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Erlanger City Council voted 6-5 to have two attorneys. Pictured (from left) at the April 7meeting are City Council Attorney Frank Wichmann, City Administrator Marc Fields, MayorTyson Hermes and City Attorney Jack Gatlin.

ERLANGER — Afterweeks of debate, Erlang-er Mayor and Councilhave reached a compro-mise on a city attorney,but not all council mem-bers are on board.

Last night council vot-ed 6-5 to approve con-tracts for two attorneys:Jack Gatlin as city attor-ney and Frank Wich-mann as the City Councilattorney. Council alsoapproved a contract with

the law firm of Wich-mann and Associates,making the firm incharge of code and lienenforcement for the city.

Yes votes came fromPatty Suedkamp, RandyBlankenship, CorinePitts, Tom Cahill Jr.,Vicki Kyle and JohnDunhoft. Council mem-bers Renee Skidmore,Kathy Cahill, Gary Mey-er, Bill Howard and DonSkidmore voted no.Councilman KevinBurke was absent.

“The mayor and I, and

Frank and Mr. Gavinhave been in negotia-tions for several weeksand we’ve reached acompromise that is satis-factory for both sides,”Blankenship. a councilmember, said.

Blankenship saideach contract is set up tobe terminated at will.This means that at anytime, for any reason, thecouncil can end the con-tract for the City Councilattorney and the con-

Erlanger will have two attorneysMelissa [email protected]

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EDGEWOOD — The father-daughter writing team Robertand Lauren Hudson are at itagain.

The Villa Hills residentshave adapted the story fromtheir award-winning book,“Our Best Tomorrow,” into ascript for stage.

“It’s really cool to see some-thing you’ve written come tolife,” said Lauren, a DixieHeights High School fresh-man. “I helped cast the show. Itwas really good to see peoplewant to become the charactersI created. It’s going to be inter-esting to see on stage with alive audience.”

The play, also entitled “OurBest Tomorrow,” will debut atTurkey Foot Middle School,3230 Turkey Foot Road, Edge-wood, 7 p.m. on Thursday,April 23, with follow-up perfor-mances at 7 p.m. Friday andSaturday, April 24-25. Fortickets, contact the school at859-341-0216.

“Our Best Tomorrow” pre-sents the stories of three child-hood friends who overcomeobstacles to live the Americandream through education,hard work and responsible de-cisions. The idea to turn thebook into a play came fromRobert.

“I wanted a way to reachmore kids with the positivemessage from the book,” saidRobert, an attorney at Frost

Brown Todd. “That message isthat you can make a differenceand you can succeed. Laurenloves acting and I just put twoand two together. I was so en-couraged when it came timefor auditions and so many stu-dents signed up. How wonder-ful.”

The play is produced and di-rected by Rachel Retherford,director of Turkey Foot MiddleSchool’s Drama Department.

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Robert Hudson and his daughter,Lauren, wrote the book “Our BestTomorrow.” They’ve adapted thebook for a play and Turkey FootMiddle School will be first tostage it.

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FORT MITCHELL — There’snothing quite as colorful as amonkey holding a cup of froyoin one hand and a surfboard inanother.

That’s the scene depicted inthe mural painted on the sideof Kocanut Joe’s, 2479 DixieHighway, Fort Mitchell.

“The mural is somethingwe had talked about doing fora while,” manager AustinSmith said. “We wanted to do

something special with thespace on the side of the build-ing, something incredible forpeople to see.

“We hope this mural will at-tract interest in Kocanut Joe’sand bring the community to-gether, family, friends andnew friends. We want this tobe a community gatheringplace.”

Smith said the piece is inhonor of his uncle Ken Kocan,who opened the frozen yogurtshop in 2012. Kocan died inSeptember 2013. According to

Smith, Kocan would havebeen happy with the artwork.

“It’s something for thecommunity to enjoy,” Smithsaid. “He would like that.”

Smith commissioned thework from Beechwood HighSchool senior Lindsay Prince.Prince, 17, said she was hon-ored to do the piece.

“I wanted to make it kidfriendly and a happy pictureto really brighten up thebrown wall that was there,”

THANKS TO AUSTIN SMITH

The Kocanut Joe’s mural was designed and painted by Beechwood High School senior Lindsay Prince.

Kocanut Joe’s boasts newmural by Beechwood studentMelissa [email protected]

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Crescent Springswoman pens poetrybook

CRESCENT SPRINGS —Jayna Robertson McIn-tyre has put her memo-ries into words as a self-published book of poetry.

McIntyre’s book, “MyLife In Poetry: Memoriesand Reflections on MyLife,” is 79 pages and fivechapters. Each chapterreflects a different part ofMcIntyre’s life includingearly years, family life,growing in faith, reflec-

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tions andher music.McIntyresaid shestartedwriting herpoetry atage 13.This is her

first book. “My love for God and

family is evident in mywriting,” she said. “Thisbook is really a part ofwho I am my hope is thatpeople will be able to con-nect and identify with myfeelings.”

For information aboutobtaining a copy call Mc-Intyre at 859-341-7187 ore-mail [email protected].

Dogwood Dashcoming soon

UNION — Registrationis open for the BooneCounty Arboretum’s an-nual Dogwood Dash 5KRun and Walk on Satur-day, April 25.

To register, visitbit.ly/dd2015reg.

Early registrationcosts $30 with the shirt, or$20 without. Late regis-tration costs $25. To enterthe kids run costs $5.

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ERLANGER — In an ef-fort to create more aware-ness of its cause, the Ken-ton County Alliance has anew look.

At the April 3 monthlymeeting, the Alliance in-troduced a new logo andtagline, “EncouragingHealthy Lifestyles,” tobetter reflect its purposeand to more effectivelyget the word out about thegroup’s efforts.

“It’s exciting,” said Alli-ance chairwoman VickiDansberry. “We’ve beenworking since 2006 and ev-eryone involved knowswhat we’re about. But nowit’s time for the communi-ty to really see what we’redoing and that everyone iswelcome to join us.”

The Alliance is a com-munity organization ofvolunteers who work to re-duce alcohol, tobacco andother drug use amongyouth. They work for ahealthy communitythrough collaboration andpolicy change.

“This organization is soimportant because we’relosing kids and youngadults every day,” Dans-berry said. “This organiza-tion focuses on ways peo-ple can live happy, healthyand safe lives without sub-stances. Particularly wefocus on prevention ofyouths’ first use. Someonehas to tell them, ‘You canlive without using thesethings.’ That’s this group.”

The Alliance has part-nered with several othercommunity organizationsto hold informationalmeetings on substanceabuse, assisted in estab-lishing Prescription TakeBack boxes, and many oth-er projects throughoutKenton County.

“The Alliance worksthroughout the communi-ty with teens and adult toencourage healthy life-style choices,” said Alli-ance coordinator Lisa An-glin.

“Our top priority is pre-vention of first use. Re-search is revealing thatthe younger a person iswhen they first abuse asubstance, the more likelythat addiction will be partof their adult life. So that is

our focus – prevention.”Anglin said the new lo-

go and tagline are part ofan effort to increase expo-sure and focus more on thepositive.

The logo, a cascadingmulticolored ribbon, An-glin said, represents that“we are are intertwined.”

The color blue repre-sents prevention; purple,community; green, educa-tion; and yellow repre-sents empowerment.

The concept was de-signed by the marketingcompany, The Think Shopin Newport.

“It’s a great new lookand feel for us,” Anglinsaid. “It’s also really fo-cused on not what’s goingwrong, but what’s goingright. The colors arebright and cheerful andthe ribbon represents thatall of our lives are connect-ed.”

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Kenton County Alliancecoordinator Lisa Anglin holdsa sign featuring the Alliance’snew logo.

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For more information orto join the Kenton CountyAlliance www.kentoncountyalliance.org.Members meet 12:30 p.m.the first Friday of everymonth, at the Ensor Educa-tion Annex, 305 BartlettAve., Erlanger.

ple,” Retherford said.“The drama departmentof Turkey Foot MiddleSchool is thrilled and hon-ored to have one of our

own student’s work high-lighted for our springproduction. I expect theplay to be very success-ful, reaching more andmore students with a pos-itive message across thecommonwealth and be-yond.”

Joseph-Beth Booksell-

ers in Crestview Hills hasalso teamed up with theauthors and Turkey FootMiddle School for thisevent. Copies of “OurBest Tomorrow,” signedby both authors, will beavailable for purchaseprior to curtain time, dur-ing intermission and fol-

lowing each perfor-mance. A portion of pro-ceeds from the sale ofeach book will benefit theTurkey Foot MiddleSchool Drama Depart-ment.


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tract for the code andlien enforcement. Bothmayor and council canterminate the contractfor the city attorney atany time for any reason.

In addition, there arecaps of $45,000 on bothattorneys’ salaries. Themaximum cost for twoattorneys to the citywould be $90,000 a year,Blankenship said.

“They’ve given us agenerous cut in whatthey could be billing fortheir time,” Blanken-ship said.

Blankenship said it

was also important tonote that with the fundscollected from the codeand lien enforcementthere’s enough made tooffset what Wichmannand Associates are paidfor their work.

“We could end up sav-ing money in the longrun,” he said.

According to MayorTyson Hermes, Wich-mann’s previous salaryas city attorney aver-aged about $93,000 ayear, which included onaverage $30,000 for themonthly retainer feeand $33,000 for hourlyrates. On average, Wich-mann was also paid$30,000 for code and lienenforcement. The col-lection funds, accordingto Hermes, did not andwill continue to notcome from taxpayermonies.

“We aren’t chargedfor the collection ser-vices until after the col-lections are made,” Her-mes said. “This does notcome from the city’spocket, but the viola-tor’s fees.”

CouncilwomanKathy Cahill, who votedno on the contracts, said

she isn’t comfortablewith having two attor-neys.

“I contacted the Ken-tucky League of Citiesand they said that noother city in the statehas two attorneys,” shesaid. “The reasons theygave are that it wouldnot be cost effective andthat it’s a vote of no con-fidence for the city at-torney. I know we like tobe the ones on the cuspof things, but I’m notsure that this is the thingwe should be the leadon.”

Councilman GaryMeyer said he does notsupport a contract fortwo attorneys.

“My role is to servethe 18,000 residents inErlanger,” he said.“Many are upset, sayingour last meeting waslike a circus. Havingtwo attorneys perpetu-ates this circus. I opposethese contracts.”

Councilman Blan-kenship said he felt thecontracts are “fair andthe right thing to do.”

“I don’t mind havingtwo attorneys,” he said.“I think this is the rightthing to do and that itwill serve the city well.”

Former City Attor-ney Frank Wichmannwas fired by Hermesearlier in the year. Wich-mann, a lifelong Erlang-er resident, is a 49-yearcity attorney who hasserved in that role forErlanger since 1966.

Wichmann said he ispleased with the out-

come.“I am confident that

these contracts are forthe betterment of thecity,” he said. “The may-or needs to have an at-torney that he has confi-dence in, he does nothave confidence in me. Iaccept that. On the otherhand council needs thesame representation aswell and I feel that I canbe that for them.”

The new city attor-ney, Jack Gatlin, is partof the Freund, Freezeand Arnold, which hasoffices in Fort Mitchell,Cincinnati, Columbusand Dayton. He concen-trates his practice inthree primary areas: in-surance law, small busi-ness law and complexlitigation. Additionally,he has significant expe-rience in strategic busi-ness planning and con-sulting as well as dis-pute resolutions.

“I know the first fourto six weeks I’ve beeninvolved with the cityhave been unusual,”Gatlin said. “This is a de-mocracy. I think it’sgood when there’s a spir-ited debate. Mr. Wich-mann and I plan to worktogether. If Mr. Wich-mann and I didn’t thinkwe could work together,then we wouldn’t haveentered into this agree-ment. I’m looking for-ward to moving forwardfor the best interest ofthe city.”


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she said. “It think it’sturned out really neat.I’m also glad the commu-nity likes it. So many peo-ple have shown support

of the piece. The feed-back has been phenome-nal. It makes me tear upto see how much peoplelove it.”

It took Prince about 62hours to complete themural.

Prince said she plansto study and pursue a ca-

reer in art. She alreadysells prints of her workand does face painting atlocal events to raisefunds for animal chari-ties. Nature and animalsgreatly inspire her work,she said.

“I’ve been drawingsince I could hold a pen-

cil,” she said. “Art is real-ly therapeutic for me. Italways seems to makethings a little better.Hope it does the same forothers. I draw and paintfor the benefit of others.”


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

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Student writers at NotreDame Academy received 27Gold Keys, 35 Silver Keys and53 Honorable Mentions in theScholastic Art and Writing

Competition. According to a press re-

lease, that is a total of 115Scholastic Art and WritingAwards, which is more than

three times the awards won byany other high school in theregion.

NDA seniors, Sydney Stall-man and Morgan Zumbiel,

were also named AmericanVoices Nominees. There wereonly five American Voicesnominees named in the re-gion.

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Notre Dame Academy students received 27 Gold Keys, 35 Silver Keys and 53 Honorable Mentions in the Scholastic Art and Writing Competition.

NDA students receive 115 awards

The Covington Latin Schoolsenior class performed Shake-speare’s “Merry Wives of Wind-sor” last month.

The play was directed bysenior Kaleigh Howland, aBoone County resident.

Kaleigh, who has attendedsummer camps with the Cincin-nati Shakespeare Company andhas studied at College-Conser-vatory Music at University ofCincinnati for the past eightyears, set the play in the 1950s.

“When we approach Shake-speare, I feel like we can get soeasily detached from the peopleand the stories. Even though inreality the stories are timeless.As such, ‘The Merry Wives of

Windsor’ can be played in anytime frame,” Kaleigh said.

“The 1950s in particular Ithink works really well becauseof the themes of love, money,feuds and mischief. It brought‘Grease’ to mind immediatelyand we definitely drew from‘Grease’ for a lot of the charac-ters.”

Matt Krebs, dean of studentsand Drama Department chair,said, “Kaleigh did a fine job di-recting the play, drawing on hervast experience on stage and infilms. She has particular expe-rience in acting Shakespearewhich proved invaluable for ourshow.”

The Cincinnati Shakespeare

Company invited CovingtonLatin to be a part of Project 38.CSC collaborated with 38 differ-ent area schools over the courseof the year. Each school was giv-en one of Shakespeare’s 38plays to bring to life. Schoolschose everything from videosto visual art to traditional pro-ductions. The Project 38 Festi-val will take place April 15-22,the week of Shakespeare’sbirthday.

Besides presenting the playat school, Covington Latin willagain perform “The MerryWives of Windsor” on April 21atMemorial Hall.

For more information, visitbit.ly/PROJECT38.

High school senior directs Shakespeare playPROVIDED

TheCovingtonLatin Schoolsenior classperformedShakespeare’s“Merry Wivesof Windsor”last month.The play wasdirected byseniorKaleighHowland, aBooneCountyresident.

Gateway Communityand Technical College’sSpeech Team won tophonors at the 2015 Ken-tucky state forensicstournament March 28-29.

This year’s tourna-ment was hosted by theUniversity of Kentuckyat Transylvania Univer-sity’s campus. The tour-nament featured teams

from across the com-monwealth participat-ing in speech and debateevents.

Micah Greenhill wonfirst place overall in Ra-dio Broadcasting, firstplace overall in Commu-nication Analysis, sec-ond place overall inProse Interpretation,third place overall Per-suasive Speaking, Top

Community College Par-ticipant in Program OralInterpretation, PoetryInterpretation, ProgramOral Interpretation, andAfter Dinner Speaking.Greenhill also qualifiedfor the Quadrathon, acumulative award forstudents who compete infour or more events, andplaced second overall,finishing half a point be-

hind the Western Ken-tucky University stu-dent who finished firstin the state.

Greenhill was alsonamed one of two 2015Harlan Hamm AwardWinners, which is givento students who demon-strate the values and ide-al of the KFA ForensicsCommunity in both com-petition, the classroom

and the community. Other awards includ-

ed:DeShawntae Dur-

ham: Top CommunityCollege Participant inRadio Broadcasting andEditorial Impromptu

Saywer Edelbroich:Top Community CollegeParticipant in Persua-sive Speaking and Infor-mative Speaking

Gateway SpeechTeam: second placeSweepstakes in NPDADebate - CommunityCollege Division, secondplace Sweepstakes in IP-DA Debate – CommunityCollege Division, andfirst place Sweepstakesin Individual Events –Community College Di-vision.

Gateway’s speech team wins top honors

President’s List

Western Kentucky University: LauraD. Allen, Amanda J. Barth, Hope E.Bradford, Susan D. Breidenich, Connor T.Bright, Elyssa N. Carmony, Alexa S.Colvin, Molly E. Couch, Frances J. DeVita,Alexis R. Fischer, Zena N. Gavin, TannerB. Harden, Montana O. Hatfield, DanielR. Hillenmeyer, Laurel E. Huber, RachelA. Kaiser, Sarah M. Keene, Jenna M.Lehkamp, Alexandra M. Lonnemann,Wendy L. Loomis, Molly A. Mayer,Jordan L. Miller, Luke R. Nybo, Kristen A.Ostendorf, Hope M. Pauly, Aaron J.Schilling, Savannah D. Smith, Bridget L.Stewart, Chloe M. Turner, Jessica R.Voorhees, Alexander T. Zaffiro,

Dean’s List

Western Kentucky University:Mariah D. Armstrong, Kayla M. Brad-field, Emily M. Braunwart, Sara E.Brown, Rachel L. Child, Chandler M.Clark, Heather M. Duke, Kristin H. East,Britney A. Fightmaster, Samantha M.Kroger, Megan A. Magistrelli, Nathan P.McClendon, Maxwell G. McGehee,Maggie L. Mercer, Jocelyn F. Moss, EmilyN. Oberhausen, Kelly E. Rosen, Cyrus J.Sadrinia, Hayden S. Skinner-Fine, BailieF. Smith Hunter, Jacqueline A. Voss,Adam S. Winkler.

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St. Ursula AcademyThe following students have earned

honors for the second quarter of 2014-2015.

First HonorsClaire Crispen, Fiona Galley, Grace

Kelly, Sarah Moore, Noelle Purcell, AnnaSittason-Wilson, Dana Zdolshek.

Second HonorsLucy Deane, Nora Hemmer, Monica

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On Stage - ComedyMo’nique, 8 p.m., 10:30 p.m.,Funny Bone Comedy Club, 1Levee Way, $40. 957-2000;www.funnyboneonthelevee-.com. Newport.

On Stage - TheaterThe Cover of Life, 8-10 p.m.,Falcon Theatre, 636 MonmouthSt., When 3 brothers go off tofight in World War II, theiryoung wives move in with theboys’ mother to keep the homefront burning. Life Magazinedecides it would make a goodcover story. As the reportercollects information for her story,all the women learn more aboutthemselves and each other. $19,$17 students and seniors.Through April 25. 513-479-6783;www.falcontheater.net. New-port.

The Underpants, 7:30 p.m., TheCarnegie, 1028 Scott Blvd.,Alluringly pretty housewifeLouisa ignites debauchery inDusseldorf when her underpantsaccidentally fall down during theking’s parade, shaming her stuffyhusband and driving feverishinterest in the room the coupleare trying to rent. $18-$25.Through April 26. 957-1940;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.

The Divine Visitor, 8 p.m., StaussTheatre, Northern KentuckyUniversity, 101 Fine Arts Center,$14, $11 ages 60 and up, $8students with ID. Presented byNorthern Kentucky UniversityTheatre and Dance. ThroughApril 26. 572-5464; theatre.n-ku.edu. Highland Heights.

RecreationBusiness Lunch Go KartingSpecial, noon to 2 p.m., XhilRac-ing, 24 Spiral Drive, Go-Kartracing. $15. Presented by Xhil-aRacing. Through Dec. 30.371-5278; www.xrkarting.com.Florence.

Sports-Registrations &Tryouts

City of Edgewood Men’s andCo-ed Softball League, 6-8p.m., Presidents Park, 281 DudleyRoad, Recreation summer soft-ball leagues are being offered onWednesday nights for men andon Sunday nights for co-edteams. League play begins May6th; deadline to register is April17th. Ages 18 and up. $375.Presented by City of Edgewood.331-5910; www.edgewoodky.go.Edgewood.

SATURDAY, APRIL 18Art Exhibits

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

Art OpeningsFlight: Curated by Saad Ghosn,6-9 p.m., Covington Arts, 2 W.Pike St., Works by SharmonDavidson, Marsha Karagheusianand Jan Nickum. Through May29. Free. 292-2322; www.coving-tonarts.com. Covington.

BenefitsCrop for Care Net, 9 a.m. to 9p.m., St. Philip Parish Center,1402 Mary Ingles Highway,Scrapbooking and crafting eventfor those needing time andspace to work on projects.Breakfast, lunch and dinnerincluded. Benefits Care Netparenting education programs.$45. Registration required.Presented by Care Net PregnancyServices of Northern Kentucky.431-9178; www.choselifenky.org.Melbourne.

Fuzz Ball, 6-10 p.m., Reflectionson the Lake Banquet Center,4210 Alexandria Pike, Ticket priceincludes appetizers, buffetdinner, dessert, beer, wine andsoft drinks. Silent auction. Ages21 and up. Benefits Paws andClaws Animal Rescue. $50, $40 ifpurchased before April 11.Reservations recommended.Presented by Paws and ClawsAnimal Rescue, Inc. 652-6603;www.pawsclawsanimalrescue-.com. Cold Spring.

Boone County Animal ShelterBaby Shower, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.,Boone County Animal Shelter,5643 Idlewild Road, Shelter isregistered at Walmart, Targetand Amazon.com. BenefitsBoone County Animal Shelter.Free. 586-5285; http://boone-countyshelter.org. Burlington.

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

Craft ShowsWalton Verona ElementaryCraft Show, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,Walton-Verona ElementarySchool, 15066 Porter Road,Crafters and vendors will beaccepted until April 10. $5.Presented by Walton VeronaElementary School PTA. 485-4432; [email protected]. Verona.

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

EducationTerrific Toys, 10-11:30 a.m.,Edgewood Senior Center, 550Freedom Park Drive, Teacheschildren about science thatmakes your toys work. Event isopen to the first 100 Edgewoodchildren who register. Ages 5-12.Free. Reservations required.Presented by City of Edgewood.331-5910; www.edgewood-ky.gov. Edgewood.

Holiday - Earth DayGreat American CleanupProgram, 8:15 a.m. to 12:30p.m., Florence Public ServicesMaintenance Facility, 7850Tanners Lane, Opportunity forchildren and adults to volunteerand clean litter along city road-ways and parks. T-shirt, cleaningsupplies, breakfast and lunchprovided. Free. Presented by Cityof Florence. 647-5439; www.flor-ence-ky.gov. Florence.

Literary - LibrariesUsed Book Sale, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,Boone County Main Library,342-2665. Burlington.

NatureNight Hike, 8:30 p.m., CampbellCounty Environmental EducationCenter, 1261 Race Track Road,Learn about nocturnal animals.Free. Reservations required.572-2600; ces.ca.uky.edu/Camp-bell. Alexandria.

On Stage - TheaterThe Underpants, 7:30 p.m., TheCarnegie, $18-$25. 957.1940;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.

The Divine Visitor, 4 p.m., StaussTheatre, Northern KentuckyUniversity, $14, $11 ages 60 andup, $8 students with ID.572.5464; theatre.nku.edu.Highland Heights.

RecreationRyle Band Bingo, 5-10 p.m.,Erlanger Lions Club Hall, 5996Belair Drive, Doors open 5 p.m.Early games begin 6:30 p.m.Regular games begin 7:15 p.m.Ages 18 and up. Benefits RyleMarching Band Boosters. Pre-sented by Ryle Band Boosters.Through Dec. 26. 282-1652.Erlanger.

SUNDAY, APRIL 19Antiques ShowsBurlington Antique Show, 6a.m. to 3 p.m., Boone CountyFairgrounds, 5819 Idlewild Road,More than 200 vendors withantiques, vintage jewelry andfurniture, primitives, architectur-al elements, mid-century collect-ibles, American and memorabil-ia. Early buying, 6-8 a.m. with $5admission. $3, free ages 12 andunder. Presented by BurlingtonAntique Show. 513-922-6847;www.burlingtonantiqueshow-.com. Burlington.

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

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

Literary - LibrariesUsed Book Sale, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.,Boone County Main Library,342-2665. Burlington.

On Stage - TheaterThe Underpants, 3 p.m., TheCarnegie, $18-$25. 957-1940;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.

The Divine Visitor, 4 p.m., StaussTheatre, Northern KentuckyUniversity, $14, $11 ages 60 andup, $8 students with ID. 572-5464; theatre.nku.edu. HighlandHeights.

MONDAY, APRIL 20Dance ClassesLine Dance Classes, 5:30-6:30p.m., Elsmere Senior Center, 179Dell St., $3. Presented by HollyRuschman. Through Dec. 14.727-0904. Elsmere.

EducationPower Point Basics, 6:30 p.m.,Boone County Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Learn to createslides, use custom animation,change backgrounds, add transi-tions and more. Free. Regis-tration required. Presented byBoone County Public Library.342-2665; www.bcpl.org. Bur-lington.

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

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

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

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

Yoga, 10-11 a.m., The LivelyLearning Lab, 7500 Oakbrook

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

Health / WellnessOvereaters Anonymous, 7-8p.m., Union Presbyterian Church,10259 U.S. 42, Church officeentrance in back lot and followsigns to room. Program ofrecovery from compulsive eatingusing 12 Steps and 12 Traditionsof OA. Not a diet and caloriesclub and no weigh-ins. Free.Presented by Overeaters Anony-mous. 525-6932; www.cincinna-tioa.org. Union.

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

Royal: Reviewers of YoungAdult Literature, 6:30 p.m.,Boone County Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Read new booksbefore they hit the shelves. Free.Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library. 342-2665. Burling-ton.

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

Congenealogy, 6:30-8 p.m.,Kenton County Public LibraryCovington, 502 Scott Blvd.,Meeting Room 3. KentuckyHistory Librarian Bill Stolz pre-sents “My Grandfather was aBootlegger: Separating Fact fromFiction.” Learn how he discov-ered truth, using a variety ofhistorical records and newspa-pers, behind a family myth. Ages18 and up. Free. Presented byKenton County Public Library.962-4070. Covington.

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

TUESDAY, APRIL 21Art & Craft Classes7-11 Club, 9:30-11:30 a.m., TheLively Learning Lab, 7500 Oak-brook Drive, Suite 10, Social clubfor homeschoolers. Make crafts,play games or create art. Ages7-11. $5. Registration required.916-2721. Florence.

Art ExhibitsFlight: Curated by Saad Ghosn,9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Covington Arts,2 W. Pike St., Flight featuresworks by three women (Shar-mon Davidson, Marsha Ka-ragheusian, Jan Nickum) fromGreater Cincinnati who specifi-cally reference flight in regard totime, space and experience.Exploring the notions of passage,memory and dialogue within thecycle of life, exhibition includesmixed media constructions,collaged books and earthenwareceramics. Presented by Coving-ton Arts District. 292-2322;

http://covingtonarts.com/. Co-vington.

EducationSecular Homeschool Co-op, 1-4p.m., The Lively Learning Lab,7500 Oakbrook Drive, Suite 10,Hands-on, active learning, sec-ular co-op. Topics: Evolution ofMusic, Fiber Art, Creative Expres-sion, Financial Literacy, Nutrition,Drama and more. Ages 5-18. $50.Registration required. ThroughApril 29. 916-2721. Florence.

Survival Herbs of NorthernKentucky, 7 p.m., FlorenceBranch Library, 7425 U.S. 42,Holistic herbalist Dave Noemdiscusses local medicinal herbsthat can be used for antibiotics,bee stings and bites, cold andcough, and the cleaning andbuilding of specific organs. He’llalso discuss edible plants andtrees of Northern Kentucky. Free.Registration required. 342-2665;www.bcpl.org. Florence.

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

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

Holiday - Earth DayTree Seedling Giveaway, 6-8p.m., Campbell County Coopera-tive Extension Service, 3500Alexandria Pike, Help reforestCampbell County. Several typesof trees to choose from. Free.572-2600; http://www.ces.ca.uky.edu/campbell. High-land Heights.

Literary - LibrariesBridge, 12:30 p.m., Boone CountyPublic Library - Scheben Branch,8899 U.S. 42, Presented byScheben Branch Library. 342-2665. Union.

Teen Writer Tuesdays: Middleand High School, 6:30 p.m.,Boone County Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Share yourwork. No experience required.Free. Registration required.Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library. 342-2665. Burling-ton.

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

Music - AcousticRoger Drawdy, 8 p.m., MollyMalone’s Irish Pub and Restau-rant, 112 E. Fourth St., Irish music.Free. 491-6659; mollymalonesir-ishpub.com. Covington.

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Shark Bridge is the only suspension bridge in North America where guests can walk just inchesabove nearly two dozen sharks. This V-shaped rope bridge is 75-feet long and will besuspended over the open water of the 385,000 gallon Surrounded by Sharks exhibit. $23 Adult,$15 Child (2-12), Free children under 2. 815-1471; www.newportaquarium.com

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Faith Community United Methodist Church is having aSpaghetti Dinner, 5-8 p.m. Friday, April 17, at Faith CommunityUnited Methodist Church, 4310 Richardson Road,Independence. Menu includes spaghetti, meatballs, salad,bread and desserts. Silent auction and cake auction will alsotake place. Cost is $8. Call 282-8889; visitwww.faithcommunityumc.com.

A6 • COMMUNITY RECORDER • APRIL 16, 2015 NEWS

Today I’m going to talkabout wine. Now I’m not con-fessing to be an expert onwine – words like fruity, oakyand big are not terms I use ona daily basis but I do enjoywine as a social drink andespecially in cooking.

My only foray into makingwine was dandelion wine a fewyears ago and it just aboutblew up in the garage.

No more homemade winemaking for me!

Cooking with wineThere’s something magical

when you cook with wine.Wines enhance food by tende-rizing and moisturizing whileimparting unbeatable flavor.

It’s not onlyabout taste,although cer-tainly the fruityand acidic as-pects add nu-ances and spikesof flavor.

The alcohol inwine actuallypulls flavors outand carries

them into food. To see what Imean, add wine to a skilletthat was used to sauté food. Asyou scrape up caramelizedbits of food on the bottom,called deglazing, the winegoes to work, giving the fin-ished sauce an incomparableflavor. If you added merely

water, juice or broth to de-glaze, they could not dissolveand pull flavors out the waythe alcohol in wine does.

Dry or sweet?I like dry wines because I

don’t want a sweet wine toaffect flavor. Use what youlike to drink. Don’t use thatnasty stuff in the bottle la-beled “cooking wines,” whichare loaded with salt and pre-servatives. They are usuallyon the same shelf as vinegars,and can be sold even on Sun-day because the alcohol con-tent is minute.

If you are deglazing addwine to skillet before you addanything else. Let it boil a bit

to reduce acids and tannins.This is key to prevent curdlingif you are adding dairy prod-ucts.

Balancing act: pairingwines with food

Here’s where it can getconfusing. Is it red with beef,white with poultry and sea-food, champagne for the toast?To play it safe, try white wineswith seafood and poultry andmore assertive red wines withgame and beef. But, hey, todayjust about anything goes. Soit’s up to you.

Wine terms:Dry: Wine that’s not sweet

with no residual sugar.

Big: Rich, full-bodied, real-ly flavorful and assertive.

Fruity: The aroma of freshfruit should hit you here. Andit’s not just grapes, but applesand berry aromas, too.

Oaky: The wine has a warmvanilla flavor and fragrance,coming from the fact that thewine has been aged in new oakbarrels.

For more information aboutcooking with wine, check outmy website Abouteating.com

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is an herb-alist, educator, Jungle Jim’s East-gate culinary professional and au-thor. Find her blog online atAbouteating.com. Call 513-248-7130,ext. 356.

Rita’s guide to cooking with wine

Rita HeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN

Wine and herb marinated chicken

I cut up the chicken and put it in the marinade for kebobs. I threadedbell peppers and onions on the kebobs between the chicken. You can alsoleave the chicken whole.

Palmful parsley, chopped2 tablespoons fresh oregano, chopped or a generous teaspoon dried1⁄4 cup dry white wine, like Sauvignon Blanc1⁄4 cup olive oil1 nice lemon, juice and zest of2 large garlic cloves, minced 2 tablespoons1 tablespoon black olives, finely chopped (optional but good)3/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts

Mix marinade ingredients and pour into large baggie. Add chickenand before sealing baggie, remove air by laying baggie on its side beforesealing and smoothing out the air. Refrigerate for 2 hours or so. Reservemarinade. Grill on medium high, covered, about 7 minutes per side or untildone, basting every few minutes with marinade. Serve with yogurt sauce ifyou like.

Yogurt sauce

No real recipe, but just stir together 1 cup Greek yogurt, 1/4 cup sourcream, some chopped parsley, a teaspoon or so minced garlic and salt andpepper to taste.

THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD

Wine and herb marinated chicken kebobs garnished with fresh oregano pair well with a simple yogurt sauce.

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Our tri-county communitysuffered the loss of a oncegreat leader earlier thismonth; but the model he leftwill surely endure. Whereverhe was present, he was in aleadership mode, advancingthe ball. The works of a goodman should not go unnoticednor uncelebrated with hispassing.

Some of us do thingswhich are visual, like buildtall buildings that speak tothe future and signifychange. Others focus in amultiplicity of other ways,politically, charitably, cre-ating employment opportuni-ty, serving on boards, joiningforces to make a differencein their community’s future.Dennis B. Griffin did all ofthose while he was buildingthe next stages of a strong,successful Griffin Industriesenterprise. I remember himmost as a leader, also as a

shoulder-to-shoulderpartner inwhateveraction was forthe commongood.

I remem-ber the manysessions in1981 whenDennis and I,and GordonMartin,

Matth. Toebben and WayneCarlisle, as members of theGovernor’s (John Y. Brown)Economic Development TaskForce, labored weekly andloyally for at least 10 months,every Monday evening from5 p.m., often until 2 a.m.,trying to develop what be-came known as the very firstvision for the community, abook, a plan, projects, titled“Northern Kentucky’s Fu-ture.”

In those lively meetings,Dennis was energetic andinstrumental, he was an in-stigator for spirited andextended debate. In a waythat only Dennis could, heprovided leadership that ledto ultimate honesty concern-ing, for example, “Who wewere as a community – andwho we were not – and whowe could be in what was adivided and fragmentedpopulation of only 220,000 atthe time. Actively engagedthroughout, he forced con-sensus, and a bond amongthose in the group that ex-tended to the wider commu-nity, that which has givenrise to more change over the34 years since, than we knowor fully recognize.

What has occurred inNorthern Kentucky, on theriverbank, in the suburbs, inour school systems, in ourelected offices, in our social

outreach, has in big partbeen the work of a once vo-cal, dedicated and committedcommunity contributor,Dennis B. Griffin. And itneeds to be said, and this willbe said by many as we re-flect on his passing.

A disciplined man of char-acter, he modeled the higherorder, he modeled stretch-ing, he modeled leadership.And he was a shoulder part-ner at the same time, as hispurpose was not for identityor praise. Those were funtimes in the ’80s, implement-ing change, and doing it to-gether. Indeed, Dennis Grif-fin was and remains a majorforce in the progress of theNorthern Kentucky commu-nity and all those he touched.It is for us to carry on as hewould have it.

William P. Butler is he chairmanof Corporex Companies.

Dennis Griffin: A leaderfor change, and more

GuestColumnistCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

The 2015 session of theGeneral Assembly is beingheralded by some as a greatsuccess due to the passage ofbills addressing heroin, theroad fund and other issues.Without question, there iscause to acknowledge andcelebrate those accomplish-ments.

But there is another chap-ter to this session’s story forKentucky’s business commu-nity, and it is one of disap-pointment because of themany pro-business bills thatwere left hanging in the bal-ance when the final gavel fell.

First, the positive resultsof the session that will ad-vance Kentucky:

» Our telecommunicationssystems can now be modern-ized more quickly.

» The state road fund wasstabilized by creating a“floor” under the decliningstate gas tax revenue.

» Legislation to curb thelethal threat of heroin waspassed and likely will savelives.

» On the most pressingissue facing state govern-

ment – ourunderfundedpublic pensionsystems – afew billspassed thatshould helpput a brighterlight on theoperations ofthe systems,but morework is need-ed here.

And, always of particularinterest to those we repre-sent, there were no billspassed in this session thatwere particularly harmful tothe broad business communi-ty

But on the disappointingside:

» Public-private partner-ships had amazing supportlast year in the House andSenate and strong bipartisansupport going into this year’ssession, but fell in the Ken-tucky Senate without evengetting a committee hearingor a vote on the floor (wheremany are confident the billwould have passed).

» Local option sales taxauthorization for cities andcounties, which is favoredtwo-to-one among businessleaders we surveyed, passedin the House only to die in theSenate without even a com-mittee hearing or a floor vote.

» Smoke-free legislationfavored by a nine-to-one mar-gin by Chamber memberspassed the House, only to diein the Senate without a com-mittee hearing or a floor vote.

» An independent study ofthe teacher retirement sys-tem, which the Chamber hasbeen advocating since early2014, was championed by theSenate but died in negotia-tions with the House.

» Right to work legislation,enacted by most of Kentuck-y’s competitor states andgaining traction in local com-munities, won passage in theSenate but failed to get ahearing in the House.

» A Senate-passed bill toallow the creation of charterschools to give parents abroader choice for their chil-dren’s education once againfailed without even a House

committee hearing.» Legislation to create an

impartial process of medicalreview panels to deter mer-itless lawsuits against med-ical providers passed theSenate but failed without ahearing in the House.

The failure of some ofthese measures, such as char-ter schools or right to work,was not particularly surpris-ing due to the longstandingalignment of partisan inter-ests on both sides of the de-bate. Other legislation, how-ever, had substantial biparti-san support. That made theirfailure particularly jarring.

Anyone working to ad-vance Kentucky can expect toencounter some obstacles,and we continue to hope that,as Kentuckians with a sharedgoal of making progress forour state, we can take at leasttwo steps forward for everyone step backward.

But it’s tough to celebratea few successes when impor-tant issues with strong bipar-tisan support fail due to theclumsy nature of the legisla-tive process or a lack of com-

mitment to finding ways toovercome those barriers.

Dave Adkisson is president and CEOof the Kentucky Chamber of Com-merce.

Session leaves many in state’sbusiness community disappointed

DaveAdkissonCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

Last week’s questionThe state General Assembly

passed House Bill 340 whichexpands the state’s film taxcredits in order to create morefilm production in the common-wealth. Do you want to seemore movies made in Kentucky?Where are good locations tofilm? What movie star do youwant to come to Kentucky tomake a movie?

“My nephew, Brad Riddell,who is a screenwriter, is on the

board (I forget the exact term)for the advancement of Ken-tucky filming. Brad is a UKgrad, and MFA from USC, hiscurrent residence is in the Chi-cago area as he is an adjunctprofessor in screenwriting atDePaul University, however hestill considers Kentucky hishome and where his heart re-sides. He has made a number ofdocumentaries about Kentuckyand the film industry ... so ‘Yes,’I’m all for it!”

Sherry Riddell Walters

“This is a chance to makefamily-type movies. Positivemovies that show resolutionsto everyday life in today’sworld. Locations and actors arenot as important as content.”

Karen Swanson Dietz

“Ryan Gosling.”Tiffany Buchanan

“The General Assemblywasted the entire session on

doing anything to distract frompension and educational re-form. They passed a heroin billthat lacked the necessaryteeth, a bill that is going tomake your Kentucky CCDWmeaningless in other states,allocated no future funding orplanning on the Brent Spencecorridor and we want to talkabout tax credits for movieproduction? Yikes.”

Aaron Gillum

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Heiner ‘off the rails’ onCommon Core

When I first read that Hal Hei-ner of Louisville was running forthe Republican nomination forgovernor, I was intrigued. He hasbusiness experience which I be-lieve the governor of Kentuckyneeds. He projected conservativevalues which I approve of and ap-preciate. But, then he went off therails.

Today, I received a piece of cam-paign material from him which at-tacked the Common Core educa-tion standards.

He has, unfortunately, adoptedthe position of the far right Repub-licans which says he is playing tothem and leaving behind commonsense. Heiner is now firmly in theanti-Common Core (ACC) rightwing group and too “right” for me.He has lost my vote.

I recommend that the readers ofthis letter, particularly the sup-porters of Hal Heiner, go to thecorestandards.org website and seefor themselves what Common Coreis all about. It will make it easier forpeople to resist the hysteria of theACC movement and may help themmake a more rational choice forgovernor this year.

Ted SmithPark Hills

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Girls tennis» St. Henry beat Holy Cross

5-0. Winners were North, Crowe,Marcos/Rowland and Spiering/Rice.

.

Baseball» The Bryan Stevenson Me-

morial Tournament returns fora fifth year, honoring a formerScott High School baseballstandout. A golf tournament inhis name will be June 27 at Ken-ton County Golf Course. Thesetwo events have contributedover $25,000 to scholarships forstudent athletes at the threeschools in the Kenton Countyschool district.

Friday, April 24: At SimonKenton – Conner vs. Pendleton

County (5 p.m.), Conner vs. Mad-ison Central (7 p.m.); At DixieHeights – Ryle vs. Dixie (5 p.m.),Covington Catholic vs. Dixie (7p.m.); At Scott – Cooper at Scott(6 p.m.).

Saturday, April 25: At SK –Pendleton vs. SK (10 a.m.), Lako-ta West vs. SK (12:45 p.m.), SKvs. Dixie JV (3 p.m.), Dixie vs.Scott JV (5 p.m.), SK vs. Scott JV(7 p.m.); At Dixie – Cooper vs.Dixie (10:30 a.m.), Cooper vs.Pendleton (1 p.m.); At Scott –Ryle vs. Scott (10 a.m.), Ryle vs.Madison Central (12:30 p.m.),CovCath vs. Madison Central (3p.m.), Scott vs. CovCath (5:30p.m.).

» Covington Catholic beatRyle 8-1 April 11 to improve to7-0. Nico Pangallohad three hitsand Brian Haughey improved to3-0 on the mound.

» Lloyd beat Walton-Verona2-1 April 7. Max Willett im-

proved to 2-1 on the mound.Charles Breeden had a doubleand drove in both Lloyd runs.Kyle Davis collected two hits.

» Lloyd’s Hayden Molitorstruck out 12 in a 3-1 loss to ScottApril 11.

» Holy Cross beat Dayton14-0 April 11. Max Schwalbachhad three doubles and two RBIwhile scoring four runs.

» Scott beat Lloyd 3-1 to im-prove to 6-2 on April 11. JustinLehkamp improved to 2-0 afterstriking out nine.

Softball» Notre Dame beat Holmes

8-0 April 7. Haylee Smithstruckout 16 en route to a perfect game.She dominated the Bulldogs atthe plate as well with four hits,three of them home runs, andfive RBI.

Track and field

» Kenton County champi-onships April 7.

Boys: Dixie Heights 148, Si-mon Kenton 142, Holmes 104,CovCath 83, Villa Madonna 64,Lloyd 55, Ludlow 43, Scott 43.

4x800: Dixie (Howard, Conti,Brown, Mason) 8:47.83, 110 hur-dles: Miles Payne (Dixie) 15.66,100: Devin Bradford (Holmes)11.31, 4x200: Holmes (Hille, Min-cy, Vickers, Bradford) 1:35.29,1,600: Eric Baugh (VMA)4:33.74, 4x100: Dixie (Barrett,Payne, Fields, Stacy) 45.01, 400:Shawndale Mincy (Holmes)53.94, 300 hurdles: WalkerMcGoy (Dixie) 41.83, 800: EricBaugh (VMA) 2:07.11, 200: DevinBradford (Holmes) 22.75, 3,200:Eric Baugh (VMA) 10:40.46,4x400: Dixie (Brown, Howard,McGoy, Mason) 3:40.08, Highjump: Freddie Vickers(Holmes) 6-2, Pole vault: An-drew Beiersdorfer (CovCath)

10-6, Long jump: Freddie Vick-ers (Holmes) 20-10.5, Triplejump: Freddie Vickers(Holmes) 41-10, Discus: GrantVercheck (SK) 137-9, Shot put:Branden Johnson (Dixie) 52-2.

Girls: Dixie 221, SK 153, Lud-low 87, Scott 78, VMA 31,Holmes 29, Lloyd 18.

4x800: Dixie (Riddle, McGe-hee, Sager, Marker) 10:53.64, 100hurdles: Lauren Myfelt (Dixie)18.35, 100: Mary Conti (Dixie)12.95, 4x200: Scott (Clephane,Lee, Meyer, Niederegger)1:56.55, 1,600: Mckenzie Lach-mann (SK) 5:35.80, 4x100: Dixie(Easterling, Smith, Brock, Cook)55.31, 400: Mary Conti (Dixie)1:01.69, 300 hurdles: MargoMcGehee (Dixie) 53.16, 800:Meredith Hiles (SK) 2:27.35,200: Mary Conti (Dixie) 26.47,3,200: Sophia Delisio (SK)

SHORT HOPS

James [email protected]

See SHORT HOPS, Page B2

Just about every varsitysports program at Notre DameAcademy has collected cham-pionship hardware in recentyears with Kentucky HighSchool Athletic Association in-signias on it.

The lacrosse team at NDAcan’t get any of those trophiesin the near future, but thathasn’t stopped a growing listof students at the school frompursuing the sport and tryingto build their own legacy apartfrom the KHSAA. Lacrosse isa club sport in Kentucky.

“We get most of the girlsthat get cut from the soccerteam freshman year. They’llcome in here and pick it rightup and think, ‘why didn’t I juststart with this,’ ” said seniorJessica Colvin.

“We have a couple of girlswho are cross country run-ners. We have a lot of girls whodidn’t want to run track, soc-cer rejects. They come hereand they play for us and it’samazing. It’s such an easysport to pick up and I wishmore people would try it.”

NDA is 2-3 after a home winover Little Miami, 16-3, onApril 11. Juniors Laurel Atchi-son and Christina Kennedyhad four goals apiece. SeniorAnna Stutler scored three.Colvin and freshman CaitlynZieleniewski had two goalseach and junior Emily Jacksonone.

“The players have bought into the program and its suc-cess,” said head coach JimMarshall. “It is growing rapid-ly and the perception is chang-ing. We’ve gone from a 24-player varsity team last yearto 38 players and intro to a JVteam this year.”

The Pandas do have post-season priorities to play for. Astate tournament with eightqualifiers will take place inMay. NDA is in a district withthe three schools in the Old-

ham County school districtand Scott County. Two teamsfrom that district will qualifyfor state.

“Our goal is to qualify forstate,” Marshall said. “It’s alofty goal because the Oldhamschools are so good, but we cando it.”

Lacrosse, played on a soc-cer field, has elements of foot-ball, soccer and basketball init. NDA is the lone NorthernKentucky team to field thesport.

Of the 38 players, four areseniors in Colvin, Stutler, Ma-ria Topmiller and HannahGood. Half of the roster, 19Pandas, are freshmen.

“Our four seniors are ourleaders, they have been withthe program for each of theprevious losing seasons and

have stayed committed tohelping improve and turnthings around,” Marshall said.“They all start and have be-come four of our top playerson the team.”

Colvin and Stutler are at-tackers. Atchison, Kennedyand Jackson have also pacedthe offense this season. Ken-nedy takes most of the drawsto restart play after a goal.

The players worked hardover the summer and alsocompeted in a fall leagueacross the river.

“It’s not a sport that a lot ofpeople are aware of. I want toget the visibility up,” Marshallsaid. “These girls are reallycommitted to the sport andcouple of them will play in col-lege. The perception has beenthat people who play lacrosse

are the ones who can’t make itin any other sport, but nowwe’re getting athletes who en-joy it and really want to play.”

The Pandas have been get-ting better over the years, saidMarshall, with the win overLittle Miami a prime example.Even with the game well inhand, the Pandas continued topressure the opposing goaland work on their offense.

“We feel we’re capable ofgetting the ball where it needsto go and doing what we needto do to win a game,” said Stut-ler. “We can all shoot and run,so let’s do it in a game when weneed to. We get the confidencefrom these games. It gives usmotivation.”

Colvin returned from inju-ry to notch two goals and threeassists in the game andcouldn’t have been happier.

“I love my team,” she said.“I think we’ve improved somuch since we first startedwhen I was a freshman. Wehave a JV program. The mid-dle school kids come in andthey’re so good. It’s amazinghow far we’ve come.”

FIRST SHOT AT GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL LACROSSE SEASON

Interest in lacrosse growing at NDAJames [email protected]

PHOTOS BY JAMES WEBER/COMMUNITY RECORDER

Notre Dame junior Abbey Keuper, 18, fights with an opponent for the ball April 11.

NDA freshman Caitlyn Zieleniewski fights for the ball against Little Miami.

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11:38.18, 4x400: Dixie (Conti,Riddle, Wessel, Ross) 4:32.12,High jump: Karley Abel (SK) 4-10, Pole vault: Sara Edgett (Dix-ie) 6-0, Long jump: Karley Abel(SK) 14-4, Triple jump: KarleyAbel (SK) 31-11.25, Discus: Mi-randa Wethington (SK) 88-7,Shot put: Haley Warndorf (Lud-low) 31-0.

» Diocese of Covingtonmeet April 1.

Boys: CovCath 184, Brossart152, NCC 85, St. Henry 69, VMA47, Holy Cross 21.

4x800: NCC (Baxter, Schwar-ber, Walker, Anderson) 8:26.83,110 hurdles: Joe Gillcrist (St.

Henry) 17.18, 100: Jake Erpen-beck (CovCath) 11.11, 4x200:CCH (McDowell, Erpenbeck,Tuemler, McClure) 1:31.69, 1,600:Eric Baugh (VMA) 4:23.42),4x100: CCH (Tuemler, Toebbe,McClure, Darpel) 44.87, 400:Daniel Vogel (Brossart) 53.44,300 hurdles: Jared Flood (Cov-Cath) 43.66, 800: Eric Baugh(VMA) 2:01.62, 200: Jake Erpen-beck (CovCath) 23.00, 3,200: Er-ic Baugh (VMA) 10:19.38, 4x400:Brossart (Donnelly, Hickman,Vogel, Loos) 3:38.54, High jump:Mark Goller (Brossart) 5-8,Long jump: Gabe Roberts (Bros-sart) 19-11, Triple jump: GabeRoberts (Brossart) 41-7, Discus:Luke Foertsch (CovCath) 144-8,

Shot put: Michael Schulte (Cov-Cath) 46-9, Pole vault: NickStaub (St. Henry) 12-0.

Girls: St. Henry 188, NCC 137,Brossart 98, Notre Dame 78,VMA 24, Holy Cross 22, Cov. Lat-in 1.

4x800: St. Henry (Blades, Le-ohnard, Hoffmann, Svec)10:28.95, 100 hurdles: Tina Felix(St. Henry) 15.94, 100: Ellie Lau-denslayer (St. Henry) 13.81,NCC (Schalk, Ahlbrand, Barth,Davenport) 1:51.40, 1,600: ReneeSvec (St. Henry) 5:42.07, 4x100:NCC (Henry, Lankheit, Barth,Seibert) 52.52, 400: Nicole Go-derwis (Brossart) 59.13, 300 hur-dles: Tina Felix (St. Henry)48.27, 800: Sam Hentz (St. Hen-

ry) 2:29.70, 200: Nicole Goder-wis (Brossart) 27.72, 3,200: Re-nee Svec (St. Henry) 12:24.60,4x400: NCC (Ahlbrand, Barth,Davenport, Schalk) 4:15.97,High jump: Keyaira Lankheit(NCC) 5-2, Long jump: ElizabethPatterson (Brossart) 15-11, Oli-via Schadler (NCC) 33-8, Triplejump: Olivia Schadler (NCC)33-8, Allison Gribben (NDA)87-5, Mckenzie Kathman (St.Henry) 28-0, Pole vault: KimSpritzky (St. Henry) 9-6.

Officiating» On April 26, the KHSAA

will honor the top officials for2015 at the Association’s 22ndAnnual Officials Recognition

Banquet. The ceremony, con-ducted at the KHSAA Offices,honors the finalists for eachsport or sport-activity in whichthe KHSAA licenses officials.The lone local nominee is SteveFromeyer of Fort Wright forfootball.

Finalists in each sport wereselected through a combinationof their service to their associa-tion and excellence in officiat-ing. One official in each sportwill be named “Outstanding Of-ficial of the Year” for his/hersport in appreciation of their de-dication and service to schoolsand student-athletes across thestate.

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Continued from Page B1

PARK HILLS — Growingup in Canton, Ohio, LouFries saw lacrosse takehold in northeastern Ohioand is hoping the samething happens in NorthernKentucky eventually.

Fries is the first-yearhead coach of the lacrosseprogram at CovingtonCatholic, one of three pro-grams in Northern Ken-tucky to take on the clubsport. CovCath has had thesport for about a decade.Dixie Heights also has ateam, and the third is an all-star team called the North-ern Kentucky Warriorswhich is mostly comprisedof Beechwood students buthas players from otherschools.

Fries hopes the sport issanctioned by the Ken-tucky High School Athletic

Association eventually butthat can only happen whenmore schools show inter-

est.“That’s one of my main

goals in coaching la-

crosse,” Fries said. “It wascatching on in northeastOhio when I was in middleschool. It’s just really aboutstarting these programs.One good thing we’re doingis getting more than 40kids on my team. We’ve gotabout 44 and that’s great.”

CovCath beat the twoother local teams in gamesApril 9 and hosts the War-riors on Thursday,April 16.

“We had this tourna-ment last year,” Fries said.“It was nice to bring backguys from the Easterbreak and get them backonto the field.”

Fries’ goal for the Colo-nels this year is to have a.500 record. They general-ly play more establishedteams downstate in Ken-tucky and in Ohio.

Seniors listed on theCovCath varsity roster in-clude Joe Marino, AlexBeckes, Craig McGhee,Robby Fields, AndrewWhitehead, Joe Pieper,Alex Wagner, Ben Zum-dick, Patrick Hennies, SamKathman and ChandlerBrooks.

The coach said lacrosseis a good sport for a varietyof athletes to enjoy.

“A lot of guys are brandnew to the sport,” he said.“One guy joined us a weekand a half ago and he hadtwo goals in a game. It has alot of contact like football,the field size of soccer, theendurance of soccer, andscheme-wise it’s a lot likebasketball.”

Follow James on Twitter,@JWeberSports

Colonels lacrosse keeps growing

FILE PHOTO

The Covington Catholic 2015 lacrosse team.

James [email protected]

Dixie Heights sen-ior Liza Tibbs andCovington Catholicsenior Bo Schuhparticipated in theOhio-Kentucky all-star basketball se-ries at ThomasMore CollegeApril 11. Ohio wonthe girls game andKentucky the boys.For game stories,visit www.cincin-nati.com/sports/ky-high-school/.

Colonels go to all-star game

JIM OSBORN FOR THE RECORDER

Kentucky’s Liza Tibbs, from Dixie Heights, defends Kym Royster during theOhio-Kentucky All Star game April 11.


Alex White of Lakota East and Bo Schuh of Covington Catholic collide asthey go after a rebound.


Kentucky’s Bo Schuh, of Covington Catholic, gets an easy bucket during thefirst half.


Ohio’s Kym Royster pulls down arebound in front of Kentucky’s LizaTibbs, from Dixie Heights HighSchool, during the Ohio-KentuckyAll Star game April 11.

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From their NorthernKentucky high schools tothe biggest NCAA stage, atrio of local divers con-tinue to make their pro-grams and coaches proudat the next level.

Carly Scheper (NotreDame), Justin Youtsey(Beechwood), and LoganStevens (Scott), eachearned their first trip tothe NCAA Division I na-tional championships inMarch. Stevens competesfor Virginia Tech, whileScheper and Youtsey bothcompete for Auburn.

“It has been very excit-ing to watch the NorthernKentucky divers continuetheir success as collegedivers,” said Alyson Heg-er, who coached bothYoutsey and Stevens inhigh school. “Northern

Kentucky has a great tra-dition of strong divers andit is not at all surprising tosee Carly, Logan, and Jus-tin continue to achievesuccess at the Division Ilevel in college.”

Scheper, an Auburn ju-nior, placed 34th in theplatform dive at the wom-en’s championship meetin Greensboro, N.C. Yout-sey, also an Auburn junior,placed 26th in the one-me-ter, 31st in the three-me-ter, and 40th in the plat-form dive in the men’schampionship meet at theUniversity of Iowa. Ste-vens, a junior at VirginiaTech, placed 27th in theplatform, 36th in thethree-meter, and 43rd inthe one-meter. He alsoearned the silver medal inthe three-meter at thisyear’s ACC champion-ship.

All three were team-

mates on the RedhawkElite Diving Academyclub teamin high school.When they return homeduring holidays, the cur-rent crop of NorthernKentucky divers picktheir brains for tips ondiving and the overall col-lege experience.

“The high school div-ers still talk about whenthey would watch Justinand Logan diving in highschool and ask what theyneed to do to be able todive like them,” said Heg-er. “Justin and Logan havebeen great role models forthe younger divers andstill maintain that role asthey discuss their collegeexperience with the highschool divers and therecruiting process withthe seniors. They con-tinue to inspire the highschool divers which isgreat to see.”

THANKS TO STEVE STEVENS

From left: Justin Youtsey, Carly Scheper and Logan Stevens, in a file photo, are now diving incollege where all three competed in the NCAA Division I national championships in March.

Local divers making a bigsplash at the college levelBy Adam [email protected]

FORT MITCHELL —Beechwood HighSchool’s archery teammade school history thismonth by earning a cov-eted position to competein the first-ever Ken-tucky High School Ath-letic Association state ar-chery championship.

Beechwood was run-ner-up in the KHSAADistrict 6 regional tour-nament held March 14,clearing the way forthem to compete at thestate championshipApril 23. Ryle HighSchool, having one of theoldest programs inNorthern Kentucky,came in first place. Theachievement for Beech-wood is particularly im-pressive because this isonly the team’s secondfull season.

Head coach Joe Oka, acompetition archer him-self, is very proud oftheir achievement espe-cially because of thecramped practice spacethey use in the cafeteria.

“These Beechwoodathletes have overcomeschools that have estab-lished programs withabundant practice spaceand practice time. It justgoes to show that archeryis a mental game and ourteam is full of greatminds,” Oka said.

Sixteen Beechwoodarchers and two alter-nates will make the tripto Lexington for the

championship. The teamhas 37 archers in all,ranging in age from sev-enth-graders to highschool seniors.

“I’m excited for thekids because theyworked really hard,” Okasaid. “I kind of thinkwe’re underdogs. Thereare more establishedprograms, schools thathave bigger gymnasiumsand can practice in thesettings that they face intournaments.”

In the team format,Beechwood had 16 scorescount in the regionalstandings. The Tigersfinished just five pointsahead of third-place Cal-vary Christian for thelast berth at state.

Emily Russ led theway with 279 points out ofa perfect 300. She rankedthird out of 102 girls. Ma-rie Adamick, a point be-hind at 278, ranked sixth.Matt Morehead, the topmale Tiger in the region-

al, shot 271 and ranked14th out of all boys.

Oka has been focusingon the mental side of thesport, having his archerskeep post-it notes in theirhomes and elsewhere asconstant reminders oftheir goals.

“To succeed in ar-chery one must be able tomake their mind still andfocus on form,” he said.“The mental aspect mustput the priority on formrather than score.”

Oka said the most ex-perienced archers in thetourney will shoot 290 orup in the state tourna-ment, and his Tigers willbe focusing on improve-ment.

“Having 12 archersover 270 is a realisticgoal,” he said. “That willshow real progress in ourprogram.”

Counting in the teamstandings at regionalswere Emily Russ 279,Marie Adamick 278, MattMorehead 271, Zach Ruh-land 271, Dean Rieselman268, Marley Rolf 268, Ka-ty Schwarz 266, PhilipCheek 265, Tate Schroe-der 264, Lian Haney 262,Jack Mikula 260, AshleyMullins 260, AndrewRobbins 259, JacksonVanderpool 257, JonahSteenken 255, BrennanGregory 254. Otherswere Parker Cornett 253,Lindsay Prince 253, Jes-sica Nottingham 242,Christian Buckley 240,Lindsey Hemmer 236,Noah Hale 234, John Tay-lor 230.

Beechwood archersshoot for the starsJames [email protected]

FILE PHOTO

Beechwood coach Joe Okagives a demonstrationduring an archery camp.

B4 • COMMUNITY RECORDER • APRIL 16, 2015 LIFE

loupe,peaches,pears,pineap-ples andtoma-toes. Youcanspeed uptheir rip-ening byplacingthem in asingle

layer in a large paper bagwith holes punchedthrough it.

Fold the opening of thebag over and leave it onthe counter while the fruitripens. The fruit releases

For most people, theupcoming months signalthe arrival of fresh, sea-sonal produce, whichpromises eating at its fin-est. However, sometimesthat produce isn’t as ripeas you need it to be.

Some produce that hastraveled a great distanceis picked while it is stillgreen and will not be ripewhen it reaches the store.For some fruits, you canspeed up the ripeningprocess at home.

Common fruits thatcan be ripened at home in-clude bananas, canta-

a gas that is then trappedin the bag, which speedsup the ripening process.Check the food daily to seewhether it’s ready to eat.Most fruit will ripen in abag within a day or two.

Some produce, includ-ing apples, blueberries,cherries, grapes, straw-berries and blackberries,will not ripen any more af-ter they have been picked.Refrigerate these fruitsimmediately after pur-chase to maintain the bestquality.

One of the best ways toget the freshest producepossible is to shop at yourlocal farmers market for

locally grown varieties.Most markets across thestate have opened or arepreparing to open soon.Since the food travels ashorter distance to reachlocal consumers, farmerscan pick their produce atits peak of ripeness, eitherthe night before or on theday of the market. For alisting of the FarmersMarkets in our area andtheir hours, contact theKenton County ExtensionOffice at 859-356-3155.

Kathy R. Byrnes is KentonCounty extension agent forfamily and consumer sci-ences.

Speed up the ripening process in fruit

GuestColumnistCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

‘Fowl play’ nets bigwin for CovingtonLatin

Covington Latin Schoolstudents resorted to “fowlplay” to raise money fortheir student council.

On March 28, 13 teamsof students, parents,teachers, friends and rela-tives loaded into their carswith a list of miscella-neous items and 11 chal-lenges for the first-everTrojan Trek.

The fundraiser wasmodeled after the “Amaz-ing Race.” The challengesranged from catching achicken at Tewes PoultryFarmto making a lay-up atthe Crescent Springs Parkbasketball court.

The event ended with apizza party at CovingtonLatin School, slide showfrom the different chal-lenge sites, prizes and a bitof University of Kentuckybasketball on the bigscreen.

“We have been plan-ning this event since thefall,” said student councilpresident Elizabeth Zalla.”We wanted to plan a fun,exciting and new fund-raiser that the whole fam-ily could enjoy.”

Boosters hostTaste of St. Henry

ERLANGER — The Ath-letic Boosters at St. HenryDistrict High School willhost their ninth annualTaste of St. Henry on April25.

Held in the cafeteriaand gym at the highschool, the annual eventhelps to raise funds to sup-port athletic programcosts that are not coveredby student tuition.

Join the Boosters forgreat food and games in-cluding a cornhole longtoss competition, euchregames, dice games, raf-fles, door prizes, musicand dancing. Doors openat 6 p.m. with food readyat 6:30 p.m.

Admission is $15 perperson at the door. Ad-vance tickets are avail-able for $12.50 atwww.shdhs.org. For infor-mation, call Sue Kolk-meier with questions at859-525-0255. Must be 21to attend.

Exhibit celebratesCovington’s past

From the time whenherds of buffalo carvedout the route of DixieHighway to the bourbon-fueled heyday of the1920s, Covington has had adynamic and colorful his-tory.

A collaboration be-tween Behringer-Craw-ford Museum and theMasters of Art in PublicHistory program atNorthern Kentucky Uni-versity, “Buffaloes andBourbon: 200 Years of Co-vington History” willchronicle the trials, inno-vations and accomplish-ments that have shapedthe city of Covington.

The exhibit, which cel-ebrates Covington’s bi-centennial, opens with areception at the museumat 6 p.m. Friday, April 24and will run through Aug.30.

For more informationabout NKU’s Masters ofArts in Public HistoryProgram, contact Dr. Bri-an Hackett at 859-572-6072 or [email protected].

Women’s Initiativehosts ‘Marketingwith Class’

The Northern Ken-tucky Chamber of Com-merce Women’s Initiativepresents its next profes-sional series event “Stra-tegic Communication”

presented by MichelleClass, president of Mar-keting with Class LLC.

Class has more than 15years of experience inmarketing, includingbuilding plans for col-leagues who are ready totake their career to thenext level. She will shareher experiences and helpguide attendees on assess-ing your current commu-nication skills, structur-ing effective communica-tion that works, under-standing how to elevateyourself without beingboastful and the rightcommunications for diffi-cult discussions.

The event will be 7:30to 9:30 a.m. May 6 at theMETS Center in Erlanger.

For registration infor-mation, contact Pam Mas-truserio at 859-578-6384 [email protected] can also view theevent online atnkychamber.com/events.Sponsors for this event in-clude; PNC Bank, Cors &Bassett, C-Forward andRainbow Child Care Cen-ter.

Ludlow schoolsseeks nominees forSBDM councils

LUDLOW — Nomina-tions are now being ac-cepted for parent mem-bers of both the LudlowElementary (Mary GoetzElementary) and LudlowHigh School Site-BasedDecision Making Councilsfor the 2015-2016 schoolyear.

Nomination forms canbe picked up in the schooloffices, and all nomina-tions are due to the re-spective schools by 3:30p.m. on Friday, April 24.

Nominees must have achild who will be attend-ing the respective schoolfor the upcoming schoolyear.

Voting for both schoolswill be held from 5:30 p.m.to 7:30 p.m. on May 1in theschool cafeteria. To be eli-gible to vote, one musthave a child who will be at-tending the respectiveschool for the upcomingschool year.

For details, e-mail theLudlow PTO atwww.ludlowpto.org.

COMMUNITY BRIEFS

THANKS TO MARY ANN ZALLA

Covington Latin studentDominic Braun holds achicken at the Tewes PoultryFarm in Erlanger. It was thefourth challenge of theTrojan Trek, a fundraiseralong the lines of the“Amazing Race.”

Cleveland AngelCleveland “Russell” Angel, 76,

of Independence, died April 2 atSt. Elizabeth Healthcare Hospicein Edgewood.

He was a retired machineoperator for U.S. Playing CardCo. in Norwood. He was a sportsfan and loved following theUniversity of Cincinnati Bearcatsand Cincinnati Reds and Bengals.He also enjoyed bluegrass music,fishing, boating and camping.

Survivors include his wife,Mary “Jean” Green Angel;

daughter, Patsy Piercefield; son,Paul Angel; sisters Jean Jonesand Dell Hartig; brothers Johnand Jim Angel; and five grand-children along with three great-grandchildren.

Memorials: St. ElizabethHealthcare Hospice, 1 MedicalVillage Drive, Edgewood, KY41017.

Jackie BallJackie “Jack” Lee Ball, 62, of

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Burial was at Highland Ceme-tery in Fort Mitchell.

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Lorraine BryantLorraine Edna Bryant, 84, of

Sheridan, Oregon, and formerlyof Taylor Mill and Edgewood,died April 1.

She was a long-standingmember of Latonia BaptistChurch, where she taught andparticipated in the choir. Shevolunteered for the SalvationArmy and worked as a teller andlater as a cashier at Kroger. Herhobbies included dining out,playing cards, and board games.

Her husband, Harry BruceBryant; and daughter, Judy LynnBryant, died previously.

Survivors include her daugh-ter, Jenny Lynn Bryant Riley ; andtwo grandsons.

Burial was at Floral HillsGardens in Taylor Mill.

Frank ConnellyFrank Connelly, 80, of Morn-

ing View, died April 2.He was retired from the

Kenton County Road Depart-ment.

Survivors include his daughtersMelissa Aylor, Onie Thompson,and Roxanne Scroggins; sonsTerry Lawrence and Tony Connel-ly; brother, Arthur Connelly;sisters Rennie Roland and JanetDurr; and seven grandchildrenalong with three great-grand-children.

Burial was at Goshen ChristianChurch Cemetery in Piner.

Ronald CurtisRonald “Steve” Curtis, 76, of

Taylor Mill, died April 5.He was a U.S. Army veteran

and was a computer program-mer for AT&T. He was a memberof Violet Ridge Church of Christ,where served on many commit-tees, most recently the eldershipcommittee. He was a formerelder at Elsmere Church ofChrist. He founded Taylor MillBoosters, the Scott Eagle Club,and he coached many youthsports.

Survivors include his wife,Jewell Rita Ballinger Curtis;daughters Angela Franke of FortThomas and Susan Kinman ofIndependence; sons Mark Curtisof Boise, Idaho, Barry Curtis ofFlorence, and Patrick Curtis ofIndependence; sister Doris Jett ofBatavia; and 10 grandchildren.

Burial was at Peach GroveCemetery of Pendleton County.

Memorials: Violet RidgeChurch of Christ, 1000 VioletRoad, Crittenden, KY 41030.

Charlotte DeupreeCharlotte Newlin Deupree, 96,

of Fort Wright, died April 6 inCharleston, South Carolina.

She was a homemaker andworked for many years as afashion model in Cincinnati forGidding-Jenny, Henry Harris,Pogue’s, McAlpin’s and Shillito’s.She was a graduate of SeabreezeHigh School and Duke Univer-sity, where she was a member ofKappa Alpha Theta Sorority. In aseries of articles on beautifulwomen in 1973 The CincinnatiEnquirer named her as the “Firstof the Queen City Beauties.” She

was a member and served on theboards of several organizationsand charities, including theCincinnati Woman’s Club, JuniorLeague of Cincinnati, CincinnatiOpera Guild, Cincinnati Sympho-ny Club, Cincinnati Art Museum,World Piano Competition, WorldChoir Games, Northern KentuckyHeritage League, NorthernKentucky YMCA, Salvation Army,and the Junior Board of theCovington Protestant Children’sHome. She was a member ofSecond Church of Christ Scientistin Cincinnati.

Her husband, William J. Deu-pree Jr.; daughter, Mary JaneDeupree Childers; son, William J.Deupree III; and twin sister,Lorraine Newlin Clay, diedpreviously.

Survivors include three grand-sons along with a great-grand-daughter.


Memorials: The First Church ofChrist Scientist, 210 Massachu-setts Ave., Boston MA 02115.

Gerald FitzenbergerGerald R. Fitzenberger, 68, of

Erlanger, died April 2 at the VAMedical Center in Cincinnati.

He was a beer salesman anddriver for Link Distributing formore than 17 years. He wasinvolved with the Hobo Club inLudlow, was an avid Universityof Kentucky fan, and was a U.S.Air Force veteran who served inthe Vietnam War.

His brothers Ronald, David,and William, died previously.

Survivors include his wife,Linda Fitzenberger; sons MichaelFitzenberger of Erlanger andMatt Fitzenberger of Covington;sister, Joan Zeis of Villa Hills; andthree grandchildren along withtwo great-grandchildren.

Memorials: Big Stef Inc., P.O.Box 721844, Newport, KY, 41072.

Ruth GavinRuth Mary Borg Gavin, 91, of

Villa Hills, died April 7 at St.Elizabeth Healthcare Hospice inEdgewood.

She was a homemaker andactive member of Blessed Sacra-ment Church.

Her husband, Paul Gavin, diedpreviously.


Memorials: The PassionistNuns, 1151 Donaldson Highway,Erlanger KY 41018; or BlessedSacrament School, 2409 DixieHighway, Fort Mitchell, KY41017.

Barbara HamiltonBarbara Hamilton, 65, of

Latonia, died April 5 at IvyWoods Care Center in Cincinnati.

Her husband, David Hamilton;parents, Werner and JeanetteBedel; and brothers Steve andLarry Bedel, died previously.

Survivors include her childrenMichael Hamilton and SaraWilliams; siblings Teresa Wehr,Cathy Boyle, Laura Edmondson,Keith Bedel, and Annette Deck-ard; and eight grandchildren.

Cora JacksonCora Noble Boles Jackson, 80,

of Elsmere and formerly ofGlencoe, died April 6 at Wood-crest Manor of Elsmere.

She retired as a meal packerfor Sky Chef and was also a cookfor Stringtown Restaurant, acaregiver, and a member ofImmanuel Baptist Church.

Her sisters Alice Smith, MattieCrouch, Goldie Harris; andbrothers Jerry Noble, Jake Noble,Ned Noble, Junior Noble, andJohnny Noble, died previously.

Survivors include her daugh-ters Barbara Thomas and PhyllisBoles, both of Walton; sons RayBoles of Sand Gap, Kentucky,John Boles of Warsaw, ThomasBoles Umatilla, Florida, and JakeBoles of Warsaw; sister, NancyPowell of Florence; and 15grandchildren along with 31great-grandchildren and manygreat-great-grandchildren.

Burial was at Floral HillsMemorial Gardens.

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

Paula KirnPaula J. Kirn, 59, of Edge-

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She was the art teacher atImmaculate Heart of MarySchool in Burlington for morethan 20 years and was active inthe Special Olympics.

Her mother, Mary Felthaus,died previously.

Survivors include her husband,Paul Kirn; daughters RachelRosberg of Covington, LeahBarnette of Crescent Springs,and Hanna Kirn of Edgewood;father, Robert Felthaus of Lake-side Park; sisters Christine Wieckof Rhode Island, Lynn Stolz ofCovington, and Susan Souther ofMontgomery; brother, BrianFelthaus of Cincinnati; and twograndchildren.

Interment was at St. John’sCemetery in Fort Mitchell.

Memorials: Special Olympicsof Northern Kentucky, P.O. Box393, Florence, KY 41042; orMelanoma Know More, 10945Reed Hartman Highway, Suite323, Cincinnati, OH 45242.

Ruth MatraciaRuth F. Matracia, 65, of Ken-

ton County, died April 4.She graduated from Wright

State and received her master’sdegree from UK. She spent 21years teaching for the Diocese ofCovington at St. Agnes School,Christ the King in Lexingtonwhere she served as principal,and St. Mark in Richmond. Sheworked for 22 years for Pearsonin textbook publishing. She wasan avid UK fan, golfer, traveler,and decorator.

Her parents, Mike Sr. and RuthMatracia, died previously.

Survivors include her siblingsMary Ann Bromwell, MikeMatracia, Marilyn Lunn, JohnMatracia, and Amy Matracia

Burial was at St. John Ceme-tery.

Memorials: The Jimmy VFoundation, 106 TowerviewCourt, Cary, NC 27513; or St.Elizabeth Healthcare Hospice,483 S. Loop Drive, Edgewood,KY 41017.

Marvin MossMarvin Harry Moss, 94, of

Edgewood, died March 28 atHillebrand Nursing Home.

He was a retired molder withMichael Art and Bronze, U.S.Navy veteran of World War IIhaving served on the PacificFront, and was a member ofBlessed Sacrament Church in FortMitchell.

His son, Dale Moss, diedpreviously.

Survivors include his wife,Margaret Moss of Fort Mitchell;daughter, Debbie Luckerman ofCleves, Ohio; and a granddaugh-ter along with four great-grand-children.

Burial was at St. Mary Ceme-tery.

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

Mary PoppMary Loraine Popp, 95, of

Latonia, died April 2 at Provi-

dence Pavilion in Covington.She was a member of Holy

Cross Church in Latonia, HolyCross 50 Plus Club, and St. An-thony Auxiliary No. 88. She hadembroidered the baptismalscapulars for Holy Cross Churchsince 1990. She played softball asa teenager and had a love forbaseball. She also handmademore than 20 quilts.

Her husband, John “Jack” E.Popp; son, John J. Popp; grand-son, Mark A. Popp; and fourbrothers and three sisters, diedpreviously.

Survivors include her daugh-ter, Jan Popp; sisters DeloresLandwehr, Aurelia Fitzpatrick,Jeanette Brady, Audrey DeRosa,and Joan Stratman; brothersWalter Anneken and RaymondAnneken; and two grandchil-dren along with two great-grandchildren.

Interment was at Mother ofGod Cemetery in Fort Wright.

Memorials: Holy Cross Church.

Phyllis RemkePhyllis Ann Remke, 79, of Fort

Mitchell, died April 6.She graduated high school

from Villa Madonna Academyand then attended Villa Madon-na College. She began her careerat Hartford Insurance Co., whereshe traveled all over the country.She then worked at RemkeMarkets in the human resourcesdepartment. She was a memberof Blessed Sacrament Church.

Survivors include her siblingsJean Koester, Martha Suetholz,Bobbie Dreyer, and Bill Remke.

Burial was at Mother of GodCemetery.

Memorials: Villa MadonnaAcademy or St. Walburg Monas-tery, 2500 Amsterdam Road,Villa Hills, KY 41017.

Walter RiebeWalter Fred Riebe, 73 of

Erlanger, died April 2.Survivors include his wife,

Polly Riebe; children StephanieSmith, Julie Bunting, JeffreySherry, Jill Wendel, Chas Riebe,and Clarence Riebe; and 15grandchildren along with fivegreat-grandchildren.

Memorials: To cover medicalexpenses, donations may bemade to the Bank of Kentucky,C/O Polly Riebe.

Barry ScottBarry Dane Scott, 69, of Fort

Mitchell, died April 5.He was a retired computer

repair technician with GeneralElectric. He enjoyed playing golfand watching football.

Survivors include his brother,Roger Scott; and sister, KimberlyHendershot.

Memorials: Disabled AmericanVeterans, 3725 Alexandria Pike,Cold Spring, KY 41076.

William SearsWilliam “Bill” Sears, 90 of

Erlanger, died April 4 at Wood-crest Nursing Home.

He was a U.S. Army veteran,who enlisted at Fort ThomasArmory on March 23, 1943, and

served during World War II. Hewas also a member of GreenviewBaptist Church. He loved totravel.

His wife, Gladys Sears, diedpreviously.

Survivors include his childrenRick Sears, Cheri Daniels, DarylSears, and Connie Siefert; and 10grandchildren along with fivegreat-grandchildren.

Memorials: Hospice of theBluegrass, 7388 Turfway Road,Florence, KY 41042.

Burial was at Floral HillsMemorial Gardens.

Joseph TerlauJoseph H. Terlau, 89, of Ken-

ton County, died April 2 atRosedale Green Care Center inLatonia.

He was a mechanic and bodyshop worker with Fort MitchellGarage. He also painted signsand truck lettering in his garage.

His brothers, Edward andRichard Terlau, died previously.

Burial was at St. John Ceme-tery.

Memorials: Blessed SacramentChurch, 2409 Dixie Highway,Fort Mitchell, KY 41017.

Rae TuckerRae Carol Raper Tucker, 69, of

Burlington, died April 3 at St.Elizabeth Medical Center inFlorence.

She was a homemaker.Survivors include her daugh-

ters Rhonda Lay of Burlington,Lynn Pruennt of Avondale,Arizona, Tonya Fossett of Char-lotte, North Carolina, CindayTucker of Florence, and KarlaTucker of Burlington; son, Ron-ald Tucker Jr. of Independence;brothers Joseph Raper of Owen-ton, Carl Raper Jr. of Covington,and Gary Raper of Erlanger;sisters Joyce Raper of Independ-ence, Peggy Colston of Coving-ton, and Melinda Smith ofCovington; former husband andfriend, Ronald Tucker Sr. ofChiefland, Florida; and 14 grand-children along with 23 great-grandchildren.

Billie WilliamsBillie J. Williams, 87, of Flor-

ence and formerly of KentonCounty, died April 3 at herhome.

She served as a secretary forthe Kentucky State HighwayDepartment and Square D. Shewas a member of ImmanuelUnited Methodist Church inLakeside Park, Edgewood Home-makers Club, and she served as apast president of the PTA forDixie Heights High School. Shewas a 1945 graduate of SimonKenton High School and stillattended monthly lunches withother members of her graduat-ing class. She was an avid fan ofUK athletics, specifically, thebasketball team.

Her husband, Earl ThomasWilliams, died previously.

Survivors include her childrenToni Newton, Tom Williams, andTroy Williams; sister, Sherri Allen;and eight grandchildren alongwith 10 great-grandchildren.

Burial was at Forest LawnMemorial Park in Erlanger.

Memorial: Hospice of theBluegrass, 7388 Turfway Road,Florence, KY 41042

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