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FRIDAY NIGHT TRACKB1Teams competed in Ryle’s Frenzyof a track meet.

Ryle High School’s annual SportsFest and AthleticHall of Fame Induction dinner will be 6-9 p.m. Tuesday,April 28, at Receptions in Erlanger.

Guest speakers will be University of Kentucky bas-ketball legends Jack Givens and Kenny Walker alongwith Cincinnati Reds standout Dave Collins.

Travis Alig, Alyssa Frank, Scott Gray and RobbieHartmann will be inducted into the Ryle Athletic Hallof Fame. Outstanding student-athletes from 21 Ryleteams will be recognized.

Proceeds from ticket sales and the silent auctionhelp to improve Raider athletic facilities and pro-grams. Richard Skinner, outstanding local sportsbroadcaster, returns as event emcee. Tickets are avail-able at the Ryle High School office, 384-5300, from 8a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday throughApril 24.

Student tickets are $25 each and adult tickets are $75per couple or $40 for individuals. Enjoy a memorablenight and support Ryle High School athletics.

SportsFest, always the last Tuesday of every April, issponsored by St. Elizabeth Healthcare Sports Medi-cine.

UK and Reds standouts help Ryle athletics

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Ryle’s Alyssa Frank, who clears the high jump here in 2007,will be inducted into the Ryle High School Sports Hall of Fame.

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Ryle’s Scott Gray, No. 3 here in 2005, will be inducted into theRyle High School Sports Hall of Fame.

UNION — In the future, thenow-closed Union CommunityBuilding will probably revertto being a garage.

During the April 6 UnionCity Commission meeting,leaders unanimously agreed tonot renovate the building tomeet fire codes as a communi-ty center. Commissioner John

Mefford did not attend themeeting.

Mayor Larry Solomon saidthe building committee will in-vestigate other options for thebuilding’s use.

The Union CommunityBuilding, 10087 Mt. Zion Road,was closed in March, after thebuilding was found to be non-compliant with fire codes inFebruary. City staff membersare working to find new ven-

ues for people whose eventswere planned in the building.

City Administrator DavidMartin said the former fire-house and its 1.1-acre lot waspurchased in June 2008 for$375,000, and the 28-year loancosts $2,142 per month. In 2015,the city will pay a total of$25,704 in mortgage payments.To pay off the loan early would

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The Union Community Building closed in March due to noncompliance with fire codes.

Union CommunityBuilding couldbecome a garageAmy [email protected]

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BURLINGTON — Boone Coun-ty’s Historic Courthouse in Bur-lington could become a commu-nity events center, if the recom-mendations of a county commit-tee are followed.

Boone County’s governmentand community relations coor-dinator Matthew Webster pre-sented the facts and recommen-dations from his “Action Team”during the Boone County FiscalCourt’s April 7 meeting. Theteam’s goal was to explore pos-sible uses for the space whilekeeping in mind the site’s his-torical significance.

The courthouse, built in 1889at the corner of WashingtonStreet and Burlington Pike, wasreplaced by the Justice Centeron Rogers Lane in 2003. The his-toric structure includes officespaces on the first and secondfloors and a second-floor court-room.

“This space should be recon-figured into a multi-use config-uration that will meet a myriadof needs. The space is mostwell-suited to a theater-style ar-rangement. The action team en-visions a space able to meetmultiple needs with prioritygiven to the arts, such as com-

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munity theater, shows andmusic, weddings, presen-tations, lectures, educa-tional functions, commu-nity gatherings and coun-ty programming,” saidWebster. “The underlyingpremise should be the cre-ation of a communityevent and activity cen-ter.”

Webster said the coun-ty could use more eventspace, but in order to beuseful, they will need toadd sound system, wire-less Internet, projectionscreens, computers, cableaccess and mobile presen-tation stations, as well as apermanent or moveablestage and wheelchair ac-cess.

In addition to the sec-ond-floor communityspace, the action teamrecommended the first-floor office space should“be reclaimed and utilizedas a county paper archivefor historical documentsof importance to BooneCounty and a display areafor Boone County arti-facts and pieces.”

Webster received ap-

proval to engage an archi-tectural consultant to ana-lyze the structure andneeds of the building thathas sat mostly unoccu-pied for a decade.

According to Judge-ex-ecutive Gary Moore,“What we do here hopeful-ly will protect the build-ing and preserve thebuilding and also helpsupport our local busi-nesses and bring moretraffic into Burlington.We don’t want to do thingsthat would compete withthe private sector butcomplement the privatesector. If we can do thingsthat complement our busi-nesses, that would be anadded positive to the pro-ject.”

Amanda Emmons ofUnion Community Thea-tre said the organizationsupports the recommen-dations.

“It is without a doubtthat Boone County de-serves a communityspace to allow for arts toprosper,” Emmons said.“The arts contribute tocommunity vitality. Citi-zen engagement in artscreate an outlet as well asinstills pride in the com-munity. The arts bringpublic spaces to life.”

GarageContinued from Page A1

cost $381,325, plus a penal-ty of $64,117.

Martin said paying theloan for the full termwould ultimately cost$690,381. So far, the cityhas paid $306,993 for thebuilding’s maintenance,repairs and mortgage. Thecity has collected $16,225in rental fees since 2010.

Installing a fire sup-pression system wouldcost about $55,000, accord-ing to Martin, and updat-ing the building’s heating,ventilation and air condi-tioning system could costup to $90,000. Adding awheelchair-accessiblebathroom would cost up to$15,000 and widening the

entrances could add anoth-er $50,000, he said.

Martin said other elec-trical and cosmetic up-grades could add another$80,000 or more, depend-ing on whether they want-ed to renovate the kitchenarea or the upstairs for of-fice use. His total for thepossible updates could to-tal nearly $330,000, in addi-tion to the building’s ongo-ing costs.

Martin said the citycould pay for the renova-tions through borrowing,adding taxes on businessor residents, cut servicesor withdraw from the fi-nancial reserves, whichnow total $683,292. He saidthat raising the moneywith one year’s taxeswould take rates some-where between 22 and 32percent, as opposed to the

city’s current real proper-ty rate of $2.16 per $1,000of assessed value.

Since leaders chose notto renovate the building,Martin said they couldlease the site as a garage orsell it, among other op-tions.

Commissioner KenHeil said he’d like to keepthe building as city proper-ty but rent it “as a garagewithout having to do anymajor renovations to it”because in the next threeto five years, the city’s ex-pansion may require apublic works building inthat area.

The city’s next meetingis scheduled for 7 p.m.May 4 at the city building,1843 Mt. Zion Road.

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The Northern Ken-tucky Medical ReserveCorps is looking for vol-unteers to join in andhelp in the community.The opportunity willprovide citizens of bothmedical and non-medi-cal backgrounds with away to help their com-munities during a publichealth emergency.

Anyone interested injoining the Medical Re-serve Corps is invited toattend an orientationsession from 6 to 8 p.m.Tuesday, April 21, at thehealth department’s dis-trict office, 610 MedicalVillage Drive in Edge-wood. A light meal will

be provided. The Northern Ken-

tucky Medical ReserveCorps is a branch of thefederal government’sMedical Reserve Corpsprogram.

Its goal is to provide avolunteer pool for theNorthern Kentucky re-gion that can enhanceand 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

may also choose to vol-unteer for the Tristateregion or for communi-ties in need around Ken-tucky.

Volunteers will be of-fered trainings through-out the year that willsupport personal pre-paredness and basic di-saster response skills,as well as developingspecialized skills need-ed for a public healthemergency response.

Volunteers must be 18or older.

For more informationabout the Medical Re-serve Corps, contactJean Caudill at 859-363-2009 or Jean.Cau-dill@nkyhealth. org.

If you plan to attendan orientation, call or e-mail Jean Caudill to reg-ister in advance.

NKY Medical Reserve Corpslooking for volunteers

Principal’s pledgers

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Longbranch Elementary students were photographed by Principal Erika Bowles after they ledthe Pledge of Allegiance during the Feb. 12 Boone County School Board meeting. The Unionschool’s students make up the Principal’s Leadership Team, which helps with a variety of schoolprojects and programs. Students include, from left, Jesse Palmer, Mitchell Wilson, Kai Neumann,Ethan Greene, Macey Ruth, Sydney Moore and Rosie Magama.

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

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

That’s why the mu-seum’s main fundraiser,the Blue & Gray Dinner, isso important, Hornsby

said. The annual event, inits fifth year, raises fundsto help support the mu-seum’s operations, exhib-its, and programsthroughout the year.

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

Entertainment will beprovided by the Forget-Me-Not Historical Dance.Museum board presidentJeannine Kreinbrink saidshe is looking forward tothe performance.

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

The dinner is also im-portant, according toKreinbrink, because itraises awareness of themuseum.

“The James A. RamageCivil War Museum is im-portant to Northern Ken-tucky because it is fo-cused on local/regionalhistory of the Civil War,”she said. “The museumprovides interactive op-portunities for visitors to

participate in activitiesthat help them experiencelocal history in interest-ing ways. These includepublic archeology, Bat-tery Hooper Days in Au-gust, and other events andactivities. Supporting themuseum at the dinnerhelps us bring these greatevents and activities tothe public.”

Tickets for the dinnercost $50 per person or $90per couple, payable in ad-vance. Please RSVP to

Linda Hornsby at 859-261-3045 or [email protected] April 16. Please makeall checks payable toJames A. Ramage CivilWar Museum and mailcheck to: James A. Ram-age Civil Museum. Mailchecks to the museumwith attention to Blue &Gray Dinner: 409, KylesLane, Fort Wright, KY41011.

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

The Community Re-corder invites you toshare your best prom pho-tos for publication in thenewspaper and in an on-line photo gallery. Send aphoto and caption identi-fying everyone in the pho-to, from left to right. Tellus which high schoolprom it is, as well as thedate and any other inter-esting details.

Please send your digi-tal photo (with “Prom Pho-tos” in the subject line) [email protected] by Thursday,May 21.

Dogwood Dashcoming soon

UNION — Registrationis open for the BooneCounty Arboretum’s an-nual Dogwood Dash 5KRun and Walk on Satur-day, April 25.

To register, visitbit.ly/dd2015reg.

Early registrationcosts $30 with the shirt, or$20 without. Late regis-tration costs $25. To enterthe kids run costs $5.

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

Help clean up BooneCounty

The Great AmericanCleanup Program will behosted in Florence andRabbit Hash Saturday.

The program providesan opportunity for chil-dren and adults to volun-teer and clean litter alongcity roadways and parks.

In Florence, volun-teers will meet from 8:15a.m. at the Public ServicesMaintenance Facility,7850 Tanners Lane, acrossfrom the Florence Gov-ernment Center. Workwill continue until 12:30p.m.

Volunteers who jointhe city during this na-tional service project willreceive a T-shirt, cleaningsupplies, continental

breakfast and lunch. Vol-unteers who locate a pieceof “special trash” can re-turn it for a prize.

For more information,call 859-647-5439 or go towww.florence-ky.gov.

In Rabbit Hash, volun-teers will meet at the Gen-eral Store and work willcontinue from 8:30 a.m. tonoon Lunch, drinks and a

Great American CleanupT-shirt will be provided.

For more information,contact Melissa Grand-staff at 859-334-3151.

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Boone homeinspectionsscheduled

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Immaculate Heart ofMary

Here is the second tri-mester honor roll forImmaculate Heart of MarySchool.

All A Honor Roll

Grade 4: Harry Barsan, JackGoodwin, Austin Green,Maya Hunt, Lanie Jones,Jack Keeney, Whitney Lind,Reganne McMain, KaylaNorthcut, Andrew Phom-patha, Caylissa Przanowski,Kate Slocum, Maddie Sora,Abby Unkraut, Mia Bishop,Maria Boczek, JacksonDendy, Mitchel Drees,Andrew Goodwin, NoelleHubert, Sean Ihrig, SydneyNolan, Ellie Puglisi, AmandaSchlueter, Mady Seifert,Holly Steimer, Paige Arthur,William Bartlett, BrianCheek, Ian Halpin, BellaMarita, Angie Nguyen,Braydon Romine, KevinTobergte, Morgan Mueller,Megan Schoulthies.

Grade 5: Ryan Beimesch,Tommy Carpenter, ElleeDepenbrock, EmmeeDepenbrock, Joey Earley,Trenton Griesser, RyanHeck, Katelyn Ives, LizzieLange, Mandy Leonhard,Margaret Merse, NathanMoon, Lily Osterkamp, JackRenaker, Haley Snodgrass,Sarah Topmiller, GraceAdams, Andrew Apollonio,George Barsan, ChayeBonner, Zack Bonner, CateCullen, Dania Foltz, JasonHackman, Avery Lenihan,Samantha Mazzaro, LiamMcCormack, Chris Meyer,

Hannah Rice, Joe Ruwe,Joey Shelton, Riley Spell-man, Molly Spicer, StevenWeil, Charlie Barsan, ReeseCarter, Bella, D’Amico,Brooke Donelan, JoshDusing, Turner Evans,Paxton Gartman, JenniferJudge, Kaleb Kiely, LillianMcManama, Megan Pao-lucci, Luke Ruwe, KateySnodgrass, Logan Venhoff,Lee Warnecke, CamilleWilliams, Trevor Wilson,Briggs Yuenger.

Grade 6: Melanie Dasch,Julia Gao, Jonah Heck,Autumn Kellerman, LukasRintala, Cory Shea, WyattVieth, Nathan Goebel,Charlie Hubert, LauraMasur, Anna Ferris, JacksonHodge, Jakob Duerstock,Aiden Stigall, Clara Dusing,Jessica Gangwish, SavannahPuglisi, Ty Neltner.

Grade 7: Claire Cullen,Anna Freihofer, KellyGoetz, Jake Hamlin, JessicaJudge, Joseph Kiely, Mat-thew Weil, Elizabeth Bar-san, Erin Cheek, BradyCline, Shannon Flaherty,Katy Magary, Emma Neihei-sel, Ashley Avery, LaurenBahl, Katie Bill, Katie Evans,Stephanie Grome, KarenHorner, Sarah Klear, DrewTrapp.

Grade 8: Bridget Bessler,Jenna Cayze, Olivia Eiler-man, Evan Moon, VictoriaPhompatha, Jonah Plum-mer, Jackson Sora, GraceStevie, Morgan Weltzer,Nate Bowman, Julia Cullen,Claire Jacob, VincettaKahmann, Carter Krumpel-man, Oli Marita, AudreyMcCoy, Patrick Merse,Colleen Spellman, LaurenSchutte, Maria Tobergte,Sarah Zimmer, Katie Glaser,Nyah Hollman, Evan Ihrig,

Ashley Ives, Jude Kiely,Lauren Magary, MadisonMiddendorf, Anna War-shak.

A/AB Honor Roll

Grade 4: Taelyn Ackley,Parker Bowdler, TommyHaas, Anna Hillenbrand,Aiden Holten, Logan Kelly,Nathan Lind, Alicia Trapp,Avery Vieth, MorganWatson, Al Bessler, TinayeChibamu, Cassidy Cline,Brendan Crowley, MaceyDumas, Tyler Goetz, LaniKeipert, Nick Lykins, HannaPeace, Abbi Rigacci, JackVoelker, Gracyn White,Ryan Brogan, KassidyEvans, Gabby Ferris, JaidenFord, Joei Harlan, LandonHodge, Cooper Jones,Meredith Jones, AllieKellerman, Leona McKen-zie, Maddie Rapp, AnnaWilson.

Grade 5: Paige Becknell,Kennedy Challis, KillianHicks, Will Kahmann,Elizabeth Schutte, ZachSmith, Isabella Stiens, OliviaWhite, Connor Albrink,Tracy Arlinghaus, KatelynCombs, Joey Ferraro, NateJones, Emaline Miller,Daniel Andreev, Jack Boyce,Ryan Ford, Leah Haddle,Nick Nolan, Olivia Vallecillo.

Grade 6: Hannah Bei-mesch, Jude Bessler, RichieBlaney, Tori Brann, CarolineDunlevy, Elizabeth Farwick,Hayden Heist, AndrewHillenbrand, Joe Pettit,Jordyn Seifert, John Wag-ner, Joe Wilson, SarahSteimer, Erin McMain,Makenzie Andreas, BenCoburn, Anna Elierman,Emma Esselman, EvanStarnes, Daniel Hollman,Charlie Sora, Dallas McCoy,Julia Reichl, Will Harper,Abby Schaller, Tad Drees,Ben Durrough, Sara Stevie,Sydney McMain, SamCasson, Hunter Ransom,Hannah Ransom, KathrynBartlett, Emily Ventre,Emma Jones, Jarrett Hill.

Grade 7: Elliott Ahlbrand,Jax Clark, Jaclyn Albrink,Will Fries, Gabby Harlan,J.D. Meyer, Lainey Renaker,Trey Schreiber, ConnorShea, Sara Spellman, JacobStigall, Maria Wagner,Adam Reed, Olivia Allen-der, Skyler Alsip, JacobBahl, Jackson Clark, WilliamDobosiewicz, MorganFerris, Sammie Geiger,Emma Hogan, Nick Klaene,Mikey Knab, Hannah Miller,E.J. Monohan, T.J. Mueller,Maddie Snodgrass, CharlieWatson, Sydney Arthur,Grady Botkin, Jake Brock-man, Joey Fedders, MaryTheresa Ford, PatrickGoodwin, Spencer Grome,Jacob Henson, Aaron Ihrig,Lexi Keipert, Dylan Loos,Megan Schira, EvanSchwarz.

Grade 8: Thomas Bartlett,Patrick Cummings, ReeseFoster, Hanna Miller, GennaPettit, Claire Rayner, BrookeReis, Jack Schroeder, JesseWarshak, Quinton Becker,Zach Bockweg, Jack Coldi-ron, Elijah Heck, JosephO’Bryan, Noah Wilson,Richard Arlinghaus, JacksonBlank, Zachary Farwick,Tara Hegge, Bryson Jones,Avery Mardis, KayleeMoore, Jared Silbernagel.

HONOR ROLL

The Covington Latin School seniorclass performed Shakespeare’s“Merry Wives of Windsor” lastmonth.

The play was directed by seniorKaleigh Howland, a Boone Countyresident.

Kaleigh, who has attended sum-mer camps with the CincinnatiShakespeare Company and has stud-ied at College-Conservatory Music atUniversity of Cincinnati for the pasteight years, set the play in the 1950s.

“When we approach Shakespeare,I feel like we can get so easily de-tached from the people and the sto-ries. Even though in reality the sto-ries are timeless. As such, ‘The Mer-ry Wives of Windsor’ can be played inany time frame,” Kaleigh said.

“The 1950s in particular I thinkworks really well because of thethemes of love, money, feuds andmischief. It brought ‘Grease’ to mindimmediately and we definitely drewfrom ‘Grease’ for a lot of the charac-ters.”

Matt Krebs, dean of students andDrama Department chair, said, “Ka-leigh did a fine job directing the play,drawing on her vast experience onstage and in films. She has particularexperience in acting Shakespearewhich proved invaluable for ourshow.”

The Cincinnati Shakespeare Com-pany invited Covington Latin to be apart of Project 38. CSC collaboratedwith 38 different area schools overthe course of the year. Each schoolwas given one of Shakespeare’s 38plays to bring to life. Schools choseeverything from videos to visual artto traditional productions. The Pro-ject 38 Festival will take place April15-22, the week of Shakespeare’sbirthday.

Besides presenting the play atschool, Covington Latin will againperform “The Merry Wives of Wind-sor” on April 21 at Memorial Hall.

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The Covington Latin School senior class performed Shakespeare’s “Merry Wives ofWindsor” last month. The play was directed by senior Kaleigh Howland, a BooneCounty resident.

HEBRON — Conner High School’sGreenhouse Class is digging up thedirt and dishing out the greens at“dirt cheap prices,” according to apress release from the school.

These green hands are offering upa wide assortment of plants this sea-son: annuals, perennials, vines, mel-ons, tomatoes, peppers, salads,herbs, pumpkins and squash.

There are more than 40 annual va-rieties (snapdragon, dream petu-nias), 20 perennial varieties (rud-beckia, carnations), eight vine varie-ties (heavenly blue morning glory,hummingbird climber, black-eyedsusan), seven melon varieties (water-melon, cantaloupe, honeydew), 20 to-mato varieties (Roma, large slicingand cherry), 17 pepper varieties(bell, cayenne, jalapeno, colorful or-namentals), seven varieties of

greens (heirloom lettuce, Russianred kale, arugula) and 20 squash va-rieties (patty pan, butternut, sum-mer).

The most difficult decision iswhich to choose.

Conner High School Greenhousesales start in mid-April and continuethrough May. Customers are able toshop during the Greenhouse Class,9:30-10:30 a.m., or by appointment af-ter school.

To make an appointment, contactPam Zeller by email [email protected] ortext or call her at 513-379-3082. Other“dirt cheap prices” include hangersfrom $5 to $10, pots for $1 and land-scape pond plants for $5.

Conner High School is located at3300 Cougar Path in Hebron.

Conner High’sgreenhouse dishingout the greens

THANKS TO PAM ZELLER

Conner High School’s Greenhouse Class isdigging up the dirt and dishing out thegreens. Shown here is Jennifer Roberson.

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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 intheir work that, though ground-ed in reality, suggest alteredsensibilities. Such dislocation inart is an effective way to ask theviewer to consider their ownrelationship to real and imag-ined landscapes. Free. 957-1940;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.

Third Friday Art Gallery ShowTheme: Fresh Flowers, 6-9p.m., The Art House, 19 N. FortThomas Ave., Featuring floralcentric paintings, bonsai, floralarrangements and sculpture.Beverages and light refresh-ments. Free. 279-3431; www.in-kaacollaborative.org. FortThomas.

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

Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 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 the100-foot-long, V-shaped ropebridge just inches above nearlytwo dozen sharks at NewportAquarium. $23 Adult, $15 Child(2-12), Free children under 2.815-1471; www.newportaquari-um.com. Newport.

Health / WellnessOvereaters Anonymous,7:15-8:15 p.m., St. Elizabeth FortThomas, 85 N. Grand Ave., FloorA, meeting room. Program ofrecovery from compulsive eatingusing the 12 Steps and 12 Tradi-tions of OA. No dues, fees and

no weigh-ins. Support group forpeople who struggle with foodaddiction. Free. Presented byOvereaters Anonymous. 308-7019; www.cincinnatioa.org.Fort Thomas.

Literary - LibrariesUsed Book Sale, 4-8 p.m.,Boone County Main Library,1786 Burlington 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 CountyPublic Library. 962-4070. Coving-ton.

Music - BluegrassWhipstitch Sallies, 7 p.m.,Boone County Main Library,1786 Burlington Pike, Bluegrassrockers consisting of guitar,mandolin, bass, and fiddle. Fourwomen command stage withtheir traditional instruments andtight harmonies. Free. Presentedby Boone 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 herstory, all the women learn moreabout themselves and eachother. $19, $17 students andseniors. Through April 25.513-479-6783; www.falconthea-ter.net. Newport.

The Underpants, 7:30 p.m., TheCarnegie, 1028 Scott Blvd.,Alluringly pretty housewifeLouisa ignites debauchery inDusseldorf when her under-pants accidentally fall downduring the king’s parade, sham-ing her stuffy husband anddriving feverish interest in theroom the couple are trying torent. $18-$25. Through April 26.957-1940; www.thecarnegie-.com. Covington.

The Divine Visitor, 8 p.m.,Stauss Theatre, Northern Ken-tucky University, 101 Fine ArtsCenter, $14, $11 ages 60 and up,

$8 students with ID. Presentedby Northern Kentucky UniversityTheatre and Dance. ThroughApril 26. 572-5464; theatre.n-ku.edu. Highland Heights.

RecreationBusiness Lunch Go KartingSpecial, noon to 2 p.m., Xhil-Racing, 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 Du-dley Road, Recreation summersoftball leagues are beingoffered on Wednesday nightsfor men and on Sunday nightsfor co-ed teams. League playbegins May 6th; deadline toregister is April 17th. Ages 18and up. $375. Presented by Cityof Edgewood. 331-5910;www.edgewoodky.go. Edge-wood.

SATURDAY, APRIL 18Art & Craft ClassesFUNKtional Crafts: HandmadeDecorative Spring Wreaths,11 a.m. to 1 p.m., The Art House,19 N. Fort Thomas Ave., Learn tomake your own large uniquedecorative wreath using colorfulembellishments and deco-rations. $30. Registration recom-mended. 279-3431; www.inkaa-collaborative.org. Fort Thomas.

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

Art OpeningsFlight: Curated by SaadGhosn, 6-9 p.m., CovingtonArts, 2 W. Pike St., Works bySharmon Davidson, MarshaKaragheusian and Jan Nickum.Through May 29. Free. 292-2322; www.covingtonarts.com.Covington.

BenefitsCrop for Care Net, 9 a.m. to 9p.m., St. Philip Parish Center,1402 Mary Ingles Highway,Scrapbooking and craftingevent for those needing timeand space to work on projects.Breakfast, lunch and dinnerincluded. Benefits Care Netparenting education programs.$45. Registration required.Presented by Care Net Preg-nancy Services of NorthernKentucky. 431-9178; www.chose-lifenky.org. Melbourne.

Fuzz Ball, 6-10 p.m., Reflectionson the Lake Banquet Center,4210 Alexandria Pike, Ticketprice includes 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 andBYOB, reservations required.Reservations 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 that

makes 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.

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

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

Holiday - 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 byCity of Florence. 647-5439;www.florence-ky.gov. Florence.

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

Music - ConcertsBlessid Union of Souls, 9 p.m.,The Thompson House, 24 E.Third St., $15. 261-7469;www.thompsonhousenew-port.com. Newport.

Music - RockFlip Cup All Stars, 9 p.m. yo 1a.m., JerZee’s Pub and Grub, 708Monmouth St., Free. 491-3500.Newport.

NatureNight Hike, 8:30 p.m., CampbellCounty Environmental Educa-tion Center, 1261 Race TrackRoad, Learn about nocturnalanimals. Free. Reservationsrequired. 572-2600;ces.ca.uky.edu/Campbell. Alex-andria.

On Stage - ComedyMo’nique, 7:30 p.m., 10 p.m.,Funny Bone Comedy Club, $40.957-2000; www.funnyboneon-thelevee.com. Newport.

On Stage - TheaterThe Cover of Life, 8-10 p.m.,Falcon Theatre, $19, $17 stu-dents and seniors. 513-479-6783;www.falcontheater.net. New-port.

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

The Divine Visitor, 4 p.m.,Stauss Theatre, Northern Ken-tucky University, $14, $11 ages 60and up, $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, 6

a.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 5p.m., Boone County Main Li-brary, 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.,Stauss Theatre, Northern Ken-tucky University, $14, $11 ages 60and up, $8 students with ID.572-5464; theatre.nku.edu.Highland Heights.

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,1786 Burlington Pike, Learn tocreate slides, use custom anima-tion, change backgrounds, addtransitions and more. Free.Registration required. Presentedby Boone County Public Library.342-2665; www.bcpl.org. Bur-lington.

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

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

Gentle Yoga, 6 p.m., Boone

County Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Learn basicpostures and flows. $25. Pre-sented by Boone County PublicLibrary. 342-2665;www.bcpl.org. Burlington.

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

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



Health / WellnessOvereaters Anonymous, 7-8p.m., Union PresbyterianChurch, 10259 U.S. 42, Churchoffice entrance in back lot andfollow signs to room. Programof recovery from compulsiveeating using 12 Steps and 12Traditions of OA. Not a diet andcalories club and no weigh-ins.Free. Presented by OvereatersAnonymous. 525-6932;www.cincinnatioa.org. Union.

Literary - LibrariesIn the Loop, 10 a.m., FlorenceBranch Library, 7425 U.S. 42,Knit or crochet in relaxed,friendly company. Learn for firsttime or pick up new tricks.342-2665. Florence.

Royal: Reviewers of YoungAdult Literature, 6:30 p.m.,Boone County Main Library,1786 Burlington Pike, Read newbooks before they hit theshelves. Free. Presented byBoone County Public Library.342-2665. Burlington.

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. He-bron.

Congenealogy, 6:30-8 p.m.,Kenton County Public LibraryCovington, 502 Scott Blvd.,Meeting Room 3. KentuckyHistory Librarian Bill Stolzpresents “My Grandfather was aBootlegger: Separating Factfrom Fiction.” Learn how authordiscovered truth, using a varietyof historical records and news-papers, behind a long-standingfamily myth from ProhibitionEra. Ages 18 and up. Free.Presented by Kenton CountyPublic Library. 962-4070. Coving-ton.

THINGS TO DO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

ABOUT CALENDARTo submit calendar items, go to Cincinnati.com/share, log in

and click on “submit an event.” Send digital photos [email protected] along with event information.Items are printed on a space-available basis with local eventstaking precedence. Deadline is two weeks before publicationdate.

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

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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.

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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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.

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From a student’s point ofview

In today’s youth, societymight think we are all accept-ing, but sadly enough we arenot. We have come a long waysince the 1950s though we arestill not finished. In manyschools there are still manycases of homophobia.

My name is Hunter Cowdreyand I support equal rights eventhough I am not a homosexual. Iam an ally with a big heart. I amcurrently enrolled in BooneCounty schools, more specifi-cally Conner High School. Ihave friends that are targetedfor bullying for loving the samesex. It is 2015. You usually heardthis 30 or 40 years ago.

Many of you reading this areprobably thinking “Oh one of

these letters,” but please con-tinue reading this. I know it getsbetter, I think it is like thatphrase, it’s like a band aid, it willheal some cuts but if the cut isdeep enough it won’t fully heal.

There are gay teens out therethinking that they are all alonewho may take a drastic turn,commit suicide. Teen suicide isat an all-time high, there aremany factors including elec-tronics, social media, etc.

Some teens don’t know thatthey could be using homophobicslurs. These can make peoplefeel like second-class citizen forthe way they are born, even ifyou don’t think they are. I knowthis is a controversial topic butwe are all humans trying to liveon this big rock called Earth.

Hunter CowdreyHebron

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Last week’s questionThe state General Assembly

passed House Bill 340 which ex-pands the state’s film tax creditsin order to create more film pro-duction in the commonwealth.Do you want to see more moviesmade in Kentucky? Where aregood locations to film? Whatmovie star do you want to cometo Kentucky to make a movie?

“My nephew, Brad Riddell,who is a screenwriter, is on theboard (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

“Ryan Gosling.”Tiffany Buchanan

“The General Assemblywasted the entire session on do-ing anything to distract frompension and educational re-form. They passed a heroin billthat lacked the necessary teeth,a bill that is going to make yourKentucky CCDW meaninglessin other states, allocated no fu-ture funding or planning on theBrent Spence corridor and wewant to talk about tax creditsfor movie production? Yikes.”

Aaron Gillum

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THIS WEEK’SQUESTIONWhat summer in Cincinnatievent are you most lookingforward to, and why?

Every week we ask readers a questionthey can reply to via email. Send youranswers to [email protected] Ch@troom in the subject line.

Our tri-county communitysuffered the loss of a oncegreat leader earlier this month;but the model he left will sure-ly endure. Wherever he waspresent, he was in a leadershipmode, advancing the ball. Theworks of a good man shouldnot go unnoticed nor uncele-brated with his passing.

Some of us do things whichare visual, like build tall build-ings that speak to the futureand signify change. Othersfocus in a multiplicity of otherways, politically, charitably,creating employment opportu-nity, serving on boards, joiningforces to make a difference intheir community’s future. Den-nis B. Griffin did all of those

while he wasbuilding thenext stages ofa strong, suc-cessful GriffinIndustriesenterprise. Iremember himmost as a lead-er, also as ashoulder-to-shoulder part-ner in what-ever action

was for the common good.I remember the many ses-

sions in 1981 when Dennis andI, and Gordon Martin, Matth.Toebben and Wayne Carlisle,as members of the Governor’s(John Y. Brown) Economic

Development Task Force, la-bored weekly and loyally for atleast 10 months, every Mondayevening from 5 p.m., oftenuntil 2 a.m., trying to developwhat became known as thevery first vision for the com-munity, a book, a plan, pro-jects, titled “Northern Ken-tucky’s Future.”

In those lively meetings,Dennis was energetic and in-strumental, he was an instiga-tor for spirited and extendeddebate. In a way that only Den-nis could, he provided leader-ship that led to ultimate hon-esty concerning, for example,“Who we were as a community– and who we were not – andwho we could be in what was a

divided and fragmented pop-ulation of only 220,000 at thetime. Actively engagedthroughout, he forced consen-sus, and a bond among those inthe group that extended to thewider community, that whichhas given rise to more changeover the 34 years since, thanwe know or fully recognize.

What has occurred in North-ern Kentucky, on the river-bank, in the suburbs, in ourschool systems, in our electedoffices, in our social outreach,has in big part been the workof a once vocal, dedicated andcommitted community contrib-utor, Dennis B. Griffin. And itneeds to be said, and this willbe said by many as we reflect

on his passing.A disciplined man of char-

acter, he modeled the higherorder, he modeled stretching,he modeled leadership. And hewas a shoulder partner at thesame time, as his purpose wasnot for identity or praise.Those were fun times in the‘80s, implementing change,and doing it together. Indeed,Dennis Griffin was and re-mains a major force in theprogress of the Northern Ken-tucky community and all thosehe touched. It is for us to carryon as he would have it.

William P. Butler is he chairman ofCorporex Companies.

Dennis Griffin: A leader for change, and more

William P.Butler COMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

Financial abuse is perva-sive, crippling and often hid-den. Though less apparentthan physical or emotionalabuse, financial perpetratorsprevent their victims fromacquiring, using, or maintain-ing financial resources. Abus-ers isolate spouses or part-ners, preventing them fromwork or transportation orseizing victims’ income. Vic-tims may have their spendingtightly monitored and re-stricted by a partner or worryexcessively about how theirpartner will react to simple,everyday purchases.

Money and finances playan important role for manyvictims when consideringwhether to leave an abusiverelationship. Behind fear,financial factors are thestrongest predictor of a vic-tim’s decision to stay, leave, orreturn to an abusive relation-ship. Many survivors havelimited or no access to moneyor have had their financialsecurity destroyed by theirabuser.

Economic empowerment isthe key to breaking the cycleof violence over generations.Financial stability and self-sufficiency are necessaryprecursors for leaving andabstaining from abusive rela-tionships. Over 10 years, theAllstate Foundation has givenmore than $40 million to na-tional, state, and local domes-tic violence programs throughits partnership with the Na-tional Network to End Domes-tic Violence (NNEDV) to sup-

port economicempowermentservices.Since 2005,the KentuckyCoalitionAgainst Do-mestic Vio-lence and itsmember pro-grams – in-cluding theWomen’s Cri-

sis Center in Covington – havereceived more than $900,000in grants for this work.

In addition to grant dollars,financial education sessionswith Allstate agents providesurvivors and advocates theopportunity to connect withprofessionals in the financialmainstream – often a firstopportunity for victims offinancial abuse. I am gratefulfor the opportunity to connectwith those in need in my owncommunity. Volunteering withsurvivors at the Women’sCrisis Center has been a trulyrewarding experience, whichhas offered me a deepenedunderstanding of barriers toself-sufficiency for survivorsand a chance to empowermembers of my community tobecome financially strong.

Survivors are often facedwith the devastation of leav-ing behind a home, income,and sense of financial securitywhen leaving abusers. Re-gardless of a survivor’s educa-tion, job skills, or personalearning potential, all survi-vors must overcome the chal-lenge of financial stability if

they are to care for their fam-ilies and live more safe andsecure lives.

The Women’s Crisis Centerprovides survivors with emer-gency shelter, individual andgroup counseling, services forchildren who have witnessedviolence, and tools to achievefinancial stability. Generousfunding from the AllstateFoundation funds a Car IDAprogram for survivors – aone-to-one matched savingsprogram, which helps survi-vors secure reliable trans-portation to and from work.Allstate Foundation fundingalso supports a credit-buildingmicroloan program, financialeducation and counseling, andasset-building services – dem-onstrating the foundation’sbelief in the financial poten-tial of each individual andsupporting families’ access tothe American dream.

If you suspect a friend orfamily member is in an abu-sive relationship, the mostimportant thing you can do isto let them know that theyhave support and options toleave the relationship. If youare concerned about the safe-ty of your friend or familymember, or to learn aboutvictim services in your area,contact the National DomesticViolence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or 1-800-787-3224.

Bob Parsons is an Allstate Insur-ance agent in Burlington.

Financial self-sufficiency paramountfor leaving abusive relationship

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Boone CountyBusinessmanAssociation

Meeting time:11:30 a.m. finalThursday of each month

Where: Florence HolidayInn, 7905 Freedom Way, Flor-ence

Contact: Bill D’Andrea, 859-240-7692

Boone County JayceesMeeting time:7 p.m. first

Wednesday of each monthWhere: Florence Govern-

ment Center, 8100 Ewing Blvd.,Florence (lower level)

Contact: President KatieBeagle, 859-466-8998

Description:Community andyoung professional organizationto provide community service

and leadership development.

Daughters of theAmerican RevolutionBoone County chapter4005 KY

Meeting time: 10 a.m. everysecond Saturday from Septem-ber through June

Where: Boone County Li-brary, 1786 Burlington Pike, Bur-lington

Contact: Susie Stough, Re-gent,[email protected]

Description: The BooneCounty chapter of the DAR wasorganized by Elizabeth DelleGoodridge Nestor, (Mrs. Roy C.)on March 28, 1952. There is aprogram of historical interestand refreshments are served.

Ladies interested in becoming aprospective member are en-couraged to attend.

Florence Lions ClubMeeting time:Second and

fourth Wednesdays of eachmonth

Where: Lions Clubhouse, 29LaCresta Drive, Florence

Website:www.florencelions.com

Contact: Membership chair-man [email protected]

Description: Florence LionsClub’s main mission is to providelocal eyesight care for those thatneed help in Boone County andthe surrounding area.

Please send additions or up-dates to [email protected].

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Boys tennis» Conner beat Simon Kenton

5-0. Winners were Elleman,Eberhard, Gil, Gil/Reese andMahan/Zeevarrt.

Girls tennis» Cooper beat Boone Coun-

ty 3-2. Cooper winners wereJackson at first singles, andZimmer/Newport and Maines/Triska in doubles. Boone win-ners were Volpenhein at secondsingles and Nash at third sin-gles. All three singles matcheswent to a third-set tiebreaker.

» St. Henry beat Holy Cross5-0. Winners were North,Crowe, Marcos/Rowland andSpiering/Rice.

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.); AtDixie 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.).

» Conner beat Simon Kenton4-1 April 7. Blaise Ostertagpicked up his first win of theseason and helped the offensewith a home run and two RBI.

Jacob Owens drove in the othertwo Cougar runs. Austin Lind-sey and Alec Garnett had twohits apiece.

» Ryle beat Campbell County20-4 April 6. Brady Ast had fourhits and four RBI. Max Lonne-mann posted three hits, includ-ing a double and triple, with fiveRBI. Logan Rieman had threehits.

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» Diocese of Covington

meet April 1.Boys: CovCath 184, Brossart

152, NCC 85, St. Henry 69, VMA47, 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: GabeRoberts (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.

TMC Notes» Thomas More junior

guard/forward Sydney Moss(Boone County) completed thesweep of NCAA Division IIIplayer of the year awards as shewas named the Women’s Bas-ketball Coaches Association

SHORT HOPS

James [email protected]

See SHORT HOPS, Page B2

Teams competed in the Ryle FridayNight Frenzy track meet April 10.

Boys: Cooper 133, Dixie Heights 102,Ryle 66, Fern Creek 58.

4x800: Cooper (Winiger, Greenhalgh,Vandermosten, Stewart) 8:32.15. 110 hur-dles: Miles Payne (Dixie) 15.00, 100: PeterFields (Dixie) 11.46, 4x200: Cooper (Winiger,Jackson, Brennan, Watson) 1:34.43, 1,600:Zachary Stewart (Cooper) 4:33.60, 4x100:Ryle (Bateman, England, Smith, Cusick)45.52, 400: Caleb Watson (Cooper) 51.73, 300hurdles: Walker McGoy (Dixie) 42.03, 800:Robert Brockman (St. Henry) 2:02.92, 200:Caleb Watson (Cooper) 23.34, 3,200: ZacharyStewart (Cooper) 9:55.18, 4x400: Cooper(Greenhalgh, Brennan, Vandermosten,Watson) 3:37.69, High jump: Matt Isbel(Dixie) 6-4, Long jump: Garland Webb (FernCreek) 22-5, 2nd place Miles Payne (Dixie)21-1, Triple jump: Alexie Robles (FernCreek) 39-4.5, 2nd place Cameron Long(Cooper) 39-2, Discus: Clay Groeschen(Scott) 132-5, Shot put: Branden Johnson(Dixie) 50-3.

Girls: Ryle 166, Boone County 80, Scott75, Conner 63.

4x800: Holy Cross (Robke, Bergman,Jehn, Dreas) 11:09.96, 100 hurdles: MaddieBloemer (Ryle), 17.19, 100: Juliet McGregor(Ryle) 12.55, 4x200: Conner (Goldsberry,Hite, Watts, Panella) 1:51.42, 1,600: LexiFlynn (Scott) 5:32.03, 4x100: Conner(McKeehan, Goldsberry, Boelter, Watts)54.82, 400: Alexandra Patterson (Ryle)1:02.37, 300 hurdles: Maddie Bloemer (Ryle)48.94, 800: Alexandra Patterson (Ryle)2:32.28, 200: Juliet McGregor (Ryle) 25.89,3,200: Lexi Flynn (Scott) 12:06.99, 4x400:Ryle (Hadley, Ketron, Bloemer, Williams)4:30.65, High jump: Jena Doellman (Boone)5-2, Long jump: Juliet McGregor (Ryle)16-5, Triple jump: Jena Doellman (Boone)34-3, Discus: Rachel Rehkamp (Boone) 88-5,Shot put: Ajiarose Rice (Ryle) 31-11.

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From left, Nick Baumann (Conner), Brady Baker (Cooper), Zachary Stewart (Cooper) run the1,600. Stewart won the race, Baker was second and Baumann third.

Fridaynighttrack


Ryle senior Grant Smith passes to Zach Cusick in the 4x100 relay.


Ryle junior Samantha Shane passes tofreshman Dominique Rooney in the 4x100.


Boone County sophomore Marissa Jutzipasses to senior Sadie Moore in the 4x100relay.


Conner sophomore Trevor Ripberger passesto sophomore David Keller in the 4x100 relay.

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player of the year at the fifth annualWBCA Awards Show in Tampa, Florida.This event is part of the WBCA NationalConvention and is held in conjunctionwith the NCAA Women’s Final Four.

Moss holds all three Division III na-tional player of the year awards as shewas named the D3hoops.com player of

the year and the Women’s DIII Newsplayer of the year in March. This is thesecond-straight season that Moss hasswept all three Division III nationalplayer of the year awards. Moss led thenation in scoring with 24.2 points pergame.

NKU Notes» Caleb Lonkard (Ryle) was perfect

from the plate, drove in two runs andscored twice as the NKU baseball teamsuffered a 12-7 setback against Kenne-saw State April 12 at home. Trey Ganns(Boone County) went 3-for-4 with a dou-ble and drove in two runs for the Norse.NKU recorded 13 hits and left nine baserunners stranded.

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.”

Follow James on Twitter, @JWeber-Sports

Colonels lacrosse keeps growingJames [email protected]

UNION — Playing for an of-ficial Kentucky High SchoolAthletic Association title hascaused the archers at RyleHigh School to step up theirgame.

Sharing the same status asmore established sports suchas basketball and football hashelped the sport at the school,which has had a club team forabout a decade.

“The quality of the kids ismuch higher than yearspast,” said head coach BrendaKlaas, who originated the pro-gram at Ryle. “They weremore focused and they had agoal in mind. Being sanc-tioned, they got more serious;it was not just about havingfun and hanging out. Theywanted to shoot well. Theywere pointing things out toeach other in practice andhelping each other.”

Ryle scored 4,379 out of aperfect 4,800 to easily win the

KHSAA Region 6 champion-ships by 142 points over sec-ond-place Beechwood. Rylewill go to the state tourna-ment April 23 in Lexington.

“We’ve been working real-ly hard,” Klaas said. “I thinkthey have a really goodchance at state. We have astrong group of seniors and alot of good freshmen. I havesome really strong juniorgirls and I’m expecting ourteam to do really well.”

Ryle finished 28th out of 65teams in the state NationalArchery in the Schools Pro-gram tournament in March,which had a similar field towhat the KHSAA tourney has.Klaas is motivating her teamto shoot for the stars andchase the state title.

“All we need to do is bumpup to the next range,” Klaassaid. “If each shooter goes upabout eight points from whatthey did at regionals, we havea chance.”

Ryle won two other tourna-ments including the Beech-

wood tourney, and was secondin the NASP regional tourney.

In the KHSAA regional,seniors Sam Loehrke and Ty-ler Zahn tied for third in theboys standings with a score of285 out of 300. In the NASPstate tourney, Loehrke fin-ished 312th out of more than2,300 competitors. He fin-ished second overall in Ryle’slast home tournament.

Senior Micky King scored281 and was sixth among allboys, third on the Raiders.Emmet Freeman, a sopho-more, ranked 10th out of allboys competitors and first inthe sophomore class out of 20entries.

Seniors Elizabeth Shouse,the top girl on the team in re-gionals, shot a 279 to rankfourth in the girls standingsat regionals. Junior CaitlynKlaas shot a 278 and was tiedfor fifth on the team withfreshman Nicky Guentherand fifth among girls. Klaasranked first among all juniorgirls.

In the previous NASP re-gional, Shouse had a near-per-fect 296. She and CaitlynKlaas will represent Ryle at astatewide all-star tourneyApril 18 in Midway.

Sixteen of Ryle’s studentscounted in the team score atregions. They were SamLoehrke 285, Tyler Zahn 285,Micky King 281, ElizabethShouse 279, Nicky Guenther278, Caitlyn Klaas 278, Em-met Freeman 278, LindseeBorland 274, Tyler Evans 274,Jack Kirby 271, KoehlerWidner 271, Spencer Sanders269, Tate Christopher 269, Ar-iel Klaas 263, Dylan Rooks263, Gregory Lobenberg 261.Others were Nicholas Kolk-meyer 261, Jacob Grimes 259,Danielle Albertson 256, Kait-lyn Niehaus 255, Steven Grip-shover 251, Joey Benton 247,Maddie Harney 239, Saman-tha Duty 234.

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Ryle’s 2014 archery team, many of whom will compete in this year’s KHSAA state tournament April 23.

Ryle archers shootfor the stars

James [email protected] Sydney Ferrante and Paige

McQueen each posted two-hit gamesas the Northern Kentucky Universitysoftball team fell to Kennesaw State,14-3, to conclude the three-game At-lantic Sun Conference series betweenthe teams on Sunday afternoon. Kate-lyn Roy and Ashlynn Roberts addedRBI for the Norse, who dropped to 5-26 overall and 1-11 in conference ac-tion.


NKU senior KC Straley (Conner) watchesthe path of her hit.


NKU senior center fielder KC Straleyretrieves the ball after a Kennesaw Statehit April 11.

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FLORENCE — It is 11:30a.m. and almost lunchtime. You can tell be-cause your stomachstarts grumbling. Unfor-tunately, you have meet-ings or commitments forthe next two hours.

What happens next?You start getting cranky,restless and lose concen-tration while you watchthe hands of the clocktick away until you can fi-nally get something toeat.

Now imagine this for achild who must go fromlunchtime at school onFriday until Mondaymorning when they canrush into the cafeteria tofinally eat some break-fast.

Every night and week-end there is a growingnumber of kids in Boone

County that go hungryevery night and week-end. What is even worse,when school is not in ses-sion during breaks or thesummer, they do not haveschool meals to relyupon.

A group of moms inUnion decided it is unac-ceptable for children togo hungry and decided todo something about it.

GOPantry, a mobilepantry that fills the gapfor children relying onthe school system for ba-sic food needs, was born.The program startedwith just one school but isexpanding as the organi-zation is able to make ad-ditional commitments.

Laura Dumancic, Ste-phanie Fister and BethMcIntre shared the storyof GOPantry with theFlorence Rotary at theclub’s weekly meeting onMarch 16.

The army of volun-teers has grown over thepast year as the need has.Almost every week youcan find volunteers at lo-cal organizations,schools and businessesrunning food drives forthe weekly GOBags and

GOBoxes distributions.The GOBags are

brown paper bags oftendecorated by local chil-dren which containenough food for a childfor the weekend.

The reaction fromchildren when they re-

ceive their GOBags isone of excitement in thatthey will have somethingto eat during the week-end.

GOBoxes are a muchlarger effort in that theycontain enough food forthe entire family for theschool break. Theamount of food neededfor both efforts is largeand local organizationssuch as Lifeline Minis-tries and MastersProvi-sion often help.

Dumancic spoke of thegenerosity and encour-agement of local organi-zations helping themwith the cause of feedinghungry children. Godwill provide for those inneed, and when the GO-Pantry wasn’t sure ifthey would have enoughfood for the next packing,God has provided fromsome of the most unlikelysources, she said.

Many members of theRotary community weremoved by the group’spassion and commit-ment.

When asked by Rotarypresident Adam Howardhow Rotary may help, theresponse was a locationto store food and space toprovide the volunteersfor packing the bags andboxes. Currently, the en-tire operation is housedin McIntre’s basementand the effort is outgrow-ing it quickly.

Visit gopantry.org ortheir Facebook page tolearn more about the or-ganization or even better,sign up to help them helpour kids.

If you are interested in learn-ing more about the FlorenceRotary, visit the Rotary’swebsitewww.florencerotary.org orFacebook page.

GOPantry fills food needs for school childrenJulia Pile, CommunityRecorder contributor

THANKS TO PAUL FEUSS

Hunger doesn’t go on vacation, so GOPantry fills the need forlocal school children. From left are Beth McIntire, StephanieFister, Laura Dunancic and Julia Pile.

Boone County gets80th barn quiltboard

UNION — Susan and Ga-ry Bentle bought a barnquilt board from the Flor-ence Woman’s Club as amemorial to Susan’smother, Lucille Turner.She passed away in 2012 atthe age of 88.

A lover of quilting, Lu-cille was active in theFlorence ChristianChurch where she quiltedevery week during the

1990s. She organized theannual quilt shows at thechurch for many years.Lucille was a retired li-brarian for Boone CountyHigh School.

The Bentles chose“The Road to Paradise”quilt block to honor Mrs.Turner’s quilting hobby.The board is located at1592 Frogtown Road. Toview it, pull into the drivebut don’t enter the barnfield.

The Florence Woman’sClub painted this 80thboard of the Boone Coun-ty Barn Quilt Trail com-munity service project.Owen Electric hung it.

The Quilt Trail can beviewed online, go toBooneBarnQults.com. Or,e-mail [email protected] for a freebrochure of the otherbarn quilt locations.

Women’s Initiativehosts ‘Marketingwith Class’

The Northern Ken-tucky Chamber of Com-merce Women’s Initiativepresents its next profes-sional series event “Stra-tegic Communication”presented by MichelleClass, president of Mar-keting with Class LLC.

Class will share her ex-periences and help guideattendees on assessingyour current communica-tion skills, structuring ef-fective communicationthat works, understand-ing how to elevate your-self without being boast-ful and the right commu-nications for difficult dis-cussions.

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

For registration infor-mation, contact Pam Mas-truserio at 859-578-6384

or [email protected] can also view theevent online atnkychamber.com/events.

Cold Spring churchhosts day of prayer

First Baptist Church ofCold Spring is hosting aNational Day of Prayer onMay 7.

This National Day ofPrayer luncheon at thechurch will honor politi-cal individuals in theCampbell County court-house and extendingstaff.

In addition the churchhas invited representa-tives and senators fromthe state of Kentucky,firefighters, policemen ofCold Spring, and all thecity officials in the ColdSpring area.

Pastors from nearbychurches have also beeninvited.

The luncheon is noon to1 p.m. to 1 p.m. at FirstBaptist Church, 4410 Al-exandria Pike, ColdSpring.

For more information,call Pastor Ric Frazier at859-441-6184.

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Susan and Gary Bentlebought a barn quilt boardfrom the Florence Woman’sClub as a memorial to Susan’smother, Lucille Turner.

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Gov. Steve Beshear,Zotefoams officials andNorthern Kentucky lead-ers met last week andbroke ground for Zote-foams Inc.’s expansion inSouth Walton IndustrialPark.

This will be a 53,000-square-foot expansionthat will allow the facilityto become a full-processsite. It will also bring 25jobs plus preliminarilyapproved tax incentivesthrough the KentuckyEconomic DevelopmentFinance Authority.

Dan B. Catalano, presi-dent of North AmericaZotefoams Inc., said heappreciated the welcomeand cooperation the com-pany has received fromthe Northern KentuckyTri-ED.

Zotefoams is the lead-ing manufacturer ofcross-link block foam.The products are used in

a widerange ofmarketsincludingsports,leisure,packaging,transport,healthcare, toys,building,marine and

military. CongratulationsZotefoams, and thanks forproviding our city with afacility thathelps to pro-vide our city’s progressand future.

The city of Walton hasscheduled the annualCleanup Week for April26 (all day) to May 3 (allday). So it’s time to startcleaning up and in yourhomes. The city will haveDumpsters at our PublicWorks building on HighSchool Court, in coopera-tion with Boone CountySpring Cleanup, for you to

dispose of your trash. Remember: No liquids,

appliances, TVs, comput-ers or tires will be accept-ed at the city’s location.Those items are to be

taken to Boone CountyPublic Works on IdlewildRoad in Burlington. Thisservice is available forBoone County residentsonly. You may call for

more information atBoone County SolidWaste, 334-3151 or 334-3629 and the city of Wal-ton, 485-4383.

Don’t forget to sign upfor “Wake Up Walton.”Call Walton-Verona HighSchool to register for helpon May 9. This is a freeservice for seniors tobeautify yards with weed-ing, planting flowers andmulching. Call 485-7721.

The annual LadiesSpring Event “AngelsAmong Us” is 8:30 a.m. to2 p.m. May 2 at the FirstBaptist Church. Thespeaker is Jamie Henson.Tickets can be purchasedat First Baptist Church.

The Mother/DaughterTea at the Gaines TavernHistory Center is sched-uled for 2-4 p.m. May 3.Admission is $20 perperson. Because of thetea’s popularity, anotherday has been scheduled

for Sunday, May 17. Ad-mission is $20 per personfrom 2 to 4 p.m. Ticketscan be picked up at CityHall or call 485-4383.

Rick Stephens andMike Glenn visited Ros-coe Denney at CardinalHill Rehab. Roscoe isresponding to therapyreally well and enjoys hisvisits and cards.

Happy birthday toPaula Burden on April 17,Geraldine Elliott on April18, and Correane Craft onApril 20. Happy anniver-sary to Shorty and Char-lotte Price on April 21.

Sorry to report thatLavera Sizemore hasdeveloped pneumonia andis back in the hospital.Remember her in yourthoughts and prayers.

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

Walton welcomes Zotefoams expansion, jobs

Ruth MeadowsWALTON NEWS

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Wake-Up Walton, a service project benefiting older adults inthe Walton-Verona School District, will take place May 9. Thisis a free service for seniors to beautify yards with weeding,planting flowers and mulching. Call 485-7721.

UNION — The GrayMiddle School danceteam has completed acommunity service pro-ject.

The team, made up ofgirls in the sixth, seventhand eighth grade, iscoached by Lori Dolwickand choreographed byHannah Montgomery.

Their community ser-vice project was FreeFeet Footwear Inc. It’s anonprofit organizationthat has been servingNorthern Kentucky chil-dren and families since

2006.With the collaboration

of schools, churches,friends and organiza-tions, Free Feet has beenable to provide over 5,000pairs of new athleticshoes over eight years.Free Feet also supportsthe veteran residents ofFort Thomas VA skillednursing/rehab facility.

Free Feet FootwearInc. is a 100 percent non-profit organization. Allmoney and donations goto those living in theNorthern Kentucky area.

Free Feet Footwear Inc.uses all volunteers helpthose in need.

The Gray team donat-ed 27 pairs of new athleticshoes.

Gray dance teamcompletes service project

THANKS TO LORI DOLWICK

The Gray Middle School dance team are shown with the shoes they are donating to the FreeFeet Footwear project. From left are Caitlin Holbrook, Hannah Ross, Ashley Torosian, GraceWellmann, Katie Hadley, Ashlyn Green, Ariel Klaas, Danielle Corbin, Peyton Fransen, Ally Priceand Courtney Dolwick.

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Jennifer BackJennifer Kathleen “Kathy”

Back, 37 of Verona, died April 5at her home.

Survivors include her hus-band, Gregory Back; childrenCaylin, Matthew, and Liam;stepchildren Rebecca and Samu-el of South Carolina and Danielof West Virginia; mother andstepfather, Colleen and DennisAbell; father and stepmother,Walter and Linda Stiemetz;brothers Kenneth Shea Jr. ofErlanger and William Sims III ofDanville; sisters Nieta Shea ofWalton and Dovie Byrd ofAlexandria; stepbrothers DennisAbell II and Michael Abell, bothof Findlay, Ohio; stepsister,Sarah Smith; and four grand-children;

Interment was at Floral HillsMemorial Gardens in Taylor Mill.

Memorials: National MultipleSclerosis Society, 101 First Ave.,Suite A, Waltham, MA 02451.

William BeschmanWilliam “Bill” Carl Beschman,

50, of Burlington, died April 5 atSt. Elizabeth Edgewood.

He was a 1983 graduate ofLloyd Memorial High School.

Survivors include his wife,Shannon Beschman; daughtersMeghean and Cheyenne Be-schman; mother, Carla Line;father, Al Beschman; brother,Scott Beschman; and a grand-daughter.

Interment was at Forest LawnMemorial Park in Erlanger.

Memorials: William BeschmanMemorial Fund, C/O any Bank ofKentucky.

Richard BooneRichard “Bub” Boone, 29, of

Sparta and formerly of BooneCounty, died April 2.

He was a construction worker,who liked riding his ATV andtrails on his trail buggy. He alsoliked to hunt and watch dirttrack racing and truck pulls.

Survivors include his childrenAydyn Mae Rose, Mason Wayne,and Chevy Cole; parents, Rich-ard Baum and Tammy BooneKinsey; and sister, Jennifer Gray.

Memorials: To Barbara Baum,C/O his children, 475 WilliamJump Lane, Sparta, KY 41086.

Norma BrockmanNorma Jean Brockman, 71, of

Florence, died April 6 at theHospice of Cincinnati.

Survivors include her childrenMark Brockman of Cincinnatiand Jeanie Worley of Erlanger;and five grandchildren.

Burial was at Highland Ceme-tery in Fort Mitchell.

Gail CatoGail Dixon Cato, 80, of Union,

died April 1 at St. ElizabethEdgewood.

She was a retired employ-ment coordinator for NorthernKentucky University and Cincin-nati State. She was a foundingmember of AIDS Volunteers ofNorthern Kentucky and wasactive in Gloria Dei LutheranChurch, Triple Crown Doll Club,Bridge Club, and Bunko. Shewas also a Kentucky Colonel.

Her son, Dennis Rieselman,died previously.

Survivors include her hus-band, Warren Cato; son, DougRieselman of Florence, daugh-ters Debby Rieselman of Erlang-er, Donna May of Benton,Louisiana, Susan Hooker ofMadisonville; and 11 grand-children along with 15 great-grandchildren.

Burial was at Hopeful Luther-an Cemetery.

Memorials: Gloria Dei Luther-an Church, C/O Helping HandsFund.

William DoermanWilliam “Chris” Doerman, 76,

of Hebron, died April 2 at St.Elizabeth Medical Center in FortThomas.

He retired after more than 30years of service with Kroger,where he was a lead man in thewarehousing and distributioncenter in Cincinnati. He was aU.S. Army veteran and a mem-ber of Belleview Baptist Church.

His brother, Thomas, diedpreviously.

Survivors include his wife,Bonnie Sue Pitts Doerman; sonsKeith Doerman of Amelia, Ohio,Ryle Doerman of Rabbit Hash,and Kevin Doerman of Florence;brothers Gerald Doerman ofHebron and Vic Doerman ofTurloc, California; and fivegrandsons along with twogreat-grandchildren.

Interment was at HebronLutheran Cemetery.

Memorials: Pulmonary Fibro-sis Foundation, 230 E. Ohio St.,Suite 304, Chicago, IL 60611-3201.

William FisherWilliam P. Fisher, 72, of Flor-

ence and formerly of Valencia,California, died March 30.

He was an avid NASCAR fanand enjoyed working on motorsfrom airplane engines to lawnmowers. He was a U.S. Navyveteran, serving aboard the U.S.Kitty Hawk in the early 1960s.After his service, he began hiscareer at Lake Central Airlines inIndianapolis and worked forothers across the country asmergers took place, finishing hiscareer with Delta Airlines inFlorence.

Survivors include his wife,Barbara Fisher; sons Douglasand David Fisher; sisters JoAnneIvey of Bradenton, Florida, andBetty Lou Garrison of Indian-apolis; and three grandsons.

Roslyn GrimesRoslyn Marie Grimes, 76 of

Hebron, died March 30 at St.Elizabeth Healthcare Hospice inEdgewood. She worked inhousekeeping with Holiday Innand Ramada Inn for more than20 years.

Her son, Thomas RaymondGrimes, died previously.

Survivors include her daugh-ter, Paula Love of Hebron; son,Mark Grimes of Demossville;and six grandchildren alongwith three great-grandchildren.

Memorials: St. ElizabethHealthcare Hospice, 483 S. LoopRoad, Edgewood KY 41017.

Orban IsonOrban Ison, 78, of Walton,

died April 4.Survivors include his children

Tony Ison and Angie Osfeld;brother, Denver Ison; and twograndchildren along with sevengreat-grandchildren.

Brigitte JundaBrigitte Ursula Junda, 64, of

Burlington, died March 30 at St.Elizabeth Florence.

She was a retired warehouseworker at Levi Strauss andlong-standing member ofImmaculate Heart of MaryCatholic Church in Burlington.

Survivors include her hus-band, Charlie Junda; sons BenJunda of Burlington and DustinJunda of Hong Kong; sistersRosie Belz of Herbolzhein,Germany and Erica Strecken-bach of Stuttgart, Germany; andtwo grandchildren.

Entombment was at St. MaryCemetery Mausoleum in FortMitchell.

Memorials: Immaculate Heartof Mary Youth Group, 5876Veterans Way, Burlington, KY41005.

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 ofEdgewood; 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’sCemetery in Fort Mitchell.

Memorials: Special Olympicsof Northern Kentucky, P.O. Box393, Florence, KY 41042; orMelanoma Know More, 10945Reed Hartman Highway, Suite323, Cincinnati, OH 45242.

Robert Leach Sr.Robert Benton Leach Sr., of

Florence, died March 30.Survivors include his wife,

Donna Leach; children GregoryLeach, Robert Leach Jr., andPamela Bishop; sister, JoyceJessie of Colorado Springs,Colorado; and six grandchildren.

Memorials: American HeartAssociation; or the KidneyFoundation.

Harry McKeanHarry McKean, 93, of Flor-

ence, died April 3.He was a U.S. Army veteran of

World War II, retired from FordMotor Co. as a floor inspector,and an active member of AsburyTabernacle in Cincinnati.

His wife, Nora McKean, diedpreviously.

Survivors include his childrenCharlotte Pursley, Al McKean,Mike McKean, and Janet Ritch-ie; and seven grandchildrenalong with eight great-grand-children.

Entombment was at HighlandCemetery in Fort Mitchell.

Harold McQueenHarold Eugene McQueen, 87,

of Florence, died April 3 atVillaspring of Erlanger.

He retired in 1987 after 41years of service as a civil engi-neer with CSX Corp. He was aU.S. Army veteran of the Koreanconflict, where he held the rankof sergeant. He was a memberof Union Baptist Church andenjoyed traveling with his wife.They managed to visit all 50states and all national parks inthe United States. He alsoenjoyed ballroom dancing.

His wife, Elsie JeanetteMcQueen, died previously.

Survivors include his sonsDuane McQueen and KevinMcQueen; sisters Beulah Smith,Doris Niccum, Lois Oxley, Vir-ginia McQueen, MarilynMcQueen and Janet Barnett;brothers Loren McQueen andNorman McQueen; and threegrandchildren along with twogreat-grandchildren.

Interment was at HighlandCemetery in Fort Mitchell.

Memorials: To the charity ofthe donor’s choice.

David MullinsDavid Lee Mullins, 55, of

Hebron, died recently at hishome.

He was a machine operatorfor 28 years at Graham Packag-ing Pet Technologies Inc. He wasathletic, playing many sports inhigh school as well as having alove for the Cincinnati Bengalsand UK basketball.

His parents, Jesse and RuthMullins, died previously.

Survivors include his daugh-ter, Amanda Mullins; son, DavidScott Mullins; and brothersDanny Mullins and Alan Mullins.

Terri RaiderTerri L. Raider, 44, of Hebron,

died April 2.She was a member of Lake-

side Christian Church’s Hebroncampus and was a teacher atOckerman Middle School inFlorence.

Her brother, Chris, diedpreviously.

Survivors include her hus-band, David Raider; childrenHolten and Landry; mother andstepfather, Jan and Mike Brum-mett of Delphi, Indiana; father,Darrell Lynn Tompkins; andsister, Tonya Chastain of FortWayne, Indiana.

Memorials: The Terri RaiderMemorial Fund for the benefitof Holten and Landry Raider,C/O at any Fifth Third bank.

Morris RogersMorris “Vaughn” Rogers, 77,

of Boone County, died April 4 atSt. Elizabeth Healthcare Hospicein Edgewood.

He was a part of BooneCounty High School’s first grad-

uating class in 1955. He also wasa 1962 UK graduate with a B.S.in accounting. He was an activemember of ROTC and KappaSigma fraternity. He continuedhis lifelong relationships withhis fraternity brothers throughmonthly luncheons in NorthernKentucky, Lexington and Louis-ville. He was an active memberof Boone Air and Fort MitchellCountry Clubs, Florence Elks,and was president of the BooneCounty Jaycees and BooneCounty Businessmen. He alsoserved on the board of directorsfor the Northern Kentucky UKAlumni Association and Wood-spoint Nursing Home. He wasemployed by Grefco, Litton, andwas the finance director ofBoone County until his retire-ment in 1999. After retiring, heand his wife spent their wintermonths at their home in HobeSound, Florida, for 12 years. Heloved following sports, specifi-cally, the Cincinnati Reds, Ben-gals, and the UK football andbasketball teams.

Survivors include his wife,Evalene of Mackville, Kentucky;son, Timothy Rogers of Louis-ville; daughter, Mitzi Rogers ofWalton; brother, Paul E. Rogersof Astatula, Florida; sistersCharlotte Taylor of Hebron,Mary Sue Rudicill of Burlington,and Marty Blazie of Street,Maryland and three grand-daughters.

Burial was at Belleview Ceme-tery.

Memorials: Northern Ken-tucky/Greater Cincinnati UKAlumni Club; St. ElizabethHealthcare Hospice Program,483 S. Loop Drive, Edgewood,KY 41017; or Belleview BaptistChurch, 6658 Fifth St., Burling-ton, KY 41005.

Evella StraleyEvella Genean Straley, 68 of

Hebron, died March 27 at St.Joseph’s Hospital in Lexington.

She loved boating and thewater and for many years shemanaged Lee’s Ford Marina onLake Cumberland. She also hada passion for travel and spent agreat deal of time travelingwith her family.

Survivors include her hus-band, Michael Lee Straley; sonsMichael Lee Straley Jr., StevenDwayne Straley, and JeffreyBrian Straley; and six grand-children.

Burial was at Hillcrest Ceme-tery in Kenova, West Virginia.

Shirley WeaverShirley Rose Weaver, 81, of

Florence, died April 3.She was a cafeteria worker

for Boone County Schools and amember of Fellowship of Believ-ers.

Her husband, William Weav-er; infant son, Perry; and sistersJustine and Pauline, died previ-ously.

Survivors include her childrenKeith, Kenneth, Kevin, Kent,Kelly, and Kerry Weaver; and 10grandchildren along with 14great-grandchildren.

Burial was at Hopeful Luther-an Cemetery in Florence.

Memorials: American KidneyFund, 11921 Rockville Pike, Suite300, Rockville, MD 20852.

Billie WilliamsBillie J. Williams, 87, of Flor-

ence, died April 3 at her home.She served as a secretary for

the Kentucky State HighwayDepartment and Square D. Shewas a member of ImmanuelUnited Methodist Church inLakeside Park, EdgewoodHomemakers Club, and sheserved as a past president of thePTA for Dixie Heights HighSchool. She was a 1945 graduateof Simon Kenton High Schooland still attended monthlylunches with other members ofher graduating class. She was anavid fan of UK athletics, specifi-cally the basketball team.

Her husband, Earl ThomasWilliams, died previously.

Survivors include her childrenToni Newton, Tom Williams, andTroy Williams; sister, SherriAllen; and eight grandchildrenalong with 10 great-grand-children.

Burial was at Forest LawnMemorial Park in Erlanger.

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

DEATHS

ABOUT OBITUARIESFor the most up-to-date Northern Kentucky obituaries,

click on the “Obituaries” link atcincinnati.com/northernkentucky.

Funeral homes may submit basic obituary information [email protected]. To publish a largermemorial tribute, call 513-242-4000 for pricing details.

Jennifer Meece, 33, of Flor-ence and Derrick Conrad, 34, ofFlorence, issued March 18.

Rebecca Sanders, 22, ofFlorence and Nathan Fields, 25,of Burlington, March 18.

Joanna Collier, 40, of Flor-ence and Russell Houchins, 49,of Union, March 19.

Amanda Hammond, 27, ofWalton and Levi Varner, 23, ofWalton, March 20.

Amber Ruff, 30, of Florenceand Joshua Scott, 30, of Flor-ence, March 23.

Megan Martin, 20, of Flor-ence and Cody Haynes, 22, of

Walton, March 23.Amber Wilson, 26, of Flor-

ence and Aaron Runge, 26, ofFlorence, March 25.

Sonja Phillippi, 42, of Erlang-er and John Myslinski, 45, ofErlanger, March 25.

Maria Sanchez, 56, of Flor-ence and Teodoro Garcia, 67, ofFlorence, March 26.

Yi Zhou, 20, of Florence andSteven Kohus, 32, of Florence,March 27.

Amanda Miller, 32, of Unionand John Marcum III, 39, ofUnion, March 27.

Rhoda Williams, 49, of Flor-

ence and Gregory Wenz, 49, ofCrescent Springs, March 27.

Lindsay Cahill, 25, of Flor-ence and Matthew Huckabee,29, of Knoxville, Tennessee,March 31.

Caitlyn McDaniel, 23, ofFlorence and Ryan Jansen, 25,of Florence, March 31.

Jana Jones, 58, of Burlingtonand Terry Cortez, 53, of Bur-lington, March 31.

Taylor Jackson, 23, of Wal-ton, and Steven Zembrodt, 23,of Union, March 31.

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Janice Sword Way, agraduate of the 1987Leadership Kentuckyprogram, has beennamed as the new presi-dent of Leadership Ken-tucky.

Waycomes toLeader-ship Ken-tuckyfrom St.ElizabethHealth-care inNorthern

Kentucky where shewas assistant vicepresident of develop-ment.

During her 25 yearsat St. Elizabeth and TheSt. Luke Hospitals (be-fore the two hospitalsystems merged), Wayserved as director ofpublic relations and

marketing, supervisedcommunity and legisla-tive relations and ledthe St. Luke CommunityFoundation as vicepresident.

Way has served as amember of the board ofthe Northern KentuckyChamber of Commerce.She also chairs theNorthern KentuckyBoard for KET.

Since 1984, Leader-ship Kentucky has beendevoted to motivating,promoting, and advanc-ing active and emergingleaders in Kentucky.

Leadership Ken-tucky is accepting ap-plications for the 2015class.

More informationabout Leadership Ken-tucky can be found atwww.leadershipky.orgor calling 502-695-1102.

Janice Way tohead LeadershipKentucky

Way

It is going to happento all of us one day. Wecan all give our familysome love by preparingfor the end of our lifeand talking often aboutour wishes.

Did you know thatindividuals do not haveto be embalmed? Undersome circumstances it isnecessary but, it mightnot be required for yoursituation.

Pre-planning a funer-al and pre-paying a fu-neral are two differentthings. We can all pre-plan and, it is importantto do so. We may not allwish to or be able topre-pay.

Pre-planning involvesthinking about what youwant to happen with

your body,where youwant to belaid torest, andwhat kindof servicesyou do ordo notwant.

Someitems toconsider:

» Do you wish to beburied in the ground,placed in a crypt, orcremated? Do you have acemetery preference?Do you already own aplot? Do your loved onesknow?

» Do you want anobituary published in thepaper? If so, which pa-pers and what informa-

tion should be included?» Do you want music

or readings at your fu-neral or memorial ser-vice? If so, what specificitems do you want and,are their special peopleyou want to perform orread?

» Do you want a tra-ditional service withviewing and visitation?

» If needed, whatkind of casket do youprefer? There are many,many styles available inall price ranges.

How do you find outthe information that willhelp you make deci-sions? Visit a few funeralhomes and talk with thestaff. They are requiredto give you a price listfor their services and

goods if you ask. Mostwill sit down with you, atno cost, to discuss yourend-of-life wishes. Youneed to feel comfortablewith the funeral home,its staff, and its policiesand know they will doeverything possible toensure your wishes arefulfilled.

Sharing your wishesand information withyour family memberswill help reduce theirstress when the timecomes to lay you to rest.Think of it as a final hugfor your loved ones.

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

Pre-planning, pre-payingfunerals are different things

Diane MasonEXTENSIONNOTES

For most people, theupcoming months signalthe arrival of fresh, sea-sonal produce, whichpromises eating at itsfinest. However, some-times that produce isn’tas ripe as you need it tobe.

Some produce thathas traveled a greatdistance is picked whileit is still green and willnot be ripe when itreaches the store. Forsome fruits, you canspeed up the ripeningprocess at home.

Common fruits thatcan be ripened at homeinclude bananas, canta-

loupe,peaches,pears,pineapplesand toma-toes.

You canspeed uptheir rip-ening byplacingthem in asingle

layer in a large paperbag with holes punchedthrough it.

Fold the opening ofthe bag over and leave iton the counter while thefruit ripens.

The fruit releases a

gas that is then trappedin the bag, which speedsup the ripening process.Check the food daily tosee whether it’s ready toeat. Most fruit will ripenin a bag within a day ortwo.

Some produce, in-cluding apples, blueber-ries, cherries, grapes,strawberries and black-berries, will not ripenany more after they havebeen picked. Refrigeratethese fruits immediatelyafter purchase to main-tain the best quality.

One of the best waysto get the freshest pro-duce possible is to shop

at your local farmersmarket for locally grownvarieties.

Most markets acrossthe state have opened orare preparing to opensoon.

Since the food travelsa shorter distance toreach local consumers,farmers can pick theirproduce at its peak ofripeness, either the nightbefore or on the day ofthe market.

For a listing of theFarmers Markets in ourarea and their hours,contact the KentonCounty Extension Officeat 859-356-3155.

Speed up the ripening process in fruit

KathyByrnes EXTENDINGKNOWLEDGE

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