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ERLANGER — In an effort tocreate more awareness of itscause, the Kenton County Alli-ance has a new look.

At the April 3 monthly meet-ing, the Alliance introduced anew logo and tagline, “Encour-aging Healthy Lifestyles,” tobetter reflect its purpose and tomore effectively get the wordout about the group’s efforts.

“It’s exciting,” said Alliancechairwoman Vicki Dansberry.“We’ve been working since 2006and everyone involved knowswhat we’re about. But now it’stime for the community to reallysee what we’re doing and thateveryone is welcome to join us.”

The Alliance is a communityorganization of volunteers whowork to reduce alcohol, tobaccoand other drug use among youth.They work for a healthy commu-nity through collaboration andpolicy change.

“This organization is so im-portant because we’re losingkids and young adults everyday,” Dansberry said. “This or-ganization focuses on ways peo-ple can live happy, healthy andsafe lives without substances.Particularly we focus on preven-tion of youths’ first use. Some-one has to tell them, ‘You can livewithout using these things.’That’s this group.”

The Alliance has partneredwith several other communityorganizations to hold informa-

tional meetings on substanceabuse, assisted in establishingPrescription Take Back boxes,and many other projectsthroughout Kenton County.

“The Alliance works through-out the community with teensand adult to encourage healthylifestyle choices,” said Alliancecoordinator Lisa Anglin.

“Our top priority is preven-tion of first use. Research is re-vealing that the younger a per-son is when they first abuse asubstance, the more likely thataddiction will be part of their

Branding createsawareness foralliance’s effortsMelissa [email protected]

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Kenton County Alliance coordinatorLisa Anglin holds a sign featuringthe Alliance’s new logo.

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WALTON — Jordan Stephen-son is determined to make hisdream of owning a successfulrestaurant come true.

The 30-year-old restaurateursoon will start a crowd-fundingcampaign with indiegogo.com toopen The Woodland Inn, 14042Dixie Highway, Walton, in southKenton County.

This is Stephenson’s secondtry at a restaurant at this loca-tion. His first, The StephensonMill, closed last fall after aboutseven months of operation.

Business was good and “peo-ple enjoyed coming in,” Ste-phenson said. He just couldn’tmake ends meet.

“When I started, I had to fixthe building up and there wasn’tenough money to cover operat-ing costs,” he said. “I even soldone of my cars to try to keep go-ing. We really needed to adver-tise but just couldn’t afford it.”

When he made the decision toclose, he promised it wouldn’t beforever.

“I’m hoping to find an inves-tor or silent partner to back me,”Stephenson said in a phone inter-view after his closing messagewas posted on Facebook in Octo-ber. He decided to try a trendingroute of a crowd funding cam-paign, where any individual canpledge any amount of funds tohelp.

“I think this is the route togo,” he said. “It gets the commu-

nity involved. I’ve gotten 100percent positive feedback, peo-ple really enjoyed coming to usfor good food and entertain-ment.”

This time when Stephensonopens his doors – he hopes laterthis summer – his restaurantwill be called The Woodland Inn,paying homage to the building’shistory dating to 1941.

Back then, building washome to the rural eatery knownas Woodland Inn and it was ru-

mored to have hosted illegalgambling and prostitution.Then-owner Glenn “Bulldog”Wright” boasted the area’s bestprime rib.

Stephenson said his eaterywill have a casual family-friend-ly menu featuring dishes with lo-cally sourced ingredients.

“I’m excited,” he said. “Iloved operating my own restau-rant. When it was open, it wasone of the best feelings in theworld knowing I had a place forpeople to come and enjoy goodfood and drinks – a real commu-nity gathering place.”

Patron Chris Kelley is help-ing Stephenson operate hiscrowd-funding campaign.

Walton restaurateur seeks community support Melissa [email protected]

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Jordan Stephenson with freshKentucky-grown produce. See WOODLAND, Page A2

GET INVOLVEDFor up-to-date information on

The Woodland Inn, visitthewoodlandinn.com.

The mission of ThePoint/Arc of NorthernKentucky is to provide

opportunities to people withintellectual and developmen-tal disabilities. One of thesepeople is Mike from FortThomas.

Mike works for The PointCommercial Laundry, one ofThe Point’s three social enter-prises.

His main responsibility isto fold towels belonging to thelaundry’s clients, which in-clude some of the hotels indowntown Cincinnati.

“Mike came here when hewas a senior at HighlandsHigh School,” recalled FredWilhelm, the laundry’s plantmanager.

About 10 years ago Mike’steacher contacted Wilhelm.“His teacher wanted Mike tocome in on an assessment tosee what he could do,” Wil-

helm continued. “He had ajob coach for two to threeweeks. But he caught on real-ly quickly. He’s a good fold-er.”

Mike has been recognizedas Employee of the Year. Andhe recently lost about a hun-dred pounds. “He alwayssmiles,” Wilhelm shared. “Healways works hard. He’ssteady.”

Three days a week Mike

KAMELLIA SMITH FOR THE COMMUNITY RECORDER

Mike of Fort Thomas enjoys working at the Point Commercial Laundry in Covington.

WORKING HARD despite their disabilities

Kamellia SmithCommunity Recorder Contributor

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EDGEWOOD — The fa-ther-daughter writingteam Robert and LaurenHudson are at it again.

The Villa Hills resi-dents have adapted thestory from their award-winning book, “Our BestTomorrow,” into a scriptfor stage.

“It’s really cool to seesomething you’ve writtencome to life,” said Lauren,a Dixie Heights HighSchool freshman. “Ihelped cast the show. Itwas really good to see peo-ple want to become thecharacters I created. It’sgoing to be interesting tosee on stage with a live au-dience.”

The play, also entitled“Our Best Tomorrow,”will debut at Turkey FootMiddle School, 3230 Tur-key Foot Road, Edgewood,7 p.m. on Thursday, April23, with follow-up perfor-mances at 7 p.m. Fridayand Saturday, April 24-25.For tickets, contact theschool at 859-341-0216.

“Our Best Tomorrow”presents the stories ofthree childhood friendswho overcome obstaclesto live the Americandream through education,hard work and responsi-ble decisions. The idea toturn the book into a playcame from Robert.

“I wanted a way toreach more kids with thepositive message from thebook,” said Robert, an at-torney at Frost BrownTodd. “That message isthat you can make a differ-ence and you can succeed.Lauren loves acting and Ijust put two and two to-gether. I was so encour-aged when it came timefor auditions and so manystudents signed up. Howwonderful.”

The play is produced

and directed by RachelRetherford, director ofTurkey Foot MiddleSchool’s Drama Depart-ment.

“Our expected atten-dance over the three daysof performances will ex-ceed 1,500 people,” Reth-erford said. “The dramadepartment of TurkeyFoot Middle School isthrilled and honored tohave one of our own stu-dent’s work highlightedfor our spring production.I expect the play to bevery successful, reachingmore and more studentswith a positive messageacross the commonwealthand beyond.”

Joseph-Beth Booksell-ers in Crestview Hills hasalso teamed up with theauthors and Turkey FootMiddle School for thisevent. Copies of “Our BestTomorrow,” signed byboth authors, will be avail-able for purchase prior tocurtain time, during inter-mission and followingeach performance. A por-tion of proceeds from thesale of each book will ben-efit the Turkey Foot Mid-dle School Drama Depart-ment.

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Robert Hudson and hisdaughter, Lauren, wrote thebook “Our Best Tomorrow.”They’ve adapted the bookfor a play and Turkey FootMiddle School will be first tostage it.

Share your N. Ky.prom photos

High school prom is anight to remember. Nowyou can share your memo-ries with your friends andneighbors.

The Community Re-corder invites you to shareyour best prom photos forpublication in the newspa-per and in an online photogallery. Send a photo andcaption identifying every-one in the photo, from left

to right. Tell us which highschool prom it is, as well asthe date and any other in-teresting details.

Please send your digitalphoto (with “Prom Photos”in the subject line) to [email protected] Thursday, May 21.

Dogwood Dashcoming soon

UNION — Registrationis open for the BooneCounty Arboretum’s annu-

al Dogwood Dash 5K Runand Walk on Saturday,April 25.

To register, visitbit.ly/dd2015reg.

Early registration costs$30 with the shirt, or $20without. Late registrationcosts $25. To enter the kidsrun costs $5.

All proceeds benefitthe Friends of BooneCounty Arboretum to im-prove the grounds andeducational opportunities.

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“I love living in thisarea,” said Kelley of Crit-tenden. “I moved out tothis area nine years agoand love it, but the down-

side is there are not a lot oflocal places to eat. I’m hap-py to support Jordan and Iappreciate what he’s try-ing to do, as far as havingoptions on the menu thatinclude locally produceditems.”

Kelley believes thecampaign will succeed.

“This is a way for peo-ple to invest in somethingthey can see, touch in theirown back yard,” he said.“We need to help localbusinesses as much as pos-sible.”

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adult life. So that is our fo-cus – prevention.”

Anglin said the new lo-go and tagline are part ofan effort to increase ex-posure and focus more onthe positive.

The logo, a cascadingmulticolored ribbon, An-

glin said, represents that“we are are intertwined.”

The color blue repre-sents prevention; purple,community; green, edu-

cation; and yellow repre-sents empowerment.

The concept was de-signed by the marketingcompany, The Think Shop

in Newport.“It’s a great new look

and feel for us,” Anglinsaid. “It’s also really fo-cused on not what’s goingwrong, but what’s goingright. The colors arebright and cheerful andthe ribbon representsthat all of our lives areconnected.”

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FOLLOW THE EXAMPLEFor more information or to join the Kenton County

Alliance www.kentoncountyalliance.org. Members meet12:30 p.m. the first Friday of every month, at the EnsorEducation Annex, 305 Bartlett Ave., Erlanger.

rides a TANK bus towork, arriving promptlyat 7 a.m. “He has an excel-lent attendance record,”Wilhelm noted.

Is he happy working atthe company? Mikesmiled and nodded. “Yes,I am.”

“Mike looks forward tocoming to work, and welook forward to seeingMike,” Wilhelm added.

Despite his disability,Wilhelm doesn’t treatMike any differently thanhis other employees. “Italk to him like I talk to ev-erybody else,” he ex-plained.

Austin, from Alexan-dria, also works for one ofThe Point’s social enter-prises. For the last twoyears he has been part of

The Point Logo and De-sign Co.

“My mom wanted meto explore the workforcesince I graduated from

high school. She wantedme to get a good glimpseof what is like to be out, toget working, and to makemy own income,” he re-called. “So she looked up afew sites and she cameacross The Point.”

“Austin is very dili-gent and detail-oriented,”explained Chris Schreib-er, the company’s generalmanager.

“He’s very good withcustomers. When itcomes to answering thephone, he does it very ar-ticulately.”

The job means a lot toAustin. “I love it here,” heshared.

For more informationabout The Point, pleasevisit www.thepointarc.org or call 859-491-9191.

The PointContinued from Page A1

KAMELLIA SMITH FOR THE COMMUNITY RECORDER

Austin of Alexandria works with embroidery at the PointLogo and Design Co. in Covington.

The Northern Ken-tucky Medical ReserveCorps is looking for vol-unteers to join in and helpin the community. The op-portunity will provide cit-izens of both medical andnon-medical back-grounds with a way tohelp their communitiesduring a public healthemergency.

Anyone interested injoining the Medical Re-serve Corps is invited toattend an orientation ses-sion from 6 to 8 p.m. Tues-day, April 21, at the healthdepartment’s district of-fice, 610 Medical VillageDrive in Edgewood. Alight meal will be provid-ed.

The Northern Ken-tucky Medical ReserveCorps is a branch of thefederal government’sMedical Reserve Corpsprogram. Its goal is to

provide a volunteer poolfor the Northern Ken-tucky region that can en-hance and support publichealth agencies and thehealth care infrastruc-ture during a crisis.

Since the Medical Re-serve Corps was createdin 2002, the program hasgrown to more than200,000 volunteers innearly 1,000 units acrossthe country. NorthernKentucky’s MRC unitalone has more than 500members.

Volunteers would beasked to serve in theirown community; but mayalso choose to volunteerfor the Tristate region orfor communities in needaround Kentucky. Volun-teers will be offeredtrainings throughout theyear that will supportpersonal preparednessand basic disaster re-

sponse skills, as well asdeveloping specializedskills needed for a publichealth emergency re-sponse.

Volunteers must be 18or older.

For more information

about the Medical Re-serve Corps, contact JeanCaudill at 859-363-2009 [email protected]. If you plan to attendan orientation, call or e-mail Jean Caudill to reg-ister in advance.

Medical Reserve Corps seeks volunteers

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Members of the Community Emergency Response Team, acitizen-based volunteer emergency group in Anderson, trainat the Beechmont Avenue fire station.

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Student writers at NotreDame Academy received 27Gold Keys, 35 Silver Keys and53 Honorable Mentions in theScholastic Art and Writing

Competition. According to a press re-

lease, that is a total of 115Scholastic Art and WritingAwards, which is more than

three times the awards won byany other high school in theregion.

NDA seniors, Sydney Stall-man and Morgan Zumbiel,

were also named AmericanVoices Nominees. There wereonly five American Voicesnominees named in the re-gion.

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Notre Dame Academy students received 27 Gold Keys, 35 Silver Keys and 53 Honorable Mentions in the Scholastic Art and Writing Competition.

NDA students receive 115 awards

The Covington Latin Schoolsenior class performed Shake-speare’s “Merry Wives of Wind-sor” last month.

The play was directed bysenior Kaleigh Howland, aBoone County resident.

Kaleigh, who has attendedsummer camps with the Cincin-nati Shakespeare Company andhas studied at College-Conser-vatory Music at University ofCincinnati for the past eightyears, set the play in the 1950s.

“When we approach Shake-speare, I feel like we can get soeasily detached from the peopleand the stories. Even though inreality the stories are timeless.As such, ‘The Merry Wives of

Windsor’ can be played in anytime frame,” Kaleigh said.

“The 1950s in particular Ithink works really well becauseof the themes of love, money,feuds and mischief. It brought‘Grease’ to mind immediatelyand we definitely drew from‘Grease’ for a lot of the charac-ters.”

Matt Krebs, dean of studentsand Drama Department chair,said, “Kaleigh did a fine job di-recting the play, drawing on hervast experience on stage and infilms. She has particular expe-rience in acting Shakespearewhich proved invaluable for ourshow.”

The Cincinnati Shakespeare

Company invited CovingtonLatin to be a part of Project 38.CSC collaborated with 38 differ-ent area schools over the courseof the year. Each school was giv-en one of Shakespeare’s 38plays to bring to life. Schoolschose everything from videosto visual art to traditional pro-ductions. The Project 38 Festi-val will take place April 15-22,the week of Shakespeare’sbirthday.

Besides presenting the playat school, Covington Latin willagain perform “The MerryWives of Windsor” on April 21atMemorial Hall.

For more information, visitbit.ly/PROJECT38.

High school senior directs Shakespeare playPROVIDED

TheCovingtonLatin Schoolsenior classperformedShakespeare’s“Merry Wivesof Windsor”last month.The play wasdirected byseniorKaleighHowland, aBooneCountyresident.

Gateway Communityand Technical College’sSpeech Team won tophonors at the 2015 Ken-tucky state forensicstournament March 28-29.

This year’s tourna-ment was hosted by theUniversity of Kentuckyat Transylvania Univer-sity’s campus. The tour-nament featured teams

from across the com-monwealth participat-ing in speech and debateevents.

Micah Greenhill wonfirst place overall in Ra-dio Broadcasting, firstplace overall in Commu-nication Analysis, sec-ond place overall inProse Interpretation,third place overall Per-suasive Speaking, Top

Community College Par-ticipant in Program OralInterpretation, PoetryInterpretation, ProgramOral Interpretation, andAfter Dinner Speaking.Greenhill also qualifiedfor the Quadrathon, acumulative award forstudents who compete infour or more events, andplaced second overall,finishing half a point be-

hind the Western Ken-tucky University stu-dent who finished firstin the state.

Greenhill was alsonamed one of two 2015Harlan Hamm AwardWinners, which is givento students who demon-strate the values and ide-al of the KFA ForensicsCommunity in both com-petition, the classroom

and the community. Other awards includ-

ed:DeShawntae Dur-

ham: Top CommunityCollege Participant inRadio Broadcasting andEditorial Impromptu

Saywer Edelbroich:Top Community CollegeParticipant in Persua-sive Speaking and Infor-mative Speaking

Gateway SpeechTeam: second placeSweepstakes in NPDADebate - CommunityCollege Division, secondplace Sweepstakes in IP-DA Debate – CommunityCollege Division, andfirst place Sweepstakesin Individual Events –Community College Di-vision.

Gateway’s speech team wins top honors

President’s List

Western Kentucky University: LauraD. Allen, Amanda J. Barth, Hope E.Bradford, Susan D. Breidenich, Connor T.Bright, Elyssa N. Carmony, Alexa S.Colvin, Molly E. Couch, Frances J. DeVita,Alexis R. Fischer, Zena N. Gavin, TannerB. Harden, Montana O. Hatfield, DanielR. Hillenmeyer, Laurel E. Huber, RachelA. Kaiser, Sarah M. Keene, Jenna M.Lehkamp, Alexandra M. Lonnemann,Wendy L. Loomis, Molly A. Mayer,Jordan L. Miller, Luke R. Nybo, Kristen A.Ostendorf, Hope M. Pauly, Aaron J.Schilling, Savannah D. Smith, Bridget L.Stewart, Chloe M. Turner, Jessica R.Voorhees, Alexander T. Zaffiro,

Dean’s List

Western Kentucky University:Mariah D. Armstrong, Kayla M. Brad-field, Emily M. Braunwart, Sara E.Brown, Rachel L. Child, Chandler M.Clark, Heather M. Duke, Kristin H. East,Britney A. Fightmaster, Samantha M.Kroger, Megan A. Magistrelli, Nathan P.McClendon, Maxwell G. McGehee,Maggie L. Mercer, Jocelyn F. Moss, EmilyN. Oberhausen, Kelly E. Rosen, Cyrus J.Sadrinia, Hayden S. Skinner-Fine, BailieF. Smith Hunter, Jacqueline A. Voss,Adam S. Winkler.

COLLEGECORNER

St. Ursula AcademyThe following students have earned

honors for the second quarter of 2014-2015.

First HonorsClaire Crispen, Fiona Galley, Grace

Kelly, Sarah Moore, Noelle Purcell, AnnaSittason-Wilson, Dana Zdolshek.

Second HonorsLucy Deane, Nora Hemmer, Monica

Luebbers.

HONOR ROLLS

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FRIDAY, APRIL 17Art & 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 ExhibitsNow Here: Theoretical Land-scapes, noon-5 p.m., The Car-negie, 1028 Scott Blvd., Surveysgroup of artists that to createspaces and environments in theirwork that, though grounded inreality, suggest altered sensibil-ities. Such dislocation in art is aneffective way to ask the viewerto consider their own relation-ship to real and imagined land-scapes. Free. 957-1940; www.the-carnegie.com. Covington.

Dining EventsFaith Community UMC Spa-ghetti Dinner, 5-8 p.m., FaithCommunity United MethodistChurch, 4310 Richardson Road,Include spaghetti, meatballs,salad, bread and desserts. Silentauction and cake auction. $8.282-8889; www.faithcommuni-tyumc.com. Independence.

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

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

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

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

Literary - LibrariesUsed Book Sale, 4-8 p.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Hardback,paperback, CDs, videos, refer-ence materials and more. Pre-sented by Boone County PublicLibrary. 342-2665. Burlington.

Mahjong, 1 p.m., Boone CountyPublic Library - Scheben Branch,8899 U.S. 42, All skill levelswelcome. Presented by SchebenBranch Library. 8342-2665.Union.

Genealogy Tech: FindingOnline Photographs, 1-2p.m.,Kenton County Public LibraryCovington, 502 Scott Blvd., LocalHistory Department, 2nd Floor.Learn how to search local data-bases for historic photographs.Free. Registration required.Presented by Kenton County

Public Library. 962-4070. Coving-ton.

Music - BluegrassWhipstitch Sallies, 7 p.m.,Boone County Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Bluegrass rock-ers consisting of guitar, mando-lin, bass, and fiddle. Four womencommand stage with theirtraditional instruments and tightharmonies. Free. Presented byBoone County Public Library.342-2665; www.bcpl.org. Bur-lington.

Music - Classic RockWe All Shrine On: BeatlesTribute Concert, 8:30 p.m. to1:30 a.m., The Southgate HouseRevival, 111 E. Sixth St., Morethan 15 bands on all stages invenue. Ages 21 and up. BenefitsShriner’s Hospitals for Children.$15. 431-2201; http://ticketf.ly/1FkD15z. Newport.

Music - RockJoey Said No, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.,JerZee’s Pub and Grub, 708Monmouth St., Free. 491-3500.Newport.

On Stage - ComedyMo’nique, 8 p.m., 10:30 p.m.,Funny Bone Comedy Club, 1Levee Way, $40. 957-2000;www.funnyboneonthelevee-.com. Newport.

On Stage - TheaterThe Cover of Life, 8-10 p.m.,Falcon Theatre, 636 MonmouthSt., When 3 brothers go off tofight in World War II, theiryoung wives move in with theboys’ mother to keep the homefront burning. Life Magazinedecides it would make a goodcover story. As the reportercollects information for her story,all the women learn more aboutthemselves and each other. $19,$17 students and seniors.Through April 25. 513-479-6783;www.falcontheater.net. New-port.

The Underpants, 7:30 p.m., TheCarnegie, 1028 Scott Blvd.,Alluringly pretty housewifeLouisa ignites debauchery inDusseldorf when her underpantsaccidentally fall down during theking’s parade, shaming her stuffyhusband and driving feverishinterest in the room the coupleare trying to rent. $18-$25.Through April 26. 957-1940;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.

The Divine Visitor, 8 p.m., StaussTheatre, Northern KentuckyUniversity, 101 Fine Arts Center,$14, $11 ages 60 and up, $8students with ID. Presented byNorthern Kentucky UniversityTheatre and Dance. ThroughApril 26. 572-5464; theatre.n-ku.edu. Highland Heights.

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

Sports-Registrations &Tryouts

City of Edgewood Men’s andCo-ed Softball League, 6-8p.m., Presidents Park, 281 DudleyRoad, Recreation summer soft-ball leagues are being offered onWednesday nights for men andon Sunday nights for co-edteams. League play begins May6th; deadline to register is April17th. Ages 18 and up. $375.Presented by City of Edgewood.331-5910; www.edgewoodky.go.Edgewood.

SATURDAY, APRIL 18Art Exhibits

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

Art OpeningsFlight: Curated by Saad Ghosn,6-9 p.m., Covington Arts, 2 W.Pike St., Works by SharmonDavidson, Marsha Karagheusianand Jan Nickum. Through May29. Free. 292-2322; www.coving-tonarts.com. Covington.

BenefitsCrop for Care Net, 9 a.m. to 9p.m., St. Philip Parish Center,1402 Mary Ingles Highway,Scrapbooking and crafting eventfor those needing time andspace to work on projects.Breakfast, lunch and dinnerincluded. Benefits Care Netparenting education programs.$45. Registration required.Presented by Care Net PregnancyServices of Northern Kentucky.431-9178; www.choselifenky.org.Melbourne.

Fuzz Ball, 6-10 p.m., Reflectionson the Lake Banquet Center,4210 Alexandria Pike, Ticket priceincludes appetizers, buffetdinner, dessert, beer, wine andsoft drinks. Silent auction. Ages21 and up. Benefits Paws andClaws Animal Rescue. $50, $40 ifpurchased before April 11.Reservations recommended.Presented by Paws and ClawsAnimal Rescue, Inc. 652-6603;www.pawsclawsanimalrescue-.com. Cold Spring.

Boone County Animal ShelterBaby Shower, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.,Boone County Animal Shelter,5643 Idlewild Road, Shelter isregistered at Walmart, Targetand Amazon.com. BenefitsBoone County Animal Shelter.Free. 586-5285; http://boone-countyshelter.org. Burlington.

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

Craft ShowsWalton Verona ElementaryCraft Show, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,Walton-Verona ElementarySchool, 15066 Porter Road,Crafters and vendors will beaccepted until April 10. $5.Presented by Walton VeronaElementary School PTA. 485-4432; [email protected]. Verona.

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

EducationTerrific Toys, 10-11:30 a.m.,Edgewood Senior Center, 550Freedom Park Drive, Teacheschildren about science thatmakes your toys work. Event isopen to the first 100 Edgewoodchildren who register. Ages 5-12.Free. Reservations required.Presented by City of Edgewood.331-5910; www.edgewood-ky.gov. Edgewood.

Holiday - Earth DayGreat American CleanupProgram, 8:15 a.m. to 12:30p.m., Florence Public ServicesMaintenance Facility, 7850Tanners Lane, Opportunity forchildren and adults to volunteerand clean litter along city road-ways and parks. T-shirt, cleaningsupplies, breakfast and lunchprovided. Free. Presented by Cityof Florence. 647-5439; www.flor-ence-ky.gov. Florence.

Literary - LibrariesUsed Book Sale, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,Boone County Main Library,342-2665. Burlington.

NatureNight Hike, 8:30 p.m., CampbellCounty Environmental EducationCenter, 1261 Race Track Road,Learn about nocturnal animals.Free. Reservations required.572-2600; ces.ca.uky.edu/Camp-bell. Alexandria.

On Stage - TheaterThe Underpants, 7:30 p.m., TheCarnegie, $18-$25. 957.1940;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.

The Divine Visitor, 4 p.m., StaussTheatre, Northern KentuckyUniversity, $14, $11 ages 60 andup, $8 students with ID.572.5464; theatre.nku.edu.Highland Heights.

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.

SUNDAY, APRIL 19Antiques 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.

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

Literary - LibrariesUsed Book Sale, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.,Boone County Main Library,342-2665. Burlington.

On Stage - TheaterThe Underpants, 3 p.m., TheCarnegie, $18-$25. 957-1940;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.

The Divine Visitor, 4 p.m., StaussTheatre, Northern KentuckyUniversity, $14, $11 ages 60 andup, $8 students with ID. 572-5464; theatre.nku.edu. HighlandHeights.

MONDAY, APRIL 20Dance ClassesLine Dance Classes, 5:30-6:30p.m., Elsmere Senior Center, 179Dell St., $3. Presented by HollyRuschman. Through Dec. 14.727-0904. Elsmere.

EducationPower Point Basics, 6:30 p.m.,Boone County Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Learn to createslides, use custom animation,change backgrounds, add transi-tions and more. Free. Regis-tration required. Presented byBoone County Public Library.342-2665; www.bcpl.org. Bur-lington.

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

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

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

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

Yoga, 10-11 a.m., The LivelyLearning Lab, 7500 Oakbrook

Drive, 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 Presbyterian Church,10259 U.S. 42, Church officeentrance in back lot and followsigns to room. Program ofrecovery from compulsive eatingusing 12 Steps and 12 Traditionsof OA. Not a diet and caloriesclub and no weigh-ins. Free.Presented by Overeaters Anony-mous. 525-6932; www.cincinna-tioa.org. Union.

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

Royal: Reviewers of YoungAdult Literature, 6:30 p.m.,Boone County Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Read new booksbefore they hit the shelves. Free.Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library. 342-2665. Burling-ton.

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

Congenealogy, 6:30-8 p.m.,Kenton County Public LibraryCovington, 502 Scott Blvd.,Meeting Room 3. KentuckyHistory Librarian Bill Stolz pre-sents “My Grandfather was aBootlegger: Separating Fact fromFiction.” Learn how he discov-ered truth, using a variety ofhistorical records and newspa-pers, behind a family myth. Ages18 and up. Free. Presented byKenton County Public Library.962-4070. Covington.

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

TUESDAY, APRIL 21Art & Craft Classes7-11 Club, 9:30-11:30 a.m., TheLively Learning Lab, 7500 Oak-brook Drive, Suite 10, Social clubfor homeschoolers. Make crafts,play games or create art. Ages7-11. $5. Registration required.916-2721. Florence.

Art ExhibitsFlight: Curated by Saad Ghosn,9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Covington Arts,2 W. Pike St., Flight featuresworks by three women (Shar-mon Davidson, Marsha Ka-ragheusian, Jan Nickum) fromGreater Cincinnati who specifi-cally reference flight in regard totime, space and experience.Exploring the notions of passage,memory and dialogue within thecycle of life, exhibition includesmixed media constructions,collaged books and earthenwareceramics. Presented by Coving-ton Arts District. 292-2322;

http://covingtonarts.com/. Co-vington.

EducationSecular Homeschool Co-op, 1-4p.m., The Lively Learning Lab,7500 Oakbrook Drive, Suite 10,Hands-on, active learning, sec-ular co-op. Topics: Evolution ofMusic, Fiber Art, Creative Expres-sion, Financial Literacy, Nutrition,Drama and more. Ages 5-18. $50.Registration required. ThroughApril 29. 916-2721. Florence.

Survival Herbs of NorthernKentucky, 7 p.m., FlorenceBranch Library, 7425 U.S. 42,Holistic herbalist Dave Noemdiscusses local medicinal herbsthat can be used for antibiotics,bee stings and bites, cold andcough, and the cleaning andbuilding of specific organs. He’llalso discuss edible plants andtrees of Northern Kentucky. Free.Registration required. 342-2665;www.bcpl.org. Florence.

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

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

Holiday - Earth DayTree Seedling Giveaway, 6-8p.m., Campbell County Coopera-tive Extension Service, 3500Alexandria Pike, Help reforestCampbell County. Several typesof trees to choose from. Free.572-2600; http://www.ces.ca.uky.edu/campbell. High-land Heights.

Literary - LibrariesBridge, 12:30 p.m., Boone CountyPublic Library - Scheben Branch,8899 U.S. 42, Presented byScheben Branch Library. 342-2665. Union.

Teen Writer Tuesdays: Middleand High School, 6:30 p.m.,Boone County Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Share yourwork. No experience required.Free. Registration required.Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library. 342-2665. Burling-ton.

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

Music - AcousticRoger Drawdy, 8 p.m., MollyMalone’s Irish Pub and Restau-rant, 112 E. Fourth St., Irish music.Free. 491-6659; mollymalonesir-ishpub.com. Covington.

THINGS TO DO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

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To find more calendar events, go to Cincinnati.com/calendar.

PROVIDED

Shark Bridge is the only suspension bridge in North America where guests can walk just inchesabove nearly two dozen sharks. This V-shaped rope bridge is 75-feet long and will besuspended over the open water of the 385,000 gallon Surrounded by Sharks exhibit. $23 Adult,$15 Child (2-12), Free children under 2. 815-1471; www.newportaquarium.com

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Faith Community United Methodist Church is having aSpaghetti Dinner, 5-8 p.m. Friday, April 17, at Faith CommunityUnited Methodist Church, 4310 Richardson Road,Independence. Menu includes spaghetti, meatballs, salad,bread and desserts. Silent auction and cake auction will alsotake place. Cost is $8. Call 282-8889; visitwww.faithcommunityumc.com.

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Today I’m going to talkabout wine. Now I’m not con-fessing to be an expert onwine – words like fruity, oakyand big are not terms I use ona daily basis but I do enjoywine as a social drink andespecially in cooking.

My only foray into makingwine was dandelion wine a fewyears ago and it just aboutblew up in the garage.

No more homemade winemaking for me!

Cooking with wineThere’s something magical

when you cook with wine.Wines enhance food by tende-rizing and moisturizing whileimparting unbeatable flavor.

It’s not onlyabout taste,although cer-tainly the fruityand acidic as-pects add nu-ances and spikesof flavor.

The alcohol inwine actuallypulls flavors outand carries

them into food. To see what Imean, add wine to a skilletthat was used to sauté food. Asyou scrape up caramelizedbits of food on the bottom,called deglazing, the winegoes to work, giving the fin-ished sauce an incomparableflavor. If you added merely

water, juice or broth to de-glaze, they could not dissolveand pull flavors out the waythe alcohol in wine does.

Dry or sweet?I like dry wines because I

don’t want a sweet wine toaffect flavor. Use what youlike to drink. Don’t use thatnasty stuff in the bottle la-beled “cooking wines,” whichare loaded with salt and pre-servatives. They are usuallyon the same shelf as vinegars,and can be sold even on Sun-day because the alcohol con-tent is minute.

If you are deglazing addwine to skillet before you addanything else. Let it boil a bit

to reduce acids and tannins.This is key to prevent curdlingif you are adding dairy prod-ucts.

Balancing act: pairingwines with food

Here’s where it can getconfusing. Is it red with beef,white with poultry and sea-food, champagne for the toast?To play it safe, try white wineswith seafood and poultry andmore assertive red wines withgame and beef. But, hey, todayjust about anything goes. Soit’s up to you.

Wine terms:Dry: Wine that’s not sweet

with no residual sugar.

Big: Rich, full-bodied, real-ly flavorful and assertive.

Fruity: The aroma of freshfruit should hit you here. Andit’s not just grapes, but applesand berry aromas, too.

Oaky: The wine has a warmvanilla flavor and fragrance,coming from the fact that thewine has been aged in new oakbarrels.

For more information aboutcooking with wine, check outmy website Abouteating.com

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is an herb-alist, educator, Jungle Jim’s East-gate culinary professional and au-thor. Find her blog online atAbouteating.com. Call 513-248-7130,ext. 356.

Rita’s guide to cooking with wine

Rita HeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN

Wine and herb marinated chicken

I cut up the chicken and put it in the marinade for kebobs. I threadedbell peppers and onions on the kebobs between the chicken. You can alsoleave the chicken whole.

Palmful parsley, chopped2 tablespoons fresh oregano, chopped or a generous teaspoon dried1⁄4 cup dry white wine, like Sauvignon Blanc1⁄4 cup olive oil1 nice lemon, juice and zest of2 large garlic cloves, minced 2 tablespoons1 tablespoon black olives, finely chopped (optional but good)3/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts

Mix marinade ingredients and pour into large baggie. Add chickenand before sealing baggie, remove air by laying baggie on its side beforesealing and smoothing out the air. Refrigerate for 2 hours or so. Reservemarinade. Grill on medium high, covered, about 7 minutes per side or untildone, basting every few minutes with marinade. Serve with yogurt sauce ifyou like.

Yogurt sauce

No real recipe, but just stir together 1 cup Greek yogurt, 1/4 cup sourcream, some chopped parsley, a teaspoon or so minced garlic and salt andpepper to taste.

THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD

Wine and herb marinated chicken kebobs garnished with fresh oregano pair well with a simple yogurt sauce.

APRIL 16, 2015 • SOUTH KENTON RECORDER • A7

Our tri-county communitysuffered the loss of a oncegreat leader earlier thismonth; but the model he leftwill surely endure. Whereverhe was present, he was in aleadership mode, advancingthe ball. The works of a goodman should not go unnoticednor uncelebrated with hispassing.

Some of us do thingswhich are visual, like buildtall buildings that speak tothe future and signifychange. Others focus in amultiplicity of other ways,politically, charitably, cre-ating employment opportuni-ty, serving on boards, joiningforces to make a differencein their community’s future.Dennis B. Griffin did all ofthose while he was buildingthe next stages of a strong,successful Griffin Industriesenterprise. I remember himmost as a leader, also as a

shoulder-to-shoulderpartner inwhateveraction was forthe commongood.

I remem-ber the manysessions in1981 whenDennis and I,and GordonMartin,

Matth. Toebben and WayneCarlisle, as members of theGovernor’s (John Y. Brown)Economic Development TaskForce, labored weekly andloyally for at least 10 months,every Monday evening from5 p.m., often until 2 a.m.,trying to develop what be-came known as the very firstvision for the community, abook, a plan, projects, titled“Northern Kentucky’s Fu-ture.”

In those lively meetings,Dennis was energetic andinstrumental, he was an in-stigator for spirited andextended debate. In a waythat only Dennis could, heprovided leadership that ledto ultimate honesty concern-ing, for example, “Who wewere as a community – andwho we were not – and whowe could be in what was adivided and fragmentedpopulation of only 220,000 atthe time. Actively engagedthroughout, he forced con-sensus, and a bond amongthose in the group that ex-tended to the wider commu-nity, that which has givenrise to more change over the34 years since, than we knowor fully recognize.

What has occurred inNorthern Kentucky, on theriverbank, in the suburbs, inour school systems, in ourelected offices, in our social

outreach, has in big partbeen the work of a once vo-cal, dedicated and committedcommunity contributor,Dennis B. Griffin. And itneeds to be said, and this willbe said by many as we re-flect on his passing.

A disciplined man of char-acter, he modeled the higherorder, he modeled stretch-ing, he modeled leadership.And he was a shoulder part-ner at the same time, as hispurpose was not for identityor praise. Those were funtimes in the ’80s, implement-ing change, and doing it to-gether. Indeed, Dennis Grif-fin was and remains a majorforce in the progress of theNorthern Kentucky commu-nity and all those he touched.It is for us to carry on as hewould have it.

William P. Butler is he chairmanof Corporex Companies.

Dennis Griffin: A leaderfor change, and more

GuestColumnistCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

The 2015 session of theGeneral Assembly is beingheralded by some as a greatsuccess due to the passage ofbills addressing heroin, theroad fund and other issues.Without question, there iscause to acknowledge andcelebrate those accomplish-ments.

But there is another chap-ter to this session’s story forKentucky’s business commu-nity, and it is one of disap-pointment because of themany pro-business bills thatwere left hanging in the bal-ance when the final gavel fell.

First, the positive resultsof the session that will ad-vance Kentucky:

» Our telecommunicationssystems can now be modern-ized more quickly.

» The state road fund wasstabilized by creating a“floor” under the decliningstate gas tax revenue.

» Legislation to curb thelethal threat of heroin waspassed and likely will savelives.

» On the most pressingissue facing state govern-

ment – ourunderfundedpublic pensionsystems – afew billspassed thatshould helpput a brighterlight on theoperations ofthe systems,but morework is need-ed here.

And, always of particularinterest to those we repre-sent, there were no billspassed in this session thatwere particularly harmful tothe broad business communi-ty

But on the disappointingside:

» Public-private partner-ships had amazing supportlast year in the House andSenate and strong bipartisansupport going into this year’ssession, but fell in the Ken-tucky Senate without evengetting a committee hearingor a vote on the floor (wheremany are confident the billwould have passed).

» Local option sales taxauthorization for cities andcounties, which is favoredtwo-to-one among businessleaders we surveyed, passedin the House only to die in theSenate without even a com-mittee hearing or a floor vote.

» Smoke-free legislationfavored by a nine-to-one mar-gin by Chamber memberspassed the House, only to diein the Senate without a com-mittee hearing or a floor vote.

» An independent study ofthe teacher retirement sys-tem, which the Chamber hasbeen advocating since early2014, was championed by theSenate but died in negotia-tions with the House.

» Right to work legislation,enacted by most of Kentuck-y’s competitor states andgaining traction in local com-munities, won passage in theSenate but failed to get ahearing in the House.

» A Senate-passed bill toallow the creation of charterschools to give parents abroader choice for their chil-dren’s education once againfailed without even a House

committee hearing.» Legislation to create an

impartial process of medicalreview panels to deter mer-itless lawsuits against med-ical providers passed theSenate but failed without ahearing in the House.

The failure of some ofthese measures, such as char-ter schools or right to work,was not particularly surpris-ing due to the longstandingalignment of partisan inter-ests on both sides of the de-bate. Other legislation, how-ever, had substantial biparti-san support. That made theirfailure particularly jarring.

Anyone working to ad-vance Kentucky can expect toencounter some obstacles,and we continue to hope that,as Kentuckians with a sharedgoal of making progress forour state, we can take at leasttwo steps forward for everyone step backward.

But it’s tough to celebratea few successes when impor-tant issues with strong bipar-tisan support fail due to theclumsy nature of the legisla-tive process or a lack of com-

mitment to finding ways toovercome those barriers.

Dave Adkisson is president and CEOof the Kentucky Chamber of Com-merce.

Session leaves many in state’sbusiness community disappointed

DaveAdkissonCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

Last week’s questionThe state General Assembly

passed House Bill 340 whichexpands the state’s film taxcredits in order to create morefilm production in the common-wealth. Do you want to seemore movies made in Kentucky?Where are good locations tofilm? What movie star do youwant to come to Kentucky tomake a movie?

“My nephew, Brad Riddell,who is a screenwriter, is on the

board (I forget the exact term)for the advancement of Ken-tucky filming. Brad is a UKgrad, and MFA from USC, hiscurrent residence is in the Chi-cago area as he is an adjunctprofessor in screenwriting atDePaul University, however hestill considers Kentucky hishome and where his heart re-sides. He has made a number ofdocumentaries about Kentuckyand the film industry ... so ‘Yes,’I’m all for it!”

Sherry Riddell Walters

“This is a chance to makefamily-type movies. Positivemovies that show resolutionsto everyday life in today’sworld. Locations and actors arenot as important as content.”

Karen Swanson Dietz

“Ryan Gosling.”Tiffany Buchanan

“The General Assemblywasted the entire session on

doing anything to distract frompension and educational re-form. They passed a heroin billthat lacked the necessaryteeth, a bill that is going tomake your Kentucky CCDWmeaningless in other states,allocated no future funding orplanning on the Brent Spencecorridor and we want to talkabout tax credits for movieproduction? Yikes.”

Aaron Gillum

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Heiner ‘off the rails’ onCommon Core

When I first read that Hal Hei-ner of Louisville was running forthe Republican nomination forgovernor, I was intrigued. He hasbusiness experience which I be-lieve the governor of Kentuckyneeds. He projected conservativevalues which I approve of and ap-preciate. But, then he went off therails.

Today, I received a piece of cam-paign material from him which at-tacked the Common Core educa-tion standards.

He has, unfortunately, adoptedthe position of the far right Repub-licans which says he is playing tothem and leaving behind commonsense. Heiner is now firmly in theanti-Common Core (ACC) rightwing group and too “right” for me.He has lost my vote.

I recommend that the readers ofthis letter, particularly the sup-porters of Hal Heiner, go to thecorestandards.org website and seefor themselves what Common Coreis all about. It will make it easier forpeople to resist the hysteria of theACC movement and may help themmake a more rational choice forgovernor this year.

Ted SmithPark Hills

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Boys tennis» Calvary Christian beat

Dixie Heights 3-2. Calvary win-ners were Moss, Kreft andWells.

Baseball» The Bryan Stevenson Me-

morial Tournament returns fora fifth year, honoring a formerScott High School baseballstandout. A golf tournament inhis name will be June 27 at Ken-ton County Golf Course. Thesetwo events have contributedover $25,000 to scholarships forstudent athletes at the threeschools in the Kenton Countyschool district.

Friday, April 24: At SimonKenton – Conner vs. PendletonCounty (5 p.m.), Conner vs.Madison Central (7 p.m.); At

Dixie Heights – Ryle vs. Dixie (5p.m.), Covington Catholic vs.Dixie (7 p.m.); At Scott – Cooperat Scott (6 p.m.).

Saturday, April 25: At SK –Pendleton vs. SK (10 a.m.), La-kota West vs. SK (12:45 p.m.), SKvs. Dixie JV (3 p.m.), Dixie vs.Scott JV (5 p.m.), SK vs. Scott JV(7 p.m.); At Dixie – Cooper vs.Dixie (10:30 a.m.), Cooper vs.Pendleton (1 p.m.); At Scott –Ryle vs. Scott (10 a.m.), Ryle vs.Madison Central (12:30 p.m.),CovCath vs. Madison Central (3p.m.), Scott vs. CovCath (5:30p.m.).

» Covington Catholic beatRyle 8-1 April 11 to improve to7-0. Nico Pangallo had threehits and Brian Haughey im-proved to 3-0 on the mound.

» Holy Cross beat Dayton14-0 April 11. Max Schwalbachhad three doubles and two RBIwhile scoring four runs.

» Scott beat Lloyd 3-1 to im-

prove to 6-2 on April 11. JustinLehkamp improved to 2-0 afterstriking out nine.

Softball» Notre Dame beat Holmes

8-0 April 7. Haylee Smithstruck out 16 en route to a per-fect game. She dominated theBulldogs at the plate as wellwith four hits, three of themhome runs, and five RBI.

Track and field» Kenton County champi-

onships April 7.Boys: Dixie Heights 148, Si-

mon Kenton 142, Holmes 104,CovCath 83, Villa Madonna 64,Lloyd 55, Ludlow 43, Scott 43.

4x800: Dixie (Howard, Conti,Brown, Mason) 8:47.83, 110 hur-dles: Miles Payne (Dixie) 15.66,100: Devin Bradford (Holmes)11.31, 4x200: Holmes (Hille,Mincy, Vickers, Bradford)1:35.29, 1,600: Eric Baugh

(VMA) 4:33.74, 4x100: Dixie(Barrett, Payne, Fields, Stacy)45.01, 400: Shawndale Mincy(Holmes) 53.94, 300 hurdles:Walker McGoy (Dixie) 41.83,800: Eric Baugh (VMA) 2:07.11,200: Devin Bradford (Holmes)22.75, 3,200: Eric Baugh (VMA)10:40.46, 4x400: Dixie (Brown,Howard, McGoy, Mason)3:40.08, High jump: FreddieVickers (Holmes) 6-2, Polevault: Andrew Beiersdorfer(CovCath) 10-6, Long jump:Freddie Vickers (Holmes) 20-10.5, Triple jump: Freddie Vick-ers (Holmes) 41-10, Discus:Grant Vercheck (SK) 137-9, Shotput: Branden Johnson (Dixie)52-2.

Girls: Dixie 221, SK 153, Lud-low 87, Scott 78, VMA 31,Holmes 29, Lloyd 18.

4x800: Dixie (Riddle, McGe-hee, Sager, Marker) 10:53.64,100 hurdles: Lauren Myfelt(Dixie) 18.35, 100: Mary Conti

(Dixie) 12.95, 4x200: Scott (Cle-phane, Lee, Meyer, Niedereg-ger) 1:56.55, 1,600: MckenzieLachmann (SK) 5:35.80, 4x100:Dixie (Easterling, Smith,Brock, Cook) 55.31, 400: MaryConti (Dixie) 1:01.69, 300 hur-dles: Margo McGehee (Dixie)53.16, 800: Meredith Hiles (SK)2:27.35, 200: Mary Conti (Dixie)26.47, 3,200: Sophia Delisio (SK)11:38.18, 4x400: Dixie (Conti,Riddle, Wessel, Ross) 4:32.12,High jump: Karley Abel (SK) 4-10, Pole vault: Sara Edgett (Dix-ie) 6-0, Long jump: Karley Abel(SK) 14-4, Triple jump: KarleyAbel (SK) 31-11.25, Discus: Mi-randa Wethington (SK) 88-7,Shot put: Haley Warndorf (Lud-low) 31-0.

» Diocese of Covingtonmeet April 1.

Boys: CovCath 184, Brossart152, NCC 85, St. Henry 69, VMA

SHORT HOPS

James [email protected]

See SHORT HOPS, Page B2

COVINGTON — In a competi-tion where a perfect score is4,800 points, a margin of justfive points is basically infini-tesimal.

That was the margin bywhich Calvary Christian fellshort of a berth in the Ken-tucky High School AthleticAssociation in archery afterthe Region 6 championshipsin March. Calvary finishedthird overall in the Region 6tourney with 4,232 points,five behind second-placeBeechwood.

The blow was softened bythe fact that the majority ofthe Calvary roster will betraveling on school-spon-sored trips on April 23, thedate of the KHSAA state tour-nament, which meant that theCougars would have had toturn down their invitation tostate.

“Beechwood beat us byfive points. It was better any-way,” said Calvary headcoach Mike Volz. “We’ve had apretty good rivalry with themall year. We would beat themby a few points one tourna-ment, and they would comeback and beat us by a few inthe next one.”

In the regional tourney,freshman Grant Schwiege-raht shot a 287 out of a perfect300 in 30 arrows, placing firstamong all competitors andwinning the regional title. Atthe National Archery in theSchools Program state tour-nament in March, he finished67th out of more than 2,300 en-tries. He finished third in theBeechwood tournament inMarch out of 185 entries.

Schwiegeraht earned an in-dividual berth to the statetournament in Lexington andwill be able to participate asthe freshmen aren’t makingany school trips that week.Senior Jonathan Herz shot283 to place fifth overallamong the boys competitors

and had to turn down a trip tostate.

Jonathan Stonis, an eighth-grader, shot 276 and was 11th inboys overall.

“We were the only sport atCalvary to make any statetournament (with the NASPmeet),” Volz said. “HavingGrant make it to the statetournament is a big deal.”

Senior Kelly Hooker shot277 to place seventh amongall 102 girls competitors.Sophomore Erin Riley wasfifth on the team with 272 and11th among girls.

Calvary has 24 shooters onits roster and was set for onelast team practice April 13.The team is completely self-funded and practices twice aweek in the school cafeteria.Volz, whose daughter Abigailnow competes in archery at

Midway (Ky.) College aftergraduating from Simon Ken-ton in 2014, wants to add athird night of elementaryschool practice next year.

“We had a very good year intournaments,” he said. “Thenice thing about archery isyou don’t have to be physical-ly fit or six feet tall. I saw agirl compete this year whowas legally blind and anotherkid who only had one arm.”

The top 16 Cougars countedin the team standings at re-gionals. They were GrantSchwiegeraht 287, JonathanHerz 283, Kelly Hooker 277,Jonathan Stonis 276, Erin Ri-ley 272, Eli Duty 271, Jona-than Howell 269, Sara Bosch267, RJ Yelton 263, MaddieFaulkner 259, Alan Volz 258,Nathan Davis 255, Jake Land-ers 254, Christian Nerz 253,Elias Lozzi 245, Emily Bosch243. Others were CydneyBridges 243, Jacob Gabbard242, Ashley Bowers 239, Dy-lan Holden 230, James Popper229, Gage Bridges 213.

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Calvary archers shoot for stateJames [email protected]

THANKS TO CALVARY CHRISTIAN

Calvary freshman Grant Schwiegeraht lines up a shot in practice.

THANKS TO CALVARY CHRISTIAN

The Calvary team poses after regionals.

B2 • SOUTH KENTON RECORDER • APRIL 16, 2015 LIFE

47, Holy Cross 21.4x800: NCC (Baxter, Schwar-

ber, Walker, Anderson) 8:26.83,110 hurdles: Joe Gillcrist (St.Henry) 17.18, 100: Jake Erpen-beck (CovCath) 11.11, 4x200:CCH (McDowell, Erpenbeck,Tuemler, McClure) 1:31.69,1,600: Eric Baugh (VMA)4:23.42), 4x100: CCH (Tuemler,Toebbe, McClure, Darpel)44.87, 400: Daniel Vogel (Bros-sart) 53.44, 300 hurdles: JaredFlood (CovCath) 43.66, 800: EricBaugh (VMA) 2:01.62, 200: JakeErpenbeck (CovCath) 23.00,3,200: Eric Baugh (VMA)10:19.38, 4x400: Brossart (Don-nelly, Hickman, Vogel, Loos)3:38.54, High jump: Mark Goller(Brossart) 5-8, Long jump: Gabe

Roberts (Brossart) 19-11, Triplejump: Gabe Roberts (Brossart)41-7, Discus: Luke Foertsch(CovCath) 144-8, Shot put: Mi-chael Schulte (CovCath) 46-9,Pole vault: Nick Staub (St. Hen-ry) 12-0.

Girls: St. Henry 188, NCC 137,Brossart 98, Notre Dame 78,VMA 24, Holy Cross 22, Cov.Latin 1.

4x800: St. Henry (Blades, Le-ohnard, Hoffmann, Svec)10:28.95, 100 hurdles: Tina Felix(St. Henry) 15.94, 100: Ellie Lau-denslayer (St. Henry) 13.81,NCC (Schalk, Ahlbrand, Barth,Davenport) 1:51.40, 1,600: ReneeSvec (St. Henry) 5:42.07, 4x100:NCC (Henry, Lankheit, Barth,Seibert) 52.52, 400: Nicole Go-derwis (Brossart) 59.13, 300hurdles: Tina Felix (St. Henry)

48.27, 800: Sam Hentz (St. Hen-ry) 2:29.70, 200: Nicole Goder-wis (Brossart) 27.72, 3,200: Re-nee Svec (St. Henry) 12:24.60,4x400: NCC (Ahlbrand, Barth,Davenport, Schalk) 4:15.97,High jump: Keyaira Lankheit(NCC) 5-2, Long jump: ElizabethPatterson (Brossart) 15-11, Oli-via Schadler (NCC) 33-8, Triplejump: Olivia Schadler (NCC)33-8, Allison Gribben (NDA)87-5, Mckenzie Kathman (St.Henry) 28-0, Pole vault: KimSpritzky (St. Henry) 9-6.

Officiating» On April 26, the KHSAA

will honor the top officials for2015 at the Association’s 22ndAnnual Officials RecognitionBanquet. The ceremony, con-ducted at the KHSAA Offices,

honors the finalists for eachsport or sport-activity in whichthe KHSAA licenses officials.The lone local nominee is SteveFromeyer of Fort Wright forfootball.

Finalists in each sport wereselected through a combinationof their service to their associa-tion and excellence in officiat-ing. One official in each sportwill be named “Outstanding Of-ficial of the Year” for his/hersport in appreciation of their de-dication and service to schoolsand student-athletes across thestate.

TMC Notes» Thomas More junior

guard/forward Sydney Moss(Boone County) completed thesweep of NCAA Division III

player of the year awards as shewas named the Women’s Bas-ketball Coaches Associationplayer of the year at the fifth an-nual WBCA Awards Show inTampa, Florida. This event ispart of the WBCA National Con-vention and is held in conjunc-tion with the NCAA Women’s Fi-nal Four.

Moss holds all three DivisionIII national player of the yearawards as she was named theD3hoops.com player of the yearand the Women’s DIII Newsplayer of the year in March.This is the second-straight sea-son that Moss has swept allthree Division III national play-er of the year awards. Moss ledthe nation in scoring with 24.2points per game.

SHORT HOPS

Continued from Page B1

PARK HILLS — Growing up inCanton, Ohio, Lou Fries saw la-crosse take hold in northeasternOhio and is hoping the samething happens in Northern Ken-tucky eventually.

Fries is the first-year headcoach of the lacrosse programat Covington Catholic, one ofthree programs in NorthernKentucky to take on the clubsport. CovCath has had the

sport for about a decade. DixieHeights also has a team, and thethird is an all-star team calledthe Northern Kentucky War-riors which is mostly comprisedof Beechwood students but hasplayers from other schools.

Fries hopes the sport is sanc-tioned by the Kentucky HighSchool Athletic Associationeventually but that can onlyhappen when more schoolsshow interest.

“That’s one of my main goalsin coaching lacrosse,” Fries

said. “It was catching on innortheast Ohio when I was inmiddle school. It’s just reallyabout starting these programs.One good thing we’re doing isgetting more than 40 kids on myteam. We’ve got about 44 andthat’s great.”

CovCath beat the two otherlocal teams in games April 9and hosts the Warriors onThursday, April 16.

“We had this tournament lastyear,” Fries said. “It was nice tobring back guys from the East-

er break and get them back ontothe field.”

Fries’ goal for the Colonelsthis year is to have a .500 record.They generally play more es-tablished teams downstate inKentucky and in Ohio.

Seniors listed on the CovCathvarsity roster include Joe Mari-no, Alex Beckes, Craig McGhee,Robby Fields, Andrew White-head, Joe Pieper, Alex Wagner,Ben Zumdick, Patrick Hennies,Sam Kathman and ChandlerBrooks.

The coach said lacrosse is agood sport for a variety of ath-letes to enjoy.

“A lot of guys are brand newto the sport,” he said. “One guyjoined us a week and a half agoand he had two goals in a game.It has a lot of contact like foot-ball, the field size of soccer, theendurance of soccer, andscheme-wise it’s a lot like bas-ketball.”

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Colonels lacrosse keeps growingJames [email protected]

From their NorthernKentucky high schools tothe biggest NCAA stage,a trio of local divers con-tinue to make their pro-grams and coaches proudat the next level.

Carly Scheper (NotreDame), Justin Youtsey(Beechwood), and LoganStevens (Scott), eachearned their first trip tothe NCAA Division I na-tional championships inMarch. Stevens com-petes for Virginia Tech,while Scheper and Yout-sey compete for Auburn.

“It has been very ex-citing to watch the North-ern Kentucky divers con-tinue their success as col-lege divers,” said AlysonHeger, who coached bothYoutsey and Stevens inhigh school. “NorthernKentucky has a great tra-dition of strong diversand it is not at all surpris-ing to see Carly, Logan,and Justin continue toachieve success at the Di-vision I level in college. Ithas been fun to catch upwith them when they arehome for short breaksand to see and hear theexcitement in their facesand voices as they de-scribe their year so far incollege.”

Scheper, an Auburn ju-nior, placed 34th in theplatform dive at the wom-en’s championship meetin Greensboro, N.C. Yout-sey, also an Auburn ju-nior, placed 26th in theone-meter, 31st in thethree-meter, and 40th inthe platform dive in themen’s championshipmeet at the University ofIowa. Stevens, a junior atVirginia Tech, placed27th in the platform, 36thin the three-meter, and43rd in the one-meter.

In high school, theycompeted only in the one-meter. The college com-petition has allowed the-

ses divers to show offtheir full arsenal of skills.Stevens earned the silvermedal in the three-meterat this year’s ACC cham-pionship.

“I wasn’t at all sur-prised with the successLogan and Justin haveachieved in college,” saidHeger. “They were justbeginning to see their po-tential as they were fin-ishing up diving in highschool and were excitedabout their futures. Jus-tin and Logan are the typeof people who will be suc-cessful no matter whatthey do.”

All three were team-mates on the club team inOxford, Redhawk EliteDiving Academy, whenthey were in high school.When they return homeduring holidays, the cur-rent crop of NorthernKentucky divers picktheir brains for tips ondiving and the overall col-lege experience.

“The high school div-ers still talk about whenthey would watch Justinand Logan diving in highschool and ask what theyneed to do to be able todive like them,” said Heg-er. “Justin and Loganhave been great rolemodels for the youngerdivers and still maintain

that role as they discusstheir college experiencewith the high school div-ers and the recruitingprocess with the seniors.They continue to inspirethe high school diverswhich is great to see.”

Throughout their highschool and club competi-tion, these three separat-ed themselves throughtheir work ethic and dedi-cation. After completingthree college seasons,those strengths have notchanged. In fact, the div-ers have become evenmore disciplined, balanc-ing the highest level ofcollege competition withacademics.

“In high school, theirgreatest strengths weretheir work ethic. Theywould constantly pushthemselves further eachpractice and enjoyedstaying in the difficult,slightly uncomfortablezone until that becamemanageable, and thenthey would push them-selves further again,”said Heger. “Their enjoy-ment in continuouslychallenging themselveshave allowed them to in-crease the difficulty oftheir dives and to be ableto be competitive in allthree events as Division Idivers.”

Local divers makinga big splash in collegeBy Adam [email protected]

THANKS TO STEVE STEVENS

From left: Justin Youtsey, Carly Scheper and Logan Stevens,in a file photo, are now diving in college where all threecompeted in the NCAA Division I national championships inMarch.

Teams competed in theRyle Friday Night Frenzytrack meet April 10.

Boys: Cooper 133, Dix-ie Heights 102, Ryle 66,Fern Creek 58.

4x800: Cooper (Winig-er, Greenhalgh, Vander-mosten, Stewart) 8:32.15.110 hurdles: Miles Payne(Dixie) 15.00, 100: PeterFields (Dixie) 11.46,4x200: Cooper (Winiger,Jackson, Brennan, Wat-son) 1:34.43, 1,600: Za-chary Stewart (Cooper)4:33.60, 4x100: Ryle (Bate-man, England, Smith, Cus-ick) 45.52, 400: Caleb Wat-son (Cooper) 51.73, 300hurdles: Walker McGoy(Dixie) 42.03, 800: RobertBrockman (St. Henry)2:02.92, 200: Caleb Watson(Cooper) 23.34, 3,200: Za-chary Stewart (Cooper)9:55.18, 4x400: Cooper(Greenhalgh, Brennan,Vandermosten, Watson)3:37.69, High jump: MattIsbel (Dixie) 6-4, Longjump: Garland Webb(Fern Creek) 22-5, 2nd

place Miles Payne (Dixie)

21-1, Triple jump: AlexieRobles (Fern Creek) 39-4.5, 2nd place CameronLong (Cooper) 39-2, Dis-cus: Clay Groeschen(Scott) 132-5, Shot put:Branden Johnson (Dixie)50-3.

Girls: Ryle 166, BooneCounty 80, Scott 75, Con-ner 63.

4x800: Holy Cross(Robke, Bergman, Jehn,Dreas) 11:09.96, 100 hur-dles: Maddie Bloemer(Ryle), 17.19, 100: JulietMcGregor (Ryle) 12.55,4x200: Conner (Goldsber-ry, Hite, Watts, Panella)1:51.42, 1,600: Lexi Flynn(Scott) 5:32.03, 4x100:

Conner (McKeehan,Goldsberry, Boelter,Watts) 54.82, 400: Alexan-dra Patterson (Ryle)1:02.37, 300 hurdles: Mad-die Bloemer (Ryle) 48.94,800: Alexandra Patterson(Ryle) 2:32.28, 200: JulietMcGregor (Ryle) 25.89,3,200: Lexi Flynn (Scott)12:06.99, 4x400: Ryle(Hadley, Ketron, Bloem-er, Williams) 4:30.65, Highjump: Jena Doellman(Boone) 5-2, Long jump:Juliet McGregor (Ryle)16-5, Triple jump: JenaDoellman (Boone) 34-3,Discus: Rachel Rehkamp(Boone) 88-5, Shot put:Ajiarose Rice (Ryle) 31-11.

PHOTOS BY JAMES WEBER/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER

Scott senior Jarrett Stephenson, left, runs the 400 at the RyleFriday Night Frenzy.

Fridaynighttrack

Scott junior Chris Stoeckelruns the 1,600 at the RyleFriday Night Frenzy.

Scott sophomore Tara Hatfield passes to senior Anna Brown inthe 4x100.

APRIL 16, 2015 • SOUTH KENTON RECORDER • B3LIFE

As a parent, I oftensecond-guess myself.Decisions regardingjobs, schools, vacations,moves, kids’ futures,etc., often keep meawake at night wonder-ing which path is theright one for my family.

Although I’ve learnedmany things about Godthrough the process ofchange and transforma-tion two things stand outfor me.

1. Most of the deci-sions in my life will re-quire me to take a stepof faith: I’ve often madethe mistake of waitingfor God to “strike therock” or “part the sea”before I make a move. Iwant to be 100 percentsure He’s speaking to meand not my neighbor orthe person next to me inthe pew at church.

In recent months, I’vediscovered that part ofgrowing in our relation-ship with God requiresus to step out on blindfaith. A “get out of theboat” mentality thatshows God we trust Himto lead and guide oursteps; no matter howscary or “out in leftfield” the direction mayseem.

2. The second andvery important lessonI’ve learned is that Godis already there: What-ever path I choose, Godis already there. He

alreadyknowsmy fu-ture, Heplannedit longago.Isaiah25:1 putsit soelo-quently;“O Lord,I will

honor and praise yourname, for you are myGod. You do such won-derful things, youplanned them long ago.”What a relief for thoseof us in the midst ofgut-wrenching decisionstoday. God is alreadythere and waiting.

It reminds me of themany vacations my hus-band, children and Ihave taken with my par-ents over the last dozenor so years. Whether itwas Gulf Shores or Myr-tle Beach, we traveledseparately and part ofthe thrill and excitementfor me, aside from thebeautiful beaches andwarm weather wasknowing that my parentswere already there,scoping out the bestcampsites and makingthe preparations for usto arrive. As we ap-proached from our longjourney, we would findthem sitting outsidetheir camper, smiles on

their faces, a cold drink,a bite to eat, and a wel-come hug.

God is doing thesame, my friend. Wher-ever your journey takesyou, He is already there.He has scoped out thesituation and made thepreparations for yourarrival. He has just onequestion for you: “Willyou get out of the boat?”

May you be encour-aged by another versethis week, as you workto make the best deci-sions for your family:“For we are God’s mas-terpiece. He has createdus anew in Christ Jesus,so we can do the goodthings He planned for uslong ago.” Ephesians2:10

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Exhibit celebratesCovington’s past

From the time whenherds of roaming buffalocarved out the route ofDixie Highway to thebourbon-fueled heydayof the 1920s, Covingtonhas had a dynamic andcolorful history.

A collaboration be-tween Behringer-Craw-ford Museum and theMasters of Art in PublicHistory program atNorthern Kentucky Uni-versity, “Buffaloes andBourbon: 200 Years ofCovington History” willchronicle the trials, inno-vations and accomplish-ments that have shapedthe city of Covington.

The exhibit, which cel-ebrates Covington’s bi-centennial, opens with areception at the museumat 6 p.m. Friday, April 24and will run through Aug.30.

For more informationabout NKU’s Masters ofArts in Public HistoryProgram, contact Dr. Bri-an Hackett at 859-572-6072 or [email protected].

Women’s Initiativehosts ‘Marketingwith Class’

The Northern Ken-tucky Chamber of Com-merce Women’s Initia-tive presents its next pro-fessional series event“Strategic Communica-tion” presented by Mi-chelle Class, president ofMarketing with ClassLLC.

Class has more than 15years of experience inmarketing, includingbuilding plans for col-leagues who are ready totake their career to thenext level. She will shareher experiences and helpguide attendees on as-sessing your currentcommunication skills,structuring effectivecommunication thatworks, understanding

how to elevate yourselfwithout being boastfuland the right communi-cations for difficult dis-cussions.

The event will be 7:30to 9:30 a.m. May 6 at theMETS Center in Erlang-er.

For registration infor-mation, contact PamMastruserio at 859-578-6384 or [email protected] can also view theevent online atnkychamber.com/events.Sponsors for this eventinclude; PNC Bank, Cors& Bassett, C-Forwardand Rainbow Child CareCenter.

Ludlow schoolsseeks nominees forSBDM councils

LUDLOW — Nomina-tions are now being ac-cepted for parent mem-bers of both the LudlowElementary (Mary GoetzElementary) and LudlowHigh School Site-BasedDecision Making Coun-cils for the 2015-2016school year.

The parent membersof the council are electedby parents, receive train-ing and serve a one-yearterm.

Nomination forms canbe picked up in the schooloffices, and all nomina-tions are due to the re-spective schools by 3:30p.m. on Friday, April 24.

Nominees must have achild who will be attend-ing the respective schoolfor the upcoming schoolyear.

Voting for bothschools will be held from5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. onMay 1 in the school cafe-teria. To be eligible tovote, one must have achild who will be attend-ing the respective schoolfor the upcoming schoolyear.

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The Hedenberg familyof Northern Kentuckytook their AlexandriaRecorder with them toNew York City on springbreak.

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Justin W. Phillipsfinishes basicmilitary training

Air Force Airman Jus-tin W. Phillips graduatedfrom basic military train-ing at Joint Base San Anto-nio-Lackland.

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 science de-gree through the Commu-nity College of the AirForce.

455th MaintenanceGroup receivesaward

Air Force Col. Brett A.Newman led the 455thMaintenance Group as itwas recognized with theChief Master Sgt. JamesK. Clouse Award for Main-tenance Excellence.

The award recognizesthe 4th Air Force mainte-nance organization thathas achieved the higheststandards in safety, mis-sion support, demonstrat-ed ingenuity, mission ac-complishments and main-tenance excellence.

Newman is currentlyserving as 445th Mainte-nance Group commanderat Wright-Patterson AirForce Base, Ohio.

Cov Cath gradfinishes course atFort Knox

Douglas Kaiser, anArmy Reserve Officers’Training Corps (ROTC)cadet at Western Ken-tucky University, graduat-ed from the Leader Devel-opment and AssessmentCourse at Fort Knox.

The 29 days of trainingprovide the best possibleprofessional training andevaluation for all cadets inthe aspects of military life,administration and logisti-cal support. Although con-tinued military trainingand leadership develop-

ment is included in the cur-riculum, the primary fo-cus of the course is to de-velop and evaluate eachcadet’s officer potential byexercising the cadet’s in-telligence, common sense,ingenuity and physicalstamina. The cadet com-mand assesses each ca-det’s performance andprogress in officer traits,qualities and professional-ism while attending thecourse.

Cadets usually attendLDAC between their ju-nior and senior years ofcollege, and they mustcomplete the course toqualify for commission-ing. Upon successful com-pletion of the course, theROTC program, and grad-uation from college, ca-dets are commissioned assecond lieutenants in theU.S. Army, Army NationalGuard, or Army Reserve.

Kaiser is a 2011 gradu-ate of Covington CatholicHigh School.

Scott grad finishesbasic combattraining

Army Pvt. Trevor Tra-cy graduated from basiccombat training at FortJackson in Columbia,South Carolina.

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 warfare andbayonet training, drill andceremony, marching, riflemarksmanship, armedand unarmed combat, mapreading, field tactics, mil-itary courtesy, militaryjustice system, basic firstaid, foot marches and fieldtraining exercises.

Tracy is a 2014 gradu-ate of Scott High School.

Mills graduatesfrom combattraining

Army Pvt. Zachary B.Mills graduated from ba-sic combat training at FortJackson, Columbia, SouthCarolina.

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 warfare andbayonet training, drill andceremony, marching, riflemarksmanship, armedand unarmed combat, mapreading, field tactics, mil-itary courtesy, militaryjustice system, basic firstaid, foot marches and fieldtraining exercises.

He is a 2014 graduate ofDixie Heights HighSchool, Edgewood.

Former St. Henrystudent finishesbasic combattraining

Army Pvt. Joseph J.Mettey graduated frombasic combat training atFort Benning, Georgia.

During the nine-weektraining period, the trai-nee received instructionin drill and ceremony,weapons, rifle marksman-ship and bayonet training,chemical warfare, fieldtraining and tactical exer-cises, armed and unarmedcombat, military courtesy,military justice, physicalfitness, first aid, and Armyhistory, traditions andcore values.

He is a 2014 graduate ofSt. Henry District HighSchool.

Blake A. Masongraduates frombasic militarytraining

Air Force AirmanBlake A. Mason graduated

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Cleveland AngelCleveland “Russell” Angel, 76,

of Independence, died April 2 atSt. Elizabeth Healthcare Hospicein Edgewood.

He was a retired machineoperator for U.S. Playing CardCo. in Norwood. He was a sportsfan and loved following theUniversity of Cincinnati Bearcatsand Cincinnati Reds and Ben-gals. He also enjoyed bluegrassmusic, fishing, boating andcamping.

Survivors include his wife,Mary “Jean” Green Angel;daughter, Patsy Piercefield; son,Paul Angel; sisters Jean Jonesand Dell Hartig; brothers Johnand Jim Angel; and five grand-children along with three great-grandchildren.

Memorials: St. ElizabethHealthcare Hospice, 1 MedicalVillage Drive, Edgewood, KY41017.

Jackie BallJackie “Jack” Lee Ball, 62, of

Erlanger, died April 1.He was a senior meter tester

for Duke Energy.Survivors include his wife,

Jane E. Jewell Ball; childrenJason Ball, Justin Ball, AmberOssege, and Amanda Lunsford;mother, Mary Norris; brothersRaleigh Norris and Jerry Norris;sister, Rhonda Wesie; and twograndchildren.

Burial was at Highland Ceme-tery in Fort Mitchell.

Memorials: Family NurturingCenter of Kentucky, 8275 EwingBlvd., Florence, KY 41042; orAmerican Cancer Society, 297Buttermilk Pike, Fort Mitchell,KY 41017.

Lorraine BryantLorraine Edna Bryant, 84, of

Sheridan, Oregon, and formerlyof Taylor Mill and Edgewood,died April 1.

She was a long-standingmember of Latonia BaptistChurch, where she taught andparticipated in the choir. Shevolunteered for the SalvationArmy and worked as a teller andlater as a cashier at Kroger. Herhobbies included dining out,playing cards, and board games.

Her husband, Harry BruceBryant; and daughter, Judy LynnBryant, died previously.

Survivors include her daugh-ter, Jenny Lynn Bryant Riley ;and two grandsons.

Burial was at Floral HillsGardens in Taylor Mill.

Frank ConnellyFrank Connelly, 80, of Morn-

ing View, died April 2.He was retired from the

Kenton County Road Depart-ment.

Survivors include his daugh-ters Melissa Aylor, Onie Thomp-son, and Roxanne Scroggins;sons Terry Lawrence and Tony

Connelly; brother, Arthur Con-nelly; sisters Rennie Roland andJanet Durr; and seven grand-children along with three great-grandchildren.

Burial was at Goshen Chris-tian Church Cemetery in Piner.

Ronald CurtisRonald “Steve” Curtis, 76, of

Taylor Mill, died April 5.He was a U.S. Army veteran

and was a computer program-mer for AT&T. He was a memberof Violet Ridge Church of Christ,where served on many commit-tees, most recently the eldershipcommittee. He was a formerelder at Elsmere Church ofChrist. He founded Taylor MillBoosters, the Scott Eagle Club,and he coached many youthsports.

Survivors include his wife,Jewell Rita Ballinger Curtis;daughters Angela Franke ofFort Thomas and Susan Kinmanof Independence; sons MarkCurtis of Boise, Idaho, BarryCurtis of Florence, and PatrickCurtis of Independence; sisterDoris Jett of Batavia; and 10grandchildren.

Burial was at Peach GroveCemetery of Pendleton County.

Memorials: Violet RidgeChurch of Christ, 1000 VioletRoad, Crittenden, KY 41030.

Charlotte DeupreeCharlotte Newlin Deupree,

96, of Fort Wright, died April 6in Charleston, South Carolina.

She was a homemaker andworked for many years as afashion model in Cincinnati forGidding-Jenny, Henry Harris,Pogue’s, McAlpin’s and Shillito’s.She was a graduate of Sea-breeze High School and DukeUniversity, where she was amember of Kappa Alpha ThetaSorority. In a series of articles onbeautiful women in 1973 TheCincinnati Enquirer named heras the “First of the Queen CityBeauties.” She was a memberand served on the boards ofseveral organizations andcharities, including the Cincin-nati Woman’s Club, JuniorLeague of Cincinnati, CincinnatiOpera Guild, Cincinnati Sym-phony Club, Cincinnati ArtMuseum, World Piano Competi-tion, World Choir Games, North-ern Kentucky Heritage League,Northern Kentucky YMCA,Salvation Army, and the JuniorBoard of the Covington Protes-tant Children’s Home. She was amember of Second Church ofChrist Scientist in Cincinnati.

Her husband, William J.Deupree Jr.; daughter, MaryJane Deupree Childers; son,William J. Deupree III; and twinsister, Lorraine Newlin Clay, diedpreviously.

Survivors include three grand-sons along with a great-grand-daughter.

Burial was at Highland Ceme-

tery in Fort Mitchell.Memorials: The First Church

of Christ Scientist, 210 Mas-sachusetts Ave., Boston MA02115.

Gerald FitzenbergerGerald R. Fitzenberger, 68, of

Erlanger, died April 2 at the VAMedical Center in Cincinnati.

He was a beer salesman anddriver for Link Distributing formore than 17 years. He wasinvolved with the Hobo Club inLudlow, was an avid Universityof Kentucky fan, and was a U.S.Air Force veteran who served inthe Vietnam War.

His brothers Ronald, David,and William, died previously.

Survivors include his wife,Linda Fitzenberger; sons Mi-chael Fitzenberger of Erlangerand Matt Fitzenberger of Co-vington; sister, Joan Zeis of VillaHills; and three grandchildrenalong with two great-grand-children.

Memorials: Big Stef Inc., P.O.Box 721844, Newport, KY, 41072.

Ruth GavinRuth Mary Borg Gavin, 91, of

Villa Hills, died April 7 at St.Elizabeth Healthcare Hospice inEdgewood.

She was a homemaker andactive member of Blessed Sacra-ment Church.

Her husband, Paul Gavin, diedpreviously.

Burial was at Highland Ceme-tery in Fort Mitchell.

Memorials: The PassionistNuns, 1151 Donaldson Highway,Erlanger KY 41018; or BlessedSacrament School, 2409 DixieHighway, Fort Mitchell, KY41017.

Barbara HamiltonBarbara Hamilton, 65, of

Latonia, died April 5 at IvyWoods Care Center in Cincin-nati.

Her husband, David Hamilton;parents, Werner and JeanetteBedel; and brothers Steve andLarry Bedel, died previously.

Survivors include her childrenMichael Hamilton and SaraWilliams; siblings Teresa Wehr,Cathy Boyle, Laura Edmondson,Keith Bedel, and Annette Deck-ard; and eight grandchildren.

Cora JacksonCora Noble Boles Jackson, 80,

of Elsmere and formerly ofGlencoe, died April 6 at Wood-crest Manor of Elsmere.

She retired as a meal packerfor Sky Chef and was also a cookfor Stringtown Restaurant, acaregiver, and a member ofImmanuel Baptist Church.

Her sisters Alice Smith, MattieCrouch, Goldie Harris; andbrothers Jerry Noble, JakeNoble, Ned Noble, Junior Noble,and Johnny Noble, died previ-ously.

Survivors include her daugh-

ters Barbara Thomas and PhyllisBoles, both of Walton; sons RayBoles of Sand Gap, Kentucky,John Boles of Warsaw, ThomasBoles Umatilla, Florida, and JakeBoles of Warsaw; sister, NancyPowell of Florence; and 15grandchildren along with 31great-grandchildren and manygreat-great-grandchildren.

Burial was at Floral HillsMemorial Gardens.

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

Paula KirnPaula J. Kirn, 59, of Edge-

wood, died April 1 at St. Eliza-beth Healthcare Hospice inEdgewood.

She was the art teacher atImmaculate Heart of MarySchool in Burlington for morethan 20 years and was active inthe Special Olympics.

Her mother, Mary Felthaus,died previously.

Survivors include her hus-band, Paul Kirn; daughtersRachel Rosberg of Covington,Leah Barnette of CrescentSprings, and Hanna Kirn of

Edgewood; father, RobertFelthaus of Lakeside Park; sistersChristine Wieck of Rhode Island,Lynn Stolz of Covington, andSusan Souther of Montgomery;brother, Brian Felthaus of Cin-cinnati; and two grandchildren.

Interment was at St. John’s

Cemetery in Fort Mitchell.Memorials: Special Olympics

of Northern Kentucky, P.O. Box393, Florence, KY 41042; orMelanoma Know More, 10945Reed Hartman Highway, Suite

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from basic military train-ing at Joint Base San Anto-nio-Lackland, San Anto-nio, Texas.



Mason is the son ofBrandy L. Mason-Hickeyof Independence and KenM. Mason of Petersburg,Michigan.

He is a 2012 graduate ofSummerfield High School,Petersburg, Michigan.

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U.S. Air NationalGuard Airman 1st ClassTrent A. Grothaus gradu-ated from basic militarytraining at Joint Base SanAntonio-Lackland, SanAntonio, Texas.



He is a 2013 graduate ofCovington Catholic HighSchool, Park Hills.

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Cross Church in Latonia, HolyCross 50 Plus Club, and St.Anthony Auxiliary No. 88. Shehad embroidered the baptis-mal scapulars for Holy CrossChurch since 1990. She playedsoftball as a teenager and hada love for baseball. She alsohandmade more than 20quilts.

Her husband, John “Jack” E.Popp; son, John J. Popp; grand-son, Mark A. Popp; and fourbrothers and three sisters, diedpreviously.

Survivors include her daugh-ter, Jan Popp; sisters DeloresLandwehr, Aurelia Fitzpatrick,Jeanette Brady, Audrey DeRo-sa, and Joan Stratman; broth-ers Walter Anneken andRaymond Anneken; and twograndchildren along with twogreat-grandchildren.

Interment was at Mother ofGod Cemetery in Fort Wright.

Memorials: Holy CrossChurch.

Phyllis RemkePhyllis Ann Remke, 79, of

Fort Mitchell, died April 6.She graduated high school

from Villa Madonna Academyand then attended Villa Ma-donna College. She began hercareer at Hartford InsuranceCo., where she traveled all overthe country. She then workedat Remke Markets in thehuman resources department.She was a member of BlessedSacrament Church.

Survivors include her siblingsJean Koester, Martha Suetholz,Bobbie Dreyer, and Bill Remke.

Burial was at Mother of GodCemetery.

Memorials: Villa MadonnaAcademy or St. WalburgMonastery, 2500 AmsterdamRoad, Villa Hills, KY 41017.

Walter RiebeWalter Fred Riebe, 73 of

Erlanger, died April 2.Survivors include his wife,

Polly Riebe; children StephanieSmith, Julie Bunting, JeffreySherry, Jill Wendel, Chas Riebe,and Clarence Riebe; and 15

323, Cincinnati, OH 45242.

Ruth MatraciaRuth F. Matracia, 65, of

Kenton County, died April 4.She graduated from Wright

State and received her master’sdegree from UK. She spent 21years teaching for the Dioceseof Covington at St. AgnesSchool, Christ the King inLexington where she served asprincipal, and St. Mark inRichmond. She worked for 22years for Pearson in textbookpublishing. She was an avid UKfan, golfer, traveler, and deco-rator.

Her parents, Mike Sr. andRuth Matracia, died previously.

Survivors include her siblingsMary Ann Bromwell, MikeMatracia, Marilyn Lunn, JohnMatracia, and Amy Matracia

Burial was at St. John Ceme-tery.

Memorials: The Jimmy VFoundation, 106 TowerviewCourt, Cary, NC 27513; or St.Elizabeth Healthcare Hospice,483 S. Loop Drive, Edgewood,KY 41017.

Marvin MossMarvin Harry Moss, 94, of

Edgewood, died March 28 atHillebrand Nursing Home.

He was a retired molderwith Michael Art and Bronze,U.S. Navy veteran of WorldWar II having served on thePacific Front, and was a mem-ber of Blessed SacramentChurch in Fort Mitchell.

His son, Dale Moss, diedpreviously.

Survivors include his wife,Margaret Moss of Fort Mitch-ell; daughter, Debbie Lucker-man of Cleves, Ohio; and agranddaughter along withfour great-grandchildren.

Burial was at St. Mary Ceme-tery.

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

Mary PoppMary Loraine Popp, 95, of

Latonia, died April 2 at Provi-

grandchildren along with fivegreat-grandchildren.

Memorials: To cover medicalexpenses, donations may bemade to the Bank of Kentucky,C/O Polly Riebe.

Barry ScottBarry Dane Scott, 69, of Fort

Mitchell, died April 5.He was a retired computer

repair technician with GeneralElectric. He enjoyed playinggolf and watching football.

Survivors include his brother,Roger Scott; and sister, Kimber-ly Hendershot.

Memorials: Disabled Amer-ican Veterans, 3725 AlexandriaPike, Cold Spring, KY 41076.

William SearsWilliam “Bill” Sears, 90 of

Erlanger, died April 4 at Wood-crest Nursing Home.

He was a U.S. Army veteran,who enlisted at Fort ThomasArmory on March 23, 1943, andserved during World War II. Hewas also a member of Green-view Baptist Church. He lovedto travel.

His wife, Gladys Sears, diedpreviously.

Survivors include his childrenRick Sears, Cheri Daniels, DarylSears, and Connie Siefert; and10 grandchildren along withfive great-grandchildren.

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

Burial was at Floral HillsMemorial Gardens.

Joseph TerlauJoseph H. Terlau, 89, of

Kenton County, died April 2 atRosedale Green Care Center inLatonia.

He was a mechanic and bodyshop worker with Fort MitchellGarage. He also painted signsand truck lettering in hisgarage.

His brothers, Edward andRichard Terlau, died previously.

Burial was at St. John Ceme-tery.

Memorials: Blessed Sacra-ment Church, 2409 DixieHighway, Fort Mitchell, KY41017.

Rae TuckerRae Carol Raper Tucker, 69,

of Burlington, died April 3 atSt. Elizabeth Medical Center inFlorence.

She was a homemaker.Survivors include her daugh-

ters Rhonda Lay of Burlington,Lynn Pruennt of Avondale,Arizona, Tonya Fossett ofCharlotte, North Carolina,Cinday Tucker of Florence, andKarla Tucker of Burlington;son, Ronald Tucker Jr. of Inde-pendence; brothers JosephRaper of Owenton, Carl RaperJr. of Covington, and GaryRaper of Erlanger; sisters JoyceRaper of Independence, PeggyColston of Covington, andMelinda Smith of Covington;former husband and friend,Ronald Tucker Sr. of Chiefland,Florida; and 14 grandchildrenalong with 23 great-grand-children.

Billie WilliamsBillie J. Williams, 87, of

Florence and formerly ofKenton County, died April 3 ather home.

She served as a secretary forthe Kentucky State HighwayDepartment and Square D. Shewas a member of ImmanuelUnited Methodist Church inLakeside Park, EdgewoodHomemakers Club, and sheserved as a past president ofthe PTA for Dixie Heights HighSchool. She was a 1945 gradu-ate of Simon Kenton HighSchool and still attendedmonthly lunches with othermembers of her graduatingclass. She was an avid fan ofUK athletics, specifically, thebasketball team.

Her husband, Earl ThomasWilliams, died previously.

Survivors include her chil-dren Toni Newton, Tom Wil-liams, and Troy Williams; sister,Sherri Allen; and eight grand-children along with 10 great-grandchildren.

Burial was at Forest LawnMemorial Park in Erlanger.

Memorial: Hospice of theBluegrass, 7388 Turfway Road,Florence, KY 41042

DEATHS


Question: Is this a goodtime to plant asparagus? Isit true you cannot harvestit for two to three years?

Answer: Early Marchis usually the recommend-ed planting time, but sincewe’ve had a cool spring,early April will still befine.

One-year-old crowns orplants are preferred toseeds for starting aspara-gus. The crowns are actu-ally a combination of rhi-zomes, fleshy roots and fi-brous roots. The fleshyroots, which may spreadlaterally under the soilseveral feet from the rhi-zomes, store food reservesthat help develop the ten-der shoots the next spring.

Asparagus is a perenni-al vegetable that, once es-tablished, may live for 15to 30 years. Locate aspara-gus to one side of the gar-den in a sunny location,where it will not be dis-turbed. Plant asparaguscrowns in a trench 12 to 15inches wide and 6 to 8 inch-es deep. Incorporate rot-ted manure, compost orpeat moss, plus fertilizer,into the soil before settingthe crowns, because littleorganic matter can be add-ed later.

Set plants 15 to 18 inch-es apart inside trenches orrows which are 30 inchesapart. Place the crown on asmall amount of loose soilin the trench, allowing it tobe slightly higher than theroots. Spread the roots outand cover the crown with 2to 3 inches of soil, firmeddown well. As plants beginto grow, continue to putsoil around and over the

crowns un-til thetrench isfilled.

Aspara-gus shootsor spearsthat comeup this yearshould notbe harvest-ed. Just letthem grow

up tall and become ferns.Limit harvests in 2016 tothree to four weeks, andthen let the ferns grow.

Plants harvested tooheavily too early after set-ting may become weak-ened and spindly. Neverharvest spears less thanpencil-diameter size.

Harvest spears dailywhen they are 5 to 7 inchestall. Break them off at thesoil level instead of cuttingbelow the soil surface.

Each year in the earlyspring, fertilize asparaguswith 1 pound of 5-10-10 per100 square feet, or accord-ing to soil test recommen-dations. Sometime duringthe winter or very earlyspring, be sure to removeall the old, dead stemsfrom the previous seasonat ground level.

For more informationon growing vegetables,plus updates on Extensionclasses, and to win freevegetable seeds for yourspring garden, go towww.facebook.com/BooneHortNews or www.twitter.com/BooneHortNews

Mike Klahr is Boone Countyextension agent for horticul-ture.

Don’t wait toplant asparagus

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