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BURLINGTON — Boone Coun-ty Public Library is getting inon March Madness with a booktournament.

Brackets list 64 books,which go head to head in fourcategories each week fromMarch 16 through April 20.

“We wanted to tie intoMarch Madness with some-thing fun with the communitythat would include differentgenres and titles,” said BeckyKempf, public relations coor-dinator. “You don’t have toread all the books to partici-pate, but maybe readers willsee something in a differentgenre or by an author theyhaven’t seen before.”

The winning books of eachpairing will be determined byreaders. Visit www.bcpl.org tocast a vote each week. Votingopens on Tuesday each weekand closes Wednesdays at 11:59p.m.

Sixteen books are listed inthe four categories: fiction andliterature, mysteries andthrillers, science fiction andfantasy, and young adult litera-ture. Literary greats like JaneAusten, Stephen King and Har-per Lee are some of the entriesin the fiction and literaturecategory, while John Green,J.K. Rowling and Lois Lowryare authors in the young adultsection. Science fiction titlesincluding “Game of Thrones,”“The Mists of Avalon,” and“The Hobbit,” are among thecompetitors who could go upagainst mystery titles such as“Da Vinci Code,” “Gone Girl”or “The Girl with the DragonTattoo.”

Completed brackets are tobe turned in at any librarybranch. Brackets that choosethe correct champion will beentered in a drawing for one offive reader baskets that in-clude a gift card and libraryswag.

For more information, visityour local branch of the BooneCounty Public Library or go towww.bcpl.org.

Bookssquare offin Boonelibrary’sbracketsBy Amy [email protected]

Students rejoiced as several inches ofsnow changed Northern Kentucky’s land-scape, causing schools to close for up to afull week.

So what happens now?According to the Kentucky Depart-

ment of Education at education.ky.gov ,students must be in school a minimum of1,062 hours, which equals 177 six-hourdays.

“In some school districts, the regularschool day includes more than six instruc-tional hours, and those districts choose touse the extra time they have ‘banked’ tooffset hours missed due to inclementweather. Other districts have ‘make-up’days built into their school calendars incase they are needed,” according to thesite. “Once a district has missed 20 days, itmay request a districtwide disaster dayfrom the Commissioner of Education.”

Another option for schools that havemissed 20 or more days is a pilot programthat gives schools an online option to makeup missed days.

During the 2014-2015 school year, Ken-tucky districts that missed 20 or moredays were eligible to apply for waiversthat allow the “use of virtual or other non-traditional means of instruction whenschool is canceled because of weather oranother emergency. In most cases, stu-dents will participate in the snow day les-sons online,” according to an Oct. 10, 2014,media release.

To receive a waiver, districts thatmissed 20 or more days submitted applica-tions that described their plans for learn-ing while school was not in session. In thespring, the same districts will submit doc-umentation of their participation and mea-surements of student learning for themissed days.

Thirteen districts received the waiver. Only one Northern Kentucky district,

Grant County is permitted to use virtualinstruction. Others in the state are Boyle,Grant, Jessamine, Johnson, Lawrence,Leslie, Owsley, Pike, Taylor, Todd, Wash-ington and Wolfe counties, and Corbin In-dependent Schools.

Campbell CountyCampbell County Schools missed eight

days, and has 13 weather makeup days forthe school year.

Because of President’s Day and winterweather, there was no school at CampbellCounty the week of Feb. 16-20.

“So, we have five more available,” Su-perintendent Glen Miller said.

With eight missed days, CampbellCounty’s school year will will now endJune 3 instead of May 21.

If more than five more days are missedBoard of Education members may chooseto lower the existing eight missed days tofive days, he said. Campbell County“banked” three instructional days beyondstate requirements so far, Miller said.

“We typically miss only one or two daysin March, so we do not anticipate usingmany more makeup days beyond what wehave already missed,” Miller said.

Weather has impacted smaller Camp-bell County school districts less. Bellevue

Independent Schools have missed fourdays for weather, and Fort Thomas Inde-pendent Schools have missed three days.

Fort Thomas will make up the days atthe end of the year, which will now endJune 1 instead of May 27.

Bellevue will make up a day March 20and the school year will now end threedays later May 28 instead of May 21, saidSuperintendent Robb Smith.

“We would have to miss a substantialamount moving forward to considerchanging the calendar,” Smith said.

Kenton CountyKenton County students will be attend-

ing a longer school year than planned.“The Kenton County School District

has five days built in its schedule for snowdays or calamity days as they’re known inthe district,” said Jess Dykes, director ofpublic relations and community engage-ment. “This winter, the district has usedseven calamity days. The extra two dayshave been tacked on to the end of theschool year. The year was originallyscheduled to end May 27, now school willbe in session until May 29. Any more daysat this point will have to be added on to theend of the year.”

Smaller districts, such as BeechwoodIndependent Schools, operate under thesame rules.

Beechwood Schools has missed threedays of school this year due to weather.

The superintendent said Beechwoodhas one more day identified in the currentcalendar that they can be off for weather.After that, they will need to begin adding

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Twin sisters Bailey and Brooke Roberts head home after a regular school day at Boone County High School.

Snow days piling upfor N. Ky. schools

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more days to the end ofthe school year.

Boone CountyIn Boone County,

schools were closed sevendays due to inclementweather. It’s undeter-mined whether the dis-trict will add more days tothe calendar.

“Honestly, it’s a wait-and-see, take it one day at

a time, situation for Ken-tucky public schools,”said Barbara Cain-Brady,community relations co-ordinator.

Ford said the extendedinstruction days are setuntil the local Board ofEducation amends theschool calendar to meetstate regulations.

Boone County’s unoffi-cial last day of this schoolyear is June 1, but the end-ing date could be changedif additional days aremissed.

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Kids learn aboutFlorencegovernment

FLORENCE — The cityof Florence will host itsannual Youth in Govern-ment Night from 5-7 p.m.Tuesday, March 10, in thecommunity room at theFlorence GovernmentCenter, 8100 Ewing Blvd.

The program is opento all ages and will pro-vide those who attend anopportunity to learnabout the role local gov-ernment plays withintheir community.

City departments will

provide presentations oftheir roles in the localgovernment process,and students can learnabout the legislative du-ties of the mayor andCity Council.

The event will con-tinue during the weeklyFlorence City Councilmeeting at 7 p.m. in theCouncil Chambers.

Library directorhosts monthlycoffee chat

BURLINGTON — BooneCounty Public LibraryDirector Carrie Herr-mann will start hostingmonthly meetings withpatrons.

The first “Coffee withthe Director” will be heldfrom 6-7 p.m. Thursday,March 12, under thedome of the main branchof the library, 1786 Bur-lington Pike.

BRIEFLY Principal’s pledgers


Longbranch Elementary students were photographed byPrincipal Erika Bowles after they led the Pledge of Allegianceduring the Feb. 12 Boone County School Board meeting. TheUnion school’s students make up the Principal’s LeadershipTeam, which helps with a variety of school projects andprograms. Students include, from left, Jesse Palmer, MitchellWilson, Kai Neumann, Ethan Greene, Macey Ruth, SydneyMoore and Rosie Magama.

UNION — Carespr-ing’s Boone County nurs-ing home may be onestep closer to zoning ap-proval, but companyleadership and govern-ment officials are stillwaiting to see if the pro-ject will clear legal hur-dles.

Carespring HealthCare Management,based in Loveland, ownsseven communities inOhio and three others inKentucky: Villaspring ofErlanger, Highlandspr-ing of Fort Thomas andColdspring in ColdSpring.

Baptist ConvalescentCenter Inc., a rival nurs-ing home provider, filedsuit in August againstthe Commonwealth ofKentucky, the Cabinetfor Health and FamilyServices and Boonespr-ing, a proposed three-story skilled nursing fa-cility on U.S. 42 next toSt. Timothy Church.

Oral arguments wereheard in court Nov. 5,and Carespring Execu-tive Vice President JohnMuller expects to hearthe results soon.

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Planning Commissionapproves Boonespringzoning changeBy Amy [email protected]

HEBRON — The HebronBusiness Association willhost a book drive fromMonday, March 9,through Monday, March16, to benefit the studentsand families at NorthPointe Elementary. Booksappropriate for an ele-mentary-age family canbe dropped off at one ofmany collection locationsthroughout Hebron.

North Pointe Elemen-tary hosts family involve-ment events featuringreading and science annu-ally in March. The nightsfeature science experi-ments and a specific em-phasis on reading at theschool. Hebron BusinessAssociation volunteerswill be help with the read-ing and science activitiesalong with distributingbooks collected from thedrive.

Gently used books canbe donated at one of thefollowing Hebron loca-tions: Skyline Chili, 1960Litton Lane; HeritageBank, 2101 Medical ArtsDrive; Remke Markets,1952 North Bend Road;Smith Martial Arts Cen-ter, 2987 North BendRoad; Tri-State FamilyDentistry, 1960 NorthBend Road; Bank of Ken-tucky, 2110 North BendRoad; Hebron Fire De-partment, 3120 NorthBend Road; Hebron Chi-ropractic, 2030 NorthsideDrive and Boone CountyPublic Library-LentsBranch, 3215 CougarPath. The Boone CountyFarm Bureau, 2965 Wash-ington St. in Burlington isalso a drop-off location.

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FLORENCE — BooneCounty pet lovers havea new shopping placefor their furry, scaledor feathered friends, asKentucky’s second PetSupplies Plus storeopened on Mall Road.

The store is locatedat 7701 Mall Road, in theFlorence Plaza shop-ping center across thestreet from the Flor-ence Mall.

The Livonia, Michi-gan-based chain openedits first Kentucky storein Independence in Sep-tember 2014, and will

open three new stores inthe region this week.

The two other grandopenings will be inSymmes Township andDelhi in the suburbs ofCincinnati.

“I’m really excitedabout opening a store inFlorence,” said MonicaLemming, Pet SuppliesPlus district manager.“I think Florence isknown to be a reallygreat area for retailers.Stores in the area areknown to do great vol-ume and have greattraffic.”

Lemming said theFlorence store mea-sures about 5,000

square feet, which isslightly smaller thanthe Independencestore, which comprisesabout 8,000 square feet.For comparison, theDelhi store is one of theregion’s largest at10,000 square feet.

“We carry a reallygood amount of producteven in smaller stores,”said Lemming. “Thereis a lot packed into asmaller space.”

Pet Supplies Plusstores are known forhaving an extensive va-riety of natural dog andcat foods and Ameri-can-made products, shesaid.

Each Pet SuppliesPlus store also includesa self-service dog washand a full menu ofgrooming services tai-lored to every pet’sneeds including hair-cuts, full body brush-ing, flea treatment, andnail, skin, ear and oralcare.

More information isavailable online atpetsuppliesplus.com,or by checking the com-pany’s accounts onFacebook, Twitter, In-stagram, Pinterest andYouTube.

Pet Supplies Pluspartners with local ani-mal shelters for cat and

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Lexie Fahey, assistant manager at Pet Supplies Plus inFlorence, arranges some of the store’s pet snacks.

FLORENCE — A formersports facility may be-come the home of BooneCounty’s newest Catholicparish.

The Diocese of Coving-ton purchased two par-cels comprising the for-mer Sports of All Sorts fa-cility at 25 Cavalier Drivein July 2014.

According to the BooneCounty Property Valua-tion Administration web-site,www.boonepva.ky.gov,each parcel was sold tothe diocese for $1.5 mil-lion.

Tim Fitzgerald,spokesman for the Co-vington Diocese, couldnot give further details,but the Rev. Luis Leon,who oversees the CristoRey Church in Erlanger,

said he expects to move tothe new property in 2016or 2017. Cristo Rey, a pri-marily Hispanic and bilin-gual parish that was start-ed in 2004, currentlymeets at 947 DonaldsonAve.

During a Jan. 7 BoonePlanning Commissionmeeting, Boone Countysenior planner Todd Mor-gan presented the requestfrom the diocese tochange the approved con-cept development planthat would allow CristoRey to relocate into thecommercial services site.

Together, the two prop-erties cover 6.13 acres andinclude three separatestructures: a 15,660-square-feet recreationalbuilding, which wouldhold 420 people at church

meetings; a central res-taurant building, whichwould probably be demol-ished; and a 26,575-square-feet gymnasium,which could either be soldor used for Catholicschool practice purposesonly.

Demolishing the res-taurant, Morgan said,would create 34 new park-ing spaces, which wouldbe used in addition to the119 spaces attached to the

future church building.He said another 24 park-ing spots could be createdat the back of the lot, ifneeded. The gym space in-cludes 125 parkingspaces, which would goalong with the gym if itwere to be sold.


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New HavenElementary

The following studentshave earned honors forthe second term of 2014-2015.

Fourth gradeStraight A’s Honor roll:

Katie Bowman, MaddyBrandt, Reaghan Brassine,Hunter Bruggemann,Braden Daniels, SophiaDiPaolo, Ally Engle, JaredEvans, Caroline Fish, DavisFloyd, Gabe Gallatin,Brady Hall, Meredith Hall,Ross Hargett, Ava Hartley,Andy Hedges, MarcusHenriquez, Tanner Hill,Landen Huey, Alex Huff,Brooklyn Irvin, EmmaJasper, Maddie Johnson,Trista Keefe, DawsonKeith, Cody Kincaid,Grace Lubbers, MathewMarlette, MadisonMcGuire, Kathryn McLa-gan, Rylan Moseley,Brandon Oberst, HenryPark, Avery Parsons, BriaPatel, Zach Ramsey,Patrick Samad, TomSchramm, MeredithSnider, Erik Stephens, Lily

Stephens, Ava Stich, GraceTranbarger, Amelia Vogel,Amber White and MariaWorley.

A/B Average Honor roll:Jacob Arnold, AustinBailey, Joshua Brophy,Natalie Burch, SydneyChavez, Misa DeVries,Horacio Fernandez,Emma Gilliland, AnnaGregory, Anna Hayden,Adrianna Hayes, AlyssaHensley, Payton Hensley,Abigayle Henson, SylinnHodson, Jaden Hunt,Samantha Karlosky, BlakeKoenigsknecht, Alexan-der Kramer, ZacharyKuchle, Tanner Lorms,Breanna Louden, KaydanMarshall, Maddie McDa-niel, Johnny Mellado,Trevor Moore, TrevorMullins, Maclain Mur-dock, Kaitlynn Nettle, BenParsons, Landen Reed,Mitchell Reh, YaretziRodriguez, Noah Rogg,Michael (M.A.) Smith,Noah Strzelewicz, RyanTackett, Logan Tucker,Nathan Warner, BryleeWilson and AbigailWright.

HONOR ROLLS

ErpenbeckElementary School

The following studentshave earned honors forthe second term of 2014-2015.

Fourth gradeAll’s A’s Honor Roll -

Braden Alexander, WyattAsher, Cadence Bamberg-er, Hannah Bedel, IanBold, Lukas Colemire,Adam Curry, AshleyDowning, Kaela DuPree,Alexandra Fedders, ChloeFortner, Hunter Fulton,Mark Goldstein, LaceyGuard, Nitin Gupta, AvaryHarper, Brinley Herbstreit,Mia Heuser, Timmy Hoff-man, Jackson Howard,Shota Imai, Jack Kline, EllieKlosinski, Alex Knight,Riley Krahenbuhl, AustinMalin, Kendall McGarvey,Michael Moon, HidetakaNakai, Caroline Neuhaus,Madison Norrick, NoraPampreen, Ethan Payne,Aliza Sanchez, MargaretSansoucy, Daniel Schraf-fenberger, Grant Sexton,Alexis Smith, Shelby Smith,Ava Stewart, Jack Vetter,Bella Voelker, AidenWagenlander, MollyWeaver, Isaac Yoakum.

All AB’s Honor Roll -Chloe Alsip, Josh An-derson, Farah Arabi,Addison Bailey, RyanBaker, Hailey Black, OliviaBruce, Carter Capek,Christina Caterino, JacksonChamblee, Luke Chang,Reece Chilton, GraceCooper, Morgan Courtney,Isaac Engelhardt, KeeganFlaherty, Kirsten Fried-mann, Lydia Gay, HarrisonGiltner, Gabe Goodpaster,Eli Greene, Caleb Hardy,Hinako Hayasaki, LeahHolden, Abby Holtman,Naoki Izumi, Remi Jouett,Brandon Keating, JacobKeller, Shunya Kondo,Geoffrey Kratzenberg,Gabe Lam Yuen, CarlosLampkin, Frank Lastarza,Collin Latham, Carson Lee,Brady Leiker, Ella Locke,Luke Lown, Alex Maho-ney, Olivia Morin, ChloeParrett, Dev Patel, Kate

Patrick, Suhani Rao, AdenRay, Aiken Rich, ColinRoss, Emily Schmeltz,Hayden Taylor, JaxsonWirth.

Fifth gradeAll’s A’s Honor Roll -

Max Arsenault, HayleBamonte, Dalia Basinac,Blake Berry, MadelineDadosky, Jonathan Davis,Summer Denigan, AlanDitthet, Alexis Durik,Koken Eguchi, CorbinFletcher, Dylan Fogt, DoriaFoxworth, Cody Gemmer,Jack Geruc, Luke Hacker,Angelina Harris, AbigailHyrne, Austin Johnson,Alex Kline, ChristopherLanier, Gabe Lowey,Kendall Martin, AlexMcEachern, Allyson Moen-ing, Makayla Newton,Duncan Redman, AudreyRichards, Dylan Scott,Camryn Smith, JaxonStraub, Zachary Talmon,Abby Todd, Garrett War-man, Samuel Webb, HanaZineddin.

All AB’s Honor Roll -Brooke Asher, MargoBrandenburger, AaronBreeze, Halen Bridges, AvaCirksena, Olivia Coffey,Jule Doellman, EthanDoxtater, Griffin Edelen,Milena Fangman, AidanFurnish, Logan Gambrel,Rafael Gebrezgi, EmmaGerhold, Cole Grant,Cassidy Hafley, JoeyHolocher, Emma Hornsby,Benjamin House, RileighHoward, Kaitlyn Jacob,Landon Johnson, ReaganKaihlanen, Misaki Katagiri,William Lampkin, DanielLin, Jude Long, LaynieMattia, Ava Murray, ErikoNakai, Alexis Nguyen, IvyNguyen, Tanner Pentecost,Max Perry, Perlita Piccirillo,Taylor Quartuccio, CallieRandolph, Reagan Rich,Paige Robinson, BaileyRoland, Quinn Sansoucy,Eva Schlemmer, StevenSchuliger, SavannahSchwartz, Justin Seiter,Emma Smith, Lily Trego,Cameryn Tubb, GwenyWessling, Kaleb Workman,Richard Zhang.

HONOR ROLLS

St. Paul CatholicSchool fifth-gradestudents recentlyvisited COSI, theCenter of Scienceand Industry in Co-lumbus, Ohio, tolearn more about thewonderful world ofscience.

THANKS TO KELLY EIBEL

St. Paul Catholic School fifth-grade students and their teachers, Emily Addington and Barbara Koplyay, recently visited COSI to learnmore about the wonderful world of science.

St. Paul visits COSI


Jake Molique, Oscar Haverkamp, and Sam Epplen, fifth-grade students at St. PaulCatholic School in Florence, recently visited COSI with their class. Here they are learningmore about electricity.


St. Paul Catholic School fifth-grade students recently visited COSIto learn more about the wonderful world of science. NoahBlakley, John Hubbart, Jackson Poulos, Braeden Greis, GrantFischer and Sam Epplen wait patiently for the fun to begin.


St. Paul Catholic School fifth-grade students recently visited COSIto learn more about the wonderful world of science. MaryElmlinger, Ashton Gross, Kelsey Holland, Olivia Oakes, Macey Ablesand Emily Bailey wait patiently to begin exploring the museum.

Following is the second-quarterhonor for Florence ElementarySchool.

Fourth grade

All A’s: Cailin Adkins, SamuelBodenbender, Cassandra Buckley,Gabreal Clifford, Harrisann Ely,Abbi Glover, Ryan McDonogh,Susie Waite, Mira White.

A/B: Manuel Acosta, Dakota Allen,

Abigail Bantle, Dylan Brock, AlyssaBurns, Johanna Camago, EmmaColyer, Gracie Covington, Cas-sandra Gillen, Cole Hardy, MadisonHighfield, Ryle Hopkins-Sand-mann, Emily Hunley, Corey Lowry,Madison Masters, MakenzeeMcSwain, Qetsia Mutombe, OliviaPhillips, Laci Raleigh, MadisonRamsden, Noah Rottinghaus, IsaiahSansom, Damien Segovia, MaliyahSow, Spence Staley, Abigail Sum-mers, Ethan Thomas, Josie Whalen,

Jocelyn Wood, Christopher Woods,Jake Workman, Kylie York, JaidenZepeda.

Fifth grade

All A’s: Cooper Brun, HaleySexton, Kylee Watson.

A/B: Lilianna Acosta, AmyAlmazan, Thomas Anderson,Deyven Bennett, Rachael Buckler,Ava Burns, Frenando Diaz, Cristian

Garcia-Alonso, Audrey Gish, SydniGray, Eden Hargis, Damien Henn,Brent Houglin, Tanner Jackson,Shai Jones, Kelsey Kellum, RogerKidwell, Jesse Killion, JordanMartin, Abigail Master, AlexaMcElfresh, Tisen Moore, LucasMoughler, Kylie Nienaber-Schottle,Conner Peak, Savannah Pence,Mariah Placke, David Ramirez,Andy Ramirez, Omar Recinos,Noah Robinson, Taylor Scott, KierraSimpson.

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Snow-covered roads and frigid temper-atures weren’t enough to stop the debut offish fry season at Mary Queen of Heaven

parish and the city of Wilder on Feb. 20. JohnGeisen, as the “Codfather of Sole,” greetedguests at Mary Queen of Heaven who came for

the traditional cod sandwiches or fish and chips.Wilder Mayor Stanley Turner and his wife, Nor-ma, served desserts at the Wilder Fish Fry atthe Wilder Fire Department on Licking Pike.The weekly event during Lent supports the firedepartment.

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Stephanie and Danny Sewell, of Erlanger, and their son Brodie, 7 months, have dinner at the Mary Queen ofHeaven School Fish Fry held Friday, Feb. 20 in Erlanger.


Lindsay and Ryan Brown, of Fort Wright, and their son Marshall, 11 months,enjoy fish and chips during the Mary Queen of Heaven School Fish Fry heldFriday, Feb. 20, in Erlanger.


From left, Mayor Stanley Turner and his wife, Norma, serve desserts toStephanie Luthi, of Wilder, and her children Becca, 5, and Melody, 1, duringthe Wilder Volunteer Fire Department Fish Fry held Friday, Feb. 20.


Brandon Cramer and Kayla Venter, of Highland Heights, enjoyed fishdinners during the Wilder Volunteer Fire Department Fish Fry.


Shelby Besecker, 17 of Petersburg, earns service hours as a student at St.Henry District High School by serving fish dinners to Tammy Baumann, ofUnion, left, and Patti Brandt, of Florence, right, during the Mary Queen ofHeaven School Fish Fry held Friday, Feb. 20, in Erlanger.

Nothing like a fish fryto beat cabin fever


Alister Roland, 4, of Burlington, gives the stuffed codfish a hug as the“Codfather of Sole,” John Geisen, of Florence, greets attendees during theMary Queen of Heaven School Fish Fry held Friday, Feb. 20, in Erlanger.


From left, Mitchell Bailey, 11, of Erlanger, Aidan Nolting, 11, of Hebron,Matthew Miller, 11, of Hebron, Mackenzie Smith, 10, of Erlanger, andSydney Reymond, 10, of Hebron, were just glad to be out of the house aftera week of school closings due to bad weather. They’re pictured here duringthe Mary Queen of Heaven School Fish Fry.


The Smith family, of Newport, from left, Nicole, Madison, 3, Jason, andTaylor, 7, had a great time at the Wilder Volunteer Fire Department Fish Fryheld Friday, Feb. 20.

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From left, Bob Rison, of Wilder, withhis son Bobby, 15, and friend ChrisWeinberg, 14, of Cold Spring, ordertheir fish dinners for carry-out atthe Wilder Volunteer FireDepartment Fish Fry held Friday,Feb. 20.

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From front to back, Kathy Lee, ofFlorence, Amanda Chapman, of FortWright, and Eva McGlynn, of Union,make ready the condiments duringthe Mary Queen of Heaven SchoolFish Fry held Friday, Feb. 20, inErlanger.

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FRIDAY, MARCH 6Art & 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 ExhibitsFigurative Folklore: Curatedby Selena Reder, 9 a.m. to 5p.m., Covington Arts, 2 W. PikeSt., Figurative Folklore show-cases six artists from the regionwhose work tells a strong narra-tive where the body plays therole of storyteller. Free. Present-ed by Covington Arts District.292-2322.; http://covingto-narts.com/. Covington.

Arts Alive: Celebration ofCovington Artists, 10 a.m. to 5p.m., Behringer-Crawford Mu-seum, 1600 Montague Road,Works by influential Covingtonartists from past 200 years ondisplay. In conjunction withCOV200 bicentennial cele-bration. $7, $6 ages 60 and up,$4 ages 3-17, free for members.Wednesdays: one grandchildfree with grandparent’s admis-sion. Through April 12. 491-4003;www.bcmuseum.org. Coving-ton.

Dining EventsFish Fry, 4-7:30 p.m., St. JosephChurch - Camp Springs, 6833Four Mile Road, Fried or bakedfish, fried catfish, salmon, deepfried shrimp, crab cakes andsampler platter. Carryout avail-able. $8.50 and up for set-ups;$6.50 sandwiches. ThroughMarch 27. 635-5652. CampSprings.

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

Fish Fry, 4:30-8 p.m., St. JosephAcademy, 48 Needmore St., Dinein, drive thru or carry out. Friedor baked fish and shrimp dinners($11 adult) includes 3 sides,dessert and drink. Senior dinners($8) include fish and 2 sides,dessert and drink. Fish sandwich,shrimp and cheese pizza avail-able, and choice of 7 sides a lacarte. $10 dinner. 485-6444;www.saintjosephacademy.net.Walton.

Fish Fry, 5-7:30 p.m., St. TimothyParish, 10272 U.S. 42, Dine-in5-7:30 p.m., drive-thru starts at4:30 p.m. Carryout available.Dinners available: $3-$10. 384-1100; www.saint-timothy.org.Union.

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

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

Fish Fry, 5-8 p.m., Holy CrossHigh School, 3617 Church St.,Alumni Hall. Fried fish, fish tacos,improved shrimp, baked fish,mac ‘n cheese, pizza, grilledcheese, desserts and drinks.431-1335; www.hchscov.com.Covington.

Fish Fry, 5-8 p.m., Fort WrightCivic Club, 115 Kennedy Road,Benefits community organiza-tions. 331-1150. Fort Wright.

Lenten Fish Fry, 4-8 p.m., MaryQueen of Heaven School, 1130Donaldson Highway, Dine-inservice, carry-out and drive-thru.Call 859-371-2622 for carry-outorders. Benefits Mary, Queen ofHeaven School. Prices vary.Presented by Mary, Queen ofHeaven Parish. 525-6909;www.mqhparish.com. Erlanger.

St. Thomas Fish Fry, 4-8 p.m.Mother’s Club., St. ThomasSchool, 428 S. Fort Thomas Ave.,Cafeteria. Hand-dipped fish.Shrimp and pizza available.$4.50-$7. 572-4641, ext. 242. FortThomas.

Drive-through Fish Fry, 5-7:30p.m., Beechwood High School,54 Beechwood Road, Includesfried fish with choice of bun orrye bread, coleslaw, french friesor mac and cheese. Drinks anddessert available. Benefits Beech-wood Band Boosters. $7.50meals. Presented by BeechwoodBand Boosters. 620-6317. FortMitchell.

St. Barbara Fish Fry, 4:30-8p.m., St. Barbara Church, 4042Turkeyfoot Road, Dine in or

carry out. Fried fish, bakedtilapia, shrimp and cheese pizza.Adult dinners include threesides. $8 and up. 371-3100.Erlanger.

Lenten Fish Fry, 5-8 p.m., Im-maculate Heart of Mary Church,5876 Veterans Way, Dine-in,carryout and drive-thru service.Fried fish, baked fish and friedshrimp dinners. Price varies.Presented by Boonedockers.689-5010. Burlington.

Fish Fry, 4-8 p.m., Fort ThomasMasonic Lodge No. 808, 37 N.Fort Thomas Ave, Fish, macaroniand cheese, and/or fries, coles-law and tartar sauce. $7. Pre-sented by Fort Thomas MasonicLodge No 808. 441-1280. FortThomas.

Fish Fry, 4-7:30 p.m., Silver GroveFirefighter Association, 5011Four Mile, Meals start at $7.25.441-6251. Silver Grove.

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

Fish Fry, 5-8 p.m., St. PaulChurch, 7303 Dixie Highway,Weekly specials plus fried had-dock, fried cod, crab bisque,stewed tomatoes, fried shrimp,kids’ combos and more. $5.Presented by St. Paul AthleticBoosters. 647-4072; www.saint-paulboosters.net. Florence.

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

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

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

Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 9:30-10:30a.m. 4:45 p.m., EdgewoodJazzercise Center, 126 BarnwoodDrive, $38 for unlimited monthlyclasses. 331-7778; jazzercise.com.Edgewood.

Literary - LibrariesMahjong, 6 p.m., SchebenBranch Library, 8899 U.S. 42, Allskill levels welcome. 342-2665.Union.

Missy Werner Band, 7 p.m.,Scheben Branch Library, 8899U.S. 42, Free. Presented byBoone County Public Library.342-2665. Union.

Music - ClassicalMusic on the Avenue Series, 8p.m. Austin Peay State UniversityChamber Singers present concertof diverse choral music., St. JohnUnited Church of Christ Bellevue,520 Fairfield Ave., Sanctuary.Free art show and receptionfollows performance. Free.261-2066; www.stjohnchurch-.net. Bellevue.

Music - ConcertsDave Alvin & Phil Alvin andthe Guilty Ones, 8 p.m. tomidnight, The Southgate HouseRevival, 111 E. Sixth St., $25-$30.431-2201; www.southgatehouse-.com. Newport.

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

Stephen Luke and the NewLime, 8 p.m. to midnight, Sis’son Monmouth, 837 MonmouthSt., Free. Presented by Sis’sFamily Affair. 431-3157. New-port.

On Stage - ComedyFaizon Love, 8 p.m., 10:30 p.m.,Funny Bone Comedy Club, 1Levee Way, $20. 957-2000;www.funnyboneonthelevee-.com. Newport.

On Stage - TheaterWar of the Worlds: The 1938Radio Broadcast, Live on

Stage, 8-9 p.m., Fort ThomasWoman’s Club, 8 N. Fort ThomasAve., Village Players Theater.Adapted by Howard E. Koch,co-writer of Casablanca, fright-ening tale of an extraterrestrialtakeover. Listen as actors createa scene using only their voices,hear live sound effects and allowyour imagination to bring classicscience-fiction tale to life. $12.Reservations recommended.Presented by The CompanyCommunity Theater. ThroughMarch 7. 513-549-6738;www.thecompanypresents.com.Fort Thomas.

ShoppingShop Bellevue, 5 p.m., City ofBellevue, , NCAA-themed scav-enger hunt throughout city.Free. 431-8888; www.bellevue-ky.org. Bellevue.

SportsThoroughbred Racing, 6:15p.m., Turfway Park, 7500 Turf-way Road, Free. 371-0200;www.turfway.com. Florence.

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

Community DanceFort Thomas Education Foun-dation Dance, 8 p.m. to mid-night, Newport Syndicate, 18 E.Fifth St., Food, silent auction anddancing to music of Soul Pocket.Ages 21 and up. Benefits FortThomas Schools. $45. Ticketsrequired. Presented by FortThomas Education Foundation.815-2004; www.ftef.org. New-port.

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.

Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 8:15-9:15a.m., 9:30-10:30 a.m., EdgewoodJazzercise Center, $38 for unlim-ited monthly classes. 331-7778;jazzercise.com. Edgewood.

FestivalsWinter Carnival, noon to 4 p.m.,Historic Fairfield Avenue Busi-ness District, 200-700 FairfieldAve., Photos with Anna and Elsaof Disney’s “Frozen” (noon-2p.m.); magic of Presto Paul(1-2:15 p.m.); balloon artist(1:30-3 p.m.); face painters;carnival fun and games at partic-ipating Fairfield Avenue shops;carnival and more. Free. Present-ed by Bellevue Renaissance.261-9488; www.shopbelle-vueky.com. Bellevue.

Literary - Story TimesNKEA Read Across America, 10a.m. to 3 p.m., Florence Mall,2028 Mall Road, Outside Pen-ney’s entrance downstairs.Children to 5th grade can meetCat in the Hat and listen to localcelebrities read books, takepictures with Cat and take homea bag of gifts. Information forparents about raising goodreaders and reading programs inNorthern Kentucky. Free. 371-1231. Florence.

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

Music - WorldFirst Saturday Reggae Night,9:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. $20. WithLuciano and Ikronik., TheThompson House, 24 E. Third St.,261-7469. Newport.

On Stage - ComedyFaizon Love, 7:30 p.m., 10 p.m.,Funny Bone Comedy Club, $20.957-2000; www.funnyboneon-thelevee.com. Newport.

On Stage - TheaterWar of the Worlds: The 1938Radio Broadcast, Live onStage, 8-9 p.m., Fort Thomas

Woman’s Club, $12. Reservationsrecommended. 513-549-6738;www.thecompanypresents.com.Fort Thomas.

Mystery Dinner, 6:30-9:30 p.m.,Edgewood Senior Center, 550Freedom Park Drive, 19th Hole aCountry Club Conundrum.Includes production by AnyTheme Goes. Mystery, dinner,dessert and non-alcoholic bever-ages. For ages 15 and up. $25.Registration required. Presentedby City of Edgewood. 331-5910;www.edgewoodky.gov. Edge-wood.

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.

SportsThoroughbred Racing, 6:15p.m., Turfway Park, Free. 371-0200; www.turfway.com. Flor-ence.

SUNDAY, MARCH 8Art ExhibitsArts Alive: Celebration ofCovington Artists, 1-5 p.m.,Behringer-Crawford Museum,$7, $6 ages 60 and up, $4 ages3-17, free for members. Wednes-days: one grandchild free withgrandparent’s admission. 491-4003; www.bcmuseum.org.Covington.

Spherical Perspectives: CedricMichael Cox and Ben Kleier,2-4 p.m., Eva G. Farris Gallery atThomas More College, 333Thomas More Parkway, Free.Through March 19. 513-460-1844.Crestview Hills.

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

Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 9:3-10:30a.m., 4-5 p.m., Edgewood Jazzer-cise Center, $38 for unlimitedmonthly classes. 331-7778;jazzercise.com. Edgewood.

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

Literary - LibrariesExperience Blues Guitar withNoah Wotherspoon, 2 p.m.,Boone County Main Library,1786 Burlington Pike, Free.Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library. 342-2665. Burling-ton.

Music - BluesRicky Nye, 2:30-5:30 p.m. WithRob Lumbard, Rabbit HashGeneral Store, 10021 Lower RiverRoad, 586-7744. Rabbit Hash.

Music - ConcertsCathedral Concert Series, 3p.m. Celebrating the 330thbirthday of Johann SebastianBach. Organist Kim Heindelre-creates1840 program given byMendelssohn., Cathedral Basilicaof the Assumption, 1140 Madi-son Ave., Free, donations accept-

ed. 431-2060; www.cathedral-concertseries.org. Covington.

On Stage - ComedyFaizon Love, 7:30 p.m., FunnyBone Comedy Club, $20. 957-2000; www.funnyboneonthele-vee.com. Newport.

SportsThoroughbred Racing, 1:10p.m., Turfway Park, Free. 371-0200; www.turfway.com. Flor-ence.

MONDAY, MARCH 9Art ExhibitsSpherical Perspectives: CedricMichael Cox and Ben Kleier,8-10 p.m., Eva G. Farris Gallery atThomas More College, Free.460-1844. Crestview Hills.

AttractionsHomeschool Days, 9 a.m. to 6p.m., Newport Aquarium, New-port on the Levee, Enhance yourchild’s knowledge of marine lifeand conservation. Includesvarious activities. $11 specialadmission. Registration required.Through March 10. 815-1471;www.newportaquarium.com.Newport.

Cooking ClassesClean Eating 101: Class 4Dinner From Start to Finishwith Jennifer Kagy, 6-8 p.m.,New Riff Distillery, 24 DistilleryWay, Focus on five-course feast-healthy cocktail, soup, salad,main course and healthy anddelicious dessert. $50. 261-7433;www.newriffdistilling.com.Newport.

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., TheLively Learning Lab, $10. Regis-tration required. 916-2721.Florence.

Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 6 a.m.,8:15-9:15 a.m., 9:30-10:30 a.m.,4:45-5:45 p.m., 6-7 p.m., Edge-wood Jazzercise Center, $38 forunlimited monthly classes.331-7778; jazzercise.com. Edge-wood.

Literary - LibrariesGentle Yoga, 6 p.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Learn basicpostures and flows. $25. Present-ed by Boone County PublicLibrary. 342-2665. Burlington.

Yoga, 7:10 p.m., Boone CountyMain Library, 1786 BurlingtonPike, Hatha Yoga postures. $25.Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library. 342-2665. Burling-ton.

In the Loop, 10 a.m., FlorenceBranch Library, 7425 U.S. 42, Knitor crochet in relaxed, friendlycompany. Learn for first time or

pick up new tricks. 342-2665.Florence.

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

Young at Art, 1:30 p.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Painting classjust for senior citizens. Free.Registration required. Presentedby Boone County Public Library.342-2665. Burlington.

Hook and Needle: Basic Cro-chet Beanie, 6:30 p.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Free. Regis-tration required. Presented byBoone County Public Library.342-2665. Burlington.

Literary - Story TimesBaby Time, 6:30 p.m., SchebenBranch Library, 8899 U.S. 42,Ages 18 months and under withadult. Free. 342-2665. Union.

Music - BluegrassBluegrass Jam Session, 8 p.m.,Molly Malone’s Irish Pub andRestaurant, 112 E. Fourth St., Allbluegrass pickers invited toparticipate. Free. 491-6659;mollymalonesirishpub.com.Covington.

TUESDAY, MARCH 10Art & Craft ClassesWine and Canvas, 6-9 p.m.,Flipdaddy’s Burgers and Beers,8863 U.S. 42, Painting class withcocktails. Ages 18 and up. $35.Reservations required. Presentedby Wine and Canvas. 513-317-1305; www.wineandcanvas.com.Union.

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

Art ExhibitsFigurative Folklore: Curatedby Selena Reder, 9 a.m. to 5p.m., Covington Arts, Free.292-2322.; http://covingto-narts.com/. Covington.

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

Spherical Perspectives: CedricMichael Cox and Ben Kleier,8-10 p.m., Eva G. Farris Gallery atThomas More College, Free.513-460-1844. Crestview Hills.

AttractionsHomeschool Days, 9 a.m. to 6p.m., Newport Aquarium, $11special admission. Registrationrequired. 815-1471; www.new-portaquarium.com. Newport.

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I had to laugh when Bill Thomasof BBQ Review restaurant in Madi-sonville agreed to share the recipefor his iconic mac & cheese.

I heard Bill was closing his res-taurant (but keeping the railroaddining car adjacent to the proper-ty) so I gave him a call. Already Ihad several requests from readerswho were addicted to his mac &cheese and who asked me to get therecipe.

To give you a bit of history, Billand I started out our culinary ad-ventures about the same time wayback when.

Fast forwardsome 30-plus yearslater and now Billwants “to take iteasy.”

When I told himabout my readerswho can’t exist hap-pily without his mac& cheese, Bill said“I’ll share, no prob-lem, but it startswith 18 pounds mac-

aroni, 20 pounds of cheese, andmakes 120 pounds and no, I won’teven try to break it down!”

OK then. Well I fiddled with itand came up with a good recipehopefully close to Bill’s. I even fol-lowed his technique for cooking themacaroni and the cheese sauce.

I served this to my family, and Inever saw a bowl of mac & cheeseeaten so fast.

I hope you like it as much as wedo.

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is an herbalist,educator, Jungle Jim’s Eastgate culinaryprofessional and author. Find her blogonline at Abouteating.com. Call 513-248-7130, ext. 356.

BBQ Review dishes out addictingmacaroni and cheese recipe

Clone of BBQ Review’s famous mac &cheese

If you want it “cheesier” add more cheese. This is morelike the old fashioned type, with a mild flavor. This recipedoubles or triples easily.

1//2 pound elbow macaroni - 2 cups dry1 stick butter - 4 oz.1/4 cup onion, diced fine 1/4 cup flourSalt and pepper to taste4 oz. regular, not low fat, Velveeta cheese, cubed4-6 oz. shredded cheddar, divided (I used a heaping cup,

probably more like 6 oz.)2 cups milk, warmed

Boil macaroni in salted water, drain, and set aside whilemaking sauce.

Over medium heat, melt butter and stir in onion. Cookuntil onion is translucent but not brown. Add flour, salt andpepper and whisk just until flour is light brown. Stir in milkand whisk until thicker and bubbly.

Remove from heat and stir in Velveeta and a little morethan half the cheddar. Stir in macaroni. The mac & cheese willbe very creamy and thickens as it sits. Sprinkle with rest ofcheddar.

Versatile cheese sauce: Sauce alone is a good all-purposecheese sauce.

Rita’s salt free Italian seasoning

Savory is herb of the year and one that’s underused. Ithas an aromatic peppery flavor, good in bean dishes (Germanscall it the bean herb) since it helps you digest beans. Whenyou’re ready to dry herbs this summer, use this recipe andyou’ll have a marvelous homemade blend.

Mix together:

3 tablespoons dried basil2 tablespoons dried oregano1 tablespoon dried marjoram1 teaspoon dried thyme1 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed1 teaspoon dried savory1/2 teaspoon dried sage2 tablespoons dried parsley - optional

Why this blend is good for you:Basil is good for cardiovascular healthOregano and marjoram help keep joints healthy, and

fight colds and fluThyme is especially good for upper respiratory healthRosemary helps keep memories sharpSavory is a good salt substitute and helps dispel gasBoost your wisdom with sageParsley is good for kidney and liver health

Rita HeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN

THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD

A clone BBQ Review’s macaroni and cheese recipe should keep satisfied customers addicted to the dish.

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Smoking alreadyeliminated in most publicfacilities

I see that the push is on again bythose that would take away ourpersonal freedoms in the name ofsaving us from ourselves. Back-to-back guest columnists in the Re-corder espouse the virtues of asmoke-free Kentucky. Mostlybacked by the Northern KentuckyHealth District, which is alsopushing the agenda on FaceBookand other social media, these guestcolumnists would have you be-lieve the workplace environmentand the public in general is over-whelmed with secondhand smoke.

I challenge those that continueto push this smokeless agenda tofind 10 bars in Northern Kentuckythat permit smoking let alone 10non-bar businesses or any govern-ment facility. The fact of the mat-ter is the marketplace has alreadyeliminated smoking in most publicaccess facilities. Keep govern-ment out of the process and let themarketplace decide the winners

and losers. There are plenty of alternatives

for those that don’t like smoke andmost that are pushing the agendacouldn’t even name a place thatpermits smoking. For those thatsay the ends justify the means,careful what you wish for, a tax onsugar to save ourselves from obe-sity and gun control are next on thelist. All you need to do is take a lookat NYC and the agenda beingpushed there. Smoking has beeneliminated, even in outdoor parksand beaches, so now they’veturned to addressing obesity by at-tempting to implement a ban onsoft drinks sales on cup sizes over16 ounces. Gun magazine capaci-ties are limited to a maximum ofseven bullets and gun ownership,especially handguns and so-calledassault rifles, is severely restrict-ed.

I prefer to keep my freedom tochoose and not have Big Brotherforce the issues as it has with somany other feel-good causes.

Bob CiceroFlorence

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Feb. 26 questionWhat is your ideal place or way to

escape the winter weather?

“Gatlinburg. It always feelslike Christmas in Gatlinburg.”

Rob Stone

“Nashville, I love it there, myliver not so much.”

Matt Berry

“Hawaii, escape from the cold,wet and snow. Lying on the beach.It’s relax and warm feelings!”

Paula Kuebel Frederiksen

“Spending time with the grand-kids doing crafts and makinghomemade goodies.”

John Scales

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Last fall, I attended ameeting in Detroit of othercharitable pharmacy lead-ers. I learned that with theimplementation of theAffordable Care Act(ACA), we are all facedwith the same issues –sustainability, decliningneed for services, andnewly insured clients whocannot afford their highdeductibles and co-pays.

I also realized that, un-like us, the majority of thecharitable pharmacies arefinancially supported by ahospital system or parentorganization. From thebeginning it’s been ourresponsibility to seek outevery single dollar that wehave received. As a co-founder I have often saidthat I will die begging formoney.

By the summer of 2014the number of clients wewere helping started todecline. Before we expand-ed our program to anyonewith insurance and alwaysmindful of sustainability,we decided to seek inputfrom St. Elizabeth Health-care regarding the needfor our service going for-ward. Because of their pastsupport and the fact that 70percent of our clients areSt. Elizabeth patients, itseemed the logical place tostart. Their answer waspositive. Currently we areworking with them to findways to strengthen ourcollaboration. In addition,we partner with other pro-

viders suchas HealthPoint, ChristHospital andNorthKey.

We areexcited toannouncethat we haveopened ourprogram toanyone withinsurancewith familyincome at or

below 200 percent of theFederal Poverty Level thatresides in the geographicboundaries of the Dioceseof Covington (Boone,Campbell, Kenton, Grant,Owen, Carroll, Gallatin,Pendleton, Mason, Brack-en, Robertson, Lewis, Har-rison and Fleming coun-ties).

It’s become evident thatwhile the ACA has beenvery positive for our com-munity, there are still folks– especially our seniorcitizens – who cannot af-ford their premiums, highdeductibles and co-pays.Our mission to help thoseunable to pay receive med-ication free of charge re-mains the same. It is ourgoal to help with 80 per-cent of a client’s medica-tion needs, thus freeing upmoney to buy other neces-sities. It absolutely breaksmy heart to hear of anyone,especially senior citizens,choosing between housing,food, or life-saving medica-tion.

Faith Community Phar-macy is a charitable 501(c)(3) pharmacy located inFlorence. Pharmacy lawprohibits us from chargingour clients and dispensingcontrolled substances.Because we are a Catholicorganization we only dis-pense medications in keep-ing with our faith. We fo-cus mainly on chronic dis-ease states – heart disease,high blood pressure, diabe-tes, mental illness, andbreathing conditions. Wecannot promise to have allmedications all the time.

Since opening in 2002the pharmacy has dis-pensed medication valuedat nearly $33 million tomore than 6,000 qualifiedresidents of our communi-ty. For an individual toreceive help we need areferral accompanied withprescriptions from a healthcare provide. Once en-rolled, clients with trans-portation issues may re-ceive help at one of ouroutreach locations – Car-rollton, Falmouth, Coving-ton and Newport Commu-nity Action Centers.

As a pharmacist I feeltruly blessed to have theopportunity to use my pro-fessional training to helpthose less fortunate.

Rosana Aydt is the co-founderand executive director of FaithCommunity Pharmacy. She isalso a pharmacist.

Faith CommunityPharmacy growing again

Rosana Aydt COMMUNITYRECORDERGUESTCOLUMNIST

Even though the snow and iceplayed havoc with the House,causing us to cancel meeting theprevious week, we got back towork and passed several majorbills for the 2015 regular session.One of the bills we debated in theHouse was a proposal to bond$3.3 billion for our teachers’retirement system.

While it is important we makesure the Kentucky Teachers’Retirement System is solvent, Ibelieve House Bill 4 is the wrongapproach. The $3.3 billion beingproposed in pension obligationbonds would place a tremendousstrain on our state budget, bring-ing with it a real possibility thatno new schools would be built,and no raises for state employeesand teachers. Add to the newsthis week the state employees’retirement system is consideringa request for $5 billion in bondsin 2017, it could open Pandora’sBox forcing Kentucky into bank-ruptcy like the cities of Detroitand Stockton, California.

Two other key bills passed theHouse this past week. House Bill344 would allow public-privatepartnerships in Kentucky fortransportation and state govern-ment projects, although concernsremain this bill could be used toinstitute tolling on the BrentSpence Bridge project.

And House Bill 60 was alsoapproved, which would replacehardship drivers’ license for

those convictedof DUI to anignition interlocksystem, which isa breathalyzer-type system thatwill prevent avehicle from

starting if adriver’s breathalcohol levelmeasures at0.02 or higher.

One majorissue that remains is how weaddress the heroin issue in Ken-tucky. Both the House and Senatebills were discussed by the Judi-ciary Committees in the oppositechambers, and it is hoped that aconference committee will beappointed soon so we can reach acompromise on legislation in theremaining eight days of thissession to address the problem ofheroin and its impact on Ken-tucky families.

In addition to the issues I men-tioned, there could be ideas andconcerns important to you thatneed to be addressed betweennow and the middle of March. Iencourage you to contact me bye-mail at [email protected],or call our toll free number at1-800-372-7181.

State Rep. Sal Santoro, R-Florence, is amember of the Kentucky House ofRepresentatives.

2015 session down tohome stretch

State Rep. Sal SantoroCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

Sometimes I look at my-self as the Grandma Mosesof literature: I didn’t beginwriting until I was in mymid-70s; but to my delight,I’ve found that one of themost satisfying parts ofbeing published is talking tobook clubs, libraries, class-rooms of students, andothers. Students, more thananyone else, occasionally,bring me up short withtheir brutally honest ques-tions – one in particular, Iremember:

“Why would an old guylike you want to write anovel?”

Because I had beenasked that before (althoughnot in quite the same way!),I had a number of pat an-swers – but the truth is thatone day, after retirement, Iwas grumping around, try-ing to find an interestinghobby – anything. And Bar-bara, my wife, said, in frus-tration, “Isn’t there somemystery in life you’d like toresearch – some answeryou need to find? Isn’t theresomething in your past 75years that demands anotherlook on your part?”

That’s when I decided toresearch the old Kiger mur-ders. It turned into my firstnovel, “A Dream Within ADream: the Joan Kiger

Story”; andas I finishedit, I decidedupon a larg-er challenge:I would ex-pand mywriting goalsto include anattempt ateach of themajor formsof literature.Looking

down the road, I could seemyself doing a play, then afictional novel, capped offby one of my earliest loves,science fiction.

Years went by, and I keptresearching and writing;and one by one, I was ableto check off these varioustypes of literature:

» “A Dream Within aDream,” historical fiction.

» “Farewell to Rose-gate,” a two-act play (co-authored), which, by theway, was picked up immedi-ately by the Union Commu-nity Theater and produced.

» “The Life and Times ofDexter,” a children’s book(co-authored).

» “Braving the Shad-ows,” fiction/adventure.

» “Fear the Moonlight,”science fiction.

I’m not ready to thinkabout an autobiography,

maybe because I’ve alwaysfelt that that was somethinga person did just beforedying; I’m not interested inpursuing that great ad-venture just yet.

Another reason for thisplan to tackle differentforms of literature was thatI simply did not know whatI was particularly good at,if anything.

How does one find outwhere one’s talent lies?What if Shakespeare hadtried only poetry, or Hem-ingway, only plays, or Shaw,only novels? They wouldhave missed their calling,and the world would havebeen worse off because ofit.

To conclude, lookingback upon my attempts, Ifind that I’m probably ade-quate in each of the venuesbut not particularly good atany one; so at the end of mywriting career, I havelearned that I am average.Is that such a bad thing?Isn’t that preferable tonever having tried at all?

Hal McFarland will be dis-cussing his books and signingthem in Room A of the Burling-ton Library, at 7 p.m. on Wednes-day, March 25.

‘Grandma Moses ofliterature’ shares his path

HalMcFarland COMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

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

Boys basketball» The Northern Kentucky

coaches association an-nounced its all-star teams Feb.23. Teams are ranked in order ofvoting.

Division 1: Sean McNeil(Cooper) and Cole VonHandorf(CovCath) tie for first, JuniorStockwell (Boone), Jake Ohmer(Scott), Austin Schreck (Dixie),Bo Schuh (CovCath), BrendenStanley (Boone), Deondre Jack-son (Campbell), Matt Wilson(Campbell), Matt Mullins (SK),Colin Hathorn (Cooper), LiamRabe (Dixie). Academic Award:Jake Franzen (Campbell). De-

fensive player of year: KylerPadgett (Conner) and JuniorStockwell (Boone). Mr. Hustle:Austin Schreck (Dixie). Coachof the Year: Ken Chevalier (Dix-ie).

Division 2: James Bolden(Holmes), Drew McDonald(NCC), Zach Pangallo (NCC),Ben Weyer (NCC), Ethan Snapp(Newport), Markel McClendon(Holmes), Adam Goetz (St. Hen-ry), Connor Kunstek (St. Hen-ry), Jacob Huff (Beechwood),Tyler Bezold (Holy Cross), RodAvery (Holmes), Parker Harris(Highlands). Mr. Hustle: ZachPangallo, Alex Green (St. Hen-ry), Andrew Arnold (Holmes).Defensive POY: Paul Price(Newport), Hayden Molitor(Lloyd), Ben Weyer. Academic:

Hayden Molitor. Coach of theYear: Ron Dawn (NCC).

Division 3: Zach Barrett(Bellevue), Kalib Mitchell (Lud-low), Christian Pollitt (SilverGrove), Thomas Schutzman(VMA), Matt Grimme (Dayton),Austin Woodyard (Bellevue),Randy Kuntz (SG), Billy Miller(SG), Matt Gibson (Ludlow),Cameron Hart (Ludlow). Defen-sive POY: Matt Grimme andCameron Hart (Ludlow). Mr.Hustle: TC Eads (Ludlow). Aca-demic Award: Alex Kenkel(VMA). Coach of the Year: Ran-dy Wofford (Ludlow).

» 35th District all-tourneyteam: Devin Davis (CovingtonLatin), Leighton Schrand (HolyCross), Connor Brock (Beech-wood), Markel McClendon and

Rod Avery (Holmes) Bo Schuh,Cooper Theobald and Cole Von-Handorf, MVP, (CovCath).

» Boone County beat Ryle69-31 in the 33rd semifinals.Haven Borkowski had 24points, Junior Stockwell 15 andBrenden Stanley 14 for Boone.Stockwell also had three blocksand 10 rebounds.

» Cooper beat Conner 57-44in the 33rd semifinals. SeanMcNeil led Cooper with 23points. Jacob Barnes had 24 forConner with six 3-pointers, all inthe first half.

» Adam Goetz scored agame-high 31 points to St. Hen-ry to a 61-52 win over Lloyd inthe 34th District semifinals.Senior forward Connor Kun-stekadded 16 points for the Cru-

saders.

Girls basketball» Boone County defeated a

stubborn Cooper team 43-31 inthe 33rd District semifinals.Sydney Foster had 10 pointsand five steals. Maddy McGarrscored nine points and AlexisSwitzereight. Senior guard Ma-cey Ford chipped in sevenpoints for the Rebels. SadieMoore, another senior guard,scored six points and grabbed ateam-high nine rebounds.

“We executed our offense,”said Foster, who scored eightconsecutive points of BooneCounty’s 13 second-quarterpoints to end the first half. “I

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The Highlands girlsbasketball team battledpast Boone County, 50-39in Monday’s second NinthRegion tournament quar-terfinal at Northern Ken-tucky University’s Bankof Kentucky Center inBoone coach Nell Fookes’last game as Rebelscoach.

The Rebels played allbut two minutes withoutstarting senior guard andleading scorer AlexisSwitzer, who suffered aknee injury early in thefirst quarter after scoringtwo points and did not re-turn.

Fookes gathered thegirls in the locker roomafter the game and toldthem that she was retiringafter 30 years on theBoone County bench.

“It was pretty emotion-al, especially after whathappened with Alexis,”said Fookes. “I told themit wasn’t anything theydid. I told them it was timefor me to go, and I told

them I loved every min-ute.”

Fookes, 58, finishes hercareer 14 wins short of 700and 59 games shy of 1,000games coached.

The 2010 LaRosa’sHigh School Hall of Fameinductee walks awayfrom coaching with a ca-reer mark of 686-255, for a.729 winning percentage.She ranks third all-timeon the Kentucky win list.

Her teams never had alosing season, and wonmore than 20 district ti-tles.

She won nine regionalchampionships, the last in2012.

“I told our principal theday of the district gameagainst Cooper (Feb. 24)that I was going to stepdown,” Fookes said. “Ithought about doing it twoyears ago, but I decided tostay.

“But tonight, I’m donecoaching.”

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Nell Fookes reacts to a call Monday night during her finalgame as Rebels head coach in the Ninth Region tournamentagainst Highlands.


Boone County senior Sadie Moore drives to the hoop pastHighlands junior McKenzie Leigh.

BOONE COUNTY — They arestill the new kids on the blockcompared to their foes in the33rd District, and always will be,especially side by side with themany decades of history atBoone County High School.

But the Cooper High SchoolJaguars have put their mark onthe district in recent years, win-ning their third district champi-onship in the past four seasonsFriday night on their home floor.Cooper edged Boone County 48-43 to win the title.

“I’ve been here two times be-fore winning the district champi-onship,” said senior forward Col-in Hathorn. “The third time, itnever gets old.”

Both teams had already qual-ified for the Ninth Region Tour-nament, which begins Wednes-day, March 4 at the Bank of Ken-tucky Center. Cooper (18-8) wasse t to play St. Henry after printdeadline. Boone (20-11) playsDixie Heights 6:30 p.m. Friday.The semis are 12 and 1:30 p.m.Sunday and the final 7 p.m. Mon-day.

In the district final, the teamsplayed in front of a near-capacitycrowd with big student sections.

“It’s a great thing to play theregion over there at the Bank,but there’s nothing like a high

school gym,” said Cooper headcoach Tim Sullivan. “There’snothing like that. That environ-ment, that’s special, cold chills allday on that. It’s fun.”

The teams had split their reg-ular-season meetings, and Boonedrew the top seed in the tourna-ment while looking for its firstdistrict crown since 2009. TheRebels led 8-6 after one quarter,in which the first basket didn’tcome until three minutes into thegame. Then Boone took a 21-18lead at the break. Boone centerJunior Stockwell and senior Eli-jah Monhollen had six pointsapiece for Boone. Hathorn hadeight of Cooper’s 18 points.

A basket by senior Jon Liech-ty gave Cooper a 24-23 lead in thethird quarter, then two straight 3-pointers from guard SeanMcNeil gave Cooper its biggestlead of the night at seven, 31-24.Boone responded with an 8-2 run

to end the period, the last threeon a buzzer-beating 3-pointer byBrenden Stanley, and the Rebelstrailed by one at 33-32.

In the fourth quarter, with theteams tied at 34, Liechty hit a 3-pointer to break the tie, thenHathorn added a basket to makeit 39-34.

“It was great.” Liechty said.“As soon as it went in, it felt sogreat. I let that thing fly and I waslike ‘please go in.’ It was a goodfeeling.”

After Brett Mayberry scoreda bucket for Boone, the Rebelsgot the ball back, but Cooper’sDante Hendrix made a steal atmidcourt and was fouled by Stan-ley. Hendrix made one freethrow to give Cooper a four-pointlead, and the Jaguars salted thegame away at the free-throw lineafter that.

McNeil had 16 for Cooper andnamed tourney MVP. Hathornended with 13. Stanley led Boonewith 12. Stockwell, Boone’s bigstocky senior center, had nine,three in the second half.

“He’s definitely one of thetoughest matchups for me,”Hathorn said. “He’s a big boy.Here at Cooper, defense is whatwe preach and defense wins ball-games.”

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also thought we did a good jobrebounding. We didn’t allow alot of second shots.”

“We really buckled down ondefense and didn’t let them getto the basket,” Switzer said. “Ithought it was one of our bestdefensive games all year.”

Cooper freshman Lexi Heldled the Jaguars with 14 points.Sophomore Hailey Andersonwas next with seven.

» 34th District all-tourneyteam: Liza Tibbs, Riley East andBrooke Davis (MVP) for Dixie,along with Paige Noble and Con-nor McGinnis from St. Henry,Villa Madonna’s Charissa Junk-er, Ludlow’s Tori Wofford andLloyd sophomore Devin Chea-tum.

» 35th District all-tourneyteam: Holy Cross: Ally Mayhaus(MVP), Aleah Tucker, Deja Tur-ner, Holmes: Tyrah McClendon-Englemon, Jaynice Stovall,

Beechwood: Kimi Stokes, NotreDame: Hilary Hellmann, Co-vington Latin: Gabrielle Krum-pleman.

» St. Henry beat Lloyd 37-24in the 34th District semifinals.Connor McGinnis scored 10points.

» Walton-Verona beat Wil-liamstown 65-56 in the 32nd Dis-trict semifinals. Walton went28-for-37 from the free-throwline. Hailey Ison went 13-for-16from the line and ended up with21points, and Morgan Simpsonwent 9-for-11 for 17 points to goalong with her 13 rebounds.

TMC Notes» Junior guard/forward Syd-

ney Moss (Boone County) wasnamed the Presidents’ AthleticConference Women’s Basket-ball Player of the Year and threeSaints were named All-PAC.Moss, who was also a first teamAll-PAC selection, is repeat

Player of the Year winner as shealso earned the honor last sea-son. Joining Moss on the firstteam is freshman guard AbbyOwings (Simon Kenton), wasthe lone freshman to be namedfirst team All-PAC. She is thirdon the team in scoring (10.7points per game) and assists(62). Owings leads the team insteals with 62 and is shooting43.3 percent from the field (97-of-224). Senior guard SydniWainscott (Simon Kenton)was named second team All-PAC. She is second on the teamin assists with 98, while averag-ing 8.0 points per game and re-cording 56 steals. Wainscott isshooting 41.5 percent from thefield (66-of-159).

NKU Notes» Christine Roushand Kait-

lyn Gerrety combined for 40points and 13 rebounds to leadthe Northern Kentucky Univer-sity women’s basketball team to

an 83-60 victory over South Car-olina Upstate on Saturday in At-lantic Sun Conference action.NKU, which earned the No. 3seed in the Atlantic Sun Cham-pionship with the victory, willplay host to the No. 6 seed in afirst-round tournament contestat 7 p.m., Friday, March 6, in Re-gents Hall.

» Seniors Chad Jackson andJordan Jackson closed theirregular-season careers asNorse when Northern Ken-tucky men’s basketball hostedSouth Carolina Upstate Feb. 28.

As a sophomore, Chad Jack-son was instrumental in helpingthe Norse reach the champion-ship game of the GLVC Tourna-ment and leading the team tothe NCAA Tourney. Since thenhe has etched his name into theNKU record books, steadilyclimbing the career-scoring(41st, 786 points) and career-steals (t-15th, 114) charts. Jack-son earned Northern Kentuck-

y’s first-ever appearance onESPN SportsCenter’s Top 10plays with a two-handed tip-dunk against Kennesaw Stateon Jan. 26, 2013. Perhaps Jack-son’s best game as a Norse cameat home this season againstNorth Florida when he scored acareer-high 26 points andhauled in 12 rebounds.

Jordan Jackson joined theteam prior to the 2013-14 seasonand immediately left a mark.He finished that season rankedthird on NKU’s single-seasonfree-throw attempts list with212 and his 141made free throwsare the fifth-most in a single-season. Jackson averaged 13.5points per game last year, earn-ing him a spot on College SportsMadness’s preseason all-con-ference second team. So far thisyear, he is converting 52 per-cent of his shots. Arguably,Jackson’s best game this seasonis a 10-point, six-rebound effortagainst No. 16 West Virginia.

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St. Henry diver DallasCorsmeier led the wayamong Boone Countyrepresentatives in theKHSAA state swimmingand diving champion-ships Feb. 27-28 at theUniversity of Louisville.The Crusader finishedsixth overall to win astate medal, scoring392.35 points.

Ryle had two point-scorers on its boys squadat state, advancing to Sat-urday’s finals. BrandonPowell finished 16th inthe 100 freestyle and wason the 400 free relay teamwhich also finished 16thwith Nathan Dornoff,Bailey Malkemus andTristan Stamm.

The Cooper girls pro-gram had two point-scor-ers. Kandis Arlinghauswas 15th in the 100 free-style and helped the 200medley relay finish 14thwith Taylor Czirr, SarahHarkrader and BrookeHarkrader.

Boone County cele-brated several state qual-ifiers into the boys meetbut were unable to quali-fy anyone for Saturday’sfinals. The 400-yard free-style relay finished 26thin the field in Friday’spreliminaries.

Private schools inKenton County, whichhave Boone students,ruled the pool Saturday.

Covington Catholicended the KHSAA statemeet Feb. 28 by winningthe 400-yard freestyle re-lay, with senior MikeSumme narrowly edgingSt. X’s anchor by 0.08 sec-onds. The Colonels broketheir own state recordwith 3 minutes, 5.72 sec-onds.

“It was spectacular,”said CCH head coachRichard Dickmann. “Iknew it was going to takea state record to win. Thelast two legs of that relaywent out with a split of 45which was phenomenal,45.6 and 45.9. That’s pureheart right there andthat’s what won thatrace.”

The relay, in order,was senior Todd Sheets,senior Robbie Newman,junior Brendan Meyerand Summe. Summe andNewman were on the2013 champs that had theprevious record.

The Colonels weresecond in the team stand-ings with 335 points to449.5 for St. Xavier. CovCath’s Louie Hunt wonthe state diving champi-onship in dominating

fashion, scoring a staterecord 569.40 points. CovCath finished second inthe medley relay to startthe meet but broke theprevious state record.

Notre Dame freshmanSophie Skinner made theproverbial big splash inher state tournament de-but. The newcomer setnew state records in boththe 100 freestyle (49.79)and 200 freestyle(1:47.61). The 200 freewas considered one of thebiggest upsets of themeet as she beat SacredHeart senior Leah Ste-vens.

“I was racing a veryfast swimmer, Leah, andshe’s amazing. She’s real-ly nice,” Skinner said. “Ijust worked with her tofinish the race and I justtouched first. It’s notabout the place in the end,it’s about having fun rac-ing. It was a real shock.All my friends were sopsyched. The energyfrom the crowd reallytopped it off.”

Boone County boysNick Berry: 30th in 100

free (51.35), 30th in 100breast (1:05.54). SeanCourtney: 30th in diving(115.35). 200 freestyle re-lay: 29th (1:38.41) – Za-chary Molina, Adam Per-sons, Robert Winterman,Berry. 400 freestyle re-lay: 26th (3:38.51) – Moli-na, Persons, Winterman,Berry.

Cooper girlsKandis Arlinghaus:

18th in 200 free (1:57.26),15th in 100 free (54.38).Brooke Harkrader: 25thin 50 free (25.83), 28th in100 free (55.78). SarahHarkrader: 30th in 200 IM(2:15.52), 25th in 100breast (1:10.35). 200 med-ley relay: 14th (1:55.42) –Czirr, S. Harkrader, Ar-

linghaus, B. Harkrader.200 free relay: 18th

(1:44.41) – Arlinghaus, S.Harkrader, Taylor Czirr,B. Harkrader. 400 freerelay: 31st (4:11.58) – Hay-leigh Walker, Czirr, Emi-ly Silvati, Paige Schulig-er.

Covington CatholicEvan Brungs: 3rd in

diving (442.45). BryceDay: 19th in 50 free(22.50), 14th in 100 free(48.75). Matt Elsbernd:28th in 50 free (23.24),22nd in 100 fly (54.92).Blake Hanna: 12th in 200IM (1:59.37), 12th in 100back (54.47). Louie Hunt:State champion in diving(569.40). Pierce Knoll-man: 23rd in 200 IM(2:05.90), 28th in 100 back(58.04). Evan McMillen:15th in 50 free (22.33),22nd in 100 fly (49.89).Brendan Meyer: Statechampion in 500 free(4:28.19), 3rd in 100 back(50.17). Robbie New-man: 3rd in 200 free(1:41.86), 3rd in 100 fly(49.66). Calvin Scheper:25th in 200 free (1:51.38).Todd Sheets: 10th in 50free (21.87), 3rd in 100 free(47.30). Josh Smith: 13thin 200 free (1:46.85), 8th in500 free (4:52.46). NickSmith: 5th in 200 free(1:42.24), 4th in 500 free(4:36.54). Caleb Summe:10th in diving (350.70).Mike Summe: 2nd in 200IM (1:51.39), 2nd in 100breast (56.28). Ben Wol-ber: 29th in 100 fly(55.72), 15th in 500 free(4:51). 200 medley relay:2nd (1:33.15) – Meyer, M.Summe, Newman,McMillen. 200 free re-lay: 3rd (1:27.85) – Sheets,Day, Jake Lentsch, EvanMcMillen. 400 freestylerelay: State champion(3:05.72) – Sheets, New-man, Meyer, Summe.

Covington Latinboys

Jack Johnson: 9th in500 free (4:45.72), 13th in100 back (55.10).

Covington Latin girls Michelle Bitter: 30th

in 50 free (26.09). KristaBorchers: 19th in 100 free(54.44), 12th in 100 back(58.86). 200 free relay:26th (1:46.98) – Bitter,Grace Thomas, KaraKanter, Borchers. 400free relay: 26th (3:58.25) –Bitter, Thomas, Kanter,Borchers .

Holy Cross boysOwen Finke: 13th in

diving (323.70). TrevorBuescher: 25th in diving(128.35). Gus Staubitz:9th in diving (352.55).

Holy Cross girlsEmma Lehmkuhl:

30th in diving (117.00).Megan Nielander: 16thin 50 free (25.78), 22nd in100 free (54.81). 200 freerelay: Alternate.

Notre DameKat Akin: 21st in 50

free (25.62), 18th in 100fly (59.61). Francie Case:10th in diving (345.00).Karly Crail: 3rd in diving(442.15). SamanthaGlass: 6th in 200 IM(2:07.22), 8th in 100 fly(57.13). Meghan Green-well: 25th in 100 back(1:01.07). Olivia Hagen:20th in 200 free (1:57.36),18th in 100 back (1:00.21).Carlee Jones: 21st in 200IM (2:11.52), 14th in 100breast (1:08.30). LaurenJudy: 28th in 100 fly(1:01.27). Sophia Mid-dendorf: 28th in diving(122.55). Lilly Morgan:8th in 100 back (57.41). El-len Neltner: 27th in 200IM (2:14.91), 18th in 100breast (1:08.75). MariaNovak: 13th in 100 fly

(58.50), 18th in 500 free(5:16.25). Jessica Peck:27th in 500 free (5:24.91),20th in 100 breast(1:09.09). Sophie Skin-ner: State champion in200 free (1:47.61), Statechampion in 100 free(49.79). Amanda Smith:4th in 200 free (1:49.92),2nd in 100 back (55.76).Katie Summe: 27th in 50free (25.84), 32nd in 100free (58.42). MadeleineVonderhaar: 3rd in 200 IM(2:03.28), 3rd in 100breast (1:02.65). 200medley relay: 2nd

(1:45.62) – Morgan, Von-derhaar, Glass, Summe.200 free relay: 2nd

(1:35.05) – Morgan, Smith,Glass, Skinner. 400 freerelay: 2nd (3:25.31) – Soph-ie Skinner, Lilly Morgan,Madeleine Vonderhaar,Amanda Smith.

Ryle boysBrandon Powell: 16th

in 100 free (49.07). TristanStamm: 28th in 100 fly(55.71) 200 free relay: 25th

(1:36.40) – Powell, BaileyMalkemus, Trevor Buck,Stamm. 400 freestyle re-lay: 16th (3:30.18) – NathanDornoff, Malkemus,Powell, Stamm.

Ryle girlsKatie Kalany: 30th in

100 breast (1:12.85). Tay-lor Malkemus: 30th in500 free (5:29.96). 200medley relay: 26th

(1:59.16) – Malkemus,Grace Bank, Savanna Bo-lin, Katie Clements. 200free relay: 32nd (1:47.98) –Ania Campbell, Abby Ka-lany, Katy Dunham, K.Kalany. 400 free relay:20th (3:51.35) – Campbell,Malkemus, K. Kalany,Bank.

St. Henry boysDallas Corsmeier: 6th

in diving (392.35). 200free relay: Alternate.

Crusader medals at state swimming


Tristan Stamm of Ryle swims the anchor leg of the 400 freestyle relay.

By James [email protected] “We told the kids the

tougher team would winand our kids showed a lotof toughness, just battlingthrough. When you’redead tired, your habitsyou show every day inpractice are going to showup,” he said.

The Rebels were hap-py to get to the final afterbeating Ryle in the semi-finals.

"The last few yearshave been tough losing inthe first round of dis-tricts, and this year wefelt we had a good shot towin," Stanley said thatnight. "We beat Ryle twicealready but every timeyou play them they're go-ing to give their best ef-fort, so we had to come outand play. I'm excited toget back to NKU."

St. Henry (19-12) lost toDixie Heights 52-39 in the34th final. Adam Goetzscored 13 points for St.Henry and Connor Kun-stek 12.

In girls, St. Henry alsowent into the Ninth Re-gion tourney as districtrunner-ups, losing to Dix-ie Heights 52-48 for the34th District crown.

Paige Noble scored 19points for St. Henry andSavannah Neace addedseven. Neace also postednine rebounds.

Ryle is 33rd Districtchamps after beatingBoone County 58-44.

Junior Aimee Jumpput together a strong per-formance with 14 pointsand eight rebounds andearned tournament MVPhonors. Junior CarlyLange scored a game-high17 points for Ryle. She andMallory Schwartz werealso all-tourney picks.

Ryle won its first dis-trict championship since2012 and are 3-0 againstthe Rebels this season.Kylie Anderson scored 12points for Boone and Mad-dy McGarr 11. Andersonand Sadie Moore were all-tourney picks.

Other all-tourney pickswere Lexi Held of Cooper,Taylor Gambrel of Con-ner and Isabelle Worley ofHeritage.

Monday, St. Henry wasset to play Holy Cross andBoone County was set forHighlands. Ryle playsHolmes Tuesday. Thesemis are 6 and 7:30 p.m.Saturday and the final 6p.m. Sunday.

Walton-Verona wasrunner-up in the 32nd Dis-trict, falling 48-38 to Si-mon Kenton in the districtfinal. Hailey Ison andMorgan Simpson scored14 points apiece.

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FLORENCE — Marketsize is not the only factorin Cincinnati Reds CEOBob Castellini’s baseballdecisions. There’s a fanfactor, too, says AssistantGeneral Manager DickWilliams.

“Bob wants so badly tomake everyone proud ofthe Reds,” Williams said.“That’s why he’s madesome of the decisions hehas made.

“We rank in the middleof the league in atten-dance. In spending as apercentage of revenue,we are tops in the league.”

Williams explained thebusiness side of profes-

sional baseball at the Flor-ence Rotary Club on Mon-day, Feb. 2. Roughly $125million of the Reds’ $175million goes into playersalaries, he said.

From a business per-spective, that means de-veloping players “to getas much as we can (fromtheir performance) be-fore they get to free agen-cy,” Williams explained.For example, the Redssigned promising youngcatcher Devin Mesoracoto a four-year contractworth $28 million duringthe off-season.

On the other hand, theReds must go to arbitra-tion hearings with twoother young players, acereliever Aroldis Chapmanand infielder Todd Fra-

zier, because they couldnot come to agreement oncontracts prior to Febru-ary.

In December the Redstraded starting pitchersMat Latos and Alfredo Si-mon, both of whom couldbecome free agents afternext seasons. The tradeleft the Reds short ondepth “but we have a lot ofgood arms we feel goodabout,” Williams said.“We’ve got a lot of goodyoung players but a fewifs … all could be a yearaway.”

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

THANKS TO PAUL FEUSS

Assistant General Manager Dick Williams of the Cincinnati Reds spoke at a recent FlorenceRotary Club meeting.

Rotary members hearabout business of baseballBy Pat Moynahan,Community Recordercontributor

Do you have an inven-tion but not sure if some-one else has alreadyfiled a patent for it?

The Northern Ken-tucky Center for Intel-lectual Property Aware-ness Center can help youfind out and it’s free.

John Schlipp, intellec-tual property librarianand associate professorof library science, worksin a little known re-source in Northern Ken-tucky which be found atthe NKU IntellectualProperty AwarenessCenter housed in the W.Frank Steely Library.

The center workswith students, faculty,staff and communitywith questions regard-ing patents, trademarksand numerous otherareas. The center has re-cently been designatedas patent/trademark re-source center by the Pat-ent Trademark Office inWashington, D.C. Thereare only 84 of these cen-ters across the country.

There is an IPAC web-site www.ipac.nku.eduto begin the search.What is intellectualproperty? Intellectual

property includes copy-rights, trademarks, pat-ents, trade secrets, li-censing and open source.The U.S. Constitution in1791 gave Congress thepower to promote theprogress of science anduseful art by securing toauthors and inventorsthe exclusive rights tothe respective writingsand discoveries.

Trademarks arebranding such as logosor business names. Pat-ents are an invention oran idea which an inven-tor has created. Copy-rights are the expressionof art, music or books or

any type of intellectualwork expressions. Pat-entability is when an in-vention is new or novel,useful, non-obvious andaccompanied by a writ-ten description of how tomake and use that inven-tion.

There is a seven-stepprocess involved in athorough search. Thereare two databases avail-able to the public, but thecenter has access to amuch more advanceddatabase which the ex-aminers with the PatentTrademark Office inWashington, D.C., use.

The center can helpthe business if its con-cept has been registeredwith the trademark of-fice. If not, they can con-nect you with local re-sources to help you reg-ister your intellectualproperty. There are notonly U.S. Patent butWorld Wide patents andthe center can assist in-dividuals and businesseswith those searches.

If you are interested inlearning more about theFlorence Rotary, visit theRotary’s websitewww.florencerotary.org orFacebook page.

Inventors can get help at NKU centerBy Julia PileCommunity Recorder contributor

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Edna AbelaEdna M. Abela, 89, of Crest-

view Hills and formerly of Flor-ence, died Feb. 19.

She was a supervisor withEquitable Bag in Florence afterbeing transferred here fromNew York.

Her husband, Joseph Abela,died previously.

Survivors include her son,George Hoffman; daughter,Patricia Hoffman; sister, Audrey;and five grandchildren alongwith 10 great-grandchildren.

Burial was at Forest LawnMemorial Park in Erlanger.

Memorials: Alzheimer’s Asso-ciation, C/O Atria Summit Hills,Attn: Kate Race, 2625 LegendsWay, Crestview Hills, KY 41017.

Elmer BauteElmer Bernard Baute, 86, died

Feb. 23.He was owner and operator

of Choco-Ridge EquestrianCenter in Union. He was a routesalesman for Husman SnackFoods, a teammate on Beech-wood High School’s first footballteam, a Boone County 4-Hleader, and was inducted intothe Northern Kentucky SportsHall of Fame. His passion wasbaseball. Elmer attended FirstChurch of Christ where he wasactive in the Joy Club. His wife,Nancy Oelsner Baute, diedpreviously.

Survivors include his children,Greg Baute of Erlanger, ShelleyGaffney of Versailles, DougBaute of Lakewood, Colorado,Brad Baute of Verona, JulieHunley of Walton; 14 grand-children; 18 great grandchildren;

nine great great grandchildren;sisters, Mary Ann Mueller andKathleen Finley of Fort Mitchell;and many nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be 10 a.m. tonoon Saturday, March 7, untiltime for service at First Churchof Christ, 6080 Camp Ernst Road,Burlington. Burial will follow atSt. Mary Cemetery in Fort Mitch-ell.

Memorials: Northern Ken-tucky Sports Hall of Fame Schol-arship Fund, c/o Terry Keller, 237Ludford St., Ludlow, KY 41016 orBeechwood High School TurfField Fund, c/o Susy Wera, 54Beechwood Road, Fort Mitchell,KY 41017.

David BoothDavid K. Booth, 50, of Burling-

ton, died Feb. 17 at St. ElizabethMedical Center in Florence.

He was an avid University ofKentucky and Cincinnati Redsfan and he enjoyed playingFrisbee golf with his sons.

His father, James W. Booth,died previously.

Survivors include his wife,Kathy Booth; children Michael,Jacob, and Kaitlin; mother,Brenda Booth of Lakeside Park;and siblings Terry, Melissa, andChristy Booth, all of NorthernKentucky.

Memorials: To the charity ofthe donor’s choice.

Ronnie ColeRonnie Cole, 70, of Florence,

died Feb. 22 at his home.He was a U.S. military veteran,

having served in the VietnamWar. He retired as a mainte-nance man for Akins and Pearce

Co. and was an avid UK fan.His first wife, Carolyn Sue

Cole; brothers Elwood Cole andRaymond Cole; and sister, FannyAshbrook, died previously.

Survivors include his wife,Helen Kathy Russell Cole; sonsRonnie Dale Cole, of Cynthiana,Johnnie Wayne Cole of Florence,and Randy Allen Cole of Elsm-ere; stepsons Lawrence Verax ofFlorence and Reginald Verax ofCynthiana; stepdaughter, Gar-nett Gaunt of Glencoe; brothersVirgil, Daryl, Ricky, Jeff, Greg,Lonnie, and Junior Cole; sistersBetty Hannah, Karen Stephen-son, Debbie Gill, Verna Lewis,and Linda Fraley; and 13 grand-children along with five great-grandchildren.

Interment was at Floral HillsMemorial Gardens.

Mary CressMary Code Cress, 92, of

Owenton and formerly ofFlorence, died Feb. 25 at herhome.

She was a retired registerednurse with the Boone CountyHealth Department. Before herservice there, she was a nurse atSt. Elizabeth Hospital in Coving-ton. She was a member of St.Edward’s Catholic Church.

Her husband, Calvin “Buck”Cress; and siblings Joseph Code,Ann Code, and Helen Renaker,died previously.

Survivors include her brother,Martin Code.

Burial was at St. Patrick’sCemetery in Verona.

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

Lawrence GilliamLawrence Paul Gilliam, 65, of

Florence, died Feb. 18.He was a U.S. Army veteran,

who served during the VietnamWar.

Survivors include his wife,Donna Marie Gilliam; daughtersGina Butler and Laura Arsting-stall; son, Lawrence Gilliam;mother, Catherine Gilliam; andfive brothers, two sisters, and sixgrandchildren.

Burial with full military honorswas at Mother of God Cemeteryin Covington.

Memorials: Passionist Nuns,1151 Donaldson Road, Erlanger,KY 41018.

John GompperJohn William Gompper, 70, of

Burlington, died Feb. 22 at St.Elizabeth Healthcare Hospice inEdgewood.

He was a U.S. Air Force veter-an and Xavier University gradu-ate, where he received hismaster’s degree. He retired as anengineer with Cincinnati Belland analyst with Comair. He wasan active member of the Flor-ence Lions Club. He formedBoone County Youth Soccer in1997 and acted as president forsix years. He also formed theNorthern Kentucky SoccerLeague and the Kentucky YouthSoccer Association in 1977,serving as treasurer of the NKSLand president of the KYSA.

Survivors include his wife,Emily Sue Price Gompper; chil-dren Amber Gompper of Rich-mond, Kentucky and JohnGompper III of Burlington;brothers Michael and Bill, both

of Connecticut; and two grand-children.

Memorials: John and SueGompper Founders Scholarship,Kentucky Youth Soccer Assoc.,158 Constitution St., Lexington,KY 40507.

Celeste GuentherCeleste Marie Herzog Guenth-

er, 75, of Burlington, died Feb.23.

She was a Realtor for Century21 and Huff, a 1957 graduate ofSt. Henry High School, and awriter and professional singer.

Survivors include her sons JeffGuenther, Ken Guenther, andDan Guenther; brothers Lou,Bernie, Denny, Mike, Ron, andGreg Herzog; sisters Mary AnnCahill, Janet Campbell, Joan Ives,and Karen Hamann; and eightgrandchildren along with fivegreat-grandchildren.

Memorials: St. ElizabethCancer Care Center, 1 MedicalVillage Drive, Edgewood, KY41017; or St. Elizabeth Health-care Hospice, 483 S. Loop Drive,Edgewood, KY 41017.

Bonnie HarperBonnie Theresa Harper, 71, of

Walton, died Feb. 22.Her first husband, William

Johnson Ballinger; secondhusband, Glendel Wayne HarperJr.; and brothers Raymond,Ronald, and Howard Jones, diedpreviously.

Survivors include her childrenWilliam Ballinger, Robert Ball-inger, Theresa York, Peggy Hays,Robin Reeves, Raymond Ball-inger, Jennifer Harper, GlendelAaron Harper, Marshall Harper,and Mary Ann Feder; brother,Robert Jones; and 23 grand-children along with six great-grandchildren.


Memorials: American CancerSociety, P.O. Box 22718, Oklaho-ma City, OK 73123-1718.

Terry HarrisTerry Harris, 65, of Burlington,

died Feb. 21 at St. ElizabethMedical Center in Edgewood.

He was a retired mechanic forCincinnati Bell and worked as adriver for the Port of Cincinnati.He was a member of Sts. Boni-face and James Church in Lud-low. He loved to ride his Harley,race dirt track cars, and playpaintball.

Survivors include his sonsKevin Harris of Independenceand James Harris of Walton;daughters Terri Gordon of Unionand Cheyenne Kidd of CrescentSprings; brothers Rick Harris ofFort Wright and Tom Harris ofFlorence; sister, Gayle Lightnerof Fort Mitchell; and two grand-children.

Heinrich HasenbeinHeinrich “Henry” Hasenbein,

84, of Florence, died Feb. 22.He was born in Germany and

came to America in 1954. He wasa U.S. Army veteran, eventuallysettling in Milwaukee, Wiscon-sin, where he worked as acabinet maker for T.J. Hale untilhis retirement in 1993. Afterretirement he spent his timemaking furniture for friends andfamily.

Survivors include his wife,Christel Hasenbein; childrenKlaus Hasenbein, Petra Stoller,and David Hasenbein; and ninegrandchildren.

Marian JonesMarian Jones, 79, of Florence,

died Feb. 20.She was a secretary for TANK

for more than 25 years.Her husband, Edward Jones;

brothers Eugene, Louis, and CarlSmith; and sister, Frances Hauss,died previously.

Survivors include her childrenWendy Ivey of Florence, KimNickol of Harrison, Ohio, CharlesJones of Florence, and EdwardJones of Cavan, Ireland; sistersCarolyn Conley of Florence andShirley Dunn of Newport; andthree grandchildren.

Memorials: American HeartAssociation, 5211 Madison Road,Cincinnati, OH, 45227; or St.Elizabeth Healthcare Hospice,483 S. Loop Drive, Edgewood,

KY 41017.

Rita OsborneRita Sue Osborne, 70, of

Florence, died Feb. 23.She was a homemaker, mem-

ber of First Church of Christ inBurlington, and an educator.

Her husband, Roger L. Os-borne, died previously.

Survivors include her sonsChris Osborne and Patrick Os-borne; sister, Carol Robertson;and three grandchildren.


Brian PerkinsBrian K. Perkins, 49, of Flor-

ence, died Feb. 18 at Universityof Cincinnati Hospital.

He was a salesman for iSqFtand a member of FlorenceBaptist Temple.

His mother, Patricia Perkins;and brother, Adam Perkins, diedpreviously.

Survivors include his wife,Crystal Perkins; children Zackary,Trevor, and Madison Perkins, allof Florence; father, RussellPerkins of Florence; and sistersAnitra Hacker of Burlington andMary Dauer of Fort Thomas.

Don PierceDon Pierce, 75, of Petersburg

and formerly of Evansville,Indiana, died Feb. 24 at Wood-crest Manor in Elsmere.

He retired after 35 years withDelta Airlines as a ramp su-pervisor and was a U. S. Armyveteran.

His brothers Eugene, Robert,Paul, Jack, and Alfred; andsisters Delores Kennel, FerolRoeder, Esther Ashby, SuePaugh, and Dorothy Pierce, diedpreviously.

Survivors include his wife,Margaret Mitchell Pierce; son,Scott Pierce of Cincinnati; andtwo step-grandchildren.

Interment was at SunsetMemorial Park in Evansville,Indiana.

Memorials: American CancerSociety, 297 Buttermilk Pike, FortMitchell, KY 41017.

Mary PostonMary Jean Poston, 87, of

Burlington, died Feb. 22 at herhome after a lengthy illness.

She worked for 30 years withthe Boone County Fiscal Court asa receptionist and secretary forthe judge executive’s office andwas long-standing member ofBurlington Baptist Church.

Her husband, Nelson Poston,died previously.

Survivors include her daugh-ter, Diane Poston Bugg ofGeorgetown, Kentucky; sonsDwight and Dan Poston, both ofBurlington; and seven grand-children along with 10 great-grandchildren.

Burial was at BurlingtonCemetery.

Memorials: The Charles B. andDiane Poston Bugg StudentScholarship at Baptist Seminaryof Kentucky, 400 E. College St.,P.O. Box 358, Georgetown, KY40324-1696; or BurlingtonBaptist Church, 3031 Washing-ton St., Burlington, KY 41005.

Clara SmithClara “Bea” Bernadine Kaiser

Smith, 84, of Florence andformerly of Independence, diedJan. 21.

She was a self-employedseamstress, member of GoodShepherd Lutheran Church, andenjoyed traveling, reading, andcrocheting.

Her sister, Fern Lewis, diedpreviously.

Survivors include her husband,Kenneth Smith; daughters LindaSchoborg, Cynthia Donaldson,and Rebecca Tomlin; brother,Donald Kaiser; and six grand-children along with five great-grandchildren.

Burial was at Floral HillsCemetery.

Memorials: Lutheran HourMinistries, 660 Mason RidgeCenter, St. Louis, MO 63141.

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Robert SpragueRobert Franklin Sprague, 97,

of Florence, died Feb. 23.He was a member of Mentor

Baptist Church and a World WarII veteran who landed at OmahaBeach. He retired from HeekinCan Co. and was a member ofthe VFW and American Legion.He was a founding member ofthe World War II Museum inNew Orleans, Louisiana.

His wife, Myrtle RobertaFrazier Sprague, died previously.

Survivors include his son,Robert Frazier Sprague; and fourgrandchildren along with sixgreat-grandchildren.

Burial with military honorswas at Highland Cemetery inFort Mitchell.

Memorials: In Robert’s nameto World War II Museum, 945Magazine St., New Orleans, LA70130.

Elizabeth StephensonElizabeth R. Stephenson, 82,

of Boone County, died Feb. 17 atProvidence Health Care inWarsaw.

She was a member of Bea-verlick Baptist Church for morethan four decades. She alsoenjoyed genealogy and wasformerly active in the Daughtersof the American Revolution. Shecollected dolls and enjoyedcrafts.

Her husband, Eugene C.Stephenson, died previously.

Survivors include her childrenSandra Dennis of Cayce, SouthCarolina, Betty J. Shinkle ofJefferson City, Missouri, ShirleyWarnick of Warsaw, and E.C.Stephenson II of Burlington; and10 grandchildren along with 21great-grandchildren.

Interment was at BeaverlickChristian Church Cemetery.

Memorials: Providence ofGallatin Health Care, 499 CenterSt., Warsaw, KY 41095; or Bea-verlick Christian Cemetery Fund,P.O. Box 242, Verona, KY 41092.

Robert SturgisRobert “Bob” L. Sturgis, 78, of

Florence, died Feb. 20 at hishome.

He was a U.S. Air Force veter-an, having worked as a flightspecialist on the C-124 Globe-master. He was a former mem-

ber of St. Paul’s Church in Flor-ence, where he was active onthe festival committee, in thechurch choir, and with the BoyScouts. He was a current mem-ber of Mary Queen of Heaven,which he and his family joinedas parishioners in 1989. Hevolunteered as an usher, on thegardening committee, and inthe community service group.He also volunteered at UnitedMinistries’ thrift shop.

His brothers, John and EugenePoston; and sister, Mary Ann,died previously.

Survivors include his wife,Ruth Ann Sturgis; daughtersLaura Evans, Karen Vanover, andAnne Sturgis; sister, Inez Groat;and six grandchildren alongwith two great-grandchildren.

Interment was at St. MaryCemetery in Fort Mitchell.

Memorials: Children’s Homeof Northern Kentucky, 200Home Road, Covington, KY41011; or Our Savior Church, 246E. Tenth St., Covington, KY41011; or United Ministries, P.O.Box 18430, Erlanger, KY 41018-0430.

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UNION — Two businessowners will open theirhome this month, in hopesof helping a Union organi-zation find a permanenthome and purchase propsfor upcoming shows.

Since it was founded in2009, the Union Commu-nity Theatre – or UTC –has searched for a perma-nent location. The group,which was incorporatedin 2012 as a nonprofit, firstpracticed at Ryle HighSchool. Because the thea-ter had to jockey for timeslots with school groups,scheduling was compli-cated. The city of Uniontold UCT it could use itscommunity building, aformer firehouse on oldU.S. 42. The UCT is grate-ful, but that home alsocomes with hardships.

“Because it is an oldfirehouse and because wedo not own the building,we have to rebuild the setfor every show and teardown afterward,” UCTco-founder Amanda Em-mons said.

“This means each of

our sets, lighting designs,curtains, chairs, decora-tions and sound systemgets put up before theshow. We run the show forone to two weekends andthen have to tear it downwithin a couple days sothat the city building isback to its original setup.It is a lot of work to pur-chase all the necessarywood, paint, hardware,sound and lighting equip-ment each time. Most ofour funding for showsgoes to this each time,”Emmons said.

Owners of a fledgling,Union business have of-fered to help with a St.Patrick’s Day themed,Shop for Props event onSaturday, March 14.

Fashionably New, aboutique offering newand designer resale cloth-ing and accessories, willgive 20 percent of all salesto UCT from noon to 5p.m. that day. FashionablyNew is located next toKroger on U.S. 42. “Thecommunity has welcomedus and we wanted to pay

that forward,” said Fash-ionably New co-ownerMary Grammas.

“At the beginning ofMarch, we traveled andwent on a wild hunt for afashionable Spring Inven-tory,” Grammas added.“It’s such a perfect time tohave an event with a wor-thy cause.”

Support of the localcommunity is what theshop and theater have incommon.

“Besides the obvious ofbringing business to acommunity or providingan artistic outlet, we be-lieve the main reasonUCT enhances a city is itstrue belief that communi-ty becomes family,” Em-mons said. “When youwork with a theater suchas UCT you meet manypeople. All of these talent-ed individuals are lookingfor a way to give back tothe community either byproviding an artistic out-let for people all over thearea, or working with thestudents to educate themin the world of theater.”

‘Shop for Props’ to aid Union theater

THANKS TO LINDSEY HUFFAKER

The cast of the Union Community Theatre’sproduction of “All Shook Up” at the Ryle HighSchool Homecoming Parade in 2011. Top: JoeKohake, Sarina Jones, Jonathan Lohrmann,Shelby Coleman, Courtney Vanway, SameJohnson, Dave Kalfas and Abby Kohake.Middle: Madeline Marita, Andrea Muse, BobbySpargur, Sydney Allen and Hunter Bruening.Bottom: Abby Petit and Ben Donaldson.

THANKS TO CHRISTIE KLINE

From left, Sydney Kline, Conner Keef andMaggie Brown gather during a dressrehearsal for the Union CommunityTheatre’s “Little Shop of Horrors.”

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Question: I wouldlike to grow some of myown fruits at home, butI have clay soil and nota lot of sunshine insome areas due to largetrees. What do you sug-gest?

Answer: Fruit cropscan usually tolerateclay soils, as long as it’snot a low, wet area. You

will need to select thesunniest location foryour fruit crops in or-der to get high-quality,well-colored fruit.

Although growingfruit at home has manyadvantages, you alsomust plan carefully,follow certain require-ments for care and giveyour plantings quite abit of attention if youwant to produce highquality fruit.

Your success or fail-ure will depend on (1)avoiding low, wet sites;(2) selecting a sunnylocation where cold airdoes not settle and stag-nate, to avoid latespring frosts; (3) choos-ing fruit types adaptedto Northern Kentuckyconditions; (4) selectingvarieties with somedisease and insect resis-tance; (5) adequatecontrol of weeds, dis-eases and insects; and(6) adequate time work-ing with the plants togive your fruit plant-

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duced. Northern Ken-tucky weather, espe-cially the fluctuatingwarmth and cold inspring, jeopardizeseven the best-main-tained fruit planting.Occasionally, extremelow winter temper-ature or late springfreezes completelywipe out entire crops.

Choosing a site for afruit planting involvesseveral factors. Thelocation should befertile and preferablynear the house. Fruitplants thrive best infertile soil but willgive good returns onaverage soil, especial-ly strawberries andother small fruits. Youcan add organic mat-ter to the soil by mix-ing in heavy applica-tions of compost, ma-nure, decayed saw-dust, etc. beforeplanting.

In order to helpwith drainage of yourclay soil, the plantinglocation should, ifpossible, be higherthan surroundingareas and have a slopeof 2 to 10 percent sothat cold air, like wa-ter, will flow downhilland away from theplanting. If fruit plants

are in a low place, fruitbuds (flower buds) aremore likely to be killedby late frosts in thespring.

When choosing fruittree varieties, and fortips on insect and dis-ease control, refer tothe publication, “Dis-ease and Insect ControlPrograms for Home-grown Fruit in Ken-tucky, Including Orga-nic Alternatives”(ID-21), which is avail-able online or from yourlocal County ExtensionOffice.

Also, consider theadvantages of dwarfvarieties. Dwarfedtrees produce the samequality fruit as largerstandard trees. Theprincipal advantages ofdwarf trees are: Theybear fruit much sooner;they bear less fruit pertree, so there’s not somuch fruit all at oncethat it becomes a prob-lem, as often happenswith standard trees;fruit is usually largerand more highly coloredthan in the same varietyon standard rootstocks;you can reach all partsof the tree easily, sothat all operations maybe performed from theground or from a smallstepladder; smaller, lessexpensive spray equip-ment is needed; anddwarf fruit trees areeasier to prune, train orespalier than standardtrees because they areslower growing.

Mike Klahr is Boone Countyextension agent for horticul-ture.

Pick sunniest spot for your fruit trees

Mike KlahrHORTICULTURECONCERNS

We all want a goodnight’s sleep, but forsome of us, sleep is hardto come by. If you experi-ence trouble fallingasleep or staying asleep,awakening too early ornever feeling rested, youare not alone.

Many adults experi-ence sleep disturbancesat some point. The Na-tional Institutes ofHealth estimates thatnearly 30 percent of thegeneral adult populationcomplains of sleep dis-ruption, and about 10percent has functionalimpairment in the day-time that is a telltale signof insomnia. Sleep helpsyour brain work proper-ly. Sleep can also affectyour physical health,safety, and quality of life.

Those who lack sleepmay have trouble makingdecisions, solving prob-lems, controlling emo-tions or managingchange. Children and

teens wholack sleepmay haveproblemsgettingalong withothers.Theymight havemoodswings,lack moti-vation, or

feel angry and impulsive. An ongoing lack of

sleep has been linked toan increased risk of heartdisease, kidney disease,high blood pressure,diabetes and stroke. Italso increases the risk ofobesity. If you consistent-ly have trouble with un-settled sleeping patterns,talk with your doctor orhealth care provider.

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

Sleep affects physicalhealth, quality of life

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