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Fundraisers setfor 9/11 memorial

An NCAA tournament fund-raiser, a concert by a Beatlestribute band and a standupcomedy night are being plannedto raise funds for the NorthernKentucky 9/11 Memorial.

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Trade library finesfor food

Have an overdue fine fromthe Boone County Public Li-brary? Canned goods and non-perishable foods can be ex-changed for library overduefines to help the Family ResourceCenters at Collins, Ockerman andFlorence elementary schools.

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Expect delays,road closures

Local drivers can expect somedelays and road closures in thecoming weeks due to severalroad projects.

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A blue collar worker is hopingto see his name in lights.Trademark Aaron – or as hewas known at Boone CountyHigh School, Mark AaronGlacken – is releasing hissecond album “Prelude toGreatness” Feb. 28.

Ky. 237 (Pleasant Valley Road)will be closed to through trafficbetween Quiet Creek Drive andOld Toll Road, beginning at 12:01a.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, until 12:01

a.m. Monday, Feb. 20.The closure is needed to com-

plete a vital piece of SanitationDistrict1’s sewer system which isnecessary for the start-up of itsnew Western Regional TreatmentPlant, a release from the Ken-tucky Transportation CabinetDistrict 6 office said.

Motorists are encouraged tofind alternate routes and plan ac-

cordingly.Local traffic will be detoured

via Woodcreek Drive and Farm-view Drive.

All other traffic should followsigned detours, using Ky. 18,Hopeful Church Road and U.S. 42or should find alternate routessuch as Mall Road, Ky. 536, CampErnst Road and Long BranchRoad.

Drivers should watch for traf-fic flaggers, construction person-nel and equipment as the projectcontinues, the announcementreads.

Construction activities aresubject to change depending onweather conditions, emergenciesand other factors beyond the con-trol of the Department of High-ways.

Pleasant Valley Road closing Feb. 18-20Work on sewersystem taking placeCommunity Recorder

FLORENCE — Joe Ryan wants to help you gethealthy.

RyanrecentlyopenedJoeRyanFitnessat286Main St. in Florence.

Ryanisacertifiedpersonaltrainerandsportsnutritionist and he works to offer personalizedservice to help customers meet their goals.

“We’re kind of taking personal back to per-sonal training,” Ryan said.

The facility offers yoga classes, boot camps,nutrition assessments, meal planning, massagetherapy and an infrared sauna.

While the economy is tough, Ryan is workingto make sure those who want help gettinghealthy have the opportunity.

“Ifpeopleareseriousaboutworkingout,we’llwork with them,” he said.

Becauseheisbothatrainerandanutritionist,Ryan targets eating patterns as well as exerciseplans.

“No workout program is going to survive abad diet,” Ryan said.

In addition to running the company, Ryan is a

volunteer firefighter with the Florence Fire/EMS Department.

When on duty as a firefighter, Ryan is sta-tioned at the department’s Main Street location,which led him to the location for his business.

“It’s pretty much in the heart of Florence,”Ryan said.

Joe Ryan Fitness shares a building with DinnChiropractic, and the companies are working tohelp each other out, he said.

“(Dr. Phil Dinn) refers clients to me all thetime,” Ryan said.

Adding chiropractic services to what Ryanoffersmakesthebuildingaone-stoplocationfora lot of health services, Ryan said.

“We’ve got everything,” he said.For more information or to set up a consulta-

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Personal trainer and sports nutritionist Joe Ryan opened Joe Ryan Fitness at 286 Main St. inFlorence. THANKS TO JOE RYAN

Ryan opens MainStreet fitness centerBusiness in ‘pretty much inthe heart of Florence’By Justin B. [email protected]

“If people are serious aboutworking out, we’ll work withthem.”JOE RYANJoe Ryan Fitness

FLORENCE — The reversal of a2008 decision could leave the fu-ture of the Lions Club in question.

Back in 2008, the KentuckyPVA’s designation for the Flor-ence Lions Club was changedfrom a civic club to a charity,which allowed it to be exemptfrom property taxes on its landoff of LaCresta Drive.

This year, the Kentucky PVA’soffice asked the Boone CountyPVA’s office to consider them acivic club again and start charg-ing the Lions property taxesagain.

“It’s basically going to put usout of business,” said Mark Hollo-well, president of the Florence Li-ons Club.

Property taxes will cost theclub around $14,000 a year, whichwould nearly eliminate what theLions Club does, Hollowell said.

“Our biggest function is wescreen eyes in the elementaryschools,” he said.

Children who don’t pass thepreliminary eye screenings arerecommended to visit an optome-trist. The club pays for eye examsand glasses for many childrenwho come from families whocan’t afford them. Last year, theclub provided screenings for3,000 children and exams andglasses for 200 children.

In addition, the club offers, forfree, baseball and football fieldson its property that are used byleagues supported by the county.

If the club has to start payingproperty taxes, too much of themoney they raise would be usedto pay taxes, and they would like-ly have to discontinue their com-munity services, Hollowell said.

Frank Wichmann, an attorneyand member of the Erlanger Li-ons Club, believes the change inpolicy may come because the Li-ons have the word “club” in theirtitle, which makes them seemlike a civic club.

“The test of that determina-tion, I think, is not how they’recharacterized, but by what they

Propertytax mayshut downLionsClub changes to civicclub, not a charityBy Justin B. [email protected]

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do,” Wichmann said.The Erlanger Lions are in

the same position as the Flor-enceclub,andWichmannistry-ingtogetthestatetochangetheclub’sdesignationtowhatitwasa few years ago, but he’s notfinding many people in Frank-fort who agree with his view ofthe club’s charity status.

“Theydisagreewithus,butIguess that’s what courts arefor,” he said.

For more about your community,visit www.NKY.com/florence

LionsContinued from Page A1

BURLINGTON — BooneCounty Animal Shelterdirector Beckey Reiterbegan her presentationat the Rally to Save Ani-mals with a story.

She was working lateone night and found her-self frustrated.

“I was irritated anddisappointed at the factthat I couldn’t find theanswers I needed,” she

told the audience.The day before they

had taken in 42 cats andkittens. The shelter wason track for another 40-animal intake day “andthat morning we had tomake some pretty toughdecisions,” Reiter said.

Earlier in the day, astaff member came toher door in tears. Accord-ing to Reiter, that personsaid five words – “I can’tdo it anymore” – andwalked off.

She needed a solution.With the Jan. 28 rally,

the animal shelter offi-cially kicked off its“Boone County AnimalShelter and You – SavingLives Together” cam-paign which aims tobring the shelter's eutha-nasia rate to 10 percentor less.

“Today, we’re going togive you, the community,an opportunity to have adirect impact on thenumber of animals euth-anized in our communi-ty,” Reiter said.

Reiter discussed thedifferent components ofthe campaign, such asspay/neuter efforts, vol-unteer opportunities,rescue groups, a trap-neuter-return programand a fostering program.

Tables were set uparound the room where

people could learn aboutthe different aspects ofthe no-kill initiative.

“The whole point is tomake the community

aware of what a no-killshelter really is and whatwe can do for our animalswithin the community,”said Jacquie Clendenin

of Union, a volunteermanning the volunteertable at the rally.

Within the first fewminutes of the rally, thevolunteer station hadthree new recruits.

Assistant County Ad-ministrator Lisa Buer-kley said the campaignwill implement more pro-grams and bring in morevolunteers and money tobring down euthanasiarates without additionalcosts to taxpayers.

The shelter received$4,000 from Cincinnati’sPet Alliance for the trap-neuter-release program.

The money is to bene-fit “community cats” likestray and feral cats thatdon’t have people to helpthem, Pet Alliance direc-tor Anita Barron said.

A lot of cats euthan-ized come from traps,she said.

“What do you do rath-er than kill them if youdon’t have a trap-neuter-release program?” Bar-ron asked. “This is an al-ternative that will save alot of cats and reduce theeuthanasia rate for thecats.”

Rally to Save Animals seen as ‘outstanding’By Stephanie [email protected]

Boone County Animal Shelter Director Beckey Reiterstands with the littlest BCAS “volunteer,” EmilyAschettino, 11 months, of Hebron, at the Jan. 28 “Rally toSave Animals.” STEPHANIE SALMONS/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER

Resource Centers at Col-lins, Ockerman and Flor-ence elementary schools.

These resource centersare school-based initia-tives whose mission is toensure that children cometo school healthy, safe andprepared to learn.

With the current eco-nomic downturn and highunemployment, 9 percentof the children living inBoone County are belowthe poverty line and 31 per-cent of the children inBoone County Schools areeligible for the free and re-duced lunch program.

The library will waive$1 in current overdue finesfor each can or package offood donated during thedrive. A maximum of $20per cardholder can bewaived.

There’s no need to havefines to participate. All do-nations are accepted. Foodmay be dropped off at all li-brary locations.

Items especially neededinclude peanut butter, jelly,canned meats like tuna fishand beef stew, canned veg-etables and fruit, macaroniand cheese, rice and pasta,breakfast cereal or hot ce-real.

Library locations in-clude:

Main Library, 1786 Bur-lington Pike, Burlington

Florence Branch, 7425U.S. 42, Florence

Lents Branch, 3215 Cou-gar Path, Hebron

Scheben Branch, 8899U.S. 42, Union

Walton Branch, 21 S.Main St., Walton

Have an overdue finefrom the Boone CountyPublic Library?

Through Feb.19, cannedgoods and other nonperish-able foods can be ex-changed for library over-due fines to help the Family

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Reconstruction of twolocal interstate inter-changes have been includ-ed in Gov. Steve Beshear’ssix-year highway plan.

The road plan would use$86 million in gas tax funds,$38 million state and $48million federal, to rebuildthe interchanges of Mt.Zion Road and RichwoodRoad.

According to KentuckyTransportation CabinetDistrict 6 spokeswomanNancy Wood, preliminaryestimated cost for allphases of the RichwoodRoad interchange recon-struction is $43 millionwhile the preliminary costfor the Mt. Zion Road inter-change reconstruction is$37.25 million.

There are two “distinctand independent projects”at these locations – Inter-state 75 and and Ky. 536/Mt.Zion Road and I-75 and Ky338/Richwood Road, shesaid.

Both are being looked atwith a double crossover di-amond interchange design

in mind, Wood said.In the design, two direc-

tions of traffic at the inter-change cross to oppositesides of the road so left-turning vehicles will getunimpeded access to thehighway.

“Currently we are gath-ering data and trying to de-termine exactly what im-provements are needed tosolve the traffic problemsin these area(s) while mini-mizing the impacts to thebusinesses, residences andthe environmental fea-tures along these corri-dors,” Wood said.

The DCD style workswell with high-volumeroadways, she said. It pro-vides “more efficient mo-bility of traffic (through)the interchange.”

In 2007, the interstatecarried approximately92,000 vehicles per day be-tween Interstate 71 and Ky.338 (exit 175), 102,000 vehi-cles per day between Ky.338 and Ky. 536 (exit 178)and 106,000 vehicles perday between Ky. 536 andU.S. 42 (exit 180), accord-ing to traffic counts provid-ed by Wood.

According to Wood, Mt.Zion Road from the I-75 un-derpass to U.S. 25 seesabout 23,221 vehicles perday, while the count fromthe underpass to IndianHill Drive is 16,480.

Average daily traffic onRichwood Road from theI-75 underpass to U.S. 25 is8,987 while the trafficcount from the underpassto Hicks Pike is slightlyhigher at 10,980 vehiclesper day.

The proposed budgethas construction for theMt. Zion interchangeplanned for 2015 and con-struction for the RichwoodRoad interchange in 2017,Wood said.

Once all the requiredright of way is purchased,Wood said the overheadutilities would be relo-cated. Following thesesteps, the roadways “wouldbe reconstructed into theirnew configurations.”

All highway projects,like the interchange recon-struction and the proposedwidening of Mt. Zion Road,“are coordinated so thatthey will flow smoothlyinto each other,” she said.

State highway plan calls forlocal interchange upgradesBy Stephanie [email protected]

An NCAA tournamentfundraiser, a concert by aBeatles tribute band and astandup comedy night arebeing planned to raisefunds for the NorthernKentucky 9/11 Memorial.

The 9/11 Memorial pro-ject was launched lastMarch to honor those wholost their lives on Sept. 11,

2001, andto repre-sent allNorthernKentuckycommuni-ties. It willbe locatednext to theKentonCounty

Memorial at ButtermilkPike and Collins Road inCrescent Springs. Orga-nizers hope to dedicatethe memorial in Septem-ber 2012.

A $150,000 capital cam-paign is under way toraise funds for the memo-rial.

The granite monumentwill be pentagonal inshape and include render-ings of the Twin Towers. Itwill be created by NancyHolian of Holian Graniteand Bronze of Florenceand will include a piece ofsteel from the WorldTrade Center obtainedlast February by the Cres-cent Springs Villa HillsFire/EMS.

So far, the followingfundraisers are plannedfor the 9/11 Memorial Pro-

ject:» The public can buy

$10 tickets for “HoopsMania,” a fundraiser dur-ing the NCAA tourna-ment, said committeemember Lou Hartfiel ofCrescent Springs. CallHartfiel at 859-816-1516 tobuy tickets.

» A Comedy Night atNorthern Kentucky Uni-versity’s Greaves ConcertHall on March 23 will betitled “Stand Up for 9/11”and hosted by Jim LaBar-bara, local broadcastinglegend known as “The Mu-sic Professor.” Tickets forthe fundraiser are $20.

» On April 21, a Beatlestribute concert by TheSweet Beats will raisefunds for the 9/11 projectat a site to be announced.

» A June 8 golf outingat Eagle Creek CountryClub will include drinks,food, door prizes, silentauction and split the pot.Eighteen-hole sponsor-ships cost $65 and four-somes are $65 each.

In addition, 9/11 Memo-rial Project donations canbe made in boxes at allWalgreens locations inNorthern Kentucky.

“We would like tostress we’re asking if ev-eryone in Northern Ken-tucky could donate atleast $1 this memorialcould be a reality,” Hart-fiel said.

“Of course we’d likelarger donations, too, andthat could be NorthernKentucky’s gift to the me-morial to honor those thatwere affected on Sept. 11,2001,” he said.

Schneller Plumbing,Heating and Air Condi-tioning has supported ef-forts to build the NorthernKentucky 9/11 Memorial.During January the com-pany donated $84 from thesale of each furnace.

“We’re trying to getother businesses in-volved,” Hartfiel said.The committee wants tohear from schools thatwould like to get involved.

Donations may be sentto NKY 9/11 Memorial,Crescent Springs CityBuilding, 739 ButtermilkPike, Crescent SpringsKY 41017. Make checkspayable to NKY 9/11 Me-morial. The group’s web-site isnky911memorial.org.

Fundraisers set forNKY 9/11 MemorialBy Nancy [email protected]

The Sweet Beats, a Beatlestribute band, will performat a fundraiser for theNorthern Kentucky 9/11Memorial Project. Fromleft are Gary Partin as PaulMcCartney and TomHawkinson as JohnLennon. PROVIDEDLaBarbara

Rep. Addia K. Wuchner,R-Burlington, has filed abill that if passed wouldprohibit the unauthorizedsubstitute of an FDA ap-proved opioid based drugthat incorporates tamperresistant properties forone that does not.

Tamper resistant for-mulations (TRFs) make it

much more difficult tocrush, melt or otherwise al-ter medications into a formthat is easier to abuse.Studies show that addictstend to crush time-releasedproducts into a form thatcan be snorted or injectedfor a more intense high.

“Families across Ken-tucky have felt the scourgeof addiction,” said Wuchn-er. “These products are not

going to completely pre-vent or deter abuse, butthey will provide an alter-native that will be a benefitto patients and our commu-nity.”

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BURLINGTON — Forthe second – and thirdtime – in nearly as manyweeks, Boone Countyleaders are consideringeconomic incentives forbusinesses as part of theKentucky Business In-vestment program.

“We’re starting to seea flurry of activity andthat’s pretty exciting,”Judge-executive GaryMoore said.

The Boone CountyFiscal Court had firstreading of two ordinanc-es on Feb. 7 that wouldprovide a 0.4 percentcredit of the county’s oc-cupational license feeson new Kentucky-resi-dent jobs created by both

CSN Stores and PostGlover Resistors.

Both ordinances statethe local credit will leadto a 1.5 percent Kentuckypersonal income taxcredit on such jobs underthe KBI program creat-ing a total 1.9 percentcredit.

According to CountyAdministrator JeffEarlywine, CSN is a Bos-ton-based e-commercecompany looking to relo-cate to Hebron.

CSN plans to expendabout $7.7 million on theendeavor, planning toadd a total of105 new jobswithin five years, the or-dinance reads.

“Some things we likeabout this proposal, No.1,they’re back filling exist-ing space,” Earlywinesaid. The company willfill about 155,000 squarefeet of a vacant buildingon Global Way.

Post Glover, however,is a “very old BooneCounty company” whichhas a location in the coun-ty as well as locations inErlanger and Milford,Ohio, Earlywine said.

The company waslooking to consolidateand expand, he said.

According to Early-

wine, with the consolida-tion, Post Glover is fore-casting the creation of 19new Kentucky residentjobs that would qualifyfor the incentive.

Existing Boone andKenton County jobswould not qualify for theincentive, but new jobsthat will be created andjobs coming from Ohiowill, Moore said.

Earlywine said in aphone interview, this is a“good way to start off theyear.”

While he’s not ready tomake any declaration ofa recovery, that the coun-ty is receiving requestsfor these incentives is“hopefully the start of agood, positive forwardtrend,” Earlywine said.

“It tells me the corpo-rate leaders are feelingmore confident in the fu-ture,” he said. “They seeimproved economictimes out on the horizon.”

Confidence has to bethere for businesses toinvest, he said.

The interest also saysBoone County is still seenas a “business-friendlyclimate,” Earlywine said.

Second reading of theordinances will be March13.

Boone Countyconsiders incentives‘Flurry ofactivity’ is seenBy Stephanie [email protected]

Workshops set forcomprehensive plan

The Boone County Plan-ning Commission will holdthree public workshops forthe 2010 Boone CountyComprehensive plan.

Workshops will be held:» Thursday, Feb. 23, at

the Walton Fire Station,12600 Towne Center Drive,Walton.

» Monday, Feb. 27, inthe fiscal courtroom of theBoone County Administra-tion Building, 2950 Wash-ington St., Burlington.

» Wednesday, Feb. 29, inroom C of the FlorenceGovernment Center, 8100Ewing Blvd., Florence.

»Each workshop will be-

gin at 5 p.m. for an informalmeet and greet with thePlanning Services Divisionstaff. There will be a Po-werPoint presentation at 6p.m giving a brief descrip-

tion of the comprehensiveplan and the update proc-ess.

All draft elements of theplan are now available forreview at www.boonecountyky.org/pc.

Hempsteade wantscommunity watch

UNION — Those living inUnion’s Hempsteade com-munity can attend a neigh-borhood watch introduc-tion session with BooneCounty sheriff’s deputyChristine Heckel from 7-8p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, atthe Union CommunityBuilding, 10087 Old UnionRoad, Union.

The event will be re-scheduled in event ofschool closures on Feb. 23or planned closures on Feb.24.

For more information,visit www.hempsteadenews.com/neighbors.

RSVP to Calvin Deve-reaux [email protected].

Other communities in-terested in setting up aneighborhood watch cancontact Heckel at 859-334-2175.

Florence pair file forstate office

FLORENCE — Two Flor-ence men are hoping to bein Frankfort next year.

Joshua L. Turner, a Re-publican from Florence,filed to run for KentuckySenate District 11, a seatcurrently held by JohnSchickel, R-Union.

William Woods, a Re-publican who ran unsuc-cessfully last fall to fill aFlorence City Council va-cancy, filed to run for staterepresentative for the 66thdistrict. The seat is cur-rently held by AddiaWuchner, R-Burlington.

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According to informa-tion from the KentuckyTransportation CabinetDistrict 6, constructioncontinues on Pleasant Val-ley Road (Ky. 237) fromU.S. 42 to Rose Petal Drive.

The KYTC cautionsdrivers to watch for roadcrews along Pleasant Val-ley Road, Gunpowder Roadand the U.S. 42 intersec-tion.

Old Toll Road is nowopened as a right in and

right out only.Watch for flaggers and

be aware of trucks enter-ing and exiting the high-way. The speed limitthrough this area has beenreduced to 35 mph throughthis area.

Traffic may be stoppedfor short periods of time toallow equipment to pass.Drivers should expect mi-nor delays.

Local traffic will be de-toured via WoodcreekDrive and FarmviewDrive.

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routes such as Mall Road,Ky. 536, Camp Ernst Roadand Long Branch Road.

The northbound Inter-state 75 ramp to Ky. 18 willbe closed on Thursday, Feb.16, from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m.,weather permitting, for re-pairs to a damaged guard-rail.

As construction con-tinues on Industrial Road(Ky.1829) from Dixie High-way (U.S. 25) to TurkeyfootRoad (Ky. 1303), the KYTCsays drivers should watchfor work crews along In-dustrial Road.

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BELLEVUE — Through-out the month of February,Creative Hands Artisan Stu-dio inBellevueissupportingmore than just local artists.

The studio is displayingand selling pieces made byparticipants of the Art Abili-

tiesprogramatNewPercep-tions, an Edgewood-basedagency that serves the eightcounties of Northern Ken-tucky, that serves childrenandadultswithdevelopmen-tal disabilities by providingopportunities for education,growth and employment.

ThroughtheArtAbilitiesprogram, which startedaboutfiveyearsago, thema-jority of New Perceptions’adult participants get achancetoexperienceartand

make something of theirownfrompaintingsandpho-tographs to wire sculptures,said Peg Kendall, coordina-tor of the program.

“Art Abilities stemmedfrom our Life Abilities pro-gram when several clientsbegan expressing a stronginterestinart,”Kendallsaid.“They just love creatingthings and have a blast com-ing up with ideas.”

Whileitstartedsmall, theArt Abilities program has

grown over the years, withabout85oftheapproximate-ly 116 adult clients partici-pating, Kendall said.

To check out the pieces,visit the studio at 305 Fair-field Ave., Bellevue. Forhours and more informationvisit www.bellevuecreative-hands.com or call 431-2100.For information, visitwww.newperceptions.org.

Creative Handsfundraiserbenefits programArt Abilitieswork featuredBy Amanda Joering [email protected]

Creative Hands Artisan Studio owners Michele Moses-Nolan (left) and Sasha Scribner(right) talk with New Perceptions coordinator Peg Kendall about artwork made byparticipants in New Perceptions' Art Abilities program, which will be on sale at the studiothroughout February to raise funds for the program. AMANDA JOERING ALLEY/THE COMMUNITY

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Wire sculptures arefeatured in the NewPerceptions fundraisershow at Creative HandsArtisan Studio. AMANDA

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SCHOOLSSCHOOLSACHIEVEMENTS | NEWS | ACTIVITIES | HONORS CommunityPress.com

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

An extra staff member inschools is making a big differ-ence.

Maj. Michael Hall from theBoone County Sheriff’s Officevisited the Boone County SchoolsBoard of Education to detail thedepartment’s school resource of-

ficer program.School resource officers are

in the district’s schools to offersecurity, assist school admini-stration, counsel students andbuild relationships with the com-munity.

Each year, the sheriff’s officespends about $768,000 for theprogram in salaries, benefits andother expenses, Hall said.

“The sheriff is most definitelycommitted to this program,” hesaid.

From December 2010 to No-

vember 2011, school resource of-ficers had more than 20,000 inter-actions with students, staff andadministrators including visitingstudents at home 266 times, coun-seling students 5,855 times and139 arrests.

In some departments, there’sa tendency to assign officers tothe similar programs who aren’tgreat with patrolling the streets,Hall said.

“That is the farthest fromwhat we do,” he said.

The Boone County Sheriff’s

Office only assigns officers whoare experienced and still enthusi-astic, Hall said.

Currently there are 10 schoolresource officers in the district,and the 10th member of the pro-gram, Scott Dhonau, was recent-ly placed at Gray Middle School.

“Everyone down there’s greatand welcoming,” Dhonau said.

The sheriff’s office has want-ed to add more school resourceofficers, but economics have de-layed adding more officers to theprogram. The department still

holds traditional patrol as a prior-ity as it deals with reductions instaff through retirements, attri-tion and resignations, Hall said.

While not a requirement of theschool resource officer program,Hall also serves as the district’sschool safety coordinator. In therole, Hall fields calls from Super-intendent Randy Poe at all hoursto offer advice on how to dealwith safety issues.

For more about your community,visit www.NKY.com/boonecounty

Sheriff’s office adds 10th resource officerDhonau placed atGray Middle SchoolBy Justin B. [email protected]

Florence students to playat ClarinetFest

Eastern Kentucky UniversityClarinet Choir members SarahBarnhill, George Patti and MeganScholer, all of Florence, will per-form at ClarinetFest Aug. 1-5 inLincoln, Neb.

The Clarinet Choir, composedof12 EKU students, was invited toperform at the International Clar-inet Association’s annual confer-ence after submitting a recordedperformance. The group was se-lected by the ICA’s panel fromhundreds of applicants aroundthe world and is the only univer-sity clarinet choir accepted toperform at the “Heritage to Hori-zon” ClarinetFest.

The Clarinet Choir will per-form its ICA program at its cam-pus concert in Gifford Theater onThursday April 26 at 8 p.m.

WKU president’s listThe following Boone County

students were named to the presi-dent's list for the fall 2011 semes-ter at Western Kentucky Univer-sity:

Kristen Armstrong of Burling-ton, Nora Boemker of Union, Jen-nifer Case of Florence, CassandraErnstes of Petersburg;

Akhil Ghanta of Florence, Aar-on Hanssen of Hebron, SamanthaHawtrey of Union, Austin Mer-chant of Union;

Emily Scheper of Florence, Ni-cole Stambaugh of Union, Cyn-thia Tope of Burlington and Mal-lory Ward of Hebron.

To be named to the president'slist, students taking at least 12hours of coursework that semes-ter must have a grade point aver-age of 3.8-4.0.

White graduates withhonors

Karen White of Union graduat-ed cum laude from Southeast Mis-souri State University in Cape Gi-rardeau, Mo., during Decembercommencement.

White received a bachelor ofgeneral studies with a major ingeneral studies.

Ryle grad to study atCambridge

Ryle High School graduateErin Sheehy of Union received anEnglish-Speaking Union Scholar-ship to study during the summerat the University of Cambridge inEngland.

Erin,ajuniorEnglishandexer-cisesciencemajor,willbeatCam-bridge for the university’s litera-

ture program thatfocuses on theanalysis and im-plications of clas-sic and modernEnglish literature.The scholarship isfunded by theKentucky Branchof the English-Speaking Union.

Erin is an honors student whois involved in the university’shealth promotion and mentoringprograms, and is active in theCatholic Campus Ministry. Shewas also awarded UofL’s Trust-ee’s Scholarship.

Erin graduated from RyleHigh School in 2009 and is thedaughter of Maureen and PhilipSheehy of Union.

National College dean’slist

The following Boone Countystudents were named to thedean's list for the fall 2011 termsat National College in Florence:

First fall termBurlington: Adam Brown.Florence: Janice Cain, Bobby

Cook, Amber Frilling, John Ha-gan, Kristina Hendrickson, PaulKersey, Amie Moses, Shawna Na-bors, Amanda Perez, MamadouSeck and Catherine Wallace.

Hebron: Bonnie Ferrell andAmber Jackson.

Union: Nolan Tewes.Walton: Rose Henderson.

Second fall termBurlington: Melissa Thor.Florence: Matthew Lineman.To be named to the dean's list, a

student must achieve a minimumgrade point average of 3.5.

Kisker named to dean’slist

Douglas Kisker of Union wasnamedtothedean's list for thefall2011 semester at Ohio WesleyanUniversity.

To qualify for the dean's list,students must achieve a gradepoint average of 3.5 or better in allapplicable classes.

Ezell named to dean’s listJordan A. Ezell of Union was

namedtothedean's list for thefall2011semester at Samford Univer-sity in Birmingham, Ala.

To qualify for the honor, a stu-dent must earn a minimum 3.5grade point average while at-tempting at least 12 credit hoursof coursework.

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Eastern Kentucky University Clarinet Choir members Sarah Barnhill,George Patti and Megan Scholer, all of Florence, will perform atClarinetFest Aug. 1-5 in Lincoln, Neb. Pictured are the members of EKU'sClarinet Choir and Director Connie Rhoades. THANKS TO STEPHANIE COLE

Sheehy

FLORENCE — Students areusing their old cans to helpfamilies of sick children.

Katie Hiatt’s second-gradeclass at Yealey Elementary iscollecting pull tabs from cansto raise money for the RonaldMcDonald House.

The collection is part of aservice learning projectwhere students count, weighandcollectotherdatafromthetabs they get.

“We use that data in differ-ent ways in math class,” Hiattsaid.

Before starting the pro-ject, Hiatt showed students avideo about children who stayat Cincinnati Children’s Hos-pital Medical Center and howthe Ronald McDonald Houseletsfamiliesstayclosetotheirchildren.

“They just felt like ‘wehave to do something,’” Hiattsaid.

Students set a goal of col-lecting 1,000 pounds of pull

tabs.“It’s very important to

them,” Hiatt said.Students quickly realized

pull tabs don’t weigh muchand reassessed their goal andset it at 250 pounds.

Students started brain-storming about how theycould build up interest in thecollectionandgetmorepeopleinvolved.

“One of the ideas was towrite a newspaper article,”Hiatt said.

Students worked togetherto get a short article togetherto plead their case.

“I was so proud of them forcomingupwiththat,”shesaid.

So far students have col-lected a little over 120 poundsof tabs and the collection willcontinue through the end ofMarch.

To donate pull tabs, justdrop them off at Yealey Ele-mentary, 10 Yealey Drive, inFlorence,duringschoolhours.

For more about your com-munity, visitwww.NKY.com/florence

Students from Katie Hiatt's second-grade class count pull tabs as part of a service learning project.THANKS TO KATIE HIATT

Yealey collects tabsfor Ronald

McDonald HouseBy Justin B. [email protected] HERE’S THE ARTICLE

WRITTEN BYSTUDENTS

“We are second-gradestudents at A.M. Yealey Ele-mentary in Florence, Kentuckyin Mrs. Hiatt’s math plus class.We are collecting pull tabs forthe Ronald McDonald Housein Cincinnati, Ohio by Chil-dren’s Hospital. We are doingit for sick kids at the RonaldMcDonald House that are faraway from home. We want tohelp the Ronald McDonaldHouse so that the families ofsick kids have a nice place tostay while their child is atChildren’s Hospital. Our goal isto collect 250 pounds of pulltabs. Right now, we haveabout 120 pounds. We want toinvolve the community incollecting pull tabs. We wantto have the community send inpull tabs for the sick kids atthe Ronald McDonald House,too. If we all work together,we think we can reach ourgoal.”

The following students fromBoone County were named to thepresident's list for the fall 2011se-mester at Eastern Kentucky Uni-versity:

Burlington: Brittany Biddle,Arrianne Byrum, Ariel DeMoi-sey, Tara Frohlich, Peyton Ham-monds, Kyley Jones, ElizabethLykins, Sean O'Daniel and SarahOsuna.

Florence: Christian Barker,Chelsey Benne, Lauren Brown-ing, Lindsay Brungs, Alicia Eber-ly, Lauren Faehr, Amy Jano-wiecki, Brigette Kunkel, SarahLarcade, William Means, Rebek-ah Peterson, Brittany Thamann,Kelcy Tobey and Marissa Vuj-novich.

Hebron: Jacqueline Mcwhor-ter, Elise Wigger and Kristin

Wuestefeld.Union: Logan Carney, Craig

Fiedler, Amber Raap, Christo-pher Rueter, Mary Unterreinerand Lindsey Wilhoit.

Walton: Carol Savchick andKara Worley.

To be named to the president'slist, full-time undergraduate stu-dents must attain a 4.0 gradepoint average for a semester.

EKU PRESIDENT’S LIST

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

BOONE COUNTY — She was thefirst state qualifier in any sportfor Cooper High School threeyears ago. Now, after a brief so-journ at Notre Dame Academy,sophomore Sharli Brady is backmaking a name for the Jaguarswimming program.

Brady won two championshipsat the Region 4 swimming and div-

ing championships Feb.11at ScottHigh School. She claimed the 200-yard individual medley in 2 min-utes, 4.49 seconds and the 500-yard freestyle in 4:51.68. The free-style shattered a record by for-mer Notre Dame standout EmilyBrunemann, now at the Univer-sity of Michigan. Her 200 IM timewas 0.39 seconds of the two-year-old mark by Notre Dame and Uni-versity of Virginia standout EllenWilliamson.

“It was exciting,” Brady said.“It’s not one of my best events andI don’t normally train it so to gothat fast and beat someone who isamazing at that event is really ex-citing.”

Going 500 yards in the pool isgenerally not easy, but Brady en-joys it.

“The 500 free is a fun event,”she said. “It’s such a mental race.

Sharli Brady puts Cooper in swimming record bookBy James [email protected]

Ryle sophomore Liam Galloway swims in the 200 IM. Boys swimmerscompeted in the Region 4 swimming preliminaries Feb. 8 at Scott HighSchool in Taylor Mill. JAMES WEBER/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER See SWIM, Page A8

FLORENCE — Lydia Nash ishaving the time of her life withthe girls basketball team atBoone County High School.

The 6-foot senior center is av-eraging 12.8 points per game forthe Rebels after they won their24th game in 25 tries with a 56-39win Feb. 8 at St. Henry,

Nash is shooting 58 percentfrom the floor and grabs six re-bounds a contest for the Rebels,who were ranked fourth in theFeb. 7 Associated Press state poll.

“Everyone played hard(against St. Henry) and we needto keep that up in order to go intothe postseason strong,” she said.“It’s exciting. I love my team,there’s nothing I wouldn’t do forany of them.”

The left-handed Nash is thesecond-leading scorer for the Re-bels to senior Sydney Moss, whois one of the top scorers in Ken-tucky at 24.5 points per game.Moss, a University of Florida sig-nee, is considered the frontrun-ner for the Miss Basketball honorand recently became the onlyKentucky player to be named a fi-nalist for the McDonald’s All-American games.

While the 5-10 Moss has playedin the post often in her career andaverages 10 rebounds a contestthis season, she is often runningthe offense as Nash has devel-oped into one of the top centers inNorthern Kentucky. Nash and 5-9senior forward Zuri Hill, whoposts 6.6 rebounds per game,have anchored the inside forBoone.

“They do well at rebounding,”Moss said. “There’s no one inNorthern Kentucky who canmatch up with us size-wise.They’ll do a box and one or trian-gle and two on me, but now thatwe have the two big girls inside,they can’t do that.”

Nash has had several 20-pointgames in recent weeks, shoots 78percent from the foul line, andhas one of the top field-goal per-centages in the state.

“She has been invaluable,”said Boone head coach NellFookes. “She’s an intelligent play-er. She doesn’t try to do thingsthat she’s not capable of doing.She really plays to herstrengths.”

Said Nash: “I feel I’m doingwell and what the team needs meto do. Everyone has their roles. Ifone person doesn’t fill that role,the team will not succeed as awhole. I try to be a leader on andoff the court, do a good job talkinginside, and score when I get theopportunity.”

The Rebels have four seniors,including forward Elizabeth

Switzer. Freshman Alexis Swit-zer leads the team with 36 three-pointers. Junior Jessica Jonesruns the point when she’s on thefloor.

Boone lost 65-50 to MarionCounty Feb.11in a battle of two ofthe top four teams in the state.That snapped the Rebels’ 22-game winning streak. The Rebelshost Sacred Heart in their finalhome game Feb. 14 then play atDixie Heights Feb. 17. Boone willthen play Cooper in the 33rd Dis-trict semifinals the followingweek.

Nash is determined to help theRebels make a run at the state ti-tle after losing in the Ninth Re-gion final last season.

“It’s all about the focus andmindset,” she said. “There’s a lotto look forward to. We want to goall the way and finish strong, nothave a letdown like that again.”

Nash patrolsthe paintfor RebelsBoone County dominates with size, skillBy James [email protected]

Boone County senior Lydia Nashlooks to shoot against St. Henry.Boone beat St. Henry in girlsbasketball 56-39 at St. HenryDistrict High School in Erlanger.JAMES WEBER/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER

Boone County senior SydneyMoss shoots against St. Henry.Boone beat St. Henry in girlsbasketball 56-39 at St. HenryDistrict High School in Erlanger.JAMES WEBER/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER

BOONE COUNTY — Facing the last chancefor personal and school history, Quincy Pagewas looking for the right opening. With timerunning out, the Walton-Verona High Schoolseniorexecutedatwo-point takedownandwonthe Region 6 championship at 195 pounds Feb.11 at Boone County High School. He edgedRyle’s Jake Williamson by a 3-1score.

Page is the first regional champion in theBearcats’ three-year varsity history.

“Itfeelsgoodtobetheschool’sfirstregionalchamp,” he said. “It’s my senior year, so youcouldn’t ask for a better day.”

Page,33-11thisseason,willgotostateforthefirsttimeFeb.17-18atAlltechArenainLexing-ton. He had beaten Williamson 8-1 earlier thisseasoninamatchPagesaidwascloserthanthescore indicated.

“He’s a tough kid. You got to give it to him,”Pagesaid.“Iknewhewasgoingtoshoot,Icouldseeit. I justputmyheadbackandtriedtoworkaroundhim.Webothknoweachother’sstyles.”

A lineman on W-V’s 8-3 football team lastfall,PagewilljointheU.S.NavalAcademynextyear and try to walk on to the football team.

Conner senior Zack Fisher also made histo-ry with his first regional title, winning at 182.Fisher, 36-7, is Conner’s first regional champsince 2006. He will go to state for the secondtime after going 2-2 last year.

“I’m just ready for state,” Fisher said. “I’mready to test myself down there. I loved this.This was great.”

He pinned Simon Kenton’s Derek Hicks 16seconds into the second period.

“I kept mentally sharp,” Fisher said. “HecameoutquickbutIkeptworkingandfinishedit.”

Ryle had four regional champions and ninequalifiers as the Raiders finished third in theteamstandings.Thatsnappedtheirseven-yearstreak of regional titles but the Raiders stillsent seven wrestlers to the regional finals.

Senior T.J. Ruschell won his fourth straightregional championship, beating CampbellCounty’s Sean Fausz 8-5. Ruschell scored fivepoints in the final 35 seconds to come from be-

Austin Jackson of Dixie Heights (bottom) and Jake Sander of Ryle wrestle in the semifinals at 138.Sander won the match. The Region 6 wrestling championships concluded Feb. 11 at Boone County HighSchool. JAMES WEBER/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER

Page starts newchapter for Bearcats

Ryle, Boone County, Coopermen among state advancersBy James [email protected]

Walton-Verona senior Quincy Page, right, and DavidBergman of Simon Kenton wrestle in the semifinalsat 195. Page won the match in the Region 6 wrestlingchampionships. JAMES WEBER/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER

Cooper's Taylor Eschan, left, and Walton-Verona'sLane Jones wrestle in the semifinals at 152. Eschanwon the match and upset the top seed in the Region6 wrestling championships. JAMES WEBER/THE COMMUNITY

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Ryle senior T.J. Ruschell (standing) celebratesteammate Johnny Meiman's upset win in thesemifinals at 145 in the Region 6 wrestlingchampionships at Boone County High School. JAMES

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hind. Ruschell, 54-2, will gofor his second state champi-onship this week and he wasfocused on winning that.

“I wasn’t happy with anypart of that match,” he said.“I’m never satisfied withhowIwrestle.Youcanneverbe satisfied. You alwayshave to wrestle with a chipon your shoulder. You haveto keep working.”

Eighth-grader LoganErdman (37-7) rolledthrough three matches towin at 106. Junior Gus Ad-ams(47-8)wonhissecondre-gional title, claiming threedominant wins at113. JuniorCorey Ahern had three pinsanda7-1decisiontoclaimthe132 title and improve to 55-4.

Jake Sander (32-16) wassecond at 138, and Johnny

Meiman (28-11) second at145. Jake Williamson (39-16)was runner-up at195.

Keegan North (38-18) fin-ished fourth at120 and BradWeber (24-21) fourth at 285.

Walton finished fifth inthe team standings and hadsix state qualifiers, its mostever. W-V had four third-place finishers: Colin Roth(41-14) at 106, Clay Brown(43-7) at 120, Logan Jones(48-8) at 145 and Lane Jones(47-4)at152.PatrickHigginswasfourthat132andis27-18.

Conner had three totalqualifiers. Sophomore Tre-vor Thompson (36-6) fin-ished third at 220. Connerfreshman Jacob Warwickfinished fourth at 160 andwill head to state at30-15 .

Boone County had threethird-place finishers whowill all compete at state.Brent Taylor (27-22) fin-ished third at 113, BradenJones (38-14) at 170 and SamSteele (37-8) at182.

Cooper senior Taylor Es-chan finished second at 152and is 25-8. The five seed go-ingin,heupsettopseedLaneJones of Walton-Verona inthe semifinals. Cooper ju-nior Trent Presnell finishedthird at145 and is 28-14.

WrestleContinued from Page A7

If you have a bad start or abad turn it doesn’t reallymatter because it’s so long.If you’re positive about itand you know you’re goingto have fun with it, you cando well.”

Brady helped the Jag-uars finish third in both the200 medley relay and 400freestyle relay. She willlead them at the state meetFeb. 24-25 in Louisville.

“I want to represent myschool and do well,” shesaid. “It’s cool to see us pro-gressing.”

Samantha Bosshammerwas third in the100 free andfifth in the 50 free. KandisArlinghaus was third in the200 free and Alyssa Schlot-man sixth in the 100 breast.Cooper was top-four in allthree girls relays with that

group and Michaela Smith.Ryle’s Tommy Jennings

was second in the 50 free.T.J. Albright was third inthe 100 backstroke andsixth in the 500 free. LiamGalloway was fifth in the100 free. Ryle was top-four

inall threeboysrelays.Sen-ior Meredith Brownell fin-ished second in diving.

Taylor Piatt led the girlsteam by finishing fourth inthe butterfly. Taylor Malke-mus was sixth in the 100backstroke. Ryle was sixthin the girls 200 free relay.

Boone County was fifthin both the boys 200 free re-lay and 400 free relay withJames Beckett, Logan Brie-dis, Michael McMahon andBenjamin Read. Saud Alalireplaced Beckett in the 200medley relay team whichfinished sixth.

St. Henry’s Katie Maun-tel was fourth in the 50 freeandMitchellKriegethirdinthe boys 50 free.

SwimContinued from Page A7

Ryle sophomore Mikey O'Leary swims the backstroke inthe 200 IM. Boys swimmers competed in the Region 4swimming preliminaries Feb. 8 at Scott High School inTaylor Mill. JAMES WEBER/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER

This week’s MVP» Ryle senior wrestler

T.J. Ruschell, for beingnamed Most OutstandingWrestler at the Region 6championships.

Girls soccer» Libby Leedom of St.

Henry District HighSchool is the 2011-12 Gato-rade Kentucky Girls Soc-cer Player of the Year. Lee-dom is the first GatoradeKentucky Girls SoccerPlayer of the Year to bechosen from St. HenryDistrict High School.

The award, which rec-ognizes not only outstand-ing athletic excellence, butalso high standards of aca-demic achievement andexemplary character dem-onstrated on and off thefield, distinguishes Lee-dom as Kentucky’s besthigh school girls soccerplayer. Leedom has main-tained a 4.28 weighted

GPA in the classroom. Shehas volunteered locally onbehalf of a fundraisingcampaign to benefit breastcancer research and as ayouth soccer coach.

Bowling» St. Henry junior Ste-

ven Binkowski rolled a 297against Highlands Feb. 2at Super Bowl Erlanger.He rolled 11 strikes in arow and scored a 7 on hisfinal ball to just miss a per-fect 300. The 297 is thehighest game in NorthernKentucky history so far.Binkowski averages 201for the season. He added a227 against Highlands in a4-3 loss to the Bluebirds .

» Cooper’s Nick Ash-craft shot a 256 against Si-mon Kenton in a 5-2 lossFeb. 9. In girls play, EmileeFarnkopf shot 201 in a 6-1win over SK.

Boys basketball» Cooper beat Newport

66-65 Feb. 11 to improve to14-13. Four Jaguars scoredin double figures.

» Walton-Verona beatNewport 84-59 Feb. 8. FiveBearcats were in doublefigures. W-V also beatRyle Feb. 10 to improve to17-10. Matt Hargett scored25 points against Ryle andZach McNeil 21 in a 73-66win.

Girls basketball» Cooper beat Mason

County 56-52 Feb.11. PaigeRoss had 22 points includ-ing six three-pointers.

» Walton-Verona beatLexington Catholic 57-41Feb. 10 to improve to 23-5.Kara Taulbee had 13points.

Boys districtbasketball

» Here are postseasonbrackets for area basket-ball teams. In districtswhere the schedule hasbeen released, the gamedate is in parentheses.

32nd: Simon Kenton vs.Williamstown (2/20), Wal-ton-Verona vs. GrantCounty (2/22).

33rd: Boone vs. Heri-tage/Ryle (2/22), Connervs. Cooper (2/22).

34th: Dixie vs. Ludlow/VMA, St. Henry vs. Lloyd.

35th: Holmes vs.Beechwood, Cov Cath vs.Holy Cross.

Girls districtbasketball

» Here are postseasonbrackets for area basket-ball teams. In districtswhere the schedule hasbeen released, the gamedate is in parentheses.

32nd: Walton-Veronavs. Williamstown (2/21),Grant County vs. SimonKenton (2/21).

33rd: Boone County vs.Cooper (2/21), Conner vs.Ryle (2/21).

34th: St. Henry is thetop seed, Ludlow is thefive. Lloyd, Villa Madonnaand Dixie Heights tied forthe two seed at 2-2.

35th: Notre Dame vs.Beechwood/CovingtonLatin, Holy Cross vs.Holmes.

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Boone County football standout Mikel Reynolds signswith Georgetown College. Reynolds is pictured withhis mother, Gina Reynolds, and Coach Rick Thompson.THANKS TO TANYA STUCK

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Boone County students arefull of love this month and theyare sharing it with the communi-ty in special ways. Four ele-mentary schools are workinghard preparing valentines to bedistributed to special recipients.Although each school has aunique lesson plan, all the pro-jects are similar because theyare service learning projectsmeant to help others.

Collins Elementary School’ssecond-grade students haveworked hard to collect candy andmake valentines for veterans atFort Thomas Domiciliary and forthe children of Blue Star Moth-ers (these are soldiers currentlystationed around the world).Michael Schmalle, a supervisorat the Fort Thomas Domiciliary,

is encouragedthat this out-reach mightlead to pen pals.“Our hope isthat, we canalso have theveterans re-spond to thestudents,”Schmalle said.

First-gradestudents atOckerman

Elementary School are readingvarious stories and poems aboutsoldiers with a common theme:letters sent to soldiers help thesoldiers feel connected to home.These students will be makingspecial valentines to send tosoldiers to remind the soldiers

that they are loved. With the helpof Lorene Friedman, first vice-president of Northern KentuckyBlue Star Mothers, these valen-tines will ship in care packagessent to soldiers around the world.

In addition to these greatprojects, other schools are turn-ing Valentine’s Day into a socialentrepreneurial endeavor. Atthese schools, students are turn-ing candy sales into good deeds.Goodridge Caring Cardinals, agroup of 10 students, are makingValentine Grams that they willsell to raise money for kids withspecial needs. With support fromstudent council members, theCardinals will make sure theydon’t run out of Valentine Gramsto sell.

Perhaps the most personal

project (because it has ties tofamilies and teachers at theschool) is North Pointe Elemen-tary School’s second-grade Val-entine Grams project. Studentsare selling candy to support aspecial organization, Josh Cares.This organization provides per-sonal support to seriously illchildren. When a parent or fam-ily member is unavailable to bewith a child during hospitaliza-tion, a trained Josh Cares fellowis provided to ensure that a childis never alone.

Sarah Pierce, a North Pointeparent, and her toddler son,Presley, visited students to tellthem firsthand about their expe-rience and to show students howwell Presley has grown up de-spite spending the first three

months of his life in the hospital.Sarah believes strongly that herson’s success is the result ofgreat doctors and the Josh Carefellows who looked out for Pres-ley during all of his hospitalstays.

According to Josh Cares rep-resentative, Joy Blang, NorthPointe’s Candy Gram project isan exciting event for Josh Caresbecause it is the first Valentine’sDay fundraiser for the organiza-tion.

You can be sure it is not goingto be an ordinary Valentine’s Dayat these Boone County schools, itis going to be extraordinary!

Annette Zottoli is Mayerson ServiceLearning Initiative coordinator atChildren Inc.

Valentine’s Day philanthropy in Boone

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Roadside ads are a blightin Boone

A big round of applause toElaine Demoret of Florence forbringing to our attention the blightof the roadside ads. They havebeen a thorn in my side for year,but did not know where to turn toget them removed.

I have traveled this countryover, and have never seen so muchblight as these signs present.There are times, when if they ever“got up and flew” we would neversee daylight. The owners of busi-nesses should understand the ex-pense of having an advertisementbudget, and use it wisely. Not to de-stroy the beauty of the roadsides ofBoone County. If they cannot af-ford media advertisement, per-haps a review of their budgets arein order.

Hopefully Elaine’s campaignwill prompt others to support thelaw, and have these unsightly andannoying signs removed. SinceBoone code enforcement does nothave the manpower to enforce thecode, perhaps the jail detail couldbe utilized to perform the task.

Karen RieglerBurlington

Enforce the law onroadside ads

The Feb. 9 article “Critic SaysRoadside Ads Are A Nuisance” leftme shaking my head. One of thedefinitions of “insanity” is “to con-tinue to do the same things, expect-ing different results.”

The efforts made by Elaine De-moret of Florence are to be com-mended. I have lived in the Rich-wood area for nearly 19 years, andhave seen the same increase in theroadside blight between I-75 andneighborhoods to the west on Rt.338.

As a Boone County and Ken-tucky taxpayer, I’m left unim-

pressed with the responses fromboth Brad Horn, Boone County’scode enforcement supervisor, aswell as the response from NancyWood, Kentucky TransportationCabinet. In a nutshell, signs areonly removed when people com-plain, or when certain areas seemto have concentrated levels of ille-gal signage. Please correct me ifI’m wrong, but several points cometo mind after reading the article:

We do have tax dollars allocatedto occasionally remove the illegalsigns, but only upon receivingcomplaint, or upon noticing “con-centrated levels of illegal sig-nage.”

Enforcement of the laws notedin the article are not enforced.(Hint here to those business own-ers ... keep on sticking your signsout there; nothing will happen toyou.)

One other “roadside sign” wascompletely omitted from the arti-cle.

“No littering $500 fine.”In this age of technology, no

“crews” are needed to deal withthis mess. One person with a cellphone and a computer is all that isneeded. Take a picture of the ille-gal sign(s). Upon return to the of-fice call the number on the sign,and tell the business owner thattheir sign placement is in violationof the law. Inform the businessowner that he/she has 24 hours toremove the sign, or be fined the$500.

Kentucky in general and North-ern Kentucky in specific have ahuge litter problem. We can some-how find tax dollars to occasionallyremove these roadside signs aswell as pay the dozens of workersto collect trucks full of waste alongroadsides. Let’s try something rad-ically different: Enforce the law.

Eric JacobsenWalton

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

STUDENT THANKS PATROL DEPUTIES

The Boone County Sheriff's Office had some special visitors Feb. 1from Mary, Queen of Heaven School. As part of Catholic SchoolsWeek, the students brought cookies and a poster thanking thedeputies for being part of the community. Deputies, from left, areNick Cook, Jeremy Bolton, Bryan Curry and Lt. Ryan Walters. Thestudents are Sydney, Ryan and Josh Lane and Robyn Baute. PROVIDED

The pace in the KentuckyHouse picked up last week asbills began making their wayto the floor for a vote andmembers took part in the firstmilitary recognition programhonoring three young soldierskilled in military conflictsacross the globe.

House Bill 135, legislationaimed at protecting consum-ers’ rights cleared the Houselast week requiring life insur-ance providers in the common-wealth to review death regis-ters and to make every effortto contact beneficiaries of lifeinsurance policies. This pro-tection would not apply topolicies sold as funeral pre-planning services to cover thecosts associated with burial.

The House also passed HB281, co-sponsored by Reps.Bam Carney, Ron Crimm,Myron Dossett, C.B. Embry,

Jr., GOP WhipDanny Ford,Sara BethGregory,Brent Hous-man, Sal San-toro and BenWaide, requir-ing that schoolathletic coach-es receivetraining in thearea of con-cussions and

other head injuries. As part ofthis training the coacheswould be required to identifyactions or precautions taken toprevent more significant in-jury by returning the game.

HB 308, co-sponsored byRep. Ron Crimm, passed in theHouse which will change thestate’s oversight of for-profitpost secondary institutionsdoing business in the common-

wealth. The legislation abol-ished one state board whichwas heavily weighted towardthe schools and created a newboard with four citizen mem-bers to balance the industryrepresentatives. The newboard would also provide thesecretary of Workforce Devel-opment, president of the Coun-cil on Post Secondary Educa-tion and the Kentucky StateAuditor with seats on the newoversight panel.

As always, I welcome yourcomments and concerns forthe upcoming session. I can bereached through the toll-freemessage line in Frankfort at1-800-372-7181.

State Rep. Sal Santoro, R-Flor-ence, is a member of the KentuckyHouse of Representatives.

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It may sound like a brokenrecord, but redistricting onceagain dominated much of theattention in the General As-sembly last week.

On Feb. 9 Franklin CircuitJudge Phillip Shepherd ruledthat redistricting lines drawnup and passed by the Housemajority members were un-constitutional. The lawsuitfiled by members of theHouse Republican Caucusargued that the plan passedunder House Bill 1 dividedmore Kentucky counties thannecessary, and at least onedistrict exceeded the 5 per-cent deviation in populationper district as laid out by thelaw.

The judge’s ruling alsoquestioned the continuity ofsome proposed House dis-tricts, citing District 80 as anexample. In House Bill 1 Dis-trict 80 stretched from ruralFayette County, through Mad-ison and Rockcastle Countythen cut a half-mile wide paththrough northern PulaskiCounty to connect with CaseyCounty.

Essentially what it meansis that of this writing Housemembers will run in their olddistricts unless the filingdeadline is extended beyondFriday, Feb. 10. However the

House major-ity announcedon Feb. 9 theywould appealthe judge’sruling to theKentuckySupremeCourt andasks that thenew legisla-tive maps bereinstated.

If the lowercourt’s decision stands, itmeans that thousand of Ken-tuckians likely will not bedisenfranchised with ourlegislative process. HoweverI believe Boone County is anexception simply because weare a growth county and manyBoone County residents aredisenfranchised. In additionour population growth dic-tates that Boone Countyshould have another full dis-trict, equating to anotherstate representative.

Those of us serving arecommitted to continue torepresent our respectiveareas of Boone County, butthis matter of proper repre-sentation will eventually haveto be addressed most likelythrough the courts than theGeneral Assembly. We havespent many hours debating

this issue, both in the Ken-tucky State Capitol and acourt of law. While this debatemay continue, it is time thatwe move on and focus on thereal issues important to thefuture of our commonwealth.

First and foremost wemust begin serious work on anew two-year budget for Ken-tucky. Our commonwealthcontinues to face tough timesfinancially, and it’s essentialwe focus all of our time andattention on drafting a budgetthat is fiscally responsible toour needs. In addition othermajor issues like debate overexpanded gaming have hungin the balance while our atten-tion focused on redistricting.

It is time we focus on theseand other issues, and it is myhope that somehow we canachieve bipartisanship indoing what’s best for Ken-tucky.

As always, I welcome yourcomments and concerns forthe upcoming session. I canbe reached at home at 859-525-8211, or through the toll-free message line in Frank-fort at 1-800-372-7181.

State Rep. Addia Wuchner, R-Burlington, is a member of theKentucky House of Representa-tives.

Time to conduct thepeople’s business

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FLORENCE — A blue collar worker is hoping to see his name in lights.Trademark Aaron – or as he was known at Boone County High School, Mark

Aaron Glacken – is releasing his second album “Prelude to Greatness” Feb. 28.“I’ve put a lot of work into it,” Aaron said.Aaron, 26, grew up in Florence and always loved writing, even before he

loved hip-hop.“I used to write a lot of poetry,” he said.

Hip-hop a natural transitionIn middle school, Aaron was introduced

to hip-hop icons like the Wu-Tang Clan andNas and fell in love. Hip-hop seemed like anatural transition from his poetry, Aaronsaid.

“I have a passion for this music,” hesaid.

“Prelude to Greatness” is the follow-upto his debut “Good Over Here” and the newalbum is a product of two years of growth,Aaron said.

“I learned a lot more about the creativeprocess,” he said.

A lot of hip-hop often focuses on acatchy chorus and some verses that fill inthe space between choruses, Aaron said.

“I’m more focused on creating completesongs,” he said.

Aaron hopes the new album resonateswith fans of all genres of music and not justhip-hop fans because he’s not just a fan ofhip-hop.

“I like all kinds of music,” Aaron said.For the album, Aaron focuses on songs

the average person can relate to.

Sacrifice is worth it“I’m a blue-collar worker,” he said.A preview video for the album shows

Aaron waking up and going to his job, wait-ing for the day to end so he can go pursuehis dream and perform. The video isn’t too

far off from reality, Aaron said.“I’m just somebody who works hard,”

he said.Aside from recording and perform-

ing, Aaron works more than 60 hours aweek at his job, which leaves little timefor chasing his dream, but he takes ev-ery opportunity he gets.

“I’ve gone out of town and doneshows, drove home that night and goneto work the next morning,” Aaron said.

While there is sacrifice involved,it’s worth it, he said.

“There’s no feeling like putting ona show,” Aaron said.

In his short career, those perfor-mances are moving to bigger and moreimportant stages. In the past, he’sopened for some of his heroes includingmembers of the Wu-Tang Clan and leg-ends like Talib Kweli.

“It’s incredible,” Aaron said.As the release of “Prelude to Great-

ness” draws near, Aaron hopes towork out a few dates for shows andan album release party.

The shows and album, Aaronhopes, will help contribute tothe hip-hop scene in Ken-tucky, something he admitsisn’t strong right now, but hedreams it will grow.

“I want to represent Ken-tucky,” he said.

FLORENCE RAPPER RELEASING...

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‘PRELUDETO

GREATNESS’

Florence rapper Trademark Aaronis releasing his new album

"Prelude to Greatness" Feb. 28.PHOTOS THANKS TO FRESH RECORDS

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FRIDAY, FEB. 17Art ExhibitsBeyond The Brush - A Collab-orative Art Show, 7-10 p.m.,Boleros Dance Club, 8406 U.S.42, Works of local artists C. PicMichel, Louise Aug, KevinMcQuade and Kyle Carpenter.Each brings a unique style andapproach to their work thatchallenges the traditional con-structs of the paint and canvas.Free. Through March 3. 859-379-5143. Florence.

BenefitsHoly Trinity’s Winter Cele-bration, 5-10 p.m., TurfwayPark, 7500 Turfway Road, RacingClub. Choice of chicken, steak orfish dinner. Cash bar and privatebetting windows. Benefits HolyTrinity tuition assistance. Ages 18and up. $50. Reservations re-quired. Presented by Holy TrinitySchool. 859-292-0487; www.ho-lytrinity-school.org. Florence.

Business SeminarsTri-State Diversity Confer-ence, 7:30 a.m., CincinnatiAirport Marriott, 2395 ProgressDrive, Professional developmentopportunity for teachers, col-lege faculty and staff, communi-ty development professionals,human resource personnel,social workers and anyoneinterested in expanding theirdiversity competence. Theme:Diverse Communities: CommonUnity. Victor Lewis and HughVasquez, keynote speakers.Various pricing for specificevents. Presented by Ohio StateUniversity Extension HamiltonCounty. 812-926-1189;ces.ca.uky.edu/tristatediversity-conference. Hebron.

EducationAARP Tax-Aide, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.,Boone County Main Library,1786 Burlington Pike, Middleand low-income taxpayers areeligible for tax preparationservice. Those with complex taxreturns advised to seek profes-sional assistance. Free. Regis-tration required. Presented byBoone County Public Library.859-342-2665; www.bcpl.org.Burlington.

Literary - Book ClubsCooking the Books, 10:30a.m.-1:30 p.m., Boone CountyCooperative Extension Service,6028 Camp Ernst Road, Adultsfix dinner inspired by or foundin a book. Followed by dinnerand discussion of book. Ages 21and up. Free. 859-586-6101;www.ca.uky.edu/boone. Bur-lington.

Literary - LibrariesZoofari, 4 p.m., Florence BranchLibrary, 7425 U.S. 42, Get upclose and personal with liveexotic animals from across theglobe. Presented by AnimalTales Company. Grades kin-dergarten and up. Registrationrequired. Presented by BooneCounty Public Library. 859-342-2665; www.bcpl.org. Florence.

Music - Classic RockSwan, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., WilKatTavern, 8074 U.S. 42, 859-746-3600; wilkattavern.com. Flor-ence.

RecreationDuplicate Bridge, 6-9 p.m.,Panorama Plus, 8510 Old TollRoad, Common Room. Open toall players. Family friendly. $5.Presented by Boone CountyBridge Center. Through Dec. 21.859-391-8639; www.boonecoun-tybridgecenter.com. Florence.

Saturday, Feb. 18

Art Exhibits

Beyond The Brush - A Collab-orative Art Show, 7-10 p.m.,Boleros Dance Club, Free. 859-379-5143. Florence.

AuctionsSt. Henry District High SchoolRenaissance Auction, 7 p.m.-midnight, Receptions Banquetand Conference Center Erlanger,1379 Donaldson Road, Live andsilent auction, raffles, music,hors d’oeuvres and open bar.Benefits St. Henry District HighSchool. $50. Presented by St.Henry District High School.859-525-5848; www.shdhs.org.Erlanger.

Dining EventsFamily Breakfast, 9-10 a.m.,Chick-fil-A Florence, 4980 Hous-ton Road, Pajama attire encour-aged. Photos with PJ Cow, largeblank puzzle for families todecorate, games, discussionstarters, take-home family ideabooklet, backstage tours ofkitchen and pillowcase craft.Family friendly. Free. Reserva-tions required. 859-816-8836;www.chick-fil-a.com/houston-road. Florence.

Holiday - Mardi GrasMardi Gras Celebration, 8p.m.-1 a.m. Grande ParadeSaturday. Music by the Websters9 p.m., MainStrasse Village, $15both nights, $10 one night.859-491-0458; www.mainstrasse-.org. Covington.

Music - AcousticSamuel Lockridge, 7-8:30 p.m.Saturday Night Music., VelocityBike & Bean, 7560 BurlingtonPike, Acoustic sets by localmusicians. Fresh baked goods,desserts and coffee available.Family friendly. Free. 859-371-8356; www.velocitybb.com.Florence.

RecreationDuplicate Bridge, 11:30a.m.-3:30 p.m., Panorama Plus,$5. 859-391-8639; www.boone-countybridgecenter.com. Flor-ence.

SUNDAY, FEB. 19ExhibitsOur Rivers’ Fury: Past andPresent Ohio Valley Floods,1-5 p.m., Behringer-CrawfordMuseum, $7, $6 seniors, $4children. 859-491-4003. Coving-ton.

LecturesCaden Blincoe Outloud Festi-val, 2 p.m. Richard Hague willbe keynote speaker., ThomasMore College Science LectureHall, 333 Thomas More Parkway,Student Center. Readings bylocal authors. Reception follows.Presented by Thomas MoreCollege. 859-344-3310;www.thomasmore.edu. Crest-view Hills.

Literary - LibrariesIndependence Inklings Writ-er’s Group, 2-4:30 p.m., WilliamE. Durr Branch Library, 1992Walton-Nicholson Road, Opento all writers, all skill levels andgenres. Group interaction andguest speakers. Adults. Familyfriendly. Free. Presented byKenton County Public Library.859-962-4031. Independence.

Boone County Parks: Basics ofFly Tying, 2:30 p.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Learn basics oftying flies. Free. Registrationrequired. Presented by BooneCounty Public Library. 859-342-2665. Burlington.

Music - ConcertsCathedral Concert Series, 3p.m. Xavier University ChamberChorale and Concert Choir withorgan, bass and percussion.

With Thomas Merrill, director.,Cathedral Basilica of the As-sumption, 1140 Madison Ave.,Free, donations accepted.859-431-2060; www.cathedral-concertseries.org. Covington.

Music - JazzPhil DeGreg Trio, 4:30 p.m.Sunday Jazz in the Afternoon.,Dee Felice Cafe, 529 Main St.,859-261-2365; www.deefel-icecafe.com. Covington.

On Stage - ComedyDonnell Rawlings, 7:30 p.m.,Funny Bone Comedy Club, $20.859-957-2000; www.funnybone-onthelevee.com. Newport.

On Stage - TheaterCome Back to the 5 & Dime,Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, 3p.m., Village Players, $15. 859-392-0500; www.villageplayers-.biz. Fort Thomas.

The Farnsworth Invention, 3p.m., NKU Corbett Auditorium,$14, $11 ages 60 and up, $8students. 859-572-5433; thea-tre.nku.edu. Highland Heights.

Special EventsJamFest Super Dance Nation-als, 9:30 a.m.-8:00 p.m., North-ern Kentucky Convention Cen-ter, $50-$147 teams, solos, duets,trios; free coaches and specta-tors. 513-686-7780; www.jam-fest.com. Covington.

Youth SportsBecome a Soccer Referee, 9a.m.-5 p.m. Second day of grade8 entry-level course, required.,Thomas More College, $65.Reservations required. 859-282-0222; www.kyreferee.com.Crestview Hills.

MONDAY, FEB. 20AttractionsWinter Family Days, 10 a.m.-6p.m., Newport Aquarium,859-261-7444; www.newporta-quarium.com. Newport.

CivicTea Party Meeting, 6-8 p.m.,Sub Station II, 7905 Dream St.,Meet and discuss limited gov-ernment, free markets and fiscalresponsibility. Free. Presented byGrassroots Tea Party of BooneCounty. 859-746-3573;www.teapartyboonecounty.org.Florence.

Boone County DemocraticSocial Club, 6-10 p.m., Karlo’sBistro Italia, 4911 Houston Road,Board meeting: informal casualevent and place to network withfellow Democrats from BooneCounty. Free. Presented byBoone County Democrats.859-282-8282; www.boonecoun-tydemocrats.org. Florence.

Exercise ClassesGentle Yoga, 6 p.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Learn basicpostures and flows. Bring yogamat. Family friendly. $25 permonth. Presented by BooneCounty Public Library. 859-342-2665. Burlington.

Zumba, 6 p.m., Scheben BranchLibrary, 8899 U.S. 42, Latin-inspired dance-fitness programblends international music anddance steps. Family friendly. $25per month. Registration re-quired. Presented by BooneCounty Public Library. 859-342-2665. Union.

Literary - LibrariesIn the Loop, 10:30 a.m., FlorenceBranch Library, 7425 U.S. 42,Knit or crochet in relaxed,friendly company. Free. Present-ed by Boone County PublicLibrary. 859-342-2665;www.bcpl.org. Florence.

Kentucky Ghost Tales, 7 p.m.,Walton Branch Library, 21 S.Main St., Tri-State ShadowChasers discuss experiences ofhaunted places in Kentucky.Audio and video documentationpresented. Free. Registrationrequired. Presented by BooneCounty Public Library. 859-342-2665; www.bcpl.org. Walton.

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.

Support GroupsSpouse Loss Support Group,6-7:30 p.m., Hospice of theBluegrass - Northern Kentucky,7388 Turfway Road, Workshopfor those who have experiencedthe loss of a significant other.

Explore full scope and dimen-sion of loss: physiological,psychological and spiritualsymptoms of grief, changes inrelationship with family, as wellas social change, dating and thepossibility of a new partner.Free. Registration required.859-441-6332; www.hospiceb-g.org. Florence.

TUESDAY, FEB. 21Art ExhibitsBeyond The Brush - A Collab-orative Art Show, 6-9 p.m.,Boleros Dance Club, Free. 859-379-5143. Florence.

BenefitsMardi Gras for HomelessChildren, 6-10 p.m., NorthernKentucky Convention Center, 1W. RiverCenter Blvd., Some 50booths of food, beverages,treats, silent and called auctions.New Orleans jazz with RobinLacy and DeZydeco. BenefitsBethany House Services, Brigh-ton Center’s Homeward Bound,Welcome House of NorthernKentucky and Mercy Franciscanat St. John. $55. Presented byNorthern Kentucky RestaurantAssociation. 859-431-8717;www.nkramardigras.com.Covington.

ExhibitsOur Rivers’ Fury: Past andPresent Ohio Valley Floods,10 a.m.-5 p.m., Behringer-Crawford Museum, $7, $6seniors, $4 children. 859-491-4003. Covington.

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.

Hearing Solutions OpenHouse Event, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.,Hearing Solutions FlorenceOffice, 7392 Burlington Pike,Free hearing screening andevaluation. Demonstrations ofnew invisible hearing aid withTom Barnhart, hearing expert.For seniors. Free. Reservationsrequired. Presented by HearingSolutions by Ellis-Scott & Asso-ciates. 859-283-1771; www.hea-ringsolutionskentucky.com.Florence.

Holiday - Mardi GrasFat Tuesday/Fastnacht Cele-bration, 6 p.m., Hofbrauhaus,200 E. Third St., Features EnzianDancers with special Fat Tuesdaydance program. Music by NickGulacsy Jr., the Akkordeon-Meister. Prizes presented forbest Mardi Gras costumes wornby fest-goers. Benefits German-Heritage Museum, which show-cases the German heritage ofthe region. Family friendly.Presented by German-AmericanCitizens League of GreaterCincinnati. 513-574-1741. New-port.

Mardi Gras Party, 6 p.m.,Mahogany’s Coffee House andBar, 3715 Winston Ave., MardiGras Party. New Orleans-styledrinks and special pricing. Comeearly for all-you-can-drink forone price and Cajun food.Family friendly. No cover. 859-261-1029. Latonia.

Literary - CraftsScrapbooking, 7 p.m., FlorenceBranch Library, 7425 U.S. 42,Bring your own scissors andadhesive; you are also welcome,but not required, to bring yourown pictures. Free. Registrationrequired. Presented by BooneCounty Public Library. 859-342-2665. Florence.

Music - BluegrassNorthern Kentucky BluegrassBand, 9 p.m.-midnight, Zola,626 Main St., Free. 859-261-7510.Covington.

Music - ConcertsRusko, 10 p.m. Doors open 9p.m., Madison Theater, 730Madison Ave., English dubsteprecord producer and DJ. Stand-ing only on the main floor. Ages18 and up. $25; plus fees. 859-491-2444; www.madisontheate-ronline.com. Covington.

Music - JazzMike Darrah, 7 p.m., Dee FeliceCafe, 529 Main St., Pianist.859-261-2365; www.deefel-ice.com. Covington.

On Stage - TheaterThe Farnsworth Invention, 8p.m., NKU Corbett Auditorium,

$14, $11 ages 60 and up, $8students. 859-572-5433; thea-tre.nku.edu. Highland Heights.

RecreationBridge, 12:30-3 p.m., SchebenBranch Library, 8899 U.S. 42,Open play. All ages. Familyfriendly. Free. Through Feb. 28.859-342-2665. Union.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 22

Art ExhibitsBeyond The Brush - A Collab-orative Art Show, 6-9 p.m.,Boleros Dance Club, Free. 859-379-5143. Florence.

AttractionsWinter Family Days, 10 a.m.-6p.m., Newport Aquarium,859-261-7444; www.newporta-quarium.com. Newport.

Dining EventsFish Fry, 4-7:30 p.m., SilverGrove Volunteer Fire Depart-ment, 5011 Four Mile, Fish,shrimp, frog legs, macaroni,green beans, hush puppies, fries,onion rings, chicken strips anddesserts. Benefits Silver GroveVolunteer Fire Department.859-441-6251. Silver Grove.

EducationThe Elements of Photoshop:Advanced, 7 p.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Local photog-rapher Bob Ihrig unlocks sophis-ticated tricks pros use in Pho-toshop Elements 8.0 to captureunforgettable images. Free.Registration required. Presentedby Boone County Public Library.859-342-2665. Burlington.

ExhibitsOur Rivers’ Fury: Past andPresent Ohio Valley Floods,10 a.m.-5 p.m., Behringer-Crawford Museum, $7, $6seniors, $4 children. 859-491-4003. Covington.

Health / Wellness

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.

Hearing Solutions OpenHouse Event, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.,Hearing Solutions FlorenceOffice, Free. Reservations re-quired. 859-283-1771; www.hea-ringsolutionskentucky.com.Florence.

Bones for Life, 6-7:15 p.m., KulaCenter for Movement Arts, 110E. Eighth St., Learn safe, weight-bearing movements that chal-lenge bones to be strong andsturdy while improving balanceand coordination. Ages 18 andup. $85 series, $20 drop-in.513-541-5720; www.futurelife-now.com. Newport.

Literary - LibrariesChess Club, 7 p.m., FlorenceBranch Library, 7425 U.S. 42, Allages and levels. Instructionavailable. Family friendly. 859-342-2665. Florence.

MuseumsOur Rivers’ Fury: Past andPresent Ohio Valley Floods:Oral History Collection, 1-4p.m., Behringer-CrawfordMuseum, 1600 Montague Road,Boone County Public Librarystaff interviews volunteersabout the floods of 1937 and1997. Included with admission.859-491-4003; www.bcmuseu-m.org. Covington.

Music - BluesRicky Nye, 7:30-11:30 p.m., ChezNora, 530 Main St., Free. 859-491-8027; www.cheznora.com.Covington.

Music - JazzMike Darrah, 7 p.m., Dee FeliceCafe, 859-261-2365; www.dee-felice.com. Covington.

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Northern Kentucky University's Department of Theatre andDance will present "The Farnsworth Invention" Feb. 16-26with show times at 8 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and 2 p.m.Sunday. Pictured, from left: Lauren Hayes, Zak Schneider,Chandler Taylor, Wesley Carman, Katharine Moser andJordan K. Pruitt. For tickets, visit theatre.nku.edu or call572-5464. THANKS TO MIKKI SCHAFFNER

The 16th annual 96Rock MainStrasse Village Mardi Gras willbe 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 17 and 18, inCovington. The Big Head Parade will be 8 p.m. Friday andthe Grande Parade will be 8 p.m. Saturday. For moreinformation, visit www.mainstrasse.org. FILE PHOTO

The opening for Behringer-Crawford Museum's exhibit,"Our Rivers’ Fury: Past and Present Ohio Valley Floods" willbe 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17, at 1600 Montague Road inCovington. The exhibit will look at the regional floods in1884, 1913, 1937 and 1997. THANKS TO BEHRINGER-CRAWFORD

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Just a couple of daysago the weather was sowarm we transplanted redand black raspberry canesto a larger part of the gar-den. Yesterday the weatherchanged to snow so webuilt a snowman in the side

yard.That was

in the morn-ing. Byearly eve-ning, he haddiminishedquite a bitin size.Today theonly thingleft of thesnowman is

a lone carrot in the grass.So as we always say, if

you don’t like the weatherhere, especially in Febru-ary, stick around – it willchange on a dime. And Ican hardly believe MardiGras is just about here.Check out my blog, Cook-ing with Rita, for my favor-ite King cake recipes.

Rita’s Fat Tuesdaychicken gumbo soup

If you are not sure yourguests will like okra, serveit alongside.

1½ pounds boneless, skinlesschicken breast or thighs cutinto1-inch pieces

2 quarts low sodium chickenbroth

1bell pepper, diced1generous cup onion, diced2 large ribs celery, diced1teaspoon garlic, or more to

taste, minced1teaspoon dried basil1bay leaf1cup rice14.5 oz. can diced tomatoes10 oz. frozen cut okra or 2

cups fresh okra, sliced

Saute chicken in a bit ofolive oil with pepper, onion,celery, garlic, basil andbay. Sauté until chickenloses its pink color. Addbroth, rice and tomatoes.Cook at a gentle boil untilchicken and rice are done,

about 20 minutes. Lower toa simmer for a few min-utes. While soup is cooking,sauté okra in a bit of oliveoil just until crisp/tenderand still bright green.Adjust seasonings. Addokra and serve. Serves12-15. Can be done ahead oftime and reheated/keptwarm in crock pot.

Tip from Rita’skitchen

Use brown rice and addabout 20 minutes to thecooking time.

Tom Keegan’s masterrecipe for perfectsautéed seafood

I’m a fan of Tom’s andthat’s because he is un-erring in bringing fresh,high quality seafood to hisshop in Mount Washington.You’ll pay more at Tom’sbut there’ll be no waste. Abonus is that Tom will tellor even show you how tocook whatever you’re buy-ing.

He was a guest on my“Love Starts in the Kitch-en” cable television show

and we had a seafood feast.Check out the photo of allthe good food Tom and Icooked together. Butwhether it was yellowfintuna belly, shark, scallops(and did you know that inEurope folks eat the wholescallop, not just the centerpart like we do?) lobster orshrimp, Tom has a cardinalrule: Get the pan very hot,then add a tiny bit of oliveoil and butter, and the sea-food itself.

“When you have thebest quality, simple is bestso that the personality ofthe seafood shines,” he toldme.

Scallops are a goodexample. Don’t turn themuntil they develop a nicecrust. Tom uses a dry whitewine to finish the seafoodoff and a sprinkling of seasalt and freshly groundpepper. Since many of uswill be eating seafood forLent, this is a timely tip.

Jane’s black beansoup like Nick &Tom’s

Once again, a reader to

the rescue, this time for abean soup like Nick &Tom’s restaurant in Bridge-town. Jane and her hus-band love the soup andshe’s adapted it.

“Make it with all blackbeans, or include kidneybeans. With the immersionblender, you can eithermake it all smooth or leavesome whole beans – nothickener required,” shesaid.

1quart chicken broth615 oz. cans black beans,

rinsed215 oz. cans kidney beans,

rinsed316 oz. jars chunky salsa

(Jane uses 2 medium,1hot)

Mix all ingredients inlarge soup pot; bring to aboil; simmer. Use immer-sion blender to processuntil desired texture/smoothness. Serve withdollop of light sour cream,chopped onion and/or grat-ed cheddar.

Ask and you shallreceive!

BonBonerie’s buttercutout cookies and clone ofLofthouse cookies are onmy blog, Cooking with Rita.

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is anherbalist, educator and author.Email her at [email protected] with “Rita’skitchen” in the subject line.Call 513-248-7130, ext. 356.

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RitaHeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN

Thanks to JustinHawthorne. Tom Keeganjoined Rita to serve up thisseafood medley.

Ken-tucky Savesweek willbe observ-ed Feb.19-25. AllKentuck-ians areencouragedto look attheir mon-ey habitsand seewhat can be

done to reduce debt andincrease savings.

To stay on track, con-sider the following tipsdesigned to help youachieve your financialgoals.

Write down or draw apicture of the goals youhave and post them in avisible place. These serveas a daily reminder.

The refrigerator dooror bedroom mirror aregood places to keep yourgoals in sight.

Think about, step bystep, what you have to doto achieve your goals. Forinstance, if you want tosave $2,000, you mightopen a savings accountand have a set amountmoved into the accounteach time you get a pay-check.

Give yourself a real-istic deadline for savingthe amount of money.Divide the amount of timeyou have in weeks ormonths into the amountyou want to save to knowhow much to transfer on aregular basis. By movingmoney automatically into a

savings account, the mon-ey is “gone” before youcan spend it. So you aren’ttempted to use the moneyfor another reason, thinkof it as paying yourself.

You might also considerhaving your paycheckdeposited directly to asavings account. Usingthat method you have topurposely move moneyinto a checking account tohave it available for use.Be sure to only move theamount you need for agiven time period and beaware of any bank feesassociated with savingsaccount use.

Track your progress.Keeping a regular writtenrecord helps you remem-ber your goals and howimportant they are.

Take pride in youraccomplishments, eventhe small ones. Eatingbreakfast at home couldsave you $3 a day. Over ayear’s time you could save$750. Even forgoing justone breakfast out a weekcould put extra money inyour savings account.

Don’t get discouraged ifyou need to rethink yourgoals. Economic uncer-tainty is the new reality, soit is important not to for-get how quickly life canchange. Unforeseen cir-cumstances could forceyou to change your sav-ings plan. Do what you canto continue setting aside alittle bit of money on aregular basis, adjust yourimmediate goals, and keepyour eyes on achieving

overall fiscal stability.Consider joining

www.kysaves.org andreceive tips, news, andadvice to help save suc-cessfully.

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

Keep financial goals in sight

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Under the watchfulgaze of Mr. Kentucky, Dr.Tom Sproat tries to createexcitement for scienceeducation.

“Young people todaydon’t quite understand theimportance of science,”said Sproat, executive di-rector of Biology Integra-tion and Outreach for Sci-ence Education (BIOSE).

“This is a country thatput people on the moon …and did it in less than 10years. The next genera-tion needs to understandthe important role scienceplayed in that.”

BIOSE is a nonprofitorganization that spon-sors science educationprograms in Northern

Kentucky and Southwest-ern Ohio. Sproat, an ad-junct professor at Gate-way Community and Tech-

nical College, outlined theorganization’s missionand programs at a meet-ing of the Florence RotaryClub on Feb. 6.

As he spoke, a greathorned owl named Ken-tucky sat quietly on aperch next to the podium,slowly swiveling his headto the right and left. Theowl is among the stars inthe Critters in the Class-room outreach programBIOSE presents inschools.

The owl and his fellowcritters – including a tur-

tle, a snake, a rabbit and ared-tailed hawk – get chil-dren’s attention and gen-erate excitement for thepresentation.

“That’s what we call in-quiry-based instruction,”Sproat explained. “Chil-dren learn by asking ques-tions. They ask questionsbased on their observa-tions (of the animals). Wehelp them answer theirown questions.”

Critters in the Class-room is the premiere pro-gram in BIOSE’s educa-tional outreach effort. Theorganization also createsscience research opportu-nities for students andteachers. For example,BIOSE assigned a groupof Covington HolmesHigh School students totest soil samples at BigBone Lick State Park inBoone County.

Park officials wantedto move the bison pen to adifferent location. Thestudents designed an ex-periment, collected dataand analyzed different

sites. Their success led toa nine-day project in Colo-rado the next year and aninvitation to do researchfor the National Park Ser-vice a year later.

“That’s experientiallearning,” Sproat said.“Those students fully ex-perienced what it meansto be a scientist.”

As Rotarians arrived atthe meeting, Kentuckycaused a stir. Some ap-proached him cautiously.As he swiveled his headslowly, one would say toanother, “Is he real?”

Kentucky would notanswer. But he probablythought wisely to himself,“Got you excited aboutscience, didn’t I?”

For information aboutthe weekly meetings,guest speakers, and com-munity service opportuni-ties of the Florence Ro-tary Club, contact PatMoynahan, president, [email protected] or 859-802-0242.Visit the group’s websiteatwww.florencerotary.org.Florence Rotary meetsweekly on Mondays atnoon at the Airport HiltonHotel in Florence.

This article was submittedby Pat Moynahan of FlorenceRotary.

Rotary sees excitement of scienceBy Pat MoynahanContributor

Dr. Tom Sproat, executivedirector of BiologyIntegration and Outreach forScience Education (BIOSE),and Kentucky the GreatHorned Owl spoke to theFlorence Rotary Club on Feb.6. Sproat, left, is shown withKentucky the Owl andFlorence Rotary ClubPresident Pat Moynahan.THANKS TO ADAM HOWARD

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Jordan L. Hurm, 24, recklessdriving, DUI at Dixie Highwayand Mt. Zion Road, Jan. 8.

Alberto M. Baltazar, 46, failure toor improper signal, carelessdriving, DUI at Mt. Zion Road andDemia Way, Jan. 8.

BOONE COUNTYArrests/CitationsMark E. Wenz, 58, DUI, recklessdriving, disregarding stop sign,failure to produce insurance card,no brake lights at 24 Old Ste-phenson Mill Rd., Jan. 8.

Vicky Martinez,18, careless driv-ing, instructional permit vio-

Kevin B. McNabb, 47, carelessdriving, rear license not illuminat-ed, failure to produce insurancecard, DUI at108 Becky Ct., Jan. 7.

Jason A. King, 31, reckless driving,DUI, failure to produce insurancecard at Intersate 75 south, Jan. 7.

Jacob U. Morris, 27, giving officerfalse name or address, possessionof drug paraphernalia at MaryGrubbs Highway and Towne

Centre, Jan. 7.Shawn Brooks, 21, possession ofmarijuana, possession of drugparaphernalia, at10854 U.S. 42,Jan. 7.

Kyle A. Berens,18, disregardingtraffic control device, recklessdriving, DUI, failure to notifyaddress change to department oftransportation at U.S. 42 andPleasant Valley Dr., Jan. 7.

Richard E. Taylor, 58, improperturning, reckless driving, DUI at6066 Limaburg Rd., Jan. 7.

Devin S. Sebree, 26, carelessdriving, DUI, possession of sythet-ic cannabinoid agonists or pipera-zines, tampering with physicalevidence, possession of drugparaphernalia at Arbor SpringsBlvd. and U.S. 42, Jan. 7.

Ray Garcia, 36, DUI, failure toproduce insurance card, recklessdriving, possession of openalcoholic beverage container,failure to notify address changeto department of transportation,driving on DUI suspended licenseat Burlington Pike, Jan. 7.

David R. Catton, 25, possession ofmarijuana, possession of drugparaphernalia, at 7860 Mall Rd.,Jan. 6.

Patrick W. Novachich, 40, speed-ing 20 mph over the limit, carelessdriving, DUI at 3675 North BendRd., Jan. 5.

Kristin B. Knollman, 40, speeding13 mph over limit, reckless driv-ing, DUI at Richwood Road andFrogtown Connector, Jan. 6.

Michelle M. Hegge, 41, DUI atCentennial Circle and Constitu-

tion Drive, Dec.13.Joseph A. Scarlato, 29, rear licenseplate not illuminated, possessionof marijuana, possession of drugparaphernalia at Dixie Highway,Dec.13.

Paula R. Knipp, 46, shoplifting atDoering Dr., Jan.11.

Michelle B. Souder, 39, shopliftingat 7641Dixie Hwy., Jan.11.

Kenneth A. Hamm, 20, leaving thescene of an accident at BerberichDr., Jan.10.

Kenneth W. Wolff, 42, receivingstolen property under $10,000 at7601Industrial Rd., Jan.10.

Nicole M. Leonard, 32, alcoholintoxication in a public place at118 Pinehurst Dr., Jan.10.

Terry L. Scruggs II, 30, shopliftingat 4990 Houston Rd., Jan. 9.

Wendy L. Lesperance, 35, shop-lifting at 61Spiral Dr., Jan. 9.

Mark T. Pullen, 51, theft of identityof another without consent at6438 Rosetta Dr., Jan. 5.

David F. Brumer, 47, first-degreepromoting contraband, pos-session of drug paraphernalia,DUI, reckless driving at 3020Conrad Ln., Jan. 4.

Timothy D. Banks, 30, possessionof open alcoholic beverage in amotor vehicle, carrying a con-cealed weapon at I-75 north-bound, Jan. 4.

Tara R. Bodytko, 26, DUI, recklessdriving, possession of openalcoholic bverage in a motorvehicle at I-75 northbound, Jan. 3.

Keith E. Rockey, 30, second-degree disorderly conduct at2719 Presidential Dr., Jan. 3.

Maggie A. Dickerson, 20, pos-session of drug paraphernalia,reckless driving, first-degreepossession of a controlled sub-

stance (heroin), second-degreepossession of a controlled sub-stance at Featherstone Dr., Jan. 2.

Stephanie M. Schreder, 28, pos-session of drug paraphernalia,first-degree possession of acontrolled substance (heroin),second-degree possession of acontrolled substance at Feather-stone Dr., Jan. 2.

Garner A. Adkins, 47, DUI, recklessdriving, possession of openalcoholic bverage in a motorvehicle at I-75 northbound, Jan.1.

Stephen R. Collins Jr., 43, DUI atI-75 southbound, Jan.1.

Timothy W. Smith, 38, operating amotor vehicle without a license,DUI, reckless driving at BerberichDr., Jan.1.

Lindsay P. Niklas, 21, DUI at I-75northbound, Jan.1.

Ryan Adams, 20, DUI, recklessdriving at U.S. 42, Jan.1.

Incidents/InvestigationsAssaultFourth degree at 6066 LimaburgRd., Jan. 6.

Fourth degree at 2412 PetersburgRd., Jan. 6.

Fourth degree at 2325 GlobalWay, Dec.13.

BurglaryFirearms stolen at 5625 RabbitHash Rd., Jan. 6.

Firearms stolen at1097 Amber Dr.,Jan. 6.

Metals stolen at14876 Brown Rd.,Dec.14.

Church broken into and itemstaken at 2961Camp Ernst Ln., Jan.4.

Residence broken into and itemstaken at 5 Park Ave., Jan. 4.

Residence broken into and itemstaken at 315 Maiden Ct., Jan. 3.

Residence broken into and itemstaken at 314 Maiden Ct., Jan. 3.

Burglary,assaultReported at1371Ashford Dr., Dec.13.

CriminalmischiefMailbox damaged/vandalized at8807 Richmond Rd., Jan. 8.

Garbage can damaged/vandalizedat 8807 Richmond Rd., Jan. 5.

Lawn/yard equipment damaged/vandalized at10644 Triple CrownBlvd., Jan. 5.

Vehicles vandalized at 7674Catawba Ln., Jan.10.

Vehicle vandalized at 6919 Park-view Dr., Jan.10.

Property vandalized at 7660Catawba Ln., Jan.10.

Property vandalized at 6 Sweet-briar Ave., Jan. 9.

Vehicle vandalized at Conrad Ln.,Jan. 3.

Vehicle vandalized at 2 WillowoodLn., Jan. 2.

Vehicle vandalized at 51Cum-mings Dr., Jan. 2.

Criminalmischief, theftMetals, other items stolen at 212Frogtown Rd., Jan. 5.

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FraudVictim's checks stolen and usedby unknown subject at18Sweetbriar Ave., Jan.11.

Victim's identity stolen at Con-nector Dr., Jan.11.

Victim's credit card lost and usedto purchase items at 7414Turfway Rd., Jan. 9.

Victim's checks stolen and usedby unknown subject at 2028Mall Rd., Jan. 8.

Victim's identity stolen at 6438Rosetta Dr., Jan. 4.

Business reported fraudulentactivity at1020 Elijah Creek Rd.,Jan. 4.

Fraudulent activity recorded atbusiness at1455 Jamike Ln., Jan.3.

Subject tried to use a fraudulentcheck at 2006 Petersburg Rd.,Jan. 3.

Identity theftTheft of identity of anotherwithout consent at 6325 Cross-ings Dr., No. 227, Jan. 7.

Incident reportSubject found in possession ofstolen property at 7601Industri-al Rd., Jan.10.

Victim filed an unauthorized useof a motor vehicle report at 23Dortha Ave., Jan. 9.

NarcoticsDeputies discovered narcotics ona subject at Limaburg Rd., Jan. 4.

Deputies discovered narcotics ontwo subjects at Featherstone Dr.,Jan. 2.

RobberySubject used force to steal cloth-

ing from Wal-Mart at 7625Doering Dr., Jan.11.

Business at Florence Mall robbedby subject yielding a weapon at2158 Mall Rd., Dec. 23.

Tampering with physicalevidenceDrug/narcotic equipment seizedat Arbor Springs Blvd., Jan. 6.

Terroristic threateningThird degree at 9687 ManassasDr., Nov.18.

Third degree at1Duro Way, Dec.19.

Victim threatened with violenceby subject at 231Melinda Ln.,Dec. 23.

TheftSubject tried to steal merchan-dise from Dollar General at 7641Dixie Hwy., Jan.11.

Subject tried to steal items fromKroger at1751Patrick Dr., Dec.29.

Subject tried to steal goods fromWal-Mart at 7625 Doering Dr.,Dec. 29.

Items stolen from residence at19Kuchle Dr., Nov. 23.

Money stolen from restaurant atBerberich Dr., Dec.16.

Jewelry taken from residence at1857 Delicious Ct., Nov. 25.

Items stolen from business at15Spiral Dr., Dec. 20.

Items taken from business at2255 Global Way, Dec. 29.

Items stolen from business at167Lloyd Ave., Dec. 29.

Victim's purse stolen at Wal-Martat 7625 Doering Dr., Dec. 29.

Items stolen from residence at7245 Turfway Rd., Dec. 29.

Subject left without paying their

restaurant bill at 6935 HoustonRd., Dec. 29.

Items stolen from business at7505 Burlington Pk., Jan.13.

Shoplifting at 3000 Mall CircleRd., Jan.1.

Firearm accessory stolen at 8431Stratford Ct., Jan. 2.

GPS stolen at 300 Meijer Dr., Jan.2.

Shoplifting at 6920 BurlingtonPk., Jan. 2.

Computer stolen at1020 Tama-rack Cir., Jan. 2.

Dog stolen at Buckshire Gln.,Sept. 9.

Tools stolen at 8373 River Rd.,Jan. 6.

Computer hardware/softwareand money stolen at 2255Global Way, Dec.14.

Jewelry/precious metals stolen at10431Bruce Dr., Dec.14.

Wallet, credit/debit cards stolenat 947 Donaldson Hwy., Dec.14.

Subject tried to steal goods fromWal-Mart at 7625 Doering Dr.,Jan.11.

Subject tried to steal merchan-dise from Dollar General at 7641Dixie Hwy., Jan.11.

Subject tried to steal items fromMeijer at 4990 Houston Rd., Jan.9.

Subject tried to steal clothingfrom Kohl's at 61Spiral Dr., Jan.9.

Items stolen from business at6712 Dixie Hwy., Jan.10.

Money stolen from White Castleat 8101US 42, Jan. 8.

Items stolen from residence at5996 Greens Edge Dr., Jan. 4.

Items stolen from restaurant at

185 Mary Grubbs Hwy., Jan. 4.Items taken from residence at3606 Lookout Ln., Jan. 3.

Services stolen from victim at3073 Front St., Jan. 3.

Medication stolen from residenceat 32 High School Ct., Jan. 3.

Items stolen from business at7541Mall Rd., Jan. 2.

Theft from autoVehicle broken into and itemstaken at1336 Hansel Ave., Jan.11.

Vehicle broken into and itemstaken at1020 Arbor Tech Dr.,Dec.19.

Parts stolen off of vehicle at BobEvans at Dream St., Jan.11.

Money stolen from Motel Sixhotel room at 7937 Dream St.,Jan.11.

Vehicle broken into and itemstaken at 7501Foltz Dr., Jan. 9.

Parts stolen off of vehicle at 23Spiral Dr., Jan. 9.

Parts stolen off of vehicle at1107Aviation Blvd., Jan. 4.

Theft of identityReported at 8707 U.S. 42, Jan. 6.Theft of legend drugReported at Sycamore Dr., Jan. 5.Unauthorized use of creditcardVehicle stolen at 7820 CommerceDr., Jan. 2.

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He was owner of the Benton-Bonar Department Store inWalton for 38 years and funeraldirector at the Hamilton-StanleyFuneral Home in Verona. Hewas a member and deaconemiritus at Walton First BaptistChurch, a member of Walton-Verona Lodge No. 719 F & AMfor 60 years and former chief ofthe Walton Volunteer FireDepartment. He was a U.S.Army World War II veteran.

A daughter, Beverly Benson;brother, Gordon Bonar; sister,Nancy Monnig; and a grand-daughter, Amber Benson, diedpreviously.

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Robert CooperRobert G. Cooper, 79, of

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He retired from CincinnatiGas & Electric as a district opera-tions clerk. He was a U.S. ArmyKorean conflict veteran and amember of First Church of Christin Burlington where he wasinvolved in their youth pro-grams and a former elder. Hewas the assistant secretary ofLatonia Masonic Lodge No. 746F.& A.M, a 32nd degree ScottishRite and enjoyed coaching littleleague baseball and basketball.

A daughter, Vickie L. Bell,died in 1996.

Survivors include his wife,Bonnie Cooper; daughter, JanaVenable; sons, Michael Cooperand Robert A. Cooper; sisters,Janet Jones, Sylva Spegal andMollee Milner; brothers, BillWillett, John Kaltenback andRichard Webb; 12 grandchil-dren; and seven great-grand-children.

Interment was in Floral HillsCemetery.

Memorials: Senior High/Jr.High Youth Programs at FirstChurch of Christ, 6080 CampErnst Road, Burlington, KY41005.

Barbara EhlBarbara Ann Ehl, 75, of

Greenwood, Ind., died Feb. 6,2012, at her residence.

Her brother, Michael Dewey,died previously.

Survivors include her hus-band, Raymond W. Ehl; daugh-ters, Kimberley Preston ofIndependence, Debra Jarvis ofFlorence and Sandra Ehl ofGreenwood, Ind.; sisters, Kath-leen Eder of Monroeville, Ohio,and Judith Mann of Castalia,Ohio; six grandchildren; and fivegreat-grandchildren.

Burial was at Forest LawnMemorial Gardens.

Memorials: Humane Societyof the United States, 2100 L St.NW, Washington, D.C. 20037.

Bert GibbonsBert Gibbons, 67, of Florence,

died Feb. 5, 2012.His father, Berry Gibbons,

died previously.Survivors include his mother,

Lois Marie Gibbons; sons, BertRandall Gibbons and MichaelGibbons, both of Delaware;daughters, Bridget Gibbons-

Chaffin of Blanchester, Ohio,Stacey Forwood of Mt. Wash-ington, Ohio, and JenniferGreen of Delaware; and fourgrandchildren.

Martha HamesMartha Jane Hames, 80, of

Florence, died Feb. 2, 2012.A brother, Donald Head, died

previously.Survivors include her daugh-

ters, Petie McMillan, Kimberly A.Chamberlain and Kelly MiaHames; son, Terry L. Fasig;sisters, Donna Sue Deaton andBarbara Studer; brother, EddieDarrell; five grandchildren; andfour great-grandchildren.

Burial was at Highland Ceme-tery, Fort Mitchell.

Memorials: Clovernook Cen-ter for the Blind, 7000 HamiltonAve., Cincinnati, OH 45231.

Theora LockeTheora Peebles Locke, 91, of

Walton, died Feb. 6, 2012, at herresidence.

She was a homemaker andmember of the New BethelBaptist Church where she servedas a Sunday school and vocationbible teacher. She was a formermember of the pastor searchcommittee and the CrittendenRook League, and a chartermember of the Walton Wom-an’s Club.

Survivors include her hus-

band, William D. Locke; son,Douglas Rouse of Florence;daughter, Beverly Rouse ofWalton; brother, David M.Peebles of Walton; sisters,Patricia Carnes of Fort Wayne,Ind., and Naomi Spegal ofDemossville; and two grand-children.

Burial was in New BethelCemetery, Verona.

Memorials: New BethelBaptist Church Building Fund,2022 Verona-Mudlick Road,Verona, KY 41092; Hospice ofthe Bluegrass, 7388 TurfwayRoad, Florence, KY 41042; orVerona Life Squad, 14920 Wal-ton-Verona Road, Verona, KY41092.

James PhillipsJames A. Phillips, 87, of

Florence, died Feb. 4, 2012, atFlorence Park Care Center.

He was a retired assemblerfor General Motors and a mem-ber of Florence Baptist Templeand the DAV.

Survivors include his wife,Nora House Phillips; sons, GaryPhillips of Walton, James Phillipsof Charlestown, Ind., RandallPhillips of Ryland Heights andKenneth Phillips of Cincinnati;daughters, Denise Gabbard ofHebron and Anita Brady ofRyland Heights; sisters, GeorgiaLovitt of Dayton, Ohio, andEthel Knuckles of Cincinnati; 11grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

Interment was at Floral HillsMemorial Gardens.

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

William SchulteWilliam F. Schulte, 78, of Villa

Hills, died Feb. 4, 2012, at St.Elizabeth Hospital, after a shortbattle with lung cancer.

He was a member of St.Joseph Church in CrescentSprings and a retired businessowner of Casson Schoolwear. Hewas an avid golfer and a mem-ber of Summit Hills CountryClub.

His wife, Ruth Schuler Schulte;and a sister, Betty Schilling, diedpreviously.

Survivors include his daugh-ters, Cindy Butcher of Burling-ton and Laura Babbage ofLexington; sons, Greg of TaylorMill, David of Edgewood, Tim ofChicago and Todd of Union;siblings, Richard Schulte andMyra Manderfield; 16 grand-children; and two great-grand-children.

Memorials: American Diabe-tes Association, P.O. Box 21903,Lexington, KY 40522 or Amer-ican Cancer Society, 297 Butter-milk Pike, Fort Mitchell, KY41017.

Ethel ‘Sissy’ ThomasEthel “Sissy” Jane Thomas, 71,

of Florence, died Feb. 5, 2012.She worked in the underwrit-

ing department at Western &Southern Life Insurance and wasa member of Grace BaptistChurch in Independence.

Her father, William “Bill”Thomas; and a sister, Edna“Margy” Thomas, died previ-ously.

Survivors include her mother,Mildred Wayman Thomas; andsister, Mary K. Thomas.

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

DEATHS

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Lenna K. Thomas, 62, ofFlorence, died Feb. 4, 2012.

She was a homemaker.Seven brothers and sisters

died previously.Survivors include her hus-

band, Cliff Thomas; sons, TimKing, Eric Shelton, David Shel-ton, Jason Thomas and LeeThomas; 10 grandchildren; twogreat-grandchildren; and sevenbrothers and sisters.

Clara ViceClara Whaley Vice, 81, of

Butler, formerly of Walton,died Feb. 2, 2012, at St. Eliza-beth Fort Thomas.

She was a restaurant host-ess for Town and CountryRestaurant in Covington and amember of Mt. Carmel BaptistChurch in Williamstown.

Her husband, Frank Vice,

died previously.Survivors include her sons,

Steven Vice of Williamsburg,Ohio, Ronnie Vice of Inde-pendence and Michael Vice ofBellevue; daughter, LindaSears of Lawrenceburg, Ind.;eight grandchildren; and 12great-grandchildren.

Memorials: National Mul-tiple Sclerosis Society, 4440Lake Forest Drive, Suite 120,

Cincinnati, OH 45242.

Roy VickeryRoy E. Vickery, 70, of Flor-

ence, died Feb. 8, 2012.He was a retired music and

education instructor and amember of Florence BaptistChurch at Mt. Zion.

A sister, Alline Ingle; and hisbrother, Henry L. Vickery, died

previously.Survivors include his wife,

Elizabeth “Betsy” WilsonVickery; sister, Ruth Horis;nieces, Pamela Nelson andKimberly Reeves; nephews,Cecil and Thomas Vickery; andsister-in-law, Louise Vickery.

Memorials: Florence BaptistChurch at Mt. Zion, 642 Mt.Zion Road, Florence, KY 41042or American Cancer Society.

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The member openingfor Behringer-CrawfordMuseum’s exhibit, “OurRivers’ Fury: Past andPresent Ohio ValleyFloods” will be 6 p.m.Friday, Feb. 17.

The exhibit will take alook at the regionalfloods that occurred in1884, 1913, 1937 and 1997,and how the floodschanged the Ohio RiverValley. In addition, theexhibit discusses whyfloods occur, aspects offlood prevention, the im-portant roles levees playand provides multi-sen-sory experiencesthrough interactive com-ponents and documenta-ries produced by WKRC/

Local 12’s Dan Hurley.Visitors will have the

opportunity to sharetheir personal storiesabout the floods in 1937and 1997. To share a sto-ry or experience, con-tact the museum forscheduled dates andtimes.

The member openingwill feature a presenta-tion by Rick Bell, authorof “The Great Flood of1937 - Rising Waters,Soaring Spirits.”

The opening event isfree to museum mem-bers and $5 non-mem-bers. The exhibit willrun through May 27.

For more information,call 859-491-4003 [email protected].

Exhibit looks atOhio floodingCommunity Recorder

On Wednesday, Feb.22, Community Servicesof Northern Kentuckywill host an open housefrom 3-6 p.m., at 31 SpiralDrive, in Florence. Theevent will provide the op-portunity for the North-ern Kentucky communityto see the newly renovat-ed building and learnabout its services – Adult

Day Care of NorthernKentucky and Speech andHearing of NorthernKentucky.

The building renova-tions took several monthsand were made possibleby a $150,000 grant fromCommunity Foundationof Northern Kentucky.

“We’re excited to showoff our new look – every-

thing from entirely newlyupdated interior, flooringand patient furniture toupdated outdoor signage– with the same greatstaff and services to of-fer the community,” saidLisa West, executive di-rector of Community Ser-vices.

The open house in-cludes refreshments,

door prizes and tours ofthe building.

As part of the event,Speech and Hearing ofNorthern Kentucky willoffer hearing screeningsall day. The hearingscreenings are free, butan appointment is re-quired. To make an ap-pointment, call 859-525-1128.

Community Services hosts open house

Truskot completesPlebe Summer

Navy Midshipman Sa-rah J. Truskot, daughterof Jane and James Trus-kot of Florence, complet-ed Plebe Summer whileattending the U.S. NavalAcademy.

Plebe Summer is a six-week summer trainingprogram required of allincoming freshmen to theU.S. Naval Academy.

Sarah, a 2011 graduateof Ryle High School, willgo on to complete the aca-demic year as a midship-man.

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