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Primary Election Day is forDemocrats and Republicans,not registered independentvoters.

Democratic and Republicanvoters can cast votes at pollingprecincts across Kentuckyfrom 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on pri-mary election day, Tuesday,May 19.

Boone, Campbell or Kentoncounties have no local elec-tions. Ballots in all three coun-ties are the same for choosingcandidates for five state of-fices, including governor,ahead of a Nov. 3 general Elec-tion Day. For a sample ballotvisit bit.ly/kyballots.

Republican and Democraticvoters will each see ballots to

choose gubernatorial and statetreasurer candidates. Republi-cans will have ballots with can-didates for attorney generaland commissioner of agricul-ture. Democrats have a ballotwith two candidates for secre-tary of state.

People need to remember tovote, said Campbell CountyClerk Jim Luersen.

“Historically, NorthernKentucky has always had a lowturnout for state races,” Luer-sen said. “A lot that happens inFrankfort affects us, for betteror worse, and we need a voicein Frankfort that representsus.”

Primary election voter turn-out in Campbell County is notexpected to come close to the42 percent of registered votersfor a general election day with

county and local offices up forgrabs last November, he said.

“We are guessing between12 and 15 percent turnout,”Luersen said.

Boone County Clerk KennyBrown also expects a low turn-out.

“I expect voter turnout to bein line historically with the wayit’s been for these kind of state-wide races, very low. I’m ex-pecting anywhere from 7 to 10percent,” Brown said.

In the past three primaryelections for statewide consti-tutional officers, voter turnoutwas 6.8 percent in 2011, 11.08percent in 2007, and 8.8 per-cent in 2003, according toBrown.

“The tradition is that North-ern Kentucky really doesn’tturn out for these statewide

constitutional races,” he said.“It’s sad because we’re missinga chance to have an influenceon these statewide offices.”

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BURLINGTON — Residentsturned to social media to ques-tion the safety of Camp ErnstRoad following a two-car colli-sion on May 1.

Online commenters claimedspeeding – along with unsaferoads and treacherous terrain –plague the road where the head-on crash happened as familiesmourned the loss of Travis Liv-ers-Gowdy, 18, who died Thurs-day following the crash that in-volved two other students fromRandall K. Cooper High Schooland a 50-year-old Hebron man.

According to Kentucky State

Police records, 418 collisionshave taken place on Camp ErnstRoad between Jan. 1, 2010, andApril 30, 2015. None of those in-volved a fatality.

Boone County School Super-intendent Randy Poe said siteselection for a school is a proc-ess that includes informationsuch as road safety, and theyfollowed that process beforeCooper was built in 2008.

“The road network is takeninto serious consideration. Thestate and county deemed CampErnst Road safe at that time. It’ssafe now,” Poe said.

While a large portion of thearea surrounding the school isrural, residential growth in that

part of the county is the mainreason for building the school.

Poe said Cooper’s location ona two-lane rural highway isn’tunusual, as Boone County HighSchool, Conner High School andRyle High School were all builton two-lane roads that were lat-er converted to four-lane high-ways because of a growing pop-ulation. Boone County Sheriff’sOffice spokesman Tom Schebensaid Camp Ernst Road is rou-tinely patrolled, not just duringtimes students are entering andleaving school.

“Camp Ernst Road has ap-proximately 35,000 vehicles

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Camp Ernst Road was the scene of a multi-vehicle accident that required two medical helicopters to transport theinjured May 1.

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BURLINGTON — Most lemon-ade stands bring neighbors to-gether to make a child smile,but Colin Albrecht’s helpsgrant wishes.

From 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sat-urday, May 16, he will be serv-ing free lemonade and cookiesat his Ethan Road home whilehe accepts donations Make-A-Wish Ohio, Kentucky and Indi-ana. Make-A-Wish is known forenriching the lives of childrenwith life-threatening medicalconditions through its wish-granting work.

From 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.Sunday, May 17, 9-year-old Col-in will join his fourth-gradeclassmates at Hyde Park Ele-mentary School in Cincinnatito continue the stand’s successand raise more money to do-nate. Last year, Colin raised$1,453 over two days, whichwas his first donation to Make-A-Wish Foundation.

The first year, when he was4, Colin’s mom, Kara, said hewanted the lemonade stand toraise money for himself. Shesaid he could only do it if he do-nated the proceeds. Theycharged 25 cents a cup fortheir lemonade, made from apowder mix, and earned $30.

After that, they decided togive away the lemonade, and

then they added cookies. Eachyear, donations increased, andhis dad, Mike, and little broth-er, Spencer, got more involved.

Two years ago, they raised$300 for the Ronald McDonaldHouse. While waiting on a de-layed flight in Chicago, Colin’sfamily crossed paths with afamily headed to Disneyland inCalifornia on a Make-A-Wishtrip. When Colin asked whatthat meant, he decided thatwould be the recipient of hisnext lemonade stand donation.

“They really do help people.I just want to help them dothat,” Colin said. “Having thelemonade stand is just a gooduse of time. Sometimes you canjust get bored.”

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Colin Albrecht, 9, is hosting hissixth annual lemonade stand,which benefits Make-A-Wish forthe second year.

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traveling across it in anygiven week,” he said. “Weissued 172 citations last

year.” Scheben “respect-fully disagrees” with theopinion the road is dan-gerous.

“If a driver follows thespeed limit and reducesdistractions (i.e. texting,cellphone use, etc.) it issufficiently safe. Theschool adds traffic vol-ume, no doubt, but mostcollisions are a result ofhuman contributing fac-tors and not roadway orenvironmental.

An investigation into

the May 1crash shows thedriver lost control of thevehicle before before theserious collision. PaigeBrickler, 18, of Burling-ton, was driving north onCamp Ernst Road whenpart of her Toyota Camrywent off the road, accord-ing to an initial investiga-tion from the Boone Coun-ty Sheriff’s Office.

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Schickel presentsSixth Annual PickleFeast

RICHWOOD — Sen. JohnSchickel and SteveBrooks’ sixth annual Pick-le and Wiener Feast willstart at 5:30 p.m. June26,at Cornerstone HorseFarm, 731 RichwoodRoad. Nashville perform-er Troy Brooks of Waltonwill perform country mu-sic.

Celebrity guests willinclude President of theKentucky State SenateRobert Stivers, PresidentProtem David Givens,Senate Majority FloorLeader Damon Thayer,U.S. Congressman Thom-as Massie, Ky. Commis-sioner of AgricultureJames Comer and Ken-tucky basketball legend

Jack “Goose” Givens,along with other officialsfrom across the state.

The menu includesSchickel’s award-winningpickles, hot dogs and Bar-leycorns Restaurant’sfried pickles. Info: 859-384-7506 or email [email protected].

PVA schedulesinspections

BURLINGTON — TheBoone County PVA Officewill be inspecting proper-ties in Strawberry Hilland Hanover Park alongwith new construction,farms and commercialproperties throughout thecounty. Staff memberswill be in a marked vehi-cle and have identifica-tion available upon re-quest.

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Northern Kentuckycommunities are firm-ing up plans for Memori-al Day which falls onMay 25.

With the 70th anniver-sary of the end of WorldWar II, the holiday takeson added significance.

And Kentucky’s gov-ernor has declared 2015“Year of the Woman Vet-eran.”

At least one localtown, Florence, is invit-ing women veterans – aswell as men – to its May25 ceremonies.

Alexandria, Florenceand Park Hills areamong communities ob-serving Memorial Daywith a parade.

The Alexandria Veter-ans of Foreign Wars Post3205 will have its paradeon Sunday, May 24.

Lineup is at 1 p.m. andthe parade starts at 2p.m. from the CampbellCounty Middle Schoolsouth parking lot.

To participate callDennis Bush at 859-750-7211.

The Park Hills Memo-rial Day Parade, takingplace on Monday, May25, starts at 11:30 a.m. atNotre Dame Academyand concludes at TrolleyPark with a flag raisingceremony and a tributeto grand marshals Donand Missy Catchen.

Park Hills’ parade issponsored by the ParkHills Civic Associationand the city of Park

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Florence invites thepublic to join its paradeand ceremony honoringthe women and men whoserved in the ArmedForces to defend free-dom.

The parade begins at10 a.m. at Boone CountyHigh School and ends atthe Florence Govern-ment Center.

A program follows at 1p.m. at the Boone CountyVeterans Memorial lo-cated on the FlorenceGovernment Centercampus.

Kentucky Gov. SteveBeshear has declared2015 as the “Year of theWoman Veteran” so Flor-

ence is inviting all wom-en veterans to join thecity’s events, as well asmen. Call FlorenceParks and Recreation at859-647-5439.

CRESCENT SPRINGSA Memorial Day Ser-

vice is 2 p.m. SundayMay 24, at the KentonCounty Veterans Memo-rial at Buttermilk Pikeand Collins Road, Cres-cent Springs.

The emcee will beJohn Lomax, early morn-ing anchor of Channel 12.

WALTONMemorial Day ser-

vices will begin at Wal-ton Cemetery at 9:30 a.m.Monday, May 25, and willadjourn to continue on atthe Veterans Memorialbehind Walton City Hall.

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They’re all around. Inevery county, in everycommunity — in yourown backyard. They arethe hungry.

“The need in our areais great,” Becky Ewing,executive director ofUnited Ministries said.“Many of the families wesee are working mini-mum wage jobs or theyare elderly. Many re-ceive SNAP assistance,formerly known as foodstamps. However, theamount is not enough tomeet their needs. Manypeople count on us in or-der to have enough to eatfor the month.”

United Ministries, lo-cated at 525 Graves Ave.in Erlanger, works to ad-dress these needs inKenton and Boone coun-ties.

According to the Mapthe Meal Gap 2015 report, by Feeding America,Kenton County's overallrate of food insecurity is14.2 percent. That’sabout 22,920 individuals.The U.S. Department of

Agriculture defines foodinsecurity as limited oruncertain ability to pro-vide nutritious meals. InBoone County, 11.8 per-cent of the population or14,280 individuals sufferfrom food insecurity.

United Ministries dis-tributes 342,000 poundsof food annually to hun-gry neighbors, theequivalent of 285,000meals.

Ewing said the pantryis a “grassroots organi-zation” dependent onvolunteers and dona-tions. One major fund-raising effort the groupcounts on each year isthe Freestore Food-bank’s Hunger Walk &5K Run, Ewing said. TheFoodbank has organizedthe event the last 12years. The walk and rungives partner agencieslike United Ministriesthe opportunity to raisefunds to fight hunger.

This year’s eventkicks off 9 a.m. Monday,May 25, at Yeatman’sCove in Cincinnati. Call513-482-7546.

“The Hunger Walk is awonderful opportunity

for agencies, especiallysmall ones like ours, toraise much neededfunds,” Ewing said. “TheFreestore does all thepreparation and runs theevent. We benefit fromthe hard work done bythe Freestore staff andvolunteers.”

United Ministries hasa goal to raise $5,000through the HungerWalk this year, theequivalent of 15,000meals.

Based in southernCampbell County, CAREMission has the goal toraise $2,500 through thewalk and run. That’s theequvielant of 7,500meals. In CampbellCounty, 13.9 percent ofthe population, or 12,610people, struggle withfood insecurity.

Freestore Foodbankpresident and CEO KurtReiber said partneringtogether with local pan-tries is the best way tocombat food insecurity.

“Hunger is not likecancer,” he said. “Wehave the cure. It’s nutri-tional, balanced meals.When you hear stories

about a student who slipsmashed potatoes off ofhis school lunch tray intohis sock so that he hassomething to eat overthe weekend ... that’swhy you do what we do.The funds raised at thisevent all go toward thesefood pantries to providethem with more food andcapital improvementslike additional freezers.We’ve got to work to-gether to build our ca-pacity to help others.”

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An aerial view of last year’s Hunger Walk & 5K Run organized by the Freestore Foodbank

Hunger Walk, 5K Runbenefits local food pantriesMelissa [email protected]

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The Kentucky Art EducationAssociation hosts an art compe-tition for high school art stu-dents called the All-State ArtCompetition.

The competition starts at theregional level, then the top 20pieces from each region moveon to the highly competitivestate-level competition. At thatlevel work is juried by a profes-sional panel that includes arteducators, professors, profes-sional artists and graduate levelart students.

This year judges compli-mented the skillful level of art-work in the 13 categories, ev-erything from drawing andpainting, photography andgraphic design to sculpture andceramics. Not only do judges se-lect ribbon winners in each cat-egory, they select one artworkfor the top “Best of Show” andone artwork for the “CulturalHeritage Award.”

Students from Boone, Camp-bell and Kenton qualified forthe state art show and claimedmany top awards.

“Our region, the NorthernRegion, is considered one of themost competitive regions in thestate when it comes to the All-State Art Competition,” said Ra-chael Burris, art teacher at Ran-dall K. Cooper High School.

“We have some of the bestrepresentations of digital art inthe state and always give othercompetitive regions a run fortheir money,” Burris said. “Thisyear’s artwork that made it intothe state competition was nodifferent. We had talented stu-dents from Boone, Kenton andCampbell counties that quali-fied for the state art show.”

The biggest news in theNorth region came from theBoone County award winners,Burris said.

In the digital media category,Adeline Hogan from Randall K.Cooper High School, who re-ceived Best of Show at region-als, claimed both a second andthird place at the state level.

In graphic design, Stone Pro-caccino and Sarah Langford,also Cooper students, receivedfirst place and honorable men-tion honors.

Cooper High School junior

Lindsey Barriger received oneof the top awards given at state-level competition, the CulturalHeritage Award. This is givento an entry that has a culturalconnection either on the local,state, national or internationallevel. Lindsey’s photograph“Circle of Diversity” receivedthe Cultural Heritage Awardstatewide.

Emily Dickman and LindseyJasper of Dixie Heights HighSchool won first place and hon-orable mention in the drawingcategory. Olivia Storrs and Emi-

ly Damon, both from Dixie aswell, received honorable men-tions in the digital media andfashion categories while Lind-sey Culp snagged third place inprintmaking.

Another Kenton Countyaward winner is Simon KentonHigh School’s Maggie Mullinswho finished third in ceramics.

From Campbell County HighSchool, Isaiah Deinlein and Oli-via Cassinelli both receivedthird-place awards in the pho-tography and video/film catego-ries.

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In the graphic design category, Stone Procaccino of Cooper High Schoolreceived first place. Maggie Mullins of Simon Kenton High School earned athird-place award in the ceramics category.

Lindsey Barriger wins atop Kentucky art award

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Lindsey Barriger’s photograph “Circle of Diversity” received the CulturalHeritage Award, one of two top awards at the Kentucky Art EducationAssociation’s statewide art competition. Barriger is a Randall K. CooperHigh School student.

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In the digital media category, Adeline Hogan from Randall K. Cooper HighSchool, who received Best of Show at the regionals, claimed a second andthird place at the state level.

A new endowment hasbeen established at Coving-ton Catholic High School tobenefit the school’s newSTEM (Science, Technology,Engineering and Math) pro-gram.

The endowment was estab-lished in the name of GregKeller, a 1980 graduate of Co-vington Catholic.

His lifelong friend and fel-low alumnus Scott McKinleystarted the endowment inhonor of Greg.

“In my opinion, the STEMprogram is the most impor-tant new academic disciplinethat the school has ever spon-

sored. It will expand the ca-reer horizons of every youngman in the program,” McKin-ley said.

“I hope this endowmentwill help draw publicityabout the program, garner-ing it more financial support,but also attracting bright stu-dents from around the area.”

According to McKinley,“Greg Keller emulated theessence of the program be-fore the term STEM ever ex-isted.”

At Covington Catholic,Greg was a member of theNational Honor Society and aSecond Team All-State line-

backer for the football team. He attended Northern

Kentucky University whileworking at St. Elizabeth as aphlebotomist.

He did graduate work atthe University of Illinois on ateaching fellowship, earningan MS in biology based on re-search of the effects of hepa-rin-binding proteins.

Later, he also received anMBA and worked as a qualitycontrol manager for Coca-Cola, La Croix and PrecisionPackaging.

Greg died in August 2000after a three-year battle withHodgkin’s disease.

New endowment to aid CovCath STEM program

THANKS TO JILL FRANXMAN

Scott McKinley holds a photo of his friend and fellow classmate from theCovington Catholic High School Class of 1980, Greg Keller, while visitingwith members of the CovCath Robotics Club. McKinley has funded anendowment in Greg Keller’s name to benefit the school’s STEM Program.

Dinner at the Army-Navy Club. Guidedtours of ArlingtonNational Cemetery,

the World War II Memorialand other significant sites.

Four World War II veter-ans – three from KentonCounty and one from Indi-ana – attended the 70th anni-versary of Victory in EuropeDay May 8 in Washington,D.C., enjoying the specialtrip as guests of The Urol-ogy Group.

But the most strikingevent during the V-E Dayremembrance at the Nation-al Mall was the flyover byvintage airplanes as theveterans watched in awe.

“They had Flying For-tresses that took off fromReagan Airport and they hadsmaller other planes ... Alto-gether they had 53 planes,”said Navy veteran WalterKraus, of Crescent Springs,who watched from one of theVIP seats at the NationalMall.

“They flew in little sor-ties” of World War II-eraplanes, B-25s, B29s, NavyHellcats. “It was excellent,”Kraus said.

“It was excellent, I tell ya.Everything was so well orga-nized and so timely. Itamazed me. Being in themilitary I’m not used tothat,” Kraus said with alaugh.

After returning to North-ern Kentucky, Kraus, now94, reflected on his role inthe global struggle to defeatJapan and Germany from1941 to 1945. He volunteeredin 1939 to serve on a sub-marine after graduatingfrom Newport CentralCatholic High School in 1938.His first deployment was theUSS-36 submarine, the old-est sub in the Asiatic fleet. Itsustained damage fromdepth charges and despiterepeated efforts by the crewto keep the 23-year-old subafloat, S-36 ran aground on areef off the coast of Indone-sia on Jan. 20, 1942, the sec-ond submarine lost in thewar, he said.

Kraus was transferred toa newer submarine, the USSSnapper. By V-E Day on May8, 1945, he was in New Lon-don, Conn., preparing tolaunch a new submarine intocommission. Kraus served30 years in the Navy, risingto the rank of commander.

Noah Switzer, 89, of Tay-lor Mill, agreed that theflyover was a highlight ofthe trip.

“I really enjoyed the fly-over. It reminded me oftaking over Iwo Jima in1945,” Switzer said.

For 36 days Switzer, amedic in the 5th MarineDivision of the U.S. Navy,survived “the bloodiest bat-tle of World War II.”

Bullets flew constantly.Mortar shelling by the Japa-nese was so intense that forthree days he completelylost his hearing and commu-nicated with fellow medicsusing hand signals. Eventu-ally won by the Americans,the Battle for the island ofIwo Jima became known forthe iconic photograph ofsoldiers raising the flag atMount Suribachi.

Also on the trip wereHoward Requard, 89, ofEdgewood, a Marine whofought in the Battle of Oki-nawa, another major battleof the Pacific theater, andGerald Bentle, 90, of Milan,Ind.,who served in the Armyin Naples, Italy.

“I enjoyed the entire trip.

It sort of wore me out be-cause of my age,” Switzersaid. “Every minute I cher-ished. It was a great lifetimeopportunity.”

The four are patients ofThe Urology Group, whichplanned and paid for thetrip. “These men representthe courage and sacrifice ofan entire generation. It’sbeen a pleasure to get toknow them as patients andas people, and it’s our honorto help them enjoy this na-tional recognition,” saidGary Kirsh, president of TheUrology Group.

“I’m grateful to The Urol-ogy Group for inviting meand taking care of us. theyreally treated us royally.”Kraus said.

Flyover stirsmemories for World War II

veteransNancy [email protected]

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Walter Kraus, 94, of FortMitchell, holds a photo ofhimself at 21 during thesend-off ceremony at theCincinnati/NorthernKentucky InternationalAirport, for himself andthree other veteransheading to the nationalrecognition of the 70thanniversary of Victory inEurope Day. Kraussurvived the sinking ofthe USS S-36 offIndonesia and laterbecame a submarinecommander.

THANKS TO JULI HALE

Watching the flyover of World War II-era planes are, from left, Gary Bentle, Gerald Bentle, Howard Requardt, Noah Switzer and Walter Kraus.

THANKS TO JULI HALE

Northern Kentucky World War II veterans said the most striking eventof the Victory in Europe Day recognition ceremony on May 8 was theflyover by vintage airplanes as they watched at the National Mall.

AMANDA ROSSMANN/THE ENQUIRER

(From left) Walter Kraus, 94, of Fort Mitchell, Howard Requardt, 89, ofEdgewood and Gerald Bentle, 90, of Milan, Ind. stand during asend-off ceremony at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky InternationalAirport before taking off to D.C. to join the national recognition of the70th anniversary of V-E (Victory in Europe) Day.

THANKS TO JULI HALE

Howard Requardt, 89, of Edgewood, shows a rose and American flaggiven out during the V-E Day 70th anniversary celebration at theNational Mall. He is seated next to Noah Switzer, of Taylor Mill, right.

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

Art Events

Art ExhibitsFlight: Curated by SaadGhosn, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Coving-ton Arts, 2 W. Pike St., Flightfeatures works by three women(Sharmon Davidson, MarshaKaragheusian, Jan Nickum) fromGreater Cincinnati who specifi-cally reference flight in regardto time, space and experience.Exploring the notions of pas-sage, memory and dialoguewithin the cycle of life, theexhibition includes mixed mediaconstructions, collaged booksand earthenware ceramics.Presented by Covington ArtsDistrict. 292-2322; http://coving-tonarts.com/. Covington.

Convocation: A RegionalShowcase of GraduatingArtists, noon to 5 p.m., TheCarnegie, 1028 Scott Blvd.,Exhibition organized aroundvery best of graduating seniorsand MFA candidates in region.Participating schools includeUC/DAAP, NKU, Art Academy ofCincinnati, University of Ken-tucky and more. Through June13. 957-1940; www.thecarnegie-.com. Covington.

Cooking ClassesDate Night in the Kitchen,6:30-8:30 p.m., Baker Hunt Artand Cultural Center, 620 Gree-nup St., Couples prepare meal inkitchen then enjoy candlelitdinner with wine in BakerHunt’s dining room. $60 percouple. Reservations required.431-0020; www.bakerhunt.com.Covington.

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.

EducationLittle Learners, 9-11:30 a.m.,The Lively Learning Lab, 7500Oakbrook Drive, Suite 10, Bal-ance of structured, unstructuredand self-directed play opportu-nities to help learners developtheir social, intellectual andcommunication skills. Ages 3-6.$10. Registration required.916-2721. Florence.

Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 9:30 a.m.,4:45 p.m., Edgewood JazzerciseCenter, 126 Barnwood Drive, $38for unlimited monthly classes.331-7778; jazzercise.com. Edge-wood.

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

Shark Bridge, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, Newport onthe Levee, Step across the100-foot-long, V-shaped ropebridge just inches above nearlytwo dozen sharks at NewportAquarium. $23 Adult, $15 Child(2-12), Free children under 2.815-1471; www.newportaquari-um.com. Newport.

Buffalos and Bourbon: 200Years of Covington History,10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Behringer-Crawford Museum, 1600 Monta-gue Road, There are manyfascinating stories about Coving-ton: political intrigue, hauntingtales, arts, athletics. Exhibitcelebrates 200 years of people,places and events that shapedcity, from trading of buffalo andbourbon for land to building ofAscent and “alien house.”Through Aug. 30. Included withmuseum admission. 491-4003;bcmuseum.org. Covington.

FestivalsMaifest, 5-11:30 p.m., Main-Strasse Village, Main Street, Artsand crafts booths, German andinternational foods, music,children’s play area, amusementrides, street chalk art contestand more. Music on four stages.Free. Presented by MainStrasseVillage Association. 491-0458;www.mainstrasse.org. Coving-

ton.Jazz, Arts and Wine Festival,6-10 p.m., Newport on theLevee, 1 Levee Way, Art, jazzmusic and wine available forpurchase. Through May 16.291-0550; http://www.new-portonthelevee.com/events/2015/05/15/jazz-art-and-wine-festival. Newport.

Health / WellnessOvereaters Anonymous,7:15-8:15 p.m., St. Elizabeth FortThomas, 85 N. Grand Ave., FloorA, meeting room. Program ofrecovery from compulsive eatingusing the 12 Steps and 12 Tradi-tions of OA. No dues, fees andno weigh-ins. Support group forpeople who struggle with foodaddiction. Free. Presented byOvereaters Anonymous NKY.Through Dec. 18. 308-7019;www.cincinnatioa.org. FortThomas.

Music - RockFace Full of Chicken, 9 p.m. to 1a.m., JerZee’s Pub and Grub, 708Monmouth St., Free. 491-3500;www.jerzeespub.com. Newport.

On Stage - ComedyRob Schneider, 8 p.m., 10:30p.m., Funny Bone Comedy Club,1 Levee Way, Emmy-nominatedactor and comedian. $27. 957-2000; www.funnyboneonthele-vee.com. Newport.

On Stage - TheaterThe Best Little Whorehouse inTexas, 8-10 p.m., Stained GlassTheatre, 802 York St., Happy-go-lucky view of small town viceand statewide political side-stepping recounts good timesand demise of The ChickenRanch. $20. Reservations re-quired. Presented by Foot-lighters Inc.. Through May 30.652-3849; www.footlighters.org.Newport.

RecreationBusiness Lunch Go KartingSpecial, noon to 2 p.m., Xhil-aRacing, 24 Spiral Drive, Go-Kartracing. $15. Through Dec. 30.371-5278; www.xrkarting.com.Florence.

SATURDAY, MAY 16Art & Craft ClassesWine and Canvas, 6:30-9:30p.m., Newport Syndicate, $35.Reservations required. 513-317-1305; www.wineandcanvas.com.Newport.

Creating in Clay, 10 a.m. tonoon, Covington Clay, 16 W.Pike St., Hand build variousitems from clay, decorate andglaze them. Items created varywith the season, from mugs andplanters to small trays, platesand bowls. Ages 18 and up. $65.Registration required. Presentedby Communiversity at UC.513-556-6932; www.uc.edu/ce/commu. Covington.

Beginners Oil Painting, 10 a.m.to 1:30 p.m., Hobby LobbyFlorence, KY, 7932 ConnectorDrive, All supplies included andno experience needed. Leavewith finished oil painting. Ages8-99. $55. Registration required.Presented by Taught By Kimber-ly Vanlandingham. 640-5901;www.kimvanlandingham.com.Florence.

Art ExhibitsConvocation: A RegionalShowcase of GraduatingArtists, noon to 5 p.m., TheCarnegie, 957-1940; www.the-carnegie.com. Covington.

AuditionsSleuth! - Auditions, 1-3 p.m.,The Carnegie, 1028 Scott Blvd.,Auditions by Appointment onSaturday, May 16th 1-3pm. Toschedule a time slot, pleasecontact Jessica Picado [email protected] a 1 minute monologuethat shows a British accent.Actors may also be asked toread from the script. Free. Toschedule a time slot, pleasecontact Jessica Picado [email protected]. 957-1940;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.

CivicCommunity Shred Day, 10 a.m.to 1 p.m., Bosch Financial, 7620Dixie Highway, Participants maybring papers in bags, boxes orcontainer to be emptied. Paperclips, binder clips, staples, rubberbands, and other similar itemsdo not need to be removed.Cannot accept 3-ring binders,hard drives or other non-papermedia such as floppy disks, VCRtapes, microfiche or othersimilar items. Free. 746-9110.

Florence.

Cooking ClassesSushi Rolling and Dining, 7p.m., Sushi Cincinnati, 130 W.Pike St., $25 per person, threerolls, includes training andBYOB, reservations required.Reservations 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.

EducationNewspaper Writing for AllAges, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., TheLively Learning Lab, 7500 Oak-brook Drive, Suite 10, Studentsproduce online newspaper, tryout variety of journalism genres:news, opinion, features, in-terviews, reviews, sports. Learnheadline writing, editing, webpage design, advertising andother topics associated withproducing an online newspaper.Ages 5-18. $15. Registrationrequired. 916-2721; www.the-livelylearninglab.com. Florence.

Saturday Morning AcousticMusic, 10 a.m. to noon, VelocityBike & Bean, 7560 BurlingtonPike, Free. Presented by VelocityBike & Bean. Through Jan. 2.371-8356; www.velocitybb.com.Florence.

Music - BluegrassNew Coon Creek Girls, 7-9p.m., Willis Music Super CenterAuditorium, 7567 Mall Road,Original members of 1985-86reunite for rare appearancecelebrating bass player VickiSimmon’s amazing recoveryfrom near-fatal aneurysm. Bandplayers are Wanda Barnett-guitar, fiddle and vocals, PamPerry-mandolin, vocals, andNorthern Kentucky’s own PamGadd on banjo and vocals. Free.Presented by Northern KentuckyBluegrass Music Association.525-6050, ext. 5; newcooncreek-girls.com. Florence.

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

Golf Outing 4 Person Scram-ble, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., KentonCounty Golf Course, 3908 Rich-ardson Road, 18 holes of golf(includes cart). Lunch, doorprizes and awards ceremony.Benefits Taylor Mill EaglesFootball and Cheer. $80. Pre-sented by Taylor Mill Footballincluding Scott High School andWoodland Middle School.307-3312; taylormilleagles.org.Independence.

ShoppingCity of Edgewood Yard Sale, 9a.m. to noon, Freedom Park, 550Freedom Park Drive, Edgewoodresidents may reserve spot for$20. Cost includes one table andtwo chairs, a garage sale permit,advertising and hauling away ofany unwanted items after saleto charity. Free. Reservationsrequired. Presented by City ofEdgewood. 331-5910; www.ed-gewoodky.gov. Edgewood.

Third Saturday Celebration:Bellevue Blossoms, 10 a.m. to5 p.m., Historic Fairfield AvenueBusiness District, 200-700 Fair-field Ave., Plant and garden-loving vendors and artists. Freeadmission. Presented by City ofBellevue. 292-4220; www.Shop-BellevueKY.com. Bellevue.

Spring Plant Sale, 7 a.m. tonoon, Boone County Arboretumat Central Park, 9190 Camp ErnstRoad, Free admission. Presentedby Boone County Arboretum.384-4999; www.bcarboretu-m.org. Union.

SUNDAY, MAY 17Antiques ShowsBurlington Antique Show, 6a.m. to 3 p.m., Boone CountyFairgrounds, 5819 Idlewild Road,More than 200 vendors withantiques, vintage jewelry andfurniture, primitives, architectur-al elements, mid-century collect-ibles, American and memorabil-ia. Early buying, 6-8 a.m. with $5admission. $3, free ages 12 andunder. Presented by BurlingtonAntique Show. 513-922-6847;www.burlingtonantiqueshow-.com. Burlington.

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,75 Cavalier Blvd., suite 201, Enterbuilding at right side entrance.ACT test prep course. Ages 9-12.$399. Reservations required.Presented by College and Be-yond. 283-2655; candbtestprep-.com. Florence.

Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 9:30 a.m., 4p.m., Edgewood JazzerciseCenter, $38 for unlimitedmonthly classes. 331-7778;jazzercise.com. Edgewood.

FestivalsMaifest, noon to 9 p.m., Main-Strasse Village, Free. 491-0458;www.mainstrasse.org. Coving-ton.

Music - Big BandJammin’ at Jane’s, 3-6 p.m.,Jane’s Saddlebag, 13989 RyleRoad, Outside next to WineShop. Live music by local artists.Free. Through Oct. 18. 384-6617;www.janessaddlebag.com.Union.

Music - CountrySammy Goodlander MemorialBenefit, 3 p.m., Bobby Mackey’sMusic World, 44 Licking Pike, JoJo Gunn, Bobby Mackey and hisBig Mac Band, Dakota, JohnErwin Band, Southern Highway,Nantzlane Band, Brad Sparks,Amanda June, Jimmy CashCombs, Tom Winkler, TaylorShannon. Ages 21 and up.Benefits Goodlander Family.$10. 431-5588; www.bobby-mackey.com. Wilder.

MONDAY, MAY 18Clubs & OrganizationsBoone County Alliance Meet-ing, 9-10:30 a.m., Florence CityBuilding, 8100 Ewing Blvd., Thesubstance abuse/use preventioncoalition for Boone County, KYwill be meeting to discuss pre-vention efforts to reduce/elim-inate drug abuse/use locally.Free. Presented by Boone Coun-ty Alliance. 689-4496; Boone-CountyAlliance.com. Florence.

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

EducationLittle Learners, 9 -11:30 a.m.,The Lively Learning Lab, $10.Registration required. 916-2721.Florence.

Exercise ClassesYoga, 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.

Health / WellnessOvereaters Anonymous, 7-8p.m., Union PresbyterianChurch, 10259 U.S. 42, Church

office entrance in back lot andfollow signs to room. Programof recovery from compulsiveeating using 12 Steps and 12Traditions of OA. Not a diet andcalories club and no weigh-ins.Free. Presented by OvereatersAnonymous NKY. 525-6932;www.cincinnatioa.org. Union.

RecreationBusiness Lunch Go KartingSpecial, noon to 2 p.m., Xhil-aRacing, $15. 371-5278;www.xrkarting.com. Florence.

TUESDAY, MAY 19Art & 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.

CivicCity of Florence Public Ser-vices Night Out, 4:30-6:30p.m., Florence Mall, 2028 MallRoad, Lower level of Macy’sHome Store. Free ballpark stylefood and drinks, live demon-strations, see public worksequipment up close. Free.Presented by City of Florence.647-5416; www.florence-ky.gov.Florence.

Recreation10-Minute Tuesdays, noon to 9p.m., XhilaRacing, 24 SpiralDrive, Go-Kart racing. $15-$20for 10 minutes of racing. 371-5278; www.xrkarting.com.Florence.

Business Lunch Go KartingSpecial, noon to 2 p.m., Xhil-aRacing, $15. 371-5278;www.xrkarting.com. Florence.

SportsSenior Night at FlorenceFreedom, 6:30 p.m., UC HealthStadium, 7950 Freedom Way,Giveaways, door prizes, split thepot, jersey raffles, more. Seniordiscount using code: senior-night. Gates open 5:35 p.m.Benefits Northern KentuckySenior Services. $10 for seniors ifpurchased by May 15. Presentedby Florence Freedom Profession-al Baseball. 513-330-4460;www.florencefreedom.com.Florence.

Support GroupsCelebrate Recovery, 6:30-8:30p.m., Vineyard Christian Church,7101 Pleasant Valley Road,Healing for all hurts, hangupsand habits. Free. 689-0777;vineyardchristian.org. Florence.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 20Community DanceLine Dance Class, 7:30-8:30p.m., Boleros Dance Club, 8406U.S. 42, For beginner to ad-vanced. $7. Presented by HollyRuschman. Through May 27.727-0904. Florence.

EducationLittle Learners, 9-11:30 a.m.,The Lively Learning Lab, $10.Registration required. 916-2721.Florence.

Newspaper Writing for AllAges, 2-4 p.m., The LivelyLearning Lab, $15. Registrationrequired. 916-2721; www.the-livelylearninglab.com. Florence.


Health / WellnessOvereaters Anonymous, 7-8:30p.m., Epworth United MethodistChurch, 1229 Highway Ave.,Basement of church. Offersprogram of recovery fromcompulsive eating. Not a dietand calories club; no weigh-ins.Free. Presented by OvereatersAnonymous NKY. 491-6266;www.cincinnatioa.org. Coving-ton.

Music - CabaretDon Fangman Sings Sinatraand Other Artists, 6:30-9 p.m.,Knotty Pine On The Bayou, 6302Licking Pike, Songs of FrankSinatra, Dean Martin, TonyBennett, Neil Diamond, MichaelBuble and Andrea Bocelli. Free.781-2200. Cold Spring.

Music - IndieCharlie Oxford, 9:30 p.m., TheSouthgate House Revival, 111 E.Sixth St., Free. 431-2201;www.southgatehouse.com.Newport.

Music - RockMr. Gnome, 8:30 p.m. With MadAnthony., The Southgate HouseRevival, 111 E. Sixth St., $15, $12advance. 431-2201; www.south-gatehouse.com. Newport.

On Stage - ComedyIan Bagg, 8 p.m., Funny BoneComedy Club, 1 Levee Way,$10-$20. 957-2000; www.funny-boneonthelevee.com. Newport.


FRIDAY, MAY 22Art & Craft ClassesWine and Canvas, 6:30-9:30p.m., Newport Syndicate, $35.Reservations required. 513-317-1305; www.wineandcanvas.com.Newport.

Art ExhibitsFlight: Curated by SaadGhosn, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Coving-ton Arts, 292-2322; http://co-vingtonarts.com/. Covington.

Convocation: A RegionalShowcase of GraduatingArtists, noon to 5 p.m., TheCarnegie, 957-1940; www.the-carnegie.com. Covington.

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Maifest will return to Covington with arts, crafts, German and international food, music,children’s play area, amusement rides, street chalk art contest and more. Music will beperformed on four stages. The festival is 5-11:30 p.m. Friday, May 15; noon to 11:30 p.m.Saturday, May 16; and noon to 9 p.m. Sunday, May 17. MainStrasse Village, Main Street,Admission is free. The festival is presented by MainStrasse Village Association. Call 491-0458;visit www.mainstrasse.org.

MAY 14, 2015 • BCR RECORDER • 7ANEWS

I’m pretty sure you won’t see a photo like the mo-rels pictured here just anywhere.

What a bounty! Of course, I can’t tell you where weforage for them, but take my word forit: they were huge and a gourmet treat.

Morels are going for about $60 apound right now. Jean Robert de Cavelhas them on his menu, and other chefslucky enough to have a source are do-ing the same thing. But it’s fun to knowthat a country girl and her friends canenjoy the whole process, from foragingto eating.

Here’s my simple recipe with op-tions for using other mushrooms.Mushrooms contain antioxidants and

vitamin D, which lots of folks have in short supply.

Readers want to knowWhat is an easy way to chop mint and basil without

making it turn dark?The reason herbs turn dark after chopping is that

they oxidize – the cut parts exposed to air turn dark asthey sit. To quickly chop a lot of mint or basil, stackseveral leaves and roll them up tight long ways, like acigar. Then slice width-wise into narrow pieces tomake long thin strips, also called julienne slices. Chopthe strips again for smaller slices, or leave them as isand you’ll get pretty ribbons of herbs.

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is an herbalist, educator, Jungle Jim’sEastgate culinary professional and author. Find her blog onlineat Abouteating.com. Call 513-248-7130, ext. 356.

Rita has a secret morel patch, whip up lasagna for 2Sauteed gourmet mushrooms

Delicious as a side, or an appetizer on good qualitytoast. Try them as a topping for grilled steak. If you arelucky enough to have morels, let them soak about 10minutes in water with a bit of salt added. This makes allthe little creatures that might be in the mushrooms leavetheir happy abode.

Then drain, rinse and drain again. Dry thoroughlyand cut into halves or quarters. If you are using the mixedwild mushroom blends, slice as necessary.

Now this is a go to taste recipe. Use a large skillet sothat mushrooms cook quickly without steaming. I tossed insome watercress from our spring-fed pool right at the end.

Jean Robert adds a splash of liqueur. I sometimes adda splash of brandy while the mushrooms are cooking.

8 ounces mushrooms1/4 cup butter or bit more if needed – I usually add

more1 small shallot, minced1 teaspoon garlic, mincedSalt and pepper to tasteHeavy whipping cream, unwhipped (optional)Parsley chopped (optional)

Heat butter and add shallots and garlic together.Cook over low heat until shallots are tender but notbrown. Add everything but cream and cook over mediumheat until mushrooms are tender. Add cream to taste andlet it cook a bit until desired consistency is reached.

Lasagna for twoCorey, an East Side reader, needs recipes for two.

So if you have some to share, please do. “We’re newlymarried and both busy with careers. I like to cook butdon’t want to have to eat leftovers for a week,” shesaid.

1 cup ricotta cheese1/2 cup Parmesan cheese1 large egg2 generous cups pasta sauce with meat4 no-cook lasagna noodles1-1/3 cups mozzarella cheese

Preheat oven to 400. Mix cheeses and egg. Setaside. Spread 1/3 cup sauce in bottom of sprayed loaf/bread pan. Top with one noodle. Spread another 1/3cup sauce to edges. Top with 1/3 cup cheese mixtureand 1/3 cup mozzarella. Repeat layers twice, toppingwith remaining noodle and sauce. Bake, covered, 25minutes. Uncover and sprinkle on rest of mozzarella.Bake 10 more minutes and let stand 10 minutes beforeserving.

THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD

Morels are going for about $60 a pound right now. Jean Robert de Cavel has them on his menu, and other chefs lucky enough tohave a source are doing the same thing.

Rita HeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN

PURSUANT TO KRS 424.290, “MATTERS REQUIRED TO BE PUBLISHED,” THE FOLLOWING RACES WILL APPEAR ON THE VOTING MACHINES AND PAPER BALLOTS IN THE PRECINCTS

LISTED IN BOONE COUNTY FOR THE PRIMARY ELECTION, MAY 19, 2015.

OFFICIAL BALLOT FOR BOONE COUNTY - PRIMARY ELECTION HELD ONTUESDAY, MAY 19, 2015.

STATE OF KENTUCKYCOUNTY OF BOONE

I, Kenny Brown, County Clerk in and for the county and state aforesaid, do hereby certify the aforementioned sample ballot is a true and accurate copy of the ballots to be voted on in the Primary Election in Boone County, State of Kentucky, on Tuesday, May 19th, 2015. Kenny Brown, Boone County Clerk

BOONE PRECINCT & # LOCATION ADDRESS CITY ZIPAIRPORT C123 POINT PLEASANT FIRE STATION 3444 TURFWAY ROAD ERLANGER 41018BEAVER B114 BEAVERLICK BAPTIST CHURCH 11460 US HIGHWAY 42 UNION 41091BELLEVIEW A102 BELLEVIEW MCVILLE FIRE STATION 6900 MCVILLE ROAD BURLINGTON 41005BULLITTSVILLE A103 CORNERSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH 3920 PETERSBURG ROAD BURLINGTON 41005BURLINGTON 1 A104 OLD COURTHOUSE 2988 E. WASHINGTON ST BURLINGTON 41005BURLINGTON 2 A105 BURLINGTON BAPTIST FAMILY LIFE CENTER 3031 WASHINGTON STREET BURLINGTON 41005BURLINGTON 3 A111 STEPHENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 5687 NORTH BEND ROAD BURLINGTON 41005BURLINGTON 4 A112 BURLINGTON FIRE STATION 6050 FIREHOUSE DRIVE BURLINGTON 41005BURLINGTON 5 A113 BOONE CO. LIBRARY - MAIN BRANCH 1786 BURLINGTON PIKE BURLINGTON 41005BURLINGTON 6 A115 BURLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 5946 ORIENT STREET BURLINGTON 41005BURLINGTON 7 A116 FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST 6080 CAMP ERNST ROAD BURLINGTON 41005BURLINGTON 8 A120 CAMP ERNST MIDDLE SCHOOL 6515 CAMP ERNST ROAD BURLINGTON 41005BURLINGTON 9 A122 KY NATIONAL GUARD READINESS CTR 2676 CONRAD LANE BURLINGTON 41005CAMP ERNST A123 LONGBRANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 2805 LONGBRANCH ROAD UNION 41091CARLTON A106 RABBIT HASH GENERAL STORE 10021 LOWER RIVER ROAD BURLINGTON 41005CONSTANCE A107 LAKESIDE CHRISTIAN CHURCH 1980 NORTH BEND ROAD HEBRON 41048DEVON 1 C102 FLORENCE FIRE STATION #2 7201 INDUSTRIAL ROAD FLORENCE 41042DEVON 2 C110 MARKESBERY MOVING & STORAGE 7370 INDUSTRIAL ROAD FLORENCE 41042DEVON 3 C117 FLORENCE FIRE STATION #1 1152 WEAVER ROAD FLORENCE 41042FLORENCE 1 C124 FLORENCE CHRISTIAN CHURCH 300 MAIN STREET FLORENCE 41042FLORENCE 2 C125 BOONE CO LIBRARY - FLORENCE BRANCH 7425 US HIGHWAY 42 FLORENCE 41042FLORENCE 3 C126 FLORENCE ELEMENTARY-RALPH RUSH CTR 103 CENTER STREET FLORENCE 41042FLORENCE 4 C127 BOONE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT 7505 BURLINGTON PIKE FLORENCE 41042FLORENCE 5 C128 BOONE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL 7056 BURLINGTON PIKE FLORENCE 41042FLORENCE 6 C129 HILLARD COLLINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 9000 SPRUCE DRIVE FLORENCE 41042FLORENCE 7 C130 COLONIAL HEIGHTS RETIREMENT CENTER 6900 HOPEFUL ROAD FLORENCE 41042FLORENCE 8 C131 OCKERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 8250 US HIGHWAY 42 FLORENCE 41042FLORENCE 9 C132 KENTABOO BAPTIST CHURCH/Activity Center 7037 CURTIS AVE FLORENCE 41042FLORENCE 10 C133 R.A. JONES MIDDLE SCHOOL 8000 SPRUCE DRIVE FLORENCE 41042FLORENCE 11 C134 ERPENBECK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 9001 WETHERINGTON BLVD FLORENCE 41042FLORENCE 12 C135 A.M. YEALEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 10 YEALEY DRIVE FLORENCE 41042FLORENCE 13 C136 PANORAMA PLUS APARTMENTS 8510 OLD TOLL ROAD FLORENCE 41042FLORENCE 14 C137 FLORENTINE RECEPTION HALL 8605 HAINES DRIVE FLORENCE 41042FLORENCE 15 B133 SHIRLEY MANN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 10435 US HIGHWAY 42 UNION 41091GLENVIEW B115 BOONE LINKS GOLF COURSE CLUBHOUSE 19 CLUBHOUSE DRIVE FLORENCE 41042GREENVIEW B116 HOPEFUL LUTHERAN CHURCH 6430 HOPEFUL CHURCH RD FLORENCE 41042HAMILTON A118 BIG BONE STATE PARK GARAGE 3380 BEAVER ROAD UNION 41091HEARTHSTONE B132 VINEYARD CHRISTIAN CHURCH 7101 PLEASANT VALLEY RD FLORENCE 41042HEBRON 1 A108 HEBRON CHURCH OF CHRIST 2966 DAMASCUS ROAD HEBRON 41048HEBRON 2 A109 HEBRON FIRE STATION 3120 NORTH BEND ROAD HEBRON 41048HEBRON 3 A114 CONNER MIDDLE SCHOOL 3300 COUGAR PATH HEBRON 41048HEBRON 4 A117 NORTH POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 875 NORTH BEND ROAD HEBRON 41048HEBRON 5 A121 SANDRUN BAPTIST CHURCH 1327 NORTH BEND ROAD HEBRON 41048HOPEFUL B117 HOPEFUL LUTHERAN CHURCH 6430 HOPEFUL CHURCH RD FLORENCE 41042KENSINGTON B134 RICHWOOD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 1070 RICHWOOD ROAD WALTON 41094LIMABURG A119 GREENVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH 1050 BURLINGTON PIKE FLORENCE 41042LINKVIEW B118 BOONE LINKS GOLF COURSE CLUBHOUSE 19 CLUBHOUSE DRIVE FLORENCE 41042OAKBROOK B119 CHRIST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 1440 BOONE AIRE ROAD FLORENCE 41042PETERSBURG A110 PETERSBURG COMMUNITY CENTER 6517 MARKET STREET PETERSBURG 41080PLEASANT VAL B120 FLORENCE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 8585 OLD TOLL ROAD FLORENCE 41042RICHWOOD B121 RICHWOOD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 1070 RICHWOOD ROAD WALTON 41094SHAMROCK C121 SADDLEBROOK RESERVE CLUBHOUSE 566 SADDLEBROOK LANE FLORENCE 41042SUMMITVIEW B131 FLORENCE ALLIANCE CHURCH 980 CAYTON ROAD FLORENCE 41042UNION 1 B122 NEW UNION FIRE STATION 9611 US HIGHWAY 42 UNION 41091UNION 2 B123 BOONE COUNTY LIBRARY - UNION BRANCH 8899 US HIGHWAY 42 UNION 41091UNION 3 B124 GRAY MIDDLE SCHOOL 10400 US HIGHWAY 42 UNION 41091UNION 4 B125 RYLE HIGH SCHOOL 10379 US HIGHWAY 42 UNION 41091UNION 5 B129 UNION BAPTIST CHURCH US HWY 42 & MT ZION RD UNION 41091UNION 6 B130 ST. TIMOTHY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH 10272 US HIGHWAY 42 UNION 41091VERONA B126 NEW BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH 2022 VERONA MUDLICK RD VERONA 41092WALTON 1 B127 BOONE CO. LIBRARY - WALTON BRANCH 21 SOUTH MAIN STREET WALTON 41094WALTON 2 B128 WALTON FIRE STATION 12600 TOWNE CENTER DR WALTON 41094

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Dems, remember to voteMay 19

Over 70 years ago thismonth, World War II ended inEurope with the surrender ofGermany and the Axis Powers.In that war, the men and womenwho are now our veteransfought to protect many of ourrights including the right tovote.

As leaders in the DemocraticParty in the region, we remindthe almost 100,000 Democrats inthe Northern Kentucky regionto vote in the Democratic Pri-mary next Tuesday. Democratshave the opportunity by theirvote to select their candidatefor Kentucky governor and

Kentucky state treasurer.Our World War II veterans

spent up to five years in foreignlands under harsh conditions toliterally save the world for free-dom. Next Tuesday, take a fewminutes of your time to honor aveteran not only of World War IIbut all American veterans fromthe War for Independence to thewars in Iraq and Afghanistan tocast your votes for Kentuckygovernor and treasurer.Boone County party chair Carole

RegisterBracken County chair Craig

MillerCampbell County chair Paul L.

WhalenGrant County chair Bill Adkins

Kenton County chair Col Owens

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Last week’s questionHow do you think the Su-

preme Court will rule on the is-sue of same-sex marriage? Howshould they rule?

“Ehhh just let them getmarried and be as miserableas the rest of us, plus I wouldwatch gay divorce court on TVall day long, that would be hi-larious.”

Matt Berry

“They aren’t asking forspecial rights, they are askingfor equal rights, not sure howanyone can be denied thatpurely based on whom theylove.”

Donnette Ryan Plunkett

“Of course they should al-low it. Same-sex marriagedoes not affect my life in anyway. If it was about corruptingthe institution of marriage,well, straight people corrupt-ed that long ago with marry-ing for money/sex/and a wholehost of other reasons besideslove ... I just went to a beauti-ful same-sex couple’s weddingthis weekend. There was morelove, family values, and joypresent there than at a lot ofweddings I have been to. Sexu-al orientation has no bearingon your ability to have a hap-py, healthy marriage and fam-ily.”

Jen Schultz

“Keep it out of the churchand I see no problems.”

James Bartley

»

»“Our society has seems to

have turned into quite a per-missive society where any-thing and everything is OKand acceptable. I’ve got mixedfixed feelings about it all.”

Karen Swanson Dietz

»»“Well I know not that long

ago in our history the mar-riage of mixed race coupleswas up for debate. I’m gladthat my love/relationship sta-tus is no longer up for debateand I appreciate the strugglesof same sex couples to be ac-cepted and be recognized I’msick of people and their judg-ment.”

Ashley Nicole

OHIO“Against.”

Mary Ann Maloney

“I believe they will ruleagainst it, as they should in re-spect for the thousands ofyears of societal norms, rath-er than trying to prove they

have a ‘better idea.’ The legalramifications of allowing thisnew legal status opens toomany possibilities for long-es-tablished taboos on animal af-fection, pedophilia, close rela-tive unions and the obviousconcerns over widespreadabuse of the tax system anddestruction of health care sys-tems.”

D.B.

“I believe the SupremeCourt will recognize marriageas the union of two people wholove, honor, support and re-spect each other. Such faithfulpartnerships benefit all cul-tures and societies contribut-ing to harmony and worldpeace.”

Marie Hill

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THIS WEEK’SQUESTIONHow do you plan to observeMemorial Day? What is yourfavorite local or nationalveterans memorial site? Whatdo you like about it?

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I would opine that at leasta dozen U. S. presidents trodthe soil of Northern Ken-tucky and Boone County inparticular. When you arechecking my arithmetic,don’t forget Teddy Rooseveltand William Henry Harrison.

Three luminaries whovisited here were GeorgeRogers Clark and his youngerbrother, Capt. William Clarkand Meriwether Lewis. Thesenior Clark is best remem-bered as the stabilizing influ-ence for the military situa-tion west of the AlleghenyMountains. Little brother isbest remembered as beingthe co-leader of the famousLewis & Clark expeditionexploring the northwest tothe Pacific Ocean and return(1803-1806).

William’s partner Meri-wether Lewis was here in1803 on the way west. This isnow termed the Corps ofDiscovery and it was justthat. Most of the presidentsand luminaries visited hereon the way to somewhereelse.

One president never vis-ited and would have dearlyloved to have done so had itbeen as easy and swift in histime as it is in ours. Thatpresident is none other thanone of our founding fathers,Thomas Jefferson. Quiteapart from founding a new

nation, writ-ing its Decla-ration of Inde-pendence andoperatinglevels of gov-ernment in-cluding gover-nor of thisarea (1779-1781), Secre-tary of Stateand Presidentof the new

nation, he was intensely in-terested in natural history.

So much so, Jeffersonexpended time and resourcesto commission individuals forgathering artifacts. Many ofyou have guessed his interestwas Big Bone in southernBoone County. Hearing that:“…enormous size (bones) …the party occupied them-selves by making seats (ver-tebrae) and tent poles (ribs)of these gigantic fossils”;compelling evidence fromthe past millennia in the formof bones of extinct fauna. Heeven sent Meriwether Lewis(1803) and William Clark(1807) to gather specimensand older brother GeorgeRogers was with William.

Thanks to key people, BigBone is now a state historicsite and National NaturalLandmark, and open to folkslike you and me. We have thepark itself complete with a

real buffalo herd, hikingtrails, campground, visitorscenter with real big bones ondisplay and real narrativesabout its past, including Ma-ry Ingles. She in 1755, escap-ing Indian captivity, trudgedon foot over 500 miles fromthere to what is now WestVirginia.

Discovered over 275 yearsago by a Frenchman, continu-ously stripped of bones,many of which now reside ahalf a world away in Englishand French museums, it isnow open for you and me toenjoy. It’s fun, historic, in-teresting, local and knownover the world as the cradleof modern paleontology.

And much of it is free! The Friends of Big Bone

are hosting the Friends of BigBone Annual Dinner on May21 at the Geier ResearchCenter in Cincinnati. See theFriends of Big Bone website(www.friendsofbigbone.org)for details.

The Boone County Historic Preser-vation Review Board meets at 4p.m. the second Thursday of mostmonths. Meetings are open to thepublic. For more information abouthistoric preservation in BooneCounty please contact the ReviewBoard at 859-334-2111 [email protected]. Thereview board is online atwww.boonecountyky.org/pc.

Boone drew interest ofexplorers, presidents

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“This was a totally stu-dent-led and coordinatedeffort and that is a reflec-tion of just how generousand caring these studentsare. Through this tragedythese students are teach-ing themselves and eachother about the impor-tance of community. It’s alesson that will be of greatvalue throughout theirlives.”

Principal Mike WilsonOn the #CooperStrong

support drive at Randall K.Cooper High School for

victims of the May 1 head-oncollision in which one student,

Travis Liversgowdy, died

QUOTABLE

At Newport Central Catho-lic High School, as with Catho-lic schools across the U.S., webelieve it is so important totake time each year to recog-nize the gift of Catholic educa-tion. During Catholic SchoolsWeek 2015 (Jan. 25-31), this isexactly what we did.

For those of us at NCC eachday, we often get so involvedwith the pressing daily issuesthat we forget how lucky weare to be able to practice ourfaith openly, instilling Catholicvalues in our students, allwhile providing a superiorlearning environment.

With ever-increasing op-tions for families, the educa-tion scene is vastly differentthan half a century ago whenCatholic schools saw peakenrollment. Providing a faith-filled and rigorous education,Catholic schools – NCC partic-ularly – are bound to fulfill ourmissions. Catholic schoolshave so much to offer. Not onlyare they academically on parwith most public options, butwe also offer faith and charac-ter development with a lasting,positive impact into the future.

Catholic schools are sup-ported by a 300-year history ofexcellence in the UnitedStates, and the benefits of ourChurch’s schools – academicexcellence, connection to Gos-pel values, commitment tocommunity and Christ, andservice to others – are sorelyneeded to reinvigorate theCatholic subculture lacking inAmerica today.

Many families ask them-selves – why Catholic educa-tion? Why pay tuition for aCatholic education when thelocal public option is academi-cally as strong? The answer issurprisingly convincing forfamilies who value their Catho-lic faith, academic achieve-ment, and social impact. As itturns out, students with atleast eight years of Catholiceducation do see measurableincreases in academic achieve-ment (Greeley, 2008). Due toaccrued social capital through-out years of Catholic schooling,students also see higher gradu-ation rates from college andengage in civic service morefrequently than their publiccounterparts (McDonald &Schultz, 2012).

Most importantly, studentsfrom Catholic schools holdonto their faith and valuesmore closely than Catholicswho attend public schools. Thislast aspect is difficult to mea-

sure in termsof benefit, butCatholics witheight or moreyears of Catho-lic educationreport they are“happier, moreaccepting andtolerant,smarter, be-nign in theirimages of God,and more like-ly to view

marriage as sacramental”(Greeley, 1989).

A quality Catholic educationprovides the faith formationnecessary to bring studentscloser to Jesus Christ. Catholicschools offer salvation throughthe sacraments and help stu-dents strengthen their relation-ships with God. These ele-ments, although challenging toquantify, are the reason Catho-lic education remains such astrong option. Our schoolswere strengthened by immi-grants shunned by publicschools, and their dedication toits ideals created a network ofschools committed to teachingGospel values, community,service, and faith.

These teachings are needednow more than ever in this dayand age. Faithful Catholicsattend Mass to join in commu-nity with one another, sharestruggles with one another,and, ultimately, receive theredeeming and fulfilling sacra-ment of the Eucharist with oneanother. Our Catholic Massoffers the sacraments andallows the faithful to live outthe great mysteries of thefaith; Catholic schools strive tobe a vital part of this process,and, for this reason, they re-main an unquestionable optionfor a so many Catholics in theUnited States and here inNorthern Kentucky.

Bishop Roger J. Foys, bish-op of the Diocese of Covington,often notes, “While there maybe alternatives to Catholiceducation, there are no sub-stitutes.” At NCC, we striveevery day to provide eachstudent such a quality Catholiceducation. In as much as I havewitnessed, our students areprepared to live out the NCCmission to become men andwomen of service, leadership,and evangelization for theChurch and community.

Jason R. Huther is principal ofNewport Central Catholic HighSchool in Newport.

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ERLANGER — They needed toget momentum back after see-ing a six-game winning streakend two days before.

With big assists from some oftheir younger players, the St.Henry District High SchoolCrusaders notched one of theirbiggest wins of the season, beat-ing Ludlow 3-2.

St. Henry improved to 11-11,but more importantly, clinchedthe top seed in the 34th DistrictTournament.

“Hopefully, people will startseeing that St. Henry is a ballclub,” sophomore Nick Ferrarosaid.

“Some people don’t take usthat seriously and hopefully

they start taking us seriously.It’s been years since we’ve hadthis opportunity.”

St. Henry got the opportuni-ty with a 4-2 win over perennialdistrict favorite Dixie Heights

and also made recent noise witha 12-9 win over perennial powerCovington Catholic.

With the top seed, St. Henrywill play neighbor Lloyd in thesemifinals, whom the Crusad-ers have beaten 9-3 this season.

Ferraro knocked in the win-ning run with one out in the bot-tom of the seventh inning. Ju-nior Joe Kroger, the No. 9 hitterin the order, hit a single to startthe inning and was bunted overby senior Evan Lyons, the lead-off hitter.

“Our nine hitter has a goodat-bat, gets on base, and thatchanges the tone of the wholeinning,” head coach KentShartzer said. “I’m not a big fanof bunting, but I felt we neededit there with Nick coming up.He’s been carrying us offen-

sively for three weeks.”Ferraro delivered with a sin-

gle to the outfield.“I just have to keep hitting

the ball and keep it going for theteam,” Ferraro said. “We don’tgive up. We keep going. We justhave to keep playing.”

Ludlow loaded the bases inthe top of the seventh with noone out off junior pitcher CollinJohnson.

Johnson struck out the nextbatter, then got the next hitter toground the ball to the shortstopKroger, who initially bobbledthe ball but recovered in time tothrow out the runner at theplate, with junior catcher KevinFlaherty making a nice stab.The next batter then flew out toright fielder Dakota Graue.

“Mainly with my defense,”

Johnson said. “We got the out athome and the big play by Dako-ta in right field. We’ve had a lotof close games, we can play de-fense and we know how to hitthe ball in clutch time. We knowhow to clutch up and get thewinning hit.”

After a 4-10 start, the Crusad-ers are starting to learn how towin.

“We start some youngerguys,” Shartzer said. “The sen-iors have done a good job lead-ing the way and the underclass-men have done a good job fol-lowing. We have to make surewe show up every game with achip on our shoulder.”

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St. Henry senior Evan Lyons dropsdown a successful bunt in thebottom of the seventh to set up thewinning run.

BOONE COUNTY — Ryle seniorDrake Hudak and David Geis lead thegroup of Boone County tennis playersgoing to the KHSAA state tournamentthis week in Lexington May 14-16.

Hudak, the youngest of threebrothers, began his love for the gameof tennis when his grandparentsshared their love, taking him to thecourt. He continued to hit and playwith family until he joined the Raidersin his sixth-grade year.

His overall high school record is69-26, with 46 of those wins in varsityplay. He and Geis were paired togeth-er at first for a couple of matches inhis seventh-grade season. They expe-rienced victories in both. They wereagain paired together in 2012 to buildthe duo that they are today.

“It takes a special type of person tobe a successful doubles partner in ten-nis,” head coach Amy Bates said. “Thegame requires strategy and propertactics as well as a supportive and en-couraging personality. Drake has ma-tured into a fine doubles partner. Dur-ing the 2013 season, he made his firstwin in postseason play. This inspiredhim to work harder and set goals forthe future.”

Last year, Hudak and Geis ad-vanced to the second round at stateand faced the eventual semifinalistsfrom Trinity.

Hudak also has played USTA tennisand will study mechanical engineer-ing at Thomas More.

Geis was named the Ninth RegionSportsmanship winner.

Tennis has always been a part of hislife, as he began playing with his fa-

ther and grandfather at age 3. Geisjoined the Raiders in 2010, where heplayed two matches with Hudak andthey won both.

With an empty doubles position in2011, the Raiders needed strong tennisskills and athleticism, Geis was a natu-ral fit. During his eighth-grade yearhe was partnered with another left-handed player, Alex Arnett, as the var-sity second doubles team. They wenton to a 15-3 season.

As a freshman, Bates again thoughtof the dynamics of the two players shehad seen in 2010 and put David backtogether with Hudak. Geis completedthe season with a record of 11-2, whilebeing out for an injury.

During the 2013 season, they werepaired together as doubles partnersand finished the season 13-4 with a re-gional match win under their accom-plishments.

Last season, the pair finished 18-2with a regional placing and a win atstate. This season they currentlystand at 12-4 for an overall Varsity rec-ord of 69-15.

“Through each season David hasgrown as a young man and as a play-er,” Bates said. “He has always exhib-ited a positive attitude and a respectfor the gentleman’s game of tennis.His conduct on and off the court areexamples of what a true athlete shouldexhibit.”

Geis also plays USTA tennis as wellas a fill-in in an adult league at FiveSeasons. He is planning to study Com-puter Information Systems at ThomasMore.

Ryle was regional runner-up andearned a team trophy. Geis, Hudakand fellow seniors Alan Groathouse,


Ryle’s Carley Lucas hits a shot in her semifinal loss May 5 in the regional.

Raidersreturnto statetennistourneyBy James [email protected]

See TENNIS, Page 2B

FLORENCE — Several former playerspoked gentle fun at Nell Fookes May 8, not-ing how fiery and demonstrative she was onthe basketball court.

The Boone County High School girls bas-ketball coach, who is retiring after 30 sea-sons and a 686-253 won-loss record, was theguest of honor at a reception in the schoolcafeteria. During a program that was partcomedy roast and part heartfelt tears, it wasclear that Fookes will be missed as shehands the Rebel program off to someoneelse.

“No one loves this school more than her,”said her husband Dean, also an assistantcoach the past few years. “She was a differ-ent person off the floor. On the court, she de-manded two and a half hours of your focusand your full attention.”

Several former players gave speechesduring the reception and had plenty of funnyand heartwarming stories to tell. One of theprogram’s all-time greats, Michelle Cottrell,poked fun at Fookes’ emotional trademarkof stomping her feet, saying the coach

RebelshonorFookes inretirementJames [email protected]


Nell Fookes with some of her gifts at herretirement reception May 8.

See FOOKES, Page 2B

2B • BCR RECORDER • MAY 14, 2015 LIFE

Andrew Howe, CoreyJames, Nicholas Jones,Davis Mitchell, BrianPlowdrey, Phillip Spirito-so and Alex Warner havebeen key to the team'ssuccess, the coach said,because they want to playevery day.

Conner doubles teamof Nate Eberhard andNick Elleman was region-al semifinalists and willadvance to state. Theylost to Covington Catholicin a 10-point super tie-breaker in the semis.Scores were 7-5, 6-7 (5-7)1-0 (10-6). It is the secondstraight year the Cougarshave advanced a doublesteam to state.

St. Henry’s Audrey

North will play in the girlssingles state tournamentfor the second straightseason. Ryle juniorCarley Lucas will join herafter both fell in the re-gional semifinals. It is Lu-cas’ first trip to state. Hercousin Maddie Lucas wasa two-time qualifier forthe Raiders.

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Nick Elleman of Conner sends a fast ball back across the net.

TennisContinued from Page 1B

Freedom Trail» The Frontier League profes-

sional baseball season will beginthis week. The Florence Freedomwill play their first six games athome, May 14-16 and May 19-21, atUC Health Stadium. The homegame Friday, May 15, will honorCincinnati Reds legends JohnnyBench and George Foster, payingtribute to their jersey numbers of 5and 15. Bench and Foster will bebase coaches during the game.

New coach» Boone County High School

names new head girls basketballcoach: Former Scott High Schoolstandout and Northern KentuckyUniversity player Jessica Wen-deln. She was a Simon Kenton as-sistant last year.

Baseball» Michael Mletzko came in as a

pinch-hitter and hit a two-out sin-gle to drive in two runs in Conner’s2-1 win over Cooper. Senior pitch-er Blaise Ostertag pitched a com-plete game and allowed only onerun to get the win.

» Ryle beat NewCath 6-1.

Softball» Conner entered play May 11

having won all five of its games inthe month to improve to 21-4. Con-ner hosts Campbell County May 14and Brossart May 16. Conner is thetop seed for the 33rd District Tour-nament next week at Ryle.

» Dixie Heights, Notre Dameand St. Henry will participate inthe annual Strike Out Cancer se-ries Saturday, May 16 at Dixie, withthe three teams playing each otherthroughout the day.

NKU Notes» Northern Kentucky men’s

basketball head coach John Bran-nen has completed his staff, add-ing David Ragland, Ronald Noredand Sean Dwyer as assistantcoaches and former NKU standoutTony Rack as director of opera-tions.

Most recently an assistantcoach at Bowling Green, Raglandalso spent four years as an assis-tant coach at Indiana State, twoyears as head coach at VincennesUniversity and three years as theassistant coach at Vincennes. In allfive seasons at the Division I level,Ragland’s teams have reached thepostseason. This year’s BowlingGreen team earned a berth in theCollegeInsider.com PostseasonTournament (CIT). In his four sea-sons working with the Sycamores,

Indiana State made appearances inthe NCAA Tournament (2011), NIT(2013, 2014) and CIT (2012).

Nored comes to Northern Ken-tucky following a two-year stintwith the Boston Celtics of the NBA,where he served as a player devel-opment assistant coach under cur-rent Celtics head coach and formerButler head coach Brad Stevens. Achampionship pedigree, whichwas forged during back-to-backappearances in the men’s basket-ball NCAA Division I nationalchampionship game while a playerfor Stevens at Butler, followsNored to Highland Heights, Ken-tucky. Nored and Co., lost to Dukein the 2010 title game and then fellto UConn in the 2011championship.On the bench in Boston, he was vi-tal to the success of the 2014-15Celtics team, which reached theNBA East Division playoffs.

After spending the last four sea-sons on the same staff at Alabamaas Brannen, Dwyer comes toNorthern Kentucky to join Bran-nen’s staff at NKU. Dwyer devotedthe first two seasons with theCrimson Tide as the video coordi-nator before serving as a specialassistant to the head coach in his fi-nal two campaigns in Tuscaloosa,Alabama. He served four years asa student manager at his alma ma-ter Michigan State, where he was apart of the Spartans’ 2009 run tothe national championship gameand four-straight NCAA appear-ances and worked with Billy Dono-van at Florida for one season asvideo coordinator.

Norse Nation also welcomeshome a familiar face in Rack, whoplayed for the Norse from 2008-12.He graduated from NKU as one ofthe program’s most-prolific shoot-ers, ranking third all-time in 3-point field goal percentage (.443)and ninth in threes made (160).Rack worked the lastthree seasonswith the Winthrop men’s basket-ball program. After starting as agraduate assistant, the final twoyears in Rock Hill, South Carolina,were spent as the team’s directorof operations.

» Northern Kentucky Univer-sity’s Dani Devlin and Sydney Fer-rante were honored as a part of theAtlantic Sun Conference All-Con-ference teams in softball. Devlinwas named to the first team, whileFerrante was an all-freshman se-lection. The awards mark the firsttime an NKU softball player hasreceived postseason recognition inthe Division I era.

Devlin, a sophomore catcherfrom Chicago, was far-and-awayNKU’s top offensive producer,leading the Norse with a .347 bat-ting average, 19 extra-base hits in-cluding 12 home runs, 30 RBIs and

a .712 slugging percentage thatranked fourth among conferencebatters.

Ferrante, a freshman shortstopfrom Southington, Conn., was astrong addition to the Norse lineup,starting all 48 games for the Norse,compiling a .267 batting averagewith eight doubles, a pair of homeruns and nine RBIs while scoring ateam-best 27 runs.

TMC Notes» Thomas More College had

five student-athletes named to thePresidents’ Athletic Conference(PAC) Softball All-Conferenceteam by the conference’s 10 headcoaches.

Junior pitcher Mamee Salzer(St. Henry), junior shortstop AnaWalter (Lebanon) and freshmanutility player Sammy Sagers (OakHills) were all named first teamAll-PAC. Salzer has a 2.30 earnedrun average and a 16-9 record inthe pitching circle as she haspitched 167.2 innings and hasstruck out 118 batters. At the plate,she is batting .346 with a team-leading 30 runs batted-in and 11doubles and three home runs. Wal-ter leads the team in batting with a.375 average with a team-best 18doubles, two triples, one home runand 19 RBI. In the field she has a.926 fielding percentage with 44putouts and 82 assists. Sagers ishitting .355 with 19 RBI, eight dou-bles, one triple and one home run.She has a .886 fielding percentagewith 13 putouts and 18 assists.

Senior outfielder Catie Luck(Little Miami) and freshman out-fielder Laura Finke (Notre DameAcademy). Luck has started all 41games for the Saints and has a .248batting average with 16 RBI, sevendoubles, two triples and two homeruns. In the field she has a .958fielding percentage with 46 put-outs. Finke is second on the team inbatting with a .346 average as shehas nine RBI, four doubles and onehome run. She is eight-for-nine instolen base attempts and has a .936fielding percentage.

» Thomas More College juniorshortstop Ana Walter (Lebanon)was named All-Central Region bythe National Fastpitch Coaches As-sociation. Walter was a third teamselection by the NFCA. She led theteam at the plate with a .359 battingaverage.

Walter and the Saints finishedthe season with a 27-17 record, in-cluding a 13-5 mark in the Presi-dents’ Athletic Conference. Theteam shared the PAC regular-sea-son and won the PAC Champion-ship Tournament where it ad-vanced to the NCAA’s Greencastle,Indiana Regional and posted a 1-2record.

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should start a winery andstomp grapes now thatshe’s in retirement.

Fookes took it all instride and was laughingand smiling during theprogram before giving a15-minute speech at theend.

“You all are like mychildren,” she said. “Ilove watching you suc-ceed and do well. I enjoyseeing you with yourchildren. It means theworld to me when I lookup and see you in thestands. I would do any-thing in the world foryou.”

The supporters in at-tendance ranged fromseveral members of herfirst Rebel team, to topstandouts such as Chris-tian Stefanopoulos andSydney Moss, to officialsand opposing headcoaches. Speakers in-cluded Jill NickersonTranter, a track legendwho was on Fookes’ firstteam; Stefanopoulos; An-gel Miller, who is now aBCHS teacher; and a for-mer student of Fookes inhealth class who relatednow much Fookes cared

about her student’s nutri-tional habits. Currentsenior Alexis Switzerrepresented Fookes’ lastteam at the microphone.

“I wouldn’t be theyoung woman I am be-coming without you,”Switzer said in herspeech.

Fookes praised every-one she worked withover the years.

“Coaching and teach-ing are not easy profes-sions,” she said. “If youdon’t have support fromyour administration, youdon’t have much. Youcan’t do this for 36 years

without the support ofyour family. Or the pa-rental support and the el-bow grease to get downand do what needs to bedone, whether it’s fund-raisers or anythingelse.”

Fookes retires with 22district titles, nine re-gional championships, isthird on the KHSAA listof winningest girls bas-ketball coaches. She ledBoone to the state semi-finals twice.

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Nell Fookes sits at the table with members of this pastseason’s team.

Recent trends re-versed themselves Fridayin Ryle’s 11-2 softball winover visiting Walton-Ve-rona, leaving the Bearcatsfrustrated and the Raid-ers exhaling in relief.

Ryle snapped a four-game losing streak andwon for the first time thismonth while improving to11-9. Walton-Verona (8-17)had a two-game winningstreak snapped and its hotbats quieted by Raiderspitcher Kenady Carson.

“Boy, we needed that,”Ryle coach Craig Milburnsaid. “We just haven’tbeen hitting the ball late-ly, until today. And we gotsome good pitching.”

The Raiders bashedtheir way out of a six-game hitting slump dur-ing which they were shutout three times by collect-ing 17 hits, including thefirst fence-clearing homerun since Milburn tookover last year.

Digging in against aBearcats team averaging10 runs per game the lasttwo weeks, junior short-stop Maclai Bransondrilled a first-inning fast-ball over the fence in left,putting the Raiders in ral-ly mode after Walton-Ve-rona plated two runs inthe top of the first.

“I was glad to see us hit.That’s the first homer I’ve

seen like that for us sinceI’ve been here,” Milburnsaid. “And we kept it up. Ihope it means we start hit-ting.”

Branson was happy toget the scoring goingearly for the Raiders.They were averaging lessthan three runs per gamethe previous six contests.

“I hit a fastball, withtwo balls and a strike,”said Branson, who went 2-for-4 and made sterlingplays in the field.

“It’s my first one inhigh school. It feels good.It’s a dinger.”

Ryle, ranked eighth inThe Enquirer coaches’poll, added five more runsand led 6-2 after a 28-min-ute first inning.

That tickled Carson,the winner. She pitched asix-hitter and earned her11th win.

“She’s pitched everyinning of every game, andshe could use the runs,”Milburn said of his ace.“Our first six battersscored in the bottom ofthe first after we weredown 2-0, which is morethan we’ve been doing in alot of games.”

Morgan Smith andMackenzie Irons bothwent 4-for-5 for the Raid-ers. Smith added a double.Carson was 3-4 with afourth-inning double offthe left-field fence andtwo RBI. Sam North alsodrove in a pair of runs.

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Walton-Verona catcher Emily Quattemeyer (22) puts a tagdown on Ryle shortstop Morgan Smith (31) during the bottomof the second inning May 8.

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Walton and Verona aresure looking better as theWake Up Walton Veronavolunteers worked dili-gently on Saturday to dojust that. I have beeninformed there wereapproximately 350 volun-teers. Thanks to everyonethat planned, participatedand contributed. It was agreat service.

Don’t forget the GainesHistorical Museum “Tea”this Sunday, May 17, 2-4p.m. Tickets are $20 atWalton City Hall.

Diggers and PlantersGarden Club Plant Sale isSaturday, May 16, at Wal-ton Christian Churchparking lot beginning at 8a.m. There will also be arummage sale.

There will be a Christ-mas Shoebox work day atFirst Baptist FellowshipHall on May 18. Call BarbSchadler at 859-485-1056.Everyone is welcome tocome.

Memorial Day services

will beginat WaltonCemeteryat 9:30 a.m.and willadjourn tocontinue onat the Vet-erans Me-morialbehindWalton City

Hall.The Walton Verona

Alumni Banquet will beheld on Saturday, June 6,at Walton-Verona HighSchool. Recognized class-es will be 1945, 1955, 1965,1975, 1985, 1995, 2005 and2015. Doors will be open at5 p.m. for a social timewith dinner served at 6:15p.m. Scholarships to de-serving graduating sen-iors will be awarded. Costof the dinner and schol-arships is $22 per person.If for some reason, youcan’t attend, your schol-arship donation will great-ly appreciated.

If you are interested innominating an outstand-ing individual for theWalton-Verona Hall ofFame, please forwardyour letter of nominationto Alumni Associationpresident K.F. Fulmer atP.O. Box 149, Walton, KY41094. Criteria for nomi-nation should be a personwho is a graduate or afriend of the school dis-trict that has assisted inbetterment of the commu-nity. Also, if one of yourclassmates has passedaway previously, pleaseforward their name sothey can be mentioned.

Please forward reser-vations or questions tosecretary Joella Flynn at12409 Crouch Road, Wal-ton, KY 41094. Phone859-485-7179.

The last day of schoolfor Walton Verona stu-dents is June 4.

You might want toconsider helping yourkids find some time tokeep from being boredand find a rewarding

experience this summer.The Walton School ofMusic is located at theWalton Christian Church.The teacher is Pablo Be-navides, who is musicdirector, adjunct profes-sor of music at NorthernKentucky University. Hehas master’s degrees fromTexas Christian Univer-sity, and University ofCincinnati Conservatoryof Music. Piano lessonsare available on Thursdayafternoon and evening.You may contact Pablo forinformation and availabil-ity of lessons at [email protected] orwww.pablomusic.com orcall 859-485-4591. WaltonSchool of Music is notonly for young children asit has been proven thatsenior citizens activelyinvolved in music makingenjoy significant healthbenefits.

Congratulations toChelsa Russell who cele-brated her 16th birthdayon Mother’s Day. Dan andBarbara Sams celebrated

their 44th wedding anni-versary this past week.

Belated 91st birthdaywishes to RosemaryClements. Part of hercelebration was havinglunch with her daughter-in-law, Kay, at the FamilyRestaurant.

Continue to keep theRon Kirk family in yourthoughts and prayers. TheKirks suffered their homeon Edwards Avenue beingdestroyed by fire lastweek.

The city of Walton andall of Boone County lost agood friend with the pass-ing of Bruce Fergusonthis past week. Our sin-cere sympathy to hisfamily and friends. Bruc-e’s knowledge and sincerelove for Boone Countywill be sadly missed.

Ruth Meadows writes a col-umn about Walton. Feel freeto call her at 859-391-7282with Walton neighborhoodnews items.

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Individuals who havecertain skin diseasesmay not be able to getadequate amounts ofvitamin D, as they needto limit their skin’s expo-sure to the sun. Peoplewith dark skin, olderadults and overweightindividuals may not beable to produce adequateamounts of vitamin Dwith sun exposure alone.

Winter sunlight is alsonot strong enough forany of us to get adequateamounts of vitamin D.We can get our daily-recommended amount ofvitamin D by addingfoods to our diets thatnaturally contain vitaminD or are fortified withthe vitamin.

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Scalise-Smithnamed NKU dean

Dr. Dale Scalise-Smithwas recently named deanof the NKU College ofHealth Professions.

Scalise-Smith servesas vice president of theUtica (N.Y.) CollegeSchool for Online & Ex-tended Studies and Exter-nal Partnerships.

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Dr. Scalise-Smith andher husband Christopherhave three children, Jil-lian, Brendan, and Emily;and two grandchildren,Madison and Nixon.

Independencewoman in runningfor ‘Woman of theYear’

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Alwell is nominated asa candidate for the Leuke-mia & Lymphoma Soci-ety’s Woman of the Yearafter competing with oth-er candidates across thecountry to raise the mostfunds for blood cancer re-search.

As a candidate, Alwellwill raise funds throughMay 29. Every dollar sheraises will count as one“vote” in her favor. Maleand female candidateswith the most “votes” willbe awarded the titles Cin-cinnati Man & Woman ofthe Year at a Grand FinaleCelebration on Friday,May 29 at the Hilton Cin-cinnati Netherland Plaza.Visitwww.MWOY.org/Cincy.

Schworer amongUnited Way ‘Heroes’

Philip J. Schworer,member of Frost BrownTodd in Florence, was rep-resented among UnitedWay of Greater Cincin-nati’s 100 Heroes as the or-ganization kicked off ayear-long celebration ofits 100th anniversary withthe “Gathering of HeroesReception & Dinner” atDuke Energy ConventionCenter on April 21.

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Kenton Countyeducators are‘Teachers Who Madea Difference’

JoAnna Loechel, ofWalton, and Traci Zim-merman, of Taylor Mill,were honored April 18 as“Teachers Who Made aDifference.”

The University of Ken-tucky College of Educa-tion’s Teachers Who Madea Difference programgives people an opportu-nity to thank a teacher,principal, professor,coach or other educatorwho has inspired and mo-tivated them to succeed.

Loechel was honoredby Patrick Allen and Zim-merman was honored byLauren Trame.

The 17th annual Teach-ers Who Made a Differ-ence program honored168 educators this yearfrom across Kentuckyand other states.

Wartman named amanager at SeniorServices

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Stephen CestaricStephen J. Cestaric, 68, of

Florence, died April 24 at hishome. He was a U.S. Air Forceveteran and retired pilot.

Survivors include his son,daughter, twin sister, threebrothers, and five grandchil-dren.

Memorials: Disabled AmericanVeterans Charity, 3725 Alexan-dria Pike, Cold Spring, KY 41076.

Mary CostantinoMary Helen Costantino, 82, of

Hebron, died May 4. She was aregistered nurse for more than44 years. Her husband, FrankCostantino, died previously.

Survivors include her son,Keith Westmeyer; and six grand-children along with 13 great-grandchildren. Burial was atForest Lawn Memorial Gardensin Pompano Beach, Florida.

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

Bonnie FeltnerBonnie Lee Napier Feltner, 65,

of Florence, died April 19 at herhome. She was a member ofFirst Church of Christ in Burling-ton and enjoyed cheering forthe Cincinnati Reds and UKWildcats. Survivors include herhusband, Walter Feltner; son,Martin Kraus; daughter, Christi-na Mellotte; sisters Trudy Mis-

kell, Vicki Prescott, and MartaEisenman; brothers Davis Eisen-man and Rick Garnett; and fourgrandchildren.

Bruce FergusonBruce Stuart Ferguson, 86, of

Boone County, died May 3 at St.Elizabeth Florence.

He was a graduate of HolmesHigh School and Villa MadonnaCollege. He was a retired farmer,avid historian, dedicated conser-vationist, UK basketball fan, andlongtime public servant. Heserved four years on the BooneCounty Board of Education, 24years as Boone County judge-executive and four years ascommissioner of the KentuckyDepartment of Local Govern-ment. He also served in leader-ship positions in the BooneCounty Jaycees, Soil & Conserva-tion Board, OKI Regional Councilof Governments, Boone CountyBoard of Elections, Boone Coun-ty Businessman’s Association,Rotary Club, and NationalAssociation of Counties. He wasa member of the Masonic Lodgein Union. His wife, ElizabethReynolds Ferguson, died previ-ously. Survivors include hischildren Carol Ray Medin, PattyHayden, Stuart Ferguson, Mir-iam Pacheco, and Philip Fergu-son; brother, Walter Ferguson ofLexington; and 10 grandchildrenalong with six great-grand-children. Memorials: Dinsmore

Homestead, 5656 BurlingtonPike, Burlington, KY 41005;Boone County Arboretum, 9190Camp Ernst Road, Union, KY41091; or Friends of Big Bone,P.O. Box 675, Union, KY 41091.

William Montour Jr.William Hafey Montour Jr., 59,

of Union, died May 2 at hishome.Survivors include his wife,Joanna Losier; sons Ethan andNolan Losier, both of Union; andbrother, Lance Montour ofBaltimore, Maryland.

Memorials: Paws and Claws,P.O. Box 223, Hebron, KY 41048.

Sam TroubermanSam “Mr. T” H. Trouberman,

92, of Florence, died April 29.He was a retired insurance

adjuster most recently with OhioCasualty Insurance Co. Survivorsinclude his wife, Alma “Frances”Trouberman; daughter, DebbieCahill; son, Perry Trouberman;and four grandchildren alongwith eight great-grandchildren.

Burial was at Hebron Luther-an Cemetery in Hebron.

Memorials: American Diabe-tes Association, 4555 Lake ForestDrive, Suite 396, Cincinnati, OH45242; or American Heart Asso-ciation, 5211 Madison Road,Cincinnati, OH 45227; or Mul-tiple Sclerosis Society, 4440 LakeForest Drive, Suite 120, Cincin-nati, OH 45242.

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UNION — For anothertwo years, Rumpke willhelp keep Union clean.

The solid waste and re-cycling company’s bid fora two-year contract wasunanimously approvedduring the May 4 meeting.

Rumpke had the exist-ing contract, and BestWay Disposal also submit-ted a bid.

City Administrator Da-vid Martin said trash andrecycling collectionwould continue to takeplace on Thursdays.

Rumpke’s bid for trashcollection was $9.25 perunit per month, or an an-nual total of $227,439,along with recycling col-lection at $2.75 per unitper month, or $67,617 an-nually. The company alsooffered a combination dis-count of 50 cents per unitper month, culminating insavings of $12,294 for theyear. The annual com-bined costs total $282,762.

Best Way Disposal’sbid for waste collectionwas 75 cents cheaper than

Rumpke’s bid, at $8.50 perunit per month, or an an-nual total of $208,998. Re-cycling collection was 97cents higher than theircompetitor’s bid, at $3.72per unit per month, or justmore than $91,467 peryear. The combined totalwould be $12.22 per unitper month, or approxi-mately $300,465 per year.

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Question: What can Ido to protect my treesfrom the ash borer that’scoming to Northern Ken-tucky? Should I go aheadand start spraying now?What chemical should Iuse?

Answer: The emeraldash borer is already amajor problem through-out the Northern Ken-tucky area. Actually, theentire commonwealth isnow quarantined, pre-venting transport of allfirewood across statelines to areas not alsoquarantined, unless aspecial permit is ob-tained. Any ash tree notprotected with the rightchemicals will probably

die withinthe nextfew years.Unfortu-nately, thisalso in-cludes themillions ofash treesin ourwoodedareas.

It’salready getting late inthe season to treat yourown trees, but definitelygo ahead and do so assoon as possible. Prod-ucts containing the ac-tive ingredient imida-cloprid (Bayer AdvancedTree & Shrub Insect Con-trol, Bonide Annual Tree

& Shrub Insect Control,Ferti-lome Systemic Tree& Shrub Drench, GreenLight Tree & Shrub In-sect Killer, etc.) areavailable to homeownersfor do-it-yourself protec-tion of ash trees againstattack by the emeraldash borer.

The treatment is verysimple. For most prod-ucts, you simply pour theliquid spray concentrateinto a bucket containingone to two gallons ofwater, stir, then slowlypour the solution aroundthe base of the tree. (Al-ways follow label direc-tions regarding mixingand applying specificproducts).

Green Light Tree &Shrub Insect Controlwith Safari (dinetofuran)also is an option. Annualapplications should bemade between lateMarch and late April orearly May, according tolabel directions. Thetreatments can help toprotect trees that are upto 60 inches in circumfer-ence (measured at 4 1/2feet above the ground).Larger trees requireinjection of insecticideswhich are available onlyto licensed commercialapplicators. This is bestdone during the month ofMay.

Consider several fac-tors when making treat-ment decisions: treelocation, health, value,treatment cost, and re-moval/replacement ex-pense. There is no con-sensus as to how longtreatments may be need-ed. However, it is likelythat trees will need to beprotected for at leastseven years as the EABinfestation sweepsthrough an area. Un-treated ash trees willserve as sources of bee-tles.

You can get an idea ofthe number of ash treesin your county from this

inventory:http://bit.ly/NKYashborer. The number of trees percounty range from over6.8 million in HenryCounty to just over38,000 in Martin County.The larger the populationof ash trees, the longerand more intense theinfestation is likely to be.

For a list of ISA Certi-fied Arborists who treatfor the ash borer inNorthern Kentucky, con-tact your local countyextension office.

Mike Klahr is Boone Countyextension agent for horticul-ture.

Treat ash trees now to stop deadly borers

Mike KlahrHORTICULTURECONCERNS

Campbell Co. gradfinishes Armycombat training

Army Pvt. Ian P. Fran-zen, a 2014 graduate ofCampbell County HighSchool, recently graduat-ed from basic combattraining at Fort Jackson,Columbia, S.C.

Franzen is the son ofMark and Ruth Franzen ofAlexandria.

During the nine weeksof training, the soldierstudied the Army mission,history, tradition and corevalues, physical fitness,and received instructionand practice in basic com-bat skills, military weap-ons, chemical warfareand bayonet training, drilland ceremony, marching,rifle marksmanship,armed and unarmed com-bat, map reading, fieldtactics, military courtesy,military justice system,basic first aid, foot

marches, and field train-ing exercises.

Eddy graduateswith honors

Air Force Airman JoshW. Eddy, a 2014 KentonCounty Success Academygraduate, graduated frombasic military training atJoint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio,Texas.

Eddy earned distinc-tion as an honor graduate.

The airman completedan intensive eight-weekprogram that includedtraining in military disci-pline and studies, AirForce core values, physi-cal fitness, and basic war-fare principles and skills.

Airmen who completebasic training earn fourcredits toward an asso-ciate in applied sciencedegree through the Com-munity College of the AirForce.

Eddy is the stepson ofJohn R. Eddy of Independ-ence.

Scott grad finishesAir Force basictraining

Air Force Airman KyleC. Carpenter, a 2010 grad-uate of Scott High School,recently graduated frombasic military training atJoint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio,Texas.

The airman completedan intensive, eight-weekprogram that includedtraining in military disci-pline and studies, AirForce core values, physi-cal fitness, and basic war-fare principles and skills.

Airmen who completebasic training earn fourcredits toward an asso-ciate in applied sciencedegree through the Com-munity College of the AirForce.

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