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COLD SPRING — Mayor Nan-cy Bay, after just over a monthin office, has terminated thecity’s police chief, administra-tor and attorney.

Police Chief Ed Burk wasgiven a termination letter thismorning effective Feb. 2.

“It was just a termination let-ter with no cause, because Iasked,” Burk said.

Burk said he is leaving thedepartment in better positionthan when he came to the city inMay 2006. He said he also en-joyed the people he worked

with. “I would have preferred de-

parting on my own terms, or atleast being given a reason as towhy,” he said. “I think it’s justpolitics, plain pure and simple.”

Bay, since taking over asmayor in January, has previous-ly terminated both City Attor-ney Brandon Voelker and CityAdministrator Steve Taylor.

“I let Ed Burk go because Ihave a new vision and new goalsfor the city of Cold Spring,” saidBay in an emailed statement.“During my campaign I promis-ed the taxpayers I would reviewall positions and evaluate ex-penses. This was part of my new

vision.”Bay sent an email to council

members stating she had decid-ed to replace Burk, said Coun-cilwoman Lisa Cavanaugh.

Cavanaugh said Bay has ap-pointed Lt. Wayne Hall as act-ing chief. The chief position willbe advertised in newspapers,online and in professional po-

lice publications and forums,according to Bay’s letter, Cav-anaugh said.

“I think it’s good to startfresh with a new person andnew ideas,” Cavanaugh said. “Imean it’s been the same for 12years.”

Burk, Voelker and Taylorwere all hired during formermayor Mark Stoeber’s 12 yearsin office lasting through De-cember 2014. Stoeber did notfile for a fourth four-year term.City Council member BrendaRodgers Helton said City Ad-ministrator Steve Taylor’s em-ployment with the city was alsoended in January by Mayor

Bay. Bay was elected as mayor

last November. She spent 15years working for the city as afinancial secretary.

Stoeber said he is concerneda new mayor and several coun-cil members elected with limit-ed experience in 2014 are work-ing without guidance fromsome of the city’s most sea-soned professionals.

“Two of the positions arecritical positions to the safety ofthe city – the police chief and at-torney,” Stoeber said.

“As a resident, I am shockedthat the city is ... we’re just total-ly void on experience,” he said.

Mayor Bay fires Ed Burk as police chiefBy Chris [email protected]

Burk Bay

FORT THOMAS — Driverspassing out at the wheel as theyoverdose on heroin are crashingon I-471, U.S. 27 and side streets.

Police in Fort Thomas re-sponded to three crashes Dec.16-19 where heroin-overdoseddrivers came to a crashing halt.In one of the Fort Thomascrashes three police officerswill receive city commenda-tions for reviving the car’s driv-er and passenger – both foundwithout a pulse and overdosing.

And in neighboring South-gate, police responded to ahead-on collision on U.S. 27 inwhich a driver was overdosedon heroin and crossed the cen-ter line.

Of the Fort Thomas crashes,two were on I-471 and a thirdwas on Margarete Lane.

Heroin-overdosed driversare being found behind thewheel with faces turning blueafter their breathing shutsdown, said Fort Thomas PoliceDepartment Lt. Rich Whitford.

“They just do it, and they’redriving down the road and theirbrain starts to shut down andthey go blue,” Whitford said.

At 11 a.m. Dec. 16 a driveroverdosing on heroin swervedthree times across four lanes ofI-471and forced other drivers toslow down to avoid a wreckthemselves.

Car was ‘pinging like aball’ across I-471

“It was just pinging like aball,” Whitford said of the car.

The car, driven by Chris Har-mon, 35, of Cincinnati, struck a

guardrail, crossed across the in-terstate and hit the concretemedian barrier, Whitford said.Then, the car went back acrossthe interstate and hit the guard-rail and crossed the highwayagain, he said. The car flipped

and came to a stop.“It was right underneath of

the Highland Avenue bridge,”Whitford said. “We had to shutdown the whole expressway.And he lived.”

Harmon, after being treated

at a hospital, was charged withpossession of controlled sub-stance - heroin, DUI and posses-sion of drug paraphernalia.

“I mean that’s just the dangerthat’s out there now,” he said.“That they’re driving down theroad and they’re out. They’reoverdosed.”

The next evening at 7:18 p.m.Dec. 17, officers found two peo-ple with no pulse overdosing ina car pulled over on U.S. 27 nearMoock Road. The car had strucka guardrail on a I-471 exit rampas a citizen managed to get theoverdosing driver to pull over,Whitford said.

Motorists foundoverdosed

“Both of them were seat-belted in, and they were(thought to be) dead,” he said.

Officers Zac Rohlfer, TomCarr and Adam Peak startedCPR and rescue breathing andbrought them back before theparamedics arrived, he said.The three officers will be hon-ored with commendations at theFeb. 2 Fort Thomas City Councilmeeting.

A syringe was found insidethe car, and each of the people inthe car told officers while theywere at the hospital they wereusing heroin they just bought inCincinnati, Whitford said.

Driver Jessika Hernandez,

High on heroin, overdoseddrivers causing crashes

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24, of Cold Spring, wascharged with DUI andpossession of drug para-phernalia. PassengerBranden Collier, 25, ofNewport, was chargedwith public intoxicationand possession of con-trolled substance - her-oin.

A third heroin-over-dose accident happenedat 1 p.m. Dec. 19 on Mar-garete Lane. JohnMcNabb, 25, of High-land Heights, was ar-rested on a DUI chargeafter police responded,Whitford said.

“He was pulling awayfrom a house with a pas-senger and failed to stopand rear-ended another

car,” Whitford said. “Itwas a heroin overdose.”

Police are used to see-ing heroin addictsbrought back to life af-ter Narcan is adminis-tered, he said.

“You see the life justcome back to them,”Whitford said. “It’s un-believable. And theykeep doing it, I can’timagine the devilthey’re fighting.”

Woman in her 50shad collision

In Southgate, policeresponded to a head-oncollision on south U.S. 27near the Willow Streetintersection at 6:30 p.m.Dec. 3. The driver of thecar, a woman in her 50s,was overdosed on heroinand later survived, saidLt. Steven Collinsworth.

The male driver ofthe vehicle the overdos-ing woman hit was in-jured, but was transport-ed to the hospital and re-leased the same day, Col-linsworth said.

Charges, at least ofwanton endangerment,will be filed later againstthe woman, he said.

In two years therehave been at least fivecrashes in which thedriver was overdosed onheroin in Southgate, hesaid. Dec. 3 was the onlycrash with injuries ofthose five crashes.

Police often don’tknow heroin is involveduntil after a person istreated at the hospital,Collinsworth said.

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meeting postponedThe Campbell County

Cable Board meetingscheduled for Jan. 27 hasbeen moved to Feb. 10.

It will take place at themedia center located at10 Hilltop Drive, High-land Heights.

Charity Nightreturns to TurfwayPark

Charity Night at theTables, a one-of-a-kindcelebration of communi-ty giving, is coming backto Turfway Park onMarch 14.

The event is hosted byThe Yearlings Inc., inconjunction with com-munity leaders. Thisyear’s co-chairs areNorthern KentuckyChamber of CommercePresident Trey Grayson,and his wife, Nancy.

The event was held for11 years until 2012, anddid not occur in 2013 or

2014. “In the past, this event

not only helped fun pro-grams for area nonprof-its, but has raised aware-ness and provides partic-ipating organizationswith a valuable new pipe-line of volunteers andsupporters,” Trey Gray-son said.

Charity Night in-cludes Monte Carlo-stylegaming, and participat-ing charities earn theability to back horses inTurfway’s KentuckyDerby prep race, the$550,000 Horseshoe Cin-cinnati Spiral Stakes.

Eight nonprofit or-ganizations will benefitfrom the 2015 CharityNight: Boone County CA-SA, Family NurturingCenter, Holly Hill Chil-dren’s Home, NKY Edu-cation Council, New Per-ceptions, Parish Kitchen,Senior Services of North-ern Kentucky and Stein-ford Toy Foundation.

Tickets cost $75 per

person and are availableonline atwww.yearlings.org or bycalling 859-905-0392.

Alexandria familyhosts euchretournament

ALEXANDRIA — GregFranzen and his familywill host the 13th annualCure for Diabetes Eu-chre Tournament at 7p.m. Feb. 21 at St. Mary’sUndercroft, 8246 EastAlexandria Pike.

Last year, more than$9,000 was raised and do-nated to the Juvenile Dia-betes Foundation.

Entry fee for the tour-nament costs $20 each.Cost includes snacks andbeverages. An optionalskins game can be addedfor $10.

Food and drinks willbe served at 5:30 p.m. andparticipants must sign inby 6:30.

Prepaid registrationsare required by Satur-

day, Feb. 7. For more information,

call Greg or Jenny Fran-zen at 859-448-9444 oremail [email protected].

Theft at cell phonetower reported topolice

FORT THOMAS — A pairof batteries valued at$1,000 have been takenfrom the base of a cell-phone tower at 930 High-land Ave.

Theft of the batterieswas reported to FortThomas Police Depart-ment at 2:39 p.m. Mon-day, Jan. 26.

Someone broke intothe base of a T-Mobilecellphone tower, said Lt.Rich Whitford, a spokes-man for the department.

Whitford said he hasheard of similar theftshappening around Cin-cinnati and NorthernKentucky.

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ALEXANDRIA — Chil-dren who come to Alexan-dria’s Community Parkthis summer will havenew equipment to ex-plore.

The park’s wooden playsets, a truck and a ship, areset to be replaced.

City Clerk Karen Bartowill accept bid proposalsfor new playgroundequipment until noon onFeb. 16.

Park Board memberPam Proctor said shehopes the new equipmentwill be installed by spring.

She said funds to re-place the deterioratingwooden equipment wasapproved in this year’sbudget, and City Councilapproved additional fundsas well.

“The Park Board has amaster plan, which detailsa phase each year we wantto commit to completing,”she said. “Last year, weput in a new parking lot,and this year, we’re work-ing on landscaping. Theplayground equipment isaseparate item, but it goesalong with our landscap-

ing project.”She said trees will be

planted between the play-ground area and the main-tenance shed.

In July 2014, $25,400was allocated for capitalimprovements at thepark, almost 60 percent ofthe Park Board’s annualbudget of $39,500.

“That’s quite a bit high-er than what we usuallyget for the park,” saidProctor. “Normally our

budget is around $15,000.It’s gone up and down inthe past few years de-pending on what we’reworking on.”

More than 80 acrescomprise the AlexandriaCommunity Park, whichwas dedicated on Sept. 21,1997. In addition to theplayground area, the parkincludes more than threemiles of walking trails, apicnic shelter, a 9-acrefishing lake with a handi-

cap-accessible pier, a discgolf course and two base-ball fields that convertinto a soccer field.

The park provides thesetting for several annualcommunity events, in-cluding an Easter EggHunt, Fishing Derby, Hal-loween Haunted Walk anda Christmas Tree Light-ing.

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A wooden playground truck and sailing ship at the Alexandria Community Park are scheduledfor replacement this year.

FORT THOMAS — KatDisney, the city’s newParks and Recreation co-ordinator, wants people tobounce ideas for leaguesand programs off herwhen she starts work Jan.26.

Basketball, volleyballand softball leagues, en-richment classes for tod-dlers and movie nightsare some of the programsalready based in or out ofthe Fort Thomas Armory/Recreation Office.

Disney said she wantsto consider adding moreprograms based on whatpeople want.

“I’ll be able to planmore leagues and pro-grams based on what peo-ple want,” she said.

Disney, a Grant Countynative, has worked as as-sistant director of GrantCounty Parks and Recrea-tion for three years. Dis-ney managed the calen-dar for five parks andeight ball fields and coor-dinated more than 40 pro-grams for Grant Countyannually.

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Campbell residents are on dean’s list atUniversity of Dayton

Several Campbell Countyresidents earned dean’s listhonors at the University ofDayton during the school’s 2014fall semester.

Dean’s list studentsachieved a minimum 3.5 GPAfor the 2014 fall semester andcarried a minimum of 12 hours.

Honored students includeDavid Christian of Fort Thom-as, Zachary Martin of Califor-nia, Zachary Neyer of Newport,and Nathan Sevier of ColdSpring.

John Bardo of Fort Thomasand Mary List of Cold Springwere also recognized on thedean’s recognition list.

They both earned a mini-mum GPA of at least 3.5 andcarried between six and 11hours of classes.

Cavanaugh graduatesfrom Youngstown State

Jenna Cavanaugh, of ColdSpring, graduated in Decemberfrom Youngstown State Univer-sity.

She received a Bachelor ofArts degree in sociology.

Mazzei on MiamiUniversity’s dean’s list

Mitchell C Mazzei, of New-port, has been named to thedean’s list at Miami Universityfor the 2014 Fall semester.

Students who ranked in thetop 20 percent of undergradu-ate students within each divi-sion were recognized.

Froendhoff on dean’s listat Wittenberg University

Maria Froendhoff, of FortThomas, has been named to thedean’s list at Wittenberg Uni-versity for the 2014 fall semes-ter.

Froendhoff is a member ofthe 2017 class.

Students had to maintain atleast a 3.5 GPA to be recog-nized.

VanCuren on Miami U.president’s list

Kathryn M. VanCuren, ofFort Thomas, has been namedto the president’s list at MiamiUniversity for the 2014 fall se-mester.

Undergraduate students inthe top three percent withineach division were recognized.

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COLD SPRING — A first-grader at Crossroads ElementarySchool has taken to heart the school’s “Great Kindness Chal-lenge.”

Ava Cunningham visited homeless people last Saturday tohand out supplies.

Students throughout the school have been taking part inthe “Great Kindness Challenge.” The school week of Jan.26-30 was devoted to performing as many acts of kindness aspossible.

According to a school press release, the whole idea be-hind this challenge is to create a culture of kindness andreduce bullying in the school. Visithttp://bit.ly/KindessChallenge.

During the week Crossroads students passed through a“kindness tunnel” of balloons at the school entrance,grooved to a “kindness dance party,” and dressed up likesuperheroes for the “Powered by Kindness” spirit day. Tal-lies were kept of whose class had the most random acts ofkindness, and the school promises to report back with theresults.

First-grader takes to heart ‘Great Kindness Challenge’Community Recorder

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To kick of the Great Kindness Challenge at her school, first-grader Ava Cunningham, in front in pink jacket, visited homeless people andhanded out supplies.

The seventh-grade studentsin Jim Young’s science class atSt. Joseph, Cold Spring, havebeen studying chemical reac-tions.

They learned that pancakesrise because of an endothermicreaction; the batter rises whenit absorbs heat causing carbondioxide bubbles to form.

Inspired by their newknowledge, three of the stu-dents, Katie Thieman, TallieNeufelder and Maya Batshoun,went home and made pancakesand brought them to school toshare with their classmates.

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Jim Young’s seventh-grade scienceclass at St. Joseph, Cold Spring, hasbeen studying chemical reactions.Several students went home andmade pancakes for the entire classto share the next morning. Picturedhere are the three chefs with therest of their class. From right to leftare Maya Batshoun, TallieNeufelder and Katie Thieman.

The school counseling de-partment at Campbell CountyMiddle School has been named aRecognized ASCA Model Pro-gram (RAMP).

The RAMP designation,awarded to schools that alignwith the criteria set in the Amer-ican School Counseling Associa-tion (ASCA) National Model,recognizes schools that arecommitted to delivering a com-prehensive, data-driven coun-seling program and an exempla-ry educational environment.

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FLORENCE — Although danc-ing diva Gabrielle Williams haslost 220 pounds, her weightloss journey continues whileshe packs on more clients,friends and glowing goodtimes.

Williams weighed morethan 180 pounds when she was8 years old, and by the time shewas 22, she weighed 457. Fol-lowing a failed marriage, beingabandoned by her biologicalfather and her sister’s deathfrom a heart attack, Williamsdecided to change her life. Shestarted taking dance fitnessclasses, then trained to becomean instructor.

She started her own style offitness dance classes at theAspen Community Center in2013, and opened Cosmic Stu-dios in March 2014 on Man-derlay Drive with the help oftwo partners, Jessica Brownand Jennifer Mullins.

For more information, visitwww.cosmiccraze.com or call859-466-2371.

Williams and 14 other in-structors teach more than 35classes seven days a weekinside the brightly paintedstudio.

The paint isn’t the onlything that shines at CosmicStudios. Black lights makeneon clothing glow while multi-colored lights burst around thestudio during Cosmic “CrazeDance Cardio” classes.

“The lights really makethings fun, but they also makeit so you can’t really focus onother people,” she said.“There’s a progression. Peoplestart out all in black in the backrow. In a couple weeks, they’reon the side and wearing oneitem of neon, then they’re inthe front row dressed head totoe in neon. It’s amazing to seepeople getting fit and gainingself-confidence.”

Williams said she worked tobecome “an instructor to bemotivated and keep myself on

track and to prove to the otherswho doubted me that I canrock this.”

“There are plenty of placesfor fit people to work out andkeep being fit. There are not somany places for people whodon’t know where to begin,”she said. “I lovingly say this isthe land of misfits. It’s whereyou can find your fit.”

Instructor and cancer survi-vor Lesa Rahschulte said shehas lost 85 pounds in the pastyear. “I didn’t change anythingelse. All I did was come here,”she said. “Before I came, Icouldn’t touch my toes or walkup the stairs. I can do anythingnow.”

THANKS TO GABRIELLE WILLIAMS

Several Cosmic Studios classes have black lights that make neon clothing glow.

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Cosmic Studios in Florence offers fitness and fun


Cosmic Studios features dance fitness classes, and a total of more than 35 classes are offeredseven days a week inside the brightly painted facility.


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Gabrielle Williams has lost 220pounds, mostly through fitnessdance classes.

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FRIDAY, FEB. 6Art & Craft Classes$5 Friday Craft Club, 1-2:30p.m., The Lively Learning Lab,7500 Oakbrook Drive, Suite 10,Make crafts, create art and playgames. Ages 3-15. $5. Regis-tration required. 916-2721.Florence.

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

AttractionsWinter Family Days, 10 a.m. to6 p.m., Newport Aquarium,Newport on the Levee, Up totwo kids 12 and under get in freewith each full-priced adult ticket.Through March 1. 261-7444;www.newportaquarium.com.Newport.

EducationAARP Tax-Aide, 9 a.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Middle andlow-income taxpayers are eligi-ble for this free tax preparationservice. Those with complex taxreturns will be advised to seekprofessional tax assistance. Free.Registration required. Presentedby Boone County Public Library.342-2665; www.bcpl.org. Bur-lington.

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, 9:30-10:30a.m., 4:45 p.m., EdgewoodJazzercise Center, 126 BarnwoodDrive, $38 for unlimited monthlyclasses. 331-7778; jazzercise.com.Edgewood.

Health / WellnessUC Health Mobile DiagnosticsMammography Screenings,noon to 4 p.m., Kroger, 7695Mall Road, Fifteen-minutescreenings. Cost varies by insur-ance. Financial assistance avail-able. Registration recommended.Presented by UC Health MobileDiagnostics. 513-585-8266, ext. 1;uchealth.com/mobile-diag-nostics. Florence.

Holiday - Valentine’s DayGirlfriends Make Up GlamParty, 6-8 p.m., The Art House,19 N. Fort Thomas Ave., Getglammed up with professionalmake up artist, Beth AderialHartsock. $25. Registrationrecommended. 279-3431;www.inkaacollaborative.org.Fort Thomas.

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

Music - ClassicalMusic on the Avenue Series,8-9:30 p.m. Katy Lindhart, so-prano, and Brad Caldwell, piano,present evening of musicaltheater songs., St. John UnitedChurch of Christ Bellevue, 520Fairfield Ave., Sanctuary. Free artshow and reception followsperformance. Free. 261-2066;www.stjohnchurch.net. Bellevue.

On Stage - ComedyBrad Williams, 8 p.m., 10:30p.m., Funny Bone Comedy Club,1 Levee Way, $15-$20. 957-2000;www.funnyboneonthelevee-.com. Newport.

On Stage - StudentTheater

A Doll’s House, 7:30-10 p.m.,Campbell County High School,909 Camel Crossing, Nora’s life ison the upswing. Her husbandgot a promotion and theirfinancial struggles are over atlast. But when a man from herpast reappears, bent on bringinga dangerous secret to light,everything changes: her mar-riage, her family and her un-derstanding of the world aroundher. $8. Presented by CampbellCounty High School Drama.Through Feb. 8. 635-4161, ext.2219; www.cchsdrama.org.Alexandria.

SATURDAY, FEB. 7Art & Craft Classes

Introduction to Crochet, 10a.m. to 1 p.m., The Art House, 19N. Fort Thomas Ave., Julie Nu-gent teaches fundamentals withthe opportunity to make yourown. $25. Registration recom-mended. 279-3431; www.inkaa-collaborative.org. Fort Thomas.

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

AttractionsWinter Family Days, 9 a.m. to 6p.m., Newport Aquarium, 261-7444; www.newportaquarium-.com. Newport.

BenefitsKentucky-Ohio Polar Plunge, 9a.m. to 2 p.m., Joe’s Crab Shack,25 Fairfield Ave., Take plungeand then join Post Plunge Cele-bration with food and otheractivities for all participants.Benefits Special Olympics Ken-tucky-Ohio. $75 minimum inpledges, $50 minimum forstudents. Registration required.Presented by Special OlympicsNorthern Kentucky. 502-695-8222; www.soky.org/polar-plunge.htm. 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.

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

Literary - LibrariesEarly Childhood Fair (all ages),10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Boone CountyMain Library, 1786 BurlingtonPike, Free information for fam-ilies with preschoolers. Activities,free screenings, prizes and tales.Free. Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library.342-2665. Burling-ton.

Music - WorldFirst Saturday Reggae Night,9:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. $10. Cele-brating Bob Marley’s 70th Earth-day. With the Flex Crew and theCliftones., The Thompson House,24 E. Third St., 261-7469. New-port.

On Stage - ComedyBrad Williams, 7:30 p.m., 10p.m., Funny Bone Comedy Club,$15-$20. 957-2000; www.funny-boneonthelevee.com. Newport.


A Doll’s House, 7:30-10 p.m.,Campbell County High School,$8. 635-4161, ext. 2219;www.cchsdrama.org. Alexandria.

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

SUNDAY, FEB. 8AttractionsWinter Family Days, 10 a.m. to6 p.m., Newport Aquarium,261-7444; www.newportaquari-um.com. Newport.

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

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.


A Doll’s House, 2-4:30 p.m.,Campbell County High School,$8. 635-4161, ext. 2219;www.cchsdrama.org. Alexandria.

RecreationEdgewood Ice Skating Night,5:30-7:30 p.m., Northern Ken-tucky Ice Center, 2638 AndersonRoad, Limited to first 150 resi-dents, bring ID. Free. Presented

by City of Edgewood. 331-5910;www.edgewoodky.gov. CrescentSprings.

SchoolsOpen House, 1-3 p.m., CountryHills Montessori School, 960Highland Ave., Tour speciallyprepared environment for ages3-5. Free. 442-0500. Fort Thomas.

MONDAY, FEB. 9AttractionsWinter Family Days, 10 a.m. to6 p.m., Newport Aquarium,261-7444; www.newportaquari-um.com. Newport.

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

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

Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 6 a.m.,8:15-9:15 a.m., 9:30-10:30 a.m.,4:45-5:45 p.m., 6-7 p.m., Edge-wood Jazzercise Center, $38 forunlimited monthly classes.331-7778; jazzercise.com. Edge-wood.

Holiday - Valentine’s DayCookies Uncorked: Valentines,7-9 p.m., New Riff Distillery, 24Distillery Way, Join Patti Fosterfor fun, social evening and learnto create your own cookiemasterpieces. $45. Reservationsrecommended. 261-7433;www.newriffdistilling.com.Newport.

Job FairsUplink, 4-7 p.m., UpTech, 112 W.Pike St., First-of-its-kind careerfair introduces local start-upcompanies with student andprofessional talent. To bring inpeople with creative and tech-nology backgrounds looking forfull-time, part-time and in-ternship positions. For collegestudents and professionals. Free.Registration recommended.Presented by UpTech and GCVA.937-403-5403; bit.ly/UPLINKstu-dent. Covington.

Literary - LibrariesExcel II, 6:30 p.m., Boone CountyMain Library, 1786 BurlingtonPike, Learn how to use more ofExcel’s functions by creating abudget, a checkbook registerand a chart. Registration re-quired. Presented by BooneCounty Public Library. 342-2665.Burlington.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

AttractionsWinter Family Days, 10 a.m. to6 p.m., Newport Aquarium,261-7444; www.newportaquari-um.com. Newport.

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

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

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

Open House Event, 9 a.m. to 5p.m., Hearing Solutions FlorenceOffice, 7392 Burlington Pike,Free hearing test and evaluation.For ages 50 and up. Reservationsrequired. Presented by HearingSolutions by Ellis-Scott & Asso-ciates. 283-1771. Florence.

Literary - Book ClubsDiary of a Wimpy Kid, 6:30p.m., Boone County Main Li-brary, 1786 Burlington Pike, Playgame of Cheese Touch, designyour own L’il Cutie comic, have atoilet paper wrap race and enterinto a drawing for a Wimpy Kidcut-out. Free. Registration re-quired. Presented by BooneCounty Public Library. 342-2665;www.bcpl.org. Burlington.

Literary - LibrariesBridge, 12:30-3 p.m., SchebenBranch Library, 8899 U.S. 42,342-2665. Union.

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

DIY: One Night, One Project:Minecraft (middle & highschool), 6:30 p.m., FlorenceBranch Library, 7425 U.S. 42,Free. 342-2665. Florence.

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

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

Celebrate Recovery, 6:30-8:30p.m., Vineyard Christian Church,

7101 Pleasant Valley Road,Healing for all hurts, hangupsand habits. Free. 689-0777;vineyardchristian.org. Florence.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 11AttractionsWinter Family Days, 10 a.m. to6 p.m., Newport Aquarium,261-7444; www.newportaquari-um.com. Newport.

Community DanceLine Dance Class, 7:30-8:30 p.m.,Boleros Dance Club, 8406 U.S. 42,For beginner to advanced. $7.Presented by Holly Ruschman.727-0904. Florence.

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

Secular Homeschool Co-op, 1-4p.m., The Lively Learning Lab,$50. Registration required.916-2721. Florence.

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

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

Health / WellnessOpen House Event, 9 a.m. to 5p.m., Hearing Solutions FlorenceOffice, Reservations required.283-1771. Florence.

Karaoke and Open MicKaraoke /DJ, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.,Miller’s Fill Inn, 52 DonnermeyerDrive, Free. 431-3455. Bellevue.

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

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

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

Sensory Storytime (all ages),6:30 p.m., Boone County MainLibrary, 1786 Burlington Pike,Storytime with adjustments forsensory sensitivity and specialneeds. Free. Registration re-

quired. Presented by BooneCounty Public Library. 342-2665.Burlington.

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

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

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

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

THURSDAY, FEB. 12

Art & Craft ClassesWinter Wonderland Art, 11:30a.m. to 12:30 p.m., The LivelyLearning Lab, 7500 OakbrookDrive, Suite 10, Use variety ofmixed media to design winterlandscapes and more. Ages 5-18.$15. Registration required.916-2721. Florence.

AttractionsWinter Family Days, 10 a.m. to6 p.m., Newport Aquarium,261-7444; www.newportaquari-um.com. Newport.

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

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

Yoga, 7:30-8:30 p.m., Independ-ence Senior and CommunityCenter, 2001 Jack Woods Drive,Beginner to intermediate. $36for six weeks. 363-2934. Inde-pendence.

Health / WellnessOpen House Event, 9 a.m. to 5p.m., Hearing Solutions FlorenceOffice, Reservations required.283-1771. Florence.

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

THINGS TO DO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

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

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

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

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Take an introduction to crochet class from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, at The Art House,19 N. Fort Thomas Ave., Fort Thomas. Julie Nugent teaches fundamentals with the opportunityto make your own. Cost is $25. Registration is recommended. Call 279-3431;www.inkaacollaborative.org.

FEBRUARY 5, 2015 • CCF RECORDER • A7NEWS

Whenever the grandkidsspend the night, I let them“color” their bath water with abit of food coloring.

Emerson, 2-1/2, usuallychooses blue, yellow andgreen. Her sister, Eva, 6, likes

pink and red. Iguess that’s whyI was low on redfood coloringwhen I got outthe ingredientsfor the red vel-vet cake recipeI’m sharing forValentine’s Day.To be on the safeside, I bought 2boxes, one forme in the kitch-

en, and one for the kids in thebath.

Don’t forget those in yourcircle of family and friendswho could use a bit of cheeringup this Valentine’s Day. Buy abox of kids’ Valentines.They’re less expensive thansingle cards and bring joy toValentines of all ages.

Red velvet cake fromscratch

When I see a recipe likethis, I wonder how it was everdeveloped. Red velvet cake is a“happy” cake - the vivid colormakes me smile. The cocoagives a hint of chocolate. Yes,you do need a whole bottle ofred food coloring. There arerecipes I’ve seen that use beetsas a natural coloring agent.This recipe has to have foodcoloring. But heck, it’s onlyonce a year…

2-1/2 cups all purpose flour1/2 cup unsweetened co-

coa powder1 teaspoon baking soda1/4 teaspoon salt2 sticks butter, softened (1

cup)2 cups sugar4 large eggs, room temper-

ature1 cup regular sour cream1/2 cup milk - 2% or regular1 oz bottle red food col-

oring2-1/2 teaspoons vanillaPreheat oven to 350.Grease and flour two 9-inch

round cake pans. This meansgreasing the pan and thensprinkling it lightly with flour,then tapping excess out. Or usebaking spray with flour.

Whisk together, sift or pushthrough a sieve the flour, cocoapowder, baking soda and salt.Set aside.

Beat butter and sugar onmedium speed 5 minutes oruntil light and fluffy. Beat in

eggs, one at a time so that theyincorporate well. Mix in sourcream, milk, food color andvanilla.

Gradually beat in flour mix-ture on low until blended.Don’t overbeat. Pour into pans.

Bake 35-40 minutes or untiltoothpick inserted in centercomes out clean.

Cool in pan 10 minutes. Re-move from pans; cool on wirerack before frosting.

Tip from Rita’s kitchen Put eggs in liquid measur-

ing cup with spout. They willbe easy to pour out one at atime.

Buttercream frosting

I like a thick frosting so Iusually double the recipe.

The left over buttercreamcan be frozen for a couple ofmonths.

1 stick butter (1/2 cup),softened

4-1/2 confectioners sugar,sifted or pushed through asieve if necessary to removelumps

2 teaspoons vanilla4-6 tablespoons milk or bit

more if neededBeat butter until creamy

and then beat in sugar, vanillaand enough milk to desiredconsistency. Makes 3 cups.

Cream cheese frosting

Beat together until fluffy:8 oz cream cheese, soft-

ened4-6 tablespoons butter,

softened4 cups confectioners sugar

or bit more if necessary1 tablespoon vanilla

Anne’s red velvetcupcakes and red velvetcake from a mix

Check out these on my siteAbouteating.com.

Lemon blueberry syrupFor Hank, who asked me to

share this recipe when I men-tioned it during a workshop.Hank picks blueberries inseason and then freezes them.This would be nice over waf-fles or pancakes. Note therange in sugar. Dependingupon the sweetness of the ber-ries, you may need more, orless. For restricted diets, use asugar and butter substitute.

1/2 stick butter (4 table-spoons)

1/2 to 1 cup sugar2 generous cups blueber-

ries, fresh or frozen2-3 tablespoons fresh lem-

on juice1 tablespoon cornstarchPlace butter, sugar and

berries in pan. Cook over medi-um heat for 5 minutes, or untilberries pop. Combine lemonjuice and cornstarch and stirinto sauce.

Cook until thickened, about3-5 minutes. Makes about 3cups. Store in refrigerator.Warm before serving.

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

Red velvet cake makes Valentine’s Day sweeter

Rita HeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN

THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD

Scratch-made red velvet cake is the perfect accompaniment to Valentine’s Day.

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If you’d like to send yourchild to a different school nextyear, now’s the time to start theprocess of researching youroptions.

As Kentucky commem-orates National School ChoiceWeek this month at 95 eventsacross the state, and nearly11,000 events nationwide, manyparents will begin evaluatingthe educational opportunitiesthat are available for theirchildren.

Believe it or not, seats inschools are already beginningto fill up for the 2015-2016school year. Interest in schoolchoice – the process of activelychoosing a public, charter,magnet, private, or onlineschool – is high. That meansthat waiting until the spring orthe summer to begin research-ing schools for your childrencould restrict your options.

No handbook or tip sheet

can truly guideparentsthrough theentire processof selecting aschool, be-cause choosingschools is anindividualexperiencethat will beunique to ev-ery family.

However,parents can start by making alist of the attributes that theyhope to find in an ideal school.Ask yourself: what’s most im-portant to you and to the aca-demic, social, and emotionalwell-being of your child? Is itthe academic performance of aschool, school safety, the in-structional methods, the qual-ifications of teachers, theschool’s educational theme, aschool’s shared values, or other

factors?Once you’ve identified what

matters most, start lookinginto the options available toyou. In addition to the localpublic school, you may be eligi-ble to send your child to aschool outside of your ZIPcode, or in a different schooldistrict. Look into nearby char-ter schools and magnetschools. Don’t leave privateand faith-based schools offyour list! You might be able tofind scholarships to cover thecosts of tuition. And for somefamilies, online learning andhomeschooling work best.

To find the options availableto you, look at informationfrom the Kentucky Depart-ment of Education, as well asinformation on state-basededucation reform or schoolchoice organization websites.For a directory of most schoolsin your area, along with parent

rankings and some perfor-mance metrics, parents canvisit this website: greatschool-s.org.

With your list of require-ments and your list of schoolsin hand, start making appoint-ments to visit the schools. Askto sit in on classes, and makesure to ask as many questionsas possible of teachers, theadministration, and supportstaff.

You’ll want to find out whatmotivates the adults in thebuilding, while also seeing howthe students in the classesrespond to their teachers. Askyourself: is this a place whereI’d want to send my child formost of his or her weekdaywaking hours?

Finally, make sure to talkwith other parents – and toyour own children. Ask par-ents how the schools’ adminis-trators treat parents, and

whether they welcome, ordiscourage, parental involve-ment.

And most importantly, askyour children about their per-ceptions of the schools thatyou’ve visited. Find out whatexcites and motivates yourchild at school, but also askabout their worries, concernsand apprehensions.

Making the decision tochange schools certainly isn’teasy. And switching schoolsisn’t a piece of cake, either. Butif you start now, and plan outthe journey, you’ll find that thedestination – a great school foryour child – is well worth thediligence and effort.

Andrew R. Campanella is the presi-dent of National School ChoiceWeek. National School Choice Week,Jan. 25-31, is America’s largest-evercelebration of opportunity in educa-tion.

Finding the right school for your child

Andrew R.CampanellaCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

Jan. 29 questionWhat do you think about

President Obama’s proposal topay for two years of communitycollege, effectively expandingschool to K-14 by taxing 529college savings plans?

“I think someone needs totake his pen away.”

Terri Due

“Just a bunch of non-sense.”

James Bartley

“I think if you want to go tocollege, pay for it yourself.My husband and I are settingup a nest egg for our childrento go to college. I don’t expecttaxpayers to foot the bill forour children’s college.

Elana Nichole Clifton

“Perhaps because when wehave a higher educated work-force the quality of jobs andwages increase, thereby in-creasing the tax base forthose programs that you willwish to use such as SocialSecurity and Medicare toname just few.”

Tessa Heaverin Blair

“So let them pay for col-lege. Because when they starthanding out free degrees,more people have them so thedemand for those degreesgoes down, making the pay forthose jobs go down also. Anddo you really think that moneyfrom the tax base will be usedfor Social Security or Medi-care? Social Security wassupposed to be separate andthey just borrowed and bor-rowed from it for other pro-jects.”

Kevin Kruetzkamp

“Scholarships are devel-oped and funded by specificpeople or groups, or even builtinto the college/university’scost of doing business, theydon’t fall on the total pop-ulation of taxpayers, and arebased on a factor(s) – grades,athletics, skills, ROTC, etc.They also usually requireapplying, and being selectedfrom the other applicationsbased on need/performance/

merit, not just a given.”Jodi Dolan

“Part of the separation ofpeople for job hire is college.Did you have the ambition tocontinue your education?There are plenty of ways tocontinue your education. Iserved our country to do so,my son is doing the same. Mydaughter is going to do it withher grades. I equate what thepresident wants to do to, wel-fare. There are already taxbreaks for student loans.There are grants.”

Christopher Shields

“The education at mostcommunity colleges aren’t upto par ... I would rather seebetter deals on educationloans.”

Pam Rokosz Seymour

“Why should other peoplefund my child’s college educa-tion? Forcibly taking moneyfrom one group and redistrib-uting the wealth = socialism =stealing.”

Joy Kent Tarleton

“I find it to be a completeand utter waste. This based onthe fact that the majority ofstudents whom graduate HS,were just pushed through thesystem, vs. truly having theknowledge. The $$$ should beput into elementary and HSefficiency programs. Repair-ing the education systemneeds to start at the bottomand work its way up.”

CarolAnn Starfieldbsd

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THIS WEEK’SQUESTIONThe governors of Ohio andKentucky last week announceda new plan to help pay for anew Brent Spence Bridge, whichincludes a 50 percent toll dis-count for daily users of thebridge. Is this a good idea? Whyor why not?

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

As flu cases are on the rise,the risk of our area seniorsbeing hospitalized spikes to itshighest of the year, despite thefact that almost half of thesehospitalizations (49 percent)can be avoided with properprevention.

According to a new studyof nurses who work primarilywith seniors, January, Febru-ary and March are the heightof hospitalization season forseniors due primarily to respi-ratory infections, such as fluor pneumonia, and other win-ter hazards, such as slips andspills on slippery surfaces likesidewalks and exterior stairs.

The critical factor in reduc-ing this spike in area hospital-izations this winter is familyinvolvement. Nearly allnurses (99 percent) HomeInstead Senior Care surveyedrecently say that the rolefamilies play in keeping sen-iors out of the hospital is justas important as the role of themedical community.

It could be doing somethingas simple as making sure yourparents are using assistiveequipment to avoid falls orsuggesting they see a doctorfor any new aches or symp-toms. Of course, getting the

flu shot andfrequentlyhand-washinghelps, too.

The mostcommon ac-tion by sen-iors that putsthem at riskof hospitaliza-tion is waitingtoo long toseek medicalattention,according to

the nurses surveyed. Theyestimate that nearly half of allseniors (47 percent) put offmedical appointments or haveproblems accessing medicalcare.

Not following doctor’s or-ders also puts seniors at risk.Families play a critical role inmaking sure their seniorloved ones fully understandand comply with medicalinstructions.

To help families identifyand act on potential warningsigns, we are offering “TheFive Ways to Prevent SeniorHospitalizations” guide thatwas developed with Dr. Caro-lyn Clevenger, incoming presi-dent of the GerontologicalAdvanced Practice Nurses

Association. The free guideincludes information aboutcommon risk factors and thesteps that families can take tohelp ensure a healthy life-style.

The recommendationsinclude:

» Make sure the senior istaking preventative healthmeasures – like getting a flushot or shingles vaccination

» Encourage the use ofassistive equipment

» Monitor and/or assistwith medications

» Attend doctor’s visits andbe a medical advocate foryour senior

» Assess your senior’sbalance

» Make sure your senior isable to safely drive

» Check in on aging lovedones regularly

Additional free resourcescan be found athttp://bit.ly/5WaysSeniors. Toobtain a copy of the Five Waysto Prevent Senior Hospitaliza-tions guide, please call ouroffice at 859-282-8682.

Eric Schuermann is owner of theHome Instead Senior Care fran-chise serving Boone, Campbell andKenton counties.

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When you donate a part ofyour state tax refund to theFarms to Food Banks TrustFund, you’re helping Kentuck-ians in unfortunate circum-stances – some of them yourfriends and neighbors – gainaccess to fresh, nutritious,local foods. You’re also help-ing Kentucky farmers make aliving. It’s good for economicdevelopment, and it’s consis-tent with Kentucky values ofcompassion and generosity.

A nonprofit that benefitsfrom the trust fund, the Ken-tucky Association of FoodBanks’ Farms to Food Banksprogram, pays farmers forproduce that retailers don’twant because of minor blem-ishes or size discrepanciesand distributes it to low-in-come Kentuckians. Farmers

are able togeneraterevenue forproduct theywould nothave beenable to sellotherwise,and healthyfood is con-sumed ratherthan beingplowed underin the field.

The Farms to Food Banksprogram received a grant of$41,433 from the KentuckyDepartment of Agriculture in2014 thanks to donations fromindividuals who designated aportion of their state incometax refund to the Farms toFood Banks Trust Fund.

In 2014, 373 Kentucky

farmers from 66 countieswere paid an average of$1,450 for the produce theyprovided to the KAFB’sFarms to Food Banks pro-gram. More than 3 millionpounds of Kentucky-grownfruits and vegetables weredistributed to our hungryneighbors. For more informa-tion, go to www.kafb.org.

In Kentucky, 1 in 6 of ourneighbors – including nearly 1in 4 children – is food inse-cure. As we commemorateFarms to Food Banks Month, Ihope all Kentuckians will joinme in donating a portion ofyour state tax refund to theFarms to Food Banks TrustFund.

James Comer is Kentucky’s agricul-ture commissioner.

Farms to food banks helps Ky.’s hungry

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Bowling» Regional results from last

week:Boys Region 5 teamSeeding: 1. Highlands 1,332, 2.

Simon Kenton 1,203, 3. NCC1,113, 4. Campbell 1,088, 5. New-port 991, 6. Dayton 982, 7. Bros-sart 955, 8. Scott 882, 9. Pendle-ton Co. 864.

First round: Scott d. Pendle-ton County 3-2 (172-141, 119-145,151-163, 165-113, 177-139).

Quarterfinals: Highlands d.Scott 3-2, Campbell Co. d. New-port 3-0 (221-161, 200-168, 239-143), NCC d. Dayton 3-1(189-184,

188-130, 178-213, 235-139), SK d.Brossart 3-0 (163-144, 192-167,200-112).

Semifinals: SK d. NCC 3-0(244-154, 185-137, 185-171),Campbell d. Highlands 3-0 (174-173, 213-170, 185-179).

Finals: SK d. Campbell 3-1(172-184, 224-214, 214-200,245-195).

Boys Region 5 singles:State qualifiers: Austin Hitt

(Campbell) champion, Jon Cum-mins (SK), Andy Campbell(Highlands), Brian Fecher (SK).

Medalists: James Killen(Highlands), Joel Grosser(NCC), Jake Barton (Campbell),Cody Hail (SK).

Others: 9. Bobbie Meyer(NCC), 10. Paul Grosser (NCC),

11. Jake Bowling (SK), 12. AaronRuschman (Brossart), 13. TylerWidmeyer (Campbell), 14. Tre-vor Mattingly (Highlands), 15.Donovan Mayes (Newport), 16.JC Racke (Campbell), 17. JakeFarley (Highlands), 18. GaryTipton (Dayton), 19. Brian Mc-Donald (Scott), 20. Brett Martin(Brossart), 21. James Krauth(Scott), 23. Chance Patterson(Scott), 24. Max McHugh (NCC),26. Joe Heim (Brossart), 27.Joey Feltner (Dayton), 28. SamFliessner (Brossart), 29. JoshBird (Newport), 30. Kenny Mar-dis (Newport), 31. Jimmy Smith(Newport), 33. Jordan Robbins(Dayton), 35. Austin Stevens(Scott), 36. Elijah Johnson (Day-ton).

Girls Region 5 teamSeeding: 1. Highlands 852, 2.

Simon Kenton 838, 3. Newport799, 4. Scott 751, 5. Brossart 735,6. Newport Central Catholic 734,7. Campbell County 709, 8, Pen-dleton County 705.

Quarterfinals: Highlands d.Pendleton Co. 3-1 (165-127, 157-121, 140-146, 144-137), Scott d.Brossart 3-1(169-112, 166-94, 151-169, 147-127), Newport d. New-Cath 3-1 (136-95, 135-132, 90-150,167-113), Simon Kenton d. Camp-bell Co. 3-1 (145-182, 133-117, 160-138, 188-123).

Semifinals: Highlands d.Scott 3.5-1.5 (118-138, 138-123,163-163, 163-147, 175-136), SK d.Newport 3-1 (147-131, 139-150,182-116, 165-118).

Finals: Highlands d. SK 3-0(211-108, 172-168, 151-140).

Girls Region 5 singlesState qualifiers: Elizabeth

Masminster (Dayton) champi-on, Becca Nienaber (Scott), Kat-lyn Hoeh (Newport), MirenaCombs (Newport).

Medalists: Katelyn Schneid-er (Highlands), Michelle Thom-as (SK), Erica Hickman (Camp-bell), Erica Travis (SK).

Others: 9. Vanessa Cheesman(SK), 10. Kathryn Ball (High-lands), 11. Emrel Woody (High-lands), 12. Abbey Parrott (High-lands), 13. Stephanie Ross(Scott), 14. Kelsey Iles (SK), 15.Hannah Heuser (Campbell), 16.

SHORT HOPS

By James [email protected]

See SHORT HOPS, Page B2

FRANKFORT, Ky. — - As thesecond-leading scorer for theyear at 16 points per game, BenWeyer has had several biggames for the Newport CentralCatholic boys basketball team.

None bigger than Sunday,when he scored 19 points in thefirst half to lead the Thorough-breds to a resounding thump-ing of Monroe County (22-3) 78-36 in the championship game ofthe All “A” Classic state tour-nament at Frankfort Conven-tion Center.

NCC (20-3) won its thirdstraight championship, thefirst team to do so, and won itsfourth overall. It has won by anaverage of 22 points in 12 tour-nament games in that run. The42-point margin is by far themost in tournament history forthe championship game.

“We’ll celebrate this tonightbut we got work to do,” saidWeyer. “We want to win the re-gion, go down to Rupp and playfor the state championship.”

The Thoroughbreds rolledon offense from the get-go. Ju-nior guard Zach Pangallo hit a3-pointer on the opening pos-session, then Weyer scoredthree baskets to stake NCC to a9-4 lead, the last one being adunk.

Weyer poured it on afterNCC senior center Drew Mc-Donald went to the bench forhis second foul late in the firstquarter. He made 7-of-10 shotsin the first half including a pairof 3-pointers.

“I feel like everything Ithrew up went in,” Weyer said.“I came out ready to play. I wasexcited. I wasn’t nervous.We’ve been here before. I loveit. (When McDonald went out),I knew I might have to do a lit-tle more but I knew I couldcount on my teammates too. It’a team effort. We all got to playtogether and we know if we cando that, we can win any game.”

Weyer finished with a game-high 26 points and also had sev-en rebounds. He also played de-

fense on Monroe senior guardDillon Geralds, who had 14points on just 5-of-14 shooting.He averages 17 on the year.

“I knew he could shoot anddrive and that he was going totry and do both,” Weyer said.“He did hit some shots but Ifeel like I contested them. He’sgoing to get his shots.”

Said head coach Ron Dawn:“Unbelievable game, not justoffensively but he guardedtheir best player, a kid who isan outstanding player. Ben dida great job on him. He did ev-erything we asked. Ben reallystepped it up.”

Thoroughbreds thrashfoe for All ‘A’ threepeatBy James [email protected]

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NewCath celebrates with its championship trophy.

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CAMPBELL COUNTY — Thecounty of Campbell has fivebowling centers in regular use,so it’s no surprise that many ofthe top high school bowlers livein the area.

County bowlers picked upmuch of the hardware last weekduring the KHSAA Region 5championships at Super BowlBellewood in Newport, and theywill play in the state tourna-ment Feb. 12-13 in Lexington.

Dayton junior ElizabethMasminster, the top seed, cap-tured her first regional girlssingles championship with a177-148 win in the step-bracketfinal over the fourth-seededBecca Nienaber of Scott. Mas-minster was runner-up lastyear. She averaged 189 in fivegames of qualifying to take thetop seed and only had to bowlone game for the title.

“It’s feels amazing to win be-cause of the competition,” saidMasminster, who played for theDayton boys’ bowling team dur-ing the regular schedule in ab-sence of a girls’ team. She’s thedaughter of Paul Masminster.He holds the Super Bowl Belle-wood house record with an 879

Masminster,Hitt winregionaltitlesBy James [email protected] Gannett News Service


Newport’s Katlyn Hoeh will returnto state, while teammate MirenaCombs joins her.

See BOWLING, Page B2

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Michelle Eddy (Dayton),17. Rachel Combs (Camp-bell), 18. Amanda Connell(Scott), 19. McKennahCorman (Dayton), 20.Sydney Hamilton (New-port), 21. Dominique Gal-licchio (Newport), 22.Stacey Dedden (Scott),23. Kalie Race (Camp-bell), 24. CassandraSpoonmore (Brossart),25. Julia Dill (NCC), 26.Demetria Reynolds (Day-ton), 27. Jill Barth (NCC),28, Amber Greis (NCC),31. Summer Zink (Bros-sart), 32. Madison Pro-

doehl (Brossart), 33. Lau-ren Sendelbach (Bros-sart), 34. Katie Vickers(NCC).

Boys basketball» Bishop Brossart

beat Calvary Christian78-35 Jan. 26. JacksonCrawford had 18 pointsand 15 rebounds.

» Dayton beat VillaMadonna 51-39 Jan. 30.Sam Brewer had 23points.

» Newport beatBellevue 78-48 Jan. 28.Newport’s Ethan Snappscored 24 points includ-ing his 1,000th careerpoint. He also added 11as-sists. Rico Hollis added 14points for Newport.

» Silver Grove beatCovington Latin 68-53Jan. 26. Randy Kuntzscored 20 points anddished out nine assists,while Billy Millernotched a double-doublewith 13 points and 14 re-bounds. SG beat Robert-son County 71-69 Jan. 30.Kuntz hit two free throwsto break a 69-69 tie withfive seconds to go. He had20 points in the game. An-thony Turcios scored 17including his 1,000th ca-reer point.

Girls basketball » Bishop Brossart

beat Calvary Christian66-29. Emily Schultz had13 points.

» Campbell Countybeat Notre Dame 46-44 inovertime Jan. 28. KylieKramer hit a runner astime expired in OT. Shehad 13 points and six re-bounds. Taylor Jolly add-ed 13 points.

» Newport beat St.Henry 62-53 Jan. 31. KylieOrr led Newport with 18points.

» Newport CentralCatholic beat Bellevue62-22: The Thorough-breds hit 12 3-pointers inthe victory. Senior SarahNeace scored a game-high 15 points, makingfive 3-pointers. LexyBreen added 11points andAshley Davenport 10 forthe Thoroughbreds.

SHORT HOPS

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series.Nienaber, the lowest

seed in the step-bracketround, won 214-212 in thethird-place match againstNewport’s Katlyn Hoeh,the 2012 regional singleschampion and third atstate that season. This isthe first year at Newportthat Hoeh isn’t playingthree sports. She had thetop regular-season bowl-ing average at 194. Hoehwas a basketball starterbut gave up that sport.

“Giving up basketballfreed up more time forbowling, and I got to prac-tice more,” said Hoeh, afour-time state singlesqualifier. She has bowlingscholarship offers fromCampbellsville and theUniversity of the Cumber-lands.

The top four regionalfinishers advanced to thestate singles tournamentFeb. 12-13 at Collins East-land Lanes in Lexington.This is the first time thatNewport is sending twogirls to the event. MirenaCombs also qualified af-ter finishing fourth. Sheshot 884 in five games ofqualifying (177 average).

It was a humbling dayfor upperclassmen at theRegion 5 boys’ singlestournament. A pair ofeighth-graders battled inthe step-bracket champi-onship. Campbell Coun-ty’s Austin Hitt, 13, be-came the youngest boys’singles champion in Re-gion 5 history with a 188-147 upset win in the finalover Simon Kenton’s Jon-athan Cummins, the topseed.

The third-seeded Hittdefeated fourth-seededBrian Fecher of SimonKenton, 203-182 in thefirst round. Hitt, the Cam-els’ third boys’ regionalsingles champion in fouryears, beat second-seed-ed Andy Campbell of

Highlands, 211-202, in thethird-place match. Twoweeks ago, Hitt - whosefather Josh and grandfa-ther Rick are the namesbehind Hitt’s Pro Shop atWalt’s Center Lanes inNewport - was fifth on theCamels in average. Hittwas third in qualifying atthe regional with 1,056, a211 average.

“It just makes it feellike anything’s possible,”he said. “Sometimes itdoesn’t matter what yourage is.”

Upsets made theirmark in the boys regionalas well when Highlands,the top seed, was eliminat-ed by Campbell County inthe semifinals. Highlandsaveraged 222 in qualify-ing to easily earn the topseed in the regional.Campbell averaged 181.

Campbell had won theprevious two regional ti-tles but had sufferedsome graduation losses.Match-play starters wereHitt, Tyler Probst, JCRacke, Jake Martin andTyler Widmeyer.

The Camels fell to Si-mon Kenton 3-1 in the fi-nals. Campbell won thefirst game before the Pio-neers averaged 228 thenext three to take the title,including a resounding245 to close out the match.

Beating Highlands wasthe crucial task of thenight for the Camels.Campbell head coachWayne Heringer said atough spare conversionby Martin swung the tidein the Camels’ favor.

“That really gave us alot of momentum,” Herin-ger said. “Highlandsmissed a few spares andthat was the key. Every-body can throw strikesbut you have to be able tofill frames and we werefortunate enough to dothat.”

Heringer will retirefrom teaching and coach-ing after this school yearends, and is enjoying onelast chance to lead thebowling program to state.

BowlingContinued from Page B1

Pangallo, NCC’s pointguard, had five points anda whopping 10 assists inthe first half, ending with12 dishes and 12 points fora double-double. Pangalloassisted on 10 of NCC’s 14first-half field goals. Hewas named tournamentmost valuable player.

“It’s all up to my team-mates making shots,” hesaid. “I just try to createand get them open. Thebig thing for me is to geteverybody going.”

NCC led 59-32 afterthree quarters then quick-ly scored the first eight ofthe fourth quarter to pushthe lead to 35 and start arunning clock.

NCC shot 29-of-46 (63percent for the game) in-cluding 9-of-21 from 3-point range. NCC was 20-of-25 (80 percent) from in-side the arc and made 11-of-13 free throws. NCC ou-trebounded Monroe by 23,40-17.

McDonald had 19points and nine reboundsand was named an all-tournament pick alongwith Weyer and GrantMoeves. Junior guardJohn Ludwig added ninepoints including a pair ofkey first-half 3-pointers.

NCC is 9-0 since losing58-48 to Covington Catho-lic in a Friday night con-test Jan. 16 at the Bank ofKentucky Center, a lossDawn said sparked theteam.

“We were disappoint-ed,” Dawn said. “We were

off Saturday then prac-ticed Sunday and it wasthe best practice we hadall year. Cov Cath is anoutstanding team and wesaw things that we neededto get better at. Every daysince then, we’ve beenworking towards gettingbetter and getting tough-er.”

NCC is also one of thestate’s top overall teamsand Thoroughbreds willrefocus the next threeweeks on peaking in thepostseason.

“It’s a great feeling tocome down here and winthree in a row,” Pangallosaid. “It’s one of our goalsthis season but definitelywe’re going to get back towork on the Ninth Re-gion.”

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Newport Central Catholic’sZach Pangallo shoots twoover Monroe County, duringthe final round Feb. 1.

The NKAC swimmingand diving meets wereJan. 30-31 at Scott HighSchool. Results:

Boys team scores: 1.Covington Catholic 442, 2.Dixie Heights 183, 3. Scott140, 4. Highlands 111, 5.Ryle 106, 6. Boone County89, 7. Campbell County 60,8t. Cooper 53, 8t Beech-wood 53, 8t St. Henry 53,11. Simon Kenton 46, 12.Holy Cross 32, 13. Conner13, Calvary Christian 12.Event winners:200MR–Covington Catho-lic 1:44.04; 200 free–Ha-ney (Beechwood) 1:44.94;200IM–Newman (Cov-Cath) 1:58.41; 50 free–Sh-eets and McMillen (Cov-Cath) 22.77; 100Fly–Sims(Dixie Heights) 55.96; 100free–Haney (Beechwood)48.64; 500 free–Meyer(CovCath) 4:47.27;200FR–Covington Catho-lic 1:31.92, 100Back–Mey-er (CovCath) 54.54;100Breast–Grubb (Scott)1:01.96; 400FR–CovCath

3:17.38. Diving: 1. LouisHunt (Covington Catho-lic) 556.40, 2. Nick Fox(Scott) 441.75, 3. DallasCorsmeier (St. Henry)439.55, 4. Owen Finke(Holy Cross) 369.80, 5.Gus Staubitz (Holy Cross)317.20. Girls team scores:1. Notre Dame Academy453, 2. Highlands 227, 3.Dixie Heights 190, 4. Ryle128, 5. Holy Cross 78, 6.Cooper 72, 7. Scott 68, 8.Simon Kenton 67, 9. Villa

Madonna 36, 10. Beech-wood 20, 11. Boone County18, 12. Campbell County17, 13. Conner 4, 14. St.Henry 3 Event winners:200MR–Notre DameAcademy 1:50.81;200free–Skinner (NDA)1:53.02; 200IM–Vonder-haar (NDA) 2:14.82;50free–Morgan (NDA)24.91; 100Fly–Beil (DH)57.78, 100 free–Smith(NDA) 54.38, 500 free–S-kinner (NDA) 5:04.58,

200FR–Notre DameAcademy 1:43.38,100Back–Smith (NDA)1:00.38, 100Breast–Von-derhaar (NDA) 1:07.32,400FR–NDA 3:43.90. Div-ing: 1. Carly Hill (High-lands) 499.25, 2. LindseyFox (Scott) 485.25, 3. Kar-ly Crail (Notre DameAcademy) 482.8, 4. Caro-line Schilling (Beech-wood) 412.75, 5. FrancieCase (Notre Dame Acad-emy) 373.40.

Teams do well at NKAC meet

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Amberlee Stemmer ofCampbell County swims thebreaststroke.


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John Leopold of CampbellCounty swims thebreaststroke.


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Kyle Houston of CampbellCounty swims thebackstroke.

nal. Played basketballfor Kentucky State.Scored 1,331 points atNewport.

Larry Miles (1962) –All-state football playerand team captain in 1961-62. Honorable mentionAll-American. Playedfootball for TennesseeState for one year.

Lester Pate (1963) –Earned 11 letters in bas-ketball, track and foot-ball. Starter on the 1962regional champs in bas-ketball. Set regional rec-ords in three trackevents.

Hank Lowe (1963) –Earned four letters eachin basketball and base-ball. Started on the 1962regional champion hoopsteam. Co-captain in 1963and named second teamAll-American.

Eugene Britton-Car-ter (1964) – Lettered inbasketball, track, foot-ball and cross country.Scored 1,445 points inbasketball, leading the1962 regional champs.He was all-state in 1962

Hall of Fame induc-tees, Jan. 17, 2015

1954 boys basketballteam – Ron Derrick,Jack Schiller, Don McDa-niels, Don Walz, MarlanReams, Ralph Chapman,Henry Green, JerryWeier, Norman Youtsey,Roger Quinn, Jim Fang-man, Jerry Morris, RonBridewell, Bill Morton,John Morton, Ron Pigg,Don Deitrich, Jim Brad-bury, John Turner, LarryRedmond, Ed Huffman,Gary Rawe, Paul Berg-mann, Jim Thompson,Stan Arnzen, Edwin Bur-ton.

Larry Redmond(1954) – Four-year letter-man in basketball. All-state honoree. Memberof 1954 state runner-up.Scored 67 points in theregional tournament and18 points in the state fi-nal. All-tourney team atstate in 1954. Played atEastern Kentucky Uni-versity. Scored 1,318points at Newport.

Ed Huffman (1955) –Inside force for 1954state basketball runner-up. Ran track for fouryears. Scored 24 points inthe 1954 regional final.All-tourney selection atSweet 16.

Richard Lienhardt(1960) – Two-time statechampion in 180 low hur-dles. Letter winner infootball and swimmingas well. Ran track atEKU.

Charlie Pate (1962) –Nine-time letter winnerin basketball, track, foot-ball and cross country.Led Newport to the 1962regional championshipin hoops, scoring 28points in the regional fi-

and 1963, and had hisnumber 44 retired Jan. 8.

James Reed (1965) –Played basketball, foot-ball and track. Earnedfive letters.

Roger Riedinger(1965) – Set severalschool track records.Was undefeated in thediscus his senior yearand his school record inthat event has stoodsince then. He competedin track at UC.

John Warren (1968) –He averaged 28.4 pointsin his final five gamesand was an outstandingshooter, averaging 16points in hoops his senioryear.

Thomas Laskey(1968) – Earned 10 lettersin basketball, footballand track. Team captainin hoops as a senior, lead-ing the team in rebound-ing and a 21-5 record. Hehad 1,265 points.

William Bonner(1971) – He scored 1,573points in basketball, andwas all-region in 1968. Heaveraged 21 points and

24 rebounds a game as ajunior.

Joe Stamm (1983) –Four-year letter winnerin baseball, compiling a32-2 record on themound. Hehad an ERAaround 1.00. He led theWildcats to the 1982 re-gional title. Had 15strikeouts or more eighttimes, including a careerhigh of 18. He hit .375 forhis career and was two-time all-state. He playedtwo years at CumberlandUniversity.

Keith Greene (1992) –He scored 1,901 points,more than 20 per game,and averaged one stealand 2.3 assists. He wasall-state in 1992. A career54-percent shooter in-cluding 45 percent from3-point land, Greeneplayed at NKU.

Bill Maloney – Hekept stats for boys bas-ketball from 1967 to 2000and for football from1977-99. He was also theofficial scorekeeper forthe Ninth Region tourna-ment for many years.

1954 state runner-ups honored


Members and representatives for the 1954 Newport state runner-up team, from left, JohnRatliff, Jim Bradbury, Amy McIntosh (daughter of Ed Huffman), Norman Youtsey, MarlonReams, Bill Morton, Donna Dahmann (daughter of Stan Arnzen). Newport High School Hallof Fame inductions, Jan. 17.

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Campbell Rotaryholds Barleycorn’sbenefit

The Rotary Club ofCampbell County is “tak-ing over” the three Bar-leycorn’s Restaurants inNorthern Kentucky on

Feb. 12. The “take-over” is to

raise funds for the organi-zation’s community ser-vice projects such asyouth camps, books,clothing and food banks.

Barleycorn’s will do-nate a percentage of the

receipts from that day tothe Rotary, so make sureto mention Campbell Ro-tary to your server. Thereare Barleycorn’s loca-tions in Florence, Lake-side Park and Cold Spring.

Fundraiser supportsemergency shelter

Tickets are availablefor “Homeless to Hope-ful,” a fundraising eventto support the EmergencyShelter of Northern Ken-tucky.

The party will be 7-10p.m. Feb. 20 at NotreDame Academy Theatre,1699 Hilton Drive, ParkHills. There will be a cashbar, silent auctions andraffles. Auction items in-clude autographed Ben-gals memorabilia andReds memorabilia andtickets. Tickets are $15 foradults; $5 for students

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Public retirees meetat Golden Corral

FORT WRIGHT — TheFebruary meeting of theNorthern Kentucky Chap-ter of Kentucky PublicRetirees (KPR) will be11:45 a.m. Feb. 9 at GoldenCorral restaurant, 488 Or-

phanage Road in FortWright.

Public employees andretirees who receivebenefits from County Em-ployment RetirementSystem, State Police Re-tirement System and Ken-tucky Employees Retire-ment System are encour-aged to attend.

The program will belegislative and retirementsystems update.

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KSO hostsValentine’s ‘JumpJive & Wail’

The Kentucky Sym-phony Orchestra’s 21stValentine Gala offers mu-sic from the Roaring ‘20sand the swing revival ofthe 1990s. The event,“Jump Jive & Wail,” willbe 6:30 p.m. Feb. 14 at TheNewport Syndicate.

A cocktail hour allowsflappers and wiseguys thechance to chat and browsea silent auction before athree-course dinner.

The KSO’s NewportRagtime Band with vocal-ists Kathy Wade, DeondraMeans and Troy Hitch willlight up the dance floorwith tunes of Prohibition,

straight from WLW’s andNewport’s hey-day.

Then the room spins,jumps, jives and wailsthrough the sounds of theKSO’s brand new group –The Devou-Doo Daddies –as it covers the swing re-vival acts of the 1990s.(Big Bad Voodoo Daddy,Brian Setzer and more.)

You can preview andbid on items online atkyso.org starting Feb. 6.

Catholic Charitiesoffers homebuyerclass

A free HomebuyerEducation Class will be of-fered by Catholic Chari-ties, 3629 Church St., Co-vington.

Learn about managingmoney, budgeting, insur-ance, inspections, mort-gage lending, Realtors,protecting your invest-ment and predatory lend-ing.

The classes will be onSaturday, Feb. 7, and 9a.m. to Saturday, March 7.Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.on both dates.

Registration is re-quired. Call 859-581-8974.

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» Newport CentralCatholic vs. Notre Dameat 7 p.m.

Admission is $5 foradults, $2 for students andsenior citizens. Children 6and under free. Proceedswill benefit Catholic Char-ities and the Alliance forCatholic Urban Educa-tion.

NKU president todiscuss healthinnovation center

On Tuesday, Feb. 10,the Northern KentuckyChamber of Commercewill present “Eggs ‘N Is-sues: NKU’s Health Inno-vation Center” from7:30-9 a.m. at ReceptionsBanquet & ConferenceCenter in Erlanger.

Northern KentuckyUniversity PresidentGeoffrey Mearns will ad-dress the audience onNKU’s Health InnovationCenter, opening in fall2017.

Local 12 Health andMedical Reporter Liz Bo-nus will emcee the event.This program is producedin collaboration with theChamber’s Employer So-lutions’ focus on health,wellness and safety.

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Theft of the batterieswas reported to FortThomas Police Depart-ment at 2:39 p.m. Monday,Jan. 26.

Someone broke into thebase of a T-Mobile cell-phone tower, said Lt. RichWhitford, a spokesman forthe department. Whitfordsaid he has heard of simi-lar thefts happeningaround Cincinnati andNorthern Kentucky.

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3 arrested afterSWAT drug raid inFlorence

FLORENCE — Threemen, all of Florence, werearrested in Boone CountyJan. 24 after SWAT teamsand the Boone CountySheriff's Department exe-cuted search warrants as apart of a narcotics investi-gation.

Mecko Williams, 36;Fernando Pedraza, 21; andSergio Pedraza, 22, wereall charged with traffick-ing in cocaine. Williamswas also charged with traf-ficking in heroin and felo-ny possession of a hand-gun.

Police executed twosearch warrants in the 200block of Melinda Lane andthe 100 block of Patty Laneafter a joint cocaine andheroin trafficking investi-gation.

Officials said that theNorthern Kentucky DrugStrike Force, the Ken-tucky State Police DrugEnforcement/Special In-vestigations Unit and offi-

cers from the DEA Cincin-nati Resident Office all as-sisted in the investigationand search.

SWAT was used afterinvestigators believed thesuspects would be armed.

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Man breaks into MaiThai in Florence

Police are looking forthe man who was caughton tape breaking into aThai restaurant/sushi barin Florence in January.

The Florence Police De-partment posted video sur-veillance footage on itsFacebook page. The man isseen breaking and enter-ing at Mai Thai on U.S. 42.

The break-in took placejust before 4 a.m. Jan. 12,but police are still seekinghelp.

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Henry Molski, Enquirer

Second shootingsuspect has beenarrested

The second suspect in afatal Covington shootinghas been arrested, accord-ing to jail records. SimeonMcKinnie, identified as asuspect last week, wasbooked into the KentonCounty Detention Centerjust before midnight Sun-

day.He is charged with mur-

der and assault, accordingto jail records.

McKinnie, 20, is ac-cused of playing a role in adouble shooting in the 1300block of Hands Pike onJan. 22. The shooting leftone person dead and an-other injured.

Police previously ar-rested Delaun Hayes, 21,for murder and assaultcharges in connection tothe incident. Hayes plead-ed not guiltylast week. Heis scheduled to make an-other court appearanceWednesday.

McKinnie was ar-raigned Monday and is be-ing held on a $500,000 bond

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Herbert BlickHerbert Xavier Blick, 65, of

Fort Thomas, died Jan. 23.He had worked for UPS and

was currently working for theFort Thomas Recreation De-partment. He was a member ofNext Chapter Life in Fort Thom-as, an avid golfer, and refereeand umpire for many years.

Survivors include his daugh-ters Julie Overman, Tracy Gels,Heather Horton, and JenniferBlick Rose; and 11 grandchil-dren.

Memorials: To Cooper Funer-al Home in honor of HerbertBlick.

Joan BrownJoan Claire Kees Brown, 82,

of Cold Spring, died Jan. 21.She graduated from Holmes

High School and the Universityof Cincinnati, where she wasSophos Queen. She was an avidgolfer and worked as a pas-senger representative forCanadian Pacific Railroad. Shetraveled extensively through-out Mexico, Canada andEurope, where she met friendsand dignitaries wherever shewent. She and her husbandowned Kees Brothers Liquorsand Delicatessen in Covingtonand she helped create thegifted and talented program inthe Fort Thomas IndependentSchool District. She was also aninvolved member of the Philan-thropic Educational Organiza-tion for many years.

Her brother, Richard HenryKees, died previously.

Survivors include her hus-band, William Faye Brown;daughter, Dr. Jubilee Brown ofHouston, Texas; and two grand-children.

Burial was at EvergreenCemetery in Southgate.

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

Loretta BuckleyLoretta A. “Vava” Geiger

Buckley, 98, of Bellevue, diedJan. 24 at her home.

She was a homemaker,member of Divine Mercy Parishin Bellevue, and graduate ofOur Lady of Providence HighSchool.

Her husband, Kenneth L.Buckley; and granddaughter,Katherine Rosenbaum, diedpreviously.

Survivors include her daugh-ter, Lorri Rosenbaum of Belle-vue; and two grandchildren.

Burial was at St. StephenCemetery in Fort Thomas.

Memorials: SIDS Alliance ofGreater Cincinnati and North-ern Kentucky, 3333 BurnetAve., Cincinnati, OH 45229.

Marvin DeatonMarvin “Bob” Deaton, 88, of

Alexandria, died Jan. 20 at hishome.

He was a U.S. Navy veteran,who served during World WarII. He had retired from GeneralMotors in Norwood as a driver.

His wife, Pauline Deaton;son, Kenneth Deaton; andsister, Fannie Jean Schrode,died previously.

Survivors include his childrenDennis Deaton and DianeDeaton; siblings Trudy Martino,Judy Rowell, G.B. Deaton, andDavid Deaton; and one grand-daughter.

Burial was at EvergreenCemetery.

Memorials: St. ElizabethHealthcare Hospice, 483 S.Loop Road, Edgewood, KY41017.

Jerome EisenmanJerome “Jerry” Francis Eisen-

man 84, of California, died Jan.27 at River Valley NursingHome in Butler, Kentucky.

He was a U.S. Army veteran,who served during World WarII and was stationed in Germa-ny. He was a member of Sts.Peter & Paul Church.

His wife, JoAnn Eisenman,died previously.

Survivors include his childrenJeff Eisenman, Victoria Butsch,Greg Eisenman, and Kim Be-zold; sister, Sr. Victoria Eisen-man; and nine grandchildrenalong with two great-grand-daughters.

Memorials: Sts. Peter & PaulWomen Who Care or the Sts.Peter & Paul Youth Ministry,2162 California Cross Roads,California, KY 41007.

Jean GarlichJean E. Boekley Garlich, 79,

of Southgate, died Jan. 22 atSt. Elizabeth Medical Center inFort Thomas.

She was a retired clerk withthe DAV in Cold Spring and shewas a long distance operatorand office manager for AT&T inCincinnati for 15 years. She alsoworked as a processor for theIRS in Covington.

Her husband, Ralph P. Gar-lich, died previously.

Survivors include her son,John Garlich; daughter, DebbieBrooker; brother, James Boek-ley Jr.; and three grandchildren.

Burial was at St. JosephCemetery in Camp Springs.

Memorials: St. ElizabethHospice, 483 S. Loop Road,Edgewood, KY 41017; or St.The-rese Parish, 11 Temple Place,Southgate, KY 41071.

Teresa GilbertTeresa Lynn Gilbert, 62, of

Fort Thomas, died Jan. 26 ather home.

She was a retired secretarywith American States InsuranceCo, and an active member ofHighland Avenue BaptistTabernacle Church in FortThomas. She loved softball andplaying left field for the Trav-elers and several other teamsthat played at Camp Springs,Vater’s, Rolling Hills, SoftballCity, and Riverstar.

Her parents, Elmo and Thel-ma Inman; husband, ErnieGilbert; and sister, Virginia SueInman, died previously.

Survivors include her sistersLinda Carmack, June Staab, andLois Merill; brother, TracyInman; and her dog, Skye.

Burial was at EvergreenCemetery in Southgate.

Memorials: St. ElizabethHealthcare Hospice, 483 S.Loop Road, Edgewood, KY41017; or American HeartAssociation, 5211 MadisonRoad, Cincinnati, OH 45227.

Janice HamiltonJanice P. Hamilton, 78, of

Cold Spring, died Jan. 24 at herfarm.

Her husband, Cecil Hamilton;and daughter, Claudia Hamil-ton, died previously.

Survivors include her chil-dren Regina Partin, Cecil Hamil-ton, and Robert Hamilton;brother, Billy French; and threegrandchildren.

Memorials: The Point ARC ofNorthern Kentucky, 104 W. PikeSt., Covington, KY 41011.

Ralph HoltRalph E. Holt, 78, of Alexan-

dria, died Jan. 23 at St. Eliza-beth Healthcare Hospice inEdgewood.

He retired from P&G after 36years and was a member of the

Summit Church of Christ inCold Spring. He loved musicand previously played leadguitar in a band known as theTristaters.

Survivors include his wife,Shirley A. Holt; children Ken-neth Holt, Rebecca Myers, andMark Holt; sister, Patricia Cha-pin; and six grandchildrenalong with four great-grand-children and his dog, Holly.

Burial was at AlexandriaCemetery.

Memorials: Summit Churchof Christ, 6015 Alexandria Pike,Cold Spring, KY 41076; orCampbell County AnimalShelter, P.O. Box 97, Mel-bourne, KY 41059.

Makenzie HornsbyMakenzie Lee Hornsby, 22,

of Crestview, died Jan. 23.Survivors include her daugh-

ter, Kinley Madison Hornsby;parents, George and TonyaHornsby; brother, BrennanHornsby; and grandparents,George and Pat Hornsby andLen and Charlene Beck.

Burial was at AlexandriaCemetery.

Memorials: To the family forthe benefit of Makenzie’sdaughter, Kinley.

Clifford Johnston Sr.Clifford E. Johnston Sr., 87, of

Cold Spring, died Jan. 21.His wife, Kathryn Johnston,

died previously.Survivors include his children

Clifford Johnston Jr., CynthiaMitchell, Amy Hardy, and MarkJohnston; and 11 grandchildrenalong with one great-grand-child.

Interment was at AlexandriaCemetery.

Frederic KaufmanFredric John Kaufman, 83, of

Cold Spring, died Jan. 24 at hishome.

He was a member of theLocal 212 and InternationalBrotherhood of Electrical

Workers for more than 60years. He was also a member ofSt. Joseph Parish in Cold Spring,where he was a member ofSpare Time Parishioners and aformer member of the St.Joseph Seniors. He coachedfootball, intramural basketball,and knothole baseball. He wasa U.S. Air Force veteran,servingduring the Korean War.

His son, Kent Kaufman, diedpreviously.

Survivors include his wife,Marietta Etta Feldmann Kauf-man; son, Kevin Kaufman ofGrants Lick, Kentucky; daugh-ters Kristina Bihl of HighlandHeights and Kathleen Painterof Fort Thomas; brother, JackKaufman of Fort Thomas; sister,Nancy Vanover of HighlandHeights; and nine grand-children along with three-greatgrandchildren.

Burial was at St. StephenCemetery in Fort Thomas.

Memorials: Honor Flight Inc.,300 E. Auburn Ave., Spring-field, OH 45505.

Arthur Shields Jr.Arthur Louis Shields Jr., 51,

formerly of Bellevue, died Jan.7 in Covington.

He was a painter and bricklayer and a member of theBellevue Eagles F.O.E. No. 964.

His father, Arthur Shields Sr.;sisters Darlene Shields and VickiLynn Shields; and brother,James Burkart III, died previ-ously.

Survivors include his mother,Victoria Burkart of Bellevue;daughters Amber Ratcliff, MylaVance, and Stacey Swane;stepdaughter, Brittany Bum-gardner; brothers ChristopherShields and David Shields, bothof Bellevue; sister, MichelleRees of Southgate; and fourgrandchildren.

Interment was at EvergreenCemetery in Southgate.

Eric StoneEric Stone, 39, of Fort Thom-

as, died Jan. 22.He was a car salesman for

Mike Castrucci Ford in Alexan-dria.

Survivors include his father,Allen Stone; mother, MaureenWash; stepfather, RaymondWash; grandmother, OctaJenkins; brothers Craig Stoneand Jeremy Stone; and sistersMichelle Stone and AutumnWash.

Burial was at GrandviewCemetery in Mentor.

Memorials: The KidneyFoundation, 615 Elsinore Place,Suite 400, Cincinnati, OH45202.

Mary VennemannMary A. Lonnemann Venne-

mann, 84, of Independence andformerly of Alexandria, diedJan. 22 at Madonna ManorNursing Home in Villa Hills.

She was a homemaker wholoved classical music andworked for the CincinnatiSymphony Orchestra for 13years.

Her daughter, ElizabethVennemann; and sister, Eliza-beth Luersen, died previously.

Survivors include her hus-band, Robert F. Vennemann ofIndependence; daughtersBarbara Fedders of Beckley,West Virginia and MonicaFranks of Independence; sonsLawrence Vennemann of TaylorMill and Richard Vennemann ofAlexandria; sisters, Lois Neltnerof Finneytown, Ohio andBarbara Keller of Greenwood,Indiana; and 12 grandchildren.

Burial was at St. Mary’sCemetery in Alexandria.

Memorials: St. CeciliaChurch, 5313 Madison Pike,Independence, KY 41051; orNorthern Kentucky Right toLife, P.O. Box 1202, Covington,KY 41012.

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HIGHLAND HEIGHTS —Sometimes people justneed a hug.

When friends and fam-ily members aren’t alwaysaround to give hugs whenthey’re needed, membersof Asbury United Method-ist Church decided to send

a cuddly toy, along withheartfelt prayers, to helpthose dealing with a varie-ty of issues.

Each of the stuffed ted-dy bears or puppies gets aribbon around the neck,tied in a bow, bearing acard to say that theirfriend and the church arepraying for them.

“I sent one to my grand-

daughter before she hadsurgery,” said Joyce Fisch-er. “I think the bears arevery appreciated.”

She said her 30-year-oldgranddaughter, who hasCrohn’s disease, lives inNew York.

Fischer and her hus-band, Howard, are part ofAsbury’s MembershipMinistry Committee along

with Dr. Vern Hicks. Thecommittee mostly dealswith visitors and shut-ins.

“Most of the bears sofar have gone to shut-ins orpeople who can’t leavetheir homes,” he said.“They’re mostly taken inperson, although some aremailed. When we take thebears, we spend a whiletalking with them. The old-

er ladies will just hold thebear in their lap and justrub them.”

Hicks said a member ofthe congregation saw asimilar program at achurch in Florida, and de-cided to bring the ideaback with him.

They kicked off the pro-gram Dec. 16 and deliv-ered eight bears the firstweek. A dozen bears weresent to friends and familymembers before the com-mittee even announced theprogram to the congrega-tion.

Hicks said Asburymembers can pick up thestuffed animals in the Sun-day school office, thechurch office and thechurch foyer.

“I try to make sure thebox is full every Sundaymorning,” said the Rev.Phil Hogg. “The bears ex-tend the ministry of thechurch to someone theyknow and care about.”

Hogg said the congre-gation prays for those whohave received the bears aswell as those who will re-ceive them.

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