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St. Elizabethbrings physicaltherapy south

ALEXANDRIA — St. ElizabethRehabilitation Services isbringing physical therapy ser-vices into southern CampbellCounty.

The next-closest physicaltherapy clinic is at Town &Country Sports in Wilder or atSt. Elizabeth Fort Thomas, saidGuy Karrick public relationsmanager for St. ElizabethHealthcare.

“The site in Alexandria willbe for Alexandria and residentsin southern Campbell County,”Karrick said.

Physical therapy staff willwork out of the same buildingSt. Elizabeth already uses as animaging and lab center at 7200Alexandria Pike, Alexandria.

Hours will be 7:30 a.m. to 6p.m. Monday and Friday; and 8a.m. to p.m. Wednesday.

Staff provides a program foreach patient after an initialevaluation to help patientsreach personal goals to addressmuscle and skeletal impair-ments, according to a news re-lease from St. Elizabeth.

Having the Alexandria clinicwill provide a convenient placeto assist patients with musculo-skeletal conditions and en-hance St. Elizabeth’s relation-ships with the community, saidDr. Ed Dobrzykowski, systemdirector of rehabilitation ser-vices.

“We look forward to caringfor patients with all types of or-thopedic conditions related tospine, upper and lower body,and post-operative care. Theclinic will also serve patientswith dizziness and balance dis-orders,” Dobrzykowski said.

For information about Alex-andria’s clinic call 859-572-3700or visit bit.ly/1Dmc3OJ.

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NEWPORT — Young profes-sionals are taking over Camp-bell County Rotary Club at thebehest of longtime club presi-dent Arnd Rehfus.

New members include 23-year-old Josh Tunning of New-port, a community organizerfor Brighton Center, and St.Elizabeth Healthcare FortThomas’ new COO Bruno F.Giacomuzzi.

Campbell’s 80-year-old clubwas in danger of being shutdown in March 2014 over a lackof members. Instead of dis-banding, Rehfuss sent out aplea for new members in a Com-munity Recorder guest column.Rehfuss, a retired high schoolbusiness teacher from Alexan-dria, also went out knocking ondoors of businesses for an audi-ence. The Community Record-er later put out a call for peopleto join all community serviceorganizations.

“We’re getting a lot of young-

er people in, and that’s what weneed to build on,” Rehfuss said.

Membership is at about 14people now, he said. A handfulof prospective members in-clude Seth Cutter, CampbellCounty’s new economic devel-opment director. Cutter, whostarted in his job March 2,talked with Rotarians duringtheir March 25 luncheon. Ro-tary meets at 12:30 p.m. eachWednesday at Pepper Pod Res-taurant on Newport’s Mon-mouth Street.

Rehfuss said he and other re-maining older adults in the clubare looking for a new genera-tion to revive Rotary.

Tunning, who joined Rotarylast November, has been taskedwith starting a New GenerationCommittee.

Building connections andnetworking is a committee fo-cus, Tunning said.

“Sometimes it’s good to getsome new young folks in withnew energy and new ideas,” he

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Campbell County Rotary Club members Scott Johnson of Fort Thomas, left,Dan Simco and Josh Tunning, listen to a presentation about economicdevelopment plans for the county at a weekly lunch meeting.

Young professionalslead Rotary revivalChris [email protected]

FORT THOMAS — CampbellCounty will have 40 new “lit-tle” library branches afterApril 17.

Campbell County Public Li-brary has sold people little li-brary boxes for $10 to decorateand set up in their front yardsas free book giveaways.

Maria Bozeman, of FortThomas, said she was inspiredto build her family’s own littlelibrary after seeing her neigh-bor Dana Lehrter’s front yardlittle library with a sign “Takeone. Leave one.”

Although Lehrter’s little li-brary is on their street, it re-quires crossing Highland Ave-nue, Bozeman said.

Most of the family’s work ontheir little library so far hasbeen focused on making surethe box is weather-proofed,Bozeman said.

Sign arrows pointing to Nar-nia, Oz and other fictionalplaces in storybooks will even-tually top the Bozeman fam-ily’s little library, she said.

“I’m excited for my kids tobe exposed to books morereadily without me having totake them to the library all thetime,” Bozeman said.

Diagon Alley from the Har-ry Potter wizard fantasy booksand Toad Hall and Badger’sWind in the Willows will be oth-er signs atop the box, she said.

Mr. McGregor’s Gardenbooks are a favorite in theBozeman family and will alsobe on the little library sign, shesaid.

“They love that,” Bozemansaid. “They read it all the time –all the different series.”

“Little Women” is a book Jo-sie, Bozeman’s 7-year-olddaughter, is reading now.Neighborhood friends have al-

ready been invited to start us-ing the little library when it isfinished.

“I think it’s going to be funbecause I can get new books,”said Bozemen’s daughter Jo-sie.

Little libraries are welcomenow in Bellevue, Dayton, FortThomas, Newport and South-gate, according to a news re-lease from Campbell County


Fort Thomas siblings Carden, Josie and Adelise Bozeman are working on building a little library for their frontyard as part of a Campbell County Public Library program.

Little librariesBRANCHING ACROSS COUNTYChris [email protected]


Books free for the taking or borrowing fill a rocket ship-shaped littlelibrary in Dana Lehrter’s front yard on West Southgate Avenue in FortThomas.

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INDEPENDENCE — JackCummins of Independ-ence is concerned aboutthe future of Ky. 536 andthe impact it will have onhis community.

“I don’t like what largeroads have done to the ru-ral fabric of southern Ken-ton County,” the Independ-ence resident said. “Yousuddenly have rural farmland turning into subdivi-sions and strip malls. Idon’t want that for mycommunity. I don’t see aneed for this to travelfrom Boone to Campbell,that’s what we have 275for.”

Cummins, who livesalong Ky. 536, was one ofabout 150 in attendance atthe Ohio-Kentucky-Indi-ana Regional Council ofGovernments’ open houseat Simon Kenton HighSchool to discuss the fu-ture of the corridor. TheMarch 24 meeting was thefirst in a series of three tostart OKI’s Ky. 536 Scop-ing Study, which will iden-tify changes needed to im-

prove safety.The roadway is region-

ally recognized as a criti-cal roadway to improveaccess, mobility and eco-nomic vitality throughoutNorthern Kentucky, ac-cording to Robyn Ban-croft, the study’s projectmanager.

“Right now Interstate275 is the only east andwest connection for peo-ple,” she said. “Ky. 536 isthe corridor that formsthat east and west connec-tivity and it is critical forthe whole region. We needto move people and peopleneed to get safely to wherethey need to go. You can’tkeep dumping more andmore people on 275, peopleneed a different optiongetting around throughoutthe region.”

The 6.5-mile segmentof Ky. 536 under study isthe only remaining sectionof the entire corridor thatdoes not have a preferredalternative or improve-ment plan in place, Ban-croft said. This segmentwas left until last becauseof its fragmented connec-tions, drastic elevationchanges, poor sight lines,broad range of environ-mental factors, and, mostimportantly, extremelyhigh crash rates.

“This stretch of roadhas one of the region’shighest crash rates – morethan three times the state-wide average,” said Ken-ton County Judge-execu-tive Kris Knochelmann,who also serves as secondvice president of the OKIboard of directors and pro-ject development teamchair for the study.

“It also has drastic ele-vation changes and poorsight lines which can make

travel through the areachallenging and hazard-ous to drivers, particular-ly in poor weather,” Kno-chelmann said. “It’s ourobligation to identify im-provements that will en-sure a continuous, effi-cient and safe flow of traf-fic across the Ky. 536 cor-ridor.”

Bill Ahearn, who livesjust outside of Independ-ence near Ky. 536, said heis looking forward to thesafety improvements.

“I hope to see two lanesin each direction and may-be turning lanes,” he said.“I am glad that the publicis given the chance to giveinput, I hope they listen tous.”

His wife, KristyAhearn, agreed. “If youdon’t attend these kinds ofthings, you don’t have asay in the final outcome,”she said.

Independence resi-dents Charles and RosanLorentz have lived alongthe corridor for 18 years.

“We’re worried,” shesaid. “We’re worried about

the urban farm area be-coming commercial andeven if the highwaydoesn’t take our house, it’sgoing to be inconvenientwith extra noise (fromtraffic).”

Charles Lortentz saidhe hates to see the area gofrom rural to a “big cityatmosphere.”

“Due to progress andfuture development it hasto happen,” he said. “Theroad is pretty dangerousas it is now, they need toget rid of the curves andblind spots, I just hate tosee the heavy traffic com-ing through.”

As far as homes andland being taken, Ban-croft, the project man-ager, said that could be apart of the process.

“Chances are with theimprovements, the road-way will need morespace,” she said. “We don’thave a recommendationyet, but it is possible thatthere will be propertiesimpacted, I just don’tknow which ones or howmany right now. However,

we want people to stay en-gaged in the project andlet us know if there’s a newhome that’s just been builtor if there’s a 100-year-oldfarm that we need to see ifthere’s any way we canavoid it. We have to worktogether.”

Bancroft said the nextpublic meeting will takeplace in the summer. In themeantime, she suggeststhose who could not makethis last meeting visitwww.oki.org/536 for infor-mation on the project, aswell as to give their input.

The scoping study be-gan in fall 2014 and willtake about 12 months tocomplete. This summer, aseries of conceptual alter-natives will be shared withthe public for review andfeedback. In the fall, a rec-ommendation for roadwayimprovements will be pre-sented. Construction tim-ing is dependent uponfunding availability, Ban-croft said.

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Bill and Kristy Ahearn look at a map of the Ky. 536 corridor on display during an open houseevent March 24.

Residents want‘rural fabric’ of south KentonpreservedMelissa [email protected]

Public Library. Peoplein other cities areasked to contact theircity about participat-ing.

A sneak preview ofdecorated little librar-ies and kickoff of theiruse will be at 6 p.m.April 17 at the NewportBranch at 901 E. SixthSt. Prizes for first andsecond place will beawarded for little li-brary decoration dur-ing the kickoff. Camp-bell County Judge-ex-ecutive Steve Penderywill lead a panel ofjudges reviewing thelittle libraries.

“After the April 17event, the plan is thatthe owners will gettheir free bag of booksfrom us and put themup,” said Rachel Folz,digital marketing man-ager for the library.

“We want to pro-mote the love of read-ing, so supporting littlelibraries is a natural fitfor us,” said J.C. Mor-gan, director of theCampbell County Pub-lic Library.

The library is offer-ing a how-to guide tocreate a little library atbit.ly/1yrjNHI. Peoplecan stop by any Camp-bell County librarybranch and ask for abook bag to stock a lit-tle library with booksdonated by Friends ofthe Campbell CountyPublic Library.

“It is a great way topromote literacy in thecounty and enhancecommunities throughinteraction amongneighbors and bookdiscussions,” Morgansaid.

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said.A challenge is bridging

gaps between old and newmembers and gettingthem excited about work-ing together, Tunningsaid.

“We’re working on it,”he said.

Dan Simco, 46, anothernew member, moved toFlorence last year fromState College, Pennsylva-nia, where he was activein Lions and Rotary clubs.

The Salvation Army ofCampbell County, wherehe works, encourage itsofficers to join communi-ty service organizationsto find out what needs arein the community, Simcosaid.

“It gives us opportuni-ty to network and to meetfolks in the communitywho can help us in ourmission and then giveback to the communitythrough Rotary as well,”

he said.Having new-member

focused volunteer pro-jects have helped RotaryClub of Cincinnati bringin new members, saidCincinnati board memberMary Beth Poulimenos.

Cincinnati’s club wasfounded as Rotary Inter-national’s 17th club in 1910and has about 300 mem-bers now, Poulimenossaid.

After work cocktailparties, social mediapresence to stay currentin marketing are otherways Cincinnati’s Rotaryis marketing itself andstaying in contact withprospective members,she said.

Having after-workgatherings instead oflunches is another way todraw in young profession-als who sometimes can’ttake two hours out of themiddle of their day, Pouli-menos said.

“I think young profes-sionals care about reach-ing out to the communityand reaching out one-on-

one,” she said.Cincinnati’s Rotary

made reaching out towomen a special focus in2014, Poulimenos said.

“Women have onlybeen permitted for mem-bership in Rotary for 26years now,” she said.

Among special Rotaryprograms focused onwomen in 2014 was bring-ing in philanthropist andspeaker Deepa Willing-ham, Poulimenos said.Willingham, a naturalizedU.S. citizen from India,was taught by Mother Te-resa and has gone on to abusiness career and towork on projects includ-ing starting a school forgirls in India.

Rehfuss said theCampbell club is thinkingabout ideas including anight out together at aFlorence Freedom base-ball game. Club membersare already working onRotary International pro-jects including raisingmoney to eradicate Polio.A May 16 classic car showwith a food truck night is

being planned, and Ro-tary is helping organizethis year’s Rolling Thun-der POW-MIA awarenessrally in Fort Thomas May26. Working on additionalservice projects will needto wait until there are afew more members, hesaid.

Talking to businessmanagers, women andmen and minorities havebeen personally invited tojoin in recent months, hesaid.

Rehfuss read aloud aletter from John Salyersto the club during theMarch 24 meeting. Sa-lyers is governor of one ofRotary’s two Kentuckydistricts.

“As of about the sec-ond week of July last yearhe almost pulled our char-ter,” Rehfuss said of Sa-lyers.

In the March letter, Sa-lyers thanked club mem-bers for their efforts tokeep the club viable andactive and asked them tocontinue community out-reach.

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Rayburn graduates fromEmory

Denver Rayburn, of Fort Thomas,graduated from the Goizueta BusinessSchool of Emory University in Atlanta,Georgia, during the 2014 fall semester.

He received his bachelor degree inbusiness administration.

Burns, Cody on dean’s list atCentre

Drew Burns, of Alexandria, and AlexCody, of Fort Thomas, have beennamed to the dean’s list for the fallsemester at Centre College.

Burns, the son of Kennon and An-drew Burns of Alexandria, is a graduateof Bishop Brossart High School. Cody,the daughter of Susan and John Codyof Fort Thomas, is a graduate of High-lands High School.

Students must maintain at least a 3.6GPA to earn dean’s list honors at CentreCollege.

Hess honored as scholarathlete at Heidelberg

Nathaniel Hess, of Alexandria, wasone of 148 Heidelberg University stu-dents presented Landess Scholar-Ath-lete Awards for the fall 2014 semester athalftime of the men’s basketball gameon Feb. 18.

Hess, a football player, is a freshmancriminal justice major.

The Landess Awards honor studentsfor their achievements in the classroomas well as on the athletic field. Theywere created by William Landess, a 1995Heidelberg alumnus and member of theuniversity’s board of trustees, to honorstudent-athletes who achieve a mini-mum 3.0 GPA during their semester ofcompetition.

Campbell residents graduatefrom U of L

Many Campbell County residentsgraduated from the University ofLouisville during the 2014 fall semester.

Graduates include Leigha Babey,Bachelor of Fine Arts; Peter Bardgett,Bachelor of Science in nursing; JessicaBartlett, Bachelor of Science in businessadministration with high honors; Jenni-fer Bodeker, Master of Education;Alexander Delaney, Bachelor of Arts;Andrew Donnermeyer, Bachelor ofScience in computer engineering andcomputer science; Cecily Dupont, Bach-elor of Science in business administra-tion with honors; Lia Garofolo, Masterof Education; Gregory Geiman Jr.,

Bachelor of Science; Jordan Neltner,Bachelor of Arts cum laude; KathleenWalz, Bachelor of Science in nursing;and Luke Yocum, Bachelor of Arts.

Campbell residents make U ofL scholar’s list

Many Campbell County residentswere honored with dean’s scholarhonors at the University of Louisvilleduring the 2014 fall semester.

Honored students include AnnaBardgett, Paige Brewer, Caroline Chris-tian, Katherine Enzweiler, Laura Fernan-dez, Chelsea Fryer, Taylor Jones, MariaKues, Lynsey Lapre, Emily Ling, CarolineMiller, Jessica Rawe, Erik Rieger, NicoleRobertson, and Jenna Walsh.

A student who is a dean’s scholar hasa 4.0 GPA.

Campbell residents make U ofL dean’s list

Many Campbell County residentswere honored with dean’s list honors atthe University of Louisville during the2014 fall semester.

Honored students include Mary Allis,Matthew Baker, Andrew Baldridge,Jordan Ball, Adam Bamforth, EllenBankemper, Sarah Bates, BrookleeBoots, Brandon Boyers, Nicole Buller,Abbey Caldwell, Andrew Callahan,Lacee Crail, Bridget Donoghue, DanielleDupont, Alexander Enyart, Maria Exeler,Alyssa Farley, Kathryn Fetters, Madalyn

Fischer, Jared Fischesser, John Fossett,Mackenzie Freeman,

Alexandra Garcia, Alexander Geiman,Nathan Groneck, Nicholas Grosser,Ashley Hamberg, Bridgette Hildreth,William Johnson, Hannah Kelly, TroyKremer, Cameron Kruse, Sarah Lauer,Emily Ledman, Samuel Little, LydiaMcGee, William Modrall, Corey Morris,Rachel Murrin, Megan Nehus, EvanNeises, Mallory Niemer, Hank Nienaber,Megan O’Brien, Mitch Pangallo, Alexan-dra Pflum, Abigail Rawlings, LoraRobinette, Caitlyn Sampson, GabrielSchultz, Aaron Schultz, Gabrielle See,Benjamin See, Christina Seibert, MallorySeidel, Colin Seidl, Bria Staten-Favors,Jordan Streeter, AShley Swope, SamTiefermann, Clayton Truman, NatalieVisse, and Abigail Vogel.

A student named to the dean’s listhas at least a 3.5 GPA.

Schulte on chancellor’s list atUSC Upstate

Jacob Schulte, of Highland Heights,has been named to the fall 2014 chan-cellor’s list at the University of SouthCarolina Upstate.

To be eligible for the chancellor’s list,students must earn a 4.0 GPA and beenrolled in at least 12 course hours.

DeJarnette, Neltner on dean’slist at Cumberlands

Kaitlin DeJarnette and Mason Neltn-er, both of Alexandria, were recentlyrecognized on the dean’s list for the2014 fall semester at the University ofthe Cumberlands.

To be eligible, students must haveachieved a grade of “A” in convocation,while maintaining a minimum cum-ulative scholastic standing of 3.5 on a4.0 scale.

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Centre College is located in south central Kentucky.

The prize committee of theWorld History Associationawarded top honors to NorthernKentucky University seniorMatt Wallin for his paper, “In-tellectual Crosscurrents of theBlack Atlantic: Pan Africanismand Civil Rights in the Time ofthe Cold War.”

Wallin is majoring in socialstudies education and is teach-ing 11th grade U.S. history as astudent teacher at Ryle HighSchool. He started his paper inan Africa Since World War IIcourse in fall 2013. He collabo-rated with professor JonathanReynolds of the Department ofHistory and Geography before

submitting it inspring 2014.

According toa press release,the World Histo-ry AssociationPaper Prize, co-sponsored by thePhi Alpha ThetaHistory Honor

Society and Oxford UniversityPress, is available to one gradu-ate student and one undergrad-uate student each year. Theprize has been offered since2000, and this is the third timean NKU student has won theaward – more than any otheruniversity.

NKU studentawarded by WorldHistory Association

Wallin

Crossroads ElementarySchool’s Coyote Council leda schoolwide service learn-ing project promoting theservices that CincinnatiChildren’s Hospital Medi-cal Center provides withtheir Child Life Program.

Crossroads Coyote

Council decided to sell Min-iongrams during the weekof Valentine’s Day.

They also sold Popsiclesthat allowed students topurchase a Popsicle andsend it to a friend display-ing kindness to others.

This event also corre-

sponded with CrossroadsKindness Challenge.

Crossroads students andstaff under the supervisionof Coyote Council raised$500 for the CincinnatiChildren’s Hospital ChildLife Center.

THANKS TO CONNIE POHLGEERS

Crossroads Elementary School’s Coyote Council led a schoolwide service learning project promotingthe services that Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center provides with their Child Life Program.

Crossroads Coyotes raise$500 for Child Life Center

Rebecca Schaffer Wells wasnamed director of choirs atThomas More College.

She will continue her role asan adjunct music professor,while directing the choir andrecruiting new members.

Wells earned a bachelor's de-gree in history from ThomasMore College, studied jazz/stu-dio music on the baccalaureatelevel at the University of Cin-

cinnati College-Conservatory ofMusic, earned abachelor of mu-sic/performancefrom NorthernKentucky Uni-versity in 2005and a master of

music performance from Mi-ami University in 2007.

Thomas MoreCollege names newdirector of choirs

Wells

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Little Learners, 9-11:30 a.m., TheLively Learning Lab, 7500 Oak-brook Drive, Suite 10, Balance ofstructured, unstructured andself-directed play opportunitiesto help learners develop theirsocial, intellectual and communi-cation skills. Ages 3-6. $10.Registration required. 916-2721.Florence.

Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 4:45 p.m.,Edgewood Jazzercise Center, 126Barnwood Drive, $38 for unlim-ited monthly classes. 331-7778;jazzercise.com. Edgewood.

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

Shark Bridge, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, Newport onthe Levee, Step across the 100-foot-long, V-shaped rope bridgejust inches above nearly twodozen sharks at Newport Aquari-um. $23 Adult, $15 Child (2-12),Free children under 2. 815-1471;www.newportaquarium.com.

Newport.

Holiday - EasterHoly Week Labyrinth Walk, 1-7p.m., St. John United Church ofChrist Bellevue, 520 FairfieldAve., Ancient Christian prayerpractice. Free. 240-4324;www.stjohnchurch.net. Bellevue.

Literary - LibrariesMahjong, 1 p.m., Boone CountyPublic Library - Scheben Branch,8899 U.S. 42, All skill levelswelcome. Presented by SchebenBranch Library. 342-2665. Union.

Music - BluesChuck Brisbin & the TunaProject, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Man-sion Hill Tavern, 502 WashingtonAve., $4. 581-0100. Newport.

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

Red Wanting Blue, 9 p.m.,Madison Live, 734 Madison Ave.,$20, $17 advance. 491-2444;www.madisontheateronline-.com. .

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

SATURDAY, APRIL 4Art & Craft ClassesFUNKtional Crafts: Handmadewine bottle holders and cupcaddies, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., TheArt House, 19 N. Fort Thomas

Ave., Learn to make wine bottleholders, cup caddies and deco-rative elements using card stockand upcycled paper. $25. Reser-vations required. 279-3431;www.inkaacollaborative.org.Fort Thomas.

Art ExhibitsArts Alive: Celebration ofCovington Artists, 10 a.m. to 5p.m., Behringer-Crawford Mu-seum, $7, $6 ages 60 and up, $4ages 3-17, free for members.Wednesdays: one grandchildfree with grandparent’s admis-sion. 491-4003; www.bcmuseu-m.org. Covington.

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

CivicShred it Day, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.,City of Bellevue, 616 Poplar St.,Document Destruction will belocated in front of city buildingfor shredding of sensitive docu-ments. Free. 431-8888; www.bel-levueky.org. Bellevue.

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

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

Education

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

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

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

Holiday - EasterEaster Egg Hunt, noon to 2 p.m.,Grant’s Lick Baptist Church, 941Clay Ridge Road, Lunch, crafts,petting zoo, telling of the Easterstory and egg drop by SCC FireDepartment’s aerial ladder. Free.635-2444. Alexandria.

Easter Egg Hunt, noon to 1 p.m.,Jane’s Saddlebag, 13989 RyleRoad, Sponsored by BooneMasonic Lodge. Bring basket tocollect eggs. Ages 0-12. Free.384-6617; www.janessaddlebag-.com. Union.

Easter Egg Helicopter Drop, 1-3p.m., Family Worship Center, 97Three Mile Road, Over 2,000Easter eggs dropped from heli-copter. Mandatory check-in is 1p.m. with drop happening at 2p.m. Event is free but limited tofirst 200 kids age 2 through 5thgrade who are preregistered.Free. Registration required.441-5433; tinyurl.com/easteregg-drop. Wilder.

Egg Hunt, 11 a.m., UC HealthStadium, 7950 Freedom Way,Sponsored by Florence PoliceDept. Costumed characters, egghunt conducted by age groups.Free. Presented by City of Flor-ence. 647-5420; www.florence-ky.gov. Florence.

Holy Week Labyrinth Walk, 9a.m. to 3 p.m., St. John UnitedChurch of Christ Bellevue, Free.240-4324; www.stjohnchurch-.net. Bellevue.

Music - Pop80’s Pop Rocks, 7:30 p.m., TheSouthgate House Revival, 111 E.Sixth St., Original bands gatherto pay tribute to the 80’s. Ages18 and up. Benefits Caracole. $10.431-2201; www.southgatehouse-.com. Newport.

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

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

SUNDAY, APRIL 5Art ExhibitsArts Alive: Celebration ofCovington Artists, 1-5 p.m.,Behringer-Crawford Museum,

$7, $6 ages 60 and up, $4 ages3-17, free for members. Wednes-days: one grandchild free withgrandparent’s admission. 491-4003; www.bcmuseum.org.Covington.

Dining EventsEaster Brunch, 10:30 a.m.,Blinkers Tavern, 318 Greenup St.,Includes breakfast and lunchitems featuring steamboat roundof beef, roasted pork loin, friedchicken and smoked salmon.$19.95, $8.95 kids, free underage 4. Reservations required.360-0840; blinkerstavern.com.Covington.

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

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

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

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

Holiday - EasterEaster Sunday Services, 7:15a.m. to noon, Florence ChristianChurch, 300 Main St., Sanctuaryand Activity Center. Sunriseservice, new tradition service 9a.m.; wired service 11 a.m. Hotbreakfast 8-10:30 a.m. withEaster egg hunt, family photos,flowering of the cross and more.Free. 647-5000, ext. 550; flor-encechristian.org. Florence.

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

Music - IndieThe Ataris, 8:30 p.m., The South-gate House Revival, 111 E. SixthSt., $14, $12 advance. Reserva-tions required. 431-2201;www.southgatehouse.com.Newport.

MONDAY, APRIL 6CivicCampbell County Conserva-tion District Meeting, 9-10:30a.m., Campbell County Conserva-tion District, 8350 E. Main St.,Public encouraged to attend.635-9587; www.nkcd.org/camp-bellconservation. Alexandria.

Spring Clean Up, 7 a.m. to 7p.m., City of Bellevue, 616 PoplarSt., Dumpster located on VanVoast Ave. by city buildingparking lot. Residents can call859-261-0260 for help. No liq-uids, paint or oil. Leave messagefor items to be picked up -curbside only. For Bellevueresidents only. Free. 431-8888;www.bellevueky.org. Bellevue.

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People ask me all the time whereI get my recipes. “Do you developthem yourself?” “Whose recipes doyou use from the Food Network anddo you have any favorites?” “Whatabout recipes that readers send. Do

you test them?”I would say a care-

ful yes to all of theabove. I develop somemyself, and I adaptsome, but not all. Asfor credit, if I knowthe source, I will nameit. Oftentimes therecipe has beenpassed through somany hands that cred-iting one person isn’tpossible. But that’s the

fun in it. Not so much where a recipe

starts, but where it continues to go. Idon’t always test readers’ recipes.Just no time!

As far as Food Network stars, I’vecooked with more than a few. But Ihave to say our own Cincinnati foodstars/chef educators, like masterchef John Kinsella, Marilyn Harris,Debbie Goulding, Judy Walsh, ChrisHoltz and Molly Maundrell, alongwith Tim Bettinson, Bob Hess, TomKeegan and Todd Kelly, just to namea very few, hold their own, rightwith the most famous of chefs. And,of course, my readers don’t lackwith creativity or ability.

That’s why today I’m sharing agood recipe which I enjoyed at theTrowel and Error Garden Club’sluncheon.

This chicken and ham cordonbleu is a yummy way to use thatleftover Easter ham. Marie Robbinsis one good cook!

Readers want to know:Stainless steel flatware: is it all

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gant. Definitely worth the price.Polish with a bit of clear vinegar ifthey get water spots.

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is an herbalist,educator, Jungle Jim’s Eastgate culinaryprofessional and author. Find her blog onlineat Abouteating.com. Email her [email protected] with “Rita’skitchen” in the subject line. Call 513-248-7130, ext. 356.

Top off chicken cordon bleu with mimosa for brunch

THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD

Chicken cordon bleu casserole is a tasty use for leftover Easter ham.

Marie’s chicken cordon bleucasserole

I love garden club luncheons. They usu-ally consist of an easy, do-ahead casserole thathas stood the test of time.

Like this one. Marie said make your ownwhite sauce if you like.

She also sometimes adds sautéed mush-rooms and usually bakes the chicken in acovered casserole.

8 oz wide egg noodles2 cups cubed cooked chicken breast8 oz. cubed cooked ham8 oz. cubed Swiss cheese10.5 oz. can reduced fat/sodium cream of

chicken soup1/2 cup 2percent milk1/2 cup light sour cream2 tablespoons butter1/3 cup seasoned bread crumbs1/4 cup grated Parmesan

Preheat oven to 350. Lightly grease orspray a 9x13 pan. Cook noodles in boiling,lightly salted water just until cooked throughbut firm to the bite, about 5 minutes. Drainand put in pan, top with chicken, ham andSwiss. Mix soup, milk and sour cream andspoon over noodle mixture. Melt butter overmedium heat and stir in bread crumbs andParmesan until crumbs are coated, about 3minutes. Sprinkle over casserole. Bake untilbubbling and lightly browned, about 30 min-utes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

Tip from Marie’s kitchen: Make aheadand bring to room temperature before bak-ing.

Tyler Florence’s mimosa

Tyler uses blood orange juice, but regularjuice works.

Chill a bottle of Prosecco. Combine about2 cups juice with sugar to taste and add a cou-ple splashes of orange liqueur. Chill.

To serve, pour juice mixture in bottom ofchampagne flute and top with Prosecco.

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For 3 ½ years I served as anassistant commonwealth’sattorney, prosecuting peoplefor crimes such as burning achild with a light bulb, rape,and murder. I went to trialover 15 times during that peri-od and had a measurable rec-ord of success.

Now, I practice criminaldefense – protecting the rightsof the accused and makingsure the government does notoverstep its bounds.

I have clients in both stateand federal courts, and I havebeen appointed to the FederalCriminal Justice Act Panel.

Here are some things I havelearned:

1. Do not take to the po-lice, at least not without repre-sentation. If you think that inany way talking to a cop is

going to helpyour situation,ask for yourattorney to bepresent duringthe discussion.

2. You donot have toconsent to asearch. Thepolice may geta warrant andsearch yourproperty any-

way, but make them follow theproper protocol. If they messup, your attorney may be ableto get the evidence thrown outof court. By consenting to asearch you are just waivingyour rights, and that is notgenerally a good thing.

3. Do not confess on thejail telephone or to your

cellmate. (Ideally, don’t con-fess to anyone at all beforeyour attorney gives you the“OK.”) The government isprobably going to find outabout it.

4. When the police encour-age you to talk because theywant to help you, thinktwice. You are most likelybeing recorded (they may havecameras on their shirts, sun-glasses, vehicles, etc.). All theywant is for you to confess tothem to get the confessionrecorded, and a gift-wrappedcriminal conviction presentedto the prosecutor.

5. The police do not alwayshave to read you your Miran-da rights. You are entitled to aMiranda warning when youare both (a) in custody, and (b)subject to interrogation. For

example, if you are standing inyour front doorway answeringquestions from the police, youare probably not entitled to theMiranda warning because youare not in custody.

6. You do not have to an-swer every question the po-lice ask you. They are entitledto demand your identifyinginformation. Other than that,there is not much else the lawrequires you to answer. So,questions like “Have you beendrinking?” and “Do you knowhow fast you were going?” donot have to be answered. In avery polite and respectfulmanner, you can say, “Officer,although I intend to cooperatefully with all lawful requests, Iwould like to speak with myattorney prior to answeringany questions.”

7. The federal system andthe state system are verydifferent. The laws are differ-ent, the penalties are different,and the procedures are differ-ent. If you are charged with afederal crime, it is importantthat you talk to a federal crimi-nal defense attorney.

If you are facing criminalcharges, talk to an experi-enced defense attorney toensure you do not inadvertent-ly waive your rights or givethe police extra evidenceagainst you.

Megan E. Mersch, of Park Hills, hasbeen practicing criminal defenselaw with the firm of O’Hara, Ruberg,Taylor, Sloan & Sergent since 2013,and she was appointed to the federalpublic defender panel in 2014.

Tips from an ex-prosecutor – Lessons of criminal defense

Megan E.MerschCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

Last week’s questionWhat Opening Day traditions

or memories do you have? Howdo you think the Reds will do thisyear?

“My daughter is in the BooneCounty Rebel Brigade and willbe marching in the OpeningDay parade. This will be hersecond year marching and willmost likely become a traditionfor our family since my son willeventually be a part of the Re-bel Brigade.”

Lisha Coomer

“All I do on Opening Day isgo to work and wish that I hadtaken off for Opening Day.”

Rob Stone

“I take off work every yearfor it. Can’t miss the parade!Never lucky enough to scoretickets.”

Tori Lawton

“Can’t wait for baseball!”Tiffany Buchanan

“Going to lunch and thegame with my dad every Open-ing Day for years and years.Fond memories of being withdad for the start of anotherbaseball season. Play ball!”

C.G.

“I have gone to Opening Daysince 1971; the first OpeningDay at Riverfront. I like gettingdown there early to see theparade. The game now starts at4:15, which makes getting homemuch easier due to no rush hour

traffic.“After three playoff appear-

ances with Dusty Baker theReds finished last in their divi-sion in 2014 with a new man-ager. They are picked last thisyear due to losing two starting

pitchers. But hope springs eter-nal this time of year and I seetheir battling for a wild cardplayoff spot in September. But Ialso have XU in the NCAAfinals. Go Figure!”

T.D.T.

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Every week we ask readers a questionthey can reply to via email. Send youranswers to [email protected] Ch@troom in the subject line.

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Today in America, newsmedia plays a huge part ininfluencing voters’ opinions.Both the information present-ed to voters and the context inwhich it is presented cancause voters to make deci-sions for whom or whom notto vote into office.

Media outlets who areknown to be politically affili-ated with a certain party cancertainly present news in sucha way to persuade, or make anattempt thereof, the reader orwatcher in order to cast amore positive or negativeimpression on a certain per-son or party. Although thispractice is far more subtlethan it was at the time of theUnited States’ founding, it isstill prevalent, to a lesserextent.

The First Amendment doesprotect the right of the mediaoutlet to express informationfreely and does allow them toaffiliate themselves with acertain party. Despite this, the

affiliation ofnews stationsand posts withparties mayhave morenegative sideeffects thanpositive.

Many peo-ple wouldargue thatcertain newsmedia outletsare supported

by a certain political party,and many of these allegationsare true, in some cases. Just afew examples are The Huf-fington Post’s reputation fortheir affiliation with the Dem-ocrat Party (Keating, 2014),and Fox News is thought to bea predominantly right-wingedcorporation; this is so perhapsbecause many of their con-tributors, such as Rush Lim-baugh and Sarah Palin, areknown to be conservative.

The problem with newsstations and outlets having

political affiliations with cer-tain parties and people is thatsome shows, articles, andcomments may present newsin a biased or distorted way,even though that particularpiece of news would be betterserved if it had been present-ed objectively and withoutbias.

One example of bias can befound in an article written bya Huffington Post contributor,Lisa Keating, titled “MomTakes On Fox News Over Net-work’s Reporting of LGBTRights, Gender Non-Conform-ing Youth.”

The title of this articlegives the impression that thereader is about to read a re-port concerning a suit againstFox News, when, in fact, theentire article is the author’saccusation of Fox for beingbiased, and even spreadinglies and “targeting a vulner-able population,” in regards toconfusing LGBT minors. Af-ter reading the article, I found

myself confused and unedu-cated on the actual case afterwhich the article was entitled.Keating writes about fighting“reckless and irresponsiblereporting,” but does her arti-cle not confuse and mislead aswell?

This type of bias in thenews media not only affectsthe opinions of readers in anunfair and confusing way, butalso can be carried over to theopinions of voters. If newsoutlets do not present newsobjectively, voters and view-ers cannot properly assess thesituations themselves andform their own opinions.

An example of unfair pres-entation of news in a biasedmanner is the reporting styleof Rush Limbaugh, who oftengoes so far as to present liber-al politicians as weak or self-ish. One example is an articlewritten by Limbaugh entitled“Jose Rodriguez Hits Back:Obama Doesn’t Have the For-titude and Courage to Take

Prisoners,” when in reality,his own presentation of newsinformation is very heavilybiased and opinionated.

For these reasons newsmedia outlets should try not toaffiliate themselves with anycertain political party. Politi-cal affiliations often lead tobiased reports and presenta-tion of information, which cancause confusion to readersand viewers, and influencetheir opinions. The opinions ofvoters should be made by thevoters, not news media.

Aidan Donaghy, a 10th-grader atCovington Catholic High School, wasone of four winners of KentuckySecretary of State Alison LunderganGrimes’ annual essay contest. Highschool students were invited to writeessays regarding the First Amend-ment and the role news media playsin elections. Each winner received$1,000 and was recognized at theboys Sweet Sixteen State BasketballTournament at Rupp Arena. Aidanlives in Lakeside Park.

Is news media bias beneficial to voters?

AidanDonaghy COMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

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Track and field» Lloyd Memorial Gold

Medal MeetBoys: 1. Brossart 152, 2. Dix-

ie 124, 3. NCC 99, 4. Lloyd 89, 5.Highlands 49, 6. Grant County29.

Boys 4x800: Brossart, 110hurdles: Miles Payne (Dixie),100: Austin Stacy (Dixie),4x200: Lloyd, 1,600: Chris Loos(Brossart), 4x100: DixieHeights, 400: Daniel Vogel(Brossart), 300 hurdles: Walk-er McGoy (Dixie), 800: RonnySmith (Brossart), 200: AustinStacy (Dixie), 3,200: RossKlocke (Brossart), 4x400:Brossart, High jump: MitchellBolin (Dixie Heights), Longjump: Miles Payne (Dixie), Tri-ple jump: Gabe Roberts (Bros-sart), Discus: Robby Twehues(Brossart), Shot put: BrandenJohnson (Dixie), Pole Vault:Frank Cetrulo (Brossart).

» Conner InvitationalBoys: 1. CovCath 106, 2.

Boone 94, 3. Campbell.4x800: Boone (Bromley, Ab-

dulle, Huddleston, Beneker),110 hurdles: Jake Dressman(CovCath), 100: Logan McDow-ell (CovCath), 4x200: CovCath(McDowell, Toebbe, Tuemler,McClure), 1,600: Nick Bau-mann (Conner), 4x100: Cov-Cath (McDowell, Tuemler,Toebbe, McClure), 400: DonaldBromley (Boone), 300 hurdles:Jared Flood (CovCath), 800:Akram Abdulle (Boone), 200:Jordan Tuemler (CovCath),3,200: Nick Baumann (Conner),4x400: CovCath (McDowell,Kuykendall, Flood, Stegman),

Girls: 1. Campbell County91.5, 2. Brossart 73, 3. Cooper46.

4x800: Campbell (Reagor,Florimonte, Kavanaugh, Flair-ty), 100 hurdles: Nicole Goder-wis (Brossart), 100: LaurynWatts (Conner), 4x200: Camp-bell (Donoghue, Cline, Carri-gan, Buckler), 1,600: JennahFlairty (Campbell), 4x100:Brossart, 400: Nicole Goderwis(Brossart), 300 hurdles: Maris-sa Jutzi (Boone), 800: JennahFlairty (Campbell), 200: NicoleGoderwis (Brossart), 3,200:Sidney Reagor (Campbell),4x400: Campbell (Buckler, Car-rigan, Steele, Cline),

» Villa for LifeBoys: 1. Brossart 124, 2. Si-

mon Kenton 112.5, 3. Walton-Verona 93.33, 4. Highlands 83(out of 14).

4x800: Brossart, 110 hur-dles: Conner Edwards (SimonKenton), 100: Alex Veneman(Highlands), 4x200: Walton-Ve-rona, 1,600: Eric Baugh (VMA),4x100: W-V, 400: Jared Pulsfort(Highlands), 300 hurdles: JoeDonnelly (Brossart), 800: EricBaugh (VMA), 200: Alex Vene-man (Highlands), 3,200: EricBaugh (VMA), 4x400: Walton-Verona, Long jump: Isaiah Ev-ans (SK), Triple jump: GabeRoberts (Brossart), Highjump: Logan Winkler (SK),Shot put: Andre Anderson(Newport), Discus: RobbyTwehues (Brossart), Javelin:Matt Harper (WV),

Girls: 1. Simon Kenton 98, 2.Brossart 84, 3. Highlands 80, 4.Walton-Verona 71.

4x800: Simon Kenton, 100hurdles: Rebecca Cline (Camp-bell), 100: Nicole Goderwis(Brossart), 4x200: NCC, 1,600:Sophia Delisio (SK), 4x100:NCC, 400: Nicole Goderwis(Brossart), 300 hurdles: Rebec-ca Cline (Campbell), 800: Jen-nah Flairty (Campbell), 200:Olivia Schalk (NCC), 3,200:Jennah Flairty (Campbell),4x400: Simon Kenton, Longjump; Rosemarie Long (High-lands), Triple jump: Jena Doell-man (Boone), High jump: JenaDoellman (Boone), Shot put:

Mikayla Reichert (Highlands),Discus: Reichert, Javelin:Maddie Prospero (VMA).

» Dixie Heights Invitation-al

Boys: 1. Dixie 126, 2. Ryle120, 3. NCC 115, 4. Walton-Vero-na 90. 7 teams.

4x800: NCC (Anderson,Baxter, Schwarber, Walker),110 hurdles: Miles Payne (Dix-ie), 100: Peter Fields (Dixie),4x200: WV (Crook, Richardson,Hammond, Doverspike), 1,600:Eric Baugh (VMA), 4x100: Ryle(Bateman, Siemer, England,Smith), 400: Mitchell Otten(NCC), 300 hurdles: WalkerMcGoy (Dixie), 800: Brian An-derson (NCC), 200: PeterFields (Dixie), 3,200: EricBaugh (VMA), 4x400: NCC(Anderson, Anderson, Schwar-ber, Jordan), High jump: MattIsbel (Dixie), Long jump: MikeFifer (Lloyd), Triple jump:Scott Smith (WV), Discus: ClayGroeschen (Scott), Shot put:Branden Johnson (Dixie).

Girls: 1. Ryle 176, 2. DixieHeights 166, 3. Walton-Verona86, 4. Scott 65. 9 teams.

4x800: VMA (Werner, Aus-tin, Ernst, Dickman), 100 hur-dles: Maddie Bloemer (Ryle),100: Mary Conti (Dixie), 4x200:NCC, 1,600: Jensen Bales(Ryle), 4x100: Dixie (Easter-ling, Smith, Ross, Cook), 400:Mary Conti (Dixie), 300 hur-dles: Maddie Bloemer (Ryle),800: Alexandra Patterson(Ryle), 200: Juliet McGregor(Ryle), 3,200: Lexi Flynn(Scott), 4x400: NCC (Ahlbrand,Barth, Davenport, Schalk),High jump: Brooke Rickert(Ryle), Pole vault: Sara Edgett(Dixie), Long jump: JulietMcGregor (Ryle), Triple jump:Ansley Davenport (NCC), Dis-cus: Ajiarose Rice (Ryle), Shotput: Ajiarose Rice (Ryle).

Lacrosse» Notre Dame beat Henry

Clay 18-0 March 28. Goals: An-na Stutler (3), Laurel Atchison(3), Christina Kennedy (3),Emily Jackson (3), KellySchmahl (2), Abbey Keuper(2), Emma Nurre (1), BowieBender (1). Assists: LaurelAtchison (2), Christina Kenne-dy (2), Julia Mathew (2), KellySchmahl (1), Sarah Stutler (1).Goalie: Abby Sammons 5saves, Chloe Summe 3 saves.

Baseball» Conner beat Grant Coun-

ty 3-1 March 25. The Cougarsscored all three of their runs inthe third inning and were ableto hold on for the win. SeniorRyan Ward had two RBI, andjunior Drew Borman went 2-for-4 with a double.

» Covington Catholic beatCampbell County 5-0 March 28.Brian Haughey got the win.Nate Bailey drove in three ofthe runs. Nico Pangallo hadtwo RBI.

» Holy Cross beat Lloyd 11-5March 24. Jared Seibert hadthree hits and two RBI, and El-liott Brazell had two hits andthree RBI.

» St. Henry beat Walton-Ve-rona 3-2 March 24. Michael Ri-dilla drove in two of the threeruns.

» Ludlow beat MasonCounty 4-1. Senior Tyler Dur-ham went 3-for-3 with a doubleand two RBI to lead the Pan-thers. Senior pitcher Tyler Ly-ons picked up the win, throw-ing five innings and strikingout six.

» Scott beat Newport 10-0March 25. Four Scott pitcherscombined for a five inning no-hitter over the Wildcats. JakeOhmer and Andrew Trameeach had two RBI for the Ea-gles.

» Campbell County beatLloyd 8-2 March 25. Robert

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Twelve teams, including eight ofNorthern Kentucky’s top softball pro-grams, braved chilly conditions March27-28 in the Uncle Pete Noll Classic tour-nament hosted by Bishop Brossart at theRiver City East Softball Complex in An-derson Township. Campbell County andBishop Brossart were among the teamswho braved the elements. In the tourna-ment, Brossart lost to Highlands 11-1 andbeat Avonworth 10-3, before beatingKnoch, Pa., 3-1, on Saturday. CampbellCounty lost to Ryle 9-0.

Mustangs,Camelsbrave

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Brossart senior Karlie Shackelford pitches toHighlands. Bishop Brossart hosted the 12-team UnclePete Noll softball tournament, which began March 27.

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Brossart junior shortstop Amanda Graus watchesher throw to first base.

In Class A, defending re-gional champ Bishop Brossartis looking for more after fin-ishing third at state, one pointout of second. The Mustangshad one winner, the 4x800 re-lay team. The Mustangs gradu-ated one runner from thatgroup, standout Michael Cald-well, as well as multi-eventstandout Drew Berkemeyer.Chris Loos, Cody Chism andRonny Smith return from thatrelay.

So far in 2015, the Mustangswon their first two outdoormeets they entered.

That was coming off astrong performance March 14,when the Mustangs dominatedthe competition at theKTCCCA indoor state champi-onships, scoring 145.5 points to59.5 for second-place Lloyd.

Senior Gabe Roberts wonthe triple jump at 40-7.5. MarkGoller was sixth. Goller wasthird in the high jump. FrankCetrulo was eighth. He alsoplaced fourth in the 55 hurdles.Roberts finished fourth in longjump and Joe Donnelly placedthird. Donnelly won the 400and Daniel Vogel was second.Donnelly won the 55 meters.Vogel was fifth.

Ross Klocke won the 3,000and Nick Schuler was second.Schuler was eighth in the 1,600.Chris Loos won the 800 andRonny Smith was second. CodyChism was fifth. Loos also tookthe 1,600 and Adam Hartig wassecond. Chism placed fourthand was also seventh in the 55hurdles. Robby Twehues wasseventh in shot put.

Brossart won the 4x400 and

4x800 relays.Many of those individuals

are off to strong starts in theoutdoor season as well.

Newport Central Catholicreturns 10 starters for headcoach David Ueding.

Seniors Grant Schwarberand Collin Walker, and juniorBrian Anderson return fromthe 4x800 relay that finished

second in the 1A state meet.Schwarber specializes in

the 400 and 800 and ran the4x400 relay as well. Walkerruns the 1,600 and 3,200. Ander-son runs the 1,600 but was alsoon the 4x400 last year.

Senior Ben Barbara returnsin the sprints and jumps. Ju-nior Parker Osburg is theteam’s top returner in thethrows.

“We have a number return-ing from last year’s team,”Ueding said. “All train veryhard and are enjoyable to train.We have experience, but nostars on the team. We will havea few state qualifiers.”

NCC was fourth in the in-door state meet. Mitchell Ottenwas third in the 400. ZachSwope was fifth in triple jump.Parker Osburg was fifth inshot put.

In Class 2A, Highlands islooking for an encore perfor-mance after making a break-through.

The Bluebirds won a statechampionship for the first

FIRST HANDOFF FOR 2015 BOYS TRACK AND FIELD

Brossart leads area track teamsBy James [email protected]

THANKS TO CHRIS DAVIS

Brossart won the indoor state championship March 14 in Class 1A.

See TRACK, Page B2

FILE PHOTO

Chris Loos carries the baton forBishop Brossart last year.

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Newport CentralCatholic has a lot to re-place on it girls trackand field team, particu-larly multi-state cham-pion Chandler Cain inthe sprint events. DavidMeyers has shown theability to reload histeam’s roster in his 12years as head coach.

“After graduating 75percent of our statepoints from last year, Ilook forward to the chal-lenge of continuing theprogram’s success at thestate level,” he said.“The athletes that arereturning will be muchimproved and ready tostep up. There are a fewnewcomers to the teamwho should fill some ofthe gaps left by gradua-tion and be ready to com-pete at a high level bythe end of the season.”

NCC returns fivestarters. Senior OliviaSchadler was a statequalifier in threeevents, including thelong jump, where shewas regional champion.She was sixth at state inthe long jump.

Junior Ansley Daven-port was a four-timestate qualifiers lastyear, finishing third atstate in the 300 hurdles.She is also a returningmember of the statechampion 4x200 and4x400 relay teams.

Sophomore OliviaSchalk was also on bothrelays and placed eighthto win an individualmedal in the 400. Sopho-more Ruthie Barth wason the 4x400 team andalso the third-place4x800 team at state.

Senior Keyaira Lank-heit was a state qualifierin high jump.

At the state indoormeet in March, NCC wasseventh in the girlsstandings. Schadler wasthird in the triple jump,fifth in the long jumpand sixth in the 55 hur-dles. Ruthie Barth wasfifth in the 400. OliviaSchalk won the 200 atNCC’s first outdoor

meet March 21, AnsleyDavenport second.

Campbell County re-turns distance standoutJennah Flairty, a seniorwho won both the 1,600and 3,200 at the 3A re-gional meet last season.She medaled at state inthe one-mile race by fin-ishing sixth and alsoplaced 11th in the 3,200.

Sophomore RebeccaCline had an outstandingpostseason last year,placing second in thestate in the 300 hurdlesand fifth in the 100 hur-dles. She also won the re-gional title in the 400dash. She set meet rec-ords in both hurdleevents, winning the 100hurdles in 15.85 secondsand the 300 hurdles in46.24.

Junior Kaylee John-son is the top returningthrower, having placedfourth in the regionalshot put.

Among top perform-ers so far in outdoor sea-son, Sidney Reagor wonthe 3,200 at the ConnerInvitational. Grace Flor-imonte and Kayla Kava-

naugh have placed sec-ond to Flairty in localmeets.

Highlands was girlsregional champion lastyear in 2A and bringsback several key con-tributors.

Mikayla Reichertwon the shot put at theKentucky Track andCross Country CoachesAssociation indoor statechampionships. At lastyear’s regionals, shewas second in both shotand discus and medaledin seventh place at thestate meet in disc.

Last fall’s state crosscountry champions arepoised for more hard-ware on the track sur-face. Sydney Ossegewon the 800 at regionalslast year. Chloe Gas-tright and Molly Mearnswere both top-three fin-ishers at regionals inboth the 1,600 and 3,200and medaled at state inthose events.

Sophie Steppe fin-ished fourth in the 400meters at the state meet.Hannah Schenck is de-fending regional and

state champion in thetriple jump, and in thelong jump she was re-gional champ as welland third at state.

Bellevue had severalathletes do well at thestate indoor meetspring-boarding intooutdoor season.

Courtney Schmitswas fifth in the 55 hur-dles. Jasmine Huff fin-ished fifth in the 55 dash.Reagan Atwood wassixth in shot put.

Dayton has one re-turning state medalist,as Megan Downard fin-ished third in the 800 lastseason.

Bishop Brossart ispaced by Nicole Goder-wis, who was the region-al champion in the 400last year and finishedsecond in the state.

Newport’s top run-ner is Shaunye Stanley, astate qualifier in thesprints who finishedfourth in the region inthe 100 last season. Ather first outdoor meetthis year, she placed sec-ond in the 100 at the Con-ner Invitational.

FIRST HANDOFF FOR 2015 GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD

For NewCath girls trackteam, it’s time to reload By James [email protected]

FILE PHOTO

Brossart’s Nicole Goderwis, right, is one of the area’s top sprinters.

Metz went 3-for-4 with adouble and a RBI for theCamels. Junior third base-man Austin Hogan was 2-for-4 with two RBI forCampbell County.

» Campbell Countylost 5-0 to CovingtonCatholic March 28. BlakeLosey, Brady Sansom,Robert Metz and JohnnyEblin each had two hits.

» Highlands defeatedRyle 7-0 on March25. Sen-ior first baseman DJ Millswent 2-for-4 with a doubleand two RBI to lead theBluebirds. Junior AustinBeal added a double andtwo RBI. Senior pitcherMitchell Jones earned thewin for Highlands. EthanDoty struck out six bat-ters in three relief innings.

» Newport beat SilverGrove 11-4 March 24. Kuhlhad two hits and two RBI.

Boys tennis» Beechwood beat

Bellevue 5-0. Winnerswere Johnson, Burns,Scheern, Richardson/Yo-kokura and Fry/Taylor.

» Villa Madonna beatLloyd 5-0. Winners wereSpicker, Gerst, Ahmad,Gardner/McQueen andSchlueter/Schulte.

Girls tennis» Scott beat Simon

Kenton 3-2. Scott winnerswere Hillmann at first sin-gles and Hancock at sec-ond singles, and Bishop/Tapp at first doubles. SKwinners were Hamilton atthird singles and Bowling/Chen at second doubles.

» Campbell Countybeat Calvary Christian 4-1.Winners were Crigler, Wit-trock, Maloney/Russelland Pangburn/Sebastian.

Softball» Notre Dame senior

Haylee Smith is the LaRo-sa’s MVP of the Week forMarch 24. A two-sportstart, the Florence resi-dent has committed toSouthern Indiana for soft-ball. She has played varsi-ty softball for seven yearsas a pitcher, catcher, thirdbaseman, shortstop andfirst baseman. Enteringthis season, her careerpitching record is 96-24-1with 583 strikeouts, 36shutouts, 10 no-hitters anda perfect game.

Last season, as a pitch-er for the district champs,Smith went 16-2 with a 0.92ERA, 99 strikeouts andseven shutouts. Her 16wins in a row tied a schoolrecord. She also hit .462with 42 RBI and wasnamed to the KentuckyEast-West Junior All-StarGame. Among her numer-ous awards, twice Smithhas been named as the En-quirer’s NKY Player of theYear and was the 2013 9thRegion Player of the Year.

Also an outstandingbasketball player andNKY all-star, she has hadbig games this year vs.Mercy (25 points), Cooper(20) and Beechwood (19).A good student who is ac-tive in community service,she will play softball atSouthern Indiana Univer-sity. Her favorite athlete isLuke Bryan and most-like-to-meet is Pat Summitt.

TMC Notes» Thomas More Col-

lege freshman baseballpitcher Austin Koch (El-der) and junior softballpitcher Mamee Salzer (St.Henry) earned weeklyhonors from the Presi-dents’ Athletic Confer-ence office March 23.

Koch was named thePAC Baseball Pitcher ofthe Week. He went 2-0with a 1.04 earned run av-

erage last week for theSaints. Koch totaled 8.2combined innings and sur-rendered two runs (oneearned) on seven hits withthree strikeouts. Hetossed 3.2 innings of reliefin Thomas More’s 7-1 winover Centre on March 17before throwing 5.0 score-less innings in its 6-1gametwo win over Bethany onMarch 20.

Salzer was named thePAC Softball Pitcher of theWeek. She led the Saints inthe circle last week, going2-0 with a 0.54 earned runaverage. She pitched 13.0innings, gave up one run(earned) on seven hitswhile combining to strikeout seven. Salzer also lim-ited her opposition to just a.159 batting average. Shetossed a complete-gametwo hitter in the Saints’ 1-0win over visiting Witten-berg Saturday afternoon.

» Thomas More Col-lege junior guard/forwardSydney Moss (BooneCounty) and head wom-en’s basketball coach JeffHans were both honoredby D3hoops.com andWomen’s DIII News.

Moss was named theNCAA Division III Nation-al Player of the Year byboth organizations for thesecond year in a row. Sheled the nation in points pergame with 24.2 points pergame and ranked third intriple doubles with one,which was in the NCAADivision III ChampionshipGame. Moss ranked in theTop-100 in five other statis-tical categories as she was16th in assists turnover ra-tio (2.29), 45th in field goalpercentage (51.8), 46th inthree-point field goal per-centage (38.4), 66th in dou-ble doubles (12) and 98th inassists per game (4.0). Shealso led the team in re-bounds with 7.6 reboundsper game and blocked 18shots and recorded 60steals. During the NCAApostseason, Moss brokethe NCAA all-divisionwomen’s or men’s tourna-ment scoring record asshe scored 197 points inthe Saints’ six NCAA tour-nament games.

Moss, who was namedfirst team All-Americanby both organizations isalso one of three finalistfor the Women’s Basket-ball Coaches AssociationPlayer of the Year, whichis the third and final Na-tional Player of the Yearhonor awarded at the Divi-sion III level. The WBCAPlayer of the Year will beannounced during theWBCA Awards Show onMonday in Tampa, Flori-da. This event is part of theWBCA National Conven-tion and is held in conjunc-tion with the NCAA Wom-en’s Final Four.

Hans, who guided theSaints to their first-everundefeated season (33-0)and first-ever team Na-tional Championship in theCollege’s history as theteam defeated No. 3-ranked George Fox Uni-versity, 83-63, in the titlegame in Grand Rapids,Michigan, was named theDivision III NationalCoach of the Year by bothorganizations. ThomasMore led the nation in fivestatistical categories as itwas first in won-lost per-centage (100.0), finalpoints (2,821), scoringmargin (32.8), assist turn-over ratio (1.40) and turn-over margin (12.12). TheSaints also ranked in theTop-10 in four other cate-gories as they were thirdin scoring offense (85.5)and steals per game (14.6),fourth in assists per game(18.5) and sixth in fieldgoal percentage (45.4).

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time in 55 years in coachRyan Leopold’s first sea-son, thanks to state winsby runners Alex Vene-man and Ethan Shuley.Both are back to help theBluebirds try to win boththe region and state.

“They’re pretty excit-ed. They think it’s possi-ble because we only lostone state scorer,” Leo-pold said. “We are junior-heavy with just about ev-erybody back.”

Veneman beat Cov-Cath’s Jake Erpenbeck inthe Class 2A state 200with a time of 21.99 sec-onds after falling in pre-vious race and receivingtreatment from meettrainers. He was secondto Erpenbeck in 100 me-ters and ran a leg on 1,600relay team that placedthird, helping Bluebirdswin first state crownsince 1959.

Shuley, also last fall’scross country statechamp, is defending

Class 2A state 3,200-me-ter champion for defend-ing team champ. Wassecond in 1,600 and ran aleg on state champion3,200 relay team. Hecould win all three thistime.

Among early high-lights in the outdoor sea-son so far, Jared Pulsfortwon the 400 at Connerand Devin Dupont wassecond.

Newport senior Do-minick Joseph was thirdin discus at Class A state

meet with a toss of 139-09. Won region and wasfourth in shot put. AndreAnderson finishedeighth in the discus atstate. Sprinter TyreeBolden from the third-place 4x100 relay also re-turns.

Bellevue’s top per-former in the indoormeet was Nick Acker-son. He was second inlong jump and seventh inhigh jump. Also third inthe 55. State qualifierfrom the 400, Alec Ha-

zeres, also returns. State qualifier Matt

Grimme from the 100meters leads Dayton

Campbell County isled by returning statequalifiers Mark Chaplinand Andrew Hyden.Chaplin finished ninth inthe 3,200 in 3A last year.Hyden was fourth in theregion in the triple jumplast year and 19th atstate. John Leopold wasfourth in the region inpole vault.

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Mark Chaplin, right, is one of Campbell County’s topreturners.

FILE PHOTO

Bellevue’s Alec Hazeres runsthe 4x200 last year.

LIFELIFE PEOPLE | IDEAS | RECIPES

ALEXANDRIARECORDER

THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2015

The General As-sembly complet-ed its work last

week with the much-publicized anti-heroinbill signing. Duringthe 30-day session,legislators welcomedconstituents includingpastors, Eagle Scoutsand college students.Several young peoplealso served as legisla-tive pages.

PROVIDED

Rep. Diane St. Onge, R-Lakeside Park (first from right) joined Gov. Steve Beshear (seated) as hesigned House Bill 209 into law. HB 209, which was sponsored by St. Onge, creates a Gold StarSiblings plate in Kentucky. She is is joined by (from right ) Dave Seeger, Rep. Sal Santoro,R-Florence, Rep. Addia Wuchner, R-Burlington, Lt. Governor Crit Luallen, Rep. Tanya Pullin,D-South Shore, and Rep. Jim Gooch, D-Providence.

THANKS TO JON DRAUD

Kenton County Commissioner Jon Draud was proud to accompany his grandsons to the stateCapitol as they served as pages for the Kentucky General Assembly. From left are Draud;Mason Rohmiller, a fifth-grader at Blessed Sacrament School; Scotty Draud, sixth-grader atBlessed Sacrament; and state Rep. Sal Santoro, R-Florence.

PROVIDED

On Feb. 24, Sen. Will Schroder, R-Wilder, and Sen. Damon Thayer, R-Georgetown, welcome the Northern Kentucky BoyScouts, newly initiated Eagle Scouts, to the Capitol. The senators recognized the young men on the Senate floor for theiraccomplishments.

A lookback at thelegislative

session

PROVIDED

On Feb. 26, Sen. John Schickel, R-Union, welcomes members of Northen Kentucky University’sStudent Government Association to the Capitol. Schickel greeted members of the team on theSenate floor. The group included NKU students Austin Stevenson, Kamaria Mayes, ChandlerTaylor, John Jose, Aaron Hatfield and Sami Dada.

PROVIDED

On Feb. 25, Evelyn Willis served in the Capitol as a legislativepage for Sen. John Schickel, R-Union. Evelyn is aseventh-grader at Ockerman Middle School. She was escortedto Frankfort by her father, Mark Yoakum.

PROVIDED

On Feb. 26, Sen. JohnSchickel, R-Union, welcomedfour legislative pages fromthe Boone County area to theCapitol. Among the studentswho served the senator wereIsabella Warner, a fifth-gradestudent at Kelly Elementary,in Burlington, Jenna Lusk, asixth-grade student at VillaMadonna Middle School,Hanna Lusk, a third-gradestudent at ThornwildeElementary, in Hebron, andLeah Lusk, a fourth-gradestudent at ThornwildeElementary.

THANKS TO BUD KRAFT, LRC PUBLIC INFORMATION

Rep. Sal Santoro, R-Florence, left, talks with Rep. Jerry Miller,R-Louisville, before the start of the Jan. 8 session of theKentucky House of Representatives.

THANKS TO LRC PUBLIC

INFORMATION

House Republican FloorLeader Jeff Hoover,R-Jamestown (seated), talkswith Rep. Tom Kerr, R-TaylorMill.

PROVIDED

On Feb. 12, Sen. John Schickelwelcomed Pastor DavidShockey, Hebron LutheranChurch, to the Capitol. PastorShockey led the Senate in aninvocation and wasrecognized by SenatorSchickel on the Senate floor.

PROVIDED

On March 4, John CharlesLyons served in the Capitol asa legislative page for Sen.John Schickel, R-Union. John isa seventh-grade student atGray Middle School. He is theson of David and CherylLyons, of Union.


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Imogene AddisonImogene Addison, 86, of Cold

Spring, died March 24.She was a long time secretary

at Highland Heights Elementary,secretary to the president atNorthern Kentucky University,and a long-standing member ofAsbury Methodist Church, whereshe held many offices.

Survivors include her husband,James Addison; children BeverlyWillson and Sandra Dickhaus;and four grandchildren.

Memorials: Asbury MethodistChurch.

Nellie BeagleNellie F. Harmon Beagle, 105,

of Newport and formerly ofHighland Heights, died March 22at Baptist Convalescent HomeNewport.

She was a homemaker.Her husband, Mitchell Beagle;

brother, Homer Harmon; andsister, Myrtle Herbst, died previ-ously.

Survivors include her son,Donald L. Beagle of Taylor Mill;and two grandchildren alongwith three great-grandchildren.

Burial was at John’s Hill Ceme-tery in Wilder.

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

Kathleen BoruskeKathleen J. McGarrell Boruske,

66, of Dayton, died March 23 atChrist Hospital in Cincinnati.

She was an executive secretarywith the Dayton Housing Au-thority, member of St. Bernard’sMothers Club, and an avidreader.

Survivors include her husband,Virgil L. Boruske; daughtersKatie Boruske and Sara Bin;sisters Cindy Hoffstedder, BarbFeldman, and Marilyn Wooding;and five grandchildren.

Entombment was at St. Ste-phen Cemetery.

Memorials: St. Therese SchoolLibrary Fund, 11 Temple Place,Southgate, KY 41071; or Belle-vue-Dayton Fire Department,514 Sixth Ave., Dayton, KY41074.

Carlisle HavlinCarlisle “Dutch” E. Havlin, 83,

of Cold Spring, died March 18 atSt. Elizabeth Healthcare Hospicein Edgewood.

He was a lithographer, gradu-ate of Holmes High School in1949, previous member of ChristChurch in Cincinnati, and pre-sent member of St. JosephChurch in Cold Spring. He taughtlithography at Ohio MechanicalInstitute and was a businesspartner and owner of Havlin-Crane Printing Preparation inCincinnati, Vogt Color in Cincin-nati, Colour Inc. Printing Prep-aration in Bellevue, and Pam-Mar Color Service in Cincinnati.He was an active member ofBPOA Elk’s No. 273 Newport,previous head director of Camp-bell County Red Devils, and hecoached many girl’s softballleagues. He sang barber shopwith the Delta Kings in Cincin-nati and performed for morethan 20 years in shows at St.Joseph’s Drama Club in ColdSpring. He was a member of St.Joseph’s Church Choir, an avidsports fan of the Cincinnati Redsand Bengals, UK basketball, andhe loved playing golf. He wasalso a Kentucky Colonel.

His sisters, Mary Jane Reuscheand Ruth Patterson, died previ-ously.

Survivors include his wife,Mary Carol Havlin; daughtersMary Kimberly Vaal, and MicheleLynn Tschiesche; sons Steven E.Havlin and Robert T. Havlin;sister, Corrine Gibson; brother,Burnett “Bernie” H. Havlin; andeight grandchildren along withthree stepgrandchildren andseven step-great-grandchildren.

Burial was at St. StephenCemetery in Fort Thomas.

Memorials: St. ElizabethHealthcare Hospice, 483 S. LoopRoad, Edgewood, KY 41017 orSt. Joseph Church Building Fund,4011 Alexandria Pike, ColdSpring, KY 41076.

Edward Mader Sr.Edward Anthony Mader Sr.,

89, of Alexandria, died March 22at his home.

He was the owner and opera-

tor of Mader Realty and Insur-ance. He was a U.S. Army AirCorps veteran during the end ofWorld War II. He was also anactive member of St. Mary Parishin Alexandria and previouslyserved as the assistant chief forthe Alexandria Volunteer FireDepartment.

His sons, Mark and TimothyMader, died previously.

Survivors include his wife,Agnes Marie Birkenhauer Mad-er; children Ed Mader Jr., PamMader, Susan Camp, Mike Mad-er, Nancy Steffen, Dick Mader,Mary Ann Jones, Tony Mader,Beth Sanker, Wendy Spurlin, JanRoberts, Chris Kidney, andAnnette Mader; brother, RobertMader; and 35 grandchildrenalong with 22 great-grand-children.

Interment was at St. MaryCemetery in Alexandria.

Memorials: St. Mary Adopt AStudent Fund, 8246 E. Main St.,Alexandria, KY 41001.

Heidi PfotenhauerHeidi Kathleen Pfotenhauer,

22, of Fort Thomas, died March21 at her home.

She was a cashier with WholeFoods Market in RookwoodCommons and 2010 graduate ofHighlands High School in FortThomas.

Survivors include her mother,Melissa Tinker of Fort Thomas;father, Scott Pfotenhauer ofToledo, Ohio; stepfather, JimTinker of Fort Thomas; sister,Hanna Pfotenhauer of FortThomas; brother, JonathanTinker of Fort Thomas; maternalgrandmother, Kathleen Jones ofToledo; paternal grandparents,Rodney and Judy Pfotenhauer;and paternal step-grandparents,Tom and Joyce Tinker of Xenia,Ohio.

Memorials: National Allianceon Mental Illness, P.O. Box62596, Baltimore, MD 21264-2596; or the Special Olympics,1133 19th St. NW, WashingtonDC, 20036.

Danny RittingerDanny Ray Rittinger, 59, of

Melbourne, died March 18 at hishome.

His brother, Terry Rittinger,died previously.

Survivors include his daughter,Danielle Rittinger; brother,

DEATHS

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About 40 percent ofthe United States foodsupply goes uneaten.Discarded food in homesand food service accountsfor 60 percent of this totalfood loss and is mostlyavoidable. The remainingportion is lost or wastedduring food production.

This amount of foodwaste is among the high-est in the world. Prevent-ing food waste savesmoney and resources.

The EnvironmentalProtection Agency esti-mates almost 14 percentof the total municipalsolid wastes in the United

States in2010 wasfood.

Consid-er these 10tips forreducingthe amountof foodwasted.

» Keeptrack for aweek or

more of the foods you andyour family waste andwhy. Was the productspoiled, was it preparedand not eaten, or did youjust decide to make some-thing else? This record

will help you make a planto decrease the food wast-ed in your home. On therecord you might alsowant to record an esti-mate of the cost of theamount of food wasted.

» Shop the refriger-ator and pantry beforegoing to the store. Desig-nate one meal weekly as a“use-it-up” meal.

» Move older foodproducts to the front ofthe storage areas andjust-purchased ones tothe back. This makes itmore likely foods will beconsumed before they gobad.

» Check that thetemperature of yourrefrigerator is between35 and 40 degrees F tohelp prolong the life offoods. Foods frozen at 0degrees F or lower willremain safe indefinitelybut the quality will godown over time.

» Freeze or can sur-plus fresh produce usingsafe, up-to-date food pres-ervation methods.

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

Preventing food waste saves resources

Diane MasonEXTENSIONNOTES

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The Girl Scouts of Kentucky’s Wilderness Road each yearchooses events for an “Extraordinary Event” award. Amongthe four presented this year was the Outdoor Skills Daycompleted for the Girl Scout Silver Award. The Silver Award isthe highest that a Cadette can achieve. The scouts whoorganized this day are Jessie Kuebbing, Abby Joering and AbbyTwehues. They are led by Girl Scout leader Rose Kuebbing.

UC professorbecomes director of audiology

The Community Ser-vices of Northern Ken-tucky Hearing Instru-ment Department hiredDr. Lisa Cahill as the newdirector of audiology.

Cahill received herBachelor of Arts inspeech and hearing sci-

ences andminor inpsycholo-gy at Indi-ana Uni-versity.She com-pleted herMaster ofArts in au-

diology and her Ph.D. incommunication sciencesand disorders at the Uni-

versity of Cincinnati. Cahill has 17 years of

experience as a licensedclinical audiologist in theGreater Cincinnati area.She previously worked atChrist Hospital and Cin-cinnati Children’s Hospi-tal Medical Center. Shecurrently serves as an ad-junct professor in the De-partment of Communica-tions Sciences and Disor-

ders at the University ofCincinnati.

John Parran joins Gateway

John Parran of Cincin-nati has joined GatewayCommunity and Techni-cal College as a workforcedevelopment liaison in theWorkforce Solutions Divi-sion.

Par-ran willpart-nerwith lo-cal or-ganiza-tions toassesstheir

workforce trainingneeds or skills gapsand offer them cus-tomized assessment,pre-hire and skill im-provement trainingsolutions.

Parran most re-cently served as na-tional accounts man-ager and outboundsales manager at TSCApparel, a Cincinnati-based wholesaler. Heearned a Bachelor ofArts degree from UC.

NEIGHBORS IN THE NEWS

ParranCahill

David Rittinger; sisters ConnieO’Nan and Cathy Sudkamp; andex-wife, Lisa M. Rittinger.

Memorials: American HeartAssociation, 5211, Madison Road,Cincinnati, OH 45227.

Bessie VestBessie Irene Barrett Vest, 75,

of Cold Spring, died March 18 atSt. Elizabeth Medical Center inFort Thomas.

Her husband, Willis Leo Vest,died previously.

Survivors include her childrenVirgil Dean Spivey, Eva DeNoma,and Lisa Clark; brother, BentonBarrett; sister, Lillie Lynch; andten grandchildren along withnine great-grandchildren.

Burial was at AlexandriaCemetery.

Memorials: American LungAssociation, 4050 Executive ParkDrive, No. 402, Cincinnati, OH45241.

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