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FLORENCE — The last day ofschool for Boone County willtake place on May 29, accordingto a vote Thursday of the BooneCounty Board of Education.
Superintendent Randy Poesaid the schedule allows oneday more than required by theKentucky Department of Edu-cation.
According to the KentuckyDepartment of Education at
education.ky.gov, , studentsmust be in school a minimum of1,062 hours, which equals 177six-hour days.
If school is open everyscheduled day until May 29,schools will have had 172 in-structional days. Boone Countystudents are in school an extra12 and a half minutes each day,which allows those extra min-utes to add up to fewer than 177days.
“People forget in the spring-time, we have missed school
due to severe storms,” Poe said.“We also have the opportunityfor early dismissal or late arriv-al in case of bad weather.”
Boone County Schools wereclosed seven days this winterfor inclement weather.
Poe said he’s been asked ifthe holiday on May 19 would beused as an instructional day,and he said that could not hap-pen. “May 19 is the date of theprimary election. We’re not al-lowed to have students inschool,” he said.
Boone Schools last day is May 29 Amy [email protected]
FLORENCE — As businessesbegin construction on the east-ern side of Mall Road, cityleaders are preparing to ex-tend a road to the west in orderto help improve safety for pe-destrians and drivers.
The $3.5 million project es-sentially extends ConnectorDrive, which runs parallel toMall Road, south past the Phan-tom Fireworks building, sotraffic can exit there at an in-tersection with a traffic light.The construction would alsotransfer the roadway from be-ing private property to becom-ing owned and maintained as acity street.
During an April 16 publicmeeting to discuss the con-struction, Florence Coordina-tor Richard Lunnemann saidsafety is the project’s biggestbenefit.
“The construction will im-prove vehicular safety in the
Mall Road corridor by provid-ing access to turn at the light,”he said. “Making that left turnout onto Mall Road, due to thevolume of traffic, is not verysafe.”
Pedestrian safety will alsobe improved by the addition ofsidewalks along the route, Lun-nemann said.
Florence Antique Mall own-er Mike Detzel questions howmuch safer it will be.
“Our primary concern is toensure that this would in noway cause any safety issuesfor our customers or staff, ei-ther during construction or af-ter in place. Since the proposedexpansion is so close to ourstore entrance, this is a realconcern for us,” Detzel said. “Ican’t address why or whetherthis is truly needed or not, asthey did not provide any de-tailed study information oranalysis, just a very basic over-view. We would definitely liketo see more hard informationon that. I’m sure many others
would as well.”Detzel is also concerned the
project could introduce noiseor fumes that could disrupt hisoperations or that customersmay have trouble getting intothe store.
While Detzel was able to askquestions during the publicmeeting Thursday, he was alsoconcerned that he hadn’t heardabout the project earlier.
“This was our first involve-ment with this proposed pro-ject,” he said. “At this stagewhat was shown to us is stilllargely preliminary. They didnot have details we will need todetermine whether we wouldsupport this project or haveproblems with it. We clearlyoutlined our concerns in detail,and we were assured all wouldbe addressed and reviewedwith us for our agreement be-fore anything is finalized. Thisis very important to us.”
Lunnemann said the pro-
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The proposed road addition would run in front of the Florence Center, past the Florence Antique Mall, andextend Connector Drive past the Phantom Fireworks store to allow an exit at the light on Mall Road across fromthe Mall Road Shopping Center.
Road extension could improve safety
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FLORENCE — Two choirs aregetting together for an eveningof charity and praise in song.
The free event is set for 3 p.m.Sunday, April 26, at St. PaulCatholic Church, Florence.
St. Paul’s choir and the Flor-ence Community Choir will per-form several songs individuallyand together for the benefit oftwo organizations: Mary RoseMission and St. Vincent de Paul.Donations will be accepted.
As a member of both the Flor-ence Community Choir and St.Paul Church, Marianne Horgansaid she wanted to create a bene-fit concert to share music andraise funds for these charities.
“They need help always.They need volunteers and dona-tions all the time,” Horgan said.“They do a lot of wonderful workin the community for the under-privileged and they need peopleto help. It’s important for us to dothat and live the gospel, as theLord our Savior has commandedus to help one another and loveone another.”
The Florence CommunityChoir, under the direction of DonWhitis, will perform sevenworks, including “Yahwe,” “Letthe Word of Christ,” and “LetThere be Peace on Earth.” Ker-rie Lossle is the accompanist.
St. Paul’s Choir will sing sixpieces, including “God so Lovedthe World,” “Ride on, Ride on”and “Pie Jesu.”
Together, they will perform“The First Noel,” “Awake theTrumpets Mighty Sound,” “HowGreat Thou Art,” “Majesty,”“Wade in the Water,” and Han-del’s “Hallelujah” chorus.
The Florence CommunityChoir’s membership is open toanyone in the area, and member-ship is free. The group performsreligious and secular music at lo-cations in Northern Kentucky,including nursing homes.
“We’re really excited aboutthis performance,” said Horgan.“This will really benefit twosuch worthy charities who do somuch for people, and the moreaudience we have, the better weperform.”
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Florence Community Chorus director Don Whitis and St. Paul Choir directorSteve Mason show the chorus how to get a handle on Handel.
Combined choirschant for charityAmy [email protected]
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ject’s funding comes fromthe Kentucky Depart-ment of Transportationand the governor’s officeas economic develop-ment.
Project manager JoshHunt said the project willbe split into two sections.Phase One runs fromSteinberg Drive throughthe parking lot of the Flor-ence Center, past the Flor-
ence Antique Mall. PhaseTwo extends ConnectorDrive across a culvert andpast the Phantom Fire-works building.
Lunnemann said PhaseOne bidding will begin inJuly and Phase Two willstart in September. Con-struction will follow inAugust for Phase One andnext year for Phase Two.
“The first part shouldbe completed for trafficby the end of the year, andlandscaping will followduring the next growingseason,” said city engi-
neer Bill Viox. Lunnemann said creat-
ing a more complete par-allel road system will helprelieve traffic on the al-ready-congested MallRoad, where Menard’s,Costco and Dave andBuster’s are being builtacross the street.
“This project was con-templated long before theapproval of the FlorenceHeights development,” hesaid.
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UNION — The Con-cerned Citizens who op-pose a new Union Krogerhaven’t given up theirfight.
Union Concerned Citi-zens filed a motion for dis-cretionary review of the
case with the Court of Ap-peals on April 10.
The group’s attorneyElizabeth McCord saidthe motion is a request forthe court to review the de-cision Circuit Court JudgeGreg Bartlett issuedMarch 13. That decisionupheld the city’s April2014 decision to rezone 35acres of land near the in-tersection of U.S. 42 andBraxton Drive to allow anew Kroger Marketplaceto be built. The zoningchange from neighbor-hood office to commercialplanned development wasapproved by city leadersdespite the Boone Plan-ning Commission’s rec-ommendation to deny thechange.
“With great respect toJudge Bartlett, we believehe affirmed an incorrect,arbitrary process and de-cision,” said McCord. “Sothe Union Concerned Citi-zens are asking the Courtof Appeals to take a look attwo issues that have sig-nificance across the Com-monwealth: How muchdue process is a city re-quired to give all partici-
pants in a zoning hearing,and how much evidence isa city obligated to have tosupport a zone changethat is contrary to theCounty’s ComprehensivePlan and Planning andZoning’s unanimous rec-ommendation? The UnionConcerned Citizens be-lieve the answer to bothquestions is the city wasrequired to do a whole lotmore.”
The group had 30 daysto appeal the decision, andcity representatives have30 days to file a response.
“At that point, there’sno telling how long it willtake for the court to re-view the decision,”McCord said.
If the Court of Appealsdenies the review,McCord said this fightwill be over, but the mo-tion states the “litigantswill continue to disputeexactly what a city mustdo to approve a zoningmap amendment over therecommendation of itsplanning commission.”
If the court chooses toreview the case, that willbring oral arguments at
the appeals court, the out-come of which will eitherconfirm Bartlett’s deci-sion or reverse it.
“Everyone has theright to an appeal at thenext highest court,” saidUnion Attorney GregVoss. “Once your appealhas been denied, you havethe right to go to the Courtof Appeals. This motion isasking the court to find anissue with the decisionand determine whetherthey want to hear the case.This just determines ifthere are any issues thatneed to be reviewed.”
“This is part of a proc-ess,” said Union City Ad-ministrator David Mar-tin. “The position of thecity does remain thesame. The city has theright to decide matters ofzoning, and we’re confi-dent this will end up thatway.”
Union Mayor LarrySolomon said he’s ready tomove forward.
“The hope is that wecan get this resolved assoon as possible, so we canmove forward with theKroger,” he said.
Union Kroger appeal faces new reviewAmy [email protected]
Share your N. Ky.prom photos
High school prom is anight to remember. Nowyou can share your mem-ories with your friendsand neighbors.
The Community Re-corder invites you toshare your best promphotos for publication inthe newspaper and in anonline photo gallery.Send a photo and captionidentifying everyone inthe photo, from left toright. Tell us which highschool prom it is, as wellas the date and any otherinteresting details.
Please send your digi-tal photo (with “PromPhotos” in the subjectline) to [email protected] by Thurs-day, May 21.
Florence hostsCarFit for seniors
FLORENCE — A free,interactive and educa-tional program to helpimprove driving safetyfor older adults will behosted at the FlorenceSenior Activity Centerfrom 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.Monday, April 27.
CarFit, developed byAAA, AARP and the
American OccupationalTherapy Association, isdesigned to give a quickcheck on how well an old-er driver and their vehi-cle work together. A freepreventive maintenanceinspection will be includ-ed.
The Florence SeniorActivity Center is locatedat 7431 U.S. 42 in Flor-ence.
Appointments are re-quired. Call 859-282-4061to make an appointment.
Ryle Sportsfestincludes celebrityspeakers
UNION — Sportsfest2015, a benefit for LarryA. Ryle High School’sathletic club, will be heldat 6 p.m. Tuesday, April28, at Receptions, 1379Donaldson Hwy., Erlang-er.
The event will featureDave Collins, 1978-1980Cincinnati Reds outfield-er, and former Univer-sity of Kentucky Wild-cats basketball playersKenny “Sky” Walker andJack “Goose” Givens.
The evening will alsoinclude a dinner and si-lent auction.
For more information
or to purchase tickets,call the school at 859-384-5300.
Big Bone Lick StatePark hosts ghosthunts
UNION — The Tri-StateShadow Chasers will hosta night of paranormal in-vestigations at Big BoneLick State Historic SiteSaturday, April 25.
The event will takeplace from 8 p.m. to mid-night at the park, 3380Beaver Road, Union.
Participants will learnabout ghost hunting andbecome familiar withcommonly used tools.Guides will demonstratevoice recorders, detec-tors and motion sensors.Other dates for similarevents are June 6, July 25and Sept. 12.
Cost for registration is$20 per person. Registra-tion is required. Space islimited. Call 859-384-3522 to register. Informa-tion is available online at1.usa.gov/1DDuBH6.
Dog walk helps thevisually impaired
UNION — The BooneCounty Arboretum willhost a walk in the park
Sunday, April 26, to raisemoney for Pilot DogsInc., an organization thatprovides guide dogs to vi-sually impaired individ-uals.
The Arboretum is inCentral Park, 9190 CampErnst Road in Union. Par-ticipants can register on-line at bit.ly/1Q9DPBE.
Sponsored by theNorthern Kentucky Vet-erinary Technicians andNorthern Kentucky Vet-erinary Medical Associa-tion, this annual event be-gan in 1992 and has raisedover $75,000 to date. Allfunds collected are ear-marked for a qualifiedNorthern Kentucky per-son to receive training atPilot Dogs Inc.
Check-in starts at 11a.m. The walk will beginat noon, and refresh-ments and prizes will beavailable at 2.
Participants must be12 or older, and those be-tween 12-18 must have aparent or guardian pre-sent. Participants shoulddownload a sponsor formthat generates a donationfor every kilometerwalked.
Dog-walkers musthave proof of the dog’srabies vaccination.
BRIEFLY
BURLINGTON — HenryFenichel was 6 when heand his mother were sentto a Nazi detention campduring World War II.
Now, 75years later,Dr. Feni-chel is aHolocaustsurvivorand a Uni-versity ofCincinnatiprofessor
emeritus of physics. Hewill present his life storyat 7 p.m. Tuesday, April28, at the Boone CountyPublic Library, 1786 Bur-lington Pike.
Fenichel did not speakopenly about his experi-ences until he was in-spired by the opening ofthe Holocaust MemorialMuseum in Washington,D.C. Since then, he hasshared his life story withhundreds of people eachyear. He was featured inthe Enquirer in 2006 as a
representative of Holo-caust survivors in the Cin-cinnati area.
Fenichel had a happychildhood in the Nether-lands until the Nazis in-vaded in 1940. He and hismother were sent to West-erbork detention camp,where 107,000 Jews weretransported on their wayto extermination camps inGermany. Only 5,200 ofthe people who passedthrough Westerbork sur-vived.
After being sent to Ber-gen-Belsen camp in Ger-many, Fenichel and hismother were exchangedfor German civilians heldabroad. He then escapedto Palestine, where he wit-nessed the creation of Is-rael and the beginning ofthe Palestinian/Israeliconflict that continues to-day Eventually he madehis way to the UnitedStates where he settled ina Cincinnati suburb.
For more informationabout the library pro-gram, call 859-342-2665
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the National Merit ScholarshipCorp. as a Finalist, making himone of only 15,000 students na-tionwide to receive this desig-nation.
Adrian also has been select-ed as a candidate for the U.S.Presidential Scholars Program.The winners of that selectiveand prestigious honor will beannounced later this spring.
Logan Boyle, son of Tim andKathleen Boyle, a junior at Co-vington Catholic and member ofSt. Joseph parish in CrescentSprings, also received a com-posite score of 36 on the ACT inOctober. He joins Lucas andnine other Covington Catholicjuniors in recently learning ofhis selection to the 2015 Ken-tucky Governor’s Scholars Pro-gram.
Logan is a leader in manyclubs and organizations. He is
Covington Catholic HighSchool is announced that LucasTimmerman, a junior, hasearned the top composite scoreof 36 on the ACT college admis-sion and placement exam.
He is the son of Jerry andJennifer Timmerman, of Flor-ence, and a member of Immac-ulate Heart of Mary parish.
Nationally, while the actualnumber of students earning acomposite score of 36 variesfrom year to year, on average,less than one-tenth of 1 percentof students who take the ACTearns the top score. Among testtakers in the high school gradu-ating class of 2014, only 1,407 ofnearly 1.85 million studentsearned a composite score of 36.
While the achievement is sig-nificant and rare, Lucas is thethird current student at Coving-ton Catholic to earn a composite
score of 36 this school year. Sen-ior Adrian Neff and Junior Lo-gan Boyle have also received a36 on the ACT.
The ACT consists of tests inEnglish, mathematics, readingand science. Each test is scoredon a scale of 1-36, and a student'scomposite score is the averageof the four test scores.
“Lucas is an outstandingyoung man,” Principal BobRowe said. “Besides his intelli-gence, he possesses a maturity,confidence and work ethic thatwill allow him to be very suc-cessful in his future endeav-ors.”
Adrian Neff, son of Kerryand Janie Neff, a senior at Co-vington Catholic High Schooland member of St. Agnes Par-ish, received a composite scoreof 36 on the ACT in September.Adrian has been recognized by
the vice president of the Magni-fied Giving Club, AcademicTeam captain, on which he hascompeted at the varsity levelsince his freshman year,TEAMS competition team cap-tain for the freshman/sopho-
more team, Culture Club secre-tary, member of the NationalHonor Society, National EnglishHonor Society, and recipient ofa community service awardvarsity letter for the past twoyears.
Third CovCath student earns 36 on ACT
THANKS TO JILL FRANXMAN
Adrian Neff, Lucas Timmerman and Logan Boyle of Covington Catholic HighSchool earned perfect ACT scores.
Following is the second-quarterhonor roll for Ockerman MiddleSchool.
All AGrade 6: Conner DeGarmoe, Abigail
Foltz, Abigail McKinley, Yash Patel,Viviana Heredia, Zacary McEachern,Azariah Johnson, Brooke Warning,Lauren Chilton, Omar Assd, BrianNewman, Jackson Tucker, KendalFranxman, Nicholas Norrick, LukeYunker, Santiel Buckley, KatherineHicks, Kiley Colgan, Molly Switzer,Catherine Longo, Karah Burke, Made-leine Girvin, Kaden Tharp, AleahaCook, Vanessa Rivera, Sean DeGarmoe,Alexander Baker, Taylor McGarvey,Isabella Nichols, Jenna Girard, YasminGalan, Mitchell Shelley, Ryan Alexan-der, Christina Loechel, Morgan Daniels,Morgan Baker, Connor Howe, LisaMalsom, Chloe Cox, Alexandrya Skid-dle, Ashlee Neal, Jaelyn Barker, Gabri-ela Da Silva, Annabelle Saner.
Grade 7: Maura McDermott, LindyWebb, Spencer Strunk, Braden Locke,Olivia Stewart, Courtney Roberts,Austin Coe, Sara McFarland, PeytonCoffey, Cheryl Thomas, Autumn Jones,Matthew Weaver, Noah King, TalonWilliams, Kacie Peters, Sofia Thomas,Georgia Murray, Kaitlyn Taylor, Marga-ret Roundtree, Madilyn Adamchik,
Rachel Moscona, Haley Skarl, AnissaWagenlander, Jade Doellman, OliviaPranger, Katianna Yoakum, AbbigailSoucy, Aleisha Banks, Thalia Valencia-Murphy, Julia Hampton, Bryan Yelton,Madeline Showell, Megan Kline, Alai-nia Fangman, Erin Hubbard, TracyMoore, Preston Malone, BryndenPerkins, Brenden Hughes, LaurenAkers, Dayouran Lim.
Grade 8: Nicholas Katsikas, GregoryMcMillan, Ignatius Wirasakti, MollieYauch, Gabrielle Cordas, Morgan Estes,Lucy Cobble, Alexis Redman, KendallMaley, Alyssa McGriff, AlexanderHubbart, Matthew Rice, Sara Mathew,Jacob Wilburn, Tyler Kennedy, GrantQuintua, Kyle Kindzierski, Tori Quar-tuccio, Emily House, Lauren Girard,Maxwell Inabnit, Allie Beutel, AdrienneHafley, Ashley Fortner, Landon Harris,Jamie Holt, Shelby Cherry, MackenzieMilner, Brooke Cornett, Crisslinn Rich,Hannah Bishop, Sabrina Fogt, AshleyLayton, Joseph Hughes, Jack Nemec,Madeline Newport, Erin Pack, JackieZhang, Kendra Giltner, Thomas Wal-lace-Hickerson, Taryn Rowley, FarhaWatley, Amelia Hughes.
A/BGrade 6: Adam Shields, Danielle
Funke, Madeline Melson, RosemaryBryant, Gabrielle Alsip, John Wharton,
Trenton Anspach, Tyler Garcia, JacobStone, Nicholas Baker, Alyssa Maley,Kelcey Luttrell, Emma Wagner, Kather-ine Roberts, Katelyn Cordas, MackenzieCahill, Blake Robinson, Sarah Whaley,Jacob Taylor, Justin Obermeyer, AliviaWilliams, Carter Muehlenkamp, AlexLabree, Stephen Fannin, Tye Raleigh,Cleyton Shelton, Isabelle Klare, Savan-nah Snebold, Ryan Goodridge, Shan-non Glenn, Dylan Cain, Justus Guard,Clayton Capek, Bryan Boemker, ShebaFrimpong, Parker Fields, Lillian Young,Anna Nguyen, Rebecca Bowman,Kendall Meihaus, Lissy Duran, BrianPrice, Araya Gupta, Natalie Tanner,Samantha Hodge, Justin Bolling, MarenHoworka, Abigail Bold, Shunsuke Ota,Madison Biddle, Morgan Ashcraft,Andrew Strawn, Marianna Rozell,Andrew Lin, Luv Patel, Jacob Anderson,Natalie Akers, Timothy Heming, Mat-thew Records, Cyress Gerhard, JacobNorton, Fatimah Al-janabi, Brandon deKroon.
Grade 7: Jaithyn Crawford, JaxsonTrego, Victoria Zeferino, ChristopherLutsch, Alyssa Harney, Haley Egan,Jonathan Do, Paige Plapp, Keele Fergu-son, Lily Otto, Aubrey Yob, KameronWright, Daniel Crase, Rachel Town-send, Zachary Armour, Star Smith, TreySpencer, Haley Courtney, Chloe Callen,Andrea Mitchell, Branden Bailey,
Joshua Bielski, Savannah Loh, AustinMason, Maximiciano Mendez, RileyHumphrey, Nathan Cordrey, LillianLown, Ryan Zuesli, Seth Beesley, Mac-kenzie Wilson, Adam Arellano, ZackeryAjwa, Garrison Williams, Rizwan Sum-ra, Matthew Katsikas, MadelynneScherr, Caroline Ross, Christine Roberts,David Schneider, Michael Tilford,Caitlin Morris, Spencer Bazsika, DakotaFinn, Alexandra Kramer, Bryce Brod-beck, Kylee Fahey, Hayden Roberts,Alyssa Kruml, Casey Beusterien, FelipeParra Polanco, Hannah Gamble, TylerNwaisser, Tori Panzeca, Hannah Holt-man, Keegan Points, Devin Wilson,Lucas Alley, Elma Coric, Nicholas Sail-ing, Lance Huff, Dillon Talmon, IsaacOropeza, Dominic Winglewish, AustinMorvik, David Vargas, Abigail Greene,Jenna Colemire, Bradey Gamble, Dar-ren Duncan, Amanda Kruml, AlexanderPergram, Ashtyn Fangman, ChristopherShort, Jaden Abdul-Shajee, ClaireCastleman, Leslie Gilbert, JacksonGordon, Autumn Cain, Austin Hershan,Enrique Mikhail, Noor Dahleh, AbigailKnight, Grayce Butler, Valerie Strittholt,Joshua Torbeck, Alan Zhang, KylieDoherty, Laura McMullen, ChristinaBurgess, Jordyn Hartley, DelaneyWebb, Saliha Watley.
Grade 8: Ansley Rooks, John Shutt,Maya Arquines, Noah Bamonte, Mor-
gan Land, Joshua Molina, DevinSchwabe, Abigail Kubala, CarolineBaker, Sophia Delaney, Steven Stege-man, Brooke Howe, Bria Howell, GraceMeihaus, Senna Zineddin, CameronRobertson, Thomas Sheehan, IndiaDavis, Carlos Varela, Austin Parks,Aaron Begley, Malachy Rosen, SarahSammons, Jacob Stewart, Alex Ollier,Chalel Crawford, Margaret Kinney,Hannah Giles, Lily Kneale, BrookeBidwell, Joshua Gray, Addison Fang-man, Kayla Adams, Samantha Bach-man, Grace Sparrow, Josephine Kuba-la, Rebecca Schreiber, Sabrina Torbit,Peter Mendenhall, Sara Moore, Addy-son Cady, Britney Davenport, NicholasGavin, Samuel Brockett, Jade Bryson,Emalee Taylor, Ella Stewart, KadeD'Addario, Kyle Zamborsky, JeffreyObermeyer, Christopher Bonham,Julian Earls, Grace Grant, MichaelArmour, Josie Yaegel, Jasmine Caudill,Matthew Cordas, Kyrah Beesley, Aman-da Kindzierski, Joshua Schmidt, LainaTaylor, Alexis Buchanan, Kirt Thomas,Jayden King, Aiyanah Esparza, MichaelSpencer, Sophia Smith, Dymond-ImaniMills, Emma Cornett, Skylar Brown,Mariah Palmer, Khusali Patel, TrevorStenner, Yu Qing Yang, William Rigney,Isabelle Lambert, Yasmin Briones, JacobVecchione, Vivien Ballinger, KaylynMiller, Daniel Morgan.
OCKERMAN HONOR ROLL
For Rovito it has been a life-changing experience.
“I now have a solid plan,” hesaid. “And even a plan B. My coachbeen great in helping me deter-mine what schools I should con-sider and what scholarship and fi-nancial aid opportunities thereare. It’s been great having some-body to talk to about the future.”
Rhonda Whitaker of Duke En-ergy said NaviGo Scholars is agreat tool.
“Duke Energy has served thisregion for more than 176 years,and supporting educational initia-tives has been of keen importanceto us during that time,” she said.“Ensuring that we have a strongfuture workforce will only help tosustain and grow our local econo-my.”
According to Whitaker, “Wewould hope that some of the Navi-Go students might one day consid-er a career at Duke Energy, whichis why our support is primarily fo-cused on STEM opportunities
local middle and high school stu-dents on a successful path to col-lege and beyond, said NaviGofounder Tim Hanner, former Ken-ton County Schools superinten-dent. The NaviGo Scholars pro-grams give current companies arare chance to connect one-on-onewith their future business leaders.
It’s a win-win situation for bothstudents and businesses, Hannersaid.
“It gives the students an oppor-tunity to plan well for their fu-tures, as well as have an under-standing of what companies arelooking for,” he said. “They’re be-coming better prepared for lifebeyond high school. At the sametime the business sponsors arebuilding a relationship with stu-dents.”
Students are partnered with aNaviGo coach who helps themfind a successful path to collegeand future career. By next year,Hanner said there will be 150 stu-dents in the program.
ERLANGER — Nic Rovito, likemany students entering highschool, was unsure of what hewanted to do once he graduated.
The next few years flew by fastand Rovito was still unsure. Hethen discovered a passion forwelding.
“I thought I would be the guywho went into fast food,” he said.“But then I learned about voca-tional school programs. I discov-ered welding and just loved it. Ilike the creativity. It’s like an artclass. You can make anything youwant.”
Still, Rovito wasn’t sure how togo about preparing for the careerpath he was so passionate about.Then, he applied to and was ac-cepted in the NaviGo ScholarsProgram.
The program incorporatesbusiness sponsors – includingDuke, Toyota, Citi, Bank of Ken-
tucky – that hand-pick potentialfuture employees, and guide themat an early age.
Now entering its second year,the program is administeredthrough the Northern KentuckyEducation Council with servicesprovided by NaviGo, College andCareer Prep Services.
The main purpose of both Navi-Go Scholars programs is to guide
within NaviGo. The initiative alsoprovides an opportunity for ouremployees to ‘coach’ the scholarsthat we sponsor.”
Whitaker said investing in thefuture workforce requires “im-mediate attention.” She said DukeEnergy and other businesses needto ensure there are “solid path-ways” for students interested inSTEM carers, advanced manufac-turing and other industry sectors.
“NaviGo provides a great pipe-line into many of these fields,” shesaid. “It is difficult for the schoolsto offer such opportunities ontheir own with such limited re-sources. NaviGo provides a con-nection point between the studentand the many viable careerchoices that fit the student’s inter-ests, talents and aptitude, and of-fers them a closer view into a po-tential field via the interactionwith industry representatives.”
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FLORENCE — A lot of kidslike lip balm and bouncy balls,but not many get the chance tomake their own using commonagricultural products in amobile trailer packed withtechnology. .
That’s what Florence Ele-mentary students got to dowhen the Kentucky Depart-ment of Agriculture’s MobileScience Activity Center rolledinto town April 7-9.
It’s one of two, 44-feet-longtrailers that allow students toparticipate in hands-on ex-periments while they respondto questions on the center’s 11iPads. The mobile units con-tain internal generators thatpower the tablets along with a70-inch monitor and an all-in-one touch-screen desktopcomputer as well as the heat-ing, air conditioning and ven-tilation system and a handi-capped-accessible ramp.
For more informationabout the Mobile Science Ac-tivity Center or KentuckyAgriculture and Environmentin the Classroom, call 502-573-0282 or visit www.kyagr.com.
Matthew Hayes, an agricul-
ture educator, talked aboutscientific facts and processes,such as pollination, and dis-cussed the differences be-tween a solid and a mixture.
Fifth-graders made eco-friendly plastic bounce ballsfrom corn starch, water andcorn oil with food coloring.The students learned aboutvariable change, or how theoutcome could change theproduct by changing the quan-tity of an ingredient, like add-ing more corn oil when mak-ing the balls.
Soil erosion was the topicof study for the fourth-gradestudents, who tested differenttypes of soil to determine theamount of soil erosion thathad taken place.
Students in grades K-2 hadshorter presentations to learnabout poultry, horses and beefcattle.
However, the third-gradeclass of Kaitlin Bernert got tomake lip balm using beeswax,soybean oil and some flavor-ing.
“This will be a little differ-ent from what you can buy inthe store,” Hayes said. “Thoseare petroleum based and theyhave lots and lots of oils inthem. Here, we use two ingre-
dients that come from agricul-ture. That means it came froma farm.”
They watched while Hayesmelted the beeswax andstirred in the oil, and studentsgot to put in two differentflavors. Hayes poured themixture into small containersthat were sent with Bernert sothey could cool before thestudents tried using the prod-uct.
Bernert said the hands-onlearning provided by thestate’s mobile learning centerhelped her students translatewhat they learn in the class-room to real-world experi-ences.
“I like that it’s really inter-active,” she said. “They arereally listening and it’s a greatchance for them to interactwith technology. This lessonreinforces content we’ve al-ready covered this year, butnow they can see it put intopractice in a real-life scenar-io.”
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Jaxxon Bowling, a fourth-grader at Florence Elementary, caught water poured by Matthew Hayes as it camethrough the dirt from an old corn field while visiting the science center.
THANKS TO KATHY KUHN
Fifth-graders Sahil Mohnani, Slima Abdalla and Mukhtar Sabaly added theingredients to make biodegradable corn plastic bouncy balls during theirtrip to the Mobile Science Activity Center.
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Mason McPherson helps Matthew Hayes add flavoring to beeswax and oilto create lip balm in the Mobile Science Activity Center on April 8 atFlorence Elementary.
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Matthew Hayes of the Kentucky Department of Agriculture’s MobileScience Activity Center demonstrated soil erosion to the fourth-graders atFlorence Elementary.
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Florence Elementary students visited the Mobile Science Activity Centerbetween April 7-9.
THANKS TO KATHY KUHN
Florence Elementary third-gradersMason McPherson, Riley Dodd, andBianca Sanchez answered questionsabout the process of makingsoybean lip balm while visiting thescience van.
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FRIDAY, APRIL 24Art & Craft Classes$5 Friday Craft Club, 1-2:30p.m., The Lively Learning Lab,7500 Oakbrook Drive, Suite 10,Make crafts, create art and playgames. Ages 3-15. $5. Regis-tration required. 916-2721.Florence.
Art ExhibitsFlight: Curated by Saad Ghosn,9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Covington Arts,2 W. Pike St., Flight featuresworks by three women (Shar-mon Davidson, Marsha Ka-ragheusian, Jan Nickum) fromGreater Cincinnati who specifi-cally reference flight in regard totime, space and experience.Exploring the notions of passage,memory and dialogue within thecycle of life, the exhibitionincludes mixed media construc-tions, collaged books and earth-enware ceramics. Presented byCovington Arts District. 292-2322;http://covingtonarts.com/. Co-vington.
Art OpeningsConvocation: A RegionalShowcase of GraduatingArtists, 6-9 p.m., The Carnegie,1028 Scott Blvd., Exhibitionorganized around very best ofgraduating seniors and MFAcandidates in region. Participat-ing schools include UC/DAAP,NKU, Art Academy of Cincinnati,University of Kentucky and more.Exhibit continues through June13. Free. 957-1940; www.the-carnegie.com. Covington.
Business Seminars
SharePoint Cincy 2015, 7:30a.m. to 5 p.m., METS Center, 3861Olympic Blvd., Conference bringsregional business and universitycommunity together to share,teach and discuss MicrosoftSharePoint. Ages 21 and up.$199. Registration required.513-322-8888; sharepointcincy-.com. Erlanger.
CivicArbor Day: Celebrating Trees, 1p.m., Southgate CommunityCenter, 301 W. Walnut St., Treeplanting, refreshments. Free.Presented by City of Southgate.781-1658. Southgate.
Drink TastingsWine Tasting, 5 p.m.-9 p.m.,StoneBrook Winery, 6570 Vine-yard Lane, StoneBrook TastingRoom. Select samples fromvariety of award-winning Ken-tucky Fruit Wines. Ages 21 andup. $5. 859-635-0111; stonebrookwinery.com. Camp Springs.
EducationLittle Learners, 9-11:30 a.m., TheLively Learning Lab, 7500 Oak-brook Drive, Suite 10, Balance ofstructured, unstructured andself-directed play opportunitiesto help learners develop their
social, intellectual and communi-cation skills. Ages 3-6. $10.Registration required. 916-2721.Florence.
Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 9:30 a.m.,4:45 p.m., Edgewood JazzerciseCenter, 126 Barnwood Drive, $38for unlimited monthly classes.331-7778; jazzercise.com. Edge-wood.
ExhibitsCanyon Falls, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, Newport onthe Levee, $23, $15 ages 2-13,free children under 2. 800-406-3474; www.newportaquarium-.com. Newport.
Shark Bridge, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, Newport onthe Levee, Step across the 100-foot-long, V-shaped rope bridgejust inches above nearly twodozen sharks at Newport Aquari-um. $23 Adult, $15 Child (2-12),Free children under 2. 815-1471;www.newportaquarium.com.Newport.
Health / WellnessOvereaters Anonymous, 7:15-8:15 p.m., St. Elizabeth FortThomas, 85 N. Grand Ave., FloorA, meeting room. Program of
recovery from compulsive eatingusing the 12 Steps and 12 Tradi-tions of OA. No dues, fees andno weigh-ins. Support group forpeople who struggle with foodaddiction. Free. Presented byOvereaters Anonymous. 308-7019; www.cincinnatioa.org. FortThomas.
Literary - LibrariesMahjong, 1 p.m., Boone CountyPublic Library - Scheben Branch,8899 U.S. 42, All skill levelswelcome. Presented by SchebenBranch Library. 342-2665. Union.
Teen Night (middle and highschool), 6-8 p.m., FlorenceBranch Library, 7425 U.S. 42,Games, snacks, movies and more.Free. 342-2665. Florence.
Music - ConcertsEilen Jewell, 8:30 p.m. to mid-night, The Southgate HouseRevival, 111 E. Sixth St., $18, $15advance. 431-2201; www.south-gatehouse.com. Newport.
Music - Rock3 Day Rule, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.,JerZee’s Pub and Grub, 708Monmouth St., Free. 491-3500;www.jerzeespub.com. Newport.
On Stage - ComedyRich Guzzi, 8 p.m., 10:30 p.m.,Funny Bone Comedy Club, 1Levee Way, Comedy hypnosisshow. $15-$17.957-2000;www.funnyboneonthelevee-.com. Newport.
On Stage - TheaterThe Cover of Life, 8-10 p.m.,Falcon Theatre, 636 MonmouthSt., When 3 brothers go off tofight in World War II, theiryoung wives move in with theboys’ mother to keep the homefront burning. Life Magazinedecides it would make a goodcover story. $19, $17 students andseniors. Through April 25. 513-479-6783; www.falconthea-ter.net. Newport.
The Underpants, 7:30 p.m., TheCarnegie, 1028 Scott Blvd.,Alluringly pretty housewifeLouisa ignites debauchery inDusseldorf when her underpantsaccidentally fall down during theking’s parade. $18-$25. ThroughApril 26. 957-1940; www.the-carnegie.com. Covington.
RecreationBusiness Lunch Go KartingSpecial, noon to 2 p.m., XhilRac-ing, 24 Spiral Drive, Go-Kartracing. $15. Presented by Xhil-aRacing. Through Dec. 30.371-5278; www.xrkarting.com.Florence.
A Day at the Races: KeenelandBus Trip, 10 a.m., JerZee’s Puband Grub, 708 Monmouth St.,$60. Reservations required.491-3500; www.jerzeespub.com.Newport.
SATURDAY, APRIL 25Art & Craft Classes
Dine and Design: Make YourOwn Statement Jewelry, 6-8p.m., The Art House, 19 N. FortThomas Ave., Dine while youdesign original one-of-a-kindstatement jewelry. No experi-ence required. Bring beverage;glass and class supplied. $30.Reservations recommended.279-3431; www.inkaacollab-orative.org. Fort Thomas.
Art ExhibitsConvocation: A RegionalShowcase of GraduatingArtists, noon to 5 p.m., TheCarnegie, 1028 Scott Blvd.,Exhibition organized aroundvery best of graduating seniorsand MFA candidates in region.Participating schools includeUC/DAAP, NKU, Art Academy ofCincinnati, University of Ken-tucky and more. 957-1940;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.
Clubs & OrganizationsCar Show, 2-5 p.m., FreedomPark, 550 Freedom Park Drive,Held before the Amazing Race.Wide variety of makes, modelsand years of cars in attendance.Judging done by spectators. $5.Presented by City of Edgewood.331-5910; www.edgewood-ky.gov. Edgewood.
Cooking ClassesSushi Rolling and Dining, 7p.m., Sushi Cincinnati, 130 W.Pike St., $25 per person, threerolls, includes training and BYOB,reservations required. Reserva-tions required. 513-335-0297;www.sushicinti.com. Covington.
Drink TastingsWine Tasting, 1-6 p.m., Sto-neBrook Winery, $5. 635-0111;www.stonebrookwinery.com.Camp Springs.
EducationGhost Hunt with Tri-StateShadow Chasers, 8 p.m. tomidnight, Big Bone Lick StatePark, 3380 Beaver Road, Learnabout ghost hunting and how touse digital voice recorders,detectors and motion sensors.Space limited. $20. Reservationsrequired. Presented by Tri-StateShadow Chasers. 384-3522;http://parks.ky.gov/parks/historic-sites/big-bone-lick. Union.
Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 8:15 a.m.,9:30 a.m., Edgewood JazzerciseCenter, $38 for unlimited month-ly classes. 331-7778; jazzercise-.com. Edgewood.
ExhibitsCanyon Falls, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, $23, $15ages 2-13, free children under 2.800-406-3474; www.newporta-quarium.com. Newport.
Shark Bridge, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, $23 Adult,$15 Child (2-12), Free childrenunder 2. 815-1471; www.new-portaquarium.com. Newport.
Health / WellnessCincinnati Pain Free Clinic,11:30-1 p.m., Radisson HotelCovington, 668 W. Fifth St.,Educates about growing epidem-ic of chronic pain in America.Delivered by qualified physician.Ages 15-99. Free. Registrationrequired. Presented by JBITMedPro. 491-0326; http://www.thepainfreelife.net/event-near-you/. Covington.
Music - BluegrassThe Tillers, 7 p.m., Baker HuntArt and Cultural Center, 620Greenup St., $20, $18 advance.431-0020; www.bakerhunt.com.Covington.
Music - ReligiousThe Perrys, 6 p.m., First BaptistChurch - Cold Spring, 4410Alexandria Pike, Southern gospelgroup. Free. 441-6184. ColdSpring.
Music - RockBen Walz Band, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.,JerZee’s Pub and Grub, 708Monmouth St., Free. 491-3500;www.jerzeespub.com. Newport.
NatureNight Hike, 8:30 p.m., CampbellCounty Environmental EducationCenter, 1261 Race Track Road,Learn about nocturnal animals.Free. Reservations required.572-2600; ces.ca.uky.edu/Camp-bell. Alexandria.
Arbor Day Tree Give Away, 10a.m. to noon, Alexandria Com-munity Park, 3965 AlexandriaDrive, City of Alexandria cele-brates Arbor Day by giving away800 saplings. Selection of trees:Loblolly Pine, Paw Paw, Pin Oakand Southern Red Oak. Free.Presented by Alexandria Parkand Recreation Board. 635-4125.Alexandria.
On Stage - ComedyRich Guzzi, 7:30 p.m., 10 p.m.,Funny Bone Comedy Club,$15-$17. 957-2000; www.funny-boneonthelevee.com. Newport.
On Stage - TheaterThe Cover of Life, 8-10 p.m.,Falcon Theatre, $19, $17 studentsand seniors. 513-479-6783;www.falcontheater.net. New-port.
The Underpants, 7:30 p.m., TheCarnegie, $18-$25. 957-1940;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.
RecreationCity of Edgewood’s AmazingRace, 6:30-8:30 p.m., EdgewoodSenior Center, 550 Freedom ParkDrive, Scavenger hunt with raceto the finish. Participants havetwo hours to gather photos/items, solve puzzles, completechallenges and then return.Pizza, chips, drinks provided.Family friendly. $25. Reservationsrequired. Presented by City ofEdgewood. 331-5910; www.ed-gewoodky.gov. Edgewood.
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A Car Show is planned for 2-5 p.m. Saturday, April 25, atFreedom Park, 550 Freedom Park Drive, Edgewood., before theAmazing Race. A wide variety of makes, models and years ofcars will be in attendance. Judging will be done by spectators.Cost is $5. Call 331-5910; visit www.edgewoodky.gov.
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We’ve hardly had time to be indoorsthis week.
Between hunting for morel mush-rooms and ramps (we’ve only found onemushroom so far, and that was a falsemorel, not edible, but the ramps/wildleeks are abundant), picking violets forjellies and jams, checking out wild flow-ers in the woods and getting the gardensplowed and mulched for spring planting,I’m grateful when dusk comes.
But I have to admit, I love this timeof year.
It brings out my simple creativeside, and that means making crystal-lized flowers and leaves.
Rita Nader Heikenfeld is an herbalist, educa-tor, Jungle Jim’s Eastgate culinary profession-al and author. Find her blog online atAbouteating.com. Call 513-248-7130, ext. 356.
Garnish a dishwith crystallized
flowers and leaves
Crystallized/candied edible flowers and leaves
All parts must be coated both with egg white and granulated sugar sothat they preserve well. If you’re concerned about using raw egg white, buypasteurized eggs. These are beautiful as a garnish for baked goods, icecream, etc. Nothing like the commercial ones which are tumbled in drumsand look like colored nuggets.
Egg whiteGranulated sugar, regular or fine
First, make sure you have “clean” petals and leaves, no toxic spray onthem. They must be dry. Whip egg white until foamy. Whipping allows youto coat petal without weighing it down. Take a small brush and coat petalon both sides very lightly but thoroughly. You can place it on a flat surfaceand coat each side with egg white. Have a small dish or pile of sugar ready.Place flatly on sugar to coat underside and sprinkle top lightly and thor-oughly. Check underside to make sure it’s coated well. Gently shake offexcess sugar. Carefully lay on wire rack to dry. Drying may take several daysor more. They’re ready when you can break off a piece cleanly, without itbending. Store covered in single layers at room temperature away from anyhumidity.
See process in stages along with list of other edible flowers, onAbouteating.com.
Tip from Rita’s kitchen: I’m going to test these using water insteadof egg white. I’ll let you know how they turn out.
List of edible flowers/herb leaves I used:Violets, violas, pansies, impatiens, mint leaves, violet leaves.
Grab and go morning glory muffins
A much loved recipe enjoying a comeback. Supposedly it was a “hip-pie” recipe when the natural food movement began and gave renewedenergy after a night of hard partying. I usually grab one before headingoutside. This is a substantial muffin!
1-1/4 cups sugar2 -1/4 cups all purpose flour1 tablespoon cinnamon, apple pie or pumpkin spice blend2 teaspoons baking soda1/2 teaspoon salt1/2 cup shredded, sweetened coconut3/4 cup raisins, dried cherries, or your favorite dried fruit1 large apple, peeled and grated1 cup crushed pineapple, drained2 cups grated carrotsGenerous 1/2 cup coarsely chopped nuts3 large eggs1 cup vegetable oil - I’ve used canola and safflower1 tablespoon vanilla
Preheat oven to 350. Whisk together sugar, flour, cinnamon, bakingsoda and salt. Add coconut, raisins, apple, pineapple, carrots and nuts, andstir to combine. Separately, whisk eggs with oil and vanilla. Pour over dryingredients and blend. Spoon into muffin tins lined with muffin cups, fillingeach almost to brim. Bake for 25-35 minutes or until toothpick inserted intocenter comes out clean. Cool muffins for 10 minutes, then turn out onto arack to finish cooling.
Tip from Rita’s kitchen: Once you mix wet and dry ingredients to-gether, don’t over mix, which may create tunnels in baked muffins, makingthem less tender.
THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD
Candied – and edible – flowers make a creatively simple garnish.
Rita HeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN
Monday, May 4, 1 – 7 p.m. Dillard’s 2900 Town Center Blvd., Crestview Hills Women’s screening event
Tuesday, May 5, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. St. Elizabeth Physicians 19908 Augusta Drive, Lawrenceburg
Wednesday, May 6, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Bank of Kentucky 1700 Declaration Drive, Independence
Friday, May 8, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Remke Markets 560 Clock Tower Way, Crescent Springs
Thursday, May 14, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Kroger Marketplace 130 Pavilion Parkway, Newport
Friday, May 15, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Kroger Marketplace 635 Chestnut Drive, Walton
Monday, May 18, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Kroger Marketplace 3105 North Bend Road, Hebron
Tuesday, May 19, noon to 6 p.m. St. Elizabeth Florence Professional Building 4900 Houston Road, Florence
Wednesday, May 20, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. HealthSouth Northern Kentucky Rehabilitation Hospital 201 Medical Village Drive, Edgewood
Thursday, May 21, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Five Seasons Family Sports Club 345 Thomas More Parkway, Crestview Hills
Friday, May 22, noon to 4 p.m. St. Elizabeth Covington 1500 James Simpson Jr. Way, Covington
Wednesday, May 27, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. R.C. Durr YMCA 5874 Veterans Way, Burlington
Friday, May 29, 8 – 11 a.m. Town and Country Sports 1018 Town Drive, Wilder
Matters of the Heart: High Blood PressureCardiologist Darryl Dias, MD, will talk about prevention and management of high blood pressure at this FREE educational luncheon. FREE blood pressure checks.
Monday, May 18, noon to 1:30 p.m. Lawrenceburg Community Center 423 Walnut St., Lawrenceburg
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Last week’s questionWhat summer in Cincinnati
event are you most looking for-ward to, and why?
“The Giant Slip & Slide inCincy on June 20 sounds like ablast!”
Joy Kent Tarleton
“All-Star Game.”John Scales
“Jimmy Buffett concert! Re-union of local parrot heads!”
Brenda Sears
“All-Star-Game and area fes-tivals!”
Beth Richardson
“Going to Reds games, Tasteof Cincinnati and as always toend the summer off right withthe WEBN fireworks!”
Erica Lester
“The lineup at this year’sBunbury Festival.”
Shannon Purkiss
“Coney!”Katie Puckett
“Thursday night bands atLive on the Newport Levee.”
Doug Windows
“Florence Freedom and Cin-cinnati Reds Games.”
Cassandra Jane
“All the summer concerts!Can’t narrow it down to one!”
Missy Ware Shoemaker
“Looking forward to the Bun-bury Festival first weekend inJune!”
Pamela Robinson Porter
“MLB All-Star Week ... onlyhappens here once every 20 to25 years!”
Mark A. McDannold
“Taste of Cincinnati andReds Games! I love food andbaseball.”
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“Summerfair!”Stacey Lamb Adams
“All-Star break”Laurie Miltenberger Rini
“Krohn Conservatory But-terfly Show!”
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“Lazy Sundays at FindlayMarket.”
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The year was 1992,and I was one of theup-and-coming Demo-crats in Boone County.Being elected jailer in1987, at the age of 31,had made me theyoungest elected offi-cial in the county.That’s when a repre-sentative from Sen.Wendell Ford’s officecalled and asked me to be theBoone County chairman forhis 1992 re-election campaign.It was an offer that couldn’tbe turned down.
They told me Wendell was
doing a bus tour inNorthern Kentuckyand he would makeone stop. I thoughtand thought and cameup with the idea ofWendell stopping atthe new Walmart onHouston Road insteadof the traditional stopat the courthouse.Mind you, this was not
the super Walmart we havetoday. In 1992, however, it wasthe spot and always crowded.
On the day of Wendell’sarrival, public officials fromBoone County gathered with
store managers in the parkinglot. The bus pulled up and offhe stepped. As a young manhaving a lifelong interest inpolitics, I was definitely star-struck. Wendell taught me agood political lesson that day.Even though he had only to-ken opposition, he shook ev-ery hand in the store – evengoing into the backroom tomeet employees and discussfishing lures with several oldmen in the sporting goodssection.
We then went out to thefront of the store where apodium was set up and the
Cincinnati media had gath-ered for a press conference.Wendell pulled out a Winstoncigarette, fired it up and said,‘OK boys, when it’s down tothe filter the press conferenceis over. First question please.’And that’s exactly the way itwent. When he smoked thecigarette to the filter, hethrew it to the ground,stepped on it, waved goodbyeand disappeared into the bus.He was re-elected by a land-side.
Today, I’m one of the long-est serving public officials inBoone County – a conserva-
tive Republican who has goneon to chair many Republicancampaigns.
The news of Wendell’sdeath earlier this year re-minded me of this old saying:The more things change, themore they stay the same. Wen-dell H. Ford was a great pub-lic servant who we all loved.He taught me a lot that day.
Sen. John Schickel, R-Union, repre-sents Boone County. He welcomesyour concerns or comments toll freeat 800-372-7181 or online athttp://bit.ly/SchickelLRCbox. Twitter:@SenatorSchickel.
A lesson in local campaigning from Wendell Ford
John SchickelCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST
Have you evertaken time to ask your-self “what do we wantfor our children?” Ibelieve everyone whoanswers would say wewant our common-wealth to provide anequal playing field forall our children; wewant all children tohave great childhoods,to succeed in schooland to grow into healthy andproductive citizens.
Yet somehow, this doesn’talways seem to be reflectedin either our attitudes, oractions, toward our children.There are numbers to sup-port that statement too. InKentucky, according to KIDSCOUNT Data, almost 12 per-cent of our school-aged chil-dren experienced chronicabsenteeism in 2011-2012;70,000 children were livingwith neither of their parentsin 2013; income issues (76.3percent), mental health (40.9percent) and substance abuse(60.4 percent) were factorsmost often cited in 2012 aspart of abuse/neglect investi-gations; and 45.1 out of every1,000 children were bookedinto a secure juvenile deten-tion facility in 2001-2013.
If we want to do better forchildren, we can’t just rely onthe government. We have torecognize we all play a role inthe lives of children and fam-ilies, and each of us has boththe ability to promote thekind of actions and factorsthat help families thrive.
What we can do is start byworking to ensure children
are born healthy andraised in stable andnurturing environ-ments. Services thathelp reduce incidenc-es of birth complica-tions like low birthweight, which canlead to lifelong healthproblems like diabe-tes and heart disease,are an example of theways we can help the
first part. For the second,there are individual actionswe can take every day, asparents or otherwise, that canhelp raise up families andconsequently, our communi-ties.
Take coaching a sportsteam, for example. After-school programs like sportsor academic clubs providelow-cost opportunities forchildren to learn and growwithout forcing parents toleave work early.
If you’re a business owner,instituting family-friendlypolicies can be good for bothyour bottom line and thefamilies of your employees.
These are a few examplesof the ways we can CommitTo Prevent. Working to createa better state for our childrenand families isn’t complicat-ed, but it is hard. That’s whyit takes all of us. Please log onto www.pcaky.org or call1-800-CHILDREN or 859-225-8879 to find out how you canhelp.
Jill Seyfred is executive director ofPrevent Child Abuse Kentucky, astatewide child abuse preventionorganization.
What do we wantfor our children?
Jill SeyfredCOMMUNITYPRESS GUESTCOLUMNIST
April is NationalVolunteer Month, theperfect time to extend a“thank you” to everyvolunteer. We especial-ly thank the more than4,000 volunteersthroughout the regionfor being part of theWelcomers CommunityVolunteer Network.
The WelcomersCommunity VolunteerNetwork, launched inCincinnati and North-ern Kentucky in 2013, has be-come one of the nation’s largestnetworks for volunteers to playan active role in supporting awide range of local arts, cultur-al and special events.
Cincinnati and NorthernKentucky have a strong cultureof volunteerism. One in fouradults are volunteers. Sincelaunching, the network has 14active local partner organiza-tions, more than 4,000 experi-enced volunteers collectively
and 24 experiencedvolunteer managers.
The WelcomersNetwork provides acommon technologyplatform for participat-ing local arts and cul-tural partners, makingthe job of finding localvolunteers easier. Forparticipating volun-teers, the networkoffers “one-stop” ac-cess and insider in-formation related to
the entire gamut of volunteeropportunities and upcomingevents available throughout thenetwork.
The Welcomers databaseincludes people enrolledthrough partner organizationsand others who have helpedhost large-scale events, such asthe International ButterflyShow at Krohn Conservatory.Upcoming volunteer opportuni-ties include the Cincy USATourism Ambassadors Pro-
gram, Spirit of Cincinnati com-munity events leading up toMLB All-Star Week, River Grillbefore the Big Chill in Octoberand more.
The growing list of optionsfor volunteering is evidencedby each update sent out byRhonda Dickerscheid, the net-work manager. On behalf of the14 partner organizations thatcomprise the Welcomers Net-work and the large-scale eventsthat choose our region as theirdestination, we thank the volun-teers.
Having 4,000 volunteers inplace to make these events asuccess is a milestone worthcelebrating during NationalVolunteer Month, Interestedvolunteers can learn moreabout the Welcomers Networkand get involved by visitingwww.volunteerwelcomers.com.
Shannon Carter and Louise Hughesare co-founders of Welcomers Com-munity Volunteer Network.
Welcomers show culture of volunteerism
ShannonCarter andLouise HughesCOMMUNITY PRESSGUESTCOLUMNISTS
Panthers on prowlfor Boone County trash
The Northern KentuckyBaseball 8U Panthers partici-pated in the Boone CountyTrash for Cash on April 18.
The boys learned a lot aboutwhat people leave behind on theroads and the amount of ciga-rette butts that are tossed on theroad. We feel this was goodlearning experience for theboys and we are glad that wewere given the opportunity toparticipate.
Jerry CrowderHead coach
Northern Kentucky Baseball 8UPanthers
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Nell Fookes» Boone County High
School will have a retirementcelebration for retiring girlsbasketball coach Nell Fookes. Itwill take place from 6:30-8:30p.m. Friday, May 8, in the com-mons cafeteria area at the highschool. RSVP to [email protected].
Baseball» Conner beat Harrison 7-3
April 15. Ryan Wardhad two hitsand three RBI.
» Ryle beat Conner 3-2 ineight innings April 13. Jarod Bil-lig had two hits including a homerun for Ryle. Ryle beat NewCath5-0 in the first round of the DocMorris tourney. Brady Ast went2-for-3 with a double and threeRBI for the Raiders, and ZachKirschler improved to 2-0.
» Walton-Verona beat Wil-liamstown 17-5 April 13. ChanceSullivan, Jeremy Moran, Gar-rett Lehkamp and Mark Wal-ters each drove in three runs.
Boys tennis» Conner beat Scott 5-0 April
13. Winners were Eberhard, El-
leman, Gil/Ogata and Lightall/Reese.
» Cooper beat Walton-Vero-na 3-2 April 14. Cooper winnerswere Wiseman at first singles,Simpson at third singles, andGoode/Dudash at first doubles.W-V winners were Elstun at sec-ond singles and Hanes/Block atsecond doubles.
» Ryle beat Campbell County4-1 April 14. Ryle swept singleswith O’Leary, Shields and Spiri-toso, and won first doubles withGeis/Hudak in a battle of statequalifiers over Campbell’s Gei-man and Walters, 6-3, 7-5.
Girls tennis» Cooper beat Walton-Vero-
na 5-0 April 14. Winners wereJackson, Goodrich, Allen, Zim-mer/Newport and Brandele/Mi-haljevic.
» St. Henry beat Scott 3-2April 14. Winners were Northand Fields/Meiman.
Youth baseball» The Northern Kentucky
Titans U15 is looking for two orthree dedicated players for theirsummer ball team. All player po-sitions welcome.
Head coach is Tom Daria. He
has 20-plus years coaching base-ball. He has helped several play-ers earn a college scholarship.The team will play in the SWOBaseball League as well as playseveral showcase tourna-ments over the summer season.Season starts the end of Maywith about 40 games scheduled.Home ball field is at Softball Cityin Northern Kentucky.
Contact Tom Daria at 391-3620 or tomdaria @yahoo.comor to schedule a personal tryout.
NKU Notes» Northern Kentucky Uni-
versity’s Sydney Power wasnamed to the Atlantic Sun Con-ference All-Freshman Team forwomen’s tennis.
Power, a freshman from Pow-ell, Ohio, stepped in and made animmediate impact for the Norse,leading the team with eight winsin singles play as she worked herway up to the No. 2 singles flightover the course of the year.
In doubles action, Powerpicked up seven wins, includingfour with Nicole Soutar andthree with Yasmine Xantos.Power and Xantos paired up totake a pair of wins in A-Sun ac-tion as well as a victory over theXavier pairing of Lizzie Ooster-
baan and Megan Morris.» Kennedy Windlan opened
the final round of the AtlanticSun Women’s Golf Champion-ship on a torrid pace – birdieingfour of the first five holes – toclaim Northern Kentucky’s bestfinish ever, tied-fifth, in the con-ference tournament.
Opening on the back nine,Windlan sandwiched birdies onthe 10th, 11th, 13th and 14tharound a bogey on the 12th. Sheclosed the back nine going out in34. Windlan followed a bogey onhole No. 7 with a birdie on No. 8to close her front nine at evenpar and post a final-round 70 (-2).
The two-under round wasenough to catapult Windlan sev-en spots up the leaderboard intoa two-way tie for fifth. The 70eclipsed NKU’s previous low inthe A-Sun Championship by fivestrokes, which was recorded byboth Windlan and Sarah Kellamlast season, and marked North-ern Kentucky’s lowest-recordedround this year.
» Following a record-settingday April 13, Northern Kentuckymen’s golfer Clayton Portzcarded a 2-under 70 in the finalround of Tennessee State’s BigBlue Invitational to earn thirdplace.
Portz’s also broke NKU’s indi-vidual 54-hole total record with a205 for the event, eclipsing cur-rent Assistant Coach DavidShearer’s 209 (-7) set at the 2006Great Lakes Valley ConferenceChampionship.
The Norse worked their wayto a tie-sixth finish in the BigBlue with a three-round total of867, which is the third-lowest 54-hole total in program history.
TMC Notes» The 25th-ranked Thomas
More College baseball teamswept a rare Presidents’ AthleticConference tripleheader withWashington & Jefferson April18. The Saints won game one, 4-3,the second game, 1-0, and thethird game, 5-4, in eight innings.
With the sweep, the Saints im-prove to 22-7 overall and 14-3 inthe PAC and the Presidents fallto 18-10 overall and 10-7 in thePAC.
» TMC’s women’s lacrossecollected its first ever win overDefiance, 13-5 at Defiance April17. Tori Liles had six goals andAbby Stadtmiller (Brossart)three to lead the way. Josie Per-rino had two goals, Amy Riceone and Christy Smith one withtwo assists.
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UNION — With the weatherbothering everyone so far thisseason in high school baseball,the Ryle High School baseballteam is happy to finally be play-ing regularly.
Head coach Pat Roesel wasalso happy to play a full threegames in the Doc Morris Invita-tional, in which his Raiderswere one of the hosts April 16-18. The showcase honors a de-ceased former Northern Ken-tucky umpire and proceeds areused for local scholarshipfunds.
“It’s a great tournament for agreat cause, scholarships forthe kids,” said Roesel, who hasbeen Ryle’s only head baseballcoach since the school opened in1992. “He was here when I was
playing and when I startedcoaching.”
The Doc Morris changedfrom its former tournament for-mat to an invitational showcasethis year, with 24 teams playingin six sites, four teams at eachsite all playing each other. It’s abig change from the 16-teamsingle-elimination format,which held form for manyyears. In its current form, ev-ery team plays three games in-stead of potentially only one.
Among the visitors to thetournament were 2014 statechampion Louisville St. Xavier,several other top Kentuckyteams, and Cincinnati powerMoeller. Ryle went 2-0 in itsbracket, beating Newport Cen-tral Catholic and Cooper and ty-ing Boyd County 4-4 in a gamesuspended by darkness. Ryle is7-8 with that tie as well.
“It’s nice to change the for-mat that we had and get someteams like Boyd County. Moell-er coming over, Glen Este,”Roesel said. “It’s been good forthe whole tournament to helpthese guys get here. Teams willcome up for three games and itgives teams around the state achance to see the type of base-ball we play up here. There’ssome good baseball in theNinth.”
Leadoff hitter Brady Ast, asenior, had two hits and tworuns scored against Cooper. Heled off Ryle’s three-run first in-ning with a double. Ryle left 13runners on base, which was aconcern for Roesel. Alex Goo-dridge notched the win on themound.
It’s the second time theUnion rivals played in a seven-day period. The teams were set
to reunite again April 22 in whatwill be the official seedinggame for the 33rd District Tour-nament. Ryle has already lost toBoone County and beat Connerin district play.
“It’s been really nice to havea couple of days when we don’thave rain,” Roesel said. “Weneed to get kids hitting and getthem in rhythm. And that’s whatit’s all about with hitting andpitching - getting into a rou-tine.”
Ryle will next play at ScottSaturday, April 25.
“When we field the ball, wehave a chance. We haven’t hitthe ball consistently but ourpitching has been good enoughto keep us in games, and wefield.”
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Alex Goodridge earned the win forRyle against Cooper.
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draws athletes from multiple states. The Jaguars’three-man discus team placed first in the event.
The Jaguars’ four-mile relay team of Stewart, Bak-er, Connor Greenhalgh and Jake Vandermosten shat-
If the Ryle boys’ track and field team is hostingcounty rival Cooper at Borland Stadium to ensure highquality competition, the Raiders are getting exactlywhat they want.
The past two trips the Jaguars have made to Rylehave resulted in a meet victory for the visitors. Cooperwon last week’s 14th annual Friday Night Frenzy with133 points, outpacing runner-up Dixie Heights (102) atthe 13-team meet. The Jaguars doubled Ryle’s total(66).
Thursday at the seven-team Ryle Relays, Cooperedged the runner-up Raiders, 104-102 by taking the fi-nal race. The team of Tyler Brennan, Zachary Stewart,Brady Baker and Greyson Winiger took the 1,600-me-ter relay in 3 minutes, 33.78 seconds to clinch it for theJaguars.
The news was better for the Ryle girls. They set ameet record in the 400-meter relay and won the RyleRelays team title, and the Friday Night Frenzy teamtitle, both by wide margins.
The Cooper boys will attempt to make it three meetwins in a row in the county on Monday when they headto the Boone County Championships in Florence. If theJaguars pull off that feat, they may start getting somesidelong glances from the Raiders.
“Everybody’s doing well right now,” said Stewart,part of a strong Cooper senior class. “We’ve beenrounding into a good team. Our sprints have been doingwell, and our field has been better than it’s ever been.”
Junior Erik Pavek upped his Cooper school recordwith a discus throw of 130 feet, 3 inches at the Ryle Re-lays. Coach Greg Tieke said that should qualify Pavekfor the April 24-25 Louisville Eastern Relays, which
tered the Ryle Relays meet record by more than 16 sec-onds with a time of 18:39.03. Stewart was in on threeRyle Relays winners. He ran the mile anchor for thewinning distance medley relay team.
Caleb Watson won the 200- and 400-meter races atthe Friday Night Frenzy. Stewart won the 1,600 and3,200. Cameron Long is giving the Jaguars points in allthree jumping events.
“We’ve been scoring well, and we’ve been bal-anced,” Tieke said. “It’s been in the works for years toget a more balanced team. The distance has alwaysbeen there, but now we’re scoring in sprints and in thefield.”
The Jaguars compete in Saturday’s annual DonnieCarnes Memorial Meet at Campbell County. Thoughthey have positioned themselves for the opportunity towin four meets in 11days, the one thing Tieke isn’t look-ing for in April is local domination. For the Jags, it’s allabout peaking in late May. They finished third at lastyear’s regional meet and 24th at state, and that won’tdo.
“The season is like putting together a puzzle,” saidthe coach. “First, you put all the pieces on the table.Then you start turning them over. But it’s not until theend of the season, at region and state, until you knowwhich pieces fit together. We may not know what thebest relay teams look like until then. Right now, we’relooking at all the pieces.”
Cooper’s third-place regional finish of last seasonwas built on 99 points, less than 22 behind defendingchampion Simon Kenton (120.5). Cooper was second in2013. Their goal this year is to finish on top for the firsttime in school history.
“We need to stay balanced, and continue gettingpoints from a lot of different places,” Tieke said. “If wecan do that, and add a little more, we can finish strong.”
Cooper looks like class of county
THE COMMUNITY RECORDER/JAMES WEBER
Brady Baker (in lead) and his Cooper teammates win at theRyle Relays.
Marc HardinEnquirer contributor
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Ryle High School annoucned four seniors signing to play sports in college last week. Ryle tennisplayers David Geis and Drake Hudak have committed to Thomas More College. Jon Belk will playfootball for Campbellsville (Ky.). Soccer Claire Stockwell also signed to play for Defiance Collegein Ohio.
THANKS TO AMY BATES
Ryle tennis players David Geis and Drake Hudak have committed to Thomas More College. Sitting, from left:Cindy Whalen, Chris Hudak, Drake Hudak, David Geis, Michele Geis, Dave Geis, Standing: Kyle Hudak, coachAmy Bates, Principal Matt Turner and Dawson Geis.
Four Raider athletes head to college
THANKS TO RYLE HIGH SCHOOL
Ryle senior Jon Belk signed to play football for Campbellsville University.
The Northern Kentucky Clip-pers took 18 swimmers to com-pete in the NCSA Junior NationalChampionship taking place fromMarch 17-21 in Orlando, Fla.
This year’s team was one ofthe most successful in Clippers’history as they broke 14 individ-ual records, and eight relay rec-ords. The men’s team broke allfive of the Clipper relay recordsand finished in 16th place over-all.
The women broke both the400 medley and 800 free relayOhio LSC records and swam to a13th-place finish. Combined, theClippers finished 12th out of 263teams represented at the meetfrom across the country.
Other highlights include Ma-deleine Vonderhaar qualifyingfor the 2016 Olympic Trials whilebreaking the Ohio LSC record inthe 200 Breaststroke and Bren-dan Meyer making the 2016Olympic Trial cut in the 400 Free-style.
Other highlights of the meetinclude:
Individual events: Austin M.Haney (Ft. Mitchell) 22nd 400IM; Mikayla D. Herich (Hebron)14th 200 IM, 22nd 400 IM, 22nd100 Breaststroke; Brendan J.Meyer (Taylor Mill) 9th 1500Freestyle, 9th 200 Butterfly;Robert L. Newman (Ft. Mitchell)24th 200 Butterfly; Sophie J.Skinner (Independence) 6th 200Backstroke, 15th 100 Freestyle,19th 50 Backstroke, 24th 200Freestyle; Amanda C. Smith(Walton) 18th 200 Back; Made-leine K. Vonderhaar (LakesidePark) 4th 200 Breaststroke, 6th50 Breaststroke, 10th 100 Breast-stroke.
Individual team record-breakers: Sophie Skinner (15-1650 free 26.87, 15-16 100 free 58.05,50-yard free 23.71, 1100-yard free50.22, 200-yard free 1:48.7), Ma-deleine Vonderhaar (15-16 100breast 1:12.29, 15-16 200 breast2:33.61, also Ohio LSC record,100-yard breaststroke 1:02.52,200-yard breaststroke 2:14), Mi-kayla Herich (15-16 200-yard IM2:03.65), Brendan Meyer (17 andover 400-meter free 3:58.66, 200-meter butterfly 2:02.34, 1,500-meter free 16:07.58, 200-yardbutterfly 1:47.35).
The Clippers also set severalrelay records, including two newOhio marks. The Female Open800-yard freestyle relay of Skin-
ner, Herich, Smith and MalloryBeil (Villa Hills) swam in 7:26.86,and the 400 medley relay team ofSkinner, Vonderhaar, Beil andHerich swam 3:47.29.
The Northern Kentucky Clip-pers delivered an impressivewin at the 2015 Mid-Winter Meettaking place at Silverlake in Er-langer, Ky. Jan. 16-18. As a team,the Clippers won the meet byover 7,000 points and won an im-pressive 57 individual eventsand had 144 Top 3 finishes.
“This is an incredibly strongshowing for this point in the sea-son – our swimmers put up 71percent Life Time Best Times.As we head into the champion-ship season, we are positioned toswim well at the state level and tocontinue improving our nationalranking, “ head age group coachChad Rehkamp said.
Individual team record-breakers: Callie Young (Flor-ence) - 9-10 girls 200 freestyle, 50butterfly, and 100 butterfly; Ma-riah Denigan (Florence)- 11-12girls 500 freestyle; Mallory Beil(Villa Hills) - 13-14 girls 100 but-terfly and 200 butterfly; SophieSkinner (Taylor Mill) - 15-16 girls200 freestyle; Seth Young (Flor-ence) - 11-12 boys 100 butterflyand 200 individual medley.
New meet records: MariahDenigan (Florence) - 11-12 girls500 Freestyle; Austin Haney (Ft.Mitchell) - 13 and over boys 200individual medley; BrendanMeyer (Taylor Mill) - 13 and overboys 200 back, 100 butterfly, 200butterfly, and 200 freestyle; LillyMorgan (Ft. Mitchell) - 13 andover girls 50 freestyle; SophieSkinner (Taylor Mill) - 13 andover 200 individual medley, 200back, and 200 freestyle; AmandaSmith (Walton-Verona) - 13 andover girls 200 back; Mike Summe(Edgewood) - 13 and over boys200 individual medley, 200breaststroke, and 100 breast-stroke; Maddie Vonderhaar(Lakeside Park), 13 and overgirls 200 individual medley, 200Breaststroke, and 100 breast-stroke; Callie Young (Florence) -9-10 girls 100 back, 50 butterfly,200 freestyle, 100 butterfly, and100 individual medley; SethYoung (Florence) - 11-12 boys 200individual medley, 50 freestyle,100 breaststroke, 200 freestyle,100 butterfly, 100 freestyle, and50 breaststroke.
THANKS TO WENDY VONDERHAAR
The Clippers Junior National Team celebrates its latest meet.
Clippers swimmers place12th at Junior Nationals
Fraiture signs withCarson-Newman
THANKS TO TOM STELLMAN
Conner senior Jessica Fraiture signed to play soccer for Carson-Newman (Tenn.)She was named the most valuable defensive player by the Northern KentuckyCoaches Association. She was a three-year starter and a four-year letterwinnerin soccer and she was an outstanding goalkeeper for the Cougars.
Gray champs againPROVIDED
Gray Middle School eighth-gradeboys basketball team defeatedWoodland Middle School 29-27to become the regionalchampions of the NorthernKentucky Middle School AthleticAssociation for the third straightyear. Braden Bromwell, JakeSmith and Adam Tarvin werenamed to the All-Tournamentteam. The team went 20-1 duringthe regular season, losing toHolmes Middle School early inthe season on a last-second shot.Players pictured: BradenBromwell, Anthony Ferguson,Josh Johnson, Lucas Niemi, JacobPelton, Connor Puthoff, VinceRankin, Zach Rice, Kyle Rieman,Andrew Schmitt, Jake Smith, andAdam Tarvin. Not pictured: headcoach Andy Jones and assistantcoach Scott Dickerson.
Warriors win titleTHANKS TO TRICIA DAY
Kentucky WarriorsU9 team won thechampionship thissession. Players areNatalie Hernandez,Peyton Cantrell,Jordan Day, J.R.Hayes, IsaacBrown, AlexBolger, JabariCovington andJordan Stephens.Coaches are BenCoffman, Tricia Dayand Jeff Bolger.
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During “Clean Up” week begin-ning April 27, there will be anextra pickup day on Saturday, May2. Trash needs to be at the curb by 7a.m. Dumpsters for collectingitems is located at the MaintenanceBuilding on High School Court. Notires, TVs, oil and combustible itemscan be taken to Burlington. CallWalton City Hall at 859-485-4383.
Saturday eve- ning at their Veter-ans Appreciation Dinner, Command-
er Moscoe of VFW Post6423 of Erlanger pro-claimed that the VFWPost 6423 Hall would benamed Lee Frakes Me-morial Hall and is re-spectfully and honorablydisplayed. Lee was thePost’s last living chartermember.
Frakes, who died inDecember, has been
highly respected as aresident of the city ofWalton. He served onWalton City Council, thusshowing his desire topromote the peace andsecurity locally as well asfor our country. He wasan inaugural member ofthe Kentucky Veterans
Hall of Fame and a WorldWar II Purple Heartrecipient. Lee was a gen-erous person and will besadly missed. The dinnerwas well attended alongwith Lee’s grandchildren,Jeanine and Steven, Dr.J.M. Huey, Joe and Su-sann Leist.
The Walton-VeronaHigh School Greenhousewill open on April 25. Thestudents will have lots ofbeautiful plants. Let’ssupport our school.
Angelo’s Pizza at Vero-na is officially open. Yourfamily will be happy toeat there, not only thepizza, but spaghetti andmeatballs, sandwichesand desserts at reason-able prices. A beautifulgazebo has been addedfor dining outside.
Sleigh Bells at 26North Main St. has redec-orated for spring and isfeaturing a fairy gardenarea. Mother’s Day isMay 10. You can findmany items that wouldbe appreciated such asfragrances, jewelry,purses and wonderfulhome decor. There is acoupon in our paper forsaving $10 off of a $50purchase which expiresApril 25 so hurry and see
all the new items.Walton-Verona In-
dependent School Dis-trict has been recognizedas one of eight schools toreceive the award ofDistrict of Distinctionfrom the Kentucky De-partment of Education.This is the third consec-utive year for this presti-gious award. Thanks toSuperintendent Bob Stor-er and his unique stafffor maintaining this hon-or.
Congratulations to ourWalton-Verona teacherPeggy Schutzman forbeing bestowed with thehonor of “Teacher of theYear” by Florence Ro-tary Club.
Hettie (Skeeter)Cheesman and BarbYelton have spent a won-derful past week vaca-tioning and attendingSkeeter’s daughter RaeAnn’s wedding. The beau-tiful wedding service ofRae Ann and ChristianAngliera was performedin Springdale, Utah, out-side Zion National Park.The junior attendant wasRae Ann’s daughter, Ava.Others attending wereclose family and friendsof the bride and groom.The newlyweds will re-side at 4049 ChaucerPlace, Slingerlands, NY12159.
Remember any of ourfriends who are sick orhave problems or whoare homeless.
Ronnie Cleek of Val-rico, Florida, one of ourreaders, has had someheart problems and had apacemaker inserted. Heis at home and is on theroad to recovery.
Happy birthday toRay Cheesman andShorty Price on April 27.Bob Arlinghaus on April29.
Logan and Jenny Rosswill be celebrating their52nd wedding anniversaryon April 29.
Our sincere sympathyto the families of JerryW. Treadway and BennyMcIntosh.
Jerry’s services wereon Friday at Floral HillsGarden. Benny’s serviceswere on Saturday at Wal-ton Chambers andGrubbs and intermentwas at Kentucky Veter-an’s Cemetery in Wil-liamstown.
Ruth Meadows writes a col-umn about Walton. Feel freeto call her at 859-391-7282with Walton neighborhoodnews items.
VFW post named in honor of Lee Frakes
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VFW Post 6423 of Erlanger proclaimed that the VFW Post 6423Hall would be named Lee Frakes Memorial Hall. Frakes, ofWalton, was the post’s last living charter member.
A big change is comingto Senior Services ofNorthern Kentucky, andits name is customer ser-vice.
The agency providesvital services for seniorsin the eight counties ofNorthern Kentucky, andaccessing those servicesis getting easier, accord-ing to a SSNK press re-lease. SSNK has a newmanagement team focus-ing on “logistics” – mak-ing sure SSNK’s servicesreach the clients as effi-ciently as possible – andthe agency is adding staffand resources to themeals and transportationprograms.
“We’re putting in newsoftware to track appoint-ments and clients,” saidAndrew Stelter, SSNK di-rector of logistics. An ad-ditional dispatcher has
been hired and new trans-portation vans are beingadded. SSNK will eventu-ally have more than 50 ve-hicles to deliver mealsand transport seniors.
Previously, clientswere encouraged to makean appointment threeweeks in advance; now ap-pointments can be madethree days before needed.New software also bettercoordinates the vanroutes with client needs,so seniors will have lesstime to wait for a ride.
We’re getting awayfrom paper and embrac-ing the technology of to-day,” said logistics super-visor Paul DiMuzio.
Along with the newvans, there is standard-ized training for SSNK’smeals and transportationdrivers, as well as newphoto name badges.
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We all want to eat foodthat tastes good. One ofthe most common wayswe tend to make foodtaste good is by addingsalt. Diets high in sodium,however, can raise bloodpressure, which can leadto many major healthissues including heartdisease.
Herbs provide a greatway for us to limit oursodium intake while stillconsuming flavorfulfoods. Soon, farmersmarkets and garden cen-ters will have plants onhand.
Herbs are also some ofthe easiest things to grow.The simplest way to startan herb garden is to buyplants and transfer themto a window box.
You can also growherbs from seed. Herbsneed a lot of sun to grow,so make sure you plantthem in an area that re-ceives at least six hoursof sunlight a day. Basil,sage, parsley, chives androsemary will do wellboth indoors or outdoorsas long as they have plen-ty of sun and protectionfrom cold weather.
You can begin harvest-
ing herbsonce theplant hasenoughleaves tomaintaingrowth. Inearlymorningright be-fore thedew dries,
clip undamaged leavesthat have a nice aroma.You can harvest annualherbs like sweet basil, dilland oregano until frost.Chives, mint, parsley androsemary will grow formore than one season ifthey are protected fromharsh cold. However, youshould stop harvestingperennial and biennialherbs in late August, asthe plants will need timeto prepare for the winter.
Some herbs producebeautiful flowers, but ifyou plan to cook withherbs in your kitchen,harvest the leaves beforethe plant flowers. In addi-tion, you can cut or pinchthe flower buds back toprevent blooming. Oncethe plant flowers theleaves begin to lose theiraromatic flavors.
Once harvested, storefresh herbs in your re-frigerator or preservethem by drying or freez-ing. To keep washedherbs fresh for up to onemonth in the refrigerator,store them in an airtightcontainer and include afolded damp paper towel.For best results, chop ormince herbs before cook-ing. Volatile oils are re-leased when the leavesare bruised, which pro-vides their flavors.
Heat increases therate at which herbs re-lease their flavors. Fordishes that require longercooking times, add del-icate-flavored and groundherbs at the end, so theirflavor will not escape.Some herbs, such as bayleaves, benefit from long-er cooking times. Herbsplaced in a cheeseclothbag allow the flavors to
extract during cooking,and their easy removal.
Add herbs severalhours in advance or over-night to uncooked foods,such as salad dressings ormarinades. This will al-
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Ella BobbElla Rose Bobb, 77, of Grant
County and formerly of BooneCounty, died April 2 at St.Elizabeth Williamstown.
Survivors include her hus-band, Kenneth Bobb; son,Kevin Bobb of Dry Ridge;daughter, Kitty McKinley of DryRidge; and two step-grand-children.
Burial was at Mt. Zion Ceme-tery.
Kelly BridewellKelly Thomas Bridewell, 54,
of Burlington, died unexpect-edly April 9 at St. ElizabethFlorence.
He was a retired mainte-nance man with RockwellInternational in Florence. Heloved bluegrass music.
Survivors include his daugh-ter, Crystal Clemons of Burling-ton; sister, Tina Mazuk ofWalton; brothers David Riddelland Tracy Bridewell, both of
Burlington; and two grand-children.
Burial was at BurlingtonCemetery.
Memorials: The Kelly Bride-well Memorial Fund, C/O anyHeritage Bank location.
Doris ChildressDoris Faye Bradley Childress,
72, of Walton, died April 9 atSt. Elizabeth Edgewood.
She was a homemaker, pastmember and president of
White’s Tower Elementary PTA,member of Twenhofel MiddleSchool PTA, Simon Kenton HighSchool PTA, Kenton County PTACouncil, Kentucky Sixth DistrictPTA, and lifetime member ofCommonwealth of KentuckyPTA. She enjoyed collectingand reading cook books, boat-ing, and she loved cats.
Her brother, Phil Bradley,died previously.
Survivors include her hus-band, Daniel E. Childress; son,
Daniel S. Childress of Walton;daughter, Danielle ChildressWulf of Batavia; sisters NinaDaugherty of Independenceand Donna “Jeanie” JeanStegmoyer of Manning, SouthCarolina; and seven grand-children.
Burial was at Floral HillsMemorial Gardens in TaylorMill.
Memorials: Parish Kitchen,141 W. Pike St., Covington, KY41011; Cincinnati Nature Center,4949 Tealtown Road, Milford,OH 45150; or Peppermint PigThrift and Gift and AnimalRescue, 255 Beechmont Ave.,Cincinnati, OH 45255.
Brenda DavisBrenda Mae Davis, 68, of
Florence, died April 15.Survivors include her hus-
band, Bill Davis; daughter,Nancy Roberts; sons Tom Fu-gate and J. Clinton Fugate;brother, Claude Gardner; sister,Janice Warner; and 10 grand-children along with 12 great-grandchildren.
Burial was at Hopeful Luther-an Cemetery in Florence.
Memorials: American HeartAssociation, P.O. Box 840692,Dallas, TX 75284-0692; orVietnam Veterans of AmericaNational Headquarters, 8719
Colesville Road, Suite 100, SilverSpring, MD 20910.
Virginia EisslerVirginia Rae McKanna Rup-
precht Eissler, 90, of BooneCounty, died March 26.
She was born in Minooka,Illinois, and grew up on FrogHollow Farm. As a child sheloved nature, archery, shootinga rifle, photography, andhorseback riding. She workedas the executive secretary forthe vice president of sales for28 years at Richards-Wilcox inIllinois. She was a member ofthe Order of the Eastern Star,Westminster PresbyterianChurch, First PresbyterianChurch of Aurora, and UnionPresbyterian Church.
Her husbands, William G.Rupprecht and William J.Eissler; sister, Violet LorraineWelch; brother, Robert McKan-na; and step-grandchild, JasonW. Bercaw, died previously.
Survivors include her chil-dren Mark G. Rupprecht andCynthia R. Bercaw; siblingsMary Ella Graham, JohnMcKanna, and Patricia AnnFeazel; and one step-grand-child along with two step-great-grandchildren.
Memorials: St. ElizabethHospice, 1 Medical VillageDrive, Edgewood, KY 41017.
Robert FeldmanRobert “Bob” Leroy Feld-
man, 87, of Florence, died April13 at Florence Park Care Center.
He retired as a technician forthe Coca-Cola Co., was a mem-ber of the Disabled AmericanVeterans, and enjoyed playinggolf, bingo, and fishing.
His brother, Alfred Feldman,died previously.
Interment was at ForestLawn Cemetery in Erlanger.
Memorials: Disabled Amer-ican Veterans, 3725 AlexandriaPike, Cold Spring, KY 41076.
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Jake Freeman Jr.Jake Freeman Jr., 79, of
Burlington, died April 9 at St.Elizabeth Hospice.
He was a retired brick mason,who enjoyed rabbit hunting.
His wife, Nora Freeman, diedpreviously.
Survivors include his childrenJake Freeman III, Pamela Quin-lin, Danny Freeman, SteveFreeman, Darryl Freeman, andMary Sue Henderson; sistersRuby Bracket and JoAnn Dan-iels; and 17 grandchildren alongwith 22 great-grandchildren.
Interment was at BeechgroveHoliness Cemetery.
Memorials: St. ElizabethHospice, 1 Medical VillageDrive, Edgewood, KY 41017.
Raymond GovreauRaymond A. Govreau, 50, of
Florence, died April 4.He was a chef with Sodexo
Co., a U.S. Navy veteran, and amember of Northern KentuckyChurch of Christ in Florence.
His mother, Genevary Gov-reau, died previously.
Survivors include his childrenJamie Jo Caudhill, Raymond A.Govreau Jr., and Sherri LynnDeAngelo; father, Carl VincentGovreau Jr.; sister, Sandy Os-good; stepbrother, Doug Oeh-ler; and six grandchildren.
Memorials: Northern Ken-tucky Church of Christ, 18 ScottDrive, Florence, KY 41042.
Mary HuntMary Claire Todd Hunt, 92, of
Florence, died April 11 at St.Elizabeth Hospice.
She was a U.S. Navy WAVEveteran of World War II.
Her husband, Jack B. Hunt;brothers Dawson Todd Jr.,Madison Todd, and RobertTodd; and grandchildren Betsy,Sarah, and Christopher, diedpreviously.
Survivors include her childrenJack Hunt, Marsha Smith,Michael Hunt, and Kim Feuss;and five grandchildren alongwith 14 great-grandchildren.
Burial was at Forest LawnMemorial Park Cemetery.
Memorials: St. ElizabethHospice, 483 S. Loop Road,Edgewood, KY 41017.
Audrey MetzgerAudrey Henke Metzger, 85,
of Florence, died April 10 at St.Elizabeth Hospice.
She was a 1948 graduate ofAcademy of Notre Dame DeProvidence in Newport, cheer-leader for Newport CatholicHigh School, and an avid sportsfan. She rooted on UK, theCincinnati Reds and Bengals,and for anyone playing againstthe Steelers. She worked as atelephone switchboard opera-tor, while putting her husbandthrough optometry school inChicago. She was a homemakerand community volunteer,serving as a Cub Scout denmother, Girl Scout troop leader,president or member of numer-ous clubs including the Florenceand Erlanger Lioness Club,Florence Woman’s Club, Ken-tucky Optometric AssociationLadies’ Auxiliary, and LudlowSeniors. She screened children’s
eyes for the Florence Lions ClubEyesight program and per-formed fundraising for manycharities including the Amer-ican Heart Association, Amer-ican Cancer Society, and Maple-wood Children’s Home.
Her brother, George “Pete”Henke; sisters Laverne LokesakRogers, Dorothy Gray, andMarjorie Fairchild; and daugh-ter, Teresa Marie, died previ-ously.
Survivors include her hus-band, Ferdinand; childrenFerdinand Joseph II, Mary JoBaker, Jean O’Hara, MargaretZoeckler, Michael, and JulieAubuchon; and 22 grand-children along with 16 great-grandchildren.
Interment was at St. Mary’sCemetery in Fort Mitchell.
Memorials: Florence LionsClub Eyesight Fund, 29 LaCrestaDrive, Florence, KY 41042;North Key Community Care,7459 Burlington Pike, Florence,KY 41042; or National Allianceon Mental Illness, 3803 N.Fairfax Drive, Suite 100, Arling-ton, VA 22203.
Victor MillerVictor H. Miller, 86, of Flor-
ence, died April 12.He was a retired insurance
agent with 52 years of servicefor State Farm Insurance Co. Hewas a U.S. Army veteran of theKorean War, where he attainedthe rank of sergeant and wasalso a tank commander. He wasa member of Erlanger BaptistChurch, the Florence VFW Post,American Legion, and theFreemasons. He was the firstpresident of the Spiral Stakes atTurfway Park.
His son, Clay Allen Miller,died previously.
Survivors include his wife,Ernestine Miller; daughter,Vickie Lynn Phillips; brother,Tom Miller; and three grand-children along with a great-granddaughter.
Burial was at RichwoodCemetery.
Memorials: To Stacey Guth-rie, C/O Ernestine Miller, 10549Big Bone Road, Union, KY41091.
Larry NelsonLarry Joe Nelson, 59, of
Union, died April 11 at hishome.
He worked in grocery mer-chandising for Kroger for 31years, 15 of those years inLouisville and 16 years in Cincin-nati. He is a member and elderat Lakeside Christian Churchand a board member of MasterProvisions. He was a follower ofChrist, avid golfer, and loved togo on mission trips with hiswife.
His parents, Rosie and PaulGrube; father, Jack Nelson; andbrother, James Nelson, diedpreviously.
Survivors include his wife,Cindy Nelson; daughter, KatieNelson of Union; sons WilliamKenneth Potter of Mount Juliet,Tennessee, and Ryan MichaelPotter of Walton; brothers JohnNelson, Jay Nelson, and JeffGrube, all of Georgetown,Indiana; sisters Jana Sue Lee ofGeorgetown and Lou AnnGentry of Greenville, Indiana;and three grandchildren.
Interment was at PleasantRidge Cemetery in Borden,Indiana.
Memorials: Master Provi-sions, 7725 Foundation Drive,Florence, KY 41042.
Donald SheltonDonald A. Shelton Jr., 33, of
Burlington, died April 6.He was an assistant supervi-
sor with the Cincinnati Associa-tion for the Blind and VisuallyImpaired.
Survivors include his partner,Jeff Dougoud; parents, Donand Judy Shelton; brother, TerryTyler; and sisters ElizabethShelton, Kathy Wilson, RhondaBolte, Stacy Wilson, and ChristieMorhmond.
Burial was in AlexandriaCemetery.
Memorials: Cincinnati Associ-ation for the Blind and VisuallyImpaired, 2045 Gilbert Ave.,Cincinnati, OH 45202.
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