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FLORENCE — When fire-fighters rescued a husky fromafrozenpondonSundaymorn-ing, they weren’t just saving adog, fire officials say, theywere saving people.

“There were two or threepeoplethatweregoingtotrytoget that dog,” said Union FireChief Mike Morgan, who par-ticipated in the rescue. “Wereally look at it as trying toavert a humanbeing fromget-ting hurt or killed trying tosave their animal.”

The rescue occurred about10 a.m. Sunday after the Flor-ence Fire/EMS Departmentwas called to Lakeview Driveoff Mt. Zion Road for a dogtrapped beneath the ice.

Firefighters found Ali, a 1-year-old husky mix, had wan-dered onto a frozen pond andhad fallen through a thin spotnear the center, said Robert“Bud”Webster, Florence Fire/EMS battalion commander.The water was about 8 to 10feet deep.

Firefighters could notreach the dog using conven-tional means, so they called in

the Northern Kentucky Tech-nical Rescue Team. The team,which includes firefightersfrom several Northern Ken-tucky fire departments, spe-cializes ineverything froman-imal rescues tohigh-angle res-cues.

Team member BrandonKilby, a Union firefighter,

Brandon Kilby of the Union Fire Department grabs onto Ali, a 1-year-old husky that got stuck in asemi-frozen pond in Florence on Sunday morning. PROVIDED/ WILLIAM FLETCHER

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Brandon Kilby, of the Union Fire Department, reaches for "Ali,", a1-year-old Husky who got stuck in a pond in Florence on Sundaymorning. PROVIDED/ WILLIAM FLETCHER

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UNION — The city of Unionaims to improve safety at abusy intersection, andwill savemoney while doing so.

Lastyear,cityofficialshiredlocal engineering firm KLHEngineers to create a designplan for three new aluminumlightingpolesat theKy.536andU.S. 42 intersection to improvepedestrian safety – the cost ofwhich would have approached$25,000 to $26,000.

One light is already in placeonthecornernearest theUnion

City Building and according tocity engineer Barry Burke,“the original plan was that wewere going to work with DukeEnergy to relocate that lightandhavefournewlightsfortheultimate lighting capacity ofthat intersection.”

According to a report pre-pared by Burke and presentedto city commissioners, DukeEnergy had no interest in relo-cating the existing light in thefuture or as part of the plannedMt. Zion Road improvements.

Instead, the existing lightwillbereplicatedandlocatedatthe northwest corner (diago-nally across the intersection),reducing thecity’s costs and in-volving only one new light asopposedtothreeorfourasorig-

inally planned, the reportreads.

“The benefit that we havehere is that the city of Unionisn’t going to have to come upwith $26,000,” Burke said.

One light will total $2,762with a recurring monthly costof $12.35 for maintenance andelectric, according to Burke.

It’s a considerable cost sav-ing, he said, “when in fact westill benefit from adequatelight at that intersection.”

While the new plan may notbe“asgoodasthefour(lights),”Burke said the two lights are“still going to be safe.”

It may be late February orearly March before the instal-lation begins.

Change in lighting plan saves moneyLight at Ky. 536, U.S.42 will be replicatedBy Stephanie [email protected]

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and I will uphold the Constitu-tion of theUnited States.”

In the month following themassshootingatSandyHookEl-ementary, President BarackObama proposed gun controlmeasures, signing 23 executiveorders and outlining a plan totighten federal regulations onguns.

Obama asked Congress topass legislation that would re-

quire backgroundchecks on all firearmpurchases, includingthose from private sell-ers that federal lawdoesn’t currently re-quire a backgroundcheck.ObamaalsowantsCongress to ban mili-tary-style assault weap-ons and place a limit on

high-capacitymagazines.These strict federal laws

would contrast with what’s onthe books currently in Ken-tucky, which many gun controladvocates rate as a state withone of themost open gun laws.

While Helmig’s letter itselfdoesn’t specify what mandates,regulations or rules might vio-late theSecondAmendment, thesheriff says hedeemsmandatesand regulations as illegal.

John Bickers, a constitution-al law professor at NorthernKentucky University’s ChaseCollegeofLaw,said local lawen-forcement isn’t responsible forenforcing federal regulations.

BURLINGTON — In a lettermaking its rounds online, BooneCounty Sheriff Michael HelmigaddresseshistakeontheSecondAmendment – of which he’s a“staunch supporter” – andwrites thatherefuses toenforceany mandates, regulations orrules restricting firearms.

In a Jan. 16 letter, Helmigwrites “I do not believe the fed-eral government or any individ-ual in the federal governmenthas the right to dictate tothestates,countiesormu-nicipalities any mandate,regulation or administra-tive rule that violates theU.S. Constitution or itsvarious amendments.”

The letter has beenshared by supporters onFacebook andwas postedby the Boone CountySheriff’s Office on the site Jan.30.

In less than 24hours, the postgarneredmore than 400 “likes,”66 comments, and has beensharedmore than 330 times.

Letter responds to citizenquestions

Helmig said the letterstemmedfromnumerouspublicinquiries about his stance on theSecondAmendment.

“In 1982 I took an oath of of-fice. Every four years I have re-taken that oath of office, andthat is to uphold and support theConstitutionoftheUnitedStatesand the constitution of the com-monwealth of Kentucky. I’msworn to that, I believe in that

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went into thewater, brokethrough the ice andpulledthe dog from the water.

“By the time all theunitsweredispatchedandarrived on the scene, ittook about 20 minutes toget the dog out,” saidCapt. Tony Crouch of theHebron Fire ProtectionDistrict. “The dog wasconscious when it waspulled out of the pond.”

The animal’s ownerwrapped the dog in blan-kets before taking Ali tothe vet.

“I think the dog’s thickcoat helped it stay alive,”Webster said. “The sad re-ality is, I don’t think a hu-man could have lastedthat long treading water.”

That’s one of the rea-sons the rescue team re-sponds to savedogs, cows,horses and other animals,saidMorgan, amemberofthe team. Animal rescuesaccount for more thanhalf of the team’s calls.

“Number one, they arelike family to a lot people,or they have some mone-tary value,” he said. Of-ten, though, the dog own-er, farmer or even a by-stander might try to res-cue the animal.

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the example of recent le-galization of marijuana inWashingtonandColorado.

“If you have marijua-na, you’re violating feder-al law,”hesaid. “If federal(officers) stop you, you’renot protected by the locallaw.”

After 33 years in thelaw enforcement field,Helmig said there’s onecommon denominator –people.

“People commit acts ofviolence,”hesaid.“It’snotthe gun. It’s not the knife.It’s not the ball bat or theexplosive. It’s about a per-son.”

Helmig says it’s amen-tal health issue in thiscountry and that’s some-thing that needs to be ad-dressed.

“You can take away all

Helmig’s authority, Bick-ers said, comes from thecommonwealth.

“It’s a straightforwardprinciple of constitutionallaw that the federal gov-ernment can’t dictate tostate and local law en-forcement what to do.”

For example, Bickerssaid if therewasafederal-level ban on high capacitymagazines, and he hadsuchmagazines, local lawenforcement “could turnme over to federal au-thorities,” orcouldchoosenot to.

“If Congress were tooutlaw magazines withthe capacity of 20 rounds,it’s up to the federal gov-ernment to enforce it un-

the guns and people arestill going to commit hor-rific, murderous acts,” hesaid. “They’re just goingto find another means tocomplete their derangedthought process.”

Helmig said he sup-ports background checksand thinks there are loop-holes in that process thatneed to be closed, butdidn’t pinpoint specificregulations that con-cerned him, only sayinghe’s “not for anything thatlimitsgunownership,”ex-cept to keep guns out ofthehandsofcriminalsand“mentally deranged peo-ple.”

KatherineKeller,exec-utive director for NAMI(National Alliance onMental Illness) NorthernKentucky said while it’strue that some of theshooters have been those

with mental illnesses, “Iwould emphasize they arethose with mental ill-nesses that are untreat-ed.”

“I would be very, veryreluctant to bar anyonewho is labeled as havingmental illness from hav-ing control of a gun be-cause that termcanbe ex-tremely broadly applied,”she said. “Does that meansomeone who has evertaken an anti-depressant?Does that mean someonewho has ever been hospi-talized? Does that mean asoldier who has returnedwith PTSD (post-traumat-ic stress disorder)? Doesthat mean the firemanwhohasbeen traumatizedand has PTSD? All ofthese things are encom-passed bymental illness.”

Violence is theproblem

According to Helmig,thepublicdoesn’t hear “of

the (violent acts) that arestopped all the time.” In-stead “we only hear of thehorrific act.

“So why aren’t we talk-ing about the whole issueand the common denomi-nator? We have a violentproblem. A derangedmindproblem.Lookat theyoung man who wasmurdered just a fewweeks ago here in BooneCounty. Is anyone talkingabout the fists that wereused to beat him? Aboutthe knife that was used tostab him? About the sawsthat were used to cut himup? Is anybody takingabout regulating that?That’sahorrificmurder ...It’s ahumanbeing.Butwedon’t hear anybody talk-ing about that.”

Murder, whethersomeone is beaten,stabbedor shot, is “horrif-ic and bad,” said Helmig.“And the commondenom-inator is people.”

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Kentuckians living inSenate District 11 nowhave a new way to stay intouch with their senator.

Sen. John Schickel, ofUnion, recently joinedTwitter(@SenatorSchickel) andplans to tweet live fromthe Senate floor duringthe2013regularsessionoftheKentuckyGeneral As-sembly.

“While there are anumber of ways for Ken-tuckians to connect withtheir legislature, Iwant tobeasaccessible toconstit-uents as possible,”Schickel said. “I am excit-ed to use social media asanother way to communi-cate with the people Iserve.”

The Kentucky Legisla-ture maintains a webpage

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Onlinevideo cov-erage of the legislature’swork can be found atket.org.

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When CharlesMcQueen died in 2005 af-ter a battle with Alzheim-er’s, his family, includingdaughter Cris Suesz ofBurlington, beganhostingan annual dance in hishonor to “fight Alzheim-er’s and hopefully find acure some day.”

The eighth annualCherish the MemoriesValentine’s Day dancewill be held from 7 p.m. tomidnight Saturday, Feb.16, at the Cincinnati Air-port Marriott, 2395 Pro-gress Drive, Hebron.

“Hewas the rock inmylife. He taught me every-thing that I am ... I am theperson I am because ofhim,” said Suesz, hervoice straining with emo-tionas she spokeofher fa-

ther. “To watch this rockfade away and turn tosand and blow away wasthe hardest thing I everdid.”

He had “so muchknowledge to teach us,”shesaid.That’ssomethingher children will neverknow.

“They don’t knowwhatthey’re missing and I do.He could have taughtthem the world,” saidSuesz. “We learn fromour

elders and this diseasetakes them away fromus.”

She doesn’t want any-one to go through thisagain.

They‘re from a largefamily “and he slowly for-got every one of us.”

“It’s a really tough dis-ease, to watch someone’sbrain go away.”

Tickets are $50 each inadvanceor$60at thedoor.Proceeds will benefit theAlzheimer’s Associationof Greater Cincinnati andAlzheimer research.

For tickets, call Sueszat 859-586-9779 or [email protected].

Dinner, beer and housewines are included in the

cost.The night will feature

music from B-105’s JesseTack, live and silent auc-tions and door prizes.

Since the first dance,Suesz said they’ve raisedabout $50,000.

“I think my dad wouldhave been excited,” shesaid. “It’s a really funnight.”

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From left, Erbey Erdman and his son Lucas, 6, of Fort Mitchell cheer for their horse atTurfway Park on Feb. 2 in Florence. MARTYWHITACRE FOR THE COMMUNITY RECORDER

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ERLANGER — NorthernKentucky residents, busi-ness owners and officialsbraved the snow Saturdaymorning to speak to theirrepresentatives at theNorthernKentuckyLegis-lativeCaucus publicmeet-ing.

Around 40 people filledCity Council Chambers attheErlangerCityBuildingonFeb.2 toshareconcernsabout the Brent SpenceBridge, employee pen-sions and the Campbell

County Library Board.Eight legislators lis-

tened to the concerns ofresidents who were eachgiven four minutes tospeak.

Covington City Com-missioner Steve Frank ad-dressed concerns with theBrent Spence Bridge.

“Right nowwe feel likethe turkey in the backyardand everybody’s arguingover how they’re going tocook us,” Frank said.

A representative fromthe Build our Bridge NowCoalition, Johnna ReederofFortMitchell, askedleg-

islators to figure out howto pay for a new bridge.

“What I’maskingofourstate legislators is that welookatall options,”Reedersaid, adding tolls isn’t nec-essarily the only fundingoption. “We hired you, weelected you. You’re smartpeople and we need you tofind a solution.”

Reeder was joined byCincinnati/Northern Ken-tucky International Air-port’s chief executive offi-cer Candace McGraw,who told legislators theairport won’t be able toreach full economicpoten-

tial if travelers can’t get toit.

Others took the podiumto discuss employee pen-sion reform, a concernSen. Chris McDaniel, R-Taylor Mill, addressedwith three goals for im-provement.

“First of all is to createsustainable funds so wecan honor distribution toall employees,” McDanielsaid. “Secondly is to honorour commitments to ourexisting employees. Andfinally, to ease the burdenon our cities, our universi-ties and our mental healthorganizations that aredrowning in their ongoingobligations.”

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Bridge and pensionsweren’t the only things onresident’s minds.

Bill Woody Jr., a Belle-vue resident, voiced hisconcerns with the Camp-bell County LibraryBoard’s ability to tax resi-dents although they aren’telected officials. Ann Ma-honey Altherr, of Union,echoedWoody’s concerns.

“The biggest thingwould be the self-appoint-ed, unelected board thathas the power to tax me,”Woody said. “I think that’sun-American and want toknow how we got to thispoint.”

The regular legislativesession only 30 days thisyear.

Reps get earful onbridge, pensionsBy Libby [email protected]

Sen. Chris McDaniel, R-Taylor Mill, addresses about 40people who attended the Northern Kentucky LegislativeCaucus on Feb. 2. Residents were invited to talk to theirrepresentatives about concerns they have within theregion. LIBBY CUNNINGHAM/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER

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BURLINGTON — The seventh-gradeclass at Immaculate Heart of MarySchool performed its seventh annualWaxMuseum.

Studentsdressedup likecharactersfrom the past or present.

Uponrequest theywouldreciteabi-ography about their character.

Well-knownfigures fromhistory, aswell as sports, entertainment, musicand even royalty, were represented.

History comes aliveat Wax Museum

Seventh-grader Arlyn Shields ofImmaculate Heart of Mary School inBurlington portrayed actress AudreyHepburn in the school’s seventhannual Wax Museum. THANKS TO EMILY

FREIHOFER

Seventh-grader Andrew Topmiller ofImmaculate Heart of Mary School inBurlington portrayed cartoonist CharlesSchultz in the school’s seventh annual WaxMuseum. THANKS TO EMILY FREIHOFER

Abby Leonhard gave a tribute to Princess Diana at the ImmaculateHeart of Mary seventh annual Wax Museum. THANKS TO EMILY FREIHOFER

Hannah Wagner brought Red Cross founder Clara Barton to life during ImmaculateHeart of Mary School’s seventh annual Wax Museum. THANKS TO EMILY FREIHOFER

Seventh-grader Grace Michels portrayedsharpshooter Annie Oakley in ImmaculateHeart of Mary School’s seventh annual WaxMuseum. Oakley had a starring role inBuffalo Bill’s Wild West show. THANKS TO EMILY

FREIHOFER

Seventh-graderCurtis Maxwell

portrayed AudieMurphy at

Immaculate Heartof Mary School’sseventh annualWax Museum.

Murphy was oneof the mostdecorated

American soldiersof World War II.

THANKS TO EMILY

FREIHOFER

Seventh-grader Morgan Schoulthiesportrayed Olympic gold medalist MistyMay-Treanor at Immaculate Heart of MarySchool’s seventh annual Wax Museum.THANKS TO EMILY FREIHOFER

Maila Heck told the story of Anne Frankduring Immaculate Heart of MarySchool’s Wax Museum. Frank’s diarydocuments her experiences hidingduring the German occupation of theNetherlands in World War II. THANKS TOEMILY FREIHOFER

Jacob Schaller channels Johnny Depp atthe Immaculate Heart of Mary School WaxMuseum. THANKS TO EMILY FREIHOFER

Seventh-grader Stephen Neaceimpersonates Elvis Presley at theImmaculate Heart of Mary Schoolseventh annual Wax Museum. THANKS TOEMILY FREIHOFER

Complete with guitar, rock T-shirt and wire-rimmed glasses, SamMichels paid tribute to John Lennon of TheBeatles at Immaculate Heart of Mary School’s seventh annual Wax Museum. THANKS TO EMILY FREIHOFER

Community Recorder

EXTRA CREDITSee more photographs of BooneCounty school activities. Find our

weekly “Extra Credit” photo gallery atNKY.com/boonecounty.

SCHOOLSSCHOOLSACHIEVEMENTS | NEWS | ACTIVITIES | HONORS CommunityPress.com

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

FEBRUARY 7, 2013 • FLORENCE-UNION RECORDER • A7

BOONE COUNTY — The bowl-ing programs at Boone Countyand Cooper high schools had tofight through much adversityoff the lanes just to remain inexistence.

Last week, they foughtthrough tough challenges in thebowling alley to rack up region-al honors and win the right torepresent their schools at thestate tournament.

The Boone Rebels won thegirls Region 6 team champion-shipJan. 31atSuperBowlBelle-wood in Newport. Senior Shan-nonRameyqualified for state insingles.

Cooper was team runner-upin both boys and girls and willhave four players in the statesingles tournament.

“We just pushed through ev-erything,” Ramey said. “Weworked so hard in practice. Wewere district champions thisyear so why not end the seasonbeing regional champions aswell. All the girls on this teamdeserve it and I’m so proud ofeach and every one of them.”

When the Kentucky HighSchool Athletic Associationtook over bowling last year, allthe programs in the BooneCounty school district had tofund themselves to become anofficial varsity sport. Booneand Cooper, who had en-trenched coaching staffs at thetime, were able to raise themoney and lobby administra-tors to let them compete.

“Weputa lotofheartandsoulinto it. I’m so happy for thesekids,” said Boone head coachBruce Hightchew. “To gothrough all the meetings and tohave a victory against all thesegreat teams, it is a lot sweeter.”

Ramey, who also finishedsecond in singles, is the Rebels’anchor bowler in the teamgames.

“Whenwepick each other upand we cheer for each other,that’s when we do our best andthat’s how we won today,” shesaid. “I will bring everything tostate next week. This is my lastyear. Iwillmake it the best yearpossible.”

The Jaguars girls team wasthe threeseed inqualifying, andedged two seed Beechwood 3.5-0.5, with the first three gamesall within four pins. Junior Emi-ly Bross finished third in sin-gles and senior Cassie Cobbfourth, and both will competefor the first time at state. Am-ber Roland was sixth and Brea-na Smothers eighth.

Cooper was defending teamchamps, the first team regionaltitle in any sport inCooper’s his-tory.

“I’m thrilled with them. Itmademeveryproud,” saidgirlshead coach Jamie Bowling.“They did some great bowling.Beechwood was a great matchandwe had to overcome them. Ikept pushing them and theykept rising to the challenge.”

Bowling’s son, Michael, is asophomore for the Cooper boysteam under head coach Tim

Frank. Michael Bowling wassingles runner-up in the region-al, and teammateNickAshcraft

Rebels, Jaguarsstrong in regionsBy James [email protected]

The Boone County girls bowling team celebrates its regional title. TheRegion 6 team bowling championship was Jan. 30 at Super BowlBellewood in Newport. JAMES WEBER/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER

REGION 6 RESULTSBoys team: 1. Covington

Catholic 1,081, 2. Boone County1,055, 3. Cooper 1,046, 4. Lloyd1,009, 5. Dixie 989, 6. Holy Cross967, 7. St. Henry 952, 8. Beech-wood 801.Quarterfinals: Covington

Catholic def. Beechwood, 211-151, 128-138, 165-92, 204-101.Dixie Heights def. Lloyd, 157-168, 165-162, 199-142, 206-186.Cooper def. Holy Cross, 200-145,201-180, 237-213. Boone Countydef. St. Henry, 158-155, 176-172,139-125.

Semifinals: CovCath def. DixieHeights, 162-179, 185-209, 194-145, 158-151, 224-140. Cooperdef. Boone County, 142-121,157-181, 213-147, 123-189, 202-148.

Final: CovCath def. Cooper,204-159, 188-201, 203-151, 129-179, 159-140.

Girls team scores: 1. BooneCounty 891, 2. Beechwood 879,3. Cooper 829, 4. Notre Dame743, 5. Holy Cross 718, 6. Lloyd656, 7. St. Henry 638, 8. Dixie517.Quarterfinals: Boone County

def. Dixie Heights, 107-104,139-95, 167-82. Notre DameAcademy def. Holy Cross, 146-132, 97-127, 108-118, 146-145,131-96. Cooper def. Lloyd, 127-114, 138-91, 173-118. Beechwooddef. St. Henry, 191-140, 184-109,112-123, 141-111.

Semifinals: Boone County def.Notre Dame, 128-134, 157-135,168-118, 153-121. Cooper def.Beechwood, 151-148, 146-146,146-142, 188-117.

Final: Boone County def.Cooper, 105-151, 191-135, 150-118, 153-121.

Boys singles state qualifiers: 1.David Hacker (CovCath), 2.Michael Bowling (Cooper), 3.Nick Ashcraft (Cooper), 4. PaulWagner (CovCath).Boys singles semifinalists

(medalists): 5. Austin Sams(Cooper), 6. Kevin Jones (DixieHeights), 7. Dylan Burk (Boone),8. Steven Binkowski (St. Henry).Girls singles state qualifiers: 1.

Alli Haggard (Dixie), 2. ShannonRamey (Boone), 3. Emily Bross(Cooper), 4. Cassie Cobb (Coop-er).Girls singles semifinalists

(medalists): 5. Amber Roland(Cooper), 6. Molly Seiter (NDA),7. Annie Mershon (Holy Cross),8. Breana Smothers (Cooper).

BOYS FINISHERSBoone County: 13. Ryan Vick-

ers, 14. Devin Cregar, 17. JaredGilliam.Cooper: 9. T.J. Jones.St. Henry: 10. Logan Krey, 12.

Gary Rice, 25. Sam Deis.

GIRLS FINISHERSBoone County: 9. Kayla Hight-

chew, 11. Samantha Schmitz, 13.Taylor Evans.St. Henry: 16. Kelsey Mueller,

17. Abby Messmer, 23. ErinSuttles, 29. Liz Bishop.

See BOWLING, Page A9

This Week’s MVP» Ryle senior Drew Mays

for game-winning free throwsagainst Boone County.

Swimming» On Feb. 8-9, Covington

Catholic High School will hostthe Region 4 Kentucky HighSchool Swimming and DivingChampionships at Scott HighSchool and Silverlake FamilyRecreation Center. On Friday,Feb. 8, preliminary swimmingwill begin at 4:10 p.m. at Silver-lakewithfinalsatSilverlakeonSaturday, Feb. 9, at 5:40 p.m.On Saturday, Feb. 9, beginningat 9 a.m., the diving prelimsand finals will begin with thegirls competition at Scott HighSchool. Boys’ diving follows.

Wrestling» The Region 6 wrestling

championships will be Feb. 8-9at Campbell County HighSchool.

Boys basketball» Boone County beat New-

port 67-61 in overtime Jan. 29.Six Rebels had eight points ormore in the win.

» Conner beat Beechwood63-40 Jan. 29. Brady Padgetthad19pointsandSamuelHem-

merich 17.» Cooper beat Pendleton

County 70-38 Jan. 30. A.J. Col-lins had 17 points and ZachMcNeil 13. Cooper beat SimonKenton 60-47 Feb. 1 to improveto 17-4. McNeil had 16 pointsand Collins 14.

» St. Henry beat Beech-wood 51-33 Jan. 30. MitchellKuebbing had 15 points andMichael Best 11.

Girls basketball» Cooper beat Dixie

Heights 51-44 Jan. 29. PaigeRoss had15 points andAndreaThompson 13.

» Ryle lost 88-84 to Scott intwo overtimes Jan. 29. McKell

Oliverio had 26 points and 11rebounds.

» Walton-Verona beatGrantCounty 51-26 Jan. 30.Mi-chele Judy had 12 points andHailey Ison 11.

NKU Notes» In the previous three con-

tests, Eshaunte Jones had car-ried Northern Kentucky to itsfirst three-game winningstreak as a Division I programby averaging 25.3 points. Feb.2,Jonesreceivedplentyofhelpfrom his teammates as North-ern Kentucky posted a 70-65win at South Carolina Upstate.The Norse (8-11 overall, 6-5 At-lantic Sun Conference) placedfour players in double figures,led by Jones with 18 points, toextend their winning streak tofour.

Torrey Craig, the defendingA-Sun Player of the Year, fin-ished with 13 points on 4-for-12shooting from the field for theSpartans (13-11, 7-4). It markedthe second time this seasonNorthern Kentucky had con-tained the talented USC Up-state forward. Northern Ken-tucky plays at Lipscomb onFriday in Nashville, Tenn., at 7p.m.

» Ellen Holton poured in acareer-high 26 points Feb. 2 toleadNKU to an 81-61victory at

PRESS PREPS HIGHLIGHTS

By James [email protected]

Holy Cross center Ally Mayhausshoots the ball with Conner’sMaddie Meyers, right, defendingduring their girls basketballgame Jan. 30. TONY TRIBBLE/FOR THE

COMMUNITY RECORDER

See HIGHLIGHTS, Page A9

Ryle swept a basketball doubleheaderfrom Boone County Feb. 1 at Ryle, as theboys and girls varsity teams played back toback. Ryle beat Boone 52-51 in boys basket-ball. Senior DrewMays hit two free throwswith 15 seconds to play for the winningpoints. Will Stuhr had 19 points. The twoteamswillmeet again in thedistrict tourna-ment. Ryle dominated the Rebels early ingirlsonthewaytoa62-41win.RylewillplayCooper in the 33rd District Tournament.McKell Oliverio had 18 points, Katie Con-nor 14 and AnnaMonobe 12. Alexis Switzerhad 19 for Boone.

Boone County sophomore Brenden Stanley looks for an opening against Ryle senior Corey Ahern. Rylebeat Boone County 52-51 Feb. 1 at Ryle. JAMES WEBER/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER

RAIDERS SWEEPREBELS

Ryle freshman Carly Lange tries to defend BooneCounty junior Darby Lankheit. Ryle beat BooneCounty 62-41 Feb. 1 at Ryle. JAMES WEBER/THE COMMUNITY

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SPORTSSPORTSHIGH SCHOOL | YOUTH | RECREATIONAL CommunityPress.com

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

A8 • FLORENCE-UNION RECORDER • FEBRUARY 7, 2013 SPORTS & RECREATION

LADYWARRIORS FINISH RUNNER-UP

Kentucky Lady Warriors finished as runner-up in the recent Sports of all Sorts AAUbasketball seventh-grade league in Union. Pictured are coach Marshall Kinard,Lindsey Kinard, Mckenzie Wessels, Shelby Harmeyer, coach Ben Coffman, Kira Asch,Emily Ross and Caroline Buddenberg. THANKS TO BEN COFFMAN

Basketball campLloyd Memorial High School

will host a six-week baseballcamp starting Feb. 10. LloydMemorial head coach AaronMoore will direct the program inconjunction with U.S. BaseballAcademy.

Classes are available forplayers in grades 1-12 and arelimited to six players per coach.Sessions are offered in advancedhitting, pitching, catching,fielding and baserunning at acost as low as $99 for six weeks.

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Bandits seek playersBoone County Bandits 11U

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was third. Both will go to state.Austin Sams finished fifth andT.J. Jones ninth.

“I was surprised at first be-cause I hadn’t been that high atregionals before,” MichaelBowling said. “Even being therunner-up or top four is crazy,but it’s awesome.”

The appropriately-namedfamily has been involved in thesport for a long time. SteveBowling averages 225 inleagues, and Jamie was a com-petitive bowler before injuryconfined her to coaching. Mi-chael has gone to camps as faraway as Kansas and averaged180 this past season.

In the singles tournament, hemade the first cut by three pins,then shot an outstanding 243 inthe final game to earn a berth atstate.

The sophomore learned a lotfrom dealing with tournamentpressure last year.

“You can’t look back,” hesaid. “When I was against thechampion I looked back and thewholebowlingalleywas staringat me.”

The Jaguars needed deter-mination in the team tourna-ment, beating rivalBoone in thesemifinals in the do-or-dieround, as the loser’s season wasover. The teams went to fivegames,with the fifthoneending202-148 as the Jaguars were intop form.

“We just try do our best andmake spares, concentrate anddon’t get upset,” Michael said.“Our main goal was to get tostate, andwe justwant to do ourbest. Last year I thought about(the pressure) a lot and I let itget to me and this year I didn’treally think about it. You can’tthinkabout thatkindof stuffbe-cause if you do it will make youmiss your mark.”

More coverage at nky.com/preps.

BowlingContinued from Page A7

USC Upstate.Holton, a senior post player

fromElgin, Ill., netted15pointsin the first half as NKU (8-11overall, 5-5 A-Sun) built a 43-32lead at the break. She scored11of her team’s first 16 points asthe Norse bolted out to a 16-3advantage. TheNorse led by as

many as 24 points in the secondhalf and cruised to their firstroad victory against an Atlan-tic Sun Conference opponent.Northern Kentucky’s 81 pointsmarked the best offensiveshowing of the season.

TMC notes» Thomas More College

women’s basketball senior

guards Allison Long and JillBrunsman earned their 100thcareer victory (100-11) as theninth-ranked Saints defeatedGenevaCollege, 90-31Jan. 30atTMC. Three days later, theSaintswon 77-53 atWashington& Jefferson. With the win, theSaints improve to 20-1 overalland 14-0 in the PAC, while ex-tending their winning streak to

17 games. With the loss, thePresidents fall to 14-7 overalland 9-5 in the PAC.

The Thomas More Collegemen’s basketball team extendswinning streak to nine gameswith a 90-80 win overWashing-ton & Jefferson. With the win,the Saints improve to18-3 over-all and 11-1 in the PAC.

HIGHLIGHTS

Continued from Page A7

COVINGTON — Last year’simpressive 28-3 run set the ta-ble for a much more challeng-ing 2012-2013 season. Gone is agoal of putting up 20-plus wins,replaced with loftier aspira-tions. For Holy Cross HighSchool’s boys basketball pro-gram, a trip to the state tourna-ment is more important thanany number of regular seasonwins.

“Both our staff andourplay-ers knew going into the seasonwhat an undertaking ourschedule was going to be,” saidhead coach Erik Goetz. “Ourschedule is designed to exposeour every flaw and force us tocontinually grow as a team.”

That schedule includesgames against Bullitt East(20-4), Madison Central (18-4),Fleming County (18-4), andScott County (16-6), among oth-ers. The Indians have upcom-ing contests against PleasureRidge Park (17-6) and a re-match with Scott County. Play-ing the best teams from otherareas of the state will ensurethat the Indians are not sur-prised or overwhelmed cometournament time.

“Our results have been veryinconsistent but I believe that

we have really grown as a re-sult of our difficult schedule,”saidGoetz. “I think our playershave really enjoyed playingsome of the top teams in thestate and remain very confi-dent that we can play well intournament play at the end ofthe season.”

These downstate opponentsare in addition to the already

grueling challenge of playingin the 35th District and NinthRegion. The Indians want toavenge last year’s triple-over-time heartbreak in the 35thDistrict semifinals at thehandsof Covington Catholic. Defend-ing district champ Holmes re-mains undefeated this season.

“Of course our district isone of the toughest in the state

and we will have to play verywell to survive and advance tothe regional, but I think ourplayers believe that we cancompete with anyone,” saidGoetz.

Opponents have devotedmost of their defensive atten-tion to Indians’ center AntonioCampbell and swingmanChris-tian McClendon. Teams aresagging into the paint and dar-ing the Indians to beat themfrom the perimeter. Relying onlower-percentage shot at-tempts has been part of HolyCross’s struggles this year. Thehot-and-cold stretches haveleftHolyCrosswith a record of11-10heading into aFeb. 5gameagainstHighlands. The Indianshave not let the losses affectthem in a negative way.

“I believe our players haveshown remarkable resiliencein that they have handled theups and downs of our seasonvery well and have not wa-vered in the face of great com-petition,” said Goetz.

“We believe that our bestbasketball is still ahead of usand hope to peak at the righttime.We have several big chal-lenges awaiting us in the lasttwo weeks of the season andhope that we start to put a se-ries of wins together headinginto district play.”

Holy Cross has lofty aspirationsBy Adam [email protected]

Holy Cross guard Christian McClendon drives to the basket withCovington Catholic’s Sawyer Pauly defending during their basketballgame Feb 1. TONY TRIBBLE/FOR THE COMMUNITY RECORDER

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I applaud State Sen. JohnSchickel’s concern for thechildren of the commonwealthof Kentucky to be life, workand career ready! The sena-tor’s agenda is a worthy goal toafford our children a world-class education which can onlybenefit Kentucky and ournation.

His recent column in theRecorder presumes that devel-oping students that are life,work and career ready is amatter of allowing local schoolboards and superintendents toset educational priorities. TheKentucky Educational ReformAct of 1990 (KERA) estab-lished School-based DecisionMaking Councils and empow-ered them to set curriculum;select resources such as text-books and other instructionalmaterials; determine the num-ber and type of staff a schoolwill employ; recommend per-sonnel decisions; set the localschool’s budget; determine theuse of school facilities; setschool calendars; decide whichextracurricular activities tooffer and policies that governstudent participation; use oftechnology, etc., at each localschool.

SBDM Councils by law aremade up of a school’s princi-pal, at least three teachers andat least two parent representa-tives – none of them publiclyelected. Kentucky schoolboards are not permitted torestrain or oversee a SBDMCouncil or its decisions. TheKentucky Supreme Court’s1994 decision upheld in BooneCounty Board of Education v.Bushee that a school boardcould not require a SBDMCouncil to submit for reviewand approval measurable goalsand objectives or a related

implementa-tion plan.

All of thesepowers wereintended tobenefit ourchildren bygiving eachschool an op-portunity toown its destinyby removingfavoritism thathad occurred

in some districts prior to 1990.I don’t believe state legislatorsintended KERA to create aprocess in which unelectedbodies are not held account-able for decisions that may notbe in the best interest of stu-dents.

As a recent example dem-onstrates, a SBDM Council inthe Boone County Districtdiscussed a proposal to lowerthe minimum grade require-ment for a student to partici-pate in extracurricular activ-ities from a “C” to a “D-”. Af-ter researching other schools’policies, I was surprised tofind that four middle schoolsand one high school alreadypermit a student to attain a“D-” average and still be eligi-ble to participate. This type ofdecision-making by councils isnot going to prepare our stu-dents to be life, work and ca-reer ready!

As a parent of three chil-dren enrolled in the BooneCounty School District, Iwould ask Senator Schickel toconcentrate his efforts in re-forming the system of SBDMCouncils to add accountabilityto parents, school boards andsuperintendents.

Kevin Kennedy is a resident ofUnion.

Make schoolcouncilsaccountable

KevinKennedyCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

Hello from Frankfort! The2013 Regular Session of theKentucky General Assemblyis under way and we havesome big issues in front ofus. None are more importantto Northern Kentucky thanredistricting. Due to pop-ulation changes in the lastdecade, Northern Kentuckyis woefully under-repre-sented and this impacts ev-erything we do, includingpension reform and tax re-structuring.

I am sure your headlineswill be filled with those top-ics in the coming weeks aswe work toward solutions.However, there are manyother quietly important billsconsidered each session, aswell. This year I am sponsor-ing several bills that won’treceive much media atten-tion, but are important none-theless.

Among them, Senate Bill13 would allow for alcoholsales on election days. Thiswould repeal the currentProhibition-era law burden-ing restaurant, tavern andliquor store owners withconfusing regulations andlost days of sales. Senate Bill13 will be heard this week inthe Licensing, Occupationsand Administrative Reg-ulations Committee, which Ichair. I expect it to pass andgo on to the Senate floor fora full vote later in the ses-sion.

Senate Bill 20, if passed,

would be astart in hold-ing librarytaxing dis-tricts ac-countable tovoters. Thecurrent sys-tem man-dates libraryboard mem-bers be se-lected from a

list provided by Librariesand Archives in Frankfort.This measure would allowelected fiscal courts to ap-point whomever they feelwould be best suited for thejob.

In another push for in-creased fairness, Senate Bill23 would allow prisoners topetition the court if they feelthere is DNA evidence toexonerate them. The finaldecision would be up to thecourt. This is a matter ofsimple justice. If DNA evi-dence is good enough to putyou in prison, it ought to begood enough to get you out.

I encourage you to followthis and other legislationimportant to you. This year Iwill be tweeting from theSenate floor. Follow@SenatorSchickel at twitter-.com.

There are a number ofother ways to stay informed,too:

» The Kentucky Legisla-ture Homepage,www.lrc.ky.gov, which pro-

vides information on each ofthe commonwealth’s law-makers, a bill tracking ser-vice, committee meetingschedules and a frequentlyupdated blog, Capitol Notes.

» The toll-free Bill StatusLine at 866-840-2835 willallow you to check the statusof a bill.

» A taped message con-taining information on legis-lative committee meetings isupdated daily at 800-633-9650.

» The toll-free MessageLine at 800-372-7181 willallow you to leave a messagefor any legislator. Thosewishing to communicate inSpanish may call 866-840-6574. Anyone with a hearingimpairment can use the TTYMessage line at 800-896-0305.

» You may write me bysending a letter to: Sen. JohnSchickel, Capitol Annex –Suite 209, 702 Capitol Ave.,Frankfort, KY 40601.

» Come and watch legisla-tive action in-person. Havingvisitors from home is a high-light of session for me.Adults are always welcometo visit the Senate and chil-dren may serve as honorarypages. To schedule a visit, orto reach my office directly,call 502-564-8100, ext. 617.

State Sen. John Schickel, R-Union,represents the 11th Senate Districtwhich includes Boone and GallatinCounties and part of Kenton Coun-ty.

General Assembly in session

John SchickelCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

In a guest column pub-lished in the Recorder Jan.24, Mr. Col Owens claims thelatest EPA water regulationswill protect Northern Ken-tuckians against “knowncarcinogens” at “modestcost” to consumers, and heridicules those who opposethem. He is wrong, wrong,wrong on all counts.

As a scientist and North-ern Kentucky Universityprofessor, I undertook ascientific review of the reg-ulations in question – calledStage 2 DBPR – at the re-quest of Kenton CountyJudge-executive Steve Ar-linghaus, with the concur-rence of Campbell CountyJudge-executive Steve Pen-dery. In summary, EPA’sdetermination about theregulated chemicals, as pub-lished in the Federal Regis-ter, is:

“EPA cannot concludethere is a causal link be-tween exposure to chlorinat-ed surface water and can-cer” (see Federal Register71, 2).

In other words, EPA can-not say that these chemicalscause cancer in the concen-trations in our drinking wa-ter.

Those who oppose Stage 2DBPR are not people who“unbelievably” support dirtyair and water, as Mr. Owensimplies. They are many ofour local, state, and nationalelected officials and otherthoughtful, discerning citi-zens.

The reason is simple.Consider what EPA saysabout the benefits:

“EPA recognizes that thebenefits may be as low as

zero” (see“EconomicAnalysis forthe FinalStage 2 Dis-infectantsByproductsRule,” EPA815-R-05-010).

Yet theserules willcost eachNKWD

household about $100/year,representing a staggeringrate increase of over 25 per-cent (spread over multipleyears to soften the blow).$100/year may be a “modestcost” for a Fort Mitchelllawyer like Mr. Owens, but itis significant for our low-income neighbors.

So why did EPA imposethis regulation? EPA is try-ing to be proactive becausethey believe there is “a weakassociation that is worthy ofconcern” (see “EconomicAnalysis for the Final Stage2 Disinfectants ByproductsRule,” EPA 815-R-05-010).Their intent may be noble,but Stage 2 DBPR seems anexample of bureaucracy outof control.

EPA estimated Stage 2DPBR would cost each U.S.household “less than $1 peryear” (see Federal Register71, 2). Yet when their costestimate was 100 times toolow – at least for NKWD – noone was willing to say:“Stop! This is too much.” ByEPA’s own standards, thereis no “unreasonable risk tohealth” (URTH) if Stage 2DBPR is not implemented(see “Guidance in Devel-oping Health Criteria forDetermining Unreasonable

Risks to Health,” EPA570D90016).

But uninformed peoplelike Col Owens who use in-flammatory language toalarm the public about ahazard which doesn’t existshould be exposed for whatthey are. They belittle anddenigrate local officials andpublic-spirited citizens whomerely stand up and demandcost-efficient governmentand a water system which issafe – yet affordable. Basedon my study, NKWD watermeets all reasonable criteriafor safety.

Hugh Henry, Ph.D., was awardeddegrees from Duke University andthe University of Virginia andteaches at NKU. He is a resident ofRyland Heights.

Owens is wrong: Our water is safe

Hugh HenryCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

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On Tuesday, the Senategaveled in for the second partof the 2013 General AssemblySession. I am filing Senate Bill2, the public employee pensionreform bill. It will mark theeighth session that the Senatehas presented ways to pre-serve and protect the retire-ment of state employees.

It is my hope that with coop-eration of the House of Repre-sentatives and the governor,this will be the last. SB 2 willmake no changes to the Ken-tucky Teacher RetirementSystem. It will also not create anew tax on the pension incomeof former public and privatesector employees.

Senate Bill 2 reflects recom-mendations of the bipartisanTask Force on Kentucky PublicPensions.

Here are the cold facts:Kentucky’s state employeepension system teeters on afiscal cliff facing $30 billion inunfunded liabilities. Thismeans state employees have

been promised$30 billionmore in bene-fits than theretirementsystem cur-rently has inassets.

How doesthis big prob-lem affectyou? If you’rea public em-

ployee, your retirement is safebecause of the “inviolablecontract.” But if you are acollege student nervous oftuition increases, a grand-mother needing public transit,a small business owner tryingto meet payroll; then youshould have some concerns.Because every extra dollarneeded to pay for pensionbenefits is a dollar unavailablefor another worthy purpose.

Sen. Damon Thayer, R-Georgetown,is the Senate majority floor leader.

Pension reform protectspresent and future

Damon ThayerCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

LIFELIFE PEOPLE | IDEAS | RECIPES

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2013

A chorus of yips, barks and arfsgreets anyonewho enters theKenton County Animal Shel-

ter, speaking to a recent study thatshowsmore pets call Kentucky homethanmost states.

In the waiting room the humansare abuzz with daily operations, mostof them pet lovers likeMelody Os-walt, of Edgewood.

Kentucky has one of the highestdog ownership rates in the country,with 45.9 percent of households own-ing a pooch, according to an Amer-ican VeterinaryMedical Associationstudy. The state tiesMissouri forthird.

At the shelter, where Oswalt hasvolunteered since she retired, shedoes “whatever they askme to do,”including cleaning cages, walkingdogs and handling adoptions.

Oswalt has herself fostered dogsfrom the shelter, including one of thebeagles she owns. She also has abeagle that she adopted after it gotdisplaced in last year’s tornado.

Her third dog, a Shepherdmix,was adopted through the CincinnatiSPCA.

“They are just so loving, and theygive you unconditional love and theymake you feel better if you don’t feelwell,” Oswalt said. “I like cats too,but we just have dogs.”

High rates of cat ownership alsoprevail in the Bluegrass State, with36.8 percent of households havingcats, the seventh highest ranking inthe nation.

The numbers surprise Dan Evans,executive director of the KentonCounty Animal Shelter.

The shelter took in 400 fewer dogsin 2012 than the year before, but thenumber of dogs adopted out is stillhigh, explained Evans.

“In 2012we took in a total of 2,121dogs, 727 were adopted, 412 re-claimed by their owners,” Evansexplained. “That’s way above thenational average.”

More cats were taken in by theshelter, almost 3,000, and just over400were adopted or reclaimed bytheir owners.

But a high pet ownership rate isn’talways a positive thing, Evans said,becauseKentucky has loose lawswhen it comes to how animals shouldbe treated.

“We’re the worst when it comes toprotecting themwhen it comes tofighting and cruelty,” Evans said.

“I’m also still concerned that Ken-tucky leads the nation in not passinganimal laws,” Evans said. “We’re theweakest in the nation when it comesto the protection of animals. But yetnow I’m being told that per capita, wehave higher pet ownership that otherstates.”

The American VeterinaryMedicalAssociation has been studying petownership rates every five yearssince1985, by sending out surveys topet owners.

Results are used to givemembersan idea of howmany animals familieshave and howmany get veterinarytreatment.

Still the group is stumped as towhyKentucky’s rates are higherthan others.

“It’s hard to knowwhy one stateownsmore pets per capita than an-other,” said ThomasMcPheron, staffwriter with the American VeterinaryMedical Association. “We don’t reallyknowwhyKentucky has a high rateof pet ownership.We do know thatpets justmake life happier andhealthier.”

Virginia Clemons knows thosesentiments to be true, sincemoving

to Florence she’s volunteered at theBoone County Animal Shelter.

An avid cat lover, she helped starta humane society outside of FortMyers, Fla., and had a groomingbusiness for five years before shecame to Kentucky.

Clemons has fostered cats andshows themwith the Cincinnati CatClub. At the animal shelter she triesto socialize the animals, and has asystem to let other workers knowwhat to expect from each animal.

Despite having a backgroundwithanimals, moving to NorthernKen-tuckywas another opportunity Cle-mons had to establish herself withlocal animal aficionados.

“When I first moved here, theydidn’t know anything aboutme, theydidn’t know if I was telling them thegospel, or not,” said Clemons, whostarted at the shelter in October 2003.

She didn’t get her first foster catuntil sevenmonths later, a female catand nine kittens. Themother cat

couldn’t handle the brood.“I called themmy ‘wild little Indi-

ans,’” Clemons said. “... A large litterfor a female would bemaybe seven.With having nine she got on top of thefridge saying ‘I don’t want to be nearthem.’”

So Clemons took over feeding thekittens, burping them and every-thing, tomake sure they had enoughto eat.

“So that’s how Imanaged all ofthose nine,” she said.

Managing a number of animals issomething Lisa Binns, of CrescentSprings, understands.

Binns acts as the photographer ofthe Kenton County Animal Shelter,taking shots of every possible petthat comes through the door for theshelter’s Facebook page.

“I chased them down andmadethem letme do it,” Binns explained.“I’ve always had a passion for dogs. Ijust decided it was something I wasgoing to do.”

The self-proclaimed dog loverprocured her pooch from a prisondog program, after the dog had spentthreemonths with inmates on deathrow.

“I had beenwithout a dog for fiveor six years and decided it was time,”she said. “I just saw her tiny littleface and I fell in love. I was deter-mined that no one else was going toget that dog.”

Many pets call Ky. homeStudy: State in top 10 fordog, cat ownershipBy Libby [email protected]

Melody Oswalt, of Edgewood, with her dogs, from left, Bliss, Dorothy and Cleo. PATRICK REDDY/THE ENQUIRER

Virginia Clemons,of Florence, hasbeenvolunteering atthe BooneCounty AnimalShelter for nearlya decade. An avidcat lover, shecomes in onFridays to takecare and watchover animals theshelter is holding.LIBBY

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FRIDAY, FEB. 8Community DanceFriday Night Open Dance,7:30-10 p.m., The Ritz BallroomDance Studio, 8150 Mall Road,Group dance class starts at 7:45p.m. Open dancing starts at 8:30p.m. Ages 18 and up. $5 groupclass, $5 party. Through May 31.859-371-1151. Florence.

Drink TastingsWine Tasting, 4-8 p.m., TheLiquor Cabinet, 1990 North BendRoad, Free. 859-586-9270.Hebron.

EducationAARP Tax-Aide, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.,Boone County Main Library,1786 Burlington Pike, Middleand low income taxpayerseligible for free tax preparationservice. Those with complex taxreturns will be advised to seekprofessional tax assistance. Spotsare available on a first come,first served basis. Free. Regis-tration required. Presented byBoone County Public Library.859-342-2665; www.bcpl.org.Burlington.

Literary - LibrariesMahjong, 1 p.m., SchebenBranch Library, 8899 U.S. 42,Open play. All skill levels wel-come. Presented by BooneCounty Public Library. 859-342-2665. Union.Checkmate, 3-5 p.m., WaltonBranch Library, 21 S. Main St.,Test your chess skills. Parentswelcome to attend. Snacksprovided. Grades K-12. Free.859-342-2665.Walton.

Music - AcousticLive @ the Library, 7 p.m. 2012and 2011winners of Teen Battleof the Bands: Julia Blake How-ard and Brittany Gillstrap.,Boone County Main Library,1786 Burlington Pike, Free.Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library. 859-342-2665;www.bcpl.org. Burlington.

Music - RockSaving Stimpy, 10 p.m., Woo-dies Tavern, 10020 Demia Way,$5. 859-282-1264. Florence.

RecreationRide with your Valentine, 10a.m.-2 p.m., First Farm Inn, 2510Stevens Road, Help groom andtack up, learning how yourhorse thinks. Then work oncontrol and steering and tourfarm on horseback. $65.Through Feb. 18. 859-586-0199.Petersburg.

Senior CitizensGet Healthy with Tai Chi, 9-10a.m., Walton MultipurposeSenior and Community Center,44 N. Main St., Presented byWalton Senior Activity Center.859-485-7611.Walton.Walk @Walton, 9:30-10:30 a.m.,Walton Multipurpose Seniorand Community Center, 44 N.Main St., Presented by WaltonSenior Activity Center. 859-485-7611.Walton.Euchre Tournament, noon-2p.m., Walton MultipurposeSenior and Community Center,44 N. Main St., Presented byWalton Senior Activity Center.859-485-7611.Walton.

SATURDAY, FEB. 9Drink TastingsWine Tasting, 2-6 p.m., TheLiquor Cabinet, Free. 859-586-9270. Hebron.

EducationKaplan ACT Practice Exam, 10a.m.-2 p.m., Boone County MainLibrary, 1786 Burlington Pike,Take practice exam beforeupcoming April exam date.Bring No. 2 pencil and calcula-tor. Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library. 859-342-2665.Burlington.

Music - AcousticSaturday Night Music, 6 p.m.Music by Higher Waters (acous-tic)., Velocity Bike & Bean, 7560Burlington Pike, Fresh bakedgoods, desserts and coffeeavailable. Free. 859-371-8356.Florence.

Music - Folk

RecreationRide with your Valentine, 10a.m.-2 p.m., First Farm Inn, $65.859-586-0199Petersburg.

SUNDAY, FEB. 10Literary - LibrariesChess Club, 3 p.m., Florence

Branch Library, 7425 U.S. 42, Allages and levels. Instructionavailable. 859-342-2665. Flor-ence.Boone County Parks: Basics ofFly Tying, 2:30 p.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Learn basics oftying flies. Free. Registrationrequired. Presented by BooneCounty Public Library. 859-342-2665. Burlington.

RecreationRide with your Valentine, 10a.m.-2 p.m., First Farm Inn, $65.859-586-0199. Petersburg.

MONDAY, FEB. 11CivicTea Party Meeting, 6-8 p.m.,Sub Station II, 7905 Dream St.,Meet and discuss limited gov-ernment, free markets and fiscalresponsibility. Free. Presented byGrassroots Tea Party of BooneCounty. Through Dec. 29. 859-586-9207; www.teapartyboone-county.org. Florence.

Exercise ClassesGentle Yoga, 6 p.m.; 7 p.m.,Boone County Main Library,1786 Burlington Pike, Learnbasic postures and flows. Bringyoga mat. $25 per month.Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library. 859-342-2665.Burlington.Zumba, 6 p.m., Scheben BranchLibrary, 8899 U.S. 42, Latin-inspired dance-fitness programblends international music anddance steps. $25 per month.Registration required. Presentedby Boone County Public Library.859-342-2665. Union.

Home & GardenLight Bulbs for the Home,6:30-8 p.m., Boone CountyCooperative Extension Service,6028 Camp Ernst Road, Learnwhy incandescent bulbs aredisappearing from store shelvesand the pros and cons of someof the newer options. Ages 21and up. Free. Presented byBoone County CooperativeExtenson Service. 859-586-6101;www.ca.uky.edu/boone. Bur-lington.

Literary - LibrariesIn the Loop, 10 a.m., Florence

Branch Library, 7425 U.S. 42,Knit or crochet in relaxed,friendly company. Free. Present-ed by Boone County PublicLibrary. 859-342-2665;www.bcpl.org. Florence.Excel II, 6 p.m., Boone CountyMain Library, 1786 BurlingtonPike, Explore sorting and filter-ing, charts and graphs, addresslists, budget forms and more.Registration required. Presentedby Boone County Public Library.859-342-2665. Burlington.The Chosen Ones: The Teamthat Beat Lebron, 7 p.m.,Florence Branch Library, 7425U.S. 42, Tony Meale, local au-thor, discusses his book and thestory of how Roger Bacon HighSchool’s basketball team beatLeBron James when he playedfor Akron’s St. Vincent-St. Maryin one of the most highly antici-pated state finals in Ohio histo-ry. Registration required. 859-342-2665. Florence.Afternoon Fun Time, 3-4:30p.m., Lents Branch Library, 3215Cougar Path, Gaming, Internet,snacks and more. Free. 859-342-2665. Hebron.Fantasy In Frosting, 3:30 p.m.,Walton Branch Library, 21 S.Main St., Provides everythingyou need to make sweets forValentine’s Day. Free. Regis-tration required. 859-342-2665.Walton.

RecreationRide with your Valentine, 10a.m.-2 p.m., First Farm Inn, $65.859-586-0199. Petersburg.

Senior CitizensYoga Fitness for Seniors,12:30-1:30 p.m., Walton Multi-purpose Senior and CommunityCenter, 44 N. Main St., Presentedby Walton Senior Activity Cen-ter. 859-485-7611.Walton.

TUESDAY, FEB. 12BenefitsMardi Gras for HomelessChildren, 6-10 p.m., NorthernKentucky Convention Center, 1W. RiverCenter Blvd., Culinarytasting experience food andbeverages from local restaurantsand beverage purveyors. MusicRobin Lacy and DeZydeco, stiltwalkers, clowns and Mardi Grasparade led by University of

Cincinnati Band. Benefits Be-thany House Services, WelcomeHouse, Mercy Health and Brigh-ton Center. $55. Presented byNorthern Kentucky RestaurantAssociation. 859-291-6572.Covington.

EducationEnrollment InformationSession, 3-4 p.m., GatewayCommunity and TechnicalCollege Boone Campus, 500Technology Way, B104A. Learnabout admissions, financial aid,academic programs, advisingand how to enroll. Ages 18 andup. Free. Presented by GatewayCommunity and TechnicalCollege. 859-441-4500; gate-way.kctcs.edu/Admissions.Florence.

Exercise ClassesZumba Fitness, 7:15 p.m., FullBody Yoga, 7500 OakbrookRoad, $30 for 10 classes, $5 dropin. 859-640-9055. Florence.

Health / WellnessEarly Childhood Dental Care,6:30 p.m., Boone County MainLibrary, 1786 Burlington Pike, Dr.Soper, local pediatric dentist,shares strategies for reducingtooth decay in young children.Free. Registration required.Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library. 859-342-2665.Burlington.

Home & GardenLight Bulbs for the Home,10-11:30 a.m., Boone CountyCooperative Extension Service,Free. 859-586-6101;www.ca.uky.edu/boone. Bur-lington.

Literary - Book ClubsChapter and Verse, 7 p.m.,Scheben Branch Library, 8899U.S. 42, Presented by BooneCounty Public Library. 859-342-2665. Union.

Literary - LibrariesWriters Group, 7 p.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Join localwriting enthusiasts. Share workand get feedback. Presented byBoone County Public Library.859-342-2665. Burlington.Afternoon Fun-time (middleand high school), 3-4:30 p.m.,

Walton Branch Library, 21 S.Main St., Gaming, Internet,snacks and more. Registrationrequired. 859-342-2665.Walton.Nerd Fighters Meet-Up, 6:30p.m., Boone County Main Li-brary, 1786 Burlington Pike, Forhigh schoolers. Registrationrequired. Presented by BooneCounty Public Library. 859-342-2665. Burlington.Sweet Treats, 6:30 p.m., WaltonBranch Library, 21 S. Main St.,Play games with hearts, cupidsand more to earn Valentinetreat. Ages 3-6. Registrationrequired. 859-342-2665.Walton.

On Stage - ComedyComedy Night, 8 p.m. Come-dians Kristy Ashley, Tony Kor-denbrock, RobWilfong, ChrisSiemer, Wally DeBurgh, JayArmstrong and Skeeter., HollerHops and Grill, 7500 OakbrookDrive, Selection of beers andfood. 859-918-6532. Florence.

RecreationBridge, 12:30-3:30 p.m., SchebenBranch Library, 8899 U.S. 42,Open play. All ages. Free.Through Feb. 28. 859-342-2665.Union.Ride with your Valentine, 10a.m.-2 p.m., First Farm Inn, $65.859-586-0199; www.ridehorses-ky.com. Petersburg.

Senior CitizensBingo, 12:30-2:30 p.m., WaltonMultipurpose Senior and Com-munity Center, 44 N. Main St.,Presented by Walton SeniorActivity Center. 859-485-7611.Walton.Walk @Walton, 9:30-10:30 a.m.,Walton Multipurpose Seniorand Community Center, 859-485-7611.Walton.

Support GroupsDivorceCare Support Group,6:30.-8 p.m., Florence UnitedMethodist Church, 8585 Old TollRoad, Those suffering fromexperiencing separation ordivorce heal and find hope inshared experiences. Child careprovided. $15. Registrationrequired. 859-371-7961. Flor-ence.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 13Education

Dave Ramsey’s FinancialPeace University, 6:30-8 p.m.,Florence United MethodistChurch, 8585 Old Toll Road,Newly formatted nine-sessionseminar. Each session includesvideo hosted by Dave Ramseyand incorporates small groupdiscussion that will help youremain accountable to yourfinancial goals. Child care pro-vided. $89. Registration re-quired. 859-371-7961; www.flor-enceumc.com/FPU. Florence.Basic Computing for Seniors, 1p.m., Florence Branch Library,7425 U.S. 42, Learn how to usemouse, navigate Windowsdesktop, get to websites and usesearch engines and email.Registration required. Presentedby Boone County Public Library.859-342-2665. Florence.

Health / WellnessRunner’s Injury Clinic, 5-6:30p.m., St. Elizabeth EdgewoodSports Medicine, 830 ThomasMore Parkway, Suite 101. Re-ceive assistance from localmedical providers, includingphysical therapists, athletictrainers, physicians and regis-tered dietician. Free. Regis-tration required. Presented byBob Roncker’s Running Spot.859-301-5600; www.steliza-beth.com/sportsmedicine.Edgewood.Are FoodsMaking You Sick?, 7p.m., Scheben Branch Library,8899 U.S. 42, Learn how tomanage certain conditions suchas digestive disorders, migraines,obesity, chronic fatigue, achingjoints, skin disorders, autism andmore. 859-342-2665. Union.CardioVascular Mobile HealthUnit, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., WaltonPharmacy, 305 Mary GrubbsHighway, Stroke and cardio-vascular screenings. $75 for allthree main screenings. Present-ed by St. Elizabeth Healthcare.859-301-9355.Walton.

Literary - Book ClubsReal Men Read, 10:30 a.m.,Scheben Branch Library, 8899U.S. 42, Group reads books thatappeal to men and participantsshare what they’ve read. 859-342-2665; www.bcpl.org. Union.Young @ Heart Book Group, 6p.m. Discuss "Looking for Ali-brandi" by Melina Marchetta.,Boone County Main Library,1786 Burlington Pike, Free.Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library. 859-342-2665.Burlington.

Literary - LibrariesChess Club, 7 p.m., FlorenceBranch Library, 859-342-2665.Florence.Sensory Storytime (all ages),6:30 p.m., Boone County MainLibrary, 1786 Burlington Pike,Story time with adjustments forsensory sensitivity and specialneeds. Registration required.Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library. 859-342-2665.Burlington.Homework Help, 5-7 p.m.,Boone County Main Library,1786 Burlington Pike, GradesK-12. Presented by Boone Coun-ty Public Library. 859-342-2665.Burlington.

Mom’s ClubsMothers of PreschoolersMeeting, 9:30-11:30 a.m.,Florence United MethodistChurch, 8585 Old Toll Road,Moms come together to sharebreakfast, laughter, support, aspeaker or activity and a shortdevotion. Free. 859-371-7961.Florence.

RecreationYu-Gi-Oh, 6:30 p.m., SchebenBranch Library, 8899 U.S. 42,Bring cards and duel for prizes.Pizza and drinks provided. Ages4-10. Registration required.Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library. 859-342-2665.Union.Ride with your Valentine, 10a.m.-2 p.m., First Farm Inn, $65.859-586-0199; www.ridehorses-ky.com. Petersburg.

THURSDAY, FEB. 14Exercise ClassesYoga, 6 p.m., Scheben BranchLibrary, 8899 U.S. 42, Basic/beginner yoga practice offersholistic approach to maintaininghealthy weight with increasedflexibility, more stamina andlean muscle. Bring mat. Alllevels. $25 per month. Regis-tration required. Presented byBoone County Public Library.859-334-2117. Union.

THINGS TO DO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

The 17th annual MainStrasse Village 96Rock Mardi Gras willbe 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 8-9, atMainStrasse Village. Pictured are Sally James and JillyFoster. FILE PHOTO

“The Great American Trailer Park Musical”will beperformed 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and 2 p.m.Sunday through Feb. 16 at The Footlighters Inc. MainTheater in Newport. Pictured are Fred Tacon as Duke andPam Blessing as Pickles. THANKS TO FREDRIC TACON

Monster X Tour will be 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb.8-9, at the Bank of Kentucky Center. Call 859-292-2890. FILEPHOTO

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FEBRUARY 7, 2013 • FLORENCE-UNION RECORDER • B3LIFE

Shopping for a re-placement light bulb hasbecome an adventure. Asthe United States worksto improve energy effi-ciency on all fronts, thechoices in light bulbs haschanged.

One of the most recentadvances has been theavailability of LED (lightemitting diode) lights forcommon home fixtures.They can now be found inwhite light to rival 60-watt and higher lightbulbs.

One downside of LEDbulbs: the price. Some arein the $20 per bulb range.While the price is high,the life of the bulb maybe as long as 20 years.

With a light that mightlast 20 years and the highprice attached, you’llwant to be sure you likewhat you are buying.

Compare the lumenoutput of any bulbs youare considering. Lumenstell us howmuch light a

bulb pro-vides.Watts tellus howmuch pow-er is used.In general,a brighterlight willgive morelumens.

You’llwant to

consider the color of thelight given. Light emis-sions may range fromcool to warm, also consid-eredmore blue to moreyellow. If you are used toone type of light, you willwant to look for some-thing that will have asimilar output.

Not all bulbs are de-signed for every applica-tion. Read labels careful-ly to help with yourchoices. Not all bulbswork outdoors, or with adimmer, or on a timer.Some CFL (compact fluo-rescent light) bulbs take

some time to warm upand provide full light.

Consider what use youhave for a bulb beforemaking a purchase. Then,read the labels to ensureyoumake the wisest pur-chase possible for theamount of money youhave to spend.

The Boone CountyCooperative ExtensionService is offering a freeprogram called LightBulbs for the Home tohelp area residents learnmore about the manychoices in lighting. Theprogramwill be 6:30-8p.m. Monday, Feb. 11, andrepeated 10-11 a.m. Tues-day, Feb. 12. Call ouroffice at 859-586-6101 toreserve a space or fordetails.

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

Shedding light on energy choices

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If there were a prizefor necessity being themother of invention, Iwould win it.

Take today, for in-stance. I wanted to makeLottie Hilgefort’s Crock-pot macaroni and cheese.It calls for two eggs. Well,

my “girls”(chickens)must be onstrikebecause Ionly re-trieved oneegg fromthe nestthis morn-ing. I need-ed 8 oz.macaroni

(2 cups) and had1 cup leftin the pantry. Then Icouldn’t findmy Crock-pot. I remembered I left itat my sister’s house.

But I really wantedthat macaroni and cheese,so I improvised. I made iton top of the stove, withtwo kinds of pasta andwith only one egg. Theresult? A pot of creamy,cheesy, tummy-pleasinggoodness. Another culi-nary discovery!

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If you want a Crockpotversion that starts withuncookedmacaroni,check out my blog atCincinnati.Com/blogs.

8 oz. dry elbowmacaroni orother short pasta, cooked

(2 cups)12 oz. evaporatedmilk1 egg (Lottie uses 2)4 cups extra sharp or sharpcheddar cheese, shredded

Salt and pepper

Stovetop: Keepmaca-roni warm. In large panover low heat, whisk to-gether milk and egg. Stirin cheese and cook justuntil cheesemelts. Addmacaroni and stir toblend. Season to taste.

Crockpot: Mix every-thing in Crockpot except 1cup cheddar. Sprinkle thaton top. Cook on low 3-4hours (check after 3) anddon’t stir or remove lidduring cooking.

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Evaporatedmilk: Ahouse brand, like Kroger,works well and is lessexpensive than national

brands.Shredded or bar

cheese? I like to shredmy own since it doesn’thave the anti-cakingagents that shreddedcheese has and I think theflavor is superior. Butthat’s up to you and howmuch time you have, aspre-shredded works well,too.

Herb- andspice-rubbed fishfilets with lemonbutter sauce

Can you believe Lent isalmost here? You’ll befinding some good priceson seafood during Lent.

1pound tilapia or othermild white fish, cut into3-4 pieces

3⁄4 teaspoon each sweetpaprika and pepper

1⁄2 teaspoon each dried

thyme and salt1⁄4 teaspoon dry mustardCayenne to taste: start witha dash

Olive oil4 tablespoons butterLemon juice to taste

Combine herbs andspices together. Brushfish with a bit of the oliveoil on both sides and rubspicemixture all over.Film a nonstick skilletwith oil and when it’s hot,add fish and sear untilcooked through, a fewminutes per side. Mean-while, melt butter and stirin lemon juice to taste, ormelt butter in small skil-let and cook until butter isa pretty amber color,about 3 minutes overmedium heat, but watchso it doesn’t burn. Stir inlemon juice to taste. (Bycooking butter in skillet,you’ll have “brownedbutter,” a nuttier flavorthan simplymelted butterand lemon juice). Spoonbutter mixture over fish.I like to serve with a side

of couscous that’s beencooked in vegetable brothand seasoned with garlicand green onions.

Tips from Rita’skitchen

Keeping avocadosfrom turning brown:Spray cut halves withcooking spray, wrap welland refrigerate.

Tips from readers’kitchens

My chicken cornchowder recipewas ahuge hit with readers. KitWhiteman gave her ownsignature twists to it (findher version onmy blog)and I understand it wasserved at a ladies lun-cheon, as well. “We calledit Rita’s soup,” the readersaid.

Readers want toknow

Can kitchen shears beput in dishwasher? I putthem in the dishwasheronly when cutting uppoultry since the shears’

blades will eventually bedamaged in the dish-washer. So even if themanufacturer saysthey’re dishwasher safe,avoid it if possible. Myfave: The ones withbreak-apart blades.

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Rita Nader Heikenfeld is anherbalist, educator and au-thor. Find her blog online atCincinnati.Com/blogs. Emailher at [email protected] with “Rita’skitchen” in the subject line.Call 513-248-7130, ext. 356.

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Free injury clinicoffered

EDGEWOOD — St. Eliza-beth Sports Medicine andBob Roncker’s RunningSpot are working togetherto offer a free monthlyrunner’s injury clinic. Be-ginningonFeb.13, theclin-ic will take place 5-6:30p.m. on the secondWednesday, at St. Eliza-beth SportsMedicine Cen-ter, 830 Thomas MoreParkway, Suite 101, Edge-wood.

For more information,contact Mike Wiggins ofBob Roncker’s RunningSpot at 513-686-0095 or theSt. Elizabeth Sports Medi-cine Center at 859-301-5600.

Carnegie hostsJames, Reider

COVINGTON — The2012-13 Carnegie in Con-cert season continueswithan evening of song as Cin-cinnati music and televi-sion legendsNancy JamesandRobReider take to thestage of the intimate OttoM. Budig Theatre.

The event, TogetherAgain, takes place 7:30p.m. Thursday, Feb. 29.The duo will perform per-sonal favorites fromBroadway’s “Music Man”and “My Fair Lady,” alongwith humorous and heart-warming duets.

Call 859-957-1940.

stand up for women’srights and suffrage.Doug-lass is currently regardedas the grandfather of thecivil rights movement.

Actor Michael E.Crutcher Sr. is a devoutscholar of FrederickDouglass and believes hiscalling in life is to shareDouglass’ principle offreedom, equality, reli-gion, and self-esteem.Ironically, Crutcher wasborn on the anniversary ofFrederick Douglass’ es-cape from slavery.

Federal employeesmeet Feb. 11

FLORENCE — The Na-tional Active and RetiredFederal Employees willmeet 1 p.m Monday, Feb.11, at the lower level of theFlorence GovernmentCenter on Ewing Boule-vard. The speaker thismonth will be a repre-sentative from the Inter-nal Revenue Service to goover changes for the 2013filing season.

All federal employees,retirees and spouses areinvited. Feel free to bringalong a friend. For anyquestions, call NoreeneMorgan at 283-9688.

Prayer retreat takesplace Saturday

ERLANGER — A prayerretreat on Christian spiri-tuality will take place 10a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday,Feb. 9, at Erlanger UnitedMethodist Church, 31Commonwealth Ave.

Call727-2136toregister

Shelter hosts MyFurry Valentine

BURLINGTON — MyFurry Valentine, GreaterCincinnati’s largestanimaladoption event, is back forthe secondyearandBooneCounty Animal Shelter isparticipating on Saturday,Feb. 9.

Adoption hours arenoon to 7:45 p.m. The shel-ter is at 5643 IdlewildRoad, Burlington.

If you are looking toadopt a new furry friendforyourfamily, theshelterwill be offering adoptionspecials all day on spayed/neuteredcatsanddogs.Allanimals are healthchecked, microchipped,have age-appropriateshots,andcomewithafreevet visit andmore.

Call 586-5285 for moreinformation.

Event salutesFrederick Douglass

BURLINGTON — Mi-chael E. Crutcher Sr. willportray Frederick Doug-lass at Boone County Pub-lic Library, Main Library,1786 Burlington Pike.

The eventwill be 7 p.m.Thursday, Feb. 7, in honorof African American His-toryMonth.

Frederick Douglass en-dured slavery for 20 yearsbefore he escaped to free-domandbecameoneofthemost prolific and influen-tial people in the nation’shistory. Hewas an adviserto Abraham Lincoln dur-ing the Civil War and wasone of the first men to

COMMUNITY BRIEFS

Cincinnati City Man-ager Milton Dohoney be-lieves the flurry of eco-nomic development in hiscity will benefit NorthernKentucky.

The World ChoirGames,TheBanksprojectand the Horseshoe Casinohave created a lot of buzzabout Greater Cincinnati,Dohoney told the FlorenceRotary Club on Jan. 14.

Cincinnati has beenmentioned more than onebillion times in the mediasince the World ChoirGames last summer, henoted, and the New YorkTimes, Chicago Tribuneand Wall Street Journal“all want to come and do astory.”

“What thatmeans is theregionisabouttobecomeadestination point at a levelit’snotbeenbefore,”Doho-ney said. “The excitementat Newport on the Levee,all the places in CovingtonandNorthernKentucky…

All of us will win, not justCincinnati.”

Dohoney credits therise in interest to a singledecision the city ofCincin-nati made during the re-cession several years ago.Some cities chose to waitout the economic down-turn. Cincinnati chose tomove forward aggressive-ly, even though some ini-

tiatives such as the street-car system were contro-versial, he said.

“The decision to be ag-gressive is starting toshow fruit,”Dohoney said.

To keep bearing fruit,the city must respond tothe needs of new residentsand visitors. Cincinnati“did not spend a penny ofcity money” on the casino,but made improvementsto streets and the sur-rounding area, accordingto the city manager. Thecity also insisted the casi-no must be built “insideout” so visitors could gointo restaurants from thestreet instead of throughthe casino.

“The future is brightfor all of us,” Dohoneysaid. “People are discover-ing when they come to theCincinnati regionthat theycan’t do everything in aday, can’t do everything inaweekend, can’t do every-thing in a week.”

They are going to comeand stay awhile, and theyare going to comeback formore, he predicted.

This article was submitted byPat Moynahan of FlorenceRotary Club.

Dohoney: N.Ky. to seeripple effectsBy Pat MoynahanRecorder Contributor ABOUT

FLORENCEROTARYFor information about

weekly meetings, guestspeakers and communityservice opportunities ofthe Florence Rotary Club,contact Brad Shipe, presi-dent, at [email protected] or 859-282-7040. Visit the group’swebsite at www.florence-rotary.org . FlorenceRotary meets weekly onMondays at noon at theAirport Hilton Hotel inFlorence.

Cincinnati City ManagerMilton Dohoney speaks toFlorence Rotary Club.THANKS TO ADAM HOWARD

Question: Last spring,the leaves of severalscattered branches onmycrabapple and pear treesturned black, killing backthose branches, and I wastold it might be a diseasecalled fireblight. Whatcan I do to prevent fur-ther dieback of branchesthis spring?

Answer:Wait untillate February or earlyMarch to prune out thedead branches, so that weare past the worst of thewinter cold, but the treesare still dormant. Don’twait until spring or sum-mer, since pruning duringthe growing season caneasily spread the diseaseto other parts of the treeand even to other treesthat are pruned the sameday.

Fireblight, caused by abacterium, concernsorchardists as a seriousdisease of apple and pear.However, it also occurson fruits like raspberryand blackberry, and onmany landscape treesand shrubs in the rosefamily, including coto-neaster, hawthorn, moun-tain ash, firethorn (Pyra-cantha), serviceberry,flowering quince, culti-vated quince (Cydonia),Christmas berry (Photi-nia), flowering plum,spirea, and rose.

Initial fireblight in-fection occurs duringbloom, when bees andrain help spread the dis-ease. Windy, stormyweather, especially hail-storms, after first in-fections have occurred,favors secondary spreadof fireblight. Controlmeasures are outlinedbelow:

» Take extra careduring the dormant sea-

son (lateFebruary/earlyMarch) toprunetrees ac-cording tosoundhorticultur-al princi-ples. Treesproperlythinned

and shaped are generallyless susceptible to fireblight.

In addition, while treesare dormant, blackened,blighted twigs should bepruned just below theinfected areas and de-stroyed. This practice,which should be doneevery year, eliminates animportant potentialsource of inoculum forsubsequent epidemics.

The pruningmust bedone carefully, so that allinfected branches areremoved. This care isespecially important inyoung plantings whereunchecked canker devel-opment could easily killthe tree. It is not neces-sary to sterilize pruningtools for dormant prun-ing. Remove badly in-fected trees and old,neglected pear trees thatcould be sources of in-oculum.

»While trees arebreaking dormancy, justat first green tip, applyfixed copper to the twigsand branches to helpreduce overwinteringbacterial inoculum. Avoidspraying copper after½-inch green tip so thatfruits do not becomerussetted. Thoroughlywash the spray tank fol-lowing use, since thechemical can be corro-sive.

»Apply insecticidesas needed just after petalfall to reduce levels ofleafhoppers, plant bugs,and psylla insects, whichhave all been implicatedas vectors of fireblight.

»Avoid any culturalpractices that stimulaterapid tree growth andexcess branch prolifer-ation. These conditions(often brought on byexcess nitrogen fertiliza-tion, abnormally low fruitload, and/or poor pruningtechniques) increase atree’s susceptibility tofireblight.

Mike Klahr is the BooneCounty extension agent forhorticulture.

Don’t get burnedby fireblight

MikeKlahrHORTICULTURECONCERNS

COMING UPChoosing Trees &

Shrubs for Your Soil &Site: 6-7:30 p.m. Thurs-day, Feb. 7, Boone Coun-ty Extension Office.Counts for ISA CertifiedArborist CEU’s. Free, butplease call 859-586-6101to register, or enrollonline atwww.ca.uky.edu/booneOrganic Vegetable

Gardening at Home:1:30-3:30 p.m. Thursday,Feb. 7, Boone CountyExtension Office. Free,but please register bycalling 859-586-6101 toregister, or enroll onlineat www.ca.uky.edu/booneMaple Tapping: 9 a.m.

Saturday, Feb. 9, BooneCounty Arboretum, 9190Camp Ernst Road, Union.Meet at Shelter No. 2;dress for the weather. Noregistration required.Questions? Call 859-586-6101.


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The Crittenden Alum-ni Associationmet atFamily’s Main StreetRestaurant last Tuesdayfor lunch. Those attend-ing were Julian andMaryWills, Sandy Kellsof Williamstown, Osaand Della Hollen of Er-langer, Rosalie Fisk andher son Rick Fisk ofCrittenden, and Ralphand Rita Gibbs of Crit-tenden, Allen Simpson ofMiddletown, Ohio, Frankand Shirley (McCubbin)Simpson of Independ-ence.

Our sympathy isexpressed to Allen Simp-son in the death of hiswife on Jan 6. The Alum-ni will be meeting againin February. Congrat-ulations to Rob Staffordin being chosen as thenew superintendent ofOwen County Schools.He is the husband ofJennifer Hale Stafford, a1988 graduate ofWalton-Verona High School.Jennifer’s parents areWalton residents Nannieand RoyHale of CatalinaDrive.

At this writing J.B.McCubbin is still a pa-tient at St. ElizabethHospital Edgewood.Please continue to keephim andMaxine in yourprayers.

Our sympathies areexpressed to the familyof Rodney Reneker ofSparta. Rodney was a

member ofthe 1951class ofWVHS.His ser-vices wereheld onMonday atHamilton& StanleyFuneralHome in

Verona. Survivors in-clude his wife Bonnieand three daughters.Interment is at NewBethel Cemetery inVerona.

Charles “Huncky”Holder has moved toProvidence Pavillion InCovington, Room 442.His phone number is859-283-6922. Feel freeto check in with him, hewould love to chat withyou.

Ruth Meadows (391-7282)writes a column about Wal-ton. Feel free to call her withWalton neighborhood newsitems.

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Every morning at 9a.m.,FloydGrace loadshiscar with bright red andwhite coolers filled withchilled meals. He thenheads south on I-71/75from Covington to Flor-ence to begin his daily de-liveries of Senior Servicesof Northern Kentucky’sHome Delivered Meals inBoone County.

To his clients, Floyd’sweekday visits are morethan just a regular meal.

“For a lot of them, I’mthe only one they see reg-ularly,” he says.

Floyd has been deliver-ing meals for Senior Ser-vices of Northern Ken-tucky for more than 25years.He’s known someofhis elderly clients for aslong as 15 years. Theycome to rely on his dailyvisits.

He often brings in the

mailornewspaper,andhasprogrammed dozens oftelevisionremotecontrols.

He also has helped sen-iors in distress.

With seniors prone tofalling, many times Floydhas helped clients up fromthe floor when he arrives.

Whenhenoticesaclientis falling repeatedly, hecontacts the SSNK SocialService Case Aides.

A couple years ago, hefound one of his clients ly-ing on the floor of herkitchen, unable to move.Shesaidshehadfallendur-ing the night and had laidthere until he found herthe next morning.

“I got her a blanket andpillow and called the am-bulance. She had a brokenhip.”

Another time, FloydwasdrivingalongRoute18in Burlington when he no-ticed one of his meal cli-ents walking along the

busy highway. The wom-an, who suffered from de-mentia, was barefoot andwearing a nightgown. Hedrove the woman homeand notified Senior Ser-vices, who contacted herfamily.

When he finishes hisdaily meals deliveries,Floyd heads to his record-ing studio, which is conve-niently located in hishome. A talented percus-sionist and keyboard play-er, Floyd has performed inlocal bands. For threeyears, his band playedweekends at Jag’s Steakand Seafood in West Ches-ter. They also headlined afundraiser for SSNK atTurfway Park.

These days, Floyd iswriting and recording hisownmusic – he is workingon his sixth CD – and cre-ating film scores. His in-terest in music startedwhen he was a teenager in

Covington – briefly inter-rupted when he was draft-ed into the U.S. Army inthe early 1970s.

Floyd, 61, has no plansto retire any time soon. “Ilike taking care ofmy sen-iors,” he says.

For more informationaboutMealsonWheelsandother services, visitseniorservicesnky.org.

Home Delivered Meals driver Floyd Grace with one of his clients, Francis Justice. Floyd delivers a package of meals toFrancis’ home each week. THANKS TO SENIOR SERVICES OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY

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The calls came flood-ing in:

“I am 66 years old, Idon’t need health care, Iretired about a year ago

and I am bored, I want togo back to work.”

“ I was unwillinglyretired by the companythat I worked for 24years.”

“I haven’t looked for ajob since I just finishedcollege. I really don’tknow how or where tobegin.”

The 55+ Task Forcewill be hosting an educa-tional opportunity forseasoned, experienced,mature professionals.

Putting experiencesback to work

A free educationalopportunity for seasonedmature professionals willbe held 8:30 a.m.to noonTuesday, Feb. 19, at MazakCorp., 8025 ProductionDrive, Florence, KY41042.

Topics include:»Understanding the

job search process intoday’s world. (Much haschanged sincemany of ushave looked for work!)

»Working with anexecutive recruiter(un-derstanding the role of arecruiter and how theycan help.

»Networking: What isit? How do you do it? Is iteffective? (Learn 10 Tipsto overcome the fear ofnetworking.)

»Overcoming jobsearch obstacles. (Some-times the real obstacle isus.)

»Resource informa-tion for older adults (So,where can we go for addi-tional help?)

This is just the begin-ning of the Task Force’swork. The group hasplans for more efforts inthe coming year. So, toend with another old radiosaying: “Please stay tunedfor further announce-ments!”

There are a limitednumber of seats availablefor this seminar; you cancall Senior Services at859-491-0522 to reserveyour place. Or sign uponline athttp://bit.ly/VrRwzy.

Ken Rechtin is the interimexecutive director of SeniorServices of Northern Ken-tucky and a Campbell Countycommissioner and one of the“baby boomers” (he is 62years old!).

Let’s get back to work

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Gracie is a young treeing walker coon hound. She wasadopted as a young puppy but was returned whenher family moved and was unable to take her. She iswell socialized and would be a great family dog. Callthe Boone County Animal Shelter at 586-5285 formore information about these and other adoptablepets. THANKS TO JAN CHAPMAN

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Union resident RandyPhillips started a crusadein 2011 to raise money fora cause very close to hisheart with the release ofhis first album “WhiskeyTango Foxtrot.”

When asked about whyhe donated every pennyinvolved with this pro-ject, as well as frontingall the money to get theproject up and running,Phillips responded, “Iwanted the album to bespecial beyond themusic.The best way to do thatwas to give all the moneyto someone who had aspecial circumstance.”

The last two yearshave been dedicated towriting, producing andperforming charity fund-raisers for baby LandonCarpenter, who lives out-side Nashville. Landon’sfather, Marine Cpl. AndyCarpenter, was killed incombat in Afghanistan amonthbeforeLandonwasborn almost two yearsago.

Todate this project hassold almost 500 CD’s andraised nearly $10,000 andranks as one of Phillips’proudest moments.

“To tell Landon’s momChrissie’s story duringlive shows andwatch peo-ple hang on every wordyou say and on occasionbemoved to tearsorbe in-spired to do more for oth-ers, Chrissie and their en-tire familyhavehadama-jor impact on my life as aperson and as a musician.I can’t pretend to haveknown Andy, but I’mproud to call his familymyfriends,”Phillips said.

Phillips’ taste of music

is a blend of blues androck ‘n roll, coupled witha very unique writingstyle that tells his stories,struggles, and experienc-es in music.

Artists that have in-spired Phillips includeEddie Van Halen, JimiHendrix, Stevie RayVaughn, and Richie Sam-bora.

Phillips’ first love ofmusic began as a child lis-tening to Elvis with hismother and grandmother.

When talking aboutwhere he gets his ideasfor his songs, Phillipssays, “Many of the lyricsyou hear have dual mean-

ings or they make youthink aboutwhat themes-sage or meaning truly is.For me, the lyrics usuallycome first and then Iframe it with the music.

“I try to write lyricsthat tell a story of my lifeexperiences that anyonecan relate to in someway,” he said. “I’ve writ-ten 25 songs the pastthree years and theyrange from the meaningof love, faith and inspira-tion or believing in some-thing.”

Phillips is nowready tomove on to his second al-bum “Serendip With Me”which will be out in May.

His first song from the al-bum will be available oniTunes just in time forValentine’s Day. The song“Undiscovered Pearls” isfitting for the holiday asPhillips explains, “It’s aballad/lullaby of sorts; abeautiful piece inspiredby beauty!”

Phillips is also in theprocess of writing an in-spirational book about hislife through childhood,the loss of a twin brotherat an early age, the loss ofhis parents, failure anddivorce all of which haveprepared and inspiredhim to become amusicianand potential author.

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BOONE COUNTYArrests/CitationsJennifer L. Trusty, 31, shop-lifting at 4990 Houston Rd.,Nov. 29.Victor Jent, 45, shoplifting at3000 Mall Rd., Nov. 29.Amanda N. Bassham, 28,shoplifting at 7625 DoeringDr., Nov. 27.Eric C. Bassham, 27, shop-lifting at 7625 Doering Dr.,Nov. 27.Hayley A. Clark, 31, shop-lifting at 6000 Mall Rd., Nov.27.Clayton T. Cochran, 36, receiv-ing stolen property under$10,000 at 2122 Mall Rd.,Nov. 27.Amber M. Wetherington, 20,shoplifting at 7625 DoeringDr., Nov. 27.Jerri L. Wetherington, 46,shoplifting at 7625 DoeringDr., Nov. 27.Evelyn M. Neinaber, 21, pos-session of drug parapherna-lia, third-degree possessionof a controlled substance,shoplifting at 61 Spiral Dr.,Nov. 26.Kevin J. Zeis, 49, fraudulentuse of a credit card under$500, second-degree forgery,second-degree criminalpossession of a forged in-strument at 7782 Raven-swood Dr., Nov. 26.Nina J. Guzauskus, 54, third-degree terroristic threat-ening at 148 SaddlebrookDr., Nov. 26.Clint M. Power, 33, DUI at7516 U.S. 42, Nov. 25.Hamdija Cemal, 41, shop-lifting at 4990 Houston Rd.,Nov. 25.Natalyia Cemal, 39, theft bydeception, shoplifting at4990 Houston Rd., Nov. 25.Cameron J. Cox, 20, alcohol

intoxication in a publicplace at 10094 InvestmentWay, Nov. 25.Carrie M. Powers, 25, sec-ond-degree disorderlyconduct, alcohol intoxica-tion in a public place at8101U.S. 42, Nov. 25.Danielle R. Hammons, 24,second-degree disorderlyconduct, alcohol intoxica-tion in a public place at8101U.S. 42, Nov. 25.Carlos Hilario-Colin, 33, DUIat 7777 Burlington Pk., Nov.25.Carlos Solis, 29, shopliftingat 61 Spiral Dr., Nov. 23.Sarah K. Borgemenke, 25,shoplifting at 61 Spiral Dr.,Nov. 23.

Incidents/InvestigationsBurglaryBusiness broken into anditems taken at 8223 U.S. 42,Nov. 28.Residence broken into anditems taken at 2342 Antoi-nette Way, Nov. 25.Criminal mischiefVehicles vandalized at 600Windridge Ln., Nov. 29.Structure vandalized at 8075Steilen Dr., Nov. 29.Structure vandalized at 6803Sebree Dr., Nov. 24.FraudSubject in possession ofcounterfeit money at 7659Mall Rd., Nov. 28.Subject cashed fraudulentchecks at 6909 Dixie Hwy.,Nov. 26.Subject found in possession ofcounterfeit money at 8455U.S. 42, Nov. 24.Incident reportsStolen vehicle recovered atRed Cedar Ct., Nov. 29.Subject found in possession ofstolen property at 55 Hous-ton Rd., Nov. 6.

Subject found in possession ofstolen property at 2122 MallRd., Nov. 27.NarcoticsSubject found in possession ofheroin at 7908 Dream St.,Nov. 23.ShopliftingSubject tried to steal goodsfromMeijer at 4990 HoustonRd., Nov. 29.Subject tried to steal mer-chandise from Sears at 3000Mall Rd., Nov. 29.Subject tried to steal videogames from Gamestop at4951Houston Rd., Nov. 28.Subject tried to steal itemsfromWalmart at 7625 Doer-ing Dr., Nov. 27.Subject tried to steal mer-chandise from JC Penney at6000 Mall Rd., Nov. 27.Subject tried to steal itemsfromWalmart at 7625 Doer-ing Dr., Nov. 27.Subject tried to steal goodsfrom Kohl’s at 61 Spiral Dr.,Nov. 27.Subject tried to steal itemsfromWalmart at 7625 Doer-ing Dr., Nov. 26.Subject tried to steal goods

from Kohl’s at 61 Spiral Dr.,Nov. 26.Subject tried to steal goodsfromMeijer at 4990 HoustonRd., Nov. 25.Subject tried to steal itemsfrom Kohl’s at 61 Spiral Dr.,Nov. 23.Terroristic threateningSubject threatened victimwith violence at 148 Saddle-brook Dr., Nov. 26.TheftProduct stolen from officebuilding at 6903 BurlingtonPk., Nov. 5.Items stolen from residence at7064 Manderlay Dr., Nov. 9.Property missing from resi-dence at 928 Mission Ln.,Nov. 9.Property missing from resi-dence at 7822 Riehl Dr., Nov.9.Bicycle stolen from residenceat 1 Sanders Dr., Nov. 9.Jewelry stolen from vehicle atMall Rd., Nov. 12.Jewelry stolen from residenceat 55 Surrey Ct., Nov. 8.Musical instrument stolen at1000 Burlington Pike, Dec. 1.Jewelry stolen at 7351 Black-stone Dr., Dec. 3.Fuel stolen at 8635 WilliamHaines Dr., Dec. 3.Computer hardware/softwarestolen at 7625 Doering Dr.,Dec. 4.Money stolen at 7200 DixieHwy., Dec. 4.Wallet, credit/debit cardstolen at 7747 Mall Rd., Dec.4.GPS, survey equipment stolenat 30 Cavalier Ct. , Dec.1.Money stolen from BobEvan’s at 8020 U.S. 42, Nov.29.Money stolen from JimmyJohn’s at 7921Mall Rd., Nov.29.Tools stolen from industrial

site at 7430 Industrial Rd.,Nov. 28.Clothing stolen from OldNavy at 7719 Mall Rd., Nov.27.Jewelry stolen from residenceat 1627 Corinthian Dr., Nov.27.Purse stolen from customer atTarget at 1100 Hansel Ave.,Nov. 26.Jewelry stolen from residenceat 7755 Plantation Dr., Nov.26.Registration plate stolen fromvehicle at 7200 Dixie Hwy.,Nov. 25.Fuel stolen from Thornton’s at7601 Industrial Rd., Nov. 25.Theft, criminal mischiefMetals stolen, structuresdestroyed/damaged/vandal-ized at Turfway Rd., Dec. 3.Clothing, tools stolen at 350Meijer Dr., Dec. 4.Theft from autoVehicle broken into and itemstaken at 4971Houston Rd.,Nov. 28.Vehicle broken into and itemstaken at 7937 Dream St.,Nov. 25.Tools stolen from vehicle at

7490 Woodspoint Dr., Nov. 1.Goods stolen fromWalmartat 7625 Doering Dr., Nov. 1.Vehicle broken into and itemstaken at 6042 Celtic AshAve., Nov. 2.Vehicle broken into and itemstaken at 1913 Charleston Ct.,Nov. 3.Vehicle broken into and itemstaken at Commerce Dr., Nov.5.Vehicle broken into and itemstaken at 430 Meijer Dr., Nov.7.Vehicle broken into and itemstaken at 210 Surfwood Dr.,Nov. 8.Vehicle broken into and itemstaken at 109 Yealey Dr., Nov.8.Vehicle broken into and itemstaken at 99 Spiral Dr., Nov. 9.Vehicle broken into and itemstaken at Steilen Dr., Nov. 11.Theft of autoVehicle stolen and not recov-ered at 8197 Dilcrest Dr., Nov.10.Theft of servicesConsumable goods stolen at7908 Dream St., Dec. 1.

POLICE REPORTS

Nancy Lewis, 53, of Flor-ence and John Penick, 58, ofFlorence; issued Jan. 11.Julia Frazier, 43, of High-

land Heights and MuntherJallad, 37, of Hebron; Jan. 11.Paulette LaSelle, 27, of

Batavia, Ohio, and CoreyHopper, 27, of Florence; Jan.11.

Stephanie Finke, 34, ofBurlington and Eric Jackson,41, of Burlington; Jan. 14.Bess Minton, 25, of Flor-

ence andWilliamWhaley IV,24, of Florence; Jan. 15.Heidi Sandoval, 18, of

Walton and Rogelio Cervan-

tes, 31, of Walton; Jan. 16.Stephanie Henry, 31, of

Burlington and Daniel Mon-geon, 31, of Burlington; Jan.17.

Meredith Sparkes, 26, ofFlorence and Justin Dean, 23,of Florence; Jan. 18.Carrie Stull, 21, of Florence

and Dennis Storer, 30, ofFlorence; Jan. 22.Rebecca Espinoza, 40, of

Walton and Alberto Espinoza,31, of Walton; Jan. 25.Crystal Hutchinson, 29, of

Hebron and Benjamin Stofle,31, of Hebron; Jan. 25.

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Loraine AlteversLoraine Altevers, 93, of Co-

vington, died Jan. 28, 2013, atRosedale Green in Covington.

After raising her children sheworked in the catering businessfor Davis Catering. She was amember of Mother of GodChurch in Covington, NorthernKentucky Senior Citizens, IrishRovers and many card clubs. Sheenjoyed sewing and crafts.

Her husband, Robert J. Altev-ers, and a daughter, Carolyn,died previously.

Survivors include her sons,Robert J. Altevers Jr. of SanDiego, Calif., James Altevers ofFlorence and Donald Altevers ofFort Mitchell; daughters, MaryAnn Egan of North Chelmsford,Mass., Diane McFalls of Union,Kathy Von Lehman of Sammam-ish, Wash., Jeanie Halenkamp ofFlorence and Linda Altevers ofErlanger; brothers, Ray Goetz ofCrestview Hills and Leroy Goetzof Covington; sister, Rose Scottof Fort Wright; many grand-children: and many great-grand-children.

Burial was at Mother of GodChurch in Covington.

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

Memorials: Rosedale Green,4250 Glenn Ave., Covington, KY41015 or St. Elizabeth Hospice,483 South Loop Road, Edge-wood, KY 41017.

Don BakerDon Baker, 68, of Hebron,

died Jan. 23, 2013, at St. Eliza-beth Edgewood.

He was a retired sales repre-sentative with Sandvic Corp. inCincinnati, a member of Immac-ulate Heart of Mary Church, andenjoyed sports, hunting andfishing, and coaching baseball.

Survivors include his wife,Patty Ford Baker; son, Donald K.Baker of Hebron; daughter,KarenWhite of Custer, S.D.;sister, Doris Baker of Edgewood;and three grandchildren.

Interment was at HebronLutheran Cemetery in Hebron.

Memorials: Notre DameAcademy Sports, 1699 HiltonDrive, Park Hills, KY 41011.

Patricia BiancoPatricia “Pat” Ann Bianco, 72,

of Villa Hills, died Jan. 28, 2013,at her residence.

She was a homemaker whohelped her husband in their drycleaning business and attendedErlanger Baptist Church.

Two sisters, Mary Scheben,and Ruthie Knock, and threebrothers, Jack Knock, Bill Knockand Lewis Knock, died previ-ously.

Survivors include her husband,Rosalbino “Bino” Bianco; son,Joseph “Joey;” brother, RichardKnock of Union; and sister,Bonnie Gray of Alexandria.

Interment was at EvergreenCemetery in Southgate.

Memorials: donor’s choice.

Nora BrownNora Jean Brown died Jan. 21,

2013, in Winchester.Survivors include her son,

Jeremy Brown; three grand-children; mother, KatherinePayne Siffel; and sisters, MarySiffel of Covington and Kather-ine Hall of Hebron.

Interment was at Mother ofGod Cemetery.

Corrine CollinsCorrine Frances Sturgeon

Collins, 91, of Erlanger, died Jan.28, 2013, at Villa Springs CareCenter in Erlanger.

She was a homemaker and amember of New Banklick BaptistChurch.

Her husband, John FranklinCollins, and a son, Harold Collins,died previously.

Survivors include her daugh-

ters, Marie Gabbard of Hamil-ton, Ohio, Lavern Driskell of SanAngelo, Texas, Elaine Willoughbyof Crittenden, and Diane Bach ofIndependence; sons, Pete Collinsand Johnny Ray Collins, both ofWalton; 20 grandchildren; 36great-grandchildren; and 19great-great-grandchildren.

Interment was at Independ-ence Cemetery.

Memorials: American DiabetesAssociation, 4555 Lake ForestDrive, Suite 396, Cincinnati, Ohio45242 or First Baptist Church ofWalton, 47 South Main St.,Walton, KY 41094.

James DuganJames Anthony Dugan, 73, of

Hebron, died Jan. 29, at St.Elizabeth Healthcare Florence.

He was a retired sales andoperations manager in thechemical supply industry, servedin the Army and was a memberof Mary Queen of HeavenChurch.

Survivors include his wife,Joanne Dugan; daughters,Maureen Osterhaus and MaryAnn Robbins; sons, Matthew,Michael and John Dugan; sisters,Catherine Bremer, MaggieFerence, Theresa Dugan andBeth Yothers; brothers, Regis,Jack, Tom, Kevin andMichaelDugan; and 5 grandchildren.

Burial was at St. Mary Ceme-tery.

Memorials: The NorthernKentucky Tea Party, P.O. Box 853Independence, KY 41051 orCovenant House, 461 EighthAve., New York, NY 10001.

Eula EversoleEula Mae Sebastian Eversole,

89 of Independence, died Jan.25, 2013, at St. Elizabeth Edge-wood.

She was retired fromMcAl-pin’s in Cincinnati and was amember of Oak Ridge BaptistChurch.

Her first husband, WilsonSebastian; a son, Dr. WilsonSebastian Jr.; and three brothers,Rudell Bowling, Parnell Bowlingand Earl Bowling, died previ-ously.

Survivors include her husband,Kash Eversole Jr.; son, MichaelSebastian of Frankfort; stepson,

John E. Eversole of Booneville;stepdaughter, Patricia GayleSebastian of Florence; brother,Lowell Thomas Bowling ofCovington; seven grandchildren;17 great-grandchildren; and agreat-great-grandchild.

Interment was at Floral HillsCemetery.

Memorials: St. ElizabethHospice, 483 South Loop Road,Edgewood, KY 41017.

Carolyn FranxmanCarolyn H. Franxman, 66, of

Piner, died Jan. 26, 2013, at herresidence.

She retired from the KentonCounty Board of Education inNovember, where she served asboth the secretary to the boardand the administrative assistantto the superintendent.

She was a member of theKentucky Organization of Super-intendents’ AdministrativeAssistants and a member of All

Saints Catholic Church in Walton.She graduated from SimonKenton High School in 1964.

Survivors include her husband,Walter Franxman; son, JeffFranxman of DeMossville;daughter, Monica Egger ofMorning View; sisters, RoseannWhisler of Phoenix, MarthaPearce of Independence, Melin-da Franxman of Morning ViewandMary Jo Huber of Phoenix;brothers, Mark Helmer of Flor-ence, Mike Helmer of Crittendenand Pat Helmer of Verona; andfive grandchildren.

Memorials: St. Jude Children’sHospital.

The Rev. Russell FrymanThe Rev. Russell Fryman Jr., 77,

of Union, died Jan. 23, 2013, atSt. Elizabeth Florence.

He was a pastor of the North-ern Kentucky First Church of Godin Erlanger, formerly owned andoperated the Fryman’s Meat

Locker in Dry Ridge and theGrant County Ambulance Ser-vice, Fryman’s Aluminum Sidingand Home Improvement, andDown To Earth Excavating, hadserved as the fire chief for thecity of Dry Ridge, and was asinger and musician.

A son, Russell David Fryman; abrother, Oris David Fryman; andtwo sisters, Ada Nester andMarie Kinman, died previously.

Survivors include his wifeTheola Jenkins Fryman; daugh-ters, Kayanna Sue Bennett ofUnion and Tracy Rene Tolson ofWalton; sons, Terry E. Fryman ofDry Ridge, Ricky Dale Frymanand Randy E. Fryman, both ofFlorence, and Stephen Fryman ofUnion; brother, Jimmy Fryman ofDry Ridge; sisters, Margie Hum-phries of Amelia, Ohio, AnneMcKinney of Dry Ridge, Nina

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Burial was at Corinth Ceme-tery.

Memorials: The Rev. RussellFryman Family, c/o the funeralhome, P.O. Box 146, Dry Ridge,KY 41035.

Geraldine HarshbargerGeraldine Harshbarger, 76, of

Florence, died Jan. 25, 2013, ather residence.

She worked for O’Brian Con-struction as an administrativesecretary, and was a member ofWalton Baptist Church, EasternStar, Florence No. 559, and RedHat Society.

Her husband, Howard Harsh-barger, died previously.

Survivors include her sons,Dale Harshbarger of Petersburg,David Harshbarger of Hebron,and Kevin Harshbarger of Elsm-ere; daughter; Lisa Voyette ofJacksonville, Fla.; brothers, LesLeeke of Walton, Jack Leeke ofUnion; eight grandchildren; anda great-grandchild.

Burial was at Floral HillsCemetery.

Elizabeth LainhartElizabeth Lainhart, 78 of

Burlington, died Jan. 27, 2013.Her husband, Moody Lainhart,

died previously.Survivors include her daugh-

ter, Debra McDaniel; sons, Dar-rell and Ronnie Lainhart; sevengrandchildren; sisters, ErnestineChastain, Mary Brauch, BrendaLafkis, Anita Hensley and CecilRichardson.

Burial was at BurlingtonCemetery.

Bonnie McCubbinBonnie Lee McCubbin, 73, of

Independence, died Jan. 23,2013, at St. Elizabeth Edgewood.

She was retired from PeeWeeChild Care Learning Center.

Her sisters, Evelyn Lewis, ofLake Placid, Fla. and Cleo Beachof Walton, died previously.

Survivors include her husband,Charlie McCubbin; daughters,Charlotte Woodward of Burling-ton and Bonita Berter of Edge-wood; and eight grandchildren.

Burial was at Floral HillsMemorial Gardens.

Memorials: American StrokeAssociation, 7272 GreenvilleAve., Dallas, TX 75231 or TheDisabled American Veterans,3725 Alexandria Pike, ColdSpring, KY 41076.

Mildred RiceMildred Rice, 87, of Union,

died Jan. 24, 2012, at her resi-dence.

Survivors include her husband,James Rice Jr.; children, JoyceEads, James Rice III, Sara Isaacs,Jenny Rice, Jack Rice, Joe Rice,Junetta Weltzer, Jeanne Swikert,Jill Jordan, Jamie Rudolph andJerry Rice; 28 grandchildren; 26great-grandchildren; and agreat-great-grandchild.

Interment was at St. MaryCemetery in Fort Mitchell.

Memorials: St Joseph’s IndianSchool, 1301N. Main St., Cham-berlain, SD 57325 or WoundedWarriors Project, 230 WestMonroe St., Suite 200, Chicago,IL 60606.

Sister Andrew HellmannSister Andrew Hellmann, 80,

of Order of St. Benedict, died

Jan. 24, 2012, at St. WalburgMonastery.

A Benedictine sister for morethan 60 years, she served as a laband X-ray tech at hospitals inColorado and Kentucky, and wasan administrator of Estill CountyandMarcum-Wallace Hospital inIrvine and as tech at Pathologyand Cytology Labs in Lexington.She participated in many med-ical mission trips in Central andSouth America and Africa.

A sister, Judy Reinersman, diedpreviously.

Survivors include her mother,Marian Hellmann; sisters, JoanGoessling, Jeanne Kaiser, MaryAnnWainscott and Kathy Red-den; and brothers, DonaldHellmann and David Hellmann.

Memorials: St. Walburg Mon-astery, 2500 Amsterdam Road,Villa Hills, KY 41017.

Raymond ShearsRaymond Clifford Shears died

Jan. 29, 2013.He was employed by Quail

Hollow Apartments and a mem-ber of Northern Kentucky Trac-tor Pullers Association.

Survivors include his wife,Brenda Shears; daughter, Chasti-ty Cammack of Williamstown;son, Brian Shears of Verona;sisters, Mary Tucker of Burling-ton, Bonnie Flowers of Wilcox,Airz., Marie Floyd of Burlington;brothers, Robert Moore ofFlorence, Steve Moore of Critten-den and Chester Shears ofWilliamstown; and a grandchild.

Burial was at PetersburgCemetery in Petersburg.

Memorials: Family of Ray-mond Shears c/o U.S. Bank.

Richard SimpsonRichard Dean “Dicky” Simp-

son, 77, died Jan. 28, 2013, inEdgewood.

He served in the Army andwas a former constructionworker.

His son, Ricky Layne Simpson,died previously.

Survivors include his daugh-ters, Sheila Scott and, both ofWilliamstown, Carol Spaw ofErlanger, Dr. Tina Simpson ofLouisville, and Sonya Snow ofFlorence; brother, Freddie LeeSimpson of Cynthiana; 11 grand-

children; and four great-grand-children.

Memorials: Grassy Run BaptistChurch, 1555 Heekin Road,Williamstown, KY 41097 orYouth Fastpitch Softball Fund,c/o Elliston-Stanley FuneralHome, P.O. Box 130, William-stown, KY 41097.

Patricia SkeesPatricia Deanna Skees, 68, of

Florence, died Jan. 19, 2013, at St.Elizabeth Florence.

She was a retired executivedirector for the Northern Ken-tucky Development District andattended Florence ChristianChurch.

Survivors include her husband,Hugh O. Skees of Florence;cousins, Boone R. Dorsey of FortPierce, Fla. andWilliam EarlLester of Hattiesburg, Miss.; andtwo nieces.

Memorials: American DiabetesAssociation, 644 Linn St., Suite304, Cincinnati, OH 45203.

Earl StarkeEarl Rudolph Starke, 85, of

Hebron, died Jan. 26, 2013, at hisresidence.

He was an outside planttechnician with Cincinnati Bell,served in the Army in the 11thAirborne Division as a para-trooper, was a member of Ma-sonic Unity Lodge No. 478 andNational Riffle Association, andenjoyed flying remote controlplanes.

Survivors his wife, Ella Starkeof Hebron; sons, David Starke ofVerona, Steve Starke of Florenceand Jim Japp of Kenwood;daughters, Linda Petry of Orlan-do, Fla., and Linda McMannes ofFindley, Ohio; five grandchil-dren; and 11 great-grandchil-dren.

Interment was at Forest LawnCemetery in Fort Mitchell.

Clifford SturdivantClifford Allen Sturdivant, 53,

of Latonia, died Jan. 23, 2013, atWoodcrest Nursing Home inErlanger.

He was a former maintenancetechnician, and enjoyed NAS-CAR, building model cars andfishing.

His parents, Steve and Nellie

Sturdivant; brother, John FredSturdivant; and sister, EdnaNelleen, died previously.

Survivors include his brothers,Charles Harvey Sturdivant ofTucson, Ariz., RalphW. Sturdi-vant of Florence and Jerry Sturdi-vant of Morning View; and sister,Nancy Ellen Hileman of Latonia.

Interment was at the IngleFamily Cemetery in Rosehill, Va.

Memorials: American DiabetesAssociation.

EvaWartmannEva Marie Wartmann, 62, of

Edgewood, died Jan. 24, 2013, atSt. Elizabeth Edgewood.

She was a member of St. PiusX Church, the former director oftennis at Five Seasons FamilySports Club and a former staffmember at the parish kitchen.

Survivors include her husband,TomWartmann of Edgewood;son, Dr. Christopher Wartmannof Baltimore, Md.; and siblings,Lynn Lockhorn of CrescentSprings, Frank Morgan of FortWright, Yvonne Morgan ofUnion and Yvette Carter ofIndependence.

Burial was at Mother of GodCemetery.

Memorials: donor’s choice.

Carol WeissCarol Weiss, 66, of Erlanger,

died Jan. 26, 2013, at her resi-dence.

She was a security guard withHertz Corp., and a member ofthe Church of God in Taylor Milland the Ludlow Ladies Hobos.

Her husband, JohnWeiss; abrother, JimmyWoody; and asister, Emma Jean Skinner, diedpreviously.

Survivors include her daugh-ters, Sandra Smith of Florence,Tonya Brewer of Erlanger; son,John “Joe”Weiss of Erlanger;brothers, Alex Woody of Harri-son, Ohio, Ernie Woody ofMason, Ohio, Jerry Woody ofSanta Anna, Calif., Jesse Woodyof Crescent Springs and Luther“Duke”Williams of Cincinnati;sisters, Rose Rolfes of Harrison,Ohio and Shirley Wolford ofCrawfordsville, Ind.; and fourgrandchildren.

Interment was at HighlandCemetery in Fort Mitchell.

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