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UNION — Remembered asrenaissance man, a gentlemanfarmer, a Northern Kentuckyinstitution and a visionary forBoone County, Bruce Fergusonhas died at age 86.

Ferguson died around 11p.m.Sunday at Colonial Heights as-sisted living home in Florence,said his son Stuart Ferguson.

Ferguson, born in 1929,

served as Boone County judge-executive for 24 years. He wasfirst elected in 1964 and serveduntil 1982, then returned to theposition from 1986 to 1992.

Known for helping establishthe Northern Kentucky Tri-County Economic DevelopmentCorp., Boone County’s first hos-pital and the county water sys-tem, Ferguson also served onthe Boone County Board of Edu-cation and was commissionerfor the Department of LocalGovernments from 1992-1996.

“Boone County would not bewhat it is today without the tre-mendous leadership and visionof Bruce Ferguson,” said BooneCounty Judge-executive GaryMoore. “We are saddened tohear this tragic news. Ourhearts and prayers go out to hisfamily and friends.”

State Sen. John Schickel, R-Union, called Ferguson “aNorthern Kentucky institu-tion.”

Ferguson was the judge-ex-ecutive when Schickel joined

the Florence Police Depart-ment in the fall of 1977.

“He was a larger than life fig-ure for me,” Schickel said. “Hewas always a public servantfirst. We’re blessed that he had afull life.”

“Bruce just loved people andhe loved this county. I feel sofortunate to have known himand worked with him as his as-sistant and an office holder,”said Pat Raverty, who worked

BRUCE FERGUSON:A visionary for Boone CountyChris Mayhew and Amy [email protected],[email protected]

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Former Boone CountyJudge-executive Bruce Ferguson,shown here with his dog Amy, diedSunday at age 86.See FERGUSON, Page 2A

An investigation into Fridaynight’s crash in Boone Countyinvolving three Cooper HighSchool students shows thedriver lost control of the vehi-cle before before the seriouscollision.

Paige Brickler, 18, of Bur-lington, was driving north onCamp Ernst Road when part ofher Toyota Camry went off theroad, according to an initial in-vestigation from the BooneCounty Sheriff’s Office.

Investigators say Bricklerthen overcorrected her steer-ing, causing her car to “travelinto a critical yaw” and crossinto the opposing lane of traf-fic.

Brickler’s Camry struck aNissan Murano head-on,driven by Philip Hester, 50, ofHebron.

Andrew McMullen, 19, ofUnion, was riding in the backseat of the Camry and wasejected and thrown approxi-mately 84 feet from the origi-nal point of the collision, offi-cials said. He was flown bymedical helicopter to the Uni-versity of Cincinnati MedicalCenter with life-threateninginjuries.

Friday night, The Recorderspoke with McMullen’s moth-er, Pam Sue Thomas, who wasgrateful for the outpouring ofsupport by her son’s class-mates who held a candlelight

vigil at Cooper High School. “Yes it helps,” Thomas said.

“Really it’s in God’s handsthough.”

On Saturday, Thomas saidMcMullen was in stable condi-tion. She said he suffered inter-nal bleeding in his head, fluidin his lungs and several brokenbones in his face and neck.

On Monday doctors re-moved the tube that was pump-ing out excess fluid from An-drew’s lungs, Thomas said,calling it “one more baby step.”

Also on Monday, “Wesearched the field where theaccident occurred and foundAndrew’s phone and glasses,”Thomas said. “It looks like an-gels carried him to the spotwhere he was found.”

Travis Liversgowdy, 18, ofFlorence, was the front seatpassenger in the Camry andwas extricated from thewrecked vehicle by emergen-cy crews. Officials said he alsowas flown to UCMC with life-threatening injuries.

Liversgowdy was in criticalcondition around noon on Sat-urday.

Liversgowdy’s sister, Don-nie Liversgowdy, told The En-quirer her brother was “betterthan yesterday” on Saturdayafternoon.

Both Brickler and Hesterwere transported to UCMCwith non-life threatening inju-ries.

Driver overcorrected in Fridaycrash, sheriff’s office says Henry Molski and Nancy [email protected],[email protected]

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One of the vehicles involved in a crash that required two medicalhelicopters to transport victims Friday evening.

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BURLINGTON — Since GaryMoore was elected to BooneCounty’s top government postin 1998, he has taken on an in-creasing number of presti-gious roles in the region andthe nation.

Moore serves as presidentof the National Association ofRegional Councils, second vicepresident of the KentuckyCounty Judge-Executives As-sociation and chair-elect of Tri-County Economic Develop-ment Corp., known locally asTri-ED.

His other roles include sub-committee chair of the TransitSubcommittee for the Trans-portation Steering Committeeat the National Association ofCounties, chair of the LocalStreets and Roads Committeefor Kentuckians for BetterTransportation, as well as OKIRegional Council of Govern-ments past president, St. Eliza-beth Healthcare trustee,Northern Kentucky Chamberof Commerce board member,Northern Kentucky Univer-sity Foundation, the GreaterCincinnati YMCA and the DanBeard Council of Boy Scouts.

Moore has served as presi-dent of the Kentucky Jayceesand on the board of the Ken-tucky Chamber of Commerceand has provided leadershipand service to many communi-ty groups.

Question: What is your big-

gest goal as president of thisorganization?

Answer: I have workedhard to make sure that there ismeaningful dialogue about theissues affecting local govern-ments and regions, to promotecollaborative approaches tothose challenges and to ensurethose issues are priorities withrespect to the federal govern-ment.

Local governments are be-ing asked to take on so manyresponsibilities with fewer re-sources that we must work to-gether to be successful andhave a strong voice in Wash-ington.

Q: How does your involve-ment help Boone County?

A: The whole reason for mynational and state involvementis to keep Boone County grow-ing and prosperous and to pro-mote the wonderful thingshappening in our community.Interacting with leaders fromaround the country gives me aunique perspective which al-lows me to learn about innova-tive approaches to problems,gain insight on creative waysto enhance our infrastructureand service delivery and buildrelationships that will be bene-ficial in the future.

Q: The National Associationof Regional Councils and otherorganizations recently request-

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Amy [email protected]

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ed counties receive 50percent more fundingfrom the Surface Trans-portation Program, orSTP. What differencewould the increase from50 to 75 percent make tocities across the coun-try?

A: Most of our majorprojects like the newSingle Point Urban In-terchange (SPUI) at Ky.237 and Camp ErnstRoad, the widening ofPleasant Valley Road,and the improvementsto North Bend Roadnorth of Hebron are allfunded with STP funds.A major increase in thisfunding would enable usto accomplish other ma-jor highway improve-

ment in our fast-grow-ing community.

Q: What differencewould that increasemake to Boone County?

A: Additional STPdollars would likely fundprojects like the widen-ing of Frogtown Road,improvements to theGraves Road Interstate275 area, the widening ofGunpowder Road fromU.S. 42 to Mt. Zion Roadand a new SPUI at U.S.25 and Mt Zion Road.

Q: What is your big-gest goal for transporta-tion improvements inBoone County?

A: During my tenureas judge-executive Ihave worked hard to im-prove connectivity andease congestionthroughout the county,while opening avenuesto land that is well situat-ed for future economicdevelopment. Projectslike Aero Parkway andthe SPUI at Ky. 18 and237 are wonderful exam-ples of these efforts.

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Residents that live onCamp Ernst Road werenot surprised by the acci-dent.

“Every year there areat least three or four ofthese bad accidents onthis road,” said DrewDringenburg, of Burling-ton. “People regularlydrive 70 (mph) over thishill.”

Drigenburg and hisneighbor, Sarah Griffin,

said the road’s new speedlimit of 35 mph is 10 mphlower than it was severalyears ago, but people stillspeed through the valley.

“We have called thesheriff’s office severaltimes,” Griffin said. “Wewrite emails. We’ve evenhad people offer to sit andwatch on our drivewayand watch. Every day Ifeel like we risk our livesjust pulling out of thedriveway.”

The neighborhood is ahigh-growth area that hashad construction of Ran-dall K. Cooper High

School and LongbranchElementary. Nearby Cen-tral Park, the Boone Coun-ty Arboretum and CampErnst Lake Park have in-creased traffic, neigh-bors agreed.

The design phase is un-derway for reconstruc-tion of the intersection ofLongbranch Road andCamp Ernst Road.

Boone County plans tospend $524,640 on widen-ing Longbranch Roadfrom Camp Ernst to thehigh school and whichwould help provide moresidewalks.

CrashContinued from Page 1A

with Ferguson for sevenyears at the Boone CountyFiscal Court. He viewsFerguson as his mentor,but also his friend.

“It was a blessing forme to have worked withhim and to have knownhim. I was extremely for-tunate to have dinner withhim on Saturday,” Raver-ty said.

Raverty got last-min-ute reservations to jointhe Dinsmore Home-stead’s Derby garden par-ty, and said he and hiswife, Patty, spent the af-ternoon laughing, remi-niscing and making newmemories with Ferguson.

“He was a progressiveperson, a real renaissanceman, a man for all sea-sons,” said Raverty.“Bruce led a life well-lived.”

Ferguson was one ofthe the last Democrats to

lead Boone County, just asthe county was changingfrom being dominated byfarmland to being dom-inated by airport-drivengrowth.

He campaigned to es-tablish Big Bone LickState Park in 1960. He waspresident of Big BoneHistorical Association,and said he hiked the areaas a boy, often finding ar-tifacts.

“Without him, therewouldn’t have been a BigBone Lick State Park,”said Pat Fox, president ofthe Friends of Big Bone.“Had he not gone fund-raising in the largest andsmallest of ways, therewould not have been mon-ey to purchase land forthe park in the early ‘60s.He will be missed. He wasjust part of Boone County.I can’t imagine BooneCounty without him.”

Florence Mayor DianeWhalen knew Fergusonfor many years. Fergusonserved as judge-execu-tive when Whalen’s fatherC.M. “Hop” Ewing servedas mayor of Florence andshe went to Boone CountyHigh School with his chil-dren.

Whalen said that Fer-guson was “a gentlemanfarmer.”

“He loved the earthand kept a farm andshared that love with hisfamily,” she said. “Any-body you talk to will saythe same thing, he was in-strumental in laying thefoundation and buildingblocks that have allowedBoone County to developthe way that it has – a pros-perous, great place to live.“He dedicated his life tothe betterment of BooneCounty.”

Cause of death isn’tknown yet, but Stuart saidhis father previously suf-fered from an aortic aneu-rysm. Stuart said his fa-ther had been ill, and fam-ily members were visitinghim in turns over theweekend.

“When he got really,really bad, we called 911,but it was just too late,”Stuart said.

In politics, Stuart saidhis father was motivatedto find solutions.

“He was about the artof the compromise,” Stu-art said of his father.

Even when people saidno to Ferguson, he soughtto work with them to findcommon ground on zon-ing conflicts and other is-sues, Stuart said.

“The other day a politi-cal colleague of his came

up to me and asked how hewas doing,” Stuart said.“He said, ‘Boy I wish Icould see your dadagain’.” When your ene-mies can say that it meansso much.”

Glencairn Farm inUnion, in the family forgenerations, is where Stu-art said his father grewup.

“He had really closeties to the land,” Stuartsaid of his father.

“It was his mother’sfarm, and it was his moth-er’s mothers’ farm,” Stu-art said.

Stith Funeral Home ishandling arrangements,Stuart said. Ferguson issurvived by five children.

“In accordance to ourfather’s wishes, we’re notgoing to have a funeral,but we will have a memo-rial service,” Stuart said.

“He will be cremated,and his ashes will be scat-tered on the farm,” Stuartsaid of his father’s re-mains.

There will be a celebra-tion of life 2-4 p.m. Sun-day, June 14, at FarmHaven on Tadpole Lane inUnion.

Melissa Stewart contributedto this article.

FergusonContinued from Page 1A

Boone PVAschedulesinspections

BURLINGTON — TheBoone County PVA Officewill inspect properties inHickory Glen II, Straw-berry Hill and HanoverPark along with new con-struction, farms and com-mercial propertiesthroughout the county.

Staff members will bein a marked vehicle andhave IDavailable upon re-quest.

For information, con-tact Cindy Arlinghaus atcindy.arling haus@boone-countyky. org.

Dinsmore hostsgenerational tea

BURLINGTON — Thehistoric Dinsmore Home-stead will host a genera-tional tea from 11 a.m. to 1p.m. Saturday, June 6.

Cost is $20 per person.Call Cathy Collopy at 859-586-6117 for more infor-mation.

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FLORENCE — With acrochet hook and a ball ofyarn, Donna Logan andher friends are fightingcancer.

The elementary schoolteacher started NorthernKentucky’s first chapterof Crochet for Cancer, aninternational Christianvolunteer-based nonprof-it that donates handmadecaps to cancer centers forpatients coping with hairloss. Logan’s group is oneof nearly 70 chaptersthroughout 32 states, Can-ada and Australia.

Since January, Loganhas worked with DebbieSchroeder and DonnaLohr to donate 80 hats, 35prayer cloths and fourprayer shawls to the St.Elizabeth Breast Centerin Edgewood.

Logan’s group, namedMy Sister’s Gifts, fills bas-kets with crocheted cre-ations to be picked up forfree at the hospital. Shesaid she named the groupin memory of the two sis-ters she lost at early ages,one of whom died as a re-sult of breast cancer. Shealso started a Facebookpage, and she can bereached by email at [email protected] calling 859-653-6035.

“I know my sisterswould be helping me withthis cause. That’s why Inamed the chapter MySisters’ Gifts,” she said.“The donations are bothfor my sisters and frommy sisters.”

When Logan was 8, hergrandmother taught herto crochet. She spentmany snow days at homemaking things from yarn.

“We are only currently

serving one cancer cen-ter, but the need is muchgreater. With more volun-teers and donations, wecan impact so many morepatients battling cancer.People of all ages are inneed of love, kindness andsupport as they wage thefight of their lives.”

Lohr said she just likesto crochet. “Crocheting isa stress reliever for me. Iknow I can give it to some-one,” she said. “I’d muchrather sit and crochetthan do almost anything.If I can put a smile onsomeone’s face because Idid this, that’s great.”

Logan found that manypeople donate to cancerresearch, but often over-look the patients who arebattling cancer and recov-ering from chemothera-py. She said making hatsand brightening the livesof people who are suffer-ing from cancer is such asmall thing to do, but theresults have made a bigimpact on the patients.

It's often very cold in-side a treatment room,and a bald head often isseen negatively as a signof sickness. The caps pro-vide warmth, dignity anda sense of style.

They’re also makingknitted and stuffed ad-

justable bra inserts. “The hospital invited

me to see if we could makethese ‘knitted knockers,’”Logan said. “I’ve heard ofpeople who have prosthet-ics but don’t wear thembecause they’re uncom-fortable”

Logan hopes they’ll getvolunteers and possiblydonations. They acceptyarn, gift cards to craftstores, quart- or two-gal-lon zip-top storage bags.

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Debbie Schroeder and Donna Lohr help crochet hats and other accessories for My Sister’s Gifts,a Crochet for Cancer chapter in Florence.

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Debbie Schroeder of MySister's Gifts chapter ofCrochet for Cancer works ona hat to be donated to acancer patient.

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UNION — Big Bone LickState Historical Site couldbe restored to the way itlooked when DanielBoone first came to thearea in the 1700s, accord-ing to a plan unveiled bythe Friends of Big Bone.

Kentucky’s Parks

Commissioner ElaineWalker attended the April30 meeting at the BooneCounty Public Library’smain branch, along withrepresentatives of theBoone Conservancy,Boone County Conserva-tion District and NorthernKentucky University’sCenter for EnvironmentalRestoration.

“What is the one parkin Kentucky that has aconnection to ThomasJefferson and BenjaminFranklin?” asked Walker.“To think that Jeffersonand Franklin studiedbones from Big Bone Lickis amazing. I get so excit-ed when I think about theextent of this project.This compliments the

true value of Big BoneLick State Historical Siteand every time I see it, Iwant to talk about it.”

The park restoration,which covers nearly 400of the park’s 525 acres,will be funded by $2.4 mil-lion from ash storage inGallatin County, a pro-gram in which NKU’sCenter for Environmental

Restoration has collected$13 million to be used inrestoration projectsthroughout the state, and$300,000 from the U.S. De-partment of Fish andWildlife from bat habitatmitigation funds, accord-ing to Vic Vanover, pro-ject manager for NKU’sCenter for Environmen-tal Restoration. None ofthese funds are from taxrevenues.

“This will kind of, sortof, take the site back towhat it would have lookedlike just in advance ofcontact, just before Dan-iel Boone and the Frenchcame through,” said DeanHenson, park manager ofBig Bone Lick State His-toric Site. “This is thrill-ing.”

Dave Geohegan of theBoone Conservancy, whoworked with the other or-ganizations to create therestoration plan, said theproject could still takeyears to begin, because ofplanning, checking forhistoric artifacts in theareas to be renovated andwaiting on permits fromthe Army Corps of Engi-neers. He said “optimisti-cally” the project couldstart in three to five years.

The plan includes re-moving ball fields to cre-ate a new wetland areaand relocate the roadwaythrough the festival park-ing area, planting prairiegrasses in areas that arecurrently mowed, remov-ing basketball courts inthe center of the park totransform that area to awetland and wildlife habi-tat, redirecting parts ofBig Bone Creek andstrengthening its banks,and creating elevated

walkways to allow moreaccess to visitors.

“We are hoping this be-comes a model through-out the nation,” said Geo-hegan.

Another model for fu-ture consideration wouldbe the “unprecedented co-operation” among the fed-eral and state wildlife de-partments, Kentucky’sparks department, BooneCounty Conservancy,Boone County Conserva-tion District, NKU andBig Bone Lick State His-toric Site management.

Friends of Big Bone isalso hosting an Indiegogocampaign to raise fundsfor the renovation of thesite’s visitor center.

For more information,visitfriendsofbigbone.org.

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Dave Geohegan of the BooneConservancy details some ofthe improvements plannedfor Big Bone Lick StateHistoric Site.

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Chihuly inspired

THANKS TO EMILY FREIHOFER

Cindy Rouse’s art class at Immaculate Heart of Mary School in Burlingtonstudied the works of Dale Chihuly, known for his beautiful glass blowncreations. The students then made their own Dale Chihuly inspiredchandelier out of recycled water bottles.

Tooth Fairy visits

THANKS TO EMILY FREIHOFER

The Tooth Fairy visited the kindergarten class at Immaculate Heart of MarySchool in Burlington to teach the children about dental health and theimportance of visiting their dentist regularly.

Covington CatholicHigh School has an-nounced that 11 studentshave been accepted to the2015 Kentucky Gover-nor’s Scholars Program.

They are Coire Ayres,Logan Boyle, BenjaminDarpel, Adam Flynn, Aus-tin Flynn, Samuel Hacker,Daniel Kleier, MitchellMacKnight, SamuelRomes, Matthew Roseand Lucas Timmerman.

Students were evaluat-

ed in areas of service, ex-tracurricular activities,academics and writingsubmissions against top-level students from allaround Kentucky. Theyare now invited to partici-pate in the five-week resi-dential program this com-ing summer.

The intent of the Gov-ernor’s Scholars Programis to enhance Kentucky’snext generation of civicand economic leaders.

Covington CatholicPrincipal Bob Rowe said,“All of us at CovingtonCatholic are very proud ofthese 11 students. This isan outstanding accom-plishment reflecting theirachievement across thescope of the mission thatCovCath embraces – edu-cating young men spiri-tually, academically,physically and socially.Our entire communitycongratulates them all.”

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Front row, from left: Logan Boyle, Lucas Timmerman, Austin Flynn, Daniel Kleier and MatthewRose. Back row: Coire Ayres, Adam Flynn, Samuel Romes, Mitchell MacKnight, Samuel Hackerand Benjamin Darpel.

11 CovCath students accepted toGovernor’s Scholars Program

Villa Madonna studentwins NationalScholastic Art Award

Villa Madonna Academy ju-nior Elizabeth Byun recentlyearned national recognition inThe Scholastic Art & WritingAwards of 2015.

National winners have beenidentified by panels of cre-ative professionals as the mosttalented young artists andwriters in the nation.

This year, 300,000 works ofart and writing were submit-ted.

Only the top 1 percent wererecognized at the national lev-el. Elizabeth has been invitedto attend a ceremony at Carne-gie Hall on June 11.

Bryun’s art teacher is JanHerrmann.

Conner FFA named ‘Bestof Boone’

Conner FFA was recentlynamed 2014-2015’s Best ofBoone, after the Boone CountyFFA Invitational Speech Con-test.

The FFA members who par-ticipated are Logan Arnett,Bradii Walton, Shelby Frye,Hannah Birdwell, BrittanyHardesty, Allana McCarty, Ta-koda Walton and Gene Wagner.

The students gave speechesover topics such as Beef, Crop,Floral, Greenhouse, Equine,Prepared Public and Agricul-ture Mechanics.

This event is held, as a prac-tice, for the Northern Ken-tucky Regional Contest, heldat Grant County High School.Evan Stevens brought home aSuperior second, and will con-tinue on to compete at the StateFFA Convention in Lexington.

Chelsea Mobley charmedthe audience with her violin,featuring “Amazing Grace.”

Duerstock is NotreDame’s Student of theMonth

Notre Dame sophomoreEmma Duerstock is describedby her English teacher, LindaBricking as “industrious, self-motivated, thoughtful and in-volved.”

Bricking also adds that“Emma is always preparedand chooses to take on projectsthat require extra time and ef-fort.”

For these reasons and many

more, Emma has earned therecognition of April’s Studentof the Month.

Bricking, currently re-hearsing for this weekend’sspring musical, keeps verybusy with extracurricular andservice activities. Besides thetheater program, Emma is amember of the Latin Club Hon-or Society, Panda Tones(NDA’s audition choir), Varsi-ty Archery Team, InteractClub and school Mass musicgroup.

Bricking was selected byfaculty to serve as a Latin tu-tor, which she does on a weeklybasis. She has also earned firsthonors every semester of herhigh school career. Outside ofNDA, Emma keeps very busyserving her parish communityas a cantor, soloist, lead altarserver and youth group mem-ber at St. Timothy’s Parish.

For the past two years, Em-ma has represented NDA atthe English Speaking Union’sShakespeare contest.

Emma embraces the Clas-sics as she believes they “openyou up to a different type ofacting” and teaches people tohave empathy for one another.

Emma placed among thetop six students for the last twoyears.

Seven from Notre Damenamed Governor’sScholars

Seven Notre Dame Acad-emy students were namedGovernor’s Scholars for 2015and one has been named as analternate.

Notre Dame Academy ju-niors Courtney Blank, MariahBezold, Kirsten Richards, Kel-sey Sucher, Lily Thaman, Emi-ly Walter and Madeline Wer-meling have all been selectedto participate in the 2015 Gov-ernor’s Scholars Program.

Carly Gross has been se-lected as an alternate.

The Governor’s ScholarsProgram is a six-week sum-mer residential program thatrecognizes exceptional highschool students in Kentucky.

The program strives to en-hance Kentucky’s next gener-ation of civic and economicleaders. GSP provides aca-demic and personal growththrough the balance of astrong liberal arts programwith a full co-curricular andresidential life experience.

SCHOOL NOTES

THANKS TO PAM MCQUEEN

Villa Madonna Academy juniorElizabeth Byun earns nationalrecognition in The Scholastic Art &Writing Awards.

THANKS TO EVAN STEVENS

Conner High School students are named “Best of Boone” at the BooneCounty FFA Individual Speech Contest. From left are Brittany Hardesty,Logan Arnett, Shelby Frye, Gene Wagner, Takoda Walton, AllanaMcCarty and Hannah Birdwell.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Runners take the scenic route at

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



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


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


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


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

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


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


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

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FRIDAY, MAY 8Art & Craft ClassesWine and Canvas, 6:30-9:30p.m., Newport Syndicate, 18 E.Fifth St., Painting class withcocktails. No experience neces-sary. $35. Reservations required.Presented by Wine and Canvas.513-317-1305; www.wineand-canvas.com. Newport.

$5 Friday Craft Club, 1-2:30p.m., The Lively Learning Lab,7500 Oakbrook Drive, Suite 10,Make crafts, create art and playgames. Ages 3-15. $5. Regis-tration required. 916-2721.Florence.

Art ExhibitsFlight: Curated by SaadGhosn, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Coving-ton Arts, 2 W. Pike St., Flightfeatures works by three women(Sharmon Davidson, MarshaKaragheusian, Jan Nickum) fromGreater Cincinnati who specifi-cally reference flight in regardto time, space and experience.Exploring the notions of pas-sage, memory and dialoguewithin the cycle of life, theexhibition includes mixed mediaconstructions, collaged booksand earthenware ceramics.Presented by Covington ArtsDistrict. 292-2322; http://coving-tonarts.com/. Covington.

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

AuctionsQuarter Auction Fundraiser,6-9 p.m., Southgate VolunteerFire Department, 128 ElectricAve., Bring friends and a roll ofquarters for a fun night out.Items for auction from compa-nies such as Scentsy, Tupper-ware, Upper Case Living, Pam-pered Chef, Thirty-One Gifts,Longaberger, Avon, CleverContainer and more. BenefitsSouthgate Volunteer Fire Dept.Auxiliary. $5. 803-9154. South-gate.

BenefitsKiwanis Club of Riverfront25th Annual Putting KidsFirst Fundraiser, 7 p.m. tomidnight, Holiday Inn CincinnatiAirport, 1717 Airport ExchangeBlvd., Master of Ceremonies isKarin Johnson of WLWT-Chan-nel 5. Price includes buffetdinner for two, two drinktickets, chance to win $2000,disco music and dancing. Raffles,silent auction. Disco attiresuggested. Ages 21 and up.Benefits Underprivileged Chil-dren of Cincinnati and NorthernKentucky. $125 per couple.Presented by Kiwanis Club ofRiverfront. 384-3679; river-frontkiwanis.org. Erlanger.

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

EducationLittle Learners, 9-11:30 a.m.,The Lively Learning Lab, 7500Oakbrook Drive, Suite 10, Bal-ance of structured, unstructuredand self-directed play opportu-nities to help learners developtheir social, intellectual andcommunication skills. Ages 3-6.$10. Registration required.916-2721. Florence.

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

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

Shark Bridge, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, Newport onthe Levee, Step across the100-foot-long, V-shaped ropebridge just inches above nearlytwo dozen sharks at NewportAquarium. $23 Adult, $15 Child

(2-12), Free children under 2.815-1471; www.newportaquari-um.com. Newport.

Buffalos and Bourbon: 200Years of Covington History,10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Behringer-Crawford Museum, 1600 Monta-gue Road, There are manyfascinating stories about Coving-ton: political intrigue, hauntingtales, arts, athletics. Exhibitcelebrates 200 years of people,places and events that shapedcity, from trading of buffalo andbourbon for land to building ofAscent and “alien house.”Through Aug. 30. Included withmuseum admission. 491-4003;bcmuseum.org. Covington.

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

National Nurses Week Speak-er Series 2015, noon to 1 p.m.,Beckfield College, 16 SpiralDrive, Focused theme is “EthicalPractice, Quality Care.” Speakersfrom various aspects of nursingspeak on latest challenges andtrends. Ages 18 and up. Free.Presented by Beckfield CollegeNursing Department. 372-5916;www.beckfield.edu. Florence.

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

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

RecreationBusiness Lunch Go KartingSpecial, noon to 2 p.m., Xhil-Racing, 24 Spiral Drive, Go-Kartracing. $15. Presented by Xhil-aRacing. 371-5278; www.xrkar-ting.com. Florence.

Sports-Registrations &Tryouts

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

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

Art EventsAnnual Duveneck MemorialArt Show, noon to 5 p.m.,George Rogers Clark Park,Riverside Drive, Over 60 individ-ual artists’ tents. Rain date isMay 10. Free. Presented byBaker Hunt Art and CulturalCenter. 431-0020; www.baker-hunt.com. Covington.

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

AuditionsCompany - Auditions, 1-5 p.m.,The Carnegie, 1028 Scott Blvd.,Please prepare 16-32 bars of amusical theatre song in the styleof the show- An accompanistwill be provided. Please bringsheet music in the correct key. Acappella auditions, or those withpre-recorded accompaniment,will not be considered.There willbe a short movement auditionso please dress appropriatelyYoumay also be asked to read fromthe script. Free. To schedule atime slot, please contact JessicaPicado, [email protected]. Through May 10.957-1940. Covington.

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

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

Cooking ClassesSushi Rolling and Dining, 7p.m., Sushi Cincinnati, 130 W.Pike St., $25 per person, threerolls, includes training andBYOB, reservations required.Reservations required. 513-335-0297; www.sushicinti.com.Covington.

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

Dining EventsMother’s Day Banquet, 5 p.m.,Sand Run Baptist Church, 1327North Bend Road, Downstairs.With special guest Sally Baucke,professional comedienne,keynote speaker and emceewith over 15 years experience atkeeping it clean, encouragingand hilarious. Free. 689-7110.Hebron.

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

EducationCollege and Beyond ACT TestPrep Course, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30p.m., Boone County EducationAssociation, 75 Cavalier Blvd.,suite 201, Enter building at rightside entrance. ACT test prepcourse. Ages 9-12. $399. Reserva-tions required. Presented byCollege and Beyond. 283-2655;candbtestprep.com. Florence.

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

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

ExhibitsCanyon Falls, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, $23, $15ages 2-13, free children under 2.800-406-3474; www.new-portaquarium.com. Newport.

Shark Bridge, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, $23 Adult,$15 Child (2-12), Free childrenunder 2. 815-1471; www.new-portaquarium.com. Newport.

Buffalos and Bourbon: 200Years of Covington History,10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Behringer-Crawford Museum, Includedwith museum admission. 491-4003; bcmuseum.org. Coving-ton.

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

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

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

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

Music - Concert SeriesLinton Music’s Peanut Butter& Jam Sessions: Music Mak-ing with Madcap: The Story

of the Ugly Duckling, 10-10:45a.m., 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.,Lakeside Presbyterian Church,2690 Dixie Highway, Clarinet,cello, piano and Madcap Pup-pets tell story through music ofBeethoven. $5 or four for $15;free under age 2. Presented byLinton Peanut Butter & JamSessions. 513-381-6868; www.lin-tonmusic.org. Lakeside Park.

Music - IndieSouthern Culture on theSkids, 9 p.m., The SouthgateHouse Revival, 111 E. Sixth St.,$20, $18 advance. 431-2201;www.southgatehouse.com.Newport.

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

Consider the Source, 9 p.m.,Cosmo’s, 604 Main St., NYC-based band playing “sci-fiMiddle Eastern fusion.”. Ages 21and up. $10. 261-1330;www.facebook.com/events/1586474404928781.Covington.

On Stage - StudentTheater

Twelfth Night by Lively Shake-speare Company, 2-4 p.m.,Boone County Main Library,1786 Burlington Pike, Upstairs(Follow Signs). Group of stu-dents from homeschoolingcommunity perform. Free.Presented by Lively ShakespeareCompany. 931-302-1009; https://www.facebook.com/events/458672830956742/.Burlington.

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.

Southgate Optimist AnnualFishing Derby, 8 a.m. to noon,Southgate Community Center,301 W. Walnut St., Kids fish andcompete for prizes. Fishingequipment available. Refresh-ments. Free. Presented by South-gate Optimist Club. 781-9424;www.southgateoptimist.org.Southgate.

Car, Truck, Tractor and Motor-cycle Show, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.,Burlington Baptist Church, 3031Washington St., Registration forjudging closes at noon. Chil-dren’s activities and awards:Rain date is May 16. $15 toregister vehicle, free admission.Presented by Fellowcraft Club ofBurlington Lodge 264. 689-4328.Burlington.

Sports-Registrations &Tryouts

All-Star Cheerleading Place-ments, 2-4 p.m., NKY EliteGymnastics, $40. 606-627-7908;elitenky.com. Independence.

ToursCavalcade of Homes, noon to 5p.m., Northern Kentucky, North-ern Kentucky, Scattered-sitenew home show features 13homes in Northern Kentucky.Through May 17. Free. Present-ed by Home Builders Associationof Northern Kentucky. 331-9500;www.homebuildersnky.com.Covington.

SUNDAY, MAY 10AuditionsAuditions for The RockyHorror Show, 7-11 p.m., New-port on the Levee, 1 Levee Way,Free. Reservations required.Presented by Showbiz PlayersInc.. 270-307-4581; www.show-bizplayers.com. Newport.

Company - Auditions, 1-5 p.m.,The Carnegie, Free. To schedulea time slot, please contactJessica Picado, [email protected]. 957-1940. Coving-ton.

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

EducationCollege and Beyond ACT TestPrep Course, 1-5:15 p.m., BooneCounty Education Association,$399. Reservations required.283-2655; candbtestprep.com.Florence.

Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 9:30 a.m., 4p.m., Edgewood JazzerciseCenter, $38 for unlimitedmonthly classes. 331-7778;jazzercise.com. Edgewood.


Shark Bridge, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, $23 Adult,$15 Child (2-12), Free childrenunder 2. 815-1471; www.new-portaquarium.com. Newport.

Buffalos and Bourbon: 200Years of Covington History,noon to 5 p.m., Behringer-Crawford Museum, Includedwith museum admission. 491-4003; bcmuseum.org. Coving-ton.

Holiday - Mother’s DayMother’s Day Celebration, 11a.m. to 6 p.m., Jane’s Saddlebag,13989 Ryle Road, Mom getscomplimentary flower/plant,lunch and dinner specials all day.Free. Reservations recommend-ed. 384-6617; janessaddlebag-.com. Union.

Music - Big BandJammin’ at Jane’s, 3-6 p.m.,Jane’s Saddlebag, 13989 RyleRoad, Outside next to WineShop. Live music by local artists.Free. 384-6617; www.janes-saddlebag.com. Union.

Music - ChoralTribute to Organ and ChoralMusic in Memory of Dr.Robert J. Schaffer, 2 p.m.,Cathedral Basilica of the As-sumption, 1140 Madison Ave.,Gallery opens one hour prior toconcert. Freewill offeringsaccepted. 431-2060; www.cathe-dralconcertseries.org. Coving-ton.

Tours

Cavalcade of Homes, noon to 5p.m., Northern Kentucky, Free.331-9500; www.homebuildersn-ky.com. Covington.

MONDAY, MAY 11AuditionsAuditions for The RockyHorror Show, 7-11 p.m., New-port on the Levee, Free. Reserva-tions required. 270-307-4581;www.showbizplayers.com.Newport.

Dance ClassesLine Dance Classes, 5:30-6:30p.m., Elsmere Senior Center, 179Dell St., $3. Presented by HollyRuschman. 727-0904. Elsmere.

EducationLittle Learners, 9-11:30 a.m.,The Lively Learning Lab, $10.Registration required. 916-2721.Florence.

Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 6:15 a.m.,8:15 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 4:45 p.m., 6p.m., Edgewood JazzerciseCenter, $38 for unlimitedmonthly classes. 331-7778;jazzercise.com. Edgewood.

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


Shark Bridge, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, $23 Adult,$15 Child (2-12), Free childrenunder 2. (8815-1471; www.new-portaquarium.com. Newport.

Buffalos and Bourbon: 200Years of Covington History,10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Behringer-Crawford Museum, Includedwith museum admission. 491-4003; bcmuseum.org. Coving-ton.

Health / WellnessOvereaters Anonymous, 7-8p.m., Union PresbyterianChurch, 10259 U.S. 42, Churchoffice entrance in back lot andfollow signs to room. Programof recovery from compulsiveeating using 12 Steps and 12Traditions of OA. Not a diet andcalories club and no weigh-ins.Free. Presented by OvereatersAnonymous NKY. 525-6932;www.cincinnatioa.org. Union.

National Nurses Week Speak-er Series 2015, noon to 1 p.m.,Beckfield College, Free. 372-5916; www.beckfield.edu.Florence.

RecreationBusiness Lunch Go KartingSpecial, noon to 2 p.m., Xhil-Racing, $15. 371-5278;www.xrkarting.com. Florence.

THINGS TO DO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

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

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The Annual Duveneck Memorial Art Show is noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 9, at George RogersClark Park, Riverside Drive, Covington. More than 60 individual artists’ tents will be on hand.Rain date is May 10. Admisison is free. The show is presented by Baker Hunt Art and CulturalCenter. Call 431-0020; visit www.bakerhunt.com.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bake cinnamon rolls, crab cake for mom

THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD

Homemade cinnamon rolls are a delectable treat for mom.

Rita HeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN

Ann Kean’s cool rise cinnamonrolls

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

1. Mix

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

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

2 eggs, slightly beaten2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

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

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

and let rise for about 2 hours until doughdoubles.

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

9. Spread filling made of:

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

sugars3 tablespoons cinnamon

Leave less than an inch edge all the wayaround.

10. Roll from 18 inches side making aroll.

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

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

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

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

15. Glaze with mixture of

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

Myrtle’s crab cakes

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

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

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

formed and keep its shape but not be dry.

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

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

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Last week’s questionWas Reds manager Bryan Price

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

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

release, that the team controls. “The media is there to cover

the team. He may (be upset) theinformation wasn’t released theway it was, but the reality is thatit was. Instead of responding towhat he wished hadn’t hap-pened he should have been ma-ture enough to address whathappened in an adult manner.

“He can take his concernsabout the local media to theReds upper management andthey can devise a strategy in

how they relate or release infor-mation to the media.

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

C.S.

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

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Kentucky’s legacy to one ofthe most spectacular epochs ofmammalian history was writ-ten in bones – big bones. TheIce Age showcased many spec-tacular creatures like themammoth, mastodon, groundsloth, stag-moose, and wood-land musk ox, among others.All these today have one im-

portant thingin common;they are ex-tinct.

BooneCounty’s con-nection to thisvastly differ-ent age is BigBone LickState HistoricSite. The por-tion of the IceAge pertinentto the park is

the Late Pleistocene occurringbetween 20,000 and 12,000years ago.

With the retreat of glacialice, formerly covered land-scapes were liberated and thegiant animals appeared, luredby the airborne aroma of sul-fur springs and the salt-richwaters that formed naturallicks. Having surely grazed onthe prairie grasses of ancientwestern and central Kentucky,the animals soon discoveredthe mineral-bearing ooze of thenorth and came to satisfy theirneed for salt.

Though the gargantuansuper-mammals of the past nolonger roam over the Big Bonelandscape, there remains onelarge beast that has managedto persist in descendant formfrom the Pleistocene to thepresent day – the Plains Bison.The resident bison herd is thepark’s only living link to theIce Age and the primary rea-son the animals are there.

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

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

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

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

Today the salt licks are dry,and the sulfur springs aresmall. Huge prehistoric ani-mals no longer come to thesprings to drink brine. Theancient marshes are mostlygone. Still, the bison of BigBone remind us of a momen-tous time when the land thatwould become Kentucky was avery different place. Whennext you have a couple of care-free hours, drive out to BigBone Lick and view the bisonherd. It is a kind of outdoorrecreation and relaxation thatis afforded by few otherplaces.

Dean Henson is park manager of BigBone Lick State Historic Site.

THANKS TO DEAN HENSON

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

The bison of Big Bone Lickare a living legacy

DeanHensonCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

THANKS TO DEAN HENSON

The newest member of the Big Bone Lick bison herd arrived on April 16.There are usually 4-5 calves born annually.

The $13 million the stateauthorized for Mall Roadimprovements four yearsago was money well spent.Under the leadership ofMayor Diane Whalen andthe Florence City Council,Mall Road has experiencedan amazing renaissance.

Eight years ago, we be-gan to see the decline ofMall Road with many va-cancies and no new devel-opment. With the improve-ments made along the im-portant corridor – includingnew pavement, storm watercontrols, landscaped medi-ums, trees, sidewalks anddecorative street lighting –the transformation has beenamazing. New businessesand construction crews areeverywhere and the previ-ous vacant storefronts aregone.

Mall Road may be lessthan two miles long, but theretail district is importantas it also employs more than3,400 people and generates$120 million in annual em-ployee wages and more than$8 in annual payroll andincome taxes for Florence,Boone County and Ken-tucky. The estimated statesales tax generated frombusinesses located on MallRoad is more than $30 mil-lion annually.

Costco, a membershipwarehouse club, had beenlooking to build on a 63-acresite, commonly referred toas the Berkshire Farm, foryears but only approved theproject after the road im-provements on the nearbyMall Road were announced.It has been widely reportedthat the developers forBerkshire Farm estimate

that the busi-nesses locat-ing therewill generatean additional$17 millionin local taxesover 30years.

Cincin-nati-basedKroger gro-cery storechain decid-

ed to build a new Market-place near an existing storethat had become outdated.Burlington, the discount-clothing retailer, is movinginto the old Kroger location.Two new restaurants havealso announced plans toopen in the corridor. Cityleaders have said they haverepeatedly heard from thesenationally known chainsthat improvements to theroad, used by 11.8 millionvehicles annually, factoredinto their decision to build.

I even hear Dave & Bust-er’s plans to open a locationin the Mall Road corridor. Itwill be the restaurant-ar-cade operator’s first forayinto Kentucky. Coups likethis will continue to ensureMall Road remains North-ern Kentucky’s premiershopping and entertainmentdestination for another fourdecades.

Clearly, Mall Road was agood investment for Ken-tucky.

Sen. John Schickel, R-Union, repre-sents Boone County. He welcomesyour concerns or comments tollfree at 800-372-7181 or online at.lrc.ky.gov/Messages/S011.aspx.Twitter: @SenatorSchickel.

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Monday was a day of firstsfor the Covington Catholic ten-nis team in the semifinal roundof the Ninth Region boys’ cham-pionships. The Colonels debut-ed their new home courts oncampus behind the baseballfield, and celebrated the occa-sion by sweeping the singlesand doubles semifinals matchesfor the first time in programhistory.

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

Top-seeded Austin Husseystayed on track for his fourth

consecutive regional singles ti-tle with a 6-0, 6-0 semifinal winover Nate Doggett of HolyCross. Hussey, the 2013 statesingles champion and lastyear’s runner-up, is a Univer-sity of Kentucky recruit. Thesenior hasn’t dropped a set thisseason.

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

Hussey played in front ofnearly 200 in attendance Mon-day, including the first CovCathregional champion, Dave Feigh-ery (1971), who returned to cam-

pus to see one of the six courtsdedicated in his name. Husseyface teammate Max Cook Tues-day’s singles final, after Re-corder deadlines. Cook, a fresh-man, defeated Scott’s CameronShi, 6-2, 6-0 in the semifinals.

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

It was CovCath vs. CovCathin Tuesday’s doubles final.Brothers Jake and JaredHaught upset Conner’s top-seeded Nate Eberhard and NickElleman in a 10-point supertie-breaker in the Monday eveningsemis to clinch the all-CovCathfinal. Scores were 7-5, 6-7 (5-7)1-0 (10-6).BRANDON SEVERN FOR THE ENQUIRER

David Geis of Ryle warms up for the doubles semifinals in the districttournament

Ryle tennis finishes 2nd at districtsMarc [email protected]

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April 28 produced an-other epic softball battlewaged by aces HayleeSmith for Notre DameAcademy and ElizabethSims of Conner, a pair ofsix-year veterans whohave gone head-to-headin the pitching circlemore than a dozen timesin their record-breakinghigh school careers. Itwas the first time in sev-en years that opposingNinth Region pitcherswith over 100 careerwins a piece faced eachother. At that point, Simshad a Conner career-record 113 wins. Smithearned the 106th win ofher career against theCougars, ranked No. 1 inThe Enquirer NorthernKentucky coaches' poll.NDA won 5-4.

JIM OSBORN FOR THE ENQUIRER

Conner’s Elizabeth Sims lets a pitch fly to Notre Dame’s MacKenzie Sullivan during their softball game, Tuesday,April 28.

Titanic battle

JIM OSBORN FOR THE ENQUIRER

Conner's Jenna Hicks tries to slap the ball toward third during a softballgame with Notre Dame, Tuesday, April 28, 2015.

BOONE COUNTY — TheNorthern Kentucky AthleticConference track and fieldmeet is always conducted inthe non-traditional relaymeet format.

The conference meet has aseries of four-person relayraces, some that are rarelycontested in other meets, andevery field event combinesthe marks of two teammatesfor one score.

The regular rivals inBoone County still found a lotof intense competition in thetraditional races, and theRyle boys track team enjoyedbeing able to beat rival Coop-er and the others for the boyslarge-school title.

Ryle scored 97 points to 77for runner-up Dixie Heights.Cooper had 62.5.

“This is our fourth confer-ence championship in a row,”said boys head coach RussellHarden. “That shows a lot ofcredit to our kids becauseeach championship has haddifferent kids.”

Ryle won two events andhad several high finishes.

Ryle was second in thesprint medley with Zach Cus-ick, Jake Chisholm, MitchelBateman and Cole Burch; andsecond in the 4x400 with Cus-ick, Bateman, Noah Kudlaand Matt Froschauer.

Also, the Raiders werethird in the 4x200. The Raid-ers beat Cooper in thoseraces for the first time thisseason.

“Our team has been luckyto beat Cooper,” Harden said.“We have some boys who areextremely competitive. Wehad not beat them this year inabout four tries and beatthem for the first time lastnight. We’re still chasing Dix-ie abut we’re getting better

and hopefully we’ll be at ourbest in two weeks.”

Other highlights includedfinishing second in the4x1,600 race to Cooper. Thefoursome of Kudla, RyanTagher, Oscar Ramirez andJustin Reed broke the Ryleschool record by about 30seconds.

In the discus, Triston Hallthrew 144 feet, 3 inches,which was about a foot awayfrom the record held by for-mer state champ Michael Le-one.

Chisholm (40-8) and ZaneSiemer (40-6) won the triplejump. Jack Kirby and EricWright won pole vault, withKirby claiming the top markat 10-6. Siemer and Justin Sel-by won the long jump.

Harden was impressedwith the performances ofChisholm and Selby, fresh-men who scored key points inmultiple events in their firstconference meet.

Cooper won three eventsin boys in the long distances.The Jaguars won the 4x1,600with Nathan Byrd, SimonGreenhalgh, Brady Bakerand Zachary Stewart.

The 4x800 won with Mitch-ell Greenhalgh, ConnorGreenhalgh, Jake Vander-mosten and Baker. The dis-tance medley won with Van-dermosten, Mitchell and Con-nor Greenhalgh, and Baker.

Boone County was secondin boys shot put with Moham-med Yekatom and Ryan Fox-worth.

Yekatom was second over-all with 42-4.5.

Jena Doellman led thegirls team, leading the highjump at 5-feet and the triplejump at 34-2.

She and Marissa Jutzi fin-ished second in the triplejump overall.

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FLORENCE — Dennis Pelfreyloves his commute to work.

The first-year field man-ager for the Florence Freedomprofessional baseball teamlives above the clubhouse onthe team complex at UC HealthStadium, in an apartment thathas been set up over the yearsfor the person in charge of theon-field product.

“This place is an excellentplace to work,” he said. “Thefacility is great, the ownershipis fantastic. They take care ofthe players and us coaches.The living space for the coach-es is just above the clubhouse,which I haven’t seen before.I’m at the field every day so it’svery nice and it’s very conve-nient.”

Pelfrey, 37, took over the

team in Decem-ber. He playedsix seasons ofprofessionalbaseball from1999-2004 afterhis collegiatedays at North-wood Universityin Texas. Most of

those six seasons were spent inthe Frontier League as Pelfreymanned multiple infield posi-tions for the Dubois CountyDragons, Kenosha Mamothsand the Springfield/OzarkDucks.

Pelfrey spent the past fourseasons coaching for the GarySouthShore RailCats, helpingthe team to the 2013 AmericanAssociation championship.

He will begin his first man-aging tour in the independentFrontier League May 14, whenthe Freedom open at home

against the Joliet Slammers.Players in the league are eitherjust out of college or had a briefstay in the lower levels of theminors in Major League Base-ball

First is an exhibition againstthe Evansville Otters at 6:35p.m., Thursday, May 7, at UCHealth Stadium.

“We’ll get a better look atdifferent guys competing,” hesaid. “Our main goal is to pro-gress from a pitching and of-fensive standpoint. We proba-bly won’t keep score. The thingwe want to come away with isgetting guys live at-bats.”

The team had an intrasquadscrimmage May 2, which Pelf-rey said drew a lot of intereston a busy Saturday night in thesports world.

“It was actually pretty im-pressive Saturday night withthe fans that were in the

stands,” he said. “It was a greatatmosphere. It’s competitiveright now. There will be sometough decisions to make at justabout every position. The daybefore Opening Day, we’ll have27 guys there and we’ll have tomake decisions at that point.”

Pelfrey said speeding up aplayer’s commute around thebases is a key facet of buildinga winning team.

“We’ll be very aggressive,”he said. “We’re going to be dan-gerous on the base paths. We’lltake extra bases on otherteams that don’t go hard onballs in the outfield on basehits. We’ll stretch base hits intodoubles, and we want to be thebest in the league on first tothird, and on stolen bases.”

The Freedom will play theirfirst six games at home, May14-16 and May 17-19. The homegame Friday, May 15, will hon-

or Cincinnati Reds legendsJohnny Bench and George Fos-ter, paying tribute to their jer-sey numbers of 5 and 15.

The Reds legends will coachfirst and third base during thegame.

Unlike Bench and Foster,who were right-handed powerhitters, Pelfrey said the Free-dom will likely make fans ofsouthpaws happy.

“I like our diversity,” hesaid. “We have guys who playmiddle infield who can playsecond, short or third and a lit-tle outfield. The biggest thingthat is different is that we’ll beleft-handed heavy offensively.We may have seven lefthan-ders in the lineup, so we’ll needrighties off the bench.”

Follow James Weber on Twitter,@JWeberSports

Freedom manager gears up for new seasonJames [email protected]

Pelfrey

The Ryle girls won threeevents, the 4x100, 4x200 andsprint medley relays. JulietMcGregor, Samantha Shaneand Alexandra Patterson werein all three of the events.

Dominique Rooney, MaddieBloemer and Kyla Englandwere in one each.

Christy Hadley teamed withBloemer, Patterson and Jacque-line Jones to finish second in the4x400.

Bloemer and McGregor fin-ished second in the long jump.Alexis Stockton and Jada Jami-son were second in the shot put.

Conner had one second-place finish in the sprint medleywith Lindsey Goldberry, Lau-ryn Watts, Olivia Panella andCasey Hite.

Follow James Weber on Twitter,@JWeberSports

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FILE PHOTO

Matt Froschauer of Ryle, left, helped Ryle to the NKAC title.

Nell Fookes» Boone County High

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

Softball» Boone County improved

to 15-5 with a 15-9 win over Wal-ton-Verona May 1.

» Conner improved to 18-4with a 8-2 win over PrincetonMay 2.

TMC Notes» Three Thomas More Col-

lege student-athletes and a headcoach were recently honored atthe 2015 Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Women’sSports Association Awards

Banquet held at the Cintas Cen-ter on the campus of XavierUniversity in Cincinnati.

Junior Sydney Moss (BooneCounty) was named the CollegeSportswomen of the Year forbasketball and was the CollegeDivision Sportswomen of theYear. She helped her team postthe only undefeated (33-0) rec-ord in college basketball, men’sor women’s, and win the NCAADivision III Women’s Basket-ball National Championship.For the second-year in a row,Moss was named the DivisionIII National Player of the Yearand First Team All-American byall three organizations that hon-or Division III women’s basket-ball players. Moss led the nationin points per game with 24.2points per game. During theNCAA postseason, Moss brokethe NCAA all-division women'sor men's tournament scoringrecord as she scored 197 pointsin the Saints' six NCAA tourna-ment games.

Senior Kelsey Catiglioni

(Harrison Township, Mich.)was named the College Sport-swomen of the Year for volley-ball. She helped lead the Saintsto a 30-5 record, including a 16-2mark in the President’ AthleticConference and won a share ofthe PAC regular season title andwon the PAC ChampionshipTournament. The Saints ad-vanced to the program’s 13thNCAA Division III Champion-ship Tournament, where theyadvanced to the second round.Castiglioni finished her careerranked second in career digs inThomas More history with 2,529and fifth in service aces with192. She also added 194 careerassists and 37 career kills dur-ing her four-year career for theSaints.

Junior Olivia Huber (Woo-dlawn, Ky./Newport CentralCatholic) was named the Col-lege Sportswomen of the Yearfor soccer/basketball. Shehelped lead the soccer team to a23-2 record, while advancing totheir first-ever NCAA Division

III sectional finals. On the soc-cer pitch, Huber was named thePAC Player of the Year and wasnamed an All-American by theinternet website, D3soccer.comand the National Soccer Coach-es Association of American(NSCAA). Huber led all of Divi-sion III in scoring with 89 pointsand 36 goals, while her 17 assistsranked fourth nationally. Sheowns the school record for ca-reer goals (74), career points(178), single-season goals (36),single-season assists (17) andsingle-season points (89). On thebasketball court, Huber wassecond on the team in stealswith 66, while she averaged 5.0points and 3.5 rebounds pergame to go with 55 assists andfive blocks.

Head Women’s Soccer CoachJeff Cummings was named theCollege Coach of the Year. Heled the Saints to a 23-2 record,including a 9-0 mark in the PACas it won the PAC regular sea-son and championship tourna-ment.

SHORT HOPS

James [email protected]

JIM OSBORN FOR THE RECORDER

Alec Garnett pitches for Conneragainst Moeller during their gameat Florence Freedom Park Thursday,April 30.

NKY Titans» The Northern Kentucky

Titans U15 are looking for 2-3dedicated players for their sum-mer ball team. All player positionswelcome. Head coach is TomDaria. He has 20-plus years coach-ing baseball. He has helped sever-al players earn a college schol-arship. The team will play in theSWO Baseball League as well asplay several showcase tourna-ments over the summer season.Season starts the end of May withabout 40 games scheduled. Homeball field is at Softball City inNorthern Kentucky. Contact TomDaria at 859-391-3620 or [email protected] for information or ifyou would like to schedule atryout.

NewCath camp » Newport Central Catholic is

hosting a basketball camp,“Teaching the Fundamentals.”

Cost: $55 if registered by May22. Family discounts: $15 forincoming freshmen, $10 for twocampers, $30 for three campers.*Must be same household - Canbe different weeks.

Boys’ session: June 1-4 (Monday-Thursday), 9 a.m. to noon, third-ninth grade (‘15-’16 school year)

Boys’ camp staff: Ron Dawn -NCC varsity coach, Kenny Collopy -NCC assistant coach, Denny Schier-er - NCC assistant coach, currentNCC players.

Girls’ session: June 15-18 (Mon-day-Thursday), 9 a.m. to noon,third-ninth grade (‘15-’16 schoolyear)

Girls’ camp staff: George Stoll -NCC varsity coach, Mike Jones -NCC assistant coach, Davey John-son - NCC JV coach, Jeff Ware -NCC freshmen coach, current NCCplayers.

Questions - boys’ contact:Kenny Collopy - [email protected] or girls’ contactGeorge Stoll - [email protected] orcall Newport Central Catholic HighSchool (859) 292-0001. For moredetails and registration informa-tion, visit ncchs.com.

SIDELINES

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

CovCath, which clinched its14th straight regional team titlefollowing the weekend quarter-finals at Boone Woods Park, hada total of 16 points in the stand-ings.

Ryle clinched a runner-upfinish Monday and totaled ninepoints. The rest of the pointswill go to CovCath.

All of Monday’s semifinalistsearned automatic berths to the

state tournaments, May 14-16 inLexington.

Champion CovCath ad-vances to the sectional round ofthe team tournament, hosted byNotre Dame on Saturday. TheColonels will play the 12th Re-gion champion. Saturday’s teamwinner advances to the statesemifinals in Lexington.

After one of the Colonels’Monday victories, coach Hert-senberg’s father came up to himand said, “It was the home-courtadvantage.” To which the coachreplied,” For the first time inhistory, dad.” And they bothsmiled.

Plans for the new facilitywere first made in 2009. Hert-senberg resigned as CovCathsoccer coach that year to helpguide the project. Construction

wasn’t completed until beforethe start of the season, but theyneeded a spate of warm days topaint the courts. They were fi-nally ready for play Monday.

“We’ve practiced at Five Sea-sons, Summit Hills CountryClub and in back yards,” Hert-senberg said. The team prac-ticed at Devou Park whenFeighery played in the 1970’sbefore tennis courts gave wayto golf greens.

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

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Nate Eberhart of Conner plays greatdefense in the doubles semifinalson Covington Catholic’s brand newcourts.

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It is planning timeagain for Old FashionDay. The date is Sept. 5.If you have some specialthoughts to share, cometo the meeting at 7 p.m.Monday, May 18, at CityHall.

If you missed theMother-Daughter Tea atGaines Historical Mu-seum, the next one is 2-4p.m. May 17. Tickets are$20. They can be pur-chased at Walton CityHall.

The Ladies SpringEvent at the Baptist OFCBuilding on Saturdaywas well attended withover 100 ladies enjoyinga special welcome, fel-

lowship,music, andspecialboothsshowingupdateditem todecoratetheirhomes andthem-selves. The

program was “AngelsAmong Us.” The speakerwas Jaimie L. Henson ofIndependence, a verygifted person involved inher community and withher church, RichwoodPresbyterian.

Henson is a Girl Scoutleader, teacher, volun-

teer librarian, a trumpetand French horn player,had the privilege of ren-dering Taps at ArlingtonNational Cemetery andwas chosen to representour state as Mrs. Ken-tucky 2015 in the Mrs.United States Pageant.Her speech includedhow to share the gift ofangels in our lives bysharing each day withsome form of love. It canbe just a simple call,card, helping someonewho is sick with a meal,etc. and then evaluateyourself at the end ofeach day.

Also, attempt to dosomething for yourselfthat you haven’t gottento do before such asmusic, traveling or walk-ing and share with anoth-er person. The luncheonwas delicious and manythanks to all the “angels”that contributed in anyway for a perfect day.

If your birthday is inMay, remember you can

renew your vehicle tagsright here in Walton.Boone County ClerkKenny Brown has in-stalled the Tag ServiceDrop Box at HeritageBank at 325 MaryGrubbs Highway ad-joining Walton TownCentre. Service is avail-able 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mon-day through Thursdayand 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fri-day in the Heritage BankLobby, except for BooneCounty observed holi-days. The drive-thru 8a.m. to 6 p.m.

The Walton VeronaAlumni Banquet willtake place on June 6. Forreservations you can callJoella Sleet Flynn at859-485-7179 or mail to:12049 Crouch Road, Wal-

ton, KY 41094. Reserva-tions are $22. Doors openat 5 p.m

If you are a graduateor a friend of CrittendenHigh School and wouldlike to join us at 3 p.m.May 16 at Dry RidgeCracker Barrel for aget-together. Give a callto Julian Wills at 859-462-1898 or 859-428-5772,Ruth G. Meadows at859-485-7271 or 859-391-7271. You will order fromCracker Barrel menu.Please call by May 11 sowe can let the restaurantknow how many to planfor.

Get well wishes toThurman Thorpe, whohad bypass surgery thisweek.

Christine Miskell has

resigned as manager ofthe Walton Seniors Cen-ter. We welcome the newmanager, Kathleen Cole-man. Thanks to Christinefor providing a dailyprogram for approxi-mately five years. Iknow she will be missed.The center providesmany special programssuch as health informa-tion, exercise and dailymeals plus special activ-ities including their cardplaying, Kathleen willcontinue to provide thesame fellowship andguidance that our sen-iors have enjoyed formany years.

Ronnie and JanettaCleek of Valrico, Florida,would like to thank all ofthe Northern Kentuckyreaders that sent cardsand phone calls duringhis hospital stay andrecovering back home.Ronnie is doing well andis walking and improv-ing each day. He reallyappreciated hearingfrom friends.

Belated birthdaywishes to Helen Rich onMay 1. Newby will cele-brate her birthday onMay 14. Ray and DelorisCheesman will celebratetheir 52nd wedding anni-versary on May 11.

Ruth Meadows writes a col-umn about Walton. Feel freeto call her at 859-391-7282with Walton neighborhoodnews items.

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Jaimie Henson of Independence represented thecommonwealth as Mrs. Kentucky 2015 in the Mrs. UnitedStates Pageant. Her speech included how to share the gift ofangels in our lives.

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Taking a cue from lastseason’s production of“West Side Story,” thehighest grossing show inThe Carnegie’s history,this season will be chockfull of hits that offersomething for everyone.

The Carnegie an-nounced its 2015-16 Thea-tre Series, inviting you tothe historic Otto M. BudigTheatre in August for alittle “Company.”

In November, The Car-negie takes on an air ofmystery as it presents thecomedy-thriller “Sleuth,”a delightful game of cat-and-mouse that will keep

audiences guessing rightup until the end.

A light, but creativestaging of “The Wizard ofOz” takes you away fromthe January winter blahswith a wonderful flight offancy and “The Last FiveYears” closes the seasonin April.

Subscriptions for the2015-16 Theatre Seasonwent on sale April 10. Sin-gle tickets will be on salebeginning May 12.

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

The exhibit chroniclesthe trials, innovations andaccomplishments thathave shaped the city ofCovington, according to apress release.

The exhibit, which cel-ebrates Covington’s bi-centennial will run

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

Admission to the “Buf-falo and Bourbon” exhibitis included in the museumticket price, which is $7for adults, $6 for seniors60-plus, $4 for childrenand free for BCM mem-bers.

The museum is locatedat 1600 Montague Road atDevou Park in Covington.

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With the arrival of thepretty spring days, youcan’t help but dream ofsummer when you canstart regularly wearingflip-flops and dream ofwalks on the beach.

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Small life adjustmentscould lead to easy sav-ings that could be addedto your summer plans.For example, packinglunches for work insteadof buying lunch is a

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Marie AshcraftMarie Ashcraft, 96, of Flor-

ence, died April 23 at St. Eliza-beth Florence.

She was a homemaker.Her husband, Roy Ashcraft,

died previously.Survivors include her sister,

Juanita Aguilar of Yuba City,California.

Interment was at Mother ofGod Cemetery .

Memorials: To the charity ofthe donor’s choice.

Alberta BaumgartnerAlberta Theresa Meither

Baumgartner, 89, of Florence,died April 26.

She was a homemaker andformer member of Seventh DayAdventist Church of Taylor Mill.Her hobbies included painting,cooking, and corresponding toothers through her writing.

Her husband, Harold Baum-

gartner; and sister, Anita Tom-lin, died previously.

Survivors include her childrenDora M. Fry, David H. Baum-gartner, Sandra L. Arnold, MarkP. Baumgartner, Deborah A.Oldiges, Pamela E. Schilling,and Charles J. Baumgartner;brother, Ralph Meither; and 12grandchildren along with ninegreat-grandchildren.

Interment was at RichwoodCemetery.

Memorials: Alzheimer’sAssociation, Greater CincinnatiChapter, 644 Linn St., Suite1026, Cincinnati, OH 45203.

John Blackwell Sr.John “Jack” Cullen Blackwell

Sr., 77, of Hebron, died April 25at his home.

He was born in Chicago andbegan his sales career with theDrackett Corp., moving up toregional manager and then

becoming president of theOster Corp. He was a U.S. AirForce veteran and member ofImmaculate Heart of MaryChurch in Burlington.

Survivors include his wife,Mary Jo Barrett Blackwell; sonsJohn C. Blackwell Jr. of RisingSun, Indiana and Chris M.Blackwell of Lake Villa, Illinois;and four grandchildren.

Memorials: Wounded War-rior Project, P.O. Box 758517,Topeka, KS 66675; or St. JudeChildren’s Research Hospital,262 Danny Thomas Place,Memphis, TN 38105.

Russell CaidRussell Caid, of Boone Coun-

ty, died April 25.He lived in many countries

and traveled throughout theworld. He was employed byUnited Fruit Co. and Chiquitafor 51 years. He and his wife

moved to Northern Kentucky in1988.

His two brothers and onesister died previously.

Survivors include his wife,LaVerne Caid; sons Steve, Bruce,and Neal Caid; and sevengrandchildren along with onegreat-grandchild and threesisters.

Burial was at RichwoodPresbyterian Cemetery in Wal-ton.

Memorials: Richwood Presby-terian Church, 1070 RichwoodRoad, Walton, KY 41094; or St.Elizabeth Hospice, 483 S. LoopRoad, Edgewood, KY 41017.

James ColeJames “Jimmy” Edwin Cole,

65, of Burlington, died April 22.He was a material handler

with Ryder Logistics in Hebronand a member of First Churchof Christ in Burlington. He wasa U.S. Army veteran of theVietnam War.

Survivors include his wife,Sharon Northcutt Cole; childrenJames, Jerry, and Jason Cole;stepson, Dave Wavra; siblingsJesse, Dave, Danny, Benny,Dolly, Connie, and Bonnie; and10 grandchildren.

Burial was at Spring GroveCemetery in Cincinnati.

Alan Mardis Jr.Alan K. Mardis Jr., 19, of

Burlington, died April 23.He was a welder who loved

to laugh and make peoplelaugh.

Survivors include his father,Alan K. Mardis Sr.; mother,Linda Dillion; brother, JoeCobb; and paternal grandfa-ther, Daniel H. Mardis Sr.

Memorials: Wounded War-rior Project, P.O. Box 758517,Topeka, KS 66675.

Martha PriceMartha L. Harris Price, 88, of

Boone County, died April 27 ather daughter’s home in Flor-ence.

She worked as a secretarywith the Covington Board ofEducation.

Her husband, Robert T. Price,died previously.

Survivors include her childrenJena Price of Florence, Lori BethHopper of Florence, Jo Cravenof Walton, and Brett Price ofFort Thomas; and five grand-children.

Burial was at Highland Ceme-tery in Fort Mitchell.

Memorials: Boone CountyArboretum, 9190 Camp ErnstRoad, Union, KY 41091.

James Rogers Sr.James K. Rogers Sr., 72, of

Union, died April 26 at hishome.

He was an avid fan of theCincinnati Reds, LouisvilleCardinals, and UK Wildcats. Heloved to golf and consideredcarpentry a hobby. He was pastpresident of the Erlanger LionsClub, coached Dixie Area Knot-hole Baseball teams for 10years, served on Erlanger CityCouncil, and was a member ofFirst Church of Christ.

Survivors include his wife,Sharon Rogers; sons James K.Rogers Jr., Gregory K. Rogers,and Timothy K. Rogers; andeight grandchildren along withthree great-grandchildren.

Memorials: First Church ofChrist, 6080 Camp Ernst Road,Burlington, KY 41005.

Jack RutherfordJack Pepper Rutherford, 84,

of Walton, died April 26 at hishome.

He was a U.S. Air Force veter-an of the Korean War and amember of multiple organiza-tions, including Hickory GroveBaptist Church, Latonia LodgeNo. 746, National Rifle Associa-tion, Kenton Game and FishAssociation, and the TelephonePioneers. He was also a Ken-tucky Colonel.

His sister, Marjorie Wilson;and brothers Edwin C. Ruther-ford and James L. Rutherford,died previously.

Survivors include his wife,Joan Bearden Rutherford;daughter, Cynthia Rutherford;son, Michael Scott Rutherford;and two grandchildren.

Burial was at Floral HillsMemorial Gardens.

Memorials: Hickory Grove

Baptist Church, 11969 TaylorMill Road, Independence, KY41051.

Dortha WhitakerDortha “Mae” Mobley

Barnes Whitaker, 88, of Hebron,died April 22 at her home.

She was a retired custodianat R.A. Jones Middle School andlong-standing member of SandRun Baptist Church. She lovedgardening, mowing, canning,cooking, and baking.

Her first husband, SamuelLawrence Barnes; second hus-band, Alvan Earl Whitaker; son,Lawrence Barnes Jr.; brothersGeorge, Chester, Roy, Robert,Jesse, and Edward; sistersMaudie and Margaret; andstepdaughter, Sue Morris, diedpreviously.

Survivors include her brother,Charles Kenneth Mobley ofFlorence; and two grand-children along with two great-grandchildren and three step-grandchildren.

Interment was at Sand RunBaptist Church Cemetery.

Memorials: American Diabe-tes Association, 4555 LakeForest Drive, Suite 396, Cincin-nati, OH 45242; or AmericanHeart Association, 5211 Madi-son Road, Cincinnati, OH 45227.

Martha WillisMartha Jacqueline Kincaid

Willis, 84, of Boone County,died April 22 at St. ElizabethHospice.

She was a homemaker andmember of Belleview BaptistChurch.

Her husband, Charles RayWillis; and brother, Don Kin-caid, died previously.

Survivors include her daugh-ter, Sheila Merrell of Burling-ton; son, Don Willis of Foster;sister, Roberta Smith of Bright,Indiana; and three grand-children along with two great-grandchildren.

Memorials: Sunrise Children’sServices, P.O. Box 36570, Louis-ville, KY 40233; or WoundedWarriors Project, 4899 BelfortRoad, Suite 300, Jacksonville, FL32256.

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Kelly White, 35, of Burlingtonand James Tillman, 44, of Flor-ence, issued April 15.

Dawn Mischler, 46, of Inde-pendence and Michael Allen, 37,of Florence, April 16.

Samantha Foster, 24, ofFlorence and Matthew Remley,27, of Florence, April 16.

Caitlin Miller, 29, of Unionand Andrew Yoder, 37, of Bur-lington, April 17.

Sarah Williams, 26, of Flor-ence and Kyle Kilby, 24, ofFlorence, April 17.

Natalie Metz, 27, of Florenceand Trevor Canfield, 29, ofFlorence, April 17.

Brandy Garcia, 27, of Florenceand Joshua Denny, 27, of Flor-ence, April 17.

Jessica Wilson, 20, of Burling-ton and Tim Lawry, 19, of Bur-lington, April 17.

Virginia Nobbe, 26, of Flor-ence and Thomas Cropper, 30, ofFlorence, April 17.

Kathleen Whiles, 64, of Flor-ence and Steven Smith, 63, ofFlorence, April 17.

Megan Jones, 31, of Florenceand Tilson Cruz, 27, of Florence,April 20.

Maricela Zepeda, 41, of Flor-ence and Alejandro Garcia, 43,of Florence, April 20.

Katherine Wyenandt, 23, ofFlorence and Roy Stafford, 26, ofFlorence, April 20.

Shannon Sperinzo, 35, ofFlorence and Ernest Reed, 31, ofFlorence, April 20.

Terra Liebert, 29, of Hebronand Christian Marinacci, 27, ofDry Ridge, April 21.

Keri Herbert, 42, of Florenceand Vernon Maxfield Jr., 44, ofLawrenceburg, Indiana, April 21.

Natalie Klee, 36, of Union andTodd Byrd, 47, of Morrow, Ohio,April 22.

Jennifer Waller, 36, of Hebronand David Knighton, 42, of

Hebron, April 22.Dianna Robinson, 45, of

Florence and Scott Peterson, 51,of Florence, April 23.

Emily Smith, 23, of Florenceand Travis Tackett, 23, of Flor-ence, April 23.

Jean Calloway, 34, of Florenceand Jason Dreyer Sr., 37, ofFlorence, April 23.

Sarah Carmon, 26, of Florenceand Nelson Reyes, 28, of Flor-ence, April 23.

Amber Farris, 24, of Waltonand Andreas Oliver, 28, ofWalton, April 23.

Kelly Mulligan, 28, of Unionand Daniel Vu, 27, of Union,April 24.

Brandie Happe, 35, of Flor-ence and Jason Johnson, 38, ofAlexandria, April 24.

Shelly Jara, 45, of Burlingtonand Patrick Hill, 53, of Burling-ton, April 24.

Molly O’Reilly, 26, of Waltonand Thomas Gibson, 27, ofFlorence, April 24.

Crystal Michels, 26, of Flor-ence and Edward Bothe, 32, ofAlexandria, April 24.

Amber Salvador, 27, of Flor-ence and Jesus Tzun, 29, ofFlorence, April 27.

Amber Rucker, 29, of Unionand Adam Bennett, 29, ofUnion, April 27.

Arica Vinson, 28, of Florenceand Zachary Fields, 29, of Peters-burg, April 27.

Rhonda Irvin, 49, of Cincinnatiand Patrick Kropwnicki, 49, ofBurlington, April 27.

Victoria Litz, 53, of Burlingtonand Michael Burns, 54, of Bur-lington, April 27.

Stephanie Baker, 21, of He-bron and Zachary Nelson, 21, ofHebron, April 28.

Lindsey Faulkner, 22, of Flor-ence and Tyler Jones, 23, ofBurlington, April 28.

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during the activity.Youth participants were Patrick Fales, Steven

Boemker, Richard Griffith, Noah Schreiber, TrevorThomas, Kade D’ Addario, Jacob Winans, MatthewMurphy, and Damien Henn.

Troop 1 meets every Tuesday at 7 p.m. at FlorenceChristian Church.

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Twelve Boy Scouts and four leaders from Troop 1 chartered by Florence Christian Church participated in a weekendcampout at Camp Michaels Boy Scout Camp in Union. The troop concentrated on learning Scout outdoor skills as well asCPR certification. Youth participants were Patrick Fales, Matthew Murphy, Steven Boemker, Jacob Winans, Richard Griffith,Luke Heveline, Adam Moon, Damien Henn, Cullen Sefranek, Aaron Begley, Noah Schreiber and Kade D’Addario.

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

Admission is free butdonations to the KentonCounty Animal Shelterare requested. Itemsneeded are bedding, toysand cleaning supplies.

The goal of the event,according to Guardians ofHope president DonnaWallace is to raise fundsto provide a better Christ-mas for local childrenwho’ve been rescuedfrom abuse and neglect.

“Guardians of Hopewas formed by a smallgroup of friends in 2014who wanted to help lessfortunate children have acheerful holiday season,”Wallace said. “We alsofeel if they can assist oth-er charities in reachingtheir goals along the way,so everyone wins. Ourmission statement says itall, ‘We give to those thatfeel like giving up; andgive not because we havetoo much but because we

know what it’s like not tohave.’”

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adult programmer ChrisOaks said the library isexcited and appreciativeto benefit from the Guard-ians of Hope event. Theraffle proceeds will bene-fit the Kenton CountyPublic Library Founda-tion.

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Question: I haveheard that certain plantsdo not grow well nearblack walnut trees. Is itrisky to plant a vegetablegarden or a shrub bed

near whereI took out alarge wal-nut tree?

Answer:The rootsof BlackWalnut(Juglansnigra) andButternut(Juglanscinerea)produce a

substance known as ju-glone. Many plants suchas tomato, potato, black-berry, blueberry, apple,azalea, rhododendron andred pine may be injuredor killed within one to twomonths of growth withinthe root zone of thesetrees.

The toxic zone from amature tree occurs onaverage in a 50- to 60-footradius from the trunk,but can be up to at least80 feet. The area affectedextends outward eachyear as a tree enlarges.Young trees two to eightfeet high can have a rootdiameter twice the heightof the top of the tree, withsusceptible plants deadwithin the root zone anddying at the margins.

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Gardeners shouldcarefully consider theplanting site for blackwalnut, butternut or Per-sian walnut seedlingsgrafted to black walnutrootstock, if other gardenor landscape plants are tobe grown within the rootzone of mature trees.Horses may be affectedby black walnut chips orsawdust when they areused for bedding materi-al.

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allergic symptoms in bothhorses and humans. Thejuglone toxin occurs inthe leaves, bark and woodof walnut, but these con-tain lower concentrationsthan in the roots. jugloneis poorly soluble in waterand does not move veryfar in the soil.

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COMING UP» Tree Guardians & Tree Stewardship: 1-3 p.m. Thurs-

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» Container Gardening: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 12, atFlorence Library, 7425 U.S. 42, Florence. Call 859-342-2665,or register at bcpl.org

» Friends of Boone County Arboretum: 6:30-8 p.m.Monday, May 18, general meeting, everyone welcome,Boone County Extension Office, Burlington. Questions?Call 859-586-6101. No registration needed.

» Native Trees & Shrubs for Kentucky Landscapes:6-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 19, Boone County ExtensionOffice. Call 859-586-6101 to register, or enroll online atboone.ca.uky.edu

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Documents

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