimonKenton’s Jared Yocum 10thand Campbell County’s PaulHamilton 12th.

While the regional field isstacked, Supe should have a

better shot at a state title at130, said Scott head coachDon Graven. The coachnoted the top-rankedwrestler at 125, Trinity’sJohn Fahy, is virtuallyunbeatable.

“Ritchie has been sickand he’s been struggling,”Graven said. “But we’drather lose now and remem-ber how it feels to loseinstead of lose later in theyear when it counts.Nobody remembers a three-time state placer but every-one remembers a state

champ, so you might aswell go for the gold.”

Supe said he will learnfrom the loss, and thatlearning his opponents is abig part of his preparation.

“I work as hard as I canin practice to see what I canimprove on,” he said. “Youhave to figure out your bestmoves and focus on thosemoves.

“(Wrestling foes) isextremely helpful because Iknow what they’re going todo and what their tech-niques are, whether I shouldchoose neutral or down.The other side is they knowwhat works well againstme, too. I really look for-ward to facing them.”

Ritchie and older broth-ers Gabe and Stephen havecombined for six statemedals, and all three ofthem medalled in 2008.

Ritchie, a starter on lastfall’s state semifinalist soc-cer team, is looking to playsoccer in college. He is thelast in the line of wrestling

brothers.“This is something I’ve

been working on for sevenyears,” he said. “I’ve seenhow hard my brothersworked and how hardwe’ve worked together. Ittakes a ton of effort and youhave to work your hardest.”

The Eagles have severalother regional contenders.

Junior Ryan Sowder is35-10 in his first full yearon varsity. Graven said he iscut from the same cloth asolder brother Zach, a four-year starter and multiple-time placer at state.

Senior Drew Miller, astate qualifier last year, is26-12 at 125 and is astraight-A student.

Senior Cody Woodall is22-10 at 171. BrandonRobbins is ranked 27th at135. Matt Severin is ranked19th at 152.

“We’re still young, weonly have three seniors andtwo juniors,” Graven said.“We’re setting up forregionals.”

Scott wrestlers focus on postseason

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Scott senior Ritchie Supe wrestles to victory over Cooper’s Justin Heidel Jan. 26at Scott.


Covington Catholic andNotre Dame were the teamchampions at the NorthernKentucky Athletic Confer-ence Swim and Dive Cham-pionships Jan. 21-22 atScott High School.

Notre Dame won all 11swimming events and wassecond in diving.

BoysTeam scores: Covington Catholic

260, Dixie Heights 213, Beechwood186, Scott 171, Highlands 154, Ryle93, Conner 86, St. Henry 85, BooneCounty 51, Campbell County 32, Cal-vary 26, Simon Kenton 10, Cooper 4,Villa Madonna 3.

200 medley relay: 1. CovCath, 2.Dixie, 3. Scott

200 free: 1. Conner Downard(Highlands), 2. Hunter Pasek (CovCath), 3. Joey Koogler (Conner).

200 IM: 1. Max Williamson (CovCath), 2. Cole Garriott (Dixie), 3.Spencer Franzoi (Dixie).

50 free: 1. Michael Miller (Beech-wood), 2. Michael Sherrard (Scott), 3.Bennett Paradis (Highlands).

Diving: 1. Bailey Harrison (Dixie), 2.Logan Stevens (Scott), 3. Justin Yout-sey (Beechwood).

100 fly: 1. Michael Miller (Beech-wood), 2. Tyler Groneck (Scott), 3.Hunter Pasek (Cov Cath).

100 free: 1. Michael Sherrard(Scott), 2. Quinn Sesher (Beech-wood), 3. Stephen O’Hare (Beech-wood).

500 free: 1. Max Williamson (CovCath), 2. Cole Garriott (Dixie), 3. EvanDulaney (Dixie).

200 free relay: 1. Beechwood, 2.Conner, 3. Cov Cath.

100 back: 1. Conner Downard(Highlands), 2. Chase Vennefron (CovCath), 3. Sam Mullen (Cov Cath).

100 breaststroke: 1. Tyler Groneck(Scott), 2. Spencer Franzoi (Dixie), 3.Louis Rodgers (St. Henry).

400 free relay: 1. Cov Cath, 2.Dixie, 3. Beechwood.

GirlsTeam scores: Notre Dame 310,

Beechwood 243, Highlands 196,Ryle 193, Dixie Heights 120, St.Henry 63, Cooper 60, Scott 40,Simon Kenton 31, Villa Madonna 26,Calvary 25, Boone County 22, Camp-bell County 17, Conner 17, HolyCross 12.

200 medley relay: 1. NDA, 2.Beechwood, 3. Highlands.

200 free: 1. Molly Hinken (NDA), 2.

Lauren Vennefron (VMA), 3. NatalieSchultz (Highlands).

200 IM: 1. Ellen Williamson (NDA),2. Mallory Meier (Beechwood), 3.Olivia Kuykendall (NDA).

50 free: 1. Mackenzie Margroum(NDA), 2. Annie Davies (Beechwood),3. Katie Mauntel (St. Henry).

Diving: 1. Meredith Brownell (Ryle),2. Carly Scheper (NDA), 3. Carly Hill(Highlands).

100 fly: 1. Ellen Williamson (NDA),2. Taylor Piatt (Ryle), 3. Sarah Truskot(Ryle).

100 free: 1. Mackenzie Margroum(NDA), 2. Caitlyn Forman (NDA), 3.Abby Shoyat (Beechwood).

500 free: 1. Molly Hinken (NDA), 2.Natalie Lawson (NDA), 3. AnnieDavies (Beechwood).

200 free relay: 1. NDA, 2. Beech-wood, 3. Highlands.

100 backstroke: 1. Caitlyn Forman(NDA), 2. Amanda Haney (Beech-wood), 3. Megan Kern (Cooper).

100 breaststroke: 1. Olivia Kuyk-endall (NDA), 2. Lauren Vennefron(VMA), 3. Mallory Meier (Beechwood).

400 free relay: 1. NDA, 2. High-lands, 3. Beechwood.

Colonels, Pandas win NKAC titles

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Notre Dame Academy’s Molly Hinken races in the 200-yard freestyle during theNKAC swimming and diving championships Jan. 22.

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Calvary vs. DemingCalvary Christian senior Shane Reuscher and Deming High Schoolsenior twins Kyle King and Luke King prepare for showdown during the10th Region Boys All “A” Classic Tournament at Northern KentuckyUniversity on Jan. 19. Deming won, 60-44.

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Last week’s questionWhat grade would you give

President Barack Obama forhis first two years in office? Doyou plan to vote for him in2012?

“A well deserved grade of F-minus. I would not vote for thisincompetent poseur if he were theonly candidate running!”

J.G.

“I would give him a ‘D’ and no,I would not vote for him in 2012.

“He gets a ‘D’ because while Ithink his economic policies, inparticular his borrowing andspending, have put the country’sfinances in a very precarious posi-tion he is sincere about his poli-cies and believes in them.

“I just think he is very, verywrong.”

T.H.

“F. No.”S.B.

“What grade would I giveBarack Obama for his first twoyears in office? F minus.

“He is adept at exceeding thelimitations of government andinterfering where he has no busi-ness.

“And while I give him credit forbeing ‘intelligent’ in a way he istotally incompetent to be the chiefexecutive – but he loves to bask inthe limelight, which is one of thereasons I flunk him. I can’t standarrogance.

“Do I plan to vote for him in2012? Are you kidding? Not in amillion years.”

Bill B.

“I would grade PresidentObama an F. He has not helpedour county.

“No good things have hap-pened internally and much worseworldwide, people have reallybeen affected by his administra-tion. The health care plan iscrazy.”

E.S.

“I would give President Obamaa ‘D’ for his first two years inoffice. However, I would give himan ‘A’ for his campaign.

“His mastery of rhetoric incombination with use of technolo-gy to access the masses (eventhose who would not ordinarilyparticipate), along with takingadvantage of the public’s poorperceptions of other parties’ can-didates got him elected.

“He knows how to ‘talk thetalk’ but doesn’t ‘walk the walk.’I saw through it back in ‘08 andcontinue to do so. I will not votefor him in ‘12.”

C.P.

Although I tend to lean a bittowards the liberal side of thefence, I try to remain fairly open-minded politically.

“I think President Obama hasdone a decent job of implementingmany of the changes on which heran for office.

“Despite being handed an eco-nomic nightmare in the wake ofthe prior administration’s (and,yes, even some of that passeddown from earlier ones, too) hor-rific shortcomings, Obama hasmanaged to stabilize job losses,stem the real estate decline andeven push through the start of anew health care program aimed athelping the uninsured.

“I would give him a ‘B’ overall– no president is perfect and nonehas ever been able to deliver any-where near all of their campaignpromises.

“Since the GOP has not pro-

duced any solid ideas for turningour economy around any faster orany better than has the currentadministration I will definitelyvote for Obama again in the nextelection (especially if someonelike Sarah Palin or Michelle Bach-man is running against him –heaven help us all!).

“What we desperately need todo now is let middle-class Ameri-cans have the greatest tax breakso they can get back on their feetfinancially so we can begin todevelop ‘real’ new sources of jobs,get the real estate market movingagain and put a stop once and forall of big banks and Wall Streetmilking the American economyfor every nickel on which it canget its greedy hands. If I hear ofone more big bank exec getting ahuge bonus after being bailed outby us, the average American tax-payer, I’ll be sick for sure!

“’Nuff said ...”M.M.

“Extremely pleased with Presi-dent Obama. Will absolutely votefor him in 2012.

“He has accomplished so muchin his first two years of service.He has brought back honesty andintegrity to the office of the presi-dent of the U.S. We should all beproud.

L.A.R.

“F! Two years ago Obama toldus ‘Give me the trillion dollarstimulus package or unemploy-ment will go up to 8 percent.’ Hegot his stimulus package andunemployment went up to 10 per-cent!

“For two years he’s told us‘The stimulus is working’ eventhough unemployment is current-ly at 9.6 percent.

“The backbone of the Obamaadministration has been BOB,Blame it On Bush.

“Candidate Obama promisedall legislation will be online 5 daysbefore it’s voted upon and it willbe covered on CSPAN for the ben-efit of the people. The Obama-Care debacle demonstrated howhe lied and that he is unable tocontrol his own party.

“He has repeatedly humiliatedAmerica around the world, mostnotably by lecturing Germany’sAngela Merkel that her handlingof the financial crisis was wrong.Two years later Germany hasemerged from that crisis whileObama is too proud and arrogantto learn a lesson from her.

“Will I vote for him? I doubt ifJoe Biden will vote for him.”

R.V.

“In my opinion the grade onObama’s first two years is aresounding ‘F’; however,throughout my life – from Mama’sknee to my husband’s arm, fromchildhood to adulthood – I’velearned that the office of the pres-ident of the United States ofAmerica should be given respect.

“Hence, the best I can give himis a ‘D’ for being the ‘leader of thefree world’ and knowing wherethe teleprompters are placed.

“Also he should have a pointor two for siring two adorabledaughters and for seemingly car-ing alot for his sweet dog, Bo.Plan to vote for him in 2012? Youjest, of course!”

C.W.

Do you have a life list? A list ofgoals you would like to accom-plish such as places you wouldlike to visit, foods you would liketo try or perhaps a language youwould like to learn?

Some of your goals may be dif-ficult to complete because of alack of time or money but learn-ing a language can be a free andfulfilling challenge.

The Kenton County PublicLibrary offers Mango Languages,an online language learning pro-gram. Find Mango languages byvisiting kentonlibrary.org/lan-guage. French, German, Spanishand Italian are popular coursesbut there are 28 language coursesoffered. All you need is your Ken-ton County Public Library cardand a desire to learn. This pro-gram is free to everyone with aLibrary card.

Learning a new language canbroaden your horizons and peakyour interest in new cultures.Once you start learning your newlanguage you may want to visitcountries that speak it or meetnew people who are native speak-ers. In addition, keeping yourbrain active with new learningexperiences may help keep you

sharp. Just asyou exerciseyour bodyyou need toexercise yourbrain as well,

and learning a new language canhelp keep your brain fit!

As adults we work to keep ourminds sharp but it seems that anychild can hear a new word andpick up on it immediately. How-ever, when it comes to learning anew language this is a great skillto have. If their brains are indeedsponges we should help themsoak up as much knowledge aspossible.

If you are a caregiver for asmall child you may feel like youdon't have time to learn a newlanguage. However you and yourchild can learn together with LittlePim.

Little Pim is a language learn-ing site for small children. Youcan access it from the Library'slanguage web page. Little Pimmakes learning fun for your child.There are ten languages availableincluding French, Spanish andChinese. There are videos andpractice cards for eating anddrinking, waking up, playtime

and more. Watching other chil-dren learn and play in the videoswhile learning a new languagewill keep both of you entertained.

Studies have shown that chil-dren who learn a second languagehave better language and literacyskills. It can also improve theirunderstanding of their own lan-guage as well as their abilty to lis-ten and comprehend. As a care-giver you can help support theirlanguage development by singingsongs, reading books or playinggames using their new vocabu-lary.

Some tips for adults learning aforeign language include makingand using vocabulary lists or flashcards. Use the Internet, there aremany additional sites that willhelp and encourage you whenyou are learning.

If possible converse withnative speakers, most people willbe happy that you are learning anew language and eager to helpyou. And don't forget, the Libraryhas many books, CDs and DVDsthat will help you learn andexplore new cultures.

Nicole Frilling is the DigitalBranch Librarian for the Kenton

County Library

Noah’s Ark parkwill be a success

In normal economic conditionsthe proposed park about Noah’sArk and other Bible history will bea tremendous drawing card to allvenues in Kentucky. One thing Ido know that these are good cleandollars which will multiply in ourKentucky economy and producegood jobs for many of our citi-zens.

I have taken several childrenand adults to the new CreationMuseum.

It is sad to see the same fewgrown professional men attackingverbally the thousands of peopleof faith that came to visit asthough they had all the answersto life in their science books. Verybright men, but very misguided intheir attacks against this effort ineducation. I hope every student inthe country can see this historicstory and can also see the BigBone State Park and its greatstory, the Underground Railroadin Cincinnati and all of our parksand sights in Greater Cincinnatiand the Kentucky area.

History is the light to our

future.Our new landmark is the light

above the new Great AmericanInsurance Building and WesternSouthern Financial which gives agreat view over all of our areas.How many times have youlooked at the light?

It is most symbolic that thislight from our tallest building isnamed after and occupied byinsurance companies for you seethe greatest insurance policy any-one can ever have is to except theLord Jesus into our hearts and beinsured that you we will haveeternal everlasting life in heaven.

John StephensonIndependence

GOP at workThe second half of Kentucky’s

legislative session has begun andthe Democrats have made it plainthat the 12 bills passed by theSenate during the first half standlittle chance of passage in theHouse.

Speaker Greg Stumbo saidbefore the first half that “theDemocratic House generally doesnot take up the Senate’s bills until

the Senate passes House bills.” Ibelieve that attitude, in a nutshell,explains why the House Democ-rats disgraced themselves lastNovember. Kentucky’s voters hadenough of that pettiness and theDemocrats lost their supermajori-ty in the House.

Under the leadership of SenatePresident David Williams, theSenate selected its leadership andcommittee assignments weremade before the session began.The Senate introduced 13 billsand passed 12. The House, underSpeaker’s leadership did noorganizing until the session beganand did not introduce a bill untilafter the session.

In other words, the Republicanled Senate accomplished the peo-ple’s business. The Democrat ledHouse played politics.

The people of Kentucky aretired of the pettiness emanatingfrom Frankfort. The Democratsare not working to make Ken-tucky better. All they do is throwmud and childishly obstruct anykind of progress.

Ted SmithPark Hills

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Academic team head to postseasonBrigid Connelly of Fort Mitchell and the St. Ursula Academy Academic Team are entering postseason play after a come-back win againstElder High School and a second victory against Roger Bacon High School. The team outscored both in all three components: letter round,team and lighting. Pictured is, from left, back row: Kendall Sherman of Anderson, team captain, Tori Cardone of Indian Hill, Brigid Connellyof Fort Mitchell and Eileen Brady of Union township; and front row, Giovanna Kimberly of Covedale and Ari Waller of Fairfield.

Next questionWhat do you remember about

the Space Shuttle Challenger explo-sion in January 1986 or the SpaceShuttle Columbia disaster in Febru-ary 2003?

Send your answer to“[email protected]” with Chatroom inthe subject line.

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The goal of Pee-Wee’sPlace is pretty simple,according to Tim “Pee-Wee”Reese.

“We don’t want people tolike our food - we wantthem to love it,” said theowner of the CrescentSprings-based restaurant.“We want people walkingout knowing they can’t waitto come back.”

Reese opened Pee-Wee’sin June of 2009, renovatingand remodeling the formerSpeakeasy Bar on AndersonRoad.

“It took a lot of time andeffort, but you feel like amillion bucks when some-one comes in and says theylike it,” he said.

Known for their “best-in-town” burgers, Pee-Wee’sactually offers a variety ofmenu items, from hotbreakfast each morning tohome-cooked lunch spe-cials.

They also feature a pri-vate banquet room, sandvolleyball court, coveredpatio, and even offer off-sitecatering.

Additionally, they areknown to work with localcharities, and even hosted

several soldiers who visitedthe area while home fromAfghanistan.

“We like to get involved,because families and com-munity are important to

us,” he said."We wanted tohave a fun, family atmos-phere, and that’s whatwe’ve got.”

For information, visitwww. peewee splace.com.

The Cincinnati Play-house in the Park’s regionalpremiere production of“Dis/Troy” by YokanaanKearns will be performed atThe Baker Hunt Art & Cul-tural Center of Covington.

The show is free andopen to the public and willtake place at 7 p.m. Satur-day, Feb. 12.

Prior to the event, amask making class will beconducted for $5. Reserva-tions, for either the play orthe class, can be made bycalling Baker Hunt at 859-431-0020. For furtherinformation about the BakerHunt, visit www.baker-

hunt.com“Dis/Troy” is a theatrical

adaptation of Homer’s “TheIliad.”

Set during the TrojanWar, the play cuts to thecore issues of the classicepic – glory, fate, revengeand homecoming. TheGreek warrior hero Achillesrefuses to fight, leading todisastrous results for boththe Greeks and their enemy.

Dramatic scenes in themortal world alternate withcomic scenes on MountOlympus, where the godsare fighting their own, oftenridiculous “war” to seewhich side will win.

SMALL BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT


Put fun and romance in thisyear’s Valentine’s Day with asinging valentine, a cozy dinner ora night out on the town with yourbest friend.

The Community Recorder hasrounded up a few sure-to-impressValentine’s Day activities, no mat-ter your status.

Couples:Stop by the Argentine Bean in

the Crestview Hills Town Centerfor a five-course dinner courtesyof Chef Greg Fredwest.

Everything created in therestaurant is made from scratchdown to the salad dressing, Fred-west said.

On Feb. 12 and Feb. 14, cou-ples will have their choice of twoentrees, a fillet with a brandycream sauce or an oyster-stuffedpork loin with a fig cream sauce.

“We’ll have an acoustic guitarplayer and the restaurant is justbeautiful,” he said. “It’s a perfectplace to take a date.”

The dinner will cost couples$40 to $50 per person and willinclude an appetizer, soup, salad,vegetables and a handcrafteddessert in addition to the entree.Call 426-1042 to make a reserva-tion.

In Independence, the Citizen’sPolice Academy Alumni Associa-tion will be hosting its annualValentine’s Dance from 7 p.m. tomidnight Saturday, Feb. 5. Admis-sion is $20 a person and willinclude a catered dinner and a DJ.To purchase tickets, call 609-2151or 282-1985.

Singles:Those feeling anti–Valentine’s

Day this year will enjoy a viewingof “The Odd Couple” at theCarnegie Visual and PerformingArts Center in Covington.

The play, showing weekendsthrough Feb. 13, will reprise OscarMadison and Felix Ungar’sfamous domestic dispute just intime for the holiday. Tickets are$15-$19 and can be purchased bycalling 957-1940. Visit the-carnegie.com for more informa-tion.

“It doesn’t get much betterthan this finely-crafted comedy,”said “The Odd Couple DirectorDrew Fracher in a release. “I can-not wait to get started; there’snothing like going to work andlaughing for five or six hoursevery day.”

If you’re a crafty type, visitColor Me Mine in the Crestview

Hills Town Center to paint a one-of-a-kind piece or stop by Coving-ton Clay in Covington for potterywheel classes with your friends.

Call Color Me Mine at 344-6463. Call Covington Clay at 491-3900 or visit covingtonclay.com.

For everyone:Whether it’s for your mother, a

co-worker, friend or significantother, a Singing Valentine deliverycould be right for just about every-body.

The Cincinnati Delta KingsChorus has delivered SingingValentine Barbershop Quartetsaround Greater Cincinnati for thelast 17 years.

Drawing members from allover the Tri-state, the Delta KingsChorus will serenade the “victim”of your choice from Feb. 11 to 15.The quartets visit just about any-where complete with colorful out-fits, two or three standard lovesongs and a red rose for yourbeloved.

Popular song selections include“Let Me Call You Sweetheart” and“Sweet Valentine,” the quartet’sspecial version of Neil Diamond’s“Sweet Caroline.”

“It’s a great way to show yourlove in song,” said Delta Kingsmember Denny Daum. “We comein there in costume to sing to that

person wherever they happen tobe and whatever you want us tosing to them.”

A Singing Valentine package is$50 and benefits the chorus. Toorder, visit deltakings.org or call

1-888-796-8555.A second option for the whole

family is the Valentine’s Day Partyto be held at 2 p.m. Sunday Feb.13 at the Erlanger branch of theKenton County Public Library,

Kenton Lands Road.The event, co-sponsored by the

Erlanger Parks and RecreationDepartment, will include familyactivities and crafts. Call 962-4000 to make a reservation.

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ART EXHIBITSFirst Friday Gallery Hop, 6-10 p.m., Coving-

ton Arts District, Madison Avenue, Pike Streetand MainStrasse Villag, First Friday of everymonth. Covington’s galleries, restaurants andother venues open late for original artworkviewing. Free. 859-292-2322. Covington.

Isolation & Togetherness, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.,Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center,1028 Scott Blvd., Works by MatthewAndrews, Dominic Sansone, Mallory Felktz,Marcia Alscher, Alan Grizzell, Patrick Meier,Sherman Cahal and Janie Marino. Free.Through Feb. 18. 859-957-1940; www.the-carnegie.com. Covington.

COMMUNITY DANCEFriday Night Ballroom Dance, 8-10 p.m.,

Step-N-Out Studio, 721 Madison Road,Group lesson 8-8:30 p.m. DJ dance to mul-tiple styles of ballroom dance music begins8:30-10 p.m. Family friendly. $5. 859-291-2300. Covington.

FOOD & DRINKWine Tasting, 4-8 p.m.,

D.E.P.’s Fine Wine & SpiritsCovington, 670 W. ThirdSt., Free. 859-291-2550;www.depsfinewine.com.Covington.

ON STAGE - COMEDYDysfunctional Comedy Tour, 8 p.m., Keefer’s

Irish Pub, 902 Madison Ave., With comedi-ans Michael Rudolph, Kim Sherwood, LarryLove, Jay Armstrong, Marc Sester and RobWilfong. $5. 859-261-5333. Covington.

ON STAGE - THEATERThe Odd Couple, 7:30 p.m., Carnegie Visual

and Performing Arts Center, 1028 ScottBlvd., Neurotic neat freak Felix Ungar andslovenly sportswriter Oscar Madison havealmost nothing in common, except beingdivorced, dysfunctionally sharing one NewYork apartment. $15-$19. Through Feb. 13.859-957-1940; www.thecarnegie.com.Covington.

Twelve Angry Men, 8 p.m., Monmouth The-atre, 636 Monmouth St., Play by ReginaldRose adapted by Shermen Sergel. Directedby Jim Waldfogle, produced by Dee Dunn.$12, $10 students and seniors. Presented byWyoming Players. Through Feb. 5. 513-588-4910; www.wyomingplayers.com. Newport.

Blithe Spirit, 8 p.m., Stained Glass Theatre,802 York St., Noel Coward classic. Newlymarried novelist takes part in seance in orderto drum up new material for himself. Butsoon he is tormented by the ghost of hisdead first wife. $20. Presented by Foot-lighters Inc. Through Feb. 5. 513-474-8711;www.footlighters.org. Newport.

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BUSINESS SEMINARSSCORE Seminar: Starting and Nurturing

Your Business, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.,Northern Kentucky Chamber of CommerceCenter, 300 Buttermilk Pike, Suite 330,Learn to create a business plan, determinethe market for your product, use marketingtools, define and penetrate your market,price your product or service, select the enti-ty for your business, obtain financing, sched-ule events and milestones, hire professionalhelp and keep financial records. $40. Pre-sented by Northern Kentucky Chamber ofCommerce. 859-426-3651; bit.ly/i0mFnt.Fort Mitchell.

COMMUNITY DANCETango Dance Party, 8:30-11:30 p.m., Step-N-

Out Studio, 721 Madison Road, Social Tangodancing. Bring appetizer or wine to share.Ages 18 and up. $10. 859-291-2300;www.stepnoutstudio.com. Covington.

HEALTH / WELLNESSHow Healthy Are You?, 1:30-4:30 p.m., Hope-

ful Lutheran Church, 6430 Hopeful ChurchRoad, Information on state-of-the-art Germantechnology used to measure and analyze bodyenergy through the hand. With Vicki Richter,certified biopulsar biofeedback analyst. Bene-fits Hopeful Lutheran Church. Ages 18 and up.$20. Reservations required. 513-218-1493;www.naturalhealing4you.net. Florence.

HOLIDAY - MARDI GRASThe Voodoo Carnival: A Mardi Gras Mas-

querade, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., Southgate House,24 E. Third St., Doors open 8 p.m. Perfor-mances byQueen CityCabaret, PickledBros. Sideshow,Robin MarksMagic, Zahara’sTangled Weband SwitchbladeSyndicate. Includes belly dancers, magic,beads and prizes. $15, $10 advance. 859-431-2201; www.ticketweb.com. Newport.

LITERARY - STORY TIMESPaws to Read, 10 a.m., Scheben Branch

Library, 8899 U.S. 42, Ages 5-10 read booksto Squirt, Doc, Bailey or other therapy dogs.Family friendly. Free. Registration required for15-minute time slot. Presented by BooneCounty Public Library. 859-342-2665.Union.

MUSIC - COUNTRYCoralee and the Townies, 9 p.m., Southgate

House, 24 E. Third St., Juney’s Lounge. Soul-ful, blues-influenced honky tonk music. Ages21 and up. Free. 859-431-2201;www.southgatehouse.com. Newport.

Girls, Guns & Glory, 9:30 p.m., SouthgateHouse, 24 E. Third St., Parlour. Doors open8:30 p.m. Country/Americana music. $8ages 18-20, $5 ages 21 and up. 859-431-2201; www.southgatehouse.com. Newport.

ON STAGE - COMEDYJo Koy, 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m., Funny Bone

Comedy Club, Ages 21 and up. $22. 859-957-2000; www.funnyboneonthelevee.com.Newport.

YOUTH SPORTSSoftball Gamer Advanced Fundamentals,

12:30-1:30 p.m., At The YardBaseball Training Center,330 Weaver Road,Weekly through Feb.26. Sarah Gronefeldteaches softballadvanced fundamentalsincluding hitting, pitching and fielding.Grades 6-8. $80. Registration required. 859-647-7400. Florence.

Softball Grinder Advanced Fundamentals,1:30-2:30 p.m., At The Yard Baseball Train-ing Center, 330 Weaver Road, Weeklythrough Feb. 26. Sarah Gronefeld teachessoftball advanced fundamentals including hit-ting, pitching and fielding. Grades 9-12. $80.Registration required. 859-647-7400;www.atybtc.com. Florence.

Softball Gamer Hitting Class, 2:30-3:30p.m., At The Yard Baseball Training Center,330 Weaver Road, Weekly through Feb. 26.Sarah Gronefeld teaches mechanics of hit-ting. Grades 6-8. $80. Registration required.859-647-7400; www.atybtc.com. Florence.

Softball Grinder Hitting Class, 3:30-4:30p.m., At The Yard Baseball Training Center,330 Weaver Road, Weekly through Feb. 26.Sarah Gronefeld teaches mechanics of hit-ting. Grades 9-12. $80. Registrationrequired. 859-647-7400; www.atybtc.com.Florence.

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BENEFITSKathy Luschek Memorial Super Bowl

Party, 5:30 p.m., Alexandria CommunityCenter, 8236 W Main St., Drinks, food andgame on giant screen. Benefits BishopBrossart High School baseball program. $40couples, $25. 859-635-2108, ext. 128;www.bishopbrossart.org. Alexandria.

FOOD & DRINKWine Tasting, 1-6 p.m., StoneBrook Winery,

$5. 859-635-0111; www.stonebrookwin-ery.com. Camp Springs.

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EDUCATIONWord I, 6:30 p.m., Boone County Main Library,

1786 Burlington Pike, Learn basics ofMicrosoft Word 2007. Free. Reservationsrequired. Presented by Boone County PublicLibrary. 859-342-2665. Burlington.

New Students Welcome Monday, 9 a.m.,Alexandria Adult Learning Center, 8236 W.Main St., Free. 859-757-6836;www.MyGED.org. Alexandria.

EXERCISE CLASSESZumba Class, 6-7 p.m., Step-N-Out Studio,

$30 per month for unlimited classes; $10drop-in, $5 class punch cards. 859-291-2300. Covington.

Beginner Yoga, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Lifepath Cen-ter of the Healing Arts, 734 Bromley-Cres-cent Springs Road, Upstairs, yoga studio.$10 (if 12 class pass is purchased). Regis-tration required. 859-992-6300;www.lifepath-2001.com. CrescentSprings.

KARAOKE & OPEN MICSongwriter Showcase and Open Mic

Night, 9 p.m., Southgate House, 24 E. ThirdSt., Free. Hosted by Mike Kuntz. 859-431-2201; www.southgatehouse.com. Newport.

LITERARY - LIBRARIESTwig, 6:30 p.m., Lents Branch Library, 3215

Cougar Path, Tween interest group to shareideas. Ages 8-12. Family friendly. Presentedby Boone County Public Library. 859-342-2665. Hebron.

Middle School Mondays, 3-4:30 p.m., LentsBranch Library, 3215 Cougar Path, Wii gam-ing and snacks. Teens ages 12 and up.Family friendly. Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library. 859-342-2665. Hebron.

LITERARY - STORY TIMESPreschool Story Time, 10 a.m., Newport

Branch Library, 901 E. Sixth St., Stories,songs and crafts. Ages 4-5. Free. Registra-tion required. Presented by Campbell CountyPublic Library. 859-572-5035. Newport.

Toddler Story Time, 10 a.m., Cold SpringBranch Library, 3920 Alexandria Pike, Sto-ries, songs and activities. Ages 2-3. Free.Registration required. Presented by CampbellCounty Public Library. 859-781-6166. ColdSpring.

Pajama Story Time, 7 p.m., Fort Thomas-Car-rico Branch Library, 1000 Highland Ave., Sto-ries, songs and activities. Ages 3 and up.Registration required. Presented by CampbellCounty Public Library. 859-572-5033. FortThomas.

Tot Time, 11 a.m., Cold Spring Branch Library,3920 Alexandria Pike, Short stories, games,dancing and baby signing. Ages 18 months-2 1/2 years. Free. Registration required. Pre-sented by Campbell County Public Library.859-781-6166. Cold Spring.

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EDUCATIONFinancial Strategies for Successful

Retirement, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Thomas MoreCollege, Center for Adult & Professional Edu-cation, 365 Thomas More Parkway, Weeklythrough Feb. 22. Class demonstrates a con-servative approach to wise money manage-ment and identifies issues facing retirees.How to protect assets from erosion due toinflation and more. Instructors: R. MichaelStacy, CFP and Stephen A. Wright, CFP,CRPC. $60. Registration required. Presentedby Thomas More College. 859-344-3333;www.thomasmore.edu. Crestview Hills.

HEALTH / WELLNESSWeight Loss Class, 5:30-6 p.m., Hickory

Grove Baptist Church, 11969 Taylor MillRoad, $30 per month, $20 per month withthree-month membership. First class free.Presented by Equipped Ministries. 859-802-8965. Independence.

HOLIDAY - BLACKHISTORY MONTHCold Spring Branch Book Club Discusses

To Kill aMocking-bird, 11a.m., ColdSpringBranchLibrary,3920AlexandriaPike, Dis-cuss thisPulitzerPrize-win-ning book about an African-American manaccused of rape during the Depression inAlabama. The accuser’s lawyer wants toreveal the truth, expose the town’s bigotryand encourage people to imagine the possi-bility of racial equality. Family friendly. Free.Presented by Campbell County PublicLibrary. 859-781-6166; www.cc-pl.org.Cold Spring.

LITERARY - CRAFTSMaking Potpourri, 7 p.m., Florence Branch

Library, 7425 U.S. 42, Choose from variety ofdried flowers, herbs and essential oils tomake your own potpourri sachet. $5. Pre-sented by Boone County Public Library. 859-342-2665. Florence.

Stone Carvers, 7 p.m., Scheben BranchLibrary, 8899 U.S. 42, Explore art of stonecarving with Albert Nelson, sculptor. Free.Registration required. Presented by BooneCounty Public Library. 859-342-2665;www.bcpl.org. Union.

LITERARY - LIBRARIESAnime & Manga, 6:30 p.m., Boone County

Main Library, 1786 Burlington Pike, Discussyour favorite manga and watch anime pro-vided by Operation Anime. Family friendly.Free. Presented by Boone County PublicLibrary. 859-342-2665. Burlington.

Title Waves Book Club, 6:30 p.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786 Burlington Pike,Discussion on new books. Snacks provided.Ages 9-11. Family friendly. Free. Registrationrequired. Presented by Boone County PublicLibrary. 859-342-2665. Burlington.

Teen Tuesdays, 3-4:30 p.m., Lents BranchLibrary, 3215 Cougar Path, Xbox 360, Wii,snacks and more. Teens ages 12 and up.Family friendly. Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library. 859-342-2665. Hebron.

LITERARY - STORY TIMESToddler Story Time, 10 a.m., Fort Thomas-

Carrico Branch Library, 1000 Highland Ave.,Stories, songs, finger plays and craft. Ages2-3. Free. Registration required. Presentedby Campbell County Public Library. 859-572-5033. Fort Thomas.

Preschool Story Time, 1:30 p.m., Cold SpringBranch Library, 3920 Alexandria Pike, Ages4-5. Free. Registration required. Presentedby Campbell County Public Library. 859-781-6166. Cold Spring.

Preschool Story Time, 11 a.m., Fort Thomas-Carrico Branch Library, 1000 Highland Ave.,Stories, songs, finger plays and craft. Ages4-5. Free. Registration required. Presentedby Campbell County Public Library. 859-572-5033. Fort Thomas.

ON STAGE - COMEDYUnderbelly, 9 p.m., Southgate House, 24 E.

Third St., Doors open 8:30 p.m. Cincinnati’sstrangest comedy show features improv,sketches, poetry, music and more. Ages 18and up. $6 ages 18-20; $3 ages 21 and up.859-431-2201. Newport.

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EDUCATIONFrank Duveneck: Kentucky Artist, 7 p.m.,

Boone County Main Library, 1786 BurlingtonPike, Sarah Siegrist, art historian and expertwith the Behringer-Crawford Museum, shedslight on world-renowned painter who lived inthe Cincinnati area. Free. Presented byBoone County Public Library. 859-342-2665. Burlington.

EXERCISE CLASSESZumba Class, 7-8 p.m., Step-N-Out Studio,

$30 per month for unlimited classes; $10drop-in, $5 class punch cards. 859-291-2300. Covington.

MUSIC - BLUESBlues Jam, 8 p.m., Mahogany’s Coffee House

and Bar, 3715 Winston Ave., Hosted by Dickand the Roadmasters award-winning bluesband. Burgers & Blues Dinner starts 6 p.m.Family friendly. 859-261-1029. Latonia.

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COMMUNITY DANCESwinGallery, 8-11:30 p.m., Step-N-Out Studio,

721 Madison Road, All ages. No partnerrequired. Free beginner East Coast Swinglesson 8-9 p.m. Dancing to music by DJ 9-11:30 p.m. Family friendly. $5. Presented bySwinGallery. 513-290-9022. Covington.

HEALTH / WELLNESSRunner’s Injury Clinic, 5-6:30 p.m., St. Eliza-

beth Edgewood Sports Medicine, 830Thomas More Parkway, Receive assistancefrom local medical providers, including physi-cal therapists, athletic trainers, physiciansand registered dietician. Free. Registrationrequired. Presented by Bob Roncker’s Run-ning Spot. 859-301-6300; www.steliza-beth.com/sportsmedicine. Edgewood.

LITERARY - STORY TIMESPajama Story Time, 6:30 p.m., Cold Spring

Branch Library, 3920 Alexandria Pike, Ages 3and up. Free. Presented by Campbell CountyPublic Library. 859-781-6166. Cold Spring.

Baby Time, 10 a.m., Fort Thomas-CarricoBranch Library, 1000 Highland Ave., Clap,sing and bounce with your child. Walkers toage 2. Free. Presented by Campbell CountyPublic Library. 859-572-5033. FortThomas.

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“Hot Chocolate and Hot Art,” part of First Friday Gallery Hop, will be 6-10 p.m.Friday, Feb. 4, at Passionate Arts Center, 31-33 W. Pike St., Gallery 31, Covington.Enjoy art exhibits, savor hot refreshments and mingle with artists. Exhibits includepaintings, pottery, jewelry, textiles and more by artists Ann Harrod, Don Seither,Bob Hebenstreit, Carin Hebenstreit, Karen Ng, Theresa Freytag, Jason Parsley,Jaimie Iliff, Paula Peake, and David Whitelaw. The event is free. For moreinformation visit www.covingtonarts.com or call 859-393-8358. Pictured is“Celebration,” an acrylic painting, by Cincinnati artist Ann Harrod.

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International performing artist Tatiana “Tajci” Cameron, pictured, comes to theAronoff Center for the Arts Jarson-Kaplan Theater at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8, forthe musical "My Perfectly Beautiful Life." It is the story of four women in searchof balance and self discovery. Cameron wrote the music and lyrics. It is directedby Caitlin A. Kane and presented by Cincinnati Playwrights Initiative. Tickets are$7; $4, students. Call 513-621-2787 or visit www.cincinnatiarts.org.

Do you know yourrights when a servicemancomes to your house torepair or service something?

Unfortunately, all toooften consumers learn theprice after the work hasalready been done and it’stime to pay the bill.

Laverne Wilson ofBatavia said she had noidea what the final billwould be when her reclinerchair stopped working afterthree years.

“The back wouldn’t goback – some days it wouldand some days it wouldn’t.So, in December I called themanufacturer and they saidthe warranty had ended,”Wilson said.

Wilson agreed to pay$120 for a serviceman tocome to her home to see if itcould be fixed.

“He came out and lookedat the chair. He turned itover and said, ‘I don’t thinkwe can get the parts for thatanymore.’ But he said, ‘Ijust happen to have a kitwith me. Some lady orderedthe parts and decided not tohave the chair fixed, so Ijust happen to have it.’ ”

Wilsonsaid sheagreed tohave therepairmanuse thekit. Shesaid hehad to cutthe mas-sage andheat sec-

tions of the chair to get theback working – and prom-ised to return with moreparts.

“He never said a wordabout it costing more. So, Ithought it was just $120,”she said.

Wilson said the manu-facturer called a few dayslater to tell her, “ ‘Before weorder the parts we want youto understand it’s going tobe $250 for what he’salready done.’ I said, ‘Ohmy goodness. I wouldn’thave had it done had Iknown it was going to costthat.’ ”

Wilson said she told therepair company not tocharge her for the repairbecause she didn’t approve,but was told she would be

charged because the workhad already been done.

Ohio consumer law saysyou must get an estimatefor any repair or servicecosting more than $25.

In fact, you must sign acontract stating what typeof estimate you want: oral,written or no estimate at all.

“I didn’t sign anything,”said Wilson. “He didn’t tellme anything. I didn’t see(any) papers. I wonderedabout that because even thewarranties I’ve had on otherappliances and things, yousigned something whenthey came.”

Wilson said she’s nowdisputing the charge withher credit card company.

The company does havea right to come back andtake off the repair kit, but itwill have to return the chairto the condition it was in –

with the massage and heatsections working.

Kentucky does not havesuch an estimate law.Therefore, it’s important toremember, no matter whereyou live, always ask upfront what the cost will be

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Hearing and listening aretwo entirely different things.We all hear way too muchsound as noise.

Hearing occurs whensounds and words are phys-ically received by our ears. Ifwe’re engaged in a conver-sation, we hear the other’swords, interpret what theyprobably mean, and thenfashion a response.

Ordinarily, we spendmost of our lives engaged inconversations of this sort –not great substance but informa-tional and polite, like a veneer onwood.

Listening goes deeper thanhearing. It’s interesting to note theetymology of the word “listen.” Itcomes from the Anglo-Saxon rootword meaning to list, i.e. to tilt as aship lists to one side. It leans a little.

The word arose from the obser-vation that when one person isreally listening to another, he orshe may at times lean a littletoward them in concentration to

catch every word.Deep listening is an

art to be cultivated.Not many people areaccomplished atengaging in it.

In fact, it would beinteresting to ask our-selves the question,“In my lifetime, nameat least five people Ifound I could turn towhen I needed them tobe a good listener tome.”

True listening, empathic listen-ing, is essential. It’s one of themain reasons we go to counselorsand even pay them. It’s to havesomeone listen to the story of ourlife, take us seriously in a non-judgmental way, and understand.

How heartwarming when wefind such a person. That doesn’tmean they agree or disagree, butthat they grasp what we’re goingthrough inwardly.

Our deepest inner experiencescan only make their appearance in

the world – and eventually beaccepted by us – when someoneelse glimpses them and under-stands. By doing this, anotherperson validates our own experi-ence of ourselves.

Listening is not only hearingwords, but “hearing the speaker’sfeelings” along with the words.Hearing only a flow of words islike hearing the words of a songbut not the music that enhancesthem.

When we actually listen, wegrasp the music as well. To be agood listener we need compassionand empathy.

What happens if any one of ustries to be a good listener whensomeone asks us to be?

It means I will pick up muchmore than the words they say. I

will detect unspoken aspects suchas the emotions that vibrate intheir voice. I’ll note their body lan-guage, eyes and facial expressionsas well as the speed that accompa-nies their words.

I’ll call to mind as much as Iknow of their life experiences. Iwon’t be focused mentally on myown responses but on them as Itrustingly look them in the eye. Iwon’t always have somethingclever to say, but I will respond tothem honestly with respect andconfidentiality.

An adolescent undergoing theturmoil of their changing world isusually depicted as the typicalexample of someone not being lis-tened to.

That’s often true. But the truthis that every stage of life looks for

a genuine listener. Consider theaged. Consider spouses. Consideryourself.

So here we are in the Age ofInformation. Look at all those peo-ple on cell phones: tweeting, text-messaging, fingering thousands ofapps.

Think of all the conversationstoday and tonight on computersand telephones. Imagine all thewords that flow back and forth.

See Dick. See Dick talk. Talk,Dick, talk!

But what good is all the talk ifno one really listens?

Our hearts experience the fail-ure to be listened to as an absenceof concern. It implies that no oneis interested in walking over thebridge between us.

Father Lou Guntzelman is a Catholicpriest of the Archdiocese

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Howard AinHey Howard!

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PLAYING AGE(S)Age is determined on April 30, 2011.KABA offers Tee Ball (3, 4’s Young 5’s),Rookie Machine Pitch (5-6); MachinePitch (7-8); Minor (9-10); Major (11-12)& Babe Ruth (13 & 14) and Select (15& Up).

REGISTRATION OPEN THROUGH MARCH 13THKABA has opened registrations for the 2011 season with a number of options: Register &pay online; fill out a form online and pay via the US mail or at one of the on-site location;Register on-site at Dick’s through March 13th from 10 - 5 on Sat. & 1- 4 on Sunday.

COACHING VACANCIESAdults interested in coaching shouldattend one of the Dick’s sign-ups orthe KABA Community Day at Dick’s onFeb 19th. All volunteers must pass abackground check. The form is availableonline at KABA’s web site.

Tee Ball – 3-4-Young 5’sThe first season starts in March and playsgames on Saturdays. Practices will bescheduled. Each child receives a hat, shirt,pants and socks. Games are played inabout one hour. Each player bats each andevery inning. The program is conducted bythe Learn to Play Academy. Volunteers areencouraged.

Rookie MP – 5 & 6’sThis age group starts in late April and plays12-14 games. Practice is held weekly. Twopitches are thrown and then the batting teeis used. Children receive a hat, shirt, pantsand socks. The games last 1 hour and 15minutes.

Machine Pitch – 7 & 8’sThis age group starts April 2nd and playsonce during the week and on the weekend.Practices are held weekly. Upgraded uniform- belted pants, belt, hat, shirt and socks.Stealing introduced; KABA is hosting theUSSSA State Tournament for regular seasonrec team’s.

Minor – 9 & 10’sThe division starts Saturday, April 2nd. Onegame is played during the week and anotheron the weekend. Roster batting and pitchcounts are used. 46 ft. pitching distance and60 ft. base lengths. Pre-season; MemorialWeekend (USSSA State Tn.) and the End ofSeason Tourney. Full uniform provided.

Major – 11 & 12’sThis age group starts April 2nd. One gameplayed during the week and another on theweekend. A number of tournament optionsexist and games with other outside leaguesscheduled. 50 ft. pitching and 70 ft. basedistances. Pre-season; Memorial Weekend(USSSA State Tn.) and the End of SeasonTourney.Full uniform provided.

Babe Ruth & Select 13 - upThese age group starts when the team’s areable to play. Those with high school playerswill start around Memorial Weekend, whilethose without start as early as April 2nd.When possible, KABA arranges entrance intooutside tournaments - several schedulednow.

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KABA COMMUNITY DAY AT DICK’SKABA‘s Community Day at Dicks is set for February19th from 10am to 4pm. All KABA families willreceive an additional 15% off any purchase in thestore. For more information, please contact JeffKeener at 859-991-4619.

KENTUCKY SELECTRegistration is available by submitting either an individual team

registration form or by submitting a league roster form. Registrationforms for the various national affiliations are also required.

Deadlines apply, so register early.

Rec Plus or All StarRegular season teams are combined toform multiple all - star or travel teams. Alsocreate an additional tournament trail forteams when they lose in current tourney trail.Ability to send more than one all star team tomeaningful tournaments.

Competitive or Select LeagueEntire leagues may join Kentucky Select andbenefit from being able to offer multiple bidsand tournament tracks to the participatingteams. The advantage is that this type ofleague naturally meets the game requirementof the national affiliations. Scores recordedfor NABF, USSSA registered leagues.

Kentucky Select LeagueSelect teams from the same area are pairedwith teams in other parts of the state. Localpartners play during the week and travel toother areas for Saturday and Sunday double-headers. Minimum of four teams - Goal sixto eight.

AABCThis affiliation offers its Regionals inCincinnati for even year age groups. Winnersadvance to special sites including Puerto Rico(room & travel included). Odd year age groupoption to proceed directly to World Series.Regular season teams. Individual StateTourney sites to be placed.

CABAThis affiliation uses individual age grouptournaments. The World Series arefor the best teams, while the NationalChampionships are for the next tier. OneState Tournament site is being sought for July1st.

NABF / PONY / Hap DuMontNABF is for regular league teams/ WS inSouth Haven, MS, while PONY & Hap Dumontallows either reg. season or all star teamparticipation. PONY uses a series of play& win tournaments, while Hap Dumonthas direct berths to their World Series.Tourney locations are being sought for thesetournaments.

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Whether you’re for theSteelers or the Packers,you’ll need lots of goodparty foodfor keep-ing yourenergy upduring allthe cheer-ing (hope-fully) andgametimefrenzy.

W eu s u a l l yh a v eappetizers,pizza and my husbandFrank’s Caesar salad. Fordessert, I always makehomemade glazed dough-nuts.

Here’s some really goodappetizer recipes to get youin the “Go team!” mood.

Buddy Boy pizzaI’ve shared a Big Boy

pizza recipe in the past, andthis one is just as good.

1 Boboli pizza shellFrisch’s tartar sauceHamburger dill picklesShaved hamGrated Swiss cheese

Spread a nice layer oftartar sauce on the shell.Add pickles, ham andSwiss. Bake at 375 degreesuntil cheese melts, about 10minutes or so.

Texas caviarThis is a healthier alter-

native than the norm, butstill so yummy.

2 cans, approximately15 oz. each, black-eyedpeas, drained

1 can, 14.5 oz., petitediced tomatoes, drained

2 jalapeños, seeded andminced – more or less totaste

1 smallonion, dicedvery small

1⁄2 yellow bellor other coloredbell pepper,diced very small

Handful or sochopped cilantro

1⁄3 cup each:red wine vine-gar and olive oil

Salt, pepper and garlicpowder to taste: start with 1⁄2teaspoon

1 teaspoon dry oregano2 teaspoons cumin

Mix everything together.Cover and refrigerate any-where from a couple ofhours to a day.

Before serving, adjustseasonings. I like to addextra vinegar, salt and pep-per. Serve with favoritechips.

Seven layer dipGuests can’t get enough

of this.

1 pouch taco seasoning1 can, approximately 16

oz., refried beans8 oz.

c r e a mc h e e s e ,room tem-perature

2 cupssour cream

1 6 - o z .jar salsa

2 largetomatoes ,chopped

1 bell pepper, chopped1 bunch green onions,

slicedIceberg lettuce, shredded

6-oz. can sliced blackolives, drained

8 oz. shredded Mexicanblend or Cheddar cheese, ormore to taste

Mix taco seasoning andbeans. Spread onto platter.Mix sour cream and creamcheese. Spread over beans.

Top with salsa, tomatoes,peppers, onions and lettuce.Sprinkle with cheese. Gar-nish with olives. Serve withchips.

Crockpot chicken wingsThese are spicy, sweet

and sticky. Have plenty ofnapkins! Go to taste on thesauce.

3 pounds chicken wings,patted dry with wing tipscut off and each wing cut atthe joint to make two

Salt and pepper11⁄2 to 2 cups favorite

barbecue sauce1⁄3 cup honey2 teaspoons each: mus-

tard and WorcestershireTabasco to taste (opt.)

Season wings and rununder broiler until nicely

browned on each side. Putinto sprayed crockpot.

Combine sauce ingredi-ents and pour over chicken.Cover. Cook on low for fourhours or on high for twohours.

Like Seven Hills BBQBoone County reader Vir-

ginia Langsdale shares thispopular recipe.

“Very similar to SevenHills sloppy joes. Found it ina Florence Christian Churchcookbook published wayback in 1969. It was sent inby Kay Garnett who saidshe fixed it often for herfamily. It is so good,” saidVirginia.

1 pound ground beef1 large onion, chopped1 bell pepper, chopped2 tablespoons sugar1⁄4 teaspoon ground

cloves1 tablespoon vinegar1 tablespoon dry mus-

tard1 teaspoon salt1 cup ketchup

Mix everything together.Cook over low heat for 45

minutes.I told Virginia you could

serve on buns with slaw, ifyou like, or with a dollop ofCheez Whiz on top, with anonion bun.

Online recipeRita’s yeast raised glazed

doughnuts: Check out myonline version of this col-umn at www.community-press.com for the recipe.

Notes from our readersCheryl Raine made my

chicken chili for her MountHealthy United MethodistChurch’s annual chili cook-off and won first place.

She added a “healthydose of Jamaican jerk sea-soning (at least 2 table-spoons).”

Now that’s what I like tohear. Taking my recipe andmaking it better.

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is anherbalist, educator and author.

E-mail [email protected] with “Rita’s kitchen”

in the subject line. Call 513-248-7130, ext. 356.

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Beverly M. BakerBeverly M. Baker, 65, of Coving-

ton, died Jan. 19, 2011.She was a nurse’s aid for United

Home Care.Survivors include her mother,

Thelma Martin; son, Charles S.Pendleton II; daughters, KathleenAbner, Tammala Keen and RamonaChappell; brother, William C. Martin;sister, Joyce Reidland; eight grand-children; and four great-grandchil-dren.

Memorials: Bethany LutheranChurch, 3501 Turkeyfoot Road,Erlanger, KY or Cystic FibrosisFoundation.

April Lynn BarhorstApril Lynn Barhorst, 56, of Inde-

pendence, died Jan. 22, 2011, atSt. Elizabeth Edgewood.

She was previously employedwith Fruit of the Loom. She lovedhorses, enjoyed fishing and the out-doors.

Her parents, James FranklinBarhorst and Virginia Marion HackerBarhorst, died previously.

Survivors include her brother, Jef-frey Barhorst of Arlington, Va.; andaunt, Ethel Barhorst of Indepen-dence.

Internment was at IndependenceCemetery.

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

Dolores ‘Dolly’ BerlingDolores “Dolly” Berling, 91, of

Covington, died Jan. 26, 2011, atSt. Elizabeth Edgewood.

She was a homemaker and amember of St. Augustine Church ofCovington, the Hilltoppers, St. Moni-ca Society and the Pathfinders. Sheenjoyed playing cards and crochet-ing.

Her husband, Vincent A. Berling,died previously.

Survivors include daughters, PatTrolley and Betty Nieberding of VillaHills, Nancy Whitton of Burlington,Marcia Elfers and Margie Schmitz ofFort Wright and Janet Duncan ofHebron; sister, Carol Grady of Delhi,Ohio; 12 grandchildren; and 12great-grandchildren.

Burial was at St. John Cemetery,Fort Mitchell. Memorials: Hospice ofSt. Elizabeth, 483 S. Loop Road,Edgewood, KY 41017 or St. Augus-tine Church, 1839 Euclid Ave., Cov-ington, KY 41011.

Willie BlantonWillie Blanton, 84, of Walton,

died Jan. 25, 2011, at St. ElizabethEdgewood.

He was a World War II veteran,serving in the 417th regiment, 76thinfantry division, “the Onaways,” anda retired truck driver for ContinentalBaking and Square D Company. Hewas a retired member of TeamstersLocal No. 651 and enjoyed hunting,fishing, mowing the grass and play-ing the organ.

His wife, Betty Louise Blanton,and a son, Robert Anthony Blanton,died previously.

Survivors include his beloved

friend, Lynn Bullard of Indepen-dence; daughters, Beverly Campbellof Covington and Brandie Blanton ofHouston, Texas; son, William Blan-ton of Cypress, Texas; sisters, EthelColvin of Oil Springs, Ky., and AdaCaudill of Flatwoods; brothers, TyraLee Blanton of Larue, Ohio, andShelly Kay Luttrell of Mine Fork, Ky.;six grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

Burial was in IndependenceCemetery. Memorials: NicholsonChristian Church, P.O. Box 770,1970 Walton-Nicholson Pike, Inde-pendence, KY 41051.

Lonnie Russell BreedenLonnie Russell Breeden, 72, of

Dry Ridge, died Jan. 22, 2011, atSt. Elizabeth Edgewood.

He was a retired truck driver forWilliams and Company and a mem-ber of the Lafayette Masonic LodgeNo. 483 in Cincinnati. He enjoyedmotorcycles, boating, hunting,camping, writing children’s storiesand playing guitar.

Survivors include his wife, VirginiaFern Lawson Breeden; daughter,Cindy Louise Hamilton of Dry Ridge;son, Gary Russell Breeden of Morn-ing View; sister, Mary Schleue ofMorning View; brothers, MichaelBreeden of Falmouth and LeslieBreeden of Sherman; and eightgrandchildren.

Interment was at IndependenceCemetery.

Memorials: American Lung Asso-ciation, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,Suite 800, Washington, DC 20004.

Richard Brinkman Sr.Richard W. ‘Nascar’ Brinkman

Sr., 52, of Independence, died Jan26. 2011, at St. Elizabeth Edge-wood.

He worked for Frederick SteelCompany.

Survivors include sons, DustinCoyle and Richard Brinkman Jr.;daughter, Trista Coyle; brothers,Billy, Eddie and Jimmy Brinkman;sister, Barbara Richards; friends,Diane Mosley and Bill Geyer; andeight grandchildren.

Martha ‘Elaine’ BulterMartha “Elaine” Bulter, 61, of

Corinth, died Jan. 26, 2011, at herhome.

She was a homemaker.Survivors include her husband,

Greg Butler of Corinth; son, ChrisButler of Corinth; daughters,Danielle Russell of Florence, RachelVeiera of Independence and NicolePerkins of Latonia; brothers, “Hap”Brady of Homosassa, Fla., and PeteBrady of Florence; sister, DorisWolfeld of Boynton Beach, Fla.; andeight grandchildren.

Charles W. CentersCharles W. Centers, 73, of Cov-

ington, died Jan. 3, 2011.He was a retired security guard

for the Internal Revenue Service.His wife, Betty Lou Centers, died

previously.Survivors include his daughter,

Debbie Schwierjohann.

Barbara Ellen CombsBarbara Ellen Combs, 66, of Tay-

lor Mill, died Jan. 27, 2011, at St.Elizabeth Florence.

She was a clerk with AmericanInsurance Company and a memberof Keturah Church of God, Newport.

A son, Jamie Lee Combs, diedpreviously.

Survivors include son, DonnieCombs of Bellevue; daughter, Bren-da Beck of Independence; sisters,Joyce Kraft of Taylor Mill and LydiaSmiley of Florida; and two grandchil-dren.

Interment was in RiversideCemetery, Falmouth.

William R. CoxWilliam R. Cox, 81, of Fort

Thomas, died Jan. 23, 2011, at St.Elizabeth Fort Thomas.

He was a member of First Bap-tist Church of Fort Thomas, the FortThomas Masonic Lodge No. 808and the Scottish Rite, Covington.He was an inspector for the FordMotor Company, Sharonville, and aU.S. Air Force Korean conflict veter-an.

A sister, Ruth Peelman, died pre-viously.

Survivors include his wife,Dorothy Plummer Cox; daughter,Julie Rosenhagen of Alexandria;brothers, David Cox of Alexandriaand Leonard Cox of Orlando, Fla.;and sister, Rebecca Weber of Inde-pendence.

Burial was in Butler Cemetery.

Ohlen A. DavisOhlen A. Davis, 57, of Verona,

died Jan. 16, 2011, at his residence.He was retired from the Kentucky

Department of Transportation.Survivors include his brother,

Gray Davis of Covington; and sis-ters, Sharon Arrasmith of Florenceand Debbie Atha of Verona.

Burial was in New Bethel Ceme-tery, Verona.

Memorials: American CancerSociety, P.O. Box 22718, OklahomaCity, OK 73123.

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Rose Louise ExelerRose Louise Exeler, 97, of Taylor

Mill, died Jan. 28, 2011, at Wood-crest Manor Nursing Home,Elsmere.

She was a member of Indepen-dence Christian Church.

Her husband, George HowardExeler, died previously.

Survivors include sons, Bill Exelerof Florence and Bob Exeler of Wal-ton; four grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and six great-great-

grandchildren.Interment was in Floral Hills.Memorials: Charity of donor’s

choice.

Grace Ann HankinsonGrace Ann Wilburn Hankinson,

75, of Independence, died Jan. 27,2011, at St. Elizabeth Edgewood.

She was a former deli clerk forCherokee I.G.A., Independence anda member of Big Bone BaptistChurch, Union. She enjoyed collect-ing Elvis memorabilia and watchingreality TV programs.

Survivors include her husband,Marshall Donald Hankinson of Inde-pendence; sons, Norm Mayfield andDonald Hankinson, both of Indepen-dence; sister, Ann Benecke of War-saw; six grandchildren; and onegreat-grandchild.

Interment was at IndependenceCemetery.

Memorials: Big Bone BaptistChurch.

Donna Lee HauserDonna Lee Hauser, 65, of Inde-

pendence, died Jan. 22, 2011.She was an assembler for

BAWAC, Inc., Florence.Survivors include sisters, Amy

Sivers of Edgewood and LuAnnPeacher of Lexington.

Burial was at Forest LawnMemorial Park, Erlanger.

Memorials: Brass Opportunities,2619 Crescent Springs Road,Erlanger, KY 41018.

Frank ‘Pop’ HutchinsonFrank “Pop” J. Hutchinson, 92,

of Independence, died Jan. 26,2011, at his residence.

He was a retired from Philadel-phia Dressed Beef after 27 yearsand was a maintenance worker atPhiladelphia International for 10years. He was a member of St.Patrick’s Church, Irish Rovers at St.Patrick’s, Independence Lion’s Club,Independence Senior Citizen’s andHoly Name League at St. Monica’sChurch in Philadelphia.

His wife, Mary Altamuro Hutchin-son, and a sister, Mary Miscewiez,died previously.

Survivors include his daughter,Maria Lukas-Asbury of Indepen-

dence; sister, Lillian Sprinkle of Clay-ton, N.J.; and two grandchildren.

Burial was at St. Cecilia Cemetery.Memorials: St. Patrick’s Church,

3280 Mills Road, Independence, KY41051.

Anthia LattimoreAnthia R. Lattimore, 9 months

old, of Covington, died Jan. 18,2011, at her residence.

Survivors include her mother,Megan Gray; father, Anthony Latti-more; sisters, Marlaysia Gray,Keyana Gray and Shawntae Saun-ders; maternal grandparents,Stephanie and Donald Stapleton;paternal grandmother, Gussy Latti-more; and maternal great-grandpar-ents, Dan and Laverne Gray.

Betty Lou MorrisBetty Lou Morris, 69, of Hebron,

died Jan. 30, 2011, at St. ElizabethEdgewood.

She was a homemaker.Survivors include her husband,

Worley “Red” Morris of Hebron;daughters, Gale Hopper of Florence,Sue Watkins of Union and BrendaSnow of Williamstown; sister, JennyJohnson of Independence; and fourgrandchildren; and one great-grand-child.

Burial was in Hebron LutheranCemetery.

Memorials: Pancreatic ActionNetwork, 1500 Rosecrans Ave.,Suite 200, Manhattan Beach, CA90266 or The American DiabetesAssociation, 4555 Lake ForestDrive, Suite 396, Cincinnati, OH45242.

Robert NapierRobert Napier, 41, of Indepen-

dence, died Jan. 25, 2011.He was an employee at Blue-

grass Recycling, Florence, and amember of Colonel Clay MasonicLodge No. 159 F&AM.

Survivors include his son, KyleNapier of Independence; step-daughter, Danielle Smith of Indepen-dence; parents, Robert and JudyNapier of Covington; sister, LesaNapier of Covington; and brother,David Napier of Covington.

Interment was in Floral Hills.Memorials: Kyle Napier Scholar-

ship Fund.

Mildred RingeisenMildred Vivian Mullins Ringeisen,

96, of Latonia, died Jan. 25, 2011,at Mountain Crest Nursing andRehabilitation Center, Cincinnati.

She was a supervisor for Cincin-nati Bell and Bell South, Miami, Fla.,and retired after 35 years of service.She was a member of the Communi-cations Workers of America, TelecomPioneers, Calvary Baptist Church andthe Young at Heart Class.

Her husband, Charles Ringeisenof Bethany; brothers, Denver Mullinsand Thirlen Mullins; and sisters,Clementine Black, MargueritePerkins and Nona Leslie Mullins,died previously.

Survivors include her sister,Martha Janet Wilson of PleasantRidge, Ohio; and nieces, MildredLester Beisner of Union, VondaPerkins Alford of Camp Dennison,Ohio, and Teena Perkins Findley ofTaylor Mill.

Interment was at Forest lawnMemorial Park, Erlanger.

Memorials: Calvary BaptistChurch, 3711 Tibbatts St., Latonia,KY 41015 or Crossroads Hospice,4360 Glendale-Milford Road, Cincin-nati, OH 45242.

Gary Lee RussellGary Lee Russell, 64, of Fairborn,

Ohio, formerly of Covington, diedJan. 25, 2011, at his home.

He served in the U.S. Air Forceand retired from Wright PattersonAir Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. Hewas a trustee of the AmericanLegion Post No. 526 in Fairborn.

His father, Bill Russell, died previ-ously.

Survivors include his mother, Mil-dred Russell; brother, Scott Russell;and sisters, Elaine Soward,Charleen Steinborn and DianeWarth.

Memorials: First Christian

Church, 4 W. Fifth St., Covington,KY 41011.

Edward SherlockEdward Sherlock, 79, of Coving-

ton, died Jan. 27, 2011, at BridgePoint Nursing Home.

Interment was at AlexandriaCemetery.

Nancy Cummins SippleNancy Lee Cummins Sipple, 64,

of Corbin, formerly of Latonia, diedJan. 27, 2011, at Baptist RegionalMedical Center, Corbin.

She was a member of LatoniaChristian Church.

Survivors include her husband,Bernie Sipple of Corbin; daughters,Lisa Sipple and Judy Newman ofLatonia and Pippy Sipple andMelodie Sipple of Corbin; sons, RaySipple of Elsmere, Bernie Sipple II ofFlorence and Kerry Sipple of Lato-nia; brother, William Cummins ofCovington; and eight grandchildren.

Interment was in Floral Hills.Memorials: St. Jude Children’s

Research Hospital, P.O. Box 1000,Dept. 142, Memphis, TN 38148.

Manuel ‘Ray’ SpencerManuel “Ray” Spencer, 70, of

Independence, died Jan. 27, 2011,at St. Elizabeth Florence.

He was a retired history teacherat Twenhofel Middle School.

His wife, Barbara Crum Spencer,died previously.

Survivors include his daughter,Jennifer Spencer Kelly of Indepen-dence; mother, Irene Smith of Cov-ington; brother, Lowell Spencer ofWalton; four grandchildren; and onegreat-grandchild.

Internment was at Kentucky Vet-erans Cemetery North,Williamstown.

Harold Preston TillettHarold Preston Tillett, 88, of

Independence, died Jan. 27, 2011,at St. Elizabeth Edgewood.

He was a retired supervisor andtechnical instructor for the GeneralElectric Company where he wasemployed for 38 years. He was anactive member of Hickory GroveBaptist Church as deacon emeritus,trustee and a Sunday schoolteacher. He was a member of theLatonia Masonic Lodge No. 746,the Indra Consistory, Scottish Rite,Covington. He served on the Inde-pendence City Council for 10 yearsand the Independence ZoningBoard of Adjustment for 15 years.He was a U.S. Air Force World WarII veteran, Kentucky Colonel andAdmiral.

Survivors include his wife, Beulah“Boots” Hayes Tillett; daughters,Lyndia Gayle Bingham of Critten-den, Patsy Jean Raleigh of Hebronand Carolyn Sue Burkhardt ofAustin, Texas; five grandchildren;and six great-grandchildren.

Burial was at Highland Cemetery,Fort Mitchell.

Memorials: Hickory Grove BaptistChurch Building Fund, 11969 TaylorMill Road, Independence, KY41051.

William ‘Bill’ TobergteWilliam E. “Bill” Tobergte, 73, of

Independence, died Jan. 29, 2011,at St. Elizabeth Edgewood.

He was a microbiologist forWiedemann Brewery, Newport, andgeneral manager of Rose Extermi-nators, Cincinnati.

Survivors include his son, DanTobergte of Hebron; daughters,Diane Tuemler of Edgewood, SusanKolkmeier of Hebron, Sandy Smithof Edgewood and Sharon Harrisonof St. Clairsville, Ohio; brothers,Albert Tobergte of Erlanger andConnie Tobergte and JohnTobergte, both of Petersburg; 20grandchildren; and dear friend, GinaCasey of Erlanger.

Burial was in St. John Cemetery,Fort Mitchell.

Memorials: Bill Tobergte Memori-al Scholarship Fund, c/o St. HenryDistrict High School, 3755 SchebenDrive, Erlanger, KY 41018; or Red-wood School, 71 Orphanage Road,Fort Mitchell, KY 41017.

Debra Lynn ToweryDebra Lynn Towery, 44, of Flo-

rence, died Jan. 28, 2011, at St.Elizabeth Florence.

She was a speech therapist forKenton County Schools and a for-mer member of the Silent Singers ofEvansville, Ind.

Survivors include her father,Phillip Owen Towery of Princeton;mother, Charlene McKnight Toweryof Florence; brother, Troy Towery ofVerona; and sister, Donna Kay Noelof Princeton.

Visitation will be 11 a.m. to 2p.m. Thursday, Feb. 3, at Hamilton-Stanley Funeral Home, Verona.Funeral services will follow. Burialwill be at New Bethel Cemetery,Verona.

Memorials: Debra Lynn ToweryMemorial Fund, c/o Hamilton-Stan-ley Funeral Home, P.O. Box 67,Verona, KY 41092.

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Beautiful Seagrove BeachRent & Relax. Nr Destin, between

famous Seaside & Rosemary Beach.Cozy Cottages to Gulf Front Condos.

Web Specials. 1-800-537-5387www.garrettbeachrentals.com

ANNA MARIA ISLANDLuxury Mediterranean style villa

(3 or 4 BR). It’s a 2 minute stroll tothe beach or relax by your private

pool! All amenities. For details, pics& rates, call 513-314-5100

FLORIDA

A Beautiful Cabin GetawayGatlinburg/Pigeon Forge. Hot tub,jacuzzi, fireplace, gas grill. $85/nt,5 nt special $375. 800-793-8699.smokymtncrossrdrentals.com

1-7 Affordable, Deluxe Chalets & CabinRentals. Pigeon Forge in the Smokies.Vacation/Dollywood Specials. Free

brochure. Call 1-800-833-9987.www.firesidechalets.com

TENNESSEE

SEABROOK EXCLUSIVESVillas & Private Homes. Ocean, golf, tennis,

equestrian. Pet friendly rentals. Free brochure.Book online! 888-718-7949.

www.seabrook-vacations.info

NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SCFantastic Specials Available!!

100’s of Oceanfront/view Homes & CondosFree brochure call 866-780-8334www.northmyrtlebeachtravel.com

SOUTH CAROLINA

EMERALD ISLE. Ocean Front luxuryvacation homes with community pool.Call for free brochure. 1-252-354-5555

Spinnaker’s Reach Realtywww.SpinnakersReach.com

NORTH CAROLINA

MANHATTAN--NYC HOTEL$109/2 persons. Singles $94. Suites$119-$139. Lincoln Ctr area, Hudson

River views, 18 flrs, kitchenette, 5mins to midtown, safe, quiet, luxury

area. RIVERSIDE TOWER, Riverside &80th St. Call 1-800-724-3136 or visit:

www.riversidetowerhotel.com

NEW YORK

SIESTA KEY. Gulf front condo.Directly on the beach. All amenities,

screened balcony, heated pool.Short walk to shops & eateries.

Avail after March 4th. 513-232-4854

SANIBEL ISLANDQuality, beachfront condos.

Excellent service! Great rates!www.SanibelIslandVacations.com

1-888-451-7277

SANIBEL ISLAND ∂ Lakefront3BR, 2BA home with screened lanai& 2 car garage; 1000 ft. from Gulf ofMexico! Monthly rentals, available

now. Local owner, 513-232-4634

DESTIN, FLORIDA50 Steps to the beach! Beautiful low-rise condos w/pools. 850-830-8133,email [email protected] visit www.asummerbreeze.com

FLORIDA

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