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THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2015 BECAUSE COMMUNITY MATTERS
Your Community Recorder newspaper serving Bellevue, Cold Spring, Highland Heights, Newport, Southgate
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ALEXANDRIA — Findingparking at the city park is agame people play before theycan get to playing games.
Served by 40 parking spaces,Alexandria Community Park,located off Grandview Drive,includes a fishing lake, walkingtrails, ball field and playground.Overflow parking within walk-ing distance is limited to park-ing on the street on AlexandriaDrive, Aaron Drive and BryanLane nearby, but GrandviewDrive has no street parking.
Alexandria doubled avail-able parking in 2012 by adding a20-space gravel lot next to a re-stored ball field, the one Bishop
Brossart High School’s softballteam uses to play its games.
“It’s a mess,” said Lori Bu-sam of Alexandria.
Busam, who goes to see highschool softball games at thepark, often can’t find a spot topark on game nights withoutwaiting for a spot to open up.
Alexandria resident BrandiFeiler enjoys coming to thepark, but doesn’t like having towork to find a parking spot.
“It’s a nice park,” Feiler said.“You would just think that theparking would be a little better.”
Something needs to be doneto improve park parking, Coun-cilman Stacey Graus said at anApril 16 council finance com-mittee meeting.
During softball games on a
nice day, the lower parking lot,upper parking lot and all spotson Alexandria Drive are all full,Graus said.
“Even if there is not a soft-ball game, on a beautiful dayyou’re looking at spots andyou’re parking on the street,”Graus said. “It’s a good prob-lem, because people are usingthe park.”
Buying property might bethe only solution, he said.
“I don’t want somebody tothink, wow my property isworth a lot of money now, butthat’s probably what we’re go-ing to have to end up doing even-tually, Graus said.
There are no plans in the up-
Parking at a premium at Alexandria parkChris [email protected]
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Kylie-Ann Little, 10, and Lukas Kowlonek, 4, both of Alexandria, run from agravel parking lot filled to capacity with cars into Alexandria CommunityPark.See PARK, Page 2A
FORT THOMAS — HighlandsHigh School’s campus at 2400Memorial Parkway is getting ablack-tie party for turning 100years old this year.
Fort Thomas EducationFoundation, a private nonprofit,is celebrating Highlands HighSchool’s centennial from 6 p.m.to midnight May 15 with a din-ner and gala at the Hall of Mir-rors, Hilton Netherland Plaza inDowntown Cincinnati.
Students from Highlands areworking on a 100-year video tobe played at the centennial, saidAmy Schaffer, FTEF boardmember and centennial co-chair. Highlands High Schoolwas founded, at a different site,in 1888.
Alumni spanning severalgenerations are being inter-viewed for the video and somehistoric trophy case awards arebeing brought as well, Schaffersaid.
Recognizing all donors to acampaign, started in 2005, torenovate Highlands’ campus,will be a focus of the evening,she said.
A continued focus of fund-raising is working to help payfor a new outdoor plaza, a walk-way and gym renovations,Schaffer said.
A 1991 Highlands graduateand former teacher at High-lands, Schaffer said she, likemany others in Fort Thomas, ispassionate about giving chil-dren every opportunity to suc-ceed in a competitive environ-ment.
“I can’t think of a betterbirthday present for the cam-
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Students lounge outside Highlands High School’s front entrance.
Party celebrates Highlands campus’
CENTENNIALChris [email protected]
See HIGHLANDS, Page 2A
MCMILLEN ATHELM B1New football coachtreasures Bellevue history
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coming fiscal year’sbudget starting July 1 toadd more parking again,Mayor Bill Rachfordsaid.
“Every time we havea big event it becomesapparent that we don’thave enough parking,”Rachford said. Big cityevents include an annualEaster egg hunt, fishingderby and a hauntedHalloween trail, he said.
“The challenge wehave is the park is land-locked,” Rachford said.“I don’t know that wecould easily increase thenumber of parkingspaces. Maybe that’s aproblem we neversolve.”
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pus than the completion ofthe renovations,” Schaff-er said.
Renovating Highlands’campus has been aboutcreating a state-of-the-artschool students deserved,said Kim Halbauer, FTEFcentennial co-chairwom-an in a news release.
“Thanks to the gifts ofmany in our community,the FTEF has raised over$9 million for this pro-ject,” Halbauer said. “Welook forward to honoringall of these contributionsand celebrating our col-laborative success at thisevent.”
Highlands started with93 students in grades 9-12in fall 1915 on the existingcampus, said PrincipalBrian Robinson.
School officials cele-brated 100 years of High-lands football in 2014.
Ages of different partsof Highlands campusvary because of a 1961firethat destroyed most of the1914-built south academicwing, he said. What is nowthe new life fitness centeris the old gym, the onlypart that was saved fromthe 1914-built south wing,Robinson said. Highlands’north wing was built in the1930s, he said.
During renovations ofthe south wing, rebuilt inthe 1960s, a time capsulewas discovered with con-tents from 1914 and 1961.Copies of The KentuckyEnquirer reporting on thefire and a 1914 edition ofThe Kentucky Enquirer
were found inside thetime capsule in addition toa Masonic Bible and acourse of study and sylla-bus for teachers from1914.
A four-phase renova-tion of Highlands HighSchool started in 2005 at acost of $38.3 million, saidSuperintendent GeneKirchner.
Phase I: Renovating in-terior of the north build-ing,
Phase II : Included anew exterior facade androof on the south building.
Phase III: Renovationof the interior of the southbuilding.
Phase IV: Completionof a new athletic fieldhouse, creation of a newlife fitness center, andrenovation of the largegym, new football fieldturf and stadium renova-tions.
FTEF has contributed$9 million toward renova-tion costs.
“The only remainingpiece at Highlands is theplanned plaza and walk offame,” Kirchner said.
Planning is under wayabout how to celebrate 100years of the Highlandscampus when renovationsare done this fall, Robin-son said.
“We’ve been very for-tunate to have such com-munity support to get thisdone,” Robinson said.
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THANKS TO AMY SCHAFFER OF FORT THOMAS EDUCATION FOUNDATION
AND FORT THOMAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS.
An artist-rendering shows what a walkway planned aroundHighlands High School’s campus will look like when built byfall 2015.
IF YOU GOA maximum of 150
tickets for 300 people tothe Highlands CentennialCelebration are $1,000per couple. A night ofcocktails, dinner, livemusic, dancing andchances at door prizes isincluded in the ticketprice. Attire is black-tie.Centennial festivities arefrom 6 p.m.-midnightMay 15 at the Hall ofMirrors, Hilton Nether-land Plaza in DowntownCincinnati.
For information abouttickets and a list of doorprizes call FTEF at 859-815-2004 or visitwww.ftef.org.
frogs, toads, birds andwater quality are on tap inMay at the CampbellCounty EnvironmentalEducation Center in A.J.Jolly Park at 1261 RaceTrack Road, Alexandria.
» All About Frogs willbe 1:30-3:30 p.m. Satur-day, May 9.
» Aquatic Ecology, achance to find out whatlives in A.J. Jolly Park’slake, will be from 1-3 p.m.Sunday, May 17, and 4-6p.m. Saturday, May 30.
» Birding, a chance to
Nature classesoffered at A.J. Jolly
Nature classes about
learn how to identifybirds, will be from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Saturday, May16, and again from 1-3 p.m.Sunday, May 31.
Registration is re-quired for all programs.Call 859-572-2600 or reg-ister at bit.ly/1AzUm7V.
Authors visit libraryin Independence
INDEPENDENCE —Three author visits areplanned at the WilliamDurr Branch of the Ken-
ton County Public Librarythis month.
Keven McQueen, au-thor of “Cruelly Mur-dered” and “ForgottenTales of Kentucky,” willvisit 2-3:30 p.m. Saturday,May 23.
John Graham will be onhand for a tribute to WorldWar I veterans and theirmothers 7-8 pm. Thurs-day, May 28.
Byn Mooth, who wrote“Findlay Market Cook-book.” will visit 2-4 p.m.Sunday, May 31.
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FORT THOMAS — The 10 Queen Anne-
style homes perched on aFort Thomas hillside andoverlooking the Ohio Riv-er once housed heroes ofthe Battle of San JuanHill.
In a few weeks, city of-ficials will choose a devel-oper to restore them.
A posted city adver-tisement gave developersinterested in restoring the
homes until 2 p.m. April30 to submit Request ForQualifications (RFQ), saidCity Administrator DonMartin. Fort Thomasplans to pick a single de-veloper as soon as May 18to work with after receiv-ing no competitive con-struction bids from devel-opers in January.
The Sixth Infantry Re-giment was based at FortThomas Military Reser-vation during the Spanish-American War in Cuba in1898.
Fort Thomas took con-trol of most of the formerU.S. Army fort in 1970 tocreate Tower Park. TheU.S. Veterans Admini-stration still owns the 10homes around AlexanderCircle, which are on theNational Register of His-toric Places. Informationprovided will first be re-viewed by the city’s engi-neering firm, CTConsultants, to ensurecompliance with the RFQprocess, Martin said.
Mayor Eric Haas will
then lead the review proc-ess.
“The mayor will ap-point a committee consist-ing of himself, one councilmember, me and Ron Dill,with assistance from theengineer, to review thequalifications and make arecommendation back tothe full council at the May
18 council meeting,” Mar-tin said.
Fort Thomas residentGloria Sisk, a docent atthe Fort Thomas Militaryand Community Museum,said she has spent time fo-cusing especially on thefort’s Spanish-AmericanWar history in 1898.
Teddy Roosevelt’s
“Rough Riders” are oftencredited for taking SanJuan Hill, but members ofthe Sixth Infantry tookthe brunt of the fightingand helped lead thecharge, Sisk said. “TheSixth Infantry from FortThomas, they’re reallythe heroes of San JuanHill,” Sisk said.
Some of the officersleading the Sixth Infantryinvolved in the charge inCuba lived in the homesfor high-ranking officerson Alexander Circle andfor lower-ranking offi-cers on Greene Street, shesaid.
People can find outmore about the history ofthe homes and the fort atthe city’s museum at 940Cochran Ave. Museumhours are noon-4 p.m.each Wednesday throughSaturday.
“We have pictures ofsome of the barracks thatwere there and of thehomes when they werefirst built,” Sisk said.
City ready to pick partnerto save Army homes
Chris [email protected]
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A memorial plaque on the front of Tower Park’s namesakestone water tower at the entrance of the former U.S. Armyfort honoring soldiers stationed in Fort Thomas who died inthe Spanish American War.
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SCHOOLSSCHOOLSACHIEVEMENTS | NEWS | ACTIVITIES | HONORS Cincinnati.com/northernkentucky
COMMUNITYRECORDEREditor: Nancy Daly, [email protected], 578-1059
» Lauren Elliott, Phillip A.Sharp Middle School
» Debbie McNeil, Walton-Verona Middle School
» Michael Florimonte,Campbell County High School
» Christopher Bryson, Ken-ton County Academies of Inno-vation and Technology
» Kris Gillis, Dixie HeightsHigh School
Academic All-StarsThe following five high
school seniors were presentedwith the Academic All-StarAwards recognizing their aca-demic success:
» Benjamin Stacy, Beech-wood High school
» Matthew Miley, HolmesHigh School
» Logan Groneck, High-lands High School
» Michael Lloyd, DixieHeights High School
» Virgil Owens, KentonCounty Academies of Innova-tion and Technology
The following students re-ceived the Student LeadershipAward, presented for exhibit-ing exemplary characteristicsin leadership:
» August Snelbaker, Con-ner High School
» Lucidious Witt, PendletonCounty High School
The following students re-ceived the Against All OddsAward, presented for over-coming obstacles to achieveacademic success:
» Jordan Kiskaden, Camp-
Boone County Schools Su-perintendent Randy Poe re-ceived the Northern Kentucky
Education Coun-cil’s LifetimeAchievementAward at thecouncil’s region-al education din-ner.
As superin-tendent of thestate’s third
largest school district since2008, Poe’s focus has revolvedaround academic rigor, realworld relevance and focusedpartnerships with students,parents and the community.Poe has been recognized atboth the state and national lev-el for his accomplishments.
The 2015 Excellence in Edu-cation Celebration took placeMarch 26 at the Northern Ken-tucky Convention Center.About 800 attended the gather-ing hosted by the NorthernKentucky Chamber of Com-merce and the Northern Ken-tucky Education Council.
The following individualswere honored for their leader-ship and dedication to educa-tion:
» The Northern KentuckyEducation Council and Vision2015 Champion for EducationAward, The Northern Ken-tucky Education Council Ac-tion Team Co-Chairs: LeshiaLyman, United Way of Greater
Cincinnati; Dr. Shelli Wilson,Campbell County School Dis-trict; Karen Cheser, BooneCounty School District; Dr.Christina Petroze, ThomasMore College; Dr. Kathy Burk-hardt, Erlanger-Elsmere Inde-pendent School District; Dr.Jennifer Stansbury Koenig,NKY Center for Educator Ex-cellence; Dr. Susan Cook, NKYCenter for Educator Excel-lence; Dr. Angie Taylor, Gate-way Community and TechnicalCollege; Dave Schroeder, Ken-ton County Public Library; Dr.Jean Loftus, Loftus PlasticSurgery Center; Dr. RaymondHebert, Thomas More College;Anthony Strong, PendletonCounty School District; MikeHammons, Children Inc.
» 2015 Golden Apple / A.D.Albright Outstanding TeacherAward: Heidi Neltner, Teacherat Robert D. Johnson Elemen-tary
» A.D. Albright Outstand-ing Community/BusinessLeader Award: MarianneSchmidt-Hurtt, PNC Bank
» A.D. Albright Outstand-ing Governmental LeadershipAward, Carl Wicklund, KentonCounty Board of Education
» A.D. Albright Outstand-ing Administrator Award,Connie Crigger, principal atShirley Mann Elementary
» One to One LiteracyAward, Christy Eby, volunteerat Campbell Ridge Elementary
Celanese Inc. was present-ed with the 2015 Business En-
gagement of the Year Awardfor its partnership with PinerElementary. Celanese employ-ees are actively engaged withthe school’s Character Educa-tion program to emphasize theimportance of work ethic andpositive attitude. Additionally,Celanese employees havetaught Junior Achievement atPiner for the past four years,engineers from Celanese pre-sent Super Science Night, andemployees from around theglobe work to teach studentsabout STEM careers throughthe Student Technology Lead-ership Program e-mentoringprogram.
Golden Apple AwardsThe following 13 Northern
Kentucky teachers were pre-sented with Golden AppleAwards for their outstandingdedication and profound ef-fect on the lives of the childrenthey teach:
» Rachel McConnachie,Donald E. Cline Elementary
» Lori Harpold, CrossroadsElementary
» Ashley Lutz, Arnett Ele-mentary
» Heidi Neltner, Robert D.Johnson Elementary
» Karen Holbrook, GallatinCounty Elementary
» Melinda Boesken, RiverRidge Elementary
» Kristin Bach, Walton-Ve-rona Elementary
» Angela Brehm, TurkeyFoot Middle School
bell County High School» Jacob Shields, Simon
Kenton High School» Hayleigh Harden, Dixie
Heights High SchoolThis year the Career and
Technical Educational All StarAward was added to recognizeNorthern Kentucky highschool seniors who excel intheir career or technical field.Rebecca Simpson fromHolmes High School is the in-augural winner of the award.
During the evening the fiveseniors in the NaviGo Scholarsprogram were recognized fortheir hard work. NaviGo Schol-ars is a program offeredthrough the Northern Ken-tucky Education Council withservices provided by NaviGoCollege and Career Prep Ser-vices.
Scholars is a one-on-onecoaching and mentoring pro-gram for high school studentsprovided by NaviGo and men-tors through partner business-es like Toyota, Duke Energy,Citi, The Bank of Kentucky,and Heritage Bank. The seniorNaviGo Scholars are:
» Liea Mack, Withrow HighSchool
» Kevin Hamblin, GrantCounty High School
» Nic Rovito, Lloyd HighSchool
» Sadi Jones, Lloyd HighSchool
» Gary Lackey, WithrowHigh School
Randy Poe receives lifetime achievement award
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Eight students from North-ern Kentucky Universityearned recognition at the na-tional KRYPTOS cryptanalysiscompetition April 16-20 at Cen-tral Washington University.
A total of 153 students from67 teams participated, repre-senting colleges, universities,academies, institutes and highschools from 21 states, accord-
ing to a press release. Teamsconsisted of two or three under-graduate students who were al-lowed to use any printed publi-cations or Web page not directlyrelated to the competition. Stu-dents were also allowed to usesoftware programs and Java ap-plets to assist with problemsolving so long as they existedbefore the competition or werewritten by team members.
NKU students Paul Sparks,Alexander Fish, Daniel Stine,
Nathan Dasenbrock-Gammonand Jason Garner earned theTuring level of achievement asmaster codebreakers by solv-ing all three challenges in thecompetition. Only 37 studentsachieved this status.
NKU students Kyle McCar-ty, Trent Turner and Jared Bry-ant earned the achievement lev-el of Pretty Good by solving oneof the three challenges. Theywere among 26 students whoearned this achievement.
NKU students recognized at competition
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NKU’s Griffin Hall is the home of the College of Informatics.
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Covington Catholic HighSchool has announced that 11students have been accepted tothe 2015 Kentucky Governor’sScholars Program.
They are Coire Ayres, Lo-gan Boyle, Benjamin Darpel,Adam Flynn, Austin Flynn,Samuel Hacker, Daniel Kleier,Mitchell MacKnight, SamuelRomes, Matthew Rose and Lu-cas Timmerman.
Students were evaluated inareas of service, extracurricu-lar activities, academics andwriting submissions againsttop-level students from all
around Kentucky. They arenow invited to participate inthe five-week residential pro-gram this coming summer.
Covington Catholic Princi-pal Bob Rowe said, “All of us atCovington Catholic are veryproud of these 11students. Thisis an outstanding accomplish-ment reflecting their achieve-ment across the scope of themission that CovCath em-braces – educating young menspiritually, academically,physically and socially. Our en-tire community congratulatesthem all.”
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UNION — More than 160runners and walkers got asweet taste of springtime April25 during the Dogwood Dash atthe Boone County Arboretum.
Among the 107 runners forthe annual 5K race, Tom Ar-nold, 31, and Jamie Schweitzer,33, came in first in the men’sand women’s categories, withtimes of 17:38 and 23:10, re-spectively. Brendan Hansen,15, and Valerie Bailey, 42, tooksecond place.
Of the 55 walkers, top fin-ishers included Robert Crebo,63, with a time of 35:48; NatalieJones, 34, with a time of 38:46;Tom Wiechman, 59, with a timeof 42:57: and Sue Murphy, 70,with a time of 46:49.
Participants ranged in agefrom 9-79. For complete re-sults, see http://bit.ly/DashRe-sults
Arboretum director KrisStone said 207 people regis-tered for the race.
“This is up quite a bit fromlast year,” he said. “The rainalso held off until just after theend of the race, which is alsowonderful.”
For more information aboutthe Dogwood Dash or theBoone County Arboretum, visitbcarboretum.org.
Runners take the scenic route at
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The first-place finisher in the Dogwood Dash is Tom Arnold, of Fort Wright,with a time of 17:38.
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A flowering tree in the Boone County Arboretum added color to theDogwood Dash.
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From left, Becca Boyd and Leslie Clifford, both of Florence, enjoy their walkduring the Dogwood Dash.
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Cynthia and John Bercaw, of Florence, walk among the flowering trees during the Dogwood Dash.
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The second-place finisher is Brendan Hansen, 15, of Hebron, in theDogwood Dash held Saturday, April 25, at the Boone County Arboretum inUnion.
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The first-place female finisher in theDogwood Dash is Jamie Schweitzer,of Erlanger.
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Britney Crosson, of Florence, wonthe 30-34 female division of theDogwood Dash.
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From left, Rose Vojas, of Covington,and Melissa Estes, of Edgewoodand Curves in Crescent Springs,finishes the Dogwood Dash.
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Art ExhibitsFlight: Curated by Saad Ghosn,9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Covington Arts,2 W. Pike St., Flight featuresworks by three women (Shar-mon Davidson, Marsha Ka-ragheusian, Jan Nickum) fromGreater Cincinnati who specifi-cally reference flight in regard totime, space and experience.Exploring the notions of passage,memory and dialogue within thecycle of life, the exhibitionincludes mixed media construc-tions, collaged books and earth-enware ceramics. Presented by
Covington Arts District. 292-2322;http://covingtonarts.com/. Co-vington.
Convocation: A RegionalShowcase of GraduatingArtists, noon to 5 p.m., TheCarnegie, 1028 Scott Blvd.,Exhibition organized aroundvery best of graduating seniorsand MFA candidates in region.Participating schools includeUC/DAAP, NKU, Art Academy ofCincinnati, University of Ken-tucky and more. Through June13. 957-1940; www.thecarnegie-.com. Covington.
AuctionsQuarter Auction Fundraiser,6-9 p.m., Southgate VolunteerFire Department, 128 ElectricAve., Bring friends and a roll ofquarters for a fun night out.Items for auction from compa-
nies such as Scentsy, Tupperware,Upper Case Living, PamperedChef, Thirty-One Gifts, Longa-berger, Avon, Clever Containerand more. Benefits SouthgateVolunteer Fire Dept. Auxiliary.$5. 803-9154. Southgate.
BenefitsKiwanis Club of Riverfront25th Annual Putting Kids FirstFundraiser, 7 p.m. to midnight,Holiday Inn Cincinnati Airport,1717 Airport Exchange Blvd.,Master of Ceremonies is KarinJohnson of WLWT-Channel 5.Price includes buffet dinner fortwo, two drink tickets, chance towin $2000, disco music anddancing. Raffles, silent auction.Disco attire suggested. Ages 21and up. Benefits UnderprivilegedChildren of Cincinnati andNorthern Kentucky. $125 per
couple. Presented by KiwanisClub of Riverfront. 384-3679;riverfrontkiwanis.org. Erlanger.
Drink TastingsWine Tasting, 5-9 p.m., Sto-neBrook Winery, 6570 VineyardLane, StoneBrook Tasting Room.Select samples from variety ofaward-winning Kentucky FruitWines. Ages 21 and up. $5.635-0111; www.stonebrook-winery.com. Camp Springs.
EducationLittle Learners, 9-11:30 a.m., TheLively Learning Lab, 7500 Oak-brook Drive, Suite 10, Balance ofstructured, unstructured andself-directed play opportunitiesto help learners develop theirsocial, intellectual and communi-cation skills. Ages 3-6. $10.Registration required. 916-2721.Florence.
Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 9:30 a.m.,4:45 p.m., Edgewood JazzerciseCenter, 126 Barnwood Drive, $38for unlimited monthly classes.331-7778; jazzercise.com. Edge-wood.
ExhibitsCanyon Falls, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, Newport onthe Levee, $23, $15 ages 2-13,free children under 2. 800-406-3474; www.newportaquarium-.com. Newport.
Shark Bridge, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, Newport onthe Levee, Step across the 100-foot-long, V-shaped rope bridgejust inches above nearly twodozen sharks at Newport Aquari-um. $23 Adult, $15 Child (2-12),Free children under 2. 815-1471;www.newportaquarium.com.Newport.
Buffalos and Bourbon: 200Years of Covington History, 10a.m. to 5 p.m., Behringer-Craw-ford Museum, 1600 MontagueRoad, There are many fascinat-ing stories about Covington:political intrigue, haunting tales,arts, athletics. Exhibit celebrates200 years of people, places andevents that shaped city, fromtrading of buffalo and bourbonfor land to building of Ascentand “alien house.” ThroughAug. 30. Included with museumadmission. 491-4003; bcmuseu-m.org. Covington.
Health / WellnessOvereaters Anonymous, 7:15-8:15 p.m., St. Elizabeth FortThomas, 85 N. Grand Ave., FloorA, meeting room. Program ofrecovery from compulsive eatingusing the 12 Steps and 12 Tradi-tions of OA. No dues, fees andno weigh-ins. Support group forpeople who struggle with foodaddiction. Free. Presented byOvereaters Anonymous NKY.308-7019; www.cincinnatioa.org.Fort Thomas.
National Nurses Week SpeakerSeries 2015, noon to 1 p.m.,Beckfield College, 16 Spiral Drive,Focused theme is “Ethical Prac-tice, Quality Care.” Speakersfrom various aspects of nursingspeak on latest challenges andtrends. Ages 18 and up. Free.Presented by Beckfield CollegeNursing Department. 372-5916;www.beckfield.edu. Florence.
Music - ClassicalTwo Cities, Two Bands, 8-10p.m., The Carnegie, 1028 ScottBlvd., Kentucky SymphonyOrchestra and the KSO BoogieBand pay tribute to two legend-ary horn bands: Blood, Sweatand Tears and Chicago. $30.Presented by Kentucky Sympho-ny Orchestra. 431-6216; www.ky-so.org. Covington.
Music - RockDoppel Gangsters, 9 p.m. to 1a.m., JerZee’s Pub and Grub, 708Monmouth St., Free. 491-3500.Newport.
RecreationBusiness Lunch Go KartingSpecial, noon to 2 p.m., XhilRac-ing, 24 Spiral Drive, Go-Kartracing. $15. Presented by Xhil-aRacing. 371-5278; www.xrkar-ting.com. Florence.
Sports-Registrations &Tryouts
All-Star Cheerleading Place-ments, 5-7 p.m., NKY EliteGymnastics, 1677 DelawareCrossing, All-Star Cheer Place-ments Levels 1, 2 and 3. Call formore information. Ages 5-14.$40. 606-627-7908; elitenky.com.Independence.
SATURDAY, MAY 9Art & Craft ClassesWine and Canvas, 6:30-9:30p.m., Newport Syndicate, $35.Reservations required. 317-1305;www.wineandcanvas.com.Newport.
Art EventsAnnual Duveneck MemorialArt Show, noon to 5 p.m.,George Rogers Clark Park,Riverside Drive, Over 60 individ-ual artists’ tents. Rain date is May10. Free. Presented by BakerHunt Art and Cultural Center.431-0020; www.bakerhunt.com.Covington.
Art ExhibitsConvocation: A RegionalShowcase of GraduatingArtists, noon to 5 p.m., TheCarnegie, 957-1940; www.the-carnegie.com. Covington.
AuditionsCompany - Auditions, 1-5 p.m.,The Carnegie, 1028 Scott Blvd.,Please prepare 16-32 bars of amusical theatre song in the styleof the show- An accompanist willbe provided. Please bring sheetmusic in the correct key. Acappella auditions, or those withpre-recorded accompaniment,will not be considered.There willbe a short movement audition soplease dress appropriatelyYoumay also be asked to read fromthe script. Free. To schedule atime slot, please contact JessicaPicado, [email protected]. Through May 10. 957-1940. Covington.
Clubs & OrganizationsBoone County DAR MonthlyMeeting, 10-11:30 a.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Free. Presentedby Boone County Daughters ofthe American Revolution (DAR).342-2665. Burlington.
Cooking ClassesSushi Rolling and Dining, 7p.m., Sushi Cincinnati, 130 W.Pike St., $25 per person, threerolls, includes training and BYOB,reservations required. Reserva-tions required. 513-335-0297;www.sushicinti.com. Covington.
Craft ShowsThe Vintage Fair, 10 a.m. to 4p.m., The Friendly Market, 10050Norbotten Drive, Unique crafts,jewelry and collectibles, alongwith farmers market and indoorfood vendors. Free. Presented byThe Vintage Fair. 513-312-1629;www.kyvintagefair.com. Flor-ence.
THINGS TO DO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
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The Annual Duveneck Memorial Art Show is noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 9, at George RogersClark Park, Riverside Drive, Covington. More than 60 individual artists’ tents will be on hand.Rain date is May 10. Admisison is free. The show is presented by Baker Hunt Art and CulturalCenter. Call 431-0020; visit www.bakerhunt.com.
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I’ve said this before: wherever I go Imeet interesting, passionate “foodies.”
Ann Kean, a creative foods teacher atMadeira High School, isone of those people. Annsaid she is truly fortunateto love her job. She wantsto make a difference, andshe does.
“My teenagers areanxious to make, bakeand cook anything. Theywant to make somethingeach and every day,” Anntold me. Ann has exposedher students to all kinds
of food, from quinoa to kale to one of myfavorites, cinnamon rolls.
I think this would be so nice for aMom’s day breakfast. Don’t you? Andfor all the moms in our community cir-cle of readers, both biological and other-wise, I hope you have a blessed Mother’sDay.
Readers want to knowWhen can I plant basil outside?When temperatures above the ground
and below are 60 degrees or more con-sistently. Mother’s Day is a safe bet forall tender annuals.
Rita Nader Heikenfeld is an herbalist, educator,Jungle Jim’s Eastgate culinary professional andauthor. Find her blog online at Abouteating.com.Call 513-248-7130, ext. 356.
Bake cinnamon rolls, crab cake for mom
THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD
Homemade cinnamon rolls are a delectable treat for mom.
Rita HeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN
Ann Kean’s cool rise cinnamonrolls
Ann uses the cool rise method for herclass. “We can make a yeast bread beginningone day and finish it the next day and evenbake the third day, if necessary”, she said.
1. Mix
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour1 cup whole wheat flour3/4 cup sugar1 teaspoon salt2. Dissolve1 package active dry yeast and1-1/4 cups 100-degree milk
4. Add and stir into the flour mixtureMilk/yeast mixture
2 eggs, slightly beaten2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
5. Add an additional 1 to 1-1/2 cups flourand mix well.
6. Knead dough for 8 minutes.7. Place dough in an oiled bowl; cover
and let rise for about 2 hours until doughdoubles.
8. Roll out dough into a 14 by 18-inchrectangle.
9. Spread filling made of:
1/2 cup barely melted unsalted butter1 cup dark brown sugar or combo of any
sugars3 tablespoons cinnamon
Leave less than an inch edge all the wayaround.
10. Roll from 18 inches side making aroll.
11. Cut into 16 rolls. (Ann says do notsaw when cutting, just press down).
12. Place in two 9-inch buttered roundpans or 9-by-13 buttered pan.
13. Cover and place in refrigerator over-night or let rise in warm pace for 1-1/2 to 2hours.
14. Bake in middle of 350 degree ovenfor 20-25 minutes.
15. Glaze with mixture of
4 cups powdered sugar4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted2 tablespoons milk or more to make thin
Myrtle’s crab cakes
Talking about another “mom with influence,” this recipe fromfriend, Perrin Rountree is an heirloom favorite. Perrin is an An-derson Township reader and wonderful cook.
“Family is everything to me,” she said. I remember fondly herstories of her Grandma, Myrtle, which were always connected withfood. Try this when you want a delicious and easy crab cake. Perrintold me her Grandma Myrtle’s strength and love of family sustainsher every day. “Hers was a gentle but firm love. We knew with justa look when we were behaving poorly, and with that same look wealso knew how much we were loved.”
Well said! As with all heirloom recipes, there can be variables.Like the saltines. You may need more than the recipe says, or youmay not. You want to be able to have the crab cake be nicely
formed and keep its shape but not be dry.
1 pound lump crabmeat4-5 shakes TabascoSalt and pepper to taste4-5 crushed saltines or few more if necessary1 egg, beaten2 teaspoons Old Bay seasoningFresh chopped parsley (opt)
Place crabmeat in bowl. Add other ingredients and mix lightly.Shape into 4 patties. Heat oil in heavy skillet. Over medium heat, fryuntil golden brown on both sides. Serve with extra Tabasco and tartarsauce or your favorite seafood sauce.
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Last week’s questionWas Reds manager Bryan
Price right about what he saidabout media coverage hurtinghis team? What is the media’srole in covering local sportsfranchises?
“Bryan Price was totally offbase in what he said about themedia coverage. The mediaisn’t there to be a friend of theteam and only cover goodnews, or put news out when theteam wants it, that would be apress release, that the teamcontrols.
“The media is there to coverthe team. He may (be upset)the information wasn’t re-leased the way it was, but thereality is that it was. Instead of
responding to what he wishedhadn’t happened he shouldhave been mature enough toaddress what happened in anadult manner.
“He can take his concernsabout the local media to the
Reds upper management andthey can devise a strategy inhow they relate or releaseinformation to the media.
“The media’s job is to re-port, not make sure the team,manager or a specific player ishappy. It was embarrassing interms of the content of his rantand it also made it look like hewasn’t ready to be a majorleague manager, which may bethe case. “
C.S.
“This is kind of like an-swering that age old most dan-gerous question: Do thesepants make my butt look fat?Therefore no, Price was wrongblaming the media coverage
for hurting his team, his team’sperformance is hurting histeam. What part of this is sohard to understand?”
M.J.F.
“If a manager etc... wants tokeep some information frombeing disseminated he needs totell the reporters it is ‘off therecord.’ I would hope the localReds reporters would respectthat wish. But in this day ofpaparazzi and social mediascoops, Price should assumethe information will get out.His choice of foul language tocomplain about it was ridicu-lous.
“Keep in mind Reds Hall ofFame reporter Hal McCoy was
the one who leaked the Bran-don Philips ‘hating the St. Lou-is Cardinals.’ That led to quitean altercation a few years ago.Of course that was when theReds made the playoffs underDusty Baker three times, yethe was fired. Manager Priceand GM Walt Jocketty will begone by year end. Go Figure!!!
T.D.T.
“Sorry, never heard of him.Unfortunately, we don’t have asports franchise. The closestone in in Columbus. Maybenext year, Blue Jackets. Abunch of your veterans are onthe Rangers.”
D.B.
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Kentucky’s legacy to one of the most spectac-ular epochs of mammalian history was written inbones – big bones. The Ice Age showcased manyspectacular creatures like the mammoth, mast-odon, ground sloth, stag-moose and woodland
musk ox, among others. Allthese today have one importantthing in common; they are ex-tinct.
Boone County’s connection tothis vastly different age is BigBone Lick State Historic Site.The portion of the Ice Age perti-nent to the park is the Late Pleis-tocene occurring between 20,000and 12,000 years ago.
With the retreat of glacial ice,formerly covered landscapeswere liberated and the giantanimals appeared, lured by the
airborne aroma of sulfur springs and the salt-rich waters that formed natural licks. Havingsurely grazed on the prairie grasses of ancientwestern and central Kentucky, the animals soondiscovered the mineral-bearing ooze of the northand came to satisfy their need for salt.
Though the gargantuan super-mammals of thepast no longer roam over the Big Bone land-scape, there remains one large beast that haspersisted in descendant form from the Pleisto-cene to the present day – the Plains Bison. Theresident bison herd is the park’s only living linkto the Ice Age.
The herd is a crowd-pleasing favorite and forgood reason: bison are simply magnificent beaststo behold. Mature bulls stand 6 feet high at theshoulders and often weigh in at 2,000 pounds ormore. They are the heaviest land animals inNorth America. Throw in a pair of curved horns,a prominent hump, six different kinds of hair,and surprising agility for a creature of its size,and you have an animal that can provide forhours of fascination. Throw in the fact that thereares new births in the spring and early summer
and you have f tailor-made fun for the family.Aside from the park’s hulking and impressive
herd bull, the bison babies are the seasonal starsof the show. On average, 2-5 calves are born tothe Big Bone herd annually. Born in the spring orearly summer, they weigh 35 to 55 pounds andare walking within a couple of hours. They areadorable babies to be sure, sporting a rich, red-dish-brown coat, innocent eyes, and shiny blacknoses with curly tufts of woolly hair on theirheads. Seeing them nurse is endearing; watchinga pair of calves romp and play is unforgettable.
Today the salt licks are dry, and the sulfursprings are small. Huge prehistoric animals nolonger come to the springs to drink brine. Theancient marshes are mostly gone. Still, the bisonof Big Bone remind us of a momentous timewhen the land that would become Kentucky wasa very different place. When you have a coupleof carefree hours, drive out to Big Bone Lick andview the bison herd. It is a kind of outdoor recre-ation that is afforded by few other places.
Dean Henson is park manager of Big Bone Lick StateHistoric Site.
THANKS TO DEAN HENSON
The bison at Big Bone Lick State Historic Site are the park’s only living link to the late Ice Age, when mammothsand mastodons were visiting the salt springs.
The bison of Big BoneLick are a living legacy
THANKS TO DEAN HENSON
The newest member of the Big Bone Lick bison herdarrived on April 16.
DeanHensonOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST
Newspapers have been fullof articles about the heroinepidemic in Northern Ken-tucky and the effort beingmade to deal with it. Sub-stantial progress is beingmade.
Not sothoroughlycovered is theunderstand-ing that her-oin usage isentwinedwith the un-derlyingissues ofaddiction andmental ill-ness. Theterm “behav-ioral health
care” includes both mentalhealth and substance abuseservices. Historically, bothservices have been seriouslyunderfunded in Kentucky.
From the beginning, therehas been stigma attached toboth services. According toDr. Owen Nichols, presidentand CEO of NorthKey Com-munity Care, for nearly 50years, the Northern KentuckyMental Health/Mental Retar-dation Regional Board, doingbusiness as NorthKey and TheFriends of NorthKey haveworked to reduce the stigmaattached to mental illness.
People recognize that heartdisease and kidney diseaseare medical conditions thatneed treatment. Yet, manyhave difficulty understandingthat mental illnesses such asbipolar disorder and addic-tions to alcohol or other drugsare illnesses, too.
Under the Affordable CareAct, by the end of 2014 Ken-tucky’s expanded Medicaidcovered an additional 375,000Kentuckians, equivalent to 8.5percent of Kentucky’s totalpopulation. With Medicaid’sexpansion, Kentucky’s unin-sured rate dropped from 20.4percent to a low of 11.9 per-cent, the second lowest stateuninsured rate in the country.
Kentucky’s Medicaid ex-pansion opened the behavioralhealth care provider networkbeyond Kentucky’s Communi-ty Mental Health Centers to“any willing provider.” Thatadded over 300 new behavior-al health care providers inKentucky. Before the expan-sion, substance abuse treat-ment was not a routinely cov-
ered Medicaid service in Ken-tucky.
While Kentucky’s involve-ment with the AffordableCare Act has been commend-able, more needs to be done.Only 1 percent of the expand-ed Medicaid dollars go tobehavioral health care while42 percent go to hospitals and21 percent to pharmacies.
In 2008, the US Congresspassed the Mental HealthParity act to ensure that allinsurance coverage includedequal treatment of behavioralhealth care and physicalhealth care. In 2010, passageof the Affordable Care Act,parity for behavioral healthcare and substance abusetreatment was strengthened.
In spite of that, coveragefor mental health and sub-stance abuse issues continuesto fall far short of the benefitsavailable for physical care.
Just this April, 2015, theNational Alliance on MentalIllness found that insurancecompanies deny mental healthcare services at twice the rateof physical health care ser-vices. This extremely highrate of denial of behavioralhealth care services is a dis-crimination against a pop-ulation dealing with mentalhealth, substance abuse anddevelopmental disabilities.
The Medicaid ManagedCare Organizations (MCO) inKentucky continually resistfair reimbursements, limit themedications on their formu-lary lists and restrict the num-ber of inpatient days for thementally ill.
Kentucky ranks 45th in percapita funding for mentalhealth care, 49th (second high-est) in the number of peoplesuffering from depression and49th (second lowest) in mentalhealth Well-Being.” Suicide inKentucky kills more peopleevery year than automobileaccidents.
Our Congressional dele-gation, the governor and ourlegislature should be encour-aged to provide adequatefunding for behavioral healthcare. The best place to start isincreasing the behavioralhealth care funding for Medi-caid.
Edward L. Smith Jr. is a member ofNKY Mental Health/SubstanceAbuse Regional Planning Council.
Health services leftunderfunded in Ky.
Edward L.Smith Jr. COMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST
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Nell Fookes» Boone County High
School will honor retiring headgirls basketball coach NellFookes Friday, May 8, from6:30-8:30 p.m. Celebration willbe in the school cafeteria.RSVP to [email protected].
Tennis» Campbell County had
three players qualify for thestate tournament after reach-ing the 10th Region semifinals,which were set to begin Mon-day. Anderson McDowellreached the semifinals in sin-gles and Dylan Geiman andJake Walters reached thesemis in doubles. It is the sec-ond straight year Geiman andWalters have made it to state.Rachel Crigler made the semisof the girls tournament andearned her first berth to thestate tourney.
Baseball» Campbell County beat
Harrison County 4-3 April 30.Robert Metz had a home runand three RBI.
Campbell County beatBishop Brossart 10-0 in the ri-valry/seeding game May 2.Johnny Eblin pitched a com-plete game shutout to improveto 4-1. Cameron Edwards hadtwo hits and two RBI.
» » NewCath beat Holmes12-6. Clint Bartels struck out 11in five innings for the win onthe mound, and at the plate henotched four hits and threeRBI.
Softball» Bishop Brossart beat
Newport 14-2. Amanda Lloydwas 3-for-4 with three RBI, andMacy Griffin was 2-for-3 with atriple and two RBI.
» Campbell County beatHolmes 15-4. Jessica Walsh gotthe win and went 2-for-4 with adouble. Campbell beat HolyCross 15-0 April 30. Sarah Ter-
haar led the way with two hitsand three RBI.
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SHORT HOPS
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Bellevue junior Brady Hayespitches to Covington Catholic in a10-0 loss April 29.
See SHORT HOPS, Page 2B
Campbell County finishedfourth in the boys meet and fifthin girls at the Northern Ken-tucky Athletic Conferencelarge-school track and fieldchampionships April 30 at Ryle.The meet was in the relay for-mat, which had eight differentrelay races, some with uncon-ventional formats, and eachfield event used the marks oftwo teammates for one teamscore.
The girls team won twoevents. The 4x800 won with Jen-nah Flairty, Grace Florimonte,Kayla Kavanaugh and SidneyReagor. Reagor was on the shut-tle hurdles team that won withBrooke Buckler, Rebecca Clineand Rachel Combs.
Florimonte, Buckler, Reagorand Flairty finished second inthe distance medley, a race
which totaled 4.000 meters.Olivia Cassinelli and Kaylee
Johnson were third in both dis-cus and shot put.
The 4x200 was fourth withBuckler, Cline, Devan Carriganand Emily Orth. As was the4x400 with Buckler, Carrigan,Cline and Kayla Kavanaugh.
The boys team had two run-ner-up finishes.
The distance medley fin-ished second with BrandonCartwright, Mark Chaplin,Thomas Comer and Dylan Rich.
The pole vault was secondwith John Leopold and ShawnMcGrath. Leopold was secondindividually at 10-0.
Dalton Bates and AndrewHyden were third in triplejump.
The shuttle hurdle team wasfourth with Kyle Edgley, An-drew Hyden, Jarrod Manserand Adam Leopold.
Camels do well at NKAC meetJames [email protected]
BELLEVUE — John “Woody”McMillen’s first head coachingjob in football was starting anew program from scratch.
He will now be on the oppo-site end of the spectrum aftertaking over one of Kentucky’soldest programs in late April.McMillen was recently namedas the new head coach at Belle-vue High School.
“Once you’re a coach,you’re always a coach,” hesaid. “I felt there was a coupleof places I always wanted tocoach at, and Bellevue is one ofthem. It’s a real special com-munity. They’ve been playingfootball there for a really longtime.”
McMillen started the pro-gram at Walton-Verona nearly10 years ago, and it has growninto a formidable team in Class2A. McMillen had steppeddown from the coaching posi-tion at W-V after its first varsi-ty season in 2008, eventuallyreturning to be an assistantcoach in the program and as-sistant athletic director. Hewill move into a teaching spotat Bellevue in the fall.
The Ludlow High Schoolgraduate was head baseballcoach there previously and as-sistant in basketball and foot-ball. Now he is looking forwardto working for a river rival.
“One of the things thatmakes Bellevue a special placeis they have so much tradi-tion,” he said. “You see plaqueson the wall by the cafeteria.There are some big-timenames, state championshiptrophies. You talk to peoplewho have played there andhave stayed in the community.There are generations of peo-
ple who have stayed there. Youwalk into the stadium and youcan feel it. It’s one of the stadi-ums built in the Depression bythe Works Progress Admini-stration and it looks great.”
Although Walton and Belle-vue are 30 miles apart, McMil-len has been trying to visit hisnew school as much as possiblewhile he tends to his currentBearcats, including runningthings at home spring sportsevents.
“The kids have been great totalk to,” he said. “The schooland leadership have been very
supportive. I spent an entireday in the cafeteria talking toeveryone. I’m trying to get myfeet wet in the community.”
Bellevue was 7-5 last yearand rewrote the school recordbooks for passing offense, andmany of the playmakers in thatoffense will be graduating.Walton-Verona has thrived on apunishing running attack, go-ing 10-2 last year and averag-ing more than 300 yards pergame on the ground.
Which way the Tigers willgo this fall is yet to be deter-mined.
“You don’t want to pigeon-hole yourself into a system,”McMillen said. “We’ll have alook at them and see what wehave. We’ll play to theirstrengths and put them in posi-tion to succeed. We’ll blockthrough the whistle, fly to theball and be aggressive. Whatwe’ll try to do is try to play fun-damentally sound - block andtackle, play the game the way itshould be played.”
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New football coach treasuresBellevue history
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Woody McMillen addresses the Walton-Verona Bearcats in 2008.
ALEXANDRIA — The BishopBrossart High School softballteam hopes to compete for the10th Region championshipwhen the postseason begins lat-er this month.
The Mustangs got some valu-able experience in the lastweekend of April, competing inthe All “A” Classic state tourna-ment in Owensboro at the samecomplex that will host theKHSAA state finals in June. The16-team tourney drew a lot ofpatrons for the big event.
“To see the kids get into atournament of that magnitudewas good with the crowd,” saidhead coach Tom Baynum. “Youdon’t get the same crowd withyour normal games. I loved see-ing the look in their eyes in thatatmosphere.”
Rain delays hampered thetourney, which was originallyset to have four-team pools, withthe top two from each pool ad-vancing to three rounds of sin-gle-elimination. Rain changedall that, and the Mustangs even-tually lost to Hancock County inthe semifinals, 11-0.
“They changed it to a two andout, but the way it ended waskind of tough,” Baynum said.“They dropped the loser’sbracket and the final four teamswent one and out.”
Junior Riley Orth and seniorJordyn Boesch were selected tothe all-tournament team. Orthplays centerfield and Boeschthird base.
“Jordyn was solid defensive-ly and so was Riley,” Baynum
Mustangsrefocus forpostseasongoals
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TMC Notes» Three Thomas More
College student-athletesand a head coach were re-cently honored at the 2015Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Wom-en’s Sports AssociationAwards Banquet held atthe Cintas Center on thecampus of Xavier Univer-sity in Cincinnati.
Junior Sydney Moss(Boone County) wasnamed the College Sport-swomen of the Year forbasketball and was theCollege Division Sport-swomen of the Year. Shehelped her team post theonly undefeated (33-0)record in college basket-ball, men’s or women’s,and win the NCAA Divi-sion III Women’s Basket-ball National Champion-ship. For the second-yearin a row, Moss was namedthe Division III NationalPlayer of the Year andFirst Team All-Americanby all three organizationsthat honor Division IIIwomen’s basketball play-ers. Moss led the nation inpoints per game with 24.2points per game. Duringthe NCAA postseason,Moss broke the NCAA all-division women's or men'stournament scoring rec-ord as she scored 197points in the Saints' sixNCAA tournamentgames.
Senior Kelsey Cati-glioni (Harrison Town-ship, Mich.) was namedthe College Sportswomenof the Year for volleyball.She helped lead the Saintsto a 30-5 record, includinga 16-2 mark in the Presi-dent’ Athletic Conferenceand won a share of thePAC regular season titleand won the PAC Champi-
onship Tournament. TheSaints advanced to theprogram’s 13th NCAA Di-vision III ChampionshipTournament, where theyadvanced to the secondround. Castiglioni fin-ished her career rankedsecond in career digs inThomas More historywith 2,529 and fifth in ser-vice aces with 192. Shealso added 194 career as-sists and 37 career killsduring her four-year ca-reer for the Saints.
Junior Olivia Huber(Woodlawn, Ky./New-port Central Catholic)was named the CollegeSportswomen of the Yearfor soccer/basketball. Shehelped lead the soccerteam to a 23-2 record,while advancing to theirfirst-ever NCAA DivisionIII sectional finals. On thesoccer pitch, Huber wasnamed the PAC Player ofthe Year and was namedan All-American by the in-ternet website, D3soc-cer.com and the NationalSoccer Coaches Associa-tion of American(NSCAA). Huber led all ofDivision III in scoringwith 89 points and 36goals, while her 17 assistsranked fourth nationally.She owns the school rec-ord for career goals (74),career points (178), sin-gle-season goals (36), sin-gle-season assists (17) andsingle-season points (89).On the basketball court,Huber was second on theteam in steals with 66,while she averaged 5.0points and 3.5 reboundsper game to go with 55 as-sists and five blocks.
Head Women’s SoccerCoach Jeff Cummingswas named the CollegeCoach of the Year. He ledthe Saints to a 23-2 record,including a 9-0 mark in thePAC as it won the PAC reg-ular season and champi-onship tournament.
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said. “Jordyn is playing anew position and shemakes our team better.She had some key hits toget us through our firstcouple of victories. Rileycovers a ton of ground.She’s fast and has a goodarm, left-handed slap hit-ter. She had key hits andsacrifices for us.”
Baynum said the teamplayed well.
“Our bats weren’tthere,” he said. “We didn’thit as well as we’re capa-ble of, but our pitchingand defense was solid. Towin the games we wonagainst the teams that wedid was impressive. Wewere able to get it donewith our pitching and de-fense.”
Brossart was 17-11overall entering May, themost wins in the 10th Re-
gion, and 7-1 against re-gional opponents with theloss coming by a 5-4 countto Harrison County. TheMustangs will have thetop seed in the 37th Dis-trict Tournament and willplay either Calvary Chris-tian or Silver Grove in thesemifinals.
Brossart will have sev-eral stern tests to end theregular season, starting atRyle May 7. Brossart thenplays Dixie Heights,Highlands and Conner inthe final week.
“We just have to bemore consistent in our hit-ting,” Baynum said. “Ourbats have kind of wentsouth. Defensively, we’repretty solid. We’ll haveour errors once in a while,but our defense is goodenough to compete for theregional title. If our batsare alive, we’ll be a toughout.”
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Brossart’s Riley Orth gets an out last year.
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FLORENCE — Dennis Pelfreyloves his commute to work.
The first-year field manager forthe Florence Freedom profession-al baseball team lives above theclubhouse on the team complex atUC Health Stadium, in an apart-ment that has been set up for theperson in charge of the on-fieldproduct.
“This place is an excellent placeto work,” he said. “The facility isgreat, the ownership is fantastic.They take care of the players andus coaches. The living space forthe coaches is just above the club-house, which I haven’t seen before.I’m at the field every day so it’svery nice and it’s very conve-nient.”
Pelfrey, 37, took over the teamin December. He played six sea-sons of professional baseball from1999-2004 after his collegiate daysat Northwood University in Texas.Most of those six seasons werespent in the Frontier League asPelfrey manned multiple infieldpositions for the Dubois CountyDragons, Kenosha Mamoths andthe Springfield/Ozark Ducks.
Pelfrey spent the past four sea-sons coaching for the Gary South-Shore RailCats, helping the team tothe 2013 American Associationchampionship.
He will begin his first managingtour in the independent FrontierLeague May 14, when the Freedomopen at home against the JolietSlammers. Players are either justout of college or had a brief stay inthe lower levels of the minors inMajor League Baseball
First is an exhibition against theEvansville Otters at 6:35 p.m.,Thursday, May 7, at UC Health Sta-dium.
“We’ll get a better look at differ-ent guys competing,” he said. “Ourmain goal is to progress from apitching and offensive standpoint.We probably won’t keep score. Thething we want to come away with isgetting guys live at-bats.”
The team had an intrasquadscrimmage May 2, which Pelfreysaid drew a lot of interest on a busy
Saturday night in the sports world.“It was actually pretty impres-
sive Saturday night with the fansthat were in the stands,” he said. “Itwas a great atmosphere. It’s com-petitive right now. There will besome tough decisions to make atjust about every position. The daybefore Opening Day, we’ll have 27guys there and we’ll have to makedecisions at that point.”
Pelfrey said speeding up a play-er’s commute around the bases is akey facet of building a winningteam. “We’ll be very aggressive,”he said. “We’re going to be danger-ous on the base paths. We’ll take ex-tra bases on other teams that don’tgo hard on balls in the outfield onbase hits. We’ll stretch base hitsinto doubles, and we want to be thebest in the league on first to third,and on stolen bases.”
The Freedom will play theirfirst six games at home, May 14-16and May 17-19. The game Friday,May 15, will honor Cincinnati Redslegends Johnny Bench and GeorgeFoster, paying tribute to their num-bers of 5 and 15. The legends willcoach first and third base.
Unlike Bench and Foster, whowere right-handed power hitters,Pelfrey said the Freedom will like-ly make fans of southpaws happy.
“I like our diversity,” he said.“We have guys who play middle in-field who can play second, short orthird and a little outfield. The big-gest thing that is different is thatwe’ll be left-handed heavy offen-sively. We may have seven lefthan-ders in the lineup, so we’ll needrighties off the bench.”
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The Florence Freedom welcomes newpitching coach Chad Rhoades.
On April 29, fourNewport HighSchool seniorssigned to play foot-ball for the Univer-sity of the Cumber-lands in the NAIA.They are quarter-back/defensiveback Paul Price,running back/line-backer Dominic Jo-seph, tight end/line-backer Gage Jonesand linemen BenSenger. Newportwas 8-5 and lost inthe Class 2A statequarterfinals.
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Elizabeth BrittElizabeth “Betty” Ann Brei-
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She was a time keeper withWadsworth Watch Case Co. inDayton, librarian at St. AnthonySchool in Bellevue, and a mem-ber of the St. Anthony Mother’sClub and the Northern KentuckyGuild for the Retarded.
Her son, the Rev. Jerome Britt,died previously.
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His granddaughter, Julie A.Gross; and sisters Joan Paschenand Mary Reckers, died previ-ously.
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