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CRESCENT SPRINGS — Localbusinesses will be in the spotlightduring Movie in the Park andTaste of Crescent Springs begin-ning at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 4,at Crescent Springs CommunityPark, 800 Buttermilk Pike.

Two hundred people attendedlast year’s first Movie in the Park,which will begin at dusk and issponsored by Crestville Drugs.

Leaders of the CrescentSprings Business Associationplanned the Taste of CrescentSprings to provide entertainmentbefore the movie, create an annu-al citywide festival and as an op-portunity to feature local busi-nesses, said business associationtreasurer Kelly Menz.

The car-themed event will in-clude games, prizes, live musicfrom The Skin Tones, a bake saleto benefit the 9/11 Memorial andfood from local restaurants.

“This year’s event will featureonly a few local businesses. We’rejust trying to get our name outthere,” said Menz. “Next year we

hope to have almost every restau-rant in the area to participate.”

She said Jimmy John’s Gour-met Sandwiches from HighStreet and Gold Star Chili of Ha-zelwood Road will be participat-ing, along with Sweet Basil ThaiCuisine and Sushi Bar from But-termilk Crossing, as well as a lo-cal pizzeria which has yet to bedetermined.

Ruj Jiradamkerng, whoopened Sweet Basil in 2006, saidhe’s looking forward to the event.His restaurant will serve friedrice, vegetable spring rolls andcrab puffs, but not sushi, at thepark.

“It’s a good opportunity to getout in the community and let peo-ple get to know the restaurantand to help promote the city. Wehave a lot of local businesses herethat people don’t know too muchabout,” he said. “It’s going to begreat. I hope this year we canmake it successful so it can con-tinue next year and help to bene-fit the 9/11 Memorial.”

The event is free to attend, andparticipants will have to pay forfood or games as they choose.

Get a taste ofCrescent SpringsBy Amy [email protected]

RujJiradamkerngof Sweet Basilsaid hisrestaurant willserve friedrice, vegetablespring rollsand crab puffsat the Taste ofCrescentSprings set forAug. 4. AMY

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COVINGTON — Kenton Coun-ty’s Fiscal Court is still unsureabout how it will charge resi-dents for 911 fees.

Kenton County Judge-execu-tive Steve Arlinghaus andCounty Commissioners JonDraud, Kris Knochelmann andBeth Sewell couldn’t agree tocharge residents for emergen-cy dispatch fees on electricbills.

Although it appeared Kno-chelmann was going to agree tothe fees, he changed his posi-tion, and voted no on the ordi-nance, as did Sewell.

Arlinghaus and Draud votedyes on the ordinance, leading tono resolution.

After the vote, Arlinghaussaid he was disappointed with

the outcome and that he re-ceived “no resistance” to the op-tion when discussed previously.

Currently, residents withland line telephones arecharged $4.25 each month for911 service fees. Currently, thecounty subsidizes for fees thataren’t provided by the land linephone charges. They can’t dothat anymore without in-creases, Arlinghaus said.

Those without land linephones pay nothing, which Ar-linghaus says is unfair.

Adding a fee of $6 to resi-dents’ electric bills will chargepeople equally, he said.

Kenton County residentswere asked about theirthoughts on funding dispatchfees through electric bills andover half of those who answeredsupported the idea, Draud said.

“We did a survey, had 200 re-

sponses,” Draud said. “Of that,60 percent of the people respon-ded this way.”

Currently about 160,400 peo-ple live in Kenton County, ac-cording to U.S. Census esti-mates.

The annual cost to those inKenton County with electricmeters would be $72. Other op-tions for dispatch fees include aproperty tax.

Duke Energy representa-tives say the company does notwant to be responsible for col-lecting these fees because theydo not give out customer infor-mation such as names and ad-dresses.

“I think it’s positive thatKenton County Fiscal Court hasdecided to not take an unprece-dented approach to this,” saidBlair Schroeder, a communica-tions consultant with Duke.

By Libby [email protected]

Court dividedon 911 funding

A GOOD DAY FOR TOMATOES, BERRIES

Rodney and Kathey Merrell had a good day July 26 selling produce at the Dixie Farmer’s Market atErlanger Baptist Church on Commonwealth Avenue. NANCY DALY/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER

ERLANGER — It was the firstday on the job and 16-year-old Ri-ley Kneale was fulfilling his du-ties at Colonial Cottage and Cot-tage Catering.

“I was busing tables, that’show it started,” Riley said.

Although Riley was new, henoticed something was out ofplace right away.

A patron was choking.“She seemed distressed, I

asked her if she was all right,” hesaid. “I asked if she needed help,if she was choking. She nodded,put her fist to her her chest in-sinuating the Heimlich maneu-ver and I performed the Heim-

lich.”Riley doesn’t

know the identityof the person hehelped that day,he said.

For MattGrimes, owner ofColonial Cottageand Cottage Ca-

tering, this is one of the reasonshe likes employing Boy Scouts.

Riley learned the Heimlichmaneuver while studying for aScouting merit badge.

“My thoughts are, he’s in myson’s Scouts group, it’s just onemore reason to hire a Scout,”Grimes said.

Although Riley had never per-formed the maneuver before, itdidn’t disrupt with the rest of hisfirst day of work.

“(I) just went back to busingtables,” Riley said.

A lifesavingfirst dayBy Libby [email protected]

Busboy saveschoking victim

Kneale

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INDEPENDENCE — Fiftyyears of the Kenton Coun-ty Fair brought the largestnumber of entries theHome Economics exhibithas seen in 10 years.

This year 367 entrieswere received, accordingto the Kenton County Ex-tension Office. The fairran July 16-21.

“This year our big in-crease was in needle-work,” said Kathy Byrneswith the Kenton CountyExtension Office.

The family and con-sumer sciences division ofthe fair judges clothing,quilting, baked goods,

needlework and handi-craft items that residentshave made.

Geneva Reimer, of In-dependence, snagged thetop award in the divisionfor her quilting.

“We take all of our bestwinners and the judges se-lect Best of Show,” Byrnessaid. “She was the superbig winner, she was theoverall.”

Reimer received a $25check from the KentonCounty Homemakers Or-ganization as well as a $10Best of Class award.

The William E. DurrExhibit Hall, new for the2012 fair season, is a posi-tive addition for the HomeEconomics Division, shesaid.

“It’s a wonderful newbuilding this year,”Byrnes said. “It wasbrighter, cheerier.”

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Barbara Devlin, left, president of Kenton County Homemakers, helps show the quilt madeby Geneva Reimer, right. Reimer received the Best in Class award for her efforts. THANKS TO

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Yard sale is Aug. 3The Kenton County

School District Family Re-source/Youth Service Cen-ters Annual Free Yard Salefor children’s gently usedback-to-school clothing is 9

a.m. to noon Friday, Aug. 3,at Dixie Heights HighSchool.

All Kenton CountySchool District familiesare invited to attend. Allitems are free.

Contact your school’sFamily Resource/YouthService Center coordina-tor.

Beechwood to offerpreschool

FORT MITCHELL —Beechwood IndependentSchools is offering pre-school this year to studentswho qualify.

Children ages 3- or 4-years-old who have anidentified disability or de-velopmental delay and fallunder a certain income cri-teria are eligible.

Screening dates for eli-

gibility are Aug. 7-9 atBeechwood Elementary.Parents should make ap-pointments for the screen-ings. Call Sommer Rose at859-331-1220 ext. 6806.

Villa names Sketchto post

VILLA HILLS — Villa Ma-donna Academy has nameda new chief advancementofficer.

Dennis F. “Denny”Sketch began his tenure onJuly 9. He’s been in educa-tion for 14 years.

Sketch is former direc-tor of major gifts at Thom-as More College. At VillaMadonna Academy he willwill provide oversight forcommunications, studentrecruitment and public re-lations, according to a re-lease.

Turkeyfoot gets afew new lanes

CRESTVIEW HILLS —Construction crews areworking to add lanes on Ky.1303, also known as Turkey-foot Road, in order to im-prove traffic flow to I-275,according to Nancy Wood,public information officer

for Kentucky Transporta-tion Cabinet District 6.

A right turn lane will beconstructed from CollegePark extending north-bound on Turkeyfoot Roadto the I-275 eastbound onramp, and an additionallane will be built for a dualleft turn from northboundTurkeyfoot Road to west-bound I-275 on ramp.

Redwood addspediatric program

FORT MITCHELL — Red-wood, a facility that pro-vides services to childrenand adults with disabilities,will now provide healthcare to children with spe-cial needs.

Prescribed PediatricExtended Care allows reg-istered nurses to work withstudents who have specialhealth circumstances inclassrooms.

Nurses will monitorhealth, address medical is-sues and respond to medi-cal emergencies, accord-ing to a release.

For more informationon the program, contactJaime McLaughlin at 859-331-0880.

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LAKESIDE PARK — Kev-in Murphy wants people toknow they aren’t alone inthe fight against cancerand everything that comesafter defeating the disease.

The Lakeside Park at-torney, who lives in Union,has released his first book“Surviving Cancer AfterSurviving Cancer.”

“I started it in 2009, andI thought this could helpcancer couples and fam-ilies, especially men, dealwith the emotional side ofcancer,” he said.

The book is an Interna-tional Book Awards winnerand has received praisefrom doctors as well assports announcer Dick Vi-tale.

It took an auto accidentfor Murphy to have thetime to write out his story,and attendance at a men’sretreat with his church tofinish it.

Murphy, who was bornin Brooklyn and raised in

New YorkCity,thoughthe’d betoughenough todeal withhis wife’streatmentand diagno-

sis.“I thought I could han-

dle it alone,” he said.“Didn’t want help.”

He was wrong, he said,and hopes readers can lookat his publication for help ifthey find themselves in hisposition.

Murphy’s wife was firstmisdiagnosed and thenproperly diagnosed withHodgkin’s disease whileshe was pregnant. Defeat-ing the cancer took a toll ontheir relationship and bankaccount.

“It was very stressful,”Murphy said. “We lost ev-erything we had financial-ly, couldn’t pay bills.”

So far, this story hashelped readers realize theyaren’t alone.

“I tell the story of whathappened to us, with a‘Looking back/Lesson’slearned’ section, to try toexplain what I did wrongand where I could have got-ten help,” he said.

A reader emailed himand told him that she andher husband read the booka year after cancer lefttheir lives.

The couple ended uptalking from 10 p.m. until 4a.m. about how the diseasechanged their relationship.

“It opened up the floodgates,” Murphy said. “Itwas wonderful (for them)to talk about it, eventhought it’s a year later.That really got to me.”

Book describes surviving cancerBy Libby [email protected]

MurphyCOVINGTON — If it’shot inside the building at620 Scott Blvd. in Coving-ton, it’s not just becausethere’s no air conditioning.

It’s because the em-ployees at The Point Logoand Design are workinghard.

A venture by The Point/Arc of Northern Ken-tucky, the screen printingbusiness opened thisspring.

The Point/Arc of North-ern Kentucky serves arearesidents who are devel-opmentally disabled.

Brian Harper, of Co-vington, along with JohnFoppe of Alexandria, haveknown each other foryears through the SpecialOlympics. They decided toask The Point/Arc ofNorthern Kentucky to joinin on this business ven-ture.

Judi Gerding, presi-dent of The Point/Arc ofNorthern Kentucky, saidthat since the organizationis only 18 percent govern-ment funded, the newbusiness helps.

From shirts to cup hold-ers, The Point Logo andDesign can screen printand embroider messagesor logos on a number ofmaterials.

“We went up to (a trade)show in Indianapolis and Iwanted to look at thebling,” Harper said, hold-ing a sheet of rhinestones.“That’s the thing now.”

Another thing the com-

pany does is provide jobs.Kevin Shepperd of High-land Heights and RandyLloyd of Cold Spring areemployed by the business.Both men receive servicesfrom The Point/Arc ofNorthern Kentucky.

“It’s making the T-shirts,” Shepperd said ofhis job. “(I like) to unloadthem from the dryer. Thenwe sort them and foldthem into sizes.”

Lloyd was employed atanother one of The Point/Arc of Northern Kentuck-y’s ventures, a laundry fa-cility in Dayton.

“Judi approached me,”he said. “She said ‘Wouldyou like to do somethingdifferent?’ And I said ‘I’lltry.’”

The facility also em-ploys two Edgewoodteens.

Josh Kissel, who gradu-ated from CovingtonCatholic this year, de-signed the website. Hesaid his graphic designteacher contacted himabout the opportunity.

Christian Greenwell,who will be a senior at Co-vington Catholic, is fol-lowing in Josh’s footsteps.

“Just being able towork with Randy and Kev-in,” he said. “It’s a reallygood experience.”

Screen printersopen for businessBy Libby [email protected]

The Point Logo and Design opened this spring inCovington. It employs several who receive services fromThe Point/Arc of Northern Kentucky and two CovingtonCatholic students. From left, Josh Kissell, John Foppe,Randy Lloyd, Brian Harper and Kevin Shepperd. ChristianGreenwell, from Covington Catholic, is not pictured.THANKS TO JULEA SCHUH

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HEBRON — A service-man in uniform comes intothe new USO MilitaryLounge located in the Cin-cinnati/Northern Ken-tucky International Air-port’s Concourse A Fridayafternoon.

There, he’s greeted byvolunteers, thanking himfor his service.

While the airport hashad a military lounge inConcourse B for a numberof years, that lounge alongwith one opened in the re-cently renovated Con-course A are now brandedunder the USO.

A USO brochure saysthe organization wasfounded in 1941 by an act ofCongress. The USO’s pro-grams help more than 4.7million people in 160 loca-tions around the world.

According to Jay Brock,marketing coordinator forCVG, the airport “proac-tively reached out” to the

USO.He said the lounge is a

“dedicated resource” forthose in the military.

For a majority of openhours, “there’s someonesitting there, ready andable to help that soldiercoming through,” Brocksaid.

Volunteer coordinatorKathy Williams of Burling-

ton said the lounges pro-vide a comfortable place tostay, drinks, snacks and in-formation.

Active duty, reservists,retired veterans, their de-pendents and family mem-bers are welcome to use thelounge, which is staffed byvolunteers.

“It’s just a nice place formilitary people and theirdependents to relax,” saidvolunteer Bob Adams ofUnion.

Mark Manley, 19, ofWyoming, Ohio, attends theAir Force Academy in Colo-rado Springs, Colo.

Friday was his first timevisiting the USO MilitaryLounge at CVG though hehas been to a similar lounge

in Denver several times.“I think it’s really nice,”

he said, adding it’s nice tosee others in the military“because you have thatkind of cool connection.”

“Even though I’m a ca-det, it’s still really cool talk-ing to others in the AirForce and seeing what theygot to do,” Manley said.

Other travelers havepraised the lounge andwhat it offers.

On a dry-erase board inthe Concourse A lounge is amessage thanking the vol-

unteers, signed by a familyfrom Germany.

A message from a com-ment bowl reads “This isamazing! Thank you!”

Another thanks the USOfor providing these loungesfor military families.

“We love staying withyou and we love the hospi-tality of your volunteer!” itreads.

Volunteer Max Dieck, ofCincinnati, used to fly to At-lanta to volunteer at a holi-day military lounge of-fered by Delta.

He knows travel underany circumstances can bestressful, and when some-one is in a stressful career“any little bit of comfortcan mean so much.”

Volunteer Greg Menne,a veteran of the U.S. Armyfrom Erlanger, served inVietnam. When soldiers re-turned then, “there was norespect, no love for the mil-itary,” he said.

Menne volunteers be-cause he “wants to be surenobody has that problemagain,” he said. “Our ser-vice people, they protectus, fight for us, they die forus.”

Brock said the responsehas been tremendous.

Military members havebeen “ecstatic,” he said.They “know what that USOmoniker or brand meanswhen they see it.”

According to Williams,1,109 military membersand their families signedinto the lounges duringJune.

“I think it’s (the loungeis) important for the com-munity to remind the com-munity that there will al-ways be military membersfighting for our freedom,whether in a war zone ornot,” Williams said. “Ourmilitary and their familiesgive up their freedoms forus.”

According to Williams,there are currently about30 volunteers, but they’realways looking for more.

“The more the merrier,”she said.

Those interested in vol-unteering should email Wil-liams [email protected] call Menne at 859-746-9220.

USO Lounge offers support to militaryBy Stephanie [email protected]

U.S. Army Sgt. Mahdi El visits the the USO Military Loungeat the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airporton July 27. STEPHANIE SALMONS/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER

USO Military Lounge volunteer coordinator KathyWilliams, center, of Burlington sits with volunteers GregMenne of Erlanger, right, and husband Joel Williams in oneof the lounges located at the Cincinnati/NorthernKentucky International Airport. BY STEPHANIE SALMONS/THE

COMMUNITY RECORDER

AUGUST 2, 2012 • COMMUNITY RECORDER • A5

SCHOOLSSCHOOLSACHIEVEMENTS | NEWS | ACTIVITIES | HONORS CommunityPress.com

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

Lesley Smith, principal ofSummit View Elementary, wasthe recipient of the OutstandingEducator Award at the Ken-tucky PTA “Making Strides forStudent Success” Convention/Leadership conference on July21 in Louisville.

Smith was nominated bySummit View Elementary PTApresident Jill Sluder and trea-surer Stephanie Eytchison whowrote the following nomination:

“Lesley Smith, in her thirdyear as principal at SummitView Elementary, hit the homeof the Stallion at a gallop andcontinues to strive for successworking side by side with the

PTA. She collaborates in the de-cision making process by at-tending every PTA meeting andshows continued support by be-ing present at every event.

“Together, Mrs. Smith and thePTA were able to provideSMART Boards for every class-room and are now working to-ward purchasing additionalplayground equipment throughfundraising. Mrs. Smith main-tained her momentum duringthe membership drive this yearand succeeded in reaching theschool’s goal of 100 percent PTAmembership for teachers andstaff at Summit View Elemen-tary for the second year in arow,” the nomination read.

In addition to her unwavering

commitment to the PTA, she mo-tivates students, teachers andstaff through the “Lucky Lady-bug” and “Have You Filled aBucket Today?” programs.

In the Lucky Ladybug pro-gram, students are selectedbased on a set behavior/academ-ic criteria to eat lunch withSmith on stage in the cafeteria.Her ladybug costume, which sheproudly wears for the occasion,is a huge hit with the children. Agroup picture is taken and dis-played on a wall outside of heroffice for children to admirewith the hope of earning a covet-ed spot.

The “Have You Filled a Buck-et Today” program is for stu-dents, teachers and staff. The

school year was kicked off withSmith reading the story to thestudents and encouraging the

children to fill each other’sbuckets by meeting a newfriend, helping someone in need,giving someone a compliment,and keeping a positive attitudetoward people they interactwith.

The students each received amagnet reading “SVE, Have youFilled a Bucket Today?” andwere encouraged to display thismagnet on their refrigerators athome as a reminder. Teachersand staff have a board dedicatedto the program where positivemessages can be left to help fillsomeone’s bucket.

She encourages teachers tovolunteer with parents for theFall Festival and other PTA-sponsored events.

Principal wins state education honorCommunity Recorder

Lesley Smith, principal of SummitView Elementary, is honored withthe Kentucky PTA OutstandingEducator Award. THANKS TO TERESA

WILKINS

Tanner Fangman, a senior atCovington Catholic High School,earned the highest possible com-posite score of 36 on the ACT col-lege admission and placement ex-am. He is the son of Lisa and PaulFangman of Fort Wright.

On average, less than one-tenth of 1 percent earn the topscore. According to ACT, amongseniors in the class of 2011, only704 out of more than 1.6 millionstudents who took the testachieved 36.

Fangman is ranked at the topof his class at Covington Catholic.

His senior sched-ule includes fourAdvanced Place-ment courses incalculus, physics,English and Span-ish.

Fangman is in-volved in severalactivities includ-

ing varsity football, NationalHonor Society, PhilanthropyClub and Stock Market Club. Heis president of the National Eng-lish Honor Society and an activecommunity volunteer.

He plans to study chemical en-gineering in college.

Fangman achievestop ACT scoreCommunity Recorder

Fangman

Laura Medley Schneider, ahigh school educator at SimonKenton High School, is a recipi-ent of the California CasualtyAward for Teaching Excel-lence, one of the nation’s mostprestigious honors for publicschool educators.

Schneider is one of 38awardees who will be honoredat the NEA Foundation’s Saluteto Excellence in Education Galato be held in Washington, D.C.,on Feb. 8, 2013. Known as theAcademy Awards of publiceducation, the gala attractsmore than 850 of the nation’sleaders from public education,philanthropy and the privatesector.

“We givethese awardsannually to hon-or and promoteexcellence ineducation and toelevate the pro-fession. Educa-tors like theseare critical to

their students’ academic suc-cess, and they deserve nationalrecognition.” said Harriet San-ford, president and CEO of theNEA Foundation. “We arethrilled that California Casual-ty has joined us again this yearto pay tribute to educators whoare making such a difference inthe lives of students in class-rooms across the country.”

“Educating our youth is so

critically important. CaliforniaCasualty is proud to partnerwith the NEA Foundation topause and celebrate excellencein teaching,” said Beau Brown,president and CEO of Califor-nia Casualty.

Schneider was nominated bythe Kentucky Education Asso-ciation, National Education As-sociation’s state affiliate inKentucky. Each awardee’sschool will receive a $650award.

From the 38 state awardees,five finalists will be selected toreceive $10,000 cash awards. Atthe conclusion of the Washing-ton, D.C., gala, one finalist willbe named the nation’s top edu-cator and receive an additional$25,000.

Schneider to be honoredCommunity Recorder

Schneider

Barb Martin has been pro-moted to Kenton County SchoolDistrict deputy superinten-dent.

“I am honored to work in theKenton County School District.Kenton County is an innovative,cutting-edge district with vi-sionary leadership. We have aBoard of Education that isknowledgeable and truly hasstudent achievement and suc-

cess as its top priority,” Martinsaid.

In her new role, Martin willassist the superintendent in im-plementing the district’s mis-sion and goals.

Specific emphasis will focuson the Bill and Melinda GatesFoundation Literacy DesignCollaborative and the Mathe-matics Design Collaborative.This will support the develop-ment and testing of prototypemathematics and literacy

classroom assessments and in-structional tools to help educa-tors better prepare all studentsfor college and career readi-ness; academic support andspecial education integration toserve students, and assist in theimplementation of the newAcademies of Innovation &Technology opening this fall.

Martin has been in educa-tion for 35 years, the last sevenwith the Kenton County SchoolDistrict.

Barb Martin has been promoted to Kenton County School District deputy superintendent. THANKS TO

TERESA WILKINS

Martin named district deputyCommunity Recorder

The Kenton County SchoolDistrict, in compliance with Ken-tucky State Law and regulationsfrom the Board of Health and theDepartment of Education, wouldlike to remind parents that allchildren must have certainhealth records on file before at-tending school.

School opens Aug. 15.Students must have an up-to-

date valid Kentucky Immuniza-tion Certificate on file at theirschool.

Preschool, kindergarten andtransfer students are required tohave an up-to-date valid Ken-tucky Immunization Certificatewhich includes all age appropri-ate doses of vaccines. These vac-

cines must be received beforethey may enroll in school. A phys-ical examination performedwithin the last year is also re-quired prior to entry into eitherpreschool or kindergarten.

Students entering a KentuckyPublic school for the first timeare required to have an eye ex-amination performed by an op-tometrist or ophthalmologist.

All 5- and 6-year-olds enrollingfor the first time must show evi-dence of a dental screening.

Sixth-grade students require asecondphysicalexaminationper-formed within the past year andan up-to-date valid Kentucky Im-munization Certificate.

Contact your child’s school foradditional information on enroll-ment requirements.

Have shot records handyCommunity Recorder

Piner PTA and Willis Music,with the support of TurfwayPark, are hosting the first-everSummer’s End Music Blast.

The event will be 5 p.m. to mid-night Saturday, Aug. 25, at Turf-way Park.

Bands performing includeKentucky Myle, Last Call,Acarya, Tip Jar and The BarStars, and Kelley’s Bridge.

All proceeds from ticket saleswill go directly to Piner PTA to

purchase educational necessitiesfor the students of Piner Elemen-tary. Tickets will be sold at thedoor for $5 per person, with amaximum charge of $15 per fam-ily.

Kids’ events will be offeredfor a nominal fee between 5 and 7p.m. including games, face paint-ing, hay rides and concessionsales.

Summer’s End Music Blastwill be held indoors in the eventof inclement weather.

End summer with a ‘blast’Community Recorder

Houseman acceptedSarah Houseman of Edge-

wood was accepted into the Uni-versity of Kentucky’s School ofLaw for fall 2012.

She graduated cum laudefrom UK May 6 with political sci-ence major. She was named to thedean’s list this semester with a 4.0GPA.

Schatzman honoredSince starting the Scholarship

Program in 2001, Women LeadingKentucky has awarded morethan $100,000 to deserving wom-en . This year Sabrina Schatzmanof Erlanger received an award of$1,500.

She is a junior at the Univer-sity of Louisville.

COLLEGE CORNER

A6 • COMMUNITY RECORDER • AUGUST 2, 2012

SPORTSSPORTSHIGH SCHOOL | YOUTH | RECREATIONAL CommunityPress.com

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

Soccerama, the annual kick-off to theNorthern Kentucky high school soccerseason, will be Aug. 3-5 at Dixie HeightsHigh School. Soccerama will feature 24men’s teams from six counties.

This year the matches will be held overthe entire weekend instead of the usualFriday/Saturday. Denny McCaughey, thenew Dixie Heights coach and host of thisyear’s tournament, said, “We wanted tohave longer matches of 80 minutes to en-able coaches and fans to get the opportu-nity to get more of a preseason look attheir teams. ”

Primary sponsors are Goettle Engi-neering and Burr Travis-Attorney at Law.

There will be concessions available in-cluding brick oven pizza, Kona Ice andspecialty popcorn. T-shirts and programswill be available for purchase. Admissionis $5/day for adults and $3/day for stu-dents/seniors.

Friday, Aug. 3

4:30 p.m.- Holmes vs. Owen County6:30 p.m.- Ryle vs. Pendleton County8:30 p.m.- Villa Madonna vs. Newport

Central Catholic

Saturday, Aug. 49 a.m. - Boone County vs. Campbell

County11a.m. - Grant County vs. Carroll Coun-

ty1 p.m. - Covington Latin vs. Gallatin

County5 p.m.- Cooper vs. Walton-Verona7 p.m.- Conner vs. Simon Kenton9 p.m.- Dixie Heights vs. Brossart

Sunday, Aug. 54:30 p.m. - Calvary Christian vs. Holy

Cross6:30 p.m. - Highlands vs. Scott8:30 p.m. - Covington Catholic vs. St.

Henry

Soccerama kicks offtournament Aug. 3Community Recorder

Kings Soccer Academy came up justshort on their quest for a national champi-onship title July 28. The girls U15 KingsGold G96 team lost1-0 to Legends FC fromCalifornia in the final game of the USYouth Soccer National Championships inthe U15 division in Rock Hill, S.C.

Legends’ Ashlee Smith sent a loftedball into the box that found the head ofPeyton Perea. Her effort was deflected,by Kings Keeper Abby Stevens, but itbounced back to Perea who knocked ithome for the game and national champi-onship winner. The title was one of 12 (byage group, gender) decided in South Caro-lina last week.

KSA had two shots on goal to four forthe Legends. KSA was 2-0-1 in pool play,with the tie coming 0-0 to Legends FC.KSA beat a team from Pennsylvania 4-2,

with Kelly Polacek scoring twice, BayleyFeist once and Katie Murray once. KSAthen beat a team from Texas 2-1. IncomingDixie Heights sophomore Lauren Neme-roff scored the equalizer in the secondhalf, and Feist won it late in the secondhalf.

Most of the players are entering theirsophomore seasons in high school this fall.Players are (schools listed if known): Pay-ton Atkins (Turpin), Madison Baumgard-ner (Colerain), Haley Best, Kaitlyn Bign-er (Colerain), Bayley Feist (Oak Hills),Sydney Goins (St. Dominic), Brittany Ma-honey (Oak Hills), Meghan Martella(McNicholas), Katie Murray (Oak Hills),Lauren Nemeroff (Dixie Heights), KellyPolacek (Anderson), Brooklynn Rivers,Abby Stevens (Princeton), Marissa Stone(Amelia), Maryellen Tully (Turpin), Mi-chelle Washburn, Camille Williams andEmily Wiser (Summit Country Day). Headcoach is Jon Pickup.

Kings soccer teamfinishes 2nd in nationBy James [email protected]

PARK HILLS — CovingtonCatholic returns three startersfrom last year’s regional champi-on boys golf team. The Colonelswere 10th as a team in the statetournament as well.

“This year we will be verydeep, experienced and strongwith seven to eight players thatwill challenge each other day inand day out,” said Robb Schnee-man, who returns for his fourthyear as head coach. “This consis-tent and tough internal competi-tion will only challenge the play-ers to become on of the bestteams and individuals in thestate.”

Returning starters are AustinBeck, Alex Scan-lon, Joey Kendall,Brett Bauereisand Merik Ber-ling. Top newcom-ers are TimmyFritz and PaulHuber.

Beck is the re-turning SeventhRegion individual

champion from last year aftershooting a 74 and winning a play-off with former teammate, 2012graduate Seattle Stein. Beck hasplayed in the last two state tour-naments and was 56th last year.Beck, a senior, is in midseasonform according to his head coach.

Bauereis tied for third in theregional with 75 and was 76th inthe state tourney.

Berling shot a 77 in the region-al and was Cov Cath’s top finisherin the state tourney, tying for36th.

Scanlon, another senior, hashad a great summer after a frus-trating 2011 season. Scanlonplayed in the 2010 state tourneyfor the Colonels as a sophomore.

Bauereis, Berling and Fritzare juniors and have had solidsummers.

Cov Cath was set to start theyear July 30 in the West Jessa-mine Invitational, and will play inthe Catholic Cup July 31at Hicko-ry Sticks. Cov Cath has five othertournaments scheduled for thefirst two weeks of the season, in-cluding the Boone County tourna-ment at Boone Links Aug. 8.

In girls golf, Notre Dame wassixth in the state last year afterrepeating as regional champs.The Pandas graduated two start-ers from the state tourney partic-ipants.

Returning starters are seniorSydney Swingos, junior Jill Ed-

gington and sophomores AliMaier, Josie Hammon, Ellen Ken-dall and Sabrina Sanborn. Topnewcomers are freshman AmyPugliano and freshman Erin Dur-stock.

Head coach Karen Hendersonsaid the team is young and talent-ed.

Edgington is the most accom-plished of the group, having fin-ished eighth in the KHSAA statetournament last year with 156.

She tied for fourth in the regionaltournament with an 81. Lastmonth, Edgington made thechampionship flight of the North-ern Kentucky Women’s Amateurtournament.

Swingos shot 83 in the regionaland competed at state. Kendallfinished 71st at state last year.

Pugliano and Swingos madethe first consolation flight at theNKY Amateur. Several of thePandas had strong seasons on the

7-Up Junior Tour.St. Henry is led by sophomore

Luke Tobergte, who was an indi-vidual state qualifier last year af-ter shooting a 77 in the Region 7tournament. St. Henry was set tostart in the Catholic Cup July 31and will play in the All “A” region-al Aug. 6.

The St. Henry girls team willplay July 30 at Fort MitchellCountry Club and at the NotreDame tourney Aug. 6 at Twin

Oaks. The All “A” girls regional isAug. 9. Junior Ashley Schneiderwas an honorable mention all-re-gion pick by the Enquirer.

Dixie Heights senior BlakeAdkins was an honorable men-tion all-region selection last sea-son on the boys golf team. He shota 74 to finish third in the 7-Up Ju-nior Tour finals July 27. Sopho-more Megan Mauer was honor-able mention on the girls teamand finished third in the 7-Uptour finals July 27.

The Villa Madonna girls golfteam returns seven players whosaw action last season, includingtwo Enquirer honorable mentionall-region picks in junior NicoleZatorski and freshman JennaMcGuire. McGuire shot a 78 towin the girls championship of the7-Up Junior Tour July 27.

VMA finished eighth in the All“A” state tournament last year af-ter winning the regional, and wasfifth overall in the postseason Re-gion 6 championships. Second-year head coach Greg Schuhhopes the team can build on thoseexperiences this year.

The VMA boys team has fiveseniors returning in John Block,Matt Damon, Jordan Drees, Rob-bie Due and Ray Moehlman.

FIRST SWING AT HIGH SCHOOL GOLF: PREVIEW 2012

Colonels, NDA return talentBy James [email protected]

Notre Dame Academy’s Jill Edgington prepares for a shot last year. FILE PHOTO

7-UP RESULTSThe 7-Up Junior Golf Tour had

its championship finals tourna-ment July 25 and July 27. The finalstandings:

Boys 11 and under: MitchellSchilling 83, Lincoln Herbst 84,Patrick Kennedy 86, SpencerChaney 89, Josh Wehrman 89,Lincoln Hammon 90, Luke Herbst103, Adam Tarvin 121.

Boys 12-13: Griffin Flesch 75,Ryan Clements 83, Jacob Vrolijk86, Elliott Berling 95, Ethan Ber-ling 96, Jack DeFraites 96, Nicho-las Petroze 100, Josh Struck 114.

Boys 14-15: Jacob Poore 76,Austin Squires 77, Parker Harris

78, Drew McDonald 78, CodyKellam 78, Jeff Lynne 80, CullenLewis 80, Matt Striegel 81, TylerWehrman 82, Luke Tobergte 83,Logan Gamm 86, Austin Zapp 86.

Boys 16-18: Blake Hamilton 71,Carter Hibbard 73, Blake Adkins74, Lane Weaver 78, Davis McNi-chol 78, Colin DuPont 80, ZachAdams 80, Jimmy Kelley 82, MattHartfiel 86, Darron Hampton 93.

Girls: Jenna McGuire 78, KristenSmith 85, Megan Mauer 87, Adri-ane Mason 93, Sarah Boden 96,Jenna Dawn 96, Amy Pugliano 97,Alison Maier 100, Josie Hammon100, Mackenzie Moore 105.

Sydney Swingos of Notre DameAcademy watches her ball duringthe Bluegrass Flight final match atthe Northern Kentucky Women'sAmateur golf tournament. JAMES

WEBER/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER

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AUGUST 2, 2012 • COMMUNITY RECORDER • A7SPORTS & RECREATION

Lacrosse team wins state titleOn May 19, the Northern Ken-

tucky Warriors varsity lacrosseteam defeated Woodford County8-6 at Tates Creek High School inLexington, to win the KentuckyState Division III High SchoolChampionship.

The Warriors are a local arealacrosse team consisting of play-ers from Northern Kentuckyhigh schools that do not offer la-crosse as a varsity sport.

The Warriors finished theirseason with a record of14-1, 9-0 inthe division and an outstanding+108 goal differential.

The Warriors are coached byPaul Herbert, T.J. Burns, Ron Sa-vignano and Jonathan Mann.

The Northern Kentucky War-riors Lacrosse Club has been inexistence since 2007, offering la-crosse to boys in grades fourthrough12. This is their first statechampionship at the high-schoollevel.

Community Recorder Northern Kentucky Warriors varsity lacrosseteam defeated won the Kentucky StateDivision III High School Championship.Pictured, from left, are: Front, Jake Reed,Dalton Million, Dillon Brelsford, Alex Altevers,Eric Harrison, Dan Bagley, Spencer Stocker;back, Joey West, Zack Class, Seth Thornberry,Aaron Stricker, Adam Villari, Grant Kuether,Brooks Lang, Gianni Savignano, Kody Fox,Ladon Payne, Jared Dicus, Jeremy Burns,Blake Logsdon, Vince Constable, BenBrockett, Dave Holman, Jake Speckert andTyler Massie. Not pictured is Sam Krugel.THANKS TO THANKS TO TANYA D. HERBERT

Freedom Trail» Florence is 35-31 through

play on July 29. The Freedom areat home through Aug. 9, with offnights Aug. 3-4. Florence willplay Aug. 5-6 at home in a changefrom the original schedule. TheLondon Rippers expansion teamfolded in mid-July and were re-placed by a traveling team. Flor-ence was scheduled to play atLondon Aug. 3-5. The Foreignerconcert set for Saturday night,Aug. 4, at Florence Freedom sta-dium will go on as scheduled.

Knothole» Local teams played for

Knothole city titles Monday, July30, in Blue Ash. Results were un-available at press time.

The Detroit Tigers, BooneCounty’s lone surviving team,were the winner’s bracket cham-pion and had to lose twice Mon-day in Class B-Junior to not winthe title.

In Kenton County District 28,the Blue Aces of Class A were thewinner’s bracket champion andhad to lose twice Monday night tonot win the title.

The NKY Extreme of B-Seniorwere the loser’s bracket survi-vors and had to win twice on Mon-day to win the title.

In Campbell County, the NKYRays of District 22 B-Junior hadto win twice Monday night to winthe title. The Crusaders of C-Ju-nior were winner’s bracketchamps and had to lose twiceMonday to be denied the title.Highland Spring of Class D wasalso winner’s bracket survivorsand had two chances to win onMonday

Auto racing» Florence Speedway enjoyed

a great fan turnout for the annual“Summer Dollar Days” eventwhere many food and drink itemswere only a buck.

In the Late Model (30) lap fea-ture “The Big Show,” Robby Hen-sley of Walton assumed the racelead after Jason Jameson pulledhis mount pitside with mechani-cal issues and Hensley paced thefinal lap to capture his secondfeature win at Florence Speed-way in 2012. The 25-year-old Hen-sley is sponsored by KentuckyAuto Service & Towing, Sharkars,Slicker Graphics and OhlinShocks. In the Modified 20-lapfeature “The Small Cool One,”Billy Vaughan of Union capturedhis first “A” Main of 2012 andfirst since 2009 at FlorenceSpeedway. Vaughan piloted theBill Patterson-owned PierceChassis/Vaughan Racing Enginesentry. He is sponsored by Patter-son Trucking, C & J Trucking,Valvoline, Turfway Grill & Bar,JT’s Engine and Vaughan’s TaxService. In the Pure Stock 15-lapfeature, Mark Smiley of Edge-wood grabbed his fourth “A”main victory at Florence Speed-way in 2012. The 48-year-old driv-er is sponsored by DMD Con-struction and Glenwood Electri-cal. 2012 Florence Speedway in-troduced a new division ofcompetition with the rendition ofthe up-and-coming four-cylinderfront-wheel drive class, known asthe Hornets. “Rooster” JerryGibson Jr. of Crittenden was afirst-time winner.

PRESS PREPSHIGHLIGHTS

By James [email protected]

Kentucky BulldogsThe Kentucky Bulldogs will host

individual tryouts for the 2013 seasonin the month of August. The 12 andunder Bulldogs will compete in theSouthwest Ohio League’s ContinentalDivision. The team is mostly made upof Boone County residents. Playersmust be 12 or under on May 1, 2013.Contact Jeff Bowman at 513-315-4353or by email at [email protected] formore information and to schedule atryout.

KC KryponiteThe KC Kryptonite tryouts will be 9

a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 4, at theKenton County Youth Sports Com-plex. The 12U team will play AABCball in Southwest Ohio. Call 859-466-8432 for details.

Baseball tryoutsCompetitive Northern Kentucky

youth baseball team, formerly knownas the RDP Reds (will chose a newname), is currently holding Augusttryouts for the 2012 fall season. Theteam’s home field is Dorothy HowellField, Elsmere. Eligible players mustnot turn 13 before May 1, 2013. Formore information contact Tony at859-462-3503 or [email protected].

Officials neededThe Northern Kentucky Volleyball

Officials Association is seeking individ-uals who might be interested inofficiating high school volleyballmatches for the 2012 season. Trainingis provided. Contact Sharan Bornhornat [email protected] or 859-760-4373. Additional information can befound at www.nkvoa.com.

Freedom Elite tryouts

The Florence Freedom Elite 2013Team for 14U age will have the annualtryouts 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, Aug.11, at the Florence Freedom Stadium.Register for tryouts atwww.florencefreedom.com. Allplayers must pre-register. ContactMarc Siemer at 513-227-8322 [email protected].

The team will compete in SWOLGold Division. Winter workouts willbegin Jan 5, 2013, and will resumeafter the high school teams completetheir season in early May.

Baseball tryoutsTeam Ignite will host tryouts for the

2013 season 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 5, atCentral Park Field No. 6. Individualtryouts can be scheduled now; contactthe coach at 859-393-8863 or email [email protected]. Players must be 11 orunder on May 1, 2013.

Baseball tryoutsNKY Jaguars 10U baseball team is

looking for top players to join their2013 team.

Tryouts are 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug.11, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 12, atIdlewild Park field No. 6. Register atwww.leaguelineup.com/ nkyjaguars.

Freedom special eventsThe Florence Freedom, Northern

Kentucky’s professional baseballteam, will host the following specials:

» Red Idle will perform on theright field Parrot Bay bandstand afterthe game Thursday, Aug. 2.

» Network Sports Broadcast is theFriday night firework theme Aug. 17.

» TomGill.com Rockin’ Saturdaypresented by 92.5 The Fox will featureDV 8 6:05 p.m. Aug. 18.

For more information, call 859-594-4487 or visit florencefreedom.com.

SIDELINES

Conference accoladesSix Thomas More College

athletes were named to the 2012All-Presidents' Athletic Confer-ence baseball teams by headcoaches.

Named to the first team weresenior first baseman AndrewThole, junior shortstop DavidKennett; and junior designatedhitter Ryan Darner, a CovingtonCatholic High School; whilesophomore second baseman Ty-ler Graber; sophomore thirdbaseman Travis Miller, a St.Henry High School graduateand sophomore outfielder CodyMakin were named honorablemention.

Thole batted .374 as he was55-of-147 with five home runs,13 doubles, one triple and 43runs batted-in for a sluggingpercentage of .578. He also had351 putouts with 16 assists andhelped turn 31 double plays.Miller was first on the team inbatting with a .407 average as hewas 50-of-123 with a home run,nine doubles, 27 runs scoredand 21 RBI for a slugging per-centage of .504. He had 16 put-outs and 74 assists to go with onedouble play. Makin batted .368as he was 49-of-133 with a homerun, a triple, eight doubles, 27runs scored and 21 RBI for a.466 slugging percentage. In thefield he had 65 putouts and sixassists.

The Saints ended the season

at 25-16 overall and a 13-11 markin the PAC to finish third duringthe regular season.

Booker nominatedThomas More College defen-

sive back Antonio Booker hasbeen nominated for the 2012 All-state AFCA Good Works Team,the most prestigious off-the-field honor in college football.Booker was selected for his re-sume of community service ac-complishments, which include:Helping with the Northern Ken-tucky Special Olympics, coach-ing elementary football duringthe summer in his hometown ofLouisville and serving as thefootball representative on theStudent-Athlete Advisory Com-mittee.

Long honoredThomas More College junior

basketball player Allison Longof Hebron has been named Stu-dent-Athlete Advisory Commit-tee Scholar-Athlete of theMonth for June.

This past season, she wasnamed to the All-PAC FirstTeam and the D3Hoops.com All-Great Lakes Region SecondTeam. Long was named to theLas Vegas Tournament All-Tournament Team and selectedas the MVP at Capital Univer-sity’s Tournament. During theseason, she received two PACplayer of the week honors andreached the 1,000-point plateau.

CATCHING UPWITH COLLEGE ATHLETES

Hoopsall-stars get

together

Blue West All-Star Tyler Bray of Lloyd (12) blocks the shot formWhite East All-Star Michael Bueter of NewCath (1) in the firstperiod during the All-Star Basketball game at Scott High SchoolJune 6. JOSEPH FUQUA II/STAFF

White East All-Star Danny Sparks from Dayton High School (14)goes up for a shot against Blue West All-Star Parker Stansberryfrom Dixie Heights (14) in the first period during the All-Starbasketball game at Scott High School June 6. THE ENQUIRER/ JOSEPH

FUQUA II

A8 • COMMUNITY RECORDER • AUGUST 2, 2012

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Community Recorder EditorNancy [email protected], 578-1059Office hours: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-FridaySee page A2 for additional contact information.

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The recently enacted high-way bill, Moving Ahead forProgress in the 21st Century Act(MAP-21), will help Kentucky tomeet its transportation needs.

While not a perfect piece oflegislation, it includes necessaryfunding and improvements thatgive the commonwealth a varie-ty of resources to address ourinfrastructure projects, includ-ing the Brent Spence Bridge.

MAP-21 will provide $112billion in surface transportationfunding to states between fiscal

years (FY) 2012and 2014. Ofthat amount,$1.93 billionwill go to Ken-tucky. Thosefunds, deter-mined by for-mula, arepassed to eachstate and terri-tory. The Gen-eral Assemblyin Frankfort isresponsible for

making decisions about whichprojects to fund. This state con-trol of federal dollars givesKentucky the authority to ad-vance projects like the BrentSpence Bridge replacement.

In addition to the formulafunding, the final highway billincludes important fundingmechanisms that could benefitthe Brent Spence Bridge re-placement project. Sen. SheldonWhitehouse, D-R.I., and I led abipartisan, bicameral effort toensure the bill included a re-formed Projects of National andRegional Significance Program.

PNRS establishes a merit-based process for funding mega-infrastructure projects. Applica-tions for PNRS funds will beevaluated competitively usingenumerated criteria includingeconomic benefit and meeting aminimum cost baseline.

Given that the Brent SpenceBridge carries $400 billion offreight annually and is expectedto cost between $2 billion and $3billion to replace, the replace-ment project could qualify forPNRS.

MAP-21 also includes a num-ber of reforms and streamliningprovisions that shorten theamount of time needed to com-plete a project. The averagetime to complete a highwayproject is an astonishing 15years, and much of this is due tobureaucratic inefficiencies inthe application and approvalprocess.

MAP-21 requires agencies toset and meet decision deadlineson environmental review, penal-izing agencies that continue todelay. The law also broadensstates’ ability to secure right-of-way to construct a project priorto the completion of the govern-ment-mandated environmentalreview process, which can oftentake years to finish.

For each month the BrentSpence Bridge project is de-layed, the cost goes up $8 mil-lion, so these will be helpfulreforms to move the projectalong more quickly and savemoney.

MAP-21 is not perfect, but itis a positive step for Kentuckyand for rebuilding America’sinfrastructure.

U.S. Rep. Geoff Davis, R-Hebron, is amember of the U.S. House of Repre-sentatives.

Highway billgood forKentucky

GeoffDavisCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

Now that Independence Dayand the All-Star Game havepassed, can school days be farbehind? At Gateway Communi-ty and Technical College, fallclasses begin in less than amonth – Aug. 13 to be exact.Other classes begin in Septem-ber and throughout the year.

The college has many newinitiatives under way to in-crease access to career andtransfer education in our re-gion. That’s important because80 percent of today’s jobs re-quire education beyond highschool. In addition, an asso-ciate degree on average in-creases individual wages by$16,000 a year, compared to ahigh school diploma, accordingto the American Association ofCommunity Colleges. A look atGateway’s initiatives revealsnew majors and new ways toaccess college classes.

The Health ProfessionsOpportunity Grant awarded toGateway in 2010 has lived up to

its transfor-mationalpromise. Gate-way has newcredentials inhealth in-formationtechnology,retail pharma-cy technician,paramedictechnologyand phleboto-my and will

add a human services programin spring 2013. The programsare open to any Gateway stu-dent, but tuition and otherfinancial assistance is avail-able under the HPOG grant toqualifying low-income stu-dents interested in thesefields.

New this fall, students cancomplete an Associate in Artsor Science degree 100 percentonline through Gateway. Otheronline courses are available invarious subjects. Our Comput-

er Information Technologiesprogram offers new creden-tials. A related, one-of-a-kindprogram that kicks off in Janu-ary 2013 will train students forhigh-wage jobs in instructionaldesign, corporate training,multimedia development anddistance learning.

Other new initiatives makeit easier for high school stu-dents to start college in a veryaffordable manner. The Gate-way Regional Academy en-ables students to gain up to 24college credit hours duringtheir junior and senior years inhigh school.

Gateway has been recog-nized nationally for its workwith America’s veterans. Gate-way Veterans Education andTraining Services are designedto help vets make the transi-tion from “camos” to campusto career as easy as possible.Our two staff members, veter-ans themselves, help veteransget GI Bill benefits, train rap-

idly and find good jobs. Gate-way’s Accelerating Opportuni-ty program helps individualswith minimal skills quicklyreceive training and a creden-tial for a better-paying job.Students interested in careerfields like automotive repair,manufacturing and child de-velopment will find this pro-gram to their liking.

If you are a parent, a stu-dent, or someone who mayhave thought college was outof your reach, take a hard lookat what Gateway has to offer.The future belongs to peoplewith skills. Gateway continuesto develop innovative pro-grams and services to help youget them.

G. Edward Hughes is Gatewaypresident and CEO. For more in-formation about Gateway, includingfinancial aid opportunities, visitwww.gateway.kctcs.edu.

Gateway expandseducation outreach

G. EdwardHughesCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

As chief justice, I find itdisheartening that I can nolonger assure you that thecourts in Kentucky will be openwhen you need them.

For the first time in modernhistory, we will have to closeevery courthouse in the state tobalance the Judicial Branchbudget. For three days in 2012,we must furlough all courtpersonnel and close all court-house doors because the Gener-al Assembly has not allottedenough money to fund courtoperations at current levels.

The 4.3 million people inKentucky generate nearly 1.1million court cases each year.To meet that demand, the Judi-cial Branch needs only about 3percent of the state budget. Yetsince 2008 our court system hasexperienced a cumulative bud-get reduction of 48 percent.

We began addressing ourfunding crisis four years agoby downsizing our staff by 282employees, leaving judicial

vacanciesunfilled, elim-inating valu-able programssuch as Juve-nile and Fam-ily DrugCourts, imple-menting broadoperating cutsand stream-lining theorganizationalstructure of

the Administrative Office ofthe Courts, the operations armof the court system.

Responding to deeper cutsimposed in the most recentstate budget, we announced adrastic reduction in service byclosing courts for three days in2012, capping the number ofadult Drug Court participantsand implementing greaterrestrictions on our personnelcomplement. In January, wewill regroup to determine if wecan make it through the fiscal

year without taking other sig-nificant measures.

Four years of implementingcuts is hollowing out our courtsystem. We must set asideinnovative plans for new tech-nology to replace our obsoletecase management system andimprove efficiency throughe-filing. Meanwhile many ofour most experienced and ded-icated employees are forced toleave for higher paying jobs inthe other branches of stategovernment or the privatesector.

With great vision, the draf-ters of the federal and Ken-tucky constitutions providedfor three branches of govern-ment, including the judiciary asa separate and equal branch ofgovernment. That’s how impor-tant our founders consideredthe role of the courts in oursystem of checks and balances.

While the constitutionalargument for properly fundingour courts has been made, the

practical argument is just asimportant. The courts decidematters that go to the very coreof our daily lives and the publicsuffers when the court systemis inadequately funded.

The toll of underfundedcourts is more than three daysof customer inconvenience.Growing caseloads and declin-ing budgets diminish the abilityof the courts to swiftly andefficiently mete out justice.Whether it is the state attempt-ing to bring a criminal to jus-tice, or a private citizen renew-ing a driver’s license or seekingthe judgment of a court in achild custody case or a busi-ness dispute, the courts arethere to protect a person’sfundamental rights under thelaw.

As citizens of this common-wealth, we need to speak up forthe courts.

John D. Minton Jr. is Chief Justice ofKentucky.

Cuts hollowing out court system

John D.Minton Jr.COMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

By now everyone has heardabout the U.S. Olympic Teamuniforms being made in China.It’s important to note that theU.S. Olympic Team is financedby private funds, not taxpayermoney.

Sen. Majority Leader HarryReid, D-Nev., even went onrecord and said: “I am so upset.I think the Olympic committeeshould be ashamed of them-selves. I think they should beembarrassed. I think theyshould take all the uniforms,put them in a big pile and burnthem and start all over again. Ifthey have to wear nothing but asinglet that says USA on it,painted by hand, then that’swhat they should wear.”

The hypocrisy is amazing!It’s time for politicians to shutup and start worrying abouttheir own overseas spending

habits. So howare Reid andthe rest of thefederal spend-meisters doingwith our taxdollars?

Last year,the U.S. gov-ernment gaveFisker Motorsa $529 millionguaranteed

loan to build exotic electriccars in Finland. The first elec-tric car, Karma, carries a$97,000 price tag. The 2009stimulus bill awarded $337million to Sempra Energy toprovide solar panels to Arizona.They purchased the solar pan-els from a firm in China. WasReid setting his “green” cardon fire? Nope!

Earlier this month, Presi-

dent Barack Obama authorizedSecretary of State Hillary Clin-ton to grant a $126 million loanto the Socialist Republic ofVietnam. The loan is for thepurchase of a telecommunica-tions satellite. I couldn’t find aquote from Reid about burningall that satellite equipment.

In 2009, Obama restored theU.S. government’s funding forthe United Nation’s population-control body or as I call it –United Nation’s HolocaustAgainst Children Program. In2010, The Obama Administra-tion spent $23 million of tax-payer money promoting a Ken-yan referendum on a new con-stitution that would legalizeabortion in Kenya for the firsttime. Are you kidding me?

Obama’s budget for 2012authorized $50 million for theUnited Nation’s abortion fac-

tories. Reid’s soul is going toburn for that one.

In Afghanistan, the U.S.government is building a $92million five-story, 516,000square-foot “pentagon” build-ing that features domed roofsand high-tech electronics. TheWashington Post reported atotal of 1,150 buildings havebeen planned for Afghanistancosting U.S. taxpayers $4 bil-lion. I’m almost ready to setmyself on fire at this point.

Reid’s phony outrage ofprivate U.S. money being spentoverseas is pathetic. If the U.S.Olympic Team should burntheir uniforms, then the U.S.Capitol should be burned to theground.

Tom Wurtz is President of TomWurtz Consulting’s Eagle PoliticalAcademy.

Shut up about Olympic uniforms

Tom WurtzCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

LIFELIFE PEOPLE | IDEAS | RECIPES

COMMUNITYRECORDER

THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 2012

Salsa, a popular condiment,simply means sauce. Today youmay find it in a variety of set-tings and made in any number ofways.

Some salsas are tomato basedwhile others are fruit based. Itmight be a condiment for chipsor meats. You’ll find it as an appe-tizer, as part of a main dish, andeven with side dishes and des-serts. The sky is the limit on thenumber of salsa recipes.

Not all salsas can be safelyhome canned for long-term stor-age. Any home-canned salsasshould use a well-researched andtested recipe designed for thehome canner. Why? Because ofthe risk of botulism.

Salsas combine low acidsfoods like peppers and onionswith more acidic foods like toma-toes. Acid flavorings such as

vinegar, lemonjuice, or limejuice are usuallyadded. However,it is difficult todetermine theproper acidity forhome canningwith recipescreated at home.

If you have afavorite salsa andare interested in

keeping it for later use, it canusually be stored in the refriger-ator for up to a week or in thefreezer for up to a year.

Salsa served at restaurantsalso might be of concern. Accord-ing to research from the Centersfor Disease Control, “nearly 1 outof every 25 restaurant-associatedfoodborne outbreaks with identi-fied food sources between 1998

and 2008 can be traced back tocontaminated salsa or guacamole,more than double the rate duringthe previous decade.” Many ofthe outbreaks can be traced toimproper handling of the salsaand improper storage times.

Be aware of the challenges offoodborne illness and salsa. Whenat home, make what you thinkyou will use within a week or planto freeze what is left. At a restau-rant, be aware of how the salsa ishandled and served.

Salsas can be a great, usuallylow-fat, lower calorie addition toany eating plan. It also is one ofthe most popular condiments inAmerica.

Diane Mason is county extensionagent for family and consumer sci-ences at the Boone County Coopera-tive Extension Service.

Do research before canning salsa

DianeMasonEXTENSIONNOTES

Salsas can be a great, usually low-fat, lower calorie addition to anyeating plan. PROVIDED

1,456 notebooks.Standing in an aisle lined with a rain-

bow of folders and back-to-schoolitems, Karen Yates, executive directorof Newport’s Hosea House, waits toplace her large order at Walmart in FortWright.

Hosea House has helped hundredsof Northern Kentucky kids and theirfamilies get ready to go back to school.But school supply costs are rising, soYates is searching for items on thecheap.

“I’m going to get 1,400 of these note-books and they’ll give it in quantity,”she said, of Walmart.

After 12 years of working with Ho-sea House’s program, which gives 900backpacks filled with school supplies tokids from Kenton, Boone and Campbellcounties, she says Walmart has the bestprices on back-to-school swag.

But, according to the findings of aCommunity Recorder search for thecheapest school supplies, it might be

best for families to shop around.Five dollars.That’s all Independence mom Melis-

sa Jennings paid to fill her son PeytonJones’ book bag last year.

Jennings, who owns bargains web-site www.StockpilingMoms.com withShelley King Steimer, says a surplus ofsupplies can be a key to savings.

“I stockpile the back-to-schoolitems, whatever store has the cheapestdeals,” she said. “This week it’s 19 centnotebooks at Kroger.”

She travels to different stores to getthe best deals. One week, it may be 39cent glue sticks at Walgreens, and apenny deal at Staples during the next.

Also, looking to stores where schoolsupplies aren’t usually the prominentstock, can bring the deepest discounts.

“I don’t think people think of gener-ally doing the bulk of their back-to-school shopping at Kroger,” she said.“... just swinging in and getting one ortwo items at these stores, you’re goingto find you get a lot more (for your mon-ey.)”

The Community Recorder obtained a

school supply list for the fourth gradeat Beechwood Independent Schools andcompared prices for the items at Sta-ples, Walmart and Dollar Generalstores in Crescent Springs, Fort Wrightand Erlanger, respectively.

Some items, such as loose leaf note-book paper, were cheaper at Walmart.Two packs of paper will cost a parent$1.64 versus $5.20 at Dollar General and$4 at Staples.

Staples had the least expensive high-lighters, going for $1 a pack. At Wal-mart customers would pay $1.74 and themarkers are $1.50 at Dollar General.

Five subject notebooks looked tocost less at Dollar General, where theycan be snagged for $2. Staples shopperspay $3.99 for the product and those buy-ing at Walmart pay $3.74.

Not all stores have every item on thelist though, with Dollar General not car-rying accordion-style folders, bookcovers and flash drives at the time ofthe comparison.

In total, it costs about $36.64 to com-plete the supply list at Walmart, $58 atStaples and $27.20 at Dollar General.

Karen Yates, executive director at Hosea House in Newport, shops for 900 kids each year during back-to-school sales. Hosea Housesupplies free backpacks and supplies to Northern Kentucky children. Yates said Walmart usually has the best prices on items, butsometimes she’ll shop around for a better deal. LIBBY CUNNINGHAM/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER


Peyton Jones’ mother, Melissa Jennings,spent $5 on his school supplies lastschool year. Jennings said she shopsaround and stockpiles items to get thebang out of her buck. The 7-year-oldfrom Independence goes to RylandHeights Elementary. THANKS TO MELISSA

JENNINGS

Shop aroundfor the best deals

SCHOOLSUPPLYSHOPPINGTIPS

B2 • COMMUNITY RECORDER • AUGUST 2, 2012

FRIDAY, AUG. 3Art ExhibitsColor Wheel in the Brain: TheArt and Life of Dr. WolfgangRitschel, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Beh-ringer-Crawford Museum, 1600Montague Road, Celebrate lifeand work of Dr. WolfgangRitschel through artist’s vision-ary blending of color, sight andperception in his paintings,stained glass pieces and sculp-ture. $7, $6 seniors, $4 children.Through Aug. 12. 859-491-4003;www.bcmuseum.org. Coving-ton.

International Colored PencilExhibition, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.,Carnegie Visual and PerformingArts Center, 1028 Scott Blvd.,Featuring 122 color pencil worksculled from more than 500entries by juror Jamie Markle ofF&W Media. Work from dozensof artists explore expressiveaspects of color pencil, high-lighting its versatility and multi-faceted uses. Free. Presented byColored Pencil Society of Amer-ica. Through Aug. 30. 859-491-2030; www.thecarnegie.com.Covington.

BenefitsMadonna Jam, 7-9 p.m., Cincin-nati Marriott at RiverCenter, 10W. RiverCenter Blvd., With RegieHamm, Eliot Sloan and KarynWilliams. Benefits AngelmanSyndrome Foundation. $25.Presented by Cincinnati Marriottat Rivercenter. 859-250-0026.Covington.

Community DanceFriday Night Ballroom Dance,8-10 p.m., Step-N-Out Studio,721 Madison Road, Group lesson8-8:30 p.m. DJ dance to multiplestyles of ballroom dance musicbegins 8:30-10 p.m. Familyfriendly. $5. 859-291-2300.Covington.

Dining EventsDinner Fish Fry, 4:30-8 p.m.,Knights of Columbus 3908,Father Bealer Council, 605 LytleAve., Menu includes: fish sand-wich platters that include largebreaded cod on rye or whitebread, macaroni and cheese orfries and coleslaw. Jumbo andpopcorn shrimp platters as well.Other sides include cheese sticks,saratoga chips and onion rings.Family friendly. 859-342-6643.Elsmere.

Exercise ClassesSummer Yoga Classes, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Behringer-CrawfordMuseum, 1600 Montague Road,$32 per person per four-weeksession. Registration required.859-491-4003; www.bcmuseu-m.org. Covington.

Music - JazzNew Sleepcat Band, 7:30 p.m.,Dee Felice Cafe, 529 Main St.,Directed by Bill Gemmer andfeatures John Von Ohlen. 859-261-2365; www.deefelice.com.Covington.

Music - RockKill Box, 8 p.m. Doors open 7p.m., Madison Theater, 730Madison Ave., $8. 859-491-2444;www.madisontheateronline-.com. Covington.

Music - WorldManuel, 7-10 p.m., ArgentineBean Bistro and Wine Bar, 2875Town Center Blvd., Chileanguitarist performs upbeat musicfrom Spanish guitar to Americanclassics. Family friendly. Free.859-426-1042. Crestview Hills.

ShoppingWorld’s Longest Yard Sale, 8a.m.-4 p.m., MainStrasse Village,Main Street, Bargain hunting for690 miles from 5 miles north ofAddison, Michigan to Gadsden,Alabama. Mainstrasse spaceslocated along Sixth Street. Foodvendors. $15 booth rental; freefor shoppers. Presented byMainStrasse Village Association.859-491-0458;www.127sale.com. Covington.

ToursHomefest of Northern Ken-tucky, 5-9:30 p.m., Manor Hill,Tennyson Drive, View fiveprofessionally built and fullyfurnished homes on display. $6at Remke bigg’s. Presented byRemke-bigg’s. 859-594-3412;www.hbanky.com/home-shows/homefest.html. Independence.

SATURDAY, AUG. 4Art ExhibitsColor Wheel in the Brain: TheArt and Life of Dr. Wolfgang

Ritschel, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Beh-ringer-Crawford Museum, $7, $6seniors, $4 children. 859-491-4003; www.bcmuseum.org.Covington.

International Colored PencilExhibition, noon-3 p.m., Car-negie Visual and PerformingArts Center, Free. 859-491-2030;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.

Dining EventsTaste of Crescent Springs, 5:30p.m., Crescent Springs Commu-nity Park, 800 Buttermilk Pike,Food, music, bake sale, gamesfor all ages and prizes. Free.Presented by Remke-bigg’s.859-594-3412; www.remkes-.com. Crescent Springs.

Health / WellnessHealthy Happy Hour, 11:30a.m.-12:30 p.m., All Star Perfor-mance Training, 8419 U.S. 42,Energy drinks and protein drinkcocktails along with samples ofnutritional bar hors d’oeuvres.Ages 18 and up. Through Sept. 1.859-912-0764; www.allstarper-formancetraining.com. Elsmere.

Music - ConcertsForeigner, 6 p.m., ChampionWindow Field, 7950 FreedomWay, British-American rockband, originally formed in 1976.$58 gold circle floor, $48 premi-um floor, $38 stadium reserved,$32 stadium indirect view.Presented by Florence FreedomProfessional Baseball. 859-594-4487; www.florencefreedom-.com. Florence.

Music - JazzNew Sleepcat Band, 7 p.m.,Dee Felice Cafe, 859-261-2365;www.deefelice.com. Covington.

Music - RockOval Opus Reunion Show, 8p.m. Doors open 7 p.m., Madi-son Theater, 730 Madison Ave.,Big. $10. 859-491-2444;www.madisontheateronline-.com. Covington.

Music - WorldManuel, 7-10 p.m., ArgentineBean Bistro and Wine Bar, Free.859-426-1042. Crestview Hills.

On Stage - ComedyLive Bait Comedy, 9 p.m. WithRay Price, Ed Barzee, VinceGulino, Tony Kordenbrock, ChrisSiemer, Alex Holcomb and RobWilfong., Mahogany’s CoffeeHouse and Bar, 3715 WinstonAve., $5. 859-314-9543;www.mahoganyslive.com.Latonia.

Runs / WalksFleeing Felon Run, 8 a.m.,Lincoln Ridge Park, 420 Inde-pendence Station Road, Coursewill be approximately 3 mileslong and will consist of 12obstacles. Must be able to run,climb, crawl and lift. Runners"felons" will be sent off inwaves of 15 "felons" every 30

minutes. Check-in 30 minutesbefore your start time. Ages 13and up. Benefits RedwoodSchools. $25. Presented byIndependence Fraternal Orderof Police Lodge 75. 859-525-7529. Independence.

ShoppingWorld’s Longest Yard Sale, 8a.m.-4 p.m., MainStrasse Village,$15 booth rental; free for shop-pers. 859-491-0458;www.127sale.com. Covington.

Yard Sale, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Im-manuel United MethodistChurch, 2551 Dixie Highway, Inconjunction with world’s largestyard sale. Food available forpurchase. More than 25 vendors.Benefits Sonshine Preschool.859-341-5330. Lakeside Park.

Sports-Registrations &Tryouts

KC Kryptonite AABC 2013Baseball Tryouts-12U, 9 a.m.-noon, Kenton County YouthSports Booster Complex, OliverRoad, Playing the AmericanDivision. Free. Presented by KCKRYPTONITE. 859-466-8432;www.eteamz.com/kckryptonite.Independence.

ToursHomefest of Northern Ken-tucky, 10 a.m.-9:30 p.m., ManorHill, $6 at Remke bigg’s. 859-594-3412; www.hbanky.com/home-shows/homefest.html.Independence.

SUNDAY, AUG. 5Music - AcousticDrew Lanius and Willy D, 8p.m.-midnight, Shimmers Tav-ern, 1939 Dixie Highway,Through Dec. 30. 859-426-0490;www.shimmerscomplex.com.Fort Wright.

ShoppingWorld’s Longest Yard Sale, 8a.m.-4 p.m., MainStrasse Village,$15 booth rental; free for shop-pers. 859-491-0458;www.127sale.com. Covington.

ToursHomefest of Northern Ken-tucky, 1-6 p.m., Manor Hill, $6at Remke bigg’s. 859-594-3412;www.hbanky.com/home-shows/homefest.html. Independence.

MONDAY, AUG. 6Art ExhibitsInternational Colored PencilExhibition, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.,Carnegie Visual and PerformingArts Center, Free. 859-491-2030;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.

Karaoke and Open MicOpen Mic Night, 7:30 p.m., ThePub Crestview Hills, 2853 DixieHighway, With Mike Liggett.859-426-7827; www.experi-encethepub.com/crestview-hills.Crestview Hills.

RecreationDuplicate Bridge, 11:30 a.m.-3p.m., Elsmere Senior Center, 179Dell St., Lower Level. Open to allplayers. Family friendly. $5.Presented by Boone CountyBridge Center. 859-391-8639;www.boonecountybridgecenter-.com. Elsmere.

The Northern Kentucky PokerTour, 7-10 p.m., KJ’s Pub, 2379Buttermilk Crossing, Nightlyqualifier. Winner receives certif-icate to semi-finals. Cash andprizes including seat to 2013WSOP in Las Vegas includingairfare/hotel/spending money.Ages 21 and up. Free for specta-tors. Registration required.Presented by The NorthernKentucky Poker Tour. 440-218-0559; www.playnky.com. Cres-cent Springs.

TUESDAY, AUG. 7Community DanceLine Dancing, 7-9 p.m., LookoutHeights Civic Club, 1661 ParkRoad, Holly and Bernie Rusch-man, instructors. Beginnerswelcome. Smoke-free. Familyfriendly. $6, $3 for first-timers.Presented by H & B Dance Co..859-727-0904. Fort Wright.

Health / WellnessWeight Loss Class, 6:30-7 p.m.,Hickory Grove Baptist Church,11969 Taylor Mill Road, $60 for12-week membership. First classfree. Presented by EquippedMinistries. 859-802-8965;www.facebook.com/equipped-ministries. Independence.

Wellness by the Book, 7 p.m.Theme: Back to School Readi-ness (healthy eating, parentingtips and backpack safety).,Joseph-Beth Booksellers-Crest-view Hills, 2785 Dixie Highway,Each month, St. Elizabeth pro-fessionals share information andsuggest corresponding book onvariety of health and wellnesshot topics. Free. Presented by St.Elizabeth Healthcare. 859-301-6300; www.stelizabeth.com.Crestview Hills.

Karaoke and Open MicKaraoke, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.,Shimmers Tavern, 1939 DixieHighway, Sing your heart outwith Kara. 859-426-0490;www.shimmerscomplex.com.Fort Wright.

RecreationThe Northern Kentucky PokerTour, 7-10 p.m., All In Cafe, 480Erlanger Road, Nightly qualifier.Winner receives certificate tosemi-finals. Cash and prizesincluding seat to 2013 WSOP inLas Vegas including airfare/hotel/spending money. Ages 21and up. Free for spectators.Presented by The NorthernKentucky Poker Tour. 440-218-0559; www.playnky.com. Er-langer.

Wednesday, Aug. 8

Health / WellnessRunner’s Injury Clinic, 5-6:30p.m., St. Elizabeth EdgewoodSports Medicine, 830 ThomasMore Parkway, Receive assis-tance from local medical provid-ers, including physical therapists,athletic trainers, physicians andregistered dietician. Free. Regis-tration required. Presented byBob Roncker’s Running Spot.859-301-5600; www.steliza-beth.com/sportsmedicine.Edgewood.

Weight Loss Class, 5:30-6 p.m.,Lakeside Christian Church, 195Buttermilk Pike, $60 for 12-weekmembership. First class free.Presented by Equipped Minis-tries. 859-802-8965; www.face-book.com/equippedministries.Lakeside Park.

RecreationThe Northern Kentucky PokerTour, 7-10 p.m., Saddle Club,2487 Dixie Highway, Nightlyqualifier. Winner receives certif-icate to semi-finals. Cash andprizes including seat to 2013WSOP in Las Vegas includingairfare/hotel/spending money.Ages 21 and up. Free for specta-tors. Presented by The Northern

Kentucky Poker Tour. 440-218-0559; www.playnky.com. FortMitchell.

Thursday, Aug. 9

Art ExhibitsColor Wheel in the Brain: TheArt and Life of Dr. WolfgangRitschel, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Beh-ringer-Crawford Museum, $7, $6seniors, $4 children. 859-491-4003; www.bcmuseum.org.Covington.

Business MeetingsGreater Cincinnati Interna-tional Trade Awards Lun-cheon, 12:30-2 p.m., METSCenter, 3861 Olympic Blvd.,Meet and honor local champi-ons of global trade. Largeenterprise nominees: MazakCorporation, Toyota MotorManufacturing and ToyotaBoshoku. Small enterprisenominees: Armor USA, DonnaSalyers’ Fabulous Furs andZotefoams Inc. Keynote: CraigMoughler, managing director ofAshland Inc. Ages 21 and up.$40. Registration required.Presented by Northern KentuckyInternational Trade Association.859-426-3656; www.nkycham-ber.com/merx. Erlanger.

Business SeminarsMerx: International BestPractices Summit, 8:30 a.m.-2p.m., METS Center, 3861 OlympicBlvd., Experts with experience inbusiness of international tradeshare advice and stories in paneldiscussions, open to audiencequestions and concerns. Panel-ists from LPK, Proctor andGamble, General Electric, USPlaying Card,Toyota Boshoku,DHL, Sweco and more. Ages 21and up. $90. Registration re-quired. Presented by NorthernKentucky Chamber of Com-merce. 859-426-3656; www.nky-chamber.com/merx. Erlanger.

Exercise ClassesZumba Class, 7:30-8:30 p.m.,Mary Riesenberg Dance Studio,581 Dudley Pike, Suite C, Exoticrhythms set to high-energy Latinand international beats. Allfitness levels welcome. Ages 18and up. $7. Presented by Zumbawith Gabrielle. 513-702-4776.Edgewood.

Karaoke and Open MicExtreme Entertainment Ka-raoke, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., ShimmersTavern, 1939 Dixie Highway, Testyour voice against some of thebest singers in the area. 859-426-0490; www.shimmerscomplex-.com. Fort Wright.

RecreationThe Northern Kentucky PokerTour, 7-10 p.m., Buffalo Wings &Rings, 2440 High St., Nightlyqualifier. Winner receives certif-icate to semi-finals. Cash andprizes including seat to 2013WSOP in Las Vegas includingairfare/hotel/spending money.Ages 21 and up. Free for specta-tors. Presented by The NorthernKentucky Poker Tour. 440-218-0559; www.playnky.com. Cres-cent Springs.

The Bachelorette Bash, 6:30-9p.m., The Grand, 6 E. Fifth St.,Free chair massages, horsd’oeuvres, Elk Creek wine anddesserts. Music by DJ MarkMcFadden. Dance and fitnessdemos. Learn about bache-lorette party options. Ages 18and up. $20. Presented byMcHale’s Events and Catering.859-442-7776; www.mchalesca-tering.com/bash.asp. Covington.

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The Great Inland Seafood Festival will be 6-11 p.m.Thursday, Aug. 9, 6-11 p.m. Friday, Aug. 10, noon-11 p.m.Saturday, Aug. 11 and noon-9 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 12, at theNewport Riverfront. For more information visitwww.greatinlandsea foodfest.com. Pictured is KellyScanlon. FILE PHOTO

The Boone County Fair will be Aug. 4-11 at the Boone County Fairgrounds, 5819 IdlewildRoad, Burlington. Cost is $8 ages 3 and up and includes parking and unlimited rides. FILE

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Tip Jar and the Bar Stars will perform 6:30-9:30 p.m.Thursday, Aug. 9, as part of the Live at the Levee SummerConcert Series at Newport on the Levee. THANKS TO MARY

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course,beautifulwith darkhair and isalreadyfashionablydressed byher grand-ma Terri,who isCourtney’smom. Ican’t wait

to take her on a strollthrough the herb garden!

The cucumbers arestarting to bear, so I willhave plenty to make pick-les. From the requests I’mgetting, it looks like a lotof you want to make pick-les, too.

Traditionalbread-and-butterpickles

For Loveland readerJoan Manzo, who wantedto learn how to make anold-fashioned bread-and-butter pickle.

4 pounds cucumbers, cutinto ¼-inch slices,unpeeled

2 pounds onions, thinlysliced

1⁄3 cup canning salt2 cups sugar2 tablespoons mustard seed2 teaspoons turmeric2 teaspoons celery seed1 teaspoon ginger1 teaspoon peppercorns3 cups vinegar, clear or cider

Combine cucumber andonions and layer with salt,cover with ice cubes andlet stand 1½ hours. Drain,rinse, drain again. Com-bine remaining ingredi-ents in pan and bring toboil. Add cucumbers andonions and return to a boil.Pack hot pickles and liquidinto hot jars, leaving¼-inch headspace. Re-move air bubbles. Adjusttwo-piece caps if usingcanning jars. Let cool toroom temperature beforerefrigerating. You don’tneed to process these ifyou are storing in therefrigerator, but if you aregoing to store them in thepantry, it’s a good idea todo that by processing 10minutes in a boiling waterbath.

Quick-and-easywashtub pickles

For Marilyn and Law-rence. Donna Woods sentthis recipe to me last yearand it continues to be amuch-requested one dur-ing cucumber season. Shetold me: “It has been afamily favorite for over 30years. I have many fondmemories making thiswith my dad. We wouldmix it in a laundry tub.”

Donna said when youmix the ingredients to-gether, it will look a bitdry at first, but as it sitsthe juices will come out.

They remind me a little ofbread-and-butter pickles,minus the turmeric. Theseare delicious with delimeat sandwiches. Donna’soriginal recipe called for ajar of drained pimentos,but I used red bell peppersand I also sliced the car-rots instead of choppingthem. I’ve also substitutedcider for clear vinegar.These are the only adapta-tions I made – no need toimprove on perfection!

Pickles:Mix together:

3 quarts thinly slicedcucumbers

2 cups thinly sliced greenpeppers

2 cups thinly sliced onions2 cups thinly sliced carrots2 red bell peppers, chopped

(optional)

Brine:Mix together:

2 tablespoons celery seed3 cups sugar1⁄3 cup salt2 cups clear or cider vinegar

Pour brine over veg-gies. Let sit several hourson counter, stirring everyonce in a while. Store inrefrigerator.

Tips from Rita’skitchen

Sweet potatoes forbaby: When choosingsweet potatoes for yourbaby, look for ones thatare firm, with no bruisesor cracks. Medium sizedones tend to have the besttexture – large ones cansometimes be stringy.Don’t store your sweetpotatoes in the refriger-ator. I think it ruins theirflavor and can make themtough. Instead, keep themin a cool, dark place.

Removing corn fromcob: Put the corn in thecenter hole of a Bundt or

angel food pan. This an-chors the corn so you canscrape the kernels offeasily, and the kernelsdrop right into the pan.

Can you help?Soy sauce sub for

Ellen S. from WesternHills. “My sons are bothallergic to soy and somany recipes call for soysauce – including thatdelicious sounding beefpot roast with garlic andginger.”

Dewey’s Pizza Greeksalad dressing for AngelaL. “I am interested inreplicating Dewey’s Greeksalad dressing. Do youhave any ideas? It is a red,I think sun-dried tomatobase.”

Readers respondWow! The response to

my Impossible Pie requestwas huge. Thanks to all.I’ll pare through themASAP for sharing.

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is anherbalist, educator and au-thor. Email her at [email protected] “Rita’s kitchen” in thesubject line. Call 513-248-7130,ext. 356.

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The Bank of Kentuckyhas launched an Androidapp. The app is now avail-able for free in the GoogleApps Marketplace.

This is the second mo-bile app service offered by

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With the theme “Well-ness in the Face of Demen-tia,” the Alzheimer’s Asso-ciation of Greater Cincin-nati will conduct its 22ndSummer Symposium onFriday, Aug. 24.

The following day, thechapter will host A Day forCaregivers. Both eventswill be held at the METSCenter of Northern Ken-tucky University, 3861Olympic Blvd., Erlanger.

The Summer Sympo-sium, a daylong education-al forum designed forhealthcare professionals,will feature a variety ofworkshops focusing on thetheme of maximizing well-ness in the face of demen-tia.

The workshops willcover a variety of diversetopics, including the im-pact of dementia on thebrain, medication manage-ment and addressing be-havioral symptomsthrough alternative tech-niques.

Dr. Jennifer Rose Mola-no will serve as keynotespeaker for the sympo-

sium. Mola-no, a neu-rologistwith theMemoryDisordersCenter atthe Univer-sity of Cin-cinnati

Neuroscience Institute,will address recent Alz-heimer’s research relatedto sleep and dementia.

Registration cost forthe Summer Symposium is$90 and includes lunch,materials and CEUs.

The Day for Caregiverswill be 8:30 a.m. to 12:30p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, atthe METS Center. Theevent is free to the publicand will feature education-al workshops. Advanceregistration is required.

Dr. Robert Keyes willserve as keynote speakerfor the Day for Care-givers.

For more informationor to register for the Sym-posium or A Day for Care-givers, contact JanetMilne at 513-721-4284 [email protected] or vis-it www.alz.org/cincinnati.

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Record low mortgagerates are prompting morepeople to enter the housingmarket – often first-timehome owners. We all knowit’s important to get ahouse inspected before youbuy, but be careful. Not allinspections are alike andyou could end up with anightmare.

Christina Howard saysshe feels the Fairfieldhouse she and her husbandbought earlier this year isturning into a money pit.“Where we first noticedproblems was in the utilityroom when you run thedishwasher … The dish-washer was leaking a con-tinuous leak. When youturned it on, it got worseand that’s how we saw it aweek after moving in,”Howard says.

All that water has cre-ated major problems in thehouse. “The whole bottomof the cabinets rotted out.A contractor said it wouldcost more money to re-build if we take off just thebottom. It would cost moremoney to rebuild themthan to just buy new ones,”Howard says.

Repairs are estimatedto cost thousands of dol-lars, money the Howardscan’t afford, so they’vebegun the clean-up them-selves and found a lot ofmold. “Mold is on the in-side of a wall so you can’tmerely bleach all that. It’sthree walls, the wholekitchen floor, the wholedining room floor, and wespent the last three weeksdoing demolition,” Howardsays.

The Howards 16-year-old son has a room right

next to thekitchen andhe was soallergic tothe moldhis eyesswelledshut. Hehad to leavethe housefor weekswhile the

mold remediation wasdone. “Everybody’s point-ing fingers but nobodywants to take responsibil-ity for it,” Howard says.

But what about thatwhole house inspectionthey got before buying?Howard says they calledthe inspection companybut it won’t call them back.I checked the inspectioncompany’s brochure andfound it does not displaythe symbol of the Amer-ican Society of Home In-spectors. I always recom-mend you hire an ASHI-certified home inspector –especially in Ohio, whereno license is required, soanybody can call them-selves a home inspector.ASHI certification meansthe inspector has a certainamount of experience andmust pass a series of tests.

Another problem is thatthe Howards got the nameof the home inspector fromtheir real estate agent.That’s not recommendedbecause there’s a conflictof interest. The inspectorcan feel obligated not toreveal problems so the salegoes through and the in-spector gets more re-ferrals from that agent inthe future.

No home inspector isgoing to guarantee theywon’t miss something, butyou’re better off using anASHI-certified home in-spector you pick yourself.

Howard Ain answers consum-er complaints weekdays onWKRC-TV Local 12. Write tohim at 12 WKRC-TV, 1906Highland Ave., Cincinnati45219.

Take care withhome inspection

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INDEPENDENCE —Food was flying at the Wil-liam E. Durr branch of theKenton County Public Li-brary on Saturday, June 9,for a giant food fight.

The messy celebrationwas part of the library’skick-off to the summerreading program.

The Durr Library hassummer reading pro-grams for children, teensand adults throughout thesummer for participantsto earn great prizes.

For more information,visit www.kenton.lib.ky.usor call 859-962-4030.

Firefighters from the Independence Fire District hosed off the messy participants of a food fight at the Kenton CountyPublic Library's William E. Durr Branch. THANKS TO THE KENTON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY

Summer Reading programgets a messy start

Community Recorder Children'sServicesCoordinator JoelCaithamer strucka cheesy posewith the Stanleyfamily, includingmom Amber, dadAdam, Drake andIsabella followingthe William E.Durr Branch ofthe KentonCounty PublicLibrary's foodfight. THANKS TO

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The ancient sport ofChinese dragon boat rac-ing will return to North-ern Kentucky. The ThirdAnnual Kentucky DragonBoat Festival – Paddlingfor the Pink will be 8:15a.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, atA.J. Jolly Park in Camp-bell County. Team check-in begins at 7 a.m.

Join The KentuckyThorough-Breasts, Ken-tucky’s first breast can-cer survivor dragon boatracing team, and present-ing sponsor St. ElizabethHealthcare in the fightagainst breast cancer.

Proceeds benefit theBreast Centers of St. Eliz-abeth Healthcare and theongoing mission of theKentucky Thorough-Breasts, all of which arecommitted to women’shealth and breast cancer

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people and join the races.All teams must have atleast eight women. No all-male teams will be per-mitted. A steerperson,drummer, paddles, lifejackets and dragon boatswill be provided. Those14and older can participate.No prior racing experi-ence is required. Ad-vance registration byAug. 24 is required for allteams.

The entry fee is $500per team. Each team iswelcome to raise addi-tional money for theevent. Prizes will beawarded to the teams thatraise the most money.

The event will featurefood vendors and live mu-sic throughout the day.

For more information,visit www.p4ca.org orcall 859-391-7020.

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lar programs. However, itquickly spread through-out the Navy and is now aresource for all sailors.

The goals of commit-tee members are to get agroup of sailors who,through networking anddiscussion, can createways to inform and in-spire others to make bet-ter decisions, and to equipall hands with the toolsthey need to make thosedecisions.

The coalition has dif-ferent topics they want tofocus on every month inan effort to raise aware-ness about these issues.Topics range from ad-dressing problems suchas sexual assault to every-day issues such as carbuying.

The committee recent-ly held its first meetingand plan to meet at leastonce a month throughoutthe rest of the ship’s de-ployment.

Boatright joined theNavy in June 2010.

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Navy Airman GregoryA. Boatright, son of LauraChaney of Ludlow andGregory Boatright ofLudlow, and fellow sailorsaboard the aircraft carri-er USS Enterpriseformed a Coalition of Sail-ors Against DestructiveDecisions committee.

The group offers apeer-to-peer mentoringprogram geared towardassisting sailors in mak-ing positive decisions inall areas of their lives.

The program was orig-inally created for those inROTC, JROTC and simi-

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The Northern Kentucky Wildcats 9u baseball team qualified for a trip to MyrtleBeach, S.C., to play in the USSSA World Series. They went 4-3, but won first place –beating out 16 teams – to win “Around the Horn” skill competition. Back row, fromleft: Logan Hinkle, Spencer Strunk, Logan Stevenson, Travis Smith and Heston Coots.Front row: Trent Adkins, Christopher Fitz, Dillon Scholl, Davis Tranbarger, TrumanPierson, Garrett Beiting. “Around the Horn” winners were Travis Smith, LoganStevenson, Heston Coots, Christopher Fitz and Garrett Beiting. THANKS TO RHONDA

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On Sept. 15, the BooneCounty High School andConner High School class-es of 1971 and 1972 will re-unite for what promises tobe a fun-filled event.

The reunion will takeplace at Turfway Park(fifth floor Racing Club),Florence, from 4 p.m. to 1a.m.

Join the reunion at 4p.m. to socialize and catchthe last few races of theday.

Dinner begins at 6:30p.m. followed by DJ Donnaplaying 1970s music, door-prizes, split-the-pot and ka-raoke.

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Bluemlein’s days are of-ten lost in a world of cre-ativity fueled by natureand inspired by the con-stant shifting of light re-flected on any given sub-ject. Impressionism is anactive form of art whichwas recently highlightedin a book, “100 Artists ofthe Midwest,” compiledby E. Ashley Rooney witha foreword written byBluemlein.

Tom Bluemlein andfour Tristate artists arethe guests of honor10 a.m.to1p.m. Sunday, Aug. 5, atMiller Gallery, 2715 ErieAve., in Hyde Park. Therewill be a book signing andreception.

“To be a part of thisbook is something I amquite proud of and I thinkit really highlights the ar-tistic talent that exists inthe Midwest,” Bluemleinsaid. “The author did awonderful job contactingpremiere artists of all me-diums and showcasing

their best works in thebook. It was neat to be apart of it.”

The book, published bySchiffer, includes artistsfrom Ohio, Illinois, Michi-gan, Minnesota, Indianaand Wisconsin. Of the sev-en Miller Gallery artistsincluded in the book, five,including Bluemlein, arefrom the Greater Cincin-nati area - Adam Hay-

ward of Hyde Park, RobJefferson of Westwood,Dale Lamson of East Wal-nut Hills and JonathanQueen of Anderson. Addi-tional regional artists areRon Monsma of Indiana,and Graceann Warn ofMichigan.

The hard-cover book,available at regional bookstores earlier this month,contains 618 full-color

photographs in 224 pagesand will be available forpurchase and autographsby the artists during thereception at Miller Gal-lery.

Bluemlein is a nativeKentuckian who has stud-ied with several mastersfrom Woodstock, N.Y., toCincinnati and Santa Fe,N.M.

With an art careerspanning three decades,Bluemleinenjoysmentor-ing other artists, especial-ly through his workshopsand painting demonstra-tions. Several of hisworks are displayed atgalleries in Gallery B,Lexington; Dana Gallery,Missoula, Mont.; JohnCollette Fine Art in Cash-iers, N.C.; and Miller Gal-lery.

Legacy Art is locatedat 12 Fort Mitchell Ave.,Fort Mitchell. Schedule aprivate showing at theFort Mitchell studio bycalling 859-341-2347 orsee all of their gallery list-ings by visitingwww.tombluemlein.com.

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“Ken, I have enjoyedreading your articles.Thanks so much for yourinsight. I would like toknow if you have any ad-vice pertaining to romanceand dating. Since I amgetting older every day, aquick reply would be ap-preciated! Thanks somuch.”

As a happily marriedman of 38 lovely years, Ihad to think of where Icould go for answers tohelp our readers. I decidedto call on an expert in thefield of romance and datingafter 60. I posed a numberof questions to a worldrenowned relationshiptherapist, Shelly Iker.

Ken: Shelly, I hope thatyour advice can help ourreaders. Where do you goto pick up your age-appro-priate men?

Iker: Picking up mencan be done just aboutanywhere, really. The doc-tor’s office is good; seems

like we allspend a lotof timethere. If aman has agood senseof humortalkingabout hisailments,that is sucha plus andif we canboth hear

each other above all thatrustling noise our Dependsare making, that’s a bonus.

I also like to scout formen at Kroger. The wordscout sounds much moreadventurous than pick up.That just sounds so, wellyou know, cheap and des-perate. I like to check outwhat a man has in his shop-ping cart. There must beone of my three favorites –wine, chocolate andwhipped cream. Thewhipped cream has to below fat. A woman has towatch her figure. Not sotrue of men sometimes.Just saying.

Accidentally crashinginto a man’s cart on pur-pose is always a good con-versation starter. If he

curses at me, I just grab hiswine and get the heck outof there. If he is pleasant,we’re off to the races.

I tried online dating butI wound up matching withmy old boyfriends. I de-manded a full refund. Atmy age there is no time fordo-overs.

Ken: What topics domen of your age want totalk about?

Iker: Ken, men talking!?What planet are you from?Oh, wait a minute I forgot.You are all from Mars! Ithink men my age are kindof all talked out. I knowthat’s a generalization butit’s kind of true.

I find that men willspeak on the first few datesjust to hook you but after awhile the conversationdries up just like thoseprunes in my kitchen cab-inet. If men do mumble afew words, they talk aboutsports, or ask for a beerwhile they are watchingsports or ask what’s fordinner after they are donewatching sports. Some-times I feel like I shouldwear a cup and a catcher’smask. Maybe he wouldthink I am somebody else

and be more inclined tochat.

Ken: What advice wouldyou give to men, consider-ing there is a large con-tingent of women out therein your age group?

Iker: Talk!Ken: Similar question.

What advice do you give tothe women out there, con-sidering there are manymore women than men inyour age group?

Iker: Just be yourself.We can’t compete with the20-somethings that somemen are drawn to. I couldput in a cuss word in at thispoint so don’t drive your-self crazy.

Gravity has started todo its thing. I have somefriends who say they won’tdate until they’ve lost 20pounds. Funny how younever really hear men saythat too often. The weightthing should not be a datingfactor. I believe most menreally don’t care. They justwant a warm body to keepthem company. I say theextra weight gives menmore to hold on to.

Ken: What qualities doyou look for in a man? Isage important? Is the horse

power of his scooter impor-tant? How about wealth?

Iker: I said that it isreally important for a manto talk and, of course, tolisten and not just duringcommercials. Personalhygiene is a big one for me.I love when a man smellsgood. You can’t beat a goodolfactory turn-on.

I love a man’s smile andit’s preferable if a mangives me a hicky, that hedoesn’t leave his teeth onmy neck. Make sure thatdenture cream is workin’for ya. Age doesn’t reallymatter to me. He just bet-ter be able to keep up withme. I could probably teacha younger man a thing ortwo. Like how to really heatthings up in the kitchen.

The horse power of aman’s scooter is kind ofimportant but there are lotsof things out there to makethings go better and I’m nottalking WD-40.

Wealth really doesn’tmatter to me. A relation-ship can be rich in so manyways blah, blah, blah. Hellyes, money matters. I can’tafford to buy all that winemyself.

Ken: How should wom-

en approach an age-appro-priate man?

Iker: Just sneak up onhim. Most of them can’thear you anyway. Goodluck.

Shelly Iker is really nota relationship therapist!Shelly is a friend and astand-up comedian, livingthe good life in NorthernKentucky. She is just get-ting back in the datingthing and for the record,and for all you guys outthere, Shelly is not over 60;she is a very “young” 58.

There is so much to this“getting old” thing that weneed to talk about. If I don’tknow the answer, I willlearn along with you. If youfind this article helpful andhave suggestions aboutother topics, I would appre-ciate it if you let me knowat 859-292-7971 or email meat [email protected] or write tome at SSNK, 1032 MadisonAvenue, Covington, Ken-tucky 41011.

Ken Rechtin is the interimexecutive director of SeniorServices of Northern Ken-tucky.

Talkin’ ’bout my generation: romance

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Erin Combs, 32, and Jack Nezi,52, both of Covington, issuedJuly 17.

Michelle Mahoney, 21, andCurtis Widner, 27, both of Inde-pendence, issued July 17.

Victoria Sayyah, 29, ofGeorgetown and Fred Marks-berry, 32, of Edgewood, issuedJuly 18.

Danielle Shomler, 18, and KyleMarsh, 23, both of Batavia,issued July 18.

Laura Galchick, 28, and JustinCole, 31, both of Edgewood,issued July 19.

Penny Harp, 35, and AhmadAtwan, 49, both of Cincinnati,issued July 19.

Whitney Norton, 32, of Crest-view Hills and Oliver Layman, 35,of Ludlow, issued July 19.

Heather Hughes, 25, of He-bron and Robert Shields, 24, ofVilla Hills, issued July 19.

Mary McClain, 55, and GarySchuyler, 58, both of Newark,issued July 19.

Kathy Tanner, 38, of Coving-ton and James Palmer, 37, ofEdgewood, issued July 19.

Jessica Rouse, 27, and GregoryPass, 28, both of Fort Mitchell,issued July 19.

Caroline Grimm, 24, of FortWright and Nicholas Behmeyer,28, of Bellevue, issued July 19.

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Michelle Casey, 40, of Cincin-nati and Aarom Williams, 32, ofColumbus, issued July 20.

Veronica Hammons, 21, ofCovington and Brendan Cain, 21,of Taylor Mill, issued July 23.

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FORT WRIGHTArrests/CitationsAmber Hale, 25, 454 Elm St.,shoplifting at 3450 Valley PlazaPkwy., July 15.

Incidents/InvestigationsTheftCellphone stolen at 3410 Madi-son Pike W., July 9.

Shoplifting, receiving stolenproperty, possession ofcontrolled substanceElectronics stolen, drugs andstolen merchandise found invehicle during arrest at 3450Valley Plaza Pkwy., July 12.

Shoplifting, serving warrantfor other agency

Clothing stolen, outstandingwarrant discovered prior toarrest at 3450 Valley PlazaPkwy., July 14.

POLICE REPORTS

ABOUT POLICEREPORTSThe Community Recorderpublishes the names of alladults charged withoffenses. The informationis a matter of publicrecord and does notimply guilt or innocence.

THE POINT CELEBRATES JULY 4TH

Brian Harper of The Point ARC lends a hand to get The Point’s float ready for the Fort Mitchell Fourth of July parade.The Point has celebrated its 40th anniversary. PROVIDED

Manna Mission, an out-reach ministry of ErlangerUnited Methodist Church,at 31 Commonwealth Ave.,opens its doors 5-7 p.m. ev-ery fourth Saturday of themonth to feed the less fortu-nate in Erlanger and Elsm-ere. They are also active tosolicit the assistance of lo-cal businesses to offset thecosts of products.

June 23 was no excep-tion when the Manna Mis-sion Team of volunteers fedmore than 80 individuals inits two-hour window of din-ner service with sand-wiches from Chick-Fil-A

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sion chooses a theme to co-ordinate its dinners. Junewas “Chick-Chick-ChickenNight,” July will be “ItalianPizza Night,” and Augustwill serve as “A Parking LotPicnic.”

Manna Mission has beenin operation since 2008, andgrows on a monthly basis asmore people become awareof its outreach. With theadded support of UnitedChristian Volunteers, thecity’s local leadership ,andarea businesses, this minis-trywillcontinuetobeavitalpart of Erlanger and Elsm-ere.

Manna Missionfeeds hungryCommunity Recorder

In addition to the$400,000 St. Jude DreamHome house, the winners ofother prizes were an-nounced.

Chris Keller of CrescentSprings won a dinner partyvaluedat$1,000,courtesyofThe Melting Pot of Cincin-nati.

Wanda Heumilton of Al-exandria won a year ofclasses at Park’s TaeKwon-Do Training & Fitness

The St. Jude DreamHome sold 6,422 tickets;$642,649 was raised for re-search and treatment at St.Jude Children’s ResearchHospital.

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Question: I have no-ticed several large deador dying branches insome of the big mapletrees around my house,and now even the pinesare looking bad. Is thissome kind of blight?

Answer: There aremany factors that couldbe involved, includingdrought, excess water(last year) leading to rootrot in low areas, diseases(like Verticillium Wilt ofmaples and tip blight ofpines), insects and borers,construction damage (soilcuts, fills, or compaction),lightning injury, nutrientimbalance, planting toodeep, rodent damage tothe trunk, “mower blight”or string trimmer dam-age, wire or stringwrapped around the trunkor branch, and girdlingroots.

Tree roots normallygrow outward in a radiusfrom the trunk. However,

when alateralroot inter-twineswith an-other mainlateralroot orencirclesthe trunk,a girdlingroot prob-lem can

occur. A girdling rootwrapped around the maintrunk, in effect, causes"self-strangulation" byrestricting the flow ofwater and nutrients in thetree. This problem ismore common on maples(particularly Norway,sugar, red and silvermaples) and pines than onother species.

Gradually, the treecanopy becomes lessdense as leaf thinningoccurs, followed by dyingtwigs and branches.These symptoms may

occur over the entire treeor on one side only (if theoffending root is restrict-ing growth only on oneside of the tree). If theproblem is not corrected,the tree (or the brancheson one side) will eventu-ally die.

To confirm a girdlingroot problem, carefullyexamine the base of thetrunk. Normally, by thetime a tree is 20 years old,lateral roots flare out atthe soil surface. A gir-dling root restricts nor-mal buttress flare so thetree appears (at least onone side) to ascendstraight up from theground like a telephonepole.

Often the girdling rootwill be at least partiallyexposed at the soil sur-face, forming a rigid“noose” around the tree.In other cases, carefuldigging near the trunk toa depth of 6 to 12 inches

may be necessary to lo-cate the problem root.

If container-grownplant material is rootbound at transplanting,the roots may continue tospiral around within theplanting hole. Girdlingroots may also occur ifnearby pavement, build-ings, boulders, ledges orcompacted soil preventnormal outward growthof roots, causing lateralroots to grow back acrossthe main root system.

To remove a girdlingroot, sever both exposedends of the root and pull itaway or allow it to decayin the soil. If left, removea couple of inches fromthe severed ends to pre-vent the cut ends fromrejoining. Then, fertilizethe tree and prune outdead wood.

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Dorothy AbnerDorothy Cottongim Abner, 81,

formerly of Covington, died July25, 2012, at Woodcrest Manor inElsmere.

She was a retired supervisorfor Quality Inn in Covington.

A son, Donald RaymondFurnish, died previously.

Survivors include, sons, RobertLee Furnish of Cincinnati andDaniel James Furnish of Critten-den; daughter; Anna Marie Yorkof Independence; 11 grand-children, 10 great-grandchildren.

Interment was at Forest LawnMemorial Park.

Dorothy AhrmanDorothy Evelyn Ahrman, 93,

of Latonia died July 18, 2012, ather residence.

She was retired from RosedaleManor Nursing Home in Latoniaas a kitchen server.

Her husband, Norbert Ahr-man, and a son, Ronald Ahrman,died previously.

Survivors include her sons,James Roland of Latonia, Clar-ence Ahrman of Erlanger, BillyRay Ahrman of Norwood, Ohio,Elmer David Ahrman of New-port and Robert Ahrman ofFlorida; daughters, Eva SueMcNabb of Latonia, Arah AnnRowland of Latonia and MaryKathryn Walker of Florence;sister, Sue Elizabeth Olding ofLatonia; 20 grandchildren; manygreat-grandchildren; and severalgreat-great-grandchildren.

Memorials: Hospice of theBluegrass, 7388 Turfway Road,Florence, KY 41042.

William BarnesWilliam “Bill” W. Barnes, 81,

of Covington, died July 25, 2012,at St. Elizabeth Edgewood.

He was an Army veteran ofthe Korean conflict, residentmanager of the Devou ParkMemorial Building from 1988 to2006, a past president of Red-wood Rehabilitation Center andTrustee Emeritus, enjoyedsteamboat cruises, folklore ofsteamboating and the familydog, Little Mouse, and was amember of Runyan MemorialChristian Church in Latonia.

Survivors include his wife,Barbara Evans Barnes of Coving-ton; sons, Craig Barnes of St.Louis and Kevin Barnes of Edge-wood; daughters, Kim Murphyof Fort Mitchell, Barbie Barnesof Newport and Betsy Duncan ofDover, Del.; and five grand-children.

Interment was in KentuckyVeterans Cemetery North inWillliamstown.

Memorials: Salvation Army ofNorthern Kentucky, 1806 ScottBlvd., Covington, KY 41014.

Obituary: Andrew BurnsAndrew John Burns, 86, of

Florence, died July 21, 2012, athis residence.

He was a retired vice presi-dent of Carolina Casualty,beginning his career as a masstransit insurance agent. He wasan Air Force veteran of WorldWar II, a member of St. PaulChurch in Florence and theAmerican Legion, and enjoyedsports and music.

A daughter, Margaret “Peg-gy” Burns, and brother, ThomasS. Burns, died previously.

Survivors include his wife,Rosemary Sironko Burns; son,Andy Burns of Alexandria;daughters, Andrea McMillen ofCrestview Hills, Thelma Prus ofLoveland, Ohio, Julia Hanley ofBeverly Hills, Calif., Susan Burnsof Union, Barbara Burns ofFlorence and Rosemary McKe-own and Kathy Kroell, both ofBlue Ash, Ohio; sisters, ElizabethJablonski and Julia Allen, bothof Pittsburgh, Pa.; 12 grand-children; and four great-grand-children.

Entombment was at Gate ofHeaven Cemetery in Montgo-mery.

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

Billie DunawayBillie Jane Dunaway, 82, of

Covington, formerly of HarrisonCounty, died July 20, 2012, at St.Elizabeth Edgewood.

She was a retiree of Wads-worth Electric in Covington anda member of the Berry ChristianChurch in Harrison County.

Her husband, William “Buck”Dunaway, died previously.

Survivors include her children,Lucille Frances Raney of Phoenix,Martin Dunaway of George-town, and Lucretia Dunaway ofCovington; five grandchildren;three great-grandchildren;brother, Grover H. Hardin ofFlorence; and sister, Anna MiltonForsythe of Cynthiana.

Interment was in PythianGrove Cemetery in Berry, Ky.

Memorials: donor’s choice.

Tracey ElliottTracey Lynn Stamm Elliott, 47,

of Taylor Mill, died July 23, 2012.She was a caterer for Stamm’s

Choice Meats & Catering Co.She loved her dogs Justy and

Daisy.Survivors include her parents,

Bill and Gail Stamm of TaylorMill; daughter, Stephanie Stammof Taylor Mill; and brother, BillyRay Stamm of Independence.

Interment was at Floral HillsCemetery in Taylor Mill.

Inez FleschInez M. Flesch, formerly of

Hebron, died July 20, 2012, atthe Medical Center of McKinneyin McKinney, Texas.

Her husband, Richard, anddaughter Elizabeth, died previ-ously.

Survivors include her sons,Gary Flesch of Villa Hills, RichardFlesch of Hebron, Joseph Fleschof Taylor Mill and Mark Flesch ofLake Charles, La.; sister, Louise

Blackstone, of Farmersville,Texas; seven grandchildren; andone great-grandchild.

Burial was at St. John Ceme-tery in Fort Mitchell.

Memorials: Catholic ReliefServices, 218 North Charles St.,Baltimore, MD 21201; The Alz-heimer’s Association, 644 LinnSt., Suite 1026, Cincinnati, OH45203; or The American CancerSociety, 297 Buttermilk Pike, FortMitchell, KY 41017.

Holly GinnHolly R. Ginn, 23, of Erlanger,

died July 23, 2012, at St. Eliza-beth Edgewood.

Survivors include her parentsEddie and Aleen Ginn of Erlang-er; sisters, Jessica Ginn of Elsm-ere, Jenny Ginn and Jamie Ginn,both of Erlanger; brother, EddieGinn of Bronson Fla.; nephew,Elliot Donskey of Elsmere;nieces, Zayla and Zadie Ginn ofBronson Fla.

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

Ernest HolmesErnest Lee Holmes, 76, of

Falmouth, died July 25, 2012, atthe family farm in BrackenCounty.

He graduated from EasternState Teachers College in 1958and entered the U.S. Army,where he spent 21 years, attain-ing the rank of lieutenantcolonel. He received his MasterAviator Wings, Imperial IranianArmy Aviator Wings, the BronzeStar and was presented manyhonors for valor and service.After retirement from the Army,he flew for Continental Expressuntil retiring again for medicalreasons. He was an avid fisher-man and enjoyed being on thefarm.

Survivors include his wife,Clara Showalter Holmes; daugh-ters, Lu Ann Holmes of Park Hillsand Lisa LeSuer of CrescentSprings; son, Todd Holmes ofColumbus, Ind.; four grand-children; three great-grand-children; and sister, CharlotteWhaley of Falmouth.

Interment was in the Showal-ter Family Cemetery in BrackenCounty.

Memorials: Oakland ChristianChurch Missions, 149 OaklandChurch Road, Falmouth, KY41040 or Master Provisions, P.O.Box 17245, Covington, KY 41017.

Joan LandonJoan Carolyn Landon, 75, of

Fort Wright died July 25, 2012.Two brothers, Harry and

Clifford Landon, died previously.Survivors include sister, Jea-

nene Landon, and brother,Hobie Landon.

Burial was at Highland Ceme-tery.

Memorials: Lung CancerAlliance, P.O. Box 418372, Bos-ton, MA 02241-8372 or ActionMinistries, 4375 Boron Drive,

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David Lawson Sr.David "Red" Lawson Sr., 81, of

Villa Hills, died July 21, 2012, athis residence.

He was a machinist for MockIII and Moeschl Edwards and anArmy veteran of the Koreanconflict.

His brothers, Jack Lawson,Kenny Lawson and Wayne Ash,and sister, Eileen Gibson, diedpreviously.

Survivors include his wife,Johnell Lawson of Villa Hills; son,David Lawson Jr. of Independ-ence; daughters, Debbie Trinklerof Independence and KathyWhitehead, Robin Lawson andPatty Claypool, all of HotSprings, Ark.; eight grand-children; and 10 great-grand-children.

Interment was in Floral HillsCemetery in Taylor Mill.

Lillian MardisLillian Mae Mardis, 89, of

Covington died July 23, 2012, ather residence.

She was a member of theTaylor Mill Kingdom Hall and ahomemaker.

Her husband, Charles KennethMardis and four children, StuartMardis, Robby Mardis, TammySue Herbolt and Butch Mardis,died previously.

Survivors include her sons,Kenny, Dean and Mark Mardis;daughters, Charlene Ammons,Kathy Colwell, Laurell Baker andLillian Walton; 33 grandchildren;36 great-grandchildren; and 20great-great-grandchildren.

Burial was at GrandviewCemetery.

Martin NieMartin William Nie, 79, of

Independence, died July 18,2012, at St. Elizabeth Fort Thom-as.

He was the former owner ofNie’s Pharmacy in Independence,a member of St. Cecilia Parish,Kentucky Pharmacists Associa-tion, the Northern KentuckyPharmacists Association, theAmerican Pharmacy ServicesCorporation, Veteran Apothe-cary Association of Cincinnati,Independence Lions Club, servedtwo terms on the KentuckyBoard of Pharmacy, and a for-mer Commander and Chaplainfor the Independence AmericanLegion Moon Brothers Post No.275.

A son, Mark Nie, died previ-ously.

Survivors include his wifeMary Jane Feldmann Nie;daughters, Kathy Barth ofFlorence and Sharon Lang ofAlexandria; son, Jack Nie ofIndependence; sisters, LoisSchreck of Edgewood andEstelle “Pinky” Morgan ofFlorence; brother, David C. Nieof Munfordville, Ky.; sevengrandchildren; and a great-grandchild.

Interment was at Mother ofGod Cemetery in Latonia.

Memorials: American LegionMoon Brothers Post No. 275,Memorial Oaks Project, 5272Madison Pike, Independence, KY41051 or St. Cecilia Parish.

Marilynn SchulteMarilynn I. Schulte, 68, of

Burlington died July 19, 2012 ather residence.

She was a retired sales repre-sentative for American Airlines,a member of the CathedralBasilica of the Assumption inCovington, former volunteer forthe Kenton County AnimalShelter and a member of Vaan-guards, the American Airlinesretirees club.

Survivors include her brothers,Harry Schulte of Tucson, Ariz.,and Mark Schulte of Fort Mitch-ell; three nieces and a nephew.

The body was donated toUniversity of Cincinnati MedicalCenter.

Memorials: Multiple SclerosisSociety, 4460 Lake Forest Drive,Suite 236, Cincinnati, Ohio45242.

Ronald StullRonald E. Stull Sr., 71, of

Covington died July 23, 2012, atSt. Elizabeth Fort Thomas.

He was a retired truck me-chanic for Thomas Soft Frost IceCream Co. (Mr. Softee) and a anArmy veteran of Vietnam.

His wife, Deborah Hill Stull,died previously.

Survivors include sons, RonaldE. Stull Jr. of Crittenden andMichael Stull of Tallahassee, Fla.;nine grandchildren; and threegreat-grandchildren.

Burial was in Forest LawnMemorial Park in Erlanger.

Memorials to: NorthernKentucky Baptist Church, 2681Turkeyfoot Road, Lakeside Park,KY 41017.

Alma SullivanAlma Mae Sullivan, 95, of Fort

Wright, died July 22, 2012, at St.Elizabeth Edgewood.

She lived at St. Charles - TheLodge, was a longtime memberof St. Henry Parish in Erlangerand enjoyed crafting.

Her husband, James E. Sulli-van; brothers, Ludy and George;and sisters, Myrtle and Lillian,died previously.

Survivors include her sons,Michael Sullivan of Edgewood,Pat Sullivan of Park Hills; daugh-ters, Kathy Seifert of Crittendenand Marjorie Arlinghaus ofUnion; 12 grandchildren; and 16great-grandchildren.


Memorials: The Erlanger LionsClub, P.O. Box 184846, Erlanger,KY 41018.

Richard SwitzerRichard Joseph Switzer Sr, 92,

of Ludlow, formerly of Coving-ton, died July 24, 2012, at St.Elizabeth Edgewood.

He was a retired truck driverfor Wilson Freight and previ-ously employed as a messengerfor Central Trust, served in theArmy, was a Cincinnati Reds fanand enjoyed communicating onhis CB radio.

His first wife, Beatrice Eliza-beth Switzer; daughters, PatriciaAnn McCleese and Shirley LeeChandler; and brothers, Ernest,Raymond, Coot and JosephSwitzer, died previously.

Survivors include his wife,Nancy Switzer; sons, Richard J.Switzer Jr. of Florence, JohnnyTurner, Jeremy Turner andJordan Turner, all of Covington;sisters, Wilma Davis, Annie Riceand Frankie Wallace, all ofColumbus, Ohio; six grand-children; and 10 great-grand-children.


Memorials: American Diabe-tes Association, 644 Linn St.,Suite 304, Cincinnati, OH 45203.

Michael WelchMichael M. Welch, 45 of

Independence, died July 25,2012, at University of KentuckyMedical Center in Lexington.

He was a former employee ofFidelity Investments in Coving-ton.

Survivors include his daugh-ters, Michelle Burkart, JessicaWelch and Heather Welch;mother, Linda Welch; father,Marvin Welch; two grand-children; former spouse, KathyWelch; brother, Steven Welchand nephew, Ethan Welch.

Interment was at Floral HillsMemorial Gardens.

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