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INDEPENDENCE — JackCummins of Independenceis concerned about the fu-ture of Ky. 536 and the im-pact it will have on his com-munity.

“I don’t like what largeroads have done to the ruralfabric of southern KentonCounty,” the Independenceresident said. “You sudden-ly have rural farm land

turning into subdivisionsand strip malls. I don’t wantthat for my community. Idon’t see a need for this totravel from Boone to Camp-bell, that’s what we have 275for.”

Cummins, who livesalong Ky. 536, was one ofabout 150 in attendance atthe Ohio-Kentucky-IndianaRegional Council of Gov-ernments’ open house at Si-mon Kenton High School todiscuss the future of the cor-ridor. The March 24 meet-ing was the first in a seriesof three to start OKI’s Ky.536 Scoping Study, whichwill identify changes need-ed to improve safety.

The roadway is regional-ly recognized as a critical

roadway to improve access,mobility and economic vi-tality throughout NorthernKentucky, according to Ro-byn Bancroft, the study’sproject manager.

“Right now Interstate275 is the only east and westconnection for people,” shesaid. “Ky. 536 is the corridorthat forms that east andwest connectivity and it iscritical for the whole re-gion. We need to move peo-ple and people need to getsafely to where they need togo. You can’t keep dumpingmore and more people on275, people need a differentoption getting aroundthroughout the region.”

Ky. 536 study draws concern

Melissa [email protected]


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

Residents want‘rural fabric’ ofsouth Kentonpreserved

INDEPENDENCE — Inde-pendence is considering nixingprimary elections.

“Our thought is that (pri-mary elections are) really notnecessary,” Mayor Chris Rei-nersman said. Participatingonly in the general election, hesaid, is also going to save oncosts for the Kenton CountyClerk’s Office.

The issue came to light Jan1, when the state legislature’sdecision to change the classifi-cation of citieswent into effect.The new system replaced onein which cities were dividedinto six classes based on popu-lation. Before in Kenton Coun-ty, Covington was a second-class city. Erlanger and Inde-pendence were third-class cit-ies. Under the new law, theyare in the home rule class.While in this classification, theprevious mandatory primaryelection is now an option for

these cities, according to Ken-ton County Clerk GabrielleSumme.

“Although, I don’t have aspecific number to give as faras costs, the advantage of nothaving a primary will affect

the number of ballots I orderand paper is expensive,”Summe said. The number ofballots she orders varies eachelection, which makes it nearly

Independence considersnixing primary electionsMelissa [email protected]

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Kenton County Clerk of Courts Gabrielle Summe double-checkedcandidates’ nominating petitions just before last year’s primarydeadline.

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EDGEWOOD — Standingtogether.

That’s the only way tofight the bullying epidem-ic that is so widespread,according to KentonCounty Sheriff’s DeputyJeremy Adams.

“We’ve all been told toignore bullying and walkaway, that’s not alwayspossible to do and itdoesn’t solve the situa-tion,” said Adams, ownerof the Independence mar-tial arts school Counter-force Self Defense.

“We need to teach ourkids and community howto create a relationshipand bond so that we canstand together againstbullying. Typically there’sjust one bully, if we standtogether and have groupsupport, you can now have

this one person facing 20and it diffuses the situa-tion,” Adams said.

Through a partnershipwith Counterforce and theKenton County Sheriff’sOffice, Adams will pre-sent “Done with Bully-ing,” a free anti-bullyingseminar for children ages8 to 14 and their parents 10a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday,April 11, at the EdgewoodSenior Center.

Adams said he is proudto bring the “Done withBullying” program toKenton County for thefirst time. The free pro-gram is aimed at teachingpractical strategies foridentifying and dealingwith bullying behaviorand how to “buddy” ratherthan “bully” others. Cy-ber-bullying will also beaddressed, Adams said.

Children will be able toparticipate in role-playing

scenarios and other fundrills throughout the sem-inar. Also, some basic self-defense skills and “verbalJudo” skills will be taughtto the children. Verbal Ju-do gives children power tode-escalate the situationwith words, rather thanfists, Adams said.

“Bullying continues tobe a huge problem thatmany of our young chil-dren are facing,” Adamssaid. “I feel there is no bet-ter industry, than the mar-tial arts community andlaw enforcement, to helpbring an end to this prob-lem.”

Sheriff Charles Kor-zenborn said he is pleasedthat his office is sponsor-ing the free seminar.

“Our job is to protectand serve,” he said. “Thisis another avenue bywhich to do this.”

To sign up for the pro-

gram, contact MichelleFrisch at 859-331-5910 ore-mail at [email protected]. The event islimited to 50 Edgewoodresidents and a parent.For more information on

the program contact Jere-my Adams at Counter-force Self Defense at 859-816-9983.

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Free anti-bullying class offered in EdgewoodMelissa [email protected]

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JeremyAdams, right,pictured withCole Adamsis the owner ofCounterforceSelf Defenseand will behosting afreeanti-bullyingseminar inEdgewoodApril 11.

While most are puttingwinter wear away, makingwool hats tops JenniferClifton’s to-do list.

Three other KentonCounty school bus drivershave the same mindsetand two more are wantingin on the “hats project.”

“Last year, we made 44hats and 14 scarves,” Clif-ton said. “This year wewant to make 100 hats and100 scarves.”

Clifton and her fellowdrivers are making thehats and scarves for chil-dren in the Kenton CountySchool District who needsuch warm accessoriesduring the winter months.The idea for the projectcame on Christmas Day in2013. Clifton’s 21-year-olddaughter was wrappedwarmly in a wool blanket,that Clifton had made forher.

“‘You know what Imiss, mom,’ she said tome, ‘Those handmade hatsand scarves,’” Clifton ex-plained. “You see I’m a sin-gle mother and there weresome really hard years. Istruggled. There was a

program that offeredhandmade hats andscarves to children inneed. I got them for mykids one year andwrapped them up for mykids, with the gift tagreading ‘From: Mrs.Claus.’”

In that moment, Cliftonthought to herself, it wastime to do a pay it forwardprogram.

“I decided to start mak-ing hats,” she said. “Atfirst I didn’t know where Iwas going to donate, then Irealized, I want to donate

to the school I drive for(Fort Wright Elemen-tary). As drivers, we seethe kids who don’t have.We pick them up at theirhomes and see themstanding outside in thecold waiting with no hats,scarves or gloves.”

The staff at FortWright Elementary devel-oped a system to distrib-ute Clifton’s box of hatsand scarves to children inneed.

“I was elated,” she said.“The day they were givenout, I got to see the kids as

they were coming out ofschool and they were sohappy. I decided I wantedto do this every year. Thisyear, I’m hoping to addabout two more elemen-tary schools.”

Kenton Schools Assis-tant Superintendent Kim-berly Banta said she hasno doubt that Clifton willlead the charge and makeher goal.

“Jennifer does what-ever she puts her mind to.I am betting she exceedsher number,” she said.“Jennifer and her helpers

want to be able to say thatevery kid has an individ-ual warm hat for the win-ter. They make them withlove. Those drivers takecare of those children liketheir own.”

Clifton said last year’shats and gloves cost about$300 to make. She madeother items and sold themto purchase enough yarn.She was given donationsfrom fellow bus drivers.She estimates that about$650 will be needed tomake this year’s set ofhats and scarves. Hergrander goal is to eventu-ally make enough hats andscarves to distribute to allthe schools in KentonCounty.

“We can do this,” Clif-ton said.


Kenton bus drivers make wool hats for studentsMelissa [email protected]


Kenton County school bus drivers Don Rainone and Ted Denman roll yarn while JenniferClifton, center, works on making a wool hat.

FOLLOW THEEXAMPLE

To make a donation tothe Kenton County schoolbus drivers’ hats project,contact the district officeat 859-344-8888.

“This stretch of roadhas one of the region’shighest crash rates –more than three times thestatewide average,” saidKenton County Judge-ex-ecutive Kris Knochel-mann, who also serves assecond vice president ofthe OKI board of direc-tors and project develop-ment team chair for thestudy.

“It also has drastic ele-vation changes and poorsight lines which canmake travel through thearea challenging and haz-ardous to drivers, partic-ularly in poor weather,”Knochelmann said. “It’sour obligation to identifyimprovements that willensure a continuous, effi-cient and safe flow oftraffic across the Ky. 536corridor.”

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

“I hope to see two lanesin each direction andmaybe turning lanes,” hesaid. “I am glad that thepublic is given the chanceto give input, I hope theylisten to us.”

His wife, KristyAhearn, agreed. “If you

The 6.5-mile segmentof Ky. 536 under study isthe only remaining sec-tion of the entire corridorthat does not have a pre-ferred alternative or im-

provement plan in place,Bancroft said. This seg-ment was left until lastbecause of its fragment-ed connections, drasticelevation changes, poorsight lines, broad rangeof environmental factors,and, most importantly,extremely high crashrates.

don’t attend these kindsof things, you don’t have asay in the final outcome,”she said.

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

“We’re worried,” shesaid. “We’re worriedabout the urban farmarea becoming commer-cial and even if the high-way doesn’t take ourhouse, it’s going to be in-convenient with extranoise (from traffic).”

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

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

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

“Chances are with theimprovements, the road-way will need morespace,” she said. “Wedon’t have a recommen-dation yet, but it is possi-

ble that there will beproperties impacted, Ijust don’t know whichones or how many rightnow. However, we wantpeople to stay engaged inthe project and let usknow if there’s a newhome that’s just beenbuilt or if there’s a 100-year-old farm that weneed to see if there’s anyway we can avoid it. Wehave to work together.”

Bancroft said the nextpublic meeting will takeplace in the summer. Inthe meantime, she sug-gests those who could notmake this last meetingvisit www.oki.org/536 forinformation on the pro-ject, as well as to givetheir input.

The scoping study be-gan in fall 2014 and willtake about 12 months tocomplete. This summer, aseries of conceptual al-ternatives will be sharedwith the public for reviewand feedback. In the fall,a recommendation forroadway improvementswill be presented. Con-struction timing is depen-dent upon funding avail-ability, Bancroft said.


Ky. 536Continued from Page A1

impossible to have agood cost analysis, ac-cording to Summe.

Some other advan-tages of not having a pri-mary, according to Rei-nersman, is less confu-sion and less clutter inthe city.

“There was someconfusion last year overpeople thinking that theprimary election for themayor was the finalelection,” he said. “Also,you always hear howpeople are tired of look-ing at signs every year.”

The bottom line andconsensus among coun-cil, Reinersman said,was that a primary elec-tion is not really neededin Independence be-cause there’s typicallynot enough names on theballot. According toSumme, in order for aprimary to take place,there must be doubleplus one running for theamount of open seats. InIndependence, for ex-ample, there are sixseats on council, in or-der for there to be a pri-mary there must be 13candidates.

“Also, under the pri-mary system, if youwant to run in Novem-ber, then you have to filein January,” Reiners-man said. “For the gen-eral election, the dead-line is mid-August. Nothaving such an earlydeadline, could broadenthe field and turn outmore candidates, whichis in the best interest ofthe city.”

Council will vote onthe matter during thenext regular councilmeeting scheduled for 7p.m. Monday, April 6.

According toSumme, Covington,with only four commis-sion seats, has decidedto continue with pri-mary elections.

Erlanger Mayor Ty-son Hermes said thecity, with a 12-membercouncil, will continue tohave primary elections.

“I don’t see any rea-son why Erlanger wouldget rid of our prima-ries,” he said. “Theyhave neither served as ahindrance or a gain toanyone. My gut saysthat in Erlanger it’s apart of the election proc-ess that doesn’t need tobe changed.”


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Congratulations to these stu-dents from St. Anthony Schoolfor finishing on top in academicexcellence.

Five students were chosenby the school’s 4-H representa-tive to compete in the CountyLevel Speech Competition. Allfive students earned the BlueRibbon, the highest level of per-formance.

Max Mason earned the Pur-ple Ribbon for highest score inhis division. Max will go on tocompete at the next level. Alsocompeting were Max Mason,Aidan Daly, Jeremy Faulhaber,Gracie Martin, and ElizabethMartin.

Liam Westerkamp and Eliza-beth Martin earned trophies inthe Annual Academic DiocesanCompetition.

Liam received second place

for his Mixed Media Art piece,and Elizabeth won third place inthe speech competition. TheCougars put a lot of hard workinto their academic success.

St. Anthony students win ribbons, trophies

THANKS TO LISA FAULHABER

Liam Westerkamp and ElizabethMartin earned trophies in theAnnual Academic DiocesanCompetition.

THANKS TO LISA FAULHABER

From left are Max Mason, Aidan Daly, Jeremy Faulhaber, Gracie Martin and Elizabeth Martin.

Flanagans make dean’slist at Morehead State

Edgewood residents MollyFlanagan, a senior, and MaggieFlanagan, a freshman, havebeen named to the dean’s listfor the fall 2014 semester at Mo-rehead State University.

Students must earn a GPA of3.5 or higher and take 12 under-grad credit hours to be on thedean’s list at MSU.

The sisters are also mem-bers of Kappa Delta, Delta TauChapter, at MSU.

Specht-Bird on dean’s list at Emory

Sarahmarie Specht-Bird, ofVilla Hills, was named to thedean’s list at Emory College ofArts and Sciences for the 2014fall semester.

Students must be in the top20 percent of undergraduatesor have a GPA of 3.85 or higherto be named to the dean’s list.

Kenton residents ondean’s list at Centre

Several Kenton County resi-dents earned dean’s list honorsat Centre College during the2014 fall semester.

Torie Dimartile, the daugh-ter of Arthur and Patricia Di-martile of Fort Mitchell, is agraduate of Beechwood HighSchool.

Annie Wolff, the daughter ofMark and Patricia Wolff of Ed-gewood, is a graduate of HolyCross District High School.

Carter Richardson, the sonof Brent and Melanie Richard-son of Fort Mitchell, is a gradu-ate of Beechwood High School.

Megan Turner, the daughterof Ruth Kleier and Glen Turnerof Fort Mitchell, is a graduateof Notre Dame Academy.

Alexander Luken, the son ofBertrand Luken of Erlanger, isa graduate of Lloyd MemorialHigh School.

Students must maintain atleast a 3.6 GPA to earn dean’slist honors at Centre College.

Kenton residentsgraduate from U of L

Many Kenton County resi-dents graduated from the Uni-

versity of Louisville during the2014 fall semester.

Graduates include Alexan-der Benken, Master of Engi-neering with highest honors;Dustin Cummins, Doctor ofPhilosophy; James Fehren-bacher, Bachelor of Science inBusiness Administration; MarkFehrenbacher, Certificate inAccounting; Chad Graven,Bachelor of Science in Busi-ness Administration; SarajKreutzjans, Bachelor of Sci-ence in Mechanical Engineer-ing; Kevin LaBarge, Bachelorof Science; Daniel Markgraf,Bachelor of Science in Electri-cal Engineering; Kelsey Os-borne, Bachelor of Science;Mario Picciuto, Bachelor ofFine Arts; Alexandra Santomo,Bachelor of Science in Busi-ness Administration with high-est honors; Brennan Schlag-baum, Bachelor of Science inBusiness Administration; Jack-ie Sherrard, Bachelor of Sci-ence in Nursing; NicholasSteele, Bachelor of Science;Emily Stines, Bachelor of Sci-ence; Katherine Teremi, Bach-elor of Music Education withhonors; Ellen Whitehouse,Bachelor of Arts; CharlesWolff, Bachelor of Science andAssociate in Arts; and JessicaWolsing, Master of Education.

Kenton residents make scholar’s list at U of L

Many Kenton County resi-

dents were honored with dean’sscholar honors at the Univer-sity of Louisville during the2014 fall semester.

Honored students includeMelissa Arlinghaus, AndreaBaxter, Joe Berns, GannenCogswell, Emma Davies, Jenni-fer Deck, Hanna Demarcus, Al-exandra Doggett, Kiersten Fur-nish, Dulcinea Gurley, DavidHacker, Emma Jacobs, CecilyKennedy, Adam King, OliviaKrauth, Jennifer Lestingi, Tay-lor Mann, Kaitlin McLeod, Car-oline Medley, Kelly Millay, Mi-chelle Nguyen, Chloe North,Haley O’Shaughnessy, EmilyPawsat, Keith Radcliff, AshleyReinhart, Elizabeth Romes, Al-exandra Santomo, PaytonSchilling, Marcus Schwarting,Robert Siebenthaler, CarolineSpicker, Haley Stansel, TroySterling, Donovan Stowers, Oli-via Wassom, Jessica Williams,and Andrew Wittmer.

A student who is a dean’sscholar has a 4.0 GPA.

Kenton residents makedean’s list at U of L

Many Kenton County resi-dents were honored with dean’slist honors at the University ofLouisville during the 2014 fallsemester.

Honored students includeNeeaz Ansari, Jerry Arling-haus, Katherine Arstingstall,Raquel Barry, William Bau-mann, David Bergman, Brian

Bilz, Gabriella Blank, MatthewBlankenship, Derek Blasi,Samuel Bohman, ChelseaBoles, Alyssa Bowman, JamieBramlage, Hannah Brate, Han-nah Braun, Emily Brazell, Gai-len Bidges, Sarah Buckley, Mi-cah Burkhardt, Alana Cahill,kevin Carrico, Madeline Cla-bough, Brandt Coleman, BrigidConnelly, Jessica Crabtree, Ju-liea Crumes, Peri Crush, RyanCunningham, Lauren Curtis,Alexis Delaney, Adam Dewey,Andrew Dickman, HannahDietz, Nicholas Disibio, StanleyDoerger, Megan Ebenschweig-er, Elizabeth Ehlman, ThomasEichert, Blake Emmons, MarkFehrenbacher, James Fehren-bacher, Lashawn Ford, Jenni-fer Fredley, Morgan Fritz, SaraFronk, Ann Fugate, Maria Fu-son, Hannah Gardner, Alexan-der Gerwe, Sara Goetz, ChadGraven, Zachary Greenweller,Noah Gripshover, Jacob Groes-chen, Sarah Grosser, AutumnHalberstadt, Sarah Handlon,Rachel Haney, Alec Hardcorn,Michael Hellman, Daniel Hell-man, Kyle Hennies, HannahHodgson, Natalie Hornbeck,Mitchell Jacobs, Rachael Jef-frey, Sara Jones, MeredithJones, Samantha Judie, Chris-tine Kathmann, Allison Kindt,Jason Kinn, Amy Kozerski, Ma-ry Katherine Kramer, LindseyKruer, Courtney Kruer, JessicaLankheit, Charles Mader, Me-caskey Martin, Kathryn Maur-er, Kyle McHugh, Rachel Med-ley, Derek Menefee, WilliamMenkhaus, Elizabeth Midden-dorf, Kathleen Miller, DrewMiller, Christian Moser, Mad-eline Moss, Adam Muenchen,Robert Muntis, Cameron Mur-phy, Elizabeth Niehaus, Marga-ret Nowland, Anna Ochs, Kel-sey Osborne, Leah Painter, Bri-an Radcliff, Katelyn Reilly,Kayla Renner, Daniel Rey-nolds, Annemarie Reynolds,Brett Riedinger, Donald Rob-bins, Robert Rust, ThomasRyan, Joseph Schaefer, AllisonSchaefer, Eric Schieman, MattSchmahl, Katelyn Schreiver,Austin Schroder, ElizabethSpenlau, Neal Stansel, Made-laine Staubitz, Sarah Stegman,Cody Sterling, Heather Stew-

art, Andrea Stewart, EmilyStines, Ellie Stoddart, NicholasStoeckle, Emily Stoeckle, Kath-erine Teremi, Nicholas Thiele,Grace Thoeny, Madeline Thur-man, Lillian Trunnell, MaxwellVoirol, Lydia Voss, Jared Wag-ner, Andrew Wagner, MicaelaWang, Carley Ward, Gant Was-som, Trevor Webb, MadelineWeiner, Kaila Westover, EllenWhitehouse, Allison Wildt,Megan Williams, Luke Wilson,Catherine Wilson, Aaron Wil-son, Abigail Wittmer, TimWoeste, Carly Wood, and Nicho-las Zalla.

A student named to thedean’s list has at least a 3.5 GPA.

Meek makes dean’s list,graduates from NKU

Jodie Renae Meek, of VillaHills, earned dean’s list honorsand graduated from NorthernKentucky University duringthe 2014 fall semester.

She graduated with a degreein Organizational Mangage-ment.

Meek on merit honor list atRio Grande

Carolyn Ashley Meek, of Vil-la Hills, earned merit honors atthe University of Rio Grandeduring the 2014 fall semester.

Loomis on dean’s list atUniversity of Delaware

Joanna Loomis, of FortMitchell, has been named to thedean’s list for the 2014 fall se-mester at the University of Del-aware.

Kenton residents on dean’slist at Cumberlands

Several Kenton County resi-dents were recently recognizedon the dean’s list for the 2014fall semester at the Universityof the Cumberlands’.

Honored students includeKeely Borden of Independ-ence, Andrew Elam of FortWright, Coleman Lacy of FortMitchell, Christopher Settersof Covington, Sarah Setters ofLatonia, Reed Spata of TaylorMill, and Matthew Wehrle ofEdgewood.

To be eligible , students musthave achieved a grade of “A” inconvocation, while maintaininga minimum cumulative scho-lastic standing of 3.5 on a 4.0scale.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2015

The General As-sembly complet-ed its work last

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

PROVIDED

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

THANKS TO JON DRAUD

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

PROVIDED

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

A lookback at thelegislative

session

PROVIDED

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

PROVIDED

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

PROVIDED

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

THANKS TO BUD KRAFT, LRC PUBLIC INFORMATION

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

THANKS TO LRC PUBLIC

INFORMATION

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

PROVIDED

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

PROVIDED

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


FRIDAY, APRIL 3Art & 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.

Friday Afternoon Fun, 2:30p.m., Boone County Main Li-brary, 1786 Burlington Pike, Usevariety of craft supplies fromlibrary craft closet to make yourvery own masterpiece. Forgrades K-2. Free. Presented byBoone County Public Library.342-2665; www.bcpl.org. Bur-lington.

Art Events199C: Cincinnati Opening DayArt Event, 4-11 p.m., The BLDG,30 W. Pike St., Work from morethan 40 artists ranging from localto international scale themedaround baseball, Cincinnati andOpening Day. As art hangsinside, celebration continuesoutside as Pike Street shuts downand transforms into pop-upwiffle ball stadium. 491-4228;www.bldgrefuge.com. Coving-ton.

Art ExhibitsArts Alive: Celebration ofCovington Artists, 10 a.m. to 5p.m., Behringer-Crawford Mu-seum, 1600 Montague Road,Works by influential Covingtonartists from past 200 years ondisplay. In conjunction withCOV200 bicentennial cele-bration. $7, $6 ages 60 and up,$4 ages 3-17, free for members.Wednesdays: one grandchildfree with grandparent’s admis-sion. 491-4003; www.bcmuseu-m.org. Covington.

Now Here: Theoretical Land-scapes, noon to 5 p.m., TheCarnegie, 1028 Scott Blvd.,Surveys group of artists thatcreate spaces and environmentsin their work that, thoughgrounded in reality, suggestaltered sensibilities. Such dis-location in art is an effective wayto ask the viewer to considertheir own relationship to realand imagined landscapes. Free.Through April 18. 957-1940;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.

Cooking ClassesChick’s Night Out: CookiesUncorked, 7-9 p.m., New RiffDistillery, 24 Distillery Way, Learnto create your own yummycookie masterpieces. Nakedcookies, icing, equipment, in-struction provided. Everyoneleaves with a dozen delicious,beautifully decorated sugarcookies. Includes wine and lightbites. Ages 21 and up. $45.Reservations required. 261-7433;www.newriffdistilling.com.Newport.

Dining EventsFish Fry, 5-7 p.m., Trinity UnitedMethodist Church-Latonia, 101 E.Southern Ave., Fish sandwich,two sides, drink and dessert fordine-in (drink not included forcarryout). $8, $4 children. 261-4010. Latonia.

Fish Fry, 5-8 p.m., Lawler-HanlonVFW Post 5662, 326 W. 10th St.,Fish, shrimp, steak sandwich,hamburger and cheeseburgerand sides. Carryout available.$6-$8. 431-5565. Newport.

Fish Fry, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., 4:30-8p.m., Knights of Columbus 3908,Father Bealer Council, 605 LytleAve., Carry-out available. Bene-fits Charities of Knights of Co-lumbus #3908.. $7. 342-6643.Elsmere.

Fish Fry, 5-8 p.m., EdgewoodSenior Center, 550 Freedom ParkDrive, Fried or baked fish orshrimp. Choice of 2 sides: Macand cheese, fries, onion rings,hush puppies or mini potatopancakes. Chicken nuggetavailable for kids. Desserts andsoft drinks extra. Carryout avail-able. Benefits Edgewood Fire/EMS Association. Presented byEdgewood Fire/EMS. 331-0033;www.edgewoodky.gov. Edge-wood.

Fish Fry, 4-8 p.m., Fort ThomasMasonic Lodge No. 808, 37 N.Fort Thomas Ave, Fish, macaroniand cheese, and/or fries, coleslawand tartar sauce. $7. Presentedby Fort Thomas Masonic LodgeNo 808. 441-1280. Fort Thomas.

Fish Fry, 4-7:30 p.m., Silver GroveFirefighter Association, 5011 FourMile, Meals start at $7.25. 441-6251. Silver Grove.

Fish Fry, 4-8 p.m., Wilder Volun-teer Fire Department, 520 Lick-ing Pike, Presented by City ofWilder. 431-5884. Wilder.

Drink TastingsWine Tasting, 5-9 p.m., Sto-neBrook Winery, 6570 VineyardLane, StoneBrook Tasting Room.Select samples from variety ofaward-winning Kentucky FruitWines. Ages 21 and up. $5.635-0111; www.stonebrook-winery.com. Camp Springs.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SATURDAY, APRIL 4Art & Craft ClassesFUNKtional Crafts: Handmadewine bottle holders and cupcaddies, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., TheArt House, 19 N. Fort ThomasAve., Learn to make wine bottleholders, cup caddies and deco-rative elements using card stockand upcycled paper. $25. Reser-vations required. 279-3431;www.inkaacollaborative.org.Fort Thomas.

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

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

CivicShred it Day, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.,City of Bellevue, 616 Poplar St.,

Document Destruction will belocated in front of city buildingfor shredding of sensitive docu-ments. Free. 431-8888; www.bel-levueky.org. Bellevue.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Music - Pop80’s Pop Rocks, 7:30 p.m., The

Southgate House Revival, 111 E.Sixth St., Original bands gatherto pay tribute to the 80’s. Ages18 and up. Benefits Caracole. $10.431-2201; www.southgatehouse-.com. Newport.

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

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

SUNDAY, APRIL 5Art ExhibitsArts Alive: Celebration ofCovington Artists, 1-5 p.m.,Behringer-Crawford Museum,$7, $6 ages 60 and up, $4 ages3-17, free for members. Wednes-days: one grandchild free withgrandparent’s admission. 491-4003; www.bcmuseum.org.Covington.

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

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

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



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

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

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

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

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

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

EducationMicrosoft Word I, 6:30 p.m.,Boone County Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Find out basicinformation about using Word2007. Learn about ribbons,current business letter format,tips and tricks. Presented byBoone County Public Library.342-2665; www.bcpl.org. Bur-lington.

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

Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 6 a.m.,Edgewood Jazzercise Center, $38for unlimited monthly classes.331-7778; jazzercise.com. Edge-wood.

Gentle Yoga, 6 p.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Learn basicpostures and flows. $25. Present-ed by Boone County PublicLibrary. 342-2665; www.bcpl.org.Burlington.

Yoga, 7:10 p.m., Boone CountyMain Library, 1786 BurlingtonPike, Hatha Yoga postures. $25.Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library. 342-2665;www.bcpl.org. Burlington.

Yoga, 10-11 a.m., The LivelyLearning Lab, 7500 OakbrookDrive, Suite 10, Yoga, music,meditation, movement, yogarelated games and songs. Eachchild has a turn to be leaderseveral times each session. Ages3-12. $5. Registration required.916-2721; www.thelivelylearnin-glab.com. Florence.



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

Teen Gaming (middle & highschool), 3:15-4:45 p.m., LentsBranch Library, 3215 CougarPath, Gaming and snacks. Free.Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library. 342-2665. Hebron.

African Americans of North-ern Kentucky, 7 p.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Experience livesof Northern Kentucky’s AfricanAmericans through historicphotographs and stories. Pre-sented by NKU’s Dr. Eric Jacksonand based on his book fromBlack America Series, NorthernKentucky. Signed copies avail-able for purchase. Free. Present-ed by Boone County PublicLibrary. 342-2665; www.bcpl.org.Burlington.

Music - RockSenses Fail, 6 p.m., The Thomp-

son House, 24 E. Third St., $14.50.261-7469; www.thompsonhouse-newport.com. Newport.

RecreationBusiness Lunch Go KartingSpecial, noon to 2 p.m., XhilRac-ing, $15. 371-5278; www.xrkar-ting.com. Florence.

Support GroupsDIVA - Divorced with Intellect,Vision and Abundance GroupMeeting, 6-7 p.m., KentonCounty Public Library Covington,502 Scott Blvd., Support, empow-erment, recovery for those intransition and healing process ofdivorce. For Those individualswho are considering, in themidst of, or recovering from,divorce. Free. Presented by BestLife Co-Parenting and Counsel-ing Services. 803-7817; www.be-stlifeco-parentingandcounseling-services.com. Covington.

TUESDAY, APRIL 7Art & Craft Classes7-11 Club, 9:30-11:30 a.m., TheLively Learning Lab, 7500 Oak-brook Drive, Suite 10, Social clubfor homeschoolers. Make crafts,play games or create art. Ages7-11. $5. Registration required.916-2721. Florence.

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

CivicSpring Clean Up, 7 a.m. to 7p.m., City of Bellevue, Free.431-8888; www.bellevueky.org.Bellevue.

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

Exercise ClassesInsanity Live Class, 9-10 a.m.,Faith Community United Meth-odist Church, 4310 RichardsonRoad, $5. Presented by Kick ItWith Kristin. 907-0188. Independ-ence.



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

LecturesFunctional Medicine and YourHealth, 7 p.m., Florence BranchLibrary, 7425 U.S. 42, Learn howdiet, environment, stress andpast traumas affect overallhealth, as well as how to reduceboth occasional and chronicpain. Free. Registration required.342-2665. Florence.

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

TAG and MAC (middle andhigh school), 6:30-8 p.m.,Boone County Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Help planprograms, recommend booksand materials and earn volunteerhours. Pizza provided. Reserva-tions required. Presented byBoone County Public Library.42-2665; www.bcpl.org. Burling-ton.

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

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Neda is an Asian small-clawed otter, one of the featuredanimals in Canyon Falls, the Newport Aquarium’s newestexhibit. The exhibit is now open.

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

you test them?”I would say a care-

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

fun in it. Not so much where a recipe

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

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

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

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

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

the same?No! At first glance, they’re all

shiny and look like they have someheft. Read packaging. What youwant is 18/10, which means 18 per-cent chromium and 10 percent nick-

el.Stainless steel is essentially iron

with more than 10 percent chromi-um. The higher the nickel content,the more protection from corrosion.Get as close to those numbers as youcan.

If you can pick a fork or spoon up,go ahead. It will feel good in yourhand with the 18/10, not feather-weight, and the polish will be ele-

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

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

Top off chicken cordon bleu with mimosa for brunch

THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD

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

Marie’s chicken cordon bleucasserole

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tyler Florence’s mimosa

Tyler uses blood orange juice, but regularjuice works.

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

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

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Today in America, newsmedia plays a huge part ininfluencing voters’ opinions.Both the information presentedto voters and the context inwhich it is presented can causevoters to make decisions forwhom or whom not to vote intooffice.

Media outlets who areknown to be politically affiliat-ed with a certain party cancertainly present news in sucha way to persuade, or make anattempt thereof, the reader orwatcher in order to cast a morepositive or negative impressionon a certain person or party.Although this practice is farmore subtle than it was at thetime of the United States’founding, it is still prevalent, toa lesser extent.

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

affiliation ofnews stationsand posts withparties mayhave morenegative sideeffects thanpositive.

Many peo-ple would ar-gue that cer-tain newsmedia outletsare supported

by a certain political party, andmany of these allegations aretrue, in some cases. Just a fewexamples are The HuffingtonPost’s reputation for their affili-ation with the Democrat Party(Keating, 2014), and Fox Newsis thought to be a predominant-ly right-winged corporation;this is so perhaps becausemany of their contributors,such as Rush Limbaugh andSarah Palin, are known to beconservative.

The problem with news

stations and outlets havingpolitical affiliations with cer-tain parties and people is thatsome shows, articles, and com-ments may present news in abiased or distorted way, eventhough that particular piece ofnews would be better served ifit had been presented objec-tively and without bias.

One example of bias can befound in an article written by aHuffington Post contributor,Lisa Keating, titled “MomTakes On Fox News Over Net-work’s Reporting of LGBTRights, Gender Non-Conform-ing Youth.” The title of thisarticle gives the impressionthat the reader is about to reada report concerning a suitagainst Fox News, when, infact, the entire article is theauthor’s accusation of Fox forbeing biased, and even spread-ing lies and “targeting a vul-nerable population,” in regardsto confusing LGBT minors.After reading the article, I

found myself confused anduneducated on the actual case.Keating writes about fighting“reckless and irresponsiblereporting,” but does her articlenot confuse and mislead aswell?

This type of bias in the newsmedia not only affects the opin-ions of readers in an unfair andconfusing way, but also can becarried over to the opinions ofvoters. If news outlets do notpresent news objectively, vot-ers and viewers cannot proper-ly assess the situations andform their own opinions.

An example of unfair pres-entation of news in a biasedmanner is the reporting style ofRush Limbaugh, who oftengoes so far as to present liberalpoliticians as weak or selfish.One example is an article writ-ten by Limbaugh entitled “JoseRodriguez Hits Back: ObamaDoesn’t Have the Fortitude andCourage to Take Prisoners,”when in reality, his own presen-

tation of news information isvery heavily biased and opi-nionated.

For these reasons newsmedia outlets should try not toaffiliate themselves with anycertain political party. Politicalaffiliations often lead to biasedreports and presentation ofinformation, which can causeconfusion to readers and view-ers, and influence their opin-ions. The opinions of votersshould be made by the voters,not news media.

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

Is American news media bias beneficial to voters?

AidanDonaghyCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

Erlanger city attorneywas unjustly dismissed

I have been a citizen of Er-langer for over 40 years. I havebeen very pleased with the ser-vices and government officials,better known as the City Counciland mayor. These people arededicated to their positions andserving the people who haveelected them, many times over.

The City Council and mayorneed legal guidance from time totime and fortunately they havehad the services of a great indi-vidual, Mr. Frank Wickmann. Hehad provided his services formany years to our city. Heserved our city with honesty, in-tegrity and most of all, the inter-est of the citizens of Erlanger.Mr. Frank Wickmann is perhapsone of the best city attorneys inthe state of Kentucky, not tomention our fine city of Erlang-er. His honesty and integritycannot be surpassed and hadnever been challenged untilnow. “If it’s not broke, don’t fixit,” has always been a philosophyof mine. With that in mind:

To quote “Governments arecreated by the people and for thepeople they serve.” When thegovernment or government offi-cial loses sight of this concept, itis the obligation of the people to

remove or change the govern-ment that has surpassed the lev-el of power which results in a ty-rannical manner.

Mr. Wickmann was let go ofhis position as city attorneywhen the new mayor, who hasabsolutely no experience in citygovernment, took office. Healone decided that Erlangerneeded a new attorney and de-clared that change was neces-sary. Because of this, I believethat he, the mayor, has acted inan oppressive, tyrannical man-ner and should be asked to re-evaluate his decision concern-ing Mr. Wickmann and be madeaware of the proper proceduresfor such an action. If our newmayor is not taught proper gov-ernment procedures and poli-cies, I believe that his actionscould be detrimental to our finecity of Erlanger.

I have participated in cityfunctions and have served on the“Code Enforcement” Board withMr. Wickmann. The main func-tion of the code board is to makesure that everyone in the cityobeys the ordinances in respectto the upkeep of their homes andsurroundings. I have alsoworked closely with many of thecurrent council members on theCentennial Committee. My ex-perience as a teacher, coach and

insurance agent has taught memany important ways to be pro-fessional and upstanding to oth-er individuals within the com-munity. Therefore, even I havemore experience and profes-sionalism than our current may-or.

In conclusion, Mr. Wickmannhas been unjustly dismissed inan inappropriate manner by ournewly elected mayor. Mr. Wick-mann has many supporters andmany who believe that he was agreat fit for our city.

Paul E. GronefeldErlanger

Handicap permits: Walka mile in their shoes

Ms. Daly, while reading yourMarch 19 edition, I found an arti-cle on handicap parking permitswhich I must say made me a lit-tle angry.

First of all, the people whohave these parking permits mayappear to be in the best of health,however you don’t know what isgoing on in their bodies. I haveCOPD and I get winded quiteeasily, however to look at me youwould think that I am in perfecthealth.

Remember the old adage,walk a mile in their shoes.

Betty Knaley Erlanger

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Last week’s questionWhat Opening Day traditions

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

“My daughter is in theBoone County Rebel Brigadeand will be marching in theOpening Day parade. This willbe her second year marchingand will most likely become atradition for our family sincemy son will eventually be apart of the Rebel Brigade.”

Lisha Coomer

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

Rob Stone

“I take off work every yearfor it. Can’t miss the parade!

Never lucky enough to scoretickets.”

Tori Lawton

“Can’t wait for baseball!”Tiffany Buchanan

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

C.G.

“I have gone to Opening Daysince 1971; the first OpeningDay at Riverfront. I like get-ting down there early to see theparade. The game now starts at4:15, which makes gettinghome much easier due to norush hour traffic.

“After three playoff appear-

ances with Dusty Baker theReds finished last in their divi-sion in 2014 with a new man-ager. They are picked last thisyear due to losing two startingpitchers. But hope springseternal this time of year and Isee their battling for a wildcard playoff spot in Septem-ber. But I also have XU in theNCAA finals. Go Figure!”

T.D.T.

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For 3 ½ years I served asan assistant commonwealth’sattorney, prosecuting peoplefor crimes such as burning achild with a light bulb, rape,and murder. I went to trialover 15 times during thatperiod and had a measurablerecord of success.

Now, Ipractice crim-inal defense –protecting therights of theaccused andmaking surethe govern-ment does notoverstep itsbounds. I haveclients in bothstate andfederalcourts, and I

have been appointed to theFederal Criminal Justice ActPanel. Here are some things Ihave learned:

1. Do not talk to the po-lice, at least not without rep-resentation. If you think thatin any way talking to a cop isgoing to help your situation,ask for your attorney to bepresent during the discus-sion.

2. You do not have toconsent to a search. Thepolice may get a warrant andsearch your property anyway,but make them follow theproper protocol. If they messup, your attorney may be ableto get the evidence thrownout of court. By consenting toa search you are just waivingyour rights, and that is notgenerally a good thing.

3. Do not confess on thejail telephone or to yourcellmate. (Ideally, don’t con-fess to anyone at all beforeyour attorney gives you the“OK.”) The government isprobably going to find outabout it.

4. When the police en-courage you to talk becausethey want to help you,think twice. You are mostlikely being recorded (theymay have cameras on theirshirts, sunglasses, vehicles,

etc.). All they want is for youto confess to them to get theconfession recorded, and agift-wrapped criminal convic-tion presented to the prose-cutor.

5. The police do not al-ways have to read you yourMiranda rights. You areentitled to a Miranda warningwhen you are both (a) in cus-tody, and (b) subject to in-terrogation. For example, ifyou are standing in your frontdoorway answering questionsfrom the police, you are prob-ably not entitled to the Miran-da warning because you arenot in custody.

6. You do not have toanswer every question thepolice ask you. They areentitled to demand your iden-tifying information. Otherthan that, there is not muchelse the law requires you toanswer. So, questions like“Have you been drinking?”and “Do you know how fastyou were going?” do not haveto be answered. In a verypolite and respectful manner,you can say, “Officer, al-though I intend to cooperatefully with all lawful requests,I would like to speak with myattorney prior to answeringany questions.”

7. The federal system andthe state system are verydifferent. The laws are dif-ferent, the penalties are dif-ferent, and the proceduresare different. If you arecharged with a federal crime,it is important that you talk toa federal criminal defenseattorney.

If you are facing criminalcharges, talk to an experi-enced defense attorney toensure you do not inadver-tently waive your rights orgive the police extra evidenceagainst you.

Megan E. Mersch, of Park Hills,has been practicing criminal de-fense law with the firm of O’Hara,Ruberg, Taylor, Sloan & Sergentsince 2013, and she was appointedto the federal public defenderpanel in 2014.

Tips from an ex-prosecutor

Lessons ofcriminal defense

Megan E.MerschCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

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

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

mon Kenton 112.5, 3. Walton-Ve-rona 93.33, 4. Highlands 83 (outof 14).

4x800: Brossart, 110 hurdles:Conner Edwards (Simon Ken-ton), 100: Alex Veneman (High-lands), 4x200: Walton-Verona,1,600: Eric Baugh (VMA), 4x100:W-V, 400: Jared Pulsfort (High-lands), 300 hurdles: Joe Donnel-ly (Brossart), 800: Eric Baugh(VMA), 200: Alex Veneman(Highlands), 3,200: Eric Baugh(VMA), 4x400: Walton-Verona,Long jump: Isaiah Evans (SK),Triple jump: Gabe Roberts(Brossart), High jump: LoganWinkler (SK), Shot put: AndreAnderson (Newport), Discus:Robby Twehues (Brossart),Javelin: Matt Harper (WV),

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

4x800: Simon Kenton, 100hurdles: Rebecca Cline (Camp-bell), 100: Nicole Goderwis

(Brossart), 4x200: NCC, 1,600:Sophia Delisio (SK), 4x100:NCC, 400: Nicole Goderwis(Brossart), 300 hurdles: Rebec-ca Cline (Campbell), 800: Jen-nah Flairty (Campbell), 200: Oli-via Schalk (NCC), 3,200: JennahFlairty (Campbell), 4x400: Si-mon Kenton, Long jump; Rose-marie Long (Highlands), Triplejump: Jena Doellman (Boone),High jump: Jena Doellman(Boone), Shot put: MikaylaReichert (Highlands), Discus:Reichert, Javelin: Maddie Pros-pero (VMA).

» Dixie Heights InvitationalBoys: 1. Dixie 126, 2. Ryle 120,

3. NCC 115, 4. Walton-Verona 90.7 teams.

4x800: NCC (Anderson, Bax-ter, Schwarber, Walker), 110hurdles: Miles Payne (Dixie),100: Peter Fields (Dixie), 4x200:WV (Crook, Richardson, Ham-mond, Doverspike), 1,600: EricBaugh (VMA), 4x100: Ryle (Ba-teman, Siemer, England,Smith), 400: Mitchell Otten(NCC), 300 hurdles: WalkerMcGoy (Dixie), 800: Brian An-derson (NCC), 200: Peter Fields

SHORT HOPS

By James [email protected]

See SHORT HOPS, Page B2

Pioneersbrave elements

Bishop Brossart hosted the 12-team Uncle Pete Noll soft-ball tournament, which began March 27 at the River CityEast Complex in Anderson Township, Ohio. Simon Kentonwas one of the teams that braved the elements.

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Simon Kenton senior Samantha Perkins gets a base hit to drive in a run.

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Simon Kenton's Hannah Perry scores a run. Bishop Brossart hosted the12-team Uncle Pete Noll softball tournament, which began March 27.

The Simon Kenton boystrack and field team doesn’tplan on waiting another 49years for its next regionalchampionship. The Pioneersare a group with high goals,with the right guy to help themclear obstacles in senior jum-per and sprinter Logan Win-kler, who routinely practicestwice as long as many of histeammates.

“He’s a freakof nature,” Si-mon Kentoncoach JesseHerbst said ofhis point-pro-ducing ma-chine. “LoganWinkler is avery hardworker, very

dedicated. I have two starttimes for practice, usually 3p.m. for boys and 4 p.m. forgirls, or sometimes the otherway around. He jumps at thegirls’ practice and runs duringthe boys’ practice.”

This is the 50th anniversaryof the Pioneers’ first regionalchampionship in 1965. Theyare attempting to run down theprogram’s first regional re-peat. They begin the scheduleSaturday at Mason County.

“We had just a handful ofseniors help us win the regionlast year, so I’ve got just abouteverybody back,” Herbst said.“I lost a thrower and a middle-distance guy, so the relays areintact, the jumpers are back,the distance guys, the sprint-ers.”

And Winkler, the one-manwrecking crew.

At least year’s Class 3A Re-gion 5 championships at DixieHeights, Winkler scored 38 ofa possible 40 points, account-ing for 31 percent of the Pio-neers’ total. He won the highjump, triple jump, anchoredthe winning 400-meter relayteam, and placed second in thelong jump behind Ryle’s ZaneSiemer. He tied the meet rec-ord with a high jump of 6 feet,

2 inches. He triple-jumped42-3 1/2. His 20-9 long jumpwas two inches short of first.

Winkler was so dominantSimon Kenton had 68 pointsbefore starting the regionaltrack events. He wasn’t alonein the field for the Pioneers.Tucker Mueller won the dis-cus, and Grant Vercheck wasthird. Isaiah Evans was secondin the triple jump and third inthe long jump. Senior placedsixth in Class 3A state discuswith a toss of 140-03, was thirdin the region.

They’re back, as well as therunners joining Winkler on the400 relay team, defending re-gional 100-meter championBen Mulberry, Dillon Powelland Dylan Hampton. Mulber-ry and Powell also ran on theregional champion 800 relayteam.

“We definitely feel strongthis year because so many peo-ple are back,” said Winkler.“On the relays, we’ve hadsome of the same guys for fouryears, and we are ready to go.”

Though it was a difficultstate meet in Lexington with a12th-place finish, the Pioneersare confident in their ability tooutrun and out-jump most ofNorthern Kentucky despite atough field. The goal at state isa top-10 finish.

“We have a lot of talentcoming back, but I also likeRyle and Campbell County in

our region. And you can nevercount out Dixie Heights,Boone County, Cooper andConner,” Herbst said of the lo-cal big-school contingent. “Itcould be a toss-up.”

Winkler picked up rightwhere he left off in March atthe KTCCCA indoor champi-onships. Winkler won the tri-ple jump at the KTCCCA in-door state meet in March. Healso won the high jump andlong jump.

Covington Catholic seeksits fifth Class 2A region crownin seven years with sprinterJake Erpenbeck, the defend-ing regional champion in boththe 100 and 200 meters, andreigning state champion in the100. The Colonels finishedfourth at state. Erpenbeck isback to help them catch theBluebirds in Lexington. He isdefending Class 2A statechampion in 100-meter dash.Finished with area-best timeof 10.93 seconds. Was secondin 200 by .01 seconds withclocking of 22 seconds. Ran aleg on second-place 400-meterrelay team and fourth-place800 relay team.

“We have a lot of experi-enced guys coming back fromlast season,” CovCath coachJoshua McCoy said. “The teamhas high expectations.”

Luke Foertsch and Michael

FIRST HANDOFF FOR 2015 BOYS TRACK AND FIELD

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Simon Kenton’s Grant Vercheck finished sixth in the discus at state last year.

Pioneers, Colonels lead chargein Kenton County boys trackBy James [email protected] and Gannett News Service

Winkler

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Simon Kenton’s Ben Mulberry passes to Dillon Powell in the 4x200.

See TRACK, Page B2

B2 • SOUTH KENTON RECORDER • APRIL 2, 2015 LIFE

The St. Henry DistrictHigh School girls trackand field team is lookingto defend its 2014 Class1A Kentucky HighSchool Athletic Associa-tion state title.

The Crusaders got anearly start by participat-ing in indoor track. St.Henry won the team titleat the KTCCCA indoorchampionships in ClassA in Maysville March 14.

In that meet, LibbyHolten won the highjump at 4-10. Tina Felixwas third in 55 hurdlesand Kim Spritzky fourth.Renee Svec 3rd in 1,600and Holly Blades 4th.Svec was also second inthe 800.

Blades won the 3,000and Liz Hoffman wassecond. Ellie Lauden-slayer was second in the55 dash and 2nd in the400. St. Henry won the4x800 last year.

The Crusaders hopeto take that momentumin to outdoor season. Fe-lix is the top returner asthe defending championin both the 100 hurdlesand 300 hurdles. She wasregional champion inboth those events and thepole vault.

Sam Hentz returns asregional champion in the1,600 and Paige Noble isdefending champ in thehigh jump. Both were onthe basketball team anddid not run indoor track.

Beechwood was fifthin Class A in the girlsstandings in the indoorstate championships.

Haley Holbrook sixthin 1,600. Mackenzie Ry-lee was fourth in 800 andNatalie Thomson sixth inthe 800

Sophie Colosimo fin-ished second in the triplejump and the long jumpand was sixth overall inthe 55 dash.

Colosimo was secondin the long jump at lastyear’s regional meet. Sheis one of three returnersfrom a 4x100 team thatplaced third at state,counting Caroline Schil-ling and Merrin Woods.

Simon Kenton partic-ipated in the indoor statemeet. Karley Abel wonthe 3A long jump. Ama-rah Nicholson was sec-ond in the 55. In outdoor,

she is the lone returnerfrom SK’s 4x200 squad,which finished fifth atstate in 2014, and the4x100 relay, whichplaced 12th. She finishedninth individually in the200.

McKenzie Lachmannreturns as a state qualifi-er in distance, as doesSophia Delisio. She was16th at state in the 3,200.Lachmann was third inthe region in the 1,600.

Meredith Hiles wasfourth in the 800 at re-gionals last year and An-ja Arlinghaus fifth.

Miranda Wethingtonreturns after qualifyingfor state in the discus.She was third in the re-gion.

Holy Cross will get aboost this spring from itscross country runners.Senior Natalie Jehn hashad a strong start to out-door season, finishingthird in both the 800 and1,600 at the Conner Invi-tational March 14.

Ludlow is led by Am-ber Victor, who was thirdin the 1A girls high jumpat state. Villa Madonna’sAmanda Werner quali-fied for state in the 1,600and 3,200.

Dixie Heights won theKTCCCA indoor meet,

finishing first out of fiveteams. Hannah Black-burn and Hannah Cookpaced the team in theshot put. Sami Josselynled in the high jump

Mary Conti won the400 at the indoor meet aswell as the 55. NicoleMarker won 1,600 at in-door. Laura Myfeltclaimed the 55 hurdles.

Conti is the lone re-turner from last year’sstate medalists eighth-place team in the 4x100relay. Jocelyn McGeheewas fourth in the regionin discus last season.

Scott is paced by LexiFlynn, the distancestandout was second inthe region in the 1,600and a state medalist in3A. Brooke Katinic qual-ified for state in shot putand discus.

Notre Dame is pacedby versatile standoutMandy Arnzen. She wassecond in the 3A statemeet and the regionalmeet in the long jump. Inthe triple jump, sheplaced third at regionsand 10th in the state andwas also on the statequalifying teams in the4x100 and 4x400 relays.

Follow James Weber onTwitter, @JWeberSports

FIRST START FOR HIGH SCHOOL TRACK

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Simon Kenton’s Sophia Delisio is one of the area’s top distance runners.

St. Henry girls startstate title defenseBy James [email protected]

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Notre Dame's Mandy Arnzen takes the handoff.

(Dixie), 3,200: Eric Baugh(VMA), 4x400: NCC (An-derson, Anderson,Schwarber, Jordan),High jump: Matt Isbel(Dixie), Long jump: MikeFifer (Lloyd), Triplejump: Scott Smith (WV),Discus: Clay Groeschen(Scott), Shot put: BrandenJohnson (Dixie).

Girls: 1. Ryle 176, 2.Dixie Heights 166, 3. Wal-ton-Verona 86, 4. Scott 65.9 teams.

4x800: VMA (Werner,Austin, Ernst, Dickman),100 hurdles: MaddieBloemer (Ryle), 100: Ma-ry Conti (Dixie), 4x200:NCC, 1,600: Jensen Bales(Ryle), 4x100: Dixie(Easterling, Smith, Ross,Cook), 400: Mary Conti(Dixie), 300 hurdles:Maddie Bloemer (Ryle),800: Alexandra Patterson(Ryle), 200: Juliet McGre-gor (Ryle), 3,200: LexiFlynn (Scott), 4x400: NCC(Ahlbrand, Barth, Daven-port, Schalk), High jump:Brooke Rickert (Ryle),Pole vault: Sara Edgett(Dixie), Long jump: JulietMcGregor (Ryle), Triplejump: Ansley Davenport(NCC), Discus: AjiaroseRice (Ryle), Shot put:Ajiarose Rice (Ryle).

Lacrosse» Notre Dame beat

Henry Clay 18-0 March28. Goals: Anna Stutler(3), Laurel Atchison (3),Christina Kennedy (3),Emily Jackson (3), KellySchmahl (2), AbbeyKeuper (2), Emma Nurre(1), Bowie Bender (1). As-sists: Laurel Atchison (2),Christina Kennedy (2),Julia Mathew (2), KellySchmahl (1), Sarah Stut-ler (1). Goalie: Abby Sam-mons 5 saves, ChloeSumme 3 saves.

Baseball» Holy Cross beat

Lloyd 11-5 March 24. Ja-red Seiberthad three hitsand two RBI, and ElliottBrazell had two hits andthree RBI.

» Ludlow beat MasonCounty 4-1. Senior TylerDurham went 3-for-3with a double and twoRBI to lead the Panthers.Senior pitcher Tyler Ly-ons picked up the win,

throwing five innings andstriking out six.

» Scott beat Newport10-0 March 25. Four Scottpitchers combined for afive inning no-hitter overthe Wildcats. Jake Ohm-er and Andrew Trameeach had two RBI for theEagles.

Girls tennis» Scott beat Simon

Kenton 3-2. Scott win-ners were Hillmann atfirst singles and Hancockat second singles, andBishop/Tapp at first dou-bles. SK winners wereHamilton at third singlesand Bowling/Chen at sec-ond doubles.

TMC Notes» Thomas More Col-

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

Koch was named thePAC Baseball Pitcher ofthe Week. He went 2-0with a 1.04 earned run av-erage last week for theSaints. Koch totaled 8.2combined innings andsurrendered two runs(one earned) on sevenhits with three strikeouts.

Salzer was named thePAC Softball Pitcher ofthe Week. She led theSaints in the circle lastweek, going 2-0 with a0.54 earned run average.She pitched 13.0 innings,gave up one run (earned)on seven hits while com-bining to strike out seven.

» Thomas More Col-lege junior guard/for-ward Sydney Moss(Boone County) andhead women’s basketballcoach Jeff Hans wereboth honored byD3hoops.com and Wom-en’s DIII News.

Moss was named theNCAA Division III Na-tional Player of the Yearby both organizations forthe second year in a row.She led the nation inpoints per game with 24.2points per game andranked third in triple dou-bles with one, which wasin the NCAA Division IIIChampionship Game.Moss ranked in the

Top-100 in five other sta-tistical categories as shewas 16th in assists turn-over ratio (2.29), 45th infield goal percentage(51.8), 46th in three-pointfield goal percentage(38.4), 66th in double dou-bles (12) and 98th in as-sists per game (4.0). Shealso led the team in re-bounds with 7.6 reboundsper game and blocked 18shots and recorded 60steals. During the NCAApostseason, Moss brokethe NCAA all-divisionwomen’s or men’s tourna-ment scoring record asshe scored 197 points inthe Saints’ six NCAAtournament games.

Moss, who was namedfirst team All-Americanby both organizations isalso one of three finalistfor the Women’s Basket-ball Coaches AssociationPlayer of the Year, whichis the third and final Na-tional Player of the Yearhonor awarded at the Di-vision III level. TheWBCA Player of the Yearwill be announced duringthe fifth annual WBCAAwards Show on Monday,April 6, in Tampa, Flori-da. This event is part ofthe WBCA National Con-vention and is held in con-junction with the NCAAWomen’s Final Four.

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

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Schulte are among othersto watch. Foertsch isclose to the school recordin discus.

“We have some strongthrowers returning whoworked hard in the off-season,” McCoy said. “ Alot of younger guys havereturned in better shapewith more speed than ex-pected, such as JordanTuemler and HenryToebbe. We have someareas to fill out some, butthings are coming togeth-er. The team has high ex-pectations for itself thisyear.”

Villa Madonna was12th at state with a pair ofwins in the 800 and 1,600from Eric Baugh, who’sback. His time of 4:22.82in 1,600 was fastest instate. Won 800 with area-best time of 1:58.12. Healso placed ninth in the3,200 meters. Baugh wonall three at regional.

Dixie Heights is led bystate-placing seniorsMatt Isbel and BrandenJohnson. Isbel is return-ing Class 3A fifth-placefinisher at state in thehigh jump with a leap of6-2. Was third at regional.

Johnson was third inClass 3A state shot putwith a toss of 51-11, morethan five inches fartherthan any other local com-petitor in any class. Wonthe region, beating fourseniors, was second in thediscus.

Holmes is led by re-turning state qualifiersFreddie Vickers and De-vin Bradford. Vickerswas third in the 2A re-gional in long jump andhigh jump and medaled inthe high jump at state. Atthe indoor champion-ships in March, Vickerswon the long jump andwas second in high jump.Bradford was third in the55 meters.

St. Henry has severalreturning state qualifiersin Class 1A, starting withRobert Brockman andDavid Poat. Brockmanfinished fourth at state inthe 800. He and Poat re-turn from the sixth-placeteam in the 4x400. SeniorJoe Gillcrist was seventhin the 110 hurdles at the1A state meet. St. Henryreturns all its runnersfrom the state qualifyingteam in the 4x200.

Junior Josh Hannonreturns after placingeighth in the 1,600 lastseason to medal, and was12th in the 3,200. Paul

Wallenhorst was fourth inthe state in triple jump.Nick Staub was eighth inpole vault.

Connor Kunstek was astate qualifier in shot putand discus.

Beechwood boys areled by Grant Birindelli,who was sixth in the 800at state. At the indoormeet, he was third in boththat and the 1,600. JustinOverstreet was fourth inshot put. Aiden Justicewas fifth in long jump andfifth in the 55.

Among Scott’s top re-turners are Clay Groes-chen, who threw 145 feetin the discus March 24.

Lloyd has several topreturners. Mike Fiferwas second in the 55 at theKTCCCA indoor meetand fourth in the triplejump. Jaquan Evans wassecond in high jump andsixth in the 55 hurdles andTrevor Butts fifth in the55 hurdles. Austin Rob-bins was third in the 3,000and fifth in the 1,600. Ad-dison Bosley finishedsecond in 1,600 at Lloyd’shome outdoor meetMarch 21.

Ludlow has three re-turners from the boys4x800 relay which fin-ished 10th in 1A. ChrisWelbers placed 17th inthe 3,200 at state.

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Last time we talkedabout leavening throughthe use of quick actingchemical leaveners likebaking powder and bak-ing soda. Leavening orraising a baked productcan also be achieved byusing yeast.

Yeast is used primari-ly to raise breads, but isalso used in some rollsand other products. Asalways, contact the Ken-ton County CooperativeExtension Service withother questions regard-ing your baking ingredi-ents. Call 356-3155 oremail me [email protected] addition, rememberthe Home Baking Asso-ciation for additionaltips: homebaking.org.

The Home BakingAssociation tells us thatbaker’s yeast (differs

fromBrewer’syeast)refers toa single-celledfungiwhichfermentssugar.Its func-tion in

bread dough is to con-sume sugars and starch-es in the flour and con-vert them to carbondioxide and alcohol togive bread its rise andflavor. This is alsoknown as fermentation.These flavor compoundsalso give yeast bread thegreat aroma and flavorthat we are all familiarwith.

Baking yeast is avail-able to most consumersin three forms: fresh,

active dry, and instant. When working with

yeast, we know thatpaying attention to tem-peratures is essential.Therefore, use of a ther-mometer is always rec-ommended to measureliquid temperature be-fore adding it to or withthe yeast. Yeast willgrow slowly under re-frigeration 33 to 40 de-grees F., more activelyat room temperatures,does not die if frozen,but will die in temper-atures above 140 de-grees F.

There are many reci-pes available for makingrefrigerator or “slowrise” yeast products.Also most bread doughscan be frozen. Best re-sults will occur whenfreezing dough after thefirst rise. Another tip is

to double the yeastamount if you know youare going to freeze thedough before baking.

Active dry yeast mustbe dissolved in warmliquid before adding toother ingredients. Sugaror other sweetener isoften added in a yeastbread recipe to “feed”the yeast and enhancethe fermentation proc-ess. The ideal temper-ature for working withactive dry yeast is 110-115 degrees F.

Yeast can be pur-chase in the form of“instant” – often calledrapid rise, or bread ma-chine yeast. This yeastcan be stirred directlyinto other dry ingredi-ents. You might havenoticed that these in-stant yeast particles aresmaller in size than the

active dry yeast parti-cles; in addition thereare more of them in thepacket of yeast. Thesesmaller granules absorbwater and begin work-ing more rapidly thanour active dry yeast.Since this variety ofyeast can also be pur-chased in a jar, remem-ber that 1 packet ofyeast (¼ ounce) dryyeast equals about 2¼teaspoons.

Other than the waythey are incorporated ina recipe, they two yeasttypes are interchange-able in a recipe. Be alertto ingredient temper-atures when workingwith the different yeasttypes – for quick riseyeast we recommend ahigher temperature of120-130 degrees F.

You may remember

fresh or compressedyeast cakes. They arefound in some groceryand specialty store re-frigerator cases, butmust stay refrigeratedand are not widely avail-able. A packet of dryyeast equals one 0.6-ounce cake of com-pressed fresh yeast.

The shelf life of yeastis approximately 4months. However, manyof us have “proofed” ouryeast by mixing theyeast packet with someof the recipe liquid (atcorrect temperature)and a little sugar tomake sure it is still ac-tive and usable.

Kathy R. Byrnes is KentonCounty extension agent forfamily and consumer sci-ences.

Understand how yeast raises homemade breads

Kathy ByrnesEXTENDINGKNOWLEDGE

UC professorbecomes director of audiology

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

Cahillreceivedher Bache-lor of Artsin speechand hear-ing sci-ences andminor inpsycholo-gy at Indi-

ana University. She com-pleted her Master of Artsin audiology and her Ph.D.in communication sci-ences and disorders at theUniversity of Cincinnati.

Cahill has 17 years ofexperience as a licensedclinical audiologist in theGreater Cincinnati area.She previously worked atChrist Hospital and Cin-cinnati Children’s Hospi-tal Medical Center. Shecurrently serves as an ad-junct professor in the De-partment of Communica-tions Sciences and Disor-ders at the University ofCincinnati.

John Parran joins Gateway

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

Parran will partnerwith local organizations toassess their workforcetraining needs or skills

gaps andoffer themcustom-ized as-sessment,pre-hireand skillimprove-ment train-ing solu-tions.

Parran most recentlyserved as national ac-counts manager and out-bound sales manager atTSC Apparel, a Cincin-nati-based wholesaler. Heearned a Bachelor of Artsdegree from UC.

Local lawyer to roll out new book

Attorney and authorRobert Hudson has re-leased his newest book en-titled “The HR LawyerWithin You – Human Re-source Strategies for Le-

gal Suc-cess.”Hudson isapast chairof theNorthernKentuckyChamberand the Co-vingtonBusinessCouncil.

The book garnered na-tional recognition earlierthis month by beingnamed Best BusinessBook at the 2015 GreatSoutheast Book Festival.

Hudson has authored

two additional businessbooks, “A Better Tomor-row – Fighting for Capital-ism and Jobs in the Heart-land” and “Our Best To-morrow – Students Teach-ing Capitalism toAmerica.” His most re-cent book centers on theframework for tacklingkey hiring, managementand firing dilemmas.

Hudson has appearedon Fox News, Fox Busi-ness News and the Blaze,and is a former co-host ofLeading Businesses,Leading Communitiestelevision show. His guestnewspaper columns onbusiness and communityissues were submitted fora Pulitzer Prize in 2014.

Hudson has more than25 years of experiencerepresenting manage-ment clients in all phasesof labor relations. He is apracticing attorney withFrost Brown Todd LLC inFlorence. He has lived inNorthern Kentucky since1987 and currently re-sides in Villa Hills.

NKY Chamber ofCommerce honorsLinda Schilling

The Northern Ken-tucky Chamber of Com-merce’s Women’s Initia-tive honored Linda Schil-ling as recipient of thesecond annual Spirit ofAchievement award pre-sented at the sixth annualWomen’s Initiative Break-fast.

Schilling is generalmanager of Valley ViewTemporary Furnished

Housing inCrestviewHills.

Theaward,which issponsoredby TheBank ofKentucky,

honors women involved inthe Women’s Initiativeprogram who have dem-onstrated professionalleadership and communi-ty involvement, accord-ing to a press release. TheWomen’s Initiative offersopportunities for womenof all career stages to con-nect, grow and achievebusiness and professional

success.Schilling has worked

with the Women’s Initia-tive for several years,serving as a committeechair, and helped initiatethe new Women’s Initia-tive On the Road program.

Walton SeniorActivity Centernames newmanager

Senior Services ofNorthern Kentucky an-nounced Kathleen Cole-man will be interim man-ager of the Walton SeniorActivity Center.

Coleman, of Union, hasbeen manager of the Co-

vingtonSenior Ac-tivity Cen-ter sinceFebruary2014.

She hasa back-ground ineducation

which includes teachingand guidance counselingin Rowan County, Pendle-ton County, CampbellCounty, Gallatin Countyand Beechwood schoolsystems.

Coleman earned hermaster’s degree in guid-ance and counseling fromXavier University.

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His first job was as a mechanicwith Don Beiler Garage and heretired as a truck driver for 32years for a number of companiesincluding Klawitter, Lennox, andWintz. He was an avid hunterand fisherman.

Survivors include his wife,Theresa Beck; daughter, Kimber-lee Schutter of Burlington; sonsThomas Allen Beck and JeffreyBeck, both of Elsmere; brother,Robert Beck of Brookville,Indiana; and seven grand-children along with five great-grandchildren.

Burial was at Forest LawnMemorial Park in Erlanger.

Memorials: The WoundedWarrior Project, 301 Grant St.,Suite 900, Pittsburgh, PA 15219.

Robert CloreRobert “Bob” Eugene Clore,

70, of Edgewood, died March 24at St. Elizabeth HealthcareHospice in Edgewood.

He was a lead facilities tech-nician at Cincinnati Children’sHospital Medical Center, U.S.Army veteran of the VietnamWar, and member of St. John’sCongregational Church inCovington as well as the CoastGuard Auxiliary. He loved hisdogs, Summy, Beau, and Rudy,and spent most of his leisuretime on the Ohio River.

His son, Adam Kessler; broth-er, William Edward Clore; andgrandchild, Aidan Kessler, diedpreviously.

Survivors include his wife,Paula Clore; daughters CindiKessler of Memphis, Tennesseeand Tiffany Bentley of Alexan-dria; and two grandchildrenalong with one great-grand-child.

Interment with military hon-ors was at St. Mary’s Cemetery inFort Mitchell.

Memorials: Brown CountyAnimal Shelter, 100 VeteransBlvd., Georgetown, OH 45121; orWounded Warriors Project, 4899Belfort Road, Suite 300, Jackson-ville, FL 32256.

Virginia EstenfelderVirginia “Ginny” Lee Callen

Estenfelder, 73, of Park Hills,died March 19.

Her husband, Paul Esten-felder, died previously.

Survivors include her daugh-ters Gina Estenfelder and LisaTrusty; sisters Carol Parks andDonna Esterman; companion,Charlie Hubbard; and twograndchildren.

Burial was at IndependenceCemetery.

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

Mary GastrightMary Lou Ehmet Gastright, 81,

of Latonia, died March 22 atUniversity of Cincinnati MedicalCenter in Cincinnati.

She was a member of HolyCross Church in Latonia, founderof the Holy Cross BereavementCommittee, member of theNorthern Kentucky HealthBoard, volunteer teacher at

adult C.C.D. at Holy Cross, class-room volunteer at Howell andLindeman Elementary Schools inErlanger, member of LatoniaLadies Golf Association and theCovington and Kenton CountyJay-Cees, and citizen of themonth for Covington for March1993. She was a Kentucky Colo-nel, helped form and presentthe mission statement to HolyCross Parish, and received theHoly Cross Dedication Award.

Her husband, Fred M. Gas-tright Jr.; granddaughter, LisaRump; and great-granddaugh-ter, Riley Gastright, died previ-ously.

Survivors include her daugh-ters Cathy Rump, Debbie Kenne-dy, Julie Ives, Lisa Gastright,Terrie Gastright Hill, and JeanneLenhof; sons Mark Gastright andMike Gastright; sister, CarolSanning; and 21 grandchildrenalong with 28 great-grand-children.

Interment was at Mother ofGod Cemetery in Fort Wright.

Memorials: Holy Cross Church,C/O restoration fund or bereave-ment committee, 3612 ChurchSt., Latonia, KY 41015.

Martha HaleMartha A. Hale, 82, of Rich-

mond and formerly of Inde-pendence, died March 20 atHospice Care Center in Lexing-ton.

She was a secretary at Bald-win Piano Co., a member ofEastern Star, an active memberof the Republican Party, andpast PTA president for KentonCounty Schools.

Survivors include her husband,Hobert Hale; sons Charles G.Hale of Richmond, Douglas A.Hale of Independence, KennethL. Hale of Independence, andThomas G. Hale of Burlington;sister, Virgie Peffer of Cincinnati;and eight grandchildren alongwith one great-grandson.

Interment was at Floral HillsCemetery.

Jenny HalladayJenny Wyckoff Halladay, 40,

of Ludlow and formerly of NewYork, New York, died March 19at Memorial Sloan-KetteringCancer Center in Manhattan.

She belonged to the Churchof Jesus Christ of Latter-DaySaints in Lakeside Park and wasa member of the Society forCreative Anachronism.

Her father, Edward Wyckoff,died previously.

Survivors include her husband,Aaron Halladay; mother andstepfather, Claire and DanMaguire of New York; andsiblings Lysk and Eliza Wyckoffof New York.

Interment was at Highland

Cemetery in Fort Mitchell.

Edna HoupEdna L. Chambers Houp, 104,

of Fort Wright, died March 19 ather home.

She was a homemaker andlongtime member of First Bap-tist Church in Ludlow. Sheenjoyed gardening, sewing, andcrocheting.

Her husband, Lafon Houp;sons Charles LaFon Houp andMelvin Houp; grandson, BrianHoup; and brother, Roy Cham-bers, died previously.

Survivors include her daugh-ter, Carol Miller of Mansfield,Ohio; son, William “Ralph”Houp of Fort Wright; and sixgrandchildren along with ninegreat- grandchildren and sevengreat-great-grandchildren.

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

Carol MartinCarol Ann Carson Martin, 77,

of Crescent Springs, died March24 at her daughter’s home.

She was a retired social work-er with Marjorie P. Lee EpiscopalRetirement Homes in Hyde Parkand a member of Trinity Episco-pal Church in Covington. Prior toher social work career, shegraduated from the SalvationArmy School of Nursing andworked many years in theoperating room at Booth Hospi-tal in Covington.

Her sisters, Linda Eddins andJean Dance, died previously.

Survivors include her husband,Mulford Martin Jr.; children JoniFinnell, Paula McNeese, ScottFinnell, and Matthew Finnell;sister, Joyce Hepfer; brothersDavid Crouch, Eddie Crouch, andLarry Carson; and 19 grand-children along with two great-grandchildren and five step-children.

Memorials: St. Paul’s EpiscopalChurch Food Pantry, 7 CourtPlace, Newport, KY 41071.

Laura ThomsonLaura Frances Shipp Thomson,

74, of Independence, diedMarch 22.

She graduated from EasternKentucky University and theUniversity of Louisville beforebeginning her six-decade careerin education. She began hereducation career as an ele-mentary school teacher in FortKnox and went on to teachchildren with physical andmental handicaps at the EasterSeals Opportunity School inCovington during the 1970s. Asdirector of the Northern Ken-tucky Cooperative for Educa-tional Services, she led efforts toensure that the educational

needs of special educationstudents in the five countyNorthern Kentucky area werefulfilled. She was a leader of theTraineeship Program, whichhelps defray tuition costs forteachers wanting to pursuecertification in special education.Additionally, she served as amentor to teachers via theKentucky Teacher Intern Pro-gram. She was named one ofThe Kentucky Post’s OutstandingWomen of Northern Kentucky in1997, was past president of theKentucky Council for Exception-al Children, and was an activemember and leader in Phi DeltaKappa.

Survivors include her husband,Keller C. Thomson; daughter,Kaye Bergman of Independence;sons Steve Thomson of Waltonand David Thomson of Inde-pendence; sister, Mary BobSebree of Dry Ridge; and 11grandchildren along with threegreat-grandchildren.

Interment was at Independ-ence Cemetery.

Memorials: Alzheimer’s Asso-ciation, 644 Linn St., Suite 1026,Cincinnati, OH 45203.

Howard Tinnell Sr.Howard Clayton Tinnell Sr., 85,

of Fort Mitchell, died March 23at St. Elizabeth Medical Centerin Edgewood.

He was a retired pipefitter,working more than 40 yearswith the Ford Motor Co. inBatavia. He was a member ofthe Masons and the Scottish Riteand he was a Kentucky Colonel.

His five siblings died previ-ously.

Survivors include his wife,Jennie Ellen Peare Tinnell;children Vicki Kotz of Union,Jerrie Tinnell of Fort Mitchell,and Clay Tinnell of Florence; andsix grandchildren along with fivegreat-grandchildren.

Entombment was at ForestLawn Memorial Park in Erlanger.

Roberta TrottaRoberta “Sissy” Clarice Hill

Trotta, 88, of Crestview Hills,died March 23 at St. ElizabethHealthcare Hospice in Edge-wood.

She was a retired registerednurse at Christ Hospital, whereshe graduated in 1948 from theChrist Hospital School of Nurs-ing.

Survivors include her husband,Carmen C. Trotta; daughter,Lynn Williams of Inverness,Florida; son, Greg C. Trotta ofBurlington; and three grand-children.

Entombment was at ForestLawn Memorial Park Mausole-um in Erlanger.

Memorials: To the charity ofthe donor’s choice.

Richard WaibelRichard “Rick” C. Waibel, 63,

of Independence, died March 23at his home.

He was a technician in auto-motive training.

Survivors include his brothersBishop Paul Kenneth Waibel andHarold Waibel; and sisters KathyWeigand and Judy Meyer.

Memorials: St. Mychal theMartyr Church, 533 HopewellPark, Lexington, KY 40511.

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Question: Can yourecommend some appletree varieties that do wellhere that don’t need to besprayed? I would love togrow my own organicapples!

Answer: In our cli-mate, organic apple pro-duction is possible, butchallenging. Regularsprays, starting in Marchand continuing throughharvest, are still requiredto stop harmful insectsand certain diseases.There are organic op-tions available, althoughthese products do notalways work as well asconventional pesticidesfor insect and diseasecontrol.

Any apple tree is sus-ceptible to attack fromvarious insects and dis-eases, but the Universityof Kentucky has doneresearch to determinewhich apple varieties orcultivars are most resis-tant to several of theworst disease problems,yet even these best varie-ties, if unsprayed, canstill be totally destroyedby insects like codlingmoth, plum curculio,scale and mites.

The following applevarieties have very goodresistance to apple scabfungus, have performedwell in this area and arediscussed in order ofripening. Most are alsoresistant to several otherserious apple diseases,like fireblight, cedar-apple rust, and powderymildew.

» Redfree – a dark redover yellow apple thatripens in early Augustand colors well for thistime of the season. Red-free is a tart, firm, juicy,sweet apple which will

keep forseveralmonthsand alsohas resis-tance tocedar ap-ple rust, aswell assootyblotch andfly speckdiseases,

but may have troublewith fireblight or pow-dery mildew.

» Liberty – a verytart, McIntosh-type applethat ripens in late Au-gust. In a cool fall, Liber-ty develops dark redstripes over a green/yellow fruit. Very diseaseresistant.

» Spartan – a firm,McIntosh type, dark redto pale red, ripening inearly September andstoring well into January.Very disease resistant.

» Priscilla – a small,tart, firm, crisp, juicyapple, ripening in mid-September, with a darkred blush over yellow-green. Very disease resis-tant.

» Winecrisp – a medi-um sized, very firm ap-ple, juicy and crisp,sweet-tart, spicy flavor,stores well into February.Harvest in mid-October.Very disease resistant.

» Enterprise – a red,spicy, aromatic, crisp andfine-grained apple thatripens in mid-to-lateOctober. Enterprise has arelatively thick skin, avery good disease resis-tance package and storeswell until February.

» Gold Rush – a verycrisp, firm, tart, yellowapple with a red blush;ripens in mid-to-lateOctober. It sweetens up

in storage and is one ofthe best storing applesavailable, keeping intoApril and beyond. It has avery good resistance toscab and fire blight, butis susceptible to cedarapple rust and powderymildew.

» Sundance – a firm,yellow apple, with a mildpineapple flavor. Excel-lent disease resistance.Ripens in mid-October.

For more informationon growing fruits, plusupdates on upcomingExtension classes, and towin free vegetable seedsfor your spring garden,go to www.facebook.com/

BooneHortNews orwww.twitter.com/BooneHortNews .

Mike Klahr is Boone Countyextension agent for horticul-ture.

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In our climate, organic apple production is possible, but challenging. Regular sprays, starting inMarch and continuing through harvest, are still required to stop harmful insects and diseases.

Which apples don’tneed spraying?

COMING UP» Home Grown Fruit:

9-11 a.m. Tuesday, April 7,Boone County ExtensionOffice. Free, but call859-586-6101 to register,or enroll online atboone.ca.uky.edu.

» Cherries, Peaches& Plums, Oh My! AllAbout the Genus Pru-nus: 1-2 p.m. Tuesday,April 14, Boone CountyArboretum, 9190 CampErnst Road, Union, Shel-ter No. 1. Register athttp://bit.lyBCAregistration.

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Although I share nomagic pill, special diet, orformula, the strategies Ishare are relevant toevery struggle andstronghold, whether it bealcohol, drugs, relation-ships etc. The motivationI used nine years ago todrop 50 pounds is thesame motivation I useregarding every battle Ifight today:

» You must want it!(I mean really, reallywant it). I see hundredsof people throughout theyear who say they wantto lose weight. There isone significant differ-ence between those whosucceed and those whofail.

When you really wantsomething (includingweight loss) what it isgoing to cost you in timeand energy cannot be afactor. You simply mustbe ready to do whateverit takes, whatever thecost. The Bible remindsus, “Therefore, since weare surrounded by such agreat cloud of witnesses,let us throw off every-thing that hinders and thesin that so easily entan-gles. And let us run withperseverance the racemarked out for us” He-brews 12:1.

» You must remem-ber who the battle be-longs to (and it’s not

you). I vividly rememberhitting the floor (liter-ally) a few days after Istarted my journey. Thenewness and excitementof losing weight and eat-ing healthy was wearingoff and I was beginningonce again to fear myability to succeed. Lyingflat out on my face Icried out, “God, you knowI can’t do this. You know Iwant to be a better moth-er, wife and servant. But,I’m losing my will power.If you want this for me,You are going to have tostep in and fight for me.But I promise if you do,you will get all the gloryand praise.” From thatmoment on, I knew I wasgoing to be successful.

Let’s be clear, it wasn’teasy (still isn’t) yet once Irealized who was reallyfighting I knew I couldclaim victory. To this dayI take great comfort inthis verse, “But you willnot even need to fight.Take your positions; thenstand still and watch theLord’s victory” 2 Chron-icles 20:17

May you experiencevictory in whatever bat-tles you are facing thisweek, by letting go of thethings that are hinderingyou and rememberingWho fights for you!

Julie House of Independenceis founder of Equipped Minis-tries, a Christian-basedhealth and wellness program.

How badly doyou want it?

Julie HouseCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

The annual Andrew J.Schrage Memorial GolfOuting will take place atnoon June 6 at KentonCounty Golf Course in In-dependence.

The event benefits theAndrew J. Schrage Schol-arship Fund. Andrew at-tended the J.B. SpeedSchool of Engineering at

Univer-sity ofLouisvillemajoringin me-chanicalengineer-ing.

Afterhe died in a tragic acci-dent, his family estab-

lished a scholarship forNorthern Kentucky stu-dents in his memory at Uof L.

Andrew was passion-ate about his careerchoice and was co-captainof the Formula Racingteam. He was loved by hisfamily, friends, teammembers and professors.

Jim Breech, formerCincinnati Bengal, will bethe special guest. Theevent includes, lunch,dinner, golf with a cart,and a goodie bag. Regis-tration is $100 per person.Complete details can befound at www.andrewj-schrage.org or by calling859-803-2528.

Andrew Schrage Memorial Golf Outing is June 6

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Kenton County Farm Bureau was recognized for outstandingmembership and program achievement during the 95thKentucky Farm Bureau annual meeting in Louisville. Picturedhere, Jean Atkins, center, accepts the award from David S.Beck, right, Kentucky Farm Bureau executive vice president,and Brad Smith, executive vice president of Kentucky FarmBureau Insurance Companies, during a Dec. 5 recognition andawards program.

FORT WRIGHT — LindaHornsby loves how theJames A. Ramage CivilWar Museum brings his-tory to life.

“My favorite thingabout the museum iswhen families visit themuseum and I get the op-portunity to watch thechildren become excitedabout Civil War history,”said Hornsby, the mu-seum’s volunteer coordi-nator and board member.“We see this a lot duringour Battery Hooper Days(held in the fall) when wehave living history exhib-its and re-enactors.”

That’s why the mu-seum’s main fundraiser,the Blue & Gray Dinner,is so important, Hornsbysaid. The annual event, inits fifth year, raises fundsto help support the mu-seum’s operations, exhib-its, and programsthroughout the year.

This year’s dinner willbe April 23 at Twin OaksGolf and Plantation Clubin Latonia. The cocktailhour with a cash bar willbe 6-7 p.m. and dinnerstarts at 7 p.m. This year,in honor of his retirementfrom Northern KentuckyUniversity, Dr. James A.Ramage, the museum’s

founder, will be honored.Guest speaker will beSen. Chris McDaniel.

Entertainment will beprovided by the Forget-Me-Not HistoricalDance. Museum boardpresident JeannineKreinbrink said she islooking forward to theperformance.

“They will present his-torical dance from theCivil War era,” she said.“The dancers will discussthe origins and styles ofdance and provide dem-onstrations. After somepresenting, they will‘teach’ those willing at-tendees of our event afew of the dances. Theywill be in period attire,dancing to period music.”

The dinner is also im-portant, according toKreinbrink, because it

raises awareness of themuseum.

“The James A. Ram-age Civil War Museum isimportant to NorthernKentucky because it isfocused on local/regionalhistory of the Civil War,”she said. “The museumprovides interactive op-portunities for visitors toparticipate in activitiesthat help them experi-

ence local history in in-teresting ways. These in-clude public archeology,Battery Hooper Days inAugust, and other eventsand activities. Support-ing the museum at thedinner helps us bringthese great events andactivities to the public.”

Tickets for the dinnercost $50 per person or $90per couple, payable in ad-vance. Please RSVP toLinda Hornsby at 859-261-3045 or [email protected] by April 16.Please make all checkspayable to James A.Ramage Civil War Mu-seum and mail check to:James A. Ramage CivilMuseum. Mail checks tothe museum with atten-tion to Blue & Gray Din-ner: 409, Kyles Lane, FortWright, KY 41011.


Ramage Museum to hold Blue & Gray DinnerMelissa [email protected]

THANKS TO LINDA HORNSBY

The James A. Ramage Civil War Museum in Fort Wright

FLORENCE — Walmartshoppers on DoeringDrive know Charles Hud-son.

They may recognizehis smiling face, his tallstature and the way hekeeps the line swiftlymoving in the expresscheckout despite havinglost his left arm to bonecancer.

Now, Hudson is knownthroughout the Walmartcorporation because hewon a national customerservice award presentedin Orlando, Florida, onFeb. 2.

“It was my first timeto fly on a plane,” he said.

“I brought home thegold.”

Hudson has workedfor Walmart for 24 years,and the native NorthernKentuckian lives in Cres-cent Springs with hiswife, Carolyn.

During his two-daytrip, Hudson didn’t get toexplore much of Florida,but he did get to meetGreg Foran, WalmartUSA’s president andchief executive officer.

“He has a lot of ener-gy,” Hudson said. “Thisaward isn’t just for me,it’s for our whole team.We all work hard.”

Customer service su-pervisor Darlene Dilul-lio, who has worked forWalmart almost 20 years,

said she doesn’t knowanyone else who has wona national award.

“He deserves this. Hereally does,” she said. “Ilove working withCharles. He’s efficient,quick and very friendly.Everything goes smooth-ly when he’s here. He’sjust a great person andhe’s got a great attitude.”

Hudson said he likeseverything about his job,but doesn’t think heshould get all the credit.

“I’m a people person.Everyone is real nice,” hesaid. “I couldn’t havedone it without God. Godmade this possible. Hehas blessed me in manyways.”

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Charles Hudson, a cashier atFlorence Walmart, received acorporate customer serviceaward in Orlando.


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