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

Online commentersclaimed speeding – along withunsafe roads and treacherousterrain – plague the road wherethe head-on crash happened asfamilies mourned the loss ofTravis Livers-Gowdy, 18, whodied Thursday following thecrash that involved two otherstudents from Randall K.Cooper High School and a 50-year-old Hebron man.

According to KentuckyState Police records, 418 colli-sions have taken place onCamp Ernst Road between Jan.1, 2010, and April 30, 2015. Noneof those involved a fatality.

Boone County School Super-intendent Randy Poe said siteselection for a school is a proc-ess that includes informationsuch as road safety, and theyfollowed that process before

Cooper was built in 2008.“The road network is taken

into serious consideration. Thestate and county deemed Camp

Ernst Road safe at that time.It’s safe now,” Poe said.

While a large portion of thearea surrounding the school isrural, residential growth is themain reason for building theschool.

Poe said Cooper’s locationon a two-lane rural highwayisn’t unusual, as Boone CountyHigh School, Conner HighSchool and Ryle High Schoolwere all built on two-lane roadsthat were later converted tofour-lane highways because ofa growing population.

Boone County Sheriff’s Of-fice spokesman Tom Schebensaid Camp Ernst Road is rou-tinely patrolled, not just dur-ing times students are enteringand leaving school.

“Camp Ernst Road has ap-proximately 35,000 vehiclestraveling across it in any givenweek,” he said. “We issued 172citations last year.”

Scheben “respectfully dis-agrees” with the opinion thatthe road is dangerous.

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

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A Boone County Sheriff’s Officesign on Camp Ernst Road warnsmotorists how fast they aredriving. The speed limit there is 35mph.

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UNION — For another twoyears, Rumpke will help keepUnion clean.

The solid waste and recy-cling company’s bid for a two-year contract was unanimouslyapproved during the May 4meeting.

Rumpke had the existingcontract, and Best Way Dispos-al also submitted a bid.

City Administrator DavidMartin said trash and recyclingcollection would continue totake place on Thursdays.

Rumpke’s bid for trash col-lection was $9.25 per unit permonth, or an annual total of$227,439, along with recyclingcollection at $2.75 per unit permonth, or $67,617 annually. Thecompany also offered a combi-nation discount of 50 cents perunit per month, culminating insavings of $12,294 for the year.The annual combined costs total$282,762.

Best Way Disposal’s bid forwaste collection was 75 centscheaper than Rumpke’s bid, at$8.50 per unit per month, or anannual total of $208,998. Recy-

cling collection was 97 centshigher than their competitor’sbid, at $3.72 per unit per month,or just more than $91,467 peryear. The combined total wouldbe $12.22 per unit per month, orapproximately $300,465 peryear.

Martin said the city savedsome money by rebidding theexisting Rumpke contract.

With the two-year renewaloption, the total cost per unit permonth would have been $11.64for both waste collection andcurbside recycling. The totalannual amount would have been$286,204.32.

“Instead the commission de-cided to put it out to bid to see ifthe city could save some moneywhile still providing the samelevel of service to the communi-ty,” he said. “As a result,Rumpke’s bid that was ap-proved on Monday came in at$11.50 per unit per month forboth services at a savings of 14cents per unit per month,$344,32 per year or $6,884.56 forthe two-year contract period.Looking back, the decision bythe commission to put these ser-

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Primary Election Day is forDemocrats and Republicans,not registered independent vot-ers.

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

Boone, Campbell or Kentoncounties have no local elections.Ballots in all three counties arethe same for choosing candi-dates for five state offices, in-cluding governor, ahead of aNov. 3 general Election Day. Fora sample ballot visitbit.ly/kyballots.

Republican and Democraticvoters will each see ballots tochoose gubernatorial and statetreasurer candidates. Republi-cans will have ballots with can-didates for attorney general

and commissioner of agricul-ture. Democrats have a ballotwith two candidates for secre-tary of state.

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

“Historically, Northern Ken-tucky has always had a low turn-out for state races,” Luersensaid. “A lot that happens inFrankfort affects us, for betteror worse, and we need a voice inFrankfort that represents us.”

Boone County Clerk KennyBrown expects a low turnout.

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

In the past three primaryelections for statewide consti-tutional officers, voter turnout

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vices out to bid ended upbeing a good thing forthe city.”

Commissioner KenHeil clarified that al-though the bid was splitinto waste collection andrecycling amounts, thecity intended to awardthe entire collection bidto the same company.

Martin said almost 90percent of residents par-ticipate in the recycling

program. Heil supported recy-

cling, but said runningseparate collectiontrucks for waste and re-cycling, plus the trip tohaul waste and recy-cling to Cincinnati madehim believe the systemisn’t entirely environ-mentally friendly.

Mayor Larry Solo-mon said, “Having theprogram is positive forthe community.”

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

“I will say the road canbe a real challenge in thewinter with a blanket ofsnow on it but school isnormally called off justfor those reasons,” Sche-ben said in an email.

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

Investigators sayBrickler then overcor-rected her steering, caus-ing her car to “travel intoa critical yaw” and crossinto the opposing lane of

traffic. Brickler’s Camrystruck a Nissan Muranohead-on, driven by PhilipHester, 50, of Hebron. An-drew McMullen, 19, ofUnion, was riding in theback seat of the Camryand was ejected andthrown approximately 84feet, officials said. He wasflown by medical helicop-ter to the University ofCincinnati Medical Cen-ter with life-threateninginjuries.

The Kentucky Trans-portation Cabinet’s Dis-trict 6 oversees a portionof Ky. 237, which followsCamp Ernst Road forabout two miles from itsintersection with Burling-ton Pike until Ky. 237turns on to Pleasant Val-

ley Road, about two milesnorth of Cooper HighSchool.

The southern portionof Camp Ernst Road, fromPleasant Valley RoadHathaway Road, is aBoone County road.

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was 6.8 percent in 2011,11.08 percent in 2007, and8.8 percent in 2003, ac-cording to Brown.

Brown said there areno changes to BooneCounty’s 62 precincts ortheir polling locationssince the last election. Hesaid voters who want tocheck those details cancall the office at 859-334-2130 or visitwww.booneclerk.com.

Residents can also checkthe site for election re-sults.

People have to have avalid ID to vote.

Republican Partyballot

Governor and Lieu-tenant Governor (votefor one):

» Will T. Scott and Rod-ney Coffey

» Matt Bevin and Je-nean Hampton

» James R. Comer andChris McDaniel

» Hal Heiner and K.C.Crosbie

Attorney General(vote for one):

» Whitney H. Wester-field

» Michael T. HoganState Treasurer (vote

for one):» Allison Ball» Kenneth Churchill

Imes» John LarsonCommissioner of Ag-

riculture (vote for one):» Ryan F. Quarles» Richard Heath

Democratic Partyballot

Governor and Lieu-tenant Governor (votefor one):

» Geoffrey M. “Geoff”Young

» Jack Conway andSannie Overly

Secretary of State(vote for one):

» Charles Lovett» Alison Lundergan

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BURLINGTON — Mostlemonade stands bringneighbors together tomake a child smile, butColin Albrecht’s helpsgrant wishes.

From 9:30 a.m. to 2p.m. Saturday, May 16, hewill be serving free lem-onade and cookies at hisEthan Road home whilehe accepts donationsMake-A-Wish Ohio, Ken-tucky and Indiana. Make-A-Wish is known for en-riching the lives of chil-dren with life-threaten-ing medical conditionsthrough its wish-grant-ing work.

From 9:30 a.m. to 1:30p.m. Sunday, May 17, 9-year-old Colin will joinhis fourth-grade class-mates at Hyde Park Ele-mentary School in Cin-cinnati to continue thestand’s success and raisemore money to donate.

Last year, Colin raised$1,453 over two days,which was his first dona-tion to Make-A-WishFoundation.

The first year, whenhe was 4, Colin’s mom,Kara, said he wanted thelemonade stand to raisemoney for himself.

She said he could onlydo it if he donated theproceeds. They charged25 cents a cup for theirlemonade, made from apowder mix, and earned$30.

After that, they decid-ed to give away the lem-onade, and then they add-ed cookies.

Each year, donationsincreased, and his dad,

Mike, and little brother,Spencer, got more in-volved.

Two years ago, theyraised $300 for the Ron-ald McDonald House.

While waiting on a de-layed flight in Chicago,Colin’s family crossedpaths with a family head-ed to Disneyland in Cali-fornia on a Make-A-Wishtrip. When Colin askedwhat that meant, he de-cided that would be therecipient of his next lem-onade stand donation.

“They really do helppeople. I just want to helpthem do that,” Colin said.“Having the lemonadestand is just a good use oftime. Sometimes you canjust get bored.”

Colin has also in-creased the number of lo-cal supporters for hisproject.

Neighbors contribute,and neighborhood chil-dren come to help himserve. Last year, Colinalso enlisted the help of alocal business.

Chick-fil-A of Hous-ton Road donates gallonsof lemonade, matchingColin’s purchase, to helphim help others.

“The donation of acouple of gallons of lem-onade is nothing com-pared to what he’s do-ing,” said Dustin DiChia-ra, owner of Chick-fil-Aof Houston Road in Flor-ence. “We saw a ton ofalignment between ourmission and what he’s do-ing. When you help some-one with a great heart do-ing great things, that’s awin for everybody.That’s awesome. It’sgreat to lock arms with

other people who want tomake a positive influ-ence and help and serveothers. That’s our mis-sion and that’s what wedo.”

DiChiara said hisstore is donating six gal-lons of lemonade thisyear, and two employeeseach personally donateda gallon to help Ethan.The store also providesbanners and the Chick-fil-A cow mascot will bethere at 10:30 a.m.,weather permitting, tohelp garner attention.

“We always get morebusiness when we havethe cow outside,” said Di-Chiara. “Our entire in-tention is to bring moreattention to him and cap-ture more people to con-tribute to his goal. He isdefinitely a brand we aremore than happy to part-ner with.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cooper High School junior

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lindsey Barriger wins atop Kentucky art award

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

backer for the football team. He attended Northern

Kentucky University whileworking at St. Elizabeth as aphlebotomist.

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

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

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

New endowment to aid CovCath STEM program

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

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

the World War II Memorialand other significant sites.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“I enjoyed the entire trip.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Art Events

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Florence.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

EducationCollege and Beyond ACT TestPrep Course, 1-5:15 p.m., BooneCounty Education Association,75 Cavalier Blvd., suite 201, Enterbuilding at right side entrance.ACT test prep course. Ages 9-12.$399. Reservations required.Presented by College and Be-yond. 283-2655; candbtestprep-.com. Florence.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

TUESDAY, MAY 19Art & Craft Classes7-11 Club, 9:30-11:30 a.m., TheLively Learning Lab, 7500 Oak-brook Drive, Suite 10, Social clubfor homeschoolers. Make crafts,play games or create art. Ages7-11. $5. Registration required.916-2721. Florence.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD

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

Rita HeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN

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Dems, remember to voteMay 19

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

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

Kentucky state treasurer.Our World War II veterans

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

RegisterBracken County chair Craig

MillerCampbell County chair Paul L.

WhalenGrant County chair Bill Adkins

Kenton County chair Col Owens

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Last week’s questionHow do you think the Su-

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

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

Matt Berry

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

Donnette Ryan Plunkett

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

Jen Schultz

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

James Bartley

»

»“Our society has seems to

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

Karen Swanson Dietz

»»“Well I know not that long

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

Ashley Nicole

OHIO“Against.”

Mary Ann Maloney

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

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

D.B.

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

Marie Hill

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

Every week we ask readers aquestion they can reply to via email.Send your answers tondaly@community press.com withCh@troom in the subject line.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Boone drew interest ofexplorers, presidents

ThomasSchifferCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

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

Principal Mike WilsonOn the #CooperStrong

support drive at Randall K.Cooper High School for

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

Travis Liversgowdy, died

QUOTABLE

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

marriage as sacramental”(Greeley, 1989).

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

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

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

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

Reflecting on the value of Catholic schools

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

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

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

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

“Some people don’t take usthat seriously and hopefully

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Mainly with my defense,”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Geis was named the Ninth RegionSportsmanship winner.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

Raidersreturnto statetennistourneyBy James [email protected]

See TENNIS, Page 2B

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

St. Henry’s Audrey

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

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

TennisContinued from Page 1B

Freedom Trail» The Frontier League profes-

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

New coach» Boone County High School

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

Baseball» Michael Mletzko came in as a

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

» Ryle beat NewCath 6-1.

Softball» Conner entered play May 11

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

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

NKU Notes» Northern Kentucky men’s

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

a .712 slugging percentage thatranked fourth among conferencebatters.

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

TMC Notes» Thomas More College had

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fookes praised every-one she worked withover the years.

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

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

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

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FookesContinued from Page 1B


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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The Kentucky Innova-tion Network at NorthernKentucky ezone has an-nounced that the North-ern Kentucky BusinessPitch Competition,www.nkystartups.com, isopen to entrepreneurs in11counties. The Kentucky

Innovation Network andKentucky Angel Inves-tors are sponsoring thecompetition, which ismanaged by the ezone.

Applications for thecompetition are free andwill be accepted until May17 from entrepreneurs

and companies from 11counties, includingBoone, Kenton, Camp-bell, Carroll, Gallatin,Owen, Grant, Pendleton,Harrison, Bracken andRobertson.

The top five appli-cants will be selected andannounced on May 19.They will receive coach-ing from the NorthernKentucky ezone andmake their pitches tothree accredited Ken-tucky Angel Investors onMay 27 at UpTech.

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of thevitaminto cer-taindis-eases.

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It also decreases therisk of falls in olderadults by as much as 20

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Our exposed skinproduces vitamin Dfrom sun exposure. Ourbodies do not need a lotof sun exposure to helpus reach our recom-mended daily amount.About 15 minutes in thesun three times a weekis enough. Fortunatelyour sunny days are in-creasing in number andhours.

Individuals who havecertain skin diseasesmay not be able to getadequate amounts ofvitamin D, as they needto limit their skin’s ex-posure to the sun.

People with darkskin, older adults andoverweight individualsmay not be able to pro-duce adequate amountsof vitamin D with sunexposure alone.

Winter sunlight isalso not strong enoughfor any of us to get ade-quate amounts of vita-min D.

We can get our daily-recommended amountof vitamin D by addingfoods to our diets thatnaturally contain vita-min D or are fortifiedwith the vitamin.

Fatty fish such assalmon, cod and tunanaturally contain highlevels of vitamin D. Thevitamin is also found inegg yolks in smallerquantities.

Foods fortified withvitamin D include mostmilk, some orangejuices, yogurt, cheese,cereal, bread and soydrinks.

A reference to vita-min D is usually onlyfound on food labels offortified foods.

Vitamin D supple-ments are also availablefor those deficient in thevitamin.

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

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

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

STATE OF KENTUCKYCOUNTY OF BOONE

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

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

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Stephen CestaricStephen J. Cestaric, 68, of

Florence, died April 24 at hishome.

He was a U.S. Air Force veter-an and retired pilot.

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

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

Mary CostantinoMary Helen Costantino, 82, of

Hebron, died May 4.She was a registered nurse for

more than 44 years.Her husband, Frank Costanti-

no, died previously.Survivors include her son,

Keith Westmeyer; and six grand-children along with 13 great-grandchildren.

Burial was at Forest Lawn

Memorial Gardens in PompanoBeach, Florida.

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

Bonnie FeltnerBonnie Lee Napier Feltner, 65,

of Florence, died April 19 at herhome.

She was a member of FirstChurch of Christ in Burlingtonand enjoyed cheering for theCincinnati Reds and UK Wildcats.

Survivors include her husband,Walter Feltner; son, MartinKraus; daughter, ChristinaMellotte; sisters Trudy Miskell,Vicki Prescott, and Marta Eisen-man; brothers Davis Eisenmanand Rick Garnett; and fourgrandchildren.

Bruce FergusonBruce Stuart Ferguson, 86, of

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

He was a graduate of HolmesHigh School and Villa MadonnaCollege. He was a retired farmer,avid historian, dedicated conser-vationist, UK basketball fan, andlongtime public servant. Heserved four years on the BooneCounty Board of Education, 24years as Boone County judge-executive and four years ascommissioner of the KentuckyDepartment of Local Govern-ment. He also served in leader-ship positions in the BooneCounty Jaycees, Soil & Conserva-tion Board, OKI Regional Councilof Governments, Boone County

Board of Elections, Boone Coun-ty Businessman’s Association,Rotary Club, and NationalAssociation of Counties. He wasa member of the Masonic Lodgein Union.

His wife, Elizabeth ReynoldsFerguson, died previously.

Survivors include his childrenCarol Ray Medin, Patty Hayden,Stuart Ferguson, Miriam Pache-co, and Philip Ferguson; brother,Walter Ferguson of Lexington;and 10 grandchildren alongwith six great-grandchildren.

Memorials: Dinsmore Home-stead, 5656 Burlington Pike,Burlington, KY 41005; BooneCounty Arboretum, 9190 CampErnst Road, Union, KY 41091; orFriends of Big Bone, P.O. Box675, Union, KY 41091.

William Montour Jr.William Hafey Montour Jr.,

59, of Union, died May 2 at hishome.

Survivors include his wife,Joanna Losier; sons Ethan andNolan Losier, both of Union;

and brother, Lance Montour ofBaltimore, Maryland.

Memorials: Paws and Claws,P.O. Box 223, Hebron, KY41048.

Sam TroubermanSam “Mr. T” H. Trouberman,

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

adjuster most recently withOhio Casualty Insurance Co.

Survivors include his wife,Alma “Frances” Trouberman;daughter, Debbie Cahill; son,Perry Trouberman; and fourgrandchildren along with eightgreat-grandchildren.

Burial was at Hebron Luther-an Cemetery in Hebron.

Memorials: American Diabe-tes Association, 4555 LakeForest Drive, Suite 396, Cincin-nati, OH 45242; or AmericanHeart Association, 5211 Madi-son Road, Cincinnati, OH45227; or Multiple SclerosisSociety, 4440 Lake Forest Drive,Suite 120, Cincinnati, OH 45242.

DEATHS

Walton and Verona aresure looking better as theWake Up Walton Veronavolunteers worked dili-gently on Saturday to dojust that. I have beeninformed there wereapproximately 350 volun-teers. Thanks to every-one that planned, partici-pated and contributed. Itwas a great service.

Don’t forget theGaines Historical Mu-seum “Tea” this Sunday,May 17, 2-4 p.m. Ticketsare $20 at Walton CityHall.

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

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

Memorial Day ser-vices will begin at WaltonCemetery at 9:30 a.m.and will adjourn to con-tinue on at the Veterans

MemorialbehindWaltonCity Hall.

TheWaltonVeronaAlumniBanquetwill beheld onSaturday,

June 6, at Walton-VeronaHigh School. Recognizedclasses will be 1945, 1955,1965, 1975, 1985, 1995,2005 and 2015. Doors willbe open at 5 p.m. for asocial time with dinnerserved at 6:15 p.m. Schol-arships to deservinggraduating seniors willbe awarded. Cost of thedinner and scholarshipsis $22 per person. If forsome reason, you can’tattend, your scholarshipdonation will greatlyappreciated.

If you are interestedin nominating an out-standing individual forthe Walton-Verona Hallof Fame, please forwardyour letter of nominationto Alumni Associationpresident K.F. Fulmer atP.O. Box 149, Walton, KY41094. Criteria for nomi-nation should be a personwho is a graduate or afriend of the school dis-trict that has assisted inbetterment of the com-munity. Also, if one ofyour classmates haspassed away previously,please forward theirname so they can bementioned.

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

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

You might want toconsider helping yourkids find some time tokeep from being boredand find a rewardingexperience this summer.

The Walton School ofMusic is located at theWalton Christian Church.The teacher is PabloBenavides, who is musicdirector, adjunct profes-sor of music at NorthernKentucky University. Hehas master’s degreesfrom Texas ChristianUniversity, and Univer-sity of Cincinnati Conser-vatory of Music. Pianolessons are available onThursday afternoon andevening. You may con-tact Pablo for informa-tion at [email protected] orwww.pablomusic.com orcall 859-485-4591. WaltonSchool of Music is notonly for young childrenas it has been proven thatsenior citizens activelyinvolved in music mak-ing enjoy significanthealth benefits.

Congratulations toChelsa Russell who cele-brated her 16th birthdayon Mother’s Day. Dan andBarbara Sams celebratedtheir 44th wedding anni-versary this past week.

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

Continue to keep theRon Kirk family in yourthoughts and prayers.The Kirks’ home on Ed-wards Avenue was de-stroyed by fire last week.

The city of Walton andall of Boone County lost agood friend with thepassing of Bruce Fergu-son this past week. Oursincere sympathy to hisfamily and friends. Bruc-e’s knowledge and sin-cere love for BooneCounty will be sadlymissed.

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

350 volunteersspruce up Walton

Ruth MeadowsWALTON NEWS

Chelsea Williams, 19, of Flor-ence and Carlos Lopez, 25, ofFlorence, issued April 1.

Damara Dorsey, 20, of Cincin-nati, and Honore Yoyo, 29, ofFlorence, April 1.

Bonnie Horgan, 59, of Florenceand Michael Horgan, 61, ofFlorence, April 1.

Sandra Bowlin, 47, of Burling-ton and Robert Burlew, 56, ofBurlington, April 3.

Ashley Osbourn, 25, of Rock-ford, Illinois, and Daniel Smith,

27, of Florence, April 3.Natalie Stephens, 28, of Flor-

ence and Jose Hernandez, 32, ofFlorence, April 6.

Jennifer Bryant, 32, of Florenceand John Sullivan, 34, of Cincin-nati, April 7.

Laura Hunt, 28, of Florenceand Kenneth Stewart, 29, of DryRidge, April 7.

Lindsay Ruberg, 24, of Waltonand Brian Pfenninger, 25, ofHebron, April 9.

MARRIAGE LICENSES


Luegeringappointed trusteeschair

ReSource appointedMark Luegering of Mess-er Construction as boardchair of its board of trust-

ees to con-tinue to ex-pand itsmission ofpracticalsustaina-bility andof engag-ing, edu-cating and

serving the nonprofitcommunity.

Luegering has been apart of ReSource’s boardsince 2012, and he most re-cently served as vicechair. He is senior vicepresident of Messer Con-struction, where he leadsproject operations andperformance in Messer’sOhio and Indiana regions.

Luegering is active

with the Spirit of Con-struction, where he is thecurrent, past president,and he also chairs one ofthe Cincinnati SymphonyOrchestra’s developmentsubcommittees. He previ-ously served in a numberof board leadership roles,including Kicks for Kids,Allied Construction In-dustries, Cincinnati Sym-phony Orchestra and theUniversity of CincinnatiCollege of EngineeringAlumni Association.

Crystal ClearCleaning namedEmployer of Year

Crystal Clear Cleaningwas honored as “Employ-er of the Year” by IKRONCorp., for employing peo-ple with physical disabili-ties and social challenges,at IKRON’s annual meet-ing on April 2.

IKRON Corp. (Integra-tion of Knowledge and Re-

sources for OccupationalNeeds) is an organizationthat partners with the cityof Cincinnati to provideemployment services andjob placement for adultswith employment chal-lenges.

Each year, IKRON rec-ognizes a company com-mitted to hiring individ-uals who face employ-ment issues because of

physical disabilities andsocial challenges.

NKY SHRM honoredwith award

The Society for HumanResource Management(SHRM) awarded theNKY SHRM local chapterwith its EXCEL GoldAward for the chapter’saccomplishments in 2014.

The award is part ofthe SHRM Affiliate Pro-gram for Excellence,which aligns individualchapters and councilswith SHRM’s goals, ac-cording to a press release.The award recognizes ac-complishments and stra-tegic activities and initia-tives that enhance the hu-man resources profes-sion.

Legion Logistics’president namedfinalist for award

President Lacy Star-ling of Legion Logistics,LLC is a finalist for the EYEntrepreneur of the Year2015 Award in the OhioValley Region. Winnerswill be vent on June 4 atthe Hyatt Regency in Cin-cinnati.

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

Answer: The emeraldash borer is already a ma-

jor prob-lemthroughoutthe North-ern Ken-tucky area.Actually,the entirecommon-wealth isnow quar-antined,preventing

transport of all firewoodacross state lines to areasnot also quarantined, un-less a special permit is ob-tained. Any ash tree notprotected with the rightchemicals will probablydie in the next few years.

It’s already getting latein the season to treat yourown trees, but definitelygo ahead and do so as soonas possible. Products con-taining the active ingredi-ent imidacloprid (BayerAdvanced Tree & ShrubInsect Control, BonideAnnual Tree & Shrub In-sect Control, Ferti-lome

Systemic Tree & ShrubDrench, Green Light Tree& Shrub Insect Killer,etc.) are available tohomeowners for do-it-yourself protection of ashtrees against attack by theemerald ash borer.

Green Light Tree &Shrub Insect Control withSafari (dinetofuran) alsois an option. Annual appli-cations should be madebetween late March andlate April or early May,according to label direc-tions. The treatments canhelp to protect trees thatare up to 60 inches in cir-cumference (measured at4 1/2 feet above theground). Larger trees re-quire injection of insecti-cides which are availableonly to licensed commer-cial applicators. This isbest done during May.

For a list of ISA Certi-fied Arborists who treatfor the ash borer, contactyour local county exten-sion office.

Treat ash trees nowto stop deadly borers

Mike KlahrHORTICULTURECONCERNS

COMING UP» Arboretum Spring

Plant Sale: 9 a.m. to noon,Saturday, May 16, BooneCounty Arboretum, Shel-ter No. 1, 9190 Camp ErnstRoad, Union. Questions?Call the arboretum officeat 859-384-4999.

» Street Smart Trees: 10a.m. to noon Monday,May 18, Boone CountyArboretum, meet atConcession Building nearentrance. Register athttp://bit.ly/BCAregistra-tion

» Native Trees & Shrubsfor Kentucky Landscapes:6-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May19, Boone County Exten-sion Office. Call 859-586-6101 to register, or enrollonline at boone.ca.uky.e-du

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