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Ky. 536 study to focus on safetySafety is at the heart of a

scoping study of Ky. 536 fromKy. 17 to the Licking River inCampbell County, according toOhio-Kentucky-Indiana Re-gional Council of Governmentsofficials.

The crash rate for this seg-ment of Ky. 536 is three timesthe statewide average, said Ro-byn Bancroft, project managerof the scoping study. In addi-tion, Bancroft said the region isgrowing at a 5 percent to 6 per-cent rate.

“We’ve seen a 65 percentgrowth in Independence,” shesaid. “This growth is a goodthing but we have to be smartabout it and make sure ourroads can handle this growth.Safety is at the heart of this pro-ject.”

This scoping study has beenundertaken by OKI on behalf ofthe entire region to identify im-provements that are needed toimprove safety.

This 6.5-mile segment of Ky.536 is the only remaining sec-tion of the entire corridor thatdoes not have a preferred alter-native or improvement plan inplace. This segment was left un-til last because of its fragment-ed connections, drastic eleva-tion changes, poor sight lines,

broad range of environmentalfactors, and, most importantly,extremely high crash rates, ac-cording to Bancroft.

This first phase of the studywill identify the problems of theroadway and form the founda-tion upon which the study’s im-provement alternatives will bedrafted for public review. Asthe study progresses, informa-tion will be posted on the web-site, www.oki.org/536, Bancroftsaid.

A key component of the 536

project will be to engage thepublic in discussions, Bancroftsaid. As each phase in the studyis concluded there will be publicmeetings to gather input fromthose across the region andthose who daily travel Ky. 536.

Independence City Adminis-trator Chris Moriconi said thecity will play a key role in noti-fying the public about thesemeetings.

“We want to make sure thepublic is aware of the meet-ings,” he said. “We all want the

public involved. We will notifyour residents through variousmedia outlets, our newsletter,etc.”

According to Bancroft, it’stoo early to say what exact rec-ommendations will come fromthe study.

“What we’re really looking atis the road piece by piece, in-stead of a new road, more of acollection of individual recom-mendations, I think,” she said.

The Ky. 536 Scoping Study it-self will not involve new or al-

tered land use plans or zoningamendments for the corridor.That is a separate process. Plan-ning Development Servicesplanners will begin workingwith University of Cincinnatiplanning students in January toexamine the potential impactthat expansion of Ky. 536 willhave on adjacent neighbor-hoods and communities.

This separate project, whichis being funded by a grant fromthe Murray and Agnes Season-good Good Government Foun-dation, will study how the ex-pansion of Ky. 536 will impactadjacent land uses. Studentswill document the existing con-ditions, explore primary plan-ning elements and address thepotential for economic develop-ment, nodes of activity, connec-tivity, and community charac-ter.

“It’s not very often that weget to plan for a roadway corri-dor like this,” said Dennis Gor-don, Planning DevelopmentServices executive director.“Looking at transportation andland usage at the same time isthe way this is supposed to bedone – and everyone benefits.Unfortunately, timing rarelyworks out like it will with thesetwo efforts.”

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A scoping study is being conducted on Ky. 536 from KY 17 to the Licking River.

COVINGTON — Thingsare changing in KentonCounty’s government.

As the county’s govern-ment officials were swornin Friday evening at Co-vington Latin School,Kenton’s new leader,Judge-executive KrisKnochelmann, announceda reorganization of thecounty administration.

County AdministratorJoe Shriver, who hasserved in that positionfour years and 17 yearsfor the county, becamethe new deputy judge-ex-ecutive.

“Every departmenthead will report to Joe,”said Knochelmann.

Shriver said BooneCounty AdministratorJeff Earlywine and Camp-bell County Administra-tor Robert Horine haveserved dual roles for sev-eral years, and he’s excit-ed to jump into the newrole.

“Kris is energetic andexcited to get things go-ing,” said Shriver. “Thereare a lot of initiatives he’sgoing to want to tackle inthe next few months, andwe’ve got the staff togeth-er to really make it all fallinto place.”

Knochelmann saidScott Gunning, who has

served as Parks and Rec-reation director, will be-come the assistant countyadministrator and willoversee parks, the golfcourse and buildings andgrounds. Knochelmannsaid this change will allowfor more shared servicesamong the departments.

He also announced twoother staff additions: JohnStanton will become di-rector of external affairs,mostly overseeing eco-nomic development ini-tiatives and serving ascity liaison, and Nick Hen-drix will come in to directpublic works and the

county fleet garage. Among the other offi-

cials who were sworn induring the Friday nightevent were the threecounty commissioners,Jon Draud, Joe NienaberJr. and Beth Sewell; JailerTerry Carl; Sheriff ChuckKorzenborn; PropertyValuation Administrator

Darlene Plummer; Sur-veyor Jim Shumate;County Clerk GabrielleSumme; and County At-torney Stacey Tapke. Cor-oner David Suetholz wasnot able to attend.

Magistrates Mary LouBlount, Stephen Hoffmanand Katie Shumate werealso sworn in, along with

Constables Danny Cope,Greg O’Gorman and Mi-chael Moffitt, and Conser-vation District repre-sentatives Aliena How-ard, Nancy Kloentrup andJames Kriessl.

Kentucky SupremeCourt Justice MichelleKeller administered theoaths, and Father Ronald

Kettler of Thomas MoreCollege provided the invo-cation. The evening’smaster of ceremonies wasformer Judge-excecutiveDick Murgatroyd.

Murgatroyd said he’dknown Knochelmann forseveral years and con-

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Kenton CountyJudge-executive KrisKnochelmann was amongseveral elected officialssworn in at a ceremony onJan. 2.

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Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Michelle Keller swears in Judge-executive Kris Knochelmann, Commissioners Beth Sewell, JohnDraud and Joe Nienaber Jr., and Deputy Judge-executive Joe Shriver. Sewell has her hand on a Bible held by her daughter,Gabrielle.

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“I couldn’t be morehappy that he is going tobe the guy who’s takingover and going to be incharge,” said Murga-troyd. “I think that Ken-ton County is certainly ingood hands, and I’m cer-tainly proud to be a citizenof this county, knowingthese folks are going to beleading us over the nextfour years.

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Kenton County Judge-executive Kris Knochelmann andDeputy Judge-executive Joe Shriver talk after the swearing-inceremony.

cer accidentally shot him-self in Over-the-RhineSaturday night while hewas on his way back fromdinner with his wife.

Officer Darryl Jouettof the Erlanger Police De-partment was in an eleva-tor in the Mercer Com-mons parking garage justafter 8:30 p.m. when hewent to adjust the weaponin his holster, police saidin a release.

The duty-issued .40-caliber semi-automatic

handgun discharged andthe bullet ricocheted offthe walls of the elevatorand struck Jouett in thestomach, police said.

Jouett was taken to theUniversity of CincinnatiMedical Center with anon-life threatening inju-ry.

The Erlanger PoliceDepartment says thatJouett has been with thedepartment for morethan 25 years.

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Since a Dec. 16 awardsceremony in Lexington,Dornheggen said his DUIarrest total has risen to80.

“I wasn’t necessarilygoing for the most DUI’s,but they’re out there,” hesaid.

Dornheggen said hespots DUI drivers whileon patrol on third shiftand the calls for othertypes of service de-crease.

County police don’t setup DUI checkpoints orhave a grant to workovertime to catch DUIdrivers, he said.

“I personally enjoystopping DUI’s,” Dorn-heggen said.

Kentucky had 168DUI-related fatalities in2012, he said. Dornheg-gen said his goal is to stop

ALEXANDRIA — Camp-bell County Police De-partment’s Donald Dorn-heggen made the mostDUI (driving under theinfluence) arrests in 2014of any Northern Ken-tucky officer.

He’s also among theDUI arrest leaders in allof Kentucky.

Dornheggen’s 76 DUIarrests earned him tophonors for District 3,comprising departmentswith 25-50 officers, in the2014 Governor’s Im-paired Driving Enforce-ment Awards.

any injuries or fatalitiesthrough being watchful.

Out of more than 5,500alcohol-related crashesin Kentucky in 2013,there were 138 deathsand more than 3,000 inju-ries, according to a newsrelease from the Ken-tucky Office of HighwaySafety.

Dornheggen said heisn’t looking for anythingspecific when watchingfor a potential DUI.

“As far as driving be-havior, it’s pretty painful-ly obvious sometimes,”Dornheggen said.

Alcohol isn’t the onlycontributor to DUI’s be-cause heroin isn’t goingaway anytime soon, hesaid.

“I’d say 10-15 of myDUI arrests have beenheroin,” Dornheggensaid.

Lt. Gov. Crit Luallencommended aggressiveenforcement efforts andawareness efforts tokeep Kentucky roadwayssafe in the news release.

“Kentucky drivers arehearing the message loudand clear about the dan-

gers of driving under theinfluence,” Luallen saidin the release. “However,we still have work to dobecause one alcohol-re-lated crash is too many.”

Northern Kentuckypolice agencies’ top DUIarrest officers, listed bynumber of arrests:

60: Erik Ruete, Co-vington Police Depart-ment.

58: Dustin Bowling,Boone County Sheriff’sDepartment.

51: Trooper RodneyPratt, Kentucky State Po-lice Post 6 – Dry Ridge.

32: Chris Armstrong,Newport Police Depart-ment.

26: Eric Reiman, ColdSpring Police Depart-ment.

23: Benjamin Kolk-meier, Florence PoliceDepartment.

19: Michael Brown,Bellevue Police Depart-ment.

19: Derek Faught, FortThomas Police Depart-ment.

15: Jonathan Colwell,Fort Wright Police De-partment.

15: W. Jamie Ruehl, In-dependence Police De-partment.

15: Brett Mullins,Lakeside Park/CrestviewHills Police.

15: Sgt. Michael Pao-lucci, Lakeside Park/Crestview Hills Police.

13: Brian Burch, Edge-wood Police Department.

12: Paul Roemer, Ken-ton County Police De-partment.

12: Mike Lyon, TaylorMill Police Department.

11: Dave Bently, Cin-cinnati/Northern Ken-tucky International Air-port Police.

10: Greg Eastham,Ludlow Police Depart-ment.

6: Marcus Best, FortMitchell Police Depart-ment.

4: James Black, Day-ton Police Department.

4: Steven Linville,Dayton Police Depart-ment.

4: Mickey Collins,Wilder Police Depart-ment.

2: Timothy Berwan-ger, Kenton County Sher-iff’s Office.

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Anyone interested injoining the Medical Re-serve Corps is invited toattend an orientation ses-sion from 9 to 11 a.m. Sat-urday, Jan. 17, at theNorthern KentuckyHealth Department’s Dis-trict Office, 610 MedicalVillage Drive, Edgewood.A light meal will be pro-vided.

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program, and its goal is toprovide a volunteer poolfor the Northern Ken-tucky region that can en-hance and support publichealth agencies and thehealth care infrastruc-ture during a crisis.

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Volunteers would beasked to serve in theirown community; but mayalso choose to volunteerfor the Tristate region orfor communities in needaround Kentucky. Volun-

teers will be offered train-ings throughout the yearthat will support personalpreparedness and basicdisaster response skills,as well as developing spe-cialized skills needed fora public health emergen-cy response.

Anyone age 18 or olderis eligible, and peoplewith both medical andnon-medical training areencouraged to join.

For more informationabout the Medical Re-serve Corps, contact JeanCaudill at 859-363-2009 [email protected], or visitbit.ly/NKYmedcorps. Ifyou plan to attend an ori-entation, call or e-mailJean Caudill to register inadvance.

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Tim Haders, art teacher andFine Arts chairman at Coving-ton Catholic High School, wasone of four teachers to receivethe 2014 Thomas More CollegeDiocesan Excellence in Teach-ing Award.

The award was presented toHaders by Most Rev. BishopRoger Foys, following the dio-cesan high school seniors Masson Sept. 10 at the Cathedral Bas-ilica of the Assumption, Coving-ton, to acknowledges teacherswithin the diocese who raise thebar of excellence in their class-rooms.

In his 30 years of teaching artat Covington Catholic, thou-sands of students credit Hadersfor encouraging and developingtheir artistic talents, with manypursuing art-related majorsand creative careers. Even stu-dents who did not take a Haders’art class count him as one of thefavorite teachers at CovingtonCatholic for his kind dispositionand involvement in Art Club,Christian Awakening retreats,the annual wiffle ball tourna-ment and Ultimate Frisbee tour-naments.

Graphic arts teacher CraigCleveland is a former student.He credits Haders with inspir-ing him to become a teacher andinfluencing his own teachingstyle. “Mr. Haders simplychanges lives for the better. I al-ways tell my students, you’llnever find a better art teacheranywhere, and no matter whatyou want to do with your career,make sure you take a Mr. Had-ers’ class while at CCH.”

Reflecting on his career,Haders noted, “Since starting atCCH, I have felt sincerelyblessed. Blessed with dedicatedand passionate students;blessed with fellow teacherswho love their profession andinspire each other; blessed withsupport from parents andthoughtful administrators. It isan honor to teach in an environ-ment rich in faith. The award iswonderful but it is truly evi-dence of all the amazing faithfulindividuals who have partici-pated in my life.”

Art teacherencouragesstudents tocolor outsidethe linesCov Cath teacherTim Hadersis recognized for excellence

THANKS TO JENNIFER K. ABDRABBO

Tim Haders of Covington Catholicreceived the 2014 Thomas MoreCollege Diocesan Excellence inTeaching Award.

FORT MITCHELL — Beech-wood Schools has adopted newmission and vision statementswith the assistance of the com-munity.

“I am very proud of this ef-fort,” Beechwood School BoardChair Melanie Stricker said. “Itwas great to see our stakehold-

ers work togeth-er to create vi-sion and missionproducts whichwill become theguiding princi-ple for districtdecisions in thefuture.”

The recentlyboard-approved

mission and vision statementsare as follows:

» Vision Statement: To in-spire students to embrace re-sponsibility, productivity andcompassion as citizens of aglobal community.

» Mission Statement: Toprovide innovative educationgrounded in tradition.

The idea for the updatecame about last February whenboard members and school of-ficials attended the annualKentucky School Board Asso-

ciations meet-ing in Louis-ville. Strickerand Superinten-dent Steve Hut-ton attended asession “Revis-iting Your Dis-trict’s Visionand Mission,”presented by

the Fort Thomas district. Theylearned about a process thatwould help achieve the boardgoal in a very unique way.

In April, a committee wasformed with representationfrom the following stakeholdergroups: the board and admini-stration, teachers and staff,parents, elementary and highschool students and communi-ty members.

Stakeholders heard ideasand words that described thedistrict and began draftingideas.

Susan Huff Schilling, aBeechwood graduate and par-ent who was part of the group,said it was “a privilege to workwith the leaders of the schooland community in movingBeechwood toward the futurewith a renewed vision to con-tinue the tradition of excel-lence we are all proud to be apart of.”

Hutton said this change inmission and vision was an im-portant undertaking.

“Beechwood Schools are al-ways in a continual improve-ment process,” the superinten-dent said. “For any organiza-

tion to continually thrive, it hadto be willing to examine its be-liefs and core values. I thinkthat is crucial to the success ofthe school district.

“We have to continually ex-amine the what, how and whyabout the things that we do as aschool district to help our stu-dents in their intellectual and

emotional development ontheir way to becoming produc-tive members of society.”

According to Hutton, havingadiverse group of stakeholdersto provide input was essentialto a successful task.

“These stakeholders will beimportant in helping theBeechwood Schools live up tothe revised mission and vi-sion,” he said. “The behaviorand actions of everyone associ-ated with the BeechwoodSchools has to demonstratethat the words and the valuesthat were developed by ourgroup of diverse stakeholdershave meaning.”


Beechwood Schools takeson new mission, visionBy Melissa [email protected]

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Claire Gigliotti, a kindergarten student at Beechwood Schools, writes the number 100 on a piece of paper inteacher Jamie Gubish’s class. The students were celebrating the 100th day of school earlier this year.

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The exterior of Beechwood Schools complex.

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Brady, Palmer attendCampbellsville University

Esther Brady, of Independence, and Rex Palmer, ofMorning View, are two of more than 1,000 newstudents attending Campbellsville University for the2014 fall semester.

The school is a Kentucky-based Christian universitywith more than 3,600 students.

Klosinski receives master’sat Miami University

Jessica Klosinski, of Erlanger, graduated with amaster of arts in teaching in the biological sciencesfrom Miami University through Project Dragonfly andthe Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden’s AdvancedInquiry Program (AIP).

Since joining the master’s program in 2011, she hasconducted projects that have made a difference inthe Florence area, while working as a science teacherat Erpenbeck Elementary School.

The AIP, a groundbreaking graduate degree, isfocused on inquiry-driven learning and social change.It combines coursework at Cincinnati Zoo & BotanicalGarden and seven other U.S. partner institutions withcollaborative work in Dragonfly’s web-based learningcommunities.

Project Dragonfly reaches millions of people eachyear through inquiry-driven learning media, publicexhibits, and graduate programs worldwide. Since2004 Dragonfly’s Earth Expeditions program hasengaged more than 1,700 people in firsthand educa-tional and scientific research at critical conservation

field sites in Africa, Australia, Asia and the Americas.Dragonfly is based in the department of Biology atMiami University in Oxford, Ohio.

Childress speaks at EKU commencementErica Childress, of Independence, was chosen to

represent her graduation class at Eastern KentuckyUniversity’s fall commencement on Dec. 13.

Childress, who received a master’s degree in publicadministration, addressed degree candidates fromthe Colleges of Arts and Sciences and Health Sciencesin the morning ceremony.

She spoke of the mentors in her own life and theneed to become mentors to others. Together, the twoEKU commencement ceremonies honored 1,424degree candidates.

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INDEPENDENCE — More than ayear ago, John Salyerssuddenly found himselfoutside his comfort zone.

He was at a health carecenter in Cameroon, Africa. Hehad traveled there on Rotarybusiness with the United Na-tions Foundation and congres-sional staff members.

Salyers had been participat-ing in polio immunization andwas observing HIV and mal-nutrition treatment at the cen-ter. He found himself standingbefore a 3-day-old baby, whowas HIV positive. He was askedto hold the child.

“I still feel awful about this,for a moment I hesitated,” hesaid. The stigmas associatedwith HIV crept through hismind. He felt uncomfortableand afraid. Recognizing hisignorance, he took the opportu-nity to leap out of his comfortzone and embraced the child.

“Oh, the smile on his face,”Salyers said. “That’s a life-changing experience. I thinksometimes we sit in our com-fortable places here in Ken-tucky or wherever we are andwe don’t realize what’s going onin other parts of the world.”

Resting at the kitchen table,glancing out the window of hisIndependence home, Salyersreflects upon his time in Africa– wondering about what’s goingon there now.

“I don’t know how much I didfor them while there, but theydid a lot for me,” he said.

Salyers recently returnedfrom a trip to Ethiopia, again onRotary business – polio immuni-zations and clean water pro-jects.

“Rotary is a good place tobe,” Salyers said.

Salyers joined the FlorenceRotary Club in 2005. He and hiswife, Connie, are Rotary Foun-dation Major Donors and mem-bers of the Rotary FoundationBequest Society. In 2006 and2007, he was named the Flor-ence club’s Rotarian of the Year.He currently serves on the PolioEradication Advocacy TaskForce for the United Nations forthe U.S. He is also district poliochairman and district governorfor District 6740, which in-cludes Northern Kentucky,Lexington, Somerset and east-ern Kentucky.

His utmost goal as a Rotarianis of course the Rotary Interna-tional motto: “Service aboveself.” This motto is lived outthrough the Rotary’s fulfillmentof the promise to wipe poliofrom the face of the earth. Thegoal, lofty, is expected to becomplete by 2018.

“A lot of blood, sweat andtears have been shed for thispromise,” Salyers said. “Polio isRotary’s No. 1 priority. Whenyou ask what’s next, we don’tknow. We don’t go to what’snext, we’re concentrated on

polio.”There are now only three

countries – Pakistan, Afghani-stan and Nigeria — that are notpolio free. These areas includesome of the most remote areasin the world. However, Salyersis not deterred. He believes thatRotarians will raise the $1.2billion it will cost to eradicatepolio by 2018.

Salyers’ passion for thecause, as well as his passion forpeople, are inspiring, accordingto Florence Rotary Club presi-dent Adam Howard.

Howard and Salyers havebeen friends for more than 10years. They met through theirwork with senators MitchMcConnell and Jim Bunning,respectively.

“Whether it’s advocating for

funding in Washington, D.C., orgiving a polio vaccine to a childin Africa, John is very passion-ate in whatever he pursues,”Howard said. “He channels thatpassion into his work as a Rotar-ian and humanitarian throughhis fundraising and personalwork on behalf of Rotary’s ef-fort to eradicate polio.”

Howard said Salyers hasmade the effort to eradicatepolio from an international fightto a “very personal” one.

“I get the feeling that I’mright there with him when hespeaks about his time in Africaproviding the vaccine to youngchildren,” Howard said. “As aRotarian, John has exemplifiedour motto of service above selfthrough the energy and enthusi-asm he has displayed when

organizing our regional effortsor inspiring other clubs intoaction. Each Rotarian strives tomake the world a little bettereach day, and John is one whostands above the rest throughhis personal dedication of ser-vice above self.”

Changing the world is some-thing that weighs heavily onSalyers’ mind. He has dedicatedhis life to service to others.From his involvement withvarious community causes tohis professional career as apolice officer in Erlanger, Sa-lyers has worked diligently tomake the world a better place.

“For me personally, I thinkScripture instructs us to be thatway,” he said. “At my church,Lakeside Christian, our missionis to love Jesus and love like

Jesus. It’s hard to say you loveJesus if you don’t love like Je-sus.”

Salyers said he has a heartand understanding for thosewho are downtrodden becausegrowing up he was “reallypoor.”

“I don’t just say that,” hesaid. “I ate a lot of pinto beansand fried potatoes as a child.However, I also understand thatit’s sometimes tougher on theone who carries the groceries tothe household that needs foodon Thanksgiving than those whoare inside needing the food. It’sso important to extend yourselfand to be uncomfortable. Weneed to be uncomfortable.”


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John Salyers, of Independence, gives a child a polio immunization while in Cameroon, Africa.


FRIDAY, JAN. 9Art Exhibits50 Years of Photojournalism inNorthern Kentucky, 10 a.m. to5 p.m., Behringer-CrawfordMuseum, 1600 Montague Road,Through selection of imagestaken by local photojournalistsworking for The Kentucky Post,The Kentucky Enquirer and theAssociated Press, premiereexhibit celebrates NorthernKentucky life and culture duringwinter season and commem-orates those who have dedicatedtheir careers to capturing com-munity’s memorable moments.$7, $6 seniors, $4 ages 3-17, freefor members. Presented byFotoFocus. 491-4003; www.foto-focuscincinnati.org. Covington.

Two Exhibitions, noon to 5 p.m.,The Carnegie, 1028 Scott Blvd.,Clay Street Press: CincinnatiPortfolio I-IV and Over Time:John Lanzador, William Messer,David Parks. Free. Through Feb.7. 957-1940; www.thecarnegie-.com. Covington.

Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 9:30-10:30a.m., Edgewood JazzerciseCenter, 126 Barnwood Drive, $38for unlimited monthly classes.Through March 30. 331-7778;jazzercise.com. Edgewood.

Holiday - ChristmasHoliday Toy Trains, 10 a.m. to 5p.m., Behringer-Crawford Mu-seum, 1600 Montague Road,Layout features Lionel trains andPlasticville. More than 250 feetof track. Patrons welcome tooperate more than 30 accessoriesfrom buttons on layout. ThroughJan. 18. Included with admission:$7, $6 ages 60 and up, $4 ages3-17; free ages 2 and under.Wednesday Grandparent’s Day:one grandchild admitted freewith paying grandparent. 491-4003; www.bcmuseum.org.Covington.

Literary - LibrariesMahjong, 1 p.m., Scheben BranchLibrary, 8899 U.S. 42, All skilllevels welcome. 342-2665. Union.

Music - BluegrassRussell Moore and IIIrd TymeOut, 7-10 p.m., Turfway Park,7500 Turfway Road, $25, $20advance. Presented by AmericanRoots Bluegrass Series. 992-5775;www.wobofm.com. Florence.

Music - FolkAdam Klein, 9:30 p.m., TheSouthgate House Revival, 111 E.Sixth St., Lounge. Georgia-basedsinger/songwriter. Free. 431-2201;www.southgatehouse.com.Newport.

On Stage - TheaterWest Side Story, 7:30 p.m., TheCarnegie, 1028 Scott Blvd.,World’s greatest love story takesto the streets in a landmarkBroadway musical that is one ofmodern theater’s finest ac-complishments. $30. 957-1940;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.

SATURDAY, JAN. 10Art Exhibits50 Years of Photojournalism inNorthern Kentucky, 10 a.m. to5 p.m., Behringer-CrawfordMuseum, $7, $6 seniors, $4 ages3-17, free for members. 491-4003;www.fotofocuscincinnati.org.Covington.

Two Exhibitions, noon to 5 p.m.,The Carnegie, Free. 957-1940;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.

CivicChristmas Tree Recycling,midnight Bring tree any timebefore 8 a.m. Saturday., String-town Park, Ky. 18 and KathrynDrive, Florence residents maybring trees for mulching. Pre-sented by City of Florence.647-5416; www.florence-ky.gov.Florence.

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

Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 8:15-9:15a.m., 9:30-10:30 a.m., EdgewoodJazzercise Center, $38 for unlim-ited monthly classes. 331-7778;jazzercise.com. Edgewood.

Holiday - ChristmasHoliday Toy Trains, 10 a.m. to 5

p.m., Behringer-Crawford Mu-seum, Included with admission:$7, $6 ages 60 and up, $4 ages3-17; free ages 2 and under.Wednesday Grandparent’s Day:one grandchild admitted freewith paying grandparent. 491-4003; www.bcmuseum.org.Covington.

Karaoke and Open MicKaraoke, 8 p.m., Southgate VFW,6 Electric Ave., With DJ TedMcCracken. Free. Presented byVFW Post 3186. 441-9857. South-gate.

Literary - LibrariesDiscover Wild Animals withCincinnati Zoo, 11 a.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Free. Presentedby Boone County Public Library.342-2665. Burlington.

Music - AcousticSaturday Night Music, 6-8 p.m.Music by “Cherish the Blue”(experimental folk)., VelocityBike & Bean, 7560 BurlingtonPike, Fresh baked goods, dessertsand coffee available. Free.Presented by Velocity Bike &Bean. 371-8356; www.velocitybb-.com. Florence.

Music - Classic RockDoc Savage, 9:30 p.m. to 1:30a.m., Miller’s Fill Inn, 52 Donner-meyer Drive, Free. 431-3455.Bellevue.

On Stage - TheaterWest Side Story, 7:30 p.m., TheCarnegie, $30. 957-1940;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.

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, JAN. 11Art Exhibits50 Years of Photojournalism inNorthern Kentucky, 1-5 p.m.,Behringer-Crawford Museum,$7, $6 seniors, $4 ages 3-17, freefor members. 491-4003; www.fo-tofocuscincinnati.org. Covington.

Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 9:30-10:30a.m., 4-5 p.m., Edgewood Jazzer-cise Center, $38 for unlimitedmonthly classes. 331-7778; jazzer-cise.com. Edgewood.

Holiday - ChristmasHoliday Toy Trains, 1-5 p.m.,Behringer-Crawford Museum,Included with admission: $7, $6ages 60 and up, $4 ages 3-17;free ages 2 and under. Wednes-day Grandparent’s Day: onegrandchild admitted free withpaying grandparent. 491-4003;www.bcmuseum.org. Covington.

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 - LibrariesExperience the Saxophonewith James Bunte, 2 p.m.,Boone County Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Free. Presentedby Boone County Public Library.342-2665. Burlington.

On Stage - TheaterWest Side Story, 3 p.m., TheCarnegie, $30. 957-1940;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.

RecreationBingo, 5 p.m., Southgate VFW, 6Electric Ave., Early games start at6 p.m., regular games at 7 p.m.Free. Presented by VFW Post3186. Through Jan. 25. 441-9857.Southgate.

MONDAY, JAN. 12Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 8:15-9:15a.m., 9:30-10:30 a.m., 4:45-5:45p.m., 6-7 p.m., Edgewood Jazzer-cise Center, $38 for unlimitedmonthly classes. 331-7778; jazzer-cise.com. Edgewood.

Literary - LibrariesMicrosoft Word II, 6:30 p.m.,Boone County Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Learn to createa resume, flyer and more. Musthave previously taken Microsoft

Word I. Registration required.Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library. 342-2665. Burling-ton.

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

Yoga, 7:10 p.m., Boone CountyMain Library, 1786 BurlingtonPike, Hatha Yoga postures. $25.Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library. 342-2665. Burling-ton.

In 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.

Zumba, 6 p.m., Scheben BranchLibrary, 8899 U.S. 42, Latin-inspired dance-fitness program.$25 per month. 334-2117. Union.

Teen Gaming (middle & highschool), 3:15 p.m., Lents BranchLibrary, 3215 Cougar Path,Gaming and snacks. Free. Pre-sented by Boone County PublicLibrary. 342-2665. Hebron.

Young at Art, 1:30 p.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Painting classjust for senior citizens. Free.Registration required. Presentedby Boone County Public Library.342-2665. Burlington.

Hook and Needle: Crochet aBasic Scarf, 6:30 p.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Learn how tocrochet your own scarf. Free.Registration required. Presentedby Boone County Public Library.342-2665. Burlington.

Literary - Story TimesBaby Time, 6:30 p.m., SchebenBranch Library, 8899 U.S. 42,Ages 18 months and under withadult. Free. 342-2665. Union.

Music - BluegrassBluegrass Jam Session, 8 p.m.,Molly Malone’s Irish Pub andRestaurant, 112 E. Fourth St., Allbluegrass pickers invited toparticipate. Free. 491-6659;mollymalonesirishpub.com.Covington.

TUESDAY, JAN. 13Art Exhibits50 Years of Photojournalism inNorthern Kentucky, 10 a.m. to5 p.m., Behringer-CrawfordMuseum, $7, $6 seniors, $4 ages3-17, free for members. 491-4003;www.fotofocuscincinnati.org.Covington.

Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 8:30-9:30a.m., 9:30-10:30 a.m., 4:45-5:45p.m., 6-7 p.m., Edgewood Jazzer-cise Center, $38 for unlimitedmonthly classes. 331-7778; jazzer-cise.com. Edgewood.

Health / WellnessSelf Defense Classes, 6-9 p.m.,

Edgewood Senior Center, 550Freedom Park Drive, Free. Reser-vations required. Presented byCity of Edgewood. 331-5910;www.edgewoodky.gov. Edge-wood.

Holiday - ChristmasHoliday Toy Trains, 10 a.m. to 5p.m., Behringer-Crawford Mu-seum, Included with admission:$7, $6 ages 60 and up, $4 ages3-17; free ages 2 and under.Wednesday Grandparent’s Day:one grandchild admitted freewith paying grandparent. 491-4003; www.bcmuseum.org.Covington.

Literary - LibrariesBridge, 12:30 p.m., SchebenBranch Library, 8899 U.S. 42,342-2665. Union.

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.Burlington.

Chapter and Verse, 7 p.m.,Scheben Branch Library, 8899U.S. 42, 342-2665. Union.

Metal Embossing, 7 p.m.,Florence Branch Library, 7425U.S. 42, See samples and demos,receive instructions and thencreate your own embossing,using paint to accent your origi-nal design. $5. Registrationrequired. 342-2665. Florence.

DIY: One Night, One Project -Cups ‘n’ Cocoa, 6:30 p.m.,Scheben Branch Library, 8899U.S. 42, Design and decorateyour own mug, and create yourown personal recipe for hotchocolate. Free. Registrationrequired. 342-2665. Union.

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.

Support GroupsOvereaters Anonymous, 7-8p.m., St. Elizabeth Fort Thomas,85 N. Grand Ave., Floor A, BoardRoom. Weekly 12-step programfor people who have problemwith eating/food. Free. Present-ed by Overeaters Anonymous.496-1477; www.oa.org. FortThomas.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 14Art Exhibits50 Years of Photojournalism inNorthern Kentucky, 10 a.m. to5 p.m., Behringer-CrawfordMuseum, $7, $6 seniors, $4 ages3-17, free for members. 491-4003;www.fotofocuscincinnati.org.Covington.


EducationiSPACE Girl Scout Brownies:LEGO WeDo Robotics, 6-8 p.m.,Girl Scouts Office, 607 WatsonRoad, Safari full of LEGO modelsthat come to life when studentsprogram them on computer.Ages 2-3. $12. Registrationrequired. Presented by iSPACE.513-612-5786; www.ispacescien-ce.org. Erlanger.

Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 9:30-10:30a.m., 5:10-6 p.m., 6-7 p.m., Edge-wood Jazzercise Center, $38 forunlimited monthly classes.331-7778; jazzercise.com. Edge-wood.

Resistance Band ExerciseClass, 7-8 p.m., EdgewoodSenior Center, 550 Freedom ParkDrive, With instructor Dan Ryan.Combination of strength, endur-ance and flexibility work usingresistance bands adaptable toany strength and skill level. Ages10-99. $40. Reservations re-quired. Presented by City ofEdgewood. 331-5910; www.eg-dewoodky.gov. Edgewood.


Karaoke and Open MicBest Voice Contest, 9 p.m. tomidnight, Peecox Bar and Grill,635 Donaldson Hwy, Free. Pre-sented by Peecox. 342-7000;www.peecox.com. Erlanger.

Literary - LibrariesTeen Cafe, 3:15-4:45 p.m., Flor-ence Branch Library, 7425 U.S.42, Gaming, Internet, snacks andmore. Teens. Free. Presented byBoone County Public Library.342-2665; www.bcpl.org. Flor-ence.

Young @ Heart Book Group, 6p.m., Boone County Main Li-brary, 1786 Burlington Pike,Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library. 342-2665. Burling-ton.

Yu-gi-oh, 6:30 p.m., SchebenBranch Library, 8899 U.S. 42, Playwith other local players. Bringyour own deck. No trading.English cards only. 342-2665.Union.

Sensory Storytime (all ages),6:30 p.m., Boone County MainLibrary, 1786 Burlington Pike,Storytime with adjustments forsensory sensitivity and specialneeds. Free. Registration re-quired. Presented by BooneCounty Public Library. 342-2665.Burlington.

Chess Club, 7 p.m., FlorenceBranch Library, 7425 U.S. 42, Allages and levels are invited toplay. 342-2665. Florence.

Get to Know Your iPad, 10 a.m.,Scheben Branch Library, 8899U.S. 42, Learn more aboutsearching for and installing apps,working with photos and othertricks. Free. Registration re-quired. 342-2665. Union.

Piecemakers, 1:30 p.m., LentsBranch Library, 3215 CougarPath, Learn basics or shareexpertise in quilting. Free. 342-2665. Hebron.

Movie Lovers Book Club, 6:30p.m., Scheben Branch Library,8899 U.S. 42, Snacks provided.Registration encouraged. Free.342-2665. Union.

Spanish Conversation Group, 6p.m., Scheben Branch Library,8899 U.S. 42, Free. Registrationrequired. Presented by BooneCounty Public Library. 342-2665.Union.

THURSDAY, JAN. 15Art Exhibits50 Years of Photojournalism inNorthern Kentucky, 10 a.m. to5 p.m., Behringer-CrawfordMuseum, $7, $6 seniors, $4 ages3-17, free for members. 491-4003;www.fotofocuscincinnati.org.Covington.


Anthony Becker Art Exhibit, 8a.m. to 10 p.m., Eva G. FarrisGallery at Thomas More College,333 Thomas More Parkway,Works from renowned artist.Free. Presented by Thomas MoreCollege. Through Feb. 5. 344-3309; www.thomasmore.edu.Crestview Hills.

Art OpeningsAnthony Becker Art ExhibitOpening, 3-4 p.m., Eva G. FarrisGallery at Thomas More College,333 Thomas More Parkway,Discussion on artwork and artforms. Exhibit continues throughFeb. 5. Free. Presented by Thom-as More College. 344-3309;www.thomasmore.edu. Crest-view Hills.

Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 9:30-10:30a.m., 4:45-5:45 p.m., 6-7 p.m.,Edgewood Jazzercise Center, $38for unlimited monthly classes.331-7778; jazzercise.com. Edge-wood.

Zumba Fitness, 6:30-7:30 p.m.,Independence Senior and Com-munity Center, 2001 Jack WoodsDrive, $30 six-week session, $7drop in. Registration required.356-6264; www.cityofindepen-dence.org. Independence.

Health / WellnessSelf Defense Classes, 6-9 p.m.,Edgewood Senior Center, Free.Reservations required. 331-5910;www.edgewoodky.gov. Edge-wood.


Karaoke and Open MicBest Voice Contest, 9 p.m. tomidnight, Peecox II, 12200 Madi-son Pike, Free. 356-1440;www.peecox.com. Independ-ence.

Literary - Book ClubsAmerican Girl Book Club, 6:30p.m., Boone County Main Li-brary, 1786 Burlington Pike, Free.Reservations required. Presentedby Boone County Public Library.342-2665. Burlington.

Literary - LibrariesComputer & Internet Basics, 1p.m., Florence Branch Library,7425 U.S. 42, Learn how to usecomputer and surf Internet.Learn about parts of computersystem, how to get online andget to websites, how to usesearch engines and performkeyword searching and how toset up and use an email account.Registration required. 342-2665;www.bcpl.org. Florence.

Bridge, 12:30 p.m., SchebenBranch Library, 342-2665. Union.

Chick Picks, 10 a.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Presented byBoone County Public Library.342-2665. Burlington.

Pizza and Pages, 3:30 p.m., LentsBranch Library, 3215 CougarPath, Eat pizza and talk aboutbooks you’ve been reading.342-2665. Hebron.

Yoga, 6:15 p.m., Scheben BranchLibrary, 8899 U.S. 42, Suitable forall levels. $25 per month. 342-2665. Union.

Threading Thursday, 6:30 p.m.,Scheben Branch Library, 8899U.S. 42, Bring crocheting, knit-ting, sewing or cross-stitchprojects and work among otherthread-loving friends. Free.Registration required. 342-2665.Union.

Piatt Family of Boone County,7 p.m., Boone County MainLibrary, 1786 Burlington Pike,Ron Buckley discusses his con-tinuing archaeological explora-tion and research of Piatt’sLanding. Free. Presented byBoone County Public Library.342-2665. Burlington.

On Stage - TheaterWest Side Story, 7:30 p.m., TheCarnegie, $30. 957-1940;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.

FRIDAY, JAN. 16Art Exhibits50 Years of Photojournalism inNorthern Kentucky, 10 a.m. to5 p.m., Behringer-CrawfordMuseum, $7, $6 seniors, $4 ages3-17, free for members. 491-4003;www.fotofocuscincinnati.org.Covington.


Anthony Becker Art Exhibit, 8a.m. to 10 p.m., Eva G. FarrisGallery at Thomas More College,Free. 344-3309; www.thomasmo-re.edu. Crestview Hills.

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ABOUT CALENDARTo submit calendar items, go to Cincinnati.com/northernken-

tucky and click on “Share!” Send digital photos to [email protected] along with event information. Items areprinted on a space-available basis with local events takingprecedence.

Deadline is two weeks before publication date. To find morecalendar events, go to Cincinnati.com/northernkentucky andchoose from a menu of items in the Entertainment section onthe main page.

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Florence residents can bring their Christmas trees for mulchingbefore 8 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 10, at Stringtown Park, Ky. 18and Kathryn Drive, Florence; at the Farmers Market on Ky. 18and Camp Ernst; at Ryle High School behind the stadium; atWalton Park near the back ball field; and at Old Flicks parkinglot at Tanner's Station on North Bend and Tanners. For moreinformation, call 647-5416, or visit www.florence-ky.gov.

JANUARY 8, 2015 • SOUTH KENTON RECORDER • A7NEWS

Who knew my familywould be such a trend-setter for the New Year?Food trends are all overthe board, and today I’mtalking about a few of

them.Mediter-

raneandiet. Hum-mus, fala-fel andZaatarseasoningon flatbread.Heck,that’s notrend atour house,

that’s dinner. (Masonreaders Mary Lou andJoe Zarick make tradi-tional flat bread at homeevery week).

Edible petals as aningredient. One of myfood magazines has cook-ies with edible rose pealson the cover. I’m waybeyond that with usingboth wild and cultivatededible flowers in cookingand preserving.

Fruit and veggiecleanses. My answer tothat is a drink I learnedfrom Susan Parker, pro-prietor of Susan’s NaturalWorld in Cincinnati, eonsago: the juice of a lemonin a glass of water.

It acts as a naturalliver cleanser and im-mune booster and turnsalkaline in the body.Drink first thing in themorning.

Root to stalk. Remem-ber “tail to snout” reci-pes? Look for “root tostalk” recipes, like pick-ling leaves of radishes, orusing stems of herbs as asavory base to roast

meats. Again, what’s oldis new. Friend and amaz-ing Italian cook Rita Ma-cEachen of Madeira hasalways frozen her pars-ley stems for seasoning.

Ramen noodles areback again. In both soupsand salads. (Not the sea-soning packet, just noo-dles).

Anything fermented ishuge. Kimchee and sauer-kraut head the list. Goodfor digestive system andin helping prevent somecancers. So Laszlo Mol-nar’s stuffed cabbagerolls are just the kind offood to start the NewYear right.

Laszlo’s Iron Skilletstuffed cabbagerolls

There are few ethnicrestaurants that havebeen family owned forgenerations. I applaudthem all, including Las-zlo’s Iron Skillet in New-town.

Some of you will recallthe devastating fire ofthe original restaurant onValley Avenue in New-town back in 2013. Sincethen, Laszlo Molnar andhis sister, Monica Lipp-meier, have relocated, atleast for now, on MainStreet in Newton.

Laszlo’s skill in cook-ing Hungarian and Ger-man cuisines comes fromgenerations before him.Laszlo is generous insharing recipes, like oneof my favorites, stuffedcabbage that Laszlo madeon my cable show.

His stuffed cabbagerolls contain ingredientsindigenous to German

and Hungarian food. Thisis one of my most re-quested restaurant reci-pes. If you’d like to enjoyit or his many other au-thentic dishes at the res-taurant, check out theIron Skillet at laszlosiron-skillet.com or call 513-271-4766.

Filling1 small head green

cabbage1/2 pound of ground

pork1 pound of ground

beef, not lean (70/30 or80/20)

1 teaspoon caraway1 tablespoon salt1-1/2 teaspoons black

pepper1/4 cup uncooked

long grain rice2 cloves garlic,

minced1/4 cup onion, minced2 eggs29 oz. tomato sauce15 oz. sauerkrautBoil salted water

(enough to cover head ofcabbage), core cabbageand lightly blanch, letcool.

Mix pork, beef, and allingredients, except toma-to sauce and sauerkraut,until well combined andchill, until ready for use.Take blanched head ofcabbage and removeleaves, cut out vein.

Fill cabbage leaf ac-cording to leaf size withfilling, roll and tuck tight-ly.

SauceLeftover cooked cab-

bage pieces, chopped

Stir together:29 oz. tomato sauce1/4 cup sugarSalt to tastePinch of carawayCookingPlace cabbage rolls in

pan, seam side down,alternating layers. Takeleft over cabbage piecesand put in pan along withsauce. Gently pour waterover to cover.

Cook for one hour.Remove rolls to cool. Putall liquid into containerand chill, discard fatlayer, return to saucepan,boil, thicken with corn-starch, and add sauer-kraut (optional).

Readers want toknow: What is kefir?

Similar to yogurt intaste, this fermenteddairy drink is like a thick,protein-packed smoothie.The complete proteins inkefir are easily digested,so if you’re lactose intol-erant, you probably candrink it.

Kefir has gut-friendlybacteria and helps theimmune system balancedigestion and lower cho-lesterol.

A bonus: it containsvitamin D and calcium.

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is anherbalist, educator, JungleJim’s Eastgate culinary pro-fessional and author. Find herblog online atAbouteating.com. Call 513-248-7130, ext. 356.

Make Laszlo’s stuffed cabbage rolls

Rita HeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN

THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD

Cabbage rolls, containing ingredients indigenous to German and Hungarian food, are made from the recipe of Laszlo Molnar,owner of Laszlo's Iron Skillet in Newtown,

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The holiday season bringsabout many reasons for kids tosmile, from opening gifts toholiday light displays to con-certs. Kids’ oral health and theholidays are even memori-alized in the song “All I Wantfor Christmas is My Two FrontTeeth.”

But many children in North-ern Kentucky don’t have per-fect smiles this holiday season.One in five preschoolersscreened by the health depart-ment’s oral health programhave tooth decay, and the num-ber jumps to half of second-graders.

Gov. Steve Beshear hasmade children’s oral health apriority. His KY Health Nowinitiative includes a goal to

reduce thepercentage ofchildren withuntreateddental decayby 25 percentby 2019.

Locally, theHealthySmiles for ourKids coalitionhas made it apriority to

improve oral health amongNorthern Kentucky children.Members of the group includethe Health Department,HealthPoint Family Care andChildren Inc.

Exposure to fluoride is aproven way to protect babyteeth and reduce the risk of

future decay. Fluoride treat-ments strengthen tooth enameland prevent cavities.

While most children nowdrink fluoridated water, thatamount is not enough. Kidsalso need regular fluoridetreatments, which can helpprevent cavities by about 80percent. Fluoride varnish canbe applied two to four times ayear or more frequently if thechild is at risk for decay.

The health department isworking to increase fluoridevarnishing for children inpreschool and kindergarten.With support from the UnitedWay, Interact for Health andOral Health America, theschool-based varnish programexpanded this school year,

seeing kids in 32 local schools.In the 2013-2014 school year,

the varnish program saw 1,700kids. In the first three monthsof this year, health departmenthygienists have varnished theteeth of more than 800 schoolkids.

The health department’sprogram focuses on at-riskpopulations, going in to schoolswhere a high percentage ofchildren are eligible for freeand reduced lunch, and is notintended to replace regulardental visits. Every childshould have a dental home, andeven preschoolers should reg-ularly visit a dentist.

Children with KentuckyMedicaid have dental coverage

– it’s important to make surethat parents use it. Familieswith private dental insuranceshould also take advantage ofcoverage for preventativecare, including fluoride.

Poor oral health can lead tolow self esteem, lost schooldays, pain, and in the worstcase, death. But it doesn’t haveto be that way: With the rightpreventive dental care andongoing dental visits, a child’ssmile can continue to be anexpression of joy, and not asource of embarrassment orpain.

Dr. Lynne M. Saddler is districtdirector of health of the NorthernKentucky Health Department

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Dr. Lynne M. SaddlerCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

As of Jan. 1, 2015, manycancer patients in Kentuckywill benefit from a new law tolimit patient costs for oralanticancer medications thatwas passed in the 2014 Gener-al Session as a part of SB 126.

Intravenous (IV)/infusedcancer medications are typi-cally covered under a healthplan’s medical benefit withpatients responsible for anominal co-payment for eachtreatment.

As a newer form of therapy,orally administered cancerdrugs benefit patients buthave often come with the high-est out-of-pocket cost, requir-ing patients to pay a coinsur-ance – or a percentage of theoverall total cost of the medi-cation. The percentage ofcoinsurance can often equalthousands of dollars eachmonth; a price tag that re-stricts access to life-savingoral anticancer therapies foruntold numbers of cancerpatients.

Kentucky’snew bill,which passedafter a pas-sionate andheartfelt cam-paign by can-cer patientsand their ad-vocates – in-cluding theKentuckyPharmacists

Association – requires healthinsurance companies tocharge patients no more than$100 out-of-pocket for a 30-daysupply of orally administeredcancer medications.

The law does not requirehealth plans to cover a newservice and only impacts thosethat currently list chemo-therapy as a covered benefit.The state law impacts resi-dents covered by a privatecommercial health plan. Ken-tucky now joins 33 otherstates and the District of Co-lumbia in enacting similar

legislation.Why is this legislation im-

portant and why is it needed?That story is told in the wordsof cancer survivor Pam An-derson who writes: “I wasdiagnosed with multiple my-eloma, one of the blood can-cers, in the late winter of 2008.This was quite a shock to meas I had always been veryhealthy and all of a sudden Iwas dealing with a cancer thathas no cure. Fortunately forme, there are a number ofeffective treatments anddrugs that have been devel-oped in recent years. I havebeen able to manage the can-cer and live a somewhat nor-mal life these past almostseven years.

“Just to add a little aboutmultiple myeloma, each yearapproximately 20,000 Amer-icans are diagnosed with my-eloma. It is a relapsing andremitting disease so those ofus who have myeloma willmost likely have to use most

of the approved treatmentsincluding IV, injections, andoral chemo drugs and combi-nations of IV and oral drugs.So it is imperative that wehave access to all treatmentsequally.

“I was most surprised whenI learned that the oral chemo(Revlimid) I was to take is onthe pharmacy side of my in-surance plan, whereas the IVchemo I had been taking wason the medical side of myinsurance plan. The issue wasthat the IV chemo on the med-ical side is reimbursed with asmall co-pay whereas the oralchemo on the pharmacy side isclassified as a Tier 4 drug andthe co-pays can be significant(for example, a month’s supplyof the oral Tier 4 chemo cancost about $6,500 and with a 25percent co-pay that is $1,625.)

“I immediately becameaware that there was quite adisparity for patients betweenthe cost of IV and InjectedChemo versus Oral Chemo

and I decided to support theefforts of various groups in-cluding the Leukemia andLymphoma Society, the Inter-national Myeloma Foundationand the Kentucky PharmacistsAssociation, to achieve legisla-tion in Kentucky that wouldachieve chemotherapy parityfor all cancer patients. I wasvery glad to be able to be apart of the effort which led toKentucky’s passage of ChemoDrug Parity legislation in thespring of 2014.”

The basic tenet is that allcancer patients have access toall treatments equally, An-derson notes.

We want to thank the legis-lature, Governor Beshear,health plans and this newspa-per for helping those strug-gling with cancer to know thatadditional therapies are nowavailable to assist with theirtreatments as of Jan. 1.

Bob Oakley is president of the Ken-tucky Pharmacists Association.

Fairness act expands access to cancer therapies

BobOakleyCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

In response to Bill Whelan’smost significant event of 2014(Chatroom, Jan. 1): The peoplehave voted. We don’t agreewith you. Frankly, I am tiredof the same old rhetoric. Per-haps we should just ignore it.However, here it goes.

The Bush years are notcommonly referred to as “thelost decade.” Anything Bushever did while president wasfar better than the present.President and Mrs. Bushshowed us courage and gracein the months after we had adevastating attack on U.S.soil.

Obama has failed on prom-ise after promise. Something,almost daily, seems to showObama’s intent on whittlingthis country down a littlemore. How can anyone bethankful that the majority ofpeople in this country aresuffering?

Now I cannot justify buy-ing a roast for $35. Most of myworking friends are in thesame boat. Our economyhangs by a fragile thread,despite number jiggling.

Health care, with the veryhigh deductibles, is a joke.Our military has been cut somuch –our enemies know weare weak. The whole world is

laughing at us!Researchonline. TheU.S.A. is notearning morerespect, dearman.

You placethe blame onthe wealthy.Why doesObama givefederal money

to his buddy corporations (ourtax money, but now just bor-rowed money that will keepgenerations in debt)? The“rich” who worked hard fortheir money, maybe earned itafter immigrating here, havehistorically been the ones whocreated more jobs for the restof us.

The rich are not the enemy.From looking at the net worthof a lot of political leadersnow, we might actually won-der why they are becomingthe new “rich.” Perhaps someof the rich are the ones keep-ing us in debt, as they fly offon luxurious vacations, livingit up off of our taxes.

Gasoline prices are comingdown for now, but it’s not Oba-ma’s doing. He said that hewanted gasoline and otherenergy to go drastically high

so we’d stop using so much.The Man upstairs is the onewho blesses this country andgave us some relief, in spite ofthe agenda.

“...only imagine how muchmore could have been ac-complished if Congress hadcollaborated”? He told Con-gress the Dems were incharge. He didn’t have towork with them. And hedoesn’t listen to the people.Did we get to vote on Obama-care?

Obama got almost every-thing he wanted, effectivelyunchallenged. It’s been frus-trating to the American peo-ple watching this kind of con-trol over our country.

Our very rights as citizensof this country are being rap-idly eroded. Just for speakingor printing this, for the firsttime in this great country, wehave to fear that we are on agovernment watch list. Thispresident has thin skin and nosense of humor. Fear Godrather than man. Mr.Whelan –yes, let us pray. If we pray,God will have mercy on us.Yes, God, please do blessAmerica.

Carolyn Prater is a Florence resi-dent.

Obama has failed on promise after promise

CarolynPraterCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

Jan. 1 questionWhat are you most looking

forward to, or what do youexpect or hope to see happen,in 2015?

“I hope to see a return ofrespect for one another, andtolerance of those with dif-ferent points of view. Itwould be a nice to see a re-surgence of respect forauthority and genuine con-cern for our community.”

Don Volland

“2015 is going to be theyear of giving. I have al-ready seen so many randomacts of kindness in this firstweek of the new year, I takeit as a good indication ofthings to come.”

Nora Turner

“With the apparent dis-sension among the MiddleEast OPEC nations and theirprice fixing I look forwardto cheap gas in 2015. Simul-taneously the U.S. has vastshale oil reserves. The newCongress will pass the go-ahead for the KeystonePipeline to move this U.S.and Canadian oil to refin-

eries safer than trains.Cheaper gas will spur theeconomy. Now what poli-tician(s) will take credit forOPEC’s possible demise? Gofigure”

T.D.T.

“To boldly steal a phrasefrom the Miss America pag-eant: world peace. It willnever happen, unfortunate-ly, but it is a good goal forwhich to strive. Peace with-in the borders of the U.S.A.is perhaps slightly moreattainable, but yet a distantstretch. If not nationally, wecould certainly work towardpeace locally.”

M. J. F.

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SOUTH KENTONRECORDEREditor: Melanie Laughman, [email protected], 513-248-7573

Congratulations to the 2014-2015 fall sports All Stars.In 2014-2015 school year,

we’re taking a different tact atrecognizing student athletes inthe Community Press & Record-er, replacing Sportsman andSportswoman of the Year. Eachseason we’ll name All Stars foreach sport, many picked for sta-tistical reasons, all-city teamrankings, etc.

Some of these names - plussome wild cards - will be placedon a ballot in June (along withthe All Stars from winter andspring) for the 2014-2015 maleand female All Stars of the Year.Readers will be able to vote forthese 2014-2015 All Stars in lateJune or early July on Cincinnati-.com. The wild cards will be lim-ited to seniors of significant in-dividual athletic achievement.Please note The CommunityPress’s sister paper, the Cincin-nati Enquirer, has its own fallsports All Stars and will have asimilar vote next summer.

The daily and weekly highschool sports staff, as well asour fall sponsor, Tri-Health, areproud to acknowledge the hardwork and dedication of theseathletes and their coaches.

Boys cross countryZach Mehuron of Scott» The Scott senior finished

13th in the Class 2A KHSAAstate meet, finishing in 17:15. Heplaced third in the regional in17:13 and was named second-team all-region by local coach-es. Mehuron placed 10th in theNKAC meet with a 16:58. He hada best time this year of 16:52,shaving more than two minutesoff his 2013 best.

Girls cross countrySophia Delisio of Simon Ken-

ton» An eighth-grader, Delisio

was Region 5 champion in Class3A, leading the Pioneers to adominant performance in win-ning the overall team champion-ship. She finished 20th in thestate meet at 19:56. Delisioplaced seventh in the NKACmeet and was voted first teamall-region by Northern Ken-tucky coaches. Her best time ofthe season was 19:09, nearly atwo-minute improvement over2013. SK was 11th in the teamstandings at the state meet.

Boys golfLeighton Schrand of Holy

Cross» The junior qualified for the

KHSAA state tournament thisfall, shooting a 93 and missingthe cut to the second round.Schrand shot an 81in the Region7 tourney to grab the third andlast individual berth to the statetourney. He finished eighthoverall in the regional. His bestscore of the year was a 37 atTwin Oaks in a match againstBeechwood.

Girls golfEmily Armbrecht of Holy

Cross» The senior finished sixth in

the All “A” Classic state golftournament with an 82. She wasthe top finisher from NorthernKentucky in the tourney afterfinishing second (86) by twoshots in the regional tourney.She also finished second in theNKAC small-school tourneywith an 86, losing to Beech-wood’s Jenna McGuire in bothtournaments. Armbrecht alsoshot an 83 during a major tour-nament at Eagle Creek and wasa KHSAA state qualifier in 2013after shooting a career-best 78in the regional. She was confer-ence champion as a junior.

Football

Offensive POY – Logan Win-kler of Simon Kenton

» Winkler was the main tar-get for first-year starting quar-

terback Cameron Racke in thepassing game, catching 65passes for 851 yards and 13touchdowns, accounting fornearly half of Racke’s comple-tions and yardage, and more

than half of his touchdownpasses. Standout games includ-ed six catches for 167 yards andthree scores vs. Conner, twoTDs against NewCath andBoone County, 10 catches

against Dixie Heights, and sev-en catches for 107 yards and twoscores against Cooper. The ex-plosive Winkler also had an in-terception on defense. His pres-ence took pressure off the run-ning game, helping Dillon Pow-ell (1,519 yds, 16 TDs) have ahuge year. Winkler was one ofthree receivers named firstteam all-region by the coaches.SK was 11-2 with both lossescoming to Dixie.

Defensive POY – Barry Dea-ton of Simon Kenton

» The senior linebacker wasfirst-team all-region in thecoaches vote and was a key lead-er for the Pioneers, who allowedfewer than 20 points in nine oftheir 11wins, including a shutoutof a Cooper squad that reachedthe Class 5A semifinals. Deatonhad 41 tackles and 23 assists forthe year. Standout games in-cluded seven tackles againstConner, eight against a run-based Campbell County teamand 8.5 against Lafayette in theplayoffs.

Boys soccerLuke Treadway and Blake

Schneider of Scott» Treadway, a senior for-

ward, completed a record-set-ting career by helping the Ea-gles to the state championshipgame with one of the greatestscoring performances in tour-nament history. Treadwayscored in all four state tourna-ment games, including fourgoals in the first round. He wasScott’s lone goal scorer in the 3-0quarterfinal win and the 1-0semifinal. He added his ninthstate tournament goal in the fi-nal. He scored a team-high 30goals despite missing six gamesdue to injury, pushing his careertotal to 105 goals, second all-time in Northern Kentucky and12th in state history. He hassigned to play at the Universityof Kentucky.

Schneider was equally potentthroughout the year, scoring 29goals and adding seven assists.He came on strong duringScott’s postseason run, scoringnine goals with three assists inthe Eagles’ eight tournamentgames. That included a pair ofgoals in Scott’s wild 7-4 win overBoyle County in the round-of-16,and one goal in the 6-4 shootoutloss to Bowling Green in thestate final. Schneider was first-team all-Northern Kentuckyamong forwards and finishedthird in the NKY voting for Of-fensive Player of the Year.

Girls soccerMallory Valentine of Simon

Kenton» The versatile junior led the

Pioneers to an 8-11-1 record andthe 32nd District championship.SK lost in the Eighth Regionsemifinals. She was named first-team All-Eighth Region by thecoaches, ranking fifth in the fi-nal voting tally. She scored agoal in both of SK’s county rival-ry games against Scott and Dix-ie Heights and scored twoagainst Spencer County.

Ashley Bowers of CalvaryChristian

» The senior forward had ateam-high 16 goals and 11assistsfor the Cougars, who posted arespectable 8-11-2 record fortheir small-school stature. Thatgave her a hand in nearly half ofthe team’s 58 goals for the sea-son. The Cougars dominatedmost of their small-school com-petition but also had a 1-1tie withmuch bigger foe Cooper. Stand-out games included three goalsagainst Ludlow and Dayton, anda two-goal, two-assist effortagainst Bellevue.

Introducing the 2014 Fall All-StarsBy James [email protected]

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Blake Schneider of Scott (7) plays the ball past Greg Fischer of Trinity (18) in the state tournament. The Eaglesreached the state final for the first time.

THANKS TO HOLY CROSS

Leighton Schrand of Holy Crossqualified for state this season.

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Logan Winkler was first teamall-region and one of the topreceivers in Northern Kentuckythis season.

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Emily Armbrecht finished sixth inthe All “A” state tournament andfinished second in the conferencemeet.

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Simon Kenton linebacker BarryDeaton was first-team all-regionat linebacker and was one of thedefensive leaders for an 11-2Pioneers team.

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Simon Kenton eighth-graderSophia Delisio was regionalchampion in 3A and led thePioneers to the team regionalchampionship.

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Scott senior Zach Mehuron wasthird in the region and 13th atstate in 2A.

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Scott senior Luke Treadway, left, led the Eagles to the state championshipgame.

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Supplement» Holy Cross senior

Natalie Jehn led the Indi-ans at the Class 1A statecross country meet, fin-ishing 22nd overall. Sheearned all-state honorsand was first-team all-re-gion. She was inadver-tently left out of lastweek’s fall review pack-age.

Wrestling» The NKAC meet was

Jan. 2. Team scores:Campbell County 193.5,Ryle 167, Simon Kenton123, Cooper 120.5, Scott 99,Newport 87.5, Holmes 77,Dixie 70.5, Conner 69,CovCath 36, Boone 34.

Scott: Tony Ashfordwon 145 to remain unde-feated at 24-0. Cody Shultzwas second at 113.

Simon Kenton: CaseyCornett was 182 and ElijahMiller won 195. Miller is24-2.

Boys basketball» Holmes beat Scott

93-77 to win the Lloydholiday tourney and im-prove to 9-3 Dec. 30. Mar-kel McClendon wasnamed tourney MVP. Sen-ior forward Rod Avery re-corded a double-doublefor Holmes with a team-high 21 points and 11 re-bounds. Junior guardMarcus Mullins recorded19 poitns and nine re-bounds and McClendonhit four three-pointers tofinish with 20 points.McClendon averaged 16.8points per game, and fin-ished with 20 points andfive assists in the finalsagainst Scott.

» Jake Ohmer set aScott High School recordwith 51points in Scott’s 87-80 win over Stewarts’Creek (TN) Dec. 29 in theLloyd tourney. Ohmerbroke his own school-rec-ord of 42 points, set lastyear as a freshman.

Coach Brad Carr said itwas one of the best shoot-ing performances he’sseen during his 11years ascoach, “we tend to be avery good shooting team,and honestly I had no ideaJake was scoring as much

as he was tonight.” Headded, “Jake is a tremen-dous shooter and greatteam player, he addedseven steals in addition tothe points tonight.” Scottfinished as tourney run-ner-up to Holmes.

» » The CommunityChristian Crusadersdropped their final con-test of 2014 against theChristian Academy ofLawrenceburg (KY)Rams, but a quirk in theschedule brought theRams to Independencefor a rematch for the firsttilt of 2015 on January 3.

CCA was out to provethe away loss, which sawthe three seniors on theCommunity team foul outin the come from behindRams victory, was a fluke.From the opening tip theCrusaders were on the at-tack. Community raced toan 8-0 start to begin thegame. Tyler Turner was onfire in the quarter, scoringoff a steal; hitting a con-tested four-foot jumper inthe lane and putting backa missed shot. When hetook a bounce pass fromfellow senior Adam Jumpand was fouled on theshot, Turner walked to theline with a chance to makehistory.

His first made freethrow was his 1,500thpoint as a Crusader. He ac-complished that mile-stone in just two and a half

seasons at CCA. His sec-ond free throw made thescore 22-13 after eightminutes of action.

In a low scoring secondquarter, Chase Coomerdrained two treys andteammate Caleb Wilsonadded one as the Crusad-ers stretched the marginto 35-24 at the intermis-sion. Matt Whiteheadadded a put back layupand a slashing bucket forfour of his 12 points in theclash. Turner added twomore charity tosses in thequarter.

CCA won 74-55. For thegame Turner led the Cru-saders with 26, Coomerchimed in with 13 and bothWilson and Whiteheadhad 12.

Girls’ basketball» Holmes beat Cy-

press Lake (Fla.) 65-14Dec. 29. Holmes forced 42turnovers. Junior guardHannah Tubbs finishedwith a game-high 15 poitnsfor Holmes. Freshmanforward Tyrah Englemonrecorded a double-doublewith 10 points and 10 re-bounds and junior for-ward Jynea Harris added13 points. Holmes beat St.Henry 82-51 Jan. 3. JyneaHarris had 23 points andHannah Tubbs 23.

» Holy Cross beatBeechwood 59-34 in a dis-trict and conferencegame Jan. 3. Aleah Tucker

led with 14 points.» Scott beat Gallatin

County 60-52 Dec. 29.Freshman guard AnnaClephane led the Eagleswith a team-high 19 pointsand 19 rebounds. Team-mate junior guard HollyKallmeyer chipped in 16points for Scott. Scottbeat Williamstown 69-57the next day behind 19from Clephane and 17from Lexi Stapleton.

» Simon Kenton beatOldham County 66-44 Jan.2 to improve to 12-0. AllyNiece had 14 points andMaggi Bosse 16.

Youthbaseball/softball

»The Crosstown Base-ball League was formedthree years ago to givechildren in Northern Ken-tucky a chance to playbaseball and has morethan 130 teams participat-ing. Children betweenages 5-18 are invited.There will be a coachesmeeting at 7 p.m. Wednes-day, Jan. 14, in the cafete-ria at Blessed SacramentSchool in Fort Mitchell.Anyone interested incoaching is welcome to at-tend. Contact either DaveEpplen at 859-331-1177 orJohn Graszus at 859-431-1466.

» Tri-State Girls’ FastPitch Softball has 35teams for girls between

the ages of 5-14. A coachesmeeting will be 7 p.m.Wednesday, Jan. 27, in thecafeteria at Blessed Sac-rament School in FortMitchell. Anyone inter-ested in coaching is wel-come to attend. Contacteither Dave Epplen at 859-331-1177 or John Graszusat 859-431-1466.

Newport history » Two Newport athlet-

ic jerseys will be retiredon Thursday, Jan. 8, be-tween the reserve andvarsity girls basketballgame against Brossart.Newport star basketballplayer Eugene BrittonCarter (No. 31) and long-time Newport coach Gra-dy Brown (No. 29) willhave their jerseys retired.

Eugene is a 1964 New-port graduate who ledNewport to the state bas-ketball tournament in1962 (Season record 24-7).He also played football;ran cross country; and rantrack for Newport HighSchool.

Coach Grady Brown,along with his brother,Ray, led the Newportbaseball program to ahigher level during theircoaching tenure - winningmore than 550 games be-tween them. Grady’s en-tire career was spent inNewport with the high-light in 1982 of a regionalbaseball championship

and two regional runner-ups. Newport was a base-ball powerhouse undercoach Brown’s guidance.

» The Newport Wild-cat Hall of Fame 2015 in-ductees will be inductedon Saturday, Jan. 17, at thehome basketball game.The ceremony will takeplace between the re-serve and varsity gamesagainst Ponitz CareerTechnology Center.

Inductees are WilliamBonner (1971), EugeneBritton Carter (1964),Keith Green (1992), EdHuffman (1955), ThomasLaskey (1968), RichardLienhardt (1960), HenryHank Lowe (1963), LarryMiles (1962), Charles Pate(1962), Lester Pate (1963),Larry Redmond (1954),James Reed (1965), RogerRiedinger (1965), JoeStamm (1983), John War-ren (1968). Bill Maloney,football and basketballstat-keeper, will get theDistinguished ServiceAward. The 1954 boys bas-ketball team will be theteam of distinction.

Diving» Scott Eagle Dive

Classic Jan. 3.Boys Individuals: 1.

Louie Hunt (CovingtonCatholic) 558.50, 2. EvanBrungs (Covington Catho-lic) 460.55, 3. Dallas Cors-meier (St. Henry) 371.00,4. Gus Staubitz (HolyCross) 357.80, 5. OwenFinke (Holy Cross) 299.50,6. Sean Courtney (BooneCounty) 280.60, 7. ParkerDuell (Covington Catho-lic) 255.35, 8. TrevorBuescher (Holy Cross)248.75, 9. Jake Hoarston(Highlands) 208.35, 10.Joe Cahill (CovingtonCatholic) 191.65.

Girls Individuals: 1.Carly Hill (Highlands)526.75, 2. Karly Crail (No-tre Dame) 427.30, 3. Lind-sey Fox (Scott) 406.20, 4.Flanary Patterson (Madi-son Southern) 394.65, 5.Caroline Schilling(Beechwood) 382.10, 6.Abby Miller (Beechwood)355.80, 7. Abby Weyer(Highlands) 329.60, 8.Francie Case (NotreDame) 322.85, 9. PeytonQuinn (Dixie Heights)303.05, 10. Emma Lehm-kuhl (Holy Cross) 286.30.

SHORT HOPS

By James [email protected]

THANKS TO MARVIN PRICE

Tyler Turner on the free throw line for one of his 26 points against the CAL Rams.

Volleyball

Jessica Tapp andJenna Trimpe of Scott

» The duo led theway as the Eagles hada season full of mile-stones, winning theirfirst ever regionalchampionship byclaiming the 10th Re-gion title and advanc-ing to the state tourna-ment. Scott advancedto the state semifinalsbefore losing to one ofthe nation's top teams,eventual state cham-pion Louisville Mercy.The Eagles won aschool-record 38matches against fivedefeats. Tapp had 452total kills to lead allNorthern Kentuckyplayers, a hitting per-centage of more than34 percent and a killpercentage of morethan 48 percent. Shecame up big in thepostseason with multi-ple matches of 20-pluskills. Trimpe, a multi-year starter at setter,posted 908 assists, andalso had 182 digs and70 aces.

StarsContinued from Page B1

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Jessica Tapp was first-teamall-conference for the Scottvolleyball team, which was38-5 and reached the statesemifinals.

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Jenna Trimpe was a veteransenior setter for the Eagles,who reached the statesemifinals for the first time.She was an all-region pick.

The Northern Ken-tucky Sports Hall of Fameinducted new membersDec. 17. Inductees were

Jeri Fisher, Jim Ling,Mike Ling, Rich Maile andBilly Riggs. Pauline Bau-mann and Ron Schneider

were given annual BillCappel awards for theirvolunteer service, honor-ing the former Covington

legend. Guest speakerwas former Reds pitcherTom Browning.

JAMES WEBER/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER

The Northern Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame inducted new members Dec. 17. Inductees were Jeri Fisher, Jim Ling, Mike Ling, RichMaile and Billy Riggs. Pauline Baumann and Ron Schneider were given annual Bill Cappel awards for their volunteer service,honoring the former Covington legend. Front row, from left: HOF vice president Ken Shields, Baumann, Schneider, DennieStieritz (sister-in-law of Riggs), Fisher. Back row: Jim Ling, Dick Maile, guest speaker Tom Browning, Rich Maile, Mike Ling, HOFpresident Joe Brennan.

Hall of Fame inducts five

JANUARY 8, 2015 • SOUTH KENTON RECORDER • B3LIFE

Laura ArmstrongLaura Evangeline Webster

Armstrong, 90, of Erlanger,died Dec. 27 at VillaSpring CareCenter in Erlanger.

Her husband, Clyde E. Arm-strong; and son, KennethArmstrong, died previously.

Survivors include her sonsHarold Tom Armstrong andCecil Wayne Armstrong; daugh-ter, Wilma Midge Elmore; and12 grandchildren along with 24great-grandchildren.

Patrick BowlingPatrick Lee Bowling, 35, of

Cincinnati and formerly ofKenton County, died Dec. 28 atLiberty of Riverside in Cincin-nati.

His father, Roy Bowling, diedpreviously.

Survivors include his mother,Shirley Bowling of Erlanger;and sister, Donna Miller ofNewport.

Interment was at RichwoodCemetery.

Paul GeilPaul J. Geil, 96, of Fort

Wright, died Dec. 21.He was an avid sports fan

who enjoyed watching theCincinnati Reds and Bengals.

His wife, Veronica Geil;daughter, Paula List; and grand-son, Victor Geil, died previously.

Survivors include his childrenKenneth Geil, Kathleen Geil,Jack Geil, Jim Geil, Patsy Mor-gan, and Jerry Geil; and 11grandchildren.

Memorials: St. AugustineSchool, 1839 Euclid Ave., Co-vington, KY 41014.

Lindsey FergusonLindsey William Ferguson, 19,

of Morning View, died Dec. 24.He was a graduate of Simon

Kenton High School and amember of the high school’sFFA.

Survivors include his parents,George and Barbara WarrenFerguson; sisters Grace Fergu-son and Paige Ottaway; broth-er, Kristopher Ferguson; grand-parents George Ferguson Sr.,Rita Gains, Jeff Warren, and

Nancy Warren.Memorials: Simon Kenton

FFA, 11132 Madison Pike, Inde-pendence, KY 41051.

Jack HopperJack O. Hopper, 84, of Inde-

pendence, died Dec. 28 at hishome.

He was a retired store man-ager for Zakem Brothers and alifetime member of Honey BeeBeagle Club, where he compet-ed in beagle field trials. Heenjoyed fishing, gardening, andwas a proud two-time goldenglove boxing champion.

His wife, Marian Hopper,died previously.

Survivors include his daugh-ters Jackie Stone and ToniProdoehl; sons Allen Hopperand David Hopper; brother, JimHopper; and 12 grandchildrenalong with seven great-grand-children.

Memorials: St. Cecilia Build-ing Fund, 5313 Madison Pike,Independence, KY 41051.

Rev. Louis JasperRev. Louis Jasper, 90, died

Dec. 26 at Rosedale Manor inCovington.

Father Jasper was ordainedto the priesthood by BishopWilliam T. Mulloy in 1951. Heserved the Diocese of Coving-ton in many ways, includingco-directing the Catholic YouthOrganization; serving as facultyat St. Henry, Newport Catholic,and Covington Catholic HighSchools; doing pastoral work atSt. Henry, St. Francis, St. Agnes,and St. Ann; and ministering aschaplain at Madonna Manor.

His siblings, Clifford Jasperand Marguerite Mefford, diedpreviously.

Burial was at St. John TheEvangelist Cemetery in Carroll-ton.

Memorials: The Priests’Retirement Fund, 1125 MadisonAve., Covington, KY.

Marjorie KaiserMarjorie “Margie” L. Kaiser,

81, of Crestview Hills and for-merly of Taylor Mill, died Dec.26 at Hospice of St. Elizabeth inEdgewood.

She was a retired assistant tothe equal opportunity officer atthe IRS, former St. ElizabethHospital volunteer, and mem-ber of St. Pius X Church inEdgewood.

Her husband, Jack Kaiser,died previously.

Survivors include her daugh-ters Mary Wulfeck of CrestviewHills, Susan Vogelpohl of Er-langer, and Sally Donovan ofLakeside Park; son, Tom Kaiserof Cleveland, Ohio; and sevengrandchildren along with fivegreat-grandchildren.

Entombment was at St.Mary’s Cemetery in Fort Mitch-ell.

Memorials: Hospice of St.Elizabeth, 483 South LoopRoad, Edgewood, KY 41017.

Alois Lohmoeller Jr.Alois “Fred” Frederick Loh-

moeller Jr., 82, of Independ-ence, died Dec. 22.

He was a retired mechanicand transmission specialist atRidgeview Lincoln Mercury. Heowned and operated Fred’sSuper Shell on Ritte’s Corner inLatonia in the 1960’s. He was anactive member of StaffordsburgUnited Methodist Church andthe miniature railroad CinderSniffers Club of Dover, Ind. Hewas also a member of AmericanLegion Moon Brothers Post No.275 in Independence. He was aU.S. Army veteran, who servedduring the Korean War.

Survivors include his wife,Sally Clare Lohmoeller; sonsWayne Lohmoeller and BernardLohmoeller; and four grand-sons along with two great-grandchildren.

Interment was at Forest LawnCemetery in Erlanger.

Memorials: StaffordsburgUnited Methodist Church, 11815Staffordsburg Road, Independ-ence, KY 41051.

Danny LunsfordDanny Lunsford, 69, of Elsm-

ere, died Dec. 23 at St. Eliza-beth Hospice in Edgewood.

He was a long-time machineoperator for Cincinnati Mi-

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Her brothers Howard, Cole-man, Clyde, Orville, and BobbyLunsford, died previously.

Survivors include his son,Michael Lunsford of Silverton,Ohio; daughter, Vicki L. Danielsof Elsmere; sisters Rose Snod-grass of Elsmere and BarbaraStephens of Florence; and fourgrandchildren.

Burial was at Kentucky Veter-ans Cemetery North in William-stown.

Memorials: Kentaboo BaptistChurch building fund.

Amanda MaxwellAmanda C. Maxwell, 27, of

Kenton County, died Dec. 28.Survivors include her parents,

Chris Maxwell and Vicki HillMaxwell; children Brooklyn andBrayden Louallen; siblingsDevon and London Maxwell;and grandparent, MemewJackie Hill.

Memorials: Amanda MaxwellMemorial Fund at any Bank ofKentucky.

Audrey McCownAudrey McCown, 75, of

Erlanger, died Dec. 24.She was a homemaker.Her son, Danny McCown,

died previously.Survivors include her hus-

band, Daniel McCown; sonsJohnny Cox Jr. and Jerry Cox;daughters Debora Cox, KelliBays, and Kim Curtis; and 13grandchildren along with 15great-grandchildren.

Emma MillsEmma Cole Mills, 91, of

Independence, died Dec. 21 atSt. Elizabeth Hospice in Edge-wood.

She was a homemaker andmember of Hickory GroveBaptist Church. She enjoyedsewing, cooking, baking, andattending her Sunday schoolclass.

Her sisters Alta Eagle andCleadie Mills; and brothersHomer, Herbert, Jimmy, andLowell Cole, died previously.

Survivors include her hus-band, Ford Mills; daughtersEilene Wallace, Janice Knox,Debbie Owings, and MarciaRoland; sons Larry, Steven,Phillip, and Brad Mills; sistersMarie Jordon, Geneda Gray,Doris Favio, and Jean Withrow;

brother, Farris Cole; and twentygrandchildren along with andtwenty-two great-grand-children.

Interment was at Floral HillsCemetery in Taylor Mill.

Memorials: American CancerSociety, 2808 Reading Road,Cincinnati, OH 45206; or Alz-heimer’s Association, 644 LinnSt., Cincinnati, OH 45203.

Rosemary RedmondRosemary Fricke Redmond,

72, of Sherman Oaks, Cali-fornia, and formerly of Coving-ton, died Dec. 17, in California.She was a graduate of HolyCross High School, Covington,and retired from a businessmanagement career specializ-ing in payroll.

Her parents and brothersFather Robert Fricke, WilliamFricke, and James Fricke diedpreviously.

Survivors include her spouseJerome Redmond, ShermanOaks, California; son MichaelRedmond, Arlington, Virginia;daughter Melonie Esformes;four grandchildren, Stockton,California; brothers Ron Fricke,San Francisco, Jerome Fricke,Golden, Colorado, and ThomasFricke, Fort Wright; sisters BettySchuler, Covington, Joyce Gray,

Brandon, Mississippi, and JudyReinersman, Fort Wright; andnumerous nieces and nephews.

The memorial service is 11a.m. Jan. 10, at St. AgnesChurch, Fort Wright.

Memorials: Social ServicesFund, St. Charles CatholicChurch, 10800 Moorpark St, N.Hollywood, CA 91602.

Sue RiddleSue Riddle, 75, of Independ-

ence, died Dec. 20 at her home.She was a homemaker, who

enjoyed reading and knitting.Survivors include her hus-

band, Albert Lee Riddle; sonsGreg Riddle and Doug Riddle;sisters Diane Bush and WandaClary; brothers Bill Robbins andLeonard Robbins Jr.; and agrandson.

Interment was at Floral HillsMemorial Gardens.

Carolyn SchebenCarolyn Leah Nicholson

Scheben, 71, of Lakeside Park,died Dec. 29.

She worked as an executivesecretary at the former DuBoisChemical and also worked formany years in the fine chinadepartment at McAlpins.

Survivors include her hus-band, Donald L. Scheben; son,Matthew Scheben of Delaware,Ohio; daughter, Jennifer Sche-ben of Tulsa, Oklahoma; andone grandson.

Burial was at St. StephensCemetery in Fort Thomas.

Memorials: Passionist NunsMonastery, 1151 DonaldsonHwy, Erlanger, KY 41018.

Sr. Annita SchirmerSr. Annita Schirmer, OSB, 88,

of Villa Hills, died Dec. 20.She was a faithful member of

St. Walburg Monastery formore than 68 years. She servedas a registered nurse at SantaFe Hospital in La Junta, Col., St.Joseph Manor in Florence, Col.,Estill County Hospital in Irvine,Kent., and at St Walburg Mon-astery infirmary. In 1965through 1968, she served theAymara Indians in Pomata,Peru.

Survivors include her sister,Margaret Coomer; brother,Bob; and members of St. Wal-burg Monastery.

Memorials: St. WalburgMonastery, 2500 AmsterdamRoad, Villa Hills, KY 41017.

Joan SchulteJoan Claire Hils Schulte, 82,

of Lakeside Park, died Dec. 19.Her husband, William H.

Schulte; sons Christopher,David, and John Schulte; sistersEllen May Goeke, Flora Schnor-bus, Ann Welch, and Mary RoseHils; and brothers Rev. HenryHils and Clement Hils, diedpreviously.

Survivors include her children

Dr. William Schulte, MaryMoser, Katherine Schulte, Dr.Martina Schulte, and JudeSchulte; sister, Joyce Blanchet;brothers Jude Hils, M. DavidHils, and Martin Hils; and 10children along with a great-granddaughter.

Burial was at Mother of GodCemetery.

Memorials: Be Concerned,714 Washington St., Covington,KY 41011; or Welcome House,205 Pike St., Covington, KY41011.

Charlotte SchwarteCharlotte A. Schwarte, 85, of

Villa Hills, died Dec. 22 at St.Elizabeth Hospice in Edge-wood.

She was a homemaker andavid golfer for many years.

Her daughter, PauletteDuennes, died previously.

Survivors include her hus-band, Paul Schwarte; childrenDavid Schwarte of Arlington,Tex., Michael Schwarte of VillaHills, Mark Schwarte of VillaHills, Jeff Schwarte of Edge-wood, and Kathy Nelson ofGreen Bay, Wisc.; sister, JackieSpendlove of Newport; and 10grandchildren along with sixgreat-grandchildren.

Burial was at Mother of GodCemetery in Covington.

Memorials: Mother of GodCatholic Church, 119 W. 6th St.,Covington, KY 41011.

Renee SpradlinRenee Vera Spradlin, 54, of

Taylor Mill, died Dec. 24 at St.Elizabeth Healthcare in Edge-wood.

She was a member of Vine-yard Christian Church in Flor-ence and the 700 Club. Sheenjoyed cooking and baking.

Her father, Gerald Festa, diedpreviously.

Survivors include her hus-band, Ronald Spradlin; sonsKyle Spradlin, Justin Spradlin,and Seth Spradlin; mother,Tonie Lauritsen; sisters KarenJolly, Annette Hanway, andMary Rose Tagliatella; andbrothers Gerald Festa andRichard Festa.

Burial was at Kentucky Veter-ans Cemetery North in William-stown.

Memorials: American CancerSociety, 297 Buttermilk Pike,Fort Mitchell, KY 41017.

Allen ToddAllen B. Todd, 27, of Inde-

pendence, died Dec. 22.His brother, Roger Todd, died

previously.Survivors include his daugh-

ter, Madison Todd; parents,Tina and Chris Meimann; broth-ers Vincen Todd of Crittendenand Damon Lay of Independ-ence; sister, Tasha Meimann ofIndependence; grandparentsSharon and Mike Weber of

Independence, Debbie andJerry Meimann of Independ-ence, and Doris and RichardBurton of Loveland, Ohio.

Burial was at Floral HillsMemorial Gardens.

Memorials: Allen Todd Me-morial Fund, C/O any U.S. Banklocation.

Stanley VanlandinghamStanley Paul Vanlandingham,

84, of Kenton County, died Dec.22 at St. Elizabeth Hospice inEdgewood.

He was a retired truck driverfor Roadway Express and a U.S.Army veteran, who servedduring the Korean War. He wasa member of Lakeside ChristianChurch and Post 109 of theAmerican Legion.

His son, David Vanlanding-ham; and daughter, CandyWright, died previously.

Survivors include his wife,Doris Price Vanlandingham;daughters Pamela Chell andPaula Haines; and three grand-children along with threegreat-grandchildren.

Memorials: St. ElizabethHospice, 483 S. Loop Rd., Edge-wood, KY 41017.

Loffie VicarioLoffie “Nick” Vicario, 53, of

Erlanger, died Dec. 20.His father, Ralph Vicario Sr.,

died previously.Survivors include his mother,

Shirley Vicario; and brothersRalph Vicario Jr., Michael Vicar-io, and Gregory Vicario.

Jim VoorheesJim Voorhees, 43, of Ryland

Heights, died Dec. 23 at hishome.

He was a graduate of SimonKenton High School.

Survivors include his parents,Stan and Bernice Voorhees ofRyland Heights; daughter,Katrina Voorhees of Independ-ence; and sisters Kathy Voor-hees of Delhi and Jenny Llambiof Independence.

Memorials: James VoorheesMemorial Fund, C/O any FifthThird Bank.

Clifford WainscottClifford F. Wainscott, 71, of

Erlanger. died Dec. 17 at St.Elizabeth Hospital in Edge-wood.

He worked as a clerk at theIRS for 13 years until his recentretirement. He previouslyco-owned A-V Repair Shop inErlanger. He was an electronictechnician who enjoyed metaldetecting.

His twin brother, WilliamDouglas Wainscott, died previ-ously.

Survivors include his daugh-ter, Deborah J. Noel of Flor-ence; and two grandsons.

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Do you know who’sresponsible for electriclines that run to yourhouse?

Mark, of Maineville,wrote that the under-ground electric linebroke from the street tohis house. He contactedDuke Energy and wastold it could not repairthe line – that he wouldhave to handle it on hisown.

Mark says the onlyway Duke would repair itis if he had bought itsinsurance for electricline coverage. Mark sayshe doesn’t know who tocall, adding, “This is plainnot right.”

What Mark and manyothers don’t realize is ahomeowner is respon-sible for the undergroundelectric, natural gas andwater lines going to theirhouse. If that had been anoverhead electric linegoing to Mark’s house,

Dukewould havebeen re-sponsiblefor itsrepair.

TheOhio Con-sumers’Counselsays manycustomers

can enroll in a programthat helps cover the costof repairing undergroundlines, but notes such linerepairs are needed veryinfrequently.

Mark needs to contacta local electrician tomake repairs. He shouldget repair estimates fromat least three differentcompanies, check to seehow long each firm hasbeen in business, and seewhat rating each hasbeen given by the BetterBusiness Bureau.

Be sure the contractoryou pick guarantees his

workmanship and materi-als – and provides a copyof his liability and work-ers compensation insur-ance policies. Avoid up-front payments of morethan 10 percent, and keepin mind the lowest bidmay not be the best bid.

The cost of line war-ranties ranges from $3 to$10 per month dependingon the type and numberof programs in which youenroll. The Ohio Consum-ers’ Counsel says somecompanies may offer aone-time annual fee ofbetween $36 and $120 tocover problems with theutility lines. It says, de-pending on the company,the warranty coversbetween $1,000 and$4,000 of repairs or re-placements.

Remember, mosthomeowners may neverneed to replace or repairany utility lines. Checkwith you neighbors to see

if they have had any suchproblems. Neighborhoodsolder than 40 years old,which have the originalpipes and lines, are thosethat should concern youthe most.

Most telephone lineproblems typically occurevery 20 to 30 years,according to the OhioConsumers’ Counsel. But,before signing up with awarranty company makesure you get written de-tails of what will and willnot be covered.

Howard Ain’s column appearsbiweekly in the CommunityPress & Recorder. He appearsregularly as the Troubleshoot-er on WKRC-TV Local 12News. Email him [email protected].

Homeowners responsiblefor underground lines

Howard AinHEY HOWARD!

As new year’s plansshape up, take a fewmoments to consider howyou and your familymight help others and thecommunity. There aremany ways to serve andhelp. Organizations allover seek assistance fora one-time event or for alonger-term, consistentcommitment. Decide inwhat ways you will servethis year.

Consider what you andthose in your familyenjoy doing. Look at thevalues and tenets of theorganization you want towork with and for toensure they match yourown.

Think about theamount of time and theskills and talents you areable to share.

Decide if you want towork with others in agroup setting or if youwould prefer to workalone.

As you consider giv-ing of yourself in 2015there are many organiza-tions that do great work.You might join one ormore of them and helpthem do great things toimprove the community.Fraternal and social or-ganizations typicallyhave a cause or causes

they sup-port withtheir vol-unteerefforts.

Therealso areopportuni-ties toserve as anindividualin differ-ent ways.

Children may be wel-comed to volunteer inmany of the settings.

Consider these ideasand add your own.

Serve a meal at thelocal soup kitchen.

If you enjoy music ortheater, consider volun-teering as an usher or inanother role with thegroup.

Volunteer at the localanimal shelter to walk adog, cuddle a kitten, orassist with cleaning andmaintaining the facility.

Help someone learn toread.

Tutor a child.Sort clothes and other

items at the communitycenter or church.

Take healthy foods toa senior apartment build-ing or offer to pick upitems on someone’s shop-ping list.

Visit a shut-in, play

music at a senior facility,cook a meal for someonewho can’t cook for them-selves.

Let someone get inline ahead of you or re-turn a shopping cartfrom the parking lot atthe store.

Little acts of kindnessshown to others don’thave to cost a penny butthe personal rewards canhelp boost your spirit andmood. You don’t evenhave to let others knowof the good deed you did– the personal satisfac-tion may just be enoughto lift you up.

If you find yourselffeeling a bit low, find away to serve others. Byfocusing on others you’llfind yourself feelingbetter.

Diane Mason is county exten-sion agent for family andconsumer sciences at theBoone County CooperativeExtension Service.

Feel better by helping out others

Diane MasonEXTENSIONNOTES

Kimberly Townsend, 47, ofFranklin and Jerome Berling Jr.,46, of Fort Thomas, issued Dec.15.

Margaret Robinson, 62, andRobert Rebholz, 62, both ofCincinnati, issued Dec. 15.

Jessica Williams, 39, andMichael Karr, 46, both of Gale-na, issued Dec. 15.

Phyllis Hicks, 37, and MarkHaywood Jr., 36, both of Coving-ton, issued Dec. 15.

Sarah Bernardini, 31, and GaryBernardini, 35, both of Union,issued Dec. 16.

Brittany Taylor, 25, of Edge-wood and Ronald Young, 31, ofCovington, issued Dec. 16.

Porsha Stallworth, 28, andZachery Ward, 26, both ofCincinnati, issued Dec. 16.

Katherine Lawrence, 31, andTravis Ball, 34, both of Coving-ton, issued Dec. 17.

Deborah Faulkner, 50, andRichard Faulkner, 48, both ofCovington, issued Dec. 18.

Rachel Nelson, 22, and Mat-thew Dickman, 23, both ofErlanger, issued Dec. 18.

Kimberly Huggins, 35, andJimmy Wilson, 43, both ofLudlow, issued Dec. 18.

Sara Laypool, 23, and MichaelStacey Jr., 23, both of Taylor Mill,issued Dec. 18.

Brooke Huffer, 29, and JoshuaCarter, 29, both of Marietta,issued Dec. 18.

Crista Maddin, 28, and Alex-ander Wissel, 28, both of Green-dale, issued Dec. 18.

Margaret Faulkner, 48, andElmer Sexton, 57, both of Cincin-nati, issued Dec. 19.

Emily Frey, 19, and Christo-pher Earls, 20, both of Cincin-nati, issued Dec. 22.

Katie Tomaro, 32, of Cincin-nati and Joshua Pegram 33, ofRipon, issued Dec. 22.

Annaliese Olsieski, 23, ofCincinnati and Jacob Daniels, 25,of Middletown, issued Dec. 22.

Kia Blevins, 40, and TimothyOber, 44, both of Elsmere, issuedDec. 23.

Phyllis Olinger, 60, of Daytonand Robin Embry, 64, of Coving-ton, issued Dec. 23.

Aaliya Matthews, 19, ofNorwood and Malik Mattocks,19, of Cincinnati, issued Dec. 23.

Erin Hunley, 20, of Cincinnatiand Martin Baker, 19, of Mariet-

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Vernon McIntyre,Larry Sparks joinWillis series

FLORENCE — WillisMusic WoodSongs Cof-feehouse kicks off Jan. 17at the Willis Music Per-forming Arts CenterMall, 7567 Mall Road.

The series is present-ed by the Northern Ken-tucky Bluegrass MusicAssociation and HeavensMark Productions Inc.

Admission is $10 or $8for members of the blue-grass music association.

All shows are at 7 p.m. » Jan. 17 : The Missy

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Newport CentralCatholic to hostannual stag

NEWPORT — The New-port Central CatholicHigh School Parent,Alumni, Booster Organi-zation will hold their an-nual Stag 2-6 p.m. Sun-day, Jan. 18, in the schoolgymnasium, with thedoors opening at 1 p.m.

The proceeds will ben-efit NCC athletics and ex-tracurricular activities.

The admission price of$25 will include beer, softdrinks, dinner andsnacks and a chance towin an LED HDTV. Therewill be football on the bigscreen TV, split-the-potand other raffles.

This is a smoke-freeevent.

Watts is guestspeaker at Rotarymeeting

The director of ad-vancement for the SeniorServices of NorthernKentucky, Tricia Watts,will be the guest speakerat the Rotary Club ofKenton County’s lun-cheon meeting on Thurs-day, Jan. 8.

The Senior Services ofNorthern Kentucky as-sists seniors in eightcounties in NorthernKentucky which includesBoone, Campbell, Car-roll, Gallatin, Grant, Ken-ton, Owen and Pendletoncounties. The mission ofSenior Services of North-ern Kentucky is to sup-port the independenceand dignity of olderadults.

Additionally, the Sen-ior Services of NorthernKentucky’s programs in-clude Meals on Wheels,Congregate Meals, Emer-gency Meals, Transpor-tation to Wellness, Pro-tective and InformationServices, a Seniors-OnlyFood Pantry, AniMealson Wheels (providing petfood and supplies for sen-iors’ furry friends) andSenior Center Manage-ment of ten Senior Cen-ters located in Walton,Carroll County, Warsaw,Williamstown, Elsmere,

Covington, Ludlow, Fal-mouth, Owen County andFlorence.

The luncheon will be-gin at noon at the ColonialCottage Inn, 3140 DixieHighway, Erlanger.There will be limitedseating by reservationonly. To make a reserva-tion, contact Gary Har-man at 859-393-4041. Thecost to cover the lunch is$12 per person.

Hall of famefounder to addressRotary

H.B. Deatherage,founder of the KentuckyVeterans Hall of Fame,and board of directors

member Gary Griesserwill be guest speakers atthe Rotary Club of Ken-ton County’s luncheonmeeting on Thursday,Jan. 15.

The veterans hall offame, organized as chari-table and educational,honors Kentucky mili-tary veterans and edu-cates about their accom-plishments through thehall of fame’s website,www.kyveterans.org.

The hall of fame holdsan annual banquet whereKentucky military veter-ans are inducted andawarded the “Hall ofFame Medallion” recog-nizing their military ser-vice.

The luncheon will be-gin at noon at the ColonialCottage Inn, 3140 DixieHighway, Erlanger.There will be limitedseating by reservationonly. To make a reserva-tion, contact Gary Har-man at 859-393-4041. Thecost to cover the lunch is$12 per person.

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